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Yankee Recruits Put Through First Paces Under Keen Eye of Huggins at Louisiana Camp Home Run Wallop by Rookie Muiison Features Practice Ex-Collegian Exemplifies Babe Ruth by Driving Ball Far Over Right Field Fence ; Catcher Wingo, Formerly of Atlanta Team, Share? Honors at Bat By R. J. Kelly SHREVEPORT, La.. Feb. 28.?-There will be ninny a .?ore muscle among the recruits in the Yankees' camp to-morrow, as the youngsters went through their first workout of the Season ai Gasser Park, the homo field of the loca! Texas League club, this afternoon. It was originally planned to stage two sessions to-day, but the morning practice was aban? doned because of the late arriva! of the trunks containing the uniforms and rtlavirip" r?m*iv?**rtpv?t . . . - The regular program will" start to? morrow and the athletes have b?en ordered to report at the field at 10 ? o'clock in the morning and . o'clock, a The work-out to-day consisted of bat? ting, fieldin? and bunting practice. Muggins took full advantage of ..it ideal weather conditions and kept the youngsters on the jump for almost two hours. The augmented squad of nine? teen players scattered to different cor? ners of the spacious inclosure and practiced under the watchful eyes of Huggins and Coaches Bob Connery, Charley O'Leary and Frank Roth, brother of Bobby Roth, recently ac? quired from the Senators. Scout Bob Gilka was also on hand, but was not in uniform. Rookies Get Real Work-Out After the usual preliminary warm ng up exercises tue youngsters trot down to some real work. Huggins form,.' a makeshift infield, consisting of Catcher AI Devormer ai tust base: McMillan, at second; Skinner, at short, and Catcher Grassick and Outfielder VVingo, at third bas... The rookies showed plenty of life and Huggins was forced to warn them to take things easy. The four outfielders, Agnew, Con? nolly, Munson and Wingo, wore kept busy chasing flies a!! over the lot. dur? ing the batting practic, which wound up the first session, fo ?r righthanders, Gramley, Johnson. Sh ehan and Doyle, tossed over the plate. Joe Munson, whose real name is Joseph Carlson. had the distinction of being the first of the Yankees to hit the ball over the fence this season. He is a left-handed batter and he connected with one of Grainioy"s shoots soon after the session started and drove the pellet over the right field barrier. It was quito a healthy I wallop, as the distance from the home plate to the right field fence is much greater than at the Polo Grounds. Munson played with the Raleigh ? Club, of the Piedmont League, last sea- ! son and led the league in stolen bases.! He is a short, heavy-set youngster, but ! carries plenty of speed in his stocky legs. He was a member of the Lehigh [ University nine several years and was j recommended to the Yanks by Scout | Joe Kelley. Gramley was kept in the box much longer than any of the other pitchers, and Huggins sent him to the clubhouse \ early for a well-earn?;d rest. Gramley was one of the leading college pitchers ! last spring, being connected with the ! Pennsylvania State team. He went ! through the campaign without suffering a defeat. Wingo Wields Hefty Stick Al Wingo, formerly of the Atlanta j Club, of the Southern League, shared the batting honors with Munson. He | takes a neat swing at the ball and has the earmarks of an experienced player. He is quick in getting away from the plate and is quite fast on the bases. Wingo received a tryoi|t with the Ath? letics two years ago, but was sent back to the Minors for further seasoning. Huggins announced to-night that Wil? son Fewster had signed a contract and that the youngster Is on his way to the j training camp. He is expected to ar rive here to-morrow, but probably will i not be in time for even the afternoon sesssion. There la plenty of room at the local ball park for the Yanks to practice to their hearts' content and the playing ; field itself is in fine shape. If condi tions continue as they are at present the players will soon be fit to start ? heir pretentious schedule of exhibition games. Those who arrived at the camp to-day and took part in the opening were Pitchers J. Aulbach, a former semi pro, of Louisville, Ky; Gramley, of Pennsylvania State College, and Bruce Hitt, of the Mineral Wells Club; In llelder Camp Skinner, of the Cedartown Club, and Outfielder Tom Connelly, of the Tulsa Club. Racin?