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THE -PAEMER: OCTOBER 22, 1915
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-EDITED BY WAGNER
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LIVE
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PROVE KIVIAT
AM) SMITH ARE
PROFESSIONALS
NEew 1 Tork. Oct, -22. Abel Kiviat,
f the Irish-American A. C., holder of
thef world's 1,500 meter record and
many times national champion, and
.Harry Smith of the Bronx Church
House, former ten mile amateur cham
pion of America, last night vere ad
Judged guilty of having violated the
rules of the Amateur Athletic Union
and J were declared ineligible for fur
ther competition in amateur sport. The
decision was handed down by the reg'
istration committe of the Metropolitan
association. (
- Kivia and Smith were, charged with
having demanding exorbitant expense
snoney to compete in the games of the
Eastern New York " Athletic league,
which were held In Schenectady on
September .1 S. At the meeting a week
ago ; Kiviarfe and Smith were charged
with having written letters to Roscoe
Campbell, the A, A...U. handicappex.
who was director of the Schenectady
games, demanding fS'and 40 respec
tively for "expenses.1?, " .
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HAKVAKU' Ad!o IU
HAVE LEGORE AND
OTHERS REINSTATED
New 'Haveji; ?' Oct - . 2 2.--Manager
George CarringtcJn , of ;:thef Xale foot
ball team eaid last night tjhat he had
received a letter. frorn,r Mr. Moore,
graduate manaeer of atWeties at Har
vard, saying -tfeafc-at tv meeting of Har
vard mejK connected with athletics it
was decided to petition (Dean Briggs
to write to Professor Corwin, chair
jnan of the Tale University, Athletic
association, asking that Captain Mil
burn, deGare, Rhett, Easton and
!pumpelly be reinstated " and permit
ted to compete in intercollegiate ath
letics. Manager Carrington said that
it , was likely that - Dean ' Briggs had
written to that 'effect.- . ,,- ;' v
It- was reportjeci"; yeitei-6&y that a
Bimilar movement-, was '' uriderway at
Princeton and tho' authorities here
a-i:l ptiH ft Tifttition akins that 'the
men be permitted, ,to play.
the Yale eligibility " committer, ' said
tthat the only hope that -Yale had of
using the men disqualified was to
have 'Harvard and Princeton make a
request. . .
if this is' true and the eligibility
cortrmittewJ annuls:.- their action there
will.,' be -a -gratr-joy-ln the ' Eli grid
iron camp.-to. .have , fch-e i great fullback
on the team one; more, vag well-as the
nucleus of . next " . spring's baseball
team. The undergraduates ? are all
up in the air over the unfortunate
situation, and the most absurd ru
mors have been' in effect for days.
BLUE RIBBONS WILL COMMENCE
BASKETBALL SEASON HERE NOV. 2
Jimmy Clinton and Johnny Beckraan, Last
Forwards, Sign Again.
Season's Crack
'Mmiken To'B.e With
.X tern-Arms Next Sunday
On Sunday the Rem-Arms team
will play' Bradhurpt lijb of New
Torfk, known as Greater fNetTork
Champions. This team held the Yost
; club ,to 6-0 last season. In addition
; to - last week's lineup the Arms have
Howie Baker and Jack Milliken, who
naa recoverea irom Tecent injuries.
The. game will be t played at Newfleld
pai-k, starting prcmtply. at 3 p. m. The,
;ie bleachers are ready for Sunday's'
.-game. . -.: ,., .. .-. , ..
, VaKkee owner denies .
MAISEL TO RE TRADF!!)
FOR BAKER OR GARDNER
NewTork, Oct." 22. Captain- T. iL
Huston, one of the owners of the
: Yankees, scoffed at the tale of his club
! going to obtain "Home Ban" Baker
in a three-cornered deal which -would
Involve Larry ' Gardner and Fritz
Maisel. . , j ' . ' -,
"We wouldn't object to getting the
services of Baker," said the captain,
"but as for letting Maisel go, why, we
L wouldn't lose him for both Baker and
(Gardner."-' Thus does another 'rumor
(find an" untimely ending. -! fy -
' (By Wagner.)
The local basketball season will open
with a crash on November 2 when the
Blue Ribbons, who cleaned up all com
ers last year, will wheel into action.
