EVENING BDGERPHITAJDEPa:, WEPEBDY,, JCTTORY 5, 19118.;
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BolWELL'S appointment .
ACKNOWLEDGES ABILITY '
AND VINDICATES HIM
Vas Forced to Leave Penn to Prove His Worth
j as Really' Great Football
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SonEIlT C FOL.WnLtj Is brick, nt Pcnn
VHr fln nnscnco of "even years. Ho
im as heart coach of the footbnlt team;
uiliimi as heart
ill hVO absolute cunrgo ui mo biiuiiu unu
UI tndcavor to ilrau the ned trtt lilue
rrom mo quagmire 01
Ocfent. The selection
Is a papular one and
shown that the t'nl
verslty of 1'entisyU
vanla nt laBt has
Rotten back to the
road that should lead
to athletic victory.
This Is tho second
time, that Folwcll
has applied for n
conchlnff position nt
1'cnn. The first time
he was told his serv
ices were not do
'red njid that tho
team could Rot nlonc
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beautifully without him. This happened
a'he '" f ,m tho ycn,r n.f,,or! .lwo1
had played his last rtnmo for tho lied and
Blue.
Tho tenm was practicing nnd the
..t.i,-. pm niilto busy when the former
Wain appeared on the Held.
! were ")"" v . " r .. ...
ihto venr' Iwiulred Folwell. "1
hive jiothlhK to do this fall nnd you can
have my services If you want them." .
Ko,Room nt Pcnn
inrrv. Hob. but I doivt sco now wo
'nil mako a place for you." wns the reply.
"Wo have ns many cu.ii.in;n im u nccu.
"tlut I don't want to ho head roach,"
nsHtert Folwell. "I nm oatlsllcil to bo
eighth assistant, or coach tho bncltflcld
or. coach the freshmen. I want tii help
out 1'cnn If I can, nlltl nn? oI(1 ob wl"
do."
Too bad. but there Is nothlns dolntr."
Umo back tho reply "Wo cannot posil-
bly use you vou nan ueucr nm jor
iomclilii& cic
This turndown was the making of Hon
'Folwell Itefused n position tnat prouaiuy
would have paid $.100 a yrnr, ho sot out
to show the football .authorities on Frank
lin Field that tncy nmuo n ni muuiu,
Ho got a Job at I.irnyciio nn lurncii oui
a team tlml ucii jeim ami uumiit-u
Princeton and I.chlRli. Ito kept up his
Rood work Year nftcr yenr his elevens
havo been in me mrcmoii mint ji mu
Eastern coIIorcs. Under Folwell's teach
in n thev showed themsotvea to be tho
most formidable aRBretratlons In the coun
try and inn do records or wnicli iney are
justly proud.
He Made Good
Bob Folwcll has made Rood. Ho proved.
that somebody made :i Iiuro inlstnko In
190S. nnd his appointment ns head coach
of tho 191G football team comes not only
,t an honor, but nlso as n vindication.
But It was nt Washington .fc Jelicraon
that Folwcll made u namo for himself.
iREAT BASEBALL
RAFFLE DELAYED
BY H. OIMAIR
,011 Magnate Wants to Pur
chase New York Giants
Before Selling Feds
CINCINNATI. O., Jan. D. - Harry F.
Sinclair's hopa of becoming owner of the
New York Giants probably will bring
about a postponement In tho stnglng of
the sketch, entitled "Tho Clrcnt Baseball
Baffle," which wns scheduled to play a
three-day-and-night stnnd hero beginning
today.
The town Just now Is glutted with base
bill executives, owners, managers, scouts
ind secretaries, who came here primarily
for the purpose of nttending the vnrious
meetings that nro to bo held hero In nn at
tempt to finally effect the Federal Lenguo
merger. But upon nrrlvlng here, they for
got all about routine meetings nnd sought
out Sinclair In the hope that maybe he
would sell to them Leo Mngec, Benny
Kauff, Bill narlden. Ed Konetchy. Jack
Dalton and tho other "slaves" owned by
Urn.
