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EVENING LEDGER -PniLADRLPniA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1917
$S600 MYSTERY STIRS PHILADELPHIA; FOLWELL WANTsItTbUT ALEXANDER 'TURNS IT DOWN
HOLD-OUTS OF BOB AND ALEX ROCK '
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WORLD OF SPORT IN OUR FAIR CITY
TPIE NORTH AND SOUTH OP IT
lljFolwell and Alexander, Leaders in Two Major
Refuses $8000; Coach Demands Same Sum
jptnLADEkPinA has become Inocu'lnled with the dreaded holdout germ. Tun of
the most promising figures In the Quaker sporting world nre In open rebellion
Against things as they nre. anil each rebel Is the leading exponent of a major lcngt-e
sport. From his homo In the far Weil drover Cleveland Alexander, the roilet
tviiii F th ,llllxcl'''(, breathing defiance into the nostrils or his chief, one
William P. Maker, president of the Philadelphia I3ai c'lub; Whllu Hob" rnlwr-il.
tho fighting farmer of Mulllca Hill. Is engnged In making the lift) of the Penn
rootball committee miserable.
In each case the bone of contention Is $S0O0. The Philadelphia Hall flub Is
anxious to hand Alex Hint sum and Ihe great pitcher refuse-! to take It. Vnlwell
l anxious to collect the samo sum from tho Penn Athletic Association and Ihoy
Won't Rle it to him.
Tho two holdouts are probably the most discussed men In (lie sportltut spheie
of our fair city. ,rter virtually bringing tho first Nnilonnl l.ensue ppunnnt to
Philadelphia In l0, Alex went on it rampage last senun. and the manner In Which
he slaughtered Mr. Toner's chnlco .ish-wieldera was frightful to behold. All (Inner
Cleveland did was tu uln thlr-two ball games, sixteen of which were shut nuts.
This, coming on top of hla wonderful work of previous years, tti.ido Ales the moat i
miKcii in pitcher in the rountry.
What the Answer?
TpAJlLY lnst Ml "Unb" i-'oivvcll assumed i-hnrpe of the Penn football atiitatl. com-J-J
posed or eleians who. the enr before, had compiled anything hut n credltnhle
recotd for the Hod ami Mltie In tho short space of four months ho lei! them out
of the football wilderness to a Riot-Inns place in flte nun. This font not only jitit
the Quaker- on tho gridiron map, but It made Folwoll a nnilonnl figure in the
"work! of ,pot t.
It Is known that the football committee offered Pol well n cmitrnrl calling for
$6000 before be took the Penn team to California for nn nmnzlnt: hut no less
artistic lacing, and It u hard to believe that tho men in charne of football nffnlrs nt
the West Philadelphia Institution nro wilting to let such a whnlo us Kolwoll pass
from them for a paltry J2000.
Therefore it takes no gigantic Iptcllcct to conclude that there Is ome other
reason for tho refusal to meet l'olwelPs terms. Just what this reason It none but
the Penn football committee ami possibly Folwell know, nnd they won't toll nt
thl3 writing. If tho co.ich and the board fall to get together, howovet. It will be
necessary for alt hands to lay their cards face tip on the table, for tho Quaker
undei graduates arc in no humoi to see I'olwcll. their Idol and Jho only successful
head football coach at Penn In enr.s, lost without good and sulllclent reason. t
Is rumored that other things besides the salary demand nre holding up tho decision
of the football committee This means Hint there me two sides to the case it ml
Judgment should be withheld until each has had n chance to explain.
Will the Phils Lose Alex? '
TN THIS age of extravagant newspaper talk It is hard to tell Just what the out--
come of the Alexander controversy will be, but It is an nssuied fact that if the
great pitcher and President Maker slick to the course to which fliey !iae com
mitted themselves the Phillies will start tho l!M7 season without their star. This
ucnn only mean one thing a second division berth for Moron's team.
N , Alex has declared In no uncertain terms that unless the club meets his demnnd
for $45,000 for three years ho will not sign. Baker Is Just us emphatic in announc
ing that he will pay no ball player such a sum of money, and there you are. Thero
appears to bo no middle course for cither emplojor or employed.
Whether Alexander Is entitled to the fortune ho demands is a matter of
opinion. It cannot bo denied, however, that Alex Is one of the two most valuable
baseball players in tho country, and as such Is entitled to as big money us any
man on the diamond today. There Is a question as to whether tinv ball player is
worth $15,000 a ear, but the fact thut AleMintler Is worth as much us nny phaer
In the country is not debatnble.
Alex ilguies that as a pitcher he Is entitled to a trifle more consideration than
men who plaj other positions. When a hurlor's aim goes back on him he has to
quit the game, for as a rule n pitcher is not equipped to play any other position.
On tho other hand, an Inllelder or an outfleidor may hao nn opportunity ot playing
some other position when he becomes unfitted for tho spot he is covering.
