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Judgments
THb OTUBR day In Chloago
when th minor league oxeou
Uvea gathered la Chicago pre
paratory to departure (or Ban
Francisco to attend the annual
convention of the National Association
( Profeaaional Base Ball League in
that city this week. It was announced
(that but twenty-two minor leagues xlst
In the country today as compared to
forty-seven minor leagues which existed
In the United States a year ago. Base
ball has been critically 111 for the last
two years, that Is not to be denied, and
the best evidence of the fact that some
where something Is radically wrong Is
that the minor leagues are giving up the
ship.
Various reasons for the decline In the
support of bass ball have been advanced.
It has been asserted that Uu bad
weather has been responsible. Again It
Is said the European war and unsettled
commercial conditions are causes. Per
haps, but there is one cause above all
others and the magnates and players
themselves are at tault.
Even so recent as three years ago the
public believed It knew base ball. It
could keep score, knew averages, could
speak Intelligibly of the plays, rejoiced J
when It discerned a "bone-head, lore
told a "hit and run." a sacrifice bunt or
fry and patted Itself on the back when
It predicted a pitcher was slipping and
then saw that pitcher Jerked an Inning
later. It was all so simple and undert
standable and the American publto pro
nounced base ball the national pastime.
Suddenly there was a change. 'The
scene shifted as at a theatrical spec
tacle. . A moment of dark . stage ., with
clashes and rumbling of thunder that in
dicates something doing by the villain.
When the lights flash on a moment later
groups of warring magnates and queru
lous players begin to talk about broken
contracts, the long green, misrepresen
tations, broken faith, suits at law. actions
and reactions, all making up a dust
cloud that obscured the vision of the
fans who loved the sport.
Professional base ball became the storm
center of a volcanic disturbance which
tranjformed the whole thing from a sport
to a commercial game; It became a busi
ness frensy with dollar signs taking the
place of hits and errors In the averages,
and the sport page came to resemble a
financial pase. The fan turned away in
disgust.
The public today knows little about the
commercial game of base ball, anJ ap
parently cares lens, from Indications told
by the gate receipts. The game Is the
same as it was in Its palmiest days, per
haps a little better In it finesse and fin
ish. It is still the one distinctive Amer
ican sport; that which Americans play
better than all the rest of the world
combined. There is no danger of the
sport retrograding, for Americans love
the sport and their interest will never
become dead.
But professional base ball baa received
kl.ntr T Mt.(MUltV TTll 1 1 lOTl lit !
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Owners, wiin weir uue ueui
court, politics In the different leagues
and national commission, contract Jump
ing by players, threats of the players'
fraternity to strike, deliberate lying,
double-crossing and misrepresentation by
club owners aa to engagements and trans
fer of players, quarrels over territory,
the injection of a lot of money-seeking
men into the game, a third league to
disturb the harmony that existed for a
score of years, all have helped to give
the sport a black eye, and the men In
the professional game, men like Garry
Herrmann, Governor Tener and Ban
Johnson, who are trying to prescribe for
Its ailments, must eliminate commercial
ism If they intend to restore professional
ball to its original popularity.
Further proof that the American pub
lic still retains its love for base ball is
the attention given amateur base ball. A
crowd of 100,000 persons saw the Omaha
Luxus play In Cleveland against the
sixth city champions on October 10. How
many persons attend the games at the
Cleveland American league park? A mea
ger few compared to that crowd which
attended the amateur game. In Omaha
dozens of amateur ball teams play every
Saturday and Sunday, and every one of
the games plsyed Is well attended. Ama
teur base ball Is attracting the fan who
used to follow the professional game, and
the amateur brand will continue to make
gains in popularity while the professional
name loses as long as magnates and, play
fa maintain their present tendencies.
From the mix up in the Big Nine con
ference it looks very much as if western
foot ball followers will have to turn to
Nebraska this year If they hope to find
a team with a clear bid for the western
championship.
