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VOL. 68. No. 15 PHILADELPHIA, DECEMBER 9,1916 PRICE 5 CENTS

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Walter Pipp, First Baseman New York American League Club elude eight pitchers, three catchers, six infielders and RENEWAL OF CREDENTIALS five outnelders. Although the American League limit players, only Life" are permitted each club to carry twenty-five ALL CORRESPONDENTS of "Sporting a few of them availed themselves of this privilege. potting life requested to return their credentials for renewal National league club owners last year evaded the The LoyaJ Champion of Clou Sport for the year of 1917. Prompt compliance with this re­ player-limit rule by carrying one or more players on Tho World's Oldest end Be«t Base Bill Journal defeated Authority in Base Ball and Trap Shooting quest is necessary in order to facilitate the annual what was known as the disability list. This The Beeognized player-limit rule, inas­ corps, which the spirit and letter of the labor of reorganizing the correspondents' much as the literal meaning of the rule was to the is, by the way, quite a task, owing to the great num­ effect that each club should not have more than twenty- ber of contributors. Failure to return the old creden­ one men under contract. With the exception of the Phil­ tials will be considered a declination of further service adelphia and Cincinnati Reds, all the other clubs had of tfje aHHorlb'sf $roBrc#si in Sports of All &orW more than twenty-one men under contract, but those as correspondent. were carried on the disability FOUNDED APRIL, 1SS3 in excess of this number list. After a player's name was placed on this list Title Registered In the United States Patent Offlce by The he was not eligible to compete in a championship game Sporting Life Publishing Company. Entered at the THE HUMPHREY CASE ADJUSTED Philadelphia Post Office as second-class mail. until ten days had expired from the day his name was a listed. There was considerable juggling with this rule, SUBSCRIBERS NOTE T HE National Commission has just handed down "Sporting Life" is sold at all LIVE News Stands EVERT- * decision in the matter of the claim of player Hum­ however. WHERK at 5c. a copy. If you cannot get it from a dealer, send and Richmond Clubs. SUBSCRIPTION direct to Sporting Life Offlce, $2.00 a year 52 phrey against the Washington issues Foreign, $1.00, Canadian. Me. extra postage. The facts iu the case are stated as follows; THE PITCHING AVERAGES ADVERTISERS NOTE Charles E. Humphrey, who was under contract for date of Player The Advertising Forms close on MONDAY preceding 1916 to the Washngton Club, of the American League, was ARTHUR M&CDONALD, of Washington, D. issue. Advertising Rates on application. transferred under an optional agreement prior to the com­ WR. CONTRIBUTORS NOTB mencement of the season to the Hichmond Club, ef the Inter­ *" C., who recently presented to the readers of "Sport­ Good Stories and Articles on SPORTS will be considered. national League. It was arranged between the .parties in the ing Life" a new scientific method of securing the proper The Editor is not responsible for manuscripts while in his pos- deal that tho Richmond Club should pay the player $200 a averages of pitchers, of which subject he has made an pssion or in transit; Authors are recommended to retain dupli­ month for the time he was in its service and the difference cate c«py. between the aggregate amount received by him from the club exhaustive study, has presented his method to the base AGENTS NOTB a ad the yearly salary stipulated in hi* contract with the Wasli- ball authorities, with the result that he has been ad­ EVERYBODY fBOTH men and women) lores S»«rt! SUB­ The SCRIPTION AGENTS WANTED everywhere. Write ui for ingtoo Club should be remitted to the Washington Club. vised to take up the subject with the National Base terms you will find them very interesting. option of the Washington Club was exercised. It appears that while sliding, during a championship game, in the latter part Ball Writers' Association. That is the suggestion Published every Saturday by of May, one of his knees was dislocated and there was a advanced by President Johnson, of the American recurrence of this trouble four times between June 1 and July League, who writes as follows: after the latter date while his team ^porting life fJu<ifnng Company 8. He was left at home Arthur 30-32-31 South Third St., Philadelphia, Fa., TJ. S. A. was on the road and later went to bis home. He contends Chicago, November 21st, 1916. Mr. that he left Richmond with the consent of his club's officials, Mac-Donald, Care of the Congressional, Washing­ THOMAS S. DAN»O...... Presideat and Gun Editor tut this is denied. ton. D. C., My dear Sir: I have your very inter­ FRANCIS 0. RICHTEB...... Vic*-President and Editor-in-chief When telegraphed to report at Richmond on July 22, the esting letter of November 16th, and note fully its 3. CLIFFORD DANDO, Secretary-Treasurer and Business Manager player replied that he was' unfit for duty and would comply deal­ THOMAS D. RICHTER...... Associate Editor with instructions as soon as he was able to walk. His salary contents. Your articles in "Sporting Life," J. DOPOLASS DANDO...... Advertising Manager was paid in full up to July 23, when he was suspended by the ing on the scientific study of base ball, have many Richmond Club. attractive features. I read them thoroughly, and PHILADELPHIA, DECEMBER 9, 1916 He applies to the Commission to reqnlre the Richmond and wish to commend you ou your excellent line of Washington Clubs to pay him the balance of the $1200, which thought. You have suggested new features in scor­ be asserts is due him under liis Washington contract. ing, which should have the careful consideration The Richmond Club admits that the player had trouble with I am re­ "^porting life" equal his knee, which incapacitated him from duty, and that he of The Base Ball Writers' Association. It it distinctly unique in being the only WEEKLY DIGEST remained at Richmond under instructions when his team was on turning you the clippings. With kind regards, I ef Sports of All Sorts published, and represents the IDEAL of the road during July, so that he could receive the attention of remain, Yours truly, BAN B. JOHNSON. Journalism. A weekly Journal is the only system by which all that club's physician, who stated that he anticipated a cure of We desire to say that we invite, in the columns of the worth-while current news can be gathered from everywhere the injured knee in a few weeks. He went home, however, in the realm of Sport and combined with a bunch of good physician, "Sporting Life," discussion of the subject, with sug­ (sporting(Sporting stories for busy mea, so that tliey can get it all in a against the advice of the club's president and its nutshell, to enjoy aud keep fully informed in a few leisure claiming that his presence was required because of the illness gestions and improvements. hours, once a week before it has time to get stale. Trying to of a member of his family. read a daily paper for Sports and Sporting stories is about like He was notified by President Smith, of the Richmond Club, trying to read your favorite book at the circus; or like trying by letter and telegram to return and iu reply announced thai t» enjoy Yacht Racing, Motor Boating, Golf, Tennis, Hunting he was under medical treatment. He was thereupon paid in AMERICAN LEAGUE PROSPERITY «r Fishing in a hurricane. It cannot be done with real pleas­ full up to July 28 and suspended. His first notice to rejoin his ure in the short time you take to read jour daily, nor can you team was given him on July 21. The player's assertion that get real live current news from a monthly. "Sporting Life's" he went home with the approval of tlw club's physical in- PRESIDKNT Ban Johnson says that every club in Weekly Digest is the only way it can be done, with real pleas­ itructor and trainer is denied. the Athletics, made ure. Its field ef operation is national, not local, and thus it the American League, except broadens yaur vision far beyond anything otherwise possible. Under the injury clause in the player's contract, money this year. He denies emphatically the report Its Weekly Digest of lews, combined with fiction and reminis­ its provision finished a trifle behind. Mr. cences, represents far more to the reader than either without he was entitled to compensation under that the Washington Club the other; and being published weekly four times each month; until released, had he complied with the instructions Johnson declares that, while he has not seen the books erne intnths five times it gives from 2 ^ to tf times as much to Kichmoud. It was plainly of each club, he believes that the Chicago White Sox reading matter for $2.00 a year as monthly Journals give for of his club to return (1.00 to $3.00 a year. It don't have time to get stale. It his duty to accept the attention of that club's phy­ drew the largest crowds of the year at hor^e and abroad. gives you the good things you do not have time to read, and sician while under salary to it, and'his failure to fulfill He places the Detroit Tigers second, the Red Sox cannot gat, la your daily paper, and being published weekly, makes it possible to give you not only the real live current the obligation justified his suspension for insubordi­ third, with Cleveland, St. Louis aud New York making news, notes and records, but fiction and reminiscences also. nation. The claim of the player for salary against the about an equal showing. An idea of the business done Current news cannot possibly be compiled a month in advance of the date of issue like flctioa and reminiscences; and "Sport­ Richmond or Washington Club after July 128th is by the American Leagye as a whole is obtained from the ing Life" is overjoyed in the fact that its large and ever-increas­ therefore disallowed. The check of the Richmond Club unofficial attendance of the world's champion Red Sox. ing family of "real fans" demonstrates that SPORT LOVERS the amount persons attended do not fail t* realize that "Sporting Life" is a "Journal it for $169.64 covering the difference between It has been estimated that 500,000 Knowledge" in the realm of Sport that has no equal. of salary paid the player by the Richmond Club up the games of the Red Sox in Boston, while on the to July 2Stb, and that guaranteed to him by the offi­ road the total turnstile count was about 610,000. Mr. cials of the Washington C'lub, as stipulated iu hi* con­ Johnson insists that the total attendance figures for "Sport" is the Bright Side ef Life. It puts cheer ID Life for forwarded to the player the record by more than one young and old. Physicians subscribe to it as a means of health, tract with the latter, has been the whole circuit exceeds happiness and longevity. Its life-giving potency is recognized in partial adjustment of the salary due him up to the million admissions, which would seem to indicate re­ iu the curriculum of all Colleges. It exemplifies the youngster's his suspension. The player's claim against the markable prosperity. wail "weren't you ever a boy yourself?"; it vitalizes *'all date of work and no play makes Jack a dull boy"; and it immortalizes Richmond Club, which assumed payment of his $1"00 "men are ouly boys grown tall, hearts don't change much salary under his Washington contract, is allowed for after all." LIFE WITHOUT SPORT is drudgery, a thing to CARRIGAN CHANGES MIND loathe, a habit to avoid, an evil which should be overcome, the difference between the aggregate amount paid him and though many lose its note of cheer, none should become so club in semi-monthly instalments up in them. by the former manager of callous that the Spirit of Sport cannot be rejuvenated inclusive, plus Seven Hundred and Thirtv- T AST Summer Bill Carrigan, the capable THESE CHEAT TRUTHS awaken it realization that Sport is an to July 28th Sox, announced that he intended F.lixir of Life, a Spirit calling EVERYONE to turn at times su dollars and fifty-six cents, which the plaver would ** the Boston Red from the serious side of life to entertainment pure and simple to retire permanently at the end of the campaign in for the joyful have received up to that date, had he remained with the tor the exhilaration of playing a game; or, is directed to order to devote his time to private business. Car- thrills of an ardent spectator; or, merely for the pleasure that Washington Club. The Richmond Club Joseph comes from encouraging others ia their chosen recreation; es­ settle this award within five days from the promulga- rigan's determination to quit possibly influenced pecially, when occasion arises to dispel gloom, restore health. J. Lannin to sell the world's champions to H. H. Frazee gladden the heart of one's self or acquaintance, so that the V"!i, r, fi.nd.lng' through the office of the Secretary now is ready to Call of the Spirit may go forth, even unto Sportless Souls, of the Commission, to whom a detailed statement of its and Hugh Ward. But Carrigan inspiring EVERYONE to see that the TRUE SPIHIT OF SPORT shall b* submitted change his mind. His friends say that he will sign leads the way to many bright 'spots along the path of life, so account with the player if Frazee and free and beneficial to all mankind that it should not be dis­ another contract to manage the Red Sox regarded, but kept a living reality in every human heart. Ward will pay him a salary of $20,000 a year. Car­ Cheer to the human heart is what sunshine and moisture are to feels that the Red Sox need him if vegetation. IS IT ANY WONDKK that "Sporting Life," THH THE PLATER-LIMIT RULE rigan evidently l.OYAL CHAMPION OF CLEAN SPOUT, is a welcome guest. Frazee and Ward expect to win leading base ball honors that cheers Father. Mother. Sons and Daughters at thousands next Fall. The new Boston magnates have ex­ of firesides EVERY WEEK? IS THERE ANYTHING that can fJOTICE was sent out from New York last week again possibly bring more pleasure to you nud yours than "Sporting that President Kbbets, of the Brooklyn Club, had pressed a strong desire to retain Carrigaii. and the Life" for 3} cents a week'; It is the Sprotsman's "talisman," National league an amendment to latter probably believes that he holds the whip hand. safeguarding his field, helping to make it productive, and stand­ submitted to the ing for independence, courage and integrity in all uoble sports. the constitution increasing the number of players that The leader of the Red Sox, in other words, is simply It is a clean paper. The management fixed this high purpose is entitled to carry between Mav I aii.J a business man. But will Frazee and Ward go the in the beginning, their restive being that "SPOUTING LIFE" each club should always he found in the zone of moral uplift, a paper for September 1 from twenty-one to twenty-two. The amend­ limit? "true sportsmen." ment will come before the National League magnates (Enblcss Call of Cfceer at their annual meeting to be held in Now York on PACIFIC COAST MOVES ^port's December V>, and for it to become a law it will bo From the frosts of Winter to (he dews of May. there's something new doing in Sports every day. and from the first necessary that it be passed by a two-thirds vote; In QUR San Francisco contributor writes us that, when dew of Spring till frost comes again, more happens in Sports other words, six of the eight clubs must vote in its Coast league's annual meeting on De­ than is in a fellow's ken. the Pacific Ere the glory o£ cue month can fade, another Is Bashing its favor. There is doubt whether six club owners favor cember fi is ended, President A. T. Baum and J. Cal promise ahead; right through one season's retreating line, the proposition. It is believed that Brooklyn, Chic-ami lOwing will go Kast to wage a campaign for some re­ break! the light of another equally sublime; the full joy is not adoption of the reached in a Uncle bound, but is sipped iu sweet drafts, week and New York are sure to vote for the forms, so far as the minor leagues are concerned. after week, all the year round. measure, and Pittsburgh, St. Louis and Boston are in Ewing is chairman of the committee that is to take up Some screamiu' thing's a-comin* off all the bloomin' time It is virtually certain that Philadelphia and a »nd every issue «f "Sporting Life" is always right iu line. doubt. the proposal with the majors for the organization of B'gosb! a feller's got, ic, ;ead 'eni. and rend 'em every one to Cmcwnati will oppose the increase. In discussing th» new National Commission to govern imse ball affairs. know he

side Organized Ball. Baum is chairman of the com­ sale on the opening day. The opening day receipts, ready talked the situation over with the American mittee that is to request the majors to eliminate the as well as holidays, such as July 4. will be pooled Association men, and they are enthusiastic over such drafting of players of Class AA leagues. He will pre­ and divided amongst the various cities. On these days a series. Mr. Barrow will recommend to his club sent his appeal and make his argument before the the book tickets will not be recognized. When asked owners that they open the regular season on April American I-eague meeting in Chicago, and the National as to the proposition, Business Manager Krick ap­ 16, and close it on August 5. In a forty-eight game League meeting in New York. Relative to major peared to be reticent in the matter, stating that Presi­ post-season series each International League team would league teams coming out to the Coast for their Spring dent Corish was enthusiastic over the idea, and would play three games in each American Association city, training, Mr. Ewing declared himself in favor of the bring, it up at the meeting of the league directors at and vice versa. If practicable, Mr. Barrow said, the rule now in force, which prohibits exhibition games at the January meeting. Mr. Krick stated that he believed winner of the post-season series would play the cham­ the Coast League parks. President Weeghman, of the that the system would be greatly beneficial both to the pion team of the Pacific Coast League for the cham­ Chicago Cubs, who has already liade tentative plans fans and to the league, and would give everyone :i pionship of the National Association. Mr. Barrow win to train at Pasadena, told Mr. Ewing that he may chance to see the home games of the season at a small put his suggestion before his club owners at their an­ bring out his club despite the rule and play games in cost. The idea when brought before the other league nual meeting December II. the interior town to make expenses. cities received considerable momentum,, all believing that a large advance sale of tickets at the "jitney" IN SHORT METRH price would be a means of placing the circuit Illinois league and add several Michigan bled at the lively Ixiuisiana city that he was nick­ THE American Association just now is too absorbed cities to make a more compact eircuit than the old one. named the "Moses of the Minors." This individual was with its own particular presidential campaign, and Mr. Murphy was named to interest the cities in view J. Cal Kwing. president of the Oakland, Cal., Pacific the issues involved, to pny great attention to the larger problems of base ball. The annual meeting of the As­ in the plan and he will report the progress made at Coast l/eague Club, and a man who bus spent a good another meeting to be held in Green Bay next month. portion of his years and money in the promotion of base sociation is set for Indianapolis. December S. The chief ball. Profiting by past years' experience from coast question to be placed before the club owners is the HERE is a significant item in the National League ball, he made so many good suggestions at the meeting election of a president. There is reported to be op­ T bases on balls and strike out averages. It is this: for Organized Base Ball to consider that he was named position to the re-election of Mr. Chivington, and In 1916 there were 251 less bases on balls given than as a committee of one to present these new resolutions although he said he wtnild be a candidate to succeed in 1915, and 101 more strike oats. The significance in person to both major leagues, and endeavor to secure himself, he would not fight for the office. Norris lies in the fact that bases on balls are decreasing their adoption. Ewing's program includes : L. (Tip) O'Neill. former president of the Western and "strike cuts increasing from year to year. It First The appointment of a new Board of Ap­ League, and Thomas Hickey. of St. Paul, have been means that in due course pitchers will have to bs peals, exclusive of the National Commission, to suggested as probable candidates' for the presidency. curbed. be composed of one member of the National Mickey was the firxt president of the Association League, one member of the American, the pres­ However, in that cITorl tn make a change in presidents THE awarding of the Central Association pennant, ident and secretary of the Minor Leagues' Asso­ there in ;m issu:> ihat is broader than the confines of held up because of protests against ti« Mnscatine ciation, and a chairman who will be in no way con­ the Association itself, and all base ball has a certain Club's alleged violation of the veteran role, wiH be de­ nected with Organized Base Ball. Second The adoption of a rule compelling ma­ amount of interest in whether Thomas Chivington is cided by directors of the association at the annual meet­ jor league clubs to release outright such players lo remain nt the head of the big Middle West minor ing. The National Association of Min«r Leagues re­ they do not wish to keep and who were free agents or he succeeded by Tom Hickey. The selection of fused to award the pennant to Muscatine because of when signed. This would prevent the custom of Thomas Hickey. according to some opinions, would the protested games, but left its disposal to th« direc­ major league scouts signing bushers and college mean practical divorvcmpiit from major league influence tors. Marshalltown, which finished second, is contender players and having them immeditately turned over and therefore the significance of the fight for him by for the flag. to minor clubs on option. four of the strongest dubs in the American Association. Third The adoption of a rule requiring minor The Association fellows are in an independent mood, THE Southern League will retain Chattanooga la fla league clubs to pay entirely the salaries of their eircuit, though the club has changed hands. A. players, thus forbidding major league clubs from have no entangling alliances and are ready to go along paying part of the wages of some p'ayer scut to their own way. They have a couple of weak spots deal by which O. B. Andrews and Z. C. Patten sold a lower circuit. in their circuit, but expect to get together ou them their controlling interest in the Chattanooga dab, and smooth out the rough places. was closed last week, and the new owners organized It will be noticed that Ewing's schedule of activities by electing Fred Shepherd president; Earl Webster, does not include the abolition of the draft clause. vice-president and Claud Tomlinson, treasurer, The Coast League magnate does not believe such an SOITHERN LEAGUE INCREASE action is wise, or practical, since it strikes at one of iT IS probable that no attempt wffl be made tkis Win- the preambles of Organized Ball the advancement of * ter to reorganize the Southern Michigan League. the young ball player. Ewiug will be quite satistiel DAISING of the salary limit of the Southern League ^ from .$2800 to $:>200 is being advocated again, and There have been rumors that the Class C organization to let the draft clause stay as it is, but will strive would again be formed, but there seems to be a general to induce Ban Johnson et al. to agree to abolish the rule at the annual meeting of Southern League directors in Nashville, December 15. it is expected that the matter agreement among the former club owner thai nothing requiring immediate delivery of players purchased dur­ will be done at least until 1913. ing the season. Most major league clubs waive that will come up for considerable discussion. A majority rule, anyway, but it is still on the statute books and of the magnates of President Baugh's organization are THE annual meeting of the American liable to cause trouble any day, as it did in Mil­ understood to be in favor of it. The Southern is one of will be held in Indianapolis on December 8, and waukee last season. Ewing is very hopeful that the the fastest leagues in the minors, and if the salary not in Chicago, the usual meeting place. There is quite chief feature of his reform program the appointment limit is raised, and a better class of men secured for a fight on against the re-election of President Thomas of an arbitration board on which the minors will the various teams, it will be even faster than it is now. W. Chivington, and there are likely to ke some rery in­ have equal representation will be adopted. There can It is a fact that a high-class ball player will not per­ teresting developments. , be little argument against Cal's plea that the split sal­ form for the meagre salaries that must be paid in order ary contracts be abolished, for they pave the way for for the clubs to remain within the $2800 law, and if the CUGGESTION has been made to President Justice, all sorts of deception, double-dealing, and make possible ante is nii.sed. it is a certain fact that it will materially *^ of the Central Association, that the league take a the evasion of minor league salary limits to the detri­ help the league. year vacation, and not play a regular schedule until ment of clubs not possessing major league connections. 1918. The directors of the league made the sug­ Ewing feels also that he is right in asking that the WESTERN STILL WAITING gestion to Justice to be acted on at the meeting la majors play fair and quit signing youngsters whom they January at Cedar Rapids. have no intention of using. THE Wichita-Topeka base ball situation is unchanged, BY resolution at the recent New Orleans meeting * according to Frank C. /ehruug. president of the the National Association has made it clear that VHE WESTERN ASSOCIATION Western League. "There are no definite developments guarantee funds deposited by clubs should be used first with reference to Wichita and Topeka," said President to pay all player salary obligations in case of league AT A meeting held at Oklahoma City, Okla.. on No- Xehrung. "Something definite may break loose at an or club default. " veruber 26th, presidents of the eight clubs forming early dnte, but just now it is not determined whether the Western Association of Professional Base Ball Frank Isbell will go into Wichita and John Savage T HE National Association has finally and definitely Clubs voted to follow the lead of the National Organ­ will stav in Topeka." Other information, however, * endorsed the principle that only presidents of the ization of Minor Leagues and adopt a resolution denying is to the effect that Frank Isbell is awaiting a de­ leagues are eligible to membership on the National the request of players for transportation when report­ cision by Savage with reference to Topeka. In case Board, according to the representation allowed various ing. Hereafter it will be unlawful for any club of the Savage stays in Topeka. or moves the club to some classes. other city, thus assuring an eight-club circuit, Isbell Association to pay the railroad fares of players report­ A RUMOR is going the rounds that Ban Johnson ing in the Spring, or joining the club later in the sea­ probably will go through with his dicker to take over the Wichita Club. " will resign as president of the American League son. The player limit for the coming year was set when the magnates convene in Chicago in December. at fourteen, and the salary limit at ?1.'!00, exclusive of This can be taken for what it is worth which is noth­ managers. A schedule of 154 games was approvejl, be­ TltlRVTK TO 8TALLING8 ing. ginning April 12 and closing Labor Day, September 3. Denison. Tex.. was awarded the 1910 pennant. COME idea of the ability of George Stallings as a HE annual talkfest relative to the revival of the President Bell was voted back into the chair unani­ ** manager can be gleaned from the batting averages T Empire State League is now on. Albany and Troy mously, no other name being presented for the office. T. of the National League, recently published. Stallings are named for the circuit with Schenectady, Amster­ J. lAinghney, of Muskogee, and Jack I/etcher, of Tulsa. had a team that was a contender nil the way. yet from u dam, Johustown-Gloversville, Iliou and Rome. were elected vice-presidents, and Charles J. Brill, of batting standpoint he had the weakest aggregation in the Oklahoma City, was re-elected secretary. The As­ league. The team hatting of the Braves was only .2IW. HE National League's annual meeting will be held sociation has clubs in Oklahoma City. Tulsa, Muskogee Strangely enough. Cincinnati always an also-ran in the T at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, in New York, begin­ and McAlester, Okla.; Paris, Sherman and Denison, race, ranked second in batting with a total of .254. ning on Tuesday, December 14. Tex., and Fort Smith. Ark. The premier slugger of the Boston Club was third base^nan Smith, who hit .259. while Hank Gowdy JOURNALISTIC NOTES ranked second, with .252. Earl Blackburn, a substitute "JITNEY" BASE BALL catcher with Boston part of the season, but not re­ The International News Service has seemed Jack Teiock, garded as a regular, hit best of all, .278. of Indianapolis, as its sporting editor, succeeding Frank G. DEPORTS from the South Atlantic League head- Menke. whose resignation was recently accepted. Mr. Velock is well known throurkout the country for his articles on base quarters in Savannah have it that the circuit will mill, -boxine and otter sports. The Middle West is especially introduce "jitney" base ball in 1917. According to FOR SHORTER SEASON familiar with his wmment on foot ball. * He will write the Business Manager. Krick, of the Jacksonville team, International News Service daily sport feature article, beside* of the South Atlantic League, a system of tickets in PRESIDENT EDWARD BARROW, of the Inter- sport paraj?raphs and humorous verse on sport topics. books of fifty will be considered, and possibly adopted, * national League, announced that he will advise his which will allow the home fans to witness fifty home club owners to play only a 112-gamc league season next BALL PLAYERS, ATTENTION games for the sum of five dollars. It will be the idea of year, and a post-season series of forty-eight games All Fraternity aerobfrs who have not filed their Winter the league to place the $5 books on sale some time before with the American Association, the Class AA league addresses with the oDce at 41 Wall Street, New York City, «t» |iie opening of the season, ou April 19, and close the of the Middle West. President Barrow said he has al- requested to do to at vac*.

\ Sporting Life December g, The Passing of Nap Rucker Lee Fold's Big Pruning Task Given His Unconditional Release as Player By Will Have to Select His Team From a Wealth of Brooklyn But Will Remain as Scout The Great Material The Probable Selections Pretty Well In- Record of the Georgia Boy. cheated Now. By Wm. J. Granger By Ed Bang ROOKLTN, N. T., December 3. During the training season'at Augusta, LEVEULND, O.. December 4. surely knows how to pitch, and that's With the return of President Ga., Ty Cobb, whose home is in Au­ Lee Fohl, manager of the In­ something that can't be said of most Ebbets to Ebbets Field for a gusta, organized a dians, is going to have his twirlers. the formal hands full, separating the POP BOY SMITH one-day stay came BOTS _ announcement of the passing TEAM OF SOUTHERN wheat from the chaff when his showed a lot of stuff in his few trials of "the last of the Mohicans" to go on a barnstorming trip. Being tribe/of Indians congregates at with the Indians at the close of the sea­ Nap Rucker. President Ebbets said, that as both Ty and Rucker were graduates the training camp at New Orleans next son while Archie Penncr also displayed while Nap had been given his uncondi­ of the Augusta team, Cobb went to Bill Spring. Lee has a "house full" of ath­ the earmarks of an honest-to-goodness tional release, the one-time great south­ Dahlen. who was then the Brooklyn man­ letes and no mistake. Right now he has pitcher. Just what Petty and Shoup paw had decided to accept the Brook­ ager, and suggested to Bill that the something like 36 players enrolled on have up their sleeves remains to be seen. lyn Club's proposition that he stay in the Brooklyn team play a game with Cobb's his roster and this number may be aug­ The former is a big southpaw and comes employ of the Brooklyn Club in the role team, Dahlen loaning Rucker to Cobb's mented to 40 before the boys begin work­ highly recommended. Manager Fohl is of a scout. Nap is well fixed financially, team for the day. Ty pointed out that ing the kinks out of their arms, legs and hoping against hope that Petty conies but he is just as fond of base ball as he with himself and Rucker playing on the backs in Pelicantown early in March. through for thence figures he will have ever was, and when President Ebbets same team it would appeal to the Augusta The tip is out that Owner Jim Dunn and three dependable southpaws. It's truo pointed out how he could still keep up fans, thus insuring a big gate. Dahlen Vice-President McRoy will endeavor to that Coumbe didn't pitch very often last a connection with the Brooklyn Club, consented, and the game was played. put over a couple of deals at the annual season, but Fritz led tlio Indian twirlers without it interfering with his banking Nap pitched six innings aginst the Brook­ American League meeting in Chicago; in the matter of earned runs against him. business, or his cotton plantation in lyn team, and notwithstanding, that barr­ December 12. Just who the players are As for Boehling. Fohl is cocksure that Georgia, Nap quickly accepted the propo­ ing Cobb, his supporting cast wan only that they will endeavor to land for Fohl the former National will come through sition. made up of semi-pro players, the Brook­ is a matter of conjecture, the big bosses with the goods in large and juicy pack­ DUTIES lyn team never had a chance to put a being as mum as proverbial clams while ages. All in all, I^pe sees no cause for BUCKEB'S scormNo run across the plate. Nap was in great Fohl refuses to even confirm that any to the worry over his pitchers, but it's a cer­ will be confined almost altogether shape that Spring. Ho had spent a deals are pending. Counting tainty that he would not pass up the South. Nap, himself a graduate of the couple of weeks at Hot Springs. Ark., South Atlantic League, and as he has FOHL AS A CATCHHER, chance to add Joe Wood to the club's ros­ before joining the training camp at Au­ backstop in his ter if the opportunity presented itself. Wintered each year in Georgia, he has gusta. He started off the season like for Lee was a very good always kept in pretty close touch .with day, windpad artists will work out in In­ THE INDIANS' MANAGER what has been going on in the Southern TtlE RUCKER OF OLD. dian regalia under the warm southern For a couple of months the Brooklyn sun. O'Neill is the veteran of the staff, has a galaxy of inCeklers to pick from. Association and the South Atlantic (Juisto are the iirst base can­ league. The passing of Rucker will be team was trailing only half a game behind with Daly as his first aide. Billings, who Gandil and the leading team. Then one day when has been up for trials a couple of times, didates. Howard will try for tlic job regretted by the fans and the base ball against Chapman- AVambs- Writers with whom he was wonderfully the Brooklyn team was playing the was recalled from the Louisville Club, at second Cardinals a batted ball hit Rucker on nf the American Association, while De ganss has the shortstop berth cinched. popular. It seems like it was only the and Evans nre rivals for the hot other day that the big Georgian joined the thumb of his pitching hand. That Berry was purchased from the Now Or­ Barbare put him out of commission. Instead of leans Club. With this array of tulent corner. Then there's Terry Turner, who the Brooklyn team. It was back in 1907 cither the third or second base that Nap reported to Pat Donovan who waiting until the injured thumb was well. Manager Fohl feels confident that the may oust Nap got the idea into his head that he catching end will be well looked after in. candidates. Marty Kavanagh, secured was then the manager of the Brooklyn, is also on team. He was an ungainly youth at the could pitch without using the thumb, 1917. Neither is Fohl losing any sleep from the Detroit Tigers, and as the Brooklyn team was fast fall­ over his pitchers, notwithstanding that Cleveland's list. So is Harris, a handy- start, but Donovan, who had been respon­ from the Chatta­ sible for Brooklyn drafting him from the ing out of the pennant hunt, he decided at the present writing he has exactly 13 andy, who was drafted to take a chance. To get away from us­ twirlers on his roster. This is generally nooga Club, of the Southern League. Augusta Club, took a fondness to Nap surely no dearth of iufielders fight from the start and schooled him in ing the injured thumb Nap started to considered an unlucky number, but There's delivery which consisted of there and if Fohl can develop a good in­ riig league ways. Under Donovan's use ft new LKE IS NOT SUPERSTITIOUS. of watchful eye Nap was quickly changed the fuuniest slow ball ever seen. But field combination it will be due to lack in developing this and besides this number may be aug­ quality rather than quantity. from an uncouth country chap into a mented before the start for the south. young man who knew how to dress for SLOW BALL DELIVERY Fohl has already given all of the.se twirl- SIX FLY CHASERS every occasion. Rucker he brought into play a muscle under his ers the double o. and snys he thinks he are on the club's roster. The "Big Three MADE SOME GREAT RECORDS pitching arm, and the strain must have will have his troubles in priming the list includes the one and only Tris Speaker while with Brooklyn, more than great be- proved too much, for pretty soon Nap down to the desired number to be car­ for center. Jack Graney for left, and 'cause the team behind him always was a was incapacitated altogether. The muscle ried during the championship season. Bobby Roth for right. The subs are Dan- tailender. He pitched a no-hit game refused to respond to treatment, and when Those who af> reeardeil as cinch bets for ny Moeller, secured from the Washington. against the Boston team when Joe Kelley he got his chance to pitch in a world's regular jobs arc (!uy Morton. Jim Bagby, Nationals in the deal that brought South­ was manager of the Hub team, and came series game this Fall, even if it was only Stanley Covaloskie. Joe Boeh'ing. Ai paw Joe Boehling to Cleveland in ex­ within an ace of duplicating the feat for a few innings. Nap announced that Cioiild and Fred Conmbe. The others, in­ change for Klmer Smith, outfielder, and gainst Cincinnati, Bob Bescher spoiling his one ambition in base ball had been cluding even Kd Klepfer, Fred Becbe and Joe Leonard, infielder, together with things in the ninth inning by getting realized, and he would quit the game, Otis Lambeth, holdovers from last season, Pete Allison, purchased from the New away with a scratch hit with two out and being convinced that his pitching arm are doubtful quantities. Lambeth show­ Orleans Pels, and Lohr, a semi-pro from two strikes on him. Once Nap fanned was gone for good. Old Nap will cer­ ed flashes of big league form last season Philadelphia, who played iti a couple of sixteen of the St. Louis team's batsmen. tainly be missed by the fans and the and probably will come through with the games last season, while Speaker was on In one season he scored a shut-out writers, and everybody in Brooklyn joins sroods next season. Klepfer started well the injured list. By the time Fohl prunes against every team in the .^National in the wish that be will prosper even but fell o(f in his work, due to sickness. that bunch of athletes down to 25, tho J/eagne. Nap's star began to set back more in his new field of endeavors than As for Beebe. well. Frod is a veteran number that will probably be carried at in July, 1913. The start of that sea­ he did on the base ball diamond, and on among veterans and he'll have to bo up the start of the season be will realize, son, which marked the opening of Ebbets the diamond there were few greater than and doing to hang on. At that he's a that he has done a real Spring training Field, saw the Georgian still at his best Napoleon Rucker, of Georgia. pretty handy chap to have around, for he trip's work and no mistake.

08TON, Mass., December *. running time for the distance was nine After having "been in Chicago, days, which was going some, even for where they probably went to that combination. consult with President Ban B. The Red Sox will move their offices Johnson, the new owners of the Things Very Quiet in Boston from Fenway Park to a downtown ofiice World's Champions, Messrs. building very soqa. The heating plant at Frazee and Ward, are expected to be at Still Awaiting the Promised Visit of Messrs Frazee Fenway Park is all right for mild weath- the dub's offices at Fenway Park on Mon­ or, but the combination of extreme cold day morning. This is the last of many and Ward-President Haughton Will Stick to the and the location of the park make the announcements as to 'the date of their Winter quarters desirable. Lsst Winter arrival, but as there is practically nothing Boston National Club. the club had offices in Arborway Court, at to announce it would appear that they, Forest Hills, in the hotel owned by Mr. being busy men, have taken advantage of J. J. Lannin. These were very far out the dull season to clean up whatever they for visiting purposes, so far as news­ have in the way of other business prior By Herman Nickerson paper men were concerned, and the new to taking hold of their new venture in arrangement of downtown offices will be, earnest. D. Haughton that he has no intention of the owners it is an interesting situation welcomed by the dope artists of the local leaving the Braves and that he will con­ to view. There is apt to be a long list of press. THINGS VERY QUIET tinue to be the president of that organiza­ holdouts on both the Red Sox andTBraves. . * One would hardly know there was a tion. The rumor was that he would At the champions' headquarters at Feu- world's champion team in Boston so far resign to devote his entire attention to way Park all is quiet. Oceasionaly dur­ ST. LOUIS SAYINGS us the papers are concerned. There has the development of the Harvard Univer­ ing the past week one would hear that been no gossip and no "letters" from the sity foot ball team, which was beaten by there was no news and the same condition Manager Miller Huggins, of the Cardinals, players telling of big game they have Yale. He, with Business Manager Hap- prevailed at Braves Field. Eddie L. Ready to Trade Player. nnggcd and the usual Thanksgiving Day good, will go over to New York to at­ Rily, former secretary of the Red Sox, ST. LOUIS, December 1. Miller Huggins, th« dope of where this, that or the other tend the National League meeting on De­ but now the traveling secretary of the diminutive manager of the St. Lnuis Cardinals, spent his Thanksgiving has been 12, and it is posible that Man­ offices on has issued a trade warning. Miller, who once player cember Braves, appeared at the club's put over* a memorable deal on Fred Clarke. says missfid from the columns of the daily ager George T. Stallings will be there December 1 to take up his work. Eddie ho will attend the National League meeting press. This does not mean that there is also. Among other things it is expected is a welcome man there so far as the next month prepared to do a little Winter swap­ lack of interest. In fact, I think that this that they will meet Mr. Weeghman, of newspapers are concerned. He has had a ping. "Hug" made this statement after n eon- ferenee with the new president of the Cardi­ .dead season is about the best thing that Chicago, and talk over the prospects of long experience in the publicity end, and, nals. Mrs. Helen Hathaway Britton. Mrs. Brit- could happen to any city. It gives the Fred Mitchell as manager of the Cubs. while not a newspaper man. has always tou recently has asked for waivers on the for- fans a chance to rest up after excitement The owners of the Braves are in no way been right on the job with any informa­ mer president of the club, her husband. "Ski" of the World's Series and give their at­ inclined to stand in Mitchell's way if and knew* news when it was news. Britton. It was Mrs. Britton's first action since tion she elected herself president of the dub. She tention to other sports such as foot ball, there is a chance for him to benefit him­ He will prove as popular on the National advised "Hug" nil job wa» good and told him of which there has been plenty hereabouts. self. Speaking of League circuit as he was during his long to see what he could do about trading. "There Cardinals." said Then there is the^ ice hockey season that MESSRS. FBAZEE AND WARD. tern} of service in the American League, will he some big changes in the is about to open, which is one that has a in which he practically grew up. Hugglns. "One of my players seems to be In following here. Fred Hoey, who was they will find their work somewhat diffi­ very great deinnnd. No lens than seven National big just at present, with but two players League clulws have made overtures for Frank Sny- for several years identified as a ba«e ball cult MINOR MENTION dei'. our catcher. 1 iuteud to pull off some- big writer, will have charge of the booking of reported as being signed for '17 and these trades when I get to New York neit month." the clubs at the Arena and this should being on long-time contracts. This is A photo post card arrived from Carl Huggins now is willing to trade back Jack Mil­ season. rather a hard situation for new owners Mays, who, with Snodgrass, made the trip ler, Chief Wilson and Artie Butler to anybody mean a fine for old owners, for that matter. With from Boston to Los Angeles m an auto­ that is blindfolded. When Wilson was traded IIAU'JIITO.Vs LATEST DEOI.AKATIO.N to St. Louis by Fred Clarke tic was known a* the players setting themselves for a test mobile. They were four weeks making the the "Triple King." He hit 38 tbree-baggera has been issued by President P. of their strta&h asaiust, its strength.

