ffiMEKw i v"Yi -'t i uj , : . : . - "FUTURE ADMIRALS AT ANNAPOLIS SAY, THE RACE IS NOT ALWAYS TO THE FLl LETES OF THE WEST THREATEN 0 WREST LAURELS FROM BROWS OF OUR BEST EASTERN PRODUCTS uccess of Teams From Land of the Setting Sun ;"in Recent Years Should Be Lesson to Effete VPS when Horace Greeley put over his red-hot tip to the youth of our .tand'the going In the 'West was soft and luscious, but If the great editor wero sslns a conclave of nthletes In this year of grace 1917 he would undoubtedly them to BtaV cast of Pittsburgh If thnv (1i-i1 in rotnln n oVirrrl nf thnlr fitfaldlo reputations. We of the effete East havo been prone to the belief that ninety per cent of the athletic timber of the country belonged on our side of the i j ,w-.- -... uiim o unto ucoii bu uus) uiKuaiiiiK mis pleasant muugiii uiul ww r Haven't had time to keep stride with the progressive West on the athletic field. , tonly1 a few days ago the tennis players of the Pacific coast took a picked team Sm the East and literally ruined It. No later than last New Year's Day Bob . Iwelt took a perfectly good Penn football team -to the coast for tho purnoso of Vthowinr the natives some real gridiron work, and the mangled remains staggered f kick a few days later without even an alibi. A little less than one vear aeo the CiUlllversHy of California and Leland Stanford ITnlvnrsltr nt n flock nf Irnrk nth. Jgijf htea east to take part In the annual Intercolloglates, and previous to the meet sotno fc-'i.our very best eastern coaches sought to patronize them. After tho affair had X 'taken DlflCA thV VL'prn inn hllsr thlnlHtlf nn nll1itH in nn nnu nAfpnnUtntv All Viif ft ., th California men did was to finish third, with Stanford a cloo fourth, beating out 'f JPennsyivanla, Dartmouth, Michigan, Harvard and Princeton. 'if And If any more evidence bo needed, consider the elght-oarcd crew sent to the .Poughkeepsle regatta In 1915 by Leland Stnnford. The high-priced rowing tutors qwl the. East all but laughed themselves to death at tho uncouth bladework of the Visitors. When Stanford worked out they took their polished pupils out alone tho Y fcank in order to show the bovs how not to row. It wns a rnnri thlnir thnv a.-nrn I i" ItFati 4tta sttin viaa t cam ! vAtnM 4lani Ih ,jtl. I. A ,. .... tU. -. i. .i f y, " -io..o ,j ovo uic nvictji u.njja in ut,iiuji uuiuiu me race, lor on tno uig -t4y the only thing they had a chanco to pee was tho wake made by tho Stanford" i fcoat, which finished n good second to the all-powerful Cornell eight. ' . ' ' " f ABOUT tho only things tho Stanford creu J-ad were brawn, heart and i " A speed. They were so short of funds that they took steps to pledge their boat In order to get back to the home circle. ' Invaders Will Enliven 1917 Intercollegiate TNTERCOLLEQLATE track and field sport this spring Is to be again "enlivened" by another Invasion from California. Already the men on the Pacific coast are tuning up for the frny. The athletes of California and Leland Stanford are said to be well 'advanced In their training, and from their recent performances tho report , appears to be well founded. Therefore, eastern coaches might as well make up their minus that the invaders will bo keyed up to proper pitch when they reach hero. There appears to be some doubt as to what Stanford will do, nnd It Is not; known Whether or not it will accept the Invitation of Princeton for a dual meet in the Bast The aspirations of California are thoroughly understood, however, and