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New-York tribune., 1911-01-29
SCHOOL ATHLETIC NEWS
Eastern District Five May Get
Basketball Championship.
MORE CHARGES ARE FILED
High School Games Committee
Will Probably Act on Case
at Next Meeting.

The track athletic championships are nov
nar1 Of high school history. and the In
,erest of the 1.-THE limbed lads who carried
the silks Of their schools 10 victory is now
directed toward swimming and oaseonll'
The majority Of tie track athletes now
ever. will keep in training. and those VINO
won honors IN the big meet are out 10 Keep
Nd their winning streak. while those VINO
were less fortunate are working with re-
doubled determination and energy to DO
he,ter In the coming meets. of which the
Barnard. Poly Prep" and the Irish-Amer-
lean are the most important and all OF
which will be contested in the early part
Of February.
Considerable attention has been directed
20 the present basketball tournament OF the
Public Schools Athletic League, which has
proved by all odds TO DO the stormiest ever
conducted by the league Charges anu
counter charges, disqualifications. throwing
out of games. subsequent reinstatements
OF boys disqualified, and, naturally some
wildcat rlInors OF games thrown out by
committees, have arisen, until the boys
scarcely know Just where they stand ana
what will happen next
Tho report that the high school games
committee had met OF Monday and thrown
out the two games lost by Eastern Dis
frict TO Stuyvesant and the High School OF
Commerce, because OF the fact that Kid
dy" Friedland. OF Stuyvesant. and Gold
berg, of Commerce, who were disqualified
for playing with an outside organlza-
tion. had taken part in them. was run
down and proved 20 be myth. Inc
committee which met was the commit
tee on basketball q subcommittee. with no
power TO throw out games. and was MADE
up OF Sperling coach OF the protesting
Eastern District team; Max Radin, OF New
town, and +. Il Diehl. of Flushing. The
} basketball committee will probably report
the matter 10 the high schools games COM
mittee in the near future, and some action
will be taken on throwing out the games
involved.
When seen by a Tribune reporter Dr.
Bryan, OF the high schools games COM
rnittee. said yesterday: There has been no
meeting of the games committee. the COM
rnittee on basketball is a subcommittee
and has no power 10 throw out games.
The high schools games committee has
already thrown out two games played by
stuyvesant with Friedland in the lineup.
This knocked out Stuyvesant's champion
ship aspirations, as the team was then tied
for first place with Newtown. II the games
now in question were thrown out Eastern
District would lie in the lead, with seven
games won and none lost.
The official standing Of the league. ex-
Guiding the games played yesterday, as
given bv Mr. Patterson, Of the Public
Schools Athletic League, is as follows:
New-York tribune., 1911-01-29
FIGHT TO A TIE AT HOCKEY
Connors, Hartrom School Star,
Averts Irving Victory.

The hockey sevens OF the Hartrom
School. of Norwalk. Conn. and Irving
School, Of this city. played an interesting
and hard fought drawn game at the St.
Nicholas Rink yesterday afternoon. Each
team succeeded In sending the disk twice
into the net. The players OF both teams
showed UP as good skaters and hard tack
lers, and followed the puck well.
The local team. which has been playing
strongly, held command In the first period
Church scoring a goal after evading half
Of the defence. CrOvat of Irving. added
another point, soon after ,he second period
opened, on a long shot. Corners. who
played fast game for HartrOm at cover
point, tied up matters by his splendid indi-
vidual work. scoring two goals. For the
remainder of the session both sides tried
10 treak the tie. but failed the respective
goal tenders turning aside many shots.
The lIne-up follows:
New-York tribune., 1911-01-29
CONDEMN ATHLETIC SCOUTS
John H. Scott Airs Grievances of
the Smaller Clubs.

