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New-York tribune., 1918-02-03

neyed to New Brunswick, y. J.. md
went down to defeat at the hands 81 :
the husky Jerseyites, who had had III
the advantages Of warm place 10
work in before the contest.
Still running into hard luck. N. +
team returned and found a pensr.I
shutdown. The coal situation at il.
Heights had become acute, and the eol
lege authorities had closed the varios.
schools for ten days in order to o.,
enough coal together to be able to hei: F
the midyear examinations at the Hans,
time. This made necessary the car
collation. Of the Amherst contest a,
January II.
The squad had been unable to get !, !
any practice on account Of the extrems
cold, and with no hope Of any heat os |
that date it was ds~..ss5 to call off tss
game rather than p1ay ul4orr such ad.
verse conditions.
When classes were again resumn
the athletic association had made ~.
engagements with nearby gymnasiur
to give the athletes chance to wors
out the kinks in their frozen muscles
Coach Haring found much difficulty IN
getting his charges back 20 their nor.
nal condition and playing FORM The
prolonged absence from the board floor
had done much harm. The men had
fallen off IN their team work and were
hardly fit to meet an opponent of any
class.
However. the schedule called for :.
meeting with the Army quintet I'D thu
Hudson on the West Point court. With
more determination than ability the
Violet team took the trip and me-;
with disaster. All through the gam.
N. Y. L. showed what the enforced idle.
ness had accomplished. and as r..
suit of their inferior playing the Arm
gained "A tremendous lead, which
brought a victory.
Exams. Called Halt
Due to the midyear examination ps.
Rod. there is let-up in the activitie:
of the team. However, the players arr
able to practise every day, and after
two weeks Coach Haring says his auip.
tet will be ready to play the contests
that remain on the schedule.
Early this month the Violet's an.
nual Southern trip will take place
Among others, the team will engag.
enc of its most steadfast rivals, ths
Naval Academy at Annapolis. Tn.
Bronx collegians include the Nav
ee"hi III tielr SOulnefn tour each yeal
and have had varied success. Last yea
it was walkover for the local ath
letes, and victory this year will vim
dicate Coach Haring's boast that tn
University Heights aggregation will i
on its feet again and we'll fit to retur
home and tackle Syracuse. The nm
staters have always had a fast team
and it would be another feather in the
locals can TO take q fall out ne IL.
men from the Orange and White inst.
tuition.
A word about Coach Harry Haring.
in whose hands the hope Of the Vioe.
in basketball is placed. Haring came
to the team last year By his untirins
efforts he developed an invincible ar.
ray, of basket heavers. This season
ne has met with all-around hard luck
but it is his aim to make strons
finish despite all the handicaps he has
faced in his work.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
Toronto Welcomes
Big League Games

Baseball fans in Toronto do not ex-
pect to be without their portion o.
games next season, regardless OF no"
the war may affect the local activities
there. Plans are being made to nave
several major league teams from ''s
United States play games. Sol soimsD'
of the Toronto club, is quoted as peinsI
in favor OF such proposal. Mr.. o0''
man states:
THE experience OF the Chicago No
tionals, Detroit, Cleveland, St. LOVE
and New York Americans in Toreh"
last summer has caused the club TO DC
deluged with applications for exhi0'
ton games at the Island Stadium heA'
year.
Should the International magna'ss
at their schedule meeting on Feorus.l,
II decide that it would be inadvlssps
to play ball during the 1918 season; y
IS proposed to bring the Washins'vss.
team to Toronto for an entire serie'
with the Western teams of the Ame.
lean League, viz, the worlds chan
pion Chicago White Sox. Detroit =.
gers, Cleveland Indians and st. Loo''
Browns
The proposal is for sixteen conseey,,
1--WE games at the Island Stadium, ess, s,
OF the Western teams playing 'o',
games with the Washington team .
Toronto, instead of at Washing'0s.
Inc Toronto and Washington tcs~'
are now negotiating to this end
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
lwenty~Eigh
Women Enter
| ennis ournev

