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Probably Foot Ball Coach for George
WASHINGTON University.

With the election of the foot ball cap
tain for 1908 accomplished. the enage
gagement of a coach for next season will
occupy the attention of those in charge
OF athletics at George Washington Uni
versity. In former years the Hatchetite
institution has been very dilatory in the
engagement Of coach. but it is believed
that the announcement of the engagement
of next seasons coach will be made with
in the next week or two. If the opinion
of those on the inside can be taken, it is
almost safe prediction that Fred Mel
son will again have charge of the George
Washington squad. Coach Nelson's work
the past season has been highly crafty
ing to the foot ball management of George
Washington, especially in view of the
fact that after getting a very late start
and with almost wholly green material,
he was able to mold together team
which while not wonder was able to
play it's local rival to a standstill, some
thing never before accomplished in foot
ball by the downtown institution.
Already word has been received that
several promising foot ball men VIII enter
the university next fall and with Capt.
Sommers and Coach Nelson working
hand in hand from now until the opening
of the 1905 season there will undoubtedly
be some surprises on the gridiron in store
for the George Washington student body
when the curtain rings up next fall.
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RACING CYCLISTS DEATH.
Urban Macdonald Succumbs to His
Injuries.
pecial Dispatch to The Sta


NEW YORK, December 14.-News
reached Madison Square Garden tonight
that Urban Macdonald, the six-day BIZ
cyclist, had died at the New York Hos
pital at 7:3O o'clock. He tumbled over
the fence on the 26th street stretch Of the
track few minutes before O'Clock FRI
day morning, landing on the floor about
six feet below in front of the arena box.
Macdonald was twenty-five years old,
married, and was born in Newfoundland
Before becoming professional cyclist
he worked as a telephone tester He was
member Of the Tiger Wheelmen of New
York city, and was one of the best-known
road riders of this vicinity until he turned
professional to enter the 1906 six-day race
with Charles Schlee Of Newark as his
partner, but they withdrew from the con-
test the first day.
This year he rode at the Salt Lake City
track and did well in handicap events. He
was teamed in this years race with liver
Lawson, who won the worlds interna-
tional professional sprinting champion
ship at London in 1904.
After MacDonald's injury it was not
thought at first he would need to be taken
to hospital, but he was taken to the
New York Hospital few hours later
Friday night report reached the garden
that Macdonald was getting along 50 well
that he would probably be able to see the
finish of the race. 1t was reported that
he died after an operation on his liver.
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TENNEY DISSATISFIED.
May Be Transferred to Another Club
Before the Season OPENS.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, December 14-Fred Ten
ney. former manager Of the Boston Club.
is not satisfied with the deal that makes
him high private In the rear ranks of
the Giants, and it would be no surprise if
he held out for terms that may eventually
result in his transfer to another club be-
fore the season begins. Tenney went home
last night without reaching an agreement
with McGraw. In fact, there was no effort
on McGraw's part to discover how much
money Tenney wants for coming here.
and the great first baseman has made no
statement for publication. Still 1t is
known that he is greatly displeased and
may force another deal by threatening to
quit the game.
Thirteen years in Boston uniform
taught Tenney a great many things, and
the experience has made him set" in his
ways.
His aversion to New York is a COM
b1nation of several reasons. As ball
player he likes New York, but he does not
fancy this city as a place of residence
Furthermore, Tenney is under the i'm
preston that he could have been more ad-
vantageously placed. 1t is understood that
he had good chance to sign as manager
OF the Cincinnati team, and he was led
to believe that Pittsburg would give him
salary in excess Of what he will be
offered by the New York club All these
things have made him dissatisfied wit =,
the trade. He is game, though, and re-
fused last night to criticise the men who
placed him in his new position.
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AFTER AQUATIC PRIZES.
Contest for the National and Middle
States Regattas.

