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RING W. LARDNER WRITES HIS SECOND ENTERTAINING LETTER FOR EVENING LEDGER
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ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 23. Tho
Evening Ledger correspondent hail to
pay for his own breakfast yesterday
because he got up too late for training
table. To switch back to the first per
."on. I landed at athletic headquarters
about 9 o'clock and found l'ost, the as
sistant coaches, Schultz and Cole, and tho
freshman coach, Douglass, amusing
themselves with a now game of Indoor
football, In which tho spinning of a
wheel plays a prominent part.
The gams held tho interest of Tost,
Douglass and Cole for only a. little while,
and they went about their several duties,
but Mr. SchulU and Mr. Lardner played
a full game of four periods. Mr. Schultz
whs Michigan and Mr. Lardner Har
vard. Harvard scored a touchdown and field
goal before Michigan got started, but
tho Wolverines braced, and at half time
the count was 15 to II In the Crimson's
favor. In tho second half Michigan rolled
up IS points In short order and held
Harvard scoreless until the last minute
of play, when a 40-yard forward pass
gave Haughton's men one more touch
down. The goal was missed and tho
final score was 50 to 21 In favor of
Michigan.
Mr. Schultz was In good humor the
rest of the day, even when he was In
structing the willing but inexperienced
Wolverine linesmen at Fern' Field In tho
afternoon.
The varsity squad reported to the
coaches at 2:50 o'clock, and the main
feature of the afternoon's program was
signal practice. There was no real
scrimmage, but two squads of forwards
wero sent against each other for drill
in blocking and opening holes.
Benton, at left end, rehearsed kicking
goals from touchdowns, which Is pretty
good evidence that Michigan Intends to
make touchdowns next Saturday, for no
time Is being wasted on tho Pennsyl
vania and Cornell games these days.
LECTURE ON SIGNALS.
Larry Splawn and Tommy Hughitt
punted for a spell, and Splawn tried his
point-kicking toe, with good results. It
was dark when a halt was called, but
the coaches had an Indoor class In sig
nals at night, and the boys also were re
quired to listen to a lecture from Yost.
They were Anally dismissed, with orders
to bo at tho Michigan Central Station at
2 42 o'clock this afternoon, when the
tart will be mado for Auburndale, near
Cambridge.
From the time the train leaves Ann
Arbor until It arrives at Auburndale there
will be no practice for the Wolverines,
owing to tho Pullman Company's failure
to build cars anywhere near tho size of
football fields. But there may be more
lectures and a rulo quiz or two from Mr.
Yost, who finds it an easy matter to make
Ms voice heard abov the well-known
i olsa and confusion of a Journey on the
fateam cars.
The team expects to reach Auburndale
about noon on Thursday, and In the aft
ernoon will engage In 6ignal practice on
the nearest convenient field. It is barely
possible that Yost, In order to accustom
his bunch to the ferocity of Harvard,
will send the Michigan first Btrlng men
Into a scrimmage against tho animals at
Norumbega Park.
Haughton will turn over the Stadium
to tho visitors on Friday afternoon, so it
can bo seen at a glance that he Is a better
sport than Connie Mack, or. perhaps, ha
is profiting by the experiences of Connlo
subsequent to his refusal to let the Braves
frolic at Shlbe Park.
LIST OF TEAM.
Following is the list of varsity candi
dates who will leave for the East this
afternoon.
Captain Haynesford. Watson, McIIale.
"ochran, Itelmann, Benton, Staatz.
Dunne, James, Itehor. Qulal, Norton,
Flnkbelner and Whnten. and backs
Hughitt, Bushnell, Zetger, Hubel. Splawn
Maulbetsch, Lyons, Bastlan, P.oehm and
I'atlett.
Mr. Whalen Is to be taken along as a
! ward for past services and not because
there Is any chance of his helping the
ause. His ankle was badly twisted In
the fatal Syracuse encounter
Maurice Dunne, son of the Governor of
Illinois, Is first substitute l.-f t end and
will get Into the Harvard game If Ben
ton wears out or shows signs of slip
ping. Staatz, who will start at right
end, Is another of the innumerable
Michigan men who have been hurt, but
his leg has yielded to strenuous treat
ment, and he gets round the field now
aa If nothing had been the matter.
