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Att the News—
Honest Opinions
1W RULES PERMIT SMALL
SCHOOLS TO BEAT BIG ONES
Fellows Don’t Dare Open
up Their Choice Stuff in
Early Contests
COLGATE’S DEFEAT OF
YALE IS AN EXAMPLE
That is Only One of Many Games
This Year That Prove the
Case in Point
There are two leading reasons w h>
iootball teams representing the small
er colleges can make a better show
ing under the present rules than they
able to do previously That
they actually do make such showing
is undeniable. The stores tell the
jvtory.
It Is not necessary to delve far Into
the records of the various teams of
1913 to see that In many rase* the
dope has been completely upset not
only In the games in which the big
colleges take part, but In those wher-j
ihe smaller oues tackle the weak.
The moat notable instance of this
came when the Colgate eleven trim
med the Yale team 1 kto t*.
The result of that game was so
surprising to the followers of the
Bine that many of the alumni who
were not present at the contest re
fused to believe that it had happened
until the reports were confirmed by
the newspapers.
The Yale-Colgate game is only one
of many Incidents this season which
Shew how the smaller teams have
come forward. Other teams which
upaot the dope completely, playing
against larger teams were
Michigan Aggies, .2; University of
Michigan, 7.
Maine. 0.; Yale. h.
W. 4 J., I); Yale. 0.
Pittsburgh. 12; Indians. 6.
Pittsburgh. 0; Navy. 0.
The above list shows a few of the
gunes played this year In which the
smaller team* have l>een either vic
torious o rhave tied their rivals. It
does not show what a vast number
of good games has been put up by
the smaller colleges In which they
h gve lost by a small margin from the
supposedly stronger opponents.
To get down to the reason* why
this condition under the new rules
should be true, we find that the two
main factors are these:
In the first place .the open game
wit htbs forward pass allows an ele
ment of chance to entre that hitherto
was unknown except when the old
rn-side kick was In rogue. But even
the on-aide kick, though It often al
low* a smaller team to make a touch
down on the opposition, did not open
up the defense a a It does today, there- ;
!>▼ giving the smaller team the chance j
not only to pull off a successful for
ward paa. but to run off ground-gain
ing plays which tnay easily give them
the victory.
The second reason for the apparent
added strength of the smaller tour:
originates from the new rules, yet.
strictly speaking, does necessarily de
pend on them. It is this, that In order
to perfect a varied attack for the big
games, the strong elevens do not re
sort to their full repertoire against
the smaller teams, because their
movements are apt to be w’atched by
scoots from other team*. This hold-.
tng back of trick and Intricate plays
lias become almost universal among
the big colleges. That they do not
use the plays against the small teams |
which they intend to uae against the ,
larger ones Is proved by the fact that
moat teams hare secret practice Now .
if a given team. Harvard, for instance. (
were going to try out all the new
and deceptive formations on
a of Holy Cross' strength, there *
would be no use in having 'em • ;
practice, because the sootrts could see
all they wanted In the game.
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It-la, therefore, evident that when j
a Mg team holds back its best plays j
when playing a small aggregation, i
and the small hunch tries everything j
la stock, the result must be that the ,
small team makes a far better show
log than under t.he old rules, when
simply straight football was used i
When it wsa simply a case of crash
ing ihrough the line, darting outside j
of tackle or making sweeping end ,
runs, the large teams had no reason
not. to use sll their strength against j
the small foe. In fart. It was better |
to do *o, because they were able to)
develop rapidly In proportion to the
amount of work they did In those
smaller games.
No WcoodKions are quite different
Moaf of them save their good plays
for the so-called championship games,
.'even at the coet of a drubbing, or
near drubbing, at the hands of the
little enemy. Such teams as Harvard.
Tale. PHneeton, Chicago and Michi
gan do not care such a great <fatl
about the results of the small games
Naturally they do not care to be
bin ten, et the tame time, after hold
ing Prince-ton to a tie and haring a
fair chance to do as well sgstnst Har
vard. Yale ha* forgotten her defeat
at Mae hand* of Colgate, and Michi
gan, Moving waded through Penn,
r'-ree little that the Aggies won from
tnoa la the early part of the season.
