EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1917 VlffW r-s CIRCUS MAY CLAIM ANOTHER VICTIMPHILS CAN BLAME DOWNFALL TO LURE OF SAWDUS1 ft i& r H ') CIRCUS CAN AFFORD.TO PAY $35,Q00 ? TO. ALEX FOR 35 WEEKS' WORK, AND BIG PITCHER IS CONSIDERING OFFER 7 f Phillies' Star Twirler Pails to Como to Terms With Club and May Pastime to Answer niHB lure of the tanbark, tlio sawdust Hub mid the Ills Top probably will cost the Philadelphia Ball Club one of the best pitchers In tho utilverso and a llrst division team this coming season. Grovor Cleveland Alexander, the mainstay of tho Phils since lie Joined tho club, Im thinking seriously of turning his back on tho national pastime ond Joining a circus this season, where there will be no dickering about a contract or lengthy Interviews on how much or how little a pitcher Is to receive for keeping a club In the pennant raco and drawing thousands of dollars In gate receipts. Alex has been offered $33,000 for thlrty-fho weeks' work with tho Big Show and has been refused $15,000 n year from n club which owes Its piesont high standing to his individual efforts. Ho has not yet Blgned a contract, and Judging from his present attitudo he will not until he receives tho salary ho asks. The chances are that ho will dicker with tho club foe possibly another week and then call everything off and answer the call of tho sawdust and canvas top. When tho news flashed across the whes that Alexander was to bo tho star attraction In a wandering circus this heason nt n salary of $1000 a week, tho wise ones shook their heads and softly murmured "Hunk!" They llgurcd that no ball player was worth that much ns an attraction and tho offer merely was a club to hold over, tho heads of the owners of tho 1'hlllles to enfnrcn tho big pitcher's demands. But It has turned out to bo nioro than puro unadulterated "bunk." A bona fide offer has been made and Alexander now Is carrying around a telegram from" Bill Pickens, a Chicago promoter, asking him to ncccpt or reject that $35,030 contract. Circus Can Give Alex $:io,000 and Still Make Money r: IS a great little Idea and will pan out profitably If Alexander answers tho call. A salary of $1000 a week Is not such an enormous sum, when ono considers that the circus holds fourteen shows eery week and only 2000 extr.i admissions are needed to make It up. That means that only 143 extra tickets must be sold to each how, and It Is a cinch that Alexander will draw that and many moro. Thero Isn't a kid In the United States who hasn't rend of tho blg.twlrler and hoped that he could get a chance to'seo him In action. Tho moro maturo fans feel tho samo way about It, and they will gladly dig down in their Jeans to watch him perform. A man like Alexander would cost the circus $71. CO for each performance. Figure out for yourself if ho Is worth It. Here Is another angle. Jess "Wlllard receives $300 a day with a circus and the owners are making money. When Johnny Kllbano appeared in this city, Bobby Morrow gave him $1000 for ono week nt tho Trocadero. Uurlesquo shows are accustomed to paying $1000 a week for star athletic attractions, so why shouldn't a circus bo able to do tho same thing, when It plays a different town each day and visits places far away from tho spots where big leaguo baseball is played? From whero we aro sitting, It looks ns if Alex tho Great has a real proposition to think over, and he will be foolish if ho turns it down. ONE of the star baseball players at tho Sports Writers' banquet nt tho Walton Hotel last night qornered Alexander nnd spoko ns follows: "Grab that $35,000 contract with tho circus as soon a3 you can nnd don't waste any time. It's moro money than you ever will be nblo to eain again in 11 Ingle year, and it will not hurt your standing to any great extent. Thero Is no chance for you to go stale or get Into poor condition, for you will bo wot king twice. a day for 245 days, and you will bo In better shapo at tho end than If you had pitched forty regular games with tho Phillies. You will warm up each day, jour