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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-15
many people on the opening

was inspected by many people on the opening
night
At the armory show yesterday. where the stray
odds and ends that Uttered up the opening
being cleared away. it learned that only the
day before arrangement had been made with
well known manufacturer for the immediate con-
struction of several skis that will be used in
the forthcoming attempt of santos-Dumont and
Walter Wellman to conquer the frozen fields of the
Arctic region.
These motor skis will be substituted for the
Esquimau dogs usually employed for hauling the
sledges containing supplies. and in the matter OF
speed the expedition should reach Spitzbergen days
ga[er ' is W Sntfgbereen Thai the aernists viii
take TO the air. while the ski division of the
expedition will continue far practicable. and
The motor skis are to be single wheel rear driven
the wheel 70 have broad face OF some eighteen
and the face OF the wheel is to be studded with
The front wheels will De replaced by the Norwe-
gian ski
owing to the extreme cold, Alcohol freezes at q
degrees below zero AND the ongnseFs and chemists
will be suited TO the climate of The Far North In
asmuch as the airsh;p viii itself be provided with
q motor for navigation the automobile engineers
and those of the arship will cooperate in the quest
be Of the air cooled type and a Connecticut firm
Many automobile meetings will be held this
week An important r one arranged for to-day IS
Automobile Association, at which a complete re-
bit Cup race The board of directors of this body
Will meet tomorrow, and on Wednesday there
will be open meeting for all members who
viii be admitted to the armory upon presentation
Of American Automobile Association tickets at the
door Al this meeting such well known automo-
bilists as President Elliot c. Less. Winthrop r.
Scarritt Judge William H Hotchkiss Judge James
E Dill. a. r. Shattuck r. Lee Morrel and others
will speak upon various phases OF automobiling,
Committee meetings will round out the week.
and It is expected that large number Of out Of
motorists will visit the city because Of the
Importance of the meetings, the interest In the
shows. and the reduced railroad rates. The Ameri-
can Automobile Association now possesses four
strong State divisions. with total OF sixty clubs
scattered throughout the entire country IN add-
ton several thousand individual members The
New-York State Automobile Association. which in
cudes sixteen clubs is the largest Of the four
its board Of directors will meet tomorrow after
noon. preceding meeting OF the national board at
directors
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-15
HOCKEY.

1t is cause eor no regret, and surely cause for
no concern that the executive committee OF the
Amateur Hockey League accepted the resignation
Of the Brooklyn Skating Club promptly last
week II the club could not accept the rulings OF
the league in good part, it is better that 1t should
be out It matters not II it felt aggr1eved- The
members could have played the part OF good
sportsrnen and quickly earned the support OF
hockey followers. which they had been fast losing.
The somewhat childish action OF resigning be-
cause Ire league was working for clean sport was
what could have been expected, in view or recent
developments. The sport Will thrive without the
Brooklyn Skating Club. The league is not the
loser, and the incident Is closed. There is cause
played last week there was less unnecessary rough
stand which the league has taken to punish offend
erE without fear or favor is bearing fruit Hockey
Is more or less Of a rough game. and what is
sometimes thought to be unnecessary roughness
Is often the result OF pure accident 1t is not hard
"a aifferentiate between the two however, and
unfair methods IN checking and tripping will not
be tolerated.
C,oluubIa's crushing defeat at the hands OF Har-
ward on Saturday gives indication that the Cam
bridge seven is again IN line for championship
honors in spite Of fact that II has been hand1-
capped by little ice for practice Columbia
has beaten Princeton, and the Tigers disposed OF
Brown a few days ago. that Harvard has only
Yale to fear, judging on this line. tale has
strong seven. and the fight for the title promises
TO De hard fought.
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mittee is composed Of William A Larned, Dwight
F. Davis Kreigh Collins. Malcolm D. Whitman,
Raymond D. Little, Holcombe Ward ana William
]. Clothier.
From what Mr. Clothier who was a member Of
the American challenging team last year. has said
to several Of the players, those who shape the
affairs of the national governing body in the sport
against sending team That such q
move is directly In opposition to the wishes of the
following of the sport in this country Is evident
wherever lawn tennis is talked of in this city.
Somewhat in opposition to the canvass of the
national association has been the favorable atti-
tude that BeaIs c. Wright, the national champion
and his supporters have taken toward sending
challenge and team to meet the EngIishrnen in
an effort to return the blue ribbon of the lawn
tennis courts to this country. Many Of the ex-
perts believe that a team headed by Wright now
at the pinnacle of his game. would be successful
this year, in view Of the fact that only a. narrow
margin of points actually separated the Americans
from victory last July at Wimbledon.
This element may force matters. as was done at
the annual meeting last February, and cause some
thing like split in the lawn tennis ranks Al
that time Frederick G. Anderson, of the Kings
County Lawn Tennis Club, led the opposition and
carried through the vote in favor of an interna-
tional challenge
Because of the news of the canvass some OF the
leading players in this city are outspoken in dec
larations that the time has arrived when there
should be change in the administration OF lawn
tennis government They believe that officers in
ciined toward more vigorous policy should be
elected and strenuous efforts promise 10 pe mas
toward that end. They believe that with the gen
eral renoyatng of sports lawn tennis Should re-
ceve the attention that it deserves and that the
sport should be fostered and developed along more
progressive lines.
The discussion as to the sending of a challenge
to England has also brought out the fact that the
reason there not more men of the first rank IN
this country is due to the poor Judgment OF the
national association in awarding dates for togrna-
ments In some quarters favortism Is charged, es-
pecially in the matter of invitation meetings which
allow favored group of players to get several
weeks of match competition, while many Of the
who would gladly compete are compelled TO
remain inactive. The New-York State champion
ship was caused to lapse last year because Of an
invitation tournament of this description.
Those who leading in the reform movement
in lawn tennis affairs say that they will endeavor
eliminate all invitation meets from the schedule
this season. The English association does not in
clude of this description its schedule.
Only open tournaments and championships receive
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-15
uYsrERIcAL REFORM.

