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New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
Wind Interferes
With Scores in
N.Y.A.C.S
Murphy Victor in Special
Event at Travers
Island

Twenty-four gunners, the largest t
field that has turnd out for Sunday
shoot this season at the Travers Island
traps of the New York Athletic Club,
were on hand yesterday for the first
shoot for the December cups of the
organization. The day was not par
ticularly good for the sport. A high
wind that has been blowing for the
last two days whirled the little blue
rocks into impossible shooting angles
AS result, not single straight
string of twenty-five targets was
made, Notwithstanding the fact that
the field contained some Of the best
nimrods in the club.
Legs on the various cups were
scored by the gunners who had full
cards. In the Red Cross event, they
were f. A. Siebert, F. j. Ham, G. II.
Martin, DR.. Culver, A. B. Hubbell and
K. M. Owen The full cards in the
Tournament Cup shoot were returned
by f. j. Ham, DR.. Culver, R. B. Cole
and r. L. SPOTS. In the Byronel shoot,
which is at fifty targets, legs were
won by F. A. Siebert, J. H. Wander
veer, F. j. Ham, M. McVoy, ]. N. Nc
Laughlin and r. NJ Owen.
After shoot off, NJ Murph~ won
a, special shoot at twenty-five targets.
ne high scratch gunners we're DR..
Culver. NJ. Murphy and r. L. SPOTS.
All had w out of possible 100 tar
gets, excellent scores when the wind
and weather conditions are remem-
hered.
The scores:
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
Nati0naILengueG GQveM01g
Than Half It's Men to War

had Joined their respective clubs. They
were tull-t1edged members; they were
on the payroll.
mere Is no getting at the percentage
OF men who were overseas. Two Ma
tlonal League players were killed on
duty. The first was Marcus Milligan.
young pitcher obtained by the Pitts
ourgh club from Birmingham, killed
an aeroplane accident. The other
was Captain Edward Grant. who, while
acting major, fell at the head of his
battalion IN the Argonne. He was car
RED on the voluntary retired list OF
the New York club
Gowdy First to Go
Several players were reported wound.
ed. Pitcher Ponder an aviator. won the
French War Cross for valor. Hank
GoWdy, the Braves catcher. was
the first major league player to volun-
'eer Christy Mathewson, Cincinnati
manager, was made a captain in the
chemical unit and sent to France, and
from the executive department of the
league Percy Haughton, of Boston, and
Branch Hickey, of St. Louis. received
heir commissions as majors in the
chemical unit and were sent overseas.
In addition to those in active service
more than 100 players found essential
employment either during or just after
the pennant season in ordnance, in nj
trate and steel works, shipyards, aero
plane factories or on farms. They be-
came directly productive in various
ways, and more than one received the
commendation of his employer for dill
gence and intelligence in his Job. Some
were promoted They brought adapta-
bllltty, learned on the ball field, to their
work
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
The Matter of CHAMPIONSHIPS

ONE will attempt the strength of university
~ with their machines pewar
material time develop the old standards Of excellence.
football be developed week month
rule The actual opportunity for limited be-
necessarily limited schedules that actually rolls
before candidate opportunity graduate from the prob
And with the eligibility rule Temporarily suspended
The therefore, should be proud of those which
distinction the gdron this for the accomplish
against difficulties which would have been
Especially the whole nation
victory the
Cleveland service Of is the
whole There probability that
pant Cleveland Naval Reserve will stack
Training itself
7istment the service championship
years hands
Cleveland Naval Reserve Saturday and then
Of play undoubtedly entitled the collegiate championship
the United States BY under Georgia Tech Glen
lads disposed of the presuntions of the Southerners
of the the Middle
the championship dispute Illinois Michigan
the conference
defeat On form impossible to distinguish superiority
inclined Illinois, which
rivals the that before Wolverines
championship Middle to be the only
would be
Negotiations toward this have been pending
is possible interesting postseason battle will result
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
IN AL !, |: FAIRNESS ! hIl::5.;
~ By w. j. MACBETH

%E football of 1918 practical Saturday.
There will probably be few games mostly
the college
rsoations seldom indulge in post-season battle
Judged by accomplished dire difficulty
feel apprehenve about college
xtbal with the disbandmen game will
ver college doubtless.
as fall
the standpoint of the coach could we'll have been
Material with The stout of heart
body the call The
msm colleges involved hard and fast rules
which
schooling toward play When remembered that
serious epidemic of Spanish influenza early fall necessiated prohb
athletics colleges the wonder is that America
was accomplish anything all spectacular in the giriron
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
One Hundred and Three
Players in Service-Mil-
ligan and Grant Killed

