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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17
Formal Athletic
System Advisable,
Says Dean Briggs

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Feb. 16.
Y Don't misconstrue Har-
wards attitude toward foot
ball last fall" said Dean Briggs,
chairman of the Harvard athletic
committee. eff we had the same
question to decide again we
would take the same action.
But now that the reserve officers
training organization is firmly
established at the university l
think that a somewhat formal
system of athletics may once
more be employed without inter-
fering seriously with military
education. The chances for a
race between crews representing
Harvard and Yale is promising,
SO are the prospects for baseball
games with some of our old
rivals"
The Harvard athletic commit
tee, at meeting Tuesday night,
is expected to hear Dean Briggs
report on the conference held at
New Haven.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17
Redland Mayor
Opens journey
For Bowlers

CINCINNATI, Feb 16.-The eight
American Bowling Congress opened on
sixteen new alleys at the Hamilton
County Armory here tonight with six
teen local teams rolling The initial
balls. The first balls were launched
upon the surface of the alleys after
Mayor Calvin had delivered a wclcom-
ing address to the bowlers and the
alleys had been formally turned over
to the congress by Chairman August
Hermann, of the Cincinnati tourna-
ment committee
Bowling experts did not anticipate
large scoring during the first few DAYS
OF the tourney inasmuch as only local
teens are scheduled to take part up to
Tuesday evening, when a Newark. N. T..
and st. Louis team will get into the
contests.
Opening night, however, marked a.
scene long to be remembered, as
humorous bands were on hand playinA
for their favorite teams while the sew
eral thousand seats reserved for spec
tators in the rear of the alleys we're
crowded to capacity when the bowling
began.
Only one shift of five men teams
rolled tonight and only one shift will
roll tomorrow night. but thereafter a
shift will be started at p. m. and
another shift at 1915 .. m., while the
doubles and singles contests will start
at a. M, thus making continuous
bowling during the next three weeks
from a. N. until midnight
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17
Patience Brings Victory
TO a Brooklyn Shooter
w. S. Silkworth, After Many
Failures, Wins at Traps
of N. Y. A. G.
BY J. S. Mitchell

For the first time during his career
at the Travers Island traps, William S.
Silkworth, q Brooklyn clay-bird cx-
pert, captured the much coveted high
scratch gun medal yesterday in the
regular events of the New York A. C.
shoot. For two or three seasons the
Brooklynte has been knocking at the
door Of the front brigade, but some
how the tide never seemed to flow in
his direction until yesterday. when his
unwavering persistency was rewarded
by the actual topnotch tally of 81 out
of the possible 100.
1T was a highly meritorious session
of trap work, and not only earned Silk
worth the high scratch gun honors. but
equaled the figures made a week ago
by SPOTS; that is. for club members.
When it is remembered that eight out
of the thlrty-nine shooters broke better
than "a actual, it will be seen that
Silkworth had warm time of it to
pull out in the lead.
DIR. George Fl. Martin, former
champion of the Mercury Foot, shat
tered SO, or unit less than the
Brooklyn man, while four tied for the
third place, with actual strings Of 95.
These were Ralph L. SPOTS, the former
national champion; w. B. Ogden, Frank
Is. Stephenson and a Long Island shoot
er named G. Kletick.
Two Additional Brackets
Two additional brackets fell to Silk
worth: He ratified out straight 25
for the Travers Island Cup, and it
gained him a leg over the field. The
score for the Travers Island counted
for the Benefit Trophy, and Silkworth
was credited with a leg on the box at
the New York A. C. Hippodrome benefit
on March 10.
The hoodoo number of thirteen tied
for the Handicap cup with full scores
of 100. They were McCutcheon, Mar
tin, Ogden, Stephenson, Corbett, Brown,
Wilson, SPOTS, Mcmahon, Bauer, Bak
err, Anderson and Klefck. To decide
the ownership of the prize a shoot-off
of twenty-five birds was ordered, and
Baker returned the high gun tally.
There was some sharp work for the
other trophies, "straights" being the
order of the day. For the Haslin cup
the leg winners were DR.. George H.
Martin and Frank B. Stephenson. A
new recruit to the firing squad dis
tinguished himself by winning the leg
on the Club cup. He was George M.
Pynchon. He surprised the talent with
a "straight" w. B. Ogden, who has
earned his place of late among the front
line guns, won the leg on the Accumu-
lation cup, doing the trick without a
MISS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17
New York Men
Beat Bostonians
In Tennis Duel
Alexander and Rosenbaum
Win at Doublcs-Taylor
Defeats Richards
By Fred Hawthorne

