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Poe and Palmer at Princeton.

Princeton had i'll Poe and Palmer two
small ends who We're so fast and sure
that they made up for their sllghtness
OF weight. Both smashed intrepidly INTO
interference, and Poe VAS d wonder at
weaving in and getting To his man. Scar
lett and Levene of Pennsylvania were IL
swift and capable pair, and at Fordham
they think with reason that last year
pair, Mccarthy and Mccartney. neither Il
biz mali were about as good as they
come.
Similar conditions are found in the
tackle positions. One star pairs off with
another. IL was SO fifteen years ago and
now. Where there was Wallis at Yale
there also was a Winter. 1t was close
between them as to which was the better
They were clcan-built fellows, symmetri-
cal rather ihan beefy, and both eX
cepuonaly proficient at breaking through
and fast III getting down under punt
They pia! ed on a sequence of strong
teams at Vale. They were the best pair
that Yale had until Stllman and Boomer
appeared and helped make Gordon
Brown all-conquering team of 1900 such
powerful scoring machine. The latter
two's part was particularly effective. for
they Wee the main driving force in the
posing defenSes to pieces
Then came Hogan and Kinney. two
tackles at Yale cast in herculean mold.
Kinney was not the star Hogan was. but
v IN ei'hSlH ana size nlCeu III Well
with the gigantic Yale line of 1907. Cults
and blaSden. Harvard tackles on Camp
bells Harvard eleven of 1901 were a
powerful pair. both brawnv. heavy men.
but active and fast. The holes they
could open We're like unto a barn door
Blagden didn't have the reputation OF "a
Cults. but in less SNOWY fashion he did
the work. Hillcbrand and Church at
Princeton teamed at tackle on the 1876
team. strong and we'll balanced organ
izat1on; ana We're a puissant pair. So
earlier day pair of tackles waters and
Newell of Harvard, who played tackle
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PAIRS AND TRIOS WHO MADE
FOOT BALL ELEVENS WINNERS
Combinations Of This Kind Have Been
Many on Big University Teams, and
They Have Always Proven Dis
astrous to Their Opponents.

So often as to be worthy of note 1t has
happened i'm foot ball that one unusually
good player has had a team and position
mate as good or nearly so as himself. III
so, so much the better for the team, SO
much more likely the intense, if ephem-
eraI, ioys of victory. In the frequency
with which there have been a good pair
Of ends, a good pair of tackles, good
pair of guards, Or good pair OF haif-
backs-the adjective should be strength
ened to fine or splendid, anyway above
the ordinary-on some one team one or
the two may be better solely through the
example of his mate, or else the PAIR
lust happened TO flourish cotemporan-
eously.
Foot hall shsrps can not diSassociate
Henry of Princeton from Davis. These
two were felloWends at princeton, anu
the most able pair of outfanherS Nassau
ever had Seldom do two players so
nearly matched an ability happen ~
strike the same team at the same Tune
How fleet they We're, how Vig1iant, now
deadly In tacklng, how hard was II 10
turn their ends, And SheVhn ana Raj
ferty Of Yale, There was a PAIR OF mn
ishtd ends for YOU. fleet and strong, and
tireless and fearless, masters or thelr'
positions, and when they Srlpped ID man
he went back toward his own goat
Did YOU ever see Sheylin and Rafferty,
hit man together and t1ns nm otth
over his own goal line for SAFETY ;;
Shevlin and Rafferty, and DAVIS ana
Henry played opposite one another ana
they gave an exhibition OF end play lii
1906; that isn't seen once IN ten years.
Yale had another great par III Iiinhey
and Greenway of the early sos. HlnkeE
never had a superior. possiolE never al
equal He outshone his partner Green
way: could diagnose II play better IMAM
any end before or since, was surehess
itself in tacklins and was e1hcleft enoush
of his own account to bring the pair up
to high standard.
Harvard's best pairs of ends We're Hal
lowell and Cochrane, of the victorious
SOS eleven. and Campbell and Bowditch
of the powerful 1901 team Halloween
and Cochrane were built alike, tall and
rangy, and of equal ability. Their team
plav was great Campbell surpassed Bow
ditch He was a scintillating star. but
Bowditch was good, too, and did not
merely shine in his associates renecteo
pIOrv
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would enttIe Niles to the fifth place
on the list, making this small but
select group read: Lied, Bundy. Nc
Unquestionably Touchard. following
Niles so closely as he does, if not
superior to him in actual performance,
is to be considered as sixth, with
form this year in Il number of tourna-
ments displayed his versatility and
ability dts No. Z. and Pell as No. s.
