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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YOKK. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8. 1917. 2 Stiff Ruling by Tennis Delegates Would Hand Pros Severe Blow DEATH OF MURNANE.

BLOW TO BASEBALL Mrs. T. A. Howard Would Teach Hockey to Girls of Brooklyn Strike May Give Chance To Smyth and Hickman Young Second Baseman Had Brilliant Record With MontrealHit .344 and Was Second in Stealing Outfielder Gained 59 Points in Batting Both Sides Speak Bravely About Strike. Veteran Writer Was One of Pil Action of U.

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Tomorrow Night Will Have Important Bearing on Settling Amateur Question in Other Bodies Proposed Amendment Appears Doomed. Certain families run to certain sports. You find It in football, base. 1 ball, tennis and yachting. To the Ust now can be added a family that is hockey mad.

Also the members if the hockey family are all good riil-j Jens of Brooklyn. They are Turn lars of the Sport-Played in Long Ago. fir tit, Tim Is dead. The news that this veteran of base Howard, Mis. Tom Howard and Master Jack and Tom Howard Jr.

llero-tofore, they have been making their headquarters at the Manhutlan skating rinks. Now you can find them al ball on the field and in the press box By "RICE." has passed to the Great Umpire will (nine as a shock to every baseball most any day at the Brooklyn Ice Palace. player and fan In the country. Wherever the game was played Tim was Tom Howard Sr. is probably the tive committee by nearly 5 to 3.

The chief objection offered is that the rule should riot be retroactive and should punish only those who enter the sporting goods business in the future, and not those already engaged in it. The players who would be most effected by the new rule are Maurice E. McLoughlin. Thomas C. Bundy, William M.

Johnston and other famous Callfornians. The prospect of the popular players from tho Pacific Coast being banned has an institution and was honored. From the Philippines to Portland, he will be mourned, and many an Ameri "I wish the tennis people on the eve of their annual meeting could understand the importance of their prospective decision to us golfers," said a Long Island golfer today. "They may not know it, but if they come out flatfooted against the sporting goods businers for amateurs, that phase of the amateur question will be laid at rest, if not forever, at least for a good long time. "For with the great tennis world against it and the golf world also against it this subtle professionalizing best-known hockey authority in the East.

Not only is he the editor of the official Ice hockey guide, but at can fighting in the trenches in Europe will pause in the midst of constant scenes of death to heave a heart different times he has coached Yale, felt sigh of regret over the final out Columbia and teams of various athletic clubs. In his younger days, he of Tim. aroused much sympathy in the tennis IF the Brooklyn Superbas remain firm in their determination to fight a cut in salaries by refusing to report, a chance will be given two young players who had remarkably good averages in the minors. One of those is James Daniel Smyth, who hails from Kerry Patch, St. Louis, which is also the hailing port of Ollie O'Mara, and the other is Jimmy Hickman, who hails from Johnson City, Tenn.

Smyth is a second baseman now, but up to 1916 was an outfielder. Hickman is an outfielder and makes no pretense of being aught else. Hickman will be recalled as the youngster whose speed in running was the sensation of the training camp at Daytona in 1916. He apparently has lost none of that speed. Smyth was not taken South with the Superbas last year.

He had received a trial as an outfielder late in 1915, had been found wanting in batting, and had been shunted to Montreal in the International League. On paper, both of these boys For thirty years before he died last was a player of more than passing skill. A brilliant forward, with one of the most dangerous shots in tne world, Tom Howard was a valuable addition to any hockey team, ten or amateur sports will receive a se night in a Boston theater at the age of 65, Tim had been the star baseball writer of the Boston Globe. In that period he did as much to promote the interests of the game as any magnate who has spent half a million dollars for a baseball plant. He was wise, vere blow from which it may never nrteen years ago.

Originally the Howards came from "But observe the possible effects of the Winnipeg section of Canada. They shrewd, affable and firm. His advice was ever sound and his chidings a decision at Friday's tennis meeting In favor of tennis goods business for champions, ex-champions and near champions? caused reflection without leaving a sting. nave been living in Brooklyn ror so many years that today they have all but forgotten their Canadian home. The sons of the family have grown up in the United States and are as Tim was a New Englander and "At once the golf goods faction in the IT.

8. G. A. would point to the loyal sons of Uncle Sam ns any native-born citizen. They are both sturdy learned the game as a small boy.

