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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1913)
THE SUXDAT OREGOXIANV PORTLAND, DECEMBER 21. 1913. DOUBLE HEADER IS OK CHRISTMAS BILL Two Football Games Will Be Playsd on Multnomah Field Thursday. CLUB TO MEET ST. JAMES' I'calure Gridiron Event Will Test Winged "M" Squad, Is Belief. Frank E. Watklns' Team to Clash With Arlcta Eleven. Christina day footba.ll followers In Portland again will bo treated to a double-header. Manager Stott, of the .Multnomah Club football team, an nounced yesterday that the Frank E. Watklns. champions of the Archer Wiggins League, would play the Ar Inta team a preliminary match to the big game between the Multnomah sen iors and the St. James Club Ali-Stars, from Vancouver. Both lineups are still In the mak ing Vancouver's because of the fact that all of the town's college heroes nave not as yet returned from the schools and Multnomah's because Man ager Stott Is holding back until he sees Just what Vancouver will put In the field against him. Vancouver will have two stars in J lap Miller, left half of Coble's cham pionship machine, anil "Tubby" Xlles. Whitman College fullback. This will be the first Portland appearance of the great Whitman all-star. These two aro enough to put fear In the heart of the Multnomah team, and. to say the least, the Winged "M ' will have to exert Itself to keep the Vancouver clubmen from spoiling Its clean slate. Roan' Lou Is Kret. Multnomah waded through a heavy schedule and was victorious. Much of this had to be attributed to the work of Quarterback Peter Rodes. for mer Annapolis star; Hlckson at end and O'Kourke on the line. The absence of Kodes left the club in somewhat of a quandary. Manager Stott has tried to remedy the situa tion by putting Rupert and Patterson behind the line to handle the pivot. They will be alternated at the post Rupert played the season at guard and was a terror at the post. He had some experience at quarter In years past when playing on the Albany Col lege tram, but for the past two sea sons he has done nothing as a back, lied man. lie was put In ns a chance and shiwed more speed and snap than was usually credited him. Stott is sure that he has uncovered a find in the big red-topped lieman. Tatterson is the other man for the post. Patterson's football experience began and ended with his all-star days on the Lincoln High School elevens. He was one of the biggest luminaries of the days he -went through school and has gained weight and strength without expense to his speed. Manager (ttott expects him to take care of the post in good shape. Other Places laehanged. - The rest or the team Is about the same us that which played through the regular schedule! The F. E. Watkins team will have a toush aggregation to meet in ths pre liminary game. The Arleta eleven is composed of all the stars of the teams which the Watklns aggregation de feated in the regular schedule of the football league of which it won the title. The general admission fee to the game will be 75 cents, while $1 will secure a seat In the grandstand. The lineup will probably be: Multnomah. St. James. Ptri-b! 1. T. R Cook philbrook L.TR Thompson Vfii It I It A. Wellman rlon. Cherry C McDonald Rotters RO k Laipple J!ll;. RTL Hertel !oKa .'RE L,... Donaldson 'attrraon. Rupert . .U B ... . McCarthy Francis Lit K Lackoff Cunvlli K II Mies Kfck Rill. "Kap" Miller or'lcta.s R.jM-oe iawcett. ref-ree; Dudley Clarke, umpire, and Lieutenant Schneider, had linesman. Major League Notes President Herrmann, cf Cincinnati, has received a cheering letter from outfielder Kd Kippert, drafted from t'.e Vancouver Club by the Keds. "1 am not a Ty Cobb or a Speaker," writes Kippert. "but if I get away to a good start it is going to be hard to keep me on the bench. I will certain ly do my best to make good." In send ing contracts to IS young Reds. Presi dent Herrmann gave each man an in crease of 25 per cent over the salary they drew last season. One who is in Manager McGraw's confidence says: "There is no chance of Fred tfnodgrass being released or used In a trade, as John J. thinks he Is one f the best gardeners and base rur.ner in the business." The Cincinnati Club .has turned pitcher Frank Harrington back to tt-.e Lynn Club of the New England Ler.gue. Charles H. Kbbets. Sr.. is president of the Itrcoklyn National Club, and Charles 11. Kbbets.. Jr.. is president of the Newark international Club, a rec ord for pater et f!lii:s activity In the great game of baseball. - . Manager Griffith, of Washington, Is said to be trying to secure outfielder Mike Mitchell from