A total of twenty Weight entries has
been received for the annual women,s
invitation lawn tennis tournament on
the indoor courts of the Heiphts
Casino, Montague Street, BROOKLYN.
that begins tomorrow morning at IN
o'clock. The draw follows:
First round {singles)-Niss MoI1a
BJurstedt VS.. Mrs f. Sohst; Miss M r
Brown vs. Miss Adele Cragin: Mrs
r. Eberhardt VS.. Mrs. de Forest Can.
dee; Mrs. Theodore Cassebeer VS.. Miss
Caroma Vim; Miss B. Harwood vs.
MISS Marie Wagner: Mrs. y. G Mills
VS.. Bessie Holden; Mrs. Albert HIM
phrles vs.. Miss c. Curtiss; Miss Flea.
nor Goss VS.. Mrs. NJ. B. Huff; Mrs.
$. Fullerton Weaver VS.. Mrs. Raw.
son L. Wood Miss Gertrude bella
Torre VS.. Mrs. f. V. Lynch: Miss
M. Taylor VS.. Miss F. Ballin: Miss
Barbara Hooker VS.. Mrs. Percy VIII
bourn
Second round. top half (first round
byesl-Mrs. j. Rogge VS.. Miss Marion
Nanderhoef. Lower half)-Miss Jane
Rowson VS.. Mrs. w. II. Pritchard.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
Strong Classes
For Bird Dogs
AtGarden! Show
Mary Montrose, Winner Of
All Age Championship,
Among Leading Entries

Bird dogs will have strong classes in
Madison Square Garden, February 20
to %. In pointers William Ziegler,
jr., will be represented by Mary Mon
trose, the only Derby dog to win an
all-age championship and winners
class at the Westminster show in the
same year; Ringing Bells, Speckled
Gown, Comanche Frank and others that
Bob" Armstrong has been handling
with success at the Western and
Southern field trials.
Among the English setter entries
will be DR.. James f. Hairs's bench
champions and Harry D. kirkover's
class and last month the victor in the
first championship of the Amateur
Field Trial Clubs, at Thomasville. Ga.
Carn terriers, to celebrate the en-
larged classification for the breed, will
have q notable entry Baroness Bur-
ton, owner of the largest kennel of
Cairns in Great Britain, will be repre-
sented by direct importatons. Other
exhibitors will be Mrs. Payne Whitney,
Mrs. Byron Rogers, Mrs. Daingerfeld
Lewis, Mrs. A. J. Davis, Mrs. Henry f.
IiCc, Iicu AldIIlcSf MIS-. NOQfnun
Wanamaker and Mrs. John Philip
Sousa.
That the annual stakes of the Bull
dog Club Of America will be decided at
the show and the letter of confidence
in John f. Collins as the judge sent
out by that organization are factors
that will help the entry in bulldogs.
Other breeds that the trend of early
entries indicate will gain a large ag-
gregate benching include Pomeranians,
Pekingese, Brussels gritfons, American
foXhounds, Irish settlers, French bull
dogs and Boston terriers.
Irish wolfhounds, Great Danes, Rus
sian wolfhounds and St Bernards are
leading the big breeds in advance en-
tries. This year ST. Bernards are en-
tered in unusual strength from New
England and the West, but Colonel
Jacob Rupert, jr., who for twenty
eight years has been an exhibitor of
the monks breed" with the Westmin-
ster Kennel Club, expects to hold his
own with thirty eight of the rough
coated and smooths, the greatest entry
he has ever made. Besides a desire
to aid the American Red Cross, Colonel
Ruppert Is keen on winning the Secre-
tary's Cup, the gift of Lewis A. FL
bridge, for the best St. Bernard.
The active support of the Boston ter
ricrs' owners was indicated by the
many special prizes sent in as soon as
the announcement appeared that Dam
lei +. Ritchey was to be the Judge The
specials fill five and one-half close
ly printed foolscap pages of the West
minister Kennel Clubs premium list
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
Public Schools
Rifle Tourney
Starts Friday

