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4 BOBBV WALTHOUR. BIKE RIDER EXTRAORDINARY, HAS A SON PLANNING TO SUPPLANT HIM College Squads Tune Up 1 Persp iring I ope fit Is Mangle Gridirons'' Turf UNCLE SAM HUNTS SUBSTITUTE WOOD FOR MAKING BATS Dtcrtast in Supply of Ash Will Soon Necessitate Change in Material. According lu lh I niu-l 1h- 1 1 i-ki ct at I Bobby Wallhtnirtm His Hilling Face Hi Favorite Wheel, ami Freryilay Phiz Youn Bobby Walthour, No Amjtfur Champion, Will Br.Jk Into the "Pro" Came Next DkVemlvr. Iff AJ VaW. TJ i.w rtt i-e ivrvtc.4 l.r 4 I 1 VllAltlU 11 i I.

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Not that this la teaching hin men to he eoiiM rueil us a tk'fenite of Klow- tiwarlhinore ami I'olKate will he the I 'l anil Kinclier. nieresl ptactu'e (jaiuen. Althoueli the Well, then, J'rnn State will play of Mm aaJ Mill OMiijviins tlu Irjjk "Ihouijh in Il I IMV lH. ALTHol It, iu tMliM Vrowa tw ut i at tin tin lieoii; a 15 iiatitti ami III- l.k.t ll-i." land o'e i.f it" ll.lrkll.lt f.euie III the fillet! rrlm of Hrt. Forty-thr-- ii ld al tj III Ihr I'ltia t.i.tlitiou.

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Tlit-ie are f.a oiihli hi the hl-Imv ol tit -pint who hac nit with tui-i'i'W than lias Wallhour. lie h.l won title I. tie. broken anv nutiiorr of rtapt-d giral Cauia tii.iii tiif npuit anil ratahllshetj liimarlf in the In nt of Ihoae anu follow the bo i a others have. Mainline Ii I te" inehi I.

loud, affable and smiling, be haa ever Iki-u a IKipular lavollte. The hist.it of Waithoiir'a itling career la the record of a lung Hrlng Of Vit'tolies. I.tilll 111 the I lilted Statea and abroad, L-ennously enlivened with a list or accidents that make him a to the medical profession. There ia iei haps na other athlete in any branch of sport who haa suffered so many injuries as has the Paring King. Annually, perennially, for the last 10 years, lie has been a source of constant worry to his many I'riends and admirers, who have com to the point where they mark that day olf in nil 'whose low descending sun Haa not witnessed him in one kind of un accident or another.

Perusal of the records shows that Walthour has sustained a Broken collarbone 46 times, hait suffered 32 rib fractures, has had 42 stitches taken in both less and has more than 100 body actus an the result of bruises and cuts. Hi face, forehead and head are covered with 60 stitch-scars as the result of Hcwed-tip wounds, lie lias broken six of his eight fingers and one of Ins thumbs. Six times he has been pronounced "fatally injured," only to come out with the statement that the report of his death had been greatly exaggerated. Seriously Injured Abroad. Walthour sustained his more serious injuries abroad.

In 1907, while riding in a lOO-kilumeter race in Lelpslc, Germany, his front wheel collapsed and he was tossed through the air, to fall with sufficient force to break his left shoulder. In 1917, in Paris, he fell from his wheel, following the bursting of a tire and fractured the base of his skull. At Dresden, Germany, he was so seriously Injured that his life was despaired of. Only the most devoted and faithful ministrations of his wife made it possible for the great cyclist to return in the role of Mark Twain and face the reports of his death in the flesh. Walthourvllle, a 4own near Atlanta, named after the cyclist's grandfather, claims Bobby as its native son.

