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New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
INDOOR RECORDS IN DANGER.
Haskins and Sheppard to Meet in Pastime
Games-Various Notes

With Guy Haskins. of the University of Penn
sylvania, and Melvin w Sheppard, of the Irish
American Athletic Club trying to settle the ques-
ton as to who should be entitled to the distinc-
ton of middle distance runner of the United
States say nothing of other features at the Pas
time Athletic Club games at Madison Square
Garden on Monday evening January q, some
good sport is in prospect. Entries close a week
from Monday. with James +. Sullivan, No q
Warren street, with Z. Spitzer Pastime Ath-
letic Club. 90th street and Avenue A.
Entry blanks are out for the annual athletic
nival of the Irsh-American Athletic Club, to be
held at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night
February S. The programme is attractive. con-
tanning eight open events. four special events and
four relay races The open events 60-yard
handicap 3o0-yard handicap, 40-yard novice, LOCO
yard handicap. and one-half mile run, one
mile walk throwing the 56-pound weight and run
ming high jump The special events include 60
ward high hurdle 600-yard scratch run, five mile
scratch run and pole vault for height
The relay races are, 440-yard for schoolboys
(a5 pound class. two mile handicap, mile in
tercoIIegiate and mile open to teams
from mercantile houses.
A one mile relay race has been arranged in Phil
adelnh.a between Hillman. Sedley. Pilgrim and
Sbepnard of the New York Athletic Club and
TavIor Cartnell, Haskins and Mulligan. and
new indoor record may result
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
ON THE GOLF LINKS.
For Hills GLIB. May BE ReOrganised
Nassau Club Officers.

The annual meeting Of the Fox Hills Golf Club
which maintains a course on Staten Island, will
be held January ~ 1t has added impor
tance this year, there has been some talk of re-
organization Some time ago it decided
levy an assessment on the members TO meet the
clubs Indebtedness. and the time limit for paying
this assessment expired yesterday. One of the
directors said last night that so far as he knew
the members had responded to the call. If, how
eyer, they do not put their shoulders to the wheel
q reorganization seems inevitable
Herbert l. Pratt has been elected president of
the Nassau Country Club for the coming year and
j. r. Maxwell, jr., is vice-president; a F. Alvord
secretary; c. ID. Smthers, treasurer, and Howard
w Maxwell, captain The chairman of the va
rious committees have also been chosen as fol-
lows:
Golf 7. {. Jennings; house, Charles A Frank:
grounds H. Il. Whitney; membership r. r. Moore:
lawn tennis George y. Pratt: auditing A c.
Hodenpyl. These men will select their associates
in the future.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
JOCKEY GETS BAD FALL.
W. Walsh Injured When HIS
Mount Goes Dozen at Neig Orleans.

