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Platt, of Yale,
Scores Victory
In Squash Play
Defeats Captain Ells, of
Harvard Club ? M onks
Wins for I* r i n c <? t o u
By A. C. Cavagnaro
J'titches that brought out unex?
pectedly close tussles and extra-set
games featured the opening round of
piny in the annual scratch invitation
tourney of the National Squash Tennis
Association at the Vale Club courts yes?
terday. Of the six matches scheduled
?or decision, two went by default, while
three of the others necessitated an
extra gant? to bring about a verdict.
T. Livingston Platt, of the Yale Club,
continued on his triumphal way by
eliminating the dangerous Captain A. E.
Ells, Harvard Club, in a lower round
match bj a --core of 10 15, 15 8, 15 0.
Captain Ells recently returned from j
?ervicc in France, and lack of training
has necessarily put him slightly off his
game. However, he made Platt play to
his best to win, and it was only when
Captain Ells tied that the Yale entry
had matters his own way.
Exceptional "Gets"
Captain Ells gained a victory in the
? rsl gam?- hy his exceptional "gets" and
varied attack. Platt rallied somewhat,
toward the end, but the spurt was a be- j
lated one. ( aptain Ells continued his |
strong playing during the early stages
of the second game, gaining a lead on
Platt. The latter, apparently realizing
the situation, warmed to his best work.
Platt afterward put considerable
power behind bis drives, and, using a
front wall "kill" with deadly effect and
.-harp 'cross-cmrt shot, passed Cap?
tain Ells and quickly piled up a lead
that the tiring Harvard soldier found
impossible to overcome.
The third game sizzled with hard !
playing and long rallies, consequently
? ?]? ??! the fight for every ace.
Platt mad.? the most of his banter
driving, while his low driven balls
shot off : side walls at diff i ull
angles. Toward the end the Harvard
ropn ? ' began to show signs of
hard pace and he failed to return
many fast flying balls.
Robert MJonks, of the Princeton
Club, was forced to three ..tames before
he vanquished John B. Cornell. Yale
Club, by a score of 15 9, 12?15,
IS 16. Cornell was not quite him?
self in the opening game, and his in?
ability to get 'he ball over the "tell?
tale" gave Monks the victory. The
- two games were characterized by
terrific pi ... Monks was erratic
jn the ei oncl game, and this C-'4
greatly aided in his defeat, as Cornell
showed a steady improvement in rus
game.
Long Rallies Frequent
In the third game both players'
played with all their skill, and long
ned the tussle for every
? t. Monks managed, to gain a lead
of 13 ti. l!. but then two good place?
nt shots enabled Cornell to set the
match. Monks recovered himself
quickly ;r the extra set of five aces.
and it was his low return to the back
wall . corners that permitted him to
down Cornell by a matter of two
?T. A. Vietor, another Yale entry, did
not experience the anticipated easy
task in eliminating R. E. Wigham, a
( olumbia (Tub player. Wigham showed
decepttive attack that compelled
V etor to play in top form throughout
i'-ip first and second games. Wigham
ikened badly in the third game, al
ng Vi< ".or to make a runaway of
: I". e scores were 15 12, 12 10,
: 5 6
H. I?. Harvey, the youthful Princeton
i lb player, relied principally on
;? ... ng in downing N. F. Tor
rence, 'He Crescent Athletic Club vet?
eran, r.4' ? r I wo close game -,
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Mass. Tech. \ ictor
In Swimming Meet
ANXAJOLIS, Feb. 15. Te swimmers
oi Massachusetts institute of Tech
won from the Naval Academy
here ti i afternoon, 33 to 20. Scran
' ?':. of T '?'-.'. won easily in the 10 and
100 van ? ? ' in,4 all tht other races
i 'ose.
n Navy's only first was in the
:.". :?: which Gallagher surprised the
by defeating both the crack
Green? brothers. The relay was won
.:? the last lap by Cntersee, of Tech,
ptain Goggins of the Navy
>\ two feet.
Brooklyn Poly Five
Too Much for Army
?Vh.-T POINT. N. Y., Feb. 15. The
\rmy lost another close game of bas?
ketball to-day, Brooklyn Polytechnic
Institute'? five coming through ?vith
a whirlwind fini : the
Cadets on the little end of a 25 t., _1
who had displayed
prettj pi ? ;- and accurate
shooting through? :4 three-quarters of
":" ' '"?', '-'? ?'??" " to p ci es in the final
'ages of the game Pol. took full
advantage ?.4 ';.<- let down and gained
the lead wil 01 a few minute? to
??" bj ' ' 01 and Specht
' -?I drive and
nut the game safelj away for Poly.