Greenness seems to be the only fault
of Michigan s regular tackles, Cochran
and Relmann. They are both husky
kids and apparently willing to take all
that's coming to them. They will get
plenty If the Harvard tackles are any
thing like they have been In recent years.
Young Cochran has a complexion that
an actress might envy and It Is the
earnest prayer of all Michigan that the
big Harvard brutes don't spoil It for
him
Hupghltt was In all the practice yester
day, and his arm seemed less stiff than
it has been. The rest he will be forced to
g'vo It on the train may be just what
It needs.
The Michigan boys are not frightened
by reports that Harvard's mastery of
the Canadian passing game will give It
a big advantage. The fact that Michi
gan will pass through Canada on the
way East should more than offset this.
LANDMARK THREATENED
Harvard has lost Its elms and now
another landmark Is threatened. The
manager of the football team has fal
len Into belief In newfangled Ideas of
sanitation and has decreed that the
old tin bucket of Pooch Donovan,
trainer of the eleven, shall be abol
ished, The bucket was an Institution
all-embraclna In Its functions. Players
In the midst of battle were sponged
from the water of the bucket and with
a fin democracy drank from It as well.
The. men rejoiced to see the bucket
coming from the sidelines, even as
Kipling' Tommies rejoiced at the ad
vent of Cunga Din. But now the
bucket has been demolished. This
season when time out Is called Dono
van Will advance to the gridiron bear
ing a tray, and on the tray will be In
dividual dunking glasses.
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College Gridiron Gleanings
By EDWARD R. BUSHNELL
If what the Fennslvanla cloven Is able
to do to the freshmen Is a fair meas
ure of Its power, then yesterday's Bcrlm
roago indicates a decided Improvement
In form. It Is true that tho first year
men scored two goals from field, but
each was an easy chance and made pos
sible by varsity fumbles. Not until the
freshmen led with a score of 6 to 0 did
tho varsity get up enough fight to
quickly score two touchdowns.
For the greater part of the practice
the varsity showed the better attack
and toward the end of the work the
upper classmen seemed able to make
all their plays go even the forward
pass. Tho conches were almost besldo
themselves at the manner In which the
usually reliable Tucker and Murdock
fumbled. But thero was some reason
for one of Tucker's costly fumbles. That
was the really remarkable kicking of
Quarterback "Bert" Bell of tho fresh
men team. Bell mixed u lis kicks in
such splendid fashion t. ho drew
forth words of commendation from Head
Coach Brooke himself.
Tho happy feature of the Quakers'
work when once they found themselves
was the drive to the whole attack, the
rushing of Tucker, the manner In which
Hopkins nnd Gotwals handled forward
passes and the running of Murdock. who
filled In at quarterback in place of Mer
rill. The Improvement In Murdock's
work was especially pleasing to tho
coaches, because they have several
times nearly had nervous prostration
thinking what might happen if Merrell
were hurt. Relieved of the necessity of
holding Murdock In reserve for an end,
tho coaches have put him into tho quar
terback position, where he will be an
understudy to Merrell. Murdock handled
tho ball loosely some of tho time, but
he got over this toward the end of prac
tice and also exhibited commendable
skill in returning kicks. Both of these
rut the varsity In position to score touch
downs. The Pennsylvania eoachfi are up acalnst
a harder problem rlRht now than many per
siiia realize This la because there are to few
capable aubsthu'ea. The conthes therefore nre
praying that ttwy may set through the Bvvarth.
more game without Injuries and that they
may enter ihe Mlihigan contest with an ab
solutely sound team which will give them a
chance to start In the nam' way against Dart
mouth a welc later
There are no nrst-olass ends to replace
either t'rquhart or Hopkins, while In the
backtield there are no men of all around
streneth to replace the four now conslilere.1
the first strlns Avery, for Instance, la a
coo.1 offensive back, but he Is wek on de
fense, whtls R' uafeller strong on the a
fenii la weak on th offense. So It goes all
through the team, though there are two or
three good ilne men who cm be shifted around
" roachSan5rw.ke was asVted yesterday by the
writer why h rtldn t emulate the I'rlnceton
KENSINGTON A. C.
