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Delegates to Congress of Sport Raters Adopt Definition of an Amateur That Proves Satisfactory to All
THE SUN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1916.
PLAYING ON TEAMS
OF PROFESSIONALS
ONLY BIG PROBLEM
Bat Conclave of Nportsinon
Finally A props on Rule to
Disapprove Practice.
AIL GOVERNING BODIES
SATISFIED WITH ACTION
Tt the second tlma Urla week repre
sentatives of the principal sport s;overn
tn bodies In the United mates mat at
the Hotel Aator yesterday afternoon In
an effort to frame an 'amateur definition,
with penalties for violation of the oode
that would be acceptable In all n porta
Though not quite such a representative
MM an on Monday last when the dele
gates met at the Invitation of the Irrter
tolrearUUe Association of Amateur Ath
letes of Amerlra the meeting was com
, jsed of the leaders In nearly every
eport and pastime and before adjourn
ing a eatlafiu-.tory solution had been ar
I ived at In regard to nearly every ques
tion in dispute.
Theiu wan smooth nailing at the start,
but when the matter of coarhlng for
money oaine up the first squall tame
w ith It In the application of this clause
to the summer camp and playground
wploe. The legislative ship weath-
i ed that by an addition to the suggested
enactment that at least leaves It very
easy for young athletes to accept jobs
in summer camps, provided they have an
. :ibl In the shape of some other employ
ment to account for their presence at the
amp.
The real storm broke, however, when
tUBjUPSf ball aieared on the horlson
garbed Ln the phrase of "Association with
irofesnlonaln." W. E. Garvelon of Har
vard and Dr. J. W. Ilaycroft of Prince
ton objected strenuously to the Imputa
tion of temporary professionalism It
was proposed t attach to a man who
!''ayert on a team with a professional.
Argument that the rule suggeeted by
the t, C. A. A. A. A. to th effect that
the man was only debarred during the
time he was so playing, was a much
more lenient one than that In existence
ul the present time failed to move the
objectors. No one wanted to sanction
unrestricted nurorwr ball, but an agree
ment could not be reached on the sug
gested clause.
Broad Heeolattss) Accepted.
Just as It seemed that the meeting
would have to adjourn without accom
plishing anything touching nn one of
the mont Important questions to be de-
Ided Justice liartow S. Weeks offsret
ft suggestion In the form of a negative
resolution. It proved the Mraw for the
legislators to catch at and by a few
changes of phraseology was made more
loaltlve and presented by Dr Raycroft
:n the following resolution, which was
imseed unanimously:
It lp the sense of this meeting that
competitions between amateurs and pro
fessionals should not be favored, but
that under exceptional cond, lions, with
proper safeKuar-l. such competitions
ehall be allowed by the various organisa
tions governing their Srts without
Jeopardising Ihe amateur status of the
competitor."
This. It was confessed by some of the
delegates, left the question of summer
ball In much the same condition that It
was before the congress. Kach case will
have to be ruled On on Its merits and
each governing tody will have to enact
us own rule to tit its needs. So far as
the Intercollegiate association is con
cerned, the way Is left open for a new
constitution that will clear the way for
the competition of collegians In track
sports who otbnrwtse would have been
debarred ly playing on the team with
Brlckley of Trinity, or on one of the
teams that played against the Trinity
football team.
From the expressions of Bartow 8.
Weeks, the spokesman for the Amateur
Mhletic T'nion. It Is not considered likely
that the A. A. I', will remove any of the
harrlnts axalnsl professionals, or of
thoae who -irnpete with them. The
rule la a perfectly acceptable one for the
t'nltcd States Golf Association and Is
absolutely b saving clause for the
I'nited States Football Association,
which frankly confesses It cannot get
along successfully without mixed com
petition. With summer ball and the summer
amp questions rather riodited tlian met
falr'.y and squarely there were no half
way measures- in regard to the other
nets of disbarment from the amateur
ranks A few words were added to the
definition of an amateur only to make
it more sweeping and comprehensive
None had any sympathy with fraud and
In addition .0 the bar against competing
for money a clause was added barring
a man who disposes of his (.fixes for pe
cuniary gain.
Many of the athletic leaders felt thai
the b.ggest stroke of the congress was
the almost unanimous consent given to
the clause against the capitalization of
athletic fame This did not go through
without considerable discussion, but ln the
end It was passed n.- presented, with R
P. Belts of tlie American Federation of
Motor 'yclists the only one to vote In
the negative. The portion objected to
by Mr. Belts was that relating to those
Who get on salesmen, hut he with the
others agreed that no amateur should be
t. lowed to make money out of the fame
or notoriety that came to h!m hy reason
eg his prowsll on track or field.
