S
IICAN LEAGUE
lARM FOR MAJORS
ivvelopcd Many Pro
f&etbali StarsCamden
Plays Tonignt
CAGE COMMENT
By SPICK HALL
" nd &.t.d m.T. PtaM
g& This I. conclusive, proof iiwi in.
J'nr follor. of the Indoor p...
uww .t the names of some of the
rUBM "l " " ,, f(r com-
fi?eJTav. rV - wod Is nn Index to
BCmr o7 pur In President William
fc ..cue- TM Eastern UJmi. has
.V following men on us vnr our. r..e-
urfiu er. Krr. White. 8lmendlnBer.
I Ht ,eV.nr. Zahn. Dtinleavy and
"!? .,. now one of tho coming
i'f lh. league end Is Jumping center
M'"M. ""i... n. Jackie law-
IS
ffiF'i:
g 8Srd ".or Camden In th. .b.
S?SSJmto. To the Pennsylvania
ESiVirui the American league nan con.
trtthe.. PtoTtr-' IWf. K.lln. AN
ffiTf the. American I.engue.
ftiS MS been In existence longer "..
aer In Philadelphia today, ha. been
K th!r.VLA .... to the efforts of
Jmtai W Bylhner. who la now vice prosl
Bum i ,hl ofl ,.r hna been
-JLuS "itt Tand working for tho Amerl
pBMded witnanu nresldentii. Oecar
mm3m4 11 Neleon Har. also "Md a "'
Jffuprw POttlnr thl. league on Ita pre.-
SlJfJl-l"J"' "
.. h.m imrM nf lndeoendcnt
Slri that have tried to get a franchise
.Hi, American League At the beginning
SwiMtien thero were fifteen club to
K "". , h-rth when It be-
,Vown that Madonna hod beer .dropped
(rt-, tb circuit. ul " .--
rjra iu ..hihlilnip nn excel ent
Cdof basketball with tho exception of
jrw. rfPTM" ITowlnV of the "y-
& k.. bH . '"j'1:1!!- "?'.
Visiter Clarence u "", ""
." .v. ...nit hi nf thn cimn.cn
vSnthi .Is folng to have a club that will
C ta the hunt. To nccompllah thla ha has
LjH. ,-... .ttn tnifthP with
IcBtd nre new piajcie, . .o-"-
ft. nucleus of his old team, ahould meike a
1 1 AA at1je.1. iilll 1a
ff coab.nuon anu una w ..-
IVHII 10 (" l."v'
Hltine league offlclala decided at the begin-
IVfikt of the year to do ns tho Knstcrn
t!... i... .innllvliln Hie olavlnc ached-
tlilolo two seasons. If two different clubs
Wftie pennante, a poat-eeaBon aerlea of
'ftfcSe npe will be played to decldo the
'(fiaptoehlp. All of the contests In tho
Istrlcan Le.gue tnis season oro uoinc
tlirt t Nataionum iniit uronu nrwi
Ml Columbia avenue, on Monday and Krl-
Klatt year tho league officials had some
tut la American League contests. Thla
eesMt nta been enminaica oy xne mnr
'ticuloto the constitution of tho appended
Li.'lu... .L7a nlaw.p ixttin lina Kknn Hlvnjtrl
trtoEntem, Pennsylvania State or Indus-
rlmilMA Tfl-t nfhll nn thn rnHfr nf
ttoJiteb In the said leagues."
ZCtaitn Mecta Do Ncrl
ji'c.raden and Do Kerl will CO Ihto
to.Vrtt'1 tame at the Armory across the
yltliirre In a more or less weakened con
Mmv tfnrvi ITnnpv'ii 4nm nn twitch
itf better chance to win and Incidentally
k at down Jasper's lead. The Jewels
bfeinttr wen nine Karnes and lost two.
IiW' victory for Camden will give them
Ha, TCjorits jina mreo ueicaui. in inia
WW Camden will have a percentage of
,IIIwhlle Jasper will still rotaln the lead
m;a percentage of .818.
LCiBrten will be without the services of
fyylSteele. Creeley will probably start
tj1rUe cf the veteran forward, but It Is
t&t&le that Ilaney may replace him, as
M !d In the game last Saturday night at
IhuteU Fund Hall. Otherwlsa the Camden
Uca will line up aa usual, with Adams
Mfae other forward; Dolln, center, and
Snntlv and t)lrhnn. tfilnrilii
18'Juit how De Nerl Is going to arrange Its
Kf-up &as not been decided upon Barlow,
JUrrrTe and aeUlnxer. the thrcti da vers
ncdytd by De Nerl from Trenton for the
riie oc Newman and Klnkalde, will very
liilr be In the gams a part of the time
Lt.StllL Illlaon will 1tlmn CAnlftr and
iPltltand Zahn are also booked to do aome
"weworx. Dark was decidedly off In his
folUULOOtlnr nn Rstlirfliiv If r-nni-AFArl
Vat.cae chance Into a point out of seven
".' to other seven were tried by
tToaljlita gamo wm gtart promptly at 9
F- I
'$ Nerl In Allentown
,pj nathea of Allentown, Pa., are to
MTelreal baiketbalt fnr n whll .t l.n.t
iS5i.!J...J,,es!L.K!Mf .J-
E? . t.WM oli ta William B. Meyers.
jw'j hlraielf a former basketball and
ipflani baseball player. The original
fJ, "l Nerl, Atnbrose Dudley, Adams
Soft. r' h"d ownd nd managed the
,.7JiV,n9 mcepiion or the Eaetern
tr9'n U9i- During the last three
; and recently the owners decided
gum qui.
