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EVENING LEDGER-PHlLADELPHJAlTUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1914,
Si MACKMEN ENTER UPON THEIR1 SECOND TRAINING PERIOD-PENN OARSMEN REPORT
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ATHLETICS WILL
BEGIN ANOTHER
TRAINING SIEGE
Collins and Baker Arrived at
Noon Others Will Fol
low Later Macks and
Phillies Idle Today.
Following a highly successful hut not
a close and exciting campaign ngainst the
American League allies, Connie Mack's
slx-tlmo champions, are on the verge
of their second training season of thn
year. At noon today Kddle Collins and
Frank Baker ai rived. Other members
of thu squad who will bo coming Into
Philadelphia within the nest II hours are
Ucndcr, Plank, Davis, Seining, Barry,
Oldring, niul possibly Ktrunk and Mc
Innls. All of these players will take n few
days' rest while the Athletics me play
ing out their schedule In Washington.
Bnkcr Is going to take a day or so olt
for the purpose of visiting his farm at
Trappo, Md., where he will keep tne edge
on his batting eye by using the shotgun.
Kddlo C0UI113 will ensugo chleily In rest
at his home In l.ansdowne. with a little
llteiary work thrown in. Ho Is going to
write n few iulunce sturlog for the IJvkn
l.v Ledger with icference to the world's
series
The other members of the club who will i
bo In Philadelphia will divide their time
between complete rest and light woik at I
iihlbe Park, with the exception of Plank,
who Is booked to visit his friends and rela
tives In Gettysburg, Pa. "Chief" Bender,
who. with Plank, will do the bulk of the
Athletics' defense work In tho series, will
play golf.
Hack himself will probably be In Wash
ington tomorrow. He will, as usual,
lcavn all of tho business details of the
series to John Shlbe and his corps of
assistants, while he devotes his enthc
time to planning for the series' battles.
There nro several youngsters on Con
nie's string who will bo worked against
tho Nationals in Washington, and these
will be given a c.ireful review.
Today thn main bm'y of tho Athletics
1b advancing Eastward. Those plttyors
who are sentenced to the Washington
scries will switch off at Harrlsburg,
while tho others will come through l(i
this city, No game is on the schedule,
hence the Mackmen took their time and
boarded a comparatively late train out
of St. Louis yesterday.
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University of Pennsylvania's
Rowing Authority Much
Pleased With the Turnout
of 160 Men.
KIOWILUMS ISSTIUt
PiCKIJJG AROUND THT
f3()MTAMNA; EIGHT CROWMJ
THE. cops ra.&
tt-eTTItsiC IW FrtD k tmo '
THt r3lG-.CR.MIV0U AT
THE. PHlU-'S PAfV.
meets Lobert l- certain to be chosen
for the position.
L'ntll the boaid ha acted on this Im
portant matter Charley Dooln will remnjn
sllfiit on his plans for the future. If the
gossip in bnsibull circles Is true, there
li no chance of Pooin's leappolntment: at
the same time, there Is almost as much
uncertainty In the workings of the ofllce
of a baseball club as there is on the
field.
John Coomb pitched yesterday in the
American League for tho Urst time since
the first two gnmes nt Boston in VsVi,
April 10 -ind 11. .-Several times this s-eai'on
Volbv John, the "ax-Iron Man," has been
.nt in to do a little work in exhibition
i games, but he was not as-signed for
Gridiron News
Gleaned From Leading Colleges
Charles Dooln's Phillies ai likewise
Idle. The game on the schedule toduy
was played last Saturday and was one
of the brace captured by the locals from , leasii' elutv until vesterdav. It Is the
Cincinnati. Tomorrow the Phillies will i k. n-1 il belief among phyj-lclan' who have
ocgln tnelr nnal Home series or tne year, hud ronmlm under their care for the last
meeting the Brooklyn Dodgers at Broad
and Huntingdon streets.
Club oflleials of the Phillies are leti
ccnt on the subject of Hans Lobnt's
appointment to the managership of the
Phillies to succeed Charles Doom. It if
said that when the board of directors
year and a half that he will never be
abb- ,o .egnln his pitching form.
.t :i' t.-nt Coombs in strong. But the
troubl. is. that he has some lurking fear
thut he mav strain his back, which was
nlT. cted In his last attack In the fall of
19VI. This would naturally prevent hi-s
putting his strength on the ball.