Here he was born, in January, and here he first established a reputation as the "Dixie Flyer." Nat and Tom Butler, Tom Cooper, Karl Kiser, Fred Longhead and Eddie Ball, the Buffalonian, were at the top of the cycling game when WalUiour made his first appearance. "On a Bicycle Built For Two." As a boy of 17, Walthour first brought himself into prominence when he won six races at Columbus, five of them being senior events. The following -year saw him competing regularly with more than average success. This same year, he met May Surpass His 1 tNavy iianie will ho pluyed at Autiupu- lis. Htill the Navy rarely attains goO'l manner Hiid uuoil form on the gridiron htfore the annual battle with the Army at the Polo lirouinls.

Chieago will be a real test, followed by a bi-eathins t-pell with VirKiniit and then come Harvard and Yale. The chances that Roper contemplates the entn-Inir seanon with complacency. They are Klslicr Has Keal tlnli Ahead. Harvard, on the other hand, has a bigger hill to hue. In the first place the brilliant i'riiiihun line, which some last year thought excelled even some of the Haughlon bulwarks, is literally shot full of holes by old man Time, who shot sheepskins at its main irops last June and sped them on their way to the less serious task of earning- livinf.

Ciaston, end; Havenieyer. center; Faxon, tackle; Woods, fuard; the big f-edg-wiclt. star tackle, and host of erond string men have gone hence, l'lsher muHt plu up these Baps. Ilf has Owen, Kitts, Churchill mid others to keep up the Crimson backneld tradition. But if these are to he effective, his line must be somewhat more watertight than a sieve, us it w-ere.

managers have builded him a schedule that may he the salvation of Harvard, or a. disastrous attempt to Set fresh with Kate. Starting off with Jiiddlebury and Boston College in one afternoon. Fisher must reform his lines and send them against that swashbuckling crew from Holy Cross the following week. It will he recalled that Holy Cross upset Syracuse's hopes for a spotless schedule last year.

It will be also recalled that upsetting fond hopes amounts to a passion with the big men from Worcester. After Holy Cross comes Indiana, which may and may not mean trouble. year It would not. Then comes cute little Georgia, unbeaten last year but tied In a scoreless game by Virginia. Just hat Ueorula will' mean can only be decided after the game already on.

There is no doubt what the Penn State game will moan. Bezdek has the usual crowd of broncho-busters under his reins this year and they are oom-itig up this way for action, too. Georgia Tech at the Polo Grounds and Harvard in the Cambridge Stadium wrill brace themselves in a hopeful Jmitation of an immovable body to meet that irresistible force from State College, Pa. And the hospital Mst will surely grow. Lenu-e follows Penn Stale and 1 reiure can make anv team hustle although It is unlikely that the gallant Kentucky Colonels will be able to stall off the Crimson as long this vear as hey did last.

Then all Harvard has to do is to beat Princeton, Brown and Vale. About all the consolation staring risher in the face is that if ho comes through, there will be few to deny him a championship. His double-header on the opening day will give all his linesmen a chance to show She was a lady true; They sped away at the close of the day On a bicycle built for two; Coming home by moonlight. When the preacher's work was done. On either side of the bride and groom Two pedals turned as one.

Shortly following his marriage, Walthour competed in the then popular Michigan State cycle circuit. In which he met with gratifying success. From Michigan, he went South to Kellalre, where he scored victories over Bald, Cooper. Orlando Stevens, Floyd McFarland and other cyclists of renown. Debut.

It was 1900 that Walthour made his metropolitan debut when he competed In the sprints on the quarter-mile Vallsburg board track In Newark, which was located across the street from the site of the present Newark Velodrome. Tho motor-paced game was coming Into vogue at this time and the youthful Georgia star was one of the first to adopt the speedier type of racing. As a pace follower he proved an even greater sensation than as a sprinter. In 1902 he won the American paced title over a circuit of tracks including Boston, the old Manhattan Beach track, New Haven, Springfield, Philadelphia. Baltimore and Washington.

