r tyiiifrrfrirt'-liarTr -1 h ' " mm mtfnmjmMmm tPW fig EVENING LEDGET-PSILAELPHIA, SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1017 v, H -m ri PITTSBURGH'S MANAGER IS VERSATILE HAS PLAYED EVERYTHING BUT PROFESSIONAL BAM.I r v.lf ' Mf -ri- rrHi ftZDEK, NEW PITTSBURGH PILOT, f DROPS GOLF CLUB ON COAST TO ACCEPT MUSTJ5U UPRISING OFFER ffiuman Shell" on Gridiron Never Has Played Even Minor jueuyue -Dciseuau nas scouted tor Years luugm, uiun to jseat renn By ROBERT XV . . ht rtrnmn In Inlrt In tfrT Wf Portland. Ore. where tho Pacino U 2 .h fevered brows of the ex- cool the i--" ...i.. ) jdid DQVUivv. HHHMt fs -d the reason is a boh irai lt& me whch drew n of tne i-Onsi expcris to the afore mentioned city with Its cooling breezes and other scenery As for plot well, stick nround and trv to discover It The great pent nan about to start A short, tow-h 0 a d o d, squatty flgum am bled up to the first tee cnre'ess y dropped a bright. shln, glls tenlng Midget Honor ball to tho ground and then lifted It to tho t-rt of a tiny pile of sand He stretched If"1".,. ' ... in the rnn Purine fiL. wwIe iH Ftfckt ar jH 'L jMIB JTTw MAMVL.1- i muscular arms in tno cooi i-ncmc J " Md Placed himself In position to S the ball at least nine miles Tho F' 7, , b.id Its breath as those mighty f!?. tripped the driver and telescopes were lknM at the distant skyline to follow the Lane of the ball taBut the driver was neer drlen Just aa fE-.ti about to swish downward and kiss 1., ... hull rlcht In tho face; a messenger lor twit upon tho scene, making no more tols than a brass band lie Plot Thickens Hr,is-e fer Mr Bezdek," he jelled MltSsfe fer Mr uezai;- wiiercs .iir EeadtkT Must find him " t Hie colfer laid down his club nnd beck tad to the boy "you need lOOK no lunnrr, or emu, lor imMr. Beidek Tell mo the sad news " ljHii hoy handed him a telegraph message. Bf . .. . L a..t II... r.1n -Anil BninAlliInn EMUtlng 111, 6C-I me hUHSI IVHU .UlllC-.lllltf, MtthlS'. y 'It tamring Callahan for the tinware anil W eglCVll ITy-on mftrj J-Muru luuuy i'ltis- UrjH tranfs a manager for hrr ball club, lit late been serteneed for the Job Do (oi--t tt or tcould you rather go to wart fQftlOOa mvsi mi,r me joo, so icny not- W'Tovr old pal, E "BARXEY nnEYFVss:' Kittle did the expectant gallery know that lis'urr waa In toe limiting In Portland, Ore , it that moment Little did they know that tier re gazing upon the oungcst man unr In tho National League, for Bc7dek ictrf on the spot Pulling his score card ifrom h! pocket, he dashed off a message jgmllir to this 4nar Barney This Is to inform you. that Till le Jicrocrj air not fighttno in the jlrrwj'i. TArre aic a few left in this coun ifry 7 occtpt the nomination, whatever fltl." IctepU the Job It to came about that Hugo Bezdek. for It ,tibjMd he, decided to become the young tn quager in ine .National i-enguo nni accent i lob which had been nassed mi bv m Him Wagner and other notables. Ho tOT- Into the shoes vacated by Jimmy nC-..tn and faced an outlook :us dark nnd Jjlru; as the clouds of soot and smoke Itlrtlch float oer Pittsburgh seven days a We were sorry for Mathevvson when he Rumbled Into the managerial berth In Cin cinnati, but our heart goes out to Bezdek h his present trouble. No big league pilot ever was stacked up against such a Job, and e want to say right here that no big league pilot ever will equal tho work which w ill he 4on by Bezdek, or accomplish the results Wore the season ends All of which means that the new manager Is a close student of the game, knows what he Is talking about, lis a nleaslne n-rsnnnlitv Mia nhiutv in rmtlt friends of the players and Is a tireless worter wiin tneso attributes there l.s no toiibt that h utll hn a ciin-i,-- t Since the news was flashed across the pit that a new and lrtually unknown uuger naa been named by Dreyfuss, the ltinViB v.---. 1ii. i, t. ..-- . niiriy Bezdek? Where did he ecr play Uu sur in College f It It true that Barney sprung a new one J? the dear old public and a few words of HpUnation are necessary Hugo Bezdek Jtver has played big league baseball Ho t!iW.h" P'1""1 mnor league baseball In t.he never has played any place where Bemtlonal agreement held full sway. He '. MAXWELL was n member of tho University of Chicago baseball team In 1303. 