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te. . Lafayette, Ford est Virginia in the ) FOR “SAMMY REID”—RICKARD GOES WEST TO T,fi DAY, FEBRUAKY 17, 1916, 'AND MINORS—PRINCETON ADOPTS NEW FOOTBALL POLICY—RALPH DE LK WITH JESS WILLARD JOE LYNCH MATCHED o FRIGTION MAY G0 Majors and Minors May Get To-" gether When Trial Is Ended New York, | | | Feb. —The $900,000 | 8uit of the former director of the | Baltimore Federal league club against | the sixteen major league clubs for™ conspiracy and violation of the Sher- | man’ anti-trust law, which has been “r\‘;;llml for frial in Washington on i arch 10, came as another blow to } the harassed big leaguers last week While it was known that the case had been reopened by the Baltimore Federal league directors so many of | these anti-trust cases had been con- | veniently shelved during the war that the big leagues hardly expected its | case to come up for trial so quickly” after the armistice. The setting of a date for the trial, however, already has had one good | effect. Tt promises to remove the | friction that has existed all winter between the majors and the minors, and also between the two leagues. Attacked again from the outside or- ganized baseball has concluded the best way to meet the attack is by a artmouth, Holy Cross, No: Caro- ha. Tufts and Buck have been = = opped from the lnmm»s'mfiu\o. | — Roper to Be in Charge. = \nmng‘m\,.v changes in policy the = Fo e rinceton authorities have ruled ainst spring and early fall practice. is move is intended to abolish the il of overspecialization in college = hletics and may be considered one = the st important resolutions united front. It now seems that the minor league situation and the ques-% { tion of a new chairman of the Na- { tional Commission will be cleared within the next fortnight. | Desirous of Avoiding Trouble. | Little was announced about the I conferen here last week in which { Ban Johnson, John Hevdler, Col | Ruppert, Barney Dreyfuss, Williani | Baker and Charley Ebbets took part, | but much was accomplished The announcement by John Heyd- i ler, president of the National league, | that the national agreement still is {in force and that all deals between | the National Jleague and minor leagies { must be made in accordance with i | regulations is significant. Tt shows { the majors are desirous of avoidin& | further strife. Hevdler previously had | taken the stand that the national opte he “Rig Three" athletic = recto With a view to establish < = permanent coaches the Tigers ve engaged Bill Roper, '03. as head ntor "he former Princeton star ¢ 1 hav compl cl of the - aching, although he will be as- ted by Keene Fitzpatrick, who de- loped this year's informal eleven - The abo nt ¢ wly practi & forced the Jerseyites to postpone oir yntest so that the sea — rt til October 4 combination will in AF‘TER \ g ‘he Tigers will then ordham, Colgate MONTH5 N A the succeeding 6 eparation for the FRANCE To € STUCK IN THE aggrogation i fe OF FoOG. | agreement had been dissolved and | that there no longer was any agree- | ment between the majors and minors. The minors when they decided to | shift for themselves did say that they | broke the old national agreement, but S | they were careful to get a promise Joe Lyneh, the New York bantam- 13-round bout in the National | from August Herrmann, chairman of weight, has been matched to meet [ club, London, on March 31, at 118 | the National Commission, that thaew Jimmy Wilde, the champion flyweight | pounds, the Welshman conceding ! 0ld agreement would remain opera- tive until a new one was drawn up. Dave Fultz, president of the Inter- national league, together with several of the world. They are to meet in ! some 6 pounds to his opponent. DE PALMA BREAKS MANY AUTO RECORDS | I | sing Italian Driver Lowe All But OREED One Distance Mark at the | ) § A Daytona Track. | Every long- & ¢ y Wi Prin v will raytonaaFla. Feb. 17 | contest cord on ‘tona Beach | Ti . ave one went to smash yesterday | o fiernoon before the onrush of Ralph | l 5 ] aviation mo- | twin six. Most of the | N . = ainst which he rode were | v T n foreign sand many or{ g . y sm were of long standin the itrepid Ttalian took particular joy in | them with paces made by i Y Q 1 TUND WAUDLEINY nd construction = De Palma n adding to the | entres and Ausbure to Grapple in laurels he wo lay last, | 2 sct a mew n " the mile, | Championship Pout \t Turncr Hall | wi Tor {he tvoimile lwhich | he tras in 49.54 onds. as Eldas izl gainst the cstablished mark of 51.28 A second ¢ “Wild Bob" Burman | Gern Hlitzen Benz e vears = vec-mile record was es- | a in 04s., and that w f W a1 yur-mile achievement 5 make 9.77s. Then the Darracq rec- | 1atch 1 for five miles, 2m. $4s. made by 1 1TW s 3 E: ), went Hy<“ s oard amline Packard cov- 1 m. 4.58.