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NATIONAL LEAGUE IS CUTTING SALARIES, BUT IN AMERICAN PAY OF PLAYERS IS BOOSTED1
BAN JOHNSON'S HAND SEEN
IN AMERICAN LEAGUE SALARY
BOOST WITH N. L. RETRENCHING
Game's Greatest Politician Is Again Trying to
Take Advantage of Mistake of Senior Mag
nates in Talking Too Much in Public
A FEW weeks ago President Tenor, of llio National t.oufliiu, said tlmt It was
"necessary for tlio magnates to cut tlio salaries ot tlio players, and liu predicted
tlmt soon tlio players would bo working for tlio same amount Hint was con
Bldercd "good pay" a few years before tlio advent of tlio Federal tongue. Just
about tho nnmn tlmo that tlio National CommlnlMt lined Hie Newark Interna
tional Club In fnvor of Charles Kbbets, owner of tlio badgers, tho International,
Pacific Const nml American Association, tho thteo Class AA minor leagues,
threatened to bolt tho National Association nnd glvo tin tho iiroteetlon ot tlio
nallonnl agreement. They annealed to President .lohnson, of the American
League, who, us president of tho Junior league, sympathized wtlh them, but who,
us n member of tho Xs'ntlonnl Commission, declared that wlillo tlio ruling was
not In nccordaneo with his views ho would have to stand by it. In other words,
Johnson smoothed over tho milled feelings of tho thrco IiIr minor lenmioa at
tlio expense of tho National League, which lind two representatives on tho
National Commission. Johnson merely placed tho .blnmo upon tho National
Xcaguo, thereby gaining tho friendship of tlio minor IcnBiies for tho American
League.
American League Gains Confidence of Playtrs
VTATIDNAIj LEAGUE magnates followed Toner's lend on tho salary question,
and It was predicted at tlio tlmo that the Amorlrnn Leaguo would maUo capital
out of tho tendency of tho ningnntca of tho old league to talk too much in public.
Tercy Houghton openly declares that ho will cut tlio llruves's salary list $iS,000,
whllo other magnate say that salaries nro Ruins to tumble, without mentioning
figures. In direct contrast, tho American Lcir-uio magnates will not tolls money,
nnd thoso-who am willing to dlscuBS salaries declare Hint they hnvo no inten
tion of cutting down. They profess to bollovo that 1017 will bo haeebairn banner
year nnd that tho players aro entitled to everything they nro getting and can get.
Not ono Ameilcan League owner lias como out In fnvor tit a salary cut. or oven
Intimated that tho player's day had passed, whjlo two hnvo stated that they pro
posed raising salaries.
Yanks and Mackmcn Will (Set liaise
ONE of tho magnates who will boost salaries nil around is President Ituppcrt, of
tho Yankees. It Is odd tlmt lttipport should feel so woll satisfied, In view ot
tho fact thnt he lutn t-cvoral plnyern under long term, war-time contracts, and
also tho Yanks had such poor luck last year. Huppei't ban announced that Itob
Shawkey, Walter 1'ipp, Allan Itussell ami Al Walters would receive substantial
lnei eases, whllo Halter, Oodeon, Nunnmnkcr, Perklnpntigh, Caldwell, Klshor,
Mnlsel, JIagee, Gllhooley and Cullop nro carrying contracts that hnvo ono jear
or more to run. Cnnnlo Mack Is nnothor mngnnto who is going to boost snlnrlos
nil along tho lino, wlillo other American Leaguo owners contemplnto doing like
wise. It I3 Just unnthct' instnnen of Han Johnson outwitting tlio National League.
He bus permitted the senior organization to "put up a poor mouth," which will
result in dissatisfied players; whereas perfect harmony nnd a hustling spirit
will predominate in tlio Amorlean League
Amateurism la He Discussed Again
A
jiLAJ.ijUatt.iu i.i "iiih "- tit tif-i luiiii
t tri.1riIJ1CT lu nralner in. 1 .n Attnrvrwn.t
people In tho A. A. 1 . can "wash
grudc.es. The Metropolitan Division Is going to bold a mooting this week to
deckle whether it scoio of athletes bavo forfeited their amateur standing by
Belling sporting goods, writing for newspapers nml doing several other kinds ot
honest work, Piatt Adams. Edward, Ernes nnd Ted Meredith niq among thoso
who nro to bo triod, but it Is genorally understood that Meredith lind been exoner
ated when ho proved conclusively that tlio articles appearing In tho Evn.viso
X,r!i:i:n wcro written by him. This amateur question lias become iuito a. joko.
It r minds one of Itlug Lardnor'H descriptions of amateurism and trick plays ih
football. Ring oays that an amateur Is nn nlbleto who cannot earn bl3 varsity
letter, wiiile n complicated trick is nny play whoro tho end falls back to the
kicking position and fumbles.
One million Rounds of Golf Played in Chicago
ACl'uKDINU to figures issued by Chicago's X'nrk Commissioners, 535,000 rounds
, of golf were played ovor tho public links of that city during 1010, 300,000 of
which wcro played over tho celebrated Jackson and Mnrquetto courses. As
Chicago has an uuusunl number of private, and semlpubllo golf courses, it is
estimated that moro than n million rounds woio played in tlio "Windy City nnd
suburbs during 1'JtO. Could n moro convincing argument bo given to show tho
wonderful popularity and rapid strides of tho nucienl game In recent years?
Only a few years ago It would liavo boon impossible to Unit 1000 persons in this
countiy Interested in golf, but now there aro 1000 courses.
