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:"Buck? O'Neill Chose
Blue and White Secures
Efficient Gridiron Tutor
Successor to Fred Dawson Has Had Notable Success
With Elevens at Colgate and Syracuse and
Will Have Free Hand at Morningside Heights
The position of football coach at Columbia, which was left vacant by
the resignation of Fred T. Dawson last November, was filled yesterday by
the appointment of Frank J. ("Buck") O'Neill, advisory coach at Syracuse
? .for the last three years. The new head coach will take active charge of
football affairs at Columbia next fall, according to the official announce?
ment made last night by Lester C. Danielson, graduate master of athletics
at the university.
Unlike Fred Dawson. O'Neill will not*??
be an instructor in the physical educa?
tion department of Columbia. His
only connection with tho university
will be as football coach. When he is
not at the university O'Neill will de?
vote his time to his law practice in
this city, which he established several
years ago and which grew to such
dimensions in the last few years that
he found it impossible to continue as
head coach at Syracuse.
Since 1913 ho had acted only in an
advisory capacity at the up-state uni?
versity, although he was largely re?
sponsible for the general football
policy and strategy. At Columbia, be?
cause of its location in this city, he
will be able to take full charge, as?
sisted by a staff of his own selection.
Student Body Pleased
The Columbia student body was
frankly elated at the announcement
last night of O'Neill's selection, which
came as a climax to a long string of
rumors that mentioned as candidates
for the position nearly every coach of
prominence in the East.
The new football mentor's record in
his twelve years' connection with the
gridiron game is one that fits him for
the difficult post he will have to fill
next year. He was graduated from
Wiiliams in 1902, after having played
on the varsity eleven for four years.
In his senior year he captained the
football team, and as a side line was
also leader of the track team. He
plaved at an end on the eleven.
In the fall of 1902 he took his first
position as coach, Colgate making him
head coach. The next year he was at
Williams, but in 1904 he returned to
Colgate, where he stayed for two years.
, His first year r.t Syracuse was in 1906,
? and until the fall of the next year he
was in full charge of the Orange's ?
football destinies.
From 1908 to 1912 O'Neill retired I
from all connections with the gridiron I
sport and devoted all his time to his j
law practice in New York City. In
1913, 1914 and 1915 he was again head
coach at Syracuse, but in 1916 he re
' tired in favor of Bill Hollenback.
After one year's absence O'Neill re
turned to Syracuse, but only as advis- .
? ory coach, part of his time being spent ?
on the footbal field and the rest in his
New York City office.
From the very beginning of his !
coaching career he has been unusually
successful. In his' first year at Col?
gate, 1902, he went through the entire
seafon without defeat, although Col?
gate teams had been able to win only
one game in the preceding four years.
In 1905, the last year of his second
r?gime at Colgate, he developed the
? famous eleven that conquered Dart?
mouth by a 16?10 score and began to
bring Colgate into prominence as a
football power.
A Championship Machine
* His first year as head coach at Syra
.?cuse was only moderately successful,
the material being mediocre and poorly
trained. His next year was more prom?
ising and culminated in the champion?
ship 1915 machine that conquered Mich?
igan, Colgate and Brown, tied Dart?
mouth and lost to Princeton bv the
narrow margin of one field goal, after
the Tiger had been held to one first
down through the whole game. In the
sr.me year Syracuse made its trip to
the Coast, in which it defeated Oregon
rnd Occidental by decisive scores and
I e!d Montana to a tie.
In the last three years, with O'Neill
acting as advisory coach and shaping
? he tactics of the Orange, Syracuse has
taken a foremost position in Eastern
football affairs, especially in the 1919
season. Besides giving Pitt its first de?
feat in five years, the up-state team
vanquished all of its Eastern oppo
rents, except \V. & J., and was one of
the topnotch teams at the end of the
season.
The appointment of O'Neill gives
Columbia the most prominent coach it
has had since the departure of Foster
Sanford in 1904. In 1915, when football
was restored under faculty restrictions,
T. Nelson Metcalf was called from
Oberlin to take charge of coaching. |
He was only fairly successful and
in the spring of 1917 he resigned, be?
ing succeeded by Fred Dawson, then
coaching Union College. Dawson de
veloped a strong machine in 1918,
under the S. A. T. C, but. last year the i
Blue and White lost a majority of its |
games. Dawson resigned in November ;
because of ill health.