—nearly | o nsi than the Fren st G 1 S ) As De Palma thened his course } A to longer and lot distances, the' superiority of his aviation motored o yeauty became more and more evi- | & - | dent. The ten miles were covered in | $ minut -100 seconds, more than e a whole minute faster than the record | 2 : of 5.14.40 set nine years ago by Bruce | g : & Brown driving a German Blitzen Benz. | - : The 20-mile was the greatest vietory | e of all. De Palma made it in 9 min- | ."'\1 e s ‘ i utes 21 40-100 seconds, as against | 5 “L‘”. s " ‘,”“",”.;1::;. | Burman’s Buickbuz mark of 1 min- | 3 utes 11 92-100 seconds, made at Jack- | be now. If Au ts me he will | U G0D¢ i s sonvill eight years ago. | 3 i dRfhe e T the new 20-mile i vin ® | De Palma had to swi 7 | )y Toi o | behind the finish line of the ten-mile \m in good condi. | straightaway in doubling back on his | h a man as Aushurg, | course , | ed) AL VENTI All the trials were observed. and all —— == | the figures certificd by Richard Ken- LOCALS BEAT SUFFIELD. nerdell, chalrman of the contest hoard = : ; of the A A. Fred Wagner, the | e BuwBrita Lt ish lsenocifons, ran starter, flagged the runs. and | ketball team continied its fine Captain R. A. Leavel, of the United Saturday ni in Suffield, when e e | e T auir Mol S o ) opersted the electrical timing device. | Hardware City lads, 15 to 14.]°T i The work of Bunny and Captain Ta — = | lor featured for the victors. BASKETBALL TOMORROW NIGHT, | M - The fast Trooklyn five of Waterbury [ REIMER WANTS ACTION. vill be the attraction at the Y. M e e v || 1, oo e o AR et oy | and wants to chal- h, Bridgeport, | ligh ham- \gainst the assoclation team. The sual preliminary game will be playea i dancing will follow the main | contest. rmood Bog: state weight MACHINE CO. QUINTET ARE BEATEN AT LAST Landers Universals Prove Too Strong for the League Champions—Fafnir Team Forfeits Through Injurie | After leading the Fac: league for the entire season thu with- out a defeat, the New Britain Machine company team was beaten Saturday night in a fast basketball game at the ¥ M A Landers' Universals | proved a bit too fast for the Machine company workers and outplayed them in every way, the work of Ginsberg and Cook in guarding Miller and Howe having been responsible for the few points gained by the Machine shop Kilduff, Landers, did most of the made several goals from for oring and ! difficult angles. The team work of anders was the best shown on ths “¥Y" floor this season In the first game of the evening— that between the Stanley Works and the Fafnir Bearing company the lat- er team was forced to forfeit the ume with but a minute and a half to play. McKeenan was struck in the Adam’s apple” in the early part of . game and was unable to continue, Rosenswe replaced him. In the wcond half Gibney fell on the floor. He w ) floor and was unable to p Fafnir's had no the miore available me forfeited The line-ups and immaries Machine Shop. Landers. Miller Kilduff L Forward Howe i Olson Right Forward Tel Sweet Center Stepan Cook 1eidel Ginsberg Right Guard Scorc: 20-16. Goals: Mille Kall- gren 1, Stepanian 1, Kilduff 1, Sweet 1, Ginsburg 1 Fouls ler 8, Kilduff 4 IFafnir's Works. Johnson Left anley ist FForwarc Wa Gibney ters Right Forward Grobstein Johnson Center. Schroeder AcKeenan Left Guard Gibney Zwick Rig Guard Scorc: 39-18. Goals: Johnson . st Walters 9, Grobstein 3, Gibney 1, Elton 1, Gilmey 3. John son 5. Fouls: Walters 1 RE 17 ORD. F UALS PINEHURST Pinehurst, N. C.. Feh Kennedy of Toronto went over the No. 3 course in 36 74, vesterday. equaling the season’s amateur for the course, made I temore a few davs ago. Kennedy missed three short putts coming in. Rosensweig | | - record Parker Whit- | other minor league men, now are TRAINING TABLE BOWLING STATISTICS e o i U e o DROPS { ment. This will be submitted to the SR i Pl | | commission when completed. t e s 5 - | To Select Chairma s Wi Penn. Council on Athletics Also Bars UNION WORKS LEAGUE. | Tex Rickard Leaves for Texas Where | 0 Select Chalrman This Weels. Won Lost P.C. Ave.