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New-York tribune., 1918-03-10
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In an effort to bolster up tournament
play during 1918 and to provide closer
competition in all classes the United
States National Lawn Tennis Associa-
ton will set on foot series Of handi-
cap Journeys this season. This will be
done in the belief that players of the
poorer class Will have greater incen-
tive to enter tournaments in which tho
stars of the court are entered, and that
The very fact that the handicaps will
enable them to battle on even terms
with the top-ranking players viii be an
inducement impossible 10 resist.
We do net believe this opinion is
founded on true logic. Handicappng
has its uses undoubtedly in most other
games, but not so in lawn tennis, which
has basic and neradicab,e differences
that Will ever set it apart from other
forms OF competitive sport.
The great majority of players, no
matter how wide the gap that separates
them from the leader of the courts.
would prefer to take their chances and
their defeats while struggling on an
equal basis. A victorv even over a
player like Norris Williams. would
never taste so sweet TO the winner who
realized that it was not his skin that
had accomplished The feat, but the
handlcap How many players do you
hnoW VINO WOULD even IN a friendly
match, accept a handicap from YOU.
provided you were the better player ?
Not many, we opine.
No, the average player likes to stand
or fall Oh his own strength or weak
ness, always buoved up by the hope
that some day ne will vanquish one of
the notables through his own efforts
Such is human nature.
Day by day the applications Of clubs
for tournament dates continue to reach
the office of Paul Williams, the field
secretary Of the U. S. n. L. T. A., and
while it is too much to expect that the
total number of sanctioned tourna-
ments will reach the figures of other
years, when peace smiled over the land
1t seems fairly certain that the number
will be in the neighborhood Of $50.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10
I lit Athletes
Plan Campaign
OF Pretension

PITTSBURGH. March O. With the
University Of Pittsburgh granted meta
oership in the l. c. A. A. A. A., the
Panthers' track schedule is now CON-
ple'e. Men who show the proper class
Will be sent to the National lntercolic-
giate meet at Franklin Field May 3
and June /. One OF these VII BE-
Frank J. Shea. 4 sophomore, who holds
the national A. A. /. 440-yard record
Shea is a graduate OF Irwin High
school. near Pittsburgh, and showed
considerable promise as a member ot
the freshman track team. He is go
ng at fast clip right now and was
due to run the anchor position for Pit.
m the mile relay with Penn State a.
the Meadowbrook Club games at Phila-
delphia tonight. His best mark has
been 40 seconds. Sutherland in the
weights and Hugus in the high jump
should also be able to score in the
better than 145 feet in the hamme.
throw and the latter has cleared SIX
feet in the high jump.
Ihe track schedule includes dual
meets with the United States Naval
academy and Carnegie Institute Of
Technology, the annual university i'll
tetcoIleglate and interscholastic meet.
the University of Pennsylvania relays
and the first annual indoor meet OF
the A. A. I. Allegheny Mountain d.
vision. Dual meets with Syracuse and
Penn State were called off. Pitt has
won its relay at the University OF
Pennsylvania games for the last two
years. Prospects for fast mile rela y
team this year are very bright.
Two more football men entered the
selvice last week, ". II. Foxy
Miller. who starred at quarterback the
last three years. and w. j. lDode)
Thomas, big substitute lineman, who
was looked on as a sure regular next
fall. Miller would have graduated ir
June and was through with athletics
The loss of Thomas Will be felt, as
Coach Glen Warner doesn't have
much classy line material left fol
next fall. A census will be taken be
fore school ends with the idea O
rounding up all available material fol
the team.
The basketball team closed its sea
son this week. It was hardly as sue
cessful as in previous years, but was
strictly a wartime aggregation. Not
regular was left from last year. The
freshman team this year made a grea
record, and prospects for 1913 ar,
bright. DR.. G. NJ. Flint. former Penn
captain, who has coached the team fo
the last seven years, will likely b'
retained
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10
.illifer Lucky
In Long Stay
Behind Plate

