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TEAMS READY FOR FOOTBALL GAME NEW YEAR'S SOCCER AND OTHER SPORTS NEWS
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NATIVE SONS TO
COMPETE ON THE
EASTERN CINDERS
Leland Stanford and Uni
versity of California Will
Send Track Teams
MUST JOIN I. C. A. A. A. A.
Another California track teim phns to
Invade tlic Hast This time It If Lelnnd
Stanford University, mitl the men from
Pilo Alto propose to compete In the 41st
championship of the lntorcollee;lato A A.
, A wherever they may he held They
also want n ilunl meet with Harvard or
Yale tt Ii Virtual! certain that the Unl
verslti of California will also ho on hand,
so that the games will he trull national
In character
Before competing Leland Stanford mut
Join the association ns nil active member
There mm he norao dlllloultv In nccom
pllshlnR this foi the I C A A A A will
certalnls not admit the I'nclllc Const col
legians unless they agree to compete repti
larlj These were the conditions tinder
which the University of California was
Admitted Whether or not lielnnd Stan
ford will agree to these conditions of mem
bership Is a question They will forfeit
their membership If thev do not send nt
least three men In altemnte vears
Iceland .Stanford expects to have a IiIrIi
class team mxt sprint? Its hrlRhtest stir
la I'rcd Alurrav, who ctpturul the 12J
anil JJO-vards hurdles nt the A. A. U.
championships last summer lie has dono
U. 1 seconds over the high sticks, nnd
21 1-", seconds for tho low event, but In
fitch case ho had the help of the wind
Anvhow, ho Is considered tis fast ns Trod
Kellv, of houthein California, tho Oljmplc
champion Other Rood men on tho Leland
.Stanford team are Norton, who Is not far
lichlnd Murray ns n hurdlei ; CnURhev. a
40-foot shot putter, Teinpleton, who Is
stiong In both Jumps, list n, a 4 20
mller, nnd Slsson, n 23-foot hiond Jumper
Cnptnln IMdlo Mnhnn, of the ll.uviiril
football liam, Intends to ti for the
Crimson track team In the spring. He
has won his leltei In football nnd base
ball and wants to win It also on the
track DurltiR his fnshmnu year Ma
hon was credited with having run 100
jards In 10 seconds, but as soon ns he
became cllglblo for the vmslty ho. wan
grabbed olT by the baseball team Ho
vlll have to do some wondeiful sprint
ing to win his track lcttei this venr, be
cause Harvard already has one 10 second
man In Toschner, white Toloy Is almost
as fast
The Intel collegiate A. A. A. A Is so
well pleased with the result of Its ex
pel intent In having only college men of
clnte at Its indoor and outdoor chutnplon
shlp games that the Mime rule will be
observed for the second annual Indooi
meet to be held In Madison Snunre Gar
den, New York, on Match 4
Tho third nnnunl cross-country run of
the Municipal Athletic I.engue of Phila
delphia has been postponed again In
stead of being held on New Year's morn
ing It will bo held on Saturday, January
8, and over tho courso of tho German
town Hoys' Club
Soccer Meeting Tonight
The new Industrial I-nRuo of Asvocl itlon
Footlnll t'lubH will hold a meetlnit tonlRht
A it Is tho Intention of the nrromUeni of tho
league to have a 10-club circuit, tluru are still
vacancies for two strong manufacturing teams.
Those deslrlnit to secure u franchise are re
quested to havo UeleRatcs on hand at tonlKht s
meeting
YALE LOST ITS GREATEST
IDOL WHEN SHEVLIN DIED
YALE and tho Intercollegiate world lost
ono of their greatest athletic heroes
In tho suddon death of Tom Shevlln yes
terday. Shevlln vvna tho tipe of man
who fairly radiated an enthusiastic per
sonality, vvhother It was on tho nthletlo
field, on the campus or In the classroom.
Ho was a natural leader, and everybody
liked him.
