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RUGBY UNION CENSURES THE ACTION OF U.C.
STAND TAKEN BY
CALIFORNIA HELD
UP TD RIDICULE
Drastic Statement Issued by
Governing Body to De
clare Its Position
in Case
The California Rugby union yester- j
day issued a public statement on the j
resignation of the University of Cali- j
fomla from the ranks of the govern- j
ing body of football in this state. The j
statement is in line with a unanimous j
decision of the union at its last meet
ing and a copy of the statement has I
been forwarded to the university.
The Rugby union committee, consist- j
ing of D. W. Burbank, J. R. Hickey and j
U S. Reading, has made a complete
reply to the University of California
letter of resignation and gives the rea- I
why the suggestions of the state j
university in regard to making the j
union an '"advisory body" could not be
accepted.
The statement in fill Is as follows: j
"The California Rugl.y union was
formed by the University of California.
Stanford university, the Barbarian and
Olympic clubs, St. Mary's and Santa
Clara colleges, and the universities of
Southern California and Nevada during
last spring and summer.
OKtiAMZATION VOI.I XTARV
"Delegates from these clubs met and
adopted a constitution which announced
its objects to be ha foster and control
football in this state, to ar
range visits to this state, to manage j
California representative teams, and j
drew up .a set of rules and bylaws.
«*ame in accordance with those adopted
by the Rugby unions of Great Britain.
Australasia, South Africa and France.
All was done voluntarily and unani
mously, ami all clubs seemed united in
• neral idea that organization was
not only desirable but essential. It was
recognized that Rugby had developed
maay problems that would take an
organisation to cope with.
"The immediate burden assumed by
the union on its organization was the
financing and management of tbe Aus
tralian trip. This it successfully did —
all members co-operating fully. The)
University of California was foremost j
in this endeavor, furnishing the presi-J
dent and several men who were very j
workers and guaranteeing their i
share of the money needed, and also i
getting their share of the games.
« HOOSCVC; ALL STAR TEAM
"It became necessary to pick an ail ;
star team to play the Australians. In j
two meetings, in which the University |
of California was well represented and !
voted, a committee was chosen to select j
mi. The University of California j
immediately presumed that the selected j
committee would discriminate to the ,
interests of the state institution play- j
era, and before the team was an-!
nounced or the game played voiced !
themselves as opposed to any commit- !
tee on which the University of Cali
fornia did not have a roan. Consistent :
with this attitude, the executive com- |
mitiee of the University of California]
voted on November 6, IPI2, to with-!
draw from the Rugby union, the restg- I
nation to take effect November 17. j
iction, however, was not made !
public until November 11. The matter j
was thoroughly discussed. Every etub]
could not be represented on a neces
sarily small committee, and it was felt i
that, inasmuch as the University of!
California and every one else had had
a hand in choosing the committee, it
was quits fair. The committee re- |
mained intact and chose the team, I
which vindicated their judgment in the j
All Star-Australian match.
THEN < "ALIKUAMA QUIT
"Now comes California and resigns
from the union. It demands that
though all agreed on a proposition, in
cluding themselves, yet that such
agreement must be but advisory, and,
of course, all others must be free to
have 'unquestioned authority' on their
own field. They demand independence.
No one would deny it to them. The I
union is only a mutual agreement by
independent units—not a mystic oli
garchy. But tbe union does ask,
through each club, to each other:
H f_M4—That each will state what
Ma proposed action* will be In certain i
event*.
"Stpond—That nil mutters of mo
ment to all the clubs be di»cus»ed thor
oughly and Impartially.
"Third—That each member do an the!
majority decides to be best.
"Fourth—That nil rules and bylaws!
ndo.led should be observed.
"But the University of California re- j
fuses this; refuses to put itself on a
level with the other clubs; refuses to!
join In the common council and take!
it- common sense to abide by the ma
jority. The University of California j
must rule or not play. It mv.-, stand
not on principle or right of reason in
- differences, but on its strength. It
announce* that no one's will but its
own shall dictate as to games on its
<wu field. Tt would have an advisory
union where delegates meet to discuss
and exchange ideas, but never bind
ingly agree. It would emasculate the
tl union and leave It a skele
ton Of paper- a monument to one mem
- rself-auftciency.
"Further, in its demand for such -in
dependence,' California demands repre
sentation on all selection committees of
representative teams. That in itself
Is an expression of distrust in the
knowledge and fairness of all other 1
Rugby men. Such a committee has i
already been chosen and baa acted I
w I thou a University of California]
member, and another could do equally]
well, probabiy, with a University of j
California member. But the demand i
for membership is ill advised and Igj
indicative of a distrust winch Is noli
wholesome.
I . C. BIAS DhJPLORRn
"The third basis of the University of I
California's demand is that the (gnion!
should not require any of its taiem-j
bora to get its sanction before playing
against teams outside of the union. If
the union is to be the propagator of the;
best ideas of football evolved from the
opinions and experiences of Its con-j
BtituentS, then, when issues warrant, it'j
must maintain those ideas h> execu-j
tion. Where issues are not important, I
the very object of its existence—to!
foster Rugby—will make getting per
mission a mere formality.
"The union has regretfully accepted
the i resignation of the I'nivprsity of
California. By unanimous voice of
siit'icnts it deplores the attitude
i.f mind of those who now govern the
University of California football situa-
Antl equally earnestly docs it,
individually and as a whole, hope to
Bee the University of California lend its
voice and weight, to the other dubs,
is and colleges in this common
forum and organization for the pro
duction 'of clean, sport giving football. 1
"D. W. BURBANK,
"L. ■_, RKAI'INd,
"JOSEPH K. HK'KKY,
"Committee appointed by the Califor
nia Rugby union."