Catcher Bill Killifor, sold by Phillies
to Chicago Cubs, has caught fast ones
and curves behind the plate for eleven
years without sustaining single
broken finger or even a seriously split
finger.
Part Of these eleven years he caught
Grover Cleveland Alexander, the great
est pitcher in the game to-day.
Catcher Jack Adams, Philly backstop
and tcamnate of Killlfer's until KILL
fer went to the Cubs this winter is
sponsor for this statement.
CTS because Bill never forgets to
hold his bare hand right in catching
.he ball. says Jack.
Most every big league catcher knows
that his fingers are safe in catching
if he keeps his fingers turned into The
palms OF his hand lightly and the
thumb tucked in back of the first finger
until the ball hits the glove.
AS soon as the ball hits the glove
he opens the bare hand and slaps it
onto the ball in the mitt.
But The busted digits come when you
Get over anxious. You want to catch the
ball before it hits the glove to make a
quick throw or tag man. You stretch
your fingers out straight, the bail hits
the end OF one OF them and the damage
is d0uc'
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10
Hot Springs Entries

First ace four -ods ana upward. oia.Iu,ng
parse. s5o9 five and i1f furluAss - Ida cum
ming. 10! Itath Wehlc lo- f'ofnlnion PAX.
lane, l0o. Tom Caro- los. Farnrilo Article no
falatabie, i'll Kama NJ: Btrdri4u fr1 AZ,
ehgibie-No oiseiess, lGs; La Kay. 49, l.oadmssler
ll6 So p
second race lfor three year olda malasns purse.
ovation. l04 Barbara Shilling. l0i Ia.tv N,ps
l04 Royce Rose loi Joe MIuliender lds -
gard, lo6: Red Start. li6. Harry Bursoyne Toe
Also eiisible-Eun Lad. l9a. Cork. .0g. Alpha
1'hlfd race four year -olds and upward: claim.
Treowen loS keah. loj Pieuron II Ia.
Aver lrambA io7 'ReaniTaln. lo7 sonsds. 80,
iamer a1e ,, ~ .ertsin s hoint o' yp,!Eh. ill.,
%. Also cgibIe-Great Dolly. loi: ueaoryn,u'tt.
iOI; Fnalee. l0i,
Fourth race Majestic Hotel pur5e: three wear.
clds and upward: purse. 500: n.iiei -sioado.
,in.p q kaio Bright a. woodissp. leS q" a.
p. los; craeow, IS: Mistress po.s. 94 Liby a.
saniA IL
Fliih race lfour-7ear -olds ard upwa-a: { ain,
Ing purse s5co. onr mile and Seyegiiy yari.s}-
Augustus len7s. loa 'loouias los. caro- Nome.
lo7: MARY Fse!le. l0,. .Bsrtou l09. Cr,ces'
po. zeteuc ii:~ Margaret a. li@; TnsrnhleoS,
ll2. sau Sick. ia. TArletoa p. ia. CilY FiclS,
~. Also eligible 'Pefrod. lo5: Hsrwood. ii4.
Electric. liz.
sstu raee (three year .ods and upward; claim
ms purse. $500: oae mile ara 4 -irteenih}
Miss Bryn. 0s: Daiwod. os; Diiiy N~s,iebnt,sr
80: SAY ioi. Wild rhyme lea Rroofnsweep
100 Budy aisef, 100; Dad. 100 Eddie r iss
Also euSible-slumberel. ice 'Ahsns. ia9,
Fairy Legend. TO-.
Apprentice allow alce claimed.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10
Columbia Mat Men
Lose to Princeton