Penn Five Is Still Below Form
PKNN'S champion basketball team got oft to on excellent start In tho Intercol
legiate League rnco when t won from Dartmouth in a. driving finish, but It
cannot bo said that tlio showing ot tlio Ited nnd Blue was entirely satisfactory.
Dartmouth is admittedly weaker than it was a year ago, and I'enn had little
tro.ubla with tho Hanover flvo last season. Tlio tlreeu Mountain llvo proved
easy for Stato and has been benten threo times to dato, so it wns thought that
Penn would bo nblo to win, with plenty to spare. Coach Jourdct has bcon work
ing on tenm play, paying Uttlo attention to tho scoring to dnto, nnd this probably
accounts for tho closo score. Tho lied and Tlluo team play was excellent, and
when tha new members of the team become nccustomod to tho stylo taught by
Jourdct tho Itcd and Bluo flvo probably will como with a rush. Tt is hoped
that the machlno is working smoothly before tho first battlo with Princeton,
ixs the Tigers aro going In great style.
Pawling After Sweden's Track Stars
!1F$OIUjE TAWI-INa. president of tho Middle Division ot tho A. A. U., is on his
JVJT way to Sweden to Induce tho Swedish athletic authorities to send llolin and
Zanders, tho brilliant middle and long dlstanco runners, to this country at tho
expense of tho A. A. U. ot tho United States. Bolin and Znndurs were tho only
Swedish athletes to causo troublo for tlio American athletes In Sweden last
cummer, tho former defeating Ted Meredltii with startling regularity In tho
EOO-meter event. Meredith Is In strict training and intends to run stendlly
throughout tho winter In order to ba in good sbnpo for his noxt meeting with
Bolin. Ted was not in good shnpo In Sweden, as tlio tlmo mado by hint In overy
nice Indicated, but ho will bo good enough to force llolln to break a few world's
records to beat him It tho Swedish champion cornea over hero nest summer.
tt Is believed that tho Swedes will accept the offer, as lack of finances was the
bnly barrier to Sweden sending a complete team over.
Billy Evans Boosts Elmer Myers
OILIcY EVANS, the veteran umpire of tho American League, declares that
lJ players of the Johnson circuit consider Klmer Myers, Mack's sonsntlon'al
recruit, and Jim Scott, ot the "Whlto Sox, the two best curve-ball pitchers they
faced last season. At tho National League meeting a scout Insisted that Myers
would not be a star this season because he did not hnvo a good curve ball. National
leaguers who did not see the Mack youngster in action took it for granted that
the scout was right. Aa a result the youthful Mackman is not rated highly by
National Leaguers. Myers, with his aweoplng curve, would be a star of the Alex
ander typo in the National League, ns good curve-ball pitchers are scarce in
Teners circuit. The tendency of right-handed pitchers ot tho National League to
trifle with the spit ball probably Is responsible for tlio lack of good curvoball
pitchers. They are almost twice as many right-handed sjilt-ball pltchera in the
Ecnlor league as ore In the American.
Golf Critic Has Wrong Idea on Batting
JOHN ANDERSON, famous golt player and critic, declares that Chick KVans
will be able to improve the batting of tho Cbleago Cubs. Anderson explains at
length the similarity of batting and golf form. The explanation was fine, excepting
that his Idea of baseball batting form had a right-handed hitter getting his driving
power from his right arm. when, as a matter of fact, a right-hander gets all of his
driving power from his left liand. Some of Jlio greatest right-handed hitters are
What Is termed one-handed hitters, such aa Zimmerman, Cruvath and Molnnls,
while the great left-handed hitters seldom use their left hand, excepting us a guide
or to direct the ball In place-hitting.
F3LLOWBRS of swimming were astonished at the record breaking feat of a
girls' relay team In the blrrionthly meet of the Philadelphia Turngemelnde on
Saturday. A team composed of the MUveti Becker, Rubloan. Artlet and I'enny
packer broke the American 4W.yard relay reaerd by thirty-four seeanda, negotiat
ing the distance In Ave mlnUtea and nine seoends. 311m Beeker, who almost broke
Oiga Dorfjwr'e world's record for JW yards. Is only fourteen years ot age. She
baa a wonderful future. ,
TUB appointment of "81" Pauxtls as athletic director at Pennsylvania Military
('allege jiroUibly was a btter disappointment to BUI Jlollenback, who planned
to take Pauxtts to Syiaouse as Ms astftstaut warn full. Psoitis has had a great
J04l of experience hi ull sports and is eli qualified for htf new position. Pauxtls
U one of fce few u.tblti who have earned' thair varsity letter for three sports Jn
one sjmson. Hi" sot fgotUH, tiaimbaH aud basketball, though he was only a sub
umte os tb fantuu Ave tli yeti two uhaMiptonsnlpg. Keinath and Fitipatrtck
wro forward. Kliltr wa center and McCnidden and Ktefaber were guards on
Um M0tp taa.
liinu jin h'u in tiniri uiut, vn itiiu
como dirty linen" and satisfy personal
fll. fl-r.m ! i .. avrn.--. I. hiuIah il.nt natt.i
MVENTNG LEDGTOR-PniLADELPHIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1017
BIG PURSE FOR
WAR MAGNATES
Rice Offers $500,000 for Bout
Between Kaiser William
and Lloyd George
EXPLAINS HIS POSITION
Hy nitAXTIjANI) lttOI-3
W'c notice where nno pronvler Is willing
to offer SISO.ooo for a Wllliird-OnrppMler
battle. We tako It the offer will Mnnrt until
tho day t'arpentler leaves the trenches and
starts for America.
