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The Washington times., 1917-10-30
BENNY LEONARD APPEARS
IN BIG RING CARNIVAL

NEW YORK. Oct. 3O.-Five bouts
OF six rounds each will furnish a real
carnival OF rsiic action in the next
show OF the Manhattan A. c, TO be
held at Manhattan Casino next Thurs
day evening. The program follows:
Benny Leonard vs. Young Lustfg.
frankie Callahan VS.. Harry Condor.
Patsy Cline VS.. Young Rector
Freddie Welsh vs.. Jimmy Paul.
Soldier Bartneld VS.. Tex Kelly.
Thirty rounds OF presumably inter
esting boxing are, therefore, assured
in this card, provided, of course. that
all the mills go the limit. This is an
innovation in a way. Usually matches
OF Importance have been staged for
ten rounds under the FrawIey law
But when the Manhattan A. c. planned
its big carnival ana signed five head
liners il did so with a view to furnish
five siX-Tound bouts rather than three
of ten rounds. Under the FrawIey
Jaw no more than three ten-roInd at
fractions may be put on by any cub.
Thursday nights program is also
expected to sound the fans on the
popularity OF the shorter route. when
the Frawley law goes out OF exist
ence. on Move ember 10. ten-round bouts
will no longer be permissible even
under TIE membership plan by which
clubs operated before the game was
legaIized. lust now the promoters
are much concerned over the future
They believe il will be difficult to in
terest in short bouts a public that has
been educated to scraps over the
longer distance. The Manhattan A. &.
should give a pretty good line on this
new condition.
The Washington times., 1917-10-30
JOHNNY TLLMAN WILL
FORCE BENNY TOLOOK

Johnny Tillman. sidetracked By
Champion Benny Leonard. does not
intend to 81 idly by and let the New
Yorker get away with it. He is going
to meet three OF the best lightweights
in the country. and compel Leonard
TO notice this challenge for a decision
scrap.
Tillman and Leonard were Practical.
ly matched TO meet in Philadelphia
on last Wednesday night. but the
champion was ordered to Camp Up
ton. y. Y. where he is an Instructor
for the soldiers. aId so the bout fell
through.
Tomorrow night TiIlman will face
Joe yelling. the hard-hitting boxer
from Chicago. at a Brooklyn club.
Friday night he meets Buck Fleming
in Philadelphia.
On November L. he will box six
rounds in Philadelphia with Steve
Latzo, the HaZletOn, Pa. lightweight.
just now coming forward with a
rush.
The Washington times., 1917-10-30
WAR AGAINST HUN MAY MAKE FOOTBALL
AS POPULAR AS BASEBALL FOR US ALL

cases by star football players. Re-
ports from the various camps scat
tered all over the country say that
In practically every one at least 200
football teams have been organized
and are playing inter-company, inter
battalion. fnter-regimental. and inter-
brigade contests.
IL these reports are accurate, there
are some $500 football 'elevens play
ing in the army cantonments. Allow
ing twenty men to a team, this means
that some $4,000 players are booting
and carrying and forward passing
footballs all over the United States.
In addition to those playing on col
lege. school. and independent elevena
Ii Is doubtful IL more than 10000
or 10000 players engaged in football
before the army camps came into be-
ing. Therefore. the game now at
tracts more than twice its former
number of players
What Future May Bring.
The future OF football, asa result
OF this great war against German
domination OF the world. is most bril-
liant.
Young men who never played the
game are learning its fine points.
Young men who could not play be-
cause of their hours OF employment
are now enjoying their favorite
sport. Young men are going to re-
turn from Europe convinced OF the
The Washington times., 1917-10-30
OHIO STATE HAS ELEVEN
OF REAL CLASS AGAIN

