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slay the scrubs
Kyirst Game of Season at Cof
fee irOt rarK jjuhis
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Five Innings
&RAVATH
LEADS THE YANS
W
fj BT BOnEKT W. MAXWELL
If W PETKHSUUna. Fla., March 16,
VI '". . i-.tnniro nt the senson was li
PPfSSrt rot Park today, when Conch
LIB P6"" j ,i, arlt loose neanst the
I a Only nto short periods were placed.
h"Z Tmin are not yet In conn.tlon to stnnd
kMMin- battle. Conch Moran warned
I '":. -inf fiimlillnir or falling upon
L. taa m s to czly for U;nt u?cy.
rrfuif. He a'?0 ""." '.', ' i ",'.:.. V.V
l.iyfltld Roan nnu iuiu u.t !....,.. . . .
l'".. k.ii nnv more- than they rould
ItHit ihs ball any more than they rould
Rft lT. -rsltyypreSent.d a formidable
XV to rleccs. Captain
B1 M . 1.B
'XT;,- but the scrubs were nart and nil
TW?i ,f. Captain Kudcrus led tho
EfJ. from first base: Dugey was second,
W "?roi.".i.i- turne third. Qandv.
sV.Zf.ft shortstop, Iljrno third, Oandy,
r5r?-5 Cooper in the outfield, The
'SS Of the tWlrlerS ailll JHIlPlcr nnu nuiin
ITZLa in. nlate. Sergeant Crnvnth led tho
Cute Into the fray and occupied rlKht
K!..,.rA the sun Is nut so stronp. Illll
Eaa the cntchlnp. Itatlicatnp woi
R
ih did the cntchlnp. Itatlicatnp was on
. u.ninn second. HaEKcrty short-
8?'Luti third and the pitchers took
Mann in Pw "' "" ,v'"'
Rfotk and Nichoff Missed
Uofan misses Stock and Niehoft more
HUlBi . .l ,1An-A iri.lt.1
So -will be welcome. Nothlnc has been
Jurd of the proposed deal to Bwnp the hold-
'!?. i.r three other athletes, nnd the
I' Jhincts are that tho deal will dlo a nat-
Mil death. Another rumor which H muerl
' S3 ndeer thine Is that the I'&lllies nre
BHTotlatlns with somenony lor a Buy who
Sri n outfield position on a blc league
i tn and we know, cerythlng about It
uMot the name of the plaver, the club
twtpUTB on and the person with whom tho
JhllllM are dealing
There Is a faint rav of hope that tho
, krMoutJ will quit holding out in n short
t At and return to tho fold with their
ilked contracts concealed about their per-
M. it I hellccd that tho" plaiers when
tlir find they nro out of work will take.
. n look nt tno men cose 01 u inc nun
!' mi, the first train south to rechter for
l ihflr semimonthly pay checks This might
Mthppen, but Is good dope, anyway.
, ptijrers Going Great
the Phillies are getting Into swell shape
loVn here and seem to lmproc each day.
" The pljers are not loafing, but go through
t-o iMslons of strenuous practice eery
far, The pitchers In particular are tolling
. Utt regular laborers, nnd they look very
p. With experienced twirlers like Alcx-
Mder, Itliey, JIacr and Lavender, the
' dub ihould not be In such a bad way when
tu reason ppens. In addition to tho star
(iitrtet. there arc Flttcry, who looks great:
, Cocoo Fortune, another sterling performer:
Crllf, a southpaw; Zlnn. Cnrmlchnel nnd
' lutt The last four need moro experience,
' M they have the makings of good mounds-
tten,
Bill Klllefer, the soncblrd-backitoper, is
t Bach pleased with tho new material, "It
li h best bunch of new pitchers I hae
ten lnce I Joined the club," he said, "and
I expect to sco them do great work thl
Tr.
