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ELEVENS WORK HARD.
Experimental Period Over, Team Play
Being Developed.
Football has,now taken on a more
serious aspect. -.Gold weather, harder
practice and more important games
mark that portldn "of the campaign
when every coach is seeking to bar*
monlze his material into a machine.
The experimental stage Is over, and
the elevens are prepared for the hard
contests that will follow one another
In close succession until the cham
pionship battles climax the season.
With the preliminary worl^>ver, the
time has come for a development of
that team play so necessary to suc
cess, and this can. be .accomplished
only by finding out the weak poiuts.
West Point has learned to its sorrow
that there Is such a thing as building
up too fast and that a good showing
against Yale, Harvard or. Princeton
does not make up for the loss/bf the
all Important game with the navy.
Yale needs a quarter,yind needs one
badly. Bingham, Hopkins. Wheaton
and Murphy have been tried, and still
the coaches arc not satisfied. -Murphy
may be the right man for tbo place,
lie is a heady player and the kind of*
man to inspire confidence. A few
weeks ago Philbln and Murphy were
reasonably sure men for halfbacks, but
the latter can be Spared, with Daly,
Brides, Lynn, Gardner and Church to
call on, particularly If he goes on as he
hus begun in the all important position
as director of the play. The ends are
coming along, well, particularly Kil
patrick, who shows an adaptability for
Maxine Elliott as Salome
“Myself-Beilina” |
Is Poorly Written. *
“Agnes” a Failure •>
“The American
Idea.," Musical
Comedy Success
A New Cohan Hit **
f msmtst
would simply mean unhappiness for
them both, that it has no genuine
moral foundation and that -the two
young ;-<*op]i» mutt be left to work out
their own salvation.
As for herself, ahe Is quite content
to give up her ambition and marry the
clergyman, with a view possibly of try
ing to convince him of the superiority
of life In Pares.
• New Cohan Hit
George M. Cohan has opened at the
New York theater with a new play,
"The American Idea," which is one of
tho best be has written and is as big
a success as "Little Johnny Jones," al
though Mr. Cohan himself is not In tho
cast. "Tho American Idea" Is full of
catchy music and various topical songs
which will,speedily become popular.
Mr. Cohan takes two rival Brooklyn
merchants to Paris who arc anxious to
marry their daughters to a title so that
one will outshine the other in Jjro'.k-
lyn society. A bogus count is pplmed
off on both of the unsuspecting Brook
lynites, but before the marriages are
consummated tho plot Is discovered.
George Beban as the bogus count was
at bis best, earning several good laughs
from the audience. Robert L. Dailey,
brother to the late Peter L. Dailey, ap
peared In the Important role of Stephen
Rustleford, the man who provided the
rival Brooklynites w|th husbands for
their daughters. Rosie Green and
Gertie Vanderbilt carried off the danc
ing honors of the play. "The Gen
darmes" was a clever bit of panto
mime. Trixie Frlganza, In excellent
spirits, appeared In the role of Mrs.
Waxtappcr. Miss Frlganza was her
Jolly self all the time, and her song
"Pet Names" 'was one of the musical
hits of tho evening and won a warm
welcome on this her return to Broad
way. Walter Le Roy had a good song
In "Sullivan," and Mr. Dailey's two
songs, "American Ragtime" and "Too
Long From Long Acre Square," were
well received.
manner, for where Is the modem play
that Is absolutely the writers own?
But Miss Crotlu rs in a vain effort to
combine her m«ed of originality with
that of the German' author of "Magda”
lo^ s b< nu-lf In the dismal awsmp of
inidlotrlly already overcrowded, and
Miss Elliott's managers alone are to
blame.’ i
The company nets the charactSrs ex
cellently. Miss J-lllfott shines In her
own radiance*, and Eric Maturln, Julian
L'Kst range. Grant Mitchell. Lois
Frances Clerk. Viola Fortesqu# and
Nance O’Neil in "Agnes.”
Nance O’Neil has appeared In the
Majestic theater in a four act play en
titled "Agnes," ,by George Cameron.
The piece contained one really strong
act, but sank back Into disappointing
mediocrity at the close. Miss O’Neil’s
characterization of a typical heroine of
the cheaper melodramatic school was
thoroughly stagy. She moved about
the stage in a restless, nervous man
ner, which was accentuated by the
continual movement of her hands.
"Agnes" tells the story of a woman
whose husband disappears for years.
As this Is a play, of course she marries
another man and of course husband
No. 1, having provided himself with an
unexpirlng return ticket, comes back
and proves a fly In the ointment of
conjugal bliss.
