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Mrs. S. E. Waring Defeats Miss Marie Wagner in Heights Casinc> Tennis Tournament
Former Indoor Champion I
Meets Surprise on Courts]
Sprained Knee Affects Loser*!?. Game, but University!
Heights Player Performs Brilliantly After First
Set and Deserves Victory; Mrs. Mallory Wins
By Fred Hawthorne
In these uneasy days, when kings and emperors, monarchies and
empires arc being overthrown intermittently, it seems quito fittinp thai
champions who have Ions occupied the seats of the mighty should suffer
the same experience. The women's championship lawn tennis tourna?
ment at the Heights Casino, on Montague Street, Brooklyn, was the
scene of such an upheaval yesterday afternoon, when Mrs. Samuel E.
Waring, of the University Heights Tennis Club, defeated Miss Marie
Wagner, former national indoor and New York State champion, by a
..?,%,.? O II ?; '} - ^ ;,, +U~ c??n?,| vrmrwl /if tllll InrllM.m.
Miss Wagner went out on the court
against the advice of her friends, foi
?he was the victim of a badly sprainet
knee, received in a toboganning acci?
dent several days ago. Tins preventer
her from forcing the net position wit!
her usual freedom, and she was force?
?o make her fight from the baso lin?
Hlmost entirely. Under these cond
tions the former indoor title holdei
was not able to hold Mrs. Waring 01
oven terms after th.- r I set, for th'
latter was driving extremely well ani
also finished off some of her points bj
clever volleying at the net,
Overdrives Hase I in?
Nothing should be taken from thi
credit of Mrs. Waring, however, in he
winning of I h - m itch, P ainly nerv ou
in the opening stages, she could no
secure con hi r ground 11 I
and lost ma: I by o /erdrivinj
the ba e \\ i '?? r' - shot
had far mor? ?:??? and were bette
placed, so thai -. took the (?rst se
without much difficulty at 6 2.
In the second se! Mrs. Waring begai
to gain control over her strokes, an
this serv< I hei the necessar
confidence to rake the aggressive. Sh
traded drives from deep court with he
opponent, getting splendid depth an
speed as she gradually worked into ru
full stride.
Miss Wagner sough; to uncover
weakness on Mrs. Waring's backhanc
but the latter surprised the onlooker
by more than ; ? own agains
this attack, and she kept her riva
continually on the run as she kopt re
turns close to the side lines.
in the final set Mrs. Waring werke
into a lead of 3 to 0 on rames, only t
have Mrs- Wagner stage . game uphi
battle and squa re ': match. Tl:"rr
after ?he match was bitterly fougli
hut Mrs. Waring increased her pac
perceptibly and took the last two game
for the set and match.
Mrs. Franklin I. Mallory, the forme
Miss Molla Bjurstedt, gave another irn
preasive demonstration of her grea:
.'less in her second round match wit
Mrs. William FI. Pritchard, of the Ne?
York Tennis Club, whom she defeate
at 6- 0, 6 0. Although the latter is
tournament player oi extended tourna
ment experience and has won her shar
f titles, she ivas utt#rly powerless t
s-ay the tremendous sweep of "Marvel
- us Molla's" attack.
Overwhelmed Opponent
The Norse girl simply overwhelme
her opponent by her speed of strok
..nd hard hitting, the hail coming int
Mrs. Pritchard's court so fast that o
nany occasions it was impossible fo
?he New York club player to get int
position.
Mrs, de Forest Candee won a splendi
ictory over Mrs. Rawson L. Woo
former Florida champion, the sets g
? ing ?it (i -4, 6 2. This match served
? ?? show the valut' ?if a good lob, for
il was undoubtedly this shot thai
; r].,| defeat for Mrs, Wood. Hie
air Floridian is at her best against
1 a hard driving opponent, but Mrs.
ndee upset her rival's game by beau
tifully timed lobs, waiting until she
d lurud Mrs. Wood well within the
service court lines before sending th<
ball deep and true close to the base
?ine.
To lob well in the Casino is an art in
itself, but Mrs. Candee proved herself
mistress of it yesterday. When Mrs.
? Wood attempted to !<>!>. in return, the
ball fell short and then Mrs. Candee,
. racing in from her base line, scored
.'ii spectacular "kills" overhead.
Miss Edith Sigourney, of Boston, a
ewcomer to local courts, caused a
urprise !>v ?>'?> ease with ? Inch she
won from Miss Margarel Taj or, tak
th? ma ? a; l! 0, t? 1. Miss Taj
lor has scarcely held a racquet in hci
and since early last summer, but even
- , Mi--; Sigourney made a favorable
mpre sion by her fine driving through
deep court and her steadiness in all
?artmen
The schedule for to-day's matche?
in the singles, follows: 11 a. m.. Mrs
Candee vs. Miss Lillian Scharman; \.
