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COMMENT ON SPORTS.
OLYMPIC GAMES FUND.
Nercs and J r ieu* on Current Topics,
Amateur and- Professional.
A wrong impression w-em? to have arisen in
«-.- » quarters concerning: the fund which is be
in* raised by the American Olympic committee
So defray the expenses of the teams which will
represent this country at the Olympia in Eng
land this year. Our correspondent writes that he
would feel disposed to make a subscription if he
thought it would aid in. sending: a representative
lawn tennis team and not be used exclusively for
»he track and field athletic team. A well known
oarsman exprefsed himself in much the same.
way arid said that there wan a feeling in rowing
circles that penera.l athletics was being played
lip at the expense of other branches of sport.
Nothing is further from the truth, as it Is the
hope and desire of the American Olympic com
mitted that this country shall be well repre
sented in every branch of sport on the Olympic
: - gramme and that so far as possible the gen
eral fund will be used to make this condition
possible. Just how this fund will be divided to
insure the best results has not be definitely de
cided, as much depends on the attitude t) at*
those Interested In the various branches of pport
take looking; to a proper representation for their
particular line. The lawn tennis players, the
gt>lfers. the oarsmen, the riflemen and such oth
ers for whom competitions in be held must do
their part toward creating interest and provid
ing the money to nd their teams abroad or
•;"-.- the consequences. Up to this time those
who are interested in track and field athletics
have done about all the work, and the money
subscribed to date, < ,me f2,;V)<». can be traced
to t))» efforts being- made to send as strong an
athletic team to London as went to Athens In
2906. when the Olympic championship was won
by thft United States.
It must not be forgotten that track and field
-' " Btfea form the foundation on which the Olym
ris is based. The games will attract more gen-
BBBj interest than all the other competitions put
together in all probability, for tho reason that
•hey wGI be held in the immense Ftadium being
built for the purpose, before th« biggest crowd
r*rhaps In the history of modern athletic con
tests. The golf, Uk lawn tennis, the rifle shoot
ing, the rowing, the court tennis, the squash.
«-tc etc.. must be held apart, and by the very
rature of the competitions with the exception of
the rowing will fail to attract the throng as not
appealing to the desire for a conflict that is
•waged and fought out step by step or stroke by
stroke from start to finish. The Olympic re
catla will be second only to the games, as row-
Ing is close to the hearts of Englishmen, who
turn out In vast numbers to pee the trials of
speed and line the Henley course over practi
cally every foot of the Journey. For this reason
the oarsmen in this country should make a spe
cial effort to send two or more representative
crews abroad, and there is no question that It
will be done and that the pro rata share of the
general fund will be available lo defray the nec
essary expenses. The American Olympic com
mittee has no easy task on its hands, but fortu
nately it is made up of men who are represen
tative American sportsmen and who will work
hard and earnestly to do the best that is pos
sible for this country with the material and
money in hand. The plea for help should not
go unanswered, as $50,000 i.« needed, and the
sooner it is subscribed the quicker the commit
tee can make its plans and carry them to a suc
cessful conclusion. Every sportsman in this
country should take a lively interest in uphold
ing the prestige of the United States in the field
of sports, and those who cannot give their ser
vices should subscribe their mite to the fund. It
Ml a good cause.
It seems a pity that the governing bodies
at lawn tennis and golf in tills country took
such a neutral portion when appealed to for
assistance by the American Olympic committee.
It begii'F to look as if any representation the
United States will have in these lines of sports
would be due entirely to the individual efforts
cf particular players. Judging from reports
.-.broad, lawn tennis will bold a forward place
in the Olympia. and it has been suggested even
that the contest for the Davis Cup. which went
to Australia last season, be delayed a year, so
as not to detract from the Olympic tournament,
which will be played at Wimbledon on July C
*.nd the following day*. Women's singles, men's
singles and men's doubles are on the programme,
and i country' may enter twelve competitors
in earn event. Players will not be allowed to
lake part unless entered by their country. The
covered court championships have bt-en fixed
for May 6at the Queen's Club. If H. L. Doher
ty Turns to the game and represents England
among others ana X. E. Brookes, of Australia.
Th«* singles champion, of Great Britain, and A.
F. Wilding, hi? partner laet year in winning
Tho doubles championship, return to defend
tb^fr titles and, •'■■•'• the Olympic tournament,
this country should b»- represented by Its best
and rtrong'-st players. There may be some ex
<«fc for the lack of luleneat in golfing circles
h**?-** for the Olympic tournament at Deal, as
for sonif reason hard to explain many of the
leading golf«=>rs= abroad resent the action of the
Enfrlifh committee in instituting a champion
ship of soch pretensions, while » lead ing au
thority Is quoted a? 'paying: "It does not ap
7-»al to i» a« attractive or desirable from any
coin of view."' and "If i' is advertised «h a
Ttcrld'f= championship, «* by any such preten
tStfas designation, or if •• '«■ in the lea^t der:reo
HsJbsfdfaßßa or enßß»ser«d by trading btterests.
«Mr lean amateurs will have nothing to do
with It.*! Thi? position 55 in striking contrast
in that rafc^n by the Henloy stewards, who have
placed J heir own r**t H % . -ni-y regatta second to
tb» Olympic recatta by barring foreign crews
for on<* year. so a*; to make the tatter event first
in public Interest.
