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ITS FRANCHISE
IN U, S. LEAGUE
Six Applications for Remaining
Vacancy?Committees Appoint?
ed to Work Out Detaiis.
New York, January 21.?The United
plates League finished its meeting a'
the Imperial Hotel late last nie!':, und
i-.s circuit is stlil a seven-town circuit.
Cleveland lias the call for the eight it
city, and tills week a committee Irohi
the league will go 16 the Forest City to
look tilings over. There weue present
at yesterday's meeting President Wit
inan, of Reading; Ambrose lluescy, Jr..
f?f Brooklyn; Charley White, of New
York: John J. Ryan, of New York, rep?
resenting Cincinnati; E. C. Landgraf,
representing Rlchiiiond; Hugh MoKln
non, of Washington, and Captain Mar?
shall Henderson and W. T. McCullougU.
of Pittsburgh.
The United .Stales leaguers report ap?
plications for a franchise irom six
eitles?two each Hum Cleveland ami
Baltimore. M. A. Bobriek 'and J. fcS
Murphy applied for a Cleveland fran?
chise, ann :o did Rlli Rrudlcy. Her?
bert D. Ingle came from Baltimore
Seeking entrance, as also did John L>.
Splnclll and Leo Groom. The othe; |
applicants were .lorn A. Hasson, ??' |
Louisville; Jny Schlund. >-f Buffalo; Al?
bert H. Wolf, ot Chicago, and Harry;
K. Shit e, of Philadelphia.
The committee of three which will
go to Clevelund this week is composed
of Henderson, Ryan and Witman. A j
board Of directors was appointed, coli-,
statine of Messrs. McCullougli, McKln
.i.->n and Witman. Messrs. Laiidgial
ilus?c-y and Henderson were appointed
a schedule committee. John J. ;.Hyht<
and W, A. Wit man. Jr.. attorneys, were
appointed a cdinmltle? to prepare a j
communication to the National Com- ]
aiisslon denning the attitude and aim? |
jf the United e-tates League, whie!
?rill r.ot be in the form of a s tue plica?
tion at all. By-laws and conslltutloi
were adopted, and it was decided :i *
to do business with any ball player ;
unless he is a :rc* agent.
The Cincinnati grounds arc to b.
within four blocks of the National 1
L ,,c-.:e grounds in Herrmann's burs I
ar.d it appears that the location of the
New York parit unsettled. Charles
White declares he has seven site. .
available within seventeen minutes n.
Herald Square. He *r.d President Wit-:
mar. will do s<me inspecting to-mor?
row, ar.ii say they will make known the ;
location this week.
HOW BIG LEAGUERS;
GOT TO FIRST BASE
Records of Bases on Bails. Strike
Outs and First on Errors j
Given.
New York. January - 1?Official rec?
ords of base? on balls, strike-outs and
Hist bast on errors by teams in the
Kations! League aurlr.g the season of
iftll, with individual figures In some
'cases, were made public to-dii> by Sec- i
rctary John Heydler.
National League pitchers, these sta
I is tics show, gave 4,2 i 9 bases on bulls.
The St Louis Club lc-d, with 692; Chi- I
cage was second, with 5:5. and Cin- j
clunatl third, with 57s. Brooklyn was
1 ast, with 125. Shrckard. of Chicago,
Jeaels the league, having received 117
passes in IBS games. Bates and
Bescher, of Cincinnati, follow, with 103
und 102. respectively. Sweeney led
Boston, with 77; Devpre had Bl; Knabe,
91 Wagner and Byrne. 67 caxh, and ,
Jl'igelns. ce.
There wer? 4.7JS strlke-outs, divide,,
among the eight clubs, as follows:
Brooklyn, 6S3: St. Louis, 650; Chicago,
GIT; Cincinnati. ;r>;; Philadelphia 5;");.
'Pittsburgh, 5S3; Boston, 577, New j
York, 506 Coulson. of Brooklyn, und i
Bcrchor. of Cincinnati, lead In thin re- \
sped, with 7S sir.ke-outs each. Luderus
struck out 76 times; Carr, 75; Devore,
tS;. Schulte, 6S. Ingcrtoii. 6S. and
Hauser. 67. Those who played In 130
games or as^pf''; ohtj liad a low a\er
:<;??? oi Btr.lkevosts were: Sweeney,
Tinker, ?l: Mitchell. 31; Larry Doyle
:'?!?: Murray, ?7; Meyer:,. S3; Knabc,' 35:
Wagner. ?.4. and Oakes, 35.
A new departure was th, kcepine
of records showing the number of men
leaching llrst bast c>n errors. These
llgurcs showed 1,196 runners lb profit
In this way. Boston iv,ns favored 171
times; Philadelphia, IG4; Pittsburgh.
154; Cincinnati, 181; St. Louis. 117.
Brooklyn. 141; New York, 13?; Chicago',
129. Sweeney, of Boston, led the in?
dividual players, reaching nrst :::. .
times, on errors,. The other cluli lead
era were- Mite!.ell. 25; Ijbheft, 2H; ball-'
bert 2S: Wilson, of Pittsburgh, 21;;
Evans, 19; Merkle. tv, and llbflman, l?. .
for 30 Yearn the llouae of duality.
Straus, Gunst & Co.,
Distillers und nlrnilern nl
Pine Whiskeys.
Drink Old Henry
Iis i.oiiB Iteeorel I'noe.i It* tlrrit.
