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OCTOBER ig College -- Football Tean,s Are on Edge for Important Tests To-morrowTi- gers Fear Coming of Mountairiee$ TRAP'POTERSTO HIGH LIGHTS AND SHADOWS ll D. PROPOSES SCHEDULE PSTM ( THRILL THAT COMES ONCE IN A LIFETIME, i i CAUSE DEBATE WEEK IN ALL SPHERES OF SPORT 34 AMENDMENTS Football Cards Will Help Big Three Teams. JPBINOETON PAGES TASK Walker Converts Now York Aggies From Prep $lcvch In-- to Collegiate Contender. In the discussion that wilt follow the football season much Interesting debate may be expected among the big three In regard to the wisdom or lack of It of their 1919 schedule, and In regard to the charta they will draw for 1920. With the best material of any . of the big three. Harvard mapped out the least difficult schedule, while Tale'a chart was about the general average and Prince- ton's, Was unseemly dimcult. Princeton faced Its quite strenuous card wtyh the poorest material of any of the big three teams, and the Tigers necessarily must faro practically the same thing next year If none of Prince ton's' victors be dropped. Colgate Is certain to tetaln Itr plac. nnd West Virginia will do the same If the Moun- taineers should beat the Tigers r- 1 \tri Ml . a .... , o win uui mco if v necessity ui meeting anything harder than this sea- son, as .the Boston Collegogamo Is the only ,one thus far that Is necessary next year to vindicate EH gridiron prowess. Brown 'may beat Yale, but even if the Bruins lose It Is hardly possible that Yale will drop them from the card. For two decades tho' Brown game has been the' Blue's last and most dimcult test teforo running Into big gamer. Harder Scheduln-fo- Harvard. Harvard no doubt will tackle a more dlfllcult chart In 1920. The Flshor sys- tem Trill be working smoothly and Crlm- - , eon ambitions are sure to soar. The reason an easy programme was chosen this fall was because Harvard, due to the war, knew too little of what con- ditions would obtain by the time the -- .season .rolled around. And since trouble In the shape of the Colgate eleven, even this .year, It might be considered a matter of luck that the Crimson card Is light. In this day of strange football no one ever can tell how Btrong or how weak a team will be until It Is time for the game to bo played. If Harvard should win the big three championship .this fall another lntcr-sectlon- al game would be quite attractive for the Crimson next fall. The Michigan-- Harvard game of 1914 Is pleasantly remembered by all, even by Michigan, which lost and knew how to take It, and a Michigan-Harvar- d game in 1920 would be a rare treat Although Ohio defeated Michigan by 13 to S last Sat urday It Is hardly likely that the Buck- eyes will repeat, since no Western team ever has been ante to hold Tost's hide for mora than one year. During his nineteen years at Michigan Yost has- - lost three conference games and three Western games outside of the conference. No team has been able to repoat against the Wolverines, however, so a Michigan-Harvar- tussle would be quite .an Ideal one to decide Interseo- - Ttlonal supremacy. RodRcra Lends Scorcra. West Virginia. University takes ex ception to the fact that Robertson of Dartmouth la named aa the leading scorer of the East. Captain Rodgers of the Mountain eleven has accumulated a total, of 86 points this season, which gives him a 35 point margin over Rob- ertson. His total represents 11 touch- downs and 20 goals from touchdown, filnce West Virginia's Individual scores seldom are available Rodgers's record hitherto has been overlooked. Captain Rodgers Is the fullback of the team and weighs 19S pounds. With such a man prowling about a gridiron almost anything Is possible for his team, and tho Tigers may meet disaster before the Princeton-We- st Virginia game Is fin- ished The Mountain team, with 203 points to Its credit la the second In the East to reafch the 200 mark In scoring, being surpassed only by Penn, which has run up 237 points. West Plrginia has suf- fered 26 points against Us team, losing to Pittsburg. 0 to 26. Penn has had only one touchdown .scored against Its men this season, and has won all Us games. In order to give Its team a good rest before the Pittsburg game on .November 8 the athletic officials of Washington and Jefferson cancelled the game sched- uled to be played with Grove City. This team defeated W. & J. in 8. A. T. ,C. football last fall, but was conceded no chanco PENN MAY GET STADIUM. Demands for Seats for BIk Game Siv4np Athletic Ottlce. Special Deipatch to Tb Sex. PrniADELpHiA, Oct 30. While Penn Is rushed with demands for tickets for ths Penn State, the Pitt and the Cor. nell games, the alumni association is making; plans to build a new concrete stadium at FranKiin neia mai win seat en AAA MiaAna TfiA n r... n f wnni1.n j stands are Inadequate, as more than ' 30,000 persons are. Clamoring to get seats while only 25,000 can bo accommodated. The Idea Is to pattern these \Stands after the Stockholm Stadium. Bob Folweil uniocaea me gates y while' the second varsity and the scrubs week. The Bocond varsity scored two touchdowns, Harvey and Ellis going over. BerWBeU, Hobey Light Lud Wray, Heinle MJller, Lou Little and most of the regulars were allowed only to warm up ,ln Blgnat work. , Penn State will arrive here In the morning. Aa West Virginia will practise on Franklin Field afternoon, the Penn State players will be taken on a long auto ride through the country. 