,Cjmtaown reason, kept their transaq
tSw'ih ir covr ,u franchise was sold
g.wnuua 8. Kenover and jr. W, Illrd,
H lm In Brletol or Burlington, but
K.M' tbIa to find a suitable place
$ cage. The reault was that when
ert announced last night that ha was
?, w purcnaae, ma Trenton gentlemen
Mounted llmn.l .. .. i.t.1. . .... .i
fl?11llng to sell. Therefore. Boutbwark
to;De Kerl franchise carries with It
fsPfir" I Woo UIOMeM iTAM r?'6Ht HHRB I SfJA, ,s -rMalT) 'Mmj CFF rIO - &0SM 1AReJ Vv
ft , jyv UL 6trT AJjHvwhere (& C. IS 1 ' ) ANS TThbse. jew y rgfT ( Jhev NadHew IP J
1 BSJ BnVvTt!1'1' ETitlUf Zlvk I aoyes I ySft Prices arc not S&S V f.,-006" -ou J
AMERICAN BASKETBALL LEAGUE HEADS
Tho Arnerlcnn Hnskctball Lcacuc, which fa one of the best enRe nrRnntxif
tlons In this vicinity, has been mntlo pos.lble by elTorts of tho ofllcira who
are shown here. Tho officials nre. left to rlRht: stnmllnir, V. M. Uyth
iner, vice prcaUent; William Allen, president; A. K Ilauck, nsslsUnt
secretory; sitting-, V. J. O'Connor, treasurer; Oennln J, Dunne, secretary.
the following players rntanaugh Dark.
Zahn, ltlloon. llelinlnicer. Hirlcur and llar
grnves Kenover will manage (he team
tonight at Camden The game scheduled
for Saturday night at Musical fund Hull
has been transferred to Trenton, and will
be played December 10 The proceeds of
that game will be donated to tha St. Krancls
Hospital.
IMlUBTntAI, l.i:A;UK (IAMI-.S Inst
night went true to the advanced dope. In
the first contest plaved at the Quaker City
Athletic flub, MUhale captured the fray
from Ilarrott The score was 3D lo 10
Dean, one of the Mldvale forwards, led
the contending teams In field-goal shoot
ing with half a doien. In the Other mix
up Ilrllt sent Hale A Kllbtirn to the bathi
n defeated fln by the score of S3 In 33
This gnmo ns ory easy for the Onr
makerit. In splln of the fact that W Mar
shall, or the II A K quintet, shot nrteon
foul goals.
IN Till: I'l.AV last eenlng In the
Brotherhood league Ke) stone trounced
St. Andrew's with ridiculous ease by the
scorn of H to 10. The losers were com
pletely outclassed In every department of
play. Miller had seven field goals to lil.i
credit. The other contest resulted In the
fourth straight win for the Itlrhardsnn
Club, which won from Berkley In a hot
contest. It to 10
Amateur Cage Notes
Whftrton Squire he numbr ef ntx-n iUIm
snd would like to har from KOhilcl.M horn
ifitni write 1 Hmr. Twtnlr-ntth lrtt utij
Waahlnston nui.
Hthl cise tVam wants In book nam with
nrat-claaa church taatna Writ Carl JUrtln.
20ZU North Klrhttenth Kreet.
Oraa Mar Countrr Club qulnlnt la an.lntia to
arrange with fourth and nfih claaa Uimi
Writ Herman Hchwarli, 120 Ilalnbrlds atraet
Oalmora Club wanla to achodula contaata with
12-H-r'nr old irama Aildrraa A Jarta. 7 IK
llnlnbrlilsa alrrel
Tha North Pmn II. II C haa a turr opan
datra lama wlahtnc to nil the riatT ahauM
write J V. Hllier. '.'301 North Third atrttt.
Elwoxl n, C. la wllllnc to mt anr fnurth
claaa homa taam. Kar samca wrlta Krnnk
Carbacnn, 1023 fouth Hevanth airt
Tha Vtrtor V I A taam la without a sarrm
for Decambar 10. "Irat-claaa laania wl.tilnit
thla attraction ahouM wrlla J Ivlclnberc, 1'IU
North BeconJ street.
J Hlnr ft Ron ttam wanta samra with all
thlrd-ciaaa teaina Wrlta I.. Lecture. 31111
Kmerald alreat.
Nativity A. C would Ilka to hear from ai-ond
and third claaa trams, Wrlta Joaauh Kvcnan.
2(133 Arammso atraat.
CORNELL REFUSES 10,000
OFFER TO PLAY SYRACUSE
SVrtACUSE. N. Y, Deo II Syracuse
University athletic authorities have offered
Cornell 1Q,000 If the Ithacans will come
to Syracuse next fall to play Bill Ilollcn
back's Orango team.
The offer was wired by Graduate Manager
Walter S. Smith, of the athletic governing
board.
Graduate Manager Kent, of Cornell, wired
back that the Cornell schedule for 1017
was complete and so It would be Impossible
to consider the offer.
SCIILACIITER TURNS PRO?
Syracuse Guard Reported to. Have.
Ployed in Providence Games
iaaan
8YB.ACU8B, .V Y, Dec. 13 According
to Information received by Chrla HcliUch
ter'a frlend.n In this city, the Syracuse
University guard participated In a pro
fessional 'football game nt Providence last
Saturday: (Athletic authorities at tho
un(verslty profess Ignorance,, but the report
Ih generally credited
DAVIS ON FOOTBALL RULES BODY
rntNCKTONV N. J. Dec. IS Parko II.