?*iTn~~ J Ca_' >>
a Specialty
RICHMOND MOTOR CO.. Inc.
MS W. Main Street
1? OUNCES Ol pUALii'y
10 IN EVERY POUND.
The
&burisJ8& Built to
\?fr#?X Serye
Highest Prcur arid Uti<
W. C. SMITH & CO.,
N. 314 Ffth. Vline an 1 Main
j -;-1
The buy11 who known tho Jlffcreni
Jones Motor
Car Co.
Alien Avenue and Broad Street
OLD RIVALS TO MEET
IN ANNUAL CONTEST
Differences Between Georgetown and Virginia
1 Rented ana Res ular Game V\ id Be Played
Ntxtl<ali?BasketballQ intii proving.
unaiiottesviiic. Va., January 21_
"Yes, have finally decided to play
Georgetown In Washington next yenr.
Father Finmott was here yesterday as
a representative of the WuMliiiigloil
schools and before he left for Washing:
ton had come to a definite understand?
ing with the members of tin. faculty
advisory athletic committee.''
These were the w
both, athletic adviser
? ?f Virginia, when a
ivport that an ugre
reached were true,
conltrmcd by tin ttu
month of guessing oi
sldcrs who claimed
tined knowledge of <
had existed. .\; the
t.mme.tt the local tin
fused to divulge an
to tho terms o. (ho
ring the unforeseen
divulged as to rules
athletic relations l>
ami Georgetown In
.1 ut
future until
according :<>
ill he I I II 11*
iner.*slunN I'robiibly Milde.
<ome concessions were made on
of tin Washington institution.
. Is n foregone conclusion, t'f
ere have expresso.d themselves
ly against certain eligibility
i several occasions during the
cw moii! iis
lute havt
nati
ami
.?rs
on t(
>t VIr
lie
represc ma?
le asked the
regarded as
>f an inter
i tin- meet
The University of Georgia is th
n applicant for a game witii
inla here next .all, and it is <
i that the request will receive
..s consideration.
Now that Hopkins has been fit
?om the- schedule then is a pi.,
tie more b e game on the sell
ad should the gridiron gladiators
lttii
local university eleven. There is a so
some talk of resumption oi athletic
tel..Hons with Washington and !..??>.
and It Is not Improbable that the
Lexington team will also be nut
Lambeth Field In 1912; The trouble j
recently has hinghed around Inability ;
on the nart of Virginia to Induce its:
^inte rivals to play in Charlottesvllle.
Basketball I'fnctice.
The members of Virginia's basket- ;
hall team ore fast rounding into form
and in. being brought to the best
physical condition. Team work, which
in the preccdit:^ games has been lack?
ing, is improving dally and it is con
lldently expected that this years'
organization will be one ot the best
ever developed "t |he university. "Pop" i
I^nnliian is optimistic over the situa- '
lion and has high hopes of lauding tnej
southern basketball championship
With six veterans hack and good
prep material, chances for the coveted :
title are excellent. The old men have ,
not yet roundeil Into mid-season form
I vit their hrdgress from now on I? ex- j
fylng th?
ud Rlxey are amply justi
tatement made last yea:
NTERS
RICHMOND MEET
Will Meet Carolina and Cornell
in Triangular Relay
Race.
Muht iDlatitry Illuer. Ti,meet != planned
t.i be tili- lihitresl In tho South, a:id iiitrui |
ill i
\ a \\. \v:\vs vo'i'Hs,
VkMsinui ttaitugcr ?i| Track
Ten in l.l.-ctcil
oelal to The Times-Dispatch.!
pecial ino< ting thlt afternoon of
hlctlc Association, C. L. Hand,
id bourn, N. C, was elected one
two assistant managers of hie
track team, to fill the vacancy
ry the resignation of G. i. Ruin.
crowded to its capacity Dr. D. II. Hill
president of the college, delivered an
address on ? Th< Young Man pat with
the Times" before a highly apprecia?
tive audience.
Quite recent!) ;< portrait of Colonel
\i. xander Q. Ilolladay. nrti president
of the college, from 1889 to \h*?s was1
i".nted- to the college by hi,'
Charles R. lUiMnriny, a Krndtiatl of th,
college of the class .,i now livlni
in Wilmington, D.i. The |o.i 11.?i?"
-.vhi.-h was executed by a prominent
Northern artist, la .. xpiendld likeness
ot tin- liral president <,i ,\. it M., and is
a work of art. it win t?. formally pro.
6ttiUd to the college in a tu-.y weeks.
Hint lliey would develop lino ihti beul
pair of forward* In the South, while
?UM und Betts iirc uImu doing good
work. \V. Itixey Its showing excellent
form tit center, and. together wltli
Dnliiney, will render that position
secure. Nell und Churchman. both
veterans of lam year's team, although
a little slow in setting into llielr
st ri.-'. nre showing tin" i'urin and im?
proving dally. Christian's work at
mi id ha* ids.- been 11 feature and lie
lit ,i, vcloplng nit" .1 fust nnd iiccurhfc
passer.
?i ll team will bo given a severe test
tc-moridw night, when it meets the
.iiiitu from tiiillford College of North
Cirullnu. i.ist year (tullford defeated
the Orange and Blue by the close
score ??I..'" to it'. Virginia will prob
ablv start the gumu with the follow?
ing lino ui>: Kennies and Itixey, for?
wards: \V, Itixey. center: Neff and
i :hurciiman, guards.
