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7! IF IT'S NEWS IT'S HERE EDITED BY WAGNER THE SPOT FOR SPORT: 9 THE PARMER: APRIL 11, 1913 YALE FOOTBALL MEN MUST COACH THEMSELVES THIS YEAR Howard Jones Tells Candidates of Radical Departure in Team Instruction Hcra5fTLg the Yale football season into existence, was the meeting of all prospective candidates for the gridiron sport in "the Trophy Room of the Tale gymnasium, last . night, to hear the words of Captain Ketcham, Coach Jones, and Walter Oamp on the policy of the . authorities during the coming fall. Every word spoken in the course of the evening was indicative of the greatest promise and hope for the next Yale championship, although the address try Jones was more practical in its admonitory characteristics. Cap tain Ketcham, who acted as chairman of the formalities, inaugurated the evening with a few words of encour agement. The remarks of the gathering most to the point were delivered by the new coach, Howard Jones, who disclosed for the first time his novel plan for developing a championship . eleven. His major change, one that is exciting -vniA MnntM. in the nilCD cwnmDia " ' -1 " i announcement that hereafter the men to coach themselves, msiean detailed: system of Individual coaching hitherto in practice. He be gan: "In order to play football you. must all of you keep up in your lessons. If you would do your best for Yale you must do that. , Secondly, you must keep yourselves in good condi tion; I do not mean that you must be necessarily total abstainers for the present at least, but It is foolish and disastrous to continue In unhealthy habits, and I promise that if any man is discovered, during the coaching season, indulging himself in such iiab its, he will be most decidedly ban-red from the squad. "As to the coaching policy, this win be our pian: . "We will tefll you what we want, but we can't do It all. We will not care whether a man stands or starts to our way or In his own, so that he does his work In a manner he considers best for himself. We . will not dispute about how a candidate places his feet unless we think be can do it better in another way. You must get your strongest positron yourself." AROUND THE CIRCUIT Harry Spratt Undergoes Operation for Appendicitis and Recovers Rapidly 85,000 PEOPLE SEE SEASON OPEN American League Outdraws Na tional in First Day of Baseball The opening games in the National and. American leagues yeswtuay n 85,000 spectators. Of this number 55, 000 saw three- American, League games and 80,000 attended two contests in the National League. The opening of the season was marred by the post .ponement of three of the' arihetoled puned .- xhe " Pittshurgfi-Clncinnatl game was postponed until Saturday owing to the Cincinnati grounds being-flooded by the recent trains in the Middle West. Rain prevented the playing, of the 6t Louls-Chtcago game. " . ' In the American League wet grounds caused the postponement of the Chi cago and Cleveland games. The oth er games outdrew those of the Na tional League, averaging more than 18,000, while the National Leagu games " average . 15,000 The Giants and Boston drew the largest atten-, ance, 23,000 attending the game wtolle toe smallest crowd saw the Brooklyn, defeat the Phillies at Philadelphia. Onlv 8,000 were on. hand at the latter Tofe The Yankees Washington tnA the Athletics and World's Cham pions each attracted .20,000 fane. ATLANTICS HAVE RECORD TEAM. The Atlantic are out to cop the 17 18 year championship this season and are fast booking games, both in and out of town, which- their press agent claims will prove a. sensation. It is hoped thai Andrew Corbett. (common ly called Ty Cobb on account of Ms all around playing) will be chosen manager. Mr. Corbett .possesses great head work and knows how to get the players.. The players are all stars ot the diamond and their batting as a team is wonderful. Here are the fa mous swatsmitho; Humphrey, Hm, Corbett, Johnson, Germain, Doty. Ea gen Gould. Major, Lyons, leaner, and Kennedy! Last year this team won 17 and lost 2. a great record. Their