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¡iSPORTINO SECTION Baseball . Boxing . Racing PART II FOUR PAGES 3Wew ftoric ^Tribune ¦'. SPORTING SECTION Tennis . Golf . Basketball SUNDAY» JANUARY 20, 1918 PART II FOUR PAGES Squash Champioti Meets First Defeat in Two Years Huggins May Yet Get Pratt If He Wants Second Sacker Court Refuses to Throw Out Slander Suit Against Ball and Brown Player Will Not Find Surroundings in St. Louis of a Congenial Sort By W. J. Macbeth While Miller Huggins, new manager of the Yankees, has just inti¬ mated out in Cincinnati that he has gone, quite as far as he ever expects io go toward securing second baseman Dcrrill Pratt from the Browns, a new twist has developed in St. Louis which may prompt the Mound City magnates to a newer and more just sense of playing values. Phil de C Ball, president of the St. Louis Americans, has been'thwarted in a motion to have thrown out of court the suit for $50,000 damages brought against him by Doc Lavan and Del Pratt for alleged slander St. Louis sport writers for more than n month have steadily maintained that a d'.'al already had been consum¬ mated wherein Traft was assured to th? Yankees of 1918. This allegation V.as been stoutly denied both by Col¬ onel Jacob Ruppcrt and Miller llug- fin?. Tho St, Louis critics inferred the sole reason of buppressing the al¬ leged trade for the time was to enable Pall, through Ban Johnson, to bring pressure to baar upon Fratt to force s withdrawal of the suit for damages. The "inside'' story of the St. Louis writers, it must be confessed, was weak in more than one spot. Takes Mutual Consent To begin with, Lavan, who has been traded to Washington, is no longer in the legal lists against his employer and he seems Quite as determined as Pratt to see this thing through. John- siyi tried unsuccessfully to square Phil Ball with the two players before a suit for damages was instituted. This suit, entered jointly by the two ath¬ letes, may bo suppressed only by mu¬ tual consent. Lavan, at the time of his transfer to Washington, insisted upon definite legal action. Before this latest turn of affairs, according to the Cincinnati writers, Huggins had made up his mind to forego Prat:, who impressed him very favorably in a number of St. Louis cty championships while Miller was leader of the Cardinals. Colonel Rup- rert never di«l believe Traft was worth quite so much as the Yankees offered for him, and consented to the proposed bargain only because ot* the fact that he had decided to give his manager free rein in handling the playing end. Having been forced to play the wait¬ ing game so long it is very doubtful if the New York club will be so prodi¬ ga te in its offers for the Brown second sucker in case St. Louis decides to re¬ open negotiations. St. Louis must do this, as the Yankee president declares the book is closed on this end. It is a moral certainty that Pratt cannot re¬ main in St. Louis. The breach between himself and his emplyers has widened to such a degree that Pratt cannot be regarded, in his present surroundings as anything but a menace to harmony. Kis position is even more aggravate«] than was that of Herzog toward New York before McGraw traded him U Boston. Frazee Prefers Gedeon Since Huggins first opened negotia¬ tions for Pratt one or two knocks have gone in from various quarters, which may have damaged this young gentle¬ man's lustre even in the eyes of his persiste:.', pursue!1. Harry Frazee, the owner of the Red Sox, who has cor¬ nered all the assets of Shibe Park save Connie Mack, insists that he might have had Pratt, but that he refused tc consider him under any circumstances Frazee added that in his opinion (iedeon was the better prospect of the two. (n fact, Gedeon has been boosted tc Huggins by a number of American league sharps. Miller is naturally somewhat sour at the St. Louis owner¬ ship over what he considers a dircc' attempt at a hold-up. If assured in his mind there is no rival in the marke! for Pratt's services Huggins is smart enough to realize he can get Del f«>r a song before the opening of the sea¬ son. St. Louis must unload its dis- ¿atisíie'l second baseman. There is no alternative. The National League office is going Uobserve Monday as a holiday. Presi- ont John K. Tener has gone to Boston «ad will not he back until late Tues¬ day. Secretary John A. Heydler set out for Washington yesterday after¬ noon tu rest up for the big tussle with the war tax commission booked for the Capitol City to-morrow. John B. Poster, chairman of the committee representing the National League on war tas for baseball admis- »ioni, will proceed to Washington this afternoon in company with Waltei Hapgood, the other committceman. Sc complicated are the many problems in¬ volved in the operation of big league baseball that it may take a couple ol days to evolve a convenient and speedy system for collecting government reve¬ nues. The main idea is to arrive at some- eauitablc system which wili eliminate the penny as a commodity oJ change. At the conference Ban John son will represent the American Leagu« and August Herrmann, chairman oí '.lie National Commission, will act foi the minor leagues. i?o soon as the war tax problem ha; been adjusted the joint schedules com mittee of the National and America! leagues will meet in Washington Johnson and hit» secretary, Mr. Il*r Jidge, have mapped out tentative date? for the American League, which wil be changed only in ^o far as is neces *ary to avoid conflicts. Secretary »ob« A. Heydler and Barney Dreyfus« will act for the National League. Major Bozeman Bulger, former two- fisted baseball scribe and short-story Writer, was renewing acquaintance.' a'o«g Baseball Row yesterday. The major has wintered well at Camp Up¬ ton and is now ready for any service a fact he proved beyond argument by wotonne all the sixty-one miles, ir very chilly weather, without once stop Pmg for gasolene. The major was chaperon of a party . ".'sfinguished young army officers °r tpton. Lieutenant Colonel Garri .°» McCaskey, Captain Charles V «onnstone and Lieutenant Barnet Sha Piro accompanied our own Boze. Gilbert Hobinson, manager of th« "Oogers, wired last night from Balti I?01-« that he was on the way to th« "ov«;r Hf.ll Club to prepare for i ^«vanning which will be held , Jupie of weeks hence. A number o «¦ne most prominent baseball member: ** th« «1«& miü co fi,utfc »t that time Pooch Donovan Anxious to Join U. S. Flying Corps CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 19. "I would like nothing bet¬ ter than to get into ser¬ vice," said Pooch Donovan, when told that the War Department had written to the Harvard Ath¬ letic Association asking that Har¬ vard's veteran trainer be released from his contract to act as train¬ er in the United States Flying Corps. "Ready to go any place I am ordered," continued Donovan. "I am very much pleased that Keene Fitzpatrick, Johnny Mack and Jack Moakley are also being asked to go into the same work. "A number of my boys, you know, are overseas. Tom Free¬ man, Charley Bassett and George Woods are getting ready to act as 'eyes' for General Pershing's forces, Bill Bingham, our 1916 captain, is in an officers' school in France; George Haydock, the pole vaulter, is another man in the war game." Harvard is willing that the government should draft Dono¬ van for the more important work of keeping the flying army fit. Outlook Poor j For Harvard Track Team CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 19..With eight men reporting daily for the in- formal Harvard track team, prospects for this branch of athletics this spring now appear dubious. Plans to enter men into a number of indoor meets i have practically been abandoned, and, unless there is an improvement in at- tendance when outdoor work is due, there will be no team at all this spring. Harvard hopes to be able to develop a relay team from this band of eight men. The runners are W. H. Goodwin, L. B. Evans, L. B. Sanderson, C. H. Corning and Burnham Lewis. Aside from Lewis, none of the men has any remarkable running strength. Coach Donovan is working hard to develop a team that will be able to last a long distance relay, each man cover¬ ing 880 yards, and, if successful, this four will be used in the B. A. A. meet next month. Lewis, who captained the informal 'cross-country team, is a mile and two-mile runner, but Donovan hopes to have him fit to run the short relay distance this winter and help the Crimson out of a hard hole. The freshman team has thirty-two candidates, and by spring should have a squad strong enough to meet its customary annual opponents, Exeter, Andover and Yale, "¿I. Johnson Abolishes A. L. Player Limit CHICAGO, Jan. 19..Abolition of the player limit in the American League was announced by President Ban John¬ son to-night. The action was neces¬ sary, he said, to protect club owners who face the danger of losing several pTayers in the next draft for military service. He was advised that three members of the Cleveland club.Roth, Harris and ' Klepfer.had been placed in Class 1. Under the new ruling the clubs will he unrestricted in the number of play¬ ers they carry. In previous years the clubs were obliged to cut their roster to twenty-five men on May 1.