In an athletic sense, Shevlln, of course,
was greatest as a football plaver. Ho
went to Yale from tho Hill School. When
ho tried for tho Ynla team ho played
nearly ever) position at ono time or
another. First he was a tackle, and he
even played miaul. Then tho coaches
tried to find hln right place In tho
back field. Finally ho was transferred
to end. Instantly ho became an All
Amerlcan star, nnd his great speed and
strength made hint a terror to nil op
ponents. Great Hammer Thrower
Shevlin's second major sport was track
athletics In this ho threw- tho hammer,
was ono of tho best for this event the
Ells ever produced Mo was nlways a
point winner for tho Klls In tho Inter
collegiate championships, and repre
tented Ynlo in tho International meet
which Yalo and Harvard held with Ox
ford and Cambridge.
Shevlln was a millionaire In his own
name when he entered Yalo, and ho wns
said to have mado a lot more In the
lumber business since Ills graduation.
During his undergraduate dajs ho was
constantly doing kindnesses to his fel
low students. Mora than one Yale man
has Shovlln to thank for gifts which
saw them through college. And Shevlln
was tho typo of man who saw to It that
his beneficiaries never knew who their
benefactor was.
But famous as Shevlln "was as an ath
lete during his undergraduato days, he
won even greater famo later as an ama
teur cdach He wns responsible for one
of the greatest "come-backs" known to
CULVER IS WINNER
OF LAKEV0OI) SHOOT
Brenks 81 Out of 100 Targets in Open
Handicap Event
A LAKBWOOD. N- J Dee SO -Dr. I) I. Oil
Ver. of the New ork Athletic Club. jeMerdsy
von the Inkcwool hondlcnp the ronrhirfln
event of th nnnuni Invitation tran shootln
tournament Riven by the I.nurel Home (lun
Club lie hroke M out of n. polble loo hlnls
cnnturlne the trophy n beautiful dterllnR
sther loving cup
t V .vfcMnhon another member of th
New nrk Athletic t'lub on the prlre for
high ncore from the -'( nnl line llenrse J
Corbett, nlto of this orininlmtlon. was high
mnn on the tli-snnl line C U Schnnk. of
freehold won the honor from (he lS-sanl
line A C Kin of lomn lllver, led nt 17
sards and T A Potts of Lnkowood waft
high nt 111 vnrrtu
Colonel A .1 VtrPlure nnfl nwnrde.1 the roll
medal given by the I.nurel House dun Club
for the beet total a, ore imde In all events by
n member of the rlub I)r Culver nlo vrtn
Hi Iikrwood . lumplouhhlp which wns shot
Jestenlat
CONNIE MACK TACTICS
WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
HUGGINS, OF ST. LOUIS
Cnrdinal Manager Signs Up
Jimmy Brannigan, 17-year-old
Star Third Baseman,
for 1916 Season
BATS FOR .310 AVERAGE
ST. 1-OPIK, Dec 30 Connie Mark's
svstcm of plucking 'em when thev 're
voting. In their 'teens, In prep school and
not when they're mature, has won six
pennants for the Athletics, so Miller Mug
gins Is going to follow in tho footsteps of
the lean tactltlan Hug his started with
the announcement that he has signed
Jlmmv ttrnnnlgnn, oro 17, horn nnd renred
in St Louis, for the Cardinals, giving tho
Itohlnson Holders the first native son on
the ltlfi squad
The Cardinals represent St t.ouls In
tho Xntlonat League Kvorv one knows
tint, but out of a sciuad of ome odd
.10 dlnmond nthletes, St I.ouls Is not rep
resented nt all That Is. until Jlniniv
Jimmied a pen nnd ink upon a btseb.ill
contract In Kihuvlcr Drltton's olllce St.
I.ouls, ns a member of the Cnrdln lis
At 17 joutiR Ilrannlgnn becomes a blR
lenRiier. At 'JO Jlmmv should be one of
the greatest third packers In big leaRUo
society. You ask, why this boost for
.llmms?
