Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-03-21
SPORTING NOTES.

The senate Of the University of Chicago
has adopted the football rules framed by
the recent conference of thn big nine
colleges at the Chicago Beach Hotel. The
action was unanimous, and although this
is the first school officially to act on the
changes 1t is expected that all of the 9TH
crs will approve them within few weeks
The members of the Penatauuit
Corinthian Yacht Club are spending
$4,000 in enlargng and improving the
clubhouse at Bay shore. This club is
the largest and best on the south shore
of Long Island. and when improve
mentS are made it will be ono of the
most attractive houses lin those waters
An automobile house is tn be built
thcr" will be better bathing faculties
and the house will be able to accommo-
date the members who have crowded
the old house in the last few seasons
The Improvements are to be completed
be fore the opening of the season.
Sale's Varsity football players have DE-
cided to try English Rugby football. \
match has been arranged to be PLAYED in
New Haven next Saturday with the l.
Englishmen WHO have been playing thu.
game in and around New York ever since
last fall. The match will b. played on
Yale field if the weather permits. Yale.
Varsity men have been studying the
game under the direction of Stanley Bow
er. an Englishman. who is member of
the Scientific school. The full makeup ~
the Yale team has not yet been decided
upon. but a partial makeup of the team,
will be as follows: Fuilback Needs T.
quarterbacks. Capt Morse Finn. Roome
Knox: halfbacks. Dimes and Hutchinson,
Serum. Norton, Bower and Stuart. Til.
remaining positions will be filled from
other Varsity players and Varsity subs
The fifth annual match for the Atlantic
trophy is to be played at Scranton March
"a. When Won three times by q player tie
trophy becomes his individual property
In 1902 the trophy was won by IT, H.
Ward and c. S. Street of Boston, in 1877:
and 1904 by c. +. Snow and ID. Multi
fielder of Albany. and in 1905 by P. w.
Smith and A. Fl. Mccoy Of Baltimore
The game is open to member; of the
American Whist League and auxiliary
associations and to all whist players of
recognized standing. The entrance fee is
$40 per pair. total fees to purchase prizes
for the three high pairs-7J. l. and 10 per
cert. The game will he played under the
Howell pair system-trick score-multple
method. The Atlantic Whist Association,
under whose auspices the game is held,
was the originator of the sl0-a-pai game
and, judging from the number of pair,
VINO are attracted to their meetings. and
70 other meetings where the scheme has
been adopted, it is quite a popular game
Some IF the welI-knowu New York
yachts that have changed owners are
sloops Sayonara. Ventura and Nicola,
the Sch"oners Estelle. Kiwassa, Way-
Ward ana Hoosier and the steamers
I'eia""re, Mohawk. Susauehanna,
hampisr and Wanna. Frederick ID.
l.aford purchased the Sayonara from
r'dward ;. Reiss: Charles p. Morrison
tue Ventura. from Edward s. Reiss.
j. Barre King the Nicola. from C;eorr.
NJ. Pynchon: Adrian c. Becker, an,
Louis Meyer the EsteIle. from 7
Callahan: Carlton w. Mason tho III
wassa' from II. A. Rusch; Grafton d.
Dorsey the Maynard. from Ed.
ward ;. Reiss: H. c. Suuires
the Hoosier. from \. ]. Morgan
Percy Chubb the Delaware. from
Frederick 6. Bourne: Harry walliston
the Mohawk. from Oscar Scherer: Car
o'yn F. Stickney the Susquehanna.
from the estate of Joseph Stickney:
Piiny Fisk the Rambler. from Lewis
Cass Ledyard: and j. w. Baker the
Wanna, from Abraham Abraham
Percy Chubb has renamed the Dela-
ware. Diana.