- President Johnson said he under¬ stood the National League would take similar action. President Johnson, accompanied by ,his secretary. William Harridge, left] to-night for Washington to attend the conference with Federal officials on Monday in regard to adopting a| method for collecting the Federal war tax. i The meeting to draft the 1918 sched- ules of the major leagues, set for Tuesday in Washington, will be held in Pittsburgh either on Tuesday or Wednesday. The change was made be¬ cause of the illness of Barney Drey-1 fuss, president of the Pittsburgh club, and one of the National League repre- sentatives on the schedule committee.; Dartmouth Beats Tufts HANOVER, N. IL, Jan. 19..Dart¬ mouth College, shut out the Tufts Col¬ lege seven in a hockey game here this afternoon by a score of 6 to 0. Tufts was unable to break up the passing of its opponents, who assumed the aggres¬ sive during the greater part of the gamo. The Days of Real Sport.btbriggs vJlMIfvíV ".lr- -J¡L^^=~-y-: Erf IF Va Pön'T ~z~ 3 H6UP CftRRY E5 "I At\jY Wr\T£& EE E] Ya cTAro t ==e ~i OUR HILL. - fer ^=S /MOW '* /pS rÍAvM-vAj J ¿HJËS5 fey S:-S¿; =*-r\ 7 I CAM R»DE DouO'O E=/ YÍDO GoTTA, j TMi3 MILL t^ i W HELP PUT 1 lAi^NJTA » BETCHA-tj 50MÊ. WATER J TruS AinT Your PÈ OrJ This JtOLD HILL » GueSSjp Mltl. BUCK 9 WATER INI Ç Th6 HILL- Mickey Roach Whole Works In Last Half Mickey Roach, rover vl the Wandcr- ers hockey team, almost single-handed, defeated the strong Munitions seven, of Ottawa, Ont., in a thrilling game at the St. Nicholas Rink last night. Roach scored three goals in the second half and clinched the game by a score of 4 to 1. The Canadians showed to excellent ad- i vantage in the first half, but evidently had not trained long together. While individually the players from the Do- minion excelled, and while they pre- sented tine team play the first half of the distance, they tired through the stretch and lost most of the early ef- fectiveness. The game roughed con- | siderably during the second period, when several penalties were inflicted. The first half ended with the match all square, each team having tallied one goal. The Canadians presented a finely balanced combination of stick handlers, well schooled in team play, which failed, however, to hit its real st'-;<ie at the start. Smith, the centre of the Wanderers, drew lirst blood tor the home team in less than three minutes by skating through the Canadians for a clever goal. It looked like another romp for the New Yorkers. But the munitions makers braced al- most immediately and for the rest of the half really outplayed the locals. McKan, from scrimmage, knotted the count about live minutes later. From then to the end of the. period there was presented as fast and exciting a game as has been seen in this city in a long time. The rival goal tenders made a number of unusually brilliant stops. The line-up: Wanderer (4). Pr*ltion. Munitions (1). T.eu Is.G. I/ewls Dufrosne.V. Armstrong llrfli.-i-nan.C. 1'. llawdiliid Honch.It. McKan .Smith.C. Boucher Crural.I.. W. Johnston McCarthy.It- \V. Mm-Koii Referee.Bert Wlilto. Assistant Referee.Duke Wellington. Coal umpires.Cartliil'.lo and Re.tnv.-r. Gnals.First period-.Smith (alone). 2:50; McKan (H'irlmniage). S minutos. Second period.Koa<-h (from sl'le). 2:53; Roach (alone), 13:r>.'¡; Roach talyne), 1S:50. Tune of halves.20 minutes each. Charlie Murphy Sues Stockholders of Cubs CHICAGO, Jan. 19..Charles W. Murphy filed suit against the Chicago National League Baseball Club to-day for $20,768, which he charges is due him as rental of the old National League grounds in Chicago. The ac¬ tion, which, it is said, involves a lease running for eighty years, with a total rental of approximately .$1,000,000,1 names as co-defendants J. Ogden Ar¬ mour, William Wrigley, jr., A. B. Las- ke'r and Charles H. Weeghman. Murphy was formerly part owner and president of the Chicago Nationals. After he left the club it was moved from the historic West Side grounds to the former Federal League site on the North Side, under agreement with Mur- phy, who retained his interest in the former location. Jack Frost Winner Of Long Branch Race LONG BRANCH, N. J., Jan. 19.. Captain J- O'Brien's Jack Frost, an oldtime ice yacht favorite, won a pop¬ ular victory this arternoon, when the ¿peedy craft outsailed four others in a fifteen-mile race over the Long Branch lee Boat and Yacht Club course. It was a race for the cup donated by Cap- tain O'Brien, which ha3 been au attrac- tion for the last two seasons. The race from the sturt was between the Jack Frost and the X. L. N. C, the former finishing the fifteen-mile course in 36:02, 1 minute and 6 seconds ahead of the Stevens yacht. The Atlanta was third, in 40:02, and the Hazel L. fourth, in 40:23. Bennett Wins Trophy In N. Y. A. C. Shoot Makes Only Straight Score of Day.Poor Light Keeps Records Low It was a straightless day at the Travers Island traps of the New York Athletic Club yesterday. Only one straight score of 25 targets was re¬ turned by the Winged Foot Nimrods. It was registered by A. C. Bennett in the shoot for the Travers Island trophy. In all the other shoots the legs were scored by the Nimrods having full scores of 25 targets. The light was responsible for the low scores. The waters of Long Island Sound in front of the shooting traps were not only frozen, but the ice was covered with snow. A strong sun sent up a nasty glare that so dazzled the gunners that they found considerable difficulty in breaking the flying blue rocks. Notwithstanding the handicap, J. P. Donovan, who was the high scratch gunner, made the excellent total of 94 out of a possible 100 targets. The high handicap prize was won by W. C. Poert- ner, who took the trophy after a shoot- j off. He had a full score of 1U0 targets in the first time at the traps. No fewer than twelve gunners scored legs on the Haslin cup. They were B. R. Stoddard, J. M. McLaughlin, R. R. Debncher, R. L. Spotts, (.'. L. MacLeod, F. M. Wilson, W. B. Ogden, 0. C. Grin- nell, G. M. Pynchon, W. C. Poertner, J. I. Brandenberg and W. S. Silkworth. In the club shoot there were thirteen gun¬ ners with full scores of 25 targets each. They were .1. P. Donovan, N. Webb, T. H. Lawrence, R. R. Débâcher, D. L. Culver, C. L. MacLeod, F. M. Wilson, W. C. Poertner, F. A. Baker, J. I. Branden¬ berg. E. R. De Wolfe, W. R. Delehanty and W. S. Silkworth. Although a like number returned straights in the shoot for the accumu¬ lation prize, only two of the number were entered in the event. They were T. H. Lawrence and W. R. Delehanty. Each was credited with a leg. -.- Princeton Seven Defeats Army WEST POINT, N. Y.. Jan. 19.. Princeton's "informal" hockey seven known as tho Nassau team defeated tho Army in a closely contested game on Stuart Rink here to-day. The score was 1 to 0. The Cadets displayed far bet¬ ter form than has marked their play to date, Oliphant's aggressiveness mak¬ ing itself felt. The gridiron star handled the puckwell and was a demon in the stiff scrimmage work around the Army's cage. Winter- steer's dead shot from scrimmage early in the fray decided the struggle. Ral¬ eigh and Williams for the Tigers and Post for the Army skated well. The lineup: Army (0). Tuition. Nassau Ml. Nichols.G.Tajl'>r Kvart.i.P.^llrot Oliphant.C. V.'wr r, v(j ... C.wluterstecn Post .'. .'.It.-Raleigh Sherman.K W.Krdmim Bartlclt.L. W.Williams S,.,,re.Nassau II. «'.. 1; Army, 0. Goal*.Wln- terstecn. 1:10. Penalty.Post. 1 :«K>. Tim» «.f halves ~-Klfto<m minutes each. Hefen».Captain Gor¬ don, llmekeeiwr.Ca«Jet Weeks. » High School Athletes Ready for Title Races _ The high schools indoor track and field championship games will be con¬ ducted by the Public Schools Athletic League on next Saturday evening at the 2,"d Regiment Armory, Brooklyn, in aid of the Red Cross Fund. The right for team suppremacy most likely will be between the "Big "Four."' Stuyvesant, DeWitt Clinton, Morris and Boys'. These teams have always been strong contenders for premier honor» in tho past, Caught on "Wing" T I, Has. Club A«-«'. S. A- Il'cap Cup. Cup. Cup. Cup. Cups. Nam«». it.TI. II.Tl. 11.TI. II.T«. H.ilp. T'l. \J. H. Donovan. 2 25 0 23 2 25 1 21 ;«4 'J 100 J. II. Vandcveer 2 23 2 -J 2 22 2 20 7!) 10 89 N. Wet.b. 5 25 5 25 5 25 5 23 83 '¿«I 100 H. II. Stoddard. 4 21 4 20 4 20 4 25 80 10 US J. McLaughlin. 2 25 2 2"« 2 23 2 S3 91 8 !>2- T. M, l,aivroin.-o 3 25 2 2» 3 25 3 25 02 12 100 II. H. Débâcher 5 25 4 25 f> 25 5 25 84 22 luO IC I-. Spotts... 0 23 1 25 1 23 0 24 93 7 100 F. .Strpli«Mi.-«oii.. 0 21 1 23 0 23 0 24 94 0 94 A. C. Beilliett.. 