He was a professional piayer from 1873 to 1881, when he retired and went Into the newspaper business. He was are right for the majors, especially Smyth. All that remains is to find whether they are really major; tennis decision and assert that the two lads who are splendidly upholding the Cy Williams, Cubs' Star, Sore on the Fraternity big sports were divided in sentiment. honor of the Howard family In tne a great friend of King Kelly and all strenuous winter pastime. the other former and present stars, Mrs.

Tom Howard also is a hockey leaguers or merely great minor leaguers. and had much to do with the develop Without doubt they would try next year to reopen the question and then the golf world would be all torn up again by a discussion which would be closed now if the U. S. N. L.

T. A. would back up the U. S. G.

A. ment of the legislation of the game. He was a warm adherent of the Ameri player of more than passing ability. She Is a small, black-eyed woman with a wealth of coal black hair. Mrs.

Howard still had the Canadian burr on her tongue when she talked about can League when it invaded the East in 1901, and did much to give that league a footing in Boston. hockey for women to the representa Tim will be remembered by the Tennis Folk Set the Pace. "There would be no playing second fiddle, either, in such bucking up, for younger generation of reporters as an unfailing source of assistance, and few are the men who are now writing the sport who have not been aided In one way or another by the deceased it was the attitude of the tennis officials toward McLoughlin and Bundy that largely Influenced the golf officials at the annual meeting at Chicago a year ago to take the bull by the horns and bar golf goods business tive of The Eagle at the Brooklyn Ice Palace today. Although it Is a strenuous pastime, Mrs. Howard firmly believes that hockey is a great game for girls.

To prove the fact to the citizens of the borough, the little woman is willing to organize a team of girls and give a practical demonstration of the sport. Hockey for Women Is Not a Novelty. CHICAGO, February 8 Cy Williams, hard-hitting outfielder, who up to today has declined to sign a Chicago National contract at the terms offered him, said that the threatened strike of the Baseball Players' Fraternity, of which he is a member, was not In any way responsible for his action. He added that he had decided to ignore the Fraternity, so far as the signing of a contract is concerned. "It's merely a matter of terms," he said.

"The Fraternity has nothing to do with my attitude. In fact, His health has been poor for sev Mrs. T. A. Howard.

eral years, and last season his regular assignment of following the Boston Americans had to be filled by another man for weeks. Presently he came Hockey for women is not a novelty. around and said he felt as good as ever, but his sudden death last night It has been played In Canada for years. Also, there used to be school is evidence that he was deceived about himself. world, and clubs from an over me country have rallied to their support.

The executive committee does not concerde the amendment to be beaten yet and will make strenuous efforts to put it through. The committee will hold a meeting tonight and will probably formulate plans for gaining more votes. At Least Ono Philadelphia Club Will Vote for Amendment. Philadelphia, which was believed to have voted solidly against the amendment at a recent meeting of the clubs of that city, will give at least one vote to the amendment. Edward B.

Dewhurst, delegate of the Huntingdon Valley Country sent the following statement to The; Eagle today: "I am in favor of the rule for amateurs as proposed by the National Association, to prevent the growing commercialism of sport, to put the United States National Lawn Tennis Association in a line with the other nations of the world: to put lawn tennis on a par with every other branch of amateur sport In America, and to keep lawn tennis a game, pure and simple, and not a pursuit, where success means a definite livelihood in the sporting goods business." Terrace Club of Flatbush Is Undo elded. Henry C. Turner, secretary of the Terrace Club of Flatbush, states that his club has held no meeting to discuss the amateur question. Expressions of opinion have been given by the members of the tennis committee, but no vote has been taken. Mr.

Turner gives his personal views as follows: "If any abuse of the amateur rule now exists, it Is the result of laxness In enforcing the rules already upon the books by the executive committees of bygone time. Personally, I see no reason why the present executive committee should Judge this point by former rulings in this matter. As the 8upreme Court of tennis, it has undoubtedly power, in my opinion, to reverse itself. I am, therefore, of the opinion that the drastic rule proposed is unnecessary, and, in so much as it would prevent bona fide employees of sporting goods houses from com-, peting in amateur competition, it Is too sweeping. "I am equally of the opinion, however, that the employment by sporting goods houses of ranking tennis players, who receive three months vacation with pay and whose engagements for playing are frequently made through their employers, Is a violation both of the spirit and letter of the present rule, and, in so far as these players are concerned, I would go further than the prososed amendment and declare them professionals, and bar them from amateur competition for all time.