! noon, Mrs. Waring vs. Mi<s Julii
Gott; :.' p. m.. Miss Eleanor (loss vs
Miss Sigourney; 3 p. m.. Mr-. Mallorj
vs. Mrs. Albert Humphries. The double:
will also be played to-day.
The summaries follow:
i (? Ights ? 'a dni v- onion's ? ha n pionshh
singli - i s.a i round ? Mr? Sa it ne] Ii
War n>: defeated Miss darte Wagnei
: ? ;:,-.!?.; ?-.. riklin I. Mallor'
defi atei Mi s W II Prllt hard (1 1 6 n
Ii ? ? . <?d .: ? ?.? i:,<".
? son I, Wo ? ? ? Mist -,....
Si hi? rinnii \> on fro n M Iss Ma i ? !.. I'.uj n
lefaull Ulf I :?: h Sigourrn efeat?
Miss Ma rgarel Ta> ; n ti 0. ?
Women's championship singhs i firs
round) Mrs. Rawson I.. Wood and Mr<
Franklin 1. Malloi y di fi all I Miss .1 u
. Gott and Miss Margar? t Taj In .
i Miss .Mane V\ agn.?ntl Mrs. K U
Raymond wen from Misses iVlice am
! Martha Bayard by default
Tomes and Adams Clash
To-day on Squash Cour
Alexander 11. Tomes, Harvard Club
faces William Adams jr., Vale Club, ii
the tina] round match of the Class 1
National Squash Tennis Associatioi
championship tournament 0*11 the Val
Club courts this afternoon.
Tomes achieved the distinction 0
reaching the final round in his firs
year in the snort and his firsl tit'
tournament. Tomes's attack is simila
to that of William F. Ganley, the Hai
vard Club coach. Adams relies pai
ticularly on speed.
Proposed New Foot-Fault Rule
Debated by Tennis Players
?
?Followers of Sport I in
able to Agree on Inter
pretation of Regulation
By Fred Hawthorne
Indications arc not lucking that the i
(???legates from all parts of the coun- I
try who are to gather at the Waldorf
Astoria Hotel on Friday afternoon and i
evening when the annual meeting of the I
United States National Lawn Tennis
association convenes are to bump into
a literal stone wall when they begin;
to argue about the foot-fault rule-. ,
We are all more or less acquainted
with the present rule. I say "more or!
less," because nobody seems to know
exactly how the rule should be in-:
:.-rpreted in all its ramifications. This
has been so notoriously true ever since
lire thing was framed that there are no
two men who bold the same ideas us
to the manner in which It should be
enforced.
At its last meeting the executive
committee requested the rules commit?
tee to draw up a new foot-fault rule,
nnd this has been done, and it will be |
presented for the approval of the dele?
gates on Friday. The new rule, in its
.-.mended form, is a distinct improve?
ment over the present cumbersome,
verbose article, in my opinion. There
are far fewer opportunities for mak?
ing mistakes in its active enforcement,
'or one thing, and it has been pruned
considerably as to words, so that1 alto?
gether it does not look so hopelessly
incapable of clear interpretation. The
proposed rub- follows:
"The server shall, immediately be?
fore commencing to serve, stand with
both fee; at rest behind the base line
and within the limits of the center
mark arid the side line. Hot h feet
shall be kept behind the base line
' ntil the racket strikes the ball."
Should Study New Fiules
I had reached just this point in this
article last night when Edward C. Con
lin, president of the National Tennis
Umpires' Association and a member of
the rules committee, called me on the
telephone and urged that those who
had expressed opinions inimical to the
proposed changes should give due con
sideration and study to the new rules
before committing themselves. This is
?? perfectly logical demand upon the
part of Mr. Conlin. and F presume that
? verybody concerned will have followed
the advice by the time the national
eeting convenes.
As the tennis umpires' head pointed
out, the men chosen to serve on the
i ules committee were selected because
of their special qualifications for the
work, and they spent three months in
poring over the "musty tomes." There?
fore, their labor.- should not be light-'
?y regarded or tossed aside without
weighing their merits with the utmost,
care.
As regards the new scoring and hnn
?iicapping systems proposed, Mr. Con
lin declared that the rules committee
m making these changes had in mind
the convenienc?1 of the great body of
players all over the country, particu?
larly the juniors of }>oth sexes. The
present system of handicapping, ho J
-aid. was practically obsolete because
of its complicated form, and the "1,
2, 3" system, as proposed, was far ,
more simple.
Hardlj had I made a note of .Mr.
