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The New York herald., 1922-05-07

heel. His talents as a mixer, however
will be well used as chairman Of a COM
mittee of undergraduates who are to en-
tertain visiting track teams.
Unlike the other Clevelands, Francis
Grover Cleveland, the younger son of the
late President, is n Harvard undergrad
uate. He came from Princeton to enroll
In the freshman class. and is shot
putter on the yearling track team.
The elder Grover and his other son,
Dick. were Princeton alumni. The latter
is now in the Harvard Law School.
There is some sentiment being shown
In Harvard rowing. Capt. George APP
pleton has caused a small pennant to be
placed in the bow of the varsity shell
with a neat H on it. The shell is
Harvard made and accounted satisfac-
tory.
John Nicholas Brown, the BABY
Brown" of Newport years ago, is to be
graduated in June. Brown probably is
the richest man in his own right in any
American college. He entered Harvard
as 'gob" by the way of the Naval Re-
serve Corps during the war. and never
flinched, no matter what his job was.
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BOWDOIN

Special Dispatch to TIE New YORK HERALD.
BowDoIN COLLEGE, BRUNSWICK. Me-,
May 6.-The Bowdoin baseball team ran
against lot Of snags on their New
England trip. After beating Amherst
and Wesleyan they took the count from
Holy Cross, Brown, Yale. Tufts and
Harvard Yale took the game from
Bowdoin in the ninth by a homer and
Harvard won by one run.
Commencement parts have been
awarded to Ham Knight Simpson and
Welch of the senior class.
News relayed to civilization by dog
team is expected any time now from
Donald b. Macmillan. '9S. the explorer
now in Baffin Land.
The musical clubs on their New York
trip performed at Poly Prep, in Brook
lyn, in addition to their regular concert
at Delmonicos.
At the memorial service last Sunday
for Edwin u. Curtis. 'S2. former Police
Commissioner of Boston. a letter from
Vice-Presdent Coolidge was read
The tennis team Is getting started on
its schedule. Partridge and Bishop are
veterans OF last years team.
The masque and gown are treading
the boards in Pennington this week.
The Augusta Rotary Club celebrated
Bowdoin night on Friday.
Water throwing is keeping customers
out of North Winthrop. where the can
teen is located. The Phillips twins are
the favorite marks. Last week a bag
of water from Longfellow's old room
got Coach Magee's range.
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HOLY CROSS

Special Dispatch to THE New York HERALD.
Holy Cross COLLEGE, WORCESTER,
Mass, May 6-Three hard gaMes this
week will test the strength of the Purple
nine. Holy Cross plays Harvard at
Cambridge on Wednesday. University Of
Pittsburgh Friday, at Worcester. and
Penn State on Saturday at Worcester.
Mcguire, the Holy Cross second base
man, is reported to have received a nice
offer from Detroit this last week This
boy will graduate in June and has been
fast. has been hitting well and is second
to none playing college baseball to-day
at the Keystone station.
Owen Carroll, the freshman twirler
from Jersey City, looks like the real find
of the season. Coach Jack Barry pre-
diets big things for this youngster with
a little more seasoning. He is pushing
the veteran twirlers for first honors and
he has already beaten the Navy. Prince
ton and Delaware He has plenty of
speed and a fine curve assortment.
Coach O'Donnell has passed up spring
football work as no less than nine foot
ball regulars are with the baseball and
track squads. Luke Kelley, Notre Dame
has again been appointed assistant var
sity coach.
Coach Bat Sullivan is rounding out
the track team in preparation for the
New England Intercollegiates, which will
be held in Worcester this year after ali
absence of over sixteen years. The
Turple's strength will be confined to the
track events.
The class of 1924 will hold its big
dinner and smoker this coming week
with the class athletes receiving special
attention.
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FORDHAM

