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r60ACH FOLWELL CONFIDENT OF PENN VICTORY OVER MICHIGAN SATURDAY OTHER SPORTS
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"PENN WILL SINK OR SWIM
. WITH BERT BELL DIRECTING
TEAM", COACH BOB FOLWELL
rBed and Blue Mentor
Quarterback Is Much Better General Than
Bryant Predicts Victory Over Wolverines
By CHANDLER
jiTTTB ABB p lo l"nK or ""lm wlln
! W fieri Ball t the helm," declared Conch
"; ii ih Pinn rlKvrn lust before
Surfing tha Ited and Blua special for Ann
iNvSlT. Iiih his tenm nt noon today. "I
""'.;.. i . mlnir n h crlt clzec! If
PT j ii rilnvn n, noor earns, hul
j If eolnK to play quarterback. And
!il U wine to mako good. K he fall
J1.'. ? n.nnla will any that favoritism
.j i shown In placing him In tho line-up,
P. i l. Mnf nn flnnhv nr nn irrnpeful
almost big college qunrtcrbacks, but I
Tnww he la the best man I have for tho
JX'tlon" . . .. t
n.1. wn FolweU's come-back when he
. iril aiked If Bell was being sent Into the
1 t.!nn.MlchlRan gamo on the strength of
bt ho haa shown to date In regular con
teats.. 1 am likely to do a lot of things that
III bring forth criticism." continued Fol
.i !... it doea not worry mo. For
h Itlme I was rather nt sea, not knowing my
&Z. nd their possibilities, but now I know
' ihm and every time I mako a chnnga I do
n because I foci that It will strengthen tho
1P To the outsider thcro was nothing wrong
I . .... -H wrrtr Airnlnnt Dartmouth.
I but It did not suit me. Jimmy was ner
S -. it. illd not run the plays oft smooth-
fif It failed to call for plays that would havo
ft ' bten suro ground gainers and lost too much
,S ..n,ni handles punts better than Bell.
1 and probably haa bettor natural football
tW abllltr. but I am going- to stako every-
thlnr on Bin ngninm .uitniKiiii -know
he will run tho team the way I want
It directed. Bell la not a tlashy player,
but he haa a great head and la going to sur
prise every one. ,,,,
1 aoni cxputi linn i '""' ".".;.
Individual gamo and hopo that ho don t.
Wi havo tried out sovernt quarterbacks
.vi. ...nn nnii each has had a chance to
'k thow what he could do to strengthen the
offense througn pinys mm wuro uum ,i
them. They nil failed, bo far na showing
enough to warrant placing confidence In
them being ablo to carry more than tholr
hare of the offensive burden. Now I want
a jneral and Bell la tho best man I have.
Thereforo he will play.
itt Vnrk Well Toirother
"Anothur reason why I want Bell In tho
t"'t not Is that ho can get moro out of Berry
IT and works with him bolter than Bryant
Bell and Berry work togetnor ncuer imm
any pair of backs I have, and aa much of
my offense will be built around the latter
whin ho enters the gamo. Boll's presence at
mikrterback Is necessary.
"I luppoae I also will bo criticized If I
don't itart Berry, but that nlso docs not
Butter. Berry la tho regular fullback from
now on, but it Is a question In my mind
whither It Is advisable to start him. I
flture. that Berry needs a few minutes on
the sidelines to steady him down, and un
its I change my mind, ho will not enter
the came until about flvo minutes havo been
'J! I pliied. That will give him a chance to
8- ' iteidy himself, no you know ho Is a high
$ trimj youngster and may bo ovoranxlous.
;. "One of my reasons ror Keeping worry
i eat of the gamo at the start Is that I could
,' tied another back In thero to pound tho
'J line and off tackle until the Wolverines
"i fcafa. slowed down a trifle. Berry would'
. I doubly effective In dashes off tackle In
i,A tills event.
Bf "What are wo going to do? Well, I'll
jjjj'jj tell you that If we don't win I will bo tho
most surprised man in mo united suites.