Conlin a remarks and decided that
what he said might shed a new light
on the rules problem than a lettei
came to me from Lyle Evans Mahan
a ranking player who has long beei
active on the courts and in the coun
cils of the world of lawn tennis. Aftei
going over Mr. Mahan's letter I fount
my mind as much in a whirl as evei
on tin- subject of Hie rules.
Lyle Mahan's Letter
The letter is well worth reprinting
if only to show how two well informe?
men can totally disagree on the sami
subject, even when that subject is s?
cut an?! dried a thing as technica
rules. Therefore I present the lette
in question:
'?Deai- Hawthorne: Every' once m a whil?
a wild ?le-ire to write seizes on me. and
this time you are the victim, because I
have just been reading Mr. Merrihew'r
reply to Mr. Adee and Mr. Wrenn.
"I object le the new foot-fault rule. I
cannot see that, even as amended, it pre?
vents a running start. Certainly il do
not prevent .-?. hop or ?. jump. 1 suggest
that, in order to make the rule clear and
conform to the presen! role (which is, to
my mind, about as good a one as .-an be
devised), it should be amended so as to
read as follows :
" "the server shall, immediately before
commencing to serve, stand with both feet
at res) behind the base line and within
the limits of the center marl, and the sid<
line. FROM THE TIME Of-' TAKING
SUCH POSITION, AND UNTIL THE
RACKET STRIKES THE HAI.I.. BOTH
I-'EET SHALL BE KEPT BEHIND THE
BASK UNE AND AT LEAST ONE
FOOT SHALL REMAIN ON THE
GROUND.'
"I eall your attention to the fact .hat
it' a jump or a hop is allowed the loot
fault umpire has to look at both feet to
see if either one goes over the line before
the moment of impuct, instead ot only one,
as now.
Opposes New Scoring
"With reference to the new Handicapping
and Bcoring rules, it is hard to state my
argument briefly. It Is this: first, that
in handicap matches referees are rarely
available, and it would necessitate a slate
Htel pencil being kept by the court, and
that the players should stop at the end ot
each name to put down the score of that
game. Second, even if this method wer?
employed, it is no argument in favor ol
the new scoring method, because the point
score could just as easily as not be put
down on a slate, 8- ?i. for instance, which?
ever method of calling the score, is em?
ployed, and. further, in the ultimate result
it would make no difference whether s
man won a long deuce game or a game U
SO, as in any case he would receive only s
net credit of 2 points on that game.
"'Thirdly, as to the new scoring alone
while 1 do not appr? ve of letting respect
for tradition interfere with true progress (1
worked pretty hard in two campaign.- t<
lake the championship from Newport, am
the first time it was not for the benefit ol
my own club, the West Side, as we were
proposing the Merion Cricket Club for t.h<
event), yet 1 have not heard one valid ar?
gument m favor of the new scoring, am
in such cime I believe tradition should b<
upheld.
"The argument that it is simple is ab
surd. Any child strong enough to knocl
a ball over the net can learn the presen
method of scoring. [ knew how before
ever returned a ball. The only argumen
i.- one for the benefit of Ignorant spectator!
of the game, and I doubt if they could un
derstand the new count, with points, game?
and Bets, much better.
"1 may say that I know that at leas
one of the rules committee is against thi
new handicapping. If they want a nev
method, why not try that used years agi
in Central Park if a match consisting o
72 or any fixed number of pointe? I
would be fair easier. Sincerely yours.
"L. E. MAHAN."
"May I not suggest" that the U.
\". L. T. A. offer a prize for the be
oot-fault rule presented at the mee
ng on Friday, with three qualifi?
litiges to decide as to which is tl
lost suitable ?
Wonder What The Girl on the Magazine Cover Thinks About ? - ?y Briw
Don't You Think mc
PERFECTLY STUNNING ?
I'M ?3/MPLY CRA7.Y ABOUT
MY?ELF - ?.SUCH LOVffCY
HAl1=t Am'D PREAmY
EVES
I Just adore BeiM<b
IDravajm BY NEY>SA mc
MEthJ -- SHE IJMD?O. -
?STAnjBo VAJOMi-Jm AND
Bl: L11.A./1_ M6 ?HC (JMbLR
STamDS Me?- roo
NEXT IMOrOTH ILL
Pose Putting o^
MY Cloves oR ?ome
Th IMG AND IT BElfJC-i
The MARCH NUMBER
MY BEAUTIFUL H^lft'LL
BE ?LOI/UIN6 Wil_I>LY
-AND 1 SUPPOSE FOR
The APRIL. NUMBER MP.
CHRISTY OR MR. FISHER
VU l LU HA^E ME UJITH
ANJ UMBRELLA- ISN'T
IT EXCtTI^G, ?