More than one-half of the baseball
players who composed the eight clubs
of the National League for greater
part of the championship season of
1918 are, or were up to the time the
war ended with the colors. Some saw
actual fighting, two were killed in
Uncle Sans service, and the men were
represented in pretty much every
branch of the service.
There were considerably more than
half with the colors-a fraction over 64
per cent, to be explicit. Data which
John Heydler, acting president of the
National League, has just finished
gathering, show that 103 of its players
were in the service. This is entirely
apart from those who went into essen
tial work. 1t means men in actual SER
vice with the army or navy.
The total number of players reserved
for the season of 1918 was 257, which
number, incidentally has been reduced
to 158 for 1919. From May Is to the
end of the 1918 season the eight Ma
tional League clubs carried an average
of from $50 to 100 players. One hun
dred and three-the number in the ser
vice-is Ga and a fraction per cent of
100, the extreme limit of men carried
from May l on.
Credit to the Game
There is nothing whatever in these
figures suggestive of Stacker as applied
to profes ssional baseball players as a
class. On the contrary. the showing is
an excellent one and credit to the
game. The players of the National
League did their share fully as fighting
men. The statistics show that. "The
facts probably are" says Acting Presi-
dent Heydler, who is given to conserva-
tive statements, that baseball gave as
great if not greater percentage of its
employees than any other occupation"
Half q dozen men or so jumped to
shipyard and steel leagues, but twenty
times that number were, or are, to be
found in army camps in navy yards, on
fighting ships or in the armies abroad.
The 103 men in the service were ap-
portioned as follows: Army (drafted), -,
AZ; army (volunteered), %; navy (vol-
unteered), 80; aviation (volunteered)
7. Sixty-one of the 1903 players
per cent-volunteered before the draft
law became effective.
The 103 were mostly players who
took part in National League champion
ship games in 1917 or 1918. Of the
20 who didn't play in either the 1917
or 1918 championship campaiens IS
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
Golf Gossip

professional four-ball match for
$500 side, which was to have been
played last Wednesday over the links
Of the Swanoy Country Club, in which
Hugh Clasby and Chris Shea, both well
known professionals, as we'll as sailors
from the Pelham Bay Naval Station,
were to have met Tom Boyd, Fox Hills,
and Carl Anderson, Bronxville, was de-
clared off
Prominent among the golfers from
the metropolitan district now at Pine
hurst are C. +. Watson, jr., and ]. APP
pleton Allen, Baltusrol; Dr. J. S.
brown, Montclair; J. D. Rumsey,
Brooklvn; C. B. Hudson, North Fork;
J. c. Taylor, Crescent Athletic Club,
and l. Mailman, Fairview
The general belief in golfing circles
is that all the Southern golf courses
will be in full blast this winter, and
there will be more golfers going South
than ever before
The members Of the Siwanoy Country
Club are anxious to purchase the prop.
crty over which their golf course is laid
out. They had long lease on this
property, with an option to purchase.
This lease will not expire for some time
to come, but the members are getting
anxious to own the property.
Louis Teller, the former open French
champion, who was the professional at
mer, is spending the winter in this city
and will doubtless be an instructor in
an indoor golf school.
Mike Brady, the widely known Bos,
ton professional, who is in the Naval
Reserves, will take trip through the
South this winter if he gets his dis
charge.
The golfers in general are anxious to
see the tournaments resumed, now that
the war is over. and while it is believed
the Western Golf Association will take
action, the annual meeting of the y. S.
G. A. is anxiously awaited.
Now since Lieutenant Francis Ouimet
the former open and amateur champion,
is on the road to recovery from his re-
cent severe illness, he is more anxious
than ever to play golf next season, and
is of the opinion that it will be d ban
ner year in golf.
Joe Sylvester, Van Cortlandt Park
graduate, who was the professional at
the St. Albans Golf Clubsprior to join
ing the army, was wounded in the fight
ing in France, but he does not think it
Will have much effect on his golfng, as
he was shot through the calf of the
leg.
Sergeant Harry T. Leising, now home
on furlough, who was a prominent
member Of the Brooklyn-F Forest Park
Golf Club before going to the war
played with his club on Saturday, and
won the Class A handicap with a net
Scnra Of TX
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
Plan Big Polo Season
At Meadow Brook Club

