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New-York tribune., 1909-11-22
scHooLBoYs IN LONG RUN.

Several runners Of The metropolitan clubs
.ed the Harlem Evening Eigh school PACK
over their KY xix aEc a half mile
course yesterday. George FitzEibbons. az
the Irish American Athletic club. won tv
d close margin from J. Taub OF the Pas
time Athletic C1uh. The winners time was
c7.oo. Louis link was the first school run
ner to auish. getting NTH place.
The summary fclI1,,e
New-York tribune., 1909-11-22
MCCLLOUGH IN I'm.
Leads Glencoe PGck IN GruCl-
ling Race.

field n l01 runners competed m the
weekly run Of the Glencoe Athletic club
over 4 three ana three-qusrters mile course
IN Harlem yesterday. and ninety-three
finished Frank Mccullough. of the Borough
Athletic club. who finished second last
Sunday, won by Few wards from Harry
Jsmison. Of the Glencoe Athletic Club. after
a gruelling race. McCulough's time for the
race was 1915 while Jamison finished two
seconds afterVard- Frank Forsu. of the
Mott Haven Athletic club was third. only
five wards behind the winner.
TlLa- srrrrlrr1a--r rnIInr-s-
New-York tribune., 1909-11-22
The summary follows
1os.lIon- Name and -
RECORD FOR BARNEY oLDFIELp.

New Orleans. Nov. I--Bsrney Oldheld
in -"-hoI sepower Benz. broke the local
track record for one mile az the FAR
Grounds course to-day. when he made the
distance in a seconds. thus clipping one
NTH ~ a SECOND Of the record made lasr
February by De Palma. The second days
races of the New Orleans Automobile Club
proved much better than the first in ever
New-York tribune., 1909-11-22
ESSEX COUNTY GUNS OUT.

Trap shooting began al the Essex County
Country club. ia West Orange. X J.. on
SATURDAY.. with some informal competi-
tions The real opening OF the season Will
be- on Thursday when fhree trophies WIN
BE- in c0nIre ition.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-22
YACHTING NEWS AND NOTES.

The course for the long distance 49, -.
power boats. in which twelve compers, la,
year. starting from the Crescent Atb1s+,,.
Club az Bay Ridge. viii be reversed ny,
season. The boats starting from SIarbla-
head and finishing on Bay Ridge.
William Gardner Is at work on a nan
one design class tor the I.archnont w.,
Club. The new boats are 10 he A ..
oEef an - teet wateriin-. feet beam an,t
feet draft ~''1
u'le 40 date has YET been chosen a, -
ui'u~rstood that there will be a a.. -
July OF next year for the SAVANNAH 80,
wi'ieh Is now held by the Manchests- v,,.s,
Oiuo. The ROYAL ST Lawrence Yacbr -.
.,, %''iTn he'd 'he trophy FOR nine years. IS m,
New-York tribune., 1909-11-22

pcuns1lv and Cornell must fghr out
tlair yearly gridirou battle A. PEilaoeiphia
.,u ThIrsdar Fordham auG Syracuse viii
saks fE- field al, ths Polo Grounds here and
rceu- York University closes lts schedule in
p iiorle game with Trinity. but the season
eifae to au emo for practically All the lead
ius teams ~ f.le East on saturday. IN
cfher eoars it has been left for West Poins
AND Annapolis 10 ring the curtain down
with tl- blare ~ martial music and blaze
a. giit buttons and gold lace. But rnis
-pcctaclllar contest las been cancelled on
s.ocolut 81 ihe uuf0rtrmste accident m the
8sft8rd-N est Point game that cost fAe
ARE ~ Caoet ByEne The Pfunsy lFania-
Cornell game has aroused widespread tu-
fsnest ir recel4t wears not only because -
fn. bearing b has laG lE ranking rh. Vari-
,ris oIevons bur D-caGse lt haz been the
,iimlnafion ~ the season for two - tho
leading eleveus of tie East. and further
iees ,.se 81 tie l-cen rlvllry which The games
llaEe enFendered. l'enusg iVaula Lac keTI
or winning Wl-h regularity that has
grown mou0t0uous in recent wears IN
racf of fhe sixteen games PLAYED since
: cs1. cornell has managed 20 Uin only one
The Itascaus defeated fhe Qualers IA 1901
ly n score ~ - 90 g. and EARNED 4 tie
Ealae in ls06. bUr Otherwise the under
..rsduates ~ P'unsg- -ivauls AaFe enjoyed
game however. have been close ara hald
New-York tribune., 1909-11-22

