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EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA", FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1914,
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MICHIGAN ELEVEN GETS LOSING HABIT IN ITS WORST FORM. WRITES RING W. LARDNER
LOST, STRAYED OR STOLEN,
MICHIGAN'S FOOTBALL SUITS
Ring Lardncr Says Yost's Team Is Now Minus
the Only Things That There Was Nothing
the Matter With.
ONE OF NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL'S FOOTBALL STARS
WEST MERION GOLF COURSE
MORE DIFFICULT THAN EAST
New Links Arc Shorter By a Few Yards Than
Old, But Require More Skill in Estimating Shots
and Placing Them.
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By BIND. W. LARDNER
AUBURNDAM3, Mass., Oct. 30. Tho
tyotvcrlncH, no-called bocnUse they rep
resent the State of Michigan, where nn
Imals or that name- nro snkl to nhound
anil run nmucl:, though I live din Mfeii
pan for 22 years
ami never snw n
wolverine nor a pic
ture of ono nor any
human uoIiir who
ever had accii ono
or expected to see
one, will prohalily
lose to Harvard on
Saturday, hccauio
they hnvo contract
ed the losing habit
In Its most vlrulont
form.
A fortnight ii (in
the said Wolver-
nlNO V. LAUDNEIl Incs lost their half
"' back. Mr. dnlt.
Then they went to Syracuse and loBt a
game and tho ncrvlccs of their most
aggresslvo end, Mr. Wlmlon, Now they
iiavc poQ and lost Ihclr football suits
and mi afternoon of practice
Tho Michigan squad arrived here yeR
tcrclay, but tho sutlo did not. They wero
left In the capital city of New York,
and mny cct hero this morning. On
the other hand, they may not net
hero at all, for huUh are funny thnt
way, and you never can tell what they
aro gohiR to do next.
If they Ret here this mornlnu. as
the railroad has promised, tho team
will don them twice In practice. If
.not the boys from tho Middle West will
" have to borrow suits from tho Harvard
, squad, and t suspect thnt the Harvard
squad hasn't many to spare, fur It must
take a whole storcful of suits to clothe
such a crowd of athletes as P. Haush
ton Is said to possess.
The loss of the Btilts was a terrible
blow to Yost, because they were about
the only things connected with the Mich
igan team, with which thoro was noth
ing the matter.
The suits were In a bnggngo coach
when the trnln left Ann Arbor, but It
fm6 Hint when this nnrtlculm trnln
reached Albany It was like the Michigan
team, all busted up. Tho coach con-
talnlng the paraphernalia was mislaid.
and during the general confusion the
Boston part of the train camo away
without it.
Jack Leonard, the manager, didn't
learn tho crushing truth until after the
squad had lunched at the Wodlnnd Park
Inn. Yost had ordered everybody out
In football togs nt 2:45, but when tho boys
came to look for the specified togs there
weren't any. Mr. Leonard spent a largo
College Gridiron Gleanings
By EDWARD R. BUSHNELX
With the possible exception of Har
vard and Yale the members of the
Six" expect to enjoy a breathing
tomorrow. All of them have
harassed so persistently of late
"Big
spell
been
that
there will be some cnecs of nervous pros
tration If the minor colleges don't let up
soon. Here aio the teams the big col
leges must tackle tomorrow:
Harvard vs. Michigan at Cambridge.
Yale vs. Colgate at New Haven.
Pennsylvania vs. Swarthmore at
Kranklln Field.
Cornell vs. Holy Cross at Ithaca.
Dartmouth vs. Amherst at Hanover,
N. H.
Princeton s. Williams at Princeton.
The Harvard-Michigan game Is treated
fcy Itlng W. Lurdner in his own Inim
itable style, and the only comment tho
writer wishes to make from the stand
point of the East is that wo shall bo
very much ustonlshcd If Michigan proves
a trouble-maker. But we havo seen Michi
gan team which would have dono damage
to the best eleven Harvard over had.
This year Harvard has one of her best
teams, but tho youths who will fight for
JIchlgun fall Abort of some Michigan
elevens of tho past.
It Is rare. Indeed, that Yale Is hit twice
In the same place by any team, much
less by a minor college. West Point has
done it to the L'lls, but none of the other
little fellows. That Is why, It history
lepeats tomorrow, Colgate will upset tra
dition by winning from Yale. It was
Colgate's turn to win last year, nnd that
16- score by which the New Yorkers wul
loped Yale has been a sort of nightmare
ever since. Yalo men threaten to outdo
themselvei tomorrow. Not only do they
wish to avenge that 1913 beating, but lhy
will also bo goaded on by the greener
memory or that football which Wash
ington and Jefferson took from the Blue
latt week by the score of 13-7. Tomorrow
doesn't lank llko nn auspicious day for
Colgat to visit New Haven.
Hut t'olgnte has n good team this year.
In fact, the eleven la made up to n large
extent of tne men who did &o much exe
cution last year. Colgate has lost only
one game this ear That was to U'rtt
Point But the tram hail tho satisfac
tion of beating Cornell earlier In the
ear
Since Dartmouth beat Williams rather
sil) a few weeks ago. Princeton ought
J nave in. difficulty In taking the New
Englanders m u,er atrido tomorruw. The
Tisei management put thla same on the
rehedule just to bo nil appetizer and to
'ep the team on edge for tho Harvard
Eamr ilio following Saturday. All tho
Tigi-i rjjt-hes who can gel away will be
n Ciinbrhlge to see Harvard perforin
asalnst Michigan. The big btadlum will
i" lult-iln a fair share of Yale coaches.
