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LARDNER SAYS MICHIGAN SHOULD HAVE WON BASKETBALL 'NEXT SPORT ON CARPET
r - jr r . m -tf ,
MINORS READY TO DEAL
DEATH-BLOW TO MAJORS
Plan Wholesale Jump to Join Federals Cause Is Lack of
Support From Organized BaseballMagnates
HUGHITT AND SPLAWN
LOST MICHIGAN GAME'
Former Erred in Judgment and Latter Lost Signal.
Lardncr Believes Wolverines as Good as Harvard
W
i
Arc r Tightened Into Action.
A concerted movement by every minor
'IMW In tho Innd to clcnl' organized base
ball the most crushing blow ever sus
tained Is being made. If the present Inten
tion ot tho minors Is carried out at tho
meeting of the National Association of
TOfesslonnl Unschnll Leagues, Hchcduled
i be held In Omaha, Neb, November 12
U tfi. the result will be their complete
- VJl'rn,vnl frnm organized baseball.
This In turn means that Instead of
being united with the two major leagues
of inulunl strength and protection, tho
minors will be asroclnttd with the Federal
League In tho fame way that they have
previously been associated with tho Na
tional nnd American l.cngues. This will
leave the major It agues out In tho void, as
far as baseball Is concerned, nnd will
either cause their ultimate dissolution or
tlrlva them as suppliants to the newly
formed baseball organization, composed of
tho minors and Federals.
Not until recently did tho heads of or
ganized baseball team, or realize, (bat
the minors really Intended to bolt. There
had been some whisperings In basebnll
circles to the, effect that tho minors were
not satisfied with the treatment they hail
received at the hands of "those higher
up." but such n sweeping movement as
tho ono contemplated was probahly never
dreamed of by Han Johnson, Garry Herr
mann and Governor Tener until lately.
This Is evident from tho fact that last
wov.'t Ban Johnson, president of the
American League, called a. hurried meet
ing of the magnates for the coming week
Jtead of wnltlng until December when
trte league, was scheduled to have Its an
nual session. It will, furthermore, not be
surprising to sco an announcement by
Governor John K. Tenor within the next
few days moving up the date of the
Natlonnl meetings In order that It may
be held before tho date of the minors
meeting In Omaha.
An extended baseball war Is not ex
pected. If the minors are not forestalled
In their Intentions, the conflict will bo
short nnd deadly to organized baseball.
Ttrlcfly, the Federal League will take the
place held by tho American and National
Leagues for tho last 34 years.
CAUSE AND EFFECT.
If this condition ot mutiny exists, nnd
It unquestionably doefl, one naturally
wishes to have several questions nnswer
cd What Is the cause of the minors' re
bellious attitude? What Is their object
In Joining with the Federals? What will
be tho result If tho minora carry out their
plan? What will organized baseball do
to prevent such a disastrous step?
We will attempt to answer these ques
tions In tho order named. Tho causo of
tho minors' planned revolt Is dlssatls-
'..( Taction recciveu uy ornamzcu uuseunu.
Nnjajrally. the minors, being the tinder-
jrf? n tn anenl. linvp nlwnvs been
Ugf-'- .ore far less dissatisfied nnd always will
- hn T7vn Minni-li mflnv rnncoMslons lltlVO
been granted thorn through the National
Agreement, through tho Unscball Play
ers' Fraternity and through agreements
made at tho annual meetings of tho
minors, there are still some privileges
withheld All of theso things might have
been remedied sufficiently but for the
poor financial showing made by tho mi
nors during tho Inst season.
It Is believed that half of the minor
leagues are In such :i state of financial
embarrassment that they would not bo
nblo to begin tho season ot 1013, and tho
other half could not complete their sched
ules. A few days ago the salary limit of
tho clubs In tho Pacific Coast Leaguo wns
lowered. Many utber leagues have failed
You rune heard of Harry Lauder,
The laughing canny H.-ot;
Or. of Mis. Veniun ensile.
Who ilwa the turkey trot:
Or. perhaps, of IJva Tanguny.
Who warlilcs "I ilon't care.
All stars uf modern aui1evllle.
And good beyond compare.
When Oeorgle Ktntllnss hits the stage.
ir you'ro u fciiponall fan,
Or a critic of iicrf oi inera.
you will say ho leada tho an.
Wlnnlnc pennantu li a clncli,
To malto cood behind Ilia footlights.
At lust, so sialllngs sain.
'Episcopal Academyrine ontriusUslii aro
mal.lni! gr(U etforta then days to """
terjutln thu pnstlrm- whkh nt one lime wna
so populir In Philadelphia. It la the hone of
the academy mark.men to form a lea sue at
the echool and later to brunch ""t "'." '
leaor to per.uade actives In other schools tu
"start tl.sball rolling." Interacartem c com
petition would bo great value to all tho boja
concerned
Another basketball sf(ieon Is Kith u-.,T;-Til.ht
the Kastern Leaguers open hlr ',;"
10l3 campaign In Trenton, when the rlter
Mneet th Jasper fle of this illy. A number
Jf fans hae signified their Intemlon of go log
over to Trentonto witness tha Initial m lx-up,
which Is expecte.1 tn draw a Pcfci 'l"u''
Th success or me mij r.aini """"J ""i
t
uslines ins lorecaii ini im ,,V7'".;V ..