The following year he repeated his performance and won the title again. As a six-day rider, Walthour partaucet of Agriculture. ab" Hut kail his aaaax latt-s mho tpmalic walloping- lre burtjrhid out vf ll-a ha a hail may U(1b 'k kind sf bat lhy will unr haa Ins diaiiuialiing supplies of sail mak It leas easy for them to obtain ibis hitherto favorite material. Darius ths last few eara several sport-Uig goods factories have attempted to introduce hickory bets as a substitute for the traditional ash. This haa been unsuccessful, however, because hickory, although if possesses greater shock absorbing qualities than ash.

ts too heavy. One of the tie test curiositlrs at leading bat factory is a model-room where more than 1.2 bat pat Tern a are kept on display. Karh model embodies the Individual likes and dislikes of the various, players. There sre ibin bats, portly bats, heavy clubs, light hats, some with handles of unusual shape and design, and some wuh bodies that resemble bottles. Whenever a professional player orders a new consignment of bata.

this factory is able 10 refer to the special model desired and to pattern the pew bata after that particular desiata. The bats of tha big league players are turned out by hand, great rare and skill be ing employed In their production. Where Ash Is i'oanil. The majority of the white ash timber used In making baseball bata is cut from farm wooJlots and timber tracts In Kentucky, Ohio and the Lake and Lower Mississippi States. The timber Is cut in the winter, logged nd hauled to the railroad.

afw hence it ia transported to the factomi s. a number of Inch are located at Louisville, home of the famous "Louisville Slug ger. The ash is cut up In bolt form, each bolt being ultimately converted lulo a finished bat. After arrival at the-factory, the bolts ore stored In curing sheds for from several months up to a year In order that the wood may season thoroughly. Skilled workmen ultimately work the bolts up into hats Jor all grades qf ball players, from the stars of the big leagues to the sandlot champions and school players.

According to a standing timber survey made by the United States Forest Service at the request of Congress, present ash resources aggregate approximately 9.988.000.000 board feet. For the most part, these ash assets are scattered over wide range of woodlands, the ash trees being prevalent In mixed forests of hardwood timber. The Lower Mississippi States have about J. 182.000,000 board feet of ash on the stump at present, much of this supply being old timber. The Central States have about 2,829,000,000 hoard feet of white ash, while the Lake States have about 1,893,000,000 board feet, the South Atlantic and Kast Gulf States 1,258,000,000 board feet, the Middle Atlantic States 513,000.000 board feet, and tho New England States 215,000,000 board feet.

fscd for Many Purposes. Obviously if ash were used solely for the manufacture of baseball bats our leading national game would have no 'need to concern ltsel about substitutes for a long time to come. But the Industries which use ash are already-beginning to find it hard to obtain high grade material in sufficient quantities to meet their needs, and its price prior to the recent slackening in Industrial activity rose rapidly. The entire amount of ash used for sporting and athletic goods forms a very-small part of the yearly consumption of this valuable wood, which possesses properties that give it pre-eminence for several industries. In particular, the vehicle and handle industries have been fierce competitors for ash.

Over half the annual cut goes into handles, vehicles parts, wooden ware and novelties. Ash is unquestionably one of the woods in connection with which the effects of forest depletion wilt earliest be felt in the form of an actual dearth of material. There are two possible remedies to grow more ash, and to resort to substitutes. Already the search for substitutes has begun. As for growing more ash, foresters say that with the waning of the virgin supplies the farmer's- woodkit is coming to play a larger and larger part in filling market needs and that farmers whose woodland Is suitable for ash production will do well to favor this species.

Lainlnatod Bats Work Well. The laminated, or two or three-piece bat originated and perfected by the IT. S. Forest Service, also promises to exert a potential, conservative influence on the white ash supplies necessary for the production of our best bats. Short pieces of mnterial which otherwise would be worthless for bat construction can now be fitted' and joined together with the same kind of waterproof glue that is used making airplane propellers, so that the finished product is a baseball bat as resilient, springy, durable and sat isfactory as the one-piece variety.

