rr i"- IVWi '.If' p. i -j l.l ir 7, r .' ' ariu- . . ' EVENING LEDGER-PHIL'ADELPHIAV SATURDAY, FEBRtJARY 3, 1917 W" fr le'UliVfliiifai EONEY-GRABBING METHODS HAVE THREATENED LIFE OF BOXING GAME IN NEW YORK STAr GOVERNOR WHITMAN'S OBJECTION TO PROUDEST PEAKS OF PUNCH GLORYl THEY CAN'T ARREST YOU FOR THAT COMMISSION'S MANNER IN HANDLING J RING PASTIME MAY KILL THE GAME REACHED IN MOST BATTING GAMES! AT YOUTHFUL AGE OFTWENTYFIV New York State Executive Approves Fjsticuff Our Most Double-Jointed Pitchers Twirled Bed '.. Sport, But System of Officiating Body Has at That Age They Bat 'Em Best in Golf Then, and Boxing l -r.i.TT-.. . t s - . '1." j riacea .coxing- in deoparay rPHE flght gnmo Is In n. woozy condition In New York tit this writing. After ! looklrlg things over ami studying things Impartially. Clovcrnor Whitman lmi . ..discovered that the gamo has been Riillty tt'f" D0 nrougtit before tlio Stato I.oglslatuie, where It will bo talked to death. Tlio . .Governor docs not object to bo.xlng ns. fin which It has been run. The Boxing Commission, selected by himself, bus been placed In the spotlight, nnd It Ii only a question of Ume beforo tho chalim.in nnd perhaps others will bo placed on tlio skids. For the last jcar tho "sure thing" members of the Forty Thieves have been putting oer tamo vcty raw stuff on the public In regnrd to lax regulations In seating tho cash ctistotneis, and followed It Up Willi many Internal battle, which more or less disgusted the publlo and turned It against tho game. Sometimes good bouts were put on. but ofRiier tho j fcatitro attractions were Jokes. The object was to grab nil of the inoncv posslhlo In a short space of time and let tho future toko raio of itself. This nlvus W tho object In tho lodge of tho suro things, nnd tho only strungo pait of It was that tho commission allowed them to get away with It. Hut everybody has been stung t-ven the boxers and u, knockout Is only it matter of course. Boxing Rules Were Broken, Says Critic XXT O. McGEKHAN", tho Xcvv York boUng critic, has studied tho situation and I IT writes as follows: "If the law In regard to boxing bouts had been enrol roil; If the Boxing Com- mlssloners had been men fitted for their woik, tho boxing game in New Yoik State would hao been freo from scandal. Hut as 1 hae rtetiuently pointed out. Infractions of the boxing rules weic winked at and tondoned by tho Hoxlug Commission, lie whoso iccords tho (lovemor hud been compelled to Investigate while District Attorney of New York cltj vveio glen licenses and special faois by tho commission. How this commission conducted tho olllce Is being levealed at tho "Wenck investigation. Tho thing Is decidedly reminiscent of tho scandal revealed at tho llecker case. "But It Is lather far fetched to claim thut tho mess could not be cleaned up Without abolishing professional boxing. An honest and competent commission, made of three two fisted men with force of character enough to keep out the ciooks and to enforce tho rules, could mako professional boxing ns decent and as orderly s It Is In Wisconsin, whero It Is conducted under n law Identical with t)io J'ruvviey law. But In taking tho easiest way tho f Inventor pi drably believes that It Is not worth the trouble." Move May Cancel All lliy Bouts in Near Future IF THE legislators suddenly become energetic nnd refrain from a cal iiidtathcm It Is possible thnt somo action will bo taken before the end of this month. That would mean that I.es Darcy would not get his $1000 a minute for meeting AI McCoy on March B and a number of other "big" bouts will simmer Into nothing. It's a cinch that l'red Fulton Is not In New York for tho pin pose of meeting n rang of second raters and then resting on his alleged reputation. Fredward, tlio Ferocious, has bigger game in view and also has designs on a big league purse. The precious plasterer Is on the books to box .less Willard some place, and Now York Is tho softest spot to work tho act. A couple of mouths ago Tom Jones, Wlllard's manager, tried to hold jip Tex Itlckatd for an etioiin, us puise, but Tex .. has been In tho cattle business and knows tho truo alue of s t. Thcieforo tho proposed match fell by the waslde and Big Jess forgot till a;ut fighting for tho tlmo being. Now that the gooso that lays the golden eggs Is about to be milled forever, Sir. Jones Is anxious to put his stuff ncioss whllo the putting Is' good. Thero Is no doubt that Fulton will win from Wi'lm-rt and Jim Coffee, and after that tho big show will bo put on. Jess must box some one In the near futuie or he uWlll bo forced to mako good his