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THE CHAJ8L01 iK NiV , NOVEMbbR il, 1911, Johnson Renounces (By W. W.. NAUOHTON.) Moleskin Heroes Pass Into Discard With Season's Close (By w. S. FARNSWORTH.) way against a fighting defense. A rad- , VArk Dec 2—With th« cloilnf change in the rules must be made. js.e'W’^or . -- are pond^rlnj? seriouslj' as of tie football season, an usually to whether a football game which is lirfe number of the moleskin heroes ^tter served by defense than it is by will - *”fnreoHetv wTth the ending of when, as » matter of fact, t’je irnv Vavv and the Yale-Harvard, burden of proof and the greater load -s fn!i wors of the pigskin said of responsibility should fall on the , .ome of the greatest players attack. If a good defense is better * followed the game. jthan a good attack, they insist that ',ml>ridge. Captain Arthur Howe ,the^ game do^ not balance well and e number or ine maicoKin uoruvs u«iier servea oy aere’.ise than it is by -6 into the discard. The ca> attack is a good athlet'c sport. They of the football star is the briefest.bring themselves to believe that nv athlete—today a hero, tomor* * premium should be i.Ia-ed on de- made his last appearance. Jim,that som« weight is needed on nd Charley Paul, the Blue’s _side, while a little should the at- be tak- Klmer McDevltt and Pete'«n away from the defense side. Bulldog’s gutrds, also! The Tigers defeated Harvard r last football games for through a blocked kick and a safety. Over at Harvard Bob Princeton beat Yale because of a bad rrinison cupt&ln. led his P&ss and a fumble. Dartmouth was rhp last time on Saturday,,heaten by a kick, of which the greater T’otter. the great quarter- hiritington, centre, Leslie, ■ i,a'•finer, a hack field man. ,>f these Crimson wearers . .-ellent showing In their 1 iintest. 'he departure of these stars, ' ark to former Yale-Harvard This year neither team had . . nee to score on straight j 1 the hall. Before the new a i-I'tcd by the rules com- :■ ^rore* usually resulted. New Haveniies sent Coy n ploughing through the -aliis nnd won the bat- .V?' nf 12 to 0. But since h.is become so perfect and «) weakened, neither Har- have been able to make V steady line ploughing part of the sportsmanlike Princeton students disliked to take advantage. \\Tiile these blunders of the other side were to the advantage of Prince ton. and the Tigets played for all they could get out of the mistakes, up arose the old guard of football. And now they insist that the game was sure ly degenerated. When a team could do better by playing for the mistakes of its opponents than it could by ex erting its own physical prowess to break down the defense of its oppo nents, something is wrong, is their view. And there you are. It is the oU story of the old foothaH against Ine new. The men who played and earned honors on the gridiron when tne old game was in vogue are willing to ad- ' \n l'>09. Those who ' enouph to see that ? will never forget how V ' offense was checked. I da.' they probably remem- triod unsuccessfully three T> kirk coalf from the field in ' half before he Anally scored, p srrond half the Harvard of- *nii?i?led nobly to carry the ball . • the line, but the New Haven » n’> defense never allowed them to eet inclde the twenty-flve yard line, j- >efore the game ended, Yale rt'd h*>r methods of attack and ' ' "VOW Coy to try another field ■ h-'isted the ball cleanly be- 11 .■ posts and Yale won, 8 to 0. mit that the new game has some fine ” e^€n more marked de-i features about it, but they can’t stand ’ defense play was noted.[for the defense having tho upper hand, able to advance the'and they say that is exactly what foot- \t?nt. ('.’arh Naughton's ball makes possible at the present in Mutine Konnard in time. And tliey point to the success end of the game was a of the Princeton eleven in all three of f. V ti;, jiterling field goal' the Tiger’s big games as an example. h' l all over the bar I They are more than half right, too. . --o o 'be timer’s horn'The distance which must be gained on to ?. close. Idowns is not balanced by the ability ■"■•hout doubt the*to prevent the gain. If the elevens ►'vpr plaved football, were asked to gain eight yards in- .,,io \\as at the top of his j stead of ten the game would be vastly , s a ,.lunring back, could j better than it is now. At least that is nkins distance of the nearer the center between the attack and defense than ten yards. It would be as easy to rule off eight yards as it is to stick to ten yards. Make the^ gridiron 112 yards long instead of 110. make the distance to be gained ^ight yards in three do-wns, leave the 'other rules as they are and the attack will have as much chance as the defense. If