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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-02

Wills 1915 ssw intercollegiate track
"a 6el5 records in the East pushed
farther and further beyond the marks
Tat seemed 20 measure the limit oi
.bil,tv & decade ago, it is not al all be-
,ond the RESIN OF possibility that the
Awning year will inscribe on the tab
Is., sill greater achievements in the
Intercollegiate championship games
vbicb have come 70 be more and more
tie a,hletie festival par eNceIiehce III
Americas calendar Of sports. -.
VITA nearly one-halt Of the point
winners In the 1919 meet, among theh
A., record breaker. swept oil by gradua-
ton. there are still LETT IN the eo!Iese
r,nks veterans who VII rise 10 greater
is!ghts than they attained last year
Ire crop Of newcomers, recruited from
The entering classes, gives promise OF
producing champions quite as Erest as
hose who have passed from coIIege
competition. ,,,,., ...t,
az the University Of Pennsylvania
team, will round out his college ca
rser with one more season on the en-
der path. and Smith, the champion
,nr,r.er for Michigan, winner OF Sotn
lie century and fur.ong dasheS last
Nav. WI be on hand to defend ms
kurels. Potter, Of Cornell, the two
nile champion, will have opportunity
70 frh. another gruelllng battle Win
Jobn Ovcr-on. Yale's sterling distance
-u-rer. and holder Of the intercol!egi-
ate 'cross-country individual IKE
'So-thlnctor. the Dartmouth youth,
who captured the running broad jump
and Wesley Oler, Of Yale, who set
q new record in the running high jump
complete the list Of 1915 title holders
who will have a chance 70 gain mora
hOnors IN 1916.
q III men who helped Cornell pile
up Il. victorious total Of 45+2 points
in the championship games, WlndnaG!e'
seecnd and Irish. fifth in the m lie
run; Potter, winner Of the two-mlle
run, and II tfmire, third; Starr, second,
Cub, fourth. and Lukens fifth N the
high hurdles; Foss, who tried with
two others for first place in the. pole
vault. Richards. fourth IN the broad
Jump and second in the high Jump
and McLarcn, who tied for fourth IN
the high jump, remain as nucleus
for Jack Moakley in the development
Of the 1916 Cornell team.
Harvard Will have only three OF us
1915 point winners In Teschner, second
in the l00-ysri and 220-yard dashes,
Wilcox second in the 440-yard dash,
and Iohnstone third IN the high jump.
In addition the Crimson can count on
half dozen men in the sophomore
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-02
Some UpSetS Seem Due
In the Minor Sports

Many sports engage the attention Of
the colleges, though they do not find
their way into the headlines. To the
men who take part in them they are
quite as important as the major
branches OF athletics, and success or
failure is quite as inspiring or disap-
pointing as it is to the men on the
more prominent teams.
In swimming, a sport which is fast
coming 70 the fore as a college ac-
tivity. little seems 10 be In the way
of Columbia winning a championship.
Pennsylvania is the team Columbia will
have 70 beat in order TO finish on top,
but the Quakers do not seem 10 have
the speed possessed by the New York
swimmers. Yale, Princeton and the
College Of the City of New York are
not up TO their usual strength. In
water polo the fight will be warmer,
with Princeton and Pennsylvania lead
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-02
College Baseball Offers
The Same Old Problems

able TO come nearer TO the baseball
championship than in several seasons.
Princeton has had no eligibility trou-
bles to speak Of, and with its coach
ing system under Bill Clark well
grounded. nothing seems to be in the
way of the Tigers for the 1916 cham
pionship.
There Is little doubt that the Army
will again be dangerous factor. espe-
cially since Bob Neylsnd. the leading
college pitcher of 1915. will be on
duty again, ably aided by Oliphsnt,
whose hard hitting is not confined 70
smashing an opposing line. Then. too,
Brown may be expected TO produce
another team of quite as high rank as
the 1915 nine. To be sure, Brown has
lost Darlington, the leading third base
man of last year, and Crowell, star
pitcher, but first class players have n
habit of bobbing up on the Brown team.
and 1916 will probably be no exception
TO the rule.
Neither Cornell nor Pennsylvania
seems to have been able, in the last
few years, 70 develop teams OF more
than mediocre rating. DR.. Al Sharpe,
who has proved himself TO be a wizard
in coaching football and basketball
teams, is slightly out Of his element on
the diamond, but at that his teams
have played as we'll as the general run
Of Cornell teams before he took hold.
Columbia, apparently, has moved up
ahead of both Cornell and Pennsylva-
nia, because in the last two or three
year. the Blue and White has developed
markedly strong teams, and with a good
nucleus left from the 1915 nine 1t
should be able to keep on It's upward
march this spring.
Among the smaller colleges Williams
seems 10 have lost its one time great
ness. The Purple played an uneventful
season last year, and finished with a
poor record. The material was not OF
the best, and Fred DAILY could do little
toward Inspiring 1t TO great heights.
Much the same condition OF affairs
holds at Amherst. Trinity, however.
moved up TO the front last season, and
should have a creditable team again
this year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-02