Well, In SO Rnmes with the Decatur
Club last summer ho Btvattcd 310 and
stole IS bases.
With the Uen Millers of tho Intcistnto
League In 1911, 1513 and 1912, Jlmmv out
classed all the other thlid-sacker guar
dians And Jlmmv Ins been plnjlng leaguo
ball slnco 1911. That was his Hist sea
son ns a professional, and In till Ilmmj
had Just celebrated his 13th blrthdnv.
Hob Conncry. the Caidlmls' scout, was
the one who lined up voting Hrnnnlgnn
Hob travels fioni coast to coast nn
nunlly, looking over tho minor league
timber.
Tho only plasor ho drafted was Third
Hasemnn Illllcr, of tno Durham (N. C )
Club When Hug was here last week
Connery dropped this:
"You send mo through ovcry minor
league In the country, don't vou""'
queried Dob. "Well, I'll tip ou off to
a lad who Is a better prospect than nnj
thlng I looked nt all summer "
Naturally Muggins was curious, and ho
asked about tho lntest phenom Con
nery's answer was Jimmy Hinnnlgnn, so
Jimmy was called in for a conference
and signed tho contract that was put
before him
college football. That was In 1910. Ted
Coj, captain of Yule's 1909 eleven, wns
coach that vear. Hut ho was not a suc
cess, and after tho team had been beaten
by West l'olnt nnd Hrown nnd held to a
scoreless tie by Vnnderbllt some ono sug
gested that a hurri-up call bo sent to Tom
Shevlln. who was then In Minneapolis,
whero he was a volunteer coach to tho
Unlversltj of Mlnncstotn's eleven, coached
by H. L. Williams, an old Yalo star.
The Minnesota Shift
While with Williams, Shevlln saw- tho
operation of tho "Minnesota shift," which
Williams Invented This was tho play he
took to Yale. Although he had less than
a weok In which to perfect It for Prince
ton, ho gave this play to tho nils, and
broke all precedents by scrimmnglng the
men every day. Princeton had a first
class team; but Shevlin's enthusiasm and
tho Minnesota shift did the trick, for
Trlnccton was outplaced and beaten, 5-3.
Although Harvard had had an opportu
nity to seo tho new pla In action nnd,
therefore, to prepare for It, tho nils man
aged to hold the Crimson to a score of
0-0.
Shovlln had his seebnd test this fall, and
it was more severe than that of five yet, a
ago. Yale had been beaten by Virgin a,
Colgate and Washington nnd Jefferson
when Shevlln appeared on the sceno Ho
at once stnrtcd the rejuvenation of the
Yale eleven, and In one week reorganized
tho team so that It held Drown to a score
of 3 to 0. Tho next week came Princeton,
and the Tigers were trounced 13-7. It Is
true that Pilnceton fumbled enough to
have lost to almost any kind of a team,
yet tho Shevlln spirit hai" a lot to do
with tho result.
But not even Shevlin's personality could
make Yale win from Harvard, for the
Crimson had a wonderful team and bene
fited by two weeks' rest, since the Prince
ton game administered to Yale the worst
defeat a Illue team ever sustained. Hut
the Ull3 were satisfied with what Shevlln
accomplished. He will ever be ono of
their most cherished athletic Idols.
