EV&NING LDGBR-PHILADBLPHIA, THtJBSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1916
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BIG BASEBALL RUMPUS IS NOW ON
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HERRMANN WILL
RESIGN POSITION,
SAYS J. K. TENER
National League President
Believes Chairman of Com
mission Will Stop Out
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JOHNSON FAVORS GARRY
'BLOODY WEDNESDAY' OBSERVED
BY LEHIGH FOOTBALL PLAYERS
IN A STRENUOUS PRACTICE
Dy ROBERT W. MAXWELL
Br CHANDLER D. RICHTER
' John K. Tner, praddtnt of the National
ZaMgue, declared today that Gurry Herr-
nantt. chairman of the National Commis
sion, would resign his position it the Ameri
can Lsg"ue objected to the senior organl
satlon having two members on tho supreme
board. Tener said that If It became neces
sary to make a chance to avert a baseball
ynr and If proof was furnished that the
American Leaguo desired a change, tho
Rational League magnates had agreed that
they should comply vrtth the request of the
Junior organisation.
Tener made his statement In reply to the
nlsquoted statement of President Johnson
Jn Chicago yesterday. Johnson was quoted
as saying1 that Herrmann must go, but to
day he Insisted that he said that one of the
Rational League's representative must be
withdrawn, and that he did not specify that
be wanted to oust Herrmann.
San Dislikes Tener
Although Mr. Tener does not appear to
realize " Johnson Is anxious to have him
withdrawn from the commission, with
Herrmann the sole representative or the
National League. Tener takes It for granted
that he Is to represent tho National League,
regardless of the number of men of the
senior league who are on the commission.
His statement today Indicates that he has
some arrangements with the National
League magnates.
It always has been taken for granted
' that the National Commission must be com
posed of the presidents of the two major
leagues and a third party selected by the
two leagues, but such a rule does not ex
ist. If the National League desires to
have Herrmann as Its representative Instead
of Tener, the board of directors of the
league can make a change, which Is what
Johnson wants, as ho has told close friends
that he Is not satisfied with Tener.
The National League president scoffs nt
the Idea of a change being necessary and
tte also cannot be convinced that certain
magnates will try to oust him from offlce
At the December meeting, It they can get
'few scattering votes. Tener's contract
has another year to run, and he does not ap
pear to be worrying.
Tener Boosts Garry
In speaking of the proposed change In the
National Commission. Toner said: "The
same situation existed last year. Herr
mann has been chairman of the National
Commission for ten years. He was Inter-
ested In the Cincinnati club at the time he
was chosen to head the body, and In my
opinion no better man can be found for
the position,
"It Is an extremely Important position,
as the National Commission Is the 'Court
of Last Resort' in the baseball world, and
the chairman Is the President Judge. His
decision Is final, and Herrmann never has
given an unjust decision In his long en
aumbency, I da not bellevo a change Is
desired, but If Herrmann realizes that It Is
desired he, no doubt, would rather step
down than be responsible for splitting
baseball and probably causing another war,"
There Is much truth in what Tener says
about Herrmann's efficiency in handling Im
portant Issues and every American League
magnate. Including President Johnson, ad
mits this. While they will not meddle in
the National League's affairs, they are hop
ing that Herrmann Is selected by the old
. league as Its representative on the supreme
body.
To Hold Joint Meeting
The American League has nothing what
ever to do with the selection of the Na
tional League's representative, that being
left entirely to the owners of clubs in the
senior organization, but, wo have been in
formed that the commission will be just as
unsatisfactory to Johnson and the Amer
ican League if Herrmann resigns and Tener
Is chosen as the National League's repre
sentative. It la believed that a Joint meeting will
be called at which the board of directors of
the two leagues will dlsouss the subject,
and It Is possible that the make-up of the
entire commission will be decided at this
session. We have been told that Johnson
favors this plan, believing that It will re
sult In tho elimination of Tener, and If the
junior league holds out for this arrange
ment It would bo Impossible to adjust mat
ters without a Joint meeting. This appears
to be the most logical plan and the mag
nates might be brought to their senses. In
the future they may "wash their dirty
linen' in private Instead of In public, as
the fans have tired of the kind of publicity
that has been given baseball affairs since
the Brooklyn scandal.