Ilarly Difficulties Avoided.
levers of the difficult situations that
deiciMp. d at the tlrst meeting were
vmonthed out adroitl, mainly by In-
p ie!ng the pardoning power for acts
of sbarment committed One addition
"as Hat a man shouLl not he debarred
if the tot was committed at a time that
there war no genera! oompetltlons for
ama'ein in that particular sport at that
time. The Military Athletic League
weakness is bolstered up with another
sentenc e wh i excused those whose com
petition was masji obligatory by the com
mand of a in ,ry authority. The poor
shootsra, who ver really had an anta
tour orfftfliMtloi were looked after by
a spe.lal clause pi vldlng that the rules
did not apply to i- vlers or to shooting
Si-her with revolver, hotgun or rifle.
ln nil IntrOdUOtory "marks Chairman
Ousts VU1 T. Klrby ri : red to the sug
gest. on as to the Oftptt .ilxatlon of ath
let.c f ime as the naati t step toward
the purification of athletics, that had
heer. taken for ninny year- He told ft
story ( an offer he had re. . !ved for the
Iftv - f Ms name as the supposed super-'
vlw ijf a summer camp, winch Illus
trated that In many Instances It was ths
ame i, n1 not the services of the man
f'at thl ramp promoters required for
a ' eftU , . piir;Kses.
L Isr, when the clause refeinng to
('. hlng for money tame up, the
Rdrocaici ef summer oampft were faa4y
lh ftryuntstltl III fa'or of the sol lag tail
ftVllni lot tuition fees In this way.
'I tc win some delegates who thought
Tf -was no reaeon why a star athMe
rlillld not he paid more than other etu--its
for this service, the reason being
U K they were better uisctplinarians aftd
JUST WHAT
WILL LET
An At
(tear.
An amateur sportsman Is one who
engages In sport solely for the pleas-
ure,
pnysicai, mental, moral anil en
clal benefits he derives therefrom and
to whom sport Is nothing more than
an avocation.
A eta f nisnarraent.
A person shall cease to be an ama
teur by committing any of ths folk.w
Ing acts:
Kraad.
A By competing or giving an er
hibtlon In any athletic sport under at
assumed name, or by being gulHy of
any fraud or other grossly unsports
manlike conduct In connection there
with. PosiseHsg far Money.
B By directly or Indirectly receiv
ing pay or financial benefits In con
sideration of or as a reward for par
ticipating In any public athletic com
petition or exhibition, or by disposing
of prises for personal gain.
Coaching for Money.
C By directly or Indirectly receiv
ing pay or financial benefits In con
sideration of or as a reward for In
structing or preparing any person In
or for any athletic competition, exhi
bition or exercise, except where such
act was merely an Incident to his
main vocation or employment, such
exceptions to be determined by the
govemtng bodies of the separata
sports.
D By granting or sanctioning
the use of his name to adver
tise or promote the sals of, or
to act as the personal solicitor
for the sale, or as the actual salesman
of sporting goods, prises, trophies or
other commodities for use chiefly In or
In connection with athletic games or
exhibitions ; or
By engaging for pay or financial
benefit In any occupation or business
transaction wherein his usefulness or
value arises chiefly from the publicity
given or to be given to the reputstlon
or fame which he has secured from
his athletic performances, rather than
from his ability to perform the usual
and natural acts and duties Incident
to such occupation or transaction.
Associating: With Professionals.
E it Is the sense of this meeting
that competitions between profes
sionals and amateurs should not be
favored, but that under exceptional
conditions with proper safeguards
such competitions shall be allowed by
the various organisations governing
their sports, without Jeopardising ths
amateur status of the competitor.
Any organisation governing a sport
shall have the power to relieve an ath
lete of the effect of his commission
of any of the acta by which he would
otherwise have lost his amateur sta
tus when It Is shown to Its sat 1 suc
tion that such act was committed
through Ignorance, Inadvertence or ex
cusable error, or where the act was
committed ln a sport In which there
was at such time no general competi
tions for amateurs, or where the act
was made obligator)' by the order of
a military authority.
These rules shall not apply to bowl
ing or to shooting either with revolver,
rifle or shotgun.
All Amatrae Team Against a P ra
ft atonal Trass Permitted.
Nothing cent at tied In the provisions
as to acts whereby an atiUtvte loses
his amateur status is such as to pre
vent a team of amateurs representing
a well established organisation from
participating in a public competition
or exhibition against a team ootnposed
cf professionals, and it er.ould be
noted that under Clause E of acts
whereby an athlete's amateur status is
lost a single professional player on
a team makes the team a professional
one.