Manager John Ijeavy says he has re
ceived the signed contracts of Jimmy
Clinton and Johnny .Beckman the
crack, forwards, and' expects to get
the other stars in line before the open
ing game- Clinton-' and Beckman are
two of the best shooters ever seen in
this city. They have made themselves
favorites ."with the fans and will be
welcomed back.
Having- disposed of all comers last
season the Ribbons will be but to win
the championship another time. Strong
teams will be booked aVid the fane
will be sure to And excitement at Colo
nial hall where contests will be staged
every Tuesday night. , y
Yale men : have - been insiriuatlng
that certain Harvard athletes have
been receiving board and salary for
acting- as assistants in boys' summer
camps. The New. Haven collegians
won't be able to do much along that
line for Ca.pt.' Wilson ;of Yale was sta
tioned last summer in a boys' camp
along the Connecticut river.;
tn "a few" days Princeton will : ask
Harvard to number .. the : Crimson
players in the game at Princeton next
month and the request will' no doubt
be politely turned, down by Harvard.
Both Coach Haughton and Capt. Ma
han are opposed to the numbering of
players on the ground that it would
be easy for opposing scouts to make
notes on formations. It would also
be easy for the public to distinguish
the players but what has the public
to do with football? It only sup
ports the game.
Joe Tinker, manager of the Chica.go
Federals, expects' to Undergo an op
eration as soon as he returns from a
triu south to arrange for a training
camp for next season. -
Taylor, leading candidate for center
on the Harvard eleven this year, was
the class baby of '9 3. -He must be
considerable child. Members of that
class Who remember Taylor when he
-could do nothing but cry lustily, are
rooting for him o tear right through
the Yale and Princeton lines. -
A crowd of local boxing enthusiasts
will go to New Haven tonight to see
Young McAuliffe in action against
Chic Brown in the Arena. The bout
is scheduled lor 10 rounds.
Willie Ritchie and Johnny Dundee
have gone into training for their bout
in . New York next Tuesday night.
They were matched once before but
the affair was called off at the last
minute because the moon was ghi-niihgr
or some equally good reason. :
INSMITH OF
SENATORS MAY
GO TO BRAVES
New York. Oct. 22. Eddie Ain-
smith' may join the Boston Braves.
Gossip has it thaVhe will not be with
the Washington club next season, as
the climate of this city disagrees with
him and Is said to be the reason why
his work has been affected. -Clark
Griffith is not anxious to leave Ain
smith go, as he has been catching
Walter Johnson for' nearly : five sear-
sons. .- ' . . .''
According "to reports - President
GaJEney of the Braves is eager to ob
tain ' Ain smith's .services, . but the
Braves will probably experience 'con
siderable ' trouble getting him out Of
the American League. 1 ,
It was said at local headquarters
that if Ain smith leaves the Senators
the Yankees in all probability would
get him.'-. 1 Two other clubs , in the
Johnson circuit could make good use
of Eddie. .Ainsmith has a contract
calling for a big salary, and- .that
might cause the Yanks and 'the other
American League -clubs to hesitate be
fore putting ina claim for him. -y
CRICKET AND DASEBALL,
' WERE RIVALS IN
THE EARLY DAYS
Player-Author Scandal
J Should Be Eliminated
It is a reflection on the intellect of
the followers of baseball to ask thenr-
td believe faiat the players advertised
as covering the World's Series for cer
tain - papers, really write the stories
; credited to them.. There may be an
instance or two where this has been
done, but' none of the present crop
of writing" players do their own
' work; not even Ty Cobb, who is sup-
posed to be capable of this sort of
work, writeij J, Ed Grillo In the Wash
ington Star, - - - r
Carrigaa and Moran both covered
.the series, while all the stars of the
: two contesting teams eaw their names
ever long dissertations ,the contents
j- of which wifl be news to them until
J they read them.-- - : j ; - -
, Even one of the-magnates of the
: American League consented to allow
: his name to be used in hoodwinking
he public. Colonel Ruppert of the
, 'JSc-w York American League club
Covered the series top several papers.
' How the head of an American League
club, eouid be induced to be a party
to such, a hing, when hVj- must know
how . faia organization", lias , frowned
upon the practice as a general thing,
la a puzzle not yet solved. It certainly
can not be that Colonel Ruppert un
derstood that he was to be thus "fea
- tured" or he would not have permit
.' ted the use of his name.
