ARMY’S UNEXPECTED VICTORY
CAPS CLIMAX OF SURPRISES
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Football in 1913, Under New
Rules, Is Just as Uncertain
as Baseball.
ANNAPOLIS DOPE IS UPSET
West Point’s Remarkable Form
Reversal and Merrillat's
Great Work Features.
With another surprise In the West
Point victory over Annapolis the
football season for 1913 came to a
close Saturday. The new rules of
the gridiron game have made the
major college sport as uncertain as
baseball. The Army victory was only
one of a number of sensational up
sets in big games this season. It
ranks with Cornell's victory over the
University of Pennsylvania’s team,
Yale’s draw with Princeton and Car
lisle's win from Dartmouth, as well
as Dartmouth’s victory over Prince
ton.
The field goal played an important
part on both sides of Saturday's big
game, while the forward pass which
Merrlllat turned into a sensational
dash was another of the features of
up-to-date football under the new
rules.
West Point Springs Surprise.
A spectacular, yet confusing finale
was furnished to the 1913 football
season by the Army eleven when
they defeated the Navy warriors at
the Polo Grounds, New York, In the
eighteenth annual contest by the
score of 22 to 9. West Point’s victory
tied the series at nine triumphs each.
Outplayed during tho first period of
the game, the Cadets brought into
action their forward pass ’’guns’’ in
the second half of the classic strug
gle and swept the-^Mlddles oft their
feet. Two forward posses over the
goal line resulted In touchdowns,
which, added to another touchdown
and a goal from placement, made the
total one that has not been exceeded
by either academy In ten years,
Merrlllat crossed the goal line of
the Midshipmen on two occasions,
while the other march to touchdown
was registered by Captain Hoge.
The first three points were contrib
uted by Woodruff In the opening
period of play, when he kicked a
beautiful goal from placement.
"Babe" Brown, whoso trained toe
spelled defeat for the Army In the
last two meettngs previous to yes
terday, threatened to duplicate past
performances. His three goals from
placement were heartily received by
the followers of the Midshipmen, but
when his team wavered In protect
ing Its own goal line his wonderful
work was of no avail in the procur
ing of victory.
West Point Elects Prlrhsrd.
West Point had a wild celebration
on the return of the triumphant ca
det team yesterday. The Navy goat
was tied on the back of the Army
mule and paraded around while the
students cheered and celebrated their
victory in song and general Jollifi
cation.
On the train the football squad
elected a captain for the next year.
Cadet Vernon Edward Prichard,
whose play at quarterback on the
Army eleven has been so specatcular
during the season Just closed, was
chosen to lead the Army men. Cadet
Prichard Is a member of the class
•f 1915. He will be 22 years old next
month. He was appointed from the
Eleventh Congressional district of
Iowa and entered the Military Acad
emy June 11, 1911. He Is very popu
lar with his teammates and the
members of the corps. His election
to the captaincy was unanimous.
Cadet Prichard Is color sergeant In
the battalion of cadets.
Navy la Glun and Gloomy.
Annapolis men who remained at
home intended to go through with
the usual celebration but the coaohea
and players were in no mood to ac
cept any such attentions.
The midshipmen gathered at the
•tatlon, nearly a mile from Buncroft
Hall, and waited patiently until tho
train, over an hour late, came In.
The horses had been taken from the
vehicles used to carry the players
and ropes attached, and by these
they were dragged at the double time
to Bancroft Hall, the midshipmen
following. At the hall cheers were
given for each player and coach and
a final rheer of much significance
ended with the triple repetition of
"next year."
Washington Wants Big Game.
Sentiment is growing among offi
cials In Washington favorable to
staging the annual Army and Navy
football game either at tho national
capital or at Annapolis or West
Point. It has been suggested that If
tho game is played In Washington
Congress might be persuaded to make
an appropriation defraying all ex
penses. Another argument Is made
In support of the plan to havj tho
game played In Washington.
It Is suggested by friends of the
two Institutions that they would un
doubtedly be the gainers In a mate
rial way If their football heroes dis
ported at a point where It would be
convenient for all members o! Con
gress and their families to attend.
The managers of the American
League Baseball Club are willing to
enter Into a contract making their
field available for the Army-Navy
football game.
NEW AUTOBOAT RECORD
PARIS, Dec. 1.—Paul Tissandior
yesterday beat the world's record for
speed on water In a test with his
new type glider auto boat at Trtel,
on the Seine. He attained an aver
age speed of 94 kilometres 158.6 miles)
an hour.
FOOTBALL EXPERTS
PICKINGBEST TEAM
Brickley Is Unanimous Selec*
tion, So Is Ballin, of
Princeton.
QUYON, INDIAN, POPULAR
Although the football season of 1913
ended officially with the playing of
the Army-Navy game Saturday
the leading coaches, players and au
thorities sustain gridiron Interest
during the early days of December
by selecting all-American and all
sectlonal teams.
