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DREYFUSS WILL NOT BE SOOTHED BY OILY SMILE Pittsburgh Magnate Bent on Remodelling the Na? tional Commission By W. J. MACBETH Chicago baseball writers?and they are among the smartest of the profes aion? sized up Garry Herrmann's visit to Ban Johnson last week as the first step In a diplomatic checkmate of Bar ney Dreyfuss's acheme to reraodel the peace agreement ?nd th? National Com nnaaion, too. But if the triumvlrate believea tt will placate the ow-ner of the Piratea with an oily amile lt is due for a aad awak ening. Now that he has aounded war on the commission Dreyfuss proposes to prosecute his campaign to a success ful issue. Barncy hasn't mixed up much Jn the politics of baseball, though for years he has been recojjnized as the game's most astute attorney. He knows the rulea and regulations fror.t ways and backward. Krom Pittsburgh coraes the lnforma tion that Dreyfuss will attend the an nual meeting of the National Associa? tion at New Orleans on November 12 next. This association is a aort of snb sidiary commission. lt legislates for and rulea all of tha minor leairues, though it in turn pays fealty to the National Commission. Agrearment Obaolete Dreyfuss, it is said, intends to go to this board nnd point out to it a number of reforms in the peace agreement that he believea vital to the health of or? ganized baseball. The present peace agreement, in operation since 1903, and to which the minor as well as the major leagues subscribed, is, in the btlief of the Pittsburgh reformer, ob solete. New Orleans should present a most fitting opportunity for launching a doc trine of reform. All of the minor league magnates of consequence will bo there. .Most of the major league owners of impor~ncfl also will be on hand. The vanguard of New York repre aentatives to this National Association meeting set forth yesterday afternoon in the persons of Captain T. L. Hus ton, of the Yankees, and Kdward G. Barrow, president of the International League. The immediate objective of Messrs. Huston and Barrow is Dover Hall, the Georgia game and fish prcserve re centiy acquired by tifty noted baseball promoters and sportsmen of other , walks in life. Captnin Huston is presi- I dent of the Dover Hall Club, and will ?iflTOtfl two weeks of his time to pre- ! pa'ring the clubhouse for the reception ; of guests during the main shootii.g sea? son, which opens November 20. Cap? tain Huston arill accompany Mr. Bar- i row to the minor league conference at New Orleans. George Stailings is -?waiting the delegation at the club. Manager Bill Donovan of the Yankees went South with Messrs. Huston and Barrow He will light at Dover Hall for a few days only, as he has serious ; business in the South. Smiling Bill is to collaborate with Business Manager Walter Hapgood ? also headed South?: on the itinerary of the Boston Na- . tional-Ncw York Ameriean spring ex- ; hibition tour. Donovan will probably ; visit Macon, Ga., also, to see that the : tield on which the Yankees will train :iext apring has been kept in good or? der. The wordy war between Presidents Johnson and Tener of the Ameriean and National leafBflfl, respeeuvely, seems to have smouldercd down a bit. But that there is a spark or two left is plain from Johnson's remark? of Satur? day to ( hicapo newspaper men. We quote I. K. Sanborn, of "The (hica-ro Tribune," who is neither a Milwaukec faker nor a Park Row faker: "Tener ouc-ht to talk in whispers," declared Johnson. "lie has an exceed inply short memory. I eould tear him and his administrations to ribbons if 1 wanted to, but I don't want to on ac count of the bad effect it would have on baseball." Which doesn't sound a bit like iom? of the quibbling denials of hi; scathin** attack on Tener's policy attnb' ted to big Ban by certain exclusive news papers of thia city. Meanwhile, President Tener'a next rejoinder, if he has one, will have to wait. The National League flXfli is out barnstorming in a political sense. He may not return until after election. Tiger Coaches Upset at Poor