Steam railroads in the United States
during .August . earned $272,306,183
and expended $174,879,773, the In
terstate Commerce Commission an
Nowadays the American is inclin
to jeer at the British game of cricket,
while the Englishman dismisses base
ball as ' merely "glorified ' rounders."
There, was a time, however,- when
cricket . was' as popular on this side
of the Atlantic as in Great Britain,
and , when a cricket contest ' would
attract a much bigger crowd than a
baseball game. This is, in a way, the
birthday of cricket as an - American ;
pastime, as it was on October 22, 1838,
just seventy-seven - years ago today,
that the first cricket match for money
was played in. America. ' The cricket
teams ' of New York and Brooklyn opr-
posed each other on the field of the
latter -club, ' and' played for 9400 a
side. " . ' V! 'V -
, At that period the game of round
ers, was popular, and already the sport
was beginning to develop into., the
'glorified rounders' now known . as
baseball, in Philadelphia "town ball"
was played by the Olympic club, the
first team of its kind in America. In
New York and New England distinc
tive games . somewhat resembling
baseball were in process of birth, and
in '1846 baseball came into being.
Even before that Major ' General
Abner Doubleday had originated r a
game ati Cooperstown, N. Y., which
was afterward called "Base Ball."
Up to Ttialf a century ago, however,
baseball had but a small following
among adults and it was nsually play
ed by youngsters, by whom it . was
often called "Two Old Cat," "Three
Old Cat- and "Town Ball." :In the
meantime cricket flourished, and
had - a large following of : "fans" all
over the United States and Canada.
An encyclopedia published . in 1859
does not mention baseball, while it
describes cricket as "the 'favorite out
door game of Americans, - both of
town and country"
Professionalism flourished-in cricket
long before it was thought of in base
ball. Most of the early stars of the
diamond were also cricketers. In
1874, when the Boston and Athletic
clubs toured England and Ireland,
they played cricket itwell as base
ball. They defeated the famous
Marylebone club, the Sheffields, the
Manchesters, ' and the All-Irelands in
Dublin, winning all their pontests ex
cept one, which was drawn. McBride,
the Athletic pitcher, was a fine bowler
and so were the three Wright broth
ers. It was not until 1876, when the
National League vas launched, that
baseball finally triumphed oyer cricket
In the affections of the American
sporting public.
The trial of Porter Chariton is ex
pected to be resumed at Como, Italy,
today. It was interrupted Tuesday by
; the illness of Miceli Picardi, the wife
player's chief counsel.
MORAN WANTS
MORE SALARY
FROM PHILLIES
'New York, ?ct.: 22 Stories from
Philadelphia that Pat Moran, who led
the Philadelphia Nationals to the lrst
pennant they ever won, had signed
as manager- for ' next- year -are all
wrong. As a -matter of fact, Moran
left 'for his home In Fltchburg,.' Mass..
without ' signing . the papers. Moran
had severs! 'conferences with William
I-', Baiter, ownr of the Phillies, before
leaving, but evidently they failed to
come to an -understanding. ;
No doubt money is at the bottom of
their differences. Moran, it is said on
good authority, became manager at
the same salary for which he acted
as a coach, and he was -only too willing
tc stay at the old stipend .in order to
get a chance at the big job. Now that
he, has made good in his first attempt.
Pat no doubt feels that be is entitled
to a sizable raise in salary.
By winning , the National League
pennant this' year Moran stunned the
entire baseball world. Probably1 no
championship1 won in years has been
more of a manager's personal triumph
than Moran's victory this year.
Of course, Moran will, not manage
the Phils in 1916 for the same money
he received in 1915, or anything lik9
it. He worked for -a nominal salary
this year, and -the. stockholders,- v who
were enriched to the extent of $71,000
in the world's series alone because of
Moran's generalship and ability, will
have to come across with an -adequate
salary to hold him.' ' - ' .
. Moran has every fan in the city at
his feet' and IB in the. position of nam
ing his own terms. - To:, be turned
down by the club would mean the
ruin -of the-Phils.-, c - r ., ..
In this respect it might be apropos
to say that1 Moran was never the first
choice of the. club as the successor to
Charles Dooin. Hans Lobert was first
appointed, but a number of the leading
players mutined and declared they
would -play .under nobody except
Moran. ,
The club saw the players meant
business, so Moran received the ap
pointment instead of Lobfert, and then
went in and won the only pennant the
Phils have 'captured in thirty-three
years.