HAS RARE TREAT
ON TAP TONIGHT
"Tommy" Keenan's Treat
for "Fans" Is Calculated
to Be Most Interesting Yet
Held.
"Tommy" Keenan's amateur boxing
tournament at the Kensington A. C,
Kensington avenue and Ontario streets,
tonight. Is the talk of the town. Already
he has developed no lcs than a dozen
promising boys who had their first op
portunity to put on the mitts last week
They all bear the earmarks of making a
name for themselves. They will be seen
In aetlon at this club tonight and again
on Friday night, when the finals will be
held. The classes are 106 pounds, 1W, 115.
136 and 135- Each class has not Usa than
ten bos entered.
The Rhode Island Athletic t'lub wil nuke its
debut at Frovldtnie ft I . Wednulay next.
(Frank Manull. of Pawtucket and "Battling"
Ltvtasky, of thu city, will furnish the main
attraction. Tte It I. A. O Is ww lb leading
club In that section since the MarlcvUle A C.
turned down- The matchmaker U "Joe" Mc
Carthy, a Boston bey. well known aa a man
ager of boxers.
X busy Dgbter l this 'Battling" Ivlnsky
On Friday night he u to tight "sal r Frits
at th Fmplre Atu'eti Club of H-irlem n J
en tie followtns night he is . helul.d with
Terry" Kellor the tig ri lforn an at tn.i
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and Yale coaches to the extent of playing his
regulars against their first substitutes. Here
Is what he said:
"1 wlh I could do that. But the truth Is
that nftcr we pick one first eleven there are
not enough first-class substitutes to make a
team as strong as the scrubs. That Is a good
way to develop a team. I Bdmlt. but you
can't do It It you haven't a good second
string."
WEST POINT, N. Y7ot 2S. Army coaches
nre taking tender caro of their regular ba-k-
i field men and working them lowli toward tha
.oire uamti ga.me. ft weeK irora aaturuay. .u-
Punn flllnhinf PHfnhatH Wianri anrt Unit-
! sen. who aro Lack In the line-up, tan through
signals tor me nrsx iimo in two weens.
I'UINCETON, K. J.Toct. 23. Princeton first
line men were In for vigorous work-outs dur
ing the rest of the week, following the drub
bing the scrubs administered the arslty In
eterday's practice. It was the first tlmo the
tcrubs have bnaten the regulars this year, but
they scored thrte touchdowns, two of them be
ing on lnttrcepted forward passes.
CAMBrtlDGE, Oct.2.-There was hard
work for tho Harvard team yesterday, but the
plajers are slowly rounding Into form for
binrmi.ige, this Leln resened for tho sub
I stltutes and tho scrubs at the close of the
uas's practice Tho Harvard plajers have been
irrpreised that tho Wolverines are likely to
bo much stronger Saturday than they wero
last week against Hiracuse, and tho substi
tutes, who will probably have to play through
the greater part of the game, aro being driven
hard to be In readiness for the Westerners.
ANN AniiOn, MIchTT" Oct. 29. Michigan's
football team will meet Harvard next Satur
day without having engaged In a scrimmage
drill since tho Sru.use game last week. Quar
terback Hughitt was not out, but his injured
arm was said to he mending rapidly, and h
Is almost certain to be In Saturday's game.
Tho Wolverines w'll leave for Cambridge this
afternoon Almost 2VX) tickets for the Harvard
game have teen sold here.
HAVETRFOrtD. Pa.. Oct. 28. Cheer Leader
Coleman had tho jtudent body out again on
Walton Field jesterdav afternoon to encour
age the football squad In Its dally practice on
Walton Field. A long scrimmage took up
nearly all the afternoon and the first and sec
ond teams were tearing at each other until
dark,
NEW TIAVEN, Conn , Oct. 23. The Tale
varsity football team divided honors with the
1 wctubB In a hard fcrlmmage. the second of the
t week thus far. Knowles scored a touchdown
for the varsity and Wiser went over for the
scrub wore. The xarsity did not kick a goal,
while the scrubs did.
