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Possible Defeat of Jess
Causes hut Little Furore
Peace Conference Attracts Q{ye FilldillgS
More Attention Than f\o s-\ ?
. u . _.. Oi Governing
fouling Bout lor title c?
Bv W. O. McGeehan
Football Body
With the Willard-Dempsey light as
. 0ff as the finish of Colonel Ihts
ton'j party the prospect s of a new
.?.lSmpion .iro petting slightly less at?
tention tnan ;"''' current peace con
ierer.ee.
Dispatches from the West declare
.,jt Willard has started to train and
?ist he expects to step into the ring
?ighing a little ?ess than a quarter
f/a ton. His press agents report that
?j spends three hours a day with the
??"cker and then does an hour or two
with the stock reports, paying particu?
lar attention to oil. Tins work should
tave h;m lighter by July tir?t, if only
[??hter in the pocket.
Jack Dempsey, who has laid out a
'ait programme with the Burley-cue
Circuit, so far forgot himself the other
day as t0 enl>age in tho elementary
pastime of fisticuffs. It was a de?
grading spectacle, according to reports,
for he is said to have knocked out his
antagonist with a punch. It remains
to be seen whether or not this un
pogilistic conduct will or will not
cause the cancellation of the match.
We are told that Willard is not
worrying over the weight question, lie
bas a lot of oil stock and that's the
only thing he has time to worry over.
His work with the circus is said to
have improved his right considerably,
,3 he signed all of the checks with
that hand. He has signed more checks
than Dempsey. therefore can not see
why tho contender can have anything
;ike half as strong a right as he is
rf->orted to possess.
The story that Tex Rickard is to
have the ring posts of the arena fres?
coed with Alaskan and Nevadan nug?
gets has been denied. The promoter
Im transferred his interests to oil. An
oil can will decorate each post and
crude oil will be used on the canvas
instead of the traditional canvas.
Willard will be lifted in to the ring
with an oil derrick.
The hopes of the Dempsey supporters
are based on the fable that a good
little man can always beat a good big
man. This story seems to have started
with the celebrated bout between
David and Goliath. David got the de?
cision, but very few of the good little
tuen have followed in his footsteps.
Somebody has cited the case of
Stanley Ketchel in his bout with Jack
Johnson in San Francisco to demon?
strate that a good little man has a
chance with a good big man. No one
will deny that Ketchel was a good lit?
tle man. He was one of the best. He
T.ade a comparatively good showing
?:th Johnson?that is, to the inexperi?
enced follower of the boxing game?for
the r.ght was one of those things. But
?a the end Ketchel was knocked out
ud Johnson could have knocked him
mt at any stage of the proceedings.
An agreement was made between
lohcton's manager and the manager of
ietchei thai the little man was to be
"jeraitted to stay. It was to be a spar?
ring exhibition. For a while Johnson
played with Ketchel, holding back his
punches. Hut Ketchel failed to live
up to his agreement. He tried to put
one ovit in the form of a swivel right
hand s'King.
Johnson saw it coming in time to
take i: high on the cheek bone. It
was a punch that had all that Ketchel
could pat behind it. Johnson executed
a fall, but it was a stage fall. Tho next
instant the black was up with a rare
"^pression of viciousness in bis face.
He landed a left on Ketchel's jaw and
Ketchel was unconscious for five min?
xes. The negro could have landed
this punch a: any Btage of the going.
Demp?py himself seems nearest to
oein? the second good little man who
?nocked out a good big man. In spite
of what is said about Fred Fulton now,
the ponderous plasterer was regarded
?5 a possible antagonist for Willard.
A'.so he was classed as being pretty
t'.OH to a good big man. Then along
comes Dempsey, the good little man,
?nd crashes him to the mat. There is
some foundation for the belief that
Dunpsey may emulate David.