Davla haa bean re-lcuci lo rtprtsant Princeton
Vnlvarsllr oil tha. football rulas cominltlte.
NEWS OP THE BOWLERS
Li,,. .. i
RinlrL! haa knocktd down th raoit pln In
le-arua. hla auKresate belns- 5J8, an avetasa
X7 170 a, same, l'axaon la cloae behind wllh
MIl.-wDlurSliere'. record or lha aam. number
of itnet la 3120.
Trnltt with 5 count, haa Hi honor 01
rol Inic lha hisheat alnsla aama In the Ural
folio? of the Htrawbrlds. , Cloth erl-easu..
IS wlilch i, total of forly-elsbt players com
Bate, .
Tha battle for flrat pier In Autocar Jeaaru
will atari ' lomorVow. when fishing and Olflo.
ouads meat, each bavins won al.teen and lose
cltht samea to data.
Oarmsntown No. 1 quintet nd 1 1 T o r 1 r.
havlns a cloaa race '"JL."'".' betlJr
Arcanam Laaxue. Oermantown nae a, oaiiar
rVeerd r tunni lhan lie oppon.nte, with
nineteen victories and nve defeats.
gJV .'...'flTy.tJnr JSl'r '."f Vn ;s5!3
E ickiochTii..;???.1 raw: w.
Krlder, 2U, and Anders, all.
Thre. te.ma are even for flr.l I pUce In Trust
and ilnauranre tourney. Heal Estate. I "ioai
Shla'rJavlna- and Fidelity True! having each won
dve sanies and lost one,
. Smith, of In..rntlon r.. lb. v.t
aOUDl ceniMf! ,v!-e - -- -'
Bmltb. of inearnaiion. r..e .--.'-;"..-; .."., TaT. IB and IIW. flnu)limiWHU mi, Come la at aoce, VOX 4 I'll,,
double century, jojimg """ I - ' ,
EVENING- MDGEH-PHILADELPHIi, WEDNESDAY, DEOESIBER 18.
Evening Ledger Dcclnionn
of King Hauls Last Night
UVSTNICi; , ('. (Iratrr llajaa wan fram
Tominr Murrh?. Hrd Mark dtrilnl I rnWI
Ullllama Vauni t eater beat Tom Murk.
Johnnr llraan ilraw wllh ann IWmanl.
Ilatlllnc Wrlthl tlopoVd llnilJr Kablnaon,
Hral.
SKW YonK Tam Cowlar knaket out
Itamrr Hmtih, .fifnlhl Tti KrtUr aiappea
llali tllaaaan, tlihlhi Charter rlmpaon dr.
tratnl Tatnmr Touhrr. Jark Hharker jrnallr
wnnr from (lardarr llrwaka. Asele Italiwr
knarkrol out Naw At Itftar. laatht Irtlne
Manralli-a aulcolntrj llarrr Setaan. Kid Mil
Irr knorkiit mil Kid Nr?. flratt tlarrr Oroll
uulpnlnliHl tlarrT Nartan. Vaana llarillrld
alopped J I alllna, third
IIIIHTIIS Irrf Imllh drfVatrd Ja ttaan.
rttrrra'a ilrrUUn, twflia niunda.
HtUANTlIN Tominr llurkr oulpololrd
Totninr t antiora
ST, t.Ol'14 Mam Ijtmrard knnrknl nut
llaltllnc Jim Joliatmi. tnrlllh.
Scraps About Scrappers
ttr lOl'lt ll, j.ilt'K
According to reporl'i emanating from
Cle eland Hie last naek. Jolinuy Klllmne
will retire following his tentatln tilt with
Kred Welsh 'TIs true Hint there nre
virtually no feuthrrwelRhls who are dun
gerous contenders for KUbanns crown;
thnt he slta on his twent-tno-rouml throne
unmolested. Howcer. the Cteelund
champion can go along and beat u lot of
lightweights and grab off big- purses KM
bane Is twenty-eight ears of age. yet he
has several ears of good boxing ahead of
him Ilelng a double champion Is no little
honor to hold With more than n good
chance of dethroning Mr Frederick Welsh,
Kllbane may keep rubbing his shoes In roelu
until he succeeds In being crowned featherweight-lightweight
king
Homer Bmllh aurtrrrj tha Oral knockout nf hla
carrar In Naw Turk Uat nlsht whan hla match
with Turn Cuwlcr waa atnpprd In tha aavntth
round nmlth wnrkt! undrr a sraal handicap,
aa ha not only larkad atperlrnca but waa atiout
twanlv iKiunda llfhiar than Cowler Tt"-n. too,
tha Knxllahman towarrd head and ahouldara oitr
tha nttrntr
Four knockouts Jn tha umi rlna occurred In
Naw York laat nlslit IIM- Momrr Rmlth'a
kam br Tom Cowlar Ausl Hntnar atoppad
Nw At .Mcl'or In tha trnlli. Kid AJIller knnrkad
put Kid Naff In tha op.nlnr araaloii and Tpuns
Iiartnald landed tiamaker In tha third on
Jo Colllna.
