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New-York tribune., 1921-11-06

met players wore caps similar to baseball
caps and the moro dapper wore toques with
tassels The predecessors Of the noleskin
breeches were woolen tights. These were fol
lowed by knickerbockers of tweed and flannel.
which were soon found to be unserviceable
and gave way to the more hardy rnoleskin
Under the old rules, when player was per
mittcd to assist the runner and to make free
use OF his arms, it was an easy matter to grab
hold OF an opponents jersey and impede his
progress. To overcome this handicap the
Trinity team surprised the football world one
season by appearing in canvas jackets over
their jerseys. These were tight fitting and ex
ceedingly difficult to grasp.
3 1t was in Yale game that they FIRST wore
them, and although the Ellis were loud in their
derlslon they found before the game was long
under way that they we're not able to tackle
well. Retaining hold on the canvas was like
climbing creased pole. To meet the situa
ton piles Of sand were scattered along the
sldelines between the halves, and in the second
half at every opportunity the Yale players COW
cred their hands with sand and thereafter met
with better success The canvas Jacket do
Yeioped into a union suit Of canvas. but, even
en's was discarded with the adoption of more
stringent rules in regard to holding.
Quite different in appearance are the foot
oall heroes OF to-day. Gone are the locks of
inc sos The modern player has at least n
oowlng acquaintance with the barber. Gone
also are the leather helmets Although the
llnesmen still use them, Hobey Baker. Maurv
'rDnb'c, Casey, Fdo Kempton and MANY
othcf stars OF recent years disdained to wear
''em- Inc nose guard also has gone the way
OF mass play and llurdling. Cone too, are
ING shln guards About the only article which
has endured is the shoe
Another change, and one to arouse inter
est m the game, has been the change in
schedules Time was when the so.called big
colleges played only inferior teams in earlv
New-York tribune., 1921-11-06

sight. On many days there are thirty or more
of the tows in the harbor and seldom fewer
than fifteen. 1t would seem to be simple
matter to drop their cargoes without going the
distance to required of them. and thus
save hundreds of dollars Of expense. At any
rate, there would seem to be nothing to pre-
vent them from dropping part Of their loads
ana tightening the work of the tugs and in
creasing their speed The price Of coal, as
every one knows, is high
Doubtless there are many men in the tow
ing business who would be glad to take ad-
vantage of the situation But the harbor has
thousand eyes. The insignia of the govern
ment boats in this service is an open eye. 1t
VIII be seen on the pennant flown by the boats
and on the caps of the officers 1t is 10 the
interest OF every seaman in the harbor. again,
TO keep the channels open and the barges are
constantly under surveillance. The penalty
Ior dumping in the harbor is severe omount-
ing IN some cases to s., 500, and the informsf
receives half of the fine.
The government has devised a series Of IN
genious checks for verifying these cargoes.
Inc scows used for towing TO sea divided
into pockets, into which the refuse is
dumped. When permission is granted by the
officials, the number of pockets and their con
dltions are specifically stated The captain Of
the boat towing the scows carries papers
which give this information. He will be sure
to need them later.
Before the tow passes the Narrows it Is Ger
tain to be overhauled by an ''inside boat" de-
manding these credentials. An officer with
loud voice and an extremely efficient mega
phone makes this clear The government boat
then comes cautiously alongside 1t is often
TOO rough to toss the papers from hand to
hand, but every boat carries long stick Ike
fishing pole with cleft in the end. The
papers are placed IN the cleft and handed over
across some yards of open water. They are
at once compared with the official reports ano
they must tally. If it be found that one OF
the pockets which contained some tons OF
refuse has been dumped on the way down the
harbor, the tow may be turned back to New
York and fined in the bargain
The captains of tows have often made the
natural mistake of thinking that when they
were far down the harbor with no boat n
sight they We're safe to dump their cargoeS.
The government inspectors have anticipated
this trick and prepared for it. An outside
boat" follows tow at considerable distance
Continued On, page seuen) ALI
New-York tribune., 1921-11-06
CURRAN KNOWS His "VlLLAGE
Bv HENRY b. KINGSBURY