The Army led 16 to 11 al half time.
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Five Thousand See
Boxers in Battle
At Camp Mills;
CAMP MILLS, Long Island, Feb.
15.?Five thousand soldiers were en?
tertained in the Recreation Hall last
night when Ward Brennan, the di?
rector of athletics, held a number of
bouts with clever boxers from this
camp, who were opposed by fighters
from Camp Upton. The Camp Mills
boys won the greater number of the
bouts.
Camp Mills took three of the five
bouts. In the ll?O-pound affair it was
all but a knockout when the bell I
saved Schuck, the husky champion of j
the home camp. Stars were gleaming
for him and the bell sounded like
sweet music in his ears. The boys de?
clared the contests the best they had
seen in some time. Each event was for
three rounds.
The first event, 115 pounds, was won
by Jim Hogan, of Camp Mills, against
Leo Marino, of Camp L'pton. In the
1-5-pound class Jim O'Toolo, of Camp
Upton, won from W. Enz, of Camp
Mills.
The other results were: 135-pounds,
Jim Sullivan, of Camp Mills, won from
Paul Edwards, of Upton; 1-l?-pounds,
Bob Gleason, of Camp Mills, easily de?
feated J. Bierbaum, of Upton.
The judges were John T. Boyle, of
the A. A. U.; John O'Brien, of the
N. Y. A. C. W. Forbes, of the Cres?
cent Athletic Club, was referee.
War Trials Cured ?
Hothouse Player,
Armv Paper Savsi
?r 1 >/
"Kiss the hothouse ball player. He's
gone, thanks to the war," says a recent
issue of "The Stars and Stripes," the
official newspaper, sport page and all,
of the American expeditionary force
in France, Italy and Russia. "One of
the features of big baseball, as it was
conducted before the war closed the
gates, that got under the skin of the|
average fan was the way players got
lay-offs and publicity whenever they
had a poor night's sleep, bruised the
second joint jf their little finger or
contracted a corn on one of their little
tcotsie-toes.
"Pitchers gave as an alibi for their
poor showing in the spring that their
stomachs had been bothering them. The
change from the three-cent lunch |
counter grub to the juicy steaks of the
swell hotels mu.-t have raised havoc
with their dainty bread-baskets.
"Just about the time the home team
got working smoothly the star infielder
or first-string catcher got tonsillitis or
a shinned skin and the manager an?
nounced with a sad face that the star
would be lost to the team the rest of
tht season.
"The war, however, has shown thou?
sands of Americans how trivial little
ailments are and how much a man c:.n
stand when the emergency arises.
These soldier boys and the others who
have backed them up and know what
they went, through will want to see the
ball players play day in and day out
with thr- same spirit the Yanks showed
at the front. No more will the player
who has been sent to Hot Springs to
nurse a pimple on the back of his neck
get the glad hand when he re?nters
the game."
Not the best written item that ever
graced a sport page, perhaps, but
crammed full of simple truths that we
lav?' come to overlook. All too easily
the sport writers and the fan have rec?
ognized the big leaguer as entitled to
the temperament of a granit opera star.
If their army experiences, have brought
out that, "stick-to it-iveriess" which we
may expect, those players who have
been through it. will be worth a great.
deal more u> their employers than for?
merly.
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Vlahan an?! Hart
ht l'on thai I Abroa? I
The two Eddie? Mahan, of Harvard,
an') Hart, of Princeton who added
loutre to the athletic tradition of their
respective alma mater?, continue to
earn laurel? on the gridiron. Mahan,
;i the star ej the St. Nazaire base sec?
tion football tram, was entirely too
much f'ir the 36th Division men, cham?
pion? of ?he IM Army Corps, and
romped away with a 12-to-O victory
In the big football conflict staged
at Colombes Held, Iran?'', .Sunday, Jan?
uary Ifl.
F'ldto Fl?rt was coach of the victor*,
and eURutenant Wilrnot. Whilncy, for?
mer lUrvurd end und baseball pitcher,
coached ???I plnyed for the lowing
! ein ven.
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31
BY W.?. MACBETH
(Copyright, 1919, The Neu: Vori; Tribune Inc.)