Naturally. the greater number of tourna-
er number of opponents and matches,
plays it's important part in the general
average for position, and it is. there
fore. the opinion of the majority that
Carleton r. Gardner, another of the
Californians, takes precedence over
other likely men as the No. 8. followed
by Wallace +. Johnson of Philadelphia
as No. 10. Johnson's work. on the
whole. through the season was a dis
appointment: still, it must be renlem-
bered that in dropping from the posi-
ton of third of last year to tenth OF
this year he has accomplished wonders
for one who suffered through long
siege of illness during the winter be-
fore he recuperated sufficiently to take
his place on the courts.
First Ten Count.
The remainder of the list makes little
difference to many players 1t is the first
ten that counts. 1t is clearly within the
possibilities that finishing the season in
the brilliant manner in which he has in
winning the New Jersey state and the
tristate, Richard II. Palmer may displace
Johnson. Yet. in the early part OF the
year Palmer lost matches to mediocre
players. and on the reviewing of the
ia bles il is likely to place him as the
eleventh man. From the manner in
which the others have shown their abil-
ity, Dean Mathey should follow Palmer,
and in order. Frederick G. Inman, Reu-
ben \. Holden and Whitney. Then, in
the estimation of those who have delved
into the figures. should follow three of
the older veterans-J. ID. T.. Jones, the
perpetual winner of the Rhode Island
state championship; William b. Cragin,
jr., and Charles NJ. Bull jr., OF the Cres-
cent Athletic club. Young Doyle is con-
Sistently considered among the first
twenty, and he, therefore, would follow
on the bracket No. 20, ard his name
would complete the score of leaders de-
pending on the position which may be
awarded to the Californian, Long, who
is surely entitled to place among them.
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Wright in Fourth Place.

Wrights fourth place is considered a
complimentary rating by some, for on the
Yecords Wrights greatest performance
was abroad. where he reached the final
OF the All-England at Wimbledon, to be
defeated by Anthony F.. Wilding in five
sets. Aside from that, Wright came down
TO the finals in the great Longwood tour
nament and in the all-comers, at New
port At longwood Mclaughlin defeated
MIN, and while Al Newport Wright turn
ed the tables upon Mclaughlin it is the
opinion of those who watched Wright
closely that he was extremely fortunate
to go as far as he did at Newport
For the fifth place Nathaniel W. Niles.
Gustave +. Touchard. Frederick c.
Colston. Theodore Roosevelt Pell and
Reuben y. Holden are named There
seems good reason for passing the Yale
PLAYER from lengthy consideration in
this group. Good is the Yale captain
he failed to compete in great num-
Der of tournaments. and this fact also
lowers the compare percentage of
TOuchard and Pell. The former suf-
fered because of illness, and while he
is generally considered one Of the most
brilliant of the younger groups handling
the racquet, still the fact that Niles
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altogether. but the Old Rugby society
in 1897 collected the personal recOllections
of the event from the surviving Rugbeians
of Ellis time. which fairly has established
that this tradition is founded upon actual
fact.
William Webb Ellis. a town boy of
Rugby, entered the school in December.
1915. at the age of eleven years. The
school records show that he was a scholar
of pronounced ability. Upon eaving the
school in 1926. being the second Rugby
exhibitioner of that year. he entered
BrasenOse College. oxford. Later he was
ordained in the ministry and for several
years acted as incumbent of the Church
OF st. Clement Danes, Strand, and sub
sequently served as rector of LAYER Mag
dalen Essex. He died January -, 1877
In an ivy grown wall at Rugby has
been placed a tablet preserving to world
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no less ingeniously organized than the
wall The ground was $50 yards long and
100 yards broad, the goals being marked
with posts connected with a crossbar.