0 25 1 23 2 24 2 24 SI 10 100 ' D. L. Culver... 2 25 1 20 2 25 2 25 88 10 98 C. !.. McLeod.. b 23 5 25 « 25 6 25 77 30 100 A. W. Cbureh... 3 25 3 23 3 24 .", 24 80 15 100 K. M. Wilson.. 5 25 5 25 5 25 5 25 80 18 100 K. Williamson., fi 23 6 24 6 23 0 22 08 28 9«! W. llauer. 6 21 fi 22 6 21 6 21 Ü4 35 99 J. G. Uam<r_ 3 21 3 18 3 23 3 19 72 12 84 IC Stein . 2 23 2 21 2 22 1 18 77 10 »7 W. II. Ugileu... 3 24 1 25 3 20 3 25 89 12 100 | «1. C. Orlnnell.. 2 24 2 25 2 22 2 23 87 12 99 «.'. A. Urown... 0 22 6 23 6 20 6 19 04 25 89 <!. M. r.vui'lion. 5 25 5 25 5 25 5 22 70 20 00 K. W. Leaslt.., 3 25 2 22 0 21 3 21 85 12 97 W. C. Poertner 6 25 6 25 0 25 6 25 S3 30 100 J. I. Braiulen- herg, jr. 0 15 0 13 0 14 0 18 02 0 62 j H. II. Stoddard 0 14 0 1«5 «i 20 0 20 70 0 70 A, E. Andersuu 0 :1 0 17 0 20 0 23 84 0 84 J. W. IlalîiT. ..424 4 24 4 25 4 25 82 10 98 J. I. Uratuicn- ¡.U\r-gi ,sr. 3 -* 3 25 3 25 3 23 88 14 100 II) Huyler. 0 21 0 24 «19 0 21 m jq 91 B. II. De \V«.lfe 5 23 5 21 5 25 5 25 75 25 10«/ W. 11. llelehanly 4 24 i 23 5 25 5 25 81 21 100 W. S. Silkworth 2 22 2 25 2 25 2 23 88 12 100 Army Basketball Team Beats N. Y. U. WEST POINT. N. Y.. Jan. 10.-The Army ran away with the New York University team at basketball to-day, the Cadets winning 36 to 19 in what promised at the outset to be a closely fought contest. The score at half-time was Army 17, New York University 13. The Cadets drew away from the col- legians early in the second period, and as the half wore on the lead length- ened. Clever passing and shooting, with j Vidal and Hahn starring,, marked the j Army's work throughout. Egan was a hard worker for the Violet. In the preliminary event the Army's phibe team was beaten by the New York University freshmen. The I score was 23 to 10. The lineup: Army (38). Position. N. Y. U. (19). Hahn.K. F. Kagmi Gorman.D. I". Marin Vidal.C. Baker j Knyser.n. C,. Im» i Wells.U G. Gardner Ctoals (nun field.Halin 0. Gorman 3, Vidal ß. Pliracl«?r, Keyser, W«.-Lsb, Kagan 2, Marin 3, and Raker. Goals from foul.Gorman, Shrader ani Marin 7. Substitutions. Army.Shrader for fi««'- ¡ mau. Carter tor Halm. Hur.dell for Vidal, Keysor ¡for WelLs and Miles 'or Keyser. N. V. U..Steiii- txrK for Kagan. Ftncnsky fur Steinberg, Hagan for I>oew ai:d KbeiiHeld for Gardner. Time of halve» . 20 minutes. Rfrfereo.Mr. Deülng. Umpire.Mr. Klrbs-rgor. ..-m-~ Barry, King of Sculls, Wounded on West Front LONDON, Jan. 19..Ernest Barry, the j champion sculler of the world, has been wounded in action on the Western | front as the result of the bursting of a German shell. Barry's career at the front has been a short one, for although he joined up many months ago, he was only recently sent to the trenches. His last appearance on the river was in November when he was out with W. D. Kinnear, the Diamonds winner of j 1910 and 1911 and the Olympic cham¬ pion of 1912. Barry came into prom¬ inence first by defeating the Australian, George Towns, for the English cham¬ pionship on the Thames in October, 1908, subsequently retaining his title by beating William Albany, who has made the supreme sacrifice in the war, and W. II. Fogwell, of Australia. .- Xavier High Five Wins The Xavier High School scored its eighth basketball victory out of nine games played to date this season yes- terday afternoon at the Chelsea gym- ¡ riasium. It defeated the .Midgets, of Cathedral College, by a score of 37 to 10. At the end of the ñrst half Xavier was leading by the score of 15 to 5. The victors outclassed the Cathedral j Midgets in every department of tho game, , I Stuy vesant Now j Holds Title of Two Boroughs Stuyvesant High School captured the basketball championship of Manhattan and The Bronx, in defeating Evander ; Childs, on The Bronx Church House court yesterday, by a score of 58 to 8. j The. winners easily outclassed the Evander boys in all departments of tho game, showing splendid passing and shooting. Stuyvesant led by the score of 27 to 4 in the first and more than doubled this advantage in the subsequent half. Captain Halpern, Hatterer and Goeller were the outstanding stars, the first two named accounting for twenty points each. Stuyvesant wfll face Bushwick, win- ner of the Brooklyn title, in another semi-final round match of the P. S. A. L. championship tourney of the greater city. The line-up follows: Stuyvesant (53) Position. Evander Childs (8). 'Halpern.'....It. F.Stark Hatterer.L. F.Bliss Goeller.f.'.Stannard Ltaeluacli.K. O.IJpman Mayer.U G.-.... Salzberg dials from field. Siui-.-e»ant. Halpern. 10; Hai¬ ti rer, 7: Goeller, 6; liaehracli, 1; Majar. 2. Evander Childs-.Stannard. Goals from foul.Hatterer, 0; Stark, 4. Substitutes.Grody fur Hachracli. NleolOil for Llpman. Tains for Bliss, Wolf fur Stannard. Ref- oroe.Marx, P. S. A. U Time iff halves.U0 minutes. Richmond Hill High Is Queens Borough Winner Richmond Hill High School won the Queens Borough division of the Public Schools Athletic League basketball championship tourney by decisively defeating Newtown High School at the St. John's College court, Brooklyn, yes¬ terday by a score of 30 to 18. The Richmond Hill boys played at their best, outshining their opponents at both floor work and shooting. Demp- sey and Suttmeyer were the individual stars, with a total of 18 points between them. Newtown held its rivals to a 17 to 14 lead in the first period, but tired from the pace in the subsequent period. The line-up follows: Riehmond Hill (Ü0). Position. Newtmrn (18). Morris.U F.Felnbloom Eckart.It. F.Weil Dempsiy.C.Mullaney Suttmeyer.!.. G.1'laiow K. Seovil.R. G.Janiek Goals from field: Richmond HUI.Morris, Kokart (ill. Draipscy (3), Suttmeyer (4), K. Scovll (2), Newtown.-Felnbloom (X). Well, Mullaney (3), 1'Iatow. Goals frmn foul.Deuipsey (4). Kelnbloom CI). Referee.Siskind. Fordham. Time of ha)Tes .13 minuits. Hall and Cragin Tie at Tennis The championship of the 7th Regi- ment Tennis Club for 1918 is still un- decided, although Walter Merrill Hall and Arthur S. Cragin were supposed to have settled the question of supremacy on the board courts yesterday after- j noon. Darkness in the armory pre- vented them from finishing their final round match, after four sets had been played. Hall took the first and third sets by scores of 6.4, 6.4, and Cragin triumphal in the second and fourth, at 7.5, 8.6. The match will probably be finished next Saturday. The men relied largely on a deep driving game to win their points, only making for the net after the openings had been made safe. The poor light in the big drill hall seemed to affect Hall in the last set, and Cragin, putting on an extra spurt in the last two games, won the set and drew even with his opponent. Sanction Hockey Meet The hockey committee of the high schools games committee has sane- tioned the contesting of three ice skat¬ ing races at the meet which is to be held at, the City College Stadium rink on February 12. The events arc at 440 yards, 88u yard.« and one mile. Action is pendiDg as to whether these events should be for championship honors. < Ganley Proves Too Clever With Racquet for Kinsella New York A. C. Squash Player Makes Most of Handicap and Triumphs Over Champion in Three Straight Games.Big Crowd Watches Match By A. C. Cavagnaro Walter A. Kinsella, world professional squash tennis champion, met his first defeat in two years when he bowed to William F. Ganley, the .New York Athletic Club instructor, in a handicap match ou the New York Athletic Club court yesterday. Ganley had a handicap of five aces in each game and scored his victory in quick and decisive fashion after three straight cames. The scores were 15.13. 15.12. 18.-15. The Point Score FIRST GAME Total. Ganley .112 10 4 0 0 1.10.5.15 Kirmella ....10054030 1. 13 Aces.Ganley, by sen-ice, 1 ; misses, 3 ; telltale, 2; placement. 4. Kinsella.By ser¬ vice, 1 ; misse», 4 ; telltale, 4 ; placement, 4. SECOND GAME Ganley .1 0 3 4 0 2.10.5.15 Kinsella .1 1 10 0 0 I- 12 Aces.Ganley, by misses, 2; placement. 2: telltale. 6. Kinsella, by service, 1; misses, 4; placement, 5: telltale, 2. THIRD GAME Ganley ..10 30 0 20 3 0 2 10 1.13.5.18 Kinsella . 1 4 1 2 50 0 0 1 0 0 1 x.15 Ace« -Ganley, by misses, 5; placement, 3 ; telltale, 5. Kinsella.By service, 1 : misses, 7; placement. 