BOUTH rjETIIVRtlEM. Pa.. NOV. J.
"pLOODY WEDNESDAY" was ccle
Jj brated on the football field in Taylor
Stadium yesterday afternoon. This is not
an Introduction to a pathetic scene on the
battlefield, nor Is It a prelude to a battle
royal. The gory cognomen Is quite popular
In this town tnd used In the very best cir
cles at Lehigh University. It merely Is a
day set apart each week for the football
candidates to settle nil grudges, and white
settling their grudges work themselves Into
a state of exhaustion all for gory glory
and their alma mnter. It Is tho only day
on which real football practice can be
held, which Is fortunate. Tho players
unanimously nsaert that onco n week Is
enough, as It takes them seven days to get
In shape for the next one.
One day's hard practice each week scorn
n remarkably short time when It comes to
developing a big college footbnll team, but
this Is one, of tho handicaps with which
Head Coacll Tom Kcady has to contend.
On Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
the candidates report for practice at 4 MO,
and by the time things get under way It is
too dark to see the ball. No coach In the
East has such a short tlmo to work with
hln men, and allow us to state right here
that no coach ever has attained such suc
cess. Keady utilizes every second of the
time the men are on the field and crowds
as much work In forty minutes as the othor
tutors do In an entlro afternoon. On Wed
nesday, however, the men show up nt 2:30
p. m. and they battle each ether for three
long hours. It Is quite a strenuous session,
hence the "Bloody Wednesday" stuff.
Lesion in Efficiency
It is a lesson In efficiency to watch
Keady put his men through the paces in
tho Stadium. Ho wastes no time, nnd as
soon as a player shows up ho is put to
work. First he gets acquainted with the
tackling dummy, and nftcrwnrd hurls his
body nt sacks of sawdust standing up on
the field to Improve hl blocking and In
terfering. Then ho chases down under punts
and ends the preliminary work by falling
flat on the ground, turning over, then fall
ing backward nnd rolling five or ten yards.
This work does more to get the players In
shape than anything else, and, bo far as we
know, Keady Is the only coach who Is using
The brickfield men have a stunt nil of
their own, when they work on the bucking
machine. This Ib a device made out of
leather, with a hole the size of a man's
head In the center. It Is held by four men
two on each side and the Idea Is for
the man with the ball to run hard and
stick his head through the opening. The
backdeld man gets down In position, the
ball Is snapped and he dashes forward. He
gets the ball Just before he reaches tho
bucking machine and If he misses the open
ing ouch 1 His head hits solid leather, he
probably. sees more stars than aro found
In the Books on astronomy, but he gets
no sympathy. He Is politely but firmly re
quested to grab that ball again and quit
using nis neaa as a nattering ram. Need-
C0UNOLMEN GET SOME
SOLACE FROM WALTON
FIGURES ON REVENUES
less to say, he makes a bull's-? the next
time.
This teaches the backs to hold on to the
ball and hit the line low and hard, two
things which have characterized Lehigh's
play since Tom Keady took charge four
years ago. Only once did the backdeld men
rorget to hold the ball and that was In the
Lafayette game last year and the least
said about that catastrophe the better.
