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SPORTS sSss AL t:s.s ssss'is; Gossip
VI OulUO and AL KINDS OF UOOVUU

his language. and points out the weakness Of the
re best results from English athletic. material.
ns the lstt:r he SAYS NOR. rnn'ns TRACKS
win the olmVic Gamss for Enslsnd.
Whether auto polo IL easily mastered and
or WHISTLER II b folly 70, beginner TO attempt Ia
Ii. 2" .%. ; s 0Sns sss to S ,ss ...
,n s,, o. LOCAL iolCr ~ Of the pms in Mad
%snt. Roit. King and W.itsr, s..riins viii lind
n: 70 :;n = s: been
1netsr how athletic they may -. wo,hd be pow.
|, l: S.' be that games o" = handicap basis will be
gard to the proposed foreign inIasion of q team
q American amateur golfer, next spring since
Fsass 's = boaa 1 IA decided 'a as sisGs p. s
70 take part IN the amateur championshp Of Great
lesn rife as to the probable personnel o. the team
One pron,inent amateur, who PLAYS in tournaments
opinion there Wouldn't be any foreign invasion:
r he :, wager S' ns more than half
The Amherst Football Association announce,
for the iSis eleven. Although the last season
,srisl Furnished him IN VII. = IKE h.ndis.P 2,
squad the following men have been awarded their
football letter.: Capt. Connolly Allen. Browne.
Iuetter, Moore, prcadfoot. Gh.mberliin. Hub.
way, Koncid. c. shumway, swansey and Warren,
which, len the lespeesvs CHAMPION: q ,opr KuTope:I
n MAZE a, V" X. Harlem Mu.is Hail. should fur
the strenuous game, M.te.d Y.~.d., the .sii'
sions with, win Bingham. EnHsnd,s ;leve. y
ponent will he forced to use all his skill ana sd
| enttfir strength to escape defeat ~ bingham
Il bri.ufui Of confidence and intends to force thu
| pace from start to finish
! Charles Mccain, the crack hill and dali
| chaser OF the Morniugside A. e.. led home
| iarse field In the weekly crossconntry run Q
lie Monarch A. c. held over the clubs three and
shSaii mile course. Oscar Nelson: captain o
, Morninsside A. c. runner, finished second an'
| third respectively.
| In the plan for the revision, OF Yale's coaching
.rstem for football n was made clear by Captain
sieet Henry Ketcham TODAY that the coache
vii he named by him for next year and not b
ANYBODY else shall select the head coac
md Tho other coaches" Kctchsm said. after
discussion with the former CAPTAINS and coaches.
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Ty Cobb Ia down in Georgia getting
In shape. or rather keeping In shape,
for next season by playing golf Cobb
thinks golf the greatest form OF winter
exercise for q ball player and hs has
with him In this idea Leon Ames,
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COLUMBIA FIVE MEETS
CORNELL IN OPENING
LEAGUE GAME SATURDAY.

Tho Columbia basketball quintet
will play It's fourth game OF the sea-
son tomorrow night at the unlver-
slty gymnasium with the Fordham
five as opponents. With three games
already finished on the regular sched-
ule. the Blue and White lsnkies have
begun to hit their mid-season pace.
and judging from the excellent show
Ing made In the alumni tussle last
Friday night the usual brand OF
championship floor adroItness will be
the style this year. With the Ford
ham over. the varsity squad will so
into q busy programme OF practice
In preparation for the first inter-
collegiate contest OF the season.
which will be against Cornell at
Ithaca Saturday night. The FIRST
local intercollegiate game will come
after the holidays, on Jan. 10. with
Princeton.
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MUSICAL.

METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE.
Manon Lescaut;. Thurs. al. Sis. Orf-o;
Fri. at "a. Tristan; sat. Mat. at ., SEE
Cret Of Suzanne and Don pa-auale; sat. at
3, specn Perf,ce. La Gloconda.
HAkIIMAN IINNn ISEn
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Andy Cooper Of the Mercury A.
c. Easily Wins the Twenty
Mile Road Race Conducted by
the Morningside A. c.

