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NEW YORK, Feb. 25.—When the. ClllCAGO.lFeb. 25.4Mark Cation. of
members of the Football Rules com-iChit-ago. made what is said to he a
mlttee meet for their annual sessionjworld's record at straight rail hil-
here Saturday several minor changes
and suggestions for others in the play-‘
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PITTSBURGH, Feb. 26.—Honus
Lieut. James B. Crawford, secretary.as one ”T ”T" loading basketball
and treasurer of the Army AthleticTeams OT the 1‘1“" lost ‘ “5‘ “0m“!
Council. announced yesterday thatthe ‘0 ”‘9 Blue Ribbons. “ Bridgeport,by
Army and Navy football games "mime score of 38>“. last night. The
The London authorities have sug— Wagne'r was publlt‘ly tendered a life
gested to Jack Johnson that his roommontract by President Hartley Drey-
3‘ "'0" “gram? ”1'“ Ms company. fuss of the Pittsburgh baseball club.
it h“ been mm“ a?" ‘0 ‘he negro last night, at a banquet tendered the
prizetlghter that if he does not leave
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W Hill in
lililll; limit“
. new vonit. no. zc.-—.im my
lard. world’s heavyweight chomphn.‘
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liards at a local billiard hall in three
in): rules governing the game will be
missing a shot, leading the former rec-
nights‘ play. (‘atton ran 2.63:3 before
discussed. but none of them promises
to cause as niuch genuine interest as in Beston in l887. The new mark was
the effort to make the numbering ofjmade on a 5 ')y 10 table.
players a matter of compulsion. i Catton began the run last
Last season several of the collegiate night. when he made 1.000. On Sun-
elevens adopted this mode of enabling day he ran another thousand, and
the ‘spec’ ators to distinguish individ- last night counted 634 before missing.
uni players during the gridiron con-- ‘
tests. There are many colleges, how-‘ WHEAT MARKET HiGHER.
our, particularly Harvard and Yale. CHICAGO, Feb. 25.-iuslcad of
where the placing of numbers on the‘showing a fresh break in values. the
“Ck! 0f "19 CONDPUDK players do?=i wheat market today surprised many
not findlav'oi' and strenuous obiec-‘mdnr. by opening at n “dune...
tions is likely to bamade against hav-‘oppnm! quotations, g” cm 31.19 1.4
and of 2.572 made by Harvey McKenna
Friday
a reaction from the
panicky selling of yestt-rday and opti-
‘misrn on the A:trt. of a majority of
year and in “7 will be played at the game was characterised by constant
Polo Grounds, in New York. This ”dribbling by the N" York “9' “‘0
gin accordance with the agreement bey’flsayw a ””4“ number ”I long die-
‘tweon the athletic councils of the mil-43m“ "“3”- “hm the Park (’"y n"
litary and naval academies at a con- 5“an by “1"" passing. :
Terence held in New York on Wed-| lieekmann got the greater number
inesday. 'ni‘ baskets by scoring from near the
E The question of head coach andtbasn“
itrainer for the army team has as yeti
ito be decided. Lieut. Charles B. Hw BWI' m
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.iialy. who has been coach for tholaat.
,two years, will not be able to oflict.
‘ate this fall and Harry Tuthill. the.
{army trainer. has signed with the‘
;lltiivorsit_v.of Michigan for next sea-
her tlnlnI
The reason for the upturn seemcdi
semi-i
dealers that some practical way out‘
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CHICAGO. Fob. kit—Today is post-
tiveiy the last day that the sick man
of bdaobali will dine with his friends.
The Feds will be oncially dead to
day. . .
The last meeting of the Morel
League will be held in this city to-
day. at which time‘the books It!
NIGW'II' the locum-«nut format
moons out of‘ertatenm; ’ -
George arrival. the ‘lrebrand" - of
the n'dw defunct rodent Magoo. re-
oroived the news thnt lice fohl would
centinuo as manager of the Cleveland
clhb with some little regret.