~Tax Bill Set For Hearing March 8 ALBANY, Feb. 28.?A hearing on the Mil intended to provide for a 12 per cent tax on gross receipts of all jockey and racing associations in the state will take place March 8, Assemblyman Charles II. Bett?, Republican, of Wayne, the introducer, announced late this afternoon. The bill would exempt agricultural societies. Bctts announced that he had not received any intimation as yet of any opposition. Baker Ready to Play, But Insists He Will Play Only for Yanks npiiAI'l'E, '.idTTivb. 28?J. Franklin "? Baker., one-time home-run king and more recently star thin! base? man of the Yankees, has about de cided to return to big' league base? ball. At his home here to-day Baker said: "i am going to plaj baseball in Nev York und no place else, con? trary f<? ?II rumors. A dispatch published yesterday declared 1 had been bold in Washington, but this is untrue. I am going to come back to the ?tame 1 love this season, but it v ill ho with the New York club and no of hoi-, ) had a conference in Washington with Colonel Huston, one of the owners of the Yankees, on Saturday night, and we agreed on every?.hing;?terms, when I should report and all else. "1 haven't signed a contract, hut it's pretty certain I will, because I want to get back in the game. I am to notify the New York club officials in a few days just what my decision will lie. i need more time to straighten out my business affairs." m? ive Youngsters Join Giant Party On Wav to Texas By Charles A. Taylor En route to San Antonio ST. LOUIS, Feb. '28. -One by one the Giant rookies are being gathered into ; the fold. When the special train bear ing the aspiring athletes reached this i city this afternoon a band of five ? youngster? who hope to win the ' plaudits of the Polo Grounds fans this j summer and become famous over night i were anxiously awaiting their mates from the East. The five embryo Giants are: Joseph Walter Henline. a catcher from the j Minneapolis club, of the American j Association; Roy Grime:',, who is j a candidate for Larry Doyle's post, and three center fielders, King, Brown and Spencer, who are determined to make the habitu?s of Coogan's Bluff forget there ever was such a man as Ben? jamin KaufT. "Goldie" Rapp, who was expected to join the party here, failed to show up. There were two men especially inter? ested in getting a peep at the much heralded Rapp. Roy Grimes, naturally was one, and no less a personage than Frank Fordham Frisch was the other. Grimes, dissatisfied with the opportu? nity given him at the Polo Grounds in the closing weeks of last year's cam? paign, when he was handicapped by illness, announced with grim deter? mination that the St. Paul boy would have to travel somo and then some more to land the' job. The battle for the center field va? cancy promises to be almost as keen as for second base. Every one who has seen Brown in action waxes enthusias? tic over his chances. Lee King is in a sense a veteran, but probably will be retained anyway because of his par? tiality for left-handed pitching. Brown swings his bat from the right-hand side of the plate, so there seems more than an even chance for King to stick. As for Spencer, he started out last year in most sensa? tional fashion only to falter greatly as soon as the big league twirlers found out what sort of curves he fa? vored. The Giant special stcarricd out of St. Louis at 6:30 to-night and is expected to reach San Antonio to-morrow night at 10 o'clock. All were well on board when the last "census" was taken in the dining car by Traffic Manager-Ed? ward Brannick. After the evening meal the versatile Brannick entertained the rookies by picturing in glowing Gaelic colors the beauties of the Alamo. They will probably all see the Alamo, but how many will ever get * glimpse of Ma comb'a Dam Park? That is the ques? tion. Noted Runners to Toe Mark In Samaelar Games To-night ? Campbell, Cutbill and Ray Are Scheduled to Meet in 1,000-Yard Feature By Jack Masters With .Hal Cutbill, the "flying par? son"; "Long Tom" Campbell, of Yale, and possibly Joie Ray, the one-mile na? tional champion, in the feature race and fiTiO entrants for the twenty events on the program, the games of the Sam ?clar A. A. will be held to-niyht at the C2d Regiment Armory, 168th Street and Broadway. The hotel employee*, from Oscar, the chef, down the line to the "timid" bell? hops, will be on hand for the annual jubilee. In addition to the appearance of practically every star athlete avail? able, there will be special closed events which promise first class entertain? ment. The 1,000-yard scratch invitation easily leads the card, but there is a 800-yard affair and a one-mile Nrelay snd a high jump, which closely follow in order of importance. Joie Kay, the Illinois A. C. champion, who was ex? pected to arrive from Chicago yester? day, had not registered up to press nme, and, as a report has reached this city that he suffered an injury n'ght '..'-fore last, it is barely possible that ? . v.,1! not be on hand to face Cutbill, ( ; mpbell and others. Campbell and Cutbill are here, how ir'er, as well as the rest of the field .-?i the "1.000." Other entrants include llilles, of Yak; Walter Higgins, of Co? lumbia University, and Joe Higgins, of ?he New Y-. rk C. Tl Hay, in case he should not appear, "id not make the race any easier for cutuill, for "Long Tom" beat him only. a few weeks ago at the Garden, and, ' while the "Parson" probably will go to; the post a favorite, his path around the circle will not be strewn with roses. Star Sprinters to Meet Loren Murchison, the 100 and 200 [ yard national champion, will start in ' the ",'iOO." with Bernia Wefers jr., the "Met" title holder; Eddie Farrell, the junior national champion, and othe.s. Murchison has not been defeated this ; season, but, largely because Farrell re- : cently ran a dead heat with the West- I crner, the.local fans have picked Eddie to take Murchison's measure. Wefers. : however, has an excellent chance to' ? <iii first, as he has shown to advantage lately over this route. A race which should be an oddity is the "Waiters' Special," in which boys i'i'om the McAlpin, Claridge, Waldorf ;,nd Savarin will start. The tip is that the time will be slow, but the runners will have a good alibi. They will not carry trays, nor will they be allowed to stop and investigate anything that may resemble a 60-cent piece. Charlie Shaw, former Columbia Uni ver :!v mi Id e-dist nee runner, who won the intercollegiate half-mile title two years ago, ha.? resumed training alter an absence from the track of al most a year. ?le will compete in the UOiV.or 1,000 yard national champion hip, which will be held at the 22d Reg? iment Armory March 19. II. E. Barron, the Philadelphia hur? dler, has sent in his signed entry fcr the games of the New York A. C, which will take place Saturday evening. Earl 1 hompson, the world's champion and record holder; August Desch, of Notre Dame, and Herbert Meyer, of Rutgers, !so are expected to start in the tim? ber-topping event. How to Start the Day Wrong iljOT I.OT3A Tin^T} \GUESS ItL WALK i / \o Tue -station/ By BRIGGS V OH-?Xl Tea You a ?ijuell DUrv\P-* Tw/st^j THE MART?rO lM ?'IOUX cuy OH" BOY- ) iv? eeeM \ Tnefte - I KrO?VAJ cjEMEl AMO ?J?HN / KC LLY ? / eu. *^e MOTHINJ? ABOUT Th6 HOTGCS ROUND U?>T?CJ ?v/e go"* /rx .JAMS I Hey! - i /ototr two) CT ?> [ ti ??_A_??i<A?' / ,_.U?&vsJ r?^ (zrH pi4.o8-\ iMf'?r.?-w-/ '^"^ \ \ ?Sr\M awToiois/ ) 1 \ / \ You'?-L ^-? r--^ ? WHKT was \ \ y ? /You Taws V-^^ ^Av"? To / l __*__. \Y?O AAVIM6?J ^?? ?