W4i. WPTOfrlC) -I,BIOBB-?HttilDELHtA, -!r)A-Y; BQBMBpt'V'ttr'JMi7 fr ----.;,V.; j . yfe,. HERRMANN GO TO MAT TODAY, WITH HONORS IN FAVOR OF NATIONAL LEAGUE HEAtf BIG QUESTIONS BEFORE IT HAPPENS IN THE BEST REGULATED FAMILIES 1918 CHAMPIONSHIPS IN TENNIS J AND GOLF WILL STIMULATE BOTH GAMES AND INCREASE SCOPE TONAL LEAGUE SOLONS WHO Mertav umy t)OM'-r Yoo Get voursklp raSio- Cost EN ANNUAL MEETING TODAY bTTCl THI VUA.Y DRCSS JutTs"?- That 'W Lf) OmC ne Vnrfk. ii x i icnraiYB - you ween srous Issues Vital to Life of Game to Be A wcw But Rice Wonders if There Is Much Glory and Honor to Be Won With So Many Stars Absent m l.-fc ,11 v'i. Discussed 'During Confab to Be Held in New York 3 .m f.- W v ivjmxtj Ann..... V HB ru f rM.-oo l v U'W III Tirtdu. tt. V ut- Nr-S. -r JUL to I 1HU V" A! (Aj ' I rTi IIUav I Di-nic, VI y X ii VI vrHY A i;wi" 'WW n "&."" 1 JsflRnr "t-rv. AxrZ'McV 'IVG v " t$ wwm. the National Leaguo mora (Irmly Intrenched In tho public's favor for many a day, tho magnates of that organization began their I meeting in New York today, Last year tho big business beforo tho ate teas tho settling of tho Federal League- question, but this year i Important business Is beforo tho officials, and It Is necessary that tho Aise'plenty of diplomacy. Tho llfo of baseball Is at stake. Tho Leaguo has soma very good business talent In Its make-up, and head Is a politician and a business man, John K. Tcncr. Uo has trullty of no .untimely outbreaks and has said nothing that has been rtous to tho coma, Ho has weighed every suggestion very carefully, lie hasn't hestt&tod to censuro a, few of tho untimely suggestions 3 by Ban Johnson, tho American Leaguo chief. Tcncr Is In favor gi.ttttlnt; tho baseball magnates dccldo what baseball will do next year, PKtsm Ban Johnson wants to put It up to tho Government and let It Mfeaiblg leagues. It was a patriotic proposition, but untimely, for with ipSvcrnment burdened with tho many problems resulting from tho wide, war, It even hesitates to run tho railroads and coal business, Lalcao asjurao. tho burden of handling an amusement. tt'WAgaln wo learn that everything la net scrcno In tho senior circuit. ildent Tcncr and Garry Herrmann, chairman of tho National Cotnmls- . aro at odds, and In this caso tho Cincinnati magnate seems to bo In r tho worst of It, with his Job as chairman of tho commission at stake. trrmann and .Ban Johnson always liavo btcn friends, In fact, very closo and Toner's announced hostility against tho policies of Bap Johnson bly has Influenced Herrmann to stick to tho Bombnxtlc (Jan. Tho r-Herrmann feud leaked out when Tcncr stated ho know nothing of tho aed joint meeting of tho American and National Leagues scheduled ' Chicago on Thursday to consider problems brought on by tho war and : he was much opposed to such a meeting. Herrmann, comes right back ; a declaration that the Joint session will be held, como what may. .Through his powers as head of tho National Commission, Herrmann ay call such a meeting, but ho hnsn t the power on his own lnltlatlvo to a genera) convocation of tho two major leagues. This power rests In tho president of tho league. Herrmann's authority Is limited, and 'Oo wishes to call an informal meeting of tho owners!, then It Is another opoeltlon. ANOTHHU Important ptcco of 'business that will como in for Its sharo of attontlon Is tho 1918 spring training trips. Tlio advisability of such a venture- has been criticized freely during tho 3S& jMt few years, many Insisting tnat It la a useless expense. Now & ithat conditions aro so critical and It is advlsablo to practlco ccon r omy, It wpuld not bo surprising to learn of tho calling offset tho 'J aprlng training Jaunts. auuffiiwn ucuvvva lit i' uuiuuu u juuiuci ui o((U(c IT football IS ono of tho best mediums wo havo for developing soldiers fStftto tho Arm belief of Percy Uaughton, ,iotcd tutor of Harvard gridiron rw tadlila Prtflch TTnMfrhfnn fllfnr((l thn fVimn riflvflnfl ntfil-nn hlu wnr nn.l T'-"'" -. --.. W.. ...W.. ,..w ...,. .w. ...... ........ rfv., .... I bad a chanco to sco more than 30,000 mon In tho camp. Ho looked them yer carefully and found that ull who had had previous footbull training i Ideal ofllcers and soldiers. Ho Insists that tho gridiron gamo fashions ,'man In a mold which makes him excellent army material. This lias been Ted when ono looks over the list of tre many otllccrs commissioned i last June. Ono glance Is sufficient that tho majority havo served somo . tt, IAIt S'tjiThe big-army nie'n believe Implicitly in football," ho said. "Tho slml- ty between football and tho far greater, Immeasurably graver, business ' Is ext raordlnary. tTh.roy own enso I know that my work as a member of tho Tlrst Corps ets. my.staydrflattsburs and my reading! Si military works havo mado a better football man. ' """ "i'ln 1914 and 1315 wo at Cambridgo planned our gridiron campaign Just mi k wero a military campaign, just as it tno winning ot mat laio gamo the taking of Berlin, if you will pardon tho llguro of speech. yWo had to bo prepared on a certain day to show our very best. Wo what was ahead and wo planned for It. Wo reached our maximum ency, even as wo p!anned,.two weeks beforo tho Yolo game. In thoso , two weeks wo had tho chanco to smooth nnd to pick up tho looso ends. "Of course. In war you never can tell when y6ur day of battle wilt But you must bo prepared. Preparedness is tho keynote, of football. K wriiA RMivr nt mierrflM In fnnthntl in tho flinrnntrli ltnnu'lfili.n nf Mir. ir's weakness. The grasp ot tho whys and tho wherefores, an idea of nke strategy ot finding that point at which tho foo 13 weakest. Is a funda- Paoental In mllltarv science. Kw T "EER have e,t B0 Prui1 about anything ns I havo about tho BE" wav our football nlavers from Cambrldco havo earned comnils- Ktf aions In tho army and In various branches of Federal service. Football Real Game Tltat Teaches Discipline I'iiVtpiY does footbalL In a greater measure than any other sport, prepare K?. men for military pursuits? I think' thero aro four parts to my answer. tball Is a game of discipline. Therefore their amenability to dlsclpllno ;ea the former college players good material for tho service. KU.rto U9 second place they are extremely interested In the subject of ill and cannot but bo deeply In earnest as regards tho business ot war, i similar to the gridiron sport. f C;'(;-'''lMThn the third consideration la that of gamencss. The word we used (.camDnage was 'guts,- not eiegant, dui expressive, now oue-i at f latts- : and-In army cantonments do tho young men get cold, wet, tired and red! Then their football training, tho habit of 'keeping at It to tho If comes to tho asslstanco ot tho young men. They keep golpg, rcfuso k'lw discouraged, and they make. good. 'Th last reason, why so many players havo obtained commissions and f. iney aro malting goou as oniccrs is mcir grasp in uo wnys ana wncre- . i-y'Why, our scouting system In football was nothing more or less than a espionage system, xno moro you ciaooraie tno mors you rcauzo ',lmllarity between football 'and war. My experience at Ayer this fall l.wonaenui. xno army ouicera uro namirauiy c;uaiuiea oy reason or meir ous duties and great activity to play good football at a moment's notice as surprising to me to see how tho Ayer ofllcers stayed up through kMr games with Upton and Cupid Black's Newport Kcservea. .