Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, October 24, 1916, Night Extra, Image 12

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iL'S RECONSTRUCTED MACHINE BEST DRAWING CARD PENN HAS HAD IN TEN YEA
fcHANGE IN COACHING SYSTEM
AND FIGHTING OF TEAM HAVE
DOUBLED EECEIPTS OF PENN
JPttotbftll Fans, Satisfied With New Policy and
Bob Folwell, Have Become Enthusiastic, and
Attendance Records Are in Danger
TTOR years the University at Pennsylvania has been handicapped In athletic
" feeoawe the Athletic Association traa not In a healthy nnanclal condition. One
the main reasons why the A. A. did not have as much money as In days Bono
fcr was the falling off ot the football receipts since the break with Harvard after
the 1166 football game. Other gamos wero added to the schedule, but still the
fttntMtasm seemed to be lacking and the receipts from football, which should be
enough to support all other teams, continued to fait off.
' In 18H the football receipts were so small that other athletic teams at Penn
ho were affected, and It Is said that the Athletlo Associationwas thinking nerl
wrtr of abolishing one or two teams, as far as support fromthe association was
concerned. Last year thore was a general Improvement In the recolpts of nil
pert that are nearly self-supporting, while football brought several thousand
toliftra extra; but the 1918 season bids fair to be a record-breaker, and unless the
weather Interferes It will be the greatest year In the history of the great autumn
game fer the lied and Blue Athlotlo Association,
The schedule arrangement has something to do with the great Increase In
receipts, but the real secret Is the change In the coaching systom and tho policy
ef the new regime to do everything possible for tho perioral public Football
is the collegian's game, but If It depended entirely upon the student or collego
graduate to support the teams the game would not flourish long, Penn always
has been able to draw Ithe collegian to Franklin Field for Its football gamos, but
until this fall the general publlo has not enthused much slnco the break with
Harvard,
The change In coaching was the first thing that attracted the general publlo,
Then came, the announcement that there would be no secret practice, no secret
Meetings and none of the mysterious stuff that never did meet with tho approval
f the averago football fhn. Coach Folwell has done everything possible to gain
the confidence of the public, and by turning out a team -with greater fighting
quality and mora of the pull-together spirit again has the football fans flocking
to Franklin Field.
Receipts Doubled for First Four Games
IIVH.I!) receipts ot Penn'a first four games have been almost double the amount
taken In for the first four contests In 1916, and surely will bo twice as much
for the completo schedule, Last season West Virginia drew less than 4500 spec
tators, and the same was ttruo of Franklin and Marshall. Tho latter gamo prob
ably drew less than 1000 paid admissions, as tho student body Is Included In the
above estimate. The F. and M. gome conflicted with the world's sorlcs betweon
the Phillies and Red Box, and a fairly largo percentago of the student body failed
to attend.
It Is estimated that there wore at least 7600 persons on hand for each of
the first two games this fall, while the Bwarthmore battle drow almost 15,000
persons, which Is doublo thfe attendnnco at any of the preliminary games In 1815.
On Saturday 18,300 football enthusiasts saw Penn win Its surprising vlctqry,
whereas lost fall less than 8000 wero on hand when Stato defeatod the Rod and
Blue. Thus It Is easy to 'figure that to date Penn has played to twice as many
people, and the receipts havo at least been doubled, as the' high-priced reserve
eats, placed on sale at the Athletlo Association and In the center of tho city,
have been sold out two days beforo each of the last two games.
There was a time whon the reserved seats were the lost to be sold for the
early games, and It always was possible to purchase them at Franklin Field a
few momenta before the games started, but this season the only empty seats for
both the Bwarthmore and State games have been seen In the lowest-priced section
ot tho east stand.
fi,V And it must be admitted that those who have attended the four games played
by Penn his tall have gptten a run for their money. The slow. Indifferent, list
less battles of 1916 have inot been repeated. Whereas a year ago the Penn team
ran its plays off slowly and killed a lot of time, Folwell's team Is hustling every,
minute and has played the kind of football that tho fans like.