arm will constantly bo in trim, but you will not take enough strenuous cxerclso to hurt it. After a year with tho circus you can come back Just tho samo and the club owners will bo glad to get you." The Trials and Tribulations of Leslie Darcy IT WOULD not be at all surprising if Lea Darcy'.s reputation as a lighter exploded with a terrible BANG! one of these dajs and tho Australian slacker was forced to pack up and hie himself to some other neutral country- After being panned and roasted for his attitudo toward the American boxers and coming in for mora criticism for signing up for a bout with Alburtus McCoy, ho now is tho ortex of another storm of disapproval becauso of his tilt with K. Timothy O'Sulllvan, his manager and companion in that famous transcontinental nnd transoceanic leap last December. K. Timothy has been turned out Into tho cold and cruel world, while Leslie Is living the life of ease nnd plenty in ono of Grant Hugh Browne's very best stables on his Goshen estate. The erstwhile manager is thrown among hard-hearted strangers, while the nonllghtlng boxer hobnobs with a spring of thor oughbred horses in their watm stalls. 'Tls not a squaro deal, says O'Sulllvan, and he threatens to start something that will mako Mr. Darcy feel very uncom fortable, to say the least. E. Timothy says ho had a contract with Leslie nnd was 'to havo received twenty-flvo per cent of all of his earnings In this country. Now the contract Is gone and Les Is nccused of pulling a hocus-pocus stunt in putting It out of business. And K. Timothy tells a harrowing tale. Contract Disappears While on Voyage IT WAS some place In the South Seas when tho good ship was pushing her way through the waves, northward bound. CySullIvan says that ho nnd Darcy were on deck, taking In the scenery and waiting for another wireless message from Tex KIckard, when Les excused himself and went below. He was gone some time, but when he returned a smilo covered his entire face, and ho wears that samo smllo to this day. E. Timothy, according to his story, then went below nnd found that all of his things had been ransacked and all of his baggage consisting of a suit caseopen and tho contents strewn all over tho place. He hastily looked for tho precious paper which called for that twenty-five per cent cut, but It was missing. It had been removed, torn to shreds nnd tho pieces scattered to tho four winds. O'Sulllvan does not accuse Darcy of swiping tho papers. Ho only says that they were In the stateroom before tho boxer's visit nnd they wero missing after5 ho left. It la on this torn piece of lost paper that O'Sulllvan expects to base his case. Hut Les Has Different Tale DARCT, on the other hand, has something elso to say. Ho asset ts that It pains him more than he cares to admit to attnch tho tlnwaro to his dear old friend t and pal, E. Timothy. He wanted to bo real nlco and decent about it and hlip E. T. some large wads of dough when those largo wads flowed Into his coffers. Ho does not say how much he would hand to his companion, but Inferred that It would bo enough to keep him in cigarettes. If O'Sulllvan had acted liko a regular guy and not taken so much on his. own hands, everything would havo been lovely at t this writing; but E. Timothy took It upon himself to sign up for a couplo of matches that failed to make a hit with his boss. Ono wns with MIKe Gibbons In Milwaukee for a purse of $50,000, but even this huge flock of money failed to im press Leslie. He wants to sign up for his own matches, and now that 11. Timothy Is fired the Milwaukee mill has been repudiated. This does not mako Darcy any more popular, and If the McCoy match goes through, which is not probable, thcio 'tylll be no wild' shouts of Joy if he comes through with the long end of the verdict. 