The Geographic reports sent out Monday
to the effect that the delegates to the
National Association of Amateur Oarsmen
from the clubs Of the Schuylkill navy
would decide the place of the regatta in
1908 was misleading in some respects
that is, if the Washington oarsmen are
posted on the moves being made to OBJ
tain this aquatic prize.
The dispatch announced that Saratoga
Lake, N. Y, and Providence, r. l., were
candidates for the regatta and that the
rowing clubs were engaged in hot game
of politics over the selection. and that be-
cause Philadelphia had it this year they
| would have a decided voice where it
should go next year. The dispatch went
on to say that New York would throw its
strength to Saratoga, and that the strong
New England Association would favor
Providence. as Boston is after the cham
pionship meeting in 1909 and wants the
support Of New England at that time. The
dispatch further asserted that the south
is for New England, owing to past favors
and would line up with Providence, thus
leaving Philadelphia to be the fighting
ground for the contestants.
Now the clubs of the south, and espe-
cially Washington, Baltimore and Vir-
ginia, are working up an enthusiasm for
Philadelphia, as they are of the opinion
that Commodore Burke and his crew of
the Schuylkill navy are pulling hard to
land the prize for their city-in fact, such
is the representation that has been made
by prominent members of that organiza-
ton. as we'll as others. The local clubs
and the Scnuylkill navy have Joined forces
to push Philadelphia for the national re-
gatta and Washington for the middle
states and the assertion that the south is
under favors to New England and would
vote for Providence is news to the powers
behind the rowing clubs of Washington
Should Philadelphia decide to let the ma
tonal regatta go by this year, which is
almost an improbability, it goes without
question that the local club would stand
by New York and would case it's votes
for Saratoga Lake, for, next to Phila-
delphia the club is indebted to the Harlem
River Association for the glorious sue
cess of the regattas held here since 1902.
New England has had about ten entries
in the local regattas to one hundred and
ten from New York, and it sounds odd to
hear prominent oarsman" say that the
south is indebted to New England.
One thing is certain-no matter which
locality secures the national regatta, the
Potomac river now has the best pull for
obtaining the middle states regatta for
Labor day Of 1905.
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10 PLAY FOOT BALL IN BRAZIL
PLAN OF THE ASSOCIATION
TEAM AT CORNELL.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ITHACA, n. Y, December 1.-THE As
ISOLATION foot ball team at Cornell is plan
ming series of games for next summer
to be played in Brazil with the "Liga
Paulsta de Foot Ball. or the Paulista
Foot Ball League of San Paulo, Brazil,
which will be the first international con-
test in which Cornell team has engaged
since the crew rowed at Henley, England
in 1895. The challenge from the Brazilian
team was received in Ithaca last week Of
fering to pay the expenses Of fifteen men
for two weeks and guaranteeing a per
cent of the gate receipts of the game suffi-
cient to meet the travelling expenses of
the men who will take the trip. AS asso-
citation foot ball is the national gac,e of
South America and the PauHsta League
is one of the most important and strong
est on the continent. the attendance at
the games is of unusual magnitude and
it is expected that such a series of inter-
national games will arouse tremendous
interest all over Brazil The manager
estimates that the Cornell team would re-
ceive at least $4,000 from gate receipts
for the series.
On the receipt Of the challenge at Cor
nell the Soccer Association Immediately
held a well-attended and enthusiastic
meeting to consider the proposal, and 1t
was unanimously ueCloeu 10 aCcePa ''o
challenge. AS a result the team will go
to Brazil next summer after several
months of hard practice and Will meet
the Paulista players, besides any other
teams from whom challenges may be re-
ceived The secretary of the club is now
in communication with the Argentine
Foot Ball League at Buenos Aires and the
Uruguay League at Montievideo arrang-
ing matches to be played with these teams
before the return to America.
Soccer at Cornell is largely in the hands.
a remarkable organization of the foreign
students Of the university who have as
honorary members one American student
for every foreigner. Many Of the men,
bers of this club were players of associa-
ton foot ball before coming to Cornell.
and as result interest in the sport has
been fostered and hard schedules have
been arranged by the players for several
seasons past.
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WILL ROW ON A SATURDAY.
Date of Poughkeepsie Regatta Set
at June 27.