JBSS WILLARD ATTEMPTS
to COME BACK TONIGHT
CHICAGO. Nov. 24.—Jess Willard.
in M with the fans since his sad
H'dtttg In the bout with George Ko
4#d» a( Milwaukee, will attempt to
Mck at Ftort Wayne, tonight.
-edMi fie Meets Prank Heed, or Toledo.
Ml n It-nmnd go. Rastem promoters
; Mhp gif# the Kansan a chance at Carl
. hMfh If he shows any form tonight.
'T'ftNf motorcycle ©fleers have been
mMMMI ti tPbfi Heine*. Is . to conduct
' fi'Mtitafhta* atralhlt speeding and mus
bxfefc''fort' ; ‘tdmeefanre society in
farmed et Bradford in
NEWS AND VIEWS OF SPORT
BOOKKEEPER DAYS;
FIGHTER NIGHTS
A bookkeeper in the daytime,
and a fighter ai night. Joe Harang,
New Orleans’ latent hope for cham
pionship honors, is climbing the
pugilistic ladder after Johnny Kll
- He went up another rung
a few nights agr* wrhen he decisive
ly defeated the PhiHio favorite,
Gene Helniont. at Memphis. and
now they've label**! him ‘ Johuuie
Kllhane's bwg-a-boo in the Cres
cent City.
BRICKLEY LOOKS
LIKE THE CAPTAIN
He and Hardwick Have Played
All-American Ball for Har
vard Two Years
CAMBRIDGE, Mass . Nov. 24. —Only
two members of Harvard's champion
' ship eieveu were today suffering any
til effect* of Saturda) s victory over
Yale. Bradlee «u iti the Stillman
infirmary with a broken .ib. Hard
wick wa* carrying his arm in a sling
a* a remit of a severe strain. Har
vard will lose only three of its great
team by graduation, Capt. Storer.
Tackle Hitchcock, and End O'Brien.
After-the-batt!e-dope on the Har
vard-Yale football game, today, was
generally to the effect that Charley
Brickley. whose five field goals, Satur
day, defeated Yale, should be made
! captain for next veer He and Hard
i wick have both come through rrom
their freshmen year playing all-Amer
i lean football, and the latter may run
the drop-kick phenom a close race.
Brickley celebrated his 22d birtn
day. today Messages of congratula
tion poured In from all sections of the
country.
NEWYORKHASWEEK i
OF COOP FIGHTING
Welsh. Britton, McAllister and
Other Good Boys Are Sched
uled for Bout*
, NEW YORK. Nov. 24.—New York
fight lovers today prepared for a
I week of unwonted activity In ring
I circles, which promises to bring the
best caliber of fighters into action.
I Such men a* Freddie Welsh. Jack
Britton, Battling Levinaky, Young
Mike Donovan. Bob McAllister.
Frankie Burns, and Young Oradwell
are scheduled to play their parts in
the padded arena within the next
seven days.
Welsh meets Phil Bloom at the At
lantic Garden A. C., Tuesday night
and Wednesday afternoon Jack Brit
ton meets Eddie Glover at the Irving j
A. C. As Britton and Welsh will prob
ably meet In the near future, deep In
terest attaches so these bouts.
Bob McAllister, “the boxing marvel
-of California. - ' will debut here. Wed
nesday night, at the Fairmont A. C.,
meeting Young Mike Donovan.
1913 GOLF SEASON DIES
HARD THANKSGIVING
NEW YORK~"Nov. 24—Tl
golf season will give its farewell gasp
this week when the annual fail tourna
ment will be held Thursday. Friday
and Saturday at the Lekeivood Coun
try club. There will be 80 golfers en
tered In the qualifying round Thanks
giving day. _
RIVERS-IS 10 TO 8
FAVORITE OVER CROSS
LOS ANCELES CaL. Nov. 24 —Joe
Rivers is a 10 tp 8 favorite today for
his 20-round fight scheduled for
Thanksgiving day with I>each Cross,
of New York. Cross showed form to
day when he resumed his training.