Sinclair met their ndvnnces coyly nt
first. He explained that he was In a re
ceptive mood ns to bids for players, but
significantly added: "I don't think I'll do
business for a little while, I'm planning
to hold on to these players for a certain
purpose,"
And tho nurnose? None other than that
Sinclair has decided not to sell any of
the real stars In Ills control until he
knows positively whether he can buy the
Giants. Jf ho can buy the Glnnts ho will
Veep for his New York team the brightest
of the 30 stars and sell or trade the rest.
If he cannot buy the Giants he will sell
mem all,
', Sinclair declared today that ho has not
assumed all of the St iron-clad Federal
"(ague contracts, as has been stated, He
eald;
'I assumed the contracts of Macee.
Kauff and Anderson, of tho Brooklyn
Club, for four nr Ave nlavers on the
Kansas City Club ami several of the Buf-
wo players. Of course, I assumed tne
contracts of the Newark players, because
mose contracts were made by me.
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LATEST NEWS AND COMMENT ON HAPPENINGS IN
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TnklnK charRO of the snuad In 1912, ho
laid the foundation for a series of suc
cessful teams and scored triumphs over
Pittsburgh, t'enn State, Carlisle, Lehigh.
Cornell and Yale. No other small college
has equalled this record.
So It can bo seen Hint Bob Folwell Is
hot an experiment He Is one of tho best
coaches Inl the country nnd It Is strange
that It took Penh seven yenrs to realize
It. Folwell knows football nnd has tho
nblllty to teach the game to others. He
has n positive personality and Inspires
confidence In his men. When ho gives
nn order, no questions arc asked. Tho
players do as they are told and In the
majority of cases they maka no mistake.
"I nm right until some ono proves that
1 am wrong," Is ono of Folwell's favorite
sayings. "Whllo I bellevo 1 nm right I
shall stand for no outsldo Interference,
t nm boss of tho outfit, nnd will tako
nil of the responsibility for n poor
showing."
Never "Alibis"
Folwell Is onu of tho few coaches who
never resort to the well-known nllbl to
cover up mistakes, Tte stands or falls on
his teachings, nnd drngs In no outsiders
to Bhoulder tho blame. This was demon
strated last fall nt Washington nnd Jef
ferson. Nino of the 1014 team had grad
uated, nnd only two veterans were loft to
form n nucleus for tho 1015 eleven.
It was hrird work getting the squad of
"rookies" Into shape, but the coach did
not worry. He put the men through stren
uous workouts, but no Improvement was
seen In tho first two weeks.
One day n spectator sympathised with
Folwcll nnd said ho felt sorry that Wash
ington nnd Jefferson would have n poor
team.
"Poor team nothing!" retorted Folwell.
"Why, this is ono of the best squnds I
have ever seen. We will make a good
showing this fall and I will stake my rep
utation on It."
Only ono game was lost nnd that to
Pittsburgh, nnd tho eleven was up to tho
standards set by the other tenms.
The "Baseball Pass"
Hob Folwell discovered tho "baseball
paHs" In football last fall, nnd used It
when his team defeated Yale. Instead of
hurling tho ball n long distance and tak
ing chances of having It grounded or
caught by an opponent, hj taught his
men to use the short, snappy throw which
traveled only four or flvo yards. The ball
was hurled with so much force that It was
Impossible to Intercept It, nnd ns a re
sult, 21 out of 28 passes were successful.
This play later was adopted by Yale, Hnr
vnrd and Princeton for their big gnmes.
With any sort of material, Folwell will
turn out n first-class team at Pcnn next
fall. He Is sound on tho fundamentals
of tho game, and with any kind of luck
Pennsylvania will have another eleven
that will tako Its place In history besldo
tho fnmous '04 nnd '05 elevens and win
back sonic of the prestige lost on tho
gridiron In the last ten years.