the Pittsburg Club. ... The Memphis Cluh, of the Southern league, has entered claim for out f. elder Smith, a premising youngster sit-ned by Manager Griffith, of Wash ington. Manager Griffith claims that y-oung Smith was a free agent when he nunc J him. Manager Finn, of Memphis, claims that the Memphis 11 ib purchased Smith last season from the Adrian Club, of the South Michi gan League, and that the records of Secretary Farrell, of the National Association, will sustain this claim. The New York Club has only one year left to p!ay on the Polo Grounds. Ground has not yet been broken for their new rark at Kingsbrldge. ... George Mullln. who once upon a time worried the Mackmen not a little, has permanently retired from basebalU He is holding down a political Job in De troit, where t-e pen Is mightier than the cork-cored ball. Pitcher Joe Flnneran. who had a brief trial with the Pht!s, has been sold by President Baker to the Birm ingham Club, of the Southern League. CoL Hedges, of the Browns, who has been hunting In Texas, reports extra ordinary success In the way of bag ging game not players. He Is like wise sure that his new manager. Branch Rickey, will win & Ifenmtnt some day after bis Browns have trained at St. Petersburg no. Florida, not Russia, though some folks think the Browns would do as well In the latter location. Mike Donlin Is down to weight, and if he makes good on the present trip of the Giants, will probably be retained by McGraw for next season. . Rube Marquard, who Is appearing with Mrs. Marquard (Blossom Seeley) In Vaudeville, takes a sly dig at the continued practice of deceiving the public by the use of ball players" names signed to newspaper stories. In their sketch Rube Inquires of the missus: "Did you read my stories of the World's series this Fall?" Her answer is: "No; did you?" Manager Griffith. of Washington, admires Gov. Tener. but Is, neverthe less, a stanch champion of Thomas J. Lynch as an exponent of the squaie deal. It Is estimated that 1212 batsmen faced Walter Johnson last year, none of whom particularly enjoyed it. The New York "World" rather point edly remarks: "Connie Mack's press FOOTBALL CAPTAINS FOR !iXT SEASON. COU.EC5E. CAPTAIN. POSITION. Alabama Pol:H. V. Roblnsolef t end Alma Paul H. AusttiEnd. nnapolla H. E.OveresctiLtt tackle. Bates IS. M. Moore. .Left guard. Bo. oil Don Tracy... quarterback. Powdoln H. A. Lewis. ..Left tackle. Bradley Poly Don Strauck. .End. Brou n 8. K. Mitchell Center. Bucknell Earl Topnam. Fullback. Carlrton i. Welshons. .Right guard. Carlisle E. K. Bush... Rlsht guard. Colby P. F. Fraser. . Halfback. Colgate W. H. Swarth'Kullback. Dartmouth. . .1. A. WhltneyHalfback. D Pauw. ... Qord. Thomas Halfback. Gettysburg G. Schaffer. ..Halfback. Haverford I. Carey Quarterback. Mobart K. C FergasoiFullback. Holy Cross.. ."V. J. Mullen. .Quarterback. Indiana M. Br.-hs.rt. ..Halfback. Iowa K. Diamond. .Quarterback. Lafavette H. A. CrlchtorFullback. 'ehli-h Frank J. Gard Breakaway. Leland Stanfoli. Spencer. .. End. Louisiana G. D. Mallcaa.Quarterback. MasachusettG. E. Julian. . Halfback.. Michigan Ag.B. B. Huntley .Quarterback. New York... W. HljrhlowerQuarterbackv Northwestern W. C. Tobln. . Halfback. Oregon AgalaiBen RobertsoiHslfback Penn. Stale. . if. H. Buckle. .End Phillips-And. E. L. Casey. . .Halfback Phillips-Ex... H. R. Ballln.. Tackle. Princeton.... J. P. Roohey. Tackle Rutgsrs Leo Dick Halfback Swarthtnor. .BenJ. Cllne. . .Fullback Syracuse J. V. Shufelt. .Center Trinity O. t. Howell. Tackle Tufts O. W. Angell. Fullback Union ..D. Starbuck.. Left end U. Chicago. . . P. Des JardlerCenter V Georgia... Dave PaddocsQuarterback L". Idaho Buck PhllllpsTacklo U. Illinois.. ..K. Chapman.. Tackle U. Maine D. S. Baker. . .Center V. Michigan. .J. YV.Raynsfor I,eft end U Minnesota. B. Rosenthal. Right guard V. Nebraska. .Max Tenia. . .Quarterback U. Oregon. ...John Parsons. Halfback U. Penn L A. Young. . End U. Pittsburg. .Wavne Smith Right guard C Wisconsin. R. Keeler Guard t'rsinus R. Mltterllng. Halfback Washington S Emery AlvordTackle Wash-Jeff... D. CruikshansEnd Wesleyan Dan C. Kenan Tacklo West Point... V. E. PrlchartQuarterback Williams P. M. Payson. Fullback Yale N. S. Talbot .. Tackle agent has gone into ecstacles because Pen Shtbe parted with J1100 for a World's Championship pole. Frank Farrell or Edward Everett Bell would be willing to cough up ten times the sum on behalf of the Yankees." m m "There Is no such thing as a batting eye." says Ty Cobb, who always likes to kid the pitcbers. e "The only good Indian Is a dead one." said General Sheridan. Exactly. Before the 1913 World's