- i\iT-- -/____. ^ V HU1WY / J?S(fe\ Catcher Taylor Accepts Terms Of the Dodgers Catcher James W. Taylor's signed contract for the season of 1921 has been placed in the archives of the Brooklyn Baseball Club, it was announced from Ebbets Field yesterday afternoon. Ac companying the,contract was a reassur? ing letter, in which Taylor stated that he would report to Manager Wilbert Robinson in New Orleans on or before March 7. Taylor says he is in excel? lent physical condition, as he has been playing winter ball around his home town, Winter Park, Fla. Taylor served his apprenticeship with the champion Dodgers last season. He is highly regarded by Robinson, a shrewd judge of catchers, and it would not be surprising if the young man were to develop into Brooklyn's first string backstop during the prospective training trip. ?? a Odd Fellow Team Takes Lead in Bowling Meet BUFFALO, N. Y., Feb. 28. -Thirty two local five-man teams bowled to? night in the opening games of the twenty-first annual tournament of the American Bowling Congress, which will continue here for the next thirty days. An Odd Fellow lodge team carried off the first night honors with a total pin nage of 2.715, shooting 891 in the first Rame, 931 in the second and 917 in the third. 0. Gerber rolled 24(J in his first game. Two-man and individual bowline; will start at noon to-morrow, there being no morning bowling during the first week of the tournament. ? Joe Lynch Barely Wins Over Young Montreal DETROIT, Feb. 28.?-Joe Lynch, ban? tamweight champion, and Young Mon? treal, of Providence, fought ten lively rounds here to-night, the showing on points being about equal until the eighth round, when Lynch put his opponent down for a count of eight, thereby win? ing a shade, in the opinion of a major? ity of newspaper men at the ringside. Montreal had little trouble reaching the champion with his left jabs and hi. defense was effective until Lynch floor? ed him near the end of the eighth. N. Y. A. C. Wins Relay Title The New York A. C. relay team easily won the four-mile "fmet" championship at the games of the Silk A. A. in the 14th Regiment Armory last night. The Knights of St. Antony quartet ".vas sec? ond, almost a lap behind. The win? ning combination was composed of Jack Sellers, Newton Brown, Garland Courage and Joseph Whearty. The time was 19:51%. ? Moore May Join "Pro" Ranks Joe Moore, who a few weeks ago won the international amateur ice skating championship, is contemplating a leap into the professional ranks. The New York speed marvel yesterday received an offer of $5,000 to compete in three match race?, at Pittsburgh, Winn n?'g and St. Paul. Moore, who Is only nine? teen years old, has the matter under advisement. Football Captain Dropped NEWTON, Mass., Feb. 28.-?John Heaphy, of Beverly, captain-elect of football at Boston College, to-day was separated from the institution as a re? sult of scholastic difficulties. He may return next fall and qualify to lead the eleven. Coach Tesrcau on the Job HANOVER, N. H., Feb. 28.?Jeff Tes? rcau, former Giant pitcher, now coach cf the Dartmouth baseball nine, arrived here to-day to take charge of the can? didates for the Green nine. Tesreau will have many veterans available this season. Pearson Wins Court Title, PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 28.?Stanley W. Pearson, of the Philadelphia Racquet Club, for the fifth time in six years, won the national squash racquet championship to-day, wiien he defeated Hewitt Morgan, of New York, here 15?8, 15- -7 and 15?8. Weslevan Ball Tossers Out M1DDLETOWN. Conn.. Feb. 28.? Sixty candidates for the Wesleyan Uni? versity baseball team reported to Dr. Edgar Fauver, head coach, for first practice to-day. Did jou lo?e ?omfithtng or were yon ? lucky finder of some valuable article? Insert a I.osi and Found ad. In to-morro??v'i Tribune. Telephone Beektcjin 8000.?jL4vl |PO?TLKHT! %?y Grantland Rice (Copyright, 1921, N&iv York Tribun? Inc.) Officials vs. the Populace It is a trifle difficult to say just what the favorite sport of this coun? try is. We may be in error, but offhand we should suggest that it is hand? ing the raspberry to officials in sport who may be displaying their judg? ments between two of our best known oceans. Beyond any argument this is one tough commonwealth upon officials, whether they are baseball umpires, football judges or fight referees. The ninth wonder of the world is that we can get and keep as