By A. R. Cratty EW YORK, N. T., December 3. Durlng the past season the Fraternity hai In his annual report to the placed before its members in the various leagues, ITTSBtTRGH. Pn., December 4. CAI, is COMING for their approval, certain requests which it Base Ball Players' Fraternity, proposed to present to the National Commission On the eve of preparations Manager Callahau is due next week to made public to-day. President and National Board. These requests have been for attendance at the National a conference on team matters prior to David L. Fultz states that the. approved (by all members, and the organization league's annual session, Col. the departure for the December sessiou organization which has com­ bus been assured that it will have their heartiest B. Dreyfuss today announced of the old union. Cal will hear the latest pleted its fourth year, continues to grow support. that lie had planned to sell a The directors and players are already so well details anent the new training spa. "Co­ in strength, and is demonstrating its informed regarding these requests that a re­ young player. The transaction, A minor lumbus, Ua., has the ball park we want. ability to accomplish benefits for its cital of them in this report is unnecessary, pile in its way, marked the initial step That's about the best thing I know of members. Although two of the major The Fraternity agreement still- continues to iu the matter of reducing the roster of just yet." With these words the boss league clubs, Philadelphia and Cleveland work to the advantage of the players, and many surplus talent; that is, young men of p.-iid a fond tribute to good old Hot Americans, are not in the Fraternity and cases have been taken up, based on its provisions. fair caliber not yet quite up to major All cases presented to the Commission in which Springs, Ark. "I liked the valley of va­ t1'" Chi''ii"i> Amcvicnu Club players have/ players with "iron clad" contracts have had any form, but capable of serving neat base pors," remarked Barney. "Healthful. shown a lack of interest, the organiza­ trouble, have been adjusted by the Commission, iu his class. "Not a big deal; won't eft with baths that ever refreshed. The men tion lias a large repres?ntatiou and is according to the letter and spirit of these con­ imich for the man, perhaps nothing at were ever the. gainers in that reupect, but stronger than ever iu nil the other major tracts. This, however, does not include "iron nil," remarked the executive. Then he a jnuut of 150 miles further south may league clubs, Mr. Fultz assorts. clad" contracts which were made with Federal winked his offside eye. Truly expressed. League clubs, as a considerable number »f these enable us to get in more work days. Not IN THE MIXOR I.EAO.UE, hare been disregarded. Often these small unions forget their so much danger of being blocked by the The case of Hageman against Boston American obligations with the big guns, a condition tnil-end of >\ norther." Buruey then spoilt- according to President Fultn. the Fra­ League Club, which was lost by us in the Trial that prevails, if anyone should ask you. of the railroad facilities to the new spot ternity has made more rapid strides. Court, and won by us on appeal to the Appellate manyfold more where minors nre the iu sunny (i.'orgia. "Two trunk lines run Three Class AA clubs. Baltimore. In­ Division of the Supreme Court, and then appealed dianapolis, and San Francisco, are not in by the club to the Court of Appeal*, is still on debtors than when they are creditors. there. Incidentally one is oiito the job tlia calendar of the latter Court and will prob­ Barney followed up by averring that the already." said he, flourishing a conimuni- the organization, but membership in the. ably be reached within a few months. Pittsburgh Club didn't have much for cation from the passenger department of others is increasing rapidly. F.very club Jn some contracts of the American League Kale. The supply of sellable timber was a big line, suggesting that their repre­ in the Southern League is represented there apepars a clause permitting the club to so slim that no one could say that the wiih entire strength, except the Mobile suspend without pay a player who has been in­ sentative would be glad to urnuipc an Club, while there is room for improve­ jured on the field until such time as he recovers. club was "iu the market." The asser­ itinerary. The prompt response of this This clause is bad and should be eliminated. tion was particularly significant because corporation to prospective business svnv ment in the membership from the West­ The Fraternity has on two occasions attempted a certain delegation of bugs here is wil­ tickled Col. B. It wan 11 route in which ern League. The return of a number of to procure a concession from the minor league ling to believe any story that loads to the Federal League players increased the ac­ clubs granting every minor league player his lie invested some of his earliest etiriiings tive membership considerably during the expenses to the training camp. These requests transfer of Carey, et al. And other is in base ball and never has that dividend have been denied. The point should be urged used for been passed. Seems to me the Buccos last season and the total enrollment con­ upon the owners, as the preseat regulation Is sists of 1210 members. grossly unfair. REFERENCE TO IIARMON will not have mut'h trouble choosing the FORBIUnE.N TO JOIN We also presented t» the National Association, a man who came nigh to outliving his way to Dixie hind. at its meeting at San Francisco last Fall, a value to the Buccos last year. Bob is still President Fultz states that, according petition asking for a change in the Board's meth­ r.VK.RltRU) CHARGES MADE to . reports made to him, players have od of handling claims presented by the Frater­ a marvelous hurler when backed up by a Foot ball, a fine source of revenue fur nity, granting to the Fraternity the right to be cheerful winning1 disposition. Ilobert been forbidden to join the Fraternity apprised of the nature of the defense interposed might get back his game-grabbing mood Forbes Field, has scored a top 'record. from the Philadelphia Americans. Indian­ by the club, and also informed regarding de> if sent elsewhere. "Any more offers for Receipts were over $jr>.000 in excess of apolis and Denver clubs, and adds if this cislons when rendered. This petition, we under­ former years. The pross therefore didn't is true, all three clubs have violated the stand, wrts referred to Mr. J. H. Farrell. secre­ CareyV" ventured a headquarters visitor come far from $100.1 K)0 -not a small out­ tary of the National Board. Further than that to Dreyfuss this afternoon. Without tak­ Fraternity agreement, which says that we have heard nothing regarding the result. This ing time to cudgel his brain, the 1'irate lay by an inland burg with a varsity yet there shall be no discrimination against point also should be urged upon the owners. boss shouted: "Didn't know that 1 had iu its swaddling clothes. A pame with Old Fraternity members. As to what has The Fraternity after making every endeavor I'euii bluxed the trail for the new mark. been accomplished officially since October without success by personal letters written to any tenders for the man." This was a It- inaugurated an era for the gridiron the various members of the National Board, to crusher for the heckler, but he recovered 1. 1015. the executive says that in 540 gala a hearing for William Cristail, a player sport 1'cre that means much for the fu­ cases advice has been who was nned and suspended without icing given and blurted "that if no real money propo­ ture. Pitt has shown its strength artisti­ an opportunity to interpose a defense, was com­ sitions had coroe along there must be cally and financially. No varsity eleven GIVES TO PLAYERS. pelled to resort to law for relief. We fb-ronght some in prospect judging from thi> fre­ can afford to turn down, without con- Monthly financial statements have been, en Injunction action 'in the Snprem* Court In quent and widespread newspaper talk." It furnished to the directors; seven bulle­ this State against the various member* of the fiidcrins a tender to piny at Forbes Board, and the day the papers were served upon emanated from New York last October, Kieid. Strong Imxos respond to events tins were sent to the representatives of Mr. Farrcll the player received * wire lifting his was followed up by St. Louis in Novem­ there. Old Penn, Wash. & Jeff, and Penn the 44 clubs which comprise the organi­ nne and suspension. ber, and finally came an ebullition from zation ; 47 meetings with various clubs We have found that tie Board is wry de­ Chicago as December hove to. C'ol. B. State carried away gobs of money from linquent in enforcing Its awards, and oa several the cashier's ol'ice. Some stayed here. were held, at which an average attend­ occasions we have had to apply to the National dryly intimated that so far there hml of course, the Pittsburgh Base Ball Club ance of 80 per cent, of the membership Commission, nl the ease of Howard McOraner, been nothing but newspaper chat. He scooping? in a nifty sum for rent. No was recorded. Many claims of players where an award rendered by the Board remained refused to commit himself as to Carey's were taken 115 by the Fraternity on for­ unpaid for six m-oaths, we were compelled to wosuler Col B. says of base ball players. sue the club. It then developed that the check case; that is, only declare that the fast "Let, 'em strike." I'pkeep of his mag­ mal affidavits during the last year. Of nad been sent to Mr, Farrell several months he- morer was on the auction block. nificent oval is cinched hv nigskin play these. 11 were decided fore the action was brought, but never forwarded IN KAVOK OF THE PLATERS by him. NOT ON BIOCK and other attractions held there Spring. From October 1, 1915, to October 1, 1»1«, the No one watching the situation has ever Summer and Autumn. by the National Commission, which in. following work has been accomplished by the .NOT UNKNOWN TO FAME every instance sustained the claim. Out office: given vent to a flat belief that Carey was Advice has been given to players on contracts labeled for sale. They have reasoned, An old-time fan has suggested to Col. of T1 cases brought before the National In 5-10 cases. however, that in case the Pittsburgh man­ Drcyfuss that Cohiinluis. (ia.. hud been Hoard, seven were decided in favor of The President has edited a column in the agement was accosted by a buna fide offer the players, three met with adverse de­ "Base Ball Magazine." in which has appeared on the base ball map 'M years aso. A risions, and no action wns taken on one certain Fraternity news, which it was desirable from a National League member which fairly good 01 Ilielder named Hamburg. claim. Five out of six complaints of to make public, also a column of questions and provided for a trade for Carey on a once in the big show, was a native of answers embracing some of the questions asxed player basis, say with a sparkling in- that burg. "Well do 1 recall him." re­ players against clubs were allowed, and of the Fraternity, and the answers given. three others which were placed with at­ Seventeen articles have been written for the lielder as the magnet, the management marked the Pirates' executive. "Another torneys for suit were adjusted. The sum magaglne and a directory of officers carried. would not be averse to thinking it over and much better man came from Colum­ Various newspaper articles have bee* written most earnestly. Carey in the outfield, of bus. You remember Hub Collins? 1 got of $7521 was recovered from club own­ and interviews given. ers, through the instrumentality of the No year book was published this year OB ac* . course, fixes that notch. No need of him from the (ieorgia city. Collins was Fraternity, and. in addition, the validity count of the illness of the advertising agent, scanning the sage to unearth a center one of the greatest meji the (fame ever of certain contracts wan established, sav­ which illness was not known to the office nntll fielder so long as Mnxey is wearing tile knew. Ability to play au.v position wns ins S;J773 to the players involved. Fol­ It was too late to make other arrangements. spangles. He stood the acid test four his forte. Ho cnme to Louisville an out- The plans are already under way for publishing a lowing is President Fultz's report in full: book fur 1917. Two advertising agents have years ago. He is only short on one de­ lielder. but we shifted him lo second baset been engaged, and the book is expected to pro­ partment of the sport, namely, swatting There wWe few better. As a batsman President'b Report duce considerable financial return. The year in scores. Never aces up on this racket. Hub Cohins ranked high. He was a O.-tober. 1916. To the Directors of the Base book of lltl.~» was published at a profit of $374.87. Carey shows no change for the better. man <>( steady habits, ever reliable, and Hall Players' Fraternity: The fraternity has The directors have been furnished with month­ He is no mediocre man. however, and. all ently epMirvleteil the fourth year of it* exis. ly financial .statements, and 7 bulletins have* the Louisville Club certainly sustained a tence. 'ami itVHU be snid without 1'car of rontru- been sent to the representatives of the 44 clubs in all, is good enough to be trusted with severe loss when Collins died from pneu­ iiictioii that the organization continues to grow in the Fraternity during the season. center-field job in any major union baud. monia after a few days' illness." in st'ength. not only numerically, but ulsu in its Forty-seven meetings with the various clnbs Since war times ended tnere may have ability to accomplish beneHt-i for the players. have been lield. and the average attendance has been at least 8u per cent, of the Fraternity been stages when Max sulked in his tent MEMPHIS MENTION In the lunjor leagues, both the Philadelphia members. owing to team lashings. Americans and Cleveland Clubs are still out of Approximately 3400 letters have been written. the organization, and the player* on the Chicago Calvin Alexander McVey. Bumpus Jones and RESE.NTS THE LASH The Managerial Situation Rather Hazy Americans have shown a considerable liu-k of James Baskette. nil former players, have been Since Moriarly's Retirement. interest. In all the other clubs, however, this helped with, monthly remittances, and the Fra­ Under the circumstances one might also organization is stronger than ever, and has a ternity is in receipt of letters expressing deep include these tantrums as a defect. Like­ MEMPHIS, Tenn.. December 1. The man«. larger representation. gratitude and appreciation of its generosity. ly the man imagines he is being jacked gerial situation is nn open affair iu Memphis, In Ihe minor leagues, the organization has The Fraternity has taken up upon formal affi­ Dot so much on account of his failure now that George Moriarty has decided to be­ made far more rapid strides than in the majors. davits during the past year, claims of players, come an umpire. It must be adiuitteU that There are but three clubs. Baltimore, Indian- in which decisions have been given, with the to do things expected, but more because George displumed rare courage In accepting au itfKjlis and San Francisco, iu the AA cla*Mtiea- National Commission, the National Board. League he stood out for a whopper three-year arbiter's position, but when he did so be took lion which are not in the organitntion, anil the Presidents and with Club owners as follows: pact when the Feds were active. In ad­ away from Tom Watkins the greatest jo.v he membership of the otheis is increasing rapidly. With the National Commission. 11; all of dition to this demand he frankly told a ever possessed. George will never hare another In the Southern Association every dub !« repre­ which were decided in fnvor of the player*. iKKWter quite as loud in his praises as was Tom sented, and all of them, with the exception of With the National Board. 11: 7 of which were St. Louis reporter "that there was no Watklns. secretaty of the club. Watklus had Mobile, with practically their entire strength. decided In favor ofthe players, 3 against, and sentiment in him. Therefore he was out great fsith iu the ability of the Woodstoek wiz­ The Western League, which has always 'been in 1 no action was taken. for every cent possible to get and would ard, and he left everything in his charge. Mori- rather weak, hits strengthened to some extent, With the clubs. B: 5 of which were allowed. :irty held nothing against the South, but his wife ulthouirh there is much room for improvement. Placed with attorneys for suit, 3: all adjusted. Innd his figures or join the independents." did, and inasmuch as George is not returning to The enrollment of the Fraternity i« 1210. The sum of $75^1.98 has l>een actually re­ Carey's warm acquaintances ever revamp this lection of the world it Is taken for granted covered from Ihe owners through the instrumen­ that he is not boss of the homestead at Wood- Two of these expelled men. Plank and Mur­ this incident when they rail at the way ray, since their expulsion from the Fraternity, tality of the Fraternity, and in addition the stocL. Mrs. Moriarty was of the opinion that validity of certain contracts has been established the Pittsburgh management has handled every mosquito in Dixie curried 14. laiillon germs, Uavt taken claims to Organized Ball, basing them upon concessions procured by the Fraternity, which has meant a saving of $2775.00 to the Alaxey and then assert that it's unjust and as George had not been sick in 19 years players involved. The players whose cases have to harbor resentment toward Carej sim­ previous to hi* Invasion of Dixie, be naturally showing that while they are unwilling to bear blamed the typhoid which he drew in midseason their share of the burden of carrying on the or­ been taken up, the clubs apainst which they ply because of this contract maneuver. In upon the Dixie climate. Watkins is in receipt ganization, they do not hesitate to take advan­ were, and the results are as follows: those war hours four-fifths of the un­ of several bid* fov the Job, but he ii not taking tage of it* accomplishments. WITH THE COMMISSION signed players on major union clubs were any of them very seriously. He is not in favor The active membership of the organization na« Charles Schmntz v. Brooklyn and Silt, Lake listening to the song of the siren. Carey of lifting a man from the ranks, and establishing been increased during the past season by the re­ allowed. / him In the leader's chair, for the simple reason turn of a large number of Federal League play­ John C. Martin v. Philadelphia National League is trying to give value received now and that he doesn't believe such a party can com­ ers. It has been re-ported to your president Club adjusted. a glance nt his record would surely sup­ mand the respect of his men and Watkins is that on three clubs. Tiz.. Philadelphia Americans. Jnmes Johnston v. Brooklyn adjusted. port the contention that M. Carey's ef­ looking for rigid rules and complete obedience on Indianapolis and Denver, men are forbidden to Joseph Chabek v. Brooklyn allowed. forts for the Pittsburgh Club were _A:1 the 1917 Chicks. Tom has wired big league loin the. Fraternity. If this U true these clubs Ted Cather v. Boston National League Cln» headquarters for tips, and while the messages have Tiol»t«d the Fraternity agreement which and Vet-iron allowed. nd loyal throughout. Too much was ex- are be4ng answered the tags will tttp forward says there shall b* no nixTlmlmtton against Fr»- F acted of the man. ud, ftUMBc* cktii pick. Continued on liath 6 Sporting Life "December 9, Fight on Interleave Games Metropolitan News in Brief President Baker, of the Phillies, Will Push a Rule Former New Yorkers' Work in New Fields The Forbidding Spring Games Between Major Clubs Coming Sale or Trade of St. Louis Players The at the National League Meeting. Batting of the New Yorks. By W. J. McBeth By Harry Dix Cole |EW YORK, N. Y., December 1. long before the opening day games would EW YORK, N. Y., December Chain piwns. are one notch higher and fif­ Certain National league be quite as important in public interest 4. Arthur Fromme, once gun­ teen points below the Terrible Tygers, magnates will advocate at the as they were ten years ago." ner for the Giants, is about to who lead the circuit with a .1104 rating. annual meeting here this month introduce a new song to the Thus it is not very difficult to locate the a rule to prohibit interleague CAN KILL PRACTICE ever-patient public. It is en­ most important factor in the winning of games in major cities prior to The National League, of course, has it titled "What a difference 3,000 the flag by the Red Sox. It is simply a the opening of the regularly scheduled sea­ in its power to terminate this apparent miles makes." Out in Vernon, Cal., Ar­ case of a medium batting team supported sons. The colleagues of Tener have it in evil. By stopping its members from sched- thur is the "bully boy with the glass eye," by an excellent pitching staff against their power to end a practice which is uliug Spring games at home with rival here iu New York he was the "bully boy A HEAVY-HITTING AGGREGATION. largely blamed for the falling off in early American League clubs the practice would with the glass arm." On the 1916 files minus a capable hurling corps. Individ­ Spring interest that has been noticeable be killed. There are rules in the big of the Pacific Coast League his name ual honors on the Xew York team went in the last four or five years. leagues which prevent clubs if the same will be found as the leading pitcher of to Les Nunamaker, who hatted .290 in William F. Baker, president of the company from meeting except by the that organization, having earned that 91 games. The big maskmau was the Phillies, is one of the stoutest champions unanimous consent of all club owners. honor by permitting only 1.92 earned nearest approach to a .300 batter shown of this proposed amendment. Several days Baker, like most of the other major runs per game. Hut at the other end of by the locals. Paddy Baumann con­ ago, before setting out for a vacation in league magnates, believes that interleague the list is another name not altogether vinced the skeptics that the fact of his Virginia with Fred Chandler and other games in the South are beneficial to the strange to New York fans. In 10 games leading the team in batting in 1915 was early development of the clubs in fast with the Salt I.ake City team. Jack War- no accident. He finished second to Nuna- influential stockholders of the Quakers, hop was pounded for 4.69 earned runs Baker went on record in the matter. company. He would prevent such meet­ maker with a mark of .287 against .202 ings only in major league territory. He per contest, so it looks as though the for last year. Claude Hendryx, who was "I am convinced through personal ex­ believes, however, that games between Pacific Coast is fairly safe from a sub­ recalled toward the end of the campaign, perience in Philadelphia," said he, "that teams of the same league should not be marine invasion from the way they tor­ batted .290, but participated in only 15 the game would be benefited if ante-sea­ tolerated. pedoed "Hops" undersea delivery. In games. Next in line we find the two son games were prohibited in all major just a week most prominent members of the hospital league cities. "The Cubs lost Irreparably in prestige corps, Ciilhooley and Baker. The speed last Spring by playing the champion THE GREAT AUCTION SALE boy amassed an average of .275 in 58 DID NOT PAT Phillies," he said. "Chicago failed to win one game of a long series. Back home of St. Louis players will be on. In a re- games before his accident in Cleveland, "Until last year it had been the custom the Windy City fans had been led to be­ 1 cent announcement, Mrs. Britton de- and would probably have bettered that to play a Spring series between the Phil- lieve by \Veeghman and Tinker that they I dared that Manager Muggins had full some 20 points more if he had been able lies and Athletics of from seven to nine were iu line for a National League pen­ 1 authority to trade any players he saw to play out the season. games. The clubs involved considered nant. The city never recovered from this j fit to strengthen the team, but she also CIIAKI.KY MULI.EN tliemselves lucky if they were able to beat early Spring disappointment.'' added that this did not include Roger with .267. comes next, and it is a safe the weather to half of the contests. These Horusby, the 1910 sensation. However, bet that the utility first baseman will meetings got to be an old story with our If the National League favors such a there is some good material on the mar­ stick around these parts next season. Al fans. They did not pay. And they ruined rule as Mr. Baker will propose it may ket and before Frank Snyder, the Car­ Walters closed his first American League both clubs as attractions when the regular not be made effective until 1918. Already dinals' star catcher, shifts bis allegiance, campaign with a mark of .206 in 66 seasons opened. The result was that out­ arrangements have J>een made for a Spring there is sure to be the most spirited kind games, which is far from bad for a new­ side clubs in both circuits suffered in their series between the Dodgers and New of bidding. It would be most surprising comer. High and Pipp both finished over early visits to Philadelphia. Yorks. Washington has planned to en­ if every other club in the league failed to .260 find Wallie led the league in two ' "I was responsible for terminating the tertain a number of National League clubs make a most attractive offer for Snyder. specialties, home runs and strike-outs, Athletics-Phillies series. Connie Mack at the Capital City. In any event there The fact that he fell off in his butting getting a dozen of the former and fan­ was piqued at the time. He charged bad will be an unusual number of interleagne last season by no means indicates that he ning 82 times. Captain Peckinpaugh fin­ faith on my part; intimated that as my Spring exhibitions, for wherever possible will not regain his ability to send ished with .2.".". a most prosperous sea­ club held the championship and his was two teams of rival leagues will tour north- son with the stick for him. One rumor down iu the race I declined a meeting in wait] in company, playing the most fertile BACK THE OUTFIF.I.UERS has it that Caldwell is slated for Cleve­ which 1 had nothing to gain and all to towns in transit. when performing" in different surround­ land, while another claims he will be lose. He pointed out that when conditions ANXIOl'S TO TRY SCHEME ings, and Huggins is well aware of this. reinstated with New York. The former is more likely to be correct. bad been reversed his champions had al­ 111 this way the (Jiants and Tigers will i Therefore, the wily manager will demand ways accommodated the Phillies. come from Texas ami the Braves and New ; a full "pound of Hesh" before he parts "Mr. Mack was wrong in his surmise, Yorks from the South. The Dodgers and ] witli the services of this athlete. John CHATTANOOGA SAFE I can assure you. But i do not think he ' J. Mcfiraw will probably be one of the Athletics have practically agreed upon ti bidders, as he will be present anyway to The Cub Sold for $15.000, But Elfaerfeld can deny that we both benefited by not like pact. The conveniences and advan­ answer charges concerning that memora- playing the series. 1 know my club did. tages appeal so strongly that every major I bl«> Brooklyn game. Other managers lia­ to Remain Team Manager. In spite of the bad weather our business league manager seems anxious to try it. CHATTAXOOGA. Term., November 27. Chat­ last Spring was the best in ten years. for it is known that one game with a rival ble to talk trade are Callahan. Tinker tanooga will remain in the Southern League. The of equal rating is of more benefit than ; and Robinson, and it will be interesting ( hiUtuuoogu Kxhibition Company today purchased "Ten years ago the season's opening in to see who will usurp Dnvid Ilaivrn's the local <-lub from the former owners for a the major leagues was the classic event half a dozen exercises against weak minor '• crown. price saUt to be $l.ri.OW. r'onner President An- of base ball. It was attended with all league clubs. ilrews ami Vice-President Patten, who controlled NO LONGER TT1TI.F.SS WONDERS practically all of the stock in the old club, the picturesque display and enthusiasm On its part the American League can agreed to sell to the new company if two-thirds of the moderu World's Championship Se­ afford to let the National League sever I Perhaps the most encouraging feature of the required amount of stock was raised by ries. That it has fallen to a relatively Spring athletic relations. For many years i of the Xew Yorks' !!)]{> season is the tod-ay, and at nightfall tonight the energetic unimportant incident can be charged di­ the Johnson circuit has displayed a pro- canvass which has IK^MI conducted during the fact that they may no longer be placed in past ten days totaled several hundred dollars rectly to the fact that major league cities nounced mastery iu these contests. The the unenviable "hitless wonder" class. above the necessary amount. The new company have been surfeited with base ball before question of supremacy was never more According to the official averages of the will 1* formally organized tomorrow. Fred S. the regular seasons. If every major forcibly demonstrated than last Fall, i American League just issued the local Sheppard. a local attorney, will bo made, busi­ league club was careful not to appear at ness manager and secretary of the new corpora­ when, in 14 interleague games played, the | team ranks fifth in club batting topping tion, effective January 1. "Kid" Klberfeld'J home until the day provided by schedule National League was able to win only j St. Louis. Washington, aud Philadelphia contract to manage the club in 1917 will b« for the season's opening it would not be two. I in this respect. Boston, the World's ratified by the now club.

-iETROIT, Mich., December 2. WTTH THE NATIONAL BOARD Just to make base ball mat­ Charles Harding v. Chattanooga and San An« D ters in this city a little duller tonio allowed. than they have been all Fall, James Shean v. Milwaukee allowed. President Navin has packed Not Worrying Much in Detroit Joseph Glebel v. Kansas City allowed. his grip and betaken himself MeGraner v. Montreal allowed in part. to New York for a week or so. He President Navin, of the Local Club, Off on a Visit James Baskctte v. Kansas City disallowed. makes an annual pilgrimage to the me­ Hoy Bates v. Portland disallowed. tropolis just before Christmas, and had to New York and Chicago Little Fear of Another Morris Rath v. Kansas City allowed. been more or less hopeful, until the call t\»rd Moore v. Indianapolis allowed. was issued by President Johnson, that Out on Major Clubs. Joseph Berg T. Oakland and Milwaukee dls* the American League meeting would be War or of Players Holding allowed. W. H. Reuther v. Kansas City and Salt Lake in New York, so that he could com­ allowed. bine business with pleasure. The head James Noble v. Kansas City no action; taken of the local club, of course, will be back By Joe S. Jackson to Commission. in time to make the journey to Chica­ WITH CLUBS AND LEAGUE PRESIDENTS NO FEAR OF WAB Clarence 0. Kraft v. Brooklyn payment in go, for the annual session of the club gests in which Donovan's team figured. full. owners. So far as known, the Detroit That Organized Ball is paying little None ever has come through with any Joseph Chabek v. Harrisburg with President Club has only a general interest in the heed to threats of another war, conducted claim that his absence from play cost B.irrow adjusted meeting, as, save for the signing of those him anything, though the crippling of the Kalelgh Aitchison T. Brooklyn payment In by some of the men who were leaders in three cost their employers a good deal. full. players whose contracts did not carry the Federal, is indicated by the fact that William Reynolds v. Harrisburg with Presi­ over, its affairs are all in shape. Sev­ it is going back to the old form con­ JMarty Kavanaugh, the Cleveland in- dent Barrow; adjusted. eral of the more important of the ath­ fielder. who was sold to that club by De­ Alford J. Williams T. Rochester with Presi­ tract, with its ten days' notice and op­ troit late in the season, was married on dent Batrow; allowed. letes have contracts that do not run tion clauses. The contract was knocked Arthur Marcan v. Atlanta with President out until next Fall, or later. out in the courts, of course, but when Saturday to Miss Bessie Fitzsimmous, of Baugh; disallowed. there is no independent circuit for the this city. Kavanaugh has spent most of IN SUIT NOT MUCH ATTENTION players to leap to the document is just as the off-seasons here since he first became Bash Compton vs. Kansas City Colleetloa is paid here to the threats of a general good as gold. There's usually a war a Tiger, and has been in town all of made. hold-out because of the nature of the every ten years, hut the magnates are this Winter. The young couple will re­ Charles Shorten v. Worcester collection made. new contract, and refusal of the base side in Detroit. William Crisull v. National Board adjusted. ball authorities to honor some of the re­ not borrowing trouble. PENDING quests made by President Fultz. Of THE NE\V CONTRACT Thomas E. George T. Kansas City in suit. FRATERNITY IS STRONGER Charles Shorten v. Worcester collection made. course, if two or three clubs would be That "concession" that the Commis­ Kdward l>. Zimmerrnan v. Harrisburg witli crippled, the whole league would be af­ sion did make, by which the injury clause President Barrow. fected. But nothing of this sort is is eliminated from all contracts, can't be Continued from fifth page Monty J. Prieste v. Brooklyn and Memphis * looked for. The Brotherhood was more with Coraralsison. much comfort to the players. It gives William Zlmmerman T. Brooklyn allowed. Biddy Beers v. Charleston with Board. or less of a strike proposition, and a them practically nothing, because if the Raleigh Aitchison v. Brooklyn allowed. Herbert J. Moran v. Vernon with Board. lot of men who were stars with cinched men are worth carrying they are always Jobn Knzmann v. Brooklyn allowed. DAVID L. FULT/, President. . * jobs the year that the league operated, held on the payroll. Maisel played 53 James Noble T. Kansas City allowed. found, the next Spring, that youngsters, games, Qilhooley 58 and Baker 100, for V«rnon, on October 24. defeated Los Angeles, given their chance, had stepped into their Monty J. Prieste T. Brooklyn allowed In part. 11-r,, making 17 hits off pitcher Crandall, of New York. Each was a regular, and H. H. Koades T. Philadelphia NaUouala al- which second basemaa Cailabau get fire hit* iK positions and were going to stick. Would liATe been in all of the 156 con­ lovcd. «T« tinea at taU. Sporting Life

High, New York ...... 11.1 377 38 99 123 13 4 1 24 13 47 44 .263 Pipp. New York ...... 151 54.1 57 143 227 20 14 12 16 10 54 82 .282 Turner, Cleveland ...... 124 428 48 112 133 1.1 0 27 15 40 29 .2 Mays. Boston ...... 48 77 8 18 23 1 2 3 16 19 .234 far, as 53 men batted .300 or better. In 1912, there began to be noted the effects SchalU, Chicago ...... 129 410 30 95 125 12 9 15 41 31 .232 of the adjustment to normal basis, as only 30 league batsmen hatted .300 or better Scott. Boston ...... 123 808 37 85 108 19 2 30 23 24 .232 Meyer, Philarlclnhia ...... 80 138 0 32 41 4 U .232 that year. In 1913 there was further recession to normal, as only 1C men fin­ Chapman. Cleveland ...... 109 :t46 50 80 100 10 40 46 .231 ished in the .3QO class. In 1914 there wore 12 .300 batsmen; in 1915 wo find Hnl'-y. Philadelphia ...... 34 1(18 8 25 30 5 0 0 19 .231 IS men batting .300 or better; and in 1910 eleven men hit for over .:',00, thui Walsh. Phila.-Boston ...... 127 41K! 47 as 121 13 6 18 38 .229 showing that the batting power of the American League is now at least stable. .luhnson, St. Lauis ...... 74 236 29 54 S» 9 3 9 30 23 .229 Maisei: New York ...... 53 158 18 36 41 5 0 4 20 18 .228 THE TEAM BATTING Ghurrity, Washington ..... 3» 92 8 21 28 5 1 4 8 18 .223 Weaver. Chicago ...... 151 78 59 132 180 7 6 44 SO 48 .227 The team, batting of 1910 was hut little different from that of 1915. the McBride. Washington ...... 139 4C8 36 31 106 132 15 4 23 8 ~2 58 .227 nly team to show marked decline being Boston. Detroit was again the leader Von Kolnitz. Chicago ...... 24 44 1 0 10 13 3 0 0 0 6 .227 with .21H. as against .208 in 1915. Chicago was sceoud, a gain of ou<> peg. with Via. Detroit ...... 153 597 88 80 135 176 17 12 32 1$ 75 28 228 .251, as against .258 in 1915. Cleveland made a great gain by going from sixth Moeller. Wash.-Cleve...... 103 270 3.1 61 74 8 1 6 15 4J .226 Bush. Detroit ...... 145 5.10 73 124 147 5 9 27 19 42 .225 place in 1915 to third place in 191G, with .250, as against ~M!J. The Champion Hartley. St. Louis ...... 89 222 19 50 58 8 0 3 4 30 24 .225 Boston team had a decline of two pegs for 1910. with .249. as against .200 last Bortou, St. Louis ...... 68 98 10 30 o 2 1 1» 13 .225 year. New York made the biggest gain, going from last in 1915 to fifth in 191*i, Lyun, Chicago ...,...,...,. 31 40 4 10 1 0 1 o 4 7 .225 with .249, as against .233. St. Louis finished sixth with .245. as against fourth Wolfgang. Chicago ...... 28 40 o 9 10 I 0 0 0 8 .225 Miller. New York ...... 43 152 34 44 S 2 6 8 U 18 .224 in 1915. Washington finished seventh in 1910, with .242. as against fifth in 1915, .lanvrin. linston ...... 117 310 32 88 II 4 19 6 32 82 .223 with .244. The Athletics finished last, with .242. as against seventh with .237. Ilondeau. Washington ...... 50 162 20 36 50 5 3 4 7 18 18 .222 in 1915. As a team the Browns were the best base-runners. They led with 234 Danss. Detroit ...... 39 72 8 16 26 3 o 4 0 15 30 .222 thefts. The Browns also have the distinction of working the pitchers best. They Judge, Washington ... 103 836 42 74 100 10 8 6 18 54 44 .220 Paly, Cleveland ...... 31 73 3 16 19 1 1 1 0 1 2 .219 drew 628 passes as a club, and made the most strike-outs, having a total of 037. Mycrs. Philadelphia ...... 53 126 9 27 34 5 1 4 0 3 26 .214 If high total runs could win pennants the Tigers would have been champions. P.eebe. Cleveland ...... 21 28 4 8 8 0 1 3 0 1 8 .214 The club scored 070 runs. 40 more than Cleveland, which club stands second in Coleraan, Cleveland ...... 19 28 6 8 £ 0 1 0 7 8 .214 this department. The Ked Sox scored 120 runs less than Detroit, getting 550 in Tobin, St. Iy>uis ...... 77 150 32 38 4 1 5 7 12 13 .213 Clcotte, Chicago ...... 44 57 12 14 2 0 8 0 4 16 .213 all. Following is the team record: H. Covelpskie, Detroit ..... 44 118 25 32 3 2 1 0 0 38 .212 Club. G. AB. R. ER. H. TB. 2B. 3B. HR. SH. SB. BB. SO. Prt. Mosridge. New York ...... 31 66 14 17 1 1 2 0 2 20 .212 Detroit ...... 155 5199 670 479 1370 98 17 202 190 545 530 .204 Morton, Cleveland ...... 27 5T 7 12 12 0 0 S 0 0 14 .212 Chicago ...... 165 5088 601 4.18 1279 172.1 190 100 17 221 19C 449 600 .251 Barber, Washington ...... 15 33 3 7 12 0 1 0 0 2 .1 .213 Cleveland ...... 157 505,5. 030 490 1204 1(177' 231~" 1)7 10 234 159 523 604 .250 Gedeon, New York .... 122 435 50 92 114 14 4 18 14 40 61 .211 Boston ...... 156 5028 550 407 1250 1601 197 50 14 238 129 465 482 .249 McKee, Detroit ...... 32 76 3 18 21 1 2 2 0 8 11 .»! New York ...... 150 5198 577 472 1277 1094 19.1 CO 34 155 178 518 632 .240 Murphy, Chicago ...... \. 61 105 14 22 29 5 1 1 8 9 6 .210 St. Louis ...... 158 5158 .188 444 12(12 1582 181 50 13 104 234 (128 037 .245 Agnew. Bostoa ...... 40 07 4 14 18 2 1 3 0 6 4 .20» Washington 159 5124 530 427 1239 l.lfi.1 17O OO 12 165 18.1 538 598 .242 Lapp, Chicago ...... 40 101 6 21 23 0 1 1 1 8 10 .208 154 5010 447 354 1212 1568 109 C.1 19 158 154 405 631 .242 Austin, St. Louis ...... 129 411 55 85 115 15 6 19 18 74 69 .207 Harper, Washington .... . 86 87 6 18 20 0 1 1 2 21 .207 THE INDIVIDUAL BATTING Caldwell. New York ...... 45 93 6 19 21 0 0 1 2 17 .204 In the 1916 season shows that the batting was about the same as in 1915. the Barry. Boston ...... 94 330 28 67 75 1 38 8 17 24 .203 hitting .300 or better being 11, as against 13 in 1915, 12 Lowry, Philadelphia ...... 41 123 10 25 25 0 4 4 9 21 .20,1 number of batsmen Henrlksen, Boston ...... 68 98 13 20 28 2 4 a 19 15 .203 in 1914, 16 in 1913, 30 in 1912. 35 in 1911, 13 in 1910, 9 in 1909, 7 in 190S. Leonard, Boston .... , 48 85 2 IT 20 4 0 e 16 .200 and 9 in 1907. Speaker led with an average of .380,: and Ty Cobb was second Boehling. Wash..Clere. .... 40 80 3 12 18 1 1 0 4 IS .20* with .371. Spencer, of Detroit, saw service in a few games, nineteen, to be Plcinlch, Philadelphia...... 40 118 8 7 23 28 1 3 1 6 83 J95 Jackson is entitled to third place, how­ Gallla, Washington .... . 49 93 8 6 18 23 3 1 4 1 8 34 .1M exact, and hit for a mark of .370. Joe Sawyer. Washington ...... 16 31 3 S 6 7 1 0 1 3 4 4 .1»4 ever, with an average of .341. Amos Strnuk is the rightful holder of fourth, Cady, Boston ...... 78 162 5 2 81 43 6 3 8 0 15 18 .191 position, though Spencer and Rumler stand between him and that position. Mitchell. CleT(>land-Dlt.. 3.5 47 3 3 9 8 0 0 2 0 6 10 .191 His .318 for 150 games earns him the fourth-place honors. The other .300 hit­ Terry, Chicago ...... 94 269 20 1« 51 67 8 4 16 4 S3 86 .190 of Detroit; Sisler, King. Philadelphia ...... 42 144 13 9 27 32 I 2 5 4 7 It .188 ters are Collins, of Chicago: Gardner, of Boston; Vouch, Howard. Cleveland ...... 81 248 20 14 48 67 II 6 » » 30 34 .187 of St. Louia, and Felsch, of Chicago. Hartzell. New York ...... 33 64 12 9 12 IS 1 « 2 1 » 8 .18T COBB'S REGIME ENDED Boone, New York ...... 46 124 14 13 23 30 4 0 7 7 8 10 .186 Plank. St. Louis ...... 37 81 3 1 15 16 1 0 4 2 4 1« .1*5 Speaker hit for a total of 274 sacks during this championship climb, but was Shawkey, New York ...... 63 93 5 4 17 18 1 0 4 « 3 21 .18S I^annin;. Philadelphia ..... 6 8 2 0 1 0 10 » J82 outslugged by Joe Jackson in this respect, the White Sos; star getting 293 bases 19 3.1 5 5 n cham­ Kavanaugh, Detroit-dei*... 77 122 10 5 22 33 6 1 0 11 20 .180 out of his 202 hits. However, Speaker put an end to Cobb's long regime as Foster, Boston ...... 38 62 3 3 11 14 3 0 2 0 S 10 .177 pion batsman, he having led his league nine consecutive years: 1907, .3;")0; 190S, Fisher. New York ... 31 62 5 S 11 14 3 0 1 1 5 12 .177 .394; J909. .377; 1910, .385; 1911, .420; 1912. .410; 1913, .390; 1914, .368, Coveleskie. Detroit ... 44 75 8 7 13 21 1 2 4 0 1 1» .173 McNally. Boston ..... 87 135 28 22 23 23 0 0 6 9 10 19 .171 and 1915, .370, an unprecedented record in base ball. Ainsmith. Washington 17 21 4 0 8 3 8 14 .170 61 100 11 7 n INDIVIDUAL POINTS OF EXCELLENCE Bngby, Cleveland .... 51 80 12 8 15 19 1 9 1 6 15 J6« bases than any other American League Harper. Detroit ...... 44 56 4 4 9 10 1 0 1 0 5 t .161 Cobb scored more runs and stole more Billings. Cleveland .. 31 2 1 5 t 0 0 2 0 2 11 .169 star. The Georgia Peach crossed the plate 113 times and pilfered 08 bases. Shot- Shaw. Washington ... 26 32 2 o 5 1 2 0 3 0 2 13 .158 ten, of St. Louis, walked the most times, getting 111 bases on balls. I'ipp. of the Weilniun, St. Louis ... 46 91 3 3 14 16 0 4 6 25 .154 New Yorks, whiffed the air 82 times out of 545 trips to the plate. Graney scored Bnker. Detroit ...... 61 98 7 4 15 18 4 0 B 2 11 8 .153 Kvans. Cleveland ..... 33 82 4 3 12 13 1 0 4 7 12 .14« the most earned runs in his league, getting 85 all told. Jackson led on total Kussell. Chicago ..... 56 91 9 8 IS 15 2 0 1 0 18 .142 pases on solid swats of which he has 293 to his credit. I'ipp. of New York, was Ayres, Washington .., 43 43 2 1 6 7 1 0 0 0 t .144 the home-run king, getting an even dozen circuit smashes. Jackson led in three- Bush. Philadelphia ... 41 100 4 3 14 18 4 0 0 0 23 .140 base wallops, with 21, and Graney and Speaker tied in two-base walloping, with Rowe. Philadelphia ... 17 36 o 1 fi 6 1 0 0 2 8 .139 Davenport, St. Loull , 59 73 fi 2 10 13 S 0 0 18 48 .137 41 apiece. Weaver led in sacrifice hits, with 44. Pratt and Foster played in Williams. Chicago .. 43 B 4 14 2 1 0 7 30 .135 the most games, 158. The individual averages follow: Deal. St. Louis ...... 23 7 a 11 1 0 4 6 8 .135 INDIVIDUAI^ FIFTEEN OR MORE GAMES Sheehan. Philadelphia 38 3 3 10 1 1 0 2 24 .125 Scott, Criicago ...... 32 2 o 6 0 0 0 a 13 .115 Player-Club. G. AB. R. KB. H. TB. 2B. SB. HR. SH. SB. BB. SO. Pet. r,ro»m, St. Louis ..... 41 63 4 10 3 0 1 4 20 .111 Speaker. Cleveland .., 151 546 102 Si 211 274 41 8 15 3.", 26 ,.3X(1 Cullpp, New York .. 27 54 0 0 e 0 0 0 3 13 .111 Oiiip. Detroit ...... 14.1 5-12 113 83 2(11 2d7 31 10 14 UK 3» ;37l firegg. Boston ...... 21 18 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 .111 Spencer. Detroit ...... 19 54 7 4 20 21i 1 1 4 8 .370 LainlK-th. Cleveland ... 16 1 5 0 1 0 0 9 .111 Jackson, Chicago ...... 155 91 70 '- 02 293 40 21 111 24 25 .341 Gould. Cleveland ..... 30 29 3 0 0 0 1 12 .103 Kumler. St. Louis ..... 27 37 6 12 If, 3 0 1 II 3 7 .324 Nubors. Philadelphia . 40 (19 7 o 0 0 o 37 .101 Strunk. Philadelphia . 150 544 71 ,'(0 9 21 (M 59 .316 Park. St. I-ouls ...... 26 20 2 0 0 1 0 8 .100 Kdw. Collins. Chicago 155 54.1 87 14 17 39 40 ' 86 36 .3ns rulli-r. Detroit ...... 20 1(1 1 0 0 1 4 .1(X> Gardner. Boston ...... 148 493 47 152 191 19 7 23 12 4X 27 .30S chapman. St. l«ouis .. 18, 31 3 0 n 0 5 .097 Veaeh. Detroit ...... 100 560 173 245 33 15 3 24 24 52 41 .3116 FalxT. Chicago ...... 3.1 at 3 6 0 0 0 34 .095 Sisler. St. Louis ..... 151 5SO 177 22tt 21 11 3 19 31 40 37 .305 Spore, Boston ...... 38 77 3 9 0 0 31 .091 Kelseh. Chicago ...... 146 540 73 164 233 24 12 7 13 13 31 67 .301 Dan forth. Chicago .... 28 2:', 1 0 o 0 12 .087 •M 59 76 8 3 1 1 4 15 18 .299 1 0 Kiee, Washington .... 58 197 Cra-idall. St. Louis ., 10 '1412 0 0 0 4 .08.1 Nunamaker. New York 91 260 25 77 105 14 7 0 1 4 34 21 .2:16 Dumont. Washington . 17 0 3 0 1 0 7 .071 Mclanis, Philadelphia 140 512 42 151 186 25 3 1 28 7 lp .29.1 .lames. Detroit ...... 30 44 3 0 0 0 24 .068 Shorten, Boston ...... 53 11Z 14 33 37 2 1 0 1 1 10 8 .295 Benz, Chicago ...... 28 46 2 4 1 0 0 19 .065 Hendryx, New >"ork .. 15 62 10 18 27 1 1 0 1 4 8 6 .290 Courobe, Cleveland .... 31 35 0 3 1 0 0 11 .057 ttaumann. New York . 79 237 35 88 5 3 1 5 10 19 1C .287 Russell. New York .., 85 45 0 2 0 0 0 20 .044 Burns, Detroit ...... 186 479 60 38 137 183 22 6 4 19 30 .2S6 Hamilton. St. Louis-Detroit 28 37 I- 1 0 0 0 7 15 .027 lU>th, Cleveland ...... 125 409 50 41 117 162 19 4 16 29 38 48 .ii8C Klepfer. Cleveland ...... 31 40 1 0 0 0 3 13 .025 Crawford. Detroit .... 100 322 41 92 129 11 13 0 9 10 37 10 .2S« Kooh, St. Louis ...... 33 41 3 0 n 0 0 1.1 24 .000 Wyckoff. Philadelphia-BostQ 1C 14 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 lx)V,\ New York ...... 20 14 1 0 o 0 0 1 7 .000 Shotton, St. Louis ...... 1.17 618 97 174 212 23 8 1 4 41 111 67 .282 Thompson, Philadelphia . 15 17 4 0 o 0 1 7 6 .000 Heilman, Detroit ...... 136 451 127 18.1 30 11 15 9 42 40 .2S2 Gllhooley, New York ..... 58 223 40 82 7.1 5 4 0 16 37 17 .278 C. Milan. Washington .... 150 585 B8 154 177 14 3 1 12 34 56 31 .273 CUT IN SALARIES are almost nil. Now that the trouble is over we Severeid. St. Louis ...... 100 293 "3"7 80 92 8 0 3 26 17 .273 return to a sound basis, one where 0 0 0 6 9 .273 will have to PeBerry. Cleveland ...... 15 33 13 4 0 men who have invested their money in the gam* Huth. Boston ...... 67 136 18 14 37 57 a 3 3 4 0 10 23 .272 President Johnson Says Sweeping Reduc­ 0 5 5 10 .272 stand a chance of obtaining a fair return. There Urover, Philadelphia ...... 20 77 S 7 21 26 i 2 6 will be no renewal of high-salaried 'war* con­ Hooper, Boston ...... 151 57! 75 57 156 2O1 20 11 1 14 27 . 80 35 .271 tion Certain to Be Made. 46 53 0 0 1 4 24 .271 tracts. The playws must understand that. We Leonard. Cleveland-Washing 45 170 21 14 7 CHICAGO, Ills., November 29. In a state­ will agree on a new contract at the annual meet­ Currigan. Boston ..... 33 7 6 17 21 1 0 3 3 .270 o 1 0 4 7 .270 ment issued 'by Ban Johnson yesterday the chief ing of the American League iifre December 14 Stellbauer. Philadelphia 2.1 48 2 13 17 to the 48 40 97 154 23 10 1 15 30 .269 of the American league insists that a wholesale that will >be equitable to Uie player antl Bnker. New York ..... 100 S60 made by the owners clab owner." I^ewis. Boston ...... 152 563 69 45 151 193 29 1 24 10 56 .2U8 reduction of salaries will lie 11 17 2 0 1 0 12 .288 of clubs in his circuit nelt season. "Salaries of Cunnlngharn, Detroit . 35 41 t j r. Pratt. St. Louis ...... 158 596 84 46 159 233 35 12 16 26 56 .207 base ball players In the American league who 84 107 12 4 i 14 14 29 .2«7 were signed at high figures to retain them "Red" Killifer, former ontflelder for the Cin­ Morgan, Washington . 99 315 41 84 cinnati Reds and who played with the Louis­ Williams. Washington Tfi 202 16 15 68 10 2 0 11 5 19 .2B7 during our war with the Federal League must 69 $9 7 5 1 4 32,.267 be sharply reduced as a protection to the club ville American Association Club last season, is Ness. Chicago ...... 75 258 82 24 seeking a position with the Vernon Tigers. Mullen, New York ... 59 146 11 8 39 50 9 1 o 6 7 13 .207 owners." said Johnson. "The sport was con­ Miller, St. Louis ..... 146 485 72 51 129 159 17 5 i 28. 25 78 .2(16 ducted in an extravagant manner during the e Schang, Philadelphia . 110 338 41 36 SO 142 15 8 7 ;s 14 44 .206 fight with the Federals, and all expenses con­ 54 6ft 9 3 0 6 2 42 .200 nected with the operation of the sport next Billy Burke, well known in the Pacific Coast Walters, New York . .. 68 203 13 10 Sacramento and Walker, Boston ...... 128 467 88 60 124 184 29 11 3 14 14 45 .2^15 season must be curtailed if club owners are to League as a trainer of the old 41 44 3 0 0 5 0 17 .265 mtlke any money on their enormous investments. [.resent Salt Lake base ball teams, has an­ McBlwce, Philadelphia 54 155 9 8 that he has signed to train ta< Detroit Thomas, Boston 99 218 21 18 57 72 10 1 1 15 4 18 .204 As things are at present the players are getting nounced Tenor D*tft>lt ...... 168 624 M 41 189 170 18 1 at 20 48 .288 iv much money that tit proflu of the club owner Amerlcaa League Club la 1817. 8 Sporting Life December 9, 1916 From the Nation's Capital Commission Meet in Chicago Wherein the American League Averages Interest The New Player Contract Inspected and Approved Washington The National League Player-Limit The Three Chief Changes Made The Question Rule The Spring Training Trip. of the Management of the Cubs. By J. Ed Grillo By I. £. Sanborn 3. RUMORS ABOUT FRANK CHANCE ASHINGTON, D. C., Decem­ while the present system of limiting play­ HiICAGO, 111., December ers is kept in vogue. It is nothing more With the aid of two lawyers, that ber 4. Though Sam Rice only put Persistent recurrence of the report W played in 58 games last season, than a cheap system of conducting a the National Commission Frank Chance was to succeed Joe Tin­ league, and is not a system of major the finishing touches, yester­ has been a in at least twenty of which form of play­ ker as manager of the Cubs he suffered with malarial fever, league class. There ought to be an day, on the new feature of the week in National League awakening in the old league. Something ers' contract that is to be sub­ wide gap between the he led the Griffmen in the offi­ to the major leagues circles. There is a cial American League averages with an should be done to get the organization on mitted for approval statements that have emanated from the a sounder basis if there is to be any gen­ in their annual sessions next week. This the offices of the Cubs. average of .SOI. Considering the fact that prompted Pacific Coast and that he played when he should have been eral prosperity recorded in the old league. was the principal business From California has come the unqualified remarkable Cheap policies are not popular with the the special meeting of the National Com­ apparently by the in a hospital, this is a offices of President John­ statement, backed showing, and accounts for the fact that public, nor with the managers, who are mission in the word of President 1'owers, of the Los badly handicapped whenever they are son, of the American League. It vas at­ Cub stock­ Ty Cobb picks Rice to be one of the best Hernnann and Pres­ Angeles team, that certain hitters in the league next season, and limited, as they have been, to compara­ tended by Chairman holders have asked Chance to name his to tively few players. ident Tener, of the National League, con­ the Cubs next year. one of the few players who is certain full Commission. The na­ terms to manage contest with him for the batting honors stituting the From the Cub headquarters and the resi­ EBBETS' PROPOSITION ture of the changes made in the players' at vari­ of the league. That the National League by the Com­ dence of President Weeghman, is very likely to increase its player-limit to raise the ante to. twenty-two will, per­ contract were not disclosed ous and sundry hours of the day and Ebbets' popular with the other mag­ missioners, except to the extent that they positive statements that rule is more than likely. Charles haps, be very to make it more night have come return from a stay in the South, for a nates of the league, for anything that were designed nobody connected with the Cubs has ever much-needed rest, brought out the fact saves money always makes a hit with the SIMPLE AND COMPREHENSIVE, negotiated with Chance to manage the that he favors a Tenerites. But they are cutting off and at the same time more equitable. North Side team. You can take your their noses to spite their faces by this The lawyers who were on hand for the choice. There is the chance that there RAISING OF THE PLAffiR LIMIT sort of legislation, and some one ought final touches were Attorneys Kincaid and is a split in the ranks of the Cub stock­ from twenty-one to twenty-two. Just to wake them up and inject some gray Kldridge. Both of them have spent con­ holders, and that certain parties have what help that sort of proposition would matter into their domes. The Tener siderable time in the last month drafting been in touch with Chance without the benefit the old league is not clear. It league has been absolutely standing still the several clauses of the contract and knowledge of President Weeghman. but it would give the eight teams eight more for many years. There has been no pro­ previous to that President Johnson had does not seem likely that the head of men to be divided between them, and that gress to speak of for the past decade, sought the advice of some of the best the club would enter fact is and there seems to be a constant dete­ legal lights in the country. The Commis­ amounts to nothing, when the SUCH UNQUALIFIED DENIAL considered that the American league al­ rioration which should be ended, and a sioners denied that this action was lows its clubs to carry twenty^five men. few real live men be brought into the or­ prompted in any way by the threatened if that were true unless his own position If the National wants to make a ganization who can look over their own strike of the players in case President is so insecure he does not know what is sincere effort to relieve its teams of the doormat. Liberal taking of cascarets Fult/'s demands are not granted by the going on in the minds of his numerous handicap under which it has been labor­ and loosening up tightened policies will minor league association. They pointed partners. Possibly some newspaperman ing, the best way to establish that is to again put the National League with?!; a to the fact that work on the revision on the Coast is broke, nnd is endeavor­ bring it up to twenty-four men for each few miles of the American circuit, in­ of the contract was commenced weeks be­ ing to get meal money out of the Chica­ team. Then it would be possible for a stead of being entirely out of sight. fore any hint of preparations for a strike go newspapers by buncoing them on the team to develop its youngsters and carry THE TRAINING TRIP had been made by members of the Fra­ Chance stuff. If so he is succeeding players enough so that it can plug up ternity. The revision is said to com­ pretty well, and doubtless had a good For the first time in its recent history went over holes which aiv caused by accidents. In- the Griffmen are very apt to make their plete, and the Commissioners Thanksgiving dinner. Joe Tinker had a pidentally a club could carry enough expenses, or do even better, on their the new form narrow escape from drowning while pitchers to have a formidable staff. It next Spring training trip, when they will CLAUSE BY CLAUSE, duck hunting in Indiana near here. The would be play a series of games with the Cincin­ spending an entire day in the work. boat in which he and a companion were SHORT-SIGHTED POLICY nati Reds, both in that city and in The (inly definite statement obtained was shooting for fowl capsized in the middle for­ lake find Joe was compelled to to increase the team by one man, for other towns enroute from Augusta, and that the contract would contain the of a after leaving Cincinnati. These games mer ten days' release clause, omitted from cling to the side of the crnft for half an nothing can be accomplished in that way. equit­ from the shore could A more liberal proposition will have to ought to draw good crowds and get some j the wartime contracts, a new and hour before friends money for the Griffiuen who were under | able reserve clause,, anil a disability rescue them. It was not a particularly be adopted, if there is to be any results the water was far from which will prove beneficial to the a big expense at Chariottesville and never j clause that made it compulsory for a cold day, but be a managed to break even in the exhibition j club owner to play the player, disabled tepid, according to the Cub pilot. He league. There will never results from his in­ chance for the National League to be in games they played with the National i in a game, bis salary in full to the termi­ suffered no serious the same class with the American League League team on their own grounds. i nation of the contract. voluntary bath.