Lehigh devoted all of yesterday after
noon to getting Into shape for the hard game
with Muhlenberg next Saturday. Keady,
with his assistants, Sam Markle, the former
Yale star, and Heck Coyne, who played end
on Lehigh In 1912, directed the work. Mar
kle took charge of the scrubs and taught
them Muhlenberg plays, while Coyne took
the third and fourth string men In another
corner of the field and taught them how to
tackle. Head Coach Keady worked with
the Varsity until It came time for scrim
mage. The first team lined up with Illcharda at
right end J Good, right tackle; Q. McCarthy,
right guard: McDonald, center: Pons, left
guard; Tate left tackle; It McCarthy, left
end: Chenoweth, quarter; Harrington, left
halfback; Brunner, right halfback, and
Magulness, fullback. This looks like the
regular team for the big game, although
Keady hinted that several changes are likely
to be made before the Lafayette game. The
varsity practiced only on defense, and before
the end was smearing every play tried by
the scrubs. This means that Lehigh Is
confident of stopping Whltey Price's ath
letes In Allentown the day after tomorrow.
Veterans Are Missed
The Brown and White misses the great
Cahall In the backfleld nnd that brilliant
pair of ends, Qreene and Sawtelle, from last
year's team. IMchards, Qulst, II. McCarthy
and Qoullck are righting It out for the wing
positions and Brunner seems to have stepped
Into CahaU's shoes. Brunner docs all of the
punting, drop-kicking and forward-passing
In fact. Is the "combination man" ofthe
team. Pons and McCarthy are two husky
guards and Good and Tate do very good
work at tackle. Chenoweth, the quarter
back, who was Injured In the Yale game
last year, runs the team well nnd Is one
of the best field generals In the East. Mc
Donald does well at center and by the end
of the season the coaches believe he will
he ns good ns Scruggs was last year. Ma
gulnnes plays fullback and Is living up
to the Deputation he made last year. Her
rlngton.Mhe former Chestnut Hill boy. Is
making a strong bid for one of the half
backs with Halstead. Hurley and Purcelle.
There Is no captain of the Lehigh team.
Nona has been elected as yet and none will
bo before the Lafayette game. Before each
game a field captain Is appointed nnd no
one knows who It will be except the coach.
Tho night before the final battle, however,
the members of the team will elect a man
who will carry the title of captain of the
team. It Is a good Idea, and was put Into
effect by "Bosey" Relter, the former Prince
ton star nnd Wesleyan coach, who now is
director of athletics at South Bethlehem. It
prevents factional politics and the "frat
cliques" do not get a chance to flourish.
Tax Rate Increase May Be Put
Off for Year, but Ultimate
Advance Appears
Necessary
DISAGREES WITH GAFPNEY
Controller Walton's report on municipal
finances. In which ho proposes adding $3,
Slt.OOO to city revenues by raising the cost
of certain permits, raising water rents and
utilizing a balance he expects to have on
hand at the end of the year, was on the
desk of each member of Councils early to
day. To councllmen fearful of their po
litical future In the event of a material In
crease In the tax on realty, the report and
the advice It contains brings a grain of
comfort.
Even the most sanguine of the Council
men failed, however, to find In the sugges
tions any facts that would more than post
Ione the evil hour for another twelve
months. A disposition to let tho realty tax
rate stand at II has been gaining ground,
especially since so many of the big realty
nnd business associations of the city have
registered protests. That this would neces.
sltate again resorting to the old method of
borrowing money to pay current expenses
Is freely admitted. ,
BATE OF J1.6J MENTIONED
Tho Controller In his report, which was
cnrcfully gone over today nnd which wns
disposed of finally when Councils took up the
question of a realty tax Increase, gives dif
ferent realty rates that would have to be
resorted to if new revenues are not found.
These show that to meet the demands of
departments for 1917, a tax rate of 11.63
Instead of the present flat rate of $1 would
have to be fixed. The additional revenues
that the Controller says can be gained by
adopting his suggestions would save ap
proximately twenty c.ents of that figure.
The Controller regards as a "waste of
time and energy" any effort to carry out
some of the suggestions advanced by
Chairman Gaftney to have the Legislature
yield State revenues and authorize the tax
ing of money at Interest, the property of
quasi-public corporations, ground rents and
automobiles or surrender by tho State of
the mercantile or Inheritance tax.