Still smarting from it's defeat at the
hands of Columbia last week the Ford
ham nine is anxiously waiting for Tues
day. on which day they will get another
chance at Andy Coakley's minions. The
game will be played at Fordham Field.
Capt. Tim Mcnamara is sure to pitch
for the Maroon.
Because the varsity ball squad has a
game scheduled for that day and the
track team a dual meet with City Col
lege two days later, Manager Harold
Horton has been forced to postpone the
interclass track meet from Wednesday,
May 10. to Tuesday. May 16.
Tickets for the annual Fordham-W West
Point trip are now in circulation and are
rapidly being taken UP. IL is interesting
TO note that Fordham, the first of the
local colleges to inaugurate such an af-
fair, had It's first West Point trip back
in 1908.
DR.. Jake Weber. coach OF the college
and prep track squads, has entered the
following Fordham Prep athletes in the
Princeton sinterscholastic meet on Sat-
urday Jim Shea In the hurdles. AL
Warren In the mile, George Harrison in
the half mile. Bill Edwards in the 100
and 220-yard dashes, Pat Dun and Jack
Mooney in the quarter mile.
Winnie Cavanaueh, Maroon basketball
player. who is putting up such a fiashy
game at shortstop in the Fordham in
field. is New York lad. He Is consid-
cred to be one OF the best al-round
athletes ever developed at Xavier High
School OF this city.
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NJ. Y. u.

Edwin Weatherdon. star high jumper
of the Violet track team. has been
elected president of the student organi-
zation. Frank Cecarrelli marager of
the freshman track team. has been
named vice-president. and William
Gown, coverpoint of the lacrosse team.
secretary.
Hugo Rubinstein, manager of the var
sty track team. took his squad TO AM
herst yesterday
L. Won Elling. outside of being act
ing graduate manager, is kept busy
coaching his track men and keeping
them out of scholastic difficulties.
George. second baseman on the Violet
baseball nine. is considered one of
y. Y. us heaviest hitters, having ac-
counted for FIVE doubles in as many
times at bat In the game with William
and Mary.
Toorock and Flynn stars of the Hall
of Fame baseball nine. carved their
names in the baseball Hall of Fame
by polling out homers after the score
was 10 TO against their team.
The sophomore class defeated the
senior in the first of the series Of in
terclass baseball games to be held at
the Heights. Carlson pitched a one hit
game for the under class men and Jaffe
pitched for the upper class men but re-
ceived poor support. The final score
was to l.
Donald Brown. Theodore Distler and
Mitchell Fisher of the varsity debat-
ing team, are attempting to master the
French tongue in preparation for their
trip abroad next summer.
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Moeschen Leading Hitter
of Eastern COHegianS

ward, Smythe of the Army French OF
the Army. Sullivan of Pennsylvania.
Gill Of Holy Cross, Sdmendinger of Holy
Cross and Gagnon OF Holy Cross.
Huneke. the Stevens Institute lad, who
is the third best hitter. is the home run
king. The Jersey colrgian has twelve
circuit drives to his credk, which is one
more than is credited to II. A. O'Cal-
laghan. college mate. who is second
with eleven. Hahn. third baseman on
the College of the City OF New York
team. has hit ten homers.
Those who have perfect fielding aver
ages are Joe Stack of Columbia. Dick
Donovan of Fordham, Trulio of c. c.
N. Y. Joe White. another Fordham
player; Stinson Of Princeton. Janin and
Hallock, both of Harvard; Desbour of
Yale. Bennett and Smythe of the Army.
McMullen of Penn, Fitzpatrick of Brown,
Tette of Amherst, Buck of Williams and
Needelman of Bowdoin. The following
table of the leading hitters and fielders
In each college includes games played
last "Wednesday.
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BROWN