ABSENT
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A f HJS5IPP1CIE.NT CAPITAL M f BUTAFTER ALL. ll S INDEED. IT IS V. A DIDyoU HAVE. " ""
,sMBESPOMSIBlI FORTHE m yHNSUFFIClENCV OF CAPITAL Ml-) VXIOMATIC THAT H j(( REFERENCE TOME.J-Jp . f J
til&f FAILURE OFMOSTMODERN J J3EJ j NO WORSE THAN J )$ POVERTY IS NOT AS ? Prflfl. 'uTf H SHRIMPP j J fll
This tenm will meet the McClure for tho championship of Philadelphia and Delaware Counties on New car'? afternoon at Straw bridge &
Clothier field, G!d and Walnut streets. Tho players above are, left to right- Front row Gornghty, Svvartz, Captain Campur.ano, himcox and
Osborne. Second row Manager MacDonald, McCaskcy, Hunter, Coghlan, Stannard, Smith and Toland. Third row Butler, Washburn,
Hcdding nnd Nnsk. Fourth row Peacock, Ryan and Giltnoio.
TWO CHAMPIONSHIP
SHOOTS SCHEDULED
FOR PENNSYLVANIA
Eastern Trap Event to Start
State Competition at
Lansdale, May 10
BIG PRIZES ARE OFFERED
Philadelphia and Lnnsd.ilc, Pa, will
bo favored during the 1916 activities in
I the nalm of sport with two Important
! trnuhnntt,tt fnmtiotltlnns till, HaStCrtl
Tr.ipshnotlmr Championship and the
l'eunslvanln Stnte championship
I'enusvhnnln Is known ns the lending
tr.ipshootlng centie In the tnuntt There
nro moi o organizations In and about
HIVJ IIIWIll ' !-, ' ....-- -
Philadelphia than nn other cltv in the
United Statis There aro moie gun luls
In Ptnnsvlvnnln than an otlur Malt'
Thero aro 10 gun clubs within a JO-mllo
radius of this city, ami about 500 In tho
State
More than 300,000 licenses wero taken
out by fMinsihnnla gunners to hunt In
tho Held this senr, nnd It is safe to say
that at least one-third of this number
spends some time shooting nt the "blue
locks" Most noticeable Is that tho sport
Is receiving a tremendous boom
In and about this city nro some of the
finest shots In tho counto. Including
Charles II New comb, present PciiuhvI
vanln State champion and American ama
teur tltleholder nt single tnrgi'ts Marry
risher, Hilly Severn, James GrilllthH,
Harry Sloan and Oeoigo McCnrthv, a for
mer American champion
Tho Pennsvlvnnla State championship
tournaments will bo held on the grounds
of the LmiHd.ile Oun Club, nt Lansdale.
Pa , Mn 10, 17, 18 nnd 19, and tho Great
H.istern Ch.tmolonshlp shoot will take
placo on the traps of tho Kevstono Shoot
ing League, at Holmesburg Junction, July
IS. ID and 20.
Prizes In the lounicis will be even bet
ter than In previous venrs The Intci
stnto Tr.ipshotlng Association has ar
ranged Its classification of States, and
Pennsvlvnnla Is now In Class A. and tho
State championship in consequence will
recelvo a donntlon of $230.
There will be $1000 ndded money given
to the Cleat Hastcrn handicap shoot This
Is the 10th nnnual tournament Tho w In
ner will be guaranteed $Uo nnd a trophy,
besides a ttlp to tho Grand American
Handicap, tho blue ribbon event In St.
Louis Second plnco winner will bo gunt
nutecd $75 and a trophy, while tho third
high fun will get $3) and a prize.
Charllo Wllbnnk Is settlnir a stiff pace for
white liver liol In his list tun tr'ps to
the mark ho has returned with a clean Blate.
Tulie he Ims run ir straight Kills In the- Hon
Creek matches.
The Algerlne Hunting- Club, of Cedar Itun.
Pa., had u good seaeon In camp this tear.
Melnbero bagged a large number of iihtnuanta
and rabbits, and also killed two large lnuks
nnd n bear Th follow Iiik mcmberH made up
tho champ Porter U. Jones, of Philadelphia,
William Hell of Wllltammurt II Corxon
Itobert Orange. Walter Corson. William Cor
son, .Sain ."-edam, John Michael nnd Clmrles
Ileeter, of Muncy, II. Ilrowi of Montgomery,
and Augustine Dennett, of Slate Ilun
BOWLING RESULTS
SIANETO.
