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Federa! League Makes Legal Move Which Meaos Fight to Finish Against Organized Baseball
Baltimore Club Planning
Appeal to Supreme Court
Old Leagues Instruct Counsel to SInsile Case, but
Litigation May Take Two Years; Manager Hug
gins Still Angling for Dugan, of the Athletics
By W. J. Macbeth
Counsel for the stockholders of the Baltimore club of the defunct
Federal League in Washington yesterday waived be fore- the District Court
. of Appeals the right to new trial under the court's recent action in setting
aside judgment of $264,000 for the club against organized baseball. The'
court was asked to amend its decree ^> as to permit, direct application on
appeal to the United States Supreme ?ourt.
?,
All of which indicates clearly that?!
the moneyed interests behind the old
Federal League ciub of Baltimore,
which claims it was left out in the
cold at the time of the settlement of
the "outlaw" war, intend to tight to
the last ditch not only to gets its
money, but to have baseball declared
a "trust," as it was declared by the
lower courts.
Ever sin-'c this suit was inaugurated
three years ago those who backed the
Federal League in Baltimore have had
visions of one day crashing into th<y
major league circuit. For a short time .
during the preliminary stages of the
present suit it appealed as if the dream
might be realied. An earlier suit was
called off after having been before a
Philadelphia jury for three days.
Something GlfesWrong
It was *umore?l at the time a com?
promise was to be made whereby the
Washington franchise, then in serious
financial straits, was to be transferred
to the Oriole City. Something went
wrong with the scheme, if, indeed, it
ever had been contemplated. Now
capital was interested in the Senators,
and shortly afterward the suit now
sending was launched at Washington
in place of the one withdrawn from
the Philadelphia courts. -
As organized baseball has every?
thing to gain and little to lose, George
Wharton Pepper, the eminent Phila?
delphia lawyer who scored so heavily
for the major leagues in the Court of
Appeals, has been instructed;'to carry
the fight through the Supreme Court
as speedily as possible. It will pr-?r
ably require two years at the vp\
earliest for the case to be reached on
the docket.
One important point seems to have
escaped the magnates as the case now
stands. It is a point that was called
to the attention of his constituents by
John Conway Toole, the new president
of the New International League.
Should the Supreme Cpurt uphold the
ruling of the Appellate Branch, the
major leagues would be vindicated of
til suspicion of operating as a "trust";
they would likewise save the $2(14,000
and costs, and would have one? neces
Bary evil of the existing contract?
th/1 reserve clause?validated.
But this substantiation of the re?
serve clause might in the end act as
a boomerang to the prestige of the
twe major leagues. In case of a base
bpll war there no longer could be |
traffic in players such as characterized |
the American League's fght against
the National League in the oh! clays,
and later the Federrl League's raid?
ing of major stars If the reserve
clavse in organized baseball had to be
respected, then also the reserve clause
of a league or leagues outside the pale
would have to be respected.
International Ambitions
It is known the New International
League for many years has been ambi?
tious. Two years ago it asked for rec?
ognition as a major league. If the
Class AA leagues, in the settlement
which is to be effected in Chicago at
the big conference on January 12 next.
can carry their point against draft privi?
leges by the majors i and the New In?
ternational and the American Associa?
tif both have already declared against
. the draft!, there is nothing to prevent
either or both, perhaps by combination
of the best cities in the two leagues,
from declaring major league presump?
tions and fighting out the issue, un?
hampered, before public opinion. Here
is a point th ? major league clubs
should keep in mind during the big
rally in the Windy City next month.
Manager Miller Huggi?s of the Yan?
kees is in Cii : iti for the holidays,
but he expects ; t the big Chicago con- '
ference next month to effect several
trades that will sand his team to
Shrevcport the choice of the field for
the 1021 pennai t race.
Hugg;ns has not despaired of land?
ing second baseman Joe Dugan from
Connie Mack, even though Connie has
spurned every advance so far. Connie
is none too well provided with pitch?
ers, while Huggina is overstocked in
this commodity and may be able to
oder for Dugan the equivalent in play?
ing value.
If a straight trade for Dugan cannot
be effected it i? said a three-cornered
trade among New York, Philadelphia
and Washington may result. Connie
Mack is very sweet on Wally Pipp,
while Clark Griffith is quite as anxious
to land Joe Dugan as is Huggins. Cos
nip has it that Pipp may go to the
Athletics, Dugan to Washington and
perhaps Sammy Kice to the Yankees.