That Johnny Dundee's rwnaallonal atyl of
boln apprnla to I'hlladalphla fana waa dam
onatralid at tha Olrmpla on Monday nlsht.
whan ha was announce.! for a.boiit nat wrjk
11 waa nlvan a srt hand Dundi kfapa ha
throttla wlda pmu from ball tu ball Ha can t
box In ona town unlraa hla aarvlcaa ara culled
for asaln
Four bnllil.y matinee ahowa asaln will be
held Chrlatmaa . Tha same four cluba the
Oljtnpla. National, liven and Nonpartll that
atasad ThankeaUInx Day boula will arrarufa
pnxrame for tha afternoon ot Krle Klnsla a
vlalt.
Iiulalana'a ahnwlns- asalnat Aril Ileal so
pleaaed J-k Hanlpn that ha prtarrd him
data for Chrlatmaa afternoon loulil may be
pitted Knlnl llont asaln or ha may mjat
llenny Kaufman This latter bout haa treated
lot of Interest here, aa both ara Philadelphia
boxare.
Nraotlatlons tor a aattn between Willi Jack
ann and Preaton Hrown. tha njfro rlaih. ara on
They may meet In the near future Drown, it
la aald. la In his old-tlm form, when "
In arent ahapa asalnat top-notch faatherwelshta.
Ixiw nalley la after a return Johnny Dundee
Johnny Tillman match, over a fllieeii-rnvin.1
route, ; at his Norrlalown eluti Ilia offer la
11000 wllh a percentssa prmlese.
nalph Erna and Tommy Coleman, ancient
rhlls of lh noriheaatern aectlon of rhllly.
inca mora will har It out with the ; mil tan..
They will meet at tha Nonparrll Club hrlday
nlaht
Adam Hyan evidently la alelnr North Penn
fana the boula Ihev want, aa the attendance
it ih Hvan A C. haa Vt-n lmrroln at iery
Inow Thla week Henry llaiibar will hook up
with Jack Toland In the headline number.
Tha Jo Walllns-Illchla Mitchell malcli at
naclna. Wla . haa been postponed until le.-ern
LVrSJ. or probably nfter I'hrlettnaa Mitchell.
It will be remembered, aot Joe 111 vara, the Mes ,
in his back a law days aso Mw.l"l'
Welllnia'a inan.xer's reason for holdlns oft the
so.
of Hhanahan, rolled tha hisheat alnsla same,
bavins a iC.
Creacent concluded lla aerlea with Melroae
with a 1001 ecore. of which Kline contributed
SIT.
Haldeman accumulated 231 In hla eecond
nme with Tlosa. Price equaled the ecuje li;
hla aecund tain with Panneylranla llallroad
team.
Ilullock atarled off with 501 for Chemical on
Terminal Allan laal nlfhl.
Trucks atarted off wllh 213 for Melroae.
Vrlrke, ot lludd squad, toppled over I0T. 203
and 201 on Keystone Alleys
Mulford. after winning lb roll-off with Eck.
man. dropped Ih nent two sstne.
Th riuss and Olovee Department leama till
re lie for flrat place In the Hlrawbrldse A
Clothier League, each winning twu gamea last
night,
Roberta, of Ilia Olavea eauad. ended hie
nliht biwllpg with a SIT .core. I'a.son
rolled SIS In vna ol hla games.
Tlteron. of Ylclrls. sot a 111 score In his
second game asalnat HI. John' uulnl.t on
Caalnu Allays laal nlsht.
Hanlon, ef Vletrls. showed cUaa last nlsht
witn scores o ioi, "
BRmSHWARHLMS
TOL AID SUFFERERS
General Film to Distribute Ofil-
cinl Kntrlish IMoviea Througli
United States
Hy Ihe Photoplay Editor
Contract. JtrM srtgtied by lltnjaniln II
Hampton, prefMrnt nf Ihe Ueneral Kllm
rompany, and agents representing Ihe
British War little Admiralty ami Mlnlslr
nf Munitions will exenlilall) rebuilt In re
lieving the dlslrees of many sufferers frnm
the war Vr through this agreement lh
British nmvlal nmtltin pictures of the Mil
riipean counirt are In be released In Hie
t'lilled states through Ihe Ueneml Film's
(.-apacloiis dlstrlbullng agetietea.
These escluslta pictures 10.000 feet of
which are alreatl) In New York. en
photographed under the personal illrrclUxi
of Charles 1'tbin. n u part of Ihe wr
inanent rniird of Ihe war
The films Include pictures of all processes
In the manufacture of munitions, of the
training ami moi.llli.sUon of Kitchener's
army of $.000 000 men , nf all phases of
th lltnnlc b-nlll of the Homme . of Ad
miral Jrltlciira tlratid l'lret In the North
Mea . of Ihe Aeroplane Corps and Ihe Amer
ican Ited Crwas Ambulance Corrw In action
and "Thp American llosn ul Ihe Front
The lent -named pictures were taken with
the cu-operntlon of American women In
charge of Ihe work nmong whom are Mrs
William K Vanderbllt. Miss Anne Morgan.
