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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14
Plos, Su&6esfed
for DaVfs Cup Matches

rasranimous enough TO make substan-
tial concession. 10 widen the scope OF inc
Davis cup matches. b. agreeing 10 modi-
fCation 81 the clause In the regulations
which stlpUlates that challenge ties muS'
he played I'm the country Of the challenging
nation? After all. the game is the INNS
and the apparent giving away or the pri"-
cipal prerogatiye OF a champion nation
may mean the casting Of our tennis preau
on the waters rather than the bartering
OF birthIight. II all the nations con-
cerned agreed 10 an arrangement 10 pay
future challenge matches alternately IN
Australia, America England and the con-
tinent we would be assured or DAVIS cup
match in Australia once every four years
An American player OF prominence IN
commenting upon the plan proposed sald'
Mr.. Dunlop's proposal has much 10 COM
mend t. and II regarded in its proper per-
spective. without prejudice and with re-
gard TO the organizing difficulties Whlch
now face challenging nations, would ne
the basis for "A practical scheme. The VENUE
for future contests could be fixed we'll in
advance; indeed, systematic rotation
could be esta blished so that each nation
would have the Davis cup competition IN
turn. ,,-
when the International championship
was originated by Dwight i. Davis theh
a student az Harvard, nothing more am
bilious than an annual encounter between
England and America was contemp a. ed
The admission Of other nations 10 the ISIS
"A welcome and inevitable extension
should have been accompanied by Joint
conference on the merits Of existing resu,
Iations That fact has now been realizcd
by experience, and the sooner the TASK or
ia-t 10
international lawn tennis be established on
= sound and dignihed basis
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14
HARVARD ELEVEN FAST
Crimson Soccer Players Beat
Columbia in Close Game.
LOCAL TEAM FIGHTS HARD
Despite Injured Knee, Blue end
White Captain Scores Sides
Only Goal.

Leading from start TO finish, harvard de-
feated Columbia at soccer by two goals 10
one at South Field Yesterday afternoon
II was Harvard's last game. and with A
final score of three matches won and TWO
lost the Crimson stands but q poor chance
Of passing Yale. which has won three
games and lost none
Captain Zoller rejoined Columbia Team
after an enforced absence due to an IN
| jured knee Playing al outside left he was
the fastest Of tho Blue and White ana
shot their only goal beauty, i'm the last
few minutes OF play.
Harvard won the toss ana Columbia kicked
off Before play had been well under way
the ball was handled within the Columbia
goal area. and A. II. Dale the referee. upon
appeal. allowed Harvard penalty H. o.
Ryng. CAPTAIN Of tho Harvard team, con
yorted in good style. Handicapped at the
start I'm this manner ColiiiAola players
kept up q bold front. Th"y were hlu'"
lighter than the visitors and showed II III
their speed TWO corners came 10 theH'
I'm rapid succession. but the Harvard nan
backs cleared successfully each time. \
brilliant squirt was then made toward the
Harvard goal Mclean, back, heeinB lnto
the mouth OF the net. Rushmore. with
tremendous kick, saved the situation Tor
Harvard. About the middle OF the han
Orincv S Greene, inside left for Harvard
cot possession after rush down the Heiu'
Ills shot for goal struck tho bar but u"
bali slanted inward into the .olulhDlS ~ -
giving the Crimson a lean OF W. p,ork
Zolier began TO get in some fast "Vi n
on The left wing for Columbia, despite INC
fact that his knee plainly troubled MN, 10,
aid NOT diminish his speed one iota' NV INV
over Twice he got the ball TO the iidl
ward line and twice he Shot JUST peH! ~, ~
McI,ane being charged from behlnd' -
was given against Harvard, but Spehcsii
low shot was easily stopped. ~ ulis Pc 20
weston, Harvards right hall-baSk, Va
| laid low I'm a collision, but proved mercy
70 have been wlnded. Colquhoun, Coi9m-
| hais centre. e5saycd 10 climb up on NUT
dock's hack. contrary to all rules OF lhe
game and was caught in the act. n IT,
! kick was given Harvard, but there 81.
no serious results. Krefeld, In goai iol
| Columbia, was called upon FOR mar"
eava and was equal to the OCCASION
TinT the restart Courtic was suosu
,utod for Colouhoun at centre. and ne star
| Cd right in 10 make things lively. IN tuSin
| for tho Harvard goal he got 10 the paI,,
mt inst as his boot propelled II INTO the
Harvard moi the referees whistle Diew I9I
| oTside Dlay The point was not auoWeu
| Fiyo minutes later Couruc saw a,Io.ne e
ononing. making "A good shot "h'ch was
| finally Intercepted by Browne; ,,o, q,
! rive minutes from the end /o,eI' ~ 10 ~
| nelIed IL sharply into the corner VI &c
| Yards net Several more tries TOT the ~ ~, !,
son net failed. and the game come W Il"
| end The lineup follows.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14
HOUNDS FOLLOW THE TRAIL
Many Riders Out for Eight Mile
Run of Meadow Brook Club.
fRv Telegraph to The Tribune. !