PERSONAL TOUCHES IN SPORT
Too bad tne whiskers on his head ain't
such that we cmlu tull him Red. lie
ouglita chanse his fuzz. Red Lavendt-r
imagine that! 1 guess that ain't the real
ee-clat! But that's what might have was.
Besides that name o' Lavender to kid
the hotel tegistfr he's got some birth
place, too. It's Montezuma, Georgia,
bojs. On nat es alone Jim's one big noise.
Let's .ee what he can do.
To start with, he can pitch good ball,
although he isn't very tull and doesn't
run to weight. In nine-teen six he first
playec' pro with Corellf, Georgia. That,
you know. Is Trus Raymond's State. It
took our Jimmy six long years In bush to
make the big league ears take on an
upward prick. Then Lavender from gret-n
turned ripe and joined the Cubs. It
seemed a pipe he had the goods to stick.
Warm weather pitchin's Jimm's meat.
In sumnu r ho's a Job to beat, he seems
"to have 'em all. He's even coin to cop a
win most any time they stick him in,
cept early upring an' fall, t-lnco Jimmy
left the shortened trees ho's had three
managers to pleaseChance, Kvers an'
O'Dav. That sure looks like he's got tho
goods or he'd have been back In tho
woods now, on tanktown pay. By A. SI.
CorrJgan.
A news storv rrom State College says
that Lamb, tho big tackle, ia going to
make, one of the best goal kickers of tho
season for Bill Hollenbacli's aquad.
Which, unfortunately for the linotype
ope ra tor, leads to tho appended:
State's tenm had a monstrous Lamb,
His strength was In his too.
And everywhere that Bill's team went
This Lamb iu sure to go.
The'll frlnf him down to PhlHy aoon
To buttle norge Brooke's crr.
And if that toe gets busy, boya.
Good nlsnt! old Red ond Blue!
Two weeks hence: "Batteries for to.
ddy's eamx villi be for the Athletics,
Bender and St hang: for Boston, James
and Gowdy."
w notice that In Weal Philadelphia
tennis is being played at night. Does
this mean thut the some ia on the verge
of being cast Into outer darkneas?
It is possible for the Athletloa to he
lieaten out by tho Bravea In the world's
surles, but there are some things con
cerning the Mackmen that Hover could
happen:
Ira Thomas now running fo Eddie
Collins.
Hushey Jennings lauds the Athletic
To save the South, Baker bus a a bale
of cotton
Bender loses his nerve with tbreo an.
Strunk drjps an ay fly.
Connie ,Mck glvea out proline inter
view.
Tho professional soccer football players
of I'u'jlnnl htve reOisfd U Join the
King's army. Tlu-ae fellow must be the
original "gluttons for punishment."
Recording to the esperta, tn open saraa
yX bo used throughout tho country this
year. ThU is what the opponents of the
Blue Law have been striving for ever
alnce the reform wave egan to roll.
Ymi will have to "blame this on Walter
Trumbull, of the New York World:
The Boston fan la funny.
He's around collecting money,
And while he's seeking placet) he can
bet It
He la boasting, bold and brash.
He'll get something for his cash
And the Mackmen think they know Just
where he'll get it.
"Tommy" Meade, who gained consider
able fame brfore he giew too heavy to
continue hit, work in the saddle, u plat
ing at the Walnut Str.-et Theatre this
week Some o' the local sportsmen ina
remember hla work,
Walter t'amp Is credited with the fol
lowing "''ampisms
coach doea, not mis take
mediocrity for worth, nor is he deceived
by the scrub who plaa to the signals.
"The 'imii'terback of brains Is the one
who can so ute his plays as to make op
portunities for his backflcld.
"A coach has. not time to convince any
one. The man who needs to be con
vinced Is the man who brings defeat.
"A coach shouldn't tell a player all he
thinks. He's liable to bo mihundenstood.
"The unmistakable sign of despair In a
coach Is whon he trios to lash hl team
with words Into making poorly planned
plays go."
The Feds have begun their second an
nual dash for the publlcltv bureau Thev
now declaio that when the season of
1915 fcogins they will have 40 players who
were with the majors In 19H. Tho list
I of 40 was not given out. hut It is under
stood mat toiierwood Mage, Lobert and
Dooln, of the Phillies, and Walter John
son, of the Washington club, are In that
mythical gathering. This comes as a
severe blow to the veracity of some wel
come known authorities, who assert that
Lobert will bo the Phillies' manager in
1913.