New Orleans Jan. 1o.-W. Walsh, Jockey who
has been riding and off here this winter, got
bad fall in the first the Fair Grounds to-day.
and received injuries from which it may take him
some time to recover. Agnes porothea, which
he had the mount got caught in a jam the bar
rer was released. and fell. Walsh picked up
in dazed condition and it is feared he is suffering
from internal injuries.
The track was sloppy and the racing marked
by the defeat of six favortes -Four horses won AT
odds 10 to / or better. and the form players got
a drubbing. The layers did not have a particularly
profitable day. however. every winner. with the
possible exception of Clifton Forge, attracted some
following
Paragon in the fifth race. He was quietly backed
from % 10 TO to 1 by those who knew of
fast work in private. He pounds the best,
he won going away by length after being last
rounding the far turn. He full of ambition
something else that Baird could not pull him
at the finish. and he away two miles and half.
The beaten favorites George II. White Raj
bert. Belmere. Debar. Bertha Z. and Donna. Bel
backed from money to 3 to in the
third race. but was off badly to a poor start and
could improve his position. The summaries
follow:
GFIynn 10 to l. won: George H White. 1oe OcDanieD.
13eh Miss Isabelle Sylvia G. Helen Holland Ansonia,
also Agnes Dorohea fell.
Second selling; six furiongs)Airship 1oa Koer
9nd T,ozhali Io9 drusseID so third; Time 122.s
Sponge Cake, Adesso SNOWFALL Ralbert Oleasa,
Miss Afable Malster ran
BEs 5 race &C TO Rs3 six e6c S og ov orgs to G
second; Heart Hyacnth I04 10 third Time
212z Maltiades Martius Belmere Redon. Sheen
Invasion Destroyer Akbar LightburE Woodsaw
4 Fourth selling; mile and sixteenth-Hawk-
104 (Bowers =. Garganua 103 Swain,
20 70 l. second Debar lOl Coggl II 70 10 third Time
1853 Warner Griswe Jack Doar Bright Boy. Tribes
Eiin Asteroid also
Fifth GsN furlongs,ParagOa. lOs Baird. I5 TO l.
won; Bertha E tSwan). second; Beatrice K,
103 Hoowersl. Is third Time. 1:222s- Russell T.
Blackburn, Frontenac, Game Bird Lucy Marie also
(seing mile a siSteeDthl-Fan-
tastic. 104 (PowersD, Donna ios CMcDanieD
to &. second: Favgny. 103 McCahey). TO l. third
Time 1864, Lady Alicia, Sister Polly Glamor and Mil
shora also
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
SPORTS At COLUMBIA.
Fifty Candidates Report for the
VARSITY Cree.

over fifty candidates reported for the Columbia
varsity yesterday Thrty-eight freshmen
also reported for their class crew. Six men who
rowe6 on last years varsity eight came out, in
Guiding Captain Won Saltza j c. Mackenzie. L. H.
Spalding, B. p. Crussi. H. NJ. Snevily and W. l..
Starbuck j. ]. Ryan, c. P. Jordan and G. j.
Heinrich, who substitutes last spring, also
reported With this nucleus Rice expects to turn
a good eight and varsity four. Only nine
Teen OF the varsity candidates have rowed before,
but there is a lot of likely looking material among
the novices The freshmen a number ST
big who seem capable of becoming good oars
men All of last years freshmen eight reported
for practice, and Rice intends to keep them to-
gether and make up a sophomore crew which he
will send the American Henly.
The rowing machines have been set up on the
first floor of University Hall, where the air and
light are much better than in the gymnasium
where practice was always held in former years
Sixteen machines put in position, with several
new adjustments. The large mirror, which was
used the first time last year, has been doubled
in size so that it is now possible for the men on
the two sets of machines to study their faults.
Many men are ''cramming" for the examinations
which begin next week, and at least seventy-fiye
more candidates will be on hand on February l.
H. NJ. Sneviiy, manager of the Columbia wrestling
team announced yesterday the schedule for the
coming season Only three dual meets have been
arranged thus far, but negotiations are going on
with Cornell for dual meet at Ithaca next month
Another meet will probably be held with the st
George Athletic Club. Pennsylvania and Princeton
will meet Columbia in the local teams gymnasium
while Columbia will go New Haven for the
match with Yale. The schedule follows:
February ls Pennsylvania at Columbia; Feb
ruary 20 Princeton at Columbia; March lS' 4ale
at New Haven; March 20. Intercollegiates at Pha-
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
IN FAVOR OF COLLEGE ATHLETICS.
Professor Sargent, of Harvard, Would Make
Physical Education Compulsory.