WHARTON AND
GASTON TO AID
COACH FOLWELL
One Other Assistant Will
Be Appointed in the
Near Future
Charles "Buck" Wharton and Harold
Gaston will bo chosen assistants to Bob
Folwell. new coach of tho Pennsylvania
football eleven for 1015. Ono more as
sistant will bo choijen after Folwell talks
tho situation over with tho members of
the' football committee on Friday.
Wharton and Gaston hnvo not been of
ficially appointed, but will be asked to
confer with Folwcll nnd tho football com
mittee within the next week Just prior
to tho Dartmouth game Wbniton an
nounced that he was through coaching
after the 1915 season, but it Is believed
that ho Is so pleased with tho coaching
selection for next fall that ho will re
consider his decision.
Throughout the past senson It wns ru
mored that Wharton wna dissatisfied
with the coaching and thnt this caused
him to announce, his retirement. It Is
known that there were many tilts be
tween the coaches last fall and that
Wharton did not approve of the way tho
team was handled.
Bob Folwell admitted tqday that Whar
ton would have charge of the line again
and that Gaston would again handle the
scrub team If they pared to renew their
contracts. Folwell Bays that ho did not
sea the Pep n "team in nctloit 'last .fall
anil therefore iloea not know Just what
wns accomplished by either, man, hut that
the members of the football 'committee
think so well of them that he Is sure
they will fill the bl.
There will bo no discord or frjetloa be
tween Folwell and the Football Commlt
teo noxt fall, -Folwell was agreeably sur
prised at tho-attltudo of the members -of
tho committee. He says that they have
proven to him that they are working on
the- pioper lines and that harmony will
prevail.
Many 2-Year-OIds Entered
.NEW YPHK. Jan, B.-Thlrty-'ono s-yar-old.
the pick of the teat Kaiiern ubl. ure
entertil today in tile new pinlnje Hock (nuta
tion Handicap to La run In the spring meeting
(or a purie expected to total nearly I10.0d.
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OH,l'M FAR TOO
OPENING GAMES
SHOW QUINTETS
EVENLY MATCHED
One-Point Victories for
West Phila. and Southern
Indicates Close Race
OTHER SCHOOL NEWS
Scholastic Basketball
Schedule for Today
St. .Inneph's t'nllesn in. Cnmden lllnh,
at Cnmdfn lllah,
llrnitn Preparatory . Catholic High
Srlinnl, at Charlton lltll, 8lh nnd Wy
nlnlii menilc.
Prrkiixle Illnh School T. I.nnndale
Itlrh Hflmnl, nt Ijindnle.
I.nn-donnr High t. Theater High
School, nt C'hmtrr IIIrIi.
IIKill SCHOOL I.KAOfn NTANMNM
Team Men I.nt P.t
Wett I'lillndflnhln 1 O 1.000
Roiitlirrn lllsh ..I 0 1.000
NorthrnKt 0 0 .000
Central High (1 0 .000
Just why no "tin enred to venture n
guesR as to the likely High School
League basketball champions for 1016 was
made known yesterday afternoon, when
tho opening league contests wcro played
and tho winners decided by tho scant
margin of a single point In each Instance,
a finish which did not tako the school
boys by surprise. Southern beat Central
18 to 18; West Philadelphia defeated
Northeast 3-1 to 32.
It Is Interesting to review tho games,
for thoy were tho Important athletic at
tractions to open the new year nnd afford
the fh st opportunity for the critics to get
busy nnd pick their favorites. There Is
room for Improvement In the work of alt
the players, particularly tho Central High
School team, which, playing In the South
ern home cage, did even better than
many thought would bo possible.
Ccntrnl High has the cage material,
but the players showed the result of two
weeks of Idleness. Although Southern
played well and deserved tho victory,
there Is no question that tho difference
of a single point would have morn than
been made up by tho Central High ath
letes had they been In proper condition
for tho Initial league game. Their passing
wns mlscrablo nnd team work was a for
gotten nrt.
