Va- Kf lr- w F' BfQsasssltBsK.' I I FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPION JOHNNIE KILBANE WRITES CHAMPION KILBANE TELLS OF HIS MOST INTERESTING LJFE Popular Featherweight Champion of the World Enters Enthusiastically Upon Review of His Career for Even ing Ledger Readers His Opinion of Last Night's Fight With "Willie" Houck. HOW LAST NIOHT'S OLYMPIA EIGHTS HESTTLTED Mafn bout "Johnnie" Kllba.no, world' champion featherweight, de feated "Wllllo" Ilouck, of Mount Airy. Kilbane fought the last threo rounds t -a eood clip. Houck' s work was most commendable. Bmlwtnd-up "Joe" Hirst defeated "Joe" Heffernan. Hoffernan might have Improved his chances of winning If he had uncovered. Third bout-'Jlminy" Coster, with (weight, reach and height In hln favor, beat the game "Danny' Murphy. Cos ter's work was like that of a veteran. Second bout John Nelson won rather handily from "Wllllo" Moody. First bout "Charley" Lewis boat Johnny" Mack so bndly the lattor's nedond lad to throw In the sponge In the fifth round. Ileferee Frank CBrton. By "JOHNTTT" KH.BANB World's Featherweight Champion. 'mill" Houck deserves muoh praise for the manner In whloh he fought last night at the Olympia A. A. In the main bout wrtth me. "Willie" wan shaded, of that there was llttlo doubt, though he proved to be a touch customer. The local boy proved to be a tip-top sportsman, as ho did not nuke any unduo effort to open the out over my eye. I rrMved a gash over my left ayo In tbo Mandot fight at Akron, Ot, the other night, and i feared this wound would be oponcd again, and It worried me. I knew that It would moan oq additional two weeka of Idleness If It (Was opened, and I am thankful to say It iras not touched. Houck put up a rat tling good mill. I think, and I must con gratulate him for being most sportsman like. Hod ho opened the cut over my oyo be would have given me much concern. For the drat three rounds "Willie" made It moat Interesting for me, and while he did, not hurt me to any great, extent he howed that ho was olever and had tho punch. In the third round I started to wrrk. Houck Li not the finished boxer that he" should be. An he Is now, how aver, ho can make It pretty lively for most anybody. Houck had a pooullar tyle of long right-handed fighting which' was a bit puKllng. though he "tele phoned" oil of the blows of that variety Instead of using tho mrre effective short punches. I was ofton Inside his punohca. end. while some of the spectators thought. ho had landed flush, his blows wont' around my neck and head. I do not re call Tiavlng been hit but twice, and bo itvi m those Bunches stung. Houck, I must repeat, Is a perfectly fair fighter ond did not take undue advantage. I was born In Cleveland, O. 1 bollevo that la the way to start tho fight record April 13, IS, of Irish-American parents. Llko all kinds I went to school and man aged to get a good foundation of knowl edge. Later I became Interested In ath letics, and while I -was pretty shifty I did not dream of beoomlng a world's champion. How did I start fighting? Well, It was tills way. When "Jimmy" Dunn, then In his prime and Incidentally I might mention here that "Jimmy" afterward be came my manager needed a companion to train I was shipped over by a Cleve-. land friend of mine to Vermillion. O., Just SO raltes from Cleveland, and there first met Dunn, who was training for a re turn battle with "Phil" Brock That was In 1SOT June, I think. I knew practically nothing about the fight game, but proved to be very apt under "Jimmy's" tutelage. 