O'Neill will be the first Columbia ;
coach in fifteen years to work under j
unrestricted conditions. The five faculty ?
restrictions on the gridiron sport were
lifted in the early part of November,
after alumni and students had come
out in favor of unrestricted football.
As a result of the removal of the ban j
Columbia will play one game away
from home, that with Cornell at Ithaca,
at least one contest will be played on '
the Polo Grounds, a larger number of j
students will be eligible, and games!
can be arranged with any other col- ;
lege or university. O'Neill's appoint- '
ment will give him the distinction of !
being the man to lead the Blue and
White in the new football era.
Aldridge and Wilson
Play for Golf Trophy j
BELLAIRE HEIGHTS, Fla.. Jan. 15. j
?G. N. Aldridge."of Dallas, Tex., will
play Milton Wilson, of Chicago, in the ;
finals for the chief trophy in the I
Bellaire's New Year's tournament over I
the links here. Aldridge won from R. ,
C. Munger, of Birmingham, Ala., hy a ?
margin of 4 and 3, while Wilson de- j
feated C. E. Scell, of Cincinnati, hy .
3 and 2.
Aldridge and Wilson tied for the low j
gross on Monday, and this will be de?
cided to-morrow also. Aldridge was
again under 80 to-day and is the ;
favorite for to-morrow's match.
The scores:
First sixteen, third round?Milton Wil?
son, Onwentsia, defeated C. E, Scell, Cin?
cinnati, by :; and -' : G. N". Aldridge, Dallas,
Tex., defeated R. C. Munger. Birmingham,
-Via., by 4 and .!.
Second sixteen?W. O. Thompson. Knoll
wood, defeated J. ?. Serrlne, Greenville,
S. C, by i and 3: N. B. Becher, of Hills
boro, Ohio, defeated Dr. T. L,. Proctor,
Boston, by r, and 2.
Third sixteen?II. H. Raekham, Detroit,
defeated J. H. McAlman, Boston, by 1 up; |
T. A. Knoyes, Glenvlew, defeated S. 1. '
Munger, Dallas, Tex., '? and 1. !
Legion Defers Action
On Plea of Dempsey
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 15.--Decision
as to whether Jack Dempsey, heavy?
weight boxing champion, will be per?
mitted to appear before the supreme
council of the American Legion and
give testimony as to his record during
the war will not he made until the
return to Indianapolis of Franklin
d'Olier, national commander. This an?
nouncement was made to-day from na?
tional headquarters here. D'Olier is in
, Philadelphia and is not expected at
his office before next week.
Jack Kearn?, manager of the pugilist,
announced last night in Los Angeles
that he had telegraphed the national
commander of the American Legion in
behalf of Dempsey, asking that an op?
portunity be given him to answer
charges of various posts of the sol?
dier and sailor organization that he
was a "slacker" and draft dodger.
Mrs. Mallory Double Winner
On Heights Casino Courts
Norwegian Girl Defeats
Mrs. Cassebeer and
Mrs. Kaltenborn; Final
Round January 31
By Fred Hawthorne
Winning two matches yesterday, Mrs.
Franklin I. Mallory. the former Miss
Molla Bjurstedt, gained her bracelet
in the final round of the annual club
championship tournament of the
Heights Casino, in Brooklyn. In the
* second round the wonderful girl from
Norway vanquished Mrs. Theodore C.
Cassebeer at 6?1, 6?2, and in the
semi-final she took the measure of Mrs.
; H. V. Kaltenborn at 6?1, 6?1.
? The final round match for the worn
! en's championship, between Mrs. Mal?
lory and the player who comes through
in the upper half of the draw, pre
.. aumably Miss Eleanor Goss, will be
* played at the Casino on Saturday, Jan
i uary 31. Two days later the annual
women's invitation tournament will be?
gin on the indoor courts, with Mrs.
? Tlallory, Miss Goss, Mrs. George W.
Wightman, national indoor and turf
court champion in Ringles, and Miss
Marion Zinderstein, of Boston, national
doubles champion, with Miss Goss,
among those entered.