Record Crowd Will See Pitt Game
rrUTQ arrangement of tho schedule for the rest of the season assures Penn record-
breaking receipts, provided tho weather Is good. If Penn played Pittsburgh on
Franklin Field it would be Impossible to crowd more than 24,000 spectators Into
the field, and It Is possible that the attendance may have been below that figure,
but playing In Pittsburgh the gamo surely wfll draw more than 85,000 people.
Almost 20,000 seats have been oold already.
According to the agreement between the two colleges, Penn Is to receive
flat guarantee or the privilege of talcing fifty per cent ot the receipts, and It
Is sate to predict that the management will take the percentage, which will ex
ceed the guarantee. Penn again Is favored by the breaks In having the Michigan
game scheduled for Ann Arbor. Last year the Michigan game attracted less
than 10,000 persons, and probably would not draw more this yoar, as tho publlo
does not seem to enthuse much over this lntersectlonal battle; but at Ann Arbor
K Is virtually certain that 24,000 or 25,000 will be present.
Dartmouth drew well In Boston lost year, but the weather was poor and
the game should attract a larger crowd here this season. Lafayette had a
strong team and defeated Penn lost year, but Folwell's team did not draw more
than 8000 fans despite the fact that It was a, November game. This season
Lafayette does not look so strong, but It the Penn team continues to Improve
and plays the niuno aggressive brand of football almost twice as many, people
.will attend this game.
Cornell can be depended upon to draw a-capacity crowd. The annual Thanks
giving battle packed Franklin Field last season when it waa apparent that
nothing but a miracle would save the Red and Blue from defeat, and the en
thusiasm and demand for tickets probably will be greater this year. The West
Virginia Wesleyan game, scheduled for the Saturday before Thanksgiving, Is
an added attraction, and while It Is doubtful If this contest will attract mo.ro than
8000, It will be clear profit, 'AH things considered, It Is apparent that Penn will
have the biggest football year In Its history, and next season It will be possible
to carry out a few plans that have been held up because ot the lack of funds.
iM Small Boy Spoiled State Plar
AN INCIDENT occurred at Franklin Field on Saturday that probably never
has been duplicated on a big college gridiron, yet It seemed .to escape notice
In the heat of battle, except by a few persons In the south stand and Head Linesman
Merrlman, who was too amazed to realize that he should have Inflicted a penalty
a Penn. '
While the officials were trying to decide whether any of the players should
he put out ot the game for the free-for-all fight, one of the State ends slipped
cross the field and was stretched at full length on the ground with the Intention
ot receiving a forward pass unmolested when play was resumed. The officials
finally decided that no one should be banished from the game and no penalty,
,Wm Inflicted, and the teams were lined up ready to resume play, with State
'prepared to pull a forward pass to the uncovered end when the Interruption
eeurred.
A small boy, who was cheering himself hoarse at the prospect of a Penn
.vtetory, saw the uncovered end, and, to the amazement of those sitting nearby
in -the South Btand, climbed over the railing, ran out upon the field and called
the attention of a Penn back to the State end. Read Linesman Merrlman grabbed
the youngster or ho probably would have been right In the 'center ot the play,
but the lad had accomplished his purpose, and the official was so amazed that ho
Selected to penalize Penn for this unusual coaching from the side lines.
The disqualification of Lew Martin, the brilliant forward of Penn's champion
basketball team, will leave a large hole for Coach Jourdet to fill. Martin was the
beat floor worker on the Red and Blue team last winter, and even If he Is declared
HfMtte after the mid-year examinations' his absence in the early games may.
rwn te ciuunpionsmp.
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TiWYPRAT;i7S SHOWDOWN WTCttTr
mflRTC AND FOUR BIG ELF,V1?.to
WILL FACE TEST ON SATURDAY
Harvard and Cornell Meet in Main Contest,
Princeton-uartmoutn ana xaie- w. & J. Qai
Should Supply JNumDer of Thrills
PROS THINK GOLF SCORERS
NEVER SHOULD BE OMITTED
FROM OPEN TOURNAMENTS
Tallymen Make 'Em
Feel More Comfort
able, They Say.