5 woa then known by the boya oa "ICIUy" Xllbane, "Jimmy" iru in fine condition when the night of the return Brock fight was to have occurred, but the latter was unable to go on because of a broken band. No. I did nbt go on In Brock's place, for I was a mere stripling then. The fight was off, and X persuaded Dunn to oaoompony me to Cleveland, where I Introduced him tojmy La Salle Athletic Club friends. "Jimmy" became a great favorite and. we grew rap like brothers! X TWO FIGHT CLUBS HAVE BOUTS TONIGHT tTatrmorant Club Hero and Pnlacs at STorrlBtown Announce Cords. jH&caffijr "JacV Wynn baa ft nice card Cor nla regular entertainment tonight at the JTairmount jLrhletto Crab, A double Triad-op will be the main attraction, abowtng tn one port "Eddla" Bratton, of Sfanayunk, and "Johnny" Barns, of Ken Bagton. and 'Terms" Kstahell, the Man-'-erunk battiar, against "Charlie" Jones, erf the Uth Ward, In the other set-to. tfha preliminary program looks good from any angU. In the opening bent Sinr Crlatle, of the Uth Ward, will meet "Sid" Boots, ot Monayunk. The Wat number win how "Jack" Moflorley, f Denver, and "Lew" Bail, of Kensing ton, while the other bout will be between "Charlie" Smith, of the 10th Ward, and TSddlV Clark, of the lsth Word. The Palao JL O. at Ifonlstown wfll ptage A ten-round wind-np tonight be twn two ot the most promising light " vrelght to tho Boat. They are"Dannyrt Ferguson, of this city, and "Eddie" Mo i&drews, of Uanirunk. Manager Bailey has arranged the following preliminaries: rtomlnlo Folerlna, ot Norriitown, ,va Tommy Livingstone, of Philadelphia, "KM" West v. "Touog Mickey" Galla gher and "Bob- Wrlkht vav "Johnny SUee. Collins Sefeata Baker ' liAXCAbfTBX, $., Dm. 16-Cbarlay Col. Uu, at wiumbU, aa4 "JCnbekout" Burr TKitr, t( WBnteton, wBtlx fltsn rounds ot i)m Eajtiw AtUttlo Club with the honors nigjt te ConloK. The flut wu a luiitor ifs3b twtm Urt to notih. with the Itu ttc UTOrwr tn omauu is Knry roosa White Stops Murphy KXKI 0HA. Wls Dq. W-ChaM White Snelg4 ocl wend reuoa hers km Mgat. A. Ittt, Iwk to sfc iVH a4 tk tt. Kfee Btope Hght no oarxjfH) U,rrp4, nt. twfeM tag jm nw iau win FOUBB Of I as4 uatag IB Bseahsr Ptgfet Hgtmrney mv ; itU tC My L 10- ssutii Pv-Uy MM .ljruj wail dtwS a at mmmj& 4$r jhw msmva .f nH.Ktm srtarLs UMTft maC w ei owe much to Dunn, for since that tlmo he has piloted me over the' rocks and We havo been returned n winner. After several months work with Dunn I got the fever and through his effort I was matched with "Tom" Siangan that was Dooembor 2, 1907, and I won In three rounds. On December U I met and defeated "Tommy" Burns, In Clove land. I had not Impressed the friends of mlno oven then. In my next start I mot "Kid" Campbell and experienced my first knockout. It wan on Christmas Day that I sent tho "Kid" to dreamland, and It was In tho sixth round that I disposed of Campbell, and I was "somo tickled." It was in January that I met "Tommy" ICilbnno, and wo fought a draw nt Lorain, O., In threo rounds. When wo were re matched, on February 10, wo fought another draw. "Jimmy" Dunn, who wns now Interested enough to manage my affairs, took mo down to New Cantle, Pa,, whero ho had lived for a long time, and I fought Herman Zahlnger and knocked him out in tho ninth round. I had other fights, but ono that I well romombcr was tho IB-round affair with "Tommy" Kll bano Novembor 25, 1303, when I won. It wrs my first experlenco at the long dis tance and I will never forget the sensa tion. From this tlmo on I was matched with tho best boys to bo had, and finally enjoyed tho distinction of being tho cham pion of thtm all. "Jaok" White, "Al" Delmont, "Patsy" Brannlgan, "Tommy" O'Toolc, of this city; "Joo" Itlvcrs, "Patsy" mine, "Eddie" O'Kcefc, another clover Phlladelphlnn, and "Abe" Attoll were nomo of tho men I later met and dofeated. I do not cay It because I am swell headed, but because It Is a fact, that thero are no men in the country now who ara able to worry me. I bollevo that I have cleared tho horizon of featherweight championship contendere, and that is why I am beginning to battlo tho lightweights. Thero Is no money In tho feathorw'olght game now, and as I nm strong I bcllovo that I can give somo of tho best 183 pound men nil thoy aro looking for. My fight with "Joo" Mnndot, at Akron, 0 tho othor night Indicates that I can stand up to advantage against tho best light weights. The newopapers In that city and In Cleveland were divided In their opinions about that 12-round affair. Until tho ninth round, when I was butted by Mandot and suffered a bad cut, I had tho fight, bo that all that was needed was a final spurt and thd victory would unquestionably have been mine. As It developed, I thought my eye would