be superior in mat i i - :,-'-
spect. No only noes mo inumi ""tr;
r , .-...li .. ... I.a rrrtiwltie 111 IhlS
Personal Touches in Sports
2lnlty by eaps an bounds: but the fact
thai "fie Via ern and New- York mat. .League,
will work together means better basketball and
mora harmonious conditions generally.
n 'There will be no mere Jumping of PU"
L from one of these iw big league; to til
other THIS will givo the managera vi : each of
the jiastern League teams a thanca to le
'elon the strongest line-up mss bis wllhpiii
feir of ha 'leg ft :'shot, ti' pieces" by,, having
one or more or me jimycre -
Vol'lowlns the Jasper-Trenton game tonight,
there will be five other contests plajed this
week.
The lctory of the I'hlcago White Box In
the American League In t0o vo baieh. II the
srcate;t boost of any ono eient that ever took
nla"e with ihe pass ble exception of the
ffAvrV wond.rful work during the past s
son. Hut since tlso sjar ne. White Box won
the rinnsnt nnd subsequently the world.
championship "rim the Ouhs. as far as h;.
caliber cr baseball haa been concerned, the
game has been on the wane at the Houthslde
TEOEATHSARE
CAUSED SO FAR
BY FOOTBALL
Total Brought Up When
Pittsburgh Youth Dies This
Morning Sixty-three In
jured, The open game, which was supposed to
do o much toward tllmnlattnsr aceldents
n football, has pot fulfilled Its promises
thl season. Thus far there havo been
10 deaths and 63 Injuries, of more or lees
serious charaster.
Thla moraine Jaroea Livery, a 19-year-old
boy of Pittsburgh, died of Injuries
sustained In a vm plae4 on last Sat
urday afternooa. Tbto Wouht tha total
up to Jft Although the season U oly
half over and rooet of the teams have
iheU hardeet game, the fatality figure
how that the death list la at to far
gaiuaea that of tha season of U. wna
jt players) kst their Uvea a about U0
-?T ....... 1A1 BV
ere nan i h
n slgmiacact that of VW death
to lake such a step, because they did not
believe they could weather the storm of
another jeir, even on n minimum salnry
,.n,V l"."18' .f Surse' thc' '
slated by orgnnlzed baseball or the Fed
cral League.
h,?ni"!u""'' ffC.' U,nl nrS"l baseball
.ld not attempt to protect them from the
thevKwPrt.,,, Ve"c7ls' n"nlnst hn
f ml. i i ,",wrrIf r ''crntse of lack of
funds. Added to that, the minor league
?nTn"rtnvo Tde ll p" "ml they are
.n ?h..UI!! ?t0 "'"' 'x'1 nlatice to
. P 19,S, smrt"' Tl" ""'stance
Iih. " frthco.nliifr When such
Mn .?i SW r'e-'n. Southern A .socio,.
!?,L?,nd ,Sn" A"ll. Tex.) League.
I n pfl,pro"9- " willing to le
.J, chlscs go. II Is indeed tllno that
something be done to protect them.
It Is understood thnt there was nn
agreement by organized baseball to help
clubs and leagues whose strength begnn
to wane. In fact, a fund was believed
to have been put aside for this purpose
when It wns realized what a tremendous
factor the redor.il League was In de
stroMng the success of the minors. These
smaller leagues have always had a hnrd
strugglo to live, hence when the Federnls
came In, grabbed their best players and
cattstd salaries to be raised out of nil pro
portion to the earning capacity of the
clubs. It was evident that tho beginning
if the end hnd come.
After analyzing the causes of the minor
leagues' grievance against organized
baseball, It Is readily seen what their ob
ject Is. Thny Intend to Join with the
Federals and march hand In hand with
them, because of the assistance to be
gotten from the bareball "outlaws."
That the Federal moguls were thorough
ly familiar with the plnns of the minors
wns shown it their meeting held only n
short time ngo in New York. In the
first place, nil of the much talked of peace
overtures wcie neglected entirely. The
only mention of pence nt their meetings
was a brief word to the effect that there
would be none. The Federals foresnw that
the minors, holding the balance of power
In baseball, could elevate them to the po
sition now held by the American and Na
tional Leagues.
Such a revolutionary step would ruin
the majors. In the first place their very
foundation would be battered down nnd
they would find themselves In a far worse
condition than the house built on tho
sands. Automatically the majors would
bar themselves from the privilege of get
ting new players becnuso tho newly
formed organization would. In tho eyes or
the mnjors be nn "outlaw" one, hence
they could take no olTlclnl cognizance of
their existence.
When the American League was formed
In 1901 It was evident from the beginning
thnt unless the two major organizations
ivotlted together tho game would die. a
natural death. The lcsult was that they
got together, the National Commission
wns formed and tho present basebnll
laws were drafted and put Into effect.
Now It Is far nioro difficult for one or
more leagues to exist Independently than
It wns H cars ago, ns the Federals will
tertlfy. The game has grown to such
vast proportions and the attitude of tho
fans who support It la such that they
atu nlvvava with the winner. This would
mrnn thnt the majors would not be sup
ported; they could not pay tho high sal
aries they have obligated themselves to
pay: plnjcrs would Jump, and soon tho
whole superstructure ot tho majors would
fall ns tho ultimate result of the t'.c
pnrtuio of Its substructure the minors.
rarlt, Chicago, nut tho fans Invo displayed
their lojalty through thick and thin. It has
been mainly due to the rersonal popularity of
President Comlskey that the White Sox tune
done o well . , . .
