Evening Star Newspaper, December 17, 1922, Page 85

BASE BALL, GOLF, AQUATICS, TENNIS, LACROSSE, RACING The Sundy Shar, TRACK AT BOWLING, BOXING, HLETICS, "ROD AND STREAM WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 17, 1922., i 4 Pages East and Mid-West Share Honors on Lawrence Perry’s All-America Eleven MANY MORE STAR BACKS THAN LINEMEN PRODUCED Sectional Titles Earned by Princeton in East, Iowa In Midwest, California on Coast, With Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt Tied in South. BY LAWRENCE PERRY. EVEN in theory no one could pretend to say that a team made up of outstanding players picked from various teams throughout the country could, or should, defcat any cleven that might be pitted against it. This because so many elements, apart from.sheer personnel, | enter into the development of a gridiron team, coaching, for instance, and | i H physical condition and spirit and general psychology. So the all-American may be regarded as a galaxy of outstanding in- dividuals, which is in no wise to be considered as an unbeatable combina- tion, but as a group of specialists in the different positions whose play‘ has impressed the critic to the highest degrec. It is interesting to note that in no son of which the writer has memory have there been so many strong candidaies for backfield honors. Chere is hardly an eleven which has not boasted of one or more gifted | backs qualified to stand out in any company. On the other hand, the season has | ——— e s ey ot et s o | PERRY 1S A RECOGNIZED AUTHORITY ON FOOT BALL have lived up to precedents of line play set by such heroes of the near < and remote past as Ned Glass of Yale. e e e cast. the south and Bemus Pierce of lisle, Pennock of the middie west, having traveled Harvard, Dewitt of Frinceton, H S - nx e iy st exvtennively and seen the various brook of Michigan, Hillebrand e Nl conutane e, tackles n- and “hurch of Princeton, Newell, Hitch- | no writer ix in a more favorable cock and Storer of Harvard, Finoh poxition to spenk with authority as of Georgia Tech and other great 1o the ability of the outstanding linemen whose names will come read- | Pplayers throughout the country 1ly to mind. | and to comment upon and criticize At the same time the general the differeat foot ball systems as science of line play has n ailed to = they were revealed upon the field meet the incresed deman of the of play. modern game of foot ball. Just how Lawrence Perry's status as an re will be | authority on foot ball is widely manifold these demands appreciated when it is how the attack has broaden s result of opportunities presented by | the forward pass and by other ele- | ments of the new open game which in the past did not exist. Pass an Emergency Factor. As in past seasons, the forward b throughout the countiy has be more or less a part of a team's eme gency equipment rather than a < recognized, and his all-America welections and summing up of the seaxon in general will be regarded as an important contribution to the xport, ors upon as fair and discriminating a basis as is possible. * There will be fans who will be in- clined to offer candidates for certain tions other than those that ap- factor of regular offense. Only such'|pear here. But even 8o, no one can orgia Tech. . guestion the great ability of the ar- a, Penn: ray of gridiron performers herein set em- | have forth. medium for i will be noted that two Pacific s, Michizan | coast plavers have been awarded po- rous method . Prince- sitions on the substitute team. Of these two men the writer had the most glowing reports and undoubted- ly their play throughout the season ton’s downfield stood in a clasg Guce et ecni, ¢ ince- | has been of the highest character. ton punting was tI lverine's | The writer. however, has not been punts went out of bounds at the aple to visit the far west in the coffin corners or along sidelines deep course of the season and is not ready in enemy territory—thanks to the | {o gecept hearsay in the case of any uncanny accuracy of Kipke vers whatever. The great criti- The rushing game saw nothing New | cism of All-America elevens has or u:(artlh:g. ;ul.