'Ot. '05 and 'OS, and aft'r graduation plajed with Anson's Colts aivl the Gunthers, two semlpro teams In Chicago Before entering the unlxerslty Bezdek plajed on the Lake High School hall team In Chicago He was considered an exceptionally good player nnd one of the best second biemcn In tho college ranks I called nn tW.dek at the Majestic eter dsv and f .und bin, in his room resting aftpr 1 hsrd night s trip He had been on the rond fnr more than a week, trn cling nil the way from Portland to sign up for the Job He hnd seen hl8 tenm lose a pair io jm coma nn ,lul 4 and was an ejewlt ncos to the slmghtcr Thursday when the Cards won out In eleven Innings He had a perfect right to he tired and he rested on a couch In his room while, we talked things oxer. Will Work Hard "I can t sav much about managing a big leagcu ball club" he said, 'because I am not -m0l' I o it yet t took charge of the clublast Wednesday and hao deotd most of the tlm to getting acquainted with the pnyers Tluy nro great hovs and 1 know that they will do some good work in a short time I know I hao a hard Jnb on my hands, but I'm willing to work and I helleo that the plser8 will work with me 'There Is one thing I want understood, he continued, no ho partly arose as If to omp'.iaslze his rcmatks, "and that Is that I will pla the game fairly and keep away from umpires I cant ceo am thing In arrulng aftor n decision has been glxen when there Is no chance to hac It revoised But wo will pU hard all of the time and accomplish more than If rowdy tactics were resorted to " Bezdek also shed some light on his deal ings with Drejfuss For eight ears the new manager has been on the Plttrburgh pay roll Rnd has scouted all over the West and in Canada for players He performed his duties so well and showed such a knowl. edge of tho game tint Barney turned to him In this ernergenc Diacoercd in 1008 It was In the spring of 1008 that Bezdek first met D'ejfusR The Pirates were train ing at Hot Springs, Ark , and stopped off at Llttlo Book to play the University ot Arkansis Bezdek coached that team and his plnyers put up such a good game and showed such a knowlodgo of Insldo base ball that Fred Clark congratulated this coach after the contest Thcte were sexcral flrst-cla's men on the college team and Clark wanted to sign them when college closed Preyfuss also expressed the samo deslro and went further when he said "If you see anv promising players around here, "et mc know " Bc7dev started out that summer on a scouting trip and has been at it eer since This year ho lslted the Canadian lesgues and was back only n few days when Bar ney's message Interrupted his golf match "I was surprised when tho position was offered to me," he said, "for I never een dreamed of being appointed manager Now that I have the job, I'll work harder than ever beforo and do my best That's all Unv one can do " Bezdek also la a football coach of high standing Last enr he taught tho Unl ersltj of Oregon team tho proper way to beat Penn in the Sew Year's Day game In Pasadena, and beforo that, won the Pacific coast championship He has been at Oregon for four years and will return next fall. Beforo this he coached the University of Arkansas, where ho turned out threo cham pionship football clovens nnd four cham pionship baseball teams. Great Football Player In his college das. Bezdek was star full back on the University of Chicago team He was called tho "hunnn shell" from the way he tore Into the opposing line. Critics say that ho is the best lino plunger tho West has eev seen and that means a whole lot I remember one game In which Bezdek played He was Injuied early In the first half, but arose and kept on playing. Be tween the halves in the dressing room. Bezdek called the tialner and asked for tho cover off a wash boiler, which was under the bench The Btartled trainer handed him the piece of tin and was amazed to see Bezdek bend It and put it under his Jersey This was before tho rules prohibited metallic guards, so when tho game was resumed, Bezdek trotted out on tho field with the tin shield to protect his bodj He played through tho game, but afterward It was discovered that ho had two cracked ribs. Bezdek H thirty-three years old and makes his hone In Euglne, Oregon. Ho is married ami has two children SCRAPS ABOUT SCRAPPERS i UHEN" J. Kllbane, who governs his dlvl M lion so emphatically that he must enter at tut chjss for competition, meets Benny MOlltfd- llW llfhta,AlK .1.