that doesn’t seem the correct so lution, change some other rule. In any event the eight-yard gain would surely make the game much more attractive and put an end to some of these con tests where the team which is scored against by a play, which is not the re sult of the strong attack of the other eleven, will have a better opportunity to equalize matters than to be the,! ■ t- K'.r Hinl ftcain this season the.victim of play after play in a defense ; r av„.Y ;> came- were a further which it is possible to maintain any- tp.MtiCiiial of the fact that the best where around the twenty-flve yard ■ f'-'iise ix)?sibl« cannot make head-[line. Review Of Football In l^orth Carolina joi 1011 Season (BY W. C .D, JR.) f .rat the past season has been one ^ the. if not the most, surprising^ man;- years and that the rules* ceed com-iderabie attention by the chiefs, is a fact now disputed by and upheld by many. The change In the rules to make the play seem oore open seems to have been made for the spectators alone and that the teaitis nere hardly taken Into con sideration. But now it seems that e'en the people have lost interest, lor li there any interest in a game ^■here kicking is practically the 'hole show? is it very interesting to spectators to see one team practical ly run away with the other? Foot- oall as it is played today In America is nothing more than a Wcking duel between two men on ^he respective teams, to iee which one can pull off more fakee, and tne Old time football, which so won the nearts of the nation, is no more to “S seen. That there are to be im* iwrtant and far-reaching changea in ' ® this year is a fact almost *«ttied. Just what these changes will , public is waiting and anxloui to know. Football In the Old North State* fft * disappointment « an for it would seem that Wake others barely fuc- . holding their own affainst results of the games flftp people expected, nor what tiiey had looked forward to. rir^i overwhelmed by her old VMW A. & M.. 'i^th last init f almost to the man, vai. ? 7'''^8ht game to their rl- lasf ^ '^•’■Jnnia, Davidson lost in'^the nrtt ^ game and hard 1S45' 2.UM University of Alabama, only’ tL u Forest waa the defeated J?*®* from V J n ship Franltlln, had Wat? the these tethna through dent tk .newspapers felt eontl- \ ^ * M. would beat V. P. Vhii. „ **et with Davidson, of state even dream- anyonp « Richmond. Had Peonl*. thing Kuhirrt^f thought him a ''^rolina a r* ^«ak. ' ■ in Davidson have succeed- ■'^ar ? against last the work of the Somh°‘ everybody to git up and take no- Hilt the trouble iieY •'an - - A A® Mcoaches? Hard- • * M. has the same coach, while all the others have coaches that any teams in the South would be proud to possess. Could it be with the teams? A. & M. has the same team, Davidson has missed Kluttz and Graham. Carolina is as Strong as last year, while Wake For est 11 a hundred per cent stronger. Then if the former is not, while the coachei an* the teams are practical ly the same, we must look to the rules committee to help us out and restore the Interest of the public to the game. ^ Football at A. A M. The past season of the A. & M. College brought forth many sur prises and broke the hope^ of their many ardent supporters. The early part of the season brought forth such reports that the state, and in fact the entire South, expected them to clean up everything it went against by overwhelming scorea. But those who had seen them play noticed a decid ed difference In the men. PracUcally every man on last year’s team again reported and the team was materially strengtheoed by the appearance ot “Piggy” Hargrove, “Big” Dunn, and Phillips, while Hartsell was the only man handicapped by injuries. Early in the ieaaon though every one that saw the games played by them saw a listless and a seemingly don’t care splrtt in the whole team. 'iTiey suc ceeded In boidlng their own against Bucknell and other visiting teams but their admirers were disappointed at the game they were putting up The first big surprise of the season came when V. M. I. beat them t to 5. This was about as big a sur prise as any that has taken place this year. No one would believe the re sult and it was in doubt until ^e papers announced think of V. M. I. what was the cause of this? Listless nlaying. The men failed to realiz# until the last quarter that they were up agiunst a team. Washington and Lee put fight against heavy odds * so-called second team played a 3-3 score with the Farmers. in the last half. Another big surprise twk place when Wake Forest held them to a 13-5 score. The Baptists first to score and cleverly outpl^ayed tue Farmers during alV four Coach Greene was disappointed in the game and there was not the hi larity