A NDY. COOPER, the crack crosse
~ country runner OF the Mercury
= A. c.. romped home an easy win
ner In the twenty mile road run which
was held under the auspices OF the
Morningside A. c.. covering the distance
In the good time Of hours 10 minute
Is seconds. George. Crosby OF the Bronx
Church House was second and Billy
Cover Of the Mornlngside A. c. third.
The run was held as a preparation for
the coming Mercury A. c. and Thir-
teenth Regiment A. a. Marathons. Be-
sides the twenty mile run. the Morning
side A. e. held three and half mile
run which resulted In a dead heat be-
tween Tom Barten Of the Irish Ameri-
can A. e. and Eddie Jordan OF the
Xavier A. A.
According TO . statement issued 9; Princeton.
n. j.. by Manager Mcmillan Of the Princeton
track team. tho Txen viii not meet the Cornell
runners on the cinder path next spring. Manager
Mcmillan gave a Princetons reason for dropping
the Red and White the expease incurred by tho
trapsfe ring Of the .luad 70 Ithaca. There 10 q
pos.Sy tina, the nssr, Mss take n tnouSs.
gar left by the Cornell cancellation. but the sth
Ietc sstlSriiies will make no definite announce
mcnt concerning such move.
Delegates from the Hudson. Nassau. Lone star
Union. Nonpareil and Metropolitan Clubs organ.
iIed the Harlem Navy lIandban League for 1919
q. tire Metropolitan Clue. John UResan wa.
elected President. and James 4. Francis secrc
Rochelle and wNerley Clubs will be added to til,
List II contestants before the star, Of the annua
tournament. which Is Sheiulel for Dec. 20, Gol(
the winning and second team. respectively.
T.. J. Baker. a fomer President Of the Cam.
bridge University Athletic Club and one OF Fog
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Two Clever Chicago Boxers
Have Agreed to Box at
Garden in February.
BY JOHN POLLOCK.

4 TIER several weeks OF argument
~ Packey Mcfarland and Jack
Brltton. the clever Chicago box.
ers, have agreed to meet in ten-round
bout at the Garden A. &. early in Feb
ruary. Billy Gibson, manager OF the
club. told the writer to-day that the
managers of the two fighters, Emii
Thiery and Dan Morgan. have decided
to allow their men to battle and that all
details for the match. such as date.
weight conditions and the division Of
the money will be agreed upon within
the next forty-elght hours. 1t L. said
that Mcfarland Is to get n guarantee OF
5000. They fought an eight--ound draw
at Memphis. Tenn. on Jan. 30. 1911.
In London Tonight taere will no q fight do.
cidsd for the lightweight championship Of Era
lsnd. Freddie Welsh. the present English cham.
pion. .sill defend MS title against Hug ie Nc
hogan. The Australian lightweight chsmoion. who
exlisi'.esht champion. a few months ago. Wels.
and Michigan will meet cor tseni5 rounds at the
National Sporting Clib To: purse " SIS 900
Billy Papke. the American mi ldleweight who
soppel 10th George Carpenter and Geosse Der.
Psri-, Is now on his way to this country, having
sailed tom the other sde, on dec. o. l'aose broke
been treating the hand saSs ge viii ho. ge able
TO flsht with IT again until March. Billy i'm.
mediately cancelled his theatrical engagements aud
has sailed for home.
:. Charlie. Leioux. the bantamweigt cham lon 0,
France. u going hack home this wecs He will
sail either tomorrow Or rhursday. Ledoux has
been signed ~ for a twenty round bout at Monte
Carlo on FEB. = An effort will lie made 70 &c;
Johnny CouiDn. iie Americsn bantamwe! ght cham.
pion. to meet Leloux. TIE promoters have Of
ferel Coulon . guarantee of $1,000 and expenses
Two good fights are scheduled TO be fought to
night. fackey Mcfarland Of Chicago and Eddie
Murphy Of Boston will t,ooS NJ in one o, then
f9I ten Lac. r9and n h;PpssSs Wis., he II tn
indanapolis will ex'hsnse punene. with Fiani
Manteil Of rawucke; II. l.. in a fitteeo .rouat q
al the Rhotc Island \. q. of Providence. X. l.
Billy MCsrney. manager Of Luther McCsrty
| the Western heavyweight who defeated lin Fbni
in sixteen rounds at Vernon. GAL. last week. Ia
Just issued statement in Los ;\nseles 20 the ct
feet that he Will not allow McC,rty to fight Jac
Johnson or ans other colored fighter as Mozart
| ha. drawn the color line.
Carl Mowis !, going right ahead clnch,n
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i3th Tug Of War Team Disap-
pOiuted