Brickley was selected by every au
thority. Some of these authorities
who have witnessed one or more of
the Intersectional contests of the sea
son have selected all-American teams,
but the majority, having confined
their choice to eastern combinations,
the all-Eastern eleven, by early con
sensus of opinion appears to be as
follows:
Position. Player. College.
Left end.Hogsett.Dartmouth
Left tackle....Talbott.Yale
Left guard... .Kctcham.Yale
Centre .Martlng.Yale
Right guard.. ..Pennock.Harvard
Right tackle... .Ballin.Princeton
Right end.Gilchrist.Navy
Quarterback ....Wilson. Yale
Left halfback. ..Mahan.Harvard
Right halfback..Guyon.Carlisle
Fullback .Brickley. Harvard
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Left Halfback Guyon, an all-Ameri
can favorite, has scored 109 points for
Carlisle. He has registered seven
teen touchdowns.
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George McCaa, the Lafayette coach,
has an offer to coach a^larger college
team next season and will probably
be succeeded by Wilbur G. Crowell, a
Swarthmore football expert.
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Advices from New Haven say that
Howard Jones Is anxious to remain
as Ell coach for another year. The
Yale letter men will elect a captain
sometime this week. N. S. Talbott
has received a lot of boosting since
the Harvard game.
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Elmer E. Busch, right guard of the
Carlisle team, has been elected to
captain the Indians 19l< team. Busch
Is a member of the Pomo Tribe, from
California, and is learning his trade
as a tailor at Carlisle, when he Is not
studying football.
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Champ Whitney, ’15, was elected by
the ”D” men Saturday to captain the
Dartmouth football team next fall.
The chnlce was unanimous. Whitney,
who prepared at Worcester Academy,
was Dartmouth’s most consistent
ground gainer this fall and played in
every game. Besides being a star at
football Whitney is also a track ath
Tete, shot-putting being his specialty.
He holds several records In these
events. Whitney was a member of
the American Olympic team In 1912.
Prospects for Championship
Five at Princeton A~e Bright
PRINCETON, Dec. 1.—Basketball
was begun at Princeton, with bright
Indications for a winning team, and
Luehrlng, the coach, Is looking for
ward to a season of real success.
Only one loss has been sustained
since last year, when the Tiger five
finished In whirlwind style by win
ning the last eleven games on their
schedule, among them one with the
Cornell team, which took the cham
pionship title of the Intercollegiate
League, leaving the Tiger a close sec
ond. L. de la Reusllle is the only
member of the five who will not be
eligible again this season.
The Princeton coach hopes to be
able to put on four of last year’s team
again, but there will he no lack of
competition. All of last year’s fresh
man team, which won the freshman
Intercollegiate championship, will be
available for this year’s varsity. Cap
tain E. Trenkmann, Frank GUI and
H. H. Salmon, all of whom were
chosen for positions on the all-East
ern five last year, will be eligible
again.
Camden Quintet Still Leads
in Eastern League Race
Camden continues to show the way
to the other basketball teams In the
Eastern League championship race.
A defeat at the hands of Trenton
chipped several points off the Jer
seymen's percentage, but they are still
In front and playing a great game.
Trenton will meet Camden on the
latter’s floor on Wednesday of this
week and Camden hopes to pay back
the defeat of last week.
Trenton and Jasper are having a
battle roval for second nlace In tho
race and are tied, with Pe Nerl com
ing fast. The Pe Nerl team has
shown considerable improvement late
ly and Is sure to give tho leaders
some trouble. Qreystook la out of
last place as tho result of a brace
In their work and the Cooper Hall
quintet expect to be close to the
first division before very long.
ANOTHER CUP DEFENDER
BOSTON, Dec. L—6. M. Pynchon,
of N‘ w York, owner of the racing
sloop Istalna, will look after the In
terests cf the syndicate of Philadel
phia. New York and Boston men who
will finance a 76-foot sloop to enter
the America’s cup trial races n»xt
year.
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It remained for the Army and Navy
football teams to furnish the great
est gridiron battle of the year. That
the Army should win was quite a
surprise, but the manner of her
victory was even more so. The Bcore
of 22 to 9 In the cadets’ favor doesn’t
matter so much, but the way she
brought about that result was surely
the revelation of the football season.
Getting a darn good lesson from
Notre Dame, the Army developed the
forward pass to such an extent that
it was almost perfection. So It was
more the play than the players that
upset the calculations in the final
game of the season. The Navy was
looked upon as a tremendous team
and almost certain of victory, but the
play all around has been so Incon
sistent this season that the outcome
didn’t create the shock It might have
If previous contests had not prepared
us to expect anything and not be sur
prised at anything. Thus as wo
watched the Army outgeneral, out
maneuver and outplay the Navy, we
sat back content In the fact that
about 99 per cent, of the wiseacres of
the gridiron were "wrong again.”