The result vn Pmiiklln Field ought to
M a uctor for Pennsylvania. But the
Vuaker eleven has been performing so
iue!rl this year that even the little
vluakers m.iy cause uu upset. The Penn
lv.iiiut nam bus been developing very
flQttH, and the coaches are not dls
Posed to take any chances n week be
jwe the Michigan gamo at Ann Arbor,
'ven one who hn been watching the
am in ta daily practice cannot hazard
Km , ot n" Plllun on what tho eleven
do Tho team may play Indifferent
w i ball of the tipe it did against th
'"uiaiis. oi it may suddenly tlnd Itself
a roll up a respectable score.
in some rcHprcts yesterday's practice
1 -niis)laiiU vcr favorably im
in ,he coat'le- There wait better
rreruicc r"r ''" thing, and hotter und
iri accurate use of the forward pass.
, ' " thing the team has not duno
D.c?.,"mci"K Bt'le- either In games or
Hiacilce, Is to carrv On, tinll ntirfllv
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sheer strength und
la, , "e 8l'''al practice of the regu
with lc" ul ,ht' cl"ie ot the afternoon,
luii Merre11 ai 1 Vueland In the bacl:
w. was impretwlvo enough, but- that
" w work docun't score touchdowns In
"ciu-h k'iwuejj.
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5e!tenivlC,.V,( l." 'ar'1 afiernoun here rsET-rcsmriUl I'a Oct M Gettysburg li
""tf'vn ? SSK,1''? "' "SlSS. gr.WySr" unding1 fnto form for 'ffi'SK t
f, 'v.fsi 'Ti'", niJib,n'mTS t r'-l "-I" Tueiday with Kordhsm In
x " i' 'i Iho ,r. r iwltVu. Si Y rw city This 1. the first meeting of
r 5 '; u', v '', "irH1 iTe 4-e luetltutlons in athletics, and ever? effort
fi1iy r-a L--1 Vre - tk li fcI" W to Bet the Orange anl JJIut
" ta, hw fc,i uFvii! -im i-lt icori c- to L-o tbs test Ue coadlt'oo.
sum of money In telegraph and telephone
tolls, and finally made the discovery that
I have hlnled at. Fortunately, the ath
letes had brought their suit cases and
handbags with thorn, nnd so wero not
i "ereri or clean collars and nightgowns.
H had been planned to send the bunch
to Wnltham to practice on the high
school field. This scheme was carried
put In part, for Yost bundled his boys
Into machines and took them to Waltham.
llut. of course, practicing In street finrb
Is far different from rehearsing' In cos
tume, and the drill was not what tho
coach had anticipated, Moreover, half
of the team, namoly, Maulbctsch and
Splnwn, were taking a stroll at the time
tho machines left the hotel, and were,
therefore, lalo In reaching tho field, It
being a short walk of three and onclinlf
miles,
Tho squad relumed to headquarters late
In the afternoon and had dinner. Then
there was a long signal quiz In tho
coach's room. The program for tomorrow,
If the suits get here, la morning prac
tice at Waltham, afternoon practlco In
tho Htndtum and a final signal drill In
the hotel at night.
The trip from Ann Arbor hero was
lacking In thrills. The train had ono
diner to over a down well-filled Pull
niuns, and some of us waited until nearly
midnight for our evening cats. Wo were
very hungry, which will be evident on
tho expenso account. Yost had the men
studying signals when they weren't eat
ing or sleeping. The engineer refused to
stop the train at Auburndatc. so the squad
rode down to Trinity Plnco, and then out
to Its quarters on a suburban train.
There's a possibility, according to Yost,
that Norton will start Saturday's game
at right guard, in plnco of McIInlc. Nor
ton has never played In n college game,
otherwise he's all right.
In the stadium this afternoon tho Crim
son second tenm tiled alleged Michigan
plays ngalnst the varsity defense, nnd
Italian und a gent named Whitney re
hcarscd drop kicking. Mnh.in has been
llrlcklrylng with such good results late
ly thnt no one will be surprised If he
takes a few shots at tho Michigan goal.
Tho Michigan special, benrlng rooters
from Ann .vrhor, Detroit, Chicago, Grand
Haplds.
Toledo and other points vveat.
I "ere tomorrow nr, i;.w. iti uy
I tho Michigan band, tho bugs will pnrado
' through the downtown streets of Roston
j and probably got lost, llko the uniforms,
If any don't, they will wind Up nt tho
Copley Plnza Hotel, which Is to be tho
I scene of tomorrow night's mass meeting.
None of Yost's men were hurt on tho
trip hither, and no one was at South
Station to welcome me when I went Into
Uo-uon this afternoon. That's about all
the news.
came as a result of Borne splendid lino plung
ing by (Slick nnd V. Trenkmnnn, tho tall
lielnB carried over by tho latter.' Tho pocond
loucltdown came as a result of more open
Incites. Hhca scoring nn n fnrunrd pass. GltLk
Ulcltcd both Konls. The most Important de
velopment ot the day vn tho uc nt Ollck
nt quarterback. K. Tienkmann la ablo to
walk on hli Injured nnkle nnd will prob
ably return to tlio rerlmm(:n In tho enrly
part of next week. Tim other cripple from
Iho line. ltlBler, nt tackle, was reported
.ih c'oln? well, but will not be In form until
tho I'mntt with Harvard. In hi nbficncc Lovo
and Toater played tho tacklo portions.
HWARTIIUORR. Tn.. Oct. .".0. The entire
student tody marched to Whtttler Field j-oh-ttrdny
to cheer the Garnet team In Its final
ncrlmmace before the T'cnn game. Ncn
iontrs and yells were practiced, and much
rnthuilnum was nrou.ed for th comlnc Kame.
Kvery one feels confident tbat Hwurthmoro has
an equal chance of benllnR I'enn.
Practice utart'd erly nnd continued until
Ions after dark. The whllnaihl foolblll
waa put Into play to enable the men to prac
tice In the dirk. It una the most enthusiastic
practice held this year.
NIJW HAVn.V. Conn.. Oct, SO. Yale's new
rush line, selected by the coaches nn Monday,
after Washington and Jefferson had caused
th recall on the old line, was thrown Into
confusion yestrday nfternoon by the scrubs,
who scored three touchdowns, while the var
sity baekti were unnble to propel the boll the
lenrth of the field for a single score.