Here again the number of players upon
side We're limited to eleven. Off-side
play. by the Etonians called ''sneaking,"
was prohibited, as also was the use of
hands. The ball was advanced by short
KICKS. known as 'dribbles." and if the
defensive side directly or indirectly drove
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Sporting Editor Sunday Star:
A is on first. hits to the lnheld
and the ball is thrown to first. b is
declared safe by the umpire. The nrst
haseman i'm fit of rage hurls the ball
down on the ground. The ball rolls
about fifteen feet on the infield. A and
3. taking advantage of this. advance
to third and second, respectively.
should the first baseman be given an
error. or should each runner be credited
with a stolen base? l.. l. H.
The first baseman should be charged
with an error
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together in the old Springfield days, were
wonderfully capable all-around pair
Waters first.ciass man. and Newell
as good tackle, combining strength
speed and head work, as ever played the
game.
Some Notable Guards.
Noted pairs of guards have been nu-
merous. Heffelfnger and Morrison at Yale
nearly twenty years ago we're mighty men
in the center of the line. both over six
feet. spare of build, but fleet and resolute
and strong, getting over a great amount
of ground and into all the plays. Heffe,
finger as guard stands alone, and his
partner was lesser light, not, how
ever, because he really was not first
class, but because Heffelfnger was his
contemporary. At that time Riggs and
Wheeler were playing guard at Prince
ton. They were corkers, too, and it was
a battle Of the giants when they lined up
against Hefelflnger and Morrison.
Brown and Sheldon at Yale in 1900 made
a couple of guards who were the best
pair at Yale since Heffelfnger and
over six feet two inches. and indefatiga-
bile workers. Glass and Goss came two
years later, and left their mark. Goss
was man of great strength, not with
nous Glass. but who rose to great things
with n crack guard alongside of linn 1t
was n duel OF strong men when Edwards
and Crowds. guards at Princeton in 1897,
played against Chadwick and Brown OF
Yale. Edwards and Crowds were both
over 200 pounds. big physically and in
foot ball ability. They were the big
gest pair OF guards Princeton ever had
and Edwards was as fast as he was big
He carried his bulk down under a kick
like tackle.
Pennsylvania has had some pairs of
guards of exceptional ability, most noted
being Wharton and Woodruff and Hare
and McCracken. Each of these four men
was strictly first-ciass. and paired to-
sether they were still more effective The
guardsback play of Hare and McCracken
was a juggernaut which no team could
stop. With the Hare or McCracken bat
tering ram at the head of il, it ploWed
its way irresistibly through all opponents
AS line guards. too, Hare and McCracken
were in the front rank. McCrea and
Hickok of Yale and Meyer and Wright
of the Navy earned fame as pairs The
two midshipmen mentioned were not of
the size of the college players, but made
up for it in sturdneSs and activity, i'm
parting solidity to the whole line Cornell
had a pair of guards in Thompson and
ORourke who were towers of strength
and conspicuously active and aggressive
-Andrus and Goebel of this years Yale
eleven Will go in the hall of fame as a
great team.
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in the glories Of Old Bigside at Rugby?
1t is seventy years since Pater Brooke
led out the forces in School House
versus School and Tom Brown saved
the goal in the second half at Rugby.
The game long ago Outgrew the close
and Is now played wherever the English
tongue is spoken. In America many of
its methods have changed and it's name
partially has been obliterated, but the
time never will come when its first
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Wall Game of Elton.

To Eton the American game is indebted
for its principle of eleven men. Visitors
to Windsor are familiar with the road
running from that place to Slough and
pa ssing Elton. being separated from tn
school grounds by brick wall eight feet
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In street battle with fists, at Mem
phis, Big Ed iurlburt former backstop
on the Detroit team and now we'll
known minor lcaguer. landed q knock
out blow on Police Sergt. Britt the other
day, necesSitatnS reStoratiyes. When re-
vived Britt refused to prosecute Hur-
burt took exception to the treatment Britt
administered youthful prisoner he had
under arrest.
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Sporting Editor Sunday Star:
IN If pitcher strikes out man and
the catcher holds the third strike. who
gets credit for the putout? ca Does the
catcher get credit for all putouts on
strikeouts? ca Why did Wilson of the
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Dan McGann denies that he Is after
the management of the Maysville, Ky,
team, and says that his name was used
for advertising purposes. 1t Is believed
that McCann will be manager OF the
Brewers in case McClosAey quits the jon
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Sporting Editor Sunday Star:
l. In the ninth inning. with second and
third occupied and two out, the batter has
one strike. Can you take him out and
send up some one else TO bat for him? -
Can you send up one man TO bat for an,
other when the latter has two 'alls and
one strike I'm any part of the gama
whether the bases are occupied or not?
