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Huggins Signs Ping Bodie, Frank Gleick and Benny Geiser, All Three Outf ielders j
Al Wickland, 'Red' Smith
And George Halas Released
Senators Grab Former Brave Third Baseman for
Waiver Price; Secretary O'Brien of Giants
Busy Preparing for Trip to the Southland
By W. J. Macbeth
Manager Miller Huggins of the Yankees, deapite an attack of lum
bAgo. is ns busy as the proverbial one-armed paperhanger on the eve of
his team's dcparture for spring training in Jacksonville, Fla. Huggins
yesterday made great stridea in trimtning sail for the impending American
League race. He released three players, but balanced this off by signing
a like number. Outfieldera Ping Bodie, Frank Gleiek and Benny Geiser
nubscribed to 1920 contracts. Outfielders Al Wickland and George
Halas and infielder "Red" Smith, recently secured from the Braves, were
disposed of.
"Red" Smith, who, it was thought,
might be kept until it was ascertained
whether or not J. Franklin Baker would
be available for the next drive, is now
tiie property of Clark Griffith's Wash?
ington tenm. He was turned over to
the Old Fox at the waiver price. He
o:;ree from the Braves by waiver, so
that Huggins realizod nothing by the
transaction. If Smith Hvcs up to past
performances, he is likely to help not
a little in the Washington uplift.
Smith is a player who docsn't wear
well if left in ono snot. But invaria
bly, after transfer, he takes on a new
lcase of life for a year or two. Having
traded Eddio Foster to the Red Sox,
Griffith doubth ss haa made a wise move
in taking Smith oTF Huggins's hands.
J. Carlisle ia not only an experienced
third basemen who should have a few
year;- of good service left in him, but a
colorful, peppery athlete aa well, and
one who alwavs has been dangerous at
bat in a pir.ch.
May Help Bresnahan
No Yankee fan will seriously rcgret
the departure of little Al Wicki'and. He
may be able to help Roger Bresr.ahan's
Toledo American Association club. Cer
tainly he gave no evidence of major
"ieaguo worth during a long trial in
centre field with the Yankees last sea?
son. As a fielder he was all that might
be desired, but with the bat he was a
-;-.<; example. He simply couldn't hit a
iick, i;or even give a good imitation of
.-. hearty attempt. la tho opinion of lo?
cal fandoni. one of Huggins's greatest
mistakes of the 1919 season was his
keeping of Wickland in preference to
either Elmer Miller or Bill Lamar.
George Halas, the Great Lakes Naval
Station product, who >-.t. the training
camp in Jacksonville, Fla., a year ago
gave promise of development into an
othrr Cobb, has been sold lo the St.
Paul club of the American Association.
This player has most of the requisites
of greatness savo experience. With
Mike Kelley he is likely to get this
experience, and if so should return to
the Yankees in due time for his big
chance. The Yankees will retain title
to this particular chattel for some time
to come, at least.
Benny Geiser ia a semi-pro player
Who will go to Jacksonville in the hope
of demonstrating sufflcient ability or
promise to earn a Class AA berth. Hc
wa3 the big sensation of the Downey
Shipyards team last season. This club
[)layed npgregations that numbered
many major and minor league players.
Geiser, who played the outiield, hit .41*3
through the season.
It ia claimed by his admirers that
hc is one of the most versatile of play?
ers, He ea:. give a good account of
im If either on the mound or behind
thi ate. i !<? comes so h ighly toul ed
thai Huggins is almost afraid to tako
a chance. Gene McCann, scout of the
world's champion Reds, admitted yes?
terday that Xew York had beaten Cin
cinnati to the highly touted phenom.
Geiser is a right handed thrower and
hittcr, twenty-two years of age.
Our old friend Ping Bodie?one of
the few Yankees of real color before
Babe Ruth was added to the ensemble
left the offices yesterday with a grin
a yard wide. Ping says MiUer liug
gins may now forget his outiield wor
Lost His "Breud Baaket
"1've lost my bread basket," declared
P ng . he di played a fashion-plate
front, "and believe me no one is going
to root me out of that center pasture.