Hampstead, Long Island. April 1S.-Good
hunting was enjoyed by number OF lovers
OF cross country gallopinS to-day, when the
Meadow Brook drag hounds led large field
OF riders over a stiff eight-mile course.
which was heavy owning to the rain Of last
night.
The meet was held at the WOODBURY.
Postohlce. the pack being taken a short
distance away. then released on the large
farm belonging TO william Brush, where
they quickly caught the scent After the
field was held up on the Collier place It
crossed the Jackson farm and came to the
finish near the Syosst Cross Roads. eight
miles from the start.
Those TO finish were T. Gildersleevc. Il.
Voss. Mcpherson Kennedy, II. Beale, H. l..
Drier Mrs. j. a. Burden, w. Rochester.
James Appleton, u. w. Bull, Douglas
Campbell. u. Appleton. w. c. Hayes, James
Parks. r. i. Potter, II. l.. Bell, George
Rose, Mason Blake, c. Cummings, a whip,
who hunted the pack. and Ellison another
whip
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14
Small Crowd Out for Games at
14th REGIMENT Armory.

Melvin w Sheppard. running In 'hat
same form which won him his tile OF
Peerless Mel" captured first honors IN
the half-miIe run. which was the feature
Of the annual spring track and field games
~ the 14h Regiment Athletic Association
held in the armory last night. Sheppard
broke the tape a winner by about three
wards over Halcombe, of Company NJ IN
% Is. but it is probable that had he really
extended himself he would have run inc
race several seconds faster.
starting from scratch and allowing lib-
oral bandicaps Sheppard moved along fast
and after two and Il half laps he had his
cold For about hundred yards lie ran
easily. but on the bell lap he went out 70
win sheppard also ran on the relay 'eai
Of his company in third place ana Ms
great running made victory certain.
About fty-fve persons and the Dahu
were on hand and found little to gro" eS-
cited over.
The summaries follow: g.
sovrntv-yard dash CLOSED to Brooklyn Prep }1t
Won By r ". McNnlty; scr ,diI1s =, feeti third.
Cine O:Os %. ~ ~. r,,osrous Hall
Snyenty-yard dash lcloSep 10 ~ 49, rich
uieb ScbooD-Won by II. j. Evans: II oa ~
man second D. Gebhart third time. V rs, ..
Seyenty-yard dash CLOSED 20 14th heglilem ,,9Ii
Uon nv l. O'Brien, Company u J. Ixns VA,
coJnnanv q "a feet. second; !. ). IcVeiL vi"
nanv ID scratch third. Time. O;Qs 81 cyho,nard
$50 ward run-Won by Melvin W. SheppdIU;;
Company scratch; w; HolcomDe NoI' rpp, I,
NJ loo vardsl second n. Usher company =
t75 varde) third. Time 1859 ID. -. ,,o.,o
~ 20 ward run movice)-Won by W, o 'aIMi
Connanv D: V. lombard, Company ~ seIGl'u .
q Mullen. company G.. third. Time 90 %
y 220oyard sack race Ohandcapl-Won by D. 81 ~.
NeJii Company T. (25 yardsl \; hesset, Oh
pany L scratch, second W, hshs"' NO''""'
One-inle ron (hsndcapl-Won by j. , SsSr.y
Company NJ go yards; =. TongwaI Coi, npp5si
{; ok yards second, W. Clarke GO yaroS''
third Time. 49,. , -. I, pon
niugs scratch; j. Il. Comerfori 90 yards!s Sc
ond: Gerard Scratch, third. Time 0:Zo 30
440-yard run (handicap; closed to BrookIyh
PreplEWon by p. II. McNulty tscratchli X
1;npgins IS YARDS. second Il. J. Grace 90 YARDS
third Time. Obs. -
100 ward hurdle race Chandicsp)--Won by G.
IIsskins Company y Is yards) l. J. Lowell
SonnanV ID scratch. second w. Ohenbcrg'
COMPANY NJ Is yards. third. Time. O:2s7S.
Intercofnpany relay race-Won BY company