Caverly-Fox Again
By SANDY McNIIlLICK
NOW that the smoke of battle has blown
away, the prize money whacked up
and mayhap spent, pros In various country
club comers of tho city are bcelnnlng to
express opfttlons on this year's play for the
Philadelphia open golf championship.
For some reason or other, moat of those
who shared In the cash tokens are satls
n.i nnd foci that tho whole affair was a
huge success.
Hut others among the contestants have
many complaints. Chief among the pro
tests Is the thought that a professional golf
tournament should nover have been run oft
without scorers for each pair going out.
It la contended on many sides that It was
a soiree for real money and not for glory,
ns In amateur events, and therefore It
was only a matter of business to have a
tally man go out with each set of golfers.
Off and On Again
"Any old thine Is likely to happen In golf
scores, everybody knows that," ald one
veteran pro today. "Suppose one of us has
been playing a poor game In practice and
hasn't beon able to break 80. Hut In the
actual tournament he comes In under 80,
porhaps with the leading score, the lowest
he has done. He has a sudden return to his
real form. He has a feeling that no one
believes htm, as Indeed few of them do.
The suspicion he knows ho Is under gets on
his game, and perhaps he goes bnd again.
Ho would feel perfectly comfortablo and
aboveboard It there had been a scorer pres
ent as an unbiased witness of his good
shots.
"Then, again, It often happens that two
of the best of friends go out together," con
tinued the pro, "and one looks the other
way while the other grounds his club In the
sand, misses a little bit of a putt, or stands
by when the caddy fixes up the ball, which
has come to rest In a rotten lie. There are
a hundred and one ways two pros can help
each other out, perhaps not by actual
changing ot the soore, but, as I have said,
by not BeeIng" things. It makes every con
testant much moro comfortablo to feel that
the wholo battlo for the money Is on tho
square."
But tho High Character
The local golf association's viewpoint ot
the matter was expressed at the tourney
by Francis Warner, secretary and starter.
"It does not seem necessary, cdnslderlng
the high character and morale of our local
professionals, to send out a man to keep
the scores," said Secretary Warner, "I
have talked the matter over with some of
the other officials, and they agree with
me. We made an effort to get scorers be
cause it had always been done before."
The reason scorers, culled from the ama
teur ranks, did not show up to take out the
different pros was probably due to the re
moteness ot the Phllmont Club, whore the
event was staged, and the lack of train
service, mostly. Tho opening day was so
miserable as to weather that It finished,
more than likely, any thoughts golfers had
of turning out. Then, too, the entry list
was not as classy as ot yore, and there wero
few pros from other parts playing, whom
fans would not have a chance to see In
action at another ttme.
Miss Mildred Caverly, finalist for the
women's championship of the United States,
got her second setback of the season on
Saturday, when Mrs. Caleb F. Fox won
liUII, tiv, w.u vi.wui,j!viioiiiij ufc ilia llia
delphla Country Club, two and one, In a
hard-fought match.
Revenge Ha! Hal
Mrs. Fox gathered up a little revenge
for the beatings Miss Caverly has been
giving her all season. She was beaten by
the youthful local champion In the team
matches early In the season and In the
third round of the national this year.
She was also headed oft by Miss Caverly
from a line chance to repeat In a win of
the Mary Thayer Farnum Cup.
,Mra. Fox and Mlsa Caverly meet In
another championship today, when they
play at the Cricket Club In the finals for
the club title. It Is the club from which
Miss Caverly .always enters and the course
which she plays the most, so that the Is
Tomorrow's Tournaments
and Today's Tee Talk
Mlied fonreome handicap medal plar. Old
York lloari Countrr Clnb.
ttomen'a tombatone handicap plar, IS
holM. Iladiton Count rr Club.
