New-York tribune., 1918-05-05
lan,aica Seeks
Clash WithU
on Soccer Field
MANY International Contests
Held in Abeyance by War
1T Major Manning Now
Bv c. A. Lovett

rhe island of Jamaica is the newest
.As,,encer of American soccer prowess.
s.veral Latin-American countries,
.sono them Brazil, Argentina, Chilli
"a Cuba; the three Scandinavian ma
sans. Holland and Spain are clamoring
-. visit from representative team
s,or the United States. Jamaica joined
-. ranks seeking international campe-
Ht,on with this country only last week.
~. Jamaica Football Association has
In in existence fifteen years. Its
uvss.;dsnt. Alfred de c. Myers, of Kings
in a letter received at United
sss;es ~; Football Association headquar
ssrs in this city few days ago, asked
~ have the next international team
svn,n the United States include Jamaica
n its itinerary.
..;.e will be arranged as a part of the
tsr, bv 4 team representing the u. S.
: 4. which is expected to follow inn
wediately the cessation of hostilities in
Europe. The national association has
S-owned upon every suggestion of in
tsrnat;onal games during war time,
sven cancelling tentative arrangements
ior an international competition with
sSe Dominion of Canada Football As
soeiation last spring.
Friends of DR.. G. Randolph Manning.
A New York City, first president of the
II, 8, F. A. who has been captain in
~. medical corps, U. S. A, assigned
6rst to Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indi-
ana. and later to Camp Custer. Battle
Greek. Mich. just have learned that DR..
Manning was promoted to surgeon ma
ior and attached to the 330th Field Ar
tillery, Camp Custer, several weeks ago.
President Peter J. Peel. of Chicago,
and Secretary Thomas w. Cahill, of
This city, are assured of reelection at
ihe ffsh annual meeting of the U. S.
? A.. to be held at the William Penn
Hotel Pittsburgh, January Is and 16. A
lively fight for the vice-presidencies is
n prospect. Second Vice President
George Healey, of Detroit, is favored
IN the West for the first vice-presi-
dency. Treasurer Thomas H. Bagnall,
Of Harrison, N. j., has not indicated
whether he will seek reelection.
Albert W. Keane, of New Bedford,
Mass, and other former officials of the
U. S. F. A. named among those said to
be en0eaVollnS 10 DrlnS aDouC q red
eral League" in the soccer realm, insist
the movement has died a natural death.
Keane and others prominent in soccer
in Southern New England last fall
openly courted a secession of the
Southern New England Football AS
sociation from the national organiza-
ton. Opposition of two of the strong
est clubs in the district. the Fall River
Rovers, national champions, and the
Pan-Americans, also of Fall River, de-
feated the plan. The independent
movement, however, still is showing
some signs of life in the Middle West,
particularly in Chicago. where Jack
Evans and ether opponents of the pres
ent soccer regime are mastering forces
for drive which may come next fall.
Awatehfpl stenographer at U. S. F. A.
headquarters discovered a few days ago
that the entire supply of U. S. F. A.
stationery is Berlin Bond" The con-
t1ast was let through an English firm
IN this city year ago, the same grade
Of stationery as has been in use by the
association for FIVE or six years being
designated in the order.