_ Anotht which the Dempsey
following figure uj ? s the difficulty
?i a gent who is tagging forty to get
sick into condition. It depends on
"?'. WMtitut an ? f the rinn. During
lis?ate emergency a number of tired
sujmess nier, were closer to forty than
'?*ey ever admitted, and some who had
??ued that mark stood some pretty
itmuous training at Plattsburg and
?wer campt it themselves into
'ordition it a considerably tougher
'out tnar. Willard and Dempsey will
Produce. They went through some
'?'-?'?? that called for more wear and
w on r.r rve and sinew than ten
?otrnds of . ' .- for a purse of
1127.500. !* , . the incen
?;t? and a few other circumstances.
ifl tough, though, to get down to
wtouous exercise when the greatest
_"*ain on your physical strength for
??ars ha* bei n walking downstairs to
eWttht subway and then pushing the
.4ell fr,r .,-ev.r . levator. You've got to
Hltere that the training is necessary
?won you will go in for it. And no
Wfestional i 11 ever consider
--?t he .;rrf.(' a strenuous conditioning.
**M Willard, rearing forty, de
?**? i | to go through the
Natal and ??? - :al exertion of making
?'a"': ; for a prizefight.
ft ten and unpugiustically in
'??-..crd gents rearing forty demand
??o*h:ng to dash to the training camp
A ?*? es pi '? :i-ally fit for
',**r- There's something wrong, gen
<?' '.ling ' amp. ( );? it
n >,<: that there's very little wrong
l-'d a ?hoi? lot right.
-.-?...
kHish Polo Men
Will Revive Sport
ii'** ';m *'-''.r' toward a revival of
?~**tivity in England will probably
*? ?? ?'' Pareil 25, when h meeting
itlon will be
I Mu '"'':''''- A popular demand
? .^^^ tot a general resumption
"*? sport on extensive tines. It is
?<a *wp*c*v*!'!' however, that an effort
vi? wade to revive International
'>;???' ally ?n view of the decision
,t ** American Polo A- lociation, at
'???nt meeting, to <!<-rcr challeng?
er. !" '?' ' " ? ' on?] < >o until
E***? at least.
tf?l? * ''?rry Indication that an
"?Hui '"'?'' ?** roade to stimulate In
%ttruA. lot*l polo comp?tition
W**?ut O'eat Britain. The initial
V-i ul'? *? bfc '??*<>"<> will prob
UiAtV> * f-""nt.y Cup tournament,
rnrt >,r\v\n>i\ trophy avant
i>utfi*.|,if.r for Hrave*
! mt&Li?*** YA^ "? th? Spring
*k it t-1 riub has been sold on
'?? tr,L'r"" B?>?ton Braves, according
f*?^??*Sfni!'t 1""'' W U?arn K
'*t?!, i?* ?^rlngneld magnat*. King
*??**li??J'i*."*lT>' *nd has be*n since
NyftV V**r ago last 1><
*? 4&*ILa '" **Wt** that he will
By C. A. Lovett
Several decisions of the national ;
commission of association football,
which acts for the United States Foot?
ball Association council between an?
nual meetings, were announced by
Thomas W. Cahill, honorary secretary,
in this city yesterday.
Incidentally it was made known that
the commission has had presented to
it two questions of unusual interest,
one, relative to allowing substitutes in j
soccer matches, being of real interna- !
tional importance.
The commission has fined the Bnb
cock & Wilcox club of Bayonno ?'-?"> j
for illegal playing of James Noil, a i
West New York professional, then |
registered for Standard Shipbuilding I
F. C, against New York F. C. in a re- !
cent National League fixture. The game, !
protested, was replayed on account of |
Neil's participation. The commission I
found that Neil had been used after i
Secretary Stenger of the Babs had
been notified officially of the man's in
cligibility, and the club was given
thirty days to pay the fine assessed.
'I he player was restored to good stand?
ing.
The St. Louis Soccer League appealed
from the commission's suspension for
three months of Player James O. Bran
nigan. formerly of Morse Dry Dock F.
C. of Brooklyn, and Manager Henry P.
McCarthy, of St. Louis Screw Company
F. C, for Brannigan's having played
on December 15 for the St. Louis team
without having obtained his release ?
from the Brooklyn club. From St. j
Augustine, Fla., where he is wintering, ;
President Peter J. Peel, of Chicago, in
agreement with Secretary Cahill, re?
fused to lift the suspensions.
Who Controls Pros?
The commission has been asked for ;
an interpretation of the rule giving the
national organization sole jurisdiction
over professional players. The claim i
has been made that state associations
or subsidiary leagues have the right to
use registered professionals on picked
representative teams without U. S. F. A.
sanction. This is contrary to the in?
terpretation of the rule always accept?
ed heretofore.