it is coming here wlth-the determination to make a bold bid for the honors on Franklin k" . WV-1A n..t Vn.i fV It is generally conceded that if California had been a bit stronger In the track Irilx events last spring it would have clven Cornell a bad scam for first ninm Tints nt ffy,, the western colleges were woefully weak in the sprints, but in the field events th,oy crouea a sensation, lugm now it iooks as tnougn California would carry away most of tho points In tho weight events. LIversedge, winner of tho shot, and i-Gtldersleeve, victor In the hammer, are both eligible for competition and will prob ably show an Improvement over last year's performances. In the latter event Richardson, who scored third for California last spring, has improved moro than any of his team mates, and he will probably bo tho man tho easterners will have to reckon with In this event. TN A recent competition this young man sent the sixteen-pound hammer - Just 162 feet 2 inches, and In tho bargain defeated Glldersleeve, the winner in the lntercollegIate3. His throw was more than seven feet over Glldersleeve's best effort on Soldiers' Field. What the Western Novices Are Doing WITH Worthlngton. of Dartmouth, eligible for the broad jump, neither the " western colleges nor eastern Institutions need expect much In this event. At , the same time, California has a youth named Nichols who can leap close to twentv- Kjr tort feet..and he Is a novice. Xlchohj is a better high Jumper than he is broad jr-. - -.. mj .. ..v.. ; w,. Wrti Ub OI. 4CW HU lIll-UVS U11U IS HIilU Q D6 v uniiiuHiig Bieauuy. mere is sun anoiner novice nt California who Is touted as aometning or a nurdler. His name is Grunsky, but this should not be held against x man who can negotiate the low sticks in 23 1-3. He has a teammate named Kiessig, who recently raced over the high hurdles In 15 4-5, a very promising feat tor a novice, but not sensational when compared to the work of Murray. w I1. TJOWEVER, we In the East can console ourselves with the thought that - seldom does a team which Is not strong all around win the lnter colleglates, and unless they have some wonderful track men under cover the westerners do not rill the bill. Notling From Hoppe But Silence TTTILLIE HOPPE uttered a. somewhat bold and defiant challenge a " ago, whereupon the sporting public shouted "Bravo!" And now few weeks now the same crowd Is murmuring "Pacifist" because the cue wizard is adroitly dodging the Wr acceptances which are coming his way. Having taken unto himself all the billiard few titles that exist, the champion looked around for moro worlds to connuer. and this la what he agreed to do: (1) Play any two men anv number of nnlnts tnr onv oM. $-T fcfet. thfttr fntnl nnltlta in nnnnt n"llrat 1.1a T.V.- InafnnA l TJ... . a a K . ...- ... wwu.. f,M.,.v .... aw iiioimivc, ll 41uijjb I11UUQ 1UUU h 'jwlnts, one of his foes 530 and the other 460, Hoppe would lose, as trie count would b. c 1010 against 1000 for Hoppe. (2) Play any man In the world 5000 to 4000 points vror a side bet of $10,000. No sooner had the challenges been placed before the Rttt aiartieu Djuiara world than Ora Mornlngstar and Kojl Yamada, the Japanese ij tWOpoer, teamed up with an acceptance. They wired and wrote to Honoo and hl iji manager, but the two hae been strangely silent. And so the bllllardlsts ore be ff ainnimr to conclude that Hnnnp upvnr rpnllv mannt in a-n thmimh win. i.ia jn KV " - - "" " "" "c- ,TV ThA Hnnttp ohnllanfro ha nnnsaH n lnt nt ana.ntlnttnr, aa in ntUatUw, I f.i ... SJ possible for a man, even marvelous as Is Moppe, to triumph over the combined L- "V Blavlne of two men. Pprtnln It is thnt Tfnnrip wnulil fnra ihn mnii i.hk. i,-.h yl - -..