Ever since H. B. Needham began crusaoe
against the abuses in college athetlcs last spring
,bere has been q constant and at times irritating
discussion anent the subject. Much good mas come
Of It, and more Will follow when the reform wave
IS less historical and more practical As is usual
however when reform is in the air. there are IaiS
who advocate destruction rather than Feforma-
ton or seemingly so. Football has been arraiSned
intercollegiate sports have been denounced ana
manly forms of exercise have been abused curing
the controversy Vice Provost Edgar F. Smith OF
the University Of Pennsylvania. is the last 10
make a vehement and scathing denunciadon OF
college athletics He says:
intercollegiate athletics under the present code
are the cause of suspicion. distinct hyp0GTSy ana
deCeit among the universities represented anu +o
among the participants Athletics have eaKe From SIo
one Who has participated in athletics in college ana
rho has served for seventeen years on me dlIiIet
s %2 board would say that athletics have
too strong a hold.
Perbaps this is so at Pennsylvania. ana II So 1t
&, o,,s. for regret but it must not be forgotten IN
the heat of the present discussion that there Is aiS9
mnoh good in college athletics ana the Lle hs
rivalry engendered Clean sport is wanted: angEe
ali things but It Is hard to see now bF- 0hli'i'
Senunciatfon will aid in securing II
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-15
A1ToMOBILING.

In reAnements Of detail the two big antonoDie
shows in Madison Square Garden ana the O9'n
Regiment Arr1ory have never been equalleo IN any
industrial show In this country The evolution OF
the motor car presents interesting study ana
the OPPORTUNITIES for studying the latest per
fecttons in the art Of motor construction could
hardly, he tnonroyed The automobile has passed
the stage Of recreation and sport Its ooIf1ercId
side has now been accepted. althouSh ~ must be
said that the speed merchants sui IuIliiSh 'ii0
chief attraction. , - ,t.o,, :,
terest perhaps the notable fact brought 1ortn
the shows IS the evidence OF quantity proQAc-
ton While it may be true that prices are 9nout
the same, values certainly have lncrFased r oul-
oylinder cars now are shown for $4,000. and sven
81 200. that two years ago would have listed 1or
at least half much again.
The gasoene car, of course, holds the centre OF
the stage in numbers Of makes and popularity,
though what the steamers lack in variety they
make up in substantially and the possession OF
public approval The electrics are better and more
the perennally threatened intrusion into this field
of other powers. source of satisfaction to the
patriotic contingent is that at last the American
car is considered by many TO be fully abreast Of
its foreign prototypes. The years OF experiment
coupled with American ingenuity and capacity for
achieving the realization Of large plans, is produc
ing cars that are no longer second best, or as
good as, but absolutely unparalleled-priCe and
quality considered together.
That the much talked Of speed of two miles a
minute is quite within the realms of possibility
was shown last week IN the wonderful speed de-
in Florida In three-quarters of mile he travelled
at even faster rate There is probably no better
place IN the world for tests of extreme speed
than the broad hard beach and when the fastest
cars and most daring drivers in the world are
assembled there next week, new worlds records
for all distances can be confidently expected
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-15
WOULD USE RELIANCE.
Nezc-York Yacht Club Not in Far~
of Uniform Rule.