Central's line-up, with Mnuradlan,
Schneldcrmnn, Stewart, Captain Fowler
nnd Welsh, wns as strong as any that
could be mustered together for the Crim
son nnd Oold. Coach Jim Usllton was
disappointed with the showing made. Ho
said after the game: "The men didn't
pass at all. Had tney passed the ball
they could have won the game. Tho
teamwork was exceedingly loose."
Southern, on tho other hand, with such
players as Wntmnn, Desson, Watson,
Llpkuultz, Calhoun and Ca'ptaln Black,
played a steady game from sturt to fin
ish, and the tenm worked well until the
final whlstlo sounded. It wns Calhoun's
Hold goal that gave Southern the lead In
tho Inst few minutes, when it seemed as
If Central would surely win the contest.
Southern High's second team, with Scan
Ion, Dondcro, Weiss, Alliens, Fisher and
Sncks In the piny, defeated the Central
High second quintet by a two-point mar
gin, a) to IS. On the Central High team
were Ferry, Labrum, Armstrong, Bhoadcs
nid Alscntzor.
Some criticism hns been heard of South
ern High's action In securing Saxc, for
mer Southern coach, as referee of the
lcaguo game at Madonna Hall yesterday,
Tho Central High students, and partlcu
lary Coach Usllton, cannot understand
how the Crimson nnd Gold basketball of
ficials could ngreo to having Jllke Saxo
as the referee, In view of his position ns
former coach at Southern and his close
nfllllntlon with that Institution.
$3000 OFFEtt TO FRED WELSH
FOR MATCH WITH M'AXDREWS
Frank O'Brien Offers Champion Big
Purse for 15-Round Bout
An offer of J30W to meet Kddle McAn
drews In n 15-round match at tho Palace
A C, Norrlstown, wns wired Lightweight
Chumplou Fred Welsh this afternoon by
Frank O'Brien, mntehmaker of the club.
Tho Mnnayunk boxer Is so nnxlous to
meet Welsh over the 15-rounds route thnt
he is willing to box an a percentnge basis
Twenty-flvo JInnnyunk friends of Mc
Andrews are ready to pool together J1000,
which they are willing to bet thnt tho
local boy will win from the champion In
tho proposed match. The only stipula
tion they mnko is that a Philadelphia
referee should act as third man lu tho
ring.
If dcllnito arrangements for the mntch
nre completed a date will bo set In Feb
ruary. INDOOR TRACK AT PENN
Sprinters Will Train in the Rowing
Room
Pr. tleorgo W. Ortou. coach of the
University of Pennsylvania track team,
announced today that to train sprinters
and huidtem in warm quarters a tem
porary board track would be laid In the
rowing room, giilng these athletes a
40-foot straightaway. This will bo a tre
mendous Improvement over tho indoor
track beneath the south stand, which Is
cold nnd tho cause oc many pulled ten
dons nnd strained muscles.
Doctor Orton also announced thnt Jcr
vis nu'rdli'k, captain of the 1910 track
te.nn, and an 'Intel collegiate champion
high Jumper, would be out twice euch
week to coali tho high Jumpers.
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CHARLEY MCCARTHY
He is tho lightweight champion
of Canndn nntla scientific ox-
Soncnt of pugilistic nrt. Mc
arthy expects to hox nt a local
club tne latter part of the month.
Ho is making Philadelphia his
homo at the present time.
AMATEUR BASKETBALL NOTES
Orcylork Hoys' Club has a fact rtfth anil
rtith oHm bnnkctliKll tenm thl nea'on. Tim
mannKPment would like to nrMnRc sanies "with
trams nf thnt clai offering n fair guarnnte.
The plavfr ar forall. McMuMIn, "rl.
Illnek, llarton and Plowrrs. Teams dclrlnu
fames ortrtrra Waller l'lower. 120." South
UngftnM etrtet.