n paIeieh O Brien. Sheppard and LovelD:
ro,,psnv Nj lombard. Gaffney. Poly and
switR1 second. Company Il tHawkens, Clarke.
Tcu ana LendwalD third. Time. 1:4lis.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14
GILMORE SETS NEW MARX
Runs Fast Half Mile at Annual
Dominican Games.
TROPHY FOR PAULIST TEAM
Conway Shows Surprising Form
in 60-Yard Sprint, and Is
Beaten by Inches.

That promising middle distance runner,
f. E. Gilmore OF the Dominican Lyceum'
broke the armory record for the half mile
at the annual indoor games OF the Paulist
Athletic Club in the 18th Regiment Armory
last night. Running from scratch and con
ceding allowances all the way up TO 90
wards. Gilmore beat A. McGii limit man,
by 10 yards.
| Two laps from home Gilmore passed NC
Gill and assumed the lead. McGill had
some more runs left in him, however, and
quickly passed the Dominican star. Gll-
more went after his man, and, outstripplne
him through the bell lap, won easily. Inc
time of POI beat the old record Of 2:O2 40
made by Harry Gissing at the Spanish war
Veterans games there last year.
Starting from scratch for the first time
Walter Z. Conway, the tall Irish-American
Athletic Club sprinter. came Within an ace
OF winning the A. A. w. dash. Conway
won both the preliminary and semi-hnal
| heats in the 6O-yard contest. but was beat
en- by inches In the decisive lash by T. d.
Ward, Paulist man, with 4-foot allow
ance Conway was second.
Quite a spirited contest resulted IN the
effort for the point trophy among Catholic
Athletic League clubs. he Paulist team
finally won, with total of IA points. Nc
Caddin Lyceum getting second. with
points A fair sized crowd attended, and
dancing followed the games.
The summary follows:
sixty-yard dash (handlcap. g. A Ia INA
heat)-Won by T. Gray, Paulist A. c. az
| feeD; D. b Bailey. Paulist a G. III feet)
second; Louis a. Holman 81. AIMS A. {: 81;
feetl, third. Time. DOC 3-6 Gray won after
sixty-yard dash "a. a. u; handicap; fnas
hsspW%g by E FoI ID WaTd j m raqIis1 A.
}scrstch). second Charles Mundt. st. Bar
thoomew a. {. % feeD. third. Time, o:o8 80
KiTkeb I'' PauiIst a. c.: ii. Die6en. c. G. \ Y
| second, Il. Crossmsn. unattached. third' Time
4:48.
T. Gilmore, Dominican Lyceum (scratch); a
L. McGll Paulist a. G. $50 yards), second; j
Buckley. Ioughlin Lyceum G2 yards). third
soo-ysrd dash thandicap; g. a. L.)-won
by f. stsffens McCaddin Iyceum Ul YARDS
Thomas McGrath: St AIMS a. C. Ilt YARDS Isl;
yards) third. Time, O:S5 a..
One-mile run Osndlcap: G. A. L)-Won by
J. Schroeder st. Paurs Byceum 900 YARDS; w.
Anderson, Loughn Lyceum (35 YARDS. second
J. Valley. It. AIMS A. {. u25 yards third
Time, 432.
James Plant. Irish-Amercan A. G. u0o yardsl
Gilbert Hernans, Y. NJ c. a. C35 YARDS, sec
ond: w l.. Stokley. Fanwood A. c. go YARDS
third Time. 9:3++s.
00-yard run handicap; A. a. tD-tinal neat
won by A. Peps. trish-American A. {.
yardS; 4. McDonough. Xavier A. A 1S yardsl.
second; G. Wilcox unattached % YARDS. third.
Time 1:1TS.
Eight-lap relay race (handcap; c. A. Ii
Won by McCaddin Lyceum 81 yardsl tRouse.
Mcnamara. Steffens ana jones'; Paulist a G.
hrst team C4o YARDS CMcGill Resrdon, Lonstolat
and Carey second 81. Brendans byceum to5
yards) CReiger, Bohan. Stack and Elliott, third.
Time, 2:17.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14
STEVENS TWELVE BEATEN
Crescent A. c. Team Wins An
nual Contest with Ease.

