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New-York tribune., 1918-03-26
Violet Baseball
Squad Cut Down
To Even Twenty

New York University's baseball team
started on its third week of practice
yesterday afternoon with a stiff work
out on Berkeley Oval. A squad of
twenty men reported and went through
their PAGES under the watchful eye of
Coach John Kellogg. Those who have
escaped the first cut of the season are
Pitchers Link, Sulzer, Cowalski, Shul-
dener and Lucas, Catchers Goundry,
Draffen and Newman, Infielders (cap-
tain) Tetelman, Egan, Barker, Mos
trachio, Kloess and Sternbcrg, and Out
iielders Connell, Loew, Esquirol, Brom-
ley and King.
Yesterdays practice session was
largely devoted to batting practice, a
department of the game in which the
Violet college has always been weak.
The pitchers took turns in serving them
up to the batters and put on all they
had. After this long drill the varsity
was pitted against the freshman team
and showed them under in snappy
tve-inning game.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-26
Miss Rosenthal
Loses In First
Round Match

PINEHURST, N. c., March 2o.-Miss
Elaine V. Rosenthal, the North and
south champion, was defeated by Mrs.
Ronald II. Barlow in the first match
round of the womcn's North and South
tournament at Pinchurst to-day, losing
by ) down at the sixteenth hole.
The result was a decided surprise to
those who knew how seriously Mrs.
BARLOW had been handicapped of late
by lame ankle, and who knew that the
former Eastern and Philadelphia cham
pion had not broken 90 on the cham.
plonship course this season.
Miss Ruth A. Dugan, of 'Chicapo do
feated Miss Sara Fownes, of Pitts
ourgh at the nineteenth hole of a hard
1oughc contest, and will meet Mrs
Barlow in the semi-fnals in tho unnor -.
bracket.
Win Matches Easily
Mrs. Dorothy Campbell Hurd 80
Pittsburgh, fulfilled general exnscto n ol
tiona by winning from Mrs rN,,~ MA
Helmes Pritchard and Mrs. Ralnh NJ n
Hammer, of Flushing, defeated Mrs
George Is. Johnson, OF Boston. Roth
OF these matches were very uneven
affairs "eVe''
There are few here, however who
concedc to Mrs. Hammer a chance ~
WIN her semi-tinals mutch against Mrs
iiurd tomorrow, and if Mrs. Bnrlow
pays anywhere near al we'll again st
MISS Dugan tomorrow as She III
against Miss Roscnthnl to-day, there is
n'tlc doubt that Mrs: Barlow and Mrs.
,inrd w'll mcct il the final contest for
New-York tribune., 1918-03-26
Directors May
Disband League
At Session Here
international Meeting Will
Pass on Question
Tomorrow