HILADELPHIA, Pa., Decem- Grover Cleveland Alexander, the wizard ber 4. For the first time in a of Pat Moran's staff, Alex the Great is number of years the entire the premier pitcher from more view­ Fall passed with hardly a mur­ Fore Again points than one. He not only won the io the ball interest to of base Ball mur Base of any pitcher waa greatest number of games this city. The reason does not bar even (plainly apparent. The University of With the Foot Ball Season Over the Athletics and in thi» country (this Pennsylvania returned to foot ball pres­ Ban Johnson's league), pitched the most tige class this season for the lirst time the Phillies Enter Into the Limelight With Plans innings, struck out the maximum number in many moons and lovers of sports in of hitters, displayed the best control, but this city gave their attention to the Quak­ for the 1917 Season. also set a new shutout record of Hi, and er eleven to the exclusion of all else. had the brilliant mark of 1.5;") average However, no seoner had the season ended runs^earni-il per nine-inning game. Fer- on Thanksgiving Day than the long-pent- By Thomas D. Richter die Schupp. the sensational young south­ up base ball news began to bubble over. paw of the New York Giants, tops the period of two days, both Phil wonder in average earned runs per "Within a brief ONE Olf THE FLASHIEST INFIELDERS youngsters, some of whom may come the Athletics and Phillies began outlining will game, but McGraw's hurler took part in through, and you have the outfit that only ,'iO games, finishing only eight con­ their 1917 plans. If the aims and early Mack has ever picked up. He batted bet­ attempt the redemption of the Athletics. preparations of both do not miscarry, than .300 fbr f two seasons in the tests and toiling only 140 innings against ter Those who followed the fortunes of the 158 completed and 38$) then the Quaker City will have a couple Northwestern league, which counts for Mackmen last year refuse to believe them 48 games pitched, of teams in the fight for the World's Se­ innings pitched, the wonderful feat of something. The outfield as tentatively poorer than second or third and look for Alexander. Schupp's effi­ ries title next Fall. No less a personage framed up is Strunk, Bodie and Thrash­ something better. Manager Pat Moran G. Cleveland than Connie Mack, himself, took the to look for a up ciency record was less than a single run. er. There is every reason was in town during the week, framing per nine-inning game. Meadows, time from his daily incursions into the brilliant trio in this group. Strunk, who a few details of the Phillies' line-up, but earned golf field at Pine Valley, to make the the of St. Louis, pitched in 51 games, but was one of the hardest hitters in is saying little until the National League innings more. statement that he looked for a first-di­ league last season, and is easily its great­ meeting next week. Then he is likely to Alexander twirled 100 vision club in the next pennant brush, est ground coverer, will fill in at left have a deal or two on. He has gathered NOTES with a strong possibility of something field. Bodie, a hard hitter, and the type much good minor league talent and can better. When of ball player who can be made to do probably make a deal. He is out The Phillies are the latest to announce a short training trip for next Spring. MACK TAKES THE TROUBLE heroic stunts by Connie Mack, will be in. MANAGER field. Bodie is a fence-breaker, or TO STRENGTHEN HIS PITCHING STAFF President Baker has stated that the center than ever to make such a statement in the face of was with the White Sox, and showed bet­ and give Alexander some assistance. This training trip will be shorter his continual silence during the past year than a .300 average last Fall with of before and that the camp at St. Peters­ ter was foreshadowed by the departure full operation and he presents facts to back up his as­ San Francisco, so it is reasonable to look McQuillan and Chalmers. The Quaker burg. Fla., will not be in of upon him as a real "come-back." Thrash­ his utility roles. until about the middle of March. It is sertion, it is time to divest one's self boss is also bolstering up the players come North the belief that the Athletics are doomed er, from Atlanta, was the sensation of He has bought shortstop McGaffigan. of planned to have the closing days of the American League Club, in easy stages, reaching home the day to the second division for a couple of the Vernon Pacific Coast League League season opens. seasons. If it is possible at such an early race with his strong showing in batting, and thereby hangs a tale. MeGnffigan before the National stage of the race to determine a lineup fielding and throwing. Wally Rchang, ^yas recommended by Ed Wolfe, the Phil- Bobby Byrne, of the Phillies. has gone of a team, Manager Mack has made such after a year's rest from the catching as­ lies scout, last season, and the Quakers in for bowling this Fall. Handball was an outline. He counts upon Mclnnis, signment, will be back as the regular put in a draft for him, only to find that just a bit too dangerous for Bobby. Last Grover, Bates and Witt for his inner- Mack catcher, and his the Athletics had also done the same. Winter Byrne had one of the fingers of to his right hand broken while playing hand works. Mclnnis is too well known for THROWING ABILITY Manager Mack was" lucky enough further comment. Bates played third GRIT AND draw the prize. However, he did not de­ ball in St. Louis. The injury came near base with Vermin, of the Pacific Coast are going to count for a lot. Mack is not sire the pla.ver and turned him back to putting him out of base ball, as the fin­ League, last season. There he made a going to lack for pitchers. In the 1!>1G Vernon, but the Phillies opened negotia­ ger gave him a lot of trouble last Spring, fine batting and fielding record. He is a race Bush and Myers proved themselves tions and Saturday purchased him. He and for a time after reporting at St. Pet­ strong thrower, has a good pair of hands two of the finest hurlers in the laud. Na- is the same size and type of player as ersburg, he could scarcely hold a bat, and never shirks the ball. His batting bors. Sheehan and Johnson were efficient Davy Bancroft, the Quaker shortstop, Bobby joined a team of bowlers, made up average was .'JSfl in 203 games, a note­ enough, but lacked finish, which they ac­ who came from the same league. Big of base ball players. The other members worthy record. Witt, who is slated for quired as the race wore on. All three things can be expected as soon as the of the team flre Ollie O'Mara, of the shortstop, showed enough during the past appear good enough to win their quota of league meetings are over. Brooklyn Dodgers: Red Smyth, who led Pacific Coast the International, League in batting last year to warrant the belief that he will games. Noyes, of Portland ' be a second Eddie Collins or Jack Barry League Club, and Hill, a southpaw from ALEX. GREATEST OF THEM ALL season, and who has been landed by the for general efficiency. Grover, the second Waco, of the Texas League, are a pair No less an authority than the official Dodgers; Max Carey, of the Pittsburgh baseman, had a tryout with Mack late who will bear watching. Count in ad­ averages of the National League give the Pirates, and George Sisler, of the St. last season and looked like dition to this nearly a score of other pitching crown of the 1916 season to Louis Browns. December 9, 1916 Sporting Life

Gaw, Buff...... 48 86 12 .162 Viol, Toronto ...... 42 67 5 3 .954 Healey, Newark ..... « 2 6 0 1X100 THE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Pennoek, Boff. .. 17 44 3 .169 Murray. Toronto ..... 127 279 15 15 .952 Manning. Toronto .... 28 6 56 1 .984 CoHrell. Mon. .... 31 79 ,r. .152 P. Smith, Montreal .. 103 147 4 8 .950 Omwell. BaJ. .... 28 67 4 .149 Trout. Toronto ...... 80 135 16 8 .950 I^ake. Richmond .... 23 10 51 1 .984 Herewith are given the oBcial batting, field­ Herbert. Toronto .... 38 9 80 2 .978 ing and pitching averages of the International O'Donneil, Rich... 60 169 13 .1M .Tacoteun, R«cn««ter.. . 133 279 ~5 16 .950 Andersen, Buff. .. 23 33 2 .121 Stafford. Newark .... 18 33 2 .95!) Hetsche, Rochester .. 37 6 85 2 .978 league for the 1916 season, as promulgated by ('adore, Montreal ..... 43 18 105 3 .976 President Barrow: Bautngartner, Pro. 39 93 7 .118 Miller. Baltimore .... 89 187 18 11 .949 Tipple. Bal. ...'.. 40 86 17 .118 J. Ritter. Newark ... 19 34 1 2 .946 Schultz, Providence .. 38 7 76 2 .976 Rnoades, Rich. . . 27 63 1 .111 Hraley. Newark ...... 27 59 9 Baumpartner. Prov. .. 34 5 76 2 .976 4 .944 ...... 35 Club Batting- Billiard, Pro. .... 29 59 3 .102 Tutweiler. Providence. 102 161 15 11 .941 Hill. Rochester 9 67 2 .974 Enright, New. .. 34 80 0 .100 Rehg. Providence .... 124 235 18 17 .937 Pennock, Buffalo ..... 14 4 34 1 .97* AB. R. H. SH. SB. Pet. Wilkinson New... IS 48 5 .083 Kelliher. Richmond .. 43 84 6 « .937 McTigue, Toronto .... 40 18 89 3 .974 Baltimore . . 4731 895 1329 1B1 162 .281 Billiard, Providence .. 29 Club Fieldiag Birmingham. Toronto. 28 43 1 3 .936 65 2 .971 Buffalo ...... 4747 693 1331 254 135 .280 74 158 Keating, Richmond .. 12 29 1 .969 1&1 183 .278 Twombly. Baltimore.. 14 12 .935 Montreal ...... 4811 811 1366 Club. G. PO. A. E. DP. Pet. 1-aydeu, Toronto ..... 8 13 1 1 .933 Way, Rochester ...... 13 2 1 .968 Rochester 3^,, 4773 629 1284 156 183 .2ti9 Buffalo .. 141 3766 1748 193 106 .966 Becker. Toronto ..... 6 12 J .933 Gaw. Buffalo ...... 41 8 70 8 .969 Providence .... 4582 621 1135 154 158 .267 Rochester 142 3744 1810 221 lOfi .962 Thompson. Toronto ... 93 163 21 14 .928 Smallwood, Newark .. 38 14 81 4 .960 Richmond ..... 4585 591 1201 1B8 137 .282 Toronto .. 143 3863 1873 235 91 .9S1 Sloan, Rochester ..... 101 135 18 12 .927 Goodbred, Montreal .. 37 9 36 2 .957 Toronto ...... 469S 550 1Z26 180 189 .Ml Providence 139 3«88 1846 .231 127 .960 Karrs. Providence .... 102 205 17 18 .925 Rhoades, Richmond .. 27 4 62 3 .957 Newark ...... 4602 475 1141 130 141 .248 Richmond 141 3744 1778 238 109 .959 Itunn. Baltimore ..... 5 12 0 1 .923 LevereuB. Rochester .. 26 3 42 2 .957 Montreal 141 374(> 1858 247 70 .956 Tuman. Buffalo ...... 8 21 2 2 .920 Cooper. Buffalo-Rich.. 12 0 22 1 .957 103 .956 Crowell. Baltimore ... 27 Individual Batting Newark . 139 3689 1786 250 Schwert. Newark .... 9 16 2 .900 9 32 2 .953 Baltimore 140 3722 1750 :>,12 121 .946 Dooln. Rochester ..... 12 32 4 .897 Fullenwicer, Bu.-Mon. 24 3 38 2 .953 All players who hare appeared in 15 or more Triple plays Rochester 1, Richmond 1, Balti­ Burch. Toronto ...... 24 41 5 .896 Colwell. Montreal .... 31 4 68 4 .947 games. more 2. ' Limir. Baltimore .... 121 201 27 .891 Jarman. Richmond ... 9 15 1 .947 Player-Club, G. AB. B. SH.SB. Pet. Passed balls Buffalo 5, Rochester 1ft. Toronto Kayrs, Providence. ... 7 17 1 .947 "Wilder. Buff. .... 17 40 5 14 1 .350 12, Providence 18. Richmond 26. Montreal 13. CATCHERS Mc(julUan. Toronto .. 8 15 1 .947 Hoelke. Roc. .... 122 477 81 164 .344 Newark 8, Baltimore 18. Player-Club. G. PO. A. E. Pet. Bacler, Buffalo ...... 37 11 87 8 .945 It. Smythe. Moo.. 114 436 87 150 .344 Casey. Rochester ... 32 160 30 2 .990 Wilkinson, Newark .. 18 4 43 * .940 Miller. Hal...... 79 308 61 KM .338 Individual Fielding l>otiin. Rochester ... 32 158 37 3 .985 Crabble. Richmond ... 14 3 27 2 .938 Channell. Buff. .. 128 465 83 153 .329 Haley. Buffalo . ... . 32 103 23 2 .9S4 Itussell. Toronto ..... 13 S 1 .938 Bankston, Rich... 140 511 74 166 .as.". FIRST BAPEMRN M'-Kee. Toronto 39 245 36 5 .983 Fullerton, Montreal .. 32 20 127 10 .938 Jackson. Buff. ... 11« 449 80 146 .325 Player-Club. r.. p.-t. Rice. Providence ... 14 11 1 .981 Tys*>n. Buffalo ...... 29 14 73 6 .935 McKee. Tor...... 44 139 17 45 ,323 Tenner. Newark ..... l> 1.000 Kelly. Toron*o . . ... 47 '.'27 66 6 .9SO Kirmayer. Rochester.. 30 10 80 5 .933 P. Smith, Mon. .. 107 419 9i us .322 Healey. Newark ..... 0 1.0110 J. Onslow.'Buffalo . 107 503 115 13 .979 Ross, Richmond ..... 38 16 90 8 .930 Hartzell, Bal. .... 47 177 25 57 .322 Tutweiler. Providence. 17 175 1 .995 Kritchell. Toronto . 43 238 44 6 .979 Shocker, Toronto ..... 24 S 44 4 .929 Steinbrenner. Rich. 34 118 12 3.1 .322 Holey. Buffalo ...... 29 200 2 '.99:! K. Blackburn. Prov. 42 I'.W 43 6 .976 Enzman, Newark ..... 35 7 68 6 .929 Hendryi. Rich. .. 135 489 88 157 .321 E. Blackburn, r.-ov. .. 13 119 1 .902 Madden, Mon. 71 294 172 13 .973 Thompson, Toronto ... 13 1 24 2 .928 Tenney New. .... 0 7 .318 Slattory, Montreal ... 127 1338 12 .991 McAvoy. Baltimore 123 SRI 15:! 25 .907 Peters, Providence ... 32 4 82 7 .92S Arragon, Rich. ... 84 300 44 95 .317 Hoelke. Rochester . . . 121 1191 14 .989 B. r'gan. Newark . . 89 17 .967 Sherman, Baltimore .. 37 19 61 8 .923 Fabrique, Pro. ... 139 480 .315 Hummel. Buffalo .... 94 995 12 .98!) Hale. Roehest-r . . . 85 :',78 99 17 .966 Enright. Newark .... 3H 8 39 4 .922 Twomhly Bal. 131 504 Kt 158 .313 Kihel. Richmond ..... 83 938 11 .989 O'Donnell, Hichmond 47 216 61 10 .965 Anilerson. Buffalo .... 23 5 29 3 .91» Viox. Tor...... 42 144 18 45 .313 Graham, Toronto .... 140 1285 18 .987 Reynolds, Richmond 104 4->2 112 21 .964 Engel, Buffalo ...... 19 1 33 3 .919 U'utweiler. Pro. 119 436 75 13« .312 Durgin, Newark ..... 124 1170 1« .987 H'oll*. Montreal . . . 32 127 33 6 .964 Teste. Rochester ..... 7 1 11 0 .917 Bates. Bal. .... 118 420 90 131 .312 Devlin. Rochester .... S 82 1 .9811 Hawley. Mont ^eal .. 45 182 34 S .964 Humphries. Richmond. 14 3 28 3 .912 E. Onslow, Pro. 108 414 TO 129 .312 Wliwton, Baltimore .. 8 7U 1 .987 Y.-lle. Providence . . 84 469 36 21 .9«0 Tipple, Baltimore .... 40 4 56 6 .909 Powcll. Pro. .. 57 228 48 71 .311 E. Onslow, Providence IKi 1020 Winaton. Baltimore 20. 76 10 4 .856 McKenery. Richmond. 32 11 53 7 .901 Gill. BufT...... 109 3!)7 57 123 .3)0 G. MalseJ. Montreal.. 5 51! J .983 Sch'wert. Newa rk 52 247 80 19 .945 Tincup. Providence .. 35 7 71 9 .897 l.nmar. Bal. ... 125 492 01 152 .309 Kelliher, Richmond .. 48 443 10 .980 Wilder. Buffalo 17 35 15 3 .943 Pieh. Newark ...... 23 6 30 5 .873 Callahan. New. 101 35H 45 110 .309 Russell, Baltimore ... 112 973 2S .973 Hayden, Toronto ... 16 87 17 » .920 W. Ritter, Rochester. 23 5 31 R .879 Morisette. Baltiniore.. 43 6 Ilnrrlll. Buff. ... Ml 39 3 12 .308 Twombley. Baltimore. 21 205 6 .073 PITCH KRS 78 12 .872 Russell. Bal. . 112 43(> (IS 133 .3(15 Schwcrt. Newark .... 8 55 2 .9(18 Brady, Toronto ...... 11 1 24 4 .862 Pauirau. Mon. . 141 524 74 159 .303 Gill. Buffalo ...... 14 115 5 .961 Player-Club. G. PO. A. B. Pet. Knowlson. Baltimore.. 9 1 11 2 .857 Hummcll. Buff. 117 418 04 126 .3(11 Wells, Montreal ..... 03 : .958 ThormaMen. Baltimore 14 3 19 0 1.000 Prieste, Mont.-Rich... 7 3 8 2 .846 Sloan, Koc. .., 112 434 52 130 .300 Yelle. Providence .... 59 7 .955 Benttey. Baltimore .. 11 4 0 1.000 Markle, Toronto ..... 11 4 IS 5 .7*5 Leverenz, Roc. 34 90 8 27 .300 Hale, Rochester ..... 98 7 .»:!? (fittings. New.-Rich.. 11 1 17 0 1.000 Newton, Baltimore ... 11 1 10 6 .6$S McTtgue, Tor. . 61 164 13 49 .209 . . SECOND BASF.MKN . Slattery. Mon. 127 467 69 139 .298 Pitchers' Earned Runs Sooorda Rohir. Pro...... 137 530 90 157 .296 Player-nnb. G. PO. A. E. Pet. This tafrle includes everyone who pitched Ore or more full games (45 innings). G. Maisel. Mon... 11.1 473 80 140 .296 Roclie. Hichmond .... 20 41 53 1 .989 Av.ER Newark .... S 28 12 I .971! Graham. Tor. .... 140 558 H5 104 .294 Schwert. Player-Club. IP. FO. ER. PG. H. SH. BB. RO. WP. HB. TO. Po. AVitterstae'r. New. 139 525 69 154 .29.1 Shean. Providom-e ... 13:', "87 370 21 .97:r Shoci.er. Toronto ...... 185 746 27 1.31 115 11 4 3 Stelnbrenner. llichmoml 7 16 20 1 .873 73 152 2 5 Clemens. Rich. . 118 430 80 126 .293 Kayrs. ProvMeuce ...... 61 269 11 1.62 61 6 27 31 3 7 2 7 Kopf, Bal. .... 140 513 91 150 .292 Nlglin. Ro<-hcsler ..... liiG 318 384 j« .9i;4 Penno"t. Bilffiki ...... 113 464 21 1.67 99 I.". .964 18 36 76 6 2 Kopp. Buff. ... 137 497 109 144 .290 O'Nell. Buffalo ...... (M 170 ISO Hu nphries. Richmond ...... 74 311 15 1.88 76 6 Hartzell. Baltimore .. 28 03 81 (i .960 19 25 0 Tyson. Buff. ... 39 »7 13 28 .288 Hill. Rochest-r ...... 258 1065 55 1.92 227 32 98 129 7 10 Truesdale, Tor.. 143 559 74 160 .286 Carlstrom. Buffalo ... 9 19 29 2 .96(1 Thompson. Toronto ...... 117 483 25 1.93 111 4 .955 It 28 64 3 1 B. Egan. New. 92 311 25 89 .286 Moore. Kichmonci .... 1n 43 41 McT'jrue. Toronto ...... 290 1203 63 1.95 259 30 88 187 10 (Mil. Buffalo ...... 47 125 145 13 .953 9 9 Siglin. Roc. ... 142 533 68 152 .285 Bamugartner. Providence ...... 247 1088 54 1.98 210 87 114 9 17 9 Cnrlstrom. Buff. 139 52.1 84 149 .284 Healey. Newark ..... 9 32 29 3 .953 Bailer. Buffalo ...... 294 1177 67 2.05 294 127 .951 44 SI 11 11 7 Shenn. Pro. ... 133 482 53 137 .284 R. Smythe. Montreal,. 103 226 278 26 Brady, Toronto ...... 70 320 16 2.05 64 11 34 30 3 Prieste. Mont.-Rich. .. 62 151 142 16 .948 4 3 Wagner, Mon. . 127 476 83 135 .284 P.entley. Baltimore ...... 85 346 20 2.12 80 5 17 24 0 1 0 Eayrs, Pro. .... 113 377 52 107 .284 Kircher, Richmond ... 12 24 30 3 .947 Tyson, Buffalo ...... 251 1088 60 2.15 247 35 125 62 4 11 8 Shocker, Tor. .. 24 00 6 17 .283 Nye. Richmond ...... 11 34 38 1 .947 Peters, Providence ...... 232 »49 58 2.29 198 29 69 64 5 7 3 rturgin. New. . 135 46ft 56 132 .281 Cable. Newark ...... 123 279 324 :',5 .845 W. Hirer. Rochester ...... 143 610 38 2.39 1S5 M 48 92 4 97 10 .940 5 7 Barber. Bal. .... 49 192 34 54 .281 Tworeble.v. Baltiniore. 30 (10 Tineup. Providence ...... 227 968 83 2.50 225 30 90 112 4 7 9 It. Blnckbu'e. Tor. 143 523 66 140 32 .279 Kopf. Baltimore ..... 75 247 230 :!0 .941 Ileriche. Ro. heater ...... 227 966 64 2.54 233 21 .IKMl 33 86 t 2 5 Jacobsou. Roc. ... 136 512 88 143 12 .279 Tniesdale. Toronto ... 143 112:! 385 46 Xchultz. Rochester ...... 237 992 67 2.55 219 38 93 77 5 19 8 Onslow, Buff. . 108 351 37 98 20 .279 Hummel, Buffalo .... 23 5!t 69 9 .934 Engel. Buffalo ...... 120 521 34 2.55 108 16 65 59 4 1 5 Krilchell. Tor. 48 140 17 39 6 .278 Wajmer, Montreal ... 29 70 S2 12 .929 Tipple, Baltimore ...... 263 1150 75 2.57 257 34 127 138 10 4 15 Hayden. Tor. 16 54 8 15 1 .278 Babblngton. Rochester 7 14 18 3 .914 l.ewke. Richmond ...... 165 704 48 2.62 161 16 63 72 5 4 Haley, Buff. . 63 210 24 58 7 .276 McAvoy. Baltimore .. 7 16 15 3 .912 l.everenz, Rochester ...... 187 803 55 2.65 172 21 94 103 5 4 rather, Mon. . 83 277 49 76 10 .274 Eibel, Richmond .... 11 2(1 25 o .911 Kirmayer. Rochester ...... 194 805 59 2.74 203 13 49 88 3 10 5 Moran, Mon. . 133 538 115 146 24 .271 THIRD BASKMKN Ross. Richmond ...... 265 1116 84 2.85 234 24 90 133 7 It 6 o Pevlin. Roc. . 82 289 24 78 12 .270 E. Pet. Sherman. Baltimore ...... 265 1135 85 2.89 302 38 53 92 9 4 40 115 16 31 Player-riub. G. PO. A. Sheruian. Bnl. ... 5 .270 R. Blnckburn". Tor. .. S5 102 185 7" .97(1 ('rabble. Richmond ...... 87 376 28 2.89 72 10 50 29 3 4 4 McDonald. Buff... 140 464 54 125 38 .269 13 .9(U Goodbred, Montreal ...... 242 1024 78 2.90 258 39 59 105 3 4 7 25 104 13 28 Devlin. Rochester .... 74 l»(i 151 Shorten. New. ... 3 Carlstrom. Buffalo ... 124 142 244 16 .960 Billiard. Providence ...... 171 768 55 2.90 160 32 112 70 6 14 8 Cable New...... 124 494 56 132 11 McDcrmott. Richmond 121 139 204 18 .957 Caw. Buffalo ...... 272 1141 88 2.82 293 39 85 »8 5 16 6 Leake, Rich. .... 38 79 7 21 1 MclKinald. Buffalo ... 18 2 67 8 40 17 2 3 S Tincup. Pro...... 45 96 24 3 .250 Stein'brenner. lloch. .. 27 70 82 7 .956 Newton. Baltimore ...... 53 237 23 3.91 83 9 27 12 2 2 2 Birmingham, Tor. 37 116 29 5 .250 McDonald. Buffalo ... 119 306 341 33 .952 Rhoades. Richmond ...... 192 866 85 3.99 185 26 01 86 a 27 7 Kibler, Newark .. 38 136 34 1 .250 Crane. Baltimore .... 62 140 216 19 .948 Cooper. Buffalo-Richmond ...... 70 331 31 3.99 69 10 44 30 4 7 5 Mowe. New...... 20 80 20 6 .250 R. Blackburne, Tor. . . 58 137 179 17 .9-III Fullenwider. Buffalo-Montreal .. 150 680 68 4.08 173 19 45 50 5 3 4 Murray, Tor. .... 127 489 60 122 20 .249 O'Neil, Buffalo ...... 24 M 36 6 .938 McKenery. Richmond ...... ^. 206 895 94 4.10 264 22~5 36 74 1 5 6 Mndden. Mon. ... 73 245 28 61 6 .249 Boone. Richmond .... 11 27 32 4 .937 .larman. Richmond ...... 59 273 27 4.12 77 27 22 1 1 2 JlcDermott. Rich. 121 441 67 108 21 245 McAuley. Rochester . . 136 202 461 53 .934 Ilealey. Newark 53 219 25 4.25 87 3 11 21 0 1 1 Thompson. Tor,... 109 347 .18 85 18 .245 Healey. Newark ..... (10 151 187 24 .934 Schacht. Newark .... 77 349 38 4.45 96 19 30 28 1 3 4 Leach. Roc. .... 115 390 72 1)5 15 .244 Fabrique, Providence.. 139 195 435 46 .932 Knowlson, Baltimore 46 229 24 4.70 57 ft 26 IS 5 4 Healey. New. .... 112 379 29 92 15 .243 Wagner. Montreal ... 98 177 308 38 .927 Anderson, Buffalo ... 115 516 62 4.85 135 16 58 35 2 i IS Bentley. Bal. .... 18 41 6 10 1 .243 J. Smith. Toronto .... S3 200 274 38 .fl27 Markle, Toronto ..... II 4 6 1 .400 y.imme*man. Ral.. 91 311 3* 71 11 .228 OUTFIELDERS Kmallwood. New.. 41 123 9 28 1 .228 Pcter-s. Providence ... 32 19 10 0 .655 Manning, Toronto .... 28 8 13 0 .381 Mon. ... 30 116 26 6 .224 Player-Club. G.. PO. A. E. Pet. Cadore. Montreal .... 43 25 14 (I .641 Anderson. Buffalo .... 24 4 7 0 .364 Almeirta. .353 ,T. Smith. Tor. ... 85 30fl 68 J7 .222 Shorten. Newark ..... 25 71 0 1.000 Thompson. Toronto ..19 7 4 0 .63« W. Ritter. Rochester. 23 6 11 1 Crane. Bal...... 63 221 49 14 .222 Burrell. Buffalo ...... 10 15 0 1.000 Tipple. Baltimore ... 40 20 12 0 .(BS> Kramer. Rochester ... 9 2 4 0 .333 Goodbred. Mon. .. 37 90 20 o R. Smythe, Montreal. 8 16 0 1.000 Fullerton. Montreal .. 33 19 12 0 .61.", Healey. Newark ...... 12 1 2 0 .233 37 E. Onslow. Providence 5 6 0 0 1.000 Tincup. Providence .. 33 16 11 0 .593 Knowlson. Baltimore. .912 0 .333 Kelly. Tor...... 51 170 4 1 .300 Winston. Bal. ... 43 111 24 1 .216 Mitcheil. Newark .... 5 11 1 0 1.000 Bradv. Toronto ...... 11 4 3 1 .571 Keating, Richmond .. 12 3 7 Bal. .. 43 98 21 5 .214 Barber. Baltimore .... 25 86 6 1 .989 Enge'l. Buffalo ...... 19 9 7 0 .563 Enright. Newark ..... 33 6 18 0 .259 Morisettc. .260 (VNeil. Buff. .... 97 325 69 25"4 .212 Callahan, Newark .... 92 206 12 4 .982 Baumgnrtner. Prov.... 34 15 12 0 .556 Wilkinson. Newark .. 18 4 12 Manning. Tor. ... 35 77 16 .208 G. Maisel. Montieal.. 101 24S 21. 8 .971 Morisette. Baltimore.. 43 16 13 0 .552 Schacht, Newark .... 20 2 6 0 .250 Rabbington. Roc.. 22 77 16 3 .208 /acher, Newark-Roeh. 31 58 6 2 .970 Gaw. Buffalo ...... 41 1« 13 1 .552 Cooper. Buffalo-Rich.. 12 2 6 0 .2M Roche. Rich. .... 21 54 11 2 .204 Jacfc«r>n, Buffalo ..... 113 291 14 10 .968 Sherman, Baltimore .. 38 19 16 0 .543 Prieste. Montreal- .... 8 1 3 0 3N> Kniman. New. ... 37 79 16 5 .202 Kopp, Buffalo ...... 137 2S1 10 9 .867 Pennock, Buffalo ..... 15 7 « 0 .538 ThormaJilen. Baltimore 14 1 7 .IK Pro...... 40 110 3 .200 Moran. Montreal .... 133 335 13 12 .967 Way, Rochester ..... 13 7 8 0 .538 Newton. Baltimore ... 11 0 5 0 .000 Rune. .536 Test*, Rochester .... 7 0 3 0 .000 Pooin. Roe...... 49 161 6 .199 Bankstott. Richmond.. 140 253 9 9 .967 ROSJ. Richmond ..... 8 15 13 0 Telle. Pro...... 91 284 2« .191 Bates. Baltimore .... 114 186 16 7 .986 Crowell. Baltimore 27 9 80 .529 S. Smith. Montreal ... 0 02 0 .000 Kirchor. Rich. ... 22 68 2 .191 Farrell, Rochester ... 51 107 7 4 .966 Enxman. Newark .... 34 M 13 0 .519 McQuillan. Toronto .. 8 0 2 0 .000 Rich.. 32 84 0 .190 Brackett. Toronto .... 14 23 3 1 .963 McTigue, Toronto ... 38 16 15 1 .516 Uavis. Providence .... 2 0 2 0 .000 McKenery. 1 2 0 .000 Ross. Rich...... 38 95 8 .189 Leach, Rochester .... 75 170 9 7 .962 Herbert. Toronto ..... 37 16 16 .500 Breasler, Newark .... 2 0 Clemens. Richmond .. 115 238 14 10 .962 Goodbred. Montreal 37 14 14 0 .500 Mulrenan, Providence. 40 1 0 .000 Kirmayer. Roeh. .. 30 74 8 .189 1 .•no Hogan. Tor...... 23 97 4 .186 Channel). Buffalo .... 121 200 16 9 .960 Crabble. Richmond ... 14 5 5 0 .500 Shertnan, Rochester .. 3 0 49 1 .1R4 McTigue. Toronto .... 14 19 5 1 .960 Jarman. Richmond ... 9 3 .1 0 .500 Mahaffey, Richmond.. 201 .000 Fowster, Bal. .... 1fi .500 Lyona, Toronto ...... 1 0 1 0 .000 Herbert. Tor. ... 38 88 9 .182 llendryx, Richmond .. 115 241 10 11 .358 Gleason. Richmond ... 8 2 2 0 Witterstaetter. New... Ki9 231 18 11 .958 Gregg. Buffalo ...... 4 2 20 .500 Cook. Toronto ...... 2 0 1 o .000 Aschenhac'r. New. 22 74 0 .17(1 .000 Mi>orc. Rich. .... 20 69 1 .174 Powell, Providence ... 57 99 5 .957 Huenke, Rochester ... 4 1 1 0 .500 Jenklns. Newark .... 1 0 1 o 3 .173 father. Montreal ..... 75 99 12 5 .957 Verbout, Richmond .. 4 1 I 0 .500 1. Smith. Toronto .... .1 0 1 0 .000 Peters. Pro...... 32 81 1 0 .MM JMeh. New...... 23 53 3 .170 Milan, New.-Roch. ... 102 202 IS 10 .957 Schulte. Providence 88 13 14 0 .481 Turner, Newark ..... 1 0 V. Batter, Roe... 23 48 1 .167 Kwe, K «o 1 * .S57 fclrmajer, R«aeater.. 87 8 ft 2 .471 Wort, Newark ...... 1 t 1 10 Sporting Lifa December p, 1916 Worthwhile News Notes of Base Ball AWRENCE WEBER and Harry league yet, as the transfer of the Red Sox near our line of march that has not put slower than it wag 11 years ago, in the H. Frazee. the theatrical pro- will not be acted on until our meeting in an application for a game," said Fos­ opinion of Edward ("Tubby") Spencer, motors who, together with H. December 14. I don't think there will be ter, "and their propositions are all so former Vernon catcher, who arrived in Ward and G. M. Andersou, any hitch. "Certainly none developed to­ good it is hard to decide which towns to San Francisco last week to spend the have purchased the champion day, although only generalities wore favor." Winter. Spencer was sold to Detroit by Boston Red Sox Club, are not touched upon in our talk. The question Vornon last Summer. Furthermore, the unfamiliar with the promotion of sporting of a manager for the champions was uot Roy Wood, formerly of the Cleveland tubby catcher declares his opinion is events. With Jack Curley they staged discussed nor anything else which bore Americans and last season with Toledo, backed up by Bill Dineen. former star many hig boxing bouts of recent history. directly on the future of the team." in the American Association, will retire pitcher, now an umpire. "I started an They ;dso managed the Gotch-Hacken- from base ball to accept a position in the argument with Cobb one day." said Spen­ schmidt wrestling bout in Chicago, which George Gibson, the old Pirate, who cer, "about this point and Cobb disagreed. stepped down from the big league office of Governor-elect Brough, of Ar­ attracted more than $125.000. It was ranks kansas. I put it up to Dineen. however, and he through the promotion of Weber, Frazee' last season, is rumored to be sought as .said there wasn't a doubt that it was jind Curley that Jess Willard won his manager for the Toronto International easier to get by in the American League boxing title from Jack Johnson at Ha­ League team next season. At a meeting of the Fort Smith West­ now than it was in 1905.' vana, as these men staged the event. ern Association Club a reorganization was The Giants' run of 26 straight last Fall effected. A new board of directors was evidently did not hurt the club's powers elected and the directors chose George El- News from Los Angeles is that the sale Larry Doyle, Cub second sacker, sends ns a drawing card. Since announcement lefson president to succeed H. C. Bass. of the Vernon Coast League Club by Ed word from his Winter home in Jackson­ was The changes may affect the decision Mtaler to Tom Darmody practically is ville, Fla., that he has entirely recovered made that the Giants and Detroit Ti­ on a completed. Darmody will have as his from gers would come home from the South to­ manager for next year. A number of ap­ his brpken ankle and expects to bo plications have been received, partner Arthur Fisk, former postmaster in tine shape when the Cubs start their gether Secretary Foster, of the New York but no of San Francisco, who long has been 1017 conditioning stunts. Club, has had enough applications for choice has yet been made. games to keep the clubs busy until July prominent in sports in California. 4. "There is hardly a town anywhere The American Pitcher Art Smith, formerly with the League is considerably Shortstop Many McGaffigan, of the Hannibal I. I. I. League club, who was Vernou Tigers, will play in Philadelphia suspended in July for attacking an um­ after all. He was drafted by the Ath­ pire, has been reinstated by President Al letics last Fall, but the draft was can­ Tearney and probably will play with Han­ celed. Now he has Ijeen sold outright to nibal next season. the Phillies, and it is understood Mana­ A New Record for Redland ger Moran will use him as utility infielder. In "Pickles" Dilhoefer, obtained from Milwaukee by the draft route, the Cubs Cash and probably a present Philly play­ have obtained a second Ray Schalk, ac Cincinnati's School of Umpires Continued and 9 er are to be paid in.exchange. McGaffi­ cording to President \Veeghman. He re­ gan, in the Pacific Coast League, is con­ sembles Schalk in build, is stocky and New School of Amateur Managers Endorsed sidered a better shortstop than Dave aggressive and gabby. He batted .202 Bancroft, of the Phillies. with the Brewers in 50 games last season. Board of Education O. K.'s Plan and Pays Bills. James A. ("Bobby" Quinn, business Peter Luderus, 67, father of Fred Lu- manager and secretary of the Columbus derus, first baseman of the Philadelphia. American Association base ball club since National League Club, died at his home By Ren Mulford, Jr. 1902, on December 1 tendered his resigna­ tion to the directors of the club. He is in Milwaukee, November 27, following a INCINNATI, 0.. December 2. long illness. that has been told so often that some expected to become identified with one of Redland, the cradle of the pro­ folks actually believe it to be true '. the major league clubs either as scout or fessional game, still holds the business Ed Chetwood, a former Omaha ball MOGULS ON PABAUE manager. player, was accidentally shot and killed record of distinction as the one near Cascades Station. Wyo., while bear city in all Yankee Doodle Laud -Two members of the official Red family Upon his return to New York on De­ hunting with Oscar Payne, of Squirrel. where base ball umpiring is marched through the raiu and went up to cember 1 Charles II. Ebbets, president of Wyo. Chetwood was on hig hands and written into the curriculum of public Dayton Tuesday, where the new Elks' the Brooklyn Nationals, announced the knees looking into a bear den when his education. The School of Umpires is to Temple was dedicated. Garry Herrmauu purchase of infielder Adams and outfield­ companion discharged his rifle while ad­ be continued and under the official sanc­ and Toui Cogan. both high in Elkdom, er Miller from the JVinuipeg Club. The justing his pack. The two men had tion of the School Board. Kandall J. were with the Cincinnati delegation. The Brooklyn Club has released the following liunted together for several years and had Condou, the efficient superintendent of Red chief came back to Cincinnati for his players: Outright, G. Napoie_on Rucker; lulled 17 bears since last Spring. schools, is a New England product and in Thanksgiving turkey and then moved on under optional agreement, pitchers Col- his college days at old Colby was quite a to Chicago for that special session of the well and Goodbred and outfielder Miller, Percy Haughton, head coach of Har­ ball player. He loves the game and the National Commission to preface the an­ to Oakland; vvith privilege to recall at vard's foot ball teams, and president of idea of training for better umpiring ap­ nuals. Although the daily journals of end of 1917 season, infielder Kelleher to the Boston National League Base Ball pealed to him. He gave it warm indorse­ civilization are crowded with scare stories Denver, and outfielder Nixon to Beau­ Club, has denied that he will resign and ment. The results of the experiment were that intimate a desire on the part of Davy mont. Ruckor, for years one of the lead­ pive up base ball, as reported in New far reaching. Away beyond the question Fultz to lead the ball players into a gen­ ing left-handed pitchers in the game, will York papers. "I'm in base ball to stick," of better umpiring there loomed the spirit eral strike the Red chief is not worrying. be employed to scout for Brooklyn. aid Haughton, "and I expect to remain as of a cleaner sportsmanship. And un­ It hardly seems possible that any such president of the Braves for some time to doubtedly this outcome of the Cincinnati action will occur. That contingency, how­ Samuel H. Greenwalt, formerly of come." experiment was accepted as evidence of ever, is so remote that no one is taking Hummelstown, who was a member of the the value of the plan as a character build­ seriously the yarn that old Gen. Hold Out old Athletics, from 1865 to 1870, died at Bob Unglaub, a well-known ball player, er. One or two discordant notes of criti­ will veto plans for preparation for the Danville, Ills., on December 1. is in a critical condition in a Baltimore cism were heard, but every opponent of usual championships in either National or hospital following injuries received when the idea played on American League. Charles Donnolly, formerly of th« the one string of cost. Springfield he was hit by a locomotive on November As a matter of fact, the umpires' school TOM CLABKE'S FUTURE and South Bend teams, of the H7. Fears are held out for his recovery. cost so very little that the expense was Central League, now nt Michigan City, Besides sustaining three fractured ribs Old Dame Rumor is busy swapping Ind., has been ordered by Manager Roger negligible. Not only is the school of um­ Tom Clarke. By general consent the Co­ and a serious gash across his stomach, one pires to be continued, but the school of Bresnahan. of the Toledo Club, to report of the kidneys was cut in hajf. Unglaub rona catcher is the representative of the at Toledo. March •>. Donnelly played last amateur base ball managers will bo open­ backstop corps who is picked for transfer. managed the Fargo team, of the Northern ed. This is to he No. 1 in all the land. season with a semi-professional team at ]/eague, last season, and also had been A lot of hit-or-miss gossip is going around Michigan City. Ho is an outfielder. And for both schools the Board of Educa­ and all of it belongs under the classifica­ signed to pilot the plub next season. He tion took $120 of the tax payers' money. has played with the Cubs, Boston Red tion "important if truo," Rodbubs have Roger Brosnahan, manager of the To­ To the tutors in these schools the labor of had the opportunity to take their choice ledo Club, is trying to procure the serv­ Sox, Washington and Baltimore at vari­ instruction is one born largely of love. ous times during bis career. of three yarns of swaps all "cooked up." ices of George Pierce* a former Chicago The wonderful outpourings at the ama­ One is that Clarke goes to Brooklyn in National League pitcher. President Risberg, third sacker of the Vernon, teur games last season about the ball fields exchauce for Otto Miller. Another tale Weeghman said he was not ready to give Cal., base ball team, will in all probability under municipal management set new put Tom on the skids in return for an Bresnahan a definite answer. be at third for the Chicago White Sox high marks for local interest in base ball outfielder who hits right-handed, and still of the lots. Manager Miller Huggins. of another dream made The amount collected for the Red Cross in 1917. He is a tall, fast and clever the Clarke figure in a fielder, with a good wallop behind his Cardinals, is one of the professionals deal for a new pitcher. All of which during the Yale-Harvard foot ball game club. who will "look in" at the school for man­ keeps the Redbug Club busy speculating was $8,429.81, the largest collection yet agers during this first term, and the on a change which seems reasonably sure made in the Bowl. Joseph Tinker, manager of the Chicago chances are that when Christy Mathewson to take place. Nationals, narrowly escaped death bs comes to town he will be persuaded to go The Rutgers eleven will be headed next drowning at Peoria, Ills., November 27? and give the ambitious managers in em­ FRED TONIT*S WORK year by Kenneth N. Rendall, who has when his boat struck a submerged stump bryo the once-over and a few words of This time last year Redbugs were all played tackle this season. He lias been and capsized in the Illinois River. A encouragement. The two Billys Hart stirred up about the case of Fred Toney. a member of the varsity for the last two fisherman pulled Tinker from the water and Carpenter will be on the job again The question, "Will he sign?" was by far years. He started out as a halfback, but after be had gone down the second time. as professors in the "College of Umpir­ the most important one up for fan dis­ was later shifted to end, then to guard, It is believed Tinker will suffer no ill ing." cussion. Of course, the result is history. and then to tackle. effects. DREAMERS Of THE WINTER Big Fred did come into camp. One year ago he was the Alexander of the Red Edward M. Ogdeu, of Jamestown, was A dispatch from Los Angeles. C^., un­ Redbugs enjoyed a hearty laugh hurlers with a 1915 credit of winning 17 elected foot ball captain for 1917 at Uni­ der date of November 20, said: "Hap Thanksgiving week when Harold Russell's out of 23 games. Last season Toney versity of Rochester. Ogden, who played Myers. alleged to be the first baseman for cartoon of "ye scribe" came out. The started badly. He accumulated so many at left end throughout the season, has the Boston Braves, is in jail here, wanted Knight of the Typewriter was seen early upsets that instead of a surplus ho been on the 'varsity since his freshman by the El I'aso authorities on a charge syringe in hand at bared arm while he wound up with a deficit. His record of year. of highway robbery. Myers, Joe Fisher mused "With one more shot I could cinch 14 victories was offset by 17 defeats. and Sliolly Tracy arc alleged by the Kl the pennant." It is Russell's idea that Somehow or other Fate is always uukind According to Manager of Athletics I'liso police to have held up a man and "if the price of dope keeps soaring we will to players who figure in ante-season de­ Quick, more money came into the treas­ robbed him of a diamond ring valued at never be able to 'win' the pennant for the bates. While the big Tennessean landed ury of the University of Wisconsin ath­ $2000. This information was contained Reds (his Winter." Cincinnati has an sixteenth in point of effectiveness as a letic department in 1936 than ever before in a telegram received here. Officers are undeserved reputation for boasting, but pitcher there is one rank in which he in the history of foot ball at (he school. tn route from 101 Paso to,get the prison­ this is surely a Winter in which not a holds the premiership. Cincinnati didn't Receipts of the season total $31,705. forecast has been ers. The crime of highway robbery is made. There has al­ capture many "firsts" in the scramble for Pete Lloyd, of Lawrence Center. Wis., punishable by death." ways been plenty of elbow room for Hope individual honors, but Fred cinched one has been elected captain of tlio 1917 Law­ in the Red camp. The optimists have the champion whiffer of the league. Harry Fracee and Hugh Ward, the aeW rence foot ball team. Lloyd hails from never been crowded out. Pessimists have Toney's record of 36 strikeouts in 41 Wausaii' and has the reputation of being owner.* of the Boston Red -Sox. stepped on had about as much chance as a black Re­ games is the season's record. There is no the American the best center Lawrence has had in League carpet for the first publican in Mississippi. , Most of the reason in the world why a big healthy fel­ years. time mi November 29 when they called on dreams of Red conquest in recent years low like Toney should not "come back" President Johnson.in Chicago., President have turned out to be nightmares. Op­ and Redbugs hope that he will ,be the Elwood J. Davis, right halfback of the Johnson said after the interview :' "I met timism is not dead, not even chloroformed, mainstay of the staff in 1917. Despite University of Iowa foot ball team, has Mr. Frazee and Mr. Ward for the first in old Cincy, but to imagine that the his record of losses Toney was 'the most been chosen as leader of next year's 1ihio tfxlsty. and we had a pleasant chat. scribes of our town are 1nisy winning the effective of the Red hurlfrs in allowing squad. Twenty-one men were awarded Of course, they are uot members of the pennant js simp}; repeating an did libel the feweset number «f earned runs. ictters by the athletic board. : ' :...{ I .WEEKLY RDITORIAL DIGEST OP EVENTS AND POLICIES IN THB NATION-WIDB ARENA Of CLEAN SPORT one of these prizes was considered the highest honor The former was retired to the stud, and the latter was an athlete could gain. It was a particular incentive not raced the past season, for the good reason that there MEN AND MEASURES OF THE WORLD OF SPORT IKPAB- for the man who lived in a provincial town, and when was no worthy opponent, the Pastime Stable stallion TIAIXY REVIEWED BY THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF one of these young men captured a cup it was almost gaining the world's stallion record of 1.5814 in a trial AND ASSOCIATE EDITOBS OF "SPORTINO invariably put on exhibition in the home town and against the watch. The big stakes of 1915 furnished LIFE," AND BY COMPETENT. UN­ stimulated many others to strive for glory on the cinder but one winner. Peter Scott and the brown bulldog BIASED AND REPUTABLE path. Now that the Olympic contests are temporarily last SPECIALISTS AND from the Murphy stable did not go to the post CRITICS abandoned, and the English championships are not being season, and rumor gays he will be retired to the stQd held, the time seems ripe fur challenge events in this the corning Winter. Mary Putney, the star of three- SPECIAL CRITICS AND CONTRIBUTORS country. These might induce foreigners to come here, year-old Futurities of 1915, wasVeady to race in mid- n«nlfl J. Ferris...... Athletic* Allan I. Smith...... Hnntlnir and it would be fitting to have such trophies iu com­ season this year, but Walter Cox was obliged to wait } C. Kofoed...... Base Ball K. V. Olil...... Kennel John Creahtn...... Billiards Thanim W. Cthlll...... Soccer petition by the time the Swedish team makes its visit until the trots at I/exington in October in order to get Burton M»nk. Bowllng-Bllli«rOs Joseph Booth...... Soccer next year. In that cuse, if offered lor the half-mile, the a start for her, the fast classes being declared off Robert C. Kolwell.... .Foot Ball I>. C. Aclnmson...... Soccer Walter H. Eckersull.. .Foot Ball J. T. B«rlow...... Soccer Swedish runner Bohlin, who defeated Ted Meredith repeatedly for want of starters. Parke H. D«vl«...... Foot Ball Albert W. Kcane...... Socc-er abroad, would have an excellent chance of carrying Thomas D. Rlchter... .Foot Ball E. P. Duffy...... Soccer King (Justav's prize back for a year's stay in its origi­ John G. Anderson...... Golf Harry Sandnger...... Soccer William Green.. Harness Racing I>r. E. B. Dewhurtt.... .Tennis nal home. UOTOR BOAT SBOW

