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, US EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, P35 -
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ALL BIG SIX FOOTBALL
TEAM SELECTED FOR 1914
(Journcay for Centre, Only Penn Man on List Barrett
Awarded Quarterback Place Mahan and Whitney
Tower in Backfield Positions.
. . -
By EDWARD B. BUSHNELI. v
EXPERT NAMES BEST ELEVEN
FROM MEMBERS OF BIG SIX
Position
Ends....
Tacklc3 ,
Guards..
Centre . . , Journcay
Quarterback Barrett
i Whitney
Mahan
Halfbacks.
Fullback I Legore
Never has tha writer been Biiltty of the
Indiscretion of picking an "AH-Ameilcnn"
foot.mll tcmn. The football oenson Is so
Short that one Indlslduul cannot hope to
Fee one-tenth of the material avnllable
for such rt team, particular! to see these
candidates at their best. Not only Is It
foolish to Insist that a certain eleven men
picked at random throughout the Eastern
universities constitutes the best AU-Amerlcan
team, but It Is unjust to other sec
tions of the country, notably the Middle
Weit, with claims of their own. To pick
eleven mn from the East and dub them
an AU-Amerlcnn team Is Just as unfair
as to pick an eleven from the West and
dub It AU-Amerlcan. The least conces
sion the critics might make to common
Benso Is to limit their selections to the
East or tho 'West.
The writer bolleves that the territory
from which these teams nro annually
nicked dhould be even moro limited In-
ule.irt of an All-Amcrlcan or even nn
All-Eastern teami I propose to pick an
it All-Big Si eleven.
selected from th
niiM.ul tAoma. Tfnrvnrrl. Yjlle. Dirt-
.mouth. Pennsylvania, Princeton' and Loi-
iicll. These sk teams are called upon to
u 11- .el 1..a .ml hAnnllan thnv
prOVlUO Ull wc.vtt iiu. -" --
fi compose an aBsuwauuiii wwc ,;......, ..-,,
f -eprcsent a detached group of unlver-
- ties 'nearly standard In size ana wltn
ilform eligibility codes, and because
ey cither play common opponents or
t ana of much the same strength. I
-...,. .- . ...! In n.1.1 1 I Tnlvnrftl t V
I vnouiu oo icmpniw w . . ... --.
flof Michigan to this group because the
I Wolverines pjayeci jour iti '""p
! end because in us isomicu inwiuuu ...u-
Igan hatdly belongs to me .uiuuie i ui
liny more.
possibly some readers win leei tnni. inio i-
rary limiting, of the team to the eix unl-
sltfea named Is unjust, and that iomo of
minor colleges contain players superior to
of those named That Is probabl true,
- It snouia do reuicntuwuu .... . ,.."
nor oollcgeo play very uneven schedules,
whtlh makes It possible, for a man to shine
brilliantly here, while he might bo lost In
ffli SeVce competition which exists at some
o? theblE universities Again, be might make
good on a bis team. But this is largely epeo
CtaUoc In addition. It should be remember
id that somo of the football luminaries In the
minor colleies enjoy tho benefit ot nofresh-
tpsn rule.
A HARDWICK. 1 JM5ST.
Af m hHrd matter to select the first
K It la vnot a hard ma
JVnd. HSriwlcki, of Hi
VHmiet unanimous
J cves tho honor, for r
. . . "" . 1 ..., .A ll
narvara, i uuunu
s enole. ana no weii u
. ..... .. mn a.tH wnrt,rf 111
jnm as Bhevlln and Kllpatrlck, the old Yale
,u, mas, could fl" ..nny imnx. - """ -
tn well ai iiarawicr n"n v -
oironenfs Plays V leadlne the lnterfer-
, .nee, llardlcl was wtrth an "ra man ju
St" hi- Vt 'and after dUpc7c rfon. man
mally took another. Then, be was the one
d In the East who could carry the ball and
Alns consistently.. "7. ' ,hUck.?.'h
en. In addition, ho could drop-kick with
rcoraer. he could punt and he did kick most
Harvard's goals from touchdown,
fui. teammate on tho other wing Is Cap.
ktn O'Hearn, of Cdnwll. tTHearn was i.ot
f whirlwind golnB dowH tho Aeld under klckn
Tn? lie was always a better, defensive than
E Itfenslve end nut on ine uoieno "JL."i"';
bctemed to divine where plays were aimed and
IKhir .nS ho"'dV.rvcon.Tderatl7n "afo
tTO,.i,i in.1 Tirtn.i,l. of Dartmouth: Shelton,
tcf Cor.iell. andCooildge. of lUryard
Iwis Cartiln Ballln. of Princeton. ..Those who
shsd a chance to eeo htm In all hta big games
ISontend that h. dldt.'t one. meet man who
Peouia nanqie nim. "".'JT-liJ rlll
I tackles well and eiiea up plays Instantly. Cap-
Personal Touches in Sports
For the delectation of the "dyed-ln-the-
wool " trapshootlng fan and to the consierna
.fn th. vrair layman we crlnt the fot-
Blowlns Interesting bit ot trap vernacular!
