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OLLEGE COACHES ST FIGHT STUFF - —_— “60st CONE TERI’ JoB “Present Day Football Teams Better Scorers Than Old- Time Elevens. OOTBALL teams their highly developed scoring bruising clevens of twenty years ago. Some of the oldti mit this, but Big Bill one of them. Captain, who, year after year, never Misses a game the Tigers play, con- esses that present-day @utacore the old giant that Yale, =) turned out. Edwards made this assertion wheu S) fecalling the good old days when real | Blants plougted over the gridiron said William. game for spectator THe PROBLEM THE UNEMPLOYED teams could INPeRESTS "PooR.” JAcK DEWPSEY combinations and Prineceten _ endance records show. ta, the game has become more scien- For the play- tific. Brains count more than muscle power. There are many morc e team now will fave from 35 to 5v plays. When I was | @t Princeton our elevens didn't bave WORK IN HY, “At that time it was mostly a cass ef brawn and stamin: really only saw, the ball when it was Kicked. ‘The forwards on We linesmen guard their own, territory and look Deut for their lives. Now a guard or | tackle must roam all over the field rds said he tipped close to 270 when at Princeton. 5 ‘Feason why the old boys were not so | y. A guard or tackle in those of mastodons was developed for roller service eneral's office is taken by many the State armories will be thrown open for the staging of and wrestling shows: From the Adjutant General To Commanding Officer, Amendment tion 308 of the Regulations for the Military Forces of the State of New York. Section 308 of the Regulations for Military Forces of the State of New York has this day been amended to read as foilows Subject to the provisions Bill, while admitting the supo- of modern football, insists that. old 5-yard rushing game was the teams of “would successfully ba “through the lighter but faster elevens | eee o2y, whose sty! er their way | of game has modified by “bas "HE MADE PEACE. ‘The dove of peace didn't lose any F rs during the baseball meetings Rumbles of a baseball ‘war and threatened revolt ‘the minute; Judge Landis read the Flot act to the magnates. In the past most baseball eruptions by nothing more than Petty politics and jealousies among Same thing undoubted- Ay would have happened this time if Judge Landis hadn't been on the job. of the best investments organ- fed baseball ever made is the $42 je year for the present High C NO OSLERIZATION. Notice that Harry Vardon, dean of h professional golfers, plans a that will carry him to the States next season. | Were caused professional boxing, spar- ring, or wrestling matches, con- tests, or exhibitions may be held in armories provided such matches, olub owners. conducted under the provisions ae 1! There's really no age limit in golf. mn, now fifty-two, y superior to the youth of twen- ‘two, because golf requires than physical effort golf is similar to billiards. games the real action is above ‘Tennis, baseball, box- vevery other sport, demands heavy i and champions don’t | it thirty years, at thirty a golfer really only | to get good. English record are full of golfe’ But Nee Team’s Owners Are Optimistic, Due to Scarcity of Pitchers, By Robert Boyd. UST now the Giants joom up on| horizon as the in either major ‘They proved that last year. | With the acquisition of Heine Groh increased their playing | strength, notwithstanding that with | the coming of Groh the outfleld suf- fered greatly in the loss of George | But it is by no means a club without a flaw. The Board of Managers who will guide the New York Club in the 1922 pennant race are banking heavily on Ralph Shinners, the American Asso- ciation wonder, or Cunningham filling up the gap left vacant by the depart- jure of Burns, Irish Meusel will play| bly dur left field and Ross Young will be moved over to centre, Shinners and Cunningham will fight it out for the right field berth, f both these promising rookies fall down, the Giants will Pillar