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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30
Northwestern Secures
Conference Indoor Meet

Faculty representatives OF all the
colleges Of the Western Conference
awarded the annual indoor meet 70
Northwestern University. and II will
take place on March 20, in Patten gym.
nasium. On the previous evening.
March %, the conference swimming
meet will be held in the Northwestern
swimming tank.
The annual outdoor conference track
and field meet will take place at Stagg
Field, At the University of Chicago, but
the exact date has not been determined.
II will be early In June, as usual. Chi.
cago also WAS awarded the conference
tennis tournament. and although the
dates weren't settled definitely. il is
probable IL will take place May 20,
"a and 20.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30
Many Recruits
To Players Of
Squash Tennis

Squash tennis found host Of new
followers, both In players and enthu-
EiAsts, during the season Of 1917, which
tntsd last spring. However, many OF
tie younger element Of players were
missing when play was resumed in
October, as they had joined the differ
snt war units Of the United States in
TIE struggle for democracy. New courts
were erected In q number Of the
biggest clubs Of the East, and The
Journeys under tho Jurisdiction OF the
National Squash Tennis Association
found an increased number OF clubs a;
Competitors.
In spite % the enlistment Of play
tis the officials have found Il neees'
fAry TO add a Class y championship
tourney 20 the list Of series matches
70 care for the new men. This com
petition will take place az the Colum-
eis Club IN February, and the com
mlstce has been assured Of large en-
ny All the Journeys during the com
INC month are certain TO have a com
parativoly big list OF entrants, this
condition being forecast by the hearty
response for entries in the national
handicap play held recently.
Onc Of the newest recruits 20 the
,Port, The Yale Club, captured the Class
u team championship OF the Metropoli-
Ian Association in its first year in the
series. As the majority Of the players
we're engaging in competition for tho
vs. time it was not thought advisable
- enter the Class a tourney. In the
lass team series the Eli group
t.oWcd itself 10 be an exceptionally
prong aggregation and a sure con
gear.
The Harvard Club retained It's Class
y Team title u decisive fashion. How
yer; the team has been badly wrecked
~ me enlistment OF three Of its best
members, but the players hope 70 have
= strong representative squad IN
.sls with the help OF the substitute
MI the individual players Eric 8.
inston, Of the Harvard Club, proved
We strongest Of the Metropolitan As
e',auon men. His playing next year
l9e0l matches will be curtailed, as
~ ia with an ambulance unit. Win
~ Won the national title for the sec
s"e tiIne, and also was Of great aid
matches.
,..emoered among the new men who
-. op me sport was Jay Gould, who
sspts.tnted the Columbis Club. His
ss.soy playing and ability Of making
fe.ssuohsl gets" proved his strongest
IN enc ms aggressive game made
row hls lack Of position play. lie is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30

Jones and Norman Taber.
New records, both intercollegiate
and Amateur Athletic Union, were few
during the season, owing to the large
number Of athletes all over the country
that answered the call to arms. Con-
sequently many meets were post
poned and the few that were held
found a decidedly small number Of
giate championships were postponed, for
the first time in forty-one years. The
other collegiate associations and the
A. A. Y. held their annual games.
While the East gained its share of
the honors, the athletes Of the Middle
West again took rapid strides 10 the
front. This was particularly true In
tho A. A. L. outdoor championships at
ST. Louis, when the Chicago A. A. team
duplicated It's victory in the senior in
door games in this city. The junior
outdoor title went to the Illinois Ath-
letic Club By an overwhelming score,
Times that almost smashed the stand.
ards in a number Of races also went to
the credit OF the athletes Of this Sec
ton.
With the decision of the New York
Athletic Club not TO be represented in
any championship competitions and the
disbandment of the Irish-American
Athletic Club, the local organizations
were not so prominent as formerly in
title competitions. But athletes from
these clubs who competed in the cham
pionship meetings gave a good account
OF themselves.
Only six running and two walking
records were established during the
year, this small number being due 10
the athletes joining the colors. Ray
captured the one-mile outdoor cham
pionship. in 4:1S. which was considered
a great niece of running on the cuppy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30
Miss Dorfner Agrees to
Defend Her Swim Title