New York defeated Boston yesterday
in the special exhibition doubles lawn
tennis matches at .hc 7th Regiment
Armory for the benefit OF the Training
Camp Activities Fund. Frederick Is
Alexander and DR.. William Roscn-
baum, national indoor doubles cham
pions, trumphcd over Irving Wright
and Harry C. Johnson, of Boston, by u
score of SIS, 6-3, 6-3, and Arthur .
Cragin and w. Dickson Cunningham
vanouishcd Beals Wright and Nathaniel
w. Niles. of Boston, at SIS, 7--5, 6-2.
In singles match Harold l.. Taylor,
Junior metropolitan champion, defeated
Vincent Richards, national boy cham
pon, by score of Cd, To.
Only Alexander, the pcrennially
Youthful internationalist. was anywhere
near his regular game. The veteran s
rlaying was always spectacular, ana ne
was the dominating factor in the match
,n which he and Rosenbaum defeated
johnson and Irving Wright. Overhead,
Alexander was remarkably steady and
severe, handling lobs with unvarying
accuracy.
Beals Wright's work was something
of a disappointment Although he has
not been active in tournament play Tor
several years, the former national
champion and conqueror OF Norman
Brookes has been surrounded with such
a halo of greatness by those who re-
membcred him in the days when he
play yesterday was bound to suffer in
comparison There was little snap to
his strokes and while he showed much
Of his old cleverness in forcing posi-
ton, the former champion was wild
overhead and was caught out of posi-
ton many times himself.
Niles gave only rare flashes Of the
form he showed at Forest Hills last
August, when he faced Lindley Murray
inithe final round of the national SIN
giles. His work at the net was good
pected when his lack of practice is
taken into nsideration, lie and
Wright often clashed on the court in
trying to make returns.
Cragin, always on the alert for open
ings, hitting hard and true Oh every
shot, pulled his side through to vic
tory against Wright and Niles. Al
though the latter pair led in the first
set at ID and So on games, Cragln
rallied Cunningham and then started
Il spirited forcing attack that finally
brought the set even and eventually
gave it to his side at S.
In the second set the advantage al
ternated, and again it was the aggres-
sive attack of Cragin and Cunningham
that brought them out on top at 7-5.
In the last set the New York pair got
off to big lead and held command
throughout, to win the final set at 62
and the match
Taylor played one of the prettiest
games he has shown on the. indoor
courts this season in defeating Rich
ards. His service was powerful fac
tor, for Richards lost most of his
points on the return of the Brooklyn
boys delivery. The ball came over so
swiftly and under such excellent con-
troll, that Richards had little chance to
do more than land his returns in the
net.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17
Dingee Triumphs Over Pierce
After Close Fight Bur-
rough Trounces Deeley
By A. c. Cavagnaro

Norman F. Torrance played in un-
usually good form in defeating Harry
E. MCGOWAN in a match of the team
squash tennis tourney of the Crescent
Athletic Club on the Brooklyn courts
yesterday. 1t was expected that Nc
Gowan would tax fully the playing
ability of his veteran opponent, but the
unexpected happened when Torrance
won in two straight games. The scores
were 1915, 15-9.
While the match required only two
games, MCGOWAN forced his opponent
into many long rallies before giving
up point. Terrence drove the ball low
and with speed around the court, and
this attack puzzled MCGOWAN. The lat
ter also had difficulty in digging Tor
RANGES returns out of the corners of
the back wall, and often was able onlv
to defect the smashing Of his rival.
Torrance's nicking of the telltale
gave him an early lead in the first
game, but MCGOWAN soon rallied. to
hSod1iiC SOIiluduu IL WAS an even nrht.
with MCGOWAN only a few points in
the van, when Torrance braced to set
the game at 13-all. MCGOWAN replied
with lead of 2 to 0. but this adj
vantage was not held long before his
rival rallied strongly, to count his nee
essary five aces in succession.
Sharp 'Cross-Court Shots
The second game found Torrance
bringing into play sharp 'cross-court
shots and low "kills" over the telltale
that enabled him to gain a big lead
early. MCGOWAN succeeded in return
ing many of his rivals shots, but
found trouble with his opponents low
drives.
c. West Dingee, the all-around ath
lete, also played at his best in defeat
ing w. l.. Pierce, after close fight,
by a score of 1910, 1872, while
II. r. Burrough won handily from G.
L. Deeley by count of 15-17, 15-9.
Team No. i. which is captained by
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17
Sport Revival at big
Three" TO Come Slowly
Will Observe Limited Number
Events in Three Branches
Major Sports