in their great baseball struc- winning both and professional honows in their forties. this country there's the case of J. Travis, the only American who ever won the British amateur ‘Travis never held a brassie he was nearly the baseball strongest club itty-two years old. 3 tor Vardon, there's no reason whe shouldn't be “good” for years Unlike the great army of his style is so easy and per- tt he only needs to use mint- tires himself with unnecessary THE OLD BUGBEAR. things get dull in tennis they ,to thresh out ndth time what constitutes an Seems that some culprits crossing the line livides the two classes and that mnis Association offi just ag well have q show- now as any time. charges admission for its com- fons will always be confronted he bugbear of professionalism. | is is steadily growing in popu- | Big crowds watched the have a weak ‘ording to the at. Herrmann of the Re visit here to uttend the ter meetings, become a Giant again. the exorbitant demands asked by Garry are met by the Glant owners, and this seems unlikely. McGraw ha4 been dickering for the services of the great Red outfielder he once had in his fold but found that Herrmann! CAMBRIDGE, Masa, Dec. 28.—Uni-| versity of North Carolina has been un- ‘s invitation to play in the atadiera nounced to-day, ds during bis last annual win- Cup finals between the United and Japan. At an attendance of see the feature on the courts. is something for the Tennis Hon to think about. Now is to perfect the amateur code then enforce it. 'T REST FOREVER. populace will soon get t! that Benny the present- That is, unless wanted a sum sembled figures that were n Leonard's too to fight unless Biliy Gibpon ad- | Sfter the peace terms were signed in the war indemnities were fixed by the Allies. “Rousch will play ball in Cincinnati next year,” says Garry, is troubles with promoters and lightweight champion for a ‘1981, by Robert WAgren.» will stay on his farm.” If he plays is Matched With Joe Lynch. fhas*been made tn the pro- im Redland, he will not play for the salary he thinks he is worth but what the owners of the Reds think his ser- vices are valued ai Judge Landis’ exp with perhaps Madison Square night. Owing to \< one of the dusky Bors, the contest hetween Jamaica paed Kid Norfolk has been postponed t end © pout, Betwess joe former arranged. fielder, was looked upon as a prob- able understudy that would fill the of Burns in the Giants’ out- ‘The ovwers of the Giants were EDNESDAY, Copsrtant, , | HAVENT REA Last BuT THE UNKNOWNS FIND PLENTY OF Would Permit Armory Boute; Muldoon Awaits E following order, just Word of Governor of the law allowing and regula- ting boxing, sparring, and w ling matches in the State, and such boxing, sparring, and wrest- ling matches, contests, or exhibi- tions conducted under the super- vision or control of the Natio Guard or Naval Militia, where all of the contestants are members of the active militia may be held in armories provided the rules and regulatiois promulgated by the State Athletic Commission to govern such matches, contests or exhibitions are complied with, J. LESLIE KINCAID. When asked about the matter at the Boxing Commission Offic Chairman William Muldoon said: No permission has been granted for the use of State armories for wrestling or boxing bouts, If such a decision is made Gov. Miller will be the one to make it, and until to-day he has not advised me of any change. Giants Loom Up Strong d More Hurlers as they were to bag Housch, for the simple reason that Carey starting to “slide” as am another George Burns. Perhaps! ‘The infield of the Giants is much like the famous Rock of Gibralta impregnable In next year's race. The moundmen performed credita- ring the World's Series against the Yankees, but this does not hide their unsteadiness during the National League championship race last sea- son. The winning of the National League pennant of 1971 was not so much a.case of the suberb pitching moundsmen as much as it was the “cracking” of the