ITHACA. N. T.. Oct. 23. A patched up
Cornell varsity team was put Into action yes-
I terday against the freshmen eleen, the first
time this year that the cubs have played the
I first team. In epite of the fact that the
varsity wai materially weakened by the ab-
i eenco nf the stars, the freshmen were scored
1 upnn four times, though once they had the
regulars on the one-foot line. Coach Sharp
carried out his promise of giving the varsity
men a rest, playing substitutes at nearly every
position en he team.
VILLANOVA, Pa.. Oct. 23. Preparation for
th nm gdme at West Point next Saturday
began In earnest here eterday afternoon,
i h .'nrnni.'r bHd th arslty squad put
through a long drill an! the cool weather put
k -i.. p an 1 daxh Into the play which has
hitherto been lacking No ecrlmmage was held
lut the time was spent on the perfection of
the old plays and the development of several
' neiv ones.
hae opened ui a "gold mine" for the Phila
delphia toy.
'Al" Dewey, of Wllkes-narre seems to have
tru k the fancy of the New York fraternity,
as he Is getting lata of "work " He Is to
I meet "S.i'dler" llartfleld In a ten-round bout
. In -iracuse. where he recently (ought "Jlmm"
Duffy a hard ttn-round draw.
j Th-ee boys well known to Phlladelphians will
meet three other toys as well known lere in
ten-rourd bout before the McMahon Brothers'
! Manhattan Spirting Club, of Harlem, on
Thurnlav Novrtnler fl. The bouts as arranged
i will bring together Edie Camrl. of California.
j who has been conditioning at MerhantvJIle for
some time rast, with Frankle Fleming, the
lightweight Hampton of Canada George
Ctianev. of Baltimore and "KM" Kansas, of
I p it-lo "Pats" Kline, of Newark, meets
.dde Morgan, ot trtgianu.
"Whitey" Tlaker's aggressiveness won his
hout with "Jlllly" Cnulton At the Falrmount
Athletic Club last night In the aemt-wlndup
"Young" Frank, of New York, made a prom
Ising start in this city b sending Earl Deal
to dreamland In the third round "Johnny"
Dougherty, of the t' H. B Connecticut de
lighted .a large number of his shipmates by
defeatirg "Young" Knable In the second
round "Barney" McFarland managed to get
a shad on "Younk Jack" Toland. and Frank
MeManuu made "Johnny" Hughe quit In the
second round "Robb" Mcl-eod. of Scotland,
won from ' Charley" Jones In six rounds.
Th smallest rowd of the season witnessed
four poor Lout at the Palace A. C . Norrli
town last night After wearing down his
orp nert with kidney punches Iw Stinger, of
Philadelphia, managed to stop Hobby Hayes
of West Philadelphia. In the seventh round of
the wladup the latter' second throwing the
towel in the ring.
In the ml-wlndup Butts Clark, of Mana
yunk beat Preston Smith, of Philadelphia.
Al Edwards and Young Borrell fought a
draw Johnny Price, of Norrlstown showed
up well against a heavy opponent. Al Parker
of Camdn.
INTERSTATE LEAGUE DINNER
An Informal dinner, to which the prtn
clpa.1 baseball leagues of this vicinity
have been Invited to send their repre
sentatlves, will be given by the Inter
state Association of Baseball Leagues
at Green's Hotel en "Wednesday night,
November !
The Interstate Ai-r, ianon is Just clos-t--
Ms first y-- n iazj jf glory and
nyin- g a
ALWAYS TAKING THE JOY
SAYS STATE GAME
IS TO BE KILLED,
NOT PHOTOGRAPHED
Secretary Joseph Kalbfus, of
the Pennsylvania State
Game Commission, Writes
Interestingly of His Views.
Secretary Joseph Kalbfus, of tho State
Game Commission, has In this third arti
cle to the Evenino LnDaEn endeavored to
bring homo facta concerning the game
question In this State.
"Wo are being forced Into a position,"
writes Secretary Kalbfus, "where we
must fight If wo hope to retain privi
leges along sane game lines. Wo are
protecting game in this State not to look
at and take pictures of, but to kill. The
sportsmen of this State today are not
paupers, begging the State to make ap
propriations for their use to the Injury
of hospitals or schools or any other thing.
After next June their money collected
through the resident hunter's license will
be used 'to pay the freight,' not only
for tho protection of game, through the
taking of which they, the sportsmen, de
rive pleasure and benefit, but they will
also pay for the protection of song and
Insectivorous birds, the value of whose
Ufa work nffects all the people.
