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10 YALE PLAYERS FAST WTS DIAL MATCH IX INDOOR COIRTS. Mi Regiment Team, Beats Holdeti After Bitter Fight. Tale's team of lawn tennis players derifiveH defeated the team of the Tth Rcpirnent yesterday on the board courts of the armory. 6Cth street and Park avenue. Led by Captain R.

A. Holden, Vale won teven matches to four, with one a draw, or. a total of IX games to 127. It Is the second victory of the Yale players over the regimental experts in their annual series of dual contests, as last spring on the courts fit Hew Haven the Yale players won by r.lne matches to Of the competitions decided yesterday Yale won five out of llgill singles, and wored two doubles matches, losing one and drawing in the other because of darkness. It was plain at the time of beginning ibp matches, shortly after noon, that the competitors would be handicapped because of a dim light.

plain Hold en was one of the first to take court against Arthur E. Cragtn. who led the 7th's team, and a fast volleying match resulted. The Yale was clever in his placing, and he led at in the opening set. Cragin then began overhead smashing that pulled him along to all.

and allowed him to win "the vantage game at Tnen a slashing came followed, the score falling evenly, with the service to 14 all. On the twentyninth Cragin broke through the Yale player's service, and won the set at 16 14. the longest of the day. In the next set I -spin increased his speed, winning the match at The remarkable strength an.l development of Yale team was shown in the victories of F. H.

Gates, who defeated Valentine Treat, winner of the regimental class handicap, and Harry B. Bretz. who defeated the veteran William Cunningham. Gates possessed a long and swift driving which be adroitly used to place the ball In the corners of his opponent's court. 'He kept Treit footing from side to side as if he were endeavoring to break his own track recoYd for a thousand yards.

Finding 'that Treat's back hand was weak, the Yale player played the left hand side, so ably as to score the match at 3, Bretz. who appeared last year in the lional indoor tournament, proved lightning 'fast. He was remarkably accurate, only "ailowing Cunningham one game, as he scored the match at love, Of the three set matches Yale won two 'and the Mi Regiment one. J. D.

a and F. Good! scored for Yale. Bowen played Harry 1.. Follett to a standstill in their first set, which he lost at after a series of prolonged rallies. When he had worn his opponent down Bowen took his stand at the net.

From that position he smothered him with cross court smashes and straight volleys through his court, so ''that he won the second and third sets and the match at Goodhue likewise lost his first s. to Harry Parker. Then the Yale man out -manoeuvred his op" neat at placing and won at 1... Fitch scored the victory for the 7th in a dose match against Wilson Eyre. After splitting sets Eyre forged ahead in the third Fitch steadied and played a waiting game as he shot the ball through the openr ings as presented, winning at 6 i.

6. 1. The doubles did not produce the usual last tennis because of the poor light. The best of the matches was that which resotted In a draw between Holden and Gates. Yale, and A.

S. Cragin and Fitch. It all. Bo long as the Yale pair were able to hold the ret they butpassed their opponents. It was at close range that they won the first set.

As they were Obliged to fall hack In their court because of inability to see the ball clearly in its flight, they lost the second set, as both Cragin and Fitch proved masters at the court game. With the score at all in the third set, it was so dark as to cause further attempt farcical and the match was declared a draw. Following the matches Captain Holden stated that Yale would be well represented at the coming indoor national championthip, and he hoped that the other colleges would also send teams. The summary follows Yale ye. Tth Regiment (singles) Harry B.

Bretz, '10. df-feated William Cunningham, rlh. 0. 1. H.

Gates, '12. defected Treat, Tth. 3. J. D.

E'jwtn. defeated Harry 1.. Follett. Tth. T.

2: B. G- '10. defeated George Yon der Muehll. 7th. F.

'11. Harry Parker. Tth. 7, 6 o. 3: Arthur B.

Cragin, 7th, defeated P. A Holdcn. Yale, '11. 14. L- H.

Fitch. Tth. Wilson Eyre. Yale, "iff, fi 4. C.

M. defeated R. E- email, Yale, '11, 2. DouW'S A. tad F.

H. Gates, Tale, vs Arthur B. and 1,. H. Fitch.

Tth. 6. all. a draw; Wilson Eyre end J. D.

Bower. rested Harry 1.. and Valentine Treat. Harry- B. Bretz sad B.

Yale, defeated Calhoun Craenn and C. Aranw-rmann, "th, Vor. Muehll and William Cur.ninjrham. Tth. defeated R.