He weighed 13k pounds. River*
looked Just as promising in his work-,
out.
One of the Brilliant Plays That Gave the Maroons
The Western Conference Title at Chicago
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Captain Nor gran, Chicago’* Brilliant Halfback, Skirting Wlaconain’a Ena In tha Final Gama, at Marshall Flald, for tho Woatorn Confaranca Champldfiahlp,
Novtmbir 22.
THE DETROIT TIMES. MONDAY. NOVEMBER 24, !•!».
To These Four Captains is Given Most of Honor
For Winning and Losing the Two Big Contests
Whether they won, lost or tied Sat
urday'e two big games, these four cao
tains have had great honors thrust
upon them. Ot course, it is more
pleasant to win than to lots, but a
good loser is rarer tnan a govo win
ner. In this group the portraits frem
left to right are Stcrer. of Harvard;
Norgen, of Chicago; Ketcham. of Yaie.
and, below, Tanberg, of Wisconsin.
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NAVY FEARS THAT
MEN WILL GO STALE
Middies’ Spies at Army Game
Saturday Believed to Fear
the Cadets
ANNAPOLIS. Md.. Nov. 24 —lndivid
ual plays made up the entire program
of the Navy eieveu, today, and it was
apparent that there would be no more
ta-rimmage practice before the big
Army-Navy encounter at the Polo
grounds. New York. Saturday after
noon.
The coaches believe that the men
are keyed to about the proper pitch
now, and they do not want to ruu the
chance of having them go stale from
overtraining.
Lieut. Howard was silent, today, on
the Navy's chances after Coach Reilly
had returned from West Point, where
he saw the Army eieveu in action. It
is believed that the sailors regard th*
soldiers witb some trepidation.
DESJARDIEN OR GRAY
WILL BE THE CAPTAINi
CHICAGO. Nov. 24.—Either Desjar
dien. Maroon center, who was the
choice of most critics for that posi
tion on the mythical all-western eleven
for 1913, or Halfback Gray, whose 82-
yard run for touchdown featured the
Wisconsin game, will be chosen 1914
captain of the Chicago Heven, when
the squad meets, tomorrow.
The steadily increasing proportion j
of motorists in California’s population J
is shown in recent statistics compiled j
from the slate’s registration figures.)
Some counties show one automobile
fdr every 30 or 35 of population.
There are 187 make* of cars In aer
vice, of which nearly 12 per cent arc
Btude!>aker*.
Leading American League Batters
in OR MORE Cl t MEN.
PI aver Dub Games AB HER If TB 2B 3M lift Sll SB BB H< » P' T
Cobb, Detroit 122 428 70 SI I*7 220 IX 14 411 52 5» 3fw.-1.13
Henrlksen, Boston., 10 40 8 1 15 14 1 16 aP.I7&
Javksnn Clevelaml 1»8 528 101 74 197 591 S*» 17 7 1" 2« 8.) 26 .371
Speaker. Boston 141 520 94 72 19" 278 15 22 1 U 16 66 34 .116
K. Doll Ins, Phlla... . 148 834 126 82 184 214 2! 11 1 2*. 5 4 85 17 .115
GJlhoolev. New York 24 85 i0 7 2‘» 11 2 1 1- 4 9 HI
Baker. Philadelphia 149 54S 114 88 !<*" 278 II 9 12 7 3.1 41 11 .316
Cajole. Cleveland . .1 37 465 64 C. U 6 188 25 2 112 17 11 17 315
Molnnls. Philadelphia 148 541 79 58 177 227 10 4 4 2*. 1 4 44 20 124
[* Murphv. f’h!U .. 40 59 4 :! 1* 25 4 1 2 4 8 322
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KENNETH NASH QUITS BASEBALL ON
» BEING ELECTED A REPRESENTATIVE
WEYMOUTH, Mass . Nov. 22.—Man
ager Miller Huggins, of the St. Douia
Nationals, will have t*> worry along
without the service* of Kenneth L.