I'm going to start for the first time
in perfect condition and i'm not wor
rying about being able to go the route."
Bodie is a wonderful spring player, at
i'-ast. He nhvays has been a real cham?
pion for slx weeks or two months. ln
these days of less than half oi 1 pei
cent his fine physical condition should
guaranto-e Ping a pretty fair start
against tho kids, who will be bidding
lor his job.
Frank Gloick, who hails from Sagi
naw, Mich., and who harhmered the
dayllghts out of bush pitching, was
with the Yankees through the closing
weeks of the 1919 campaign. He throw>
right handed, but is a left handed hit
ter. Huggins regards him as a bright
prospect.
Secretary Joseph D. O'Brien, of the
Giants, may have to make the trip to
San Antonio, Tex., when the team'
leaves Saturday morning. Mr. O'Brien
was hopeful that he might delav his
journey a couple of weeks because of
pressing local business. But it is neces?
sary that 'nr get in touch with Vice
President-Manager John J. McGraw,
and it now anpears McGraw will not
come to Xew York until a'>er the train?
ing season. Mac has not notified his
office us ?c his plans, but the fact that
he. was in Cuba Monday inclines O'Brien
to the belief that ho will go direct
rom Kcy Went to San Antonio
For tho last two weeks O'Brien has
Kept the wires nnd maila busv round
Ing up hjs pilgrims. The EaBtern dele?
gation will Joln forces with the Mid('le
Weatern contingent in St. Louis Sun
fiay night and the entiro party will
reach Texas Monday. Training will
"egin the following day
The Cincinnati Reds and the Boston
Red Sox are both still very much in
of s1Jf^,aiB?08lt,on of the'outiield
Trump Defeats Appleby
In Class A Billiards
BOSTON, Feb. 24.?Percv Trumn ?*
Appleby, of New York, in the second
lound of the national Class A 18 2
balkline billiard tournament at tho
Boston Athletic Association. The
score waa 300 to 250. The match went
sis ty-nve innings.
Tnimp went ahead early in the
match, but some good runs gave An
pleby a lead which ho held until tho
forty-seyenth inning, when ho slumped
perceptibly. Trump's high runs were
21, 21 and 20, Appleby'a 40. 30 and IS
lne winner averaged 4 8-13, while Ap
p.'eby's was 4 1 32.
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Dayton Four Win
MTAMI, Fla.. Feb. 24.?Society turned
out in xorce to-day to witness the ra
ttirn game between the Dayton, Ohio
and tftA; Miaml polo teams. The vis
?tora ^*n handa down, 8 to 3.
Mrs. Groh Keeps
Mate From Signing
With Champions
TDALL PLAYERS may storm and
ralse rnctions on the ball field
and they may disobey their man
agers nt timcs; but in their own
home they are like any other mar?
ried citizen. Heinie Groh, it has
been reported, is a hold-out. As a
matter of fact, Heinie s wife is the
hold-out and Heinie is only acting
as the spokesman or middleman.
Groh reccntly returned his con?
tract lo President Garry Herrmann,
of the Champion Cincinnati Reds,
demanding more money. Herrmann
figures that he can pay no more than
the amount Btipulated in little
Heinic's contract. Enter Mrs. Groh,
manager of the Groh household.
A dispatch from Cincinnati last
night had it that the directress has
forbidden Heinie to sign the con?
tract nntil Mr. Herrmann comes
across with more money. \nd as
yet Heinie hasn't dared to sign.
Walter Hagen Breaks
Record atJPalm Beach
PALM BEACH, Fla., Feb. 24.?Walter
Hagen, open champion of the United
States, to-day hung up a golf record for
the Everglades course, which has just
opened, playing with Malcolm Steven
son, New York, in sn amataur-profes
sional four-ball foursome against F. |
Roosevelt Scovcl, New York and Will
iam Robertson, Everglades "pro."
Hagen shot one bad hole, losing his j
ball on the ninth ln the pond, and !
turned in an individual medal score of,
73, going out in 30 and back in 37. He
and Stevenson won the four-l?all match I
4 up and, 3 to play. Their best ball was i
71, against Scovel's and Robertson's !
b' st ball of 77.
