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TY COBB SAVES SOME LAURELS FROM NEW KING Best Base Stcalcr and Run (letter ? Nunamaker leads Yankees Bad wizard. ,r??:e.-. ' I crown from tie brow? of a ?be might: Cobb tha i ght of ] con ? rday from the headquarter? ' ?'; batting JV<r?k- ?.menean l.eag.ir ? it 8 riatan com 1 ??>?. ? fi?. ch. It wa? . m ? show the wa;. oth major a. Il ne, but not I not see h:m ?:?r ' anden liurt.? "? ' ? The ?rea?" ? lueror a si < . i' ? ?cored f?r nora eon? 148 asa?a; ia l?o games Speaker counted r among1 "land,1 , : K' catcher. vu Ike ehanf ion bat? i ' the \ Y?nk??i. He ?tood thirteoath m the I l aven Anorican ' ?_aaaori W ' ' ''"?: f T,,r siaor ?aakee regular? batted as fol? low?: leadryn, Oilkeeloy, -? H? mo Rui ? Pi pp. SSti Magi __a. r Das_.il ' aaaaf -? average at A? ? U aa 1_?1 batting. Following are the records of all piiyer? o or more g? - ? i ak a ? ??_?? ????? . se-:-? - - - a,?. . - . ? ? I? ? v>. Ma- ai ? ? ' * ??.-. M i ? - 1 . ? " ? - ? ... ? I ? > . *?? !_? 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K- i..-??? ? vv?, ?... ?^a?n _??-, ., ?? .... ? ?,?, -VEhTTHIN'J r? R BilliarilsW^ Bowling P-ices ai,d Temo 1 s ?i?. ?UAIbS iy expert mlchanics .,7 ?*.?._?? Balkr < ?llrnder I? "?it Waa? .-,i ?? . r U ."i.., Wo-ltna Ali.y. BUllar? A l?a><>, Table?!' ? -, ?ospiu? _?!? br?.?r'^TsBai ?O la-> h?uar. W??TJ j These High School Stars Were in the Forefront at the Clinton-Commerce Clash TENNIS OFFICIAI. DEFENDS RULING IN CASSEL CASE President Adee Contends That the Present Laws Bar Woman Player B> KRED MAWTHOBNE Although the amateur question un? doubted v will come up for discussion at ?he r- .ting Of th. >x CUtiV. com :.'. iona! Lawn Tenais Association, at the Wal? dorf-Astoria Hotel, next Friday night, ? ? to i 11 be done until the annual meeting of the association in February, the delegates then voting on 'lie ni..' The cast- of Mis? Clare Cat th< ranking woa B whs declared ineligible to compete w | amateurs last S. pt? r. ber hi cause of her employment as n Fk;.tir.g instructor, probably ha? doi.e ;i i?suc, but sme ftand in regard to U tours that it did last June, ? ? circular ? l ras sent out ti variou? clubs a lag to ? ' tody. "Now Hules" Not Rules When Pre? dent G? Adee, of the U. S. N. L. T. A.. I of the amateurs, I sides a? t'. - ircemenl i "new rale i" of 11 rule." will not be rt. i until adopted at th?. annual mee' . ,'- cae will not be brought . cec urce i on a I ? ? . who declared ? been officially d< ?? .' champiot - "In ? .id Mr, .' has boot no dispo fact ti gave li money. The q whether, ..i such eircumal i could be eonsiden d si All this by th? to do ? bylaw tiOB ? thai ? "t'nder the rule, a per-on wl ? , ?katii | Foi pay automi l forfeit! hit or her amateur Stai As long ago a? ver" ch-r wss under when s>e violated tiie rale tl tion had no opt:on in the matter. Theory a! Amateur Sport "The theory of amateur sport thus | far has not permitted a ner no form of athletics to he considered an amateur in other \ branches. The Golf lissoeiatioB, the Amateur Athletic Union and the Ten , nis Association .a rule, find this priii-i eiple Him. ll mcepted in intereollegi- ' ate athletics. "The suggested ehangea in the ama- ' tear i I i he considered at the aaaaaal n .nd if! further, ? that-, t..-*, no player ?hall r travelling expensefc for playing tournament, team mutch or exh: a club or association which he roi eond Players engaged in the I tennis goods b though i made ; ils, shall whili gaged be h eligible to ??? ?ventl ? I by the U. S. N. L T A " Mr. Adee sddod that the executue, ttee had suggested th?s?- changes belief that would ri" eoBoorvod : amateur ?port, i.t.d that it wa better ? .