My team Is just beginning to find Itself. I
don't think that we havo showu nx much
Mwe should havo In our recent games, but
there haa been a steady Improvement, and,
perhaps, I am expecting too much of tho
men.
"Penn will he aa strong as any team In
the country by Thanksgiving Day, and I
think It will ba almost as good on Sat
urday. If Michigan beats us It will have
to play better football than It has shown
to date. Perhaps I should be playing it
safe and handing out 'bear stories about
hrd luck, poor form, etc., but I don't be
lieve In them. I say what I think, and
think Penn will win with something to
Dare. And I might add that you can look
for the Bell-Berry combination to play an
Important part In tho victory."
Bryant's Many Mistakes
Fotwell went on to point out many mls
Ukes njade by Bryant In directing the team
tit Saturday niralnst Dartmouth. 11b
Ssattrlbutea Bryant's failure to run tho team
C.ll tpeedlly as he did airaln.it Lafavetto and
hla poor selection of the playa to nervous
Mia. He feels that. If Bryant was affected
By "nerves" playing on hlB home Held and
bffore a partisan crowd, ho surely will go
w Pieces If started aguinet Michigan.
Howard Berry Is In very much tho same
position, according to Kqlwell, but ha is not
worried about Howard being attacked by
tC0 fright" However, he fears that his
Mnsatlonal fullback will ba overanxious If
M starts the game and to guard against
this has decided to keep the nil-round nth
Wta on the bench until about flva minutes
nave been played,
All traces of nervousness and over
Mxiety shown by a high-strung athlete van
ish as soon as a contest is under way.
Everything elsa Is forgotten, and it Is this
typa of player who arises to an emergency
Wt as Berry did against State and Dart
mouth; but If ha la allowed to line up for
the first kick-off and makes a mlsplay be
auie ho Is overanxious ,he Is not likely
to itrlko his stride again.
It Is possible that Folweli will switch
JIs plans, so far as Berry is concerned. It
OfPendlng entirely on the mental and physl
el codltlon of the brilliant fullback.
It will be remembered that Bert Bell was
the regular quarterback until the Swarth
"lore game, which was lost because of the
poor direction of the team and general In
ferior play of the quarterback. Since that
tune Bell haa Improved wonderfully and la
swerving of another chance.
The Swarthmore game was the first In
Declares New Varsity
D. RICHTER
which Hell showed poor Judgment, a clear,
quick-thinking head being this youngster's
greatest asset. In general play Bell prob
ably Is Inferior to Bryant, 'but he always
haa been considered a better Held general,
and Is not likely to bo troubled by "nervea"
In a pinch.
Uetl Thinks Fast
If Boll directs the team poorly ngalnst
Michigan, It will not be because he loses
his hend. He thinks fast and plans hla at
tack ns he goes along. If tho wrong play
Is selected, it will be becauso Bell believes
that he can cross the Wolverines and takes
n daring chance.
The only possible objection to the selec
tion of Bell at quarterback Is his poor
handling of punts, a most Important de
partment of tho game, particularly on Ferry
Field, whom n high wind usually sweeps
ncross tho lleld, Men of the Barrett typo
have found It almost impossible to Judge
or hnndlo punts on tho Michigan field, and
Bell Is likely to have a hard tlmo of It
Folweli admits that, Bell's handling of
punts la a drawback uhless ho shows Unex
pected Improvement, but tho Penn conch
plans to havo Berry back for kicks with
Bell, nnd whenever It Is posslblo the former
wilt handle tho ball.
Thoso who havo followed tha work of the
two teams agree with FolweU's estimate of
Michigan's strength. The Tenn team has
not reached Its xenlth yet wnereas Mich
igan's showing In recent games Indicates
that tho Wolvorlnes are ifolng back. Tost
evidently trained his men for tho Cornell
and Syracuse games, having been misled by
I'cnn'a early Bcason form, and as a result
the Malzo and Blue will not be In as good
shapo ns tho lied and Blue.
No other changes will bo made In the
Penn team excepting that when Berry enters
tho gamo Williams wilt go to the side lines
and Light will take the tatter's position.