The varsity waa pummeled yesterday be
cause It sesmed unable to arnsp lh principles
of ilsrpnilre football on strnleht altnclis.
Marlelsh, Kaston. Tommy Cornell nnd Harry
I,e Gnre were used as the scrub slorrmrs, and
they were not checked for four downs during
the afternoon.
UASTON. r.i , Oct. .".O. Taylor, tho I afay
etle qnatterliarli, hni been sick Mnce Mon
dnv. Ills cute n.i dluBiiosed as typhoid fever,
ami ho wns taken to hla home In 'amden.
Cochran hat been taken to his home tn
West Cbester. nnd this lirlnits the total num
ber of typhoid eaes among the members of
the J.ifrctto Kim up to five. There Is
not another case In the wholo collesc. There
Is tho srrenteat enthusiasm over tho linp.nlliiK
uMiie with the I'enn State eleven. The whole
collesu marched to the field at tlu llmo of
practice, headed by the coUckc band. There
was a routing cheering practice.
STATH CO l,M .(IK, Pa.. Oct. .10. The I'enn
?tate fiotbill ti-nm yeslenlay afternoon held
its last home practice before Ihe I-afaycttn
mme. 'e men left tonight for Enspm. The
con.llt'.on of ItlKSlnn. Ihe star left end, has
so fnr Imprmcd that ho was taken with the
lean, and ho will poibly I" put In tho
game. Il Lamb, the husky tackle, whose
klcliln scored six points ngalnst Harvard,
sustained a slight Injury to his lee In prac
tice, but It l unlikely that he will be kept
out of the game.
WPST POINT. N Y, Oct. "n The Arm
Fquail was out twice yeslerday afternoon.
Most of tho squad reported early, but a
military drill was sandwiched In. and then
when Iho bis team roado Its second appear
ance b"t Ultle Ume was mailable for foul
ball. Hoge'n good work In the scrub back
lie Id Is bringing him to the attention of
Hie c laches. Itenedlct. Woodruff and Ttm
herlako all practiced goal kicking, Woodruff
doing exceptionally well.
ITIMi'A. N. Y. Oct "0 A making ra'n
did not preient Ihe Cornell footlmlt ronct-et
from drlvln,- their men out of the shelter
of the baseball cago on a muddy field yes
lerday afternoon. The eleen has been gln
a number of now formations this week, and
evenl of Inem were rehearsed with great
i are Karrelt enllcd for a number of for
werrt passes, but on account of tl-e condition
i.f Hi, field vn.' the wet ball not much prog-
reus was made.
IIAVIIUFOHP. Oct 'to. With Fluffum and
Know Urn out of their line positions, the
llawrfnrd varsity did not hold the rerun
with ai much ease yesterday afternoon n It
hab done heretofore Kirk managed to make
n touchdown and to carry thp tall to a info
distance from tho rsllv goal on two oc
casions when he made brilliant end runs, gel
tins bj the Interference and straight arming
with easi. Knowltr.n was out watching the
nrlmmuso on crutches.
ANNArOI.IS Md.. Oct .10 The backs and
ends were gtwn rarilcularly rigid Instruction
at the Nival Aisdemv esierdy afternron bv
Head I'uirh Howunl. Ensign Dnllon and
aigl'n. Iho new Yale coach, while the line
I'utiiildties were taken In hand by Olcult. of
y.-le and Kns'gn nrown. Dalttu mie h's
utenllon to lllo.lgett and Collins who are
llkilj lu do most of tho punting for tho Navy.
BiiTii ni:THLt:in:f. ra.. Oct .io.-coa.ih
Kcndy gave ibe I-h'gh foolball team a rome
whit sliorter practlco thau usual yestcnia A
drUillng rnln fell all though the afternoon
and made field and hall slippery. Fred Oreen
was ta.-k at left end and will probably be
able lo Play ' part Ih" Johns Hoj.klns
game on Katurdav Two lines spent a long
time running down under lloban s and I-aru-bcrl'a
long tplrals
Al.l.KNTOWN, Pa., Uct 30.-Kol!owers of
uthl-iic In this city are evincing particular
InlerMt In Muhlenberg's coming came with
Hucknell. which will be held lu coulunctlon
with Uooster Pay tomorrow. The in
te.crt lw been aroused principal!) by George
iCKkUl, eoacn oi '"V itaiu.
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GOOD AMATEUR
FIGHTS TONIGHT
IN KENSINGTON
Finals and Semifinals
Tommy Keenan's Boxing
Tournament for Boys Up
to 135 Pounds.
JTornmy" Keenan's amateur boxing
tournaments have proved such a success
that he will continue them through the
winter nt the Kensington Athletic Club.
Tonight he will hold the semifinals and
the finals In tho 105, 110, 13). 125 nnd 133
pounds. Those eligible to contest for the
gold watches which are given to the
winners and the diamond stickpins which
go to the second mon are:
105-pound class "Bud" Beach, Willie
Culver, Jimmy O'Brien, "Battling" Beck,
tommy Oorman nnd Eddie Mullen.
HS-poun'd class "Whltoy" Nallor
Charley Dygert.
120-pound class Jimmy Mullen
Charley Lewis.
125-pound clnss Jimmy Campbell
Johnny McCracken.
lSS-pound class John Dougherty
Jln Sweeney.
and
and
and
nnd
Notwithstanding tho fact that "Jimmy"
Fryor, of this city, outpointed "Snmmi"
Trlnkle. of Pan Francisco, liefore a big crowd
at Ihe Ilrnadway Athletic Club last night, It
could be easily seen that Trlnkle would be
Iho better man In a long distance fight.
Trlnkle wnn slow nnd took many n punch
which ho could hae nvnldnd had he been
faster on his feet, but the blows that Fryor
landed did not seem to hava any effect on
him.