Ellott ' S'-O -OH Si
1-nko -! JbS L'fJ
Lungren ITS LM IM 5J
I'rick 1J 17U U1 .T
Cook -M lKi -! U7-'
Total iosb iwM ion aiio
MAJUSTIC.
Shaffer K'l 17s S '!
Preobom , uv l las ran
MUiguw Jto 147 170 417
Novk mi 171 irm ,ui
Topham laa 1M vol bttl
Totals tOt) 8J' TTa ibS
ALOO.SQUIV. TlUF.ftS.
Dynes. . IV) 1st 101 Hill.... lhO 182 IBS
i: K M. Ills 1IIO 21 1 bmlth. .. 131 IBS l.'J
Kelly . -ll 17.1 lh' llurchlll.. 108 im 133
Herbert . 17s 1U1 1"- I ambert. l&U 1US lilt
Johnsun . HI 11)1 IbU Hartley.. lbS 17.' ll-i
Totals . t7B ViO Oil Totals.. V00 Ml 771
WVNDIIAM COLTS GIANTS.
Hardy. .. 13 tut IbO Mangeney 177 lSil 10J
L'osia -11 lbl 1D!I Myers . -'1H JIJ it0
Mcl'ull. 117 1U7 Klagholz. llln .'u7 luu
Jones .. 177 lilt 13s Mount. .. 13J 1111 1711
ileorge . 10.1 1:011 19.' Price.. 1UU 171 luo
Itadelltf . 131
Totals.. 813 817 011
Totals . hSS 003 U33
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VINCOME'S HUSKY BAND
KICKING DUEL WILL FEATURE
NEW YEAR'S FOOTBALL GAME
Charley McGuckin and Harold Lentz, Two
Booting Marvels, Expected to Do Great
Work for Their Teams
AnHN'S TIONAL kicking duel Is ex
pected on Niw Year's afternoo'i.
when those arch inemles of the footbnl
world, Vlncome nnd McClu-c. clash In n
game to decide the gridiron suptcnintj
of Philadelphia nnd Delawnio Counties
on the Straw bridge .Vc Clothlor Hold, GJd
nnd Walnut srieots
Pitted ngnlnst one nnother for the first
time In fnntli.tll hlstoi will be two of
the best drop Ulcker.s and punters ever
piodticcd bv the Philadelphia schools
They are Cluirlln McOuckln, halfback on
tills season's Vlllanova College team aim
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I 1915 Meld goal champion of the l nlted
States, and tho well-known Hnrold Lcnt7,
tho sensntlonnl fiuarterhnck of tne i-en-tial
Manual tennis of 1011-12-13
Kiclittl Into Funic
i:er since this pair of nthletes bioko
Into scholnstlc football they have been big
fnclois In the winning of Impoitant
gaims. McCluPkln. who Is a graduate of
the South Philadelphia High School, this
season kicked his waj Into fame by de
feating Muhlenberg, Urslnus. Vordhnm,
Swnrtltmore and West Point
While the old Manual team wns win
ning Barnes under Hill Crow ell, Lentz
made a practice of scoring three-pointers
nt liberty Against Swnrthmoro Prep ho
startled the scholnstlc clement bv kicking
a field goal from tho IH-v ard line
Alter leaving high school Lentz forsook
numerous opportunities to enter college
to launch Into n business career. At tho
DE NERI SWAMPED
BY CAMDEN FIVE
Skeeters Win Eastern League
Game by Score of
Go to 35
STANni.vri or Tin: teams.
vv, i.. p c w. r p.c
Oreystock. 12 J 70 Do Ncrl .. 3 j .jj
Hemline-... lo s AMI ramilen Kin .