thicat and retire. He has boxed only onco since ho won the championship fiom Jack Johnson, and the public Is getting tired of his mastodontlc but clever efforts to get the money. Hnough Is enough, nnd 'Willard has reached tho end of his rope. Fulton's "Great" Record Was Myth TOM JONES has had his eyo on Fulton for a long time. Just one year ago, It will be remembered, Fred was touted highly as the only man In the world who , kould give the big champion a run for his title. A match was arranged for New , Orleans, but it fell flat because Mr. Fulton was not known. True, a perfectly good record was exposed before tho public, but It proved to be cooked up and consisted I mainly of a bunch of frnmed-up scraps. Many of the knockouts were accomplished l)y the liberal uso of a lead pencil and pi Inter's Ink, and other claims of greatness Were proved to be hokum. For that reason tho battle In the South was called off and an attempt xvas mado to hook up the pair in Milwaukee. All of this time Jones has been talking his head off about tho wonderful Fulton, and Willard feared his foe so much that he forgot to train. But this match alRO was called off and Fredward was forcod to take on a couple of bums to show what ho could do. Fulton managed to win, but showed nothing startling. Then the matter dropped, only to bo revived again when the Plasterer dropped Tom Cowler In less than a round In Nw York last month. If boxing is not killed in tho next two months tho big bout will bo put on. If thp game Is killed, then the net w, III bo staged in ome out-of-t'heAVay corner, and the futther away tho better. $20,000 Worth of "Amateur" Running IN VIEW with the frantic campaign of the Amateur Athletic Union to eliminate commercialism from tport, tno action of tho Illinois Athletic Club In Instiling Jole Ray and Ivan A. Myers for $10,000 each against injuiy on their trip to Boston, Whero they will compete tonight, Is one for the book. Tho club, which Is a member of tho A. A. U., apparently considers these two athletes gicat dt awing cards, ns Indeed they ore: but this seems ltko putting a pretty high value on two "amateurs," Who are supposed to be on the track for the hole purpose of winning individual Elory and reflecting tho "pure sportsmanship" of the club'vvhich they represent. Does the Illinois Athletic Club flguro they aro good for about $20,000 worth of "glory" and reflected sportsmanship? Nothing like It. Tho olliclals of the club Virtually are confessing thnt tho running value of tho two champions is being exploited, and probably will be exploited $20,000 worth during their careers on tho irack. If this is not commercializing the sport, then Fred Fulton Is a philanthro pist and basebajl owners are spendthrifts. Investigation For the A. A. U. Body IT IS difficult to see how tho A. A. U. can overlook what Is virtually a confession of commercialism. That body Is constantly harpooning Individual athletes ' whose offenses are trivial In comparison with the action of the Illinois Athletic Club. The Impresarios of .the track Insist that the business of producing meets Is un 'proCtable, and yet here we find a club which Instil es two of Its star athletes for $10,000 apiece because they must cross two or t'hieo States to engage In a few races. If the A. A. U. Ignores the nffalr, xvhat sort of an effect will It have on the men who engage In sport under Its Jurisdiction? Can they be expected to even avoid tho appearanco of the great evil of commercialism when a great club recog nized by tho A. A. U. places such a high monetary value on the services of a pair Bf runners? New York May Bar Foreign Amateur Stars ' KB, USUAL, little old New York is trying to grab everything In sight, and has -Xjl adopted a ruleor-ruln policy In the effort to accomplish Its purpose. Bolln and Zander, Sweden's most famous athletes, are soon to make their debut on this lde of the water, and the New York officials are so anxious to get the first peep t" them thnt the two chamolons may not bo Invited to perform In tho National '"lRi A u meet to be held In the metropolis the MeaaoworooK games aiarcn iv. ine L i ' Wtlclals were outwitted In tho scramble to 'C?auid they are not game enough to accept " Georco W. Pawling, of this city, former 1:?"' a. . 4. . -- A At a A TT AM 4 4 C34m ' JCl&UOn OI WIO A A U., WUIll. 1U OWWOII uu delegated by Sam Dallas, secretary of tho Meadow brook Club, to Invite the two .athletes to compete in the club meet. Tho A. A. U. also designated Mr. Pawling to , deliver their Invitation to Bolln and Zander to race In the national Indoor champion. ' f.? -i hin THn tart thnt the two men decided "fcappens that tho Meadowbrook meet Is fixed for an earlier date than the one In Kew York, does not seen to be sufficient reason for withdrawing the invitation. 