Hither the commission or the national
council, at its meeting in May, must pass
on the action of the Missouri Associa?
tion in countenancing a new rule of the
St. Louis League to permit substitu?
tions for not more than two players on
one side in any game, but not for play?
ers removed from the game by the
referee for misconduct on the field.
The first law of the game, as adopted
by the Federation Internationale do
Football Association, to which the U.
S. F. A. is affiliated, says there shall
be eleven men on each side. This has
been interpreted generally as barring
substitutions, but there Is a rapidly
growing demand, both in this country
and abroad, for a changed interpreta?
tion. The leaders of the game in this
country seem strongly to favor sub?
stitutions under certain highly essen?
tial restrictions. Even general sub?
stitutions, unrestricted as in college
football, would ho preferable to a pro?
hibition of substitutes.
It now is up to the U. S. F. A. to
decide whether the progressive St.
Louis league shall be forbidden to
exercise its new rule in local compe?
tition and if it is not high time for
the national body to move through the
F. I. F. A., to have the international
Board _;ive the matter of substitutions
consideration.
New York F. C. and Paterson F. C.
clash at Lenox Oval, 1-lnth Street and
Lenox Avenue, this afternoon in a
National league match of exceptional
interest. Both clubs are strong con?
tenders for the national championship.
New York meets Morse Dry Dock at
Lenox Oval on March 2, and Paterson
travels to Quincy, Mass., on Washing?
ton's Birthday to meet. Fore River,
both games being in the fourth round
of the national challenge cup compe?
tition. The Paterson clu* also is con?
sidering a proposal to play abroad in
the late spring.
The New York club, which has been
an in-and-out aggregation all season,
seemed to hit its stride at Philadelphia
a week ago, when it tied Merchants Ship
Team A at 1 1. Paterson trounced
Morse, 5 1, in an A. F. A. cup tie game
at Paterson a week ago. So to-day's
battle should throw an interesting light
on the relative strength of the two
seekers after the crown now resting
| uneasily on Bethlehem.
Player William Eadie, late of the
Scottish-Americans, of Newark, is in
; difficulties with the national body in
: consequence of his having played as a
member of Kinley F. C. against the
American A. A. F. C. a week ago, when
he had not yet been released officially
! by the Scots. President William S.
Brown of the New Jersey Soccer League
' arid secretary of the American A. A.
eleven, permitted Eadie to play illegally
against his club when, it is stated on
good authority, he had full knowledge
of th?- player's ineligibility, of which
' Manager Kinsella of the Kinley club
? was unaware. The case has gone to the
National Commission, Eadie, mean?
while, being under suspension.
U. S. Naval Academy Made
Sweep in Basketball Cames
I
ANNAPOLIS, Md., Feb. 16.?Every
I one at the Naval Academy is naturally
! elated at the fine showing of the mid
' shipmen at basketball. The team has
? won sixteen victories during the sea
. son and lost none. Among the teams
, defeated have been New York Univer?
sity, Swarthmore, City College of New
York, Georgetown, Crescent Athletic
Club, Lchigh and Camp Humphreys,
the latter being practically the West
Point five of last year.
Georgetown gave the navy players
their hardest contest, but nearly all of
the games were won by decisivo scores.
However, the amassing of great scores
ha? never been a special object of
Coach Lush. It ha? been his rule ii'-4
toon nn hi? team secures a fair margin
to give a? many players as possible a
chance to get into the game. The r??
duit of this policy is to have experi?
enced player? ready if any of the regu
j Urs have to drop out for any cause.
It ??i understood here, of course, that
?in- nr-ndemy Wnm is not In a position
tu claim any champion_hip, a? all of
It* games are played on It? Own court.
MoreOV?tr( the Navy team ?lid nOl meet
any of the team? of t.tu- Intercollegiate
league. Kvry r-ffort wan made to SQ.
car? m ??/-.me with the University of
Pennsylvania, but without (success.
But there is no doubt her? that the
Academy had the best team In the
Country this season.