From the very first Fryor landed almost at
will, while the Callfornlnn could connect but
seldom, but the blows that he did land were
far more effective than the locnl boy'a and
several times they took the steam completely
out of "Jimmy."
"Jlmm" Carson and "Paddy" McCracken
mei In the acmlwind-up to settle a long stand
ing question of supremacy. Carson, who was
the smaller, man by at least 10 pounds, proved
himself to also be the better man by sending
his opponent lo the floor for the full count
In third round. "Voung" OTlrlen ngaln
showed sensational form by beating up
"Pntsei" Moore, of Grays Ferry, so badly In
two rounds that Referee Culch humane) v stop
ped the bout In order to save Moore from a
knockout.
In the second bout "Alike" Mers. of South
ward aftr narrowly escaping a knockout In
the first round, "enme bock" nnd handed
"Low" Hunter, also of Kouthwark. a good
lacing. In the opening lout "Charlie"
Chaney, of Little Italy, won bv a narrow
mart;in from "nddle" Lenny, of b'outhnark.
Jack niaekhurn. the colored boer who
crealod a sensation by his come-back, ruined
hi brllllnnt rfputntlon Inst night by quitting
cold lo Kid Wngner In the fourth round of n
scheduled in. round bout at Ihe Lyric A. C,
at Allentown.
NT.1V VOrtK 'Vt. :io Tom Jones. man
nger of Jee Wlllnrd. lodav showed a cable
gram which he had received from Jack John
son, stating thnt Ihe Negro Is willing lo sign
nrllcles for a bout with Wlllnrd. Johnson
stated that he must receive rVlo.nOO and 60
per cent, of the moving picture privileges.
NKW YORK. Oct. fin. Freddie Welsh
lightweight champion of the world. Is a slight
ravorlto over An wwgast. rormer tltlehnlder.
In Ihe betting on their 10. round no decision
bout nt Madison Pquare Garden next Monday.
The Englishman Is picked to nutbox the
Michigan fighter with ease.
NKW YORK. Oct. .10. naming Ivlnsky
tonight fuces his obstacle tn a bout with Jes
Wlllnrd. the Kansas heavyweight. Levlnsky
Is carded to meet Snllnr Frltts before the Um
pire A. C A victory over Frltts will give
Dan Mnru-an's battler a chance at the big
ICausan. The promoters have offered him the
bout with Wlllnrd If he wins.
As Wlllard Is being groomed for a match
with Jack Johnson, Levlnsky is hot after a
match with him.
KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Oct. SO. Carl Morris,
Oklahoma heavyweight received the decision
ur Jim Flynn. the Pueblo fireman, at the
end of their in-round battlo last night.
SAN FltANCISCO. Oct! SO. James W. Cnf
fmth, the bnilng promoter, and Sam llerger
have bought ihe San rrnnctscn ball club of
the Pacini Coast League from J. Cale Kvlng
nnd Frank Mlsh. The deal Is said to invol'e
a quarter if a million dollars.
PENN RUNNERS LEAVE
The University of Pennsylvania cross-country
team, accompanied by Coach I)r. tleorge
W. Orton. left this mnrnlntr on the 8:25 trnln
from liroad Strret Station for Plate College,
where they will meet State tomorrow- after
noon In their second dual run of the season.
The Quaker learn will be made up of C'olton.
Mi-Michael, Lleberman, Stevenson, Peeso. Cap
tain Huston and Humphreys. This Is the
same team that heat Dartmouth a week ago.
It will be the second time Pennsylvania has
met Stale, anil Ivoclnr lirlon ex-w-cta to win
as his tram did a ear ago. Captain Huston
and Humphreys, wh-t finished rather far back
In the Dartmouth run. are ssll to be running
In muih better form this week.
DE NERI DEFEATED
MOl'NT C.VKMKI.. Oct SO. -'Doc" New
man's All Kastern He rverl team opened a
thrre-dav tour last night by losing to tho
locust Oap live at the latter plsce by 4T lo
Ian. in w er nnc-oi- wcrt- .-cvvumn ana I
Vlebahn of Dc Nerl: Jimmy Kane, of Tren
ton: Sugarmun, oi iireysioa, ami urady, ot ,
Jasper.
GREAT TICKET DEMAND
1 KST POINT. N V . Oct 30 Ilequesis for
tickets for this jear's Army-Navv football
game arc pouting Into the Army athletic held
quarters so fast that Ihe officials In charge
announced no new subscriptions would be re
ceived Lieutenant Meer, secretary and treas
urer of the athletic council, announced that
all requests ftom old subscribers must be In
his office before next Thursday, when distri
bution of iho Armv's u'.lolnunt will be be
gun DIES OF FOOTBALL INJURY
DKTKOIT. Mich Oct "10 -Lester Koehler
IT sears oM. iiusrtrbai-k on a local high
school football eievtn. Is dead as the result
ot Injuries sustained In a game a week ago
He received a blow on the head which de
veloped ini t-aral-sls.
HAMILTON OUT AGAIN
ST LOCI. Oct :ut Carl Hamilton, the Si
LouU American pitcher, who was Injured In
an automobile accident three weeks ago. has
lift the hoi-pltal. where he was taken lmme
dlattlv after the a. blent He said today he
would be able tu pitch next season Hamilton's
collarbone was fractured This Injuiy It not
entirely healed
AMERICAN LEAGUE MEETING
CHICAGO. Oct 30. Instead of waiting
until the middle of December for the annual
meeting of the American League, club owners
cf that crganlzauon have been called together
t-r , vember . when, u ws announced.
business of great importance would come uo
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SELECTION).
CRIMSON BARRED
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 30.J. E.
Murray, acting chief of the Cam
bridge police force, said here that he
would arrest any Harvard student who
tried to march to the Michigan game
tomorrow carrying a crlmon banner.
If the student body persists In Its
determination to parade to the sta
dium In a body It may be that the
Harvard eleven will find Itself with,
out rooters when the game begins.