IN the presence OF three thousand spec
tators az West Side Park in Jersey city.
resterday the National League team OF
the Brooklyn Football Club administered
cefeat 20 the eleven Of the Jersey Athletic
club N a championship game. by the score
OF ? goals 20 o. Both tallies were made in
the first half
A me bit of combination plsy between
. halioTan. Volt and : Coward enabled
IN" last named 20 shoot the first goal
Later in the same period A. Hampson got
ihs ball after II had been worked up the
rght wing by Maciennan. and. dashing
through the centre reached Tho not. The
Brooklyns had the ball most OF the second
haif. bur were unable 20 score again. Dill
i,'an. their goalkeeper. made several fine
stops
New-York tribune., 1909-11-22
on SOCCER FIELDS.
Clan Macdonald EIeUfH De
featS BrOOkIUH Team.

After an interval of a fortnight. owing 20
the presence in this vicinity OF the Pilgrims
OF England. the championship series of the
New York Amateur Association Football
League was resumed yesterday. At Mar
Guette oval. in Brooklyn. the Clan Mac
Donalds. winners OF the Sunday series OF
last season. We're opposed 10 the Brooklyn
Football Club and won by the score OF
goals to o. one being shot in each period OF
play.
The Iine-tfr foIlo,-r
New-York tribune., 1909-11-22
NEW GOLF COURSE LAID OUT.

Although rather late In the season for this
kind Of work. Charles Kirchner laid out an
ether gof course the other day. II was "a
six hole anair for the Cragsmoor Inn. on
the top of the mountain at Cragsmoor. "
J.. This Is about four miles from Eilenvin-
New-York tribune., 1909-11-22

fought. 80 there has been no lack OF IN
teresf.
Al through the early part Of the season
q looked as II Cornell was doomed 20 an
other defeat. but now. on the eve OF the
game. the chances are reasonably bright fo'
tho tide 20 turn toward Ithaca. Pennsyi-
vania cannot boast OF 50 stroag 4 team as
went through the season OF 1895 without a
defeat The gaps in the ranks left by the
graduation of such brilliant players as Hoi-
lenheck Scarlett Draper. CASTOR and
Means have not been filed. and while The
eleven has shown flashes Of power there
has been lacking that smooth running ma
chine of a wear ago. Played 10 a he by
Iafavette snd beaten by Michigan Penn
sylvania must defeat Cornell 10 save the
season from utter failure and preserve her
place among the first four teams % the
East Ii is quite possible that the lessons
~ tho Michigan game viii bring about the
necessary Improvement but In my opinion
tho team will have 10 play much better
football than on that occasion 70 claim =
victory on Thursdav IN the absence of
any game ou saturday there has heen plen-
q Of finle for rhe coaches 70 correct the
faults which cropped out in play against
rhe Wolverines. and 70 smooth or tho rough
edges.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-22
HAVANA, 4; DETROIT. 3

Havana. Nov :l--The Havana baseball
team defeated the Detroit Americans to-
Gay by score OF tos
New-York tribune., 1909-11-22

There has been just cause in other years
70 utter word OF protest againsr the abuse
of secret practice in preparing an eleven
fo- some important game al the larger
universities hut during the season which is
now practically ~ ar end growing evil
was corrected 10 such an extent that
scarcely q word % complaint has been
heard from any source. This Is cause for
conErarularon. The object OF secret prac-
tice was FOR the purpose. largely. of de-
veloping trick plavs which 10 prove ef-
fecrive must come as a complete and utter
surprise 70 the opposing teams. Year after
year. however. these plays. with some ex-
oeuti0ns failed 10 materialize or failed 20
Work in actual combat, ana the under
graduates who have deen robbed Of the op-
Dortunirv 10 SOC and watch the gradual de-
vflopInent or their team while being begged
and urged for their support lad good reason
20 complain Howard Jones head coach al
Yale, and Jim Mccormick. field coach AZ
Princeton. did well % limit the secret prac-
rice this year. There was practically none
~ al AT Princeton. and mighty little al
Nev Haven snd Cambridge This move will
make for greater interest and g better and
move sD0rtsnanlike feeling
New-York tribune., 1909-11-22

