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jv tf vrT frrf ric ss 3 1 TrSPfi5v fir MMWMlStell HHHHHHBIBnaHBnMHamVH a HI I WASHINOTQN SUSTDAY DECEMBER 3 1916 Commission Votes to Pay Injured Players for Full Term of Contract rl Great Football Season For Scholastic Elevens All of Ten Games Prove Interesting Central Champion Displaying More All Round Worth Than Four Rivals ALL SCHOLASTIC ELEVEN Kaplan Central End Willi Western Tickle Waldorf Eastern Guard Myers Weatern Center Clark Tech Gnard BldwelL Central Tackle Wise Bnatneaa End OBrien Weatern Quarterback Long Central Halfback Wlae Bnalaeaa Halfback Snyder Tech Fullback Br JOHN KELLER In many respects Washingtons 1J16 scholastic football season was the most remarkable the city has enjoyed for years Benefited by excellent coaching the five elevens showed a good knowledge of fundamentals and employed a varied attack that made every one of the ten games played an Interesting exposition of the possibilities of the great autumn sport Central High School team by virtue of victories over each of the other combinations In the scholastic league gained a clear right to the championship honor Its aggregate of points was more than twice as great as that of Its nearest opponent Business while the Blue and White goal was violated on but two occasions Loses Its First Game Although possessing a capable eleven Business was not quite ready In Its opening gamer with the Central Hes and suffered defeat The Stenographers however finished the season In second place beating Western by 2 points fr the runner up position Both Business and Western trounced Tech the Stenographers downing the Manuel Trainers for the first time since the latter school was organized while Western had not scored win over Tech since 1S0S The decadence of the Tech combination was most marked Champions for three successive years and possessing a wealth of heavy material the Manual Trainers In preseason calculations were figured as dangerous contenders Instead Tech suffered Its most disastrous season since Its teams have been playing in the annual series But ne game went its way and that was taken when Eastern lost an opportunity to try for goal from touchdown Eastern failed to win a contest Central Shows Its Power Favored by coaching of high order Central showed early the makings of passes always startling while in the a good eleven The Blue and White game with Business a spread play was was off its stride however In its open introduced that completely bewildered Ing game with Western and so de the Stenographers and resulted In a ceived many who did not closely ob score Western was the best generaled serve the play Against Business i team In the series and In all round though Central showed the power and play excelled every one of Its oppo the Stenographers were forced to battle desperately on the defensive This condition was clearly demonstrated In Business games with Central and Western In each of these clashes the Stenographers scored early and managed to prevent their opponents from dangerously encroaching upon Orange and Blue territory Then followed a complete reversal of form This weakness allowed Central to secure a victory while Western Was nosed out only because two trials for goal from touchdowns were rHwmai failures Tech Lacks in Teamwork The flashiest team in the series was that representing Western High School Well versed in fundamentals and backed by an offense that continually kept the opposition on edge Coach Morses proteges contributed much to the success of the past season Every one of the Red and Whites games was Interesting from start to finish the spectators being treated to a brand of football replete with thrills What It lacked in weight the Western eleven more than replaced by brilliancy and sheer pluck Its shift plays were well executed and its forward i Some of Gridiron Stars Who Figured in Thrilling Features of 1916 Campaign hj BaJsnBBBBBavK SnsflaBBnBBBBV BaflsBBBBnW SnflsaBnBanm IBafsBBBaaw UHflB frMSfejf MHBtl m5S5k Blwl JRSS ssaBaanBsasst1llta sS2nAKfcTls jaaWnWnBaBnBaBaBaBaBaBnWBaBHaawWaWaWW HSBft0alnnnB inBnBnnllsV BP it JdaalBaftnWaVVaBnBnS nnnSBWn nni BnB nBnBnnftnBnBnBnBnBnBnBnBV BnBnBnBnBHnBnBnBnBnBnBH IlipMiHtlll nti2Kli7 rtJBBBani Js IBiiWr aftnBnHnn vlidataa faBnBnBnBnBBV Mmmv PskC sZdKmLJfKKHHR iJnkHtwKstm VadadanalBalBnBnBnBnBnBnBnHp atBnBnBnBnBnBnBnBnBnBnBnBnanv nBnBnBnBnBnBniaV aBnBnBnBnBnBnBnBnBnBnBnBnBnBW jw anBnBnBnBnBnBnBnBnBnBnBnBnBnBnBnBnBnK Ay aL aSnBnBnBBT flat JnRaliniBSassBSSSjsssssBSssWWSaasaaswaaaasssnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn Left to right upper row Charles Harley Ohio State William Brightmire Northwestern Eugene VldaL Wert Pelntf Wayne Browa Uralnns Corey Nebraska Lantont Drlggs Princetons Elmer Ollphant West Point Lower row Neville Tale Shrvertek Cornell i Erllng Donna Tufts Ralph Hoi ween Harvard Charles McGncktn VUIanervai David Tibbott Prlneetont Saattuck Bates Remarkable Feats Decided Numerous Gridiron Struggles of 1916 Season On Many Occasions Winning Points Come in Closing Minutes of Play Fans in Every Part of Country Are Thrilled by Sensational Dashes Forward Passes or Twinkling of Toe There Is Hardly a Football Field That Has Not Witnessed Unusual Happenings and Some Are Here Recorded INDIVIDUAL POINT SCORING RECORDS Tenths owna Long Central Kaplan Central Raedy Onalneaa Gottlieb Central Mmpaon Western Wise Bnslnesa Gny Central troheker Central King Bnalneas It WUe Biuliru Wight Western HeKelway Western OBrien Western Snyder Teeh Boaley Tech Thomas Eastern Frldlnger Eastern Gnerrleh Tech Goals front td 0 Total points sr 18 18 15 12 10 6 6 6 Central secured 2 points on a aafety by Nenmann Eastern speed that was later to blast Techs hopes of a tie and crush Eastern with one of the biggest scores totaled in years on a local high school field There were two striking features of Centrals play One was the excellent protection accorded the Blue and White ball carriers and the other the almost uncanny ability of every man In the line up to follow the ball This latter phase of its work enabled Central to boost its point total considerably and practically prevented a scoreless tie in the struggle with the Manual Trainers In attack Central easily outclassed the other high school teams It used a greater variety of plays and was especially adept in carrying them through Blessed with a clever pair of ends a couple of speedy halfbacks and a fullback who proved to be the best ground gainer in the series Cen exploiting the strategy developed by Coach Metiler Interferences were of such strength that every one of Centrals opponents found It difficult to check the Blue and Whites offensive Most of Material Green Metiler deserves much credit for the eleven he sent Into the series as Centralis representative In this his first adventure in Washingtons scolastTo fold he was rot favored with many 1116 regulars about which to build up a team Most of the material at hand was absolutely green and that these boys were drilled and shaped Into such a formidable combination that they captured a championship Is as glowing a tribute as could be paid to the ability of the new coach Business was greatly handicapped by the weakness of its inexperienced line These forwards could not successfully cope with other combinations and what success the Stenographers enjoyed was due mainly to the Individual brilliancy of its backs Coach White gave to his charges a clever system of offense but the inefficient forwards were generally unable to check the opposition There was also a noticeable lack of stamina In the Business eleven At the outset of each game Business fought fast and furiously and nearly always made its greatest gains In the early periods In the latter stages of the contest however there was usually a remarkable diminution of power and nents but was unfortunate In that Its few mistakes resulted disastrously Little Joy was gleaned in the campaign by Tech Flushed with pride in the possession of three successive championships and blessed with a equad of beef and brawn the Manual Trainers eagerly looked forward to victory Teamwork was lacking though and Tech received the worst drubbing since It assumed its position among the high schools Central Business and Western tri umped over the Maroon and Gray and Eastern the lightest team In the series was beaten by only a single point Continual shifting of positions undoubtedly did much to harm Techs chances but the greatest fault apparently lay in the elevens slight knowledge of rudimentary football Too much was left to individual effort ami fighting spirit considering what it had from which tral astonished Its most ardent admlr ft0 form a Eastern made a fairly ers In exploiting the strategy developed orrfithi could mueter few more than enough to put a team in the field and most of those who gained places in the Light Blue and Whites regular line up had had little previous experience As it was the Easterners fought valiantly against Business Western and Tech but marred their work by much fumbling Lack of substitutes had much to do with the crushing defeat at the hands