Like Oiaer spans, uu.Hwui.a - - ;-;
usoular and a elan of Its own. Tou might
bear a, trapshooter desoribo bis part la a
'shotgun argument" soroswhat as follows:
"I took the peg with my old corn-iheller and
stuttered on the first mud-pie. The next was
Naney Hanks, hut I got an ear. I fell out
of tha boat again on the third saucer, then
Smothered a couple of humdingers and killed
the rest of the string. The first bird of the
a - . ..i.1. on, aflat that T
raade a century"
iilrd.." "dicker birds." "pigeons," "mud
'rJas." "saucers," to mention but a few of tho
synonyms, nwn .p ""w.b. ,.--.....-
(Use so that It breaks Into piece he "kills t,
owdera U." "smothers It" or "wings It,"
Aut If be only makes the dust fly It's a case
'e 'goes to sleep" or "muffs one' If ne
dssts m tercet. Past er otherwise dlffloult
I irgels have many names, lixe -nippers,
, irsss eutters." "humdingers," "Iron men,
Mack snipes." "stdewhMjers," "whlpsaws, "
wtlf targets." fcns so on. To "go straight"
bjri-klii all the Urrets In one event) Is to
-"walk the buck." "put 'em all In the game
f rick," "smother the whole smear" or "score
S- tiHUU JJVVta j w,u. . - w
SX n cripples m.m aiaaia tiuii ...
hpnlran Pflt a-raajLAra' sri tha losers
sih rnaments Guns are called "sticks,"
p otsrs, nuiis.s. huhuuuh.i
iuk ' "autoloaders," and to forth, accord-
g IO til Styit an Hw eau..a wu.w.mw
11S4 VSM' " " -v.- .-
Do" a f,w more choice expressions.
trnathaii' at ralnmbla TTntvsnlrv ta a cessl-
NUty ar 11B. It appears that tho faculty
Mve at last oom to the conclusion that the
sport U not attrtmenta) to the work of the
eCo4nt body. It the game Is reinstated, how
ever, it will be ntoettary for the etudtnts to,
f-Tt to concert in thalr endtavor to have the
der for football prohibition reladtd. While
ew York city has had some good football
this year and last, the followers of the game
ttre would be far more Interested If Colum
tia would put out a team which could cope
San. Yale, Harvard. Prlnteton, Michigan and
the otb.tr big elevtn which play annually la
NORTHEAST GETS TIT1E
ifAWhuut ttizb. aehool won the scholatUa
v.a tula inuBr th hlxh. aohool teams of
L tola y by th 1 to O victory soured over the
tt ftills4lphU High Setool eleven ye.
.. .. .u... . K-4,4 .,..4 Cum ,lr.M,
was the most ejclttog soeser garae of the
. .,, anri tha solitary aoal catnt In th MC-
' Cud halt of the coat est.
KIDEB AMKEBST QAMA!!
Stuart WUllsm Kldsr. i816j ot AubunuUl.
Lu uMia for pxt year. His position Is
. h.irhjLov Ills wars; iius an Da uaiurea
stem every
aC OPIUM! ens
taa. la alSO Itf
.& el
Bolir Too 6tMgr tmr
MlL-WAlKSao. p. x. wuit
Kw York ue4 gMtjWjl
es r-.rJ!,atS3brs.
iuiLi i.ti i!igs. but Btilfctr was
irg tor atm
Tjly Outlta"
,js v'ar-
SS. 4na ne u rrwrva k
ued Jf ,h W.e teaas,
&, U!Wt$JrJgr.
Osriy
Buclur. of
oyer leuy
m
SH4
uiS3is5
ySt
Mtu, at rtss, la
m
Player College
( Hardwick Harvard
.O'Hearn .. Cornell
t Ballln ... Princeton
JTalbott Yale
jPcnnock j Harvard
. Shenk Princeton
Pennsylvania
Cornell
Dartmouth
Harvard
Yale
tflln Tnlbott, of Yale. Is rctectcl for th other
tn kle position, thntitth ho illiln't enjoy much
tiifierlorlty nirr Trumbull, or llaruml
Io men stnnJ forth rromlnently nt Kiiard
Tlirj nrr I'rnnu ! 01 llanard nml Hhcnk cf
Pilncutnn I'cniniU wtii out of tho Knmo for
porno tlmu on a i.ount of Injurlet but when
he returned In? plajed nlth till Ills old rilMi
anl xticiKtth. Doth Pcnnock and Shenk ncro
the rang! tjpe of guards who did more than
mere!) charge Into their opponents. One of
their specialties was breaking through and
getting the man with the ball.