Work of Team Boasted Defence Unable to Stop the Sturdy Backs of Dartmouth Princeton, N*. J., Oct. 29. Princeton beat Dartmouth on Saturday, but little satisfaction is taken by the coaches on that account. Tbe Tigers were played t* a atandstill by a team which was supposed to have a light, veak line, and only an average back? field. In no game this season has Princeton showed a strong offence, hat until Saturday ber defence was a*!most perfect. The strong, hard-running Green bncks, however, did not scem to have much difliculty in piercing the sup poaedly impregnable line for substan tial lU.Uined gains. The Dartmouth iaterfarcnea was the best >een here nason, and every Princeton end how it felt to be boxed yester ' Coach John Rush would say little about the pame, but he seemed to be disappoir.ted at. the showing of his team. rnquostionahly Princeton was in a little slurnp, but all due credit must be given to Dartmouth. because the NaSBBfl men played their best. The Tigers were a tired lot to-day. but no serious injuries have been dis ccvered, and the whole squad will be on hand to take up the hard work which will be handed out this week. The weather was unusually warm for ,. football game. One of the Tiger linemen lost ten pounds during the cor.tert, nnd all were glad when the fmal whistle blew, By manv Princeton's poor showing against Dartmouth ia taken as a good omen. I'suallv tha Hanoverians call out the best then- is in a I'nnceton team nnd Yale the pooreat If '.here must be a slump. maybe It 18 fortu- j nate that it has come at this time. i On the offensive Princeton has not | yet this year uncovered any plays, if' she has anv to uncover. By continu- i ally kicking against Dartmouth she kept on the defence nearly all the time, and the main cause for worry is the fact that Dartmouth was able to ; make headway against Princeton's do- , fence, supposed to be of the stone wall variety. BURNS^VVINNER AT THE N. Y* A. C. SUNDAY SHOOT Thirteen New York Athletic Club gunners took part in the first Sunday shoot of the winter season at Travers Island yesterday. The feature was a shoot at 100 targets, in which the cluh offered two handicap and two scratch prizes. A. L. Burns, one of the best marksmen in the club, showed that he still has his eye by capturing the high scratch prize with a 95. D. H. Martin ' took second prize with a can! of 92. J. S. Connorn, one of the novice ' sh .oters, won the high haridican cup. j With an allowance of 25, he annexed (BB trophy with a full card of 100 tar? gets. BB. McYoy, jr., won the second prize with a card of 90?8?98. A spe? cial take-home trophy was won by \V. B. Ogden with a score of 46?4?50. ' The regular Sunday shooting season , will begin next week. The scores foi low: TROPHY SHOOT |8S TAIiriF.TS?IIA.VDICAr. Name. H'rap T Name H* -r?. Itl J I . tmoCB... -'. Iflfl.F. .1 llarn. Jr... 10 K M. vi I'oar, ;r I WiW, 11. Ofdaa ... k M r. B ?'"e . .1" W W, ii A'. - ... 4 t n H Martta... 4 M t NMa . 88 11 A. I.. Burm_ 4 i'l- w. J BaiBli_ l? M 7> s MeMabon. 4 :?<?. J. CorU-u.... 4 83 M i ?..?-. | bl CANN, N. Y. U. STAR, OUT 0F GAME TWO WEEKS Howard Cann, the N. Y. U. halfback, did not sustain a dlal**Bt*d shouldtr la the l'nion game on Saturdav. as was | reported. The Violet I'.ar araa forced to leave the game b*CBB8B of an old in.iurv, and although it will ker-n him j out of the contests during the r.cxt two weeka he is exBected to ba ready for, the battle with Columbia. Tho X. Y. I'. elereB arrived home ve*- | i terdav, iuhilant over its vietory at | Schenectadv. I'ick Kustis, the coach,1 will give his players a rest to-day. * Longfellows Play Tie The Longfellows, which have not been scored against this aeasOB, plajrfld i a tie game with Marichester I'nity at ! Chelsea l'ark. Neither side scorcd. Captain Dadmun Twisted Leg in the Game with Cornell Boston, Oct 29. The Harvard foot? ball players. although brulaed and sore after their game with Cornell, came out of the battle in good physical con dition. Captain Dadmun, who twisted his leg late in the game, may have to lay off