- - ... --- -..-- .. ...wub iv.mm. iiauuiuup 4 unaer wnicn any player, ever wielded a cue. with the three men shooting in order, one or another of the partners would always be In uositlon in imvk n ..,, &, tor his mate. And there Is where Hoppe would bo unreasonably handicapped. It hV'tolght be possible for Willie to play two men separately and then beat their total o's count. But to play both at the same time It's a vastly different task. YAMADA and Mornlngstar playing in '"snucks" against Hoppe surely " would keep him hustling. Playing the "brother-in-law" game, one leaving a set-up for his partner and the other playing Hoppu safe, they look invincible. : Looks Like a Regular Job for Bill Meyer wD A C:C!ClKrjTlvr in rnnni-ta frnm .Tnflfv.nn villo will Afrtvpi- win r.n,,nU t i. ., . "MTV ---- ---. - -J", "..u vnufeiiL 111 mi; npign- ".fcuuriiuuw ui liny Kaini-3 iur ine juiuuieu macHinen last Eeason, is slated to be , i-e,pjlar wearer of the mask and protector this year. One has only to follow t.Managtr Mack In the process of building up a team to be convinced that Meyer . -twui raaae a oecmeo impression on tne lean leader. Players must possess some- " tklnv mikPA than a V.la hanil hn(ttnn at'A anH a.t.All aIaIIiaii .& ... 1. . ... vv kimti - ". iimiui Muviiift i-jw c.n dhvii i.luiiico IU lllctftQ KOOa Wlin tne Wisard of Tioga. Mack looks for men with brains, and then demands that they use them. Meyer Is doing some fine work with the green pitchers nnd he Is a kAM.wnrlitnp hnll nlavar iliirtni. tho wnrmlnp.nn n-1r.4 U Ii.rJi.. , S.?C"- ';"'"" "" "" '- --"i " - n-"r j.v..v.u. ic nauuicn wic young- f r ?ter in a cool way and seems to have the faculty of getting out of tnem all there i;ifto set. Bine oatting may not reacn tne .300 marK, but he Is a fine, steady '"catcher for a young pitching corps. Wally Schang, who was shunted around from one position to another last year WRUl fee.was trying to throw out men at first from left field, will return to a regular aCMCinzneni oenina me db. rat waiey, wnose worn last year was all hat could icxcted, will no doubt be carried along, nnd Valentine Picinlch may uc riven a fcance to get In the action of some minor league. Valentine Is sure to come up aaaln, aa he is steady behind the bat and a reliable hitter for a youngster. --"', ,'," fpiS eald that Ping Bodle'a ambition is to equal "Gavvy" Cravath's $& '$" bHie'run record on Philadelphia "soil. Aim high, Ping, old boy; aim S BUln Is "Pussycat" Now Instead of "Bearcat" BW VORKls,areat little place for panning the pugs who hall from west of RAHegMfHC. to me long list or western boxers who have exhibited their IInGcUmm and have been driven back whence they came by the !nh i.aatlMujpart o;the jwpulace la added the'name of Jack Dillon. Leas JW ?r, "jl"v '"-c wvwujjicu a Ktuuu junto in me iimeugiit, ana the mfmmM4la,m ariother in jiving him the h?arty boost. He ha'd Just MbrW andupd the knockout to burly Tom Cowler. Consenuentlv. trt ttajbjfcan ace n te eyes o the New York crltlea. Then Mr ijafctofWfhe.epotUght began Wattlf lis focua. iiddiUonal bjWt Jmm0t ground after each showing. The climax came (aw djm -jaw neaameoAi stcc-oana could only-et a draw. Then to afuti SMWf? -fcjHhelr fprjiiir phrwe ,f -bearcat." BROWN AGAIN ON TOP OF SCORERS Camden Forward Repeats by Leading Eastern League in Point Getting ROY STEELE IS SECOND Eastern BasKetball Statistics at a Glance STANtllNO OK TIIK l,fllh w. l. r.o. i r.. r.r. firfTMotk 14 0 .700 Trrnlon in 10 .WW Jnvpfr. . in 111 .MO Rpuillne 10 in .r00 nmrtrn . 