SO you may have passed us by, RS is the wont
Of most folk. But, still. there are some small
matters that we cherish. We like the little
red brick houses we live in, with The white
framed windows, the brass Knockers and the
fanlights. Even the apartments that tower
above the chimney pots of yesteryear' offer
the protection OF their more stalwart bulk to
tie little homes OF a century ago and they
blend into very happy architectural family
so think. We like our streets and lanes
too. They are clean own doorsteps, and
our lights shine brightly at night. We need
those lights, for Tenth Street crosses Fourth
Street down here, and little accidents like
Patchin Place and Nlilligan Place have their
pitfalls for the wayfarer from the right-angled
regularity OF uptown avenues. To say moth
ing of MacDougal Alley and the Newsstand
could you find Van Nest Place without our
help? Or escape stubbing your toe on the
little cemetery in Eleventh Street if our hos
pitable hand were not there to guide you by?
mo; nor will you find unwelcome passers-
by among us, for Captain Scoble and his con
stables stand watch with the care of the early
days. True, we have a-many merchants of
some note, and writer's, artists, judge or two
and once upon time Mayor, but are they not
decent people? And there are some who,
through the descent Of the decades, have made
their homes among us whom we like to re-
member. There was Captain Peter Warren
and the captains daughters who fell heir to
this patch Of Manhattan when the Sappekani-
cans folded their tents and went The cap
tain's daughters have gone and so have the
Manse and the Fitzroy Road, but you can still
find Abingdon Square. Do you know Of Tom
Paine, to whom, next after George III, Edmund
Randolph ascrbed American Independence?
He lived in Herring Street, now Bleecker, and
you might read now his Common Sense and
Age Of Reason with no detrment to our
twentieth century style of patriotism.
Then, later by few years, if you could
turn back the old clock in the market tower,
you might discover Morse inventing the tele-
graph, hard by Waverley Place; or Draper
constructing his camera and Colt his revolver
In more peaceful vein, we lived in friend
ship with George William Curtis, Henry James
and Anne Lynch in those days. 1t was in Uni
versity Place that Bayard Taylor wrote his
'Masque OF the Gods and, speaking of Uni
versity Place, have you known the charm of
Solari's under the ministratons Of Ren, tax
en- straight from the pages Of Treasure Isl
and'' We have our haunts Of smoke and dis
course te~day, but we've lost, nor yet recslned,
the say of Soari's."
New-York tribune., 1921-11-06

than a half dozen times. Now it is in evil
dence III almost every play. The open game
precludes the ingenious tactics which used to
be employed when almost every play was either
4 piled up mass of humanity or a concentrated
battering-ram rush through center or tackle
Owen Johnson in his book "The Tennessee
Shad," relates an incident in a game between
" "Lawrenceville and rival school which almost
ended in a free-for-all, due to the tactics of
the Lawrencevie captain in which ingenuity
impossible under modern rules brought victory
The second half was almost over and neither
side had scored. Darkness was rapidly falling
so that the players could barely be distin-
guished. Lawrenceville had the ball on the
thirty yard line third down and eight yards
TO go. To fall to make He necessary gain
meant the loss Of the bali and at best score
less game. 1t was moment of moments-a
time for Napoloonic strategy
Without the slightest hint of what was COM
ing the Lawrenceville quarter called the signals
and The ball was passed to the complacent can
tain. AS he received it, the. entire Lawrence
vile backfeld grouped about him; brief in
slant, but long enough. Then they separated
and each Of them tore for the goal line with
10 scmbfance of interference. The ball was
nowhere to be seen yet each of the hackfied
was racing like mad with the rival team trail
after them in vain endeavor to locate the
leather.
When the mad scramble had run its course.
the Lawrenceville captain planted himself
midway between the goal posts and calmly
drew from beneath his jersey crumpled
leather object family resembling the ball. 1t
tcas the ball. As soon as he had received it,
hidden by his backfeld and aided by the dusk
he had punctured it with a pin which he had
kept ready for such an emergency and set off
for the goal line. The rival team, of course
New-York tribune., 1921-11-06

