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AMERICAN LEAGUE IS DEVMSttlGSTm WHILE NATIONAL TEAMS ARE HOBBLED BY RUEJ
PLAYER-LIMIT RULE BLAMED
, FOR AMERICAN LEAGUE GAIN
DURING LAST TWO SEASONS
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Junio Circuit Is Developing Young Stars While
National League Teams Are Forced to Pass
I'hem Up Because of Joke Legislation
IT IB no secret among baseball men thdt Iho National League magnates nre
, worried over the nuperlorlty tho American Leaguo has shown In recent years.
Berlbes and fan throughout tho country aro of tho opinion that Johnson' organi
sation in stronger than' tho senior circuit. In soven yearn tho National pBUo
lias aupplled Orie world' champlonnhlp team, tho Uraves of 19M, and It In hard
io convince tho fan everywhere excoptlrtg In llostort that this victory was not
mora or less of a fluke, Tho llrnves clearly outplayed the Mackmon and the
Victory wan Clean cut, but no orie who has followed baseball Will concede that
Btallingn' team wa In tho same elaae with tho Athletics, If tho Jtackmen played
. the brand of bnll shown throughout tho championship season. This victory is the
only one registered by tho National Lcftguo slnco 1009, when Pittsburgh defeated
Detroit In a mediocre series that reminded ono vory much of tho disappointing
tlaah between the D&dgera and Kcd Sox this fall, In 1010 tho Athletics startled
the basobalt world by outclassing- tho famous Cub machine, and slnco that time
the American Leaguo has won six out of sovon world's sorlos. and only ono of
tho blUo ribbon evcnU was atubbornly contested or rosultod in an exciting battle.
When Mack Was constructing his wonderful machine back in 1009 tho other
American Lenguo teams wcro forttinato enough to pick up a number of rcmarlc
ablo youngsters. This was mado posslblo by tho unusually largo number of
jldyor tlio American Lcttgtlo team signed In nn effort to overcome tho superiority
of tho National Leaguo, which had everything Its way In thp world's sorlos games
and In general play during the threo previous scries.
No Necessity for Rule
IN Tim first placo tho original idoti of tho rulo was to curb oxtmvagnnco nnd
prevent teams from covering up vnluablo Utility men. Therefore, thcro Is no
longer any uso for tho rulo. Tho mopnalcs havo proved conclusively that then?
" id littlo dangor of tholr spending anything tbot Is not ncceisary. whllo tho National
league really haH not cnoUgh high-class plnycrn In tHb organization to construct
eight powerful major loaguo teams. At tho present tlmo thoro aro many men
holding down regular positions In tho National League who would bo extreme y
luctty to hold on aa substitutes In tho American League, and tho plnyor-llmit nuo
Is eniiroly to blamo. It la out of tho question to expect a second-dlvWon manager
to robujld hla team and becomo a pennant contondcr In less than llvo years, un ess
ho is favored by luck, with tho ridiculous rulo limiting tho team to twontytwo
Signed players in effect Tho greatest effect of tho rulo will bo felt a few yoant
front now. however, when tho present crop of players l-i on the decline. Throe b ars
tiro slipping back to every recruit coming up. Such a condition means that in
tlmo tho caliber of tho players will bo oven lowor.
American Lcagita Developing Youngsters
ON THD other hand, tho American League, with its twonty-llvcplaycr rule, nlloW
ing twenty-five eligible players and nn unlimited number under contract, has
beeri corralling tho cream of tho minor league talent, thanks to the generosity of
tho National Commission in tho drafting. Tho American League lias nirnow iwcn.y
young players sitting on tho bench or just breaking Into tho league who are -sure
to be stars in a ychr or two, whoreaa the promising youngsters of tho NaHonM
league can bo counted on ono hand. Tho American League 1 go a I these pln or
lnce tho National League adopted tho twcntVonciitayor limit, nnd before the
coming ecason is over Johnson's circuit will bo oven further in Jror it. Still the
National Leaguo magnates insist Upon arguing from a business Mai dpo nt. Any
Natonni League magnate can take a pencil nnd paper " J0" VBl"
of tho rulo. but tho development of young Plnycrn l nn excellent Investment and
will bring its return. They will learn this too late. '
Plagcr-Limlt Rule Responsible for Downfall
TUST before the National Loaguo magnates went Into sexton two weeks ngo
J orie magnate admitted that he wna very much perturbed because tho scribes
and fans Jccm.a to take it for granted that the American .Leaguo wm.w
to tho nenlor organization. Ho declared Aat ho was prepared to tight for the
.SoSioa of anything that would enable tho NuMonal aBao ?
destine Two days later this unmo mngnato Blood In the corridor of tho Wnldorr
Astoria laSir Sienew playor-llmlt rule which enables the clubs to carry twenty,
to players nstead of Wenty.no. but which also prohibits the more
than the player limit. Evidently somebody threw sand In tho eyes of this mag.