"I don't know where I will play
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chronic kicking over the traces and!
before many weeks have passed it is
predicted't’hat he will befout of base
ball and by his retirement may bur-
‘° ”3 dan the indium League end of
:his Lowell franchise. Roach was on
present .at yesterday's meeting here-
on partners and proposes to get rid of
.his club.
By refusing to share in the merger
jsald George. "I could retire to a
then. Andy‘ Roach. of the Lowelllmch in California. but no ablo
~ of those still jobless. They were left
Now Roach doesn't wnnt these then.
this year and have no Job in view."
bodied man wants to quit baseball no
til he has to."
Some thirty ball players have been
cared for by organised baseball since
the Morals were absorbud.butthm
seems to! have been no provision
made by the» Moral owners for the
men who jumped and made possible
the third league. There are ninety
at the mercy of organized baseball,
from which they jumped. Moat
naturally organised baseball owners
selected such men as they deemed
capable of strengthening their clubs
'and left the remainder out in the
cold.
"Rcbel' Cakes. manager of the one
time Pitffeda. is dashing about search-
ing employment. but thus far has not
picked up a job; so are many others
whocould at least deliver well in the
big leagues.
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PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 28.—Charlea
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'well again. He has not been well for
"anneal. a year and I was much con-
cerned about him. However.
1.98910 he expects to “mono of his Ellis, of Pittsburgh. won the three
holdings to Kicrnan and smith. Ir. cushion billiard championship of the
Smith, it in cold: is anxious to transviworld here last night 5 defeating Al-
.fer the franchbe to New mmlfrodo De Oro. the title bolder, 150 to
which once enjoyed New Miami 129.
League. menu and failed") slum-ti When the third and ilhal block of
it. Whatever fir. Smith decides togtho match was begun inst flight the
do, Roach is certain. according totho’ocore stood 100 to 8! in‘ faVor arm
story told here .to got rid of mayor-o; but can made at points while
That the situation is actual is aid-mi. title holder on snorting u’. The
mited hymn the most enthusiastic ‘fiittab’u’rg’h player not! one than not
'1 a only-eight aspiring baseball]
,players answered Coach BILL Clark's.
call for candidateo u the old uni-3
versity held at Princeton yesterday.‘
The coach has just arrived at Prince-
ton and expressed himself an much
dissatisfied with the number of can-
dldatoe reportM' ,
He maintained a sphinallkc silence
throughout the-boar‘and a ha! of
practice and merely mullet
with putting then» M a few
elementary pacew- A My
cat! will be issuedflomorrow In hopes
of doubling the mood the eon-d.
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NEW YORK. Feb. Il—A telegram
was received at the local headquart-
era of the Giants yesterday from John
31¢an stating that the manager of
the club would be at Martin. Texas. to
morrow to receive the recruits and
veterans who are making an early
taunt to the spring training quartet-n
chnw sent thid meaa‘ago from Jack-
sonville. Fla. from“whero he entrain.
ed to New Orleans after comingfrom
Havana. Cuba.
lchraw's massage revived the spin
its of Harry N. hemp-toad. president
of the club. who felt certain that with
his ambitious manager present the
training would start with vim. The
message was received just prior to
the departure of the recruits foulin-
lin under the care of “‘Chrlaty" Math-
ewson and Edward Brannick, who
left for Harlin yesterday morning.
"I was afraid that Moor-aw would
not recover quickly from his illness."
said Mr. Hempatead. “but I .gnther
from his message that he is feeling
fl.
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with
him feeling himself once more. I will
be more optimistic about the club.