The Bank of England shipped
600,000 in sovereigns to Spain, and
90,000 to South America.
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CORNELL EXPECTS
TO BEAT HARVARD
ELEVEN TOMORROW
Ithaca, N. Y., Oct. 22.-' 'It will take
all -that Harvard has to beat us," said
Dr. Albert H. Sharpe, Cornell's head
football coach, last evening in address
ing a crowd of 2,500 Cornell students
who marched to the station to give the
team its biggest send-off in history.
"It "will take all that Harvard has,"
repeated the Cornell leader, as the big
crowd cheered itself hoarse.
"In. all my fifteen years of experi
ence here this is the best lot of football
material that has ever gone, out f
Ithaca," said Dan-Reed, the veteran
line coach. '
"I- promise that the team ; will do its
very best, and we hope to bring that
football here to add to our trophies in
Schoellkopf hall," said Captain Bar
rett. ' '
This was the optimistic tenor of the
farewell speechesmade by the leaders
of the Cornell football team just be
fore the squad left for Cambridge.
bile Dr. Sharpe and his assistants
are not confident of a victory they ex
pect a tight game, and they are sura
that Cornell will' score both 'by touch
downs and field goals.
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Chicago, Oct. 22 The death at St.
Louis yesterday rrt Bryan Scott, of
Knox Colleg-e, from injuries sustained
in a football grams, was the eighth
football fatality this season, according'
to statistics available today.
There were 15 deaths attributed to
the g-azne last season including; one af
ter the-seaaon had 'closed.
BILL SAVAGE OF
YALE ELEVEN IS
V HURT IM PRACTICE
4 New HaTWk, Oct. 22 Closing their
preparation for the w ashingrton &
Jefferson game with ' a scrimmage"
against the freshmen, the Yale varsity,
was yesterday defeated, 6 to 0. A. ,
twenty-yard sideline run and a tackle j
plunge by Wallace Charles Winter, '
Jr.. took the varsity measure. Winter
is the son of one of Tale's most fa
mous tackles, who was graduated
twanty-two years ago. He came down,
from the Hotchkiss School this fal
and is one of the most . aggressive
members of the Tale backfleld. He
is the first freshman to score a --touchdown
against the varsity this year.
Church and Blodgett were used as
the varsity ends -and -as ;thefc coaches
decided to rest'WilsKifi: isSisiwi1
derstudy. Bill Savage, slightly injur'ed
his knee yesterday, Ames of the-third
team ran the - eleven. . Guy Hutchin
son assisted in the quarterback
coaching, and Jim Rodger . in the
TIGERS AND YALE
SAY .WALLACE OF
HARVARDJLIGIBLE
(Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 23. The Har
vard Athletic Committeee announced
last evening that, after due considera
tion and conference with the Tale and.
Princeton athletic authorities, Don J.
Wallace, last year's Varsity center
rushh, had been declared eligible to
play with the University team this
fall. Wallace came to Cambridge
from the University of Southern Cali
fornia three years ago, ; and while on
thfe Coast played soccer football for
his university. .
The Harvard . A. fcontends that
playing soccer, which is considered a
minor sport, should not make Wallace
ineligible to play threa. years of Rugby
football at Cambridge. The commit
tee decided that, according to the Har
vard rules, Wallace was eligible, but
put the matter up to Tale and. Prince
ton: The Tigers several days ago sent
word that Wallace was regarded as
eligible to play against them, and last
night word to the same effect was re-,
ceived from those in authority at New
Haven. .
Wallace has been keeping in trim all
fall, and is ready to get into the Har
vard lineup at any time. Just where
he will be used, - however, probably
will not be decided until after the
Cornell game on Saturday.
MANY RUMORS FOR
YALE BOYS SINCE
LEGORE INCIDENT
New Hawen, Oct. 22 Possibly
never before has Dame Rumor done
such a tango across the Tale campus,
up and , down El'm street, the last
conple of days and following from
Battell to Walter Mace's, as in the
giving of the gate to the famous Tale j
ineligible quintet.
Among the first things one heard
yesterday was that Tale would im- j
mediately protest the playing or some
Princeton men who were caught do
ing something, or other last summer
that would bar them from football.
No names were mentioned and none
were asked . for that might possibly
spoil the story.
