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Show TOM HOWARD'S PICKED TEAM NEW YORK, April 7. -Tom Howard, How-ard, one of the foremost hockey authorities au-thorities in the country if not the world, has picked what, in his opinion, opin-ion, Is the All-Star hockey team for 1917. Howard, who was formerlv coach at Yale has seen all the league and college teams in action and his selection se-lection is divided Into amateur and t college players. t '" "'' - b ri UL1jijjiM His all-star teams for the season H of 1916-17 are as follows: All Amateur League Smart, goal, St. Nicholas; Skilton, point, Boston A. A.; Hefferman, cover point, Cres cents; Roach, rover, Crescents; Os- good, centre, Boston A. A.; Conley, left wing, Boston Arena; McCarthy, M right wing, Crescents. H All Intercollegiate York, goal, JM Yale; Morgan, point. Harvard; J. M Humphrey, cover point, Princeton; H Percy, rover, Harvard; Tyler, Centre, Dartmouth; Murphy, left wing, Dart- M mouth; PaiAley, right wing, Dart- IH mouth. H ADDITIONAL SPORTS ON PAGE 12, H I IL S. DIFFICULTIES WIIH GERMANY I CAUSES POSTPONEMENT OF SPORTS Many Athletic Events Abandoned Speedway I Association of Chicago Calls Off Races Polo I Players Form a Reserve Cavalry Patrol I Martial Spirit in Basehalldom Supreme. LwM (By Kenneth MacDougall.) NEW YORK, April 7 It is apparent M that our difficulties with Germany B have placed athletic promoters in an H uncomfortable condition. Throughout H the country and in all branches of H sport there are rumors of abandon- Hl mgnt of certain events which have Hl become of annual importance in sport H history. LwM David F. Reid, president of theChi- B cago Speedway association, has an- LwM nounced that if war is declared the 1 annual races there will -be abandoned. M From Cincinnati comes a similar state- 1 ment from Harry Lehman, president M of the Ohio Motor organization. The H average reader may inquire what au- j tomobilo racing has to do with war, H but when one discovers that almost H every racing driver and mechanic in H the country stands ready to devote H his efforts toward national defense the H answer is apparent. H These men who have risked their H lives many times in the furious pace H of the track and road race are valu- LwM able adjuncts to the army. The mech- M aniclans are ,in all probability, to be H used in the aviation school, while the fl speedways themselves will be offered LwM to the government as mobilization H grounds. H Not only has the automobile world LwM turned to defense, but ' the other H branches of sport as well. H Tno pol Plavers f Meadow Brook LwM and Piping Rock clubs, numbering H such well known and daring riders as H Devereux Milburn, Jr., L, E. Stoddard H pnd many others of greater or lesser H fame, have formed a reserve cavalry H patrol and been sworn in as special H deputy sheriffs to aid the sheriff of H Westchester county In putting down H disorder in the event war is declared. H The Amateur Athletic union has an- H nounced that the annual games of the H organization scheduled for the late H spring and summer will be held in H abeyance until the situation clears up, H as most of the prominent track men H are members of some military organ- H ization and it is the desire of the union H to help the government in any way In H which the services of the members H may be used. The board of governors H have already held informal discussions H regarding the course which the organ- H ization will take in the event of war. Hj And so it goes on throughout tho H entire sporting world, this quiet devo- Hl tion to the duty which may soon be Hl every man's that of national defense. H From the athletes of the country H great things are expected. Physically H fit manhood is desirable military ma- H Lerial and those who have proven H iheir courage on field and track will H undoubtedly hold up the traditions of H American sportsmanship on the Held Hl of battle in the event of war. H Most sports develop self reliance, LwM which is-the-essential qualification of i good officer, and officers are what this country is in special need of. The present war has depleted the English sporting world of most of its athletic stars. Famous sportsmen there were among the first to rally to the colors and the traditions of the cricket and hunting fields have been manfully upheld and enhanced by the bravery of the sportsman officers in the British army. Already the college athlete is playing play-ing an important part in the present wave of preparedness. Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell, and even small but gallant -Wesleyan, which furnished a large percentage of Its students for duty in tho Civil and Spanish-American wars, are striving to do their utmost ut-most to help the general staff make soldiers. The martial spirit is supreme. Baseball Base-ball diamonds, instead of being awakened awak-ened by the crack of horsehide against willow, now resound to the tramp of marching feet. The "manual of arms" replaces the Indian club and dumbbell; dumb-bell; while instead of tho hoarse barks of the coaches, the resounding "Steady, men!" of the student officers floats over the campus. The majority of the major universities univer-sities announced several days ago that all athletics will be abandoned in the event of war. On the Yale campus the olive drab of the members of the Yale battery Is already seen. The rumble rum-ble of limbers and the thrilling pounding pound-ing of madly dashing horses in the vicinity of the "bowl" Is now part of tho daily program. Tramp! tramp! tramp! the boys are marching at Harvard; while Princeton Prince-ton Is Interesting herself with aviation avia-tion and infantry drill. Professional baseball players -are becoming proficient in "Butt's Manual" Man-ual" and "The School of the Soldier." Extended order drills and setting up exercises attract tho business man who was once an athleto to Governors Island, where the work of making officers of-ficers goes on despite tho transfer of Major General Wood, to whom the credit of the movement belongs. The athletes of the nation will have to rally to the colors for the first line army, and evidently in every quarter of tho country they are fully aware of their responsibilities and aro preparing pre-paring to do their duty. |