He shows that he will have a surplus of
$1,410,000 for use In 1917 and to this he
adds $400,000 as the revenue from tho pro
posed Increase In water rents. $520,268
added assessment on real estate and
$1,250,000 In new revenues which are sug
gested from various Increases In fixed
charges. This total of $3,586,000 he be
lieves will go far toward pulling the city
through 1917 without an Increase In realty
tax.
WHAT TAX BOOST WOULD DO
Tho Controller then shows tax Increases
that would have to be provided. With other
Bources of revenue added In each Instance.
A tax rate of St on the assessment for
1917 would yield $32,353,357; a rate of
$1.20 would equal $35,695,535; a rate of
FREE-AS-THE-AIR GOLF LINKS
NOW BEING AGITATED: TWO NEW
PUBLIC COURSES NEXT IN ORDER
$1,3S wouW yield til.CiMEI. the mini
mum K Is believed the cHy will be able to
ret along with. A rat pt $1.11 would net
HI,81.5JJ,the maximum of the budget
requests.
So far the Finance Committee has failed
materially to cut down budget requests
and, with the cry for better pay for the
"little fellows," material cuts may be off
set by Increases that will be In figures well
above those provided by a realty tax of
SI SS. Controller Walton's statement shows
that the revenues had been adequate up
to nnd Including 1911, a direct contradic
tion of Chairman Oaffney's statement af
fecting years preceding that date.
Another feature of municipal finance was
taken up by Councils today In the shape of
the usual transfer bill turning balances In
unused Item over to Items where money
Is more badly needed. A total of about
$40,000 was transferred In bills npproved
Larger transfer bills will be acted upon
later with a view to patching up finances
so that a temporary loan can be avoided
this year. Councils have the power to
make a temporary loan of $1. 200,000 during
the closing months of any one year, but as
such a loan becomes a debt against tho
following year's revenues no such sum will
bo borrowed this fall. It Is not unlikely
that a temporary loan of $600,000 may havo
to be authorized If tho demands of depart
mental hends aro to be met during tho next
two months.
Chairman Claffney, of Councils Finance
Committee, Is back of a move to lease to
the United States Government city-owned
property In Delaware County for use as n
military aviation station. At present tho
property Is held under n lease by the Phila
delphia School of Aviation. A hill author
izing the lease wns Introduced nnd the
smnll burden of taxation will be thrown
upon the Government, as well ns n nominal
lerlal.
FIREMEN BLAMED
FOR TOLL IN BLAZE
Continued from rse One
cries. Mrs. Mueller went to the telephone
Immediately, called the Electrical Bureau
and told of the fire.
FIFTEEN MINUTES ELAPSED
Between fifteen and twenty minutes
elapsed between the time that sho called,
she declares, and the time tho engines from
Flrehouse No. 2, at Warnock and Berks
streets, arrived. Her husband corroborates
her statement, ns do Dr. L. Fllpakoff, a
druggist, at the northeast corner of Seven
teenth and Norrls streets, and Mrs. Helen
Itohrback, 1722 Norrls street.
The fire got under way quickly While
tho third floor nan ablaze Miss Elslo How
ard and the child. Hilda Trainer, staggered
out of the door. Miss Howard, Mrs. Mueller
avers, with her face badly scorched, rushed
to the automatic fire-box In front of a houso
nt 1724 Norrli street, broke the glass with
her hands and rang in the nlnrm. She nnd
the little girt wero then taken to the Mueller
home and received first treatment for their
burns from Dr. Fllpakoff before belng'tnken
to the hospital.
Tho last seen of Mrs. Howard was the
view that Mrs. Trout got of her going up
the stairs with the bucket of water. The
Meanys. both of whom are said to have been
deaf, did not appear nt all while the fire
was In progress and are supposed to havo
been suffocated before they had a chance to
attempt escape.