0DEN TO PLAY HALFBACK. Bronn'i Star Quarter to Be Shifted In Syracuse Game. Special Deipatch totae Sen. rnvriuu.vb, ... - ' Browns new star quarterback, will play left halfback on Saturday against Syra- cuse. Ills long runs have won him a , 'other offensive star of the eleven, will Start tne game ai qurieiut- - un was made by one of the coaches this afternoon at tho workout A Jong signal practice was tho only part of the drilling1 y Jemalt was again at right halfback, but Adams and Supert also were given a chance. Besides Oden, Moody, Murphy and Brpoks wore tiled out at right half-bac- k tills afternoon. No changes wero m - t hUm. ntVisK rtnalHrmu nil triA ailftl'Oll jntaQ in inn \ w..w.. ... rL wlth the exception of trying Fuller, a taCKlt. BL enu. .111617 n no u,iu u . .uii- - back and did the punting. Itovng was not used at centre, and It Is certain now that Braes wjll play In ths Syracuse EMM DEFENSIVE DRILL FOR HARVARD TEAM Crimson Players Are Being Schooled Against Uso of Forward Passes. Special Deipatch to Tnr Sex. CAMnnrDOE, Mass., Oct. 30. In Har- - afternoon thcro waB no bristling scrim mage lor me varony or budsuiuics, uui the drill was one characteristic of the Crimson's policy of carefulness In Its plays and In the working out of the defensive stations .and moves for the plays It has reason to expect It will bo up against next week at Princeton. The rush line la being bolstered to be pre- - parea iot sucn dwiu jjiuu&iui, aimed to shoot a runner through, such as the Tiger attempted with no great suc- cess against Colgate last week. The Cambridge coaches are doing a lot of work with their team on defence for forward passing. The varsity team and tho substitutes had a long drill against each other first, and then came tho defensive les- sons against the scrubs. Scores by Hushing were not looked for ana none came, but Felton made a couple of drop kick goals from outside the 30 yard limit He did better than Captain Mur ray, who Is having a nara lime 10 u a line on the goal posts. For Saturday It now looks as If another backfleld shift will bo neces- sary. Casey, in all probability, will be saved for the Princeton game, although anrlnirflftld. Fred i -- 1, Church, who was slated to do the kick ing, has a lame anicie, so mat. uraiwim, vho can kick as well as hit the line with a lot of power, or Lancaster, who most likely will be In the backfleld with Hum phrey and Hamilton in me nexi uuinc. 1 1 CAtrrnr OVW nnd t&Ckle on the left wing respectively, played only a part of tne lime wiui uw Their places were filled by Ryan and t.. i i t.m nL. tM ,vl .monsr'the ends now, but Hubbard, who all along has had the maKings, is iui out of the fight for a regular berth. Ti . ii.wwa.fi waa AhlA tn USe II IS shoulder but did not play any football. He is one piuyor ui wants for the backfleld In the ale .ii i -- ..nn the chances KMine am. .w, ....w . - for hi? going Into the Princeton game a l Vis. fi-i- rt Unit r are not very gTeni, to improve next week as ho has this. MAP PLAN P0E PITT GAME. Lehigh Gridiron Warriors Lec tured by Coach Keady. t t rtrl. 30 Lehlch started to practise outdoors but tho rain soon cnasea mo iutu un gymnasium, where the rest of the after- noon was spent In signal work, coupled with a talk by Coach Keady. Whllo out on the flew signal work also waB the rule, except that Bun Herrlngton was detailed to one comer to try drop kick- ing. the coach held a confer- - . ...vii.t thA nlitn of battle for nw,in.t rltt wm outlined. For the first time slftct his injuries I two weeks ago Bote was In tho practice I He relieved Herrlngton at quar- terback. On the line Magtnnes again took Bucky McDonald's place, while at centre Pons again replaced uoiaman. JACK WAIUIOP TO PITCH. Tho Bushwlcks and Fletcher baseball teams will resume tholr series this Sun. day afternoon at Dexter Park, near the Cypresa Hills elevated station, whero the two teams will cash In the second double header of a six game series. Tho Vlctchcr nine, which holds the New Jer- sey championship, teat the Brooklynltts last week. 7 to 1, In the first game. The Kelleher brothers will do the pitching for the Bushwlcks, while Spiers and Jack Warhop. former Tankee, will be the JerseylUs' twlrlera, b, WILLIAMS LOSES KEEIGER. Veteran Baclc Punished fcr Cut- ting; Chapel. Special DetpatcA to Ths Sex. W1LUA.M8TOWN, 'Mass., Oct 30. On the eve of the Wesleyan game Williams has lost the service of Jack Krleger, its veteran backfleld man. It was an- nounced to-d- ay that he was off the team for the rest of the season because of overcuttlng chapel. Burger Is ex- pected to take his place at .halfback against the Methodists. 