RATES iE HELD
TO BE REASONABLE
[Special to The Tliiioa-Dlspateh.] J
Washington, January 21.? In t ti ??
case of the Heath Hardware Company,
of Monroe, X. <*., and the Sledge and
Barclay Hardware Company, ol Utiw-j
rchcevllle, Vn., the Interstate Com-;
mercy Commission decided mat charger
collected tor the transportation of
sheet iron in carloads from Votings
iioMi, i>., to Monroe und of wire l'eitc-j
tilg on less I linn cat load lots from llie|
same place ut Lawrence! llle, an- fo?ud
not to have been unioas?nitbie Or un?
justly discriminatory. [
nie petition in tins case was tiled j
Jointly on December 9, 1009; On oeto-i
b< r ., U*u!', the Heath Hardware Coill-I
puny ordered shipped from Youngs town]
to .Monroe one carload of shed iron,]
weighing !"i422 pounds, upon which I
charges amounting to jlns.lt> were col-i
lected, hasid on a rale of -If, certs per
100 pounds. Between October 1.', 1907.
and June 21, 190S, .Sledge & Barclay
Compiin} shipped from MoneBsen to
LawreiicCvillc live less than carload
|ots ot iron wire fencing, aggregating
;{:'?.m3 pounds, upon which charges
amounting to SK2.04 were collected.I
based on rales of IS and -i:? cents. |
With respect to tho shipments of]
both complainants the same situation
is involved. In each Instance the pub?
lished rate was coll?>cted. with tne cx-i
ccptlon of one shipment of wire fenc-'
ing, weighing 13.012 pounds. upon
winch a ralo of 49 cents was assessed.!
The rate lawfully applicable was ???
cents, therefore there was an over-)
charge upon this shipment ot 81.30.'
The complaint was dismissed.
A delegation of Danville business,
men, headed by Congressman ?auhd
ers, called at tee offices if th<- inter-j
state Commerce Commission yi.-ittor.day I
and complained of rates on .?hipmc-nis
to that rli\ from various polnla ovcrj
the linee of .he Southern Railway. l:|
was later decided t'> employ counsel
and file a complaint purporting to show;
that the Southern Hailway is operat?
ing to the advantage, of Lynchbuig and
other cities to the deterlment of Dan?
ville.
The complaint will be drawn imme?
diately and died, and tho commission
Will hi asked t? assign the case for an
t ally hearing. Such discrimination as
that existing at this time against
Danv'llc shall no longer evlst. accord
Ing to the statement of the men who
came here to-day.
CATHOLICS AWAIT NEWS
nbho|i O'l'onnetl Mm .Not Aunouui-cJ,
When He Will Arrive In Richmond.
Way Rev. J. J. Bowler, D. D., ad?
ministrator c.f the Diocese of Virginia
since the death of Bishop Augustine
Van dt Vyver, said yesterday that
Rlrhop Dennis J. O'Cdnhell, auxiliary
bishop of San Francisco, Gal., recent?
ly nam*.d by. the l'ope as Bishop of j
Richmond, had not announced when]
he Would arrive here for the purpos? ,
of taking up his new duties.
However. In a telegram to K?the:'
Bowler, I'.ishop O'Connoll said that he!
would dc-ide upon this within a few!
days. ;
I'lant for the roceptlon of the new I
bishop have been held up until It Is
definitely known when he will come.
Iii- ri eption and installation na bishop
will probably be one of the most lm
pri -r-c and beautiful ceremonies ever
witnessed in the Sncrcd Heart Cathe?
dral. Having already been consecrated
as bishop thnt service will be dis?
pensed with.
MATCH (il.l|l> AHHAX.Un. j
IHehtnond ?uekpln Artists Oppose
I.)nrbhurg Team.
i Special to Tne Times-Dispatch.]
Lynchburg, Vu., January 21.?Ar- I
raiigcments hive been perfected 'or1
a neriei .,f match games at duckplnu '
between picked t<-atn.> from Richmond]
and Lynchburg, the ilrm of which will
be rolled Monday night.
The ~amcs will he rolled on the .
Homo alleys ot each team, and the
scores an to h<- exenanged ?by tele-1
phone immediately after the games'
htiy been llnished. I
The second series will be rolled t
Monday nighty January if', und the last)
on the nif/nl of February t>.
The Richmond team Is to be made up]
of th crack diiciiplii rollet :- of the j
I'alacc league in Itlchmoiid.
Th- Lyndhburg team will lie com-1
posed of tiie following men. |-;. i>. I
Porter, W. A. Purls. H. n. Weisand.1
A. .). Monger and C. W. Wrehn.
HI. It V S VWAIUIKIi DECISION.
11} Outfighting Daly, Wins Itigkl to
ttpet -lohnily Oouloil.
'?-;?< clal to The 'I irnes-Dlfipatch. J
v. Orleans, Da., January -'i ?]
I'trahicie nurns, of Jersey City, was'
> ? ai l i the decision over Johnny
Daly, of Urooklyn, after twenty rounds
?f riard lighting before the West ^'de
Athletic Club. Algiers, thin afternoon,,
winning the right to meet Johnny
Coulnr. In ti c earn* ring Kahruarv '*!
I foi the bantamweight champlon-shlp.'
j Burn:- was best :,t infighting. worfc-|
Ing rights and lefts to tho stomach
i n-, kidneys in the frequent clinches1
Did} sought. Daly left the ring'
with a badly haltered and swollen;
tVee and several marks on his body.j
Both under 117. Ilnrrj Stout was]
lb- referee; ar,.l the decision w:it a
, fioptllftl one
Johnny Couloii, ol Keuosha, WIs.,
was signed up iii?t week to meet t';?
winner here r"< bruary 18 to defend
the bantfc.ni oiminplonshst.