I Just Knolaj That ,j
IM MAY MR. COFFIN or I
MR. HARE WILL HAVE A j
HUGE Hat vajith ujiiD
FLOVAJEPS orJ IT KAJOrt'T
IT ?e JUST Too cvte! ?
SOMETirvi?.s They
HAVE IMF GAZING
SOULFULLY INFO ?V?H
A HANDSOME GUY o
EYEsS. HE USED TO
BE IM UNIFORM
,-.
IN ?JUNE .SOMEoroE
will picture me
STARifJ? AT A WEDDiMf)
Ring anD"he"vajill BE
Standing -Back op me
READY "Tb CLASP M? To
HlS ARrv\s
in July The flag will
BE around me or I'll
B6 HOLDING A FIRE?
CRACKER. OH ISM'T
IT WON-D?R- F'UL ? ?!f.
?Lovp" Too Effeminate
For L a iv n Tennis.
Soys a 'Stand-Palter*
??VB7HAT a pity ?t is." said a
"stand-patter" on (he old
tennis rules yesterday, "that they
don'l eliminate that effeminate word
'love' from the scoring system.
! Think of the softening effect (he
word must have on the players. If
they had onJj substituted some
virile term, with 'blood' in ii. I
have no doubt the "first ten" men
Mould have made a better record in
the late Mar.
"No Monder (hat onlj nine out of
the ten volunteered and saw service.
The t<>nth mar; Mas Ichiya Kumagae
of Japan, v ho couldn't enlist. "V es,
it's a shame that our lawn tennis
manhood is still being undermined
hv that SVrUD> ?ord 'love.'"
Score o?' Sorerr
Teams to (loniprle
For (J???llenar (jip
Secretary Charles Treacy. ?>f the
Southern New York State Fooibn ; A;
sociation, announced last night that
t wenty entrit s !.;.-! bei 11 re?oit, ,] for
the annual southern New York state
challenge cup series of occer football.
The ent ry list set ?? new high marl;
for this spring competition, the first
round of which is sel for completion
o:: or before Sunday, February 15.
The first round draw resulted as fol?
lows, the Mr I named being the home
club, and therefore having choice of
grounds :
Hnngai Ian t' ? ow; of
trookl n: Clan Macl iff s Urooltlvn, vs
I'atchoguo i I. I ) F ?' : Whit. Kose F ?
Bobina ! ?ry ! ?o. k ]?'. <" Hi yn; As?
toria ' I. 1. I F I - .'H -...?? . ' : ?
I ' r <i't\ bui gh Shipva F ' X. \\
ifi-rs I ' ' Viking
?- ? i ; fii eenpoili!
? L. L) F C. vs. Vlklni ,;; Hudson
i .
The following clubs drew byes in
t he ii rst rou ?:?i :
Ti bo Vaeht liasln F. C.., i Irooklyn - Tyi ?
tonnell Colts, Vonkera; fnterhoroogh Rapid
t F. ? am Moi ? Urv 1 ?o? k F. ?' .
Bro iklyn.
The second round draw resulted in
the following pairings, with the first
? d i lubs havi ig choice of grounds:
Morse Dry ! ?or!; F. C , -.- Tyrcoi ni II
Second round byes were drawn by the
following clubs:
? In . h s hipyards F C, Hangers F. C .
i ungiti Ian F C, Li ngfi i uws, Hudsons,
Mew V ii I F ' ? . Robins Dr> Dock F. ? '.
nul White Rosi ?
Scond round games are to be com?
peted on or before March 7.
Urs. Morrow Victor
Ovrr Florida Links
BELLEAIR HEIGHTS, Fla? Feb. 3.
?1rs. G. K. Morrow, of the Engineers'
?lub, won her first match round in the
innual February tournament played
tere to-day. She was victorious over
?1rs. W. W. Morrison, of Toledo, bv
I and 3. Mrs. Caleb Fox, the I'hila
lelphin golfer and former national
hampion, played by far the best g-olf
vht-n she eliminated Mrs. t luirles
?raffette, of Chicago, by 9 and 7. and
overed the course in 87, a very credit
blo score for a woman player.
Mrs. G. Henry Stetson, another
'hiladelphia player who won the
[Ualifying round, won her match quito
asily from Mrs. Clarence King, of
Cincinnati, by -1 and 3. Miss Marion
lanrahan, of Binghamton, after an
arly lead of four holes on Mrs. C. ti.
tlexander, of Chicago, lost by 6 and 4.
1rs. Stetson and' Mrs. Fox appear to
ie strong favo^.tes to land in the
nais.