's prac- tice consisted of a long signal drill for the most part. Coach Brooks worked the varsity for nearly an hour perfect- ing plays which, it Is hoped, will bother the Methodists. Aside from the loss of Krleger the' team la all set for the game, A black- board talk was given the squad, by Its coach. RAIN DRIVES YALE ELEVEN INDOORS! Entiro Blue Varsity Gets Into Long Signal Drill in Ar-mor- j- La Koclio Flays. Nbw Havtk, Conn., Oct. 30. Heavy rains y caused Coach Sharpo to choose the Yale armory as the scene of this afternoon's workout The Yale chief was profiting by costly experience obtained from losing several of his play- ers temporarily by injuries received on a wet field. The wooden floor of the armory would not permit a scrimmage, but a long and needed signal drill re- sulted. Every regular, with tho excep- tion of Dickens, who was replaced by Walker, worked In the signal practice. Forward passing was cmphaslied In the workout Chet La Roche, having re- covered from his muscle bound condition, resumed play, piloting a second string backfleld, which will alternate the regu- lar backs on the varsity. This backfleld. Incidentally a very powerful one. Is mado up of Aldrlch and French as half backs and Jim Braflen. fuiibacK. jsvery one of these three has shown up well this season, and the combination should he good when tried out against Mary- land Saturday. Campbell, n 1916 freshman halfback, returned to the bquad having re- covered from leg inquiries, received ten dayB ago. He had to be replaced, how- ever, during the workout by Heffcllngcr. He probably will not bo nble to get back Into shape before tho close of the sea- son Dickens, who was out of the varsity lineup, still Is nursing a Charley horse. During tho signal work Jack Cates tried out Fred Graham and Ed Shevlln as ends, replacing Belnhart and Allen, tho regulars. Following the signal work, the coaches gave talks to tne men on now xo play each position correctly. The coacheB wero assisted by Theodoro Lllley, 1910 S, and Quy Hutchlna. 1906 Capt Callahan played centre tnrougn- - out the drill. The whole regular Var sity, with the exception of Dickens, played together for the first time since It was selected last Monday, xne lineup of the varsity was: Belnhardt and Graham, Itlt end; Walker, left tackle; Acosta. left guard; Callahan, centre; Calt right guard; Klrkpatrlck, right taokle; Allen and Shevlln, right end; Roche, Dar and Aldrleh. left halfback: Novlllo and French, right halfback, and Webb and Braden, fullback. inooit womc at stevkxs. Stevens football players had a work- out In tho gymnasium because of the saggy field. The stiff scrimmage which coaching staff had planned for the afternoon had to be called oft, and a dummy scrimmage Introduced In Its THE SUN, 'FRIDAY, itl, M19. THE WILL MEET NEXT HOGG IN CHARGE OF PRINCETON GUARDS t . Tigers Rcccivo Another-Dr- il Considerable Attention to Kicking Game. Special Dttpatch to Tax Sen'. PntNcrro.v, N. J., Oct 30. Coach Roper gave the Tiger eleven another long workout here this afternoon, but did not scrimmage his men, as he is taKUig no chances on Incurring any In Juries on the eve of Saturday's battle with West Virginia. 's workout gave a good lino on the team that will likely etart against tho mountaineers, and from present Indications Roner will not use Trimble, Lourle and Oarrlty against tno big Gold and Blue team, but win groom these three stars for the Har vard contest. It appears unlikely too that Stan Keck, the giant tackle, will start in Saturday's game, as Capt Mc O raw was at left tackle In this after noon's drill, and Morgan, the old Exeter star, again was at right guard. \Trev\ Hogg, captain ot the 1916 team, arrived this morning 'and put In a busy afternoon coaching the guards and tackles. Roper gave the linemen a long drill In charging and breaking tnrougrt, ana got better results In gen era) than has been the case so far this week. The ends had a long drill In cov trine forward passes and kicks, and tho bocks worked for half an hour on punting and passing. The varsity had a long signal drill using tho plays that will be tried out Saturday. No new plays have been given me men in is week, ana the at tack will be based, as It was last week. on running plays from kick formation wit ha few blmple forward passes mixed In. The backfleld y consisted of btrublng. Murrey, Destefano and Wit' mer, and this quartet will probably start against West Virginia. Murrey and Wltmer are both good kickers and passers, and the Tiger attack may centre around either of these men, as It did around Trlmbla last Saturday. Following the signal drill Roper sent the varsity against the scrubs In punting duel, with both teams punting as soon as they gained possession of the ball. Bchewr, tne second varsity kicker, got o(f soma beautiful kicks. He con ststently autpunted Wltmer, who did the kicking for the varsity. Tho lino was drilled In chnrglng through and blocking Kicks, and tne enas were thoroughly ariuea ui getting