The Whitney sub-target rife tourna-
ment Of the Public Schools Athletic
League will begin next Friday on the
ranges Of three schools in Manhattan
and The Bronx and as many in Brook
lyn. Fourteen schools are entered.
They are divided into two divisions-A
and b.
Division A is composed entirely of
Brooklyn high schools, while Division
is made up of schools in Manhattan
and The Bronx. Each school viii! shoot
in seven Matches
On March %, when the tournament
Will come to halt, the winners of
each division will meet on a neutral
gun in series of three matches tn
decide the championship. In case of a
tie the winner will be determined bv
the largest aggregate of points. The
rules OF the tournament are similar to
those of last year
The list of games for Friday are :
Division A-Boys' High at CONNER
cial, New Utrecht at Eastern il'.,vl Djstrict
Erasmus Hall at Flushing. Division
R-Curtis at High School of Commerce.
Bryant at De Witt Clinton, Morris at
Evander Childs.
The rest of the schedule follows:
Division A-Februaiy Is New Utrecht. at Bows.
Commercial, at Richmond Hill Eastern Dstrict =,
Erasmus Han. February 2l Richmond hin a,
Eastern District: Commercial. at Flushing; Erasmi.
Hall at New Utrecht. March !: Richmond Hi a.
Roys Hys Eastern District, al Commercial: Fiushinr q
New trecht March s: Boys at Erasmus HaII
Ne" Utrecht. at Richmond IIill Flushing NJ East
eri Disrlct March l5 Boys, at Flushing: rich
mond Hli. at Erasmus Hall: CommerciaI AT Nes
ltrecht. March ~. Eastern pislrirf st p,ys
FFlushins, At Richmond Hill Erasmus iIaii IioSS a
Commercial. '"''' d
Division B-Fcbruarv 49, De witt cilpto, :.
Curtis Morris. at Siuyvesant; Bryant. at Tyan0s
thds February Il High School Of CommrrSe y
Mofrs; bryant at Curtis; Stuyvesant a, Fvanaa
thds March !: Bryant. at Morris DE wit Gin
toii. at Stuyvesailt; High school of Commerce a
hvander Chids: March s: Curtis at Morris
stnyyssant. at Bryant; De Witt Cnnton, at mri
school or Commerce March Is: Stnyvesant. a
der ShilHs at ls wig Clinton, March ~ Morrts
Commerce; Evallder Chllds. at curtis '''1''o' o.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
Waseda College and All
Americans Finished Mat
tiers in 40 Minutes
By Louis Lee Arms

Rcsuming our midwintcr eXamina-
tion of baseball records, is there any
one in the assemblage this morning
who can tell when and where the short
est ball game on record was played and
how long it took to play it?
served on the faces Of everybody is
proof enough that there will be no an
swer and that if there is ono it will
be brazen stall. Very we'll. We shall
answer our own question. By follow
ing this simple method of examination
We shall be able to do most Of the talk
ing.
The shortest baseball game on rec
ord was played in Toxic in 1909. 1t
was contested between the Reach ALL
Americans and the Waseda College
nine. Precisely forty minutes were
consumed in playing. The score was
3 to in favor of the All-Americans.
The score itself is somewhat of II sur
prise, not because the collegians
scored 0, but that the professionally
mAQe only tHTCc runs. IL Is pOSSlDlc
they had to make train.
Too Good To Be True
Assuming that in the Land Of the
Cherry Blossom a minute is sixty sec
onds and that the timekeeper's watch
didn't have springhalt, this game may
be considered one Of the greatest rec
ords ever to be achieved in baseball.
A baseball game in forty minutes! 1t
is almost too good to be true.
Our Cerberus of Records says naive
ly: Gwen so, it was reported that
about five minutes were lost by the
Japs kicking on Flaherty's rapid deliv-
cry, they claiming he did not give them
time to get into position to bat"
Patrick Flaherty should be ashamed
of himself. The little sons Of Nippon
were all set for an afternoon Of pleas
ant pastiming, only to face a pitcher
who wouldn't give them time to get
into position to bat. 1t is small wonder
they got neither hit nor run off the
unfair Patrick Flaherty.
Speaking of peculiar reasons why
you ever hear Of the scheduled contes st
between the Allentown and Lancaster
clubs that didn't come off? 1t was
back in the good old days of 1885, on
May %, to be exact.
According TO the club secretary. the
game was to be started that afternoon
promptly at 3: 80 o'clock. Three O'Clock
came and not solitary spectator was
in the grandstand. At 3:15 p. m. the
park still was deserted as grave
yard at midnight. At $3.50 o'clock it
was the same. Imagine the mortifca-
tion of the Allentown and Lancaster
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
J. P.Donovan Is High Gun
At Traper'S Island TrQps
Makes Two ''Straights
Thirty seven Shooters
Figure on Firing Line