U or ho earsny Innufcnced. as ho was boosting tho very rule that will prevent
the National Leng.ie from climbing to the level of tho American League A-1 lon
as the Natldnal League adheres to a rule that prevents f te-me . from rrtf ns -many
players as tho American League teams do tho nenlor league will trail tho
junior organization.
National League Helping American
NATIONAL LEAdUn magnates uso many arguments t0 justify tho playor.
limit rule adopted at tho recent meeting, bill the Jyc
pride or stubborniicss. The twontyono-playor rulo was adopted to .curb ox.
travagance and to prevent leading teams from covering up e nr players by
keening them on the bench when other teams In tho league could use them as
regular's In son, rosSctsVho rule worked out as tho ''J"Z
thoUBh few teams respected the rule; but It .proved a severe handicap and has
teen large esponslbl for the decline of the league. Whllo tho twontyone-p oyer
K wfth Its nxbld disability list, was a Joke, the new wenW.tw.p!ay.r
rule which prohibits a team from signing more than this number o tB
even more of a farce. If tho National League's purpose was to force to American
ague ahead and retard Its own progress. It could not bo accomplished better
than by tho passing ot such a rule.
Mack Would Be Helpless in National League
ITrHERE -would Connie Mack bo today with a rUlo preventing him from nlgnlng
VVrnoro than twenty-two players, or If tho twcntyono-player rulo was in effect in
tho American League last soason? It would bo Impossible for the wizard manager
to rebuild a team with such a rule In effect, and yet there nre two National League
teams in poorer condition than the Athletics wero nt tho close of the 1910 eeaRon.
and they have not a leader who can get fosults out of young material like Mack
does. Tho generoua American Loaguo rule enabled Mrtck to try out more than
100 players In 1910. and wo wilt reiterate the prediction mado in these columns
fast winter that the Athletics will bo In the pennant race In 1 17. The , teUm
wt be quite so strong as Mack expected, because a few of his plans f lied o
materialize lost season, but he will hove a nwWIvtolon team with n "Billing
ohancTfw the flag, unless tho opln.lon.ot veteran baseball men and managers
of American Leaguo teams goes astray.
Minors Raising Salaries and Cutting Admission
THE minor leagues had a hard time (surviving tho war botwoon Organized IJall
and tho Foderal League, and many of them were forqod to close their gates.
In fact, tho minor leagues were affocted more than tho major leagues and
had not entirely recovered last soan.. Yet the minor leagues nro taking a
different method to get bacjc on a soltd foundation. Where tho major leagues aro
raising tho price of admission and cutting down salarlos, tho minor organizations
plan to raise tho salaries and out down the price ot ndra!ln. The Three-Eye
Leaguo U trying o unlauo. plan to win back tho fans. In several cities season
ticket aro being sold for S. and Hajmlbal, Mo., alioady has sold enough season
tickets to assure tho owners the most successful season In years. Tcrhaps If tho
major leagues caterod more'.to tfio publlo they would faro better, as thfi parks
aro large enough to assure tremendous profit if the dyed-in-wool fans who used
to attend ever day. Instead pf only on Saturday, aro weaned back. Raising tho
prices Is not going td win them baek.
BEADING'S feat of shutting out Jasper without a fleld goal during the entire
game vraa 011a of tho re-reat in year Tho defensive play ot the penslugton
flvo was almost ad good, Heading tallylne only two tewea from the floor. Alto
gether, it was a most unusual game, with only two fleld goals tallied. Qno of
Reading goals wUs 0, sensational tosa from the center of tho floor b Johnny .
Peokman, who kept his slate dean, Jioeltman is now the only player in tho
Eastern League 'who haakcorcd from fleld In ovory game.
