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The sun., 1916-10-18
CARCAN IS WORRIED
ABOUT FORDHAM TEAM
Three Players. May, Kendrick
aud Callan. Suffering From
Blood Poisoning.

F~ordham's outdoor practice yesterday
was cut TO one our. May. Kendrick
and Callan still are suffering from blood
poison. the result of boils. and Head
Coach Gargan is anxious about Satur-
days game.
An hours blackboard talk followed the
drills. THIS lecture outlined the plays
used by the Pennsylvania collegians and
their dcfenCes. A new set OF passes to
be used from shift formations were given
the Fordham squad.
Dempscy's exhibition at passing yes
,erday was excellent. The new defence
for diagonal passes was worked with
out n sl.pup.
Capt. conklin Is mucn pleased over the
plan OF numbering the players. He sent
"A latter TO Susquehanna asking that that
team also wear numerals.
Coach Gargan Is satisfied with the
rush lire II the Maroon squad and will
coniinc ~sCriTmages TO biweekly battles.
Dummy scrimmages will be substituted
unit! further notice.
The sun., 1916-10-18

hurdier. was right on Rnstad's shoulder
and beat the other Swedish %sprinters for
third place.
Simpson won the 220 meter hurdle
race In 25 40 seconds. with Murray. the
California c%ollegian. second. Uncle
Sammy's flying four, Fred Murray, Andy
Ward. Joe Loomis and Bob simpson.
easily beat the scandinavian team.
Luther. Holmstrom. offender and Rus
tad, in the 400 meter relay race.
In the fou events to-day America
took three firsts and two seconds, while
Sweden won one first and TWO seconds.
In the tournament the little band OF
American athletes have captured zine
frsts and seven seconds to Sweden's four
firsts and six seconds.
The trophies were distributed by Ira
Nelson Morris. United States Minister TO
Sweden. who donated one Of the prizes.
The mi
60 Meter COS yards 10 inchesp Dash-won
by Joe Looms. Chicago A.. y. L., :. Al
hustad, sweden, second. Bob simpson
University of Missouri, L. :. A., third.
Time, . $40 seconds.
go Meter Gao yards ?I.i inches) Hurdle
Racc-Won bv Bob simpson, University OF
s%tanford University. l., S. A.. second.
Time. 80 40 seconds.
400 Meter Ci37 yards rs inchesl Relay
Race-Won by American team MURRAY.
Rus,ail second. Time. t3 $40 seconds.
500 Meter 'S7t yards 3? inches) Run
Won hy \. Rolin. Idrotts =. X, stockholm,
G. Philadelphia. L. :. A.. second. Time
1858 lilo.
The sun., 1916-10-18
THREE CHANGES IN
COLUMBIA LINEUP
Brown Placed in Backficld
Goldberg at Centre and Roscn
at Right Half.
ONLY 9 REGULARS OFT

Three changes in the var,l.r w. 3D.,
marked a big shake up at Culum} A w..
terday. Joe Brown. veteran r.,,.. ?,
two seasons. was tried out IN o.. i...
field Goldberg was brought un f.o~ a.,
second eleven to MI in for i,.,n, a.
centre, and /. Rosen. who ea.c,,.l ,
badly strained right shoulder . '', ',.
regular practice preceding tho il,r' ,.- l
game. returned for field Wu.' 'r
first time yesterday and was 300, g.. e.
his old position at right haltht.k '.-.e.
played at left halfback. The st.e. ,.,..
Z%ychlinski and ]. Rosen to the ...,..
eleven.
The entry Of Brown into tho Nte,ec',
has been contemplated by Cuaar N.',t'
for some time. Donaldson wa. 'r.,l .,
EARLIER In the season, hut j.t,.l ,.,t
and was returned to guard. lis .orlI.
position. Brown is one of the rl-'o,I
men on the team and a sue 'l.,'..
With the secondary dcfcus. ~..tu'e,
about him the Columbians should rroyl
much stronger in the backN,'I liig \
the two games played to date.
Metcalf varied the regular rou'rs n.
practice by ordering a ,eturu a. q 49,.
view OF Fundamentals" Three c.,,e,
spent a half hour at ,ack.jrs ,--
dummy.
The sun., 1916-10-18
Hayrrford R%ectifying Faults.