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 29.-Miss Olga
Dorfner, womsn's champion short
distance swimmer, announced to-day
that she would agree to defend her title
at the Brighton Beach tank against Miss
Claire Galligsn, Of New York, and
Thelma Darby, the fourteen'yeSr-old
indianapolis star, provided the date
set Is after January |.
The challenge emanated from Miss
Darby, who defeated Miss Galligan In
an invitation meet az Indianapolis.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30


fielding averages The writer refers TO Hank GOwdy
former catcher OF the Braves organized basebss soldier
pioneer Gowdy enlisted at the height of the season. while
ms team had still chance for the pennsnt His
case OF true patriotism and devotion the example had
most edifying effect upon the profession generally.
There IS at present means Of establishing @ true
line on the outlook for 1913 There is way OF telling
what material will be available 20 the sixteen major
league CLUBS when il time for spring trimming How
ever as IS of competition that makes real sport
conditions IN both major leagues should be improved
those OF a twelvemonth back
Certainly the Giants though they suffered comparative
~ no losses far should not stand out FAR ahead
everything in the Tener ring The acquisition Of Alex
ander and Killifer makes of the Cubs a most serious
contender Matty has fine team In Cincinnati and
which should be far better in future result OF last
seasons development. higgins left strong club st.
Louis, one which slight overhauling should make a
serious pennant contender.
In the American League three Of the strongest clubs
nave been riddled by draft and enlistment These are
Boston, Cleveland and Chicago Macks Athletics
hardest hit by the and Connie in addition sold 10
Boston the rest of his cubsrunk, Schang and Bush.
Even these three stars will not make Of the Red Sox
team as formidable that OF for Barry has
gone and with him the entire ined two outfed-
and Ernie Shot of his dependable pitchers
Wholesale American League losses have hit hardest the
first division clubs This fact is likely reestablsh
better balance than has prevailed in several years
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30

,,ion the course proved a yard more
than the mile distance. Edwin Fall, Of
Oberlin College. ran several smashing
races out West.
Andy Kelly, OF Holy Gross College,
now a Lieutenant In tho infantry,
showed his calibre as a sprinter when
he captured the 3OO-yard indoor title
in 1925 seconds, which performances
nc repeated in both the semi-hnsl and
final heat. Andy Ward, the national
champion, reigncd supreme in dsshe'
az 100 and 200 yards, while Msxam, OF
Pennsylvania, and Shea. Of Pittsburgh
ran we'll as quarter milers.
Clinton Larsen was the find OF ths
year and upheld the prestige OF Brig
ham Young University In developing
high Jumpers. The successor to Alma
Richards cleared the bar at feet bn
inches, az the Pennsylvania relay
games. The crosspiece was then raised
to 6 feet ~: inches, but after Larsen
had cleared this height. he knocked
down the bar with his shoulder. In an
exhibition later. Larsen smashed the
existing world record standard, but {"
the event was not under A. A. U. rules
the mark was not recognized.
In tho few events in which be com
peted, Ted Meredith showed that be
was the whirlwind Of old in races ut
the qusrter-mile and hslf-mile. 30
had close rivals in Earl Ely, Penn
runner; Overton and several Others.
Bob Simpson. the Missouri Univcr-
sity greyhound. Is still without an
equal over the hurdles. While his sp-
pearances we're few and far between,
Simpson won both the Western Confer
ence hurdle races Of l2O and 22O yards
in fast time.
A youngster who came to the front
in bounds at hurdling was Harold T..
Barron, Of Penn State. He performed
well against Simpson at the Penn relay
!, games. and captured the national 100
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30