'lYenloti.... U b ,5JU Jasper 1 1J
TO.virmrs sciiEntiLii
Do Nerl nt Jasper
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Do Nerl was overwhelmingly defeated
by Camden in their Hastem League bas
ketbull game, plavcd on the latter's floor
last night, tho scoro ending 03 to 33 in
the Jersei men's favor. For the first half
of the game tho contest was close and
Interesting, both teams scotlng freely.
In tho second hnlf Dark was forced to
emit through Illness and Heckman was In
poor condition to piny, so that Do Nerl
really had only thrco men, and Camden
scored at will.
st Columba, by defentlm; Xavler by tho scoro
of '10 to 21 broke the l Inlo tie for reennd
place in the American Irfai, "Ties last night.
The lontest for tho greater 1.1 ' the Hi min
uies 01 eta ui ,. ...
1, am hnhitf n ItA nt 4 fi. 7. 1).
utes or Play was 01 ine eiu,ai , ,,','" ' ""
and 21 in the concluding minutes the. Le
,. ... i. i. , , .,
iir minutes the Le
high aenue quintet deeloped some clover
iinm nla lnnlnif out In e.tsv fashion In the
other RHlil Madonna defeated Kt. Hdward'a by
the s ore of U to .11. tho Inning nelil goal hv
I.tvlngstune being worrd in the last half min
ute uf play.
Good Season for Caddies
Caddies to the number of 7T nere entertained
nt dinner o;
the gprlnghnven c'ountry Club at
igrord last nignt tTixes uere dis
tributed tu the candles who had proved them
selves tho most efficient Jurlnir tho season and
thero was an added nttrtctlou in the way of
an entertainment rollol'K the dinner.
The Aronlmlnk Country Club will feast ISO
cuddles at the clubhouse l)Texel Hill, tomor
row. Tho usual custom of holding tho dinner
in the evening will not be adhered to on this
occasion and tne spread will bo ready at 1
p. in
Hoxing- at the Gayety
In the 103 pound class at the Oayety Theatre
Isst night touns Wallace won from Young
Olldai In tho speilal bouts John llrouu
defeated Kid IHlderman in three rounds while
In the 110 pound class semlfliwls. loung llerry
defeated Kid Hett In thiee rounds
i tmatmimmt
tfTnvwa
OF FOOTBALL WARRIORS
same time, however, he has kept In
touch with the game hv plnvlng with the
strong Vlctiix and Holmesburg elevens.
The j car following his graduation nt
South Philadelphia High McGuckin plavcd
a star gnme with the Hltner eleven, of
Sottthwnrk, and roso Inlo prominence as
one of the best Independent halfbacks and
punters In Philadelphia.
I!oth Audv McClure nnd William Mc
Donald, managers of the rival teams that
meet New Yini's, ale delighted over se
curing a high cpiss drop kicker nnd
punter Hath points out that his offense
has been strengthen! d at least 50 per cent ,
ns n score Is ultnost certain once his team
gels within the M-iaid line
Aside from being remarkable drop kick
ers and punters, botlt Lentz and McGuckin
aro excellent runners with tho ball, ac
curate forward paiscis and brnlny play
ers As Saturday will be the first occa
sion that men of this calibre have op
posed ono another on a local gridiron,
adherents of both elevens nre counting on
a lively battle for kicking honors
The demand for tickets for New Year's
has been growing stcadllv during tho last
fow das and It was decided this morning
to put pastebonrds on snlo at A. G
Spalding's, 1310 Chestnut street
u
e is a torpedo shot from the tor
pedo tube of the twentieth century
and aimed at the obstacles that stand
in the way of the twenty-first century J9
Houston Chronicle
Did you know that there
WAS one man of whom this
could consistently be said?
Did you know that there
was a living man credited
with this astonishing power?