Manhattan Chess Club
Wins Series by Wire !
Wountl up by tho adjudication of one
game, which remained unfinished, and
svas awarded to New York, the return I
match by telegraph between the Man- j
hattan Chess Club and the Capital City '
Chess Club of Washington resulted in a j
ane-sided victory for the Manhattans by i
the score of 8 to 2. With the score of j
the first match, which was G?4, the '
New York club gets the series by a '
grand total of 14?6. ' ?
The summary:
?MANHATTAX CAPITAL CITT
0. J. Belhoff.1 ,T. W. White. 0
R. O. Wahrburg.. 1. )?:. N. Knapp.... o
A. Kupchilc. 1 N. T. Whltakor. 0
(?, Chajes. l A. \V. Kox.(i
M. D. Hago. \k S. N. Slacv. U ;
R M. Phtllipa... . 1 A, A. Pasch. .. n
R. T. Black. 1 !?'. Ii. Walker... 0
A. S. Meyer. 0 C. 13. Xorwood. . 1
I.t. V. K. Pcrkins. I V. Sournln.0
1. B. Meyer. Vfc l?. Siapoleon. 'i
Total.8 ' Total.2
Armstrong State Champion
C. E. Armstrong, of East Orange,
N. J., is the new state chess champion
of New Jersey, as the result of the an?
nual meeting of the state association at
the Newark Rice Chess Club, the win
ning score. being 3% to Vz- E. E. Cobb,
of South Orange; Sherman Clapp, of
East Orange, and H. E. Holbrook, of
Newark, tied at 8 to 1 each.
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Willets Spaniels
Gain Many Ribbons
In Boston Exhibit
From o Special Correspondent
BOSTON, Feb. 24.?During the scc
ond day of tho Eastern Dog Club's
show the leading winner among the.
Manhattan exhibitors was J. Macy
Willets, who gained blue ribbons in
several classes with cocker spaniels
from his Casillis kennels.
In wire-haired fox terriers the local
judge, Charles W. Keyes, awarded both
the winners' classes to Detroi't entries,
Major Herbert Hughes's Cheque Book
of Notts, and Hy Sa' 'nger's After Me,
the latter a Philed'a.'phia show winner
in her sex. Mrs. Roy A. Kainey, of
Manhattan, was fh the ring dtiring part
of the judging, but none of her wirc
haired fox terriers was entered.
In bttlldogs the best dog was Mrs.
W. X. Gilbcrt Clark's Censor, a Boston
entry, and the best bitch was Emwols
Engiish Maid, owned by Mr?. Howcll
Woolley, of Manhattan and Long
Branch. Censor was a Westminster!
show winner, but Emwools Engiish
Maid was put in the discards at the'
Palacc. Tlie Vallev Earin Kennels,
owned by M. M. Palmer, of Manhattan,
made a clean sweep in Russian wolf
hounds, but the classes had few entries.
William Tallman, a veteran New York i
wing shot, won for the best of the
breed in wire-haired pointing griffons.
Mrs. Winans Burnett, of Thompson,
Conn., and Manhattan, won both win?
ners' classes in Cairn terriers and also
puppies and novice in bulldog bitches
with the six-months-old American-bred
The King's Blaze, an apl name, as tho
brindle puppy has an odd white patch ,
over one cheek and temple.
John G. Bates, of New York, judged
Insh terriers, and while local and Chi?
cago entries were most prominent,
Marcus Bruckheimer, of Harlem, fur?
nished several winners. ln Boston ter?
riers, the strongest breed of the show,
with eighty-two benched, all tho blues
were taken by New England entries.
The trophy for the best of the breed
was won by Dandy Pat 1, owned by
Mrs. Louis Lichtenheim, of Newton
ville, Mass.