-> forestall and in ?vent aboses ? than 1' compelled to root out later. Mr. Adee's statement arc || 'cresting In the extreme, in that what lie says haa direct ' teur status of M BU rie. McLo ? ' lek B. A!e\ i.r.der BBd Bthl Of national I prominence D th. - (foods business, ?it <.r indirectly. ? ... JUDGES APPOINTED FOR TOY SPANIEL CLUB SHOW Cp to date cv.r lorn tpet als hav? been recvived for the Toy Spaniel Club of America show to be held at the Wal? dorf-Astoria Hotel W'cdtie-'lbv, Janu? ary 3, 1917. The following ladies and gentlemen have accepted the club's in ? un to judge th. breed? ' arteenth annual ' show : Mr?. W. E. Clark, Boston English tov ?pa A L. Holland, New York City . James Gardaer Kossman, Plain field. N. J. Maltese terriers. Ml M I ' afin, Now York City Pomeranians. Mis. William C. Thompson, New York -1? and Itaflai | Dr. J. 1 I'.- Mund, BrOOklyfl Shet? land bull lerr ier?. Japan??? span i - i huahuas, j.api!'.. .1. griffons, children?, variety and miscellaneous, classes. Important Swimming Meets Due To Be Held This Week The first Important meets of th' metropolitan indoor swimming Will be held thil v.-eek. Or; Friday Co lumbia and C C. V Y. launch th. sm tournament of thi Intercollegiate Swimming Aaao? with I the hitter's pool n Saturday the New York A. C. . erviaa an open A water carnival, at which t!. foremost ? ab stars .-f t:.. distrie . number of prominent . and high mm? rP and fancj The leading features of the latt?.| re a 190 yard ? i aled bandicaf Memorial Cup and i match gan a of , tweon the Mercury foot playen and i 'earn made up '\ora the bi ? ?vents arc a novice swim and a spring dh ing conteat. Of almo-? .quai interest will be the opening meet of the Central A. A. I . .-t, on Ti.,11 day. at the Illinois A. C., of ' . ..r reports i.av I come of the development of several new men oi ehampionahi] the Middle West, and local fana are eager to ascertain what the heralded ? an ?lo m competition. Another girl infant prodipy has -, into th. lirael | ling to advices from Los Angeles. Edward ? -.-, mayor of Venice, Cal., whose fear-Old niece, ID'len pox, re? covered a full B ? water rands and fe< ' t-,-,|, i '.ums her to be the , I or of , e in the world, and '? ? willing to rivals in , of all 'round watermaaabip, It bogii ? to look as if N. : , ! ! ivv . lui . ;.i Inter, who will wear the of the ncevill? School m v. . dangerous opponent than SXPOCt? i t.. leo Handy, ?.' Irving School, the in'. champion of 1919 and air? for Util honors. In fact, Th-, although unfamiliar with pool swim n.ing, . ? thraahed Ml \anl? I ? .?nd 199 yards m .">7 m us against the intcrsrholastic record sjld ? hi seconds, respect . and he should go even faste he has learned to negotiate thi At n closed meet of the Hamiltoi Club, ol Chicago, L. B. White, a la? v. ho specializes nt th? breast stroke : 200 yard- in 2 minut.-s 4! BOO" . whieh il faster than the tinif chronicled in the national A. A. U, titlti rac- last, writer. H.s teammates Confident he will this sea?on de feat Michael McDermott, the title holder. Mi*. Olga Dorfnei, of the Phila? delphia Turnicenieinde, beat her own American I00?yard record for women swimmers, when she recently covered i'U yai '. ehee in i miaate 99-9 second:;, and only the fact that the event waa a closed one will prevent acceptance of the new mark. The fig? ire, give conclusive evidence that Miss Dorfner covered the century in about 1 minute T.'l-? seconds, which brings her very close to the world's standard of 1 minuto rt seconds. Albert Dowries, of the New York A. C , national champion in high div? ing, has r^on.? into training, and will be a contender for the season's laurels in springboard fancy diving. The early rounds of the P. S. A. L. aquatic ?earn touiTiamcnf indicate that Stuyvesant High School has exception ; lly Abo ma erial a:nl will be hard to beat. The women swimmers of Cleveland to organise last week, nnd BO" M?.S lr?ne McShune temporary pre.id.at and Mrs. Georgia Youngei ? -.-?. ?ary-treasuter. Loots Ferguson, captain of the Yale swimming team, has sent out notices for sow ir water pole practice, and will ?ven ready t.. meet the i i N. Y. players in the opening dual meet. Berheley?Irviac School, of th,? city, I led a call for candidates, and trials will be bold shortly to pick th. material for a swimming squad. Winter Sports Now Hold Sway Among Yale Athletes -. Hi.'