a fe*v days hut he has Leen working steadily mll fall, and the r< st ccuhtless will do him good. Harte, tha regular right end, left thi game in the first penod because of a ban**; on thfl h'-ad. He was BBflad far a time, but suffered no ill effects frem the blow, and will he back on the job aa soon as he is needed. The Princeton garr>e now will de? mand all of Harrard'a attention. The ligers' poor t.howir.jf against Dart? mouth is rejrarUfd as a mid-season slump bv the Camhridire eoaches, AUSTRALIANS WIN BIKE RACE IN TEAM MATCH Bob Kpeara and Reggie MeN'amara, tha Aoatraiian cycliata, were in ir.v.n eiblfl form at the Newark VfliodrOBtfl yeaterday afternoon. Their big victory of tha tiav was |a a tearn match over r'rank I*. krarner, the Atnerni.fi ehflfll* pion, and Alfred Gronia, the Tas ?aaaiaa. They won la two Btraifht heata at one mile earh. The curtaln waa rung IflBfl for thfl ','.*a;> fletfllflar season at fflfltflrdfljr'a meet. With it came the aaaatjnc?B?nt that McNarnara had aflfl thfl flll arour.d chaonplonahip, eoiapflUd by poial all aorta flf Cfll 1 ?taaon. Alfred '. d and AJfred Ore John BtaflhJfl, thfl amateur eharaploB, captured tne ooe third fl?IU flpflfl aro* tator In ? cioae finir-h arith Harry Hoff man, of .San Fraafltaaa Charles Pi*rc*y fltalfl half a lap on thfl na\4 and won th* taa?r*flilfl open. Jkltt.d (jttuoa waa atcond. rather than a sinrn of inherent weak? ness ir; thfl Jfl**Bfl**IBflB*fl veteran team. The Crimson this week wili play Virgiaia, a team already soundly ? tl hy Yale. Th.s j-umo \v;!l de? mand little preparation, a*id hflBCA* forth, uatil Novetabcr 11, the drill in ... |] bfl dirflCtfld toward irnproving the Harvard attack along already laid dawfl for the Tifflrfl, flBd also in preparing the def-nce HKtiinst the style flf play it is DflllflTi d Coarh Raah flrill develop. This w?-ek the two backfield ah sentces, Bond and Flower, will prob? ably get some work, and for the line both Taylor und llark arill be avail hhle. TflflTfl may bfl some reurrunge BBflBt of the raah-liafl, bat th* chaacflfl are that the backfield flrill continuo as ??'?A acain-t CorBflll. BAR FRESHMEN FROM COLLEGE SWIM CONTEST Three institutlons New York Uni? versity, Musaachuaetta Instituto of ology and Ratgara Collflffl flwara adrmtted na BflflOCifltfl HBflfllbflrfl sit a racfltiag of the latercollegiata Swita* ming '? bflld at thfl N<w Vork Club yi tarday, After faar raara of flfitatioa a rule was adoptfld fort 'I'iil . ? hmen oa a ti ara. Thfl rules of the Nat oi ' Bf .<?' A ? ocifll iofl flrill , '..''tn kll eompatitioa. 1 ' ? ? : ? ? I tha ehampioaahipa on . ' r will bfl giTflfl h trial, flritfl ii teti minu'e prBCtici hft'r flflCfl doal *Wifri If provetj faetart, II will ba aahatitBtfld foi vi.i.r ; .? ? '.r, on th ? mattflr w !i come at tha flaaaal aaafltiag in March. The oflcflTI fllflfltfld wi re ]J h J'urdy, Paaa. flrflflldflat; C M. Lathrob*, Pi ton, v." ptl dflBt; D. V. Guratoti, i'alc, atcrtlaiy trtu'.uier Good and Bad Football Interspersed With Thrills Marked Week-end Games Both Individual Brilliancy and Team Work Had Their Reward Football play which swept through the gridiron gamut from supcrlative to msdioera and was intcrsparsad with thrills marked tho WCek-BBd | wherever Kastrrn elovens competed. Not in many JttXta has a aifigla ?;i. - developed such a remarkat.lo t- ries of ?s, and vitcran folloarera of the sport cannot recall an afternoon wlun spectacular features were BO frequent. Not all the play, however, can be elaasiAad as approaching football per fection, and almost without ascoption the competing elevcns shuwed that an? other two or three weeks would be re quired to put the teams on edge for the games which mark tho clnnax of the season. In some cases the winning teams were victorious through the play of the combina'iotis as a whole, while in others tlie individual brilliancy of one or two players or a lucky brrak in the game was the margin between vietory ar.d defeat. Still nno'her dcvelopment of the day's play was the demonstration that no team, however big or powcrfu), can hope to win from a rival of reasonable Btraagth with an attaek based entirely upon tho old school me'hods of ad vancing the bail. In a broad view of Saturday's con '..? tfl it Bfill be aaa* that. almost with? out exciption, the team which showed an attaek evenly divided between line plunging and skirting, roupled with a p*rf*Ct*d overhead offer;ce, was the one which amarfjod the victor. As was true a WOak ago, the outcome of the majority of the g*m*8 was fore cast wi*.h more than ordinary ncruracy, but ln several c.