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New-York tribune., 1911-12-04
BOXING BOUTS OF THE WEEK
Mike Gibbons and Walter Coffey
to Meet at Fairmont A. G.

Mike Gibbons. the great weiterweight
fighter is taking what many believe 10 he
a foolish and wholly Unnecessary chance
in facing Walter Coffey, the San Francisco
middleweight, at the Fairmont Athletic
Club tomorrow night. Gibbons is naturally
14S-pound man. VINO is at his best at that
weight Comey. on the other hand, is a
powerful, hard hitting middleweight. and
although he lacks the skill OF Gibbons, Is
by far more rugged. and his weight will
count heavily in his favor.
a monster benefit will be held at the
Fairmont Club on Friday night. and tho
entire safe receipts Will be given to the
fund for the poor to buy food and clothing
for Christmas. Many famous and proini-
nent boxers will appear, including Bob
Fitzsimmons. jim Corbett. Tom Sharley,
Tom Kennedy, Joe Jeanette. Terry Nc
Govern and Young" Corbett. Jimmy Britt.
the California lightweight. will deliver his
monologuc.
Joe Jeanette win have a bnsy time this
week. Tonight he viii box Griff Jones in a
ten-roCnd battle at the American Boxing
Club, Of Williamsburg, and Thursday night
he will Try TO dispose Of Jewey Smith at
the FordOn Club. The fur will fly when
Ben Douglas and Jack Denning meet in the
main bout Of ten rounds at Browns Gym
'nasium tomorrow night. The winner is
20 be matched 10 meet While Lewis. Doug
las was easily defeated b. Lewis recently.
while in Dcnning's last battle he was
knocked out by Walter Coffey. Both are in
perfect condition ard are anxious to meet
Lewis.
pal" Moore, the philadelphia Phantom. -
has contracted for difficult job. Tonight
he viii take on Jack Dorman for ten rounds
al the olympic Athletic club. of Harlem.
and tomorrow night he viii face the rug
ged. hard hitting Willie Howard kid"
Burns and Young" Sammy Smith VIII
meet at the Fordon Club tonight. While
Burns and Smith are trying for honors
patsey White and Eddie Powers will enter
tain AT the Brooklyn Beach Athletic Club.
Jake Froelick and Young Killian arc
scheduled at the East Avenue Athletic Club
tonight. Battling" Mantell and Howard
Smith will meet for ten rounds at the
American Athletic Club on Friday night.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-04

develop the blocking OF kicks to the limit,
and il must cast aside the old-fashioneu
law of football fall on the ball. II stlll
Is good football 10 fall upon hall that Is
loose behind your own line OF scrlnnlass.
but the outside game requires a plaSer
behind his opponents hhe OF scrnnnueSS
TO pick UP the ball from the srouhu anu
run with II.
Princeton adopted the second plan, and,
inasmuch as Yale and Harvard, with
much stronger attack, lacked the rnai
punch" tho Tigers are deserving OF the
honors of the season
Harvard and Yale could well be bracket
ed, but Harvard gets the preference as
even ''The Yale Daily News" admitted
that what advantage there was lay with
the Crimson. Both elevens were well
coach@ and while both made errors OF
fundamental kind, there is no question In
nv mind that they were further advanced
than the others, although each suffered
two defeats.
The Army had a good team. which. In
my opinion. was not al its best on the day
II went down before the Midshipmen. MY
Judgment was formed largely on the play
Of that game, which accounts for the
eleven being placed sixth instead Of third
as some would have *. 7 may say at this
point that there is mighty little 10 choose
between the first eight teams. with Dart
mouth practically playing Princeton to a
tie. with the Army beating Yale and With
the Indians beating Harvard. have tried
to show. however, enough distinction 10
make the difference.
The Carlisle Indians enjoyed a remark
ably successful season. They lost only one
game, and that to Syracuse, when without
the services of two of their strongest play
ers and on a field so deep in mud that
speed their strongest asset, was seriously
impeded They defeated Pennsylvania,
Harvard and Brown, among others. al
though in all fairness TO the Crimson it
must be recalled that substitutes were used
in three Of the four periods. Trinity is
placed rather high on the list. for the rea-
son that. like Pennsylvania State, the
Navy and Princeton. the team was un-
beaten this year and played a tie game
with Brown. which beat Pennsylvania. !
/ have the greatest admiration for the little
| college and confidently believe that it de-
serves the ranking on the football played.
The Quakers. after losing four games.
showed remarkable offensive strength
against Cornell and an attack that was as
varied as IL was powerful and smooth.
After seeing the other leading teams, how
ever. the conviction Is firm that this was
due partly to a comparatively weak de-
fence on the part OF Cornell II is mighty
hard to judge, but this seems TO be the
only conclusion, as 1t is not reasonable 10
/ Npd itself
quickly and show strength that was lack
ing in Princeton. Yale. Harvard and some
of the other elevens Under the crcum-
stances Pennsylvania must be content 10
head the second division. followed by Cor
nell Lafayette and the others. ! am OF
the opinion, however, that the Quakers as
they played against Cornell would keep
any team in the country busy, and with
about an even chance Of winning.
HERBERT.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-04
-Four Billiard Players
Are Still Vndefedfed