JOUIINCAY UETS 1't.ACn.
There Kit a donrlh of good contres among
thes finis this year, and the place Is awarded
to Captain Journeay, of Pennsylvania Jour
neai's rocord is mest unusual, and had ho
been plating centre on an averago Fennstl
anla tram the writer bellpes he would hao
elassed with such men as Torrey and Conens
I Id ctarted tin season playing guard, but went
to centre alter NovwalS was hurt In the Navy
gnme He played his new position so well on
this occasion that the coaches kept him theio
and he continued to Improve right up to tho
end of tho sason. Ills only weakness was In
passing the ball Next to Jotirnciy the two
lest centres of the year were (Jcnnert. of
l'rlnceton. and Cool of Cornell
Tho selection of the backflold Is not an easy
matter because there wn an nbundanco of
splendid material Qunrtcrbnck, howeor. Is
Immediately narrowed down to three men
narrctt, of Cornell, llhcc. of D-irtmnuth. and
Logan, ot llanard Knch ot theso three men
was great In hli way Logan was poisltly the
best Held general, though no one can say how
much of his success was duo to his possession
of men to executo his plajs lie showed up
well In handling kicks, but otherwise did not
distinguish himself as u Held grncrnl. (Iheo
was prhnpa a moro brilliant IndlUdual plater
than either Logan or Uarrclt. but he had a
habit of making fatal mistakes In Judgment
(as witness the Trlnceton game), and lie fre
quently fumbled punts Uairctt gets tho posi
tion because ho was not onlj a brilliant In
dividual plajer, but In Cornells two cham
pionship games with Michigan and Pennsyl
vania ho ran his teim with splendid Judg
ment, Among other things he could do were
to drop-kick ns well as any man In the i coun
try, to punt with tho best, run tho ends and
return kicks through a broiten field with as
much skill ns Mahan and plunge through the
lino In a manner that no other i-astern
miarterback could approach
M.thnn of Harvard, mid Whitney, of Dart
mouth tower nboic all their rlials for tho
halfback positions Mahan was Harvard's best
giound gilner In tho 1'rlm.cton and inla
rames Ho was probably the best man In the
country to gain on fako kicks and wide end
runs, but he could cut through a lino quite as
well Ho was possibly a better punter than
Barrott but did no better as a drop-klcker.
.. UtTXTl-V nnTSIlflTCU! PIV-1.I1
Whltnoy was perhaps ft better all-around
plajer than Mahan With the possible excep
tion of Maulbatseh, of Michigan, there was
no man In the country who 'could bore through
li line with such irreslstlblo force as he and.
then keep going. Whitney weighed 1IW
pounds, and If ho were given any kind of
an oponhig he lilt It like a wedge and finished
making tho opening himself He always ad.
vJnced with that headlong rush which still
enabled him to keep his feet and explained
why he cut through the line so cleanlj He
tould also run tha ends and at lntcrceptlntf
nnd knocking dona forward passes ho had no
The selection of the fourth member of this
tackfleld would not bo to difficult if Michigan
were being considered, for Maulbctsch, the
"German bullet," would eolve the dlWcultj.
1-eKore. of Yale, Is probably the best man for
the fourth member ot this quartet lie was
certainly the beat man In the lilg Six at
throwing the forward pass, and he could run
the ends and buck the line edually well
This team would be stronger offensively than
defensively, but it would be difficult to nnd
a better nll-around team within tho neld con
sidered Last year a few critics gno a new
turn to the sport by picking two teams, one
for tho rffenso and another for the defense.
But slnco the same tenm must always at
tack and defend, tho eleien men selected
should represent the greatest possible offenslvo
and itefenslte strength ,
It Is a trtto sajlng. but still true, that a.
eocond or even a third team might be picked
from these same universities that would bo
able to beat the toam first named And It Is
also possible that If eleien men could he
picked from all the minor colleges of the
East and coached to play a certain sjstem
such a team might he able to win from the
first named team similarly coached. But to
Dick such an eleven from the host of minor
colleges would be just as unsatisfactory as to
attempt to rank the minor colleges
the East, This 3 ear tho Carlisle Indians played
Brown and Rutgers played Washington and
Jefferson at tho Polo grounds, and last sea
son the Indians-Dartmouth and Army-Navy
battles were Mated on the famous baseball
lot. If Columbia decides to put a varsity
team In the field, the popularity of the gam
will be Increased throughout the East.
Basketball Is not called the "cage game"
because the players exhibit sny ancestral ten
dencies. After the close of college football, there
were more fullbacks than were recorded In
1013. '
LoVtore. the Yale fullback. Is believed by
the majority ot experts to be the most finished
football player ot the season, His ability to
diagnose plays was almost uncanny. This
happy football faculty, combined with hta
native ability as a tackier and plunger, com
pels blm to bo ranked at the top of American
gridiron experts for the last season. That he
will be selected for th AU-Amerlcan eleven
Is assured, and ha Justly deserves the honor
which Is certain to be his.