In the pnme liberal spirit wo hereby offer
a purso ot K00,000 for it len.roiimt contest
between the Kaiser and "Unyd tleorgo, nt
catch weights.
The Record Coincidence
What Is the world's rerord rnlniMdehre In
rpoit? In our oplnlnh. roloiifl William tt.
Ifniinn, gnircr, tourist nnd m Ibe. has dis
covered the answer. The story In question
and It Is a true one Is built nroutid J-'red
Poole. Poole In the old Yale cntcher III the
dnys of Htngg, whom Poole handled hack
of the lint. The Ynle star u.WI lo play golf
on tlio Allston pniirsi-, In ltstoii. now th
home of the ttrnvex. Colonel llanna ulnyeil
the ffiinn cnin-Ke, which Is neither here nor
there, except to show how talent r?lll nt
times concentrate,
Poole on n certain occasion, poming to n
KiO.ynrd hole al Allston, dropped the ball
Into tho cup for a I. A trltln Inter, pln.
lug the course with n friend, ho enme lo
tho same hole. It Is needless to My that
Poolo mirriited the Incident of ills first
holing out from the tco-lti one shot. Hnvlnrr
(lnlKhed tho narration, the two golfers
played from the teo and Poolo duplicated
ills II
You enn tljsiire out tlio mathematical
pcHBlhltltleK ngnlnst this, but they go too
much further Into the billions than wo can
count,
The World's Shortest l)me
Ever hpnr of the world's shortest drive
In golf? ilniinii yends us the details ti-om
tho Kansas city Country Club, where tlio
classic event took place.
A dub player took n nilRhty swing nt
the tee and, ns dubs will. Innkrd up to see
tho (light of ills hall. He didn't see II nnd
turned to his cnclily with: "Where'd it go,
caddy? Hid you ceo II?"
The rnddy'K wits lind been wool Knther
Ins, but he tried lo Hlulf It out. ".Sure.
1 niw II." he wi,l, "It went over them."
The cmlcly hoped lo lind llio hall or ron
vlnee his man Hint It wns lout, nnd as ho
nnd his player wern kicking around In the
crass thero enmo n nlco from the teo they
lind Just left. "Iley," yelled the voice,
which wns thnt of n player following on,
"Ih this your ball?"
Itnek to tlio tee went the player and
his caddy, and, suro enough, there wns his
ball, all teed up ns ho licit fixed It. Ho
never lind lilt It when he mvuiiK, but ho
didn't know tlmt, nnd Ills enddy. not on the
job, look It for granted that tlio hall lind
been driven.
Thnt boding hush which has fnllpn upon
the landscape is merely the nnlsheit uproar
fiom Sir llpnjnmln Knuff. A year ago
Denny wns overloading the spotlight and
resounding up nml down the land. This
winter ho lias decided to switch ills pro
grnm. conserving his nnturnl anercles for
noxt April.
Hans Wagner will move around to first
baso this season. Ho doesn't expect to
start pitching beforo 1018.
Two Creeds
The world nt Jarpe xcould mil frnciu)
77P rank trhirlt joit attain ticlnw;
lt'cfn you the vlrlor oj the lnjl
Or riimiHishul fn .ionic havit-fought frt)if
llnrr yotir frrt trttrkvtl the laurel jinth
Or Input il brnrr thr Iritis' red wrath'f
Virlar or Vamiiilithrilf How you foutlht
Or Hliurr or ntrngglcd, worked or wronpht,
('omit naught lieore the world's raiv rrecd
Will It only crowns those uio succeed.
VU'tor or VanqulshrdT f llio gloom
The laurel withers nn tlw tonili;
'H'orlil-plaudits on the far winds tossed
Are hushed where nerveless hands lie
crossed;
The rlieerinu swells mid then there comes
The utoimdii o muffin diums:
Hut when lit last we Irark the night
Ol death lo faro the fiirtlur llnht
That wails brgond the an In Icit
That lives is this "lie gun his best."
Scraps About Scrappers
Ily LOUIS II. JAFFE
FANS at the National Club Saturday
night were given a real definition of
gameuess when Young Hector, knocked
down ami all but out three times In his
match with Irish Patsy t 'litis, c-amo hack
in the lust two rounds and foiittht as hard,
If not harder, limn Hi; clever llothnni
Klnvciniin. Punches to the jaw In tho very
first round sapped n lot of Hector's vital
ity. t ho kept plugging nloiiK ns best
he could, and throughout tried to catch tlio
elusive Cllno with a "lucky" one. Hector
had not tho oUghtest chance to heat Cllne
after Patsy had dropped his inaii twice In
the second round. Irish connected with
punches Hint would havo felled almost any
boxer for keeps; not Hector, though. Ho,
however, was as weak as a cat, as the ex
pression goes, yet Cllno virtually was
guilty of flinching during the contest ns
often as Hector, it was a great exhibition
ot gaincnesis one rarely seen in the rlnif.
ISoth Johnny Tlllrnin ccnil llurlt Fleming ll
playnl e"od form In their lam bout. 4,.,
imalrisl Johnny Dund'e. ijtut tho winner of
their nello conliiht nt tha OlympU H a. toes un.
