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C. C. N. Y. IN HIGH HOPES.
Thinks u WIN Regain Old High
Position u askctbalI

ON the strength of the victory OF the
city College basketball squad over the
Vale five on saturday night, the victories
over -. Johns and st. Lawrence and
the keen contest against Princeton. G. G.
y. Y. Is jubilant over its chances OF re-
gaining its old position In intercollcG ate
basketball.
Columbia has been a stumbling block
for city College In basketball in the
past. and the Washington Heights men
expect a hummer OF a match with the
Blue and White on January 6 in the
G. c. N. Y. gymnasium. Various claims
have been made OF tho capabilities of
the Morningside boys. but the Lavender
is confident that Columbia will be beaten.
City College has a hard schedule be-
fore II this week. There will be a clash
with Dartmouth on New Years night
and the Columbia game Is set for Jan
nary &. On December 81 the local col
lege will meet the middies at Annapolis.
The sun., 1916-12-25
A. E. RANNEY Is BEST
AT N. Y. A. G. TRAPS
Wins High Gun. TraycrS ISL
and. HaSlin and TOurna-
mpnt Prizes

\. T.. Rarney. the veteran New York
\. e gunner, had a red letter day AT the
traps yesterday, After carrying of the
high gun prize at the New Rochelle Yacht
Club traps. he went to Travers Island
and In the New York \. c. shoot prac-
ideally swept the board He was high
gun with a total OF 95 targets out OF a
possible 100 won the Travers Island
Trophy, n leg on-the Haslin Cup and a
leg on the tournament up.
With a handicap OF one he returned
perfect scores of % In these events. In
the IIasliu and Tournament shoots he
finished his strings without a miss.
Ralph Spot,s. Jr. and \. W. Currie
earned legs on tn" Accumulation CUP.
Aided by big haniicaps they returnca
clean scores, In this event Ranncy fal-
tered and only made .: kills"
Ralph SPOTS. Sr.. the former amateur
champion. won tho special trophy and
+. l.. Williamson corrallcd the high han
dicap prize.
Although the conditions were good
only fourteen gunners competed in the
different events, There WAS little wind
and as a result every one returned a
good card. The summaries:
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SYRACUSE OARSMEN
YET TO Be CALLED
Jim Ten Eyck Announces He
Will start Rowing Prac-
tice Late.

SYRACUSE. Dec. 2&.-Syracuse rowing
authorities to-day admitted that they had
as vet received no invitation to compete
in the intercollegiate Association re-
gatta. II was also learned that no call
for oarsmcn had as yet been issued at
Syracuse.
Coach James \. Ten Eyck declared he
would not issue his first call for can
didatcs until the week after the mid
wear examinations. The veteran In
structor has summoned his men earlier
IN other years. but the scholastic duties
Of the oarsmen just prior to the mid
scaso tests have SO handicapped work
that in the last two YRS he has waited,
In view OF the early start Of the
coaches of other crews the Orange meets
during the season. twas expected the
coach might make an exception his
year. but he has definitely decided not
to do 80.
Prospects are bright for "A successful
season, Former Captain Walter Glass,
who is now at the Mexican border. is
tho only member Of the intercollegiate
championship eight who will not be a
candidate for the Varsity boat next sea
son.
Tho junior crew and the freshman
eight also have a host OF able candi-
dates To replace the captain. Conpeti.
ton viii he more keen han in years be,
! cause of the wealth of candidates.
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HANDICAP HELPS
DORGAN TO VICTORY
Liberal Start Enables Him to
Beat Big Field Of
Harriers.
PAULTST A. C. E A BEST