and joy on the J*. " lal that was very much In ®^j^®“^ during the trip out. But ye gods,_dj^ liver us! V. P. L 8, A. A 80? Could any one belteve It? Bu^ ly it’s a mistake. But no, it • true. Continued on Page 15. & V ,2!' ' BRIGHT STARS OF THE “BIO THREE.” ^ The bright particular star? of the "big three” of 1911. Above Is Walter Cemp, Jr., Yale's dashing ,halfback. Below is Percy Wendell, Harvard’s great grcurid-gainer. Oin the right Isame White, Prlnoeton’a end, who won both the Harvard and Yale games by his spectacular work. Camp- and Wendell are almost sure to receive the captaincy of their teams for next season, while White is a certainty for Princeton’s leader In 1918» succeedlnq “Tol” Pendleton, who has been elected as Eddie Hart’s successor In 19T2. / ■ Big Teams Piepare To Elect Captains F!oi The Nineteen - Twelve Season San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 2.—'Wh«i^ Jack Johnson first talked of retiring, many thought it was merely one ot the champion s whims, and th^ he would be back in the game with both feet the fii'Bt time “proper indoocements” wefe made to him. Now corroborative testimony is forthcoming that Jack is through with the frivolities of the ring and that he is plagued with ennui to the extent that he does not care a continental who succeeds to the title. \ He waives all right to a voice in the bestowal of the laurels and says he has no suggestions to make as to the hea- vyweigLt championship for years—that the man who assumes the prerogative wtBiout licking Johnson, will be re garded £3 a pretender, a jackal mas querading in a lion’s skin. There must be continuity in a thing of this kind. Each succeeding cham pion is merely a link in a chain of destruction. The^ newest man—or the latest model, one> might say—licked a champion who licked another cham* pion and so, link by link, we tra6e bur latest prize ring hero back to some dim and distant “champ,” just'as a race horse traces to the Byerly 'Turk, or the l^rley Arabian. WlTen a broken link appears, there is a blot on the escutcheon of the man whose reputajtional pedigree we are investigating and so it will be If Johnsbn escapes from the game unlicked and some one grabs his title. This line of argument iseasily prov ed sound. John L. Sullivan defeated Paddy Ryan, who defeated Joe Lewis; Jim Corbett defeated Sullivan; Bob Fitaeimmons defeated Jim Corbett; Jim Jeftrie© defeated Bob Fitisimnions and Jack Johnson didn’t do a thing to Jeffries. Juat think of the mental suffering of the sporting editors of the future while trying to explain to Old Subscriber and Constant Reader that the old line of cbamplpna ended with Johnson and that the nev/ breed is only a kind ot Manchu dynasty. Something must be done to stall off the confusion that threatens the fistic hi&torlans of the coming years. We must drag Johnson back at any price —and this “goes both ways,” as the El&ngsters say—and have him trounc- to the queen’s taste. It should be done to keep the rec ord atralght and come to think of It, ’twill be merely that some call “poetie retribution.” The Jeffries that Johnson licked was merely the husk of the JeffrleB that used to be, and Johnson had as much, right to hearken to the “come-back” cry as Jeffries had, especially it the prize la right. There's another angle to the QUae-. tion^which is bound to engender bitter ness of spirit. I refer to the racial an gle. If . Johnson Is allowed to rest in peace there will come a time—and Joe Jeanniette, through his manager, Pin McKettrick, is the first to lay Olaim to tfie ctoxvn left on the bureau ot ja:k Jc^&;»i. McKettrick says that his man has shown himself su perior to San^ l^ngford on various oc casions and that it w^aan’t so much Australian gold as a desire to evadi Jeannette that sent Langford scurry ing to the land of the Kangaroo. This is the fir^ shot in the new campaign and Jeannette probably has as much i*i0ht to fire it as any other man. But how are things to be brought to a focus? With Johnson on the retiring list, astute Hug^. McIntosh’ is sure to bill the impending Cam Langford — Sam McVea fight as a world’s cham- pionshi]^ struggle, and who is to gain say hiin? Maybe thej best thing for Jeannette to do is begin weeding' out at this end. Let him hook up with Jim Flynn, who seems to be regarded as the b^st of lae white heavies, and I6t the winner of that affair journey tcT Austn^ia or voax the winner of the McVea-Lang- foiMi bout back to thi^ city. Then h? will begin to g^ a line on the situa tion. Tom O’Rourke, or some one back in New York has expressed the opinion that a white man would be champion of the world again before long. It la not easy to see how the conclusion is arrived at. If