- In Ulo nltv I 'J' tt wlu be the featherweight cham- in V urln Iraca against a boxer ot tine. V"ir. Jawn P's boxing against crowned r""" ' even Better than the American W batting record of Tyrus Cobb; Kllly MlBrfc( . . i.. i. ..- ! j- ' " "tfl,fi fc UlCUll main, a .vi - 2? of 1'000 H wa on Washington a ortbaty in 1Q1 tv, tiika ..AV,AfAii ?"IMror In an elimination tournament at ." A&ZClejL fflfmA !... .U ...III. n Ktc-fTAI- ItaZi Bolns through twenty winning Tki ini ADranam Lincoln Alien ; referee a decision resulted in Able oLf," Instead of featherweight champ Sfkin y'8 nl8ht' 1D15, Kllbano I1111611 i4. i ' l "" vvimams, men oaniani iXffih lhls clty' Rnd there "mnlned Wf? i ilY l lat. only a few weeks t BiM m-i Vil "v-iinuiicu ricu vcioii, I1.ll- Sim. . Englishman In New York and I liTi !' margin of victory wns bigger I'ttn. , h 'met Williams. In less than , ek. the Kllbane-Leonard contest fc, " St put On. nnri whftlhai. 1ia PIava. "' can conUnua his winning form re ? w U seen. IjiflmANB didn't knock out Attell. i, Williams or Welsh, but In each -By LOUIS II. JAFFE- tha fLltli r IB? ttTif"?. opposition was lucky to stay tU ffi . Kl'bane and Leonard are -r naroett punchers in their respec ' ciusea. They alto are clever, and aHuTi-T ney auo are clever, and Swii1"!,' certainty that the victor gi -s fotmeo. on points. 'JteOV kiffi"'? ' ! line for a match with fi hie tSr..,.ourM'.lcavern iofi alone wln- file TiSJ'Vf1" ,0 u,h t"n his path on IS."?? Monday nliht Ynun. .ln llnrrell n1?. J'SST McOovrn'' color; at TU.. V.dub. This conl.it h I.llllo Italy S5 ifii,-" !'.. n. a n"? -'?ttd 5?l.Johol!I' Mealy will try out hi; ,$8. iri'i.' wallop on Mcflovern and i- ( too, la an Important one. uu Srtm.d'fJ.V!" "undlna- Into nn fet Mr iiL'Ftea lor hi. nm-v..i. .. .t. n.A-i. IU tai,(nifht n meeting- Jack Brady, triffiM.Wlt1 rued battler. an4 re Ylcloiii ? t of h! cleverneea to avoid '-WM Tl'fe".'.""."'. lort. who i IW 'fltKHfi?. " elver anil punches 1-" otter bouta art Tommy Bhirk.y va. ij ana Johnny 8mlth v, Whltey yywelht jueetton Evening Ledger Decisions of Ring Bouts Last Night rAMIIIUA A. C. ounir 'MiOoiern nhadtil Johnnv Kocnfr, lounv Mulllcun riirw xtlth Johnny .Monnin, FtlJlt? Itatrit ntopni onnc Mijdfr, second i imiiik Corlstt btopioJ Jim the (oni Mtrundi IlKe- Ilurn dtfrated jVjJ din llnjrfi. NKV, Mi;h .lor .lrtnfttH knocked out 1 insn Kid, Oflhi Ilftdllnc llnll KtoiHd ounr (iftrdner. tltlnli Auglr Itntner div frutpti client Martin, Dumm) 1 1 urns won from I'l-wld) Iteene, Walter Nflton out olnttMl llrrt Spencer, Joa Tlplltz outboxrd Joe I eotiard. Jimmy Kirk defeated Kuv Kher, Harney Adair won from Jimmy Taul, lard ramp, brlnn an awakening that there may tw Bomethlntf doing In tho near future Wlllard after accumulating hi large wealth doesn t raro how much longer h will remain champion, and It la probable he will put his title at atako In at leant one more battlo Lyrically, Fero cious Frederick will be the one to face him, Singles and Bungles WATCHING HIS PIRATES WIN Hugo Bezdek, new manager of the Pittsbureh Club, accented the posi tion with the proviso thnt he could resume duties as football conch at the University of Oregon next fall. Bezdek, whilo an unknown quan tity in baseball circles, is conceded to be among leading gridiron coaches in the country. iMi . j9B 1 1" 'fmzLmm i lwliiKxHP-v ' " A4fHli-iK?9 iV',K 1 E-UraVPtM-IKIIUuAF AH --t--g-g-g-g---'at-g-g-U Mfl Je. JTOV W i . ..J"Pf "1 C A laP! tinmmiT ' silSJaaaBir :l It v WSimMM3BmM h Hi PB n Tough on Grandma Tn office bau taitd flltu cents Bit vinchina mloftt and main. And tacriAerd a relative To e a lialft'all same Iiut Just before the name bepan ,. The rain commenced to fall So he was out a refallve atut eaio no rame at 'all, IN' THE BPOTLIOIIT TODAY Onery t'ra alh. lie eurrrede Ty Cobb at elraltht-tanie battlni hero with nineteen In a row, Jim Scott