Mr. Merchant, make dell>orles on
Unto' litis winter. Only ?T0u h". O. It.
Detroit for u reliable delivery wagon.
FORD AUTO CO.. 1629 W. Broad St.
TRACK PROSPECTS
Coach Carlmell in Charge of
Material at Caro?
lina.
in
x.
.in
AUhoua
in id
Carolina hu* lost, by gruduHtlvit. a few of
her best track tuen, this season's prospects
for a strong I earn ?r- very good.
Coach Curtmitll arrived iho llrat De-1
cyniber, an.l has been putting Uts men j
through a stir* practice. During the severe
weather Cartincll se
irscs
lade
Cobli and I'atlcraao, the two-mils young-j
sters. who broke ill- Son. record last year,
und who marie Much it splendid showing
against virsliila and Washington and l.-e la
the Intereolle'slate meet. ar,. buck and lire
Marking hard to retain their former places. .
Captain Atkln ion. the crack stun puller,,
expect* to break hi* record ?f last fall III j
putting the shot ulul hammer.
Hoffman, of last your'a s.niad. ?111 n-?t ,
be :-*>-n on tho "Mill - this Scaaoa, but there i
urn sevcrnl candidates tor hl? p"?ltb>n who
,ir>- looked upon a* faster iiien than Caro- j
linn's former llfiy-yaril and IW-yurd man. I
It In net known yci whether Winston will .
be ..at f,.r the team or not. He liai .lust ru- ;
rovcreri from a casai of appendicitis, and It
ii feared that he will be unable to enter
the .tn.-h^s. Iltalnck, Carolina's premier pe!o
vnulter, is expected lu hold hi- same posi?
tion! However, there ore several candidate!
Sor the place, so, ?f course, he will have to j
work hard and regular.
Carolina will so to Richmond In March
to participate la a meet and will probably
carry a squad of twrnty men.
It ha.? not been ascertained yet as 10
where the North Carolina Stute meet will j
t,e held, but It Is very llko:y that Rulolgh
w 111 bo chosen. i
GEORGETOWN WILL
PLAY V.P.I. ELEVEN
Contest Arranged for Next
Thanksgiving Day in
Washington.
Washington, January M.?The Virginia I
Polytechnic Institute football eleven will
l>i the opponent of Ueorgetown next Thanks- ',
giving L'uy, taking the pine h*ld heretofore
by I.elilKh. Manager LOtChot, or the 131 .ic and
liray. pelting a d*finite answer i" this ef?
fect from C. P. Mllca. graduate manager of
athletics at the Southern Institution.
That this game will '?<.. a great attraction
^'..PH without saying, an-l ahould prove u.
much better ^rawing card than the Pennsyl- j
van la, L,chlgh haa a big following, but the |
l>am has always come here stale, on
count of Its big battle with Lafayette on I
the previous Saturday.
-fiiAI aa ioon ar the O>org.*to\vn manage
ment learned that th? Blacksburg college !
wap on the verge of levering relations with
Agricultural and Mechanical It got into
communication with those In charge, and as
a result haa placed a -irong eleven on ill
1913 achedule.
With the neometown an.1 Virginia gnir.''
now assured, this n-w addition to the Hiil
toppers' schedule will enable more dott
nitc contrast of South Atlantic elevens.
It ooks llks a wlae move on tlm part ol i
the schools Interested, and In sure to add to I
lhc coffers of both Besides. It will un?
doubted.}' furnish a gridiron struggle well
worth witnessing.
BRIGHT OUTLOOK
AT WAKE FOREST
Basketball Team Wins Its First
Game?Good Baseball
Material.
(Special to The Times-Dispatch. 1
Walca Korest, N. C, January 21.?|
The basketball team continued its;
winning habit in the two game* sched?
uled ror las: week. High Point High
School was defeated r'riday night,
while on Saturday A. & M. fared likc
wlec, There is only one game sehed
tiled for i his week, that beinT; with
Randolph-Macon on the home floorj
next Saturday. .Manager Dowd has
obtained from Carolina the promise for!
a game to be played in itaicie,o at.
some date '.ti the near future. It :s
probable thr:t games will be played
with V. P. I. ;in<i University of Vir?
ginia.
Though basketball occupies the'
centre of attraction. every one is!
glancing ah.cad at baseball prospect.?!
for the. spring, which arc very o'-iKlit.
With 'he exception of HrAvn, third
baseman, all of ljst year's team hnvej
returned, and thorn is no doubt that
some of the freshmen will win plsccsl
over their older opponents. Turner,
lliddick and Watklus, all of whom
have done varsity work behind the
bat. will resume an old fight ror
catcher. Utley, captain of last year'B
team, probably will occupy flral buae,
though it is possible that he will bo
aide to pitch, Two years ago he was
ciisdly one the rocst In the Slate,
having held the University of North
Carolina to fine hit In thirteen ii?
nintrs. Last spring he hurt his shoul?
der while vaulting In a track meet, and
this prevontcd hltn from occupying the
box. Ileiis, who played second lost
year, will again report for duty.