E. Cole.man and Yale. LAMY TO Till; FRONT. Roe Sets New Skating Mark for Mile and a Half. PittEburg, Jan.

29. An international record was established at the championrhip skating races here to-day, when Roe, of Toronto, covered a mile and a half In 4 minutes and seconds. Ahlroth. of Duluth, was and, and Fischer, of Milwaukee, third. Edtnustd Lamy.

the amateur champion, Spain carried off his share of the honors, winning the one and the five mile races. The summary follows: One-mile Won by Lamy: Kearny, 8 New York, second; Roe, Toronto, third. Time. 2-5. live-mile Won by Lamy; Ahlroth.

Fecond; Fischer, third. Time, 14:56. In a special intercity race between Pwartz, of Pittsburg, and Hess, of Cleve' land, Swartz defeated his opponent In 3 minutes and 1 2-5 seconds. SEW HAVEN LEADS. i Top List in National Intcrclub Rifle Tourney.

Washington, Jan. Results of the ond round of matches in the intercluh fhoot of the United States Indoor Rifle fjhooting league, on Friday night, tabulated here to-day by the National Rifle lion of America, show Rod end Gun Club, of New Haven, in the lead for gh score, with a total of 970. The Rocky Mountain Rifle Club, of Butte, has the second high score, with points. The Warren Rifle and Revolver Club, of Warren, is third, with 914 points. The team matches resulted as follows: Warren Rifle and Revolver dub from the Fort Pitt Rifle Club, of PitUburg, by 4 the Italian nifle Association, of York, won from the.

Club by 29 Itod and Gun Club, of won from Seattle Rifle, and volver by points; Birmingham Atiletlo Club the I Taoosia. Rifle and Revolver Club by 24 Rocky Mountain Rifle Club, of Butte, won Irom Young Men's Christian Afsoclat tion" Rifle Club, of Angeles, by 271 points; Staaiish Rifle Club, of Portland. -won Paul Rifle and Revolver Ab: ky fc POWER BOAT FOR MR. SCHIEREN. C.

A- Schleren, former Mayor of Brooklyn, having a 40-foot cabin power boat built at Morris Height e. for use on Great or Bay The yacht will be with cylinder Speedway engine and contract speed thirteen miles an bOUTt BISV HARVARD CREW. To Meet Annapolis and Cornell Before Yale Race. Cambridge. Jan.

The Harvard crew, for the last two years victors over Yale, will this year race Annapolis, Cornell and Yale, in the order named, according to an announcement made to-night by M. F. Garcelon. the. graduate manager or athletics.

The dates and agreements are expected to be ratified by the Harvard Athletic Council at its next meeting. Although desiring an earlier date to conform with the chance of time for the Yale commencement, the Blue oarsmen consented to June 30 as the day for the race with Harvard at New London. The Crimson will race the Middies on April 21, at Annapolis, and Cornell, 30, on the Charles River basin. There appears little prospect that Harvard will race Syracuse or Columbia, both of which colleges sought dates. SLAVERY THE CRY.

Blow To Be Aimed on Coast at Organized Baseball. San Francisco, Jan. 29. If State Senator Hartman is returned to the upper house of the Califronia Legislature, he will Introduce a bill striking at the very heart of organized baseball and calculated to nullify all existing contracts between players and owners. Mart man was once a baseball player himself, and he says his bill will be opmly aimed at baseija'l because he believes it is nothing more or less than he.ewhe.il slavery.

He will base his bill upon the Thirteenth Amendment of the federal Constitution, prohibiting slavery and involuntary servitude. The hill will declare in effect that it is a misdemeanor, the penalty to be fixed by the Legislature, for any one to compel a baseball player to play with any club unless he wants to. until the expiration of his contract. The bill will refer, of course, only to such contracts in California, but if the courts of this state uphold it, it is expected that the agitation will spread all over the country MIDDIES' FIELD DAY. Yale Gymnasts and Swartkmore Five Beaten.

Annapolis, Jan. 1n opening the winter gymnastic season this afternoon the Midshipmen defeated Yale by a score of 31 to 14. The contest on the flying rings was exceedingly close, one Navy and three men tying for first honors. To add to the fun the Navy defeated the basketball five of Swarthmore College by a score of to 16. The game was exciting and of more than usual interest to the Navy hi view of the fact that Swarthmore last Saturday defeated the West Point cadets by one point.

CUE STARS TO PLAY. Pool and Billiard Titles at Stake This Week. Three important cue battles will be decided this week in three cities. Beginning to-morrow evening Thomas Hueston will meet Jerome Keogh in the New York Theatre concert hall in the first block of 200 points in a game for the world's continuous pool title, a purse of $1,000 and a eide bet of $250. They will continue the mat-h on T'jpMay night, and play the final block Wednesday nipht.

On Tuesday night in Chicago Calvin DemareFt. balkHne champion, will play Harry nine, challenger for the title which won in the recent Madison Square Garden tournament, and which he now defends for the first time. Demarest and Ollne will play 500 points a night, the match ending on Thursday, for a purse and a side bet, as well as the title and emblem. Pittsburg will get its first peep in several years at high class balkline play on Wednesday night, when Willie Hoppe and Ora Morningftar. both former 18.2 champions, begin their special match of 1,600 points at that of game.