The assertion that Miss Howard rushed
frantically to turn In the alarm Is denied by
John Warner, a s4lltiiiw t tM TwMttli
and Berk street fttittoti. frri slMlW
that he was In the vicinity of fteVewtetwUi
nd Diamond street watching two mn who
were acting suspiciously, when he beard
three revolver shots ring ottt. The are
said to have been fired by a panle-strlefcen
neighbor. He rushed Instantly to Karri
street and, seeing the confusion, turned In
the alarm himself, he says. Mrs. Mueller
declares that sh saw Kiel Howard break
the box.
In answer to neighbors' charge of neg
ligence on the part of the Housing Com
mission for permitting the Trouts to main
tain this apartment Illegally sine It had
no fire escapes or fire apparatus, Arthur
K. Buchholz. chief of the Bureau of
Housing, declared that Charles Trout was
notified In September, 1015, that an un
licensed apartment was being run at 1719
Norrls street, but It was not until March,
1916, that the Trouts were threatened with
arrest. On May 19 they mad application
for a license, paid $2.50 and declared
that there were the apartments In the house.
The license was held up pending the com
pletion of sanitary plumbing and on the
order of Fire Marshal Elliot that an outside
fire escape be erected,
This, however, was not done.
When Mr. Buchhols was asked why
this house had not been prosecuted, he re
plied that Philadelphia had only six hous
ing Inspectors nnd that there are more than
10,000 tenement houses to be Inspected.
INADEQUATE INSPECTION
Fire Marshall George Elliott, when ques
tioned about the fire equipment In the
uunuing, said;
"I guess our part Is criminal, but It Is
tho best we could do under the existing
circumstances. It Is a cuse which my men
nao oeen unable to reach in time.
"We have thousands of buildings to In
spect. For this work a city ordinance pro
vides for ten fire-escape Inspectors, one of
whom Is detailed In this ofllce as n clerk.
We need one hundred men.
"It Is true that the case was sent to this
ofllce In the month of Juno by the division
of tenement Inspection. A man Is work
ing on Norrls street at the present time.
He Is going from Twenty-flrst street to
Tenth street, but had not reached the house
which was the scene of the fire."
A clerk brought nn armful of papers,
filled the addresses to 'of houses to be In
vestigated, and laid them on the Fire Mar
shall's desk.
"This will give you an Idea of what we
are up against," said Mr. Elliott, as he
pointed to the papers.
'The man that covers that section of
Philadelphia is responsible for a territory
extending from Seventh street and German
town nvenue west to tho Schuylkill river,
and from Poplar street north to Lehigh ave
nue. "He can make from twehe to twenty new
Inspections each day, that is not counting
the places he must revisit after giving a
ninety-day notice to the occupants. It Is
all that you can expect any man to do In
a day.
"Under the law we could require only
a rope-and-chaln device of flre-escnpo to bo
placed In tho Norrls street residence. Phil
adelphia Is fortunate not to have more fire
fatalities. It Is Just good luck."
When Fire Chief Murphy was told that
the neighbors had criticized his department
he said:
"The records show that tho local call by
telephone wns received by Engine Company
No. 2 nt 12.62 p. m. At exactly 12:56 p. m.,
four minutes later, tho acting captain of
No. 2 wns on the scene and had pulled the
box for tho alarm. Does that sound slow?
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what' the use of werklac Ilk itaiei
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"I tell you, and the records show It, ttttf
there was no delay or any sort Mat
We used motor apparatus, and w
that fir Just as fast as It wm
possible. There hare been time whm tfesm
were delays t broken apparatus r atsje
thing like that, but last night uMiUsfcsl
worked smoothly and we rot en ttt t
as quickly as men could after giUIHg tin
information."
Miss Howard and the little TratMrjtrl
have not been told of the death mt m,
Howard, They believe her to be tytoc la
the next room at the hospital.
Friends of Miss Howard are prostrated
by the tragedy. Last night the young
woman, who Is a clerk In a downtown sttop,
visited at the home of Mrs. Hoy Jen, 121
Cumberland Btrret, She left early, Mr.
