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Sidelights on tom shevlin
FAST FORWARD OF CENTRAL HIGH QUINTET
AN AMATEUR IS AN AMATEUR
CAKKX UJNJUJND1JNU INTEREST
WHEN HE IS ONE THAT'S ALL
This Sums Up Finding" of the Sports Governing
B dies, Who Gathered Together
in New York City
fLate Yale Hero Endeavored to Get Mike
it -kit. L... rn1 ....... -mi tti u ttt
lviurpiiy xa.is.en un Mil ir acuity was
Arrested Here for Speeding
t I
iy okais tl -
nINCE Tom Shcvlln had such a vivid
V oul an,i possessed biicIi n vltnl spark
titles of his career are sure to carry
I "unending Interest. Here nre n few inside
jllhts upon tue iato ,nl "er"' given 10
who went to Hill School with
m by one
jy UMH ... .. .AA- Veil !..
th,.e side-lights furnish ntithetitlr data
i. to what Tom Shcvlln lenlly was:
him ami P'np. "". ":...... , " . "
1 to wnai '""
Tom Rave nil credit for his athletic
Mlllv to Mike Sweeney, of tho Hill
school and Mike Murphy, when tho Int
ur was at Vale. His '" lrc for Vale
athletics was to bring Sweeney to Ynlo
and have him installed, not as a direct
conch or any iwi "" "- " -
ml athletic director. connected with the
faculty, to ndvlso and help In nil
branches He rewarded Sweeney, as he
aid at the banquet of the ISO.-, team at
Cambridge, ns 'the world's greatest brain
on all forms ot athletics.'
High Brow StaRRcrctl
"At one time Tom tried to got Mike
Murphy taken on the Ynle faculty, but
was Informed when ho appeared before
that body to press Murphy's cause that
there would probably bo some opposition
to him. Tom chose to put his own Intcr-
miinn on the remark, and with a grin
answered that he was sure ho could over- I
come Murphy's objections at having to !
aervo on a faculty which had so many
narrow-minded men on It. which answer
attguercd some of the high brows
aeverely. (
'Tom was always n very high stand
student intieett mm never iiuiikcii mi ex
amination I Hon l believe no over toolc
a drink In his life.
"Many remarks were attributed, un
fortunately, to Tom which ho never made ;
tho worst, perhaps, of theic was what ho
was supposed to have said In Ills fresh
man year "Look nt mo now nml think
' what I'll he when I'm a senior.' The
: nubile never knew the best side of Ills
nature and character. Incidentally, there
i arc several men, not nthletes, cither, who
! owo their collcgo education to Tom, nnd
he was always a friend to those In
trouble.
"He was a wonderfully fast skater, n
fine baseball player and a remarkablo
boxer, but concentrated on football and
hammer-throwing nt college.
"Ills tremendous self-assurance and
confidence served two uurposes It mado
him greater, Just as It makes Ty Cobb.
and It made every man on his team carry'
COLFERS PRACTICE
THE INDOOR GAME
ON STORE COURSES
Three Big Department Stores
Start Winter Season of Train
ing for Approaching
and Putting
Thero Isn't nny bonny heather, nor nro
there nny lusty lunges nt tho bnll. but
Indoor golf furnishes Just tho same In
spiration for cussing and much of tho
fascination that tho outdoor game affords.
The winter drive on tho gnmo started
yesterday afternoon at Glmbel's, nnd the
big crowd, both lining the rail nnd on the
"links," gave another aamnlo of how-
popular the gamo of goK Is getting to be
here. Though tho play Is all with n
nlbllc, or mashlc, and a putter, the shots
require all tho touch nnd fineness of con
trol that Is essential outside on the turf.
! In fact, to tho player accustomed to talc
1 Ing his bit of turf with each Bhot, playing
I from the soft enrpet with which the in
door courso Is covered, calls for an en
tirely new stylo, and tho player that
excels on tho open links may bo tho
Veriest "dub" on tho Indoor course.
Wanamakcr's will open a course tomor-
, row. At Snellenburg's there Is a golf
I ichool, but no course. -Other department
: stores are taking up tho matter of Indoor
; rolf, and It Is expected that In tho near
: future the courses will bo swamped with
players.
The courso at Glmbel's Is more than 100
feet In length. At one end, behind tho
-puncn dowi" eighth hole is a nigh wiro
creen, but otherwise the courso Is un
Incloaed save by a low rail so that It
Pften happens that a salesgirl Jumpa fran
tically for a counter when she sees a golf
ball rolling along the floor at her feet
and thinks at tlrst she Is face to face with
mouse.