White has still the hardest part OF hi'
scbeouIe 70 play. He has defeated NIL
Iette and Leonard. MuIdaur Is In the same
position. as ne has scored over Cisuoe
Lewis and Millette. Conway defeateu
Leonard. while Clark disposed OF NIL
lotte. The latter has not displayed the
strength that was expected OF him. as ne
has lost the three games which he mas
played
Two games will be decided to-day az
Clark will meet Leonard in the afternoon
while Lewis will meet Millette In the
evening I ne standing OF the competitors
as thew enter the second week OF the tour
nament IS as follows:
New-York tribune., 1911-12-04
BROOKLYN CELTICS WCT0RS
Keep Up Winning Streak by
Beating Columbia Eleven.

Defeating the Columbia Football Club at
Celtic Field, Brooklyn. Yesterday, by a
score Of to Q, the Brooklyn Celtics won
their eighth straight victory in the cham
pionship series Of the New York and Dis
trict League.
The Celtics acquired the lead through
Mcpherson early IN the first half, and held
the advantase throughout this period of
play. Slightly aided by the wind O'Hal-
laran, at inside right, secured the second
tally receiving a nice centre from Mckee.
Upon resumption OF play the Columoias
braced perceptbly. and had the ball in the
Celtics' territory q good part Of the time.
Robertson, at right back for the Celtics,
saved his team from danger IN more than
one instance
The Une-up follows:
New-York tribune., 1911-12-04
MARQUARD At THE TOP
New York SouthpaW Leads
Pitchers OF National League.
MATTY MAKES FINE RECORD
Fielding Honors Go Elsewhere.
According to the Official
Figures. 81

An official compilation OF the baseball "a.
yres ror the season OF 1911 failed to d.
throne "Rubc" Msrquard as the King a,
the National League twirlers. with a y1,.
tories and : defeats for an average OF n.
the brilliant sou.hpaw led by a generou,
margin. Otis crandal. another New Yo-,
pitcher, vas the runner-up, with Is vic.
tories and defeats. while King" Cole, o,
the Chicago Cubs, who led in 1910. was
third, with ls won and lost
Christy Mathewson. the peerless gond,r
Of modern baseball, turned in his usua,
brilliant and consistent card. With The en-
ception Of Alexander. Of Philadelphia. the
great New York pitcher won more yictoris
than any other twirler in the league. The
Philadelphian. with 2s won and l5 lost wen,
Matty with Is won and l3 lost trhe bet.
ter During the season Christy faced LID
batsmen and hit one man, making only tao
Wild pitches and giving thirty-eight bases
on balls. an average oC a trile iess thar
one 10 y HdIAb AOl NAAF ~asas - -aAit.H tdllt
ne finished. He figured in six other con.
tests. He allowed more hits than any Other
twirler. 203 safe,ics being registered agaias,
him. In fielding. Matty tooH 40 chances AMI
made two errors. and this practically gave
him the call a. the best fielding pitcher.
Konetchy, of ST. Louis. was the best ied-
ing first baseman Of the league, while Hum.
mel. oS Brooklyn. took the honors at see.
ond. Zimmerman, OF Brooklyn, at third:
Tinker. OF Chicago, Al short Leach 0.
Pittsburgh, in the outhcld, and Bergen, o,
Brooklyn, behind the bat, ed IN their re-
spective positions. -af
The Pirates and the Phillies were the bts,
fielding teams, with Brooklyn third and the
Giants sixth.
The official figures follow:
New-York tribune., 1911-12-04
White and Muldaur at
the Top in Class
b Tournament.

