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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-09
"Y' VARSITY TEAM WINS
DEFEATS RANDOLP MACON.
WHILE SECOND QUlNT LOSES
10th Contests Well Played and Fast
With Guards Doing Dandy
Work,

ASHLAND, VA. December S.-Thc
Y. NJ. c. y. nrs, quint % Richmond.
defeated the f;andolph- Macon varsity
five here tonight by the score Of -
To is. while the second Yellow Jacket
team won, from The second Richmond
squad by score oC 80 To I.
Boih wcr" excellent contests for so
carry = t;mss II tho sea.o and soine
OF tho -trSf!s Was OF a-itIgh order The
second teams staged in the preliminary
In this contest. Talbot and Tyler star
red Tor randolph Macon. while rrauci,
ana Iiundlcy did the best work for the
visitors.
The second game was fast from the
start. w,h the Richmond five having
al the best Of things. Eppa Eixey
hoor, scoring total o: twelve field
goals. Claude Woodward also played
Il corking game and basketcd the ball
seven times from the floor
While the work OF these men was
OF high order. the real feature play
OF the game was done by the WISHING
guards. who held the Jacket forwards
well in hand At all Times. and who
accounted FOR number OF scores on
their own account. Becknor was cs-
pecially prominent in scoring from the
guard position. while. although Ehmig
and Wallerstein did dandy work. cast
and Thomas AMI Smoot performed best
for the randolph Macon varsity.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-09
SHARE SCORING
HONORS LAST SEASON
Ingram Of Navy, Tops List of Football Goa-Crossers,
With Conroy Oliphant and Berry Following.
McQuade Bests Gilroy at Georgetown

more player fol! far short Of the lat
tc"'s opportunities 10 kick goals from
touchdownS and while he registered
four field goals his total is twenty
three points short of that Of Ingram.
Uliphapt comes third. with seventeen
,ouchdowns: twenty goals from touch
downs and one field goal for total
of 10.
Berry. OF Pennsylvania. leads the
section in field goals having kicked
seven during the season. three of which
came in the game against Michigan.
Tie scored bu; ten touchdowns and
twenty-four goals thcrefrom. SO that
his complete record is los. Whitehill.
Of Rutgers, is but two points lower
than Berry. and one point higher than
Martin also of the Navy team
Migrants record ior the 1917 season
is TWO points lower than that which Gill
roy, of Georgetown, made a year ago
and just equals the 1915 iisures made
by Barrett. of Cornell.
The leading point scores among the
Eastern college players FOR each sea
son OF the past five years IS shown In
the following tabula;ion
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-09
SOUTH TO HAVE ANOTHER
BUSY SEASON OF GOLFlNG

With each succeeding year tho gap
between the regular golf season and
grows smaller. Latest proof of this is
ut Fnehurst
y glance at the schedule shows that
the tenth annual mid-April tourna-
nlent Will not come to a close before
Most important from n standpoint OF
general Interest are the North and
South chumpionships--wo mems
amateur and mems open. For the last
two the coming gatherings Will make
the eighteenth ANIMALS, While il will
be the sixteenth for the women The
latter tournament is carded Tor March
33 to IS, the open March 20 and 80, and
the mems amateur April to Is.
Miss Elaine Rosenthal. the Chicago
girl whose past triumphs have includ-
ed titles in the West as wei as Florida
n a national event at present holds
Vas, VAS Won by sIiks Brady and the anna:
Brady is not expected TO defend
\ player may qualify il {. higher six
teen. but failing to qualify in the class
in which he is placed cannot drop be-
low the next sixteen. Also. it Is hard
~ possible that any Bobby Jones or
other youthful prodigy, viii ever be
teen-hole courses at Pinchurst, as tn.
age limit for entrants is sixteen years.
coming events are as follows: De-
cember IS to 81 and January I and .,
fifteenth annual midwinter tournament:
January 2s TO 81 and February and
.. fourteenth annual st. Valentines
tournaments: February 3 to s, twelfth
annual ST Valentines tournament for
women: February Fl. fourteenth annual
Tin Whistle anniversary event: March
TO 8. fourteenth annual spring tour
namcnt: March % to IS. sixteenth an
nual united North and South amateur
championship for women; March 10
and 90, eighteenth annual united North
and South open championships: April
to i. eighteenth annual united North
and South amateur championship. and
April Ii to 20. tenth annual nid-ApY
tournament The women will have a
putting contest every. Saturday after
noon for silver trophy.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-09
RECONSTRUCT COLLEGE
ATHLETICS AT TER WAR
Eastern Institutions Favor Estab-
1isllmcnt of Safe and Sane Basis
Following Experiments.
MORE ATTENTION TO MEN
Greater Attention to .imatcurism
and Less Professional Spirit, Cut
ting of Expenditures, Receipts
Consideration Planned.