There are nine holes. Tim ball must
b put through all tho Jumps and paceB
imaginable. There are water, sand,
trooves, "trees," lakeB," camel backs
and every other kind of a hazard to
throw the ball uway from the hole. One
of the difficulties of the course Is that
one gets too absorbed In the shots. Yes
terday one of the fair golfers suffered no
little embarrassment when Bhe fell head
long over one of the pyramids.
Missed putts called for Bllent move
ments of the lips, accompanied by a mean
look, except In one case where one of
the mala golfera Jumped on his stick
.and shook his fist at tho ball with a gut
tural flow of words which left little to the
imagination,
"Gee, he ain't dt the bull'a eye oncet."
wld a sman boy, thereby adding- much to
the care-free air of the golfer at the bat.
In a few days the heavy traffic over the
tvuuraes win commence.
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ain l kiue
the same spirit: 'that tho other fellow Is
nwful Rood, but you nre the best In the
world.'
An Invulnerable End
"The scrub team In lKCi was the bet
Vale ever hnd, tor in those days the subs
weio used on It, ns well ns Incliglbles and
star ficshmcti, yet It mis a red letter
day when we Rained two yards anund hi
end In practice, nnd we lost moie ground
by far In trying him than we ever gained,
despite our plotting nnd planning.
"He played nfinlnst his tackle, not out,
and I havo seen him leave tils position
entirely after a signal was given nml go
behind the other minnl. Deanltn II. u m,.
sclllsh play, I never saw him outguessed
but once; that was when HII Starr got
around Mm at Cambridge In '0.-, for six
ynids: but Tom caught him and threw
him over the substitutes' bench on tho
sldo lines. I havo played whole games
when his end wns never attempted at nil.
At running bnck kick-offs from fullback
I'psltlon ho will never hnVc nn etiuat.
"He used to say 'There are no good
backs; they all look alike when they are
on the ground: If you stop them they
are nil bad; never let these fast bird
backs get started; shoot them em the
ground.' You can count on one I and tho
lulls tnnilc ngalnst Vale ot mote than
3D nrds when Tom nlnved.
"Tom sometimes lost his temper, but
never his bend. When tho Hill bent
Vlllanovn College In 1901 Tom was actual
ly crjlng with ingc, but played tho headi
est and Jy far the best game on the Held.
Under the most trying conditions he
never plnyed foul or slugged; ho wns
rough enough ns It was.
Tom as Jailbird
"Once In Philadelphia Tom was ar
rested, I believe for speeding hi nn auto,
In 100.', on the day tho Hill School opened
for the spring term, so he sent a wire
to the head-master, something like this:
'Sorry cannot be with you ut opening
of school; In Jail.'
"Don't ever let nny one any that there
ever lived or over will live a better end
than Tommy: ho had them nil beaten at
everything weight, speed, strength. In
stinct, endurance, luck, mental attitude.
loomaii Knowledge, nblllty to read tho
other fellow, ability ns a Held general,
levcl-hcadcdncss, spirit, brnlns nnd every
thing else which a man could have. Not
only was he the best end but I bellevo
ho played his position better thnn any
mnn has ever plnyed nny position.
"Ho leaves a vacant place in the foot
ball world that can never be tilled."
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penn athletic
committee Approves
coach selection
Bob Folwell the Man, Although
Red and Blue Directors
Refuse to Make
Statement
There was no meeting of tho University
Athletic Commlttco this morning to np
provo tho selection of Pennsylvania's
Football Committee ns the 191G gridiron
coach, nor was a meeting scheduled for
this afternoon, nH announced yesterday.
This was due to the fact that thu Uni
versity Athletic Commlttco hnd already
Informally approved the appointee of the
football committee.
In fcplto of tho lack of official con
flimatlon it was considered virtually cer
tain that Robert C. Folwell, captain of
tho 1907 team, would bo mimed as head
coach.
This conviction wns as strong among
Pennsylvania's athletic authorities as
they assembled for the regular monthly
meeting of tho hoard of directors at tho
A. A. ofllce this afternoon us though the
otllclal announcement had already been
made,
The plans of tho Football Committee
were rudely upset yesterday by Infor
mation from the University Athletic Com
mittee, the body which represents tho
Fuculty ns the court of Inst resort on nil
undergraduates athletic matters, that Its
appointment would have to bo npproved
by this committee before being presented
to the board of directors. This was the
result of a new ruling by the University
Athletic Committee which will apply here
after to all coaching appointments.
