Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-19
ALL ATHLETIC SPORTS
ARE COMING BACK
Both Professional and Amateur
Events Being Planned for
Coming Season.

New York, Nov. iS.-1oTort 'eoNUi
ing bodies. both amateur and proieS-
sional, arc preparing for an extensive
revival of competition during the com.
INC wear Reports from all sections OF
the country are to the effect that authori-
ties and org anizations arc already plan
n;ny IN re-enter the field of their partlc-
,lar activity and aid IN re-establlshnnS
snort upon better and broader OASIS
than reached at any time previous 10
the war. While ii is yet too soon TO more
than outline the possibilities, 1T can
bc said that many annual meetings
of such bodies which were expected
to be perfunctory or omitted ehlrcly,
will now take on mementous interest
IN the reconstruction PERIOD which is
coming IN sport.
II can be stated authontatlvely that
major and MINOR baseball leagues Will
resi,me business next spring 1t is not
likely that the game Will Immediately
roach the heights To which IL had climbed
whom the world-war first took toll OF
Americas most popular S: ort. 1t Is
nojnted out, however, that baseball
has established a record IN weathcung
the greatest crisis of modern times with
hut the curtailing of the 1918 season
hy a month. Problems relative to high
railroad rates, loss of certain star players
and maintainence of duplicate parks
in some cities must be solved and this
will be accomplished between now and
next April. :.
Manv of the officers OF the golf and
tennis associations are at present IN
service and it is impossible to secure deii-
mite statements recording the 1919 cham
pionship tournaments. Sentiment among
The PLAYERS and followers OF these most
pop,llar of amateur sports arc over
whelmirglv in favor Of restoration
or continuance OF the title Journeys
next season Those authorizes who
discussed the situation rs individuals
EXPRESSED the same sentiments and II
appears TO be a torcgonc CONCLUSION
that pre-war conditions will he restored
al the annual meetings scheduled Janu-
arr. and February
In trork and field athletic the Amateur
Athletic | Mon championships will nc
2var,icd at the annual mcctlnCln l'hlladel-
phia md III view OF the fact that hoth inc
1rtcr coleglltc Amateur Nthictlc rs
saclatinn and hc Inter collegiate Athletic
Conference held their titular games in
1919 II is believed that tho meets will &c
staged next NAV and June rs usual.
College athletics arc certain 10 hc af-
fected for q time bv the regulations lald
doun for The conduct of tho : 4 1. e..
but II is a well known fact that the amy
and navy authorities are strongly IN
favor OF athletics and viii put no Obstacles
in the way of proper competition.
Baseball and rowing, two other major
sports at the colleges during the Spring,
will also be revived II the :. 4. J. {,
rules continue IN effect until the close
of the June term the games and races
will be conducted along the same lines
winch now prevail III football. College
nInes viii be pc1...i, ,rd to play nearby
rivals and dual rcpttas Will De staged.
II the rcstrnet1ons are csscd or entirely
ren,S~ed more ambitious schedules will
be arranged for the nIner and there ls =
poihEitv Of revival # the Eastern
ruwina cfnrics. Football may be expected
70 ru1une its normal piace in college
mort next Fail; as by that time It Is
thooxh thst the colleges will have re-
suroed their porrnal functions
In the realm OF the motors, plans arp
taking shApe for the restoration Of many
sport COMPETITIONS Racing enthusiasts
ar, locking forward TO the establishing OF
r,sny new records on land water and IN the
sir throurh the use Of the Liberty Motor
which II is expected will be available
for competitive purposes, next Spring
The Automobile Association. Aero
Club Of America and the American Power
Boat Association Will all stage champion
ship races in their respective classes
during 1919 IS preliminary to the re-
sumption OF international contest for
famous trophies. Trotting. pacing and
racing, which have continued through
out the durston Of the war Will be de-
veloped upon q larger scale. according
to the statements Of those interested IN
these sports The yacht clubs OF the
Atlantic Coast are also polishing race
trophies and brushing the dust of nautical
charts In preparation for a revival OF
Yachting and number OF regattas and
cruises, abandoned during the past few
wears will be revived next summer. The
officials OF the bicycle racbodies intend
70 broaden the scope OF competition and
the same holds true Of many minor sport
governing bodies according 70 information
cleaned III a hastv canvass Of the country.
On every side there Is convincing
evidence that the war has and will prove
a great stimulus to sport and the coming
wear will be but national period Of
preparation for the greater era Of inter
national competition to come.