"It Is not the province of the Game
Commission to say where game can best
be killed. It Is our duty to protect game
that It may Increase to the benefit of
thoso able to secure It. AH I can, there
fore, cay at this time Is, our deer aro
Increasing and aro becoming quite plen
tiful In many of the counties of the
State.
"I believe we have more black bear In
Pennsylvania than can be found In any
other State In this Union.
"Ruffed grouse have hatched well and
appear to be plentiful In the sections
where extensive forests are located.
"Quail are quite plentiful In some sec
tions of the .State, those sections that
were comparatively free from snow and
Ice last winter. In nome sections theso
birds have almost disappeared.
"Rabbits seem to abound everywhere,
and It Is now up to sportsmen to not
only obey the law themselves, but to
see to It that others obey t. Game of
the State belongs to hunters aa never bo
fore, nnd pvpry man who pays his dollar
should take a dollar's worth of Increased
Interest In seeing to It that his game Is
not killed contrary to the provisions of
law. Every man who pays his dollar
should also help to correct existing er
rors In the game laws of the Common
wealth. "The Game Commissioners of this State
are working for the State entirely with
out pay, not even the money they ex
pend as expenses being returned to them.
It Beems to me they are doing their work
well, considering what they have to do
with. They can rto much better If those
Interested will help In this great work,
and I beg of those disposed to knock to
throw away your hammer and help carry
straw, for It Is Just as hard today to
make good hrlcks without straw aa It
was In the olden time We beg of you
to help us to help you."
OHERLE, STATE COLLEGE
Oberle as a guard on the State Col
lege eleven has the earmarks of be
coming a star in time. He Is a Phila
delphia boy and was prepared at fiftr-
f$ V&1S&
ceroburg Academy,
OUT OF LIFE
Personal Touches in Sports
Having practically decided to make their
training; headquartors In fit. Petersburg, Fin.,
tho "Phillies" are making tentative plana for
tho spring. It Is tho Intention of the man
agement, provided the deal with tho St.
Petersburg peoplo goes through, to play all
tho gamca possible at the camp, then to go
north by tho following route: Kt. Petersburg,
Tampa, JuekhonUlIo, St. Augustine, Calnc.i
vllle. Ga Saannah, Atlanta, Norfolk, Phila
delphia. It will be noted that tho "PhllB" have not
mentioned Wilmington, Jf. C, as a stopping
point.
David Daggett, chairman of the Vale Grad
uate Committee In chargo of tho now howl.
Is the nuthorlty for the following statement:
"To many rather than too few tickets for
the big game with Harvard, November 21,
will be nvallablo this year. Graduates and
students arc rermmltted to subscribe for four
Beats each thla year, nnd for the first tlmo
In years non-graduates will bo able to gtt
scats."
Yale "Bowl" when complotod will scat (11.000
spectators and la said to be tho largest field of
its kind In the whole world Another great
testimonial to American engineering skill nnd
brains. It la fitting that tho opening game
should b between Veto and Harvard Novem
ber 21
Hartford, Conn., now has taken a place with
other athletic centres In that Its city fathers
have pasied a resolution providing an athletle
field and quarter-mllo cinder track, to be
known as tho Hartford Public School Athletic
League Field, It Is for the use of school chll
dien and others who might otherwise be in
lured It they played on the street. No bette'
way of spending some of the city money could
be devised. It would seem to us that . Oh,
well, what's tho use.
When the six-cylinder automobile engine was
Invented and perfected it was thought the
zenith of engineering skill hnd been reached.
However, recent developments Indicate that
there Is no telling where the typo will end.
There Is an eight-cylinder engine on the mar
ket now, and who knows mut that we may hear
of a "ten" before long.
Latest Reports have It that Ijtwrenco Robert
son, the famous tralnor ot athletes, will again
handle the reins nt the SIM regiment, New
York. I might also bo Interesting to know
that th" i!3d la likely to choose "Charley"
Ilacon, unce America's foremost athlete. Both
aro "dandy" men In their line.
Have you determined which eleven Is most
likely to win the Harvard-Michigan game next
HaturdayT Tho followers of both teams are
confident their proteges will land the verdict.