S.F. Tennis Stars
to Play in South
COROWDO, Jan. 2S VVHb T.
C. Bimd.v, Maurice Mei.oughHn
md Mr*. Riindy, formerly Mi«"
May Sutton and other* entered,
tbe annual open championship
irmil.x tournament will he »*
--gun February 7.
Others coming are Simpson
Sinsabaugh. Nat C. Brown, H. H.
Braly, Claude A. Wayne, A. < .
AVny Jr.. Mis* Florence Su*ton.
Airs. Ethel S. Bruce. Buben *i.
Hunt, Charles *D. Bates. Sumner
Hardy. "William Johnson. Ella
Fottrell. Clarence Griffin and
Joba Strachan.
Plsy will close February It.
STURGESS BERTS
MAJOR ROSS TO IT
Results of Second Round in
the Coronado Golf
Tournament
SAN IMEGO. Cal.. Jan. J*. —In the
championship golf tournament at Cor
onado today tbe second round brought
A. B. Daniels and Nelson Barker Jr. to
the semi-finals from the upper half of
the first flight, and P. Thompson and
George Sturgess to the same round
from the lower half. Major C. J. Ross,
Coronado polo player, was dropped from
championship play today by Sturgess.
In the second flight. K. G. Snowden
and O. A. Critchley. the Canadian polo
players. were brought together, and
Snowden won in a close game by one
up Snowden will meet in the semi
finals E. WMnship. who today played
one of the best games of the tourna
ment his opponent being Grlfnng Ban
croft These two were tied a great
part of the latter half of the way, Ban
croft taking the lead at the sixteenth
bole. Winship tied it at the seventeenth
and won at the eighteenth, when Ban
croft missed a long put.
The second round scores follows:
(.'hamplonsUip (light- A. P. Daniels beat F. C. ■
Wi_e_e»te*, 5 up, 4 to go; Nelww Barker Jr. beat
Chapman Vouns of the Louisville club. 0 up.
4 to g»: P. Thompaoa beat F. K. Godfrey. • up.
6 to gu; Georgt; Sturgess beat Major Ross, 7
up. I to go. -
Second tligbt— E Winship beat G. Baocrort,
1 up* X C. Snon-den beat O. A. Critchley. 1 up;
H <> Gray beat C. Hull. - up. 1 to po; I. J.
Ingelow beat J. 11. Bradshaw. 2 up, 1 to go.
Basket Ball Results
The Cogswell quintet beat Sacred Heart at the
Ri.e pavilion last night, tbe. final scttfre of 49 to
99 not showing the relative merits of the play.
Sacred Heart held the larger Cogswell lads well
tinrii the Us! 10 minutes of play, and it was in
this period that Cogswell scored rapidly. Sacred
Heart fouled considerably. -"J being called on
them. The teams: , '
Sacred Heart-Welch and Barry, forwards;
C'onuollv center; Dennis and (VNeil. guards.
Cogswell—Glasson and Rowley, forwards; Pier
son, center; Keintue and Doble, guards,
w * *
At Hami!lo;i plavgTounris the Hamilton 9*3
pound team defeated' the Fremont lads by 19 to
12 The gam- was hard fought, Baunane of tbe
visitors being the star. The teams:
Hamilton Bannane and Kidd, forwards; Has
kell, center: Gold and Firedman. guards.
Fremont—Silverman and Boyle, forwards; Shir
tey, center; Berk and Mitchell, guards.
* # *
On the same grounds the Hamilton girls de
feated the Fremont girls by one point, the final
score beiDg Vi to 12. Clarice Fitzgerald threw
the final goal that won for the Hamiltons. The
teams:
Hamilton—C. Fitzgerald and L. Towers for
wards; S. (dander, touch center; C. Klee and R.
MeKo-, side centers; R. Avery and C. Klerer,
guards. . _
Fremont —G. R. Ritto. forwards; D.
Hawks, touch .enter; G. O'Shea and M. Wil
liams, side center*; <>. McQuade and M. Sherry,
guards.
* * *
The F;iirmont OS pound boys had an easy time
at Jaekso.i park cosrt. defeating the Irving M.
Scott lads by 2.". point- to ">. Sheehan of the
winners showed great accuracy on the. baskets,
netting 8 field goals. Tire teams:
Fairmont—Sheenan and Egan, forwards; Mur
pbv, center: Coughlin and Pyne. guards.
I. M. S. —Nagle and Leslie, forwards; Lyons,
center; O'Hara and Nlchoisen, guards.
* * *
Tbe St. James 110 pound team in the C. S. A.
L. series put one over yesterday on the St.
Charles tram. Lack of form, coupled with the
class 'of the Guerrero street boys, was responsible
tot th( defeat of the "Charlie"* boys. In the
first half the aeore stood 14 to o in the winners"
favor. In the second half St. James increased
their lead and finished the game with the score
:i4 to 10. Espy at center played his usual game
for St. James, being responsible for fi field and 2
foui goals. For all round playing. Paquette was
the best of the lobers. The teams:
Bt. James -Harry, McCarthy and Desmond, for
wai-S: K-P.v, .enter: i nnningUam. C. Patterson
and R. Patterson, guards.
St. Charles -McGovero and Connolly, forwards;
Paquette, center; Zills and Rado, guards.
* * *
The second game of the scheduled double
header between St. Joseph's and Star of the Sea,
in the 110 pound class, was forfeited to the for
mer, owiug to the nonappearance of Slar of the
Sea.