of Central Shy All Round Kicking Although the punting in the series was somewhat better than in recent seasons there was an absence of consistent performers In other kicking departments Not a goal from field was scored during the ten games Each of tbe five teams essayed this feat on occasions some by tbe medium of drop kicking and others from placement and of all the efforts that of Flahertyiiplx yer The list of dead in the Eastern Tech game was the only one which nearly succeeded the ball passing Just under the cross bar after a boot from the 45 yard line Kicks for goals after touchdowns were weak only 16 of 27 possible points being scored Forward passing was highly developed by three of the teams Centrals combination Long and Kaplan scored touchdowns several times by the aerial method and Western used this form of OOSTTirCID ON THIHD PACK FINAL STANDING OF THE ELEVENS Own Opp Won Lost Score Score Pet Ctml 4 0 JM 12 U0OO Business 3 1 40 2 750 Western 2 a SO 40 BOO Txh 13 82 J30 Ksstsrm 9 4 13 9 000 By PARKE DAVIS New York Dec 2 Come companions of the gridiron and attend a final novel and colossal football spectacle Tou shall see at one time all of the heroes of football America North South East and West reenact the feat by which they have won an even 100 great close and crucial games this autumn Our first game will be In the city of Columbus down in Georgia It Is a Saturday morning early In November and a mighty throng la surging up and down the streets It Is the citys first intercollegiate optbal gams and the contenders are Alabama Poly known In the South from the city In which the Institute la located as Auburn and the University of Georgia The local editor of the Columbus Ledger viewing the crowd from his window says Well football certainly beats four circuses for people The battle la on Auburn with players strong sty as a mechanical tee Ducote leaps forward kicks the ball from the top of the helmet and drives It straight as an arrow for Georgias crossbar over which It sails evenly between the posts The referee Mr Barry waves his hands to indicate a goal Cunningham Georgias coach protests against such a freak performance but Barry produces his rule book and pronounces the unusual performance a valid goal from the field The battle soon ends and the scoreboard flashes the final figures Auburn 3 Georgia 0 Thus Southern Ingenuity beat the rule makers under their defective rule deflnlnga goal from the field and the score forever stands a Horween Beats Princeton As this Southern football field fades from view we see shaping through the mist Harvards great gray stadium by the Charles The flash of sleeves of skilled and experienced Instantly as icnrason ana tne tigers Stripes tell us sumes the aggressive and beats Georgia f1 lno struggle is Between tiarvara backward But there Is grit In those and Princeton The two elevens are Just fellows from Athens and drive upon drive of the Alabamans shatters to fragments upon Georgias 10 and 6 yard lines the powerful punter Neville of Georgia each time sending his 55 and 60 yard spirals up the field The first quarter comes and goes the second follows and the half terminates without a score Puts Ball on Helmet The game reopens the third quarter closes and still no score The fourth period begins wages and wanes and the spectators say to one another No score today Georgia has just made a touchback and Donnelley punts out Hairaton catches the ball and runs back 10 yards Ducote Prendergast and Rev lngton Auburns backs leap against Georgias line sbut fall back without a gain All downs but one are exhausted Ducote falls back to try for a goal from the field Hairston removes his leather helmet and places it upon the ground He creases the top of the helmet and sights it for the goal Spectators curiously watch the proceedings Suddenly the ball is passed Hairston receives it places It on the helmet which all suddenly see is to 15 FOOTBALL DEATHS ONLY ONE COLLEGIAN Occur Among Players Who Are Not Physically in Condition for Test Chicago Dec 2 Football claimed fifteen lives during the 1916 season which closed with Thanksgiving day games according to figures complied by the Associated Press today Last year the total was sixteen and In 1914 there were fifteen deaths College officials Identified with the sport declare that not a single death occurred In any game lit which the players were known to be physically as well as mentally trained for the severe test Not a single life was lost they point out In a gams where a physicians examination was demanded before the