Nothing has been left undone by the New York Association to make the pool championship contest the biggest affair of Its kin 3 that haj ever been nlayed in New York. Special seats on the amphitheatre plan have been installed, and nearly all of thp reservations have been blocked off for different club delegations. Maurice Daly will referee. TIMELY CHESS NEWS. Rosen eld Beats Marshall in Third Game of Match.

Frank J. Marshall, United States chess champion and winner of the annual championship tournament of the Manhattan Club, suffered defeat at the hands of Herbert Rosenfeld in the third of their series of ten games on Friday. Play was prolonged until late at night, as no fewer than ninety-seven moves were required to reach a decision. Roy T. Black, champion of the Brooklyn Chess Club, leads in the trial tournament among the cable match candidates, having won from F.

F. Russell and A- P. Kreymbors. Ij. B.

Meyer also won from and the game between Russell afcd Kreymborg was drawn. Julius Finn, former state chess champion, will play blindfolded against six opponents at the rooms of the Rice Chess Club, in the Cafe Boulevard, this afternoon. The women's chess club of this city mourns the loss of one of its most prominent members in the death at Newark, N. of Mrs. Charles P.

Frey. the first woman player to acquire the United States championship in open tournament. This she accomplished in the tournament of the first American Women's Chess Congress, held In this city in 1906. In the pending handicap tournament of the Brooklyn Chess Club the leader is W. J.

Per! man, last year's winner, who has scored lour straight victories. L. J. Wolff, A. G.

R. T. Black and H. Valentine are all well placed. Charles Curt was the winner of the last continuous tournament of the Brooklyn Club, with a percentage of having won 204 games and lost 11.

The other percentage prize winners were S. Lcmen, C. W. Kahles, R. p.

Ikjw. .062. Dow, with 281 victories, won the special prize fur the highest aggregate of victoi les. Albert B. Hodges delivered the third of his series of four lectures before the.

members of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts an. I in the new Academy of Music, yesterday. He took for his subject the middle game. Next Saturday, he will conclude the course, the first of Its kind ever given by the institute, with a lecture on the end game. FAST BATTLE ENDS IN A DRAW.

San limn, Jan. "Cyclone" Johnny Thompson, of Illinois, and "Young Tommy" McCarthy, of San Francisco, fought twenty furious rounds to a draw here last nipht. The fight was one of fastest lightweight battles fought on the Coast in years. Each man scored a knockdown. NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, SUNDAY, JAXTARY 30, SPORTS OF THE DAY BA SEBA LL OX JUMP.

Playing Dates for the Giants on Their Training Trip. Baseball holds a place in popular favor that is little short of remarkable. The strength and solidity of the sport have been emphasised from time to time in one way or another, but by nothing: so much as the tendency In the last two years to build new or enlarge the old ones to provide for greater seating capacity. season the Plttsburg Pirates and the Philadelphia Athletics christened new indosures built on a scale and at a cost of thousands of dollars, while the New Fork CJiants remodelled the old stands and built new ones to accommodate thirty thousand "fans." Brooklyn, too, enlarged the capacity of the stands and made for the greater comfort of followers of the sport. This year the Cleveland Club, of the American League, will open a brand new with concrete and steel stands which will seat twenty thousand persons, and Which is said to be one of the finest in the country.

More improvements are, being made at Polo (irounds so as to increase the seating: capacity of the grandstand and provide a new entrance from the hill back of the grounds, while the Philadelphia club of the National League will build a new stand if thr steel can lie secured in time. Charley Comiskey, owner of the Chicago dub of the American League, is authority for the statement that the big new home of the White Sox will be formally opened on July 1. "Without an exception the new park will be among the finest in the land." said Mr. Comiskey, "and we will profit by the experiments of the other owners, who have built great plants during the last two seasons. The now stands an.l bleachers will have embodied in them all the features that have made Forbes Field, at Plttsburg, and Shibe Park, at Philadelphia, stand out as the most magnificent plants in the country.

In addition to this a great, number of innovations will be installed that no other park can boast of. "Work on the new grounds will be started as soon as the frost leaves the ground. The opening day at the park will be the cause for a monstrous turn-out, and it is my plan to have every state in the Union represented by a delegate, who will be here as my guest. Yes, and the Irish sod will be there, too." Next year, or at least in the next few years, the New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers and Cincinnati Reds will move into new homes, if present plans are carried out, while Boston "fans" are also looking forward to a new and improved park to enjoy their sport. There is talk of Frank Farrell building a huge stadium that will scat fifty thousand persons, at 227 th street and Broadway, as a new home for the Yankees.