Cscsper Whitney, president of the American
O'ympJc in— lff fir, has the following to say
In the current issue of "The Outing Magazine"
about the recent opposition to the appointment
of M. - HaJpSn as manager of the American
track and :.■ id teiun:
It • hardly necessary for ms to say that the
American committee of th*» Olympic games may be
«<fp*nd<'d upon not to batroal the American team
■wbirh will '. n*-nt over this year ty incompetent
manacinent or to b* i«Ti'. .j by ;'!,. petty poli
|ics of noisy athVtes. A prf-at deal or irresponsible
und intaiißibie criticism baa found lt« way into the
newspapers <*• the 'nanai:<*r of the I>.€ learn. Borne
of the criticism may or may not be true: that will
\f. «Wermin<*i in • v*> fours* What I wish h<-rf to
rKorti Is that taw American committee nill appoint
no t^am mariaeer who if not worthy of the place,
sior vrill this committee b" moved to disregard ■
«I*-sirabi» candidate for the place by the clamor or
grievance uursing clubs.
J. is bard to understand th.i? «tatoment unless
-"har.ir it was written in December, before
?.;r. BsJsJss was appointed, and delayed in pub
lication. If bo. it shows that th»± committee was
♦ osnizant of some opposition to Mr. Halpin lie
fore he was named, aii«l must needs hail ron
aldered H. a-s the muddy waters were t-tlrred up
after his ajpiwjntment and th- criticism «■- not
altogether irresponsible and intangible. It calls
attention, however, to the neod of a statement
from the American Olympic committee on t!;»-
Halpin controversy, which has bten 100 long *r..
Jsy«J. That Mr. Halpin will be retained is
•cr.z.ni-g+T < *- cr :- rfasonsbly fur*-, Hn*J ;» c"'
-, r•. laalts as if he should be, all :ltiiij» cori-
Sjfiercd, tut IX,". ash'.ctci wouhl Ul.-i io K novv, End
in justice to all a statement should be'forth
coming: ~ " •
The announcement of the Harvard baseball
schedule of twenty-peven games and of the
usual eight-oared race with Cornell in addition
to the meeting?! with Annapolis and Yale does
not point the way to a more radical policy of
restriction as indicated by the expressed opin
ion of the faculty "that the number of Inter
collegiate contests* should be largely reduced."
The failure to arrange a football game, with
Princeton, on which the undergraduates had set
their hearts, indicated, however, that there is
cause' for a feeling of disquietude among Har
vard men as to the fate of intercollegiate ath
letics. This disquietude is felt also at YaK
Harvard, being her dearest foe, judged by the
following editorial which appeared recently in
"The Yale Daily News":
The vote of the. Harvard faculty expressing the
opinion that the schedule of Harvard's major ath
letic teams should be reduced so as to include only
four or five intercollegiate contests has revived
the stormy dtSCOOßslans which had somewhat abat
ed since the weeks following the end of the foot
ball season. The faculty's opinion, if it Is to be
solidified into an actual ruling, would teem to be
hm an indirect method of driving intercollegiate
athletics from Harvard for good— a contradiction
of their decision of last year. Undoubtedly the
contemplated action would result in a marked
diminution in the Interest taken In the teams— it
could hardly be otherwise. The quality of the
athletic output would he seriously affected, with the
certain result that intercollegiate ahletics for Har
vard would be .loomed. Again, as a year SCO, we
Join the Harvard undergraduates in awaiting the
outcome with interest and anxiety.
If. as it has been Raid, President Eliot should
recommend In his report to the overseers that
the football schedule be limited to two frames-
Yale and the Carlisle Indians — andit should be
carried out. the death knell of the sport would be
sounded at Harvard. There is much to be said
in favor of smaller schedules from a faculty
standpoint at least, and it would not work any
particular hardship if all the colleges in the East
Joined in the movement, so as to be on an equal
footing, as is th*» case with the conference col
leges in the West. It would be a damaging ex
periment, however, for Harvard to try alone.
The annual bench show of the Westminster
Kennel Club at Madison Square Garden this
week will furnish a rare treat to lovers of man's
best and truest four-footed friend. More dogs
will be benched than ever before, and it is need
less to say that they will be the best in their re
spective breeds that the country affords. The
growing popularity of the Boston terrier is em
phasized by the fact that no less than 227 dogs
of this breed have been entered, more, than
double that of any other breed. The bulldogs
and the collies come second, with 125 and 124,
respectively, while next in order come the sport
ing spaniels and the Pomeranians. The. last
named, of which 104 dogs are entered, have
jumped into prominence with a rush and are
now the most favored among woman fanciers.
The bright faced, heavy coated little fellows
•were few and far between not so many years
ago, but. like the Boston terrier, they quickly
struck the popular fancy. No less than sixty
distinct breeds will be represented by 2,006 dogs
for a total entry of 3.023
Will'am H. Hotehki??. president of the Ameri
can Automobile Association, appeared to strike
a popular chord when he said at the annual
banquet of the New Jersey Automobile Motor
Club on Thursday night that the time had come
when "the roads should be made to fit the traffic,
not the traffic to fit the roads." In enlarging on
this he said:
The Romans were the greatest of road builders.
Little need had they for a wider surface or deeper
foundation than would resist the progress of the
legions and their camp equipment; yet vast siege
engines must also be transported, and so those
roads were laid so deep that fifteen centuries of
neglect have left them practically untouched. In
all times and among all peoples the strength of a
public road, its success as a means of intercom
munication, has depended— nay, must always de
pend — Its resistance to the wear, not of the foot
passer, but of the harshest vehicle commonly used
by its public No; if these new macadam roads
of ours are behind the time-? In this, the motor
vehicle age, they— not the times— must be changed;
and in changing them right and justice suggest
that the whole people, not a few, boar equally tho
burden.
Another week has gone by without any fur
ther developments looking to the abrogation of
that unfair and unsportsmanlike blacklist reso
lution adopted by the National Association of
Minor League Baseball Clubs. It looks as if
Harry C. Pulliam would have to fight it out at'
the annual meeting of the Nationnl League,
which is now near at hard. HERBERT.