ana a historic baseball ewan tonr In winding up nla bateball career by helping to break Ty Cobb'a wonder batting atreak maintained through thlrty-nve garnet. Hard-luck here Bill Hlnchman. lit alto foiled hit btteball career by a double fracture ut the ler In the nnat Inning ot the local contett, llonut Wagner and Milton Stock thtrtd popu. Itr pretentatlon honori. The greet vetertn rot a traveling btg and the local favorite, a Kby truck ; for tho newly arrived ton and heir. Dodo I'aekfrt wae the ..local "KOng, hero, lit made a elnelo. o double and a triple and drew ht,e on ' iimiiir. Cv Rlaler thowed that the good old ...r.Ef umpiring tingle-handed ere noh extinct ?..V. He nandled the entire affair tt Uo.ton with eminent tatltfactlon to all ptrtlet con cerned i, . an old-tlrat corner lot affair at Cleveland. TtntViS men hatted In the third KtiilT Wnd thirteen runt,er acortd. In tilt l!!Ln ,Vr Indiana made tight- ru.na. taourt.to FORTY-THREE PHILADELPHIANS ON NATIONAL ROLL OF HONOR OF POSSIBLE GOLFING CHAMPIONS More Than Two-thirds of Those Eligible to Play for Amateur Blue Ribbon of Golf Are From the Quaker City Few Young Players Named GOLFERS Renernlly will' ho mirprlfed to find that In tho Stntc of Pennsylvania thero nro no fewer than sljcty-ono plnyon ollnlhlo to compote In tho next amateur trolf championship, which, by tho bye, will not hn held this year because of tho war In fnct, Pennsylanla hna only two less than Now York, but ns the Metropolitan district takes In much of the lower end of Now York, a great deal of the upper part of New Jersey nnd a portion of Connecticut, tho Metropolitan district probably numbers HllRhtly more than a hundred players or Just about ono-quarter of tho wholo number of plaj ers In this country eligible to play. AVo hae had two champlona from Pennsylvania In the twenty-two years of golf in this country, and, needless to say, both of them are residents of Pittsburgh, W C Kownos, Jr, and nben Byers Years and years ago Pllly tVest, of the Philadelphia Country Club, reached the semifinals, but bo Is the only Philadelphlan who has ever done this The list of tho golfers cllglhle taken with reference to their States Is Interesting and follows' New York, 63; Pennsylvania, 61, Illinois, 30 : New Jersey, 36 ; Connecticut, 34; Massachusetts, 32; California. 23; Dis trict of Columbia. IB; Texas, 12, Ohio, 9; Minnesota, 9, Michigan, 9; "Wisconsin, a; Missouri and rthodo Island, 6; Marjlnnd. 5 ; Nebraska and North Carolina, 4 ; Georgia. Florida and Kentucky, 3; New Hampshire, Delaware, Louisiana, Washing ton and South Carolina, 2, and Colorado, Oregon and Iowa one each Majority From East More than half of these golfers are east of the Ohio and north ot Virginia Natu rally most of the golfers from Massachu sots eligible to play are from Boston and those from Illinois are chiefly from Chicago And the same is true of every State In the Union Without exception 90 percent of the hlg golfers come from the big cities where the golf couri.es are superior to those of the smaller cities There are more Pennsylvanians on the list than over and here Is the honor roll of tho Philadelphia playera And over the same course you are apt to find Oeorge A Crump almost any after noon In the week Howard McCall Is jP parently too busy to play much golf, but he ranks among the best men In Phllo.1191 uhla. and the same thing may be aald about F W Clark 3d Wnlter Pfell. while he is rated from the Huntingdon Valley Country Club Is now a resident of northern New Jersey, and George V Hotan one of the longest of amateur drivers. Is a resident of Texas George C. Thomas is an ardent roso expert and he has written a book on roses which is nn authority, but we see very little of him In competitive golf Of the forty-three men named, only five of them entered the last nnnteur golf chim plonHhlp of this city, hut the probable rea son for this was that there wns no title at stake nnd no Incentive to spend tho best part of a week on tho course at White marsh. I'cw Yotinr; Plnyers Of the entire list, only a few are the real youngsters, nnd notnblo among these nro Norman Maxwell nnd Meredith Jack Tho rest of theni am men either in their thir ties nr early