It will l l!; ' second lash. Uuckle luilnu
opposed ll" SllnnnapolU t)er In hU ea.l.ro
,i .... Art Ml rttVL. Ii.irktr it nil .luliiitii. it., .i.
uppgnents of Christinas afl-nioon aicaln u. ill
fa each oilier In lice smnl K n l.uahllii,
lw South llettilebem knnikeruui. uke on a
I-ussed hattler In Henry ll..ubr U ci. Ksurr
opens tho show It i Al Masiier followed by
l'ul Edwards and Jimmy SKCal. .
KTKnco
liEPOER ,1-uions of ths
National
Cluu mmi
Haturaay msni couow:
lrl.1i I'atsy . Clin clefeulnl louiit Hor.
Illllr Itltcfite won from I'ranLle Mrllsnus,
Yauns Herman nml Itaiiny rrmuoii drewl
Yoons Slahojiey trauuirtl l.e- Mlnirr.
Jirlc MtCioskrr heJt Mdle hell).
Tlw Mtthoiwr-Siinser erii a slu
?ro.n bell .ArftiBSr4 "l 51V?M c"1"'
'lucent
leu. an
Younj Bector. mad. a came demonstration,
IIICU
On. hH?-'.r? ,SJ OSllZ? KSSSS'.I'SW.! '
the wei"i -r-H ,r ,s:.VM--:w,7i "' wi.
thslatuVs endear tojannsx the title.
Tendler Si. "erde4 tlw bandai.s
alio ha " ne' n enavm,n,,-
Oilt-QI-CPWR ,-.- -.- ,wa tor Wlod-un
(h
.a Hesny . t-eonary cin. nus prov.j
the
iorcUy ol liur era in cum rank..
BoiUX eipectea lo be resumoi in Ch.ater
at an . ,". !LkT,i M . ..'
"T haa aur.
r,iar un ."' . :
CSS,-;,, oa douM. win b
billed for tin, bead.
Haul.
sffi
"tr!" ,i?.?" .Vie
mt
V,MhV Is trim lur aeveral mtM now usdar
way. Oft ot bi firat Iwuu ul U lu FtOu-
SSrrand Pelo Hrsn. ,ntend,r. at New
rftfilns tomorrow nuihl Hilly Itocap. of this
Sty who will referee the ma eh, ha. arrived
1L ItT MM ot the ltta?. "UooU" I'utiih at
9..'n.f.iifi lll ua Herman's chiir isir.V:. '''.
Sur.tDiiTur.wrthyws.'n'.'W,.
SKilan . ". t'lnlmc In aboijt ten
3J He has been alien nli orfer u. miVt
KifSsmT'-esiJiMf. t. Ttonz-WtoSSE
WHEN A FELLER
y- VMAfOTA 5eeT ys.
S? ' " Hcn-u TmEV ARE S
.. ' FC LErJCTM- I yl
mmf i W k
BOXING LEAST OF WILLARD'S
WORRIES, AND ONE MORE BOUT
MAY SEE" JESS'S RETIREMENT
Champion Plans to Promote Own Contest He Is
Through as Circus Performer Dislike of
Popularity to Drive Him Out of Game
Ilv ItOMKUT W. MAXWKM,
AS TKSIPI'8 l-'ftllTR, ns the poet or
XX somebody says, the heavyweight fines-
Hon in pugilistic circles is hcglnn'nc to ns
sume the proportions of a regular nues
tlon. Carpentier's nnnounecinent Hint he
was not ready to Invnilo theso glui'inim
I'nltPd Sillies for nome time to conic. Iim-kecl
by tho Ktntement that I'rance cnmiol spare
her aviator hero because or Incri used husl
ness on the western front. hn reinoeil the
only real contender, nnd Jlr. .Ichs Williird,
the' well-known circus man. has nboiit de
cided In cut out tho rough stufT nnd retire
Willi the rrown still peiched upon his brow.
Wlllnrcl Is about through ns n pugilist,
righting now Is tho least of his worries.
Tho circus business probably is a thing of
tlm past, and from now on II i" safe to
predict that tho boss of tho henvles will
take things easy In his home in Chicago.
Jess's cirrus contract expired this year, and
ho savn ho will not renew it. He may go
Into business nnd liK'nmo a regular busi
ness man. so that Ho can tcml hl evenings
homo with the wife nml fixe k.ds rills
Joes not mean Hint P.lg .les- W Belting to.,
old to swap punches with some of our
promising heavyweights. He In only Iwenty
ulno veais old. velglis about .'. and does
not seem to ho as fat as we were led to
believe. Thero aro no suitable opponents for
him. now that Carpentler has been elimi
nated, so why undergo a session of strenu
ous training to mix with somn second-class
ham boxer? That's tho way the champ
figures It out.
"Trains" Willi Iv ids
T visited Wlllard III Chicago last week
and found htm playing with his three girls
and I wo t"s In ill" homo In lingers Park.
Jess was stretched nut on the floor and tha
children weio mauling lilin all over the
place Thev sat mi him. Jumped cm him,
kicked him hi tho faco and everything else,
hut the big fellow appeared to n..oy It.
Ho looked like a huge St. llenmrd dog
Heaving around tlio house and hud just as
Rood a time. Ho seemed to he reluctant lo
leavo the kids, but tore himself away long
inouch to speak a few words.