1s11'b actions since his arrival In this country show that ho Is anything but a pugilist, and It Is about time for tho public to hand him tho "ras" whatever that Is, Willard and Fulton Pass Up New York and Take Milwaukee EARLY last month It was published exclusively In tho Evcvf.No Lmann that Jess Wlllard wanted to engage in ono or moro battles before ho retired and Fred Fulton would ba his opponent. It also was stated that tho mill would not be staged In New York, but In tho Auditorium, at Milwaukee where Wlllard'a money would be used to finance the show. Developments of the last few days have borne out -this statement. Promoters in New York have failed to put up a purse large enough to attract Big Jess and his unsilent satellites, Tom Jones nnd Jack Curley, although Grant Hugh Browne went as high as $70,000 for Wlllard's hare. This did npt seem enough for a ten-round no-declsion battle, so the .managers packed their grips and departed for tho West, Then came the news that Milwaukee probably would be the sceno of battle, nnd we aro anxiously, awaiting the next move. There Is no doubt that the change of scene will Increase the hox nfn- KM ' receipts. Fight fans In the Middle West K?'i pay almost any price for the privilege. If tliAdaanilH nf natntm- will rnmn rVnm .uu,.i". -.-""" - .,. ... u.Nn vcriuin mat tno f receipts will be close to $250,000, and this Is too good a bet for Jess to overlook. He has had Milwaukee In mind for some time, and all of the advertising given J the proposed New York match boosted his own game. Then there Svas Fulton j1' to be considered. His manager, .Frank Force, said that he wanted $30,000 for 'v Fulton's share of th? purse and there wasn't a chance In the world for him to St It In the big cltv. In Milwaukee, however, Where they still believe Fredward ' 'fa' a great scrapper, lie may be able to get his price. If the Infliction Is staged In month or two, the Auditorium, which seats 7500, will be used. If it Is staged ' ta May. the ball park or a special outdoor arena will be used. && A. -. "Ssimji" VVro Tittrtiln WnfJs NOW that the amateur rule has been cleared In the tennis world, Maurice E. 'Mclaughlin has started training for another nnd perhaps his last Invasion of tke East. The well-known "Comet" and other stars on the Pacific coast are look tpf tor ward to competing In the national championship tournament at Forest ma and other big events to be put on this summer, McLoughlln will hot be jflaiflllit with taking part only In the 1 last summer ana wui come nere prepare ip may in several nig tourna Ha wobably 'will, play In the doubles tourney which Is to be held In Boston, TsMlgMlliiil rililnit Pub Ward r t (flvathe players Turn Back on National Call of Sawdust Ring are anxious to see a big battle and will Chicago Is only eighty miles away nnd flint nitv. Tt fa nln.n . . ... .. fnv Tlio 7?nairt 7 .... national tourney. He realizes the mistake Dawson or Johnny Straclian will be his more time to rest up after the other tour- intends to start the championship singles, on BROWN TOPS LIST OF GOAL GETTERS Passes Ray Cross for Indi vidual Honors in East ern League l.tSTHKN I.KAflt'K STAMIINO V. 1., I'.C) Vf I 7 ft .SHI Cnmiti-n. a . 7 r. .njn Krwlinir.. n 7 7 (I ,5M lie Ncri J H .tastier tlreTshirk Irrnlon. Aon .in: 3.11 M'lir.ia'i.R run vtnr.K lliiirxlio In Nerl, nt Jiisner, I rliln.v luM'cr. nt Orc.rslock, KraYlni". Tr'",nn' nt "' Stril rn,I,d'n' nt Ttecords nf tho Hastem Uaskrtbali l.caguo dpclne tlio fact that Jimmy Hroun has ousted I'.aymond Cross as tho lending si'nrcr of the organization l.npt week t'10 Camden mm added elocn goals to h's total, making thlrty-nlno or nn nerago of 3 26 per gnmo Cross, on the other hand, was Irtu. ally standing still, getting only a solitary counter In two starts and now has thirty six or nn nverago of three per contest Hurry Franrkle, Johnnyv Beckmun, Krnle Itclch nnd Marty Kelnman nil started dur ing tho week. 1'lajcrs who liao scored In cery battlo nro Ileleh, Bcckman nnd Kerr. The honors really go to the Heading man, ns Kerr and Udell lmo only played a couplo of games. Joe Kog.irty, nf the Greys tops tlio One-point-getters, with Adams second and Dark thhd. Tho statistics follow: 1-ltl.l ,- Oamo me 3 25 3 mi A nn 2 U1 2 "7 2 117 2 31 2 25 2 111) 1 HI 1 SI 1.7ft 1 7ft 1.H7 l r.n l.r.n 