The Fourteenth Regiment Of Brook
lyn recently announced an open tug of
war 10 all registered teams. at Its fail
games, to be held In the armory last
Saturday evening, but the event didn't
come off. The Second Company team.
champions OF the Thirteenth Regiment.
q. A. G. rendered its entry and the
Fourteenth team upon learning Of this
withdrew as did the others.
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Mcfarland and BrittOn
VIII Meet in Local RinQ

matches. The latest match for which he ~
signed articles Of Agreement Il with Al kubiak.
tbe Western biz fellow who was abls %. sIvs any
AGO. Morri, and kuisss VII eo%s tosssser u :
,en.round bout at Atlanta Ga. Tomorrow night
After this battle Morris intends TO pay . Walt to
Al Paiser besan training to-day for bis New
Years battle with Luther Mccarty at Vernon.
Cal. McCarty received q request from Tommy
Burns 10 60 20 Vancouver and there boz the for.
mer heavyweight champion three rounds Dec. 81
McCerty refused. saying IL. intended to renew
training on that date for the 'PalEer fight.
Young Jack o'Brien. the Philadelphia weller.
wdeht, and Al. ketche. the strong end willing
fighter Of Briigsyo-t Conn. will meet in q ten.
round bout before the Southsids A.. q. Of Bridge.
port Conn, on New Years. afternoon. whiis
O'Brien will no doubt outpomt ketchel. the latter
will make him fight hard. es he docs not fear q
punch aud seeI~ tearing In all the time.
Speculation a. TO when Willie Richie would
defend his title was sst ct rest at San Francisco
to-day when Billy Nolan. the champions manager
announced that his dnarge would not enter th<
ring again befuqe May. This means that Pro
motcr James Cotfrothe plans for return match
between htchie and Wolsast Feb. 70. win no,
msterfaliLe.
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rHREE.C0RNERED TOURNEY
OF BIlllARDiSTS BEGINS.

PITTSBURGH. Dec. 16.-An 70 IN
readiness for the opening tonight Of a
triangular billiard tournament between
ora Morningstar. George F. Slosson and
Kohl Yamada. The contest will be for
six games at the 1s-inch balk line,
two-shots-in style of play. and the win
ner must run a total Of 400 points at
each meeting. A purse OF $1,000 has
been offered. Yamada will play Morn
ingstar tonight.
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No Wonder. Owner Farrell of
the Highlanders Is the Hap
piest Man in Town.
BY BOHEMIAN BULGER.

D1 DO6EMAN DOAUAS~s
= UsT before the time arrives Tor
spring practice we are going TO I
able TO "ofihciaiiy'' announce that
Frank Chance has accepted terms and
vii, be the manager OF the Highlander.
step by step We ere getting CLOSE
throueh the of7icial channels TO whnt
everybody has known for TN days or
more, but what's the use Of any OF
them being definite ~ Ions a. II Will
give " something to talk and write
aboat7
While the whole city Of New York Is
overyoyed 10 know that Frank Chance
4. 10 manage the Highianders. because
| IL means lot to BASEBALL. there 10
slight tinxe OF humor In the hating
process of giving out the details. Farrell
smiles a. II he would IKE to tell u All.
but he In stul hsmmed In by paseoai'
dipeomacy and can't move. I.
Common sense would suggest TO US
That an Understanding must have been
had with Chance some time ago. Men
Ike DAIRY HERMANN, Murphy. Farre.l
ana Yawkey of Detroit are not listed
under the category OF booos Does any
one think that they would nave gone
through the most important inter-ieasas
deal In the history of baseball to orihs
Frank Chance 10 New York unless tney
had been fully aware OF his attitude IN
advance? Not those fellows.
frank Farrell, on his return from
Chicago, 10 the happiest man In New
York. and we'll does he deserve H. hs
has been a patient soul. and during the
past ten years occasions for unaiioyed
happiness have been few and Far De.
tween for him. II Mr.. Farrell CONCEIVED
the idea OF securing Chance ana en-.
ginecred the deal. no must oe sFeu n,,a
with having done the snaftest thin2
that baseball has seen for years.
Mr.. Farrell has heard the report tha'
Cincinnati 10 TO get q star pitcher IRON
the American League. but he Is no
aware OF the identity Of the twirler IL
question.
asked.
"If ANYBODY can AFFORD TO turn loos'
+. good pitcher II Is not New York." h
replied. 1--WE need all OF ours
A report was telcgraphsd from Gin
cinnati last night 10 the effect tina
John McGraw and Charley Murphy ha'
had a conference and that big trad
involving the Cubs and Giants was In,
m,nent This Ii the time OF year 10
starting trade rumors. hu, this on
seems n little too sudden TO ba tru'
Before leaving for tho West McGra'
told me that he would start next ses
, sen with practically the same tear
that he has now. lie has several youn
pitchers and one or two innelders
try out. A trade between McGraw an
Murphy. by the way, would DO an IL
, teresting spectacle. IL there are tw
. men in the baseball business who ca
Q make David Harum look like . minC
I Lacquer they are McGraw and Murph
) McOraw will trade any time that
can get the best Of It, but, unfort,
nateiy. C.. Webb Murphy suffers fro
the same complaint.
Ty Cobb Ia down in Georgia gettiI
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- NCLISH papers are devotlng much
space to Johnny Summers. who
recently fought for and won the
English welterweight championship
Johnny. 1t appears. dropped to his
knees In his corner Just before the night
began and prayed for victory He
crossed himself as he stood up at the
beginning Of each round and then wen.
At his man with a tigerlsh rush." At
the end OF each round before sitting
down Johnny rolled down his left sock
and tapped his glove agalnsl u religious
symbol strapped around his ankle. THE
spectators In the National Sporting
Club" the reports say. instead OF rid
culing the devout boxer. looked on In
silence that signined respect for the
sincerity OF his convictions"
And why should anyone ridicule a
boxer under such circumstances? Sum
mers shows his sincerity In his style OF
fighting a well as In the outward ind.
cation Of his religious beliefs. He 10 a
very fair, clean, sportsmanhke boxer.
A. for the effectiveness of his course
Of action. why shouldn't piety insure
tie favorable ending OF q mere glove
contest. when q little marching and
blowing OF trumpets caused the mass
I've walls Of Jericho tQsrrack and
tunDbas3
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K. o, BROWN BEATS BRADLEY.
Especial 20 The Evening worid.)