There was also another very nice
little rumor that eeyeral Harvard men
werfe" to' be protested; including Cap
tain Eddie Mahan and Tom Bnwnght.
Just why thane two men were singled
out of the mob to hang the story to
was hot learned. Someone remark
ed that Tom had done something or
other and that Mahan had also done
something or other and if one-asked
what the big idea was the Yale man
would simply look one wisely in the
eye and say: "Well, kid, you know
how them things is worked!"
This is the day of . rumors on the
Tale campus and they won't down
until another sensation comes up such
as the discovery of Max Schwartz's
lost alligators or something or other
like that. . - - ' .
Some said Jake Bisas, who had
been noticed around the - campus,
miurht make Harry Legore an offer to
come to Rutgers, but Jake denied this
when seen. It was ueportea several
of Moose Miller's cr::s-eountry. run
ners might be. barred from further
competition, Dr. Bell having discov
ered "some badly fractured eligibility
rules.
ANNIVERSARIES
OF RING BATTLES
TAG DAY FOR POLAND
COMES ON SATURDAY.
Mayor Wilson has sanctioned the
tagging of the public for the benefit
of the Polish war fund, granting per
mission for forty girls' to sell tags
upon the streets both Saturday and
Sunday when it is hoped to collect a
large sum of money for the welfare
of r Poland. v
JUST ARRIVED,
FRENCH AND DUTCH BUTjRS
JOHN KEClCft SOS.
1879 Tom Johnson defeated
Isaac,, Perrins inT 62: xo.unds.--at Ban
bury,, England. - - This ."battle . ranks
among the classics of the prize ring.
Tom Johnson was the champion of
England, and by his prowess and
honesty had rescued the ring from
the degradation into which it had
been sunken for many years. Per-
rins, whosought to -wrest the honors
from Johnson, was a giant, 6 feet 2
inches, and famed for his tremendous
strength. He was backed by - the
sports of Birmingham, who were so
confident that he was unbeatable
that they offered odds of 2 and 3 to 1.
Johnson was a clever ring general,
and he confused his antagonist by
dancing around him, much as Jim
Cgrbett later worked the same trick
with Sullivan. Slowly but surely he
wore down the Birmingham. Goliath,
and in the 62nd round he landed a
blow square in the face that sent Per
rins toppling- to the ground, unable to
rise. Throughout the long fight
both men fought for the head, and
few body punches were unchanged.
Perrins never fought again, and
Johnson, his head turned by the wor
ship of his admirers, plunged into dis
sipation and soon lost the laurels he
had so ably defended.
1892 Tommy McFarland, light
weight boarfif. I"rvT-T. in f!h!rr"r
EASTON
State Master. J.' Arthur Sherwood, In
company with State Iecturer Frank
Blakeman of Oronoque, Attended the
grange meetiny in North . Stonington
on Wednesday evening. On Thursday
the" Middletown County Pomona
grange was held at NortliL-Stonington
grange . where Messrs. Blakeman and
Sherwood assisted in -dedicating the
new hall, i During Mr. Sherwood's ab
sence Mrs. F. H. Blakeman of Oron
oque is spending a few days at Clover
Leaf Dairy, the guest of Mrs. J. A.
Sherwood.
Fred , B. Candee has purchased a
milk route-of Harry Ed wards.of Strat
field. .'
Mrs. Charles Silliman of Bridgeport
is -enoying a few rays as guest of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred EL Sillinian.
All are looking forward t now to the
masquerade ball which is 'to be given
at the Easton grange hall on Thursday
evening, October 28th.
Rev. F. S. Clark of the Baptist
church is attending the Baptist state
convention in Middletown this week.
Mr. and Mrs. John Tyler of Norwalk
were given a complete surprise by a
number of their friends at the home of
Mr. and, Mrs. James Tyler on Monday
evening, i The evening was spent with
music, both instrumental and vocal,
after which refreshments were served.
Mr. and Mrs. Tyler were presented
with a handsome carving set and half
a dozen silver spoons.
Mrs. S. A. W. Silliman is spending a
few days in Madison, the guest of her
cousin, Miss Morehouse. ,
New war' taxes, totalling $12, 000,
000 a year, were ordered by the Ital
ian government. Telegraph rates
have been faised and profit of busi
ness concerns are to be heavify taxed.
The Peruvian' Chamber of Deputies
sincti6ned a change in the constitu
tion which will guarantee religious'
freedom. '
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