forties,, nnd somo of thorn nro brushing tho flfty-jear mark It Is likely that hefore another esr we shall see some of the younger plajers on the list, notably two of the Woodbury cracks, Hdward Clcary and George Hoffner Both can give most of tho men on the list of ellglbles n stiff match r. n nmton. Huntingdon Valley, Ir. lmon t'arr, I'lne alley. V.. U. (lark, Philadelphia Cricket. F T. Clark, rhlhulelphln tountrj. (eorge A f rump. I'lne "i alley. nrffe V Klklnt. Jr.. Huntingdon Valley. James II (isr, Philadelphia Cricket Horace II. Frsnclne, Huntingdon Valley Klrluird f, Prnncli. Merlon. I'atrlck drnnt. rhllndelphla Cricket. II. K. lrl.com. Merlon. It. K Han.nn. I'lillndclphlA Conntrr !(. VtteUr Harrrj. rhlludelnhla Country. (In j ton Intraham, t. Dnvlde. Meredith II Jack. Merlon Hobert C Jftlnra, Merlon Francis . Krmhle. I'lillndelphlu Conntrr. H. C. Long, riillHileliililn (ountrj, Norman II. Mixucll, Arnnlmlnk. iioirarn i litinii, .iierion Itlchnrd Mott, lltintlnRilon Valley-. Dr. .M. K NrllTcr, Huntingdon alley. Houard V) lVtrin. Merlon Walter i Weill Huntingdon Valley. Walter II. Keinolda. Aronlmlnk. Maurice KMe. Atlantic; rlty. (eorte Kotan, rino Valle. Harold A. Hundi, Merlon. N IV. Sargent Merlon. K, Arnold Venice Philadelphia Country, W. K. Miackleford. Atlantle City. Mdnr K. MuirHood, Vlerlon. A. II. siuiiii, lluntliiailon alli-y. W. P. xinltli. Pine alley. (leurte t Ihoiimi, philjilelphla Cricket. Ulrt I.. Thomiuon. Huntingdon Valley. Wurrrn A Tj-ou, 'iirlniliuven. I,. VI VVa.liliurii. Merlon r. II Wchsirr. Jr.. Frankford. W. T. Vet. Phlladelpril.'v Country. Iluili I. Vtllfion. Merlon. A. V, Mllllume, lliuitlntdnn Valley. Until I.. Wlllouahh. Merlon. So of tho slxtj-one golfers assigned to Pennsylvania no Jess than foity-three are fiom tho Phllrdelphla district. A large number of these havo not been playing competitive golf for somo time It Is rare that we see Hugh Wilson, tai man who Is responsible for laying out the two ex cellent courses at Merlon, In a golf com petition Howard Perrln since ho became tho president of the L'nlted States Golf Association, has played very little com petitive golf Doctor Carr, who is the lowest rated golfing clergyman In this coun try, p'ays now and then, but mostly at Pine Valley ELECTRICS HOLD FINAL SUMMER TRAP SHOOT TODAY The Philadelphia Klectrlc Gun Club will stage Its final target shoot of the summer season today at Highland Park and all local shots nro Invited to compete Pros pects for entertaining a big assemblage of wing shots Is virtually nssured Gunners from the Southwnrk and Cedar Park clubs will participate, and a few wing shots from several out-of-town shooting clubs will also Join In the festivities . The program Is fifty targets per man, all shooting from the 16-yard mark. Four sil ver spoons will be given to the highest scorers of the club members, while several other trophies are listed for visiting marks- m Lansdale, Ta . will be the rendexvous for registered target smashers, for at that place the Lansdale Gun Club has listed a big target meet. One hundred and fifty targets is the card of tho up-State association ENLISTED MEN IN MEET ON ESSINGTON FIELD A dual track and field meet between threnllsted men of the Aviation Training School and the Coast Defense neservea wll be held today at Esslngton. The first event l scheduled to etart at 1:30 Most of the men who are entered are college graduates or undergraduates and many well-known athletes will compete Among those listed to take part are Ira wmcompete for The Coast Defense Re- MADONNA WAR MAY UPSET GREENPOINT PLANS Captain Harry Betz and Dr. J. G. Godfrey Expect Call to Colors Shortly BELFIELD GtflNG STRONG PLAY IN WESTERN GOLF TO GET UNDER WAY TODAY CHICAGO. July 7 Additional enterles received brought the total for the Western Amateur Championship at the Midlothian Country Club to 1E6 Among the late comers were Reuben Busn. or New Orleans, southern chnmplon of 1916 and runner-up In 1910 and 1911, and John Mavs, of Buenos Aires, champon of tho Argentine Republic. Mavs halls from Newcastle, Hngland, but has been living In South America for sev eral years Charles Grimes, former western Junior champion ; A, A French, of