Kcen's scoring was the order of the
day yesterday at the Travers Island
traps, where the fine string Of thirty
seven shooters figured on the firing
line. Of the lot Joseph P. Donovan
seemed to have the best focus on the
clays, for he gathered in the high hon
ors of the day with the scratch high
gun, rafting out an actual total of So
mented the feat by winning other
minor prizes.
Donovan, who has been gradually
forcing himself into the front brigade,
performed the unusual trick of having
made two "straights" in the afternoon
Along with taking away the medal for
the high scratch, he earned the leg
on the Travcrs Island Cup by a
straight" and he Tailed joint legs on
all the serial prizes on the programme.
Ralph l.. Spots, the ex-national anna
teur champion, cracked out an actual
81, and he. too, had a straight" to his
DR.. Leroy Culver, respectively the ex-
New York A. c. champion and the pres
ent champion, finished level with 90.
Others to get beyond the 80 mark were
George J. Corbctt, Frank B. Stephen
son, j. II. Vanderveer, Martin McVoy,
jr., W. S. Silkworth, L. F. Curtis, d. +.
Boyden and j. L. Snow.
f. M. Wilson Victor
Next in Importance to the high
scratch gun is the high handicap prize,
and that was won by F. M. Wilson
after a shoot-off with several who hung
up full scores. Wilson also secured d
additional honors by winning a special
shoot of 25 birds.
Those to be credited with Joint legs
hanty, Wilson, Poertner, Mcleod, Dick
lnson, Martin, Nanderveer, Duden and
Bauer. The legs on the Club Cup were
chalked up to Martin and Silkworth.
Some sharp work took place for the
Accumulation Cup, there being three
"straights" by SPOTS, Culver and Don
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03

less than nineteen homo runs and
scored no less than 131 runs"
We should say this is no less than
enough!
Back in 1862 you remember what a
warm summer we had back in 1862
the general price of admission to all
ball games was 10 cents. Most of it
was worth that
A few years later some of the bows
got together in the annual league meet
Ing down at the Waldorf and over the
second bottle they decided that in tho
future it would be permissible to
charge 25 cents for admission. 1t vas
feared at first that the public would
not meet this stupendous advance. but
even in those days the public was get
ting the old advance tagged on 'cm and
the price went through.
1t was in 1869 that Cincinnati became
the aristocrat of the baseball world by
charging 80 cents admission to bali
games. While it is true that Cincinnati
never has had team it was worth that
much to see, far be it from us to take
any credit away from her. Anyhow, it
is a matter of record
Manchester and Portland once played
SIX games in one day, all of the games
being won by Manchester That was
on September 4, 1899. A band did not
iiSS' VIC ON lidiiO IcdIll ~ lIlC SldJlOn
when it arrived home. In fact, there
is some doubt whether the Portland
team went home at all.
In 1887 Tip O'Neill, Of the st. Louis
American Association team, biffed the
bali for the modest little average Of
1852. He took part in 1913 games and
made 277 hits. To make the average
even it is assumed the other members
of the st. Louis team did not hit the
ball at all that year.
Prior to 1870 base runner was not
permitted to overrun first base. That
year 1t was decided that a man was
lucky to reach first base, to say nothing
of overrunning it, and the rule was
changed. A base runner now over
runs first base. often as far as home
plate. if he finds it feasible.
Speaking Of home runs, it exists as
a matter Of record that Harry Wright,
| OF Cincinnati, made seven of them in
one game against the Holt Club, of
Newport, Ky. The historic date was
June ~, 1857. Harry virtually wrecked
all the buildings along Main Street.
The next instalment of records
should include the number of times
Johnny Evers has been sent to the
clubhouse.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
Shortest Baseball Game
Played at Toxic, Japan
clubs! Here it was playing time and
none to play before.