ability will disband at meeting which
has been called by Acting President
c. T. Chaplin in the executive cham
bers, 81 Vanderbilt Avenue, this city,
tomorrow morning. Whether or not
professional league baseball will be
played this season in more than very
few Of the cities which comprise the
Glass A. A. circuit is matter which
will be decided at the conference.
Providence will continue to be repre-
sented in the organized baseball fam
lily. Indeed, all arrangements have
been made for the owners of the Grays
to take over and transfer to their city
the Eastern League franchise of the
Portland, Me-, club. The fate of Roch-
ester. Newark, Buffalo, Toronto and
Baltimore is very dubious. Montreal
and Richmond have thrown up the
sponge.
Until short time ago Jack Dunn, OF
Baltimore, and Jim McCaffery. of To-
ronto, had hope of establishing some
sort of order out Of the chaotic condi
tion in which the once prominent minor
league found itself at the time Ed Bar
row was forced out. These plucky
promoters believed the circuit might
proceed with eight clubs by transfer
ring the Baltimore and Richmond fran
chises to good cities Of the Empire
State. They trusted that Sunday base
ball would be legalized in New York.
When it appeared certain that this boon
was doomed for 1913 at least McCaffery
decided it was time to get from under
the wreck. He promptly disposed Of
his best players, Larry Laloie and
Bunny Hearne among them. That left
Jack Dunn holding the bag.
Dunn Wants to Rebuild
Dunn, it is said, is coming to the
meeting fired with an ambition to re-
construct new league out of the In
ternational wreck. He thinks t&e
thing can be done by patching up with
a few New York State league cities.
Newark, however, will not go on unless
assured compact eight-club organiza-
ton. The syndicate which owns the
Buffalo franchise will have to square
some $4,000 debts of J. J. Lannin be-
lore 1t can throw open ltS gates, Ior
Lannin holds the whip hand, having re-
Gently purchased the grounds and
plant.
1t would appear. then, that the In
ternational League meeting will be a
wake, rather than celebration. The
promoters are confronted with a seri-
Gus situation. If they disband, not
only will their players but also their
territorial rights be forfeited The Ma
tional Commission refused them immu-
nifty till the end of the war. But, as
several of the promoters have pointed
cut. it is the consensus of opinion that
it would be wiser to take a chance on
losing the territory than to continue,
with no better prospect than adding
greatly to the general debt which has
been piling up ever since the Federal
League first took the field and started
this fine Glass A A league on the road
to bankruptcy.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-26
Big Jess Will
Defend I tile
July Fourth
Colonel Miller, Who Clinches
Match, on Way East-May
Auction Attraction

CHICAGO, March 25.-Final articles
closing a heavyweg ght championship
match between Jess Willard and Fred
Fulton, Of Rochester, Mimi, the cha-
lenger, were signed here to-day in the
presence of Colonel Joseph C. Miller,
the promoter, and score of sporting
celebrities
The articles provide that Willard
and Fulton shall establish training
quarters in the vicinity of the city in
which the contest is staged for at
least three weeks prior to the bout
The number Of rounds to be fought
will depend entirely on the laws of
the state.
Willard to Gamble on Receipts
Willard it was revealed in the new
set of articles, is to receive 75 per
cent of the net profits made by Miller
while Fulton is to receive fiat sum
of $4,000. The agreement also stip-
ulates that Miller shall have the right
to sell or transfer the bout "to such
person or persons as he may see ft."
III l am successful in selling the
match for 100000 or more-in fact,
any amount will have to pay Fulton
$4,000 and give Willard rs per cent
of the balance" Miller explained. 81
may not be able to sell the match. If
| don't l shall promote it myself
There's one thing certain-Willard and
Fulton will fight some place for the
championship next Fourth of July"
Colonel j. C. Miller and Willard
hurried off for the East shortly after
the match was clinched. Willard is
going to Baltimore to dispose of some
Of his circus equipment. Colonel Mil
Ter is headed for New York He de-
clined to give his reasons for going
to Gotham, but, judging by the smile
following question, "Has the trip to
New York anything to do with the
tight?" it has much to do with it.
The place for the battle has not been
chosen. 1t may be held in the East,
the Central West, the Far West or the
Far South. That much Colonel Miller
admits, and he said before his de-
parture that this matter was far from
settled.
East May Be Given Chance
If his trip to New York is for the
purpose of seeking a battle-ground in
the East he refuses to let it be known.
bat he candidly stated to- day after
Willard and Fulton had attached their
signatures to the articles that he
wasn't worried in the least about find
Ing spot on which to stage the battle
New-York tribune., 1918-03-26
Swimming Board
Adopts New Rule
For Its Officials

new system of sclectinc of,ioio1,
Tor championship meets has beon
adopted by the intercollegiate Swim
ming Association. In the future tho
names of all available candidates will
be submitted to the graduate advisorv
committee. whose unanimous vote ;s
required for the acceptance Of c,ch
official. Colleges promoting meots
Will be compelled to draw the number
OF officials from this universa],v or-
proved list.
1t has been the custom in the mast
to send to swimming meets officials
unknown to the visiting squad. This
always created protests and trouble
However, under the new method. it is
thought all such objections will bc
avoided. w
w. |. Harris, of Princeton tJnivcrs-
ity. has been chosen president of tho
association. witt w. H. Osmor. of
Pennsylvania. vice president and W NJ
Chambcrlin. of Yale, sccrctary.t treas
urcr.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-26
Chinese Boys
Organize for
Soccer Sport