Munnger "Jimmy" Callahan for the past few
years baa not made the mot of chances, at
least so tho fana of Chicago think. It was
ruiiiored last scaaon that Callahan would not
bo retained through tho rest of the campaign,
but the hopeless plight of tho Vhlie box In
the race caused Comlskey to refrain from rnaK
Ing a change until the season had ended. Now
Ihe tlmo baa mine for him to select a new
manager hllo the "Old Homan" bus not
made public on statement, ono of his mends
Kae out tho Information that "IM !n,.,h;
r.. -J .., ...,(.,. tl .inr would be selette,!
to lend thu team. Walsh has lost his cunning
as a pitcher, but he has the faculty of lncul
cstlns baseball krowledge. and. what Is better.
ginger iniu wic ihbcid ...v v ,;:.. 'i"r
certainly lacked dash lust season, and If VJitoh
can get them nto n mental attitude which
will SMke them play with the ilm they should
show Ihe club Is nut to be a factor in the nght
for the flag In 1013
HAiTH Tun nniiTisn.
t do not have to have my punch,
Nor do 1 need my speed.
And I can toss my grim right-cross
And still not feel the need:
And I ran ditch my deadly shllt.
My quick and eagle eje.
But IM lie Inst and double-crossed
Without my allbb
With the football season half over and mnsv
of the biff games yet to come, there, are only
three teams of the flrst claee which have
won all of their games to dte. These are:
Pittsburgh, Illinois and the Army. There art
a number of others which have not lost a
game, notably, Princeton, Harvard. Penn
Htnie. rhlrago, Wisconsin and Nebraska, but
this last list of teams has been tied on at
leaat one occasion. Of the three that have
won all their games, the Army should get the
least credit because Ihe t'nlted States Military
team has not bad an opponent worthy of the
steel of a high grade team, nut Pittsburgh
and Illinois have had hard games almost every
Saturday, the former having defeated In suc
cessive weeks, Cornell. Westminster, the Navy.
Carlisle Indiana, (leorgetown and Dickinson.
Illinois has come through with a victorious
slate, winning from Christian Ilrothers- Col
lege, of St. I.nuls, Indiana. Ohio male. North
western and Minnesota.
Washington und Irfe and the University of
North Carolina lead the Southern football sec
tion, neither of those teams having met de
feat, but the calibre of their opponents does
not Justify their being ranked along with
Pittsburgh and Illinois.
four occurred In high school games, four
In Independent team contests, one In a
college Interclass match and one In col
lege practice. Only one of tho players
killed belonged to a carefully trained
team,
Of the multitude of college men who
have played this fall, only two have been
badly hurt. Atwood Violet, a scrub half
back at Vale, was seriously hurt In mak
ing a tackle recently. J. B. Coleman,
fullback of the Central Kentucky eleven,
was probably fatally Injured In a game
playe4 against Vanderbllt University.
It appears that hard tackling In the
open field has been largely responsible
for the worst Injuries. Formerly the
greatest number of players were hurt In
mass plays. Five of the deaths this sea
son were caused by hard falls after
taeklea In the open field. Three resulted
from the piling up of players In masa
plays. One player died from a kick In
the stomach. Dudley Qorthrop, of Mc
Allen. Tex., who died last nlsht, was
fatally kicked In the temple. There Is
no doubt that within the last few years
the elimination of the old style of tandem
and other mass plays have kept the fa
talities down. In the days when such
plays were In vogue. It was no uncom
mon thing for 49 players to be killed In
a stogie season. Ir the last four years
tha total has not exceeded 14, and In
1IS only M deaths resulted.
in i i m
AU-NATIONAia WIN
yoBTi.AKn. ore. Ne t-wsta ta pwi
UsV Uttery. AteJMder Ju ajjulefe. an the
Cins lux the AB-NatsMeie aeitt4 the All
Aauksiu here today
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WHEN
BIG FIGHTERS TO
FEATURE OLYMPIA
PROGRAM TONIGHT
'Knockout" Brennan, of
Buffalo, to Meet "Italian
Joe" Gans, of This City, in
Star Bout.
Manager Harry Hdwards presents a
flno flsht bill for tonight's show at the
Olympla A. A. "K. O." nrennnn, of
Uuffnlo, meets tho rugged "Italian Joe"
Gnus, of New York, In the main bout.
These two hard hitting fellows will surely
furnish a treat.
The full program follows:
Wlndup "K. O." Brennan vs. "Italian
Joe" Gnns.
rJeml-wlndup " Battling Lahn," of New
York, vs. Nell McCue, of Philadelphia.
Third bout "Young" Dlgglns, of Phila
delphia, vs. "Johnny" Keyes, New York.
Second bout "Joe" Phillips, Philadel
phia, vs. "Young" Fulton, New York.
First bout "Tommy" Buck, Philadel
phia, vs. "Frankle" McCoy, New York.