Special Dispatch to THE New YoRK HERALD
Brown UNIVERSITY, PROVIDENCE, r. l.,
May 6.--Bert l.. Shurtlef, one Of the
outstanding >figures at Brown, a senior
and star athlete, has just published a
book OF poems called ships at Anchor"
made up of sea verse and love lyrics. No
one would pick "Shurt" for poet.
One of the best centers that Brown
has had in recent years, Shurtlef has
played hard football four years. He is "a
member OF the wrestling team and In
1920 was New England intercollegiate,
champion In the 175 pound class. He is
an honor student and president of the
Cammarian Club, the student governing
organization. Shurtleff comes from Little
Compton, II. l., and his poetry Is called
excellent.
The revival of rowing at Brown seems
n probability. Don Grant, A. II. Inlay
Ralph Brown and L. III. Henson, four
enthusiasts who have had more or less
maritime experience in shells, have
blossomed out on the Seehonk River In a
four cared she'll IL was In 1884 that
Brown, with the last shell to carry her
colors showed the way to Yale, Amherst
and Harvard on the Connecticut River,
and there is n strong sentiment on the
hill in favor of making rowing n var
sity sport again.
Probably no one at Brown gets a
class room cheer oftener than Sammy
Dryer OF Akron. Ohio. Sammy is the
boxing Instructor on the hill and incl
dentally he is working his way through
college by an occasional sally into the
professional ring fighting under the
name OF Buster Brown"
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RUTGERS

Special Dispatch to THE New YORK HEnALp-
NEW BRUNSWICK n. J.. May e.
Rutgers College pluralities and snajori-
ties caused q mix-up this week In the
voting of officers of the Athletic Asso-
citation. After the two days OF ballot
ing II was discovered that reelection
would have to be held for most offices
because few of the three or four
nominees had obtained the malorities
necessary. For president the candi-
dates are Stuart Beattie. m smber OF the
record-breaklng relay team Leo e.
Gicbel. intercollegiate swimming cham
pion for the furlong John Scudder,
football man. and William r. sparks,
punger and lacrosse player.
Withsn all his 240 pounds Bruno Raub,
football captain for next season, is hus-
tlinr around breathlessly, first 'or one
coach and then for another. Raub says
he will try anything once. Having
added a basketball letter this winter
he is now in line for a third for play
ing goal on the lacrosse OUTFIT. Visit-
ing teams are protesting at the size OF
a GOAL tender Rutgers uses. They argue
that Raub's huge bulk allows them only
a scant few inches to shoot for the net.
This grand little old college custom
of recent vintage Of wearing golf
clothes. knickerbockers AMI all, Is like
putting the cart before the horse.
The organization of golf team follows
instead Of. precedes. Jim Reilly, physi-
cal director and old Olympic swimmer.
has promised to rig up an indoor driv-
ing backstop early next winter for all
candidates. And when the proposition
was put up to Bill Garrigon, 10. the
graduate manager he had to acquiesce.
for Garrison Is not only a golfer but has
joined the ranks Of the mug hunters.
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STEVENS

Special Dispatch TO THE NEW York Herald
The seniors were conspicuous by their
absence from all activities this past
week, owing to the fact that the theses
were due Thursday Some OF the boys
spent all Wednesday night feverishly
putting the finishing touches to their
literary masterpieces.
Friday night the annual pilgrimage
OF the prep school men to the State tool;
place with the usual prep. day en-
tertalnn.ents and amusements. The
high point OF the day was the cane
sprees between the sophs and frosh AT
he gym under the able management OF
rrof. Salvatore.
Great preparations are being made
fer Spring sports day" May 10. which
promises to be a gala occasion. The
schedule that day will include a base.
ball game with r. +. |. A lacrosse
game with Swarthmore and tracs
meet with Brooklyn Poly. dance Will
be held In the evening at the gym.
"Kid" Davis Is taking boxing lesson
from Coach Harris In the hopes Of i'm
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pennsylvania