10 10 .SnO Il rrl . n H .30(1 RUMMAIlY (rpjBtotk Jnpr nrudlnit rnmilfn Tirnton I) .rrl (1. 14 in 18 1 T. DpV. O. n 1 20 4 S H I a 2-' 3 7 51 ft sn a 7 so as 120 .. n. I, .1, v mil- 40 Kninc". Total Leadlne storpr Jnmn llroun len. ullli iz.1 Held coals In Airrace, 3.12 fr lmp, Illfh Kcorrr. on" itnmr rlinrli-i linlte. nf lUadlnK, 0 llrlil Eo.ili ncalimt lirariinin. of tirriKtork, nt Kruillnx an Murrli Id. HUh Rcorp, nn cumi r(torK, 04 poln(, 2H llrlil coiiN and 20 nlil. iiKiilnit Cnnidrn nt ConiH-r Hnll on Murrli 10. Ilct drf"ni" rcrord UouiIImi: liut4 In pit out without llrld coal tit ItiMuliiR on Drrfmbpr 2 nnd flrtrK d'd llkoli nt loopcr Hull (in February 23. History repents Itself, according to the Eastern Basketball League nvcrages. nnd Jimmy Urovvnc and Hoy Steele, who led the scorers last year, are again at tho top of the list, but with averages just a few points short of their previous totals. Last campaign tJrown finished with a per centage of ,.418, maklng'lSG field goals nnd 31 assists In 30 games. This year lie hns compiled 125 field tosses nnd handed thi leather to team mates on 39 occasions Jimmy's average, Incidentally, was tho samo for both halves. In the initial twenty contests he caged the ball on (55 occasions, and, while he amassed only CO In the second half, he added lHo moro assists to his total. Steele came thunder.ng through the second half at a fast clip. Iloy was away oft In the star., and at tho conclusion of tho first twenty games was only "bat ting" at a .288 clip, and It speaks well for his second half showing when he could climb to second place for an averago of .369 The Greys have thre men among the first half dozen In Fogarty. Sugarman and Cross, the latter being second In Hold goals, with 106. When one looks at the total of the Camden outfit it Is hard to understand why that club Is not higher up. The lowest man Is rated at .225, and that Is Nell Dclghan. As a bcorlng combination they are in a class by themselves. Creystock was tho "luckiest" club In the league. Sugar man, Fogarty and Lawrence playing the entire f-cheduln of forty games. Cross missed but one, that at Reading the other Saturday night, and McWIlllams. their only "invalid," was out of the game but fivo times. Misfortune played hnvoc with the houso of Kennedy. Linton and Patterson and Jasper was up against It nearly all the time. Fox missed two games, Friedman and Sedran one, Kerr eleven and Hough twenty-three. It is rumored that Harry Franckle will be let out by the Potters and may be seen with Reading. The Mlllvlllo boy has been playing sensatlcitl ball, and topped tho Trenton scorers ...th seventy seven baskets. If Franckle does not go to Heading a much heavier scorer will be ob tained. The Bears are now trying to swing a deal. BASKKTBAM; AVERAOnS rts.'Fleld Toul As- C He'll. E'lK. B I". RlStS. U l'laer. Club. Tlrown, Camden. . Steele, Cnmden . . roEariy. OreyMock. . Sugarman. C5reMocK. CrosH. GrestocU.. . Friedman. Jasper . White. Ileadlne .. Sedrnn. Jasper . Norman. D Iserl .. Ilei kman. Head In?. O'Dunnell, Heading.. Franckle, Trenton Adam, Camdn . Senman, Trenton . . Dolln, Camden ItecBB, Headlns . . (lelB, Trenton Kerr, Jasper. McWllllamn. llrejs'k Delehan. Camden . . . Dark. Jiaper . . Tome, Trenton