Mlas Kllinbelh Marbury and Miss Kannle
Cottonet
III bringing the films to llila country Mr
rrban was m-coiii pa tiled hy Captuln 11
Mcl.eoil llayncj. who has sen fourteen
ears of nctlvn serlc In tho lltltlsh arm)
Captain Baynes was detailed by his Gov
ernment to atirvlse the exploitation of
Ihe nims, and. lit rouluiicllou with Mr
I'rbnii. acleil In hsliwir nf the niiu cor
poration formed for Ihe puriHia of exhibit
ing the plctiiir. for Ilia benefit or war
relief work and under the direct manage
ment of such celelirltlru as lid llcnlty.
wlfo of .Sir David llcattv Ihe iienlv hi
pointed admiral or the gisnd Heel and
daughter of Ihe Isle Marehull Pick!, of
Chicago
The entire series nf lllnia which will con
tinue to come from abnmd until the close
of Ihe wur. will tin released III wrekly
dlvlslons consisting of two reels or 1000 feet
each Knch release has been carefully
edited and captioned, and embodies phases
and features of the war on laud and sea
and In Ihe nlr
Th Patriot Kllm Corporation, the Kng
llsh organisation controlling Ihe nims. will
devote all its gross profits tu thn vnrlous
funds for war relief
Illght on top of "The Mtitrlmanlac."
which tho Arcadia Is showing this week,
comes word from Ihe Klne Arts California
studios that the trotting, fence-vaultlng.
house-scallng Fairbanks will next nppenr
In a photofarcr as yet unnamed Its work
ing title Is "Mr Breeie" One of Dashing
Doug's new stunts In the plcturn Is his
method of entering an automobile With
one touch on the rear seat, he turns n
somersault In the air. landing In Iho driver's
seat ahead In a natural position and Willi
his hands on the wheel
Cecil II D Mllle. who lias done so many
notable things with 1-askv. lias been en
gaged to supervise the Arlcraft production
of "Hroadway Jones." with George M
Cohan He has to his credit wllh l,nky
such features as "The Cheat " t'lirmcii"
and the forthcoming "Joan of Arc' llliu
BERRY WILL TAKE COAST
TRIP WITH PENN ELEVEN
Howard Harry will take thn trip with
Penn's eleven tu tha Pacific coast for the
New Year's day game wllh the University
of Oregon The game will bo played at
I'asadana, Cnl.
Soon after tho close of the season It was
believed that Berry could not spare the
time from his lessons, but he has worked
hard the Ust ten da)s and Is In good stand
ing Horry Is In good ph)slcal condition. Ha
weighs 158 pounds, his plating mark. In
Ihe game with Cornell Berry was down lo
III pounds.
INDIANS GET PLACE ON
HARVARD 1917 SCHEDULE
CAMBHIDai;. Mass. Dec 11 Gradunlo
Manager Fred W Moore, of Harvard, han
announced Ihe tcntatlvo schedule of the
varsity footbull team for 191". Ten games
are to be played nguln next fall, tha sea
son opening with Hates on September 22
The newcomers urn In he I low do In, who
last played here in 1IH0; ilprlngruld Y M
C. A. College, an opponent In 1914. and
Carlisle, whose last visit to the stadium was
made In 19 IS
Penning to Lead Vermont In l'J17
NtlV TOItK, Dec 13 llarrr If. Denning, of
nrookllne. Maae . haa been elected lAptaiu of
the Uulvvrally ot Vermont football team for
1VIT I'aplaln-eleit Denning la a member of
th claaa of IUIS ami hna Marrd tackle lor
twu aeaaona.
Courtney Captain of Ohlu Stale
Harold Courtney, who haa played guard on
tha Ohio Stat University football teani for Ihe
laal two aeaaona and waa a big far-tor In win
ning the conference chainplonehlp for Ohio thla
fall, lis been elected captain of neit e.r'a
eleven.
. i!i'sip.
RAG E
a mar a &m in 20 lessons
We'll teach you In play real rastlme on the plana
In 30 leaeone IF YOU DON'T KNOW A NOTE
In leaa time If you already play You'll learn lo
Clay popular songs, fox trots, "rag ' any plec
'all or phone for Free Ilooklet,
cimiHTtNaKN dciioouiufHii'uiaii music
8s2tl Oermantown Ave. Phone Tioga 3201
1320 Taaker HI. Phone Dlcklnaon DTUI 1,
nCIIOOIJI AND COU.KOKS
Stammering Speech Defects
forrecUdi I.IP KrtAlllNtl far adolt deaf .ad
hard-ef-brarlag. t'blUdelpkU Miner Hcbeel,
lilt Cbaalnul Wtreel. 0. l, Itedd. I'raa.
QTRAVPn'C Tb Ileal Uualnaaa BcoooL
tJ I IVX 1 lilV iJ ma aoJ Chestnut blrieta.
FoaHlona guaranteed. Unter now. Day or nlsbu
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VERDrS TROUBADOUR
WORKING OVERTIME
New Soprano III, Rnppold Token
Her PUicc "Marta," With
Caruso, in the Offering
Since Claudia Muxln the niinic Dalian
anpranb. whose 'Tosra look the fanoy of
New Yotk upon her debut there last week,
was "niddenly Indisposes! ' there Is prectoil
Utile that ran be trcottleil nlwiit last night's
perfnmiarwe of 'II Trovntore" at Ihe Metro
iwilltnn. We nil know our friend. Ihe trml
laidnur. well sine of us too well and we
all know how "II Balm and Ihe Miserere
ahd the rrel of II 'gi-es Tu sav that It
"Went' wllh all Ihe I iitttunus glor of an
Inspired and shining meteor would he rat' er
an overstatement IhoURh there was n new
Aiticrna I Hint Is new In a Pickwickian
sense) -l.oulee Homer, wh" again made
clear her title lo thi tame ll lei us hope,
the fortune thst are tlghtfulli sreorded u
voice of Ihe velvet thst glows and the Steel
thnt docs not break
Cniiueslloiiahl) she was the hit of the
evening
Aside from Mine Homer the company
was about the siime nhhh presented Verdi's
sadly itopular nperu last season In II were
Itappold Maitlnelll, Amnio Msttfeld, Itoth
Irr, Audlslo and lteschlgllnn, with Polarco
comliK-lliig Leonora was better than upon
her last appearance here, hut Ihe untouched
truth about Maitlnelll Is that h has urged
on his voice In the Cnrueo ninuner until Us
sparkle has merely departed, and Amnio
was not in his rtnest vein Hlorms of ap
plause were visited on them as on nearly
ever on else Tim audience was big.