By a team Is meant not only such
team as one In which all the members
thereof enter Into Hie contest simul
taneously, as a group like football,
but also where the mem tiers of the
team compete separately, as ln track
and field athletics, sunn competitions,
however, to consist of the regular se
ries of standard events and not merely
one or more special contests.
Penalties.
The effect of having committed any
of the acts whereby an athlete's ama
teur Status Is affected :
Penalty for Kraad.
XA One who has committed an net
set down lu Clause A shall never
thereafter be permitted to compete or
more capable of Instilling a proper spirit
Into the youths of the country.
Mr Garcelon said : "Are we trying
to pievent ft man who is an nthleb- from
getting any benefit from his success,
or are w trying to raise the standards
of amateur athletics? I consider It a
benefit to young Amerimns to have In
summer camps men skilled In sports
teaching boys In sports. The men ln
charge of those camps look for men of
good physique, men who cum do things.
Despite denials, men are hired because
they can do things.
"Do we do anything towanl the forma
tion of character and high Ideals by
laying down general rules debarring
these men? I believe thai If a man is
going to a summer camp to teach he
should go to his college and state his
programme, and it Is for the college to
approve or disapprove. This body cover
ing so many sports ought not to make
such a sweeping general rule."
Working of Camps Ksplslned.
Dr. J. IL McCurdy explained the
working of the two kinds of summer
camps and sisjke of the scholarship evil
for utilities as juai as greai a int. !
summer camp. Pr. llayrroft, Harry
Klsher and Ernest HJertberg, the
Swedish conch aiSO spoke on thl:, sub- I
Ject Before the question was put Jus- 1
lice Weeks pointed out that lu suswest-i
Ing that ft man might coach as a side Issue
la his main employment the congress
was only showing tho way for an evasion
Of the rule, saying that a man may ac-
cept a position to lecture on mythology j
once n week and then stay around the
camp or gymnasium every other duy and
htmaudf because he liked the I
visasrf
atMPKIrty Anally explain. tht thr
c1u a amended modified tha pranent
rule .nd minor chaiue the nur-
ffMtlon x ajrread to. whlh. leav It
with evary man who teaohea In a num
mer oamp or .play R round to fihow that he
doea not Inntruct In nport only for pay.
Thar were aofna delegates who con
tended tha. a profeattlonal In one sport
ahould MM t,e deburred from wmpetin
at an amateur In any other, but they
wera largely In the minority Over the
rt'litatntement o one uport of a man Who
hud baatt a proferoionHl roach In another
sport there whh considerable difference
of opinion. JlMtltt Week wu the
Htroneat advocate of keeping a man a
professional once he had become one and
,nted alone In the negative on every
quotUm in which thl urlac.pU wa in-
CONFEREES
AMATEUR DO
exhibit as an amateur in st y sport.
BB one who has committed an act
set down in Clause B in subject to
the following penalties or disabilities:
Penalties for Competing for Money
He shall never thereafter 1 per
mitted to compete or exJilb.t as an
amateur In the sport or s.mrts In
which such act was committed.
After a period of Ave years has
elapsed since the commission of any
such act he shall be privileged to ap
ply to the governing body f any
sport other than tliat In whlct sucn
a. t was committed for premlmion to
compete as an amateur In that sport,
and such body or bodies upon assur
ances being given by the applicant of
no future violations of any act which
woud disbar him from competition as
an amateur shall be privileged to per
mit such applicant to compete as an
amateur In the sport over which It
hag control
Penalties for Ooewhlnar for Money.
CC One who has committed an act
set down In Clause C Is subject to the
following penalties or disabilities:
He shall not be permuted during the
period of his coaching or tralslng to
take part In any amateur competition.
On Ms ceasing to be such coach or
trainer he shall be privileged to apply
to the governing body of any sport
other than that In which such net of
coaching or training was committed
for permission to compete as an
amateur In that sport, and men body
or bodies, upon assurances being riven
by the applicant that he will refrain
ln the future from the commission of
any act which would disbar him from
competition as an amateur, shall he
privileged to permit such applicant to
compete as an amateur In the sport
over which It has control.
After a period of five years has
elapsed since the commission of any
such act he shall be privileged to
apply to the governing body of the
sport In which such act was committed
for permission to compete as an
amateur ln that sport, and such body
or bodies, upon assurances being given
by the applicant of no future viola
tion of any act which would disbar him
from competition as an amateur shall
be privileged to permit such applicant
to compete as an amateur in the sport
over which It has control.
Penalty for Capitalisation of Ath
letic Fame.