Folweli looks upon Light ns one of tho best
all-round men lit tho East, whereas Wil
liams's grea'test asset Is his oftenslvo play.
With Berry In tho gamo the loss of Wil
liams's offensive power will bo moro than
balanced while tho defense will bo strength
ened. Captain Mathews and Estresvaag nro the
only linemen who nro not In perfect condi
tion, but Doctor Hancock says that they
will bo In prime shape by Saturday, The
Bed and Blue will not hold another practice
beforo meeting Michigan unless a short sig
nal drill Is held lata Friday afternoon or
early In tho evening.
HARVARD BLACKENS. MAN
TO REPRESENT POLLARD
Crimson Eleven Fails to Stop Brown
Plays Used by Scrubs
CAMBniDOK. Mass.. Nov. 16. Tho
Harvard second football team, using Brown
formations, tore tho varsity rush line at
will, and after a series of line plunges,
sprinkled In between several forward passes,
scored two touchdowns.
Johnson, who scored, was blackened up to
represent Pollard, Brown's dusky halfback.
Tho varsity made a gallant attempt to get
back these twelve points, nnd succeeded
partially, when Kddio Casey ran the length
of tho lleld after Intercepting a forward
pass.
The varsity line-up was sprinkled with
substitutes, when the scrubs scored their
touchdown, but virtually all available
regulars were rushed In when tho sub
stitutes found the scrubs pushing them
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"Pud" Henry's fast flying Camden flva
again Jumped Into tha lead in tho race for
the first Kastern League pennant last night
when they took the Do Nerl quintet over
tho coals by the count of 39 to 38. It was
a, contest replete with sensational plays, In
which Jnckle Adams and Jimmy Brown ns
sumed tho leading roles.
Camden Is now tied with Jasper, the Ken
slngtonlans having also won four and lost
but one contest this season. Judging their
play last night, Camden Is suro to be In
tho running, If not a winner. In tho race for
tho flag during tha nrst half of the year's
play In Scheffer's circuit
Not since tho so.ison of 19U-15 have the
ex-Alphas shown tho form they displayed
last night. Tho entire team worked together
as n unit nnd showed plainly thnt Henry has
boon drilling the players In team play rather
than In Individual work. It Is hard to seo
how any of the other clubs In tho league are
going to bo able to supplant Camden for
first honors, provided tho Skceters contlnuo
to put up the gamo they did against Do Nerl
last night.
Tho fans at Camden are highly enthusias
tic over tho work of the team, which means
that aa long na tho Bkeeters are In tha
running tho gnmes will ba well patronised.
Tho tie for Urst placo In tho Kastern
League will bo broken again tonight, whou
tho Jasper and Camden teams clash nt Non
pareil Hall. These fives nro now dead
locked at tho top of the league, each having
won (our and dropped one.
This gamo should bo ono of the fastest of
the season. Jasper playa better at homo
than any team In tho league, but tho Cam
den quintet has more power nt center nnd
at tho forward positions. However, the ex
cellent work of Fox and Frledmnn on the
defense In the gnmos played so far Insures a
tough evening for Stecla nnd Adams, the
Cnmdon forwards. Dolln will probably out
Jump ICcrr consistently, and this will bo a
big advantngo to the visiting team. Jasper
will play Barney Hedran and Hnrry Hough
at forward against Jimmy Brown nnd
Dlegnn.
Tho foul shooting this ovonlng will bo as
Interesting as this phaso of the gamo ever
gets to be. Jackie Adams, tho leading scorer
of the league, will bo pitted agalpst Hough
In tossing from tho fltteen-foot line, nnd It
Is likely that tho accuracy of theso men will
determine, tho result
The keen rivalry which existed In the In
dustrial Lengue last season Is being mani
fested again this year. All of the fives In
tho circuit are strong and there Is not one
which hasn't a chanco to win tho pennant
thin season, provided that Injuries do not
weaken any one club.
