The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-03-23
Coaches Named.


uounced by Capt. Nelson Talbot of
the eleven as follows; John Pendle-
ten. guard; William Marting. center;
Nate Wheeler, quarterback, and
Percy Cornish, quarterback. All
/ played on the 1913 eleven.
With the resident coaches, Frank
Hnckey and Dr. viii am Bull, this
quar- ct will be present on Yale fell
throughout the season. One of the
four Will be assigned to take charge
Of the freshmen team. Pendle'c
IS a Scientific School senior. The
other three belong to the academic
/ department. All four will be gradu-
ates next June.
May Enlarge Club.
, More athletics, a broader social
program. with 1000 members and 4
new clubhouse as the ultimate goal
| is the program Johnny Moran, the
| | We wire recently connected to the
switchboard of the Seattle Athletir
| club. proposes. Cornered in the
billiard room of the S. A. c. the
| president-elect, be ween hand shak-
| ings of congratulations limited at
the policies he will follow as head
# the Blue Diamond.
MY s,ogan is going to be 1000
| members he said The cluD
| now has close to 500, but all of these
are not actively interested IN the
club; they pay dues, but they do
no take advantage of their member
ship No teams will be ORGANIZED
| IS in our recent campaign, but each
member will be expected to bring
+ least one new man. With 1000
active boosters the dues alone would
he sufficient o insure NODE
club building something after the
style of the Multnomah n Portland
feel that l will be able to gel
enough money to put up the splen-
did building we ought to have in this
city, with the help of the S. A. c.
nen. and of course new building
would bring us all the members We
oul1 accommodate. All that, though
IS something we expect to accom-
fish within the year.
o. A. C. Gets Star.
oregon Agricultural College, Cor
Wallis. Basketball fans at Ore
gon Agricultural College greete
18th joy tire announcement that
Martin Spaulding, former Salem
and Goldendale, Wash, High basket
ball star, had ertened college an
oinel the local squad. DR.. Stewart
believes that in Spaulding the Aggie
Spaulding is six feet tall and weighs
60 pounds.
Racing News.
CHICAGO-Harness racing in the
United States during the next two
years will not be under uniform
r.les. The effort to harmonic these
racing laws failed when he Ameri-
can Trotting association at its bien,
NAL meeting rejected important
amendments adopted two months ago
by joint comm tees of the Ameri-
can and the National Trot ing as
ISOLATION.
Most of the amendments Were
adopted, however, and the associa-
on voted to keep alive the commit
sc on rule revision and another at
-empt viii be made two years hence
o make one set of rules for the
tarious trottng associations.
There was heated argument over
tAe amendment of the rule dealing
" tn the eligibility of a horse whicn
stated that only the records made
by the winners of races shall be
considered" Many horsemen sup
ported the original rule known as
every hea. a race in which re-
! cords made by winners Of heats were
considered. The amendment was
inally changed to make it optional
instead of mandatory and the ques
ton of which plans to enforce was
eft with the secretaries of the
ariOus assoc atoms.
An amendment which stated tina
ecords made against time and IN
public races by non-winners shall
not be considered a bar to eligibili-
y in races, was adopted.
Three directors were reelected and
viii meet in May to elect execu-
We off GERS.
Opening dates for the 1914 cam
psign were awarded to Cleveland by
| the Great Western circuit. The
events will take place there the
| week of July 20 and purses will to-
| tai $4,000 for the six days races
| The rest of the schedule and the
| amount of the purses were to be
arnounced later
The events at Cleveland and those
| which follow at Detroi,. Grand Rap
| ids and Kalamazoo will be conducteS