contestant was permitted to go on the gridiron In most cases those who lost their lives were members of high school semi professional and prairie elevens Only one of the victims was a college WILLIAM A JONES MunhalL Pa 22 years old EDWIN YOUNG Pittsburgh Fa 19 years old HARRY WIELAND Chicago 9 years old HAROLD WATSON MeadviUa Pa 19 years old ELMER Ik CABDQTJIST Chicago 17 years old WALLACE ROWLAND Welrton Va 15 years old BOGGS CAMPBELL Pittsburgh Pa 22 years old FRANCIS MORIARTT Detroit Mich 14 years old HTRAM COLE Fayette Mo 19 years ol FRED WILSON Minneapolis 2t years old EPHRAIM ANGELL El Centro CaL 20 years old WILBER GETTYS Analey Neb 19 years old PALMER BOSWORTH Waycroea Oa 14 years old CYRIL PRTTCHARD Elgin TJX 1 years old JOHN A FOTHXR AtTwmn Carta IX old racing afield for the beginning of the second half and a cheering pandemonium rolls down from the tiers and tiers of seats Kicks are exchanged Suddenly Drlggs of Princeton almost is blocked as he punts The ball rises high In the air and goes out of bonds on Princetons 15 yard line Harvard opens a ferocious attack on Princetons tackles but McLean and McGraw are Impregnable A penalty sweeps Harvard forward 10 yards It Is the Crimsons ball first down on Princetons 6 yard line Harvard now smites Hogg and Nourse Princetons guards three terrific sledge nammer blows left and right but the sturdy Prlncetonlans stand like rocks A penalty sets Harvard back 15 yards and only a single down remains Ralph Horween Harvards fullback falls back to the 35 yard line and prepares to try for a goal from the field The ball Is passed Horween catches it and Instantly drops it for the kick Princetons forwards leap for Horween but through the flying figures shoots the ball clear and high for the crossbar and Princeton is beaten Now let us see two giants of the middle West In critical and desperate fray Illinois mightly Illinois leads in the score 8 to 0 and Ohio State stouthearted Ohio State In possession of the ball on Illinois 10 yard line but with the down the fourth and with only a minute and a half to play neverthe 1 less Is pressing to win And win Ohio did and what Is re toy winning on the play that followed Ohio State today enjoys the championship of the middle West How was it doneT Let John Wllce Ohios great coach tell the story In the technical bdt picturesque language of the veteran football man Adds the Needed Point The situation was fourth down three yards to go about ten yards to the right of the goal post and a minute and a half to play The team took punt formation unbalanced line guards to the right forward pass with the option of a run was called The op ponents right end charged the passer slowly and the secondary defense watched the men going out for the forward pass very closely The passes took option of run after faking the pass and ran left The two men going out on the left to receive the pass blacked the defensive full back and half back respectively and linemen coming across blocked off the remainder of the secondary defense and line The runner outran the end straight armed the defensive right half who was partially taken straight armed the safety man and dove4cross the line la the extreme left hand corner of th field Afterward the player whose full name Is Charles Harley then kicked out to a spot In front of the goal post 24 yards out He then proceeded to change his right mud shoe which he had worn all the second half for one of his regular shoes with a kicking toe and after changing his shoes kicked the goal which won the game Harleys Wonderful Bon Let us follow this man Harley Into another game since he Is probably the best halfback today upon the American gridiron Here is a stirring battle for us between giants Ohio State vs Wisconsin The fourth quarter Is beginning and the score is to 7 Wisconsin Iff waxing stronger and more aggressive each moment and play Is wholly within Ohio States territory Beating Ohio still farther back Taylor of Wisconsin lifts apunt to Harley on the tatters 30 yard line With a mighty spring Harley leaps Into flight whirl lng between the Wisconsin ends Tackle STRICT TENNIS RULES ARE NOW LOOKED FOR New York Dec 2 The amateur standing of tennis players Is going to be placed on a pedestal handed a few uppercuts a right cross or so and a few swings when the United States National Lawn Tennis Association meets in February This was made plain In a statement Issued today by George Adee president of the association The executive committee of the National Association Is scheduled for a meeting next Friday One recommendation