The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-25
KEEPING ABREAST OF ~
THE SPORTING TREND

America to-day" The general impress
sion was that that rating belonged to
william NJ. Johnston. since he holds
the championship title. but maybe what
was meant was Richard Norris Will
Jams. the End best tennis player In
America to-day"
'The personnel Of the new coaching
group tfor Yale) promises we'll. for
Bull, Arthur Mcbride and Clarence OIL
cult the Blu has brought together fve
men who know football both from the
playing and coaching standpoint"
True enough. but several OF the group.
Tad Jones. Arthur Brides and Clarence
Alcott, may not recognize themselves
under the names AZ bestowed In the
quoted paragraph.
The Yale football pia yers will be NUM-
bered next fall. according to a statement
tonight by captain black.-Pittsburs
Post.
A spurnins OF capital letters which
makes the Yale leader Of no more on
sequence thar ~iampblack II you don't
happen to know better.
Apropos OF Rube Schauer. he kept
Raridan dancing after wild losses like
n jumping jack"
Remindfui OF . we'll known song On
the shanks Of the Old Raridan.
Albert Demaree has made a base nit
In zach Of the two games he has pitched
against the Giants this year. II Albert
doesn't watch out he'll have n batting
average Of 100 and then imagine he Ia
too hard . hitter to be wasting his time
as n pitcher.
Keeping abreast Of the slanslish Ian
guage:
PscEey McFarisad. out q "rstif.msnt' to
col. "a big bunch Of Jack for nshtins Mike
sninsss b. can DO the trick ss.in.@chiesSo
Tribune.
Alfred Cutler was telling OF q game
In Portland. Me-, In which he wa playing
100 or no to the 50 AZ straight rail
OF q local billiardist. He won from the
home expert every time At those odds.
IT suppose you were playing straight
rail too?' somebody put in.
mo. indeed. I Wa playing 1872. And
that reminds me. Straight rail for n
professional wouldn't he as easy as you
might think In the irst place he mas
become so accustomed to balkline that ne
plays II instinctively. and IL he tries
straight rail everything seems all wrong.
Another thing. ave you tried lately any
straight rail nursing II you haven;
you will md that o wrist. entirely
unused to the tap. tap. tap employed
with the balls on the rail. will get 81
tired you q 20 on"
Cutler 10 playing balkline a good dea|
himself these days and. he says. never
played better. He declares he IL con.
ndent that he can beat any billiard
player IN the country except Hoppe.
"A few years ago." . writer observes
"Chase made plays about the initia
sack that other men never dreamed Of
Remarkable plays he made indeed. but
In u opinion, never saw the day III
Donahue.
Lately bear cubs lave been In tn,
ascendency as mascots. Three have Jus
been presented to the Brown Athleti
Association. Cornell employed one las
fall with great success. Bears, goats
mules and bulldogs just about have
monopoly Of mascott'ng among Quadru
peds. The most widely known. and per
haps most successful. mascot that eve
, lived was the Yale bulldog. Handsom
Dan. long since gathered to his fathers.
Harvard. however, had a peculiarly
successful biped mascot, not as yet of
cially named. but known as a mahan
brickley. This creature had some Of tn
habits OF an ostrich. n ram aroun
swiftly on two legs n was hard I
catch. II could kick powerfully an
thereby greatly discomfort its foes. Ru
unlike the ostrich. II had 10 feather,
although always there with bells OH.