play-in a fiteld 1 ts ati 'tfhe Flats, and bleachers are to be erected, so as to accommodate the spectators which un doubtedly will attend their games. Al ready club rooms have been secured, and attendance every night assures the popularity of the team. When the 1913 season is over, and the fans gath er around the fireside warming their shins, telling how the Atlantic won the 17-18 year championship 4t will only be what is at this time predict ed. A Atlantic Press Agent. PENH BEATS CORNELL " IN LIVELY CONTEST Philadelphia, April 11 Cornell gave Pennsylvania the scare of the season when in the eighth inning, yester day they wiped out the Quakers' early lead and Jumped to the fore. Penn sylvania won ' in the last half of the inning, 6 to 5, by virtue of the Itba cans' sloppy fielding and a couple of well placed hits. Imlay was. bumped hard as was Ed mund, but the Cornell hits were bet ter -scattered .than those of the Quak ers, circuit clouts by Imlay in the third", and Minds in the fifth, help ing materially to Pennsylvania's to tal. These hits with the batting and fielding of Clute and a good catch by Minds, were the features, on the whole, of a rather poorly played rame. In the fifth Inning, Captain Imlay was knocked unconscious by stopping one of Edmunds' fast ones with his head and was out for five minutes. He went back into the box in the sixth, showing no ill effects from the. hard bump. HARRY QUINN CAFE AND BOWLING ALLEYS 186 FAnillELD AVE. Tel. 26D5 Rapperts Knickerbocker, Frank Jones Portsmouth Ale, Sterling Ale on draught. Try our bar whiskey. Six of the Finest Alleys ' In State CONNIE LEWIS, Manager. Fanner Want Ads. One Cent a Word. BROWN DEFEATS BUDDTFAULKES Nolan Beats Burke and Lewis Trims Shackley in Water . bury Waierbury, April 11 Mickey Brown of Boston outpointed Buddy Faulfcea of Waterburry here last night In a fast twelve round bout. Brown was ever on the aggressive and landed more - frequently and the cleaner blowe. The 'boys fought a fast ten round bout in New Haven some time ago. ' In the semi-final, Charley Nolan knocked out Billie CBurke In the third round of a scheduled ten round bout. Young Shactkley quit to Kid Lewis in the if It at mound of a tent-round bout, and Dan Johnson knocked out Bull Green tn three (rounds. Billy Job of New York refereed the bouts. BRIDGEPORT TEAM TO PLAY YALE TOMORROW The Tale baseball team will appear at Newfield park tomorrow afternoon against the Bridgeport club. The Tale management has guaranteed that all the players will be members of the 'varsity squad so a good game should result. The contest will start at S p. m. ' (By Wagner) t Jack Spratt, who cavorted around shortstop for the Bridgeport club last season, recently underwent an oper ation for .appendicitis at his home in Richlands, Va. He stood the or deal well and has returned to his studies, at the University ,of Virginia. Catcher Harvey Russell of the Me chanics accidentally met Spratt at the railroad station' in Danville, Va., about a week" ago. He said Spratt looked thin and ; pale. The Montgom ery club of the Southern league with which Spratt will play this season, has given him permission to report June 1 so he can finish his- college course. . Arthur Wendt, a pitcher who, was on the spring training trip with. New ark of the International league, ap plied to , President O'Rourke of the Eastern association today, to see If he could land a job. Wendt Is a good sized chap, weighing : about 165. Uncle Jeems sent him down to see Manager McCann and the youngster may get a tryout with the Mechanics. After careful observation of . the Bridgeport club's material it may be said that the infleld looks like the fastest that has ever worn local uni forms. MoGamwell is faster on his feet than Tom Crook although he may noU prove any better' as a. hitter. Bowman at second is a wonder as a fielder and is also a speed merchant. Joe Flannery looks to be the . choice for shortstop. He covers an acre of ground and has a fine arm. He may not be much of a hitter. Jake Boultes is a gingery third baseman. McGam well , and