"Pat" Bradley won tho popular decision over
"Harlem Tommy" Murphy at the National
Athletic Club Saturday night in tne of the
hardest bouts seen at that club this J ear.
Heretofore. In his contests In thla city Murphy
has won his battles by displaying vsceptlonal
cleverness, but this time ha discarded that
style of fighting- and met Dradley at his on
game and was beaten. In the seml-nlndup.
"Mike" Mazle, of New York, was an easy
winner over "Duke" flowers, of this city, who
was In bad shape at the finish. "Joe" O'Pnn
nell stopped "Willie" Benkert In the first
round and In Ihe second bout. "Joe" llelmnnt
was an easy winner over "Jack" rtedmond.
"Johnny' Mealey had "Tommy" Shields In such
bad shape that the referee stopped the bout
to save Shields In the fifth round.
"Ilm" Grlfln tha California referee who
had been selected to be the third man In tho
ring during the (Seorge Chlp-"Jlmmy" flabby
battle, scheduled for M rounds at San Fran
dsco nest Friday night, has been taken to
Ihe French Hospital In that city 111 of pneu
monia. If he cannot officiate "Eddie" Clraney
will probably take hla place.
"Sam" Langford will very likely he "Tom"
McMahon. the Pittsburgh "llearcat's" op.
poncnt at "Jim" CoffrothTs club In San Fran
cisco, November 13.
'Johnny" McOann. managir of the Alias A.
A of rinstnn, baa signed "Joe" Jeannette and
"nettling Jim" Johnson to meet In a l--round
battle before his club, November 10.
RING HISTORY WILL
BE MADE TONIGHT
WoJgaet to Try to "Come Back" at
Welsh's Expense In New York,
NEW YORK, Nov. J. "Heady" was the
word In both the camp of "Ad" Wol
east, former lightweight champion, and
"Freddie" weisn, tne present ti?ie nomer,
who clash tonight at Madison Square
Qardtn In what Is scheduled to be a ten
round bout,
Wolsast's future depends entirely on
his showing tonbtht. Unless he can at
least hold the Englishman even In the
ten roqnds he will be classed as through
In the rlnr Bams.
Welsh Is confident that he wilt be re
turned the winner. He Is frank In statins
that he has no eipectatlons ot knocking
tho Michigan boy out.
BIO CROWS EXPECTED
NEW HAVKM. Cooa.. Nov . Tale football
auikerittt nave een slsiseied by (lading that
mar than 19.vuu persons taie aireaay applies
for tickets la the Tale-Harvard game, while (
the aaamneth new U4lum. which will be
opened br tat' luu.ihM seats rw only si ooo.
Quick setun na neceasasy. sad Ihe situa
tion ww relieved wtoeo It was aaoouniod that
temporary seats we14 be eeastrueted around
the pampet of the bowl, whkh would allew
about 70.000 seats. Svea with, this eddltloa
about a thousand ajpllcaiioni far tuketa must
be retusred. Rretsird Thompson niaJiagsr of
the atadeUc ticket dVsaxuael. uy tei every
Yale graduate end undergraduate wlU be take)
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BASKETBALL SPORT
WILL NOW OCCUPY
CENTRE OF STAGE
1914-15 Season to Be
Ushered in Tonight When
Jasper Five, of Eastern
League, Meets Trenton.
THE SCHEDULE FOB WEEK
Tonight Jasper, a: Tieniou.
Vtidnesdav Heading, at faniden,
Thursday re .Vcrl. at Jasper,
rrldav Onmden. nt tireysfocl,.
Suturdij- Trenton, nt Heading
Siiurdny Urcjstock, at Do Nerl.
Tho Eastern llnslcotball I.c-ikuc will
enter on Its sixth season tuulght, when
the Jaaper live, champions of hist venr,
clash with Trenton In tho lair of the
Denials.
AssumliiR that the Oves representing
tho alx clubs of the circuit are ready for
tha openltiK ami conalilcrliig tho chunges
which havo occurred In thn make-up of
four of the teams, It looks ns If thero will
be a innd scramble for tho top honors
during tho 1911-IEi season.
Iloth clubs thnt jrot Into .ictlon In tho
cnifp tonight have made changes In their
llno-ups since Inst season.
Tho Jewels have lost the services of
"Dutch" Wolfartli, the blind dribbler, uml
his place has been illlcd by William
"Klnir" Ilrndy, who was purchased frum
He Nerl. Th probable llnc-up for Jasper
tonight will be Fitzgerald and Kummer
at forwards. CavanuuKli tit cuntre and
EckliurOt nnd Urady guards.
Trenton hns released llcnshcl niwl
Clinton, who returned to the Xew Vork
Htato I.eaRiip, while Franchle, from tho
Knickerbocker State, Is the new addition.
.Malinger Hill, iif the HeiiRuU, will inorti
than likely start Kane and Hough at
forwards, Oetzlnger at centre and Gels
and Kranhle nt guards.
EAST MILE PACED
In a workout mile over tho Klrkwood. Jel ,
track jeitcrrtuy, the world's cliamplon pacer.
Plrectum I, driven by Trainer gnedeker,
starred tha fifth mile of a series of workouts
In 2.0Ii. Ihe last half In 1 OH,, The big
pacer worked In 2:13. 2:V", 3 12Vi 2 OSh, and
then reeled off a nlla In 2 03, the last quarter
In "3 seconds.