rhrourh thu senerosity Of Herman
oA.x,A..,.. -. .,ac,a, h~apd,canper
'o"s' ."o :, a..
OF the Assoc'st'o" o''"e
A. A. u. Eddie Dorgan Of the New
york A,h,.t,c c,uh von the Ave mile
-. .. v,,~,,. ~ 8,
nA"u'c~p 'os" tn" VI ~ -,
Antony A. A. yesterday Atternoon. AL
though he has displayed an abundance
OF speed and stamina In his recent races
Obertubessin9 gave him the liberal han
dlcap Of three minutes.
With his start Dorgan was not COM
PEELED to do his best in order to lead
home his opponents. He romped along
in front from start to finish and at the
end was more than 200 yards ahead of
the remainder Of the field. Al no stage
of the contest was he pressed by any
of his opponents
+. versano Of the Paulist A. c.. who
started from the 2:lb mark. was the
runner up, with NJ. Levine Of the Brook
The sun., 1916-12-25
STROLLER SOCCERS
BEAT ST. GEORGES
I. .R. T. Eleven Settles Issue
in First Half, When 1t
Scores Twice.

Lenox Oval. having been cleared OF the
remnants OF the late snowstorm. was in
fairly good shape for The New York
State League soccer match between the
~. Georges Football Club and the ]. II.
7. Strollers. The Strollers won by 2 to !.
They clinched the victory in the first
half. when they shot both OF their goals.
For twenty-five minutes the teams were
well matched. but at that stage Of tho
game Dahili. the Strollers' left half
back. taking a pass by Boyle. sent In a
beauty from twenty yards out that
fairly whizzed between the st. George
posts. Fortune smiled upon the Stro,-
lers, for II was only two minutes later
when Bailey. their centre forward.
worked his way down the field and
placed his side 2 UP There was no fur
Their scoring for the rest OF the half and
throughout The greater portion OF the
second period until ten minutes from
time. when Garland came up from the
halfback division. and shot st. Georges
only goal. Tho Lineup
The sun., 1916-12-25

PROVIDENCE. r. l.. Dec. 2A--The
Brown University football schedule Is
sued tonight includes the long looked
for game with Dartmouth. . renewal Of
the football relations after eleven years
Of estrangement.
The game. which 10 scheduled for the
windup Of the reason on November -.
the " institutions. will be played at
Springfield.
II has been decided to have the first
meeting OF these teams since the athletic
breach in 1905 take place on neutral
territory. In the last game between
Dartmouth and Brown. Brown. largely
through the nne playing Of Johnny May.
hew. triumphed. 70 to o.
Brown and Dartmouth began athletic
relations on the gridiron In 1884 and
games were played annually with the ex-
ception Of 1897. when no game was ar
ranged. until 1906. Rivalry between the
two institutions In athletics was second
In New England only to that which
exists between Harvard and Yale. 1t
was In the spring Of 1907 that Capt.
Percy Skilleu took his Dartmouth base
ball team of the field after futielly OBJ
3ecting to an adverse decision by the UNI
pire, and athletic relations between the
two institutions were severed.
Tho breach was bridged last spring.
when two baseball games were arranged
after the schedule had been published.
Brown winning both games. There was
talk Of having a football game sched-
uled for the 1915 season. but Dartmouth
offered two dates which Brown could not
accept and negotiations were suspended
without further action being taken. The
marked advance made BY Brown In foot
ball this year resulted In IL schedule
being shaken up. Its annual game with
Harvard. which o he place formerly
occupied by DartmoutA tho week before
the Yale game. has been moved ahead b
October ~.
Brown and DaxtmoutA haA mse twslvs
times on the gyldiroa up b 1ooS. 6tx
games were won 0y Brown. Dartmouth
trtumphsd I'VE times anA game ~
suited in . draw. Brown occupied q
prominent position In intercollegiate
football during the period from 1885,
to 1900. while Dartmouth at this time
was In Its infancy. but growing fast. ],
was in 1901 hat Dartmouth arrived and
obtained its first victory over Brown
The Green was successful In Its games
with Brown during the following foul
years.
Colgate. Rutgers. Williams. Amherst
Trinity and Vermont are all dropped b,
Brown and Johns Hopkins. Holy Cross
The sun., 1916-12-25
FAMOUS RIDER SHOT DOWN.
woodland, English Jockey, Had
Joined Flying Corps.

