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The sun., 1916-10-17
MAKESHIFT VARSITY
BEATS YALE SCRUBS
Three TOuchdOwns Are Scored
Virginia Poly Game
Shifted to Friday.

New HAVEN. Conn, Oct. 16.-It was a
day Of rest 81 the Yale varsity to-day.
rad Jones. following the usual Mon
day programme. gave the men a layofY.
The Lchigh game vas a hard one. but
none OF the men was injured. In con-
trast to the game Of a year ago. when
hve Yale players were put out for three
weeks. The regulars watched the scrubs
play.
The makeshlft varsity made three
t~ouchdowns against a rather weak scrub
team. Braden making two Of the scores
and Church the other. Church's touch
down was mad following the catch Of a
forward pass from Neville. who played
halfback in place OF Bob Bingham.
Taft was in at tackle to-day. Callahan.
the regular centre. being in his old place
in the middle II the line. Gates. Conner
ford and Taft were the only men on the
field h Played against Lehigh, and
they were not worked hard.
The game this week with the Virginia
Poly team has been advanced to Friday
because Of "A pageant in the Bowl on
Saturday.
The sun., 1916-10-17
CARDIGAN MAY Be
LANNIN'S SUCCESSOR
Retired Manager of Boston
Americans Likely to BE
Club President.
OTHER BASEBALL GOSSIP

That Joseph ]. Lannin will dispose OF
the Boston American League club. IL he
has not already lone SO. is taken for
granted In Hub baseball circles. one
story has II that Lannin closed a deal
for the sale OF the outfit even before the
worlds series was started.
Bill Carrigan. who at the end OF the
worlds series announced his retirement
as manager of the Red Sox. Is named as
the e president of the club. II be
said on the best of authority that at
least two syndicates are willing to back
Carrigan in the acquisition Of the club.
one OF the syndicates does not even ask
Carrigan to Invest any money in the
proposition.
Action In the matter is expected very
soon.
James f.. Gaffney. former owner Of the
Boston Nationals. who Is DESTROYS OF pur-
chasing the Brooklyn club. yesterday de-
clared that John McGraw would not be
associated with him in the event the
deal Was closed.
"McGraw belongs to the Giants and
he will stay with them. so far as | am
concerned said Gafney. II am not
pressing my offer just now. as Mr.. Eb-
bets Is having quite a time sending back
tHf iHtity lne CluD received lot tUe
third Brooklyn game Of the worlds
series. which was not played"
II Is understood that Gafney's part.
ner In the offer for the brooklyn club Is
Harry Sinclair OF Federal League fame
probably the only hacker of the league
who made money on tie venture. Sin.
clair has been making more millions IN
the Oklahoma oil fields and bankers for
another fiier into baseball.
Jake Daubert, the left handed captain
OF the y. l.. champion Dodgers. is no,
sorry that the baseball season is over
and intends to forget the world $ serie,
by shooting some rabbits. deer and bea,
In the Pennsylvania mountains. Jake l,
getting ready for an extended hunting
trip through his home country in tn,
Keystone state. The former miner ha,
eve a better batting average with tn,
gun than with his bat. Not only Is JAKE
one Of the best shots In the baseball
ranks. hut he also n his among IN,
best scmi-pro wing sho:s in the country
After getting through his baseball career
Jake intends 10 act as agent for an am
munition company.
The sun., 1916-10-17
ARMY REGULARS ABSENT.
McEwan, Harmon and vidal Out of
Lineup In Practice.

WEST PoiSr. y. Y. oct. l6.-Fumb-
ling In the back field as evidenced in sat
urday's game against Holy Cross. the
further development Of the kicking game
and d siiffen!ug OF the Army's defence
are some OF the things the coaches Will
devote themselves to this week. Nc
Evan, who IS in~dlsposed. Harmon and
Vidal. who are injured. and one or two
Of the lesser lights were absent from
the workout this afternoon.
The soldiers did not scrimrage except
in the dummy fashion. but there was a
lengthy signal and position drill. a short
session at pun,ing and a talk by the
mentors. who showed where there was
pl.nty OF room for Improvement.
The sun., 1916-10-17

BOARD TALK IS GIVEN
TO CORNELL ELEVEN
Coaches Corrected Weaknesses
of Ithacans Shown in
Williams Game.