T AVN tennis astronomers will get their glasses
and gaze upon the most spectacular meteor that has
- flashed the horizon since the days when
the Mclaughlin comet streaking the Ea. We
beg introduce ladies and gentlemen girls and boys Robert
Iindley Murray of Pao Alto Call but of Buffalo
NJ T. who stamped himself the greatest player of 1917 by
winning the national last August Forest Hills
Ne. York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30

u
Ray and Overton fought out many ducs in races
around the oneme distances TO decide the supremaeiy
and in only one did the little Chicago runner fol
low home the Yale This came in the lOOoyard
indoor senior national run, when Overflow IN thrling
finish, "few away" from Ray, TO win easily IN the new
record time of 21i However Ray avenged this defeat
several times He from 0yerton in special mile-and-
ahaf race time, and later trounced Overton IN
the national title Another record to the credit OF Ray
came In a two-mile indoor race.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30

o Before turning 70 prieI survey VI
the outlook for 1918 let US regard
shortly the accomplishments OF the
season which closed with the uneIpect'
ed defeat Of the Giants by the White
Sox in the world series. From q strict
~ scientific point Of view that peren-
NAL champion, Ty Cobb, was the out
standing feature OF the major cam
paign.
The Georgian Peach regained from
Iris Speaker the all-sround champion
/ shin which had been his for nine con-
secutive years before the Texan
snatched it from Ty's brow in 1916.
Cobb won his tenth championship OF
eleven seasons and in fashion which
stamped him a champion Of champions.
: lie has already gone done in history as
the master genius Of his day.
Within the last year or two num-
Der Of young players have como TO the
front, any one Of whom may some day
usurp the crown of Tyrus. when the
Georgian hits the inevitable decline.
Eddie Roush, the Red outheld star,
outclassed his National League com
pany quite as far as Ty showed the way
in the American. Rogers Hornsby, TIE
kid shortstop Of the Cardinals, proved
by grand cam!aign that he was no
fash in the pan.
iris Speaker kept prominently IN che
fight all the way and carried Cobb at q
clip no other player could have dupli-
Gated. Then there was George Sisler,
first bssemsn Of the Browns. He
reached supremely great batting
heights, and but for a bad slump in
mid-season might easily have crowded
the great Cobb himself
The season Of 1917 proved that base
ball does not lack for players OF real
merit. But IN passing out the palm
owe should not overlook one hero whose
l.. -. - -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30
Packey Has Big Class

Psekey Mcfarland, former ring cham
pion. is meeting with great success as
boxing instructor 20 the soldiers =,
Houston, Texas. lie says he has 24'ooe
men, each boxing half hour day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30


George Gouldng the Canadian. hung up another walk
ing record mis- credit this at three miles while tloyd
smart OF Northwestern University, equaed the A4Oyard
hurdle record of 81 40 seconds. ,
Knourek of the Illinois Athletic Club, was also in the
lireieht winning the junior and senior outdoor pole vault
champion ships 0verbec, freshman of Illinois University
cleared 4s feet s inches IN the running hop step and
discus while Pat Ryan showed best with the heavier
weights.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30


situation. For very obvious the smaller organza
tons bound 20 feel the first OF economical
erenehmen by the nation Cities Of moderate population
comprise such and the full power Of the small towns
has been devoted 20 industries.
Organized baseball and particularly the minor leagues,
should be commended for the spirit displayed throughout
the OF 1871 True craftsmanship prevailed in the
sticks where majority OF the accepted unusual
losses without murmuurg and kept in the belief that
the life Of the game demanded financial sacrifice The
major leagues suffered unusual hardshps. Indeed the
season was unusually successful financially.
And this despite the fact that both major circuits
topheavy. The Giants far outcassed the National field
that the pernant Joke by Labor Day. The then
world champion Red SoX and the prospective world cham
pon White SoN the class OF the American League
in both the Johnson and Tener circuits the compe
tous developed long before the end Of the campaigns
into professions.
Organized baseball has 70 feel proud Of its mil
itsry achievements There slightly than 300
major league players under employment in 1917. More
than sevenfve OF thesea total of % per with
the c0ors. The majority went voluntarily Il is probable
that before spring 80 per cent will have The per
eentage is likely higher in the minor leagues. What
other branch Of sport beat this showing?
The msgatcs themselves have most fitting representa-
tive In Captain ]. l. Huston, half of the Yankees
who IS France with regiment of engineers. Cap
Huston did than any other three baseball powers
10 foster the martial spirit among baseball players He
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30
rorty Hockey Candidates

va, SSs'y candidates for the Boston Navy
kert.eha Boston Athletic Association
n eeFens have reported 20 George
= "'SFn at the Boston Arena.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30

