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of Mr. ‘MoAleenan of A. C. a Delegate to the U. a Fine Thing for Ama- Sport. 1910, by The Pree i'wotietlng Co. ‘Kee York Brening Worth that Mr. McAleenan has made delegate from the A. ©. to the A. A. U. fine thing for amateur MecAlecnan wilt bo bet- Foot out profersionaliam any other man { know of. Per- iy, be is im favor of amateurism. oon, who: is a great te An bas been bro Staal we tre ard the apart of of the amateur taw ictly. to compote @ real ama- wabroker, @ abort wring in of prises— tnd atner itophiee patned of mae admitted mae good a had come his way in the course the funniest thing that ever ” he added, “was when one Prizes I had put J hy back to me through ‘within six xmontiat to-do what thers wt an w medals of ¥ |. might cause somewhat among our prominent Prensa some alight doubt now Johnson will be in H . but not In th ter | Many Lives Can Be Saved mat By Teaching Girls toSwim, Female Handicapper Says |" Mies Katherine F, Mehrtens, President of Women’s Life Saving Copyright, 1916, by The Press Fublishing Co, (The New York Evening World). IT GMT Be Best Md wwe 4 NATIVE Revere WouLenT te conn te ‘Nome “= AS tl HumPumes 5: Revousrion Grae a WAREZ DURING The Gran, Mies Mehrtens’s advice to Swimmers. Ph yg Vpiharbagmvchget nth bl fc 1) bit pecan’ mean yew mut ol he mit rete hear the water after League, Who Has Just Been Signally Honored by A.A. U., | ‘Telia. How Her Organization instructs Girls to Swim and Then Teaches Them How to Make Rescues. iw’ the A. A. U. appo! Miss Katherine F, Menriens oMcial handicapper of the women swimmers, Frederick W. Ru- bien, President of the Metrooplitan Amociation, conferred an honor op & waterwoman who for the past elevon years has given her }o swimming instruction and a better condition among the young and old of her sex. Thousands of girle who during the past ten years have come under her care and have reu,ed tho benefits of her teaching aro to-day | OPS! singing the praises of this remark- the National Women's Life-Saving League, which has its headquarters be No. 25 Clinton Street, Brooklyn, e od the hor 4 Joague last evenin: tt fird with the er tepiin that nes Miss Methrtens was of @ ga od A women” iite-savers, the kind patrol the Deaches In the miuieer and plunge into the surf to make/® Tomues. “Oh, yea," #1 Miss Mehrtens in answer to ou meng “we pave lives, yy you believed. We h girle how to swim. And when Peyt its raving fam dre nied re wav! trom drowning the injured. Hut ¢ aoeen't mean that we establish sta- along the water. Our members, however, ara oe ready to take part in rescue should they be Ana still more,” tinued Miss 't ewimm| rcise a rl can indulge in? It dev muscle of the body; given brea’ invigorating than p! water? It's a tonic for the nerves and the tired body, We are now well ad- vanced in our work proper aid we'll teach e to swim, “This league has no restrictions, Any woman of moral character, sixteen ag? or over, is en- : is hand “ques Toor bone han that swisemiog ings health and strength, ory int oho are how to take jereelf ii Mtled to Membership,” said Miss i the wi Mebrtens jn an pee the soo; the organisa But we rere Leeann 5 Ber ethan rm nm years of age. but th we e the mu; Breater distances, but they many school teachers, er eere Ot eee od the care’ Of Our in high schools, d who are thorough waterwomen. =a) to us. Thos teachers are mem. “Good swimmers rarely get into ok ‘and first class waterwomen. Th said Miss Mebrtons. girl is just as dpe la why I advocate teaching girls pcboula irl. swim at an early age, The more and a great incentive ay 3 grea’ the knows the better she realizes the et te , Light to seo now much working clasoes ons, yr ity confidence, ee cine that and they becom ealthy; lin “At what fe tothe aia" shou taught swimming?" id @ child be “That ip rati answer,” tres ode ed Hing shrine Md After a bit of thought ate Foti must not forge of, the ‘ir and forget to sa: each, grin Children “oan Ve iain | ona axe of ten yer we are now planning to yeare “ai, pond very Saturday morning to giris twenn the ages of eight and nine yearn, We take them the tank lo give them confidence @nd. teach + rome hot to fear the water. You must] fin “yh A Tt) ro figeshd time to teach] instructor. She knows very and. he'd fare ees also knows ou che women \who com a] pete, and is oue persdn who is dock onya dare. beat Atted to arrange handica) Tho league ta self-supporting and Iy maintained by the initiation feo of $1 and annual dues of 50 cents, Every active member bound to teach swimming whenever hifted to] called upon to do so for the beneft of they swim) furthering the work of the league. never uctors, afloat doesn’t indicate skill. learners should go Into deep water until they are strong