THE unexpocte4 defeats of Jasper and Camden, coupled with Qreystock's viO'
tory over Da Neri, puts the Eastern League race in doubt. Prior to yestej
day's gam& it was considered certain that Jasper and Camden had tho race to
themselves, but now tho ohamplon Greys loom up as a possibility-, Oreystosk ho4
lust atruclt its J915 stride and will be a mighty hard team for tho leaders to beat,
'
FJIED OEia and Harry Prankle. ot Tronton. performed a notable feat yesterday
when they blanked Camden's great forwards. Jack Adam anjl Uoy Steele.
Frankle had a field day, tallying six goals from the floor, threo of whleh were sensa.
tSonal, and he also suoeeoded 4n keeping SteM put of the play from start to
ftalah. Judging; by the way Trenton has ben going slne Us llne-uj. was ahanped,
Jt Is fortuaato thing for the leaders that the Jerseymen got off tp a poor start.
ARTIK ROOT, tho yiwiypiyu" from Ollveland. tin Md
A tal ftght Uni vife Uo W?4 the vefyatt 1dd!e O'KMfa a
a large orewd. of
a draw. The latter
ftuaht ttw tfcafl ho ha In a m l& olr e 9Wti wuW llavo ,Ml l" n?8res.
-ivr-Rnt Tha CteveiaiTder has a style that s pteasliiK and ho shouldprdvo one
ptb fcst drawing cards of th? year when local fans know him better-
fPHB Johnny Ml5fiiwlia
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MOVIE OF A MAN WHOSE WIFE HAS GIVEN HIM A BOX OP CIGARS
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WESTERNERS ST&L
SUPREME IN ROWING
Prowess of Dululh Onrsmcn
Should Act ns an Impotun
Upon Easterners
Hy JAMES IMMUNGTON
rrcKldcnt Nntlonit Acnoclntlon uf Amntfur
Ournmen
The Actors of tho western oarsmen In the
National llegfltta nhould prove an Impetus
for tho uport and should help rowing In tho
Cast. Thin Is tho second conxecutlvo yor
that eastern rowing men hive bowed to tho
superior prnwtos of tlio West The year
past was ono of tho most successful and
Intnrc.'ftlns tho sport ever has onjoyed and
several noteworthy performances wore re
corded, Thoro Is no doubt that rowing has como
to slay, and each succeeding year empha
sizes this fact, and I feel sure from all In
dications that tlio year of 1917 will equal
If not rurpnes In Interest nny year In the
past Tho number o clubs In tho National
Association gradually has Increased, nnd
what Is ot mom Importance to tho sport,
the districts represented show a moro gen
eral Interest In competitive oarsmanship.
Amateur rowing, as dlxtlnct from collego
rowing, Is In a very satisfactory condition.
Denplte tho unfavorable tidal problems,
Now York continues to show unabated In.
tcrcat In tho sport, whllo tho clubs In Phila
delphia, Boston Ilaltlmora nnd Washington
display no lack of Intoreat In nil niattors
pertaining to rowing.
What really Is necessary to Insuro
tho future of rowing H for high schools
and the smaller collegiate Institutions to
tnako It a part of tholr athletic curriculum.
It Is tho younger clement that must All
tho ranks of tho rowing clubs, and once
thoso youngster become Interested It Is
a dllllcult matter to wenn them away from
It. Schoolboy events should bo added to
all regatta programs In order to keep allvo
the Interest of the schoolboys, and when
thlS s dono there Is no fear as to the
As a feeder for clubs tho universities offer
a splendid graduating fleld. The races held
.annually at New London, I'oiiRhkeepslo,
Philadelphia nnd other rowing centers have
a stimulating effect on tho sport. The
plucky contests by the western crews In
the eastern colleglato regatta will add
greatly to tho Interest of that contest In
1917. All followers of rowing will look
forward to another meeting between the
representatives of tho eastern and western
universities.
Match racing between college crows
Bhould bo encouraged, as It not only gives
the oarsmen tho necessary experience, but
also prepares tho public for the mom Im
portant regattas. The bame applies to the
club regattas as preparing competitions for
the national regatta. From the "reports re
ceived from various sections of tho country,
1917 should bo tho bannor year In rowing
history, ,
REDS TO BE STRONG IN
1917 RACE, SAYS TENER
NEW VOIIIC. Dee 20 Governor John
It Tener, president of tho National League,
does not believe ther,e l.i so much difference
between eastern and walrn division clubs In
his o'rcult.
Cincinnati will prove strong next season
under the managership of Manager Math
ewson. ImHtnc his belief on the strength
of two Infield positions nnd the pitching
staff, Tener declared In on Interview hore.