ID, srr.rc there followed a natural'
laugh unnecessary depression, which
.,,uIed io general eurtailment Of
.,srts. pssttmcs and general recres-
s,rs. Powers in control Of the more
,,su's- and strenuous forms Of activ-
..i,s through a false sense Of patriotic
5e,v. voted almost solidly FOR curtsii-
-sut or suspension Of those sports they
governed.
They made the move before they had
,orsultcd government opinion. And
though tho government later advocated,
ssit still advocates, full indulgence in
m forms Of hcalthful and manly reerc-
stion for thc future physical good Of
rs eitizcury, the early rebuff could not
BE- entirely eliminated in most sports.
Those in control Of organized base
bau showed more discretion. They
vent right 20 the root Of the difficulties
by consulting those highest in govern
ment authority. They made 1t clear
that they were prepared 20 cease oper-
s;ions pending the end Of the war II
such q course were deemed most ex-
pedIcrt
TO say that the 1917 season for pro
iessioral baseball generally was so
successful ss many Of the past would
be quite incorrect. The two major
leagues, in spite Of many wartime con-
tracts, enjoyed marked prosperity. But
minor leagues on the whole Jared far
worse. Twenty-Five minor circuits
opened the 1917 campaign, and fourteen
Of them either had 10 disband or wind
up the season earlier than planned.
The outlook for minor league baseball
in 1918 is most dubious.
i IS very questionable If the Inter
national Zone of the three A. A. class
will be in operation next season. Its
suspension no doubt would have a very,
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30
Ray, Ouerton and Larsen Gained
Chief LaureLs on Track and Field
Outdoor Intercollegiate Meet Can
celIed, but Other Fixtures, In
Guiding A. A. u. National
Championships, Were Held
By a. c. Cavagnaro

feat by Oyerton as remarkable az his l,oOo-ynd
record race was performed In the onemie run o. INC
Mcadowbrook Club games Philadelphia, when he covered
The distance in 4lG Many dscredted this piece OF run
ming over The proycd tenap track bu upon inyestgs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30
Six Running and Two Walking Rec
ords Established During 1917,
Small Number Being Due
to Call to Arms

Joie W. Ray John W. Oyerton and Clinton Larsen
proved the outstanding stars track and field during the
Of 1917 Each figured in sensational performances
Rays maserul running in distances at one mile and over
placed him on par such great John Paul
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30
Major League Baseball Had Big Year,
But Minors Suffered Great Hardships
Ty Cobb Again Proved Wonder Man
of Game, With Roush and Sisler
Also in Limelight
Races for remnants Spoiled Some
what by Marked Superiority of
Giants, White Sox and Red Sox
BY w. J. Macbeth

ra baseball wa +
little r1nh ofrc clubs a
sprp n &c
sacs Q q ne gi al
cleared nlsnpt from
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30
Columbus Ambitious

The swimming team OF the Naval
Academy will make its seasons debut
against the Princeton mermen on jan
uarv % in the Annapolis pool
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-03-27
AGRICULTURAL PREPAREDNESS

That the United States may be able to
export as much foodstuff as possible to its
allies in the event of war, the Department
of Agriculture urges all farmers to in
crease their paintings, and declares further
that it is the patriotic duty of city, dwell
ers to develop back yard gardens.
But though the problem of food is in
vested with spectacular interest now, it
is.no more important than it ever was.
The annual loss the south has suffered
from not being self sustaining is about
equal to the pillage of an invading army.
peoples we'll being and happiness as inn
portant in time of peace as in time of war
And if the purpose of education is to equip
men and women for the worlds work.
should not one of their principal studies
in school be gardening, in order that they
may the bettersbe able tovserve themselves
and through themselves their country ?
No matter how willing men and women
are to follow the governments urge, if
they don't know the first principles of
gardening, their success will not be start
ling.
AS our population increases, life may be
expected to become even harder-the
sharpest pinch will of course be in the
cities. We are not doing Our duty to pos
terity if in addition to maintaining farm
demonstrators in the country, we do not
maintain agricultural teachers in the city
This is problem to which we invite the
special attention of our own board of ed
ucation. In connection with Our public
schools should be operated demonstra-
ton garden in which every child between
the age of 9 and 16 should have his plot
one teacher could look after hundred pu-
pills and the expense would not be great
but the returns would be enormous. Chill
dren would thus grow up gardeners; and
in addition to an earning capacity, schoo
would have given them saving capacity
And they would exert a powerful influence
on the upbuilding of the surrounding
country.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-03-27
State Press Comment
Unfriendliness or Ignorance?-