Pennsylvania's Eleven Is to
Be Put Through Some
Strenuous Workouts This
Week.
By EDWARD R. BUSHNELL
Princeton and Yale have burned their
bridges behind them In their determina
tion to play nothing but open, advanced
football. Both Coach Pendleton, of
Princeton, and Coach Hlnkey, of Yale,
declare that they havo abandoned tho
conservative game and intend to stand
or fall by the open game. This Is in
deed welcome news, because It can't be
denied that in tho past the gamts be
tween these two teams have been fre
quently about as dull as most Army
Navy games, with the two teams afraid
to open up.
Apparently the coaches of both insti
tutions have awakened to tho fact that
In developing the possibilities of open
football their predecessors have only
scratched the surface. There's a lot of
truth in this. Tor one thing, they have
been too much afraid of losing posses
sion of the ball to try much else but
close formation plays, varied by an oc
casional forward pass, though most of
the forward passes have been used as a
Inst resort when everything else had
failed.
There Is no longer any doubt that "Ted" '
Merrill has the inside track for the quar
terback position on the Pennsylvania
eleven. In yesterday afternoon's practice
he played this position most of the time.
and his work was a continuation of what
he did on Saturday ngainst Gettysburg.
Merrill Is nbout the only member of tho
back Held who possesses a change of pace
and who can straight-arm tacklers. Like
wise, he catches punts with some cer- i
talnty. Merrill's running In the open field ,
Is very mucli like that of Miller, the for-
vanin would have a fleet-footed pair. The
Pennsylvania system requires that tho
ends shnll bo heavy men to play against
the opposing tackle. This requirement
is what makes Murdock's effort to win a
position here so dlfllcult. Muidock Is will
ing enough and a born fighter, but throw
ing his 150 pounds against a 100-pound
tackle doesn't worry tho opposing tackle
very much.
PIUN-CF.TON', Sept. 211. A week of indi
vidual coaching for the Princeton footli.ill
cand'dntes .i lrmUKurated Jcsterday. Some
o( tho rcRiilnr, Including Captnln Ballln,
Sihcnl; nnd U. Trcnkmann. has a day off, !ut
the rest of the squad hud a long ImllUdunl
preliminary drill. The varsity nnd scrub
mixed It for half an hour and the tlrst-strlns
men won, 21 to fi.
M:V HAVEN. Sept. SO The Yale foothill
team had Its first practice by moonlight last
nlKht, The moon thone over the field before
Coarh Frank Hlnkey shouted "All In" to
memhers or the squad. SlKnnl drill for the
var-dty and scrimmaR for the second anil
tniru teams markca tne practice I'umpeiiy
Yale University's Football
Players Enjoyed First
Moonlight Practice Last
Nighton Elis Field.
Neither .Morgan nor D. Curtis made a par
ticularly Rood showing against ttatc, while
Trumbull has much to lorn.
ITHACA. Sept. L'O.-Hcad 'oach Sharpo
opened tho tuutball week at Cornell yester
day aftcrnon by cutting the varsity squad to
furty-soven men. adding sl more players to
the tralnlns tablo nnd giving tho players i,n
hour's blackboard talk In the new Schoolkopf
Memorial clubhouse inrtead of attempting
any practice. The outcome of the JMtts'.uruh
nin'nHorh'ecSna'iei'n,"10"11 I ,5t " re" onl? ',?
CAMimiDGn, Mass.. Sept 'J9. Although
there naa no Fcrlmmaslni? for the Harvard
amity regulars and substitutes who played
asaln&t llatea Saturday, there otherwise was
no let up in the work The linesmen were
worked hard jin breaking through. th
tackles, In particular, coming In tor a lot of
coaching from Crawford Illegden. 'irj, who
plaed with C'utts on Dae Campbell's team
.-y
nell squad at Ithaca. That is one wav
to put the trimmings on a football team.
Another method Is that adopted here
hint Thanksgiving by Doctor Sharp In
tho Penn game.
Now that "P.ube" Marquard has won
a game, tho proposed trailo is apt to be
called off. Any man who loses a dozen
in a row, thun captures the thirteenth
start. Is certainly not Unlucky. M-Graw
haan't much material, hence he needs
luck, and "Itube" seems to be the man
with tho horseshoe.
