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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-27
COLUMBIA TO FACE CORNELL.
soccer Teams 10 Meet TO-da on
south FipId-LOcaIa Hopeful.

Columbia and Cornell, which have
unconqueIr football cams, Will meet in
A soccer game on South Field this
afternoon Columbia has hopes OF de-
featlng the Red eleven and strengthen
INK its hold on first place In the Inter
COLLEGIATE Soccer League. Princeton
darkened the aspirations OF the Blue and
White clan. but the defeat OF the Tigers
by Pennsylvania has done much to
start the New Works or anew.
Cant Harry "A, Shanholt said the ac-
duisiiiou Of I'D Egrarian. the former
English crack. has strengthened the for
ward line go much that he has no fear
os Cornell. The game will begin at 2:3o
- NJ
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TO-day's Soccer schedule.

lNIERtOLLEGIATE.
Columbia Va. Cornell, at South Field.
Yale vs.. Pennsy lvsnia at PHILADELPHIA
FIELD CLUB LEAGUE.
Richmond County VS.. Crescent A. G. al
West New Brighton.
Montclair Y. NJ. c, A. W, BROOKLYN, q,
Prospect Park
HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE.
Dvsnder Childs vs. Commerce. At Cro,ons
Field, 1880 A. VI,
Boys vs.. Curtis, at Commercial Field
1890 A.. NJ.
Commercial vs.. De Wit Clinton. at Com
mercial Field. 1880 a. n.
Manual We. Morris. at Prospect Park
~ A. NJ.
Tsvpssna H.syis Va. Erasmus =, Jaspsl
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-27
SHARPE WOULD PREFER YALE
Hut Cornell Coach Doesn't knOw
IL tie Can Get out of Contract.

P~HILADELrHIA. Nov. eff Yale in
tends to ask DR.. Albert a sharpe.
coach Of Canells football team. to
tutor the New Haven squad next sea
son pr. sharpe has no knowledge of
the fact.
II know nothing about IT," said DR.
sharpe. "lnasmuch AZ ! am a Yale
man and in1smuch 1s ! owe my first
allegiance to my alma mater. of course
would 20 to Yale II hat were posi-
BILE. have a contract With Cornell.
however. and whether or not they VIII
release me | really can't say
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-27
REFUSES TO BE CAPTAIN.
W~ttherspoon Elected by W. and j..
but VIII study for Ministry.

WAsHrNGroN, Pa. Nov. 26.-Unani-
mously elected w. and j. football cap
tain for 1915. Maurice Witherspoon OF
Guilford Springs, Pa. who played brill
iantly at tackle. has declined to accept
the honor He will ave Washington
and Jefferson College at the end OF this
year and enter the Mccormick Theology
cal Seminary In Chicago,
"Witherspoon is the best tackle I have
seen. | don't see how he could be i'm
proved upon" was the comment Of Glenn
Warner. University of Pittsburg coach,
upon the ability OF Witherspoon.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-27

Samuel Rachman. promoter OF the
International Wrestling Tournament in
progress at the Manhattan Opera
House. is trying TO arrange a match
between the tournament winner and
George Stechcr. the Nebraska heavy
weight. Rachman wired Stecher yes
terday that he would put up a purs,
of $50, 000 for such an event. It is
planned to AVE "A mixed championship
tcst-oue fall At Graco-Itoinan. one
at catch as catch can n the third. If
necessary, to be decided by the flip OF
n coin.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-27

Women field hockey players OF inter
CITY calibre had a close match OF the
grounds of the Staten island Cricket and
Tennis Club NJ Livingston, Staten Island.
Yesterday afternoon. Philadelphia won
he match. the verdict going to the team
Of the Merton Cricket Club by a score
nf 4 goals to 2.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-27