Killefer Weakens Alex's Case
THE great pitcher also takes the position that he was loyal to organized baseball
during the Federal League wnr; that he made no exorbitant salary demands
during those troub'ous times, and that nil this should be taken Into consideration.
Wit would appear that Alexander has weakened his case bv combining with
Killefer and agreeing to ata,nd together with tho catcher until all salary demands
nre met. The Paw Paw citizen has been submitted a conduct calling for $2000
less than he, drew last season. Whether this cut Is too drastic Is a matter for
Killefer and Piesldent Maker trt settle, and the latter Is certainly entitled to settle
It Independently of tho Alexander matter. By the samo token, it Is his right to con
sider tho Alexander matter as an individual transaction.
Golf Architects Have Regrets NOT
THOSE "unfortunate" goifers who have permitted themselves to be used In mi
advisory capneitv relative to the laying out or planning of the well-known golf
links did NOT go down on their kifeea 10 plead for morcv at the hands of the
otony-eyed moguls of the United States Golf Association. Said officials waved the
architects Into the ranks of the pros with a simple, well worded pttragiaph tacked
on the end ot the amateur law.
The golf architects bowed their heads humbly, each one. and took his fate
like a little man. In rthe face of none were writ those lines which express the
struggle of emotions, each with the other, in the human breast. No tear catessed
the cheek of the smitten. No. no. The sunny beam was supreme.
Looking for the cause of such brave stoicism, theie come to mind the words
of Tom Robertson, one of our golf architects, but who has not tho-fame of ninny
another, in which the New Englander said that he was kept so busy that he hud
to turn down demand after demand for his services. He said he was working
courses in three States Just then.
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M'COY A HOLD-OUT: 7:'-,, fHAMPION fiREVS
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BASEBALL PLAYERS SEEK RATHER
THE RECREATION SPOTS IN WINTER
THAN SO-CALLED MARTS OF BARTER
Each Player in the $10,000 League Is to Be Found
Busily Engaged in Pursuit of Golf, ,
Pheasants or Mackerel
Uy nitANTFiANI) IUCE
A WrA'TKR Ifiagup tin nt all Inquiring
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WANTS REAL MONEY
Eveniny Ledger Decisions
of Ilinr; Bouts Last Xiyhl
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, MiiiuhiI HIi-I.m .Uliis In tin- fourth unit Jim
I ln-lgrr lirat Valtcr Union.
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I ri-i Wnir .Ink Uniili unit from Kislilj Unit,
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; lllihinis wnti fruni I'ruiMi. ( oiumi n ml
i Tiiiiiim llnrKf Knn(l.il out oiiiik Vlirrlrr
In Hip fiiiircli
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FULTZ TO HIRE A HALL
AND TELL FHAT'S STAND
Only 200 Employes Hard Times
' CAN'T get anybody to work for me, that's the trouble." said Hobeit-ion.
now, I have only 200 laborers. "What can a man do?"
Middleweight Champ Re
fuses to Mix With Darey
for Less Than $10,000 '
FRED FULTON IS MATCHED
Hy ROBERT W. MAXWELL
As was predicted. Cirnnt Hugh Diowiip,
the nev ptoinotcr and hnlder of the le.Ti
for tho Oarden. has run Into a snag In the
nropoeiI Darcv-AI SirCov liont Albuttus
ile.'llneil to quaiio! with Lester tho Slacker,
unless he (Alhtirtus) gets l.ugo wails of
legulnr money. liiowne mailo a proposi
tion to the middleweight clininp jp.tenl.iy
and snl.l offer vus turned down flat Mc
Coy raid he had his price for taUntr a laclnu
from a strancer nnd Grant (Inch's price
did not even nppioach the union figure,
.lupt what amount of kale was offered Is
not for public dNciission, but It was con
siderably under JlO.uno. and tho stuff was
off
McCoy Is perfectly rijjht In decllnliiK tho
match at siurvntlon wages He Is the
p-oud and unhappv possessor of a title
of tho eheesH variety, and he must defend
It ut all times when he Isn't laid low by
chills below the ankles Darey unnts that
title ami will receive $'t0,u00 for his
chance to cop it That s not at all dubby,
for. according to tho rules, the challenger,
in a case like this usually gets a ham
sandwich or a beef stew for his share of
the purse Urovvue Is UlckliiK over all
precedent, and Lester Is aiding In this foul
design Thereforo, unless Alburtus Hudolph
Mcf'oy. accidental champion. Is slipped a
healthy bundle of .lougn tho tight Is off
unit Ceorgo Chip will he substituted Then
Alhurtus can g.i mi strike or bo a hold-out
or anything he wants to be
niiiuiitiLnt .,, wiij.ni,, ,n
Sad Bonis in Prospect ,,le squad were only $2!),9S6. Haseball
.,....,.. , i,u.,i ,. . , u.l showed a deficit of close to $2500, track
Hrow e ev (lent ly means to do some, bust- I lltnlotCH f ,ji0no and lowing of 511,000
.ie.ii ,.... l.. lie.. ..uu, ...u no lll.eailt um I ,,r ,,, ... nnd mmm leeelve.l fn.