Special Dispatch to THE Nrw York HERALD
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, PHILA-
DELPHIA, May 6.-Penn's baseball team
has wound up It's Franklin Field sched-
ule and will move to the d. and A. Park
In West Philadelphia next Wednesday to
play Lafayette. While the improve
ments are being made at Franklin Field,
the Red and Blue nine will play either at
the new park or away from home
Capt. McAnally continues to play a
dashing game on the Red and Blue la
crosse team. He starred against SYRIA
cuse and also helped in the recent vic
tory over Stevens. He was out of the
lineup in the early part of the season.
Penn's varsity and freshman track
teams will go to Ithaca next Saturday
for the annual meets with Cornell.
Coach Lawson Robertson expects to
take more than fifty athletes on the trip.
The varsity meet was originally sched-
uled for Franklin Field, but had to be
transferred.
Rae McGraw of Buffalo. the all around
freshman star of last year. has devel-
oped into a good varsity outfielder. He
replaced McMullen in the Swarthmore
game and had three hits. one of which
was home run. McGraw pitched last
spring but has been switched to the
outfield on account of his hard hitting
Coach Joe Wright Of PENIS crews has
outlined busy week for his In prepara-
ton for the Childs Cup regatta at
Princeton. These races will be followed
by the American Henley on the Schuyl
kill May 27. In which the Red and Blue
will be entered in four events.
The Penn baseball team will take n
two game New England trip the latter
part of this week, meeting Vermont at
Burlington next Friday and Dartmouth
at Hanover Saturday. Vermont was
unable to play its first scheduled game
here on account OF rain, but the Quakers
beat Dartmouth in sensational fifteen
inning battle.
Capt. Larry Brown OF the Penn track
team, who failed to break Mel Shep-
pard's worlds record Of l minute 10 As
seconds for the 600 yards during tne past
week, will make another attempt before
he graduates in June. Brown came
within 1-5 Of a second of equa ing the
mark and several times got him at those
figures.
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Plaint of small Clubs.

For several months there has been
complaint on the part of the smaller
boxing clubs that Madison Square Gar
den has a monopoly and that the lesser
organizations are unable to compete
with the purses offered by the big club.
The additional complaint has been made
that the Garden thus was able to get
all the leading boxers and the small
clubs had TO take what was left.
The picture thus drawn was n 7ad one.
and there was a dispo5ition to regard
the Garden as a iuggernaut of boxing,
crushing the helpless promoters Of the
lesser clubs.
But the events Of the past six weeks
have had tendency TO decrease the
fearful sympathy for the small clubs.
The circus people took possession of the
Garden and fer six successive weeks
there was not "A boxing club or an up
percut on exhibition In the famous
arena. This was the opportunity the
small clubs were looking for and IL was
expected they would take advantage OF
the opportunity to stage all the inn
portant bouts they could get. Dead
ing boxers were idle and all TIE pro-
moters Of the small clubs had 10 dc
WAS to hang out purses and furnish big
league bouts in their clubs
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c. c.. ". Y.

The interclass swimming meet held
last Thursday marked the close Of the
indoor season at c. G. n. Y. Ash
worth. McTague and Menkes made their
last appearance on the varsity team
when they swan in the special varsity
freshman relay. The three novice
events. the 10O-yard swim, the fancy
dive and the plunge for distance un-
earthed some promising material for
future Lavender teams.
The freshman track team contains
some men who promise in their time
to establish some new c. c. n. Y. rec
ords. Saul Brodsky, 215 pound fresh
football star, recently put the sixteen
pound shot 4S feet, just one foot four
inches short of the college record. Nor
ton Braner, champion interscholastic
high jumper. when at Erasmus, has
done five nine. capturing the recent in
door track meet andsthe fresh-soph meet
last week. He was closely pressed by
Bastian, former Newton II. S. star, who
has improved steadily of late. Jerry
Wachtel in the sprints and Monroe
Greenblatt in the long distance events
have also turned in fine performances.
Next week will be busy one for the c.
c. n. Y. nine, which meets North Carolina
on Monday, Stevens on Wednesday and
Seton Hall on Saturday. The track
team meets Fordham on Friday, just
two days after the tennis team tackles
the Maroon players. The fresh track
team also gets into action and so do
the tennis and baseball teams of the
yearlings.
AS part of the Charter Day celebra-
tion to commemorate the seventy-fifth
anniversary of the college, the annual
senior-faculty game viii be held on
Thursday.
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COLUMBIA