Prichard Five After Qames
The W. A. Prichard A. C would 111. in
secure games with first- and second-olass
teams In and about Philadelphia giving a
fair guarantee. They would like to hear
from the following clubs. St. Paul, Mes
siah, St. Andrew, Lyndenhurst and Grey
stock Reserves. All teams desiring games
address Manager l. W. Fox, 5623 Pember
ton street, or phono Woodland 3161.
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and i one of the most promising ends I
on the State College eleven this year '
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PHILADELPHIA
BEATS BOSTON
IN GOLF ENTRIES
Popularity of Game Here Is
Shown by Large Number
of Participants in All
Tournaments.
Tlie second largest field ever entered In
nn amateur tournament In .Massachusetts
-excepting tho .National was the 123
entries for tho riuullfylng round In tho
tournament nt tho Woodland Oolf Club.
It fccems that ns far ns popularity Is
concerned Philadelphia has the edge on
Hoston. WltnrM) tho 250 odd entries in
tho Philadelphia Cricket Club's tourna
ment, nnd the TO! odd In the (Jolf Asso
ciation's tournaments at Merlon.
Young llcgiunltl M. I.enls, of rtidgefleld,
Conn., who lit: been mentioned several
times in these columns, furnished the
thrill In thn 30-hote Until for the Presi
dent's Cup nt Kkwnnuk, previous to the
National Amoteur. Lewis' opponent was
Kred Mnrtln, of tho home club, and. al
though Mnrtln won, Lewis gave tho gal
lery something to talk ibout. He made
the long seventh hole ISO vnrds In three!
A tine drive, perfect br.is-slo and long putt
set the record for tho hole at that figure.
Three on tho seventh hole nt L'knnnol;
hns been mado beforo, but nt n time
when the hole was some 50 jards shorter.
In nil likelihood the course of the Pine
Valley Country Club will be formally
opened to Its members next Saturday.
November T. nnd possibly a tournament
of some kind will be played on that daj.
Sevi rnl changes with a view of making
tho course ono vvhero accurate placing of
shots will ho necessary In order m make
good scoring possible-are being made on
the course of tno Huntingdon valley
Country Club. Noble. It will take a year,
and possibly a year nnd a half, before the
work will re ronirl' teil.
GOLF FOR SUFFERERS
Merlon Club to Stage Handicap.
Money to Go to War Fund.
The Merlon Cricket Club Is the llrst of
tho local organizations to plan a competi
tion for the relief of the Kuropeau war
bUfferers Tomorrow nn lS-hole handicap
tournament will be played, with an en
trance fee of II, the proceeds to be de
voted to a fund for that purpose. A
large percentage of the golf members
have signified their Intention of playing.
Foursomes will be played over the east
course and the two-ball matches over tho
new nest course.
Progress to the final In the club cham
pionship Is being gradually made. M. M.
Jack, the young Kpiscopal Academy lad,
has reached the final In the upper bracket,
llhood be the other ftnaluit. although In
his half of the draw a match In the sec
ond round between H. !. Ilalley and J.
Carson remains tn be played. Hharwood
meets the winner of this match In the
semifinal.
Herrmann Anellnsr for Peace
' emninn x?n.. o nu n-,., .
Johnson, of the American League, and
President Weeghman, of the Chicago Fed.
erals, today kept carefully concealed un
der their hats the results of yesterday's
three-cornered confab, participated In by
Johnson, Weeghman and Garry Herr
mann, chairman of the National Com
mission. Herrmann admitted he was angling for
peace, but he declared that he was oledred
' to absolute secrecy.
J JENNINGS SIONS YOUNGSTER
ATULKTU" CITY. N J Nov I.-Umaa
, Meyer waa slnwd beJt nlxfel ear Hurtvea
Jcanlags fee- the Detroit club. Mewe la 1$
ear olej sad a sledl4 laAeUar. He bats
U. too aud looks Ukc a priollnt recruit
The younieter sained reeojolllw from Jen-
nint on Saturday la a tall aaaae la which tha
&d2Sjr&3gi &
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Despite J heir
By RING W. IiARDNER
110STON, Nov. I. After Ibis, when nn
Easterner tells you that football teami
In this neck of the woods outclass those
of our Middle West, there Is no reason
to laugh yourself to death. The second
big lntcrsectlon.il gnmo of the season
wns won .Saturday by nn KiiBlrrn team,
but the Kastern team enmc terribly
near to bring licked by r score of II to
0. Following the Instructions of my
bos, 1 will state here In the first pnm
gnph that Harvard bent Michigan by
n. score of 7 to 0. and then try lo wrlU
ntt Impartial story of tho game, giving
Michigan n little the best of It
"Johnny" Mnulbetsrli. of Ann Arbnr, n
loS'poliiul sophomoie, gained more tlinn
nil the Knstorn backs combined havo
' been nble to gain In the Inst three years,
Moreover, the same "Johnny Maul
belfch, (if Ann Arbor, gained mora
ground ngnlnst Harvard by rushing thnn
rill tho Harvard backs combined gnlncd
ngnlnst Michigan "Johnny" Mnulbelsch,
with a bit nf assistance from bis fellow
backs anil the linemen, mnde two marches
covering practically the entire length ot
the field, nnd for long stretches of tlmo
caused Harvard's vaunted defense to look
ns porous ns n ripe pretzel.