Nash, in fielder, next spring. For. Nash
Is now a lawmaker, and Instead ot
playing ball, next spring, he will he
serving the Seventh Norfolk county
district in the Massachusetts house of
j representatives.
Nash was a star player In his Wey*
! mouth High school days, and later
I starred at Brown university. After
leaving Brown, he pluyed at Cleveland,
in the fall of 1912. and was sent to To
ledo, but In mid-season of 191 J! w-as
shifted to Waterbury. His good work
at Waterbury attracted the scouts and
the Cardinals landed him in the draft.
Nash lull) expected to go south
with the Cards, next spring, but that
was when he figured he and be licked
in politics. Now that lie has been
elected he is going to stand by the
job. The Massachusetts house does
not adjourn until late In June, and
that means Huggins will ha\e to do j
without him. Nash will offer to report I
after adjournment, hut doesn t expect
a favorable reply, and already plaus
to stick to politics.
CATCHER AGNEW JCMPB
TO K. C FEDERAL* I
ST Loris. Nov. 24.—Catcher Sam
Agnew. of the St. Louis Browns, has
jumped to the Kansas City club of the
Federal league, one of his ciotfe
irienrts announced, today. He exhibit
ed a letter from Agnew saying that
the Federal* had offered him twice
the salary he is pulling from the |
Browns.
tins Ehly and Jay McCullough, cf
Minneapolis, Kan., recently rode their
motorcycles to Broken Flow, Neh.,
where ihey staked claims on t.he reser
vation Just opened up by Fnclw Sam
England ha* seven physicians to
each 10.000 of population.
Scheme of Numbering Footbgl
Players is Getting Real *ryout
The scheme of numbering foothill players is getpg a more
thorough tryout Hus season tliun It sver lias before tesulls arc
satisfactory.
Supervisor of Athletics Davis, of the Detroit st ilus lias writ
ten the "Sou" authorities asking for ' permission to umber the
Central and "8oo" players here Thanksgiving day. | tried the
scheme with (Jrarid Itapids. but the Karris refused.
hurt mouth is the most eminent tean that has h* numbered
in the east and Northwestern the moat pmiuinent In Is west. In
St. Louis, newspaper agituiion has brought about the number of
the players of the St. Umts university In Ik* game agafet Syracuse.
The most determined op|M>sitlon fruit coaches Is appeared
at Cleveland, where Snyder, of Reserve, aid Scotr, <» Crhc. have
balked because numb ring players savors too much of idlvldualtty.
Football Results
«Ulr lll|h M‘lwol.
I >«» tr•> i t Central. <o; Flint, <V
Kenton .17 O«’o»so, 0
Lansing. 24. Jackson, 12
Hhlnn. 13. M;»*on. S.
| ton au lac. 7; Hen ton Harlior. 7.
I»«»rt Union 7; SHRinaw, *V
Sail It Ste Marie. 72; Charlevoix. 0.
Colilw liter. I ». I’nlon City, 10. i
Travers.* city, 21. Cadillac. 10.
Orand Rapid* Catholics 33: N iah- ,
vllle. 0. , , „
Orand U**lK<\ 16 Portland, a
Marietta, SO; *.
Ornrd Rapids Central. 4. t.'anu
Haven, 0
Orand Rapids Union. 6 Allegan. 0.
Holland. . South Haven 0.
St John's, TANARUS: lonia. 7.
VTU K ( OI.LKUK.
olivet. 11 Alma, a
Ypal Normal. 6; Hillad ile, 0.
r.tvT.
Harvard, IV Yale. 3.
Carlisle. 35. Syracuse, 27
ltsv« nford, 10. Carnegie Ta« h . 0
Dickinson. 75' Delawnr®. 7
Htn-Vnell. 14; Muhlenberg. 6
Na\ v. 41, Near York C. 0
Lehigh, 7; Lafayette. 0.