many fair and decent judges at work along the sporting roadbed. For the hand of the populace is against them and the squawk is never silent. A Reason or Two Part of it is due to ignorance. A crowd surrounds a ball field. The crowd is pulling lustily for the home team. It sees the visiting base run? ner slide into second with the catcher's throw on hand three feet in ad? vance of the runner as the infielder tags at his man. The umpire says "safe" because he saw the second baseman miss the runner a good six inches. The crowd thinks the umpire is crazy because it wasn't close enough to see what actually took place. The same thing goes for a fight. Two boxers are whaling away and one is constantly rapping at his opponent's jaw. The opponent's glove i stops the blow, but the crowd only sees the wallop start and hears the resultant echo that follows the wallop. The referee, who happens to be I en top of the job, knows what is taking place, but what chance have those I who may be from fifty to one hundred and fifty feet away? What Are Rule?? Something like a fortnight ago we saw "Kid" Norfolk and "Pinky" I Lewis, two sable heavyweights, meet at Madison Square Garden. In the matter of wrestling, pushing and clinching they both violated moBt of the rules of their trade, with Lewis the leading offender. It was I merely an old-fashioned brawl, with the crowd roaring its approval. The fact that rules are supposed to be considered meant nothing to the crowd. The fact that boxing as a sport was being injured meant still less. After three distinct warnings Louis White, the referee, stopped the smear and disqualified the leading offender. Did the crowd hoot and howl down the offending boxers? Why be ridiculous? It promptly arose upon its hind legs and panned the hide off the man who was running his job with cool decision and courage. Recalling a Query Which recalls a query Ty Cobb put to us recently. "I have come into New York for fourteen years," he said, " and have given the crowds there the hardest, cleanest baseball I knew how to play. Yet on my last trip there 80,000 stood up and hooted me because I was supposed to have given out an interview where I hadn't opened my mouth. There wasn't a soul in the stands willing to wait for the facts or to get my side of it. A crowd j will turn a trick like that and yet roast the life out of some ballplayer \ for making a slight mistake. Why is it?" The answer is that while there is rarely any touch of cowardice on the ; part of the individual, the spirit of the mob is nearly always the spirit of i cowardice plus poor judgment. And in this respect one part of the country is very much like any other i part. So much so that we are having on one side the jeering of the officials | by the crowd and on tho other the officials' contempt for the crowd. It is about time that a few of our masked camp followers were tak? ing a tumble to themselves. The Crowd Angle Jack Curley had the head lock barred. Why? Not because it was more punishing than the toe hold or the scissors. Not because it was any less fair. - It merely happened to look rougher to the wrestling crowds as put on by a wrestler of "Strangler" Lewis's mighty bulk and/grim resolve. Curley argued that he wanted to please his customers. Which is merely ! another way of saying that wrestling is an amusement and not a sport. ! Accepted as a sport, Lewis is entitled to use his head lock in defense of his championship, as Stecher is entitled to use his scissors or Caddock to em ! ploy the toe hold. The crowd will award the hoarse hoot to a pitcher walking "Babe" i Ruth. Yet under the rules that is exactly what a smart pitcher should do j with runners on second or third where first base is unoccupied. The pitcher isn't supposed to be out there to cheer up the crowd- He is sup ; posed to be giving the best he has to win a ball game for his club. It ; might be proper enough to change the rule and give a hard hitter his ; chance, but with the rule as it is the crowd is merely hooting an athlete i who is doing his duty to the game as a competitive sport. And if baseball |was,not