Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-02
PENN CAPTURES
RICE CHESS CUP
Cornell Experts Take Second
H0n0rs. While Brown Is
Poor Third.
COLLEGE SPORT GOSSIP


University Of Pennsylvania CHEST
players captured the honors or the
fifteenth annual tournament Of the
Triangular College Chess League con-
Guided yesterday Afternoon al the
Brooklyn Chess Club. by maintaining
the one-point advantage gained in the
second round Of play with the
championship went the permanent
Possession Of the third Isaac l.. Rice
trophy. which previously had been
won by the Quakers in 1909 and 1912
Cornell won it in 1910 and tied with
Pennsylvania the following year.
Pennsylvania's winning total yester-
day was 1l5a points out Of a possible
Is. while Cornell was placed second
with l0i2. Brown was a poor third
In the games Of the final round
/ Cornell and Pennsylvania made equal
/ scores, each college adding ~ points
I to its total. Pennsylvania owed her
+ triumph to the success of her players
at the third and fourth boards be-
. cause the two senior players added
only half a point between them.
/ Brown secured two draws, as much
/ as her representatives had been able
to tally in the first three rounds.
Princeton defeated Toronto last
night ot a score of ) to at the Bos-
ton Arena Rink. During the first half
/ it was nip and tuck, kuhn's goal
shortly after two minutes of play be-
/ ing the only tally of the period. In
Z the second half HOBBY Baker cut
+ loose with skating OF bewiidering
specd and all of Kuhn's three goals in
! Ia - 10 4 4
Tiger stars passing. The last goal
| h. scored in nine seconds of play
4 unassisted from the face off Jupp
shot Toronto's only goal about half
4 time in the second period
J DIR. ]. Francis DeSilver, we'll
known physician. died last night at
7 Atlantic City, after an illness of sew
eral weeks duration. He was thirty
eight years old, and was born In
Philadelphia He graduated in medi-
cine at University of Pennsylvania
in 1900. and was for a time resident
physician at the Philadelphia Hos
pital. While in college he was a
noted athlete. and played four years
on the University of Pennsylvania
football team. Nephritis was the
cause of death.
George H. Broke, football coach OF
the University of Pennsylvania, was
asked recently for an opinion con-
corning suggested changes in the
football rules. Brooke did not APP
prove of all of the suggestions, and
was not at all favorable to the adj
dition of field judge. He is opposed
also to any change regarding the for
ward pass.
Brown University has arranged the
following schedule of twenty games
for its baseball team. The first con-
test is with New York University on
April s at Providence. April s, New
York University, at Providence: IL.
Providence League, at Providence;
%, New Hampshire, at Providence:
%. Yale, at Providence; 20. Wesleyan.
at Providence; May 1, University of
Virginia. at Providence: 9, Holy
Cross, at Worcester; 6, Holy Cross, at
Providence; 0. Trinity, at Providence;
13. Rhode Island College, at Provi-
) dence; 16. Amherst, at Providence; 20,
Yale, at New Haven: %. Amherst, at
Amherst; 27. Princeton, at Princeton;
so, Harvard. at Providence; June 3.
Tufts. at Providence; 6, Harvard, at
Cambridge; u, University of Penn
sylvania. at Providence; 1S, Tufts, at
Medford
Joe Myer and Frank Lagay, the
Dartmouth freshmen star athletes,
returned TO Dartmouth today. Both
expect to make the trip for the Cen
trail High School games, which are to
take place on Saturday evening. jan
Of he
mory.
Yale will be a strong contender for
the Intercollegiate League basketball
title, judging from the form displayed
in the preseason games. The Ellis
have Won four out Of five contests, the
Navy being their only conqueror by
close score. All of the games were
played away from home. The situa-
ton in the league promises to be I'M
usually close, however, as Princeton
has won four of the preliminary
games. while the Cornell champions
defeated Niagara in the one early
season game of the Ithacans' sched-
ule. Dartmouth also has a clean slate,
having beaten Springfield Y. NJ c. A.
College and New Hampshire State.
PENNSYLVANIA defeated Muhlenberg In
its only game Columbia has lost two
of the three contests played.
worthington the Dartmouth jump
er. is leaping in great style at pres
emit Harry Hillman. the Hanover
coach, has entered him in the Junior
champs and figures an excellent
chance for him.
NEW MOTORCYCLE RECORDS
PHOENI%. Ariz., Jan. Erwin c.
Baker. of Indianapolis, broke the
worlds hour record for motorcycles
here today, covering sc miles, 1850
yards The former record was sc
miles J. loo yards.
Joe O'Connell. of Phoenix, with a
S3ool- machine broke the Vrprld-S fen