Yale Cancels Mai Meet
Because of a mix-up in dates, the
wrestling meet between Yale and Co
liiibia. scheduled for Friday at New
laven, has been canceled. The meet
as called off by the Eli athletic au
horities.
Racquet Champion Challenged
PHILADELPHIA, Feb 3.- Charles
loakes, of the University Club, of Chi- .
aj;??, to-day sent a challenge to Jock i
outar. the world's racquet champion, L
? a match for the title. II<* offers to j
lay ' he series here.
(Copyright, 1020, Neu: York Tribune Inc.)
Sewell Ford is absolutely correct. Il should now be known as tn?
Golf of Mexico and the Golf Stream in this land of orange groves an<
mashie shots, sunshine and two-fool putts.
li is (in!y a question of a few years before Florida will be one vas'
golf course, interspersed'with orange and grapefruit groves, bordered if
turn by the bewhiskered water oaks and the moss-covered pines.
We make the prediction that within five year.-, there will be mort
divots lifted in Florida than any other state in the union.
Golf and Oranges
A day or so ago, with Roy Chap?n, li. B. Martin and Eugene Kicker
we started oui on a tour of inspection from Belleair, headed across thf
state. \\ ?' lefl two great golf course:- ai Beileair, and from that point or
through Tai ipa into Mountain Lake the car dasind along over line roads
through or by a icce ;ion of orange groves and either nine or eighteer
hole courses, many of the latter planted in towns under r>,000.
At Mountain Lake we came to the tallest point in the state, somt
4(?0 feet above sea level, and there spread out in review at exactly thf
center of the state was a high grade nine-hole course, with another nine
under way. This course was no dinky, tourist, affair, but one of fine test?
ing distance, scientifically trapped with grass greens, on a par with thf
best to be found in the North through .June.
I.? . than five years ago tins place was a wilderness. To drop 100
acre golf courses with smooth fairways and exceptional greens, into this
sector on such briol' notice, shows whal will happen as the golf contagion
spreads.
For the Older Generation
Winter golf in Florida will never lure any number of the younger
element. Very few of these have the time or the money.
Bui il will extend its appeal to the middle-aged citizen or the man
beyond fifty who lias collected his kale and who desires to leave, the snow
banks behind I'm- a playground in tlie sun.
It's a great thing fur this class, hi place of shivering through a
.'?nter gale they start North m April, tanned and husky, exuding pink
from every port-.
Changed Order
For we bave now come to a changed order m the scheme of things,
ii {]<v<] to be the general belief (hat sport and play belonged exclusively
lo the youth of the land, and the man or woman who had passed forty-five
vr fifty liad drifted on beyond the borderland of recreation.
Golf in the main has been responsible for the new order. The man
leyond fifty couldn't play baseball, tennis or football.
With prohibition on the docket, ne can no longer sit around at a club,
consuming copious drink.-.
But he has found that he can at last slip away into an almost endless
?rift of sunshine through the winter months, and not only put himself
oto rare condition, but also have what is technically known as a corking
;ood time?<|uit<> different from ?he uncorking good times now faded into
lie mists.
What It Means
Tins won't nu-an very much to you if you still happen to be ro'mping
dong between twenty and thirty.
But it means more than a trifle to the man beyond fifty. Only a
'ew days ago we watched two contestants leave the first tee at Belleair.
?olh were well beyond sixty. Their hair was extremely gray, but they
vere both burned to a healthy brown, and they left the first tee with
i .swinging stride that belonged to youth alone.
When one begins to look over a crop of veterans around sixty,
ixty-five or severity, having a nip and tuck battle, as keen for the game
i.~ two kids and husky enough to tramp ten or twelve miles in a thirty-six
lole scrap, the new order begins to mean something.
And sooner or a trille later, it is coming to the lot. of every man to
lip quietly and gently from the twenties into the thirties and from the
hirties into the fifties, where, before he knows what it is all about, he
s slogging alone- toward the end of the road. And it is at this stage
hat he will find his keenest joy in play and sport in the knowledge that
:e has come into the late afternoon of his life with the sun beginning
o set back of the gray hill known as Existence. And it is a great thing
or him then to have some form of sport left that will keep the sunshine
f spring in his heart as an offset for the winter snows that crown his
ead.
The kid has all. games before him. He has his pick. The road on i
eyond is further than he can see. But. up around sixty and on beyond !
is only a lucky turn that still ?eaves some keen competition left where
bounding health and the joy of battle remain intact. And as there
appen to he several hundred thousand such in the U. S. of A., that is
ne reason why Florida ami California aie ci rtain to increse their winter
ppeal.