| ] | The National Commission will have Freshmen and First Year Students| Office ... .. e 15012 6 443 He Will Confer With Heavyweight | a new chairman before the Baltimore . i Tool Dept. oon v 3 suit is heard. The four club owners From Varsity Teams. Soroils 18 14 .481 433 Champion. selected fo recommend a new com- Philadelphia, Feb. 17.—The council| Shells .. 12 15 .445 432 New York, Feb. 17.—Tex Rickard, | Mission head will meet in New York . Cavdoitn | 3 this week and go over a. list of names on athletics of the University of 1. Anderson — | promoter of the Willard-Dempsey | which have been rgested The 1 3. A 325 = s X ¢t for Texas, whe * s s : Pennsylvania has taken definite action| Shells—493. ]“"‘"' vesterday loft Lor Mexas, Where | committee consists of Col. Ruppert of T e e T T Shells—1420. | he will remain for several weeks. On | the Yankees and Frank Navin of De- bated in intercollegiate circles-—tbe Averages. his way south Rickard will stop off | troit, the American league commit™ restoration of the eligibility code to E. Anderson....... 97 TaMNGiiicae oM E Bl cxpoctel (ol ~esuh JSelian G s s AR e Do CRE i Ias its prewar basis and the elimination| F. Narcum. Texas the latter part of the week. | 9°0IPh o and ”,]','”,” NS B L of the training table. Dean William | Gaudette | Before leaving Rickard wired Wil- | ;;L’O»‘ év\ q]ml; league committee. McClellan, chairman of the athletic Linn ..... {lard, who is in Wichita Falls, Tex, | JUbPert anc Haker ;”‘T'"" 0 M council, last night announced that Richter { where the heavyweight champion has | ‘;'N: th‘ StspcScideaRIORHONIBhe freshmen and first vear students Myers . | extensive oil properties, to meet Tex | “‘”,'”", f'f‘ fest o . would not be perraitted to vepresent L IR, | in Kansas City for a conference on | . H&n _‘“‘(‘“- “j; JiookRupRihalcomming Pennsylvania ia intercollegiate achs Kiley | the coming bout. H"’p”_ o2 "fd“"“:) Soner st ““*’")A letics and that the training table was| Hoffman { Rickard announced that he will in- | Xe &80 had two conforences wi not to be revived. In stating Pena-| Thomas .. | sert in Willard’s contract a r‘lausp‘J: f‘ f"?] ie '5;1 ner; Even Ban sylvania’s position Dean McClellan Campboll | similar to that placed in Dempsey's | J0hnson, who made a hard fight to re- 1a Williams | contract. agreeing in the event the | tdin Herrmann now realizes that a “Regarding the use of freshmen Allcock ! bout is staged outside this country ““‘{;“’;‘ in chairmanship is desired, 1d first year students our athletic Nappie {to pay Willard's expenses to the f“:‘“in:"“ "“I"fi"’"s ko ”:1‘1‘ the com- council has voted not to make any| Eichorn Ecenciof theRbat et iTiavd W and ([ RS T AR GRS AR ey 88 Toas exceptions other than that men who! HEnnessoy j Bicicarad et=ofivill foonteriontalpoasi i S 08 SHCTCE LR R RRRESERalt were in the S. A. T. C. last fall and| Copanderson | sible site for the bout ficsho uicgconn i have continued at the uaiversity or! Smyrk | Many offers have been received, and | __ ATReY brevius SO M who were in military service last fall| B 2 {itEREiclara s nventloniiollolt mtol| AN R RE S RIS ICRIS SOTEH S com 3 but have since returned ta the uni-| Cohen 2 i these offers hefore returning to this | Mission. e is not a member of the e e i s = e National league committee on tele- regarding their eligibility for athletics| STANUEY WORKS LEAGUE. | — zraph, and did not attend the tele~ . G e A o it graph conferences. Dreyfuss, it is OctoberiiThis standl willlbe maiataint] Won Lost P.C. MFMORIAL FOR REID understood, came here to recommend Gl s thol [ IC. AL A0 A alllommice 16 8 .667 Vit another candidate for commission championships, although the rules of | Foremen ”l‘ 2 S T chairma M Is M 1 Re Uansooinit o = Factory 1 atty Is Mentioned. he association are not the same as! Factors 5 Princeton Class of 06 to Establish 2 ours IOV STl o : | Among the names mentioned last “Concerning the training table our| Steel Mill. .. : -2 An Endowment for Scholarship in | Week were Christy Mathewson and T ithletic council has passed the follow- | Shipping CR E. Sanborn. If Mathewson cares to e ol Gaudette— Flonor of Dead Hero. remain in baseball, he would make a “ *‘Resolved, at the University of| l@ntone—319 . . B N . , | splendid man for the position. The Pennsylvania continue its war time| Foremen—92. Princeton, N. J., Feb. 17..