Tonight J, & J. Dobson and Standard
Holler Bearing will clash In the cago of tha
Quaker City Athletic Club. Twenty-sixth
and Dauphin streets. This contest will be
watched by the fans with moro than usual
Interest, Inasmuch as those quintets split
even In their games In 1015-16. This season
the schedule calls for threo games between
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Kcwance Introduces New
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AWAKEN, football mentors, nnd
ri. listen to n tale, a very interest
ing one, and Kcwance, III., is goinp;
to supply tho mirth. Every trick
piny thnt this Kewnnco cloven tried
was dlnjrnosed in ndvnnco by their
opponents nnd tho tenm simply hali
to liavo a way of stopping tho wholo
snlo thefts. Hero is tho solution!
Tho center wears thrco belts nnd
on each belt nro numbers rnnjrinK
from ono to ten. Down tho center
of his bnck is a white strip nnd when
the center gives tho signal ho twists
tho bolts around until tho numbers
rest on tho white background.
Thero wo havo tho piny nnnounccd
nnd tho team hns it down to such ti
flno point thnt it is run off with grcnt
rapidity.
Originality Thnt'a all they hnvo
in Kewnnco.
each of tho clubs, hence thero will bo na
deadlock.
Dobson will hnvo virtually tho same line
up as last season, with Lees nnd Homewood
nt the forward positions, Morowood lit
center nnd Kinder nnd West at guards.
Mnnnger Kane, of tho Stnndnnl Holler
five, will send n new tenm Into tho cngo
against Dobson. Ho will probably Uso Kid
i'lko, formerly of the Vlncomo team, nnd
Bobby Wilson to forward, Brown lo Jump
center, nnd Clrn(T nnd Kllpatrlck to the
guard Mntlons. It Is posslblo that O'ltellly,
a former New York Stato league player,
may replace Brown nt center.
It Is expected that tho seating capacity
of tho qunkcr City club will bo taxed to
Us utmost capacity tonight. The Standard
Holler followers will go to tha gamo In
twenty auto trucks and -the officers of tho
company will parado In private, mnchlhes
with their employes. -A band of sixty
pieces lias been engaged for the occasion.
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Scats Sent to Philadelphia Aro Dis
posed of in Short Timo
All of tho Yalc-Prlncetou tickets sent to
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tho 700 sent to Spnldlngs, on Chestnut
strcot, were disposed thl smornlng, and
from now on the only chanco to seo tho
gnme Is to consult tho speculators. Jnko
arny, maniigor of Spnldlngs. said that tha
demand this year was greater than ever
before, nnd that ha could havo disponed of
2000 tickets.
Scraps About Scrappers
Hurry Smith boien hln nml bout In two
nlahtu nt UlrnrilvlUe. l'a.. tonlitht. when hn
tackli Llllly lian In ttn-rounlr. ..,!
night's rnmlt of Harry's tilt with Hobby Ward
wa u technical knockout In four rounds. To
night's bout la nt 12- poundi, rlngildo.
Richmond fnna are booatln;
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bearcat. Ixiulal alio la all "net" up kdoui
Wllllama bout and he evidently will take
chance agalnat young Mr. llahn.
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Tomorrow night Adam llyan opena hla new
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Jack lllackburn will meet riddle Ilevolre
return ml In the atar number. In the other
bout" Ftankle Colter meets Young I.awrenre.
Hattllng Murray oppoeea Young- Medway, Mat
Colin tackles IUrry Uulllvan and Whltey I ll
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At the Lincoln A. C. tomorrow night. K. O.
I.oughlln, of South llethlehem. meets Willie
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l'lummer and Young- Artlo meet! Young Uelaney.
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CRUCIAL FRAY SATURDAY
Aerlnl nffrnms will Jilny nn Important twtt
In ilrcldlnK tho Intpmctiolnatlc lenjruo foot
Imll frnens Kiitimliiy nftcrnoon tiotwcon
Weal l'hlliutclnltla MIrIi School nml Kontli
i'hllnddiihln High Hchnol. This will bo tha
third lengup, contest for ench alovcn thin pen
non. A victory for the Went riillne vir
tually will brlim the Olmhel Tup nml th.
1916 gridiron olmmplonshlp to tho school
ncrosa the Schuylkill.