While on the subject Of golf a suggestion.
revived last week. that the amateur cham
piouship tournament be decided on a new
basis is worthy Of some consideration The
plan would be 10 hold sectional tOurna-
meuts H. the East, Middle West. Vest and
SoutL and have the survivors come to-
gether and fght IL out for the title. Il IL
a thoroughly good suggestion and one
which would stimulate and arouse fresh
interest IN the game N all parts OF the
country.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-22

The forthcoming meeting of the Inter
collegiate Athletic Association of tn
United States bids fair TO be the most in
fsresting since the turbulent sessions ~
$40. when the body that has done so murb
Tor intercollegiate sport emerged fror, ,bs
MacCraeken conference for the reform -
football II is the gridiron game again ~
course. that Is going 10 attract most attsn-
tiou al this session. bur there are otbe-
things OF almost equal moment 10 ne con
sidered- The question Of what action j. =,
o. taken BY the meeting toward the reg,,,,
OF the game. II sweeping reform il da,,t..,,
10 be needed. and the effect of such ae,,,,,
or the sport will keep the ewes ~ the .oI
lege world centred on the confer.nc. :,
may be well 70 clear up. nrst OF al a..
status OF the association. and So 70 inai,.',.
"nst enect its action may have upop IN.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-22

BY defeating the Camerons AT Van Cort-
landt Park by the score OF 3 goals 10 o
Yesterday afternoon. the Bronx United Team
tied the Clan MacDonalds for second place
N the Amateur League championship COM
petition. each club being credited with
seven points 10 date MACPHERSON AM
Milne started the scoring for the winners
and the third goal resulted from penalty.
Black making the successful kick
New-York tribune., 1909-11-22

Naie men. .t rs said. feel -lat they were
depsfFed ~ rvo toGcldov-ns hr wrong
rulings ly The officials This IS silly and
doubt Eaic football men really have
Ar ides ~ rle sort, because they pride
rhenselves on knowing The rules which
rre perfectly plain 0u The points AZ issue
once Hail picked up THE ball behind the
Harvard goa iine thinking THAI Hobbs
nad kicked p FOal from placement Find
-uE lis error, le dropped o. ana Murphy
feI upon 90 Tor an alleged touchdown.
section 10 of Rule q. subdivision 4. saws.
The bail is dead wheu II accidentally
strikes an official Iu such cases the play
ulIsf D. ulaved over. Miu0t. ater sent
90 onside kicA. which bounded over Yals's
roaI rine untouched. Hove picking it up
rhere and running. EnnpleTted. tile length
of rhe 1eld Section af Rule p saws. 1T
10 fouchbsck when r kicked halI
c"ss over ths Eoai iiHs either ou The AS
~ after striking the ground tDefore being
touched by PLAYER of either sidei."
New-York tribune., 1909-11-22

lew names deserve a higher place n
fsIe's football annals thsn that Of Edward
Harris Coy Tales captain proved himself
p born leader on Saturdav. r. verv genius
~ me Eridirou- Not his individual nrowess
sione stood out- although what his kicking
meant 70 Tals no one can -uStly say. Tho
Individual stood our only when i- was All
over for on tho held he was simply a par
20 winning eleven doing his snare calling
inpsrfially on eve-v PLAYER Tor rhe besr
t,ar was ln him No wonder his men fell
'lpou his neck when that victory was won.
NO wonder thar be received such an ova-
t'ou a. few captains in the past have had
a wonderful play-r. as he has long since
proved himself 10 be Coy showed himself
or saturday t0 bs a wonderful captain a.
wrrf
New-York tribune., 1909-11-22

Pennsylvania suffered The loss Of two
such sterling PLAYERS as Iamberton and
scott last week. and was practically forced
20 restore Captain Miller. who was deposed
for two DAYS. Miller has been a disap-
pointment this year, but 10 has beer badly
handled
New-York tribune., 1909-11-22