Bowman are left handed hitters and Flannery and Bowman hit from the other side. The outfield is an uncertain quan tity. Joe Phillips is a veteran but Leid and Butler have yet to show worthy Manager McCann will have to strengthen this department. Hussell and Bridges will' provide a backstop department second to none but the pitchers, with the . exception of Tuck'ey "and Snyder, are ' unknown quantities. The management expects to get oneyf lrst class hurler as soon as the youngsters have been weeded put. , Tom Crook ha's "reported -to the Al uany ciuo training camp ati Florence, N. J. In thn first' tlnV nmnHca ' omA against the scrubs he made f our hits in rour times up..- , Outfielder Irving Cough, ,- sold by New Haveni to -Pltitsfleld,., refuses to report t.r .Tnir. ftllfw. arvmrv,' . n-f to play independent ball In' Michl-r Jim Reilly, the former Yale football player, has been , chosen- by the Navy as field football coach. -., Reilly will succeed!, HSenry M. Wfoeaton,--also a Tale man, who coached the MSddies for ttaree seasons. ., v Percy Hkughton made bis - appear ance at the Harvard stadium yester day and! took charge of the Crimson spaing practice. .He will sign, soon. Tim Mahoney," the tall boy from Peabody, Mass., who had a trial , with the Mechanics ajst finaann - in ,-w.-Tir4Tii' out with the- Hartford baseball .candi-; oJates. Tim was the quietest player who ever donned a glove. He even used signals at the dinner table when he wanted) more ihretm and cabbage. , The Tate basketball team will nter the Intercollfterin.tft leftsriTA sipin.1n Tiovt season. The TClis withdraw sst varit because the faculty thought the game was getjtlnjg too rough. 'The St Louis Nationals have secur ed Outfielder Jimmy Sheckard1 from Chicago. They got him at the waiver price, $1,500. It is said that the Car dinals are after several other Cub players. Joe Duff, the former Princeton foot ball guard, has been chosen head football coach at the University - of Pittsburgh. Who greased the skids for the Giants? The writers took it for grant ed that - Boston would lose yesterday and they were pitying the poor Braves. But S tailings' men turned around and kicked! the Giants by 8 to 0. Purdue twirled well for the Braves. CLAIMS PLAYERS FAIRLY, TREATED Baa Johnson Replies to Players Fraternity Demand For Hearings. Chicago, April 41 "There wlll . be no departure from the custom of ban dllng players who come under the ban of umpires and league presi dents." B.'1 B. Johnson, president of the American League, asserted last night after receiving a letter, from David Pultz, head : ot the Baseball Players' Fraternity. Mr. Fultz requested that players be given a hearing before being suspend ed or fined. "The present system Is the only possible one by which .baseball can be conducted successfully," said Pres ident Johnson. "The umpires are our personaj representatives on 1 the dia mond, and their word must carry weight. We brought baseball out of chaos by the adoption of the present rules, and there - is no reason - for a change. The Players' Fraternity asks that the player be 'permitted to present his side of an argument. This right is not denied a man now, but I am sure that, no umpire exaggerates a case in - his report. In such an in stance I would not hesitate to dis charge the umpire. ' ' "It the public, or all ' of the big league players could, see all , the re ports of cases of misconduct it would be seen the player usually is the of fender. Nine-tenths of these cases are of players using, unprintable lan guage. If there is excuse for such, the , players are welcome , to consult, me by . mail or personally. X believe" that President Lynch, of the National ' League, will see the necessity of vest ing umpires with supreme authority." JESS WILLARD IN TRAINING OUT ON PACIFIC COAST San Francisco, April 11. Jess Wil lard, tallest . of the heavyweights, is" doing light training and -gymnasium work in Ad Wolgast'B quarters. "After a workout yesterday he tipped the scales at 237 pounds. He never has been seen in action ' on the Pacific coast before and to the critics his gymnasium work seemed to have more speed than that of any other heavyweight in the first rank. Willard has no matches in sight and dares not enter the ring for six weeks or so on account of an operation last week on his nose. Visitors to the quarters say Wol gast' is training harder for his bout April 19 against "Harlem" Tommy Murphy than he "has trained since he prepared for the fight In -which he won the championship from Battling Nelson. , v i Sun rises, tomorrow Sun sets today ..... High water . - - -. Low water - Moon sets . . .