will be that tennis players engaged In the business of selling tennis goods shall not be considered amateurs for tournament purposes although the suggestion Is not worded to mean that the players so engaged shall be declared professionals KAVANATJGH NOW BENEDICT Detroit Dec 2 Marty Kavanaugh former lnfielder and pirich hitter for the Tigers was married today to Miss Bessie Fltzsimmons of Detroit Kavanaugh is now a member of the Cleveland club having been sold late In the season and guards Instantly block him but the swift Harley turns to the side line and ou traces them Turning their flank he sprints straight down the field for 35 yards where he Is met by Wisconsins backs With a bewildering swinging flashing slgzag gait he dodges right and left and bursting Into a clear field dashes the remaining 40 yards for the goal line His flight has covered 80 yards With eyes gleaming full of the fighting spirit he leaps to his feet walks out upon the field and Instantly kicks his own goal BoirZitiUe Carleton Wins Since the day that David overcame Goliath since the day that Mlltlades and hit little army of Greeks and Plataeans whipped Darius and his Persian hosts at Marathon popular imagination singularly has responded to the victorious fight of a little warrior against a hugs opponent So let us enjoy the victory of little Carleton over the University of Chicago What you never heard of Carleton Well It is a small college at Northfleld in Minnesota and Its men possess the boasted spirit of the old Institutions of tbe Atlantic seaboard The second half la closing and to the amazement of the crowd the little band of players from Minnesota have held Chicago to no score Pershing of Chicago falls back to punt from behind his goal line Carleton hurries the kick forcing the ball high Into the air to he caught by Johnson of Carle ton on Chicagos 12 yard Una Keller and Johnson of Carleton In two plunges carry the ball to Chicagos 2 yard line Chicago in desperation makes several substitutions Carleton now forms In balanced line both forwards and backs At the snap of the hall all three backs plunge against Chicagos line at different points Dun phy Carletons quarter feints to pass the ball to the fullback Schroeder but as he does so he doubles over completely hiding the ball and whirls entirely around so that his back Is toward Chicagos line Thus concealing the pass he hands the ball to Keller Carletons left half who leaps through an open space In Chicagos center and springs across the line for the only score of the day Tofts Conquers Harvard But this feat of a minor team of the West Is paralleled by a minor eleven of the East for on the very day that Carleton conquered Chicago Harvard fell before Tufts The first half of this gams saw Robinson of Harvard kick a goal from the field From the very beginning of play however Tufts had been Increasing In aggressiveness As the second half opened the lads from Medford began to outplay Harvard From their own five yard line by open plays they swept to Harvards one foot mark where a spirited defense by Harvard took the ball on downs A few moments later a second drive began and again Tufts stood on Harvards five yard line From this point let us allow the modest warrior who won the battle Erllng Doane to tell how he vanqulshsd Harvardi The play by which I had the good a clear opening with Harvards goal line looming so distinctly that it I seemed to touch me I put every ounce vri purrit yossessea into my reet ana leaped through tbejlne Suddenly sev eral piayers piled into Two Western Men on All American Eleven As Selected by a Writer for United Press New York Dec 2 Two Western men Baston of Minnesota and Harley of Ohio State are entitled to places on the mythical all American football team this year says CV Hamilton In the United Press Baston of Minnesota undoubtedly the best end In the West and that alone Insufficient to Win him a place on the mythical team for the East hasnt a real goodnd of all American class Baston la a wonderful defensive player IaBealrackie De ZSltalla of Brown is a real all American choice for either of the tackles Not only Is this fclg husky almost Impassable In theirne tut he can be switched Into the backflelds a kicker Out of 21 attempts at goals after touchdowns this year DeVitalls did not miss a one Capt Black of Yale draws a guard assignment It was his fighting spirit his courage and tbs strength in his hug shoulders that simply dragged XaMTto a glorious seasons nAng Capt Peck of Pittsburgh ls th clans of th esatsxak althoura thsra ax sv