This deal would involve a big money
outlay on the part of New York, bat
the Colonels are ready t?> spend some
of the excess profita to strengthen the
team.
=?
Secretary Joe 0 Brien of the Giant"*,
announced an additional spring exhibi
tion game ? afternoon. On
their way ?-. Texas to join forces
with the Senators at Jackson, Mi--.,
McGraw's : .:-.- wit h the Ath?
letic? on Mi . .-. Lake Charles,
Louisiana, hiladelphia is to
train. It is York may
engage C? nn i Mack's minions in a
couple more games about that time in
some Southern Association city.
It has b ion apparently
good anthoi O ?elder Benny
KaufF, who was sent to the Toronto
clab o? the New International League
last year, - : probability be
traded to t Braves in the
near fu'.ure. Fr? c< nsiders
Kauff an ideal man around whom to
construct a picket line, and has opened
negotiations for his services. Maran
ville will not be included in the deal.
Manual Five Rallies
And Beats Out Erasmus
Manual Training won a closely con?
tested game ball from its an?
iment rivai, Erasmus, op ,;;?- latter'*!
court in Bi terday by a score
of 21 to 16. The I rst half ended In a
t!? at 7 poir.tu. Chipurnoi, of tl
ing team, waa the star of the game
?coring fourteen points. '?
wrrr put out ol gam? on
foul?.
The Ilnn-up:
M4r.ua! ' Peg EJra*n ?> '!<!?
9lmm?rman .,T,, :*. RoMottl
??Hlv**i .I: ?'. <';. ;
Mtrtih-im .Cent*r. I,-y,
HtitAnv,n . <. ....
R?V..n .I?. ?,.. y.
(\'>u.\% tram ?'..-? :...-..., Hulll? i ( ,
?lVli/l c , ?
rvi\ i':-,. !?
'/??" l'a
?"hir-'i"',-,;
VFn-aCt.: tur ?tobtI fM
fiHU, V.'?.1'i?.. toi !?',. aaa ?
Cm??l*r tor <i?r ?
Charxliof for If.i.vy '??????
??In, ;? K A 7. ' ?'?? '.'., Citrrolti
Tim? 'it )'????? . ;??.
Seven Assists to Credit
Of Pira?r First Baseman
At Chicago, May 3, 1904?Brans
field had seven assista at first base.
The score:
CHICAGO
R. H. PO. A. E.
Single, ef. 1 1 1 0 0
Casey, 3b. '2 35 1 2 0
Chance, lb. 2 2 > 13 0 0
McCarthy, U_ 3 0 0 0 0
Jones, rf. S 35 1 O 0
Evers, 2b. '2 3 ?. 10 1
Kling. <?. ?? .1 33 0 1
Tinker, ss. <> 0 6 4 .1
BrijfKS, p. II 0 0 4 0
Total?.15 15 27 20 3
PITTSBURGH
It. H. PO. A. E.
Beanmonf, cf. . . 0 I 3 0 1
Clarke, if. <> ? I 0 0
Leach, :?>. O 2 1 3 0
WagnVr, ss. 1 1 3 4 1
Bransflcld, lb... 0 1 7 7 '2
Sebrinp. rf. 0 0 2 0 0
Rltchey, 2b. 1 0 3 1 0
Smith, c. 1 0 S 1 0
Scanlan, p. 0 0 0 0 0
Lee, p. 0 0 1 1 1
Totals. ii 5 24 17 S
( hicago. 02042223 x?13
Pittsburgh. 0 0 0 10 0 2 0 0? 3
Two-base hits?Casey, Jones (23.
Sacrifi?e hits?McCarthy, Evers, Stolen
baftes ? Wagner, Chance, McCarthy,
Evers, Kling. Buses on balls?Off
BrifTRs, !> ; ol?' Scanlan, .*>. Struck out?
By Briggs, 2; by Scanlan, 3, Passed
ball ? Smith. Wild pitches ? Scanlan,
Lee. Left on bases?Chicago, 5; Pitts?
burgh, 8. Fir*.' l?;:s?> on errors?Chi?
cago, 3; Pittsburgh, ''. Double play.??