NEW Work. pooo,ohar Sou,;.,cu,
.; ,,,o,,
!" i''oi % It 'So''S - W '''' VI 49, Is :
athletics after the war upon what has
been termed a safe and sane basis.
- sold "a no Incr.asinr ,t Eastern
.. .
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-. ~. i,I-i1;a, ,,,t,,;n@ so,;,tio,
'.o"", at -. ''
-\n rue" vi we 't''."u. ., 80 W. ",
az t"c VI W. =,
s!nerru cAPer''ien'H ep"o "' -" ', "' 80. .
,Ac ioo'o 'ii se"so' J"H. ~
"e 6"'h'u ,o' !" y 90" 49, -,
prohii"e"t i1"''e!H UNIV u 'S''s9
'"S "po'' thc s"o'ec''
i'esiueht rauhce: " Dow ~. 60
s.,s' III i I'Iett 'i",'' ,HH M"
~ '"e i'N
az. ~.
"'e "e'' please" W" '"e
vi hecP'hS up 'hte'coircs i''e spo'ts Oh
s''hpic an" Inexpensive o'Hls III M"i
'ihe' Gut OF our !aSt year loot"' /
S'"a" OF h!iE NEIL lh'r'! e'le e.,
'hs service. rms seems TO sho" tha'
wholesome outdoor sports Nept With
III bounds, arc good preparation LOT
tho soldiers life. III our camps can
not go without outdoor games. our
colleges need not fear 10 encourage
them. Let us hope that Inc ENFORCE.
absence OF training tables in all our
colleges and huge expenditures and
flaring publicity for individuals mean
the introduction of saner policies when
the war is ended, and that the over
grown business of securing gate re-
ceipts may give way TO the genuine
play of college boys who. through such
play. become finer and stronger men.
Almost simultancowsi% the Yale
Alumni Weekly. in reviewing the foot
l. \ . l..
following commentary:
"A look ahead suggests at leas: on.
formidable need. Football viii be re-
stunned al Yale. as at Harvard ant;
Princeton. Jus; rs soon as conditions
at present beyond lii" control OF any
individuals permit. The Yale fresh
man football team. every ono OF the
eleven and substitutes being members
of the university training units and
subject TO their "NactinS schedules.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-09
IMPORTANT MEETINGS
SPORT GOVERNING BODIES
MEET DURING THIS MONTH
Tennis Association Expected TO RECON-
mend Return Ia Pre:Wnr Baara.
others Advocate COntinuinE.
I,Iy Nh, 1N9sOI1atcu LEnss.

NEW YORK. December S' .S.-several
conferences OF athletic governing
will be held in New York during the
present months, and the outcome OF
those deliberations are expected to have
a far reaching effect upon sport during
me next twelve months. These an
nnai meetings include the gathering
OF the National League or Professional
sasns S'TG lniroa ac InterIatonaI
Lawn Tennis Association. the board Of
stewards OF the intercollegiate Rowing
Association and the National Collegiate
Athletic Association.
Each in turn will carefully consider
tho outlook for the 1913 season in that
particular branch OF sport which 1t
governs or over which it holds advisory
jurisdiction. In a general way il can
he SAID that almost without eNcepti ion
that these organizations are preparing
To advocate a continuation of athletics
within such limitations as may be
deemed advisable or necessary. There
is no denying, however. that the war
has greatly changed the aspects Of
large extent. the game is now intend
ed for those. who. through age limits
vocational exemption or other causes
are not engaged In the more serious
business OF the moment.
Lnuer these conditions. radical
changes are TO be expected and will be
made In the code or playing rules OF
the various organizations. The Nation
al League VIII advocate a reduction
OF the players roster OF each club TO
a maximum Of eighteen among other
innovations. The restoration oil tennis
championship play under certain re-
StrictionS Will be proposed by leaders
OF the court and racquet game. The
college athletic advisory body will sug-
ee*t certain changes and substitutions
for varsity and intermural athletics
while the rowing and track meet att
thorittcs have as yet announced no
definite policy for the coming year.
In view of the elimination OF all
state, sectional and championship ten
mis- tournaments during 1917 the fol-
lowing scmi-ofiical announcement Of
The tennis solons is perhaps the most
important TO flatc.,Ft
Championship lawn tenuts contests In
all their pre-war seNtenSivencss are to
be restored during the coming season,
If the United States National Lawn
Tennis Association at its annual meet
ing next February accepts the recon-
mendationS made to-day by the exc
cUtive committee in council here The
suggestions of President Wilson and
Secretary OF War Baker that tennis
tournaments should go on despite the
demands OF the war upon the people
viii! have especial force with the asso-
citation i'll allowing it TO accept the
recommendations.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-09
Bad Weather Stops
Country Club Golf