come out. It hurt so, and the member was closed bo far an sight was concerned, as blood flowed across tho pupil. I had to loso my opportunity of malting & final spurt. I was much han dicapped In the last throe rounds and will not rest content until I can meet Mandot again. I would bs delighted to meet Mandot In thla city and hope It can be arranged. Prior to the Mandot fight I had not fought etnee July 2. when I knocked out Mars at Cincinnati. My next Important fight will be with tho winner of the "Frankle" Daly-"BUly" Wagner set-to at Toledo, January 8. I have met sevoral of the Philadelphia experts and remember two fights with "Tommy" O'Toole, two with "Eddie" Moy and a Hko number with O'Keefo, and one each with- "Kid" Thomas and "Franklo" Daly hers. My manager Is well known In thla city, as he beat "Freddie" Welsh in thla city in 1905. "Jimmy" and I are both mar ried and until a week ago It has beon my pleasure to answer tho quory ns to how many children I had by saying twice aa many as "Jimmy." Now it Is differ ent, as the stork left "Jimmy" a bounc ing girl last week, and the score Is even. We both now boast of two fine little girls. I am going over to New York today, and "Jlramr' Dunn will go with mo. Wo are going for tho trip alone, and will not worry about fight matters. Then I am going back to my wife and kiddles In Cleveland, and "Jimmy" is coming back to Philadelphia, where ho will remain a week or so. "Jimmy" has a very prom ising young heavyweight to Walter Lu cas, and Is hoping to match the boy with eome of the local fighters at his weight. YACHTSMEN MEET AT BINGHAM TONIGHT Many China Will Be Represented and Bohedulea Bisauased. Delegates representlnff the different olub afflUated with tho Delaware River Yacht Badng Association will attend the rcgnlar monthly meeting tonlfht at the Hotel BInham. It Is understood that the making; up of tho schedules for the com ing; season will be the Important topic Since the break tn the ranks, tn which four clubs formed tho Delaware Yachts men Leag-ue. it was found that the racing aohedute will have to be ehaneed espe cially for the championship events. Last year the glass cabin contest waa run from the West End Yacht Club, of Chester, to the Trenton Yacht Club, Tren ton. As the Trenton Yacht Club Is now a member of the league, the Anchor Yacht Club, of Bristol, will make a bid for the oontest. To make the race a distance of to miles It would havo to bo run from the Wilmington Yacht and Motor Club to the AnchyV Yacht Club. It Is the plan ot the Anchor Yacht dab to bid for the event tn connection with Its annual beach party. low Modal Scores PTNEHUUffr, N. a. IHo. IB. A two-cUsa 8wi Tin WW nanaicap auiimM t& atttauoa of itu) iHuru T. Th wlootrs ) Robert Hunur, of W Bura, who aoorad T4 nat. nla.vl(ur With . haniMiran of 0, and Jobs It. Ooodall. of Ballwltvek who dtdusttd IS streaee for a nt ot tS. Jeannette Wins Vrota Tate fuUd Bill Tut In 'sc. 10. Jo JeuwtU C- a.iut JU-roun4 bout at Uw Irrloj X. C. Uit nlxtat. Jtwiaett welihad 00 pocuvds and Tt 23. Schaefer Outplays Catton DErmorT. inch., Do. lo-Jaoolj SolutKtr ploa Billiard Piajfrs Larn toaub htre lut l8! eft Cattoo, IS, 81. Helm Wins From STaupome Deo. 15. Bdwajd Hate, of rat of etd Ptam fapon, to oi, ia.aTS'wanr JB- uuuara lean natefc. Jockey Blghtmlra Dies cHARvasyoit, s. a. ooa. u. Joskw v. RkMaln, wba Was atfioka is to &Uxk arthe 'ffiJ&'ISjS?. M4y, aM jnmImv ." j i i I. HerHty Wins Flange &Jir&$ & ftL1L Ot .ftsTtWPK-i tta esil 168001 t ttw M4ee sosav Mm Wlua Britiak Title . sa& UL. Josuuaf I l.oaYiiala Mt. WW rmiaii or omrnm. etntatt seM at tfc XUOJfJ inrrrtlnr flB la if at-.nallM-lHny-r-.1VII T&mffii-vmiATm'Lvw. FLASHLIGHT It is interesting to note that two world's champion fighters were in tho same ring on the same night at the Olympia Athletic Association Inst night. "Johnnie" Kilbane, the titleholder among the featherweights, who met and defeated "Willie" Houck, and "Freddie" Welsh, the light weight top-notcher, were the men to enjoy thfe distinction. In tho picture, reading from left to right, are "Freddie" Welsh, Jimmy Dunn, manager of Kilbane; "Johnnie" Kilbane, Referee