^ There was never any question yester?
day as to who was going to win th?
tern matches in which Mrs. Mallory
??M?.. Mrs. Cassebeer fought hard,
?M ehe, did well to get three games
in &C, fMK? rapid-fire sets.
Tr?e former national champion plain
v showed the benefits she has de?
rived from her continuous practice
with Harry McNeal, the Casino pro
fessonal, and neither Mrs. Casscbeei
nor Mr?. Kaltenborn were able t<
match the Norse girl's great speed.
Mrs. Mallory kept her returns low
very low, so that the ball barel]
cleared the net as it dived Into th<
opposite court. There were times dur
ing her match when Mrs. Cassebee:
fought hf-r way to the net and flnishc
?.ft* her points by clever volleying ai
she cut oft* her opponent's returns, bu
in the main "Marvellous Molla" carnet
pincement aces with wonderfully swif
nnA accurate fore and backhand drivei
down the side lines.
It was her ability to eover conn
with tremendous speed, taking the bal
st time? on the fall vollov a? sh<
, raced in frcm her base fine, thai
-~- mad? Mrs. Mallory invincible yester?
day. Neither of her opponent? wai
ever ahle to match her in this re?
spect and tho games were run off
quickly.
Mrs. Kaltenborn, although it was the
first time she ever faced such formid?
able opposition, played every point with
the utmost determination, but even so
she was not able to win more than one
game, in each set. The same splendid
pace and hard hitting that had brought
defeat to Mrs. Cassebeer, in the first
match, overwhelmed Mrs. Kaltenborn.
Mrs. Mallory appeared in great spir?
its, and is frankly pleased at her im?
provement under McNeal's tutelage. By
the time of the Casino's invitation
tournament she should be right on edge
for almost any opponent. A final round
match between the Norse queen and
Miss Gosb should bring out the finest
exhibition of women's tennis seen in
the East in many a month.
?
T. J. Hickey Re-elected
President of Association
CHICAGO, Jan. 15.?Thomas ?T.
Hickey to-day was re?lected president
of the American Association for a term
of three years at a salary of $7,200
a year, an increase of $2,200. After the
election the club owners began con?
sideration of the schedule with indi?
cations pointing to the adoption of a
154-gamo program.
A trade of pitchers between tho St
Paul American Association Club and
Cleveland of the American League
sends Niehaus, a left hander who won
23 games in 1919, to the Ohio city
James C. Dunn, head of the Cleveland
club, agreed to givo Pitcher Coumhcs
and some cash for Niehaus, but the
amount of the money consideration wa?
not announced.
Skating Race? in Brooklyn
The firm outdoor ice skating racet
of the season in Brooklyn arc sched?
uled for Saturday afternoon, Januarj
24, at the Utica ice rink, St. John'*
Place and Utica Avenue. A enc-mil<
handicap will be run. Entries clos?
to-dav at the Utica rink, or telephon?
St. John's Place and Utica Avenue
! Brooklyn. Tho races are scheduled t<
' ?tart at 2 o'clock.
. ?
To Meet Bethlehem Eleven
The Morse Dry Dock soccer team
winners over Robins last Sunday lr
the fourth round of the American cut
I series, will go to Bethlehem, Pa., to
1 morrow to contest against the Bethlc
i hem eleven, which toured Norway, Sw?
] den and Denmark, meeting the cracl
| team? of these countries.
To Coach Football Team at Columbia
Movie of a Man Carrying Something Home in a Suitcase : : By briggs
(Copyright, 1920, New York Tribune Inc.)
Starts home with
awful hcavy load
?stops occasiomauiy
For. rest
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ANO Lt-TPT. HEAT
WA\;e.s
a PftSS6(?6Y Jostles
AGAINJ5T .SUITCASE
AMD GGTS ?AVVLGD OU T.
Porter offers help
But REFUSED 6HARr,LV
?Sits in train vmith
legs Throvajm over
suitcase to protect
IT. MOPS PERSPIRING BROW.
, ? II
Finally .drags
IT 1M OUJM ?DOOR
\AJAY
Call? friend wife t?
Di-splay PRoudlv the
coiotcrmts of ?suitcase.
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Blue and White
Mermen in Hard ?