5; telltale, 2. Referee. Private J. A. Reynolds, 305th Company, Camp Upton. Ingenue Skips Home First in Red Bank Race RED BANK, N. J., Jan. 19..Racing to-day over the North Shrewsbury ice, covered with two inches of snow, John Gibbons's Ingenue, sailed by Rube and Ensley White, came back after her de- feat of yesterday and won over Robert S. Johnson's Gull by -1 minutes and 21Í seconds, which nosed out George W. Bray's Daisy by 20 seconds, in a tcn- mile club event. Harry L. Ryder's Sleet, handled by the owner, and Harold Bonfield, a mem¬ ber of the Cleveland Ice Yacht Club, and Andrew White's Brownie started, but withdrew. The race was sailed in a puffy west wind, that sent the racers often up in the air and made the snow fly. The single-reefed Daisy led the Ingenue two legs of the first round, but Rube White made a longer reach across the river, gained the lead, and brought the Ingenue around the home stake rive seconds ahead of the Daisy. After ploughing through snowbanks' the Daisy struck a lull, during which the Gull, with favorable puffs, passed her and finished in second place by twenty seconds. The North Shrewsbury club racings fleet will be materially strengthened by the arrival to-morrow of Edward j Fielder's Drub, former winner of the North American and state champion- ships. She will be tried out Monday and Tuesday, and may be chosen with the Ingenue as championship defend¬ ers in the races with the Imp and ¡Blanche, of the Independent club, [which will likely start Wednesday. The challengers, Imp and Blanche, sailed a trial spin to-day, the former winning by a narrow margin. The newly purchased ice yacht Blanche showed speed in a heavy breeze. Inde¬ pendent club races for the I. T. Straus cups will be sailod to morrow. An interesting mutch race was mailed between the newly built fifth class ice yachts Wizard III. own« d by George Gillig, of New York, and Scout II, owned by George Ruppert. They cíe an exact duplicate, cf endi other, bring) designed by Edward V. Willi*, cf Imp j and Drub fame, nr.-l built at <h2 Red Bank Yacht Works. Captain Charles E. Throckmorton, who sailed iceboats on the Shrewsbury back in 1808 and on the Hudson River: in the '80s, piloted the Scout If in the first race and won, and in the second event sailed the Wizard III to victory. The summary: CLUB RACE..START, 3:57 P. M , Finish Elapsed Ruât, an« crew. time. time Ingenuo, Itulie hi.i1 Efisley White 4 24:43 n 27 43 Gull, It. S. Johnson and 0. Borden 4 29:05 0 32 05 Daisy. Floyd ilrady at.«! I), Fisher. 4:29:25 t> 32 Sleet, H. Ryder ami If. Braifleld Withdrawn Brownie. A. White and C. Trtiex.. Withdrawn. -«- Penn Freshmen Beat Lawrenceville Five LAWRENCEVILLE, N. J.. Jan. 19.. The Pennsylvania freshmen defeated the Lawrenceville basketball team here to-day, 45 to 22. The game was un- usually fast and interesting. In the first half both teams were evenly matched, but in the last half Penh greatly outplayed Lawrenceville. The stars were Mouradian and Dan- iels for Penn and Weiser and Walters for Lawrenceville. The line-up: Penn, '-'1 (45). Position. Lawrenceville (Î2) Mouradian.1.. Weiser McMckel.C. .Antrim Zucker.G. P.owcii Speaker.«J.! Wallers Goals from field.Mouradian, Daniels «-,« -|. Nickel (5). Zucker, Speaker. Antrim (2) Boweu Halters (3). Koul ¡¡"a^ Mouradian (6) Zucker Welser ('". Maxwell. SubstttuUons Lawrence- Tillo.O'Brien ii>r Antrim, Tamer for t'onklin Lewis fur Boweu, Maxwell for Weiser, liiak» for Waiters. Penn freshmen.WllforU for Mvuradiau Befen«.Heed. .- A. C. Cass High Score in Brooklyn Chess Play A. C. ("ass, with a percentage of .677; E. Kaunheim, .640, and Dr. J. R. Taber, .575, were the three percentage prize! winners in the last quarterly session of the Brooklyn Chess Ciut>'s continu¬ ous tournament. VV. Jennings, with a total of 305 wins, captured the special prize for the highest aggregate of victories in the quarter. Following are the scores of the prize winners: Per M«*0.- *Yon. **»*. «*ni A. «. Cas«. r«W .1 6j7 E BaunUeiui . i;i -<> ,;t* Dr. J. R. Tab«,.; ¦¦;. »0j »r. janiilr» .,.~...^,.. 305 ¿^ tLti j The tricky manner in which the ball carromed off the walls greatly puzzled Kinsella. He missed many of his fa¬ vorite shots, while bis smashing "kills" to the front wall did not return with the usual lightning speed. Kinsella, after the match, declared that the slow court deceived him considerably, but added that Ganley played a remarkable game. Ganley changed his pace Quickly, took the drives of his opponent In a cool manner and always had Kinsella jump¬ ing around the court. He was th«* equal of the champion in driving and slightly outshone Kinsella in position play. Both men sent the bali around the court with much force, Kinsella frequently driving into the tclltaiu in efforts to keep the ball at a low angle. Kinsella Lacks Steadiness In all three games of the match Kin¬ sella managed to gain the lead on actual points made, but his failure to | maintain this advantage cost him the match. While he slumped badly a*; times, Kinsella played like a wizard in several instances. In both th«? second t and third games tho title holder over- came his opponent's allowance after a few hands out, but then allowed tlp^ advantage to slip through his linger:-. Ganley was quick to grasp every op- portunity that presented itself, and it was these determined raili«?s at critical times tfrat pulled out the match for him. Each player featured his work with sensational "gets," particularly Gaifsey, who succeeded in getting his racquet to the ball for seemingly im- possible shots. . The match was the most important played on the clubhouse courts, and tho capacity crowd that huddled together in the gallery enriched th-; Army and Navy Athletic Equipment Fund of tho Winged Foot club by almost $200. Among the spectators were a number of army officers. Ganley held a momentary lead in the ¡first game, when he took Kinsella by surprise with a lightning attack and scored five aces in the first four hands. However, the champion was soon him¬ self, and with consecutive runs of 5 and 1 aces was on the heels of Ganley. The latter came right back at his oppo¬ nent with a cluster of 4 points, and suc¬ ceeded in gathering his necessary win¬ ning point after three more hands. Kinsella Takes Lead Again in the second gamo Kinsella held a lead of 12 to 9 at the end of three hands. His run of 10 points in the third hand came principally from rushing his attack with 'cross-court shots and bringing lightning return, "dead" to the back wall corners. How¬ ever, Ganley a«:ain showed his steel by collecting 6 aces in his next thro- games as Kinsella strove in vain to solve his opponent's crafty game. The third game was bitterly fought, Kinsella rising to his best with defeat staring him in the face. However, aft« r gaining a lead of 13 to 9, he became erratic and Ganley managed to set the game at 13.all. "in the issue for the additional live points to win Ganley continued to outguess his opponent and was the first to count the necessary aces after a bitter fight. Kinsella fought to the end, forcing Ganley to play Jive hands out before the final point was counted. Kinsella just faile Î to get the ball over the telltale when Ganley returned the ball along the left side wall. De Witt Clinton Wins With Ease De Witt Clinton's basketball quintet, in its second match with, the passer.-, of Townsend Harris Hall yesterday on the City College court, won by the over¬ whelming score of 1?, to 8.' Thé game whs a regular Public Schools Athletic League event, but no decision hung on the outcome, as Clinton is out of the limning in the lea>ru«3 championship. Sondack made fifteen points for the Fifty-ninth Street team, of which ten points were tallied from five field bas¬ kets. He caged live balls from the foul line. King, the left forward for Clinton, and Kozonowitz each bagged six shots from scrimmage. Torpy mad«- two shots for Harris, and thest-, with two foul baskets bv LeGros and a lone goal by Dwyer, furnished all of Har¬ ris's counts. The downtown .-quad caí ried the ball down to their post with persistent regularity, shoving the bal in with such case that the contest early lost interest. The Crimson an-1 Gold team also lost to th'.» resident Signal Corps five by a score of J'J to 2_'. Ex-collegiate stai appeared on the telegraphers' line-up. The line-up ami >umniaries of the scholastic game follow: ton 12). Position. T K it King.I- i. r K<-1 a:; R. F. ... ..Mr.-, R «to« «wltï.C. Smil . !\.«[i i .I, I. I'« k, llM Soi lark .It. G. . _ Le «ir.u «. «a -, icored King II km -.¦¦/. Kaplan ! Sonda«* '.. Ton a¦ I ' Sondack '. and *..¦ «.,-¦- - Sol for Le Or«. D» ;' oevte.linr- m ui. Harria K« lei Mr K apial P. s. A. I. Tin .' half 5 mil.li ¦> »«. «sud ' first half «' Hall. Chajes and Janowski Arrange Match To-day Oscar Chajes, New York State chess champion, now leading the champion¬ ship tournament of the Manhattan Chess Club, will meet. David Janowski, of Paris, chess champion of France, this afternoon to come to a fin;«l undei standing concerning the conditions of the set match, for which they will sign article:;. Most of the games of this match will be contested at the Manhat¬ tan Chess Club. A. Kupchik, prese:.' Manhattan 0. C. champion, i.-> prepared t«> u-vc-pt the offer of ti:<- French master to concede the odds of four games in a match of ten games, and tins encounter is ex pe«*ted to take place soon after the con elusion ui Lía Jíuíuw¿1u-Lí«uc,í
Transcript of ¡iSPORTINO 3Wew ftoric ^Tribune...¡iSPORTINO SECTION Baseball. Boxing. Racing PART II FOUR PAGES...