College baseball in Retrospect OF
prospect is always problematical'
Therefore to attempt to predict what
will or will not happen in 1916 on the
college diamond is a subject for
soothssyer.
Harvard, with q team that ranked At
the top with West Point. Brown and
Tufts last spring. will begin It's 1916
campaign under q new coach and with
greatly weakened pitching staff.
Willie Mitchell, who will coach the
Crimson In place Of DR.. Sexton, who
directed Harvard to two champion
ships, will start the year with only the
skeleton OF the great machine that his
predecessor built up. and whether he
will be able to reconstruct the nine IS
an open question. In the face OF
lack Of ma erial and a curtsiled pitch
in. staff il seems hardly possible that
he will be able TO achieve the highest
measure OF success in his first year.
Yale will not be without problems
for solution by Billy Lauder, the man
who has been selected TO take up the
reins where Frank Quinby. coach for
three years. dropped them. The Ius-
pension from athletics OF five Of last
years first string players. including
Captain Milburn, is blow 20 Yale's
chances that will be hard to Offset in
the space Of one short season But
Lauder has been known to work base
ball miracles before. and the injection
Of his striking personality and his
known ability to coach should go long
way toward discounting the initial
handicap under which he will work.
If ever year held forth promise for
Princeton 1916 seems TO be the year.
With both of its greatest rivals han
dicapped, the Tigers. with team al
most intact from last year, should be
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-02

,ra, or within touch OF the
Lo, "a msrk. Handy Is ersd,'ed WIN YIN
w SSSn,.ysrd speed equal to thSt Oh tne
80, men In the country; Dean nSs
Ssst.n IN practice two internSVon "a
.osnrds for swimming on 'nc OAS ~
prown. Is travelling courses rom ~ -,
IDS 10 one mile dangS' ouslS ''S 49, ~
yhlOS or;can standards, and Miron
the am" ne, summer that he will in
proveu hs dangerous candidate for
iu'uiS ;,tsnce laurcls by clipping more
.v.s bslf ar hour from the RECORD lot
We. Ne classic Boston Light SWIM,
"Y. vii be surprising, indeed II Vhe
.,riorship battles between oIdNmers
'he a reveomers do not result IN com
- - revision Of the list OF STANDARDS
rvea brighter Is the outlook tor 'hs
"a. swimmers. Miss Claire GSliigan'
SXsw Rochelle. 3 novice eleht months
rsve indication OF what may oe
~sv,,te6 Of her when she TOOK the
eNrosyre few days ago OF MISS OIEa
n,rfrer. Of Philadelphia, nj the lur-
- She then smashed the !Sttet
.o..!eo,sl record by II 40 seconds As
20. IL comparatively faster from 4Eu
SIS inward. other new marks are
confidently looked for -,I,.
'' MISS Dorfner has already won world. $
,-' - Tor 80 and 100 yards, straight
eIaC ,, ,oytsoors. and she is only nine
aNs'' 80 she should not fail this season
,o's s',,,c,cn and add the indoor sprintinG
times 90 her credit e..
Other Young girls likely TO figure
..o-,;r.ntlv are the Misses Dorothy
e. Frances Cowo,ls and Mar
I,Sr;te B-sck. Of San Francisco; Lucy
E-sema1. OF Bath Beach; Rita Green
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-02
Few Point Getters Lost
to College Track Teams