1 Certainly, the New York officials are not in a position to dictate to the two men of ' Sweden what they shall do and what they shall not do. If Secretary Itublen '-'Wanted the. two men to make their American debut he would have done well to have cabled them and not worked through the agency of a Phlladelphlan who has tfee athletlo Interests of his city at heart. Itublen and his associates were out- . wltted. and they would do well ta take their defeat as gracefully as possible nnd jrtlfsit adopt a nursery attitude of peevishness. X recent interview "Ted" Meredith ooa&h. This savors of Injustice to Coach Robertson, -who is generally credited .Jlttti having had something to do with Ted's success. 8IDJBNT WILLIAM F. BAKER Is ut the deadwood in the ranks of the - V w YORK contemporary says "Bob" VMoiiy u wnw naa nine unuorsianuing oi air. oiwell, who Is .ofth MH q-ut. of petty larceny nnd has sentenced It a spoil, but DOKH object to the manner It they mako their first appearanco In iuci oi ino mutter is uiai tno jxow rone secure the services of the two runners, the gaff. It happens thus: president of the Middle Atlantic Asso- , a Viiulnauri Irlftt ndl It aaj t &.... h. uuoiticon kill', ttiw vciuiu IIO WCUl VVUH to acceDt both Invitations and that It is quoted as saying that he never had a quoted as saying that lfe Intends to clean Phillies. What does he mean, "deadwood"? w Folweli will probably quit as coach. t i1' Yoo -. fif 1 1 mao N -AND This rr00 oao -AMd'ThiS fiiTcAM'T . vo -J-t p ?Llins ,", MVJfUVCR ON AFTGR VIDNT 'HWB APTOR TMC AnVTMIMS wTM- wMSg TTC AT SHOT I WOULD Ui " Mr'rf mflMT 01?" vn.t.I or.Y -A V tCAST So Yaros I be om Tub K"'t ANP IP MK WELL t TVMJC A I J ---- - --" sTwiTi -nns six hut it i c?v s sf7' s APTCK FINISHING MAO Mr PUTTCU - TViC mole- yjylQULD ha - -: X ' ' v. ( ':,--.: wm JASPER MAY TIE GREYSTOCK FIVE Will Be Determined by the Results of Cage Games This Evening JEWELS MEET DE NKRI W I, P " TI4 Trrnton. . 4 '.71 ItraitlliK 1 Sllil I) Jserl . 2 P C ..Mill .4-."l .'.'Ml nrejBtock. . JflRper. . Cn mln . fciiKlift.i: nut lONKIHT .Tp,r, Rt Vo Nerl (irejU.iI., fit lleaillnit .Admirer of the .Insper HHSteru I.eaBiie club -xx 111 thriniB Mil-deal Fund Hall. i:iglith nml T.bcut stieets, thl-4 eenlni to watch 1)111 KemiedN s Jl-ucN ensaRO De Neil In an an Kastein League basketball contest. FollOHlnK (Jiestock's win oAer He Nrl at Cooper H.itlallon H.ill last cenlni?, llalley'n ('huiiiliineu Increased their lead to a full game but If Jasper comes across with a win tfinlKht anil thn Hears huinblo the ires tliu two local (hes will lie In a deadlock for first place. Kaslern Fipjit Close Judelnff fiom the play to date, the seo onrl half of tho season promises to lie a hummer. Filet one club Is on top and then another, and there Is no telling who will Jump out front next Tho .Skeetera i-tarted off great and Trenton poqily. hut the iloiihle defeat sustained liv lleniy's players on Mon day and AVeclnesdav and the Potters' win hae ieetteil conditions and In the short space, of a week these rlxals are on even terms, with conditions reversed Trenton Is playing sensational hall and Camden Is putting up a poor exhibition Manager Mjers. of lie Nerl, Is optlnils. tic. honever, as to the outcome of tonight's encounter and sas he looks for his bojs to come across on tho home floor The leader of the Surprlsers realizes the strength of the uptou tiers, but thinks his plajers will come out on top l)e Neri Drops Another lie Nerl plajed good basketball last night and jet lost to the Oreys, 37-2S. Lack of team work and continued mix-up of signals plned a biff part In tho downfall of the Darkle. Tlmo and again they fell down on this part of the program, and the Greys pllfeied the leather on a number of occaMona and turned appaient De Netl goals Into ones for tho home crowd The Churchmen made eleven Held goals to seven for the losers Sugaimnn started for the home contingent and Norman and Drefus cix celled for the loseis Nonnan outplayed Cross, the fiist time this has been accom plished on the home com! The goals went to McWHllams, 1; Law rence, 3; Fogait, (; Cmism, '; .Siigarman, 3; Drejfuss :', Not man. 3; llaivey, 1; Dark, 1 At foul shooting Dark landed 15 out of 25, Fogarty, 13 out of ;.'