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When the Do Nrrl Itervps defeated IVlco,
nf tmhj. nt Munltnl lutnl Hall by a acorn of
III tn t. It was thn latin- lUf's flrat defeat
of tho season. Helco dropped (he content In
the last minute of play hy r.ml called on one
of Its pl.Hfr" The Hc-rre were mutilated
from a field coat M.indpolnt. Delco acored 8 to
-. Pearl and 11. Iturr pLMcd tnrwuid ,r tlto
Darby representatives, while Krltty Rnd Mc
Doliauiih held down tho guard poalllotis Pelco
i anxlmis to meet the lleeervea in n return
mntth on tho Dnrbv team's floor.
Aqulnnlno Is without a game, for January
S nnd would like to hear from n flrat-ilaea
team out of town offering n good guarantee.
Aildren A. fiercer. Southwnrk National llank.
Stanford Hoja' Club haa It schedule open
for fltlh nnd idnlh cloai teams m or nut of
town offering fair guarantees. ! Miller, 1112
Taaayunk nirnue.
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Only Asked a Simple Question! By WALT McDOUGALL
GREATER RECORDS EXPECTED
IN COLLEGE TRACK SPORTS
Few Point-getters Are Lost in Intercollegiate
Ranks for 1916 Meredith Has One
More Year at Penn
vrz
ILm.. 1915 saw Intercollegiate track
nnd field records In the East pushed
further and further beyond the mark." that
seemed to measuro the limit of ability
n decadn ago, It la not at all beyond the
renlm of positblllty that the dawning year
will Inscribe on the tablets still greater
achievements: In the Intercolteglato cham
pionship games, which have come to bo
more nnd mora the nthletlc festival par
excellence In America's calendar of sports.
With nenrly one half of the point win
ners In thn 1915 meet, among them a lec
ord breaker, swept off by graduation,
tltnpA Rha atllt tft tn I,a nMlla .Mt.u
veterans who will rise to greater heights
man they attained last ear. The crop
of newcomers, recruited from tho enter
ing classes, glies promise of producing
champions quite as great as tboso who
have passed from college competition.
The peerless Ted Meredith, captain of
the University of Pennsylvania team, will
round out his rod. so rarecr with ono
morn season on the, cinder path, nnd
Smith, the champion sprinter for Mich
igan, winner of both the century nnd
furlong dashes last May, will bo on hand
to defend his laurels. Potter, of Cor
nell, the two-mltn champion, will have
opportunity to fight nnother grueling bat
tic with John Overton, Tale's Rterllng
distance runner and holder of tho Inter
collegiate cross-country Individual title.
Worthlngton, tho Dartmouth youth, who
raptured tho running broad Jump, and
Wesley Oler, of Tale, who set a hew rec
ord In the running high Jump, complete
tho list of 1015 tllleholdera who will
have n chance to giln more honorn In
1916.
Of the men who helped Cdmell pile
up Its victorious totnl of 3i4 points In
tho championship games, Wlndnngle, sec
ond, nnd IrU-h, fifth In tho mllo run;
Potter, winner of the two-mile run, and
lloffmlro. third; Starr, second; Oubb,
fourth, nnd I.ukcni, fifth In tho high hur
Little Folk, Listen!
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the Public Ledger. He has just had the
funniest adventure with little Mr. Mouse
and he tells you all about it in a real, ready-to-fold
book of 32 pages. And such pic
tures you cannot help loving Punky and
his comical friends when you see them in
their adventures.
What fun you will have in making the
book and reading all about Punky, the
Mouse and the Mouse Trap.
Papa and Mamma know Punky Dunk as
the best of play companions. Be sure they
secure every Punky Dunk book for you
they will, if the Sunday Public Ledger
always comes to your home.
THE WORLD OF SPORES
dles; Kosa, who tried With two others for
first plnce In the pole vault; ttlch.irds,
fourth In the broad Jump nnd second In
the high Jump, and McUircn, who tlod
for fourth In tho high Jump, remain ns
n nucleus for Jack Moakly lu the rie
velopment of tho 1916 Cornell team.