pitching staff of Pittsburgh. The owners of the Giants realize this. ‘They are not bout the great strength of the club. ‘hey are scouring the country for pitchers—but like many other of the major league clubs, they find good pitchers scarce. ————_—_. of the Gia Bo overoptimistic North Carolina Team 1 Harvard. able to shift Ite dates to accep 7 here on Nov. 4, it wa ———__—__ Michaels Is @asy Winner. Battling Reddy, veteran east side featherweight, held Sol Beeman of Har- lem to a draw last night tn the principal twelve-round bout at the Star Sporting ‘ound bout ightweight, ite Mor Harlem, former amateur boxer, | Club. In. the other twetv Bobby Michaels, east eide scored an easy victory over Crescents Defeat Holy © bell team won ite tenth straight game irae Seetng Se Be Saas ep ‘Booops” & score of 60 RENEW LEADS LEAGUE THOUGH PTCING 3 “FORTALANDGUB] LEE VVIRE By Neal R. O'Hara. | Jimmy Broceo, six-day bikist, now claims he's F: ) r , To put 3 of , No» Woridet’” Browns Were|>> >"* * ’B terms of money, Ming ) ‘High fo Soutiern hotels have reduced rates for winter golf season. Willing to Pay ‘High tor now eat for $40 a day without oversleeping for breakfast. jor league | star and has time and again proved that his days under the big white tent are numbered, George Gibson | was ready to let Max go to the Giants, but his demands were more than the manager of the Giants’ baseball judgment would allow, him to give. So the owners of the New York Nationals found consolation in the fact that they will have two am- bitious stars from which to mould with a relentless attack. The catching department is almost ag formidable, but in the pitching department there lies the weakness of the team that will represent New York i the National League next season, It may be that the great | punch of the team and its speed will | jovercome the weakness on the | mound, but it is no secret that fear is expressed over the Giants’ pitchers | jot te Play ae Five, ‘The Crescent Athletic Club basket- wanTee CHAMPIONS To Work im NEW YORI 15 ROUND DAY BIG WAGES To CHAHPIONS MusT SUBHIT TO JUDGES’ DECISION * SOME OF Em, DONT Like THERE (S ALWAYS A CHANCE OF THE AROUND WON HIS TITLE @ HERMAN ON ® DECISION AND SHORTLY AFTER. WA: GAME ENQUGH TO GIVE PETE A RETURN BOUT, HERHAN WINNING HIS - TITLE Back ON THE JUDGES’ DEASION DECEMBER 28 FIGHT JOHNNY KILBANE DEFENDS HIS CROWN THIS WAY — HE WONT” a EWBIT IT UNLESS HE OE ~ SUM. EQUAL TO THE ‘WAR DEBT THE UTTLE EX AND GET EXPERIENCE BESIDES SUDGES BOOTING (T CHAMPION JOE LYNCH Dave Danforth. “Daring Dave" Danforth, pitching was the leading pitcher of the year | pass in the American Association, which probably is the reason why the St. Louls Browns were willing to give up | if for house lots. en players estimated to be worth | Dave hurled 329 Innings through- | only 97 earned runs, an average of | player. 2.66 per nine innings. That's a fine, performance for a Ben Tincup. the Indian, once w the Phillies, played most of the time in the outfield for the Louisville with'an earned run average of 2.84. | either. According to the figures released esterday, Danforth not alone led the league in’ point of effectiveness but who also won twenty-five. Safe in third place was Cavet of | Indianapolis, who had an earned run three games. i} Hall, former star of the Boston | Red Sox; Paul Ci ledo also ‘had good records. Virgil Barnes, who will have a| Philadelphia Jan 2. veteran of veteran: Kansas City Blues he won 17 games Of Race Horses'"""™ who defeated Jor Tipit trainer of the racing stable of Ji Butler for the coming season, it became jumper raced in the colors of, Sidney aget many years ago. Iocan has also | trained for P. A. Clark, and Dunbo: was in his charge when he won Puturity in 191) speodily array | Fred Putton. Jack Odom, for the last three years| Mcently in @ pudlic stable at Belmont Park —_—_—— 1 Sports Allian Nat! Pennaylvanta, OMicers of the reoontly formed Na-|\e teen at sion yesterday and presented the plans |er and the purposes