Chicago Jan 10-Professor Dudley A Sargent
Ct Harvard. makes plea for the uplifting Of col
lege athletics and physical culture in article
Compulsory Physical Education" published in the
January number Of the school Review issued
from the University Of Chicago Press. HE advises
that mo student should be given honors in his
studies unless he has attained Il certain grade ii
his gymnastics athletics He draws this
cusion critcising the position Of college facl
lies which forbid students taking donors il ath-
letics unless they have creditable standing in their
studies
This requirement writes Professor Sargent
would insure the conscientious student against sac
rsfcing his health in view of raising his standing
scholarship. which the present time he is likely
TO CO on account Of the keen competition which
he IS subjected"
DT sargent believes physical culture and athletics
should De included in the curriculum He says fur
ther: Under the head of physical training
should be glad included all forms Of physical
ACTIVITY including music. vocal and Instrumental;
drawing. painting and modelling. and ali forms OF
manual training dancing. skating swimming row
ing. bicycling military 5ril AL forms Of calisther-
scs, plays and the various forms Of athletic sports
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
FIGHT ON PROPOSED BRIDGE PLAZA.
Cochran and Grout in Argument at Estimate
Board Meeting.

Controller Metz's proposal at the meeting of the
Board of Estimate and Apportionment yesterday
to remove from the city map the proposed Black
wells Island Bridge plaza, from Second to Third
avenue, between 57th and 61st streets, aroused an
animated debate in which ex-Controller Grout
former Justice Morgan j. O'Brien. John d. Grim
minis and Representative w. Bourke Cochran took
part. The first three opposed the removal of the
plaza lines from the map Mr.. Grout representing
property holders association.
Mr. Cochran vigorously assaied the plaza plan
accusing his opponents of devotion to selfish per-
sona interests rather than the welfare of the peo
pie. Mr.. Metz said the city did not have the nee
essary funds to carry on the work. Mr.. Grout
piled that the keeping of the Improvement the
map would not require immediate expenditure.
Whom do you representa- inquired Mr.. Cock
ran.
"A taxpayers association" replied Mr.. GrOut.
Mr. Crmmins read a paper, in which he set
forth that the plaza would have to come sooner
or later and that the longer the improvement was
delayed the more it would cost the city.
1t was decided place the matter in the hands
of a committee, consisting OF the Controller pres
ident of the Board of Aldermen and borough
president. report will be made in four weeks.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
ANDREWS REPORT WILL NOT DOWN
Stated in Lincoln That Resignation Only
Waits Appointment of His Successor.
IRr Telecranh ID The Trihune. I


Lincoln Neb Jan 10--Notwithstanding denials
II is stated positively here that the of the
Nebraska State University are looking for a sue
cessOr to Chancellor E Benjamin Andrews, and
that they have been apprised that the resignation
of the chancellor will be forthcoming when the
cessor has been found The chancellor has not
been in the best of health for two years and he
has said that he has been able to give the time
to the university that he would like to offer the
institution.
Since the chancellor aided in obtaining the
ceptance of a gift of $4,000 for the University
Temple Building from John ID. Rockefeller there
has been considerable opposition to him in the
state. Subscriptions the amount of $4,000 neces-
sary this gift, were difficult to get. 1t
has been hnted that Chancellor Andrews had
planned TO obtain gift said by to approx
mate 81 900 900 for university extension in hs state
but that :he opposition to the smaller gift pre-
vented him from carrying out the plan.
Chancellor Andrews refused absolutely to discuss
the subject to-day His private secretary said that
the chancellor had not resigned.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
SPORTS ON THE ICE.
Many Skaters Entered for the Races
an Brooklyn To-day.

district Is entered for the first outdoor races of
the season. which will be held at the Saratoga
rink in Brooklyn this afternoon All day yester-
dav there was a rush of racers to register in the
Eastern Amateur Skating Association, and as fast
as the secretary allotted numbers the men made
,bair entries for the one and two-mile handicaps
and the one-rne novice races. which will make
I'D the programme to-day The rink opened yes
terdar with a fine coat of ice which
flooded at midnight in order to insure a new fast
coat of ice for the races,
Phil Kearney ana T. Yale Sarony, the speed
skaters viii compete in some time trials to-day
on the ice Of the Riverside outdoor rink. 18th
street near Amsterdam avenue. The programme
of races and practice hockey matches, which Were
scheduled for Tuesday night, but postponed
because of the rain, will be held to-day. The big
stretch of ninety thousand square feet OF skating
ice is now in the best condition.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
NILKMEN MAY STRIKE.
pIoyes Secretly Forming Union
to Demand r-Day WOrkiHg Week.