Well, now that Brown has given Walter
Camp's pride and Joy Its weekly trounc
ing, we presume Tom Shevlln will be
given the gate by the peevish Captain
Wilson.
Who IS your Cholc fur All-American
endt Chamberlain? That makes It unan-
mous.
Poor Tommy Mills. With Notr Pame
and South Dakota yet to come.
and vtop
FAIR FANS JIRE , FAYORED
Sandlot Foot Ball Warrior Honor
Ladies by Admitting Them
Free to Garnet.
TWO BIO GAMES ON TODAY
By FR.AHK QCIGLET.
The ladles were ever fortunate. '
At three of Omaha's parka where Bun
day foot ball U played ladles will be
admitted without admission charge to
day. Rourke park, Luxua park and the
county fair grounds are the gridiron
yards where ladles will be admitted free.
The sandlot warriors have decided to
Invito the fair ones to become followers
of foot ball and for ' that ;feason are
clipping off the admission' charges for
them. With good weather today the
above mentioned parks should be loaded
to the top with members of the fair sex
and they will see some good foot ball,
too.
Two' games of foot ball that should
prove rather magnetic In drawing a
large crowd ' are on the program at
Rourke park for this afternoon. The In
itial mix. which will commence at 1:30,
will be between the Maidaa, the lenders
of the Pioneer league, and the Ramblers.
The latter say they are going to put a
crimp In the championship aspirations
of the Mazda. These two teams are
approximately evenly matched, so a hard
battle for supremacy is anticipated.
On or about I o'clock, the Columbians,
champions of Omaha, will .battle with
the strong team from Havelock, Neb.
The Haveiock team will tip the beam
around the ISO-pound mark, and have
several fast university men on their ros
ter. This team represents the Burlington
shops at Havelock, and as they have the
advantage .-of . daylight practice they
should be a tough aggregation to whip.
Last week the Columbians practiced
hard for. this debate, and as they average
170 pounds, the Havelock boys will have
their hands full handling them. Morton,
a colored player, formerly with Drake
university, haa Joined the Columbians.
He will atrengthen their backfleld con
siderably. The 'lineup:
HAVELOCK. . COLUMBIANS.
Farulnar
.C.
C.
... Murphy
... Sandau
Oorhaur ...
Malone ....
Brnnanlan
Jackson ....
Oriffith ...
Meyers ....
Reed ,
Griffin ...
Minor
Johnson ..
Barker ....
Smith
..R.O.
..L.U.
. .R.T.
..L.T.
R.O.
L.Q.
R.T.
L.T.
Rosso
Newman-May
....McOormli'k
Knwtnlln
..RE
RE.
.L.E. L.E Furbush
...R.S.
...LH.
,...F.B.
....Sub.
g- Qulgley
R-H. Dalley
H Morton
F B. P. Sndu-Qlbson
Sub. Boyle
Sub Llghtfoot
...Sub.I
Championship Fray On.
All the local Class A squada have been
removed from the championship fight, but
three, namely, the Columbians. Mon
mouth Parka and Nonpareils. Today the
Nonpareils and Monmouth Parka will mix
at Luxua park about three and a half
whistles, to ascertain which team w.ll
Play the Columbiana for the pennant
Both the Parka and Nonpareila are in
the pink of condition, ao a tough battle
la looked for by the loyal supporters of
both clubs. Frank Golden, a well known
player In amateur and high school cir
cles, la now coaching the Nonpareils, and
under his tutorship the Nonpareila ought
to be able to spring a few new wrinkles
on the Monmouth Parka.
The lineup:
PARKS,
Llndmler
Payne
Nordstrom ...
Shrum
Croft
Williams
Howes
NONPAREILS.
C. C Selden
.R.G.IR.O Lynch
..L.G. L.G Kumorfsky
..R.T. K.T Schuelsky
..L.T. UT Pearaon
.R.E. ItE Fori
..L. E. L.E Kloliy !
