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BILLIARDISTS PRACTICING
FOR COMING TOURNAMENTS
Prsfessionals Preparing for 14.1 Cham
pionship Contest to
in New Ycr'.t.
The p-ofessional billiard season
opened recently in Chicago, where
George Sutton scored an easy victory
over Jake Schaefer for the 15.2 balk
line championship. The winner's deli
cate touch was displayed in a remark
able manner, and his run of 232
showed him to be in splendid form so
early in the season. He averaged
33 1-5, running out his string in fif
teen innings. Schaefer was sadly out
of form and averaged exactly half of
the points made by Sutton. The next
big match will bring the same players
together in a contest for the 18.1 title,
now held by Schaefer. The game will
also be played in Chicago soon.
While Schaefer and Sutton are pre
paring for their second match, plans
are being perfected for a big tourna
ment to he held in New York early in
January. This will be at 14.1, a new
style of game, and will be essentially
rational, as foreign players will be
barred. The 14.1 championship tourna
ment will strike a medium between
18.1 and 18.2. The former is thought
to be too tedious and long drawn out,
while the latter is too speedy. Since
the defeat of Vignaux and Cure there
are no foreign players of note that
would be of sufficient attraction to
prove drawing cards, and for this rea
son it is proposed to confine the en
tries to Americans. George Slosson,
Maurice Daly, Ora Morningstar and
A. C. Cutler have entered the tourna
ment, and George Sutton, Jake Schae
fer and Willie Hoppe are expected to
send their entries as soon as the plans
are properly matured.
It was intended to hold the tourna
ment early in December, but this plan
was abandoned on account of the Sut
ton-Schaefer match at this time, and it
is the intention of the promoters of
the tournament to include every play
er of note, so as to make it thoroughly
representative. This will be the only
professional tournament of note to be
played in New York, but it promises
to be the most important of the year.
According to the plans, matches will
be arranged so that each man will
play one match with every other en
trant. The games are to be played at
Madison Square Garden concert hall,
and to be 5<K) points. A trophy emblem
atic of the championship will goto the
winner, and each contestant will be
required to put up an entrance fee of
not less than SIOO, which will be added
to the receipts and be divided between
the four men ranking highest at the
end of the tournament.
Urges New Football Reform.
Dr. James T. Lees, president of the
athletic board at Nebraska university
and member from the Missouri valley
section of the national rules commit
tee, is agitating another football re
form. Dr. Lees is radically opposed
to allowing four points on a field goal
and favors reducing its value to three
or two points, preferably the lattar. It
is his purpose to present an amend
ment to the playing rules at the an
nua! meeting of the national commit
tee (ii December.
COACHES NOW PROTECT
PLAYERS IN PRACTICE
Work Indoors on Rainy Days Which
Is Something Out of the
Ordinary.
Whether this has been a wetter fall
than usual is a matter on which the
weather bureau is best informed, but
the wetness was more prominent in
football plans than ever before. Usu
ally snow and rain are merely inci
dental to football campaigns, some
thing the hardy gridiron scrapper
takes as part of the day's work. No
man who does more than limit his
football to the clearest of skies and
the most velvet turf can be looked
on as a mollycoddle, but the fact that
several teams were driven to
cover by the rain for their practice
indicates either that the players are
getting tender or that the managers
are getting more sensible.
Discretion is the better part of
valor, and there are times when
needless valor becomes foolhardiness,
but it was not supposed that anything
short of a cyclone, cloudburst or
similar upheaval of nature would
postpone a football game.
It would take an earthquake, a
blizzard, a landslide or something
equally violent to prevent the playing
of a Yale-Princeton, Harvard-Yale,
Pennsylvania - Cornell, Army - Navy
game or one of that class. Several j
years ago one of the most active j
snowstorms that ever struck that neck 1
of the woods raged while Pennsyl- j
vania and Cornell were fighting it j
out on Franklin field. The Quakers j
slipped into dry clothing between |
halves, but the poor Ithacans, having j
brought only one suit apiece, had to '
goon as they were. In 1898 Harvard j
and Yale played in a drenching rain, !
but even then had it on the specta- j
tors in that they were able to get i
into a dry place between halves. The j
hold football has on the public is
shown by the way spectators brave ;
rheumatism, pneumonia and kindred [
dangers when the weather is bad.