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 1s.-Knockort
Brown Of New York gave Pat Bradley
Of Philadelphia a bad beating in every
round OF the six before packed house
at the National A. G. Bradley could not
do anything with Brown. but had to be
content to take lac!ng which few
boys would stand under. Brown KEEP.
flashing Bradley with both hands, stag
gsring him against the ropes. Bradle.
tried to clinch as much as possible to
clear his befuddled brain.
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In IN. plan for the revision, Of Yales coaching
.v.tsm for football Il was made clear BY Captain
elect Henry Ketehsm today that the cosehe'
spybody disc. Shall select the head coaci
and The other coaches kctchsm said. after I
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- broadway kalph Az. Best sesas, 6Oe.
Jardin De Paris Ci1ls
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He,nIs Zimmerman. Jack Combs ana
Grief BENDER. They are all excellent
golf players. In fact Il 10 .said that
Zimmerman can drive a golf ball FUR
ther than any man In America. lie
has never made record drive. but ms
general average IL far ahead OF the
crack amateurs.
II Ia likely that the Bresnahan claim
against the 81. Louis club will be settled
TINS week without waiting for hearing
By the directors OF the National League
o.. AZ court Of law. Bresnahan In
irt,e to a friend says that he would
prefer "A compromise II II could be ar
ranged. II 10 understood that he ~
willing to settle for $4,000. which, IN
addition to his outright release. VIII
repay him for his financial loss.
report from st. Louis ssys that Mrs.
Britton and her advisers are about
ready to compromise on that basis.
That would be q good thing all around.
Bresnahan will receive enough salary
from Pittsburgh to make up the d!ffer-
ence between the e15. 900 and the amount
he IL claiming under his contract.
That story about Rpbe Marauard
wanting $4,000 next year 10 stlll going
the rounds OF the western papers. The
Rube has a contract for three years
now. That would make no difference.
however, II he decided to hold out.
Marquard, by the way. is on the verge
| OF becoming very foolish fellow. IL
was reported to the writer on reliable
authority yesterday that he had al
ready signed contracts for twenty-five
weeks In vaudeville on the Orpheum
circuit. That will take him to the
coast and Il will be impossible for him
to report In time for spring and early
summer games. The question Is: which
contract will he reepect? With a three
year contract In baseball and r twenty
two weeks contract In vaudeville hi
must rcpudiate one or the other. Mar
guards acting may or may not be Z
thing OF beauty and a Joy for forever
but It might suffer a relapse II he qui
baseball.
According to Wilbert Robinson. base
hall coach by summer and duck shoote
by winter. there In an excellent chanc
OF George Robertson, tho big southpay
pitcher signed by the Giants a year ago
becoming a great outhelder for McGraw
This big athlete hurt his arm playin
football and the tendons were s
I strained that he may never be able I
pitch. He is ~ hne outfelder. however
, and can hit ike an old-timer. Robb
r says that Robertson will be given
chance to try for the outfeld and tina
he may turn out to be a star
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within ten miles of Jacksons camp.
In the mountnins. thirty miles west.
there were 1910 Fcderals led BY Gen.
eral W. II. Milroy and General r. e..
schenck. ON MoE y Jackson was ON q
bill near Mcdowell with about Goo,
men. lie planned TO capture the road
OF retrcnt VI the Feterals. who were
shut In by hills. with only one avenue
OF escape. the road north to Franklin.
The question for Schenck was how
to get his force safely out Of the
presence OF foes which outnnmbercd
him. Jackson was believed 10 have
GOO men at hand. Miiroy wanted to
await attack. hut Schenck thought his