Throughout' th pennon Conchcn JohnMon
arid K.oURh hnvo been fnmillnrlilnir their
respectlvo clmrKcs In tho use of the forward
pas; It has proved u good Rrouml-fUltier
for both team. Kour members of ench
eleven nre capable of handling this piny.
Mlxlne the nerlal nttnek Willi line plunging
nnd end .rtMnrig hns enabled tho Phils
from the South nnd tho Went to show up
exceptionally well on tho Krldlron to dnto.
Uuimln, Captain Ito.v-tsky. llrown nnd
Owens nro South I'hllllc.V chief cotfa In mnh
Ing the paiw sliccenaful. When the citp'n
doen tho hurling lJunnln. who In quarter
back, rnces beyond the lino of ncrlmmngo
nnd usunlly tnkes the throw, llrown nnd
Owenn, tho wlngmeu. nro tho ladn on the
nlcrt with outstretched tirmo In tho event
Hunnlu toB.u-n thn pigskin.
Wo.it 1'hlladclphla proved how Important
tho nerlnl route wan In Its nltnck when
Coach Kcough'n clan ncored two touchdown.'
and ix victory over Central High. Itcukauff
to Kerb nnd Klatlcr to Itouknuff wero tho
pnsnea that counted. I'flcl l.s the other
Speed Hoy who shown speed In getting under
tho throw when started by cither Klstlcr
cr Heuknuff.
.,t.uh,.,";'nJ.nnJ.0,.,nf,, ,hot lh"e-m.mhr'
of tha nl Philadelphia lllgli Hclinnl fnothall
aaua,l owing to choiatlo orlc. will, starting
next Monilar. I tnellglbM for further vanity
ciunpetltlon. They nr tlruot. atar fullluivki
Mrschner. resular tackle, ami lllJ.lln, n ailil
tutu barkfleM man. All three will b allowed
In iiartlclpate i In i the ganin en Hiiturday agalnat
.Southern High, tha tanlahment Bolng mtn ertt
tin Monday. They -win not he allowed to nlay
agalnat Northenat High In thu flniil game Krldav
ii week. It was nlu nnnouncrd yeaterdny
that t'rowley. the alar bnck, wna eligible to
Play and will very likely tako flroot'a place.
F. and M. Player Suffers Fractured Skull
rtBADlNO. l'a.. Nov. IS. Chances for thn
!?ln."I. i!"u.y a,,h" I-nnensier clenernl Iloapltnl
that Kdlngton Ilow.n. of Kverett. Pa., who was
Injured yealerday afternoon while tackling In a
practice, gome of football at Pranklln nnd Mar
ahall College, had amtnlned a fractured skull.
and I
By
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Why
So
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cent in the stability of our Government, and one hun
dred per cent in its efficiency.
Why not retain our ex-Presidents in the service of
the country as a nonpartisan advisory committee? We
have paid high for their training in international poli
tics. Why should we retire them to private life and
muzzle them by an absurd system of ethics?
Mary Roberts Rinehart has written a vigorous
article based on these questions for Sunday's Public
Ledger. She also takes occasion to comment on the
strength and astuteness of President Wilson and his
triumphant vindication by the country. Republican and
Democrat alike will read Mrs. Rinehart with distinct
pleasure. t
PUBLIC
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WESTERN CONFERENCE SYSTEM '
DECIDES TITLE EACH YEAR;
NO DECISION REACHED IN EAST
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Important Elevens in "Big Nine" Meet and Cham
pionship Awarded, But on Atlantic Sea
board Main Teams Do Not Always Clash
Br GKANTLAND IUCE
THBV have rt system In the Western
Conference that determines n cham
pionship ench yenr. Ohio Slnte nnd North
western will settle this burning debate St.
urdny week.
Hut Inlk of mi KiuiWn football cham
plonshlp Is nine-tenths bosh nnd tho other
tenth bunk.
To begin with, no chnmplotishlp can bo
completed where the lending elevens play
different schedules.
Thrco of the strongest elevens In tho l'.nst
nro Pittsburgh, Hnrvard nnd the Army.
Thcso thrco not only don't meet, but their
programs nro almost entirely illffcront.