Frank "Pop" O'Brien, ''Willie1' Houck. The man in the white shirt on tho right is rWilHo'' Lucas, of Cleveland, considered by Manager Dunn a most promising heavyweight. CORNELL VARSITY IN TWO BIG RACES EAEY IN SPRING Will Row Princeton and Yale on May 15 and Har vard at Ithaca on May 22. ITHACA. N. Y Doc 15-The Cornell varsity crow will toko part In two Im portant rowing engagements before tho PoughkeCpsio-rcgatta next spring. It woo announced by tho Cornell Athletic As sociation today. Tho schedule next spring will be fully as heavy as that of a year ago, but It la so arranged as to entail no burden on the oarsmen. The Cornell vnrslty crow will row tho Princeton nnd Yale varsity crews on Carnegie Lake at Princeton on May 15. Loot year the Tigers and EUs rowed the Ithacans on Cayuga Lake. The Cornell and Princeton freshman otowb will also row on Carnegie Lake on May IB, the freshman contest being in tho nature of a. curtain raiser for the varsity event Navy Day at Cornell next spring has hMii Kr.t fnr May 23 and this year the Harvard varsity and freshman eights will be Cornell's opponents. Under the implied agreement between the rowing manage ments of the two institution the site of tho annual dual raoes alternatea between tho ChnrleB River nnd Cayuga Lake. This year the Crimson oarsmen are scheduled to appear here In the feature event of Navy Day. While the data of the Harvard race this year is approximately what It was last spring one full week will elapso between the race on Carnegie Lake and that on Cayuga, Luke. Last year both the Cornell varsity and freshmen eights rowed two races Inside of four days and made a big trip in tne meantime. In ntp and yreahman elsrht in this refatta. hioani will not send a crew to u Amartcan Jlealey on too "J"!!"1' .. , two iroanman icucuuiv. new rf3t:;r- - is Cornell atnlatio manamnt today. . fc Utlo hlstorr hero ITOr IM nrat (mud iu ut.ni in uxe i tska. on the im and no other opponent;, but tho CornU fraonma this year wii riu IDHl meat tho traca tuiq vn Um of i?ay 18' School a, tn mtnm a. ra.v a. ana on jub will oompete agalntt ino r "1 unwucu ,u 1TO RUPPERT NOW OWNEB Beporta Srom Jfxeneh Idok Olve Colonel the Yanks, York Xmttlaa Latrvia Cltfb has been sold to CofonaTjioob nnwjtrt. Tho prloeis about UtSTooo. Oolon.1 ftuppart wlTl not wquU. jny intarut tn tao crwoiod. eaUtlUhnwit of a S-cdaral ln club-la Now oriu THU Is tho subaUnco of stataranrts naa J h Ciolonel lluprert and Prortdanl JtxDM A. Ollmoro. of tho Fofltrai iMgvt. -woo oyn feVrid aiSrdhur tho matter. Tb. prloo ls"tta -T .T -- .-.t -wit. . T. only thin that romalns to b tttld. pu.yyr "". """2rS"- .t uld Mr. z.L.i..tt k. iiHniwi DI I am afraid we ware too s.,... w. n.lnn.1 TliinrMrt ' has pu lotn ba.uk. r for the Now York elut. I may .'ntaraat pit H.rahaa and Mr. Beelbich. of LouUvlU.1' NEW COAOH ffOB, 'XTOEBS PR1NCETT0W. W. 3: P 15. Pitacaton'a iiutcx athlatlo antam probably will U a ftuw wrmanent ho4 tootbUI ooooh. atUrlad inn. naoir rld and Olotbad with PBr of authority for oousti ttnn la which, to carry out tbo la to wolfthboth ,-raduatti nd ui long one-man undtrgrad- ...n. m ,n a Tbo doolalon of tbo coounltto orootntaJ to make tbo solMtlon ooutituir of Knox Taylor, IMS; rtlHam H. satruit, ivaj; w. "?. SSL tho team oaptala for next yaB-robe-bJywill sot U scad puWlo toters th first of It yoar. Swimmers Making Beady Constituents of the aquatic sport are roajtffoatlug much lnterost tn swimming. At four local senools it la probable swim- At Iar w ujlng will be djokstVosJly. Philadelphia. X will Da one ei tne wi upm. riortneasT iiisn. west Hlsn. Central High and Bt. Luke's sobooU are farming aggregations for wtr eompetltlon. Stars Are Brwd h SUsrb Ssheel to,,bnll jji M4 Uo yeotwd wooa UW an Ofwwc v Vo 9ss?" iaiac addition to ... .rww . v., fhl "inteSo HWalrfafftTAioeBtBr to K Vnrtatv The It MADE AT OLYMPIA A. A. LAST AS A FOOTBALL PROPHET CAMP HASN'T AN EQUAL He May Not Select His Ail-American Eleven to Please Everybody, But He Certainly Can See Far Ahead. . Kilbane Hasn't Been Shaded by Featherweights Since He Won Title, We cannot be responsible for what Ban