Tinker and Chance; i;*ers, Tinker und
Chance. Triple play?Bransfleld and
Wagner, umpire?Mr. Johnstone. Time
'uf gum?*?3 :..!.
Cornell Runners
Hold Their First
Practice Over Seas
CAMBRIDGE, England, Dec-^23.?
Cornell's 'crosscountry runners, who ;
will meet the pick of Oxford and Ca3n
bridge universities at Itoehampton on
December 30, took their first practice ;
run to-day, covering the five-mile Cam- !
bridge course. The time was not taken,
but Coach M'oakley said the perform- j
anee was satisfactory.
All the men, with the exception of R. !
E. Brown, who is suffering from a cold,
aw in good condition and are expected
to make as excellent showing as when
Cornell won 3 he intercollegiate.
The Americans are encountering1
some new conditions here, due chiefly
to England's capricious climate, with
extrem?' <. .x . / and drizzling rain,
contrasting with Ithaca's line winter
weather. There are also differences in
the running.courses here, there being
numerous water jumps, necessitating
the runners taking cold plunges,
hedges and hurdles and heavy going
over plowed fields.
Cornell's training will consist chiefly
in practicing jumps and running over
heavy roa li .
Pal Moore to Oppose
Sharkey in Garden Ring
On next Tuesday evening at Madison
! Square Garden Pal Moore, of Memphis,
| Tenn., and Jade Sharkey, who became
famous overnight by virtue of his vic?
tory over Jimmy Wilde, will clash in
the main bout over the 15-round route.
Local fight fans know Moore only by
reputation, but Sharkey, even in de?
feat against Jon Lynch, created a last?
ing impression by his willingness to
fight.
Panama Joe Gans will shake hands
with Saiior Barde n in the semi-final
and earlier in the evening Earl Baird
will he introda<:ed to Fighting Tommy
Elin, of Paterson, N. J.
?C.C.N.Y. Basketball Team
Beats Seton Hall, 28-22
j The ('. C. N. V. I a ketball team de
> feat.?- 1 the Si I n Hall quintet in a
hard-f? ' I night by a score
, of 2* to 22. I was played in
the City C? . The first half
was marked by much fouling on the
, part of both tea
Murray, the C. C. r'. V. center, led
' the attack on the visitors, amf caged
. three goals from 1 ? field. Lamm also
1 helped con? t- 1 y by shooting nine
; goals from the foul line. Donohue, of
' Seton Hall, also proved himself'a good
; ?shot, and he r?gi te red 10 points from
! the foul mark. The score at the end
; of the first period was 37 to 14 in
favor of tlfe home ;' ve.
The C. ?. N. Y. freshman team had
' ttle d fficultj ; euncing the Cnrtis
Hi,"-H School five, ? f Staten Island, in a
preliminary contc t. The final score
WUH i'.J'tO 10.
The line-up:
C C. >: X. Yx ? Y ?? Rcton Hall (2?)
.i. !".Flynn
.l: V.Lynch
. .C. McQann
| Kagln .!.. '?.Donovan
. x.. (3.Donohue
', . ?- r c. C. of N. Y.: L,rti i
Klaubor; Beton
. ? i, Donovan,
: .*;. V. : Lamrn
: ? :, i. -. . ? n 1 Donohue (10).
i'.efci ' Culm
Stecher (?oes to Hospital
OM ? HA, ? i ec. 23 Joe Stecher,
foi mer 1 t wrestling champion,
: I o I ?' ' al hotel for several
days, I ! - ? neuritis in I ho left
arm, w ta! to 'lay. He
reci nt defeat In
i ngler" > Lewi?
for t) p. Hie physicians
said they i could leave the
Ori??f?'H Sign Collegian
BALTIMORE, l<????: 2.1 -Rufus Clarke,
form? i 'i . . ' !'.'?? '??? !'niversity of
Caroln ?-.. m, has been
? ib <if ' ho In?
oro? 01 I L? 3 mager Jack Dunn
[announced to lay ( larlte il a brother
I o? : ump?cr ' larke, of thq Chir.Kgo f?'a
It Happens in the Best Regulated Families * * btbriggs
Oarsmeai of Navy
Will Not Compete
For tlie Cliilds Cup
The champion Navy crew, winner of,
the recent Olympic classic, will not be
invited to participate in the Childs
Cup race next spring, according to.