My chief objection to the present amendment Is that it is not directed specifically to the real abuse charged. What's in a N'anie. Smyth must figure largely In the calculations of Uncle Wllbert Robinson because George Cutshaw has announced that he is going to stick by the order of the Baseball Players Fraternity and decline to sign his contract with Brooklyn until the fraternity gives the word for its members to come in out of the weW In the records of the International League, Smyth is known as R. Smythe. The R.

is for "Red," by which nickname he was called in that league. The tacked to the end of his name does not belong there, according to him, and he pronounces his name Smith. Smyth Hit .344. Smyth was a failure as a majoi league hitter in his brief career with the Superbas in 1915. but it must be remembered that he was fresh from the Central, or one of the other small leagues, and did not play regularly.

He never had a real chance. Smyth hit .344 in 114 games in the International. A man who could do that was not blind. The league is one of the three of the largest minors, and Bends much material to the big show. Murnane was long president of the girl teams in Manhattan a dozen or more years ago.

Suddenly it was forgotten by the women of New York. With the return of the skating craze, I do not think the Fraternity has. New England League, being first elected in 1893. and it was largely due to his personality that the organization survived so many stormy periods. girls have again taken up the sport, His last election to that office was in and not only in Manhattan, but also in Boston and Pittsburg there are teams of women chasing the little black puck over the smooth surface of skating rinks.

1911 for a term of five years. When As far as women hockey teams are the term expired his health would not permit him to accept another. He was one of the dominant factor? In the National Association, the minor league body, and one of its vice been fair, either to me or to the rest of the players in the Chicago National League Club, in calling the strike for February 20, the day we are scheduled to start for the training camp. If a strike had to be called it should have been set for the opening day. Then all the members of the Fraternity would be in the same boat.

for one, am not going to be a goat." concerned, Mrs. Howard states that Pittsburg is in the best position at the present time. "There is a woman's league playing weekly games at the Winter Garden in Pittsburg," said to amateurs. "If anyone doubts this let him consult The Eagle of January 14, 1916, which published an article entitled 'Will Fuss In Tennis World Hit Golfer Francis "In the discussion of the amnteur question at the golf meeting ex-President G. Herbert Windelor of the Brookllne Country Club led the fight for a stricter interpretation of the amateur rule, and dwelt with emphasis upon the action of the U.

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in cautioning McLoughlin and Bundy against going into the tennis goods business. "Mr. Wlndeler declared that the golf authorities were in duty bound to take no less advanced a position. "Also the frequent public utterances of Robert D. Wrenn, former president of the N.

L. T. in favor of pure amateurism had much to do with creating radical sentiment in the U. S. G.

A. "In a sense, therefore, as the arous-ers of this amateur storm, the lawn tennis folk are obligated to get behind the U. S. G. A.

In its fight against half and half amateurism." Little Hope for Passing Proposed Amendment. Unless there is a remarkable change of sentiment within the next few hours, the amendment proposed by the executive committee will be defeated at the annual meeting of tho U. S. It. L.

T. at the Waldorf-Astoria. tomorrow evening. The President Ebbets of the Brooklyn skater seems to forget how to skate when he or she is first given a hockey stick. This is particularly true of the female beginners.

They seem to stutter with their feet. Once they master the knack of skating while carrying a stick, they soon pick up the finer points of the game." Mrs. Howard was asked if she thought tho girls of New York were as proficient at the sport as those in other American cities. "I have my doubts," was the reply. "Possibly, we could organize a team here that could beat Boston, but I have my aoubts about Pittsburg.

We have just begun the game here and it is going to take quite some time before we have any players who would be equal to the task of a real game." With hockey discussed at every meal, it is only natural that the Howard boys should excel the average youth In the gentle art of chasing the rubber puck. Tom Howard Jr. is a tall, well built lad who has just passed his nineteenth birthday. Although the doctors contend that tho lad has a weak heart, he does not show it in a hockey game. The youthful Tom has been playing rover on the seven of the Hockey Club of New York.

Ho is a good skater, who is able to take' care of himself In a scrimmage and is considered a good, steady shot. His younger brother Jack, is almost as tall, both being close on to six feet. Club, who had known Tim all his life and had frequently been guided by Mrs. Howard today. "One team is called the Polar Maids.