Yes, most everybody was wrong, and
those who were right were only
guessing—only taking a chance. Be
forehand, not by the widest stretch
of the Imagination could anyone se
lect the Army to defeat the Navy, al
though a few quite cleverly aimed to
prove to you that the cadets did fig
ure to win. Well, whether or no, they
did win, and as results count in this
world we will have to take off our
hats to those who picked the Army.
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The Army won because the Army
played the better game, according to
the new rules, seen anywhere. The
lesion she learned from Notre Dame
made her a formidable foe, yet up to
Saturday her performances were
weak and unattractive. She must
have studied hard, for her execution
was well meant, and not the result of
the elements of fortune. By her
superb defense and her startling of
fense she turned the wonderful Navy
team Into a wrecked and unsteady
eleven. The despised cadets became
the heroes of battle before the first
quarter was over, and they went Into
the lead shortly after the Middles'
first goal from placement and re
mained there until the finish. It was
well done for the Army, and a
triumph for the team.
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Tlie plays In the game made the
game and the contest was really en
joyed on Its merits and not because
of Its social distinction. It can be
safely said that the game was the
most Interesting since the old rules
have been Blashed to pieces, and It
shows that the method of play In the
previous games has not been abreast
of the times. The Idea is that the
rules have been changed, radically,
yet the coaches have kept far away
from the old lines of football. After
witnessing the clever plays perpetrat
ed by the Army we may look forward
to see some wonderful Improvement
n the gridiron sport next year. The
caches will soon discover that they
must take more chances; that they
must develop the forward pass to
well-nigh perfection, and that they
must not adhere to punting and rush
ing as a sole means of gaining ground.
Of course, the development of the
forward pass will be slow and the
coaches will have to feel their way,
but It is safe to predlot that the team
that displays the most ability In that
line next year will carry oft the hon
ors on the gridiron.
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Three touchdowns, two ns the re
sult of forward passes and one after
a long end run and a goal from
placement, showed that the Army
was strong ih every respect. In
straight football, perhaps, the Navy
shone more brilliantly, but when the
Army broke away and resorted to
forward passing the Navy didn't
seem to quite catch on. She tried
that style of play herself at times,
but she was a blank failure, most of
her passes being Intercepted for gains
for the Army team. As to the Navy’s
score, all her points were the result
of goals from placement, which Is
open evidence that the Middles ex
pected to win at that style of play.
The touchdown and how to make It
was forsaken, forgotten^ and the
Navy simply relied on the kicking
game, at which she was superior.
Now that Champion Willie Ritchie
has made good In New York, he will
be able to use Gotham to great ad
vantage. Out In Frisco Tom Mc
Carey, the promoter, wants Ritchie
to fight Joe Rivers, and Willie says
he will If ho get his price, which, by
the way. Is $16,000. If the amount
named Is not forthcoming, Ritchie de
clares he will come on to New York
and do his battling. There is where
the matter stands, and, as the cham
pion is a good waiter, he will either
get his price on the coast or else come
East, where he is very much in de
mand.
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As a fighter, Kitchie is par ex
cellence, and it might be remarked he
is some actor. He played his part to
the queen’s taste in New York, and
he won friends and admirers by the
thousands. He was the gentleman at
all times—In the ring and out of it—
and he played his cards so well that
he has made himself the best boxing
card In Gotham. He left New York
voted the best fellow ever, and the
fight fans want him to come back and
show them some more of his clever
ness. And he'll be back and tap the
Garden till for $10,000 or so, and if he
wins, which is very, likely, he will
still be the white-haired boy and still
be in demand.
As A1 Reeves, the comedian, would
say, "Give him credit, boys!” Yes,
Ritchie is deserving of great credit.
In a very short time he has made
himself the lightweight champion of
the world, and on top of It the most
popular fighter in the world. He has
a way about him that makes you like
him, and in the ring he is such a
really capable fighter that he wins
you by his natural ability. While
East he moved considerably in the
pugilistic admiration society, and he
got so close to Billy Gibson, the man
ager of the Garden A. C., that it looks
as if he had taken the place of
Paekey McFarland in Billy’s heart.
From all accounts, Ritchie had noth
ing but aces in his deck while hover
ing around here for his much-delayed
Cross match, and, taking his popu
larity as an evidence, he must have
played his high cards with positive
skill.