Field tests have demonstrated that the laminated bat lasts just as dong and is as productive of home runs as the ordinary ash Joats made of one piece of timber. Majagua wood, which comes from Cuba, has been used to some extent during recent years in the making of I baseball bats. This is a tight-grained, I tough, tenacious and springy wood. heavier than ash, but otherwise not unlike this American timber, that has demonstrated its superiority for bat making. Transportation difficulties, as well as trouble in harvesting an adequate annual supply of majagua wood In Cuba have operated against the popularity of this new wood.

Furthermore, baseball players are very conservative about changing their style and type of bats. They have long been accustomed to using ash bats and the majority of the professional players will be very loatn to accept a substitute. Toy Dog Show at Kismet. Kisiitet Temple will be the scene of the fall show of the Sheepshead Bay Toy Breeders on Saturday, Nov. 1 2.

The club will donate the full proceeds for charity. The show is to be for toy dogs only. A fete will be held simultaneously with the event. Booths and other fete contrivances will while away the time for the visitor after seeing the judging. For entry blanks address C.

Hartlsch, 1966 Homecrest Brooklyn, N. or W. H. Pur-cell, 29 Broadway, New York City. BASEBALL NOTES Luzerne Blue of the Tigers, on Sept.

5, was stopped by Dick Kerr of the White Sox, after .7 games of hitting, getting 10 hits in 29 times at the bat for .345. Mike Mc.Nally of the Yankees was stopped on Sept. 5 by Sam Jones of the Red Sox after hitting safe in 14 games in which he poled out 17 hlU In tries for .304. KVEMVT II KtlR Billiards tpT Bowling Prices and Terms fo Suit. REPAIRS BY KXPERT MUCHAN'ICI 'the Ri'uiiMwlrk-IlnlKe-1'ollentler 10 tint 3ii hi: Oraadnsy, N.

arkDrktrd tua uX4-" Hi taking up vf 14,, a fttrm of n4nig was ti usual (or of iiclinf If it up an4 lake nonce. Tho youth from CfHtrgu did not disappoint them la im won lus firai long grind in MitliMiii Kiuai Gardm. tvanirtj A rrtiie XUKacliarn. the Canadian, who k.t hia bfa at Atlantic 'ii ih a motor-pared accident. la lJ Wallhour naa aam lh inner Tina time Benny Munro of Memphis hia partner.

It In 4 thai Wa thour niada I111 flint Kuropean Invasion. I'nder .01. 1 rat I ia Hi Buffalo. Ittrated nt a suburb of Pal lie tMitrrri) In 17 motor- I paced racra and won 16 of ttiam. Only 11m rail of hi pac-maker.

Giiaaie liimnnn. prevented him from making a clean t-ti. After returning 10 Hit- nited Statea for a short while. Walthour inada a nerond tour abroad ami enlrieti tha molnr-partMl chain- Piouamp 01 ine world at tho Cryalal -atace irain in London. Three Amer icana tat In red in all the awards here.

Walth.iur won fhe pared title. Marcus lluiley of New 'Yairk the amateur and Iver Ijioii offSalt Lake City the proftrKsional sprint crown. raixurr Wiirhl's (iianiplon-hip. The following year Walthour cap-1 11 red the world's championship again at Antwerp, Brussels. Since then he ham led the Kuropean pace-following contingent on numerous occasions.

In the first Paris six-day rare In 191 S. which, waa won by Joe Kogler and Alfred Goullet. he gained third place, teamed with George Wiley. In 1 HI 4 the "Dixie Flyer" smashed the world's record In winning the 50- mile motor-paced rare at the Brighton Beach motordrome In 1 hour. minutes, 49 2-5 seconds.

Ill 117 occurred, within short succession, the two accidents that almost wrote "finis" to his professional career, one of them coming clone to shuffling him off this mortal coil. In August of that year he Buffered a fracture at the base of the skull which laid him up in the hospital for several weeks. In December, four months later, he broke his leg in two when he slipped on the snow while romin. out of a Jersey subway tube. Shortly after this second accident Walthour made the following; statement: "Here 1 am still alive, but mighty peevish.