Rut the Football Commltteo had cone
bo far In Its plans that It was Imposslbjo
to arrange a conference with the Univer
sity Athletic Commjttee In advance of
today's board meeting, nt which tlmo It
was planned to end the coaching con
troversy. As a result Whor.on Sinkler,
chairman of the Football Committee, had
a talk with Dr. Arthur Goodspoed. chair
man of the University Athletic Commit
tee, and presumably other members of
this body, i.nd secured Informal approval
of the committee's action. When the
committee went before tho Hoard of Di
rectors this afternoon it knew that. Its
choice would receive the approval of tho
University Athletic Committee.
Taft Returns From Hunting Trip
CINCINNATI, O.. Jan. -1. -Charles P. Taft,
owner ot the majority of the stoi'k of the
Chicago National league Club, returned yes.
tenlay from a three peeks' huntlnz trip In
Ttxaa. It li expected by those hlith In the
rounelU n baseball that Churles Wepshman.
former president of tho Chicago Federal, will
coins to Ihlj city later In the week ami make an
effort to purchase the Cuba from .Mr. Taft.
ABSENT-MINDED ABNER He Takes Notice of a Really Striking Bit
y 1 W" 1
VHP11 u BmoHin, lHQ
C. H. S. PLAYERS
IN POOR SHAPE
FOR HARD GAMES
Coach Usilton's Squad Idle
While Other Teams
Worked
OTHER SCHOOL NEWS
Today's Basketball finmes
Nnrlhrn-t lllKh at Wttl I'lillndelphla
IIIkIi.
Onfntl IMrIi Srhnnt nt Southern High,
Trndr hclinnl nt llnrhy IIIrIi School.
Temple l'rcp nt Inrlnml lllch School.
With the High School I.engue basket
ball series upon them the Central High
School basketball players Hnd themselves
In comparatively poor physical shape ns
a result of falling to indulge In a single
practice throughout the holiday season.
For moro thnn two weeks the squad has
been Idle, with tho single exception of
the lilrard College game, which was won
lost Saturday by a very close margin.
Tho gnme with Southern High, nlwliys
a hard struggle, may or may not be
played today, pending final arrangements
regarding the hall for this Initial league
contest, but whether Cent ml wins or not.
the team will be handicapped nnd sooner
or later mny feel the effects of not hav
ing kept In trim over such a long perl'jd.
While Southern, Northeast and West
Philadelphia were practicing. Central
High wns Idle.
Jim Usllton, coach ot tho Central play
ers, claims that It Is not his fault that
the men were unable to work. He said:
"So hall was secured by tho Basketball
Commltteo for us to use. The Central
High School gymnasium w.is closed and
the men could not play there. Yester
day I took the men to the 'gym,' but
Doctor O'Hrlen. physical director, re
fused to allow us to use the tloor for
practice. What else could we do?"
Chestnut Hill Acndomy students are
Intel csted In tho selection of tho football
conch at Peun, and wonder whether Mike
Bennett really has a chance. "You
know Ian! Wrny thought Mlko Hennett
a near in football when ho plnyed at St.
Martin's, nnd laid has quite a lot to say
this year as to tho selection of tho Penn
coach," said ope ot the Chestnut Hill
Academy nthletes yesterday.
It's tho old, old story In the High School
Unskctball League! They never seem
to know Just where the games are going
to be played. Yet If Jlr. HeiiPinl Pub
He should happen to take a fancy U see
ono of tho contests he would have a
pleasant time trying to discover Just
where he should go. They are certnln
of ono thing, at least, Northeast and
West Philadelphia play In tho West
Philadelphia High School gymnasium!
Northeast High School's athletes, now
nttcudlng Oermantown High, seem to bo
popular with the Manhclm boys. Tho
unanimous election of Uoyd Burnett nH
captain of the basketball team did not
como as a big surprise. Burnett played
on Northeast's second team In 1911.
Desson, of tho Southern High School
basketball squad, Is in lino for tho posi
tion of forward on the tlrst team. Pro
fessor Ker and Coach Ingber havo about
decided upon their first line-up, with Ilun-
nln, Wattnan, Weiss, Watson, uottllcb,
Iapkowltz and Captain Hlack the favor
ites.