WITH ATHLETIC BOWLERS
Leading Teams Still on Even Terms
— High Individual Marks.
Not in years has an Athletic Bowling League
championship race been so interesting as the pres
\ ent one. Only another month remains, yet the
same uncertainty attends the efforts of the leaders
that lias existed almost from the start. The Eliza
beth Club team and the New York Athletic Club
team are still tied for fir;-,! place, with 18 games
won and 9 lost.
Both leaders did well to win the odd on foreign
! alleys last week. The only advantage that appears
is the fact that Elizabeth's average to date of 513.21
Is considerably more than that of New York, which
has a mark of 896.17. The Roseville Athletic As*=o
; ciatlon champion five follows the leaders, with 1C
games won and 11 lost, while its average of 901.11
is second only to Elizabeth's. The worst upset of
1 the week wag Jersey City's triple defeat on the
Newark Bay alleys.
Individually the pace continues fast. Although
bollard, of Jersey City, shows the way, with an
average of ]W>.6, this represents only nine games,
so that Clauss, of Elizabeth, with 189.14 for tw-nty
seven games, is th" real leader. Next comes Rob
denburg, of Columbia, with 157.6- The last named
continues to be the surprise of the season. Sher
wood, of New York, with a mark of 15?.24, and
Arnold, of N'-w York, and Tope, of Pllizabeth, ma
terially improved their position? last week.
In addition to the regular schedule this week
there -will be. an extra 6eries, the postponed affair
between Newark Bay and Columbia that should
[ have been roiled on January 2-"!. Three teams will
clash to-night on Columbia's alleys. To-morrow
night l'assalc will go to Bosevflle and Montclalr to
Jersey City. On Thursday Bight; Newark Bay will
I roll on the New York Athletic Club alleys and Co
lombia will visit Elizabeth. The records to date
are as follows:
INDIVIDUAL AVERAGES.
Games. Xam«\ <"!iib. Average. 11 i?
12 Collard Jersey City ln<>« -m
-7 • 'liuss Elizabeth 1tt.14
j24 . . . Kohdenburgr Columbia K>7.«> 244
: -"7 Sherwood New Y0rk..... ... ]«>.!•* '^m
-4 ...uloacs Kos.-vllle l>C.i:: "4-,
-7 H. West Eiizaboth IK, 4 Z2&
27 Adam? Now York ]s;).:{ -]".(j
"7 Arnold New York. ]S3 ■••>•;
27 A. West Ellzat»-th 182.23 ZM
-7. . 1 •••i«- Elizabeth 11*2.5 V-15
M l>wyer Newark liu>- lfcl.lti 238
I:*.. :. .Lookwaod Mouu-lalr 181.12 'S~s,
27 Wood Jtusevllle IHMI* I-;;;
;M LaaMtar Jersey City 180.14 "ill
2* Jerry Newark Bar I*o.l aW
18. ...D I.*-rfert» J'assaic 175«.3 ' an
:M OrUBUi ... Newark Hay 1 7«. «2*
27 Harper Pasjuilc 17H 2.% '■:;
■24 0!«-n Pas-Kale I'H.K I'M
24 Garrison J» rsc-y < 'Ity 178.13 231
XI. ...Van Ness noaarllU 178,0 .. 23C
•Si Plcraoa Roseville 177.23 2M
Xt Meyer liosevllle 177. is »\;i
24 .SchultM Columbia 177.13 211
I*4 J*«S*r Newark liny 177.1 220
21 . Hartz«-J Columbia 17117 "-;i
27 Thomson Monti-lair 175.22 227
27 Elstoa Passalc 17". is ~m<j
ii. .<:ui^ New York 17.1.10 22."
15 Sherlock Pa«sal<- 17.1.3 ,7?,
27 Noll* Elizabeth 174 ' 14
i> Walker Momclatr 172.18 214
27 „»f— New York 172.11 ■--,
12 Winter Mor.tclalr 1725 ■>,>■•
27 K. Beklaratii JarscyCtty 171.20 "47
•J4... *BPiHall) Columbia 160.13 "Vll
1« Vr<-^lan« . Newark Hay 1C:» 4 cm
■ Clark . Newark Hay lot •_.;„,
IS !.-v!- Monlclalr 1<>7.1 in
21 Brown Monti-lalr !6«'.1.1 -lii)
IS Howe tvrwerttly 166.11 "•)„
».. >■■<■ Paaaal* ... isj f-i,
12 I ]^rt•ll^ ?*i>s!>alc 165.7 I*s
1» '■'■. New York IC..', in-,
ll»- Sny<V r M l«*r 161JI 17's
< IS Vhiirman . O^luror.la. . ]«i 2 if:
-T\^l«^^•. or the cujbs
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MKWYOKK .JAILY TRIBUTE. MONDAY. FEBKUAK* 10. 1908.
Tor. tow left to rlght-O. Deicass- (Argentina). BL I>. Hadley (Americar). W. Cooper ar.fi
S 0 nnjanTns fOraaeo). Front row, left to right- V. K. Siramarkian <Armoma>, \\. E. bright
(American) O. Bicudo (Brazil) and A. C. Towers (rruguay). Middle row. left to right-H. ■.
Worden (American), substitute; J. Hodriguez (Spain), W. H. Richie (American) and A. Sarm.
cnto (Argentina).
RACES ON ICY COURSES
Several Athletes Slightly Hurt in
'Cross Count Runs.
Running over roads f=o icy that spectators were
amazed at their surefootedness, a big field of men
yesterday left the Mott Haven Athletic Club for
a hill and dale contest over a course, of about
seven miles. The frost of the last few days had
converted the streets and roads into patches of
ins, which cut into the thin soles of the running
shoes, but the field did not seem to mind the hard
ship, and ploughed hopefully through to the finish.