Employees in the milk trade have been secFeuy
forming "A union with the object OF demanding a
six-day working week. 10 be enforeed Oy Il stFlAe
of the drivers. rOUteInen, stablemen and other
ernploves A secret circular was sent yesterday
TO the employees Of a number Of the largest milk
establishments who have not yet joined the uuOn-
urging them TO do soon in order that the de-
mand may be made general Aeetihss nave 0ssn
held in several places during the week. but each
time in a different hall The circular says IN par:
Six months ago we were unOrSanlzed Every
driver was an Isolated workman helpless as an
infant in the grasp of his capitalist enpiJcF D9e
for months we have been Qyietly ana 7hecIl'ttly
organizing a union Of all the WORKERS IN the huiA
trade and now IN POSITION 20 maze
move toward securing more humane ana -asse 'll-
Conditions Z labor Our bosses Know mere = 70
Industry more completely at the mercy OF the z n
pI0ves if organized. and for tnts reason Trey e.
prepared to do anything to keep you morgan =
and helpless Consider well your position -
yro~l- as davS in the. Even yOur horses uSt
H. cot one dav OF rest weekly. IL Cnly requires
the hiring Of sufficient TO perrt eacf eInfloye
TO get a day off in his Are you many ehOusA
10 demand it?
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
WINE AS HEALTH PRESERVER.
It's Properties Dwelt Upon in Article on
''The Art of Drinking

In an article on The Art of Drinking in the
January number of The Forum Louis WIND
muller says of wine:
While the habituaI of stronger drink Weakens
the intellect, wine sharpens the IerVor OF our per
ception. Wine is the best antidote ior hlsudII "a
poison. Take coffee for breakfast sip Tea Wild
Conversation, and drink wine to enjoy your dinner
Americans are too much inclined TO DOlL tneiT
food and worry it down with chilled water, WINE
their thoughts dwell on the Work they leII DehInu
and the task that is before them Inc IdooI 10
digest such fare creates dependency ana engehQeFS
dyspepsia. But when moisten the solid Iood
we take with wine. promote digestion, ana the
Sensation of pleasure which is lnqlsPensapIe 10
good health If We want to forget the real tor an
ideal world and exchange sOrdd greed Tor IoIIy
ambition we turn to the nectar from the vineyards
of Burgundy. ,-. - H. ro-+
France produces as much wine almost as the rest
of the world: the French drink more than any
other nation and in literature and art tney occupy
a foremost rank. For digestion a Lahtte from
the River Gironde is preferable The meiIow
Chambertin from the cote d,Or has OF all wines
the richest flavor. and inspires the gayest con-
VITALITY. Because like the sun. IT dispes depTes
sion Burgundy should he called the bottled sun
shine of the golden hillside Good wine improves
moor wine deteriorates with age
But the best white wines grow in Germany
Charlemagne introduced viticulture by transplant
ing choice vines from his vineyards IN burgundy
to the borders of the Rhine and MOselle- NO other
nation appreciates the juice of golden grapes more
than the Germans; none have praised 1t as mucD
In folklore as the happy dwellers on the hnlne
Martin Luther said: "A fool is he, AID 1901 VIII pe
who does not love wine, woman and Slee-
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
STRUGGLE FOR ATHLETIC POINTS.