Percy Woodland. the famous steeple-
chase Jockey. who has been serving in
Egypt with tho Royal Flying Corps, has
been shot down. He was at first rc-
ported killed. but In a cableRram re-
ceived by his sister hope is held out that
he has been taken prisoner. Woodland,
and elegant horseman with plenty Of
dash I'M a keen Judge Of pace, was
famous on English and French race
tracks lie won the Grand National
twice. on Drumcree in 1903 and on
Covercoat ten years later. while in 1904
he was second on Napier Tandy.
One OF his earliest successes in France
was on Dundolo In the Grand Steeple-
chase de Paris. In 1906 he rode W. X.
N~anderbilt's Maintenon to victory in the
French Derby and in the same season
rode his own horse, Fragilite, home first
in both the big hurdle race at Auteuil
and In the Prix du President de la Re-
publiquc. Woodland again won the
French Derby In 1910 on Or du Rhin III.
The sun., 1916-12-25
TEAM SCORES.
HARTFORD TENNIS MEN
WIN PINEHURST FINAL
Fem and Austin Beat Colby
Of Orange and Loeb of
RavislOc in Doubles,

P~fNEIIrRsr, y. C., Dec. ot.-When
play in the ana of the mems doubles in
the st. Thomas lawn tennis tournament
was resumed to-day Hart c. Fem and
q. l.. Austin OF the Hartford Golf Club
faced a difficult proposition. Their op-
ponents. Gardner Colby, Jr., of the
Orange Lawn Tennis Club and Allan
Loeb Of the Ravisloc Club. started with
the decided advantage of two sets al
ready to their credit and took the lead at
the beginning OF the first set to-day.
Fem and Austin managed to make IL
a deuce set. however, and finally won
II. following this up by winning the next
set. thus tying the score. BY winning
the NTH and deciding set in six straight
games Fem and Austin scored at as,
%--6, St, ca, 60.
Colby and Loeb play each other in the
Anal OF the mems singles Tomorrow.
The sun., 1916-12-25
BIG SOCCER GAMES TO-DAY.
International Match One Of the
Teatsres Of . Quality Card.

Three soccer matches arc scheduled for
nearby fields this afternoon. An inter-
national n inter-city match, which
constitute a double header at Lenox
oval. and a Southern New York cup tie
game. comprise the card. which is AZ
follows:
United States team VS.. Continental eleven
at Lenox oval, . y. NJ.
Metropolitan League w. Philadelphia
League at Lenox Oval, i:l5 p. NJ.
Bay Ridge +. c. VS.. Newburg Tigers at
Newburg.
Teams for the United States and Con-
t%inental elevens have been selected al
follows:
United States-Reiliy. soal; J. Robert
son and Post, backs. Ingram, Lennox and
Waldron, haifbacks; Koelsch. Heminsley,
Ford. Holt and Cooper. forwards; Ward,
Morreli. Sharkey, Ford and Newman. re.
serves.
COMMUNICATIONS, goal: NJ. vande-
weghe and MiehlinG. backs: HaEer, Van
den Eynden and Erickson. halfbacks; Wal
Their. A.. VandeweGhe, Bleich. Rubin and
Mayer. forwards: Heiser. Seaman. Engeike,
Rost, pickman and J. Vandeweghe. re.
serves.
The sun., 1916-12-25
CHANGES AT
Fo0tbalI Schedule IssueA shows
Many New 0ppo.ents fer 1917.