"l don't know whether I shall light again
or not " ho said after I aeked liini about
his plans for the rulure. "You know box
ing never dirt appeal to me very much, but
I would have been glad to meet Carpentler
had he como over here. Now thero isn't
i.nv ono to meet. Willi the exception of
l-'retl Fulton, and unless I am matched with
him there seems little chance of my getting
Into artloii again. I-Mlton Is a good man
ind tako It from me, he will give nny of
'the' lica vies a hnrd tussle. Hu,t ho will
linve to show something In New York be
fore ho can ho seriously considered."
h Jess straightened up lie seemed to
t,o in good shape. Ho carried Utile excess
weight, excepting that Ills iralst lino pro
truded a trillo and his jowls hung over his
rotlar.
Exercise Daily
"No. I am ut ,0 ft"'" remarked the
ehnnip. as h rubbed Ills hand acrns.i Ids
check. "I am big enough to carry the
weight and, anyway, it wouldn't take lung
for me to take off thirty pounds. Then I
would weigh about the same as Inst March
when ! met Muran. I am exercising every
day slid thero Is no chance of my getting so
fat that I can't move.!'
Wlllard lias a gymnasium fitted out on
the top floor of his house and does most of
Ills exercising there. He can't do much
road woru, 'ior no is coo i-uurucuous. aim
would attract more or a crowd than a
V. O. W. parade. In fact, Jess, cannot
go out In Ids machine without drawing a
crowd, and for tiiat reason he seldom visits
Hie center of the city. He sticks around
Hie outskirts where he can be alone.
The big champion Is not anxious for pub
licity. He shuns it every chance lie gets.
Ills telephone Is not listed and he does not
NEWS OP THE BOWLERS
The MuuUrliy of lb came of hlttlnir the ten
plna it aliuwu by tlwfaet that thirty leagues
.ntarul In wtklv inatcheB ill the four
rentral downtown eaubllahmente. There aiao
duck pin
lu. IbIai CaUa uu tha aanid
are milo of tha Uulleii Ras Improtviuanl
Company and he Bel Telepaon Cynically
Uany inarcuntlle. counnerclal, liutujirlal and
eters! fraternal uricunlzailon ara tiuhrated
In the OU odd ftte-raen teacua thai inaaa up
tha aaaoclatlona.
All tha team will resume tbetr tourneya
thla week, and with the vacation real, toauthar
Uiih a revielun f tho handicap allatwenta
which may enact Ibe teama in auueouaat
rouade,
.nlllnv niathaa ara anltcluatd.
majority it tb leasuaa a lew gan
lorily it tb leasuaa a tew same a
only aeparatee the leader end ery of ten. h.
lill-rod taame. with a llllle lurk wuutd quickly
ravover much f their loat ground.
Tarmtnal Colls top rrelone Club IB) touroey
at the ana ot 'he second round wlib. trst
iwo vktarW and eight oafaais. Aitljae. who
flaUbad tiTrd to Terminal VT. wltb aaiati
tean rbtorlea out of cbiriy gamea. succsadad
in aaocaa wwm ,a mw -, ,v, ,
Which
-was
Aa mwk, HWU u .w..
,.t,
jLattarchwatt. at Itanutaeturera' tiim.
lb average bowler In tb Iptarrhib Laaguw,
wltb 1ST and a traction tor niAMeeB guowa.
.lfh 1ST
Ball, I Over!
rtt
iooa. avaraaeu ,. w uucv
NEEDS A FRIEND
i
cle, re nny newspaper Interviews, All lie
wants Is to bo left to himself.
lid Smith, the Chicago sports writer, (old
a story of tho trials and tribulations of
.Wlllard when he mingles with tho other
peoplo In Chicago.
"It Is strange." said Smith, "hut every
time .lex mid his wife go Into n Ihentrn
the audience foriiets the actors nnd spends
nil of ii , Hum lookini; nt them. This in em
barrnssing to Mrs. U'lllnrrl. anil ns Jess
doesn't lll.c H. they xlrtunlly arc forced to
live the lives of hermits
"One night n couple of weeks ago t wns
nt Willnni's home, anil he suggested thnt
wo go lo one of tho north side cafes lo
Kei soiueining nt eat. The proprietor met
tit- as soon as we entered the place and
tried to steer us Into tlio bar. where no
had some friends. .less told him that he
did not care to meet any one. hut desired
n table in nn inconspicuous place. The
proprietor then tried to lead us across the
dance floor, but Jess again refused ; s0 we
took our seats way over In a corner uliorc
wo thought we would ,0 unnoticed. The
proprietor, however. uhHpeicd to n few
friends, and soon a. steady stream passed
our table. Wlllnid paid no attention to
them, although they acted like a crowd
Basing upon a curiosity at thu diiuo mu
seum. "Jess finally got very angry, hut It was
after wo had finished our meal and sat
back to smoke a cigar. Jess's arm wns
over his chair "and a genteel souse a well
diessed person who had been gazing on
lliiii.d refreshments all day came over,
gr.ihhed the arm. looked at Willard's hand
and dropped it.
" 'What nro you trying to do?' asked
Jeis. 'What's the matter with you?'
"Tho drinking prison gave hlni a silly
Made and replied:
" 'Oh. I just wanted to look ut that
mauler you had hanging over tho chair
Some mauler! Is that the one you litoko
on Prank Moron's head?'
,.".'N'"',11'1"'1 hteiiU " "" Mornn. hut
1 II break It on your Jaw If you don't beat
it in a hurry!" shouted Jess. The Inniilsl
tive person then fled to the !ar, WlerB i,0
took another drink."