It I? greatly to the credit of Lush as
a coach that he pri itically built this
splendid team thi yi r. ft docs not
contain a regular o I i
Lowes, nt pro enl capti ? . tvas a sub?
stitute last .?.."i on. iii has bi i n ' andi
cupped this yi ar by n bad 1. uei . on
which he ha lo wi rah ice. He has
played in pari i of m us I game :, and
regularly in the 1 I ' i n The
other for?.':' ' d poi Ledly bo- !
long? to Farwel I, ?i foui cli man,
who liad only h'gh ? liool experience
before c?.ming to Ihi
Der.inger, one of the ! i Li
the academy hn i ever had mem?
ber of the squad . but had
never done ;.
ters, who do . ? rkabli
guard In evi rj line ol ; , was no I
even a squad i >'?? >
ton and double, - other
guard wi re pii ; it little
In tb" game ;. I
Turning from b? kel ? Lui h
at. once began work wil ;i the lai i
baseball squad ?i the history of the
academy. Incidentally, he Is tho only
person who over handled Lwo important
sports at. t !,<? ?n titution. II? re his
situ?t ion is exacl ly the reverse of tho
basketball probb m, b? cuu ?? be I u
practically nil of hi I
regular?, bei .<! ?? loi ol ol her um\
who were on thi | t year ?i nd
a splendid i ddh on from th < ? ein
In npita ol thi II quota ol rog
uliirs, Lu:''!) has lei II be known from
the very start thai no one bus -
mortgage on hi? place, bul ouch In opi n
to any man who ?hows hi? right t<> it.
Lieut. Simpson Coming Here
To Break Hurdle Records
By A. C. C?
Lieutenant Roberl S impson, United
States Army, world's pre aii r hur?
dler, promises to be m ? videnc :
ni the comine: track tul '?? ?
of the Millrose Athlel c A 101
at .Madison Square G: rd( n on I
a rv 25. Simpson i - com ing
I rom ( 'all forma to appeal con- ]
te its, but his principal
will bo hi ? desire to ;ma ', - I
ing American indoor n cord oi Lin
seventy-yard low and
high hurdl? :.
The formel Mi souri Un .
].'.. and holder of r h
for the L20-? ard '
t4 3-5 seconds
fident that he co i
yet recorded o two
races. It wo i, tl ore, no sur]
that twenty-four hour aflei ?
of t he iir. itation fr mi John G.
an, chairman of i he Millr i ic ai
committee, Simpson was oi
K;, I.
i n order to brush off the rou i l?
re n!t ?ng I rom his lifi ol
year Lieul enanl Simi ? ? x il off
al his old alma mater to lar!
ing. He is now working in,,!
watchful eye of Coach Schulte, in
whom ho has much faith, und recent
word from Schulte i id ici Les that
Simpson i ; the lightning flash ?
Judging from his repeal ed succ?s i
in obstacle races at less than seventy
yards t here is son ?? reason fi r I be
statement that Lieutenant Sin
will smash the two records. In
ing the hurdles at sixl y yards, S
has generally ret urned the limi
7 3 5 second ; and he bel ieves ;
can traverse the remaining tun rds
unde r I he re< ord.
K ? pecial ly < erta in is the Mis louri
wbndor of establishing a new record
for Hi?- seventy-yard low hurdh
! wo f( el si -. nches in Ii" ?gh ' ? h ich ; ?
8 ;: "i seconds made in 1 '.' i I and ?
?Qintly by the Ell r Brothi rs, Ja< k and
B( b.
Simpson also i g coir: lent of era
?: . uros of 8 I ?, second . v
in the credil of Forre ! Sin I
I he 70-j ard high hurdh . hicl Land
H feel li i nches in height
a hurdler par < xcel h i ce in former daj ?,
made this record in 1908 on the
son Square Gardon floor.
i in the occasion of Smil h -. n'a rec -
ord-brenking feat, he v . ted im
menselj at the start through the use
of block - Thi i enabled him to ;
valuable I in o nt ' ne i rack of thi pi
toi, but Sunn "i: di lirei no camouflag
n?,' i,:' bis performanci ' I i
mproper start.
; i m ?i ion has gained considerable
weight by hi ? work in I he army, bul
? he I .. never fell :" I ? i
his life. Although he I ? '.'i4 bi en
mustered oui ol the service yet, Simp
con is hopeful that he w ill be relea id
shortly, as he Is keen to resume his
studies lit Missouri. Simpson will only
appear in ' he M illn e meel. unies i he
can have hi proBpnl pinns chnnged, a
only obtained a furlough of one
month.