swimmers. And if a learner does venture into Kae water there should strong swimmer near For the advanced classes the leagn gives instruction in life savi; He is taught ir “rescue and leas own how to the nol of a drowning person and also how to tow in a swimmer in trouble, “It In our alm to teach all wo: concluded Miss Mehrtens. mothers knew wher? rt and “Our ‘course of Instruction thorough, After ten lesson : will take about ten weeks, the wirl knows how to ne afloat and awim acrosa the tank. T also bee Gonfidence, Then they are a higher class where By John Pollock Aithough im Puskley, manager of Gunboat Leacis Marry Us w faith, has agreed to terme for a ten-tomnd bet Moot thas Bosebtas a tot icons, iat cart, matchmalnt of the Brown Grm- ural Al wition of ‘Niatwe ate “hs art 3 fouse eg Quis tens se remur estertainment to ba Fr ae ft "cee ee aton ak & Dy agg ek tne ae ae mre ee Bee eS ee See Re ae DUNDEE E REFUSES $1, $1,000 TO MEET A SUBSTITUTE, a’ iC Sa ‘st une Be . ‘eve: | wi ~ iSSaconare chute Se ot honor | a Baa Jon Intimates wart? era ee Veen M MEKICS Yer Jenngers HASNT FOUND A LANDING PLce New York Battles Newport To-Night For Ionor of Holding Tennis Classic}: Karl Behr, Famous Player, Leads Opposition Against Watering Place Being Award- ed Championships, Declaring That This City Is Entitled to the Event Because of the Great Number of Clubs Within Two Hours’ Ride of West Side Club, ELEGATES from all sections of the country will attend thi annual tennis meeting at Waldorf to-night to decide wh the All-Comers' Championship should be played at Newport or New York this year. The settle- ment of this important question will bring together the greatest number of delegates that ever voted at th j#nnual meeting. Tho session this evening will be |Pat Powers May Secure | Federal League Franchise’: Question as to isto Whether He'll Place a Team in Newark or the Bronx, There seems to be a lot of mystery an to where the Federal League is to switch the Kansas City Some reports have it that i be awarded to Newark, while j others way that it will be handed over to the Bronx, At any. rate, It is re- ported that wherever {It goes’ Pat Powers, for years President ,of the Eastern League (now the Interna- tional) and also promoter of bike races, will secure it. Powers is visiting Chicago and !9 ‘having many secret mestings with {Jim Gilmore, President of the circuit. Manager Bil! Donovan of the High- landers ia back from the South and confirms the report that his team will train at Savannah, where they'll report March 1. Ho was on the job to see that the Tigers sold Outfelder High and First Baseman Pipp as wpe | roma when the club changed hands, It Is said they cost $5,000 rie Pitoher Ray Caldwell, the famous Sen {a in town. looking Mt. He ‘| promises to work bard for the new owners of the club, ‘Don't be surprised if I win thirty monee i for the Yanks this year,” od PP ea rag soi ‘Tener of the Netonsl that the National Com- will meet in Cincinnati to- tmorrow He refused to operate bt dim: Ld r Fepens tbs 1 recent decision te limit the number vers om each elub pers @ Red Sox “offered to sell Out. talder Regh to the Yanks, but it was t, Huston of the Yanks is I tA Tea teton te Cuba t for the has been arr: whereby the N: reve Langue ‘waive claim on this there ia little full of action and greatly different from all former meetings. For thirty- years the Newport Casino has staged the national tournament. Without any opposition during that time it was a simple matter for the pretane so award the champion- ore season the: been a decided change, one ¢6o pradical that the tennis world has been divided into two factions. Karl Poscrndt of Reaukt eoevuney Seetanwe ores B party: of prominent players and officials who have been to Newport as the place 1915 one ena Charles M. the leading racq United States, headed a ErOUD, many old time players’ who favored thé historic Casino at Newport as the most suitable site for this year's tour- "There. are 260 clubs in the national yo egeie siege They are allowed to cast votes at. the annual meeting. To corral these proxies the warring ten- nis’ factions have been extremely | °, = late, electioneering on a it would do credit to any political arty. The opposition following, through | Karl Behr, has announced that its chief reason for advocating a change | in the tournament was the ambition to give the huge New York tennis tional League h: ter to ull the players in his circuit to the effect that his o1 zation can- not afford to pay the last year, and that they may all ox- pect a cul I. A. A.C. Seven Loses to Baker =: The St. Nicks beat the Irish-Amer- can A. C, team last night fn an Amateur Hockey League game ut the St. Nicholas Rink. The final score | was 6 to 1, Hobey Baker acoring three of the