Four Of the aspirants for the Class ~
national amateur billiard 49, baik hhe
championship went through the first week
of the tournament without uele"'
Charles +. White, the holder OF the ''ie'
Mark Muldaur. c. d. Conway and "eors'
T. b. Clark head the column as the seven
contestants enter upon the second WeeA
OF the series White holds the record his''
average OF the tournament so far' as he
figured 1876 In the opening game against
T. NJ. Millette The record hiGh run no"
ever. was made by Walter Leonard INC
Pennsylvania. on Saturday night III us
game with White, when he counted D.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-04

It has been said that in putting a golfer
is helped az times more by paradoxes than
trulsms. As an instance If one is putting
TO the left Of the hole continually. the way
TO aid himself In curing this is not to stand
so as TO face toward the right Of the hole
but more toward the left Of it. The ex-
planation Of this is that In making the
stroke the eye inyoluntarily turns the hand
toward the correction OF an error which
has been made inevitable by this way of
standing. IL will make the correction auto
matically, and in this manner Will correct
the error much more quickly.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-04

ACCUMULATION CUP-5o TARGETs-HAN-
HIGH GUN TROPHY
MUCH WRESTLING IN STORE

Joe Rogers. the American Apollo, the
heaviest wrestler that America can boast
OF. will meet Ivan Romanoff, the giant
Russian Cossack, on the mat tonight at
the Harlem River Park Casino. 127th street
and Second avenue. The struggle for su-
premacy between the ponderous giadiators
is likely TO draw an immense crowd, as they
are two Of the strongest and heaviest
wrestlers I'm the world.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-04
The summaries follow
TEAM COMPETITION.

Harry Smith. track captain Of the Pas
time Athletic Club, displayed his sprintns
ability in winning the semi-monthly run
of the Bradhurst Field Club. He covered
the three and a half miles fl l7:D, erasins
nineteen seconds from the course record.
The Summaries follow:
New-York tribune., 1911-12-04
A RANKING IN FOOTBALL
Princeton at the Top, with Har-
ward and Yale Next.
NAVY IN FOURTH PLACE
Some Distinction Without Much
Difference Between First
Eight Teams Named.

Princeton hrst, with Harvard, Yale,
Dartmouth. Annapolis. West Point and
few other olevens IN n happy tumble just
behind. would be the simplest way TO dis
pose OF the football ranking FOR 1911. II
has ever been a difficult and thsnkless task
70 arrange the teams In the order Of true
merit. because Of the fact that most or
the leading elevens do not reach their ful'
power and development until late IN the
season. so that games played earlier 90
not furnish fair line. and furthermore
because teams must be ranked in some
cases which do not meet and consequently
must be judged in roundabout way ana
through the bewidering maze OF compar-
stive scores. The critics viii not agree
they rarely do-beyond placing Princeton
81 the ton. This year the problem is so
hard Of solution that one must pass iuoG-
Ynent by impressions rather than by re-
suits. The tran of comparative scores
LEADS into a labyrinth that ends nowhere
sn particular. There is no way apparently
70 reconcile a set Of scores which reads
Yale - syracuse 0: Carlisle Indians ~
Harvard Is; Syracuse u, Carlisle Indians
j; Ya,e 0, Harvard 0. This Is only
sample, but 1t goes 10 show how little de-
pendence can be placed IN deductohs u!
this method. 1t remains. then, as I said a
year ago. for the elevens TO be judged on
the basis Of their best form on relatively
late date IN the season, and the ranking
herewith submitted conforms 10 opiniois
formed by seeing the leading teams in
action IN the more important games.
Because Of an unfortunate conflict with
the Arny-Navy game 1 did not see Yale
and Harvard in their final battle Of tho
season. In view Of the fact that the scor
ended n a 0 TO tie. II makes II harder
70 decide between them. but I have read
carefully the comment of many good judges
and nave talked 10 a number who saw the
game, so that my opinion is pretty well
formed that what slight advantage there
was lay with the Crimson. In some
other cases II has been necessary to make
p ranking without seeing the teams when
az their top form, but in most cases judg-
ment was formed by close observation.
The whole question. however. SINNERS
down 10 q somewhat arbitrary opinion. but
IN my Judgment the leading teams should
fe ranked as follows:
New-York tribune., 1911-12-04
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The summaries follow:

John j. Mcnamara, the rangy Celt OF the
Irish-American Athletic Club encountered
little trouble I'm winning the weekly run of
the West Harlem Athletic Club in the fast
time Of 17:1s.
The summaries follow:
New-York tribune., 1911-12-04