memhershlp dues to tho c IT. A-A and by
Hie all of seat-on tickets to studeniM anil
Myers's Players Tackle East
ern League Champions at
Musical Fund Hall
READING FIVE E A S Y
N'lJW YOKh". .Inn 37 Tho llasennll
I'l.ijtrs' Kr.iternltv is planning a campaign
to place Its side on thu ftrlke agitation dl
leetlv befnre the baseball fans I'resldeut
I'ull. villi call a imiss-meutlng of funs at
.mo of the theatres here nnd speeches v. Ill
be made bv the plavers' leader and by .some
or the plavers Kults thinks that the
plaveis' cause has been irrlieiresenteil a
im-at deal and the frateinlt wishes to pt-ico
the facts of Us differences with organized
bull hefoio the fans themselves
It has not been decided when tins meet
ing vvill bo hold, but If successful it will
possibly be followed by the Mime sort of
I moetlngs In other cities Fults: does not
know- vtt what players will perform best as
orator, but some of them have had enough
experience In wrangling w Ith umpires to
bu ablo to put i 1 1 some kind of argument
before a Jmy which Is not iinfrlcndl)
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FOOTBALL PAYS, HUT OTHER
SPORTS LOSE AT CORNELL
ITHACA, X y, .Inn 27 Tho financial
statement of lire Cornell I'lilveisity Ath
letic Association for tho season of 1915-1G
shows a balance of a little over $1700. lie
celpts were $101. 9S2 17 and expenditures
$100,280 70 l-'ootball was the only one of
tho four major bporis which proved a monev
maker, Tho receipts from gridiron games
amounted to JIS,Cl.r and the expenses of
"JtlSht
Two hundred laborers at $1 50 per day. even If they do come twice that high,
would, nmount to $300 a day. This will sivo the leader somo Idea of what marsln
of profit there is In "planninu a goir course."
Donald rtoss is the highest paid and best-known links landscape!- hi the
country- His salary is claimed to bo stupendous.
Walter Travis, the only' American who has ever won the 'British championship
and many-times winner of the American title, declared long; ago that he was
through Willi plain ,olf in the blR tournaments. Ha Is now 'arniug large auins
laying link His latest Is the assignment to plan a couple of courses for tho Unv
ernmont at Washington. All of which causes hltn "much regret," no doubt, that
he has been turned into the professional pasture. There is very veidant grazing
In said pasture, 'tis suid
TOMMY ItEILLY, who directs the pugilistic affairs of Preston Blown, tho dtisHy
124-jiouiid flash, has started an advertising campaign to force tome uf tho local
boxers to meet ills man In the squared circle. All of the Philadelphia boys have
refused to meet the coloied marvel, according to Uellly, and a daily "ad" daring
some one to fight has been inserted In the papern, Drown is willing to meet any
one from 133 pounds down.
FOOTBATH is getting to be an all-year sport. Realizing that It Is almost impossi
ble to teach a team enough of the game in the fall to make a decent showing in
the big battles, coaches have Inaugurated winter and spring training for tlio grid
iron heroes. Penn Slate had the football men out for practice last March, and now
both Yate and Harvard have started work. Tad Jones has asked his men to take
up boxing In the winter months. Perhaps he wants the players In condition to
us their hands when they defend the title.
WHILE a bill to create a boxing commission In Pennsylvania being Introduced
Initio Legislature. New York is planning tq Investigate the workings pf its
"TOsrn commission AH of which is a little tip to followthe case In j-,-ew York, so that
wo will Know how to act when the searchlight Is turned on our State boxing body .
If we ever get one. '
IARRY CIIAPPKLLB, the outfielder who signed-a Braves contract-a few days
J Ago. Is anxious to make good in the big league. He played a short engage
ment with the White Sox three years ago, but was allowed to drift back into the
minors after a soft winter. When Larry Joined the Sox he weighed 170 pounds and
nvss very taM the naxt spring he tipped the beam at 220 and had as much speed
ft4 aggretwivenes as an asphalt pressor. When he was shunted to the bushes it
was said that lie had "eaten his way out of the league,"
fnHB Sprout-McNichol combination will be seen again tonight in the Penn gym
, Hrium, when the Red awl Blue quintet clashes wlth,Swarthmore College. Jaeif
fiM-oI, son of the Soaator, te captain of the Garnet flve.Vhile Bddh? MeNlehol, sgn
4t th otter Sooator, i the Pnn leader.
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MMIftE MITCHELL has oapseled hj bout with Johnny Kilbane in Cleveland.
Jjw-Rjiaiae ha two very good reasons for hja aatln, the first bems an injured
hm ajiit tna omr Johnny Kilbane.