Hiances Slim for Easl
Tennis Tourney at Frisco
Dr. Hardy, of Pacific
Coast Association-, Gets
Little Encouragement
By Fred Hawthorne
!t looks as though California's Demo?
cratic Convention, starting on June 28,
will have to get along without the cov
eted East-West lawn tennis matches
being staged on the San Francisco
courts. Dr. Sumner Hardy, of the
Pacific Coast Association, with tho
laudable intention of "making tennis
safe for democracy," has been in cor?
respondence with the United States
Lawn Tennis Association for several
days, in the effort to have the great
sectional matches played on tho Coast,
but every day the chances for such a
tournament grow less.
There is more than one reason for
this. In the first place, should Belgium
consent to the change of date in the
plaving of the Olympic tournament,
shifting the week of play from August
15-2.1 to July 5, as proposed by the
United States, the American team
would be either on the high seas bound
for Europe. or already on the other
side in the last week of June.
Even should the Olympic games au?
thorities refuse to make the destred
change in the tournament date at Ant
werp, this country will send a team ]
to England to compete in the. All-Eng- j
land championship at Wimbledon in |
July. Still another serious obstaclo !
to the playing of the East-West
matches in California in the last week '
of June crops up in the form of the
national clay court championship tour?
nament, which is to be held by the :
Middle West Association earlv in July,
A special effort will be ina'de to as
sign an early July date for the clav
court tourney this year, because in
1019 this tournament was pluved about
tho second week in July, claahing with
the annual New York State champion?
ship at the Yahnindasia Golf Club, of
Ltica. j
Before Dr. Hardy made his request;
to have the East-West matches played:
in California in June there had been
considerable discuaalon as to the ad
visability of putting tfils feature on in
Philadelphia, that cltfcfbalng very an*
ious to get the fixture. At that time,
too, the Californians seemid agreeable
io tho suggestion, and it may happen
that under the conditions the matches
may still be held there; or, if not there !
in this city.
The matter of a date, however, is giv
lng the members of the national asso?
ciation more to worry about than the
question of the place. The prevailing
opinion seems to be that the best time
for holdmg the sectional matches
would bo either just before or just '
after the American team returns from
Europe.
It is pointed out that the best play-I
ers of California und other sections of
the country would be in the East then j
either preparing to leave for the other!
side or just returning from their tour
kL J?T1Vn ,.JheT? scems ?ttle doubt
but that California will be represented
on any American team that is sent
abroad, what with Johnston, Clarenco
Griffin, Roland Roberts, McLoughlin, |
Mcrvyn Griifin and haif a dozen others
to select from,
I understand that reports from the
Coast have represented johnston as be?
ing in doubt as to whether he would
be able, because of business duties, to
make any extensivo campaign this year.
He already has received invitations to '
play in Hnwaii, Australia, Wimbledon
and Ar.twerp, besides tho great East?
ern tournaments, and to fill all these
engagements would mean a protracted
Etfsion away from business.
Johnston is not by any stretch of the :
imaginatlon a wealthy man, but he is
a conscientioua worker, and it is no
wonder that he 'eels some doubt nbout
cemg able to devote several months to j
a tennis tour. The little champion has
even been quoted as saying that per
napa he would only bo able to come i
East to defend his singles title at For- '
est ILlls in August, but 1 think he will
be able to do better than that; in fact, I
it hardly seems possible that America
would consent to a challenging Davis
cup team leaving this country unless
Johnston was a member of the group.
However, several months intcrvene
between now and the playing of the
mcro importnnt tournaments here and
abroad, and the present diihculties will j
probably be smoothed out satis ao
torily, as has been the caso in previous
y?ats. . .
GrantlandWce
(Copyright, 1920, New York Tribune Inc.)
Uncle Sam to Dempsey and Carpentier
"Punch, if you will, each other'a head,
But pay that income tax," he said.
"Fight on until your strength is spent-?
But I want 01 per cent."
We notice that a numbor of estoemed nnd eavnest athletes are plan
ning to quit the old game and enter some other business. This contem
plative mood will very likely last until the first soft breeze drifts out of
the South or tho ultimate financial wrinkles aro fully adjnsted.
By Way of Remarking .
Yes, there are tougher things, I know-,
That leave one broke or bent,
The never-ceaaing, endless flow
Of money paid for rent?
The price of this?the price of that -
The price of vhi.it you will?
Though you should go '?> buy a hat
Or pay the grocer's bill.