8. P. A. A. V8. MORAN“.
The St. Paul Athletic Assoclttion
will play the blonfl‘chs. the fastest
junior team in Bridgeport, on Wed-
nuday night of next week“ the ’9:
P.A.A.cmt.lnb,ctkoley strut
The St. Paul boy- will be mum
edbythemtnnot'f‘aylor.whohiaa
been out of the game for m flat
three weeks, on account of blood pala-
ening in the arm. ‘
All those i’ho attentted the last
ion-rel: game know our Enid of a
icon till illiill ililll
. Hildebrand that
more d.
voluntarily he probably will be de-
ported.
Johnson took the hint and announc-
ed that he will sail on March 3 for
South America. The former champion
*has been heading a revue lately. tour- fuss
ing the provinces. and has been mak-
;ing "bowels of money." There hawbusiness
1been innumerable complaints receiv-l
his obnoxious attentions to white wo-
men
RM Mill Gilt
Umpire Billy Evans tells of the im-
pression that (large Hildebrand got.
of Ty Cobb m Hilde broke into the
American Ila-goo as an umpire. that
is one of the ancient complimen-
cver paid the Georgian.
"Hildebrand was doubled up with
the during his first year in the Amer
ican League. says has. i’i-iolI to
Meg the Detroit club we had lov-
eral times discussed Tyros. [warned
when working the.
bases nevfr to lone‘aiatit oi Cobb; that
nothing was too daring Ior “'10
try to null.
"In no aortas of three m in
which Hildebrand saw one tor the
first time. the morph Peach was at
his but. I don’t believe I over new
Martin to My china-a, or pull Io
many seemingly Womble feats.
After the third rune. white in nu
dressing room Hildebrand won mar-
veling at (lib mamas of Cobb. I
thought he ptld Ty adult canplihtent
when he remark“:
“Bay, Bill. that follow in three
games has given me more close de-
claiona than 1 had all last season in
the Coast Magus."
GONCERNING IOWLlNG.
Sporting Editor of Sentinel.
Dear Sir: I took great pleasure in
reading the headline of the uptownpa»
perkenaccouatmf the Palace and
Not-walk bowling match. which read:
Noflwallr bowlers can‘t. be stopped.
They can be stopped and be stopped
easily if I wdi’t bamd from play-
ing against in;
With ill dub redirect to the other
members of the Palace five. they will
beat the Norwalks. with my assist-
ance. and no one realises it any bet-
ter than t‘nrbone. the Norw'ant alley
proprietor.
Carbone tried to double cross me.
some time ago. but he found out. to
his sorrow, that it didn’t work. I
quit playing with his five. and his
sore-beadednesa got the best of him,
and be barred mo from playing in the
series for the city championship.
I can tell Carbone and Banningosa.
ride teddy hear, things about bowling
_and bowling alleys that he never-
If the Norwalks should happen to
win this series, now gold: on. i will
huge mm s ”the nan-cc
raver-“Hay m use even
pm this wiltbo.
Flying Dutchman by the stove league'arrived on the Twentieth Century
in celebration of his forty-second Limited from 01110380 We!!!” m’
birthday. After the big German hm ing. The champion will begin my:
Eileen told what an honor he is to the training at the Pioneer 89mins CI»;
profession and how his word was as Forty-fourth street. today for his ten
good as his bond, President Drey- round title bout with Frank Koran It
made the real telling speech. lbiadison Square Garden the night of
lie told of Wagner's fairness in Saturday, March 25.
dell!!!“ and in playing the in street attire Willard belies the
game. He wound up by saying impreports that preceded him from Clio
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.ed by the authorities with regard ‘°.the Pittsburgh club has . steady ”blcago to the effect that he was unit .
for Wagner after his playing days are pounds 0"" weight-so T0050 and “5
over. He declared Wagner was to by that it would be next to impala}.
baseball what Washington was toLble for the champion to conditionbinv
America. "first on the field, first od'fllf 011 schedule timo. The m!
the field and first in the hearts 0! allhundreds of enthusiasts-amen! Th...
baseball fans.
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Now you. no. 26.—~8ugpeatiou
for changes in the roles mania!
