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New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
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Ensign Brickley
Former Harvard Football
Star Has Strong Trans
port Eleven
By A. c. Cavagnaro

Ensign Charley Brickley, one of Har-
vard's most famous football players,
has mapped out hard campaign for
his eleven of the United States naval
transport service, which promises to
be much in the lmelight during the
remainder of the season. The onetime
Crimson goal kicking wonder, who is
coaching his charges, says that he has
never been in better shape and plans
to play a backfeld position in every
game.
Ensign Brickley has had the good
fortune of having sent to his station
within the past two weeks FIVE former
college football players who will do
much to bolster up his already all
star collegiate aggregation. The prin-
cipal one is his brother George, who
earned almost as much fame as En-
sign Brickley while captaining both
the Boston and Trinity College elevens.
George will play in the sbackfield and
is sure to be most valuable man.
Colletti on Team
Another big plum was the addition
Of Colletti, who was a prominent
member of the team at Fordham Col
lege for the past several years. Col
letti's ability as an all around player
Is we'll known, but owing to the sur
plus of backfeld material Ensign
Brickiey will use him to strengthen
the defence. The other newcomers
sre James S. O'Boyle and Dannigan,
both former Georgetown players, and
Leonard, regular for three years at
Phillips Exeter Academy
While Ensign Brick .ey has arranged
many important games, ne has, how
ever, offered the services of his team
to the United War Work Campaign
fund committee in it's aim to reach
its goal Of over $170,000000. The
committee has asked the transport
have not been chosen.
To Play Rutgers
The transport men failed to fare as
successfully as expected in bowling to
Syracuse University last Saturday by
score of 13 to 0, but hope to make
more impressive showing against
nutgerS College, Wnlcn IL meets at
New Brunswick on Election Day. With
several new players to call upon, the
enetime Harvard star hopes to start
Oh on victorious career.
On November 8 local admirers of
Ensign Brickley and his mates during
college days will have a chance to see
him in action when the transport
eleven meets Camp Vail, of New Jer-
sey. on the Polo Grounds. The Camp
Vail unit is strong one and should
put up a strong resistance against
their opponents. Another game
clinehed by Ensign Brick'ey for his
eleven is against that of Boston Col.
lege in the Hub on November 16. En-
sign Brickley still has several open
dates on his schedule and is eager
to hear from both college or army and
navy teams.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03

NEW HAVEN, Nov. 2.-Athletics
under the new war regime will be or
ganized for the year in all branches OF
sports during the coming week. A
meeting will be called by Major Samuel
A. Weldon, head Of the Students
Army Training Corps, at which all the
military units at the university will
have representatives present, and a
definite policy and scheme will be
adopted.
No attention ia expected to be paid
to former college eligibility rules.
Freshmen and graduates of other uni
versities will be eligible for member
ship on the teams. If Yale student
is eligible to wear the uniform Of his
country he will be regarded as eligible
for membership on the Yale athletic
team.
All Are Eligible
Football teams in the three principal
Yale military units-the Students
Army Corps Of artillerymen, the Naval
Unit and the Laboratory Unit-will be
formed the FIRST of next week. They
will meet in practice games and Yale
eleven will be chosen to meet three
or four opponents before December l.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
Swimming Coach
Adds Lifesaving
To College Courses

Frank Sullivan. at one time coach
Of the Missouri Athletic Association
swimmers, but who for the past few
years has been swimming instructor
at Princeton University. has started
campaign to induce all schools and
colleges with the necessary facilities
to introduce courses in lifesaving.
"It is of vital Importance" he said,
in speaking of his purpose, "that
knowledge of lifesaving be spread
broadcast, and | believe the logical
way is for nll educational institutions
to provide courses. Many now foster
water sports and can without the least
trouble start at cnce to teach methods
of rescue and resuscitation to men,
bers of their acquatic squads, at least
This field is readily reached and it is
fruitful soil, for the candidates are
already at home in the water. After
it has been exploited it will be an
easy matter to enlarge the classes and
include the entire student body.
"But the need is imperative. 1t is
a positive fact that the great majority
of school and college swimmers, con-
first thing about lifesaving. l re-
Gently made extensive inquiries among
competitors and found that nine-tenths
Of them could not mention a single
carry for drowning persons or describe
any one system of artificial respira-
ton. In other words, these supposed
ly able watermen are totally ignorant
of the most essential branch of their
own game and would be quite helpless
were they confronted with the problem
of aiding person in danger or re-
viving the victim of drowning ac-
cident. 1t is truly unbelievable. And
to think that we hear daily of the
wonderful development Of swimming
at our homes of learning!"
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
Stranger Ed Lewis
Now Learns Jiuiitsu