Harvard will have only three of Its
1915 point winners In Teschner, se.rond
In tho 100-jnrd and 220-nrd dashes;
Wilcox, second In the MO-ynrd dash,
and Johnstone, third In the high Jump.
In addition, the Crimson can count on
hnlf n dozen men In the sophomore clnss,
Inellglblo last year, who may more than
make up for the point-getters who have
been graduated. Then, too, the Crimson
hns Hill Hlngh m, who wan counted ns
nlmo.it certain to score until ho fell 111
on the day of the big meet.
Yalo will call on three men who mndd
14 of Its 25 points. These nre Trend
way, fourth In tho 100-ynrd dash nnd
third In the furlong; Potter, second In
the two-mllo run, nnd Oler, winner of
tho high Jump. Ynlr probablv lias moro
men of high calibre In Its sophomoro
class than any of Its rivals, with flur
Hey, n freshman sprinter of n year ngo;
Orr nnd Wnlker, n pair of fast quarter
mllers. nnd Clnrk. a good broad Jumper.
Ted Meredith timket up the bulk of
PennsMvanla's 19n veterans. Meredith,
with his 10 points, scoied In winning the
quarter and a half mile runs, nnd I.ork
wood, fourth In tho furlong dash, com
prise Penn's totnl of 12 points left over
from tho full score of 21. Nor have the
Quakers any men of real prowess, save
I.crhaps Howard Ucrry, to till up tho de
ficiencies. Rolnp; Back to Class II
.?? v,nn'f' 3" B-Hsrrlaburg. l'n.. will
go back to cina, bneeball If ertorta of thn
magnates there are aucccmrul After n dli
natroua aciieon In the International League,
operating th the Newark franchise, the
llnrrlanurg club owners lodav de lileil to iipplv
for n place In thn Umpire .Slnte. League. The
Newark franchlao will return to Its old home
aa a result of the I cderala cloning out there.
SQUASH TEAMS
TO MEET TODAY -AT
HAVERFORD
Interclub League Games
Scheduled for Late Thia
Afternoon
MERION IS LEADING
STANDING OP TIIFJ CIAtfUt,
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Merlon. Team A....' II 0
JI icnuel Club 3 r
ttrrr.iantonn. Teuin A :t .1
O.nbroot tlolf flub 9 .1 '
Mulon Team It. a... a
Huntingdon Vslfrv g. 3
(Jermar.town, T'um U.r 8 .1
I'ynnyJ L'luf 0 6
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.two
Tour Interesting squash racqutJ
matches are srheduled for this nfltl-nooni
and, according to term, the Tincquot Club
should take the lend li the Interclub cxtn
pctltlon. The champions, Germnntown,
Tenm A, have n ery atlff task on hand
hi meeting Team A of Merlon at Haver
rord. r.etm.intown should undoubtedly
win tho match, but tho majoilty of them
should be well rontested, and perhaps
Met Inn mny win n couple of contests.
MilLh depends on how tho tenms nro ar
ranged. Stanley Itogers will probably meet
Slnnlcy Pearson, the singles champion,
and although Itogers defeated Wallace)
Johnson last week anil thereby proved
thnt lie Is In good form, It Is doubtful If
his steadiness will ho able to overcome
the brilliancy of Pearson. How the re
maining players will be nrranged It Is
Impossible to say, but much depends upon
how the captnlns of tho teams place their
men.
Seeing thnt the Hncquet Club broke
even with the (termnntown team last
week, n fairly easy victory Bhould he.
gained by the team over Overbrook. Th
second teams of Gcrmnntown nnd Merion
will meet nt Mnnhelm, unil although
neither has nny chance for the clmmblort
shlp. the match should prove nn Interest--lug
mie, nnd the probabilities nro that tho
teams will break even.
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