II. b. G.
l. Yes. -. Yes.
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Sporting Editor Sunday Star:
Did Harry Steinfeldt play first base for
the C,Ihs i'm a regularly scheduled game
during the season of 1909 or 1910?
T.. E. C.
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Sporting Editor Sunday Star:
Reulbach is pitching for Chicago. II IL
his turn at bat. Bea is put in "a
bat in his place. What position is Beau.
mont allotted on the team while batting
for Reulbach? l.. &. X.
Beaumont is not given any position or
the team except Reulbach's place in the
batting order.
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Sporting Editor Sunday Star:
Batter attempts to bunt and knocks
4 f]y which falls inside the line be-
tween first and home and then rolls
out on foul ground before anybody
touches il. Is this Il fair ball?
TOMMY.
No il is a foul
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Giants get many putouts in THURSDAYS
game against Brooklyn? j. r. T.
~ The catcher. 90 No. The catcher
is not credited with tine putout when he
drops the third strike and has to throw
to first In that case the first basenan
gets a putout and the catcher an assist.
Ga Proba bly, because he had the oppor-
tunities and took advantage Of them. He
might have caught a lot of fouls or pop
flies.
Sporting Editor Sunday Star:
Does three-base hit or a home run add
TO players batting average any more
than a single? l.. C. s.
No.
Sporting Editor Sunday Star:
How many feet Is it from home plate
TO second base? 3.
1t is 121-31 feet from the apex of home
plate to the middle of second base.
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INQUISITIVE FANS.

Sporting Editor Sunday Star:
Runner on third starts to steal home.
Batter hits fly and runner slides across
plate. Thinking the fly will be caught.
he starts back to third. The fly is
missed and he is held at third. The
umpire makes him stay there AS long
as he had legally scored. doesn't the
run count regardless of his going
back? r. NJ
Yes the run counts, because he had
legally touched home plate after legal
ly touching the other three bases.
Rule 80.
Sporting Editor Sunday Star:
]. Please give the scores of the BoS-
ton-Cincinnati and Brooklyn-St. Louis
games of May %, 1910. =. How many
years has Chance managed the Cubs?
?. Did PittSburg beat the White Sox
in the worlds championship series of
1901? 4. Who won the worlds cham
pionship series of 1902?
A CUB FAN.
l. Brooklyn, ,; st. Louis, 1; Cincin-
natl, 4 Boston, g. .. Chance took the
management of the Cubs to finish out
the season of 1905, when Selee was
forced to quit. He was made manager
officially before the opening of the
1906 season. $ and 4. There was no
worlds championship series in either
year.
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Sporting Editor Sunday Star:
Please give the batting averages OF La
ioie and Wagner since Wagner has been
with Pittsburg. r. Q. u.
1899: Wagner. .35S; I.ajoie. $40. 1:no:
Wagner. $50: ajoie. .516. 1901: Wagner
So; La ioie. AZ. 1902: Wagner. .329; La
ioie. :a.'. 1898: Wagner. .:;..J; La joie. .:s5:5
1875: Wagner. $40: Lajoie. .3s1. 1905!
Wagner. .36S; ajoie. .339. 1906: Wagner
80: Laioie. .3;,,. 1891: Wagner. .35o
La joie. .2f3 1908: Wagner. .3,a; la ioie
.:.s9. 1909: Wagner. 20: La joie, .;,2i
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Sporting Editor Sunday Star:
Before ball game \ said the total
score would be odd. r said il would %
even. At the end of ten innings the score
stood > to >, and the game was called on
account of darkness Which was right
j. H. h.
E. as sure as and make e.
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wide foot ball posterity the name and ex-
plot of this school boy genius. II runs
as follows:
Bisbee daily review., 1910-05-06
CAMPING TRIP PLANS.

fDOuRiaS Internationally
Interest Grows in the Y. NJ. c. A.
camping trip into Mexico which win
leave the city on May IT, Already
many have signifed their Intention
10 90 II possible and eight have def
nitely determined that they viii go
and signed the roster Of camp men,
bership. This number should be fully
doubled before the party leaves.