President James A. Gilmore OF the
Federal League will return from Chi-
cage to-day. Hut THAI does not mean
that the public will be taken immedi-
ately into the confidence Of the indie
pendent leaguers. Gilmore PROVIDED
against making his long promised an
nouncement ms to the site, plans ana
backing for a Manhattan team in a wire
to Henry r. Brewer, the handy man OF
the outlaw chief.
"Returning tomorrow Impossible 20
make promised announcement until next
week. the telegram a
Brewer supplements this terse des-
patch with a bundle Of mysterious re-
marks.
you see. It is this way declared
Brewer yesterday afternoon. "A hitch
has developed In Mr.. Gilmorc's plans.
We have absolute control OF all the real
estate desired except for one very small
parcel. The owner OF this has signed
an agreement to lease 1t for n long
term OF years at a certain rental, put
the Federal League has not been able
to draw a binding lease because the
owner has been abroad for some time
! He was to have returned last Monday
but was delayed a week. Mr.. Gilmore
wishes 10 wait until he returns and
makes good his promises. so as to ab-
~solutely safeguard n chance slipup or
holdup."
! eve ia bOos RrnI Views.
New York evening papers of yestcr-
I l..s. s--, A-taA tha Stnry nrtntDI
exclusively In THE Sun more than a
week & tina the New York Fedora
League club would be located at LenoN
avenue between l42nd and 145th streets
Brewer refused to discuss this matter.
According to the stories published last
evening this property was purchase
for approximately si.500,0 900. " this
is true the real estate operators Ger
tainly drove n clever bargain with Gil
more and his associates. Col. Ripper
and capt. Huston for some time con
sidered the site in looking for a hom'
for the Yankees. They passed 1T up ~
too expensive. They could have bouSn
the property for one-half of what thu
Federals are reported to have paid
The owners Of the New York Americans
were assured n clear title for less thar
$500. 900.
Aside from the heavy financial outla,
that will be necessary to put a moderi
baseball plant on the spot, this l.eno,
avenue site Is perhaps the most advan'
tageous that could he ound on Man
haitian. The property is at the end oil
the Lenox avenue division Of the sub
way. two crosstown surface lines ~
this point not only tap The Bronx bu'
connect with the various trolley lines
of the island as well. A station of the
Sixth and Ninth avenue elevated rail
way ~ two blocks away.
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ak of Injunction So That KpM and Smith May Ran Tonight in Gm&n-O Glory Sale En-

Ocean. beat c. w. Ware. Lakewood. : and
81 Bergen. Davis. Lakewood. beat IL. =
Carter, ood, 2 and I c. -. morrill,,
Woiiaston. beat J. ". Murphy, Dunwoodle.
and g. l.. J.. Gallagher, Lakewood. beat
Donald Brian, Dunwoodie. 7 and o.
Semi-fnal Round-0rau beat Davis, .
and 4; Gallagher beat morrill,. Z and ..
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other HOutn Last NIuht.

Johnny tkid) Albert knocked out
Joe Leonard in the second round at
the East New York A. &.
Battling Lahn outpointed Jimmy
Murray last night IN their ten round
bout at the Vanderbilt A. c..
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-27

The City College varsity basketball
team viii play tine alumni team tonight
In the =. &. y. Y, gymnasium. In the
preliminary game the freshmen will play
Townsend Harris Hall.
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urrtjru Captain Of wesleyan.

M~rpnLrTowN. Conn, Nov. 26-Wal-
dcmar Dcetjen Of Moutclalr. y. J.. Wcs-
leynn's star right hilfhack. was elected
captain Of the team for l9l6 to-day.
This was his second year on the team,
ne waving played previously at quar-
terback.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-27

4 number Of obstacles must he over
come before the outlaw league can pro-
vide itself with a playing field. A great
part Of this property is flooded ~ high
tide. a breakwater or seawall must he
constructed along the river boundary
and the lowiands piled and filled in.
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GILMORE POSTPONES HIS
GREAT ANNOUNCEMENT
Will Return To-day, but Wires Ahead to Have Brewer
Say Site of Feds Local Park Must Remain
Secret for Another Week.