uown unuer me long twisting spirals. From the emphasis placed on the kick Ing game all week it appears likely that the T gers wtll adopt a kicking attack against West Virgins, and attempt to score by the drop kick as soon as the bail has been worxea into scoring an tance. The team lined up to-d- as fol. lows : Ends. BIgler and Williams ; tack les, McGraw and Parlsetto ; guards, Mor gan and Dickenson: centre, caiianan quarterback, Strublng; half backs, Mur rey and Destcrano; ruiiDacK, vyumer, RUTGERS WTLL BE BEADY. Coach 8anford Confident of Out' come .of Syracuse Game, Special Deipatch to Tbs Sen. Now Brunswick, N. J., Oct 30. \The Rutgers team that meets Syracuse on Kempton and La quarterback ; I Tuesday will be ready for tho New the Yorkers.' declared Coach Sanford at the close of 's, practise. It irta ths flrstUlme no r.aa expressed open satis- faction with the work since before the Lehigh game. He' declared that he has been studying tho Syracuse attack and Is concentrating on a defence against It, He added that his offence will bo based on round football tactics. Despite the rain Sanford had his men out' on (he field all afternoon, but did not put them through any scrimmaging. He nlace. Signal practlco was the main spent most of his time working on the feature of the Indoor programme, with the linemen, and several experiments were coaches trimming up the rough, edges made In an effort to get more strength on 'tne lormauons.- - t ' ju; ins lorwars atienco. Convono in Annual Session at 1 Hotel Astor Will Discuss ' Important- - Topics. Tri annual meeting of the American Trapshootlng Association will be held at the Hotel Astor on November 6 and 7. As the American Trapsnooiing Associa- tion Is a New Jersey corporation the stockholders .wlll'convene In Jersey Jlty t 10 o'clock on tho morning oi .Novem ber 6. Tho session will oe called one hour later In New York. To trapshootefs ana mose wno follow th nnrt nf shooting the annual meeting of the A. T. A. is most Important It is at this meeting mat pi vr mo year are formulated. The a. x. a. is tne par .1 .V.r. ivj,. nd the \ mat, nitung in tno omer circuit \\ ttnMytm. the championship low of by than a. nuarter of a century this organi zation has been supremo and l)as hrmivhr tmnahootlng along from the cradle to bo one of America's out door sports. tm win mark a new era In tho history of shooting, for amateur trapshooters represent\! wo n. associations will be In attendanco and take an active In the session. tm. i. n entirely new departure, one that should work for the betterment of the sport In other woras, tne irap-shoot- er will for the first time have A chance of airing his viewo on tne upon that he makes possible. Thls Is one of the wisest the American Trap- - shooting Association ever toi.. Twenty associations have select- ed delegates to attend the meeting and i. ..ru.Mrii that nearly every associa tion will be represented. The session' on the 6th will bo tor me iu m u mi-tor- s, and at this meeting officers will be chosen and an executive committee ap- pointed. Upon this committee falls the responsibility oi conuutw.is \ -- ti mretlns on the second day will bo open to the amateur delegates. Some of the topics tu- - for discussion are: The sending of a representative Amer- ican trapshootlng team to the Olymplo games In 1920. The 1920 grand American handicap trapshootlng tournament A standard ioaa tor u.ii.i.w. The Inclusion of a doubles target hamnlnnahlu on the programme or each championship shoot Having all trapsnooiing tournamouui managed and cashiered by amateurs in- stead of professional shooters. The plan to be used In developing trapshootlng In It is said that Toledo, Chicago, Cleve- land and Atlantic City have made ap- plication for the running ot tho grjwid American, it is niwiy du will Ala nut In n Kid. There has. been much discussion all n thn nuestlon of a lighter or : . . ... , i in n standard ioaa ana tno vcm.. handed In on November 7. The educa- tion of the amateur In the management of shooting tournaments and the passing of professionals from uiese outies nm h. o. nolnful steo to the games and pre vent many or tno evus mat practised. SYRACUSE ELEVEN GETS BIG SENDOFF 2,000 Students Cheer as Team n . f n T starts ror rroviaencc Svectal Betpatch to Tax Scs.