and nlid-season to fatten them for the BIZ
games. The schedules were carefully worked
out and SO arranged that the big teams would
reach the peak of condition when they were
due to meet their rivals. The games that
went before were of no consequence and were
seldom lost.
Revision of schedules has made it NOR,
difficult for the larger colleges to maintain
their prestige, and it is now no longer un-
common for them to be defeated by smaller
colleges. At the same time, this has reacted
in their favor and has given a decided i'm
petus to the game.
The whistle blows The teams line up
The whistle blows again, the ball is kicked
and the game is on. The spectators ylt on
the edge of their seats clenchng their hands
and biting their lips. Every play Is closely
followed. Every semblance OF good paY
is Justify cheered and every error is greeted
with a groan. Back and forth goes the bah
Suddenly player breaks loose with the
precious pigskin tucked under his arm Across
tho field he sprints, lodging sidesteppina,
straightarming. A taclsler reaches for him
and misses. So does another A third reaches
for him and gets him. The runner stumbles
"a great sigh goes up~--be fegans his feet
and speeds on; he crosses one whitewashed
line after another. Now he is in sight of the
goal. The crowd is frantic, cheering. shout
ing themselves hoarse. Still he goes on: now
there Is only one man between him and the
goal; will he get him m?----he braces himself
piunges and clutches---empty air The run
ner has eluded him and plants the ball safely
over the line
Hats, cushions and programs fill the s,f
The previous cheering is as a whisper com
pared to the noise which now breaks loose
Another football hero steps forth on the pages
Of gridiron history.
What has baseball to compare with this?
New-York tribune., 1921-11-06

in the game was the numbering Of players, so
that could tell who was making the plays
Princeton was the first to make this innova-
tion and was shortly followed by Yale and
most Of the ether colleges Harvard, alone, held
out and still refuses to number her players
st would reveal the Haughton SYSTEM,
Harvard objected.
1T savors too much OF Sing Sing" said the
dweers along Beacon Street over their orange
pekoe.
The press waxed verbose in derisive
criticism. The Eli bulldog barked and the
Princeton Tiger howled, but to no avail. Har-
ward remained obduratc and refused to bow to
public opinion Harvard players remain un-
numbered. Perhaps the real reason for not
numbering them was that for several years
so many plays were made by Brclley, Mahan
and Casey that numbers weuld have been
superfuoar
But nov at last comes the announcement
that Harvard has yielded slightly. She is
gong to- number-tot her players, but her
DOCTORS The edct which comes from across
tle Charles, says that call doctors attending
football games and expecting to be called may
leaVe their names at the gate and receive a
number. Should they be summoned during the
game their number will be flashed for several
minutes above the score board" Should a
player be injured he may in future call 1887"
or '2o'oos," not sign of concussion of the
BRAN. but merely the new mode of summon
ing his favorite physician
Simultaneous with changes in the rules, num-
bering Of players and other improvements have
come changes in football fashions. Football
styles may not go to the same lengths as
wor1ans dresses, but they have changed rad
lcalIy in the last decade. Compare photo
graph of a football player of 1890 and one of
to-day. Before the advent of the leather he'll
New-York tribune., 1921-11-06

W n OW many mayors or candidates ter
~ Mayor have known their Greenwich
"a M Village? How many of them could
it be said have known very much
about the byways and odd corners of the big
town, all the inhabitants Of which they are
supposed to represent? To most candidates,
forsooth, have not such out-of-the-way places
made their appeal merely as SO many blocks
of votes? The whir Of a campaign may take
the runners for office into strange places,
but after the vote-catching season is over,
what then? They are apt to get back to Main
Street.
Henry II. Curran, Republican-coalition
nominee for Mayor, is not that kind of
candidate. Mr.. Curran knows his Little Old
New York from MacDougal Alley and the
News to Spuyten Duyvil, and loves it ALL He
mas visited the out-of-the-way places
Of the 6000 900, and tarried long enough to
get acquainted and catch the spirit of the
community. Color, picturesqueness, art
poetry, virile humanity, dwell in the by
ways of the old town, and Curran has found
them all with an appreciation Of their place
In the cosmopolitan picture Of real New York
Major Curran represents the Washington
Square district in the Board of Aldermen He
athl lives there. He has written much in an
intimate, colorful vein about ''the Village" as
well as other more remote sections Of tho
city He always saw the good side In people
He was ever quick to resent any slurs upon
Greenwich Village. In a letter written while
Alderman to an editor critic Of 'the Village"
who advocated the removal Of the women's
court at Jefferson Market to "decent neigh
borhood," Mr.. Curran said
pray what have we done, the court apart
we who live within the shadow of the little
market, to deserve this thrust?
'Do you know our neghborhood, the twin
villages Of Greenwich and Washington Square
that the market Of Jefferson links together?
Most likely not, for it is indeed by-water of
the citys stream, memory of days gone by,
perhaps, and little more. We boast no mag
nifcience. Th1palatial barracks of Park Ave
nue and the studied stone of upper Fifth Ave
,ue--thosa biceps of belligereht wealth that
edge yoe toward the gutter with their porches
we havc none of these accoutrements. And
New-York tribune., 1921-11-06