Henry Anderson, of the. >I»>Tt Haven club, captured
the honors, running the distance in 36 mm.. 25 sec,
and finishing well In front.
As a matter of convenience, the club held only
one run instead of the. usual club members' handi
cap and the invitation affair. All athletes were
eligible for yesterday's invitation affair, so the
field was big. F. T. Devlin, of the Mott Haven
Athletic. Club, was always up toward the front,
alternating at times with Tom Hogan. of Holy
Cross Lyceum, and Anderson. Toward the finish
of the race Anderson got up a great burst of speed
and came down the stretch as if ha were just.fin
ishing a mile race. Ho finished thirteen seconds
ahead of Devlin. Several of the runners fell and
received slight bruises. The order of finish follows:
Tim*.
Name and club. „..'^
i-Henry Anderson. Mott Ha*en Athletic Club.... 38...)
2— F. T. Devlin, Mott Haven Athletic. Club W-'J
Tom Hosan Holy Cross Lyceum - »';"»
Patrick Haley. Mott Haven Athletic Club jw.«
T.—C. Westcott, Mntt Haven Athletic Club 3>:.>o
6— J. Jennings Holy Cross Lyceum 30:19
7— Robert Geiss. Holy Cross Lyceum ••*••-'
B— H. Devlin. Mott Haven Athletic Club gal
9_GeorKe Brown. Holy Cross Lyceum ■»•*«
10— joe Troekel. Mott Haven Athletic Club £»•
11— Tom Harris. Star Athletic Club '«< I: J^
12—1. Oeschanek. Mot* Haven Athletic Club 40:20
IS— 11. J. Slater. Mott Haven Athletic Club ♦>:-
14—B. Prendeville. Holy Cross Lyceum *' : 'A.
IS— H Rust Mott Haven Athletic Club 40 Ml
16— H. Zlnk. £tar Athletic Club 40:50
IT— H. Kohl, Xavler Athletic Association 41:10
W. De Baun. with a handicap of two minutes,
won the regular monthly 'cross country run of the
Mohawk Athletic Club yesterday from a field of
twenty. The course was five miles, extending up
Jerome avenue to 184 th street and return, finishing
at 161 st street and GlrarcJ avenue. The winner com
pleted the distance in 31 mln. 31 sec
Only two of the original twenty starters failed to
finish the course, falling out because they could not
stand the strain of plodding through the ice and
snow which covered the roads and bypaths. \\\ S.
Xobis. a former member of the Cornell 'varsity 'cross
country team, and now one of the etars of the
Bronx Indians, competed in the race with the low
mark of 45 seconds.
The first time prize was won by Fred Lorz, who
covered the route In 30 minutes 38 seconds' actual
time." His brother Phil, an old Marathon runner,
was the next fastest man in the contest, and a
silver medal was given to him. F. "Wendt, with a
handicap of 2 minutes 15 seconds, came home in
seventh position, but that was good enough to get
him the trophy for previous non-winners. His time
was 33 minutes 11 seconds. The order of finish
follows:
Handicap. Tim".
M.S. M. 6.
1.. W. D* Bajn -':00 31:31
2.. F. Lon , 1:00 30:3S
.*!. . H Meyer i:« 5 31 :28
4. H. Hissing ■".'> 81:18
8..P. Lori ...0:4.'. 90:44
«5.. R. L. McKenzle 2:IH 82:4*
7 . .F. ■\Ven.3t 2:13 83 : ! I
S..W. Boyln 2:1-. ■':;:.-*
R...T. Mass*-.- "2:15 83:42
10 .W. A NoiJls 0:45 XiM
11...!. Erwlc 2:« -":'-;
12. .R. O'Connor ...- -°° 37:13
THE jrXIOR AERO ( LIB.
To Encourage Study of Aerial Sci
> ence Among Young Persons.
The Junior Aero Club of the United States is
neing organized under th»» direction of various
members of the Aero Club of America. Messrs.
I^ee S. Burridge. Thomas S. Baldwin, Wilbur It.
Kimball, A. Leo Stevens and Krnest I* Jones are
on the advisory board. Its headquarters will be at
No. 131 West 23d street.
Th». objects as set forth in the constitution are
to promote interest and encourage the study of
aerial science among young persons and to hold ex
hibitions and contests of apparatus designed for
the purpose of aerial locomotion, voluntary or in
voluntary, made or owned by its active members.
It Is not intended to limit the scope of the organi
zation, however, as it is proposed to include the
pubjects of wireless telegraphy, telephony, etc., as
applied to the art of aeronautics.
It is the intention to hold club, national and per
haps international contests at such dates as may
bo possible. The first is expected to be held on
May .V). being a national event A contest for
distance i«< planned between small "pilot" balloons,
starting from a convenient location near New York,
probably. These will be till -d with hydrogen and
will carry notes asking the finders to return same
to the club. Several prizes will be offered for the
balloon making the greatest distance, the one hav
ing the most ingenious arrangement for disposal of
ballast during flight, etc.
Tho contest Is open to all members of the club,
■wherever they may be. The fact that they propose
to compete, however, must be recorded in advance
at the Now York headquarters.
Membership in the club is divided into three
classes:
(a) Honorary; (b) active members who construct
their own apparatus; (c) active members who own
apparatus not constructed by themselves.
No pet son shall be eligible for active membership
who is more than twenty-one years of age.
' Branches of ten or more members may be formed
anywhere In trie United States, but all members
must register with and eend their annual dues to
the homo office In New York.
Th« annual dues of each active member shall be
23 cents, payable with his letter of application. The
funds are to be expended for postage, printing and
general expenses. There will be no salaried oficers.
