The Washington herald., 1916-02-06
GRIFFITH LEAVES FOR GOTHAM
ADMITS HE HAS CHICK GANDIL
ALSO OTHERS, TO BARTER OFF
Did Fox Wanted Janvrn but the Deal Fell Through Harry
Harper Boosted by Detroit Twirler-Other
Sport News and Gossip.

This is Hooper's last year at Texas Uni
versity. He plans to enter Dartmouth
next year.
Worlds championship flags will dec
crate the ceiling of the room In which the
National League will hold its banquet
next week. There are FIVE such fiags
owned by four National League clubs
during the career of the National Com
mission. These clubs are New York, Chi
cago, Pittsburgh and Boston.
The Giants won their worlds champion
ship emblem In 1905 from the Athleti.s
The Chicago Cubs won the worlds seies
OF 1907 and 1905 Pittsburgh landed the
highest title in the national game in 1909
and Boston got a worlds nag in 1914
Three of these flags were won in series
with the Detroit Tigers and the ether
two when the National League cham
Oion' played the Athletics.
Jimmy Archer. who is a Mfe-saver at
watering place in Florida this winter, Is
wanted by several National League
teams, but Manager Tinker has turned
down all offers for him. Tinker has an
nounced that Archer, Wilson, who was
formally with the Giants, aad Bill
Fischer, who was once with the Brook
lyn team, will make up his catching de-
partment next season.
Tinker believes that this trio consti-
tutes the best catching department in the
major leagues. Pittsburgh. Boston and
other clubs were very anxious to land
Archer. who Is still rated by many as
the best catcher in the Tener circuit.
Walter Camp has reconsldered his de-
Cision to retire as advisory coach at
Yale and will accept his appoIntmen. to
the committee Of five which is to guide
the football policy OF the Ellis In the
future. After the 1918 season Camp an
nOunced his retirement. as he was dis
satisfied with the way Yale's football
was being handled. During the period
when Yale reigned supreme on the grid
iron Camp was practically the absolute
boss Of the Els football, but after one
or two poor seasons, which were due to
lack OF material, several athletic
authorities at New Haven began to in
terfere with him and 1t Is known that
last season he had little authority.
Conditions became intolerable to Camp
and many other men who had been
prominent factors in the rise OF Yale to
the gridiron supremacy and they finally
took matters in their own hands A
committee consisting OF Vance Nc
COrmick John Fitzpatrick and Brink
Thorne was given authority to thor
OuShly investigate conditions and to
select new zach and football COM
mittee.
After selecting Tad" Jones for head
coach and Mike Sweeney as athletic ad-
wiser. which work will also include sup
ervising the conditioning OF the football
and track teams. the committee OF thres
voted to place Walter Camp
at the head Of the Board of Coaches
and to allow him free hand
Camp is one OF the few veterans OF
the football game who mas progressed
with the game. He is just as valuable
to the Ellis under the new game as he
was under the old and it is reasonably
certain that Yale will come back with a
vengeance in two years. Next fall a new
system will be inaugurated and little Is
expected, but the following season the
Ellis probably will be back on the top
rUng OF the football ladder or close to
if