HANERFOiiD, Pa, oct. Tho HaNer-
ford football team to-day began the work
of correcting faults which cropped up in
the game with New York tniy, rsity last
SHtuIday. Tn, Interference was poorer
than is usual with Htveriord and to-day
the members OF the varsity we're given In
divitual Instruction in Interference, in order
tina, the man clearing the hoe might be
sure OF his task on each one Of the large
number of plays which HIaN"rford Is using
now. An important change made by Doc
Bennett was his giving the managemen Mt
OF the team n Marncy Crosman, the var
sitv's great punter and brilliant halfback,
who. ca! ed signals from his first days
trial as team pilot. There was no change
In the varsity Makeup. The varsity had
Curtis and Chandler at ends, Gilmour and
sharp at tackles, Morgan and HaNman at
guards. Rowland at centre. Sangree at
QuarterbaCk. Van Dam and Crosman. half
backs. and Capt. Ramsey fullback.
The sun., 1916-10-18
robson BACK ON LINE.
Ills Return 10 Game StrenGthens
RUTGERS Team.

New BRUNSWICK, Oct, l1,-With tho
return of Robson to one of the tackle
positions the Rutgers line was greatly
strengthened to-day. and the second
team was unable to make n first dow in
scrimmage practice, The varsity was
kept on the defensive throughout, Coach
Sanford Is planning to put all his efforts
on the defence before the Brown game,
Assistant Coaches Hazel and Gargan
are taking charge of the hacktield men
for the present. Whitehill. who has been
out all season on account of injuries, MAS
bach In practice and showed up well. lie
was ranked as All Scholastic fullback of
New Jersey last year. and 1t Is likely
that he will displace Kelly at halfback.
The coaches have IA lot OF open football
plays which they are planning 70 uH
against Brown.
The sun., 1916-10-18
RIG BILL AT OLYMPIC FIELD.

olympic Field. l3ath street and Fttth
liu This SUNDAY The arrangement has
arranged to have the crack New London
team clash with the lincnlns In the trst
game uf a double header and M" lronsides.
rhnmpions Of Newark, win be featured in
fhn sunset TIT Tn" Sew London club
viii have several star minor l"aEuers In
tho lin,up Early this season the team
forcoI the Iiucolns to play an extra inning
10 win hy one run Tho lronsides ALREADY
PLAYED two games with the lincolns,
and zach team won one contest. The
team f. ono Of the best In tho metropolitan
SECTION and should engage the locals In a
min and tue. III The Lincoln Giants VIII
hn>n both cyclone Joe Williams and Can.
non Bali Rediirg on IN" mound.
The sun., 1916-10-18
SANFORD AT PENNSY.
Rutgers Coach Helps FoIwcn Trsiu
QuRkers.

PHILADELPHIA, oct. l7.-George Fos-
ter sanford appeared on Franklin Field
to-day with George Brooke and watched
the practice of the Penn team, which Is
now being prepared by Coach Folwe,l ia
meet the strong Penn state team next
Saturday. Sanford criticised and gave
some advice and suggested "A few plays
that could he used,
Folwell shook up his back field by
placing Light at quarter and Berry at
fullback. The injury to Halfhack Ross
who Is out OF the game for several weeks
with a dislocated knee. makes Williams
and Derr the halfbacks. The former was
given a much needed rest to-day. viii
Jams Is one OF the few players who have
played through All the games Of the sea.
son from start to finish.
The sun., 1916-10-18
BROWN HAS HOPES
FOR GREAT ELEVEN
Splendid Showing Of Football
Men Thus Far Inspires
Feeling Of Security.
MANY GOOD SUBSTITUTES