- B:18 a. m. 6:28 i. m. .... 2:11 p. m. ....... 8:32 p. m. 12:00 a. m. CLEANING CO. Clothing bandied by latest san itary methods. Your . patronage solocited. Write, phone or call. -650 State St. Phone 913 SANITARY PRESSING Opening To-morrow . . THE ATLANTIC HOTEL CIGAR DEPARTMENT will be opened on Saturday, April 12th, with a fine line of high class Cigars,Cig arettes and Tobaccos. FREE Safety Razors, Hand Painted Piroto Frames and Park & Tilford Can dies. Each purchaser will be presented with a handsome souvenir. Come in and get acquainted. ) 4 4 WE DELIVER THE GOODS" YANKESS BEATEN BY VALTERJ OHM SO N Poor Baserunning By- Sweeney Spills Beans for Chance's V Men Washington, D.C., April 11. Stupid base running on the part of- Catcher Sweeney cost the New York Ameri cans a chance to win the opening game of the season against Washing ton here yesterday afternoon, while McConnell's own wildness and careless throw gave the Griffith men an oppor tunity to send over enough 'runs to win.; Final count, 2 to 1. Led by President of the J United States Wilson, a crowd of 20,000 fans, the seating capacity of the park, witnessed- the inauguration combat in spite of the dark -clouds and chilling winds. Mr. Wilson threw out the first ball to Pitcher Walter Johnson, 1 who quickly returned the sphere to Man ager Griffith with a request that Pres ident Wilson inscribe his autograph on the horsehide. The request was granted, Johnson then receiving the ball, which he placed in his trophy case alongside a sphere bearing the signature of "William H. Taft." Vice President Marshall, members of the Cabinet,-, Senators, Represejata tives, and a great number of official folk were there. The contest itself was . remarkably well played for an early-season battle, and soon resolved itself into a pitch ers' battle between Walter Johnson and George McConnell. In the mat ter of hits McConnell had the better of the oontest, as the home team could only reach the lanky f linger for half a dozen swats, while Johnson was touched up safely eight times. Manager Chance fearing that his wrenched leg would not carry him through, decided to occupy the bench, and Sterret played a creditable game at first base. . i m I Different I M M 1 m I Animals feet, think and ,ove, hut anl- I m I rsothT1 ?r-in iM$ m I Failure works, sleep, and ets ' some- I 1 l II I tim"s- lnt allure not dress. . ' m W P I Jast "wearing clothes" is not dressing. Sp pp Simply putting on a' coat, vest and! , MB. P Pf trousers is not wearing a suit. . g III I And tlMlt's "10 W lesson that ... M 1 S $ FaOure must learn before It can get 'A PMi 0t Wwm I Ever Priced at....... $le). $m $: W mm 4HMRPNM I yonwm see hanging on my rack.' It M g V garments are, from the standpoint of I $t I '' 2.,sr-.--" I M I I- $L iLsrssjiisr l M ? tle ""useen" things that are so visi-, p p mm m $ . mi fc p form and would now like to show it against the best teams in the city that wish a game " Sunday at Yellow Mill Park. The following members will compose the Yellow Mill team: B. Dorkin, c; D. Dorkin, p; T. Mc Grath, ss; E. Lavery, 1st b; H. Don nelly 2nd b; B.' Dunn 3rd b; JP. Don nelly If; G. Gleeson rf; and P. Wil liams cf; there are other-' member on the team that have not. yet ehown good - form but may ' make - the team' before long. Signed Manager, D. Dor kin. - - ' ' M'GRAW SENDS STOCK, ROBERTSON AND BIG ' JAGOBSON TO MOBILE After yesterday's game between the Giants and Braves, Manager McGraw announced that he had 'released In flelder Stock, Outfielder Jacobson and Pitcher