Cone, .laspT . Poarn. lteadhiB Morris. Heading.. . HoubIi, .lapr Reich. U Nerl Creeley. Camden Lawrence, (lre8tock. Dreyfuss, IJe Nerl... Harlow. De Nerl... Margrave". Trenton . nilson. D Nerl .... Harey. I Nerl.. Curlette. Trenton.... T.eonard. Jasper. .. Thompson. Io Nerl. Frost, Trenton . Fox, Jasper Wilnon, (Ireystock.. JlacOreBor, Jasper . Cashman Jasper.... rowel, Do Nerl .. Zihn. De Nerl . , . Caanaush. De Nerl. Armstrons, U Nerl l.loyd. t)e Nerl . Woerner D .erl. fleary. De Nerl Norrross. Trenton Hall. Camden OetzlnEer, Trenton... ll$ny. Camden. Klnkalde, Grejstock . Keenan, Orejstock . l.undon. De Nerl.... InRlls. Trenton .. .. Shelton. Do Nerl . . . Tuller, Jasper . . . 4.10 3.7! :i.C. I 7! H 11.1 l.ri4 3.44 1 SaIH 142 3 UO "II 2.07 lt 2.n: 188 2 II.' 2SS 2.13 124 2.7K lfH 2.77 tl."7 2 73 T4S 2 7S 111 2 (17 (111 2 l.t 112 2 42 1IM1 2.2H 2 23 112 2 l.'i r.47 2 (13 11.1 mi : l m &ln l mi hi l.SS 2."3 1 Sl 14 1 RS 22 1 SS 11(1 1 711 4H 1 7!l 40 l.lll) H 1 44 42 1 40 2S t.4.i on J.3 24 1 3d 1 2.' 1.21 1 20 1 1!) 1.14 1 11 1.11 l.lll 1 (III 1 (I'l 1 11,1 1 (HI 1 (10 1 no .no so .4(1 3.1 M .no .no (.3 l 152 70 13 0 Ml fjlt 77 II inn (I 71 o 13 l III 1(111 34 12(1 12 &4 II J II 311 68 mi 2S 113 M 21 fill Till 411 no M 5S 1 ll 43 424 42 (I Id 221 44.-. 20 12 BO 42 10 :ll 0 41 4 11 f.r. 23 23 4 21 11 31) 12 in o 2'i 3 11 17 1 3 1 1 (I 1 1 21 O (1 r..-. 31 r.-t 3(1 li :u 20 40 3.1 33 111 O IS 34 10 x 4 111 11 12 4 15 IS 0 Ji 4 21 3 ft in Tl o o n ii l 4(1 3 411 411 3t 3' r, as 20 :is 40 40 :in id 311 12 37 211 35 40 3'1 3S 1 32 40 17 H S 411 111 an 25 13 40 13 11 n 3S 5 IB 21 J'OUIi riaser. Club rhootino iu:coni)s 1 C. Ooals. Ch's. Wilson. Oreystork . . J ogariy. uresiocK tears, jfaaini: 1 ooo .75H Pears. RnadlnB 05 Adams, Camden . . . ijjn Sedran. Jasper ...... 'ji.J Armstronc. De Nerl . nili Dark, Do. Nerl Wo Curlette, Trenton .... 03 1 HoUEh. Jasper MO Norman. V Nrl nil rteckman. IteadlnB 5,1 TIcbbs. Headln... Mil IlarKraes. Do Nerl ... ..W Hrown. Camden 520 Franckle. Trenton 50n Oetzlnger. Trenton .. .500 Cashman. Jasper .. . .47n Zahn. D Nerl 400 1 B70 421 547 -'!! 445 533 221 120 51 18 II 13 t 8 4 1 700 001 7S1 325 3 074 030 335 1!I8 114 34 17 25 . "i 17 10 Oms. 5 411 32 39 3 3li 411 17 20 38 12 5 40 40 20 24 a m&- " ....Si 0h You Billy Moran You Want Clothes That Fit You. They Are the Kind I Make Let me take your measure for your Easter Bult now I The finest selection ol wiens in lown. TO ORDER fZB, 185 EASTER SUITS Value lis, fZO 121 14J2 20iE BILLY MORAN Open Erenlnsj 1103 Arch St. THE TAILOB OLYIIAA.A.IR"',afc. WHEN A FELLER NEEDS A FRIEND i I . (say BY 6 -T6 VJT X 1 FRIGM03 H0VAJ VETTy-. yV I 1T5 TIM6 TO TAKE Pff55 - Your, dancims r t r I ' ... J . A LEA SOU. Qf T - -- lpmfi -i LLfljjjajj l4lf44mjH iff 1 1 v H l tTffltttttt cM6 oearJi '" ,'illll "JllMKTIn . 1 00E& ) iPryr . Ulin -f W&k,z r,(itllllllUHH(IIIIKllliT9 r 'MI(i(IWl(fWW,(ViM lffl(BWWTOWtWM '' Newman, Trenton Frot. Trenton . . . .2S0 .107 40 8 cr.un scohino Totnl Points by . points Oppon'ta. Assists. Oms. Camden 13711 1340 21.1 40 CivjMock 1328 1120 210 40 Trenton 1141 1140 145 4(1 Jasper 1113 !i!i 172 40 Heading 1100 1101 172 40 Do Nerl 1005 1373 120 40 Everything Is In readiness for the big scries at Camden on Wednesday evening. The games promlso to bo the hardest fought ones ever played In this section. "Army" Armstrong proed himself a hero with his timely two-pointer, which gavo Do Xcrl a 22-21 victory over Heading at Mu sical Kund Hall on Saturday night. Kmerson has