of the newly formed Johnny Murray gained the popul decision over Young * aw in the star | bout of twelve round at the Arena Manager mmy is either franc about it or he's a lire A guy can|whose Penn State team was one of | Inauguration Day for 1982 is scheduled for February. is when Wilson will be succeeded by Harry G reb. sre oS for the eighth place Columbus team, Three members of a ball infleld quartet playing | Frazee still has an infield that’s worth $100,000 tf he cuts it up and sells 100 for the former big league left- | Statistics show that no heavyweight champ ever scored a knockout on/inate the offending player from the hander. 4 vaudeville circuit cut forty-four games and allowed The bushes and the tall timbers both look the same to a slipping ball fthander. Red Sox have never been licked in a World Series and it looks like no-|the game, “Pe h | body's going to get a chance to lick ‘em next October cither Colonels but he won nine games, lost ‘The baseball won't be so lively next year, and with Johnny Evers off |bloéking ts very necessary.” Bezdek none, and stands second to Danforth | the Giants’ payroll it Jooks like the scraps with the umps won't be so lively {Stopped the reform movement and a only. | Pisnerehe apneoathed toms cnt |C Fistic News rotoce and Gossip) Game tittle Changed in 1922. cit Johnny Dundee, who fights Willle} average of 3.29 and won twenty- | Jackson a fifteen-round bout at Madi- son Square Garden Friday night, and rter and Robertson | Bobby Barrett ot of Minneapolis, and Wright of To-|eight rounds at the . the former bantammelght champloe, who ty matched to me & twelve-round bout at tho on next Monday afternoo! meet Patsey Johnson of Trenton in a rwel & show to be brought off by the Arena A. C of Bayonne, N. J., on the night of Jan, 4, Al Walker of California ta of shifts also came in for considera- Pioneer Sporting Club |tion and recommendations were made | w)that will be sent to the Rules Com- -round |mittee, The net result of the meeting, Philadelphia Ice Palace of 10, is now training for both, bouts at Mannie Seaman's See ay Ditched No ohechit ames | gymnasium in Harlem. Dundee quit during the season, while Leon ‘Ames, | Stillman’s gymnasium because Jack- long with ths | son was training there. Dundee only Giants, who has been at it since 1903, | weighed 130 pounds to-day for his go pitched ‘a fourchit game. With the | Wit taahecs eine Fatl Baird. the sensational featherweight, former ly of Seattle, and now of Fordham, bas rufused sev- eral fatterng offers from out-of-town and looal clubs to bor Kaplan, Cooney, Bright and Pepper Gfartin before New Year's intends to start a campaign which he make ktm champion before the md of After tho holidays Batrd | Ene ieee 10 pounds, weigh in at 2 ince eno ‘Tunney, the “Greeawlch Vilage light 4 waarywdehi, Knocked’ out Eddie” O'Hare. in Hogan LO Treading rt esate sauare Garden, nts manager Frank Bagley, bas been recetring many offers from He is wanted by clubs at Butler’s String reise’ sis" retin ssa ne tree A.C. of Jersey City, ‘Tunnpy's eve will be healed tho good Western featherweight, | Gen, Palmer Pierce of the National who 1s fighting in his best form now: 1s booked for|Intercollegiate Aesociation, whose Ho hus been matched by bis man T4o ¥isnn, to take on Hattling Jobawn of |athletics, was introduced and made a Trenton, N, J., in & twelve-round go at » special short address. boxing show to be staged at the Arona 4. C. at| “Football was never so popular or ‘Trenton, N, J., on wext Monday afternoon, another contost. Jimmy Hanlon, the game tehtwel in an elght-round go at Willlam Hogan has been engaged as| the Olympia A. A, of Phijadelphie Monday after: | noon, received a guaranteo of $1,780 for his vic- | tory, Hanlon has been matched to meet Franke e Rice of Baltimore for twelve rounds at the “Hlowan twas been Sdenttied for many 8! A © of Bartinere on 205.32 years with thoroughbred racing on the) An sort is Pung made by « Sekt promoter of Eastern tracks, He trained for the late | Montres!, Canads, to #age @ ten-roud a Wiltam C. Whitney and also trained |'* Maust Uoyal Risk tere the middie of next and rode Shillelah when that good ene lee ak Sheet ex-heavywetght Johnson agrees to take on Roper the bout will be | ged. Johnson rounl | ha an the & big favorite In “Philly”? As @ result of his good fighting at the clubs there. bout at the Cambria A. An effort 9 being made by Brookim clubs to|cause the proper precautionary meas- match Marty Crom and Italian Joo Gena If Gans|ures have been taken.” will agree to make 160 pounds Crom wit aoept.