Kntrj blanks for ]' i annual
hi tuiicitp Faster I I race 1
been disti ibutod t.. the tv n core club i
in this city, Thi ? i < ondui L< d
i,, t! ,. Hi,,, klyn Al hh I ic A lociation
and usually at" ractB one uf the large il
field- of the season, owing to th?4 many
!"'!. For this year's con
'. I ' il. A. A. athlet ic committee
to award more than twenty i
pi i. ii tory i ; expected to be made, I
i "r ? t's v.-.' il run over a new '
' ?:?-? miles.
\\ th the daily return from France
of this city the com
g nonti will ,. itnes; a grand re?
vival ' ' ? ? ori ?, ;, : was ' he case before
e ii ' - entered the war. M any
indoor me ts arc scheduled, andas each
pass? club of 'he di -' riet are ?
et oi c to promote open ,
Four Tennis Dates
Fixed S)v tlhe Head
Of National Body
Date for four of the national lawn
cv - up onship tournaments were
? n i c tl 5 - 'erday by President
: -- ' Tow "; end Adee of the United
'? tes National Lawn Tennis Associa?
tion. One date that for the clay court
title itative and may later be
changed, but the other three have been
nltelj -- si :rn'd.
The date ; follow :
June 16 Philadelphia Cricket Club;
? - : ' and girls nati? il champion
les and doubles.
J ly 7 (I ntative) South Side Ten?
nis Club, Chicago; national clay court
tip
August 1! Longwood Cricket Club,
:l ? - ; national tie ubles charnpion
,ici
\ igt \' West Sid" Tennis Club,
; I :.' : -. 1.?euer Island ; national
?m ? - I impionship.
- applications for sanctioned tour
yi a r a t e so numerous
l ? 11 cials of the U. S. X. L. T. A.
are h oking forward to the busiest sea?
son on tho courts .-cine- the start of the
Id war.
De Palma Describes
Record-Breaking Rule
[n describing his thrilling ride over
yl ma Be ich sand track recenl ly,
? ?.'. h ich lio estnblishi d a new
-.' orld's r? ord for one mile on a
-? course, Rnlph do Palma,
irr- i!' ?ver, dei ':?V'^ that he ex
perienc id no real sensat ion. On this
,. . De Palma covered the mile in
2 1.1)2 seconds, which is going at the
rate of ! 19.72 miles an hour.
Telling of the famous rule, De Palma
sa; - :
"When Burman rode it was reported
that he experienced a terrific bumping
and jumping along th?' beach while his
ear wn ' up t he record that
? I irl ? irhl years.
"Tu day 1 rodo a? smoothly as In a
lii ousine on a boulevard. Excopl for
two or th n i' second t of a ideways at
dllferonl intervals the Streamline lid
i of the minimvyn wind resist
\ anee, and I could fool ho lighl cross
I iv i n ci even when pushing on at the rec?
ord : pei'il."
No Standard Tennis Rules
Which Cover All Nations
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Yale Crews
Sure to Have
Busy Season
NEW HAVEN, Conn.. Feb. 16.?With I
the announcement that Yale is plan?
ning to send its 'varsity crew to the
English Henley in July, the most pre?
tentious programme ever launched fora
single rowing season at the university
been started. The undergraduates
! believe the trip is extremely likely.
| They are unanimously behind it, the
j Yale "Daily News" has urged it, and
Professor Mather A. Abbott, the crew
coach, has warmly indorsed it.
only obstacle is the financial
problem of transportation for the oars?
men, as Dr. Abbott has pointed out
that the shells, oars and rowing equip?
ment will be provided by the English
universities and clubs. Yale under?
graduates will contribute generously
to tho project and Yale's wealthy
alumni are regarded as likely to make
he journey possible.
Professor Abbott has completely
hifted Yale's rowing outlook from ??
cramped, restricted season, with the
? v London regatta with Harvard a
possibility, to the most extensive ever
projected. At present the events
which he is projecting include:
Races with the 'varsity, freshmen
and perhaps some of the other clas-t
? crews against Harvard on the Ameri?
can Thames; a triangular race with
Princeton and Cornell at Derby on the
Housatonic in May; at least two
crews for the American Henley on the i
luylkill in May; races for the class
and other unit crews with preparatory ?
