M. i iJ.ri.fcmi IS A GOOD THING ft1 ALL RACE HORSES ENLlSTTHEN WE ARE SURE TO SAVE MON Boxing commission ruins darcy's , OPPONENTS AND NOW GRANT BROWNE .'LOSES HIS CHANCE TO LOSE $50,000 Official Edict Is That McCoy and Dillon' Settle 'Their Long-Standing Quarrel Before March 1. Will Kill Interest in Big Bout on March 5 t a. A BtV - 'A TT N0W looks as If the fates are conspiring to prevent Grant Hugh Browne irom staging the Initial battle between I,es Darcy and somebody else and deprlv . Ing him of the tonor of losing about $50,000. The New York Boxing Commls Ion has put the kibosh, or something like that, on the bout with McCoy, and When all arrangements had been made to substitute Jack Dillon, the commlsh tepped In and put that match on the blink. The official edict Is that Dillon and McCoy must settle their longstanding quarrel In John Welsmantle's club on or before March 1, nnd after that Darcy can take on both men In one night If he eo desires. All of which Is perfectly proper, If It were not for the fact that tfrowno Is tied up with Alburtus, the champ. Al is to recehe $10,000 for his nhare of the fuss with Darcy, and If he Is walloped all over Brooklyn by Dillon,, he still has the signed papers In his possession and can call at Madison Square Garden on the night of March B and collect his dough, But he can collect but $10,000, and Browne would lose more than that If the Infliction is perpetrated. Of course, there is a possibility of McCoy flattening Dillon, and there also Is a possibility of John D. Uockefeller giving a million to fight the high cost of gasoline. Alburtus, if he ever lands a haymaker on Jack's Jaw, will send him to aleep early in the evening; but although It Is well known that McCoy can hit like . n pile driver, it also Is well known that he lands about one punch In twenty. I The truth of the matter Is that Alburtus, the champ. Is one of the worst fighters j In the world and always puts up a rotten performance. He covers up from bell to bell, and all that can be seen Is a covering of gloves, arms and elbows. Even 1 If he stays ten rounds with Dillon it will kill the match with Darcy. The best 4 thing Browne can do Is to postpone the match until McCoy becomes aged and Infirm, or slip the champ $10,000 and get a real fighter to meet Darcy in the Garden. AUSTRALIA is thousands of miles ayvay and it's a safe bet that Grant Hugh Browne wishes that Darcy had never left the place. It is rumored that he is willing to give Leslie a ticket home one way any k time he, asks for It. Frank Moran Is Out With $7500 Dcfi for Fred Fulton ' TTIREDWARD, the Furious Fulton, is in again. This time he Is assisted by Francis -Charles Moran, the heavyweight stumbling block, and Francis Charles appears ln-the offing with a bundle of coin und a desire to engage in battle with Fredward. The blonde Irishman Is certain he can take Fulton's measure and dares him to sign for a match. And, to make things interesting, he will guar antee the huge plasterer $7B00 before, during or after the fight if he only signs the papers. That's a big bunch of money, even for n man of Fulton's class, but the big guy Isn't breaking his neck In a wild scramble to grab It. The bout with Wlllard looks too good to be spoiled and he will continue to sidestep until if is closed or called off altogether. At that, Moran would have a good chance of putting the furious one away for the count. If he trained as hard as he did for Coffey in the two battles and for the mix-up with Wlllard, Fied would be in grave danger every second ho is in the ring. Francis Charles has a knockout wallop, ' as can be proved by Coffey, and can absorb all kinds of punishment, as Wlllard Will tell you. He probably would have u defense for that good left Jab carried by his opponent and then lay back until the opportunity came to slip over his "Mary Anne." Moran can hit Fulton, and any man the Irishman can hit ,Jiquarely will fall. For that reason the match never will be made unless Fred Sa starving to death or is given the gate by Jess Wlllard. Alex Now a HI ember of the High Salary League G ROVER CLEVELAND ALEXANDER, purchased by the Phils for $650 and after six years in the National League, has finally Jumped Into the class of ball players drawing huge salaries. He will begin this season to draw a salary proportionate with other great stars of the game, after having pitched his team Into ono pennant and having tried valiantly to do the same thing in two other easons. He signed a contract calling for a salary, it is generally believed, of $12,500 a year. This is $2500 less than the sum he was