"Home Run'" Baker
Is Still Undecided
About Quitting Game
CINCINNATI, Feb. 3.?Miller Hug
gin.s, manager of the New York
Americans, on his return to-day
from Trappe, Md.. where he went to
sign "Home Run' Baker, the Yankee
third baseman, said Baker told him
that if he decided to return to the
diamond he would let him know.
"It's an awful time to talk base?
ball." Hoggins quoted Baker as say?
ing when they met. Muggins agreed
with him, for it was many degrees
below zero and Baker had driven
many miles in an automobile to meet
the manager.
-_?????_-? ? -
Former Columbia
Coach Gels Offer
From Colorado
Fred Dawson, who resigned as head
football coach at Columbia on Thanks?
giving Day because or iil health and
later went to Colorado To recuperate,
heartily indorses the appointment of
Frank J. O'Neill as Blue and White'
gridiron coach for next year. In a
letter to a friend at Columbia yester?
day, Dawson has this to say of O'Neill:
"Columbia certainly is to be con?
gratulated on having secured the serv- i
ires of 'Buck' O'Neill as coach of
football. O'Neill is a tine man and a
wonderful coach."
Dawson is now at Whitewater. Col.
He recently received an offer to coach
the football team of the University of
Colorado next year, but as far as is
known has not yet accepted.
Rain Halts Golfers
PINEHURST, N. C. Feb. 3. Heavy
rains last night and to-day caused a
postponement until to-morrow of the ;
last eighteen holes of the qualifying!
round in the annual St. Valentine's i
golf tournament.
Local Baseball
Circles Discus!?
$500,000 Siiii
"Our Purpose Not Jo ?h
stroy, l>nt Bnilti I j>," Say
Col. Huston, of Yankee
By W. J. Macbeth
Little was discussed in local base
?all circles yesterday but the trebl
suit launched Monday afternoon b
Colonels Ruppert and Huston agains
Ban Johnson and his five America
League supporters. Even the pro
spective early arrival of Habe K'ith i
our midst paled into insignificance a
a topic.
Secretary Joe O'Brien, the ont
representative of the Giants to a
found at National League hcadquar
'tirs, had nothing to say for publica
?ion. Whatever transpired at the tim<
referred to in the Johnson letter gub
ir.itted in the complaint took place Ion?,
before Mr. O'Brien returned to thh
city as an official of the ?oral Nationa
League clubs. .Messrs. Stoneham an<
McGraw are still In Cuba, of cours?1
Mr. O'Brien is somewhat pessimistic
oi the battling colonel's collecting ir
full of the amount asked of Ban. Am.
? till he wished the colonels luck.
, No other baseball officials except
the Yankee owners happened to In- in
town yesterday. John ileydler, presi?
dent of the National League, was some?
where on Long Island on business
Harry H. Frazee had not returned from
Boston. Certain fans, however, were
apprehensive that, because of the seri
ou ness of the latest legal develop?
ments organized baseball might be
shaken to its very foundations. This
possibility they regretted deeply, de?
claring that no ijia.'i or combination oi
men should be allowed to destroy a
national game.
"It is not our purpose to destroy but
to build tip,"' said Colonel Huston,
when informed of these sentiments of
certain fans.
"We believe baseball needs a house
cleaning; that it will go to the dogs
otherwise. It was not our purpose to
carry this thing to court until we
were forced to do so to protect our
interests and our principles.
"We confess that organized baseball
is confronted with the most critical
situation it ever faced. If those who
oppose us continue so stifl>necked the
present imbroglio is certain to develop
a cataclysm. The Federal League
judgment is as nothing in compan on.
"But organized baseball cannot say
it was not warned. N'or can our oppo?
nents in the American League say we
did not attempt every posible means
of amicable adjustment. The five
'loyal' club owners refused to meet
with us and Mr. Johnson immediately
after the suspension of Carl May.-: to
have the matter arbitrated. That was
before any lega! processes were insti?
tuted. They were told openly that
if we were forced to seek redress out?
side of organized baseball we would
employ every resource at our com?
mand."
"N'or is that all," said Colonel Jacob
Ruppert. "As hue as our last annual
meeting, right in this city last. Decem?
ber 10, I offered to submit our differ?
ences with Ban Johnson to arbitra?
tion before three American League
club owners not vitally interested in
the suits then pending. The proposi?
tion was turned down.
"Later the opposition, we believe, in?
directly made overtures to have Judge
Landis act as referee on the Carl Mays
controversy. I answered that the
Yankees would agree to that ;f they
the live loyalists) would consent to
lave Judge Landis also decide on Mr.
Johnson's fitness to act as league pres
dent. That was the last 1 ever heard
>f the suggestion.