CD One who ha committed an act
set down In Clause D Is subject to the
following penalties or disabilities:
He shall not he permitted 0 com
pete or exhibit as an amateur during
the period of such use of his name or
of the enjoyment of nny return there
from, or during the period of his em
ployment hi such a salesman, or of
his enjoyment from the return, or
during the nerlod of the publicity given
to his name, or of ihe enjoyment of
the financial benefit or reward therefor.
On his ceasing to permit his athletic
nsme or fame to be capitalised in the
manners set forth In Clause P and to
receivs no financial bsjnsflt or return
therefrom, he shall le prlv'.leired to
apply to the governing body of any
sport for permission to compote as
on amateur In that sport, and such
body, or td!ee, uion .assurances be
ing given by the npplli-nnt of no future
viol. Hon of any act which would dis
bar him from competition as an ama
teur, shall be privileged to psrmlt
such applicant to compete ,s an ama
teur In th sport OVer which It has
control.
Penalty tor As
.dating Willi Pro-
Innnls.
EK One who has committed nn act
set down In Clause E Is subject to the
following jienalttes or disabilities:
He shall not bo iiermltled during
the per tod of such part lot pat I on to
compete or exhibit us an amateur In
any sport.
On his having ceased to commit any
of the acts set down In Clause D he
shall be privileged to apply to the
governing body of any Hort other
than that In widen such art was com
mitted for permission to compete ns
an amateur In that sport, and stph
body, or bodies. uin eesurancs Ivlng
given by the applicant of no fii'ure
violation of any act wh!.-h would die
bar him from competition as in ama
teur, shall he privileged to permit such
applicant to eonije!e as an amateur In
the siiort over which 1t has control
After a period of one year bag
elapsed since the commission of nnv
such tut he shall be privileged to ap
ply to the governing body of the sport
ln which such act was committed for
permission to compete ns an amateur
In that sport, and such body, or 1k1is,
upon assurances Itelng given by the
applicant of tut future violation of any
ai which would disbar him from com
petition aft Stl amateur, shall ls privi
leged to permit such applicant to com
pete as an amateur lu the sort over
which It has control.
' volved.
He particularly ohjected to thsigoala to gain a fairly rontfOftabls leal
rlaue which Ist a man bark as nn ama
teur after five years In the particular
eport In wtilch he had prof1onaHaad
btrWM'lf. The BUOTisstttOQfi hoWtVaT, Which
give more lefway than ever before in
this line, were pMMd by an ov. rvx helin
vote. At tho cfoMrt of the meeting .?ust!v
Week nu-ved n "vote of UiuiiUm to tha
Inten'olleKlatH A. A A. A for th food
it had done In bringing the rtpreoanta
tlvea of m many porta there and asked
that a similar meeting be heM next
year. TIiIh wan agreed on, to take ptaaa
about the Mini time of the y.tn. Mr
Klrby vaid that tOftf would be taken to
Chang the constitution of the I. (V A
A. A. A. In accordance with the gUffVa
MOM approved and that a rule would
be made to tit tho summer baseball quag
tion that had CgUffld so much discus
sion. .Justice Weeks said tho KUgarestums
would bo presented to the Amateur Ath
letic t'nion. but that most of tho mai
ter involved were Incorporated already
In the rules of the A. A. V, lie ex
pressed the opinion that the OOnfffOM
hud been of immense benefit in clearing
the atmosphere and bringing repre
sentatives of different sportM to the true
appreciation of what an amateur ghotlld
be.
Go to tho Midwinter Golf Tournament
Pinehurst
NORTH CAROLINA
January 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Post entries received.
Get in lew practice round.. Leave New
York Friday, Saturday or Sunday 3:34 P. M.
Pennsylvania Station and be on the celebrated
Pinehurst Links next morning at :30 a. i
TELL YOUR FRIENDS
TAKE THEMW1TH YOU
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tlrketa. eta., ess ba sscurad throuih
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1184 Broadway. 'Phons 5M4 Madlaoa Square
CARTER FINDS EASY
WAY TO SEMI-FINAL
Bo'its BMktf by BiR Margin
in Second Match Round
at Pinchurst.
PLAYS BREDEMIS NEXT
PmgMWtgt, N. C, Dec. S. Ths .sec
ond round of match play to-day 1n the
holiday tournament brought all five di
visions down to the semi-finals ln the
first division to-morrow Philip Carter
will meet John Bredemus and Henry
Heggermnn will meet Pnrker Whlttemore,
Carter struck his stride again to-day.
He was out in S7, with short missed
putts on the fifth and sixth greens. He
ended his match with Becker on ths
twelfth green, winning easily by 7 and .