There alsc are the Winter Garden Girls and the the Bostonian's advice, sent the following dispatch today from Hot Springs, where he Is making preparations for the training of the Arctic iviaias. i understand mat me winner of the series is to meet the Alert Ladles Hockey Club of Ottawa. Miss Denesha, whose brother for ball Players Fraternity. President Brooklyn team: Ebbets' Tribute. "The message just received that merly played hockey with the New John K.

Tener of the National League York Athletic Club, has organized the teams in Boston. I do not know how Tim Murnane dropped dead is indeed a great shock. I cannot realize I well they have been doing. The teams have lost a true, good friend, whose friendship I have valued and held says the threatened strike is collapsing dismally. David L.

Fultz, president of the frat, says It is no such thing. There you are, except for reports that the players have realized the danger of the United States, going to war and of the magnates thereby suffering In purse, which realization is said to be causing breaks in the ranks I organized in New York had plenty of fun out of the sport. Unfortunately, we could not get enough practice to develop real first class sevens." dear for thirty-five years. My deepest Mrs. Howard Is the authority for the statement that there are many women hockey teams in Canada that would compare favorably with some amendment, if adopted, will disbar.

heartfelt sympathy goes out to his wife and family. They have lost a fine, good, loving husband and a kind, affectionate and indulgent father, who ever thought of their welfare and advancement. "Organized baseball has suffered the irreparable loss of one who was alway ready with voice and pen to stand for and approve of that which of the men sevens on this side of the border. "There is no reason why a Jack Is a little pant sixteen and has not as yet obtained his real strength. woman who can skate well." said Mis, all tennis players engaged In the sporting goods business unless they secure some other employment before April 1, 1918.

As told in The Eagle yesterday, the vote at present Is against the execu He also plays In the center of the ice. This is his first winter in amateur Howard, "should not dovelop into a hockey player. Hockey on ice is nn more dangerous than field hockey, and throughout England. Canada and in league hockey, and against both the was right and for the betterment of St. Nicholas Hockey Club and the the game he loved so well.

The de Irish-American Athletic Club the tall, some sections of the United States, serving player has sustained a loss of rangv "kid" did excellent work. He an Invaluable friend and champion. News of the death of Tim Murnane field hockey is a very popular sport with women. "It is funny that the average promises to be fully ne hockey equal of his father. was received in Hot Springs with ex More Trouble Appears Upon Horizon of the Hockey World presslons of deepest sympathy.

He had been going to that city for years with the Boston team. He was re garded.as one of the best friends this Bob Devere, Fight Impresario, resort had among the baseball rra tcrnity. The Business Men's League of Hot Expects to Beat Coffey Tonight of the fraternity. The situation Is certainly alarming enough. The player who has a club sewed up to a contract offered before the international crisis arrived, may be an extremely fortunate individual next summer.

President Tener says that if the obstreperous young men return the contracts proffered, and war does break out, then those same young men will be offered new contracts for what will be almost nominal wages compared to what they received in 1916. To prepare for eventualities, the Boston National Club has obtained options on eight class AA players to fill possible vacancies if the Braves persist in their present obstinate stand. Two Boston Americans signed yesterday. They were Herbert Pennbck, pitcher, and Oscar Jenkins, outfielder. Mathewson a Serious Soul.

Anent the subject of ball players as actors, Chief Myers tells many good stories about Christy Mathewson. Chief and Christy went out as a team one year, in a sketch with a young woman, The sketch was written by Bozeman Bulger and was all to the good. Chief was dressed as a wild Indian of the plains who sought to scalp the maiden while Christy was the gallant rescuer. The whole thing was a screaming burlesque, and was hugely enjoyed by Chief and the girl as such. They got a laugh for themselves in every performance, to say nothing of those for the audience.

Mathewson, on the other hand, took the thing seriously. He was as touchy Springs sent the following telegram to his paper: "The legion of friends here of Tim Murnane received news of his sudden death with deepest regret. We re Bob Devere of Kansas City, cham just won from him by knocking him out. I relinquish all claim to the garded him as a most loyal friend of Hot Springs. He proved a companion title.

1 am the same as I was before this battle a pion of South America by virtue of a knockout victory over the champion of that continent, Henriberto Rojas, will make his bid for local fame tonlghf In the ring of the Clermont Sporting Club, it was an honor to have. Permit us to express on behalf of Hot Springs our deepest condolence. We had been "You could have heard a piece of resin crack," continued Devere, when looking forward with pleasant antici pation to again greeting Tim Murnane I had completed my little speech Then up rose one of the 'commissionaires de la box' ns they call the box when he faces Jim Coffey, the Ros It may be true that the fact that thirty men hit .300 or better in the International last year argues somewhat of a weakness fn the pitching strength of the circuit, as only thirteen men slammed so well In the American Association, but, none the less, an aver-' age of .344 in any kind of classy professional company argues a natural eye for the ball. Smyth will have to fall down hopelessly at Hot Springs next March before he will be considered a bloomer. Smyth was in two games for the Superbas last October when the pennant had been won, and did not shine In either, but again it must be remembered that one or two games are not a fair test of a player's possibilities in fast company.

He Is Fast, Too. In addition to banging away for James Daniel Smythe stole 45 bases In 114 games. That made him second in the International League In thefts. P. Smith, also of Montreal, stole 44 bases, and so did Truesdale of Toronto, but the boss burglar was Outfielder Kopp of Buffalo, who stole 69 bases in 137 games.

Smyth, as regards fielding, was third among the second basemen who played In 100 games. Brooklyn needs all the speed it can get, as does any club. The Superbas on a number of occasions last year imperiled their championship by tardiness on the bases. If Smyth can run and hit as a Superba within reasonable proportions of what he accomplished in the class AA league, he should be well worth considering. If Cutshaw should hold out, it is a certainty that Smyth would be carried into the season.

There has been some talk of trying Ollie O'Mara at second base, and Ihe change might be the making of Ollie. Stuffy Mclnnis was tried all over the lot for the Philadelphia Athletics and never delivered the goods until almost by accident he was put on first base and immediately became a star, despite the handicap of his abbreviated stature. The spectacle of two youths from the same section of the same city battling for the same berth on a major team would be unique and Interesting, when it is added that they were raised together and are close chums. Hickman Hit .350. Jimmy Hickman, the speed mnrvel of the 1916 camp, would have been Bent to a class AA league for last season, but the woods were full of ex-members of the Federal League, and It was exceptionally difficult to place nn untried youngster.

Hence he returned to Asheville, N. in the North Carolina League. There he batted .360 in 91 games. That was a commendable Improvement, as the year before he batted .291 for the same team. Hickman Is the man who was sold on the hoof by the secretary of the Baltimore Feds to reimburse said secretary for salary due, or something.

The sum of $1,000 was to be paid for him if Brooklyn kept him, but two claims for the money might have been advanced by different people, and Ebbets has not yet settled. He has the $1,000, willing to turn it over as soon as the baseball powers or the civil courts decide who is entitled to the coin. May Find a Berth. Wheat, Charley Stengel and when the World Champions arrived next month. His presence in our midst will be ing commission there, and I thought he was going to tell me I had done a fine thing and that hts country was proud of the American.

Instead of common giant, In the latter's comeback. This will be Devere's first appearance of note the Greater City, and Immediately after the bout he will depart for that dear K. where he Is to battle Carl Morris on February 15, over the fifteen-round route to a decision. The Westerner has fought Mor Four Brooklyn Players that, this is what ha said, and when he had finished I could have fainted I was so weak: 'Senor Devere. If you thought you had raptured el Senor Rojas' title from him by knocking him out, you All is again not quiet in the well-known hockey world.

The cases of Ellis and Smith and Wellington and Balfe that have caused trouble since the start of the season are again ap-pearing upon the horizon. In addition, there have been added to the fire those of Sequin and the Howards. The latter cases have grown out of the trouble that started in the Hockey Club-Irish-American game on January 30. The various mixups will be given another airing at a special meeting of the governing committee of the Amateur Hockey League tonight. That the Smith and the Ellis cases should be reopened is the general opinion of the hockey world.

Neither of the players has ever put in a defense when charged with the crime of selling skates. Both at once withdrew their names. Naturally, when the names were withdrawn the governing committee was not forced to make a ruling on the protest lodged by tho Irish-American Athletic Club. Since then both players have requested the governing committee to pass on their right to play hockey. If the governing committee listens to the advice of practically every other player in the Amateur Hockey League and also those who are at all familiar with the case, Ellis and Smith will both be given a clean bill of health.

A Question of Dates. Here ts the case in a nutshell. The Amateur Hockey League adopted in Its constitution the amateur rule of the Amateur Athletic Union. The rule originally was adopted on November 9, 1899, and again on November 12, 1914. At that time, the amateur rule were mistaken.