"When American football Is divided Into Its
component parts, we dad that It consists of
the head coach.
Battling Levlnsky Is far behind his mimer.
leal lag record ot last season. Possibly, the
opponent whom he fought so often during the
last season has run out ot names.
As far as the Ktsiern Basketball League la
concerned, there cau be no eritUlsin because
the men play to the best of their ability. It
has been argued that no professional athlete
takes Interest in the result ot a contest that
an amateur would unless there la some com
pensation for winning The only difference be
tween tho winners and the losers in this
Uagu Is that the winners sometimes have
larger crowds than ths (all-tnder But at the
rate all of the teams are playing now there Is
not likely to be any falling off In tht
attendance. Every man on every team seems
to do bis utmost to win. and to win fairly
That Is the spirit which has kept and will
Veep professional basketball alive. There are
not as many taiktlball fans as there are
tsseball and football, but thoae who are
fond ot the game will go to every contest
possible If th players sre doing their bait
to win. The Eastern Leaguers are to be con
gratulated for their all-round good work and
efforts to ktep th gam on a high level.
GEBNEY IS HONOKED
Blxty-Av member of th Ieadsr Oym
nasUo Corps at ths University ot Pennsylva
nia tendered a farewell reception but night to
O. BL Senjey. the retiring instructor of grw
nastle. who resigned to become dlreotor of
pJtrslcal education at Kortheatt High BstaL
At the oonclusloaot the speeobes a Unt
verslty seal rtog was nnsented to llr. Gcraey
OATtTiAHArr 0UTP0IHT3 WHITE
MEMPHIS. Tean.. Oo. l.-yyardt Calla
han, ef Mew Tort, was glvta a deoJalea over
Jack What, ef CUoupj, at the end ot an
Igbtrreuad potft bare last night The mw are
"ta 1 m
Cutler Outplays Scbassr
NSTrVBUrWH JJ T . Deo. 1 -AJheet Cutter
dafat4 Jak. Sofeuter 800 to JU.
treat jaa Tirmas rer aw 10 nx u a
plan ujnurd riayer uuu ssane
riayer ucaau saano fear last
aagbJ. ittniM and high ruoa. Cutter, It.
VT-3J ad
U i. IT-
SlUs Wins is M IiwlV8
timsrjt
w it H. n
FLASHLIGHT TAKEN
"Yniine" Ditreina. bv clever work, managed to stay three rounds with
nlcture. readine from left to right,
"Sammy" Harris.
WALTER CAMP SAYS
SOCCER DOES NOT
APPEAL TO U. S.
Football Expert Tells of
Shortcomings of English
Game and Why It Is Not
More Popular.
Though Walter Camp, the recognized
football authority of America, Is partial
to tho American college game, his knowl
edge la by no means limited to that ono
branch of athletics. On the contrary, lie
1b an Interested baseball fan and is thor
oughly fnmlllar with all athletics In this
country and a number which are the
"hendllnera" In foreign countries.
On the eve of tho Army-Navy game
Camp was discussing games In general
at the Belle ue-Stratford Hotel. lte was
asked what ho thought of soccer nnd the
chances for Its becoming a ranking branch
of athletics In this country. Ho refused
to commit himself fully on the aubject,
but gnvo several reasons why the game
had progressed no further than It has.
"The main trouble with soccer," said the
gridiron xpert, "is that It Iacka definite
ness. By that I mean that every play
made In soccer does not represent a maxi
mum of effort. You know that on tho
soccer field tho ball Is often dribbled and
many short kicks are made. Now, tha
average American wants to see etcry
play In a game performed as though It
were the deciding one of the gamei For
Instance, when a ball is kicked In a foot
ball game the American spectator wants
to see the longest kick that can be made.
He doesn't care to see the short kicks
that appear In soccer because they do not
represent tho greatest effort,
"I have seen many of ths big soccer
matches In England and have been pres
ent when there were more people around
the field than there were In the Tale
bowl when Yale played Harvard. These
matches draw crowds because the people
aro dlfforent temperamentally from us,
Another reason for the large attendance
Is the low fee at the gate, A champion
ship soceer match can ba seen for the
erivlvalent of 85 cents.
Americans want to see a game," Camp
continued, "which Is played by men train
ed for that one event. They want to sea
the best game that can be played. On
the other hand, the English people want
a game which any one can play with lit
tle or no training. They do not care to
witness a contest In which they them
selves could not take part if the oppor
tunity were offered.