The Pljllliea havo still n fighting chance
for first division. They are three gam-s
behind the 'ubs. On the other hand,
th BrooklMi club has better than a
fighting chance to dislodge the locals
from fifth place, as tho Daisies are lead
Ing the Lodgers by tho keen margin of
only half a game.
Tomorrow the question of where the
Vimy-.av gamus is to be plaved will
be settled. That Philadelphia will again
be tin- scene of tnls highly attractive
contest U certain that is. If it Is played
at all.
PCaiLlSTtC NOTE
Morris and Ktynn are at it ag'ln.
THE GOLFERS' AFTERMATH
. 'vhVr.,P uf. th9 "" S'" l almojt
bi.hreakaMr and a .rr...f of th.s may be found
In the lj of the ftcld that played in th
nlor T'.urnroeiu at Apaml, aye. Nw
W. last week. Ijespuo the heat and strong
uu oer tu hundred golfers, all flfty-nte
.r of age nr ,,r, turned out for the
ent and ne4rly all nt them flntshel. Among
those whu are kn'.wn locally were U K. Pdis
moM, of toi Philadelphia Cricket Club. P. F.
iUlloell t thu St Daild's Golf Club:
i. tt. atatzeu, of the Aronlmink Country
;iuh, J p. Fahnemock. and Wtnthrop
fcttrannt. uf the Merlon Cricket nub. rhelr
n' mores for th thlrt-ix holes wtro as
follow- f'assmore. HI, llalluvell. 17. Slat
Mil, 16J. tahnejto.k. inv. and Sargent, 1M.
mcr Penn State quarterback. Adding
A!" Sharp is cutting down his Cor- a "t,,e cnd"ce to Merrill is making
. i . r . ! a i( trarAnl nlnA rr lilm
a dlffrpnt playor of him.
Assistant Coach "By" DIckBOn Is seri
ously worried over the dearth of flrst
cloes end?. The quality of tho ends will
make or break a tenm. Speed Is not the
onl rnulslU. for If It uvre Ponnsyl-
REISNER. OF MUHLENBERG
oRelsner is making cverjj effort to
land the quarterback position on the
eleven this year, and has been dis
playing marked ability.
opener,
ANN AP.liOIt. Mich, Sept. 29.-Iluebel's
work at quarter on the second team was tho
feature or jestcrday's scrimmage at Michi
gan, the little sophomore three times getting
away for runs of more than thirty yard.
Catlett, a full on the first eleen, scored the
only touchdown, and Cnpt. Hansford klcknd
the goal Maulbctsch's plunges mado the
score possible, alter an hour's hard fight
ing. ANNAPOLIS", Sept.. The football squad
at tho Naval Academy put plenty of dash
Into Its work jesterday afternoon, as the
optnlng jmhio aRalnst Ueorgetuun Is to take
Place on Saturday next. The mldshlptmn
expect to begin tho season with a Uctory.
but do not hope lor so decisive a triumph as
last j ear.
WKST POINT. N. Sept. 'JO -tVlth tl.n
Army's opening came les than a week off
thu rootbtll conches ure hard at work. Some
of tho leternns hao forgotten hoiv to ratch
a punt and thu fumbling o much in evidence
of late wus the serious theme. Wednesd ty
will sound the death knell to dallv parades
for the cadets, and this will glo the squad
another hour's practice each day.
C.Mtl.lSI.n. Pa. Pent. M. New fnrmnMmis
j were handed in the varsity Indian plarert
last nluhi hv f'oneh Wnrncr during Carlisle's
experimentation with a much-changed back-
field. The coaches dcMre to s.ue the first
Iteam as much uh polhe and cave the wlmle
niuuil only an extended rudimentary drill.
The new plas are for use against l-ehlsh on
Saturday.
Ni:w YnrtK. Sept. 'JP.-OwInK to the Fnrd
nam Varsity's fine ehoning in lioldlnir (ieore.
town scoreless In it tie mime at Washington
in Saturday, a day of rest was Brnnted to
the squad eiterriay. Coach Wjmard was
greatly pleated with the result of the contest
nnd the condition of the eleven. Schwab being
the only player on tho sick list.
WU.MAMSTOWN. Mass., Sert. 20.-Coich
Paly dismissed most of the Williams reRUlars
after an easy fort minutes signal drill iu.
terdav afternoon. An Injury to his knee, re
ceived In tho It P. I. eamo Saturday, pro.
enttd Driscoll from taking part In the work
out, and It is doubtful whether he will be
able to play against Vermont this week.