\ Stracubz. Oct. 30. Two thousand ttident. Including several hundred co nds. (make danced and paraded to the central depot hero at 8 o'clock to the' Syracuse football squad on Us way to Providence, it win piay the Brown team Saturday. It was one ot the greatest send offa ever elven to a Syracuse team, There were cheers for every player and for every coach, and red Are was burned as the boys boarded the sleeper which will take them to Worcester. Th-r- e they will spend Friday, practising In the afternoon on the Worcester Acad emy gridiron. The squad of twenty-si- x men will Worcester Friday night fnr the camp of the Brownonlans. This afternoon's drill on a wei neia the varsity men running throuzh only a signal practise, as the team U trained to the minute for the Brown conflict In the opinion of the coaches. The line will be exactly the same as that started against Pitt and Washington and Jefferson, wltn Rravn and Schwarser at ends. Segal and Hoople at tackles. Gullck and Captain Alexander at guards and Robertson at centre. light, which There probably will be a change in the backfleld. however. Ackley will be found at Quarterback and Erwlg at full back. wlt' Abbott at one of the half- - backs. Barsha, the line bucker, who has not been going so well of late, may not Btart either Fallon or Tarker getting the call because of their fine showing during the last few days. DRILL WITH WET BALL. Army Players Get Two Workout on Muddy Gridiron Special Dttpatch to Tns Sen', Witt Point, Oct. 30. In spite of a hard soaking rain, made me Armrs gridiron a quagmire tne cadets went through two hours drill on the neld. They cot a oreat or ex nerlence In the handltnc of a wet ball There was the tendency to fumbio in the backfleld, and the scrubs turned one of-th-e varsity's \bobbles\ Into a toucn dqwn,- - Walling falling on a poorly passed ball the varsity goal post This was the only score of the after noon. The scrimmaging was heavy Scha- baker Injured his shoulder nnd may be prevented from playing against on Saturday. The cadets were drilling on tho offence for the most part of the period, but were unable to wear ths second team. Breldster played at guard for the second team. He was shifted from the varsity. White at end and Gregory In the backfleld offered stiff resistance to the big team s drives. ivystaa ana uowman did a lot ot punt ing. NAVY HERE NOVEMBER 27. Occupy Quartern Commodore. nt note! Ann'apoijs, Md., TJct 30. Details of tho move on New York on Novembe 29 fpr the Army-Nav- y football game have been arranged. The squad will on Thursday, November 27, and will occupy quarters at the Hotel Com modore. They, will return the Sunday the The regiment will the morning of the game and return the same evening. No scrimmage was held this After noon. There was some signal and for- mation work and kicking and a long session ot 'dummy scrimmage. scrimmage without taolilling Woodruff, lort end. an tackle, were given a re Nlemler taking their used as a regular In Kothler, Clark, Cruise a probably start against Wesleyan on Saturday. Is called, Moore, right and laces. Doble, ib backfleld, Watters will est Virginia Ki By DANIEL. Copyright, 1919i bil the Sun Printing and PublUhtng Atsooiatlon. AJOR. league legislation barring freak deliveries may be expected In the near future. Action looking , toward the abolition of tne SDltball and shine ball and their several first cousins was started In earnest lost night, when John A. Heydler, president of the National league, received a call from Ban Johnson to with Garry Herrmann In outline? n Mtnf tnt!ncr nf thn mnlnr lwimicV rules committee. Since all the members of the committee already expressed tho opinion that f general athletic rules of the Amateur m order to safeguard, tho game It was necessary to pitchers making , Bartow miotic g We,'kt cnalirman of oy the jubiii-- coni- - use Of artificial, aids, It Is quite certain that when .tho season of 1920\ Is , mlttee. yesterday was mailed to the started men like Hod Eller of the Reds and Eddie Clcotto of the White j delegates elected by tho various active Sox will And themselves shackled. Tho freak delivery reached Its zenith , and allied members of the Amateur Ath-durl- the recent .season arid pitchers so abused the rather broad rules letlo Union to attend the annual iconyen. the country'Joined tlon of- - thj national body at governing work that baseball followers throughout in thfi demand that something ba dona to tvo tho batter his rights. The National League suffered more did tho American because of this nuisance, dptinl me result was ubuici and was won with the average .820. Eddie flnest tni!n- State part moves State State 1920. cheer where husky leave Tlour which deal behind Tufts down Will leave after game. leave Graves Join have curb their than ship on some of tho pitchers, but in the long run it will benefit not only the game but the hurlera themselves. Freak deliveries, particularly the spltball, shorten the major leaguo lives of pitchers. . A Change In tho Rules Which Should Be Mado. In addition to tackling the pitching problem the rules committee will consider various changes In the scoring rules advocated by Johnson. The committee also will make It Impossible for any club to enter a poet-gam- e protest It Is not generally known that If the Whit box- - naa won uib eighth game of tho world's series a protest most likely would have been entered by the Cincinnati club In regard to tho Chicago victory In the seventh contest. The Incident over which tho protest would have been entered came In the third Inning. Weaver camo tojDat, with Eddie Collins as on first base and Shano Collins on second. Nobody was out. weaver tried twice to rcrlflco and then hit to Billy Kopf In short field for an easy double play. Kopf touched second base, forcing iaaic ana then throw to first Eddie got In Kopf's way and the throw went wild. Charley Rlgler ruled that Weaver was out for Interference. In tho mean- time John Collins had gone on to third. This was 'Bneclflcallv contrary to Section 7. Rule 55. Shano should have returned to second. Jackson followed Weaver with a hit to short left and John Collins scored a run which he could not have tallied had the four umpires known the rule and forced him back to second baso on the Interference. The rule should be changed so that protests on occurrences of that sort may not bo made after the Inning Is completed. Tale Coming Along, With Kempton In the Van. Yale men who have been watching their football team closely since that setback by Boston College report that If the teams were to meet again the Ells would win by four touchdowns. Boston's experience at West Point last Saturday took a lot of the lustre off its accomplish- ment at New Haven and developed the Impression that Yale had been the victim of one of the biggest flukes of the seaaon. We do not mean to say that there was anything fluky about the manner In which Boston won that game m tho Bowl, though Yale, without mistakes, would have had by far the bigger side of the score. But Yale's development since that afternoon has shown that when It played Boston It was tho victim of a combination of untoward circumstances, not the least of which wero the unfortunate choices of La Roche for quarterback and Acosta, a great guard, for centre. Then there was the accident to Thome Murphy. Of course, that Is all football. But these circumstances should have no weight In any consideration of what Yale may be able to do against Princeton ana Harvard. Kempton of Tale should be tho best or tne uie Three quarterbacks and we say this with all due regard for Murray of Harvard and Murrey of Princeton. Murrey has not been playing with the Tigers, but he will be In there against Harvard on November 8. Strublng, tho present Tiger quarter, Is sensational at times In carrying the ball, but his choice of plays and carriers against Colgate was not Impressive. Leonard Suggests Now Scale Weights. If Benny Leonard pursues his present line of defence of tho title he will make a Joke out of the world's lightweight championship. It Is well and good to say that in eettlng the limit at 140 pounds for his fight with Jimmy Duffy, a han been, Leonard Is only following precedent. But that precedent If pursued to Its logical, or rather Illogical, conclusion would permit Leonard to make the -- lightweight limit ISO pounds. It Is futile to tike the- - stand that m setting the weight limit for title defence a champion can do no wrong. It la hardly a compliment to Leonard and to the lightweight title when he Bees to set 140 pounds as the weight for a fight to,a decision with a boxer who-ha- seen his best days before Leonard came to the fore. of fit It appears, that Leonard has decided that the time Anally has come for lilm\ to heed public opinion and get Into some sort of a fifteen round fight to a referee's decision. The hapless Duffy was selected, and then the Joke weight was propounded. When a lightweight champion enters tho ring scaling at 140 pounds he is fighting at catchwelghts and tho event Is not a championship battle. If Leonard Is permitted by public onlnion to defend his title at 140 pounds Pete Hermanwould bo Justified In defending the bantamweight title at 123 pounds and Johnny Kilbano could defend the featherweight honors at 130 pounds. The proposition would be funny were It not for Its serious bearing on the welfare of boxing. Concerning Divers Reports Regarding Race Tract i. Now that Mr. Belmont and Mr. WIdener havo denied that the one would sell and the other purchase the control of the Belmont Park race track that story will go Into hibernation. As for changing the track so that the horses might run the way, that seems Impossible for at least three or four years. It then. Those who advocate the chango are perfectly right, but the mistake will have to stand for some time. They do not realize the many barriers which stand In the way of a change. As for the story that there will bo a new race track at Long Beach, that may come true. The property near Long Beach on which ylt Is proposed to build the new track belongs to Mr. Reynolds, who- - owns tho control of the Jamaica track. Tho real estate at Jamaica Is. becoming valuable and It would pay Mr. Reynolds to break It up Into building lots. The Metro politan Jockey Club, with the sanction of the State Racing Commission and the Jockey Club, could transfer Us franchise to Long Beach. The ground on which the Long Beach track would be built is not m Long Beach proper and It Is waste land. The transfer of the franchise from Jamaica would mean a lot of money In the pockets of those who own the stock of tho Metropolitan Jockey Club. The proposition sounds feasible, and we may look ror it to develop into something. CORNELL PRACTISES IN BASEBALL CAGE Coach Rush Perfects Interfer ence