» limit} '1
must of World’s Chan-
Stsrts Campaign to
sve aOne-Man Court in
Basebailw ‘
W) H fiance, owner of the
W’! chmion Boston Red Sol.
painted a campaign for a one-man.
iii-a! (immersion in 1’1“" °' “’9:Some Confusion Over the? Wiiam F. Baker
ind of three which now make up
W‘s highest court. Frasee yes-l
idly made known his project, and;
is expected that other club owners
iii favor the scheme below the‘
antes hold their annual meetings’
Is't month. —
The Boston owner believes that a|
,in of national reputation who has
i interest whatever in the game,
louid serve as the arbitrator of all
psi-ball differences The Boston own-
. and the officials of the Chicago Na-
unal Hague Club, started an agita-
on against the commission during
:9 world's series in Men iahl Fail.
t that time ,there was some friction
uiwecn the commission and the
wner oi the champions,‘and this tee]-
'3 has grown more bitter in the
Milne.
Bince the signing of the National
Went several years ago. August
tort-man of Cincinnati, owner of the
pill, has served as chairman of the
smmlsslon at a salary of about 810,
30 a year. The president of both
laior leagues also serve on the com"
lission. The. other salaried position
*1 the board is that of secretary.
eld by John E. Bruce of Cincinnati.
The commission has always given
’10 National League two votes and
he American League only one and
his situation has been the cause of
Imost continual controversy. Presl-
s‘nt Frasee of the Boston olull advo-
Ittes an official to serve as a commis-
lon whose ve icts would be entirely
mpartial. TM is only one of the
any inovations which are being con»
smplated in the executive and of the
nine and with the openlng of the
won of 1919 practically assured by
it‘s ending of the war, it is likely
hat there will be more than one
halts-up in the executive ranks of the
port at the annual sessions early in
December,
W
BOXERS TO GO OVERSEAS
tmorican Fighters Ready to Battle
‘ For King’s Trophy,
The tram oi boxers which will rep-
mnt America in the international
nrvice tournament to be. held at Lon-
liln.Englsnd.Dec,11 and 12. will
thortly embark in quest of the trophy
iffered the successful'te'am 5v Kins
leorge. Tito boxers are at present in
tow York alter traveling from Chica-
to. It is expected they will still within
its stock for England The tourna-
fiant‘will be known as the King's Car-
tian, and will bring together reprc~
tentative boxers of the Allied nations.
Mcial governmental sanction has
‘ granted the horrors for the jour-
ity to England. The team has been
: acted from among the foremost box-
in the service. Various ring class-
3 are represented. Willi iiglitweights
pd heavyweights predominating
The party is in charge of Jack hein-
'. a Chicago heaww.eiglit and in-
titles Ritchie Mitchell of Milwaukee,
a1 Delaney of Cleveland. and Billy
clan «it at Paul lightweight: Put
more of Mr mphis hantamwéight;
young Chaney of Baltimore, leather-
oizlit: Denny O’Koct of Chicago.
. uldtllG‘ergili and P. A Anderson,
mateur heavyweight champion of the
» The following trainers are ac.
“inpanying the team: Eddie Kane.
idy Hayes, Morey Bloom and Abe
11m ‘
lTTON AND BARTFIELD
TO BOX IN NEW HAVEN
One fighter who deserves much
. redit for raising funds for the Red
Cross, Salvation ‘Army United Wnr
t‘ imp Community fund and other
charitable lnstltutiosss is Jack Britton
of Chicago Although he is near the
35'. year mark Brilton says he is Vii-l
‘ ing to meet any welterweight tor the
Wed Cross r ,
Although he has taken out in thréo
‘thles in the. last two weeks air the
lied War Worlt fund, out of which
xcdlild lime added about $5 000 to
‘hnkroll, Jack will journey to New
9 take part in another six-
staged in that city tonight.
Wtusedtoiight—toa‘de-
. most likely Soldier Bart-
.3,
NEW Milli“ ‘
’Irish-Americsn-A. 0. and an Olympic
: champion. could not compete at the
'Twenty~second Regiment Armory 8st.
Milli iPi’il FUR
RE "dill
Amendment Adopted by}
A. A. 11.7%“
tion Tabled by
Athlete Did Not Present
it iniReguiation Form
went into the amateur
tabled by the officials of the A. A. U.
at theil annual convention in Phila
delphia Monday night.
Ethos, one time national junior out-
door champion in the standing high
jump, wss deprived of his amateur
standing several years ago on the
charge. that he sold medsls and lew-
eir). Furthermore. it was claimede
that he gained this position through
his prominence as a jumper.
At the meeting Monday the luoguld:
of the A. A. U. wele quite willing. it
was said. to approve Emca' sppilcs- l
tion but could not do so because it
was not presented in regulation form.
In lieu of the reinstatement blank:
Euros sent a letter to file the neces .‘
sary atlldavit stating that he had re.
tired from the jewelry business. ‘
Confusion Over Rule. 3
There is some confusion over the ;
amendment adopted at the meeting in
regard to amateurs serving as athlet-
ic directors in the. canlomuents in this
country and in France. Under the
old ruling these men became profes
isionnls as soon as they accepted their
new positions. The amendment.
which was proposed by Herman 0b-
ertubasslng gave. them back their tun.
ateur rail 5.
it was first thought that these men
would not have to apply [or reinstate-
ment. But now matters assume a dif-
ferent aspect. it was stated by local
A. A. U. otllcisls yesterday that Jack
Eller, the famous timber-topper of tho
urday night until he died an applica-
tion for reinstatement.