That the New-York Yacht Club intends to stck
to its old policy of declining TO accept chalenss
for the Americas Cup under any other condiuo@
save those that governed the former races seems
evident If the report circulated among us HemUes
is true concerning the final action taken by the
Atlantic Coast Conference al its last meeting hs-
at the clubhouse
The real reason, ii appears, for not sending
Henry A Morss OF the Eastern Yacht CLUB, ana
S,.uyvesant Wainwright, Of the New-1orK 4aea'
Club the two delegates chosen TO represent ul'
Country at the International Congress OF Yacht
Clubs. which meets in London to-day. was that
the club did not care TO eopardize the chances o.
rho FeIiance-the last Americas Cup defender-oe-
inc used either as the next defender OF as a tra.
boat for any new yacht that may be built tor tna'
purpose. $1,000 .-,-,,,I-
appointed by the committee mas saIeG th IA Ia sni
Mr. Wainwright were told that their services W. ';
not be required. and letter was sem S S h +
the steamers sailing on SATURDAY N iair n ~
presumed, the committee mas hdue j. PEI 3La+ II IL
members Of the conference IN DnGeH nnversa
rule of measurement and classlnc1Lito. .E ot 80
countries. without OF course m t n ny, -
that a uniform rule might nave on the HeA' 'ae
for the Americas Cup .,s .,,,,.n,a with
If Sir Thomas Upton sn9 I.s be-s think L
schooner yacht in 1901, yacntshsH nv 49, Clu5
.aItogether likely that the New-forK 1acnt ~
would be willing to build defendeT ulea as la he
rule but they do not want 10 thIo" IT, - a.
Reliance Many think that rather than sen NJ, - h
stroy the Shamrock III. which is lald up ae, "a
the Erie Basin. Sir Thomas would challenge sg1Is
with sloop, so to have the present ole .t-s
for trial boat on this side. At the same I'M
is pointed out that if he chdIe4T b %len t S
over here by rigging the Shamrock III d
schooner. --z b,i-r,srf
It is said that il was Henry Howard cnaIi.Il5r1r
the REGATTA committee OF the Eastern acht. -.
and a member of the committee elected 70 er are
the delega ties to go abroad, WHO IlIeu ~ m
SUFFICIENT votes at the meeting on JaluaT TI-,c
insure the sending of the delegates E11,CG 1s.
dore Lewis Cass Ledyard and Charles r NV"
opposed the scheme.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-15
SPORTING COMMENT.
Neros and Vseacs on Current Topics,
Amateur and Professional.

The aaIfornobne shows will attract chief interest
IN sporting circles this week, and they Will serve
to make up for what would otherwise have been
quiet six days The week just closed was marked
by the football merger. the Importance of which
cannot be overestimated- II welcome news TO
the friends OF football that the two rules COM
rnittees decided 10 amalgagnate late on Friday
night The confusion which would have resulted
IL the two committees had failed to reach an
amicable understanding would not have been for
the good OF football 1t would, on the other hana'
have hurt the game beyond measure. and ohe1e RED
an opDortllnfty TO the abolitionists to make an
orfer assault on the sport Ais well that ehus
veil was the terse remark of one or the IieI
who has been taking active part IN prlte44!.SS
The two committees together and II must De salu
that there was an expression of relief on ms race
md = tone OF satisfaction in his voice as ne salG u.
u was plainly not all clear sailing, even Wheii
condemnation had been practically agreed or
a,orics PLAYED a more important part thaI Wes
7-,arert on the outside. It all endeo IN naIHlohy.
L,5 there Was some bitterness ana some oISll 10
which could not be entirely hidden, even WIN to
ssbirzlxa end star chamber methods WIlCil Cie
,,5e,1,hars of both committees anected me ON!
~ md wise course finally ADOPTED. ho"eEeI,
80 with q committee representing, with lew eA
eo-5Cps every college and university IN the couLi
~ she dtficuit task OF revising the rules anu
yy7odffvfng the game now be begun WIN eESI.
assIrance that It VIII be done vel ana as QuIchiS
% is possible under the conditions
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-15
ATHLETIC BOWLING LEAGUE RECORDS
Elizabeth Club Leads RosevilIe a. A.-Beam.
of New-York A. O.. In Front