¡iSPORTINO SECTIONBaseball . Boxing . Racing
PART II FOUR PAGES
3Wew ftoric ^Tribune ¦'. SPORTING SECTIONTennis . Golf . Basketball
SUNDAY» JANUARY 20, 1918 PART II FOUR PAGES
Squash Champioti Meets First Defeat in Two YearsHugginsMay Yet GetPratt
IfHe Wants Second SackerCourt Refuses to Throw Out Slander Suit Against Ball and
Brown Player Will Not Find Surroundings in St.Louis of a Congenial Sort
By W. J. MacbethWhile Miller Huggins, new manager of the Yankees, has just inti¬
mated out in Cincinnati that he has gone, quite as far as he ever expectsio go toward securing second baseman Dcrrill Pratt from the Browns, anew twist has developed in St. Louis which may prompt the Mound Citymagnates to a newer and more just sense of playing values. Phil de CBall, president of the St. Louis Americans, has been'thwarted in a motionto have thrown out of court the suit for $50,000 damages broughtagainst him by Doc Lavan and Del Pratt for alleged slander
St. Louis sport writers for more
than n month have steadily maintainedthat a d'.'al already had been consum¬
mated wherein Traft was assured toth? Yankees of 1918. This allegationV.as been stoutly denied both by Col¬onel Jacob Ruppcrt and Miller llug-fin?. Tho St, Louis critics inferredthe sole reason of buppressing the al¬leged trade for the time was to enablePall, through Ban Johnson, to bringpressure to baar upon Fratt to forces withdrawal of the suit for damages.The "inside'' story of the St. Louiswriters, it must be confessed, was weakin more than one spot.
Takes Mutual ConsentTo begin with, Lavan, who has been
traded to Washington, is no longer inthe legal lists against his employerand he seems Quite as determined as
Pratt to see this thing through. John-siyi tried unsuccessfully to square PhilBall with the two players before a
suit for damages was instituted. Thissuit, entered jointly by the two ath¬letes, may bo suppressed only by mu¬tual consent. Lavan, at the time ofhis transfer to Washington, insistedupon definite legal action.
Before this latest turn of affairs,according to the Cincinnati writers,Huggins had made up his mind toforego Prat:, who impressed him veryfavorably in a number of St. Louiscty championships while Miller wasleader of the Cardinals. Colonel Rup-rert never di«l believe Traft was worthquite so much as the Yankees offeredfor him, and consented to the proposedbargain only because ot* the fact thathe had decided to give his managerfree rein in handling the playing end.Having been forced to play the wait¬
ing game so long it is very doubtfulif the New York club will be so prodi¬ga te in its offers for the Brown secondsucker in case St. Louis decides to re¬open negotiations. St. Louis must dothis, as the Yankee president declaresthe book is closed on this end. It isa moral certainty that Pratt cannot re¬main in St. Louis. The breach betweenhimself and his emplyers has widenedto such a degree that Pratt cannot beregarded, in his present surroundingsas anything but a menace to harmony.Kis position is even more aggravate«]than was that of Herzog toward NewYork before McGraw traded him UBoston.
Frazee Prefers GedeonSince Huggins first opened negotia¬
tions for Pratt one or two knocks havegone in from various quarters, whichmay have damaged this young gentle¬man's lustre even in the eyes of hispersiste:.', pursue!1. Harry Frazee, theowner of the Red Sox, who has cor¬nered all the assets of Shibe Park saveConnie Mack, insists that he mighthave had Pratt, but that he refused tcconsider him under any circumstancesFrazee added that in his opinion(iedeon was the better prospect of thetwo.
(n fact, Gedeon has been boosted tcHuggins by a number of Americanleague sharps. Miller is naturallysomewhat sour at the St. Louis owner¬ship over what he considers a dircc'attempt at a hold-up. If assured in hismind there is no rival in the marke!for Pratt's services Huggins is smartenough to realize he can get Del f«>ra song before the opening of the sea¬son. St. Louis must unload its dis-¿atisíie'l second baseman. There is noalternative.The National League office is goingUobserve Monday as a holiday. Presi-ont John K. Tener has gone to Boston«ad will not he back until late Tues¬day. Secretary John A. Heydler setout for Washington yesterday after¬noon tu rest up for the big tussle withthe war tax commission booked for theCapitol City to-morrow.John B. Poster, chairman of the
committee representing the NationalLeague on war tas for baseball admis-»ioni, will proceed to Washington thisafternoon in company with WalteiHapgood, the other committceman. Sccomplicated are the many problems in¬volved in the operation of big leaguebaseball that it may take a couple oldays to evolve a convenient and speedysystem for collecting government reve¬nues. The main idea is to arrive atsome- eauitablc system which wilieliminate the penny as a commodity oJchange. At the conference Ban Johnson will represent the American Leagu«and August Herrmann, chairman oí'.lie National Commission, will act foithe minor leagues.i?o soon as the war tax problem ha;been adjusted the joint schedules committee of the National and America!leagues will meet in WashingtonJohnson and hit» secretary, Mr. Il*rJidge, have mapped out tentative date?for the American League, which wilbe changed only in ^o far as is neces*ary to avoid conflicts. Secretary»ob« A. Heydler and Barney Dreyfus«will act for the National League.Major Bozeman Bulger, former two-fisted baseball scribe and short-storyWriter, was renewing acquaintance.'a'o«g Baseball Row yesterday. The
major has wintered well at Camp Up¬ton and is now ready for any servicea fact he proved beyond argument bywotonne all the sixty-one miles, irvery chilly weather, without once stopPmg for gasolene.The major was chaperon of a party. ".'sfinguished young army officers°r tpton. Lieutenant Colonel Garri.°» McCaskey, Captain Charles V«onnstone and Lieutenant Barnet ShaPiro accompanied our own Boze.Gilbert Hobinson, manager of th«"Oogers, wired last night from BaltiI?01-« that he was on the way to th«"ov«;r Hf.ll Club to prepare for i^«vanning which will be held ,Jupie of weeks hence. A number o«¦ne most prominent baseball member:** th« «1«& miü co fi,utfc »t that time
Pooch DonovanAnxious to JoinU. S. Flying Corps
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 19."I would like nothing bet¬ter than to get into ser¬
vice," said Pooch Donovan, whentold that the War Departmenthad written to the Harvard Ath¬letic Association asking that Har¬vard's veteran trainer be releasedfrom his contract to act as train¬er in the United States FlyingCorps.
"Ready to go any place I amordered," continued Donovan."I am very much pleased thatKeene Fitzpatrick, Johnny Mackand Jack Moakley are also beingasked to go into the same work."A number of my boys, you
know, are overseas. Tom Free¬man, Charley Bassett and GeorgeWoods are getting ready to actas 'eyes' for General Pershing'sforces, Bill Bingham, our 1916captain, is in an officers' school inFrance; George Haydock, thepole vaulter, is another man inthe war game."
Harvard is willing that thegovernment should draft Dono¬van for the more important workof keeping the flying army fit.
Outlook Poorj For Harvard
Track TeamCAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 19..With
eight men reporting daily for the in-formal Harvard track team, prospectsfor this branch of athletics this springnow appear dubious. Plans to entermen into a number of indoor meets
i have practically been abandoned, and,unless there is an improvement in at-tendance when outdoor work is due,there will be no team at all thisspring.Harvard hopes to be able to develop
a relay team from this band of eightmen. The runners are W. H. Goodwin,L. B. Evans, L. B. Sanderson, C. H.Corning and Burnham Lewis. Asidefrom Lewis, none of the men has anyremarkable running strength.Coach Donovan is working hard to
develop a team that will be able to lasta long distance relay, each man cover¬ing 880 yards, and, if successful, thisfour will be used in the B. A. A. meetnext month. Lewis, who captained theinformal 'cross-country team, is a mileand two-mile runner, but Donovanhopes to have him fit to run the shortrelay distance this winter and help theCrimson out of a hard hole.The freshman team has thirty-two
candidates, and by spring should havea squad strong enough to meet itscustomary annual opponents, Exeter,Andover and Yale, "¿I.
Johnson AbolishesA. L. Player Limit
CHICAGO, Jan. 19..Abolition of theplayer limit in the American Leaguewas announced by President Ban John¬son to-night. The action was neces¬sary, he said, to protect club ownerswho face the danger of losing severalpTayers in the next draft for militaryservice. He was advised that threemembers of the Cleveland club.Roth,Harris and ' Klepfer.had been placedin Class 1.Under the new ruling the clubs will
he unrestricted in the number of play¬ers they carry. In previous years theclubs were obliged to cut their rosterto twenty-five men on May 1.-
President Johnson said he under¬stood the National League would takesimilar action.
President Johnson, accompanied by,his secretary. William Harridge, left]to-night for Washington to attend theconference with Federal officials on
Monday in regard to adopting a|method for collecting the Federal wartax. iThe meeting to draft the 1918 sched-
ules of the major leagues, set forTuesday in Washington, will be heldin Pittsburgh either on Tuesday orWednesday. The change was made be¬cause of the illness of Barney Drey-1fuss, president of the Pittsburgh club,and one of the National League repre-sentatives on the schedule committee.;
Dartmouth Beats TuftsHANOVER, N. IL, Jan. 19..Dart¬
mouth College, shut out the Tufts Col¬lege seven in a hockey game here thisafternoon by a score of 6 to 0. Tuftswas unable to break up the passing ofits opponents, who assumed the aggres¬sive during the greater part of thegamo.
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In Last HalfMickey Roach, rover vl the Wandcr-
ers hockey team, almost single-handed,defeated the strong Munitions seven, ofOttawa, Ont., in a thrilling game at theSt. Nicholas Rink last night. Roachscored three goals in the second halfand clinched the game by a score of4 to 1.The Canadians showed to excellent ad-
i vantage in the first half, but evidentlyhad not trained long together. Whileindividually the players from the Do-minion excelled, and while they pre-sented tine team play the first half ofthe distance, they tired through thestretch and lost most of the early ef-fectiveness. The game roughed con-
| siderably during the second period,when several penalties were inflicted.The first half ended with the match
all square, each team having talliedone goal. The Canadians presented a
finely balanced combination of stickhandlers, well schooled in team play,which failed, however, to hit its realst'-;<ie at the start.Smith, the centre of the Wanderers,
drew lirst blood tor the home team inless than three minutes by skatingthrough the Canadians for a clevergoal. It looked like another romp forthe New Yorkers.But the munitions makers braced al-
most immediately and for the rest ofthe half really outplayed the locals.McKan, from scrimmage, knotted thecount about live minutes later. Fromthen to the end of the. period there waspresented as fast and exciting a gameas has been seen in this city in a longtime. The rival goal tenders made anumber of unusually brilliant stops.The line-up:
Wanderer (4). Pr*ltion. Munitions (1).T.euIs.G. I/ewlsDufrosne.V. Armstrongllrfli.-i-nan.C. 1'. llawdiliidHonch.It. McKan.Smith.C. BoucherCrural.I.. W. JohnstonMcCarthy.It- \V. Mm-Koii
Referee.Bert Wlilto. Assistant Referee.DukeWellington. Coal umpires.Cartliil'.lo and Re.tnv.-r.Gnals.First period-.Smith (alone). 2:50; McKan(H'irlmniage). S minutos. Second period.Koa<-h(from sl'le). 2:53; Roach (alone), 13:r>.'¡; Roachtalyne), 1S:50. Tune of halves.20 minutes each.
Charlie Murphy SuesStockholders of Cubs
CHICAGO, Jan. 19..Charles W.Murphy filed suit against the ChicagoNational League Baseball Club to-dayfor $20,768, which he charges is duehim as rental of the old NationalLeague grounds in Chicago. The ac¬
tion, which, it is said, involves a leaserunning for eighty years, with a totalrental of approximately .$1,000,000,1names as co-defendants J. Ogden Ar¬mour, William Wrigley, jr., A. B. Las-ke'r and Charles H. Weeghman.Murphy was formerly part owner and
president of the Chicago Nationals.After he left the club it was movedfrom the historic West Side grounds tothe former Federal League site on theNorth Side, under agreement with Mur-phy, who retained his interest in theformer location.
Jack Frost WinnerOf Long Branch Race
LONG BRANCH, N. J., Jan. 19..Captain J- O'Brien's Jack Frost, anoldtime ice yacht favorite, won a pop¬ular victory this arternoon, when the¿peedy craft outsailed four others in afifteen-mile race over the Long Branchlee Boat and Yacht Club course. Itwas a race for the cup donated by Cap-tain O'Brien, which ha3 been au attrac-tion for the last two seasons.The race from the sturt was between
the Jack Frost and the X. L. N. C, theformer finishing the fifteen-mile coursein 36:02, 1 minute and 6 seconds aheadof the Stevens yacht. The Atlantawas third, in 40:02, and the Hazel L.fourth, in 40:23.
Bennett Wins TrophyIn N. Y. A. C. Shoot
Makes Only Straight Scoreof Day.Poor LightKeeps Records Low
It was a straightless day at theTravers Island traps of the New YorkAthletic Club yesterday. Only one
straight score of 25 targets was re¬turned by the Winged Foot Nimrods.It was registered by A. C. Bennett inthe shoot for the Travers Island trophy.In all the other shoots the legs were
scored by the Nimrods having fullscores of 25 targets.The light was responsible for the low
scores. The waters of Long IslandSound in front of the shooting trapswere not only frozen, but the ice was
covered with snow. A strong sun sentup a nasty glare that so dazzled thegunners that they found considerabledifficulty in breaking the flying bluerocks.Notwithstanding the handicap, J. P.
Donovan, who was the high scratchgunner, made the excellent total of 94out of a possible 100 targets. The highhandicap prize was won by W. C. Poert-ner, who took the trophy after a shoot-
j off. He had a full score of 1U0 targetsin the first time at the traps.No fewer than twelve gunners scored
legs on the Haslin cup. They were B.R. Stoddard, J. M. McLaughlin, R. R.Debncher, R. L. Spotts, (.'. L. MacLeod,F. M. Wilson, W. B. Ogden, 0. C. Grin-nell, G. M. Pynchon, W. C. Poertner, J.I. Brandenberg and W. S. Silkworth. Inthe club shoot there were thirteen gun¬ners with full scores of 25 targets each.They were .1. P. Donovan, N. Webb, T.H. Lawrence, R. R. Débâcher, D. L.Culver, C. L. MacLeod, F. M. Wilson, W.C. Poertner, F. A. Baker, J. I. Branden¬berg. E. R. De Wolfe, W. R. Delehantyand W. S. Silkworth.Although a like number returned
straights in the shoot for the accumu¬lation prize, only two of the numberwere entered in the event. They wereT. H. Lawrence and W. R. Delehanty.Each was credited with a leg.-.-
Princeton SevenDefeats Army
WEST POINT, N. Y.. Jan. 19..Princeton's "informal" hockey seven
known as tho Nassau team defeatedtho Army in a closely contested game onStuart Rink here to-day. The score was
1 to 0. The Cadets displayed far bet¬ter form than has marked their playto date, Oliphant's aggressiveness mak¬ing itself felt.The gridiron star handled the puckwell
and was a demon in the stiff scrimmagework around the Army's cage. Winter-steer's dead shot from scrimmage earlyin the fray decided the struggle. Ral¬eigh and Williams for the Tigers andPost for the Army skated well.The lineup:Army (0). Tuition. Nassau Ml.
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S,.,,re.Nassau II. «'.. 1; Army, 0. Goal*.Wln-terstecn. 1:10. Penalty.Post. 1 :«K>. Tim» «.f halves~-Klfto<m minutes each. Hefen».Captain Gor¬don, llmekeeiwr.Ca«Jet Weeks.
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High School AthletesReady for Title Races_
The high schools indoor track andfield championship games will be con¬ducted by the Public Schools AthleticLeague on next Saturday evening atthe 2,"d Regiment Armory, Brooklyn, inaid of the Red Cross Fund.The right for team suppremacy most
likely will be between the "Big "Four."'Stuyvesant, DeWitt Clinton, Morrisand Boys'. These teams have alwaysbeen strong contenders for premierhonor» in tho past,
Caught on "Wing"T I, Has. Club A«-«'. S. A- Il'capCup. Cup. Cup. Cup. Cups.Nam«». it.TI. II.Tl. 11.TI. II.T«. H.ilp. T'l.\J. H. Donovan. 2 25 0 23 2 25 1 21 ;«4 'J 100J. II. Vandcveer 2 23 2 -J 2 22 2 20 7!) 10 89N. Wet.b. 5 25 5 25 5 25 5 23 83 '¿«I 100H. II. Stoddard. 4 21 4 20 4 20 4 25 80 10 USJ. McLaughlin. 2 25 2 2"« 2 23 2 S3 91 8 !>2-T. M, l,aivroin.-o 3 25 2 2» 3 25 3 25 02 12 100II. H. Débâcher 5 25 4 25 f> 25 5 25 84 22 luOIC I-. Spotts... 0 23 1 25 1 23 0 24 93 7 100F. .Strpli«Mi.-«oii.. 0 21 1 23 0 23 0 24 94 0 94A. C. Beilliett.. 0 25 1 23 2 24 2 24 SI 10 100' D. L. Culver... 2 25 1 20 2 25 2 25 88 10 98C. !.. McLeod.. b 23 5 25 « 25 6 25 77 30 100A. W. Cbureh... 3 25 3 23 3 24 .", 24 80 15 100K. M. Wilson.. 5 25 5 25 5 25 5 25 80 18 100K. Williamson., fi 23 6 24 6 23 0 22 08 28 9«!W. llauer. 6 21 fi 22 6 21 6 21 Ü4 35 99J. G. Uam<r_ 3 21 3 18 3 23 3 19 72 12 84IC Stein . 2 23 2 21 2 22 1 18 77 10 »7W. II. Ugileu... 3 24 1 25 3 20 3 25 89 12 100| «1. C. Orlnnell.. 2 24 2 25 2 22 2 23 87 12 99«.'. A. Urown... 0 22 6 23 6 20 6 19 04 25 89<!. M. r.vui'lion. 5 25 5 25 5 25 5 22 70 20 00K. W. Leaslt.., 3 25 2 22 0 21 3 21 85 12 97W. C. Poertner 6 25 6 25 0 25 6 25 S3 30 100J. I. Braiulen-
herg, jr. 0 15 0 13 0 14 0 18 02 0 62j H. II. Stoddard 0 14 0 1«5 «i 20 0 20 70 0 70A, E. Andersuu 0 :1 0 17 0 20 0 23 84 0 84J. W. IlalîiT. ..424 4 24 4 25 4 25 82 10 98J. I. Uratuicn-¡.U\r-gi ,sr. 3 -* 3 25 3 25 3 23 88 14 100II) Huyler. 0 21 0 24 «19 0 21 m jq 91B. II. De \V«.lfe 5 23 5 21 5 25 5 25 75 25 10«/W. 11. llelehanly 4 24 i 23 5 25 5 25 81 21 100W. S. Silkworth 2 22 2 25 2 25 2 23 88 12 100
Army BasketballTeam BeatsN. Y. U.WEST POINT. N. Y.. Jan. 10.-TheArmy ran away with the New York
University team at basketball to-day,the Cadets winning 36 to 19 in whatpromised at the outset to be a closelyfought contest. The score at half-timewas Army 17, New York University 13.The Cadets drew away from the col-
legians early in the second period, andas the half wore on the lead length-ened. Clever passing and shooting, withj Vidal and Hahn starring,, marked the
j Army's work throughout.Egan was a hard worker for theViolet. In the preliminary event theArmy's phibe team was beaten by theNew York University freshmen. TheI score was 23 to 10.
The lineup:Army (38). Position. N. Y. U. (19).Hahn.K. F. KagmiGorman.D. I". MarinVidal.C. Baker jKnyser.n. C,.Im» iWells.UG. GardnerCtoals (nun field.Halin 0. Gorman 3, Vidal ß.Pliracl«?r, Keyser, W«.-Lsb, Kagan 2, Marin 3, andRaker. Goals from foul.Gorman, Shrader aniMarin 7. Substitutions. Army.Shrader for fi««'- ¡mau. Carter tor Halm. Hur.dell for Vidal, Keysor¡for WelLs and Miles 'or Keyser. N. V. U..Steiii-txrK for Kagan. Ftncnsky fur Steinberg, Hagan forI>oew ai:d KbeiiHeld for Gardner. Time of halve».
20 minutes. Rfrfereo.Mr. Deülng. Umpire.Mr.Klrbs-rgor...-m-~
Barry, King of Sculls,Wounded on West Front
LONDON, Jan. 19..Ernest Barry, the jchampion sculler of the world, has beenwounded in action on the Western |front as the result of the bursting of aGerman shell. Barry's career at thefront has been a short one, for althoughhe joined up many months ago, he wasonly recently sent to the trenches. Hislast appearance on the river was inNovember when he was out with W.D. Kinnear, the Diamonds winner of j1910 and 1911 and the Olympic cham¬pion of 1912. Barry came into prom¬inence first by defeating the Australian,George Towns, for the English cham¬pionship on the Thames in October,1908, subsequently retaining his titleby beating William Albany, who hasmade the supreme sacrifice in the war,and W. II. Fogwell, of Australia.
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Xavier High Five WinsThe Xavier High School scored its
eighth basketball victory out of ninegames played to date this season yes-terday afternoon at the Chelsea gym- ¡riasium. It defeated the .Midgets, ofCathedral College, by a score of 37 to10. At the end of the ñrst half Xavierwas leading by the score of 15 to 5.The victors outclassed the Cathedral jMidgets in every department of thogame, , I
StuyvesantNowj Holds Title ofTwo Boroughs
Stuyvesant High School captured thebasketball championship of Manhattanand The Bronx, in defeating Evander
; Childs, on The Bronx Church Housecourt yesterday, by a score of 58 to 8.
j The. winners easily outclassed theEvander boys in all departments of thogame, showing splendid passing andshooting.Stuyvesant led by the score of 27 to
4 in the first and more than doubledthis advantage in the subsequent half.Captain Halpern, Hatterer and Goellerwere the outstanding stars, the firsttwo named accounting for twentypoints each.
Stuyvesant wfll face Bushwick, win-ner of the Brooklyn title, in anothersemi-final round match of the P. S. A.L. championship tourney of the greatercity.The line-up follows:Stuyvesant (53) Position. Evander Childs (8).'Halpern.'....It. F.Stark
Hatterer.L.F.BlissGoeller.f.'.StannardLtaeluacli.K.O.IJpman
Mayer.UG.-.... Salzbergdials from field. Siui-.-e»ant. Halpern. 10; Hai¬
ti rer, 7: Goeller, 6; liaehracli, 1; Majar. 2. EvanderChilds-.Stannard. Goals from foul.Hatterer, 0;Stark, 4. Substitutes.Grody fur Hachracli. NleolOilfor Llpman. Tains for Bliss, Wolf fur Stannard. Ref-oroe.Marx, P. S. A. U Time iff halves.U0 minutes.
Richmond Hill High IsQueens Borough Winner
Richmond Hill High School won theQueens Borough division of the PublicSchools Athletic League basketballchampionship tourney by decisivelydefeating Newtown High School at theSt. John's College court, Brooklyn, yes¬terday by a score of 30 to 18.The Richmond Hill boys played at their
best, outshining their opponents atboth floor work and shooting. Demp-sey and Suttmeyer were the individualstars, with a total of 18 points betweenthem. Newtown held its rivals to a17 to 14 lead in the first period, buttired from the pace in the subsequentperiod.The line-up follows:
Riehmond Hill (Ü0). Position. Newtmrn (18).Morris.U F.FelnbloomEckart.It. F.WeilDempsiy.C.MullaneySuttmeyer.!.. G.1'laiowK. Seovil.R. G.Janiek
Goals from field: Richmond HUI.Morris, Kokart(ill. Draipscy (3), Suttmeyer (4), K. Scovll (2),Newtown.-Felnbloom (X). Well, Mullaney (3),1'Iatow. Goals frmn foul.Deuipsey (4). KelnbloomCI). Referee.Siskind. Fordham. Time of ha)Tes.13 minuits.
Hall and CraginTie at Tennis
The championship of the 7th Regi-ment Tennis Club for 1918 is still un-decided, although Walter Merrill Halland Arthur S. Cragin were supposed tohave settled the question of supremacyon the board courts yesterday after- jnoon. Darkness in the armory pre-vented them from finishing their finalround match, after four sets had beenplayed. Hall took the first and thirdsets by scores of 6.4, 6.4, and Cragintriumphal in the second and fourth, at7.5, 8.6. The match will probablybe finished next Saturday.The men relied largely on a deepdriving game to win their points, onlymaking for the net after the openingshad been made safe. The poor light in
the big drill hall seemed to affect Hallin the last set, and Cragin, putting onan extra spurt in the last two games,won the set and drew even with hisopponent.
Sanction Hockey MeetThe hockey committee of the highschools games committee has sane-
tioned the contesting of three ice skat¬ing races at the meet which is to beheld at, the City College Stadium rinkon February 12. The events arc at440 yards, 88u yard.« and one mile.Action is pendiDg as to whether theseevents should be for championshiphonors. <
Ganley Proves Too CleverWith RacquetforKinsella
New York A. C. Squash Player Makes Most of Handicapand Triumphs Over Champion in Three Straight
Games.Big Crowd Watches Match
By A. C. CavagnaroWalter A. Kinsella, world professional squash tennis champion, met
his first defeat in two years when he bowed to William F. Ganley, the.New York Athletic Club instructor, in a handicap match ou the New YorkAthletic Club court yesterday. Ganley had a handicap of five aces ineach game and scored his victory in quick and decisive fashion after threestraight cames. The scores were 15.13. 15.12. 18.-15.
The Point ScoreFIRST GAME
Total.Ganley .112 10 4 0 0 1.10.5.15Kirmella ....10054030 1. 13Aces.Ganley, by sen-ice, 1 ; misses, 3 ;
telltale, 2; placement. 4. Kinsella.By ser¬vice, 1 ; misse», 4 ; telltale, 4 ; placement, 4.
SECOND GAMEGanley .1 0 3 4 0 2.10.5.15Kinsella .1 1 10 0 0 I- 12
Aces.Ganley, by misses, 2; placement.2: telltale. 6. Kinsella, by service, 1;misses, 4; placement, 5: telltale, 2.
THIRD GAMEGanley ..10 3 0 0 20 3 0 2 10 1.13.5.18Kinsella . 1 4 1 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 x.15
Ace« -Ganley, by misses, 5; placement,3 ; telltale, 5. Kinsella.By service, 1 :misses, 7; placement. 5; telltale, 2.Referee. Private J. A. Reynolds, 305th
Company, Camp Upton.