Eller went to . Franco several
months ago for the Y. M. 0. A. He
did wonderful work for our boys over
there. and when it was announced
that a set of games would be. held at
the 'l‘wentysecond Regiment Armory
(or the United War Work Campaign
Eller declared that he would start
training for the hurdle event.
Then the veteran at late discovered
that he had lost his a ateur standing
for helping our boys. Now. it he
wants to compete, he will have to ap-
ply tor reinstatement through the leg-
islstion committee at the Metropolis
Association of the A. A. U.
FORDHAM IN STIFF SCRIMMAGE
Maroon Holds Its Own Against Fort
Slocum Soldiers.
The Fordham and For! Slocum loot-
ball—teams held a half hour's scrim
hinge on Fordham Field yesterday.
FortSlocum was the heaviest team
seen on ‘Fordham Field this year. .lt
outweighed the Maroon By at least
twenty dive pounds to the man
During the «first fifteen minutes of
play the light Fordharn youngsters
had the better of the fray. the work of
Frisch. Maliony and Garry being es— l
'pecially brilliant. It was Mahonsy‘s
first appearance in scrimmage since
he was hurt in the game with Boston
College last Saturday Frisch got
away for several long gains. including
one sensational run of fifty yards
through the entire Fort Slocum I
eleven. :
However, Coach Slsklnd did not v
.care to take any chances of having
Frisch knocked out and took the Ma‘
roon star out or the lineup after the
first ten minutes. Most of the other
(Fordham substitutes gradually were
inserted into the Maroon lineup, and
toward thetsnd: of play Slocum scored l
savored touchdowns as a result or sued
coastal, forward passes and end runs:
Wm
. . “SOUR FOE THE ALLIEG.
Dutch ships _
Americ north
‘ .
ionisation
__lBlENil luv-mum
’l‘isn Last Year
“The baseball leagues will resume
said Presi-
ldent William E Baker of the Phlla
it developed yesterday that the ap- dolphin National League club this
’plication of Edward L. Emes of, the
Bronx Church House for reinstate- to be any valid reason why the his
ranks, l’fl league should not get back into so-
operations next spring."
week.
tion,
"in fact there does not new
i mat malority of soldiers {in this side
lot the water will have been demobil.
ised, and possibly a good number oi
those now in Europe will be here. We
should be able to start with as strong
lineups so we did a year no, if not
Sin stronger.
Team Will Be sire-gal
“While some of the hall players in
service reached France the big nas-
1or'ity of them still are in America. Oi
our eight men in service, Whitted. Dil.
”header, MoGafligan and Tincup, still
are at Camp Merritt. As far as we
know only lieut. Rixey. one of our
llrst players to enter service, is on the
other side.
.' “J i
i} «hi to noriisi. :By mm
“A lot of our boys entered ship-i
lysrds after the season closed last in:
"Next Sprins conditions will be PM!!- W D"- ‘M “WY “0 d0!" ”“1 Work, tions on sotlvitlos of college intend. ton American League franchise. but
. om
“Illa reason I feel 'so certain that
W is coming back into its own
is the fresh interest l have noted
initiistsmoin the last week. A fort-
night ago no one thought of talking
Wanditseemdtobessub-
lect that was taboo. But since the
signing of the ”sardine I have been
surprised at the number of men who
have made inquiry as to whether we
would take the field in 1918.
I have no doubt that the public will}
be keen for this return of baseball and
will support it as liberally as hereto-
tore."
1STUlZlENT COLLEGE SPORT
REGTIICWONS REMOVED
“
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.—-—R.ost.l'ic~
training and discipline.
ties at student smy training corps tn-
the- armistice, uhith is eullvulenl lu
stitutious imposed by the committee pesos, has some. since that time and
on education and training corps of the
War Department are removed it? an
now i intend to hang on to tho club.
“1 would sell, of course, if i got the
order annoimoed today. The order do ‘PNCG bill the I’ll” 1058! is consider
rial-es that no restrictions shall be
placed on fraternity elections, initia-
tions and meetings except as are use
salary to preserve proper
PRAISE WON’T QUIT.
Says Ho is Arranging for Spring
Training Trip.
BOSTON, Nov. 21.--Pusident Fra-
Isea of the Red so: has started base
ball nudsusia‘sm for 1919 in this shape.
He says: “Sowml weeks ago I was
thinking seriously of selling the 80'
mill“?! '
ably bigger than it was a few weeks
as) The game will come but. We
a . already planning our sprig:
‘ 'hers training trip and are on the
l .;out for new material. ‘
i . "r positively in (liver oil I one a
l: :in Kaiiunai Commission I“ there
isnoquasuonbut thstononsnouht
lobeabigmsn.amanun§hot
taking care of baseball promo-s and
disputes.
"It is my belief. and I know it is
shared by many big league owners.
that neither league president should
sit on the National (lonrahion. It
, ‘e removed has politics."
A“. W... __ .-...._. ._ .- ._-_...~...._~....
Qfl fact:
. . . and with Navy Officers,
it’s a little over 80%
Sales reports show that throughout
' the U. S. N avy—on battleships, cruisers,
\.
A SdnsibléC'gamlte"
This preference for Fatima in the Navy' is
\ duo not aim. to the pleasing taste, but also
to the bet tin Intinns never “tsih har'lz. "
even it s lush should 9“ch more thus urusi.
destroyers and all other types oi'navai
vessels—over 80% of-ali the cigarettes
sold in Oiiiccrs' Mess are Fatimas.
Among- thc men too, of course, Fatima:
are a big favorite.
l
Norwalk Chronicler