Furthermore, IL Will be necessary 10
have two streets. 1i3d and l44th, closed.
A friend of the Federal League said
yesterday hat the street closing was
not worrying Gilmore and his associates.
They rely on an old city charter when
avs that "a street may be closed WIN
the consent VI the owners OF all the
property abutting. The independents
figure that they can do AZ they please
once they have clear title to all the
property bounded by Lenox avenue. 1870
street, Harlem River and I45th street.
Some weeks ago John Camel. man
ager of the Brooklyn Tip Tops. an
nounced that he had obtained the ser
vices OF the best eight players OF the
International League. Through a a
yesterday the names Of most OF Honest
Johns alleged phenoms were disclosed.
CAMEL is getting Outfielder George
Whiteman Of Montreal. tried out several
years ago by the Yankees. Whiteman is
one of the oldest players before the
public. Charles Pick, an 'nf1eIder with
Richmond last year. is another OF the
finds. and Luque, the cuban pitcher once
with the Giants and later with the
Braves. has deserted from Toronto. OLAF
Eriksen. "A pitcher farmed to Rochester
by McGraw. and Joe McCarty. the vet
fffl f'otth pn0'ItI0h VI
more certainties.
Hoclke and raft SOught.
II also transpires hat Camel has
been flirting with Hoclke, the first sacker
of Rochester. and Clarence Kraft. first
taseman of Harrisburg. Kraft VIII be
remembered as the young gentleman
whose huffeting about. after he hac
been purchased by the Yankees from
Newark in 1918. precipitated the threa'
of "a strike on the part of the members
of the Baseball Players Fraternity
Path. second baseman of Toronto, ar
La Longc. the Buffalo catcher, also hav'
shown an attentive ear. it IL said.
Ray Heating. the spitball pitcher o
the Yankees. drifted dow from Bridge
Sparrow Yesterday. Heating believe
tina. the strained muscles Of his back
which kept MIN idle most Of last season
have mcndei. He is taking the he's
care of himself and Is twenty-five pound
lighter than Mt this time a yea ago
Heating will go to Macon. Ga. abou
the list OF February. so that he ma
take his time about working into con
GitioIl.
Billy Roche has been appointed b,
the boxing Commission to referee tn
bout between Gunboa Smith and Jir
CoTey in Madison Square Garden Mon
day night.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-27

Billy Roche has been appointed by
the Boxing Commission to referee the
hout between Gunboat Smith and Jim
Cofey in Madison Square Garden Mon
day night.
The Washington times., 1915-09-10

that "other countries, big and little,
realize that to exist it is indispen-
sable to work in time of peace and
surround themselves with the most
positive Of guarantees"
Nothing more illogical could be
imagined than the notion, in some
minds, that this war-explosion will
b. the last of its kind. Rather it
will likely be the beginning of Sc
ries Of wars. New alignments may
be effected. But will the allies, de-
feated, lie supine under German
rule? Or will Germany, defeated,
stripped Of trade and shipping and
colonies, accept her position as in
evitable and permanent? 1t is un-
thinkable in either case. To make
a peace after this war capable Of
lasting twenty years would be a
statesmanly achievement whose
equal has not yet been seen in this
world. There will be more wars.
This war may be good deal bigger
before it ends. There is no nation,
no people, that dare regard itself as
safe; none that dare 20 unarmed
and unprepared.
The Washington times., 1915-09-10

German submarine war, it is not to
be affected by any arbitration on the
incident Of damages.
Studied in the light Of the express
sions which Washington has con-
veyed to Germany in regard to sub
marine warfare and its methods in
the Lusitania and Arabic cases, it
will require much ingenuity for the
State Department to figure how this
new German attitude can possibly
satisfy American demands.
There is, moreover, suggestion Of
willingness to disregard the sensi-
bilities Of the American Government
in the fact that Berlin made public
the text Of the note before it was
received here.
For the present, the most that can
be said with absolute assurance is
that the situation is very critical,
probably more so than at any time
since the submarine issue began to
lOICc lIScll IIlOIc dIiu IlOIc lloiotChS
ly into the vital concerns of Ger
many and the United States. The
end is not plain; the way ahead is
overhung with ominous clouds.
Moreover, it is a dual crisis that
our Government faces, a crisis with
Germany, another with Austria. 1t
is a satisfaction to know that the
Administration was vigorous enough
to convey to Austria, even though
in an unnecessarily ceremonious
way, the knowledge that Ambassa-
dor Dumba was no longer persona
grata here. The method of doing it
robs the act of the emphasis, the
force Of red-blooded indignation
that would have been carried if the
ambassador had been given his pass
ports. There was no occasion for
such punctilious politeness, for elab-
crate expressions of good will and
consideration; and under a Jackson
a Cleveland or a Roosevelt it may
safely be assumed they would not
have been indulged.
The Washington times., 1915-09-10
Efficient Men Should Not Arbitrar.
lily Be Cut Off From Advance
ment.