Special Dispatch I'd The Star
NEW YORK. december 14.-The stew
ards of the intercollegiate Rowing As
eociation-Francisj S. Bangs, Columbia:
Thomas S. Reath, Pennsylvania. and
Judge Frank Ivine. Cornell-have decided
upen Saturday, June q. for the inter-
cNhsiate regatta at Poughkeepsie. in
INvm be the first time in some seasons
that y Saturday has been the day. for
the ra6es, BUT it is understood that the
%m.nttee always has favored a satur-
Gay Gate for the races. if the tide serves.
This year tits expected that the first of
the races viii be rowed on the beginning
of the Isno. md that the full strength
viii % available. fairly early in the even
dng for the varsity race.
As to the matter of entries for the races
mkt June, the stewards are not now in a
pkition to announce what colleges are to
be represented on the Hudson. Last year
there were seven - Columbia, Cornell.
Georgetown, Naval Academy, Pennsyl-
~yania, Syracuse and Wisconsin. AS the
Utewards viii not send out invitations be-
fire January or February and as answers
win NOT sbe received before March l in
many cases il naturally cannot be fore
told which colleges will be there. There
have been reports that some one of the
Pacific coast colleges might be repre-
scented. and also that the army may have
crew. Princeton has also been included
among the colleges which rumor has de-
picted as eager to come to the Hudson.
While II seems reasonable to expect
that all seven of the colleges which were
there last year will be there again, and
that no newcomers will appear. nothing
definite will be known until after March
j. when the replies are due in the hands
of the stewards.
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MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION.
Bill Papke and Hugo Kelly to Meet
in Milwaukee.

MILWAUKEE, Wis. December 14-One
of the best fights that the middle west is
to see this year is the bout scheduled for
December 80 at the Badger A c. here be-
tween Bill Papke and Hugo Kelly for the
middleweight championship. After hang
ing fire for several weeks the two men
finally got together and agreed upon De-
cember 30 rs the date Of their match.
The men will meet at 15i pounds at q
o'clock on the day of the fight to battle
for 80 per cent of the gross receipts, "a
per cent of this to go to the winner and
the loser to take the rest. Kelly has been
fighting for the last eight years and in
that time has gone twice to draw with
Tommy Burns. besides meeting about all
the other light heavyweights of the coun-
try with more or less success. Papke has
been fighting only year, but from the
day that his advent as the illinois Thur
derbolt' was announced he has met many
good men and has yet to meet defeat.
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TO TAKE UP HOCKEY AGAIN.
Ban Removed From the Sport by the
Cornell Faculty.

Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK, December 14.-Since the
reinstatement of hockey at Cornell Uni
versity by the faculty last year great
interest has been shown by the under
graduates in the winter sport, and within
year the Red and White will make APP
plication for admission to the Intercolle-
giate Association. Two years ago the
aculty disbanded the hockey team, but a
petition by the student body last winter
met with favor and the ban was with
drawn.
The Minor Sports Association has been
authorized to build a rink for the hockey
candidates to practice on and to allow
the men to use the house on Beebe lake
Cornell has always managed to turn out
a good seven, and 1t has only been a
financial question which has kept them
from applying for membership in the
intercollegiate Association. The financial
difficulties have been overcome and now
the Cornell managers will endeavor to
make hockey the favorite winter spor.
among the colleges.
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SPIRITED WRESTLING BOUT.
Athletic Sports in Georgetown Uni
versity Gymnasium.

A numoer Of gymnasts and athletes of
the Georgetown University held gym
nasium and wrestling contest last night
under the direction of Maurice Joyce, at
the university. IN addition to the wrestling
bout, the principal event of the meet,
there were seven gymnastic events. The
wrestling match between Jack Chapman
and William Parker was holly contested
and was won by Chapman after seven
teen minutes on the mat.
Waiting the horizontal bar was won by
Gordon Laney, the running jump from
rings by Arthur Pixton, running high
jump by Edward Fitzgerald, rope climb
ing contest by Jack Chapman, running
jump from spring board by William
Parker and a potato race by Frank
O'Brlen. There was an enthusiastic crowd
from the student body present and the
winners were heartily cheered Chapman
especially coming in for his share of the
applause.
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PASTIME'S ANNUAL MEET.
All Of the Cracks in the East and
West Expected.