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MOBLITZKLL, of fttrkttvburf, W. Va., arii to cemark that be will
& WWWM SUM W t WW' Fraienilly. Those who Una
vMqxkmafyiHi W. ', wlttBliBd pr aqyiWa.
to cure what kind uf shows be puis In The
liaicy-.Moi'ov bout would be a. sud affair,
but a Haicv-Uhip fiacas would he the
limit liven the wise pei suns In New Yoil;
would not fall for that k.nd of stuff As a
feeler, however, just to see how the dear
old public ttands. the must recent - Untie
impresario vvill stage a bout between
I-'eiocious l-'redward l-'ulton and I'hailey
Written on February 12. This looks lll.o
nore hokum, but It will go through just the
same
Incidentally. Mr Drowuo is paying Mr
Fulton $I0U a week for his services,
whether ho tights or not Browne thinks
.the pugnacious plitn.-rer has the goods anil
is arranging a series of "elimination cop.
tests" previous In a niutth with Willard.
Shades of old 1', T 15 ,'
.McOiiinan Entertains Tonight
Jack McUuigan is with us tonight with
one of ills weekly perfut mances ut the Na
tional liillj Kiairrii, the speedy middle-
vvelclit, will m-x with one Teitus Kelly ill
'hi wiul-up. ..rid William vt.ll ondeavui to
jab Jlr Kelly's block off
rnar! ltd Mi-imas h. s h lib on IiIh
hands when he tauMoi Rallor Volli and will
get away with It provided his hands stand
up under tho strain. Mr Volk has a pe
culiar wuv of b'ocklng and stops eve. v
tliing thai iH.imn i-i the direction of his
face Joe flriiini hr bis palmiest das had
nothing on fiis Sailor person. All of oui
local sluggeis have ti-ed to put him avva.
but Volk Btlll is there taking the wallops
with a smile. It is probable that Thomas
will turn the trick tonight, provided, of
course, that he doesn't break his hands.
The othei bouts look good.
Tex Rickard Is AYorried
Te Rickard was considerably riled to
day over the fact that his negotiations for
a teasa on a plot of gruund near 12d strett
had become public Rickard Is somewhat
afraid plans for this spat will ha knocked
all out of aVt in'i by i)uhllcfs, and he tu
as much as stated that he was going to'
look around for another place that may be
Buiiauie tor ihj uugo strong arena.
Rickard declared he icrtaliUy will bullil
an aiena In .New York and tlMt he ex
pects to have it finished before the fall
ttaton fur clijimiiuus.hlp and other Kinds of
fights comet, uiui.ni! Miri-iaied with him
Will be .Samuel Mci'rackeii and between
them they cxpttt to imve sometliing going
on In their tm-lotuie moat of the time
circus or something of that sort will Ik
unroileu ror .isw lork every uiontli or m.
.Meredith liaccs Tonight
Tad Meredith luis a Job on his bauds I
wlwn he insets Binga llsmorid in a special i
qiuriar-miie iai-3 in inicago tonight. Tea
who lias lwan 111 for some time, "came back
in th Millrosa game In New Vork last
Wednesday night, wiunltur the 660-yard run
from JUskIus, Caldwell and a fast field
Aftr tU race, liowvr, ha suffered from
muKUlar era in pa and could not run In the
relay It ia powtibUr that Ted has not yet
recovered, and f sueh is the cabe the
color! pd hoy from the Wett will score
a vleterib
business men of Itlun-a.
AMOS STRUNK THREATENS
TO QUIT THE MACKMEN
While t'onnlo Mack remained silent todav
regarding the affairs of Amos Ktiimk, his
brilliant outfielder, Amos was preparing to
quit tho team the leaguo and overtlilng,
else and Join the I'plntid club in the Uela
vvaio County I,eague Ktiunk evidently Is
emulating .1. Franklin llakei, who played
semlpro hall after ho failed to come to
terms with tins Tall Tlogan. htruiik Favs
his contract for l'al7 called for $500 leas
than last year, and he refuses to work for
such small pay. Jt Is rumored, however,
that Amus would he tteated pioperly and
soon would send In his 1 01 7 papers with
his signature attached
FOLAVELL AND COMMITTEE
TO MEET EARLY NEXT WEEK
st ill. 111 i.i: rutc i (ink, itr
(re-SiUm k at lie Nerlt Irent.irr at ICrmlliii;,
Bill Mveis'" In nnd-out Do Neil combina
tion slacks up against Gte stork, the cham
pion of the Ikistern HaHketball League, at
.Musical Fund Hall. Illghth and laicust
sheets, this evicting, and forty strenuous
minutes of basketball pastimltig will bo wit
nessed by tho'-e piesent
Tho Chiirclimen are going at a fine gait
and the decisive manner in which tlu-v
polished off tho IJenrs last night is con".
oliiHlvo evidence that Bailey's llaltjers are
out to annex the second half honots and
meet with tho Jewels In the play olf.
While the reconstructed "Datkies" have
iilsil.ivod In-and-out basketball, thev Imvo
deinniixtrnted on inoro (ban uuu occasion
they have a better than I. til-end i-ninblna-
uoii .Vlunager Myeis Is t-incere In his
efforts to (live the cage rooters a wlnnei.
as tho Inside stur.v of how he landed
"Stretch" Harvey i evidence. This new
pivot man looks like a coiner. Ho has a
clever defense, is fast on the ball, a good
Jumper and knows how to nut the ball In
the baskets Ho will get the center assign
ment Another move will be made when
Tom Hatlow takes his place ut guard and
Ah In Uelzlnger Is benched t.'iiiKrarily. A
tegular pielimlnnry game will precede thu
Kattirn l.eagtio cuntest.
Thu Heferce Question
At a regular meeting of tho Kastern
League the subject of an im-rcase In salary
to leferees was dlscli-sed. and it win. its.
elded lo Imrease thosa"ine to $10 per game,
provided they confined their services to
the Hat lain League. Another motion was
al--o made that Johnson. Fercuson nnd
' Itumtey be appointed in cmse u10 other lef
etees lefuso to work
The names of itiite a number of pro
spective olllclulM were introduced They aio
Weaver, Iluiimey, Johnson, Watt. Scott
duniH. Tete Riley, Al Bloom, l.amll.s, Col
gan, Christine, t'atney antl Ferguson.
Kale .1 of section 20 of tho constitution
was Ktriikeu out It reads Muttugers
must Hiay $fi Into the leaguo treasury for
each t-Nhibltioii gamo pla.veil away fium
home, this to ho kept in a separate fund
and divided equally among tho clubs at tho
end of the season, clubs to be responsible
for all players nrianglng such games during
tho championship season."
Kcntling Is Walloped
TU Reading club visited I'ooper Battalion
Hall lust evening nnd was bunded an ar
tistic tt limning by the (Sreys, scute 42 to IG
The tlguies at tho end uf the initial half
were 13 In lu it was i losel.v contestd
with neither club having any decided advantage.
During the first twenty minutes tho
urn uf mind desire in know
lending ban piayera do throiicli lite off sea-
""ii by wav orl-mjiiovineiii or recreation
Most of tho, leading ball plajels. the blgh
salailetl enirlcs, do mute a bit more bv wav
or tecieatloh than by wav of employment in
he KO.rallnl itiurls or IiIkIiwaj-b or bartet,
labor or trad,, tio munolal emolilincnts
they receivB front April to October ate more
than Biilllcirnt to disperse the wolf fiotn the
floor nnd mm leave a bit of cIuiiiru In
t eset-t e.
With the Rrninn cmnpteted, l'v Cobb In
L-'df """" ,lP0"s 'dinelf to hunting and
Ty lores llltln time In picking the flist
nam for Auguit.t. Uo And once In tt
Kiistn. hr- hues nine me ln roillidlni! up
His Hogs in mitsuti or die festive quail Thp
"itlv side lino im h.i rtii- inniiA,! i it,n
off season Is the mntbiii picture Indusf-v,
mil theie Is no strong likelihood of lil al
inttplliiB that nBaiii Tv Is a first-class
hot, but no part r.r a first-class itiriru lie
pknii lort-hnntlcil and has a slice that timild
make the mliibow look like a straight line.
Speaker and Jnrksott
Trls .Speaker hnt. changed his svslrin this
setrxrtn by enlisting ror woik with his owner,
"no of the best-known cniiiiuciois In the
.-ouiiti y Hul tts a title Trls Uinls the Hlmult
life of Hllhbatd ritv. Tet, pecilllarh
smithing ( , wenrv nililetes tteives itrter
a bald ,vear
Joe Jackson puts in a quid winter al
Greenville, S. r wMere he spends paii or
the time In the woods nniVlbe lest of It
mining about 1th. native Slnli- 1'iettv lough
eMslein-e rot- five inntitlix mil r evei.v .vein
.Mally and Kvor.s
Christy MiithciiMon oin'e pailook of lire
liftiraniv biislncs. and l.ttei took a tunning,
shot at vaudeville llu rr n. ,,, r
Jliutv hits given up unv winter league side
hue except a rew t minds or golf .lohtirn
J .vets has. atteinpied mi sltl,. line art.., l,i'
rasplnK luck w lit a flhue sloi e,:n , that or
....linn i.i nuti inoinenlF In the wlnlut
Johntiv plans m thnote hlmseir later on to
ho nit, M-lencc Industry ni ie.-ror.lh.it t.r
writ ,,K p(., ., v,th N K(,pn
he should inakd n wlnnei
Both Matt and Hveis are well fixed
Matty especially so. wltn not giay days
.head ijhet, they decide to leave baseball
flat on its circular hack.