holding out for and is $2500 more than he was "finally" offered by President Baker. There are now five men in baseball believed to be drawing larger salaries than Alexander. Two of these, John J. McOraw and George Stalllngs, are man ngers. Ty Cobb, Trls Speaker nnd Eddie Collins are the others. They are admittedly the greatest players In the game. Cobb Is reported to be drawing $16,000 a year, npeaker $17,500 nnd Collins $15,000. Walter Johnson, of the Senators, is receiving a salary of $12,500. Comparing the record of Alexander with records of other high-salaried stars, Jt is reasonable to argue that Alexander should have received the raise he has been granted long ago. In 1915 Alex won thirty-one games and lost ten, pitching his team almost unaided Into the championship of the National League. He I missed duplicating this feat last fall by the narrowest of margins. In fact, he ' pitched two games in a single day last fall, winning both of them. He won i the only world's series game credited to the Phillies over the Red Sox in the 3915 conflict. MA.-Mahaha HA-HA HA-jJ FRIEND WIFE x I aaaaaaaaaaKpSaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw V H' (SvT Va YOU FALL OF BED OH, MAN1 t English Billiards More Complicated Than American Game I TPHE English game of billiards, which Is being demonstrated by George Gray, ' ' -- professional champion of England, and Bert Kortlang, one-time amateur cham- "plon of the United States and Australia, Is different from the American game, In so far as It is more complicated ana tne rules are more strict, though it is asler to run up a high score with fewer shots than In the American game. The table on which the English game is played is twelve by six feet, which is ' moro than one-third larger than the American table. The balls are smaller, being 2 3-32 inches In diameter. The cues which some bllllardlsts use vary. I Cray uses a small, finely tapered one, the tip being three-eighths of an inch In diameter, while Kortlang uses a large pne, which is nearly the size of the leverage stick. A possible ten points can be made in the game. To make your own ball ff the red ball counts three, and off your opponent's the count is two. If tho red ball is made in a pocket it scores three, and the opponent's white ball slot Into a pocket counts two. If the red ball Is pocketed after making a billiard, and then the opponent's ball, along with your own, goes into the pocket, the count fls ten. This shot, according to Gray, is hardly ever won. In fact, it Is almost an impossibility unless the balls are placed In perfect position. A shot which in made regularly by Willie Hoppe, hitting the red ball, getting it out of the way so hit the white ball, according to Gray, who demonstrated the shot at the Regent Academy, 1209 Market street, would not be tolerated In England, because, he ssays, when this shot is made you have to hit the shooting ball twice with your scue, and, the shooting ball comes back before you can get your stick out of "the way. The shot that made Gray famous Is the "side hazard." He gets the (opponent's white ball out of the way, then the red ball In the center of the table and shoots at the red ball from the balk line and makes his own ball rtn the side pocket. In almost all cases It brings the red ball back to its identical reposition. His record of 2196 points was made mostly by the "side-hazard" shots. I ... ( I QYRACUSE has a new football coach. Now all they need is about a dozen ' O new football players of the first class and all will be well. Cobb's Creek Golf Club May Flourish Next Year OW that an entirely new line-up of officers has been Introduced Into the Cobb's Creek Golf Club, made up of players at the public links of this city, there mav be something more of usefulness and Interest in the body than was the case last year, when the club ran amuck. The club was founded last year soon after the opening of the jqourse by H. Wellington Wood and Arthur Edgecomb Rendle. Jit had for its purpose the bringing together of the players at the club in com (knon friendship, the Introduction of tournaments at the course for the purpose IDf stimulating golf Interest among the beginners, and the suggestion of various Improvements and Ideas to the Park Commission which those using the club (every' day would be In a position to give. It was thought that the players at the course, acting as a solid unit, would have more Influence than the tax-paying (golfers acting individually. II. Wellington Wood was, elected president at the Jfirst meeting, -which was held at the Ritz Carlton, and Arthur Edgecomb Rendle