* * »
Yesterday, on the Sacred Heart court, the Sa
cred Heart" Cutis defeated tbe 110 pound team of
SI. Peter's school by the score of 2T> to 19. Tbe
score at tbe end of tbe first half was 12 to 10.
Cummins made 17 of the Sacre-l Heart points,
whil" G. Slevin made T of those of the losers.
The teams.
Cubs- -Cummins, Lnkens and Bertram, forwards:
Taaffe and Bray, centers; Gorman, Callaghan and
King, guards.
St. Peter's Rhinehart and Fit-gerald. for
wards: GranrlUr, center; 6. Slevin and T. Slevin,
guards.
* * *
VALLF..IO. Jan. 2H.-The All Vallejo basket
ball five defeated the Baraca team, also of this
city, at the pavilion last night by a -COM of 22
to IH. The Vallejo five are new tbe _c__e*jr/1
edged champions of Vallejo.
The Philathea girls' basket ball team of Val
1400 defeated the Philathea girls' team of Napa
here last evening b> a score of o_ _ 0 _o.
* «■ •*
NAPA. Jan. -*R. —Tho Napa high school basket
ball team w-on an exciting game from the Calis
toga high school team yesterday afternoon on the
Napa grounds. Score, i:: to 22. Gladden. Hen
nessey ,'md J. Kol>ert-on made pot Ota for the
Napa team. Calistoga showed a lack of team
work.
OAKLAND, Jan.* "js St. Mary's varsity has
_el hall sQ«ad meets the Cniversify of California
team tomorrow night on the local court. Coach
nil.. Kittlcr will use the same five men who have
played lv mosl of ihe 'games. Captain Goohiiieo
and Ci-on st guards. Wheat on center, and Diller
and Moy. forwards, make up the team. Weber
»nd Ryken. «oihs. Games have been arranged
with Stanford university :md College of the Pa
rifle. The San Jose collegians meet the local
squsd on- I'etirunry S in the Pacig,. gym. Feb
ruary •_'*> Stanford plays al St. Mary's, and
March 8 the local .earn plays at Palo Alto. Sat
urday night St. Mary's plays the San Francisco
Y. Uf. C A. team at St. Mary's.
Eastern Fight Gossip
(Special IMspatch to The Call)
CHICAGO, -lan. 99. —Johnny Cmilon, bantam
weight champion, who is taking the "rest cure"
at his I...gau square home, has received a flat
ierine offer from Tom MoCurey for a fljjht with
the winner of the Kid Williams-Eddie Ctmpl
battle al I.os Angeles. If at tbe cod ,of the
ne*t two weeks CouUmi beliefs lie can stand
the Kiege of training he will accept the otter,
the eiact term's of which are not made public.
Rudy Unroots and Bat Nelson were iv Natr
Lewis* gymnasium at tlie wimc time regterd-r.
The (wo arr bitter ejieinio;;. and. fortunately
for one or l*otli. they did not come te_et-£r.
Rudy i> after all 133 pounders -Kir Dutches,
* * *
.bsR Willi nj did not breHk tho mirtflle
_nuckle uf bin right hand in Ills fight with
Frank River recently. ,\ n X-ray photograph
tttaaws that the knuckle in badly hnifrted and
lacerated, but no bones are broken. As a re
suit, instead of resting two months. Willard
will ret busy within two weeks. Promoter (Mb-
SMI of New York has offered: Willard a match
with Al I'al-er. and Cutler *ays the offer prob
ably will lie accepted as soon" as Jess Is ready
to fight aguin.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1913.
POOR OLD INDIAN THORPE IS THE GOAT
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Many Other "Amateurs" Use Aliases and Escape
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Summer Baseball Evil Not Unknown on This Coast
Sympathy Rather Than
Censure for Jim on
Part of Whole
Country
By W11,1,1 AM VX.MACK
The so called "Thorpe confession,"
published all over the country yester
day. Is something to ponder over. The
Indian comes out in plain English and
states that he received money as a ball
player, but qualifies thl6 with the state
ment that "I was not very wise in the
ways of the world and did not realize
this was wrong."
That excuse is somewhat of a time
honored one, though put in a little |
different wording. There is not an
athlete who is "caught with the goods**
as it were but is ready with the ex
cuse—"'Well, I did not know it was
wrong."
There are other features of Thorpe's
"confession"' that appeal to any .fair
minded man, and it might be the In
dian really did not know that if he
took money for playing baseball he
thus professionalized himself in all
other branches of sport.
HE'S HONEST ABOUT IT
The man is so honest in his confes
sion that, leaving the "did not know
it was wrong" phase out of the argu
ment, there are many things he brings
,out that cause me- for one to regret
to see him professionalized and ostra-'
cized from competition in Amateur
Athletic union sports. From the facts
produced and admitted by Thorpe him
self there Is not the least doubt in
the world that he professionalized him
self, but there are hundreds of thou
sands of people the country over who J
would be delighted to seeThorpe rein
stated and given the benefit of the |
doubt that be "did not know he was
doing wrong." He will certainly have j
the sympathy of the whole country In:
his dilemma.
If Thorpe showed a professional !
sentiment, and by that I mean an in- j
clination to take money for playing l
ball or competing in meets, he has had j
every chance to become an out and out :
professional baseball player and ath
lete; yet, according to eastern dis- j
patches, he has religiously turned down !
offers that would have netted him thou- \
sands of dollars a year for at least I
four or fiye years to come. Surely his j
refusal of such offers is one proof of ]
his amateur spirit.