JI haven't seen a poor prospect, and I
lire worked with all of them" 13111 Is a
vile person and should know, what he Is
UQclnr about
Unpire Chill Looks On
blile Chill, the American League" umpire,
rUlted the park jesterday nnd watched
Alexander use n curve for the first time
thli leason. Oilio li In business In I'ns
Utvillt) a small Island near here, and says
It li doubtful If he will tcturn to the game
toil yean VHo is malting too much money,
le yi,nd, anyway, he likes the cllmitci
Don5.ere thero nre no lobsters, of the
BirlnrvaTlety, and tlie natives have as n
Rliitltute an animal called the hard-rock
erib. It Is very largo nnd looks so much
Hie a lobster that It can bo taken for Its
eoOJln or something. OHIe Is tho crab king
f thli tectlon and has a fleet of boats out
la 'the Gulf every day. He virtually has
tonterel the market and makes his own
jrreeiA He probably will write to Johnny
turn and give him all of the dope on the
Jtiper ay to crab.
CblU has n. partner, who assists occa
sionally, but for the last tvrn wcelcs has
t, leen'iuldlng John Wannmaker around tho
,; Ke( ana Into tho gulf In nn effort to ex-
tenmnHe the klngflsh. Mr. vvanamapcr
Mdilphyslclans have come In with won
Jerail' catches, some of the fish welshlne
1 aitmm A Aftu a...1 mHn. I- A ...
i klAffftlh arounrl hprt nornrdlnir (n rTinrtn
i htvi'have not seen any ns jet, Wo know
i mrangoout them, except that n Mngftsh
Fnjr-nijr is a queen nsn s nusDanu.
PNN GRAPPLING TEAM IN
ITHACA FOR TITULAR MEET
toy Three Quakers Stand Out as Prob
able Point Scorers in
Intercollegiatcs
?f,fTHACA.'N. T.. March IS. The Penn
A ?7 .wrestlers arrived hero today for
r ', lnW90lleglato championships. Thn pre
.,?? wl" bo staged today and tho
- Si.lr flrst' "cond and third places will
peu) tomorrow,
J,?.? 'eilm championships, hut believes
-yu ura ann Blue will capture at least
, Individual title.
' uactim if,,iitnn .. -,, ,Li . n .
i i.;, uiuisaii, weiicrweigni; oervaiB,
hlr?JJr5ght' mi Wooley. 125-pounder.
rJl!..1Jnly wen expected to score points
r,ine Quakers.
Cornell has won th iiiA i,,,- im.. in n
t' i d " ls ery ,llte'y tha' he Ithacans
i,., Vy oK thB "o"0" 'or tho fifth con-r?flJtlTe5Wr.
i.21.'. '""Swlnsr compose tho Penn team:
f Brf.' Jft11"" 13B-Pund class r Captain Mll-
,jyl, lS-poUnd class! Rnhnm IKS.nnnnrt
; SUtler. 176-nound class, and Tav lor.
TTMlpht
him
FIVE FINISHES
' SEASON ON THE ROAD
LjjBfkers at Syracuso Tonicht. nnd Two
i4f . mi,.- r- ,,.. ,,
w,":! uiunra mil v,ioso
Schedule
E1 fiVDAi.n..
IbuvViK.n ?'' N " Mnrdi 16 The Penn
Slut tri . m arrlve(l lie today on Its
Ittbiini!. !na Reason, three more games
EeJcS. En,,ad before tho cage year
TlMn.t o "rBl Sams will' bo played
Syd,?,yracu8e.t0Bht. and then the
Ilnt i ' ,,roceea to llochester for a con-Mw'T,.nl!Jnt-
Tno flnal sanje will
dy nl J',uftal0 University, at Buffalo,
SMPfcS.;oach. Jourdet, Manager McCall
i Cr?tilfn V" '00,t 'ho trip, Includ-
ij r- .uuirnni Miirtin i irrsrti
rih mny Alliums, Abt, EbU, Ivory,'
SJfALLUSCH IS OUT FOR
if. -JNniViriTTAT tJTNT mimTT
, .uau a in lliUEi
liK. ?APtD3, Mich. March 16.