Learn who he is in
SUNDAY'S
PUBLIC
a Word! By WALT McDOUGALL
an'hiniii nntTj,ar
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"TED" SULLIVAN PLANS
SOUTH AMERICAN TOUR
Wants to Take Two Major
League Baseball Clubs
Next Fall
WASHINGTON, Dee. 30 Baseball, tho
American pastime, will bo made pan
American If negotiations begun today
succeed "Ted" Sullivan, of tho Chi
cago White Sox. who helped pilot two
teams from tho American and National
Leagues mound the world, today con
torted bv lnvltntlon with representatives
of the prlnclpnl South American States
with a view to taking two all-star teams
to that continent next fall nnd giving the
natives a ilist-hand view of the gnmo that
unbalances the minds of ten million sane
I'nltcd States citizens eveiv cnt
The plan Is to charter a speclnl steamer
and visit tho principal South American
cities, plnv Ing exhibition games
Mr Sullivan's mission In Washington
has tho sanction of tho National Com
mission. Tho trip, If It Is made, will In
no sense bo a "bnrn-stormlng" tour, but
a legitimate effort to extend tho sphero
of baseball to South America.
Academy Holds Shoot on Saturdny
Phllndelphl i ShootlnK Acmlemv has nrranged
n program for ew Vears afternoon Two
m-tnrgrt events wilt be shot with J rlios for
everv 5 contestants In eat h event. Thu Low Is
Class bystem will bo used In miking the
awards The snoot is open to nil.
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SvCCSSMJSllfeGjLVS
U. S. COULD GET
TOGETHER FAST
SOCCER TEAM
Would Be Able to Compete
in Olympic Matches at
Stockholm
FOREIGNERS NOW WEAK
If It Is tnio that Sweden will get tho
Olympic games next year, ndw Is the
time for the United States tovrlouly
consider sending over a soccer team with
the rest of Its nthletes Thero Is o rea
son why this country should not get to
gether a good amateur team nnd nx tha
foreign teams will assuredly not bo, up
to tho standard of previous years, van
American team, If It Is carefully select
should at lenst make n fair showing:.
It Is not to bo oxpectod that an Ameri
can team would defent Its more experi
enced opponents, but thero Is certainly no
reason whv this country should any
longer lag" behind In International Bocccr.
Thero nre many good amateurs In title'
count rj, who, If they could play a few
games togothcr, would undoubtedly give
an excellent account of themselves.
In Philadelphia thero nre several play
ers who, If given tho opportunity, would
mako good on such n. team It would be
a good Idea for tho National Association
to arrange matches in various districts
and delegato members of the association
to witness the games so that tho Very
best men could bo selected
There is alwavs tho question of ex
pense In such an undertaking, but It
should not ho a very difficult matter to
ralso tho necessary funds. Tho gates
from the district games could bo utilized
for this purposo and It Is certain that
various associations throughout tho coun
try would arrange other games nnd In
various vvayn contribute. Soccer clubs
nro not as a rulo overburdened with
wealth, but Bovernl "gates" of J100 apiece
would form a very good nucleus for the
sum needed.
SQUASH RACQUETS TEAMS
TIE IN OPENING GAMERS
Contests Staged on Courts nt Man
hcim nnd Noble
With one exception tho opening matches
in tho tnlcrclub Bqunsh racquets cham
pionship were cxtremelj close At Man
helm Team A of Germantown and the
Itacquet Club broke even with three
mitches nplecc, nt Noble, Huntingdon
Valley and Team 11 of Merlon nlso equal
ly divided the six matches, and the same
result w is seen In the contest between
Overbro'f nnd Tenm t of Germantown,
nt Ovcr'o ook The only loser of tho day
was tho Cynvvyd Club, which lost to Team
A of Merlon, nt Haverford Merlon won
all six matches
Playing No 1 on the Itncquet Club
team, W II. T Hulm was beaten rather
more easily than had been anticipated
by Stanley W Pearson In straight games,
but there was every excuse for tho loser,
since he ha.s had very little practice this
season, and In nddltlon, he was suffeiinE
from a sore vv rlst.
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