AOT DYED I> THK WOOI,
Now that the Amateur Athletic Union |
of America has blackballed him and \
turned him out in the cold, prohibiting j
him to mix furtl'er with the so called
lily white amateurs, it is quite possible !
that the Indian will turn to be a genu- I
me professonal. T say "genuine" for
the reason that, even allowng the facts
produced. Thorpe Is not at present a
dyed in the wool "pro."
That brings us down to another point, j
Thorpe has been made the "goat" for |
some reason or other. It must not be j
inferred for one minute that Thorpe is j
the only lad in the country who has |
been paid for playing ball. Of the col- ]
lege ' men who play baseball and in
dulge in other branches of sport as I
well, it is a well known fact that more
than 60 per cent of these men are paid
for playing on various teams. We have
the same trouble right'on this coast.
All over the country "summer ball" is
the curse of the universities in regard
to keeping the college athlete an "ama
teur."
The big middle western universities
had their troubles even as late as last
year and the conference of the "Big
Eight" created a furore all over the
country when the delegates started in
discussing the "summer ball" proposi
tion.
COLLEGE TOSSERS USE ALIASES
In the east many of the greatest col- !
lege ball players are said to play un- j
der assumed names during the period
when their colleges are closed. Tn this
phase Thorpe again showed his honesty
In using his own name, while he says
he could identify, if necessary, many of
the best known big eastern college men
who played on the same team with him.
under assumed names. Which man is
the more professionally inclined?
Thorpe or the man who uses an alias?
It is only a few years ago that Cali
fornia and Stanford had to bring in a
rule prohibiting men on their baseball
squads from participating in "summer
ball." Both these institutions and the
officials in change are doing their level
best to live up to the letter of that rul
ing, and baseball at both the big uni
versities Is perhaps cleaner than in any
other section of the country. For all
that, however, every season there are
rumblings of some sort or other about
Individuals having played with some
"bush team" who were supposed to be
either California or Stanford baseball
squad men. Santa Clara. St. Mary's
and St. Ignatius all have their troubles
in regard to summer and Sunday base
ball.
HIGH SCHOOL KIDS, TOO
It. is not alone in the colleges that
the taint of professionalism creeps in.
Many lads long before they leave high
school are out and out professional
baseball players. In some rare in
stances cases of grammar school boys
have been brought out where these lads
have been paid for playing Sunday ball.
There is probably not a high srhool In
San Francisco or across the bay that
has not in its baseball squad one or
more boys who play Sunday ball. Many
of them play with the so called "bush"
teams and others are attached to many
of the small country town teams.
There was a case a couple of years
ago of two local high school boys who
were tried and found guilty by the
A'-ademic Athletic league for accept
ing money for their services with a
nearby country town team. Their ex
cu_e was the same old one—"did not'
know we were doing wrong." It was
shown that they did know, however.
and they admitted receiving money
that would have been enough to cover
their expenses for months to the town
In which the game was played. The
local leagues occasionally uncover such
cases. When they do, drastic action is
taken with the offenders.
WHY SELECT THORPE?
Just why Thorpe was picked out as
the * goat" is problematical. That he
was picked out because- he is such a
prominent world figure in athletics
makes the case appear all the worse
against him, and this is probably one of
the reasons why he was made the
"goat." He is the unfortunate one,
while thousands of other college men
really professionally inclined are still
trailing along under the cloak of the
"lily white amateur." It is an un
fortunate circumstance for Thorpe, but
there probably will be a sequel to it
souner or later. Thorpe, when inter
Jim Donahue, former Olympic club
athlete, now of the Los Angeles Ath
letic club, who steps into second place
in the Olympiad pentathlon through the
professionalization of Jim Thorpe.
viewed, stated that he might have
•'something to say at a later date." Just
whether he meant those words as a
threat or not, time alone will tell.
Kuropean nations, and particularly
England, for generations past have
considered that there are no genuine
lily white athletes in this country. The
claim is made by European nations
that all American athletes are more or
less tainted with professionalism. No
European athlete is allowed to ask for
expense money, and when American
athletes are invited to compete at dif
frent centers and very naturally ask
"Will we be allowed expenses?" this
is taken as an inference that the men
are out for the coin rather than for the
glory of the competition.
WHAT KIHOPE WIM- SAY
This European sentiment will hardly
be shocked at the Thorpe case. On
the confrary, John Bull, the kaiser, the
Swedes, the gesticulating Frenchmen
and all others concerned will wink the
other eye and say to each other, "I
told you so." As far as this phase
Is concerned, the Thorpe case to a
degree will give our claims to ama
teurism a black eye.
On the other hand, the world will
have to give full credit to the Ama
teur Athletic Union of America for the
drastic action it lias taken in the case.
President Gustavus Kirby. Secretary
James E. Sullivan and Bartow S.
Weeks, sitting as a special committee,
have shown the world at large that the
A. A. U. can and does cope with such
cases. The actioii of the A. A. U., while
it will be regretted all over this* coun
try, was the only thing for that body
to do. Tt took the bull by the horns
and dealt out a verdict which, while
hard on Thorpe, is bound to do more
good for amateur athletics in this coun
try than volumes of new legislation
ever could accomplish.
OTHER 'AMATEURS' IN
FEAR OF DISCOVERY
BY PATRICK GALLAGHER
(Special Dispatch to The Csll)
NEW YORK. Jan. 28.—"You, sir, are
the greatest athlete In the world."
This was what the king of Sweden
said to Jim Thorpe as he presented the
bronze trophy for winning the pentath
lon. This prize, with all the other man
given proofs of his prowess on track
and field won by him as an amateur in
the United States and as the kingpin of
the United States team at Stockholm,
the Carlisle Indian must restore to the
officials of the meet in which he won
them. The red man—the aboriginal
American who led "the lads of Uncle
Sam to a clean sweep of victory against
all the world in the last Olympic games
—is to be stripped bare of all his
laurels.