PHILADELPHIA, DECEMBER 9, 1916 THE FOOT KAI.L SKAHOX AT THE annual Motor Boat Show, which will open ** iu the Grand Central Palace, New York, January Be honest, but Jiate no one: overturn a man's L'7. and last for one week, the exhibitors of boats will wrongdoing, but ia not overturn Mm unless it must be THE 1910 foot ball season cannot be considered a (lone in overturning nrong. Stand irifft anj/liorf;/ -thill great one. Keal big eh'vens. winning ones, are display, types specially adapted for patrol or scout stands rirjlit. Stand with Mm white lie is rifjlit and mighty few. and standing out ;jbove the .hutch is Brown, duty, and the engine manufacturers have been paying fart ifith him ichen he goes wrong. Abraham Lincoln.; Pittsburgh ami Ohio. Most of the big fbllows were dis­ particular attention to engines suited for these boats appointed because they did uot make the showing ex­ which will be exhibited, for preparedness is the big pected of them. Vale showed improvement over last factor in motor boating this year. The show, as usual, THE COURT TERMS CHAMPIONSHIP season, won its two principal games, lost only une dur­ is under the auspices of the National Association of ing the season, yet the Yale eleven is uot a great one. F.ngine and Boat Manufacturers, and the Show Com­ mittee this year is Henry R. Sutphen, chairman; James of the world's open court The season is a success in New Haven because the right HE RENUNCIATION Craig, Scott J. Matthews, Crispin Ojjlebay and George by Jay Could opens n perplex­ couching staff has been selected, because things have T tennis championship F. Law ley. Ira Hand, the secretary, sent out the an­ ing problem as to who shall succeed to the crown. Ap­ been started right, ami because Priticeton and Harvard season was not a typical nouncement to the members of the Association last parently there is a dispositou on the part of Could to have been beaten, lint the vanquish the Orange and week. He had expected that the application for space bestow the title on George F. Covey, of London, al­ Yale season liiat sees the Illue Next year we can look for better foot would be larger than last year, and the arrangements though there is nothing in the letter to Covey from a Crimson. heavies of the floors in the Palace had been drawn to accommo­ committee of the Philadelphia Rae,,uot Club which ball, ami better foot hall elevens. Most of the Then date the increase, but he was not prepared for the flood makes this in the least definite. The inference lies in and light heavier will be better off for material. a«ain one morn year's experience with the forward pass of applications that came in the next mail. More than the fact that the letter was addressed to Covey and that one-half the spaces on the mezzanine floor, where ac­ professional will help them. The forward pass this season must be only a copy of it was sent to the American cessories are shown, have already been applied for, Kiusella. It was considered of itself n failure as a pjay. It is all right court'tennis champion, Walter A. and the big exhibitors of engines and boats have in­ Covey who was defeated by Could in hnglaud. but, as a bhifi ; it is all right to keep in the book as a fake to fellows, but as the basis of a ground-gain­ creased their space, so that already there is some diffi­ as the latter never succeeded in defeating his American fool the other as at culty in accommodating all. rival and is considered to have small claim to the open ing eampaisn. it i* bunk. With the forward pass got the enemy to look championship, specially since Kiusella was the last one present, a team can fake a pass, else. You can say to challenge Gould for the title, friends of the latter for a heave, and then work something about the tossing game. The short direct 8PORTIXG SPLINTERS are not backward in asserting that this gives Kmsella that much the line of scrimmage is a prior claim, although Imany are prone to insist that forward pass that goes over at that there is no guarantee that the move MORE than a score of students at Williams «e try- the championship cannot be handed over to any one. neater, but The passing game, either ** ing for the freshman basket ball team. They are Thus far Gould has not made any announcement that will mean so very much gain. backward nr lateral, has yet to be brought practising daily in the gymnasium. The work consists) be relinquishes the amateur championship, and it is forward or desired standard. Maybe the coaches will for the most part of shooting and passing drill, in which universally agreed that there is no one among the ama­ up to the season. *:b.e men are progressing rapidly. Each day alter the teurs of the present time who can wrest the title from work more on this line another preliminary exercise the 'squad is divided into two him. Thus it is pointed out there is not much oppor­ teams, and put through a ten-minute scrimmage. There tunity of another open champion establishing himself. TO LIMIT KXTRIE8 are no first or second teams as yet and the men are then, as now. the Last Winter Walter A. Kinsella. chosen to make the teams as even as possible rather than Punch Fair.-i, American professional champion, defeated A PI AX ^to curtail entries at future lawn tennis to pick the best men for one team. The men are in, the Racquet au-1 the well-known English expert, at " championship tournaments will be considered at the charge of Captain H. B. W right, '17, and Captain How- this city, and it was understood that Tennis Club in coming meeting of the National Lawn Tennis Asso­ lau, '19. the winner would challenge Uould for the open cham­ ciation. A set of qualifying conditions to be submitted did issue a challenge to Could, but pionship. Kinsella for the approval of the committee provides that the |)ARIO RBSTA is the real king of the auto racing professional, who no reply was ever received by the entry list, which shall bo i/ublished at least ten days ^ world. The Italian driver apparently doesn't cognizance of the supposed that Gould did not take before the tournament liofins. shall be confined to play­ know the meaning of the word fear, or else he has great and not trained challenge because he was not prepared ers iu good standing with clubs or associations holding faith in his ability. Resta again came through in a for a championship match. . Many critics believe that membership in the National Association, within the fol­ long-distance event when he won the Vanderbilt cup In view of Kinsella's challenge he is the one to whom lowing restrictions: race over a course of 294 miles. He averaged 86.99 the championship should go, much as if there had been Players wlvi have been ranked l>y the United miles an hour. Resta's time, 3.22.48 2-5, breaks the a default. On the other hand, Kiusella is not saying Srat'-s National I.nwn Tennis Association during record made by Ralph De Palm a two years ago. Resta anything about the matter. He makes no claim to the any of the live years last preceding the tournament averaged 11 miles per hour more than De Palm*. championship, in fact, he is at present reluctant to dis­ or who have at any time been ranked iu the first to twenty. cuss the question. There is a disposition, however, THE eleventh annual conTention of the National Col- give the honor to Kinsella if it is to go ft> any one with­ Plaxors who in the last three years preceding the championship have been semi-finalists or bet­ 1 legiate Athletic Association will be held at the out actual competition. ter in any two tournaments sanctioned by the Hotel Astor on Thursday, December 28.' The Exeea- i » i United Slates Lawn Teuuis Association. tive Committee will meet on Wednesday evening, Dec­ CHALLENGE TRACK TROPHIES Players who have in the current playing season ember '2~. At the regular session, in addition to the played in m>t less than three sanctioned tourna­ usual reports, a preliminary report from the com­ ments and have made 8 reasonably pood record, mittee appointed to investigate the effects of inter­ N ACT of international courtesy that deserves ap- the committee of management of the tournament A -"t-ioii by the athletic authorities here is the to have the power to rule on the value of a play­ collegiate competition is expected. sending of a cup by King Gustav of Sweden to the er's record. Aiuuix-m- Athletic Union iu recognition of the visit of Players who do not qualify in any of the above THE rules committee of the gridiron will soon go after the American team to the Scandinavian countries, classes, but whose entry is acceptable to the ex­ * the rules and make a change in the code regarding says the New York "Times." The trophy is a very ecutive committee by reason of residence in foreign a goal kick. The manner in which the coaches are per­ circumstances inches high, and made of gold. countries, promise of skill, or other fecting the multiple kick must be stopped or goals wilt handsome one. fifteen deemed sufficient to cause exceptions in their cases. It is now in the possession of the Secretary-Treasurer become so common all interest will cease in the kick' of the Union, and if a suggestion already made is carried ing of the oval between the posts and over the bar. out, it may be offered as perpetual challenge trophy SS RACING SR for one of the championship events of the A. A. U. i WARM water artesian well on the Arthur Bnrro The worth of any victory in an athletic contest is WHILE the Grand Circuit races for the fast record ** farm empties into the river a short,distance from more to the winner when accompanied by the privilege ** trotters during the past season were about the Duddon, N. D.. the water being warm enough to keep of holding for the term of championship an emblem that poorest which h«ve been staged iu hite years, due the stream from freezing at that point. Thousands of contains the names and records of the previous winners to a lack of starters, and not much class possessed by fish have swarmed to this point, until they are so thick of the particular event. The wonder is that it has those which did start, the probabilities are that such that they can be shoveled out by the wagon-load. remained for a foreign monarch to lay the foundation a condition will not prevail in 1917, if one is to judge for the establishment of such a series of trophies. There of the material available at the dose of the past racing TT HAS been a hard and cruel Fall for bowling alley are any number of real sportsmen in this country who season. The material for the fast record classes is * owners. First the pin boys became scarce and had would gladly offer similar challenge trophies if the A. liable to be furnished Uy those which raced in the rich to get 100 per cent, raise in pay. On top of that came A. U. expressed the wish to reward the champions in stakes the previous season. Under, our present system the annual turkey roll-offs for Thanksgiving, and the this manner. It would help to raise the standard of of handicapping by records an extremely fast record alley men again hit the high cost of living with birds the American championships to the dignity that they ruins the value of a horse as a money-earning propo­ at top price. deserve, as the title events of the leading country in sition, as practically all of the rich stakes are made track and field sport. Such championship trophies for the 2.08 class or slo"wer. No matter how great the pENN STATE promises to put forth a strong lacrosse accompanied the medal in nearly every championship trotter, its real earning capacity is practically limited * team next Spring. Its sophomores and freshmen, as contest on the program of the Amateur Athletic As­ to one season. After that in the, fast classes it IB a well as the seniors, are showing remarkably good form sociation of England, and before America wrested scramble for expense money, $l.riOO purses being about in the practice BOW and from the three classes it is supremacy in this branch from the British, and before the limit offered for thege events. The two greatest expected that a ata-beatable varsity twelve will be pro­ the Olympic games came into vogue, th« possession, of trotters of 1.915 were Peter Volo and Lee Axworthy. duced, 12 Sporting Life December 9, 1916 Theory in the Playing of Golf New Foot Fault Rule Needed? Right or Left Hand Power Greatest Right Hand- The Imperfection of a Law Which Leaves Toe ers on Top Now But There Is No Telling When a Much to the Discretion of the Official Larned's Change to the Left Hand May Come. Timely Suggestion Considered. By John G. Anderson By Dr. E. B. Dewhurst Finalist in 1915 National Championship International Authority on Lawn Tennis OLF theory is the topic for the club head goes through the right arm will N VIEW of the increasingly call for a fault on the next delivery and Winter time, although it has its act as a piston driving the club rather greater interest in foot faults, so prevent him going on trying serve after innings in every club house than as a sling swinging it, and in tbe which becomes evident year af­ serve in the hopes of getting one by. where golfers gather any day in beginning of the take back the right hand ter year, and the difficulty o£ But after all the principal good would the year. Each year sees some will seem to back away from the left properly interpreting the rule be in "making the punishment fit the few new golfing morsels for dis­ rather than merely to swing up with it. so that it will only prevent il­ crime" by removing the too-drastic rem­ cussion of the theory-bound mortals; this The left is the pivot, the right the piston legal deliveries and work no other hard­ edy, and so allowing foot faults to be year the talk has been devoted mostly to which drives the club round the pivot ship, one In list be struck with the im­ called whenever they were even doubtful the great power which is exerted by the while the pivot is swinging round with the perfection of any law which leaves so instead of, as now, allowing everything to right hand in the making of a golf stroke. left shoulder as a center. The whole mueh to the discretion of the linesman. go over save the most flagrant and evident Five years ago most golfers said and swing can be skeletonized thus: The left As the rule now reads and many play­ violations of the rule. Hence it is that agreed that the left hand and arm had shoulder moves through an arc with tbe ers do not even know it "the server shall at the present time the striker is forced much to do with the force of the blow spine as a stationary center, the left hand before commencing td serve' stand with to take service after service which is and the distance and especially the di­ moves through an an' having the left both'feet at rest on the ground behind doubtfully fair, on account of the punish­ rection, but today all credit is given to shoulder for a moving center, aud the (is further from the net) the baseline and ment accorded ; and is only protected from the right. What it will be five years from right adds what it can to the speed aud within the limits of continuation of the the most evident of the infringements of now it is hard to tell, but it is safe to accuracy of the movement. The arc of sideline and the half ctnirt line and there­ the rule. All this would be obviated if prophesy that we shall be speaking of club head travel is determined wholly by after the server shall not walk, run, jump the very excellent suggestion of W. A different matters, probably what part the the swing and turn of the left hand. The or hop unlit the ball has been delivered, Lamed was adopted! lingers play in the shot making, or the right, though gripping firmly and doing a but tne server' nitty raise one foot from' effect of rapid wrist action or some other substantial part of the work has nothing (and if desired replace it on) the ground, treacherous subject. Golf theories are as to do with the geometry of it. It has no provided that both feet are kept behind New Auto Racing Body legislative effervescent as 'function. It is merely the the baseline until the service has been RACING association chief executive." delivered." known as THEY ABE CHANGEABLE. A COMPLIMENTED SUBJECT the Speedway Association of A few days ago I was chatting with a THIS IS THE RCTJE America, has been formed to As is usual with golf theories the more boost speed golfer, and he said, "Are there no writings we study them the less clear they become. as we have it now, with a reading of the contests on the big­ on the game of golf which speak of the about raising and replacing a foot which gest tracks of the country. It Writers after writers have attempted to came into being power of the left as opposed to the right? give clear explanations of the golfing says, "Kither foot may be raised and re­ at a meeting Seems to me I have seen some some­ placed provided that nothing is done held at the office in New York of Rich­ swing and writer after .writer finally end ard Kennerdale. chairmau of the Con­ where." I happened to have at home an up with as many broad statements as which could be construed into a step." article called "The Theory of the Centres It seems perfectly simple, hut in prac­ test Board of the American Automobile possible in order that they may not be Association. The Philadelphia Motor of Control," written by a player siguing wholly wrong and may have a comeback tice it works out as too complicated for himself "A. Duffer," and for the benefit a successful interpretation by the average Speedway Association was represented, if necessary. We undoubtedly have ceu- by .its secretary-treasurer, Charles L. of those who may wish to hear what is ters of control, lint whether they are vi­ player. So complicated is it that the said about the matter without venturing writer saw a tournament player, and a Hower. tally affected by our mcuial states is an­ It was decided to divide the speedways any definite opinion on it myself I appeal other (inestion which Mr. DufTer has not good player at that, making three distinct an abridged copy : forms of foot fault at once, every time he of the country into two classes, and only answered. But every group of words may specially constructed speedways, built for "We play golf with two hands. What­ help some few golfers who are groping in served. ever the grip we use the centers of control There have been a multitude of reme­ auto racing, are to be admitted. Class the dark. I believe that golf is too com­ A is for two miles, and over tracks includ­ of the two hands on the shaft are several plex a game for any one theory to be all dies suggested, from abandoning the first inches apart. We swing the hands and the service altogether, to allowing any kind ing the Sheepshead Hay, N. Y., Phila­ supreme and it is only by presenting all delphia Motor Speedway, now under con­ clubs swing on the hands, or one of them, the various opinions about the sport and of delivery providing the feet were kept as a moving center. Any behind the line; but noue of these have struction, at Wanninster, above Willow having the golfers try what appeals to Grove, Chicago, Tacoma, Indianapolis, SHIFTING OP THIS CENTER them that we shall help the critical end met wilii much support. The fault in i the rule as we have it at present lies in and Cincinnati. Class B one mile tracks from one hand to the other, or from one of the game. And one thing is certain : are Des Moines, Uniontown. Providence to some intermediate point between the Golf theory bus been ti source of great I the fact thai it is enforceable only by a i great amount of labor, and when its and Omaha. C'lass A to have two votes, two, changes the arc of club head travel aid to thousands of golfers the past year: and Class B one vote in all affairs. and changes it out of all woportion to men realize that without it the game is I operation is in the hands of picked men : whose number is necessarily limited. The Committees were appointed to draft ar­ the change in centers. It i^jatural for not improved and few players are there ticles and by-laws. This association will most people to let the left hand do most who are willing to remain at IS handicap vast majority of players cannot or will not act as judges and enforce the law, and have the sanction of the A. A. A., which of the work in the full swiug and the right when by trying out a few theories they will surrender all the championship events in the short work. That is, to let the left may reduce club handicaps to 14 or 12. if an unknown called a foot fault on a » well known player he would be mobbed and protect the speedway by granting »erve as a center part of the time and no other sanction to conflict with dates tire right part of the time. The result of by half the audience, no matter how well Plan for Indoor Polo qualified ho really was. awarded by the new body. this is that there is uo fixed hand habit. Chairman Kennerdale also promised Today the left is dominant. We drive " " I HE Indoor Polo League, which THIS CONDITION that five leading drivers will race in all well and approach indifferently. Tomor­ I was started last Winter and arises from the fact that the rank and the championship events. This will in­ row tbe reverse is true and probably the T I met with success, opened the file of the players are not truly conscious sure high-class and proper talent for all next day we mix things thoroughly and season Nov. 20. Many new of the unfairness of foot faulting, nor do tthnnifiiouship events held. Those use a different center for every stroke in teams joined the organization they correctly recognize them when they who represented the different speedways the round. and the prospects for another see them, and mainly under the present were: Philadelphia. Motor Speedway, by "Of course, this means that the club successful year are unusually, bright. A law a foot fault and a fair ball may be Charles L. Hower, secretary: Indianapo­ rarely feels right, that we cannot find a number of the rules have been changed, so very closely allied, there may be so lis, C. Meyer. secretary ; Chicago, \\'. comfortable stance. Ordinarily we imag­ which will have a tendency to make the infinitely small difference between them, Reid and M. Heins; Omaha, by secreta­ ine we figure one of our elbows is too game faster and more interesting from a and yet the punishment is the most dras­ ry ; Des Moines, secretary ; Tacoma, sec­ low or too high, or we are ttanding too spectator's standpoint. tic in the whole game the absolute de- retary ; Cincinnati. Fred .1. Wagner; dose or too far away. Maybe we are, for Last year only two periods of ten min­ barrnent of the ball and perhaps the loss Providence, secretary: Sheepshead Ray, when hands go wrong nothing else can be utes each were played. This season the of the point. Hence few men have the Everhard Thompson ; Uniontown, Charles right. But when the hands work together minimum number of chukkers will be four nerve to enforce what may, in fact must Johnson. eight the player drops into his of seveu and a half minutes each, and the be, their own personal opinion at a criti­ The officers elected were: President, NATURAL AND CORRECT STANCE maximum six of the same length of time. cal moment in the match. Hence it is Harry S. Harkness, of New York: Vice- The size of the ball has also been made without thought and does all the other that the suggestion made by no less a President, James A. Allison. of Indian­ smaller, the new and now standard meas­ player than W. A. learned, the seven apolis ; secretary, L. E. Meyers, of In­ hundred essentials without thought. We urement being four and a half inches play golf with our hands and everything in times champion, that the first foot fault dianapolis. diameter, not much larger than the regu­ shall be called a "let," is meeting with Board of Governors: Class A., two- else that the other parts of the body have lation outdoor ball, which naturally to do is merely a help to the hands. And tends so much favor. Mr. Lamed suggests mile speedways James A. Allison. of to liven up the game materially. There that a further foot fault in the same Indianapolis; Harry S. H-n-kness. of New it is almost impossible for a player to are various other changes that have been make other parts go wrong when the service point shall in the opinion of the York; II. S. Lehmann, of Cincinnati, and made in the rules for the coming season, umpire be called a fault. ThU sugges­ D. F. Reid, of Chicago. hands are right. all of which tend to bring the indoor "The hands do the work and- should tion of the champion would Class B, Speedways less than two game as near to the outdoor sport as con­ miles C. W. Johnson, of Uniontown. dominate. If they are taught what to ditions will permit. ANSWEB SEVERAL PURPOSES. do they will dominate, but if everything Pa.; F. Perkins, of Providence, R. I., A number of new players have joined In the first place it would not entail and Samuel Orluff, of Des Moines. la. else is taught and the hands are allowed the Durland Polv Chib, loss of the point to the server; second, it to get into the game merely through the and this institu­ Executive Committee T. E. Meyers, tion will put at least three or four strong would serve as a warning (such warn­ of Indianapolis: D. F. Reid, of Chicago, indirect process of long-distance instruc­ teams into the field. One ings as now given being distinctly il­ tion from the toes, the knees, the hips, the of these trios and Harry S, Harkness,, of New York. the Cock Robins will play the West legal) ; thirdly, if persisted in it would MARK W. shoulders, the elbows and other parts the bring its own punishment; and finally WILSON hands Point cadets' team on the latter's floor it will never know their business and December 9. On the 16th the Tigers will would allow the more timid umpire to the player will never acquire a consistent meet the West Pointers. gay what he thinks, without the thought Middle West Bowling game. Now what exactly is having the ______* that his mistake would unduly penalize hands right? Doubtless it is something """^WO Basket Ball in Altoona the server, and hence make him more ef­ new records were set in the very different for different players, but ficient. I Middle West Bowling Associa- it is certain that no golfer who keeps ALTOONA, Pa., November 25. Just The foot-fault rule was made not in T I tion tournament, which closed changing the hand center of the club a few lines to let you know how basket anyway at St. Louis November 27. The ball is progressing in Altoona. to penalize the server or prevent TRAVEL IN LIKE STROKES We have him sending in any serve as swift or as Rubinis rolled 2955, forty-six a Department League, made up from the points can ever be consistent. A change in hand difficult to handle as he could make it; better than the old various athletic associations, also several but ouly to make him deliver the ball Middle West mark for five-men teams. centers necessitates dozens of other fast independent teams. The leading Khlman and Leat changes. Muscles have habits and object fairly and in accordance with the rules. totaled 12(51), seveu team is the A. M. S. team, champions of It was meant to protect the striker from points more than the former doubles to over-numerous changes. , j P. R. R. Lines East, which Opened the mark, made in 1911 "The best way is to use the same hand having to> return unfair services with the by Collier and Flen- season oh the 14th by defeating Pitcairn, preponderance of advantage they give the ncr, also of Chicago. Thei Kuhiuis took centers for all strokes for then habit be­ ,'(8 to S4,' and on Friday evening, the 24th, first prize, comes fixed in a player. -Hand habits are server, not to give Ihim points by default $250, and five gold medals. they defeated the St,1 Marys Casino team on a technical error. The Martin Fellhauers,, St. Louis, with, as hard to change as they are to acquire. of Johnstown by a score of 63 to 29. 2943, took second prize, also $200. Moreover, ,it is difficult to |snow tbe per­ i—— . THE LABNKD SUGGESTION : : The fect hand centers ila.tt Blaus Dorts, Milwaukee, 2911, won for every golfer. Some Harvard's earnings for the season in wonid fulfill all these ideas, The-foot third prize, $200; the Edelweiss Brucks, plajrers use the thumb a.nd forefinger of foot ball totaled $280,000. 'Phis is the fault called a "let"', need not be. returned, the left Chicago, 2890, fourth, $175; and the Jef­ hand as a center and find it the largest vear in the history of the college. and peither side wquld 6e any the worse ferson. Chicago. 2882. fifth. $150. Th« best. Jf this practice is followed the right Yale and Harvard divided $123,000 after off after the calling, but the server would Snyders, must pl»y round ti« left Minneapolis, and the Little Bo- and as the the game at W«w Haven. ' know But a repetition on his part would tifftt tor ifiTth with *8ruti. "December p, rpz<5 Sporting Life 13 Changes in A. A. U. Rules Champion Filly Gets Winner When a Man Ceases to Be an Amateur The A Leading Lady Has a Remarkable Record, as Reasons for Adopting the Present Drastic Rul the Mother of Four Cracks A. B. Coxe's Sagacity The Amateur Swimming Question. in Choosing Mates for the Lady. By Daniel J. Ferris By Henry Ten Eyck White O MANY changes were made in articles for years back and that he had the 3-year-old filly, Lady Sidney Dillon, sire of his dam, was the. the rules governing amateur actually written tin- article in question, Petress, took a record of 2.13% sire of the champion trotter, Lou Dillon, truck and field athletics, at the and mi one iu athletics doubted his com­ at the Belmont Park track in his selection as head of the farm was last annual meeting of the petency to write such an article, and it Philadelphia the other day her logical, although, of course, experimental. Amateur Athletic Union, held was also shown that the amount he re­ owner. Alexander B. Coxe, de­ But among his first crop foals was a iu New York recently that it ceived for that article was no greater than rived a lot of pleasure from the lilly whose dam, Bertha C., took a 3-year- will be quite some time before the ath­ performance, as she makes the fourth trot­ old record of 2.10',4 in the fifth heat of letes become thoroughly familiar with A.\Y OTHER COMPETENT WRITER ter from the one-time champion 3-year- the historical Kentucky Futurity of 1900. them. There are many points in the new would be paid for a subject of that kind. old trotting filly. A Leading Lady (2.07) Baiongalc, sire of Bertha C., likewise was rules that are sure to bring about con­ As a result of this investigation the In­ all bred and owned by Mr. Coxe to a prominent colt trotter, being second in siderable discussion, and many athletes tercollegiate Association decided that take records better than 2.20. and that the Kentucky Futurity to Sadie Mac. and are wondering what effect the new rules Meredith had not violated the spirit or list of four includes all her living foals. taking a 2.HV4 record as a 4-year-old. will have in .their particular cases. For letter of the rule, because lie had deliver­ To breed and give fast records to four The Bertha C. foal was called Miss instanee, an athlete, by granting or sanc­ ed the goods. It is a very different thing colt trotters from a mare than is now Bertha 'Dillou and in October as a tioning the use of his name to advertise where an athlete's name is being capi­ but 11 years'old. that was raced bard as 2-year-old, took a record of 2.10, which is or promote the sale of or to act as the talized and not his ability as a writer. a 2 and if-yeur-old, and in addition to a mark but few of her age have secured, a personal solicitor for the sale, or as the The very basis of these new rules is that producing such a band of notable young 2.10 2-year-old trotter being somewhat like actual salesman, of sporting goods, prizes, the punishment fits the i-rimo. Any man performers from a single dam (o have a blue diamond. While Miss Bertha Dil­ trophies, or other commodities for use who has held a position with a sporting each of them sired by a different horse, lon may prove to be only the individual chiefly in or in connection with games or goods or jewelry house or any concern is a feat of which few horse lovers can swallow whose presence does not make a exhibitions in any sport, or by engaging in other commodities for use chiefly iu boast. Summer, the chances are she is but the for pay. or financial benefit in any occu­ or in connection with games or exhibitions HOW MR. COSE PROCEEDED first of a lot of notable colt trotters by pation or bushietes transaction wherein in any sport is not barred from .competing Mr. Coxe's plan of breeding, when he Dillou Axworthy. HIS USEFULNESS OB VALUE for all time. Such offenders may be re­ bought A Leading Lady after she had se- instated nt once upon its being shown to i cured the championship for her age and HAS THE NOTABLE STTLB arises chiefly from the publicity given or the satisfaction of the Board of Govern­ to be given to the reputation or fame | sex, was to, mate the fast fillies he owned In addition to breeding and speed that ors that they have ceased to engage iu | with horses that either had trotted to low which he has secured from his" perform­ such employment. The only one that is horse has the bold front action that goes ances in any sport rather than from his ! records in colthood or had shown the with practically all great sires. The barred from competing for all time is an ability to do so, and he secured in turn ability to perform the usujtl and natural out-and-out fraud. "daisy" cutting" style of locomotion nets and duties incident to such occupa­ such stallions as Xombro (2.11). Del which is effective in racing, is considered tion or transaction, ceases to be eligible to THE AMATEUR SWIMMER QUESTION Coronado (2.09H), Colorado E. (2.04%) a serious handicap when the problem ;. compete as an amateur. There are sev­ For years there lias been mure or less and Peter the Great (2.07'/i) as sires of the production of speed from such an;- eral prominent athletes at the present the foals of A Leading Lady. Her pro­ mals. Round-going trotters of the Ax­ trouble over amateur swimmers accepting duce by those horses and their records and time acting as the personal solicitors for positions at the seashore as lifeguards, worthy and Bingeii type make the best the sale of or as the actual salesman of but under the new rules one who does ages are: sires, and Dillon Axworthy comes under sporting goods, prizes and trophies, and Name ami Record. Sire. that head. not give instruction or does not receive The Lady Zoiubro, 3, 2.10 ...... Zombrc- it will be necessary for these athletes to any compensation, exept as a policeman Colorado I... :), LMOVj ...... Colorado Z. It has been the custom of Mr. Core to give up competitive athletics or else on the water-front, should not be con­ Lady Petress, 3. 2.13Kj ...... Peter the Great spend his Winters in California, but this change their positions. Of course, the sidered a professional. This is also the The Lady Del, II, 2.18% ...... Del Coronail- year he is having a dozen colts, mostly application of this rule will effect detri­ understanding of the Intercollegiate A. A. A Leading Lady is a daughter of Bin- yearlings, shipped to Thomasville, Ga., mentally some young man who may want A. A., and the Intercollegiate Conference gen, and although when she was bougiir. and will enjoy seeing them improve. The to sell athletic goods or prizes, and who Association. The new rule regarding' the she had only speed and good looks A Pastime stable has permanent quarters at may be just as good an amateur as it is competition of college students during recommend her, she now not only is dia1 Thomasville, one ol its members owning possible to be, but it is a question of their vacation period will permit an adult tiuguished as a speed producer whose the track, and H. J. Schlesinger, of Mil­ the greatest good for the greatest number, student to transfer his registration at the blood is of the plastic sort (as shown by waukee, owner of Belwin (2.06%) and or the elimination of close of the college term to a club located the fact that all her foals by four sires other noted horses, sent a draft from his THE GREATEST POSSIBLE EVIL. in the territory wherein he took up a new f different blood lines are fast trotters), farm to Thomasville last Winter. The The evil that this rule is intended to residence at the commencement of the but iu the meantime Bingen mares have fact that a pair of champions like Lc« reach is where .star athletes go into the term or semester immediately preceding his made a lot of history as the dams of fam­ Axworthy (1.58%) and Volga (2.04% j jewelry business, for instance, and a club application for such transfer. In other ous performers. Lee Axworthy (1.58%) as a 3-year-old, got all their early educ;* or promoter is arranging to hold a set words, an athlete who is of age and at being from a Biugen mare. To head his tion and Winter work at ThomasvilH of games and these star athletes go around this time a resident of New York, may small stud when A Leading Lady was shows to the promoter and say: "(Jive ine the go to Chicago to attend a college or uni­ acquired Mr. Coxe leased the California THE GKOBGTA CLIMATH order for your prizes and I will run at versity, and next Summer could remain stallion Zombro (2.11), a fine colt trot­ to be all right for preparatory work. But your games." These athletes are capi­ in Chicago and when ter and a member of the McKinley family. on the other hand, Tom Murphy wintered talizing their athletic fame, and that i.' HE HE-REGISTERS IX COI.LERE LOYAL TO PETER THE GREAT Peter Volo and The Real Lady, a pair of the boldest kind of professionalism. Here­ for the next term could, providing he So the first foal of A Leading Lady unbeaten champion 2-year-old trotters, at tofore during the vacation period promi­ lakes up a resident in Chicago and regis­ was The Lady Zombro, born in 1010. As Poughkeepsie, N. Y., where the ice boat nent college athletes have been engaged ters at college from Chicago, compete for a 2-year-old she took a, record of 2.29%, racing is fine from December to March, by sporting goods houses, but iu future a Chicago club during the following va­ which she reduced to 2.14% at 4, and at and Walter Cox brought out Mlary Putney these athletes will not be permitted to ac­ cation period. Under the old rules a ."> in n do her owner the breeder of a 2.10 as a 3-year-old after she had hibernated cept positions of this kind and continue college athlete could not do . that. IU> trotter. In the meantime A leading Lady at Dover, N. H., where meat "keeps" from as amateurs. Of course, these college ath­ would be compelled to compete for a club had been mated with Del Coronado Thanksgiving to Decoration Day. and saw letes do not have to take positions in in the district of his actual residence be­ (2.0!Hi), also of the Mk:Kinney family; her get a world's record for 3-year-old sporting goods houses. If they are good fore entering college, and he could not with Colorado 10.. whose record was the fillies, 2.05%. and win every race in which salesmen they can do just as well selling compete for a club in any-other district best by a 8-year-old when made, and final­ she was named. ribbons and laces. The sporting goods until after graduation from college. How­ ly with I'eter the Great, of which horse It is possible that Dick McMahoB, of houses do not want these boys as sales­ ard Drew, the world's record holder in the Mr. Coxe is an admirer and liberal pa­ Chicaeo. may take a few horses to Macon, men ; they go after them sprints, who was of age when he entered tron, among those of the family he owns Ga., for the Winter, and the establish­ BECAUSE THEY ARE ATHLETES the University of Southern California being Peter Thompson, with which he ment of a Grand Circuit meeting at At­ find because they feel their athletic proW- was not allowed to represent the Los An­ won the Kentucky futurity of 1011, inci­ lanta may cause some stables to winter fss will bring them business. As a rule, geles A. C.. during the Summer months, dentally setting a new mark for 3-year-old there. ThomasvUle is the ideal spot for when a sporting goods concern engages a as he was a resident -of Springfield. Mass.. geldings by a .mile in 2.07V4. Winter training, being in the pine woods star athlete the first thing they do is to before entering college and if he desired Another mare with which Mr. Coxe has and free from sTidden climate changes, advertise a shoe or other apparel after to represent a club at all he would have had great success in speed production is but the track accommodations there are the particular athlete in their employ. to compete for a club located in the New American Belle (2.12%), that was raced limited. The new rule will do away with this. It .KugJand district of the A. A. U. As a by Geers and was the best 3-year-old of is generally believed that an athlete who result her season. Selecting her as a brood­ writes articles for newspapers on ath­ HE ELECTED TO COMPETE "UNATTACHED" mare. Mr. Coxe mated her with Zombro, Winter Polo in the South Del Coronado and Colorado E., at the letics will be barred from competing in rather than represent a New England r^ 1HE Camden, N. C., Polo Club future. This is not so. There is no ob­ home farm, and then sent her to Admiral club. A parallel case was that of Alma Dewey (2.04%), son of Binpen. and the. I I is branching out with the idea jection to a man who knows the athletic Richards, of Cornell. When he entered , * I of making the South Carolina game, writing under his own name, a champion trotter. Nancy Hanks (2.04). Cornell he gave Provo, Utah, as bis resi­ This was done because it was desired to resort one of the leading places description of nn athletic event, or send­ dence. During the vacation period h« for the game in the Winter ing in the returns of an athletic meeting, see what a doubling up of the Bingen lived in Chicago and represented the Il­ strain would do. The foal proved to be months. The need for Winter providing he gets tho same space rate as linois A. C. When it was learned that and Spring polo, so that men can get any other space writer. However, in the a pacer, which was named John Dewey, Provo. Utah, was his residence he was and carries a record of 2.13%. But the themselves and their mounts in condition, case of a star athlete who is approached ordered to return all the prizes he had has been growing greater with the de­ by a newspaper and they tell him that foals from the American Belle by Zombro won while wearing the colors of the Illi­ and Colorado E. were high class in the velopment of the sport. To meet this they want to syndicate a four-weeks' nois A. C., as he was ineligible to com­ need several of the ^or,thern players, to­ OTticle, or they want to publish a special speed line. The /ombro Belle taking a pete for that club. Johnny Overtoil en­ record of 2.06 Vt, while The Colorado Belle gether with the Camden Polo Club, of article on some particular event, with tered Yale from Nashville. Tcnn., and in which C. M. Taintor is president, have his name over it, for which curries a mark of 2.09%. The foal by Del his sophomore year he became of age and Coronado was named The Delia Belle, and taken over from the Country Club the T1IET WILL PAY HIM $T>0 desired to take up a residence in New its best record is 2.21'A. polo field, club house, and stables at an article, and then add that they will York and compete for the New York A. Camden. New stables have been built, write the article for him. that star athlete C. He was informed that he was in­ SELECTING A CHIEF SIRE the field put in first-class condition, and would make himself ineligible by accept­ eligible, as Nashville, Tenn.. was his last Some years ago Mr. Coxe, bought a a new field is in course of construction. ing such a proposition. Each particular place of abode before entering Yale, and yearling colt called Dillou Axworthy, a In addition there is a small field for prac­ case must be considered separately. It under,the A. A. U. rules he could not be son of Axworthy. and a -Sidney Dillon tice and for schooling mounts. Arthur all depends on their ability to do what considered a. resident of any'other city .mare, and as a 2-year-old, the youngster Perkins has been'engaged as manager of they undertake to do. For instance, take until he had finished his college course. proved to'be the sensational trofter of his the polo stables, and has made arrange­ Ted Meredith, the former University of . : r-» ; '- 'age that season; winning a number of ments to supply mounts to" those visitors Pennsylvania athlete. Just prior to the Alfred! Grenda and Reggie McNamiru. ^tike's arjd acquiring a. racer mark of who do not wish to'ship their own horses Intercollegiate championships'last Spring both of Australia, are the last two riders 2.11%. As, the co]t wa.s a .born trotter to the South! Beginning with the first of he wrote several articles under his own to sign for tbje six-day bicycle rrace, to bo and showed, to be ,strictly game he was the year1 polo will1 be played twice a week, name, giving a critical review of the vari­ held at Madison Square Garden December .selected as permanent bead of Nawbeek and during th* latter p'art of 'February ous athletes abettt to take part in the In­ 17-23. Grenda won the last' t\yo races at farm, which is the* Uoxie breeding estab­ aiid in March three'times a week, ending tercollegiate championships, and it was the Garden, also winning this year's Bos­ lishment at 1'aoli. Pa., ajid now the most witJi a tournament at the end of the lat­ suggested that he had violated this very ton race, while McNamara has been in notable affair of its kind in the East; As ter month. The climate is snch that the rule. On investigation it was found that Mewthe money Xotk rttoe.for the'last three years iu the Dillon Axworthy: came of what is known gane can be played under enjoyable' con- jieredith, had been .writing' newspaper &ft a sire family in the mole line, &nd ditiass all Wurter. 14 Sporting Life December 9, 1916 'Anglers' Luck" in Ozarks Arms of Bowlers Show Use Section of "God's Country" Abounds in Well- Portland Men Have Right Sides Over-Developed Stocked Streams in Primeval Woods Where the ' From the Exercise Investigation Shows That Fisherman Can Generally Get His Quota. Great Benefit Is Derived. By Howard T. Dimick By Harry M. Grayson OWN in Missouri (pronounced fishing where the vicinity is chock full of ORTLAND, Ore., November 28. Moskowitz & Herbach. 430 Market street, IMS -zoo-re) there is a section love-lorn youths and maidens from the Bowlers are in danger of be­ Philadelphia. Pa., sporting goods out­ D that deserves to be called city who eun be "discovered" draped coming lop-aided if you believe fitters and fishing tackle experts, "but "God's Country.". Preachin' about one another, iu graceful postures, at nil you see. For instance, look few persons know how to keep them. Bill, who lives there, and some­ every turn in the-- river. Not for mine ! at Dr. B. N. Hainm's arms. His 'The secret of keeping blood worms is times talks about it, says: So, having found congenial companion­ powerful right arm, which he not to put them in water," he continued. "When God looked upon the work of his ship for a trip into the wilderness, und uses on ail average of 40 games a week, is "Water is poison to them, and a few two hands an' called hit good, he war a armed with a rig, campiug outfit und sup­ an inch and a quarter larger in the upper minutes after being placed in water they sure lookin' at thia here Ozark country. plies. I set off for the wilds, bent on some arm than U the left. die. Properly handled, blood worms may 'Taint no wonder he rested when he made angling, iu uutished waters, if possible. His right forearm is one inch larger be kept for two weeks, and in some in­ these here hills; he jes' uat'rally had to We took everything necessary but a ko­ than its brother. The measurements of stances even longer. The best way to quit, for he done his beatenest an' war dak. ; his two upper arms are 13% inches for keep them is to place them on cabbage plumb gin' out." And Preachin' Bill THE FIRST CAMPING SPOT the right and 12 inches for the left. The leaves. The worms feed on the leaves ought to know. We camped out the first nijht on the forearm measurements are 11% and 10%, and it acts as -a bed for them. Never Within a night's ride of some of the bald ranges of Kirbyville; on the knob, for respectively. put more than one worm on one cabbage largest cities of the country this land of which the Baldkuobbers Were named. This Frank E. Tomliason, another prominent leaf, because the worms are cannibals of, the fisherman's dreams is known only to a range is said to be their early haunt, local bowler, has 1-Vi against 11% for the worst type and will chew each other comparatively few people, on which they had meetings and planned the upper arms and 1-Va and 11% for up in a frightful manner. and that only the forearms. within the past few years. Few know of specific forms of devilment. From this "After placing the worms on the cab­ this section of wild mountain beauty, kiiob a magnificent view of the surround­ THE TWO CASES CITED bage leaves in layers place them in a cool, rivaling the Bine Ridge for beauty and ing country can be got on three sides. are not exactly exceptional, either, for dark place. Never put them on ice. That the best Northern border States for fish­ - The historic Tom Sauk mountain, the the tape line will show many just such .also is fatal to them. Near ice is all ing. highest iu Missouri, lifts its pointed peak cases, although many will not show such right. Blood worms are found only in It is the land of the former "one-man in the vague distance among the dim out­ a big difference. Out of 50 regular bowl­ New York along the salt marshes. They law," the law of the stronger over the lines to the Northeast. Dewey Bald ers measured last week, 25 showed that are dug out by men who make a livelihood weaker. It is the land of the old, thrill­ looms faintly to the West. We decided their right arms bad grown larger than of doing this. They are larger than the ing days of backwoods tragedies and to travel in a line towards Tom Sauk. their left. ordinary garden worm hnd sometimes comedies: of feuds, cattle thieves; and of Proceeding in this direction from Kir­ If you are going to bowl 50 games a reach a length of 10 and lli inches." Some Baldknobbers, who dominated sectional byville over the mountain trails one day you can readily become the ready- fishermen will hot start out after kiugfish politics with the shotgun and were, in strikes first White River and farther to made tailor's despair, but most of the or weaktish without them, and they speat turn, dominated and "tamed" by relent­ the North Beaver Creek, which empties | boys do not howl more than four games froiu experience. less Government agents. It is the land into it and has many miles of good bass [ a day so, thank goodness, most of us are where weird superstitions still linger water. There are also many smaller tri­ safe. Study For Motor Boat about the primitive firesides, and many butaries of this stream which abound in PERFECT SCORE PRIZE WON Men are the folk stories of moonshiner, bandit pools, in which bass, crappie and cat can Dr. B. N. Hamm and Frank E. Tom- EMBERS of the United States and Baldknobber that live with the tra­ be found. linson are two of the most enthusiastic Power Squadrons are preparing ditions of the people. We never did run across any mountain bowlers in the city. That is1, the kind of for a season of unusual activ­ AN trout, although it is said that many of bowlers who roll the balls merely for the ity along educational lines, not EMPIRE OF ITSELF exercise and the sport derived therefrom. only among those who have Shut in by mountain fastness, this the Missouri streams have been stocked land with this game fish. He may have been In 1914 Dr. Humm won the gold medal passed the examinations which has been, until recent years, an empire offered by the old Saratoga Bowling Al­ permit them to fly the special ensign and unto itself. Not long there, but he would not respond to the ago the stage coach lure of live bait or the spoon. leys for anyone presenting a perfect score. are studying for advanced rating, but was the modern means of transportation His 300 was the only one in those alleys more particularly other owners of power and the knee-boot and forty-five were PLENTY OF FINE BASS that year and the Portland dentist is just­ craft who have not joined or attempted much in evidence; Springfield was the With Bald Knob and the Three Sis­ ly proud of his prize. to join the squadron. only city many of its peopte had heard ters as our guides, we proceeded to travel Bowling is the favorite Winter game, At the last meeting of the organization, bout, save in a dim sort of way, as one up Beaver Creek, camping out on its I and, in fact, also one of the best-liked the Committee on Instruction and Ex­ hears of Timbuctoo, for example. But banks, sometimes for several days in one Summer games, for the business, pro­ amination submitted through its chair­ the railroad and Harold Bell W right have location. Having followed it up as far as fessional or office man who has only a man, Charles F. Chapman, a most com­ conspired to open much of its romance its size made feasible, we- proceeded down few hours to spare. The game aids di­ prehensive schedule of studies suggested and beauty to the crowds of Summer va­ it to the White River, and followed that gestion, makes one have a good appetitite, for the various divisions, which, if carried cation seekers. stream down for many miles, past the reduces the stomach, increases the circu­ out, will result in many owners possessing Every Fall writers and artists visit the St. Louis Game Park and Fox Creek, and lation and serves as a general tonic. a comprehensive knowledge of seamanship, section known as "The Shepherd of the over the Missouri line, into Arkansas. Some fellows roll a swift and some a navigation and other important subjects Hills" country, many of them for a This section of White River, which is slow ball. " The swiftness or the slowness by next Spring. The committee suggested glimpse of nature's color-work, when No­ part of the float trip to Cotter, and is but of the ball has nothing to do with the the following courses of study: vember takes a hand with the mountain seldom floated, furnishes some of the best accuracy of the aim; in fact, sometimes Series A. Preparatory and elementary. / forests. But it is with the follower of the bass sport the writer has ever enjoyed. the swiftness of the ball destroys the accu­ (Thoroughly covering the subjects neces­ fly-rod that this article deals, and nearly We caught any number of big fellows, racy. The proper place to stand when roll­ sary to pass the first examination for any angler knowns that Spring and early weighing from two to six pounds each. ing the ball is on the right side of the member's certificate). Summer give the fisherman his best in­ The smaller ones we almost invariably alley. The grip of the sphere and its re­ Series B. Elementary review flnd prac­ spiration. threw back, as they were so numerous. lease must be learned by experience. You tical compass and chart study. (A resume "The Shepherd of the Hills" country is Also, for scenery of the pristine kind this can no more show a beginner how to grip of the things which one should never for­ located near Garber, Mo., and is well trip was the finest I have ever taken. the ball or release it than you can show get, including more advanced work with worth, a visit from its scenic features. A We covered many miles of absolutely a person how to play a piano in one the compass, chart and piloting.) glimpse of three-quarters of the horizon primeval forest and mountain country. sitting. Series C. Junior navigator s course. from the summit of Dewey Bald, where The pine and cedar-covered slopes, broken GOOD EYESIGHT ESSENTIAL (Covering the subjects necessary to know Sammy had her lookout, will repay the by ranges of balds, are unique in effect The mysteries of the alley, the varia­ to pass the examination for junior navi­ sightseer. There is Branson, Mo., from in comparison with anything else in the tions of the ball and the temperament of gator). which one takes the float to Cotter; Ga­ Ozark country. South of Beaver Creek the individual all must be considered wheu Series P. Special power squadron lena, from which a floating trip of over a there are few roads and farms and im­ one is endeavoring to become a good bowl­ work. (Theory of power squadron drills, hundred and twenty-five miles lands one mense stretches of wild country, which er. This all must be coupled with in­ various formations, international code at Branson. increases as one goes South a.nd down into telligent judgment, (iood eyesight is es­ flags and meaning of different hoists. IDEAL TRIP FOB ANGLERS the Arkansas country. Clear water sential. Strength is a big aid, but not all Morse code, sijrmiling. wigwag, mapping This is the trip which the majority of streams and springs abound and an occa­ good bowlers are strong. Some cracker- out more advanced work, nut included iu anglers take, as it covers parts of the sional primitive homestead enables the jacks have very little strength. Portland the drill book at present, new manoeu­ White and James rivers, and offers won­ angler to secure milk, eggs and other food has several of the best alleys in this vres, etc.) derful fishing opportunities, supplies. Western country, and pin setters are kept Series K Nautical instruments. (Two especially iu busy the Spring. But, as the writer is not THE SUPERIOR FISHING constantly. Bowling is distinctly a illustrated lectures describing the various fond of fishing on the beaten track, he German game. Teutons are constantly instruments used in navigation auil two Altogether, this sort of fishing Is su­ bowling. There are two kinds of meetings will describe a fishing jaunt taken in an­ perior to following any of the popular bowlers. on board a motor yacht to get other section of this Missouri wonderland One is the consistent performer who al­ familiar with the use of the instruments). routes; and we returned after two weeks ways has Series and away from the haunts of the va­ of it absolutely satisfied that fishing in F. Advanced navigation. (Com­ cationist. A HIGH AVERAGE pass adjusting, use of sextant and other the Missouri Ozarks is the finest sort of He is the non-temperamental nautical To begin with, one needn't go to the sport, if one knows enough to keep away type, not instruments, determination of la­ Ozark mountains with a trout-rod and a flustered by his surroundings and has a titude, longitude, etc.) from the beaten track. In fact, without habit of always having Series supply of small flies and expect to catch a guide, and governed by a compass and a high score. Then G. Miscellaneous. (Weather, the wary black bass. Even bass flies are there is the temperamental bowler who handling boats in a surf, knots, splices, one's friends, the hills, it is possible to will occasionally bowl higher first practically worthless. This is one o£ the find the best sort of bass fishing by fol­ scores than aid to injured, medical. United States things the fisherman jaunter to this sec­ the other man, but who is not as consist­ life saving service, maritime law, etc.) lowing any of the streams in sections ent. He will bowl excellently tion must come prepared to learn. where vacation camps are not the order. if his sur­ . Series H. Naval studies. (A series of The only artificial bait worth two hoots roundings are all O. K. He might be four lectures by naval officers, given in One has only to avoid the vacation sec­ called the moody bowler. for practical purposes are spoons, dowia- tions to find fisherman's best luck in God's the larger cities on use of motor boats for jacks and bait of a like kind, with which Country. A man bowling for strikes must first war purposes, civilian cruises, etc.) some effective work can be done. But the learn his alley, for not two are alike. Each series will consist of four meet­ But don't visit the Missouri Ozarks to Having learned the proper position in the ings, lectures, quizzes or talks, as the case best trophies of lake and river go to the fish without making man who uses live bait. Thus, a first- a trip to Garber, alley to make a strike he must stick to may be. Some of these will be illustrated Mo., on the way back and seeing iUirvel that position. The good bowler is the man by means of lantern slides. class minnow trap should be included in Cave. This every outfit to be used in Preachin' Bill's cavern is now said to be with the ability to pick up spares and this Local squadrons are expected to decide country. larger than Mammoth and is not widely ability depends largely on his finding a at an early date which series they are to known on account of its isolated position. spot in the, alley to shoot at which will take up this Winter and advise the Spe­ A.V ISOLATED SPOT But a more wonderful pike* to go is result After spending in the ball rolling for spares and cial Committee on Instruction as early as some time on Lake hard to imagine1. If ydu can, get a guide to. keep shooting at that spot. possible as to the dates of their meetings, Taneycomo, in the early Suinmer, I de­ to take you to 1 No-Name River 1 through cided to venture on to a etc., so that the necessary information, more isolated an immense crevasse hundreds of feet un­ apparatus, etc., may be sent to region. The Taneycomo country, near der the earth's surface. How to Keep Bloodworms them. Branson, is A good fishing ground in May, This river has fish 'without eyes, so they LOODWORMS have an enviable Ted Meredith, who Intended to stay in but in Jurie It is the mecca of great num­ can't see a book. Maybe, if you are used reputation as a wonderful bait bers of vacationists and "resorters," who Sweden until Christmas, changed his to "fisherman's luck"' in a vacation camp­ for wealcfish and kingfish, and mind at the eleventh hour. Ted had throng the club houses, backwoods hotels ing spot, where th« woods are full of are :much stougnt after by ex­ and camps and cottages of the region. I several flattering invitations- from ath­ city folks, you would like to try your luck perienced fishermen," said one letic clubs, but preferred to come back have never been, as I hinted, very fond el with ta«M fiah UuU caa't se*l «f the member* «f the firm of bom*. December 9, jpr<5 Sporting Life 15 WorthwhileNewsNotesofSportsofAllSorts IIEUTENANT F. S. KE1XY, an ing of the United States Golf Association, Australian by birth, a famous it is understood that the wishes of the Leander oarsman, who was f World's Bowling Team Record professional golfers will he respected and three times winner of the Dia­ that the tournament will be awarded to mond Sculls, also a brilliant TAMPA. Flo,., November 28.—Rolling against the Nationals, in the Ci­ jtheir choice. pianist, was killed on the gar City Boicling League, the Centra Asturiano Club's five Tlwrsday made Somme front November 13. Captain Ash- waht is said by league officials to be a new world's record for five-man teams G. Maurice Heckscher, of the Meadow- mead-Bartlett, second son of the late Ellis on regulation alleys in competition. The total score MXM 3513, an average of brook Colony, who recently acquired the Ashmead-Bartlett, was killed there on 1111. The low man rolled 637 and the high man rolled 136. The Nationals attractive country place of Tyler Morse November 14. rolled 290'i. The prerwMts record is held by the Rochest-er Mate League team, at Westbury, L. I., has purchased the with, 3'i97 against Syracuse m 1913, according to information available here. II Dr. Irfinis N. Lanehart farm, of 55 acres, Richard Distler, the speed skater, is on the north side of the Jericho turnpike. acting as skating companion and paco- Mr. Heckscher will build a regulation maker for Oscar Mathisen, the champion South Ijancaster he bred English pheas­ noted tennis player. Mr. Wright and Miss sized polo field on his recently acquired ice racer of the world, in his practice at ants by the thousands for the benefit of Mullius will be married in Cleveland in laud. He has for some time been a mem­ St. Nicholas rink in New York. Distler his fellow sportsmen. In 1909 it was February and will live at North Yakima, ber of the Pasadena Polo Club and won thinks several Americans, notably Morris estimated that in tive years he had liber­ Wash., where Wright is in the apple- a number of cups with his team-mates. Wood, can defeat the Norwegian over ated 5000 pheasants at an average cost growing business. short distances. Over a mile or more of more than $2 a bird. He was also in­ Northwestern University swimmers will Distler thinks Mathisen will beat anybody terested in yachting and was well known The Streator, 111., Athletic Association receive the medals set aside for the victors who tackles him. He says the champion's as the owner of the Constellation. lie was organized at a meeting held last week. in the 440 national intercollegiate relay endurance is marvelous. had been prominent socially, not only in Basket ball, base ball and foot ball will race, held at the C. A. A. last April. The Boston, but in New York, Philadelphia be promoted and it is also planned to race was won by Yale and until recently Frederick W. Rubien, secretary-treas­ and Chicago. : •.•>.• organize:a track team next Spring. It is the Eli natators held the trophies. Yale's urer of the A. A. U., announced last week believed that .there is a demand for ama­ victory was protested because its team in­ that the National Junior indoor track H. H. Brown, who won the New Eng- teur events of this character and business cluded two freshmen. Western Confer­ and field championships for 1917 would laud intercollegiate cross-country run1 re­ men of Streator have agreed to co-oper­ ence rules prohibit the use of freshmen be held in Buffalo, N. Y., under the aus­ cently, has the record of never having ate. A basket ball team will be organized and Yale rules specify the Bine will not pices of the old Sixty-fifth Infantry, now been teateu in a race. The Williams at once and a schedule prepared. send yearlings against teams which do not the Third Field Artillery, on New Year's College hill and dale artist is certainly themselves take advantage of a first-year iiight. Captain Howard 0. Hicks is mak­ some athlete. . . Philadelphia sporting and athletic clubs man's ability. Northwestern finished sec­ ing arrangements in Buffalo for the meet. will take part ,in a mammoth pageant ond and gets the medals by Yale's volun­ The senior championship probably will be Both Harvard and Priiiceton will prob­ designed to demonstrate the benefit of tary forfeit of trophies and title. saved for New York and will probably be ably send relay teams and track stsrs to sports, recreation, or play in any form contested on March IT, in a Manhattan the Pennsylvania relay games on Frank­ whatsoever, illustrating the value of Hunting accidents in Michigan this armory. lin Field next April. A report that the physical education and the history of sport year cost the lives of 25 persons and two universities wore arranging a dual through ages. It will be held shortly after caused injuries to 13 others, according to Two athletes of note will represent La­ track meet for that date is denied by both. the new year in one of the prominent figures compiled at the office of the State fayette this year. They are J. W. Caw- Manager Clark, of the Harvard track structures. Game Commissioner. The game season, ley, a fast middle distance runner, and R. team, said the other day: "I wish to excepting for rabbits, closed at midnight. Prout, a sprinter and quarter-miler, who deny the rumor that Harvard will meot There appears to be considerable op­ November 30. It is feared that reports formerly represented the Boston Athletic Princeton in a dual meet the last Satur­ position to former Boston hockey stars of other fatalities in out-of-the-way places Association. day in April and withdraw from the Penn playing in the New York Amateur Hockey may bring the total to a new record. The relays. Harvard will not meet Priuceton League. Patsy Sequin, Mickey Roach, previous high record was in 1913, when Kinile Desjardiue and Ralph Whitten are Another star of the golf firmament has in such games and will probably attend 28 persons were killed arid 16 injured. The the relays." From Princeton comes word now living in New York and are candi­ total hunting fatalities in Michigan in the laid aside his clubs and shouldered a mus­ dates for positions on the local teams. ket in the cause of the Allies. He is Karl that the Tigers and Crimson have not last four years arc 88 killed and 81 in­ agreed to meet on the track in April, al­ The chief objections to these players jured. K'eft'er, twice open champion of Canada comes from New York teams. Boston and professional at the Royal Ottawa though such a report has been heard about the university. teams have no desire to bar the players Golf Club. Keffer recently enlisted with Amateur Alton, Ills., has the distinction of pos­ Col. C. W. McLean's Ottawa battalion from active competition in the sessing the only one-armed foot ball play­ and will go overseas with that unit. Kef­ From Bangor, Me., under date of No­ League. er in Illinios. J. E. Winklev, the left vember 28 we learn that game receipts tackle of the Alton Tigers, lost his right fer is the present open champion of Can­ that day were 125 deer, bringing the total 'The next national open championship ada, having won that title in 1014, the of the United States Golf Association arm in an accident several years ago, but of the Bangor count for the season up to has continued to play the gridiron game, last time a professional tournament has 2035. George A. Murray. A. A. Fisher, will in all probability be placed over the been held across the border. He came to links of the Whitemarsh Valley Country his fast work being a feature of every con­ William T. Sylvia and Oscar L. Cnrtis, of test played by the Alton team. The latter the Ottawa Club in 1911. For the last Boston, came from Portage with seven Club, near Philadelphia. This is indi­ few Winters he has acted as professional cated by the action of the executive com­ lost its first game of the season last week, deer; F. S. Cobb, of Boston, had two from being defeated by Taylorville. to the Jekyll Island Club, and is well Moosehead Lake, and W. S. Barker one mittee of the Professional Golfers' Asso­ known among New York amateurs. from Oakfield. Henry Scott and (.}. F. ciation, which on November 29 selected United Stanley B. Pennock, former gnard on At Cleveland, on November 25, a jury Nash went to Boston with deer from the Pennsylvania course. The the Harvard foot ball team and chosen Washington Comity. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. States Goif Association turned over the In Common Pleas Court awarded Mrs. to be sub­ for the Walter Camp All-Amcrican eleven Florence Lunte Sturtevant, former cham­ Chaples, of Hudson, went to Boston with selection of the three courses in 1914, was killed at Newark, N. J., on two deer. mitted at the annual meeting to the pro­ 29, by an explosion in the pion skater of Ohio, $15.000 damages fessional golfers, with no qualification November against James W. Sturtevant and wife, plant of the Aromatic Chemical Company. Announcement was made at Boston last necessary other than that the courses be­ The identity of Pennock was not establish­ her parents-in-law, for alienation of the week of the engagement of Miss Dorothy long to clubs that are active members of affections of her husband. James W. Stur­ K. Mulling, daughter of Mrs. Amy S. the Association. While the selection is ed until his body was claimed by his tevant, Jr. She sued for $25,000. father and removed to bis home in New Hartzell, of Cleveland, to Bnals C. Wright, not final until ratified at the annual mee.t- York. Pennock was generally recognized At the annual meeting,"of the Kings as one of the strongest men in the line on County Cricket Club, held in Brooklyn, Harvard's great 1914 eleven, which was November 25, Dr. E. C. Huskinson was captained by Charlie Brickley. He played elected president for the twenty-seventh throughout the Yale game that year, onsecutive year. The other officers elect- which was won by the Crimson, 36 to 0. rd were : W. B. Harding, vice-president; Automobiles in Cold Weather .E. J. Atwood. treasurer; H. W. Earle, The moot questions of tennis players secretary ; E. Lord, captain ; W. H. Wil- receiving expenses for participating in liams vice-captain. Starting Device Can Be Helped By Providing a tournaments and capitalizing their repu­ tations were discussed by Julian S. My- At Atlantic City/on November 27, Miss Rich Gas Mixture How Anti-Freezing Solution rick, president of the West Side Tennis Alary Mason, daughter of Mrs. E. SI. Club, of New York, in an address de­ Sweeney. of 27 North Chelsea avenue, Should Be Fed. in. livered at the annual banquet of the Phila­ was married to Mr. Lonis Alonzo Young, delphia and District Lawn Tennis Asso­ of Philadelphia, in St. Paul's Methodist ciation, held in the Palm Room of the Episcopal Church. "Lou" Yonng, as he VERY year motorists find them­ a good share of the burden from his bat­ Hotel Walton, night of November 29. was known" to his associates, was one of selves overlooking the fact that tery. Mr. Myrick declared that legislation the best foot ball men turned out at the Jack Frost is no respecter of Take warning now and provide yourself against these two evils would be con­ University of Pennsylvania. He was a persons and automobiles, and with a few gallons of denatured alcohol, sidered at the next meeting of the Na­ regular on the 1911 and 1912 teams, cap­ that he will go out of his way and when the weather turns in a decided tional Association. George T. Adee, tained the 1913 eleven, and was eligible to to pay his respects to the radi­ manner feed a little into the radiator, thus president of the United States National compete in 1914. He was re-elected, but ator and congealing the water therein insuring yourself against damage that Lawn Tennis Association, presented declined the honor, as he decided not to and in the water jackets of the cylinders surely will come otherwise. The propor­ trophies to the champions of the Tri-State return and take a post-graduate course. cause a pretty repair bill and deny the tions depend upon the temperature. It and Suburban Leagues. A feature of the owner the use of his car for a week or will require a 5 per cent, solution of affair was the presence of junior cham­ It was announced last week by How­ more. alcohol pions, who were guests of the Association. ard F. Whitney, Secretary of the United The first fall of snow is no longer view­ TO PREVENT FREEZING They included Rodney Beck and Soring States Golf Association, that the Pro­ at 25 degrees, and a 23 per cent, solution Wilson, Philadelphia doubles champions; Golfers' Association will have ed with alarm by motor car owners it fessional is no longer the signal for them to put will take care of the water system down S. S. Pennock, junior interacademic title- the privilege of selecting and submit­ to zero. As low as 10 below the solution holder; Raymond D. Kennedy and Rich­ ting the names of three courses for the their cars away until Spring. More and more car owners are coming to realize should be 30 per cent., and if the mer­ ard Myers. Among the speakers were national open championship. One of cury happens to drop to 15 degrees below William P. Rowland, who spoke for the the three will be finally selected at the that in keeping their cars in dead storage for three or four months ever.u year, they the percentage will be 35 of alcohol, Philadelphia district; Dr. K. B. Dew- annual meeting of the United States whereas 10 more degrees below will re­ hurst, whose subject was the scientific, delegates. are carrying an idle investment, besides doing the car more harm than good. Pis- quire a 40 per cent, solution. At present side of the game; Frank H. Sykes, presi­ Following the far Eastern Olympic use breeds depreciation as surely as does prices, glycerine is out of the question as dent of the Cynwyd Club: Frederick B. (tames to be contested at Tokio next May, misuse. On cold days an anti-freezing agent besides, alcohol is Alexander, a former Da vis cap player; the winning athletes of the Philippines far better and cheaper, even if it does James Messier, A. L. Hoskins. William and China will be invited to attend a HELP TOUR STARTING MOTOR tend to evaporate easily. T. Tilden, 2d, and Dr. P. B. Hawk. track and field carnival to be held in by providing a rich gas mixture. Prime Cover your .radiator when car is a.1- Paul W. Gibbons, president of the local Osaka, Japan* ' ; lowed to stapd idle, and if it js to remain association, acted as toastmaster. the carburetor in the usual way, or, bet­ jn the cold for any length of time let it Bayard Thayer. millioniaire' sportsman, ter still, choke the air inlet.' Not all of face the winrf and not back up to it, If , Christian Chris^cnseu has been declared died at the family seat in South Lan­ the gasoline in the rich mixture will reach left in the latter position the wind has, a ai professional by the Registration Com­ caster, Mass., on November 29, a few the cylinder much of it will condense .on clear passage under the oar and above the mittee of the A. A. U., and his card show­ hours after his return from a two-weeks' the cold walls of the Intake manifold. «!o drip pan to the motor. ing him to be a member of the Central A. hunting trip- in North Carolina. Heart you will understand why it is wise to It requires no more effort to do things A. U. canceled. Christensen had entered disease was the cause of death. Mr. provide as rich a mixture at the, car­ correctly than it (Joes to do them wrongly, the junior national cross-country meet to Thayer was .">4 years of age. He was best buretor us is possible, and the careful and lack of understanding is the only bar­ he h*ld ovijr the Steinwav course in Long as a sportsman. On his estate at cwncr will take tins means of removing rier.. Watch, tie little details, i Island City, November 30. 16 Sporting Life December 9, 1916 The High Lights of the World of Sports ATHLETICS ond, 150 yards behind. The winner's time GOLF of Cleveland, against James Harber, of was 55 minutes. The record, 51.42, was Englewood, and C. F. Lancaster, of Bos­ Cornell won the intercollegiate cross­ made last year by Swede, who was second. At Pinehnrst, N. C., on November 23, ton, negotiated the blind eleventh on the country run on the new West Rock course, Mercersburg won from Northeast High after being two down at the turn in the number one course in a mashie pitch. Par at New Haven, November 23. John Ov- School by a margin of 11 points, the second match round of the Autumn golf on this hole is three and the distance 153 ertou, the Yale champion, won the indi­ Northeast runners finishing second, with tournament, Robert Hunter, of Noroton, yards. Only two holes were made in vidual championship, covering the course Central High a close third. Northeast's Conn., medalist, rallied and defeated R. one at Pinehurst during all of last season, in 35 minutes 30 4-5 seconds. Overton's total was 51; Central High had 52 points, C. Shannon, of Brockport, 2 and 1. In the short ninth of the number 2 course victory had been expected. He finished and Perkiomen Seminary was fourth with the other matches D. P. Kingsley, New obliging in both instances. Phil Carter 67 points. Coopers- was responsible for the first, and James easily, with Carroll, of Michigan, second, . * York, defeated S. A. Hennessee, in 35.49% and Wenz, of Cornell, third, in town, 4 and 2; Franklin Gates, Broad- Wilson, of Youngstown, professional, IJ5.38 2-5. The order of other men finish­ AUTO RACING acres, defeated Tom Kelley. Southern made the second. ing follows: Dempsey, of University of Pines, 4 and 3, and Donald Parson, Dr. W. Stuart Brown won an IS-hole Maine ; Dresser, of Cornell ; King, of At Los Angeles, Cal., on November 30, Youngstown, defeated C. L. Brecker, handicap on the links of the Oakland Golf Harvard; Watson, of Syracuse; McDer- Eddie Rickenbacker, in a Duesenberg car, Philadelphia. 3 and 2. Club, November 30. with a card of 78, 9 r mott, of Cornell; Windnagle, of Cornell; won the 150-mile championship award At Pinehurst, N. C., on November 25, 69. The other leading scorers were: J. Thompson, of Dartmouth; Prati, of sweepstakes race on the one-mile paved Robert Hunter, of Noroton, Conn., won A'. Graham, 89, 15 74; R. Malcolm Lit- Maine; Shotwell, of Frinceton ; Boynton. Ascot speedway, the final event in the the president's trophy by defeating Don­ tlejohn, 89, 14 75; L. B. Malone. 91, of Cornell; Levine. of Yale; Zurnino, of American Automobile Association's con­ ald Parson. Youngstown, O., four and 14 77, and H. M. Popham, 93, 14 7'J. Prineeton, and Smith, of Dartmouth. The test for $13,500 in prizes and the title three, in the finals of the annual Autumn team scores were: Cornell, 38; Yale, 99 ; Syracuse, 115; Harvard. 120 ; Maine, FIELD TRIALS WINTER GOLF WEST IN THE SADDLE At Springfield. Pa,, on December l^ New York "Tribune:" Winter golf, ear. New York "World:' The annual meet­ rled into the South. Is a pleasing institution. ing of tbe Amateur Athletic Union was held Rodfield Dan, Jr., owned by John S. York, 328. But so far as developing championship form in New York November 20-21, and resulted Speer, of St. Marys. Pa., won the na­ it is entirely useless. Jerome Tracers be­ in the West winning the greater portion of tional grouse dog championship. Ida May At Carlisle, Pa., on November 25, the lieved ia resting up on the game from Octo­ the honacn in one of the stormiest meetings Whitestone, also owned by ILr. Speer, was annual Carlisle-Dickinson College cross­ ber to April. He found that he came bark In the history of tbe organisation. The in- runner-up. country run over a three and onerhalf mile to play with greater keenness and greater anrgents were aided and abetted in their effect. Oswald Kirkb.v plays practically no sueeessful tilt with their rivals by the At Waynesboro. Ga., on December 2, course for the Guy Carleton Lee cup, was golf between September and April. Yet Tra- delegates from the New England Association, staged, the Indian! easily pulling out win­ vera and Kirkhy have been next to unbeat­ who voted for most motions they favored. the subscription stake in the Continental ner, score 17-61. Juan Routzu, who bids able between April and September. On the While carrying off the honors, the West Field Club trials was won by Gunner, fair to surpass Lewis Tewanima, in his other side, Phil Carter, who won flve con­ and New England representatives appeared owned by V. M. Fleischmann, of New secutive tournaments at Pineharst last Win­ .to have cast a blotch upon the Union, ac­ York, and handled by C. II. Babcock, of palmy days, won first place with over one- ter, failed to win a start after April. A cording to New York men, that will never eighth mile lead, apparently not having few weeks of Winter golf might be of be forgotten. New Bedford, Mass. been forced to get up steam. Time, 18 service. Bat the man who tries to put in 12 months or 11 months' play will soon come minutes, 47 seconds. upon a stale fame, with all keenness erased. DIDNT KNOW THE RULKS SQUASH At Lafayette. Ind., November 25, tSe Boston "Her»ld:" One of the best jokes Pnrdue cross-country team won the Con­ BAD FOR THE VETBRAKS at the otherwise somewhat grim annual Boston "Globe:" Some of the old guard meeting of the A. A. U. was on Her­ ,A change of pace and a lightning at­ ference run in 26 minutes, 25 seconds. in the A. A. U. are wondering what struck man Obertubbesing, the well-known handi- tack enabled J. W. AppH. Jr., the rugged The teams finished in the following or­ them at the annual meeting in New York. eapper of the Metropolitan district. Herman Harvard Club representative, easily to de­ der: PnrdW, 56; Chicago, 63; Antes, Some one engineered a game of ix>litics that protected George Goulding's two-mile in­ feat H. Duncan Bulkley, of the Columbia 72; Minnesota, 92; Ohio State, 94; Wis­ took the wind out of the sails of the men door walking record, though he himself was who have run things in the A. A. U. for the judge. At the meeting he is said to Club, in the final round of the annual Fall consin. 102; Iowa, 193. Indiana failed years. The situation has its good T5d bad hate admitted that he did not know that scratch tournament of the National to finish, and Illinois, Northwestern and features. It does not pay to turn down he had tbe power to disqualify Gonlding if Squash Tennis Association on the Prince- Kansas did not start. Boilermaker run­ men who have done years of faithfurservice lie considered he was not walking in fair heel-and-toe style. Can you beat It? . ton courts on December 1. The final ners finished among the first 15. The first for tbe A. A. U. score was 15-4, 15-10, 17-14. five men were Tenney. Chicago; Oallace, Minnesota; Husted, Ames; Hawthorne, V Amos; Campbell, Purdue. The distance of champion driver of America. Eicken- golf tournament. In the second division. BOWLING' was live miles. bacher's time was 2.13.15.2. Pullen was C. B. Hudson, New Suffolk. L. I., defeated Willie Kyronen, senior Metropolitan second and Cooper third. Cooper ran out J. G. Nicholson, New Bedford, three and At St. Louis, on November 28, the champion, racing in the colors of the Ka- of gasoline while in second place and two, and in the third division. Lee Page, Progress team, of St. Louis, won the leva A. C., won the annual champion­ coasted half a lap to the finish while Pul­ of Aberdeen, N. C., won from W. P. Hall, national women's bowling