. Hough May He Through Hany- Hough has been out In uniform for the last two weeks, and sas ha Is feeling fine. An old-timer who plaved with Camden a score of yeais ago was discuss ing the rase with the w liter, and ventured the opinion that Hough may never play again He savs- "From what I have learned he was Injured In the same manner that forced me to retire After being Idle several months I. too. felt sure I would be able to resume Handolph Cramer, our captain, would announce my return, but when the time ai rived I would find myself unable to toss the ball. I would lay oft for a couple of weeks mote and expect to get back, but that day never came, and I would not be surprised to find Hough's case a ie petition of my own " Other cage followers have expressed this same opinion, but the little demon says he expects to get going shortly. lteffrce VSnffnej" la howlnr tin fans up t l.anoaktrr how liailiribatl ahould be referred aa h worked there before. When plaiera have a complaint they ahould tell It to "Sweeney." Since MrXamee Joined Brill, In tha Industrial I.t-aicue. the Carmaker have taken on a new leas of life. Mao waa out of action for quite a while, but nines hla return' ta playing- better baiketball than he ever knew before. It la nahl that Hobby Wilson will leave the Standard Holler JJearlna; five, of the local In dustrial I-eague, and Join Peerless JCtd. of the Camden City Induatrlal I.easue. Hale & Kllburn has played anythlnr but good ball In the Induatrlal l.eague, but Ktlroy con tinues to atar. He cared alx Held goala In the match with Ur 111. Jasper vtaa scheduled for an exhibition match at Carbondale next month, but haa canceled. The locals weru formerly Carbondale. that la, Friedman. Fox and Hedran. Iw Walker and hla men have already defeated (lreyatock and Camden. It 1 not learned why Jasper can celed, but It la known that they were to receive a guarantee of 1230. t'hlladelpuln All-Stars ara arranging csmes with Drst-class teams Ueorge Honnen and IXie lllakeman. two atara for .the South Ilranch Y. M. C, A., are pholng the forward positions. Wil liam J. Handlers, 63.'1) Walnut street. Five Hundred and Nine Club, of William F, Murphy's Dona Company, la open February 10 for s first-class team having- a floor. It de feated Nlcetown IJaptlat. '-'5 to 10. Howard W, Kelfer, W9 Chestnut street. Former guard of Mcbolion, Pa., team, also of Madonna 5. c, la after a Job with a first-class team. Joseph 1'lsclUlll, 133.! Bouth Eighth treat, Henry A. 0,. victor In fifteen consecutive fiamee this season, la arranging dates away or at loma. Would Ilka to bear from Qreyatock Re serves. Daniel McQarvay, University House, Twtmr-Utn and Lombard streets. Vletar Y.M. A. hag Fsbruary 10 open L.Sae.. 3 WON'T BK BACK NEXT YEAU Wilmer (5. Crowcll, football coach at Lafayette, lias not been reap pointed by the faculty nml will leave Easton at the end of the college year. IJy Dickson, of Pcnii, may succeed him. DICKSON MAY SUCCEED CKOWELI, AT LAFAYETTE KASTON. Pa., Feb 3 The announce ment that Wilmer (! Ciowell would not be letalned ns athletic illiector at I.afajette College next jear tame as a suipilse to the students here, and nlrcntly they aro speculating on who bis slice esbor will he. It Is believed that one of the leading football coaches In the Fast will lie offered the job tu take cMinrge of tho team 111 the fall, but the appointment of a baseball nnd basketball coach will not be taken up until net jeal Crow ell will have, charge of those two blanches this je.u "lis" Dickson, assistant coach at l'eiin next ear, probably will ho asked to take charge of football, but It Is not known whether l'eim will let him go Other can didates nie Uallln, of I'tlncetou; Mavser, former coach at Franklin and llarshall, and Hen man, at l'cnn Ktate. WINSTON MEETS NATIONAL 'HOPES' FOR SQUASH TITLE NEW YORK, Feb. 3 Sixty-four of the best squash tenns plajeis In New York and vicinity. Including Hrlc S. "Winston, the present champion, will begin play today at the Yale Club in tho nnnual national championship. Tho rapid progress of the game and the many additional fans give promise that this tournament will exceed any since the game was evolved a few jears ago Twice this season Winston has been de feated In matches, once by A. J. Coidler, of the Yale Club, and the other time by lay Could, of the Columbia fnlverslty Club., Coidler Is entered in the tournament, but Could could not enter, as be has promised to defend his court tennis laurels In the tournament to start In Philadelphia soon. DOG TEAMS IN ZERO ZONE BUNCHED ON LAST LAP ANOKK, Jllnn , Feb. 3 With all the five remaining contestants In the Wlnnlpeg-to-St. Paul dog race bunched when they passed through Big Lake, It became evident