Princeton defeated Columbia last
night in their annual wrestling match
in the Lorningside Heights gymnasium
by d score of 10 TO Z. The Tiger grap-
piers won five of the seven bouts, one
ty a fall and four on decision.
Colum bia was victorious in two
bouts. the bantamweight and the VOL
terweight bouts. Rosenzweig, the Blue
and White representative in the 115-
pound class, gave q clever exhibition in
outpointing Sibley.
Captain BarriSh the Blue and White
leader, bore the brunt of the match for
his team wrestling in both the welter.
eight and the unlimited heavyweight
matches. He threw Pentz in his first
bout, but lost the decision to Lane in
the second.
The summary:
~ pounds Iosenzseig. Columbia won on de-
cAion from shley. Princeton. Time 600
- pcsasls-Jacets Priuccton. won on decision
10 poiiudr--Nutchinspa Princeton. won on dc
CisioA from Syelson. Columbia Tine Q 90
10 pornds-Barrish 'captaiul Columbia threw
Peai1 Princeton. with head hold. Time. so
las roUnd.-LaHe. Princeton, threw Ienso, Co
iumoia WIN haii-ne.son and body hold Time
IL pouads--lytnne (captaial. Princeton threw
Myeiiif'A H. Columbia. With oAanccsy bar hold.
ai.ssl5rd heavyweight ca-.-Lan. priace,o.
E9s o. t.ee-siou from Barrish. Columbia. Time,
Point score rri,ssfo,, IL. cciun,,i.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10
Lewis Sure Head Lock"
VIII Defeat Zbyszko

'>t.angier" Lewis, who is to wrestlc
WiaGeS Zbyszko, the Polish grappler,
at Madison Square Garden on March
10, declares he VIII defeat his rival
with the aid Of his vaunted "head
lock- hold. No wrestler can worm him :
self out of this hold once the "Strang-
Ter" applies it properly.
In his first meeting with Zbyszko
LOWS managed to apply this powerful
grip on Zbyszko, after an hours siren
uoua battle, and the Pole was forced
to acknowledge defeat Zbyszko de-
ciined 20 meet Lewin again unless he
agreed not to use the "hcad lock ]"
Lewis finally agreed to this demand
and the Pole conquered Lewis and won
IN. cha mpionship Of the tournament
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10
Big Polo Meet
Given Up This
Year for w ar

Official announcement was made yes
terday that there will be no polo cham
pionship this year, nor will the grounds
at Narragansett Pier be opened for
single match this season. The reason
for this is that all the crack players
are IN the service, either as aviators
or cavalrymen. Instead of the cham
pionshlp tournament there will be five
events at the Camden Polo Club, Cam
den. 5. C., the main one being the
Military Cup, open to players in the
service.
Quite number of hard riding polo
lists are now at Camden. among then.
Earl ". Hopping and William -Balding
the Irish player, both of whom would
have passed the winter at Coronado,
but we're unable to get sportation
for their mounts and helpers. Harry
East and Cyril Carr, unattached polo
ists, but familiar figures on grounds
about New York City, are also al
ternating between Aiken and Camden
Max Philips and George c. Sherman,
Of the Deal N: j. Polo and Riding
Club, are two of the elder set Of play
ers at Camden. ". c. and Windsor +.
White. Of the Chagrin Valley Hunt
Club, near Cleveland, are also stopping
1T Camden.
Army Players Busy
The informal play at Coronado is
mainly between Army players. who
come over from a nearby encampment
There arc aviators among them, who
as & change from riding the air, take
turn at whacking the polo balls
There are plenty Of mounts available
and no lack OF officers to ride. The
play is again in charge of Major Colin
c. Ross. of Canada. retired. who has
managed the Coronado tournaments for
some seasons.
Regimen-al polo is a fixture at Camp
Sherman, Montgomery. Ala, and there
are games three afternoons each week
between officers of the 135th Field
Artillery. Government mounts are used
and the grounds are in charge OF. Colo
Sergeant Perkins and Sergeant Pilcher
both OF whom were employees OF the
Piping Rock and IsIip clubs. on Long
Island, before they Joined the colors.
and are well known to local poloists.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10
City College Tennis Men
Begin Intensive Training

twenty-five candidates for the City
College lawn tennis team appeared
yesterday for the first intensive
racquet practice at the indoor courts
of the 22d Engineers Armory, 16Sth
Street and Fort Washington Avenue
Coach Bird Stair of the English de-
partment at {. c. n. Y. put the court
men through hard workout spending
time on both fast volley work and
easygoing play.
The indoor training Yesterday was
the first earnest cHort to groom the
collegians for their metropolitan
schedule. Regular practice is now or
dcred for every afternoon in the
promenades of the Stadium. and on
Saturdays the asprants will play on
the engineers courts. Nets have been
erected in the arcadcs of the Greek
coliseum, fencing off large spaces at
the northern end.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10
Dog Days Are
Here IN Lawn
ennis World
Courts To Be Deserted Until
National Indoor Title Plav
Begins, March 25
BY Fred Hawthorne