‘ & fl lldw:;sa‘rgg hinged upon this very defect. stock method of attack, and te such as Cornell, Chicago, Towa, Pitts- Here Are the Teams. burgh, Colgate, Yale and the Navy. all-Amerien. All-America, Sub. did beautitul work in alvancing the gl i ball, albeit not necessari or scores, > Bhea w5 lots of fambling all over | CosveluMickigan tRick, MicKigan ' | Gray, Princeton. Maller, U. of Calif the country, but otherwise funda (s ey ey ten mentals were by no means neglected. From Personal Observation. The All-America team and substi- tutes herewith presented have been selected by the writer as a result of Penfleld, N.W. Muirhend, Mich. Guards, Minnick, Towa. Hubbard, H'vard. Gulinn, Brown. ‘Treat. Princeton. Guards. Pondelik, Chicago. Davis, Ga. Tech. ersonal observation in the north- Center. Center. gre!l, the middle west, the south and | Culver, Syracuse. Heldt, Iowa. the east. In some cases where doubt Backs. Backs. has existed he has sought the advice | Kipke, Michigan. John Thomas, Chi. not only of coaches but of players. ' Caxtner, Notre D. Owen, Harvard. Looke, Towa. Martineau, Minn. In consequence he feels that these two teams involve bestowal of hon- | How the Players Size Up Kaw, Cornell. Morrison, U. of C. Goebel of Michigan was one of the nois as Ponde superiors. but o e e . what the writer saw of Pondelik, as ETURE; encs e well as the opinions of two men whose knowledge of line play is great wonderful diagnostician, was down and unbiased, inclines him to award the fleld like a flash. He not only ex- bis clines aking the position to the Chicagoan. celled in interference, taking outmen Uy Postiion, (o (e JIIREERT, (iean. as though they were dummlies, but| eyt powerful guard, whose ability to his immense helght enabled him to|leap into the interference and open s | holes was equaled only by his in- reach high In the air for passes and | (558, " ng strength and ranginess on to0 run with them like a deer. Also, gefense. he was one of the best throwers of | Culver a Grid Genfus. the ball on forward passes the Writer cylver of Syracuse was a foot ball has ever seen. . {genlus. Lighter ¢han theitypicalcon. Gray of Princeton not only shone |ter, he made up"for lack of welgt downll’old. but as an interferer. He | by his flery play, his steady passing, Was not used much In catching far- |his wide-roving defense and his ward passes, but he had remarkable | downfield work. Thewwriter not only ability 'n this respect, while as a ball | Places him at center of the All- carrier in end-around plays he stood America, but nominates him as cap- alone among ends. |tain. No more inspiring nor heady lian of Brown was a great tackle | leader was seen on the fleld this year. i o e ot " word. He | Harry Kipke of Michigan was the threw back any sort of an assault | Breat back of the vear. He could run almed at or near his position, he was @ team to perfection, could throw the fast downfield and he was terror ball and catch it, could drop a long itselt in clearing the way for ball bunt in a ten-foot circle and was as carriers. |elusive as & ghost. i | ‘astner o otre Dame was another Arcatia Hemay Elszer: | great back. Versatile as Kipke, he Treat of Princeton used his head did everything well and was a very all the time. He was seldom, if ever, | bulwark to his eleven. deluded by shifting trends of play| Gordon Locke of JTowa was gener- and was a very inspiratlon to his ally regarded as the outstanding back line. He caught forward passes, got | of the conference, a runner and plunger, downfleld with his ends and was all | a fine punter and ball passer. over the fleld. In sheer finesse he| Kaw of Cornell could carry a ball stands with the great tackles of all | through a stone wall. the years. Other great backs were McDonough Pondelik of Chicago entered the |of Georgia Tech (a fine quarterback), game this year practically as a|Barron and Brewster of Georgia novice, but he was a veritable engine | Tech, Workman of Ohio State, Owen of destruction on attack, while on de- |of Harvard, Cleaves of Princeton. fense he spilled plays all over the|Jordan of Yale, Shirling and Shirer field. Many westerners rate both | of Auburn, Parkin of Iowa and Pfann Minnick of Iowa and McMillan of Illi- | of Cornell. v Rating Teams by Sections them. So Cornell must be regarded only as a team that won the games she played. (Copyright, 1922.) WINS RUN FOURTH TIME, ALWAYS BREAKING MARK BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Decembe: 16. —Ellsworth Richter, Birmingham Ath- letic Club's great distance runner, for the fourth consecutive time won the B. A. C.'s twelfth annual road race, finishing ahead of a field of over fifty’ runners from eight Dixie insti- tutions. Richter was forced to the ilimit by George Irons of Alabama, who fin- ished close behind the veteran B. A. C. star. In winning the event today Richter negotiated the three miles in fifteen minutes forty-seven and one- fitth seconds, a fifth of a second faster than last year's time. 5 Every time Richter has won the race he has lowered the previous record. Georgla Tech won the general meet trophy and also the S. I A. A. trophy, competed or by Tech, Alabama, Au- burn, Clemson, Birmingham-Southern and Chattanooga. These six colleges, with