Harvard had Just one chnnce to score,
and she scored. Mlchlgnn hnd two won
derful chances, nnd lost them both. Hnr
vard is credited with the defeat, but no
one who saw the game can look you In
tho eye and tell you that Harvard was
better than Michigan.
A mix-up in slgnnls cost Michigan one
touchdown. A bit of bail Judgment was
responsible for the loss of the other.
"Lntry" Hpt.inn missed the signal, and
"Tommy" Hughltt displayed the bit of
bad Judgment. Kplawn was pta.vlug his
first big game nnd Is Just n kid. Hughitt
was In tho game on his nerve, so It would
By EDWARD H. JJUSHUELL
The dethronement of every member of
the "Dig Six" Is now complete. The
frat of Williams College In outplaying
and holding Princeton to n tie scoru of
7-7 leaves not u member of this sextet
with n clean record. It Is true that
Princeton and Harvard havo both man
aged to escape defeat, but both havo
been outplayed nnd held to tie scores.
The other universities comprising this
group Yale, Pennsvlvanln, Dartmouth
and Cornell have nil been beaten.
The November schedules begin with
Harvard bracketed for the leading honors,
with Dartmouth and Ynle tied for second
place, and Pcnnsjlvnnln and Cornell
bringing up the renr In the order named.
The arbitrary grouping of these six unl
crsltles Is not a denial of v(ual or su
perior strength to such Institutions as
Washington nnd Jefferson, Penn State,
Syracuse or Michigan. It Is merely thnt
the teams referred to ns the "Illg Six,"
considered year after year, plays the
highest avcrnge football.
The following statistics show tho present
rntlng of the "Big Six":
Onp.
Collete. flames. L. Tied. Pta. Pin
Princeton r, .1 ( I 7.1 I'll
Harvard
vte n
College Gridiron Gleanings
not mi :."
n l n 111 2-1
S l a 2211 21
4 11 74 2J
s 2 O ITU 20
tiartmnuth .. 0
Pennsylvania., n
Cornell 0
The curious feature of these statistics
Is the large number of points which have
been scored against the big teams. Pre
vious to Saturday's game Pennsylvania
hnd mado tho smallest total of points,
but those (0 points iigalnst Sw.irthmoro
put the Quakers ono point ahead of
Princeton, and the Tigers are now tho
lowest scoring member of the combina
tion. Another distinction enjoyed by
Pennsylvania Is that of the six the
Quakers have held their opponents to tho
lowest total. Just 12 points having been
..cored asnlnst them, ono less thnn have
been made ncainst Yale. It speaks well
for tho Quakers' defensive strength. i
from a local standpoint two of Saturilaj's
eames surpass all others In Inleiest ami Im-nortsni-e.
They vrere the l'ennslvanla-
Snarl hmnre KBine nn l'ranklln Kleld and the i
. . -.,.., .. mm. n. ,",.. nil. Ill am lnn.. '
liaivaru-iii inirtii ri"p - ; -
sylvanla unit Michigan meet al Ann Arbor
next Hatunlay. and It Is not stretching mil
ters al all tn ea thai the results of .Satur
day 'a xamea pavo thrown the rrliles more up
In the air than the were before. I'revlou
to these Karnes l'ennslvanla liud eslilliltfil
little bejond a well-knit defense, while the
Mlrr.lsan attnrk had been greatly vvenKened
by the nj ami Injury of veteran nlnyers
rennalvanla had not been espefte.1 to .lij
much more than win from Hu.irthninre. am
after the trouncing vvhleli Michigan ewelveil
at the hamla of Syracuse, not even the ardent
MlitlKun rooters believed they muld do mors
than hold the Ha rvBrd score down
Now consider what happened. Hie Pennsyl
vania attack proved so strous and vers.iille
that It first wore down the tiwarilinime de
fense uml then ran Innne for the remainder of
the afternoon. The Quakers, did more scoring
in this one same than In sll 0e u lit; It pre
ceded It ami hod they desired inev rould lisvi
scared 50 as easily as in The defense, which
has always been good, was mruns enough lo
nrevenl any Swarlhniore store oulslde thai
it.Viurd run by Halfback l-ke foe a louch
dovvn. Hul It Is onl) fair lo sav that this
score would never have been made hail t'aptuln
Jnurneoy and Wliheruw been In Ihe tame al
Of course, too much importance should not
be attached to ihe slie of this score, for llier
Is no measure tn aicurately gauge Ihe trcnittli
of Hie Swarthmore eleven It Is Impossible in
sav vshat pari was contributed by Pennsyl
vania's strength, and what part waa due lo
Bwarthmnre's weaUneas. it Is easy lo argue
enthusiastically with suih a big score as a
premise, but ft Is also dangerous and won't
help Pennslvanla to beat Michigan. The
aier Dollcy la In assume thai .Swarlhniore Is
weaker than usual thla jear and inat tne
suddenness and rapidity of Pennsvlvanla's .