Alexander, Johnson nnd Collins
So far as wp know, none of this eminent
trio has any w Intel occupation save that
of recieation ami lecuperatloii Collins
mays Koti, oven through Pennsylvania win-
tersfWMlo Johhson and Alexander hunt a
hit and Use up tho rest of their lime guiding
a nr fiom spot to .spot, stllf Using both
speed dud ehhtiol.
Vou might think that out nf Hie lot there
was .some otar hall pinjer (.(inlying to be a
l-iwver, doctor. tiiPirlutit or something elop
Mnvhe tlleie Is lint we Itavo tin cae at
hand to use as a glittering example . tks
Dnuberl one vvluter went In the cigar bu-i-ness
s
'I he .Star Lines
The star side lines are npcialed hv
Charley Herrog and Frank Maker Until
own Maryland fauns nnrl Herzog has one f
ne nest in iMl, ,-niititr.v The (Nam m r
has a mriii at Itldgelv, .Mil. upon vvhi.-l, h
piodlices everj-thlng except the rubber tree
and parslc.v lie handles Ills farm Just n I e
playn baseball, which means that In- smu
thing ntoie that, make Rootl Frank Bnl r
i.id n fat in B,,m enough to quit an s n.u
lob Tor antl the milage eainpl ntlilel- v t
ItimpliiB an JSinio U, j,,t f,,, ,,H ,,.
Iilensute of Hie leap
'His Crandall is anoihei ball pik ,r
rarntei- with a tld.v tract ..f land to am round,
hi" ohl age
'I lie Call or J-'loriiln '
...!!'l'.!''!!'!.i,m" .,,PBU" "r '"'" '" "f "-
l.laver with an liiitinslngh luring voice
Altiolig those w, ,,, j,pe. ,,,u s.
ate Fred Me. kle. I.ty.v Do.vle ami .li.nn v
Ai.Inr Ihe.v imt In a htiitl-woil.-lnrr 'ib,
rlous winter tlicto gulling, iiutomolillli.a - I
fishing, a fiiuib.iiiitinn that al Inn ,
tin ee people In tin- couttli v would be wi I -to
riillow ir ptopeily i-ottxed.
Vou .-tin Jud);e rioin l,o ttb.ne n,0 , K ,,
llteltv or vv Intel nr-eim itl.,iii f.. ..?....
,,, ,i, , , ,, , ..,...,..,. ,,,, in i-
"I ill..' ii-.iuti
Jl.ltt'l I till, u n .... ......... ,
, , , ' ...v.. tllu IlliltIV
....... ...... ..in. ,, mill need winter wot I, - ,
eke nut ail exist...., e .-,)P in ,.,. ball pi,,,,.
... i.1'. T1'1'1 ,i",','"'l gel $10.01111 a ,,,
The Jlii.ntli) bli.N ,e merely ,, , ,
huti- about. The u,ers don't happen ,
make fancy tending hut foi nil that II -have
ii lh... ,,mf ,, M1()s of Bre
tig phiMi-s have In mind vvln-ii ihov ., .,
he name Is another matt, r M0-t or th. ,,.
have nn Miitlciilai Idea f qitlitlB k ,
and when thej do they hope to have en.... :h
sa led lo tit irt nlotiK without indulging the,,,
selves in the ,1,-uiv K, ,, l.fo for tl-ol
who haven t saved oi who haven't ha. I ,
. bailee to save N not to easy after t.
flnlMli. It Is no l-Kht assignment t.. I,
os-ed upon a bleak woild when on.. ,,
thhtj-lhe without having, been, trained ..,
do anything except hit. catch and tluow a
.T-eball, vvmilij ii..-..nipllinnents on a bill
Hold, but of no paiiluul.il ;u,t. (,, t-lothl. r
st.iie, grocety ,-inp.irluiu or a haidwaro
shop.
Joe Wright Is Given Pension
bl Canada Postal Authorities
,!. MrlKlit. rrrn rnnrli nt the t'nlirrlt
of IViiMylvtti.ia mill Bren.ei.t rnwl.is. nutlinr
.. '."ni"1"- ,la'" hee" -"'eriiiiniintetl l.v
Hie iiostiitllre ui.lliorlti.- nftor tltlrt--.l
,e.ir- -..-rvl..-, iiu,inlliiK to it reiwirt ie
ielie.1 lure tinl.iv. llie postnnireOi-miiloiPH
lirrM-ntr.l the lii.tnibir uluierinfeiulfnt with
". '"!.'.'"' r Kul1' ulle" b- nave ut. Il.s re In,
of outre.
I Amateur Cage Notes
Billy Haines has been elected captain of
tho Philadelphia All-.Sta.s H !t Trenton
boy, Halves was i-lioen to lend tlta local
tho after his sensational game ngalut tho
New York All-Stars In liuthani last" week
Tonight the New Voik .iiiiiltt will play
on tha local llopr
CJraylork, of South Plitlailclplita. s txioMnie
can.Fi with third, fourth and llflh elans teutns
','.' "r, 01!1 "' ""VI. l-avlllB etpmses Houtl.
llrancti 5. xi f. a (.Brnianlown llo,- Club
Mt .XtllRUtlVH llrnl.n It.lir. Mint -I'.t'an. v.aa, n,,..