/ TO tie sporting Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: Under the guise OF a press notice
/ given out by some one representing the
| Irsh-American Athletic Club, It was stated
! that Robert Terwilliger, the man flying the
colOrs of the Central Young Mems Chris
tian Association. of Brooklyn, would be-
come crack runner II he joined some
regiment and got under the training Of
/ some good coach.
| The fact of the matter is that the two
organizations in New York which have the
! largest lists of competing athletes are or
ganizaticns which do not develop their own
men, but who have what are commonly
called scouts" who are constantly on the
lookout for good athletes in public schools,
| high schools, preparatory schools. colleges,
athletic clubs settlements and Young
Mems Christian Associations. and when
these so-called scouts" find that an or
gsnizatlon has developed man, which is
something they do not 10 as a rule. they
Immediately attcrp. 10 make negotiations
with the coming athletes to enter the sta
bles' Of these famous clubs They attempt
70 allure young athletes to live AT Travers
Island or celtic Park and numerous prom
ises Of the good times coming are made
Judging by the statements Of good
many men who nave been connected with
these larger clubs, il is very evident that
these training stables are conducted nv
men who are athlete coaches. These men
have not had medical training. as a rule.
and do not know various heart conditions.
but are simply verSed in the technioiie of
running. As soon as one of the athletes
dropped. and he returns to the smaller
clubs with a very bitter feeling toward the
other organization.
In the case OF the Central Young Mems
Christian Association. I wish 10 state that
that organization has at tho head of its
department q medical STAFF. and each man
who competes is examined by a phvsician
and Furthermore, It has physical di-
rectors who have spent years in speciaI
training and are competent 10 make medi-
cal examinations In the third place. the
Central Young Mems Christian Association
has a coach. T W. G. Nowka, who was a,
athletic coach prior 70 the time Of the
coaches who are training at the present
time, and Nho was then developing cham.
pions.
Terwiliger has given the Central Young
Mems Christian Association his word of
honor that he will continue 20 oompete for
il and that the athletic scouts could no,
induce him TO leave the organization which
has developed him
The feeling expressed In this article +, not
only the feeling Of one organization, bur is
well known 20 exist in many athletic clubs
and some Of tire ether Young Mons Chris.
tian Associations.
The one-yoar competing unattached rule
is not sufficient and the Amateur Athletic
Union would do good piece OF work IN
make other Legislation 10 prevent this ath-
letic confecarion. II the large clubs wish
to compete with other organizations. Ict
them do it in the open and let them train
tEelr oNn men. JOHN II. SCOTT.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-29
CRESCENTS MAY MOVE
To Sell Bay Ridge Grounds and
Go to Sea Cliff.

Members OF the Crescent Athletic Club.
OF Brooklyn. are considering proposition
TO abandon their fine grounds in Bay Ridge
for place on Hampstead Harbor near Sea
Cliff Long Island The Bay Ridge prop
erty could be sold for large amount and
this money would finance the new scheme,
giving the club a much larger area for its
field sports
The property now offered the club is on
the waterfront md affords excellent OPP
portunties for yachting canoeing and shell
racing. The tract contains hundred acres.
The Bay Ridge property is assessed at
$4,000 1t Is picturesquely situated, and
has been the scene twice Of the New York
State tennis championships. One year the
international tennis championship tourna-
ment was held there. Football matches.
lacrosse, golf and other sports also have
enlIvened succeeding seasons on these
grounds.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-29
BASKETBALL RACE COMPLEX
Eastern District Five Now Meets with
Some Difficulties.

The BASKETBALL championship rae of ne
Public Schools Athletic League grows
more complicated every day Cohen. OF the
Eastern District hve may be disqual-
fed for playing on a team called the An
Manhattan five" This may lead 10 some
- the Eastern Districts Victories being
thrown out. il Is also rumored that the
standing Of Newtown may be affected by
certain complaints recently made. The
high schools games committee will act on
the cases in the near future.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-29
NEWT0WN BEATS MANUAL
Winds Up Basketball Schedule
with an Easy Victory.

Newtown High School snishcd its basket
hall schedule 10y easily defeating the
Manual Training High School five in a.
one-sided game at the Second Signal Corps
Armory. in Brooklyn, Yesterday. The score
was q to 6 The new champions whirlwird
playing and good team work. combined
with accurate shooting, clearly exceled
those of the defeated team. Manual Train
ing by hard and aggressive playing all but
held NeVtown safe In tie opening period
the score al the expiration OF the session
being TO ( In favor OF Newtown. The
play throughout the second period was
fast.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-29
Toronto .SeUen to Play Here
Fast Canadian Hockey Players Will Meet New
York A. 6. Team.

One of Canada's best amateur hockey
teams, representing the University OF To-
rOnto, will be the attraction tomorrow
night In a game with the New York
Athletic Club seven at the ST. Nicholas
Rink. Local enthusiasts who enjoy the
great winter game as 1t is played across
the border will have the first opportunity
to see the team which defeated the 81
Nichaes, the holders Of the Sir Montague
Allen cup. and more recently the great
team from McGiu University by score
Of 13 to 9.
The St. Michaels and McGill teams
played here earlier in the season and ex-
cited the admiration of the hockey experts
by their splendid exhibitions with the New
York and Crescent Athletic clubs. II Is
obvious that any team capable OF beating
them must be made up OF exceptionally &C
complished players. and glance at the
New-York tribune., 1911-01-29