'rtr ColHnE committee OF tho
Country Club OF Virginia announced
last niGht TINT becnusc OF the In
element weather yesterday II had
been impossible to compistc the
qualifying round In the tournament
now under way at the club md that
play would be resumed Monday. u
Is expected, weather permitting. the
qualifying round will he finished by
Monday night and that the tOurna-
mcnt Will he completed by next
Saturday night. During the week
following the tournament tho Win
Nor will represent the Country Club
Ia tho competition for the Branch
trophy.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-09
GOULLET AND MAGIN WIN
Tenn Takes SiN-Day Race, Covering
2.5ii Miles aud Seven IapS
Ia LII Hours

MEM YORK. December S.-Goullct
and Magin won on points the annual
SIN day bicycle race which closed at
MADISON square Garden at midnight.
The finish OF the siX-day race with
points scored was as follows:
Goullet- Magin. LOS points
Naddcn-Corr J92.
lIill-lIanlcy. I3S.
Lawrence Thomas. 367
Spears Ncrri, 3l6
Smith Weber, 1863
Carmen and Wiley. So
The distance covered by the seven
leading teams was 2.514 miles and
seven laps. The event this year lasted
TO within two minutes OF IA hours.
the worlds record for II track race OF
l42 hours is 2.759 miles and two laps,
made by Goullct and Crcnda in 1914
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-09
ROOSEVELT FAVORS BOXING
Never IL Sympnthiycr with Cutlery
Against sport and Believes In IL
Whether Amateur or prOfcSsinnnl

NEW YORK. December S.-.An UNI
qualified approval OF both amateur and
professional boxing was given to-day
by Theodore Roosevelt to a canvasSei.
OF sentiment in the state on the re-
peal of the Frawlcy law. which pro-
hibitS the iistic sport to the public.
save in clubs having a bona hide mem
bcrship The former president said in
Il letter.
Il regard boxing, whether profess
Sional or amateur. as a iirSt-clasS sport.
! have never been able 10 sympat hizc
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-09
$50 GAMES IN AMERICAN
iau johnson Announces Tint Ginnts'
CoufroI Of Polo Grounds ScccS-
States Longer Schedule.

CHICAGO. December S.---Ian John
son. president of the American Lea que.
informed the club owners OF his or
isanization that nest years schedule
would consist Of $50 games. and not
40 as he had originally decided. The
New York Giants control of the Polo
Grounds. he said, makes tho longer
card necessary.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-09
MARINE. INFlNTRYMEN
DEFEAT tRTILI.ERSMEN
cial TO The Times dispatch.

ISperlaI 20 THO IlmtS- Dl"patch.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. VA, December
S.---Seven hundred marines from the
Quantico training camp came here by
special train to-day and this afternoon.
In heavy rain. two crack teams rep
rcscnting Artillery and Infantry re-
spoctivoiy played match game OF
football for tho championship of the
Quantico Post Infantry Won, 10 TO o.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-09
Wnlthour Brcnk. Lee.

NEW YORK, December ST was
learned here tonight that Bobby Wal
;hou". in going 10 his home i'm Newark
from Madison Square Garden. fell heav-
lily on The ice and broke his left leg.
lie had only recently returned from
Parts. whore he sustained u fracture
oc The skull and was unconscious for
thirty days.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-09
CARDINALS EARN A PROFIT
The S.0,O0O Cleared Last Season First
Hcn1 Returns During Last Five
Srnrs-lSrONns Heavy Losers.

ST. LOUIS, AO.. December S.--The
$4,000 cleared this year by the Cardi-
mails is the Qrst real profit this team
has brought It's owners in five years.
according to figures revealed here to-
day. This sum represents a rcaliZat ion
OF nearly per cent on the s350,O00
spent during the season for the
grounds. franchise and players.
In comparison with this il was
learned that the st. Louis browns lost
twice as much as the Cardinals earned.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-09
Another Mat Comcdian.

