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81 GOLFERS ENTERED
IN P|NEHURST MATCH

Pinehurst, N. c.. December G.-Eighty-
seven players drove off today in the quail
fication round Of the annual holiday golf
tournament. Those who qualified for the
first division, and will continue match
play through Wednesday, were the fol-
lowing:
II. V. Seggerman, Englewood; A. A.
Stagg. Chicago; w. A. Barber, Jr., Prince
ton; w. e. Truesdell, Foxhills; William
Souther, Dyker Meadow; b. p. Merriman,
Waterbury; c. B. Hudson, North Fork;
C. l.. Becker, Woodland; w. G. Clark,
Wollaston; w. v. Booth, Jr., Onwentsia;
George II. Croker, Brookline; s. Leroy,
Newport; T. B. Boyd, Belerieve; H. G..
White, Ridgewood; Robert Hunter, Wee
burn, and W. L. Otis, New York.
In a special golf medal match H. V.
Seggerman of Englewood, defeated A. A.
Stagg, of Chicago, 81 to SO.
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KTTCHEL ONLY CHAMPION
ABLE TO COME BACK

so with wolgast. Boxers who have met
the latter since he started his como
back campaign have said that the form
er champion is just as hard to get at ar
formerly and that he mauls and bruises
in the same old way and that most Of his
straight punches are delivered with the
palms of his hands in an effort to pro-
tect his knuclxles.
1t is an unnatural way for a fighter
to strike and rob his blows of force and
effect. Shattered hands Is a handicap
against which there Is no Comeback"
After all 1t is something to the credit
of Nelson and Wolgast that shattered
hands, and not constitution, retired them
as potent factors of the squared circle.
Most others who have held titles have
continued until retired by Father Time
as superanuated, or by nature for vio-
lating the trust when endowed with
strong, healthy physique.
W0lgast Punch Gone
There was one notable exception. Jack
McAuliffe retired an indicated cham
pion. McAuliffe was lightweight champion
when Jack Dempsey ruled the middle
weight division and John l.. Sullivan
was king of them all
The three Jacks were warm friends
and great admirers of each other in
lighting sense McAuliffe saw Dempsey
go down to defeat in 10 rounds on jan
uary IA, 1891. in the city of New Orleans,
before the irresistible assault of a supe-
rior fighter-Robert F'itzsimmons. Then,
in the same city on September T. 1892. he
saw Sullivan, another of the great trio,
did his colors at the end of 81 rounds
to James j. Corbett, wonderful boxer of
the modern school.
Retirement by defeat of Dempsey and
Sullivan made a strong impression upon
McAulffe and he did but little real fight
ing after that. He saw the handwriting
upon the wall and in 1897 he handed over
his title to George Lavigne, known then
as the Saginaw Kid" with the admoni-
ton: use your brains, Kid. to hold this
title; the time is coming when hammer
and-tongs won't win you many battles"
For some time after McAuliffe's re-
tirement many efforts were made to have
him re-enter the ring, but he refused to
try back" saying that he knew
his race was run.
1t Is a remarkable fact that since Nc
Auliffes retirement the lightweight d.
vision has been singulary devoid of Irish
fighters who have reached the top. Hero
are the champions since McAuliffe's time:
Lavigne. Erne. Cans. Britt. Nelson, VOL
CAST and Richie.
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cess of the play in the middle west
was due to their scientific development
of 1t or a weakness in the construction
of a defense for it, The claim is made
in the east that a moderately perfect
defense for this play can stop it nine
tenths of the time. If this be true it
follows that the west, in it's efforts to
develop scoring plays by the forward
pass, neglected proper defense for 1t.
In a discussion of the relative merits
of the football played in the west and
east this conclusion is inevitab1e-that
the west accomplished the offensive
game, while the east paid entirely too
much attention to the defense. Unless
football coaches are obliged to adjust
themselves to more radical revisions of
the rules it is fairly certain that next
year viii see a more even development
of both offense and defense in the west
as well as in the east.
Western men have already taken the
initiative in one reform in which the
east is tagging far behind. At a re-
cent meeting of the Western Intercol-
legiate Conference association it was
voted that for the first two games of
the 1914 season the players should be
nun bored. and that If the experiment
proved success the rules should be
made obligatory for the remainder of
the season
Football is practically the only in
tercollegiate sport in which the con-
venience of the public is so ruthlessly
ignored Practically no one outside
of a small part of the student body
is able to recognize a single player on
the gridiron. One sees only a strug
Cling mass of players and is obliged to
wait until the next day to learn who
made the important and scoring plays.
And even then one cannot be too GER
tain of the accuracy of newspaper ac-
counts because, with few exceptions,
the leading universities have made
very little preparation to insure the
newspaper men getting accurate infor
nation. All of this could be done
away with instantly by simple system
of numbering players. 1t is done in
practically every sport which the col
leges maintain. No one would think of
holding a track and field meet without
providing some methods of identifying
the athletes. For the last few years it
has been done in basketball. and the re-
form has worked splendidly
II the numbering system becomes
popular In the west. western teams will
the football rules committee does not
make it obligatory. The Dartmouth
team in its game with the Carlisle In
dians, demonstrated that it could be
operated effectively. This experiment
also proved that the system of num-
bers did not operate to the disadvant-
age of either team. All objections to
it are based upon the hidebound policy
of conservatism pursued so long in the
east.
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Scope of Game Extended
by ASA RoUNTREE. JR.