West Philadelphia High School will lose
a number of sterling nthletes next month
when the February clnss graduates, nnd
among them will bo Bulrltt, the star Held
goal thrower. For that reason Coach
Heibert Hughes Is not using him ns a
regular- In the big games. He does not
want to break up his team during the
middle of the season by the loss of a reg
ular. Kerrigan, of tho Northeast High School
basketball team, has been showing up
so well In the recent practices Coach
Walt Keating has decided to use him as
a forward on tho second squad. Meln
nart will bo his teammate, with tllllnm
at centio; Burnard and Uruppe, the
guards.
Since the University of Pcnnsvuula
discontinued holding the Interscholastlc
gymnastic championship meet tho school
boys In this section have taken little in
terest In lnterschool gjmnastlo compe
tition. If Penn saw tit to hold u gymnas
tic meet perhaps Central High, German
town, West Philadelphia and other insti
tutions In this section would organize
gymnastic teams. Episcopal Academy is
always well represented in this work,
Doctor Noble coaching the Churchmen.
When Central meets the Southern HiRli School basketball team this
aftornoon, ISloomfield will be at forward for the Crimson and Gold.
Bloomficld is shown above makinc; ono of his famous one-handed
shots for tho basket.
DENERI QUINTET
TROUNCES TRENTON
Rush in Last Few Minutes of
Play Gives Dudley's
Men Game
Standing of the Clubs
w. i.. I'.c. w. f.. wc.
Orcjstock. IS .1 .T1 rnmden ... 10 .41
HcorllnK... 12 s .iuki lie Ncrl.... 11 ,4.vi
Trenton... 10 10 .."Oil Jasper n H .-M
Schedule for Tomorrow
Jnsper at Cimrten.
TRENTON. Jnn. I. Trenton made every
effort to defeat De Neil In nn Hnstern
League con'est here last night, but failed.
Players wore shifted and new men in
jected into tho contest, but to no avail,
the visitors being on tho long end of a
32 to 22 score at the close of the contest.
The locals started out like suro win
ners nnd during the early minutes piled
up a comfortable lead. Dc Neil, however,
gathered themselves together and during
the last eight minutes of piny completely
outclassed the home boys. In fact, whllo
Trenton wus scoring two points during
thnt time the visitors piled up 15. The
first half ended 1th tho bcore 20 to 10 In
fnvor of Do Ncrl.
To help HII out the hole at guard dur
ing tho enforced absence tu Ally .vic-
Wllllnm-s, the Grcystock i&istcrn League
club yesterday signed "Illg Bill" Herron,
who last yenr played with Camden. Ilcr
ron Is to report here Friday night to
play against Bending.
"Conshohockcn Bill" Is one of the big
gest men In the gamo and while ho has
not played this season la In fairly good
shnpe from his work in the iron mills of
Consholiocken. He Is essentially a guard
who rarely goes up the floor to scoio,
preferring to play back und cover hlb
man. This is just the style of player tho
Greys need now, for Cioss does enough
floor work and scoring to enable his
other guard mate to stay back.
The local opening of the Intercolleglato
Basketball League season will bo held at
Welghtman Hall next Saturday evening.
Penn will meet Dr. Al Hhatpe'b Itttacau
team In a -JO-mlnuto, cage go.
Penn has not played any league games
yet, but several minor tontests, Including
Vlllanova and the Navy, have shown thit
the Bed and Blue has been well coached
by I.on Jourdel and Lou Sugarman. Sug
nrman Is forward on the fjreystock team,
present leaders of tho Uaatcru League.
Strayrrs defeated St, hMwardx In a well,
pla&cit American League game at the Quaker
city Athletic Club's Ball last nlftht by :r' to
In the aecond frame, Madonna defeated Amer
ican IlriJKe by tho score of 30 to 20
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CUBS MAY BE SOLD
TO WEEGHMAN TODAY
Chifed Boss Will Talk Over
Deal With Taft in Cincinnati.
League Meeting1 Postponed
CINCINNATI, Jan. I. The sale of tho
Chlcngc Cubs by C, P, TafL to Charles
Weeghman, principal backer of tho Chl
cngo Federal League, is expected tonight.
Upon receipt of a telegram from one of
Mr. Taft' reptcsentatlves, Weeghmnn de
cided to como to Cincinnati to talk over
tho sale, and Is expected hero luto thtl
afternoon.