S, ggerman and Whlttemore were both
going well and won their matches from
Hennessey and McDonald by good mar
gins. The Ofttes-Bredemus match was the
only close one In the first division. Bre
demus was Z down at the turn and 1
down at the thirteenth but pulled up
even on the eighteenth and won out on
the first extra hole. The summaries:
Ftrt Sixteen. Second Round IV V O Car-
trr Niwksi DOS! D I. lieeaer. v,n.iinnii
7 and ; John bredemus
N" Y'ui,
beat P
V s,.
H USleS, Hoffman
1 up 1 1 holesi . H
firman, fcnflew
d. beat I A to
Coouerslnwn. and f: P W w tut emore.
itroouiine. o.vu . o. .ru- ,
Hea'lcn Rlgiit. First Sixteen. First Hound ;
T A Keller. ' southern lines, beat J M I
Thompson. Spring llavrn. 1 up; O M. How-
8. McUonoel.
r. ., :fin S . oeai inp le-. . m
Cheatham IHUtmrf
up; T. B
Bnyd. "I
louts, beat W F. Truesdell. rox Hills. ana
In- r. II flarrlner. As.kwam. OS' r
H
Danfnrth, Nurth Fork, t and t
Second Sixteen Ol F1rt Round R C snan
non .d. IrOl sport, bent W, S Van Chef
Hlchnmnd County. 6 and : 9. . Miller Kn
sienood brut M I rearsr, Oakland. 1 up;
I N W .lames. Fox Hills, won from J A
Caddy, Clc eland, hy default: 0 U Hudson
North Fork, bssj J U ClftPPi Chevy Chase
I Slid 2 . I
Beaten F.ijht of Second Sixteen. First
Rounit Ir Loren Johnson. Chery Chase,
heat A 9 Wills. New York. 1 and 2: F 9.
Applemau. Columbia, bent N W Patera En-
lewooda 1 UP IM hOlsSII H A Waldron. Asa- i
warn, beat Mail Orau. N-w York. and t; I
V. A. BagasiBlsli. gaff IS wood, heat J Is i
Waller M t nth.u-ine's. 1 up
Third sixteen, second wound 0 R fllllett. I
Wykagyl J T M Ca.ldon. Jr . l"riii.ftoii.
t and K ii Bee sal an, Mstaosnst, ieai L.
W Batlsfl ltltJrol. ; and .' : W T Itarr. I
seller island, beat i W Mead. Olen Ilidse.
ami 4; L C. Spnstlei. Fnx II. us. "on from
lr Joseph Swam. BBrtBg Haven, by default.
Beaten Hmtu of Third fttxteso Ftrit ronnd I
R 9. Htllortip. Wyatiamuck. Itest H C
Small. Toronto. I and 6, 9 Y Ragtags
WsnsmsngO, ls-at Samuel He.:kmsn. Meta- i
ronsi 2 and 1. I) 11 Zimnierman. I.ulu '
Temi.li'. N at Rotw-rt Fields. New (Sieain. I
t, and i; W Harmon wyssgyl, best h
T hush vtoiuclo.r.. and :t
Fourt. .xleeii Iscpnd roUPd I H Roberts ,
Put chest best II w Ooodmsn Southern
nass I ut c a Run Kidckrrbaeksr, best i
W A band ford Mom. lair. ". and J II j
Turner. Mar I and bsM .' I Hsrnh.ll. foi
Hills. 1 up. Frank Rhea. Columbia, beat C
W 1 W.Hillaml I and 1
Beaten Enht of Kourtli Sixleen First
round -H N Jewett. Pawl. tig. beal II W
Webb. New York r. and ; ti F Hendel.
Olen RlOgf, !. H J Fr.isl liien Rldse.
S aisl : J R Bowhsr. W.imllaiid. best R
A. Iwief srl. Palmetto, b and 4: S I Allen.
Mooreetown won from J. C Rumsey. Brno
I VII. by default.
F"i f? i Sixteen Second roun.1 M ii Brown
New York beat V ft. Morns Mwood,
and I; c.dv.it Townley sosrsdsla, i?ai a
C Pena, Plftlnfleld. . and t : K O, Jonrs.
Tor..ntn hrsl i MeCsdden. St Hands.
4 and : T MoCftiMen, Sr. Wiliayl beat
K c strifrter. Ktulewoisl. I up 'twenty
boles-
I c II F-V nf Klf'h StTteei K.'s' r'.'lT.d
.1 f .tones Toronto, tieat Carl Fcrs. h
Hollywood 2 and 1 ; Tf A Hsrnson. NswJ
York, is-.tt Bsrvsn Parti Itssj York. 1 1
and '.': J F Fryer, I-ulu Tent pie. beat John
witltsmson, Denver i up. I'r O z-m .1
merman. I tdu Temnle lsa A L Rel. Mid i
land, t and I
NAVY FIVE BEATS PENN
IN ROUGH BASKETBALL:
fiinne I I'ven Until
Tetini fine Ahead
Second Unit.