stevens Institute was no match Tor inc
lacrosse team Of the Crescent Athletic Club
al Bay Ridge yesterday. The Crescents
won by the score OF goals to T. The first
nor,od ~ NAV ended to I'm favor Of the
winning twelve.
The game was an interesting ana Nc'
played contest. The visitors from JerSe!
were in splendid condition ana kept 'he
Crcsccnts moving throughout. They couId
not penetrate tho New Moon derehce' "n'cn
was wonderfully strengthened by tho nrst
appearance this season of wall Dr. MAD
dern and Ben Kelley. Throughout the con-
test the New Moon men showed a far bet
ter knowledge of the game.
The llne-up folloWs:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14
CROSS PRINCETON CAPTAIN
Tigers Choose Champion to Lead
Swimming Team.
rRy Telegraph to The Tribune

Princeton, n. J., April l3.-Princeton elect
ed new swimming team captain last night
to lead the Tigers in the 1913 season. Eben
J. u. Cross, ~, OF Baltimore. was the man
chosen. Cross is intercollegiate champion
in the 22o-yard swim and 1Oo-yard swim and
holds the intercollegiate record in the for
mer distance, having lowered the mark TO
237 3-5 in the Princeton-Cornell meet this
winter.
AS star performer on the Western trip OF
the Princeton swimmers. Cross recently
showed up in championship form. With a
strong nucleus of veterans and Cross as
captain. Princeton's prospects for winning
team next year seem bright.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14
SOLARI WINS THE TITLE
Wins All-Around Championship
in BROOKLYN Y. M. G. A.

After ten weeks Of arduous competition
Robert ]. Solari. the veteran athlete. ives
the ultimate victor I'm the all-around cham
pionshp contest Of the Brooklyn Young
Mems Christian Association, which ended
this week. He scored total of 1870 points
Homer Baker, of the New York Athletic
Club, was the runner UP and pressed So
lari from the outset. His total was 1,5ll.
James Murphy, was third. heading tho 70
naming field Of twenty-five contestants.
with 1856. II. 3. Kraft, the shot .putter
obliterated an old branch mark when he
tossed the eight-pound shot a distance OF
Sc feet 81 inches. II improved the pre-
vious record by feet 6i1 inches.
The first ten to finish follow:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14
oUAKERS DEFEAT CORNELL
Ithacans No Match for Red ana
Blue Soccer Eleven.
inv Telegraph ~ n" Tribune