So it goes, and all because the "fans" are growing in numbers at a surprising rate. The New York Giants will play nine exhibition games on their way north from Texas this spring, ajid will arrive home in time to meet Yale for the opening game at the Polo Grounds on April 9, which falls on Saturday. This glimpse must satisfy the "fans" for a time, as the first league game at home is not scheduled until April 22 The Yankees and the Giants take turns in opening the season in this city, and this year the former will ring the curtain up at American Park on April 14. The Giants will break camp at their training quarters at Marlin Springs, on March 26, and will then work north, playing the first exhibition game of the return trip at Shreveport. on March 28 Thf- schedule March 2S.

Shreveport, March SO. Birmingham. March 81. Atlanta; April 1, Greenville. S.

April 2. Greensboro, N. April and 5, Norfolk, Va. April 6. Richmond.

Va April T. Baltimore; April 9. Yale, at the Polo Grounds The second tf-qm wiH play only three exhibition games this year one at Roanoke, on April 4, and two at Lynchburg. on April 5 and 6. Entries for fifteen stakes to be decided at the spring meeting of the TVestchester Raring Association at Belmont Park will close on February 15.

The value of the Metropolitan Handicap, at one mile, has been raised to $5,00. Other historic, stakes to be renewed include the Withers, of J4.000, for three-year-olds; the National Stallion, of the Laureate, of $2,600, and the Juvenile, of for two-year-olds, and the of for three-year-olds. Tt is announced that the value of the overnight purses will be Increased over last year the attendance Justifies the extra outlay. Melvin W. Sheppard, of the Irish-Anierican Athletic Club, must now stand trial on charges growing out of a meeting in which he took part at Philadelphia last December, following his suspension Jby the Military Athletic League late on Friday night.

Opinion was divided yesterday among the athletes as to the probable outcome. Some contended that his standing as an amateur was in danger, while others made light of the charges and suggested that the great middle distance runner would escape with a warning. "Iron Man" McGinnity, playing manager of the Newark club of the Eastern League, arrived from the West yesterday to lay his pans for the coming season. He laughed at the reported sale of the Newark club, and paid: "The Newark club hasn't been sold nor isn't for pale. I did want to sell the club nfter P.

T. Powers was re-elected of the league, but when I cooled down changed my mind. You couldn't buy the that is, you, couldn't buy tt for less than $50,000. No, you couldn't buy it for that price. Tt isn't for sale.

"When the' Newark club is for sale I will give Newarkers the first chance to buy It. own 90 shares in the club and H. C. Smith, of Chicago, owns 90 shares. There are 233 shares all told.

Mr. Smith and myself are fast friends, and we get along splendidly together. He has confidence in me, and never questions my Judgment in matters pertaining to the club." has been playing baseball in Oklahoma this winter, and appeared to be in fine condition. He says he discovered throe players who may shine with Newark this year in Chris. Holtz, a catcher; Clifford Patterson, a pitcher, and Claude Hawkins, an infielder.

Robert Spade, who as a "hold-out" pitcher of the Cincinnati National League team attracted considerable attention last season, and who has been mentioned in numerous trades this winter, has signed a contract to play with the Reds this year. It in said fit New Haven that football games have been definitely arranged with Fordham Ind Vanderbilt University next fall, while Holy Cross and the Springfield Training School will be dropped from the ICE YACHTS STORMBOUND. I By Telegraph to The. Branch, N. Jan.

29. -Rain and enow prevented the Ice yachtsmen from Falling for the Board of Trade cup here today. It is now planned to sail the third race Monday. The Shrewsbury Club to-night received a challenge from the South Shrewsbury Club to sail for the Patten Interstate cup. This cup was won by the Shrewsbury Club two years ago The club will take official action on th 3 challenge on Thursday night.

Captain J. O'Brien's Snowflake arrived here to-day from Orange Lake. The yacht Is a Fpeedy one and will take part in the races to be held here next week. The Shrewsbury Club has decided to have a big mosquito fleet for next winter. RIVALS FOR THE WORLD'S POOL CHAMPIONSHIP.

THOMAS HFESTON, THE rRESISNT CHAMPION (SHOOTING). JEROME KEOOH, THE CHALLENGER FOR THE TITLE. JVeed of LcLbvri Tennis form Voting Power in National Association Ba.dly Distributed According to Calhourv Cragin. A more equitable plan of club representation for voting purposes will be presented at the annual meeting of the United States National Lawn Tennis Association at the Waldorf-Astoria on Friday evening. The need for some action along this line was emphasized by the efforts being made by Western players to secure a national clay court championship tournament.