I'm beginning to think that a jinx is chasing me. During my racing career I was tit more than spills, but never once was either of my legs broken. I began to figure that they were "unbreakable. And now look at mi'! Here I am laid up In bed with a broken leg through slipping on a little piece of Ice. Isn't that tough luck? To think that an old-timer like I am can dodge a leg fracture In hundreds of accidents and then fall and break it on a sidewalk." Rise of Young; Hobby Walthour, In the past four years Walthour has been less active than formerly and is not as good as he was at his best, hut he is still active and competing and fast enough to make the best of them extend themselves.

At present he is making another tour abroad, and only a short while ago won a motor-paced race at Chemnitz, In Germany. As the star of the "pacing king" begins to wane a new figure appears on the horizon In the person of his son, young Bobby Walthour, to succeed to his honors and to give him comfort and pride in his advanced years. Young Bobby is only 18 years old, but already he has won the amateur bicy cle championship of America. The popular blond-haired son of one of the greatest riders of all times clinched the title last month at the Velodrome iu Newark. The youngster owes his success not so much to his father, as would be natural to suppose, but to his mother, who has ever been a valuable adviser to him.

She It was who advised him against teaming, telling him that if- he could, not win on his own efforts, not to win it at all. Bobby won the title and won It on his own. There are no honors to divide They are all his. Young Bobby Walthour will make his first appearance as a proressionat in December, when he will be entered in the six-day race at the Newark Velodrome. Those who have followed the riders for years say that there Is a great future ahead or the boy ana that he will meet with even greater success than the "Dixie Flyer" him self- candidates who have been reporting for practice are Osgopdby, Van Oalst, Wlllhinis, Lambert, Sorum, Butt, Biggie, McDonald, Fitzgerald, Do-vlla, Andrews.

Beer. Coots, Stucalp. Nlck-allo, Dodson, Gould, Hetrlck, Halver-son, Johnson, Ramson, Royse, Starn-ken, Wallace, Zehner and Wetterholm. With such a wealth of material, Coach Conley is confident that he infill be able to turn out an eleven which will rank high among the teams of the boro. The schedule: Oct.

1 Mt. Vprnon H. 8., nt Mt. Vornon Oct. 8 Brooklyn Evening H.

8., at home Oct. St Paul's School, at home. Oct. L'3 Flushing- H. at Flushing Oct.

29 Commercial H. 8., nt home Nov. 8 El-Humus Hall, at home. Nov. 15 Poly Prep, at home.

Nov, 10 New Utrecht H. 8., at horns Nov. 24 Boya H. at home Ineligible Pitcher Changes Pennant Result Bristol, Sept. 10 The ruling of President Ellison of the Appalachian League that all games won by Klngsport this season in which Pitcher Sam Hall played must be replayed, puts the Klngsport club, which had practically cinched the pennant for the second half of the season, in third place and Johnson City in first place.

Hal) was placed on the Ineligible list by the Lakeland, State League club last year for failure to i-enort Toilet. llA ...1 nciniiu t-iuu II his release to the Kitigsport management, but President Ellison rules that, Inasmuch as his name appeared on 1 the Ineligible list of players sent out. 1 bv the Nntlrmnl feint 111 tnttimi tha eloVt had no legal right to reinstate him. I tit frtiir nr rult. I'n liuvl il.iil fuir -mi rul- li'f tftl'llttl (III llMISl 1 4I'CI- If ni Htt-ir ti'Mtti.

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i. fclioulii ti.i.i'i llii" kaina any oitirr r. ii lisiamiina ltn. Twh itii nii.ioti to i.uv linohfr unit Klo. Teeh Insteuil.