CENTRAL HIGH
ELEVEN WEAR AT
WING POSITIONS
Loss of Young and Kerr
Severely Felt by Coach
Howell, Who Is Shaping
Team for Opening Game.
MAN WINS FIRST
LEG OF BILLIARD
MATCH FROM HOPPE
At English Style of Play
Victor Outclassed Ameri
can Yankee Style to Be
Played Today.
probably trua
A rather lib reilbla. but
iciry uj rreag iniiu comes out or the wes!
ana U as fellu , very deliberate pUjer
nad driytn and was addressing his ball pre.
paratory to pUylog a mashlu shot to the
green. Ills stance and preliminary motions
(Mriiud t' hue basil accuinplUtiKl to his
atlafactloF. and a player who was on the
tc from will' h he had lust driven supposed
that ha nouH pjay Immediately. So he drove.
But lbs man alieii delaxd his stroke and
as the ball from the tee ran directly between
hla legs, ha swuus; and lifted to the araen
not bis own ball, but taa one that bid lust
bacn drives.
Another story is told of a man who . ha4
dubbtd his tee shot and Intended to hive hit
Mcond shot niaka up for the U' k of dis
tance lie hit bis bsll a tarlfflc blow wltb his
Iron and tho ball nw seen to fly among tho
limbs of an appl tree slightly jff the line f
pit, Th plaer nl his caddla hunfd long
and flnalh disc verei the eluslv sphere
embeldel In a Urge and very ripe apple. Seat
ing olmself firmly n a bough, the golfer pro
reeled to splatter tna apple alt over the place
am 'he impart of Ifaa Mow was enough to
free tuo ba'i wbl h ran to ths edge of th
green wben. i tha player ran down bis puit
ur t, macb-nccdcd bau.
NRW YORK, Sept. SO. Melbourne In
man, English billiard champion, defeated
Willie Hoppe, American billiard champion,
at the Hotel Astor last nlsht In the first
same of a 6000-polnt combination match
at both Ensllsh and American billiards.
In man's score for the opening session
was 602 to Hoppe's VH. The Englishman
avoruned 37 S-12, while Hoppe's average
was 13 18-23.
The match continues throughout the
week, 1S.J American balk lino being the
game for this afternoon and tonight.
Inman showed himself to be the master
of the English style of play and decidedly
outclassed his American opponent. It
is claimed, however, by Hoppe's friends,
that the youthful American champion will
more than make up for last night's defeat
when the American game Is played today
The two styles of play are decidedly
different, the balk lino game being played
on a 5x10 table without pockets, while
the English game Is played on a 6x1
table with six pocket.
The majority of those who saw the con
test last night are of the opinion that
the English game will never become popu
lar In this country
Inman- 0 il 0 S9 2 60 80 35 0 60 II 35 123
0 0 2 91 0 1MO : lt-600. High runs, 123, CD,
pc-O 8 10 3 IT O 4 IS 69 0 21 1 0 28 3
BASEBALL CONDENSED
NATIONAIi LEAGUE
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS.
Cincinnati. 4; l'lillllr. .
Iliihtun, 7 tiilciiKn, II.
Itmnkln, 7; HI, l-oul, :i.
New York, 5( nttfthurKh, 2 (1st game),
New York, 13; I'lttnlmrch, fl (ad game,
0 Innings, ilnrknrm).
TODAY'S GAMES.
Chicago at llostnn.
ritUliurgh at New York.
M. IiuU at Ilronklyn.
TOMORROW'S GAMES.
Ilrnnklyn at rhlliiiMphla.
Button at New ork.
CLUB STANDING.
W. I. PP W I. P r.
Hoston . ST M XOS Phillies... 72 75 .400
New York n ti.-. r.52 Hronklyn Tt T5 .4SR
St. Ixiuls. TT KB S2H Piltsbgh 3 h2 .43.".
Chicago. . T5 Ti' .510 C'lm Innatl rS hO .384
AMERICAN LEAGUE
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS.
M. I)iil. 7t Athlrth", 1.
Jloston, ft; Chlragn. 2.
Detroit. Ill IVaxhinglnn, 3.
Cletelanil, 3; tv York, 2,
TODAY'S GAMES.