class, ineligible last year, who may
more than make up for the point get
tcrs who have been graduated. Then,
100. the Crimson has BIZ Blng ham
who was counted as almost certain 20
score until he fell i'll on the day OF the
blg meet.
Yale will call on three men who made
II of its % points. These are Tread,
wsv. fourth In the l00yard dash, and
third in the furlong; Potter, second IN
The two-mile run, and Oler, winner OF
the high lump. Yale probably has mora
men of high calibre in its sophomore
class than any Of its rivals, with Cur
new. a freshman spr!nter Of G. year
ago; Orr and Walker, q pair OF fast
quarter milers, and Clark, good prOau
Ted Meredith makes up the bulk OF
Pennsvlvania's 1915 veterans. Mere
dith. with his 10 points, scored IN
winning the quarter and half mile
rms. and Lockwood, fourth in the FUR,
long dash. comprise Penn's total OF II
noints left over from the full score OF
d. Nor have the Quakers any men OF
real prowess. save perhaps ho"aru
Berry. 70 fiji IN the Deficiencies.
Princeton retains only points OF Iae
2l scored Dy tHe AleCASi 49, -
fourth in the half-mile run, and CraW-
ford. fifth. in the low hurdles, beng the
onlv 1915 point winners left, although
Csntain Moore should be able 70 make
q showing in the quarter. The ma
+erial available at Princeton, however
is none 700 good.
Michigan loses not a man Of its 1919
brigade. Smith. the sprint CHAMPION !
Carol. who was third in the mile, ana
Wilson, fifth in the pole vault III
being back in their ii points.
Dartmouth will have Worthingtonn'
the broad Jump winner; Riley, fifth
in the ouarter-mile, and Spears. fourth
in the shot-put, representing Of It's
Il noints Columbia lose. its entire
10 points, and Maine, through the grad
nation Of Bailey, drops Of its points
penn State. with Hammitt, third in the
b;eb hurdles. and Brown, third in the
low hurdles back in line, keep; IT'S J yotal
Of points intact, while Johns mop
kins retains Connolly, who tied LOT
fourth in the high jump, and Bowdoln
will have Leadbetter, fifth In the nam
mer-throw, its only point-winner. D. l.
T. loses its lone point.
All told. athletes representing IL OF
the 1876 points scored at Franklin fleld
last spring have gone from the college
ranks. but the nucleus left for 1916 is
one that is not without great strength
even when the seasons crop OF new
competitors is not taken into consld-
Grafton.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-02

Change upon change, the spirit Of the
times, will leave their marks upon col
} lege rowing in 1915 more deeply cut
than in many years in the past Hsr-
ward and Pennsylvania begin the work
anew under coaches who have been re-
cruited to take up the burden left by
9th rs whose usefulness has been end
ed, while Columbia, with the old faces
in command, but inspired by new ideals,
will try 10 build up structure from
the blasted hopes OF 1915. Cornell will
continue its brilliant way with the
seemingly immortal Courtney at the
helm, while Yale and Syracuse, too, will
go on through another season as they
did in 1915.
Perhaps the greatest interest that the
new year holds forth in rowing will be
/ in Harvard's efforts TO win back the
lsurels lost TO Yale two years ago. The
passing Of Jim Wray, who turned out
six winning crews for the Crimson,
marks the end Of q career that was
spoiled By too great measure Of sue
cess.
With william Haines in Wray's place
and Robert Herrick as director general
Harvard feels little concern for what
! the future holds on the water. Haines
will have most of the 1915 varsity and
junior Fights 70 draw on, and he should
have little difficulty in Strengthening
out the difficulties that were so marked
at the end of Wray's administration.
At Pennsylvania conditions are dif-
ferent by far from those that exist at
Harvard. The Quakers have not known
success since 1900, when they had their
last championship crew. The two years
regime of Vivian Nickalls served 10
bring out the defects of the Pennsyl-
vanis system, and now with Joe Wright,
for years coach Of the Argonaut Club,
of Toronto, in comm nd, there Is pos
sibility that the Quakers will see an end
10 their rowing troubles.
Wright is q man of high ideals, an
amateur, who has refused to barter his
standing, and a coach whose ability is
attested by the long line Of winning
crews he has boated for the Argonauts.
With him as coach Pennsylvania crews
should find higher level than has been
their wont in the last decade. With
Wright's coming there has been a re-
viving Of dropping spirits and a re-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-02
Keen LAM Tennis Is
a Certainty in 1916
By PRED HAWTHORNE.