a competitive sport it would not be an amusement. - How about a poor official, you may ask? Should he be allowed to get I away with it? No. But has the average crowd shown its competency as the final judge? And is it going to improv? th? official'? work to hav? the j crowd on top if his neck? Cobb Off to Make Debut as Manager Of Detroit Tigers Vprrial Dispatch to The Tribune AUGUSTA, (la, Feb. 28? Tyrus Ray? mond Cobb left his home in Augusta to? night for the training camp of the De? troit Tigers at San Antonio, Tex., t? enter upon his supreme test as the prima donna of the American League? when he assumes the r?le of manager for the Navin outfit. "The squad will be waiting for me upon my arrival. We expect to begin our training period at once and you might say that the Tigers this year will go through a pre-scason work-out similar to none since spring trips were inaugurated by baseball players," Cobb told friends at the depot. "I am going to put into effect a train? ing business new to baseball. But one period of work a day will be indulged in, from noon until 4 o'clock. I long ago lost the idea that the morning and afternoon practices with intervening hot baths to sap the strength of the men were beneficial. ''The men will go to the movies or spend their evenings until a reasonable hour as they choose. No blackboard and chalk directions are calculated in my plans. Baseball will be taught and directed on the diamond only." Cobb says that if the Tigers don't finish closer to the top this year than in 1920, the Michiganders will be searching for a new manager. Cobb has accumulated approximately $200, 000 in the automobile and real estate business and is expected to quit base? ball after this season unless he wins success as a manager. - a Harvard Hoekey Team To Play Independently CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 28.?The Harvard hockey team, which closed its collegiate season Saturday with ??. 13 to 1 defeat of Yale, became the "Crimson Ramblers" to-day. Because of their success and the fact that six of the squad will play varsity hockey no more, tTaptain Ned Bigelow and his men de? cided to form an independent team and stay on the ice for a few more weeks. It was said that Captain Carson of the Yale team, who scored the only goal made against Harvard by an Amer? ican collegian this year, might join the club. Close Call for Michigan ANN ARBOR, Mich., Feb. 28^?Michi? gan defeated Purdue in a Western Con? ference basketball game here to-night, 19 to 15. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 28.?Illinois defeated the Ohio State five, 35 to 82, in a conference game to-night. CHICAGO, Feb. 28.?Iowa went irito a tie for third place in the conference lace to-night by defeating Northwest? ern, 20 to 14. ? Gelston Wins Billiard Title Rodney Gelston won the metropolitan three-cushion billiard championship for this year by defeating John Norton by 30 to 21 points in the final match of the tourney conducted under the aus? pices of the National Association of Amateur Billiard Players at the Broad? way Billiard Academy yesterday. Gel ston's best run was five balls, and Nor? ton ran off four in succession for his best. ?. ? Mrs. Hurd Plays Fine Coif . PINEHURST, N. C, Feb. 28.?Mrs. Dorothy Campbell Hurd went over the No. 1 course at Pinehurst to-day in 42, 42?84, with everything holed out, in a match with John D. Chapman, of Greenwich. A curious feature of Mrs. Hurd's tine score was that she did not have a single 3 to help keep down the figures. Chapman finished in 78. -? 