"We so-called revolutionists." con?
cluded the colonel, "were willing to
iave all the card? laid on the table
dght at the annual meeting; and the
ssue fought out there. But Johnson
ind his supporters had evidently come
lere with everything cooked and dried
'or us. They insisted upon using the
?team roller. They were warned that
o do so would be at their peril. N'ow
et's see whose toes that steam roller
s going to flatten after all."
According to rumors printed in the
>ress of Philadelphia, the home of the
""billies, which is owned by Charles'
iVebb Murphy, may be absorbed by the i
'hiladelphia Rapid Transit Company, j
If such a thing were to come to pass i
t could mean only one of two thinprs: j
'hat the Phillies would share- Shibe ?
'ark in future with the Athletics or j
hat one of the Quaker City teams
i'ould be moved elsewhere presuma
dy to Baltimore. It is known Balti- ;
rore woulil welcome a major franchise
n settlement of its claim of $240,000
gainst organized baseball.
Box to a Draw
Billy Afleck. of England, and Billy
lurphy, of Staten Island, boxed eight ;
ast rounds to a draw before a large
rowd at the Mnyonne A. A. last night.
loth men are featherweights.
Penn Stirred to Depths
By Its Football Situation
Heismao, New Coach,
Faces Hard Task in Re?
storing Team Prestige
By Ray McCarthy
Life Ht the. University of Pennsyl- j
vania these days seems to be one agi-!
tation after another. And all over the
matter of selecting a football coach. ;
Bob Folwell is the center of the storm
again, just as he was three years ago;
when he was let out and reinstated on
the demand of the students. It is not
likely that the students will intervene j
this time, nor is it at all probable that
Folwell will be seen as coach of the |
Penn eleven again.
?lohn \V. Heisman, former Penn foot- :
ball star, and who has acted as coach i
of the Georgia Tech teams for the last
several years, has been appointed as
head coach for next year, and will have
as his assistants: F. Harold Gaston,
Charles A. Kennath and Jack Keogh.
An advisory committee of three mem?
bers, Ernest Cozzens, J. Hunter Scar-.
lett and Louis A. Young was also rati- i
fied by the council, and Dr. Arthur
Light, brother of Hobey, was given
i\e i,?k ns team physician in place of
Dr. Hancock.
The football .situation has been filled
with so many complications during the
last couple of years and particularly
this last year, that it has left the out?
sider bewildered and confused as to
the real trouble and even has many of
the Penn students guessing as to what
it is all about. The trouble cannot be
laid to a single ailment, because sev- ;
??} maladies seem to be involved. The I
difficulty 13 in finding the beginning.
Oossip of Philadelphia and environs!
nas it that Penn tired of being de- I
?eated hired Folwell and Bob was told
t0 Pfoauce a winner. He went out and i
got the material and started a winning ?
campaign, but just as it was reaching
its zenith somebody spilled the peans,
there was a loud hullabaloo and Fol?
well nearly lost out.
Folwell back at his post started
again, it is pointed out by those who
claim to know whereof they speak.
But the eleven had its winning career
stopped by the war. However, when
the conflict had ceased Folwell and
Penn tried once more, aiming all the
time to clean up in the football world.
When that had been accomplished Penn
was to show its record to Yale and Har?
vard, it is said, and invite these two to
trv their hand at defeating the Red and
Blue.
In any event, Penn began what looked
like a brilliant career last season. It
appeared as though it was to become
football champion at last. But right
in the midst of the season Penn State
?lappened along and administered a
fearful jolt to the Quaker town institu?
tion's aspirations. Other defeats fol
owed in quick succession, the Red and
Blue gridiron heroes became disheart?
ened and began dropping out, and sud
ienly the whole works caved in and
everybody began to howl for a new
deal.
Then, gossip has it, things began tc
Tapper, fast and furiously. This play
ng football to win only was all wrong
[f Yale and Harvard were ever to bf
scheduled a radical change must b?
vrought. The athletic eligibility stand
?rds must be raised, a new co?chinf
system must be got; in short, a nev
?room must be put into play and th<
.vhole done over.
And in the meantime most of th?
'ootbal! players stick by Folwell ant
leclare he is the man for the job. Tha
n itself is a pretty good sign that Fol
veil knows his business and that h?
?ad the players with him. But, any
low, it is not getting his job back, an?
low everybody is wondering whethe
he change will work out for better o
vorse.
Rain or shine "Scoter,
Mists" are fine!
Rich mixture cheviots
woven in Scotland after
our own formula.
Ideal overcoats the year
'round. Rainproofed !
Light, medium and heavy?
weights.
While yesterday's Shoe
Sale cleared out practically
everything in the popular
sizes, opportunity to save
money still abounds for the
man who is small or large
enough to put his foot in
it?say 51/2 to 7 or 91/2 to 11.