Next weeks production will be I'lotow's
.Mn.ru with Caruso llempel. Ober and
De Linn tlennaro Pnpl will take tha
mmtuctnrs baton for the tlrst time) In Phil
adelphia In maklngeout the bill for the week fol
lowing Klntow and nimslness, It might br
well for the cloaked nnd inuflleil poweis
lo I.-.-OH.., t lint 'Maria" and "II Trova
lorv do not provide any espec-lal novelty
for PlilUilelpliiaus and thnt such combina
tion... nrn nit to cloy
1'erh.ipa Mr Uattl-Casatta has hrnixl
of an nK-ra Thn Pearl Fl'hers " which
Nen Yoik nudlrnrt-R arei being treiileil to
this vtur by lllaet. a genius, n modern, a
reul mixlern lieu he ever henid ut ' Iihl
grtiln In Tntuls' hv illuck, a genius of
nmlf nlr New York Is having that, too
It Is just ponalhle I hut lllccnrdo X.alldonnl s
"Francescu da Hlinlnl," on next week s
New York slate has come to hla attention
To speak of thn lllerarv merit of libretti
Is futile Hut D'Annuniln and Kurtptdes
might be mude Inteieslliig In opera , In fnct.
have been In the parishes, Cammnrano
Is sufficient lie nnd his troiibudour
II 1
MAENNKRCIIOR PROGRAM
First Concert of tho Season Has Sev
eral Interesting SoloUta
The .lunger Msennerclior. one of Ihe old
est und most successful of the German sing
ing organisations In which Philadelphia Is
so rich, opened Its season last evening at
thn tlubhousn with n miscellaneous pro
gram which, moreover, was graced with the
presence of several Interesting soloists.
Tho main featuro of the work of the
roclety Is communal singing The thorns
lias an excellent ensemble of well-selected
voices und they have been assiduously
drilled b Oscar Goerlug, who directed In
precision of attack and cessation or lone
and In nl-'e gradation of light and shad
the singers showed evidence of caroful
rehearsal Their numbers were from Ihe
liest standard comiosera of Ihe Father
land Eli Golfers Elect Hatch Captain
NKW HAVKN Conn. Dec 1.1 De Witt
Woodward lUlch, of Cincinnati '" 'n elected
captain of the Tale solf tram
Havcrford Eleven to Play Trinity
IIAIITFOIID Cenn Dec 13 llaverford Cl
lein llaverford Pa haa hern alien a date on
the Trinity football erhcdule for IKIT
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R0ADS VR.0ED TO MOVB CAHS
Commepce Roani MftyAnhounce Names
of Violalora of Order
WAsMINOTON, lee 1 lUllroads that
refuse to cejiTierate with the Amerrenn
Hallway Assoclatlen In the effort Ita rorn
Tnlnlon n mr servle la making to relieve
the car shortage existing In some parts of
the country are to he brought before the
tasr of public opinion
Tills In effect Is what Fairfax Harri
son, president of the Southern llatlviay and
chairman of the commission on car service,
has advised Conitnltontr McChord, of the
Interstate Commerce Commission
In n circular to the roads the commbv
,slon commended the attitude of rnllroml of
ficials generally, but warned that It might
he necessary lo make public Ihe names of
some companies which have failed In fur
nish Information desired or to co-operate In
relief measures Inaugurated by Ihe com
mission Societies to Discuss Compensation
HAItttlSlltmO. Doe IS -Ptoposcd
amendments to Ihe workmen's compensa
tion act will bo discussed nt u conference
Iwlween members of the Compensation
Hoard and u Joint lommlllee of the Hints
Medical Kocletj. the Homeopathic Society
and Ihe Klcctrlo Slate Soclelj. of which
committee Dr J II McAllster. of Harris
burg. Is (liulnnun The meeting, which
will he held tomorrow In this city, wns
WeilVOK J'MOovt ,ti pjK.)uhol
Theatrical Baedeker
""J'tllCK "llnekande tluarenleed." with rrllel
Ncherr and JerTeraon lie Angella In Ihe csat
are Craufurn Kent, William llarrlsnn, Clar
ence llarver, Amelia Buminrrvllle Alice
liegeman. Ilrere Scott A (mod emuiMinr.
Inn nilied melhuds of the book detract from It
'ITTI.K TIlKATItK rt.i Nerer Can Tell."
with Charlra D Mitchell, Dorothy Hhelmer
dine Marie liter and th Stag Uoclely I'laj
era Admirable revival
I TltlCT"l'!llliellan." Thomas II Ince's mo
Uon plclur partraylng ihe horrore of war and
the excitement of ue mi land ami aea and
In the air Superb martial aiectaila and sen
timental eyinboltriii
rillOAD "Utile Idr In lllne." wllh I'rancea
fitarr Costume comedy aUmt mi adorable
little mleer and aoine iitrtureemie oeraona 1)1
verting Indorsed by I lie Drama Lraalle
FIIIIIIKHT "ChliM bin," Willi David Monlgoni
ery and l"red Htone Hrltirn enaagement nf
the popular mualeat rvtravaaatiia with the
feinoua camedlane apprarlng In varloua liu
lraoiiatloha. AIiF.t.PIIIKiperlenre." wllh llrneal Dlendln
nlna a. "modern moisllly vlav," with mnre
huinaneiieea lhan srie.l ilverywonian
"llH-re a a large cast lllendllilillig aLla au
lrbly. AT IWI'I.AK rrilCKH
VAI.NTT--"Vlult nnd JrrT'a VW.Idlnc." In which
the illeiMirt tliem.ellea In a new gitlee A
ltlvly allow
urocA-
KNlCKKntlOCKCIl "The Dlvorre tliiratlon,"
with Anna Dougherty, John ixirrna aim the
rluik company.
rKATVHK ril.UH
BTANI.KY "Oliver Twlat." Iakr Paramount,
with Marie Doro, Tolly Marshall and llobart
ItoRwortti, adapted from tlckena'a novel, nrat
half nf Um week "The tlrlnrln Croaa,"
l.aiky Parsmniint, wllh I -oil Tellegen, adapted
from Paul Potter a play, latter half of week.
Others
SareMgasaMiWaMraSj
i Prominent Photoplay Presentations
filrmJ.'iUMeJ
Bn&f BoAo Gmpom
T,l.K fHlng theatre, ohluln Ibelr Plrlurra tlirooili the 8TANI.P.Y lloaklng
n',?'?""r' wlileb Is n guarantee of early allowing of lb lliie.l prodnrtlo.e.
All Pleluree rrvlened before evhllililen. Vl.li the thentre In your lotnlllr
bialulnr pictures Ihroiiili thn HTANLISY IIOOKINd COMPANY. ""
ARr.Lt,n lSth.Morrla PaaevunkAv.
rtklllumDra Jt.t.naiiy 31 lcvia:loe
Paramount Pictures.
PANNIB WAHD In ' The Venra nf Ihe laieusl"
. CIJAIII.1K CIIAPI.IN III "TIIH IlINK"
APfel I O MD AN" THOMPSON
""" MAT1NI5B DAIIT
KllANK KCKNAN KNID MAIIKCV III
"JIM tlitlJIHllVH HOY"
Karle William, in Hcarlet llunn-r " Nth Kplarxle
ARCADIA
CIII!TNUT
I1KIX3W 16TH
Douglas Fairbanks '"
"TI11C
MA'rniAMA.vfAn"
CltAllI.IC CIIAPI.IN In "Till: ItINK"
BI UFBIRD i'nAD and
BLULDIRU BUHqllKIIANNA AVR.
Robert Warwick ..ALL,nMAN
rPnAD 0TI1 AND CKDAIt AVlt.
v-.kixa-a.x I'AKAUOVNT TtinATItR"
WM S HART m ,:
VYIYI. O. nrttll DAWNMAKEIt"
PAY TINCHISIt In 'THK CALICO VAMPIIIK"
rUlViVeeui11 OIIIAHD AVENUB
Charles Chaplin ..-ri,,, R;n.
CRTH QT THBATIIIl
OD " lleloiv Spruce
MAT DAILY
Kvga. 7 loll
Mary Pickford "' "M "' "r , Q
areateet flucreaaer
"TIIK UAni.K'8 MATH"
FRANKFORD " w,ANAn
EMILY STEVENS in Tho Wager'
Added Novelty I'eature i: A It Junsl Picture
GREAT NORTHERN A',rl.BAW
Ethel Clayton & Carlye Blackwell
In "llllOKK.SIrilAI.NH"
IMPF RI A I u0TU and"wai.nut th.
HVirCIVlVL. TltltKK TIUKH DAILY
GAIL KANE in
"TJJB. UKN m,K MAftlllBD"
I FAnFR ronTY-nnsT and
LJUtXUCtS. I.ANCABTBn AVRNUB
ANN PENNINGTON in
"TUB IIAINIIOW PRINCKHH"
LIBERTY aT ,.UMBU
THEDA BARA in
'IIOMBO AND JUI.1KT'
tyrit rmiADni.rmA
EUREKA lvni ANt """ otb. '
Mary Anderton and William
Duncan in "The Lait Man"
SOUTH PHILADELPHIA
SLYMPlArwiwii
ROBERT WARWICK in
"Friday the 13th
IS
Paturday
PAI.ACR "Tee Dew Olrl." feky rarameunt,
with. Ma Murray, and tti Blnk." with
Charles C'hapYln. tlrst bslt t week, iTri
Yellow Pawn." jAieky Paramount, with ,W.
lacw Held and, t'leo nidrely, latter half ot
week "The lllnk" Saturday
CIIBflTNl't .STflEFrr orBTlA ItOUHB "A
panttitre el the tlefle.'' pot. with Annett
KTllermaan. . Iet week t a feature with
sWctart and beasty et, th trt. but sera,
what talking In dramatle sltnlOcanc.
IMt'DKII.tB
KHITII. nueslsn llallsl. wllh jfoslorT and
Xtaslavs. Nan Italperln, "Tha Call of Chlld
FkI Frank Criinilt, Jllrano llrolherei Ade
laide llftothhy. Kltner Hawkaley inj Me
Clay Matin llrolhtra. and news plctnrea.
tHJOmi "Th Paahlon Shep' with Tleraer
IVnr. Maurice. Samuel sndeeimpanyj e Af.
vretlse Jack flymondei Chief Katie llnraei
I'nra Plrnpaon and companvi May lllllabnry.
and the Yamamato tlrethers.