there is a white man in the lists at present who is capable of defeating Jeannette, Langrord and McVea, he is being kept under covor. No, sir! So far as the pale-faces are concerned, there is little hope in the outlook right now. And the shadow of Johnson is liable to fall athwart ^tfie prospect any time during the next few yiears. Jeffries on the occasion of his first retirement, said he would hop back into the-game if a foreigner ever won the championship from America and Jack Johnson will make up his mind to don his war paint again if the supremacy of the black race ia threat ened. Meeting Postponed Until Januari _ , aay ed them to arrange a fresh deal. The \ an churcti'spent yesterdar in the city, chain of destruction which began with, He will return to Charlotte Wednef* Hgg and MendoKi ended with Jack I day to spend a tew days with Iriendi Johnaon.’* ' (BY MONTY) captains at the other big univemfities 1 seems' as follows: Carlisle—Jim New York, Dec. 2.—One of the "big Thorpe, halfback will succeed Samp- three*’—Princeton—has already elect- son Burd; Cornell—Quarterback But- ed its captain for the ensuing season, ler will succeed Fullback Billy Munk; The honored one is Talbot Taylor Pen- Dartmouth—Halfback Hogsett will suc- dleton, the dashing halfback, who in ceed Eddie Daley; Army—Tackle 1912 will be playing his third year Dean will succeed Bob HyattPenn on the eleven. Harvard and Yale sylvania—a close (iontest between four have yet to choose their leaders, but in men to succeed Fullback Mercet»;^a- each case it is comparatively easy to vy--a close contest between five men predict the man, ito succeed Johnny Dalton. Harvard is certain to select Pecry Many suggestions have been made Langdon Wendell, the “human bullett”, for Changes in the rules for 1912, to who was nine-tenths of the Crimson equalize the advantages that the of-’ strength both on attack and defense fense now posseses over the defense, this year and last year as well. Like The problem several years ago vas to Pendleton, of Princeton, he will be a help the defense. Now it is reversed, senior next fall- and will be playing his All manner of recommendations have third season as a varsity regular. j been made, sonie of them worthy of At Yale there will be something consideration, others little short of the more like a contest, but Walter Camp, grotesque. But the main-ones are Jr., looms above his rival teammates, these—leave the distance to be galn- Bomeisler and Spalding. The custom ^d at ten yards and give the offense at the large universities is tha^. only four downs instead of three; decrease seniors are eligible for the captaincy. ‘ tbe distance to be gained to five yardj Bomelsler, Camp and Spalding will all as several years ago, allowing the be foufrth vear men next season and three downs that have existed practi- the two unsuccessful candidates will cally constantly ever since football not have a chance- to come back for rules were codified, the nomination again. Bomeisler did i -Here is our suggestion—increase the great work at end in the Princeton distance to fifteen yards and give the game, but Camp’s work through the attacking side five downs to make it- entire season places him above Bo- Increasing the number of downs will meisler. Spalding w^s hardly as valu- give the offensive team a chance to able to the team as either of the oth-' gets its plays In working order. The ers. And, if popularity cuts' a very big figure in the election, it will aid the son of the greatest living gridiron authority. Each of the big trio of eastern teams had a man who stood head .and shoulders above the rest in promi- rules committee has tried for year* to find out. It has nevef changed the number of downs. We would like to see them take a fling at this last re sort that is left, and our confident opin ion is that the fifteen-yard-flve-down regulation would i^roye the remedy for 3.11 football’s ills. Mab^l Talifetro Sties For DivofU Chicago, Dec. 2.—Mrs. Mabil Thompson, known to the st^e world as Mabel Taliaferro, today 8ued her Wband, Frederick Thompson, the New York theatrical manager, for di vorce. Mrs. Thompson charge* h«r husband with “extreme and repeated cruelty.” The Thompsons were mW* rled just five years ago, following a sourtship of less than a month, Mrs. Thompson left her husband about two years ago. Later ebe retired from the stage anr came to Chicago where she took up her residence.