ITHACA, N. Y. Oct. 16.-The weak
nesses shown by the Cornell team In the
Williams game. particularly the faults
Of the ends. were discussed at length
by the Cornell coaches in a blackboard
talk to the squad to-day. which took up
most Of the afternoons practice.
The varsity enjoyed n needed rest, ex-
cept the end candidates. who are causing
Ray Van Orman. assistant coach. no lit
tic concern. The situation. however. Is
improved by the announcement that
Gender. one Of the fastest wing men. will
be able to resume daily practice. Though
he II behind in development. he should
round into condition for the Harvard
game.
Hon and Ellsworth. two subs. have
shown more speed than Ryerson and
Eilenberger. who have been playing the
varsity positions. but as a whole all the
ends are slow.
The sun., 1916-10-17

While Fultz gays his requests deal
mostly with minor league matters, he
saws one. at least. will also Interest.
the big leagues. This one will probably
ask that the fraternity he granted a
member on the revised National Com
mission.
Fultz also Is OF the opinion that the
method OF conducting the worlds series
might undergo n big change As he is
the official representative Of all the
PLAYERS his views are interesting.
'"I believh the idea OF a contest be-
tween the two pcnnant winners Is tech
nically a grand idea said Fultz, The
public wants such n series, as they are
anxious TO know which IL the better
team. and | do not think II will ever
be discontinued
However. such a series IL a delicate
AFFAIR. and every attempt must he made
to run II as near perfect as possible,
The amounts are so big, m the inter-
est so keen that II must be carefully
guarded against every e~vil-whether II
comes from the players side or the
magnates. And the sporting end must
always be kept above the money end.
1t must be a contest of skill rather than
a grab for money. Evils may have
cfept In here and there. but the series
itself always has been above %reproach.
When you look back and take count OF
the short series since 1912, 1t is won
derful. Three series ran to five games
and one TO four,
GAS to the high price Of worlds series
tickets I am hardly in a position to dis
cuss that. | have very pronounced views
on the subject. but sometimes II Is ad-
visable to keep your views under cover,
] will say though, I never was In favor
OF %gouging."
The sun., 1916-10-17
IRISH WORLDS SERIES?
Cork and Kerry to Clash for GncIic
Football Title.

Gseli" football fans are looking forward
To the hip same between Cork and Kerry at
Celtic Park OF sunday with as great In
tcrest and enthusiasm as the baseball fans
looked forward to the recent worlds series.
The game will decide the Gaelic football
championship Of America, Cork and Kerry
ended with the teams deadlocked In a tie.
Each l. confident Of victory In next sun
days deciding contest.
The Gaelic football clash between Cork
and Kerry will feature the annual fan
games of the Monument club. Care and
Galway Will meet In another GAGS, fnD'.
hall game. and there will lr % n. rll..
ship hurting contest between g. rl ana
the Srong Onally aggregHt N.
The sun., 1916-10-17
sTEvENs's FAULTS CORRECTED
Engineers Receive Stin Workout
GOOdale In Lineup.

Stevens's cridders were put through
a long scrimmage yesterday In which
weaknesses which cropped up in the
Middlebury last Saturday were
corrected. The line particularly came in
for a stiff workout. Brett. the big fresh
man who substituted at guard IN Sat
urday's game. was tried out at that po-
si,ion again to-day. AS Coach Rodgers
is anxious TO add weight and power to
the line. II stevens can only bolster the
central positions Rodgers will be satis-
field. as Hopkins and Braun have proved
that they can take care OF the ends.
Harter. the Yonkers High School boy.
was sent IN a. quarter yesterday. Good
ale. who has been out since the Haver-
ford game a week ago last saturday.
got into uniform yesterday. lie prob
ably will start against Worcester on
Saturday.
The sun., 1916-10-17
PLAYERS TO BE NUMBERED.
FOrdhnm to Yield 10 Request Of
Football Fans.

Coach Gargan ordered a half hour
added TO the Fordham practice yester-
day n the Maroon's workout lasted
until dark.
Cadet. Kendriok and May stu are
on the injured list. They are suffering
from bo!ls and the absence Of these
veterans IL worrying the Maroon
coaches. Cantwell injured his knee In
tackle practice. and retired from the
orkou early In the afternoon.
The practice consisted OF all usual
drills and a dummy scrimmage. one
sd. ~ the line opposing the other.
Fordham will yield to the wishes OF
she srcctators to number the varsity,
The Fordham players will wear big
black numerals on their backs In the
Susquehanna game on Saturday at
Fordham Field.
The sun., 1916-10-17

