The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-12


The ending of the controversy was
simply another case of when gentle
men get together" The alumni OF the
two universities discussed the mater In
formally. Virginia saw where she was
wrong, and the whole matter has been
practically settled to the satisfaction of
all concerned.
II is said on pretty good authority that
the Pennsylvania football committee
rendered Carl Williams. coach last fall.
the position Of chairman Of the advisory
board, in order that he might reap
little glory for the re-esta bIishment OF
Penn in position OF prominence in
the football world. Very little credit
for tie Quakers' fine showing last fall
went to Williams. For this there were
several reasons. First OF all, he had
associated with him the pick Of former
Pennsylvania stars. who instructed the
players in their respective positions. and
then again, many Of the plays which
We're so successfully used in batteriag
down Harvard's defense were conceived
and taught by George Brooke. an associ-
ate coach.
When newspaper men visited Franklin
field last fall to watch the daily practice
they did not get along at all well with
the complimentary notices which would
naturally be given in view of the success
that attended his efforts were withheld
from him ard went to his subordinates.
Coach Yost, of Michigan, has admitted
that he has given up ali hope of getting
ON n game with any member of the Big
Four in the East, but there seems to
De u strong probability of game be-
ax-<
fail.
Neither Yale nor Harvard is very anxi-
Gus to meet Dartmouth IL II can possibly
get out of it honorably, as 1t is claimed
that the New Hampshire men have been
sending out such strong gridiron teams
in the past few years that they have
gradually worked up from the practice
game class to the pla6S where their
games are considered little less than
championship matches.
II Michigan plays Dartmouth the
Westerners will be bueking up against
d pretty fair sample OF high-class East
ern football, as Dartmouth is thoroughly
representative. and should be able to put
up as fine an article against Yost's
Droteges as any ether eleven in these
parts.
Yost is at present in Boston sounding
Dartmouth Alumni, and the general
feeling is very favorable toward a game.
Plans for the annual tournament of
the American Bowling Congress TO be
held at Milwaukee shortly, are prac-
icaIIy completed, ana there is every in
dication that the affair viii be one of
the most successful in the history of
the organization
There will be 165 hve-nen teams COM
testants up to S25. besides one or more
delegates from every large city in the
Union.
Ten thousand dollars will be divided
among the winning bowlers. according to
theU classification.
According to the estimated list OF
prizes furnished by Secretary Langtry,
there will be s., 500 for the hve-men
teams. of which the first prize will be
$3.50, the second $3.50 and the third $500
The rest of the money is so distributed
that the seventeenth team gets $50 and
the teams that finish from twenty-sec-
oud position to fGrty-fifth position will
each get S25. the lowest prize for FIVE
men teams. The first prize for the two
men teams VIII be $3.50 and So, 900 wiz
be distributed among seventy-three
teams the lowest prize being $40. The
| champion DoWiSE Oh the COUNTY, VIII get
a prize of $500, and So, 500 will be distrib-
uted among $50 men in the individual
event
In speaking of the eligibility question
! which at one time threatened TO cause
| a rupture between Annapolis and West
| Point, the Army claims thar II has not
/ receded from its original position, that
! nothing should bar a cadet except i'll
ness or low scholarship. The report on
| the matter states:
The rules adopted were the result OF
| an arbitration which the association
could not avoid. and in which il was
| obliged to make some concessions. We
firmly believe that at the end of three
years the Navy Athletic Association viii