Strlngf olio w, who played short last
year. "HI probably bo unable. to piny,
baring had typhoid fever, wh.eh has
affected his heart. All of last y-ai's
fielders will be candidates for ih?dr
old positions. They are Captain r'nu
eette. CorrOll and Castcllo. f/uueette
played every game last year, lidded
I.uoo. and baited .410. At this early
date It Is Impossible to predict suc?
cess for any pnrtlcular freshman.
The schedule will be an excellent
one. The usual Master Monday giuno
will be played with A. & M. In Ral?
eigh. Two Other gamos will bo played
with this college. As usual. Walto
Porest will be the only college In the
Slate that w'll play every other col?
lege. Carolina, Trinity. Davidson and
Guilford will be on the schedule. The
trip probably wll) be taken into Geor?
gia, where S. t. A. A. leatnc will be
played.
The track prospects are brighter
than they were last year, hut It Is
doubtful whether "Wake Forest will
ho represented by a winning team.
The only member of last year's team
who did not return was Captain
Murchlson. The members of tho -yearn
u.ve working out In tho gymnasium
rjvery evening that the weather pro?
hibits outside work. Meota will be
scheduled with A. <fe M., Carolina, Oull
ford, beatdas the State meet to be held
iax Raleigh on ftaater Monday.
[PRINCETON RENEWS
ITS FIGHT ON WILSON
His Insistence on Lquality in College Life
Never Has Been Forgiven by the
Social Set.
! Princeton. N. J.. Junuarj 2t.-r-Ene
! mica of Governor Wilson unions the
ultimo' of Princeton art apparently I
j becoming iictlv? in opposing hlhi in
his presidential ambition. Tin- folelntf
I has hoch smoldering ever since the j
end of tin' famous controversy over
the plaits for tin- Princeton Graduate
College.
it |h recalled that Adrian II. Jollne,
who nmdo public Wood row Wilson's
letter expressing Hi- Wish that Wil?
liam .1. Hryiut might !>?? "knocked Into
a cocked hat.'' was on,, of Dr. Wil?
son's opponents in the Graduate Col
I lego dispute. The dlvulgcncc of Pres?
ident Wilson's application t" the Car?
negie Foundation ror a pension, which
was drsapproved nftor tin- committee]
had changed Hs rules, Is said !<? ho |
another manifestation of forces Im?
mediately connected with Princeton]
life that ale working secretly against |
his candidacy. There are other In- |
dient Ions, his friends say. that the
Governor's career at Princeton Is he- I
in? searched for ammunition to he ,
us-d hofore lh? assembling of the
National Democratic Convention at
ftaltlmore.
The controversy at Princeton hns
never been perfectly understood by
the public. Indeed, it had been hep', i
under cover from June, 1007. until Fob- I
ruary, lit 10, wlicn it came to light In!
the announcement that tho gift of j
j.'.oo.ooo offered by William Cooper I
Proctor for the Ornduute College of i
the university had been spurned by
Woodrow Wilson. To thin gift a sup- I
plemental offer of $r>00,000, making a j
total of II, 000,000 was conditionally
made by some of the rhlof alumni, men ',
who three years before had prevailed '
upon the Princeton board of trustees
to reverse Its vote ami defeat Prey
blent Wilson's proposal for the so- )
called "quad" system.
Opposed b? K.xclnMlvr f?et.
These alumni were the champions of ;
the aristocratic clubs nt Princeton. This'
town has many wealthy residents, and 1
it Is said a greater ptoportion of rich1
men's sons are matriculated In tho col- j
lege than at any other university. |
Princeton's president, who had brll
lluntly conceived and executed edui a- '
tional reforms that developed into tho'
famous preceptorial system, had -it |
commencement time in 1901 outlined
a proposal for "the social co-ordina?
tion of the university."
A scheme of tin: quadrangles or
"quads" was proposed to bring all sec-J
Hons of tin- college body into the i
same res'dcntial lulls and common I
dining-rooms, the Intent being to make ;
the younger classmen mingle freely ?
with the obler students und their pro?
fessors in their life spent outside the I
classrooms. in this way. Prcs.dent'
Wilson argued, friendly and natural1
associations would be formed under1
entirely democratic conditions; the In-j
fluencc 61 the older upon the younger
men would be stimulating and Insplr- i
Ing, and the points of benetlcltl con-]
tact would be multiplied. The board'
of trustees, with hut one dissenting
vote and two absentees out of Its j
tot'.1 membership of twenty-seven, en?
thusiastically adopted the proposal.
Then It was realized by the alumni !
who attended the H)07 commencement1
that this fascinating plan broached by j
their popular president would ruzo to)
the ground the elaboratu social struc?
ture represented by twelve nandeorao
and sumptuous clubhouses, which,
lining Prospect Avenue, and costlns
[ upnaro or tl.UQO.PO.. utvlded the two
upper eins?en In halves, according to
J principles of social selection. The
I clubs, averaging thirty members each,
j made delightful homes for one-hair the'
i student*, the other half that failed to
'qualify being deprived of decided ad-1
I vantages. Freshmen and sophomores ,
looked longingly upon the fair pro- j
I portions of the "Cap and Gown." "The I
I Tiger Inn." "The Colonial." and the I
, other clubs, and the fateful day o:
I election or ostracism was one of,
mingled triumphs and bitternesses, i
I The alamnl of the club aristocracy op- !
j posed with might and main President
Wilson's programme, unu the meeting
of the trustees In October saw it
! broken and cast out
? IIhou's Idea Democratic,
j It was then that E. II. Seymour, a
I trustee, who had been sent to reason
(with Woodrovc Wilson and niter his'
opinions, returned with the report that;
1 the president had diagnosed what he I
I conceived to be d national and not
merely a local collegiate disease. .Mr.