miiTei m- a"nr Pf I-airy Sutton, the
Lil.y1 American Bowllnr ConKreaa
nee, Is making b bid for th;
th
I Batuii i. ' " - uiu mr ins
"V HIkueM.Mnt.Clav-l-nl
i t,uu , tj" :. T-'-jr":-
"S-K'-Jl OH -a-Mit. Brian
l OH, MAN! '
'know Vou're J lN u.l 1J f I'va oftbnI "f twl ,! MOST shouj bu mis I Ygm- Hauh
tlTTBH &&& HftWJ mk 1 tTwjqht ( Tot j m $ro of ui- vahsk wSj jpjlj- n- i?
XBvR,mv .ITJ- OUST I I i i am.mii u.i
ftI3- &?$ VlCTURE OFrtL COME OVSR. "TomORRovaJ NEXT H 'MtUMl '
J0( V 'WJiiLJi'lmiJri MIGHT - t've iOMCTMIeJG 6ver4ING I W1 fl - -
MISS DORFNER PLACES
TANK TITLE AT STAKE
Mls Olga Dorfncr, of tho Philadelphia
Turngemelnde, holder of world's records for
women swimming for all distances from 40
to 220 jards, Inclusive, will defend her title
against a btrong field of competitors, In
cluding Kllzabeth Pecker, Gertrude Artelt,
Florence McLaughlin, Peggy Lynch, Lucy
Powlcr, of Pittsburgh, and Helen Penny
packer In the 100-jard Mlddlo Atlantic
championship The event will bo held In the
pool of the Kensington Uranch, Young Wom
en's Christian Association, tomorrow night
WILLCOX OUT OF MEET
Campbell Also Unable to Run at In
door Meet in N. Y. Tomorrow
NEW YORK. March 1G Only two of tho
stnr othletes entered In the national Indoor
championships, tu be held In the Twenty
second Heglment armory tomorrow night,
will be unable to compete. Chairman Hu
bien has received word from Westmore Will
cox, of Harvard, that ho would be unable to
come to New York to run In the 300-yard
event Lcroy Campbell, of the University
of ChluiKu, who w,is entered In the 1000
jnrds, n so sent word thnt he would bo
unable to compete, ns he had to take a law
hchool examination on that date.
YALE ATHLETICS COSTLY
Decreased Receipts nnd Increased Ex
penses Produce $0545 Deficit
NKW ItAVnN, Conn. March 16 Yale's
annual athletic report shows decreased re
ceipts and unusual oxpcndlturoi In spite
of the fact that a total of $266,380 In re
ceipts was reported, thero Is a deficit of
$6545, the expenditures having been J272,
926 1'ootball showed a surplus of $71,000 The
receipts wero $180,804 and tho expenses
$100,719 Baseball returned n surplus of
nbout $13,000, as the receipts were $46,578
and the expenses $23,721 : trnck nthlctlcs
disclosed n deficit of nearly $13,000, with
expenses of $16,230 and receipts of $3376.
nnd rowing n dericif of $22,000, its expenses
being J29.G31 nnd Its receipts $7608
Of the minor sports tennis nlonc paid
expenses, with; receipts of $1939 mid ex
penses of $1560 Hockey showed receipts
of $6313 nnd expenses of $6997; basketball
recolpts wero $4349 nnd expenses $4589
Wrestling produced receipts of $2261 nnd
expenditures of $2611, swimming nhowrd
receipts of $1642 nnd expenses of $2801
Preshman athletics received $71 ID nnd cost
$7899
After meeting the deficit, the sum of
$85,375 remains In the surplus athletic ac-rount
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HAVING PURCHASED THE ENTIRE STOCK OF
WIND & CO., Merchant Tailors
Cor. Tenth & Arch Streets
We are celebrating the opening of our new
showroom
S. E. Corner 13fh and Market Sts.
(Entrance on 1 3th St.)
by offering these Suitings which formerly sold
at $30, $25 and $20.