Series every body said Bender was a dead one and he looked like quite a good Indian dur ing the merry matinees! The St. Louis Browns led the Ameri can League in something. They made 124 double plays. But for this profi ciency in cutting off runs, the Browns never would have given the New Yorks such a battle for last place. Jake Daubert, Just returned from Cuba, says that the best outfielder down there Is Baldometro Acosta, the 17-year-old Cuban outfielder of the Washington team, who is now play ing right field for the Havana Reds. KERX WHITEWASHES KIVAIS Wood mere Soccer Team Goes Down to 4-to-0 Defeat. In one o fthe best played games in the Portland Grammar School Soccer Football League the Kern Grammar School soccer team whitewashed the Woodmere team. 4 to 0. on the Penin sula Park grounds Friday. Kern Is the champion of section three, while Woodmere is leading section four. Yesterday's game was one of a series for the championship of the Grammar School League and the next game will be played next Tuesday. Thursday Portsmouth and Rose City Park played . n-AiA.- tu ,nrl next Tuesday Kern meets Rose City and Woodmere tackles Portsmouth. m --.1 Vttithlnann were the bis stars for the winners, each kicking two . .. . . i 1. 1.1. n r goals, wnne ocott, iiaiuuciiui - t n f o n.i-iv. f .it- the losers in Fri day's contests. P. Chappell Brown, the father or soccer in uicbwu, i" ciated as referee. Following is tne lineup to the two elevens: ' Kern. H . (0) Woodmere Rlchenbach a P"tt" Franien KB RePP Prtc, LB Hughson Castell R H B Slrager Martin C H li Duncan T.unstone LHB ... Scott Tierner ORE Chamberlain Hutchinson IRE chrlstenson Manary CF Duncan pavta I LF - Cannell Greer O LF Chamberlain LONDON SPORTS CHAGRINED Bombardier Wells' Defeat Carries Moral, Says British Writer. Commenting on the one-round knock out victory of Carpentier over Bom bardier Wells, the London Times says: "It is c;ear taat our boxers must learn Infighting if they are to hold their own with the American champions and such Americanized experts as Carpen tier. The latter has studied the Amer icanized style, which Is the latest mod ern development of the art, and real ized the superiority which it confers over merely physical advantages in the shape of height, weight and reach Wells preferred to stick to the accepted methods of the British school, and con sequently, although a ftne boxer, was tgnominiously beaten, "His case is. in fact, exactly typical of the present position of this coun try In almost all branches of athletics, and until we learn the lesson which is the moral of his defeat we cannot begin to hope to regain oor old pre eminence in fields of sport." Other papers dwell upon the pitiable exhibition by Wells, and speak of the fight as the Waterloo of British box ing and the most inglorious happening In the history of the British ring. Prairie City Downs John Day. PRAIRIE CITY. Or.. Dec 20. (Spe cial.) In a post-season football game the local high school eleven downed the John Day High School squad. 6 to 0. The home team was outweighed 15 pounds to the man and as a result of the victory the Prairie City aggre gation asserts title to the 191S football championship of the John Day Valley. TWO STARS WHO WILL OPPOSE V 4 .V'v 11-LCTi3'3wrr;, v ; - V- iTJt sr-1 'ft - r ' " i 4- ... U w - (Photo by Freda Shegren.) CIT SHOWS MlLTXOM4.il FIEI.D IX WASHIXGTOX-OREGOX GAME. LEFT IXSERT IS CAPTAIN WAL TER KECK OF THK MILTXOM AH ELEVEN, AXD RIGHT IJiSBRT IS "HAP" MILLER, UNIVERSITY OK WASH1JXGTOX STAR WHO WILL' APPEAR IN ST, JAMES SUIT. GUN TOURNEY ASKED Portland Club Would Have 1914 Coast Shoot Here. BOARD MEMBERS PLEDGED. San Francl9co and San Diego Both Present Applications at Session of Interstate Association to Hold 1915 Meet. At the recent meeting of the Inter state Association, held in Jersey City, the Portland Qun Club extended a for mal Invitation to hold the 1914 Pacific Coast handicap tournament at the traps In Kenton. No definite answer has been received by J. E. Culllson. president, bit the meet is almost assured, as several of the members of the board have given their consent to boost for Portland. The Pastime Gun Club, of San Diego, requested sanction to hold the Pacific Coast handicap shoot at San Diego in 1915. San Francisco also has made ap plication to hold the tournament, along with the world's trap-shooting tourney. Both applications will come up before the Interstate Association at Its next annual meeting, because the present board of directors has jurisdiction over the 1914 event. The Interstate Association sent out letters to Its more than 7000 members, asking