Ingenue SkipsHome First inRed Bank RaceRED BANK, N. J., Jan. 19..Racing
to-day over the North Shrewsbury ice,covered with two inches of snow, JohnGibbons's Ingenue, sailed by Rube andEnsley White, came back after her de-feat of yesterday and won over RobertS. Johnson's Gull by -1 minutes and 21Íseconds, which nosed out George W.Bray's Daisy by 20 seconds, in a tcn-mile club event.Harry L. Ryder's Sleet, handled by
the owner, and Harold Bonfield, a mem¬
ber of the Cleveland Ice Yacht Club,and Andrew White's Brownie started,but withdrew.The race was sailed in a puffy west
wind, that sent the racers often up inthe air and made the snow fly. Thesingle-reefed Daisy led the Ingenuetwo legs of the first round, but RubeWhite made a longer reach across theriver, gained the lead, and brought theIngenue around the home stake riveseconds ahead of the Daisy.After ploughing through snowbanks'
the Daisy struck a lull, during whichthe Gull, with favorable puffs, passedher and finished in second place bytwenty seconds.The North Shrewsbury club racings
fleet will be materially strengthenedby the arrival to-morrow of Edward
j Fielder's Drub, former winner of theNorth American and state champion-ships. She will be tried out Mondayand Tuesday, and may be chosen withthe Ingenue as championship defend¬ers in the races with the Imp and¡Blanche, of the Independent club,[which will likely start Wednesday.
The challengers, Imp and Blanche,sailed a trial spin to-day, the formerwinning by a narrow margin. Thenewly purchased ice yacht Blancheshowed speed in a heavy breeze. Inde¬pendent club races for the I. T. Strauscups will be sailod to morrow.An interesting mutch race was mailed
between the newly built fifth class iceyachts Wizard III. own« d by GeorgeGillig, of New York, and Scout II,owned by George Ruppert. They cíean exact duplicate, cf endi other, bring)designed by Edward V. Willi*, cf Imp jand Drub fame, nr.-l built at <h2 RedBank Yacht Works.Captain Charles E. Throckmorton,who sailed iceboats on the Shrewsburyback in 1808 and on the Hudson River:
in the '80s, piloted the Scout If in thefirst race and won, and in the secondevent sailed the Wizard III to victory.The summary:
CLUB RACE..START, 3:57 P. M, Finish ElapsedRuât, an« crew. time. timeIngenuo, Itulie hi.i1 Efisley White 4 24:43 n 27 43Gull, It. S. Johnson and 0. Borden 4 29:05 0 32 05Daisy. Floyd ilrady at.«! I), Fisher. 4:29:25 t> 32Sleet, H. Ryder ami If. Braifleld WithdrawnBrownie. A. White and C. Trtiex.. Withdrawn.-«-
Penn Freshmen BeatLawrenceville Five
LAWRENCEVILLE, N. J.. Jan. 19..The Pennsylvania freshmen defeatedthe Lawrenceville basketball team hereto-day, 45 to 22. The game was un-usually fast and interesting. In thefirst half both teams were evenlymatched, but in the last half Penhgreatly outplayed Lawrenceville.The stars were Mouradian and Dan-
iels for Penn and Weiser and Waltersfor Lawrenceville.The line-up:
Penn, '-'1 (45). Position. Lawrenceville (Î2)Mouradian.1.. WeiserMcMckel.C. .AntrimZucker.G. P.owciiSpeaker.«J.! WallersGoals from field.Mouradian, Daniels «-,« -|.Nickel (5). Zucker, Speaker. Antrim (2) BoweuHalters (3). Koul ¡¡"a^ Mouradian (6) ZuckerWelser ('". Maxwell. SubstttuUons Lawrence-Tillo.O'Brien ii>r Antrim, Tamer for t'onklinLewis fur Boweu, Maxwell for Weiser, liiak» forWaiters. Penn freshmen.WllforU for MvuradiauBefen«.Heed.
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A. C. Cass High Score inBrooklyn Chess Play
A. C. ("ass, with a percentage of .677;E. Kaunheim, .640, and Dr. J. R. Taber,.575, were the three percentage prize!winners in the last quarterly sessionof the Brooklyn Chess Ciut>'s continu¬ous tournament. VV. Jennings, with atotal of 305 wins, captured the specialprize for the highest aggregate ofvictories in the quarter. Following arethe scores of the prize winners:
PerM«*0.- *Yon. **»*. «*niA. «. Cas«. r«W .1 6j7E BaunUeiui . i;i -<> ,;t*Dr. J. R. Tab«,.; ¦¦;. »0j»r. janiilr» .,.~...^,.. 305 ¿^ tLti j
The tricky manner in which the ballcarromed off the walls greatly puzzledKinsella. He missed many of his fa¬vorite shots, while bis smashing "kills"to the front wall did not return withthe usual lightning speed. Kinsella,after the match, declared that the slowcourt deceived him considerably, butadded that Ganley played a remarkablegame.Ganley changed his pace Quickly, tookthe drives of his opponent In a cool
manner and always had Kinsella jump¬ing around the court. He was th«*equal of the champion in driving andslightly outshone Kinsella in positionplay. Both men sent the bali aroundthe court with much force, Kinsellafrequently driving into the tclltaiu inefforts to keep the ball at a low angle.
Kinsella Lacks SteadinessIn all three games of the match Kin¬sella managed to gain the lead onactual points made, but his failure to| maintain this advantage cost him thematch. While he slumped badly a*;times, Kinsella played like a wizard inseveral instances. In both th«? secondt and third games tho title holder over-came his opponent's allowance after afew hands out, but then allowed tlp^advantage to slip through his linger:-.Ganley was quick to grasp every op-portunity that presented itself, and itwas these determined raili«?s at criticaltimes tfrat pulled out the match forhim. Each player featured his workwith sensational "gets," particularlyGaifsey, who succeeded in getting hisracquet to the ball for seemingly im-possible shots. .The match was the most importantplayed on the clubhouse courts, and thocapacity crowd that huddled togetherin the gallery enriched th-; Army andNavy Athletic Equipment Fund of thoWinged Foot club by almost $200.Among the spectators were a numberof army officers.Ganley held a momentary lead in the¡first game, when he took Kinsella bysurprise with a lightning attack andscored five aces in the first four hands.However, the champion was soon him¬self, and with consecutive runs of 5and 1 aces was on the heels of Ganley.The latter came right back at his oppo¬nent with a cluster of 4 points, and suc¬ceeded in gathering his necessary win¬ning point after three more hands.
Kinsella Takes LeadAgain in the second gamo Kinsellaheld a lead of 12 to 9 at the end ofthree hands. His run of 10 points inthe third hand came principally fromrushing his attack with 'cross-courtshots and bringing lightning return,"dead" to the back wall corners. How¬ever, Ganley a«:ain showed his steel bycollecting 6 aces in his next thro-games as Kinsella strove in vain tosolve his opponent's crafty game.The third game was bitterly fought,Kinsella rising to his best with defeatstaring him in the face. However, aft« rgaining a lead of 13 to 9, he becameerratic and Ganley managed to set thegame at 13.all. "in the issue for theadditional live points to win Ganleycontinued to outguess his opponent andwas the first to count the necessaryaces after a bitter fight. Kinsellafought to the end, forcing Ganley toplay Jive hands out before the finalpoint was counted. Kinsella just faile Îto get the ball over the telltale whenGanley returned the ball along the leftside wall.
De Witt ClintonWins With Ease
De Witt Clinton's basketball quintet,in its second match with, the passer.-, ofTownsend Harris Hall yesterday on theCity College court, won by the over¬whelming score of 1?, to 8.' Thé gamewhs a regular Public Schools AthleticLeague event, but no decision hung onthe outcome, as Clinton is out of thelimning in the lea>ru«3 championship.Sondack made fifteen points for theFifty-ninth Street team, of which tenpoints were tallied from five field bas¬kets. He caged live balls from thefoul line. King, the left forward forClinton, and Kozonowitz each baggedsix shots from scrimmage. Torpy mad«-two shots for Harris, and thest-, withtwo foul baskets bv LeGros and a lonegoal by Dwyer, furnished all of Har¬ris's counts. The downtown .-quad caíried the ball down to their post withpersistent regularity, shoving the balin with such case that the contest earlylost interest.The Crimson an-1 Gold team also lostto th'.» resident Signal Corps five by ascore of J'J to 2_'. Ex-collegiate staiappeared on the telegraphers' line-up.The line-up ami >umniaries of thescholastic game follow:
ton 12). Position. T K itKing.I- i. rK<-1 a:; R. F. ... ..Mr.-,R «to« «wltï.C. Smil .!\.«[i i .I, I. I'« k, llMSoi lark .It. G. . _ Le «ir.u«. «a -, icored King II km -.¦¦/. Kaplan !Sonda«* '.. Ton a¦ I '
Sondack '. and *..¦ «.,-¦- - Solfor Le Or«. D» ;' oevte.linr-m ui. Harria K« lei Mr K apial P. s. A. I.Tin .' half 5 mil.li ¦> »«. «sud 'first half «' Hall.
Chajes and JanowskiArrange Match To-day
Oscar Chajes, New York State chesschampion, now leading the champion¬ship tournament of the ManhattanChess Club, will meet. David Janowski,of Paris, chess champion of France, thisafternoon to come to a fin;«l undeistanding concerning the conditions ofthe set match, for which they will signarticle:;. Most of the games of thismatch will be contested at the Manhat¬tan Chess Club.
A. Kupchik, prese:.' Manhattan 0.C. champion, i.-> prepared t«> u-vc-pt theoffer of ti:<- French master to concedethe odds of four games in a match often games, and tins encounter is expe«*ted to take place soon after the conelusion ui Lía Jíuíuw¿1u-Lí«uc,í