"In England the professional football
player does not take the long chances
which an amateur might take and which
Is taken In almost every play lit the Amer
ican game. I once saw a. soccer played by
amateurs In which the- was a- yqung
fellow playing for all he was worth. On
once occasion he threw himself In front
of a man who was about to kick the ball.
He received the full blow ot his oppo
nent's foot, and In two days from that
time he died from peritonitis. Now, an
American likes that kind of a game where
the players are constantly taking chances,
but the Englishman does not care for It
particularly Few professional soccer
players would have taken ths chances
that that man took. They would rather
allow tbs man to kick the ball and make
a goal, than dive in where there
was a cbance for Injury. Such a ohanc
as the one taken by the player I have
just fceen talking about Is taken a bun
dred times a season by the American
football player. That's why the people
Ilk the Afnertean game and also shows
why soccer Is not more popular.
"Americans feel the same way about
the BugLIsb. game or Rugby That, too,
lacks deflBlteaess, and I don't think It
could ever be very popular on this side."
Hay iBBue Davis Cup Challenge
At tba &uUb of the Eieoutlv CooiaaHt
of lb UtoKed statu National Lwa Tenuis
AsaMlittoa on pesoer IT. oa of t sub
JoOta to b btough up will b th matter ef
ctoUwstBC Auatralasi tor possession of tha
Davit Cup la WIS Th oup reguiattea pro
vide that csilnMg Wat b reoesvod by U
rhmg'"" scum t later t 10 March 1 ot
each year
Ptb.uit fiolf Meet
PINBMU-ST, N C. Doe. 1 V l Ugm
Wiuo. of K Qearto's Sou Club. Beiiouii
0Mlr
L?.&tnfH
AT OLYMPIA A. A. SHOW WHEN WILLIAMS KNOCKED OUT DIGGIN
arc as follows John Henderson, "Yo
GOOD ALLENTOWN FIGHT
Collins Will Meet Cullen, Coast
Champion, on December 3.
AM.nNTOWN, Pa., Nov 30. Charlie Col
lins, of Columbia, Th , and Dan Cullen, wel
terweight chnmplon of the l'ailflc const, le
been nntcheil to hot ten rounds at the Lyrlo
A. C on Uccemlier .1
Tho report that Gcorgo McCaa lll bo d
poaed as athletic coach ot Muhlenberg Cnllcco
is dlkcrcillied by members of tho Athletic Com
mittee Tho Cardinal iinl Oral clen hml a.
wr unximesHful football season, but the ex
ct ptlonally strong schedule, and not Media, Is
blamiil for tho showing of the team A re
port had been circulated that olthor Vlncont
1'nzzettl. n former All-Anvrlcan iuarterbncli,
or Hohnn, a Lehigh backneld man, would suc
ceed McCaa
McCaa. who will also coach the basketball
team, has Issued a call for candidate and
nearly a score haio responded
BROTHER FIGHTS
BROTHER m BIG
GAME TOMORROW
Two Northrop Boys Will Be
on Opposing Teams of St.
Joe and Catholic High.
A feature of the annual clash between
Catholic High School and St. Joseph's
College to morrow afternoon on Houston
Field, which will decide ttfe Catholic
gridiron championship of the city, will
be the battle of brothers at the right
end positions of the elevens.
The Northrop boys, "Hud" and Paul,
or Catholic High School and St. Jo
seph's, respectively, nro the youngsters
The former Is but IS years of age and
tips the scaleu at HO pounds. Ilia brother
Is four years his senior and weighs 165
pounds.
When the teams romp on to the field
each eleven will be minus Its captain.
McLaughlin, of Catholic High, nnd Ma
honey, of St, "Joe," are both out of the
game as a result of Injuries. The. for
mer has been on the side lines since the
early part ot the season, while Mahoney
was badly hurt In the game with Atlantic
City. ,
The officiating staff for the contest will
be Robert Maxwell, Swarthmore, ref
eree; "Jack" Keough, Tenn, umpire, and
Philip Harry, Penn State, head linesman
BATTING PRACTICE AT PENN
Coach Roy Thomas, who has tha destinies
of Pennsylvania baseball at stake. Is deter
mined that th Ited and Blue shsll have a. win
ning team neat spring. Yesterday he started
a new plan by calling out the battery candi
dates, with the Idea of holding dally practice
until the Christmas holidays, and after the
holiday uutU the mid-year examination lata
In January. The men reported In th relty
team room between t and 3 o'clock.
Michigan and Crimson Again
ANN ARBOH, Mich . Pec. l.-CornU will
be th big horn gara on next fall's Mlchlrsn
football achtdule, while Harvard and Penn
sylvania will be tba only engagements th
Yost nun will have away from Kerry Field.
Th Crimson date has not bun decided upon
definitely, but It seems likely that Mlcblrmn
will Journey to Cambridge again.