55 Harvard Fielders Out CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 28.?Fifty five men to-day answered the call of Coach Slattery for candidates ?for field? ing positions on the Harvard, baseball team. Veterans of last year's nine who reported included Captain Emmons, Conlon, Lincoln, Hallock and Janin. Angelo Defeats Tiplitz PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 28. ?Billy Angelo, of York, Pa., defeated Joe Tip? litz, of Philadelphia, in eight hard fought rounds here to-night. Angelo was knocked down in the first. Jac'.i Palmer, of Philadelphia, and Jimmy Sullivan, of Brooklyn, fought a draw. Pfeiffer Heads Armv Five WEST POINT, N. Y., Feb. 28.?Cadet ErneBt H. Pfeiffer, of Illinois, a mem? ber of the third class at the Military Academy, to-day was elected captain of the Army basketball team for 1921-'22. ?r?ei?fer playa u guard position. Two Stars Win In First Round At Florida Nets Kumagae and Williams Show Splendid Form and Koiit Opponents Easily By Frecl Hawthorne PALM BEACH, Fla., Feb. 28.?The ; annual men's tournament for the cham I pioTinhip of Florida began thia morning ; on the eight clay court? of the Palm j Beach Tennis Club wifh twenty-seven ! players entered-in the singles, among 'them being Ichiya Kumagae. of Japan, j the playing through champion, and ! Richard Nor?ts Williams ?d, of Boston, : former national champion and Davis Cup player. Kumagae and Williams won, of course, which is no more surprising ; than that the sun rose this morning and set this evening, and both should I keep right on winning up to the final ; round, when they are expected to thrill | the big gallery by an exhibition of ?tennis that is not likely to be equaled : until the big invitation tournaments up - North get under way. In the top half of the draw Kumagae ; won his. first round match fnom F. V, ?Jackson, 6 -2, 6.2, and although this marked the first time that. Itchy had I swung a racquet since last October, he : indicated that by the time of the final I round match he will be pretty close to his midseason form, Williams an Easy Winner Williams, v.'ho has been playing in? doors at Longwood this winter, racec easily through his match with Georg? Humphreys, tiie sets going at ? -2 j 6?0. It might have been more de? cisive even than that Lad Dick caree to ero after his points seriously. IL contented himself with trying out hii strokes, paying particular attention U his backhand shot across the court. Kumagae showed his lack of prac tice by misjudging the ball severa times in his match with Jackson, bu his shots were distinguished by grea paee, particularly on his foreham drives. His volleying was surprisingl; good. Jackson, a tall, brawny playe proved to be no novice at the game showing a very severe service an? sound ground strokes. Dr. William Rosenbaum, who cam' over yesterday from the Baham; Islands, where he was runner-up t Manfred Goldman, of New York, oi Saturday in the island championshi tournament, went into the third roun? by default to-day, having drawn a by in the. first bracket. Therefore "Doc" agreed to umpir the match between Goldman and F. I Homaris. Goldman won this in straigh sets at 6 4, 6?2, going into to th net frequently, where his clever vo! leying proved too much for Roman? who was a bit short of condition. Prodigry Plays Well j One of the matches that attracte the biilliant gallery on the Poincian balconies was that which brough Ogden Phipps, the twelve-year-ol prodigy, against 'Walter Waller jr., player of tournament experience. Wo! 1er won, at 6?4, 4?6, .3-?5 (default after being outplayed by the two headed marvel most of the way. Young Phipps reluctantly agreed t the default, when leading at 6?3 i the last set, at the anxious request c Mrs. Phipps, who feared the heat wa too great for her little son, who ha recently been suffering from an attac of vertigo. Tho summaries: Men's championship of Florida sing!? (first round)?S. W. Merrihew defeat?: Edwtn Torrey, 6?3, 3?G, 6?4; L. .1. M< Cormiclt won from Gregory Byran by ?J? fault; Ichiya Kumagae defeated K. Jackson, 6?2, >>?_; W. Waller Jr. di feated Ogden Phipps, 8?4. 4?6, 3?5. d? fa.ult; Durand Smith defeated If. Carpel ter, ?j?3, 3?6, 6?2: H. B. Chase defeatt C. D. Klotz, 6?1, 6?1; H. W. Wilson wc from A. L. Hoskins by default; G. ? Slyer won from J. S. Phipps by defaul H. Norrls Williams 2d defeated Ccon Humphreys, 6?2. 6?0; R. B. Weedln d feated Richard Curran jr., 6?.. 6? Manfred Goldman defeated P. P. Homan 6?4, 6?2. Second round?Dr. William Rosenbau won from Malcolm Chase by defaul Goldman won from John S. Nlcholl by d fault: Jarvis Adams Jr. won from H. A Hagaman by default; Merrihew won fro H. W. V.'llson by default; .Smith defeati ' H. B, Chase, C ?1, 6 ?2. ?