Some golfers are OF the opinion that the
best practice In putting is on poor greens,
on the assumption that when the player
puts on first class green's later the putting
looks and is quite easy. Their theory IS
that II player can put on the bad greens
he can put all the better on the good.
Others argue that II IS waste OF time
trying to put on greens that are untrue for
the reason that, no matter how straight
and true one makes the strokes, the ball
will not run straight nor get into the hole.
With reference 10 such widely different
views the general opinion is that the best
greens to put on are those which are diff
cult. vet true. A green may be fat as a
billiard table and yet may be untrue be-
cause OF certain eXcrescences. a fat and
true green is good. but a true and difficult
one IL even better. There IS too much Of
the element OF luck on green whose sur
face IS untrue.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-04

"The Harvard Alumni Bulletin" takes
bold stand against any tinkering with the
rules. 1t says editorially, in part:
Because a few football games I'm which
neither side scored have been played in the
last year or two, some Of the opponents Of
the existing rules are calling for a change
in the game and step backward toward
the old days. when the stronger eleven
that is, the eleven which weighed the most
and could most successfully combine It's
weight on a point In its opponents line
always won. This alleged popular demand
for retrogression deserves some attention.
Let il not be forgotten, IN the first place,
that not all the tie no-scOre games which
have been played have been played under
the so-called new rules. IN 1897 and again
I'm 1S99 Yale and Harvard played in Cam
bridge. and neither was able to make a
point. The team which was commonly rec
OgniZed as the weaker In both of these
years was rather proud Of the fact that II
had succeeded in preventing its opponent
from scoring. There seemed To be no very
great popular demand in those DAYS for new
rules which would enable the stronger team
always to win, and we DO not believe there
is such a demand row; II there is, il Is
based on misunderstanding Of the facts.
The truth is that the "oldtimers" in
football have never given the new game
fair chance. When the movement which
led a few years ago 10 substantial re-
vision OF the rules was under way the
men who had grown up with the old style
of game conceded only so much reform az
could be dragged from them The for
ward pass was hedged about with so many
limitations that ii could seldom be made
Successfully. and II s. still much restrict
ed The kicking game has rot been de-
veloped to the extent of its possibilities
Nv any team in the country although car
isle has shown this year what can lie
done I'm that direction. The trouble
is not with the new kind OF football II IN
with the coaches, who insist upOn barking
hack TO the past. and viii not make the
most of the existing rules One old player
and coach has nalvcly suggested that coll
lege authorities should have nothing TO
do with football OF It's rules and that the
whole control OF the game should be
rlaced IN the hands OF four or five men
ohio are independent Of all authority.
Fortunately for football this proposal
viii not be taken seriously. As long as
fine game is played by college students IL
must be played as college teachers want
IN played, not az the promoters of the
game would like 10 have II played. In
S,her words. football should be made TO
fit men, men should not be made to 1T
football.
Sounds well, but Tile Bulletin" is
wrong There IS "a demand now, and a
sweeping demand, for some changes in the
rules-not that the stronger team always
should win, but that the stronger team
should get its fair reward for work well
done No lover Of football wants TO go
hack TO the old bstterng ram game, but
all lovers OF football arc insistent that
New-York tribune., 1911-12-04

: 7. =
4 small but fast field OF veteran runners
competed in the weekly fixture OF the
Morningside Athletic Club, In Harlem II
remained for Charles Timmins 10 outspr!nt
James Mayer in a duel. 10 win by ten yards
in the good time OF 2o:3O
The summaries follow:
New-York tribune., 1911-12-04

In glancing over the programme Of the
Cornell Pennsylvania game my eye struck
a few lines Of comment OF day last May,
when two boat races. two baseball games
and the point trophy in the intercollegiate
track meet were Cornel's athletic spoils. II
read
Next TO beating Cornell is the honor OF
being beaten by men who play the game
like gentlemen. men who can generously
win and as handsomely take defeat
Singularly there is no sting I'm being beaten
by Cornell men; it is as if they had all
along deserved 10 win"
These words are deserving. I have
watched Cornell men in victory and defeat
for several years They know how 10 win;
also they know how 10 lose.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-04
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New-York tribune., 1911-12-04

something be done 10 remove the pre-
MUM on luck or chance. Football can oe
made To fit the players without danger or
arousing a fresh crusade by the wouId-oe
reformers.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-04

William Schreiber, OF the National Ath-
letic Club clipped 26 seconds Oft the course
record Of the American Athletic Assocla
ton. OF Brooklyn, In winning its weekly
run yesterday. His time was 1925. Sidney
Leslie. OF the Long Island Athletic Club.
was second. and Robert Rigby, OF the Put
nam Athletic Club, third.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-04