HEMPsTEAD. L. l., Dec. 2.-signs
have been posted on all five polo fields
mere warning every one not to walk
Meadow Brook club have been waved
not to allow any one to use the field for
anything W.
1t is planned to have the greatest
series of polo matches here this comine
spring that this section of the countrv
has ever seen. Now that the war "a
over, the men who are among the best
poloists IN the country, and have been
in overseas service, will return r.
private life, and many of them have
already sent word across to get thines
ready for the biggest polo year in tbe
history Of the game.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
Edwards | Presents
Big Soccer Trophy
To Morse Drydock

Declaring it was teamwork of the
sort seen In soccer, rugby and baseball
that won the war for the Allies and
America and commencing the red
blooded American spirit which made
possible the success of New York and
other states in the drive for the United
War Work Fund, Commissioner "Bill"
Edwards, greatly impressed by the
stirring exhibition OF soccer he had
witnessed, formally presented the
Southern New York State Football
Association massive silver trophy to
the Morse Dry Dock eleven Of Brook
lyn, following the final cup tie match
won by that team from the Longfel-
lows by the score of 2 goals to Q at
Lenox Oval yesterday afternoon.
Captain ). McCann, Of the winning
team, accepted the trophy, inscribed,
"Playcd for the Benefit of the United
War Work Fund.-" and also the set cf
gold medals for the members Of his
team. Silver medals were awarded to
the Longfellows. who put UP q splen-
did resistance in the final, through Sid
ny Lomas, their captain.
match the Longfe lows held the cup
winners and prevented them from scor
ing, and it was give and take, so far
as the honors of the play were con-
cerned, until the whistle blew for a
change of ends. long run by Bell
and shot for goal which rebounded
from the bar enabled Centre Forward
Casey to tally first for Morse Dry Dock
after twenty minutes of play in the
second period.
Ten minutes later Cartwright went
clean through, beating three of the
back division. and shot the second and
deciding goal of the game.
The lne-up:
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
Add to the Ivory Collection

THE pathway organized many
Of bone" Spite, Jealousy, doublerossng
the among leagues
public greatest
all outdoor games
Baseball Just eyes tight opportunity to
stabsh public Of which
And that the bone'
William Howard very reassurng
charm and
would have made little difference what capacity
President Of the United had
capacity should have invaluable
welcomed Immediately with open arms greeted more
Enthusiastically by the higher baseball government eshes
further the policies which prevailed
None dared directly opposition
President But said dis
ne the administration of the national pasine
Taft made that he could entertain the
o Office
Whether Barney Dreyfus others suggested
hose handling the revolutionary existing National
bunded in speaking prematuy
that petty motives prejudice
the good And lies the main why thorough
cleaning reorganization
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
New Orleans Entries

First race (claiming $500; two-year-olds; i've
ner,. so: Bessie Helmet; 100 The cullen Ben. 100
-E1ie Rsnda.lt lol: Frank shannon. lO7
upward five and hsli futiongs - Hasty Mabel
leo; Malice. l05; 'Mumbo Jumbo loI: plan
Third Claiming: 500; three year -ods and
upward i've and a ha!; furlongsl- Bon otis
Tom. los, Mico Girl los. Ring Dove los.
Fourth race (caiming; $500 three r-olds aud
upward five and a half furongsl ~ Tresi lOl
Leta. 1902; King X. l0i Green Grass l05. Paga-
mini. l0j al Pierce lo7
Fifth race Claiming $500; three year-olds and
upw ard six furlongs - Barbara Shilling l0l Roe
derer. los SANDY Lad. lO9 'krlmar lis Kultur
ll6.
Sixth race Claiming $500: .hree-year ods and
upward mile u Thirst. l0o w II Buck
ner. 1903. 'Stell CliT. l03; .Jack Reeves l03,
Irquieta. l05; Blue Rock. los; Peteeus. l0e Ollie
Martin, ~
Ammunition allnR cinnied
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
Edward Hussey Dead

The members of the track and field
team Of the Millrose Athletic Associa-
tion are mourning the death of Ed
ward J. Hussey, its sprinter, who has
made the supreme sacrifice in sub
DUNG the Hun. Hussey was killed in
action in France on October %, ac-
cordng to information from the War
Department yesterday.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
Win Game by Default