THREE ALL-AMERICAN TEAM&
SELECTED BY WALTER CAMP
As tho elovons appear in Collier's, issue of December 00.
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SlcCreliht. tVaih, & JcCT.
AGE LIMIT IN BASEBALL AND
GOLF IS WELL ABOVE THAT OF
FOOTBALL, TENNIS AND BOXING
JOHNNY COULON TO TRY
"COME BACK" NEW YEAR'S
NEW YOItK, Dec, 28.-Jahnny Coulon
Is "coming back,' The former bantam
weight champion will box ten rounds or
es, with Joe Wagner, local eteran, at the
Pioneer Sporting qiub on New Year's
afternoon.
, SUMMER BASEBALL IS HIT
r -Cornell
Makes Moro Stringent Eligi
bility Rule for Students
ITIfACA, Dec. S. In an effort to curb
the evil ot summer baseball, Cornell has
made a radical change In the eligibility
rule for the coming year. Under the new
rule, which goes into effect on January 1,
permission from tho university faculty
committee on student affairs is required
before a student may play In any baseball
contest at which admission u charged to
the field or stand, except as a member of
the college team.
Christmas BasUethall Scores
BASTHKN IJUaUJt Orejrstoelt. 5. D Nor!.
38. HtIUu. SI. (.. to. ntjpiwi. iv.
WJAOUK-FlftNth Club. SO.
ST. glmpaae MwngrU;, ti. HI
Wtat BriMS.
n(?frBHcun QAMEt-Waal M, i Ky-
1SaMDBN Cmiln HIjb Alumni, it: Cmon.
Uu MTQuUuUa. IS: Cman ftlib. S4. IS
Uhita lItV IJhjmI. Pn ArfV Ijfsb, . Both-
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TOWSS CITY Krckvlll. 3,
Tonfr Ctty.
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ilAnsiSBUBO MijrUburs; XidpBiJot.
TiMAStfA Trao.e. JJ. 8t K1U.UU3. 81
.jJtjSwB) Tutttiau. IT. SL Bllbtb, 31
Cwtwr TrUU8 SufcwL 13. TIwhS A. C.
nzm
BASUDAI.Ii now lias Its stars nbovo forty
and golf hns Us champions around
forty-nvo. ut the ago limit In theso two
sports runs woll nbovo that of football, ten
nis or boxing.
Tennis had llrooltos, Wilding nnd Ijrned
above thirty, but today thoro Is no leading
contender loft around this age, or, rather,
above It.
Football has no placo for a player above
thirty, even If one could stand tho smash of
the gamo nbovo that nge. K there was any
amount of professional football there un
doubtedly would bo stars from twcnty-olght
to thirty-three, but t s beyond reasoning to
flgura out a football star at forty.
There havo been a fow ring marvels, with
Fltzslmmons as a leading example, who
hao reached great heights after thirty-five,
but these nro few and farther still between.
Tho boxer who travels beyond thirty Is
within a short space of tho vanishing point.
Hven tho Durnblo Dano began to wane
swiftly at this point.
Thoro hnvo been any number of baseball
stars, a fairly healthy average, who wore
stars beyond thirty, and a number of others
who wero still stars beyond thirty-five.
Among this latter list might bo Included
WaKnor, I.ajolo, Young, Anson, , Plank,
Urown, who, between thirty-five and forty,
did soma ot their best work.
Tho Real Vets
Larry T-njolo came Into baseball about
four playing months before Hans Wagner
Rtartcd. Tho big Frenchmnn today Is the
gamo'n champion vet. The rumor Is again
abroad that he has about completed his
sojourn beneath tho big tent, In which caso
tho eminent Teuton will como to the throne.
After ull, the entire German-French war
Isn't being waged on Kuropean soli. And
even though bothehould last another year,
they would still be back ot strictly native
talent against the record held by one Adrian
C Anson, who stuck around for more than
twenty-two years before ho refused to let
basebay cut into his afternoons any longer,
Of nil games, golf lias, tho greatest range.
John Hall won two championships twenty
four years apart something that could
never have Happened In any other game. At
tho recent golt championship the youngest
entry was fourteen tho oldest sixty-one
a gnp of forty-seven years. Certainly no
other Kama could produce any such broad
rango. This In one measure accounts for
the popularity of golf. It Is the ono game of
them all that a playor can still hold after
ho has passed fifty, depending, as It does,
more on muscular and mental control than
upon physical strength.