Organization of the Chinese Stu
dents Soccer Club of New York was
announced yesterday The organizers
are X. L. Kwong, captain of the Co.
lumbia Chinese crew, and Ernest Kau,
of the General Theological Seminary,
who was captain of the Hang-Ko Uni
versity soccer eleven, one of the
strongest amateur teams in China. The
club has applied to the Southern New
York State Football Association for af-
filiation, through it, with the U. S. A.
Twenty-four kickers are members Of
the club, two of them being New York
University students. four from the Gen
cral Theological Seminary, five from
Manhattan high schools and the others
from among the Chinese athletes at
Columbia University.
The list of players of the Chinese
soccer organization, as given out yes
terday from the office of Thomas w.
Gahlll, U. S. F. 4. secretary, follows
7. c. S. Hu, E. T. H. Tsen. Y. S. Lee,
L. II. Zip, B. l.. Cheu, z. l.. Chang,
7; N. Lee, S. P. Wo, H. Wang, II. C.
Chen, S: c: Wang, S. X. Pan. Poy Lee
and {. Y. Chang. Zip and Kwong' are
members Of the Columbia wrestling
team. Y. S. Lee was Y. NJ. C. A. 115-
pound wrestling champion last year.
Many of our members are finished
soccer players, and we expect to ar
range matches, once our a1filiation is
granted, with some of the strongest
teams in the metropolitan district" !"
said Kwong, acting secretary of the or
ganlzatlon, yesterday.
"The club is strictly non-profession-
al. III 1t can hp 2rrQu Cod without nv
dangering our amateur standing under
A. A. U. rules, the team may ac-
cept matches in other cities dur
ing the summer months. Our OBJ
ject. second only to our interest
In the sport, is to prove the versatility
OF the Chinese athlete. In China soc
Ger is what baseball is to this country,
what cricket is to England and what
wrestling is to Japan. Soccer will sure
~ become the national winter game
of the United States. In China it is
played durit,g q season of nine months u
Kwong invites offers of matches. He
makes his home at 524 Livingstan Hall
Columbia University.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-26
Pittsburgh Hockey Team
Ties Montreal Cl,b

PITTSBURGH, March 2s.--The acc-
ond game of the series between the
Pittsburgh Athletic Club hockey ,ea,
champions Of the National Intercity
Hockey League Of the United States
and the Hochelaga Club team, of Mont
real, claimants of the Canadian cham
pionshIp, ended in q 3 70 tie here TO-
night.
The winner of the three game series
will be decided on total points made
To-niGhts game, With the victory Of
Pittsburgh Saturday by score Of 8 to
J, makes the present standing TO 4 in
favor Of the American team. The dectd :
lug game viii be played tomorrow
night.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-26
Miss Bjurstedt Conquers
Easily in Tennis Tourney
Norwegian Wins Three Matches in One Day to Place in
SemFinal Bracket-Mrs. Rogge Has Greater
Difficulty With Her Opponents
By Fred Hawthorne

The feature of the day the Seventh
the swift path to the semn round made Miss oa
Although
wodrul girl from Norway a
only Six the upper
She could just easily have right through the
the
champion.
Twenty-Five players drawn the
last while Miss Bjured playing California
Miss Wagner defend the title distinct
those who
Bjursted defeated the New many
New-York tribune., 1918-03-26
Mike Donovan
Funeral Will Be
Held Tomorrow

Prominent men in various walks o.
life will act as pall-bearers at the
funeral of Mike Donovan. the onetme
famous boxer. which will take place
tomorrow morning at 10 O'Clock. ins
majority of the men chosen are OF ins
New York Athletic Club, OF which
Donovan was boxing instructor: y.
The pall-bearcrs Will be Major ~.
Graeme NJ. Hammond. U. s. NJ. G., WIZ
is president of the Winged Foot Glup'
ex-Judge jerer.iAh T. Mahoney, rreu,
erck R. Fortmeyer, William H. fsss y,
Hugh Baxter, Robert Edgren, Arm" nls,
Brisbane, G. d. Vanderpoel, A. pes'
and j. NJ. Motley. =.
The funeral will be held at 70
Donovan home, at 1116 WoodycIes.
Avenue, The Bronx. with requiem ms.ys
to be sung at the Church of the Sssasss ssass
Heart, Shakespeare Avenue and io... n.s,
Street. Interment will be in st. A''
mond Cemetery, Westchester.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-26
rockingham Wins,
Clinching Squash
Title for Harvard


P: H. rockingham, of the Harvard
Club, won unexpectedly easily from
George +. Cruise, Crescent Athletic
Club. in protested match of the Class
3, interclub squash tennis tourney, on
the Harvard courts yesterday. Cruise
more experienced player, was baf-
fled by the crafty game OF Frothing-
ham, who won in straight games by a
score of 15-S, 15-S.
Cruise had been previously defeated
by +. Meredith Blagdcn, another Har-
ward Club representative, but the vic
tory was protested by the Columbia
Club on the ground that Blagden was
an ineligible player. The Harvard
Club then readily consented to re-play
the match with rockingham, the orig
inal rival of Cruise, as its member. The
victory of rockingham clnched the
championship for his club.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-26
Dempsey Knocks Out Riley

JOPLIN, Mo-, March 25.-Jack pe@s
sey, OF San Francisco, substituting -.
Fred Fulton, who cancelled his enesss
ment after he was matched TO iTss, Ten
Jess Willard, tonight knocked ous ivif 4
Riley, of Toronto, in the first rouha n. =.
IL scheduled tifteen-round bout. ue'ps 4
sey scored five knockdowns betore - :
sent Riley down for the count WIZ so, i
left hook. Dempsey weighted ~
pounds, Riley 2l2.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-26
Giants Defeat AWiQt0rS..
McGrQw Flies TO W0co,
Little Napoleon Goes Up in the Air, Literally. AAer u,
Squad Captures Game by l3 to ll-Enlisted
Men Give Concert
By Louis Lee Arms

MARLIN Tex, March 25.-Whie the beat the Inod O.
Army aviator from Waco by the of what
have been the feature of the day Manager Josep
initial flight Like the place
the principal Mister Mcraw ~
the air large of the last decade this 9
succeed in literally getting there. wv
Kind friends accompanied him the aviation ,
three machines had parked an airnlan do
isn't working its regular business Gknon nsl o, @
cherry red lips and blond mouache was chosen McG
from Marlin to Waco 'N
New-York tribune., 1918-03-26
Free Entry for Soldiers

The application of men in the service
will be accepted without the usual en-
try fee assessment for the Metropolitan
Association wrestling championship
tournament to be decided at the Crcs-
cent Athletic Club, Brooklyn, on April
= and L.. Entry blanks were sent yes
tcrday to every training camp about
the city.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-26
Cleveland Buys Ed Miller

CLEVELAND, o., March 25.-Adyicc,
received here tonight state that tho
Cleveland American League basebolj
Gun to-day purchased First Eascman
Ed miller from the Now Orleans South.
crn Association team.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-26
Ouer the Sport Trail
By Louis Lee Arms .