At a meeting of the Socialist State
Committee members were assigned to
attend the Michigan game and see
that the Massachusetts law forbid
ding the carrying of any red flag be
enforced.
JACK JOHNSON WILL
FIGHT JESS WILLARD
Cable from Black Champion Says He
Is Ready to Sign Articles. .
XEW YOrtlC, Oct. S0.-Jncls Johnson
has asTccd to fight Jc.s Wlllard for tho
heavyweight championship of the world.
Jack will rlBht for 30,000 cash and n
coodly pcrccntaRO of the movlnc; pictures,
in return for which he will Rive Jess
amplo opportunity to endeavor to annex
the title which Johnson now holds,
,,,'l'om Jones, who is In this city with Ad
vvolgast and Is a member tf the syndicate
which la uvcklns Wlllard, last nlsht received
th frllowlng cablegram from Johnson:
"Ready to sign lmmedlatel. Come on over.
Be sure to ger. here before the inth. Want
SIIII.OUU and on per cent, of the pictures. Wll.
fight on a telegraph wire."
After exhibiting the cablegram. Jones said:
"Llther Jack Curley or I will sail for I.on
don early next week, Johnson Is at St. Mary's
Parish, Paddlngton
Ixmdon. und will wult
when he has some con-
thsre tint!' Ihe l'Jih,
tracts to fulfil."
RITTER SETS NEW MARK
German Swimmer -Won 300-yard
Race at Central Y. M. C. A.
In the members' weekly handicap swimming
events decided list night In the Central. Y. M.
t . A. pool. n. M. Hitter, former champion of
tlermnv nnd holder of the American quarter
mile open-water record of r, minutes K! bec
nnds, made nt Tr.ivera Island, bent the Mid
dle Atlantic .'lOO-jord record of I minutes S
seconds, made at the Sportsman's Show In
1M.U by K. Carroll Pchncffer In a CO-foot pool.
Itltter. swimming from scrntch and conced
ing handicaps up in so seconds, won his heat
In the nitunl time of ( minutes -17 4. seconds,
The time, not having been mal In open com
petition, actonllng to the rules, will not Lo
corne a record. Ha) mon. I Chi. a I.,-) ear-old
lad. who Is inmlng to the front rapidly, de
feat! 1 Alphonsus Cox for Fecund place,
A 2,1-yard swim across the pool using the
crawl kick, without arms, was won by Italph
Priest. Wetiler and Herman tied for sciond
place nnd Cox and Cummlngs for third.
MORE TOOTDALL IN N. Y.
Ni:V Yilfllv, net !U. New York ma sea
another big for-tlml! game at the Polo Oroundi
this tcaenn. Washington and Jefferson. Yaiu's
c-niucnrs. havo tentatively agreed to meet
Itutgers here the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
FLECK, OF STATE COLLEGE
Fleck hails from Wayne and waj
prepared for a football career at Rad
nor High School He is a lineman of
no mean ability.
1 PRFf
7Ksa3?Civ; 'tWMm
HUNTINGDON VALLEY
TO HOLD CLAY BIRD
SHOOT NOVEMBER 3
Fifty Bird Contest for
Tro-
phy Cup Will Be Included
in Program at Country
Club.
HuntliiKdon Valley Country Club mem
bers are very much Interested In the first
clay-bird trap-shootliiB tournament, to
be held November 3. In addition to the
regular program there will be a JO-blid
coiili-.it for a trophy cup.
Shouts ate scheduled after November
3 on Saturdays and ypcclulH on Thanks
SflvliiB Day, Christmas Day nnd New
Year's Day. The t-oason will bu l-.uuht
to an end the last Saturday In -Mm el.
Joseph AV. Llpplncott Is tho chairmi-u of
tue committee In charge of the affair.
.nie i"f. "'?. m0!" ."""eNsful movements eve.
enactHl In th realms of trap-shooting was
lhrilTJ',.ni,,r'i.0.f J,"' nrnno to hold a joint
s s v, L",J,,l.h,H',n,1 ',!un cu V"lKf '
lii'ii?",.. ,h e,Bn'-,""-'Pf",l'n "uni of Holmes
butB ui Ih. Keistone Shooting League ground"
totmorrow, at Hnlmesburg Junction. sroun""
BILLIARD NEWS
TOnONTO. Ont.. Oct. 30.- In the second
stage of the International h,impionshlp bll-
llarii seriOH here I.MtuAan ArAn.A.... .!
i Lnsllsh champion, nnd Wllllo Hoppe, world's
balkllne tltlehnlder. ihe American clearly
(lemoiistrateil his superiority at the Jl.-j balk-
i line game, running up his 1ihm In the after.
noon nnd evening games ugalnst 2P1 scored by
Inman. The totnl for Ihe two dais- play are
Innmn, UUfi; Hoppe. 1370. ' '
riALTLMOm: Md.."o7t. ?.- Oeotge Suttot
uereated Jake Schacfer. dOil te 'Mt, In the
mi nnd game of iho Champion nilllard Play,
er-j League series eten!a nfternoon. r-nt-ions
average was 211 2-:i and hN high run TS.
while fM-hiiefcr averaged H 1-7 and ran 77
t-onsecutlvely.
NKW YOltK. Oct. 30.-Afred Do Orn, de
fending his title of world's thretf-i ushlnn bil
liard i-hiniptnn. defeated (Jeorg W. Moore, of
this city, here last night In the setond block,
.-II tn 2!i. In ,'J Innings. The total score now
stands: De Oro. 100; Moore, .-.7. Moore m.ide
n high run of ." ami tie Oro I. The final
block of 50 points will be plaed tonight.