An it now stands, the big associations and clubs have in some instances no representation whatever. As the spurt has grown, the idea has prevailed that a vote more nearly approximating the popular opinion and wishes of a majority of the players enrolled in the national association should be secured. In its relation to the proposed national clay court championship, around which heated controversy has recently waged threatening to split the national body, it is believed that the championship would be favorably acted upon were the vote on a popular basis. More than 80 per cent of the players of this country use hardsurfaced courts, yet under the old method and the baneful effect of voting proxies the tournament may be defeated and the association split in twain. Calhoun Cragin.

Robert Le Roy and George If. Miles make up a committee to submit a plan to cover the point. Mr. Cragin has the following to say on the subject As time for the annual meeting of the United States National Lawn Tennls Association approaches the necessity for modernizing the organization's constitution and bylaws becomes apparent. YALE SWEEPS TANK HOWE FAST IN WATER Blue Toy trith City College Men.

Tale completely drowned out the College of the City of New York in swimming and water polo last night in the College of the City of New Tork natatorium. The New Havenites won both contests with the greatest ease imaginable, capturing first and second places, all that is possible In the Intercollegiate rules, in every one of the swimming events, in addition to winning the team relay race and later swamping the College of the City of New York polo players. The score of the swimming meet was 48 to 5, while five "touch goals," for a total score of 26 to 0, was the result of the water polo game. The. City College swimmers were hardly better than practice for the Kits, for in not a single instance were the local swimmers formidable enough to push the Yale men.

After the first few races, when It was evident that the strong New Haven contingent outclassed the College of the City of New York team, the races were run off In a matter of fact way, with little or no competition. Howe, of Yale, by scoring 13 points and taking part in the relay race, was the individual star. He won the 50-yard swim, after a pretty struggle, from Captain Richards, and later romped away with the 100-yard race. Manning was second in the latter contest, and in each case the College of the City of New York men were left hopelessly behind. Stoddard was a good eecond to Howe, for he won the 220-yard swim.

The Yale quartet had things so much its own way in the relay race that the men simply loafed along, and a.t that they beat out the College of city of New York team by the length of the tank. Yale did not have to show its best in the water polo contest, for the College of the City of New York men put up no fight at all. Not once did the local swimmers carry the ball within ten feet of the Yale goal, while their own goal was constantly In danger. Prinsell scored for Yale in the first minute of play, and he followed up with another a moment later. Allen made the score 15 to 0 as whistle blew.

In the second half Allen scored two more goals. The Yala team played a clean passing gamo. There was little foul play on either side. The summaries follow: 220-yard Won by J. Sloddard, Yale; W.

Howe, Yale, second; 1... Stern, C. N. third. Time.

2:48. Fifty-yard by W. Howe. Yale; H. C.

Richards, Yale, second; M. House, C. C. N. third.

Tlmo. Fancy diving Won by J. Stoddard. Yale, with 113 points; J. Carey, Yale, second, with points; H.

Kerrin. C. C. N. third, with SO'j relay Won by Yale, with Wlnalow.

Richards, Stoddard and Howe; Collegia of the City of Now York, second, with House, 10.1-munds, Shipley and Stein. Time, yard swim Won by W. Howe, Tale; J. Manning. Yale, second M.

Edmunds, C. C. N. V. third.

Time, Plunge for Won by R. Yale, a plunge of 65 feet; H. B. Reid. Yale Becond with a of 63 ft.

A. Kohn, C. C. N. third, with a plunge of 53 feet.

WATER, POLO. Yale (25). Position. C. K.

Y. Allen Fief forward Turk KiHmrds Right forward Rouse F'riiibeii Centre forward Mosesson Krrhe.ek Km Right halfback Kohn Church Goal Levenson Allen (81. Prinsell i 2). Referee B- Handy, New York A. C.

Time of Five minutes each. In an Inter-high school swimming: meet held at the College of the City of New York natatorhiin last night Townsend Harris High. School overwhelmed the High School trimming team by the score of 43 to 11. Herbert Rogers, the Public Schools' "Athletic League champion, broke his own record for the 250-yard swim, covering the distance in 3.03 2-4. The proper significance and importancecan never he attached to the actions of delegates to this meeting until a delegate repres fints a specified number of club members instead of merely a club.

At present each club, regardless of the size of Its membership, has one delegate, and the voting power of the West Side Tennis Club, of this city, with nearly five hundred members, can be offset and cancelled by tha vote of a club of only twenty-five members. No conclusive expression of opinion can he expected from delegates selected under such a system of representation, nor is it at any time possible to determine whether the elected officers of the national association represent the minority or the majority of lawn tennis players. A delegate should be allowed each club for every twenty-five or fifty of its members, and dues should be paid by clubs in proportion to the number of their delegates. By making the acceptance of additional delegates optional with clubs whose size warranted additional representation, the difficulty encountered in large athletic or country clubs would probably be obviated, and it is doubtful if these kind of clubs would be willing to pay for more delegates than would be sufficient to represent the lawn tennis playing portion of their memberships. The votes now given to associations of clubs should be abolished and all clubs urged to individually become uiembe.rs of the national organization.