iHE roomkeepers of Chicago, De- it Is true, may seem a little severe, but I troit and Indianapolis are to be scarcely sufficient to compensate for the T I congratulated on the wisdom of theory that in playing three cushions meu the professionals of those cities are playing billiards. for the expedience they are dis­ Affairs in the Billiard World playing in the creation of tour­ In a letter to Julius Balke, Koji Ya­ naments and introduction of games which By John Creahan mada and Ora Morningstar, who are giv­ are more probable to develop into a move ing exhibitions in the far West writes that than prosperous season in the public is now a Chicago roomkeeper it is not apolis, has not only introduced that game both are playing very remarkable billiards. rooms of those cities. Chicago and Detroit probable that his game has deteriorated. Yamada recently, in different games, aver­ are to have each a tournament at 18- in his room, but advises roomkeepers in aged 60, 37% and 30, while Morningstar inch balk line, each city to furnish five Charles Heddon, I think, is that very re­ all parts of the country to do likewise, markable amateur who played at the encouraging and edu­ has twice averaged 37 J/i. Yamada ran players as follows: Chicago, Welker with the view of 177 in one of his games. C'lchrau, Frederick Conklin, Dr. Harley Union League. As experts I am not fa­ cating new players in the game of bil­ Parker, K. T. MoGinnis and Wilson Ilen- miliar with the other men, who are ob­ liards. Had I the space and time I could viously on n par with those referred to. easily show that for every one player On November 21, at Des Moines. Wil­ dcrson; Detroit. Clarence Jackson. Arthur liam Hoppe's score was .'!00 to in for Seymour, Charles Ileddon. t'orwiu IIus- The opening game was between Cochran made by the three-cushion game the four- and Jackson at Mussey's room, Chicago, ball game has made a thousand. During young Schaefer. The game was balk tiui and Irvin Huston. As Cochran and line, 18.2. The paper says Hoppe's score Jackson are considered stronger than the on the night of November 20. There will the past..three or five years there has been lie no admission charge to these games. more puffing bestowed on the three-cushion was made in two innings. other experts Ihc.v arc to play 400 to 300 to the public, br each of the other men. The ability of Tickets are to be furnished game than there has on all the billiards reservations being made for the patrons played iu this country during the past Cochran is now more than known all over tournaments are this country. Mr. Jackson, who is proh- of the room where the 50 years. One of these days the Western nbly not much older than Cochran, ranks played. All expense will be paid by Wil­ roomkeeper who has been cracked on the very high in the West as an expert, where liam P. Mussey, of Chicago, and the Swec- fascinations of rarely counting at the he is so well known. lie probably plays .ney-IIuston firm of Detroit. three-cushion game, will realize the fact quite, as well as Mr. Cochrnn, who now , that he has been hoodwinked in supposing ranks among the leading masters of the A year or two ago I congratulated a that the game was really billiards and frame in this country. Frederick Conk­ Western roomkeeper for his professional may then kill some one. In view, how­ lin is well known here, owing to his mas­ wisdom in introducing the four-ball game ever, of the numerous warnings to the terly playing in one of the Union League in his room for the benefit of not onjy contrary which he has received, together fine Carom and Pocket tournaments. He possesses great nerve ; new players, but the numerous men who with his own puffing and panegyrics of must be fascinated with the beauties of three-cushions it might not he imprudent Billiard Tables power and probably plays as well as that historic game. That the experiment on his part to immolate himself by hari- OVER 2.000,000 NOISE SUBDUEI5S SOLD Joseph Mayer, of this city, or practically / Eubduers for Bile at all Brunswick-Balke- has been more than a success seems ob- kari. Paris green, or what mv old friend Colleoder Ware Rooms. did at the Union League. As Mr. Conklin vjous, as Mr. Harry Cooler, of Indian­ Nasby called cold "piz«n." The penalty, JOHJf CXEAHAN, Qma'f Hotel, PbiUd*.. *« 'December p, Sporting Life 17 Pittsburgh Heads Eastern Foot Ball Teams \i HIS most remarkable of foot Two Successive Years Unmarred By Defeat Places from scores and one field goal. McCreight, I ball seasons, which has eon- of Washington aud Jefferson, is fourth, T I tained so many unusual ele­ Western Pennsylvanians at Head of Their Class one behind Mautbetsch. with 13 touch­ ments in its career of course downs, eight goals from touchdown and could not work to its conclu­ A Clear Upset at the Finish. three successful boots from scrimmage sion without furnishing at the formation. very last minute a remarkable reversal These four players are the real leaders. of form and a most unexpected upset. They are in a class by themselves, for Dp to Thanksgiving Day the title of By Robert C. Folwell the fifth man. Cofall. of Notre Dajne, has "Eastern Champion" was apparently a Coach University of Pennsylvania Foot Ball Team of 1916 amassed only 78 points. stand-off between Brown and Pittsburgh, CKOBGIA TECH. BEST SCORER with the former the favorite by reason season. lialfback, leads the whole country in Only two teams, Georgia Tech, and of the fact that it had defeated both Vale Georgetown, which had been going at a scoring with a total of 145 points, made Georgetown, hate made more than 400 and Harvard. points during the season. The former terrific pace all year, continued its car­ there­ To close its season Brown faced Col­ nage with a 47 to 7 victory over George by 18 touchdowns and 37 goals leads with 421, Georgetown being second, gate, the sturdy eleven from New York from. Oliphant, of the Army, is second nine points in the rear. Washington University. Incidentally, with 112 points, having crossed the goal State, which had been winning consistent­ this furnished the famous halfback, Gil- The records of the leading elevens in ly and had lost but once, Yale taking the line of the opposition on 13 occasions, be­ points scored and the players who have roy. of Georgetown, with a chance to sides kicking 22 goals from touchdowns measure of Colgate. 7 to 3. in a game in make a couple more touchdowns and give collected the greatest number of points which the Blue was outplayed and was and four from the field. individually, follow: him the easy leadership of the country in The third position is held by Maul- fortunate to win. Apparently Brown point scoring for the year. Ttl. Ttl. should have swept through this game and betsch. Michigan's far-famed line-plung­ Teams. O.Pts. Teams. G. Pts. established a better claim to the season's GILHOY LEADING POINT SCOREB er, vrho has !H> points to his credit, a Georgia Tech.. 9 421 Army ...... 8 235 total of 12 touchdowns aud 21 goals Georgetown U. 9 412 Colgate 8 218 honors than Pittsburgh. Gilroy, the sensational Georgetown Penn State 10 348 Wash. & Lee 9 213 But the unexpected, which has been Minnesota ..... 7 348 Dartmouth 9 206 the predominant figure in foot ball this Vanderbilt .... 9 328 Muhlenberx . 9 20-' Notre Dame.., 9 293|Navy ...... 10 season, had to crop up at the end and Syracuse ...... 9 27.-)!Auburn ...... 9 188 Colgate simply ran away from Brown, Pittsburgh .... 8 8 194 winning by a score of 28 to 0. Michigan ..... 9 Harrard 9 187 Brown ...... » 254 Tale 9 1S2 COI.GATF. A STUMBLING BLOCK Wash. & Jeff.. 10 247 Penn ...... 10 120 The Colgate eleven coached by Larry Touch- T.D. Fid. Player-Team. down, goals, goals. Pts. Bankhart, played the most wonderful Gilroj. Georgetown ...... 18 145 foot ball and clearly earned the victory. Oliphant, Army ...... 13 m At the same time Pittsburgh was adding Maulbetsch. Michigan ... 12 21 1 9fi Penn State to its list of victims and fin­ McCreight, Wash. * Jeff.. 13 8 S »5 Cofall. Notre Dame ...... 10 15 1 78 ishing its second straight year under the Gerrixu, Dartmouth ...... 9 19 1 coaching of (ilenn Warner, the former Pollard. Brown ...... 12 Indian foot ball tutor, without having its MeQuade, Georgetown ... 12 Sprafba, Minnesota ...... 11 .. record marred by defeat. Rafter, Syracuse ...... 11 Among the teams that fell before Pitts­ Hasting*, Pittsburgh .... fl 10 burgh were Pennsylvania, Navy, Wash­ llueller, Cornell ...... 10 ington and .Jefferson. Penn State and W/man, Minnesota ...... 10 Baston. Minnesota ...... 6 18 Syracuse. This team had all the elements Hejs. Penn State ...... 9 of a great combination, being strong de­ Wall. .Georgetown ...... 9 fensively, with a wonderfully versatile Whelan, Georgetown .... 7 7 Br<*wn. Syracuse ...... 7 7 attack. DeHart. Pittsburgh ...... 8 Army also went through the year with­ Ingram riary ...... 8 out defeat, but the West Pointers did not DeVluili, Brown ...... 4 29 meet teams of the caliber of those played Macomber. lllinoli ...... 1 10 Sparks, Michigan ...... 7 I by Pittsburgh. Thanksgivins Day also Ourley. Wash! & Jeff .... 5 14 produced a number of other keen battles, Purdy, Brown ...... 7 many of them annual lixtures that in­ Hubbell, Colgate ...... 7 variably produce keen lights. Fordham Bergman, Notre Dame ... 7 McLaren. Pittsburgh .... 7 doubled Villanova's 7-poiut score in the Stobba. Wash. * Jeff .... 7 annual combat between these noted Cath­ J.eOore, Yale ...... 7 olic colleges. Berry, Penn ...... 8 2 W. AND ,T. DEFEATS RUTC1F.RS Til FOB SOUTIIERN nONOBS Washington and Jefferson performed The foot ball title, in both the South­ the unexpected by defeating Foster San- ern Intercollegiate Athletic Association ford's Kutgers eleven, 12 to 9, all the territory, and in the South-at-large is in winners' points being scored by Mc- dispute this season. Georgia Tech. and Creight, the brilliant back. Vanderbilt the University of Tennessee, the only un­ could only obtain a scoreless tie with Se- defeated teams in the association, lay wanee, while Tennessee, the recent con­ claim to premier honors in that terri­ queror of Vanderbilt, had to be content tory, while these two schools and Wash­ with the same fate at the hands of Ken­ ington and Lee are contenders for the tucky State. All-Southern title. Penn rounded out its season in a Maze Washington and Lee played but one of glory, I am glad to say, and greatly big Southern school Georgia Tech. redeemed its prestige. A triumph over and the game resulted in a 7-to-7 tie. Cornell by a margin of 23 to .'! was no TAD .TONES, TALK'S HEAD FOOT BALL COACH Tennessee defeated Vanderbilt, which in mean feat, and the Red and Blue de­ The man who put Yale buck on the foot ball map after 11 severe letdown of several seasons turn defeated Auburn, while Auburn was was Tail Jones, wlio. In one senson. so regenerated Yule foot bull Hint the Bine lost but one overwhelmed on Thanksgiving Day by served credit. During the season the game, that to Drown, ami defeute.l both Princeton and Harvard, the latter for the first time Tech. Neither Tennessee nor Vander­ Quakers have won from three teams and since 19O9. .Fonev was a great quarterback up to 1908. anil since lius been a successful coaeh. tied one whom they failed to defeat last He never lost a same in three years as coach lit Exeter, previous to coming to Tale. bilt played the Georgia school.