J.'.r.f' 5t , ' ar'' Preferred Waller Pinners,
IL'0.1 south ItiliKKOlit slreut.
FRIENDS' CENTRAL
STRONG ON TRACK
Stoddard, Shoemaker, Mof-
fett and Johnson Excel
in Indoor Events
G. F. S. QUINTET VICTOR
Bob Folwell, coach of the 1910 football
team at Penn. did not meet the irririirm.
committee today A session was scheduled ' nurenmen maue inreo item goals, one by
at which tho terms of a 1917 contract were I --'Barman and two by Crati, while Itead
lu ho discussed, but it was impo-ssthlo to get i i"ifH 01lly flc!rt BOtl1 "f lhB e"e game
Ell of the men together The meet..,,- iii. "" "ae "V Jonany uccBinan
bo held early next week, Chairman Hlukler
announced toda The following tire on
ulio committee- Chairman Slnkler, Captain
Miller. Manager Carpenter ex-Manager
laivett, George Harrison Frasler and l,ud
Wray.
SPEAKER WILL NOT STRIKE;
"CONTRACT O. K." HE SAYS
CLCVKMSO, O.. Jan 2? Tris Speaker
won't Etrlke.
Ho explained today that when he sent
that telegram to Dave Fulls and his frat
hiethren no merely was giving hla i moral
support.
"My contract covers 1917," said Speaker,
and I'm bound to carry it out."
St. Joseph's C. C 33; Mount Joy, 15
i lvrASTKH I' J . Jan "7 Thu v.iLurt,..n
Luui uf Hi Juseuh'H Catholic Club huU littlt-
iiuuutu gexLi -vuui rfwj. i-uitt jj o la
Uritton and O'Dowd Fined
Uf. PAUt. Jan. .37 Fiat at MOO aacta w.r.
shh1 auji UUia vug J and Jik arluoa
wr wa mn PPr i- emljinioo
fit! Xmit Mut TluvfcEiy alsbt.
In yeayja aftt
Tho rccond period was shnply a run
away and tho home contingent added twelve
goals to Its credit, while tho visitors did
not count. All told. Bailey 'b men dropped
in fifteen field goals They went to Sugar
man, 4: McWilliams, X; Cross, Q; I-'ogarty,
2, and Wilson, I,
McWilliams Hack
Ally McWilliams was back nt bis old
post and played steiling basketball. Ho
had as his guests -T-Yai.l; Oakcr. Amos
t-tiunk and a number of Delavvare County
celebrities. IJaker endeavored to obtain Mo
Williams's consent t.o sign with the New
Vork Yankees, but was given no definite
answer. It was rumored that Amos Strunk
was wanted by Upland, oft the, Delaware
County League, but a Owner Ctozler is
away In California nothing can be done In
tha matter at present
Thn A It II n.ija' C-lub fourth and flfth
clat.s team. Jut. lot- tliumrilons of Hnutl. PhllaitM
i.ltlu, wlalies to arrarise kuiiih with all teams
havlliB Italts, will, the emeiitlon nf KiMar iilnlit.
Ad.lrvKS Al VI lIsillHtein. Htmi lianleit, MMl,
uml l.oiuliut.1 Ktretits.
njttlt.c ami tlcIJIni,- practli-a for II. h canitl
dale ..f tl.o IVn.i fteslintau ImhuImII teni.t villi
atari on lon.idv, omo very tHomiHinr; material
In expeLte.1 unions the fifty . i.i.tiutai.s whu ru
1'orltil iHter.lu- to l.'iiach t'nirls
Oakland Tloja' Club, ot T'rnnkforrt accepts thn
hnlltis n( A M U. llojs' Club, of Wert
Plilla.lelphla for a t?ante to deciila the junior
ihamploiialilp ot West Philadelphia Oakland
IIojh' Club. U! lligo)iorlJn- ntreet.
Went Phllndelphlu Iteaerven Is nrranghiff
trai.tes with beL.tnit. third und fourth ilaan teams
huvlni: halla I'nJ It. l.elbfebl, Jd. HL'H .South
j'etii. aiuuru. r -
Pltlladelpl.la C C han open dates for first
and aecottd rlani teams havini; halls t. Itent,
southeast corner Thlrt nhilh und Hprlns Garden
BirettiH .
Knlshta of ht Cjeorge. fourth and fifth claaa
team, has aeveral open dates ditrli.E Jam. try
and hVl.ruary. Oeornii C. Qitear. Hill Bust
llayer utieet.
