New-York tribune., 1912-03-16
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT
Cornell Men Want Dr.. Sharpe To
Be Real Head Coach.
NEWARK TO START SOUTH
,,5;sns Well Fortified This Year
with Players of Much
Experience.

LA PCA AAShNS'
,,,sus the question of who shall coach
49,. Corneu football team next fall has been
,.sr,teIv decided and DIR. Albert II. Sharpe,
- vola has signed contract whereby he
laos 10 assume the responsibility, the
,',as,,on of who shall be actually head
soacb remains to be announced even II 1t
.ss been decided upon. fact which Cornell
non doubt il was apparently not the cry
Gov the professional coach that brought
.hout the contract, but definite cry for
nv sharpe in person, as he enjoys un-
reual popularity with Cornell undergradu-
,.es and graduates alike The question,
,ben as to whether he IS TO be actually
head coach. or only nominally so. is a much
,,ooted question at the present time.
The offices of The Cornell Daily Sun
and "The Cornell Alumni News" the of
sc,al organs of the university, have been
vuanped with communications and queries
nc 10 this question: and from the tenor of
these letters II seems that there is a strong
feeling that Dr. Sharpe should take his
MACE at the head of the coaching staff of
the Cornell football team. There seems 10
he q feeling that he is to be assistant TO
Daniel A. Reed '9S. which cannot be recon-
ciled to the rumor that DIR. Sharpe's con-
tract gives him absolute and unqualified
power on the football field.
CAPTAIN Joseph W. Beacham, 81. is On
record as having voiced his opinion at the
iunior smoker. a week ago, that DIR. Sharpe
should have full and absolute control The
Cornell University Club. of New York. re-
tentiy passed a resolution to the effect that
Its members favored placing DR. Sharpe in
control and according him any and all the
assistants he desires. The Cornell Daily
Sun" says that it attributes the failures OF
last year not so much to the lack of ability
In the coaches. as TO the handicap under
which each man has worked, with hands
tied IT advocates granting absolute and
unrestrained power TO DIR. Sharpe so that
he may be credited with victories and held
responsible for defeats.
Under a ruling promulgated yesterday by
the National Baseball Commission the Chi
cago Cubs are saved $500 This amount
was claimed by the ST. Joseph club, which
bought the franchise Of the Pueblo club Of
the Western League, on the ground that
Charley Murphy. chief owner of the Cubs,
had promised that amount as bonus II
Miller. an outfelder now with the Boston
Braves, made good in fast company.
Murphy contended that the release of the
PLAYER to the Boston club relieved him
from carrying out any intention he may
have had of paying more than the draft
price.
This had little effect on the decision,
which was rendered on the precedent estab-
lished in the Luderus case that an oral
agreement relative TO the purchase or sale
of a player or purpOrting 10 impose an
obligation on club will not be considered
by the commission AS binding
The Newark Baseball Club of the Inter
national League will leave tomorrow at
1875 oclock for the Southern training camp
at Petersburg, Va. for a three weeks stay.
Heading the squad will be Bill Bergen,
the veteran backstop of the Brooklyn Su-
perbas, who was sold TO McGinnity by
Charley Ebbets a week ago. and Cy Sey
mour, once with the Giants and at one
time the leading batter of the National
League. McGinnity purchased Seymour
from Baltimore only two days ago, and
made Cy sign a conditional contract. II
will be the third time McGinnity and Sey-
mour have been together they having
played with Baltimore in 1901 and with New
York in 1905. Two other big league veter-
ans in the squad will be George Bell. the
former Brooklyn pitcher. and Harry Smith,
a catcher. Eddie Zimmerman. who played
third base for Brooklyn most Of last sea-
son, is also with Newark this year
While the players will spend three weeks
In the South they will jump back 10 Newark
on March 81 for a game with the Philadel-
phia Athletics. They will then return for
exhibition games with Norfolk on April
and g. with Petersburg on April and
and with Wilmington on April 6.
President Edward Barrow of the Inter
national League has received the names Of
all the players signed by the eight clubs.
Including veterans and youngsters who
will get trials. contracts have been sent t.
W men, OF these 76 are pitchers, 30 catch
ers. 43 outfelders, Il first basemen 10 sec
,ond basemen, l6 shortstops and 10 third
basemen.
The following trust companies of this
city have formed q baseball association -