There might be some advantage in keeping the associations together for the advancement of local interests, but they should have no votes or representation in the national association The interest in lawn tennis seems to be increasing, and purposed reforms, suggestions and ideas enow a corresponding growth. Would it not be wise to make such changes in our constitution as will insure a government by a majority of tennis players? TO RESCUE CLOSES A HUGE GAP. Pulls Out Relay Race at the Games. One of the largest crowds ever seen at the Bth Regiment Armory turned out for the John Wanamaker Association games last night, and those attendance were well repaid. Early in the evening Charles Clark, of the 22d Regiment, won a heat from scratch In the 60-yard Military Athletic Ijeague handicap in the fast time of 6 3-5 seconds.

While this equalled the record for that league, f'lark got naught save honor, as he was shut out in a semi-final heat With thoFe redoubtable runrers I. J. Mc- Fntee and Harry Gisainp competing vn the Wanamaker team In the commercial relay i-ace. that event received more thnn passing notice. The distance was a mile, with the Wanamaker quartet on scratch.

Gardner and Kiviat carried the maroon and white in the first two quarters, but even then it did not seem possible to overtake the O'Neill Adam 3 team, which had an allowance of thirty Mclintee strode out in his quarter and gained considerably on Friaby, but when GiKsing took up the running for the Wanannaker team he had fully fifteen yards to make up. Rounding the last turn, Gissin.i; caught Edwards, and. amid a warwhoop of encouragement, the winged foot flyer won by fully five yards. Telegrams of congratulations and regrets were read during the evening. One which had been Bent to Harry Hillman read to the effect that the former amateur champion had won the hearts of the entire John "U'anamaker Association and that there was a special trophy waiting for him.

Later on a dispatch was received from Hillman, who explained that he could not attend because of. being snowbound among the hills of New Hampshire. Apropos of prizes, the list presented an odd contrast to the stereotyped medals. Gathered in a mass on a table were, trophies ranging from handsome bronze pieces down to cigarette cases, cuff buttons, bags and safety razors. The decorations were attractive, consisting of American Hags draped from the galleries on all sides, while the unusually large number of brightly gowned women lent color to the scene.

In addition to the regular programme of athletic events were a basketball game and a potato race. The summary follows: "hv rd t) litary A. n.utl heat) Won by J. J. Mullooly.

m.th Realmmt Jack HeUaster. l.uh feet) second: misfit Schults. I'd Uattallon U3 rcet). third. Stj tt hand 'c (closed: final Won Smith and third Tim" a-ais (scratch), third Time Jr Bn H.

EX aP oy ton. third. TlmeToTffl 3-a Conil: A B. McMahon mil eCt 'Kl relay r.r. bera and van QrMn varda.

1 Company Burkhardt. Joyce 1 scratch. Time. 4.03 and third. i TO CURE FOOTBALL WHAT TIGERS WAST.

Would Curb Interference and Change Forward Pass. Telegraph to Tribune. 1 Princeton. H. Jan.

Parke H. Davis will represent Princeton University at the meeting of the football rules committee in New York, on February 4. The football committee here completed the Investigation of the football situation, and had reached a definite conclusion as to the changes that Princeton will advocate at the com- I Ing- meeting. Realizing that important changes in present rules of the game were inevitable, the authorities determined to make- as thor; ough an examination as possible into the causes of injuries and all other objection: able features of football as played during the season just passed. In carrying out this plan James A.

Moffat complied an accurate and minute list of the more seri! ous accidents of the last season and their causes as nearly as could be determined. Letters were also written to many of the leading football pleayera in the country asking for their opinion on the subject of injuries in the present form of the game. From these various sources the consensus of opinion seemed to be that the great majority of injuries were chiefly due to interference and the recovery of the forward pass. Recognizing that to do away with interference would be to do away with the present form of the game, the problem became one of consideration as to whether it would be possible and feasible to modify the present system of interference so that Its dangerous features could be eliminated to a great extent at least, or whether interference should be abolished altogether and a game similar to Rugby adopted. After careful consideration, how, ever, the former plan was decided to be the better.

According to this decision, the football committee will instruct Mr. Davis to advocate, as Princeton's representative, the following changes in the present rules: "That seven men shall stand upon the line of scrimmage when the ball is snapped, and three of the backs shall stand at least five yards behind the line. Further, that no player of the side having the ball shall pull, push, or hold on his feet the man running with the ball This change, it is believed, will do away with the mass plays, where the close interference, with half a dozen men on the tack of the man with the ball, is directed against one position and one man, and it will also open the game up. and make it. much more spectacular, as it will afford a variety of means for the quick and heady player to show his ability, and yet will not by any means do away with all forms of interference.