No one—last of all Thorpe—will
blame the American Olympic committee,
the humiliated officials of the American
Athletic union. The plumes go from the
eagle with regret, but with honor.
There Is a. certain satisfaction for
American athletes in the fact that the
renunciation was begot here, made here,
before the opportunity was offered for
outside accusation, outside criticism. It
may be that the incident will he hugged
to the breast by those who love to as
sociate every. American triumph with
"Yankee smartness." In this dark hour
of despondency th<=>se possible stings
and arrows, however, hurt less than
the* tragic fact.
They are scalping the Indian, but ar.
cording to rule.
JIM — THE MANLY INDIAN
Thorpe has done. the. sensible thing;
the manly tiling. Once more is the
natal honor and true ability of the
American aborigine shown. It re
mained to him to tell the truth. And
stripped of his laurels, all the world
won trophies taken from his hands, he
remains today what he was on that
great day of triumph at Stockholm.
Still, awake, sleeping, he can hear
the kindly admission: "You, sir, are
the greatest athlete In the world."
But, officially. Thorpe the amateur
is dead. All his records are to be
blotted out—officially.
Martin Sheridan returns to premier
ship as the world's greatest all round
athlete.
Every point allotted to Thorpe at the.
Stockholm meeting Is shorn from the
American total, which is reduced from
SS to 76. Sweden moves up ahead of
Finland—Uncle Sarji» still comfortably
leading the field.
The Viking ship and official victory
in the decathlon go back to Sweden
and If. "Weislander, who finished sec
ond; F. R. Bie of Norway gets the
bust of the king of Sweden and first
honors in the pentathlon.
The Indian's confession of "profes
sionalism" will create worldwide revo
lution in the classification of records.
It will take weeks and months to re
store the amateur athletic alignment.
OTHER "AMATEURS" SHIVERING
And in the meantime there promises
to be such a rattling of dry bones,
among "amateur" performers who have
long forgotten professional affiliations,
as never was heard of before.
"Summer base ball" is in for a right
to the roots probe. Officials of the A.
A. I*. promised today that no expense
would be spared in getting at the facta
I?"'*-.'--.?-'** >■•':-•/ '•■•.'--- ..,".-- : T,-" v .•-■; *
A. A. U. Officials Took Only
Course Open; Other
Athletes May
' Suffer
suggested In this paragraph of
Thorpe's letter:
"On the same teams I played with
were several college men from the
north who were earning money by ball
playing during their vacations, and
who were regarded as amateurs at
home."
No loophole Is to be left for a re
currence of such heart burning after
the games to be contested at Berlin.
The American amateur from now on
will be subjected to the acid test, and
the American officials will apply it.
LEVITY COVERS GRIEF
Thorpe's disqualification is the most
serious and sensational Incident of the
kind in the whole history of path
prestige and field feats. Down in the
depths of despondency, some of the
eastern sports tried to get funny about
It today. They were asking what about
David and Goliath, Hector and Finn
MacCoule? And they proved to their
own contentment, that when the suc
cessor of Saul "put the shot*' at the
big Philistine he was surely a "pro"
pitcher in a bush league: Hector, they
said, was paid coach of the javelin
throwers of Agamemnon, and Finn was
hired by St. Patrick to outleap the
devil and save the soul of Grain Ualle.
But back of this levity Is a lot of
seriousness. In justice to the Indian
stripped to the skin, it Is felt that oth
ers must be forced to come to the front
and take their medicine. With all the
sickening sorrow over this unlooked
for revulsion, there is little or no con
demnation of the Indian boy.
PRICE PAID IX FULL
"He erred; he has paid," seems to be
the general summing up. Thorpe was
better at doing things than reasoning
out the nice points of athletic eti
quette.
The scalped Tndian today denied
positively at Carlisle, Pa., that he has
signed with the Pittsburg National
league club or any other ball organiza
tion. He admitted that many tempt
ing offers had been made to him, all of
which he had turned down.
T preferred to continue as an ama
teur track and field sportsman, which
I have enjoyed so much," said the In
dian boy. "Now, however, I think I
will sign up w.lth one of the big league
teams."
Swedes Say Keep Trophies
STOCKHOLM. Jan. 28.—Swedish
newspapers, commenting on the dis
closure that James Thorpe was a pro
fessional athlete when he competed In
the Olympic games here last summer,
commend the honesty displayed by the
Americans in making the fact known.
Leading athletic authorities express
the opinion that Thorpe Is entitled tv
retain the prizes he won in the pen
tathlon and decathlon as his status as
an amateur was questioned too late.
Big Offers Refused
MI'SKOOKE, Okla., Jan. 27.—Indian
officials here declare that James Thorpe
refused an offer several weeks ago to
join the Pittsburg National league
team and that within a month offers
have come from theatrical managers
and moving picture concerns, all of
which were refused.
Says He'll Play Baseball
CARLISLE, Pa., Jan. 28.—James
Thorpe, champion athlete, says his
fondness and fitness for athletics will
probably result in his making baseball
his profession since particpatlon In
all forms of amateur athletics is now
denied him. He has not yet signed
with any team, although numerous
offers have been made him since last
summer. He receives sympathy rather
than censure here. He has been pop
ular while at the Indian school and
has not displayed "professional" spirit.
i Garry Herrmann After Him
(Special Plspatoh to The fall)
CINCINNATI, Jan. 28.—August Herr
mann, president of the Cincinnati Reds,
announced today that he is after Jim
Thorpe, the Carlisle Indian athlete, for
his 1913 team. If Thorpe can be In- \
duced to sign a Cincinnati contract he
will be used as an extra pitcher and
utility man.