To the Editor OF THE TINES:
Your editorial in the noon edition Of
The Times of even date regarding Tho
Apportionment Rule" Is certainly
worthy Of serious consideration. In
corroboraton OF your estimate Of the
working OF this rule. l wish to give an
instance which comes under my obser-
walton.
In the office In which am employed
there Is a capable. bright. and ener-
getic young man who IS classcd as a
messenger boy, with compensation OF
$40 per month, who. through several
years OF experience. Is performing I'm
portant and responsible work which has
brought to previous clerks, perfC rming
exactly the same work with no more
diligence and efficiency. salaries OF 81 600
and S,9O per annum. Despite the fact
| that this man OF several years expert
ence Is now in the, Office, W, have to
go out to one Of the far Western States
to offer a position as assistant messen-
! ger. at salary of so per month. to a
green man. while the man who ought
| to be promoted to the $40 Job is left at
| his Woo desk at salary of $40 per
| month.
| The hest interests of the Government
| should certainly recognize the fact that
| such man should not he arbitrarily
| cut on from advancement. Does not
| Congress recognize the fact that every
new man In any office must be taught
| and trained to the needs of that particG-
| lar office? From an efficiency stand
| point. can they not realize that the daily
| output or such a man is at least double
that OF green one? b.
| Washington. Sept. Z
The Washington times., 1915-09-10
TRUTH ABOUT THE FLEA

To the searching eye of science
nothing is sacred. Now the Depart
ment of Agriculture is undertaking
to prove that even the flea is not
the all-around athlete he is usually
considered.
The story of our youth, that if a
flea were as big as a man he could
go from New York to San Francisco
in three jumps is of a piece with
the grounding day story, the au-
thorities would have US believe. The
longest jump which pulex irritans,
which is Department of Agriculture
for "human" flea, has ever been
known to make is thirteen inches.
If the flea were as big as a man he
could jump from the Battery to
Wall street, or thereabout, but no
further. Moreover, in making this
jump he would barely clear the ton
of the Whitehall building. For the
highest vertical jump pulex irritans
has made is eight and one-half
inches. So fall the fairy tales of
youth. So does inexorable science
tear the rosy veil from life and ex.
pose it in it's naked drab.
One may ask why the Department
of Agriculture should take this sud
den interest in feas. Because the
department is interested in the abil
ity of the flea to carry the germs Of
plague. The moral is that if yol
keep fourteen inches away from the
plague-invested human his flea!
won't be able to reach YOU.
The Washington times., 1915-09-10
SOUTH AMERICAN TRADE

Japan, ever alert to seize a chance
for territorial or commercial expan-
sion, is laying out an elaborate cam
paign for the capture of the South
American trade lost to Germany by
the war. Keen minds in Tokyo see
no reason why the skilled but poorly
paid labor of Japan cannot compete
with America and with what re-
mains of productive Europe in meet
ing the need of Latin America.
Germany, thinking of the future
even at the moment Of it's utter i'm
potence in international commerce,
is preparing for a vigorous cam
paign to regain all that she has
lost in the rich market of the Amer
ican continent. DR.. Bernhard Dern-
burg, whose capacity as a prince of
industry and finance is not to be
measured by his laundering futility
as a political press agent, is author
ity for the declaration that even
during the war German capital is
making arrangements to enter upon
a wide sphere of production in Latin
America.
In view of the scramble for the
peaceful conquest Of our Spanish
and Portuguese speaking neighbors,
the recommendation made by Sec
retary McAdoo as an outcome of the
recent Pan-American Financial Con-
ference are of vital interest. The
gist of these recommendations is
contained in two short paragraphs
as follows:
First-The granting by United
| States bankers and business men
| Of ample credits to Latin America
| and the prompt provision Of the
necessary organization and facili-
ties for this purpose.
ment Of adequate steamship facili-
ties between the leading ports Of
the United States and South Amer
lea. which the conference. by reso-
| perative necessity"
Even despite the absence of these
conditions this country has beer
able to build up in normal times {
respectable trade with South Amer
ica. With the machinery proposed
this trade ought to increase by leaps
and bounds, Japanese and German
competition to the contrary notwith
standing. Will this machinery b.
built, or will this country be conten
to sit idly by while agile rivals carr!
off the prize?
The Washington times., 1915-09-10
Asks Why the United States Gov
ernment Does Not Recognize Car
rama,