1 41 1 411 1 2S 1.21 1 IS i in l.m 1.12 1 (is 1 IIS l nn l nn .77 .7 .117 r.7 .117 .1 .ftn .10 .81 .'2(1 .no .00 no ,U .741 71S .lii!7 li.'ilt .1141 .nil mi OaniM srmlit rials Drown, Cnm.Im . . I run, (Irrjulock. . Kclch. Do Nerl. Urtkman landing Htceto. i'nmdon . . . Hedrnn. Jns tt-r . - , IWr. .lorpor Krlodnnn Jasper Dolln. ("ntnilpii. . H'lcarnmn, Orostoel I'mmlilc Trfnion... Norman, l NVrl. . . KuKnrt ilrPMilnck, Now man. Tr-nton. . Tomn. Trpnlun .... l.aurcnco lr?stock nark. Jnnnf r 12 an I'J ax j ii u sr, 12 :i2 12 32 a 12 27 12 21 12 2T 1 2 22 12 at 12 21 12 an 12 IN 12 IS 12 17 10 14 s IN I! ., lii 12 is n 1l! Ill 11 3 UrtK, Trfnton 10 Harr, pn Nerl Adam Camiln 7 1 11 12 11 12 12 H 12 12 1 n 12 II 12 in ia it it ii 13 13 1 l)rvfu, IM Nerl .... O Donnt-ll, Headlm; IH-lRhan. CnrndTi I.'-otiHrd, Jasper Morrli, Keaillnff Il.irlnw . lie Nrl 'reple, rnmdoii IWbh. Tteaillni; . MrWIIIIarrn tlriiitork. I'urliilte Trfnton f nshm ui .lasnt-r .... Vnx, JacpT . . . Klnkaldp. (lre tock. .. . in l :i Scars. Headlnc 11 lUtrKerty. lleadlni? 12 iWzlngcr. Trenton I rost, 1 rentnn . . . . Wilnn, Urewoik Mr-Oreffor. Jasper. .. IiikIK Trenron ,. llllson. li Nrl Oaanaugh, Do Nerl. . rOLT, SHOOTINd Made Mil. iml r ISO 7 ir.0 ii 21 1 Ml w 131! 7 11 Chances . .211 . . 2H4 . .. 2 IS . . . .HI . 211! . . . 211 ... is TflRarty . Adann .. Hark Norman . I'urlettp. . Hears . . . Hetknmn aedran 1 tl)4 :i The pailnu of lie, Nerl In Saturday came was a rpeatton, but wns nothlne compared to the shuttlm; out of threo men liko Steele, Adams ana noun. Ono week from tomorrow nlKht all tnde. pendent Imsketlmllers will attend a banquet at the Hotel Walton An nssoiHtlon will be formed It Is useless in sav heio who Is I'hlla delphli's most piomlnent ihko man In the inde pendent ranks. Kenbod knows lilni nnd h. shirks luiblli Ity, so for this reason tho name la omitted. Seernl Tamden so-ralled rrllles are nf the opinion that Marty rrledman Is loo rouch Hut Ibey do not say what thev consider resardlnB his ability as a drawlner rard Ho has tilled tho Armory on moro than ono occasion, ami tho stidlum witnessed Its blgirest crowds on Jasp-r'H visits this season Marty jnav bo roush all riqht but don't forcet to add rleer and ulso throw In the fact that no matter how hard he Is bumped noer uttera a complaint Marty rrledman Is game Hefore the American I.eauue, series were started It was pointed our that the champion ship mlsht be decided on foul tossinff and each club possessed a consistent shooter. StraiiRn wns evldentlv frlRhtened.' but Wood never faltered This Wnodla person is a credit to basketball, a pentlemanlv player who alwas pltvn tieun and fair lie taptatns tho 1V(s Mnomlns baseball team Jasper and Rendlnu nio the two Hastern T.enffue tennis undefeated on the home floor. Trenlon has made a pood record against Iho Grevs bavins defeaed tho champions !n two out of four Eenies ut Cooper Itattallon Hall Po Nerl fans are real enthusiastic over tho bo that now wear tho Musical Fund Hnll colors, nnd Manager Mjers la to bo com mejuled for tho line club ho has rounded to gether Tho Hastern Ilasketball I.ssbuo is Idle this pvenlnK owing to the fait r.iat the Camden Armmy is beinn used for tho police carnival all week The camo scheduled with the Orea will be plnjM on n Saturday nlsrht In tho near future. Creelej and Hanev both Camden Eastern Leaguers have been plalnK (Treat ball all season for I'oltstown No-man. of Do Nerl. has been a consistent scorer nnd has nnlv been shut out In ono name In Iho last two starts with Hrnl- Itush. ns his partner ho Is credited with lx assls. AloH fletziliKer could easily bo called the naitern League Jumplns-pnck First with Tren ton i then He Nerl. released and resigned, then to Heading- and now back with Trenton, When rtnv Steele and fiddle Dolln were blanked In Saturday's i game- It marked the first time tho trlrk had been turned In this half. And these Camden plajera havo been scoring in remarkable form. .. Johnnv lleckman Is aurely one wonderful scorer and his baskets are generally of the