Husband No. 2, this being a play, was
of course a brain specialist and of
course obtains a new patient whom he
cures of loss of memory. Pupil No. 5,
the dullest scholar in our kindergarten
class, will now rise and state that the
owner of the tailor made brain proved
to be the missing husband, who very
thoughtfully dies. The originality of
this plot will Immediately strike all
those persons who have never seen a
play or road a book.
handling forward passes and onside
kicks. Logan, who bad first call over
Kilpatrick before he was Injured, may
find some difficulty in getting his place
hack. Biddle at center, Andrews at
left guard and Coombs at left tackle
appear to be fixtures.
Harvard’s recent games showed
weak spots In the line, at left tacklo
and at right guard. McKay would
make a good tackle, but ho continues
to play high and at bis leisure. Hoar,
•a tower of-strength last year. Is not
llvjng up to expectations, and through
him and Nourse at center many gains
have been made.
Fish at right tackle Is playing his
same hard game as last year and has
been opening good holes for his back
field and breaking up the plays of his
opponents when they are directed to
ward liim. Captain Burr Is Invincible *
In bis line position.
The Indians, as usual at this time of
the year, are further along than any
body in speed,, resourcefulness and
open, varied and swinging, shooting
plays. Glen Warner knows how to
make the most of their talents and to
prepare them for the team to bo met
In Thorp they have a worthy succes
sor to the toe experts who have gone
before. Nobody equals the Indians in
lifting the ball over the crossbar from
the field.
West Point and Annapolis art going
along nicely. The navy eleven Is a
veteran organisation compared to the
army’s. Most of tho names in Its
lineup are familiar from previous
‘array-navy encounters, while tho ‘re
verse Is true at West Tolnt
TOUR OF TENOR O’MARA.
Ireland’s greatest tenor, Joseph
O'Mura, will make a tour of the United
States. He will appear In the romantic
Irish opera. "Peggy Machree," the pro
duction which the late Denis O’Sulli
van headed last year.
O'Mara Is a Limerick boy. He was
educated In the Jesuit college in that
city, and when a lad sang ulto in and
led the famous choir of the Limerick
cathedral. He is the youngest son of
James O'Mara, J. P., known as the
grand old man of the Irish national
movement, and many important po
litical questions wero discussed In tils
Li meritk home by Butt and Parnell
and other leading Irishmen. Ills
brother, Stephen O'Mara, is one of the
treasurers of tho Irish parliamentary
fund. The O'Murus are one of the old
est and most practical Catholic fami
lies in Ireland.
He has the distinction of being the
first artist In England who sang be
fore the king after his accession to
the throne. Ho Is considered to bo the
finest exponent of the tenor music in
Liza Lehmann’s "In a Persian Gar
den" and has been chosen by her to
create tho tenor 'parts in her works.
RUTH MAYCLIFFE, WHO SCORED IN “GIRLS,” LATEST FITCH
SUCCESS.
Miss MnycllfTVhus played* the role of Violet Lansdowno In "Girls" slncd
Its original production at Daly’s theater. New York.
marlly orders her Into his study Jo
lecture her.
Uettlna, enraged, now deride*'to go
to a village dance which sho hat pre
viously a greed not to attend, auch
things being held «s sinful Ip the com
munity. Hhe aerepts ns escort . tho
minister's yoyng brother, who has been
flirting derpcratciy with her and who
mnkcs violent love to.her.
Thin lovemnking occurs over a bur-
ri d piece of pumpkin pis. sneaked
from the pantry by the young brother
after he and Bettlna have returned
from the Janets In the early morning
hours. It ta overheard by Boltina's
slater, who has announced earlier In
ths play tfiat she Is uuirrlcd to the
young brother In the sight of God.
or words to that effect, and who, be
ing. discovered weeping by Bettlna,
promptly confesses Jier fault.
Eventually the young clergyman In
sists that his brother must marry tho
girl, but Bettlna after some argument
proves to him that such a marrlago
MARIE STUDHOLME, LONDON STAR, WHO WARNS. GIRLS
FROM THE STAGE.
lllss Btudholme says home girls are happier than stage girls and that It
is «s arduous to become an actress as to be a successful blacksmith.
MAXINE ELLIOTT, STAR IN "MYSELF-BETTINA.
GRAND PRIZE AUTO RACE.
Chicago, In Middle West, Yale and Princeton, In East, Have Fasf Elevens
Two Leading Quarterbacks Are Steffen &.nd Dillon—Bas
Many Famous Drivers Entered In Sa
vannah's Contest on Nov. 26.
All motoring eyes are now turned
toward the Savannah (Ga.) automobile
race that will be given on Nov. 20. At
no time In America has such a collec
tion of great drivers and famous cars
been brought together as will appear
In tho grand prize auto contest.
