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I One of the most vigorous commiinl tatlona that have recentl) appealed In the Harvard Crimson the university dally, came mil last week Th ar I tide dealt with the football lln tlona at llarvanl and Yale, nnd trongl) lirgetl Ihe Introduction of association as-sociation football at Harvard The article took a sharp rap at Yale football when It said "Yale beata us ki The game of corrallng glanla" This uutsMiken sentiment was written to the Crimson from Venice by Charles 0 Falls of Harvard, '68. an old 'varsity oarsman actively Interested Interest-ed In Harvard rowing at tho present time In Its ndtocac) of the Kngllsh gama of association football the communication communica-tion call tho American gnmu "grueling "gruel-ing nnd prltc lighting" and saya that It I especially adapted for blacksmith, black-smith, stcwdoros, nnd life guards-Men guards-Men Hpenklng of the Kngllsh game In comparison with the American game, tho article sa)s "Nor la It particularly particu-larly famous for shouldering, shoving, kneeling and mnsa dna Nor Is It pin) id h men In buckram so padded and protected that Ihe plncr'a grand-mothtrs grand-mothtrs cannot look at them without n shudder Hut It la football, and the kind where the pln)er punlshea tho hall nnd not the mnn," White and Drltt Matched. Charley Mitchell. Ihe former Kngllsh Kng-llsh Ik my wiight champion fighter, who rtctntly arrived In lindon from tho t'nlltil Stales In nrrnngo a match for the world light weight title between be-tween Jaber. White, tho Kngllshh champion, and Jimmy Drill, tho recognised rec-ognised American champion, met White for the first tlmo In Illrmlng-ham. Illrmlng-ham. and quickly clinched tho match. After listening carefully to nil tho details, and hearing the offer from the San Francisco club, Whlto at one expressed hi wllllngnes to fight. A cablegram was sent to Tom O'llourke In New York suggesting that the dale he put off till tho second week In April, nnd requesting tlOO" traveling expense for Whlto from the club Whlto and Mitchell will sail for America nt nn early date. Chance for Middle Weights. Jack O'llrlcn, the clover and orcr busy middle, weight, has returned from his trip to Ilermudn much Improved Im-proved In health and still eager to fight Tommy Hjrsn for the middle weight championship at 1S4 pound" tho weight ll)n alwnjs contended wna tho limit for that class A tr ngn Jack would not consider lighting Tomui) at less than 158 pounds and the extra four pounds It was thought was the only stumbling block that kept tho two crack flghtera apart Now, howeter, that O Ilrlen has chopped off thiwo oxtrn four pound tho followers of tho game are wonder Ing what la delnlnlng Tommy Ban Francisco promoter liavo been after tho pair for over n year, and Jack, like Ilarkls, was alwaya willing. Marvelous Time at Ormond. At I)atona, Fla Jan 17. II. 1-nowden 1-nowden of lloston gave his 120 horse power eight-cylinder Mercedes called 'The Flying Dutchman, ' Its first real tuning up there Tho only result glv en out was that two miles were made In sorenty flvo seoonds, The averago of 0'37'i la tt half second aboto tho nillo showing mado n fow days before with his ninety borso power four-cylinder Mercedes. Tho most Important showing ot the day, however, was the fifteen miles mado by K. ft Thomas of lluffalo, driving his ninety horse powor Mercedes, Merce-des, In 9-OOVi. an average of 0:17. This Is an unprecedented showing, sustaining for a quarter of an hour tho rate of the best unofflclal mile ever mado on Iho beach, English Polo Team May Com. It la probable that tho American, Polo association's Invitation to Iho committee of Ihe Hurllrgnam (Kng.) ' 'Ik ttani to tha United "estini, it Miming summer will I 'J"'" Major F (ireen, man- j fw"d ..ni r me llurllnghani 'i. on , n (i,, ,,, f.,,,1,,,, V01" --tclailnn a Invitation i iis i , ,,,. ,,., ,h c(t,.a ' iUL"""'"" " 'Ww himself as I " I niimii sa) definitely tin 1 ' 1 1 inn reaches me but I ' l It hiahli probable the club will eept ami s, , ,, team Fill Wllhng to Meet O'Drlen. riifsimmnna has sent lo Ai lta of ,. nTk tKmi0 , tntMt t Wad i ,trh W,h 'phllndelphla ' OHritn Flinslmmoiis wanta to 1 gll tl llrt. , ,, i , ,,,!, rng,de. 'w lll pla- iht- $;. tSMi forfen , lebl on h result of the Iwttle Oae id ih. mndlilon of Ihe mill la hjl Hie sintnr take all Ihe money II Ollrl.n (alls to Hie up to hla fjwlg" Mi saa he will meet l.oamiy Itmn under the same condl- "oe Tin forfeit of Pllulmmona Is tfiw on ii. y to New York In Iho I Mm of a ..Mined check to AI Smith I Tke bsltli will be roc twenty round t(J will Ih fought iHtfore some club ItJSsa Franeisio offering Ihe best In- dfWdiMits for the contest I Agilnit Thanksgiving Qsme. The lacult) of Purdue university Has decided to abolish Ihe annual Thtoltsglvlng day football contest, and President Hlone announced that hereafter Hie fo.il ball season, at I'ur-in I'ur-in woubl close on the Saturdn) pre-Vdlag pre-Vdlag Thanksgiving President Stono "Chlell) die facull) la of tho opinio! opin-io! that the traditional meaning of ths Thanksgiving holiday should bo mpected by Instltullona of learning." Michigan Has Money. The annual report of tho Michigan UBlvtrslly Athlillc association la gratifying to all member, as tho or-gsalutlun or-gsalutlun made JS.OOfl over expenses, notaltbstandlng Iho short football season Tho receipts from football were 1C 000 nnd tho nit earnings were (8 000 The bauball gamas brought only n llttlo tnnro than $1,000, will the expenses wiro over 15.000. Tier Is now a balanco of (9,000 In the association treasury. Money In Pott-Sesson Qsmes, Speaking of the big money to bo nude In world's championship games, IUrney Dreyfus says ' When Pitts- WALTER DIRECT. Son of tho Unbeaten Direct Hsl with Whom Qeers Is Espected to Win Msny Rsces. burg and lloston played fur Ihe world's championship In IHO: the receipts for the night games amounted to S51 49t. la tho game nt Hxposlllon park the receipts amounted to fiUOO. the record rec-ord of Ihe series In lloston, on another an-other Saturday, Hie receipts were ts.llfi, lloston, b) Ihe wny, had the lirgest crowd of Ihe series, but Pllla aurg. It should be understood, Is u If tent town." Ittcll the Dest Rifle Shot. T. P. lttell, of Pittsburg, won the Utlo of champion Indoor rlllo shot ol the country. Tho drst nnnual lour Bey f the Indoor 21 caliber rifle loagiio of the United States closed a days' session at Pittsburg, Jan 1 lttell won the championship gold "ivdal with n score of 2.115 out of n Foalblo S.tOO. Not only did lttell win too medal In the championship shoot, tat ho also divided first money In tho continuous match with Pope of Hart ford, each having ' dnt International Fight Likely. Another International boxing match ' likely to bo pulled off within Iho Mt two months. Jabes White, the acknowledged light weight cbamplc f England, has slgnlned his "HI! i less to como to this cniir meet "Jlramy" Jlrlit He In "i tlltlon thai the match tt In Aptil ewuv ' I aa kr t r i Mw.ii-r ' Iheso condltlonk ct. ualns anything fut of tho ordinary If the boys mitt the clash will probably take plsce In S'n Franclico. |