sensitlonal varietv. He Is no doubt one of Iho best shots In the business and would do better if in shapo at all times. msmnnd Cross ran into a decided slump last week and scored only onco In two settos This samo Cross person landed twelve two-pointers tho week previous TT-rv Trnnckle's work tho last month has been the equal of anything een In these parts and his showing was easily the feature of Trenton's comeback And besides, he made twentj-one Held goals in hia last seven games. CURING AUTO'S COLD Hot-Water Treatment Best Aid for Car Stiffness in Winter One ualton of hot -water will work won ders with nn nutomoblle that Is balky be causo of cold weather. A few minutes before you try to start your car. If the weather has been particu larly cold, pour hot water into tho radiator. Then try tho self-starter or tho crank. Nina times out of ten tho encine will not stall. If necessary, draw enough water out of the radiator to mako room for the hot water. Should the first "dose" of hot water fall to produce results, draw out the water you have poured In nnd try Ittgaln, using water hollinc hot Should this application fall, Blvo It up and telephone for a repair man. Thero is. something:, more serious the matter with your car than stiffened oil In the bearings. 1 $5 "a I M v. 51 BILL HOLLENBACK Ho ivns dropped by Syracuse as football coach. Bowling News In the Insuranco League, Mather Company won threo Iroin Camden. Price lolling iluo In hi- second game for Iho winner. Itellnnce won two from trans Mutual. Iloosters won three riom l'eoples, Alc being high scorer vvllh 17. -u-t and li.'U. Aetna tie.lt Travelers Iwo nanus, llorton getting a Sis more. r.lbertsnn, of Camden, rolled scores uf lull, 100 nnd ImI, Commonwealth won two fiom ileal Kstato In Trust ami Insurance series. 1'enn Mutual bent I'rovldcnt In all thiee. winning the sei ond game on a loll-off of a. ?:'.S He. Philadelphia Having bent (llranl 'Irust three and 1 Idellty Mutual won two from fidelity Trust. Whltaker. of Fllellty Mutual, began with 210 K lleber, o! Penn'Mulual. obtaln'd scores of lfij mil 172. tho latter twlie In succession against Provident. In rtoval Arcanum tournev (iermantown No. t learn lent Philadelphia C'milli II two games anil llnverford outrollod (leim intoivn Mi. - in all thrve games. IlelUif conilubd with 2.1. for Hnvirforil Hvnns, of Philadelphia, rolled .ill In tho final game. , Btrawbrldgo A Clothier League matches, tolled on Kesstono nllc!,s last lilghl resulted ! I on tract taking Iwo games from ltetull tndlt. Uholfsnle nfter winning the flrt game by ono pin. dropped the next two to Hugs (lloves won all threo from Jewelry, cnptuilii-r ttie last game by the siant margin nt ono pin Clothing nlo won Its sirlea Irom Accnuntn. lothlng totaled 2.121 for lis threo games Hlokes rolled tho best lullvllual game with a 2U si nro. Tim,- T.ent-nn mntrhes. rolled On Terminal al- les last night, showed big scores some of the teams giving mo nesi exmtmion oi me ee.-iMiu. Nationals won two from Hikmnn Manufao turlng Companv. tho former icgl"lerlng three big S00 totals nnd the latter ringing up a Hill scorn In its tlnal. H. K. and 1'. Compans, the leaders, won the old game fnnii 1 edernls. the lalltr tracking nut n HVl total In llielr secon 1 game. II K Mulford Column v and II. K VVumpolo Company won Iwo out o. three from V. V. I). Company und H. K. While Conjpam. respectively. , Achterman covered hlmsel' wlih glory. After rolling SD in his first game, tho lowest ot tho night ho also broke the high single game rec ord of tho leaguo with a 21 scoro In his sec ond attempt. , Strnbb upset 2.14 pins In his third game, close ly followed by Doc. shields, with 227. Philadelphia Leaguo mat. lies, rolled on Ke.v stone nlievs last night resulted In Km stone winning the od I game from Tioga, l.lbortv Hell won two from Melroio In n high sinrlnc series IVnnsjIvnnl-i Ilallroad won two rrotn Crescent. riurlil Manufin lining Companv won all three games from Jenklniliwn. Hon I si ores were the Hilo for the night. Krldci lei Hie double cen tury scorers with a 2 IS (.anie l'rbo. ook Menge llobertson. Nock, llu Ii llffe nnd Horan lolled big double lentuiles Krller rolled high three, totaling 0.