.. i i loan . Di c 2. Yale bai .. tune in starting it- wint.l sport plan? SftOI t ? ?? do., of the full foot Ti.e ba.ketb and swiui' , will begin woik on Monday. None of th. I badales BBS y.t been announced, basketball fire will probably make the longest Journey, covering cities in Western New York ?nd POBB 1 sylvaniu for half n dozen game?. Charley Taft, ?on of the ex-President , of the I '? tod Btatos, Is again . ? und Newell Garfiol?, grandson of the -, I .artieUi, also is a mem | ber of the five. Harry Le (lore, the I football halfback, will probably be on team along with Bob Uh? tt, the tnd Kiaaey. Mallon, . i nd iioid.n of la.-t veara tea Chester La Roche, the football quar K, and K. L Bperry, of leal year's . :'ii ihman team, w.ll b. ?and Kina.y was one of th.- most brilliant ni, ni..-'-' of th. Inte:. h. ague . ...son. ... the baseball pitching coach ar.d former Yale pitcher and basketball guard, uii basketball bead coach. The hockey team has only throe ol Its veteran seven In college, including Captain "Mooaey" Murray, Jack Bier? wirth aad Hoicombe York. Gob1<L At? ?Oar and Jacob;. lekatitBtOS lsst year uie anionir the candidates. The hockey simad has been on).'red to begtfl practice to-day in the Ar.-na. re drill ofl artificial ice has made ? iBBOCts tor a s'rong ?even more brillant than when the team was com ? I to wait f?r natural ice or go to the St. Nicholas Rink, New York City, for practice. Manager Landon n ar? ranging for a holiday trip to the Middle Well It ;- .xpOCtM that a ?cries of will be played in Pittsburgh. Va i -.dl have a strong and well balanced swimming team, including ( aptuin L. A. Ferguaon, highest point winner in the Intercollegiate League last year, In the relay? and aprint?; C. V. Schlaet, ca|it,..n last year, in the sprints; A. ( Rosener. P. B. Mayer and .' Y Jenk- Ifl the relays ami aprinta; M. C. Benjamin aid W. Scobey in the fancy cive, and > C, Badger, F. L. Adam- end D. B, Bright in the plunge. P <>r ? man ?. mi? ming team w.il be formed, and . meet with Andover Academy has already boofl .iraaaod This move has fol? lowed the dacision of the Intercollegi ate Aajociation barring freshmen from competition. FORDHAM SEEMS SURE TO HAVE STRONG ELEVEN All Players Who Started Against Villanova Will Return Next Year Fordham will have a strong and vet? eran eleven next season. Taking foot? ball stock i,* Kordham yesterday dis? closed the fact that not one player who started Bgaiast Yillanova on Thursday will be lost through graduation or la? ?ligibilit?/, Don O'Connell, who played fullback in the tint part of the Cnorgetown game when he was injured, will be graduated from th? Law School in June, hat he has beea unable to play in the last few contests, and Hempsey has proved a real ?tar at fullback. Caatail t'onkhn iri the only other member of th.- .squad lost to t_0 team next rear, Coaalin was a aahatituta end tala BOai "'i. HeefrHeak for Squad The alumni will tender a beef?tesk dinner to the squad, the coaches, the trainers and all those who had any? thing to do with the eleven on Monday Bvenlng, Doconbor 18, at the Castle Cave Inn. Cold footballs inscribed I with a maroon "F" and "_?_?" will be presented to the members of the team. Although no ganea have been nn nooneod ta donalto\j scheduled, the the tent?live pinna of the football schedule makers call for contest? with several of the leading elevens of the Boat GeoigO?Wll and Holy Cross, at least, of this year's ?late will be rcthined, while a game with Princeton for Octo? ber i Is practically certain. The bone achedole, the managers hope, will contain games with repre? sentative team?. The gam?'s will be played on the new athletic field adjoin? ing Broas Park, which has been cleared and levelled after two years' work. A iqoare of wooden bieaehera. aeeomno? g 15,000 p?ople, will be erected. The team held secret practice on this lovera] tine? ?luring the last sea?on. Cargan To Re Retained Krank Cargan, head coach ??f this year'? tram, who was responsible more than any one else for the line showing alovoBi aril] be retained a? coach, and it is likely that a contract lor several BOBBOBI will be offered to him. W hen the captain of the famous 1900 Fordham eleven vvas seii.