Officers are to be elected from the active mem
ben who make their own apparatus. There will be
an advisor} board of tivi- members of the Aero
Club of America, which, with th** orKanlz*T of the
club. Minx K. 1.. Todd, will be empowered to act on
all questions of imperial*'*. Th« decision^ of this
board shall control and be finally binding.
li it la found that ini.-n-Ht warrants it. talks on
scientific subjects may bo. Rivnn by members of
various acltmtlnc organizations. Debates may bo
bold by members of th« club ami papers prepared
by them.
Arranasineata are t^inp wads for luc..inannta<:t
urr.-nr a =roririlly ■)■ ■■■-■"■ 'I balloon. In I.- for iah\
at prices .i. Inn •• ■■ Una. I.i ?hp .■*., .;.. roniq iVi
eevcfal .-lo!iai=. .It Is planned to Dl ■•••:., l.yii
iqttairtifra r■' '>n.- material ami ■■' •<•■ ;■.,., . for jrsjk
lok balloona.at moat moderate ecu •
OOBNBLIi ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL TEAM.
O.V THE GOLF LINKS.
Chance Lost to Hove Olympic Cup
Played For Here in the East.
According- to an official of the Western Golf As
sociation, those In control of the sport here in the
East recently turned down an opportunity to have
the Olympic Cup competition held over one of the
courses in this vicinity during the coming Reason.
As the matter now stands, the Western Golf Asso
ciation has awarded the Olympic Cup competition
to the Rock Island Arsenal Golf Club.
It will be played on Saturday, July 11. This im
mediately precedes the annual championship tour
nament of the Western Golf Association, which Is.
to begin the following Monday over the same links.
There had been some talk of presenting the Olympic
Cup to the foreign committee having in charge the
Olympic contests to be held In England next sum
mer, but this project was abandoned because the
Western directors were not assured of an American
team going abroad.
The alternative proposition was to have the Olym
pic Cup an adjunct to the national amateur cham
pionship tournament, but as neither the United
States Golf Association nor the Metropolitan Golf
Association evidenced a desire to have It played
for at Garden City, thus giving the metropolitan
team a chance to defend the cup at home, there was
nothing left for the Western directors to do but
send it to Rock Island to be played for In connec
tion with the Western amateur.
It Is quit:: evident, therefore, that if the metro
politan team wants to try to hold the cup for an
other year. It will have to travel to Rock Island in
July. The prevailing Impression is that the metro
politan team will let the cup go by default.
There has been a general impression that what
ever part this country is to take in the Olympic
golf competition abroad next June will be left en
tirely to tho United States Golf Association. Some
time ago It was stated that the Amateur Athletic
Union had turned the golf Invitation from the other
side over to the United States Golf Association, but
W. Fellowes Morgan, secretary of the latter body,
said the other day that no communication whatso
ever had been received either from the Amateur
Athletic Union or the foreign committee.
That the controversy over the Olympic golf tour
nament to be held at Deal has reached an acute
stage may be gathered from an editorial which re
cently appeared In "The World of Golf," of Lon
don. The latter scores the Royal and Ancient Club
of St. Andrews for its policy of holding aloof from
the Olympic affair. ' The editorial is as follows:
Most persons who are not connected with the
somnolent authorities at St. Andrews have lon,r
been prepared for some such rumpus as has oc
curred in golf. It was inevitable that the royal
and ancient club would one day awake to the fact
that its position as the ruling body of, the game
was seriously threatened. At first sight Mr. Low's
protest seemed reasonable enough. But investiga
tion has shown that he was not cognizant of the
true facts of the case. The royal and ancient were
not ignored, as ho suggests. The Olympian
authorities consulted them on the subject and re
ceived no reply.
There is no reason to suppose that the St. An
drews people did not receive the communication,
but there is every reason to think that the letter
in question was treated just as many other epistles
have been treated— simply Ignored. The last occa
sion when golf was Included in the Olympic games
was at St. Louis. In li*H. The promoters invited
the royal and ancient club to organize a British
team. The invitation may or may not have been
posted in the clubhouse. Anyway, nothing was
done, and Britain was consequently not repre
sented.
This is. of coarse, ' ancient history, but it shows
that St. Andrews are consistent In their do-nothing
policy We wonder whether the club as a whole
Is thankful to Mr. Low for stirring up such a
strife. Now that every one baa been set by the
ears It will be difficult for the alleged authorities
to relapse into their old apathy. It is evident that
they have only themselves to blame if anything
is done of which they do not approve. It now only
remains for them to make the amende honorable
and fall in with the arrangements that have been
made by moro energetic people than themselves.
With regard to these arrangements, we do not
think that they can be said to meet the situation.
There is nothing Olympian about a stroke compe
tition It was perhaps unavoidable that the cont<!6t
for individual honors should be of this nature, but
in the inter-team event foursomes might have been
substituted. This would havo at least Provided
the elements of a team contest. in which all of tr.o
players were straining every nerve for the honor
,n,i clorv of their country- There Is nothing heroic
about card and pencil golf. The whole business is
too personal, and when stroke events extend over
more than one day they are apt to become some-
If the team contest were to be by foursomes, with
each country represented by one. couple, there
might be. a possibility of some close matches. Such
countries as France. Sweden and Belgium, who
are said to be among the intending competitors.
might conceivably produce two good golfers, who
would have a reasonable chance of success. In a
competition by strokes, however, we would not be
Inclined to give much for the chances of. say.
Sweden. ButT considering that we have particulars
of only one golf course" in Sweden, and that one
eonslstina of only six holes, the Swedes are cer
rsSyjSucky in entering at all. whether the events
be decided by strokes or holes.