personnel Of the Toronto University sep
tetta shows this TO be a fact.
-Four of the players who came here last
season--Gale Richardson. Hanley and
Captain Evans--and who distinguished
themselves by the brilliancy Of their
achievements In the games with the New
York Athletic Club and the Wanderers,
were lost to the university by graduation.
but It is a fact that not single one OF
the positions they played has been weak
encd by substitution.
The New York players will line UP about
as they did In the championship game with
the Crescents about week ago. Captain
Castleman, who was so badly injured IN
the game with the ST. Nicholas team and
had 10 retire, is out again and directing
the practice Of his team mates, although It
Is hardly likely that he Will play in the
game tomorrow night.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-29
TWO GOALS TELL THE STORY
Columbia Grammar Seven Wins
Fast Hockey Game.

Columbia Grammar won another inter-
esting hockey game when it shut out the
Collegiate School seven in a fast game at
the st. Nicholas Rink yesterday. by a
score of 2 10 0. The play throughout the
two halves was exciting, the boys working
hard 10 score.
The Columbia boys. chiefly through the
aggressive playing of Blum at centre, were
able to defeat their opponents. Blum caging
beth the goals in the second period Both
goal keepers were kept on the jump
throughout the first half in defending their
nets, Glogan outshining Jackson IN that re-
sIect.
The lineup follows
New-York tribune., 1911-01-29
SPORTS AT UNION COLLEGE

The basketball schedule OF Inion
,ece for the remainder OF the season '
heen completed as follows: January
vassacbusetts institute OF Technology "
Schenectady; February 4. Colfate ~
nton: February TO- TUFTS az Medfofd' "1 -
February u. Colgate at SchenectadE br,,.
ruary -, Roche tster az kocheSsern. .nsrs,tsGy:
arv "a Pratt Institute at schehsS''S
March syracuse AT Schenectady. ,,l,
Three games ot the lawn tennis a,-.A
Tor the Coming season nave been arrsnssy.. arnsy.
as follows: April 22 Trinity at SeneI,s.s Seneli,sss IL
SSaiherectadv: Man -. Wesleyan al o'1"
nectady. ,.,. ,,,,hlsan. Syrt.
cuse. stevens Institute, Rutgers.- IN b.
University and Vermont .@.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-29
JOCKEY GETS BAD FALL

Tampa, Fla. Jan. 2s. A. Burton. rhe
Jockey Is in a critical condition as the
result Of "A fall sustained n the running
OF the fourth race this afternoon lie has
a fractured skull ana Is stIll tunconsclous.
Burton was riding Or Abingdon in the
two-year-old race. when MS mount, Jumped
the fence and fel' IIis chsuces for recov-
erv are slight.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-29
large squad is trying out for the few

large squad is trying out for the re"
vacancies.
Chris" Street. of Horace Mann, Is run
ming hard and fast in the half-mile, ana i
training for the meets Of Barnard ana
Poly Prep. He is there at the fnish anu
has run in better than 205.
"Unk Swerling. 3D. Of Commerce 'he
brother 20 the old 'cross-country runner j.
a monument 10 perseverance,. SwerIhs
was delicate little fellow when ne entered
Commerce last year. but he stuck 10 the
team. and was rewarded by being among
the leaders in all the runs last season.
s. and b. Rogow. the members " the
Townsend Harris swimming team. seem 70
he bound for the fancy diving champion
ship this winter, Both boys competed VI
the meet of the city Athletic Club, and
while they failed 10 score against experts
like Lee. Behrends. Smyrk and the new
champion. MacAleenan, the boys showed
remarkable form.
Harry Soss, an old Commerce swimmer
is now competing in the colors OF the CITY
A and is making a good showing.
Sullivan. the inheder OF De Witt Clinton.
is eating the ball in practice. and If he
shows the same form out in the open that
he has In the gym" II will take pretty
fast player 10 win his place
New-York tribune., 1911-01-29
GOOD RECORD FOR HACKlEY.