NEW YOItN, Dcccmber S.-The IN
ternational catch-as Ca tch-can wres-
thing tournament has revealed another
mat comedian in the person of Sula. or
who losses remarks to the gallery
gods" as he wrestles, and kids his
opponents while he cncoils them in
multitude OF outlandish holds.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-09
BI..tCI<'S RESERVES BEAT
BOSTON NASY-lARD TEAM

CAMBRIDGE. MASS. December s.
a frozen field with cut hay sprinkled
plentifully over IL and a i1itteriy-rought
football battle were tho features to day
of cupid Blacks Newport Naval Re-
serves victory over Les Lcary's Boston
Navy-Nard eleven by tile score Of 4
10 o. The cold did not keep the 10000
SDeItNt Org from CrowdinE the side lines.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-09
PIRATES ARE FOR SALE
nat DPeyfuss Snys It's Absurd to Con,
sder McGi1l md Smith ns
Probable Purchasers.

PITTSBURGH. PA, December S.
Earacy Drcyfuss. president OF the
pittsburgh Pirates. labelled as "ab-
surd' the reports here to-day that
lanes c. McGill and William Smith.
owncrs Of the Indianapolis American
Association Club. may buy the Pirates.
NE added. however, that they are for
Iaie to whoever can offer the price.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-09
DcORO AND OTIS qO MEET
IN HAVANA NsNT MONTH

NEW YORK. December S.-Alfred
DcOro. world three cushion billiard
champion, Is to hcet Charles Otis. OF
Brooklyn. in a championship match NJ
Havana on January. 10, IL. and ~.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-09
CI,n,IcI WIND Itn,c

CHARLESTON. S. c.. December S.
The tenth annual relay race here to-
day was won by the Citadel I'm one
hour, sixteen minutes and thirty-ninc
seconds. The college OF Charleston
WAS second. No records were broken.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-09
Team. Hattie to Tie.

COLUMBIA, S. c., December S.-The
football teams Of Camp Hancock, Au
Susta. and Camp jackson. hattied 10
II Scorelcss tie here to-day. Josh Cody
former Vanderbilt star. for Camp Jack
son. made three futile attempts to kick
field goals. The Camp Jackson team
has not been scored ON this sCason.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-09

Notwithstanding the limitations i'm
posed upon Eastern college football as
a result Of the war the struggle for
individual scoring honors has been. al
most as close as IN pas; seasons when
tho pnmc was the principal feature Of
varsity sport activity. Although quar-
tcrback Ingram. OF the United States
Naval academy team. finished in the
lead he was closely pressed for the
better part OF the fall by several play
erS from other institutions. including
oiiphant. OF the army: Conroy, Swarth-
more; Berry. rennsylva and White
hill, Of Rutgers.
ingram scored lG2 points for the
Midd!cs during the season % eight
games which was considerably more
than third OF the total OF 442 points
credited 10 the Navy, enabling il TO
finish second among the Eastern and
Southern colleges from the standpoint
o: high scoring. Ills record shows
nineteen touchdowns and forty-ciGhi
goals from iouchdowns.
Conroy scorct; the same number Of
touchdowns as Ingram. but the Swarth-
Evening star., 1917-03-19

the mercy Of either the railroads or the
brotherhoods, or Of both. Transporta-
tion service is essential to the national
well-being in times Of peace as well as
in times Of war-in all times. We need,
and must have, a railroad service keep
ing all sections Of the country in the
closest possible connection with one an
other. Short Of that we should face
again, as we have just faced, situation
causing deep and widespread anxiety,
and which might easily produce fnan-
cial panic or more serious disaster.
Much speculation is current, some per-
suasive, some the merest froth. Gov
ernment ownership and operation Of
railroads, it is asserted, would surprise
nobody. That policy, we are told, is not
only on the way, but close at hand. 1t
is suggested that it is desired by
some of those prominent in the
agitation Of the past eight months. How
ever that may be, while private owner
ship exists and employees are answerable
to it, let the public be made absolutely
secure against helplessness and all re-
sulting disaster.
Evening star., 1917-03-19

preparing q stroke Of grand strategy
against tho enemy. But the fact re-
mains that ground stubbornly contested
for two years and q half has now been
yielded, the greatest area abandoned
since the retreat from the Marne. The
British and the French troops are given
the inspiration Of forward movement.
The Freach are regaining their own soil.
At verdun the French said, "They
shah not pass" and the way to the cit
adel was blocked with determination
which won the admiration Of the world.
This successful French resistance at
Verdun was thought by many to indi-
cate that the allies would themselves
meet with equally obstinate resistance
when their turn came to assault. The
failure last summer to penetrate the
German lines or make an appreciable
gain seemed to confirm this doubt. Now
the German lines have been crushed in
and miles of advance have been accom-
plished with heavy losses to the retreat
ing army. This is, indeed, a "spring
drive" and at the present moment it
appears as possibly the beginning Of
the end in the west. Lord Kitchener
said the war would last three. years.
This is the third year.
Evening star., 1917-03-19
Guardsmen's Jobs.