McCreary
Tallman .
Pe France
Q.B.IQ.B....
..R.H.B.IR.H.B.
..L.H.U. L.H.B.
Moore
Smith
Fitch
... Sullivan
Moran
f.b.;f.b..
bunsututes: Alonmoutn Parka. Kelly
for Nordstrom, Johnson for Croft, Hal
ler for Williams. Rector for Howes, LtdU
for Moran: Nonpareila. Cavel for Lynch,
Tracey for Smith, Golden for Fitch.
Gridiron Gossip.
Next Sunday Simpson and Carlson will
be back in the game with the Monmouth
l arks against the Columbians.
On next Friday at Dolson'a Dancing
academy the Monmouth Parka will give
their Initial danoa of the aeaaon.
Out at the Douglas County Fair grounds
the Monmouth Park Reserves and the
Florence Athletic will tangle thta after
noon. The lineup of the Montclalra has been
bolstered up and now the Class B
troupes will have to sip alone to trounce
them.
Although the Fontenelles have not won :
a game this aeaaon, neverthelesa they put
ud a suir uaiue against an oi tneir op-!
ponent. I
On Thanksgiving Day the Columbiana I
will play a return game at Missouri Val-
ley, la. Their last argument resulted in
a o to o tie.
The Nonpareil Reserves and the
Fontenelle Reserves will stage the cur
tain raiser at Luxua park thla afternoon
at 1:30 o'clock.
Approximately 201 rooter will accom
pany the Havelock. (Neb.) team to
Omaha today, for the purpose of rooting
for their home boys.
The Havelock foot ball team that will
play the Columbians at Rourke park to
day have not been trimmed on tbeir home
giounds In two years.
Mr. King, formerly with the Nebraska
university, ia . coaching the Havelock
(Neb.) team that will bump np against
the Columbians today.
Over at Athletic nark. Council Bluffs,
the Council Bluffs Midgets will exert all
their stored-up energy to hand the Mont
clalrs of Omaha a lemon. r
Next Sunday out at Rourke park the
Columbian and Monmouth Parks will
hook up. Thla game Is always the big
one In local foot ball circles.
Oakland (Neb 1 la anxious to secure a
gsme with an Omaha team for Turkey
day. Address King Johnson, manager
Oakland foot ball Uam, Oakland. Neb.
On Turkey day the Monmouth parks
Tim OMAHA
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Cornhuskers Have Two Candidates for
All-Western Honor Eleven This Year
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Guy Chamberlain
The University of Nebraska has two
candidates for the All-Western honur
foot ball team this year. Ouy Chamber
lain and Captain Dick Rutherford are the
men.
If the weatern critics fall to place both
of these men on their chosen elevens,
followers of Nebraska out here In the
Missouri valley, will promptly class tho
western experts in the same order with
Walter Camp and the other easterners,
whose line of vision ends with the Al
legheny mountains. For, If ever two war
riors of the gridiron were entitled to rec
will run a special train to Valley, Neb.,
where they bump up against the town
team. About 136 have pronused to make
the trip.
Last Sunday Dunlap (la.) slipped one
over on the Miller Parks to the tune of
40 to V Outside of the large score the
Omaha boys reported they were treated
like kings.
On the municipal lot at Thirty-second
street and Dewey avenue, the Athletics
and Thirtieth Street Merchants will bat
tle at S o'clock. The last name between
those two squads was copped by the Ath
letics. When the Columbian Reserves received
a trimming; at the hands of the Ath
letics, they thought It would be a goud
Idea to change their monicker, so now
they are knewn a the Nonpareil Re
serves. All kinds of teams want to book games
at Omaha this season. The Sportsman
club of Chicago, the White Fronts pf 61.
Piuil and champions of les Moines have
written lor games. How could any Omaha
team pay their expenses?