There never werc any nlun1ps and on the day
of the big game the entire Princeton team ap-
pears on tho field more robust than sver and
without any sign Of having fingered at deaths
door.
Or on the eve Of ths Arny-Navy battle, word
corses down from West Point that three Of the
stellar hnesraen snd the entire baclsaetd are so
i'll that no hope Is held cut FOR their recovery.
Annapolis counters with Che saddening In
formation that The entire Navy team and all
the substitutes saws twc have twisted ankles
and strained knees. But, 10, On the day Of the
game every man has n,iraculously recovered
and the game proceeds as scheduled.
Reports Of crippled players >are sometimes
true, but thsy are largely the exaggerstions Of
ambitious correspondents which the coaches
are content to let go undenied. On the other
hand a star player is often hurt and the pub
lie knows nothing of it. This is due to the
inpenetrabe veil Of secrecy which sfrouds the
practice Of the college teams. Secret Practice
Mo Adnaittance" IS The sign which hangs on
the gates Of most Of the football fields for
month proceeding the big games. In order to
gain admission to the field one must not only
know the coach, the captain, the head trainer,
the assistant trainer and the water boy, but he
must at least have speaking acquaintance
with the president Of the college and letter
Of introduction from the dean.
Secret practice leaves the public in the dark.
No one knows what the team does behind those
gates from one Saturday to another They
might be learning new plays or dsvising
unaeard Of mode Of defense; they might be de-
voting their time entirely to tacking, to for
ward passing or to punting. They might even
be studying.
AS for studying lessons, Apparently that
isn't done any more during football season, to
Judge from the action of the Princeton faculty,
who several weeks ago decreed that all noise
must cease on the campus at 10 p. m. In order
to allow the football team an opportunity to
New-York tribune., 1921-11-06


z the baseball FANS cts just like the
"a nstalment plan--so much down and
so much to go.'
The crack Of the bat has given way to the
thump of leather meeting leather and sporting
writers have revised their vocabularies. Bat
ling averages have been replaced by ground
gained Compared with football conbats, the
battles of Chateau Thierry end the Argonne-
Meuse offensive pale to the insignifcance Of
mere skf,nishes in the eyes OF college men, and
The arms conference dyvindles to the proper
lions of an inter collegiate debate. More solci-
tude is felt for players twisted ankle than
for the fate of sick Russia.
The Interpretation OF one of the star players
throws an entire college into state Of mourn
ing, but strange to say it fills the hearts of the
students Of the rival eollege with not the
slightest trace of sympathy or concern. In
juries or the reports of injuries form no small
part of well organized plans to break down
the rivals morale. About week before Prince
ton is scheduled to meet Harvard, news invari-
ably comes forth from the Tiger camp that the
antire line and two Of the backfield are confined
to the infirmary with mumps from which they
cannot possibly recover for weeks. The news
IS not received at Cambridge with regret Or
the contrary parades are held and all Back Bay
joins in chanting Fair Harvard. The stimuli
taneous scratching of pens may be heard in
South Boston as the students rush to write out
checks to be sent to Princeton to bet on the
Crimson and despite the fact that the prospect
Of victory seems hopeless at Nassau the
Princetonians cover the bets and cry for more.
Harvard is confident Of victory. What can
princeton do with almost it's entire team
stricken with the mumps? An, there's the rub.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-06

sleep. Shades Of John
Wfthcnpoon! What
about tho poor student
who wants to study?
Has there over been any
faculty legislature to in
sure him peace and quiet?
Times have changed
and with them the very
nature Of football itself.
Not SO many years ago
football Was as tricky as
European diplomacy. But
with the adoption Of
the forward pass, the
abolition Of hurdling,
New-York tribune., 1921-11-06

disputed the touchdown
but there was nothing in
the rules at. that time
covering such a con-
tingency, and the referee
had no course open but
to allow the score. Law
renccville won and the
name Of the captain is
still revercd along with
that Of "Big Bill" Ed
wards and others who
have helped to make
football history.
Trick plays are not al
xr. ,y~ eA nc1er&.11 ~, Il
New-York tribune., 1921-11-06