AnJ marvel of marvels', the two will meet on neutral ground. the Polo and there mix It up with a flourish. While State and tieorgia Tech are grooming themselves for this name, Pitt and Syracuse will be preening their feathers for their annual conflict, which ended 7 to 7 last year. The Orange from upsiate were confident last season that they would trample the Panthers into the dust, as It were, and were disappointed. This year, s-o the report goes, they are laying snares for the wily animals in Warner's cages.

"Tiny" Clnsy, the big Orange tnckle, it Is true, showed up in the City of Salt for a week this season and then vanished New Yorkward, with the rumor left behind that he was headed for New Haven, there to be naturalized as an F.li. But outside of this defection, Syracuse is well girded tor the coming crises. Fred Foster is In the hands of the punting coaches, to take Abbott's place. Kellogg is again at fullback; Anderson on the right side of the half-hacks, with Zimmerman, last year's freshie, playing defensive half. Moses, the tiny quarter from last year's yearlings, is being tried out with the 'varsity, C.ttlick.

all-American tackle, will operate with a veteran line nucleus. Meehan, the coach, must rout out another pair of ends, renter and tackle, however, but big Jappe has returned to college and thus the tackle problem seems disposed of. As far as field generals are concerned, the choice lies between "Babe" Frugonne of Brooklyn and Moses. Both will undoubtedly earn their letters this year. Pittsburg, on the other hand, while enjoying the breezes of the university's engineering camp in the pre-season conditioning, faces the approach of her first big game on Oct.

I with Lafayette with a certain degree of calm. This will be the tuner up for the Syracuse contest. Warner has 12 letter men back, in togs, including Capt. Tommie Davies, unanimous all-American halfback; Hewitt, the enormous fullback; Tom Holleran, one of the greatest quarters In the game, and Johnnie Anderson, Davies, sidekick at halfback. On paper, Pittsburg wrould appear to be Princeton's only rival as the season openB.

"Warner, in company with Roper, has a team of veterans, and will have plenty of time to devote to treasured plays and stratagems, His line must rind another McCrory at end. Otherwise, it is mainly intact. Penn State of these three would appear to have the biggest problem in hand jii.tiiu. nue uo Know aoouc ai- iniia at pm i.e vonege are not worrying, however. The problem of finding a new line is an annual task for Bezdek and he finds an annual solution.

His backfield remains in a healthy Etate of preservation. Penn State has grabbed off Lehigh, Harvard and Georgia Tech on successive Saturdays, with Carnegie Tech and Pittsburg following close on; In the language of the prophet, it might be said that Bezdek has his work cut out for himself. Of the drivers who shipped West after the close of the August meeting at Cleveland, Vic Fleming, Palin and Childs are knocking oft their share of turf honors. At Springfield during the Illinois State Fair, Fleming won with Allle Clay and Senator Wilkes while Palm landed in front with Wal ter K. in 2:05 hi and the discarded (lalli I urci in Childs was more fortunate.

He won as much as the pair with Dnvid C. and Kilo Watts, both of which trotted In Llennor Worthy and Hal Ma hone. The last named cut his mark to 2:01 a to stall off ojd liusseli Boy. In this heat Red Lancelot made die pace to the half in 1:01 U. Russell Uoy then moved up.

He passed the third quarter in 28 seconds, passing the three-quarter pole In 1:30. Childs sent Hal hone after him, in the stretch and won by neck in 2:01 14. Harry Brusie has started on his campaign at the fairs. At Marshfield ne won two races with Peter Sim on one of the days at Barnstable he cleared the card with Don Gill. Peter btar and Monte Volo.

The same afternoon ut Houlton, Kevs also w-nn the entire card with Saskiar Little Annie s. una lou Miller. 1 ne attendance at the fairs in lias been normous. The figures run each day from 10,000 to 25,000. All the entertainment is centered In the races.