Birmingham A. C. and Atlanta A. C., made up the fleld, 3 Rating the teams is not a difficuit task. Elevens throughout the coun- try that were neither tied nor de- feated were Princeton, Cornell, Iowa and California. The Army, Michigan, ‘West Virginia and Venderbilt were not defeated but were tied. Princeton must be rated above Cornell because of the superior character of the oppo- sition she faced. So this!s the rating: biit ted. Princeton in many respects was unique, a team that began the year with young and green men in most of the positions and yet developed logically throughout the season, de- feating teams that no one thought she could beat. She contributed nothing new or startling to offense, but on defense showed an Intuition and & knowledge of all the possibili- ties in the way of checking plays of ‘whatever sort that stamped her as truly great. ‘What Cornell would have done had she played several of the outstanding teams of the country ean only be con- Jectured. The fact is she did not meet i X b Kipre Meckpar Back- Syracuse CENTER (Captoin) GULIAN Browr, TACKLE, Position. +..»(Michigan) L. E. (Michigan) .(Brown) L.T. (Northwestern). .. (Chicago) L. G. (Towa). (Syracuse)Center (Towa). .(Georgia Tech) R.G. (Harvard).. (Printeton) R.T. (Michigan). . (Princeton) R. E. (California)...... .. ] -(Michigan)- Q. B. (Minnesota) . MARTINEAU +...2(Comell) L. H.. (Californis) _ Notre Dame) R. H. (Chicago).«.-o... THOMAS § .(Towa) F. B. (Harvard)........... MORRISON ..OWEN ¢ On the Side Lines With the Sporting Editor By DENMAN THOMPSON. HAT the Washington club made a tenstrike in acquiring George Gibson, veteran mitt wielder and former manager of the Pitts- burgh National League club, as coach for pitchers for the Griffmen next season, is the opinion generally held by those who have closely followed his career of a score of years in professional base ball. Since a decade ago when Clark Griffith startled the capital and made the base ball world sit up and take notice with an aggregation of am- bitious youngsters the deterioration of the club in hurling effectiveness has been gradual, but steady. In the old days Washington teams usually were well fortified with boxmen, but were so notably lacking in punch that they were chronic occupants of the second division. A happy com- bination of the two essentials with a well developed penchant for hustling enabled the teams of 1912 and 1913 to make bids for the pennant that landed them in second place, .but the decline in flinging efficiency that developed thereafter was not sufficiently offset by an increased batting power, and with both attack and defense far below par last season the result—sixth place—was only to be expected. One of the most glaring weaknesses | son also became a great admirer of of the Natlonals for several years|Bush when the Pirates played the ‘world series with Detroit in 1909. back has been the lack of a man| ~Amyhody who knows Gibson will capable of developing available|express the utmost confidence that mound talent to the fullest possible |he will work his head off to please extent, one not only qualified to rec- Griffith and Bush, as well as the ognize a pitcher's faults, but fitted toy Washington fans. The Canadian is a don & mitt, get out in the bull pen] wonderful student when it comes to and personally supervise their eradi- | getting a line on opposing batsmen. cation as well as tutor his pupils in s Ferty-tie Years OM. “Gibson was born July 22, 1880, in | London, Ontario, where he is a highly respected citizen and owner of several valuable pieces of real estate. He started his professional career in 1903 at Buffalo in the old Eastern League. Four years earlier he played semi-professional base ball with the ‘West London Stars in his home town, and also caught for the team repre- senting the McClary Manufacturing Company at London. Then he enlisted with the Knox team, and during his season as catcher with this nine ‘thirty games were played, Knox win- |ning twenty-eight. Bert Sheere of London recommended him to George Stallings, who tried him out in 1904, but having no need at the time for a recruit catcher, transferred him to Montreal in the same circuit. “Barney Dreyfuss bought Gibson for cash, and he reported to the Pirates in June of 1906. He was short- ly regarded as the “iron man” of the Pittsburgh pitching staff. On Sep- tember 11, 1907, in a fleld day contest at Cincinnati, Gibson won first honors the matter of acquiring curves, con- trol or whatever. they were deficient n. Gibson is widely recognized as one of the best handlers of pitchers in the game, but his big time affiliations having been with the National League exclusively he is not so