OUR BEST SELLER
rHERE was a man in our club,
And he was wondrous wise;
He spent a couple years or more
Compiling alibis.
And when he advertised his work,
With all their might and main
The golfers rushed to get the book
And help along their game.
?HPEX RICKARD, we are told, intends to insure all
?*? concerned with the Willard-Dempsey setto. Guess j
this includes a Governor, at least, on the side. Looks j
as if he'll have to have the Governor to insure a
scrap.
OSTON paper all worked up over expert opinion as
to where Babe Ruth should be played. And once
upon a time there was a. National League manager,
who answered to the name of Harare Fuge!, who tried
to make a first baseman out of Ma fly.
Tj^RED FULTON is now juggling with the truth so
?*? seriously that one of these days he's liable to
reach a short-memoried, simple-minded fan capable
of believing him for twenty-four hours.
JESS WILLARD says he does any one a great, favor
when he fights him. Well, if we had as good a
chance as has Jack Dempscy to knock this particular
big stiff into the middle of next week it wouldn't hare
taken $27,500 of Tex Richard's coin to coax us into
the ring with the circus champion.
That Unkindest Cut
It sure Is tough on us nimrods now that it Is
against the law to knock down our wild fowl from
our airplanes!
Ford won his first race at Havana the other day.
No, it wasn't a Senatorial race.
NOT EVEN AN ECHO
VTOBODY, as yet, has heard that prophesied thump-'
^" ing of Harry Frazee being kicked down the back
stairs of Fenway Park. Seems either the Battling
Kid's grip is improving or Ban is losing his.
When luck breaks against a guy, seems he can
get used to any form of hardship. Though the Ath?
letics are going to train at home tins year, tire of
.Connie Mack's hopefuls have already signed.
Hans Wagner Physical Instructor
| JOHN (HANS) WAGNER, for years and years per
?" haps the greatest playing asset of the National
| League, was always^a man of action on the diamond.
; And, it would appear, it is harder than ever to teach
i an old dog new tricks, even to playing dead.
Wagner, who whs thrifty in the days of oppor?
tunity, is exceptionally well provided with this world's
goods. He might well afford to take things easily the
remainder of his days. Hut not John Honus. The
Flying Dutchman, who retired from the Pirates at
the close of the 1917 after a generation of brilliant
service, cannot be wheedled into an indolent existence
even by tie stult of pelf and the glamour of matrimony.
And so he has signed as physical director of Carnegie
Tech, and will begin his new duties in the course of
a few days.
Hans Wagner will break into his new vocation
as coach of (he baseball nine. And, for the sake of
fond parents, il is to be hoped none of those kid
pitchers get fresh with the venerable patriarch while
he is illustrating the proper stance at the plate.
Boom in Yachting Expected
rilHOSE interested in the fine sport of yachting have
"*? reason to expect marked activity this coming
summer, though many of the most noteworthy Corin?
thians are still in the service. By next year every
B
thing .should be humming: so as to make the America's1
Cup race the classic of all time.
1 But the boat builders are certainly looking; for?
ward to an immediate harvest. No class of sportsman j
in America proved more patriotic than the amateur
sailors and yachtsmen. They gave, not only of their
services without stint, but their craft of sail, steam,
gas and naphtha as well. Which means, of course,
that the boats given or sold to the government will
have to be replaced at once. The approaching era
should prove one of the very busiest in history for
the designers and builders.
Up around Narragansett steps already have been
taken toward a combine of yachting clubs that would
give quite as pretentious (though, perhaps, less ex?
clusive) an organization as the New Yo k Yacht
Club. The plan is to combine all the yacht clubs of
Narragansett and Mt. Hope bays into one afliliation, so
as to improve racing as well as to add distinction.
It is claimed there are 4,500 yachtsmen and 3,000
boats on the bay. These grouped under one head
could use the present clubhouses as stations, after the
fashion of the New York Yacht Club.
Too Much Turf "Mystery"
rpilE Jockey Club, which controls the "improvement
of the breed of horses," as conducted in the East,
often moves in a mysterious way its wonders to per?
form.
The general public, interested in this "improve?
ment" to the extent of $3.30 p^r illustration, was
somewhat shocked to learn that Johnny Loftus
America's premier jockey, and Larry Lyke, another o1
the liest boys in silks, might not be seen on the metro?
politan circuit the coming season. The application;
for licenses of these two were "laid on the table,'
which is tantamount, as a rule, to being given th<
raus.