Why's
they are few and far between. Straight open
football Is the new order and It is moro likely
to bring victory. A. long step toward bring
ing about the open game and one which did
much to enhance the interest Of the spectators
New-York tribune., 1921-11-06

aud ether improvements, football has be-
come an open game openly arrived at.
And tho change has been for the better
A decade ago d person could watch a
football game and not see the ball more
The Washington herald., 1921-04-18
MASONS WILL FACE
NAVAL OPERATIONS

The Masonic team of the Fraternsl
League will play a>presesson earne
with the fast Naval Operations team
OF the Departmental League this
afternoon at o'clock on the Monu-
ment lot. Diamond 3. All Masonic
players are requested to report
promptly.
Two other contests are listed for
the Masonic team this week. They
will hook up with one Of the fastest
teams in the District when they
meet the Brookland Athletic club
Saturday afternoon, and will also
meet clever aEeregation when
they hook up with the Metropolitan
Athletic Club, next Sunday on the
Monument Grounds
Besides these games the Masons
will hold two practices this week
the frst one Thursday on the North
Diamond of the Ellipse. and the sec
ond at Union League Park Friday
afternoon. All games of the Fra
ternal League circuit will be play
ed at Union Lea que Park except
the opening AFFAIR. which will be
staged at American League Park.
Nay Z
The Washington herald., 1921-04-18
Broomster.


Jimmy Brown, the daddy Of all
the checkers, shoots me this baby
with the request that I make Il
strong" Now IL there is anything
that Jimmy knows it's horse flesh.
so my advice to one and all Is 70
plant a meg OF two here. They will
do the most good. Friar's Rush
has worked impressively and IL all
over the contender. Mawcoron has
not raced to best private form yet
and has a chance to cop the peep
money here. All this happens in
the opening number at the -'Graw.
PARIS timber-toppers are said 70
be 1T and ready for the question.
That being the case can't see how
they are going TO keep the Vir-
ginian from coping all the money
in the second. Stucco and Peccsnt
have schooled well. Old Mumbo
Jumbo never looked better in his
whole racing career than right now.
He's got q tough horse to trim in
lima Frank, but it's a spot where
a case motto would probably drag
home an armfuL You get me. Hec-
tor? Ima's last was in the nature
of a final prep-opener and she'll
take a world of beating today.
this trouble over trainers hasn't
done the Ross horses any good II
IL wasn't for that I'd make Pamss
a special. Here's a colt that i be
lieve with the right sort OF train
The Washington herald., 1921-04-18
ARMY ALL-STARS
LOSE TO KNICKS
Serrin's Pitching Big Factor
In Victory; Knicks Sign
Smiling Gus"

Allowing only four hits. and
striking out twelve men. Lefty
Serrin won his initial game as a
Knickerbocker, defeating the Army
All Stars s to ?.
p Serrin was in great form. and
with the flashy support accorded
him by the Knicks, had little trouble
in winning. Over 5000 people saw
the battle.
The knicks started out in the
first inning and gave Serrin a three
run lead. which, considering the
way he was going. was sufficient.
Four hits and an error in the open
ing frame gave the Knicks their
three runs. and after that they were
never headed.
Again. in the third. the George
town boys crashed the old apple.
and when the smoke had cleared
they had counted two more runs.
Serrin's one bad inning was the
fifth, when three hits in succession
gave the All Stars their only runs
of the game. After this inning Ser
rim again settled down. and was
invincible the rest of the game
While the All Stars were getting
only four hits of Serrin, the
Knicks were able to get to O'Brien
for thirteen, six of which were
doubles and another a triple.
Gus" Matthews, the pride of
p street" and considered one OF
the best ball players ever ,devel-
oped in Georgetown, has Joined the
Knicks. and will probably be seen
in the lineup next Sunday. when
the Knickerbockers are scheduled to
battle the Clarendon A. c. in the
Hollow. Gus can play any position
on the team, though his speciality is
the outfeld. However. he is a clever
utility man. and it'll be tough
job to keep him out of the Knick
lineup. The score: