The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-27
Recent GOSSIP in
AMATEUR CIRCLES
They Began to Use Signals
EARLY III Football at

fBy Asgociated Press.)l

NEW YoRK. Jan. 27.-Al signs
boint 10 q SPLIT ingthe United States
National Lawn Association over the
question &c theHamateur status OF
piayers WHO deal In lawn tennis sup
pffes. unless there Is q marked back
down onathaf partEof either the eastern
or Western factions. Both camps
f1nya taken decided stands upon the
point and the Ebreachsts widening daily.
The Yet1ed threat of the Pacific
Stakea, Lawn Tennis Association to
break AMY fron5the National Assoc:
iatioh and establish q rival organiza-
ton mas aronsedBconsiderable feeling
among the members of the parent
body and the coming annual meeting
Is likely to1brtng forth some frank ex-
pressionsl 3 fopinton upon the subject.
The controyersySco me at q parttcu-
larIy miopportunes time since the y. s.
ii. i. q. As has gone on record as
favoring the raising of the amateur
.s~tandafds as suggestedfb by the recent
conference ofSsport governing bodies
ID this city under the auspices OF the
i. G. A. AZ A.&A..
Fortunately tennis has reached q
point IN popu1arsinterest in this U
Try where act1onSof any group or even
& national governing body will have
little ef4ectssiffany, upon the game IT.
self OF the thousands Of players who
participate tnsthe sport for the pleas
tfre and exercise that tennis gives.
tournaments and tournament players
win fbe the sutfererssand q split Will
nave the effects OF curtailing the en-"
trfes and tie Sglamor OF intersect1onal
md alIsstar5 court battles.
with RESPECTFULLY of international
OF Davis upsmatches out Of the ques-
ton, for several years at least, the
felds is clear for final threshing U
Of E auest1onAWhich would have to be
answered WtthinsaSfew years at best.
It IS 10 be hoped that the status OF
the amateur and professional in ten
MIS- viii be clearly defined before the
next Davis Cupl1oust and in the mean.
lime tie tennis atmosphere will have
been cleared without ill:exect upon
the Eafne and the thousands who play
Ii, Without Interior motives.
The delSing into Yale football his
tory by Walter$Camp has uncovered
a number 81 Interesting features not
the least OF which is the use of sig
naisfb ~ thesEligeleyens in the days of
long ago In %commenting upon this
work Henry sSTWombly, quarterback
on the YaIesteamssof 1882 and 1888.
writes 10 the Alumni Weekly on old
Yale football days as follows:
Waiter Camp Is right in his first
written Hit ofsword signals used by
tiie Fafe TeamEi In 1882, but he has
apparcnt1y fofgottenSthe signal given
cn the accasfonsof the first touchdown
made by YaleSagninst Princeton since
1877s As @boyssplaying in the Boston
streets. ttcheese3it' was our well-known
signal TO look out for cops When
Ne we're arranging signals in the fall
cf 1882, Iremebered well the glee with
which Doc Beck, our right tackle, and
liked IL ups that when the signal
cheese its was3given, he was to drop
back behind thes1ine for a quick pass
from tie quarterback. After consid-
erable play In the Princeton game at
the old Polo Grounds on November
80. 1882, RichardsSdropped back appar-
entity to trygdropgkick for goal. But
ON tie signal Cheese IT. the Prince
ton line broke Through the Yale line
with great ease to- block Richards
kick Such however, had been the
Intention counterpart Of the Yale line;
Boo Beck droppedaback of the line in
exact timasfoSget5the ball thrown WI
the heads OF the charging Tigers, and
withontaf Princetonsm man touching him,
Beck ruahedfthet ball over for a touch
down. can see old Doc now, with
his white hair standing straight up,
ma q grin all&oYerShis face, shouting
out sow doEyou5Mke that, you Tigers?'"
That the European sportsman still
retains his IDEAS Of flair play, notwtth-
incideht which happened in Germany
recently. a German horseman nam
ed one u his "tCanaille Grey
out Of the fullness Eof his bitterness
against tie Hnglishgstatesman and as
a result brought down upon himself