-fc-* elevcns failed to play up to tho form < xpectcl. This was particularly true of Cornell, whieh went down betoro Harvard by a sur prisingly ene-sid'-d ?rore. \V.th, one of the biggBSt and most powerful tearn.i that haa anterad tBa C*mbridf* ata dium in many seasons, nnd arith tha BBgl riag 5 to 1 in their favor, the Ithaea players failed completely to live ROCKWELL TO JOIN ELI SQUAD OF COACHES ? Him n, Oct. l::'. Fd. 'it Roeh* well, Tale'a form.r >i larterhaek and hoad coach, ia expected ti. ? m the d< ? ot (laptain Black'a aloiaa. li.- I , dob in B*s* in On /on. Bill* HenTell who hus ? (.n in tha fra hnaan i v.iii i.c bara bafora tha m "f lha ii kb1*i* io ;.i- terday'a ?ill be in to morrOW'l ?cnuimag bbi tha player most ? ted by ' ha ftaiae. Ha irtll nol play till Taeaday, arhan Blngbam will s Nlitfeiit Flfhtl West Ta Bi*n ? ??' avening tbe Queeniboro A C Bill I tage a n. .;?! Lddm Nugsnt will maat Edoifl Waflt i W. and J. Makes New Forward Pass Record Washington and Jefferson crented a new record in thfl Yfllfl game Sat? urday by trying iift>-t*?o forward paflaaa, af whUk twaraty*afvw were tfl?pktfld, nettiiiK 274 yards Rain. Yale attempted only livi*. but all were cauKht, gaining lifly-six \ards. Yale madi* nineteen lirst downs and \s r*__Bgtaa and JflflTflr?a MTflataaa. up to the expectations of their sup porters. Harvard's airrrcssiveness and pen eralflhip flpp??red ta take all tha aaap trategy out of thfl flialtara aai ly ,ii thfl gflfllfl, iiiid the longer the i-on ?? ? eoatiaued the arorafl ihe Rod and White played. Th.- Coraflll eleven did i ol iii'peai to have any flflttlfld plan of [gn, was flloW and uncerlaiti ifl rnaaiag off its playa and the hnndling. of the ball was little short of atrociou*. The CrimsOB, on the other hand, arhilfl still crmie, Bhoarfld aaothflr Haaghtan maehiafl in thfl making, and one that promiaaa to be n arerthy rival for both ttOB Bfld JTalfl when these teams j ? later in tht* BCtuoa. Next tn thfl narvard-l'ornell game, ehiflf iriteii t centred :n the play of Princeton and Yale, and whilo both teams camo throutrh to victory the! showing of thfl TigBIB was not by any as eOflviaclBg as that of the Princeton mnnaged to win from Dart? mouth by tha raargfa of four pa i hut it araa due to thfl prowess of flfl in? dividual playr, as bflfl frequently bcflfl tha eaflfl i'i thfl pa-i. A- ? taaai, thfl BaBOrcr eleven was tie better, and before ita attack the Tiger offenco and defence were far from what must be developed ;f Princeton is to win from ? v Haven nnd Cflmbridg* rivalfl. Yale, on the other hand. ihowfld a continuancc of the gradunl improve rnent bcinp; made under the coaching of Tad Jones ln defenting Vishing ton and .lefferson decisively the Blue made markeil progTflflfl, for the Petin Byhraaiaa comoiaatioa pluys a gaaM hard to hold in chech. Thfl gridiroa juggernaut built tip nt the Uairflrsity of Pittflhargh rolled over Peaaaylvaaifl without be.n-j seri oaaly thraataafld it any tiaifl. Th" QaflKCn '?'?' re unable to rope with the speed and ull-round supenority of the P Both 'he Army and Navy teams found little dimculty ln disposing of ? Biggest Surprise Was ihe Humbling of Cornell by Harvard Hleven Villaaora and Georgia, re = pectively, their oppoaant* being hardly in tha same i ra and aail Bl hroun took tha BtrOBg Rutgers i leroB into camp in impreasive fash iOB arith a whirlwind at'ack which awept the hasky New Brunaariek nia I ? I int | Middle West bv Byraeaae aad Taft* reaalted in an even br. ak fll * | .? i nd nf the da] ' play, fi r. while Michigan won from anga elevea, Indiana fell before tha New Englandera. Both gamea ??.