And. yet, dull xurecker of rare dreams
Tluit lcuvc8 one badly mopped.
How very tough.it ahcays seems
To have a pat flush topped.
Life V8. Sport, Etc.
"Life is not like sport," states a contemporary, "nor is sport like
life." Which is quite a blt like saying that a slice of orange is not like an
orange.
Sport is merely a big segment of life. And there are applications
from sport that fit almost any turn of life itself.
Basoball may bo only a small part of life. Yet one of baseball's chief
slogans, "Get in the game," is directly iipplicable to almost any or every
phase of oxistonce.
What's in a Name?
Keeently Mr. II. B. Swope, of Philadelphia, in a certain golf tourna?
ment turned in a net 66 for 18 holes.
This was sufficient to win the main event and obtain the usual amount
of publicity.
It was also sufficient to arouse the pained regret of Mr. II. B. Swope,
of New York, who admits that he has so far never yielded to any such
par-destroying lure.
The latter Mr. Swope also writes us that the published score of his
Philadelphia namesake has rather adversely affected his wagering poten
tialities for the approaching campaign.
Opponents who had been yielding him 5 strokes a round are now
demanding from 12 to 14 strokes upon the other side of the ledger, inclos
ing the net 66 as a crushing rebuttal to any squawk he may em'ploy in I
advance. , '
It seems that one Mr. H. B. Swope is net 66 and the other is not 66
even with the aid of a net. " ",
We trust this explanation will swing the handicap pendulum back I
where it belongs.
A Cheer-Up Tip
Let this cheer you, while you curse,
Everything can get much ivorse.
As for fame?well, how many fans will recail the fact that Hans
Wagnor won't start South with the Pirates this season?
Limerick of the Links
A Duffer who stoud on the tee
And said, "Now, I'll grab off a. three"
Said other things, too,
As his drive went askew,
That the postal laws won't let you see.
Several hundred different agencies are now enea^ed in proving or in
trying to prove, what, when, how, where, which and why Jack De'mpsey
waa during the war. We don't know what they hope to prove, or when
they hope to prove it. But there is a rumor abroad that it is going to take
an expert to prove that it ever meant anything to Dare-Devil Jack when '
some top sergeant growled "Fal! in!" at daybreak on a winter morning
between Apnl 6, 1917, and November 11, 191s.
Cornell may not lead much of the cheering during the football season,
but when approaching spring brings back a vision of an eight-oared shell
and a track and field array you know upon whose beaming brow the bulk
of the olive is nearly always wreathed.
Kilbane to Meet
Valgar To-night
In Newark Rino
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A boxing bout which has been pend
ing for more than a year will be
fought to-night. In tho lst Regiment
Armory, Newark, under the auspices of
the. Newark Sportsmen's Club, Johriny
Kilbane, world's featherweight cham?
pion, will meet Benny Valgar, his fore
most rival and most persistent chal
lenger.
Under the rules and regulations pre
scribed by the New York State Boxing
Commission it is a championship
match. That is, Valgar can acquire the
world's featherweight title by register
ing a knockout. Many authorities,
however, refuse to coincide with this
viewpoint. Because Valgar and Kil?
bane aro not meeting at 122 pounds,
ringside, they argue that the cham?
pionship cannot be transferred.
Kilbane is boxing at. catchweight, but
is compelling Valger to weigh in at
124 pounds at 3 p. m. to-day. In New
Jersey the featherweight limit is set
at 125 pounds, weigh in at 3 o'cloek.
John S. Smith, chairman, has stated
that his commission will recognize Val?
gar as the world's champion in the
event that he stops Kilbane.
The Army, Naval and Civilian Board
of Boxing Control, which is becoming
more and more of a power in the sport
unofficially has made the same ruling!
I'he featherweight limit recognized by
this organization is 126 pounds, weigh
ni at ;'. p. m.
Valgar unquestionably is the cham
pion's most formidable rival. Ii,. has
proved his worth by conquest. For the
last year he has been sweeping aside all
eontention. He has met practically all
the leading featherweights and many
star hghtweights. To his credit he has
knockout victories over Jimmy Hill
featherweight champion of Australia;'
Gussie Lewis, the Phlladelphia star
George Chaney, of Baltimoro; Phinney
Boyle? New England States champion.
and others of lesser note.