captured tho ponnant In tho Camden City League for the third successlvo year. J. FRANKLIN BAKER, BALL WALLOPEffl IS GOOD FOR BAITING INCREASE' OF FORTY POINTS IN NEXT SEASQM , Ily GRANTLAND RICE . .The Soul Cracker The drive (hat poea two hundred yards s soft enough for vie; I do not mind the traps that yawn Beyond the festive tee; But I can feel my brain earccn, My bleeding , soul is cut, The time I meet upon the green A down-hill three-foot putt. I'll meet a 'gunman any day , ' And not give way an inch; Vve tackled bill collectors where My nerve refused to flinch; , I've hit a a line and n)n an end, I've -blocked a runner, but My knees still shake, each time face A down-hill three-foot putt. ' John Franklin Baker I 'AST SPniNG Johnlffj-anltlln Baiter le Jported for play after a year's respite on the farm. Ho had surrendered tho bat for the hoe and tho plow, and the result was that ho got a poor start on tho season's run. Ills averago varied between .2G5 nnd ,2S0. About the time he got going again, later on In tho year, ho rammed his stalwart ribs against tho een more stalwart grandstand nnd ceased shooting for an indefinite period. So ho was not nblo to establish any lato season such as Kddlo Collins and Stuffy JIc Innls did. The result was that Jo"hn Frank lin finished down around .268, nearly thirty points, below Mclnnls and moro than forty points below Collins. This season Baker starts with a better chanco. He proved by finishing second In the home-run output that he still carries the wallop. And. ai he Is only thirty and Is In flno shape, he should range again above .300 through the new campaign. Baker Is a natural hitter, and .263 Is far below his normal mark. Ho Is good for a rlso of forty or fifty points at least If there Is anythlpg left In the steamy dope. The Big Punch With Baker and Wally Plpp, tho Tanks should havo a combination this season In the runmaklng lino equal to any In the game, not even excluding Collins and Jack son or Cobb and Vcacli. This may sound to bo an overly extrava gant statement. But recall these details: Plpp last season drove ncross more runs than any other man In tho league barring neither Cobb nor.Speaker. Balcer, up to thd time of his accident, was only a brief span behind. These two are both lone.r.n,.' flrcrs, and work he fo.-o(i,. .u..s ." I laleo the place held by Crawford indTS ur iravnin ana luucrus. and Cob - W Most cricket players In, this country ,ti,v' I to their own game. Xorman MnivJi." star young Philadelphia golfer, V ! cricket player, and so wai Harry VanJv IJIIIIUUIIL. UlUIULl'M 111 III Pf lltlrici ,U- "" dulged In 'cricket .to any evep u. .Tent nt . . .!... i. i - - v""l. Al. im.uH.i iiuj uuiiiiii-r ui j7ou cricket nla.. take up other games as a Rliln h-. ." click to cricket In the main details. ' ' The citizens of this well-known Common wealth will sit at a football orabaS ' game and pan the equally well-known hid. of the athletes where there Is had tlm play or any tendency to star at the oxnn of the club. Yet In developing team pfi?S tho larger affairs of tho nat'on tho, only, tponbc Is a badly suppressed yawn, , ...... ii woum oe an interesting experiment I Rnmn fl.nv in frnln n fum . . 'l ..... --. --. - . .....ii, ,, rrapir un , players for a cilcket ensemble and obsem linw well tliev rntilil ninl.'. ..tit nni . well-known cricket array. i s PRING UITS To Order l PETER MORAN & CO. MSffl!7 13TU & MAKKHT STS. rXTRANTE ON 13TH.tl S. 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