that the 522-nilIe contest would be decided In eleventh-hour spurts Fred Hartman, the American, whose de termination to "stick to the finish" under severe handicaps has won him praise mid many purset of money along tho route, clung tenaciously to the other drivers. Al bert Campbell, the Creo halfbreed, winner of the 1916 Hudson Hay svveepstahes, reit erated his confidence of Uctory, M'COURT DEFEATS MOORE FOR THREE-CUSHION TITLE NKW YORK, Feb. 3. Charles A. Sic Court, of Pittsburgh, today Is the new three-cushion billiard champion. He de feated George Mooie In a match lasting threa nights. The final score was 150 to 121. " . KILB ANE TO GUARD AGAINST QUICK K. 0. WHEN HE MEETS RAY TONIGHT By LOUIS Johnny Kilbane, the greatest champion of the present-day tltleholders and the most Idle because promoters are having a dif ficult time getting opponents for hint Is to appear In hla third bout tonight since disposing of George Chaney Labor Day. The Cleveland phenom Is to pair off with Johhny Ray at the National Club, after having faslly beaten Alvle Miller And dis posed of Johnny Drummle In the tenth. Tonight's bpv.t will be Kllbane'a first In Philadelphia si (ice he "put a temporary stop In Willi Jackson's sensational spurt, when the New Yorker was stopped In five rounds. 'Kllbano Is the greatest one-punch knocker- out In history of the featherweight divi sion. Johnny knows how to hit after patient studying In the art of punching and a blow on the chin by Kllbane'a right hand could knock out even a heavyweight. Johnny arrived Jn town, early this morn ing and looked tobe In perfect condition. Ho did not linger, vWy long In the cola. however, and Immediately hastened (o Hotel YOU ARC KCRFCTl-Y JUSTIFIED If COMMtTTIMG THtS. THEY CAN'T ARREST VOU FOR THT, BORRELL-SMITH BOUT IS DRAW Middleweights Box Six Slow Rounds at Opening of New Cambria A. C. PAT O'M ALLEY IS A HERO Hy IIOUKIIT" W. MAXWELL Jeff Smith, who claims to have knocked out I.es Daicv once upon a time In fai-off Australia, boxed a slow, uninteresting draw with .loe Hoi tell, who never met Daicv at the debut of tho Cambila A A. last night If aiiv one. was entitled to the decision it was IMdie Holland, the lefciee, who pei fninied beautifully In every lotind IMdie sidestepped, dodged and Inoko tlcanlv after eveiv evhango of punches and was all lf-cd up nt the end This could not ho said of either hoer, In justice to Smith, however, allow us to state that he was handicapped by a pair of very bad hands and they pained so much that he couldn't land any effective blows: Something must have been wiong, because he did not ue them much on Uoi lcll. lie directed his attack chiefly to the bodv and seldom led for the head, unless he had a good chance to land on the proper spot Smith Is a clever boer one of the cleverest big men we have ever seen and pel haps ho would have done better had he been In shape. Smith Is Clever Hut this does not detract from IliirreU'n showing Joe forced the fighting after the thlid lound. hut Smith's defense was Im pugnable They wiestled and hugged'most of the time, nnd although there was con sideiable Infighting, the ciowd did not like It In the fifth lound a chorus of "Throw 'em out1" was started In the gallery, but the opinion of these expetts was not taken ee ilously If Smith recovers soon a return match would allow 111 nt to Phovv to better ad vantage The other bouts were so good that. tho wind-up seemed slow and cumbersome. That was the real cause of the displeasure of the fans. They had enjoyed themselves so much during the prelims thnt It would have taken a sensational wlnd-un to satisfy them. Pat O'Malley Stars Ry far the best bout of the evening was tho second, which brought together Pat Mnlone and a hetcules named Denny Harrl foil lieuiiy looked like the pictures of "Hrotber Slves," whllo O'Malley had the appearance of a Inmb about to be led to slaughter Patilck, however tinned out to be ti iegularuy. for he walloned his hen let opponent all over the ling and Referee Hol land meicifully stopped the bout In the sixth round, just before Benny took the high dive In the other quarrels Young Mulligan beat Johnny Hughes, Johnny Duffy walloped Charley "Hoots" Dojle a cut over the eye and Whltey Fltigerald's eye bled so badly In his bout with Joe ICoon that Holland stopped It meaning tho bout In tho third. A lecord-breaklng crowd attended the opening of the club and hundreds were turned away. TENNIS CLUBS SELECT OFFICERS FOR NEW SEASON At the annual meeting of the Klberon Country Club at Fox Chase the following oftkers wero elected to servo during the