Charles Halstead Mapc-s, one of the
stewards of the Childs Cup governing
board. The Annapolis eight took part .
in the regatta last season and had
little difficulty in winning. Princeton |
finished second, 1'enn third with Colum- I
bia a close fourth. The race was held j
in conjunction with the. American lien- i
ley on account of a conflict of dates,
but such will not be the caso in the I
future. '
A triangular agreement has been en- .
tered into by the three representatives
whereby the site of the event will ro
t?te each year. It is scheduled for the '
Harlem nc'xt spring on May 14, goes to !
Lake Cayuga in 1922 and to the Schuy
kill in 1923. !
Mr. Manes stated that action had al- i
ready been taken on the stand of ;
Columbia's oafsmen in demanding a
return to the former four-mile course
for the Poughkeepsie regatta, and there
was great possibility that the old dis- !
tance would again be in vogue before !
many years had passed, if not next
spring, ilr, Mapes communicated the;
position of Columbia to Charles Tre- i
man, of Cornell, and Arthur Brown, of j
?Pennsylvania, the other Poughkeepsie
stewards, and their replies were Borne- !
what unexpectedly in favor of a return.
Mr. Mapes, however, said that in all j
' probability the 1921 Poughkeepsie race |
would be over the three-mile course !
; determined on before the war. The
Navy, Wisconsin and other crews have I
already been invited to take part, in the j
regatta and have been told that the |
'?distance would be three miles. It would !
therefore be too late to make any I
change for the coming season at least.
Mr. Mapes expressed hope that the |
Navy would*enter the Poughkeepsie
regatta. lie said he had conferred with
Commander Morrison on the subject
; and there was every possibility that the
Poughkeepsie contests would be se
lected for the Navy's big regatta of the
year.
Raise $1,200 at Benefit
For Family of Shannon
The family of Mickey Shannon, the
New Jersey fighter, who was killed in
a bout at the 4th Regiment Armory
of Jersey City, will receive about $1.200
? as the result of a benefit boxing show
held in ?he armory last night.
Jack Britton, world's welterweight
champion, boxed four fast rounds with ,
/ ! ?lose, of .Jersey City, latest sensa?
tion of the prize ring, and at the end
! ? honors were fairly even. Rose
r. h owed a wicked wallop in his right
fist. Freddie Welsh, former light?
weight champion of the world, went on
in another exhibition with Al Thomas,
his old sparring partner. Joe Lynch,
now bantamweight champion of the
world, acted as referee of the bouts.
Benny Leonard and Lddie Fitzsimmons,
lightweight champion of the world and
-outender, respectively, failed to ap
l?ifr?i Jumper Reinstated
Edward L. Ernes, former national
high jump champion, has been restored
to good standing by the A. A. L. limes
was suspended in 1917 on charges of
capitalization t?f athletic fame, w ; n he
entered the sporting goods bu in? ss
; with Harry Smith, former lung distance
champion. The former champion has
started training, and will compete in
the games of the Rankers' Athletic
League on January 25 as the repre?
sentative of the New York A. C.
Steel Plant Forms League
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 23. ThHCar
negie Ste? ! Company employees here
have organized a basketball league, in
. which many different departments arc
represented. Six club.: compose the
I league. Garner, are to be played twice
a week.
?-??-.?
New Idea in Athlctie*
ANNAPOLIS, Md., Doc. 23, Two
sporting events of in 1 cr??t at tlie
Naval Academy this winter, probably
during February, will bo joint wrest
ling and boxn hi .--, in which Penn
State and Virginia Military Institute
: will be opp ;??? toams, tho matches
taking place on diff?rent Saturdays.
One Hockey Team for Uni)
BOSTON, Dec."23 Plai s to have two
hoc) i y teams in ( hi ? city a i m tnb ?r -
of i : ' En tern v ing of the United
.' tat? A.-.'i.-j' em M cl cy Ah ocial Ion hnvo
boon upset temporarily by the with?
drawal of the players assigned to the. St.
i Alp] nsu " o? ' n toi m,
(Copyright, !!>.:?>; New York Tribune Inc.)