.I,;'K-AU?- N )' 1'' :"1' -wllllam Cullen.
of lluffalo. last night defeated Hugh Ileal, of
Toledo. So to II. In nn Interstate Three
Cushion llllllard Lejgue nuuh In Ul inning
REGATTA AT PRINCETON
;HI.Ni'I:T"N. N J . Oct I'u-ln the annual
fall handicap regatta held cstcrdny on Lake
I urnwto tbu third crew, with n handicap of
.., seconds, took the bad und won a prottv
race over the regular couise of l' miles Tho
varsity, from scratih. flnlshel third, a half
lenvtli behind tho re.ond fco.it. i rew i won
Die Iresbman race with a safe had over the
Jther three boats
BILL JAMES BEATEN
SBATTLi:. Wash., net. an -urn James, the
Iloiton twirlcr. who defeated the Uhietlcs
twice In the ild's serlis. who was with Ihe
heiittle Nortliwesirrn Leagut- team two jears
ago, pilchel here vesterda for tho National
All-Siars agalnct James, of the i?t Louis
Americans The AmcrUan League rerircsnita-tive-j
won, I to I.
VICTORS ARE ADMITTED
At a special meeting- of the American Asso
ciation I-oottal Uoitue Iho Victor TalKine
Ma, bin- ('umiun teitn vas admitted to
minibership, UHlnB lb, li.e of the Iilsh-Anirr-van
team, of U'llmlnKlon. which rvelKn
ed a week ma
TWO TEAMS WANT DOOIN
NKW YiiKK. Oil ai. fin. Innatl nd Pltts-
bi.rf;b are
1,1 to . aiiBlln fur the tenirea
of lied" I
ihe 1 hUllis
these teams
lilt reulned
si Ties thll
League
noln. and itu former manuKer uf
will undoubtedly "to un" "f
Ihcre Is litt'o ihance of his be"
L' he j'billlfs Doom denies the
he U fllrtlns with the Federal
NOTED CYCLIST DEAD
lUANtli: N J. On :n -Harry Vondlt
Wheeler, the ilr.t nu-rl un lo .apiur. iK.
w-rl.la c-.IIub ; h..niplonhh.. died here last
nlht "i u coini luatlon of dlce
BARRETT. IS STAR
"Chuck" Barrett, of Cornell, leads
all others on the Eastern gridiron this
season In scoring points for hla team,
according to an Interesting compila
tion made In the Syracuse Post
Star..ard. He has made seven touch
downs, two goals from tho field and
ha kicked 14 goals from touchdowns
for a total of 62 points.
Parka, of Tufts, Is second, with 57
points, and Westcott, of the same col
leg, fourth, with 51. These two are
tpllt by "Red" Wilkinson, the dash
Ing Syracuse halfback, who standi
third, with 56 points, as the result of
elaht touchdowns and eight goal
from Sam.
The west course at the .Merlon Cricket
Club, while a few hundred yards (shorter
than the old cast course, Is a much mors
I difficult lest of golf. The old course has
always been considered one of the inoi't
ilinicult In the Philadelphia district, nnd
tho illffcreiice hetween It and the new
course one has to place hh tee shots
dllference In length. In pln.vlni? the now
course one has to place their tee Bhols
with rare nccpracy In order to open up
the fircens for the aecotul shots.
The sixth hole 123 jnrds Is perhaps the
prettiest and at the same time one of
tho mott difficult short holes In the coun
try. The (jreen Ih ho yards below th" tec.
nnd does not look to be Ihe full inashlo
shot that It Is. It Is of tho pocUet-hnnd-kerchlef
varlct, nnd In front of It Is the
creclt, with steep bnnlcs. There Ih never
any danger of accurate innihle shots not
lioIdlnK. foi on account of Its helm- In ti
hollow the Ground Is nnturnlly soft. Out
of bounds is to the right, and nil In all It
is n hole that one can make In cither two
or twelve.
The seventh hole .s somewhat Mmilai
to tho eighth at the Crlchet Club, but re
versed. Uut of bounds Ih to the tlKht,
and the creek li to the left, crossltiK
dlrertly In front of the green. In order
to got out of the valley the player linn a
long; carry from the eighth tec. hut a
slightly pulled ball will roll right down
into the valley again, and n sliced ball
will be itymied by trees.
Tho same creek flows In front of the
tenth green nnd here the player has a
choice of two methods. The hole Is pnr
4 310 .vards. and the less vi-nturcsome
player will be contented to place the sec
ond short of the green and try to run the
approach dead for a possible four and
a suro five. Occasionally the bold player
will lash out bravely for the green on
the second shot, but unless the drive is
of more than average length the first pro
cedure is the better.
When everything Is considered, the west
courso nt Merlon calls for every possible
shot lu the bag nnd the player Is called
upon to get away from every tee In good
shape In order to make a good scoie pos
sible. IV.vgress in the men's championship at
Merlon Is being made slowly, but already
It. H. FranclF, last year's tltlcholder, has
been eliminated from the competition, i
Sidney Shatwood, who Is' now a prime fa- '
vorlte. defeated Francis In the second ,
round Saturday, 3 up and 2 to play. S.
V. W. Patterson has also advanced to
the semi-final by virtue of a victory over
AV. L. Hirst. 3 up and 1 to play. Two
Personal Touches in Sports
You'll havo to blame this "spasm" on
Georse 12. l'hulr, so here goes.
MEAL TICKETS
(Uy Sam Lancford.i
I'unih. punch, punch!
I could do It with ghoulish glee.
I could punch them all In an evening,
llut what would It set for me?
Do you know that the ercnteit puzide of the
present football year to man) followers of
gridiron sport li the poor showing maile by the
Carlisle Indians? The iiueitlon has been often
retiented this enr. "What's Ihe matter with
Carlisle?" and even fllenn Warner, the coach.
In said to be unable tn explain the situation.