The lines formed IN front OF the Eh-
bets Field ticket windows Yesterday. but
they were not in line to buy, Charley
Ebbets had the pleasant job yesterday
OF returning $4,000 to such customers
rs had invested s. a throw to sit in
those comfortable extra wide grand
stand chairs for the sixth game OF the
worlds series.
However. say what you like about
Uncle Charley he does not go back
on his word, When Uncle Ebbe's hired
Wilbert Robinson to run his Dodgers
for him he made Wllbert a verbal prom
ise that he would drop a $4,000 check
Into his stocking should he ever get
Brooklyn Into a worlds series. Brook
Ign got into n worlds series sure enough
and the Squire did not forget his prom
ise. Robby has a new $4,000 check In
addition to his slice OF the losers end,
proving 1t isn't such a bad world after
all.
The sun., 1916-10-17
BERRY IN PENN LINEUP.
Prntnthlon hampton. Back From
border, Dons Football Toys.

PHiLApELPHIA. Pa, oct. l6.-Thc sig
nal practice to-day was marked by a
shift. which some undergraduates con
strued a forerunner of a slight shakeup
In the Pennsylvania football team for
the game with Penn State next Satur-
day.
pion, who was on the Mexican border
until recently. went through his first
drill with the varsity. Coach Bob Fol
well sen the all round athlete to fullbick.
D.rr and Williams were the halfbacks
and HOBBY Light. the Lebanon Valley
youth. was al quarter IN place OF Bell.
The sun., 1916-10-17
ST. NICHOLAS RINK OPEN.

The lee skating season. now officially
open. is bringing throngs OF enthusiastic
skaters TO the 81 Nicholas rink. Three
thousand attended the opening session.
and the crowds at each session since
have been phenomenal. That the larg-
est ice skating place in the city is
thronged three times a day is ind spu-
table evidence that the sport is more pop
ular than ever. Plans for hockey are
now rounding into shape.
The sun., 1916-10-17
GLOOM AT DARTMOUTH

y II. oct l6.-Coa,a rr,.
haugh had a very bad case of gloon TO-.
spite Dartmouth's { to . victor, u,., a..
massachusetts Acgies on Saturd,, ~.
SAID, IN no weak terms. that H.. ,.s
must improve 80 per cen or the G,.--..
'own game next Saturday would o.. ls.
puhaineI' the veteran fullhtrN. i,l
ir,eF, 'he REGULAR left tackle. are on ',o
sek nSt WIN muscle bruises. hu' ST..
probably be able TO start the n,x. p,-.
The whole squad was run ,hropr, ~, .
signal drill to-day.
The sun., 1916-10-17
TUFTS SHOWS NEW
FOOTBALL MODELS
Bay Statcrs Are Using Fine
Shift. and Combination
Forward Lateral Pass.
II GRIDIRON GOSSIP
ny DANIEL.

Colgate brought It's remarkable spread
formation to West Point last October
and whipped the Army. Two weeks
later II took the spread along to New
Haven and %trounced Yale. That creation
OF Larry Bankart's was the biggest
football play OF the year and forced
the mystifying shift that Harvard
flashed in the final moments OF the
Princeton game to take second place.
Colgate's play has already made Its
presence felt this season-much to the
discontinue OF Illinois last SATURDAY..
Now comes Tufts with a couple OF
plays with which Il has earned the
tactical supremacy so far this season.
one OF the plays is established on sound
principles and may we'll be copied by
the bigger elevens. The other Is n
somewhat Eighty and risky play that
a work only once In twenty tries.
However. Il did work against Harvard
and anything that can accomplish a vic
tory such as Tufts scored over the Grim
son bears looking into.
one OF the Tufts masterpieces Is a
shift patterned very much after the
Minnesota variety imported into New
Haven by the late Tom Shevlin. The
other Is a combination forward and
lateral or backward pass. 1t was that
pass which whipped Harvard. Tufts
tried II against Princeton. but IL failed
TO give satisfaction. !; j. OF interest
TO note that the Tufts pays are the
creations OF Or. G.. T.. Wh"lnn. who. like
Biukart. was a star at Dartmouth. Dr.
Whelan and Barkart are very closely
associated and We may md Colgate
using some OF the Tufts stun.
The sun., 1916-10-17
A Threat for IehiRh.