(re thrillers from start to linish. Chicago, Oct. 21. -Scoring 231 points in its last four games, as compared with a total of 14 points registered by its opponents, the I'niversity of Minnesota football eleven appears to be so tirmly intntiched in th>? lead for the "big nine" championship that none of the three other contenders is gcne.ally conceded much of a chance to dislodge it. Minnesota made its first start in the Western Conferonea rac* Saturday, barying Iowa under a 07 to 0 score an.l eliminating tha Hawkeyaa from fur? ther consideration in the championship race. Wisconsin, by Itfl 10 to 7 triumph i vi r Chicago, killed the laat chances tha IfaroBBi had of even flniahing close up in tha Western Conference race. lt araa Chieago'i aaeond defeat of the "big nine" season. Northweatern ran over the heavy Draka University team. winning 81 10 to fl, Tha vietory, however. was costly. us Ci Graada one of Northweatern a backfield men, aafferad two broken ribs and will be unable to play again this toasoa. Illinois won its first game of tho conference season by downing I'urdue, ! I tn ,', in a rather lOOBOly played con tcst. Fumbles were frequent. Purdue I* considered hopelessly out of the run i iag, having lost both of its "big nine." gamaa. _ Atlanta, Ca., <'ct. c.>. Sonthern ? rd*] c.riie through their gamea wita leading eontend cbampioBship uadefeated. Auburn, however, always B ehampionship COB teader, had its narrawasl eacapa in many rean from defeal by bfiaaiaaippi. A. A II. Vanderbilt'fl 27 to r> vietory . nr Virgin ? pointa atreagl* to tho Na ihvilla <?:.??. en aa tha oo libla win ner of the .Southern title. GEORGETOWN EXPECTS TO DEFEAT FORDHAM Washington, Oct. 2'.K GflOrgOt*BB, wilh a rietory bb*? DartBtoath laltad away, is imw heade.l fnr I'ordham. A win ..'.>-r P*rdhaai arill give the Blaa ?ad Gray tha Joasit championahip for 1916, and Coach ExaBdina ia teaching iysra eert*in foraaatioBa for aaa I the Maroon at Now York un Election Day. i (ii. 'ed to send tha following line up againit Pordham: rn ai k, loft end; MeCarthy, lafl tackie; Showalter, left guard, Ander loa, centre; Prank Greea, right guard; Captain O'Connor. right tackie; Whci a i ? . Mii!..' (? . quait*iback; Gilroy, lefl halfback; McQaado, right halfback, Wall, fullback. LEHMAN VICTOR IN ST. PETER'S CLUB ROAD RUN Eddie Mayo Captures Fast Time Prize?Y. M. H. A. Wins Team Honors ! By A. C. CAVAGNARO The official opening of the road and 'cross-country running season took ' place yesterday, when a tield of 154 competed in the five-mile handicap event held by the St. Peter's Club, of Jersey City. The large entry included many of the clubs of Greater New York. A remarkable feature of this first race was the small number of ath- ? letcs who failed to tinish. Eddie Mayo, of the Brooklyn Athletic ' Association, came home a victor from the scratch mark, capturing the fast ! time prize. Hfl finished in forty-eighth position, his actual running time being , 27 minutes 7 seconds. William Ken? nedy, the former Chicago athlete, started from the same mark, but Mayo soon left him behind. The Rrooklyn youngster made most ol his running during the return journey. The individual honors fell to Eddie I.ehman, of the Morr.ingside Athletic Clab, who has been toutcd by his club laatflfl as a strong contender for cham? pionship honors. Starting from the 1:18 allowaaefl post, I.ehman atayfld | behind the pacemakeis until half a lap from home," when he spr.nted to the front and crossed the tinish line, with much to spare. His actual time for the diataaCfl was 2"i minutes II seconds. Tho next tO tinish, in order, were Bert KaateraoB, Swediflh-Amflrieflfl Athletic Club; fcVdifl Walsh, Irish American Athlfl l< Club" Pederson, Swediflh-Americaa Athletic Club, and; Harry Vongeldcr, oaatUched, all of t whom recflirfld prizea. Froai a few blocka beyond the start up to the time that I.ehman showed ia front, the tield , followed the pace of Masterson. How? ever. thfl Bflflt Swcde