Robertson to the Mobile club of the Southern Association. McGraw will probably keep a string on all these men. As Manager Stallings of the Braves has repeatedly refused to waive on Stock and Jaeohson, it may be that some deal has . been framed up be tween McGraw, Manager Mickey Finn of the Sea Gulls arid Stallings by which the Big Chief will be re warded for withdrawing his claims to Stock and Jacobson. The three players left New York for Mobile last night. Jacobson says he is satisfied to go back to Mobile. He had an ambition to See the Polo Grounds and the Woolworth building, and now that his ambition was grati fied he was willing to go back to the minors. YELLOW MILLS ARB OUT FOR 1913 CHAMPIONSHIP The Yellow Milla after playing a few practice games are now ready to play any amateur team In the city averaging from 16 to 17 years. Head coach Joe Burns of the Yellow Mills thinks that the team has shown good MEMBERS OF CHALMERS TROPHY COMMISSION CHOSEN FROM SCRIBES The -make-up of the Chalmers tro phy commission, the body of baseball experts appointed to decide which two players in the Anerican and National leagues are entitled to the Chalmers '"Thirty-six" touring cars this season, has been announced by Chairman Ren Mulford, Jr., of Cincinnati. There are fouir new members. Grant land Rice of the New York. Mail takes the place of John B. Poster of the New York Telegram, Ralph S. Davis of the Pittsburg Press succeeds Char les B. Power of the Pittsburg Dis patch, Harry Nelly of the St. Louis Times replaces Myron. F. Parker of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat and J. Ed Grillo of the Washington Star will fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Joe . S. Jackson, formerly of the Washington Post,' now of the Detroit News Tribune.. Other members of tihe commission are: I. E. Sanborn of the Chicago Tri bune H,,G. Salsttnger of the De-, troit News, Tim Murnane of the Bos ton Globe, Jack Ryder of the Cincin nati - Enquirer, J. C. Isamlnger of the Philadelphla-'Noxth American, Henry P. Edwards of the Cleveland i Plain Dealer and Abe Yager of the Brooklyn Eagle. The- Chalmers trophy originated in 1910 when Hugh Chalmers offered an automobile to the champion major league jbatisman of the season. The contest attracted wide attention among fans and i players and when Cobb of Detroit ' and Lajoie of Cleve land finished the season with the bar est fraction of a point between them, interest was at. fever pitch. Mr. Chal mers compromised by giving a car to each of them. ; -- - - It was then decided tOi make the contest 'broader. The different pitch ing and playing conditions In the American and National leagues made a change "necessairy and In 1911 a car was onered to the best all around player in each of the major leagues. The men who, in the opinion of tlie members of the commission, were of the igreajtest value to their teams, were to be declared the winnera. ' Cobb i of -Detroit was- adjudged the, -champion 1 in the. American league and Bchulte I of Chdcago in the National league. Last year Larry Doyle of he Giants ! and Tris Speaker of the Boston Red : Sox became motorists via the Chal- ! mera Trophy route. Points considered in Judging the players are batting, base running, fielding, aggressiveness, aid to team play, - quick thinking, conduct on and otC the field, time of -reporting to olub ; and respect fojrc,lu? discipline. ' i ' i" ii '"-''j.' tj-XB '11'- THIS DATE IN PUGILISTIC ANNALS 1908 Young Erne and Tommy Mur- , phy fought 6-round draw at Philadel- : phia. -1 ' 1908 Paokey McFarla)d' defeated Jimmy Brltt in 6 rounds at San Fran cisco. 1910 Tommy Burn defeated Bill Lang, Australian, in 20 rounds at Syd- : ney. , ., , ; 1910 Dummy Decker held Jack Brit- . ton to a draw In 15 rounds at Savan- i nah. ! 1911 Jimmy Gardiner and Frank Klaus fought -round draw at Pitts- j buirgh. 1912 Mike Gibbons, outpointed Jeff. , Smith in lO rounds at New York. Farmer Want Ads. One Cent a' Word. HE HftiOWS WHAT HE WAR1TS. Sterling Mle APJD HE ICryOYtFS HOW TO GET IT. 2o you? RUETER & COMPJZWTT "sxLsrz BOSTON ', . v.