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Test for Amlierst Mermen
The Wesleyan swlmming team on
poses Amherst to-night in Pratt Nata
\ovenim- *?' Williams, whom Amherst
defeated Priday, 38?15, gavo Wesleyan
a hard struggle Saturday, losing only
by a default in the relay, indications
pomt to another victory for the
Purple. Williams, Wesleyan's indi
vidual star, is expected to give Daraon
a hard fight in the 50 and 100-va-d
dashes, though comparative time favors
the latter slightly.
Changes Likely
In Golf Rules;
Dates Selected
Dctails for Tliree National
Championships, H o w
ever, Are UncompletccI
By Ray McCarthy
The executive committee of the
United States Golf Association held a
lengthy meeting at Newark yesterday
; to decide on the dates of three nationa
championships for the coming season.
The committee was still in session at a
! late hour and the news of the doing?
! at the convention will not he mad<
j public probably for several days, until
arrangements are completed with the
: various clubs over whose courses the
| tournaments will be held.
Until that time the golf public can
amuse itself by guessing on the dates
! and other details. The puggestion i.;
'made that the one who makes the best
guess be awarded a suitable trophy?
jan old golf ball or somcthing as valu
I able. We made our selection3 yester
i day morning.
I It is assumed that in addition to the
I dates of the various tournaments the
: committee. discussed other important
I matters, including changes in several
? rules which seem to be obnoxious to
some golfers.
Yankec Chances Excellent
As the winter wanes interest grows
, apace in tho coming Engiish open
cnampionship to be held over the Royal
Cinque Porta course at Deal next Jane.
This will be our first really big con
; test with Great Britain since before
the war. On paper the chances of
America appears to be excellent, Still,
i inco the end of the great conflict, the
sporting dope Iihs had a way of rc
sulting just the opposite of t'orecasts
and figures, therefore, aaa bo trusted
but little.
j A great many of tho pros here at
1 present believe thar; Walter Hagen
1 etands a royal chance of carrying off
i the crown, but they qualify their asser
tions with the remark that his defeat
| would be no startling surprise.
They argue that in the first place the
: change of climate may affect the heavy
, set Walter. Tlie fog and other meteoro
i logical conditions are apt to influence
his play, they add. Moreover, they
| point out the fact that Hagen drives a
j long, high, ball which is quite likely to
| be affected by the winds that sweep the
! Engiish links.
Ball Players on Links
Ba'.l players in general look upon golf
as being a sort of game for women
and invalids. Or rather this attitude
prevailed among the diamond perform
ers until a few years ago. Time brings
changes in all things, and to-day a
great many of the baseball playing
fraternity enjoy nothing better than a
round of golf in their spare time.
One would naturally think that the
professional baseball player would
make good nt golf. Many of them do,
but a greater proportion will never be?
come stars at the Scottish game; and
the reason is their baseball swing.
A full, free swing, according to pro
fessionals and to tho experienced for
those who disbclieve it, is the prime re
l quisite for a good golfer. A chop stroke
' or swing is best for the batter, largely
j because he is better able to gauge the
I pitch. Some players cut loose and
swing freely and hard -Babe Ruth for
example?but the herd confmes itself
j to chopping out its hits.
Fcrmer Giants Shine
Notwithstanding all these argunients
there are many good golfers among the
baseball fraternity. Fred Merkle, of
i the Cubs, and Heinie Zimmerman, of
the Bronx, are splendid players. Merkle
has consistently been below SO. Derrill
Pratt, second baseman of tha Yankees;
Christy Mathewson, assistant manager
of the Giants, and several other3 can
average 85.
One of the best of these baseball
golfers is young Arnold Statz, secured
by the Giants last spring from Holy
Cross College. Statz has won several
titles, including the junior cnampion?
ship of Massachusetts; has done as well
as 72 and possesses an ideal tempera
ment for golfing. The youngster in
tends hercafter to devote his winters
to teaching the game and his suramers
to starring on the diamond.