Test To-night
Snrcial Correspondence
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 15.?Yale
will send its swimming and water polo
teams against Columbia to-morrow
night. The swimming combination ia
a potential intercollegiate champion
and the work of several stars will be
watched with keen interest, Ed Bin
ney, holder of the 50-yard intercolle?
giate record at 25 seconds flat, will
be entered in that event, while Loren
Thurston, the former interscholaetic
champion, has returned to college after
an absence of two years in war work,
and will compete in the 100-yard event.
His practice form, under the tutelage
of Coach Bob Kiphuth, indicates that
he will paddle close to record form this
season.
Another record-breaking combination
is the 200-yard relay team, which will
be composed of Binney, Captain John
M. Hincks, Thurston and W. H. Mil
roy.
With the exception of Thurston this
is the team that created a new inter?
collegiate record last season of 1 minute
41 seconds, which for technical reasons
did not stand as a world's record, al?
though the world figures are only 1
minute 42 1-5 seconds, made by the
Yale team three years ago. Thurston
I fills _ the place held by Archbald last
year, and he is regarded as even fastei
? than that swimmer.
It was learned to-day that Captain
, Hincks recently underwent a slight
1 operation and will not enter any events
against Columbia except the relay, and
that he may be kept from that. Coach
Kiphuth may uncover a couple of dark
horses against the Morningside mer?
men, notably Bob Solley in the 50-yard
race and W. B. Shaffer in the 100-yard
. event. Shaffer was a freshman last
i season and Solley, although a fresh
man, ?i? not compete.
Say When Wins Race
In Spite of Torn Jib |
RED BANK, N. .T., Jan. 15.?Handi?
capped by a torn jib on the last round
of a fast ten-mile race for the Thomas
Henry Grant pennant, sailed in a stiff
northwest wind, which put two of the
five starters out of commission, Thomas
Irving Brown's speedy Say When cov?
ered the course in 20 minutes, finishing
ahead of Henry Applegate's Whim by 1
minute 20 seconds.
Andrew White's Brownie finished
third, after being "slated" about by the
heavy wind that made spectacular rac?
ing. George W. Bray's Daisy, which
skipper Del Fisher was unable to hold
to the ice, withdrew, and Grant and
Morford's Tyro, sailed by Oscar Brand,
"crabbing" and spinning over the ice,
finally parted a jib halliard and was
forced out of the going.
, The Get There did not start, but will
, I get away to-morrow with Reuben White
, | at the tiller in what may prove the de
I ciding race for the W. Harold Powers
: cup.
? Richmond Hill High
Victor Over Flushing
I The Richmond Hill High School baa
1 ketball team won a fast and exciting
, game from Flushing High at Richmond
Hill, L. I., yesterday afternoon by a
score of 21 to 20. Up to the last min?
ute the victory belonged to either team,
i Miles starred for the winner, with three
? floor bankets, while Barber did the best
r playing for the visitors,
i The line-up:
I RICHMOND HUJj (21) FMISHINQ (29)
> Mnyor.L. F.Barber
. H.Kall.R. F.Adlkes
Richardson.C.Bchmldt
' lt(,n-?-r?.l?. a.Delta
' Mlle?.R. o.Bioecker
Onnls from floor -Mllo* (3), Rogers (2),
.spft-ail, Mnyor. Barber (31, Hchmirtt (;n,
Dells, Bleocknr, Art I kos. Fouls?Richard?
son (7), Barber (2).
Columbia Wins on Mat
PRINCETON, N. J., Jan. ?.?Colum?
bia wrestlers defeated Princeton her?
to-night, 17 points to 14. The meet
was one of the best held in yean be?
tween the two Institution?.
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?PO?TLIGHT
^?^?7 GrantlandRice
(Copyright, 1920, New York Tribune Inc.)
John Barleycorn?January 16
You iuive come to the end of the highway, Traveler,
Here where the Last Inn waits;
You have turned at last from the byway, Traveler,
In through the Twilight Gates;
And we who know that your dream is dead
Shall lift one cup where the wine's still red, '
To one who has only gone ahead
Through lines of the phantom fates.
You have come to tlie end of the Long Road, Traveler,
Here where the stars gleam pale;
And there's never a cliance it's the wrong road, Traveler,
Winding beyond the vale;
Time marks each entry when he's due:
All things must pass?so why not youi
Here's one lust cup of the anoient brew
Till tve, too, come to the trail.