Detroit at M. Louis.
( hlcugn at Cleveland.
Other rlub not scheduled,
TOMORROW'S GAMES.
Athlellr ut Yashlngun.
Chlrugo ut Cleielnnd.
Detroit ut St. I.niils.
New York at l!oton.
CLUB STANDING,
w i r c w u j c
Athletics. B3 .in .5fl Chicago . 118 HO 459
Boston. . fe 58 1103 Et Louis flT TO .4.'.b
Wash'ton TT TO .524 New York OT SO 410
Detroit.. TT 71 520 flat eland 40 100.320
FEDERAL LEAGUE
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS,
nrooklrn. 0; Chicago. 2.
I'ltUhurgli. 3; Indianapolis. 2.
llnffulo, 10 1 Kansas City, 10,
(9 Innings, railed, darkness).
Baltimore. 5 hi. l.oul. 3 (Ut game).
Ilulllmore, 4; .St. Louis, 3 (2d game,
8 Innings, called),
TODAY'S GAMES.
Chlrago at nrooklrn.
Kansas Itr at Buffalo,
bt. Louis at Baltimore.
Indianapolis at I'HUburgli,
CLUB STANDING.
w u p c. vr, Lv p.c.
Chicago. 82 63 500 Brooklyn T2 TO GOT
Indlajt'llf SO 64 550 Kan. City 60 TB 405
Baltimore TS 63 C30 St I.ouls. 61 83 42T
Buffalo 73 66 .53 Plttlb'gh BT 81 .413
WILLIAM AGAIN TO
MEET DIRECTUM I
IN PACING MATCH
In Recent Event at Grand
Rapids William Won.
$5000 Purse at Stake at
Columbus Tomorrow.
COLUMBUS. O., Sept. 20.-Rvrry pre
paration la being mado for the William
Directum I match race for a $3001 purse
tomorrow, when all complimentary
badges will be void. The Indications are
that the Hutler pacer will again go to
the post ns favorite In spite of his de
feat at Grand llaplds. Both pacers were
on the track yesterday getting blow
work.
Sensational racing featured the first
day of tho Oraml Circuit's second week
at tho Driving I'nrk track, the total of
nine heats trotted ami paced averaging
2.0U4. which lowered tho afternoon
average record made last Tuesday:
Etawah, the world's champion 4-year-old
trotting colt, owned by Frank (3
Jones, of Memphis. hipJ driven by Pop
Oeera. gained a few more world's rec
ords In his three-heat race for the 13000
Chamber of Commerce Stake He trotted
the fustest three-heut race ever perform
ed by u stallion and also lowered the
same mark fur marcs or geldings.
The three winning heats were faster
by 3Vj seconds than the fastest made
by a stallion, that of Peter Volo at
Kalamazoo this year. It was at the same
rate for the three fastest heats by a
gelding and was 3 seconds faster than
by the mare, Hamburg Belle, made at
Hartord In 1903. His third heat in 2.03V
set a new world's record for a -year-old
trotter, reducing bis own mark of 2.034
against time and J.WVj In a race.
Coach Howell, of the Central High School
football team, is working his men hard
In order to get them In shape for the
first game of tho season next Friday.
Ttie centre of the lino nnd backtleld are
composed of veterans, and he Is not giv
ing ns much of his time to these posi
tions as he Is to the ends. Last year
C. II. S. had the best pair of scholastic
ends In Philadelphia in Young and Kerr,
opt neither man Is now in school, nnd
the material for the wing positions is
not very good.
The most likely of the candidates arc
DeLong, Brenner and Goodell, and It Is
probable that the first two of these will
make the regular berths, although the
latter, who Is from Villanova, Is very
fast and may make a plncc on the team.
Coach Dickens, tho new man In
charge of football and other athletics at
Chestnut Hill Academy, has been work
ing slnco last Wednesday with a promis
ing squad of youngsters to get them In
shape for the first game of the season
with Frankford High School, to be play
ed next Saturday at Chestnut Hill.