Not In the memory of the writer has the team
made such n miserable showing, and may be
If nil were told It might be summed up In the
few little words over confidence. The aborlg
inei In the past found the early teams on thi
schedule the easiest sort of opponents. Not -o
this year, as the Kedmen have suffered three
defeats ami held to very low scores by other
aggregation. In the seven games plujed to
date the Indians have scored hut 4'J points,
while nppuiicnis have tallied .19, an average of
one touihdown n playing hour. The opponents
have tallied ,"i! points. Albright, supposed to
1m the easiest sort of nn eleven for Carlisle,
was only beaten JO to u. Ihanon Valle was
beaten by one touch-low n In the stxond game
of the jear. while West Virginia Weslejnu
held the Indians tn a 11 to n count. Lehigh's
eleven turned the tables on Warnet's proteges
when It won SI lo H. The Indian" in Ihe fifth
game of Ihe season received their severest
Iteming at the hands of Cornell, when -1
polnis wero scored while the Carlisle plaver
were M-oreicss. to put on in- nnining toucnes.
Pittsburgh wen H to 3 and I'ennsjlvanlu
7 tn II. A most disastrous tale. The strangest
pari of it nil Is that the Indian eleven at the
outset of the IPII ear appeared tn be quite
ns formidable as the IM'l victorious sound.
.May t-e our old friend "Pop" Warner will tell
us some day why thla unusual reversal ot
form.
Tho suggestion of Anthony I". Wilding, the
Ilritlsh and Australasian tennis etpert that
ontests for the Davis Cup be played In Amer
ica., Oreat Uritain und Australia regardless of
the winner. Is an excellent one us far as It
goes. Hut In all justice' to the other nations
who have conti-eted, why not make the plan
more comprehensive As long as Germany,
frame. Hcundlnaila nnd other inuntrles are
not Included In the plans for tennis play, thev
tannnt lie exerted to tnl:e n vital Interest In
the mntches. Yet they have been expected to,
and the) have done so.
If the plan goes through to give each conn
try a chance to stage these matches of Inter
national Interest, every country competing, or
eligible for mmpetltlon. should be allowed the
privilege as well as the three more sueeejsful
nations.
In this connection there Is no reason why the
que-ttton of i hanging thi slle of the uallnnal
tournament in this rnutry should not again be
uttttuttd. Just wh Newport should ever year
have the big tennis event Is noi clear to Ihe
tennis lovers In New York. Philadelphia. Ohl-cni-,n
nnd the Wtstern const. Certainly the
West should be given a chani e to hold the
national mecilnc some time In ihe near future,
betause no other n tlon of the land has Ixen
more spirited in lt desire to raise the standard
of nla than the West, and certainly their lat
est tender i" the tennis prld. Maurice E Mc
UiuKhlln. li a sufficient reason in Itself for
giving the transmlsslsslppians a chance to sen
national pla on the courts
As for Philadelphia, li. loo should conduct
the national tournament as often as any other ,
cliy. Three of ihe leading plaer of the ioun
irv imiav are I'hllHdelnhians -Williams. Wal
lace Johnson nnd Illll Clothier. This does not
Include hundreds of others who uro developing
their game on the tourl" of the clubs In and
near Philadelphia, and who some day will be
among the ranking plaeru of the land
Hero Is what Dr. II L Williams, loaeh of
ths l'ntverslt of Minnesota eleven, has to sa
al-out pl-isers recovering from ot-raions. "The
re. uperallve powers of an nthlele In perfect ,
rhslcal lon-llllon are ver great and the re-
covery of strength after an lnjur remarkai.l
rapid. The ph-l-al Inlur) sustained as a
remit of nn oneratinn for uncomplicated p-
pendlcitlx Is no greater than from it fra-ture.1
nnii.phni. n, s broken rib. In three weeks
afier either of these Injuries a fnntlwll plaver
,,iii . nn return tn a game In safety Pur
Ing Ihe season of into Karl Plikerlng w of
the stars of the Minnesota team, was operated
on for api-endlcltls on October 'Jl The tt
was a bad one. On November I-"- Jl -la
after the operation. lUkrlnK l-laje.l during
the first minutes of the Minnesota-Wis. inula
game, and one week later plavwt through ihe
enure game wmi jimuikio. -uiivm i---, i.f-.-est
unfavorable after effects '...,
This Interesting opinion will probabl revive
Interest In the question. ' Will Ilrh kle of
Harvard, be nble tn lake his plate In the line
eatiurda" ome medical authorities and la -men
will throw up their bauds in horror at
the thought of an athlete onlj about four
weeks out of the hospital after an operation
for appendicitis, idajlog an soil -f game, let
utnne fm a ball Yet us we tuve seen from
Doctor Williams' iniwul, u nun played three
weeks after tu h un operation It ina Ik hard
lo believe but the faits are nevertheless true.
The vtmter leaguers u'rea Itave 'inne 1
NATIONH A P 'li futharlne Sts.
ilAIIUnnli r. V.. JeU Ml-ttlliH. IlKf
r-tKKt'W M'ilIT TOMtHIRiiVA Ml',11'1
TOMM MUU'in ts. lvr HIIADI.KV
" 'her Star Bouts Four Oibet Mai noon
OLYMPIA A. A. I,'01 ?J ninbrtdt
unur..-.. r..,,,rr" kalnarOs, lr.
MONDAY NldllT. N) S
Adm.s S5t-j ULIIe.,Mci Arena Ites-.TSc,
matches remain lo be played In the see
ond round and one of them Is between
11. M. Clements nnd M. M. Jack. In nil
likelihood the winner of this match will
meet Sharvvood In the final round for
the title.
I The members of the Not III Hills C'oun
1 try Club refuse to be kept awn)' from
i Ihclr favorite pastime by the approach
I of winter and tournaments are still held
every Saturday. Last week two events
wen- run off nnd tomorrow n tombstone
I toutnnment will be held. This Is not
such n solemn occasion one Is led to be
, llotes from Its Home. The plot Is that
i each plnjcr Is given a certain number
of strokes according to Ills ability, and
, when he has played that mnny ho plants
i a Hag or n marker In the ground and the
) man who Is nearest to the ISth hole wins.