It Is stated that $50 members Of the
District National Guard who responded
to the Presidents call last summer are
still without employment. Places for
these men should be found as quickly
as possible. It matters not whether
some Of those who went to the border
were at the time out Of positions. Every
man who went and came back is entitled
to some form of remunerative occupa-
tion. The community owes it to itself
to demonstrate that service in the guard
is appraised as valuable, and that it is
rewarded by chance afterward to earn
a living at some useful work.
It is easy for a business man to say
"no vacancy" to an applicant for a po-
sition. But these men who are out of
work because they went to the front
deserve more consideration than the
casual seeker after job. The District
is under such an obligation to them that
the business man who hires workers
should be disposed to make vacancy,
not by dismissing another, but by pro-
viding work. In every growing busi-
ness establishment there are opportuni-
ties to do this.
Wednesday night the District will
welcome the guardsmen home at a re-
ception at Convention Hall, preceded by
parade with fireworks. 1t should be
possible to announce then that every
man who went out from here to the
border and returned with the guard is
now provided for comfortably in a po-
sition at living compensation.
Evening star., 1917-03-19
Patriotism Above Profits.

Patriotism has prevailed. There will
be no strike on the railroads Of the coun-
try because the railroad executives have
taken cognizance Of the nations neces-
sites and have yielded to the brother
hoods in the matter of the eight-hour
day in advance of the Supreme Court
decision. This yielding was fastened by
the news that three American vessels had
been sunk by German submarines, one
without warning, and possibly with loss
of American lives. Whether this addition
to the list of German aggressions upon
American rights puts the United States
at war with Germany, the immediate in
depreciation of it by the railroad e1ecu-
tives as involving the United States in
potential conflict with foreign power
has had the effect Of preventing sus
pension Of transportation that would
have been no less than a national dis
aster.
For this patriotic concession for the
pun pOoC VI SloppaSC VI
the country's transport system the peo-
pie of the country owe sincere gratitude
to the men who constitute the board Of
managers of the railway lines. Their
recognition of the national peril was
immediate and their sacrifice was un-
hesitating and effective. The country is
heavily in their debt.
It is the country's hope today that
this adjustment precipitated by the in
creased acuteness Of the international
situation will be permanent, that it will
be no mere makeshift to meet an inter-
national difficulty. The prosperity of
the country depends so greatly upon
the transportation lines and is affected
so seriously by any stoppage or threat
Of trouble between the trainmen and the
companies that this settlement if so
framed as to be enduring will make for
domestic peace and the material welfare
Of the people.
Evening star., 1917-03-19
The Great Drive in France.

Germany's retreat on, the western
front may be in accordance with fixed
plan for the purpose Of a stand at some
point to the eastward Of the old lines,
possibly strongly prepared in advance,
but it begins to look strikingly like
rout. IF Won Hindenburg has managed
to withdraw the bulk of his artillery and
supplies and troops backward along an
eighty-mile front for q depth Of ten
miles or more, without impairing the
efficiency and morale Of his army, he
has accomplished q remarkable feat,
perhaps not paralleled in warfare Every
evidence points to the fact that the Brit
ish and French are actually only fight
ing rear guard of the German forces
and that the main body is some distance
eastward. For the present it is impos-
sible to determine where the German
line now runs, if such line exists. A
general retirement from France may at
this moment be in progress, though it
has been often stated that q supposedly
impregnable series Of defenses had been
prepared at Cambria, through st. Quen-
tin, and from those points north and
south generally parallel to the old line
20 long held. But it is to be doubted
whether defenses could be possibly de-
vised stronger than those which the Ger
mans held so tenaciously during MANY
months Of "trench warfare" and which
have now been smashed.
The moral effect Of this German with
driwal cannot fail to be serious for the
Germans and valuable to the allies. All
the official Berlin communications are
obviously careful in their wording to
give the impression Of definite plan
Of which this retreat is q part, the an
nouneements subtly conveying the sug-
ssstion tint Gen. Won Hindenburg il