circled the end for long distances, and The male undergraduates of the Uni­ kicked a goal from placement on the 30- versity of Montana have agreed not to sit with co-eds during foot ball games yard mark. because of the bad effect on cheering. Picked Up on the Gridiron Rafter, of Syracuse, furnished the only It is ungallant, to say the least, to in­ timate that it is not cheering to sit with thrills in the game with Susquehanna, the co-eds. Gossip of the Players and Coaches of the Various making a dozen long runs, one of them being for 07 yards, and a touchdown from Attenion is called to the fact that College Foot Ball Teams Who Are Making the kickoff. Malone, of Syracuse, panted Harvard, in the three big games which well and scored a field goal by a drop oJosed its foot ball season, did not score History in This Sport. kick. a touchdown. This does not speak very highly for the Crimson's attack. In the New York University-Colby tumn. and he may also find it a hard job racing 55 yards for the first score and game, the only score was made in the Concerning Captain Baston. of Minne­ to displace any of the men in the back- Gcrrish, on' a side line trick, carrying the Syracuse, first period, the result of a pretty 20-yard sota, the Western critic writes: "His field. ___ ball 45 yards. Mrehan. of kick by Brassette, of Colby. ability to worm himself into a position scored a drop kick from the 30-yard line. to receive forward passes was one of Frank E. Pershing, of Chicago, a neph­ his strong points. Even scouts from ew of Major General John J. Pershing, Murphy, of Brown, ran 85 yards for Bv throwing off a half-dozen would-b» other institutions tried without success has been elected captain of the Univer­ a touchdown in the Brown-Vermont game. tacklers. Pollard, the fleet colored half­ to figure how the Gopher leader evadeu sity of Chicago foot ball eleven for 1917. back, of Brown, ran through the entire Pershiug is a quarterback. He has one After holding Gettysburg for downs the defense. Baston frequently was Villanova advanced the ball to the .'iO- Yale team 55 yards for a touchdown. used to advance the ball, either by line more year to play. yard line by means of a forward pass, plunges or off-tackle drives." On a fumble by Lancaster, of the Vir­ McGuckin to Hwing, in the Villanova- The Carlisle Indian foot ball team will Haughton has consistently refused to ginia Polytechnic Institute. Uumsey, of Gettysburg game. McGuckin. booted a schedule games with colleges and nnirer- number the Harvard players, and gives the North Carolina University team, ran goal from a difficult angle, getting the sities only for 1017. The Indians were as his reason the desire to keep his 40 yards for a touchdown, followed by a first score of the game. not prohibited from playing foot ball, but plays under cover. Saturday. November goal kicked by Tandy, this being their it was suggested by the Federal officials first and only score. Perry, one of the Navy's strong kickers, at Washington that the extremely difficult 25, the Yale forwards kept these plays booted a pretty drop goal from the field entirely covered most of the time. schedules of the redskins be modified to The kicking of Thurman. of Virginia, at a distance of 41 yards in the Navy- about the scale of those carried by the The Bowdoin College foot ball and who gave up ambulance driving in France N. C. A. and M. game. Secretary of average American college. base ball schedules for 1917 contain sev­ to return to school, played a prominent the Navy Daniels, a native of North game. 'His Carolina, and Mrs. Daniels witnessed the eral changes over the lists of recent years. part in the Harvard-Virginia Pattie Driscoll, star halfback of the Tufts, Holy Cross. Middlehury and Fort kicks, averaging 50 yards apiece. ^were a game. great help to Virginia. His tackling was Northwestern eleven, was re-elected cap­ McKinley are dropped from the foot ball Herloeher, the plucky and speedy, end tain of the Northwestern eleven for 1917. schedule, and Harvard, Trinity and West deadly. ___ of the Pennsylvania Military College's "The re-election of Driscoll was a very Point added. Both of Dartmouth's touchdowns in the team, played a sensational game against fitting thing." says Coach Fred Murpky. Tom Enright may become eligible for Dartmouth-Syracuse game were made by Washington College, pulling down two "Pattie is a very capable back and a re­ th« Crimson foot ball eleven next An- long runs, Cannell, after catching a punt, forward passes for 30 and 40-yard gains, markable leader." 18 Sporting Life "December p. TQT8

I __. » HE 1916 foot ball season, WILLIAMS VILLANOVA 1 *"!"" 1 which virtually Rtnssclear P... 31 0 Rutgers ...... 0 3!» has worked Muhlenberg .... 3 0 |*J its way to a conclusion has Lebanon Val.... 3 1$ ISSslsfsJl been marked by some unusual ; Brown ...... 0 20 Catholic U. .... 7 21 laSBEgB scoring records. The Georgia Point Recordoi College Teams Columbia ..... 0 0 Gettysburg .... 3 27 Tech team has compiled a total Mass Aggies .. Navy ...... 7 57 of 421 points. Georgetown is second Georgia 1 'ech Leads All Elevens of the Country 0 0 with 412, but has still another game to Totals ...... 37 23* play on Dec. 9 with Tulane, in which it LEBANON VALLEY COLUMBIA With Geo rgetown a Close Second Figures Show Army ...... 0 3 Hamilton ...... 7 14 is expected that the Washington collegi­ Dartmouth .... 0 47 U. of Vermont.. 6 0 ans will amass enough points to assume Work of 1Teams in All Quarters of Land. VHIanova ..... 13 3 the lead. While this does not equal last Li'high ...... 3 3 Williams ...... 0 O year's record of 514 points set by Vau- Lafayette ..... 14 27 Swarthmore ... 0 IS St. Joseph ... 71 0 Wesleyan ..... 0 40 derbilt. there are more high-scoring elev­ CORNELL 1 DELAWARE SWARTHMORE KANSAS UNIVERSIT1' Muhleniwrg ... 6 0 New York U. .. 6 0 ens this year than in the past. Albright | ettysburj .... 28 0 Emporia Normal 13 holds the record of having had the great- j Williams .... 42 0 W. Marylud . . 0 18 Pennsylvania . . 60 ) Susqueuanna ..13 6 NEWBERRY COLL. est number of points Sucknell .... 19 0 Haverford ..... 0 0 P. and U. .... 6 0 Iowa Aggies ... 01 South Carolina.. 10 0 scored against it. ] Ji'nurd ..... 0 23 Kansas Aggies. 0 Chick Spgs. Ac. 18 7 the total being '331. The records follow : t ornegie .... 15 7 Dicklnson ..... 0 22 Johns Hopkins. 14 6 Oklahoma U... 21 1 J F. 4 ,M. PITTSBURGH 1 lichigan .... 23 20 St Johns ...... 14 ft, Columbia ..... 18 0 Nebraska ..... 7 ' St. Joseph's C. 40 0 Watford ...... 21 0 COLGATB ? Gallaudet Westminster .. 68 OjSnsquelmnna ... 34 0 ; lass. Aggies ..37 0 ...... 13 6 IHckinson ..... 20 20 Missouri ..... 0 1 S Pennsylvania .. 0 27 Brskine ...... 12 0 Saw ...... 20 19 Maine ...... 28 0 * ennsylvania .. 3 23 Mt. St. Mary's, 7 22 Haverford .... 7 10 Totals ...... 41 7 3 Syracuse ..... 0 60 Totals ...... 70 28 Syracuse ...... 10 0 Totals ...... 185 73 Totals ...... 60 00 Totals ...... 94 45 OHIO STATK Swarthmor* .. 0 8 CLEMSON COLLEGE IVnn ...... 20 0 Rhode Island ..33 0 , MICHIGAN CHATTANOOGA ANNAPOLIS Ohio Wesleyan 12 D Dicklnson .... 7 13 Furmnn Un.lt... 7 8 Allegheny ..... 46 0 Springfield ..... 27 14 '. larietta ...... 38 0 Tennessee Nor.. 20 6 Dickinson ..... 0 0 D Haverford ..... g 21 W. and J. .... 37 0 Yale ...... t 7 £ a*« ...... 19 3 Mercer ...... 49 0 Md. State .... 14 7 Illinois ...... 7 8 Ursinus ...... 7 21 Tennessee ..... 0 14 Carnegie Tech. 14 7 Rochester ..... 35 8 arroll ...... 64 0 Miss. A. & U.. 0 33 Georgetown ... 14 7 Wisconsin .... 14 1 S Gettysburg .... 20 13 Penn State ... SI 0 Syracuse ...... 15 0 It. Vernon ..26 0 Louisville ..... 0 6 Pittsburgh .... 19 20 Northwestern . 23 3 Totals ...... 81 188 South Carolina . 27 0 Totals ...... 2M 261 lich. A. C. ., 9 0 Kmory & Henry 23 0 West Virginia. 12 7 Totals ...... 212 2 2 SKWAXBE Totals ...... 34 74 yracuir ..... 14 13 Tennessee ..... 7 13 Georgia ...... 27 3 VIRGINIA Cumberland ... 107 0 MISS. A. & M. YALE Totals ...... 218 SO ',M-shlngton .. 66 Carnegie Tech.. 2.') 0 TCITS , 7 9 Morgan ...... 73 0 Miss. Coll. .... 61* Virginia ...... 81 3 Harvard ...... 7 3 } Yale ...... 3 6 1 MarYsvlUe .... 68 7 Chattanooga ... 33 0 'cnnsylvania . . 7 10 Richmond .... 21 I.ehlgli ...... 12 0 Princeton ..... 0 3 Totals ...... 253 56 0 Kentucky State 0 0 TransylTania . . 13 O Wain Forest . . 20 0 Army ...... 7 13 Georgia ...... 7 1 3 L. S. U...... 7 0 Virginia P. I.. 19 0 Boston CoL ... 18 0 SYRACUSE Prlncetou ...... 0 W. and J. .... S6 14 Indiana ...... 12 10 , 29 Totals ...... 199 76 Vanderbilt .... « 2 7 Alabama ...... 6 7 Mississippi ... 36 6 Lll-Syracu»« . . r,7 0 Harvard ...... 0 21 WISCONSIN 1 Chattanooga ..54 0 ,'olg«t« ...... 7 3 Mass. Agglet ..28 0 , )hio Univ. .... 73 0 Tech ..... 6 10 I-awrence Brown ...... 6 21 Springfield ..... 6 13 ..... 20 0 S. Carolina .... 35 8 Tennessee ..... 0 17 Totals ...... 94 33 -. and M...... 60 0 V. M I ...... 38 13 S. Dak. Aggies 28 3 Virginia M. I... 20 7 Vanderbllt .... 0 0 HENRY KBNDAI.L Princeton ..... 10 0 Bowdoio ...... 29 0 j^itt ...... 0 30 Virginia Poty. . Harvard ...... « 3 7 14 Haskell ...... 13 0 N. Carolina ... 0 1 Tetalu ...... 315 51 Cumberland .... 81 0 licblgjin ..... 13 H Navy ...... 0 50 Chicago ...... 30 7 Tot*fc ...... IQfi 17 2 AUBUKN Oklahoma U.... 11 0 Total* ...... UI 44 Totals ...... 104 40 j >artmouth .... 10 15 Georgetown .... 6 61 Ohio State .... 13 BKOWN DARTMOUTH t 14 V. P. I. Battery C .... tt 0 Plttsburg Nor.. 49 :) iisquehaju)*. . . 42 0 Richmond Coll.. 10 Okla. Aggies... 17 l:> R. Inland St... IS 0 New Hampshire S3 0 i Totals ...... 84 98 Illinois ...... Trinity ...... 4J U Boston Coll. ... 32 ti , 0 0 HampdfrB-Sidncy. 14 0 Mercer ...... 92 0 Aha Normal ..DO 0 SCSQL'KHANNA Totals ...... 104 78 W. Virginia U. . 02 i) Clemson ...... 28 0 Amherst ...... 69 C Leba»n Val. ..47 0 State ...... 0 37 NEBRASKA Williams Yale ...... 0 I 9 MlH. A. * if. 7 S ..... 20 0 Mass. Aggies ..62 0 I.AFAYBTTE Colgate ...... 0 :t4 Drake ...... 53 Rutgers ...... 21 3 Georgetown ... 0 10 } 0 N. C. A. and M. 40 3 Georgia ...... 3 0 K1CB "or damn ...... 0 0 Bucknell ...... 10 9 Kansas Aggies. 14 0 N. Caroling U... 14 7 Florida ...... 20 0 Texa< Univ. ... 2 18 Vermont ...... 42 0 PrtacetoB ..... 3 7 Swartbouire .. C 10 Fordhata ...... Yale ...... 21 « Syracuse...... 15 10 0 47 Oregon Aggies. 17 7 Wake Forest .. 52 0 Vanderbilt .... 9 ->o Southwestern . . 5rt 0 JrsinUB ...... 0 6 Indians ...... 12 0 Nebraska Wes. 21 0 Roahoke ...... 4l 0 Geo. Tech. .... 7 33 Harrard ...... 21 0 Penn ...... T T Princeton .... 0 Texas Christian. 7 7 Colgate 83 Albright ...... 21 0 Iowa State .. :i 0 V. M. I...... 23 1 *-- Totals ...... 197 60 Texas Aggies . . 30 ...... 0 28 Weit YirglnU.. 7 7 i .ebanon Val. . . 27 14 Syracuse ...... 0 43 Kansas ...... 0 Totals ...... 254 37 Total» ...... 20« 47 3 7 0 ALABAMA L. S. I'...... 7 7 Jenu ...... 6 IB Mt. Carmel .... 88 o..I«w» ...... 34 17 WASH. A JEFF. Birmingham . . 13 Totals WEST POINT HAVBBFQBD ..Ubrtaht ...... 32 0 Leb. Val. 0 ...... 92 30 Lebanon ...... 0 13 Notre Dame . . 0 20 Betliany ...... 37 0 Southern ...... 80 0 HOLY CROSS Valley 3 0 Stevens ...... 0 0 jPenn SUM ... 0 40 Totals ...... 131182 Totals ...... 145 51 Geneva Wa»h. & Lee . . 13 7 New York ..... 7 7 1 ...... 53 0 Miss. Coll. .... 13 7 Conn. Angles .. 7 0 .thigh ...... 0 16 GETTYSBURG MINNESOTA W. Va. Wes... 21 0 Florida ...... 16 0 Princeton ...... 0 2t Holy Cross ... 17 0 Delaware ...... 0 0 Totals ...... 60 IDS Cornell ...... 0 2(1 S. Marietta Trinity ...... 53 0 Md. State ..... 7 1 Dak. Aggies 41 7 ...... 47 8 Mississippi .... 27 0 Untes ...... 3 0 UR31NU3 Oeo. Wash. ... 20 0 N. Dakota. U. . 47 7 Westminster ... 12 * Sewanee ...... 7 fl Vllisnova ..... 69 7 F. and M. .... 21 0 [ .enigh ...... 0 21 Johns Hopkiqs. . \otre Dame Dickinaon ..... 27 Totals ...... lr>G C2 Totals ...... 35 102 15 7 ToUls ...... 73 34 tiwurtiimore ... 3 1:1 Bucknell ...... 17 0 Chicago ...... 40 0 lliitgers ...... 12 Totals ...... 234 S4 RUTGERS (1. Washington. s WASH. & I.KK THE CITADEL 0 0 Mt. St. Marys.. 12 3 Totals ...... 348 28 Totals ...... 247 10() Ramlolph-Macon SO n Georgia ...... 0 8 PENNSYLVANIA Villanov* ..... 33 0 1P". and M. .... 21 7 P. anil M...... 18-20 MUIII.BNBEIU) West Virginia. 3 0 Wash. & Lee... 1.1 13 ALBRIGH1 Machinists' M. . 35 0 P. M. C...... 30 B Totals ...... 124112 Bucknell ...: ... 0 37 Blnouisburg ... . 8-1 0 Kntgera ...... F. & M...... 27 0 Brown ...... 3 21 Jtfuhlenlttrg ... 7 7 PKXN'A. i:t ]:: Presbyterians . . 34 7 Swarthmore M. C. Leliish ...... « (11 Villauova ...... 0 3 Itoanoke ...... 13 o Davldson Coll.. 7 7 ... 0 C Holy Cross .... 14 0 Totals ...... 130 57 Delaware ..... 0 21 Ilickluson ..... 0 2i> Peniin. M. C.... 34 State ...... 15 0 W. Va...... 0 0 COLORADO AGQIKS 0 Tech...... 7 7 N'en'berry ..... 21 14 Muhlenberg ... 0 34 Muhlenberg ... 0 43 AV'jright ...... 43 » Nary ...... 10 0 S. Carolina .... 20 t'itt ...... 0 20 Dicklnson ...... 84 0 lWyoming ..... 40 0 St. Johns ...... ' fl fl Geirjretown ... 0 80 Bucknell ..... 17 3 Lafayette ..... 19 0 W. and J. .... 9 12 ' Bucknell ..... 55 7 Totals ...... 117 38 1Jtah Afgics ..S3 0 Galla»idet ..... 27 13 Susquehanna .. .0 21 Lehlgh ...... 0 9 Dartmouth .... 7 7 Totals ...... 106 52 i 'olomdo Coll.. 14 0 Washington .... 17 W. and J. .... 0 in UNIV. OP WASH. Michigan ..... 10 7 NORTHWESTERN 0 Lafayette ..... 0 82 Lebanon Val. ... 0 a N. Ca. Aggies. 21 0 P"K«t Scl. N. Y. 62 0 Oen?f r ...... 21 13 C-slnus ...... 6 30 WIHIamson ... 7 7 Cuthnllc U. .... IS W. Va. Wes... 18 0 Lake Forest ... 20 7 L'tah ...... 12 8 5 Totals ...... 212 50 Whitman Coll. 37 8 Sorneil ...... 23 Albright ...... 24 7 P. M. C...... 7 24 Uislnu* ...... 7 3 Chicago ...... 10 0 Total* ...... 140 10 ToUU ...... 80103 ToUla 1 L. S. V. tmiv. of Oregon 0 0 Totals ...... 120 43 Drake ...... 40 (1 ...... £0331 Total* ...... 201 25 Lafayette ..... 24 0 Oregon Aggies. 35 O HARVARD Indiana ...... 7 0 Jefferson ..... BO o T. of California 13 3 Colby ...... 10 0 California ..... 14 7 Bates ...... 20 0 i)hlo State .... 3 23 Mis.. Coll. ... 50 7 Totals Iftl 18 i Sewanee ...... 0 7 UNIV. Of OREGON North Carolina. 21 n VANI1KRBIJ.7 f The Foot Ball Results 1 Wllliamette ... 2S 0 Mass. Aggle«.. 47 0 South Presby . . 86 0 Mississippi .... 41 0 Multnomah .... 97 0 Transylvania ..42 0 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER i> Rke ...... 7 7 California .... 39 It Virginia ...... 51 0 Totals ...... 211 28 Washington ... At Grore City. Pa. Westminster 3. Grove City 0. 0 0 Princeton ..... 3 0 Mississippi .... 3.*> 0 At CARNEGIE TECH Wash. State ..12 3 Brown ...... Kansas City, Mo. Henry Kendall 82 Catholic I'nlv. 0. Tale ...... 0 25 0 21 Virginia ...... 27 t) At Feoria. Ul». Bradley (i. Eureka 0. Oregon Aggies.. 27 0 Rose Poly ..,,. 67 0 At (^mah» Neb. School of Totals ...... 187 34 Tennessee ..... 6 10 Osteopathy 10S. Cniv. of Omaha 0. Grove City .... 08 0 MISSOURI TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 2* Allegheny .... 25 0 Central ...... 40 0 Holy Cross .... 21 0 Sewanee ...... 0 0 At BateiviHe, Ala. Arkansas College 0. state Normal 0 Thiel ...... 59 0 Washington ... 13 0 North Carolina. 29 0 Totals ...... 328 25 Cornell ...... 7 If, Iowa State .... 0 0 Tufts ...... 3 0 MICHIGAN AGC1IE.S THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30 Pittsburgh .... 7 14 Oklahoma U.... 23 14 I-afayette .... 33 0 Olivet ...... 40 0 At Proride nee Colgate 28, Brown 0. Totals ...... 197 01 Texas U...... 3 Q At fhtladt IOWA COLLEGE Drake ...... 14 0 Bucknell ...... 42 0 Alma ...... 33 o At Pitubu rgh University of Pittsburgh 31. Penn St»te 0. Sampson ...... 57 0 Kansas ...... 13 0 Harvard ...... 0 3 Michigan ...... 0 9 At .New V ark City Washington and Jeffenon 12. Rntg«r» ft. Iowa U...... 7 17 Totals ...... 106 14 fale ...... 0 10 N. Dak. Aggies. 80 0 At New Y ork City Fordham University 14, Villanova 7. Belolt ...... 28 0 BUCKN'ELL At Washiu gton. D. C. Georgetown 47, George Washington University 7. GEO. TKCH Notre Dame ... 0 14 At lioches er, N, Y. Rochester 10, Vermont 0. Drake ...... 21 0 Alhrlgbt ...... 17 0 Mercer ...... ui 0 Totals ...... 128 26 At l.ancas er. Pa. Franklin and Marshall 20, Gettysburg 13. Ames ...... 1ft 16 Penn State .... 7 HO Cumberland . . . 222 0 ILLINOIS At Allento wu. Pa. Mnhlcnberg 7. Ursipu'S 7. Totals ...... 142 36 Susqiichann* ... 9 10 3avidson ..... 9 0 Kaniu ...... 10 0 At Nashvi le, Teiin.-^VandcTbilt 0, Si-wanee 0. DICKINSON Cornell ...... 0 Ifl North Carolina. 10 6 Colgate ...... s 13 At Kicuuic nd, Va. North Caiolina 7. Virginia 0. Navy ...... 0 0 Muhlenberg .... 0 17 Wash, and Let 7 7 Ohio SUt* .... « 7 At Baltilul>re, Md. Maryland State College 04, Johns Hopkins 0. >H. State .... 0 (1 Prlncetnn ..... 0 43 Tulane ...... 45 0 Pnrdue ...... 14 7 At Knoivi le, Ten'n. Tennessee 0. Kentucky State U. Alhriiht ...... 26 ( N. Y. Un...... 0 1.1 Alabama ...... in o Minnesota ..... 14 9 At AtlaEto Georgia Tech. 33, Auburn 7. 1'rslnus ...... 3 ( W. and Lee ... 7 S.T Chicago ...... 7 20 At Birmln Bhtm, Ala. Georgia 3, Alabama 0. F. & M...... 13 7 Oettvqhnrjf .... n 17 Wisconila ..... 0 0 At Leilng on, Ky. Transylvania 13, University of Louisville 0. Delaware ...... 22 0 Georgetown .... 0 79 Totals ...... 421 20, Total* ...... 74 58 At Lewisb urg. Pa. Bucknell S, Lnnon Valley 0. Haverford ..... 7 in I.rbunon Valley. 8 0 GEORGETOWN GEORGIA At Lincoln , Neb. Notie Dame 20, Nebraska 0. Swnrthmore ... 20 2i Citadel ...... e 0 At Cincinn ati, O. Miami 34. University of Cincinnati 0. Rutgers ...... 0 34 Eastern Col. . . (19 7 C'lemson ...... 26 0 At Cleyela nd, 0. Western Ueserve 37. Cas« Collega C. Ihiitinouth .... 10 0 florlda ...... 21 0 At Lawrci ce, Kan. Missouri 13, Kansas 0. Albrlfrht ..... an o At Mllwai tee Watash 13. Marquette 7. v'ordham ...... 13 0 .Vary ...... 3 27 At Des IK>iues Ames 3.'l, Drake 14. tV. Va. Wesle'n 47 0 Auburn ...... 0 3 At Oiuahu -Creigbton 2O. South Dakota 0. Sidelight on Foot Ball K. I'"'. Aggies. 61 li Fitrman ...... 50 0 j At. Manhat tan. Kan. Kansas Aggies 47. Washbnrn College 0. Bu.-kiif H ...... 7S 0 Georgia Tech... 0 21 At Seattle- University of Washington 14, Universitv of Califoi nla T. C. Washington. 47 7 Alabama ...... 3 o At Storm -ate, la. Buena Vista College 35, Huron College " . Reeord Field Goal Totals ...... 412 33 Totals ...... 122 Z» At Los An geles Oregon Aggies 16, University of Southern Cl liforni* 7. PI-INN STATH CHICAGO At Raleigt , N. C. Washington nnd Lee 21, North Carolina Aggie, 0. (JEORGE GIl'P, raptaiu of the Notre Susquehanna. . . 2? 0 Carleton ...... 0 7 At Chester , Pa. Pennsylvania Military College 1M. Albright '* Damp freshman team, iu a gamu Westminster .. 55 0 Indiana ...... 22 0 At Newark , Del. Mount St. Mary's 22. Delaware College 7. Bucknell ..... M 7 Northwestern . . 010 At Austin. Tex. Texas 21, Texas Aggies 7. against Kalamazoo College, at Kalama- W. Va. Wet.. 39 0 Wisconsin ..... 7 30 At Housto ], Tax. Rice Institute 47, Arizona 18. zoo, November 11, kicked a field goal by Purdue ...... 16 7 At Fort W orth, Tex. Baylor 32, Texas Christian 14 ii-tiygburg ... 4S 2 At Katon Houge. La. Hendrix 7. Louisiana lust. V. drop kick, from the sixty-one-yarcl line. Illinois ...... 20 7 At Sherma Minnesota ..... 0 40 n, Tex. Trinity 21. Ausjin 0. This is believed by local foot ball follow­ Lehigh ...... 10 7 Totals ...... 65 110 At JJmpori a, Kan. Emporia Normal 1::. College of Emporla ] 0. ers to be a season's record. The yearlings Lafayette ..... 40 o SOUTH CAROLINA At Sterllni :, Kan. Cooper 13. Hayej Normal 0. Pittsburgh .... 0 31 Newberry Coll.. 0 10 At Ottawa , Neb. Southwestern 7. Ottawa 0. had been held for down on their own Totals ...... 348 6" Wofford Coll.... 23 3 At Cam«n n. Ills. William Jewell 34. Missouri Wesleyto 0, thirty-nine-yard line, and were forced to NOTBE DAMK At Brownv rood, Tex. Dimiel Baker 30. Howard Payne 0. Tennessee ..... 0 26 At Case ...... ,'lg 0 Clewson ...... » 2? St. Ma rys, Kan. St. Marys 34, Doane 7. kick. Quarterback Murphy called the sig­ Western Has. . . 4S 0 At Decatu -, IUi. James Millikea 40, Charleston Normal 0, Wake Korest... 33 0 At Sprlugfl nal for Gipp to punt. Gipp changed the Inskvll ...... Ifl o Virginia ...... 6 35 eld. Mo. Springfield Normal 7. Drurv 7. Waluish ...... 60 0 At Iowa F alls. la. Iowa Teachers 13. Ellsworth 0. signal and called the players aruuud him Mercer ...... 47 0 At Dubuqu e. la. West Point .,. 10 3D Kurman ...... 0 H Duboque 27. St. Viatore 9. for consultation. When he told them he liicli. Aggies . . 14 0 Citadel At Tulsa, Okla. Henry Kendall College 117. Missouri Mine» 0...... 2 20 At St. Lou is. was going to try for a field goal, a num­ Totals ...... Ill 135 Mo. Washington 9. St. Louts 0. Kebraska ..... 20 0 At Monmo Jth. Ills. Knox 7. Monmouth 7. ber of them told him he was "crazy," TENNESSEE At Blooniiiigton. Totals ...... 262 30 Tusculuru ...... 33 0 Ills. Illinois Wesleyan 7, State Normal 0. LEH1CH At Salt Li ke City. Utah Colorado College 21. Utah 6. but they were astounded a few seconds Miiryvllle ..... 30 8 At Oklaholaa City, Okla. Oklahoma Crslnus ...... 21 0 Oemson ...... 14 0 41. Oklahoma Aggie* 7. later when the oval went sailing square­ Albrlgbt ...... Cl (1 At Poilver Colo. Denver 21. Colorado Mines 0. xouth Carolina.. 26 0 , At Uoulder , Colo. Colorado ly between the Kalamazoo posts. An­ fale ...... 0 12 Klorida ...... 24 0 Aggies :>,2. Colorado 14. Leb. Val...... 3 ;; At Mariett a. O. Marietta 40. Kenycn 7. other of Gipp's attempts to score via the Chattanooga ... 12 7 At Huntln)rton. W. Va. Marshall Cut hollo I.J. ..27 7 Vanderbilt ..... 10 « 7, Ohio Northern 0. kicking route went slightly astray, the Miililenherg ... 9 0 At Allianc >. 0. Mt. Union 21. Hiram 7. At Sprinf-fi eld. O. Muskingum 7. Wittenberg ball hit the very top of one of the up­ Penn State ... 7 10 Kentucky State. 0 0 3. F. and M. . . . . 27 7 At Memph s, Tenn. Mississippi ABgies 21, Arkansas 7. rights, after being booted from the forty- Lafayette ..... 16 0 At Roanok e. Va. Virginia Poly 28. Virginia Military 13. eight-yard line. The freshmen gave PtJRMAN UNIV. At Columb a. S. C. Citadel 20. South Carolina 0. Memson Coil. ., $ 7 Kalamazoo its first beating in three IOWA. STATE At Spring Hill, Ala. Spring Hill 32, Howard 0. Krskine Coll. . . 64 3 At New O rleaos, La., Tulane 14. Louisann 14. rears, the score being 10 to 6. Inwn Normal 19 0 fieorsia T. Fr. , 21 0 At Highland Park. 19 n Albuqu* rque, N. Mex. New Mexico M. Ne-v Mexico Agg es 0. Piislivlerian ... 42 10 At Spartan burg. N. C. Wofford n, Kurmin fl. Konsas Univ. .. 13 0 Georgia ...... 0 50 At Chariot e. N. C. Davldson Fullback C. A. Stewart was elected cap­ Missouri ...... 0 O Carolina 3.'!. Clemson 0...... 0 40 I . At Norfolk , V». Haxupdem-Sydney 7, William and Mary 0. tain of next year's Bradley Institute foot Nebraska ..... 0 01 S. Carolina ..., 14 0 ' ball team. Be is a member of tie jimiof Total* ...... U 0| Tettl* ...... Mf 11« J claM. 'December 9, 1916 Sporting Life 19 Ohio Entitled to West Honors The Intricacies of Soccer Buckeyes Earned Conference Championship By This Sport, Apparently Very Involved, Really Has Going Through Season Without a Defeat Many Simple Set of Rules and Is Easily Followed By the Unexpected Upsets. Spectators.