PROVIDENCE. r. T.. Oct. 17-The over
whelming defeat Of Amherst last satur-
day and the general ton and makeup OF
the squad have inspired great football
hopes at Brown.
There Is a sense OF security at Brown
which It has seldom been able to feel IN
the wealth Of substitute material at the
disposal OF the coaches. For every posi-
ton there are two or more suns n
are we'll able to give a good account vi
themselves when called upon.
Devitalis and Hillhouse are two fuli-
hicks who gain consistently both are
good. there being little difference IN 'helr
,,aying ability. Purdy IL one OF the pest
plunging quarters Brown has mad ana
Jimmie Murphy. Hurgins n shea are
all in good shape to handle the team as
shown In Saturdays contest. ~ Tau.
back there are Ave or six men, eir' VI
whom has his own particular field or ac-
ton Pollard. Jemail. Conroy. Amman.
BROOKS. Armstrong and +. NJ. Murphy
form "A remarkable aggregation. -,
For ends there are Weeks. Mashai
and Ormsby, together with Robertson
C,rler, insolvency, Zelcer and DonoVan'
any one of whom plays a strong game
Tackles are aiken care OF ny 0ap', rN,
rum, Ward and NJ. S. +. Williams al,
Of varsity calibre. and Lathrop no
Oh, mberlain showed themselves well ca
pahle Of filling In last SATURDAY
There are any number OF good -unra,'
pavna Wade. regulars. and Teets'
Nichols. and Biting. subs. For centre
there are sprague and Berriman.
To-day n light practice was he'd, Wea"
noin,s developed In Saturdays game De.
ing pointed out and corrected. n me.
all attention was directed to"ar.' neS'
Saturdays game with Williams NJ W..
Jamestown. Las, year Wlliianls W.
swamped. 80 10 o. APT, ~,
s,even is hopetul for a repetition OF The
victory this season.
The sun., 1916-10-18

MIDDLETOWN, Conn, oct. i7-Tn view
Of the tie with Bowdoin, the Wesleyan
football team hopes for bigger things this
season, webb appears. to have clinchci the
quarterback place. With Peck. Boswell.
Deet len and Hartman he was the star OF
the Bowdoin gam"
on saturday Wesleyan goes to New York
to meet New York University, Tho game
IL being looked forward to with much In
tc'est centred In the Violet coaches, who
are Dick Eustis. WosleNan's coach for Two
wears and captain Of tn" 1914 team, and
his brother Elmer, who was one OF Yves.
evans moet powerful centres >and ends
last wear. Dan knnHn. now coach of the
WESLEYAN team. was assistant under Eusths
last yeHr. and IN" question now arises
which has the better team and which coach
IL doiue the better work. The game viii
be WESLEYAN brains against Wesleyan
brains Wesleyan IL optimistic over the
outcome, and II Is expected that many ri
Of the students VIII go along with the
team on this trip.
The sun., 1916-10-18
DRILLS INDOORS;
GHOST BALL IS USED
Military Drill Prevents Cadets
From Practising in
Afternoon.

WEST POINT. y. Y. oct. l7-Army's
eleven took its drill indoors to-day be-
cause IL was SO late after a military
formation that the men were unable 10
get any outdoor work in daylight The
practice was held In the iding hall un-
der electric light. and N innovation was
a ghost ball used particularly in tho
overhead features OF the drill. Murrill
tossed the oval to Ford and Mullins with
unerring accuracy to-day.
Place. Ol!phart and Cole composed
the backheld. Capt. McEwan. In toys.
but in no condition to play, took light
work. Vidal's bruised ankl is improving.
and he will get out on the field o.mor-
row for the first work since the Wash.
ington and Lee game.
J. knight. e brother OF O. knight. the
varsity tackle. is coming fast. He IS
heavy and tackles hard In the open,
The sun., 1916-10-18

sWARTHMORE Ia, OCT. IL Swar'h-
more's tubilation over the football victory
over PennsylNania came to a close to-day
and the eleven again got down to hard
work. In preparation for the Frank in
and Marshall game on saturday, Tn"
tussle with Pennsylvania sct'led the In
decision about some OF the positions. II
Is probable that Riipnth VIII MI up tn"
left guard position and Johnnie Johnson
viii get the call for the 0uartorhlCk Job
Clark, who started the r"nnsvlvnnil gam"
Mt guard. will NOR" than likely he the first
substitute llneman lie Is ~ good fighter
but still needs seasoning Stratton, who
took stoves pace in the last quarter,
plaved n good game and viii get a chance
In the rest Of tn" g"mes, with the re-
turn ~ johnson and Ridpath 10 the game
II leaves only two cripples In the ,ntire
squad. namely Hoot and FEMME Baker.
Roth are doing nicely and Dr. Mercer pre-
diets they viii he hack in the game along
the latter mart OF the week.
The sun., 1916-10-18
Washington Park May Be
Mem Home of Senators
Eastern Baseball Men Urge Ban Johnson to Transfer
Franchise to Brooklyn-Ebbets Likely to Object
to American League Invasion.
ny FREDERICK O.. LIED.