Columbia and Williams played a |
game at the polo grounds a few sea- ,
sons back in which a third of the j
gridiron was under water. When the
players were not running they were j
swimming. Goal kicking had to be I
abandoned, because there was nobody
amphibious enough to kick a goal from
out of the water, but though many a
player was soaked to the skin, the j
game went on with unabated ardor. 1
Practice under cover has its good and
weak points, it. keeps the men from
taking unnecessary risks, but it also
deprives them of just so much prac
tice under conditions that may pre
vail during the big games.
CGEB LEAD 3 AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit Outfielder Batted at .352 Clip
Curing Season.
"Ty" Cobb proved to be the best
slugger in the American league last
season, as he leads with a fine aver
age of .352 in the batch of official bat
ting averages just given out. Detroit's j
fast outfielder was at bat 005 times, j
and out of those chances he smashed j
out 212 bingles. While Kay of Wash- j
ington and Orth of the New York
Highlanders came next. Sam Craw
ford of the American league pennant
winners was really the second best
hitter, lie managed to finish the sea
son with a mark of .323. He took
part in 144 contests, while the two
men that topped him tried their hands
but 25 and 43 games respectively.
Three-sackers were the leading
swatters stronghold, as they have 15
and 17 to their credit. Stone of the
St. Louis bunch, after making a poor
start, got his stride toward the last
of the season and finished fifth. Last
year he led the organization, but he
did exceptionally good to land as high
as he did this year, for earlier in
the season he was hovering around
the .150 mark.
Lajoie, said to be one of the hard
est men to fool in the business,
missed the charmed circle of .300 hit
ters by the smallest margin possible—
one point. Other well-known topnotch
ers had a hard row to hoe and failed
to make good.
Detroit nosed the Athletics out of
team honors in about the same style
as they did the pennant. The Tigers
as a whole biffed the ball at a .26G
clip, while the Philadelphia lads feJl
short but ten points. Boston brought
up the tail end, with .235.
CSAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1907.
OFFICIALS CHANGE RULES
ON COLLEGE ATHLETES
A. A. U. In New York Meeting Decides
They May Compete for School
anrl Home Tsnms.
After a long discussion at its an«
nual meeting in New York city th*
Amateur Athletic union finally decided
on the status that college athletes are
to hold in amateur athletics In the fu
ture. #
By the resolution which was finally
passed it is decreed that college ath
letes may only register with the union
from two places, their colleges and
the homes of their parents or guardi
ans. An attempt was made to con
tine college athletes to their colleges,
but, the delegates believing that this
change was altogether too drastic, the
resolution was amended to include
their homes.
James E. Sullivan was unanimously
re-elected president of the union and
Maj. John J. Dixon was continued in
the position of secretary and treasurer.
John J. O'Connou, H. G. Penniman, Dr.
George Orton, and Everett C. Brown
were elected vice-presidents.
The annual report of the record com
mittee, authorizing the records of the
| past year as follows, was approved:
| Nino Hundred Yard Run—M. W. Shep
| pard. Time—2:ol 4-5.
| T- our Mile Hun—George V. Ronhag,
Irish-American A. C. Time—2o::ll 1-5.
| One Hundred Yard Hurdle (eight
; flights, first hurdle 20 yards from start)—
! J. S. Hill. Time—o:l2 1-5.
; One Hundred Yard Hurdle (eight flights,
first hurdle 20 yards from start)—J. S
! Hill. Time—o:l2 1-5.
| One Hundred Yard Hurdle (ten flights)
I —S. C. Northridge, I. A. A. C. Time—
| 0:12 1-5.
Sixty Yard Hurdle (five flights, threw
! feet six inches)—S. C. Northrldge. Time—
-0:08 1-15.
j Pole Vault for Height—W. r! Dray,
Yale, 12 feet E',4 inches.
\ Pole Vault for Distance—M. J. Sheri
dan, N. Y. A. C., 28 feet,
j Throwing Sixteen Pound Hammer—M.