Annandale, Cali fornia; I W. Lincoln and Dr. C. Cadwelt, of Flossmoor. were among the late entries. So far five teams are entered for the an nual 36-hole competition tor tne Olymplo trophy today 80 SUITS $1 1 Td ORDER mMmwML Reduced from (30, IJ5 and 130 PETER M0RAN & CO. Yant I3TII t MvHKKT. H-NTRANCK ON UTIt S. K. COn. 0TII AND AKCII STS, Market Ht. Store Open JCifrr F.enlnf serves; Dick Warren. Penn hurdler; Ale and Lud Wray, of Penn8 football team, and Schmldhelser, a former Penn crew man. Seek New Golf Record The record for the Cobb't Creek golf count made Tin toropetltlon. which It TO.hu an eleiant hence to tot better by many entrlet In h. Lit lroth?rt' Cobb't CrteV golf tournament, to b Clfd under the eutpleee of the PaljedalpsY 41? Hi'v &A. .. i TnaatnAi fttm tl RlUfiiMW lata. '. V"?. irr'rr-.v-uti.'ii l .vi Tonight-Special-Tonight 10-Mile Motorpaced Race LAVRENCE 1IEDKI.I. & CAMERON Point Breeze Motordrome Important League Net Matches for Today srnrrtmN lkaocb Co?r,:r.nt rnf,ThVe.C,nb "' f""Ur . .9prJ.nr?," V",, r'nh Utenton Ath- inrlri Vm"' T"""'"'orll and Heetroor?- rhlladrlpMi; and Resdlnt A. A. Tt ATiXn."i'i '.'M't' l .Amerlenn llrlnVe. Ardmore r '" '' rdm0"'- t TRISTATK IXAdlT, (DliUlon A) iTn.Ln'l1 Tfn.';, IH ' "ermantown Cricket ITejm Al. at (lcrmnnlon. CrnHyd. '" l',nw,d Country Club, at iDUtKlen II) OrVr'h"rrIe,K?Wn "" "t"broo, "" Onb. at llermaniown It v. neldeld A. at HelAeM ,.. !c "i"1" m-ly l""et Greenpolnt Tennis fluhs chances of winning the Suburban Lcagun title this ear At present the Plnvers lead Beltlold. their nearest rlvnl. by seven points In tho won column If the two teams malntuln the present pace the final clnh would prolubly tcsult with i.reenpolnt finishing on top Whether Groenpolnl can maintain the pace remains to be seen, but the war may P ay a part in taking somo of the best plajers from the league leaders. Captain Harry V Betz Is In the marine corps and at League Islnnd every dny Ho Is subject to cnli nt nny moment With the lender absent, Greenpolnt's tennli aggregation would be greatly wealtened Dr J G Godfrey, nnothor Gireenpolnt winner, Is a member of a base hospital unit and expecti a call momentarily. His losi would be a severe blow to the team, which seems to bo In line for the champion ship this j ear Hrolhers on nival Teams On the Greenpolnt team is Italph II Hnthpriall. who plays No. 2 position On the Beineld team H H Hothersall. brother of the Greenpolnt player It Is brother vs brother In tho fight for tho pennant It has heen a close battle betweon Uelfleld nnd Greenpolnt for many years, nnd 1917 Is no cxcoptlon Greenpolnt lined up In a Suburban League match with American Bridge last week and won all nine points Bolfleld plavcd Sten ton nt Bolfleld and also won nlno points This nfternoon Greenpolnt clashes with Ktenton nt tho Stenton Athletics Field and Bolfleld plnvs at Ardmoro There are other Important Suburban Leaguo contests on the roster today. Uni versity Courts will meet Elberon at Fot Chase Philadelphia and needing A A plays at American Bridge In the Trlstate League In Division A and Division B, thero are ipilte a few mntches of Interest. Bel field II plays at Cermantovvn and Wil mington Country Cluh plays at Cynwyd In Division B, Mooreatown plays at Over brook nnd Germantown B lines up In the match with Beineld A The Cynwyd team drew a bye Endicott in Golf nnd Tennis While Judge Alien B Endloott hnd his son, Thomas Kndlcott, were playing In the vainer nna son tournament at the Old York Road Country Club the other members of the sport-lovlns Kndlcott family were taking part in the Atlantic City Yacht Club's handicap tennis tournament. Tho Kndicotts like tennis, golf and yacht ing, and they are active in all throe sports Allen B Endicott, Jr, and Paul Endicott will play In the shore tourna ments this summer. Atlantic City will hold the usual championship event. Thomas M Scott, chairman of the Ocean City Yacht Club tennis committee, has de cided to call a meeting of his commltteo for next Saturday night at the clubhouse. Ocean City, N J. The yachtsmen will hold the South Jersey championship as usual this year, starting on Saturday, August 18. MINOR LEAGUE BALL T0SSERS HAVE BUSY