Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-14
SPORTING NOTES.

Jimmy Lees protegees, the Gordon
brcthers-William F., l.. and F. F.
who nave come into such prominence
this winter as runners, are really
residents of Newport, r. L., and
therefore eligible to compete for the
N. e. A. A. A. u. district. They are
landscape gardeners, and their tenn
porary residence in Yonkers, ". Y,
is due to contract they are fulfilling
on n big estate there. William F.
Gordon has acquired a big reputation
within week by running third to
Abel Kiviat in the Hunter Mile at
the B. A. A. meet Saturday night and
by winning the Baxter Mile Wednes-
day night by beating out the wonder
full Kiviat. William Gordon expects
to be in Beverly all next summer, and
he has intimated that he would like
to compete for the B. A. A. 1t goes
without saying that he would be a
welcome addition to the B. A. A..
string of athletes. At present the
three Gordon boys have been running
unattached. but all the big clubs
about New York are after them.
Pres. John X. Tener measures up
big when one considers the way In
which he handled the Evers PROPOSE
ton. The rapidity with which very
grave situation yielded to his treat
ment was an eyeopener to many. He
guaranteed Evers against loss at the
go-off. and shortly thereafter the
National League assumed all the
rights and responsibilities covered by
his contracts with the Chicago club.
Pres. Tener acted quickly and with
rare Judgment. In fact, he lived up
to his reputation of doing the right
thing at the right time.
To make his Boston friends feel
more comfortable, Johnny Knowles,
the old Harvard halfback, now busy
ing himself in Southern Florida
orange grove, has rushed word north
ward that just now he Is indisposed
because of a slight sunstroke. John
would have had no sunstroke had ne
remained near home and Congress
square.
Henceforth Yale's baseball players
will have to eliminate all weekend
social duties from their calendar OF
living. Your Saturdays from now
out belong to u.s." says Capt. Bios
som to his candidates, "and you all
had better cancel any engagements
YOU may have. Now Is the time TO
get I'D in your college work. Work
now may mean all the difference be-
tween success and failure in the end'
Remember, then, no one Will oe kept
as dead weight This SOUNDS ike
business.
Saws the Harvard Alumni Bulletin:
.sWhat the game of footpai neeus
much more than revision OF tne
rules is a high standard OF nohor'
which Will regard q wilfui Vloiatloi,
of the rules as something quite as pau
as defeat" This is in keeping Win
recent magazine essays on the eVis
that are a menace to our coiiese
snorts and this eternal vigilance ano
criticism Is absolutely necessary ~.
the good of college athietics. pu'
there is another side. the stahuat Us
are improving; the trend Is upwaio -
and Sportsman was very much inter
TOD To hear Jack Moakley, the COR
noIl coach and trainer, say tne o.ne'
aay. ..The boys in our college atiie-
tics are better boys than they were
wnen 7 first began coachlng' my
roa,lier and have higher stano-
ards of craftsmanship. Iney ioa'
cleaner lives, too; that's my opsei "a
So, and I'm not restricting my op-
ti,,,;sr, ~ Cornell men, for l come III
80. with the men of many COL
leges."