Doesn't Like Popularity
That kind of popularity Is driving Wll
lard to retirement. He even dislikes the
circus business, which nets tdm $no a. dav
for some 200 days a year, lie wants t'o
keep out of tha limelight. nm, , g0'oler
tho better. Jess is well fixed, lie has a
cimrortnble hank account, nnd right now Is
able to loaf for tho lest of h's days Ills
tattea aro simple, the kind of a man who
can ho a millionaire cm $50,010. His ,vr0
too, wants the champion to get out of Hie
gamo ami go into huslnefcs. WlllanJ now
is thinking of starting a garage ih Chi.
cage. If ho does. II will ,0 t10 nrgt step
of his retirement from the ring.
ll",i'M,r Jesa earned more than $2ti0..
000. Ills two managers. Jm Cm-i,.,. and
Tom Jones, received only twenty-flve per
cent of It. Curley Beta ten per rent and
Jones fifteen per cent. Many l,ceie that
'Spendthrift Tom" receives a larger slice
oj the money.
To Hack Own Ilout
If Wlllard fights again It probably will he
ills last. He will not fight for Tex niekard
or any other promoter, but will bark the
show himself and grab all or tho prolln
If thero are any. Jess knows thero Is
money In the promoting game, and If he
is good enough to get $75,000 for his share
ho Is good enough to put the show on hlm
self This will be cpilto n blow to the New
Workers now fighting for Hie Harden, hut
Wlllard will go through with his plans
Once going hack to the "If" If the show
Is held, that Is. if Wlllard bones again.
It will lie In Milwaukee, at the Auditorium.
This place will, seat 7500. and, with the
tickets ranging 'from tS to I! J, cmlte a
healthy gate will result.
Jiiiiniy Blouln and Tony .Ka rllcek of Chl.
will rull a forl-sma airUa if, hi7 i""
..r.H S
..' ,slfoel. of Arilxi, in addition to hi
tha leading hlgli-ateraaa nwij Willi l?u i?;
for thirty i.m. also tnaiiad cuwn tha 1,11
pins la tbrea conaecutlva caotaatsi total! asS,
lou'SmS,","0"' '"" "' "- in their
8,-ull team rolled their aerond round ivo,inh.
Club IB malchra with IK plaere! K'Jtoa
Celts Blank Continentals
hard. . .! BeiuJahetn on Saturday thl
Plrooaiyn .i eiuca turned out Ih load condition
1?. la?la "SBllt,U4 tM "lt4y. Tbl
PLAYING WITH PROFESSIONALS
nnpn -rv-rrvrn DAD A TT-TT 1?.TTP. T?DfMr
INTERCOLLEGIATE COMPETITION
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Must Receive Money Before Being Declared In-,
eligible Penn Defeats Dartmouth Jasper
Wins Pennant in Eastern League
Hy SPICK HALL
AKt.'Mlintt ot persons w'.io are legarueu
as hypetcrlllcs on nlhletlcs have seen
iit to cmphnglzo what they are Pleased to
call a grave laxness on tho pari ot mo
t'nlverslty of Pennsylvania In allowing cer
tain Hetl mid lllno tithletes to participate
lit contests In which proiesslnnnls also alte
part. Thn most recent and epeclllc of theso
charges Is that the amateur stnnd ng or
IMdlo McNkliDl, caplaln of the ID1B-10 and
10IG-I7 I'eiin basketball team, has been
Jeopardized by bis playing on a team in
Atlantic City two members of which mo
iccngnlzcd professional pcrformeis In tno
cage.
lleforo entering Into a discussion of llio
merits of tlio alleged breach of collegiate,
amateur rulet let us look at Hie facts nt
the case. Two weeks ago Inst Saturday
IMdlo McXIchol and two or his brothers
went to Atlantic City nnd played In a game
against tho Morris (luanls quintet. Hesidds
tho three Mc.Vlchoi boys, . I.ou Sugar
man, of tho llreystock Kastern l,auo
Club, nnd Hoc Newman, of tho Trenton
team, of tho rnmo league, played on tho
"McJCIohol Starr." According to Hip most
authentic Information, IMdlo McMchol re
ceived his expenses, whllo Newman anil
Stigarmau received monetary payment other
than that Included In their expenses.
The Identity of the players on tho Mc
Nlchol team was brought to light In a pe
culiar way. William J. Scheffer. president
of the Kastern League, was tipped off to the
fact that fhignrmau nml Newman were
going to play in tho game. Playing on other
teams anil outside of the leaguo Is nn in
fraction of llnslern l.eaguo rules, conso
nuontly Hcheffcr busied himself Immediate
ly to ascertain tho facts, lie donned a neat
disguise which gave him the nppeitrnnco or.
a cross between Hluo Heard and Von Jlnru
etisen. Safely ensconced behind tills hirsute
harrier, tho well-known Hill proceeded to
hoard a train for the shoie. lie duly pur
chased a ticket In the basketball gamo and
witnessed It. Suhseciueiitly Scheffer Im
posed a fine of lo on both Newniiu and
Siignrninn for their hanil In the nlTalr.
Tile Hnzz IIcri'iis '
So far an the llnstern Leaguers are con
cerned, tho matter ended with tho payment
of the lines. Then the buzz began about
Hddln JlcNlclil playing with tho pros.
Tho talk, as usual among those who try t
rtnrt trouble, wan vague, In to far nil no ono
who claimed JIcNIchoI's standing In ama
teur nthlclles was Jeopardized wan nblo to
rlto any rule ngnint playing on a team
with professionals, nor were thoy able to
rite a parallel case whvieln an athlete had
been disqualified for a similar offenso.
Tho fact that no ono actually put tho
mnlter bofoin tho faculty committee of
tlio rnleiMity of rennsylvnnla accounts
for their not liaxlng inailo anv decision In
legard to JlcNIchol.