With his service* In demand in the
East and In the West, Ritchie may
well sit back and chuckle. His vic
tory over Cross has made him noth
ing less than a "10,000 beauty” in
New York, and the victory of Joe
Rivers over Cross In the West has
made the Mexican a big drawing card
out there. That's what the promoters
like, but in this Instance they will
have to pay dearly for It. Ritchie’s
demand of $15,000 seems to be high in
the extreme, for Rivers would surely
want $10,000, and it Is doubtful if
much more than $30,000 will be taken
in on the coast for a lightweight
battle. The Rivers-Cross bout drew
about $20,000, and that was supposed
to be a wonderful card. Of course,
Rivers’s good showing against Cross
and the fact that Ritchie Is the cham
pion will make some difference, but
the promoter who will start out with
a purse of $25,000 and the numerous
expenses attending such contests is
likely to find himself a loser In the
end. A fighter is worth all the money
he can get, but he isn’t worth a cent
more than his employer can afford
to give him. This idea of .always tak
ing sides with the athlete, no matter
how unreasonable his demands, may
be a popular move, true enough, but
those who cry "liberality” are, as a
general thing, as stingy as a country
miser with their own coin.
The value of a Rltchie-Rivere fight
can be figured down to cold facts In
dollars and cents. Let these two
brave warriors come heralded as they
may and it i* doubtful If they will
draw more than $30,000 in Madison
Square Garden. Of course, the prices
would be boosted a notch or two, but
even at that it will take some crowd
ing to get more than $30,000 in the
Garden. The biggest money crowd
in Madison Square since the new law
has been In operation turned out to
see Packey McFarland and Matt
Wells box and the receipts on that
ocaasion were a little more than $27,
000. So you see, $30,000 for a fight in
the Garden is going some, as those
who were at the McFarland-Wells
bout will easily recall that the gath
ering was tremendous on that night.
Out on the coast fights do not draw
1 so well as in New York. The Rtvers
Croes bout on the coast didn’t coma
up to the Ritchie-Cross bout in the
Garden, and it is a good bet that
the Rivers-Cross mill, after Leach’*
great showing with Ritchie, would
have played to more than $20,000,
which was the sum paid in admis
sions on the coast.
The sport-promoting business Is a
fair and square business, and should
be considered and conducted on lines
similar to other business propositions.
There Is a certain spirit of sport In
sporting ventures just as there Is a
certain spirit, a oertaln desire, for
any particular business. The sport
ing spirit is all well enough, and it Is
commended, but the spirit will not last
very long if the efforts that emanate
from the Bpirlt are not appreciated in
p substantial way. Every once in a
While you will hear some brainless
wonder call down the curses on a
promoter for a fancied lack of the
much-abused sporting spirit, yet quite
likely the very same Individual is
struggling along on a salary about
fifty per cent, below his actual value.
Sometimes there Is method in the
madness of the critics, and out of an
attack on a well-meaning and honest
promoter sometimes comes a raise in
salary of some poorly paid critic. To
the men who make big sporting ven
tures possible, great credit should be
given. They take a bold chance at
best and depend upon the support of
a fickle public. It Is a huge gamble,
with the dealer having all the worst
of lt> He must get the play, and in
order to get the play he must please
the patrons. He Is always gambling,
Bomettmes against the weather, at
other times against various conditions
that arise. If he doesn't make good he
is stamped a failure, and if he succeeds
he is credited with being lucky. If
the best sport In the world Is provid
ed the promoter is only doing his
duty, but if things happen V> go amlsi|
he is termed a vagabond. And In the
end what is the answer? It is not ex
r§
aggerating to aay that 95 out of every
100 promoters go broke in trying to
please the always flfckle public and
make an honest dollar.
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Manager Dan Morgan is going right
ahead doing business for Battling
Lavlnsky, just as if the fight with
Young Weinert at Brown's tomorrow
night was nothing more than a work
out. Dan has signed Lavlnsky to
meet Jim Flynn a week later, which is
evidence, of course, that he expects
the Battler to battle Welnert into
submission, for a defeat would natur
ally mean nothing doing, as far as
Flynn would be concerned. Those
who have followed Lavlnsky cloSely
seem to think he Is much too much
for Weinert. Others who have seen
him perform once or twice declare he
is a good man, but nothing wonderful.
Percy Woodruff, Welnert’s manager,
is satlsfled that his man Is good
enough to fight anybody at his weight,
and he has bet $300 on the kid’s
chances. Of course, Dan Morgan, who
has the Lavlnsky end of the wager. Is
counting his winnings even now, but
more sure-looking propositions than
the Lavlnsky-Weinert fight have gone
astray.
On the face of everything attending
the battle, Lavlnsky should defeat
Welnert. My only opportunity to view
the Kid's effort was in his bout with
Bailor White at Troxler’s. His show
ing on that occasion was disappoint
ing, yet he beat the peculiar White
decisively enough, and White has done
some noble battling in his day. As an
excuse for Weinert’s poor showing,
ManagerWoodruff has taken the blame
upon himself. Percy told me that the
Kid was fighting to orders and that
he wasn’t going to let him take any
chance of breaking his hand before
the Important Lavlnsky battle. That
Is not a good way to do things, but
if Welnert makes good against La
vinsky he will be forgiven for that
offense.