^ Xn her bill of particulars, Mrs. Thompion mentions four separate and distinct instances of cruelty on the part of her husband. effect would be in a way the same as th^l of signal practice. The assailing backs would have an opportunity to get working together in better order; there would be better teamwork. Whi the moguls who 'tackle Jthe rule-revision ip/Oblem annually have nence this year. Princeton had San-1 never undertaken oht^ge the num- ford B. White, otherwise “Sammy”, her of downs is beyond comprehension. „ n. » Harvard had Wendell and Yale had;They have changed practically every-j Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Walker on Fark Camp. The last named was the most thing else, in their experimenting way. avenue, Dilworth. The semcw wiu versatile of the three. He was as | Why not change the number of downs i be conduc);ed by Rev. J^ncis Osborne, great a defensive player as were the and see whether that will not-bring rector of the Church of the Holy com' others, he was almost as ' good a about the desired result they have fail- forter. ground-gainer as Wendell and he was ’ ed to achieve annually ever since they The remains will be ^^®n at s in addition one of the star punters and ^ began thir task? Increasing both the, o’clock to Savannah for the interment, drop-kickers of the season. The oth-[distance and tte nun^ber-'of downs Funeral Services Sfr. Charlton The funeral services of Mr. John Da vid Charlton, whose death was noted in yesterday’s News, will be held this afternoon at 3:4b aj; the residence of era were scarcely of college calibre j makes it possible' to get a. more accu- when it came to kicking. Sam White, rate estimate of the average amount of Is almost assured of the captaincy of ground evenly-matched teams should . of the Detroit Amer Princeton’s 1913 eleven because of his j be able to gain one one another. Prob- Ra«*bali wag ae- wonderful work in w.nnln* the _Y.le aW the member, of Jhe ilU to » Manag^ Jennlnge Injured. Scranton, Pa., Dec. 2-~Hugb Jan- wonaeriui worn m wmniuB me fatallv inliirAd and Harvard games this year, whether [rules committee could make a good S^dlif late iMt night , in th^ Pocdno selected "for next year’s Yale and Har-j teams.” NeitheV can we. It i^pears rH roouritains. He was unconsciOua lor he does well next year or not. .■ m u*ov»uv.c n In event that Camp and Wendell are down gained by evenly-matched strong guess at the average distance per automobile yard leaders, each of the teams will dictilous to aak a man to make . that seve^l hours after have its captains placing In a different guess under the prevailing conditions ’ Others in_the position than the man wha bore its of the ten-yard-three-down style of MAtemn standard this year. Eddie Hart, of'game. The guesses probably would and Mrs. David'Holden, M Matanao PriSSton, yasa tackleVwhilehissuo. range all the way from half a yard ras. Thep rjeft ««rtously in- cessor, Peiidleton, is a halfback. Ar- up to four yards. ' ijured The thur Howe, of Yale, was quarterback. Football, in the very nature of the tew hours before been married oy while Camp is a halCjaack. feob E^sh- game, is a great pastime as It stands, the clergyman, were gUghtly injuwd er of Harvard, was a guard, whHe But t^at it could be made infinitely: While crossing the Lehi^ river Wendell is a halfback. better by the proper slight changes something went wrong with ^® Captains ef Other Teamt. 'Is conceded. The Question then Is, mobile and it plunged three feet tni» The complexion of tte election for‘what are the proper changes? The the water. The meeting of the Mecklenbarg Live SCock Association, which was scheduled for yesterday at the Selwyn hotel, was postponed until the 6th. ol January. Tlie prog^m for the meeting W not yet been arranged. HEMPHILU MANAGER OF ATLANTA CLUl ' Atlanta, da., Dec. 2.—Charley Hemp> Bill of tbe New York American League baseball club, was this morning elected manager of the Atlanta club of the Southern League to succeed Otto Jor dan. Hemphill was released from tbe New then a succeeding time—in which thejyofk team by Owner Frank Farrell men with tbe dark pigment beneath [©f the New York team who will use the cuticle will say: Atlanta as his “farm.” The first negro that was given a I The new manager will w^ork in tbe chancy became the champion of th* outfield here world. They couldn’t defeat him and so as Diotvto block th^ wheels of progress, be stepped aside and allow- —-Rev. Dr. R. C. Holland who was tor years pastor of St. Mark’s Luther- (fOOQ^I^AR No-Rim^ut Tire# ' V%li ar Wtthoot DoaU*’TUtkMo»SkUTrad( Tiie Double-Thick' Winter Tread Cdmpare thU tread with the makcihifti com- manly called “hon-ikids.” Compare it with the flimiy, short-lived projec tions used to do away with cnains. The advantages are a^ plain as day. ^ Then remember that this tread comes on No-Rim-Cut tires—10% oversize—now the most popular tires in existence. Let someone show them^to you. 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