Do was great ngEr thar Fish ana his
men usoe q hglt against tho most dis
'"1-sEins ~ at odds. those Of greater Wit
enc cunning. Ir vain was rho hrawny mass
'f Hs-rErd's superb team hurled ar the
'Ictors. Time and again the attack was
rushed hack. and tire and again Yaie
nronrinE ry some error of execution or %
-llEueuf, was pressing home an attack
hat was So fo--ited by strategic skill -
'a assume formida bility out of al proper
non to us physical effectiveness. There
vas ever present tire n1ensoe ~ COWS new
roil'v % kick sosls from the field. rhe in
possibility ~ deciding from what quarter
arc urNt thrust was 20 come
New-York tribune., 1909-11-22

The Importance Of action by club handi-
Gaping committees TO protect entrants in
open and invitation tournaments from the
raid of mug hunters has had fresh ex-
emplihcation within the last few DAYS IN
al incident at Fox Hills that obtained wide
publicity. I am strongly opposed 20 this
pretice. as all right minded followers OF
the royal and ancient game should be.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-22

Syracuse plays here on Thursday .or tae
second time this year. winding mp SIS sea
son ~ a game with FordharI's in= eleven.
The upstate team has mad a poor season.
bUJ could wipe out many stlngs by defeat
ing captain Gargan's mer. iERBEPT.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-22
The lineup follows

q
Johnstone, CiaE nacDoualds ana J. Miller
brooElyns. goals-Mac'' 'llloch and D. Ross
Elan Ma Doualds- Substitutes-Parkes for
Watts. Williams tor smith Time of halves
Forty-rve minutes.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-22

Harry Hiliman- one OF the best middle
distance runners and hurdIers who ever
wore a spiked shoe. will be sadly missed
AT the indoor games this winter. and from
the cinder path when another season rolls
around he announced his retirement las
Week. and II Is cause for regret agre,.
WIN James T. sullivan. who said that the
sport had lost one OF its greatest runners
ana also man who for his never falling
fairness and good spOrtsmanship endeared
himself 70 everybody with whom, ba co..
IN contact
New-York tribune., 1909-11-22
COM MENT ON SPORTS
SOCCER rs n CANE.
Ne1cs and Tiescs on LfUe
Topics of the Day.

Association football Is a good sport II
provides excellent exercise and develops an
amount OF skill which Is truly remarkable
20 the person seeing a well coached team
IN action for the first time ON Tuesday
vent down 20 the Bav Ridge grounds OF
the Crescent Athletic Club 70 see a game
Of soccer as il should 10 played. when
the Pilgrims the English team Of amateurs
that mas been touring this country. played
their last game. ! must confess 10 being
highly interested. but went away more than
ever convinced that the talk Of substi-
tutinr association football for the Amer
can college game iS tantamount 20 propos-
ing that ping pong be substituted for lawn
tennis Soccer a. association fOOtbail -
called is wonderfully popular IN England
where immense crowds. the record being
.25.c0 persons. turn out 20 see the Ois
games. and 50 far "a can be judged II =
growing i'm favor in this country. but Il VIII
never take the place Of the American col
lege game for the simple reason that u Il
lacking TO a large extent In sensational
features and tactical display.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-22

Just when II began 20 look as II lli@ wv
of Dssce has gone 70 roost IN some =
cluded pIace IL goes 1uttering on as4li'
and once more the CRY of war - neaid III
the land Of golf Mutterinss are coming
out of the West. which only a year sso
talked secession and rebellion from tHV
rule Of the United States Golf Associauoh-
Execution has been taken 10 the statement
made IL is understood. by Walter J. Travis
that the policy Of the Western tIot Asso-
cIsriou which has found expression IN as
sailing the parent body, was not approved
by auv single representative Western golteT-
II is now asserted and by 10 less person
than the president OF the Western Coli
Association. that there is ground FOR some
complaint. although he maintains that the
talk of rebellion and secession Is based on
the wrong hypothesis. inasmuch As an IN
dependent and sovereign body. referring 70
the Western Golf Association cannot Sc
cede as IL owes allegiance only % its own
constituents. That was the attitude OF the
Southern States before the Civil Var The
result viii he recalled readily The end Is
not vet. but IL strikes me that II Is a pity
10 create a wrong impression by talking
war when there Is little or no chance for a
gun To be fired. The tight would be 100 one
sided 10 be interesting
New-York tribune., 1909-11-22