The Swift Boys
Now omb correspondent wants to know
tho namo of the fastest runner In baseball.
Cobb Is the best base runner, but that
doesn't necessarily mean xne fastest man.
In the American League BC Louis has
two faat men In Ilert Shotten and Oeorge
Sister, nut Frits Malsel, who is a student
of the running game, says that Frank Oil
hooley can beat any man in baseball over
a 100-yard dash. The fastest. sprinter in the
National League Is Dave ltobertson, Juqt
how Robertson, Qllhooley, Shotten and Sta
ler would nntsh In. a 100-yard affair l
something that no one knows, the test never
having been made.
Now Year's Resolutions
Those who are planning their New Year
resolutions in advance and who have steeled
their mentalities or such (or a decided
change from the older to produce an orig
inal mode, of living for 1917
Briefly, those who have decided to adopt
a new standard might well consider the fol
lowing suggestions t
I. The Fanto always In future say
"Attaboy" as the home base runner slides
safely back to first.
S The Golfer to explain In detail siter
A round juet how he ould ha saved at
least five strokes by sinking putts he could
have kicked In "if he hadn't been erle
S. The Boxerwto abandpn the old eystem
of madety and demand a fair remuneration
for hU art.
. Winter League Manager to, announce
with boldness the great Improvement lj his
club with the original declaration added,
that the team tht hets us out will flnUh
up there or thereabouts."
g. Football . Coaches to abandon on.
tlmlsra And publicly proclaim the erlppl4
By GRANTLAND RICE
conditions of their teams In advanco of
each big tamo,
6. Tho Uatsman to state openly that tho
pitcher whp struck him out for tho third
tlmo "neer had a thing, tho lucky mutt."
Wo feot that the adoption of the above
resolutions would make for decided origin
ality and a new oxlstcnca woll off tho
beaten pathB. And, after all, Isn't "varloty
the spice of llfe"7 Or.lsn't it?
Anyway, the fair certainty of peaca
might bring a rush of foreign boxers to
enlist and Join tho colors. Provided tho
certainty of peace was underwritten at
100 per cent. (
SUIT OR
OVERCOAT
to tlRDEK
&f4af4 frcai SH. (V W4 I
PflWBgMQBAN CO.
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Jumps 16G Feet on Skis
CAIIT, III.. Doe. 20. With a Jump of 100
OKI
footr Chfla Jollum shattered tho
in practical iriaia ai nor
olllclal record la 103 foot
iumD record
In practical trials at Norjo Bkt Club, bora. Tho
CITY TROOP P0L0ISTS
' TO PLAY IN MEXICO
Four Philadelphinna Will Mnlce
Trip to General Pershing's
Headquarters
CAMP STnWART, CI Paso, Dec. 20.
Four Pennsylvania Guardsmen, members
of tho First City Troop, of .Philadelphia,
who have Just won tho regular army polo
tournament here are to carry their game
down to Colonta Dublin, Mexico.
Tho extrnordlnnpr scheme, Involving ono
of tho most unusual competitions,. In view
of conditions, tho sport world has over
known, follows a request by General Persh
ing, commander of tho Amorlcan punitive
expedition' In Mexico.
Thfe men selocted to go are, II. Ingersol,
Wlster Randolph, J. W. Converso nnd D.
McFadden, who won tho honors In tho two
weeks ot games here against the Seventeenth
nnd Klghth regulars, the Ohio team and
froebootcrs. Tho team, which may carry
a fow extra players, will bo compelled to
make n four hundred-mile motor trip to
meet tho Pershing regulars, a hundred
miles to the base at Columbus. New Mexico,
and a hundred south Into Moxlco.
Tho First Cavalry has been ordered home
and If the team Is to meet Pershing's regu
lars without remaining behind the recalled
regiment, the men must start this week for
Pershing's base. . .
Locb Gets Tennis Trophy
PINEIIUnBT. it. C. Doc 20 In tho St.
Thqmns tonnla tournament at l'lnemirat only
ot ino 111011 niiiHi
Allan 1-oeb. of the
tho final or, tho mtfn'a alntlaa wa a played yi
Allan wo, 01 mo jtaviaiow uit
won trio einiiei iropny u
ttrday.
Chloaso.
uaruni
n.p I'nlhr.
Club. In threo straight acts, 0-2.
Itavlalow Club.
iy Itr dofoailnE
of Ilia Orange I.awn Tennla
u. CD.