First and foremost are the two for
mer Vanderbilt winners, Hemery and
Wagner, They will be mounted re
spectively, the Frenchman on the Ger-
man Benz and the German on the Ital
ian Flat. These two contenders In
twenty races would bo sufficient to
make a race that would satisfy any
motor loving public, but in addition
there is Sslsz In the Renault, the little,
blsck mustached Frenchman who
made such fast time here in 1006,
while Nazcaro, the captain of the Flat
team, la known here as the runner up
of Lancia In all his famous exploits.
Duray la the. big Dietrich has al
ways given a good account of himself
as a level headed, steady plugger, ac
companied by flashes of brilliancy,
which win him many friends In tho
Fournier and Cngo, tho
ARKFUL observation of ths
work of y»e leading football
trams of the east, west and
► mth «hows’at this early date
i< nii<| Princeton appear strong-
if <-nM. University of Chicago In
i. «i middle weal, and Vander-
* ■ >Aity in tha south,
im. kin.maulers probably do
the weight of Harvard'*.
> milk.- up :-»r that In {peed, a
e point under Ute prevent rules i
Princeton has a tram with
i' built about like Yale’s, mid (
■seymen In preliminary trials
o-.vn better training than either.
Harvard. However, that may*
!>t ! much, and Coach Ropr^
terback of the tlmta. la as much re
sponsible for this as Head Ooach Htagg
himself. Steffen Is a genius at getting
work out of a team, at gattlng his
men to hustl-i In prattle* a* though
they were In a gam* for the Wfltern
championship. It© la In the best, posi
tion a captain can hold, at quarterback,
for he is thus enabled to control the
general action of hit team at all llrte*,
especially during tha tints hi* team Is
attacking, when hit-team has posses-
alon of tho ball. And, tn addition,
young Hu-ffen Is ranked by leading
expert» ns above even Walter Ecktr-
■all. hi* predecessor, In kicking abil
ity.
Kddie Dillon of Princeton appears
like the closest rival to Steffen for
quarterback selection' for the AH
American team. Dillon's aptitude In
returning punts ta considered little
short of sm>atlonal.
Yale and Wait Point,
Yale was considered to he at A dls-
> > baseball'by .deciding that New York
. did not win the disputed game, on
j which depended the National league
{ championship and jvhlch had vital bear-
from Vanderbilt found places on the :
All Southern association. team than
from any other of the thirteen asso- j
elation teams. ;
Kentucky State college looks to have
tng on tbe v. arid'* championship. After
Pulliam'S decision the commission could
not ovenrnls It. without making Pul
liam appear ridiculous, and apparently
In order to save humiliating the entire
National leaguo by showing up Us
president the commission Anally con
cluded that U would support Pul
liam's decision. So the grotesque farce
was perpetrated of a National leaguo
championship race being decided on
the mertkt technicality In the private
office of a partisan league president
Known to have been on bad terms with
the best team among the six Kentucky
elevens in the Kentucky Intercollegiate
Athletic association. —— —
Of . the seven
academic teams In South Carolina the
Clhtnson eleven now lodks the best.
That New York-Chioago Tla Decision.
It Is now developing that several
members of the Chicago National
Uague base! all team believe that the
much discussed tfe gome should have
been .awarded to Now York, though
sevtral of the team. Including Evert.
Frank Chance and Pheckhnrd, claim 1
with President Charles Murphy that )
Tha Intent of the Rules.
To such a pass has the grandest of
all games descended. It Is all right to
talk about tbo rules being upheld, but
how about the spirit or intent of the
rules?' Does the National league presi
dent contend that baseball Is so much
of a business that the clement ct
sportsmanship ho seemingly despises
has no place therein at all? The great
American baseball public Is made up of
sportsmen who admire Mr. Pulliam's
ability in procuring an Immense raise
, in salary froth the league, but who do
not all agree with him in using his
office to drag down our nation's great
est pastime. True, prlseflghts. horse
races and wrestling matches have been
known to hava been conducted as "per
programme" or won or lost on technl*
calitlbs that had actually no material
bearing on the contest, but surely Mr.
Pohlam does got want to give quick
tempered persons an opportunity to
classify baseball with sporting enter
prises that are sometimes brought un
der unsportsmanlike Influences. While
Mr. Pulliam was honest tn making his
decision, he used lamentably poor
judgment, even poorer Judgment than
he has shown regarding past disputes
over umpires. His narrow, feeble con
ception of what baseball really means
to the American public will have bane
ful results on the game that will not
be overcome for years, and he Is shown
to be one who apparently believes there
Is no Intent or spirit In a law other
than what the law actually soya The
efforts and study of an entire baseball
team. manager, coaches and officials,
can be nullified by the excited action of
mn Individual player WHOSE ACTION
HAD NOT AND COULD NOT
HAVE HAD ANY POSSIBLE BEAR
ING. MATERIAL OR IMMATERIAL.