Ohio Slate University, football
champions a year ago in the Western
conference, claims a team this fall
almost as strong as the eleven that
stesmrolled the opposition In 1915.
Chick Harley, the demon backfeId
star, is back along with several other
veterans. Their claims so far have
stood the test against fairly strong
early season elevens.
Football in the West probably will
be a great deal more exciting and
interesting this fall than ever before,
largely owing to. the lack OF class
ir the East and the non-playing Har-
ward. Yale. and Princeton elevens.
Interest naturally shifts to the next
best teams. which promises to be
West Virginia, Pittsburgh, and some
other Western school that hasn't yet
reared its head.
West Virginia mAneuvers will be
doubly entertaining. owing to the fact
that this little school has had little
tc say in late years in football argu-
ments. She had already been dropped
for q count by Pittsburgh and Dart
mouth, but is coming back strong.
The Washington times., 1917-10-30
WEST VIRGINIA PREPARES
FOR GAME WITH RUTGERS

MORGANTowN. W. Va. Oct. SO.-For
the third time this season West vir.
ginia will this week invade the East
to meet strong opponent Next Sat
urday 1t will tackle Foster Sanford S
formidable Rutgers eleven. which
showed Fordham unGer last week.
King, the great kicking back. Is
hurt. and may not be able to play II
he remains on the sidelines Harris.
the Washington. D. c., star. will be
shifted from quarterback to half.
back in Kings place, and Lewis. who
has lost his berth to Harris, sent to
quarterback.
The loss OF King is not expected to
weaken the team too much. as Rodg.
ers is a dependable punter. and did
all the kickin5 before King Joined
the tfam in 1915
The Washington times., 1917-10-30
HICKEY ANNOUNCES
MEETING TO TALK
ABOUT SECESSION

CHICAGO. Oct. 3O.-Reports that
three or four clubs of the American
Association plan TO withdraw and
merge with certain clubs in the In
ternationaI League caused President
Hickey. OF the American Association,
TO issue a call for a conference of
the club owners to be held in Milwau.
kee next Sunday.
III the Indianapolis. Louisville. and
Toledo club owners have decided to
secede, it is only proper that we
should know about IT," Hickey said.
II know nothing Officially of these
reports. but we shall expect at our
Milwaukee conference TO have .hem
either denied or admitted"
President Hickey wants an expIana-
tion of the reported movement in ad-
vance OF the annual meeting OF the
association, which is to be held in
Louisville on November II.
The Washington times., 1917-10-30
BOBMASAM LEAVES
PENN TO ENLIST IN
THE MARINE CORPS

Robert Maxam. University OF Penn
sylvania sprinter. . Washington boy,
who was regarded as the most promis-
ing quartsrmil,r in the college last
year. win not return this year.
Aaxam has just completed his work
In Dutehsss county, n. T.. just outside
Of Poughkeepsie. and passed through
Philadelphia notifying Lawson ROB
ertson that he would not be hack.
Three years ago Maxsm was captain
OF the Western High school track
team here. He made an exceptional
sehoolboy record. turning In ten net
for the hundred on two occasions. and
running better than nfty-tvo in the
quarter.
He duplicated these performanees
when he left Western for st. AIbanG
Brewer. Maxam. and wallace were the
mainstays Of the 81. Adams track
team. Last year Aaxam went to
Pennsylvania and sprang into promi-
nence In the Hcpkins games last year
where he won the hundred.
At the Meadowbrook games IN
Philadelphia on q relay team with
leo Aereoith. Elmer smith ana Earl
,Eby he astounded the talent BY max
Ing his quarter In hfty-one seconds
sa-a board track. Maxam made the
Penn relay team which won the
freshman championship and he t1fisd
in mark OF forty-nins and two-dfthn
seconds for the quarter
Maxam left Penn to work with
other Students at Poughkespsie in the
spring. He has just returned and
expects to enlist in the marines with
in the next week. His loss to the
Penn track team Is a tough blow to
Robertson. who has counted upon him
to take Meredith's place In the quar-,
ter.
The Washington times., 1917-10-30