No one questions the fairness of the Jockey ('lui
or it's integrity. If Loftus and Lyke have been guilt4,
of conduct prejudicial to the health of the sport thej
should be kept down. There were those who wen
very dissatisfied with the erratic riding of Lyke oi
occasion last year. But, on the whole, Hie horse
manship of Loftus was absolutely beyond reproach am
undoubtedly the greatest tonic of a great turf re
vival.
But, in the opinion of the writer, the Jocke;
Club has no right to usurp such autocratic power
as summarily to raise the bars against any rider sus
pected or proven guilty, without making the evidenc
public. It owes this confidence to the public, which
after all, is the backbone of the sport now that bet
ting is not officially recognized. Nothing is gained b
covering up scandal or near scandal. All should h
published in full and the perpetrators punished in sue
fashion as to prove an example for all time. And i
this connection it is our humble opinion that ride
trainer, official or patron once convicted of sharp prai
tice should be barred for all time.
It. is somewhat distressing, ?n light of the Jocke
Club's policy to function in secret, to note the indors?
ment of last year's officials for the coming: season. B?
cause the faith of the public last year on more than or
occasion was shaken, not to say badly jolted, by tl
administration.
No one will attempt to deny there were occasioi
for suspicion at most all last season's race meets her
about. Mut the fault, lay quite as much with the o
ficials as with the horsemen and riders. All that wi
needed to nip (lie menace in the bud was a little mo
backbone in the stands ami along the patrols. Th
theory does not permit of argument. Il was provi
conclusively in the closing meeting at Empire (i
when Chris Fitzgerald got on the job in the stewarc
stand.
How was Chris able to perform the miracle'.' W<
he can see most everything- that comes off m a race
| well as around the lawn and in the paddock. A
[ Chris Fitzgerald was always on the job.
I Tex Rickarcl (?oing
Away From Here
Tex Kirksrd, promoter of the $127,
?OO WiUard-Dempsey bnttle, will flit out
townrd the oil lieldft to-morrow. The pro
niotincr Croesus declaren that, his trip j
will be purely on oil business. Hut. it
has been said t.bnl Rickard is jrcttiiiK n
little nnxious as to the site for his but?
tle mid thnt'.he Will consider a few
pinces ton ta fr ly as he circulate?.
The status of the new boxirTg law in
not nnv loo reiinsiirinir. Kven if the bill
is passed the clause limit insr the price of
admission will cause Rickard to take his i
show somewhere else. During the trip
Rickard will hold another consultation
with Willard and hnve him take h pone
on a pair of scales if there are any
weighing mai'liineri I hat will hold the
beuvvweicht cliumbioii.
Miss Bjurstedt
At Her Zenith
On the Court
Woman Champion With F.
B. Alexander Defeats Miss
G o s s an d M c N e a 1
By Fred Hawthorne
Lawn tennis followers who went to
the Heights Casino of Brooklyn yes?
terday afternoon to sec the special '.
exhibition mixed doubles match be- '? '
tween Miss Molla Bjurstedt and Fred- '
erick B. Alexander and .Miss Eleanor l
Ross and Harry Mc.N'eal, the Casino
professional, were rewarded by the -
fastest, tennis seen indoors this sea?
son, and that is high praise, indeed,
when we recall some of the matches
played on covered courts recently.
Miss Bjurstedt and Alexander won
in three straight, sets, by a score of
7 -5, 6 A, fi -4, overcoming ereat odds
in both the first and second sets,
when their opponents led them at
?1 I on games. A fiery net attack
that rarely weakened, and the mar?
vellous covering of deep court by Miss
Bjurstedt were the deciding factors
in the victory of the national woman
champion and the famous interna?
tionalist.
There were times when McN'eal
dominated the court by his spectac?
ular playing, the t'asiiio pro volley?
ing with wonderful skill and smash?
ing with terrific speed as he went in
for the net position to take the ball
on the fly. Always a master of the
half-volley, McN'eal thrilled the spec?
tators yesterday by some of his shots
of this character.
Always taking many chances in his
efforts to turn the tide, the profes?
sional made more errors than would a
more cautious player, yet his winning
shots were so many, that it was only
by the most desperate playing that
Miss Bjurstedt and Alexander pylled
into the lead.
Miss Bjurstedt. as we have said, was
a marvel of speed and skill in this i
match. McNeal and Miss Goss never
left their alleys unguarded for a
moment without regretting it, for the
great Norse gill fairly cannonaded
drives down the line as she caught her
opponents out of position.