We wore not going about his cues and entrances as If he had been a grand opera favorite. That to give you the title anyway. "Well, sir, that crowd went wild. tickled Chief and the girl Immensely and they made life a burden for Rojas hart come to in the meantime, and they put him and the on the shoulders" of two husky brutes, and paraded them all Christy by constantly crossing him They constantly Introduced new stuff at the moments when Christy was trying to pull a little of the legit, with the result that they frequently had him around cheering and hurrahing like a bunch of wild men. frantic.

After Indoor Tennis Title Drawings for the national indoor tennis championship which will start next Saturday at the Seventh Regiment Armory were completed yesterday with sixty-four entries named. It is doubtful, however, if all the players entered will be able to compete. R. Llndley Murray, for instance, the present champion, is up State on business and it is not known whether he will be able to return in time. A number of Brooklyn players are entered this year.

Chief among them is S. Howard Voshell, holder of the Eagle Bowl of the Borough Park Tennis Club. Voshell will play Theodore Roosevelt Pell in his first nUUch, and should he come through, will be considered in a favorable light for the title. Charles Chambers of the Kings County Tennis Club is to play John N. Thurlow in his first match, and Al-rick H.

Man the former Yale captain, who belongs to the West Side Tennis Club, will meet Neil C. Stevens. Harold L. Taylor, the fourth Brook-lynite, is due to face Craig Biddle. ris before, and been victorious, no he anticipates no trouble In this next bout.

Devere Is not a giant at least as giants go in the heavyweight class these days. He is 6 feet inch tall, and weighs when in fighting trim Just a little over 200 pounds. When asked which hand he could deliver his best blow with he snorted and replied: "Huh, they're both good." Devere's chief asset, so he says, Is endurance. He will take a punc.v to give one, and, begging his pardon, unless Coffey has gone 'way' way back, he will take that punch to give one tonight. Seriously, though, Devere, who is a particular protege of Benny Kauff.

hopes to defeat Coffey by a good margin and as Roscommon Jim Isn't saying anything at all, the bout should be a hummer. Turned Back a Title He Didn't Win. "Ami to cap the climax, what do you suppose they did? They gave this knocked out champion a dinner and at tho dinner they gave him a watcli and chain, other Jewelry and money. I know, because I the conqueror was looking in the window The sketch was out for ten weeks and did excellent business, but it was decidedly wearing on the nerves of the great pitcher. Mathewson is said to retain still the impression that he is a regular actor and possibly he is He has the brains and the power of when the presentation was made, That was a sad experience." application to succeed In almost any This Time the Speech Was a Huge Success.

line of endeavor. This from Governor Whitman. In "his sidestepping of the responsl "I went to Conquimba, another place in Chile, where I was to box I a Bum called V. Dinimarca who was billty for" the present unsatisfactory conditions In boxing, which conditions of the Amateur Athletic Union was satisfactory to the Amateur Hockey League. Since November 12, 1914, the Amateur Athletic Union has changed Its definition of an amateur and has added a clause that forbids an athlete to sell goods that are used in athletic games and competitions.

The Amateur Hockey League has never directly adopted this rule. Some contend that as long as the constitution contains a clause that "the amateur rule of the Amateur Athletic Union is hereby adopted, etc." any change made by the larger body must be followed hy the hockey men. Others contend that the Amateur Hockey League simply adopted the amateur rule as it was in force on November 12, 1914, that contained no mention of the sale of sporting goods. If the governing body decides that the latter Idea is correct, Ellis and Smith will be eligible to play. If it decides that the present rule of the Amateur Athletic Union shall govern the hockey men, Smith certainly will have to sit on the side lines as he Is employed by a sporting goods firm, but Ellis may be allowed to play.

The latter took up his case with the officials of tho Amateur Athletic Union, contending that while he was the American agent of a firm that manufactured skates, automobile parts and bicycles, his skates were not sold or made principally for athletic games or competitions. The Amateur Athletic Union officials sated that if Ellis could prove his statement, the Amateur Hockey League should allow him to play. Kills Likely to Be Whitewashed. Testimony was taken on the case last night. Ellis said that he sold fourteen different types of skates.

That none were made exclusively for athletic games or competitions. That he handled no racing skates. That the so-called automobile skate, used by some hockey players, constituted about 2 per cent, of his sales. That he did only a wholesale business and that he did not know what percentage of the 2 per cent, was actually bought for use In hockey games. He believed it was so small that it should not be chalked up against him.