The iinnu.il meeting of the Coif Asio-
elation of Philadelphia will be held In
, Januaty. At this meeting the election of
I ofTlcis lo held nnd plans mapped out for
I the ensuing year. The Oolf Association
I senbon lias ended, with Ur. Simon Carr,
i Huntingdon Valley Country Hub: II. H
Kranclne. Huntingdon Valley Country
Club, nml Howard W. Peirln, Merlon
1 Cricket Club, first, second and third, rc
i spectlvely. lu line for leading honors. The
1 Huntingdon Valley Country Club won
! team honors, as usual.
There are few Intcrclub mntclif at this
I time of the season among the golfers In
this section, and while tournaments do
not take the time and attention of so
I mnny of the players, tills seems to be the
' right time of the yenr for them. At
Short Hilts. N J., on Saturday, the Hal
lusrol golfers triumphed over the Hisex
Couutv In a big team match which
aroused considerable enthusiasm. Twenty-three
pairs from each club took pan
in the match, which took all day to de
cide. Tho scoring was by the Nassau
svstem and the Dnltusrol golfers won,
! SS to 13
GAFFNEY NOT WORRIED
NKW YORK. I) t. ::o. The ncllvltles or tho
Federal Leaguers are not worrying President
liartnfv. of the world's champion llraves. II"
declared vosterdav that he had slciied up alt
hi, plnjers for next season but Davis nnd
t'octehnni. and that he expected both or them
to tlgn contracts within a few davs.
1 COAST CUTS SALARIES
I SAN KltA.WIhi'U, Oct. H't Pacific Coast
Lresu' l-nii-ball c'ubs will have to net nlonir
I with a -nlnry limit of S.V-ihi per month nevt
I seat, aicorrtlns to a decision unnounced her
I bj the cilrectnt". The preient season was ad
mitted to hr-ve tiecn dlsiistrnus financially. Tha
j IMS reason will open March -.'! and closo
I October IT.
Den ijhlbe from his nice cosy Job ns president
of the Athletk-t. nnd have given the Job ta
Connie Mack. They have nppolnted Harry
Davis manager In place of Mack, This will
prove n surprlso to the Athletic officials, but
the must be prepared for surprises In the off
season.
One of the golf commandments Is, "Thou
shall not hill thy caddy." Itecnllinc the slza
tome of the "boya" who have cuddled fe
us, we think that section ought to read, "Thou
shall not tuss thy caddy."
llut for Connie Mack, Harvard would hava
nnother ltrlckley rendy to fill In nt the fullback
I po-dilnn. next seusnn. tleorge Ilrltkiey, a
jounger brother of the great Clmrles, wna re-
i puteil to be the most prnmlsini football player
turned out of ti Massathu-ietts school In eurs.
George had the build, the head and the grit
to make a pinker of unparalleled ublllt. llut
I he lure of the diamond caused him to lose H
splendid opjoriunlt to make u name for him
self In tollege sports. George IlricMey had
been retomtnended to Mack by scouts who had
seen the Hngllih high school l-oy hit the bull
to all corners of lloston diamonds. llut they
did not seem tn figure on the pitching. To say
that young llrlckley was batting against pcor
pitching Is putting It mildly, when the fact Is
considered that he was supposed to Jump In
nml bit suteessfull v.lten the cream of the
baseball world wai on the mound 1-efnre him.
George was not a natural baseball p!aer.
lie handled himself poarlv In tho field, nnd,
according tn those who watched his vvnrlc dur
ing the latter part of the American League
se.iton of llil.'l und during the spring training
of the AthleiHs In 11M4, he would never ha
able to play major league baseball. Yet George
mlstisik his own ability to slug a "grooved"
ball fur leal hitting ability, and thereby lost
i banco tn make un unding name for himself
on the gridiron, where his brother will l re-turml-erti
us long as Ihe annals of the col
legium pastime are handed down to posterity.
hT.n IIATTUIUr.S:
liam & Lsfs.
Iludulph K Gnu lis.
Montgomery & Htnne.
Johnson & Herrmann.
Coffee lc Doughnuts.
A i my A Navv
Tnnstlltls .(. La Grippe,
fork & Beans.
SHOTS FOR THE BASKET
Deli-tare Itovs' club basketball team. "In
lepei, lent --hamplons nf Philadelphia. " are re
organUeu mi the filth lonsecutlve suifoii, and
are reauv m uetermlne any dispute to their
claim fur the said title during the ensuing
season
Tho limn is inmiurntlvtit the same that
has ten presenting this organization since
Ita Inlli.lliie ilx.nrtf Tlanav hJI,.... ml
Malion llufih. M' rtort and Kell, under
Ihotnai t'JIalle, uf hi Joseph's I'ollege, and
I-Vitnk McMulion. ,lr . nf AUelphta It. C., compost-
the triumphant aggregation
Although the s hedule for the season s al
most n.tlrel' c-inipiled, there are still n lew
il-en dates lor mrl.-t'y flrst-class home teams
In or uut of thi i-tty All communications rel-ati-t-
to trrangenieul nf games may be ad
dressed lo J li (thunali. Manager, ill jputh
34 slreet, Philadelphia Pa.
t. Joint's l-asketbiiil learn nf Manajunk.
first and sc-ond teams i second and third
tlttwii, pluiing Haturday nlghta at their home
hall, are desirous -of booking last traveling
teams for fuiure dates
The Aquinlne . V . of the Philadelphia
'rntral Jewish league ueslrea tn gel tieket
ball gitmus with any Ihvt ur second class teams
having halls and paving a fair guarantee On
Mondav. November 2 Ihe Aquinlne five opens
stth llrbleshurg Teams deilrtng games ad
dress II. Hcgarioan, u; rulton street, l'lilla
delphla. The Aq ilu ne tn end basketball team vvlshts
t-i get gam-- with all third and fourth class
teams ha- Is halls Knr games address II
r'ngarman .07 I'ulton ttrett l-lilladelphta.
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