—Lieut.! pa)| players long have asked for rep- policy of no training table for the rrn: Foremen—1387 Sammy Reid, star second baseman of | resentation on the commission, and mainder of the college vear. | ey Averages. a6 it seton, who heroically fell of the calibre of Matty would Pennsvlvania has had no training el e tion in France, will have a memor ; players as much as hs [ table since the United States entered | e lsto fl T . T G T uld the elub owners ] the war. We are in sympathy with the on . Basl dectdedl to! ostablish ian endow- thewson comes under all the action of the National Coliegiate Ath- Wilbeir ment for scholarships in his mem. | Qualifications of the man wanted for letic association, which last December | AL TR ory. Reid was the president of the | chairman; he knows baseball thor- recommended the elimination of ! Nel 3 ae oughly, has no financial interests in training tables.” Mars = i Pl llaternates . the game and has the esteem and re- e T(xm?;:wm 9 a fund of $40,000, t o spect of the entire nation. Mathew- GALT RETURNS TO YALE. Clonion 90 which to provide four scholarships ' 00 also is equipped with a S‘Y”'"Liv‘l | — Mo 90 e Rhod n. which will | college educafion. FHe is a credi Football Guard Wil Not Resume Hickey 88 £ he highest type of students. ' the nosition. T Seh S S : plan of establishing scholarships S . . Maddocks as memo to Princeion men killed . TO MEET CRIQUL _New Haven, Feb. 17 arter Galt Riley in the war d strongly JOBTXNCH L0 Aen, Yale's best round athlete, has Humphrex the universit London, Feb. Lynch, an just returned to college, but has an- Jeidler _ American boxer. ntly fought ounced his intention of remaining { Keough $6 B Jimmy Wilde, the British champion, ! out of college athletics this ye i S S MAY HOBLITZELL. in the inter-allied boXing tournament He is the best guard on the fo H Youman $5 Boston, Feb _With Stuffy Mc. ' in London. and Criqui, the French squad and s the heavvweight w . Innis slated to guard the initial sack ‘“”‘~“"“"’°‘]‘f ")h:‘”’zpfi?‘;.’;,iff?.:"n:: :ling champion. He is also a track RENCH-GOW F . g Soxit 3 meet in a 13-ro t re the ilete and water polo plaver and a | EREE = GORT VICTOR ey ! Sox, it is expected that| yaiional Sporting club of Franos. immer of note. His home is in Hon- | gear Walker and MclLean in Four|HoPltzell Will be released. A story | srticles were sismed yesterday for a oluli. He has heen in the artillery | , {came from New York last night that | bout between the two men. The con- : vy Ball Match at Pinchurst. 1 | e Frabriar Do service. Robert F. Holden, the for- | It = { Hoblitzell will go to the Braves, if the | test will take place February 28 fo mer Yale centerfielder, has just re-| DPinehurst, N C. Feb. 17.—In ' 1, jcan league owners waive on|@ purse of $3,500 { turned to college after two vears’ mil- | K’W‘“‘-‘"“”)"“n )’\"” ball’ match SRlayE nerally agreed that | e e itary service and will join Tine: on the Shi s hants Sorme s " e vill not reappear in the . hurst yesteraz Smmet French o L . - ris spring, IR R e St e e o .mm'n;;l_]mm» AETNA BOWLING ST leteated Cyril Walker of Golden Vai- Whom President Grant would like to LEADERS ARFE BEATEN - apd Giovee Mclean if oo nd Walter Holke, of the Giants ALLEYS. . The “Y Leaders Jjourneyed to Neck by to The twinners' bet or Hal Chase, of Cincinnati. Hobby Southington Saturday evening and ball was 68. would add speed to the Braves' infield Church Street. rOT a1k frenc t n he w o yopu laver at were Badiv beatenl b the Bowe Dalk French had the best individu:1 and he would be a popular p . team of that place, seore 27 to 10, bina >, Walker was 13, the Allston ballyard For Your Amusement.

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