By Walter Eckersall By Thomas B. Hoyle Famous Western Writer and Foot Ball Official ISITORS to Miller Park the tries which can and do, in normal times, last few Sunday afternoons compare favorably with the best that I HE victory of Ohio State over to choose between the teams. A costly must have been impressed by Great Britain can put on the field. ,.Northwestern, '2?> to '.I, which fumble by Kreuse, Badger fullback, in the tremendous crowds which AME1UCA APPRECIATES GAME gave the Buckeye eleven un­ the fourth period, when Wisconsin had have witnessed the Omaha Soc­ disputed championship of the the ball inside Illinois' five-yard line, cer League games played there. America is most conservative in this Western conference colleges, was the only break in the game. If respect, but America nevertheless knows There is uo question that the game is the brought the erratic Western Kreuse had not fumbled. Wisconsin un­ j slowly but surely getting a hold on the a good game when it sees one, and season to a close. doubtedly would have scored, as the Bad­ public fancy. The possibilities are im­ fact that there are now 74 teams playing Teams looked upon at the beginning ger backs had made a steady march down mense and the future holds out great the game each week in Chicago alone evi­ of the season as strongest met with un­ the field. promise for the British national Winter dences that suiiiciently. expected defeats early in the year, and Purdue and Indiana battled to another game. In view of the great interest shown, elevens which were not considered as scoreless tie at Lafayette. The Boiler- a few pointers might perhaps assist the championship contenders played a brand The missionary spirit of the English is spectators to better understand some of makers had the better of the play, but well known; their success on the conti­ al­ of foot ball which resulted in. their re­ lacked the punch to put the ball over. nent of Knrope in the introduction of this the more or less intricate features, ceiving rating as among the strongest in Nebraska won from Iowa. .'U t" 17. and other games has been remarkable. though it is simplicity itself compared the country. with some of the American games. thereby making amends for its defeat Already there are teams in Denmark, Ger­ and Ohio State, thought one of the weakest at the bauds of Kansas. many, Austria-Hungary and other conn- There are 11 players on each side elevens in the conference at the begin­ the games are usually i)0 minutes in ning of the season, won all its games, duration, composed of two halves of 45 and outside of Minnesota, the great team minutes each, the teams playing one- which went down in defeat to Illi­ f half in one direction, and in the second nois, is undoubtedly the strongest eleven Official Bulletins of the U. S. F. A. crossing over. in the fold. The Ohio team could not OFFICIAL BULLETIN No. 20A It is very much like basket ball in its schedule games with either Chicago or New York, X. Y., October 2S, 1910. finesse, the object being to place the ball Minnesota, but won its way to the cham­ through the opponents' goal The ball pionship by defeating such strong ag­ ILLINOIS DISTRICT mnst pass between the uprights and under gregations as Wisconsin and Illinois. The Illinois State Foot P.all Association, on October 2.1, 101(1. suspended for two weeks the crossbar, and be completely over the eacli, for improper retristratlon. tin* t'ollmvlm: players: E. F. Eilwanls and .1. Dickie, of line to count a goal. BUCKEYES ENTITLED TO HONOR Chicago-Americans F, C.; W. Fleming, and II. Stewart, of Pullman Professionals F. C. GOAL TOTAL WINS The Buckeye eleven is entitled to the NOKTII MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT GREATEST Tlie Emergency Committee of the National Challenge Cup Competition Committee on The team with the greater number of championship* for the simple reason that October 2ii, line, made tin- following deci-ions: goals wins the match. Only the goal­ it was willing to play seven gabies with "That for infraction of Knit' ''.I!, Clause Ci, V, S. F. A. Rules, the Swedish-American keeper is allowed to use his hands, except­ conference teams. Coaches of some Bit? F. C., of Worcester. -Muss., be dropped from the list of contending clubs in the National ing when the ball goes into touch, when Nine elevens refused to slate games be- Challenge Cup Competition end that the gume in the prelimlnuty round be awarded to Clan Sutherland by a score of 1 to 0. the ball is thrown into play again by a eauso they did not consider Ohio State ' That Clan Sutherland take its regular place in the draw of the first round proper aa player using two hands. Tripping, hand­ strong enough to warrant a place on winner of itmtlifyini:, or preliminary, round game, and that protest fee of. $15 shall be re­ ling the ball, foul play of any kind and their schedule. They now have discov­ turned to Clan Sutherland ut once." Please be governed accordingly. (Signed) T. W. OAH1LL, Secretary U. 3. P. A. "offside" are punished by a "free kick" to ered their mistake and instead of Ohio the opposing side. being looked upon as small fry it is in "Offside" is the only role difficult to a position to command late dates with the OFFICIAL BULLETIN No, 21A properly understand and, like so many best teams in the conference. New York, N. T., October 31. 1918. other supposedly difficult things, it be­ Winning from Northwestern, Coach NEW JERSEY DISTRICT . comes absurdly simple if a few definite Wilee's team played hard and consist­ The W>st Hudson F. C., of Harrlson, X.ew Jersey, on October 25, 1910, released Player points are remembered. ent foot ball. The men hnd the punch Adam Espllu from I*ro. A. form No. 800, registered September 21, 1H16. when needed, and this punch was shown Please be governed accordingly. (Signed i T. W. C.UULL, Secretary U. S. F. A, First A man cannot be offside if in the last period, when Ohio scored there are three opposing players near­ OFFICIAL BULLETIN No. «5A er their own goal than he at the time twenty points. There was always New York, N. Y.. November i). 1910. enough drive and power to make ground the ball is last played. when distance was needed. The backs SOUTHKIIN NKW ENGLAND DISTRICT Second If the ball Is played to The Pocnsset Rovers F. C. has released, on October 10, 1916, player Charles A. Limb, him by an opponent a man cannot be ran the ends, drove off the tackles, or registered October 111, lltlU, on Pro. A. No. 447 form. successfully executed forward passes offside. Although he may be in an SOUTHEUN NEW YOKK DISTRICT offside position (less than three men when hard pressed. The S. N. Y. S. F. A. gives notice of the following decisions rendered at ita meet­ nearer their own goal), if the ball is ITARI.EY STAR OF OHIOANS ings on November (I. 1810: last played by an opponent he is Player II. A. Meyer's suspension is lifted and he U granted permission to play OD Most credit for Ohio's victory belongs Saturdays for the Richmond County F. C. safe. to Chick Harley, the halfback who Player H. Drift. 140 Hast Mth street, New York City, for signing two forms in Third If the ball is played to a bad faith Is suspended from November 0, I'JIU, to December 6, 1910. man by one of his own side who at scored sixteen of the points. His work Player F. liiitt, 140 Kust 54th street. New York City, stands suspended until he ap­ offensively and defensively was a treat pears before tile association at its next meeting. the time he plays the ball is nearer to to watch. No matter when he was Player J. Finloy. :ssi Third Place, Brooklyn, N. Y., stands suspended until he appears be- the opposing goal than he, the first- called upon to advance the ball, either for the a'ssociution ut its next meeting. mentioned player is safe. In other Pluycr J. Settle. ^:i Jefferson street. Brooklyn, X. Y., stands suspended until he ap­ words if a player keeps behind the by line plunges or end runs, he generally pears before the assm-iatlon at its nexfr meeting. delivered. Mr. It. W. Holder stands suspended from the time he receives notice from the S. N. Y. ball, judging by an imaginary line His long run in the fourth period for S. F. A. secretary, mailed November 8, 191H. until he either* proves the accusations against parallel to the goal-line he cannot be a touchdown, his place kick in the open­ Mr. Thomas Kiignull. made in a letter to Mr. John A. Fernley. president, U. S. F. A., offside. dated October 4. 1IUO, or make a written apology to Mr. T. liaguall. Said apology must Fourth A player cannot be offside ing session, and his short run for touch­ come through the U. S. F. A. (Signed) T. W. CAH1LL, Secretary C. S. F. A. down in the final session were striking in his own half of the field, unless he features of the game. He was the player has run back from an offside position who did most of the work to advance OFFICIAL BULLETIN No. MA in his opponents' half. New York, N. Y., November 11. 1916. the ball to Northwestern's three-yard BOLES NOT INVOLVED line, 'so that Captain Sorensen could ILLINOIS DISTRICT These rules may sound involved, but make his touchdown. Player Harry Holmes has been transferred from Pullman Prof. F. C., Pro. A. No. 953, their real registered September 2, 1910, to the Chicago-American F. C.; transfer effective Novem­ a little reflection will show Captain Driscoll, after Northwestern ber 3. 1010. simplicity. was hopelessly beaten, turned loose every Player William Mntr has been transferred from Hyde Park Bines F. C., Pro. A. No. For an offense committed by the de­ play taught by Coach Murphy. The ball 062. registered September 23, 191C, to Chicago-American F. C.: transfer effective Septem­ fenders in their own penalty area (in­ was thrown on forward passes when­ ber 2.1, 1916. Pullman Professional F. C., on October 29. 1010, released player Frederick Blockley from dicated by lines on the field at 18 yards' ever the Purple got possession, some of Pro. A. No. 1312, registered October 13. 1910. distance from the goals) such as handling the throws being short and others long, SOUTHERN NKW KNOLAND DISTRICT the ball, tripping or fouling an opponent, but it was a dying man's effort. The Released November 9, 1910. Thornton St. Ronans Foot Ball Club has released player etc., a "penalty-kick" is the punishment. Buckeyes stopped every attempt. James Donaghue from Pio. A. form No. 3">3. registered September 29, 1010. This is a. free shot at goal, defended only OHIO SUBS PERFORM WELL (Signed) T. W. CAHII.L, Secretary U. S. F. A. by the goalkeeper, from the 12-yard mark, and is usually a certain goal, although by Harley intercepted forward passes by no means always. playing the ball instead of the men, nnd every fresh man whom Coach Wilce sent into the game performed better than his predecessor. As the game was played, the best team won, and Coach Murphy, of Northwestern, admitted it after the game. The breaks of the game were with Ohio, but Northwestern must be given credit for playing foot ball at all times. Minnesota should be considered one of the strongest teams in the country, as was shown by its 49 to 0 victory over «**•• Chicago. . After being beaten by Illinois the Gophers came back with the proper spirit and won from Wisconsin and Chi­ cago, bitter rivals. The varied attack of Minnesota, coupled with its strong defense, resulted in the downfall of the Maroons, who tried every way they knew to make> RUGBY arid SOCCER FOOT BALLS ground. Minnesota simply was a better team, offensively and defensively, and would be a representative eleven to meet are Ideal and Seasonable Gifts any Eastern aggregation. sent on request BADGERS AND ILLINI DRAW Sold by the Leading Dealers Everywhere. Complete Sporting 6oods Catalog Wisconsin and Illinois mefaut Madison in one of the hardest fougni (games of Brantford Philadelphia the conference season. The game re­ sulted in a scoreless tie, and as the Canada Company Penna. game was played there was not much WEEKLY EDITORIAL DIGEST OF THB HAPPENINGS AND water is not by any means confined to the boardwalk nament and inviting them. They responded. To all POLICIES IN THE GREAT AND GROWING FIELD OK TRAP SHOOTING AND THE MANY at the seashore. That is why plans are now under way trap shooting clubs visitors are always welcomed, and POINTS THAT INTEREST THB in the Eastern section of the country, and particularly no admission is ever charged to witness any trap- HANDLER OF THE GUN. in and about the many rivers and harbors of New York, shooting competition. Progressive trap shooting organ­ to form a trap shooting league of yacht clubs. It is izations know that IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE ____PHILADELPHIA. DECEMBER 9, 1916_____ possible at a great many clubs to shoot from the pier or in many instances from the lawn in front of the THE VALUE OF GOOD PUBLICITY club house. There is no liner background for the clay KEEPING A GUN IX CONDITION discs than that furnished where sky and water meet, HE secretary of one of the leading gun clubs in and besides, when the tide goes out, a great many of VEEPING a gun in condition is not such a difficult T Philadelphia, a sportsman known throughout the the clays may be salvaged, for when they hit tile water, * task if one gives the matter a little care and atten­ country, sent a letter to "Sporting Life" a week ago if they have not been broken by the shot, they sink in­ tion, but the trouble is that sometimes we feel a little containing sentiments to which "Sporting Life" heartily tact to their muddy bed to stay undamaged until the lazy, and so "friend" gun suffers. Amoug the many subscribes. This letter appeared in the last issue of boys pick them up. As a matter of fact there are quite formulas given for browning or finishing gun barrels, "Sporting Life," and our readers are no doubt familiar a few yacht clubs that have trap shooting meets every the following is recommended: Remove the old finish with its contents. It dealt mainly with necessity of week or so during the Winter months, but practice with an emery cloth and polish the gun barrel, using publicity for trap shooting, and impressed the aid that shoots will not furnish the interest that comes from care not to touch the barrel with the hands or oil gun club officials can give the sport in this respect. league competitions. It is calculated by those behind after cleaning. Then with a piece or absorbent cotton We have long urged that the main requisite to the the movement that the interest that will be created by apply a solution made of the following: Spirits of rapid development of trap shooting to its real high, these telegraphic and inter-yacht club contests will nitre, o drams; tincture of iron, 3 drams; sulphur, place in the world of sport is constant publicity in every prove so great that many similar leagues will be 1 dram; blue vitriol, 2 drams; corrosive sublimate, 1 form. The letter, mentioned above, recited that if every formed everywhere. Iir the proposed tournaments the dram; nitric acid, % dram; copperas, 1 dram; rain gun club official will make his duty to obtain publicity country has been divided into the following local water, 12 ounces. Set the gun barrel away to dry in the line of the publication of scores, comment, and sections, representing the most active yachting centers: thoroughly and then repent until seven or eight coats trap shooting features in the daily papers of his home Section No. 1. New England. Portland, Me., to New have been applied. After the barrel has had plenty town, and in the magazines devoted to these sports, London, Conn. of time to dry, wash thoroughly with a cloth and hot he will make more converts to the sport than by any Section No. 2. New York. New London, Conn., to water, and polish with a piece of soft wool, dampened other method under the sun. Advertising is publicity, Jersey coast North of Long Branch and Hudson River. with linseed oil. For re-bluing barrels without heat­ and is the most potent force in the development of Section No. 3. Delaware River and Chesapeake Bay. ing the following applies: Wipe the gun barrel free anything in this world that there ought to be no question Section No. 4. Lake Erie. Bochester, N. Y. to De­ and clean of oil, rust or any other deposits, then ap­ of its efficacy in trap shooting promotion. We hope that troit, Mich. ply nitric acid, using care to see that none of the acid gun club officials will take this letter to heart, and Section No. 5. Lake Michigan. Detroit to Milwaukee touches the hands. Neutralize with water or a soda follow it out to the letter, for we believe there is Wis. solution, oil the barrel and burnish. Unless you have plenty of room for work of this character. As a matter If two or more clubs from other sections desire to had some experience under intelligent supervision it is of fact we have found that by far the major portion of participate, such other local sections as may be deemed better to leave the blueing process to a gunsmith. the gun club officials, either through unwillingness, or advisable will be formed. lack of knowledge of the proper methods to be pursued, DUCK-SHOOTING BLINDS never obtain the slightest publicity for their sport GAME RESERVATIONS SHOOTERS in the State of New York nre in- *^ terested in a ruling made recently by the Attor­ SEEK TO PREVENT FOREST FIRES pIVE big-game preserves and 67 liird reservations arc * maintained by the Biological Survey, U. S. De- ney General, which permits the shooting of wild ducks .partment (if Agriculture. The mammal reservations in­ from n blind or floating device, but not from boats XTRAORDINARY efforts are being made by For­ propelled by oars, machinery or sails. The ruling was E estry Departments in all States of the Union to clude the Montana Bison Range, the Wind Cave Game Preserve in South Dakota, the Niobrara Reservation in the result of an agitation started by the Michigan ascertain the causes of forest fires, to eliminate these Avenue Gun Club of Buffalo, the members of which causes as far as possible, and to reduce the huge losses Nebraska, the Elk Refuge in Wyoming, and the Sullys Hill Game Preserve in North Dakotn. The Xiobrara were desirous of finding means whereby they could in­ incurred every year, largely through the carelessness dulge in duck shooting on the shores of Lake Erie. and indifference of citizens. This movement is of vital Reservation was intruded as u bird reserve, but has been stocked with big game, and is at present maintained The modified order reads iu part: Interest to sportsmen. In a bulletin issued by the De­ "Waterfowl may be taken during the ope.n season - partment of Forestry of the State of Texas (.Third Se­ chiefly for buffalo and elk. according to the annual from the land without restrictions; they may be I ries, Vol. 2, No. 5), J. H. Foster, State Forester, de­ report of the chief of the Biological Survey, just taken from a blind or floating device used to con­ clares that "the frequent and repeated burning of issued. In the first three reservations mentioned the ceal the hunter (other than a sail or power boat) ' woodlands, pastures and cut-over areas is the most herds of buffalo have shown a notable increase since without reference to the place where the blind : serious and deceptive problem which confronts the their establishment n few years ago. says the report, or floating device may be located, the blind or float­ forest interests of eastern and central Texas." Foster and now include 207 head, or more than a third of nil ing device being treated, so far as the hunter is ays that while systematic efforts have never been the buffalo which now belong to the Government. The concerned, as a point on land." made to estimate the damages caused by forest fires in elk number about 160. and the antelope 40, making a The game law says that ducks may be shot within Texas, the losses in the Lone Star State are scarcely total of 400 head of big game. The number of bird fifty feet of flag growths, and the hunters maintain less than in North Carolina, where tbe average area reservations was increased during the year by the ad­ that a growth of weeds along the shore of the laki.' burned annually is 415,000 acres, and the average an­ dition of the Big Lake Reservation in Arkansas. Sixty- constitutes a na.tural "growth of flags" within the law. nual damage to timber, young growth ond improve­ seven reservations are now maintained primarily for ment is $648,000. In touching upon the causes of birds. The report urges the importance and necessity fires, Mr. Foster again draws comparison with North of retaining as breeding grounds for water fowl and RANDOM SHOTS Carolina, where 50 per cent, of all forest fires are other birds, tracts of land which are not especially caused directly by carelessness and indifference; 25 valuable for agricultural purposes. The area of marsh TWO hundred and thirty-six thousand four hundred per cent, are caused by railroads and logging engines; land necessary for breeding grounds is insignificant, it is * and seventy-live targets were thrown and nn equal 15 per cent, are started intentionally to improve the said, in comparison with the benefits which will accrue number of shells were tired during the first six mouths range or to see the fire burn; and the balance are due to the public through the increase in our supply of game of the Atlantic City Trap Shooting Club of the Million birds. Dollar Pier. The school was opened on .March 27. The to numerous known and unknown causes. "The causes figures are to October 27. The attendance during of fires in Texas are probably not far different than in this period of time was 4870. Of this number 2.'J5:t North Carolina, where similar conditions prevail." ADVERTISING PAYS IN TRAP 8BOOTINO Chief Forest Fire Warden Wirt, of Pennsylvania, men and 41 women had performed at the traps pre­ states that in co-operation with the Post Office Depart­ TT PAYS to advertise. There was a time and it viously, while instruction was given to 2186 men unit ment, "the Pennsylvania Department of Forestry 'has * wasn't so many years ago that1 some of our men of 290 women who had never before shot at the Hying prepared a big forest fire placard which will be placed affairs considered advertising a means of the getting clays. This is a remarkable record. The records in every post office in Pennsylvania located in or near rid of superfluous cash. But not now. Advertising the show that 2476 new trap shooters were made. These a forested area. The posters recite the damage done right kind is- essential in every business. One cannot people will continue to shoot and to progress and they by forest fires, the folly of permitting them to burn, hope to be successful these days without it. Adver­ will add others to the list by forming clubs or boosting and the penalties for setting them, either carelessly or tising can be applied to trap shooting clubs as well as the gun clubs at home. Trap shooting is a great sport maliciously. Special emphasis is laid on that section to business. Some gun clubs already know the bene­ for boosters. of the forest protection code which gives and forest fits to be derived from advertising. Wilmington, Del., THE Migratory Bird laws are a fixture. They have fire warden authority to deputize any citizen to assist is a progressive city. It has a progressive gun club. * received the stamp of approval from every sportsman in suppressing fires. The names of the nearest fire Wilmington newspapers are strong for the Wilming­ wardens will be posted worthy of the name in the United States, and now we with the placards.*' ton Trap Shooting Association. But the club doesn't undergo the stage of trouble caused by those afflicted top here in selling its wares. In the railroad station, with tinkeritis. It is to be fondly hoped that these the cigar stores, hotel and all public places will be well-meaning persons can be subdued until the effect 7ACHT CLUBS PLAN BIO SHOOT found placards telling when the next shoot of the as­ of the present law can be noted, and the gunner anxious sociation takes place; where it will be held, the time, to obey these laws can have a chance to become familiar A YACHT CLUB is, to a certain extent, a seasonable and how to get there, with this P. S. : "Visitors are with them. While we have some localism at present ** proposition and lives a life of activity but six always welcome." This progressiveness is the reason (the majority of them unjustifiable in the writer's esti­ months iu each year. This may not be true in certain that Wilmington has more trap shooters than any city mation) we weaken one of the very strongest points instances when there are social features arranged its size in the United States. The Seattle, Wash., in favor of the law, arid defeat its original intent when to bring the members out on occasional Winter even­ Trap Shooting Association is following in the foot­ we depart locally from the general scheme of protection. ings, but as a rule when the boats are hauled out in steps of the Wilmington organization. For their recent the Fall the signal has been sounded for a general ces­ big tournament they invited everyone, through the col­ T HE study of birds as a means to long life and sation of activities until Springtime. So it is not to be umns of the press, placarded the city, put signs in the happiness was advocated by Dr. W. Leon Dawson, wondered at that in casting about for some reason hotels and other public places, and not only invited of Santa Barbara, Cal.. at the closing session of the to keep the club going during the inactive season a everyone to witness the shoot, but made special mention thirty-fourth annual meeting of the American Ornith­ number of them have hit upon the idei.of taking up the that "admission was free." Shooters have long dis­ ologists. Union at the Academy of Natural Sciences, trap shooting sport. Have you ever strolled along the tances to travel for the big tournaments on the Pacific in Philadelphia, Pa. "There is a kinship between boardwalk at two of the foremost seacoast resorts in the Coast and 100 entries in California and Oregon is birds and children in their intensity of living," he United States and noticed the swift flight of the saucer- equal to twice that number in the East. So to get said. "The birds live at a fever heat of from 104, shaped discs out over the white curling breakers? If out the shooters for the Northwest tournament at to 111 degrees temperature, and must -give vent to you have, then you know the fascination which attracts Portland the gun club of that city sends -around a its life in 'quick activity and in song. The bird's heart men and women in great numbers whenever these clubs cloth sign 3 feet by 10 feet, with no letter less than beats faster than any other creature's just as a child'* I*T« * seashore shoot. But the idea of shooting over tea inches IB heighth, telling the trapahoU of the tour- heart beats faster than an adult"*,1: December 9, 19:6 Sporting Life 21 How Biggest Trap League Conducts Business N RECENT years one of the namely, in both the "5" and "9"-shoot wonders of trap shooting has Outline of the Methods Pursued By the Philadel­ classification. been the spread and growth of phia Trap Shooters' League, Which Outranks All 1-. The score of each competition the Philadelphia Trap Shooters' must be mailed or given to the League League, whii'h has developed in Prestige and Members. secretary within one week after each into the foremost organization shoot, or the same will not be counted or of its kind in the country, has been a the club on whose grounds the shoot is most important factor in the development held will be fined $1.00, payable to the of trap shooting in its territory and at By Thomas D. Richter League treasurer. set-the example which 13. Each competing club team may the same time has the squad other than the shooter against compete until name has been in secre­ trap shooters in all sections of the coun­ whom the decision has been made, shall tary's, bands 30 days, as a newly-elected consist of any number of members; but try are seeking to follow. declare the target broken or lost. In that member. the highest ten scores only to count. From time to time we have been be­ event the referee shall change his de­ 10. In the event of any post series In the event of a club being represented sieged with requests for information as cision. Any shooter making a protest shoots, a tixed distance handicap to gov­ by less thau ten (10) members, that to the manner in which this organization must do so before shootiug again, or his ern ]fi-21 yards, and that there be a club's total score shall consist of the conducts its business and have been asked protest will not be recognized. committee composed of one from each scores of the actual participants. to explain its phenomenal success. \Ve 7. All professionals, designated as such club to fix the handicap of each con­ 14. Competition will cover 50 targets have written ninny let tors and articles by the Interstate Association, shall be testant. per man in events of 25 targets each, over upon this subject and invariably have two sets of traps, all shooting from 10 called attention to the fact that it is a yards. Price of targets, one cent each. principle of human nature that man loves In the event of either trap becoming dis­ and desire com puny and except in rare abled during a League shoot, the shoot cases obtains greater enjoyment "lit of may be finished on the trap or traps still everything iu this life in the couipuliy in operation, by the mutual agreement of the captains or acting captains of each of others. team. Upon this basis has grown frap shoot­ 15. Point system to govern winnings of ing clubs and carried to its fuller develop­ each club. The club team breaking the ment trap shooting leagues. The latter largest number of targets to have 2 points, organizations provide much that the regu­ the second uumber 1 point, the club hav­ lar gun club lacks. There is sure to be a ing the greatest number of points at the sameness and monotony about club shoot­ close of the League schedule to be de­ ing if followed all year without any inter­ clared the League champions for that course with outside clubs. The trap season. shooters are, constantly moving about In the event of two or more clubs tie- from club to club fur competition, shoot­ ing on an equal number of points for first ing at other traps than their own on place, the League championship shall be many occasions proves that the trap shot, decided in a special match between said in common with all other mortals, likes clubs at 50 targets per man, on neutral variety in his pastime. grounds. Grounds to be selected by lot; KEEPS SHOTS AT HOME CLUB match to be held within three weeks of The trap shouting league provides this the last scheduled shoot, and the 10 high in full measure, without involving the scores to count. necessity of frequent competition at the 16. No scores to be changed after leav­ traps of the other fellow's club. It will ing the score board. be fouud upon investigation that those 17. During the season of 1916-17 there clubs which are members of leagues have shall be a 2%-cent, entrance fee from ail less difficulty in holding their members iu eligible contestants In every League shoot, line, of keeping full ranks and of having remitted to the League secretary-treasurer good periodical shoots than those which by the secretary of the club holding the offer no such diversion. Bhoot. Furthermore, the trap shooting league 18. Shooters shall be permitted to com­ provides a stimulus that improves the pete for one club only during any one shooter iu all ways, and increases his League season. This applies to shooters shooting average. It gives him a broader holding membership in more than one vision in the sport and as a consequence, club. he is of far greater, value to trap shootiug 19. A championship pennant shall be than the mail of narrow vision. awarded to the club finishing in first place and trophies will be awarded to the To those who have asked questions clubs finishing in the following order: upon the methods of the league and upon Second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, sev­ the manner iu which it is governed we enth, eighth, ninth and tenth, the value of have decided to append a complete set of each trophy to be determined by the po­ rules of the Philadelphia Trap Shooters' sition in which each club finishes. In League as worthy of study and imitation. case of ties at close of season, trophies They can be easily adapted to any and all will be awarded according to the num­ sections of the country. The* rules, as ber of targets broken during season. adopted July '2, 1011, and revised August 20. Club houses and traps a>uat not be 0, 1S)10, are as follows: closed earlier than 4 o'clock P. M. on THE LEAGUE RULES days scheduled for match shoots. 1. The matches of the Philadelphia E. R. GALVIN, Trap Shooters' League shall be governed J. B. FONTAINS, by Interstate Association rules. The fol­ J. R. KlLLIAN, lowing rules shall supersede the Interstate .T. P. MEEHAN, rules whenever they conflict therewith. S. L. JONES, 2.—League matches shall be commenced W. A. JOSLYN, at 1.00 P. M. on days scheduled, or as W. E. ROBINSOIT. early as 12.30 P. M., providing there is a Rules Commitlr*. representative from each club present. The clubs comprising the Philadelphia No practice shall be allowed over the two Trap Shooters' League are : Camden P. traps set apart for the League match II. R. Shooting Association. S. L. Jones, nfter the first squad has been called to secretary; Clearview Gun Club, J. E. Kil- the traps. lian, secretary; Wilmington Trap Shoot­ I'uder no consideration must a sched­ ing Association, E. R. Galvin, secretary; uled League match be postponed; in the Glen Willow Gun Club, W. J. Mattis, sec­ ovent of the home club not supplying an retary ; Highland Amateur Shooting As­ outfit sufficient to carry out the regular sociation, J. F. Meehan, secretary; Lans- program, the match shall be forfeited to dale Gun Club. L. L. Swartz, secretary; the visiting club. In the event of for­ Meadow Springs Gun Club, J. E. Killian, feiture, under rule 2, all members having secretary; S. S. White Gun Club (1915- entered, but not completed their score 1916 champions), F. L. Hise, secretary; for said shoot, shall be credited as having Chester Blue Rock Gun Club. A. L. Arm­ Copyright bj Underwood ft Underwood. strong, secretary; West Chester Gun participated in shoot with a score equal Club, T. H. Eachus, secretary. to their general average for the season. CHARLES W. BILLINGS, FAMED AS SPORTSMAN AND SHOT . * .'!. In the event of protest by contest­ One of the most capable and popular shooting men who ever stepped to the traps Is ant to referee as to fairness or legality Charles W. Billings, of the New York Athletic I'Uib. For many years lie has followed the royal sport of trap shooting with success as a shf't, and to the beneOt of the game in all ways, Trap Shooting Notes of the targets thrown by any trap, the »s his fine personality, his court My »nd his study of the sport have left their impress upon trap shall be stopped and shall be ad­ this great pastime. Billings' ability as a leader and his popularity were attested in 1912 when At the twenty-third Montana State justed to the satisfaction of the captains he was chosen to captain the American Olyupic trap shooting team, which won the champion­ shoot, held in Deer Lodge, Mont., a spe­ or acting captains of competing teams. ship of the world at Stockholm, Sweden. cial feature was the shooting of a number 4. Ties between teams shall be de­ of men who participated in the first State cided by the team scores made in the nhoot ~i> years ago. The old-timers were next league shoot following the tie, the debarred from participating in League 11. Prizes will be awarded on the basis E. S. Paxson, Frank Conley, John Bielen- team breaking the greater number of tar­ matches, excepting Harry Overbaugh, L. of a shooter's scores during the League' berg, Nick Bielenberg. J. F. Cowan, C. gets to win the tie. Z. Ijiwrence, W. A. Joslyn, T. E. Dore- season. The well-known Lewis Class H. Smith and Sam Baillet, and these If a tie shall occur in the last shoot mus, J. F. Pratt, G. F. Harnlin, T. W. System will govern the distribution of all young old gentlemen have not forgotten of the League series, it shall be shot off Baker, J. T. Skelly, E. R. Jenks, E. R. prizes. There will be two distinct classi­ how to break clay targets, as their scores the same day by the ten men who made Calvin, H. E. Kaighn, C. I. B. Henning, fications one based on the five highest indicated. Virtually the same condition the team for their respective clubs, in W. H. Neeley, and any others as may be scores; the other based on nine scores. has and does exist in virtually every State the tie match, if present; any vacancies to allowed to shoot by the unanimous con­ There will be five classes in each classifi­ Association in the land. The trap shots bring the team up to ten to be filled by sent of the Board of Directors at any cation. A shooter may win a prize in both always return for more. the captains or acting captains; tie to be regular or special meeting, but these shall classifications. A shooter to be eligible shot off at 15 targets per man. not be eligible to receive prizes. for any prize must compete in at least C. C. Emery, of Chicago, a sportsman 5. The Interstate rule in regard to 8. No entries shall be made later than five of the nine League shoots and, of and trap shooter thoroughly known score sheets being placed visible to the 4 P. M., on League shoot days. course, a shooter to be eligible for the throughout the Middle West, has become shooters shall be rigidly enforced. 9. The secretary of each club shall prizes in the "9-shpot" classification must connected with the Black Products Com­ ti. When a target shot at by a con­ send the secretary of the League list of compete in the nine shoots. From the pany. Emery has a wide circle of ac­ testant has beeu called lost or dead by members with addresses before the first foregoing it will be noted that a shooter quaintances and friends, and every one of the referee, the decision of the referee scheduled shoot, and any member's name shootiug through the program at each them will wish him the best of success in atoll #»t be changed, uajfew two men i» not PA said list will not be eligible to League shoot has two chances to win, his new venture. Sporting Life December <), 1916 Philadelphia League Shoots S. S, White and Lansdale, Last Year's Rivals, Now Batting for Lead With Tie in Points Some Keen Competitions. Shooters! By Thomas D. Richter Raise Your Averages 10 per cent. r>- 1HE P. S. White Gun Club, HIGHLAND CHESTER How? By Joining the A. A. T. A. 'I' I champion B. B. T. B. B. T. of the Philadelphia Rotzell ...... 21 22 43 iG. W. Baker. 23 19 44 I * I Trap Shooters' league, and R. G. Cell ... 18 22 4l> Jai-kson 20 22 42 Records of hundreds of medal winners prove that our system of Lansdale, the runner-up last Byrter ...... 24 19 43|Ahl<-r ...... 23 20 43 trap shooting positively increases averages from 5% to 15% with­ season, are now tied for tho S. M. Crothers 24 24 47 J. Jones ...... 18 23 41 in a few months and makes dependable lead in the Philadelphia or­ H. Darld ... 23 22 45 J. Poulson .... 25 22 47 high scores out of un­ S. Crothers 45 Armstrong 21 22 43 steady shooters. ganization as a result of the third round Perry 20 21 41 Hinksou .. .19 23 44 of matches on December 2, over the traps J. Greenwood. 19 22 41 Copple ...... 23 21 44 of tive different clubs. T. Meehan ... 22 21 43 l^donis ...... 22 20 42 The 1916 G. A. H., The Preliminary The Whites gained a sweeping victory J. F. Mechlin. 22 19 41 Hoffecker ..... 18 21 39 yesterday over the Wilmington Trap Total ...... 429 Total ...... 129 and Ihe Amateur Championship Shooters' Association by tho narrow mar­ Score* of other shooters who failed to qualify: gin of five targets. Lansdale also won, HIGHLAND Were All Won By A. A. T. A. Medal Shooters and this pair have each three victories B. B. T.] B. B. T. or a total of six points to their credit. I.andi» ...... 21 IB 37 Srrankl* ..... 17 11 28 Laurent ...... 19 19 38IR. Greenwood. 21 16 37 Why rock along as an 80 per center when you But the Whites have the advantage in Harkias ..... 20 15 34l Dixon ...... 21 17 38 point of broken targets, with 139- to Ki-lly ...... 22 17 391 J. Freed ...... 20 19 39 can get and stay in the 90 per cent, class? 1305. Lindley 12 11 23 Cheston 19 18 38 A week Maury ... 16 10 26 Dalton ... 20 19 39 BRONZE ago in the second round High­ O. Moore 13 16 29 J. Daris . 21 19 40 WRITE FOR BOOKLET land and Clear-new tied on 397 targets, T. Hare . 8 IS 211 J. Meehan 17 23 40 and according to league rule this tie was decided by the scores made by the two CHESTER teams in their matches Saturday. B. B. T.J B. B. T. American Amateur High­ O. BackatoM. 15 23 38 Harper 17 36 33 land got the points because it made 429 C. J. Moore . 14 15 20 Koch"". '.'.'.'.'..'. 21 17 38 against a total of 425 for Clearview. Thompson .... IT 10 27 Moore ...... 14 15 29 Trapshooters* Association Peculiarly enough in making its total Hiokma ..... 17 19 30 Horner ...... 19 16 35 of 429 the Highland team fell into another Maryland Trast Building tie at that figure, this time with Chester. LANSDAJJ! DOWNS MEADOW SPUING I/ansdale's victory was over Meadow Lansdale gained a victory by the nar­ BALTIMORE, MARYLAND Spring, while Camden defeated Glen row margin of sii targets over Mead­ Willow, and West Chester trimmed ow Spring, score 438 to 432. Meadow Clearview. Spring had the high individual score, The scoring was unusually high, VonNeida and Seebold each breaking 46. STERLING SILVEE many getting 49 and 48, but the perfect Scores: NOTE: The series score of 50 straight was made for the LANSDALB MEADOW SPRING of A. A. T. A. first time this season by Jenks, of Wil­ B. B. T. B. B. T. Shooters' Medals mington. who performed the feat against Nice ...... 23 22 45 Von Nelda ... 22 24 46 is composed of six Bender ...... 24 21 45 Seebold ...... 24 22 48 medals all of the S. S. White. The point standing fol­ Pfleger ...... 23 22 45 Croft ...... 25 20 45 lows: I. Schults .... 24 211 44 Dr. Frank ... 21 22 43 same design and Points. Targets. Martin ...... 21 23 44 C. While ..... 24 19 4.1 size as shown 75 S. S. White ...... 6 1392 Kffrig ...... 23 21 44 Leidy ...... 22 21 43 per cent, bronze; Lansdale ...... fi 1305 Hodgers ...... 23 20 43| Williams ..... 22 20 42 SO per cent. Ger­ West Chester ...... fl 1300 Henry ...... 21 22 43IPowelI ...... 19 23 42 Meadow Spring ...... 4 1315 J. Swartl .... 21 22 43 Sloan ...... 21 21 42 man silver; 85 per (ilon Willow ...... 4 1256 Bauch ...... 24 18 42 Rair.ey ...... 19 21 40 cent. Sterling sli­ Camden ...... 4 1235 Totala ...... 438| Totals ...... 432 ver ; 90 per cent. Wilminjrton ...... 4 1339 Clcarview ...... 3 126O Scorea of other ahootcrs who failed to qualify: 10-K gold; 05 per Highland ...... 3 1250 LANSDALB cent. 14-K gold. Chester ...... 3 124S Indicates these teams B. B. T.] B. B. T. have tic in point stand- Lee ...... 14 13 27 Smith ...... 18 22 10 leg to decide next month. Kauflie ...... 19 19 38 Coohran ...... 21 2041 WHITE BEATS OUT WILMINGTON Bright ...... 14 12 2ll[Accnf ...... 1(1 20 Metl ...... 19 21 40 I). Hocnian 22 18 38 The S. S. White Gun Club made a Accord 20 13 33 1). Krhultx 18 15 33 Sue finish in the match against Wilming- Wdlsle .... 19 17 36 Hail ft 22 17 39 CLEAR V IK W WEST CHKSTER men and 323 women. This means that Hilt ...... 19 18 37 N. I.ukeni .. 16 15 31 U. B. T. B. II. T. of the regular shooters there were 'J312. con Trap Shooting Association, at Hitchcock . 21 18 SO limning .... 14 ]« 31 Ferry .... R. Smith .. X, L'4 40 Holmesburg Junction, and won, 471 to Piugeon .... 22 16 38 1C, Huffman . 17 13 30 Klwell ... 19 L'4 43 Matson .... 24 L'3 47 Of this number 2204 were men and 52 t66. E. R. Jenks, of Wilmington. was Snxou ...... 15 14 29 H. Kauflie .. 19 19 38 Shunter .. 23 2(1 4:1 ;. Baldwin 22 24 46 were women. Taylor 21 19 40 Wnrthlngton 22 19 41 H. Fisher 2-J 21 43 Henzie .... 23 23 46 high gun, with the first 50 straight of J. Hoffman . 20 17 37] Hibba 1!) 19 38 Klllian .. 21 22 43 Sylvester .. 22 23 45 The number of targets thrown was the season. The Whites had five scores N. Clark .. . 21 20 41iSanborn . 11! 20 32 Bonsall .. 21 22 43 Mfllin ..... 21 23 44 24!.),145. An equal number of shells of 48 for high scores. Scores: Williams .. . 18 IS 36[John«on .. 13 14 27 Wiltbank 22 20 42 Coohran ... 21 22 43 were fired. From every point of view W. Luke* . . 16 15 311 Koundea . 22 20 42 M.'Farland . 21 21 42 the trap shooting S. S. WHITE WILMINGTON Holznngle 20 21 41 Maoe ...... 19 23 42 school was a success. B. B. T. B. B. T. MEADOW SPRING L*tford .. 20 21 41 Gill ...... 20 21 41 So much so that the better class of Newcomb 24 24 48 Jenks 25 25 50 Total ...... 425 Total ...... 445 hotels at all the Winter and Summer re­ H. A. Wnite. 24 24 48 McHugk ...... 24 25 49 B. B. T. B. B. T. WllsoB ...... 24 24 48 Galrin ...... 24 23 47 WorthinftOB. , 19 17 36 Hillpot ...... 15 8 23 Scores of shooters who (ailed to qualify: sorts have added trap shooting schools to Plum ...... 24 24 48 Stnbbe ...... 24 22 48 Bainle ...... 16 20 36 Simmonds 22 17 39 CLEAKVIEW their establishments. Indications at Harper 24 34 48 Hif hdeld .... 23 23 46 Dr. Henry .. 19 20 39 H. Wallace 19 20 39 this time are that a public trap shooting Wooten ... . 24 23 47 Howlett Ifi I. Schbauiu 17 10 27 ft -B. T. B. B. T. 24 23 47 Robelon ...... 24 22 46 Armstrong 20 17 37 Farrand 22 19 II school will be opened at one of the Sldebotham .. 22 25 4T Bnnchamp ... 24 22 46 Woodward .. 15 Ifl 34 Fish ...... 20 20 40 H. Stavind ..... 16 19 35 Gross ...... 20 19 39 Paul ...... 15 18 33 Hnines 17 19 36 bathing resorts in Florida either this George ... 22 24 46 0. T. Martin.. 22 24 46 Young .... 18 19 35 Thompson .... 22 24 48 Simonton ..... Wallace .... 21 14 35 19 19 38 C. Armstrong.. Winter or next. The Atlantic 22 23 45 Pearce .... 20 18 i)8| Wolfguuey ... 17 15 32 City Hommond .... 20- 25- 45,- li. P. Wlffll.. 21 24 45 school will reopen next March. Total ...... 471 Total ...... 466 CAMDEN'S EAST VICTOBY WEST CIIESTEIl B. B. T.l . The best score at 100 targets during Scorea of other shooters who failed to qualify: Camden defeated Glen Willow at the B. B. T. the season S. S. WHITB Snyder ...... 22 17 39 Hoffman 13 22 35 was 09 out of 100 by Bar­ traps of the former club without trouble, J. Wright 15 10 25 Sherer 15 21 30 ton Pardee, of Atlantic City. N. J. B. B. T. B B T 451 to 433. The high individual score W. Miles . 17 21 38 liambo ...... 10 19 35 The bost score Ontrell ..... 22 22 44 Carrol! 19 by a woman was 90 out ...... 17 12 29 was the same for both teams, Coleman, H. Baldwin 20 39 Penrose 18 22 40 of 100 by Mrs. B. G. Earle, of New Tighe ...... 14 15 29 Romig 21 18 39 of Camden, nnd Howland. L. Miller .. 12 11 23 Register . 18 19 37 Latterty ..... D.irls . 23 22 45 of Glen Wil­ it. Lcster .. 18 20 38 Wilson .... 16 13 29 York city. Way ...... Evre 22 22 44 low, each getting 49. Scores : Mclnery ... 9 12 21 M. Connor 20 18 38 * McKean ..... 22 22 44|Kontaine 22 23 45 CAMDEN GLBN WILLOW E. Farr .... 17 10 33| P. Morris . 18 22 40 Johnson ...... 19 24 43 Robinson 20 19 39 B. B. T. B. B. T. C. Fetters . 17 21 .'181 Himelright 18 20 38 MARSHALL'S WULF STORY Mrs. Johnson... 19 21 40 Hinksou , 20 16 36 Cokeman ..... 24 23 47 How-land ..... 25 22 47 Howard ... 11 18 29 Goodwin . .. 14 2O 34 Pratt ...... 24 21 45 Lodge ... 22 22 44 HInellne ..... 22 24 46 Wilde ... 24 2° 46 Pleasants .. 11 12 23 Swayne .... 1ft 22 41 Western Sportsman Tells How Grand Rumbaugh ... 17 21 38 Hoffman . 19 24 43 MeDougall ... 24 22 46 Leap ...... 22 22 44 Cornog .... 20 13 33 McDowell . . 19 18 37 A. J. Dando.. 21 16 37 Srhultz .. 20 16 36 Cross ...... 22 24 46 MoFalls ...... 22 21 43 Egan ...... 17 21 38 American Handicap 'Winner Called Turn* Budd ...... 21 22 43! Murray .. 21 24 43 Green ...... 23 22 45 Shooer ...... 22 21 43 Comfort ... . 17 21 38! Bachus 18 19 37 "Tom" Marshall, tlie famous western Keenan ...... Potting .. 18 21 39 M. Delmer ... 22 23 4." Moulton ...... 21 22 43 V. Bilker .. . 13 16 31 Griffith ...... 24 2O 44 -Severn .. 24 19 43 Jones ...... 28 22 45 Riggs ...... 20 23 43 sportsman, trap shooter and now writer Matthews .... 20 21 41| Abbott .. 21 20 41 Malseed ..... 22 22 44 Pepper . . on the .subject, is telling a story Keeue ...... 21 21 42 SHOOTING on "Oap- 21 20 411 Bullock ...... 22 22 44 Dflvies . . v ... 24 17 41 SCHOOL SUCCESS taiu .lack" Wulf, the winner of the 1916 WILMINGTON Wiulow ..... 21 22 43 A. George T.... 22 19 41 Grand American Handicap, that is typi­ B. B. T. B. B. T. Total ...... 451 Total ...... 433 Institution at Atlantic City Proves Effectu­ cal of the two men, as trap Banks ...... 23 23 48 Newman ..... 20 21 41 Score* of other shooters who failed to qualify: shooters know Bttstman ..... 17 14 31 Higlfleld ..... 22 23 45 al in Developing Shots in First Year. them. Albnugh ..... 24 20 44 Doremus ..... 21 22 43 CAMDEN The Atlantic City, N. J., school of Shortly after the first event in the Mimilck ..... 1fi 23 39 Carlon ...... 22 19 41 B. B. T. Grand American Handicap, at St. I.ouis, ToiK'hstan .... 20 23 43 B. B. T. trap shooting the first of its kind in Marshall ...... 23 22 45 Slear ...... 24 25 49 Winchester . . 23 20 43 the United States attracted 5122 per­ August 24, Captain John F. AVnlf, of Andcrson ..... 22 22 -14 ('arisen ...... "2 19 41 Lewis ...... 19 17 36 Siniukins ..... 25 Tcrn-ll ...... 21 21 15 40 Milwaukee he of the gorgeous Indian 42 Walker ...... 22 20 12 K. Holloway... 20 21 41 Clapp ...... 21 16 sons during the period from March 27 Boss ...... 23 22 45 37 bead shell carrier Alton ...... 23 18 41 Kirny ...... 12 13 25 to November 18. which, we might say, nurl Texas Stetsou hat HIGHLAND AGAIN IN TIE Lapp ...... 17 19 36 Johnson ...... 18 16 34 speaking by and large is quite a crowd. handed Tom Marshall his photo. I.ifhrcsteln .. 15 12 27 Cook ...... 22 21 "Why are you passing For the second consecutive time, the 43 There was some doubt when the trap mo this?" de­ P. Dehner ... 16 19 aiiiMyere 13 17 30 shooting school opened as to whether manded Tom. the "kiddor." "What do League match at lOdge Hill resulted in Letts ...... 18 20 381 'Professiona yon suppose a tii\ The Highland Club finished on or not it would be successful. All I want with your face?" equal terms with the Chester team, each GLEN 1TILLOW doubt has been removed. It was clear­ "I'm handing it in early, because you'll B. B. T. want shattering 42!) targets. In equaling the B. B. T. ly demonstrated that a school for the it for publication," cnme back Cap­ Tnllineer . ... 19 14 33 FJchelfelder . 20 17 37 tain Wulf. "You know I'm going to win. mark made by Chester, the Highland . . . 23 15 38 instruction of trap shooting was some­ Weinman . Mrs. Moulton. . 20 18 38 thing that was needed. this thing." Club broke four targets more thai Clear- Mattis .... . 17 9 2ti "Tell it to view did in their match at West Chester, Hollick ...... 10 18 37 PiiriiiRlon . . . . 17 7 24 Of the 5122 persons who placed the Sweeney." says Tom. and thus gained credit Hir.nian ...... 22 16 38 Kiillinbersor . . 22 18 40 12-gauge guns to their shoulders and "You've pulled that 'bunk' for 17 years for a victory over Toitilin^ou . . . . 19 13 32 now. and it's time you sprung a new the Darby gunners. Highland tied Johnson ...... 15 18 33 Ulmer, ...... 15 16 31 lired at the flying clays ovor the blue one." Clearview in the last shoot, and. accord­ waters of the Atlantic Ocean from the "True ing to the ruling of the League, the team WEST CUESTEB DOWNS CLEABVIEW Million Dollar Pier, 2806 never before as gospel, Tom. but this time had handled it goes. I was just wnrmine un in thoso making the greatest number of breaks Over the traps of West Chester, the a gun. That means there 17 years. Just keep the phiz nnd watch in Saturday's match would be declared home team defeated Clearview. score 445 are 280(5 more trap shooters now than there were when my smokof" Whereat Captain Wul? tho winner. S. M. Crothers. of High­ to 425. "Rowland Smith, of West Ches­ the school opened for started after another flock. And ho made land, with 47, was Highland's high gun, ter, had the fine score of 49 out of 50, there are no backsliders in the "sport alluring." good, winning the big eyeut with 0!) while J. Poulson. of Chester, made the while Ferry's 44 was high for Clear- breaks from 10 yards, and the lost tar­ score. Scores: view. Scores: Of these novice shooters 2483 were get was his sixth in the first event. December 9, 1916 Sporting Life 23 Worthwhile News Notes of Trap Shooting AKE DATTBERT, first baseman M. Foord, of TVilmington, and in 1907 by third with 30, and B. Kalker fourth, with some exceptionally fine shooting, consider­ of the Brooklyn Nationals, and K. F. Gleason. of Boston. New York 33. Ten shooters participated. B. Cal- ing the conditions, his strings of 24 and I>w MtC'arty, of the New York took five titles and Philadelphia four. lingbam still letids in the competition for -5 being the best of the day. Giants, are getting in form this The best records were the 19ti last Spring the Frank C. Henderson trophy, with a Winter by breaking a few of by R. L. Spotts, and the 98 out of 100 by total of -J80. while Sterling T. Story is Under weather conditions anything but the elusive clays. Last Satur­ G. S. iMcCarty in 1900. second with 2o'J. favorable Joe. Bush led a small field in day these two knights of the diamond, to­ the weekly 100 target event over the. gether with Paul R. Burger, of Catawis- Despite the unfavorable weather con­ Hugh McElroy broke SH out of 100 traps of the Biedeman, X. J., Club on sa, l'»., visited the traps, and in spite of ditions, good scores were recorded in the targets in the annual Thanksgiving tur­ November 35, getting 91 breaks. Voor- 11 raw, cold wind, which amounted to a New York. N. Y., Athletic Club's holiday key shoot of the Spokar.e, Wash., Gun bees took second prize with a count of regular gale, each of the gentlemen named 83. did some first-class work. Paubert and McOarty tied with 133x135. while Paul Morse won everything there wag to win It. Burger registered a 1301130. f LANSDALE, I'a., Dec. 3. expected to make his club's team, as at die Saturday afternoon shoot of the Editor of "Sporting Life:" only the first ten hign .scores count Hartford. Conn.. Gun Club, on November My business takes me about the for each club. But he wants to see '-'5, taking possession of the club medal Secretary Jesse L. Plass, of the Little country considerably ami I shoot his team win, and his one aim is to by breaking 34 clay cups in the first Falls, N. .!., (run Club, announces a big wherever I .Jiave the opportunity. be able, to get bis score up to a high event, winning the regular club program shoot for Saturday, December fl. at "iO tar­ Maybe that is why the subject upon notch to enable him to "make" the by breaking 46 out of 50 birds, and also gets, sliding handicap, and a 50-target which I am going to write you im­ first ten. finishing on top in tho total shooting added handicap event. presses me so strongly, owing to my Now these events, I am told are of the duy by smashing 133 out of 150 lack of a real home club where I can contests between ten different clubs nights. Howard J. Pardee, of Cherry Valley. shoot every week. shooting once a month in pairs, from JC. Y., has been elected captain of the Yesterday afternoon T dropped out October to May. That is my idea of The Stanley Gun Club, of Toronto, JjOhigh University intercollegiate rinV to the local club grounds, as I was the best way tp develop trap shoot­ Ont.. held their weekly shoot on Sat­ <-lub. The Rifle Association elected .1. here over Sunday, and happened in ing interest. I do not. see why this urday afternoou, November 25. J. Jen- It. Lee, of Buffalo, president; L. Sar- upon one of the Philadelphia Trap plan cannot be carried out in every nings was high man for the day, break­ feant, of Washington. D. ('.. vice pres­ Shooters' League monthly shoots. To section of the land. I know that ing 137 out of 150. ident, and J. H. Holmes, secretary and say that I received a stnmg impres­ there are other tine, impressive treasurer. sion of this style of shooting is ex­ leagues, but not nearly enough. I In the Thanksgiving Day shoot of the pressing it .'mildly. It hit me tike a. travel enough to know that there are Ijttle Falls. X. J., Gun Club there were Charles H. Newcomb. secretary of the shot, as a matter of fact. I had hundreds of gun clubs in the coun­ a number of ties on scores of 50 and 49. Independent (Jun Club, of I'hiladelphiu, read many times in "Sporting Life" try that are not allied with any II. Carlock, Jr., won, with M. Witty sec­ I'a., has postponed his club's monthly strong Ivosts for ' league 'shooting, league, but could readily be", to their ond and V. B. Tompkins third, all three ihoot from December 9 to Iti so that the and especial praise for the Philadel­ advantage and that of the other getting 50. E. Jacobus, with 49, was members of his club can compete in the phia Trap Shooters' League. The clubs. fourth, and D. Walden, with. 49, fifth. big shoot of the Philadelphia Hiertric Gun event yesterday bore this home to Please add this letter to the list Club at Observatory Hill on the Oth. me. of those suggestions that have been In a holiday trap shoot at their Bath There was a keenness and interest made from time to time in "Sport­ Beach, L. I., grounds on November 30, Philadelphia has a municipal trap in that shoot which could not even ing Life," to the effect that they bet­ members of the Milrose Athletic Associa­ shooting teaoi composed of some of the be surpassed i,u a championship ter the present conditions in trap tion returned very creditable scores de­ leading city officials, and it would like to shoot. The bigger the event the shooting and increase its interest and team from some other city spite a lack of practice. There were three meet a similar fewer men have a real chance for scope. If it is not possible to form events, all scratch. The first was won by in either a match shoot or a telegraph or honors, and the cithers as a rule are leagues, it certainly ought to be pos­ John Dow, with 21 out of 25 targets, telephone shoot. Among the local officials shooting for the mere enjoyment that sible to hold match shoots with each and Charles O'Brien was second with 20. who would compete would be James Rob­ they get out of trap shooting. team competing on its own grounds The second event went to George Snare, inson, superintendent of police; Director Now in ft league shoot, such as I and exchanging results by telegraph, with 22, J. Phillips being second with 21. of Public Safety Wilson, Walter Gilbert, saw yesterday, every man has a per­ telephone or by mail. The main idea In the third event, at unknown angles, chief clerk to the Department of Public sonal interest in the outcome, even is to stimulate competition, and no J. Phillips proved to be the winner, with Safety, and William B. Severn. These if he shoots so poorly that he cm not better way could be found. Yours 16; A. Gilmore was second, with 11, and are all shots of many years' experience by any stretch of the imagination be very truly, R. J. B., Jr. and high skill. James MacDonald third, with 8. W. M. Collins won a 100-target shoot Miles Taylor was high gnn at the week­ at the traps of the Bayside. L. I.. Yacht shoot at 100 targets at the Travers Island Club staged on November 30, and finished ly shoot of the Analostan Gun Club, of C.lub on November 150. Collius also bad traps, on November 30. Frank B. Steph- high gun, breaking just one more disc than Washington, D. C., on December 2. He the high scratch score, breaking 93, which, enson showed a point advantage among (Jus Peret, who was second. McElroy broke 87 targets out of 100 *n the singles. on bis handicap of 8, gave him a perfect the scratch men and took first prize with won the turkey offered as prize for high J. C. Wynkoop led in Class A of the. score. 36 breaks. D. Rogers and G. J. Corbett average. The special women's prize for spoon shoot, with 43 down, while E. J. tied for second prize with 90 breaks. On the most breaks out of the first 50 was Britton was best in the B Class, with For the fourth time this season A. L. the shoot-off Rogers got the coveted won by Mrs. Gus Peret, who powdered 36 out of 50. Burns led the New Rochelle, N. Y., Yacht award. On the, shoot-off of a tie with six 38 from the 16-yard mark. Mrs. O'Con- Club members in the holiday shoot at the others for the honor W. R. Delehanty nor'was a close second with 37, from the The regular weekly shoot of the Green- Harrison Island traps on November 30. took first handicap prize. 18-yard mark. hill Gun Club was held at Wilmington, He broke 91 out of 100. Del., on December 2, but only eight shoot­ The Thanksgiving Day shoot of the In an endeavor to get in a little prac­ ers were present. H. S. Lynch was high Peculiarly enough, with but one excep­ Great Neck, L. I., Golf and Country Club tice at the Philadelphia, Pa., Shooting in the fifty-target race, breaking 38, tion all of the shoots for the New York at 50 targets for a cup presented by the Academy, a few trap shooters braved the while J. T. Roberson broke 22 out of Athletic Club's national amateur cham­ club's trap shot,ting committee, was won raw, cold winds that swept over the traps 25, making him high man for that num­ pionship have been won by club men of by B. L. Petliegrew. with a score of 40, on November 25. Al Gerner, who is one ber. Mrs. WThite was the only woman, either New York or Philadelphia, the two including his handicap allowance. H. of the Academy stars, was high man, but participating, smashing twelve out of her exceptions being the victory in 1906 by W. King was second with 43. B. Sallinghani was hard pressed by Scherer, who did 25 birds.