Harvard to Play "Canucks"
MONTRHAI, Qu., Dc. 1 Th Meaill
Hockey Club, one ot th leading teams In
the Dominion, agreed to play th Harvard
hockey team la th Boeton Areas on Feb
rury 6
LIEBERMAN OF PENN
He la ono of the University's
eromuusg dutarv. e runners. Dur
ig the vross-tcuntry kmoii he
hi c!emcniratc4 his uauuul
pow of fdi-t.
gasfffea $PrV
TsXPr;
SKaU
iWlr"
BsBB-BBHalaielStW 1
ni.nn.n:nn ttrill.mn ,l,n U. tunc tm)
ung" Diggins, Referee Frank O'Brien,
BIG RACQUETS SEASON
Interclub Association Plnn3 Games
for tho Winter.
Plans for the siuash racquet season ere
completed at a meeting of the Interclub Squash
llauiuet Association. Six teams will compete
and the season vv III open on Wednesday, Dc
1 ember ..0, and close on Wednesday, January
"7. Tho prospects for a ery successful season
urn piriluilurly bright, nnd the race for th
championship should be a very keen one.
Tlio annua! Intercity team matches nnd the
liulhlcluul iliamplonshlp of the United States
ulll be plajcd In Uoston this year, the Inter
cltj matches being plaved on Iebruary IS and
the following das and the Individual cham
pionship following Immediately after. AMnnera
of district championships only sre ellglblo to
compete for the championship of the Unltod
Mates Tho championship of Pennsylvania
will bo plnjed at the ltocquet Club on Janu
ary SO and following dais
YACHTSmilLL
MEET TODAY AT
ADELPHIA HOTEL
Bids Will Be Made for
Championship Regatta by
Several Clubs Season
Has Been Successful One.
Delegates representing the clubs affili
ated with tho South Jersey Yacht Racing
Association will attend the annual meet
ing tonight nt the Adelphla. Hotel, while
tho representatives of the five clubs mak
ing up the new Delaware Itlver Yachts
men's League will gather at the Hotel
Walton.
The South Jersey Association had a suc
cessful season during the past year, and
the delegates will meet to discuss the
coming season both In racing and enter
tainment. The election of officers will
take place, and It Is understood that Com
modore Kerran, of Ocean City, Is slated
for the presidency.
The different clubs will make a bid for
the championship regatta whloh Is held
at the end of the scheduled racing sea
eon Last year the Atlantic City Yacht
Club held the big contest and the races
were of the highest order. They were
replete with thrilling contests in the
various eventi. It is understood that one
of the Ocean City clubs will make a bid
for the final regatta. The dates for the
regattas during the coming season will
be placed In a hat and the clubs wilt
draw for the meets.
Reports have been circulated sraonr yachts
men to th effect that aeeral new high-power
speedboat have been ordered to be built and
will bo seen In competition when the season
ot eif
Concerning tha meeting of the Delaware
r.lter achomen's Ltague, tha question ot re
taining the Camden acht Club In th or
ganisation will ronio up Under the rules of
th leaguo no club can be a member without
being affiliated with th American For
Scat Association.
At a special meeting of the National Council
ot th American fewer Boat Association held
In New York the ortlcers refused to consider
th application of tbs Camden Yacht Club as
n member becaus It did not meet lb re
quirement of th mother organisation.
Another question that will com before th
meeting I the rejection 01 th leagues ap
plication for a charter from th American
power Beat Association for that section of
the Delaware River situated between Cam
deu and Trauton ...
In order to obtain a charter for any c
lion, an association must have a member
ship of at least WW. making up thre or
mora clubs. When the league applied It was
found that th Trerton Yacht Club had not
officially or Ugatly resigned from th Dela
wan River TachC Racing Association. tJJU
left tbe Uex 00 with but three clubs, th WU
ipoilng Yacht Club th Columbia. Yaeht
Club and the Farragut fiportmsn'a Associa
tion, with a membership rof leas than MO.
After th rejection of th league' application
the coutocll went on record a being oppostd
to rrantjnr a charter to any assoeiatloa wbkth
wovbl c$aftat In any way with any section
of the present charter, polottog out that to
do so would causa ill feeling among th
vachtsmui affllUttd with the different (tube
and probably cause a crcaen m tn . r.
Pit 1 understood flat a Petition, signed by
sovvrsl hundred yaxntnaaa will M aant to
the Delaware River Yacht Racing Assoc!. -tl.'k
asking th officer to reconsider tk sus-r-wsion
from tbe association of th Farragut
IJSrtiSien s Assetfatioa, whtoh ltaald icTb
th Instigator ef ti troubl between th
two associations.