fell behind when I.ehman sprinted as he came down M?rc?r Street. Team honors went to the Ninety BflCOBd Street Young Men's Hehrew As? sociation, whose representative.4 ran well bunched as a team. The winning | total wai 49 points. In second place aaa the Paulist Athletic Club, with <i7 points, and next came the Swedish Amerieaa Athletic club. with M. TwelTfl organizations in all were able to fiaiah complete teams of live men. Thfl -ummary follows: tutaai; p_ Baaaa wi-i rt***. , '' 1- K. Iz-hicaii. Mnrnlnr-t'l** A ' ? -' ' S i: \l ,.???., n . Hwi Itah-A ? ' in A. l 4 ., I , ? ? . Bwedlati An A ' R?II. 1 ? .' I * ' . ' , V M II A 8?L. 2 M Ht. Y. M. II. A ? I \| ??:. ... I. . : ? A i ^ v ,. ? ? -. i , v v :: IT. i* l.i I] u rtir ...? li ill: "? ? ?l I ' * * 1 O. William.. Ut. I ? ' 14 [ p Dutka Hui Un. A. C . - ? I i Ma *T. Y. M. H. * II i Ha ? Mn tal la v I > |. ipprf ?- ' Sl \ M Ii A 1- u v v ? 1 . l-l | ' . I'I **__ I nMll.TITInN. !>M Bt Y. Bt " A . < -i . ,; \ Ui A. < \ i*. ..1 ..II l. A i A \ v \ ... ? rrlcan A T I ' ... V A I i ? ? , Club, I i U. S. ATHLETES AGAIN DEFEAT SWEDISH RIVALS Italato, SwedflB, Ot. tl. The visit t .? tmerieaa athletes Ted Meredith, !???.! Murray. Hob Simpson ... .| Ar.ly Ward COBtpetfld here this . oa in games with Bwfldfla and aoaifl Daai a. The meet was held at the HalTBO Stadium and many thousand BB?BCtatO**fl v.t i-i- preaeat, iacludiag a number of Americans. arho preaefltfld their coun trymea aith large ailk Amencan rlags. Ai'ter tha gamea Joaeph Westcrberg, th? Amerieaa eoBauIar ageal at afalmo, diatributed ailver eapfl to the winners. The Bammariea: IU raatra taardlaa IVoa ta* Murra*; Ifcaaaaa, awMtrn ?' - "? - l0 . ., H _,, a :??:.. ar.d Murray - , ... .... w ?, ivai i. Blaaflaat-t, a Murra I. ? . i) J. Ilolln. Sanstpti: tlmr i -; v ta Mrrrdlth araa v<v>u.l; Mme. 1 M .-10. Uroad Ii . Olawi, Swcdan. teeond, aith " l, v _i i, arith ti nictrc* li ,. race?Wnn !?? the Anerlcan taaro ,'.,..aala flaaadaa ah bi i ara ? COM. BENNETT WINS SHOOT AT NEW ROCHELLE I'ommodnre A. P. Bennett. of the New Roehella Yacht club, carried on" honors yesterday flt thfl preliminary ihool of that elab ob Hbitibob Island. It was a 100-"bird" hand.cap matcli m which eiuht inen took part, an.i thfl coaditioaa areia bo favaiaalfl as to ariad aad light thflt full score- were returned U) all but Oflfl of the tive even*-. The eommodore'a tirst iriB waa the i:.-''h;.,i" acrateh prize, with a aeore of ii, G. P. Graabary ?ad J. N. bfeLoufh lia bfliajr' the raanera up, arith 13 . Hti aext pri/e wot th? fii haadicap match, which he won arith > t'ull aeora after a tia arith Me LoughliB, and lie woutid up the day by capturiag tha high haadicap prizi a total of '?''? on his haadicap of B. J. N. M cLoughliu, with 98 aa his total, proired bigh aci al ?? day. DAVEY ALWAYS IN VAN IN BRADHURST RUN Frank DaTI y. flf the rising Ifacomb'l Athletic Club, blazed thfl trail from - eommaad Ib Ifladiag hom< tha Btld in thfl ivivi.lv four-aad-a h:.if-ntlia r-..': of thfl Bradhural Fiflld Club o'-er it i lliilem eouraa ? day. Par two ruilfla Davay bad Joha DaUy, n elubmata, ot a eloafl compaa loa, i Bt thfl lattvar waa th?a farcfld to drop raarward, ta tinish Btcoad. I). S. \\ flflkfl. the vi ? rafl athlete. Who captured the I U'l Bf thfl Pflfltlmfl Athletic Cluh Ib thfl flaoraiag, alflfl competed, to *iull dOWB sevelith hoaoi Fourth for Wanderers Ihe OtOttOat Wanderers BCOrfld their fourth victary In th? New York Statfl Lflflgu* yflfltorday by defaatlag thfl Our H"Vs' fllflTflfl hy l ta 0 af I'lood'i Ovfll i;i Hrooklvn. l'rost scorvd th<> point for tho w.nuers. In All Fairness By W. O. M'GEXHAN PPaESIDEXT Ray Lyman Wilbur of Stanford University, q^ fornia, makes a sweeping arraignment of intercollegiata faat. bail. He says: "American football ia the greatest menace to intercollerU,, athletics. It i? a coach's game, and the by-producta go with "aja^ profesiionaliim, anything for vietory, flecret practica?make th, lpt|t a power for harm. President Wilbur's sweeping denunoiation seems to epitomiza th) layman'.s notions as to