Knowledge of golfing etiquette once saved
a man's life, according to tho October Issue
of the Golfer's Magazine. Two men who
played golf In their odd moments wero nt
work on a bulldlng-one on tho roof anl th
other on the ground. Tho fellow on the roof
had a huge wrench In his hands. It slipped
and shot i-trnlght down for tho coco of the
partv on the ground
Twas a tense moment. Every fraction of
n second waa Important If tho gent lelow was
to be saved from tho eager hands of tha
undertaker.
Did tho party on the roof yell- "Hey look
out'" or something equally bromldlc' Not hel
He lust veiled. "Pore"' And -ho gent" bo
Ion ducked Instantly and In time.
The Army-Navy fpotball game promises to
be productive of almost us much tliket talk as
thi world's series, though the kevnote Is some
PROSPECT BRIGHT
FOR BASKETBALL
AT PENNSYLVANIA
Freshman Squad, Under Di
rection of Jack Keough,
Promises to Be First-rate
Organization.
The prospect for a winning basketball
team representing the freshmen class of
the University of Pennsylvania appears
bright at this time, according to Jack
Kfougli, who will coach the first-year
men. He expects to form a five around
Art Jefford, tho all-scholastic choice for
forward, from the Northeast Manual
Training School, and Lou Martin, who
played forward for the Southern High
School and was picked as the running
mate with Jefford. Stack, Grant and
welsh, the latter captain, are from the
Ufan Academy five, of Franklin, Mass.;
Junes, from Cleveland High School, of
'leveland. O.; Deerlng. who played on
Penn Charter; Bfrt Bell, who led the
Haverford School five, and Dewhurst,
formerly or Brown I'teparatory School,
have notified Coach Keough. The last
i.iie men are at the present time playing
k.-i the freshman football team
With but two weeks remaining before
tlie varsity carduiatcs for the cage ga-no
at the Insttf't' " nT"ss t' Hrh'ivlJi
are called cut, a tliw has f"n stm k
what different. At least It Is to be hoped that
the scandal end of the proposition will be en
tirely omitted. Franklin Field will have lt'e
acatlng capacity Incrcasod to 30,000 nnd etlll
tha demand for tickets will probably be so
great that not half the peoplo who want t
see the game will be able to get Inside the
enclosure. This proves conclusively that Phil
adelphia needs a new stadium where such con
tests can bs held and the people accommo
dated. Hank Gowdy waa given a great reception
by the citizens ot Columbus, Ohio, yesterday.
Ar might have been expected Josh Devore was
present to assist and he assisted In tho cere
monies. Some day something Is going to hap
P n In tha barehall world without either De
vore or Ira Thomas getting In on It. Dut
that will bo many yeara from now, probably
about 1007.
Gowdy, by the way, has turned down a
nedernl Ien gun offer according to organized
baseball reports. It Is said that he and his
1 1 m us battery mate, Dick Iludolph, were
offered a big sum, but refused to even talk
over tho matter with the Fedoral agent.
Walter Johnson differs from the riravea'
heroes. Ho Sa open to any kind of a proposi
tion which will benefit him, This Is the at
titude of nearly every ball plaver In the land
nnd Is one for which many of them have been
censured. But those samo people who rap the
ball player for Jumping and accepting offers
would do the same under the same circum
stances. Charles P.. Durborow, tha man who has
made Philadelphia famous by his wonderful
aquatto feats, swnm during the past year 004
miles, and crossed the Delaware 202 times.
Enough work for any big-hearted athlete.
J. S. Mitchell, world's weight thrower, luui
the following comment to make about the
radical proposed amendments to the Amateur
Athletic Union constitution:
"A serlH of very radical amendments have
been proposed to the Amateur Athletic Union
i Mliui.m and they will come up for legis
lation at tho next annual convention here, the
hetond .Monday In November. Tho gist of
these changes la that Army and Navy athletes
be allowed to compete without registration;
that women swlmmera and other female com
petitors he permitted to compete and register,
and that professionals be allowed to show In
team exhibitions with amateurs.
Should th new amendments pass the
Amateur Athletlu Union will become little
iiiKi than nn nn.iex to professional sport.