In regard to the forward pass, the committee will advocate that the ball may be passed at any point over the line, and that only two men of the passer's side shall be- eligible to receive it. and these two must be the men on the end of the line, and the pass must be caught or beccme dead; In other words, that a pass that strikes the ground or which is fumbled and then falls to the ground shall go as an incompleted forward pass. The most important change to be advo- cated in this play by the Princeton committee will be the enactment of a rule preventing opponents from interfering in- tentionally with the two men endeavoring to recover the pass. It is proposed that the opponents may jump and try to re- i cover the ball themselves, but are not per- mitted to put the player taking the pass entirely out of the play by Jumping into i him. It will be suggested further that the 5- yard restriction be removed from the quar- terback run.

as well as the forward pass. The present rule compels an official to judge the distance with his eye when the. play is rapidly in motion, and leads to dissatisfaction ana faultfinding. Another recommendation to be submitted la the adoption of the style of goal, which requires that uprights.be six feet behind the goal line and the horizontal piece brought out oven with the line by two projecting ten feet from the ground. Such a style of post Is In use at Amherst.

i and has done away with injuries inflicted collision with the uprights formerly used. Finally, Princeton will advocate an amendment to the rule regulating- the yards to be gained, by making It, as now ten yards between the two but only five yards between the 3-yard line and the goal line. SQUASH VICTORY MONTCLAIRS. Players of Crescent A. C.

Beaten Six Matches to Three. N. J. Jan. The squash players of the Monti lair Athletic Club defeated a of players from the Orescent Athletic Club, of Brooklyn, on the local this afternoon, by a score of 6 matches to 3.

The feature of the afternoon's play was the work of veteran. M. Hull, of the Crescent team. who. after being defeated by O.

M. Hunt, of Montclair. In the opening set, turned the tables upon his opponent in goo.l style in the two succeeding sets. The summaries follow: A. 'I l.ockftt.

Momclalr. tmat C. Bull. jr. Ueseent.

4. Frank Hague. MontcUlr. beat H. C.

Mar Crescent-. II a Frank Mont flair. beat W. W. Pell.

Crescent. M. Creaeeai, belt I 3. Williams. Mont.

lair, l3. Brook, Crescent, beat A. H. Mink Mr.nt.lair. 15-W.

U. M. Bull. Crescent. beat C.

M. Hunt. Mcntrlalr. ls. ls William T.

Montclair. beat F. M. Crescent. IN Kelley Meatclair beat T.

Bniham. Crescent. It. T. Marvin Montclalr.

beat H. McGowen, FAVOR EJVDRUJSNIKG MORE FOOTBALL TALK Novel Suggestion for Use of the Forward Pass. Joseph A. Plpal, an old football Beloit College, who has acted a 9a 9 an athi coach for six In the 1 two at College-advances 'suggestions for th- reform of which will be considered at the meeting the rules committee In this city oa Frld I Mr Plpal, who Is now studying athw' methods at Yale, believes that should be limited to end runs. man receiving the forward pass bejeaj V-l line of scrimmage should not be allowed run with the ball.

In talking on th-" ra ject yesterday Mr Pipal said: It was my privilege to be an vis tor at the recent meeting collegiate Athletic Association of United States held at New fork What particularly interested me was attitude taken toward the proposM pion of the football rules. sentiments "Preawsd on that The one was advocated by and who teatai ed and begged that a radical revision made, even going. if necessary, 11 tent of making a tag game of if substituting English Rugby Th- other" JZ backed by some of the football expert 2J? coaches, among whom were Dr. of Minnesota; and Foster Sanforti. of who thought that the game was detank 1 needed "Iterations only Some of the delegates went away frrm.

that meeting murmuring to disappointment and fear that the would not be saved, but that overly conservative tinkering with rWi2 means that the game will give? a number of colleges at once, and that talnly another year of brutally conaamZ tive or conservatively brutal football sound its death knell In a of our Institutions. I believe, however, that most of members of the rules committee meets In New York City on F-braary sufficiently aroused to now that something must be done to sava game, and that it. In all probability i have to be of a distinctly radical na In order that game be caaagol ficiently to meet the demands ofthe Interest of the college world and w3m tB approval of the general public, revistm two lines Is most essential. Th? legislate to eliminate the dangerous menta of the mass plays, and. make it easier to pull off end £3 other open plays.

Weat Point's suggestion to compel the back field men. except the quarter, to remain at least five yards back, or any suggestion to legislate against the clay simply by making it harder of execution, all wrong. Any legislation against the mass play should aim to remove its dangerous or crushing and wearing element. of men in such a way that Cram two to four men, massed together as running at top speed, should crash Into one. This will not be done by the eat Point suggestion, or yet by the 15-yard rule, any more than it was done by the 10-yard rule.