The Little Tin Horn
Once more the echo d 'i] ' : by land and sea,
Far blown and faint as from God's melody,
Siveet as the dream-song of a thousand years
Of love and laughter, o) life's pain and tears;
Sweet as the wind-song where the fir trees crown
The snoicsicept hills above the restless tewn;
Blown ever onward a:; a (Iream, far whirled,
That comes to storm il-,' , arkness of the world,
And drive life's shadows in unendqw flight
Beyond the gleam thai crowns the huts of light.
* ,
Once more the echo rises and afar
We wait again beneath the Christmas star;
Where once again the rushing legions meet
With rhythmic tread of countless marching feet
That shift and form into a serried line,
Where through the mists the scarlet berries shine,.
Above the day of all the days ??'/;?/ wait;
Where winds the high ?? ay through the open gate
Flung wide for those who y ''? may enter through
And find beyond Hie Land-of-Dreams-Come-True.
The report that Messrs. Huston, Ruppert, Comiskey and Frazee will
drop something into Pan Johnson's stocking is absolutely unfounded, as
it is strictly against the law to send nitro-glycerine by mail.
It is difficult to say just at this moment whether it is easier to estab?
lish peace in the Balkans or in the A nei ?can League. Both are charter
3nembers of the Off-Agin-On-Agin Club.
Why Not?
"Ty Cobb will never lead the league again," says a contemporary.
"He held the winning paco until he reached the age of thirty-four and
then he fell back. At thirty-four his day as a league leader is over."
Possibly, but in no way a certainly.
Hans Wagner led the National lx?aguo for the last time i^i 1911.
In 1911 Wagner was thirty-seven yeai% old, several seasons out beyond
Cobb's duration upon this whirling circle.
Wagner at thirty-seven had n hing like Cobb's speed at thirty-four.
It might be mentioned on the side that in 1911 Wagner had no George
Sisler and no Tris Speaker to beat. But he was at least able to prove that
thirty-four was no barrier to leadership.
1921's Chance
Nineteen twenty-one can get away to a running start in the sporting
whirl of time if some court can fasten a conviction not only upon the
ballplayers who sold out, but upon the gamblers who framed the deal.
It is a mistake to assume that during the lull this case has been for
' gotten and therefore should be dropped.
The appointment of Judge Landis was a big factor in the general
clean-up, but it doesn't end the argumi nt.
Not as long as the main crook? are still untouched.
' * *r
Those who are wondering what a suitable gift for an umpire might
be should inclose a photograph of John .1. Evers.
\
The Leading Bunker
; / could stand the Christmas shopping, tl nigh it doesn't over-tickle,
The ewirly hurly-burly of the-maddened Christmas throng;
| The bumping and the thumping when tlu y get me in a pickle,
j Or jam me in a showcase loith a wallop overstrong;
' I could stand it uncomplaining, though the thought is not appealing,
\ To a cove who several seasons has been forced to wander through it??
All the jamming, slamming, cramv ig of the rushing and the reeling
IF it wasn't for the money that I to < d to do it.
"Willard had worked ofT all fa! hen he met Dempsey at Toledo,"
'^states an exchange. All Eatnesa be ' vv ?i e neck. If he can continue the
pat reducing process lft inches hi her on the next occasion, get a good
j trainer and a smart adviser, the nex1 dajr's story may be a trifle different
j from the one which appeared on July 5, lui ft.
An expert has invented n golf club that will prevent a slice or a
hook. But he make:-; no mention i having invented a golf ball that will
I trickle into a cup as buoyantly .?. if trickles into the heclprint of a
; bunker.
."Babe" Ruth may not hang up his ock to-night. Ho hung it over
various fences fifty-four times bctwe en April and October, and the novelty
of the act has worn off for the current year.
A man may be able to trad" a th] ick for a lumber yard and still
j pot badly etung in u baseball barter, where the rate of exchange is 95 per
I cent the befit of it.
Fete Herman, Shorn
Bantam Crown,
Sails for England
Pete Herman, the boxer, stood on the
deck of the Imperator,'of the Cunard
Linn, yesterday just before the, great
liner pulled out from h?;r pier, bound
for England. Pete is going to London
j to meet Jimmy Wilde, the British
? world's flyweight champion, in a
j twenty-round bout next month.