Tho squad consists of about 25 candi
dates, Including only llvo veterans from
last year, Captain Galllard, Ellison and
Ifobcrton, backflcld men, and YVray nnd
Flood, ends. There are some good men
from last year's second team, Felln, a
tackle and one of the heaviest men on
tho squad; Straw bridge, a centre; Whar
ton, a guard; 1311ns, a halfback, nnd Kit
son, quarterback. Among the new men
out are Lorangcr, n back; RIchaids, an
end, and Bally, a halfback,
Managor P. P. Cabell announces tho
following schedule; Octobor 3, Frank
ford High School, at home; October 9,
Penn Charter, nt home; October 16, Do
Lancey, at home; October 23, Episcopal
Academy, away; October 30, German
town, away; November fi, Cheltenham
High School, at homo, and November 13,
St. Lukes, at home.
Two very promising track athletes start
their IntcrcolIcRlnto career Willi the Unl
vcrslty of Pennsylvania In this year's
freshman class,- They arc C. Cory, of th
j University High School, Chicago, and
Albert Crane, of tho Tacopin, Wash,, High
school. Cory Is a low hurdler with a
record of 21 2-5 seconds, which ho mad
In tho University of Michigan Inter,
scholastic meet at Ann Arbor on May 21,
1S13, Crane Is a high Jumper, who was
credited with doing G feet 2i Inches In
tho Washington State lntcrscholasllc meet
at Tncoma on June 7, 1913.
Couch Vivian Nlcknlls has reason to
feci elntrd over n first-day attendutico of
1G0 ctnilldntcs for his freshman and var
sity crews. Tho size of tho squad sounds
very much llko Cornell, tt Is certainly
the biggest turnout that this institution
ever had. Curiously enough, tho cquaa
Just equals thnt which reported for work
nt Cornell Inst week.
In a letter from the President of ths
International Olympic Committee, Baron
Pierre do Coubcrtln, from Havre, France,
dated Sept, I, and addressed to the late
James E. Sullivan, who was Secretary
of the American Olympic Committee,
states on behalf of the International
Olympic Committee that tho question of
a change In tho location of tho gamci
of 191G Is not even to bo discussed, lis.
sny.1 In his letter: "Tho scat of tho VI.
Olympiad remains what It wns, nnd, con
trary to what the American papers suy,
I will not personally make nny proposci
In favor of a change. Wc never thought
the Olympic games would stop wars, and
I feel perfectly sure that when the
present war Is over the Olympic move
ment will begin ngaln as strong and
fruitful as ever."
Tho fight for the club banner at the
metropolitan Senior Track ml Field
Championships, which will be held nt
Celtic Pnrlt, New York, October 3, will
be between the New York Athletic Club
nnd tho Irish American A. C. Both have
entered their strongest teams and tha
fight this year promises to be nearly
us close ns It was last, when the Irish
American A. C. won by three points.
The New York A. C. have sixty men
and the Irlsh-Amcrlcah A. C. have fifty
two men entered for tho different evcnti.
P. W. Rublen, Chairman of tho Senior
Metropolitan Track nnd Field Champion
ship Committee, has received the entry
of It. B. Girford, McCaddin Lyceum, for
tho one-mile walk, to be held at tin
senior championship at Celtic Park, L. I.,
next Saturday afternoon.
Cornell will hold Its annual Inter
scholastic cross country run on October
31. The race will be over n four-mils
course. Two prizes wll bo awarded. Tha
bronze Marathon trophy, the gift of the
class of 1903, will be awarded to the in
dividual winner. The team prize will be
a silver shield. Bronzo medals, show
ing Jones making his mllo record at
Cambridge, will be awarded to each
starter In the race. Permanent posse
sion of tho trophies will be awaidod to
the school or Individual winning three
times.
WILLIAMS PROVED
ONCE MORE THAT
HE IS A WONDER
BY THE VOLLEYER
Tennis and hot weather make their ealt
haml-ln-hand, but Instead of going out to
gether this year there has been a, parting
tennis Is still here, but the weather Is cola. A
few cluli title still remain to be decided and
a number of tournaments are now In progress.
With tho temperature around the r5 and 00
degree mark tennis Is hardly a pleasure,
Tho country club courts are still much In
dimnnd late afternoons. Still there la a ile
rriase In the number of plajcrs taking part
In the game. Students time turned their
athletic prowess to other directions. Kenneth
Kennedy, the Merlon Crloket Club star, Is now
tmsy with I'nlterslty nork. J. 8. Ulsston, Jr.,
Philadelphia Cricket Club, has stored his ten
r.l. rackets away for the winter. Ho lll
engnge In soccer at Pennsylvania, and nndj
n time for tennis.