ei'es ior prooh'!h' johnson anu
Ainsmith."
Now We do NOT mean. dear render
wba, vo, ,,oa, 7, T. ,iu,,. n..a,.
49, " "'e"'' ""P'oo"-
oe INIT waiter Johnson VIII ever pitch
for the Brooklyn Dodgers, though in
1911 no one ever though, lack coouh.
u,,,,,s ,t,o ...,,.. - ~, - 49,,
p'N" ''"' ''"' o"ii !" 'he
livery or squire Ebbets.
Nevertheless there is quite n proba-
bili,y that GritBth's ya,linS 20, 49,. ,a
its firing in tho porough 90,
TEX, season 1, Ia M sec, a.. -
Washington cluh az ,ha "a
League has been No ,nv,,t,a $50.
during tho mas, ,wn ,anrs 80 !, a.,
more ib.r , run,,r ,h,: d., - %
keeplns his ewes nnen f,r = 800 49, -,
whica 10 locate m. Dis,ric, o, -"
''a itaheh,se:
ington uplift in 1912 Washington had
been a lair filler in in the East. During
the entire history OF major league hasa,
ball in Neutrality-suspicious. Eat,nna,
League and American Leavue-ths Sen
atols had never been in the frs, division
The sun., 1916-10-18

SOUTH BETHLEHEM. Pa. oct. IL
coach Ready. who had been III. again
took charge Of the I"high football squad
to day. Far from being Developed to The
point that It should have been for the Yale
game, due 'ntlr"ly to koady's Illness, the
Brown ana White has big possibilities be-
fore II Thor" Is no doubt that Il Will be n
far more finished team than viii meet leh-
out OF the Yale struggle In good shane
Pons ana HalSted alone haing Injured At
to'day's practice the regulars were nut
thtoush lsht work only. and tn" men who
ana not get into the Yale game Mere sent
into Il long scriinmagc.
The sun., 1916-10-18
YALE SUBS SHINE.
Taking Rcgulars' Places. They Play
Fine Game.

NEW HAvES. oct. I7.-Because Of In
iuries to several OF the Yale varsity
n'avers substitutes were put into service
to-day and did remarkable work. Gala
han at centre. Braden At fullback and
Fox n, tackle DISTINGUISHED themselves
against the scrubs Jacques made three
,~ouchdowns after he ball was WORKED
up the field FOR long gains by Legorr.
Bingham u Braden. There was no
tttcmpt to kick goals.
Back, Gait ard Baldrige are slightly
Injured. but Tad Jones announced to-
might that each probably would play
against TN" Virginia Poly team on Fri
dov Callahan's work Mt centre doubt
less viii result in his landing the posi-
tion.
The sun., 1916-10-18
DUHAMEL MAY BE OUT
OF GEORGETOWN GAME
DartmOuth'S Fullback, In
jurrd. Likely to BE Out Of
Lineup Saturday.

HeSoyER. y. H, Oct. l7-Dart-
mouths prospects Of making a good
showing gains Georgetown on Satur-
dav received a decided setback to-day
when II was learned that Duhamel. full
back. would probably be unable to play
on account of injuries received last
saturday. pick Holhrook was tried out
in the vacancy. and although very light,
a,onod for II Largely by his speed and
able handling Of punts. Two new play
ers were tried with some success against
the scrubs. who used Georgetown for
nations. Much tim" was spent perfect
.ng the Ouarterbacks in the long for
ward pass. Practice tomorrow Will he
held behind closed gates for the first
time his season.
The sun., 1916-10-18
LINEMEN KEPT BUSY.
Coach Rodgers Puts stevens squad
Through Long Drill.