The placing of Francis Oulmet at
the head of the amateur golf ratings
for the year has brought about keen
discussion, and ttoe many admirers of
Jerome D. TraverB are sure that it is
all a mistake. Oulmet has been a
sensational golf player this year, and
he is entitled to great credit for his
victory In the open champnlonship.
His ability to tie such exponents as
Vardon and Ray, the English profes
sional stars, and then beat them
out in the play-off was surely a feat
worth recognizing, but day In and day
out in this tourney this week and in
that tourney next week Jerry Travers
would seem to be the master of Oul
met. In medal play this young oham
plon may get over the course with a
better card than Travers, but when it
comes down to match play, then it is
that the wonderful skill and craftiness
and gameness of the "Only Jerry"
stands out. Maybe Oulmet has been
well placed at the top of the list in
honor of his victory in the open tour
ney, but it has generally been the case
that the winner of the amateur title
was the one to come in for the high
est honors. We will accept the rat
ings as given, but it doesn’t look juet
right to see Travers No. 2. In the
following table the ratings of this
year and last year are given, and the
golfers can figure out for themselves
those who are not so good anA those
who have improved:
1913 RATING. 1912 RATING.
1. F. Oulmet. 1. J. D. Travers.
2. J. D. Travers. 2. C. W. Evans, Jr.
3. C. W. Evans, Jr. 3. W. J. Travis.
4. W. K. Wood. 4. W. K. Wood.
B. J. G. Anderson. 6. Oswald Klrkby.
6. W. J. Travis. 6. F. Herreshoff.
7. F. Herreshoff. 7. Paul Hunter.
8. B. W. Corkran. 8. Mason Phelps.
9. E. M. Byers. 9. Albert Seckel.
10. W. C. Fownes. 10. W. C. Fownes.
11. Oswald Klrkby. 11. E. M. Myers.
12. Paul Hunter. 12. H. Schmidt."
13. Mason Phelps. 13. J. G. Anderson.
14. H. Schmidt. 14. P. W. Wi’tmre.
IB. P. W. Wi’tmre. IB. H. K. Kerr.
16. M. R. Marston. 16. H. G. Legg.
The following suggestion for a six
day race has much merit, but it can
hardly become a reality:
J. P. N.:
Here’s a suggestion for another for
eign team that MacFarland can get
without sending to Europe: Lawson
and Hansen, a Scandinavian team.
This, would be the first time Sweden
and Denmark would be represented
in a New York six-day bike race. By
the way, has either of the above rid
ers been signed up to ride in New.
York? Yours truly,
M. S. DAVIS.
Lawson is under suspension and
Hansen has been paired up with An
derson.
A
J. P. N.:
Please put this in your column so
S. O. & Co. can see it. In their letter
to you of October 17 they ask that
the bike fans and fannesses suggest
the probable winner of the New York
six-day race, supposing on the last
day the riders were ready for the
final sprint, as follows: Rutt, Clark,
Goullet, Grenda, Verrl. But they do
not mention McNamara and Root
If there Is any team I feel sure will
win, it is the Root-McNamara team,
for I am sure these riders are the
best all-around riders at the 'Drome,
and I feel confident they will win.
Of course, of the ones S. O. men
tioned, I would select Rutt and his
partner. Who will be Kramer’s
partner In the six-day race if he
rides? Will Rutt ha,ve Stoll? What
will be the admission to the races
the night of the Rutt-Kramer match?
Do they raise the prices of the seats
after Wednesday in the six-day race?
What is the usual admission?
SAME BIKE FANNESS.
Well, well, so you are with us
again, *h? I notice you have switched
Sour allegiance, though. Root and
IcNamara this time, eh? / Kramer
will not start in the six-day race.
Rutt will not meet Kramer in a match
race in New York. If you have been
reading the Star you must have seen
that instead of the Rutt-Kramer
match a four-cornered international
French point match race has been ar
ranged between Kramer, Clark, Per
chlcot and Verri. The prices for the
sprint meet on the Saturday night
SHOT GUNS,
RIFLES, REVOLVERS
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preceding the six-day race will be
from fifty cents up. Sometimes they
raise the prices for the six-day race
after Tuesday, sometime Wednes
day. Nothing definite has been ar
ranged regarding this as yet, though,
the usual admission is from fifty
cents up.
J. P. N.:
Please let your orbs rest on the en
closed cutting from the New York
American. Some assertion! Please
let us know what you think of this
little bit of original news. Seems as
though the American was striking out
in a new direction with nothing but
authentic news. For the benefit of
the world at large please enlighten
US, as to who did win the pennant?
Another question I would like to
ask you, and that is this: What coun
try possesses the speediest train for
a run not over 600 miles?
Please quote a few statistics of the
time taken to run, say from fifty
miles up to 500. By that I mean,
what is the record time for a run of
around fifty miles, 100, 200 and so on.