J. McGrath, N. Y. A. C„ 173 feet 7 Inches,
i Throwing Twelve Pound Hammer—l,.
I F. Talbott, 190 feet, 9 inches,
j Throwing Fifty-Six Pound Weight—A.
J. Flanagan, I. A. A. C., 3S feet 8 inches,
j Shot Putting—By Ralph Rose, Califor
nia: 8 pound, 67 feet 7 Inches; 12 pound,
j 55 feet 11% inches; 14 pound, 51 feet, 6%
Inches; 18 pound, 43 feet 8% Inches; 21
pounds, 40 feet 3% inches; 28 pound, S4
i feet 5% inches; 1G pound, 49 feet inches.
C. M. Daniels, N. Y. A. C., was
! awarded swimming records from 25
j yards to one mile, including 31 inter-
I mediate distances, his one mile record
I being 23:40 3-5, with 87 turns.
ALL-AMERICAN END
Wister of Princeton, last year th«
popular choice for All-Star end and
promising candidate this season.
Favor Abolition of Football.
Dean George 1,. Collie of Beloit col
lege announced the other nay that at
a meeting of Wisconsin college presi
dents football had been discussed, and
it was the sense of the assembly that
intercollegiate games should be abol
ished. He announced that he would
bring the matter up for a vote at a
faculty meeting of the college, and
asked the professors to get the yote
I of the studentß on the point
ALL STAR ELEVEN
PICKED BY CRITIC
BRIGHT LIGHTS THAT HAVE
SHOWN OUT ON WESTERN
GRIDIRON DURING SEASON.
STEFFEN AND CAPRON BEST
Great Dodging of Maroon and Remark
able Drop Kicking Ability of Gopher
Give Them Preference Three
Michigan, Minnesota and Chicago
Men on the Team.
Now that the football season of 1907
Is over, the picking of an all-star elev
en to represent the west is in order.
The following team, according to a
Chicago sporting writer, is regarded as
the best. In picking the representative
band of gridiron heroes all the col
leges in the middle west are included.
Although Michigan met none of the
conference teams there are several
good men who are entitled to places
on an all-star eleven.
While last year Walter Eckersall
of the Maroons stood far above all
other players in the west, this season
the premier honors must be divldeed
between Walter Steffen of Chicago and
George Capron of Minnesota. Th* Ma
roon quarter buck is by far the more
valuable man, but the sensational drop
kicking of the Gopher, which practic
ally won two games an 1 contributed
all the scoring in the third, gives him
a niche in the hull of fame. He ia not
an all around player, but Is a fair
ground gainer. On the defense his
game is poor, and he does not get
away well in running back punts.
While he did not play fvjll back, it is
the only place on the team he will fit
without displacing a good man. There
were no really great full backs in the
west this year, and, as it is the most
natural position for a star kicker,
Capron is given the place.
Steffen was not such a sensation as
Capron, because he was with a better
team and received superior backing in
all his stunts. Steff is the best man in
the west —and probably in the coun
try—in carrying the ball through a
broken field.
Eckersall was thought a wonder in
that line of work, but Steffen has even
surpassed the brilliant work of the
greatest "little man" football has ever
seen. Besides, Steffen is a field general
who understands every angle of the new
game and a good kicker. Leaving Ca
pron's kicking out of consideration,
there is no comparison between the
two men.
Good ends were scarce in the west
and there is little trouble in choosing
Hammond of Michigan and Page of
Chicago for the first team. This was
the little Maroon's first year of Inter
collegiate football and he made a re
markable record. His strong forte lay
In handling forward passes. Hammond
is a more experienced man than Page,
but he can learn a lot from the little
Maroon. As a tackier and breaker of
plays Hammond has no superior in
this section of the country. He is fair
ly heavy for an end, but has a world of
speed—a bad combination for any
prospective gainer to bump.
Two tackles, Messmer of Wisconsin
and Case of Minnesota, stand out by
themselves. Both were developed un
der the old gridiron regime and are
among the few veterans left in the
game since the adoption of the three
year eligibility rule and other legisla
tion. They play the same sort of game.