Patsy Sequin, who has sharpened the skates of hockey players in both the Boston and St. Nicholas Rinks, stated that there were about 76 hockey players at the latter rink and not more than ten used the automobile skates. He said they were almost unknown In Boston and he did not think they were particularly popular with the collego players. As tho Amateur Athletic Union has passed the buck to the Amateur Hockey League with the suggestion that the percentage of sales was the point at Issue and as tho evidence taken last night seemed to indicate that the percentage of sales to hockey players of Ellis' skate business was exceedingly small, the pouular little player will be given a coat of whitewash tonight. Tho astonishing part of the whole affair Is that Ellis' battle Is being fought by every club in the League excepting the St.

Nicholas Hockey Club, his own organization, which Is quietly sitting back and taking no actual part in the contention. Testimony relating to the trouble that broke out in the Irish-American Athletic Club's game also was taken Inst evening and tonight will be laid before the governing' board. The Irish-American Athletic Club has written a letter of protest to the League regard 'np: the nctlon of Tom Howard who Ju in pel out on the Ice and swung a blow at Sequin. Howard offend hln apologies to the League, the officials of the game and tho managed, hy the way. by Johnny are due to the poor control exercised uurKe a former American Jockey.

We boxed with big gloves and this was supposed to be a test for Dinimarca by his personally appointed Boxing Commission, Governor Whitman Is quoted as repeating his piffle about professional boxing demoralizing the as he would meet Rojas if he beat me. rturke was the only American Willie Hoppe Deposits Forfeit For Odd Matches With Two Stars spectators, while the amateur variety is high edifying. around and he refereed. Every time I hit Dinimarca, Burke would close in and say, 'Not too Bob, treat The real laugh in the lamentable effort to sit on two stools lies in the him easy' and I would ease up on the fellow. Finally in the ninth round closing paragraph, In which the Gov ernor is auoted as saying that one ob I let go a wild one which missed Jectlon to professional boxing Is that Dinimarca by least a foot.

If It wasn the wind from that wallop, some of the men connected wun tne snort are also connected with the I can never understand what it was Speaking of the championship of South America, Devere, who is a tr.md talker, and an intelligent one, tells a funny story: "I went to South America, you know, with that ill-fated expedition was to have placed the boxing game on a stable base there, and which didn't Sam McVey and Sam Lang-ford, as well as a number of other boxers were In the party. I wns matched, after boxing McVey twice, when I drew and lost, with thy champion of South America, Henriberto Rojas, and we met in Santiago, Chile. "The place was packed. There wasn't a seat left In the house and the reception that fella got when he climbed between the ropes would have made Jess Wlllard wild with envy. I hung around outside for a little while, figuring that little Bob would also come in for the big noise.

Did he? Well I guess not. They all looked curiously at me and a buzz of conversation arose as they lighted their clgarros and turned to their liquor business. One wonders whether that did it, because, Dinimarca fell like I had hit him with a hammer. the Governor reneevs mat a good many of the men connected with the "Well, I figured I would make an ReDublloan organizations that elected other speech, so I told the big crowd that Dinimarca was a good boxer, a terrific hitter and fast on his feet. told them 1 thought Dinimarca would him were also connected with the liquor business! Did he have the nerve to come out before election and say that he did not want his election contaminated by the vote or Influence or sale of liquors? Careful research of the files fails to reveal such a make a good match with Rojas, and that he would have no trouble In disposing of the champion.

"There was no silence that time, statement. though the crowd got up on its This absurd remark about the liquor chairs and yelled: 'Viva el Ameri men here and there owning an Interest in a boxing club is the tip-off on cano; Viva el Nothing was too good for me. I believe some of HI Myers, three of the four Brooklyn outfielders of 1916, are In the fraternity strike agitation. All have said they would hold out unless the strike collapsed. Jimmy Johnston, the fourth man, has a contract that runs another season, and is not affected, Wheat Is the one of the three holdouts who may cuss and quit for good.

If he should, he would leave sn opening for the expeditious Mr. Hickman. In 91 games last year, Hickman stole 36 bases. Uncle Wllbert Robinson declared last spring that the lad was the fastest straightaway runner he ever saw on a ball field. His one defect was lack of experience, espe-clallv In batting against, wise pitchers.

The gain of 59 points he showed in batting in 1916 Is evidence that he is picking up right along and should he ripe this year or the next. If the four Brooklyn regular outfielders of 1918 behave and report, there is only a remote chance that Hickman will be in our merry midst after the reduction to 22 men on or before May 22, but. In the meanwhile, he Is a handy chattel to have In reserve. Utile ('limine in War Situation. Litle change has been noted in the war between the majors and the Base- the attempt to appeal to tne prores our party borrowed money on the plays billiards professionally.