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Mrs. Singer Victor
In Florida Tennis i
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PALM BEACH, Fla., Feb. 24.?Open
ing matches in the singles of the wom?
en's annual tennis tourney for the I
state championship developed no sharp
contests. The number of entries was I
small. Mrs. Franklln I. Mallory, who I
had been expected, is preparing to go\
abroad, and will not be down. Mrs. I
Frederick Singer, who formerly held I
the women's tennis singles champion
ship of Paris, won in straight sets from !
Mrs. II. V. O'Brien, of New York
Miss Phyllis Walsh, of Philadelphia I
showed considerabie strength. Mrs'I
Rawson L. Wood, of New York, defeat- |
ed Miss Virginia Ricc. of New York
easily. These were the leading matches'
7rom Poor Work of Officials
Buffalo Judges Show Fa
voritism and Time In
correctly^at Junior Meet
By A. C. Cavagnaro
General diaaatisfaction over the
work of tho officials at the junior in
door national track and field cham
P'onships at Buffalo last Saturday
night 1.1 being expressed by local
atnietes who competed in the meet
Incompetent timing and favoritism of
Buffalo competitors are charged by the
metropoiitan athletes.
According to the New York boys the
clnnax was reached when Andv Craw
Brooklyn A. A., the senior Metropoiitan
Association champion, Was disqualified
in the two-mile run. Craw flnished in !
second place behind Ilelme, of Buffalo I
who was credited in r.ew junior record*
Mme, but was deprived of his prize 1
hnm" ? hc TV\a accused of deliberately
bumping Ilelme. 1
It is the unwritten law of athletes
cnat when one runner attempts to pas*
another the challenger shall permit
sufficient ground open in order not to '
wterfere with the progress of his !
riyal. According to the athletes
ttelme did not observe this rule. On !
tiie flnal lap Craw sprinted harder and
He me gave chase. In the stretch
ilelme came abreast of Craw and then i
tarliu k" i!-he ^ter'S path' momen-J
tarU y breakmg his atride. Craw put!
out his hands to prevent interference
from Helme, and for this offense was
disquahhed.
According to one of the local coaches
nat?Jftte^*d the games' Helra? did
not run the race in the new record
hf ?? ?Vi?5,2"6-. ThIs coach declares
he timed Helme in 9:30 1-5. Incorrect
timing waa cvident also in the (30-yard
sprint, 300-yard run and 70-yard hiarh
hurdlea. ?
The 300-yard run waa won by Dan
Caprio Knights of St. Antony, in the
credited time of 32 4-5 seconds. Five
oticials held watc es on this event, and
the time announced for Caprio was
regiatered by the slowest watch. The
usual custom in to allow the average
time of the five watches
In the 600-yard event the officials
erred again and it had to he rerun
In the first heat the officiala atood ten
yards betore the actuai finish line and
were notified of their mistake bv
Walter Powe, a local runner, who had
fimshed sixth. Th rerun was won bv
H/bberfield, of Buffalo. who had quit
at the 300-yard point in the first race.
The Frank B. Whitney Post, No ''OO
of the American Legion, is endeavoring
to brmg together the Vale and Cornell
One-mile relay teams in a match race '?
at us games in the 1st Regiment
Armory, Newark, on March 10. These
teams were scheduled to clash at the
meet of the Meadow Brook Club of
Philadelphia, which has been canceiled. j
Villar Kyroncn. who waa forced to!
quit at the end of the cighteenth mi'e
in the l,>th Regiment marathon, will
began immediate training for the Bos?
ton A. A American championship mara?
thon in April. Although he did nottrain
ior the Brooklyn event. Kyroncn
showed that he was the hardy athlete
th. St ti? WaS f?urced t0 retire from
anklf ??ti!yn ^u because of a turned
ankle. although he cont nued on for a
mile after tho fteeidant ,
There is just one way to
weld the links of friendship.
Serve your customer so
well that he'll be as strong
for you as you are for him.
If through any fault of
service or merchandise any
of these links have grown
rusty during the Winter
months, we hooe you will
iet us know. Making good
is just as imnortantasmak
,: ing good clcthinj.