stevens eleven had a long 4, 4.
yesterday. Coach Rodgers fHl ,
men on the jump. He gave tlr '.
to the scrubs and watched q. ,". ,
their plays on the varsity l'. .H'.
the first team took tile bal. oal ,,'
cised their offensive work hr," .
tinued AZ guard yesterday. Tn
gradually Is losing his aN N.'. .-
Hopkins. Braun. l~.ofquist az. l.'
are doing good work at end ..
This is lobbyists iirst year a. ga,
and Coach Rodgers thinks 80 i
him that he sent Lofquist n -
Braun toward the end %; 'H.
quarter Of the M!ddlerury 9 ne
Harter was at quarter yr~'t i
probably will be "A fixture the, - A.
faster than Musk and sure. 20: % A,
ling.
The sun., 1916-10-18
Fypect Pennsy Comeback.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa, oct, ia whole
some respect for Bob FolwCil and his coach
ing methods at Pennsylvania pervad'd Penn
States training camp. just because his
eleven fumb!ed away Its game with
squad that the team Is going to have
easy going with the Rcd and Blue eleven
on Franklin Field next saturday. state
has put in three days OF the hardest sort
Of drilling There were no injuries to
sneak Of suffered In the fray with West
Virginia Wesleyan. So that Coach Harlow
can proceed unhampered In that respect.
The sun., 1916-10-18
HOELKER VS.. MCMILLAN.

Max Hooker OF the Cleveland Americans
and McOuillan. star hurler Of the Eastern
League. viii hook up In another pitching
duel this sunday at Degnon Field. opposite
tn" Hunters Point station Of the S,cinway
tube They viii pitch for the Springneids
and Desnon Grays respectively In tn" Sec
ond of u three game series for the cham
p'onship of que borough, Las, sunday.
when the Springne!ds Won. ? to l.. each
hurlrr famed fourteen men Jim wods or
Jdcklitsch, former Brooklyn catcher. will
catch for the Grays and Schwprm Will
work behind the bat for the Springfelds.
The sun., 1916-10-18
CARLISLE INDIANS WIN.
Defeat Lebanon valley second
Football Team h, go to q,

CARLISLE, Pa. oct. It'll" C.. .
Indian football team defeated '.. Id.
amor Valley College second ',ti ',
afternoon by 20 to 6. III" Lc...a
Valley eleven had Il number ~ f.sl,t.
In its lineup.
1t had not been expected that 'he -.
dams would play any games III. ,.r-
but II has been decided 10 p..,
tests. all with minor teams i..' pt.
ter the Department Of N" &c. ?
threatened to abolish the ~ oil.
Indian school, but finally COTS. f..
its being continued on "A small e n
previous years the Indians w,'" .rs, Z.
open the season.
The sun., 1916-10-18

~Co'umb!a's University committee on ath-
letlcs practically abolished soccer as an
Intercollegiate sport yesterday. Al a meet
Ing Of the committee called 20 consider the
present statu. OF the sport II was decided
10 suspend soccer for one year At the end
OF that time. ~ Interests In tho team war
rants IL. the sport VIII I've revived and a
schedule drawn Ut.
The sun., 1916-10-18
whitney Rochester CaptaIn.

ROcHESTER y y, OCT. l7-Edw!n
tSpring' whitney Of Philadelphia was 10
day elected captain Of the University 81
Rochester football. team 10 succeed Donald
Mtht., VINO LETT after the GARRISON game on
cavalry on the Meixcan border. Whitney
Is also captain Of the Rochester basketball
The sun., 1916-10-18
Harris Disa ppOinted.

Haugh,on has a splendid pair of ends
In Harte and Charley Coolidge. but his
second string wing material is weak.
Possibly the biggest disappointment last
Saturday was Harris, who has been
more or less of a regular centre for
two seasons. Sager did much better than
Harris, but he too falls short of big
league" calihre. II looks very much
as II I~Iaughton will have to convert
Moseley Taylor into n centre n maxi,
II tackle out Of Snow. who has been n
substitute guard, Robinson Is by far
the best Of the quarterbacks.
The condition OF the Harvard squad
arccntuatcs the value of a coach like
Haughton and presents a situation II.
which the real ability of Haugh.or
Will he put to "A severe test.
A word about North Carolina, In
Folger. Tandy and Tennent II pre-.
sented a trio that could come pretty
close to making any team in the Eas'
Folger in particular played like an
other Mahan.
The sun., 1916-10-18