' Seymour suld: ?
i He felt that in this country at tat '
present time there was too strong ? I
tendency to glorify money merely '
that with tlic Increasing wealth of tin
country this tendency would be ac \
tcentuutcd. In short, he feared that,
we would rapidly drift into a pluto- '
cracy. To meet this condition he felt |
that the corrective of ah education |
along purely democratic lines should |
be given to our boys In our institu?
tions of higher learning. At Prince?
ton, whither c me many eons of mil
' ilonulrcs, he felt we should so Imprest
i these boys -with ideas ol democracy ;
' and personal worth that when they
: became. In the ordinary course of na
j tui* masters of their fathers' lortunes,
. they should so use their undoubted
. power as to help, not hurt, the Com
? tnonweal th.
j Then followed the Proctor dispute,
I Mrs Josephine A. Thompson Swann,
I by her will In the beginning of 1907,
I placed the sum of 1250.000 at the dir.- ;
j posal of the trustees for the Princeton |
(Graduate College. Prof. Andrew K.i
West, dc-un of the graduate school,
had in 190? written a prospectus of
? ihiM residential college, to which,
j President Wilson contributed a fore
I word, saying thut the college was
designed to be "placed in the midst of
I our campus," and "seined at the heart
j of Princeton." He complimented Prof,
j West for having "got at the giat of
j the matter, the real means by which
' n group of graduate stu tents arc most
I apt to stimulate and ?et the pace tot
I the whole university." When, seven
I years later, following tne Swann be
, cutest, the half-mllllon-dollar gift ol
! Mr. Procter was announced. It became
definitely known that Prof. West's
' plans hud changed; sympathisers with
President Wilson said that Dean West
I proposed an exclusive college club,
' cloistered and luxurious, not by any
I means "placed In the mldBt of out
I campus." but set upon the golf links
j remote from the university nfe. and
separated not only from undergraduate
I as^jclations, but from the graduate
' cdflcgc buildings already erected upon
the campus".
The critic- pointed to passages In
Dean West's prospectus, such ns that'
declaring that tho muster of the col-|
lege was to "live in Hie college and I
to have Immediate and constant super-1
vision of its life. Among Ills most
importnnt duties will be tho personnl
seleotion of the .students to rocornmend I
tor residence." A council of professors
was to aid him. with this proviso:
Provision will ho made for that mout
Important group of cultivated men?
those who have the desire for tho
studious life without proposing to
Inclusives permanently the scholar's
career, lint on every point the policy
of the college is to turn on the kind
of men who are to 111 IL
1)111.tuntr Meals.
It -.ue nl?.i "expected and hoped that a
considerable number ?vlll come, not for the
:-.iK'- ol nay decree. >ejt solely ie"r the lire
and studies of thu place." The number
should be restricted to 1TO. forty of them
fellows, I ho other sixty ns students, liacb
sttiduat wie to have an elaborate- suite, and
meals were, to be served at hi* convenience.
I'm!. West's prospectus depleted charming?
ly the social 111, of Iii? group of favored
students.
President Wilson opposed the plan us booh
as he learned that Mr. Proctor condllldnad
Ills gl(l upon the carrying out of ideain
?viiich. he declared, would extend to the
sphere of th? graduate lite the earn-' ?rtin
clssl und unsound social standards thut hi
ready dominated the life of thu undorgrad
uates. it would discourage Serious graduate
.-ludmtK from coming m Princeton, hu said,
it would moke tho realisation ot sober Ideals
of sound 8CholB>rshlp more difficult than
ever. III*. Idenls were moae of genuin*)
ilemocrucy and e"rlous scholaslilp. The two.
Indeed, teemed lo him to go together, and
any organisation which would Introduce ele?
ments ot social oxctuslvcncss consttituted
the worst possible soil lor serious Intellect?
ual endeavor. The now college, In his eyes,
was planned to !?? the feat of upeclul privi?
lege- The faculty committee on the grad?
uate school supported tho president In a re-1
pert mad-. January 10, low. which declar-,
"We cuiuiof haw a urea', -,-">d ua t- school]
without a gi. at uraduate faculty, and wo
cannot have a great graduate faculty unless
lh. conditions here are ot such a charac?
ter is lo otttact strong men. And we can-j
not attract strong men by adherents to
illllstaiiu Ideals."
A minority dissent to this opinion was.
recorded by Dean West und i'rof. John
lirler Hibben, ?ho only a week ago was
< lected to the presidency of Princeton. Tun
Opinion pointed to the "tine record in schoi
aionip made by the students at lliirwicli"?
Hi" nucleus ot tho new Uraduate college of
Liberal Arts. The resident:..! graduate co;
lege, the .minority report ran. "?iould not
bi placed on uny pari 61 the campus Inclose
proxlmlt) t" undergraduates coming and go?
ing*, bin should be sufficiently removed to
make certain the development ot a distin?
guished graduate ton? by our graduate stu?
dents in their community ol Intolllectual in?
terests " liul, of coiirre, undergraduates
might come as visitors and "be welcome
guests of graduate students." As thu num.
tiers In residence Increased, Dean West and
i'rof. litbb. n contend, d. the cost ptt student
\r,.uld be lowered, and poor students might
???. admitted to th" Grades .? ? .ege
Die '?Gentlemen" Couldn't .Mix.