CUIASD "Prevsrlcstlen.'' wllh Pert risked
Wwlln and Ht. Clalri Maria nBarjrow, llll.J
Dillon, Bid Dew lei llreene ana riatt, and
olhera,
Wlt.MAM rnNN "Ills Dreaw. OlrlV't pay
P-V",iK,,n,n fl.a Vl?,JJ',n Krealair,', i.),,
and "The lNvlls Double." Photoplay, ihe
nrat haH, of week "The flecerlfr tblri"!
Drwls and FelUr, Farrell and Tavlori E
(Mi, iJ. "Tl lloraW Airy," photoplay,
taller half of week. "
CltOPH KKT8 Tate's "Molorlnx". "In M...
the Phllllpl liur How and Smilh, nrat half
nf week "ltrveet DaJa'-l the C'lover tea
trio, Ih ,V pllan-ivjrrt-Rleh trloi "Danu.
pld,'1 and JDera and Morsan, latter half of
wren
nvni.KSQVH
TIlOCAIJIlltO-
"The . lrnrh .. rrollea.'
ellh
Harry I'letde and ln Dally, aiinported he
the 'Twenty 1 luttrrlng Flapper."
U:XTHKI.8
IMIMONTH
"Chin Chin Chin." a burreaiju on
'and Htonei "ll Trovator.'- and
il plrcea ut burUlta by th real.
Xliiiilvniiierv
other topical
dent company
WINTEn RESORTS
ATUtNTIC CITY. N. i
ye4PZM&
A recxwTvlsed ..starutaid
or twcellcnce.
Caaaenv60a. KUTEfU.BP2Sn
Tilt lEAOIriG RESORT HOTEL OF Hit VrOblO 1
MwilDoroujiiwnn
ATLANTIC CTTY.N. J.
OWHtaSHIP SUNAOIMKNT.
UOBIAH WHITC.SONS COHPANV
Wcstniinatcr ' ,,vr. n,r, vik. Kl,v-
. ,,tr tn at, Prlv. baths, run's
wnter IS up wkl) 12 up dally Chae.jnhre-
lAKDMOOD. N. J.
Lakawood. ,V J. Noted for
Ita hometlk atmoaph.r.
Uolf prlvlleae.
v. c. ni'ANa&Niitntci. iter.
I OP" I TQT "ID AND IAOCU8T
LiVUUOl Mate. 1 130 and ta, 18a,
Dvga. OtSO. 8. U: 80. ISO.
EH (snlViov-n I" "AN KNi:tY
. n. ootnern TO T11C kino"
Market St. Theatre "sSSt
FJIANCIH X. III'RIIMAN A IIKVDIII.V HAYNn
in "IN T1I1J DIPLOMATIC UKIIVICK"
TODAY Marl Wiilcampln "LHIKItTr"
OVFRRRnnicr n havkSfoSd
j vcriDKUUfv ,Iop, Jonf unt 0rek.
Lcnore Ulrich in "The Inlriffue"
AND OTI1KI1S
PALACE 12,t UAnKn,j 8Tn-e,r'
Mae Murrnv and tiikodouk rtonunTS
' In "THK PLOW Oini
CIIAHI.li: CHAPLIN In 'TUB IlINK"
PR.NCESS "'"S"-
Beatrice Michelena lTKi WXv..
livery Tiles.. Dnrle Wlllliinia, "Hcnrlel itunner"
RFflFIMT ,M maii'sTbt aTnisrr
Mme. Petrova '" "r'n 'rffiftn.
CHAItLIK CDAPI.IN jn "TUB IlINK"
RTAI TO "okhmantown avb.
rv.lAI. 1 J AT TUI.PEHOCKEW UT.
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS in
"AMHiiTVAji ahihtqchaoy"
t 1 I D V MAHKET BTnEKT
IV u i A riCLOW TTH STTHtBI
BLANCHE SWEET in
"TIIU PNI'HOTKCTKDJj
SA V fl V "I1 MAHKBT
v s- I BTIIBET
MARGARET NICHOLS in
"THIJ 1'OWKIt OKJBVJf'
QTAMI PV MAitKIST abovhit1i
oiVlNUil inia a. m. to ana p. ix
Marie Doro OVlJra TvUi
Y J o G A inn AND VENAao .
VIOLA DANA in
"TJIH OATKH OP EDKN"
VI C T O R IAfMw.
Charles Ray '" '"oNonABLTj xzar'
CIIAllt.IP. CHAPLIN In "TMH ItINX" '
NOHTII I'llirADKLTllIA
RIDGE AVENUE " ,UD0B
FLO LA BAD1E in
"The Fear of Poverty"
When yen want ta knew where t sea
tlOOIl Pbotoplaye, read Ibis dally J'kotenlar
liuld In lbs Kianlug Ledger.
rr.CADtA-JtM trkTil,r,n. ilrf.
JA fit
in. all weak Olhvrs. ,
VICTOMIA "Ttiej. ltsraM Airy," Ksy-TW
Trlange wlth.ChaMe liar, and 'T BIsC
with Charles cnaplln, nm half of iek. "Tb
IJllle Henbeam ". Itelfe Itetro. with Mabel
Taliaferro, latler half of week. "TIM fUak'
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