physical value OF football training,
and It will be most strange IL they
do not continue TO play II.
There are many angles to this sol
dier football situation. For instance,
there is the amateur angle. Soldier
teams composed In great part OF pro-
fessional players or former coaches,
also professionalized. are meeting
various college eIevens holding to
the most rigid rules OF amateurism.
1t is not likely that any trouble will
arise from this situation. but its ef-
feet upon college amateurism in the
future may be wide-reachlng. None
can f0setelI II.
Leagues After War.
1t is more than probable that. fol-
lowing hostilities In Europe, leagues
for football clubs will be formed in
this country. even as in England,
Scotland, ireland and Wales Foot
ball Is not new so destructive of
muscle and bone as in the old days.
Men can play II until they are close
to thirty years OF Rge. which Is about
the life of a professional baseball
player.
Immediately following the civil
war Ia the United States there were
no leagues. Baseball teams toured
the country for several years before
banding together in loose organiza-
tions. But finally the advantages OF
league organizations were realized.
and the great national game began
growing in earnest.
So IT is likely to be with football.
Officers are now playing it after
several years layoff. Furthermore,
they are doing so without injury to
themselves. This in itself Is a reve-
lation, for 1t has generally been be-
lieved that once a player left college
and failed to play for a year or so,
he could not return to the game with
out risking his bones.
Thus, the war against militarism
in the world may add one more great
national game to baseball in the
United States and the leadership of
the larger universities will be gone
forever.
The Washington times., 1917-10-30
BY LOUIS A. DoUGHER.

The war OF 1S61-l865 is credited
with spreading a knowledge of base
ball throughout the country. The
present war is likely to be credited
in the future with having spread a
knowledge of football throughout the
country.
Until now football has been a col
lege game almost entirely. In the
past some few former college stars
have engaged in professional football
in the Middle West for a year or two
after graduating. but the hardships
Of old-time football soon broke up
those elevens and not until 1915 did
the professional game start again.
Modern open football is not so hard
on the players, and for the last two
years professional, elevens have pros
pered in the Middle West, especially
in Ohio. Michigan, and Illinois.
Today colleges everywhere are
playing football. Many professional
teams are also engaged in the game
in Ohio, weston Pennsylvania. Iowa.
Michigan. and Illinois. But in even
greater numbers soldiers of the new
national army are playing football.
So great has been the demand from
army camps in every section OF the
country for football -paraphernaliz
that the supply has dwindled almost
to nothingness. Colleges and schools
are having great difficulty in OUTFIT
ting their elevens. This applies to
everything. khaki uniforms. foot
balls, shoes. sweaters. Jerseys. and
headgear.
Teams by Thousands.
In the sixteen army cantonments
are some SOC. 900 young men engaged
in active physical training. They
are ofricered in great numbers by
former college athletes. in many
The Washington times., 1917-10-30
DUCKP|N DOWLERS
MAKE GOOD SCORE
THS|NGLEGAMES

Duekpin bowlers were right.In their
element when 1t came to topping
them over for Individual games in
last nights contests. Several excep-
tIonalIy good scores were hung up
by comparatively unknown bowlers.
Howard, OF Trinidad. stung the
naples for 1853. with scores of III,
116. and 12I. Kreiger. OF Navy No.
., got ia. 123, and 1O7 in his three
games. Stoekert. OF Federals. broke
in with 120. 112. and 1O4, while Muir
laugh got 1O1. lis. and 113.
or those who hit them for a single
game, Maize, of Decaturs. got 135.
Streiter, OF Freight, got 1S4 while
Burke, OF Columbia. made 12s. Other
good scores were DeMar. Navy No.
., 12T: Howard, Trinidad, I2T; YeweII,
Decaturs. 12S: Hainsworth, Masters.
123, and Kreiger, Navy No. 2, 123.
The Washington times., 1917-10-30
FORDHAM RESTS BEFORE
TACKLNG HLLTOPPERS