-.4 Jor Ills threo Karnes. Me ro rolled the best single game seme of the night 10111, and a total of 2S7:i for Its three games. CARL MAYS MUSI SIGN OR PAY TRAINING EXPENSES BOSTON', Feb II I'lesulent Hairy It Frazee of the Hoston American League Baseball Club, has delivered an ultimatum to Pitcher Carl Mas. which, ho said, ap plied to all playcis who are withholding their signatures to contracts tendered them bv tho club becau'n of salary differences Mays had written that ho would go to Hoi Springs and discuss tonus tlieie. President Fiazee telegraphed him In reply that be was at libel ty to statt when he wished, but that tho trip would bo at the pla.ver's expense, anil that It terms were agreed on at Hot Springs they would be tho terms offered by the club, not those sought by tho player "Wo will send trans portation only to thoso players who havo signed; others will either stay nt homo or pay their own1 expenses," the. President stated Contracts oj Pelos Oatnor, first baseman and Fred Thomas, foimer third baseman for the New Orleans club, haro been re ceived. Walking Locs Its Chnnn Tho patient, althougli recovetlng on operation, seemed dlsoontenled from when the nirgeon met him on the stieet. "What's the matter?" asked tho surgeon "you said you'd havo mo on my feet again In three weeks," replied the patient. "J ." "Well, I did It, didn't I?" challenged the surgeon. "Ves, you did," responded tho patient "But I had to sell my nutomobllo to pay your bill." MARLEY 2 IN. DEVON 2H IN. ARROW COLLARS 15 cts. each, O lor 00 cts. CLUETT. PEABODY & CO.. INC. MAKERS Suits or Overcoats TO ORDER $ 11 .80 r- n t "L".Y...' Reduced fe Uig Window mHU sso, 23 & t( PETER M0RAN& CO. m,c,VoarV 8. E. COR. DT1I AND ARCH 8TB. LJ Lock Your Car Automobiles are being stolen right and left. It Is no longer safe to leave your car on ' tho streets. The Terry Auto I.oek baffles the cleverest auto thief. The car cannot be towed or driven, as the front wheels are wild when the car Is locked. A different key for every lock. It is handy,, compact, and can be attached to any car. "Cer Our Price firt Standard Supply & Equipment Co. Auto, Rllrod, Mine, Mill and Conjrnetlni Huppll.. EAST-WEST TENNIS PLAY ON MARCH 7 Annual Interseciional Meet to Be Held at Los Angeles I.OS ANHHI-KS, Cn!., Feb. 21 I'lans havo been completed to hold tho KasMVcst tennis matches hero March 7, S, 9 anil 10, on n Mieclnlly constructed nsphnlt court, nt the fnlvrrslty of Southern California. The personnel nf the western team has nut boon derided, but It probably will In clude Wllllnm St. Johnston, Clarenco J. tliinin and John 11. Strneluin, of San Fran cisco, and .Maurice 15, McI.otiBlillti. Thomas I' Hiimly and Claude A. Wayne, of l.os AliKeles A loiind robin for women player. In cludlnK the Misses Molla HJurstrdt, Clirls tinnla. Norway, and Mary Hrmvno, I,os Aintcles, nnd Mrs. May Sutton Dundy, l.o-? Anneles. will bo held In connection with the matches NORTH CAROLINA KILLS ANTI-SUNDAY GOLF BILL 1IAI would North hotiso Page, ,1511111, N. C, Feb. 21 A bill which havo piohibited Sunday golfing In ("nrolln.i has been killed in the lower of, tho Assembly. Representative of tho rinchurst nnd Southern Pines t, succeeded by ono vote In obtaining tlon for bis district nftev the bill .issed second lead. On tblid reading suppoitlng members refusil to oto because ot tho exemption illstrh oxemp bad i). many for It Maurice J. Hcrford, Sportsman, Dies IIALTIMOIIK. Mil . Feb. 21. Maurice .1 Her ford, well-known member of locil nmrilng r ir eles and who. with his brother At managed the lato Joe Hans died here. He had been un conscious since last Saturday nlubt when ho was"Mrliken ill, with aiuto Indigestion Hoelkc nnd Schupp Sipn Up NT.W TOfJK. Feb. 21 Tho New York Na tional Leaguo club has announced that signed contracts had Veen received fiom 1'irst Itaseman Walter Iloelko and Pitcher I'erdlnind Pi hupp. Murad is