atSa4Uixaaaissr l0ak22MaJSjakls IT ALL AMERICAN Baston Minnesota Left end Devi talis Brown Left Tmekl Blade Yalo MJntt GvnraV Peek Pittsburgh Oenter Fox Yale Right Guard West Colgate Right TnekU Berry Pennsylvania Right Knd Shlverlek Cornell Qoarterbnek Harley Ohio State Lett Halfback Hastings PlttbnrghR Halfbnek Ollphant Army Fallback most as good McEwan of the Army Is one of these but a careful elimination gives tbe call to Peck Fox of Yale la stationed at right guard Although he wasnt a regular all season It was easy to see when he did draw his place luytho Bins line that he was far ahead of other guards with the exception oz his own captain arsiokSiSK linemen go ho managed to hold his own every time a play was flung at him It has com to be customary to shunt backfleld man into end positions when there la a surplus of good backfleld material and this is what has been dons with Berry of Pennsylvania a man who could not be left off the big eleven His play against Cornell Pann Stat and Dartmouth was phenomenal Arjrae suitoQnsaterbacks There has been a lot of argument regarding the qualities of Shlverick of Cornell and Anderson of Colgate Neither compare with some of the great quarterbacks of former years but for his aggressiveness and his kicking ability 8hlverick is given the Job The backfleld Is composed of Hast Ings of Pittsburgh Harley of Ohio State and Ollphant of Army If there Is a better trio In th country East West North or South It would be worth any prloe of admission Just toS them standing around Olipliant probaslyls th host of th lot i All thrss ottasangvanr tsvaZ man la brokaa flalda and i SECUREFULLW FOR TIME SIGNED COMMISSION SUPPORTS INJURED PLAYERS Ten Day and Option Clauses Are to Remain in Contracts fortune to score on Harvard was based on adelayed pass Alger our grand guard opened up a wide wide hole for me In Harvards line Westcott our rtghthalf had feinted ahead ot me through the ODDoelte nurd trm draw ing Harvards backs across to auoDort ine tnreatened attack This gave me I notice and the optional clans were re ai players piled Into a heap beforel tA ethusloclrfnax iaiyUIasv rtde It ent ta 1Ior league th goal line Over these ead rst nov ana as returned over on the ground sawthejeferee standing over ana Knew that I had scored Ist Two SecondsDecfde Now for a thrilling heart fluttering victory actually achieved in the final two seconds of the game Th opponents are Lombard and Illinois Ws leyan two small but David Ilk foot ball warrior teams Lombard has the ball on Wesleyans 20 yard line The score Is 0 too and only one minute re mains to play The stands are empty ing ana the spectators are leaving the field Crash The ball moves through Wesleyans right for 10 yards With flashing rapidity Lombard lines up and again tne wesieyan right wing crum Dies The ball Is now on the 5 yard ling The field Judge Is running upon the field to announce that time Is expiring Two seconds alone remain t5 play The field Judges hand trembles on the rise to terminate play Away goKB me oaii ana away goes Jackson Lombards left half again through Wesleyans right side of th line Time expires as the play Is in flight but over the line plows Jackson making the touchdown and winning the gam This time let us Join the fortunate spectators at Atlanta who are witnessing a stirring Southern game between ueorgia Tech and North Carolina The Tech fullback Is th celebrated Everette Strupper North Carolina has the ball and Is about to punt Strupper is suutaing on nis own 36 yard line Folger of North Carolina lifts a high CONTINUED ON THIRD PAGE Chicago Dec 2 Baseball players la th American and National leagues If injured on th field will receive their salaries In full until the expiration of their contract according to a new form of contract adopted tonight at a special meeting of the national baseball commission Under the old contract club owners were obliged to pay Injured players only for fifteen days and at th end of that time could dismiss them Not Usually the Case However that was not Usually th case despite the charges of David FulU president of th Baseball Players Fraternity said August Herrmann president of the Cincinnati Nationals and chairman of th commission today Fultz has charged that th contracts were unfair to players who had been Injured as he alleges in certain eases they were not compensated Th charge Is groundless Th commission I think has gone further than Mr Fultz had hoped Th new contract means that a player If Injured will paid rn full and th contract cannot under any circumstances be terminated