Smith on the recommendation of Jack
Cracker is said to have fairly good con-
troll and is an adept in hurting the spit
ball.
After extending over a period of two
months, negotiations for the sale of the
Indianapolis club of the American asso-
citation have been completed, the owner
ship of the club having been transferred
from Sol Meyer to j. C. McGill of Den
yer and William Smith of New York.
The purchase price was said to be $175,-
900. The sale of the club also includes
the franchise of the Springfield club in
as farm of the Indianapolis club for
several years.
Charley Herzog will have under his
tutelage next season the youngest infeld
in the National league. The Red infield-
ers will average % years if Dodge holds
down the third corner, and % il Niehoff
succeeds in getting the place. Hoblitzell
is "a; Groh p. Dodge 20, Herzog 2S. Me
hoff &c.
As has been customary for some years
past the baseball nine of the University
of Illinois will take a southern tour dur
ing the spring. This year games will be
played in the states of Alabama, Geo--
gia and Kentucky. The schedule for the
trip as has been announced follows;
April 9-Alabama at Tuscaloosa.
April 10 and 11-Georgia Tech at At
lanta.
April 13-Georgia at Athens.
April 14-Kentucky State at Lexington.
In an effort to regain his old-time form.
Edgar Willett, a veteran Detroit hurler.
has already reached the Tiger training
camp. situated near Gulfport, Miss, and
has started a course of training that he
figures will get him in prime condition
by the opening of the 1914 campaign.
Manager Miller Higgins of the st. Louis
Cardinals has made the first cut in mis-
squad, releasing Shortstop Callahan to
Jacksonville.
The complete schedule of exhibition
games scheduled by the Giants during the
spring has been announced as follows:
March a. Is, q, 22-Dallas.
March 2S %, 49, 31-Hoaston.
April beaumont.
April 4, s. 6, New Orleans.
April S--Mobile.
April 9-Chattanooga.
April II, ~, 13-Baltlmpre.
The schedule for the yannigans is:
March and S-Dallas.
March ID, Is, 81 and 22-Waco.
March % and 29-Dallas.
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GEORGIA s FOOTBALL
SCHEDULE FINISHED
Seven Games Scheduled for
Season of 1914-First
on October 3