$
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SUITS
TO ORDER
Reduced from $30, $25, $20
Extraordinary Values
In Spring Tailoring
We carry the largest stock of woolens in the
city. We do the biggest tailoring business in
the city, pundreds of dressy new spring fab
rics to choose from. This stock consists of
Blues, Browns, Grays, Herringbones and
Fancy Mixtures.
Heavy, Medium and Light Weights
WE GUARANTEE tho Cloth, the Fit, the Workmamhip
PETER MORM&CO.
(E.Lbliihcd 45 Year in Phila.)
MERCHANT TAILORS
S. E. Cor. 13fh & Market Sis. 'SffBT
S. E. CORNER 9TH AND ARCH STREETS
M.rlcat St. Store Open Every Ev.ntnrTill 9 P. M. Arch St. Store Open Mond.r
Martlet - - s.lurd.-, "i.r,njnt, Tj 9 p. M(
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Hy LOUIS II. JAffT
JOHNNY DUNUKirH aclictlulo for a wmt
tm lnftftlon linn tiepn omplptM ly liM
manager, Kcolly Mnntollli, nnd tlic Nw
York llRlitwolKlit will hit tlie trail for the
wild and wooly, following a match In lhl
illy. Pundee'n lirxt ntn'Pnrance will he In
Philadelphia March 26, and Lew Tendler.
the southpaw, will he the other halt of
tho mix. I'oIIowImk thin set-to Iiunden will
stretch out for ORclcn, t'tah, where he
will box Al Youiib, a local fnvotllc Amone
tho cities where Dundee will perform are
Seattle, Wash. Portland tire. Milwaukee.
Kansas Cltv nnd then he will start eastward
stopping off nt M l.ouls, t'liliimlnis and
Cleveland Dundee ma not he n champion
hoxcr. nnd may neci he as Iohr as
Pred Welsh holds the lightweight reins
I'rcddy refuses to box John hut Jumping
Johnny is a champion for tr.ullng llo
has done moio roid wmk on the steel
ribbons th.m nn ollur boxer of the
piesent regime During lilt! Dundee had
about twenty-two bouts tti.it larmd him
to almost over) boxliiR point in the V S A.
Joe I.) mil. Nf York s lilrsl luntani in
sstlon un fnini Kid Illinois In m Aork
lhe othT nlslit In Iho uplnlon nf hiiullr,
Sictty Mnnlplth M .tt rlu (hut i.mh liail
an niltantnKP In iwn of tho srhcilulfil ten
reunds N.RotlHtlnns nro on fnr 11 inatm for
Dncli In Phlll). nnd he mm hox hire within
h lortnuht.
Joe llorretl nnd Tomnu fntcnmu uill l st
th.lr iM-n lontsht nt tlm ('nnihr's Ouli im the
trtor hns hnpn nrnmisl h datp with (Itnrce
Chip llorrrll nv.l t'hlii nimut two wurs hkc
ami he rasa he will l nut to win timivht Ik
chus hi ilo.irea the I'hlp lioul liuntnv t'ire
n Jn. Phillips Is tho sotnltlnal (ithMr limits
srn Johnny lluuhps llldii. Kill r idle dm
twins i Tomm aormin hiu! eung i'.irlun p
Kid Tu
Jnrk Iturke, s ft Pniil llshlneiehi who Is
tn mukp hta lastrrn debut nt the Nntlonal t'luh
tnmorrow nlKht Is said 10 b n iimslti of MUe
(tlblions llurke lis satd wis und r tllbUins's
tutelflso tefore he rnme Kust nnd Jwrk Is h
rrulr boier If St I'huI reports nf his bMIIIi
nre to be btllet-d llurke will h.ne tn h ti rent
flsllrufnan for In tnetlin? Jimmy Murpbj the
NXeslerner BtHrks up tiualintl u lUhkrd iniuii
tloti li tn Miller nnd Tnu! Sanson heay-
Evening Ledger Decisions
of Ring Bouts Last Night
leln,nr0,i,,n,'i;.W,", Mo"' "kB"lB:
ltllIIIS(i Johnny Krne soil paiil K4.