Browns Could Use Jim
ST. LOLIS, Jan. 2S.—Colonel Robert
L. Hedges, president of the St. Louis
American league club, said tonight he
was making efforts t6 obtain the serv
ices of James Thorpe. If he obtains
Thorpe he will have former Car
lisle stars, as Joe Balentl, outfielder,
has signed a contract for the 1913 sea
son.
Commission Investigates
Death of Fighter
(Special Dispatch to The Call)
NEW YORK. Jan. 2S,—The state
boxing commission began an investiga
tion today into the death of Pasquale
Vilaqua, alias "Chick" Rose, a pugilist
who died after a blow on the chin
delivered during a boxing bout last
night by "Irish Jack"' Smith, a sailor
In the navy.
Frank O'Neill, chairman, of the box
ing commissi rm, was deeply concerned
over tbe affair today.
"T regret very much this unfortunate
accident,"' said O'Neill. "A fatality is
likely to occur in any branch of sport
calling for extraordinary psyslcal ef
fort and we have taken every precau
tion to allow only men and boys physi
cally fit to enter the ring.
•"While we have not been able to
more than go into the surface of this
match last night, I have been In
formed that the referee should have
stopped the bout before the knockout
blow was struck."
Del Howard Starts East
On Business Trip
Dpl Howard, field captain of the
Seals, is on his way to Chicago on a
business trip. A letter received at
Recreation park yesterday afternoon
conveyed the information from Del that
he would be gone at least two weeks,
and perhaps longer. Howard is anxious
to settle some property interests around
Chicago before he starts training for
the 1913 campaign. If he happens to
be delayed longer than he expects
Howard may make the trip west on the-
White Sox special, which will leave the
windy city some time near the end of
February.
No Miss Nancys in
Milwaukee Pulpits
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"MILWAUKEE. Win- .Inn. 28.—
Milwaukee minister* favor m
ntate law for the resnlatlon of
boxing:. A signed statement to
day by a committee representing*
the Milwaukee Federation of
Churches reads:
"We faver legislation that shall
allow b«>\in„ matches for points
under supervision, aud that shall
strictly define the meaning of the
term and prohibit prime fighting
and brutal slugging nintehes."
The statement was issued as a
sequel to the witnessing by the
ministerial committee of last
night's boxing bouts, about which
the committee members said they
bad no complaint to make.
GREAT ENTRY LIST
FOR BASKET BALL
Forty-three Teams Get in
Line for Big P. A. A.
Tournament
Forty-three teams have formally en
tered the Pacific association basket
ball championship tournament, which
will be opened early next month. The
tournament will be conducted in three
sections, committees handling the
games in sections designated as San
Francisco, Alameda county and Stock
ton. The winners in each class in
these sections will later be brought to
gether in the final games for the state
championship. The schedule of the
preliminary games will 'be drawn by
the championship committee this week.
The teams entered'are as follows:
ALAMEDA COTJNTY DIVISION
110 POUND CLASS
Berkeley Y. M. C. A.—Ted Dezendorf. Frank
Steele. H. Franklin. 11. Ottoman, E Paine, H.
Button. M. West. D. Hutton.
Oakland Y. M. C. A., blues—Edw. Gordon. An
drew Hass. Mark Baldwin. Harold Reid. Thomas
Doyle. Archie Seward. Walter McCabe, Raymond
Chubb.
Oakland Y. M. C A., reds -Lester Loudon,
Warren Forgerson. Harper Knowles. William 8.
Lorimer. James MeGiffin. Oyer Wilson, John
White, Paul Kydd Hamilton Lorimer, Lawrence
Wetzel.
Tompkins playground-Alfred Magnelli. Charles
Plnguotaro. Frank Arena. Alfred Berrio. George
Swayse, James Russo. Clarence Boisson.
120 POIND CLASS
Berkeley Y. M. C. A.- S. Erskine. George Da
vis. W. Hawkins. W. Brigdeu, E. Fnink. L. Post,
P. Wucher. A. Warren.
Oakland "C" -Alfred Baptists. Ashley Steln
mltz. R. Ray Dennis. Albert White. Richard H.
Kessier Jr.. Crowell Peaae, Eugene Curley.
130 POIND CLASS
Berkeley Y. M. C. A. —Victor Landner. Herbert
Brigdeu. George Harr.'. Fred Goldman. Hubert
Sandner. Harold Syraes, Hall McKenzie Jack
Symes.
Oakland "M"—Clarence Maurer. Art Widell,
Eugene Curley. Paul Thetis, Delbert Lawson.
Crowell Pease. Frank Milletle, W. Phillips, Jo»
R.'ifaeo. Leon Woojsoy.
"M" club -Roy Fowler. Ravnor GimbaL Giant
Hunt. Ernest Heynes. Millard Peterson, Donald
B. Stewart, Norris Shindler.
14r> POIND (LASS
Tnlversity of California—C. Dogge E. McCo
mae. S. MacKay. O. Cook. F. House, D Kilduff,
L. Brown.
Oakland "V"- A. Anderson, E. H. Neilsen,
Thomas Husser. Frank Van Deren. John Taleott.
John P. Cate. Ralph R. Hansen J. E. Valentine,
Waldo Lee Clark. Claude J. Fitzsiminons.
I NLIMITED CLASS
t niverslty of California—C. Carpenter, C. F.