Stranger Ed Lewis. one of the best
wrestlers in the country. who is now a
member of the depot brigade, stationed
at Camp. Grant. will be taught several
new ho!ds by Captain A. S. Kubu, jiu-
jitsu instructor at Rockford nj.
Captain Omer, commandant at Camp
Grant, has ordered Lewis to report to
Captain Kubu for instruction.
After he completes his course under
the Japanese expert Lewis probably
will be made instructor at the camp.
According to Captain Kubu, Lewis
should become a wonderful instructor
with his knowledge of the wrestling
game
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
Ball Player Is Scared
First Night Under Fire

A certain major league ball player,
name not given. now in the fighting line
under fire and have the big and little
ones come whizzing over in his direc-
tion. He made immediate and posi-
tive answer:
"Let me tell you that any guy who
says he amt afraid the first time he
Ia under fire either hasn't got brains
enough to be afraid or is plain liar.
apve stepped into few fast ones in
my day, and even Walter johnson
couldn't drive me away from the plate.
But I'm here to tell you that the first
night l was under fire I was worse
scared than bush league pitcher in
an exhibition game with three men on
base and Ty Cobb coming ~ swinging
three batst"
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
Donovan Tops
NY. Men
At the Traps
Scores 96 Out of Possible 100
Targets-Several Make
Straight Runs

Excellent scores were made in the
opening shoot of the regular season of
the New York Athletic Club yesterday.
Every one of the regular events ended
with at least one gunner having q
straight score of twenty five targets.
Although no prize is offered this year
Tor the high scratch gun, there was
considerable interest in the grand
/ total. 1t was registered by ]. p. Dor
ovan, who had SO cut of possible
100 targets.
B. E. Eldred was the only gunner to
run straight in the shoot for the
Travers Island cup. In the Haslin Cup
race NJ; McVoy, ir, W. G. Allen and
". Silkworth all scored legs with
straight strings. The Club Cup saw
perfect scores registered by Frank B.
Stephenson and G. H. Martin.
In the shoot for the Accumulation
/ Cup the gunners who made perfect
runs were j. P. Donovan, ]. l. Brand
enburg and j. G. Brewer. The winners
IN the Accumulation Cup race also
were AWARDED legs in the Red Cross
Cup. special shoot this season. A
special was taken by ID. /. Bradley.
| The scores:
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
Coombs Buys Business
And Quits Baseball

Jack Coombs is through with base
ball for good. The thrifty New Eng
lander, who saved the major part of
his diamond earnings, bought an inter-
est in a mercantile establishment in
Neches, Tex, and is actively engaged in
it's management. The store is one Of
the largest in the country and does q
big business.
Coombs will be thirty-fve years old
soon and is subject to draft. He says
they may take him away from his bust
ness, but never again would he play
baseball professionally.
Coombs Joined the Athletics in 1906
and was on the payroll until October 20.
1914, when he was Internationally re-
leased, along with Chief Bender and
Eddie Plank. In 1915 he signed with
Brooklyn, and staged comeback that
lasted as long as baseball did.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
Syracuse Has a Picnic
With Dartmouth Eleven

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. Nov. 2.-With-
in few minutes after the opening of
the game between the Dartmouth and
Syracuse S. A. 7. C. teams on Platt
Field this afternoon the outcome was
merely question Of by how much the
Syracuse score would exceed that of the
Hanover team, and after the forty
eight minutes of play the result was:
Syracuse, 81; Dartmouth, 6.
Syracuse had we'll rounded system
of attack, a fast charging line and an
elusive set of backs, who were good
for gains of any sort from five to TWEEN
ty yards. Syracuse was master of the
situation at all times. Ackley, Herman,
Barsha and Erwig made sensational
gains time and again.
Dartmouths touchdown came in the
second period, when Mcdonald picked
up Ackley's tumble and took it thirty
two yards, Threshie taking the ball
over in two plunges from the 3-yard
line.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03