The hockey season IT the Hsckley School,
Tarrytowu. has rroved so far successful
Tie team f. one of the best in the history
II the school Tho results Of tho games
played follow:
Uacklcy. 10: Columbia Grammar. .. Hack
1ey. T.. Holbrook. j.: Hackley. 10; Collegiate.
u. Iackley. =. Youkers High, 0.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-29
The summary follows:
CADETS WIN CLOSE GAME
Yale's Basketball Five Beaten by
a Single Point.
a releeraph 10 N Trlhuna

West Point. \. Y. Jan. S-In fast
basketball game here tonight West Point
defeated Yale by a score Of 2 TO q. The
number OF fouls called on Yale, combined
with Suttons accurate shooting. cost the
visitors the game. The New Haven boys
shot ten field goals, while tho cadets had
only seven 10 their credit.
The inc-up follows
New-York tribune., 1911-01-29
CHICAGO AUTO SHOW cRowDEn

Chicago. Jan. 2.-The annuai
automobile show opened to-dsy' WIN e., -,
inch of space I'm the Coliseum ana 'Ae
Regiment Armory occupied. T"ehiS ~.
NAMES were unable 10 obtain space !,
combined value OF the exhibit Is p'. 80.
g. $4,000. ranging from little $40 ruI'' :.
10 slo 900 touring cars and lincusiNo
New-York tribune., 1911-01-29
VICTORY FOR ST. PAUL'S FIVE
Team Comes from Rear and Defeats
Mackenzie School.

ST Paurs School came from behind In
the second period of its game against the
Mackenzie School basketball team yester-
day. and defeated the latter five on its
home court by'a score Of p 10 10
The lineup follows:
New-York tribune., 1911-01-29

The swimming championships are still
more than a month distant, but the prepa-
ration for the meet booms merrily along
pc Witt Clinton, Erasmus Hail. Stuyvesant
Eoys' High. Townsend Harris Hall and High
school of Commerce will enter teams, and a
movement is on foot in Commercial High
school 70 organize team 10 represent the
school The Brooklyn schools are training
for the meet in the public baths at Fourth
avenue and President street De Witt Clin-
ton is working a the public baths in West
s0th street whilo Commerce and Town
send Harris are lucky I'm having their own
tank
New-York tribune., 1911-01-29

Goals from Hel6-Conard 81. McKinney surles
t2) sutton REILLY. Osborne. Finnessey a.. Paul.
Goodwin 90 Goals from foul lne-Sutton 81
FinresSey Suhs.itut!ons dford ror Conarl
NcTaggart for Norris Paul for Finnesscy Fin
nessev for ksilly. Goodwin for Osborne. Hurl-
burt fcr Tomucrs.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-29
The lineup follows.

Goals from field Newt0wn. Johnson %
llauicrOtL Kelly 81. Card ~. Railen % Low.
Manual Tualniuc Lynch Howard. Goals from
foul Johnson "a. Fischel Errigcr Krf4ree-
Clatk T. = \. l.. Time -Periofs II II minutes
each. suh,fi i-ution- fGnter,th TOR Johnson.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-29

Goals from neh--St Paurs-Tierney "a.
! Inde ~, Iaor ,5l. Godthwalt~ 90 Carleton.
Mackenzie school-Jacka. Miller "a. White %.
Goals from foul--Llnde o. Davis 90. Lee 90
Jacka ~. Reterec-W. A. Stillman. st Fran
el College. Time Of periods ds-Tweaty minutes.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-29
HEIGHTS CASINO WINS
Defeats MontCIair Athletic Club
in Fast Squash Match.

Playing swiftly and fast on their home
courts. the squash team Of the Heights Ca
sino. Brooklyn. yesterday defeated the
team OF the Montclair Athletic Club
matches TO in their annual interclub
series. The successful players FOR Mont
clair We're Frank Kidde, the champion, and
c. NJ. Hunt. In his match Kidde defeated
J. Harvey Williams, 15-s. 11-l5, while Hunt
defeated X T. Riggs. It, 1o-15, l5-2.
The Montclair players found the Casino
courts faster than their own and this
served to handicap them TO some extent.
Kidde was able TO strike his gait at once,
and he led Williams at Al on their Sec
ord game before the Casino player began
to make his forcing shots and his cuts TO
the corners effective. Williams also played
number OF tricks on shots around the
walls He pulled up even with kidde at
14--al for a set Of three aces. Fast work
followed, Kidde winning q l7-l5.
Henry g. Martin. the lawn tennis cham
pon OF the Crescent Athletic Club. proved
to be in excellent form against Frank r.
Hague, whom he defeated, l5-9, 10. Mar
tin played the ball particularly well on the
turns His wall game vas strong, and at
no stage was Hague able 10 check him.
AS il 10 make amends for the defeat eX-
perienced by the squash team. the bowling
team Of the Montclsir Athletic Club led by
Otto II. Hinck, defeated the Casino team
three matches 10 nothing
The summary follows:
Heights Casino IS. Moutclair Athletic Club
Frank Kidde Montclair A. C.. defeated J. Her-
yey williams. Casino. i5--s. l1--l5: Rudolph
Goepel. Casino. defeated G. l. Cairns. Montclair
A g. i5-6 1O--i5. ls--i6 J. e.. Low. casino,
defeated A L. Marvin. Montclair A G.. ID.
lj-10 Henry c. Martin. Casino defeated Frank
Notmann Casino. defeated +. L. Kelley Mont
clair A. c. l5--12. 15-o Edward A. Freshman,
Casino defeated W. 3. Spencer Montcair a. c,
2--l5 15-9 15-1S; 9. NJ. Hunt. Montclair \.
@, defeated r. p Riggs. Casino i1-'. lo-l"'
15--2
New-York tribune., 1911-01-29
YALE CUBS MEET DEFEAT
st. Paul School Swimmers Win
by a Single Point.