Great Day for North Slar
Some of the forehand drives that
the champion took on the full volley
and sen?. hurtling back for clean
placement aces aroused the onlooker*
to impromptu outbursts of applause.
It was a great day on the courts for
the North. Star.
While we kept no accurate tally, it
is not stretching the point to say that
Alexander must have won quite a
dozen points on placement by the un?
canny skill of his lobbing yesterday.
The old Davis Gup king made use of
these shots in the middle of the hot?
test rallies, and in almost every in?
stance they won the point.
In the middle of lightning driving
duels, Alexander would suddenly ?pur?
the ball up high among the rafters, to
land within inches of the base line.
?>IcN'cal raced after these shots in
frantic efforts to make the return, but
his opponent had placed them with
such nicety of judgment that the
Casino "pro" found himself charging
into the back walls and unable to make
the stroke.
"All I've got to-day is a lob- a lob
and a prayer," Alexander remarked, as
they changed courts in the fifth game.
We plead ignorance as to just how de?
vout a worshipper the internationalist
is, but certainly he helil command of
a wicked lob yesterday.
Miss Goss deserved a lot. of praise
for her work, and her playing was al?
ways of the spectacular, hard-hitting
vrriety, yet she might have accom?
plished so much more but for a fatal
tendency to hesitate before going for
the net position.
Against the quality of tennis she
was opposed to, fractions of a second
counted much, with the result that
often she was compelled to take the
ball at her feet half wrfy between the
base line and the net. With her lare
ability at volleying, Miss Goss would
have scored many more points had she
not waited and played the ball off the
ground.
Looking back over the match, the
chief impression we retain is that of
tin sustained brilliancy shown from
first to last. When one player had a
temporary lapse of form one of the
ethers was always there to carry the
struggle at ton speed. It was. indeed, a
rare treat for lovers of the game.
The point score follows:
First Set. 1't -. Cms.
Miss Rjurstedl mirl
I''. It.' Alexander 3 2 14 !> 1 4 I 1 4 5 j 46 7
Mies <;<">s mu?
Harry McNeal.5 442 U 11042 3 3?40
Second Set.
Miss Bjurstedl and
Alexander . 442654014 4?34 6
Mlis Goss ami
Harry McN'eal . 0144724411 23 I
Third Sot
Mis? RJurstcdo and
Alexander . 4020244464 30 G
Miss (io^s and
Hurry McNeill.. 2 4 4 4 4 2 1 2 4 2?29
Recapitulation.
Mi.s BJursterlt and Alexander?3 sets, 19 Kami's
110 points. Miss (.;?.-s> ?ml Alexander ') sela, 1,1
K,unes. 117 points.
Ball Tossers Seem Eager
To Sign Up for Season
No Serious "Hold-Out" Threat Made So Far in BjB
Leahies; Thirteen Men Already Signed by th
St. Louis Browns; Maek Corrals Six Player?
By W. J. Macbeth
However far the policies of economy supposedly may have? ??one
tive to salary reduction in baseball is, of course, unknown to the hi
But the fact remains that if the playing profession lias suffered te
appreciable extent it is looking upon the circumstance as unavoidabl a
lowing: gracefully to a condition that was a direct result of the fina ^
stringency of a world war. Cla'
Yale Prepares to
Reorganize New
Athletic Body
?NEW HAVEN, Conn., Feb. L5. Al?
though Yale's athletic council has not ?
been reorganized, following the suspen?
sion of athletics during the war, steps
have been taken to form the body along
lines laid down by the constitution
which wns adopte.1 three years ago,
when Yale athletic affairs underwent a
complete transformation. More than ,
half the members of the committee have
been in military service during the past
two years, which monopolized their time j
so completely that they would have been
unable to attend sessions of the council j
if such had been regularly held. Sev- ,
eral have been in France and have not j
yet returned. Major George T. Adee, ;
Dr. James C. Greenway, (?enge B. Case, j
Frederick W. Allen and Professor j
George H. Nettleton have devoted prac?
ticably their entire time to important i
war work. Vance McCormick, chairman ?
of the graduate committee on football, ?
is in France.