We want to be sure that
everybody's happy before
'.. the new season's on.
The best of everything
men and boys wear. Also
sporting goods and lug?
gage.
Rogees Peet Company
Broadway Broadway
at 13th St. "Four at 34th St.
Convcnient
Broadway Corners" Fifth Ave.
at Warren at 41st St,
U. S. and England
Will Enter Race
For Speed Bqats
According to Chris Smith, of Algo
nac, Mich., who has bnilt n ost of the
j speed boats that have represented thll
country in the race3 for the Harms
| worth Trophy, and who Is exhiliting
j Miss America at the Motor tfoat Show
; in Grand Central Palace this week, it
j looks as if it would be the United
j States against only Ehgland this year
in the contest for the trophy, as France
had not been heard from." Challengei
must bo received before March 1.
Each country challenging has the
privilege of starting three boats and if
Mr. Smith is correct, the Uni ed State*
will send that many across 'ne water.
From all indications these vr.ll be Mui
America and tw8 other c ifts which
Smith is building, one for Gar Wood
and the other for the wife of the p.-om
inent speed boat devoti
_ With these three boats in the field
it does not look as if there would be
much to the trials. There aro two boats
already buiit, but not in commission,
the Disturber IV and the Whip-po-Will,
that may be gotten ready for the eumi
nation races, but this is doubtfuL
These, while wonderfully fast crafts in
their day, would have to be repowered
to have a chance against the latess
speed boats and engines. \'o steps
have been taken in this direction,
The last race for H trn .-.vortii
irophy took place ov< - thi Isle of
? ]~i;! coursi in 1913. n en Distuber
p was be ten [aple eaf III. Eng
land won back the tr | hj in 1912 after
this country haa held it for : re years,
Ankle Deep beating llabv KeJian'ce en
Huntington Bay.
I _ -?-.
New Conimission
Chairman To Be
Nanied in a Week
The new chairman of the National
Commission is likely to be kaowa
within a woek. John Heydler. president
of the National League, and Ban John?
son, the American League head, whe
came to New York yesterday to co:i-?
fer with Heydler on the subject of the
chairmanship possibilities, held ?
le^igthy confab last evening. At it?
conclusion Heydler announced than
while he was not quite ready to d?
yulge any news pertaining to the sub?
ject he and Johnson had come nearer
to the solution of this problem.
"We discussed the various cand.
dates," said Heydler, "and while we are
not quite ready to make known the
name of the new chaii nan we have
narrowed the field of contestants eon
siderably. It is quite likely that ??
shail be able to name our man with a
awoek."
Johnson left for Chicago late la-^
night, and the remainder of the bu:i
ne3s regarding this matfer will prob
ably be dor.e by tolegraph.
Crescent Five Easily
Defeats Fordham Team
i _. i
The Crescent A. C. basketball tesm
defeated Fordham University on tna
Brooklyn court last night hy a score ot
?55 to 34. The Crescenta have won
twenty-two oul of twenty-four gsrae*
played this season.
A1 :.:.' f ? ime the w nnera were aheW
by 31 to 13. Kinnej staried for '.?''
( rescents and Culloton played we II W
the losers.
The lineun:
Oes. nl i ., roa Fordl ?'"1 '';.*'?
Kinnov, ... r. w '
Pai melee f" " ?- Ho**
'I ;'?.. ui .', ?. . M -St***!
Nichlas. . . . '. .; luonti -'??''
Steward.r a t-'uIlaWJ
Baskeu from p. K I , :'<:::,'**t
C3). MeTtgue N ehlas, .- ? rt tl I Da?
Yale Matmen Win
PROVIDENCE, Feb. 24..Vale Mj
featod Brown _? i to 0 to-night at wre*"
tling. Captain Shefelman, of t!w
Brown team, received severe injurie*
to his right arm in 1ns match *??
Mallon.
Yale Quintet Winner
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Feb. 2H
Georgetown dropped its first basketbail
game of the season to-night to Yal*
46 to 17, after winning elevea atral*'
contests.