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Feb. 16.-Fol-
lowing the general decision of Yale,
Harvard and Princeton to revive in
tercollegiate sports, under careful re-
strlctlons, at yesterdays conference
here, the athletic committees at the
three universities will attempt to work
out mutually details for spring sport
schedules. Meetings of the general
athletic committees will be held at
the three universities, when the dis
cussion which took place here yester.
day will be outlined. Then the cues.
ton of arranging the schedules in row.
ing, baseball and track athletics will
be turned over to the undergraduate
managers.
All three universities have agreed
that in the main it is wise to attempt
to arrange a limited number of events
in all three branches of major sport
this spring. No attempt has been made
to bind the three OLD rivals to a definite
triangular athletic arrangement and
agreement. There will be no triple
SNHcuulS Ill dUV Ol INC Cnrce branches
of sport, but The details of such ath-
letics as the undergraduates desire will
be left entirely to them.
The three delegates who met here
yesterday, Dean Briggs, of Harvard;
Dean McClanahan, of Princeton, and
Professor Robert Corwin, of Yale, ex-
pressed themselves emphatically in ia
vor of allowing the undergraduates to
go ahead and to arrange their sched-
ules without imposing any more tech
nical restrictions than are imperative
under the war conditions which pre-
vail. The three are of the opinion that
the undergraduates will all arrange
baseball, rowing and track schedules,
which perfectly conform to the exist
ing circumstances in the universities,
which have been created by greatly de-
creased membership, inability to
finance sports on the former intercol-
legiate scale, unwillingness on the part
of the public to witness college sports
conducted on the "Roman holiday"
scheme which has prevailed in the past,
and. lack of athletes to form teams in
any branch of sport of the usual Hair
ward, Princeton and Yale Standards
1T was made clear at Yale to day that
there would be no athletic events Incl
dent to the annual commencement exer-
cises. There will be no Harvard Yale
rowing regatta 1t New London. no haze
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17
Devaney First in Big
Race for Service Men

BOSTON, Feb. 16.-Michael A. Da-
venney, formerly of the Millrose A. c.,
of New York, and now a bluejacket at
tached to the Boston Navy Yard won
the 600yard run at the New England
service championship track meet to-
night. Many former club and college
champions were entered.
P. A. French, the former University
of Maine star, now running for the
Portland naval Station team, won the
60-yard dash, although he was pushed
hard by Wingate Rollins, the old Har-
ward football player.
The summary:
yard run-Won by NJ A. Davenney, Pos,
ton Navy Yard: I. r. Burke, Boston Navy Yard.
second; "a Fl. Paine. Boston Navy Yard, third
so yard dash-Won by p. A. French. Portland
naval station; W. Rollins. NJ. l. r. naval aviation
seho@. second; Ralph i'rout Boston Navy Yard.
third. Time. - seconds
fWo-mile rln-Won by Harold f. Weeks Boston
Navy Yard: William McMahou, w. J. T. Aviation
School. second. Time. 1910 -.
Running high jump-Won by George Pclletler.
tanp Dcyeis. with z feet 10 inches: G. q
hrogness. Harvard Reserve Officers Training Corps
with feet inches second
, Relay rsce-Bosten Navy Yard defeated Camp
Devens. Time. 239 3-5. N'
Relay race-Mass schusetts Agricultural COLLEGE de-.
1ssted Harvard fxes1ameu- Time. 2.6xa
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17
Greenleaf Too Much
For Joe Concannon

Ralph Greenleaf, of Illinois, defeated
Joseph Concannon, state champion, by
"a score of 1000 to Loaf in the weeks
special match at continuous pocket bill
lards, which concluded at Days Acad-
envy last night. The match was con-
tested IN twelve blocks Of 100 points
each. Each player won six of these
blocks: The players divided yester-
days blocks. Concannon winning in the
afternoon in twelve innings by a
score of 103 to 100, and Greenleaf also
in twelve innings by score of 100 to
80 at night. Greenleaf's best runs OF
the week were 43, al, SO and IS. Con-
cannon hung up high runs of So, Al, 81
and 81.
Cocannon will engage Louis Kleu-
ter. the East Side boy wonder, in a
match at 1900 points for the state
title, beginning tomorrow afternoon at
Days.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17
Seven Colleges Will
Contest Chess, Honor

, Columbia. Harvard, Yale, Princeton.
Cornell, City College and Pennsvlvan;n
will all be represented in the bir in
tercollegiate chess match between tho
two college leagues at the BROOKLYN
Chess Club next Saturday morning. t.
There will be at least fifteen on a
side IN the team match, and of that
number Columbia can furnish six.
Yale four. Harvard three and Prince
ton two. The Triangular League viii
have as many as seventeen, incIudinr
eight from Pennsylvania, six from Oity
College and three from Cornell.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17
Brooks Victor
nPenn Meet
Handicap Rae