FOOTBALL SenoooIe Ioo0e0 SnOWe
Many New Opponents fer 1917.
HANOVER, N. H.. Dec. 24.-Dart-
mouths football schedule for 1917 was
announced to-day with the following list
OF games: September 20, New Hamp-
shire College at Hanover September 20.
Colby College at Hanover; October s.
Springfield Y. NJ. c. A.. College at Han
over; October IL, Massachusetts, Agri-
cultural College at Hanover: October 20.
West Virginia at Hanover: October %.
Princeton at Princeton; November 3.
Penn State at Hanover November 10.
Pennsylvania at Boston November II.
Tufts College at Manchester. n. H.. and
November -. Brown at Springfield.
OF the teams played this year Boston
College. Lebanon Valley. Georgetown
and Syracuse do not appear on the
new schedule. their places being filled
by Colby, the champion Of the Maine
colleges; Springfield. Penn State. which
appears on q Dartmouth schedule for
the FIRST time Tufts and Brown. to be
met for the first time since 1906.
The list Of games provides plenty OF
football from beginning to end. the
games at Hanover being particularly
strong. win the game with West vir-
ginia o. the Saturday before the battle
At Princeton West Virginia tied Dart.
mouth this yoar. playing the last game
Of the eason in . sea Of mud at Han.
over
Penn state It Hanover win furnish &
strong attraction and comes Just before
the Pennsylvania game. Tho latter viii
be played in Boston At the Braves Field
on the date when Harvard Journeys e
Princeton. On the schedule for this sea
son Dartmouth played only three New
England teams. going far aheld FOL
some Of the opponents. on the new
schedule six New England teams ar,
met. some for the first time in man!
years.
The sun., 1916-12-25
TUFTS FOOTBALL DATES.
Dartnouth Eleven VIII Ne Met In
Manchester Next Year.

MEDvoRp. Mass. Dec. 24.-For the
nrst time In tho history OF the two col
leges the Observation-Disclosures Agricul-
tural College annual football contest
will be played at Amherst In 1917, &C.
cording to the Tufts schedule. made pub
lie Tonight, The Dartmouth Tufts
game will he played at Manchester n.
IT,, IN November II. The schedule fol-
lows,
October 6. Bates at Medford l2. hos.
ton College at Fenway Park 20. Har-
ward at Cambridge: 81. Syracuse al
Syracuse; November .. Massachusetts
Agricultural College at Amherst; 10
Colby at Medford; II. Dartmouth II
AAnoAoeeogs ..... .--..- ~
The sun., 1916-12-25

town. Durger, Ind. Oliphant came 70
West Point from Purdue University IN
Indiana. In the middle WSst Hathaway
Is regarded al an able football player
What would New York say II the
Giants came to the Polo In the
spring and without n day OF practice
attempted 10 play a club that had Just
come up from the South? A parable,
was furnished In the ST. Nicholas rink
last wednesday night when the Williams
College hockey team, which had NOT
been on the Ice this season. faced inc
Princeton seven. II was advertised ana
accepted as a regular match, but the
elements Of hockey therein were %
prominent as an Englishman At a
schuetzenfest. Such q state or anairs
would not arise In ANY other sport. n
II should not happen In hockey either.
Last October a football team from
Carlton College Of Northheld. MINI.
came down and defeated Alonzo stays $
Chicago eleven by I to 0. NOW comes
the report that Cartons coach. {. J.
Hunt, has been asked 10 take Gil Dobies
place at the University Of Washington.
In six years Of coaching Hunt. who IL a
Depauw man, has lost only two games.
Undergraduates desiring to obtain
gym credit other than working In the
gym or taking the regular walks may
do 40 by one hour OF skating on beebe
Lake" a y the Cornell Sun. That's the
proper caper.
After the Syracuse basketball team
had defeated the Princeton five the other
night Coach Luehring Of h Tigers de-
clared he would try next year to obtain
for Syracuse admission into the Inter-
collegiate League. S~yracuse's exhibition
and the splendid court impressed Lsuhs
Ing with the d~esirability Of the Orange
as q member Of the association.
There 10 no DOUBT that the basketball
leaeue 10 IN nssd Of new blood and
stronger competition. The organization
no longer holds the high place II occu'
pied during the halcyon era Of BASKET
ball At Columbia. with fall Of Co
lumbia the league also took . big drop
and now most Of the college basketball
strength IL found outside Of the leagues
ranks.
Still with all the need for a new mem
Der like Syracuse II IL doubtful II Il
would be advisable to admit that uni
~verslty. Syracuse is out OF The beater
path as far as the other members. eN'
cept Cornell. are concerned. and II there
were any opposition to the admission o.
Syracuse 1t would most likely come iron
Cornell.
Dartmouth has been on the verge o.
retiring from the league. As 1t is too re-
mo,cIy situated. 1t would no doubt b.
for the best interests of basketball a
Dartmouth and the New England col
leges II the Green went hack to its ole
company. in which Williams was ~
strongest rival.
Catholic University ~ Washington
may not hc found among the supporter
Of football next season. Gridiron &c
,ivitv has Gu, into the study hours o
the players. say the faculty. and tn
amount OF success on the field has ap
paren;ly not been commensurate witl
the importance attached to the sport
Finance also seems to enter into the ar
gument
The sun., 1916-12-25
RIFLE RULES
New Regulations q Deciding
shooting Title AmOnE Colleges.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.-The national
intercollegiate rife championship this
year will mean much more than 1t has
In III past because of the new rules
and regulations set down by the United
States Wan Department.
The new rules call for 10 shots stand
ing and 10 prone. Last year all shots
were made from a prone position and
several teams made successive perfect
scores. Sergeant Cross says that per-
feet scores will be very scarce this year
because II Is practically impossible to
hit the bullseye more than three times
In succession from a standing position,
The entire shooting for each match
must be made within a period Of twenty
nve minutes. The hrst match will be
shot January rs.
The sun., 1916-12-25
ICE RACE POSTPONED.
First OMcisI went At Red Bank
on lNtu To-day.