well known to followers of the game in this city. To supply them with an in- sight into the achievements of the figure upon whom much of the suc— cess of the Nationals next year will depend an estimate of Gibson was solicited from Pittsburgh, where he has spent the greter part of his dia- mond career, and the following from Ed Balinger, base ball editor of the Pittsburgh Post and an el(nbllll\efll authority on the game, is the result: Thorough Student of Game. “George Gibson will make an ideal first lieutenant for Manager Donie Bush. This is the unanimous opinion of well posted followers of base ball, who have known the former pilot of the Pirates ever since he broke into the game. Gibson knowt‘lwfl:”th:‘:; to about young pi gnnyk:ozaunn Jo5 been heard to | for accurate throwing. mark that the old Pittsburgh star Keeps In Perfect Condition, :'t"_uhom:l ur‘r,xr or o(helr has aided him,| ..Gn,;;n ow;;\s ; e g mo‘ “6” valuable contise:. near Mount Brydges, a town in On- “Gibby probably found it difficult to | tario not far from London. This place on accou i = == b r with both Chance and Grifith. Chance | abound. He devotes most of the off- was leader of the Cubs when the big | season to outdoor life, and always Canadlan first broke Into the big|keeps in perfect physical condition. show as a cafcher for. the Pirates.|He {s'a gentieman both on and off the When Griff took the reins at Cin- |field, and few, players have enjoyed cinnati at the time Gibby was at the | the respect of the umpires to a greater degree than Gibby. He is proud of his home, of his estimable wife and his three children. Dr. height of his t career, they form- ed a lasting friendship, aithough they were bitter foes on the ball field. Gib- 150, K'D BY BIG TEN By the Awsociated Press. | _CHICAGO, December' 16.—Members | committee, after an all day session, | tonight voted to rescind their recom- | mendation that “Big Ten” universi- ties remain out of the national col- legiate track and field meet to be held on Stagg Field the third Saturday in June. The faculty representatives at a meeting December 2 recom- peting. The reversal of action was a victory for the athletic directors and track coaches, which had recommended the previous action of the faculty. Maj. John L. Griffith, athletic com- missioner of the conference, together with Thomas F. Jones. athletics at the University of Wiscon- sin, presented the case of the athletic directors and the National Collegiate Athletic Association to the faculty group. They, together with A. A. Stagg, director of athletics at the University of Chicago, are members of the committee back of the national games. Stagg was unable to appear. Certain recommendations as to the conduct of the games were made by i the faculty committee before participa- | tion by the “Big Ten” universities was by national individual championships would be decided in the meet, another that point wimmers in the various con- ferences of the country shall be the only entrants permitted in the games, and the third for the establishment of the N. C. A. A. eligibility committee. “The action of the faculty committee will make the 1922 national meet bigger than ever before,” said Maj. Griffith, I have been assured that California, which won the meet last vear, will com- pete next year, coming to the national meet in preference to the eastern inter- collegiate. We hope to have the point winners of every conferenc of the coun- try enter competition and thus deter- mine the individual championship of the nation.” 1ONG TRIP FOR JARVRIN. NEW YORK, December 16.—Before salling for Europe. today President Ebbets of the Brooklyn National j League base ball club announced the i release of Infleider Harold C. Janvrin to the Seattle club of the Pacific Coast League. —_— SOCCER TITLE TO LEHIGH. ° EASTON, Pa., December 16.—Le- high University today won the Penn- sylvania State League soccer cham- pionship - by defeating Lafayette, 2 goals to 0. George Gordon Gibson, the eldest, is twenty-two years of age. Miss M guerite Gibson, only daughter, twenty years old, is a posi-graduate of the London Collegiate Institute. William Edward Gibson, the youngest, is ap- proaching his ninth birthday anuiver- sary. Little Billy is the only Yankee of the family, as he was born in & Pittsburgh suburb.” director of | approved. One was for a system where- | 'NATIBNAL TRACK MEET <& {of the western conference faculty' mended that the conference teams or | individual stars refrain from com- | | | i scheduled for Washington. DAVIS Georga Tect: GUARD FIGURES MAY NOT LIE, | BUT JUST READ THIS! Efficiency figures on the pitch- ing staffs of clubs in the American League during 1922 are as follows: Ave. 