Wllion to X(-4 Yale
NBff HAVBN, Oomi.. Dje, L-aUxa-4
Dtekaoo VTHaoa. of Btsxuatpa. N. .. wls
tut night lctd caputs of tfe Yal Uni
versity football U for tit seaos. The
Mlactle- was mad tU S pUyeo 10 ta
Their I to the Harvard end Prfnceeori
gam tuts y T vote was oaaalnmin.
Indoor Golf Popular
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Thoto by Stsff rholographer.
tn KliimVierlnnrl- The mm in the
"Kid" Williams and his manager,
EASTERN LEAGUE
HAS NO CONTESTS
ON FOR TONIGHT
Many Minor Organizations,
However, Have Begun
and Schedules Are Being
Played Each Evening.
Tonight there will be no games In the
Eastern Basketball League, but there are
many minor contests on tho docket tn
Philadelphia and vicinity. Nearly all of
the smaller organisations have begun
their schedules, and there Is not a night,
with the exception of Sunday, that at
least 80 games are not booked. Th In
creasing popularity of the cage here Is
good news to every sport follower, and
the officials ot the Eastern League feel
that with so many other leagues In oper
ation theirs will be benefited.
THENTON. N. J., Dec. l.-In an East
ern Leaguo contest that de eloped ono
dt tho most exciting finishes seen on the
local floor this season, Trenton defeated
Camden last night, 41 to 36. The victory
was due largely to a spirited rally during
the laBt 10 minutes of the contest, and
during which six field goals rained into
the basket.
TRENTON.
Field.
Foul. Asst Pts
llo f 11
0 0 8
0 2 0
0 0 6
Hough, forward ,
Kane, forward . .
Oeulnger, centre
llelg, guard
Frankel, guard .
Totals
0
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0
3
.15
CAMDEN.
11
el
Field
.. 4
.. 3
.. 1
.. 5
.. O
Foul, Asst. Pts
10 a IS
0 2 8
O o 2
O 2 10
0 0 0
10 , T 89
18! Camden, 18.
Adams, forward
Steele, forward .
Dolan. centra ..
Brown, guard . .
lierron, guard ..
Totals 13
Fouls committed Trenton,
rtfere ltrennsn.
EASTEIW LEAGUE STANDING.
W. I P C. TV. I F.C.
Headline 6
TCO Camden
4 3 .414
U Nerl. ... 5 S .623 tlrevstock .. H 3 .31.1
Jasper i ,500 Trenton ...3 6 ,333
In the Philadelphia Midget League, Delman
beat Cloerdal. 11 to 10, and Parkway beat
Samaritan. 2a to T.
Th Woodraer fiv best Powers, 'Watghtman
tt nosengarten nv. 40 to 13.
In th Northwest Church League last nlsht
West York lost to Calvary, U to It, and 5vth
Baptist beat Harper Memorial, 48 to 8.
North House beat Spokane. 20 to III
Tho North nous Junior beat Spokan Jun
iors, 28 to 6.
Houth llranch Y M C A, beat Wtyne. S3
to 23.
In th Kensington Church League First
Freabytsrlan beat bummerfleld, .15 to 31.
Kensington M E, beat Beach A C , 18 to 15.
Edwin Etratton, of Trenton, who was an
Eastern League basketball refero during tha
first thrco vear of th organisation, waa se
cured by President William J. Bahefter to
again take up th duties at whistle looter,
with tb acquisition of Stratton, th Eastern
now ha four men la Daetsel. Wearer. Brcn
nan and atratton.
LED-EK BOWIiINa RESULTS
Manager McCauley's FJaormen defeated tb
Palmer Machine Men la an Brxsiso Lxnoss
Lagu game at th Terminal bowling- alleys
last night, wlalnc thre straight games.
On th urn alleys tba Make-up men of th
KriMKu Lkuosb gave th Sporting Department
a iMaa trcaineliiv defaatles tha arlhea In
three atralglu gaoMa. Simpson and Baker
were the star performers for tb winning team,
whtl the losers an unable to boast of any
on mau who bowled eo aatauwr. Tb Sport
ing Department waa handicaps! by bavins; a
eoapl at southpaws in th Hoe-up. That Is
always bad luok In a bowline match, and. In
asmuch as th Sporting Department "cot
red" th gasiea, tba t Is cerebj set down a
their official sdtbl
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MoCmuloy .. . fp M 1IT
William A. fits iw its
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WILLIAMS TO MEET
O'KEEFEIHLOGAL
RING. SAYS HARRIS
Manager of World's Ban
tamweight Champion
Fighter Has Agreed to
Give Philadelphia Boy a
.Chance.
According to tho statement of "Sammy"
Harris, manager of "Kid" Williams, the
worlds kbnntamwelght champion, who
knockcdlout "Young" Digging, of this
city, to oiympla Athletic Assoclal
'ast nlRnt, the little wonder wilt m
"JSddle" 'Q'Keefe In n. locat ring befciee'
many days. Harris has agreed to match
his boy against the clever Philadelphia,
and tho fight fans are due to great
treat.