Athens, Ga, December 27.-The Uni
versity of Georgia's football schedule
for 1914 was announced tonight as fol-
lows:
October 3-Citadel
October observance.
October 17--University of North Caro-
lima.
October 24-University of Virginia.
October 31-Open.
November Clemson.
November 14--Georgia Tech.
November 21-Auburn.
Pending the outcome of plans for the
erection of a new stadium here, the
cities in which the various games will
be played will not be decided upon.
1t is hoped If these plans materialize
to have a number of the more impor-
tant contests here.
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Tinker. who was deposed by Cincinnati,
was sold to the Brooklyn club for $4,000,
it being stipulated that he was to receive
$4,000 OF this amount In addition to his
salary. Tinker had announced that he
would not go to the Federal club unless
he was assured that his income would bo
larger than that provided by the Brook
lyn deal.
Tinker's Willingness to leave organ
lied baseball was increased by his de
sire to live In Chicago where he has
business interests. An effort by Charles
w. Murphy, owner of the Chicago Ma
tional league club TO buy him received
Ttnker's support, but when Il became
known that the Brooklyn deal would
block Thinkers chance of playing with
tho Cubs, he began negotiations with
the Federals.
Brooklyn's offer of $4,000 for Tink-
er's services, said to be the largest
sum ever paid for ball player, was
contingent on the former Cincinnati
managers accepting tho agreement.
Cleveland's place In the new Federal
league was forfeited owing to the fall
ure of that city to guarantee a suita-
BILE ball park, Barney Hepburn, q mem
Der of the Canadian Parliament, 1t wns
announced, is the owner of the Toronto
club.
Tinker and Brown are among the
Oldest and best known players In or
ganized baseball Tinker Joined tho
Chicago club IL years ago and won his
way to high regard as shortstop. A
year ago he was signed by Cincinnati
as manager. Brown also spent many
years with the Chicago club as a pitch
er. He went with Tinker to Cincinnati.
The cities represented In the Federal
league are Toronto. Buffalo, Baltimore.
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half Patton's terrific smashes off tackel
proved too formidable for the cavalry
Both sides resorted frequently to open
play. The weather was ideal and big
throng turned out.
The line up and summary follows:
Cavalry-Tingle, left end; Russell,
left tackle; Lund, left guard; Meyers,
center; MsDonald, right guard; Phillips,
right tackle; Petre, right end Desen-
dore, quarterback; Lillard left half;
Ashton. right half Jones, fullback.
AllStar-Goree (Tech), left end; Fen
ter 1Tech), left tackle; Orr (Chatta
nooga), left guard; Page Chattanooga.
center: Wander Canine Chattanooga
right guard: Chscham (Tech), right
tackle; Brown tVanderbilt), right end ;
Hammond (Sewanee), quarterback; Pat
ton (Teeh). left half; Suencer, tChatta-
nooga). right half; Parker (Sewanee)
fullback.
Summary: Referee. KRONER (West
PoinD umpire Stauffer (Ohio Wes
lynn; head linesman. Broxton tChatta-
noga). Touchdown, Patton. Goal from
touchdown, Hammond. Goal from field,
Hammond. Quarters, 10 minutes.
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FOOTBALL RULES TO SUFFER
M RADICAL CHANGES IN 1914
fese Oooe Gave More General Satisfaction Than Ever Be
lore-Conservative Feeling Still Exists in East-May
Compel Elevens to Number Their Players

new York, December 27.-There will he
rev. Il any, changes in the football rules
1or l9l4 The intercollegiate code gave
more general satisfaction throughout the
season just closed than ever before in
the history of the game. The principal
criticism made against the 1913 brand OF
! football was directed rather against the
lack of investments by coaches than the
rules under which the game was played
II the game as played by a particular
university or in a given section was dun
and undressing the fault was not with
the rules
In the middle west there was far more
satisfaction over the style of football
played than there was in the east In a
general way the west played progressive
football. In the east there was mani
sfested everywhere a spirit of conserva-
tism, while several universities which
were at one time leaders with their pro-
gressive ideas earned an unenvable repu-
tation of being standpatters.
Football men have closely studied the
situation in both west and east and have
been unable to point out any reform
made necessary in the rules. The extent
to which the game is to be improved
ness OF coaches themselves
The feeling still exists in the east that
the game could spare the forward pass
and be improved in consequence. This
conclusion is reached because in prac-
tically all the championship games played
on eastern gridirons the forward pass
was not only a complete failure, but
boomerang as well. The play was an ut
ter failure in the Harvard Princeton.
Princeton-Yale. Harvard. and the
Pennsylvania-Cornell games. The writer
kept very careful statistics of all these
games and found that the forward pass
was successful less than 10 per cent %
the times. Not only did it fail to gain
ground in the proportion, but nearly half
the time when it failed for the attacking
It was intercepted by the defending side
and returned for big gains. The forward
pass is supposed to be an offensive play,
but from the time 1t was first introduced
1t has lost far more ground than it ever
gained. Curiously enough, it is not de-
Tended so much for its value as an of
fensive play as it is for breaking up an
opposing defense, but football men are
beginning to see the fallacy of this de-
Tense of the play. If part of teams
offense is retained simply to break uo
end weaken an opponents defense 1t is
high time for the rule makers to find
some other method of equalizing attacks
and defense.
forward pass does not hold in the mid
die west. Football experts are divided
in their opinion as to whether the sue
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ALL-STARS DEFEAT
: CAVALRY ELEVEN