SCHEDULE FOR TODAY WITH SEASON JUST AT HALF-WAY MARK Delaware County, Main Line and Interborough to Inaugurate New Series Industrial Nines Have Double-Headers on Layout THE second half of the sfon will be In augurated this afternoon In tho Dela ware County, Main Line and Interborough Leagues While Chester was a winner In the Deiawaro County League theio Is everv Indication that I'oth's champions will find stubborn opposition In the next round, espe clallj from I'plnnd Manager Miller sure has a wrecking crew on his pnyrool In Lord McWIlllams. Marks Cashman. Fritz nnd Twining nnd unless the Chester stlrk smlths begin to hit they will find rplinil In the lead Media ts also counted upon to bo heard from In this half The fminer ihamplons are scheduled to pla at Ches ter toduj Just what difference will b ml. dent In Chester teamwork through the all pence of Chnrlcv Dooln, who hnn been re leased, remains to ho seen There it Utile dnubt that he has stendled the pitchers, but was very weak In hitting only bolng cred ited with a single blngle In tvvnnty-tvvo trips to tho plate The circuit of the Main Line League Is considerably nltercd for the start of (he second round and three new teams make their bo to Main Lino fans this afternoon Tho newcomers are Independent Club, of West Chester, Norrlstown nnd tho Lee Tire and Rubber club" representing Consho hocken Autocar, which captured first half honors, have a bard opponent In llerwjn This combination finished with a rush, win ning Its last flvo games The opinion pre vails that the newcomers ndd considerable prcstlgo to the league nnd It is freely pre dicted that even more excitement will at tend tho second half than the first Interborough League fans will be glad to see the second eerlea of thnt league's schedule get under way this afternoon Tho first round ended in a tie. with Union and Ridley Park, each winning eight and losing two Tho schedule calls for Ridley Park to tackle Media Highland Park to face Drexel Hills and I'nlon to tncklo Morton-Hutledge Owing to the wlthirawal nf Philadelphia Dye Works In the Independent lniuetrlal Lrainie John T Lewis A tiro' nine Is idle A new club has been eerured Io till the sacano. but was unable to play tnjuv The latent nrquleltton represents the Arm oC Mrlntlre, Masee & Hronn opttclane, and It will plnv He lnitlll league contort next Saturday Th little nine will not plav a leaxue ram next dnturday ns It will make n Journey ner to New York to meet the club representing the firm there. There remains a deadtnek In the Manufac turers I.eavup fnr first plan , with American Pulley and Ilarrett eharlmr the pinnacle position The tlo may be broken todav oh the Pulley boys meet a tnuxh 'tietomer In I nnstiui Monotype Tho latter ndmlnletere 1 the onlv defeat sus tained by Ilarrett and In the previous clash with Pulley was leadlnir until the ninth when Pul ley sent n pelr of runs a rnss the pan nnd won out. 3-2 Ilarrett Is plsylnr (treat bill but Its hlah standing Is dim In e, measure to the pitch ing of Vole The Rome scheduled last flnturday between Monotype and (llrard f.hoe will bo played at n later date Thle la double-header day In the Industrial League and all teams with but two exceptions, will ensnre in double-headera So Is the gam scheduled for Va C which, by thn way. wae tho only Saturday since the opening of tho season that rain has Interfered with the schedule The Mtdvale team will be Idle. The Steel Worl ere wero to face Klectrle Htoraae, but that cluh, the oldest In the leacue, haa withdrawn. Negotiations are rending with one of tho most prominent concerns in the rlty to accept the franchise nnd tho rtouhle-hesder between Mldvale ond Storage will be plajed at a later date by the newcomer. Pt. John's and Thll Kearney are waging n merry war for flret place In the Krankford Suburban League, with the edge In favor of the latter, owing to St John's defeat on July 4, These rivals clash this afternoon and the fur will fly when they meet A win for 8t. John's nnd the race will ngtln he tie. while. If 1'hll Keirney wins Its advantage will be materlslb Increased BClir.DULE FOR TODAY Delaware County League Media at Cheater. Upland at Prill . Main Line Lague Berwyn at