The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-27
and Yale have been pitted against tn
stronger New England aggregations.

Manager Lewis T. Greaves of the U
land Football team went to Wilmingto
Monday and made an effort to arrange
game with the Warren A. A. eleven fo
Saturday next. Manager Greaves mad
the Warren an offer of $50 to come t
Chester and Upland would give them
return game at the same figures on dat
to be selected by the Warren. The VIII
mingtons declined the offer and refused
to arrange dates. They evidently fea
Upland's superior ability and are afrai'
to go up against team that knows tn
game. Tom News will play with Uplan'
next Saturday. No game has yet beef
arranged for that date, the game will
West Chester having been cancelled
Chester Republican.
In reply to the above article A. W
Selak, manager of the Warren, makes
the following statement. 1t is true thai
Mr.. Greeves, manager of the Uphnl
foot ball team was in Wilmington tt
arrange game with the Warren. 1t is
also true that Mr.. Greaves offered d
guarantee of $50 and return game here
for the same guarantee. The terms are
satisfactory to the Warren, but what
guarantee have they that they will get a
game in return? The Warren is afraid
of no team. The stronger the team is
t he more anxious Mr.. Selak is to get a
game with them. He does not believe
that the Upland manager is acting in
good faith. He insists that the Warren
play the first game in Upland. The
Warren is having the same trouble with
West Chester.
Mr.. Selak makes this proposition and
it applies to both Upland and West
Chester: eve will play at either or both
places provided they give guarantee Of
$500, and put up a forfeit of $500 that
they are acting in good faith and will
give us return game.
ut will not pay us to go to either
place unless they give us return game,
bue we will play if we are assured that
they will come here"
The proposal to do away with the rule
counting two points for q goal from
touchdown has caused a great deal of
public comment. 1t has been claimed
by many that it furnishes means Of
scoring points that shows no skill worthy
of mention, add very often the result of
a game is decided by the kicking Of a
goal when the team that wins by these
means is far the more inferior of the
two. People in favor of the rule claim
that by these means games are very
often decided by kicking the goal when
they are SO very evenly matched, and
that nothing appertaining to the general
play of the game has been neglected,
and again that is part of the game, as
that is where it gets its name. The
writer thinks that there will not be any
change made this year, as goal Kicking is
part of the game and should be re-
tanned, but that goal kicking from a
touchdown should count one point,
which would make five points the result
of touchdown and goal, and place the
two plays on the same basis as goal
from the field.
Andy Selak has gone to Uplands to ar
range 4 foot ball game for next Saturday.
Cycling.
During the season the professionals to
win the most races on the National Cir
cult are as follows: L. c. Bald has won
twenty races, Arthur Gardiner eight,
Nat Butler 7, and Major Taylor (colored)
six.
"Bicycler' said a well-known woman
yesterday, II wouldn't have one for the
world. l am tired of the sound of the
word. You know, l have the incest
colord girl, but she is bicycle mad. She
knows more about tires than a manufac-
turer, and she talks of nothing but !
sprockets and gears. From what she
says she must ride like steam engine,
and if it chances to rain on her Thurs
day out she gives up to the most awful
despair. No, she hasn't wheel yet, but |
saws she will have one soon; so that |
settles the wheel question for me. If she
.ook her Thursday afternoon off on a
wheel and l took my Friday off cycling
people would begin to think that we had
out one machine between u.s.
The Wee Welsh wonder, Jimmy
Michael, will race Eddie McDuftie and
Fred Titus at Chicago's indoor meet to be
leld on November 18th and 18th. Each
ace will be for Il purse of $1,000.
On the Sth of November b. Frank
Mcdaniel, Wilmington's old reliable
cyclist, will take Il try at
Lieutenant Wise's government record be-
ween Washington and New York.
Visc's record is p hours and % minutes,
nd the greater part OF the distance was
lade behind local pace. Mcdaniel is