The executive work of the council has
been left to Professor Robert X. Corwin,
chairman, and to George 1'armly Day, '
treasurer. Professor Corwin is a mem?
ber of the German faculty and Mr. Pay
is treasurer of the University. Because
of the suspension of intercollegiate ath?
letics and the absence from college of
the undergraduate managers and cap?
tains, together with the military service
of most of the graduate members, the ;
current athletic matters have been de?
cided largely by Professor Corwin and1
Mr. Day. It is expected that both will
be again chosen to head the committee.
?New Tennis Champions
Likely in England
The probability that new tennis
champions will be crowned in England
is being extensively discussed since the
English tennis authorities decided to re
vive the championship tournament at
Wimbledon next June. What attitude
will be taker, on the position of cham
pions crowned in l'.H4, when title tour?
naments were last held, is still a ques- I
tion.
It is expected that the successful com- '
petitors in the last title tournaments
will be regarded as champions, and as
such will be compelled to play in the all?
comers' competition this year. This
classification will probably be found
only in the women's singles. In the
men's singles Norman E. Brookes, Davis
cup player, is the champion, and it is
not thought likely that he will be able
to defend his title.
Discussing the situation, the "London
Field" says: "Some curiosity has been
aroused as to the position of the hold?
ers of titles, both at Wimbledon and
elsewhere. On the point that a cham?
pion holds his position until he is chal?
lenged and deposed, the war does not
really affect the question, for even the
coming and passing of Armageddon has
not altered the result of 1914."
Game for Clark House
The strong Clark House quintet will
be the opponent of the Ninety-second
Street Y. M. H. A Sunday night on
the latter's court. Lexington Avenue
and Ninety-second Street. As these j
games are for the Welcome Home Fund
of the association, which is planning
an officiai welcome to its 500 members
in the service, a record crowd is ex?
pected. Dancing follows the games.
RiveriJale Five Wins
The first basketball team of River
dale Country School continued its win?
ning streak yesterday afternoon by
defeating the strong Newman School
team of Hackensack by a score of 50
to 15. The match was played on the
Riverdale Court, and in spite of the
large score was exciting throughout.
Riverdale won superior team work and
Riverdale won by superior team work
and shoot inc.
L. F. Curtis Is Prize Shot
At Traps of the N. Y. A. C.
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Judging by the fields that have been'
gathering at the Travers Island traps
of the New York Athletic Club recent?
ly, there was only a small turn out of
gunners yesterday. Still there were
thirty-four nimrods on the liring line
ami as the conditions were about right,
the majority returned excellent
scores.
The best work was done by L. !?'.
Curtis, who not only won the high
scratch prize with a total of ninety-six
out of a possible 100 targets, hut also
managed to capture several other im?
portant trophies.
First, Mr. Curtis won the Travers
Island Cup, the weekly take-home
trophy. He then scored legs on both
the H ti si i ii and the Accumulation cups
by registering full scores of twenty
live targets in each event. To finish
the day, Mr. Curtis annexed the special
scratch trophy with a straight score
of twenty-live targets. The club cup
was the only shoot in which he failed
to get into "the money."
Rather an unusual thing happened
in the shoots for the "ghost'1 trophies.
On trap two and again on trap four.
I he white tariri't was thrown for I. R,
Wilmot. It was the lirst time since
the shoot has been instituted that a
gunner has had two opportunities at
the white target. Mr. Wilmot, appre?
ciating the unexpected honor, broke
both targets, not so with ,1. I. I). Bris?
tol, who lost the white bird on trap
one ami F, M. King, who fell down on
li n|i three.
After a shooCoff. \\ . G. Allen won
the high handicap prize. Nie special
handicap prize went to W. B. Bauer.
Legs on the Haulm, Club mid Accumu?
lation cups were captured by the gun
ners who had full scores of twenty
five target;;. An unusually large nuin
ber were cr?dite?! with these.
G?:?>rge .1. Corbet!, chairman of the
?hooking committee. Mated that the
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-hoot op Washington's Birthday
would begin at twelve o'clock noon.
Five trans will be used and although
ib.? shoot will be at 200 targets, Mr.
Corbett foeln certain that owing io
til?. Pxtra Iran and the f.-ict that th?4
: hoot will start on?4 hour mid a half
parlier than ?< did on Lincoln's Birth?
day, there will In' no difficulty in ?II
the gunners completing their full
Hiring.