?' school crews at the spring regatta in !
May; an international ?jtatc?i between ?
the Yale 'varsity and picked English
crews in the English Henley.
Dr. Abbott's motto is "a coach, a
race and a seat in the shell for every
candidate who reports." He has kept
adding to the 'varsiety and class squads,
which now number about, four hundred.
, and he boasts that not an oarsman will
?? dropped till the college close-- for
? ' ? summer term.
Meanwhile he has secured the assist?
ance of firmer oarsmen, and they are
coaching the material in the funda?
mentals of rowing both for spurt's sake
and the love of victory, which he says,
comes from having an objective in the
shaii?. of some sort of races with which
to bring the season to a climax.
The coach has been favored by the
weather, which has allowed him to
bring the candidates to the harbor s?v?
irai weeks earlier than usual, and h?
has been able to give them almost con?
tinuous practice the past fortnight, de?
spite floating ice and slightly cooler
weather.
lie has made a direct start toward
selecting the 'varsity squad hy picking
four crews, which will take part in a
number of mutual races, from which
' the varsity eight and the second crew
I will be picked.
i The first crew has been selected as
ows:
Stroke, Soderston; No. 7, Mead: No.
G, Ewing; No, 5, Benson; No. 4, Moul
?i-?; No. ?''?. Bucholz; No. 2, Munson;
bow, Mali; coxswain, ("arson.
Of this combination Soderston stroked
Yale freshman '4if.:ht three seasons
. ., while Fwing, Benson, Munson and
Moulton aro former 'varsity substi?
tutes. Captain Mead was a member of
the 'varsity eight last season.
The selection of a new 'varsity stroke
oar is occupying the close attention of
Dr. Abbott. Hemenway, strok" of the
freshmen last year, and Austin and
Schicffelin, two former 'varsity substi?
tutes, are stroking the second, third
..-i 1 foui ii i rews.
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Mountaineer Five
Will Meet Colleges
Of East This Week
MORGANSTOWN, Feb. 15. The
West Virginia University basketball
five leaves here Monday morning on a
live-game tour of Northern and East
i i-i'ii colleges. Allegheny College is to
be played at Meadville, Penn., on Mon?
day night; Cornell University a: Ithaca
i: Tuesday; Syracuse University at
Syracuse on Wednesday; (.'ol?ate Uni?
versity at Hamilton on Thursday, and
; on Saturday afternoon Rutgers College
\ is to be played at. New Brunswick. It is
a difficult trip and one that will tax to
> the utmost tne strength of West Vir
ji ginia's team.
i So far this year the mountaineers
i? have an excellent record, having beaten
;: tho University of Pittsburgh, Alle
?i ghcny College and the Pittsburgh Col
; I? gians once each, and having won
| twice from Marietta College and the
? Fairmount V. M. C. A. The only gam?'
j.' lost in the eight played is that to the
Washington and Jefferson team on the
i Washington and Jefferson fluor. This
I intest was dropped by the close score
j of 33 32.
Only seven players will be carried on
the Eastern jaunt. The forwards will
be Martin, Behcn and Parker; the cen?
tre, Kiger, and th" ?guards, Captain
Dawson, Alloman and Hill.
Three Relay Records Made
At Pennsylvania Carnival
w
The action of the1 !: ? irnational Ama?
teur Athletic !?' deratii n in passing the
cne, two and four mile world's relay
records, mad t at Pensyl ania's relay
carnival in 1915 nd 1916, give - to this
carnival the d tincl m f Iding all
i the relay recor : i al tin ignized dis
; tances.
In 1916 Kaufman, Lockwood, Lippin
| cott and Men dith won th oi
I relay championship in I ic minutes
: eighteen secoi fastest ti me ever
| made in this event - war
?Yale University, wit ; R Ife, Barker,
' Cooper and Ov? rl m, ? n I two-mile
relay cham pion tes 53
seconds. Th M time mad ?
in L910 bj Riley, ; ' ' eppard
and K iviat, of the 1 : I \mei \
C, but the Vale record ? for
two reasons.