best plan was TO take the Initiative and
strike at Jackson. then quickly retire
his force from the encmy's front. This
plan was carried ont. MIlroy leading
his brigade In gallant manner up
the face ~ the hill.
The Confctlerates were sheltered by
natural formation ~ the ground and
by slight intrenchnicnts. The battle
which sDsued was fought At close
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quarters. Both sides were plucky aud
stubborn. After accompl tshing his oh.
Ject Milroy fell back TO the main ca imp
At Mcdowell. Early on the morning
Of the 9th the whole force marched
away toward Franklin aud was not
seriously inoleSted by the Confcdcrstes.
The Ram Merrimac Blown Up.
While the Siege Of Yorktown by the
Federal Army Of the Potomac under
General Mcclellan was In progress. In
April, lS':. the Confcderates main
taincd u force Of 5000 men ut Nor.
folk. In the language Of military men
the movement u the Army Of the Poto.
mae up the peninsula from Yorktown
toward Richmond turned the Con.
federnte position at Norfolk. and. Il
had To he given up. On the night OF
May the confetlerates under General
Benjamin liuger evacuated the place.
The year before the Federal authorities
had evacuated II after destroying u
part IL tho old United States navy
yard ami burning several warships NJ
the docks.
During their year OF occupancy the
Confe'lerates had utilized the resources
Of the navy yard. II was here that
the famous ironclad ram MerrImac
was constructed. She was about to see
her finish close ut hand. General Huger
burned the navy yard and all the yes,
sells lying there. The Merrimac ut the
time was NJ anchor OF Craney island,
about I'VE miles distant.
She was practically blockaded by
several Federal warships. including
the Monitor. which lay In Hampton
Roads close to the guns Of Fortress
llOnrOe. Attempts to tighten the ram
no she could pass over the sand bur
at the mouth Of james river failed, and
she was IN danger u defeat and cap.
ture. provided she tried to cut her way
out past the Federal ships. Her com
mander 1t this time. Captain Josiah
Tatnall, wanted 10 make "a dash for
freedom, but he was Overruled by bis
chief at Richmond. Just before day
light on the nth the torch was applied
to the maga zines, aud the pioneer iron.
clad warship In American waters was
blown into shnpeless wreck by her
own people.
ounbost Battle Near Fort Pillow.
While Farraguts feet was fighting
its way up the Mississippi river at New
Orleans In April, 1862. the Federal
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In a review Of the incident. ''and they
We're put there with the evident inien.
ton Of checking II rush by my soldiers.
This ~ shown by the fact that some Of
my soldiers had advanced day or two
before the evacuation nearer to York.
town than the ground where the tor
petiOes were encountered on the Ith.
and they found none They were
placed On roads aud near roads and
other most accessible places for our
men to advance where they would do
harm In case Of a rush upon the re.
treating Confederntes. There was
stick attached to each torpedo, which
protruded above the ground to show
the Confetleratcs where they were, NO
they could avoid danger from them.
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and then opened a murderous IRE OF
musketry which staggered the Con.
fefierates, Their lender fell, and Han.
cock rushed his whole brigade forward
on charge. This WIS decisive, and
the Confe'lerates gave way.
Meanwhile Hooker had Just held his
own on the Federal left. Re.enforce.
nIents hnd come to him from York.
town. but Fort Magrnder still blocked
his progress when night put an end to
the combat. Next morning the Con.
fctlerutes We're miles away from VII.
liamslurg. having left 400 wounded be-.
hind them In their hasty retreat The
Federal loss was over 1000 and fell
chiefly upon HOOker's column. The
COnfetlerates lost about 200.