was elected treasurer. They received their offices, It was said by those present, because they appeared to know a lot about golf, to be fine players, and because they made the best speeches. x But the Fireworks Soon Began HE club got In bad with the Golf Association of Philadelphia, which had done most of the work In getting the links on the local map, right at the start and tiad a very stormy existence. Wood tried to run the course, then had a fight Jwlth Rendle, and afier that Rendle tried to run the course. Both were "on th touts" with each other and finally things were maneuvered so that the skids were put under wooa ana no was ousiea at tne "reorganization" meeting, which was bailed together mostly through the Influence of Rendle. It waa'Rendle'a nlan fo be himself elected to the presidency, and with this in mind he came to the Jneetlng loaded down with proxies. But the proxies were ruled out and thus Rendle was not elected to anything but the discard. The new and progressive (Mwnent was elected to power, and those interested in the public course now sit MK ana wan wr asveiopmeniB. iasi year me puDuo. course came into something renutejtnrougn me activities or me sen-organized club, and If the policy of WN Cobb's creeK uou hud is not. cnangea mis year, It would seem time for the JsMk CwwilsIon to step In and wipe it off the map. TkXAM been a tough winter for the men -who build football teams. folwall and Ho".nbaok have been taken over the hurdles, and mmvr eWj-wso wceeoo. incoming on. The trio know no wmm attempt " ,uvuwmuj, ...... OUT have! Yovj i ( LI STEM y Y 6 CHnCM 'SUBJECT NEW&R - To MV DYIMG DAY VMILL I FORGET HOWJ J YOU LOOMHI5 wi-eM You FELL OUTJ VOF BEPy 'I lfMl EVENING I JUST HAPPEMED Vj I T OP BED,. OH DAZg?5-Sss. at i i Breakfast ON the STREET I MUST Teuu You A VGOOD ONE OM vJOG- THERE'S SOMETHING IN VbJR E.PESS10N Nouj ThT REMINDS ME op UJHEH YOU FELU OUT OF BED JOE r r $&) ji IN BLSMCHE JJEAR-LISTGM- I'VE GOT SOrETH'MG AWUUY FUNNV To TELi Vou uirieH YoO come OVBR. TOMIGHT di The cafe J07? 1 .1 II J3r, "IT? r-s tH,. i . Fi'lft TZTTJ Mt iMWvi &&fih M PHONE . M f cosa ctc- 1M lllll The WkV Mil JxX. vyt FIRST POSITION AT STAKE AGAIN Leadership Depends on Re sult of Jasper-Greystock Game Tonight EASTKRN I.KAfllTK STANDING 4al- .... K ft ,flft Camitrn. .. .sou Nralock.. I 8 -"-S RfalUne.... 6 7 .4(12 Trrnton... 7 (! .ns Dc .Nrrl ..4 0 .308 M'liniiiTi.K for nur.it Tonlrht Jii.prr. nt (irn.lork hnturday Trenton, nt He frli Camden, at ItraUInc AMEItir.tN I.RtntTR n.AYOFF tv. i.. p.c. w, i,. r c. Ilnnrofk... t o 1.000 Flfllfth.... O t .000 Again Is the Hastern basketball leader hlp at stake when Jaoper in."cles Cooper Battalion Hall, Twenty-third and Christian streets, tonight and clashes with Bailey's champions. We were about to remark that this may be the crucial gamp of the season, but this dear old sdjectle Is so oerworked In Kastern League society that It may well be resered for a short while Jasper's victory oer De Neil last night shoved the Jewels out front, but a setback by the Cooper Hall warriors will relegate them to second place It will readily be recalled without burden ing our mental equilibrium that the last time the Kenslngtonlans Invaded the domi cile of the Ramcat aggregation the een Ing's seance resembled a battle on the Somme, and about as near as we hope to get to the trenches Is the scene of this evening s battle. From this explanation It will be observed that a bunch of cripples will not be seen In action and only those In the best of shape will face Referee Baetzel when he calls the big show to order. The team that wins will surely have the Inside track In the race, especially If Jas per comes out on top, as the Grejs are a game behind the schedule, their game with Camden on the Skeetcrs' court Wednesday being postponed. And these foreign con flicts in the Eastern are generally hard to get away with. Jasper won Its seventeenth straight game on the home floor by defeating I)e Is'erl last night by the score of 32 to 23 Tho victory gave Jasper the lead,. at least tem porarily. In the race, It was a close affair throughout, the first half ending 12 to 10 In favor of the home talent. The Jewels out scored the visitors from the Held 10 to 6 and they went to Friedman 6, Sedran 1, Dark 2, Leonard 1, Fox 1, Dreyfuss 2. Norman 2. Barlow 1 and Harvey 1. At foul shooting Dark tossed 12 out of 20 and Norman 11 out of 18. The feature of the fracas was the clever work of Marty Friedman. He was opposed to Ernie Reich, and the latter was shut out, although two pretty baskets were tossed out on him by Referee Keely. Kid