I Herman waved a farewell to a crowd
| that had gathered to so?! him off. Just
j as the gangplank was being pulled in
; P?^e glanced around nervously at his
j hand baggage near by then started to
! hunt madly for something that was not
? there. *
Suddenly he stopped, took off his hat
and mopped his forehead. "Oh, yeh,"
he muttered. "I dropped it last night
j and Joe Lynch picked it. up. I'll ask
, him for it when I get back."
Pete was referring to a piece of bag?
gage that he had been carrying around
with him for the last three or four
years, containing one perfectly good
bantamweight championship of the
world.
Herman had little to say about his
fight with Lynch at the Garden, except
that he had no excuses to offer for his
defeat, and that he wished Lynch the
; best of luck. His loss of the title
i would have no effect on the arrange
j ments for his bout with Wilde, Hefman
1 declared.
Commission Suspends
Connolly, Troy Referee
The .Sirte Rosing Commission held
its recular weekly meeting yesterday.
The Columbus Sporting Club, ?if Yonk
', ors, wa? licensed to hold bouts. On
the recommendation of Commissioner
? Walsh sentence was suspended i:i the
i cases of the licensed boxers who -?ook
1 part in ring contests at a Knights of
i Columbus benefit at Glens Falls re
'. cently.
Referee "Tommy" Connolly, of Syra
' cuse, was suspended for thirty days on
account of his tailing to at once cor?
rect: .. mistaken announcement of the
judges' decision in the Laureate-Cohen
! contest at the Lyceum Sporting Club, of
i Troy,
' licenses were issued to eighty-four
boxers, thirty-one seconds, nine mana
1 gers, three referees, three judges and
', one timekeeper.
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Zivic Turns Professional ?
i PITTSBURGH, Dec. 23.?Pete Zivic,
who was a member of the United States
boxing team at tlie Olympic games, will
turn professional here on Christmas af?
ternoon when he meets Patsy Young in
> one ot the preliminaries of the Harry
Gr?b-Jeff Smith bout. Zivic is a bantam
1 weight.
Smith to Meet Brown
Sammy Smith, win* fought a draw
v .' ?Tommy Tobin last week, will meet
Pink? -a Crown, the local bantamweight
boxer, at the East New York A. ('. to?
morrow afternoon. Smith has shown
n iderable ability since I i ? arrival
hen a few weeks ago from Detroit and
is expected to gain the decision over
Brown. The bout will he over the ten
round route.
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Havana Entries
Flrst raco (for maiden two-year-olds;
it*. ? and a half furlongs; purse, >7<*0) ?
i.,.--, ?; eed, 105; Scolty, 1? '?' ? "????
Tho En lulr?r. 105; Mavehona, 105;
Gi orgo W., 108; Willow Tn e, 103
,. ? ; race (for throe-year-olds and
upward; claiming! five and a half fur
i lern;:,, purse, tioef)??Terrible Susan, 103;
?Nonaenso, 104; ?Okemus, 104; ?.lack Daw
on 101; "Sentrv, 105; Fireworth, 107;
.1 ihn .1. Rlley, 107; Dlbl 1? r, :<?: Rha I i
-a II '.'. ^^_
rhli ! raco (for tnree-year o?da ni ! up
? ? cl i mingr; five and a half furloi s;
; 0)??Vim, 102; *l.a. ly Hester,
107; Sui erlor, 107; Snow Queen, 112
tagend, i : : . H ?it- st Oei Cavan
oy, 112; Twenty-seven, 115; Night Wind,
11 8.
I.'ourth race (fer three-year-olda and
m--, a- : . . lalmlng ; five nn?l a half fur
: ui so, $700) Ti key J an 102?
* i mol aal, 102, Fie? r 107 i' : .a nirdlne,
i ; :. . 13 I Garrison, 112; Stiletto, i ! - , ? ?ur
:? ?.-i h? -.-., 112; .Im U K., ! I?.
Mfth raco ?fur thro? i ir olds; claim?
ing ; onn mile and lirtj j ar Is;
? ;?? n 'Sa?n K? ge I in ?? Irey
Rumo, 101; "P?o, nal. ?Mu or FI ko, ; M ?
?Mllefn ti, 105; Jlmmla O'l-lrl? -. ?a,
[-rince, 108,
Sixth race l for fein-, ycar-olda < ad up?
ward; c! Ing .m.- tniio nu i a'sixteenth;
purs?, ? rimothy ,1 ;, , . , ios ?