Very truly yours, SCOTTY.
The clipping referred to states that
the Tigers lost the pennant this year
because Ebbets recalled Collins,
Aitchison and McCarty. Eves since
your communication arrived we have
been busy delving into the records to
find out if we had been "Docooked”
and the Tigers did not really win the
pennant, but a corps of experts have
failed utterly in the effort to discover
that they did not win the International
League flag. Therefore we shall not
regard the Tigers as guilty of “losing
the pennant" this year until it has
been proven conclusively. Maybe the
American's correspondent was smok
ing hops when he penned those fur
tive lines.
The fastest time on record for
a distance of over 440 miles was
made on the Lake Shore and Mich
igan Southern railroad, from Buffalo
to Chicago, in June, 1905, a distance
of 626 miles in 7 hours and 50 min
utes, an average of 69.69 miles an
hour. The record run for 63.26 miles
was made from London to Didcot, in
forty-seven minutes, an average of
68 miles an hour. Running from Pad
dington to Bristol, England, a train
made 84.6 miles an hour, covering
118.5 miles in 1 hour 24 minutes. The
Pennsylvania railroad established a
record in February, 1911, when a
train went from Altoona to Philadel
phia, 236 miles, in S hours and 29
minutes, averaging 67.2 miles an
hour. There are numerous other
records. Among the regular trains
in the United States the fastest are
said to be the Empire Btate express,
on the New Tone Central, traveling
143 miles in 176 minutes, from New
York to Albany.
The Congressional limited on the
Pennsylvania railroad goes from Jer
sey City to Washington, a distance
of 227 miles, in 4 hours 46 minutes.
J. F. n.:
Where do the “gate receipts” fOr
the Harvard-Yale game go? Are In
dividual players paid? To whom are
the players responsible for their con
duct on the field?
HARRY BROWN.
The gate receipts are divided up
between the athletic associations of
the two colleges, and are used to
defray the expenses incurred In main
taining football—such as coaches’ sal
aries, training table, etc. The surplus
Is used to meet the expenditures In
other lines of sport, for all college
athletics do not pay as well as foot
ball. The players receive no mone
tary reward. The honor of playing
on the team and securing a varsity
letter In one of the big games is In
itself sufficient reward to the college
boys. The captain is supposed to be
In charge of the team on the field,
and the players are supposed to obey
his commands.
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J. P. N.:
Which has the faster fire depart
ment service, Newark or New York?
1 refer to the Bpeed It takes In get
ting to a fire, etc. A. & B.
Newark, of course. Quicker In
hitching and getting away from quar
ters. This applies to horse-drawn
apparatus. With auto-machines It
Is, like all machine propositions, a
case of even up.
-O' ■
J. P. N.:
Are the tags taken from “Jolly
Tar” plug tobacco redeemable? If
so, where? W. H. L.
If the tags have A. T. paper on the
back they are of value. They can be
redeemed by the American Tobacco
Company.
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J. P. N.:
On the first day of November, when
the landlord called for that month’s
rent. I told him I could not pay It
until the last of the month. He did
not order me out, but I have learned
that he can have me ejected with one
day's notice If I do not have both
November’s and December’s rent
when he calls the first of the latter
month. Is this true? ANXIOUS.
If your contract Is to pay in ad
vance he can serve you with notice
of ejectment, to take effect three days
after service.
J. P. N.:
Is there any premium on a nickel
dated 1883? S. B.
Oh, dear, no.
J. P. N.:
What Is the premium on a half dol
lar of 1881? JACK.
No premium Is listed on your coin.
J. P. N.: t
To decide a friendly dispute, please
answer the following questions: Was
the production of "Alma, Where Do
You Live?” or “Alma, Wo Wunst
Du?” ever played at the Newark
Theatre in the German? Who played
the leading role and about when was
It played? JOHN NEWKIRK.
Yes, according to the management
of the theatre, "Alma, Wo Wunst
Du ?” was played there in German in
1909. A Miss Richards had the lead
ing role.
-O
J. P. N.:
What Is the premium on a ten-cent
piece dated 1897? D. B.
There Is no premium listed on this
one, Dan.
J. P. N.:
Was there any difference In the ap
pointment of Petit Jury members
this year than last? W. J. W.
Pending a decision as to the con
stitutionality of the so-called chan
cellor-sheriff law, Grand and Petit
Jurors will be drawn as at present,
Lunder tile Judge-sheriff or Fielder
act, which has been In operation
since June of this year.
J. P. N.:
Is there a premium on a flve-eent
piece of 1907 with the letter “W.”?
T. M. C.
No premium listed on your ooln.
—
80 & Co.—Sorry,' but I cannot ac
cede to your request; but thank you
for your Interest, Just the same.
