New-York tribune., 1910-03-10
SPORTS OF THE DAY
HOPE FOR FOOTB1LL.
.Stagg Says Some Opinions
Haze Become Convictions.

Alonzo a. StasE. physical director OF
Chicago University and member Of the
football rules committee. which viii meet
again March - in this city to complete
the task OF revising tho code has expressed
himself well pleased with the 'iahora-
tory tests made last week with the Uni
Nsrsiiy Of Arkansas eleven. Under the cir
cumstanccs he Will come 10 the meeting
With IDEAS % a moro Or less practical nat
are and viii be prepared TO substantate
his arguments for revision along certain
lines with facts. In a signed statement in
The Chicago Daily Tribune Nr. Stagg
SAYS:
am We'll satisfied with my experiments
an The football suggestions with the Uni
Versitv ~ ArlSan players. on most sug
Eestions had pTeconceiVed ideas ano opln-
ions. on many OF theSo my opinions nave
now become convictions. On q few my
opinions have been changed. and on others
on which I had not formed definite views
7 can now speak with conviction. In all
respects the tests cannot be said to be con-
elusive, but they furnished me in my ca
psCity as one of the members OF the rules
committee with data which are most Naiu-
able.
In my work had the counsel and criti-
cigm Of TWO broad minded, thorough stu
dents Of football. Coach Hugo Bezdek, of
the University OF Arkansas. and Walter
E,ckerssll. The opportunity to discuss
every aspect of tile experiments before.
during the progress of the tests and after
ward was Of no little value to me. For
the University Of Arkansas players who
made the sacrifice of time and energy in
preparation beforehand and Who worked
like Troians during tho three days Of hard
scrimmsge, / can only voice praise ana
gratitude.
] am convinced that from the suggestions
which have been made by the rules com
:nittee there be evolved simpler,
safer. more interesting aud Yet yirle game
Of football.
Gustav Ljungstrom has been added &c
the field of runners who will meet Ill
twenf fy-mile race TO be held at Madison
Square Garden on Monday night This
makes eight men who viii toe the mark
Ijunsstroni, Meadows. Clarke. Crowley,
SeIlen. Acoose, Cohn and Zanti. Lung
trora-s entry viii revive the duel between
the Swede and Fred Meadows, of Canada,
which has been going on ever since the
former arrived in this country. At To-
ronto in a fifteen-miie race, after running
neck and neck for the entire distance,
Meadows pozed his head in front in the
last hundred Yards and won by six sec
ouds.
Two weeks later, in the Garden. they
met again in d hfteen-mile race, and the
Swede made the mistake of letting the
Canadian get away from him and sain a
lap in the first six miles figuring that he
would come back" Meadows has never
shown an ability to carry his great speed
ever the twcnty-mile distance. and Erny
Hiertberg. Ljungstrom's manager, is
ready TO wager. man against man, that
the Swede viii beat the Canadian on Mon
cay night.
SeIlen arrived in town yesterday with
Tom Eek, and has gone 10 Clifton 70 finish
his training The entries for the five-miie
handicap close at Room 50s, Flatiron
Building, to-day.
Charles =. Comis}1ey, owner Of the Chi
cago White Sox, is planning TO invade
Europe with a team after the close of the
coming season. While Comiskey fears the
climate aad ignorance OF baseball abroad
might make the trip a failure, he is inter
ested IN lie reported Development Of the
American game in London ara wants 10
le.p the good cause
one Of tie last requests Of Jake Schaefer,
tie wizard OF billiards.. who died ST Denver
nn TursdaE. was that his soa, VINO is row
Gfteen years. plG. should not bc encouraged
to become .a-AIliard player unless it was
pain that ne could reach the top class:
..If IL. can't become champion. don't .et
sljla pursue TIE game" were Schaefer's in
,srrricticns 10 his wife and brothers. ITO
becomc second rater means only that ne
viii become indilent probably. and rather
than that ! should prefer he did not play
lacoh Schaefer. r., plays strong game.
his father. who began his career when eight
years old.
Marquis + J"Big BilrQ Ho.r. captain Of
the 1903 football team a. Syracuse. and q
frequent point winner with the hammer
and shot while in college. something
IF student as well. The trophy FOR the
highest scholarship average III 1909, when
he was in tho law school, has been awarded
20 him. fIorr had an average of SO per
cent in his studies.
Charlie Green. trainer Of the Boston Red
sox. has introduced soccer football
means OF limbering up mis- players al the
training camp II Hot Springs, Ark. This is
novelty. but according 70 reports II is
working well
Word came from Hot Springs last night
that Harry Lumley. who acted as manager
Of the Brooklyn club last year, had report
cd for spring training with the Superbas.
He will play in right fed, no doubt. and,
freed from the cares Of management, is
likely 10 make his presenc" fsit with the
hat.
The PENNSYLVANIA crew wants race with
the Naval Academy eight. and in ali prob
sbilitv will be arranged after break
lasting four years
The professional hockey match al the St.
Nicholas rink next week between the
Wanderers, Of Montreal. and tho Ottawas.-
OF OTTAWA, viii be for a purse Of $1,000.
The match viii 20 10 the team scoring the
greater number OF goals in two nights
play.
Fighting Joe" HyIand and Tommy Ma
'oney viii meet in what promises TO be
lively ten round bout Al the Long Acre
Athletic Association. No. 15S West 29th
street, tonight.
Ad Wolaast. the conqueror 0t Battling
Nelson. has arrived a his home in Cadillac.
AIieh.. and according to the stories Was
welcomed AT the station by crowd OF two
thousand persons and brass band.
What