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PENN TEAM Pis
LffiEWAFTHtj
penter and Othera
HIT ALBUQUERQUE T0DA
By NEIL MATHEwa
Captain f r-rnri rBit,.ii ....
nN iiotrrn fhom dodod ctxf . -'
to ALuuqunnqim Dea .."i"!.
after Christmas U a typlea, ,d,r
a few of tis on the last ltg 0f U,, jLT 3
to" Pasadena. Cat. tn, ! ..W.!?Hi
withiJieUnNersltyofOrrv
Day, Attha..onlron.efeUrnedLS
warriors ryan laid iow by one b7i T?
gert and most appreclsted ChrirtJS. 2'
ners most of us tuna W ""MaM .
Joe Carpenter Is dowjj'and oat &.?
time being !, the stomsch in(
began to turn in an'd hVo.VC !
ness with which ho wa. m1 k)
1110 umnor line-up, rlirht afiai- i i i"
course. We kidded Jel quit, a Wt fif8'
was still an invalid this monlls, htS
Ti,a bl5.nno- hd the oBDoalt. 11
on iw untie, lie pul away hU ii-n,, I
......... t,J,""n ln lI Mil hi
today he said he was feeling ranch Mbi2
than he was on Christmas KtsT
Urquhart's Foot Better
Clem Urquhart's Infected foot ,Wi
ceased to bother him when the iinni"
rang, for ha hobbled to the Uble wtoS-,
ass stahco and ate vlgorouily. liu fiotfci'
still pretty bad. I am afraid. fJwXlSi'
Wo didn't leae much of the ChrtatsX' I
uinner oenina. ror Dr. It. Tolt UeXiaiJ
who has charge of the phjr.lcal conffi,'
of our I'enn team, told us to dig la am u?
hearty. ,,
Tho fellows were pretty qut.t met of til "
day yesterday. Most of us wtre mlatS
homesick, and It didn't seem rnnca !ft
Chrlstmns. Tho train stoiind for n
minutes at Kansas City, after r
stretch their legs and work In a UttJe it?
I'asscnRcrs Look On
A bunch of the passenger of tit rtaS1?
Pdllman cars piled out ftnd looked stUelS
If wo were a circus troop when wi ml
tnrougn the signals along the rUre4r
tracks. Hob Folwell. the coach, felt tinus
good and polled at us to show some pSfci
,f ttviu uii j emus, iuui ana uif ero?fv
cheered us laughingly durlnr the wortasl
Wa nfnnriMfl hufn nf rtrca tMw i.k. t .
tha day A largo pacuago was at tuh 5,
our places around tho luncheon UMt, Tt
trn -lhKnn fin1 trrlai i-nirf a I taut ik-
na-I MMwta pau . ho uinue t tVU (JJaff M
Christmas, especially when we tore tltJ
open and found a fine red-md-blus K"i
muffles, from Mr. and Mrs. TTray, tor ete '
of us. We gave them seme lusty ciwt '
I tell you, and wo made Mr. Wray (trt I
speech.
Wo have had snow nearly all th tlrai
nnd tho boys nre getting sick of It lUpoivi
come In that there Isn't any snow st Alii.
quernuc. nnd wo nro pretty h?n ttbeut jt
ting thoro, so we can get In a little pr
.tlce.
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MAGNETI
Prices
Advance
January 1st
"The Cat of a
Thousand Speeds"
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Q, Material and labor costs have so steadily and materially
increased that, though action has been deferred to safety a
limit, we now find it imperative to announce at advanco
in prices January first, 1917.
Q t)n that date the 125-inch wheel base will advance $150.00
on all types. The 136-inch wheel base will advance
$200,00 on all types.
J In the meaptime the prices will prevail as quoted below
on all the new series of Owen Magnetic Cars,
J Cjreatly increased production makes it possible for us to
promise this week a limited number of closed models for
immediate delivery
J,And what Christmas remembrance could possibly surpass
this car of distinction in appearance, operation and owner
' ship? .
tj Limousin, Town Car and Landau models from $4?00 to
$SQ0Q-Touring Cars and Roadtters front $3150 to $3750
theso prices to January 1st only.
Built by the Baker Rauch & Lang Corporation and financially allied
with the General Electric Company.
Demonstration by appointment, Phona Spruce 2690
THE
OWEN MAGNETIC
PArt CO. OF PHILADELPHIA. 1N
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