The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-11
INTEREST IN
BIC LEAGUES
Annual Meetings Of Baseball
Magnates Looked Forward
to With Expectancy.
SPRACKLING'S RECORD
AS A FOOTBALL STAR
West Point Predicting Great
Season for Its Veteran
Basketball Team.
BY MANHATTAN.


By Leased Wire to The Tribune.
NEW YORK, Dec. 10-The result of
the meetings of the National Baseball
league and the Eastern league is awaited
with interest The magnates of the
baseball business will, in all probability,
devote considerable time to a discussion
OF the proposed major league They are
afraid OF the proposition, whether Ii be
serious ono or the reverse.
Hans Holmer and William w. Queal,
the American team. won the international
Marathon race at Madison Square Car
2:l2 l6 l-5. The France Sweden team, st.
Yves and Svanberg. finished second. COW
ering the distance In 2:0i 3S l-0. and the
Finland team finished third in 2:04s4I 40.
st. Yves and Svanberg put up mag
niicent fight. but had neither the speed
nor the stamina OF the successful com
petitors Finland's champions. Kohl
malnen and Nieneman, proved their met
tie.
The English team. Shrubb and Wood.
were the first TO give evidence OF trouble
and he was compelled TO quit the race In
the seventh mile. His teammate, Wood,
remained in the race.
The Americans were not only the vic
tors. but the feature OF the International
struggle. Throughout they set the pace.
Queal was the star Of the race, and a
mighty shout went up when he Tapped
St Yves. Svanberg came out then and
regained the advantage from Homer,
who had relieved his partner. Queal' S
performance bordered on the renarka-
BILE. Twenty miles was covered in
Practice for the Harvard university
baseball squad will commence after the
mid year period. The freshmen Will re-
port earlier, and the varsity pitching
candidates still earlier. No coach has
been selected as yet, although it is
thought either Tenney or Kittredge. both
former major leaguers. may be selected.
position on account OF his versatility,
still. there is doubt that his taciturnity
dictates. DR.. r. II. Nichols, the athletic
associations physician, may be chosen.
The football men Will get out In the
spring, the same as the tracksters anu
baseball players.
Sprackling's Great Record.
w. L. Spracklng OF Cleveland, O..
member OF the junior class and first
choice for quarterback on the All-Ameri-
can eleven. has been elected captain Of
the Brown football varsity for the year
1911.
He is about 20 years old and is said
TO be the youngest captain the Brown
football team has ever had.
He began his football career as quar-
terback on the East high school team
OF Cleveland in 1906, when he weighed
but 123 pounds, Entering Brown in 1908
he became noted for his football ability,
and last year was the star in the game
wherein he defeated the Carlisle Indians.
u TO S. In that contest he ran through
the whole Carlisle team for a touchdown
on the Kickoff. a performance which
earned him place on the All-New Eng
land team,
The development OF the forward pass
he has brought to the highest state of
efficiency OF any player on the college
gridiron. He ranks high in college af-
fairs and athletics. being ex-president OF
the freshman class, member OF the
sophomore committee and OF the Glee
club. as well as one of the mainstays Of
the basketball five.
In order that football practice and
studies may not interfere with each
other. the authorities Of the University
of Washington have decided to install
a powerful electric arc plant to illumi-
nate the football field. This viii give
the candidates more time for practice
than heretofore.
Basketball Schedule.
The West Point basketball team opened
with a game with the Manhattan college
team. It's schedule is as follows: Trim
ity. December II; Pennsylvania state.
January 7; Union. January ID; Princeton.
January 2l; Swarthmore: January 2S;
Yale. February 4. University OF Pennsyl
vanIa. February IL; Colgate. February
Is: Rochester,. February %: Dickinson.
February %. The army's team last year
was the best that West Point ever
turned out and for their exceptional rec
ord the Athletic council awarded them
the letter a. something never known
before. With some fifty candidates. the
army should have a good team this year,
Lieutenant Joseph Stillwell is again
coaching 1t.
squad Of sixty midshipmen is prac-
tlcing basketball under 6. F. Jacobs the
Navy captain. Midshipman B. o. Willis
captain OF last years five, will coach the
team, probably,