Trinity, 14 ; Weal*} an. o.
St Johna IS: Wssh’ngton Collrff. 4
Army. 14. Springfield 7
Penn Fresh.. 11 Cornell Fresh. 7.
Rutgers. 17. Stevens. 0.
Holy Cross. ?*•; Worceslei Polv, •».
W E«IT.
Chieaao. 10; Wisconsin. n
Purdue, 47. Indiana. 7
r»hi6 State. s*; Northwestern 0
Cast, 27; Kenyon. 13.
Western Reserve. 7- Ruehtel, 0.
Notre Dame. 20. Christian llroth
* ra. 7.
onto. Tt Woosist. 4
Denison 47. Ohio Wealevan. 0.
Ames. 26 Drake, 7.
Minnesota. 11 Illinois 4.
Missouri. 3: Kansas. 0.
Nshraaka. 12; lowa. 0
lj»ke Forest. 23. Beloit. 4.
DePauw, 26. Karl ham. o.
ARMY HAS LIGHT
WORK ON PROGRAM
If Meacham and Huston Can’t
Get in Saturday, the Cadets
Will be Weak
WEST POINT. N. Y., Nov. 24
Workouts today with light scrim
mages marked the Army eleven's pro
gram. In preparation for Its big game
with the Navy, Saturday afternoon.
There will be other scrimmages to
morrow and Wednesday, trying out a
few new formations that Army
have been working on all sea
son for this especial occasion.
Meacham. at left guard, is in a bad
way with his leg and may not be able
to get in the Thanksgiving scrap Un
less Huston is able to go in his old
place, the Army will have at least one
weak spot. It is feared.
How American League
Clubs Hit Last Seasor
w,— a m n kii H 2P 3B HR TP Sll r*H BP SO f*<?
Philadelphia I** 4J.11 794 *l*7 111* |*J J 2 J}J} j£g Jg* 470 578 lit*
»nv:.: o g jjj &•; jj ® ]?{ iff ttl :i
Detroit ..... 50J* *24 4*4 I*4* ITS g - ** {fog m 2 gg 449 *52 31
" ashing f <»n. Ri)22 528 379 1 188 177 78 18 I**s 116 21 1 45* 7*2 .j b
Ht 1a0U15.... 154 *022 528 J.J Jig* J*' g U 2l u , ~ 5 541 an .17
rhiT-aio ::: m 15i? !i! i»« »& »s* *« 2* 149* im m? w r,* o .u
OLIVET IS RIGHTFUL OWNERS OF
THE M. I. A. A. FOOTBALL TITLE
Olivet looks like the logical cham
pion of the M. I. A. A. It gained Its
right to the title by defeating Alma,
at Olivet. Saturday. 13 to 0.
Albion Is making a claim for the
title, basing It on its victory over Oli
vet. at Albion, a week ago Friday,
when the Methodists beat the Congre
gationallsta, 17 to 12.
Albion Is welcome to whatever sai*
Infactloti it ran ..t out o. .bat e«£
but nevertheless there la no doubt
that Olivet Is a better team.
Albion managed to slip over a vic
tory by a small margin when Olivet
was in a slump, when it was Preparing
for Us big game with Aj™ •»« «*" *
dare opeo up its plays to the
Coach Bleamaster, of Alma, who wsr
on the side lines. and
without the services of its sUr. Ride ,
for over half of the game.