How good a time IS in prospect
for the campers along the Yaqui
C5avispe) river the last Of the month
may be judged from an exhibit VII Oh
Director Baltzley has posted in the
association building. This consists
Of a series of photographs taken at
the camp last year. There are pic
lures or swimming parties. hunting
parties and campfire and camp scenes
which makes one hunger for two
weeks IN the open. This year there
has been selected a better 1ocat' on
for the camp. nearer deep water
where the conditions for swimming
and fishing are better than last year.
There IS also an excellent wagon
road 10 This site
Bisbee daily review., 1910-05-06
PLEASANT CLUE AFFAIR.


The woman's clubs Of Douglas and
Bisbee were delightfully."- entertained
at a luncheon at the Country club
house this noon, rendered to the two
clubs jointly By Mrs. ]. A. Holden
and AIRS. Joe Calisher. The dining
hall was beautifully decorated as
waE the table IN the club colors and
with the club flower. The floral en-
blem Of the club is the carnatiCn
and the colors are white and green.
An opportunity was heretofore Of
fered IN artistic decoration with
white carnations and the green OF
asparagus fern with truly charming
and dainty effects.
Before going to the clubhouse for
luncheon the visitors from B,sbee
were received at the train and were
later taken about town IN automo
biIes. The ride ended the club
house was reached and after a short
rest a most enjoyable luncheon fol
lowed.
The guests from Bisbee were;
Mrs. W. Z. Hankin. Mrs y. c
Bledsoe. Mrs. Frank Inlin. Mrs. c. K
Reynolds, Mrs. NJ. A. Peterson; Mis-
Jones Csecreary Of the Y. W. c. A..
Mrs. z. J. Flanagan. Mrs. NJ c
High, Mrs. C. A. Bennett, Mrs. "
A. Mckee Mrs. NJ Newman.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-05-06
WOODROW WILSON ON
POWER OF THE PRESS

Woodruff Wilson. president OF the
Princeton University, delivered an
address at the banquet in New York
of the Associated Press and the
American Newspaper Publishers as
sociation on the power OF the edi-
toriaL Mr. Wilson said:
We have Witnessed in our day an
extraordinary multiplication of jour
nails OF all sorts and an extraord nary
increase in the amount OF printed
matter Of every kind. Printing has
become so cheap that it has become
almost a common place medium OF
speech. There was a time that any
thing We saw in print seemed very
serious and deliberate. Journals we're
comparatively few in number. The
utterances Of their editors and con-
tributers attracted a great deal Of
attention. and there was much more
time than there IS now 10 give them
deliberate and serious reading. But
in our own time there has been an
unmistakable falling OF in the infu-
ence Of printed opinion The power
Of the. editorial IS certainly not what
it once was.
We are beginning TO judge what
We read as we judge what We hear.
by the character Of the person who
utters il. Il is becoming a matter OF
common knowledge who own certain
journals for example, and that the
opinions Of those journals are the
opinions of the owners. that they
may not be at all the individual opin-
ions Of the editors who penned them.
In other cases the whole country
knows the character and antecedents
Of the chief editorial editor Of a par
icular paper II his character is
high. his opinions carry great weight.
If it is not. they are merely among
the negligible comments Of the day.
The same thing is going on, there
fore. in respect 10 our attitude to-
ward what we read that is going on
upon so wide a scale and at so ire
mendOus a pace with regard to our
attitude toward public affairs. The
close contacts Of the world are bring
ing mems individualities clearly into
view. The court of public opinion
has direct sight Of the men 10 whom
it is according its praise or its blame.
its faith or its condemnation.
"All policies. all industry, all litera-
ture must accept the drastic revolu
ton. and for my part I think it very
heartening TO live in such a time.
believe that the time is full OF the
besinnings OF great things, of great
7eadjustments. great simplifcations
lof responsibility, great Qualifications
lof the bases Of judgment great read
ljustments OF organization. No news
paper, no corporation, no organization
Of any kind viii much longer serve
any man as a mask OF coverlet
Opinion calls him forth. He stands
for himself And the final verdict
with regard to him viii be based
upon the answer TO the question: i:
he serving himself alone. or is hs
serving the public INTEREST," Has h
private and sinister purposes 4
serve OF does he indeed wish L
clarity common counsel and bring
the country 20 better things?"