II Is said that Yale may drop Lehlgh
from its schedule. O~verzealous aggres-
sireness is the charge against Leh!gh.
They said the same thing last year. when
l.ehlsh held Yale TO It. II might be
remembered that "overzealous aggressive
ness" was one OF the things for which
Hinkey advertised In the Yale Lost and
Found column last year.
The sun., 1916-10-17

PERTH AMRDY. oct 1G.-The Highland
All stars Of Highland, y, j., a team COM
posed OF several major Ieaglcrs, defeated
Perth Amhoy here to-day. to I. one
- Mara played shnrtstop for the winners
and Clipped IN with a pair Of timely hits.
The score by innings:
II II r
Highland stars 60, % 4o01-1 10 .
Perth Amhny ..... % uu iUOo-l = 4
Ratteries- Ritter ana Wendell, Apple
gate and Hand
The sun., 1916-10-17

Fultz saws The day In which the Ma
tional Association can anotd to ignore
the fraternity has come to an end. What
has particularly been calling to the Fra
ternity is that John Farrell, Secretary Of
the National Association. has heretofore
refused to answer any communications
sent him by the Fraternity.
What Fultz wants in substance Is The
same treatment from the National AS
ISOLATION that he gets from the omnis-
sion. In all disputes " minor
league clubs and their players he wants
10 be furnished with the club's full state
ment Of the case. and any arguments II
may advance.
Fultz's requests will be taken up by
the National Association at It's annual
meeting In New Orleans next Novem-
Der 10.
Edward Barrow. president of the In.
ternational League. and one Of the lead
ing powers in the National Association.
said last night that he believed that
Fultz's grievance was more or less of a
personal matter with Secretary Farrell
Of the association.
"My league has always had pleasant
relations with Fultz. ard | always have
been glad TO furnish him with whatever
information he has asked for. ! think
II all Fultz asks for IL a better under
standing between the Fraternity and the
National Association he shall have no
difficulty In having his requests granted.
I was In favor Of complying with the re-
Quests the Fraternity made to the Asso-
citation at its meeting In San Francisco
a year ago. but could get no one TO go
along with me-"
The sun., 1916-10-17
SCHOOL A IN TIE.
second Elevens of stuyvesnnt and
clinton Play ScOreless Game.

The second football teams Of De Witt
Clinton and Stuyvesan; High school
played a scoreless tie at Van Cortlandt
Park yesterday afternoon. Richardson
for Stuyvesant and Bash for Clinton
were the STARS. Fumbling near the goal
line kept ~Stuyvesant from scoring. The
lfn.t,n
The sun., 1916-10-17
EASTERN LEAGUE MEETING,

WORcESTER. Mass, oct. l6.-DanieI
ONeill OF Hartford, Conn, was elected
president and secretary of the Eastern
bafeball League at a meeting In this CITY
to-day. Thomas \. Brien, q Hartford
newspaper man, was elected treasurer and
directors ,wcr" chosen az follows: James
y Clarkln' Hartford Edward + smith,
worcester; William T.. Carey. Springfield;
N Eugene Mccain. New London, Conn.
ana Eugene ". Fraser, Lynn. MIR O'Neill.
VINO was secretary last year. succeeds T H..
Murnane Of BoetOn Hs president.
Ncar,s Az club owners openly expressed
Themselves IN favor Of an eight club circuit
next year
hugh bury owner ~ the Portland. Me
c.ub. announced before the meeting thst
MS tranchis" was Tor sale salary cl,im
OF sz"n against M" l.HWr,nce club h.ld hv
by the league. W." P"'N
Pacific Coast League.
The sun., 1916-10-17
SCHOLASTIC

Al a reoent meeting OF the high school
games committee II was decided to sched-
Vic no football games that would bring to-
gether a public school team and "A private
school aggregation not n member OF the
Athletic Association OF Private Schools.
This action will be conducive TO the best
Interests 81 scholastic athletics. In past
years public school teams usually were
easy for the private Institutions. but with
a uniform code governing the sport this
year the teams are placed on n more equal
basis and better football should result.
The sun., 1916-10-17

Bfown's overwhelming success at the
expense Of Amherst means one OF two
things-either Brown has one OF its old
time elevens or Amherst Is weaker than
It has ever been before. An official at
the Brown-Amherst game declared the
Providence eleven to he several touch
downs tronger than Harvard.
The sun., 1916-10-17

The announcement thaf The hIeh Schools
cross-country championship Will not he
staged over the Jamaica course should
bring no tears To tn" eyes OF the barriers.
Tho Long Island course appeared too dif-
ncult for even scholastic distancers. and
an unusually large number of broken down
athletes invariably marked the finish Of
the race eNch year, II II to he hoped that
the event this year will be contested over
the Van Cortlandt Park course, which Is
regarded the best In the city.
The sun., 1916-10-17
Like SheyIIn's shift.