John Barleycorn is the only champion on record who retires unbeaten.
He retired under pressure, it is true, but he retired without finding an
opponent who could stick with him and go the full route. His list of
knock-outs would fill nine or ten million volumes, printed upon thin
paper. What a kick he had when he was in the pink!
Where do they all go? Well, there's Gabby Street, who first caught ?
Walter Johnson, and who in addition was the first man to handle a ball ?
tossed from the Washington Monument. It has been more than a day !
or two since Gabby's name was heard in big league circles, but he is !
busy now gathering talent to handle the Suffolk club of the Virginia :
League. By wandering off the beaten trail you can stumble over many
an old star still plugging away at the game, now far removed from the
big headline and the welcome roar of the big league crowd.
i
One by One
The minors never caught Hans Wagner and you say they never will
catch Ty Cobb and Walter Johnson.
Perhaps not.
But at the finish they caught Napoleon Lajoie, Bill Bradley, Art
Devlin, Chief Bender and a few more whose names will not be forgotten
very soon.
Have You Felt It?
A three-cornered hunch seems to be in the process of development
that quite a number of folks are soon going to be able to stand up under
a day wherein the financial arrangements of the Dempsey-Carpentier
contest are not mentioned.
It may be a severe strain at first not to hear from Messrs. Kearns
and Descamps, but time will help to cure this depression.
"Looking at the Ball"
Those who still fail to appreciate the necessity of looking at the ball
in golf, tennis or baseball, at the moment of impast, might consider the
case of Red Roberts, of Centre College, in the West Virginia game.
Roberts was standing on his own five-yard line on the fourth down.
The signal, of course, was for a kick. In his eagerness to see just where
the ball was going after leaving his foot, Roberts lifted his head just
before making the punt. The result was that he missed the ball all
together, one of the rare times this peculiar play ever came up in any
football game.
Looking at the ball isn't a necessity that belongs to golf alone.
One of the main reasons that count for Walter Johnson's success rests
in his ability to put more speed upon the ball than the human eye can
follow.
There is always a keen eagerness to sec where a ball is going after
you have hit it, whether at golf, tennis or baseball. The result is a
sudden lifting of the head before the blow has been completed and
almost sure disaster for the highly annoyed offender.
"Pat Moran fears Cardinals." Pat is merely fearing the Law of
Average, the Cardinals being the only National League club that hasn't
won a pennant in the last twenty-five years.
"Ruth at present is more interested in golf than in baseball." The
Babe can drive a golf ball almost unbelievable distances when he connects.
The snap and the follow through he has in baseball is an ideal factor
for procuring great length in golf. As a golfer, however, it will be at
least a year or two before Ruth brings $125,000 on the hoof.
And general concessions of two and three foot putts, especially upon
fast, sloping greenj, should be entered into the bylaws of the game and
made compulsory.
Cornell Quintet I j
To Meet Dartmouth \
And Yale on Trip
Special Correspondence
ITHACA, N. Y., Jan. 15.---With a
record of five victories to one defeat ,
to its credit so far this season, the i
Cornell basketball team leaves Ithaca j
to-night on the first trip of the
season, playing at New Haven on Fri- j
day and Dartmouth at Hanover Satur- |
day. This trip will be the longest and |
most tiring of the schedule.
So far this year Cornell has played
but one league game, that with Prince?
ton on December 19, which the
Tigers won by the score of 25 to 19.
Since that time Cornell's basket shoot?
ing has improved, as well as the pass?
ing and team work generally, and the
Ithacans ought to present a more
efficient team than before. The five
will be made up with Captain Joaquim
Molinet, left forward; J. H. Porter,
right forward; W. F. Rippe, center; E.
H. Cornish, left guard,.and W. G. Bas
tain, right guard. Several substitutes
will be taken on the trip. ?
The team has been uniformly suc?
cessful n its non-league games so far,
having defeated Hobart. Colgate,
Niagara, Bucknell and Union. In
February Cornell journeys to Prince?
ton to play the Tigers a return game
on the 27th and to New York where
Columbia will be played on Saturday, i
February 28. ?
Earl Caddock to Train
At Chicago for Bout
Earl Caddock has announced his
plans of training for his match with
Joe Stecher for the world's wres- i
tling championship. The duel will be
staged at Madison Square Garden on j
Friday night, January 30. Caddock
will do his preparatory work at the
Chicago A. A., where he will be under
the supervision of Martin Delaney.