New-York and New-Jersey divide honors in the
Athletic Bowling League at present The begin
ming Of the sixth week finds the Elizabeth club
team once again in first place. with a record of
thirteen games won and five lost. leading the
Roseville A A five game each way. new
leader appears IN the individual averag race in
Beam, of the New-York A c., who has mark
margin.
High class team work never so noticeable
IN this league as at present. A year ago. when
the Newark Bay Boat Club was leading, with a
record OF sixteen games won and two lost, it was
En- has mark Of so815 while Rosevile,
New-York and Newark Bay are scheduled to roll
off the POSTPONED series the formers alleys to-
night Roseville also goes to the Columbia Club
in Hoboken tonight. North End will visit Jersey
City on Wednesday and Elizabeth will roll on the
New-York A c. alleys On Thursday night New
ark Bay will go,,to Montclair Club. The standing
of the teams and individual averages follow:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-15
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT RACING.

The meeting of the Jockey Club last week passed
o so smoothly that no further evidence was needed
Of the peace and prosperity in the thoroughbred
racing world There IS still uncertainty in the
matter Of the long delayed appointment OF the
State Racing Commission and the action which the
Empire city Jockey Club may take in trying TO
secure dates for meeting but these are not I'M
porten+ enough TO cause any apprehension The
appointment of only starter in the person OF
Mars Cassidy caused some little surprise. as 1t hed
haer Thought the Jockey Club would return TO the
plan OF TWO years ago and appoint two ofhcias Ior
this important post. Apparently 1t was thougLI
Cassidy it must be said that he filed the require
rnerrs Ias year in the main The starting was only
fair at times and even bad at times but IN the long
nm II was uniformly good Racing folk are now
Ioolfrer forward TO the weights for the big spring
tsndicaps which viii be announced within the next
three weeks. The Brighton Handicap weights VIII
entries were fully up to expectations. and the
will probably meet with the approval winch
Mr. VosburEh's aIotJnents usually do.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-15
PRINCETON ATHLETICS.

Princeton made mistake in securing the ser
vices Of Al Copeland TO train and coach the track
and field team this year. He has shown himself TO
be capable man in handling athletes and he is
likely 10 place Princeton nearer the top in this
branch Of sport than she has been for long time
OF course. he must have the support of the
der.aduates IN order to get good results, as # IS
impossible 10 turn out & winning team without
the aid oS those who may not shine themselves.
E:t who are capable Of forcing the better men TO
keep at their best told their places the team.
Princeton has not taken a forward place in track
athletics in the last few years, and it Is little
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-15
FOOTBALL REFORM.