DR. W. C. R.—Keep right on going
to the shows and enjoy yourself. Your
argument Is far-fetched and your en
deavor to hurt another’s feelings will
not reach the.mark. You are about
seven days late, In the first place, and
your letter Is entirelytout of order.
For Other Sport News See Page
Preceding
TABS PLANNING FOR
1914 INDOOR MEET
Entry Blanks to Be Distributed
Soon for Big Local
Affair.
JAN. 14 DATE OF GAMES
Plans for the fifth annual indoor
meet of the Father Mathew Tab Soci
ety to be held in the First Regiment
armory Wednesday night, January W,
will be discussed at a meeting to be
held at the Tab club-house tonight.
Rev. Edward F. Quirk will again have
charge of the affair which has come
to be recognised as one of the biggest
athletic events of the indoor season
in this locality.
A program will be decided on to
night and the list of prises to be
awarded will also be fixed upon. It
is expected that the one-mile walk,
which amused so many spectators last
year, will be one of the most popular
events. Entry blanks will be dis
tributed some time during the current
week.
From a field of thirty-two starters
Sidney L- Leslie, of the Long Island
A. C., metropolitan Junior champion,
won the national senior cross-country
championship of the Amateur Athletic
Union over the six-mile course at Van
Cortlandt Park Saturday, his time be
ing 34:42. Gaston Strobino, of South
Paterson, was second; Arthur Roth,
Mohawk A. C., third, and William
Kyronen, of England, unattached, fin
ished fourth. Team honors went to
the New York A. C.. with 26 points;
Long Island A. C. was second, with
48, and the Mohawk A. C. third, with
51 points.
Immediately after the big event at
Van Cortlandt Park there was a dual
race over the same route between La
fayette College and the College of the
City of New York teams, which was
won by the Easton. Pa., runners, led
from start to finish by H. J. Otto, of
Lafayette, In 3«.43. The other mem
bers of the winning team were Gil
bert, Streblg, Ellis and Hartmann.
The team scores were: Lafayette, 19;
College of the City of New York, 40.
A half-mile invitation run is the
feature event on the program of the
Xavier A. A. diamond meet, which
will be held In the Twenty-second
Regiment Armory on January 10
next. The usual list of events in
cludes a quarter-mile novice for
which a trophy will be given to re
main In competition for three years,
and which will go to the competitor
making the best time in that period.
Tom Carroll, of the Long Island
Athletic Club, showed his heels to a
big field of distance runners In the
weekly three and a quarter-mile
Jaunt held by the Brownsville Field
Club, Brooklyn, yesterday. He tri
umphed in easy fashion, making the
distance in 16 minutes 68 seconds. B.
Flnketsteln, of Brooklyn Evening
High School, was second, and G.
Hale, of the Kings County A. A.,
third.
The Fordham A. C., a newly incor
porated club in Westchester county,
yesterday held Its Initial cross-coun
try run. The event brought out a
representative field of harriers, with
a close struggle between the first five.
A. Speranza, unattached, won the
race, covering the course of three
miles in 17 minutes 10 seconds. More
than thirty athletes answered the
call.
H. Kelly, of the Mohawk A. C.,
easily won the three and three-quar
ter-mlle invitation run of the Pen
nant A. C. yesterday, defeating Tom
Harris, of the Salem Crescent Club,
by fifty yards In New York. W. Ro
zette, of the Irlsh-American A. C„
finished a good third.
Running a well-judged race, John
Eke, of the I.-A. A. C., yesterday
won the Sheridan A. C.’s weekly
four-mile chase In New York. At the
crack of the gun S. Sllverstein, of
the home club, broke Into the lead,
only to be overtaken at the mile post
by Eke, who set out at a fast gait,
coming within nine seconds of the
course record.
Sidney L. Leslie, of the Long Island
Athletic Club, won the Junior national
cross-country championship run over
the six-mile course at Van Cortlandt
Park yesterday. Leslie, always In the
van, raced across the line in a finish
ing sprint with an advantage of 25
yards. His time was 34 minutes 42
seconds. Gaston Strobino, the hero of
the last Olympic Marathon run, gave
a futile chase after Leslie throughout
the race,' and, fighting until the last
yard, finished a good second in 34 min
utes 43 seconds.
One of the largest fields of the sea
son started in the three and a quar
ter-mile road tun of the 8t. Anselm’s
A. C. yesterday. The fine weather
attracted sixty cross-country men
and the race was close all the way
through. A dozen men were bunched
when the Anal mile began, the honor
of first place going to J. Losgar, of
the College Point Y. M. (J. L., who
beat J. Manning, of the Bronx
Church House, by twenty yards.
The Individual and team cross-coun
try handicap of the Church Athletic
League will be held over the A, A. U.
championship course. Van Cortlandt
Park, December 20. Gold C. A. L. die
medals will be presented to the win
ner of the race, fastest time and best
novice, with a plaque for the team
scoring lowest number of points. En
tries close with J. H. Kelly, Bronx
Church House, 1,511 Fulton avenue,
Bronx, December 15.