At Houlton 10,000 saw Keys clear the card on the open-ing day. The next afternoon 12,000 passed inrougti tne gates and cheered when Directum J. defeated John It. Braden after a five-heat struggle. At Waterville Pottle performed before 25.000 when he won with Diamond y.

and Eva Frisco defeated Jitnmie Forbes. Also on the closing day ulmost. as many saw Silver King wiii from Sappho and Red Mussell In 2:09 At Middlebttry. over 18.000 spectators were on the grounds' the day Siinderlin won the free for ttl! mice from Verlio Patcheii. Northern Direct and Hal Hoy In re-d net ion of half 'Second 111 the track re-oid.

The following day Suuderlln won iigiiin before 20,000 spectators with Bi 11 kirk, defeating Lock Uoy and Dolly O. What Happened to Walthour? Bobby Walthour sizes up as the most remarkable figure In the cycling history and the mystery of the medical profession. He began his racing career almost a quarter of a century ago and since that time, besides winning many titles, these arc among the happenings in his life: Broke right collarbone times. Broke left collarbone 18 times. Suffered 32 rib fractures.

Mad 46 stitches tuken in both legs. Has more than 100 body scars as the result of bruises and cuts. Shows 60 stitch scars on his face, forehead and head as the result of sewed-up wounds. Has broken six of his eight fingers and one of his thumbs. Has been pronounced "fatally injured" six times.

After figuring in 250 "spills" of greater or less magnitude he slipped on a piece of Ice coming out of a subway tube and broke a leg. Now he is back in competition and latest reports are that he won a paced race at Chemnitz, Germany. Tommy Murphy Again Leads Drivers on Grand Circuit Rlanche Coolidge, a 14-year-old Georgia girl, at Atlanta, where he was racing. Despite the extreme youth of the two, Cupid's arrow sped home quickly and an elopement wus the almost immediate result of their friendship. Needless to say.

It was not In a handsome limousine nor in a stately coach-iind-fottr that Walthour drove his bride-to-be to the minister. The handlebars of his bicycle served as well as the most luxuriously cushioned seat. Vhe elopement brought forth the Hollowing in one of the Atlanta papers: Daddy's Record tic eleven last fall, has entered the freshman class at the university and has reported to Coach Harry Jtobert-con. Orceve was a member of the New York Commercial High School eleven. Fred Foster, whose reported absence from college caused the football officials some worry, is back and was hard at work the first day.

He is being drilled in kicking to take the place of Hack Abbott, the Orange punter last year. Of the backfield combinations the one that looks good on puper and which has been working out satisfactorily so far. consists of Bill Kellogg at fullback. Anderson, last years plunging halfback on the right side und Zimmerman, last year's freshman star, on the other side. Moses, the diminutive quarterback of the yearling eleven last year, Is being tried out in that position on the varsity this year and is making a good showing.

in the line Meehan has to start with Thompson and Whitcomb, giant guards, and Capt. Bert Gullck at tackle. He has got to develop a pair of ends, a center and another tackle. The tackle problem seems near solution with the reappearance In college of Big Jappe. the sensation of fresh eleven two years He will try out for that position this year on the varsity.

For the pivot position Meehan has three candidates. Culver. Ileers sndj Blocker. The firsi two hove had some experience there, with the first named perhaps having call on the others. Blecker is from the 1S20 frosh eleven.

For ends Median has Baysinger and McRea. speedy wing men of the yearling team a season ago. For quarter backs ho has several candidate ln- loci "Un in Frugonne of Brook lyn. of the mst year trosr. team.

Harry Herbert in ri Hal Chaw. The choice will probably lie between Frugonne and Moses. 'B6BBY VALTHOVR Fred Kdman jumped his number of winning mounts to twenty-nine when he showed in front ut lteadvillc with P.uth Patch, Favonian and Legal J. He Jarred what was considered two sure things when he landed the Breeders' Futurity with his .1. Malcolm Forbes' colt in defeating Itose Scott after she had landed si heal in the same time and when he stopped Col.

indwell's string of victories with the little brown marc bv Twinkling Dad in In the third beat of the three-year Old race. Hose Scott and Favonian passed the in 1 :0.S. From that point the pair moved up to a two-minute clip, the last half of the mile being trotted in 1: 00- and the last quarter in 29'- seconds. will take a trifle more thai) Guardian Trust has shown to catch this puir in I lie big futurities at Columbus and Lexington. By that tune Thomas also expects to have Bogalusa ready to take a part in the proceedings.