Hal Coleman, chairman Of the ANA
teur billiard committee of the Ameri-
can Amateur Billiard Association, has
prepared one of the most elaborate
Programmes for the war drive, which
takes place November Ills and which
will, no doubt, give all lovers Of sport
the best week of billiards ever at
tempted by any amateur association.
Championship events and exhibition
games are included in the programme,
which will be played in the seven lead
ing academies in New York and vicin-
ity.
Following is schedule which may
be slightly changed to meet any con-
ditions that may arise:
At Daly's Academy, Forty-ninth
Street and Broadway-ln this acad-
emy an 1872 balk-line tournament,
with such players as Conway, Bres-
nan, Appieby. Thompson, Carroll and
Sarson participating.
In the Pocket Billiard Academy at
Daly's there will be a ladies' pocket
billiard championship tournament,
with Mrs. Thomas Bresnan, Miss
Maude Flower, Miss G. Platt, Mrs.
Mary Johnson and Miss Florence
Flower as participants. These games
will all be played afternoons and
evenings, and have been especially
arranged for lady spectators.
AT Doyle's Academy, i456 Broad
way--l8.2 2 balk-line handicap tourna-
ment, with Messrs. Coleman. Klinger,
Mu daur, Mayo and Crane as partici-
pants.
At Thun's Academy, Thirty-frst
Street ana Broadway-18.2 balk-line
g handicap tournament, with Messrs.
Gcrshel, ahevenel!c, Trow, Seymour
and Day q participants; also three
cushion matches between many of
she promiRnt players at that style
OF the gam.
An intcr@oom tournament between
Fuller's Academy, 10th Street and
Broadway and tho Morningside
Academy, g25th Street and Lenox
Avenue.-lN talk line tournament,
with Clark, Elling, representing
Morningsid Academy and Messrs.
Isaacg ana Weincr, representing
rulier's Asdcmy. There will also
be a threorughion tournament be-
tween thess academies with Mcssrs.
Ortis, thesSpanish champion. and
Mayer, rMresenting Morningside
Academy, aM Mcssrs, Dunnayant and
MentseI. Representing Fuiler's
At cranfNsr Academy, islst Street
md st NfsoIas Avsnue, Washing
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
Radios
Still Unbeaten
On Criidiiron


CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Nov. 2.-The
Naval Radio School. of this city, which
has been selected to meet Princeton
team in New York for the United War
Work Campaign Fund, has clean foot
ball slate 30 far this fall.
The squad of players, none of whom
is from big college, have come to
Cambridge for study from twenty or
twenty-five different states in the
Union. Ten of the first eleven are
from different states, the eleventh
man, Bartlett, being from Iowa, the
same state as his companion tackle,
Danskin.
o. X. Cox, the centre, is from Idaho,
and previous to this fall had never
played football. He grasped the .es-
sential points Of the game quickly,
and is the most versatile man on the
team in handling forward passes and
recovering fumbles.
The guards are Brinker, former
Ohio State freshmen player, and
ball at St. Cloud, MINI. Clifford, of
Washington State University, and
Cronan, New Haven schoolboy, are
the ends. The former is especially
fast and man to be taken care of
when handling forward passes.
The team is captained by George
White, former Exeter and Boston Col
lege star Beardon, of Arkansas State
College, and A. H. Cox from Washing
ton University, Mo-, are the halfbacks,
the former fine rusher. Cox is a
sprinter and covers lots of territory
when he manages to pierce the op-
position defence. Holland, the quarter
back. was for two years member of
the University of South Carolina foot
ball squad.
The team is coached by Gunner
Mcmahon, formerly an all-feet quarter
back, and Chief Lewis Tripician, OF
Bucknell College. Mr.. Mcmahon is
athletic officer at the station.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
Minor League May
Suspend Activities
For eriod of War

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Nov. "A. F.
1imme, president of the Milwaukee
American Association Baseball Club.
will attend the annual meeting Of the
national association to be held at
Peoria, ILL.,, on November IL, 13 and
Ia. Among the many subjects which
may be discussed is the advisability of
opening the 1919 season-if the war has
come to successful conclusion.
"Then, too, talk Of a third major
league may be revived" said
Mr.. Timme. "Last year, when certain
lnagnatcs of the association were de-
tcrmined to disrupt the A. A., fought
against such proposals. This year,
however, at the Peoria gathering l will
support such move.
"Practically the same questions
which will arise at the Peoria meeting
will come up for discussion at the
annual meeting Of the American Asso-
citation at Chicago early in December,
in the opinion of the local club
owner"
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
By Fred Hawthorne