VA SWUNG through Waco toward the u
wv tration Camp To the
planes the high powered motors
dfted to beezes They crawling
circles
Our now the nlanes
ABOVE Some the
white
the black in cheev
crcehe stamp that Army training
The arpan deceptive An aahe at Aerial Head
quarters told all the machines
1t did not and BACKGROUND
vast llmltabe, momentum
planes mile high against ceruean blue moving ALL
New-York tribune., 1918-03-26

nNOLLA BJURSTEDT nunal outdoor lacn tennis cham
IF4 here shoum The omdrul Norwegian gar
7 Regiment Aoy yes terday proved her skill battling
all opposition Bjursted brushed three rivals
New-York tribune., 1918-03-26
Eddie Wallace Loses Fight

PHILADELPHIA, March 25. - Lew
Tender, the Philadelphia lightweight,
scored an easy victory over Eddie Wal
lace, of Brooklyn, here tonight. The
fight went the scheduled six rounds, the
local boxer having the better of the
bout all the Wav
New-York tribune., 1918-03-26
Commercial Plays Manhattan

One more game has been added to
,hc baseball schedule of Commercial
,i'gh school Tor this year. The Man
posed on May -.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-26
Forty PLANES i'm Air at Once

M T. COUNTED was pleasant
w day and the instructors
Always planes landing
he earth Which carried them into the
and gong reminded of morning racetrack
At length Colonel R. Miller Miller is in clarco
OF the training school at Waco He
robe and he looked fit
we have crawl through the
u.s. game was to be arranged between
of military F
pve had hard day." said Colonel Miller "Najor - has
been putting through the half dozen times
without executed banks turns and nose dives l
Pm dizzy - ~ ~
Aviation Nerve= TingHng Game
NOTICED that Colonel Mlers as he 6shed for e
lnef" lie was like an athlete who has race.
Ihe nose dive the worst continued colonel +
80 enjoyed the rest of The loop as pleasant as re ~
merrygo-round but the
The colonel threw his hands.
You 1ee like sometimes YOU descend in f,s. ,
Nator sort OF an all moro o
Dur You wonder the
you nave given up hope the
ana you saoo OIL at tangent the
please just know Pm going nose dive ~
OF an impressed pnning them into nco m
his immaculate uniform. " O PA'N0 VII
Nose Dive Has Colonel Guess;no
ME avaors would be meet the New yor ~
hdeed baseball exciting They invite t ,4
10 he weekly dance held the and
AcN'" a@ Ills men would be able the
we oioe he colonel goodby and prepared leave Overhod
score Oh alrpane swung widening and the bater f %
motors echoes fronlV Verdun ~ 'NAS VI 'lelr
"The
New-York tribune., 1918-03-26
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AUTOMOBILES WANTED

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New-York tribune., 1918-03-26

Bowling Alley. Eilnard
H..s77 N Pool Table Mfrs Ne No. al
u KU pair pair - supplies ,,.',s' s.s... M.ss
New-York tribune., 1918-03-26

NEW HAVEN. March 25.-Johnny
Dundee had all the better of his fif-
teen-round bout with Willie jackson
before great crowd in the Arena here
tonight, but at the end of the fight
Referee Dave Fitzgerald held un both
New-York tribune., 1918-07-18
Hun Drive Prompted
By Internal Unrest

WASHINGTON, July 17.-Informa-
tion has reached Allied circles here
which creates an impression that the
present German stroke was prompted
more by internal economic consi side ra-
tions and by the state of political un-
rest in Austria and to a lesser extent
in Germany than by purely military
reasons.
The nature of the reports tending
to show this to be the case was not
made known, but it was argued to-,
day that the selection of the front Of
attack might be due to the urgent
necessity of getting forward at time
when the military authorities did not
feel justified in pressing against known
Allied reserve concentration in front
of Paris and behind Amiens.
1t is regarded as certain that the
Austrian fiasco in Italy played some
part in the present movement. That
disaster had to be offset, and at the
same time, with the army budget in
difficulties in Germany. the effect of
a successful blow in the West might
have been very great at home Exten-
sion of the battle line to the east of
Rheims probably was made in this
view, because of the anticipation that
this region would be found to be less
firmly held than the roads to Paris
Or the Channel ports and the cost of
success less proportionately."
New-York tribune., 1918-07-18
Norwegian Ship Sunk
Far OFF Her Course
The Marosa, Bound for Per.
nambuco, Destroyed by
U-boat OFF Newfoundland