-ted by the ?'lumni advisory athletic eonnitfoo to direct Pordhon'a football destinies a Stop WOB taken in the right direction. Gargan baa led Pordhan out of the football wilderness with a squad that never nanberod nore than thirty men and which when ilirnrrii ?lied by'Lnjuries and other causes did not contain enough playera to form two elevens for a scrimmage. Assistant Coach Moriarity, who had charge of the linesmen, proved a wor? thy aid lo Cargan. The eleven scored 212 points in eight frames, as against I. for the opposing teat:..-. JOHNNY GILROY, OF GEORGETOWN, SCORING KING Washington. Dee. 2.- For the high dual scoring of the season the country vvill have to look to Georgetown Uaiveraity, Johnny Gil roy, the HilltOppera' speedy halfback, has now score.! 14? point?, making : -us and kicking thir ?;. -.? | : im touchdown?. Th.j is a higher total than that of nis near ??-?. rival, Klmer oliphar.t, the Army's itar backftel I man. Two touchdowns against Tulane I'n' versity at New C>iieani, December 9, would pat Georgetown m the front among the country's highest ?Coring teams, (?eorgi- Tech, with a total of 422, is now the best ?coring aggregs tion. thanks to a ?core of J."J against ' Cumberland early in the season. (.r?-.'? v. ii has not played a team so weak as Cumberland and is vet but ten points behind the Yellowjackets. Coach r?erdine, former Carl isla ?tar end and later assistaiat to GloaO B, Warner, will take hi? (ieorgetown ?quad to New Orlean? Wednesday night and ?rill werk them out Friday before the game. Football Teams in Tie Plainfield, N. J . Dec. 'J, The Holy thai] eleven played the team : States battleship New Jeraey to a tie acora on the cricket lull this Bi?I?l< 1 ;. r.r., for the sailor?, and T. KirketU, for the locals, each kicked a field goal, making the ?core 11 to S. !Bajjf?|saBjan?aaBaBaaB>?^^ .AdventuresofBeatriceBuggs Featuring Izzy the Photographer in IZZY SEES HIS FINISH 1 ?l?taanahj9?as??BBajj^^ Jf*. O. P&cGEEH??W '^?^^-''-^^-?ie^'^-'S*-*.?-?.?^^ REEL L?It I. the eve of the Yal< Harvard game, and all is excitement i the newspaper office whrre Beatrk Buggs, the beautiful girl reporter, I employed. The sporting editor is shul fling hi? pet pinochle deck with nervou lingers. Beatrice Buggs Is pacing th floor. ?Suddenly a messenger boy enters an without a word hand? a telegTam . Beatrice. She tears it open. (Close-u of the telegram.) It reads: P I) Q IGLIB COLLECT. BEATRICE HI'GGS. FLY AT ONCE, ALL IS DISCOY ERED. Beatrice registers terror. "Are the ; on to me in the business office?" ?h moans, "or can this be Haughton work?" The door of the ?porting departmer I opens and Izzy Kaplan, the photograph er, enters, bearing his trusty grafio: Beatrice leans against her desk, qua? i ing with anxiety. "You here, Izzy?" she asks. " i thought you had gone to New Haven. 1 "To tell the truth, M?fs Buggs," re ' plies Izzy, "I had it an engagemen with the Midnight Foolishers. I go t New Haven to-morrow by the Net Haven train. And to-morrow 1 shal make it a bummer from that fellci Haughton." "Fool," hisses Beatrice. "Don't voi know that nobody ever got to Ne: Haven on the New Haven Railroad You have been tricked by Haughton and Yale is lost. Moreover, the build mg is surrounded by Harvard despera doe?. I can detect them by their bruta accent?." Izzy ?ees the telegram aad picks i up. "Here is the real dope, M?31 Buggs," says Izzy. "We should fly a once." "It should be flee," objects Beatrice "Are you running a column that yot should be so stuck up with your gram mar. Mis* Buggs?" demands Izzy. "Il says t'.y and it means fly when it say: it. We go to New Haven by aeroplan? an?! Haughton should be a bummer bo foro to-morrow night. The Kaplut ?yitem Is the only system." "I do not understand," says Beatric? anxiously. "Give a look once, Mi?? Bnggn," say? Izzy, pointing to the window. 