Wesllttghnuse Hojs' Club desires fourth ami
fifth elans Balnea wllh learnt havlnu halls K
8 Itea. lint pouth Twelfth street.
Amber, a traveling tem. Is bookln en men for
January end February. II. Shaw, asoo Amber
street.
Victor Y. M A ha Pehruarv 10 and 17 open.
.1 KU biter, 210 North Second atreet.
rrankford A C Is open i for February 17 and
11 ii. Stearno. 18it Huan atreet.
Black-andWhite
Pin Stripes
Hruullful tirades, naweal f. !
feels. Vt.Vi or 1 Inch stripe..
rsau.ur ru.vv luiurs special
lo order this d - .3q
uiouth O JU
Billy Moran $ 1103 Arch St.
SUIT OR C
OVERCOAT
J 'I30
TO OUDEB
Bcducrd from 150. tli und tit
Sv Our 7 Big Window
PETER MORAN & CO,
UKCUAST T.IILOU
8, . Cox. St(h and Axcli SU.
ni VMPIA A A "road ..ml IMlubrl.lza
MOMIVY I.VUMNU, JtM'.UtY
ouuk Juhlui lliinde. vs. nuc .VlrUway
Jack Nuro.au vs. Nhito fltterald
Al hliubert is. I.usste la-U
Artie Itoot v. Jol.in.) Slealey
DlcL l.oad.iu.i ia. liciiny liuiitTniaii
Adtu. S5c. Hal. Ites. SO & 7S,. Arena Ilea. II
TONHilll-rTONIOHT TONIGHT
NATIONAL A. C, iilk VWSSItS.3"'-
Tex Kelly Elects Hilly Kramer
Charlie livid) Tbomu . (tea. (. illar) Volk
Johnny Cashlel . Johnny llaliunt-y
Two Other Ilouti lo Otber llouta
Adui. S5v Ue. 60e, ?Sc and l.
Broadway A, C, Thursday Night
MATCUIEIi AT IbT MATCHKU AT l.tr
Jack Blackburn v. Harry (K, O.) Baker
GRANTLAND RICE MEETS
MAXWELL IN GOLF FINALS
riN'KHUrtST, N C, Jan 27 I,ee "W.
Maxwell, of Chicago, and ClrantJand nice
met in the finals today of the Winter Golf
League of Advertising Interests' tournament
here Maxwell and Itice came through to
tho finals today after narrow escapes in
the semifinals, of which there were forty
eight matches played In all
Friends' Central School's athletes com
peted in tiioir annual Inter-class Hack
games In the school gymnasium jeslciday
and, from the peiformances'ot the Hluo and
Orey sprinteis and jumpers, the Quakers
will tie well represented this year. Many
of tho times and marks sui prised Coach
Jolin If. .Smith, tho physical director.
One new lecoid was made when Johnson,
of i lass A won tho ten-lap lace, a distance
of Minio 0U0 jaids. in 1;42. beating ins
pi ov Inns lecotd for the distance, made one
years ago, by -i. seconds Captain Stoddaid.
.Shoemaker. Moffett. Johnson and Darling
ton helped Class A to fccore an ovei whelm
ing ilcloiy. Marks was captain of Class
c and Harvey leader of Class 11.
Geiniantown Friends' School sprang ono
of the scholastic sui puses of tha season by
defeating tho Chestnut Hill Academy quia
tet in the contest pltijed at the new lier
mantovvn friends' gymnasium yesterday
arternoon. Tha score was 35 to 26. It was
one of the most hotly contested games
played so far this jear.
UUttOll atld Patton. the Rgrminlnmn e-
vvauls, worked well together Button did
t.ie host vvotk of his caieer, for he made
two field goals and 25 points from the chalk
line. The other 6 points were mada by'
.s. Weneid. another btilliant performer for
(i. 1'. C. Jle bcoied three Hold goals from
dllllcult angles.
Cieimanlown High scored another vlctotj
in tho cage This time I'hil Lewis's proteges
opposed the Haverford School telTni at Hav
ertoid and tho final score was, ilaverfoul
IU , tlertnantown High.'17. The High School
League -athletes got a lead in the tirst half
and held on to it.
LEHIGH AND WASH-JEFF
OFF YALE GRID SCHEDULE
N'BW HAVEN. Conn. Jan. 27 Yila
football schedule contains two changes n.
compared with last year's program. Lehigh
and Washington and Jefferson ara dropped
antl their places aie taken by Amherst aii
University of North Carolina. With the
exception of the game with Harvaid at
Cambridge all the games will be played in
the Yale bowl There are nine games on
the schedule, as follows-
September 29, Carnegie Institute ot Tech
nology ; October 6. University of Virginia
October 13, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
October 20 Amherst , October 27. Colgate-,
November 3. University of North Carolira ;
November 10 Brown, November 17, Prince
ton, November 21, Harvard
-WANTED A good featherweight to
box Prestoii Brown. Apply National j
A. C-. 11th and Catharine street. '
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