I.. S Dolxine. who with Mrs. IHI.one pUy
el In the reient mixed doubles event at the
Merlon Cricket Club, Is in line for the singles
ehaniplonshlp of the Overbronk flolf Club. Mr
Deline lll meet E. J. Heine In the final
round for tho championship next Saturday
afternoon. The doubles title still remains to
bo decided at Overbrcok,
Th plea for more Intrr-clty tennis mac-nci
Is a gond one. The Interest on the part of the
I'hllinont Country Club rocket wlclders In their
annual matches with llaltlmore U commend
able. Tho local organisation, which Includes
such excellent plavers as Frank l. W'ledcr.
Mjrcm 1,. Harris. Eugene V. Wleder. Maro J.
h'Rtxcnberg. Miss Kdlth II. Katxenberg. and
Milton C Stein, only rrcentlv defeated tho
Suburban Country Club, llaltlmore. In an
Ir.ter-clty test.
REACH AGREEMENT TODAY
Officials to Decide on Place to Flay
ArmyOfftvy Game,
WASHINGTON. D C. Sept. 23 -Final
settlement of the controversy between
West Point and Annapolis over the selec
tion of the place for this year's Army
Navy football game probably will be
reached today. Secretaries Daniels and
Garrison agreed to confer then with the
athletic officers of the two service schools
to consummate an agreement.
Officials hero are confident that this
year's game will be played In Philadel
phia, Inasmuch as New York had the
contest last season.
It Ij understood that the Weat Point
Athletic Association Is willing to play In
alternating years over a period of in,
years In Philadelphia, and New York, but
the Navy objects to tho tint clause.
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Rugged "Kid" Herman, of
Pekin, 111., Managed to
Stay Four Rounds at
Olympia Last Night.
To the surprise of many oxperts who
thought they, saw In "Kid" Herman, of
Pekln, 111., a future champion, Kid Will
lams, of Baltimore, holder of the woild'a
championship title, easily outhoxed, out
slugged nnd finally knocked out the Uttlo
westerner In four rounds at the Olympia
A. A., last night.
The bout brought out a record crowd
and long before the flrat bout was put on
every scat In tho house was filled, aria
there were hundreds standing. The bojs
were to have weighed In nt 116 pounds,
but the champion wns a quarter of a
pound overweight. Herman entorcd tht
ring first, and took tho corner which
Williams has always occupied In all hit
contents before the Olympia Club. Will'
lams wanted Herman to give him W
favorite corner, but Herman was obdurate
and after a ten-minute wrangle Williams
took the other corner.
The preliminaries were all good. In th
first one "Kddlo" Illvers won a hot
slon from "Jack" Campbell; Charlie Bear
hnd a shade on "Young" Wilson in '
rounds, nnd '"Kid" Goodman, of X
York, substituting for "Young" Dlgsln'.
who had an Injured hand, outfought
"Jimmy" Murray, a tough New York boy
who has been doing good work in local
rings lately. The 'semiwlnd-up was be
tween "Kddlo" O'Ktefe, of tills city, a1"1
"Dutch" Brandt, of New York. O'Keefa
won all tho way, although Brandt out
weighed him five pounds. O'Kcefe was
far too clever for his opponent and ""
easily on polntf.
"Sammy" Harris has an offer fur HI
Williams to meet "Abe" Attell beforo T,','
McCarey'a club In l.os Angehs, and ! "."
offer of three tights In Brooklyn After I''1
winter's tampalgu, I Ian Id plans to !"
Williams get a good long rest during Jja
summer and then send him after the tra
notchers in tha featherweight class jW'z
figures that by that time all the little fellt
will be beaten.
Old timers who hae seen the wm .
Preston llrown. tha colored f,a''1"ei'"'
have remarked tho resemblance ' llrown
th former featherweight champion. "';
lHxon. llrown has .all tha moes and act ls
of tha old champion, but lacks the hlttw
prouess of the former king of the lea3
weights.
Kred Yella and "WhiTay" Baker he ktjj
matched to meet In tha wind-up at tha $.
slngton A. C. Friday night. The .lf,,y!
was to have been between Yell and T"-,,',
Kelly, but the Utter Is 111 of ptowai"
poisoning.
Manager Marcus wimams bu arranged $
good show for his patrons at hc, .t"n tha
A. c, tonigbl. wltb
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leatberwelght champion ol Cha V- "l- U
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