How the 1913 Tigers Hit Oficially
_ iu r V R H TB 2B 3B HR >MI »»»» SO PCT
Player Oam*s AU *yj lti 7 1* 1* • H M** ™ *«»>
Cobb... 122 <2B ™ ,4, 2 : >H 32 2.1 9 !l 13 52 28 111
Crawford 153 410 .• «{ 1 % , 10 J 1« J 8 298
»>*'unmn . 49 91 " *“ j * 4. 1 11 *2l 21 282
MrKff .. «• I*2 '* ‘j 21 s| 41 if, l 2.1 .28.:
Willett. .. »4 ,?{ .2 J; 1 hHi 8 2 4 10,1* 45 2?0
O.tn.r .. J* >;» *| »{ ,H |;s ~,0 II *f>* «< -•}
\ P*ih. .. ■ 149 ”7 . « ii 11. .... 1* * Jt»K
Mullln... *♦ U - I 14 1* 1 .. .. 2 15 9 255
OnsJoW .. 1. }* 08 72 14* I*l 14 1® 1 1* 44 SO 32 211
o Rush . 152 5J* 9» - R 0 4 | .. Ift *M 24 311
Louden.. *2 t? ~ || 109 11*3 2 II 51l 18 240
Vltt »• *•* I} J? ” wj 5 2 .. 15 31 H 25 .213
Mnrlarty 1«2 *♦, - g 1 .. » 6|9 24 230
IHsb {J JJJ J J 5 4 71 13 2 .. 9 5 J 9* 2*l
.4tanss«- *•) *}}, ! 1 41 T 5 2 2 2 I 7 J!»'
I u-sl 1* *2 l 5 n 15 2 .. .. -* 1 4 18 .I*B
iiondeau. i” 0 n 21 3 : .. 1 • £ i« 177
Danes. .. M *! | 3 , 0 1 .... t 2 \ 8 .14*
Olbson.. 20 »> * ‘ 4 5 is .. .. 7 .. [ • .Ml
M H * n • IS 1 I ...... . I t .o*o
HnnM.... 18 1» 1 1
mJSdUtd by*
BatpkL. Yoker
TAKE CORKLL TO
ATLAITIC CITY
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Men Will be koined for Pennsy
(tame at thk Seaside
Reiot
ITHACA. N. Y., Nt. 24. —Cornell
coaches planned to ta? the team io
Atlantic City tonight \ p Ut 0 n the
finishing touches for ( he annual
Thanksgiving game W], Pennsyl
vania. Hard practice , practically
at an end. The coachei»)elle ve that
two days at the seas* r( , mostly
apt nt ill relaxation wll, put the
eleven qn fighting edge fothe game
Lord Ballyrot
In Slantfand
ff I |• a I IUI|I w
At a low-grade sort of restaurant.
the only one to be found 1 the vicin
ity. old chap, I was startle to behold
a waiter fellow whose rcadth of
shoulders, squareness o Jaw and
fierce aspect made him
looking, indeed A wl*e>d llttlp
waiter, by whom I was srved, au
swered my query as to t| other's
fighting capacity as follows;
"Is that big stiff a tough gy" Saw
he couldn’t lick a parcel pr». stamp
behind his back He wouldn't sat one
round with his kid sister. If thy were
slugging w ith bags of musl He s
afraid to kick a mud pie or ieat a
gum machine. On** slap on 11* c. 1.7.
and they'd tote him away cr tho
dream drav (live him a hart In »’t
and hell skolt to the tall tuber.
Watch me step on his chart!’’
My word!
C.eorge Murphy ami Shorty Anew
of Chippewa Falls. Wls., has Junirom
pleted a motorcycle trip to Detrtt.
Inasmuch as Rider alone won Sat
urday's game from, Alma, sere is no
doubt in the minds of thof who saw
the Olivet victory over Alt* that with
Rider in the game that mfgin of five
points would have been more than
overcome.
Olivet outplayed Almaln the first
quarter of Saturday's gat* by a great
enough margin so that 1 touchdown
resulted. For the rest |f the game
Alma outplayed Olivet. Pit the heir
was a lake and constAt fumbling
made nil Alma's spperUity. On one
of the fumbles. Spring, flivet quarter,
scooped the ball with* clear field
ahead for a touchdown
Probably few game have been
played tinder worse fondltlons. A
ponrftTg Tain fell throghout Jhe laxt
three qtiarters.
Olivet is entitled t its victory on
ita plar in the first 1 minutes.