These are the dog days in the world
of lawn tennis, and for the next two
weeks the courts will be deserted by
tournament players, except those who
put in their time practising for the
women's national indoor champions ships
and the similar events for the men
both coming toward the end Of this
month.
The women will start play on Mon
day, March 25. and continue through
the week, while the men will begin
their championship tourney on March
30 and continue through the first week
of April. That viii be about the end
OF the indoor season, and then it Will b.
to the clay courts out of doors, and a
start toward a season that, it is hoped,
Will be notable one, even though the
greatest of our players Will be missing
because of war service.
Now that Miss Molla Biurstodt, the
national woman's champion, is back
IN the East and ready to enter the lists
once more in the national indoor event,
1T seems to be a foregone conclusion
that she will win the title without
great difficulty. as was the case in 1915
and 1916. Last year the great Norwe-
gian was forced to default, owing to
her absence in California. and Miss
Marie Wagner, who had held the title
for several years in succession before
Miss Bjurstcdt displaced her, once
again took possession.
The exceptional quality of play shown
by the champion this winter indicates
that she will probably rise to greater
heights on the courts this summer than
ever before, If that is possible, and
that is saying that she will make the
same all-conquering sweep in the East
thai marked her meteorc play in the
tirst two years of her stay in this
country.
just at present there is no one in
sight who has even fair chance of
dethroning the Morse queen, more s
the pity. but the quality of play
among American girls is bound to
steadily rise, what with the recently
inaugurated national tournament for
girls, to be played at Philadelphia next
June, and the general increase of in
crest among the feminine players.
There are several of the younger stars
who may yet accomplish the impossi-
bic and defeat the Norwegian. but tina.
time is not yet, and Miss Bjurstedt is
likely to reign supreme for year OF
two
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10
TEN LEADING LONG HITTERs
Joe Stout Will Race
No More During War
By EDWARD c. JENNINGS

Joe Stout, former star long distance
runner of the University of Chicago
who Joined the aviation corps and is
stationed at Fort Wayne. will wait un-
I'll aftr- - ,"ar to make q supreme
effort to defeat his track rival, Jole
Ray.
Stout ad decided not to do any more
running until his war work is com
pletcd. Then he hopes to tear loose
again, and 1t is an open secret that his
ambition is 10 run against the mile
record of d:lG fiat which Johnny Over
ton hung up last year.
When Stout was at the University OF
Chicago he captured the Conference
.wo-mile run in 9:29 80.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10
Columbia Booming
Golf Tournament


a questlonua.re sent b. Columbia to
.as principal Eastern colleges mas
sso"n favorable sentiment toward
. .ae restoration Of the annual inter
..oo.leg'ate golf tournament. Last year
.a's meet was cancelled oecausc of the
na'' put with the country-Wide ad
,,S'caey II rezumins all college sports
isis year.
;; columbia is already making prepara-
..s.. Tor the carrying out o. Z CON
st schedule thiB spring. Home meets
ssa,e ss 70 far been arranged with Will
,S.ns and {. e. =. T., and out-of-towr.
S.ssss With Princeton and Pennsy!
~, enis- The remainder 90 the matches
~. ~. DE- wItn local golf clubs. There is
1T. me possib.lity Of arranging a match
- 20 1sorgia Tech. The Columbia team
~. rril. nave the use Of the Nassau or
Aeamond County linkg.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10
Two Football Games
Planned at Portland

PORTLAND. Me March 9-Arrange-
mcnts arc pending for two college foot
ball games in Portland next fall. both
with Colby College, OF Waterville. par
ticipating. One game IS with Fordham
and the other with Holy Cross. Ford
ham has never played here, and Holy
Cross was here the last tine two years
ago in game against BOwdoin at Bay
side Park.
Colby plans 10 play a full schedule
next fall, listing as many games as
practicable outside the main college
championship series.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10
Springfield College
Fencers Kept Busy