Both men are like rocks on defense
and lightning fast in tearing holes in
their enemy's line and getting the man
with the ball. They can be taught noth
ing in the blocking or interfering line,
and both are fair ground gainers.
At the guard positions Graham of
Michigan and Van Hook of the Illini
are young mountains. Both weigh
about 230 pounds and know how to get
the best results from every ounce of
that tremendous bulk. Van Hook's
playing was sensational against the
Maroons, and many Orange and Blue
rooters attribute the defeat by lowa to
the indisposition of Van Hook. Gra
ham has developed into a fair kicker
and won the Vanderbilt gaflie with two
boots from the field. Bandelln of Min
nesota and Harris of Chicago showed
well throughout the season.
Schultz of Michigan is a wonderful
center and is seriously considered as a
candidate for the position of All-Amer
ican center on account of his wonder
ful work in the Pennsylvania game.
There is no angle in the playing of the
pivotal position the big German does
not understand.
Capt. De Tray of Chicago is the
best half back in west, and com
bines great-line plunging ability with
all the requisites which goto make a
half back under the new rules. His
absence from the game last season
made him a greater player than ever
this year, and he captained the fast
Chicago eleven to the western cham
pionship in grand style.
Schucknecht of Minnesota is placed
on the other side of full back, although
he did not play up to his 1906 stand
ard in this season's games. He is a
great defensive player and end runner,
which, coupled with his infimate
knowledge of all branches of the game,
makes him a most valuable player.
From the above it will be seen the
personnel of the first team contains
three representatives each from Mich
igan, Minnesota, and Chicago, and one
each from Illinois and Wisconsin.
Clever Indian Sub.
Island, the substitute quarter at
Carlisle, is said to be as fast and oiev
er aa Mt. Pleasant, the regular.
A MUSICAL COMEDY FAVORITE
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DANIELS AS AN ADMIRAL.
He Was Hard on the "Crew" Who Is
Now Waiting for Revenge.
Frank Daniels is? as fond of fun in
private life as on the stage. Anent tlie
sea, Daniels has a houseboat called
the Hardly Ever, for the reason that
it hardly ever leaves its moorings in
its home at Rye, N. Y., and when it
does it hardly ever escapes going
arock or aground. There are two small
boats, which serve as tenders, named
the Why and the But, and it is in
them that practically all locomotion is
accomplished. Incidentally there are
two giant anchors said to have been
intended for the Lusitania. In order
that the whole affair might have a
truly saline flavor, one day near the
close of the season, when the guests,
save one who shall be named Peters,
had departed, it was decided to have
an admiral and a crew. By some ar
rangement, arrived at after long and
libationary discussion, Mr. Daniels was
to be admiral one day and Peters the
crew, the positions being reversed on
the following day, the honors thus
alternating. The first day this unique
scheme was tried Mr. Daniels won the
position of admiral. He arrayed him
self in full uniform and proceeded to
order the unfortunate Peters about
with the severity of a martinet.
Daniels went ashore an unnecessarily
large number of times, always being
rowed by the unhappy Peters, who
nursed his wrath, thinking of the mor
row, when his turn would come. When
not engaged as a propeller the "crew"
was weighing the anchors, throwing
the main peak overboard or busied
with other comic duties, and when
night came Peters had mapped out a
perfect campaign of revenge. But as
morniwg dawned Mr. Daniels received
a telegram calling him to New York
for rehearsals and the crew's oppor
tunity to "get even"was frustrated.
He is waiting patiently until next sum
mer, an in the meantime consoles
himself with the knowledge that, the
physical exercise "did him good."
Carle and the Orchestra.
"Richard Carle is back in New York
after a tour of the one night, stands
of Pennsylvania," writes William Et
ten. "The tall comedian says he is
convinced that music and the trades
cannot go hand in hand without more
or less danger to the hand.
"In one Pennsylvania town Mr.
Carle noticed that the flute player of
the home talent, orchestra had one of
his fingers bandaged. When the come
dian made sympathetic inquiry he
learned that this important member
was a carpenter who had planed off
part of the finger the day before.