Dark came to life in the second half, and his two goals were only gained after remarkable sprints down the floor. What may proe the deciding game In the American League will be staged at Nata torlum Hall, when Hancock and Fiftieth Club meet in the second of the series to determine the winner In that organization. Foul Bhootlng decided the first game, which Hancock galloped away with quite handily. On that occasion Bill Strange, the usually reliable one-pplnt tosser of Fif tieth, was away oft color, and Woodle. of Hancock, had a "night on." As the field goals were even. Hancock got first leg on the championship. A victory for Fiftieth will even up the argument, and then the winner will be decided on Monday. If Han cock lands, then the players of that club can keep in shape to play the Industrial titleholders for the championship of the city. HORIZON IS DIPPED IN SNOWS, BUT "SPRING HAS CAME," AS PROVED BY BASEBALL CLUBS POINTED SOUTH Hy GIIANTLAND KICK TTErtEWITH we announce the arrlal of foiced matches they put away forty-thtee J-J- another spring Suits or Overcoats $ 11 .80 TO ORDEB J"""r Kedneed fr. Big Window JHo f so. tzs izi PETER MORAN & CO. M?A??0AV a. S. COB. tin AND ABCn Ti. rI VMPI A A A Broad Ilalnbrldce SIONDAV KVENINO. FK.llllL'AKY is Al Fox va. Joe Eazen Jrk Ioli va. Frankle Uolan Jlmmr MrCabe va. Jnhnnjr Mealey llattllni Nrhultl ta. Johnny Mayo , Artie Root vs. Lew Tendler Adm. tit, Hal. Ren. 60e 15c. Arena Ka. tl. 8ATCBDAV1I01IT BATUBDAY NIGHT NATIONAL A. C.i&ff&tiSXtfSi. Art Matlre Bleats K. O. Leuihltn Johnny Mahoner ve. Jlmnr Towera Preaton Brown to. Eddlo Fltaalmona TWO OTHER AT.USTAK CONTENTS Adm. J5c. Bra, 60c. 75c and (1 CAMBRIA A. C. Sft&S !? TONIGHT TONK1IIT ' KDDIB SHANNON T. JOB BOONS JTOUB OTIIKft STAB BOUTS Eastern League Basketball TONIGHT AT rOOPKft, BATTALION HAIX im Hna t utiomod oiri The landcape may be gray with snow or hleak with leafless trees that stand out lined agaln't a slate-colored sky. The wind may have a Hop upon Its Fat One attached to the sting of a virile young hornet. It may be snowing or blowing, or both Theve things hae nothing whatever to do with the case. For spring has came. It airled with the announcement that .sundry ball clubs were mobilizing and pointing In the general dl icctlon of the plnk-tlnled South In Dixit land to take t,hrtr stand And slam thr pttl to heat the band, To ooirti up long-froited otnna With infield peps and outfield fiinns Where "Coming Cobbs" are after jobs And budding stars are thiek, But where by May they fade atcay To let the Old Boys stick. In Dixie land they're praised and panned, And some are held and some are canned, Where agile scribes evolve new curves, With phantom dips and mystic swerves, Where one and all land on the ball And play a jam-up game. Rut where by June, in Saskatoon, They've faded from the frame. With major league ball clubs headed South, spring can be officially written across the face of the calendar. These lines are Its official heralds: "Marquard takes It easy, but says the old arm feels great" ; "rtixey" expects to pitch the game of his life"; "Eddie Collins faster than ever aiound tho old bag"; "Dave Robertson faster than ever before." Advance Dope Advance dope, with Its usual elasticity, Is already beginning to swarm across the bor ders of the sporting page. . In the National League It Is now a ques-' tlon of "Who'll beat out the Giants?" In the American League the main query is, "Can the Red Sox get by again?" Mc Graw not only has the strongest ball club on paper. Last fall, In the five closing weeks, he had by all odds the strongest ball club on the field. Until the collapse came at the finish he had a club able to run rough-shod oer all opposition the main answer being twenty-six straight. The main tangle Is that last May the Giants won seventeen straight on the road and then flopped from within a game of the peak to sixth place. They were The most erratic ball club that ever took the field. In two lctorles without a defeat and then couldn't finish any better than fourth They ought to win but there's a bale of temperament attached to the club, and temperament Is always beond the border of the dope. Hut temperament also means human In terest nt times, nnd the Giants, win or lose. are going to b almost as Interesting nl machine as the old Cubs. The Red Sox Outlook The Red Sox began their campaign of fiightfulness In 1012 They skidded In 1913 and 1911. but In 1915 and 1916 they le tuined again with both barrels loaded. The one chance for them to be stopped Is a physical decay that was not nppaient to the naked orb last ear. With