Jake Jacklitsch of the old Providence
Gra5s and Philadelphia Nationals was
seen knocking 'em out on South Field
the other day. He had on a fine pair
of golf stockings-1S holes. That auto
matte haircut he was wearing got Doc"
Barret's goat
Strom and Lou" Gerig can't wait for
r-- ~nycne- to arrive. They are going
to sell Eskimo pies in Long Branch. If
Louis appetite on the football training
table can be taken as a criterion. it
isn't going 10 be very long before he
eats up all the profits.
Bliss Price and Andy" Anderson
spent the intervening time between foot
ball and baseball season duck hunting.
Some campusite relates the following of
the huntsmen: They were stretching
upon their stomachs in the tall grass
near pond. Andy suddenly saw a duck
padding along Ssh Bliss" he says.
there's a pigeon" That's not a pigeon"
whispered Bliss, that's a chicken"
We'll, I'm going to shoot the bird. said
Anderson, gritting his teeth. as he
pointed his heavy artillery at the swim
ming plumage. Hey. wait a minute,
the gun isn't loaded said Bliss.
That's all right" said Andy, "the bird
doesn't know that!"
And they wouldn't take Ray keenan,
with them because he insisted on bring
ing hunting dogs.
Since the new arrival at Ed Kennedy's
home the Faculty Club has been getting
ina new supply of cigars. Any one
who congratulates the swimming coach
is sure to receive perfecto. He carries
them In every pocket.
Doc Barrett went into a restaurant the
other day that had colored service.
''Say,' said the Doc to the waiter. kin
you row." What you mean. boss?'
replied the servitor. Row? Row up de
riva?" mo! Mo-" said Barret. Row
like lion." Then he went on to say
that he was running lion show with
st. Bernard dogs and wanted some men
at $40 per day to row like lions
He had all the walters in the place row
ing"
Capt Monte Clark, catcher on the Lion
ball team. was closely watched last week
by his brother. Howard. the famous
Annapolis athlete. Judging by the way
he was throwing them down to second in
the Fordham game he was trying to
show his brother, Howard that subma-
rines were not the only things that car
dive beneath the surface.
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SYRACUSE

snec;o1 Disnotch to THE New York HERALD
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, SYRACUSE, n. T..
May 6-The athletic governing board
has voted to award the regular insignia
to members Of the swimming and wres-
tling teams.
Eight men have been awarded the
VISIT for the 1921-1922 wrestling sea-
son-Don Barnard, Allen. Wolf. Whelan.
Liederfiend, Capt. Donald Stranahan
and Manager Paul Boynton. These men
participated in all dual meets. Six men
who have been awarded numerals for
having done good WORK in the squad are
Russell Pease, Millstead and Curatola,
"a; T.. Barnard, Rogers and Gold
sand. '25.
The following men have been awarded
their SST: Brown, Barchard, Mac
Lean, Waterman. Learned, Derby, Cook
Capt Gordon, Seibert, Greenberger ana
Manager George Bates.
Alex Waterman of Little Falls. n. Y,
has been elected swimming captain for
1922-1923. John Buck of Mount YER
non, N. Y, has been elected assistant
swimming manager and Howard Jesper-
son of New York city freshman man
ager. Assistant Manager Leland Maine
of Willet. N. Y, has been advanced to
manager.
John T. Smith of Syracuse. y. Y, has
been elected assistant basketball man
ager for 1922-1923. Smith succeeds
Russell Lowe of Cleveland. Ohio. who Is
advanced from assistant manager to
manager. John w. Myers of kerbonk-
son, N. Y, has been elected freshman
manager.
One of the most efficient athletes at
Syracuse is the versatile Homer smith.
"a, captain-elect of the cross country
team and a member OF the recently
crowned intercollegiate mile champion
shin relay team. Smith runs any dis
tance from the quarter mile to the seven
mile hill and dale course.
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George Moeschen. the sturdy little
Columbia University shortstop. is the
leading hitter in the Eastern intercol-
lesiate baseball campaign. The Blue
and White star in eight games has COM
piled an, average of 500. Moeschen, who
received his early baseball education
at Manual Training High School, Brook
lyn. is considered by experts one OF
the best infelders in Columbia's baseball
history.
]. Flynn who holds down the same
position as Moeschen on the New York
University team, is second best with an
average of $50 for eleven games. Be
sides being classed as the second best
hitter, the Violet player Is the leading
tase stealer, with nine stolen bases to
his credit Huneke, another local col
leeian of Stevens Institute. and Storck
Of the Army are tied for third place
with averages of .42S for eight games.
The other players who are batting 400
or over are Joe White of Fordham,
Lncoln of Harvard. Murphy of Har-
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FIELDING
RUTGERS.
BATTING.
FIELDING.
Leconey Wins Is Points
in Meet for Lafayette