earlv smres took the heart out of the darnel 1
and made the little Quakers look weaker than
At "the' same time it must lie admitted that
tha Quakers got together as lhe had dons In i
no game or praitlce this ear There was an
airaresslveness nerceuess drive and nnlsh l i I
Ihilr altnck which the friends of Ihe team had i
begun lo despair a noi possessed. The tren
Trent into the gvne vvllh an aluin.lon that was
dellahiful to see. and when tliv runner met
rpixisitlnn ihey never stoiipeu going. pariK
ulirlv Tucaer who, with Captain Joumeay.
shaie4 the Individual honors of the das It
uaa an eihlbltlon of the real I'ennaylvanla
snlrlt and If the game did nothing more thaa
charge the plajers with a new spirit of ion
ndence It must have lncreasd their chances
for thj Michigan game SU per cent
Now for Mlciilgan. The Wolverines had been
beaten by Siracuse. 20-6. .only a week age.
but It Is evident that Coach Yost raved both
men and Ply or u. slBt Harvarf
Without Intending to disparage Sirucuses
vleiory over Michigan It must be concedee.
that Michigan waa pUyin poeeum. for aaalnat
llarvsrd lbs Weeteruera rubl the ball foi
a total of nearly 300 lards and were pre
vented from enuallng Harvard a acore prln
clpatl a account of penalties. Harvard
gained hut Utile more ground than Michigan,
but had the necessary drive to score os
straight football once the ball waa vv libit
striking dlsiams. It must also bo remembered
that Harvard had almost Ita full backaeld
strength la the game. About the only adul
tieaal power Harvard ran add to Ha attack
lathroufh the return to the same of Man a.
Another feature which wilt Interest Pena
sylvanla men la the fact that the Michigan
" a . 11 b.t al m ltaJ a It .-hits! thai area tna.
,mMm I.
JtbaTgaa now has only tw causa, with
tiiiiLmln. anal Cornell Vlttis over
levass will reaaiM tae MIcMcu . fi'OaW
naejiocrtty a4 Ike teams sctaekU? abowlsat
OI VMPF A. A A Hread ft UlBbrl4ie
Uleimrirt " n- Htn Edward. Jr.
TOKttiHT ao BKAKP
K O. BRMNKAK is. ITAIJIH JOE OVNS
Aim 29. tUl Bes. w Arena, Rea, 1U. i.
ViTiiiaft rX'eT acSi. Ui"TS; 'BeRffi:
whleb. consisted of lUghltt at quarierbaes.
Lyeos and Mau&etaeh at halfback and Spiavs,
at fullback. They were about twice a ef
fective as any one ONvevea iney nua on w
it Is absolutely certain that tkr wU be eves
more sfleetlv's agalttsi PsfuuylvaBU T
urowess of tbla man ilaclbeteca aaouM aaaks
Hans marked saao. far kks ifc
nidur b taaau fc" 12B UBBjmtz.
Fen,
lhaae
7 to 0 Defeat.
be worse thnn folly to find fault with
cither of them. Beside, they played good
footbnll-great football, In Hughltt' case,
considering tho condition ho was In-and
It wns Just their bad luck that their mis
takes should be made when they did Ihe
most harm.
The mlsneil signal Incident occurred In
the first period of piny, following the
first or Mattlbctsch'o wonderful parade.
The ball was Michigan's on tho Harvard
Mine, nnd It wan fourth down, with
two yards to go. Hut wait a minute.
A second before It had been third down,
with two j anls to go. on the same 1-yard
line. If Hughltt hnd carried out th
wishes or his conch at this point he
would have pent .Maulbetsch twlve through
the line on a tandem formation, striving
Tor n first down then nnd a touchdown
later. Hut ho sent "Mnuly" onco at the
line, with imutlllrlcnt nld, nnd then gavo
the signal for Michigan s double pass
forward pass.
Hughltt took tho ball nnd ran out to
the left, passing to Splawn ns he went.
It was Splnvvn's duty, on this play to be
turned the other way. to forward pass
over the right sldo of Michigan's lino to
l.vons. loons was standing unnoticed a
mile from nny Harvard man.
A good p.ibs. or even a fairly good one,
would have meant n touchdown beyond
pcrndventurc. Hut Splawn did not un
derstand that he wns to pass at all. In
stead of making nny attempt to throw tho
ball he tried to run within the same
direction Hughltt had been going. Na
turally the Harvard defensive men were
nil heading in thnt direction, nnd Larry
wns thrown for a four or five ynrd loss.
The bull went to Harvard, and after be
ing conveyed to the Crimson 3-yard mark
on a pcnnltv for offside, wus punted out
of Immediate danger.
nca'nst Hnrvar.I will bo a tremendous Impetus
for the Pennsylvania and Cornell games.
Hemming to the Pennsylvanla-Swarlhmore
game there were n number of things which de
serve special consideration. Klrst of all there ,
was the running of Tucker. This joung man
carried the lull a total of 100 yards from
scrlmmnRe. not counting hla (10-yard run for
a touchdown from a kick-off. Tucker ef
fectiveness was made possible by his terrlne
speed, the nulcknesa of hla starting, Ihe man
?!lri '.1 "hlch he kept his feet when tackled.
nj efficient as he una In the Navy game for
JS'vTi "V reason;. His punting, too. waa tip
d?reet"on. BtHndar'1' bolh for distance ar.5
ln?'Jr,'oul', he nientlonisl tho field goal kick
?,li i TJ! VDCC,iIUo." dl,,n,t know lhnt Scelbach
could kick goals from placement and looked
tH.i -l;lrk.rlawh-n hc prepared for such a
trial .rom the M-yard line In tho first period.
Hut it wis no Muff He tried two other such
S?.-,,, 0n,f. f.r.1,1 "hort nnU ,hB 'her hit the
upright Matthews mado but ono effort to
score with a goal from Held and his effort waa
splendidly successful. All Matthews needs to
do Is to get tho ball well up and ho may yet
bo a second 'Irlcklev. In addition to these two
Held roal kickr Pennsylvania has Vreeland.
win was prevented from playing hv a minor
, Jury- ,roeiand la nn nccurale place kicker.
In adilltlnii m being a good all-around back.
If his Inng lav -oft hasn't lessened hla effective
ness, he will add tn the strength of tho back
fleld. In spite of their big score the Pennsylvania
1"1"' "cio .mi -nusueii witn tne playing of
the linemen. "Illomly" Wallace, who has
mado tho line what it Is. was actually disap
pointed with the work of the forwards., and
Will II he left tt.e flclil cnrrl,l with hln. mJlni
noN-s of fniilts In every mnn from taekja to
tarkle Ho was particularly dlstrcared over
tlic work of the substitute linemen, and It Is
rorum inat ne won t give me men much rest
between nnw and the Mlchlgnn game. Captain
Journr.vy nt centre played n wonderful game
and got n step nearer tho All-Amcrlcan goal.
Jlrrrell's generalhln dldn"t get a. fair test
because tno v I, tnrv was too cal!y won. A
quartrrhui k' nbllllv tn run a team with Jurtg
nunt and klll la brought nut only In a game
vvlieie his team Is evenly matched. He didn't
have a chance to mske mlstakca and hla Indi
vidual idajlng. especially In handing puma,
u.im of a hlgu onler ll Is something for Mer
rell lo be proud of-tlmt bo hasn't lost a punt
In tho liavkflcld thla ear.
Ni:V HAVEN, Conn., Nov J.-The problem
of the ale rush line mis not settled bj Palur
dav" nne-sldeU game with Colgate. The latter
rcpcntid the perfnrrrancc that every team
whli M has faced Yale this fall has exhibited of
gaining 17 llrst tlnwn. This record Is a run
sltent ndiiltl"ii to Inilliatlons of Yale'a Inabil
ity to weather n l-nilillcld attack, amj compels
tho conclusion thai the games with Harvard
nnd Princeton, now' onlv n fortnight dlstunl.
will be ilecliliil b the iHrger of tho two gro..
sized woi-es. Vale's hope of winning frnm the.
i rimion nnu mo niter lies in nutscorlng triem
nnd in becumlng rrioiulled to several scores
b eai h
f'oni'h Hlnkry la Inking the rironn gnma as
an incident ot the season, developing the team
and tondltlorlng ihe plavcrs. with a view ta
tbelr slindv being ready for the Princeton and
Han Jnl matihca.
ITIIAI'A. N Y.. Nov 2 -Considerable relief
una manifest In Cornell fnntball circles when
It was leaiitcd tint "Cluick" Ilarrett and Kd
die Hill, the two varsity bncktlrid men who
were inmi'dli-tl tn leave the game agalnat Holy
rois rintpnliy after they had been Injured,
were not badly hurt, and ihut both of them
would lie abb to get !,ack Into the line-up thla
week, nnd g t ready for Hie Kmnklln and Mar
sluvll game and for the bigger ennteat with
Michigan that la looming up nn (ho horizon.
Follow lug ihe return nf Cornell scouts who.
watihed the Muhlgan-llarvaril game, thai
coaches plait thl. vveeh to begin to drill forth
nntejt with MUhlgan tn be played at Ana
AiU,r mi November 11
ANVAPol.IH. Md.. Nnv. 2..-Owlng tn greater
membership In Ihe Navy Athletic Association
and the smaller number of seals assigned ta tha
Niv). some of the members will be allowed
but twn tickets for the Army-Navy football
game In I hlltdelphla on November 2Q, the bal
iii.' revolving three. This body bears all tha
expenses uf tne athletics at the Naval Aead
emv, ami the number of tl. keta assigned them
la very iiiatiiquul. In many cases. Tho smeller
uumlier will he given to Ihe members of short
est at Hiding Members will not have the privi
lege of busing additional tlikels, as they did
last ve-ir from the Navy'a quota and prae
tlially ii ilvillana wll receive tickets, eicept
through the courteey nf naval officers who are
willlnz to yield mine of theirs.
Pltl.V KTiiN. N J.. Nov 2. All but one of
rrlmilnn't, lonttyill equad la In condition to
enter lh- Ural two weeks of ihe season.
Trainer Kltiualrlck announced, becnuso of Ihe
team's good shape, and also liecause ot the
miserable showing made against Wllllsms Est
urday. a week of tit most strenuous kind of
work la In prospect, preparatory for the Har
vard gamo Kveretadt la the one man out of
condition Captain llatlin la recovering from
Ihe elfccla of a alight -oM. and Kddle Trenk
liun the blv guard, who lias teen-out uf the
game for a week, will report for work to
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