The first of series of athletic contests to de-
termine the all-around championship of the West
Side Branch of the Young Mems Christian As
sociation held in the big gymnasium last night.
and a large number of the members competed
Five points credited to the winner in each
contest, two to the second and one to the third
OF the scratch men in the contests. c. Mahr was
the only one to win first place. In the shot-pUt
he sent the weight distance of Al feet inches
The keenest kind of rivalry shown by the COM
petitors A large and enthusiastic crowd in
attendance The summaries follow:
Twenty-yard dash-Won by H. E. Reed: c. E scho-
ringer. second; H. Muller. third Time. 0:03As.
hundred -and-twenty-yard dash Chandicap)-Won
by c. Trese YARDS; w. A. Wagner (scratch) second;
H. II. Miller (S yards). third. Time, 0:25$5
Four-hundred and forty yard run tnovce handicap)-
Won by c. S. Haage u. Sculy. second; II. L. Mac
Cubbn, third. Time, 1:012s.
Eight hundred eightyyard (handicap)Won by
J. F. yards: Richardson tscratch) second;
T. Matthews tscra.chl. third. Time. 2:O71s
Putting twelve pound shot (handicap)-Won by c.
Mahr scratch. actual put Of Al # In H. Grotheer
feet. second actual put of 81 Ieet; e. Gumpher
lscratehl third. put Of 80 # II In.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
r.. b. LORD LOSES CASE.
Supreme Court Declares Mutualiza-
ton of Equitnble Constitutional.

The act OF the Legislature which provided for tbs
naturalization OF the Equitable Life Assurances So
cietv and similar companies IS constitutional
cor,iing to the decision handed down in Brooklyn
Yesterday by Justice Crane. of the Supreme Court
The case was that OF Franklin B. Lord against tns
Equitable
Mr. Lord in 1905 Instituted stockholders sur
to prevent the Equitable from mutuaiizing Justics
Maddox gave him the decision The Court OF Ao-
peaIs sustained Justice Maddox
In the mean time the Legislature passed the law
now held constitutional IN 1oos Lord attacked this
on the ground thar 1t impaired his contractgal
rights.
The company desnUrred to this complaint making
il necessary for the court determine whether o-
not the law Of 1895 could give il the right TO NUT
ualize in the face OF Lords contention The point
is also raised as TO whether the company carried
out it's naturalization correctly under the act
The decision sustains the demurrer. and nolds
that while the act may be- merely permis5ise, i
specifically allows naturalization upon the demand
Of the majority Of directors and Of those VINO nod
the majority Of the stock. The consent Of All the
stockholders is not required
AS to the poiat that the charter Of the company.
drawn up in 1883 provides that directors must own
at least five shares OF stock EACH this IS oyerruled
by Section 20 Of the stock corporation law. which
provides that poIicyholdeTs OF Insurance CORPORA
tions may become directors
The board OF directors. consisting in part OF men
who held policies but no stock which took action
under the law Of 1906 the proposed amended
charter declares the decision a legal board
Its call for meeting Of stockholders and its sub
seduent approval Of their ratification OF tie cnaF-
ter were legal acts
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
4SSOcI4TION FOOTBALL.
Some Interesting Games To-day
T'1CO Teams in Close Race.

The Crescent Athletic Clubs soccer team VIII
line I'D to-day against Staten Island at Livingston
in game which promises to be hard fought from
beginning TO end. good game Is also expected De-
tween the Rrooklyns and Caledonians at Marquette
Oval BrookIyn while the champion Camerons VIII
meet the eleven of the steamship Oceanic at Van
Cortandt Park.
With Port Chester leading, having tailed twenty
ponts a close struggle is for supremacy in the
Sunday series of the New York Amateur Associa-
ton Football League. The Camerons, of this CITY,
champions of the league Sand winners of the Satur-
day series concluded time ago. likely to
finish third or fourth in the Sunday competition
but will encounter the vicors of the pending contest
in a final series. Meantime the Clarendons. of
West Hoboken. several of whose players are from
the defunct Critchleys. of Brooklyn, follow Port
Chester closely. they have scored seventeen
points and still have three games before them. They
will play the High Bridge Football Club in West
place the Clarendons a level with Port Chester
as regards total points and in that followers
of soccer would witness stirring finish. The de-
tailed records of the leaders follow:
Fistenio, F1Tt Cheser ......-,-...'. ... Il
Port Chester has scored forty-three goals to their
opponents eighteen. The Clan Mcleod team Of
New Jersey is still within haiing distance of the
leaders, having totaled eleven points, with five
games to play.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
JOHN A STEELE DECLARED INSANE.