the fashionable, the business, the club cigarette. Murad makes new friends every day. The Greatness of Murad is because it is made of 1 7 pure Turkish tobaccos the world's most famous tobaccos for cigarettes. Murad stands alone in Popularity be cause Murad stands alone in Goodness. . (i tfl H B BsHllllllllllllllR siHUllllllllllllllllllllllllll UllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllA iiiiiiiiiBHBH Ih Hi ifl tlV iHsjB pIb pH 5- JJ1E TllQMJH riiADFTTB EARL MELRATH WILL DEFEND TRAP TITLE OF PENNSYLVANIA AGAINST J BIG FIELD IN HARRISBURG MEETi t Champion to Compete in Thirtieth Annual Tour4 nament of Sportsmen vnw Aff.prnoon Daw Paul TsKntpvprl . $A .v ......--.-- -- r sAfir Ti Mt-I tlAO-tf r.f Ibla lv- tirecent I""'" '" "M'""" " ' "" '" XL holder nf tho Pennsylvania Challenge Trophy, emblematic of tho Stale llvc-blrd shooting championship, will defend his tltlo tomoiiow nt llarilsbuig against tho best marksmen of tho Keystono domain. Tho evcht Is tho thirtieth annual live bird trapshnnt ot tho Harrlsburg Kpotts men's Association, tho classic of pigeon matches, and calls for each gunner to shoot nt twenty birds. Tho contest, which is of a handicap tpe, gives nil gunners of mediocre nblllty s. chance to win, ns tho men shooting nro hntidlcnpped twenty-seven to thirty-two yards, aiconllng to their ability. To win tho test will bo no "pipe." as fifty rugged and scaoned wing shots usually graco tlio traps In nntffort to bring homo tho "bacon." William Miller, of Heading, who on Feb liiary S romped homo with the Clreat East ern Handicap by-scoring perfect, will bo ono of tho men of whom great things arc ex pected, nnd ono person whom Melrath, the Phllllo crack, must heat to even up old scores. Inst year lbarT Melrath, In order to win tho title, had to "grass 'em" all, Just twenty speedy birds. This year tho little Quaker City wing shot is out to repeat. Ho Is In good form, halng lately scored nineteen out of n possible twenty birds In competi tion. Other Philadelphia gunners Tlavy Paul, Iko Know les rieorgo 15llber, Billy Clegg and Izzy Hoffman will also shoot In tho big contest. Two soml-Iocal gunning clubs have slated tniget sports for tomorrow At Darby tho Clean lows havo a flftj-tarcct rard, whllo fauowuzM- VI V.II !,- j A anmcmyumOM s Association Tomor- v ..-, .... v w. v I nt the Philadelphia F.lectrlcs tho same r,reJ& irrnm ho his ll.n hnni-,1. Pre.fi " - "' tm The wlrcmcn's shoot will be a eomhi. M Hnll hnltl1.1V nfrille nn.l , ....,. .V0.""'"' M ..ci. ;.;." ;.","".' " ;-vnoniai shooi,t,s blrVlidav" CCIcbra'"hi; " VJ CURS START FOR CAMP WITHOUT TIM ARCHER .,':L,,C:Aa0J .V1" Fcb' -'-Tho Cub, .no iiieu i-.uiip louowers are on their way for A . ..n....cii, .i mo nisi nig league club to i get under way to training quarters Th. $ 5 .'-I'ffi nro "Ca,,ed by -Manager Fred & -MHillCII- L'. Among those who did not get a chanen t draw for a berth was Catcher Jimmy j Archer, who could not mmo ir. . ..1)7 t o her President Weeghman or Mitchell, .llmmy asset ted that he had been unable to And the boss of the Cubs and that ho had missed an nppointment with him through no fault of his. Ho was In cor,?.? enco with Manager Mitchell during th, afternoon, but could not see his way clea to accept tho terms offered, and ce. iiuently lie stayed at home. H Is unllk.b, i I that he will Join tho team whllo on tl trii M although ho may patch up his riiff.l.i. 'ii fit with Weeghman before tho team returns. ?J, Keep Tires in Dark I'larc Aiitomobllo tiros should bo kept ns much V ns possible away fiom light heat ami oil k which work great haim on the rubber f fabric. Imposed tv light or heat Iho ru" 1 her dries, haidens and cracks Tires not I In sen Ice, tlieieforc, should ne stored In n cool, dark plnce. Oil, which Is les de. k. niiiic-iivc-, muiuiu no vvipcu ore with gaso lino or bcnzltic. "TihOlAb ' n f: r i ! J? T Duns. ..J .---.- - wwi u atffna. an QHporiunuy ,10 s .rr rr i"rr:Fsrr r .., . ,- .- . rLUI, S' -.. - ( .- "S LoltMKit x,gL7ttmnnUfc
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