PHILADELPHIA, Feb 16.-Runnne
in the same form which enabled him
to make such a splendid showing dur
ing the 'cross-country season, Captain
Tom Brooks, of the championship hill
and dale team, easily won the mile and
half handicap run of the military
athletic games conducted by Coach
Lawson Robertson for Penn students
on the board track on Franklin Field
this afternoon. His time was 1925
A feature of the programme was a
rescue race, which formed part of the
military contests included in the list
of events.
In this race the runners ran forty
yards and picked up man from the
grenade throwing and an intercompany
carrying the rescued" person. Whar-
ton finished first in this event in SIX
teen seconds
The other military events on the
programme were Wall-scaling. hand
grenade throwing and an intercompany
relay race for university battaions.
Bullock, with handicap of Is inches.
easily won the pole vault, with a leap
of 1 feet 10 inches
Van Ginkle, the football player. an
neXed the shot put with heave Of IA
feet 21a inches
The summaries:
- Mile and a half Won by Brooks ga yards,
Downs q yards second Dekorn 3s Yards Third
Eaif mile rui.Won by hrkbrde as Yards,
Ievering 90 yars). second: Sancicrson $50 yarie)
- n n
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17
Cobb Detroit Fixture,
Says President Navin

DETROIT, Mich. Feb. 1s.-President
Frank j. Navin Of the Detroit American
League Baseball Club returned from
New York to-day and fatty denied a
New York rumor that Ty Cobb might
be sold or traded to the New York
Americans.
al have often said that Cobb will
complete his major league career in
Detroit uniform and will reiterate
that statement" said Navin cobb will
never be sold. traded or released"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17
Torrance Beats McGOwQn
On Crescent Squash Court
Team Personnel

Team James Doig. captain: N. p.
Gels. l.: Y. Cooley. F. P. Oliver, C.. M.
Dimm. w. E. Merris, ]. C. Judge and u.
Haviland. 1
Team Norman F. Torrance. captain.
W. Bouck, J. +. Griffen, w. F. Atkinson
r. Butler, II. Somers, G. E. Deeley and F.
Hanish "'o -
Team 3-M. M. Sterling. CAPTAIN. T w
!vins. J. A: keenan,. H. G. Treiss. c. W
Dingee, g: L. Knight, H. r. Burrough and
Team HAIRY E. MCGOWAN. captain:
!. fendas' y. +. Cypiot. c. n. linn, T. /.
Jones. d. c. Bennett, jr., E. S. Fawcett
and George O'Neiu.
Team sc. E. Cruise. captain; Leonard
p books, II. w. Danger, J. S. Read, W. L.
nTieree. ). A. Nelson, G. Kennedy and j. F.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17
Mclean Sets New Mark
For Half-Mile on Skates

LAKE PLACID CLUB, N. Y, Feb. 16.-
Robbie Mel ean, world professional speed
skating champion, by his victories
over Mathiesen and Lamy. lowered the
half-mlle record to l minute and Is
Club quarter.mile track This time is
two-ffths of a second below John S.
Johnson's record, standing since 1896.
Mclean also skated 100 yards in
9 ITO seconds, one-tenth below John
sons professional record, made in 1898,
and tenth slower than Morris
Woods amateur record of 1903. Nc
Lean will try for the one-mie world
record tomorrow afternoon
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17
Squash Tourney Set
Back Until March 2

The committee in charge of the Glass
B Metropolitan Association squash ten
mis- championship tournament, which
was scheduled to begin yesterday, an
nounced that it had been postponed
until March 2. Therefore the entry
list has been reopened and applications
from players will be received up to
February %. The postponement was
necessary owing to the non-completon
of the Columbia University courts,
upon which the title matches will be
played.
The Blue and White players moved
to their new clubhouse recently. and
more trouble than was anticipated
cropped up in the construction of the
playing courts.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17
Xavier High Five Wins
Twelfth Game in Row

The Xavier High School scored its
twelfth consecutive basketball victory
yesterday afternoon by defeating the
fast Peekskill Military Academy five
on the courts at Peekskill. The score
was % to IS.
At the end Of the first half the ca
diets were leading by the score of IA
to IL, but Xavier. through the fine
shooting Of O'Connell, the star centre,
managed to overhaul its opponents in
the second half. scoring 10 points to
Peekskill Academies 4
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17
Mrs. Fayn Best Shot