EAsToN, Pa. May 6.--Lafayette Col
lege opened its dual track and field
season here to-day on March Field by
defeating Bucknell University. 96 to 16.
Lafayette scored twelve first and an
equal number of seconds In fourteen
events.
"Al" Leconey was the high scorer
with 10 points, winning the two sprints
and the broad jump. In the 100 yard
dash he equaled the track record of
10 seconds flat. made by Herrick in
1910 and equaled in 1912 by Johnny
Speigle.
The other high scorers for Lafayette
were Capt. Crawford. Tommy Allen and
Boetcher
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YALE

Special Dispatch to THE NEW YonK HERALD
YALE UNIVERSITY, NEW HAVEN, Conn,
May ga group Of New York bankers.
alumni Of Bowdoin College. came to New
Haven Monday in J. +. Morgans special
car to witness the Yale-Bowdoin game.
They had a good time for eight and two
thirds innings. Dutch" Carter of the
Yale basebalr committee came with
them.
No lecturer coming to Yale In recent
years has created the advance interest
that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has. Sir
Arthur speaks in Woolsey Hall Monday
night on "Spritualism." and every seat
is sold.
In answer to n wire requesting IN
formation regarding the national rifle
matches to be held in Toledo, Ohio, next
September the university rifle manage
ment has just received word that the
appropriation for college teams has been
filled and that Yales entry cannot be
accepted. Yale's team is the intercolle-
giate champion.
The Yale Nctus board has Just been
organized as follows Chairman. Henry
Il. Allen, ga Hubbard Woods, Illinois /;
business manager, Wilbur b. Fairfax.
"a Washington assignment editor.
Howard NJ. Biscoe, Jr., '24. Newton
Highlands, Mass. managing editor,
Sherman r. Hall. Jr., "a, South Port
land, Ore.
Another member OF the Yale baseball
team whose father preceded him as n
regular varsity player is Henri Louis
Jacques De Sibour. '23. His father is
]. q. Henri De Sibour. 90. of Washing
ton. Both were outfielders and both
Counts"
TAP Day" at Yale will be held on
May IS. While there is less public
speculation than usual as to the choice
the three senior societies will make. the
intense interest among the members of
the junior class has not abated a whit.
Tap Day" will always. be Tap Day"
for som $50 acadmic juniors. All OF
Yales star athletes In the junior class
are expected to receive elections
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DARTMOUTH

Special Dispatch to THE New YoEK HERALD.
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE. HANOVER. N. H..
May 6.--John Lee. 49, is rapidly becom-
ing Dartmouth's best all-around weight
man although he tips the scales at n
scant 10 pounds. Lees form COM
pensates for his lack OF weight. He
captured third in the shot put at the
indoor intercolleglates and he Is now
hurling the discus well over 1870 feet
and standing we'll IN the hammer and
javelin events.
Dave Perry, hockey player, is making
the best showing In spring football