3.33 3.42 Jowa | - Back. s 432 5 | 4.4 SEVENTEEN SPRING GAMES SCHEDULED FOR GRIFFMEN BY DENMAN THOMPSON. LENTY of spice with numerous changes of scenery are in store for the Nationals during their period of preparation for the 1923 cam- paign, according to the list of exhibition games arranged for by President Griffith. From March 17, when the initial combat of the year will be staged at Tampa with the Boston Braves as their opponents until Monday, April 16, two days prior to the opening of the championship campaign, when the Griffmen are scheduled to meet the Naval Academy nine at Annapolis, a total of seventeen games have been scheduled, with the possibility that more will be added. in the eMcacy of strong competivion | LIST OF WASHINGTON’S EXHIBITIONS IN SPRING as a means for conditioning a ball club, and with the unprecedented pop- ularity of Florida for spring training evinced by major league owners this‘ Saturday, March 17, Braves, at winter he had no difficulty arranging ' Tampa. for a series of games calculated to| Tuesdny, March 20, Braves, at St. put his players right on edge for the | Petersburg. opening of the season. Of the five| Friday, March 23, Cardinals, at National Leageue teams which will| Bradentown. sojourn in the balmy clime of the| Saturdny, March 24, Cardinals, at Peninsula state next spring only one| Tampa, —Brooklyn—will not be played by| _Monday, March 26, Cardinals, at the Washington club unless a date| Brademtown. c with them is fixed up later. ‘K plucsday, March 3, Reds, at Will Tour With Braves. L yMore than haif of the total games e aanys MATCh] 36, Mias ot sted are with the Braves, who, as| Saturday, March 31, last sping, will team up with the Na-| Tampa. gy o tionals on a barnstorming tour north- aturday, April 7, Braves, at ward when camp is brokn on April| Tampa. 7, and it also will be Fred Mitchel's| ~Monday, April 9, Braves, at Sa- team that will be seen in action here| vanmah. in the only two pre-season games April 10, Braves, at y, April 11, Braves, at April 12, Braves, at Friday, April 13, Braves, at Rick- mond. April 14, In addition to ten games with the Braves there will be three with the St. Louis Cardinals, who will train at Bradentown; two with the Cincin- nati Reds, whose camp will be at Or- lando, and one with' the Phillies, who once again will visit Leesburg. Un- til the week before the season opens, n. when the Griffmen will stop off at ay, APril 15, Braves, at Savannah, _Charleston, FPortsmouth, Norfolk and Richmond, en route home Monday, April 16, Naval Acad- for exhibition with the Braves, they| ©mY,at Annapolis. 3 will leave the comfortable gquarter: and eminently satisfactory table pro- vided for them at Tampa on but four occasions, two visits to Bradentown and one each to St. Petersburg and Orlando comprising their excursions. T. Raymond Cobb was in Washing- ton yesterday, giving rise to rumors that” another deal between the Na- tionals and Tigers was impending, but he smilingly denied this, assert- ing he was merely spending a few hours here between trains on his way from the baseball meetings in New York to his home in Augusta, Ga. “It was an even-up deal, and 1 am Ty said Me regards Ray Franels as|very well satisfied with it. T'll have a very promsing Ditehing Dprospectplenty of left-handers next seasom, and believes he will add materially | without Fruncis.” Braves, at to the strength of the Detroit staff. which is badly In need of a capable southpaw, with Dutch Leonard ap- parently out of baseball permanently and Red Oldham having faded from the major league picture. In_connection with the Francis deal Griffith yesterday took notice of the comment made in Some out-of-town paper to the effect that he probably received a wad of cash from Detroit iwith Shortstop Chic Gagnon in ex- change for Francis by declaring: - (GALLAUDET BEATEN 1BY C. U QUINT, 47-18 { | Brooklanders Look Strong in Their Initial Contest. Ed Lynch the Star. BY H. C. BYRD. OLLEGIATE basket ball made its 1922-23 bow last night in the District, when Catholic | University wiped up Gallaudet in the 1 Brookland gymnasium by 47 to 18 | Catholic University presented typical Fred Rice team, while Gal- laudet apparently was represented {by a quint weaker than usual. The | st half wound up 27 to 6, and before the contest had gone five minutes it was simply an out-and- out question of how many points C. a U. would win b Catholic University played the type of game for which it has been noted for several vears under the coach ing of Fred Rice, and with almost a completely new line-up from that of last vear did some brilliant work Its shooting for baskets was good. much more accurate, in fact, than usual for an