Boston. Jan to-By report filed to-day in the
Superior Criminal Court, DE-. George F. Jelly.
alienist chairman of the State Board of In
sanity declares John A. Stetse. OF Everett insane
Steele shot and killed Edward Cohen, president Of
the Massachusetts branch of the American Fedora
tion OF Labor, and seriously wounded Dennis ~
Driscoll, the secretary of the same body. at the
State House ON December 5. lie looking for
Governor Guild. The report declares that Steele
us suffering from pronounced deusional insanity
of chronic form. with homiedal manifestations -
Steele is under indictment for murder. but will
probably be sent TO an insane asylum. At the time
OF the shooting he had been released from the
Danvers Asylum on probation. lie had previously
been an inmate CT the WestboEough Asylum.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
SOCIALISTS ONLY RENT ENTHUSIASTS.
Tenants Decide It's Too Cold to Fight Land
lords Just at This Time.

The socialist leaders who could be found yester-
dav said that the rent strike was still aIiVe ana
that all the actions far had resulted IN fh'inl
victories But the evictiOns went merrlly on IN Ins
cold. sharp wind of the morning ana IHe sI '
--ho co,,Id he found were not especially cheerful
To-day is the Jewish Sabbath. so there VIII Do
little activity on either side The trouble Is prac-
ticaIIv all over and the evictions are hkeiy %
reach the normal state in less thah a wees me- 49,
t her many removals but the East Side.
which doesn't believe in sweeping changes. Is
about the same as usual, and neither side Is much
hetter off than before the night
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
MEXICAN MINES USE AUTO TRUCKS

Advices from Mexico state that The last tap of
matte made by the CieHeguita Copper Company
OF Sonora assayed Is per cent copper. 81 ounces
of silver and 2is ounces of gold This company
has solved its transportation problem oy the snip
nent TO Mexico Of several hve-ton auto tTucks-
which were built by the Mack Brothers Motor Car
Company of Allentown. Penn The success 'i
this mode of transportation will be observed ~
mining men in Mexico whose properties are re-
mote from railroads. The gasOle1e auto truck
Promises TO become valuable adjunct 10 the u7-
veopmen. of the mineral resources OF that country
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
MI VERNON PolIcE HOME ATTACHED.

rs to the outcome Of Judgment for Si6-'Ss =
granted by Justice Joseph Morschauser OF The 81
prclle Court. against Cx-NsssDoiyWan Norman \
I@lysIor Deputy Sheriff Philip Russ, Of Wes'csS'e
County has attached the bllilduts. said De cWn'
bv IavIor used as Police Headquarters az Ei9Vn'
Vernon sheriff Kuss has Slso attached the rea-
which the Pclicc Department OWES tawior t'r tas
Inst eight wears au.ountipS 90 Dore than s. 600
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
ONE FRIEND AT DusERLY FUNERAL.

Only one rnourner accompanied the body OF young
Harry Grey Dubery yesterday TO its resting place
in kensco Cemetery. This only friend his
chum when they worked alongside of each other
as clerks in the Grand Trunk Railroad freight Cf
flee at Niagara Falls. The funeral conducted
by the Rev. Stephen Merritt in the undertaking
establishment at 18th street and Eighth avenue.
Duberly committed suicide The Hermitage on
Monday night.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
TOWERS NAME IN DIVORCE SUIT.
Ironmaster Mentioned in Answer of Louis
Weis to Wife's Charges.

Albert Edward Tower. the Poushkee2sie iron
master, who sued few days ago for sep
aration by his wife, mentioned in "A divorce
suit In the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court
IN a decision handed down yesterday Mrs Minnie
L. Weis, of this city. asked the Supreme Court 20
compel her husband. Louis Weis to furnish IA
bill of particulars in her suit for divorce
Weis in setting up a separate answer mentions
Tower and makes serious allegations against mis-
wife. Weis has not sought divorce. simply ASK
ing that his wife's complaint he dismissed