Mess, A. Black. R. Fischer. E. Joses. E. Brown
K. H. ('uarlnl
Battery B. N. G. C—J. Herbert Fahr. Chrlstl-
Davls. Harvey Lewis. Roy Hedderman. (ieorge
Patterson. Clyde Alexander. Oeorge (Mtild Harry
Bartlett. William Barry. William Fox.
Berkeley Y. M. C. A. —T. Spencer. W Norton
P. Embury, C. Austin. H. Engelhart. N Slater.
D. .1. Bogardus, M. Peufleld, J. Gardner, T.
Broderick.
Oakland "0"— Ed Street. George Hjette. Ar
thur o"Kane. M M. Jackson. Waldo Lee Clark,
Claude J. iltzsiinmons. William Laughlln, Frank
I. Guilford, K. M. Harden. A. Anderson.
VALLEY DIVISION
1 NLIMITED CLASS
Stockton Athletics—Joseph Dell, Donald Dicker
L. F. O.well, C, C. Barthold. W. Fergussen, G.
W. Remington. F. B. Edgington. H. Bray.
Stockton high school—Leland Spavd. Gilbert
Patiersois. Douglas Proaty Percy Nlestrath. Ste
phen Turry. Charlie Comfort.
120 POIND CLASS
Pirates—Edward Hoopers, (jail Rineheart. Don
Mackenzie. Ralph llickeubothan. Reut Sprague,
Mackay Mackenzie. Buchard Highby
SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION
110 POIND CLASS
Lincoln—James Trevethlck. Ocorge Howard,
Timothy O'Keefe. James Fitzgerald, Charles Cun
ningham. Edward Howard.
Cogswell Carlos Wolff. William H. [jinsmann,
narold Hooke. Edgar Westeroop, O. Janssen,
Carl Olsen, Lewis Wallace, J. R. Vobsing, M.
Leavitt. J. Tone.
St. Joseph—John Donovan. Joseph Mclaughlin.
Harold Welch. Frank Walker. William Dunning.
James IJelahauty. Al Canty. Henry Golobic, Joe
M<-Caron.
Columbia Park Boys' club —Milton Brown. John
'laTin. Herbert Stockton. Louis O'Brien. Sidney
Rosenthal, James Sims, Charles Lee, Andrew Cos
tello.
Columbia Park Midgets -Francis Flchler. Ed
ward Macanlay. Howard Kgtjn. Hirch Cowan,
Hayes Turner. Richard Johnstone
Excelsior—Kei Aoki. Kujoshi Vofnuwkl, Harry
Siu'iika-Aa, Yasubei I'Daau, Guiebi Mitani, Vokugl
Isbii.
Sacred Heart Cubs- Alphonse Cummins, James
Cullaghan, clarence Bertram. Ignatius Bray,
Richard Gorman. Charles King. Leon Lukens.
Robert Taaffe.
Lowell—Stanley HÄ» Arce. Albert Finkelstein.
Peter Sommers. Aoki Michi Joe Posner. Cddfo
Woolrioh. Elgin Hittel], Bud Brown, MurlynD
Snyder, Dick Shainwald.
1.0 POt NO CLASS
Cogswell—Ralph Allen. Albert Mlquen, Tom
Trwler. Vincent Gerdan. Edmund Powers. Alfred
Colbr, David Zolot. August Johnson.
Y. M. C. A. E. M. Clare. A. O'Keefe. L. H.
Perkins. H. Bradford. J. A. Farmer. A. Landahl,
M. Debenham, Ceorge Drolette, J. Panker. Olsen
Ralph.
The Rlxies —Altridge Bertrand, Joseph Barry,
Harold Burke. Charles Gallagher, (ieorge Gillen,
Andrew Lucey. Frank Robinson, William Cal
laghan.
Telegraphs - Charles Raccanelli. Earl Brown,
William Cotta. Hector Campana. Garret Buckley,
Silvio Soracco. Plinio Campana. Raymond Gar
rigan, Johu Queriolo. Amerigo Tiotte.
l.tO POIND CLASS
I. C. S.- Ralph Grady, T.estie Thomas. Vincent
Kennedy. Jack Towns, Timothy O'Keefe Carl
Stoll. Herbert Kuntz. Andy Piercy, Charles,
O'Ronrke. J. Msllony.
Cogswell -Ray Segurson. Frank Trachsler. E.
Bridgett, William A. PoNe, H. Hanson, L W.
Mi'bonald. F. Kcmme. A. Colby.
Columbia l|nrk Boys-Solomon Raphael. Emtle
Hastings. Alfred Peterson. Robert Hayes. Frank
Sheldon, tins lonian. R. Armando. Milton Brown,
Kenneth Mcßae. Andrew I'ierey.
Star of the Sea—tins Taylor. Herman Wurm.
Bert Moloney. Gerald Concannon. Edward Kerwin.
Pirates—Alex S_cCorm_C_, Drew __cej, Wil
liam Hennebery, Ed Cicerone, tins Swaustrom, V.
Masson.
Sacred Heart Meteors—John Connolly. William
Crowell. James Flaherty. William Mahoney. Ed
ward Rancke. Luke Robinson. Eugene Welch.
•Telegraphs—Charles Rauacili, Ear! Browh,
rienio Campana. Charles Ertola. Raymond Car
rlgan. Caesar Mannelli. Frauk Kllkerry, Hector
Caiupana, John Querola.
t4."> POCNP CLASS
Swastikas- Louis H Day. Itillard M. Smith,
Kenneth A. Stewart. Bob Flanders. Porter Grif
fith. Peter Shubert. Pavid Anderson. Clifford dv
Jfirdtn. Harold R. Fried. George Calkins.
jcwell—Richard Berndt. Irwin Hirschfelder,
Lieno Fujita. Leon Schoenfeld. George la Fray,
Henry Lewiche. Bert Cale. Henry Page.