Home
in
ANMArOlilS, DC. SO In ;i tier, ely
contested g'.me of basketball the Naval
Academy defeated the Unlvesstty of
Pennsylvania here this sftsmoon, is to
10. The midshipman led by ' t t at
the cln.se of the flrt half, and early in
the second the visitors were ahead by a
single point A Court goal by Allen gave
the Navy the lead, and the many fouls
that were called on Pennsylvania play
en enabled t'alhonn In cage enough
There was gom hot work toward tha"
nlnae, and Williamson was chased from
tha court for hitting Wilkes, the Navy
eaptain, who was holding him.
Pennsylvania piu ed a paaalnn game,
hut handled the ball rather attnlaaaly,
and aaldow was able to work the hall to
ahootlng dlatanca, McNIchol, the Quaker
captaln( niada ail of tha vtaHora polnta.
The two Held goals aine one to each
half ami both were on long shots, and
ha aceaptad eight of hla twelve chanoaa
from the foul line. The lu st polnl about
penn'i play was its st.iff dafonalva work,
the ahootlng "f the forwards balng Iliac
run ta and tho general play unsystem
atic Fouls of all kinds were called (n
profusion, the majority of the personal
fouls being called on mld.-hipmen. Tha
lineup :
Naval
pnn. renin. m Aaadaiuy
rannoiir tafi forward csittnun
Martin Kigh forward Qragory
I rffordi 'antra Allen
McNIchol Loft guard Wllkoa
JcneB Right guard T"nl
apors Navy, it. Ponn t1 Rubatltutoa
Ponn, llllaniaon for connollr, itnr.iwick
for Wllllatnaun j Nav Mowin fur Urogory,
Marar for Daah Qoali from Bold M
Slrhol B, Calhoun I. Wllkoa Alloa fJaala
from foul Mi Nt hoi s, raihnun Itoforoa
it i. e. Oeorgotown Umplra -Whoatloy,
Annapolla. Time 'f halvea -Jfl minutes
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HONEYMOON ROADSTER
latrrarnte to Have assietsi KahfMt
at tke Passes.
The Carland Automobile Compsny,
local distributers for the Interstate, say
that a novel exhibit will be made by the
Interstate Motor Company, The lead
ing car in Mill display will be a pure
white roadstir, which has been chris
tened by B. W. Twyman, genera' man
ager of the mpsny, as the "Honey
noon noadster."
This car Is white from radiator t- tha
tip of the rear springs. The manufac
turers have even gone so far as to have
a special white leather and white top
made for this car. It will afford a sharp
contrast to the regular models, wh.ch
are finished In blue. The special car
will be exhibited at Chicago also.
BICYCLE COMPANIES
SEE BIG YEAR COMING
Look for Output Such as in
180ft, When a Million Were
Manufactured.
Bicycle manufacturers are all smiles
these days over the prospect of a record
: breaking season. Indications point to
I the biggest output since IMS. when the
I bicycle was In Its heyday and a million
' were manufactured.
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tlnn of the bicycle and Its greatly In-
reased popularity Is the use to Wrnfltl
o, vj. Imt , dellverv service.
With
swneral business conditions swinging
book to normal the commensal demand
for bicycle delivery outfits hsa greatly
increased Establishments desiring eco-
oomlcal, efficient and Inexpensive service
have turned to ths bicycle. This huge
Held offers big opportunities, hut as yet
has been little more ttan touched. Bi
cycles with wire punnlsrs arranged ln
' Ingenious ways, luggage carriers, side
cars and vans have been perfected to a
I point where they have left the expert
mental staRe and are giving efficient ser
! vice to-day to thoiiaiuids of l.'.ird headed
merchants.
It l felt that the commercial field is
to a very large extent fallow ground.
' pen to extetts ve and Intensive cultiva-
Hon. So manufacturers are optimistic
I and have mighty go, si rtitsong for It.
Department stores, umrtrs. druggists,
! meat dealers and others who must de
i pond upon efficiency In delivery service
I for the retention of their tnule have all
i recogi.:xed the importance of the bicy
cle. In the building up of universal
gocsl will small Items necessarily demand
the same desnuoh ln handling that
i larger ones arc given. Here Is where
j the bicycle comes In.
fat pries of the Taurine
la 7IJ (f.
i price f 1100
AUTOMOBILE SHOW
WILL BEGIN TO-DAY
Orand Central Palace. Opens at.