NEW YORK. December 1.-THE Pas
time Athletic Club has decided to hold its
annual indoor meet in Madison Square
Garden January 81. A program of thir-
teen events has been decided upon and
will include practically all the field and
track events possible to be held in an
indoor session. The three-mile and 600
yard runs. however. will be the features
1t is expected that all the cracks in the
east and west will send in their entries
for either one or the other. and already a
number of the pick of the metropolitan
runners have slgnified their intention Of
starting. In the G0O-yard event Harry
Hillman. John B. Taylor the negro speed
wonder, Paul Pilgrim. Parsons and others
OF the same class are expected to COM
pete. There will be another great field
in the three-mile. Nothing definite is
known yet as to lust what the entries will
be- but 1t Is very likely that DAILY, Bon
bag, Bellars. Collins. Carr. Eisele and
possibly Rowe. the Michigan Unive rsity
man. will be on the mark.
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HOTELS. RESTAURANTS &CAFES
PROMISING FOR NEXT YEAR.
Dorothy Axworthy a Sensational
Two-Year-Old Filly.

LEXINGTON, KY, December a.
Trainer w. A. Owings has turned out the
sensational two-year-old Ally Dorothy
Axworthy for a winters run-out, and she
will not be taken up again before March.
She retires from her two-year-old cam
paign in superb condition and her trainer
looks for her to develop into one OF the
best three-year-old FLIES for 1903.
While Helen Hale holds the worlds trot-
ting record for a two-year-old fllly. 213L,
to Dorothy Axworthy really belongs the
flly championship Of that age, as In the
first heat Of the two-year-old division of
the Kentucky Futurity she was beaten a
half head by Trampfast In 212k. worlds
two-year -old record, in a race. and In that
heat Helen Hale was far back Of her at
the finish. Dorothy Axworthy also made
all the pace in that heartbreaking heat,
going UP to the half in 1.O5A, 211n
clip, and Trampfast just overhauled her
at the wire in the last few strides.
Not long since her owner. L. B. Lehman,
the wealthy southern horseman, had in
mind the disposing Of all his trotters and
going over entirely to the runners, but
Dorothy Axworthy has won him back to
the trotter, and he is not likely to go far
away from this class Of sport SO long as
the daughter of Axworthy looks like a
coming champion.
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BASKET BALL AT YALE.
Trip Of the Team Will Include This
City.

I NEW HAVEN. Conn.,. December a.
The Yale varsity basket ball team will
start its annual Christmas trip this year
December 49, and from then until Decem-
Der 81 the players will be busy every day,
covering a good part of the country In
that time. which includes nearly all of
their Christmas vacation. The squad
will doubtless consist of at least fifteen
men. Leaving New Haven at 80 O'CLOCK
December IS. the squad will first go TO
New York and that night will play the
Pratt Institute team in Brooklyn, leaving
for Syracuse directly after the game. The
Syracuse University five will be met on
the night of December 10. and the fol-
lowing night the Ellis move to Rochester
to play Rochester University.
On Saturday. December 81 Yale meets
the Tonawanda High School at Buffalo
and will remain in that city over Sunday.
leaving late that night for Cleveland
where the team will meet Buchtel College
of Akron. Ohio. December %. The next
move is to Detroit. where the Y. NJ. c. A.
team will play them, and the Chicago Gen.
trail Y. NJ. c. A. will take on the Ellis on
Christmas day. Thence the Blue goes to
Louisville, KY, to meet the Coliseum A. c.
Vanderbilt University will be met at
Nashville on the 9th. and the week will
close with a game with the Birmingham
(Ala) A. c. The trip will wind up with
game with George Washington Uni
versity at Washington December 80, and
with a meeting with the Orange Y. NJ. c.
A. at Orange, N. j.. December 81.
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ENTRIES FOR MONDAY.
Fair Grounds, New Orleans.