FXLIMITEP CLASS
Exposition Fire—W. Statelpld. A. Kemp. C.
Gilbert, L. Hellings. R. Gilbert. Plerson. Al Pen
nington. W. Millar.
Tirates —Donald Crawford, John Loeey, Milton
Biggs. Michael Massed. Jack (Jlacken. Robert
Johnstone. Vincent Levett, Francis Trohig.
Fort McDowell—Garriek. Thatcher, Rider, Ham
ilton. Arbaugh, Long. Thomas
San Mateo alumni —L. K. Anderson. B. C. Hahn,
Horton Whipple. Alfred Boerner. W. B. Teall,
Ernest Langerbaeh. J. Racy Bloen, M. B. Lane.
SMITH-GEYER MATCH OFF
The proposed match between Gunboat Smith
and Oenrer Kd ('ever Is apparently off. a«ror_
iiyt tO h statement made by Jim Buckley.
Smith's manager. Buckley said that Uever
was not a-dliiß through with the match. The
Oakland Wheelmen /*lub Is dow looking for
another opponent for Smith.
DRISCOLL'S MEN
OUTPLAYED IN A
FAST POLO GAME
Dillingham's Four Nose Out
a 5 to 4 Victory After
Some Exciting Work
at Crossways
(Special Dispatch to The (allt
BUR LI.VGA ME. Jan. 28.—The Kama
alnas, under the leadership of Walter
Dillingham, outplayed the Mn lahinas,
captained by Thomas Driscoll. by a
scire of 5 to 1 on Crossways field this
afternoon in a fast and exciting match.
It was the first time this season that
the Driseoll-Hobart combination has
gone down to defeat.
After the match there were several
periods of cut in play, in which several
other players took part. John Lawson.
the old member of the original Burlin
game team, appeared in riding togs for
the first time this year. Others who
turned out for the practice were George
Cameron, Christian de Gulgne Jr., Paul
Verdier and Bert Payne, a novice.
Francis J. Carolan was unable to
take part in today's sport owing to Ill
ness. The lineup was as follows:
Katnaalnas i Dillingham's team! — No. I. Oe~_n
Cameron; No. 2. W. B. Devereux; No. 3, Walter
Dillingham: back. W. S. Tevis Jr.
Malahinas (Driscoll's team)— No. 1. Felton B.
Klkins: No. 2, llarrv ('. Hastings, No 3, T. A.
Driscoll; back. Walter S. Hobart.
Final score—Dillingham's team, 5 goals; Drls.
coil's team. 4 goals.
Order of match—Four periods of 7% seconds.
Referee —Walter R. Hoag.
Hastings has announced a fast match
for next Sunday on El Cerrito field.
The program for the week follows.
Thursday. January 30, 1913—Cat in game, Xl
Palomar field. 3 o'clock.
Saturday, February 1. 1913—Cut in gams
Crossway's field, o'clock.
Sunday. February 2, 1913—Match game, Xl
Cerrito. 2:30 o'clock.
Carolan (1), Tobin <2), Driscoll (SJ, Howard
(back), vs. Tevla (1), Garritt (2), Devereux (3>,
Hobart (back).
Eight 7V_ minute periods. TV. Hoag, referee.
The schedule for the race meet Sun
day. February 9, Is as follows:
First race. 2:30 p. m. —Polo pony scarry, for
gentlemen: open to members and their friends
for polo ponies that have played regularly this
season; course, once down polo field, round goal
posts, finish in center of field: trophy, cup and
blue rosette to winner, red rosette second, white
rosette third; no whips or spars allowed.
Second race. 3 p. m.—Polo pony scurry, for la
dies: open to members and their friends; horses
not to exceed 10.*.': course, same as enumerated
in first race: trophy, cup and blue rosette to
winner, red rosette second, white rosette third;
no whip or spurs allowed.
Third race. 3:30 p. m.—San Mateo Polo club,
point to point: open to members, ladies a_d gen
tlemen, and their friends: catch weights; course
and conditions, a large sheet will be placed on n
bill about two miles from the polo field in a con
spicuous position; competitors will start from a
point on the polo field, take their own course to
said sheet, where they will receive tally on ar
rival, thence back to the polo field, once around
and finish: trophy, cup and blue rosette to win
ner, red rosette to second, white rosette to third;
whip and spurs allowed.
Fourth race, 4:15 p. m.—Polo pony race; open
to members their friends; ponies not to ex
ceed 1.".2. to carry 160 pounds minimum, weights
must be carried if necessary; twice around course
laid round the folo field: trophy, cup and blue
rosette to winner, red rosette to second, white
rosette to third: whip and spurs are allowed.
Fifth race, 4:4." p m. —Social clubs race; open
to members of Pacini coast social clubs; course
laid around the polo field; distance to be covered
to be approximately one mile: horses to carry
liSQ pounds minimum, owners up; trophy, cup and
blue rosette to winner, red rosette to second,
white rosette to third.
CURLING MEET RESULTS
ST. TALE. Minn.. Jan. 2S.—R. H. Dunbar*
rink of St. Paul won tonight the Dnluth trophy
in the annual bonspiel of the Northwestern Curl
ing association by defeating Dr. G. V. Williams'
rink of Winnipeg in the finals. 11 to 6. The
Pafrtek-Dulutii trophy went to W. K. Parkinson
of Phillips. Wis., who defeated McNabb of
Crand Rapids. Mich. V. <i. Williams of Winni
peg defeated A. M. Hastings of Minneapolis. 10
to 7. in tbe finals for the St. Paul trophy.
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