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session of the football mica commit.
tee here My. lauded:
The numbering of players.
The elimination of the kicking of a
goal after a mm.
That m from it! old Naomi
by‘ an oppoilng pihycr who‘ b‘reekc
through the line of scrhnrhage. the
an should go‘t'o'the opponents. At
meant when this happens. the at-
tacking side merely loses a "down."
Speaking of the proposal to num
“ber players. Alonso A. Stagg. a coach
of the University of Chicago. said
tum although Chicago had numbered
its players for than years. there was
in; very broad diiference of opinion
among the colleges of the liddlc
West. This was shown. he said. by
the fact that linuesota and Illinois
Univeraitiea. Chicago's chief athletic
rivals. have steadfastly refused to
number their men.
"l-‘rom a coach's standpoint,” said
Mr. an". "the moons; of players
works an undoubted hardship. The
hardship is doubled when one conch
adopts the plan and another injects it.
it do the well-detected system of
scouting which'nmras the plan dele-
terldus fo'the coach who“ numbers his
players. His best man. usually pl-
voting upon a deceptive attack. are
madb plain as day to‘tlie scouts be
cause the man carrying the bait is
numbered. Merely by referring to
his program. the scout can verify the
name of the player and warn his elev
on what man to forestall in the par
ticular play.
"The unfairness of the System at
meat is obvious, to: n a rival scout
can mum my plays. trendy assist-
ed by the fact that my players are
numbered. we no taken it I. M
discount-3o if we haVe not the sums
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[scores of women—who hire" to get a
peek at the conqueror of Jack Joint»
son Wt 19 struck by the seemingly”
physical condition of the cowbo‘
giant. '
Med by his managers. To'
Jana and Jack Ourioy. and W
nied by Promoter 'I‘ol Rickard. I.»
lard. alter posing for the W
my” hurried to the 00W“.
tel. lightyfilrat air“! and do“;
a'rcnue. where the wonder-It. “-
ringfilibedomciiedmhfl.
in town. from no the M
on the eleventh door. m
be hung out the “Welt-omit at“ W
the press. _ ' ' i‘
On close inspection Willard took. 4 ‘
even better physically than I bin ..
heavy ulster. lie is an tfl-Mbehv , "
ice as the proverbial ”loud; .
ammunition
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A pinotilile collect with dag-c tau -
”night in the damn or tool-M ;
er frock 1 Ladder contrast no
miss-m in the m. can”
son was in chm “edifufl
bung order the M‘ or“;
Waterbury. no man mosaics ‘
total scores being: Warm. “P?
as; Johnson, “.290. Tile W
team scores follow: ,
Captain Weberbury’o. '”
rt. D. Robertson and Earl Biker. m
Ill. L. Edmonds and rpm-r
holts ‘ ‘ : .
Ward Ilalkin uld Harry am. with“:
nmmmanmm..a.t
almond-Mona“... a?
0. Thompson and 11.me
H. W. Waterbury and I‘. Keno. W:
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Captain mum. . . y.
id. Roberta and w. n. W” m
o. a. Brown and-n. w. Mono:
.3. n. Emma. and out when can
a moms and s; cm. on
‘r'. it Jams ahd w.w1cae.....”s,cn
w. Benedict and R. n umaflfi.
*n. w. Warm ind a. menace W1
org-nus a Maw team and chal- '
. J. n; Rnndle Ind 0. humor. m
privilege- . i
lie-“Of course you understand, Total n.6,!”
Betty, that our engagement must he ----—————-é ~
kept secret."
She-"Oh, yea. dear. I’ll be cute
and tell" anybody EMF—Mien
..fioumim was we: M, V :
Ada when then‘a'e‘dola-m ' .
loans up.
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post cams, PLAOE (aims. at. .
"an. roman.