TEu RANK. y y. Dec @&--After five
nfth ella as ice yachts ~ the Independent
leo Yacht tlub had lined IN to-day for
tho first oN'iai race - the season, cslie1
by ,c,nmodor" Eaipi, II. Stcksla. the
b,ccz" dird out and prevented the VIII a
winged fleIs from competing q race
Tho boats ready IN start were ''larenr n
FISHERS and Ralph u, Sickels's new
yacht Banrhee, H. q, FACES q. l.. =
Vincent Willis's Fidget. Chester Mir
toms Spy and Paul Matthew's G..
There.
A race has been called for tomorrow
morning.
The sun., 1916-12-25
n. v. walkers visit jersey.

Members OF tho New York Branch OF
the american Walkers Association hiked
from Jersey CITY 10 Re!leviliA turnpike
and return. u distance vt twelve miles,
Yesterday afternoon. Those who started
we're u. Po,let. N. weiser. Il. I. Cunard.
A. Weiss. q. Rau. A. Dipili. w. Shan, II.
Leary. Q. Daniels. J. Vogebach. c. Metz
ner. q. Van Wart, +. Zwick. A. Ullrich,
NJ. Kaufman. J. ]. Roche. NJ. Bundi. l..
B~enhedetto. J. Foley. d. McKeever. W.
F'ettc. A. Clark. ID. Iadupolus. Z. Gross.
w lorenxe. 3. Smirlock. A. Rixman, r.
connauShton end y. keenigsberg.
The sun., 1916-12-25
|FzOTSAM AND ETSAM FROM
WORLD OF AMATEUR SPORT
NJ DANIEL.

