The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-15
SPORTING NOTES.

In an article in London (England)
paper. .R.C.Lehman. Harvards new row.
Ing coach. gives his impressions of foot
ball as follows: Foot ball cannot be
gentle game. and a milksop has no
part In 1t. either in England or Amer
lea. But the game l saw, though vio-
lent and rough, was never brutal. In
deed. / cannot hope to see a finer ex.
hibition of courage. strength and man
ly endurance without IA trace OF nean-
ness than was shown by these teams.
American foot ball Is not SO much
game In our ugh-and-ready sense of
the word, as II Is the development of
a series Of intricate tactical evolutions.
Players go through a course of train
Ing which no English amateur ever had
any experience Of"
According to stories heard at New
Haven. Conn.,, Yale and Harvard are
now involved in a correspondence. the
purpose Of which Is to arrange the de-
tails Of athletic contests between the
teams representing the two UNIVERSE
ties. 1t Is said there is hitch In the
proceedings. The trouble. II there IL
any, Is thought to exist in the matter
Of a boat race. Yale wishes to row
Harvard alone. but Harvard cannot
agree to this because she Is bound by
an agreement with Cornell. An effort,
II Is said. Is being made to have Yale
enter triangular race.
received q challenge from Paul Il.
Gowcher. of Ohio. If the challenge Is
genuine Donoghue says that he will
meet the Ohio man.
The negro. bicycle riders of the Unit
ed States are to make another effort to
induce the League of American Wheel
men to withdraw the color line which
now governs membership in the organ
ization. The matter Will be brought
up once more at the national assembly
of the league in February. The lead
ing colored cyclists Of the country will
be delegated to attend the assembly
and demand to be placed on an equal
footing with white cyclists. Several
prominent attorneys have heen en-
gagged, and should the assembly decline
to amend the constitution Of the league
to admit colored riders, the legality OF
Its action will be tested In court. This
color line question caused quite lively
discussion in the national assembly of
the League Of American Wheelmen
held in Philadelphia some four years
ago. At that time the southern con-
tingent Of the league threatened to re-
sign in a body If the negroes were ad-
mitted to membership. and as a conse-
Quence the line was maintained.
Some Of the ministers of st. Louis
have declared war against the South
Side race track and declare they will
not stop until it is closed. At the La
fayette Park Methodist church Sunday
the Rev. s. H. Werlein preached SER
mon on gambling and its dire effects
on the moral community. He paid par
ticular attention to the race course evil
and took the South Side track as an IL
lustration Of the harm that It has done.
He said. in part: within three blocks
Of this church an iniquity has been in
existence for number of weeks.
refer to the South Side race course,
which has with great persistency prose-
cuted its nefarious work through all
kinds Of weather. 1t has gone on cor
rupting the morals of the people. and.
so far as ] know, neither hand nor
voice has been raised against 1t. I
asked tradesman, q resident near
by, why he never came to church. He
replied that his business prevented 1t.
] asked him II he had been to the races.
He hesitated moment and said that
he had been there one afternoon. What
Is the harm of seeing a horse race p
he asked. l answered: You are a
partaker Of other mems sins by lending
your presence to an undertaking which
has nothing but harm in it. And this
much / say to any and all people who
patronize the races. II people refuse
to present themselves at places Of
questionable morality. purveyors of un-
godly sports and amusements will close
their establishments"