In». our hold-a 3150.000 crowd. I '
ins such a mic beéome mlndatafl- _ toms». and $1.14 3-4 t%§.15 1-2 for
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altered in order to make them clott- y-Pflprday-s “hm
ep'and easier to interpret. no radical-
changcs are looked for, as it is gen- to b‘,
orally conceded that as the .now
over governed the grant college sport.
it has been suggested tht to so‘ .
~~ f the diflicuity with Ger uld
cure a touchdown the bail should be 0 . ,
Disputes have frequently arisen. par-ii .-_< '
ticularly :among spectators. as to. ‘
whethof the hall-netbally crossed the m m m '
. ’ 5' t
The abolishrnenf'of the Boal‘followfl
ing a touchdown. which has be u ad-i - ;
v'a Vyl ‘ti . t..-‘ “ '.. " " '
‘9” °““ ’4‘" A 3,}; ~ ML: flat tutors to.
m'aiority of members “We ruled that lowing account of the meeting of the
it should be retained if for no mm mm ‘MM 3‘” T“ “T"!
reasons than that It is an attractive "W1 ”1‘ Springfield UM“. 'T'T'T‘ h“
pinyin: feature and its elimination been very fair t0' Jim O'Riurke and
Its historical interest. ‘ The mom Mom has at line lit-
According to keen judges of play tie row on its hands and matters are
a hard and fast measure should be far from being as smooth as some of
adopted to prohibit violent body blocks the magnatas would like to ' have
Ibo flight of the ball on a forward pass
and deliberately put the player, who
tries to recover the hall. out of com-
itssion. A ten-yard penalty for this
in -umcient.
mam' m 8“ cl lawns represented sent two men to this
.city with proxies, one of which was
exercised by Jack Kieruan, formerly
PHILADELPHIA, pen, 25.—-The Atficonnected with the Manchester club.
here yesterday at a meeting of club ing in a partner a little bit. By the
on ners from cities in Pennsylvania terms of the agreement, said to have
and New Jet‘s?!- Representatives of been reached at the Boston meeting
sis. clubs. Easton. Lancaster. Potts- last December, of “591,311 men inter-
Perth Amboy. N. J" qualified for mom w m“, cm of the Manchester club.
bership in the new league. and it "S‘which lost out in the proposed new
announced that the two other cities league. m other words. he w“ ex4
V " ”9’3“” '0 “'9 “““tflLMT’ peeled to take in psi-tum and these
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_ \e‘gle Rum" a Philadelphia F. Smith, a wealthy business man of
“HEM," man. was elected midm New Bedford who were intere ted i
and secretary-treasurer. and a tenta- th Ma h to f n hiael s n
tire playing schedule correlating of e no es r n c ast season.
DES MOIN-ES. In. Feb. 25,—Jean
nanny. Omaha incl-isms. is author-
liorfi on both Frank Gotch and Sitecher
for a match. provided Gotch is sure he
can comeback. and that the boat is
likely to be staged in Omaha on Labor
1 So confident is Melady that he willI WHAT I! -
ocean them that he has option in *u‘tllrourm mars.
oaths rah-Ground-iamahaloru-tan give “two-rings
borSInyodexpectatoenctanarenn who to
.it'hllo several of the rules may)- Juhfifwflp 1.3 to it.“
stand the 1'11!!! ‘1'. Ill. Mt that haw
actually touched behind the goal liné.. ’ c . “-5.- “‘ “
line, notwithatanding the decisions of
n 1y to be a opted. nip“
would rob the game of a go‘od’bit arm Em"?! 'Ahddcihti’on:
ing by players on defense who ignore
offense is considered by many
iin Springfield, but to make sure he
Iantic baseball league was organized‘ Roach doesn't like the idea of tak‘
vifle. Reading. Pa.. Paterson and rated in g rnerger league, Regen was
or meeting in the near future. ;.men were Inch Kiernan and 1m”
1w; games was adopted.
lty for the statement that he has op-
Day. of'th'e Eastern Leonora.
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