The Springfield Y. M. c. a. College
has fourteen men out for fencing hon
ors. There will be three teams. foil.
dueling, swords and sabres. The fcnc-
ing squad has held six practices up to
date.
No varsity men were left this year
and the team is composed mostly Of
freshmen. Captain Crasson, retired
army officer. is drilling the candidates
IN the fner points Of the game
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10
Same Coaching System

robert r Hcrrick, coach Of the Har-
ward varsity crew Of 1916, which made
tho record on the Thames course. will
be able to give only intermittent attcn-
ton TO the oarsmen at Cambridge this
sprirg, on account OF the pressure of
his business. The system Of rowing
established by Mr.. Hcrrick two years
ago wall be kept intact by Bill Haiue.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10
Canadian Youth Wins
Figure Skating Contest

Duncan iodgson, a youth from
Montreal. Canada, carried off first
honors in the figure skating competi-
ton, for boys under eighteen, at the
st. Nicholas Rink yesterday. f. NJ. Me
line, of Brooklyn, was awarded second
prize. The winner gave wonderful
exhibition in the school figures
The competition in the girls class
resulted in the first prize going to Miss
Susan Scligman. with Miss Margaret
Stokes second and Miss Fredericka Fox
third.
The exhibitions were the most skill
full and interesting ever witnessed a.
the work by Juvenile contestants and
showed the remarkable advancement
made by youthful skaters in recent
wears
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10
MiIlers to Stay Home

MINNEAPOLIS. March o.--The Min
ncapolis team of the American Associa =
ton viii forsake It's usual spring train
ing trip to the South this year, AMI
instead will get its workouts in the
local baseball park. NJ. f. Cantillon.
president Of the club, announced today.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10
athletics VS.. Pirates

The Philadelphia Athletics and the
Pittsburgh Pirates will play q practice
series in jacksonville, where both
teams VIII train. The two clubs, though
both train IL the same city, will use
different bal nnrks 10 work out in.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10
Another Bout for Fulton

Fred Fulton, Jess Willarda foremost
challenger for the heavyweight cham
pionship. will meet Tom Cowler at the
Coliseum in St. Louis on March IL in
an cight-round bout
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10


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cad from MssC
winner; Hannah dN Mcndeso
ge nc ouHta a
think cforward
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10
Lord May Coach Bates

Harry d. Lord, former big league
third bascman, may coach baseball at
Bates College this spring.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10

western Bars Freak Delivery

..t me spstball. the emery bail and all
l.'sr freak deliveries we're prohibited
- so.e of Western League CLUB own
w. VINO adopted l40.game schedule.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10
Drury Outclasses Baker,
Says Canadian Hockey Fan
A.Around Skill and Team Play of Pittsburgh Star Out-
weigh Speed Shown by FIobey in Matches
Between College Sevens
By Fred Hawthorne

As suspected when started the fracas
nv controversy the question superiority between the two
% PLAYERS going the household cat with M
saton of lives only scratched the
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10
Plans Nyomen's Events

Julian 5. Myrick. vice president of
the national association, has appointed
q wcmen's committee, consisting of
Miss Florence Ballin, Miss Edith
Handy, Miss Marie Wagner, Mrs.
George w. Wigitman and Mrs.
Charles N. Beard, whose business it
snail be to prepare q schedule Of
WomanS events leading up TO the
national championship tournaments at
the Philadelphia Cricket Club.
A series of clay and turf court tour
naments will be arranged, both for
women and girls. SO that the contend
crs for titles in these two divisions
viii have ample competition before
beginning their greatest tests.
It may require some eighteen or
twenty years OF more. but you may re-
Ter to this paragraph some time in 1886
or 1883 and see { we were not pretty
near the mark when we prophesied, as
VIC do now, that Jack Anderson. jr.
will be among the first ten" among
lawn tennis players of the land about
that time
Who is Jack Anderson, jr.? Why.
the thirteen pound son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Anderson, and born on January
70. last Perhaps you Will sec the rea-
son for our confidence in young Mr.
Anderson's future playing ability on
the courts when we remind you that
Mrs. Anderson was the former Miss
Elsie Rayser. -unner-up, with Miss
Edith Howe. for the women's national
indoor doubles in 1917, and a rlaver OF
unusual promise.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-14