whether any changes are fa vored In the rules governing a tourna ment, but all clubs seem to be satisfied with the rules, which have not been changed since 1909. It is being hinted that a change in policy may be made. At present the Interstate Association gives cash to all clubs holding a regular licensed tonr ney, but hereafter. It Is intimated, tro phies will be given instead. This per tains to state shoots, which will be known as the state amateur champion ship contests. The National professional champion ship events, which have been features of the grand American handicap, will be discontinued. No professional or trade representatives will be permitted to comDete in the main event and not even for "Targets only" in the grand American handicap. Although several thousand club shoots were held this year, only 282 registered affairs were held in the United States, raciflc Coast shooters cut quite a figure In the slaughter of clay pigeons. More than 7000 shooters took part in the of ficial shoots and 4,526,570 targets were broken for an average of 16,057 at each match. Following are the members who make up the tournament committee which will select the time and place to hold the 1914 event: Ted Doremus. of Wil mington, Del.: William B. Stadfeldt, of San Francisco; Harvey McMurchy, of Fulton. N. Y.; James T. Skelly, of Wil mington, DeL: Tom Keller, of New York, and F. B. Clark, of New Haven. COLXEGE MEN' WILL SHOOT Entry List Increased for Intercol legiate Rifle Championship. WASHINGTON. Dec. 20. With an increase of six in the number of teams to participate, the Intercollegiate rifle SEVERAL ASSERT RIGHT r t,- sr-n-'v --V-V iw.':- . .turn. ' .-' i -Si-tiSS ra.. Left to Right. Keellnjc- ' k,' 1 ) "v 1 -4 1 .-.r:. Prfo .errK-.cllffe. Ful.; ,L.nd..l. Half, .- B.raa. E.d. Inserted Portr.it clarify e tnannsoV ff cSw?VmTiia U, Eugene 7. , EACH OTHER IN THE MULTNOMAH CLUE '-ST. JAMES CLUB CH Kl MT" A liAJKLti, AIXJLI UiUiAlIiill oiaumja -V- shooting championship matches this season are to begin in a few weeks. The events this year will -be divided Into three classes, as follows: - Class A Massachusetts Agricultural College, Harvard University, Iowa State University, Massachusetts Institute or Technology, University of Minnesota, University of West Virginia, Princeton University, Michigan Agricultural Col lege, Purdue University. Norwich Uni versity, North Georgia Agricultural College and- University of California. Crass B Cornell University, Univer sity of Wisconsin. United States Naval Academy, Dartmouth College, Columbia University. University of Vermont. Washington State College, Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, University of Maine, Lehigh University, Kansas University, Louisiana State Uni versity. Class C Clemson Agricultural Col lege. University of Missouri, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, University of Illinois, Oregon Agricultural College, Notre Dame University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Arizona, Pennsylvania State College, Kansas State Agricultural College. TURKEY SHOOT IS TODAY GUN CLUB TO HOLD CONTEST AT KEXTOX- TRAPS." All to Have Eiual Chance Doe to Class - Iflcatlon of Contestants and No Entrance Fee Demanded. A merchandise shoot has been ar ranged as a special attraction of the Portland Gun, Club at Kenton traps today. Turkey will be the ' principal prizes. Shooters from all about Port land will be out. The Portland sys tem of shooting will be used. As no entrance fee will be charged, a large delegation of shooters is expected. Every shooter will have an equal chance, as the contestants will be placed In various classes determined by their ability. As yet no other mer chandise or turkey shoot has been planned before Christmas, and whether another affair will be held then or not, will be determined after the contest today. L. H. Reid. of Seattle, holder of the highest average on the Pacific Coast, made in a regular tournament. Is in Portland visiting his nephew, Joseph A. Addleman, and will be at the shoot, ivf - TJeiH won 'the Dunont tronhv at IvVancouver. B. C, by breaking 180 clay birds, all on tne programme, ne worn through the tournament without miss ing and on the next day at Seattle in creased the total to 214 without miss ing a shot. Gus Peret, of the Peters Cartridge Company, and a member of the local gun club, will leave this morning to give an exhibition at the Salem "tur key shoot" today. Mrs. Peret also will make the trip. The Troutdale Gun Club is arranging for a big "turkey shoot" to be held on the club grounds Tuesday. Decem ber 23. Several local shooters will take part. Gun Club to Hold Shoot. The Portland Gun Club will hold a big shoot at its Kenton traps today. Fifty prizes. Including merchandise and turkeys, will be given away. No entrance fee Is required and the vari ous shooters will be separated into classes, giving every one an equal chance. The shoot Is open to the public. TO HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP OF OREGON. i-- j j, j rs Sib r:. to .9" ' "S i!, .. . la-- SALEM HIGH SCHOOL TEAM. Esd! Waan. Tacklel Mercer, Gnard; Turner, Center; Low. Centers Wilson. RM.'