Prepared to play their game with
the New York Chinese Students in the
second round of the annual cup tie
competition of the United States Foot
ball Association at Lenox Oval yester-
day morning, in advaace of the War
Work Fund match, the Morse Drydock
team which is expected to give Bethle-
hem hard fight for the National Chal
lenge Trophy, had to take the game by
default, as the Orentais failed to put
IN an annparancn
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
Bruce Wrestles Ludecke

vet Jean Bruce, the "Finnish Tiger" will
sV"e to grips with Martin Ludecke, the
n~a"pi0n of Central America, in the
Tbsa.sw Tbsa swrestling bout at the Crescent
Strss,' + pflatbush Avenue and Fulton
Bruco prooklyn tomorrow night.
BrooI, ana Ludecke went to a draw in
Dunr yl ;h last week and John Tea
speeia, s'ie manager, re-matched them bv
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
Cochran Meets Morningstar

The exhibition match at Maurice
paly's Academy this week will be at
lo.Z balkline billiards. The contestants
viii be Weker Cochran and Ora Morn
hestar' two Of the foremost exponcnts
0i this scientific pastime They will
pay 1900 points. beginning to-day, in
matinee and evening blocks of 300
points each. This is q home-and- home
match, match, the players repeating their per-
'VtmanCe ncXt Weck in Dnfrnit
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
Stokeley Victor
In Weekly Run Of
Mornil1gside A. C.

William ]. Stokeley, of the St. Chris
topher Club, added to his successive
victories in the weekly invitation road
run of the Morningside Athletic Club
which was held yesterday. 1t was his
eighth consecutive win, and ir doing
so he smashed his own record for the
course by four seconds In being timed
in 24:2O.
Stokeley's fast performance was re-
sponsible ,n9 through a duel he had with
Arthur Larson, of the Logan Square
Athletic Club, of Chicago, who is to
make this city his home. Larson fool
ishly laid too far off the pace during
the early stages, with the result that
his helated effort during the final mile
proved of no avail. William Jackson,
st. Christopher Club, was third.
Frank Masterson, who recently was
reinstated into the A. A. U. fold com
peted and finished fourth. Masterson
represented the Mohawk Athletic Club,
OF which organization he was a mem
ber of championship teams five years
ago.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
Winter Sport Season Opens

THE winter sports hereby declared officially opened
minute last midnight the
teams OF the sxay bicycle
AND tor twenty this
'oiisued the sporting inaugural of the
Inc race u year promises to be quite
o past Inc hed while somewhat limited
Ana te ne" system of will plenty sprntng
and -
IN spite Oh me war and the scarcity of riding last wears
race proved one OF the most profitable held Garden was the
oF VaOe 1or the nghthawks after
% The rule probably will hold year Certainly the we'll
Fnown regulars were all out in force for nights opening
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
Schwartz Speedy
In Handicap Walk
On Harlem Course

Sam Schwartz, one time local walking
champion, made successful comeback
IN capturing the handicap walk CON
Quoted by the Morningside Athletic
Club over its course in Harlem yester-
Gay. Sam has not competed in four
years, but he showed that he had lost
little Of his speed in winning handjlv'
he was allotted handicap of three
minutes and completed the distance in
the actual time of 47:25.
N. Aggroho4m, who with Schwartz
represented the Walkers Club of Amer
lea, was second, while Alexander Jes-
sup, Junior national one mile champion.
was third. Jessup was the fast time
prize winner with an effort of Haas.
The summary follows:
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
To Mount Axworthy's Bones

LEXINGTON, KY, Dec. L - The
skeleton of Lee Axworthy, the world
famous trotter, was shipped from here
to-day for New York to be mounted.
1t will then be placed in the National
Museum of History Lee Axworthy
was the sire of many horses that have
already earned high honors in the
trotting world.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
CITATIONS

THE PE0PLn OF THE STATE OF NEW
ork. BY the Grace of God Free and
lndependen 5ll To ALICE LIE cEsNE. So
Avenue Victor Hugo. Paris. France the
heirs ana next Of kin Of OLIVIER de
Whereas, WINTHROP " SHATTUcJ<
Who resides az Rock Road. Glen Rock New
jersey. has lately applied to the Surro-
gates Court OF our County Of New York 70
nave a certain instrument in writing. re-
latlng TO both real and personal property.
duly proved as the last viii and testament
or oLlN lER de COMEAU, who was al the
TINE or ms death Il resident Of No i0a
WaVery Place, Borough of Manhattan Cttv
and County OF New York, deceased;
therefore. you and each OF you are c.ted
70 snow cause before the Surrogates Court
of our County Of New York at the Hail ~
RECORDS, IN the County OF New YORK an
the sra Gay OF January, one thousand n4na
Nuncred and nineteen. half past zen
clock N the forenoon OF that dav. whv
the said wih and testament should not hs
aGmitted 10 probate will Of real ana
personal property. ~ 'N''o
In Testimony Whereof we have ca,,.a,
the seal Of the Surrogstes' Court ~ > ~
Affixed W ''V'c cuh'o
Witness Honorable John P. cohalan a
surrogate OF our said County OF New York,
p, a. SAID county, the 18th day az
IL > HoNeru Der. IN the year OF our iorS
,t.,... orc thousand nine hundred and
DANIEL J. DOWDNEY
clerk OF the Surrogates' Court
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
Baker Becomes Boxer