ensuing year: President, Albert J. Hatty; vice piesldent, Frederick Gentner; secre tary, Norman Ovlngtcni, and treasurer, I Walter Itooth. The club enjoyed during 1916 Its most successful year. Among many other activ ities the club's entering the Suburban Ten uis League and the creditable showing made by Captain Hatty's team was chiefly re sponsible for the greatly increased Interest In tennis, which Is the club's principal ath letic activity. Lou Little, Penn Star, Out of Hospital I.ou Little, choice of many for All. America tni'l.ic. Ih Htruttlna th rampua once mcr-i hslny t tli Unlveralty of Iennavanla, having- b-en 1 'charged from the hoanltal where h nail a iilece of hla noe removed for the sood of hla ti haling apparalur. H. JAFFE v not be taken by surprise. Those quick knockouts, like that scored by Jackson over Dundee, are likely to come any time If you are not prepared. 1 believe In pre paredness." Ray and Kilbane have met before. About two years ago the featherweight czar visited Pittsburgh and he was forced to box fast throughout. Ray'a cleverness and beautiful footwork enabled him U ketp out of rfach of Kllbane'a haymakers, and the champion failed to connect with an effective punch Ray has proved herq In several matches that lie Is a remarkably clever boxer. 'SCRAPS ABOUT SCRAPPERS u.imu nowna, a sparring: partner of Kll. '! ?; i'. ,0 "HP8" In, the .National's semifinal ly llolfe. of California, will oppoae the Clave! id lightweight. At r'ow. of Uuflalo and ;nny rutko, of Alfentown, claih? iiut?h !!" .L Newark, meets Ilflly nines. .8 bby Jeffrlea faces Young- Lawrence. Hill; land llshtwelaht. At 1 jonnny Dutko. of Al entown. -l.i, Dfln. of Newark, moats Ilflly Hlhea. ana Uibby Jeffrlea faces Young- Lawrence. ' Math dfpenja on Eddla VicAndrewa's ahowlnr atalnat Jimmy Duly Monday night at thl OTympla. A victory the. Vanayunk boi.J ....- '.-"5 "r By GRANTLAND RICE rON'T ou think It might bo of Interest I M inma (lliln l. a. t i.i i i . K"" l" nus nges at which chninplons excel? What, for ex ample. Is the winning ngo of baseball, or fighting or golf?" The only way to work out an answer here would be to give the greatest venrs known hy certain stars and, then sum up the average, which might piove something or nothing nt nil ' Cnhb's Star Year Ty Cobb's star car was In 1911, when he smashed all leroids with Its hits, H7 inns and a grand batting averngo of .20. This was the banner eal of Tj's career, ami In 1911 be was Jut twenty-five jcars old lie has been great enough before and since but the fact remains that the age of twenlj-flvo produced his gicntet triumph - a tilumph lie will hardly repeat, now that he Is turning- thirty. When It Is remembered that only one, or two batsmen each year ever mako ns many ns :00 hits, Cobb's mark of 24S for one ear can bo a trlflo better appreciated. MiiUj's Best Year It Is a trllte harder to pick out any ono jenr of the sixteen mid call It Mathew son's greatest season, but 1905 looks to have something on them nil In 1903, Matty, out of forty games, won thlrtj-ono and lott hut nine; and that same season bo shut out the Athletics three times In three world seiles starts a record that has never been touched -Matty In Iflori was Just twenty-five years old Like unto Cobb, ltt tenched the crest at this age. Wnlsli and Speaker The gieatest ear 1M Walsh ever had was In 190S. when ho worked In" sixty-six games; won forty, lost fifteen and saved several others for other pitchers, A lecord of forty victories Is an unusual achievement one that only Chesbro has beaten in the American League In 190S Walsh was twenty-sl, ears old. just one enr be) ond the banner age of Mathevvson nnd Cobb, Trls Speaker's best ear was last season, 1916, when Trls fiad Just passed the nge of twenty-nine lie had been" In the game longer than any of thootheis before reach ing his height Trl.s at tw cut) -nine proved to have a shade on Cobb at thirty enough of a shade to bleak up T)'s ten-) eat drive Oilier Stars Hans Wagner's best batting average and ono of his gient )ears were established In 1900. when the big Dutchman was Just twenty-sl )eais old llans batted .SS0 that season, the best mark ho has ever known So he qualities with I'M Walsh nt the tvventy-sU-ern-old maik. Nineteen hundred and ono was the top Evening Ledger Decisions of Ring Bouts Last Night V VMllltlA A. A. .If IT Smith snil Joe Itor reU'urew. Joe Kouns atopned Hhlley Haker. llflht Johnny IlulTv heat J hurley Ihijle, I at ll'.VIallrv otniipeil llenny llorrinon mill lounr Mtilllnuil ilefeiitHl Jolinnj Ilnghea XlM'Alihll. . ('. Mlrkey Oallnthrr