Nov that the lawn tennis season OF
1915 Is s thing Of the past with us
series Of upsets and new names among
the list Of champions, Il IS proper 70
take a glimpse into the future and see
what 1913 holds in store on the courts.
Before going any further, II is safe
TO predict that the next season will see
still greater strides in the game, with
more players on the courts and q
higher standard Of play al! around.
There is small army OF schooiboy
players that promises 10 develop rap
Idly during 1916, aided by the many
junior tournaments that will be held
throughout the season, and II Is these
youngsters who are going 70 usurp the
high places now occupied by some OF
he ranking men.
Never beforc in this country has
here been such q healthy, sane inter-
et In the game Of lawn tennis among
The schoolbOys Of the land as az the
present time, and when international
competition is taken up again America
Will be worthily represented on the
courts by some Of those who are now
Just budding forth into greatness.
This movement to interest the
Younger players Is still in its infancy,
although It's Importance has long been
recognized en- the Pacific Coast, where
Players Ike Mclaughlin, Johnston,
Murray. Fottrell Sttachan, Dawson,
Roberts and half & dozen others have
graduated from the ranks Of the school
boys.
Ever since Mclaughlin came out Of
Lhe West In 1909, unheralded and un-
nown, the California players have ere
sted havoc among the ranks Of the
bnssterners. R. Norris Williams, I'd. OF
Philadelphia, who defeated Mclaughlin
!St the national title In 1914, stopped
sne all.eonquering sweep Of the men
from the Far West temporarily, but
tst September Johnston once more
paced the Pacific Coast al the top OF
.ae heap by winning the championship
y forest Hills, Long Island, vanquish-
lg the greatest players OF the East. IN
title.
such competent judges of the game
frederick b. Alexander and Robert
"renn, president Of the U. S. n. l..
t. n, have stated that they do not be-
Nv, there Is any secret underlying the
!. eeess OF tho Californians, but that
NJ simply the fact that they have all
NJ, lhe advantage OF an early start.
sS'pughlln himself has said he start
~ paying regularly at the tender age
fou"eIve, and that the stars who have
n, him 10 the East likewise took
sne racquet al an early age. Now
IN ne same conditions are TO obtain
EAST we can look for something
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-02
Bowling Outlook
Full of Promise
By ELMER Z. DUNCAN,

President National Bowling Asso-
citation.
II looks 10 me like a blgrer and
better future for the game Of ten
pins In this year just born, for the
following reasons:
II will bring beginning Of divorce
proceedings between the bowling al
leys and the bar.
II means the advent OF the bowler
as the stakeholder In the inoorpor-
ated bowling establishment.
We will see the launching of .
greater number of commercial
leagues.
II will bring the introduction Of
the handicap league for the smaller
cities and for the outer rim Of the
big centres of bowling.
1t will place in greater disrepute
the tricky ball, the deadhead roller
and the pothunter.
In philadelphia ! see every strip
OF alley taken up every night for
league bowling. and big plants
springing up, staked and stocked by
the bowlers themselves, and I be-
lIeve that the game everywhere, bet
ter founded, better managed and
better patronized, is to be our por-
ton for 1916 and away into the fut-
ure.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-02
DUNCAN Sees Prosperity
in Game of Bowling

Bowling has q brighter outlook for
1915 than az the start Of any other
year in the last decade. This is the
opinion OF several we'll known men in
the game, among whom Is Elmer Z.
DUNCAN, president Of the National
Bowling Association.
An agreement has been reached, and
is subject only to the ratification Of
the board OF governors Of the associs-
ton, for the holding Of the 1916 ma
tional tournament again in the Grand
Central Palace, this city, and the start
is scheduled for March IS.
while these annual tournaments are
mere incidents of the usefulness of the
association TO the world Of tenpins,"
said Mr.. DUNCAN, "the styles are there
shown for the coming year, and il will
bo found that closer examination will
be made TO ascertain and exclude the
mischievous prize hunting combinations
and that the lines WILL be gradually
frightened against the unbalanced ball.
Bowling quality and the above-board
square deal only will be on exhibition"
/ Touching on the association itself
Mr.. DUNCAN said: "The National Bowl
ing Association, whose principles and
efforts have given impetus TO much Of
the best in the game, was never
: stronger in underlying influence and
future purpose. Its finances were
never in better shape, and its member
ship in the New York district is ahead
of last year, while the second district,
/ Philadelphia, is ahead OF all times"
/ In New York the president of the
New York Bowling Association, Will
3 lam II. Valentine, Is highly optimistic.
I He has declared himself an exponent Of
/ the club formation, with each indiyid-
ual registered, and this will be the key
note Of the local organization in 1916.
Taking the competitive situation of
/ 1915 as a criterion, there is little like
/ lihood of there being a truce in the
war between the Eastern and Western
/ bowlers. That means that the West
erners probably will continue the poll
! icy Of barring bowlers of New York
/ and surrounding territory from the
annual tournaments of the American
Bowling Congress. However, the Ma
tionsl Bowling Association will take no
| retaliatory measures in this regard.
Open tournaments in and around
! New York are not nearly so popular
as in former years, and il looks as if
the rank and file would persist in ig-
noring competitions where long drawn
out schedules are in order. OF course,
there are always those who roll regu-
larly in some of these affairs, such as
the Columbia three men and the Amer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-02