James T. sullivan. who has done more
perhaps, than any other one man 10 build
W and encourage track and fsld sports on
a sound amateur basis. is not proud man.
At least. he rs not proud 10 the point OF
allowing vanity 10 stand in the way of the
advancement OF a principle. and 10 him
clean sport has become principle. After
serving a. president OF the Amateur Atm
letic Union for three years he stepped
down az the annual meeting held last week
IN favor Of Everett g.. Brown. OF Chicago.
but not our. as he put aside his personal
feeling ana accepted IoWlier although
hardly less important position as secretarv-
treasurer. post he held before he was e,e-
waited 10 that Of president The Amateur
Athletic Union is 10 be congratulated on r.
tanning so good and faithful a servant.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-22

Do was nor alI with O-FIaherty thar Ire
froua., lav, ~ course. The Harvard linernen
have n-en Aggressive al season. They
,ia~e been getting the jump" on their oI,-
i'onerrs. And. ON SATURDAY,. they were 50
aggressive that nine penalties cost Har-
ara l"5 precious Yards and Spoiled more
r.lau une period ~ rushing that threat
s-nel to become march down the teId.
l'or one ~ these penalties there was no
-.NcuSe, and ths Iiuemeu were not ar fault
~Fo0ch' Donovan invaded the Eridirou
without permission. after Luey was hurt
IN the FIRST play of the game. and tast
cost Harvard fftocu yards.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-22

quarterback made fo orde- Was
flah hertE snd it is safe ro sav thar next
f'7'e lisrTsrd wil rely upon some inspired
genius fo ~un tho team. even - as with
~'srr 'n i-s, he he product - the
f'Tentr louI O'Fiaher-v r0t no Gre or
oesh iUto Bass work Ei@ was mechanical.
iie caught kicks Wretchedly. and much o.
sIes advantage came here VTiCgiesvrorrh
:" az better. much better bur The damage
lad been done. Fish certainly did his team
Dr. Eooc oE las constant interference with
signals Sucl tactics or she uar- ~ cap
tsin can newer hF of service Fish Is
grand PLAYER. a tackle - rare ability and
skiI ~ersed in the dnsr points ~ PLAYING
t'a- ciffcult position 20 a degree alt0Eether
"Ut of the ordinary. bur in the point q
leadership he compared poorly with Gov.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-22

II Is interesting 10 note that TINS I'M
ported field game following in the wake -
Eolf is making steady iuroads upon tne
respect of American spOrtsnen IN no
sense Of the term can IL be regarded a
SLOW. and in this respect It has the au-
vantage Of Engiand's national game
cricket A same Of soccer lasts JUST an
hour ami a half. and by its nature Is IaSl
from beginning 10 end Baseball players
have begun 10 take kindly 10 soccer anu
the entire iuheId Of the Pittsburg nine >
partial 20 its charms. By-ue. Aosteih anu
Miller all are proficient and well Versen
in the rules. while even Wagner mas a.
kuowledged its value for training purposes
The colleges for several years have De,h
playing for the cup provided % "a ap'aiA
Mines Of the Pilgrims. while most OF 'iiS
-, -cboois and some OF the elementary
schools have their teams The game III
tpfs country. therefore. may be regarued aS
we'll past the probationary stage
New-York tribune., 1909-11-22

Brown wound Up season that was dis
appointing chiefly bece Use OF a had s@hed-
rle in a alaz. of sl0-v on Saturday hy
beating the Tn iians. Tne team show 81
itself 10 be- q strong and well balanced
one. and Tie work OF Spraek.ing. al quar-
terback, stood out prominently in q season
Tat has produced fex good naa al TIE
position Captain Eegnisr PLAYED an eN-
celieur game at END. as h. has often done
before
New-York tribune., 1909-11-22