beat Joe I'hllllpa, Terry .Martin unU Joe (finer drew. IIVN A. '. Charlie (Kid) Thomas de feated Johnny Kraime. lllllv llolfe won from turner llugan. llnttllnE Manor outpfllntfil nunc linn urd and Whiter Fltrscrald Iwnt I'hll Itjun. NFAV M)KK Planter oaknm nutpolnteil 'aim llllie. ten ruundai Jlmnir tl'llntrn lost to Aggie Katner. Ahe frledmnn itefruteil Aotnix llenii), Mallor 1W won from .lolinnj WllllumA. HOSTOV. Cforge Kolilnmm awarded ref eree'a declnlon over .loe Illvera, ten roundH, "AMATEURS AND MEMBERS CAN STILL BOX" WHITMAN New York Governor Says No-Admission Boxing Matches Can Survive Mitt' YORK. Feb. 3 lioxlng fans wero somewhat surptlsed today to learn through an Interview from Governor Whitman Jils belief that a bill to lepeal tho P'rawley boxing law In this State would not mean the end of boxing. (overnor Whitman declared bouts before members of clubs could not be pi evented, although he admitted that If the "clul s" and their members becamo too numerous police laws would be used to contiol them lie asserted amateur bouts would not bo affected. It had been the general belief that tho repeal of the law would put an end to bouts of any class No promoter cotild be bi ought to see today, however, that he would be able to stage a bout that would bring In many dollais without In voking the laws of theKtate. TRENTON', Feb. 3. A boxing bill much, similar to the Frawley law which governs boxing In this State, only railing for bouts limited to six rounds, has been Introduced by Assemblyman Joseph Iluiley, of Hud son County, in tho New Jersey Assembly nnd ,lll be sponsored In the Senate by Senator Cornelius McOlennon. The bill will lecelve Its first reading In the Assembly next Monday, NKW YORK, Feb. 3 Grant Hugh Browne called nt the offices of the Boxing Commission yesterday and made formal ap plication for a license to conduct boxing bouts In Madison Square Garden. Ho said he was going right ahead with the Fulton Welnert match on Fehruaty 12 and the Darcy-McCoy bout on Match 6 as though no message for a lepejl of the Frawley law had been sent to the Legislature. Philadelphia Jawn Now a "Professor" From now on our own Philadelphia Jawn O'llrlen will be forced to so through life with the title of "profeaaor" lacked to hla monicker. Jawn haa aald farewell to the prize ring, but In the future, he wilt take tired and hard-working-hualneea men In hand and attempt, to Inject aomo "pep" at hta new symnaalum. The nro feaeor haa leaard the old V, M. (. A. Ilulldtiur at Fifteenth and Cheatnut atrreta. and, begin ning Monday, will be on tho Job at all houra He will be aaalated by hla brother. Young Jack. Martin May Play With Penn Tonight Tenn'a atar baaketter, Lou Martin, may en. trr the basketball game tonight aaalnat the Lafayette quintet In Welghfrnan llall. J Ur. tin haa been Inellalbla to plar so far bit thlnka he "cracked" two atudles In the mid. reara and la now up In hla atandlng aufflclen ly to get In the game, though he haa, not ytt been ao notified br the faculty. ' ' The game waa arranged through Coach Jour det. who believe, hla men need action to keen them going at top apeed. r Beep "Bobbie" Dibble, Sculler, Shot TOIIONTO. Feb. 3. Lieutenant Robert (Bob Dibble, former and undefeated American and Canadian aculler. waa wounded In action U.. Januarr 28. according to officii? annoSnce. meat made yeaterday. Dibble vvaa one nf the beat .Ingle .culler, developed " (Janadi In recent year., and at varloua points In hi. rowing career won manr Junior and aenlor rhamplonehlp honor, at regatta. In all .i-r tlon. of Canada and the United State.. C" SUIT OR $ OVERCOAT H.80 TOi year for Lrry Lajoie, when the Frn,.,.. nmasscd the astounding average of ,422 ho was born In 187S, he. too. waa c twonty-sK )ears old when he reached ikS Mi The 'iounuer Mark Twcnty-flvo and twenty-six seem n tho star ages so far, but Rube Marquari unci .ioe vvooti uring tne limit, uown, ''J The tnll Rube was Jutt twenty-tl when, In 131-, lie won nineteen strain ami spun tne uiants lar into tne lead. t'J .loo vvoou was aiso just, iweniy-thrte i same year, when, out of thirty-eight garnet no won iweniy-iiirt'o itnu lost DUl !le, 8et4 ling a new .American .uenajuo record. fr Walter Johnson, however, qualifies m vvngner,' .uajoio ana vvaisn. lie was In twenty-six in 1913, when ho won thlrtrl Mt sunu jusi inn ccten (tallies, xor me , enr or uis uie. u . .1.. ,t l I 1 1 A . -"V jiiJiiiiii'iiuy, tiieu, in unDouau cweniy-nn ann iwoniy-stx ate me jears Where mm stais attain the summit of their greatnen ?1 As baseball Is the only game where flu Ules ate kejit to show