Johnson thinks If o'er these few Immortal lines his eagle optlo blinks - " The words are not what Johnson sold, they'ro what we think he thinks Of raids upon his players by the Feds, the major's Jinx. HI ttt ' "The Feds are dead; woof, wow" the little dash Shows where the oensor, shocked, sur prised, deleted. When Ban his molars angrily did gnash, And so the sentence may not bo com pleted. in III "Burglars and robbers," In cholerlo rage, He yammers each morning while papera perusing, "They're trying to pay an exorbitant wage And millions and millions ot donors they'ro losing." Ill ttt "111 put the whole durn league .In Jail, You know me, fans, I shall not fall; Why should the baseball moguls wall? The stars they have got have nil gone stale." nt ttt These thoughts are what the average fan would gather, Ban Johnson thlnka, from all his guff and blather. Yet some believe his fluent tongue did falter When raiding Feds went after John son, Walter. rn tn For Johnson, the Czar, by Ills Interviews Jaded Forgets all his stunts of a few decades back. Forgets that a big league he brutally raided And thus of the coin of the realm got a stack. The Feds, though, remember, and think him a wonder For what he accomplished when he got the hunch, But laugh at his law suiting threat'nlna and thunder; The cash, they contend, has the finish ing punch. ttt in Walter Camp may -not select hla All Ameclcan football team Just as every alleged expert In the country desires It to be chosen, but aa a prognoatlcator of gridiron affairs he has no equal In the country. For Instance, at the beginning of the season of 1914 Camp stated that the American game would be greatly ben efited by the introduction ot Rugby pass ing method and he stated further that ha believed the time would oome when coaches from Australia or Canada who were familiar with British Rugby would be made assistant ooachea of the big American college teams. How true that prediction became le known to every fol lower of football in the land, Princeton, Harvard. Yale and a number of the smaller institutions had Canadian foot ball players helping throughout most of the college season. The result was that the passing, both forward and lateral, was brought to a point nearer perfection than ever before in American football. Next year thla style ot attack Is apt to be still more clearly doveopd, until the Americans, who can Warn" any style ot play it they will, become as expert in the handling of the ball as the famoua Aus tralian Rugby team which toured thla oountry. m nx "Johnnie" Kilbane. tbe world's feather weight bolder, who e-tertalned a packed houee at the Olympia Athletic Association last night, la the only champion who has not beea "edged" or beaten in contest At least this is the opinion ot "Jimmy" Dunn, the Jovial manager ot the title holder, who has made a search ot the retards. Kilbane has yet to taste defeat at the hand of any featherweight; neither has he been "shaded" by aa oj ponent at the featherweight Hinlt Look over the list of the other shawplona in their prime and you will be aurgriaed to note that thoy au, at one tifae or another, whtt retaining their orwn, lt de etatea "BitUteV NelM fcA4" Wet Mt, "WUW HitvaU, "r44t" WeUh aad Ysn "AW Attoll were beaten while holding the bigbeat laurtU in the world. We all pwaofflber the defeat handed WwMh. bow votiA'H llgatwt rht ahamyiau. TTraBDATTTJSoBartf: NIGHT WHEN KILBANE MET New--Xork. Wc'lah was so surehe- would e'feat his opponent that ho held him cheap. The usual result followed. it: :it Champion "Johnnie" Kllbana, proved to tho satisfaction of the record-breaking crowd of spectators at tho Olympia Ath letla Association last night that he Is a most wonderful fighter. During the first three rounds of the fight he was willing to give "Willie" Houok. of Mount Airy, all tho liberties he sought After that It was remarkable how clean a hitter and how proficient In the other departments of the game a man can become. Kilbane was able to hit from any angle, and while the punches did not travel far. they had the sting In them that, must have punished. At the end Kilbane would undoubtedly