NEW YORK, Oct. 30.-The battered
Fordham eleven had a day OF rest
yesterday to get over the effects OF
the Rutgers game and to prepare for
the big drive for the Georgetown
game, which will be played on elee-
tion day. Most of the regulars gnt
well used up In Saturdays fray, al
though only minor bruises were en-
countered
McCaffrey has no easy task on his
hands to Mt his forces. for the gama
with. the Southern eleven. although
Fordham probably will be better forti-
ned on election day than they were
last Saturday.
As no game has been arranged for
Fordham. after the one on November
IL with Cornell. Delehanty Il anxious
to secure n contest for Thanksgiving
Day
The Washington times., 1917-10-30
Columbia Doomed
To Garry Smelly
Fish to Counter

The Columbia, who thrilled
Americans nearly nifty years age
when she showed her heels to the
Livonia. OF the Royal British
Yacht Club. Is to carry nsh. So
low has she fallen.
The once graceful thing Of the
sea is lying at Baltimore being
fitted for her future life. The
rakins masts have gone. Her
bowsprit has been chopped on al
most even with the stem-post. :
A ;melly Easolene engine will
be Installed in that hull that once
pranced ahead OF the best racing
yacht Great Britain could offer.
and the Columbia will chug.chug
her way down the bay to the
Southern fishing groundA
The Washington times., 1917-10-30
ORAL BETTING LEGAL.

NEW ORLEANS. Oct. Cora
betting is legal in Louisiana. accord
ing to a decision or the supreme court
I'm the case Of the appeal OF Edward
Austin, OF Jefferson parish. charged
with operating handbook. The evi
dence showed that Austin accepted
wagers. those betting with him MAX
ing memoranda and giving him copies
This system will be used at the local
tracks here this winter.
The Washington times., 1917-10-30
FOOTBALL ELEVENS
HURRY PRACTICES
FORCOM|NG GAMES

PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 30.-LIEht
work was prescribed for Penn play.
ers by the coaches today. Nearly
every player on the eleven is suffer-
ing from bruises and strains as a re
suit OF the Pittsburgh game.
HANOVER. y. H.. Oct. 3o.-Ragged
tackling and fumbIing are the faults
Coach Spears will attempt to remedy
in the Dartmouth team this week.
WEST POINT. y. Y. Oct. 3O.-Dis-
satisfied with the showing made by
the Army against villa Nova. the
coaches will set about bolstering the
line this week. Defensive tactics
against the forward pass will also be
used.
PROVIDENCE. r. l.. Oct 3O.-"Beat
Syracuse" is the slogan at Brown,
now that Colgate has been defeated.
Browns regulars are badly bruised
up. but every player was ready to
start work again today.
NEW BRUNSWICK. n. J., Oct. 30
Rutgers is working hard this week
for its big game next Saturday with
West Virginia. Gray. the center. is
the only player who was temporarily
disabled.
NEW YORK. oct. aO.-Columbia's
players were given a needed rest
Monday but practice was in order
again today. despite rainstorm
which swept across the Hudson this
morning.
ITHACA, y. Y, Oct. 3d--Coach
Sharpe is satisfied now that he has
the strongest combination that can
be formed at Cornell The work OF
Harris and Strauss. two new guards,
was a feature in the game against
BucknelL
The Washington times., 1917-10-30
MAY CAN FIELDER JONES.

ST LOUIS. Oct 3O.-FieIder Jones.
manager OF the Brownies. has left for
his home in Washington State. and
he may never return. Although Phil
Ball has put himself on record as
standing behind Jones. II is being
whispered here that the Browns will
have a new manager before another
season rolls around
The Washington times., 1917-10-30
Operation Makes
Eddie Fnck Run
Very Much Faster

Eddie Frick, the heet-footed
track star OF the New oYrk Ath-
letic Club. has had his running
improved by a surgical operation.
DIR. Graeme NJ. Hammond, presi-
dent OF the Mercury Foot Club.
and DR.. J. Ernest Gign6ux, the
champion swordsman and former
Cornell athlete, discovered that
Frick's wind troubled him. They
saw he had greater potential
speed than he was able to bring
into action. An examination re-
suited in an operation that re
moved a slight obstruction from
the nasal passages.
Now that Frick does not have
to labor and pump for air he is
able to rOmp out in front.
The Washington times., 1917-10-30
CARLOW JOINS MARINES.

PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 30 -- Pete
Carlow. former star forward at Car
Isle. has enlisted in the marines
here and will play with Eddie Ma
hans eleven next Saturday against
the officers team from Camp Meade.
Admiral, Md. Ben Shibe has granted
the marines the use OF Shibe park for
the remainder OF the season
The Washington times., 1917-10-30
TENER rs HOPEFUL.

NEW YORK, Oct. 30.-'T look for
baseball to prosper even more as =
result Of the war" said President
John Kinley Tener. o. the National
League, today. II look for the big
leagues to emerge even more prosper
Gus than ever before when once peace
comes"
The Washington times., 1917-10-30
WON'T CHANGE RULES.

NEW YORK. Oct 3O-The war will
have no effect on playing rules this
winter in the intercollegiate basket
ball league. Delegates from Yale,
Princeton. Pennsylvsnia, Cornell.
Columbia. and Dartmouth decided at
meeting here not to allow fresh
men players on hves in the league.
The Washington times., 1917-10-30
PICK IN 800 CLASS.

Charlie Pick, formerly with the
Grifrmen and Mackmen. is hitting for
:. .3O7 in the Pacific Coast League as
a member OF the San Francisco club.
Morris Rath. once with the White Sox.
is second with 1888.
The Washington times., 1917-10-30
LLOYD RIckART QUITS.

TOLEDO. Oct. 3O.-Lloyd Rickart.
former secretary OF the Federal
League. has resigned his position as
secretary for Bresnahan'E Mudhens.
Chris Wall, close fiiend OF Bres-
nahan's, succeeds MIN and will in
vest In the club. Rickart has re-
turned to his homo in st. Louis.
The Washington times., 1917-10-30
WILL BOX LEONARD.

NEW YORK. Oct 3O.-Frankie Cal
lahan, the Brooklyn lightweight. win
receive a test OF his skill Friday
night when he faces Benny Leonard
worlds champion, in a ten-roUbd bout
here.
The Washington times., 1917-10-30
WARNER AIDS CARLISLE.

CARLISLE. Pa. Oct. 3o.-GIenn
Warner. former Carlisle coach now
at Pittsburgh, is here for a short
hunting trip. He is assisting Coach
Harris with the Indians.
The Washington times., 1917-10-30
W|LLPLAY SCHOOL
GAME TOMORROW IN
CENTRAL STADIUM