" 'Too bad,' said Mr. Carle, but he
didn't know how bad it really was un
til he tried to sing at the evening per
formance. Every time the flute player
brought the bandaged finger into ac
tion he covered the instrument-with
something worse than confusion, and
drove Mr. Carle off the key.
"After trying his second song, Mr.
Carle stopped; and, leaning over the
footlights, said: 'Never mind, boys,
you may go homo. I'll hum the rest
of it.'"
Pertinent to the End.
The late Richard Mansfield was a i
patient sufferer in his last illness, and
he retained his good cheer to a
marked degree. One day he told his
physician that he believed he would
not live many weeks longer.
"Bosh!" said the physician. "You
are good for a long time yet. Why,
man alive, did you ever hear of any
body near death with legs and feet as
warm as yours?"
"Yes," replied Mr. Mansfield, "lot 1 ?
of them. For instance, there was Joan
of Arc and the Salem witches."
STAR PRESS AGENT FAKE.
How Anna Held Was First Brought to
Public Notice.
The serious illness with pneumonia
of Anna Held recalls one of the best
press agent fakes ever successfully
worked on the local papers. It was
when Miss Held first came to this
country, and while she was yet known
only as the singer of "Won't You
Come and Play With Me?" She need
ed more booming, and on broader
lines. The press agent tried, by get
ting printed the report that Miss
Held's remarkably good complexion
was the result of daily milk baths.
This was treated more or less as a
joke, but one day a suit was regularly
begun in court by a Long Island dairy
man against Miss Held for an amazing
amount of milk, hundreds of gallons.
This looked like the real goods, so re
porters were sent to the dairyman
for confirmation. He confirmed all
right. B'gum he meant to have his
rights against the play actress, he did,
b'gum. Anna was interviewed. Yes,
she had refused to pay for her bath
milk because it did not stand the test
for percentage of cream. The papers
printed columns about it. Years after
the press agent confessed. He had giv
en the dairyman S2O to let the suit bo
brought in his name and to "stand for'*
the story. That was all.
The Author's Risk.
David Belasco was being congratu
lated on the success of his new G. A.
R. drama.
"Writing plays is perilous business."
said Mr. Belasco, thoughtfully. "With
every fresh play an author risks his
all. Past triumphs don't count. He who
has written "0 superb pieces is just,
as likely to be damned on his 21st
piece as any tyro.
"The public is critical and just be
fore it is kind. I remember once—"
Mr, Belasco laughed.
"Tliero was once," he resumed, "a
playwright who sat in the front row
of stalls at the first night of a new
piece of his. This piece failed, it failed
dreadfully. In fact, in the middle of
the third act the entire company was
hissed off the stage.
"As the playwright sat, pale and
sad, amid the uproar, a lady behind
him loaned forward and said:
"'Excuse me, sir; but, knowing yon
to be the author of this play, I took
the liberty, at the beginning of the
performance, of nipping off a lock of
your hair. Allow me now to return it
to you.'"
PLAYS AND PLAYERS.
Mme. Lina Abarbanell, the former
grand opera soubrette, has been en
gaged by Henry W. Savage to sing the
role of Sonia in"The Merry Widow."
Charles Richman has returned to
the role of Capt. Kearney in"The
Rose of the Rancho."
Andrew Robson will succeed John
Mason as Alexis Karenina in support
of Miso Virginia Harned in "Anna
Karenina." Mr. Robson was a member
of the late Charles Coghlan's company
for several years and on the road has
starred in"The Royal Box" and "Rich
ard Carvel."
Messrs. Leigh and Pether, authors
of "Waiting at the Church" and "Poor
John," both of which songs were phe
nomenally successful after their in
troduction by Miss Vesta Victoria,
have been engaged by Charles Froh
man to write a special song for IV?ISR
Hattie Williams for the "Fluffy Ruf
fles" production.
Mrs. Rida Johnson Young is busily
engaged rewriting "The Lancers",
which is taken from the old "Passing
Regiment," for its production in 112 i
guise of a musical comedy at Dr", a
theater, New York, in December.
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