To the Editor of THE TINES:
Whv does not our Government recog-
nize General Carranza rs the least OF
most potent factor for the pacincation
Of Mexico? OF all the leaders Mexico
has had in the last five years. he seems
to be the logical one to establish con-
stitutional and liberal government Tor
the masses. He has conquered the
larger and better part of Mexico. lie
promises a division OF the lands-prac- C.
tlcally all of which are held by fe"
people-and distribution or the same
TO the poor. downtrodden poems, VINO.
under the old regime, have been KEPT
In a condition bordering on slavery
and IN ab1ect ignorance.
STATISTICS show that 10 per cent Oh
the population of Mexico cannot read
General Carranza proposes TO estaoiisn
a free school system-a CRYING need OF
lhe people Of that benighted land
mere are numerous other reforms Ee
proposes that will benefit the common
people. He Is a man Of high character
ana most honorable standing IN ms
country. and fully capable or giving
mexico strong. firm government.
General Carranza is not inferior &c
any or the several prominent Mexlcan'
mentioned as eligible to recognition by
the United States. but ! think Is SUI
perior to any of them by reason ol
the fact that for several years ne has
stupbornlv and persistenuy devoted MI
llfe to the re-establishment or ibera
and stable constitutional government.
S. NJ. JONES.
Washington. September l.
The Washington times., 1915-09-10
REFORM IN RUSSIA

The cause Of popular government
and equal rights is making progress
in Russia under stress of military
adversely. The autocracy is realiz-
ing that victories are won not by
governments but by peoples. Hence
the plea which Gar Nicholas, at a
conference attended by various lead
ers of public opinion, including the
president of the duma, made a few
days ago for the unanimous support
of the nation.
The incident was highly signifi-
cant Of the new day which is dawn
ing upon Russia. A year ago such
an utterance by the "Batiushka,' u
the Little White Father, would have
been inconceivable.
On the same day Baron Rosen, a
former ambassador to the United
States, presented an appeal to the
council of the empire which a yeal
ago would have been improbable
He pointed out to the body which
constitutes the upper chamber OF
the Russian legislature the urgent
advisability of the immediate re.
moval of the disabilities under
which the Jews are laboring in the
empire, and for the restoration o1
the ancient rights of Finland, which
have been abrogated piecemeal b,
administrative orders in the pas
decade.
Such a modernization of the po
litical system was urged by Baror
Rosen as an imperative necessity il
Russia is to take it's place among
the civilized nations with which i
is now in alliance.
In response to the STRINGS of tn,
new life in the veins of the Russian
giant a radical change is impending
in the makeup of the cabinet, un
less all signs are misleading. Thi
change is no less sweeping than tn
dismissal Of the present cabinet o
Goremykin and the appointment il
it's place of a ministry responsible
to the people, acting through tn
duma.
When that is accomplished tn
last remaining bulwark of autoc
racy will have been destroyed an
the Russian parliament will becom
the governing body of the empire.
The Washington times., 1915-09-10
Sunset to Bring Close
To New Year Ceremony

With echoes of "A Happy New Year
ringing In their ears. and the signifi-
canoe Of the impressive synagogue serv-
ices in their hearts. the Hebrews of
Washington and elsewhere throughout
the world are today entering into the
Hebrew year 5676. The Rosh Hashanah
services were brought to a close at
sundown yesterday in the reformed
temples but those of the orthodox faith
will continue the exercises until sun
down this evening
Practically all places of business con-
Quoted by Hebrews throughout the city
were closed yesterday. and those OF the
orthodox faith will suspend business
opera ations until late today.
The Washington times., 1915-09-10
A KING, BUT A SENSIBLE ONE

King Alfonso of Spain, turning
up in Paris and talking freely to a
South American journalist, sounds
exactly like himself. Doubtless his
appearance in Paris and the tenor
of his talk have special signifi-
canoe to the diplomats that the lay
public will not fully understand.
There have been stories of German
efforts to stir up Pro-German senti-
ment in Spain, just as that sort of
propaganda has been carried on
here; of appeals to Spain to rise and
seize Gibraltar, now that England
is too busy to take care of it.
Perhaps Alfonso's visit to Paris
is delicate hint to Berlin that such
projects are hopeless. Certainly his
interview has no Germanic tone
with it's allusion to the rape of Bel,
GUM. On the other hand, it is more
calculated to suggest that Spain has
some axes to grind just now and is
thinking of getting into the melee
There is a powerful war party il
Spain and sympathies naturally are
with the Latin side.
At any rate, Alfonso has some
views on preparedness that ar,
worth considering. He is in position
to know what the governments O.
Europe are thinking just now, ant
he doesn't feel much patience will
notions of universal disarmament
and permanent peace. Contemplat
ing the fate of Belgium. he advise