The second game at Athletic park thU
afternoon will be let ween the Fnnienelles
of Omaha and the Council Bluffs IteJ
Socks. The Red Socks will outbeof the
Omaha troupe, but they will have to step
around lively to slop the Fontentlles'
speedy backfleld.
Potts Sandau la back at the fullback
position for the Columbians. He played
with ths Columbians last year, hut did
not Intend to play this season. Last Sun
dsy when he saw that hi former team
mate were weak in offensive work he
decided to come back.
Wagner Good for Two
Years, Says Clarke
Fred Clarke saya that Wagner will be
of good service aa a regular for about
two more year. At 44 he may not figure
In many game, but the rare and be
loved old bit of German antique ware will
be seen around In uniform until th con
crete In the atadluni crumblea. Barney
Dreyfua ha said thla time and again:
"There will be a lot of things to keep
Honua useful In a Pirate uniform until
one or the ether of ua la gono."
INDIANA HAS FOOT BALL
PRACTICE BY ARC LIGHT
During the recent heated spell the Uni
versity of Indiana hit upon a decided
novelty. Coach Cbtlds had the foot ball
field lined with powerful electric ltghta
and held the practice work In the even
ing, tbua enabling the players to get
hard, grinding work without the fatigu
ing and wearing grind Imposed by play
ing In mid-summer sun, which would
entail a too rapid reduction of weight
The venture proved an entire success and
point to possibility of night foot ball
games. Such gamea would attract many
tlmea th number of spectator that a
gam could In daylight
SUNDAY IIEK: NOVEMHElt
I HAVfcTO TCLU "OO
A BOOT OPENING CrXAPE,
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ognition on the theory elevens, Chamber
lain and Rutherford are.
Chamberlain is the greatest open field
runner who ever dug cleats in the soil of
Nebraska field. Even the 'old timers, who
are wont to favor men of their time
men like Johnny Bonder admit that
Chamberlain stands above them all, and
that Is enough to cinch tho matter. When
an old grnd admits a present-day star Is
greater than the utars of his time It can
be set down as a truth.
Chamberlain's wonderful carrylns; of tho
ball Is the result of Ms own ability, too,
and not the result of nn Irreproachable
Interference. For Chamberlain Is too fast
for the Interference tils mate try to form
for him. He Is ahead of It beforo he
passes the opposing line and ho carries
tho ball by the simple, expedient of his
own superior prowess aa an open field
runner.
But Chnmherlaln Is net only a great
offensive player, but he Is equally as
good on the defense, although, of course,
his work In this branch Is not as sensa
tional nnd the ordinary onlooker will let
some of his wonderful defensive, playing
escape.
When Guy crouches down at the end
position, that closes that end. Nobody
ever went around Chamberlain's end for
a long gsln and breaking up forward
passe Is his specialty. In tho Notre
Dame game every big gain was around
Rlddell'a flank, not Chamberlain's. The
most wonderful Interference ever seen on
Nebraska field was exhibited by the
South Bend boys, but that Interference
had no terrors for Chamberlain. He
broke up the Interference and then
downed the man with the ball. An ordi
nary end would never have a chance
against that Interference, but Chamber
lain not only broke up the Interference,
but got the man with the ball.
So It la that Nebraska supporters can
aee no way clear for the western critics
to neglect Chamberlain's bid for all
western honors and there are those who
believe he la the greatest end In the
country and ahould be placed on the
AU-Amerlcan honor teams. And they
aren't far wrong at that.
For the last two years Dick Rutherford
haa been a unanimous choice for the
second all-western team. ' This year Ne
braska men believe ha ahould be given
hla due and placed on the first team.
Last year he deserved a position on the
big team, but didn't get It
If there Is a halfback in the weat who
BEAT NEBRASKMAW SLOGAN
Jayhawkeri Trying to Inject Some
Pep Into Squad of Alleg-ed
Cripples.