have been granted kthe verdict If Referee Frank O'Brien bad been permitted to give a decision. Kllbane'a upper-cut blows were well timed. Houck was strlotly "up against It," and certainly deserves much credit He had apparently tralneorilke a good follow and gavo all ho had to please the crowd. He was In the finest physical condition, Kil bane, after the fight remarked that Houck was one of the most gentlemanly youngsters he had ever met Here's what Kilbane aald: ' "Some of the young boya would have .been delighted to have It said that he brought blood from "Johnnie" Kllbane'a face. Not so with Houck, who might have punished me most severely If he had cored to strike a blow over my cut eye. The cut haan't healed, and the doctor's stitches ore tn it since f. was butted by "Joe" Mandot, In Akron, O., recently. If Houok bod been mean enough he might have started that cut again, and I would have been In a nice nx. Aa It Is now the cut will heal In a week's time, while three times that period would have been neoesiory It he had re opened tho wound." tit tit The meeting of the United States Lawn Tennis Association In New York next Friday promises to be the most Important ever held In this country. It la possible that before the close of that gathering the rules applying to play In the Davis Cup matches will be changed completely. It was suggested some time ago by Wild ing and one or two British players that the matches be held In the various coun tries contending In rotation. Instead of In the country where the cup happened to be. That and other matters of equal In terest to tennis players will be discussed and decided before the close of the ses sion on Saturday evening. MERCURY A. C. A WINNER Xocal Olub Banners Have Landed Many Tropnies, Tte Mercury A. a, of this city, has won trophies In both the Junior and senior national cross-country races this year, having gained third-team place In both raoes. In the Juniors the locals were able to substantially defeat the strong team of the Irlsh-Ainerlcan A. O. and finish in front ot many famous ath letes. In the senior race Stanley Root was the only man able to break up the otherwise perfect score of the Irish Americans, who were etrengtbenod by Hanne Kolehmalnen, the Olymplo hero .from, Finland; "Pat" Flynn, the recent Irish onamptoni -rom- uaraen, one ox the greatest runnera in New York; A. J. Fogel, the Junior metropolitan champion, and Frank Zuna, the winner of more than GO races. The New York A. C. fin ished only six points ahead of the Mer cury Club, and until the laat man finished the trophy was in doubt Austin Signs With Pittsfeda PHTOBimqil, Po. !? Mawtaor H. T. Oakw, at tao Pltubarf a rwuisa ux.tua feat. 11 alUQ. unnpnaffl. rtarour mat bo nag Jamai AiiHWi umh raiwiiiin oc w Amonoan m&cu ciod, to piay ror TMUrala. Austin, Oakee aM, had two.vur eoatraoL Hi. rtaad m th Tw - 5ut Company Wantg Qamwi fbf HaMiatlon tl a-t Troot ! taama !& tksft T. F& Kaui W X. TEEu mWiUfkM ja t . ifTioii. OF HIS EXPERIENCES By a BUSt Photograph-.-. HOUCK WILLIE SOCCER IS POPULAR BECAUSE POOR BOY J1AN ENJOY PASTIME Because Game Is Not Ex pensive, Means That It Eventually Will Become Quite as Favored as Base ball. L The game which is bound 'to bo popular in any oountry is tho game which tho poor boy can play without great expense. One of these Is baseball, another Is soccer. Both are open-air sports and both require about the some qualities, Tit,, speed, brains and skill. Boocer Is the game of tho proletariat in England; cricket tho tromo of the wealthy. Soocer has spread to all cornera of the earth in the wake of the colonizing Eng lishman. It has spread all over Europe nnd the soldiers In tho great war ploy it between battles. It has grown with rapid strides In Amerlca"untll now there are teams here whloh can put up cred ible exhibitions of the sport Some of the great English teams have been known, to come over here and get a setback they' no more expected than did the American baseball teams that first went to Cuba and found the Islanders could oytry now and then put one over on them. Speed, brains and ability to use tho feet with as much accuracy