1 View through the window showing an aeroplane containing a veiled woman anchored to the office chim? ney.) "Who is that woman?" deraandi Beatrice. "M?as Buggs," ?ays Izzy, "how many times T have told you that sh? is a loidy, Midnight Fooliahers or not, U il Sibyl." Beatrice registers anger. "This is Haughton'? work." she say?. "1 shall not go to New Haven with that woman. Sooner 1 will risk the horrors of the New Haven Railroad." B?atrice rushes out into her limou? sine. "Are you going to that game or not?" asks the Sporting Editor, throw? ing down his pinochle hand. "The word of Izzy Kaplan is better as his bond," says Izzy proudly. He throws open the window and enters the boat of the aeroplane. The flying ship heads for the north as the baffled Harvard desperadoes climb to the roof of the building. They wave crimson handkerchiefs in rage. ?Close up of the airship ?ho-ving Izzy singing, the Bulldog song.) REEL 1 Beatrice Buggs, the beau? tiful girl reporter, daahe? up to the (?rand Central Station in her limou? sine. Hurriedly alighting from tins car she run? through th? corridor? to the entrance to the New Haven trains. An aged guard is sleeping on a chair at the gate. Beatrice ?h?kes him gently. "When does to-day's train for New Haven leave?" she sika. "To-morrow, young l.dy," replie.? th? venerable guard and sink? back into his gentl? slumber. 1 Clos? up view of spider spinning a web across the entra?a? to the New Haven Railroad.) Beatrice bursts Into tears. Her ?oh? waken the old man, who registers sym? pathy. "De not be downcast, miss," he say?. "If you start walking now you will beat yesterday'? train to New Haven." Beatrice registers resolution. "I will walk tu .New Haven for Yale," ?he saj?. Hastily dismissing her limousine, Beatrice starts to count th? ties to New Haven. REEL 8 The first ?juartar of the Vale Harvard gam? in the New Haven Bowl has just ended. The score is: Harvard. 3; Yale, 0. (Close-up of the ??oevboard to prov? it.) |J?uir:ce Buggs, punting and wearied from her long walk from New Yom, climb? ?lowly into th? pr??s stand, where the football experts are chained to prevent them from harming one an? other in their violent spells. Beatrice sa?s th? scoreboard and reg? ister? anxiety. "Where is Izzy?" sh? 'murmurs. "Could It be that some of, Haughton's minions have brought him : ?down with an aeroplane gun? I would' I not put it past them." La Core, of Yale, is given the ball for1 a play off tackle. Ii<? breaks through the line, but suddenly the ball slips from his arms. At this moment a mili-' tary aeroplane shoota across the ?ky, directly over the P-ay- The 'plane dips, and a chunky ligure leans out of the boat, holding a magnet. The ball is drawn upward and placed in the hands of Gates, the Yule end, who pro? ceeds to run for a touchdown. The 'plane continues its flight and ! drops among the football experts. "Who are you butting in and cross? ing our dope?" is the angry beream of ! the experts. With a superb gesture the chunky : figure tear? off a pair of false whis? kers, "lazy Kaplan!" is the haughty reply, "and the loidy is Sibyl, from the , Midnight Fooliahers. We done it for : dear old Yale." KEEL 4 There is a hot time in New | Haven that night. Izzy Kaplan, the great Yale hero, is banqueted by Tad I Jones and the members of the Yale , team. 'I he collegians tempt Iz?y to drink ! intoxicating liquor. At first he re j pulses them. "Nobody ?hould ?ay ?t that [gay Kaplan got shikker," he says. The collegians rise and sing "Here'i I to Good <>!?! Yale. I>rink 'er down, I drink 'er down!" Izzy in a moment of forgetfnlness t takes a sip of champagne and falls i under the table in an alcoholic stu- I j por. The students carry him out and I put him to bed. REFT. I The sporting editor Is sit- '. ! ting moodily at his desk. He begins ; to turn his pockets inside out? He rinds nothing. "Cleaned again," he , mutters. Iz/.y Kaplan enters the office with hi? head in a bandage and showing the affect? of his night's dissipation at ' ? New Haven. But in spite of his be? draggled appearance he registers hap plaooo. "I done it with my magnate," ?ays Izzy. "I have made a bumme* from that feller Haughton like I said I would." "You have made a bom out of me, } too," screams the ?porting editor. "All niy dough was on Harvard. You're fired." "If I am fired, then I quit," says Izzy, proudly. "Better business is in j Russia than here, anyhow." He picks ' up