| Gen. Pierce concluded by saying as the latter ouly weighs 145 pounds, Cross hasbeen |that he hoped college men would | boxing in excellent form in the last six months ‘The bout between Capt. Hob Roper, the Chicago and Harry Foley, hoarrwelght of New Orleans, whlch was ‘Tost be soon as Pat MoCagthy, the Providence hearywel ght jas awarded the decision over Capt. Rob official timer on the Jackey Club tracks, | Roper st Providence, RI. se been signed up to has resigned his post and will return to| meet Biy Shade, the Callforuia heerrweteh, in training horses next season, He will], tea-round go st ® boring sbow et Boston on Haack, who was to have staged the bout, Eddie Mead to-day that ¥oly had run out off the match, Hs will get some one elge to moet Ropes. eet cog, wien eos moter ues | Taylor and Herd signed up te mest in the main go of ten rounds a N S ti tenet ef te 8 A hate v timed, Connie on te nian orin| 20 LVOW SUYE LO | tnatesn tre Sova mews oes | Compete in &. S. | cuampton, who hes Deen laid @ume training for future bouts. notified | ope Jan. @, Ghade may get the Gudaton ever Mo- ih Ge otar future Carthy, an be ts & clever boxer. Commit-| Tow two grod Mido bantamwetghte, Tartid and Terry Maliugh of Farese of Newark, N. J., tee Visite Boxing Hoard, bern matched to fight ued up by Promoter Mot for 8 fow weeks | gh to re. ts working at | fige times open golf champion of Great | Gtdliman's eymnasium end will shortly be secn ino | Rwritain, and Alec Sandy Herd, who held Dout at one of the shows to be held ty the Ovmets| ge British title in 1902, will compete in A A. of “Pretty.” ‘Tuomy Kingsiey, the fahi promoter of Hartteg |the United States next summer at hes arrived in pg two Mhely fighters whee Bicoxie Club, Chicago, it wes announced | he te anxious to show in bouts at the loca! cium Ble dattlere are Young Mack, @ bantainweight, aad) oy tio United Btates and Canada. Tay. | Cauck Prever, «lish taetst match Mack with Sammy Nable, Midget @mith or | w vey with Jackson, Haruey or | c! tional Sports AtMance called upon |juey city to. meetin 8. twave-tound Chairman William Muldoon and his a8- | ah Regimeut Amavry in Jerey City on the night | sociates of the Mtate Athletic ‘omimnis~ jot Jan. ‘Tals ought to be a very tuteresting vatke, Dore Ahade, the California welterwelght, who re Body. Benaior James J Walker, iather | UI eurmina atehey Waite ie 6 beet 0M Sattine’ committees. When the inter- | ark won another important fight on Monday night view was over Senator Walker deciared |at Buffalo, Ie mcured the deision over Jack that indications pointed to harmony be- |pery of Pittsbufgh in a twelve-round battle. Fo Kingstey will try to | lor tween the governing boxing hoard and |jse been matched to meet sone good fighter, prob- the alliance, |ably Frankie Schosll, there on Jan. 16 or 18 a x can uaet Siuiear manta’ alae ‘The nexxt show at the Him A. C., Clermont Ave- nue, Rrooktyn, will be beta Monday ck Leon bas doclded to stage three (welye-rownd bouts on this occasion of the bill fe Charles Pitts, the clever Australian And? Jereny Oty t night, Jimmy | iignweight, who often hes to tackle welterweighte ey if eowuse most of the boyy in hie own class ea ee M ef bien, Mo will box Tialian Joe Dempsey ee other = Jack Sharkey, and 7 Kid Sultven of who ie fast developing | over fifty years of ge ore not or eas 6 tae ‘ AGAINST PRO FOOTBALL * ‘OM FOR PLAYER AND OFFIBALS i | Rule Changes Recommended} by New Association of | Coaches. | | By William Abbott. HB colleges of America plan a all more vigorous fight against pro fessional football. More restric- | tions will be thrown around the col- | | whilé stil] masquerading an ama-| teur. Instead of making many rule changes, the first meeting of the Association of American Football| | Coaches, held last night at the Astor, concentrated on the professional men- jace that threatens the popularity of | the great college sport. ‘The coaches, who came from all| sections, formed a resolution that calls on the colleges to stop their) football mentora or other employees from playing professional football, and that the Central Board of Off- | 1s bar from college games all men who officiate at pro. contests Unsatisfied with this wallop at pro- \tessionalism, the eoachos furthermore | added a resolution that will deprive all college men from wearing their letters if they play pro. football after | being gvaduated,. This move came after “Hurry Up” Yost of Michigan | related how Goetz, former Micbigan | star, has been offered $2,400 to play | ten games of professional football. Goetz quickly tore up the offer when Yost told him he would lose his “M" if he turned pro. There was no mistaking the atti-| tude of the country's leading coaches about the dangers of commercializing | a sport that drew nearly 8,000,000 spectators this season. Robert Fisher | of Harvard uttered a warning about barring officials who handled profes- | sional games, but “Buck” O'Neill of | Columbia replied that an official) would have to decide for one kind or the other, and this swung the meet- ng. Stand Against Professionalism. The stand against the evil of pro- fessionalism the most important | accomplishment of the meeting, There was,a splrited debate on the advisa- bility of changing the rules to lessen | dangers of injuries pre's no telling where this reform would have gone but for the intervention of Hugo Bezdek, the leaders this year. Strange enough, \George Foster ‘Sanford of Rutgers | jand Gil Dobie, Cornell, whose elevens jare noted for hard playing, were both strong for the elimniation of clipping, described as throwing the body later- ally against the legs of a player on |the defensive side. Sanford, who ad- |mitted he liked his foothdll rough, in- jsisted that all back and ‘side clipping | |be barred. Doble went even further | land sought a rule that would elim- game At this point up rose the stocky fig- ure of Hugo Bezdek. He argued that such a rule would encroach on thé duties of the interferer and remove lone of the fundamental features of State teams,” ex- plained Bezdek, “are never taught to lclip, but nevertheless legitimate jcompromise was effected that asked the Rules Committee to increase the fifteen-yard penalty on back clipping Interfering with a defensive back jon the forward pass and the matter first of the newly formed coaches’ as- sociation, showed that football will | be but little changed in 1922. ‘The association's officials ara: Pres- ident, Major Charles Daly, West Point; Vice President, John Heisman, | University of Pennsylvania; Secre- tary-Treasurer, Dr, John Wilce, Ohio ‘\State; Trustees, Robert Fisher, Har- vard; Fielding Yost, Michigan | efforts have greatly improved college clean as it is now,” began the Gen- eral. “It is a big change since 1906, | |when we first began to reform the] game because members of Legisla tures came to us and said If wo did not reduce tbe large number of inju. ies every year that football would no’ be permitted in their States, Nothing like that is heard now, mainly be- cease proselyting among high schools for promising football talent, The |General said proselyting was particu larly bad among New York High | * Schools and that numerous boys wer: ‘being wrongly influenced by men who should know better. | ORICAGO, Dec. 28.—James 11. 1 ylor, | WESTERN GOLF CLUBS REGARD THE U.S. G. 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