I Jr. Arthur W. tlooilspeed, chairman of
Hie faculty committee of Pennsylvania,
Was M'ry much surprised when he heard
thnt MeNlchnl had played In Atlantic City,
but stated emphatically that as long as ho
received no compeiiKiitlnii for Ills services
theic wnfv no reason ijfhy tho commltlce
shoulil take Hie mutter up.
This Is the tit ft i have heard of this
matter," said lioctor'iionrtspeed when told
of the Kame. "I did lint know that such a
game had been played." When he was
asked about the ntippnscd rulo that would
havo mtifle McMchol Ineligible. Doctor
(ioodspeed said:
"I don't know to what ruin you refer. I
never hoard of It lu my life. Of course. If
an athlete receives money for competition
in nny kind of game he is disbarred; but
the mere fact that iiHiian should he dls
ciualllled becatiso he placd with or against
professionals lias nothing whatsoever to do
with tho mnlter. No, the iuestlon has never
been considered by our committee, but tho
matter was never presented to mo beforo
and. fo far as I know, to no other mem
ber of the faculty committee, . Of course.
If nn official complaint wcro made we would
tako it, but I know of no such rule, as I
raid, that would prevent McXIchol or any
ono else from doing what you say he did."
A Sane View
Prom Unctor clociclspeed's words It Is evi
dent that IVmnsylvaula lakes a sane view
of such questions and Is not attempting to
liriiiE Into our cnllego athletics ally fool'sh
Ideas on amateurism. Hie lilrHh of wblc'i
took place in Knglnnd years ago, when and
where conditions wer lastly different from
those In this country at tlio present time.
Doctor iioodepeed wns not the only one con
nected with i'enn who tabooed the Idea that
IMdle's amateur sfandlrg was In danger
because he played on the same team with
.Hiigaiman and "Doe" Newman. Coach J.ou
Jiitii'det. of the i'enn team, said that Im
had never heanl of any such rule, and fur
ther remnrked that If there wcro such a
ruling tho question would have come before,
as ikldlo had played on such teams before
the one In Atlantic City two weeks ago.
Jlajor Pickering also Hinted that ho know
nothing of tho alleged rule.
PENtW FIVE6lFfPLAYS
DARTMOUTH QUINTET
Penn's wot It In tlio Dartmouth game at
WelKlitnian Hall Saturday night was not
altogether satisfactory to the followers
of the Ited and lllue. It Is truo that Don
Jourdet's team emerged an 13-tn-H win
ner, but the running was not as smooth In
some respects as it might havo been. The
teamwork of Hie men was good, at the
same tlmo there was a lack of aggressive
ness in getting down the Poor which caused
consideruhlo anxiety among tho Penn inot-
WILI.AIID AGREES TO BOX
FULTON IN MILWAUKEE
Mll.WAl'KI'i;, Wis.. Jan. 8 Jes Wll.
lard has agreed lo a ten-rnund bout in
Milwaukee in March, according to announce
ment today by Promoter Tom Andrews. Ills
opponent has not yet been selected, but
Fred Fulton, tha Rochester, Minn.. Klnnt
can have the match if hi the meantime he
goes out and whips some pood man.
2200' Soccer Player, Here
Treasurer William Palmer, of tha t-'onihaii
Association of Kast.rn I'ennania nS ii?."
trlct, the association fMllwll OTvernhw i-iK
Hank Itoll for Cubs
will isavefor tlw Ka.t lonliht iti"',.lSfJ,r'
iwnk. PrI.lent VVhinan ha,u,iS.tA ifo,fa
oou. u4 auother IIOO.000 will 'rTiivS '...:
Jlltehell neas mora for stars hi'iff J1 "
declared today. "' "" Cub owner
Nicholis and Reid Win
PINBIIUnST. X. t' Jan a .,
awl Wlllred Hld. th' ..I'vi111 Nlehols
teated Hwlaht ArinstVJna nu.y V'-' "
winter tournament, and rid ii.iii S tha mld
4 aoJ 3 In an ualntercatinr m.iiLp,l,',tonl.
tha Number S cour ,iSS.B'ch ! over
Kgnmi Dl.. C
y ume oiripes
to alikVrich' BoieTtKfnVia SS
fee'0"" " S18.00
01 in? iw:bi aim acuscani terr loryieatlm.Tei
there are Si'OU realstered players in ih ifj.t1
lis Crleket Club l.eaaui. or iViinslvanU it n
League, made up of tdeien ami fi ; cluba
J Sat .S. I
BiUy Moran, U03 Arch
I1U! TAILOlt. Onen Kt.
halts
Tlmo and again a I'enn man would ...I
iii .'.in i,i, huh ii mo noor and itiAniS
virtually still uniting lo make a 1
Inulivld of lltleolliMtitr In n.l. ....- .' ."J
dribbling " l0 ,l V.
Poor dribbling was the worst feitturn iiM
Penn's play. However, It l not likely ik, 3
dents nnd best basketball teacher,. ,.':
country, will allow this deficiency to V, .fl
main long In tho ranks of hi3 niaw 3
'j nose who saw the sneedv in -1.1.T
Lou ilartln last year sped nroun'd iha ..itlf'
Willi thn hall weio disappointed that Ttii i
had no such 'man Saturday nlghi H0 I
over. Jolmny Qiilnn. who really iHa p,3
u kuiiii Kiiinr, xiiriiiiu oe aoie to develoa
Into a good' dribbler. He Is very f,( .!
seldom fumbles, two essentials nece,.i?
to good dribbling. JarJ
Dartmouth played n fair game, (nit 1
nounc-u ,. h'."" mi IV in MIIIHII l' HajlS.
ver boys mildrlbbled Penn nnd cxlilblttl
more aggressiveness, paitlcularly in tha
last ten uilnues of tho second half who
tho Penn men seemed to fall Into ono tf
their old loafing fltn which almost cost hir
several games last season.