rs k,,sr4rsu intercollegiate football rules COM
.n,tsea has fariy begun its 1apors and has quickly
given every ASSURANCE that the work VIII 20 Uo
rIs6 IN 70 the reform demanded mat every lhe1
her On Tho committee IS sincere there can pe ~
doubt and II is now only a question OF time VINE"
FRA v1,lss VIII be so changed that the worst 1eal
,,ras must be abolished The idea OF estaoHslHne
n heId laboratory where experiments can Do iHau0
ara a practical demonstration given OF me pro-
nos.6 changes Is particularly good one II Is an
- - hovr fhoroughIy and deeply the sub
s.c4 yin be treated before the new rules are Tor
n1sssv adopted In talking with various members
If the COMMITTEES. the opinion seemed genera 'ial
the suggestions offered by the Harvard gFaauaoe
Do-,-,t++ae would be acceptable In the main 1heie
Kre two or three points which need TO Dc eea'eu
en- ana a Few additions possibly made put o5ne 30
wise il is thought, the committee c9ua 5Ii 4S
tsr1s r was made clear that these suggestions
we're not the Es99mIendaiffoas did not even act
+Ss, heIteyfnE that It would be better to allow
M w hsd might be csed an et9 ,o fST that 4
reason HarvaFds position In regaro - Ioa elected
I'm I4f seaeon and no dates made; The whole
aer in fact vii now T 7aae an pub lie It is the
me a.I az or53ion that proposed changes VIII be
snsc{e ts extremists on either side, but they are
certainly comprehensive and as Is[ Ss tgi+hot
Eesoyng the ohaTcteFiztos Of the gss Tnif IN
IS SO strictly American Ihe t ofoIioinr to
commenting the subject has Inc 1o1io"4ns ="
Fsy;
Tina report of the committee for instance Goes
not 60 as far The Bulet3 2ss T3u5f f the deib
.-s 80 - Of a BODY which he's devoted great
5eai of time and effort to the @ b commit m
ee Is REPRESENTATIVE Of Harvard football men as
01ass For these reasons the report is OLCas
nd deserves careful attention. The members 81
he committee believe they have made , raGlea a
srroreee In the game. They have put sucn severe
5enaftfes on brutality and unfair play that the
sI- ~ yTioatinr the rules will not be taken as Iee.
- a n has been in recent years They have placed
he TWO rush lines apart and there VII vii. De EN-, no
,LrC,,ea erd little opportunity for smuggling when
he ban is put in play They have introduced the
sr-u-srd mass which, IN the opinion or the mem
re - the committee VIII bring about revolution
= the stvle and tactics Of the game; they think
his change will do away with the big heavy men
a1o have become essential to the present style OF
pIay and will put on the field IN their stead men
- Iarara ea nhvscal development who are quicker
md more active. If the predictions Of the com
,1if+ee are sound end runs and open play Will TO
Considerable degree supersede the mass forma-
ions which now make the game dull and stupid
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-15
LAWN TENNIS REFORM.
Contest for Control Likely at annual
Meeting Nert Month.

Ranking lawn tennis players have recently been
oanvassed in regard to challenging the Brltons
this year for the Dwight F. Davis Internatlonai
Challenge Cup The queries have come from the
headquarters OF the United States National Lawn
Tennis Association. IN Boston.
DR. James Dwight, president. and Palmer T.
Presbrey secretary, have sounded the members OF
the executive committee the subject, SO that
the attitude of the lawn tennis following may be
known before the annual meeting at the Waldorf-
Astoria early next month. The executive COM
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-15
THIS Is AUTO" WEEK.
City UiH Worship at Shrine of
HorSeIess VehicIe.

Quiet reigned at the automobile shows in Madison
Square Garden and the new seth Regiment Armory
yesterday Occasionally the solemnity of the long
lines of automobiles, most of which were covered
over was broken by the hauling in of machine
delayed en- route by the shutting Of the feet of
some one who by special permission had gained
admittanoe to the exhibitions or by some OF the
writer's trade papers and photographers
The opening night at automobile show is
looked upon sightseeing night" and this term
can safely be applied to the big crowds that gath
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dates, thus making 1t possible for active players to
Keep in tournament play from end of the sea-
son to the other. The marked development of the
English game and the fact that among the Rritons
there are many men near to the top class is due
to this long and continuous season of open play
From the present agitation In lawn tennis circles
II is evident that the interest in the coming an
nual meeting Of the national body is intense and
that the sport will be placed upon broader and
more popular lines for the coming ason.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-15
FOX LEADS MARSHALL AT CHESS,

Defeated by G. H Koehler on Friday Paul
Joiner practically thrown out of the race for
the championship of the Manhattan Chess Club.
Moreover, A w. Fox won his game from Schwiet-
ger, and now leads with a score of games TO /
with Frank j. Marshall second. with SD to IL to
his, credit Fox and Marshall have YET to pIay.
and on the outcome OF this the title mainly de-
ponds. Following the scores of the players 10
hate
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-15
VOTE TO ABOLISH FOOTBALL.

Columbia, S. c.. Jan. 1.-THE board OF trustees
of the South Carolina College. at its meeting here
yesterday, decided to abolish intercollegiate foot
ball 1t was stated that the action taken with
out any outside influence, it being deemed for the
best interests of the institution.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-15
CHESS NEWS AND NOTES..

Jose R Capablanca. the Cuban chess prodigy
gave simultaneous exhibition at the Manhattan
Chess Club Thursday night, meeting nineteen
opponents at the same time He beat sixteen Of
these drew one game and lost only two. G H.
Kendall and L. J. Wolff scored the wins and ]. H.
Taft drew.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-15
kIowA INDIAN FOOTBALL CAPTAIN.

IBy Telegraph The Trounel
Carlisle Penn. Jan. 14-Albert Exendine CRtowa)
left tackle on last years football team, elected
captain yesterday.