Autocar, West Chester at Conehohocken, Dun & Co at Bon Air. Wayne at Norrlstown Philadelphia Suburban League Fox Chase at Olney Llndley at Fern Hock. North Philadelphia at Oak Lane Montgomery County League Olenslde at Fort Washington, Jenklntown at Ambler, Bethavrea at Willow Orove Infrbirough League Illdley Tark at Medio, VilfuIdM r"rk ' Dr"'' Hl11, Unlon ,l Morton noruVnilep Coun,y League Lucas A A, at Meg. Innslvanla rtallroad Motive Power League - Itarrtaburr at New York. Washington at at Itaafnioie " Trenton, Philadelphia !1urlrratU'DY,l,nton,,t J J ,'b'on' ,Ul9 "' Industrial league Poulh Section Miller Lock nesi'ifr'iht ""delr-hla Hon and iliehlnrlt lis ' iW.VhV.J'..1'!, W"rd at Ouiker City Rub ter Houghton at Ilarrett Independent Industrial League Halter. Keelr f ,&""', ' A " H'ekler Standard Buppy fi.1r-V"lVlpm",,.Bt At! 1"1" "earing, Meterirci. ' im".,"'. American Engineering "' ""'"" i .le'i'l'l!"" ".""V.. Manufacturers' League -alrd .srhoher at King w A, W Lenox at 1( sal sma tr-floodwln at Edwards Irinfcfor.l Suburban Lagvie Tucker at fnMn4fA'1,.3vAM,t,' M'!rk,M Whitehall, San" vi.i,ir.ei,A "J10- " John's t Phil Kearnej. Manufacturers League Iiutterworth at ol"ff ,?h0 ,n,,r"-"- Hmlth A Page, at Aroerl i .n.i u"Vi l . " "heeler at Stoker ft Srnlth, Lanston Monotp.. nt Darrett ' Philadelphia Church League Trinity at ia, n,t"l!0n,.,rk,e-erhr,"t "-""h ""e'e'e'rve.! TwVnTn.ntVeer Norhwe.'tn?elmoSL,.,r'.,t WHAT MAY HAPPEN JN BASEBALL TODAY rinh. New York . . . Phillies HI. IxmiIs Chicago Cincinnati llronkln llnten I'ltthiirgh tVUn two. llxi't two. Club tloiton . iiirtisn , New ork i leveiar NATIONAL I,MOlir. Mon. IfOt. Pet. Hln. Ixe. . 48 2t .AM t.W7 t.7 -15 VL -V ' J"H . 40 33 ,8M t.SOU .B4I . 40 JI7 .BIO .BSS .81$ 40 as ,B1 f.Ml J.B01 SO Sfl .4B .4SS ,4 27 87 ,Kt t.4S9 t.09 3S 47 .S10 .329 .81 Split. .Ml .334 .sis .484 land Tletr.ill VVaehlnxton rii. .ixiiiis ilftlca. J.OU1 Alhlftl ist. AMKP.ICAN LIUOIJE Won Ijnut P. C. nn Ty,,. f5 t -JJ -M -sis . split even.' .654.' Schedule for Today NATIONAL LEAOCE Pittsburgh nt Philadelphia, clear St. Louis at Jtew York, clear (two games). riitcngn nt llronkbii, clear. " t Inrlnniitl ut Hoslon. clear (two games). UinilK'AN I.K,Ol'E Philadelphia nt Chicago, cloudy. VVnehlngton nt Detroit, ruin, lloston nt Cleveland, clear. New York at Ht. Ixmls, clear. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE llaltlmnrn nt Providence, ctear (two games). Monlrral ot Itocheeter. clear (two gamee Toronto nt llnfTalo. cloudr (two games). .Newnrk ut Ulrhmond, cloudy. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS NATIONAL LEAGUE Pittsburgh, Si Phillies, S. New lork. 2 M. Ixtuls. I. noston. -it rincinnoll, 3. '. a I t hlcago. Itrooklyn. 1. AIERICAN LEAGUE Detroit, 4s Chicago, 1. Cleveland, 13 1 M. Ixnils, 6. Other clubs net scheduled. SPEED DEMONS AGAIN TO GO AT MOTORDROME Vincent Madonna, the Italian champion, who so handily won last Thursday night's race, will be pitted against Percy Lawrence, of San Francisco; Menus Bedell, of Long Island, and George Cameron, of Newark, at the Point Breezo Motordrome tonight Menus Bedell, paced by Jimmy Hunter, will endeavor to lower the world's record for ten miles against time and from flying start, which Is 11 minutes 6 2-5 seconds, made by Ray Duer on the track at Los Angeles NATIONAL LEAflUE rAP.lt TmT.T.Tl7Q vn PfTTSmmi-st GAME AT 3 ISO P. M. Seats on Sale at fjpaldlnge' Brpadway A. C. Monday Night BILLY MAXWELL n. JACK BRADY Tny IbCUvtni vi. Yf . i IwrtJI Art Supplement Free TOMORROW'S Public Ledger will contain the third of the series of art supplements showing the uniforms of the United States and her allies. Uniforms of the French Army and Navy France and the uniforms of her armed forces that is the subject of tomorrow's supplement. Order your copy now. The demand for these supplements is increasing steadily. Thousands of people are framing them as souvenirs of the war. i i j TOMORROW'S . PUBLIC LEDGER i -jaLu,, Vijfcij k j. -V ltd N V t . V ' Ai - v. v. J ,c- S Jiff ,&& . XX . Tl MM" .-...- -. ,, wirw'en.i . ij 'j X T PS! w : v.- - mmim'm i.m.ubm.l'1 'a "t, fs fp)T., ' . rfi v -'kx ,Wfsyvfip
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