In the first place, the Elis ran on
a i rack mea n is in in?
stead of .eighteen inches in from the '.
pole, thus covering mere di tance than
the Irish-Americans, and in addition
the Yale men pnssed the baton, which]
| is slower than the mere touching of '
hands as was the rule ?n L910.
In 1910 the < 'ornell teun c insisting;
of Taylor, i'? (Ti re, \\ tidmi le und
i '??: i?- r, wem t In- four-irt champion
ship iii 17 mil it? ? ? econds,
Peculiarly enou t ?nie als?,
t equalled 'the- record bold by the Bo iton
?A. A. with Mahoney, Marceau, Hod
j land an?) Powers running.
1 Th?? Do?toniana also ran on a (rack;
measuring eighteen inches in from the
pole and did not carry the baton as j
the rules now demand. Because of the I
fact that the Yale and the Cornell j
actually ran further than the ;
club teams in making their records,
they are now recognized as being the
real holders of the titles ol" world's
champions.
No bettor example could be cited of
the benefit of college athletics in keep?
ing men tit than merely to state the ;
fact that every man of the Pennsyl
van a, Yale and Cornel] teams was ac?
cepted for service by the United States,!
and one of them, Johnny Overton,
made the great sacrifice, falling in the
epoch making battle of Chateau'
ierry.
pre: - ? holders ft he one, two
and four mile relay titles are. respect?
ively. Pittsburgh, Massachusetts In?
stitute of Technology and the State
University of Iowa. It is expected that
nil three will be on hand this year to
defend their titles. Ii is hardly ex- :
pected that new records will be made,!
but it is already assured that it will j
take faster time than was made last i
season to win any of these races.
Lajoie May Be Manager
Napoleon Lajoie, noted second base?
man, who some tune ago announced his
retirement from major league base?
ball, has bt'i'ti tendered the position of
manager of the Sioux City (Western
1.??iigiie i team, according to Barri A.
Eel?, president of the Sioux ftity Club.
Mr. F.els and Lajoie at one time played
together at Cleveland.
Controlling Bodies Had
About Reached Agree?
ment at War's Beginning
By Fred Hawthorne
Before the war clouds gathered on
the European horizon, back in 1914,
and we of the world of lawn tennis
were revelling in Davis Cup matches.
enthralled by the super-brilliance of
players like the great and beloved Mc
Loughlin, the cold, methodical Norman
Brookes; the mighty giant, Tony Wild- 4
ing, now in a soldier's grave; the daz?
zling, astounding Norris William?, and
the liery. flawless court general John?
ston, our' thoughts were all of lawn
tennis and of how we could better the
great game.
For many years America and Eng?
land. Fiance, Australia, Canada, and
sometimes little Belgium, had been
meeting on the courts of the world in
competition for the massive bowl put
into play by Dwight F. Davis. Get.- j
many and Austria also sent teams to
represent them, but since the Hun and.
his allies have been placed outside the
pale of civilization by their acts du"r
ing t: -t ended and will, there
tore, not be permitted to challenge for
the international trophy for an in?
definite period, we need not consider
them :ii any future mention of the
blue ribbon event of the courts.
In al I i? ? year.? ?-; compet it ion be ?
tween the tennis playing nations th?4?
matches were conducted under no set
standard of rules of the game, except .
as they applied to tue deed of gift
framed by Davis when he gave tho ;
cup. That is to say. mere were no
"rules of lawn tennis" governing the?
playing of the game all over the \
world.
Rules Coincide
In the main, of course, the American.
rules coincided with those of the Eng?
lish association, as did those of Aus?
tralia, Canada and France, but there
were certain differences that present***-*'?
difficulties upon occasion, and the con- 1
trolling bodies among the different na- i
tions had about reached the point, in J
1914, where an international set pLj
rules was to be framed, when Blotter^
? came the world war and drove ?"?j.-*
thoughts of tennis out of evevybodjffigj
head, '-^^"?
Most men of reasonable mind wi&?-?
agre?? that a duck is a duck, whether
it "quacks" in a London back yard, in
Melbourne, Australia; in Brittany, in
Brussels, or down on the big duck
farms on Long Island. Why. then,
?should not an amateur :4i this country
be an amateur in the British Empire
or Franee or Belg urn? For no reason
i on earth, apparently, yet he is not.