exactly what worn eacn man nas accoinpusnect eacn year, thli is too onty game mat can e used as a fifi test in goir, ( hick Iivans was arou twenty-six when he won the amateur am open championship this last )ear. On the other hand, Oulmet beat Vnrdon and litjj when he was twenty, Travers won his I championship when ho was eighteen, aifl Walter J. Travis never played golf before he was thirty-five, and was, therefore, pistl tony vviien ne won me iiruisn open. Jji boxing or fighting, the best ages letnj to bo niound twenty-five or twenty-six, juatf ns lu baseball. However, there have beejl champions, and ninny of them, well beyond) thirty. Rut In the main most champloni leached their peaks of punch greatness well befcuo thirty Kltzslmmons and Johnjoa ' weie champions long after they had pasted!! tiiirty, ami jess wiliaru win never loqk'l upon miriy ngain, aunougn ne may uh j a LluK telescope for the job. So. for the last word In achievement la such catnes ns baseball, boxing and tennli' the vv Inning ago Isn't far away from twentj. live. j)cunu i cut -ijc ui iwemysevH greatness may still exist, but for the aver- ago It Is at least a lesser greatness. It would be hard to find fix greater sara.'ii pies than Cobb, Mathevvson, Walsh, Waf.1 tier, i.ajoie ami jonnson six or the famous names In the winding history of the! g.ime jour uict tneir greatest, wont twenty-six; tho other two at twenty-nvil This may not he tho unswer to the origin cpier), but nt least It Is about as closeU as o can shoot with the ammunition hand. m SCHOOL TEAMS NO IN QUADRUPLE TI Germantown Wins in Extrai r-. . r, , , rrs s i1 session uontest Trades School Upsets Central MANY GAMES FOR TODA1 Seldom, If ever, has there been a quail ruple tie in the race for basketball hononj with the season more than half over, Wbs the schoolbovs awoke this morning they dU cussed the great tight the leaders In tool High School League are making and r-j viewed the close, exciting., games ot yester-j day afternoon, .;i Four teams, representing the four sectloMil of tlio city, are neck to neck In line fofjl honors. Germantown High, Northeast Illctki Central and Southern must start all ov(' tigaln to get to tho top or the list. It li toss-up as to tho winner. Because of 'jcho l.istlc conditions at tills time, one team baljj about as much chance as another. f'l Tho results at a glance sliow that Tradei! hcnooi was responslblo for evening thlnsijl up in the league. Trade School won from central High, while Germantown defeat West riilladelnhla In tin extra-nerlod com fllct and while South Philadelphia was wuil nlng from Frankford. f? 'ino bcores of the league games were all follows: .-ti FIRST TEAMS VU South Philadelphia, 36: Frankfort High, 15. ,i Germantown High, 2G; .West PhllatUI pma, Z3. i Trades School, 43; Central High, 37, l SECOND TEAMS Philadelphia, 28; South High, 10. Frankfort Central High. 13; Trades School. West Philadelphia Second. 19; German town Second, 7. Trades School made Germantown His happy by defeating Central. Just now the Trades School nulntet Is most liked M the League. For such stars as Jlurph. Askenazl, Mornlngred, Hough, Spratt anil Holland not only win Imnortant contests! but they stay far enough down In tM standing not to vvorrv tho leaders. A long Held goal tossed from the hand or iiausscr saved the day for Germantowil iiign. vvnen Germantown and West 1'nil delphia ended the game the score was 21 1 22. In the extra session Hausser scored hi field goal and Burnett made a foul goal burgeson deserves credit for the bllllart game he played, und It Is now.certaln th Fisher's loss will not be severe. JJI Z FULL DRESS SUITS! cut to your measure In th lnteit Fifth Avenue atylei In Undnlebecl Wor.teda, T. Hill Gray., etc. Our'tfJOCj' peclal leader , V BUly Moran ,i&1103 Arch READ "PHYSICAL TRAINING Editorial In The Eva. Bulletin. Jan. 30. 1 Then call on ,, PHILA. JACK O'BRIEN l Iarn Boxing l'hraleal I'rrftrllon j UKAi.Tii niliuu, 4tn and stn rioer. N. K. Car. ISth and f'hnlnnt Hta. Bpruca 1040 Race 0Jl 1 nivmnii. A. A. Bread nalnbrlJr; J j -- -- iiarrr dwann. I". JIONDAY BVENINO, FEBRUABV 0 Frankle Ilolan T. Illllr Kmmeli :' l.lltle Hear Te. Young Mcdovern ' JOHNNY MAYO v.. JOHNNY MAIIOKIT IHI.I.Y. KKAMRK T.. (JAM BOIUDKA 1)111 K McANDBKlVS VI. JIMMY DID Adm. tit. Hal. Kee. 60o A 75c. Arena Bee, ..SATURDAY NlflltT SATIIBDAY NIQHW National A. C. Mtouigan. aigfi, ilia and uainano Johnny Kilbane meets Johnny . ria-B .VBJn1 llrel CaU i4 l f, ' KUIsVerg, nam to rest up ior ipnigscsirgy, LTUxs'trLri tf."! IB
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