Thcr. the norm hrokt nfrcah, and nit;: .t
gain ot violence. The trustees were divid?
ed geographically, tho Westarn and Reuth
? rn inrmo.rs siding with Wilson, the Kast?
eiii inembTs with Dean West. The board
finally adopted without comment lac re?
port of Its special commute, ot live, up.
Iioldtog President Wilson and the faculty,
Ihr majority of whom stood with him. Al?
though he made a special denla., President
Wll.on i\*s then accused of revlvllng the
'quad" plan, Successive issues ot the
1'rlncetoi, Alumni Weekly were filled wita
excoriations o< the erstwhile applaudi t
president, saying thai he had again set
about to "make a gentleman chum with a
mucker.'' and to "compel him to submit to
dictation at to hi." tabu- companions."
Mr. Proctor, on February *. i*l". announc?
ed iroiu Ms homo In Cincinnati that ar had
withdrawn im jVa-.w.-i gilt, saying briefly:
"Whin they asked lot loads tu nutid the
Uraduate College, 1 agreed to give tMO/tt.',
Since then the trustees have cuanged their
plans."
M. Taylor Pyue, lh< chairman of th*
trustees' committee on the graduate school,
gave out next day u statement that "at i
least JIVj.O.m hus ccen lost to Princeton by I
tho treatment lie (Mr. Proctor) haa rcc.|\-|
td" The statement continues; '
"Prom the start hl? generosity ha* met
with such an extraordinary reception, his
motives hs\e been so misconstrued, his pa
litncg har been so sorely tried, thut self
rsipeCt has at last demanded the with?
drawal o! hi* princely gift."
At the same time Mr. Pyae said that Mr.
Proctor had made every eoncessln to Pres?
ident Wilson, save "thai the buildings
should be placed where they would ha v.
room to expand, and when tho tludloin,
life of tho college should not subjected
to undftrgruduat... distractions " At tMs
time Mr. P) n*. who I? one of the chief pa
tron? of Princeton, broke hts lifelong filetid
?Mp with President Wilson. Other animosi?
ties were engendered. Indeed. President
Wilton had alienated the sympathies of
the meet Influential body of the Princeton
alumni. Hie vUlt to the Princeton Club In
New York on April ?. 11)10. was thus head?
lined la the. news reports:
iilhllked for His Democracy.
"Princeton Alumni cold to Dr. Wilson,
Gathering at Graduate Club Here Illspcrl 11
Is; Silence After Proctor (31ft Is Explained.
Sarcastic pamphlet Out. Widely Circulated
t>nd Seemingly Approved at Meeting?Moral
it Gives 1* "Take a Olfl on the Jump.'
Prof. Henry Van Dyke rose nt an alumr.l
dinner In Philadelphia to proclaim that the
"'iuad" plan had been found Impracticable,
tieforc his death, by Orover Cleveland,
saying:
"As Orover Cleveland raid. It has neither
reason nor common sense to sustain it. It
I ,: produced no such effect at Oxford as
? s predicted tor here. Finally, it Imperils
the clat.i spirit at Princeton, break? up the
class to dlntrluute them. The old rlaeK will
disappear and be lost, and the grand old
Princeton spirit will finally evaporate. As
at Oxlord. the student will belong drat to
his college, and then to Princeton. ISvsa the
alumni will be permanently divided by this
quadrangle scheme, as they have already
been agitated mid shaken u little apart by
this Idea of Mr. Adams, of Harvard."
Meanwhile Woodrnw Wlli.on reiterated I
publicly his belief that the aliments of
Princeton were the allmento of the nation.
In ills address at Pittsburgh on April 16, 1010.
be said:
"1 have dedicated every power in mc to a
Democratic reorganization. The. American
college must become saturated In the same
sympathies as the common people The col?
leges of this Country must be reconstructed
from too top to the bottom. The American
peoplo will tolerate nothing that savors ot
uxcluslvenesa. Thttr political tsartlcs are
going to pieces. Thoy are busy with their
tuorul rcgenra lion, and thoy want leaders
who can help them to accomplish It. Tholr
political parties ar* going to pieces, and
only ll.oj-e leaders who seem able to prom?
ise something o:' a morol advance are able
to secure a following. The people arc tired
of pretense, and I ask you as Princeton
men to heed what Is roIhr on."
Then he was accuse,! of seeking the lead?
ership of the Democratic party and the
presidency, and or bauriiicing the interests
of Princeton to his political ambition. The
death, a month later, ot Isaac C. Wymaa.
the wealthy alumnus of Salem, Mass., re?
leased scverul million dollars for the build?
ing ot the Graduate College on the gol!
links. Shortly after, President Wnson re?
signed in preparation for his campslgn for
the governorship of Now Jersey. In that
campaign he made several pointed allusions
to the fight at Princeton, saying tbut ho
might now tnllt freely to the. public, expos?
ing the seats of special privilege In their
government, turning the light upon secrets
and confidences guurded by political cd,|ue.s.
and assailing the forces of commercialism
that would control tho State and nntlou
for private udeantage.
QUINTS WIM, HE INVITED
TO PliAT TS liYNCHBUTtG
Lynchburg, Vs., January 31.?After
falling to make arrangements for n
basketball game, in Stnunton, tho man?
agement of the V. P. I. and Wash?
ington and T,eo quints am to be In?
vited to play the game here in tho
gymnasium at the Woman's College.