STABS ALSO SH0BT IN LESSONi
LAWRENCE, Kan.. Nov. T. (Special. -
With five regulars on tha Injured list
with Andy Groft, stellar guard, out of th
game for the rest of tha season becaua
of an attack ot malaria, and with th
danger of loalng alx star through scho
lastic Ineligibility on the very eve of tha
Nebraska game, tha University of Kan
aaa foot ball squad will begin tomorrow
to prepare for the contest with tha Corn
huskers on November 11
According to Coach Olcott the Jay
hawker mentor, the crisis of the aeasoa
1 at hand, and unless Kansas rallies
within the next few daya It will lose to
both Nebraska and Mlaadurt The fact
that the Kansas university eleven stand
to lose no less than alx of Its stars be
cause of poor aoholarshlp has been made
no secret by Olcott. Ths sickness of
Groft la also a serious matter. Unless
Keeling 1 able to play center by next
Saturday, Hammond will have to be used
In that position, leaving Groft's old place
at guard In the handa of an Inexperi
enced atring man. 8hould Keeling be
able to play, however, Hammond will be
used at guard. 'Thla la hla old position
and tha one which ha played on Coach
Mosae'a eleven.
Llndaey, B. GUllsple, Hammond, Fast
and Lawellyn are all suffering from In
juries of varying seriousness, and their
condition 1 causing tha Jayhawkera baak
era no little anxiety.
Hooters Not Dlseoaraged.
Despite the poor condition of the aquad
spirit at Kansas la little dampened, tha
defeat at the handa of Oklahoma having
apparently no effect on the rooting body.
Failure of the Kansas Una to charge,
miserable tackling and, worat of all. In
ability to play foot ball th whole sixty
minutes of the game were the thing
which Coach Olcott blamed for the loss
of th game. The Kansas university
backer, however, assigns It to mere hard
luck, and hopes blithely on that tha
Jayhawk will be vlctorioua over the
Huker. And Coach Olcott aupporta their
hopea
"We have a good chance a very fair
chance to beat the Huskers," he says,
"and auch over-confidence talk of Kan
aaa already being beaten that la coming
from Lincoln will help our auccesa."
A little verse which appeared In the
Kansas University atudent paper last
7, 1915.
Drawn for The Bee by George McManus
VELL-VHX DON'T
TOO forVf &OMfcTHHq-
SHUT OP - DON'T
0U OARC TALK
. BACK TO ME
Capi. Rutherford
Is the aiperlor of Rutherford Nebraskans
would llkei to- see him. Cornhuaker fol
lowers cannot even aee Harold Pogue,
Macombcr or Maulbasch as superiors of
the Nebraska captain. He doesn't make
fifty and sixty-yard runs, but he plug
off many a ten and fifteen-yard gain
during a game and these kind of galna,
especially when they are made sa con
sistently as Rutherford makes them, are
a big help In running up touohdowns.
week shows how the Jayhawker atudent
body looks at the coming Nabraska game.
The Jingle runs as follows:
BEAT NEBRASKA.
What Is it the seniors swear
In that awful death-grim air?
Why that deadly look they wear?
Beat Nebraska.
What Is it tha Juniors call.
On the subject of foot ball,
As they gather 'round Green Hall?
Beat Nebraska.
What do all the sophomores cry
With a look of do or die,
And a tear drop In their eye?
Bea. Nebraska.
What was it tha freshman said1,
As he scrambled into b, u.
And he covered up Ills head?
Beat Nebraska.
When, after the done of day.
Lawrence Mils are tucked away,
. What do all the kiddies pray?
Beat Nebraska.
Dooin is Boosted
for Managerial Job ,
of Smoky City Nine
Charlie Dooln may get another chanca
to make good aa a manager In the Na
tional league. The former leader of the
Phils ia now tipped a probable auc
cessor of Fred Clarke at Pittsburgh.