ENTRIES FOR TO-DAY
Tnr>=*T RACE-^-For tno-yar-oHs. Thrc« furlongs.
*£*££ * 112 McNsHy 108
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SSr 4 :!::": 11- Sar*i.:::::::i:::::a
«,«M H2 Mellow Tone 106
Craftsman '".'.'■'■ "» Ciaiborne 103
K*,\ "I .'■'-'■ 108jRuatacian 100
SECOND RACE Selling: for mafden three-year-old fll
. "lies. Five and a half furlongs.
T,,|f" miJoyful lA-Jy . . tia
ESS ! 112 Client H2
lialtronla::: .... .JlUj Industrious 112
Mannie May 1 - ti-,,,1,,1 11-
Pirate Diana ]J- "LadJ Almy 107
Nulmmi 112 •Silver I'-iil 1«T
1-ndy Souffle ::::..: >12 '■-»'!)• I'm* 10 ?
Bertie lr -'
I THIRD RACE Tor four-year-olds and upward. P!x fur
l'firi Tl M?i'i-kiii Jjj> 'Entre Tom M
Etwna ?! ......... liy: •Impertinence 101
Black Mantilla JOT 'Fir* Opal 1"1
i Workrr.ald 10§| # Blato« US
•Virfilnia IWch 105 •Edith M. 95
Theodocla .. 1.0-U.it-ash Que.'n »•'>
FOURTH RACE — Handicap; for thrm alas and up
ward. ■ >ne and one— lxt< •nth miles.
Paaadena H3 lialbard »7
• M.i of Lancden.j 107 Doaaa *>'
Til.-InK • ■ MB I Pedro 97
I Yankee Olrl ! If'" s Bam Taylor. Vi
Mm i Dufoi.r I<>2 tanallan 02
A :-:i:s B»|8t. Hart, W>
FIFTH RACE— Selling; For f •.ir-yta.r and upward,
tflx furlongs.
Hnuglity ! T". llOlTyrolian 104
Mill Hill lIOJMUa Affable 104
jili.nchaha H»!To|«y Rohtmoa 1«H
Mazonla 1'" I Anna S<ll|! 10a
VlDerlne 1°" i 'Sweet V.ra 1"1
Lady Ethel 104 1 •Roa, of rink... .. va
i SIXTH RACE— For •;■; ■• -year-old* and upward. Six
i furlong*.
j Keator .HH»|ConviHe -..10.1
! Avuuntc-r . . W7i Ki-l. liumki- JO
1 Ktn« ■ Daughter l« X T. Phlpj) I>2
<-a».|.prHm 107 Bitter sir , »2
I Platoon • ■ 184 Pedi«r*e Bl
' Sir TixMlneton MB Dm «if ru»u HO
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1 nurd <">n« and on< -eighth nttlet
I \(l«-»i,o ... .. 112|*rm1r»f : 100
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TEA3I OF ALL NATIONS.
Seven Countries Represented on the
Cornell Soccer Eleven.
Th« Association football team of Cornell I'nl^r. j
rtty is probably ths mort cosmopolitan collection j
of players that has ever been assembled a* a team ;
in an American educational Institution. This is
th« team which recently accepted the challenge to
play a scries of games with the, PauliMa. Football
L*asue. of Sao Paulo, Brazil. in South America,
and an answer to the. acceptance Is now being j
awaited.
The. Cornell tram i" composed of playeTS from ;
four continents and seven esmaMSS) Only five of
the players are from the. United States. Th« other
fix com" from Brazil. the Argentine Republic. Uru
guay, Spain. Greece and Armenia. A. Arthur Par- j
miento. the- rr.anHft'r. who is also a player, halls |
from Buenos Ajrres. Argentine Republic
Last year some of the South Americans or. the
Cornel] team ?ent a letter to the, Paulista League,
of Brazil, to find out whether a series of games
could be arranged. The. answer to this was a chal- 1
lenge, under the following conditions:
"The Paulista League guarantees to pay the totat
expenses of the Cornell team from th»« port of
Santos or Rio de Janeiro for fifteen days, and to
give, 73 per cent of the.net gate, receipts of the
frames to cover the expenses of the trip. Ths
number of games shall not be |SBS than three, and
it si to be understood that the. vi?itinjc team Fhill
not play against any other association of sport in
Brazil without the previous consent of the Paulista
League."
It was decided to ask the Paulista League- to
guarantee the entire transportation expenses, and
also to challenge the, principal leagues of Monte
video. Uruguay, and Buenos Ayres. Argentine Re
pubH<\ in which the Association game is pop"l*
An answer Is being awaited from the Paulista
League, and it Is expected to be a favorable one.
If the Cornell team takes this trip, it will be th*
longest one S«as taken by an American college,
team In a minor sport.
Tho players on the Cornell team, together with
the countries from which they come and the. pre
vious experience they have had in the soccer game,
are:
Asia— V. E. Slramarklan, of Armenia; no previ
ous experience.
Europe— S. S. Chrysstden. of Greece-; has played
one ye-ar at his preparatory school and two y"ars
at Cornell. Jose Rcdrlsues. of Madrid. Spain; ha*
played for the Germania Club, of Hamburg-. Ger
many, for two years, and also at St. Pierre Col
lege, at Dreux City. France.
South America— Octavio Blcudo. of Sao Paulo,
Brazil: played five years at Mackenzie. College.
Sao Paulo, Brazil. A. C. Towers, of Montevideo,
Uruguay; played at preparatory school two year«.
A. Sarmiento. of Buenos Ayres. Argentine Repub
lic; played at the National Institute for two years
and at Cornell one year. George Delcasse, of
Buenos Ayres, Argentine Republic: played ttar*«
years at preparatory school of Lanev. at Geneva.