Speaker sold before the season opened, with Joe Wood missing, with Shore and Leonard in poor early season foim. with Jack Harry hors du second base on through the stretch, they cut their way to the peak and remained there nt the finish. What hae the Red Sox got? Nothing but a world of pitching strength, plenty of baseball brains and experience, a good fielding club, with a scattering of danger ous hitters and an undue amount of pluck and stamina. That's about all. They hae been In three world's series within five years and hae won all three. Unless Jack Harry falls down as a leader which he shouldn't do the Red Sox will be hard to oust. This may be their last big' year, for Hooper. Lewis. Hobby, Gardner and Barry, five of their stars, are no longer mere kids. The main answer here will be Ruth, Leon ard, Mays and Shore. If these four pitch ers are right the greater part of tho year there Is undoubtedly enough left In the old machine to win again, The Cubs won four years out of five; the Mackmen also won four out of the starts. A Red Sox victory for 1917 would bring their mark up to four out of six. But the Red Sox face this barrier Tigers, Yankees, White Sox, Browns and Indians meaning Detroit, New York, Chicago, St. Louis and Cleveland. All posress unusual strength. From fle strong clubs there Is always the chance that one will get going and pick up enough luck to upset the advance debate. The Prc-Season Tip If the two pennant races were to be awarded as the clubs start South, one could figure fairly well that the first world series game would find Messrs. Schupp and Ruth engaged In the opening carnival. The Giants have a better chance to win In the National than the Red Sox have In the American. Evening Ledger Decisions of Ring Bouts Last Night 11UO IMV.V Toe Wetah defeated Mlrker GullaKher. .Mike llurnn won from onnir llor rell. Harry lonnrd drew with Charley Wat tern, (tene (Innnnn knorked out I'eto Con nor, third; Connie NchaefTer stopped Scrap py Danleln. third. N'F.tV tOItn 1'rankle Burns knorked out Zulu Kid. fourth! Soldier llartfleld out pointed .Marty Cnn. Joo Alfredo hit Mlko 1'auUon low, thlrdt Joe nurman drew with nilly Fltzfcimmonf. Jack Hnvlen bent Yonnc Bennv, Tim Callahan won from Billy Wil ton, tic Iahl defeated K. O. JnlTe. POTTSVII.I.E Eddie McAndrewa defeated Johnny Crane, Young- Sweeney and Younk Ketrhel drevt. NEW IlEDFORI) Al Shubert drew with Irk I,oadnian. I. U RENTE. Man .Toe Connolly defeat ed Willie needier. BOSTON loe Knean atonped Jimmy flnnlner. tenth. Kli I'ASO. Ter. John Newton stopped Jimmy nndemnker, iteienth. BROWN PREPS Wl FROM B0RDENT01 wiumaiers" Field Goall umi nume victorv 34 to 30 ' Tlrtmn nMinn on -.. .. ......... .. ,,.,,, j c-cnooi's athteta sprang a surprise In the holiday g4m, w! the Ilordcntown Military team nt rtordeT '""" jrn.ci..nj y winning ill a great r.iii maler, the brilliant center "th, n2fl wlnnlnir. S4 tn an. RW .u. . ." row"W ml. I.v. lli-nn.n. . 'l1..po,"' WW minutes Vf play. '" lne ,a" Splendid teamwork gave the Drown .. -v lute tne victory. Landbergr SlmrZ Dunn. Welsh and Wlttmalcr all nerSfl0 spionuiniy. Wlttmalcr scored the n,i.T a pinch. Ho brought home tl.. .i;.?.0'?'1 critical time. But all the Brownies de,r credit, for every member of th. i J ""ri points. Hart and Thomas excelled for n7. Tlia hi.? UaoApfA..! 4i.1t . . . , ". "! -unrse meet for Hiil mlvnt- aehnol othl-l.. .ui u.u ;. 1Dr 'M'l of Interest In schnlaatlc track and '!' nastlc snorts tonleht. Tto, ..... j ..V" Knows how to entertain the schoolboy They are guests at dinner, have eerv t. Hlltv fnf nrenarlnv fn ,u- ' rewarded with hnnrt.r.rni .,, T ?nd .V when they finish amonir the nla- .!... The gymnastic feats will be esn,ji Interesting, but the dashes and the i hlJh Jump and broad Jumps will also hold h. Interest of the spectators. All th. aek-iTi! In this section, such teams as EpIjcomI Friends' Central, Germantown Acadm i-cnn unarter, as well as many of the out. of-town preparatory schools, have enttri athletes. weres Perklomen School won from Haverford due to the all-around work of the Pennij burg boys. Rlchelberger. Benner, Matheri! Harmer nnd Bachtel all played conniit.J basketball. The team was going i J lively clip, and the field-goal throwing 3 Benner and Mathers showed that thev .i-2 In a holiday mood. C. Humphren n! ,....c. w... .,,, ,i iv nem goals and Wlnne, Cairns, Greenawav. O. Rn..i. reys and Graham also played for the Main Line team, but their teamwork was not u good as usual and the home squad wai un- u-suuuy wctt in luui-Koai scoring. 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