helped Weeghman and Ball to buy the
Cub and Brown respectively. are pay
ing Sinclair 10000 a year rental on the
Harrison field formerly used by the New
ark Feds and are to pay Gwinner or
pittsburg $50, 900, in yearly payments.
to be relieved of the Brooklyn burden
would be no small matter.
Should the American League go into
Brooklyn a ready tenant would he
found for Washington Park. which could
lease the plant from q. II. help pay
the war indemnit!es which the Fed pro-
moters exacted from q. Il. before agree
ing 10 lay down their arms. Washing
ton Park is ideally located. and has "A
fine, up to date structure.
Whether the National League would
object to the American League entering
Brooklyn remains to he seen. Under the
peace terms which settled the big Ma
tional- American League war In 1903 the
National League agreed TO the American
League placing a club on Manhattan
Island provided the Americans pledged
themselves to stay out OF P~itisburg.
Since then Barney preyfuss has said he
would not oppose an American League
club entering Pittsburg. 1t has been
proved In all cities having " teams
that continuous baseball has been a
success. 1t promotes a heal;hfui stimu-
JUS W potn CiuoS'
Eo"e's M'sht IMPOSE MOVE
Under present conditions In BROOKLYN,
the National League officers, especially
the owners OF the Brooklyn National
League club. might oppose the Amcri-
can League coming into BROOKLYN more
thar they would have a year ago.
The high prices charged at the recent
worlds series games in BROOKLYN have
soured n good many BROOKLYN fans
against the Dodgers. and the fans might
use n BROOKLYN American League club
TO register their protest against Ehhets.
Ed Rarrow. president of the Inter-
rational League, saws there is no prob
ability of the American League putting
"A club I'm Toronto In the near future.
! Next TO New York Toronto IS Rarrow's
home. and he is thoroughly acquainted
with baseball conditions IN the metrop-
oils OF the Dominion.
Barrow's View IN Toronto.
.p,,, ,or ,ho ,.ar ro,o,,o Wound ,o,.
No r,na o. - ,a,rna s,iJ
.,". a. y,., -, 4, ~ 49,, ,ha
nmas,,or Toron,o =, ono ~ ,be hos,
h a ~, ,,a :.
The sun., 1916-10-18

P"ITTSBURG. oct, ~l7.-Randall Soppitt.
left guard on the University OF Pittsburg
football team and one OF It's crack players,
announced to-day, soppitt was hurt In the
play with tbs Naval Academy eleven At
The sun., 1916-10-18
In Short Metre,

Yale does not expect n very hard fght
from Virginia Polytechnic on Friday.
The Dixie Engineers lost to West Vir-
ginia last Saturday. 90 to 0.
Allan Thurman. the great punter and
drop kicker who was so big a Azure In
VirginIa's victory over Yale last season,
yesterday returned to virginia and its
football squad, He had been with The
American Ambulance Corps in France all
summer. Thurman ranks AZ one Of he
best punters of all time. In addition he
Is u wonderful football player,
II was West Virginia Wesleyan and
10 West Virginia, as most reports had
n, tnr, lost 10 Penn state last Satur
day, We note that Cala", former Car
Isle Indian star. Is with West Virginia
WESLEYAN He had been turned down by
Georgia Tech and like a rood Indi IN,
'"ekins immediate" action. moved right
exc! whcr. h" could get Il.
The sun., 1916-10-18

Oakland, - vernon. 3
Port ana. 3 I.,s Angeles. 2,
San Francisco. 3: salt Lake, s,
The sun., 1916-10-18

Wilcox, the fastest man on the sarnd.
was too fast That ounds like a bald
contradiction, but nevertheless it's
fact. Wilcox gets going as II he Vel
starting on a quarter mile run on the
track. He takes too long strides. md
as n result is too easily upset. Inability
to keep his feet : one Of his shortcom-
ings. lie Is hold nc on 10 the ball much
better than last season. but still can
stand n .ot or imp! ovement in that de.
partment. Wilcox has II in him TO he
,ne OF the stars OF the season and II re-
pains FOR Haughton to show what he
an do.
Outstanding wearnesses in the N1r-
ward game last Saturday were the fall
ure 10 give the catcher of a punt sum
Gent protection a slightly high charge
OF the line and at times a general fall
ure' to get together, There Is no reason
why these faults should not be rene
died before the Cornell game.
Harvard Is at a disadvantage in tho
kicking department, but In that too
It's opponents are coming along pretty
welS Horween and Mlnot are improving
fast In punt'ng. but neither will be able
to come within yards Of either lie Gore.
briggs or Shiverick.