?Ituntor Platt, 103, ?i.iilai. IOS; "Guards
man 103; "l?laeh Thong, 104; Uulgi r, i 11.
*A| - ml li 0 allowance .-! ilm?d.
Weuther clear; tracli
I.imt viUuublcs ur.? fre'iuenUy reuirned
by rindern who read The Tribune, Phone
npclrtnan noon Attvt.
Jones to Give
Decision Soon
On Yale Offer
Football Coach to Return
Only Provided He Can t4r
* range His Business Affaire
By Ray McCarthy
Tad Jones, Yale's football coach,
stopped oiT in the city yesterday on
his way froi3i New'Haven, to Kis home
in E>:e?"'o. Ohio, where he will spend
the holidays. The popular mentor and
former star quarterback has been dis?
cussing the football situation with' the
authorities at Yale, but as yet has not
decided as to whether or not he will
return. He is in hopes of reaching a
decision on the matter during the holi?
days.
All Yale men are clamoring for the
return of Jones and it would seem to
the bystander that it should be an easy
matter for him to decide to go back.
However, such is not the case. Ta i i
doing his best to arrive at a satisfac?
tory conclusion; in fact he is quite
concerned about the whole matter.
Hindered by Business Affairs
Jones must, first of all, make a sat?
isfactory adjustment of his business
affairs so that he can get away to dc
?the coaching. He feels he is in duty
bound to heed the call of his *lm?
mater,, and he is more than anxious t(
', fulfill the mission, but it ii3cans a tre
mendous sacrifice on his f>art to go t<
New Haven. Jones doesn't intend te
make football coaching his professioi
and intends to remain at New Haven
in the event that he does not return
only long enough to install a footbal
system.
It was only the constant urging o
the Yale committee that induced hin
to return last season and he feels tha
to make a success of the job as grid
iron coach he should devote a fe\
weeks to the game in the spring.
Jones wih spend much time in think
mfr the matter over the coming wee
and is in hopes of giving the footbal
committee a satisfactory answer short
ly after January 1.
Tim Callahan, captain and star guar
of the Yale eleven, sailed yeste3
..the Jmperator for England, where h
is going to attend Oxford Universit;
Cal ahan received the merry laug
?from his friends as he clambered ab >ai
with his cane and spats. Just befoi
', he departed a committee from the Ya
I Club held an infoS'mal reception f<
him, at which they presented him wii
;a book on etiquette at the tea table.
"Pro" Football Thrives
i Joe Spagna, former Lehigh sti
: tackle, was in town yesterday and pa
! us a visit. Big Joe has just complete
I a strenuous season of professional foe
? ball and is on his way home to Broc
ton, Mass., carrying an injured 1
with him.
Spagna said "pro" football had ma
a tremendous hit upstate and that i
of the games he participated in th
fall were played to capacity crow?
i He said that "Swede" Youngstrom w
?about the best paid player of the sc
, son excepting, of course, Jim Thorj
Judging from the reports we ha
heard of me University of Califorr
eleven, the champion Ohio State ter
is in for a grand beating on New Yea
. Day at Pasadena. One fellow, w
; claims to know considerable about t
personnel of the Far Westerners, ss
they were a big, rangy lot, beirg bu
much on the order of the Nebras
! players, were fast and well-drilled a
were quite confident concerning t
j outcome of the struggle next week.
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Cornell Hiving Trouble
Filling Football Da
ITHACA, Dec. 23. -Completing Ce
nell's footbal] .schedule for 1921 is pr<
ing a more difficult task than u'su
Romeyn ?Beri*y, graduate manager
athletics, announced to night. The pr<
lern t? be solved is finding a suital
opponent for tha Ithacans for Nove
bei 12.
The game with Columbia to be p?a;,
November 5 was originally schedu
for Novesnber 12 at the Polo Groun
New York, but it was found that Pei
syivania and Dartmouth had engaj
tlu Brush Stadium for that date.
was learm i lo-right *ha* ira: - I
been arranged with Colgate, Dartmoii
Columbia and Pennsylvania.