of Back field. Special Deipatch to The Scv. Ithaca. N. Y Oct. 30. Cornell's last practice before the Lafayette game to- day was held Indoors, arf all dar own-po- making Schoellkopf Field too Boft for scrimmaging. The coacnes were somewhat dlsappolntedvas they wanted one more day's vigorous work in offen- sive play before meeting the Eastonlans, but they managed to put In some good hard drills In the baseball cage, which Is proving a veritable godsend In these rainy days. Much of the time was spent In signal drill and dummy scrimmage to perfect the Interference of tho backfleld. Cornell has been admittedly weak In backfleld Interference so far this year and Coach Rush Is aiming to overcome that defect as quickly as possible. The Ithacans are likely to have a patched up backfled In the Lafajelte game. Neither Davles nor Mayer, regu- lar halfbacka, are In shape, thoujh the latter may play, Davles will probably see the game from the side Ines, For the last three weeke his efficiency has been seriously Impaired by the leg In- - Jury which has Btubbornly refused to yield to treatment Davles la one of the best backs at Cornell and It has been a real misfor- tune to the team not to havo him In good condition. BARNES AGAIN ON MOUND. Wtll Face William. In Clash for Semi-Pr- o Title. The second double header ot the series for the baseball championship of the city between the Lincoln Giants and Guy Empty's Treat 'Em Rough nine will be played next Sunday afternoon at Dyckman. Oval. .Tho team last Sunday broke even. The Llncolns won the first, S to 5, while Empey S'team tooK the second, 6 to l Williams and Barnes, who opposed each other last Sunday, will again hook ud In the opening title next Sunday. while In the second contest Clinton and Cockrell or Treadwell will be the op- posing pitchers, and Santop will catch for the Llncolns. COLUMBIA WORKS ON RAINY GRIDIRON Morningside Eleven Struggles I hrough bignal Drill. The Columbia football squad wallowed ana spiasnea through a long work out on South Field yesterday after noon In what Dawson had Intended to be tho hardest practice of the week. Rain nil day long had made a miagmtre oi the field and the cold wind did not serve to enthuse the gridiron warriors, The elements all combined against a successful workout and practice was gate\. signals. than Tom Thorp were In uniform nnd on the field. hlle they were present there was plenty ot work for nil. Capt. Canapary was late In making his appearance, but got on to the field in time for practice In a few new nlaya In which Dawson Instructed the varsity. The first string men went through a long session in running the ball up and down the field, and although fumbles were numerous and falls not rare, the men succeeded In going through an in structive arm. uawson triea several hitherto unused open plays, but they were Introduced largely to\ accustom the players to handling a wet, muddy ball. Thornton starred In getting away long boots for well over forty yards with the heavy, water soaked pigskin. Canapary as usual sent numerous field goals over the horizontal bar from va- rious angles of the field. Shaw did not get Into a uniform and also con- tinued his enforced rest The freshmen were through a long, snappy drill by Coach Merner tn preparation for the contest with St Paul's at Garden City POSTPONE TALK TltACIC MEET. Nbw Haven, Conn., Oct 30. Tho fall track meet for y had to be postponed until next on ac- count of the heavy rains. When run oft next Tuesday Campbell, freshman cross.country captain and world's rec- ord holder at 600 yards with the time of 1 :S1 5 seconds, attempt to break the Yale field record for that dis- tance. London, winner of the \high Jump at the Penn relays with a mark ot f feet 2 Inches, will attempt to break Wesley Out's mark of ( feet 1)4 lnohes. V fr L, Most Important Affect Cony petition and J31igibil& of Athletes. The national legislation committee re- port, containing the proposed amend- - uments to the constitution, bv-la- and and 17. Tho report contains .thirty-fou- r pro- posed amendments In all. A number of the changes in the constitution are made necessary by the formation of tho Indi- ana and Niagara Associations of the Amateur Athletic Union, tho two new associations organized during the last year. Probably the most Important recom- mended changes are those to the general rules affecting competition and eligi- bility. The Pacific Association of the Amateur Athlellc Union has again recommended that General Rule 1 be changed to prohibit athletes from other countries from competing In the na- tional champlonihlps. The Amateur Athletic Union ductals on the Pacific coast look upon competition whero ath- letes from foreign countries are per- mitted to participate as International competition and not as national cham- pionships. This proposed change was submitted to the, delegates at last year's annual convention, but wis not adopted, the delegates fc?llng th,t the national cham- pionships are the championships ot America and are o;en to all amateurs