In a bombastic way he offers to play throe cushions for $5,000 a side, an amount he knows Is unreasonable. I am willing to play him for $1,000 a side, which more than he has ever wagered on a match. If he is, ready to make a match for the amount I have named, all he need do to find a customer is make a deposit, which I will promptly cover." Ledyard Blake, two years ago conspicuous among local amateur balk-lino players, has forwarded an entry for the national amateur championship tournament, to begin at the Bos-ton Athletic Club, February 28. Bluko, who Is 87 years of age, Is a native of Grand Rapids, Mich. He resided in Kew York for a few years, after which, on account of threatened lung trouble, he went to California.

A year ago he became a student of aviation at Pan Diego. While at leisure ho resumed billiard practice. Incidentally, he played a practice game of 1,000 points with Orlando Mornlngstar. In that contest he marts a grand average of more than 14, which caused Mornlngstar to declare him the most skillful amateur In the country. During his stay In New York he made his headquarters at Maurice Daly's.

Under the tutelage of Daly he made as-tonlshlng progress, advancing from averages of I to 1 2 In practice games. Thomas W. Walsh, father-in-law of Willie Hoppe, billiard champion, has deposited with the Brunswlck-Balke-Collender Company $500 to support the following propositions: Two hundred and fifty dollars ($250) to bind a match between William F. Hoppe and Mornlngstar, at 18.2 balk-line, Hoppe playing 6,000 poinls to Mornlngstar's 4,000, and $260 to bind a match between Hoppe and KoJI Yamada, at 18.2 balk-line, Hoppe playing 5,000 points to Yamada's 4,000. Time and place to be decided later.

Matches can begin one week after Hoppe closes hi3 tour on May 13 next. This challenge remains good thirty davs. The stakes to be $1,000 to a side, Mornlngstar and Yamada to decide tho amount. After matches with Mornlngstar and Yamada, individually, have been pliived. Hoppe agrees to play both, they playing as one man, and having two innings to Hoppo's one, for stakes up to $10,000, they to name the amount.

Hoppe, provides that the individual matches shall bo first decided. Alfredo de Oro Is anxious to hear from Hoppe with relation to a match nt threo cushions. Ho says: "Hoppe, strength of my popularity after that speech, but of that I not sure. Here Hob slopped for breath. Jack Kisher.

who is looking out for the big fellow then took up the story as follows: I "On the ship coming back Bob met Sir Ernest Shackelton, the dis-I coverer of the South Pole. They took a great liking tn each otlvr and many programs to see what my name was. "I knocked the ehumpion out In three rounds, and oh. what a storm of protest aroso. The champ.oii knocked out! Terrible! Carraniba! and a lot of other Spanish words.

"Well, to make a long story short, I said to mvself. 'Robert, here is thy chance to get in good with tho Chileans. Oo to it." "Ho I shouted from the ring. the word for gentlemen. Everyone grew quiet, curiously waiting to hear what the Americano would say.

I continued. I have knocked out Rojas, your champion, but the championship of South America will do me little good in my own country. So I am prepared to make a sacrifice. I will do something no one has ever dono before. I hereby return to Senor Rojei the title I have sional reformers In the special message asking the Legislature to repeal the present statute under which boxing Is conducted.

If the Governor will appoint a proper commission he will not have to do so much shilly-shallying and posing. TOMMY LEACH TRAVELS. Kansas City, February I Tommy Ltach, manager last year of the Rochester team tn the International League, and formerly with the Pittsburgh Nationals, has been signed as utility man for the Kansas City l.a.,1 In the American Association. This Information was embodied In a telegram from John H. Gansel, manager of the local team, sent from Rochester.

I times they sparred togeiner on tne I homeward trip. Bob taught him a great deal about fhe game, too, didn't you. Hid) noxixtt. "Uh-huh" grunted thnt personage. I who was busy watching an office boy i doing the impossible running.

I "Yef. Hob is Miinir to visit the ex-! plorer," continued Fisher, "as sunn as Sluickel'im acts b.i'.'k from his latest trij" Amniinn Athletic Club. He also Tn nnn same ne ran isu. un unuiuer tin-nuirli his manager, appears dis beUWr.vybSdPyP"Se who 1 occasion he 50 In 100 points. knowMeed he was In the wrong.

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