"In the new amendment to article S of the
constitution It Is proposed that an amateur
be eligible to compete against a professional
In baseball, football and basketball. What
will the Y. M C. A. say to this? Especially
Dr. I.uther Gullck and George Hepbron, tho
m -i u hn hld up basketball as the one great
game for tha amateur.
'One vital point In connection with tha
froposed changes Is that a college man is at
Iherty tn represent hl college as his resi
dence. Thin means that a man can come from
anywhere and represent a college in New York,
and the same rule applies to any part of the
United Htatea An athlete has the option of
representing his college or a club in the ter
ritory of the college."
Hen Davis easily defeated C. Wanner, Sr.,
bv 1!5 to 31 In an IS 2 balk-Ilne billiard
match at tho Kmplro Parlor IsBt night Davis
relctcred high runB nt 20 nnd 14 and aver
aged f fi-24, while Wanner's best runs w re
tl nnd S. and ho averaged 1 7-24 Tonight
Davis will play against William Grlsuold,
to the hopes of Coach "Ixn" Jourdet by
the announcement that Ed. MoNlchol and
Williams, who played forwards on the
freshman quintet last year, are Ineligible
and will not be out for the team. Helndel
and Dolln, members of tho varsity of last
year, are back In their studies and will
not be able to get out on tho floor for
tho lied and Blue. Vreeland, who has
been playing a star game In the back
field for I'cnn on the gridiron, will be
out for the Penn five when tha football
season Is over.
Jimmy Kane, -who played guard along
with Freddy Gelg. the former star of
the Swarthmore five, on the Trenton
team last year, has been reported signed
up with a team In the Pennsylvania
finite League. But, according to the latest
reports from the camp of the Bengals,
Kane will be seen In action against tha
Jasper quintet on Monday, November 2,
In the armory.
The Camden five have been practicing
on the quiet for the last two weeks.
Camden will open up at home on Wed
ncbday. November i, with practically the
same lineup as last year. Steele will play
forward with Babe Adams, Donlln will be
Jumper, with Merron and Brown at
guards.
It Is reported that the three different
leagues In Pennsylvania of college teams
are about to corns to an agreement con
cerning the arrangement of the games
for the title of champion. Last year the
threo leaders claimed the crown, but as
they did not com together to settle the
question It hung fire.
From the way tha Qreystock team has
been plavhig exhibition games It looks
like the doAiitowners will gtvo the mem
bers of the oil)- r live a good run for
first pQsiu.ir Hugerman the Sew York
M'tT fc iiijii 1 tl"- funs, vvh t t; -d
I list l'r i'.i t'j w.tirh. the reoiri''iii"1
five play, (
The tltlo-lf such It can bo called-of
being tho most unlucky Eolfcr In America
If not tho world, whllo claimed by many
certainly bolonga to Chick Evans. For
years ho has found It Impossible to get"
bpyond tho semifinal In tho Nntlonal Anl.i- "
Ictir, und tho ono tlmo ho was success,
ful In reaching tho final ho had tho nils
fortuno to meet Jerry Travers in his
most brilliant form. The first time Evans "
went to England ho wns beaten In a moat W
unfortunato manner In tho amateur cham
pionship at Prestwlclc nt tho nineteenth
nolo by Bruce Pcarco, and on his second
visit his opponent In Evans third round
played bettor than ho over will again.
Imagine going out In 38 and being 5 down
at tho turn, nnd yet that Is what hap-'
penod, for C, B, Macfarlano was out In
tho remarkable figures of 31. Hero was
an occasion when Evana had played
renlly flno golf but was beaten 4 up and
2 to play. During tho Western champion
ship Evans averaged 74 for tho week nnd n
won tho title, but In tho National nt
Ekwnnok an error of Judgment lost hli
first match on tho eighteenth hole, and
tho only 18-hulo round of tho tournament.
Theso aro Just n few Instances of tho
kind of luck that follows Chick wherever
ho goes.
It Is to bo hoped that all tho match
play rounds In tho tournament for the-
Individual chnmplonshlp of Philadelphia
next year will bo over tho 36-holo route.
Practically all of tho men In this year's
event aro In favor of It, and undoubtedly tf
thoro will bo bettor satisfaction nil nround
If tho Golf Association of Philadelphia
decides to extend tho matches to that
length.