until It expires The clause Is the most beneficial that could possibly be arranged for th player I am sure that it will more than satisfy th contentions of th ptayrs fraternity Retain Two Old Clauses Th clause under which a player can be dismissed after receiving ten days talned In the new contract In which Herrmann aald other changes wr minor The optional claus provides that a player can be held under resarr If SPEAKER CLOUTS 386 SAYS OFFICIAL DOPE Tigers Top Clubs in Hitting While Browns Are Best Base Runners According to official American League averages Sir Tristram Speaker of th Cleveland Indians clubbed his way to the batting leadership of his circuit against th strongest sort of opposition Standing at th head of th column with a batting average of J85 Speaker Is trailed by Cobb and Jackson both mora than ton points behind him Cobb th erstwhile Invincible batting king is second in th leagu this year with 171 and Jackson of th Whit Sox Is third with 244 In club batting th Detroit Tigers head their league with a team average of 24 and the champion Red Sox ar fourth with 249 Cobb scored more runs and stole mor bases than any other American League star Ha crossed th plat with markers 113 times and pilfred bases Shorten of St Louis walked th most times getting 111 bases on balls PIdtj of th Yankees whiffed the air it tlms out of Sit trips to th plats Oraney scored the most earned runs to his league gsttlna SS all told Jackson led in totalTbasas on solid swats has MS to 7 credit Pipp of Jw York was th hnm run king last season a attlna an dosan circuit smashes Jackson led in three bass warinn with 21 and Qraney and Spencer tred in two base walloping with 41 apiece As a club th Browns wre th Dest base runners They led with 2S4 thefts They also have th distinction of work ing th pitchers best They drew 28 passes as a club and made the most strika outs having a total of 37 If high total runs could win th pen nant th Tigers would hav been cham PIobsl The club scprd X70 runs 40 mora than Cleveland which dub stands seond in this department Th Red box soored jja ram jTaa JOsfcreit Th members of the commission Harr mann President John Taner of th National League and President Johnson of th American League wer In conference with their counsel in aa all day session before details of th contraot were agreed upon TITLE ONlELDGOAL FOR BOSTON COLLEGE Boston Dec 2 Boston College today won th Cathollo football championship of New England by defeating Holy Cross 17 to 14 The teams wst tied after two periods touchdowns by Lowney and Tier ney with consequent goals having given Boston 14 points In the first period while Zimmermans touchdown after a blocked punt and Cummlngs 50 yard run from a forward pass with two goals gave Holy Cross its tallies In the second period Fltxpatricks field goal from th 34 yard line gave Boston the winning score soon after th fourth period started SCHOOLS ORGANIZE A A Special to Tie Washington Port RIchwood Va Dec Representatives of central West Virginia high schools have organized the Central Athletic Association with Footman of Cowen president Knapp vice president and Dunbar secretary treasurer Th follow lng high schools hav Joined Clay Cowen Sutton Oassaway Webstar Springs and RIchwood bookvule TTAq a Qunrc Rockvllle Md Dec 2 A basketball team has been organized In Rockvill with John McDonald manager and Valentine Wilson captain The players are Right forward Brownell Rlggs right guard Valentine Wilson left forward John McDonald left guard Ernest Thompson center Melvin Hutchinson substitute Lindsay Edmonds BASEBALL TOE FRANCE New York Dec 1 A baseball Isaguo for southern Franc Is being planned as soon as th war nda Vlcomt la Panouse president of a Mont Carlo sporting club has written the New York Giants for Information and Sec retary John Foster has mailed rul books and other necessary Information It Is said a four or six club league will be formed M0BAWKS PLAT SOTJTHEBirS Mohawk Athletic Club and Southern Athletlo Club elevens clash at Union League park this afternoon in foot ball Officials of th gam arsto Hegarty of Georgetown rfr Mo Cacrsy of Georgetown umpire and Gilroy of Georgetown head linesman Play starts at 0 oclock TTRTttS POOTBALLTHLE TUehmohd Va Deo 2v By defeating Randolph Macon in football here today by a scor or 19 to 0 Richmond Colleg tied Hampden Sydney for first place in th Eastern Virginia Intercol legiate Association VETEBAIT PLAYEB BEAD DanvfO mDox anml Or wait famous as a tchar and out fielder of too Philadelphia Amarlcana fa the lata sixU ad hisQ sjanw V7.