The Whelan shift is a rather compli-
Gated affair. founded on the guards and
tackles back principle. The eleven lines
w with the ends and the centre on the
line OF scrimmage and the guards and
tackles about a yard behind. About
four yards outside and back OF the ends
are the ha,tbacks. They stand parallel
with the side lines and face each other.
The quarterback shifts about behind the
pivot man and something Ike ten
yards eh!nd the centre is the fu,lback.
Then the play gets into motion. Just
as the ball Is ahou to be snapped the
guards and tackles hop up. the half.
backs cross over and the quarterback
sort OF gets lost in the shuttle. making
a splendid cover for the ball TIE ad-
vantages o: the play are manifest-that
Is. II II works. II is pretty sure 10 20 at
least twice before the other fellows get
the hang Of the shift.
The best part OF the play IL the fast
charge the rush line gets. The forwards
are very likely TO travel right through
the enemy, which is too taken I'D in
N" diagnosis Of the play 10 pay proper
attention TO the physical side OF the de-
f"nc" The shift made Harvard look
FOOLISH on more than one occasion. 4.
may sound complicated. but it's a hum
mer.
The sun., 1916-10-17

Mercorsburg Academy Is out to better
the record made last season on track and
field. Tn" Pennsylvania boys were re-
turned the winners in eleven championship
meets. The star performer Of the team
was F.. NJ. shields. who Will he graduated
nfxt year. Shields won first place In each
Of seven cross-country meets, and never
has been defeated in his speciality. He
shattered the American intersCholastic
record at one mile, covering the distance
in 3-5. and also broke the inter.
scholastic mark at two miles when he
was timed In 9,39 Id. The team won the
Carlisle. Columbia and PENNSYLVANIA inter
scholastic cross country meets and the
Princeton. Pennsylvania. Washington and
Lee, Cornell and the New York University
interscholast!c track and field games.
South Side High School football team
Feels the loss Of Bill Seaman, Its star
punter. Seaman In a recent practice game
wrenched his right ankle and will he out
ot the gam" for some time, In Seaman's
absence Alexander and Smith will look
after tho toe work.
The sun., 1916-10-17

Friday afternoon. December .. Is the
date set for tho annual indoor games Of
Egs'ern District High school Tho meet
viii be staged in the Forty-seventh Regi-
nient Armory. Marcy avenue and Hayward
street, Brooklyn.
The sun., 1916-10-17

This season Is a record breaker for
conflicts In dates. The Harvard-C Cornell
and Observation-Disclosures games are
both scheduled for October 2s. A,
Ithaca they are already collecting fences
and other material for a bonfire. while
judging from It's overwhelming victor,
over the Massachusetts, AggIes. Dart,
mouth has the markings for one Of rs
periodical victories over the Tigers.
The sun., 1916-10-17

Pa'ihc Coast League,
NO games were scheduled.
The sun., 1916-10-17
FRATERNITY GETS
READY FOR ACTION
AGAINST MINORS
Players' Grievances to Be Pre-
scented to National AssOcia-
tiOn This Week.
EBBETS HANDS $1,000
BONUS TO ROBINSON
NJ FREDERICK q. Lien.

Within a week the latest def OF pave
Fultz, president OF the Ball Players Fra
ternity. will he on Its way to the Ma
t,ona, Commission and the National As
socia,ion. especially the association. The
association. the governing body OF the
minor leagues, according to Fultz mas
not transacted Its business In any TOO
pleasing a manner.
Several weeks before the season closed
FS,ltz gave out an interview In which
he said the minor leagues wou' near
from him in no uncertain terms TINS
winter. Fultz has outlined the grew
ances OF the players In four distinct re-
ouests lie saws they deal primarily with
minor league matters. but not entirely.
F,ltz said Yesterday that he Will not
make public the Fraternity's four grew
ances at this time. but will walt until
such time that the commission n as
ISOLATION receive his ep!stles.
Primarily his requests will attempt 10
hiring about a better understanding be-
tween the Players Fraternity ana the
minor leagues. conditions. as concern
Ing the minor leagues. have been intol-
Xrable.' said Fultz. IAN we simply nave
reached a point where II was necessary
20 call n halt. I believe our new requests
are reasonable. They are not drastic,
and we make no threats. Nevertheless
we will insist that present conditions
UNDER quite a change.
.In the future affairs In the minor
eagues must he So conducted that the
truth in all deals between minor league
clubs and their players be readily ascer-
tanned"
The sun., 1916-10-17

Referre-Nr Arraut. Columbia
cu,rters-lo minutes each.