IIuDS! ueTe IL was playing time and
none to play before.
Circus Cause of 1t All
In those days baseball was played
more informally than it is now. So the
ball players, still in their uniforms,
went down the street to see what was
holding the crowd back. They found a
1T unanimous by watching the process
sion themselves.
In 1898 Washington and St. Louis be-
came involved IN peculiar record.
The teams played twelve innings with
out scoring. Even in those early DAYS
st: Louis and Washington showed great
reluctance in crossing the home plate.
At the end of twelve innings the rival
captains gave up hope of sighting land.
and they decided to call it off for the
day, with the hope that on the morrow
one or the other of the clubs might ac-
cldentally score run.
80 the two teams crossed bats, as
they used to say then, the following
day and began blasting for n run. II
was difficult Job. There didn't seem
to be run anywhere on the property
They drilled deeper and deeper. and
had all but abandoned hope when, in
the fourteenth inning, Washington
scored. lhe run was later stuffed by
taxldermlst and may now be seen
in st. Louis museum. The teams
went twentysix innings before tallv
was made
:. ms was all very we'll, in way, but
IT mad a sinister influence on the teams
ever afterward. The St. Louis Browns
along about 1915 got so they could 90
nifty innings without scoring run. and
do it easily, at that.
On September 27, 1908, in the beauti-
ful little city of Tacoma a League
record was set when the Tacoma and
spokane teams played three games in
row. Up to that time and generally
savants that the limit of human 1a, an
durance is reached at the conclns;on
or two games. -
Welcome to Record
but the Pacific Coast breeds strono
outstanding citizens capable of assini'
lS1lng great punishment, and it is hut
reasonable to suppose that sooner or
!ater some records will go West. So
lar as this particular record is con,
GeIneu :. .h ~ Is TO be hoped they will keep
Tacoma won all three games hv a..
scores of 4-1, 10 and 7@3. W. s"n, 'r.
pose Spokane promptly claimed that ui 70
another game had been played that dav
the result would have been different
1t might be parenthetically stateo
here that these records that have been
cited for the last several weeks are
authentic. They are taken mostly from
Spalding's Book of Records. In spite
OF the pink golf sweaters and funny
Looking gloves which the Spalding con
Germs show IN their windows, they have
never; SO far as we know, booted a
record. q
We should not have bothered to in
Duct this testimony were it not for tbe
tact that the record which we are about
to spring almost passes the we'll known
Mr. B. Leaf. Here it is:
THE Athletics, of PHILADELPHIA. in a
game against an amateur team in New
Castle, Del, on May 8, 1866, made no 10
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03