$7.50 and $9.50 are the
reduced prices.
'Reff%<>tere<t T "id ? rryj-U
Rogers Peet Company
Broadway
\ at 13th St.
: Broadway
: ?t Warren
BtOttdway
"Four at 34th ?
Convenient
Corners" Fifth Avc
at 41st St.
Ten 13??? League
Clubs Pirk New
Training Camps
New training quarters have been sr
lected by most of the major leatru
baseball clubs as the scene )f :
'spring conditioning, prior to *:
1 ?.uaJ battle for the pennants. ! ? ?
I the sixteen teams, including the PI
delphia Athletics and the St. Lou .- N'a
I tionals, which trained at home in 191
have decided to seek new fields f?
their workouts. The remaining -
I will return to the balmy diamond
where they prepared a year ago.
\s has been the case for sevei
years, the State of Florida still lead
as a popular choice, with Texas rui
ning a close second. These two ?tal
will act as hosts for eight clubs,
Georgia, Louisiana and Arkan as
each accommodate two. and Alabam
one.
California will again bo the ;cen
of the spring training- of the Chicago
Nationals, the Cubs returning to Pas
dena. where they were satisfactorily
located twelve months a?o.
The complete list of the 1920 train
ing camps, together with a roster ??
the quarters the previous season, fol
lows:
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Club. 1920 ?'amp. 1919 Quarter*.
Brooklyn. Jacks'n ville, Kl a.. Jack'n ville, FU
Boston . .Columbus, Ga. Columbus. Gs
Chicago.. Pasadena Calli Pasadena Cali(
Cinclnnatf.Mlaml, Fla. Waxaha hie. '!'
N?
Phila
Yuri
?s.-iii Antonio, Tex.Gainesville F
?irmingha m, A ..-'.. i r : :? . N ?
.Hot Springs, Ark .W I n< :. fnd
ul>
AMI:KHAN LEAGCE
1920 i 'amp 1513 '
irt<
Is. T?
Boston .Hot Springs, Ark. Tumi
Chicago. Waco, Tex .Min V
Cleveland.New Orleans, '??? N ''? :- in<
Detroit. . M aeon Ga.Mac?n, C?a
New Y/ork.Jacksonv'le, Fla.Jacksonv'le, Vlv
Phlla Lake ? 'ha? les, La. Phi
St Louis .Taylor. Tex.s Antoi io. Tex
Wash . . . Tampa, Fla . . .Augusta, 'ja.
Boxing Control Board
To Try Deinpsey rVb. 11
Jack Dempsey, world's heavyweighi
champion, will be yiven a hearing be
fore the Army, Navy and Civilian
Board of Boxing Control on Februar:
11 at ?:30 p. in. at the office of the
organization. 340 Madison Avenue, t?
decide whether or not he should br
given a clean bill of health regarding
his war record.
The committee who will hoar Demp
;ey was announced last night and will
zonsist of the following: Alfred L
Marilley, counsel to the board: Majoi
?Vnthony J. Drexel Biddle, Gutzon Borg
lum, Joseph E. Raycroft, Robert Ed
gren, Roswell E. Easton, R. Brecken
ridge Steele, Adam Empie, John S
??niith.
MacKay After Del mont
If the present pians of Dave MacKay.
natchmaker of the Newark Sportsmen's
lub, materializes, Mickey Delmont, the
Newark bantam, who knocked out
Johnny Bulf, will meet G?orgie Adam-.
he Chicagoan, in the semi-final to '':
fohnny Kilbane-Benny Valgar world'?
featherweight champ\onship bout or
'"'ebruarv ?6.
Carpentier Sails March 10
PARIS, Feb. 3.-Georges Carpentier.
European heavyweight champion, is to
?ail for America March 10. it was an
?ounced to-day by M. Descamps, his
nanagcr. Carpentier will go to Los
Vngeleti-from New York, arriving- there
ibout March 25, to fill some movie con
racts. After that he will tour Amer
ca in a vaudeville act.
Homer Baker Favorite
The wonderful race put up by Horn"
iaker at the Brooklyn College games
ast Saturday, when he won the 1,000
?ard special from such a star field ?:i
dike Devaney, Earl Eby, J. J. Connolly
tnd others, makes Homer favorite toi
he Millrose three-quarter-mile special,
o be run at its games on Tuesday,
'ebruary 10, at Madison Square Garden.
EVERYTHING FOR
HLUARDSlpSr BOWLING
Price? and Term? to Suit.
REPAIRS BY EXPERT MECHANICS
The HrunswiriV Uall.?--< nllrndrr f?.
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