I-. Slocum ... 19 19 29 17 17 18 JO 17 18 19 184 PROFESSIONALS Iir. Friend .. 18 16 20 18 20 19 19 17 17 19 183 T. 3. Morgan 14 15 13 15 15 13 15 16 15 14 144 J. L. M.irtin. IS IS 17 20 19 18 19 18 20 10 18.", R. E. Bole .. 18 17 19 19 18 20 14 20 18 20 183 L. C. Booth.. 13 12 13 15 13 12 14 13 12 11 128 II. Cline .... 17 20 20 19 19 19 16 17 18 17 182 The Registered Tournaments V. Rossback . 19 19 Ui 1(5 18 18 19 19 IS 19 181 F. lirVwi-ll .. 2(i 16 20 19 18 18 18 16 17 18 180 Mrs. Pfl'n. Jr. 16 16 14 17 IS 18 14 17 16 17 103 The Official Results of the 1916 Registered Tour- J. 1-. Milligan 20 19 IT IH 18 18 14 17 16 14 103 K. Thoniing.. 13 1C l.i 16 17 16 18 15 IS 18 1I3O I/. Packard ...... 19 18 16 20 17 19 109 naments, as Furnished Exclusively to "Sporting P. IVte.von.. 14 17 17 18 18 ...... 84 A. G. WilkM...... 10 17 20 ...... 53 Life" By Manager Elmer E. Shaner. R. Hartman...... 14 15 13 ...... 42 *'. I>eAugus'e ...... 5 12 14 ...... 31 NORTH CAROLINA PROFESSIONALS Center ol Winter n. P. Reed.. 20 20 2O 20 18 20 20 18 20 19 19« Official Bulletins Kd MltckeU.. 20 20 20 20 19 10 20 18 18 20 195 ont-ol-door-lilc in n. K, Holohan 19 19 18 18 19 20 20 20 20 20 193 the Middle Sooth Pittsburgh. P«., December 4, 1918. List of "newly-organized gun clubs" which were L. Ilawxhurst 19 19 18 20 19 20 19 20 16 20 190 presented with trophy cupa by the Interstate Association between November 4 and De­ H. K. Poston 19 18 20 19 20 18 19 17 20 17 187 Fonr excellent Hotels cember 1. C. H. KnlRht '14 20 20 20 20 16 19 19 13 19 180 Clubs organized previous to December 1, 1915, are not eligible for these trophies. The. Canltoa. Hotel (:. A. llaight 18 20 18 20 IS 17 15 18 17 17 178 and Cottacos now RichneW Gun Club, West Richfield, Ohio. Sidney Bnell, secretary. H. Hoyt .... 16 18 18 19 18 1C 17 18 17 17 174 Betterton Gun Club, Betterton. Md. Howard ¥. Owens, secretary. open. THE INTERSTATE ASSOCIATION, E. RKED SHANER, Secretary. Uolly Inn, Berkshire and Harvard REGISTERED TOURNAMENT No 607 open early in January. B.EGISTEHED TOTTENAHENT No. W9 "Van Bront" ...... 19 17 17 18 71 BILLINGS ROD AND Gl'N CLUB. AT BIL- Three 18-hole golf courses and a ]7 18 10 16 ...... 67 LINGS. MONT., NOVEMBER 25, 1916. TEUNON OI'.N- CLUB, AT LOS ANGELKS, M" C ' GrOUt new 9-hole course. Tennis. Horse PROFESSIONALS AMATEURS Racing. Frequent trotting, run­ CAL., NOVEMBER Ml 21, 1816. ning and steeple chasing by horses AMATEURS 5d .Mii'Scl'" 19 20 20 20 19 20 18 20 20 20 19fi Events ....12345678 9 10 Bk. , , ._ G. E. Holohan 20 20 18 20 17 1!) IS 19 20 20 192 Targets ... 15 J5 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 150 from private stable. Model dairy, FIRST DAT H. n. Poston 20 20 18 20 20 t!l 19 19 17 20 192 E. L. Robbins 14 14 15 13 In 15 15 13 15 15 144 hooting preserve, trap shooting. Brents .... 1 2 3 4 3 6 7 8 9 10 Bk. I.. Hnwxhurst 18 20 20 2(1 17 18 20 20 20 19 192 I!. A. Prater. 1.". 14 13 14 15 14 15 15 14 15 144 Excellent New Roads in a Targets ... 20 11) iO 30 a> 20 20 2O 20 20 500 H. C. Reed .. 1!) 20 19 20 Ifl 19 19 19 19 19 192 F. Weather'd 15 13 14 15 13 13 14 14 13 15 139 r«rrmann Jr. 20 19 20 20 20 19 19 19 20 20 188 C. A. Haigbt IK 18 19 19 18 19 18 1!) 18 18 184 A. Helzer ... 15 11 14 15 12 14 13 14 13 15 1HS Radios ol SO Miles or More 0 Evans . 20 20 IB 20 ]» 20 18 19 20 20 185 C. H. Kuigbt 11 IS 19 18 19 19 17 14 17 19 108 E. L, Mitchell H 12 1.1 14 15 14 11 14 14 13 ISO Through Pullman Service from O. N. Kord... 19 20 20 111 17 i'O 20 20 19 20 194. H. Hoyt .... 15 12 18 17 16 19 17 17 If 19 167 G. F. Shea.. 11 13 14 12 14 14 13 14 1.1 13 13r! New York and Washington via 12 14 131! C \V. fish .. 19 IS 20 19 19 18 IS 20 20 20 191 AMATEURS W. Selvidge.. 14 13 14 14 12 14 14 15 Seaboard Air Lino By. Only one S A Bruner. 20 18 IS IS 18 19 20 20 19 20 190 T. W. llarker 1". i:t 13 1:1 14 12 15 1:1 13 14 135 night out from New York, Bos- K. Bair ..... 19 20 18 18 19 19 18 18 20 20 189 SECOND DAT II. Carpenter. 15 14 14 11 12 14 1:1 111 14 15 13.-. Ion, Buffalo. Cleveland, Pitts­ .1 V. Dodds.. 18 18 18 20 19 20 19 20 18 18 189 Events .... 123*567 8 9 10 Bk. If. Mcndenhall 14 15 13 1:1 W 12 14 1:1 14 13 1.14 burgh and Cincinnati. K. Grewell... 1» 19 1?> 2O 19 19 19 20 20 18 188 targets ... 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 200 H. Schnack.. 13 1:! 12 15 12 14 13 13 14 i:: i:« II 11 128 No consumptives received at' W E Mullen 19 19 19 17 19 19 17 20 20 18 187 3. F. Dodds.. 20 20 20 20 2(1 18 18 19 10 20 196 J. B. Arnold. 13 15 13 14 11 14 14 12 Pinehurst C. li. Rran.. H S lu 13 13 ...... 24 Sporting Life Dccftnber

When You Follow x • Guns ^Ammunition The Trail Hig'h Lights of the Trap Shooting' World . W. A. HILLIS was the sur- two gobblers. Bill Jensen and Sam New- string, after an unbroken run of 73 hits. handicap trophy and Carroll Day cap­ prise and individual star of man came through with 39x50 each, which Nine men passed the 90 mark. George J. tured the visitors' cup. Hanford and tho. Los Angeles, Calif., Gun was sufficient to win the meat in Class Corbett, in second place, reaching 9f>. Ten Ellis won less in the monthly trophy. Club turkey shoot on Novem­ C, while Albert Boggs and Dr. McElfa- perfect scores were also returned during Blinn, Whitney, Staples. Hanford and ber 30. He captured three of trick tied on 29x50 in Class D and won the afternoon. Carltou won legs in the Bracke'tt trophy. the birds. Owen Evans, Dr. the two turkeys in that class. The prize Richmond and Farmer vyon legs' iu the Packard, tiny Holohan. Sam Smitli goose for professionals, which was shot At the Salt Lake City, Utah. Gun Club Accumulation trophy. and Heine I'lirrmanu each landed hvo of for on an added-targot handicap basis, 13 competed on December 1. L. A. Cum- the Thanksgiving centerpieces. One bird went to K. R. Galviu, the scratch man, mings, professional, led the field with a At Wellington. Mass., on November 28, each was captured by C. W. Fish, H. K. who broke 46x50. score of 49 out of a possible 50. He was Richmond was high amateur gun with a Sargent, W. A. Cornelius. B. H. Carna- closely pressed by Gail Moffat, the pres­ score of 90 out of 100 targets in a field kan, C. T. Greenfield, William Kennedy, Despite the opposing attraction of the ent holder of the State Association chal­ of 30 K. Philadelphia Trap Shooters' League at the Paleface traps. Chapin. a K. Mohler and George 1'ersiuger. con­ lenge medal, who sent a chill dow-n the "pro.," was high gun with a score of 90. tests, there was a fair turnout of shoot­ spines of several prospective challengers The first ers at the Philadelphia. Pa., and second high actual score It looked like old times at the Travers Electric (rim by breaking 48 out of 50. amateurs, and the eight highest added- Island, N. Y., traps of the New York Club at Observatory Hill on December 2. Jack target handicap score holders received Athletic Club on December 2. No less Sherm, the club captain and crack Ralph Kinsley was high gun at turkeys shot, gave a fine exhibition of his prowess the as trophies. Richmond won the than 45 gunners were on the tiring line, Philadelphia, Pa., Shooting Academy on largest bird and Sisson the second prize the largest number that has taken part in when he smashed 45 out of f>0 in the December 2, with 87 out of 100, Geiner with club event and 93 out of 100 far a total. scores of 90 and 89. The eight a shoot since the season opened last breaking 85. added target handicap awards were made month. A. E. Ranney was the high to IJowen, 95 ; Rich. 94 ; Jerard. 94 ; Day, scratch gunner, taking the XOO-target The Badger Gun Club shooters were in their glory on Thanksgiving Day after­ One of the most interesting and closely- 93: Russell, 92; Hunt, 92; Weaver, 91, event with 95. He had no straight runs in oontested shoots ever held over the traps and Proctor, who tied with Mardeu with his various turns at the trap. The Tra­ noon, at Milwaukee, Wis., when Capt. Jack Wulf, Grand American Handicap of the Philadelphia, Pa., Academy was a total of 91, and won the toss for tut vers Island trophy went to T. H. Law­ winner, the annual turkey shoot of the club on turkey. rence with a straight score. D. S. Mc- and Fred Dreyfuss tied for tirst place with 01 out of a possible 100 tar­ Thanksgiving Day. H. W. Lodge, with Mahon won the club cup with the same 95 out of his century of the flyers scored R. perfect total. Legs on the accumulation gets. Frazer, Jr., and Sjtump were run­ B. Colo and C. Mfdlar tied for gross ners up with a score of 90 to their credit dead, carried home the first prize bird. score at the Bergen Beach. L. I.. Gun cup were scored by both G. J. Corbett and A. B. Thompson took second prize turkey Club 'H. L. Spotts, who both had in the handicap event. Gropper and Foel- on November 30, with 74 out of 100. straight lings were tied for first honors in the by smashing 47. Al Gerner made sure of On not score Dr. G. II. Martin tied this scores. The high handicap gunner was the third gobbler by pulverizing every one pair with I). S. McCutcheou, who took Sweepstakes shoot, with scores of 48 each, 70. the event on while Brown was second w*itu 47. of his last ."0 targets. The four chickens a shoot-off after having a full score of 100 werr awarded to C. B. White. Dr. .1. W. targets in the first time at the traps. At.Everett, Mass.. on November 30, the Nine Nine men faced the traps of the Knoll- Frank. J. II. Harper and Joseph T.iylor. Everctt Gun Club, in spite of unfavorable gunners scored legs on the monthly cup, wood Country Club, of White Plains, The longest run was made by Harper, each having a full score of 25 targets. weather, had high scores. Roberts went N. Y., on December 3, and with two ex­ with 70 breaks. Al Gerner was runner- 70 straight uiid broke 74 out of a total of Thcv were M. Joseph, J. L. Hartraust. A. ceptions returned low scores. Foster up, with over 50, while the best H. W. 75. K. Ranney. B. 10. Kldrcd, R. R. Debachel-, Crampton, with 83, and K. T. Fox. with Lodge could do was 48. D. S. McCutcheon, Conrad Stein, L. W. SO, were the only ones to shoot consist­ Thompson and W. J. Smith. The novice At Concord, Mass., on November 30, ently. The Du Pont-Wayne Athletic Associa­ the cup went to F. E. Williamson. Legs on tion, of Wayne, N. J., held a special tur­ Concord Rifle and Gun Club held the the distance handicap were annexed by George P. Granbery key last shoot of the season at Bristol Hill. scored his first shoot on Saturday. November 25. Al­ Turkeys G. M. Thomson and F. J. Ham, Jr. A scratch prize victory of the season at the though but 18 shooters turned out Tor the were put up as prizes and were 50-target special was won by W. B. New Rochelle, event won by Harry Wells, first: Percy Foss, N. Y.. Yacht Club traps at the buffet lunch and informal second, Short. 011 December 3. leading a Held of 11 with dance held after the shoot, there were and Joseph Dicicco. third. George 88 out of 100. B. R. Stoddard took the about 45 attendance. The following re­ W. Holden captured the club trophy this Thirty marksmen took part in the handicap trophy. ceived prizes: First class. Jas. Macasy. year, getting two legs. thirty-sixth annual Thanksgiving Day 3fix50; L. P. McDonald. 33x50. Second shoot of the Cleveland, O.. Gun Club. Of the six men who faced the traps of class. B. McMichaol, 34x50; G. French, After shooting to a four-cornered tie Turkeys were won by Yule, Blake, Phare, the Manbassot Bay. L. L. Yacht Club 20x50. Third class. I. B. Sohoffstall, with Todd. Muller and Molineaiix, Hainea Alien, Grant, Sanborn, H. A. G., Burns, on December 3, only three completed the 33x50; T. Purcell. 20x50; Fourth class, outshot the former two iu the shoot-off at Cumberland and Snyder, with scores 100-target shoot. Waldo Cross carried 19x50; F. Lewis, 4x50. the Mount Moriah Gun Club, of Phila­ ranging from 123 to 136, while chickens off the prize honors, capturing the liigh delphia, Pa., and thereby won the annual went to llopkins. Sheldon, Dye. Horix, scratch prize with a total of 83, and also The regular Saturday afternoon shoot Thanksgiving Day prize. The four gun­ Mrs. Brown. Deibel, Ledgett, Wynn, Egg- a leg on the monthly and one on the at Stanley Gun Club, of Toronto, Ont.. on ners all finished with 50 down, handicaps ner and Jcnkins. yearly cup, finishing by taking the high November 25 was held as usual, and good included, and on the shoot-off at 25 tar­ handicap prize with a totalof 99. scores were made considering high winds. gets Ilaines cracked 21, Todd 20. and At Reading, Pa., on December 2. the A. E. Craig won tho club spoon. Mulier 19. Molineatu loft the grounds High scores ruled in the continuation of before the tie started. Todd broke the seventh annual shoot of the Klin I,oaf (ho trap Gun Cluli. of Reading, was held over the shooting tournament of the Groat No gold trophy could have hold a most number of targets, with 43 out of Nec!<. L. L. Golf and Country Club for churn) alongside of the trophies won at 50. Spring Valley traps. Sportsmen from Jhe Frank Harrishurg. Allontown, Phoonixvillo. Leb­ ('. Ilendorxon trophy on De­ the Thanksgiving shoot of tho Portland. cember .'!. B. Callingham. who is the .Mo., (,'iin Club, on November 25. The At Gloucester anon. Ephrata and nearby towns partici­ leader in the City. X. J.. on November pated. Edward H. Adams, of Reading, tournament, was high gun prizes were chickens nice, fat good- 30. the annual Thanksgiving shooting again, breaking ."><) of the clay targets out onough-to-oook-at-onoe chickens. Tho luckv match the target champion of Berks, carried off of of the Bonnett Second Ward Gun the honors, losing but one bird. n possible 75. With his handicap in­ men to cop them were Ernest RamUll, Club was held at the club's grounds. The cluded he heads the list with 380 hits Oren Woyniouth. Billy Hill, John Cole- first prize was a 25-pound out of a possible 400. A. G. turkey and At Wilmington, Del., on November 'M, Relyoa was man and Neal Taylor. each contestant shot at 15 targets. The second, breaking 44 out of 75 targets, and prize was won 25 target smashers blazed away at the William Tobler was third Tho feature in tlio holiday by William Robeo, of flying saucers at the Wilmiugton Trap with 39 out of shclot of the Gloucester City, who broke 15 straight. Shooting Club in 75. Boston A. A. Gun Club, at the Riverside, competition for the nine Mass., traps on November 30 was the big turkeys and one prize goose, which Ralph L. Spotts, At White Plains, N. Y., on November national champion two shooting of C. P. Blinn. In the 100-tar­ 30. the Kuollwood Country Club opened were the trophies. L. R. Beauchamp and years ago. signalized his return to form get shoot he tied with Huuford Joe Ben MoIIugh were the boss gunmen, and Farm­ its trap shooting season with a 100-target by beating tho competitive record for the er for the club trophy, arid three shoot- event for the Thanksgiving getting scores of 47x50. and both winning Travers Island. N. Y.. traps in tho week­ Day cup. It the turkeys olTs wore reiiiiired before Blinn was tho was won by E. II. Holbrook. who had offered in Class A. In (.'lass ly shoot of the Now York Athletic Club, winner. The latter is an old-time B, Dudley S. Wood and E. M. Koss, with shoot­ HU allowance of 24 birds to aid him. Hi« on December 3. lie missed only oue tar- er, and so is C'. F. Marden. who was high gross total 44 and 43, respectively, walked off with Set out was 88. Foster Crampton, with of 100, and that one iu the third scratch gua, C. F. Richmond wog lie 84, was high scratch for the daj,