Though It waa reported some few daya
ago that Jack Hendricks ia slated to suc
ceed Clarke, members of the New York
ball club are Inclined to believe that
Dooln atanda a better chance than Hen
dricks of receiving the appointment
Manager John McGraw of the Giants Is
reported to have interested himself In
Dooln'a behalf, and It is said that ether
National league notables are bringing
strong pressure to bear on Barney Drey
fuss with a view to persuade tha Pitts
burgh magnate to place Dooln in charge
of hla team.
HERE'S CHANCE FOR SOME
OMAHA FOOT BALL ELEVEN
Here' a chance for an Omaha amateur
foot ball team to make a little trip on
Thanksgiving day.
The Khenandoah All-Stara would Ilka to
battle aome fast Omaha eleven at Shen
andoah on Turkey day, ao tha manager
of the team Issues a blanket challenge to
any team In the city. A letter add reused
to the manager of the All-Star foot ball
team at Shenandoah will settle the busi
ness. Klsht Conch Relieved.
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cough, soothes the lungs and Invites
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SETTLING 4 THEWAR AGAIN
But Judje Landii Still Siti Tight on
Trust Decision and Nothing
Can Be Bone.
FEDS MAT WITHDRAW SUIT
NFW TORK. Nor. 1 -fettling tho bas
ball war I again th king of all Indoor
porta. New solution of what la becom
ing an old trouble are developing dally,
aorne of them carrying considerable merit
many none at atl.
And In the meantime Judge Keneaaw
M. Landls Is still presiding over a fed
eral court out Chicago way, guarding
decision on the now almost forgotten
ntl-trust ault instituted by the Federal
league last winter. Ha ha never an
nounced that he haa reached a declalon,
but It la almost certain that h haa, and
la waiting for what appear to be an op
portune moment for springing It
That decision may favor the Feds, or
It may favor O. R. In any event It la
still pending, la atlll an entirely unknown
quantity among base bailer of both fac
tions, and until It la voiced will atand in
tha way of any pact or plan calculated
to merge the two warring parties or In
some other way modify conditions.
As likely aa not the belligerent factions
would have only to decide on a Una of
action to precipitate a decision which
would make th plan utterly uaeleaa and
Impossible. Organized and outlaw mag
nates alike wm to have lost atl Interest
In this suit, but It has never been with
drawn, and until It la withdrawn muat
remain with Judge Landls aa ' a weapon
apt to heave devastation and a despair
Into either, perhaps both, camp.
It Is largely on account of thla ault
that deaplt th many pop-eyed report
to the contrary, organised baa ball, and
perhapa outlaw baa ball, too, la making
no apeed record toward clarifying th
situation. Magnatea on both side ar
loath to plot out a schema In advance of
the decision, and, for the present, equally
loth to suggest that they would appro
elate a little display of speed on tha part
of Judge Landl.
The beat proof that th alleged world's
aerlea conferencea between representa
tives of tha Federal circuit and members
of the National commission produced no
definite agreement lies In tha fact that
ths Fede have not asked permission to
j withdraw their suit When, if aver, a
reai peace movement la set in motion the
first act of tha outlaw will ba to ask
auch permission or apply for another
hearing with tha Idea of receiving from
Judge Landla a definition of base ball's
legal status and auggeatlona for It better
control.
Organised baa ball, sine tha untimely
death of Robert W. Ward, la wondering
what effect hla passing will have, not
only on tha proposed invasion of Man
hattan, but on thoa Federal league clubs
outald of Brooklyn which ha was popu
larly supposed to ba financing. No secret
ever has been mad of th fact that tha
Tip Tops were not tha only recipients of
hla bounty. At least two other club have
been Hated aa Ward properties.
Heretofore Jim Gllmoro haa never failed
to dig up money In largo quantities when
necessity urged. During th last six or
Ight months, however, tha public print
have devoted ao much epac to tha pre
carious condition of th game as a whole
that It la now hard even to approach
1100,000, where two years ago ISO0.O00 could
be had almost for tha asking.