college was felt most of all by the
basketball team. Last year the Violet
boasted ono of the best fves it
has ever brought forth. All Of the men
were classed among the stars Of the
game. Headed by Captain Howard
Cam. they went through the season
with only one defeat.
And what is more remarkable. the
entire team was to haze returned to
college this fall. The only execution
was that Of Phillips, who was subse-
quently replaced by Baker when the
former had to retire from his position
at right guard OK account of illness.
Cam, Storey, Mooney, Egan and Baker
would have been Coach Haring's first
string men tbs year.
I've Regulars Report
When the call for practice was is
sued last fall only two of that in
vlncib)e quintet reported. Egan, who
wss 1T forward last season, appeared,
and was Immediately chosen temporary
captain to act in place of Jim Storey,
who is now with the Aviation Corps
somewhere" Baker was the only
other regular on hand. Along with
them came Marin, the plucky little sub
stltute OF last season.
ooach Harlng was not dsmayed. He
began work Immediately and found
likeiy material from which to build a
Team. Lowe, a newcomer into ath-
letlcs at New York University, showed
up especially we'll in the guard posi-
ton and soon became a fixture on the
quintet. Ebenfeld, another new man.
made fine teammate for Lowe and
consequently landed in the opposite
berth.
=, inns made the lineup complete. with
Lgan and Marin playing forward. Baker
at centre and the two other lads fillinp
IN at the guard stations Besides these
Schwartz and Steinberg proved most
dependable men and became the first
line substitutes.
With this aggregation the Violet
opened its season against c. c. n. Y
on the latter's courts. Here the Uni
verslty Heights five sprung the biggest
surprise of the season. The c. c. II. Y.
team was considered the best collegiate
five in the East. They were touted to
be invincible. but The Bronx boys
opened with a rush and at the end of
the session had gained lead of two
points, winning the contest by the score
Of 16 to IA.
The following week the Violet faced
the Lafayette men on their own court.
Here again the locals showed their
pluck and forced the issue to an extra
period before they bowed in defeat.
A Cold Gymnasium
The season was resumed after the
Christmas holidays at Rutgers The
team reported for practice at the gym
nasium and found it unheated and
any coal to start the fires that fur
nished warmth to that building. So
with no real preparation they jour
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
Pitches One Inning
And Loses His Job

George Pennington. former pitcher
for the Lawrence club, of the Eastern
League, has been released by the St.
Louis Americans. George pitched just
one inning for the St. Louis club last
season and allowed one hit.
Manager Fielder Jones figures he
can get more service from somebody
else, so he let poor George meander
In the Eastern League Pennington was
considered q very efficient pitcher. He
twlrled good ball for Lawrence, and
many fans predicted he would make
good when he entered the big league.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
Wins Putting Contest

BELLEAIR HEIGHTS. Fla. Feb. .
Miss Harriet Shepard, of Hartford. won
the women's putting tournament here
today after tieing with Mrs. c. f.
Schnell, of Cincinnati, and Miss ". ".
Morrison. of Toledo. with scores of Is
Tor the eighteen holes. In the play-off
Miss Shepard won with 81, to 80 for
the other two. In the play-off for sec
ond place Mrs. Schnell won with 81, to
50 for her opponent. Sixty players en-
tered the contest.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
Cicotte Signs Bonus
Contract With Sox

DETROIT, Feb. 2.-E Eddie Cicotte.
the eighth wonder of the baseball
world, who signed a new one-year CON
tract With the Chicago Americans, told
friends here that he will pitch under
a bonus agreement. Cicotte, who is -
Detroter, declined to state the term
of the agreement, but said he was well
satisfied.
"Knuckle Ball" Eddie expects to cut
in on another slice of world series
money. but regards Boston and Detroit
as dangerous contenders for the pen
nant.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
Brubo Wins Singles
In Regiment Tourney

Theodore A. Brubo won the Glass c
singles of the TIN Regiment Tennis
Club yesterday afternoon by defeating
A. Z. Postlcy in tho final round, in
straight sets, by a score Of Cd, 6 g.
G-4.
Several of the players who will COM
pete in the big exhibition matches at
the 7th Regiment Armory on Lincoln's
and Washington's birthdays played
some practice matches yesterday. II. R.
Fell and w. M. Hall defeated Kino
Smith and Arthur s. Cragin by score
OF 60. 10, 7-~5. and DR.. William
Kossnbaum X and Crag;r defeated Julian
>. ,'.ot Myrick and charl les uaggett, the
professional. at G. C Go
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
Another Chick Harley

CLEVELAND, Feb. o. Cleveland is
planning on sending new "Chick"
Harley, All-American halfback, to Ohio
State University. He is Frank Civil
letto, a Central High School athlete,
said to be the best all-around star ever
developed in Cleveland. He made his
reputation in football last season.