That this is so i? shown conclusive!,
by the alacrity with which the pi, *
of both major leagues are signing mj
contracts. These documents were not
mailed out until two weeks apo. but
already far more favorable respond
have been received than was the iaM)
even in normal times. It is quite two
that a majority o-" contracts already
promulgated were from minor league
talent eager for a chance for a flin? a:
fast company. But so far no serioui
threat of "hold-out" from the most
illustrious stars has been heard, and
stars as a rule overlook no mode o'
press agenting themselves before the
pub! ic.
Indeed, it ; reasonable to supposa
that half the signed contracts that
have been receive.1 by major leajijo
clubs have a? yet not been announced
publicly. The wily magnate aparee;
ates tlie value of publicity. He ap.
preciates also that with the great win
ter meetings left behind there will be
some drab and dreary weeks before
the clubs star; south. Wherefore h?
is rot wasting a!! bis publicity am?
munition in on? volley, despite'which
the. array of talegt as announced al?
ready shows the major league clubs in
general better fortified than for some
time thus early in the season.
Early Starl for Browns
The St. Louis Browns, with thirteen
1919 eligibles bulletined already, a
full half dozen of these veteran's, i?
in the best shape of the sixteen major
league clubs sei far as known. The
world's champion Red Sox, however,
are running a close second. About
ten Giants have either signed or ac?
cepted terms. The Yankees have made
few announcements as yet, nor have
the Dodgers, but neither Managers
Huggins nor Lobins?n is in town, so
it is reasonable !" suppose that the
names of a number of eligibles of
both clubs are held back for the time.
Detroit, Cleveland, Washington and
Pittsburgh have all announced at leas:
a half dozen signatures to date.
Connie Mack, too, has talked six of
his Athletics into the fold. Comiskey
and Gleason have lined tip almost
enough for a White Sox nine. In spite
of the fact that Jim Vaughn, Leslie
Mat:?: and Hollocher aie reported a
"hold-out" combine, the champion Cubs
liave made real progress toward the
work in hand.
All of which leads to the presump
tion that economy toward salary re?
adjustment was effected by minimizing
tiie roster limits of the ''ig leaguers
rather than by means of wholesale sal?
ary slashing.
The Nat iona! Leagu ? eem
picked uj a rea l.liv? nd a smart
ausiness man in George Vt
Grant, the new president of the Boston
\"ationals. Already the big bossof the
Braves has captivated both the Boston
popul ice and ' he scri b< a
the old Hub is buzzing in tin I
it may root for two rea] teams again
this season.
(?tant has shown sound bus 63
sense by announcing I at hereafter,ex?
cept Mi holiday aft<irnoons, all grand?
stand sent- will b<- sold at the flat rato
of 75 cents plus war tax. This v II
make available son.' 1,500 seats in the
immense horse-"" re reserved
at SI each before. The new magnate
believes ?n giving his steady patron an
opportun ty as nussir'ie
to the play ing fl
Idea for Ebbets
is an ni' a v. hich our per'd
friend the S?niire of Flatbush might
e< in- with exceli? : ? result.
Field th"re is a paling that cuts ?If
about naif the grandstand and the 75
cenl patron nevei gets much closer
than good long rai
of 'he noble atl let?
George Wharton P? |
Philadelphia lawy erearemp
posed to he no better lawyers than the
Philadelohia brand . w M act as c'r:?.
?n,i?-i V..,. ?,,,....-,,-,.,,i haohnll ir. de
iiaiiiimiie ciiiii i) i iiie uciunv? A,?..-.
League.
It was Mr. Pep ? ducted Wf
defence r-,, skilfully '; at tl
of this case was withdrawn from
courts <?f Philadelpl ia. Mr. Pcpnert"
all the Federal League done at Hj
lingers' ends, becaus? lie acted in6-'
the sUits ?nv< Ivii al ^f*'!t
cUtbs with ivl ilom Federa! tes??
players and estab la batting ?ver
aere of 1.000 in the bargain. .
Mr. Penper will 1 I byBeW?
min F. Minor. American League coun?
sel, who is also pr< sidi nt of the W?B*
?ngton \mericai . . Tht case w?J l)
called before I -ne Court oftne
District of Columbia i n March 10 B?3?
The Red Sox hav.- released Sein?
Wagner, former b I ' ort?tOT?>?
later chief adviser and coach. K
r.aid Wagner will go to ClevcliM ?
assistant to Lee Fo
Ray Keating, a pitcher of the T?*
kees coveted by the Braves. ha'\;'b'.
given permission to arrange ;.u;,??:;j
terms with George Stallings ?<"' ?:'
r rans fer to that '?
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