The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-29
SPORTS


Penn G Georgia Tech game has at last
been definitely set for December Z.
after many changes in the schedule.
No--that is provided the war depart
ment has no objection. Announce
men, of final arrangements for the
game, with only one 'if' still on the
horizon, was made this afternoon.
Coach Bill Hollenbeck in the mean
time Ia nursing a grudge against con-
gress for changing the clocks PACK
last Sunday. Holienback today point
ed out that the loss Of an hours prac-
tice every afternoon will make great
difference in the condition OF the team
next Saturday. when Penn comes up
against the Lafayette eleven.
Georgia Tech will meet Pittsburgh
at Forbes field on November % for
the benefit of the united war work
fund. Hollenback announced today.
Cam bridge, Mass. Oct. 2s.-Ensign
Harris Dadmun, who captained the
Harvard football team in 1916, coach
ed the army team at Harvard today
while Jimmy OBrien. former Holy
Cross back. coached the navy eleven.
A decision TO combine the senior and
junior army squads was made this
afternoon because neither was strong
enough TO form a good team alone.
Ralph De Palma. champion OF the
dirt track and one of the foremost
automobile drivers In the country. has
been accepted for the United States
air service.
Turner Bethel, Richmond boy. who
had an unusual athletic career at the
Washington and Lee university. is
la school
at Key West Fla.
The Toronto High School Rugby
league has adopted rule abolishing
the scrimmage buck to help do away
svisss Ynzsa plays in Canadian rugby
and TO make the play more
open.
Arthur Duffy. one of the first ath-
letes to run 100 yards under ten sec
onds. has been wounded on the firing
line in France.
The war and navy departments
have been asked TO allow West Point
and Annapolis to meet in big Red
Cross match at the Polo grounds on
Thanksgiving day.
The plap OF Ban Johnson to de-
vote the receipts OF the next worlds
heries to the building OF permanent
home for wounded and disabled sol
,dier-ball players will sound well to
the fans. How 1t will listen to the
masnates is another question.
Rocky Kansas, the Buffalo light
weight champion. will box young
Britt, the New England champion. In
Rnxfon IN Nnye MI Ar -
Cal Delaney, of Cleveland, Ohio
lightweight scrapper, was named Sat
urday to complete the Great Lakes
naval training station contingent OF
hive boxers for the inter-allied boxing
in London in Decembe
The other fighters are: Richie Nit
chell, lightweight; Jack Heinen,
heavyweight: Dennis O'Keefe, we.ser-
weight. and Pal Moore. bantamweight
Hank O'Day, veteran umpire OF the
National league, says that he Is
anxious to 60 to France and call de-
cisions for the American soldiers,
To-Day says that he has heard that
lumpircs are in particular demand
back OF the lines. where baseball is
one of the principal forms OF recrea
ton but where competent officials are
scarce.
Richie Mitchell. who looked like a
hampion lightweight till he ran foul
of Benny Leonard, Is attempting to
teach Joe Stecher the fine points OF
the lighting game. The teacher Is
capable. but the pupil Is too well along
in years to learn new tricks.
Bill Coughlin, the famous Detroit
is now on the high
seas bound for France as a knights
of Columbus secretary.
The old campaigner, Borrow. and
the two-year-old Petrol OF the Harry
Payne whitney string, have been re-
tired to the Brookdale farm for the
season. w. II. T.