Switzerland, and two years at Cornell.
North America-H. D. Hadley, of United States;
played one year at preparatory school, "vv". K.
Richie, of United States: played one year at pre
paratory school. W. Cooper, of United States; no
previous experience. H. E. border, of United
States; no previous experience. W. E. Wright, of
United States: no previous experience.
Delcasse is the founder of the Association foot
ball organization at Cornell. Bicudo is the captaia
of the team for the present year.
IX THE HOCKEY LEAGUES.
Harvard and Yale to Meet in Final
Iniercollcgiatc Game.
With the game last Thursday night between the
Crescent Athletic Club and the St. Nicholas Hockey
Club, the first round of the Amateur Hockf-y
League schedule of games was brought to a close.
Tho former's team was the only one to go through
tho series without a defeat, and now leads the.
champion St. Nicholas seven by one game, which
advantage was obtained Jn the contest of ta-st week.
On Tuesday, when the New York Athletic Club
and the St. Nicholas Hockey Club team-* cross
sticks, the second round will open, and each team
will again play every other sev^n In the league.
On Friday night the Crescents and Wanderers will
fight it out once more, but this tlm* there should
be no extra period to decide the game, as was the
case when they first met, Ir should b* an easy
win for the wearers of the New Moon.
The most Interesting game of the wc"k ir the
senior league will be the New Tork Athletic Club-
St. Nicholas contest on Tuesday. The champions
won in the flrst struggle, a month ago, af:^r a
desperate fight, but tho resuit may be reversed to
morrow night, as the Winged Foot m?n have im
proved, while their conquerors on that occasion are
weaker through tho absence of Donald Gordon, who
will not be seen on the ice again this year, as he is
just recovering from pneumonia.
The St. Nicholas team, ex-en when recresentsd by
Its strongest men, waa not playing in anything
like the form of last season, and had Donald Gor
don be*n playing against the Crescents on Thurs
day the store might have been closer, but the out
come would undoubtedly have been the s;ime. For
with the Brooklyn men playing together as they
are now. no team In the league can stand befora
their combined rushes, and unless they suffer a
reversal of form they look like sure winners of
the championship.
The game put up by the two teams last Thurs
day was as different as anything could be. The
champions trusted to long shooting to win. and
very seldom got in on goal, as they could not pass
Wall or O'Flynn. The manner In which these two
men blocked their opponents Just as they were In
the act of shooting was a feature of the game.
On the other hand, tho Crescent forwards, by
passing from one to the other, easily worked In
on goal. They seemed to know Just when a pass
was going to be made and were ready for It. and
the man with the puck kne-jr exactly where to
send it without having to look for his teammates, j
The last game la tbo Intercollegiate Hockey
League takes place on Saturday at St. Nicholas
Rink, when Harvard and Yale cross sticks. Judg
ing from the form, shown so far, the crimson should
have no difficulty In taking the Ells into camp, as
they are playing superior hockey. Yale's only
chance lies in the shooting of her forwards, who
are clever In this respect. Individually they are
no match for the Cambridge men. but should they
succeed between now and Saturday in developing
strong team work which would carry them past
the Harvard defence, their strong shooting might
bring them victory. If Williams and Driscoll,
however, attempt the rougn tactics which they !
used against Princeton on Saturday last, they will
come out second best, as tho Crimson men are
big. sturdy fellows, who are well able to take care
of themselves In a rough house struggle. The ref
erees could have stopped this "dirty" work on Sat
urday by being more severe on the offendlcg
players. For instance Driscoll was ruled off three i
times and received only a two minute fine. For h!s
second offence he should have been ruled off for
five minutes and the third should have caused his
retirement from the contest. While Williams was
put off twice he got away with many a violation of
the playing rules which the referees either did not
see or purposely overlooked. If this kind of work
Is allowed on Saturday next the affair will develop
Into a regular "Donnybrook."
The standing of the sevens In the Intercollegiat*
Hockey League follows:
Clubs. Won. L^»t. P. C.
Harvard 3 « 1 Ouo
Yal« I V 1 (»»»
l'rlncvtun 1 3 :*•>
Columbia 1 ,3 .230
Dartmouth I ; » ■'■£*>
The standing of the clubs In the Amateur Hockey
League follows:
Clubs. Won. Lost P. C
Crescent Athletic Club 4 t> \ •»><>
Si Nicholas Bkattsa Club 3 > t.'k>
N. w York Athletic Club '2 I ..">«>
Hi- KfV Club 1 3 -.■%>
Wanderers « * .000
BURNS 810 FAVOKITE OVER PALMER.
London. Feb. 9.— Tommy Burn-", the American
heavyweight pugilist, who will meet Jack Palmer.
of Newcastle, to-morrow for the heavyweight
championship, han been forced to forego a part
, of his usual training In the last week on account
of ,■; severe cold and a strained; tendon in the right
foot, but he (s confident of his ability to m.ike
1 short work of his opponent. ■' - • ■
The American is still a strong favorite in the
belling. Even tn* north countrymen, who ar*
noted for the way in which th«-y will rack an
Englishman ■SBJSSJBI - fo.-eigu fighter, -re Asking
long odds before l»-mt 1 heir in,. ■■<-■> They iw\e
offered, however, to plac» V 01^ «i 2 10 1- that
rainier will stay eix'«ruunde, •-.• :-v>V--
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HARRY HILLMAX TO RL'S.
Parsons May Meet Taylor in Special
Race at Columbia Games.
Harry HiUman. the New York Athletic Clsb'3
champion low hurdler and quarter-taile runner, has
notified the Columbia University Trask Athletic
Association that the injured knee which kept him
from competing In the Irish games on Saturday
night has come around well enough to enable him
to run In the 600-yard scratch race against J. B.