opening game, and its floor work and passing was «xcellent ! In the last few vears it has become uual for the Brooklanders to have winning quints, and the initial per | formance of the team indicates that this season will not be an exception Playing a wide-open offensive game, the Brooklanders were never stonpped Iby Gallaudet, not even when they sent in several substitutes toward the middle of the second half. Ed Lynch Star Performer. Ed Lynch was perhaps the star performer from a standpoint of in- dividuals. He playw all games well especially foot ball and base ball, but if he does well in those he is brilliant {on the basket ball floor. Without & peer in the south in basket ball. Lynch last night took things as & matter of course and still was the outstanding figure on the floor. He shot well, passed well and above all showed an ability to keep the team |going as a te: that few baskei i ball players possess | Breslin, who took Eberts’ place in jthe second half, showed exceptional }accuracy In shooting and a penchant i for being just wherever the ball hap- ipened to be. Always he seemed-t0 be in a position to make a shot, coming apparently from nowhere. ' Despite the fact that he was in the game only six or seven minutes, he dropped the ball through the basket. for fixe goals. Catholic University not only had a big margin on the Gallaudet five in general play, but Lynch was more ac- curate in shooting goals from the foul line. He dropped the ball in seven times out of the eight attempts he was_given because of infringe ments of the rules on the part of Gal- laudet, while the Ga!laudet basketers were missing as many as they scored ‘ C. U. Prospects Are Bright. H i The game, from a Catholic Univer- sity standpoint. was used chiefly to give Coach Rice a line on his players and while the opposition was not so very strong, it was evident that @ team will be developed at Catholic University sufficiently strong to up- 1old the traditions of winning quints that have lonz represented the school. Rice seems to have the ability to de- velop good men and then make the most of their capabilitics by welding them into a team. The team this sea- son appears to be one of his typical { products. l Gallaudet apparently lacks practice It got several good opportunities for goals, but could not get the ball inside the rings. Its floor work probably was about all that was expected. but {did not measure up to that of the { Brooklanders in any particular. Line-Up and Summary. | Catholio U. (47). _ Positions, Gal'udt (18 Larkin. F. Boatwrig] Lynch Lawle 8B Cathtio alveri | Gallandet. . | Bubstitutions: Oatholic University—Fitzgerald for Larkin, Breslin for Eberts, for Dowd, O'Connor_for Fitzgerald. La Fontaine for Harmsen, Stern for Danofsky. Court_goals—Lynch (4), Eberts (4), Lawler (:)v afl'rd (‘.‘){ lh.rnuu. Boa' ht, ,_7‘“! 3 e, Bradley. Danofaky. Fitcger- 3% Baynes. Free goals—Lynch, 7 in 8: Brad s, in 2; Baynes. 2 in 5; La Fontain 3. Referee—Mr. Hughes. ~Umpire—Mr. ipnm. Time of halves—20 minutes. R — AMERICAN ASSOCIATION WILL PLAY 168 GAMES CHICAGO, December 16.—After de- ciding on a 168-game schedule and agreeing to open the season April 18. at the same time the major leagues pry off the baseball lid, owners of | the American Associatio: after an {all-day meeting here, adjourned with- Koul adoping a schedule. The owners decided that a 168- game schedule was preferable to one of 154 games, which also was con- |'sidered, but were not satisfied with tentative *schedules presented by President Hickey. Suggestions con- cerning the schedule that was want- ed were made and President Hickey was instructed to draw up a new schedule of 968 games and to submit it to a meeting of the owners to be held in Chicago before next Febru- ary 20. The schedule was the only business before the meeting, other matters affecting the association hav- ing been disposed of at the minor lleague meeging at Louisville several days ago. GRAY QUITS AS COACH AT DAVIDSON COLLEGE CHARLOTTE. N. C., December 16.— Hugh Gray, coach at Davidson Col- lege, today announced his resignation to take effect at the end of the pros- vear. He stated he did make coaching his life work and thought it best to sever his athletic_connections. Gray, who was a four-letter man at Davidson a few years ago, has not announced what profession he will take up. His successor has not yet been decided upon, as it was not until today that efforts to retain him at least another year were given up. OXFORD WINS AT RUGBY. ROEHAMPTON, Engiund, December 16.—Oxford easily defeated bridge today in their annual 5 Crosa- ountry run, a distance of seven and one-half miles. Lxford's time was 41 miuutes 29 3-5 secouds.