First race. FIVE and one-half furlongs. selling
'Chieftain. 1874: Freebooter. 12l; Mazonia.
Sheer. 'Madri.- 1919: 'Gauze. 1872: Martius: Land
Breeze, Jerry c.. Light Burn, Teboggan. Killdoe,
Stella Perkins. Magic. 1874: Master Sol 1877.
Second race. five furlongs purse-Sundart. Re
demption. 100: Ballthronia. Bitterly, Una Night
mist. Maize Fletcher Mrs. Cook. Lady Pink.
Estella c., Variety. My Love, 104 Hpnta. Aus
Third race, mile and sixteenth. selling
wabash Queen. d. Elfall. 1ol; Rio Grande,
Grace Larsen, Nancy, 1902; FL Captain, 1O5;
Halbard 107.
Fourth race. mile and seventy yards, handicap
Lad of Langden, 1O6; Pasadena, ITO; Carthage.
ia: Right Royal, III.
Fifth race six furlongs. selllng-'Silver Ball,
ED Kane. 90; inauguration, 90: "Thomas Cal
houn. 80; Bucket Brigade. ada o. Walker, 81
Apache, 90; 'Rebel Queen Apple To-day 100;
thea. 1o2; La Souer. 1903; Ceurnavaca. los;
Hans, los.
Sixth race mile and an eighth, selling-.Fon-
solnca Lady Goodrich. Dest .2e So Bel
'Savoir Fare, 'yincentio. Milshora. 100: Lady
Oakland. 102; Granada, Charlatan, 105; DR..
McCluer. Dainty Belle, 107.
Apprentice allowance claimed. I
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GOOD TRACK TEAM AT YALE.
Lots of Promising Material Already
Developed.

NEW HAVEN. Conn. December A.-In-
Guiding the managers of the four sports
for which the college initial is given at
Yale, foot ball, base ball. crew and track,
there are now fifty-six men in the uni
versity who are entitled to wear the much
coveted "Y." Of these, none has won his
letter in three sports, although L. II. Big
low has won both a foot ball and crew let
ter. Tad and Howard Jones have won
their letters in foot ball and base ball. and
A. C. Gilbert has received letter for win
ming the annual gymnastic contest in ad-
dition to the track letter to which he is
entitled.
A large amount Of the attention at Yale
Is now turned to the developing of a good
track team for the season of 1903. Prac-
tice has already been started. The gen.
eral opinion at the college is that strong
team will be the result of the winter
work, as lots of promising material has
developed even at this early stage.
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MAY GO TO LOS ANGELES.
Comiskey Planning to Take White
Sox to the Coast,

ident Charles Comiskey Of the Chicago
American League Base Ball Club is work
ing on plan to bring the White Stock
ings, former champions of the world, to
the Pacific coast to train next spring.
1t has not been settled where they will
work, should Comiskey be certain that
he will train out here, but it will proba-
bly, be in Los Angeles. If the White
Stockings make the trip next March it
Will be the third big league team to
choose this coast for conditioning pur-
poses in the last few years.
Comiskey expects to come here with his
family for couple of months during the
winter and it is likely he will remain
until the team arrives. Better weather
can be had for training in Los Angeles
than in the southern states.
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CARRoLLS oUTCLASSED.
Institute Basket Ball Team Defeated
at York.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
YORK, Pa, December 14-By the score
OF AZ to 8 the Carroll Institute basket ball
five of Washington went down TO defeat
at the hands of the York Y. NJ. c. A team
here tonight. The visitors were out
classed. While the Workers played as a
unit. the individual work of Baughman
and Root was praiseworthy. This was
particularly true OF the former On sew
eral occasions the Washington players de-
veloped team work, only to have it
broken up by him. He seemed to be- in
every play. Harris, for Washington.
played strong game Capt Barnes and
his men had little trouble in locating the
baskets. The visitors were commended by
The enthusiastic for their clean playing.
The score:
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VISITORS WIN TWO GAMES.
Baltimore Team Defeats Navy Yard
in Duckpins.

Three interesting games of duckpins
were rolled last night on the Palace al
leys between the Hamden team of Bal
tinlore and the Navy Yard team of this
city, in which the former came off VIC
torious by taking two of the set The
contest was not decided until the last
frame of the third game. when the Balti-
more boys won by sixteen pins.
The Oriole team took the first game,
due to the good work Of Holster, who
toppled 112 pins. In the second game
the local team had four scores over 100.
and they easily won the game. In the
final game, after the visitors had rolled
off. Kruger of the Washington team had
a chance to win the contest, but fell down.
The scores: