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EASTERN LEAGUE MAY BE ENTIRELY REORGANIZED NEXT SEASON
COMPLETE CHANGE
IN BEARS' LINE-UP
Ed White Already Signed
and Other New Rfen
Will Be Landed
Statistics of Intercollegiate
and Eastern Cage Leagues
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Yale fl M7 Dartmouth 3
Tinreion o i ,. , i i oiummn. 2
lnn A .1 .AM Inrnfll t
oriiKiii'i.K ton Hi-.r.it
Friday lnnylnnli nt t'oluinliln
mouth at I'rlnrrton.
Suturdaj ulfi at Curnfll.
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(Jrn stork 8 S .Alfl lli-idlnir 7
Jitoprr... 8 7 .Ml rnmilen. a
Trrnton. H 7 .MS I)t Neri 5
SCIIKIl'I.K Kill M KKK
Tonltht D Nrrl nt Cnmilrn,
Thursday CamriVn nl Jasper
Frldav KrndlnK lit (irciHtock.
HatiirdaT tirryalnrk nt Dp Neri; Trent
at Reading.
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Basketball la destined to undergo a com
plete, reorgnnlzatlon ero next seann tolls
around, nnd while It will proo n dig sur
prise. It Is a fact, nevertheless, th.it the
Heading Kastern league team will be dls
mantled Looking forward to this moe, the owners
cf the Bears hae alreadv signed Kd White
an Interstate Leaguer, nnd some new young
blood Is expected to get Into the games
before the present season terminates As
'has been stated beforo In this column, Andy
Sears Is on the sidelines not necessarily be
cause of Injuries, hut the pla.ers them
selves have heard the whistle and are pre
pared to seek positions elsewhere Those
on the. Inside, who really lyiow the begin
ning of Andy SearsV trouble. rfi!l7p that
the big fellow was certainly the Mctlm of
circumstances, nnd the vi Iter Know this
to be a fact. Thero Is no use of mentioning
Just what began the downfall of the Heatllng
leader, who Is one of the most popular
players connected with the. game.
May Figure on Trades
Just the plan uppermost In the minds of
the Reading management Is not known but
If a trade or trades. with other clubs are
figured on the chnnces are they will pos
sibly be balked
From what Is learned, and It Is said the
Reading owners are nware also, their vet
erans have not been caught napping nnd
are seeking berths elsewhere When one
player on Readlng'goos the whole team goes
with him. The men on the up-State five
are a bunch of stickers and alwavs stood
together. Of course, Ileggs nnd Ileckmau
are not Included tn this number
Sears nnd O'Donjiell have been playing
with each other since 1908 In McKnjsport
and George Morris Joined them In 1909
Itaggerty was "found" by Andy and has
been a member of Rending since 1913.
Chance for New League
From all accounts the promoters of the
new league will make n strong bid for their
services. There Is one good city that they
would fit In to a nlcet.v, but how many
could be ued Is tho problem faced
Those backing the new basketball enter
prise are figuring on having teams com
posed of three professionals nnd two .ama
teurs. It stands to reason that It would be
hard to get six players for eight teams or
forty-eight In all, and If the Hears could
muster three men It Is likely that they
may be. found together In the new organiza
tion. Bobby Wlnskill Wild
J?obby Wlnskill Is on the warpath, and
maintains a terrible mistake was made
In the account ofho game plajed at Or
mantovvn Y M C. A Saturday, and Hobby,
together with the manager of Oermantown.
has been busy Visiting newspaper ofllces In
an endeavor to have Hookvvood set right
Here's the way Bobby explains the situa
tion, and his 'account looks good
"The team that played at the (!erman
town y M C A on Saturdaj night was
not the Rookwood team and was never sup
posed to be The game was booked under
the name of the Rookwood Veterans nnd
was composed of tho team that lepresented
Rookwood In 1910 The Rookwood club
last placd at WhltP Haven on Saturday
night. February 17 nnd won, 40 to 22 The
club is aid has been composed nil season
of Hill, Murphy, Hugg, Peal, White and
Wachter. They are to play C.ermantuwn
later In the season."
De Neri at Camden
There should be a fast basketball game at
the Camden Armory this evening, when
Camden meets De Neri The Skeeters are
chafing under the setback they received at
the hands of the Musical Fund warriors the
other Saturday evening nnd are desirous
of seeking revenge.
It will mark the first time M era's new
"squad has plaved ncros the liver with
Trnle Reich in nctlon Fioin all accounts
Joe Dreyfuss will bo on hand to play The
last time Camden and De Neri contested
Adams. Steele and Dolln were all shut out.
it marking the first time the latter pair
were blanked In the second half
CHAMPION GARDNER WINS
IN BILLIARD TOURNAMENT
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BOSTON", Feb 28. i:dvard F fiardner,
of New York, champion In Class A 18-2
balk line billiards, last night defeated H I-.
Mlllburn of Memphis, 400 to 277, In the
national championship tourney at the Bos
ton Athletic Association J Kllnger, of
New York, played remarkahl) fine and de
feated Hdward Rein, of Chicago, 400 to
201.
Bowling News
Walter a. Cook u re-elected president and
Matthew ltandall vice jirealdent. n. F. Clay
terser. Jr., was chosen treasurer. Georsre M.
Moss, who has held the position of secretary
for the lait seven years, tendered hit returns
tlon. which resretfully wat accepted. The mat
ter or securing a successor was left in the hands
of President Cook and Mr. Mom. President
Cook also will shortly announce the appointment
of committee to look after the. membership and
turnament mattera which will develop In con
nection with tho tournament.
Philadelphia l-easue matchet. rolled on Ke
atona alleys laat nlsht. resulted as follows
Keystone won three from JenUntovvn. Liberty
Hell won two from Hudd Manufacturing Com
pany, cretcent won two from 'Hobs, .Melrose,
rolling- In splendid form, won the odd game from
renntylvanla Uallroad,
Melrose totaled 301(1 for Ha three gamta.
mashing the maple for acorea of 1U37, 100J and
7. Liberty Hell rolled the best same of the
Bight, hitting, the pint for i 1080 score in lis
third rame.
Trdck. IWdcltffe. Deck. Karrell. Elliott. Ouest.
Wuller. Cook and Magon rolled one or more big
double century acores. rrlestley ItfUdtnn the on
slaught with 2Sfl. Oeoree Bailey wat cloa up
with 812, following It up with SIS and 201 for
a total or o.w pint
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TRAINING CAMP STUFF AS A TEST
BETWEEN KIDS AND VET BASEBALL
PLAYERS GOES BEST IN OCTOBER
By GRANT-LAND RICK
In the Training Camp
Pegging the old pill back and forth,
With the training teaaan )ut (jcyiiu,
The Kid recruit and the Veteran xeorked
Side by side in the tnortiinp ntt.
The veteran lobbed with a cnrrleits caie,
Rubbing hi shoulder frith a frown,
While the Kid ton there mtth a bale 0 am'okt,
Almost knocking tho catcher down.
Hut who'll be there when June arrjics.
And summer cotnes with its sun-dipped speltt
The veteran's head or the youngster's armt
You never can tell
THE Giants today arc topheavy favorite
for the National Leanuo flap Uut we
recall two conversations we rind last June
Ju't after they had completed their first
long road tour, where they had won 17
straight nnd a matter of 19 out of 21
Barnes
Then? two conversation were with um
pired who had worked hack of them most
of the way Both had the same testimony
to offer. "This New York club is a world
Center ine of the stronRcst machines I
ever saw It ought to break up the race
before the middle of July I never saw
a better looking team, a team with so much
speed and power"
Two weeks later the (lianti were sink
ing deeper and deeper into the sticky
goo of the second division, an entirely dif
ferent looking club Helng top-heavy
favorites In Match Isn't nlwa.vs the October
answer
The Most Important Club
Home sportive scientist has again opened
the argument as ' to the most Important
cluh In golf" .
The putter would seem to win by ac
clamation, as from thirty-five to forty
strokes are made with the putter In every
mund ranging from thirty-five to forty-flvo
per cent of the entire allotment
On the other fin. we know of more than
one golfer who without the aid of a niblick
would never get a chance to use the putter
Yhlch opens up n new field for debate.
Boxing's Trouble
The sable shadow which has descended
over the boxing game In New York Is an
easy thing to be explained
There are any numner 01 iukii ram
sportsmen and other forms of the "regular
fellow" tpe who like to see a boxing, match
or a prizefight. But the main trouble Is that
jou get nn excessively minute number of
sportsmen or first-class citizens who do the
lighting or the managing or the promoting
it Is this latter triumvirate who soon
tie the game Into knots. It takes these no
time at nil to-squeeze any semblance of
sport out of the proposition, leaving In the
main only a mixture of graft and general
crookedness.
To the boxers themselves the game Is less
tnan nothing, fcave only for the Kale my
can collect by nny method which might get
them by Few managers or jiromoters even
consider the good of the sport In any of
their dealings There are exceptions, of
course, but they are badly In the minority
Against this handicap the only wonder Is
that the game hna floundoicd along as far
ns It has
There's nothing the mntter with the game
The trouble comes from what those con
nected with tho sport put Into It
The Revised Version Being
III fares the land to hastcninu ills a prey.
Where triiien flourish and where sprinii
decay,
ll'Jierc week by week the mantling frosts
careen
And put a blivht upon each putting gieen.
Where irtth the wild call in the golfer's
Hood,
lie fain muxt flounder ankle deep in mud:
Cutting tcith all the 1010111 of hii soul
the fadid ijlory of the nineteenth hole.
Come on, O Spring, teith all your ancient
gleam.
And bring naaln the gloiy of the dream
Where lion btadt 1 flash in the ttnder sun
And maihies echo xcith a shot well spun,
Come, thouoh I plump the pill into some
trap
And rave all dny at each misquided rap.
Come, though 1 play no hole below a "ten"
And curse the day trat brought you back
again,
The dope arra that leaves Fielder Jones
out of the Hag proposition is likely to get
an uncommonly rough Jolt Colonel Jones
drew a badly mildewed start last season,
but onco he mannged to get the situation
properly adjusted he came near vivisecting
all opposition Jones will have a much bet
ter machine this April than he had a year
ago And tho Browns' will be Important
factors from the start
'Tickling" Loses Contest
for Girls' Cage Team
"Won br u tickle" Is n new ImnUethitll
phrAAe. Npu llrunsulrk lllali i hool lrl
declare tint titer urre beaten hv the .North
l'lalnfleld lllali Hrhoot tlrls tram lit New
llrunsviick bv 11 ncorr- uf IK to 1 onh be
cause, whenever they were ulMMit to hnot u
basket, the rlulnlleld girls tickled them and
made them drop the hnll.
nthlnr could he found In the rules about
tickling. XnTitar, It's a tien ullbl
GERMANT0WN WINS
IN EXTRA PERIOD
Dinsmore Scores 5 Points.
Frankford Will Improve
in League Basketball
It took nn extra period of five minutes
for flermantovv n Academy to win the basket
ball game with the Chestnut Hill Academy
quintet nt St. Mnrtln's yesterdny, nnd had
It not been for Ulnsmore, the Mnnneim for
ward, the Hlllers would probably have won
Dinsmore scored five points in the extra
session, thereby winning tho game for his
team
With the exception of the Meld goal scored
hy Dippy, who replaced Hcnson ns forward,
Dlnsmoro scored all tho points for Oer
mantown Academy. Harrow. Hcnson, Beck,
Smith Rnd Ociitllll put up a great battle
nnd helped to win for Clermantown. Cap
tain Hob Mnrtln, Dickens and Wharton
oxc.llfd for Chestnut Hill.
It was a gient finish to n spirited game
When tho whistle sounded the score wns
24 to 21 Dinsmore mndo two field, goals
and ono foul and In the same time Bob
Martin made three foul goals. Tho tesult.
Chestnut Hill was on tho short end Jf n
29 to 27 score.
Frankford Will Improve
Kinnkford High's tenm Is In the making
The Frankford High players will play ft
ihuch better game next season, for this
was their first experience In the High
School Lengue Ten defeats and no vie
toiles is a rather discouraging ending, but
tho Frankford boys are not disappointed
and they hope to he out early next ear
with a team of experienced players
Central High nnd Frankford meet In a
lengtifl game tomorrow, the lat of the
season As Central Is the favorite to win
It Is riulte likely that a tie among Central,
(lermantown and Northeast will result for
second position South Philadelphia has
the championship clinched, and the down
town boys have ended their leMgue season
School Athletic Notes
If tho West Philadelphia High School
nonletter swimming team ran win from a
local school In a dual meet, to to t. It
would be Interesting to know what the score
of the meet would have) been It tlie letter
athletes had competed In this event. '
Pouthern High heat Pedagogy 30 to S,
but had to trim former Southern athletes
sVUsi W
to gain venlhjt.V WMn
lle) played for the Tmnl
to wer the colors of the ecniHfl -
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years to bring out
VELVET'S mellow
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and cheaper ways to cure
tobacco. JButwebelievein
Nature's way the patient
way although it takes
time and costs more
money.
A tin of Velvet will con
vince yeii that Nature's way
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PENN SHOWED HOT FINISH
AGAINST DARTMOUTH FIVE
HANOVnit, N II . Keli 28 -l'enn scored
a field goal in the last minute of p
against Dartmouth last night nnd nosed nut
the big Ureeii team, 21 to 2.1 It was the
narrowest kind of n squeak and Dartmouth
mine within n shade of Jumping Into the
had In the twenty r-econtlH Jut before the
flnnl whltle. hut a basket-try Joggled around
the rim of the netting nnd would not fall
through l'enn Is now firmly Intn hched In
third place In the IuteriolleRlHte Basketball
League
The lend In the gnmo sec-sawed back and
forth Captain Hrtdln McNIcbol of the
l'enn basketeers. was wav off In his foul
shooting or his tenm would have had nn
easier time of It He wns only nble to hole
out four tosxes
PHILS MAY USE ELMIRA
BALL TEAM FOR FARMING
BINdllAMTO.S". N" Y. Keli 2S -An-'
nouncenient Is made that President Morti
mer Sullivan, of the Ulmlra Stnto League
team, and the stockholders aro arranging
with the Philadelphia Nationals for nn alli
ance which would mean that the Clmlrii
State League team would consist of Phila
delphia rookies and tryouts who are fanned
out under the direction of a f.eld manager
to bo selected by Philadelphia and who
would have charge of the team This would
Involve the retirement of "Wld" Cnnrov the
present manager, who will be released and
who Is seeking new fields
I'axnon President of Driving Club
The Philadelphia Cnuntv DrlvInK Club heM
Its annual meeting anil tulnquet last evening
In i:rvin a H.ill Jsomertim The election nf
officers resulted as follows PreshUnt Albert
H Paxson vice preslilenl Walter .VI Worth
tngton Bern tar H Marsh lluslnai r trea
urer H,ilih Simons board nf illredors lldsar
O Mauaer James T Keinan Marsh llus
slnirer Albert Paxson Charles 11 Medfotil
William A. Haves .Samuel P Knlcht Harry S
Ashton. Italph Simons Inseph W Havlnslon A
IMwaril I.eatherman (leorse Do in. Waller
H WorthlnBton anil Hamuel W Poster
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WILL YbU GIVE ONE
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to fit Urn? jourwlf to bn of
nentce lo or rountry In
time nf nfd? So Interference
with either business or pleas
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NAVAL MILITIA OF
PENNSYLVANIA
will Py jou well for jour
time proide uniform and full
equipment, FltKK, and irlve
jou amplA opportunities to
ln promotion nnd Increased
pay
Come In and ak questions,
Headquartera
1ST REG. ARMORY
Broad & Callowhill Sts.
Open Sunday and every eg,
8 30 to 10.30 o'clock,
Won
j" h" L"vi?'5i,:.?t.r.l.:r,-..lu!r:.r tJs-T'
won two aames trum n- ,M" ' ,. with u
tquta won tha nnai gnme ny "(r "".- :""-2
total nt irti. CU,L.i.r eat 2M It W" '.'??'!
same. Cummlnga 210 In hit first, nrn 194 In
Brat a-ame. In Mather's teennd eame Senelon
rot IBS and Conn and names 'each 188. leo.
pies iwon two from Aetna. Camden won the
laat 'two from Jtellanee, Traveler! won two
from Roottert.
Ayre. of rtootttrt. broke the' former hh:"mJ
record with 286 In his th rd am.. lis beaan
with 148 and sot 184 In hit tecond 'n,.,T?
former record wat 241, by Jlarnea, of Mather
Co,
, Tha Catholic Toun Men's Arrhdlocesan Wplon
ttamt occupied tha Caalno Atleyt '" t;Sl,it'
Bt. Ellaabeth'a beat St. John two "";. J'VJJa
an. of St. KUiabeth, utttlroriBOO In hla third
fame. Vlctrl beat' Incarnation two "
Incarnation wlnnln lha eeond m by three
Pint -ltn-a 718 aeore. , Shanahjn won two.
from porlty, and Klrlln' defeated -nterprlte
fl pint. wlthVMl total, .una Kntjrnrlaa cap,
.ttwt4 tht last br Mven pja.' with 0 tcore. ,
BIG BOWLING TOURNEY
POSTPONED FOR YEAR
Atlantic Coast Association Loses
Arena in Syracuse When Gov
ernment Takes Lease
Tho International Bowling Tournament,
scheduled to beheld under the auspices of
trie Atlantic Coast Howling Association In
Syracuse next month, has been postponed
for one j ear. according to an announcement
sent out by President H. W. Smith today.
The impending war with Germany is given
as the cause, as the Government has taken
over the lease for the armory and will take
possession Immediately.
No plans for the future have been made,
but the nctlon In calling off the tourney Is
a hugh disappointment to the bowlers, who
exnected to put on one of the best meets In
history. President Smith's statement fol-
"The Atlantic Coast Uowllng Associa
tion's third annual International Bowllpg
Tournament has been postponed for one
year on account of the war conditions, the
Government having secured an option on
the Arena and will take Immediate pos
Ldon If rar is declared. The lease on
the building had been signed and from
reports received the prospects were that
we would have at least 500 nve-men teams
the largest tournament ever held In the
Kast. '
"We regret thai the unforeseen has hap
pened but feel (hat we. the. organized
bowlers, should supiiort President Wilson
and assist the Government In every way
possible. Net " wa wlu ha,e anolhef
and better building should the Government
still hold an option on the Arena,
' "It Is our intention to continue ownliln;
Seal chapter. .0.6 the A. C, B. A. and build
up an orianiratlon second to none. If the
bowlera will assist and co-operate with our
aXclathm officials, we will have 800, or
m LO' Six,orTwelve:Cylinder
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"Just Across the Desk"
There's anew motion-picture that shows
two men miles apart talking with each
other by telephone. Finally the distance les
sens, through some magic of the photog
rapher, and those two men are seen sitting
on either side of a desk chatting, laughing
and gesticulating.
Here is a lesson call it that to be remem
bered when we're rushed and impatient, some
times forgetful that at the other end of the
line is a man ready to adopt the same friendly,
cordial attitude we would assume if he entered
at our office door.
Perhaps "courtesy" is an overworked
word; but the thing itself is the foremost
friend-maker and confidence-builder in the
business world to-day, whether face to face or
telephone to telephone.
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