Ohio State Eleven Has
First Drill on Cos
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 23.?The O
State University football squad in (
I ?fornia to pUy the University of C
forhia eleven &t Pasadena on >
Year's worked out this afternoon
' the Leland Stanford UniveAity g
'ion at Palo Alto, thirty ingles south
here.
This was the first extended prac
'-for the Western Conference cl
since they ?eft Columbus, and I
? John Wilce ordered a long work-ou
! order to iron ?, ut the kinks develope
th.?* transcontinental journey. M?
! v.hile the California team, Pacific rf.''
Conference champions, went at t
practice with rene wed vigor.
The Ohio State left fqy Pasadena
I right.
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Hommey Returns to Rin<r
' The Pioneer Sporting Club, in 1
Twenty-fourth Street, will present t
I good bouts, two of them of fif
: rounds and the other ten, to-moi
night. One of the battles over the
tance will b3'ing together Packey 1
mey, the popular veteran Italian b(
and Bobby North, the Hebrew li
'weight. In the other fifteen-round
test Willie Spencer, the little Iti
bantam from the Mast Side, will :
Jimmy Tomasulo, of Elizabeth. In
ten-round affair Frankie Olson will
pose Irish Kid Williams.
The man-who-goes-to
market the last day before
Christmas will not only
find us on the job 'til six,
but ready to help him save
money.
Bargains here and there
in furnishings and sporting
goods.
If you've no time to go
to market, let's rush some
Gift Order forms to your
office?so much nicer than
giving money.
?"Handsomo certificates enclosed In Chrtit.
mas envelope.
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Pittsburgh Boxer
Gets Verdict Over
Local Champion
Jack Stark, 325-pound metropolitan
champion, was defeated in the final of
the fWtercity boxing tournament at the
Crescent A. C, Brooklyn, last night by
. Billy Linder, of Pittsburgh. The bout
waa very close throughout, but it
, seemed that Stark did the cleanest
punching and the spectators were not
at all pleased with the decision of th'j
judges.
Stark was the aggressor in the open?
ing round and Linder's efforts were
I very ragged, but the Pittsburgh youth
came back strong in the second and
evened up matters. The third round
was the fastest of the bout, both men
; exchanging heavy blows and neither
giving ground in the rallies. It ap
: poared to be a good draw, but the
i judges were impressed with Linder's
i ability and a victory was chalked up
for the Smoky City.
Willie Singer, the 115-pound metro
i politan champion, gave R. Honeyford,
?mother Pittsburgher, a severe drub?
bing in three rounds, but the judges
disagreed and the referee ordered
j another round. After the fourth
1 stanza the judges were again at loss to
select the winner and the referee*!
.??warded the verdict to the local man,
who easily earned the honors.
The summaries:
115-pound class?Willie Slnp?r, Ninety
second Street Y7. M. C. A., defeated P.
Jloiipyford, Pittsburgh, four rounds, ref?
eree's decision; M. Schwartz, ?.'lurk Hous?*
A. A., uefeate'l K. Satetelli, Bosl in, three
rounds, judges' decision.
125-pound class?G. Russell, Boston, de?
feated JL. Lebati, Peoples' Institute, three
rounds, .1ud?s' decision; Billy Linder,
Pittsburgh, defeated Jack Stark, Brcnx
dale A. C, three rounds, judges' di I V.r.
145-pound class- hi. Waters, Boston, de?
feated J. Cardinal?-. Clark House A A.,
three rounds, judges' decision; Jack Brad?
ley, Pastime A. C, defeated Ja esti
Pittsburgh, threo rounds, judges' d? ilston.
Kaiser Defeats Mansell
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 23. -Johnnie
"Pewee" Kaiser, of St. Louis, gave
Harry Mansell, of England, an ar
tistic trimming in eight rounds here
to-night. The St. Louis boy dropped
the visitor seven times, four o? the
knock downs occurring in the second
round and the other thr?7-e In the
fourth. Good ring generalship aid a
knowledge of d?fensive boxing pro*?
ably (saved Mansell from being stopped.
The boys are bantam weight?.
never too late
?never too late to buy
him a merchandise or?
der on these stores,
I permitting him fco
select w hat pleases
him most. Redet-li?
able at any time in ?
any of our stores?en?
closed, without charge,
in a leather wallet the?
atre ticket size?in
any amount from $2
up.
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