BULL ANDERSON
TO TACKLE LEW
Local Scrapper Will Swap V
lops With Brooklynite a
Troxler’s Tonight.
CASSIDY VS. KID MONK
Eight four-round boxing bouts, i
Bull Anderson, of Brooklyn, and
Lewis, of this city, as the prlncl
tn the main event, are schedule)!
the Central Institute show for
night. Joe Cassidy, of this city,
Kid Monroe, of Passaic, will come
gether In the semi-windup. The
of the card Is • promising. Yo
Salzman and Battling Frankie,
local rivals, will hook up In a 1
that ought to furnish excltem
Both are hard hitters.
Frankie Wilson, of Brooklyn,
face Kid Lester, of Garfield. 1
tllng Cornell will tackle Stai
White, Kid Stock will be pi
against A1 Sabol, Marty Mandc
will have it out with Fred Se)
while Young McCarty will take
Johnny Kocher.
UTlHkr and Weinert Ready.
Battling Devinsky and To
Weinert will wind up their trail
today for their bout tomorrow n
at Brown’s Gymnasium, New Y<
Levinskv will wind up hlB trail
at the Trinity A. C.. where he
been boxing daily with Jack Kea ,,
and George Rodel. Weinert, wj •
record Includes victories over Si
White and George Ashe, also
bring his work-outs to an end to)
Papp Trims Ritchie Ryaa.
’ Bert Papp, sbstituting for Free
Hass, of Yorkville, N. Y„ easily
feated Ritchie Ryan, of New Yi
in a ten-round bout at the Shar
A. C., New York, Saturday nl|
One Round Brady lived up to
name in his bout witn K. O. Egg
Eggers caught Brady on the Jaw t
the latter went down for the co
of nine. He arose and on look
over Eggers fell to the floor for
counts. Danny Glover, who ’
Papp’s chief second in Satur
night’s bout, said that Papp e
tained a broken hand in the seve
round, but continued to battle.
Gradvrell May Bor Coyne.
Young Gradwell, of this city, '
defeated Young Driscoll in a 1
round bout at the Irving A.
Brooklyn, Saturday night, may n
Jack Coyne, of Orange, at Brov
gymnasium, a week from tomor
I night. According to Dan Mori
Oradwell’s manager, the boot
about clinched. This event, if it t£
place, will attract a big crowd
Jersey folk, as the eveift has b
hanging Are since the Gradwell-1
tor match.
Phil Crosa Seeks Revenge.
The bout with Johnny Alberts
Elizabeth, claimant of the wel
weight title, at the Atlantic Gal
A. C-, New York, tomorrow ni
will probably be the laet Phil Ci
will engage in in Manhattan for I
eral months. If he is successful
reversing the popular decision i
dered in his previous battle with
berts, Cross will go to the Pai
coast to meet the winner of the 1
Anderson-Joe Barries fight.
Uft Ban <m Willard.
As a result of a conference 1
yesterday in New York the sue]
sion of Jess Willard by the 1
York State Athletic Commiss
which had been In force against
Texas heavyweight since last Ma
will be raised by the commission,
Willard will be able to fllf his
gagement with Carl Morris at
Garden A. C., New York, Wednes
night.
Ritchie Names Aate.
Willie Ritchie, lightweight ch
pion of tho world, announced yes
day that he would agree to meet
Rivers In a return match at Ver
if Promoter McCarey would pay
a guarantee of $15,000. If Ritchie <
not get this money he says he
go to New York for several b<
with Eastern boxers.
Other Boxing Gossip.
! Joe Borrell, the hard-hitting n
! dlewelght, will oppose Freddie Hi
; the Detrott lighter, in the final 1
I at the Olympia A. A., Philadelp
1 tonight.
Tommy Allen, of this city, <
classed Mickey Donley, also of N
ark. in a six-round semi-final
1 Brown's Gymnasium. New York, I
urday night.
Jack Dillon, the Indianapolis n
dlewelght, has received an offer tc
to' Paris and light a few Frenchn
but he has decided not to go, as
believes he can make more mo
in this country. He may fight Jin
Clabby sobn.
Joe Rivers, the Mexican lad, i
defeated Leach Cross in a twer
round battle on the coast last Tht
day, has been matched to clash v
i Johnny Dundee, of New York, ll
| ten-round go, to take place In t
| Orleans on Christmas afternt
Gunboat Smith and Tommy M
phy, with their manager, Jim Bu
ley. arrived in San Francisco on 1
day afternoon, a*d both men stai
hard training, ^ommy will fl
Lightweight Champion Willie Rif
twenty rounds on Dlteember 10, i
the Gunboat will clasnk with Art
Pelkey twenty rounds oStfew Yei
afternoon.__; r
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conducted Savings Department of the
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