1'lttsburgh and the Army nre hnrdly like
ly to Iomo a game. If llrown boatn liar
vnrd thero will be three of the unbeaten.
Tho best nny fnlr supporter can do In
thnt otino will bo to cln.lm one-third of n
championship.
Not Quite nml Yet
John Henry Wagner, by n Into season
slump, slipped out of tho .300 class. Tho
Old tloy'o nmbltlon to tint .300 nt forty-two
yearn wns crimped In tho stretch.
He couldn't qulto mnko It.
And yet thcro were 175 ball players listed
In tho Notional League this season and 171
of theso wero youngor thnn Honis.
At tho end of tho campaign Wagner wns
In tenth plnco. Thero wero nlno who beat
him out, but thero woro 105 thnt Wagner
bent.
To finish No 10 nt forty-two years nmong
17fi starters Is no part of n record to grieve
over, even though ho failed to bo listed
with tho seven who batted nbova tho his
toric mark.
They used to sny that "a strong attack
wan n flno defense." Michigan proved that
ji strong nttnek wan n grent defense until
Cornell got tho ball. An attack: strong
enough to run up twenty points lacked de
frnslvo power to hold Cornell under twenty
three. The Proof
Mlchlgnu hns proved thnt u strong of
fensive Is no dofenso nt nil. Princeton has
proved thnt it great defense Is no offense to
speak of. Tho two elements stand apart.
Tho tenm that has both Is tho team thnt
finishes In front.
Yale has lost but ono game to frlncoton
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Second
Not
MARY ROBERTS RINEHART
years in office for our President, and no
second term? It means an increase of fifty per
SUNDAY'S
LEDGER
flSfrsKQ
In twelve years, but Iher popular stogatt nt
Princeton this week Is. "It's ft. lonjr pnln
thnt knows no spurning."
Ynlo linn very llttlo chanco 'lo scoro a
touchdown Saturday nsralnst Princeton'
rugged, skilled defens. Hut If Tlbbott ,
Isn't In nhnpo tho game may be ft lot closer
than tho dope would Indicate, although
Princeton will be a tat different fcrrny
from the Tiger llne-un thnt fluttered so
badly nt New Haven a, yenr ngo,
Havo You Ercr Seen One Who Want
.iroiinrt ffte Xtnatctnth Hole there iat
aolcrt loin and eolftra fat:
Oolers snort mid jjolers talt,
Oolers Inrge unit gollert small,
aolem thin nnd goiters cid,
A Anmmi nirtltrv, Ulc by tide,
Who differed muth, experts and dubs,
In grips and stances, swings and clubs,
KXCKl'T, amid that eintHHff frame,
Sot one of them was on his garnet
"Whnt Is a golf amateur, nnywayf
queries S. K. 11. M a loading exnmplo U re
quired, our nomination Is nobcrt A.
Gardner, of Chicago, n player flno enough
to bo champion twice, but a. business man
with very llttlo tlmo for cither prnctlco or
play: nn ontry who faces' About two1 tourna
ments a year nnd who Is moro. thnn sails
.fled to get In two nfternoons n. week. In
cluding Sunday. "If aardner," remarked
ono of tho closest golf students we have, .
"had nn much chanco to play nnd prnctlco
ns most f the other lenders hnvei he would
win nt least thrco championships out of
ovcry four starta."
Tho slmon pure, dycd-ln-the-wool, honest-to-KOOdncss,
nll-tho-wny-througli nmateur In
nny gamo Is tho ono who ploys the game
for fun nnd only gets to play It every onco
In n while ns a reoreatlon.
Which Is only another way of saying that
such an nmateur Is the. one who doesn't
mako too greut a success at his own game,
Ono of tho greatest amateurs, so far as
amateur spirit goes, la Hans Wagner. No
nmateur golfer or tennis player goon Into
tho game expecting to. Bet n.sl.much tun out
of It na Hans Wngner does. 'And Wagner
has given a lot of his tlnie and nttenllon
to other sportH without accepting n cent for
his work, turning back two chocks that m
know of nbovo $500.
Years
Term?
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