the conduct of football in American collem, The non-collegiate idea of the football team is weird and wonderfaj, It is the more or less popular belief that the activities of the averaaj college are subordinated to producing eleven potential thugs for tha football team. To the opponents of football the college athletic actiri, ties begin and end right there. Harvard University is an institution where football is carried N the Nth power, as the young men of *\ale, Princeton and Cornell wjfl testify. We visited the university Friday and Saturday, and whiUij the vicinity of Cambridge we looked for some of the unhealthy condj. tions which President Wilbur asserts are to be found where football flourishes. Last Friday we dropped in at the Soldiers' Field Stadium, which is the scene of Harvard's athletic activities. Instead ,:>f finding a mob of weaklings turned out to watch the eleven potential thugs, we caaa upon a scene of refreshing athletic activity. While the first eleven was drillinu in seeret. there were two gama being played by other elevcns. In the next tie'd there were several games of soccer football. Several baseball nine* were drillinf? in tht cage. The tennis courts were filled. Out on the Charles River, ahidi winds round Soldiers' Field with a beautiful sweep. there were two cights and a dozen single shells at work. Thero were something 11k* three hundred students actively engaged in athletics. If the football team is the inspiration for what we saw at Har. vard, then the football team should be maintained at any cost. Exter nally. at any rate, the athletics at Harvard seem to be in a remarkably healthy state. It looked to us as though the conditions at Harvard were ideal for training men. School for Football Coaches ON THE whole, President Wilbur's outburst floundfl very much lika the voicing of the protest of the non-athletic, professional east*. They feel that the football coach fttfl too much attention and too much money. It is not known just what remuneration Pee Dflfl (Prrcy D. Hauchton) gets for a season's work with the football team, but ith BBflily about three times the salary paid to the head of any of the da. partments at Harvard. When he speaks of profcssionalism, President Wilbur no doubt ra. fers to the fact that the Haughton system has actually become a school for football coaches. The graduate football coaches from the Haugh? ton school are much in demand all over the country. We quote from the Harvard "Alumni Bulletin": "It is intcresting to lee that players who have been taught in thfl Haughton school of football are in demand as coaches at other collegs*. Campbell and Cowen have been mentioned. Dr. Paul Withington, 'OB, is in charge of football at the University of Wisconsin, and E. W. Soucjr, '16, and J. A. Doherty, '16, are assisting him. C. E Brickley, '15, ii head coach at Boston College. J. A. Weatherhead, '16, has charga of the Bowdoin College eleven, where he luccceded Campbell. L W. Mahan, '16, is at the University of California. F. B. Withington, '16, is aasisting at Columbia University, and J. A. Gilman, '17, is one of **? assistant coaches nt Annapolis. The distressing part of it, to th< members of the non-athletic caste, is that the young men in demand Bfl athletic instructors are mrch better paid than the young men required as instructors in languagea, literature or mathematics. This cvidently is what President Wilbur means by profcssionalism. Somehow. we cannot see President Wil bur'fl point of view. We do not see any stigma attached to impartinf instrurtion on the Haughton system of football. On the contrary, wt hope that PflflJ Dflfll'fl pupils will be abli. to spread broadcast what tbflf have learned from the master coach. Healthy Atmosphere at Harvard ONE Harvard graduate has suggested to us that it would be a gcoi idea to abolish ir.tercollegiate football?not permanently, but *t two or three years. "Football has grown all out of proportion," he contended. "It B the chief topic of the undergraduate. The attitude toward the footbal team is unhealthy. The first team men are regarded as demi-gods aaal the loss of a big game is regarded ai a tragedy." Young men of the college age ar" prone to oxaggcratinn and hera worship. If the football eleven was ti.kcn from them they would ftlti some other vent for oxpre.