.M. K.d. St.nulna BulL Manageri a..u-u isLf SS"ri FEW DUCKS BAGGED Hunters Have One of Lightest Seasons in MemoFy. FAVORITE RESERVES FAIL Fine Preserves Along Columbia, Which Were Prolific Year Ago, Fail to Disclose Birds This FallMild Weather Blamed. Although the official closing of the duck season In Oregon is still a month off. Portland hunters are about ready to oil their guns and put them on the shelf after a Jail of the lightest use most of them ever had. Most of the hunters have coursed about from nook to nook sampling all of the favorite resorts of the game getters. Some of them were good but In many places where the gunning was excellent a year ago, this year failed to disclose a single bird. Such was the case of the finest pre serves along the Columbia. The best hunter was the "man who went down to the tidal flats on the Lower Co lumbia. Five miles on either side of Astoria the hunting was farly good all through the Fall. The shore bird season closed on December 15, but there were no wails heard for the gunners saw so little of the black-breasted and golden plover, jacksnipe and greater and lesser yellow-legs that they were .entirely un aware of the fact that the season was ever on. The lack of game was attributed to the fact that the Fall has been a very mild one with few storms severe enough to bring the birds in. JEWISH BOYS TO PLAY SOOX Death in Members' Families Halts Schedule for Short Time: Owing to the deaths of Mrs. Gold stone and Mrs. Weinstein, the Jewish Boys" Athletic Club basketball team will not play any games until after the first of the year, but then they will go for the Northwest championship as well as the city championship. The manager of the J. B. A. C. says he has' been charged with being afraid to play some teams, because they are too hard to beat. This is not the truth, he says, as the J. B.' A. C. team will play any team that is close to their weight. i After the first of the year the Jew ish Boys desire to play two games a week, one on their floor on Wednesday and the other on any other day with the exception of Saturday. Any team that weighs about 140 pounds can get a game with the J. B. A. C. by writing to Hyman Schwartz, care of the Franklin Hotel, or calling between 11 and 12 noon. They would like to hear from the Lincoln High, Montavilla, Sellwood Y. M. C. A., Jefferson High, Y. M. C. A. Spartans and the Coast Ar tillery. The Dalles High School Boys Win. THE DALLES, Or., Dec. 19. (Spe cial.) Local High School students V fi .rjUi. 1 W-.;nsni Relnhart, Hair, Groaveaor. Uttsr- - . M. Brinck. Co-ck. trounced members of the faculty yes terday In basketball, winning by a score of 46 to 12. lck of practice proved too big a handicap for the teachers to- overcome. City Superin tendent Henderson. Principal Young and Professors Gronewald, Lester, Mc Cauley and Onthrup represented the faculty. YOMJEY BALD SCH EnrXJE ENDS Harza's and Henkle's Teams Win in ' Y.: M. C. A. .Tournament. With teams headed by L. F. Harza and J.C, Henkle winning in the two divisions, the noon business men's classes of the Toung Men's Christian Association have ended their volley ball tournament. Harza's team was victorious in the Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday class, while Henkle's team won In the Monday, Wednesday and Friday division. So successful was the - tournament that the classes have voted to organ ize a new. league Immediately, elect ing new captains and dividing into new teams. The classes have formed a permanent organization. The Mon day division has elected H. C Thomp son president and F. S. Shull secretary and treasurer. F. H. Fleming has been elected president, and H. D. Bullock secretary and treasurer of the Tuesday squad. "i.nitbsi nimurn ni Apr il ICHI.1 DnUWD ULHOO BASKETBALL FAN'S FAIL TO SHARK : PESSIMISM OF BEZDEK. " ' First Real Test of Oregon's Metal to Be in Christmas Contest With Squad at Sllverton. , UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Kugene, Dec" 20. (Special.) Coach Bezdek's basketball squad of 30-odd players took an adjournment