whether residents of the United States or no't American athletes have been competing In tho English, Swedish and Canadian championships for a number of 'years past and have also been wel- come. Likewise, Canadian and, foreign athletes have competed In the national championships. The amendment to General Rule 4 Is sure to meet with the unanimous ap- proval of tho competing athletes. Calls for Increase In Expenses. It calls for an Increase In the amount of expense money that an amateur ath lete Is allowed to ask for, receive or accept for meals and lodging In travel- ling to and from an athletic meet from $5 to 7 per day. The present rule was placed on the books several years ago when the cdtst of living was much less than It Is y and It Is expected that this proposed amendment will be adopted unanimously. It is proposed that General Rule 6, Section 1, be amended so that tho win- ning of small Intercollegiate champion- ships, such as the middle States inter collegiate. New England Intercollegiate, Maine Intercollegiate, South Atlantic In tercollegiate and similar intercollegiate championships, will not bar an athlete from the Junior class In the national championships. If this amendment Is adopted, and It Is quite likely It will be, tho only intercollegiate champions who will be barred from competition In th national Junior championship class will be the winners of tho Intercollegiate As sociation of Amateur Athletes of Amer- ica in the East the Intercollegiate Con ference Athletic Association In the Mid dle West anil the Pacific Coast Intercol-- . leglato Conference Association cha'nf-- pionsmps in the Far west Would Help Champions to Compete The Southern Pacific Association of the Amateur Athletic Union recommends that a clause be added to the general rules compelling the organization hold ing a championship event to pay one-ha- lf of the expenses of the holder of tho national championship to and from the place where tho event Is held. If, In the opinion of the committee such holder I In condition to defend his title. When a championship 'event Is held tn the Enat and the champion resides on the Pacific coast he Is unable to defend his title In a great many cases owing to the great expenses he will be put to In making the trip East. The same 'applies to championships held on tho Pacific coast for the cham-nlo- who reside In the East. It seems only fair that the club or organization promoting the event to assist the holder to enable him to defend his cham- pionship title. The presence of the champion In the event also practically assures a successful competition. An entirely new set of handball rules are submitted to the delegates for their consideration. These rules have been prepared and approved by many of the handball experts of the United States and are said to be the most perfect rules ever drawn up for the sport The changes In the basketball rules which are approved by the Joint basket- ball rules committee and a number of changes In the boxing and wrestling rules are also submitted to the delegate for their consideration. Final action on all of these proposed amendments will be taken at the annual convention at Bos- ton on November 17. DARTMOUTH LINE STRONG. Eleven Works Smoothly til Last Tractlce for Colgate Tilt. Special Deipatch to Tub Sc.v. Hanovkh, N. H., Oct. 30. Forty minutes ot stiff scrimmaging this after- noon left the Dartmouth varsity primed nw MoturVlnv'n mpAllnc- - hnrA with Ool- - confined largely to handling the ball and Coach Spears has now the whole running through Dawson, and i eleven working moro smoothly a sev- eral Qulgley put scheduled Tuesday will title any previous time this season. The line has developed Into one of the strongest Dartmouth defences of all time, and the backfleld mado up of Canhell, Eckbcrg, Robertson and Jordan, presents an at- tack nowerful In every respect. Only on the ends, where second string men are still In the varatty lineup, la there any cause for uncertainty. In practlco the scrub team using Colgate formations, gained con- sistently. Several times they threatened the regulars goal. Time and again the heavy first team line stiffened, after long advances by the scrubs. Jim Robertson was put through a long session In drop kicking after the scrimmage, together with Bert Eckberg, who also Is being groomed to score for the Green by the aerial route. Both men made good sev- eral times. EASY FOR WESLEYAN VARSITY. Score Sevrral Time\ on Scrubs -- Student Body In nally. MioourrowM, Conn., Oct SO, Coach Llston put the Wesleyan varsity toam through a three-quarte- rs of an hour scrimmage against the scrubs on a wet field this afternoon. The varsity held the scrubs without a score while the first string men crossed the scrub goal line several times. Iiwson and Webb alternated at quarter for the varsity and Capt Harman and J, Peck ap- peared at halfback, while Boote was at fullback. The entiro stifclent body lined up along the side lines and held a rally preparatory to the Williams game oa Saturday. ....w war h