Tlie nrlrllcri. nf tilavlnr iim Oi llnVa mt
the Itttrrton Country Club U offered to all
tnernbere. of. the Women's Oolf Aaeoelatlen
The prlruexe.ol the llnka of the Cetmtrr
of rhlladeTuhlA tomorrow.
Club of Atlantic Cltr, Xorthntld. N. J., la
offered to all toilers entered In the annual
fall tourner. ,
(lot fer who hare pot their clnba behind
ihem for the. eeaaon and hare taken to their
Diitlne deska again are mining tone of
the bent golf dara of the wholo rear, according-
to tho fanatic atlll tinkling.
There Is nothing like n walk orer a golf
roure theen line October dara to make a
ieron ee tho "whr and wherefore" of life.
Hie laid.
Dave Fultz Protests
NEW TOIUC Oct U. The report from
American League headquarters that the
members of the Boston Red Sox, world's
champions, and other players enrolled In
the league may be fined for participating
In so-called barnstorming games after the
close of the regular season has brought
forth a vigorous protest from the Baseball
Players' Fraternity.
President David I Fults stated here to
day that the fraternity cannot recognize the
right of organized baseball to fine its mem
bcrs for such an alleged offense, and fur
ther pointed out that players were acting
well within their legal rights In taking
part In such games.
McCoy Wins at Pocket Billiards
Ih tha opening: match of the pocket billiard
tournamant for tho ehamplonahlD of Philadel
phia, played leat nlfht at tha Iterent Academy.
Jamra McCoy dafaatad Herbert Ilamaey. 100 to
46. Soore:
the
r t. .. -m- .. ftoMaar IAts.
Ta knout the oeen way the wma,
To face far trails where thrtlli and throb
are rtfi .
By Brttn-tHnoeA heather where the aame
spun;
To find the endleti lure along the "V ,
Where over traps and brook mv drive
careen ....
In whirling flight, a hot bv ' PW
From tee to tee and on from green to green.
And alt for tehatt To talce mg bitter itand
Here in the boxoel of the riven earth,
A cttrsinff ou.fer In the flying land
That leave its thaiov) on the pride of
birthi .
Shut off from tolnd and tun on eaoh eneer
e side,
Atdreor and unkempt prisoner of Fate,
Chopping his soul out with a mangled pride,
An atom knocking at the Empire's gate.
By GRANTLAND RICE
Ays,
on for uihatt For this a broken
slave.
A duffer, dumb-eyed, desolated db,
Cursing all life ioith muttered rows on rors
While pounding downward with a spade-like
club,
To hear the hissing nCMIcfc, blow by blow.
Re-echo on below the hrvel land,
H'ftero, as a last word In a tale of woe,
The unmoved ball stilt nettles In the sand.
Showdown Week
THH current or fiscal epoch In football
might very welt be termed Showdown
Week.
By next Saturday night we should have
an up-to-date line on the strength of four
of the leading contenders In the East 7
Harvard, Cornell, Princeton and Yale.
The Harvard-Cornell affair at Boston Is
going to drop one of our main belligerents
with a thud unless a draw results. The
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winner, mnranva .
toward the season's wnKSi & 1
Will show Harvard-, m."'.11 This a
for Cornell Is out to m.w. .f J"
Picking up where she left Toff iiar2.a
enough to' give PrlnXn" 5? &.
details to think about rXJ!i J
10UB11 i-si rrom Dartmonth .
against W. and J.. iii . .. 4
scramble safely throuib" ' 1
Yale's Hard Road
Tale now faces a hlrhway fi.'.
a, uv nnj. ra.aier- vaj- j. , m . --
Colgate with one of her best Uar'
machine. And after Brown follow
wii mm iiirTru. An eleven the
w. ana j., uoigaxe, Brown, PrineeiL.
Idle moments ahead In which .
of a picnio or a Holiday. Or, at lew
very many. .
The Parade In Search of a SuttsMa
nent ror joss willow Now Is Formuil
ReTlscd Again
r shot a golf ball into the sb-i
It tell to earth, I knew not waere,
only knew, with teoe lmmen, '
That sixty cents is sixty cents.