for two weeks after practice last night. They will report after ' the holidays for a month of strenuous preparation for the hardest schedule ever outlined, for an Oregon team. Bezdek is only mildly contented with the showing made by his pupils thus far. "I can't make any predictions," said the ex-Chicago athlete today, using his stock statement of the re cent football season. Although Bezdek has not been able to discern any cause for exultation in the outlay, the fans who hang" over the gallery railing detect class In the work of some of the new men. The re cent inter-class - and lnter-fraternity games have furnished even a better criterion than the nightly altercations between the first and second teams. Bryant, the speedy football recruit; H. Sims, a brother of the Oregon basket hall captain of last year; Davis and Wheeler, of last season's freshman team, and Kirk, an experienced man from Salem, are among the likely play ers who hitherto have hidden their light under a bushel. The unprecedented victory of the freshmen in the inter-class series, in which the neophytes won the cham pionship and humbled the three other classes, shows that varsity reinforce ments may be expected from the first- year ranks. The , team consists of- Bigbee and Furney, forwards; nuaiey, center, and Huntington and Walcott, guards. ' The Oregon team will have its first trial against an outside aggregation when it meets the Sllverton five Christ mas night. The finals in the Inter-Fraternity League remain to be decided. Sigma Nu, the Avava Club and the Oregon Club are the three survivors of the elimination series. The home-stretch struggle will be staged immediately after the end of the holiday vacation. Genesee Beats Indian Team. GENESEE, Idaho, Dec. 20. (Spe cial.) The . Genesee High School bas ketball team defeated the Fort Lap wal Indian team here last night by a score of 51 to 23. Clyde Meyers, of Genesee, played the star game and did some pretty basket throwing. North Bend Defeats Marshfield. MARSHFIELD, Or., Dec. 20. (Spe cial.) The North Bend Hish School basketball team defeated the Marsh field five In a score of 22 to 20. The county championship games will start next week. Junction Ili-rh Wins. JUNCTION CITY, Or.. Dec. 20. (Special.) The Junction High School team defeated the Goshen basketball team by the score of 50 to 6 last night. R. E. Jackson was umpire, G. Moore referee. Very few fouls were made. Newsboys Want Games. The Newsboys' basketball team would like to hear from some fast 100 and 120 pound teams. Write to M. Lewis, Newsboys' Home, First and Hall streets. GAME HAS AFTERMATH "COMMERCIALISM" IS. CHARGE AGAIXST ARMY-NAVY. Suggestion Is Offered That Contest Should Be Staged Alternately at West Point and Annapolis. BOSTON, Mass., Dec. 20. (Special.) There is much difference of opinion in the aftermath pf the Army-Navy con test not as regards the brand of foot ball so much as the staging of the con test in New York and the immense crowd of spectators that bruited the sentiment of the affair. As usual there are two sides to the question. Those who cannot see that any harm was done by turning thecontest into a sporting event instead of a contest between rep resentatives of the two protective branches of the Government, ask what can be expected when Congress does not take enough Interest in service ath letics to appropriate money for building of stadiums at West Point and Annapo lis. On the other side, it Is advanced that if the games were played alter nately at the two academies it could be arranged to have accommodations for the military dignitaries to attend and preserve the "Army and Navy forever" spirit. Some are inclined to tavor tne return of the annual contest to the social cir cle of the service. The public can do verv little without a chance to see tne contest, and, in fact, wouldn't care to see the game If it was necessary to travel to Annapolis or West Point to attend. There are too many other big SDorting events at home. With the Navy strenuously objecting to the game being played again In IJew lore, n would be pleasing to hear that it had been decided to return to the alternate playing at the two academies. The games were started in 1890, when the first was played at West Point. The following year it was played at An napolis, and the scene was then shifted back to West Point During the fol lowing seven years but two games were played, and when the series was taken up again the contest was played on Franklin field, Philadelphia. Since then it has been shifted about between Princeton, Philadelphia and New York. It will be interesting to see