The meeting was originally scheduled
for Thursdny, hut Tuft returned from a
vacation on his ranch at Corpus Christ!,
Tex., sooner than he hnd expected, nnd
desltes to have the matter settled at once.
No trouble in negotiating tho sale is
anticipated by Wccghmuti.
Tho meeting of Federal nnd Interna
tlomil League representatives to decide,
what magnntes will be given control of
the Huffalo nnd Baltimore franchises was
scheduled for today, but has been post
poned until next Wednesday at the re
quest of tho Federal League dolcgates.
Tho only business of Importance sched
uled for today Is the election of the chair
man and secretary of tho National Com
mission. Garry Herrmann Is to be re
elected chairman, while John 13, Bruce
will bo retained us secretary, according
to a maguntu attending the meeting.
At tho meeting here various matters
Hint Tini'a In in U'lfh tha rpnrilimtmant nf
baseball affairs to conform with the I
recent treaty of peace were discussed In-
formally, nnd other than the announce'
ment that the dato and place ot the com
mltteo meeting had been dxed no neus
of a dellnlte character came from tin.
meeting room.
Tigers Let Out Jim McGuire
nimtnlT. Mich.. Jan. 4.- "Jim" .M.iKUlre.
veteran tauher. who lor eerl ye..t haN
been emplaf(l by the Detroit basehalt ilul
Q4 scout Hni! coach, had been releined by
I'rcsl'lenl N.iiln. Ilia iitjio ulll bo taken b
"Hilly" Sullivan, former cauher and onetime
manager of the Chicago Americana, who re
tell ly signed a Detroit ioiitrai.1. Mctiulra
cipevts now to ilcote all hla attention to hU
business lu Albion, Mich.
Chase Still in the Running
CHU'AOO. J.in. 4 Hal Clutie, the rim base
m.in who Icfv tho Chuairo Americana In mlu
scaaon to Join the llunalu re'lerali, will nnd
no bar raited URalnit him by Owner Comlnkey.
of ilia Whltu ux, who a ttut Manager
ItnwUnd waa free to tlen any player from
the Federal League whom he tould iret. Man.
accr How land waa expected from hla home
In Dubwiue tomorrow to talk over tho rea
son's campaign with Mr. Comlakey.
of Femininity! By WALT
By
PEnilAPS much was accomplished by
the delegates attending the dally con
ferences of tho various sport governing
bodies In New York Inst week but If bo It
li not evident. In fact the conclaves were
disappointing, individually and collec
tively, to tho Sporting Cltlr.en, If not to
the representative persons who took part.
Tho feelings of the former are those ot a
man who expects money from homo nnd
receives family gossip.
It was with Infinite glee that tho Sport
ing Citizen read that the assembling
bodies would arlzo tho pesky amateur
problem by the throat nnd throttle It for
ever and a day After laboriously wading
through the ndvnnce dope ho formulated
the Idea that the "summer baseball ques
tion" would be sewed In a bag nnd sunk
to the bottom of the Big Pond. He was
led to. bellevo that the things thu del
egates would do to the amateur code
were copious, nay voluminous. They wcro
to bo tho best little fixers extant.
Hitter vtkh the nirnkenlnw. The tlelr
cntcn enmr, they miivt nnd then they
depnrtril. Much Inlklnu nnn dime nml
a new iimnteiir rude ndoptrd. As rndcft
no II vtlll do. It hnn phrases, ctnusen,
definitions, nnd everything JttM like
other end ex. The nurd nrr well chosen,
lined properly nnd nprlleil rorrcrtlj.
Oh, yen, It's n lirniitlrnl rode nil rlRlit,
only It won't do the work.
Surgical Operation Needed
The humble parnitrnphrr does not
wish to sprnk unkindly of the rielcKnten
or their code. Wr prrpetrnte our criti
cism for the finme renioiin tlint wc
would question the wisdom of n ihysU
clnn wltn ndmlnlstrrn n dose pepsin
to n patient riylnn with lirnln lever.
The mnntrur question needed n iir
Blcnl operation nnd It irnt peppermint!
It required n knockout blow nnd It (tot
n olnp.
Kor countless years tho Sporting Citizen
has been trying to Hnd on answer for the
question. "When Is nn nmnteur not an
nmnteur?" Ho has been "fill nt sea."
Now, Instead of being on terra llrmn,
where he wns led to believe he would be
nftcr the meetings In New York, ho Is "up
In the nlr."