Jones says, to go to church, remarking
that people who attended to their reWgJso
duties always had beter luck than the,
who did not, 11 Is not expected tlmCtls!
burns of Miss Howard and Hilda Trains'
will bo fatay, but It Is likely that both WW
bj badly disfigured. i
The rear of the third floor of the heu
was demolished. The front shows fHtt
trace of the lire, except that the window
sashes are charred. The damage le writ
mated at 1700.
THE WEATHER
Official Forecast
WASHINOTON, Nov, 2.
For eastern Pennsylvania and New Jer
sey Fair weather and mild temperature
tonight and Friday; moderate southwest
and west winds.
Light rains occurred in the extreme
Northeast and along the north Paclfle eeast
during tho last twenty-four hours, .while
fair weather prevailed In the remainder of ' !
the country. The temperatures fell at moat;
places In the Atlantio States, the change '
being Just about enough to restore normal
conditions. Elsewhere tho changes were
generally alight and unimportant. There ,
Is a slight temperature excess tn the greet ,
Central Valleys, while seasonable condition
are reported from the Plains States and"
the Cotton Belt
Observation! at Philadelphia
8 A. M. .. i
lUromMer , , 9.1S
Tomperatur ,41
wind Southwest. 8 nstksi
Sky , .-...Clr
ltumldlly ..... , . T
Minimum temperature .,,..., 4
Maximum temperature ,4, OR
The Tides
TOUT RICHMOND
Hlzh wat.r 6:81 a.m
Ixiw water ,. 2:00 p.m.
High water TSSp.ra,
CHESTNUT 8TBEET WHARF
Hlsh water B:M a.m."
X.nw water ,,.,. l:4S p.m,a
High water ........ .- 7:10p.m. ,
REEDT ISLAND v- -
r.ow water ..., ,,. . ....10.0T a.m.
Hlzh wt.r :S p.m.
Low water ,. . ,.,,..--,ll:4 p.m-
By SANDY McNIBLICK
DUniNQ the winter months active agita
tion will bo started for the construction
by the city of two new public golf courses.
Those 'high up In golf circles feel that
there Is a very strong need for a municipal
links In Frankford, and also' one for South
Philadelphia, to be located at the Navy
Yard.
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The course at Cobbs Creek has proved to
be a decided success, and when the reckon
ing comes at the end of tho year It Is said
that the revenue will go a long way toward
the dally maintenance of the course. Golf,
as the greatest game of the ages for all
the people. Is smouldering In this country,
and It is felt on all sides that as soon as
the one great drawback to It, namely the
expense Involved, Is removed It will push
most games right off the boards, from a
popularity standpoint
One great objection to the Cobbs Creek
course, regnrdless of tha way In which
other cities run their public courses, Is the
"high, cost of living" at the local links.
Many visitors to this city who have
played regularly ori public links In other
cities, have openly hooted at the Idea or the
Philadelphia course being a "public" links,
claiming that It is nothing more than a
cheaper-than-the-ordlnary country club In
which all citizens can become members at
so much per head.
It does not speak well for the Quaker
City, many feel, that a city of Its size and
resources cannot afford to keep one open
golf course, free as 4he air to all those
who wish to play. It Is felt there Is as
much reason almost for the city to main
tain a playground for the adults as there
Is for the children.
Qolf, In comparison with its standing In
Great Britain, has not yet taken a real
hold on this country- Talks with foreign
born pros make this very evident.
Dave Cuthbert, Huntingdon Valley pro,
claims there Is no such thing on the other
side as duffers, unless perhaps It Is some
aged dyspeptic, who has taken up the game
to regain his health.
"All of us used to play wlion we were
only the littlest nippers," said Dave today,
"We played or caddled on tho public
courses after school every day, just like
boys in this country play baseball. Every
body plays a fairly good game over there.