Changes of this simply make the dangerous play harder to execute, but they do not make it impossible, in other words, they make 1: possible under difficulties. This simply bhbbs that, with the combined ingenuity of the coach and the ability of the njuchly overzealous alumni to furnish any kind of terial needed, we will again have tils deadly play executed with even more deadly effect, because it now requires exceptional material, and that i 3 available la most cases, at least in time. This exceptional material, especially when lining against a team which has not bean to fortunate, will result in our great game being again disgraced by ous injuries and fatalities. The suggestion to further increase the distance to be gained in three downs wiU I not only make the most dangerous play possible, but will make the end mas Mart to Impossible. It will certainly not encourage the end running game.

It '3 the case of biting off our end running nose to spite our mass playing face. It must be apparent to all by this time that end running and other open plays are harder to develop than mass plays, and that if place the same hardships on both the open game is the one to suffer the ft was plainly proven by our experiment with the 10-yard rule. The best suggestion tending to remors the dangerous element in the mass play first came from Coach of It is that of prohibiting pushing and pulling of the man carrvins the "ball. This might prove a sufficient" revision for the first year. But it is safe to say that hi a year or two teams would develop exceptional ability to mass their interference 33 compactly and send It with such tremendous speed at the opponent, who would be forced to meet it head-on, giving dangerous punishment and practically no chance to get the man with the balL Thus my suggestion is not only prohibit pushing and pulling of the man carrying the ball, but also to prohibit any interference on plays that do not cross tza line of scrimmage live yard 3 from tia centre.

These two changes would allow the usual formations, from which straight buck, delayed pass and split plays through the could be worked. They would remove the danger element from the mass plays and encourage the open game because Interference would be permitted for end running plays. It' the through the line are weakened, as suggested above, the defence would spread out to the detriment open game. I would, therefore, cor the defence not to spread out wider than five yards from the centre, as suesested br "Walter Camp, but permit the "defence to bring a man over if the offence shifts a player. This would diseouraee the froir.

using plays where Its men are spread over almost the entire width of the field. I believe It Is well that thai style of foraatton be discLuraged. I do not. however, believe that the offence should be limited by ironclad rules, as to how it should up. any further than it is restricted now The main objection to forward pass is that it spreeads out the It weult be wall, therefore, to the man receiving: the forward pass, who crosses line of scrimmage, from running with it.

but permit h'm to pass 11 backward for a run. This would make it less necessary for the defence to spread out; it would place premium on the spectacular forward pass: It would encourage passing, which needs to be developed in cur game as it Is in the Canadian Rugby, and It would also Indirectly encourage fTwam passing behind the line of scrimmage which a run would permissible. To sum up. the following changes be advisable: Prohibit pushlnjr pulling of men carrying the hall Prohibit any player to be ahead of with ball when crossing the liaa c. scr'mmace less than five yards from centre.

It would probably be simply to prohibit ba. men from-p-terfering, but permit to form Confine the defence within five yards on each side of nt except when offence shifts men permit fence to shift a man opposite the shifted by the offence, but no further Prohibit the man rcoelvinsr the forwari that crosses line of from running with it. But permit Mai it backward for a possible run. Permit the quarter to pass a ball from any angle. prohibit body cheesing of the man about to receive the or a pass.

Man receiving QM-ssjl needs no protection, and the play 'lews deserve it Reduce the rtance gained in three downs to eight yards- KNIGHT DECK RUNS FAST Lowers Track Record at Juarez Beating the Favorite Glorio. Juarez. Mexico, Jan. carrying 119 pounds, set a new track for a mile when he won the handicap Terrazas Park to-day In 1:37 4-5. easily by three-fourths of a lensrta favorite.

Glorio. four favorites Momlan. the jtx-key. was suspended for 0 days. The summaries follow: v-fca.

First race '(soiling; six 11 to worths 12 I. Mcuad: Hardly IB 1 thir.t 1 ml rr M.iu:»-tanla. and aww JoUer toll. iflv. a RH Ka.l 100 5 15 to 1.

sl.V''- Fox alio ran. half Wolf 1 to 2. won: Mr rv a lln 1 i. rw. Settte, Barney ran w.

n.iv» third. Time. 1 :37 ibo ran ft to C. won: Hidden Hind. 4 to 1.

Don Hamilton, to third. Adelaide. Rublola. High 2Sfo- Brambl. Rose.

Star i.xth race (selling; on ll 5' tMcCahevV 3to 2. won; 9 t0 il second; Busy XUn lOT third 1:29 Jcha E. 1 Lanigan. also ran..