We have rarely found it necessary
to come to the defence of Miss Molla
Bjurstedt, national indoor and outdoor,
metropolitan, New Jersey, Longwood
and West Side Tennis Club and half q
dozen other kinds of woman lawn ten
mis- champion. Her four years record
on the clay and turf courts of this
country speaks for itself, and in more
convincing manner than could any
words Of ours.
And in this particular instance, it
is not to defend the quality of the
wonderful Norwegian girls game, but
rather to reply to the statements of
an anonymous critic, that we rise to
make few remarks. Ordinarily, the
communications that come to this de-
partment unsigned are deposited in the
waste basket, together with the other
debris that has a habit of collecting
around newspaper offices.
In this case. however. Little Old
New Yorker" is IN error in regard to
several points, so we feel it incumbent
upon ourselves to set him, and any
oilers who might hold the came opin-
ion, right. With the exception of these
,, words, which do not add anything to
the force of the argument advanced by
our unknown correspondent, we are 60
ing to quote the postal card ccmmuni-
cation verbatim, as follows:
w. ]. Macbeth:
Mary Brown,
May Sutton,
Queens.
Dear Sir "A short time ago you
stated that Molla Bjursredt was as
far ahead of women tennis players
as Willie Hoppe is ahead If rival
billiardists. 1t is to laugh!
Did you ever hear of little Cali
fornia girl named Mary Brown?
little Mary Brown played long
series of tennis contests all over the
United States with Molla Bjurstedt;
and little Mary Brown beas the Nor
wegian six (6) our of every q. seven
games. Were you asleep all the
time? Mary Brown can beat +. Blur
stedt any time. Ask any tennis ex-
pert.
Another thing: Another Califor-
MIA girl. May Sutton. came out of
retirement long enough two years
VI ~ AbO W IIIui 4Sju1SISQL III
seriesl You experts are !. scream.
A LITTLE OLD NEW YORKER.
While the figures we are about tc
/ quote are not exact. they are close
enough to the mark to serve our pur.
pose. In the Red Cross series o1
matches in 1917 between Miss
Browne and Miss Bjurstedt total OF
F., something like 51S games was played
Of these Miss Browne won 266 and
Miss Bjurstedt 252, not marked ma.
/ jority, not "six out of seven." Out oi
the twenty-four matches played Miss
Browne, won thirteen. Miss Bjurstedt
ten and one was halved. On sets the
California marvel won a total Of thir.
ty-two to the champions twenty three
At the start Of this long series oi
matches on July 21, at Utica, N. Y.
Miss Bjurstedt was on the verge Of
going stale" from an arduous cam.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
U.S.Awakening
To the Value
OfThoroughbreds

The fact that the Federal govern
ment and +he New York state constab-
ulary have nominated stations in the
class for clean bred sires suitable to
improve the general purpose horse
type of the country at the coming ex-
hibition of the National Horse Show
Association is significant. 1t indicates
an awakening on the part of state and
Federal authorities to realization of
the prepotency of the thoroughbred and
their utilization of this quality along
the same lines which have made the
breeding of the general purpose horse
type science in Continental Europe.
1t took some time to arouse those in
authority in Washington to sense Of
the danger which threatened in the way
Of cavalry horse shortage, but there
Is every indication to-day that the work
CT breeding remounts will from now on
be prosecuted with vigor.
The best horsemen in the War and
Agriculture departments have been in
trusted with the work, and if the ap-
preparations for the exploitation of the
ambitious plans which have been pre-
pared are forthcoming all will be we'll.
stations OF the right type have been
Jockey Club and by various breeders
and sportsmen.
Still others have been bought by the
experts of the remount department and
many OF them are ready at the breeding
stations in Oklahoma, Montana and Vir-
ginia.
There are many fine horses among
them, some of English and American
lineage, many of pure American and oc-
caslonally horse of French and Amer
lean blood. OF the latter unquestionably
the finest specimen is the chestnut horse
Adams Express, which is the govern
ment's candidate for the Garden Show.
This horse, now ten years old, is by
rich blood as France can boast of. and
1t blended perfectly with The Lexing-
ton-Glencoe strain, which came through
Frederica, daughter of Frederick the
, Great, a horse which was for some
years in the Aston Stud. at Rhinebeck.
Frederick had thrown a good indi-
vidual in Barleythorpe when mated
with the English sire Woolsthorpe, but
Adams Express is a tremendous i'm
provement on any of Frederica's other
foals and those who want to see~the per-
fection Of sire for the production of
the general purpose horse type should
inspect the regal chestnut at the Gar
den.
F.. Ambrose Clark, Major Robert
Strawbridge and Captain G. A. Roy,
Of the French High Commission, who
inspected him for the government. saw
he is a model for the purpose and
that he is the oest horse secured to
date.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
McCrea Comes Close to
Breaking Two-Mile Record