his trusty graflex and walks out I into the snow. Beatrice Buggs, the ' 1 beautiful girl reporter, sneer? a well ! bred ?neer as the form of Izzy van- , I lahea Into the blizzard. PINEHURST BOY MAKES HARD HOLE IN ONE STROKE - Piaohaiat, N. t*V. Pec. 2. There is ' I some very promising golfing material 1 among the youngsters st Pinehuret. ' Lambert Splane, the foiir*?.en-year-old | ?on of W. G. Splane, of Detroit, played | a ilfiJ-yord par 4 hole the other day in I a drive, an iron ?hot and a ?hort putt. ', This has now been capped by Lambert i i schoolfellow, Athel I'enham, also four ! teen, who, under the watchful eye of h;? at tea ting opponent and schoolmas : ter, A. A. Collinge, has made the thir i teenth hole on the Number One course | in one. This hole, now made In one for th* | first time, is par three and bogie four. ' The approach runs uphill all the way, ; and the only part of the green that is ' viiible from the tee la the flag, a? they ?ay in Ireland. The distance is II. yard-, v. i.ich is in itself a re?pectab.?' , , ?ir.ve for a youngster of fourteen. Mr?. Dorothy Campbell Hard, who built up' ? the rooaorkokie r.rigfff score of <5 on ? this co n ?? laat season and shattered ? Banker Of pars In the couise of the proceedings, never managed better than a rhree on this particular hole. Hole? in one are all more or less 1 flukes, of e.iurse DoBald ho??, for in 1 stance, r. vor made one in his life. Willian Willen claim? two la Iftooa yeara of play. The feat wa? accom ? plished only twice at Pinehurst last season, the ?hort ninth hole on the Number Two course obliging in both , ins'ance? Phil Carter negotiated the , firrt of thi? pair of ace? in the dra i matic ftr.al? of the St. Valentine toue ' tiament, hi? opponent, Whittemor-, making a two at the ?ame time. The cecor.d wa? made by James Wilson, professional, in a four-ball match. Indoor Games in Armory The 71?t Regiment armory will be the scene of the annual indoor games of the !r:*b.-American Athletic Club ? on January 13, according to an an? nouncement yesterday. In former - 'he contests were held in Madison Square Carden, Out the high Natal of the ampitheatre, coupled with the los? ing venture of last year, prompted the Wmged Fiat officials to make a change. GREAT PUBLIC PLAYGROUND IS NOW ASSURED Plans Completed for Gi? gantic Athletic Field at Van Cortlandt Park By A. C. CAYAGNARO Plans for the erect;.,n S? the huge playground at the southwesterly end of Van Cortlandt Park ?re completed, ?nd Thorn-?? W. Whittle. I'ark ? ommi? aioner ' '/"" work g It is believed that rantle ?reject will he completed by the end of J I of i.. it year. At present the twenty fOBf ?ere? of load la inunds I with ' rt ef awing to th? poor sewerage swo. tem. and i. a del of the i ' ' '00,'' I'oniru ?.{oner Whittle ha? to obt ' ' ' ef ?"^-0?0 for thi if the immens? recre? ation Almost a smilac amoun'. eqairod to real:7? th? i est MB?Oped i aygrour.d and athletic field in the country. Alth- -i.ssioner Whittle ha? catered somewhat to the aO let?? of this city, however, he has not failsd to tpake provision? ro? tl ? thousands of -mall children aa i Bldor y persons who travel to *ae now inad?quat? play fields a? Van I art aa it Pai * it will in? clude separa'? playgrounds for boys and girl-?, wadiBg and swimming pools. shalt'-r gbt ?awn tennis courts and a splendid grandstand, with a seat? ing capacity o? 1-.000 people. Initiated with Champlonahlp? While the field 1? ?xp?cted to b? finished by next summer, it will be officially opened with a set of local championship track and field contests. The running truck will be a quarter of a mile il circumference, with a width of twenty-four feet and a straightaway of 220 yards. The infield will be de? voted er.t rely to the erection of high and broad jumping pits and the other field events. In ail respects it will comply with th? rules as required by the Amateur Athletic t'nion. The grandstand, which is to ?hut off the elevated btruc'ure on Broadway, will contain locker and dressing rooms, which are to he open for use by clubs of the Metropolitan Association, who can assure the authorities that they will be kept in good and clean condi? tion. North of the stand there will be three tennis courts and a gymnasium for man and boys, 199 feet long and Mo feet wide, while south of the stand a girls' gymnasium la contemplated, to be fitted with locker and dressing rooms for them, ?n addition to a shelter house. Near by th?