Unfriendliness or IgnOrance?-
Several Florida newspapers, not
ably the Lakeland Telegram, contin-
ues to publish statements that would
lead their readers to assume that
there is some dark and ugly plan to
place state lands outside of the Ever
glades drainage section back of the
Everglades reclamation bonds.
This is a sort of unfriendliness
that is injurious to the state, if it is
intended as unfriendliness, and igno-
rance of Florida newspapers of the
Plan to place only the state lands that
are in the Everglades section back
of the bonds seems inexcusable con-
sidering the amount of publicity
given the matter.
As the Fort Lauderdale Herald
states it: "Not an acre in any coun-
ty outside the Everglades section will
be taxed. We believe that when the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-03-27
The SCRATCH PAD
Bv THOMAS EWING DABNEY.

HAS Pensacola ever stretched that
net across its harbor?" asks the
Tampa Tribune. What net?
With the country becoming bone
dry, meatless, and potatoless, a man
is lucky now to find the hole of a
doughnut in its customary place.
If the Somme retreat is strategic,
then the drive on Paris was not Ia
dertaken to capture the city but to
give the people jolly good scare.
The happy man is he who receives
all his money in five and ten dollar
greenbacks and doesn't have to sorry
over the new halves not stacking.
Vardaman says that if the United
States had been neutral she would
not now be on the verge of war. Var
daman can consistently be depended
upon to act Ike the Liberty Bell.
If Germany does capture any gun
ners from our armed merchantmen
we hope she won't execute her threat
to hang them: this country is fed up
on overt acts.
Doubtless the reason why the
United States is holding off offensive
operations so long is to enable Ad-
miral Grayson to improve his nautical
knowledge.
Now that Russia has been demo-
cratized, we hope the movies will let
up on nihilistic and secret police
scenarios, and all the turgid terror
of whiskers.
The two months in which Germany
said England was to be starved are
practically up, and still naughty Al
bion is no nearer its knees than
Kaiser Bill is to Calais.
"a woman's clothes should be a
sentiment expressed in fabrics"
quotes the Tampa Tribune, remarlIing
that this is poetry, but it looks to US
like foul conspiracy against a mans
| pocketbook.
"The female of the species is more
deadly than the male" lamented
kipling, but Santa Rosa boy has
brought back the prestige to his sex
by Ginning himself twenty-three
times to a girls eleven.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-03-27
NAVAL ENLISTMENT.

After two years of agitation, we have
Let of plans but very little preparedness.
Out greater fleet won't be ready before
1920; airplane strength could not be devel-
oped to anything approaching adequacy
before 1919; our frs: batch of submarine
chasers will not be ready for three months
what a tremendous damage can be
wrought in that time! Both army and navy
are below strength.
That the problem is serious, is shown by
the personal appeal of Secretary Daniels,
through the national press, for naval en-
listments.
The navy is our first line of defense.
The weaker our other defenses are the
stronger this must be. With whatever
problem that might be developed south of
the Rio Grande, our army should be we'll
able to cope; it is from the sea that the
menace threatens-not only our shipping,
but our coastal cities as we'll To front the
danger, new ships and ships in reserve are
being commissioned as rapidly as possible
maximum enlistment-87, 000-is called
for: ''the need" says Secretary Daniels, SIS
imperative"
Young men who have no family ties
should heed the call Pensacola, women
have already organized their Red Cross
contribution to the national need-the
time has come for Pensacola men to show
their worthinesS-