Chattanooga. December 27.-(Special)
An all-star eleven, headed by Buck
Brown of Vanderbilt and composed of
gridiron celebrities from Vanderbilt
Tech, Sewanee and Chattanooga, de-
feated- the eleven from the Eleventh
United States cavalry this afternoon 10
to 0. The collegian total came from a
touchdown by Patton, who ran 80 yards
through the soldiers in the third quar-
ter, n goal from the marker by Ham
mond, and goal from the field in the
fourth quarter following a fair catch
by the same individual.
The fray was hard fought and bitter
throughout, neither side being able to
score in the first half In the second
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AMATEUR CHALLENGE
CUP TENNIS MATCHES
BEGIN AT TUXEDO, N. Y.

Tuxedo. N. Y. December 27.-Play for
the amateur challenge cup In court
tennis opened three courts of Tuxedo
Tennis and Racquet club today.
Robert D. Wrenn defeated oliver
PERKS, to 2, in hard fought match.
L. Gordon Douglas of New York won
from George I. Scott, New York, to
O, and C. s. Lee and Fulton Cutting
won by default. Pierre Lorillard. Jr.,
will meet Wrenn tomorrow and the
winner of this match Will meet Doug
las in the semi finals. Lee will play
Cutting.
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|CROATIAN DIET is
FORMALLY OPENED

Agram, Croatia, December H.-The new
Croatian Diet was formally opened today
and was informally adjourned after a
brief and riotous session because the
members could not agree peaceably on a
date for the next meeting
DR.. Mileusenic, a member of the opposi-
ton, who presided by right of seniority,
named next Monday as the day of meet
ing. This provoked such angry protests
that he hastily vacated the chair in favor
of Deputy Tasl<an. a member of the gov
eminent party, who ordered that the
house should meet again tonight.
Several members of the opposition
rushed to the platform and tried to drag
him from the chair. His colleagues
FASTENED to his assistance. Blows were
exchanged and the fighting soon spread
to the floor of the house. The deputies
finally vacated the place finding it impos-
sible to transact business.
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Sideliehts On Rifle Matches
by II. Is. LEE
Member II. A. G. Rifle Team

Few stop TO figure just what it means
20 shoot possible" in the national rifle
matches now in progress between 2S diff
ferent teams from as many cities in tae
United States, Birmingham being repre-
scented by team from the Birmingham
Athletic club.
STen men may shoot on each team, the
five highest scores to count for record.
The five men shoot 20 shots each. or an
aggregate of 100 shots. at a distance OF 70
feet. For each man to make a possible
score he must place 20 consecutive shots
in circle about half the size of dime.
by artificial light, with no rest other than
the elbows.
A movement of one-tenth of an inch
by the front sight at the moment of firing
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B. A. c. RIFLE TEAM
LOSESF|RST MATCH
WITH BUCYRUS, 0.
District of Columbia and
Bridgeport Teams Are
Leading Class "a"
Rifle Shoot