To attempt a tabulation of tho myriad
Inconsistencies of tho existing nmnteur
code Is to Invito mental collapse. Strait
Jackets nro uncomfortable garments, even
nt this season of the yenr. Anyway, It Is
superfluous to herd the Inconsistencies to
gether In a mob when they nre so evident
In their separate stntc that a blind tlsh
can't nvold detecting them.
Reform It With a Club
There Is only one wny to reform the
nmnteur code. It must lie done with n
t-lub. Ilnslcnlly, the exlxtlnu eode In nil
.MANAGER 3I0RAN
. AT PHILLIES' OFFICE
Popular Leader nnd Scout Neal
Among Those to Greet New Year
in Baseball
Manager Pat Moran and Scout "Cap"
Nenl, of tho Phillies, artlvcd In town yes
terday afternoon and were among tho
llrst to bring New Year's greetings to tho
club headquarters.
Tho leader of the National League
champions Is the picture ot health and
voiced himself ns being prepared to cap
ture two titles during the coming yenr.
It Is the Intention of the Phillies' boss to
not only win tl- National League flag
but to take the World's Championship
n the fall. Ho in more than pleased to
uo signed for three years with the
Quakers und everybody In town Is Ilke
wiso delighted.
dlTecto s as hTld -ester lav 'at Z club '
htadnunrtw The'onldals oV J he ?L"i .
v...-,,- nn r...lM....rt 'lh,. . m T.- !
....... ...- . -w.......... a ,i. ,,17 ,,, X .
Baker, president; Fred Chandler, vice
president; Samuel Clements, secretary and
treasurer, and Guy Constnns, asslstnnt
scrctary and treasurer.
HOWLING KESTJLTS
In the Itojal Anaiiiini inauhcn rolled on the
Ciifl'MV !illen latt nlKht lln.errnrrl, the Irailer,
Hwppt Its FericH with i,erinnntoun. rhiMilel
plild. No. -, the runner-uti, lot two out of
three iratncs to Wm Iiil!atldthl.i. Philadel
phia, No. 1. won two out of three from I'enn
tiylvunla. Scores:
Itoyal Arcanum
IMIII..V. NO. 1. PENNSYLVANIA.
Pen' hard, .'nv 170 147 Mcltrlile, i:n IDs ns
Itoe-ie,... 147 llll 14T Marker... .Ml J.V) U'S
tiintth. .. l-!7 HIT Kill linkerton lin J1.1 Iiih
liundtcap 15 15 LI
Totals 470 417 4fi3 Totali Til 4US 7:J
PIHt.A. NO. I. H'i:ST PIIII.A
l.jnton .. l.-Ji HI 14 tiymer 14S l.'.:i I.V! I
.-foil,. urn lai ii.' tlouey.
llerten 141 l"l lft: Hlln.l. ,
Nlubo .. l:H 171 Iltl Wilson
lllneknrr. 177 l,",il IM Liana.
llJIiUlcau II 11 II
liil Kit i'l I
Ilia lir, ,.
IM l.tt 149
ITU I I'l lt
Totals.. 7II 7S.1 aVi TotHla.. 711 OH.) CO
OLHMANTOWN. HAVKItKOlin,
Teinri, ... tan aw 1M7 Hacker.. 171 147 INI
Little .. I.V.' I.'I7 K0 Jolley .. 174 17i ir.l
(Iroome.. Ill I'l'i IT Me.ilcy. .. IS'i 1VI im
(l'l'onnor. Il'i f.'.'V . Itcisl .. . 17s Lis isi
Walln.. lhl J.'-l 10 Hello! .. 1SI J5i; VIU
Hcer Iiei
Ilanillcan L'7 IS H
Total,. MJl hit M3
Totals.. T40 771 810
Autr'c'peeds While Ablaze
Fire thai started in an automobile while
It was running along Price street at
Lena street, Oermantown, today wns ns
tingulshed by firemen after (39 damage
had been done. The machine belongs to
Dr. John Hedges, of tieimantovvn avenue
and School lane, a district health phy
sician. McDOUGALL
KHITIO
wronir, jind ihe evils of the present y
lem enn never be rllmlnntrit until the
foundation Is corrected, The funfln
menlnl error l In considering nil aporle
nn n whole when each brnnch of sport
should he dwell with ns nnll wllh Jin
own sepnrntr legislation.