- plans call to build a recreation field, library, dressing rooms and a lunch room. Will Feature Bathing A swimming pool II feet wide by 225 feet long is planned south of th?? run? ning track, with four springboards, and ? it is to have .150 dressing room? and 24 shower baths. At the northeast cor? ner of the field and along the tracks of the Putnam division of the New York Central Railroad Commissioner Whittle 1 has hopes of constructing a wa?iing pool, 240 feet In length by 2"o foot la width, which in the winter tim. be devoted to curling; enthusiasts. Six acres of land will remain, which . will b? used as a playing field by boys 1 who have been unable to obtain ?. .?? i of the baseball diamonds at Van Cort? landt Park. RED SOX SEEM DUE FOR SLUMP IN COMING YEAR Too much prosperity and the aging of many stars may weaken the Boston Red Sox m 1917. 1 ? ' Poster, Mays? Shore and Ruth should be bet'er pitch? ers in llflT than they were in 1916. Hoblitzel ne-, er showed hotter form than in 1919. It is not reasonable to expect that Sir Richard will go back over the winter. Barrv will not go lack, and if he does J"anvrin is im? proving. Scott, too, Is very young and will improve. Gardner is aging, especially in win? ning world's championships, but 1911 was his best year. Lewi I probably will go back, Walker will not improve, but Shorten, a really great h ter, will. Hooper seems to defy time. It*mav be that Boston will not go back, but three time winners are due to retrograde. One cannot predict for Chicago. Jackson and E. Collins, th. great pair, are slipping. Vet Chicago's pitching should be better in 1917 than la 1916. Comiskey may acquire a new first base? man. In that event Chicago may b? stronger than in 1919, Detroit almost assuredly will be stronger. Jennings has everything but pitchers. He will get one or two good pitchers next year. New York a.ready is strong enough to win the championship of the Ameri? can League n 1917. Only an unexam? pled run of bad luck, injuries to Baker, Maisei, H.v-ii, Mage,, ?.nd CaldwelP. dereliction sept New fork from being a keen contender in 1919. Washington is stronger than in 1916. The acquibit.iori of Leonard and Smith helped Griffith*, hitting ?n the Uto au? tumn. Milan wa.i ill and injured and will bat better next year than he batted in 1916. c.ve?and peed? ?ome pitching, which It will probably get. Chapman will have a better year in 1917 than he had in 1916. Wamb?ganss will be a vastly improved player. Cleveland showed ?neagh last year to be feared in 1917. The Athletics will he stronger, too. but scarce s'rong enough to get out of eighth place. The Browns should be a more vig? orous factor next year than they wer? this season. PANAMA MAKES BID FOR BIG LEAGUE CLUBS Baseball fan? of the Isthmus of Pan? ama are boo'inng that section as an ex? cellent location for one or more train? ing camps for the big league teams. It is claim--I ' ? condition? of th? 10, under the care and direction of the army and canal of? ficials, are excellent, and that with th? dry season extending from December to April the major league baseball players could not find a more ?alls factory location for rounding into shape for their pennant battle?. Baseball is exceedingly popular, and the teams would be sure of geod g?tes at any exhibition game? that might be . staged during their stay in the Canal i Zone. DONT III Y AM" AITOMOHII.? I onlsaa )uu kii.-w h. w to BSSeBl It. driva It ai.it K??t> U in prop?r repair. Tak? ?n automobile owner s i .urn? In th? larcat and 1 ??< a.juipp- 1 a hool ?i. th? t s Betlatacuea goaraatee4 Write I a WT iiDi v m c a. Al Ti iMl It!!.I' .??'??M?>OL, 10?' W?al I ? _ _ WANTED _ w'antVi cm-no rnSuTC bas prsrVra.1 e. ?? a??. iMslifr??? 11) tallar Bal l.af. l?,-.la>-.:a. ' ?.