2 o'Clock Over 800
Cars on Display.
MANY DINNERS ARRANGED
The doors of Orand Central Palace
open this Afternoon at 3 o'clock on ths
sixteenth annual National Automobile
Show, which promises In many respects
to be the greatest of these many ex
tulblttons There are eighty-seven ex
hibitors of cars, of whom only seven
show electrics, and altogether more than
.100 complete cars will be on view. Be
sides those who display complete cars
there are 307 exhibitors of parts, sun
dries and accessories, Hy way of com
parison It may lie noted that the HOO
ow had fifty-one exhibitors.
I Many of the exhibitors will give
I luncheons or banquets in show week, ns
' will a number of the associations con
nected with the tiidusixv. The annual
banquet of the National Automobile
'Lumber of ommoro is scheduled for
i January 4 at the Waldorf-Astoria, and
ithe -Motor and Accessory Manufacturers
ttie rollowiug night til the Maine hotel.
The Society of Automobile nngineers
dlnissT is at the Plasa on January
Trade dinners and luncheons an
nounced thus far include. Cnalmers,
January 4, noon luncheon at Churchill's ;
January 6, llupmobile dealers' business
luncheon st the Blltmorsi January 6,
Ialge dealers' evening tAwquet at
Ilealy'e: Charles & I ties dinner to
titearns-Knlglu dealers on January 7.
APPOINTMENT FOR XT.TM.
Philadelphia la .Mow w York
Manager for Locomobile.
The Locomobile Company of America
announces the appotntmi nt of Seymour
de Hennevllle Keim as manag'T of the
New York branch of that company at
Stxty-flrst street next to Hroadway.
John F. Plummer n'signed ss manager
of the New York branch a few weeks
ago to pursue other business Interests.
Mr. i'lummer was one of the org nat
Locomobile men and hod been with ths
company for sixteen years.
Mr. Kelm for several years has been
malinger nf the Philadelphia branch of
the lxx'oniobtle company, and his ap
pointment to the New York branch house
la considered a tribute to his ability
and years of earvtea as one of the early
A Years Growth in Bond Will
A year ago this time Dodge Brothers enjoyed an enviable reputa
tion as manufacturers of a very large volume of motor car parts.
This reputation aroused extraordinary expectations on the part of
the public, when it was announced that they would build a mctor
car. Thousands of dealers were eager to represent them. Thou
sands of orders were placed by individual buyers.
But as manufacturers of motor cars Dodge Brothers were still on
trial at the bar of public opinion.
The car as a car was an unknown quantity.
In January, 1915, a few of the cars were shipped from the factory;
and a few individual good opinions began to be formed.
The growth of this volume of good opinion was in exact ratio, at
first, to the growth of the volume of production.
But not many weeks had passed before the reputation of the car
outstripped the capacity to produce.
The good news of its performance travelled faster than the supply
in sixty days' time there was a waiting list in all parts of the country.
Substantially the same state of affairs has existed ever since, and
exists today, in spite of largely increased production.
There is a very pronounced and definite public opinion now in this
country concerning Dodge Brothers car.
Nearly every man or woman you meet has a clear-cut idea of the
kind of a car it is.
How friendly and how favorable that idea is you probably know so
well that it is not necessary to go into details.
In twelve months' time the American people have bought more
than thirty-five million dollars worth of Dodge Brothers cars.
This is a notable record for one year even in an industry which has been marked
by many amazing achievements. For a first year, it stands absolutely unique and alone .
But the sales growth, to our way of thinking, is as nothing in importance, compared
to the growth of a very favorable public opinion concerning the merits of the car.
This phase of the year's work is very gratifying to Dodge Brothers and to their
representatives everywhere.
It Joss without laying that Dodge Brother will never do anything, or permit anything
to be done, which might jeopardise the Handing of the ear with the American public
Coit-Stratton Company
Broadway at 57th Street
SPACE A.J. GRAND
Csr nr Rasdater, complete,
s. b. Detroit)
(sod freight frees Detroit)
locomobile salesmen He ws first as
sociated with the Philadelphia brunch as
salesman after experience In the service
department of the factory at Bridgeport.
Mr. Kelm Is a member of the Manu
facturers t'lub, the Merlon Cricket iuh.
a governor of the Cynwyd Country Club,
is on the committee on admission nf
the Philadelphia Auto Board of Trade
Association and several other business
and social associations there. He will
be succeeded as manager of the Phila
delphia branch by Arthur Prince Hawes,
at present manager of the Boston branch
of the locomobile company.
PACKARD 100 MILE SPEED.
Hoary . Jay Speaks of His Sen
sations When Coins Vast.