At Blatt's oval, Brooklyn. the Clan Nc
Donalds defeated the New York Celtics by
score Of > 70 in a fast and exciting
game. At half-time the Manhattan team
had the advantage OF I 10 lead which
was the result cf a pretty shot by Skif
fiugtOn at inside right.
The Iup-up follows:
New-York tribune., 1911-12-04

arousing a fresh crusade by the wouId-oe
reformers.
have been reading Walter Camps ne"
book Football for the Spectator, ana IL
flls a long felt want As he says. there
arc many spectators who go 10 a football
game in blssful ignorance not only OF
the technique OF the sport, but or the
simple rudi ents of the game, and conse'
ouently cannot get the real pleasure. Mr.
Camp has now opened the way for net-
ter understanding with his little book.
A. J. " and others.-Because OF a typo
graphical mistake Harvard was creuiten
with gaining only eight yards by straight
rushing from scrimmage against Yale IN
the first edition Of The Tribune on NO
vember 26. The figures were corrected as
quickly as possible to read seventy-elgnt
yards. The totals for rushing in the fuI'
game were as follows: Yale. 145; Har-
Yard los HERBERT.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-04

Referee-C. CrcigntOn. Linesmen-EdhoIm Tor
Brooklyn Celtics and Spencer FOR Columbia T..
FOR the Brooklyn Cetics. Time Of halves
Forty-fvc minutes each.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-04

Charles Ochenreiter. Of the Morningside
Athletic Club led home the field in the run
of the Naplewood Athletic Club. Brooklyn.
His time was 1872 with James quinn. OF
ST. Paurs Lyceum, close second.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-04
Team Matches on Local Links
Likely To Be Revived.

IL is quite likely tndt al tIiOi' va"
made 10 revive interest in team matches
among golfers in this section next season
The first positive information TO that ei-
feet was given out the other day by hopert /
Kuebler, president of the East jersey uo'i
League. Until few years ago the inter
club matches proved TO be the Ife or this
organization, but interest was allowed 10
lag. until finally II was decided TO conduct
only medal play handcaps and an annual
championship tournament. Even these
were omitted last season.
canvass among organizations tna'
have from time 10 time been identlhed
with the East Jersey Golf League reveals
the fact that the time Is ripe for re-
rewal Of the team matches. In the old
DAYS Glen Ridge. South Orange, Colonia'
New Brunswick, Elizabeth and Forest Hlll
fought hard for team honors. Home-and-
home matches were the rule. In the event
OF a reorganization It is quite possible that
additions will be made. There is, for IN
stance. the Upper Montcair Country Clup'
always ready TO muster team.
This organization would be able TO call
upon Jerome D. Travers, the metropoH-
tan and New Jersey title holder. Most OF
the other clubs could get together we'll
balanced teams The first individual cham
pionship tournament OF the East Jersey
bodv was held at Baltusrol back in 1900
when Howard Giffin. then representing the
South Orange Field Club, won the title.
Few golfers have done as much travelling
as Charles w Evans. jr.. during the year
81 infc q
went from Chicago to Atlanta and then
Jumped 70 Pinehurst, where he won the
North and South championship tournament
After pla ying few times In the spring over
links in the vicinity Of Chicago Chick hied
himself TO Scotland, where he took part In
the championship meeting at Prestwck and
later in the open. While in Great Britain
he visited most OF the classic courses. From
England Evans went TO France and won the
French title. defeating John q. Anderson,
Of Boston, in the final round.
Evans got back 10 this country in time 70
compete in tournament at the Essex Couu-
try Club, Manchester. Mass. and then has
tened to Detroit 10 take part In the annual
championship meeting Of the Western Golf
Association at Detroit After competing in
other Western tournaments Evans returned
East a few hours before the start Of the
United States Golf Association amateur
tournament at Apawamis From there he
went TO the national links on Long Island
and then 10 Ekwanok A little later he APP
peared at Troy. Buffalo and Pittsburgh. As
Evans expects TO try the game OF busi-
ness" for a time now. IL may be long time
before no takes part I'm another such yigoT-
Gus campaign.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-04

pennsylvania State and Trinity Ike
Princeton and the Navy. went through the
season without a defeat and deserve high
places. even though their schedules we're
not so exacting as some Of the others II
nav he argued that Vermont. which played
PARTICULARLY we'll in spots, should have a
place. and perhaps that is true, but the
line must be drawn somewhere. Holy
Cross. Ursinus, Rutgers. Tufts Bowdoin'
Wesleyan, Rochester. Union my own col
lege) and several others must be left on Tor
the same reason.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-04

.Game. started and nnished By same pitcher
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-11-17

w. c. Whitthorne, President.
A. d. Frierson, Secretary-Treasur-