DRAWING UP MOTOR BOAT
RACING CIRCUIT THIS YEAR
NEW YORK, Nov. S.-A motor boat
racing circuit for next aummer may ba
eatablished following the suggestion mads
at tha annual meeting of tha American
Power Boat association at tha Waldorf
Astoria hotel. Vice Commodore Cheater
R. Hoag of tha Thousand Island Yacht
club, presented the plan for a racing cir
cuit. Races would ha haM , .
oup over courses on tho Et Lawrence
! river at tha Thousand Islands, tha St.
j Clair river at Detroit on Lake George
I nl Manhaaset bay. A definite plan for
tne race la to b worked out later.
OMAHA ATHLETES CARE
NOT, FOR CORN HUSKING
"Nothing doing." was th unanimous
reply of Qua Williams, Cy Forsythe and
half a doaen other Omaha ball player
when Pat Ragaa Invited them to visit
Pat's farm near Blanchard, la., and husk
soma of Pat'a born. Ragan husks corn
every fall and thought It would bo nice
to invito aome of hla athletlo frienda to
help him this year, but the aald athletlo
frienda could not quite figure) out the
benefit of tha pastime.
REPORTS DUCKS FLYING
IN SANDHILL COUNTRY
Arthur Keellne and Frank Haskell left
Omaha yesterday for Cody for a few
days' shooting. Reports to Omaha hunts
men from the sandhills say that the
ducks are beginning to fly and that th
shooting Is picking up. A day or two of
cooler weather Is sll that Is necessary to
have tralna pulling out of Omaha, loaded
to the top with shooters and their para
phernalia. 1
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ARMY AND NAYY LINING UP
Soldiers and Kiddies Are Getting
Into Better Shape for Their
Annual Battle.
MANY CHANGES IN LINEUPS.
NEW TORK. Nov. 1-Both th Army ,
and Navy eleven aftr a disappointing
start ar now rapidly reaching a higher i
standard. Th mlddl especially arn.
coming fast and there'a every reason to ,lr
believe the West Polnt-Annapolla gam
on tha Polo Ground November S7 will
be just as bitterly contested as all pre-,
vloua Army-Navy gridiron battlea i
The cadet, and middle both lost,..
through graduation a number of tarT..- ,
Tha loaa of Prttchart and Mertllat tha..,,,
wonderful forward-passing oomblnatlon,.r,js
that defeated the aallora two years, was,,,,
a severe blow to the cadets. Th nw,4 ort
material was promising, but very green, , j
and coachea were undecided for aome, t'
time about making varsity (election.
It waa the uncertainty of coachea andtp
tha alow development of the eleven thatHwi
waa mainly responsible for Colgate' vlc-
tory over West Point Tha earn trouble i
prevented the middle from winning a
gamo early In tha aeaaon. I
The Army coaches have practically
solved their problem by playing Ollphant !
a former Purdue star at quarterback. TMs
husky westerner waa tried flrat at one of "' "
the end position. After a few trlala h .
waa shifted to quarter, where he I con
sidered a fixture. Ollphant, very fast Tof
on o tocklly built i a first rat open
field runner and a good Una plunger. His
unusual kicking ability will prove to b" J
a West Point asset 'J ,'(
m. t . .i i i. - i... m etl!
4 no uimuicB iibvv mis m I'ruiiiip uia ina
terial, but Lieutenant In graham and,
were undecided how to place It In tho.
early gamea. After considerable shifting '
Blodgett, a giant New Torker, who haf H
been In tha Maw hanVftaM fn two un '
waa made over into an end, and a good . ,
on. Blodgett'a unusual height and reach j
make him exceptionally useful on th r- jr
celvlng end of passe, a atyl of gam"v. ,
whlch th sailor ar being thoroughly !
drilled In. Mllee, at quarter, and Von j
iHelmburg, tha fullback, do most of tha ,
passing. Navy coaches aay these two
backs can hurl a foot ball with the ac
curacy of a catcher throwing down to
second bae.
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