as the hands are necessary in the making of a great soccer player. It is seldom that a. player who has not been at the game from ohlld hood is of muoh use, aa the kicking Is the hardest part ot the game to learn. It re quires more practice than hockey or la crosse or baseball, aa In these gamea the hands are used most while in soccer the hands are put at the game. Soccer is a comparatively new game. It Is not 60 years old. In the early 70s It was tried out in England and an asso ciation formed. In which the rugby game was discarded and the players not allowed to handle the ball with their hands. This football association gave its name to the kicking game, aa rugby had theretofore been known as football, even as it la in tho United States. Among tbo American and Canadian born players It Is usually referred to to this day as association football. BROOKE NOT MENTIONED Meotinp; of Fenn Athletic Association Xa Serena There was no eruption of a football roleane. aa oomo folks oxpeotod th.ro would ba. it luo uuium juOTuugT v. iu uuivcrajcy pr .f cam- srlv ua Atcletlq Am ociuion, hold, in Iloua ton Hail lut night Is lot. It was one ot tho Saltiest mvatvium vrcr ilua orranlxajtlon. bald by tho Had sad Dr. J. William Whit, on bohalf of a ooUrU of traduaMa, creoantod IreMtat JL Inrixt Orrella with a broaxo statue of a sprtitar. Tao principal blnaoa wu tho report of tho altctlon ot tho board of directors of the Ath latlo AMOcUttoa. As .there ware only four rraduato candldatao and are to be eloctod. tho rholca of Praoldant Geyelln, Secretary ibjk7; ton, Robert O. Torroy and John W. Townaaoi. jr.. wa hjiuw. us iwHirKruuua roam- ira caosan .. jwiwi w. Austin. Tram,. Butler. Donald P. Uspracott. J. Vinihai lUrrlc. 8d. Jama. R liwlth. aMn.,w'br- .." yr. Tho ooarjl will mast tomorrow ifter noon, whan commute will b named and the football Kutlon may b dl4, " Tho report of tn Football ComiaTtt. a, tub. muted by the r.hatrman. V. Truitun Haro, t lut nikt KMlon. u rautin. Na mention vu toad of to coaohlnt and to result ot the suits were given mnly a a matter of rooord. IUJ Elect Captain Today The Central High School cross-country team will elect ita captain for the ISIS season at a meeting to be held in the of fice ot P. Qutekunst, the photographer. Broad street and Columbia avenue, this afternoon. Following the election tho team and Dr. Matthew J. O'Brien, coach of the hlll-anO-daler, will have their of ficial photographs taken. JE5TNTNGS POB YANKEES Doc. U.-Huarb Jtaatan. tu,. Mr of w .CK!' " SS srt tor tb aaauetMBt oftSe ire'SiT SJSa1P'f?' Mara mom to ffa2tt2laOWSS?P Mew x ,&M as a stfe le IrJS SHORT HOLES TEST OF GOOD GOLF COURSE Canadian Amateur Meeting! Permits All-comers , for First Time in Its History j This Year. Golf courses always stand or fall on j their short bolts, for It la the cme-ihot holes that are rooauod vividly to the player's mind aftor a round ot the course. It Is easily understood, therefore, why so muoh attention is paid to the laying out of a short hole. 8 Perhaps the best short hole on any of 3 the courses In the Philadelphia dlstrtot -Is the sixth on the new Morion course, It I nt full mashle length with a droo. from tee to green, ot 80 feet. It Is the easiest thing in tho world to misjudge the'dlstanoe of a hole of tills character, and often tho player will bo deoelved Into playing a half or three-quartor shot with, his mashle, and come to grief in the oreelc The short holes at the Fhlradelphiar Orlckot Club have also boen well thought out, and from present indications the new ones will bo long remembered after playing the course, not bo much so be causs they are particularly difficult if playod right, but on account of the se vere punishment when the teo shots go astray. The Canadian amnteur championship was, for the first time, open to all comers this year, nnd thla will be so in the future. But threo Americana entered last summer, but should tho dato not conflict with any of our Important events, the Canadian amateur should draw a large numbor of entries from thla coun try. George Lyon, tho present amateur golf champion of Canada, has won tho title eight