The ST. PaUrs School, Of Garden city,
won an exciting dual swimming meet with
the Yale freshmen in the formers tank
yesterday. The score was q 10 26 The
competition was spirited Throughout, the
local amphibians only defeating their New
England rivals by capturing al three
places in the fancy dive, the concluding
event Of the programme.
The summa ries follow:
Elfty-ysrd svirc-Won bv Dick Bennett. St
Paul's school, time, 0.29 Is. Nymoud Tale
freshmen. second. time 0:29 So. Fuller, Yals
freshmen. third time. o:3i y.
lO0-yard sVin--N On by Fuller, Vale freshmen:
time, :05 2-5. Dick Bennett St paurs. second.
time Loo l-l0. L. Meyer, -. Pauls third.
time 09 Is.
lc0-foot relsy-Tie between Dick Bennett. St
Pagls, and Summers. Yale freshmen. each timed
- O:1T 10; !. Hubbell. - PauIs, and r. Ben
nett. 81. Psuls, tied at 0:lS -.
fo0-fOot relay--Non bv Vale freshmen. with
Burrows Wymon9. Summers and Fuller. -.
pulls. second, with Hubbell, Never. =. Bennett
and y. Bennett Time. l:Il.
Plunge for distance-Won by Summers. Yale
freshmen. with SO feet: Sinner -. Psuls sec
ord. with Al feet inches. hisssck. 81. Tauls
thi:d. with 40 feet inches
Fancy dive-Won by Tom Bennett. -. PauVs
with - points, H. p Smith 81 Taul's second
with - 10 POINTS. =. !. Spencer 81 Iaurs
third with O. Il points
New-York tribune., 1911-01-29
BORDEN WINS RACE EASlLl \
Makes Good Use of Big Handicap
Over Other Skaters.

New faces appeared as the winners Of
the schoolboy skating races that were held
at the St Nicholas Rink yesterday The
ice was soft which made good time impos-
sible
Irving Borden, OF Stevens School. who
toed the limit mark OF 100 yards. had an
easy time In capturing the one-half mile
race which was open 10 senior competitors
Borden was always i'm the van, fighting
along with several entrants, until the final
lap. when he sped around the first corner
into good lead OF five yards. which he
maintained to the tape. Larry Barnett,
the schoolboy champion, who has Jared
badly In his last four starts. came into his
own again by finishing second Barnett
sk2ted fast, but his progress was deferred
somewhat on the turns by the huge field.
Louis Spielberger. OF Hamilton Institute,
was q close third.
The junior race az quarter mile
found no less than two dozen midgets as
starters Arthur Rice. OF Horace Mann
School. who had an allowance OF sixty
yards hurdled the skater who fell in his
path winning by a few yards after iump
ing into the van a half lap from home.
II. II. kadlick, public school hoy. was
second.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-29

With Schuimsn back in the game, tie
High School Of Commerce basketball team
Is ~ per cent stronger. Hip" works in
vith the five well and covers an oppo-
nent closely at ali times. I'm the game
against Boys High School OF last Tues
DAY night Schulman prevented Cowhill, who
PLAYED against him. from scoring a single
essket from the field.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-29
The summaries follow .

ouarter-mile (iunior handicapl-Won by Arthur
Rice. Horace Mann school go yarisD: n ~
tadlick. T. ;. 1915 go yardsl, second: Robert
ianmersteiu Hamilton Institute go wards,
third Time o'4ib. ''
Half mile ,senior handicap Won bv Irvi,,
Bordon. stevens school $50 yardsl. Iawrenrs
Barnett pe wiz Clinton ,scratch). second
Louis spiegelbergeg. Hamilton Institute 10
yards). third. Time. l.s7S. Wv