J. C. Vincent, designer of the Packard
twelve cylinder motor, recently piloted
a Packard Twin His Special around the
Shsepshead Bay Speedway at a rate of
101 V miles an hour. In various of the
speed tests to which this car wss put he
carried a passenger, Henry B. Joy, presi
dent of the Packard company. Mr. Joy's
Impressions of the speed trials are ss
follows :
"About a year ago I had expressed
to our engineers. In one of our factory
conferences, how satisfying It would be
If ws could put the touring car chassis
spesd mark over the 100 mile limit. We
did It I drove at that rate myself, and
found the experience both interesting
and exhilarating.
"Of course that Is fast travelling, but
there Is not so great a sense of speed
as one would Imagine. The eye of the
driver Is fixed on a point ahead which
seems never to be reached, and the sense
of rapidly passing objects, by which
wo Instinctively measure speed. Is not
realised. It Is much like rushing
through tiie air In an aeroplane. In
which experience also the sense of mo
tion Is missing.
"In producing a stock car capable lu
design, materia! and workmanship of
withstanding the punishment of sus
tained speed of mors than 100 miles an
hour I feel our engineers hftve done
something In the nature of ft significant
achievement. The fact that we weru
using racing valve liming and compres
sion with a special gear ratio does not
detract one lota from the real meaning
cf the result. These changes enabled us
to punish ths engine vastly more than
would be possible In the hands of an
owner, giving all the more ftesuran.ee
that Its principles of design and the
stuff In It will master any test it could
be put to on the road "
King Kaaployers Share
Proflta.
DsTRorv . Dec. 30 The King
Motor
Car I'ompauy of this city has cut
melon for Its salaried employees as a
Christmas gift. It wa a percentage ol
the Ann's profits for the last year bftSSd
on the salanes of the various employee
While the exact sum distributed la not
mentioned, it is known to have been
many thousands of dollars. In many
rases It was equal to 8 per cent, nf the
total salary or wage paid during the
year.
CENTRAL PALACE
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W ftB i f
The price of the Winter Touring Csr ar Rosdeter.
complete, including regular mohair top. la
$050 (f. o. b. Detroit)
Csssdisn pries $1331 (sdd freight from Detract)
ERMINETTE HEM IN
BIG POULTRY SHOW
First of Rar Species Ever
Soph Horf Event Opens
in (in Men This Morning.
THOUSANDS OF ENTRIES
Thousands of birds a fancier's term
to include all from tiny four ounce swl
plgeotu: to in i t -until forty pound turkeys
at si geese will swell ths city's chorus
of (fleeting to the New Year at mid
night. They will be exhibits In tha
twenty-seventh annual show of the New
York Poultry and Pigeon Association,
wh.ch opens at o'clock una iiiurulnS In
Madison Square Oarden.
Itarv and beautiful ornamental birds
will cluck a welcome to Young mil, and
ths wlcl waterfowl, splashing In ths
pool, wi.l quack In the same tuna It
will I a New Year's carol from a chorus
valtusl Li stage at over IJOO,VOO and
representing poultry investments of many
mill. ons.
The only Rrminette hen ever seen In
New Tork (Ml wild with Joy at ths ar
rivals of feather companions. It la dis
tinguished by spangled feathers and has
made the sensation among poultrymen
of a new orchid with florists. The Er
mlnette was Hhlpped by mlstsks from
Plymouth. Mass.. to arrive on Christmas
eve and slnoa lias hesm a prisons In
gntltary oontlnamant in tho Harden tower.
N.i Ftoblnson CrlllOg Of Alexander Sel
kirk was ever more delighted to hear
again the talk of his kind than the
Ermlnette to be- rsSOUftd and penned in
the big Garden barnyard.
OBTAIN LOZIER NAME.
Bayers of Company's
Legal Right to
t sac ta Haws
Title.
The corporation known as the
clatel Lozier Purchasers through Ihelr
president. Theodore Priedetierg. who
came to New York yesterday, announce
that their iietltlon to change the name
to the Lozier Motor Company has been
aliowed by tho Michigan State authori
ties The company now is manufacturing
more oirs renin ever In Its history, ec
COCdlng to Krledeberg. and before Jan
uary 10 will be ln a position to announce
a capitalisation of more than 12,000.000.
Of the office's In the Associated !oxler
Purchasers only President Priedeherg
an.l So in and Hurry Prank will be re
tained. The LeOSlftf Company was pur
chased by a syndicate of capitalists, of
which tha Prank Bros, and Kriedeberg
were the leaders, nearly a year ago.
I'ntll now their work has been con
structive. An aggressive sales campaign
has been outlined for the coming year.
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