-sion. Somchow Wt tell to see any harm il the youthful admiration of the player- of a game that requires cour Bge, dflaflh and physieal perfection. On thfl contrary. we think that it la thoroujrl.lv normal and healthy. lt rMOBBI to Bfl that it is better ta have B ttUega vociferous with pride over lt* football eleven than over its glee club or its debating society. ? There may be room for impnnemeM ln the management of collega athletics, especially the football branch, in all of the college-. But thfl suggestions for improvement shouid eome from men who understand ympathi/.e with the undorgraduates. Football plays an impor tant part at Harvard, and we fail to lind any points for eriticism at Cambndge. Bl far as the athletic m.magi'inent Ifl concerned. On tb* contrary. as %ve stood atop of the stadium at Soldiers' Field and watehed the gloriou* scene of youth and activity around BB, BT* pinched our flabby bicepa sorrowfully and wished that we were twenty again, so that we might become a part of what we saw at Harvard. Casey, Who Carries the Bail IT IS a popular error that the football hero is a broad-shouldered, bullet-headed edition of Joss Willard. There is Casey, of Har? vard, who will be heard from considerably this year. Eddifl Casey il a slender youth, with finely chiselled features. and rather lUfM ? physkpM. ' Vi t in Saturday's game b* carried the bail three tinu-s out of four for Harvard. and not onefl Brafl he thrown for a loflfl. Aftar the game. Caaey of Harvard hardiy seemed to be winded. though th* Cornell tacklers tbrew him noi.e too gently. Mahar.'s successor at Harvard sums to have cverything 'hat Ma? han had, with the exeeptiofl ?'t" ability to kick. With the bail tuekeduiv der his artn and a broken field, Caaey is the most elusive tt ' ?'? ever travelled OD two legB. SeVBH Cornell tacklers had fair chanWJ Bt him during one run Saturday, but missed him. Horween, who did the kickihg. was another ground gaiinr. Hut Horween more th** oncf seemed to be guilty of hurdlinir, B practice which i.- supposed tfl be barred by tlie rules. Six times hc leaped over the line for short frain*. Hifl style was not questioiie.l joiti rday, but it ifl prohable thfl* the officials will bfl asked to rule detinitely upon it before Harvard* next game. DespitflJ the fact that their fir-t string tackles were out of tba gamo Saturday, the ('rimson eleven showed remarkable strength ana finish. rVbew th* tackles failed to hold, Um Bflcond lin* deiYr.ce <:*** to their reflCtfl. It is ovidont that Va'.i and Pr4*BC*)COB have BO rea** to be optimiatic on Cio score of Harrard'fl weakaat . Kather. bbvJ chances wili rost upon their own strength. The Lid Is Off in Baseball "?pllK HOT S?,.\e League ifl gettme* ? litt'.e excitcment thi- yearotf l of the repartafl which is bemg exchanged by Governor Tivirai* Pan Johnaon. It Ifl evident DOW th.it JoBB J. Mcliraw's QUtflBtfatj Ebbeta Field will r* acho at IsMst until the Nationa] CoiaBiniflflioa mttv ing, m January. Il* .l.?h:.s..n and I".'! BT eOttttnUO tO BB*hangfl wmpjj inents up tO the time ot" the |athorinff, U arill not be tbe nimual U feaat Tho Katii nal and Amencan latBfljajefl hung together lik* br<? ren uhen they had th* Federal LaflOgtM tO fight, but no*! that the <*** nion enemj has been dflitTOyfld b> Um process pi buying him out. r*** tions between the major leagues are becommg stramed. The .National League, which ia maiiiiired by conservative bv'M* men, mkfl to BTOid controver<ies. and would like to tfltnporilfl **t3 BfeGra-B matter. The Aniencan LaBBgU*, which ifl Bar) John.-en. \i i some BgglBflalfB iietion, and it BB*JBnfl that Boilt*rOUfl Pan Brill "* silent until tho National I.eague sil'ts the BCCUBBtionfl of '"?JH in.ui.ieer to the bottom. The controversy may result in Bomfl dfl* house-cleaning in baseball, j