words drew. Kid llrnrr .haded Sailor ami's?!
ptir.it thirkey heet Mdl IlineV" III! i
11I11 won from Al Manner, Jimmy IMwsrdt
nulfniiilil rnnkle lloirr -.r.
tlar ke'NT0N T0m ("brH"" ' trj Jackie
. i'.iTIV,y'l': T" Wdl' "eAndrews drew
with lldle lo), lounx Mlanlty defeated Hid
'
rrl?!?'" V." 'n'chd. Hilly Kramtr M atarted
sralti and he will meet Frank Carbons, of
ronkljn .Other bouts will t between Tommy
Uellly and llllly Walt and Joe Auiatla and
tieorio Itlarkbjrn
tildle slmnnon, of I'rlaro, will t the bl.
teat etianis of his career -Monday nlthl. If the
toast llthtneliht can make an Imprr.iKe ahow.
In Htalnat Johnny kllbane. fsatherweltht cham.
Hon. ho wojld m In a position to trab off some
'Jt."l,ch.' .J'tibby It.ynolda with his "new
rltht hand wallop." Is In th Olympla's fourth
frarna opposed to Mat Hakhy. it Hebrew born
In Ireland other numbers are between Jimmy 1
roster and Al Ko llllly nines and .Pattllnf
Murray and Illll) Manning and Jimmy Urltta.
t
".leh'lni on ISttssle" lula wants to let the
nral trnrk at I'eie llerman whtn the new ehnm
Pjon mines to rhllly,' Ull has lieen comlnt
ntons: at n fsat flip, and he has been Improvlnit
eery lime le answers the bell. Iwlsra neit
tontest will be with Youns; Mrdovern nest week.
nnd If he enn set by "Hank," (Jus will add
Breitly tu his prrstlse
Ktltllc Iteielre and tlattllnit Williams, a netrn,
are tn meet in a sls.round hout at Lelpervllla
tonluht Three tither numbers alsn are on the
procrarn I " Uitley hs ln stsKlnir weklr
bouts nt LelrerMlle
CLOSING UP
My
Philadelphia
Store
LIQUIDATING My Entire
Stock of Model Clothes
for Men and Young Men
Preparatory to Leaving
This City FINALLY & FOREVER
ff
"Good-bye, Philly I'm Thru"
itsr UNPRECEDENTED SACRIFICE
SUITS
Many Adapted to Late Spring Wear
$16.50 & $15 $Q 75 I $25 & $22.50-$ 1 Q .75
Suits, now.. Suits, now! . '
$20c&$18 $11 7C $30 & $28 $1C7C
A A ! .SiiiIk w
Suits, now.
ml so on dll the higher priced grades aft similarly
reduced wonderful assortments in both siiirIc and
tlnulilc-bre.isted 1, 2 and 3 button Sack and Norfolk
models Nobby stjlcs and materials for the ouiik
fellow, the man who desires to stay joung, and tho
more ionscratic including staple blues and blacks.
Actual Comparisons Will Prove
This the Greatest Value-Giving Event
liver Experienced in Philadelphia
My LAST SALE
Of Heavy and Medium Weight
OVERCOATS
A Most Sensational Sacrifice
Regardless of Cost or Loss
I am making the supreme selling effort of my business
career. The greater portion of the lower price'd grades were
snapped up first in this Liquidation Sale leaving a practically
unbroken assortment tf higher priced coats to be turned into
cash at the same low prices less than wholesale costs of
materials and making!
Here's the Price-Slashing in Brief:
Overcoats
Originally
Priced up to $25
Overcoats
Originally
Priced up to $30
$f).75 i $ j.75
Overcoats
Originally
Priced up to $40
Every coat bears the Georges label and carries the
Georges guarantee of absolute satisfaction produced in our
own New York custom shops, famous for their advance
style ideas. There are coats galore in every stylish model and
material (both light tand dark) to meet the demands of men
of all tastes. ,
All Sales Final
No Refunds
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No C. O. D.'s
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