goals for the winners, Tho Winged Fist team did not ecore until near the end of the second period. The Santa Claus eleven got two goals in the opening period and out- played the Irish-Americans by a good margin, although Jimmy Cree, the In- Glan centre on the Winged Fist team, made somo pretty dashes with the puck. In the second period the st. Nicks added three more tallies, tut they had to play t to get thom. Football ‘‘Docs’’' Meet To-Day' sent a circular =| ig Dublic an opportunity of haite the National tournament. Behr argues that the game of tennis has developed #0 wonderfully that it has outgrown its aristocratig surroundings at New- port and shvuld be conducted on a bigger scale for both contestants and spectators. “I do not see how the Newport’ad- herents can win out,” sald hr to ‘We have against Newport In an Interesting» Intg He Declares That'He the Sport and Be Paid Three-Man sion Would Improve At NY, Feb. 5.—Gov, contPary to general belief, favors, Ing and aims to Improve it tl out the State, according to an view granted to-day. He doesn’ Meve that the present. Frawley, needs any changes as-to the ing of the sport, but what believe is that paid comm! should be appointed Instead of” pelling three men to serve . wil 9. In favor of & one-man cot i emphatically declares that present size of the commission. However, he doesn’t fat men can give the sport attention and remain honest if to work without salary. Here is the Governor has to say on the box: ing question: "I have no prejudice against and have never on any occasion. “age pO 4 as being opposed Quite to the eis nothing wrong in itera ind that ie what I to throughout the State. It must. be lost sight of, however, that w a sport in which it im very, overstep the lines and tng. from the clever to brutal display of abuses creeping in which threaten to undermine the sport and work ventual ruin. I have found a day. elghty-elgtt votes or proxies, and | lsfact there never have been more ioe 4 votes’ cast at any previous meet! Consider for a moment the fact that there within commuting distance of New York, within two hours of the West Side Club, 107 clubs out of e MS total of 260 in the association. Wit the same radius Newport. can chow four jubs. ay, It Veer’ pi phen Men en what in- cements Newport dffers to-players to bind theny 43 Oe Casino courts. fol This Is a fi hance to visit Newport and who is, after all, oe real tennis devotes. As a matter of sport and not of fashions, “the fy Sng es the bes | championship is due for and the ma 1 is dow ripe to tees it abou! Prizes in the Long Island Alley Own- ers’ Association bowling tournament were awarded last night at Val Doer-. zap! The Atiantics next four prises in the order named. The individual average prize was won Pirkl, with 201, while J. Devito wimmers of High School proved superior to those of the Boys' High School in the dual meet held at the Fourth Avenue baths, Brooklyn, yesterday aft lads from Commercial won by score of 45 to 8, ‘The Football Rules Committee meets at the Hotel Biltmore to-day. No radical changes {n the rules are expected, the only thing will be to make them clearer. The public, play- ere and coaches seem pleased with the game as it now stands. “\Save $7 to $27 Suit ends which we are naw Set. 6 $28, Sold al onnaon fob $25 to $50.” ‘They wo ail good valve bat many, are exceptional. / oe Suit to Measure, $18 Special Overcoatings, satin lined, to measure, $25. Broadway 94h St the| been in ite ‘case ntial features pears to me to be little will be radical. without any. As it stands at’ there is ample allowance boxing bouts and marked might upset the sport “Tam a@ believer in a closer fication of the sport with the control, and this feature {batter brought out by the paid jesion. inly it is a thing to secure upright, capal free Oe lakh) to bh ne unpai on one which car CA wr the work done. And Ke in this State needs those calibre men who will conduct it, for oe, welfare of the game. wh observation wh! Attorney has led me to } 3 icion on those who Poaltions in which bias 17 Tietio glory and no bert Secchongg 7 ooking 'y places on the estate A "Athietio Co sion, As I ter seers to me tat the paid commat would best answer the* purpose, i don't, however, want to burden. taxpayers, and the paid would not do that, Tunderatand the sul 2 consideral “The 0! finds no support from me. opinion, it would not answer the pose nearly as well as the thi commission which is provided in Bresent low . THUM’S ea as hs See the CRUISETTE at the Motor Boat Show The daintiest littie Cruiser afloat. Of unique design, sleeps six in comfort, seaworthy—speedy, too. Ask for edition de luxe “The Cruise of the Cruisette”’ THE ELCO COMPANY, Bayonne, N. J. Baildere of MADISON SQ. GA TUESDAY, FEB.®@' WELSH vs. SWUGR