'I,NrEHuRST, N. ~. Feb. 16.-Mrs.
Eon n. Fayn. of Faontclair, won the
k.phy Tor the beat rifle score of the
h" az az. pinehurst. scoring 121 out of
- MISS Katharine Lamb, of Flush
s. .opk the first prize for putting at
;, best ball of II to the credit of
',l koss and Will Wilson was alto
,sner too good Cor Alex Ross and
,mies WILSON In a professional four
y match played on the No. course
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17
colgate Team Defeats
N. Y. u. at Basketball

he Colgate University basketball
cam defeated New York University
asst night in the N. Y. U. gymnasium
VI tdklns, the right forward of the
sls'ors, was chiefly responsible for
.Helf victory Edkins Gagged four goals
,'0m the field and three from the foul
Dne. Cotre!l also Tailed four field
sVsis for Colgate.
The best work on the part Of the N.
i !. U; players was done by Marin, the
~ ,a forward, who shot two field goals
saa ten from foul. Colgate led at the
X OF the first period by score CT
70 u. The Violet team was weak
sJea by the absence of Floyd Egan,
The lineup:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17
Peabody Wins Squash Final

ROSTON, Feb. 16.-Charles C. Pea
body, of the Union Boat Club, to- day
won the Massachusetts patriotic
squash tournament BY defeating w. V.
Greenough, of the Harvard Club, in
the final round in four sets. The score
wsA LIS 12-15. LILO. 15-12
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17
Erasmus Five Defeats
Kingsley School Team

Erasmus Hall High School admins
tered defeat to the Kingsley School
five. which has been moving along sue
cessfully of late. in basketball game
on the Kingsley court yesterday. The
score was 81 to 10. Kingsley main
tanned lead Of IL to 8 in the first
half, but Erasmus went to the fore
through the great individual field bas-
ket shooting of McMullen, the centre.
The lineup follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17
STANDING OF TEAMS

James Doig, the club champion. leads
the way with four victories and ona
defeat. followed by Team No. 2, led bv
Torrance, with five victories and two
defeats. A great aid to Torrance in
the fight for the honors has been Har-
old Somers, who has already register
ed victories over his rivals.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17

ball games between the three rivals.
The commandments at Harvard,
Princeton and Yale have had AS their
athletic feature a baseball game, in
which two of the three old rivals have
met. At no commencement this year
will there be such an athletic feature.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17

III n.,a from field: Colgate-Edklns %. Cotrcll
aan, iI saN ~ Mcbride. Smith. n. Y. u
Wi co ". Stenberg Baker. Ebenfeld Goals from
hts,,,n,tga a'e.Edkins 90. N. Y. U.--Marin uO).
g-ESsuss.,s tolgate-Webster for Reid n. Y
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17

:, Goals from field: Erasmus %, Boo
an.ugh 90. Reid. Gosyin. Uihlein Gosis tros,
foulEAfaro t2l; Cavanaugh t2). Sharmann is.
Observation-Disclosures for Dunntnr Refer - :.
cress. Newark Time Of halvw-iS uinutsS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17
Barnard School
Five Defeats
Ethical cam


Ethical Culture School tasted defeat
on his home court for the first time in
three years when downed by the Bar
nard School five at basketball yester-
day by score of % to 20. Bowles.
Howell and Robertson, the attacking
trio, accounted for the Barnard victory
by gathering a total of fourteen field
goals.
Ethical led by Is to 10 at the end of
the first half, but was fairly swept off
it's feet by the severe Barnard attack
in the second half. Bowles, Howell and
Robertson turned the tide in this pc
Rod when each Gagged three field goals.
kurtz, with three field and eight from
foul baskets, counted a total of ID
points for Ethical.
ko fol1
Evening star., 1918-07-23
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

J Cold storage ts q failure when II
tcomes to keeping an engagement
Even the unsociable physician never
tobJects to paying visits.
True happiness consists in getting
4something you wanted but didn't ex-
Spset-
4, Don't get too self-important; the
sworld will move on Just the same
after you are gone.
.--,s- The difference between repartee and
sdmpudence IL the size Of the man who
ways 1t.
It takes q lot Of common sense to
.get man out OF the trouble that a
little nonsense got him into.
II man is unable to say nothing
tAnd saw wood he should at least try
no do one or the other.
An excuse is frequently . Lie In
1eamoudage.
Rafting tongues are usually to bs
found In empty heads.
Some seem to think that dishonesty
- the best paying policy.
After smiling at q compliment thu
Svise woman proceeds to forget It
There are times. when an ouncs Of
Ingenuity discounts q ton Of energy,
rs You may be able to see your faults
As well as others see them, but Won
rtWill derive less satisfaction from talk
Ang about them.