what set tlement Is made to keep down the rumor of commercializing the service game and at the same time keep up Interest in the contest- RULES MAY CHANGE Trotting Association Offers Proposed Amendment. NORTHWEST FAVORS PLAN Alterations Not as Comprehensive as ' Expected More Thorough Re vision Not Possible Until State Laws Change. Changes in the National trotting rules, which the Board of Review se lected for the rules committee of the National Trotting Association to con sider at its meeting in Chicago on De cember 16, will find many supporters in the Northwest, according to opinions gathered by the Pacific Horse Review. Although the proposed changes are not as comprehensive r.or as general as some expected, a more thorough revl- . slon of the rules could not be accom plished until some of the state laws have undergone a change One of the movements tends towards abolishment of the record system of handicapping. Northwestern horsemen favor this change. Another move is to give the Judge and the association the right to reverse a decision in the event a mistake has been found, without the necessity of waiting until such time as the Board of Review and Appeals has acted. On this horsemen have little to say. The rule changes as proposed are as follows: ttule 3, section 1, amended by adding the following; sections: Section 4. A horse with a record shall 6 allowed one second for each year In which he fails to ejual or reduce his record, or win a race If same Is claimed by the nomin ator when makinu the entry. Section 5. A hori"? with a record made on a mile track shall be allowed three seconds when entering; on a half mile track, provided the class to which he would be eligible under this allowance is not slower than his record on a naif mile track. Section 6. Horses that do not wear hop ples shall be allowed three seconds In ad dition to the allowances in Sections 4 and fi of this rule, If they are entitled to same. Rule 9, amended by adding the following sections: Section 4. An installment plan purse is a race for a specified amount to which the nominations and payments, all of which are forfeits, aro made on a specified date or dates. Section 5. A purse or class race Is an event to which all of the cntlrles are. made on tho same date and to which but one pay ment or entrance fee is required unless oth erwise stated In the published conditions. Rule 18, Section 1. Amended by striking out the words "and the entrance money re minded" In the 12th and 13th lines, and In serting the words "When a purse or class race is declared off under this rule, the entrance money shall be returned to the nominators. When an Installment plan purse is declared off under this rule, the entrance money and forfeits shall be divided between the nominators who made the final pay ment," by striking out the words "for a class event" In the 14th line and Inserting "that closed the same year In which it Is to be contested" in place thereof. Rule 27, Section 5. Amended by Inserting the sentence "Loafing part of the way shall be considered laying up." Rule 40. Amended by adding the follow ing sections: Section 4. Only the winner of a race shall acquire a record or bar to eligibility in a heat race. Time made by other heat win ners shall constitute a breeder's record. Section 5. When a series of races are given for one entrance fee and a portion- of the purse is given for each heat or race, the winner of each heat or race shall acquire a record, or bar. Rule 49. Amended by adding the follow ing section: Section t. AH firt collertert frnTn drivers shall be deposited In a special fund for the benefit of disabled or needy drivers. Pay ments from same shall be made by order of the board ot review, but In an emergency the president has the power to act, subject to Its approval. Rule 61. Amended by adding the follow- Ing section: Sectitin li. Any limited suspension Imposed by Judges can be removed or modified by the president upon the recommendation of the judges and member on whose grounds the penalty was imposed. STRENGTH RECORD SOUGHT Pennsylvania lrcli:nan Makes 1700 Kilograms in Tests. PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 20. Kenneth C. Withrow, a freshman at the Univer sity of Pennsylvania, made a total of 1700 kilograms in the strength test to day in an attempt to break the record of 1774 kilograms held by Michael Dor zias. He bettered the figures of Dor zias In the mr test, the arm pull, the arm push, tl.e pua.-i with both arms free and the grip with both hands, but fell behind in the leg and back lifts. 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