Word was received here yesterday
that the Norwegian sailing ship Marosa
1,s62 tons, loaded with coal for Per
nambuco, Brazil, had been sunk July
Z, off the coast of Newfoundland by q
German submarine and that the crew
had been landed yesterday at Canso
Nova Scotia.
The loss of the Marosa, according to
Cory Brothers & Co., charterers of the
vessel, will be somewhat of mystery
until word is received from the cap
tain.
The Marosa sailed from an Atlantic
port on June % and should have headed
south to reach her port of destination
Hence the news that she was sunk off
the coast of Newfoundland, which is
several hundred miles in the opposite
direction to that she should have taken
has mystified the charterers.
According to the message received
here, the Marosa was torpedoed about
latitude so north and longitude so west,
1t was about $50 miles southeast of
this point that the Norwegian bark
Manx King was captured by subma-
rine on July 6.
This indicates, according to authori-
ties in shipping circles, that there is
more than one German submarine still
lurking off the coast
After the Marosa was sunk the crew
took to the boats. They were nine
days at sea in them before they reached
shore.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-18

objective on Austrian as well as Old
Serbian territory, is not known, but
1t is considered certain that the fight
ing Will be prosecuted vigorously, es-
pecially as it is having decided polit
zeal effect in Bulgaria, which, having
acquired the contests sne desired whe%
the Sofia government entered the war,
appears TO be lukewarm toward con-
tinuing the struggle.
Balkan diplomats assert that it is
within the power of the Allies to fol-
low up their successes in Albania with
we'll grounded hopes of ultimately cut
ting the lines OF communication be-
tween the Central Empires and Bull
gara, as well as with Turkey.
The Greek army. already 250,oOO
strong and constantly being increased
with newly trained and equipped in
crements. is looked toward to contrib
ute decisively to the Allied strength in
the Balkans.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-18
Washington Is Cautious in
Claiming Victory, Despite
Optimistic Feeling
Line Is Shortene d
Official Word Not Expected
From Generals Abroad
Until Result Is Sure

WASHINGTON, July 17.-While Of
hclal reports from Generals Pershing
and Bliss were too belated to permit
formal conclusions to be drawn TODAY
by military authorities here as to the
SITUATION 81 a!ong the front where the
German offensive was still beating
against American, French and Italian
defenders, it was clear that they read
press advlces as indicating that the
crisis was past and the enemy's plans
frustrated.
Secretary Baker would not express
an opinion to-day as to what was to
oe De expected in France. General March,
Shief OF Staff, was equally reticent and
deferred midweek conference with
newspaper correspondents on the
ground that his official advices would
not permit him to go very far toward
making clear to his hearers just what
is transpiring at the front.
Apparently both Generals Pershine
and Bliss are observing great caution
IN formulating their reports. They
have studiously avoided over-optimistic
statements from the first, and it is
understood that their reports, which
nave not been made public, have been
confined strictly to the facts of the
Sicdo dCllOn Indt nave Deen eStaD-
lished beyond question in every case.
War Depaltme officials follow the
same practice. Among officials, gener-
ally, however, it was obvious that the
battle was regarded as more than half
won.
AS press accounts and the brief Off
clal communicates from Paris and Ber-
I'm have so far disclosed the situation.
the great thrust, starting over sweep
of more than sixty miles, has been mar
rowed down in three days of fighting
to only one active sector, where the
enemy was still moving sluggishly at
last reports. Sharp counter assaults w
forces in this sector
indicated, it was thought, that still
further restriction of the active line
was to be expected
In effect, officers said, agreeing with
the views expressed both in France
and London to-day, the great offensive
already has degenerated into a purely
local action on front of less than
twenty miles. This sector lies between
the point just east of the original
American positions on the Marne, in
the Jaulgonne sector, and the wooded
region west of Rheims 1t is possible
that the activity on the German left, in
these woods, will result in a hanking
operation at Rheims itself, but officers
here were not inclined to think so.
10 most observers the centre of in
terest was the twelve mile stretch on
the south bank of the Marine which the
enemy holds and his thrust up the
river yalley