The English t< ce at some of
'our amateurs; the French are polite
] and say nothing; the Australasians ac?
cept matters as they are. and we, for
our part find it difficult, sometimes, to
distinguish between the different
"shadings" of the British definition of
. what constitutes an amateur in lawn
? tennis.
Of course, this is all WTOng and it:
ought to hav.? been adjusted years
ago, bu: it has not been, so the lawn
tennis ".luck" in America is still re ?
garde?! as the "ugly duckling" in Eng?
land, and vice versa. But now there ,
promises to be an end to this para
doxica! situation, and the conclusion
: of the war is going to give the needed
opportunity for readjust:..
At the meeting of the United States
National Lawn Tennis Association?
: held in this city a week ago Friday,
j George Townsend Adee, president ??<"?
that body, informed the delegates that
the International Lawn Tennis Fed?
eration, formed in the latter part of
j 1913 on the other side of the Atlantic
| for the ex-press purpose of standard?;
j i/.ing the rules of the game and t'ne,
loi!':.' of those who competed in
; international matches, had taken on
, row life and would begin to function
i this year.
Kaiser Spoiled Federation
All the tennis playing nations haS
been invitee! to become members <>?'
this federation at the time of its n.
ception, but the Kaiser went mad be??
fore matters could take concret^
shape, and the Entente Allies havjg
been so busy taming the Hun i'?'ast
in the last four years that the federal
tion lapsed into a state of coma.
According tt Ii \.dee, the \':''<d
States has been invited to join thig
internationa] tennis governing body*
e all othei nt? r? ?-'??'t.
and it is probable thai constructive
work will begin this summer. Within
. then, we mufj
expect to see the rules of ?awn teni?
nis made uniform all over il worlq?
not only as they apply to the pla\in??
of the game, but aiso as to those v.-ho_
are eligible to 1 cour - in'
competition for the Davis Cup.
The influence of such a world-gt
erning body over I i sporl is iifr-;!?cl 'o
be farreaching. The nations will b?
brought into t I? - no vexatious
questions as to ation of ruh-s
will crop ou*, and then- will be no fee?6
ing, even though hidden, as to the tru*
amateur status of a competing player,
be he from the homeland or from over*:
seas.
- ..
It is well that no competition for trnj..'
Davis Cup is to take place this yeate
N'ations that have been grappling in it
death grip for four long, desperate
years are in no mood to resume thf"
friendly international battles of thj?
courts until they have had at least, a"
breathing interval in which to recove*
their normal poise. We have suffered
least among the countries that hsv?
been warring, and the ranks of oui?;
players have been the least thinned bjr
the scourge of war It might be th<^"
were we to challenge Australia for the
cup we could get together a team th???
would .-we?-p the courts and bring tbfr
trophy back to America in 1919. bu&
that is not the way of American ?-porta?
manship.
We do not seek to win the trame ?$
competition with the crippled, thft.
lame. the halt and the bl nd. Let th^
British Isles, Australia. Canada, France
Belgium an?! Italy, if they are to chafe:
lenge. have a chance to bind up theijr;
. new legions of thai,
courts before we test our skill against*
their best in friendly rivalry.
A year of competition at home, th&
development of new players, the r?sc
covery from war exhaustion, the "wiij^
to play" again, all these must come be?*
fore the struggle for the treasure?
Davis i may be waged on nljr
equal basis. Let us all keep in mint
those words: >?
"And when the One Great Scorc?i
comes *?
To irrite against your name,
He tvritcs not that you won or lost,^
But hoir you played the game." U
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Yale .Tennis Schedule H
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Feb. 14. Th??j
Yale tennis chedule was announce?
to-night as follows:
Mm ^ \t ? \ i .?i,.s- AsS
v ? it.??- - MumkH
Se? HaTtllV
lllibli >l N a II ,,- i frin . :., , .*?'
'?'?? '??? ii ?Jnl ljitor?i,liol(Ut.li in,.<- >i V w iiirMt.
?9 l'?i" ce' I .,,,i?,h:h dt Now lim, -ri "'
ii ,-c.i l ni New limn. Juua 7, \Ym tilde Itniils
Club tt Si? ?ork i'1'o'.