ON THE ACTUAL RESULT OF
THE DAME AS PLAYED ON THE
FIELD j
And al»« Mr Pulliam apparently be-1
grand stand.
Stnta team, have both been over be
fore. Fournier la remembered as being
the first driver that did a mile tinder
a minute In America when he won tho
Coney Island (N. Y.) Boulevard mile
event In a Mors In 51 4-5 seconds in
November, 1007. ‘
"Jumbo” Stiehm Eligible,
"Jumbo” Stiehm, center on the Wis
consin university football team for the
last two seasons, Is now back In his
old position for the Badgers. Recent
ly he was declared eligible to play
again. During the Bummer session
Stiehm attended the law school and
was conditioned in one of his studies.
The law faculty refused to give him a
special exnminstton to remove the con
dition, and It was believed that he
would not be able to qualify for the
team this season.
Whitney and Duryea to Remain.
Recent announcements were made
that Harry Payne Whitney an4 Her
man B. Dnryca would send many of
j their race horses to England, but the
i young turfmen will have thorough*
jbreds on the New York tracks next
i’ vear In addition. The change of base
• for some of the Whitney and Duryea
1 h Is purely experimental.
us selected as a battle-
it was found necessary
>* entire racing establish*
RIGHT HALF. FULLBACK, LEFT HALF.
HOW TO PLAY FOOTBALL-UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO BACKS'IN SMASHING TANDEM PLAY THROUGH RIGHT TACKLE.
•l b. r.>r. n t player, right halfback, will hit tbe line flrat to help make an opening tor the second man. fullback, who. though running swiftly, will receive
I ii- m c art :: . k The left half will plunga against fallback’s back to shoye him through the line, aided by his fellow team mates on the left wins
tne ‘ir.r u ho • ifi over from their positions after center snaps back ths balL u a clear openlng.lt jtude fur the fullback, the halves and quarter will aid
EDWARD COY, THE GREAT YALE FULLBACK.
that there is no equity In base-
( England
. ground In
fans who state that they never again
will pay admission to a National
h-ague game, owing to Pulliam's de
cision. CHARLES E. EDWARDES.
ler can givo tho names and
of at least thirty baseball
ment.
Many New 2:10 Trotters.
Thus far there arc twenty-three new
:10 trtttars. At the Mine time lost
ear there were but ten.
GOSSIP OF THE STAGE.
successful ruoe track plunger with I a retired actor. played a similar rale
phen. in n*l Lick Sta:»K> Korde i* in »n Henry W Savnge's original produc
ts Hupportlng.. tlou of -Peggy From Perla.”
Helen Hale ha* returned from Parts, Among the encasement* for Annie
wkar* she haft been atadyinx mui-ie Russell's ouiwpsn) are Do re Davidson,
t >r tU ; j'-. mx inrnth* she will l>e Oswald Yorkr. Jessie Ralph ar.J Alma
lending woman for William Collier in Kruger.
“The Patriot" It is riven out that Mr*. Leslie Car-
Mark Sullivan, who t» playing In: ter 1* to Mppear tn November In the
“Lola From Berlin" the character of ■ moot elaborate production of her ca-
“Xrtle." Is playing the leading Juvenile
role in "A Gentleman From Mississip
pi"
One of the vaudeville acts of the rea
son is a skating exhibition In which a
real Ice machine Is used to make -ice
for the skaters.
When Marguerite Clark becomes s
•tat. David Lewis will be tho principal
comedian of her company, / ^ _
and It Is to have trial production
L00 Angvlea If succcserul it U to
upon tour.
Grace George la to appear again
[ rter No details are given of the play
except that it Is by John Luther Long,
the author of “Adrea."
The male chorus of "The Fair Co
ed,* In which Elsie Jants Is starring.
Is composed entirely of college men
“The Waits” has an osculatury
eptaodfl lasting fbrty-flvo seconds.
| Lawrence Wheat, who wu Georg*!
I Ade’s selection for tho title rule of i
Fiotman.
starring aa the
. ..arr.s, In .George M
“The Talk of N< *
Cork." In this piece Moore plays a 1
-ment of Chari
’tetor Moore
ngy hero. Kid
Unglaub Now Playing Second.
Bob I'nglaub has been assigned at
Washington's second base permanent
ly, so aa to make his. batting available.
the Henry. Upton Sinclair has dr-rr
Tbe plays of Us earlier atones, Trim