Harris leftkwn this afternoon for New
York, where' Ita Is to- close out a deal
which will carrV him nnd his champion
on a tour of tllo West. Before taking
on the btst boys to be hnd at Milwaukee,
St. Louis nnd Kansas City Williams will
be pitted ngnlnit "Battling" Heddy. ot
New Tork, before ono of ths Gotham
olubs, and O'Keefe here. Tho date has
not been definitely- decided for either ot
these matches.
One reason Harris would not glva
O'Keefe a battle With the champion 1 be
cause the men nre at odds. O'Kee one
night not so long ago stepped out of
the Oiympla doorway- and took a punch
at tho diminutive manager just for luck.
Harris was floored. It Is alleged. Since,
that time tho men have been at dagger
points, and "Sammy" would net let
O'Keefe make a penny off his Boy. Now
Harris has been more or less forced to
allow Williams to battle, as the publlo
demands the match ba staged. Williams
Is readjf jjind will find O'Keefe, as usual.
In tip-top condition for the match.
WILLIAMS WINNER
Sends "Freddie" Diggins to the aTInn
in Third Hound.
"Kid" Williams, theN bar weight
champion of the world, proved L "class"
conclusively to tho - Philadelphia publlo
last night when he disposed of "Young
Freddy" Dlgglns In three rounds of a.
most sensational fight at the Oiympla.
A. A. Local promoters have been trying;
to "dig" up some one who will give
Williams a fight, and they have pro
duced man after man who looked to hav
a "chance." "Young" Dlgglns has been
the logical selection ot ths experts, but
his showing last night proved that Wil
liams Is In a class by himself.
For the first two rounds Dlgglns waa
most aggressive and his skill enabled
htni to land many blows on the champlon'j
face. Diggins was holding his own. as
far as clever work was concerned. In the
first and second round, but In the third
Williams realized that DIgglmr could not
hurt him and waded In. He forced Dlg
glns to a corner and would not let him
out, He landed a hard right-hand body
punch which forced a look of pain to
Dlgglns' face, and then he placed a few
more blows on the body. Dlgglns weak
ened, and, when lie saw this, Williams
sent several hard rights and lefts to the
face and the battle waa over. Dlgglns
took the count of a long nine Jn the first
place and then arose, Williams Imme
diately stent In his attack and another
hard right floored Dlgglns.
In the semt-wlndup Ford Mcinrer, of Balti
more, won a good battle from "Jim" Perry, of
Pittsburgh. In six rounds, Ferry was tb
stronger and th harder puncher of
ths two, but Munger kept plugging
his left Into the face of the boy from th
Smoky City and had tho better of tb milling
In th last four rounds. Jn tho second Mun
ger wss forced to lak the count of two from
tho effects of a hard right handr from Prry.
Munger spotted his exhibition by continued
holding, but was a winner at the end.
"Youna" Palmer, of Tioga ested "Bailor"
DaMu. of the battleshln
inin Skonnot. jcui, owing (9
hln Ai
Saw" :
nis experience, it
Davis w
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nara
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Ight In the fourth rocl.-' "but the sailor cam
hurt vim.ir. ttee.SW" ICallir and "Yank
o.lbert. both of this city, boxed a six-round
acK gamely, --jjee-aaw-- jcoiijr ana
draw, tn which Gilbert displayed tb batter
science until the sixth round, when
landed a "haymaker," wnicn aaxw uuoerc
and am! him a draw. In th first bout
"Young Billy" Donovan proved too strong for
"Cap" Wilson, of Baltimore, and deserved tho
decision at the end of tha sixth round. In th
principal bout both Williams and Dlfgine
WaiKnea in uau.r .., a.-vwuuu .. .. v
.. 1111.
Gilbert, ll; "Csp' Wilson, 128, snd "Toung
iiiuir uonoyan, uia,
"Eddie" Oormsn, manager of "Jt" ITeenan.
the prld of 60th and Market street, would
like to match his proteg against 'Jack"
Dopehu.
BRISK FIGHTS
PROMISED RMS
HERE TOMIGHT
Fairmount A. C. Has Good
List of Bputs Scheduled,
"Lew" Bailey Arranges
Program at Norristown,
a-ssaw-WP
"Lew" Bailey, for the False A a. ot
Norristown. end "Jack" Wynn, for the
Fsirmount A. C. of this city, nave ar
nnrea good shows for thlr resMstive
olubs tonight. Bailey's mala offering will
be ten rounds between "Fighting Bob,
ot AlUntown, and "Lotililana," ut thus
city, while Wynns will be a. ls;-i-undr
betwsen "Jaek" Totand, of this elty. and
Jlj5a- ferry, vr x-iiiiurf a. aae ma yiu
grams are as fsUawf:
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