N-w York University brings re most sue
cessful season 20 a close or Thursday IN
game with its old rival Trinity. on Ohio
Field. Years ago Trinity used 20 have
Srest teams when the LanEf 1rds were
among their stars and New York was
buried as regularly as tho annual game
came round New Torks FIRST victory was
won IN Ieoe- and since then fc,.r games have
been PLAYED New York has won two %
them one was a tie and last wear Trinity
was victorious A victory on Thursday viii
leave the NeW York team UuteateD for the
season. with Oult q lie with Lehigh 20
break a string Il Victories. Comparative
scores leave little choice New York beat
HaverfCrd early IL the season BY a score
~ - % o. whI- Trinity defeated the
Quskers on SATURDAY bv q tally of J. q O.
New York beat WESLEYAN BY a score of
T. 20 = snd Trinity won the same game by
a score II j. 70 8. Obviously. II ought 70
be a grca- night ard one well worth seeing
New-York tribune., 1909-11-22

There sre reasons enough snd 20 spare
nov for what happened in The Stadium
Yale wRs keen 70 seize every opportunity.
Tier men were trained for every emergency
that could arise Every point of strength
was used 20 Ire limit ~ its possible value.
sud every known or probable element -
strength ir the Harvard team was discount
I'd. Deliberately Yale abandoned the driy-
trc -Ishiug game that has made Yale teams
famous IN tho past for stirring marches
oow-n Tho field and over the line for
touchdown. Harvard VAS TOO strong for
such work Perhaps Vale could have won
thus. bur better - surely was 20 take rho
points as fhev came than 20 run tho risk
~ being hsttsred hack by Harvard IN IN
successful attempts 20 sweep down the fsId
m fhe oid-fsshiOned way. leaving worn
o1t team 20 face the terrific onslaught the
Crimson vas sure sooner OF later 20 make.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-22

fought. 50 there has been no lack OF In
terest
New-York tribune., 1909-11-22

II Is not meant 20 imply that rare sAih
lid brilliant team play ere not striklns
characteristics Of soccer on the contrary' D
the Pilgrims proved most conclusiveiy that
most Of the players m this country have
much TO learn in the matter Ot playing
together for a common end. some OF the
Crescent men showed no lack or ability III
heading tho ball and in kicking or drio-
bling il with one foot or the other 1OI
one must be ambidextrOus as to the teet Z
be even a fair soccer player II was amaz-
ing 70 watch the Pilgrims check the ball,
pass II 20 one side or the other or carrS
il down the field. using their feet and iess
With as much cleverress a. most pe"p'V
do their hands As said before u i
good game and one which should Dc en-
couraged. but il Is folly 70 suggest that y
should take the place Of the most popular
OF all college sports.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-22

II is said that Frank Farrell president
81 the Greater New York Baseball Club
better known as the Yankees. has spent
sSo.00o 20 strengthen his team next year.
II Is hoped that the money has not been
wasted and that the peunant will ~ over
American League Para when October 1910.
is IN the discard. HERBERT
New-York tribune., 1909-11-22
on THE GRIDIR0N
YALE THE CHAMPION
Ticfory Ouer HarUard Giues
COB's Team a Clear Title.

To Yale beionEs thc crown. Harvard
made q gallant fgll kept that srnashing.
Nonderfully alert Blue team from crossing
Its Cosl line and made record for itself
- proud as any that ever capped Grim
son season short ~ those four wears la
which victory has vested with the cam
lridE. cohorts. The Yale team knew NOR
f,ofhsii applied its know ledge better, did
,Ieryfhing in "a word. better than Harvard.
sNcept fo rush fhe bali Tnquestioned sls-
fr-rlars On tho East belongs 10 the Blue.
snd rheur will 10 few 20 believe that Michi-
Ear. save Tor a defesr two weeks ago ~
rhe hands ~ Notre Dame the undisputed
caar1pions IN fhe Middle West. could stain
the clean record 90 Captain Coys eleven
Aof an opponent-hss registered score -
sisv serf against Vale this wear. and de-
f~nco that Harvard could not penetrste. IN
'iew - Tho tremendous drive and power
frar captain Fishs team showed on Satur-
0sy. must 10 regarded as n-eilniEh irwin
cihls Harvard is clearly entitled 70 sec-
md place. That much must be conceded
New-York tribune., 1909-11-22

rules OF the gsme. which Of course. II does
not make or revis. action Of that sort
icing left 20 the football rules committee