Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-19
Yale to Revive All, Sports.

Yale to Revive All, Sports.
New Haven. Conn. Dec. 1s.--Yale Is
making it's strongest effort since the
war began last April to revive sports
Every winter branch OF athletics ex-
cept hockey has already been reor-
ganized, a schedule arranged for the
indoor season, and movement has
been started looking toward forming
teams in the spring sports-baseball'
track athletics. and rowing.
This program Is being withheld for
the present, because it Is possible that
the next draft. when ordered or the
next call for an officers training camp
will take away most of the members
of the present Yale undergraduate
military units. who compose the Re
serve Officers. Training corps. and will
leave the spring athletic teams with
out a stable nucleus. Last year not q
member OF the three spring sport
teams was left when the call for troops
was first sounded and all sport was
abandoned.
In hating and timid way Yale
made an effort to revive sport this fall.
A frst class freshman and weak in
formal eleven, composed Of upperclass
players, gave the university a slender
schedule OF football. 4 soccer team
played half dozen college rivals, al
tho it defeated mono Of them, because
OF defections Of its ranks due to war
service. A track squad was formed.
which held lively track meet. and
a varsity and freshman. rowing squad
was organized which practiced on the
harbor all the fall, finally holding a
regatta which showed two excellent
varsity and two freshman eishts up
10 Yale's usual average.
Since the football season closed UNI
usually promising boxing and fencing
squads have been organized, and long
err and more elaborate schedules and
seasons will be organized for both.
These teams will be emphasized be-
cause of their war Importance.
Baseball Safe, Tsner Declares.
New York, Dec. 1s.-Holding that
baseball Is such an important factor in
American life that 1t Is Indispensable.
John X. Tener president Of the Ma
tfonal league. in, his annual address to
the organization last Tuesday, urged
the owners to maintain just aas high
a standard Of play as possible during
the war. He declared himself conf
dent that by fostering, projecting, and
advancing the game" baseball would
be more popular than ever after the
war. The address was made public
today.
with respect to the interest the
American people will take in their ma
tional game next year." he said, Il do
not hesitate to express my confidence
in their loyalty and attachment to 1t.
1t is my firm conviction that the inter-
est is inherent, that it will be made
manifest at the proper time. and that
you should make provision to cater to
it with little less detail, care and atten-
ton than in former years."
OF playing personnel Tener said:
Already every club has felt the eff
feet of our national emergency. but
am satisfied that the national draft In
it's ultimate working will leave all
clubs on practically the same basis as
far as playing strength is concerned
Therefore strongly recommend the
ACCESSIBILITY Of retaining under your
control all available players until such
a time as it may be determined ex-
pedient to dispose Of them because OF
failing attendance due to lack Of in
terest, or that such reserve players are
found wanting in major league skill
and ability.
1T is most important to the welfare
OF the National league that 1t secure
players of exceptional ability and that
it gain it's share Of world series victor
| les.
"Our patrons are not interested in
your financial gains and losses, hut
they are interested as sportsmen n
our national game. For, after all, base.
ball to them Is but a sport"