New Auto Directory
A new director? of Amarlcan .i.
., i...nlln. n .l..t.l. .1.. "TOl
both
cars
been compiled by the publl
lsreryooara Aiae-atine. The directory.
poratad aa n regular department In the
automobi
alne. The department la deahrned to beet j
bUlnt
a ready reference lor a'
proapctlve car ownera. Only barely
apecincauone 01 eacn maxe or ear are li
addreaa of the manufacturer, number of
apeclncatlona of each make ot ear are I
addreaa of the manufacturer, ininh,, i
and cylinder!, length ot wheel dim aad i
ot prlcea. In the caae ot trucks aad
cars, capaciuea uro quoted.
the favorite. Mrs. Fox, who won the
Country Club championship last year also.
Is almost unbeatable In match play over the
Country Club course.
It Is "pie" to her, because she can reach
nearly every green In two shots. The
courts Is less than 6000 yards and the par
Is soventy-one.
t Charles Ionard Fletcher wreaked re
venge upon "Cap" Anson yesterday by de
feating him! at tho Philadelphia Country
Club, 6 and B, medal. Fletcher, 89; Anson,
107. Anson won nt Cobb's Creek, 3 up, last
week.
Fletcher admits he was beaten fairly
last Wednesday by Anson, but insisted he
was not outclassed. Anson disagreed with
him and consented to another match.
Anson Is now convinced that Fletcher is
nearly entitled to his handicap ot 9.
Fence-Busting Golf
One of he longest hitters among the pros
In the lists for the Philadelphia open last
week was Frank Morasco, who has served
some of his golf apprenticeship as a caddy
at the Cricket Club. Mornsco flnlshod well
up among the leaders last year, but this
year he rlthdrew. He Is tho heavy-eet
type and throws everything he's got Into
his toe shot He gets Into it so much with
his right shoulder and body that It almost
appears that he Is making a baseball swat
from tho waist Tho ball goes away low,
rising as It files. In golf's prettiest flight
If Morasco could smash them all on a
line he wouldn't have to worry so much
about the rest of his game.
Peter O'Hara is Just as merry nnd cheer
tut a golfer as the sound of his name.
Beaten out by one stroke for the big money
In the open, he was still able to get lets
of fun out of ft and made the whole com
pany assembled afterward around the nine
teenth hole beam at his Irish humor.
'This Is the only place, anyhow, to play
th' game, begorra," spoke up O'Hara. "Here
I kin make shots I never thought to make
on th' links."
Irishman Peter would Introduce a brand
new stroke into golf, called the "blow shot"
When a putt goes so near the hole that a
gclfor could crouch down and blow It In
with his mouth, O'Harra thought he should
be allowed to do It and not count It a stroke.
"Ye have no Idea at all how many times
I could hev used" It to me own advantage
today," he said mournfully.
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Yes, "Billy" will fIve
you a square deal always
You can rett aeiurcd he will
cut your garment to fit you
perfectly and giro roil the
Iteet of . aatlafaetlon. Nuita
Overcoats to order, &1 A,
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See Our Window Dltplav.
Billy MoranT5
Open Evenings till 0 o'clock.
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WHITE MAK8II RACES
i Biz Hat and Steeplerhaa Brents
Tomorrow and Haturday, Krdenhelm Track.
Cheatnut Hill
Tomorrow's featurea 1. Lynnewood Challenge
Cup, with beat ateeplecnaee horaea of America
entered. 2. Th lroquole Plate, Robert I.
Gerry's ''Sharpshooter," one of America's faat
eat horaea, will start
Parking places obtained from 3. R. Stanley
Reeve, Penn Mutual Illdg., eth and Walnut St.
Ryan Ath. Club ,0t,?rf,,.,nS.ord60, s-
Five Blue Jackets vs. Five Civilians
TUESDAY EVENING. OCTOUEB XI, 1016
TONIGHT TONIGHT
Point Breeze A. C. .."rttft&ft-
STANLEY 1I1NCKEL va. DAItllY CAM'KK
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