ithaca X. Y. April l5.-Cornei lost TO
81. ponp.yIvanla soccer team to-day by a
scoro o,sto1 The Quakers Had tho game
mo-, a, IN. start scoring three goals soon
after the whistle blew. McPhee eur ~
for the visitors. Cornell at tho oes'.'''"S
OF the second half, took notlceSo'e or"'e
in its playing and scored once.
The lineup follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14

tvinklins added another-a love game,
by the way.
when on the hazard side Crane made
rnomcntarv brace In the fifth game, scoring
with speedy shots to the dedans Two
rallies followed. Gould winning both Deuce
was called. but the champion won the
,artagc and game point without trouble
Crane got scant Is in the sixth and last
,,a,,e his final effort being a return to the
net The games were as follows:
could. ................. ! ! : ! I-S
-. . . . .
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14
CRANE WINS MoNTcLAlR SHOOT.

Montclair. y. j., April 13.-In the shoos
for the club trophy at the Montclair Gun
Club this afternoon ]. Seymour Crane was
the winner. after shooting of tic with c.
l.. Bush and Edward Nlnsow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14
HARVARD LOSES AT LACROSSE

Baltimore, April -. Johns Hopkins
lacrosse team defeated Harvard here to-
day by a score OF to l. The game was
played on a muddy field.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14

Substitutes Thomas for Moses; Campbell Tor
Andrews. Iyke for Warden. and Hogue for D
Kennedy on Crescent a. c. Referee-W. BASS
Crescent A. &. rimer-Loughlin, stevens
Goals for Crescents-Oates (3). Warden, '. Ken
nsdv s Kennedy, Walbridge and lIyke. Goals
10, stevens-Henry ~. Gracer. Collins Time
Of halyes-Twenty minutes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14

SUNDAYS NETWORK TRIBUNE
Mailed anywhere in the United States
fer az so a year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14

Goals McPhee ~. Jones %. l"pklns podSe
p eforoe smith Time Of hal'eh -For'y-n''
minutes.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1912-12-26
SYNOPSIS.
(OoSS aSsk iSil 4. Q. hoCisfs 8 o.

Robert Cameron. capitalist, consuits
Phillip Clyde. newspaper publisher. re-
Parding anonymous threatening letters he
hss received. The hrst promises q sample
o. the writer's power on certain day.
On that day the head is mysteriously cut
from portrait Of Cameron while the lat
ter IL In the room. Clyde has . theory
that the portrait was mutilated while the
room was unoccupied and the head later
removed by means OF q string. unnouced
By Cameron. Evelyn orayson. Cameron.s
niece. with whom Clyde Is In love-. hnds
the head OF Cameron's portrait nailed 70
. tree. where II WAS had been used AZ
target Clyde pledges Evelyn to secrecy.
Clyde learns that a Chinese boy employed
by Phiietus Murphy. an artist living
nearby. had borrowed a rifle from Cam
eron's iodgekeoer. Clyde makes an ex-
cusc to call or Murphy and IL repu'sed
He pretends 10 he investigating alleged
infractions u the game laws and speaks
Of nnding the bowl OF an opium pipe un.
der the tree where Cnmeron's PORTRAY
was found. The Chinese boy Is FOUND
dead next morning. While visiting Cam
eron In his dressing room Neil Gwynne
mirror is mysteriously shattered. Cameron
becomes seriously III as result OF the
shock. The third letter appears mysteri-
ous'y on Cameron's sick bed. II makes
direct threats against the life OF Cameron,
clyde tells Cameron the envelope was
empty He tells Evelyn everything ana
plans to take Cameron on yacht trip.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1912-12-26