There is hardly any business in teaching
No one wants to stand up on a tee for a
lesson, Golfers play a match with the pro,
and If he catches them making a mistake
the pro calls it, that' all, I used to play
three or four rounds nearly every day,"
Dave used to go to school with Jock
Hutchinson, Also Cunningham, other well
known pros In this country, All the kids
used to make a break from school as soon
as it was over and head for the town golf
course.
Caddies In Scotland get thlrty-slx cents
for eighteen holes of golf. They have to
tee the player's ball at every drive and
there is a great bit of knack n.nd bawling
out Incidental to the task.. At the end of
the round he caddy cleans the clubs and
gets paid when he hands them over to the
owner's satisfaction, not before.
Caddies in Canada, we are told, get ten
cents per round. They nre very keen on
tho game, and many of them are almost as
helpful as a round with a pro.
Compare the Canadian price to the sev
enty cents at Cobbs Creek, which is still
in vogue there, so we are told.
Many of the great players abroad trust
absolutely to the Judgment of their cad
dies for the proper club to use, the dis
tances and the proper place to play the
ball. Nearly all the bag carriers have cad
dled or played over the courses day In and
day out and heaps of them could give their
employer a licking or a good run In matct.
.Play.
Cornell Trims Hsverford at Soccer
lUvtrford want down to an overwhelming de
feat, yeatcrday afternoon on tha aermamown
lloja' Club Playground when It met Cornll,
tn league leadiri. by a score of 12 to 0. Tha
I.ltlla Quakers were unabl to cope with the Cor
nell forwards.
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Built specially on
crjsp, clean-cut lines
for gentlemen of fine
taste to wear on tho
street. In rich shade of
tan,' and gun-metal
calfskin.
Spats are required for the
mart dreeier. We have
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Now Comes the Season of the
Greatest Overcoat Sales Ever
Recorded at Sixth & Market Sts.
TTHREE THOUSAND fine, warm, guaranteed all-wool
Overcoats for men and young men selling at prices that will
fill the store until the last overcoat is sold.
Determined to make this November the greatest November in many years
of business at Oak Hall, Wanamaker & Brown started out weeks ago. to
prepare this offer of three thousand Overcoats to be sold at decisive savings.
Oak Hall, known for many years in Philadelphia as the most substantial and
reliable clothing house in the East, has always been Philadelphia's headquarters for
good overcoats, all wool, guaranteed, staple in cloth, in color and style.
1 Five or six of the best manufacturers of Philadelphia, New York and Boston have contributed
to this vast number of overcoats. And every manufacturer who sold us this merchandise knew that he
could sell us nothing but all wool, they knew we wanted it for the particular purpose of making November
a great month in the history of Oak Hall and a great month in savings to Oak Hall's customers.
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They knew they had to make a price concession for that very purpose, and that is why you can
come to Oak Hall today
And Buy $15 Overcoats for $12.50
And Buy $18 Overcoats for $15.00
And Buy $20 Overcoats for $17.50
And Buy $25 Overcoats for $20.00
And in addition , -,
There are Pinch Back blues in danblc-breastcd styles, regularly $20, that are selling for $15.
There are fine Pinch Backs and Double-Breasted coats, tvorth $20, that are selling for $15, i
There are black and Oxford Meltons beautiful cloths worth ?20, selling for $15.
' There arc silk-lined coats in Cambridge grays, pinch back and double breasted, that are selling for $15.
WANAMAKER & BROWN WOULD LIKE TO IMPRESS UPON EVERY MAN AND YOUNG MAN
WHO READS THIS ADVERTISEMENT THAT EVERY COAT (THERE IS. NOT A SINGLE EXCEPTION TO,
THIS STATEMENT) IS A DESIRABLE AND A FINE WINTER GARMENT THAT HE WILL BE PROUD OF
FOR YEARS TO COME AND THAT THE SAVING WE QUOTE HERE ON EACH COAT IS GUARANTEED
BY WANAMAKER & BROWN.
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