As Tommy won at Head-ville with kuy Giattan and Silladar, he broke his tie with Cox, as the. gentleman from Indiana had but one winner during the week. His name wan. Grey worthy. Harry Fleming won at Keadville with Seiko, and Sakura.

The latter Is a three-seat -old by Atlantic F.xpresa. Sha trotted In He also won a i.eat in 1 3 with his two-year-old colt Oscawnna in the event that was phjoeil'-lo Hie credit of Brook Farm by Ldith Worthy. Bra KG appeared again in the winning column for the first time since the liudleott meeting. He cut his win race to 2:07 'J and Is the fastest trotter bred In Nova Scotia. Peter Mannings mile in 2 minutes Viuulled the first ever made tit Unit gait by Lou Hillou nt Ki-iidville 1901).

He went in the open iiiht, of being covered by pacemnU ei Peter mile was rated perfectly. The llrst qnurt'-r Was trolled lit oO i seconds, ea of the next two In tin- l'oi-'-tli anni'isl fairly stiff breeze in so ij ceeonox. Before nir.kins tie; trip he worked mile in to key him up for his engaue- ot at Hartford. ORANGE LINE HAS GAPS WHICH MEEHAN! MUST FILL EARLY Hoople, 1920 Star, on Coaching Staff at Syracuse-Frugonne Has Rival. Syracuse, N.

Sept. 10 When the half hundred or more Syracuse University football candidates started workouts this week "Tot" Hoople, former Brooklyn gridiron star at the university, took up his duties as assistant field mentor and will help 1 developing ends and tackles for head coach, Chick Meehun. other coaches guldina the destinies r.r the Orange team this year include ma- Bill Horr, Joe Schwarzer and Harry Robertson, the latter one of the stars of last year's team. The work this week has consisted of drills In the fundamentals of football, such us running down punts, machine bucking, dummy tuckling and harness wurn un iiiiiki urn for the promising brickfield aspirant Practically all the veterans of the! M'20 team who were expected io return to lollege have 'reported fori pinctice. One exception is I Tir.y Clusy.

giant tackle lust year, who! i.Hilie to Syiacusc early in the week nml then left for York. The slory Is that he will enter Yale (his fall. 1 Harry Grceve, selected as halfback' on the Greater New Tork all-scholas Manual Starts Practice With Few Veterans Out Although Manual Training High School has not officially opened for classes, more than 100 sturdy youngsters have been reporting daily at the P. S. A.

L. Field to listen to the instruct ion of and practice under the guidance of Coach Conley, the football mentor at the Blue and Gold Institution. Many of the stars of last year's eleven have been lost to the school through graduation. "Horse" Miller, Drysdale, Kelly and Studwell, players of recognized ability in scholastic ranks and who all played on the 7th ave. team last year, are missing.

In the backfield the only veteran is George Pease, who will captain this season's eleven. Pease played at the quarterback position Inst year, but the loss of the other backfield men, Beat-tie, Kilby and Waddell, probably will prompt Coach Conley to shift George to one of the halfback positions. Stephens will again play at the center position unless some other youngster of greater ability is developed during practice. Warren and Coghill will also strengthen th line ut the guard and tackle positions. Who will play the end positions is very much In doubt.

Nony, the left end of last year's I team, will In all probability be seen again at his old stand, but with such worthy competitors as Gould and I Wllle the regular lads for these positions probably will not be chosen until the season has started. Challenger I and Touirr. two of the substitutes of the former team in the backfield positions are working hard to obtain a 1 regular berth this time. Among the more promising of the.