ing for the honors, ard Columbia and
Yale little less powerful.
Harvard should produce q hockey
team equal TO the seven that won the
title last year, although il will bs
hard pressed by Dartmouth. Prince
ton has not fully recovered from the
loss of HOBBY Baker, two years back.
and will probably not be so strong
as the Crimson. Yale, with a rink OF
It's own TO practise on. should do better
than in other years. although tho
material does not seem TO be there
TO develop really great seven. Cor
nell, Columbia and the minor col
leges do not appear 70 be in the class
with the teams already named.
Princeton is all set for its first bas-
ketball championship. The Tigers have
the best FIVE they have ever put on
the floor, and they expect 10 win. al
though they will be hard pressed BY
Cornell. Yale does not have tho
strength OF the 1915 Yale team. and
neither Columbia nor PsnnsYlvaniA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-02

probably have the right kind Of men
in 1916 and may be looked TO for a
great eleven.
Rutgers. under George Foster San
ford, has outstripped all rivals In what
was its class, five years ago. Sanford
has implanted a system at Rutgers that
is OF the highest quality, and as long as
he is in charge Rutgers should produce
teams we'll above the average.
Brown, too, under Robinson. will
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-02

Graduation, that seourge OF college
sport, will carry of so many OF the
season. football stars that il is from
the very bottom that elevens for the
gridiron battles OF 1916 will have to be
built. Eddie Mahan, OF Harvard. and
Charlie Barrett, Of Cornell, the two
outstanding figures in the football
armament Of 1915, will pass out Of col
lege halls in June, and both Harvard
and Cornell will be the losers. with
them will 20 Captain Click Of Prince
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lean National at Thum's. bu. the trend
of times Is more toward fraternsl,
commercial and social competitions.
Il is significant, in the minds OF
many, that new bowling clubs are be-
ing organized through the East, and
that old established organizations OF
this kind are in fourishing eondi-
ton. 1t is taken to mean that the
time soon will come when the bowling
club once more will be the unit for
the purposes of organization. There
is no likelihood that there will be any
falling of in the number of devotees
Of the game; in fact, there is every
indication that bowling, in a broad
sense, is steadily and rapidly growing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-02
Likely Toppe and New Champions Rise Athletic Fame Before
Young End Far off December

probably have q team OF merit Brown
has always proved itself 70 be danger
Gus late in the season snd there seems
little reason TO predict that 1t will fall
below standard.
The signs are that Amherst. Colum-
bia, Trinity and Wesleyan will all have
elevens Of well-roundcd strength. and
it would be folly TO think that WILL
Jams will not be able 20 improve over
its 1915 rating.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-02
Biz Football Teams Will
Miss Their Star Players

ton and Captain Aleck Wilson OF YALE
also King, Harvard's great hslfback'
and host Of others.
But in football, as in all other college
sports, the loss Of individual players is
something that Is discounted from tho
beginning By every coach. With such
men as Percy Haughton and DR.. Al
Sharpe directing the operations from
year TO year, it is the development OF a
coaching system rather than the bring
ing out Of any one player or set OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-02
Younger Players
Boom Lawn Tennis
By r. d. WRENN
By n. ~ Nh
President United States Nationai
Lawn Tennis Association.

President United States Nationai
Lawn Tennis Association.
While 1t is pretty early to predict
definite results for the season of
1916. all signs point TO an unprece-
denied development and enthusiasm
among our younger players, and that
means success for the game Itself
The war for the time being mas
nm, an end to any international
lawn tennis, so that practically all
N. tennis Of the world Will he
nlayed In this country.
lam particularly interested In tho
DEVELOPMENT of our public parks ten
mis- and | look to see a number OF
new associations of this kind formed
durin1 the coming year.
Lawn tennis will hold Its place rs
the most popular of our games II we
keen it above reproach as a purely
amateur sport.