Some time ago we declared that
Princeton was fast becoming a university
with a strong Southern flavor n that
while this circumstance was perhaps
hurting its football status. II was Inn
proving its standing In the .ntmbler
sports. Yesterday We learned OF further
leanings at Old Nassau toward Dixie.
We have II that Princeton has applied
for membership in the Southern Inter!
collegiate Athletic Association, with a
view to competing In that organizations
track M field championships on May IL.
There can be no other significance at
tached to this application Of Princeton's
other than its desire to get into closer
touch with colleges with which 1t IL In
personal II not geographical sympathy.
and the vast majority Of which do not
take part In the championships OF the In
tercollegiate Association Of Amateur
Athletes.
Just how the Southern association will
greet this feeling Of sympathy remains to
be seen. No doubt they all like Prince
ton, but II must be recognized that Few
OF the Southern institutions are able 10
give the Tigers very formidable compe-
tition on track and field.
Princeton's move was actuated In part
by It's inability to schedule the annual
meet with Virginia for next spring
! Princeton offered the usual date In May,
but virginia replied that II would then
he busy in the Southern championships
The Dixie meet will probably be held at
Johns Hopkins field at Homewood or
Virginia's beautiful stadium at Char
lottesville. Hopkins appears to be In Inc
lead.
While Percy Haughton's contract 10
coach the Harvard football squad ex-
| pired with the recent season. ne mas
informed tho owers that be that he II
ready TO sign Q new document. AZ
least 10 we ars Informed from up Cam
bridge way. Haughton will very likely
sign soon after the new year.
Last season Haughton wHs eAad %
| came from football funds and half from
alumni gridiron enthusiasts. This time
there 10 likely to be a cut In tho coach's
salary, for report has n that he has been
offered only $1,000 outside OF what the
alumni may want to donate toward his
stipend.
II tho salary cut does come II will be
a case OF sauce for the goose being sauce
for the gander. Haughton is the lead
ing figure in tho movement 10 cut the
salaries OF ball players in the National
! lstdSuf. ~ iIlupt Ilol ~" WV
+. ~. IL president Of the Boston National
League club.
II Haughton remains at the head OF
the Boston club certain graduates whc
have been contributing to his salar!
fund will no longer be found on the list
Harvard wants all OF Haughton's time
after the football players are called out
and II Is entitled 10 IL
The Army ~ not at all daunted b,
the Nays possible acquisition OF Tin
Corey. this year captain OF the eleven a
Nebraska. An appointment to Yves
Point has been offered to Russ Hatha
way. fullback and captain-elect OF TIT
University OF ndian team.
The hand Of Dliphant IL seen II
H~athaway's possible coming Ia thu
Point. for ollie and Hathaway ar
close friends and come from the SANE
The sun., 1916-12-25

AND DARTMOUTH END
THEIR FOOTBALL QUARREL

Boston College. Colby and Dartmouth
are substituted. with one game pending.
The schedule follows:
September 20. Rhode Island State at
Providence.
October 8. Johns Hopkins At Provi-
dence; Friday. October ~. Holy Cross at
Worcester; October Is. Middlebury at
Providence: October 20, Boston College
Cambridge.
November 3. pending: November 10.
Yale at New Haven: November II.
Colby at Providence: November "a.
Dartmouth at Springfield.
The sun., 1916-12-25
B0NHARDT FINISHES FAST.
Comes From Behind In Road Race
aud wins ny 80 Yards.

G.. Bonhardt carried the emblem of the
Navier A. A. to Victory In the four mile
road race staged by his club yesterday
afternoon. lie came from second place
with a rush in the last quarter of u
mite and won by nifty yards. NJ. Sem
field Of the Seward a. a. was the second
man tn finish and +. Gravina Ut the
Navier WAS third. Bonha rdt's time was
~ 80. The finish
The sun., 1916-12-25
DEvEREUx TO REMAIN.
Grand Circuit Head Denies That
lie u 10 Resign.

CLEVELAND. Dec ELL. X. Deve.
reux. president OF the Grand Circuit.
will continue at his post. according to a
statement made By him In response to
the rumor which gained ground through
out the country last week that he would
retire. bcvercuN, however. has tried
- several occasions 10 hn relieved OF
ms duties AZ head ~ the great racing
organization. but IL 80 well liked Inv M,
HHa,s thar Ito has been unable To re.
sign. "
Somebody's having bad dreams"
sa,d Dnvercux. ~ have wanted to he
relieved OF Grand Circuit duties for som.
years, but will not lie down on the ioh
At randall. They must discharge or iaiI
rye TO keep me from trying 10 make !,
the greatest fair plant in the country"
The sun., 1916-12-25
LINDEMAN LEADING GUNNER.
Wins Masy Prtses IN Trap shoot
Of Mankassct Hay Y. &.

W. II, Lindemsn carried M the honors
yesterday In the trap shoot Of the Man.
hasset BAY Yacht Club by winning the
high handicap prize with "a score Of
100 on his handicap Of 20 aud legs on
tho monthly and yearly cups with full
sco,cs In each match. The high scratch
man was Tracy Lewis who KILLED" 90
birds The scores follow