Because a man Is euftlclonlly accom
plished In baseball to get real money
fcr playing Iho gamo Is no reason fo.'
barring him from his class In tennis and
golf. For ourselves we claim a certain
proficiency In billiards, but because of
our cxcesslvo hulk we would be a woeful
failure over tho hurdles.
Why should a young man with swollen
muscles nnd a lean bank roll be forever
prohibited from taking part In all ama
teur ovents nnd bo dubbed n professional
for nil tlmo becnuso ho etectB to fatten
his purso by performing on tha wrestling
mat? True, ho becomes a professional
wrestler, but It takes an India rubbttr
Imagination to picture him a professional
crow coxswain.
There Will Be Fewer Scandals
Thero Is no reason on earth why tho
professional baseball player should not
be an nmatcur cross-country runner.
Neither Is thero any reason why the pro
fesslonal runner should not he an ama
teur dlnmond king, let every sport b
dealt wllh nlone nnd there will be fewer
scandals to disgust tho public.
It Is evident that tho nmatcur should
not be nsked to compete with tho pro
fessional In the same branch of aport,
but It savored ot tho ridiculous to maka
Jim Thorpe surrender his track laurels
because ho received J3.S0 or thereabouts
for Playing baseball Jn a little North Car
olina nanuct.
j An exception sJioutd he mndc In the
ense ir me concur linselinll plnyrr who
picks up n Ktrny hit ol Kelt nn the dia
mond during: the ntimmer. It Is Imrd
to II ml n minim why n youth should
not he permitted to defend hl nlmn
mnfer simply liernUNe he nreln board
nnd Indgliiic whleh lie prnhnlily needs)
for tipholdliii the dlnmond dlgnltr of
the t'entervlew Mountain House.
When n mnn received money for per
fnrniliDr lu n certnln hrmtrli of nport
let III m he eonildered n prnfcxnlnnnl In
Hint branch if nport nlone. Open the
iivenurn a trifle for the enlleirr bnll
plner nnd permit Mm to he considered ,
un nmnteur provided he ilneit not piny
on n tetiiu concerned In the National
Agreement.
I tn I Iil nn nmnteur code nn Nuch a
fouiiiliitlou nnd then enforce It.
We understand that Hnrry Legore,
Ocorgo Btickley, Abel Klvint nnd Harry
J. Umlth weio not among those present
nt the amateur conference.
FRED FULTON IS
HERO IN DESPERATE
BRAWL IN SALOON
Man Who Wanted to Lick Wil-
Iard Trims 15 Rowdies in
Easy Fashion for a
Girl's Sake
No heavyweight lu modern times no
compllshed a feat such ns Fulton rut
over shortly before dUBk In Chicago last
week.
According to the story, which was not
turned over to the police for business rea
sons and In an effort to avoid puhl'c'tv.
"rl"k of buttermilk. (Fred can't get away
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" uuiwililiiK. ui lluuillls nuuiiscr.
While Imbibing Pulton heard slranga
cries from the back room. It aroused hie
.suspicion, and as an excuse to hang
around to sec whnt was going on he ore
dcied nnothcr buttermilk. Finishing this,
he wus about to leave the place when the
cty was repeated, this tlmo In a muffled
tone. This was too much for the clean
living farmer boy He was not going to
see harm done to an Innocent pnrty while
he was in the neighborhood. Later he
t-nld the barkeep acted rather funny when
he asked fur his second drink, being
rather slow lu filling the order and acting
as though his (Fulton's) patronage was
not wanted
Dnshlng through the swinging doors,
Fulton caught sight of a scoru or more
of rowdies trying to Uidimp a younff girl.
She couldn't have been more than 20, he
says. She wns bound and gagged and her
captors wore rndcuvni-ng In torture her
Into telling the hiding plnco of tho family
Jewels. This she refused to do,
Fulton made a dash for tho villains,
and thej pulled revolvers and "billies"'
and attempted to fight back. The young
heavyweight woultl pot be denied, how
ever. He swung mightily, nnd whenever
his (1st landed a mini hit the lloor. Finally
15 were stretched out In the room, tho
rest Jumping through windows to make
tluir escape.
This done, Fulton untied the girl, car
ried her to her limousine awaiting with
out and proceeded downtown, where he
went through his usual work-out at a
gjmnablum. boxing four lounds,
P. S. This happened at a moving pic
ture studio, where Fulton Is being fc.i.
tured In a three-reel drama, entitled
"From Fanner Bo to Challenger fur
tho Heavyweight Championship of th
World." It was a part of the sketch, you
know.
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