The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-11

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or the four leading universities OF
fae east Princeton appears tohave the
sest football prospects forl9l6: Coach
SPEEDY Rush will have an excellent
squad Of varsity and first substitute
material to open the Tigers next grid
iron campaign Princeton loses nine
players out OF al squad OF about forty
LIBERALIZATION; Harvard sixteen out of
forty; Cornell sixteen out OF thirty.
and Yale thirteen out OF some thirty
odd.
In actual points lost Cornell is a
heavy sufferer. for ZIG out OF total
score OF ss7ywillt he lost as result of
the passing Of colse to half OF the lead.
ing players and substitutes, including
Captain Barrett, who scored ICE points
for the Ithaca eleven this season. Har.
yard loses s107 points out of 1874, includ.
ing Captain Mahan, Ywho led the squad
in scoring with q points to his credit.
Princeton will drop thirty.two points
out OF 1856, Law being the heaviest
scorer be graduated. AT Yale thirty.
four points will be lost by graduation
in addition to fourteen by the 1915 bar.
ring Of lie Gore, out OF total Of So
points.
A comparison Of the Worlds Series
and major league pitching averages
show that Alexander, Shore and Foster
did not deylate, TO any extent, in the
championship series from the form
shnvn during the long pennant race
in their respectiyelleagues.. Alexander
figures In forty:nlne games and 37U
innings of hurting during the 1915 Ma
tional League race, with au average
of 1.22 earned runs Ipcr. game charged
against MIN. In the Worlds Series he
pitched eight teen innings against tho
BOSTON Red Sox, three runs being
scored of his delivery for an average
OF LOO earnedtrun per game.
Shore, who was third among the
American League pitchers ranked for
the past season, had an! average OF 1.6f
for the season In the title series he
pitched two games. losing the first and
winning the second, wit ha total OF
four earned runs charged against him.
AS both contests were nine inning
games. his record for, the Worlds Sc.
ries was 200 earned runs per game.
Foster also figured in two games for
the Red Sox. defeating the Phillies
both times, the total earned runs made
of his delivery being four. As result
bisayefagei for the series was also 2. 90
as against 9 % for the entire season Of
league play.
Rowing authorities in. charge of the
Poughkeepsis and New London inter.
collegiate regattas state that there will
be no change In the program for the
1915 races either, intth colleges repre-.
senfed or the distance OF the contests.
Yale and Harvard will meet in their
annual four.mtle eight:oared race on
the Thames on Friday, June %, while
the Poushkeepste regatta will be held
on Saturday, Junek17.. 4
Cornell, PENNSYLVANIA, Syracuse
>oiuipnla ana probably the winning
college crew in the Pacific Coast In.
tereoliesiate regatta viii make up the
field. The officers of the JIntercollegl.
ate Rowing Association state that they
are not affiliated with the American
intercollegiate Rowing Association,
which rs working for an intercollegiate
regatta along the lines OF the English
Henley. ~ rs iF;l
A ner game, which Is combination
OF football and basketball. is being
tried out at Cornell. %Gridironr is the
name of the new sportiwhich has been
invented by Professor 6. v. p. Young.
i is played with q Rugby football on
the regular gridirons by teams OF eleven
men. but has some likeness to basket.
ball! Running with the bali for more
than sra yards Is illeral. eklingI be.