Delaney is a wrestler of note, and
under his watchful handling will be of
considerable assistance to Caddock.
After ten days of hard work Caddock
will engage in two actual matches,
which he figures will do him more good
than a week of training. With these
matches finished Caddock will hie to
some* secluded spot on Long Island and
put on the finishing touches. For the
final week Caddock will be surrounded
by a large number of star grapplers.
Three Title Events on
71st Program To-night
Three Metropolitan Association senior
championships, the 16-pound shot, 1,000
yard run and one-mile walk, will feat
[ ure the annual games of the 71st Regi?
ment A. A. in its Park Avenue armory
this evening. Pat McDonald, Jack Sel?
lers and William Plant, the respective
champions in each event, will defend
their titles.
A 65-yard handicap dash in addition
to the above named events completes
the open races on the program. The
other contests are closed to soldiers of
the regiment, of which there will be al?
most four hundred competing for the
various prizes. Among the novel races
scheduled are a sack race, steeplechase,
obstacle and light marching order.
Erasmus High Defeats
Commercial on Court
Erasmus High defeated Commercial
in the Erasmus High School court yes?
terday afternoon by a score of 15 to 12.
Linoho and McMullin were the stars
for the winners.
The line-up:
ERASMUS (15) COMMERCIAL (12)
I.lnohc.L. F.Greenberg
Reynolds.R. F.Cortea
McMullin.C.Regan
Bernstein.L. O.Grloques
Wlttmer.R. O.O'Conoll
Goals from floor?Llnohe (S). Reynolds.
McMullin (?), Groonberg (2), Grlequeg (3).
Fouls ? McMullin, Regan, Cohen. Substi?
tutos?Rosottl for BernHtoln, Wagnor for
Rosetti, Segal for Wagner, Hunter for Re?
gan. Referee?Mr. Bills.
Squash Title at Stake
The extra series to decide the Class A
Metropolitan Association team cham?
pionship between the Harvard club and
Yale club will be played on the 'courts
of the Squash Club on next Tuesday
afternoon, according; to a decision by
the Bchedul? commut?e yesterday. No
substitutions will be permitted.
University Next Fall
Giants Obtain
By W. J. Macbeth
Secretary Joe O'Brien, of the Giants,
nnounced yesterday that his club had
urchased title to James C. Garton, a
ight-handed pitcher, with Tulsa, Okla.,
f the Western League, last year. This
urchase was made on the recommenda
ion of Sinister Dick Kinsella, for many
ears head ivory-hunter for McGraw,
nd a man who sent up such stars as j
.arry Doyle, Arthur Fletcher, Fred |
nodgrass, Jeff Tesreau and Tillie |
hafer in the good old days. Garton, ?
,'ho is twenty-one years of age and
fho is a college man, will report to
lcGraw on the spring training trip.
The acquisition of Garton is not
ikely to create much of a stir with a
lub so well fortified in the pitching
?ox as is John Joseph McGraw's.
.ranting his veteran pitchers stand
ip, the Little Napoleon seems as well
ortified in battery strength as any
lub in his league. Certainly he has
he best catching staff and five ex
ierienced twirlera. But McGraw takes
lothing for granted.
Will Nurse Youngsters
The fact that he is gathering unto
limself a host of young pitchers may
ignify nothing to New York, so fai?
ls the 1920 campaign goes. It is not
ikely that even the brightest prospects
vould be given an opportunity so soon,
?ven if they happened to draw salary,
t is McGraw's custom to nurse his
'oungsters on the bench for a long
i me before asking them to shoulder
najor league responsibilities. But it
s evident he intends to have a lot of
ivailable material planted in the
'sticks" against the day some of his
?eteran h urlers are bound to crack,
outside, possibly, Barnes and Neff all
if McGraw's veterans ai'p aging. And
vhen a pitcher begins to go he is
ieven kinds of a gamble.
McGraw took a big gamble last year
>n his infield. It was disastrous, and
?e does not wish to ivpeat. He opened
;he season with an infeld that aver
igcd well above thirty years. He failed
o provide the necessary reserve
itrength in young players, or* rather re
lerve strength as represented by AI
Baird and Sicking didn't pan out tc
najor worth. Chase and Fletcher were
njured; so was Larry Doyle, and the
.vhole Giant team came tumbling dowr
.bout McGraw's ears.