times. This Is a wonderful record, although It Is not quite so won derful as the record of John Ball, Jr., who won the British amateur tltlo eight times. There Is .quite a difference be tween the two. ". y NO GAMES TONIGHT Eastern Icaguo Cages Will bo Dark; Basketball News. All Eastern Leaguo oages will be dark tonight and tomorrow night, as there will be no games In Philadelphia. However, Trenton la scheduled to meet Camden at Alpha Hall on Wednesday evening. This means that there will be practically no changes In the standing of the league beforo the end of the weok, and Jasper, De Nod and Beading get back Into har ness. No official statemont has been given out thus far on attendance in tho league, but it la certain that the up-to-date figures this year are In exoess of those of last season for tho same period of time. "With the exception ot a few nights when the weather was very bad, tho teams have played to capacity crowds in every one of the Eastern iieague halls. The only thing that has marred the " gams this year has been tho boorish behavior of the crowds. It is likely, however, that after the scenes recently enacted . at Alpha Hall the different managements will see that better order Is maintained. Unless steps are taken to curb this spirit of rowdyism, tho fans who go to the games to boo the piay will begin ,to dropr out and the result will be a financial f failure. Standing- of the Clubs w. I ic. 0 8 .780 Camden . T 4 ,680 Trenton . 0 0 .BOO Oreystock. Ji. P.O. Hi .600 8 ' .385 0 ' .230 ' De Nerl.. Reading Juper . TnENTON. N. J., Dec IB. Tho Threre came tbroush with a remarkable rally during the oloalnr minute ot tho. tame laat night, and noaed out Qreyitock In an Eaatern Ueiraa match by a (core of 20 to IB. Vor 80 ot lb 40 mlnuto playod tho dray's Ferry boya wore In tb lead, but at that point, thank to HouEh'a accurate toaalng from tbo IB-foot line, the local were able to auume tho lead, whlctr they managed to hold until the end, Al Cooper, the veteran guard, played the flret half against "Alike" Wilton, and not only succeeded In shutting ''Mike" out, but cored one for blmaelf. In the second halt Qelr relieved Coopor. INDIV1DDAI. BCORINO RECORDS. . .. a.inald.H-ouL A. pt. Bean, Reading 11 24 1 La lot I'OKnrty, ua wen. .. lz Wliaon, areystoclt 12 lloush, Trenton IS Kummer, Jasper.,, , 12 Acajno, Camden., 11 urown, Camden ,,... 12 Kane, Trenton .18 Dolln, Camden 12 Steele, Camden 12 Newman, De Kcrl.,..,., 12 TUxterald. Jaaper 12 Caahman, Oreyatoclc 12 Dark. Da Nerl 12 Cross. Oreyatock .,,.,,., 12 Cletxlnger, Trenton ...... 18 ICeenan, De Nerl.. .., 10 csugarman. ureTsiocjc ,,, u llagierty. Reading, Cavanaurb .leaner. aing jo 12 Slorrl. II kjnkad, tfrank!, 1 O'Donnell. jieaain;.. , Jl De Men..,,,., u Trenton 18 O'Donnell, Reading,,,... 11 Brady. Japer T 8 Qtig, Trenton Vr 10 ttcWullama, Oreyatoak .12 8 Bckhardt. Jasper , 12 leirtaatiick. JDer...... 4 lie. Reading,,.,,,.,,, 8 Ilerron, Camden... 12 Rosslo, Readlnv , T Cooper, TTeatoa ..,, 8 Thompson. Camden, ,,, 2 Frot, Trenton 2 CLUBS SCORWa RECORDS. Goal fl.CaM.lt'mit Camdfn - ?? 321 142 pe ren. , xt io ist Trenton ,,,, IS f3 l&o Oroyatook ,,, , 12 T8 MS ftaadlnsr.... ...... a...... 11 71 14D Japr ......... .,....,. U M 121 PLAY BASKETBALL TODAY Much Interest will be displayed tn the ' game today between La Salle and South- " ern High, which will be played in the La, ' Balls gymnasium thla afternoon, ' Tho line-up for today's gams will be tvss, followii .3 La Balle-MoNlchol and McCarthy, for wards) "Wlndt, control Ruff and Callahan, '' guards. , Southern Swarta and Black, forwardgl iQoldenberg, centre; Welnsteln and -? : PhlUlmy, guards. -" - Vesper Oarsmen Heet Tbo annual mtias' of tho membera of tb Vesper Uoat Club wu hell lattnlabt at M.Uh'. Casino. A dlnnw w7. Aed tq the mrater and friend, after whleh okr The. followlor oftlcere were ntall4t D. 3. ' MoOtommi, uoalaentv Oeorgo W. Bmlo. vise "-1 tUMldent; A. J. Oottindiam, treatarert J Wniiam MorrU .recording reUrrfBj a ifntTriar " d & & Wlltse Is Eeleased .late wttnoet rtrlnt tor th r,.i.i ;i '; i WUuxuty. 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