Washington, December 27.-The Dis
trict of Columbia Rifle association and
the Park club, Bridgeport, Conn, both
with score of 992 out of a possible
1000, lead class AZ of the interclub
rife shoot this week, according to the
scores announced today by the Nation
al Rifle association. Among the scores
are:
Glass "A'-Bucyrus, Ohio, Rife asso-
citation, 9S3. VS.. Birmingham Athletic
Club Rifle association, 939.
Glass "B"-Glendale Rifle club. Bed
ford, O., 945, vs. New Orleans Rifle and
Revolver club, 921.
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april III
Pitcher Ray Collins and Hugh Bedient
of the Red Sox will be sent to West
Baden by Manager Bill Carrigan for
stay of two weeks before they report to
regular training camp of the SoX at Hot
Springs
Il has been decided to hold the joint
meeting of the National and American
league schedule committees in Hot Springs
some time next month The National
league committee is composed of John
Heydler, Barney Dreyfuss and Charley
Ilbbets. The American league will as
usual be represented by its president, Ban
Johnson.
Manager Arthur Delvin of the Oakland
club in the Pacific Coast league has an
nounced the purchase Of Catcher Dan
Howley from the Montreal club of the In
ternational league.
After travelling two years in major
league company with the Boston Ma
tionals Walter "IIickOry'' Dickson, a
Baron of the 1910 vintage. has been rele-
gated to the minors, he having been sold
outright by President Gaffney of the
Braves to the Rochester club in the In
ternet ional league. The release of Dick
sor is the first that has been made in the
Braves roster.
The exhibition games arranged by Pres
ident Andrews of the Lookouts for his
team during the spring have been an
nouneed as follows:
March 30 and 21-Louisville
March "a and 25-Brooklyn.
March 26-Newark.
March 80 and 81, April and 2-Detroit.
April and 4-Cleveland.
April 9-New York Nationals.
With a classoof 80 pupils enrolled, Char
ley Carr will open the first term of his
baseball school at San Antonio on jan
uary 2.
The worlds champion Athletics have ar
ranged to play two games with the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania baseball nine
next spring. The games will be played at
Shibc park on March 80 and 81.
PITCHER Parsons, formerly on the roster
OF the Memphis Turtles, has been en-
gaeed to coach the baseball nine of the
University of Minnesota.
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BE MADE IN FOOTBALL CODE FOR THE 1914 81
AND TINKER SIGN
CONTRACT WITH FEDERAL S
Two Veterans Jump Organized Ball Sign Con
tracts With New League-Both to Become Managers
Gilmore Says Other Major League Players
Will Join the Federals Soon

Chicago. December z7.-Joseph Tinker,
former manager OF the Cincinnati Ma
tional league ball club, and Mordecai
Brown. Cincinnati pitcher. today signed
three years contracts with the Federal
league. Tinker will manage the Chicago
club and Brown win managed the St.
Louis club.
Cincinnati. December 27.-President All
gust Hermann of the Cincinnati National
league team was first notified of the
Jumping of Nordecai Brown to the Fed
eral league by the Associated Press. MT.
Hermann was surprised, but said that
for the present he would refuse to make
any comment.
As president of the national baseball
commission he also declined to say w-heth-
er the action OF Tinker and Brown had
placed the ballplayers outside the pale
of organized baseball.
Brown pitched good ball for Cincin-
natl this year and Manager Herzog ex-
pected to depend on him for great deal
of work in the 1914 season.
Chicago, December 27.-,James Gilmore,
president of the Federal league, an
nounced that each federal league club
would contain at least five players who
appeared last year with either the Ma
tional or American leagues. The full ros-
ter of the players. he said, would be an
nounced within a few days. Well known
players from these leagues, he said, had
been chosen to manage the Toronto, Bal
tii1fore and Pittsburg clubs.
The amount any player is to receive
from the new league was not made public
by Mr. Gilmore.
It was reported that Tinker was to re-
ceive $4,000 for three years service.
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CHINESE EGGS
PROVE POPULAR

Seattle, Wash. December N.-Imported
Chinese eggs are competing successfully
with storage eggs on the Seattle market.
The Chinese eggs are of dark she'll even
size. we'll packed and slightly smaller
than standard ranch eggs, but larger
than pullet eggs They are poachable,
in this respect being superior to the stor-
age eggs.
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the shot. would place the bullet nine
tenths of an inch from the center of the
bulls eye, or a shot that would count
only seven-a loss of three points in one
shot. If each shot were thus placed the
total score would only be 40 out of a
possible 200
a ''wobble" of only 1-75 of an inch by
the front sight of the bull is sufficient
to throw the shot out of the center ring
One seventy-hfth of an inch is hardly
discernible as to distance with the naked
eye.
The above only goes to show the steady
nerves required to make good scores with
the rifle, as well as keen eyesight. No
one with bad habits of living can hope
for success in the rifle shooting game.