Thcro In no questioning the statement
that putting plays a most Important
part If not tho most Important part In
golf. If Harry Vardon's putting wna up
to tho standard of tho rest of his gamo
ho would moro than likely havo won 13
instead of six British open championships.
TO SHOWER LAURELS
ON RAILROAD TEAMS
ATP.R.R.Y.M.C.A,
Open-house Affair Tonight
Bids Fair to Be a Memora
ble Occasion Other Ath
letic Notes.
In an "open-houso" affair which the
Pennsylvania Itallroad Toung Men's
Chrlstlnn Association will givo nt tho
main building In West Philadelphia to
night tho Ncwhall n.nd Purvlanco Memo
rial Cups will bo presented to the base
ball team representing tho purchasing de
partment and the oillco of auditor ot dis
bursements. Theso tenms were winners
in the two divisions of tho General Oillco
Baseball League
Thomas Nowhall, a son of tho late 1).
S Nowhall, purchasing agent of tho Penn
sylvania Itallroad. will present tho New
hall Cup on behalf of tho purchasing de
partment, the employes of which donated
tho cup. W. A. Patton, assistant to the
president of tho Pennsylvania Rntlroid
and general chairman of tho Pennsjlvan.a
r.ollroad Y. M. C. A., will tecelve tho
cup for tho association and mnkr the
presentation to the purchasing depart
ment team. Mr. Patton will pi.-M n. .no
Tutvlanco Cup, which ho donated to tho
team representing the cilice of the aud.tor
of disbursements.
Trior to the presentation a committee
men's tea will be given nt 6:30 p. in A
reception from 8 to 10:30 p. m will follow.
Contests In tho gamo room, rllle gallery
and gymnasium and motion plrturcs
will be among the entertainments offered
tho guests of tho railroad association.
West Branch Y. M. C. A. track and
field nthlotcs will band together tonlhht
nt the C2d street headquurters and form
an organization to actively engage in this
pastime. Physical Director Owen V.
Davis sanctions tho formation of such nu
organization. The meeting Is to bo held
at 7 o'clock In the gymnasium.
There appears to he a break in tho har
monious relations between Finland and
Ireland as represented by tho Finn li
runners now In this country anil the Irish
American Athletic Club of Nt vv Vci It
city. "Willie" Kyronen wns cp-ftod t
Join the Irish, hut ut 'the last moment
cast his lot with tho MllIro.se A A To
add to this thcro was talk anion.: the
athletes yesterday that Hannes Kololi
malnen, tho star of all distance ruimeis,
might desert the organization Koleh
malnen has been unable to gei a poaitluii
since his return from Flnlnnd ana Is said
to have made up his mind to go West
unless he lands a Job soon.
Sixteen men have sent In their entii'3
for tho seven-mile walking championship
In New York next Saturday, vvliKh u
the largest entry ulnce tha event was n
placed on tho A. A. U. champion'"!'
program In 1912. Twelve of the best Ui
tanco runners In tho East will face tho
starter In the ten-mile run lUnnea
Kolehmalncn will mako his first appear
ance since his return from Finland in
this event, nnd will meet "Willie" Kyro
nen, who has been making such tapM
strides since he inlshed in third place lu
this race last year. Other entries are
"Nick" Gianakopulos nnd Victor Voterct
sas, Greeks.
In the Court of Common Council of
Hartford, Conn., a rosolution has been
passed providing for an athletic field and
a quarter-mile cinder track, to bo known
as the Hartford Publlo School Athletic
League Field
COLLEGE ATHLETICS
For the first time In the history of
the National Collegiate Athletic As
sociation the annual meeting of ne.
organization will be held outside of
New York city. President Le Baron
R. Brlggs has Issued a call for trie
representatives of the colleges 'na
universities comprising the member
ship to meet In annual convention in
the Hotel La Salle, Chicago, Tuesday,
December 29. The convention will
meet Monday evening, December z.
In the same hotel, when the business
end of the convention will be ar
ranged. Tho association comprises
over 100 member, and there are fully
an equal number of colleges ard uni
versltles In the country supporting
athletic teams outside of the assoeia
tlon, and It Is expected that seme or
these will be admitted.
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