To Judge Penn by on" lnereoll,
game is not a fair proposition, stm pj, ,3
work on tho whole Justlflei the prediction j
mat 11 1110 two now pinyers. lovlnl am 3
Kmery. develop an they should penn shoutd I
he In tho hunt until the close of the Iran,. 1
season. MeNlchnl, JelTord nnd Connollf
iiii,vcii nn iin o uMoii niHi nrc iiKcly 19
contlmio to do so, however It Is un to tki
now men nnd to Jourdct. I,oit will do hit M
part ami, 11 too anility is really thire la
Favln and i:mer.v. tlio old Ited nnd.nin.
will probably float It's second sucresshi i I
Intercollegiate League banner over Wcitht, II
man 1 11111 next nnrtng.
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JASPER AGAIN WINS
EASTERN LEAGUE FLAQ
I'or Ibe second time In the history el
tlio Kaslorn League the Japcr team hat
won a pennant. I5y defeating lie Jitrl
on Saturday night nt Musical l-'unil Hall
and the victory of the Heading five ovtt .
tho fnst Oreystock ngBrngntion. the Jewell
nsimued a full two-gome leul mer thtlt
nearest competitors, the Heading nnd Grif
teams, which ended In a He The first htll4
of tho season ended with .In"per harlrf
won fourteen nnd lost lv gnmee, whlll,
tho (irnys nnd Heading each on a ilotta 1
and lost elghl. Camden, the team doptl
to finish first at thn beginning of tlio Ma
son, finished at the bead of the second dirt
slmi with eleven won nnd nine lost
Trenton, which ba" been Improved 111
per cent at least since the acquisition el
Doc Newman, finished sixth, with a per
cenlnge of .nOO, nnd Do Nerl b ought up tilt
rear with the miserable record of wlntilcf
but n slnglo game out of tweut played.
The outstanding features of the Hasten
League thus have been-
The success of the two-season camrialja.
The sale of the He Nerl Club to Myers, '
of Allentowu.
The sale of Doe Newman- to Trenton.
Tho consistent work of the Jasper team.
The great splint of the Ureystock Clrt'
to second place, after having been appar
ently left far in tho second division, .
Tonight the second half of the campaign'
begins, with a game In the Trenton nrmorr."
between tlio Jcrscymen and Do -Nerl. ;
GOOD GAMES TONIGHT ''
IN AMERICAN LEAGUE.
In the first American League gam "at
Nntatoilum Hall tonight. Killer's Clrtrl
boys will tackle Simpson Memorial. Thesi
trams aro matched evenly and houll etai
n good battlo. Simpson. In tho first period
of tho schedule, proved Itself a team ttat
could stand tho strain or n nam camrana
and, though beaten by West Hranch lart
week, promises to start now and make It In
teresting for all the leaders.
tiirnrd's play against Hancock Friday In
dicate) that Khlor display, d iiidgment ll
standing "pat" on the team he used in til
first semester "Duke" Fowler, In par
ticular, gives evidence of a find. HlrpW
against the veteran llnssleit made the lta
cock man look foolish at tunns Dull
rcorcd six field goals against "Hassy.
In the other game Hancock will si's
Hie Hying West Hranch team The
Hranch team by Its victnr over Bl
Simpson. Memorial last week proved it
vond a doubt that the new comblnauol
linos has wliriiavo to be reckoned
as a championship contender Tha wtl
of Itugart featured the play f the n
Phillies.
C. Y. Al. A. U. (iames
I'lMch Initlns for Shn. Ml- I" ih. sertles I
limk.l billiard mini.. In Hie imo'i.anieii I jltM
,...H.. vn.,t- Mhii'i, An hit ,i. sa 1 nwn I'T
iJii.J ,., il, Hluiimhun CnthMlle ' ''ub. Uleiw
hehn-il 1 'annua 10 vl.'iorj ,.
loo to Ull.
Colvmb
1'lcisclimann Injitrctl in I'ob Gami
nail nillllunalro suor eniai, "" DJ&i
-... .. ...at .., ,l,n l.,l,l Iiim , hf.'l. npen i,er.
llio Injury. Im contmunl in it"
gume
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PENN'S FRESHMEN TRACK
STARS BACK IN COLLEGI
Ql,n. 1 nn,lfll mill M.irl l'3l' U&
'. . . ,.,. rluni
men tracK nars av i-enn '" .j
to school. This sets at irM tho rumor tl
the Chicago boys had decided to leave r
This rumor was circulated a few days fj
Landers jiiid Kby liud left for their tm
for their vacations. 'J
Coach Hobcrtson lias the Hack min
strict training' and will enter the insJorH
of the promising candidates for botb
freshmen and varsity teams In the comw
Indoor meets. Landers will confine hlnaj
to the hurdles and sprints until 0B"'5
work starts, while liby will, as usual WJ
the half and mile When '"e outdoor wa
opons I-andere will prime himself l'
pote-vault. as it Is his lnlH to WJ
bang up a new recoid for this eveni m
relays.
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