When George McCrea. the Scotch pro-
fessional runner. set a new nrofess,proI
record for ten miles recently he came
within second of breaking the worlds
professional two-mile record. held bv
Cannon, in a race shortly before he ran
his ten-mile test.
McCrea covered two miles in 9 min
utes IL seconds. The worlds amateur
record is 3 minutes 8 3-5 seconds, and
was made by Alfred Shrubs. of Eng
land, fourteen years ago. The Ameri-
can record is 8 minutes ii 2-5 seconds.
which Joie Ray made in Madison Square
Garden in the early spring of 1917 in
race against the late John Overton,
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
Baseball Men Puzzled
Over Absence of Rarrv

MILWAUKEE. Nov. g. What has
happened to Nal Barry?
Officials of the Milwaukee baseball
club are wondering what became of the
popular first sacker of the 1917 Brew
ers. Barry was the first Brewer regu-
lar to enter the United States Army.
After receiving preliminary training
near his home in the East. he was sent
South, and has not been heard from
since.
"The only word we ever received was
last Christmas, when he wrote: Re
member Nal Barry for your Brewers.
I'll be back at the bag soon!"
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
Cleveland Naval Team
Wins by 83 to O Score

CLEVELAND, Nov. 2.-The Cleve.
land Naval Reserve football team out
classed the Detroit Naval Reserves to-
day, winning 83 to 0.
The feature of the game was the
wonderful work of the local backfeld,
which comprised Harlan, formerly Of
Georgia Tech; Ducote, formerly of
Georgia Polytechnic Institute, both all
Southern stars; Holmgren, formerly of
Minnesota. and Stinchcomb, former
star of Ohio State, last years Vest
ern Conference champions. Detroit
failed to make first down.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
Kilbane to Give Belt
To Great Lakes Coba

Johnny Kilbane, featherweight cham
pion of the world, has decided to fol-
low the move of Jess Willard and will
donate a championship belt to the gobs
at the Great Lakes naval training sta
ton. the emblem to go to the best of
the featlle erweght hoxers there.
Johnny has placed the matter in the
hands Of Harry Rotbart, Of this city.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
Ecklund May Join
Great Lakes Eleven

Ecklund, the giant Minnesota line
man. who was picked for All-Western
honors last year, is now serving time
IN detention at the Great Lakes station.
Ecklund, if he decides to come out
for football, should prove big help
to the line. An advantageous shift
might be to send Charley Bachman to
centre and Ecklund to tackle or guard.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
THE WINNERS

THE WINNERS
ITavers Island Cup-B. f. Eldred
W. Silkworth -" W. W. Ahci sno
tiun tnatp Csp.F. I. Stephenson and O. II. Martin.
berg and j. G. Brower '' " - "'anuen-
i,ig bigh scratch gunner. p Donovan
berg and j. g. Brewer " - aA'aosi'
Special Cup--D l. Bradley
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
Commission for Killifer?

Bill Killifer, celebrated catcher of
the Chicago Cubs. is now lated for a
commission in the American army. He
Battle Greek, Mich.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
Art Duncan Wears Medal

TORONTO. Ont, Nov. 2.-Proudly
wearing a military medal which he
won for tackling whole flock of Hun
airships single-handed, Captain Art
Duncan, the well-known hockey player,
has returned home He went overseas
with the 288th Battalion.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
Evander Childs Wins

At Crotona Park yesterday, Evander
Childs High School easily won it's
high school soccer match against Com
mercial High, of Brooklyn, by the score
of 6 goals to 0, the score at half-time
being g to O.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-27

not look after their own interests
when the state committee is around.
In fact they may be able to look after
the senator without the least bit of
aid from outside sources. But if some
of the Thompson following should
happen to be busy at nome next Mon
day-well, the weather department is
always more or less uncertain at this
season of the year.
There May Be Harmony.
Up to this time Chairman Lardner
hasn't reached first base in his en-
deavor to push a candidate into the
running against Senator Thompson.
Yet Lardner called Mondays meeting.
And maybe he will offer an assert
ment of wares not formerly placed on
exhibit.
One thing seems to be quite clearly
settled in the minds of the Kansas
Democrats of all factions and former
conditions of servitude. There won't
be any hot weather contests for places
On the state ticket. While the notices
that the Democrats will not name
state ticket are rather useless and
idle attempts at interesting conversa-
ton, there will be no bloody struggles
for the places. Out of Mondays meet
ing may come harmony-certainly not
more than one set of state candidates
and the Thompson row may be
love feast or a cannibal spring festival.