-. Thirty Sprints a Day To Mark Six-Day Rac Thirty sprints will be on the dai ! program at the six-day race starting j Madison Square Garden next Sundi night. Ten sprints for points will 1 i put on in the afternoon and ten at I a. m., instead of live. The usual t? | sprints will be on the schedule ! 9 p. m. The liner Rochambeau will arrive t i morrow with seventeen of the forei) I riders, including Broceo, Piani, Kau ! man, -Van Kempen, Berthe, Paris? Van Bever, Leonard, Roilens, Miqu> Degravo and Arets. The Cedric, wi Rutt and Lorango on board, will arri Friday. > Yale Crew Coach Returns Guy Nickalls, the Yale crew coach, s rived yesterday from England on t Carmania. Captain Steve Hord, of t Yale crew was at the dock to meet hi Nickalls went at once to the Yale Cl\ where he held a conference last nig with Fred Allen, chairman of gradu?t rowing committee, and several otl members of the committee. He will to New Haven to-day to take ?harge spring rowing. ffi?TI Look up ? *Composit? soft hats and derbies?s composite of our most be? coming styles. Look down?all leathei shoes. Quality here begins at the foot ! Look in?No. 939, out ? light weight raglan shoul? dered union suit. Perfect fit, even for imperfect fig? ures ! Look out?not all Spring suits and overcoats will measure up to the high standard set for the "four I corners." The best is | cheapest in the end ! Rogers Peet Compw , Broadway Broadwrtj) | at 3 3th St. "Four at 34th St. Convenient Broadway Corners" Fifth Av& : at Warren at 41st St. Stamford Golfer Victor in Play-Off Of Filial for Gup Special Correspondence of The Tri june ' ? ST. AUGUST1NK. Fla., Feb. 28. R. Graham Biglow, of the W of Stamford, Conn., won ?with William A. Knight, of this city,' in the final round of St. Augustine spring 'golf i ? here to-day. His margin of - ctorj the end of the eighteen holes w up. On Friday last the pair stri .;.: eighteen holes to a draw. }' victory gives him a leg ? i thi Beardsley cup. In the first cor,*e?t pla superb golf on the outgi tug I a lead of four holes at the twelfth? hole, but then h? slipped badly, lost four in succession and just managed to come off all square. To-day it was* Biglow who came from belli . -. out. Two seasons ago Knigl holder of the. state ama apio . ship. Knight got off in the the first hole, bul Big second. Knight again at the but lost the seventh and ? : winning the ninth he made the turn 1 up. Coming in he forged ahead again by two holes at the thirteenth but Biglow, playing gamely and carefully, squared matters at the fifteenth and von the sixteenth also, which proved to be the winning hole. Th<? cards: Biglow?Out ...5 4 4 5 4 6 6 4 4??U In .446445454 -40?S3 Knight?nut ...4 5 5 5 4 ?j 5 4 11 Lyons Outpoints Nathan In 69th Regiment King John Lyons, of the Paulist Athletic Club, and Robert Nathan, of the Clark House Athletic Association, supplied most cf the thrills at the t-.mateur box? ing tournament of the 69th Regiment in the armory last night. Lyons was awarded the judges' decision after three rounds of fast fighting. The summaries: IfO-pound class?.To? Refrgia ! second Street T. M. K. A., defeated Murr?? Leighton, Clark House A. A., three - | judges ?incision. 115-pound class Prank Lav? I unat? tached, defeated Dennis ?;.'? ? ?th Regi? ment A. A., three rounds, judg? ? e? -'' ? 125-pound class ? John Lyons, Pa . - C, defeated Robert Nathan, Clark Houss ! A. A., three rounds, ju Ig 135-pouini class?Theodore Si ill, unat? tached, defeated Sam Getting i Cla - I House A. A., three rounds, Ju Iges' decision. Perpetuates Chapman"1-- Name* CLEVELAND, Feb.. 28.?Mrs. Kath? leen Marie Chapman, widow of Ray Chapman, the Cleveland ball player who died last summer after being hit by a pitched ball during a game in New York, gave birth to a baby giii here last night. The baby has been christened Rae Marie Chapman, in memory of her father. YOUNG MEN'S STYLES vn Zephyr" weigK. COUARS JUUVte flexil, ilft? and comfort of ?ojt collars combined wiVk ike smar. appearance of IDE slarcned shjles jssssmessEa^^