Mac never was quite satisfied witl
that veteran infield of 1919. For, ever
ifter the club had won something lik<
?seventeen of the first eighteen games
lie said:
"It's a big gamble trying to get. b;
with veterans the age of my infielders
it may be done with luck, of course
But I would be more satisfied if my re
serves were only more experienced.
McGraw seemed to scent the dange
that developed later. It is probable h
overestimated the capabilities of hi
reserves.
So it would appear by the manner i
which he is reaching out for pitchin
?trength of promise wherever it is to b
found that McGraw is.forestalling tim
in regard to his present wealth o
pitching. Nor is it likely he will agai
bank so heavily on veteran infiel
talent.
Plans Kept Secret
McGraw has been in Cuba practicall
all winter and so his plan? have bee
kept far more secret than usual. Bi
he has kept the mails and cables prett
busy and takes no pains to conceal tl
fact that he hopes to effect quite
thorough house-cleaning during the b
meeting in Chicago next month.
Heinie Zimmerman and Larry Doy
are two infielders slated for tran
fer, according to those supposedly clo
to the inner office of the Giants.
is hinted, even, that Chase and Fletch
may be dispensed with, completing tl
cast. The Giants have somewhat d
?paired of landing Kogers H?rnst
who recently signed a three yeai
contract with the Cardinals. But th
have not given up all hope for snarii
"Rabbit" Maranville, who stat
frankly he would welcome a trans?
to the Folo Grounds.
Unless Maranville is landed by t
Giants, Fletcher is a certainty f
short field with the 1920 Giants. B
Chase will have no sinecure. 13
began to slip very badly last seas<
He broke under the strain about mi
season, injuries hastening the declii
His legs have been bad for seve!
seasons and it is very doubtful if
can stand another hard campaign.
George Kelly, recalled from Roch?
ter, gave a good account of himself
Chase's understudy through the closi
weeks last season. His hitting v
very satisfactory and improving w
every week. Chase, if he is still w
the club, will have a fight on
hands to sidetrack Kelly, when 1
Giants invade San Antonio in Marc
While Old Man Winter is
always reminding folks of
the need for fur-lined over?
coats he doesn't have much
chance for emphasizing the
need for faith in your
dealer.
So we do it for him and
at the same time call at?
tention to our fur-lined
*"Scotch Mists" ? mighty
handsome coats. Made on
our own models.
Winter shirts include
fancy flannels for wear with
linen collars.
Winter underwear. Wool
socks. Mufflers. Ear muffs.
Fur-lined gloves.
Skates. Skis. Snow
shoes.
All-wool, chamois-lined
caps are as warm as they
sound.
*Begistered 1 rademark.
Rogers Peet Company
Broadway Broadway
at 13th St. "Four at 34th St.
Convenient
Broadway Corners" Fifth Ave
at Warren at 41st St
B?ker,Mirray
?Slmbrie?
Bargains in Skates?
\K7 E are discontinuing some
of our lines. Skaters with
foresight are picking up some
remarkable bargains. Here are
a few samples of those which are
selling fast: Winslow hockeys.
$1.35 ; Edw. Zinn aluminum tubu?
lar hockeys, $5.50 ; genuine Cana?
dian hockeys, $4.75. Generous
selection at extremely low prices
Similar bargains in Skating
Shoes, especially in the smaller
sizes.
15-17 WARREN ST.
(Just across Broadway from City Hell?
Browning King & Company
Announce a
SPECIAL SALE
OF OVERCOATS
Continuing today and tomorrow every
overcoat in regular stock is reduced
as follows:
$30.00 Overcoats for $22.50
40.00 " " 27.50
45.00 " " 32.50
50.00 " " 37.50
55.00 " " 42.50
60.00 " " 47.50
65.00 " " 52.50
Sale at Cooper Square store only.
At our regular prices the coats were
from $5 to $15 under the market?at
the reduced prices they are wonderful
bargains.
Browning King & Company
16-26 Cooper Square ? at 5th Street
Wi Fourth Avenue Cor? Stop at the Door