The Cordova daily times., 1915-07-17

gone to the front although there ar,
 plenty of pupils chiefly young officers { New Zealand tennis players have
 organized a movement to erect I
 memorial to the late Capt. Anthony F
 Wilding, the international tennis
 player killed while serving with the
 British army In France. The council i of the New Zealand Tennis Associa tion had instructed the management committee to inaugurate shilling t25 cents fund among tennis players part of which Is to be spent on a memorial to Wilding at his birthplace, Christchurch, and the balance on per. petual Wilding trophies for the New Zealand championship. and the bal. ance on perpetual Wilding trophies for the New Zealand championship singles for both men and women. Eastern college oarsmen are still discussing the remarkable showing of the Leland Standford crew at the In. tercollegiate regatta. In finishing within a second and fifth of Cornell. the winner, the Palo Alta crew sur passed any previous record made by a Pacific Coast or middle western varsity crew. Wisconsin rowed in sixteen regattas on the Hudson be. tween 1899 and 1914. In these years the Badgers finished second four times: third twice; fourth four times; fifth three times and sixth three times. Their closest finish was fin 1899 when Wisconsin was but one and half seconds behind Pennsylyania the winning eight
 Stanford's first appearance at Poughkeepsie was in 1912 when, as winners of the Pacific Coast Cham. pionship. the crew competed and fin. ished last. At that time Frank l.. Guerena, coach of this years eight was the coxswain. In 1913 and 1914 the University of Washington crew won the Far Western title and repre- sented the Pacific Coast colleges at Poughkeepsie taking third place the first year and fifth in 1914. The aver age position of these western crews In races on the Hudson are as fol lows: Wisconsin 3.82; Washington 400, and Stanford 400.
 If Stanford should win the Pacific Coast championship in 1916 and re- turn for another try at Poughkeepsle 1t Is certain that the Cardinal eight will be given greater consideration by their eastern rivals than was the case this year. But three out of the eight oarsmen who forced Cornell to the limit to win, will be lost by gradua- tion, leaving five of the present giant combination as a neucleus upon which to rebuild a new eight. With this ma terial and the experience gained by Guerena during his two trips to the Hudson, Stanford in form at least should prove a most formidable Op- ponent for Cornell, Columbia, ct al. Apparently Connie Mack, manager of the Philadelphia Athletics has at the age of 53 undertaken the task of building another penant winning team for Shibe Park. Because of his record of six American League pen. nants and three worlds champion. ships. this latest reconstruction work on the Athletics baseball machine will be watched with unusual interest by fans in all parts of the country.
 l Following the four straight game defeat administered to the Mackmen by the Boston Braves In the World s ! Series of 1914 there were many re. ports to the effect that the Athletic combination would be broken up and a new team formed. The sale of Col lins to the Chicago White Sox; Pen. nook to Boston and Shawkey to New York; the release of Coombs, Bender and Plank; the dropping of Baker from the payroll and the passing of still other players to the minors in. dicate that the work is we'll under way.
 Now rumor has 1t that still other stars of yesteryear are to change their Athletic Uniform for those of other American League clubs while Mack will fill their places with promising recruits from minor and college dia, monds. Grounds for these reports are found in the signing of Crowell, Healey, Haas, Sheehan and Johnson and the statements that Mack has lines out for some promising material in southern and western circuits.
 The ability of the veteran manager