Taylor, of the University of Pensylvania. at tlrt
Columbia relay meet to Madison Square Garden on
next Saturday night. Hillman says the rest forced
on him by the Injury has otherwise done him good,
and that with two or three workouts this week b-»
will be at his best for «00 yards on Saturday.
Immediately after Taylor beat Bacon so easily M
the 600-yard race in tho Irish games on Satordar
night, he entered the SOO-yard special to tin Co
lumbia games, but requested that the entries
limited to three. Accordingly. Manager Moat
gornery, of Columbia, has Invited Ell Parsons, of
Yale, the holder of the world's indoor record »l
1:14 for 6CO yards, to be the third nan. Should
Parsons refuse, the Invitation w!U be sent to
French, the crack Cornell quarter-mile champion.
When J. P. tiulllvan. the American inlle cham
pion, won the two-mile relay race far the I-Ish
teani on Saturday night, by runnins ta* last talf
mile In 1:59, finishing strong, Barney Wefer?. -t!s»
Irish clubs trainer, at once entered him for ti»
Martinique mile at the Columbia games.
EXTRY FROM MRS. VUSEfr
S
Wants to Drive Her Automobile in
Savannah Road Race.
[By Telegraph to The TTlt> sal
savannah. Ga.. Feb. 9.-Mrs. Cuneo, of Lons Inl
and, the wife of a New York banker, ha- sent m
an entry to drive a Rainier car In the big road race
to be held here on March IS. This information was
learned to-day from a person closely connected with
the contest. He said that the entry would not lw
accepted in all probability, as It would be * hamper
to the sport If a woman driver should be allowed
to drive a car In a race of its kind and SMS* * ■
a mishap.
Mrs. Cuneo is probably th- beat known of women
drivers in this country. She sent la an entry t»
drive a car In the stock car race to oa held over
roads in Westchester County, N. V . on April -♦.
but at a meeting of the committee in charge of the
affair the. entry was refused.
Mrs. Cuneo drove a Rainier car in the 6H
tour last year and at the finish of the run a 1 •'•■•'
cup was presented to her by those who took part is
the ism Several years ago. while driving a car »
the Glldden tour, she ran into a ditch not far from
New York, but neither she nor the occupants
the machine was hurt. On the beach at AtlanOO
City two years ago eh« wm entered la several
the contests and astonished the onlookers by aer
daring driving and skill.
At the meeting of the executive committee of *•
American Automobile Association, the followiasi "•
the nomination of Jefferson !>• Mont Th * B *^
chairman. were appointed member* of the xim*
board for ■ I
Frank O. w^w>. rtc--<-hatrrn*Ti. »W*l- I "i*3'"*E*^s
Fllftt New Tor*. B*wrr.»»rv. W. K. Vanertßiir. J. . •
Tone/Ira M. Cob*. Chica**; Am Pilr.o. »_— *L^
Benjamin Brisroa. Tarrytown. >* T - Dav *' , in
N>»- York: J. J. Mann. rarij>. France: .V }±" °»
st Louts: O*orn« L. Wetss. Clev-ta-.d: Ki^y „..,
Knl»ht». Boston: Harold H. Kimwl ■ Kewi -
Worthing New York; Henry Fort!. , l>t . r r;!i,," r ,M,,-
Bonnell. Newark. N. J .: Cl-.*ri»« J. S«ai3- l
Lewis R. Pp»ar». Boston; A U. Panltugten. ««<**£:;:
Thomas Henderson. Cleveland; K. Lincoln Li?pt«. *J* ;
saaca: A. C Hiker. HrWs*port. Cona.: Pen ■ v>»
Si A. Miles Alfr«l SMTN and A. G. ttcrWKMT- .
York: Geoixe a Oreenberw. CMeasJ*; f~ *• \Z^.-
Buffalo; S. M. Butler. New York: 3. I- U»Tn*». »JSS"
a«.ld. Mass.. and 11. L. Buwden, Bostca.
There will be no technical advisers this 7**- *' *
new board supplying all that Is necessary in tn*
way of technical assistance to the racing board.
Several members of the lutter— a*, for BMlSSta^
Messrs. Thomas. Rikor and Fort— are also mem.ers
of the technical board. The community of lnte "\ :
plan recently adopted by the American A-^toaßSSi *
Association and the automobile manufacturing or
ganizations I* evidenced by the appointment to**
new board of representatives of those bodies. »■»
considered that the time '...-* come wtwn rac.s*
matter* should be directed not entirely by am *"""
sportsmen appointed from the various clubs of ta *
country but also by manufacturers, anJ t!iat J* M
both elements represented on the racing- ***«™
much can be moro effectively accomplish t-* 3
heretofore. _
It la expected shortly- to announce the new ra-i-«
rules. The executive committee of the as*ociat*i> 0
has already dt-clared In favor of certain restrfctum*
so far as circular track racing »a concerned. **
these win bo Incorporated Ii ■'■" new rale*. .
rough draft of the Mine has bejn prepared «*"
forwarded to the members of the t>o*rd for «
consideration and a nieetlne of the board f°j" l^
purpose of pMainc upon such riles will shortly »• -
held.
Maurice Pnesl-. r :g-n» '' Louver * j/i . Mi*
IHilisMsw Tin tit- I—l1 — 1 m ■'"- ■" ■•' en il *™L
<!«>• to drive c-,r? in N>-v York to Part* -- ■"«*
start from In front »t Ibe City Hatl • '■■"• "
i. ■>• p. m. on th«ir loos Journey. r "' -■•*•» "*■■
ara entered in th« run will «*rt so •Wedc.sadai*