The seating capacity of this gnllory
la f,00. and It is believed enough In?
terest could bo worked up in the game
to fill it to Its capacity.
\?/motor^ cars
filCMSflOND. VIRGINIA
ORTH SUGGESTED
FOR PRESIDENT
I Overtures Said to Have Been
Made to Former Lynch
burg Player.
(Special to Tho Times-Dispatch.]
Lynchburg, Vn., January 21.?The
man with a reputation for mulling und
pitching curveleas balls without hav?
ing opened Iii? inouth on a diamond
In fifteen year.--, may become a com?
promise candidate for the presidency
of the Virginia LeagUO, and the fans
of the Htato need not bo surprised
if he Is settled on at tho meeting to
bo held here at the Inaliinco of tho
National Association next Friday.
it Is learned that forces have been
at work under cover for sevoral weeks
to bring this condition about, and It
Is believed Orth would lake the Job.
la he WaH chosen by a majority of
tho clubs composing the circuit.
There Is no doubt If he consents to
I allow his name to be placed In nomi?
nation that he will net tho votes of
'Danville, Lynchburg and Richmond. I!
Norfolk attends the meeting II Is not
to be expected that Dr. McCrary. who
la out and out now for peace In the
league, will look 'upon the suggestion
of Orth with contempt.
Orth has already made terms with
the athletic authorities of the Wash?
ington and I>ee University to coach
the baseball squad this spring, and ho
Is now arranging; his business affuirH
to ko to Lexlnt?ton on .March I. Orth
now tips the beam at ::J0 pounds, hut
he declared to-day that when he comes
hack from the Valley he will be down
to 190 pounds, bis old playing weight.
Friends of Orth here believe
would have no trouble In bundling the
administration of th- Vlrgnu League.
He has been in baseball for ncarh
tw-enly years, nnd knows the game nnd
the men In It. Jam now In- I r<
fusing to talk about the rumor, but
will not deny that overtures have been
made to him In the promises.
DR. ADKINS WILL
COACH TRINITY
(Special to The Tlmr>*Dltp.itch. 1
Durham, N. C. Januar? in.? Dr M-.-ric T,
Adklai, who I* * member of th, pitching
etatf td> u&itimorc "Orioles" and ha i
coached Trinlt>'a bu/eball team (or lh?
four year*, arrived hare thla week to b
hit work ?Ith thr. team again this yur.
Tti?-jch ?yatematte practice win not begin
unl!! IVbru-try 1. Dr. Adklnr la looking f
the mmeriai for thr team unit gvi >HK'
tliln?? in ?aap? to start with the rage
practice aa toon as th?- w.ather will
mit. Until thin Um', ttit candidate* will t>?
put through a aerl*-i of drlllfl and -v.-r-.
In the gymnasium, and the pitchT? will
warm -ip each day. geitlnc tin ir arm? In
? hup-- inr the .print
Though Dr. Adklui has not had j Chan ?
to review th<; m?i?rlal for the- team thb
year, he aayt that with aeven ot la?t year's
? i'jo-1 remrnrd and ?Ith la?l year * acrut-s
und the frr.hmnn clnie to call on for tn-i
t< rial. Trinity will donbtl.e? put out a will
mac team again thlf yar. The tneml
of tait year's team who will ha out for
position* are:
Captain Hundt', taird base; Thompson,
recond baie; An.1ur.on, ahortitop und rig I
field; Fouahet, left a?1; Sp?n?-r. risht :c .
?.'prtic#. catchert and Oo^fiey. pitcher.
Bob Oannt, all-Boiilhera pltcheif. who In on
the, campus ?tudylng law, will not he- al?
lowed tr. play on account of havlni; play,-'!
with lh< Battimori "Ortolea" laet year.
The proapccti, however, for mine nurprlrow
in the f r'-.liman clars are good, and It Is
believed that eeve-rtl valuable addition, to
the team will come from thte clam.
ACADEMY?To - Night
Mr. William
FAVERSHAM
In an AmusinR Comedy
THE FAUN
Prices, 50c to $2.00.
ACADEMY--WED. NIGHT,
JANUARY 31.
fC'nc performance onlyi
L'. f>. Curtis and his Piciurc-Muslca,-,
-A VANISHING ItACfcV
wiih real Indian music, rendered by
the Curlls Orchestra.
"Th.- thrilling, dramatic presenta
tlon of the. true Indian."
Ilrnettt A otl-Tubercaloala A?t?oH?
?lon nod Nurses' Settlement.
Advance tickets now obtainable
from members Nurses' Settlement.
Committee. Regular sale at Corley 4
and Academy Saturday.
Prices. 50 und 7JW-. and *i. II??
?.-HIB, gl.50. '_?_,
ACADEMY--Th?r., Fri., Sat.
Saturday Matinee,
WM. HODGE,
tLiebler <fc Co.. Mgrs.i
THE MAN FROM HOME
By Tarklngton and Wilson.
Price*! Matinee, 'JSe to gt.oOt Mght.
50e. to S2.0O-_
Matinees Tues., Th?rs., Sat.
First Time at Bijou Prices.
Delia Clarke's American Roman?
tic Drama,
'The White Squaw"
A portrayal of real Hie that is
refreshing. A novel play and an
original theme._?
City Auditorium
THURSDAY. JANUARY 25th.
OAVID BI8FHAM,
Bart ton* i
EDNA DUNHAM.
Sopran to i
tiAHnY on.nrcRT.
Pianist.
Benefit Pine Camp
East Droad Street.