Eastern and Business, scheduled to
meet in today's fourth high school Sc
ries battle. have postponed their con-
test.
The rainy weather OF the past
twenty-four hours led the faculty ath-
letie advisers to call off today's en-
gagement owing to the soft condition
of the turf
If weather and ground conditions
are suitable the contest will be play
ed tomorrow in order not to rear
! range the schedule and to allow Tech
and Central to play off their engage
ment Friday as per schedule
Eastern High School will present
the smallest backfeld ever seen in the
high schools in Newman. Sweeney,
Thomas, and Cox. The Capitol Hill
quartet averages something like 1s5
pounds and IL conceding ten pounds
and more 10 every other set OF backs
in the high schools.
For all their lightness these young
sters make up in speed, scrappiness
and general ability what they lack in
weight. Sweeney and Thomas earned
lot Of praise last year for the way
in which they slammed their bigger
opponents about -=--s- : - .~
Thomas is one OF the smallest quar-
terbaeks in the city and one of the
fastest. He has had a great record
while at Eastern. having earned his
letter in baseball, basketball. and
football.
Eastern has been helped by the
addition OF Brockwell, the largest
member OF the squad. Several years
ago Eastern had a lad by the name
Of Brockwell and the present player
is brother. There are a good many
athletic brothers at Eastern. The
Weldorfs. Baldwins, Brockwells, and
Greers have made good on Capitol
Hill.
Business has not recovered from the
licking received at the hands of
Western in their first start. The
ing out for practice, it is said. and
Capt. Mike Raedy has had all he
could do to keep his men in line.
Georgetown Preps owe their defeat
at Saturdays game to the fact that
they have had insufficient practice.
! The Preps did valiant work for one
half. but succumbed to the better
trained Central team in the second
part of the game. The Preps are
working forward to their big games,
one with the Army and Navy Preps
and the other with the St Josephs
team, OF Philadelphia.
Virginia Freshmen. with Alexander
McKeIway last years Western High
School fulIhack nIay the Penn Fresh
The Washington times., 1917-10-30
DEFEATS ROCKY KANSAS.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 3O.-Lew
Tender. the local lightweight, de-
feated Rocky Kansas, of Buffalo.
here last night, outclassing his op-
Donent
The Washington times., 1917-10-30

Virginia Freshmen. with Alexander
McKelway. last years Western High
School fullback. play the Penn Fresh
men shortly. The Virginia lads have
another Westerner on the eleven in
the person OF John Davidson.
The Washington times., 1917-10-30

Business has not recovered from the
licking received at the hands of
Western in their first start. The
Stenographers have been lax in COM
ing out for practice, it is said. and
Capt. Mike Raedy has had all he
could do to keep his men in line.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-08-02

SAND AND CRUSHED STONE
FOR Suitable for building
or concrete work; delivered. ]. G..
Lear & Co., Lambertville, N. j.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-08-02
Red Cross Work.

The three classes in First-Aid,
held under the auspices of the Lam.
bertville Branch of the Red Cross,
have completed the course of ten
lessons. Twenty-six members took
the examination and passed success
fully, emitting them to the First
Aid certificate issued from Wash
ington.
The classes appreciate greatly the
excellent instruction received from
the physicians DR.. E. w. Closson,
DR.. l.. T. Salmon and DR.. L. C.
Williams. They wish publicly to
acknowledge it; also the courtesy of
the School Board and the Session of
the Presbyterian Courch in permit
ting the use of the Third Ward
School and the Church.
1t is hoped to form other First
Aid classes in the early fall. More
workers are required at Red Cross
Headquarters on York street, where
the Lambertville Branch gather
every Thursday for the making of
bandages, etc. Two or three hours
snent in this wav NAV hrinp untold
benefit in a few months even to
some of our own town boys. Drop
the old drudgery work at home and
come and work and chat this Thurs
day. Every one should take hand
and we want you now.
The publicity committee is re-or-
ganized and in few weeks definite
plans of work will be announced.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-08-02
WATER

During the next three months the
rainfall is usually very small, and in
order not to exhaust the water now on
hand in our reservoirs it is necessary
for every one to refrain from unneces-
sary use of water and to Immediately
stop all waste.
There is sufficient water on hand for
all legitimate use, but not for waste
AT the rate some of our patrons have
been throwing the water away during
the last few days, the reservoirs will
soon be dry.
Under the rules of the Water Com
pany, which have been in force since
the Company was organized, no one
has any right to use the water for
sprinkling lawns and gardens until he
has made contract with the Compa-
ny for such use, and paid for it at an
increased rate. No one has any right
to water the street except in front of
his own premises, and then only to
the middle of the street.
Owing to the scarcity of water, the
rules will be hereafter strictly enfoiced,
and the Company will try to discour-
age the man who pays for one pave
wash and waters half block, or who
pays for spigot in the kitchen, and
then runs hose out the back window
and sprinkles the whole neighborhood
The Lambertville Water Company