vert. Squadron Sergeant major John r.
Carney, sergeants Alvin O. Mckinney
major hiphSs oen s,asete e Sergeant t Peder
J: McGreeyy. Corporal Vaughn W: voris;
c"r carr 1o aTssS. corpSrai Robert Logan,
supply ssrEcants Charles Craig and
psrneey Forbes, Mess Sergeant Charles
orp as' Js sssss'" G. chaF Watt saSpy
Sergeant Joseph Dreyfuss, sergeants
Lewis Carmen. Saul F. Moore. Money
Corporal Arthur l.. Koehler. Supply Ser.
Eeant Arnold F. Rledell, First Sergeant
Claude L. Jones. stable Sergeant stanley
krawcyzk, Ordnance Sergeants George
p. Collins and Charles NJ. Conley.
First Lieut. William IL. c. Grimes, cav
airy, appointed First Lieutenant ORD
Infantry.
Following appointed Captains: First
IIieuts. Walter ID. .Tobin. Nels l.. Solder
holm. John Mann. Fred W, Hatter-
Ansman; First Lieutenant.: Second
WUtofs 6y A,sf Il s0. wse william TE1
Schneider. Myron l.. Skinner. Raymond
sehnerinser, William :. Robb william
J. Nelson, Tyrrell q. McDougail. Joseph
4. Myers, Ambrose C. Mccarthy, James
f. f., M C Murray n; Msndsil, How
Earl G. King. Paul c. Kamanski, Edwin
+: Hoke. Raymond W. Hewlett, Thomas
W. Brown. John J. Harvey. Edward 4.
Fauver Edward A. Cook. Guy w. Cook,
Cameron II. Cooper Harold Berg. Rob
srt X. Allen. Herman NJ. Allen. Walter
Aleinous w. Fenton, Jr... appointed Cap
tain. to Washington. D. C.
Following from duty at Camp Sherman.
n "a ms dtttv .
Capt Jesse e Marshall, First Lieuts.
Clifford C. Gregg. Harry Z. Dobbins, Ed
T Ward Kuhn. Adam r.. wachs William f.
Major George r.. McKeeby appointed Lieu
tenant-Coionel. to Camp Sevier. South
Carolina. for assignment to Fiftieth In
First Lieut.. Frank D. Bieiaski from as
signment to a1sth Infantry to Camp
Meade, Maryland.
First Lieut.. George A. Sloan, to Camp
Sherman. Ohio.
First Lieut.. Allen Jenkins, Infantry, ap-
pointed First Lieutenant Quartermaster
Corps. to Camp Shelby. Mississippi
Lieut.. Col Thomas ". Knox from further
duty at Camp Dix. New Jersey. to Camp
Grant. Illinois.
Capt. Edwin F. Lucas from further duty
at Camp Jackson. South Carolina. to
Camp Kearny. California.
Capt; William l.. Roberts, infantry. de-
tailed TO Signal Corps, Will report COM
ntanding General. American Expedition
airy Forces. Paris. France. for duty.
Field Artillery.
Major Robert c. +. Goetz appointed Lieu
tenant Colonel, to Camp jackson. South
Carolina
Following appointed as shown. to duty as
specified: Lieut.-Col. Leroy T. y Co,line.
Colonel. to Fort Sill. Oklahoma: Lieut.
Col. Philip W. Booker. Colonel, to Camp
jackson. South Carolina: Lieut. Col
Renee Der Hoyle, Colonel. to Fort Sill,
Oklahoma; First Lieut.. Glenn W. Carey.
Captain. to Camp Custer. Michigan;
Major Harold E Miner, Lieutenant
~ taha MAJ Ar
Neil q. Finch. Lieutenant Colonel, to
Camp Kearny, California: Lieut.. Col
Edwin Del Smith, Colonel. to Fort sill.
Oklahoma.
NJ ajor Charles T. Griffin relieved from