fisherman, that We don't knol, all ana
everything about. So, say. no mat.
ter what they planned: this time they
are outwitted." And even as said
II, I saw clearly before NY vision
these words: Say not Heaven 10 high
above! Heaven ascends and oescends
about our deeds. daily inspecting u
wheresoever we are"
Then you agree with met You
think something may have been
planned?"
Il wouldn't pretend to interpret
their symbolism" I answered evasive.
ly. THE empty envelope impressed
me az synonymous with saying.
Nothing more at PRESENT. Even nov
I think that II they had meant to con.
tinue they would have said 20. I'm
almost sure they would"
was quite sure. Of course. but I
dared not say So
Cameron smoked on quietly for Q
while In a ruminative mood. Even-
tually he threw the end Of his cigar
over the rail. and leaned forward.
"I don't know" he said perplexedly.
II don't know"
This hoped was to be the END
Of the matter. for tonight at least; bat
presently he began to talk Of those
hrst two letters. to conjecture. to won
der. to dissect phrases. to dig out
subtleties Of meaning from euphemis-
he had every word memorised. just
as I had
Seven bells had struck and We were
still talking But now and then there
were pauses In our converse-intef-
walls Of silence Of varying length-duF>
ing which ! sat with my gaze stretch
ing out over the black waters and my
hearing strained for any unusual
sound More than once during the
evening thought I had detected fa1
of the pounding note Of motor
boats exhaust. but had put the notion
aside as too improbable for entertain
ment Now. family. | seemed to hear
1t again; not SO distant. but mufled.
] got up and stood close to the rail-.
and listened with ear bent. Then !
determined to go to my cabin Tor
hiSht Eldss WHICH Hdu ihS'uNo~
among my traps. But at that moment
the sound. which | had made sure OF.
ceased, and ! stood a second or two
longer. expecting 1t to resume.
Altogether 1t was not over minute
or two that | stood there. II seemed
much less than that. Then l turned
with question for Cameron. | won
dered whether he had heard the sound
too.
Il say, Cam" I began. and stopped.
startled, with his name half uttered.
His chair was empty. He was not
on deck. ran to the saloon. He was
not there | flung open the door OF
his siateroom. He was not there. et
ther had the yacht searched for
| him. He was not on the yacht.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1912-12-26
CHAPTER TX.
A Craft Without Lights.

Composure Is second nature with
me. ! claim no credit for It; 1t Is
matter OF tempera nent rather than
cultivation. But now my temperament
was all awry. and my composure fed
me. was excited More than that.
| was frantic. distracted. ratified. !
wanted to do a dozen things at once:
to get answers to score OF ques
tions In a single moment. And the
consequence may be imagined. For
five-ten minutes. nothing was done
whatever. Then the search-light was
got into play. sweeping the waters oD
all sides. far and near; but with pal
try result Five or six miles astern
we made out power boat. similar to
that which I had seen through the
glass earlier In the day To the east
ward a steamer with two tunnels was
just coming into range. The white
sails of coasting schooner showed
to westward. Trailing in our wake
the fisherman.
Macleod. trained to coolness, re-
tanned his wits. Systematically he
set to work. Likely and unlikely
places aboard the yacht were looked
into. Before / knew what he was
about, we were going back over the
way we had come with the search
light swinging in a circle and half
dozen sharp-eyed seamen scanning
every square foot OF rolling wave.
II can't understand It." kept re-
peating aloud. with senseless iteration.
Il can't understand It."
was standing alone. we'll forward.
leaning over the rail. Presently Mac.
Leod laid hand on my shoulder.
"We can't do anything more than
we are doing, Mr.. Clyde" he said In
his matter-of-fact way. For my part,
can't understand 1t. either; but since
Mr.. Camercn's not aboard. there's
only one conclusion. and that is that
he's overheard. And since there was
no one interested in throwing him
there. then II seems very clear that
he must have jumped"
Jumped" I cried, in irritation.
MY God. man! Don't I tell you that
| was not three feet away from him,
and only for minute or two? How
could he have Jumped without my
hearing himi How could he svsn
have got ont Of his chair. without ny
hearing himf"
The captain shrugged his shoulder.
| (To BE CoNTINUED.)
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