Homer Baker, the middle distance
runner, is to seek honors other than
by his speed of foot. Baker has en-
tered the amateur boxing tournament
to be conducted by the Bensonhurst
Yacht Club on next Tuesday and
Thursday evenings. Eddie Mayo is to
be in Bakers corner.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
Devaney in Town

Michael J. Devaney, who holds many
local championships at middle dis
tances, is back in town after pursuing
course at the Naval Aviation Detach9
ment at Cambridge. Mass. Mike first
enlisted at the Charlestown Navy
Yard, Boston, from which he was
transferred to the naval branch.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
Dempsey Lacks Experiiey7ce

ACh DEMPSEYS battle against lighter Billy Miske in ph1a
dephla Thanksgiving Day disappointing to the now
Sons admirers but only SO far Dempsey failed to nut a
the nmbe and agile Miske 1t the general belief that tho
would have got to his with knockout walop bout Of +en Wounds
he that the fact demonstrated
M really finished article heavyweight camnior p
d Of of the most terrific walop packed bv rngi M
still too to work the its greatest value ~
In word Dempsey falls short phenomenav cre+ ~
because of lack of There eyneronco ~
ganeat the circle against of tho aoh
nwgh 1t behooves Dmpseys manager keep his charce m
busy possible from ~
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
Ivory Bells Dead

LEXINGTON, Dec. 1.-Walter r
Miller, the New York sportsman lost
one of his best brood mares whcn ne
famous Ivory Bells died here TO-DAY
Ivory Bells was the dam of Old Rose
bud. which won many stake races ur
to several years ago. The mare was
said to be worth $4,000.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
Victors by One Goal

Playing against the Eagle works of
the Standard on Company at Bayslde
Park, Jersey City, yesterday, the Tri-
angle Football Club won the game in
score of ! to 0. The only goal was
scored by Zehnbauer in the second half.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02

>HANk KRAMER the bicycle champion of
America who those to start in annual
day Madison Square Garden is
veteran OF tho and for has in
six-aay This he
and under the sprntng ability
may land this team in front
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02

Inn SULLIVAN, amateur box
~ ing champion for several
years, makes his debut ne "A pro-
fessional against Soldier Robert,
at Harrison, N. j., this evening.
He has surrendered his registra-
ton card to the local A. A. u.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
LOST. FOUND AND REWARDS
LOST BANNBOOKs

LOsT.-Bankbook No. 7sO.742 Of the Union
Dime Savings Bank Is missing Any per
son having a claim TO 1t is hereby called
upon to present the same within ten days
or submit TO having the said passbook can
celed and new one Issued
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02

Legs on the Red Cross and Tournament Guns
scored BY gunners With full cards OF 25 targets
Legs on the Byronel cup scored by guuners with
at 25 targets
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
Fifteen cams
Start in Race
At the Garden
Old-time Interest in Big
Arena When Cyclists
Appear on Track
By Fred Hawthorne
Elegy in a Garden" Churchyard

Elegy in a Garden" Churchyard
"The catrfeaO tolls the kneu Of the
first day;
The speeding herd wkirls mGdly
'round, and see
Honsetoard the veary bike "bug'
aOends has a0dy,
And leores the race, Aunt Flea
nor, to me-
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02

Apprentice allowances claimed.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02

Sergeant Harry T. Leising, now home
on a furlough, who was a prominent
member of the Brooklyn-F Forest Park
Golf Club before going to the war.
played with his club on Saturday, and
won the Class A handicap with a net
Scnra Of TX
The evening herald., 1918-03-25

Madrid March 20 saturday The
new Spanish cabinet WI. welcomed
enthusiastically TODAY by the members
ot the lower house of thc spanish
parliament. Tho s.rikt- 300 spain arr
believed Go bo over.
rm In HELP " iNTED as. then
read the SITUATIONS wanted