- '3f?anfnnmntnnr1 ncrvteo football la cnDablo of n trftminrtnti r1r.vr1nn. ... r r r r r I-found that there was no da or dlo spirit In service football. There I 'the lack of desperation which was bo apparent In tho collcgo gamo. k. the servlco men play an aggressive typo of game. They need only to develop tno esprit ao corps so rrcqucnt in couego circles. &! ... ;.T' ANTICIPATE a decidedly less informal brand of fortball on "i college gridirons next fall. I appmud tho action of the Harvard l.kty - . - . , . -.1-,.., A,., ..i --.. Miaent ooay in naving miormai ainieucs mis year, ,uui i ucuove ktkftt a changed student viewpoint next year will result In less in- : tonality In athletics at Cambridge." n-Twcm Jemet Is In Again Wifh Another Future Champ MV'Juat as easy- to keep Tom Jones out of the boxing game as It Is to "n the brakes at Niagara Falls. Tom refuses to-give up his place Spotlight and dares any one to put him out. Jess Wlllard tried It gave1 bis manager 'the gate and attached tho tinware, but Jones up, serenely, wltbnotWit- but .a bunch ot injured feelings to show Wperlence. He got busy Immediately, and after looking over tho I swKerrswecioa Bryan uowney, a wciierweigni, as nis ruturo eiaoie. i lwr and now.ls on tho trait of Ted Lewis for a battle for tho ft- TOf r hsa. had a remarkable career. Ho was developed by Jimmy ' Km he's -'manager, who la the greatest tche'r in the business. MS y Cleveland for a tune, uryan went to Chicago, where be fterbV BaiirThlry, Pocky McFarland'a old manager. Emll SMB)sod euta and' Downey's reputation Improved. He soon tdftj 'nHMirln the Middle West and was going good, when Thlry itrHkHr. Downey Br., and threw up the.aponge. The parent oj ine rising young Dcxer nas neen cnasing me for a lona time without loelnc his breath and evidently lb' gate' receipts were. not as healthy or numerous as they iTaia'Joiies. -TJiawaso'has' jiad' wfde experience and prob- i ww sow- v, tasw ,ta rrwen a cnamwon ana then be ( PERPECT iw TrMS ANTi ARE VI VeiilR - VAJmCTIC I THERe'! "") EVANS ANSWERS ODD QUESTION American Lady Golfer En titled to Half Stroke on Testing Course QUOTES PINE VALLEY JOHNNY DUNDEE SCORES KNOCKOUT Louis II. Jaft'p Reports Last Bout Before Going "Over There" GAME JOE TUBER . LOSES TO PETEY Little Bearcats Furnish Exciting 18 Minutes in Final at Olympia Uy GRANTLAND KICE The Land of "Might Have Been" (Uc-cntcred upon subdued solicitation) Here's to "The days that might have been," Here's to "The life I might have led?' The fame I might have gathered in, The glory ways I might have sped. Great "Might Have Ueen" I drink to you, Upon a throne where thousands Jiau; And then there looms another view also"might have been" in jail. O "Land of Might Have Been," wc turn With achinq hearts to where you. wail; U'Aerc crimxon fires of glory 6upk And laurel erowns theyguarding gate; It'c may not see across your fields The sightless skulls that knew their woe The broken spears tho shattered shields That "mtqht nave been' a3 truly so. l!y LOUIS II. JAFP1J HUIUOCI'OIIT, Conn. Dl 11 i , Johnny Dundee, who In all probability CHAMP FORCED TO STEP 111 meet Champion- llentiy Leonard In ' I a td.-ruiind bout UiIh .-prliiL-, oneo sigaln I Uy CJIA11LES (CHIC) KVANS JR., Protcd that lm w.m Bolnp liaelt -with lcry once In to often tho MueMlon I rceriie.l nnallMi when lio Kir.l a tuc oh to how and heicui tho tuo iexe ro"nJ noeKout here last ulfiht In a differ l ir nri. n,i ill.ensklon bus scheduled twclve-round bout. over Hat- been recently fctlmu .tted by a match played not to lorn; ago bctwen Jerry Ti-acrs and Mrs. Gavin, which the Ut ter won a cry amazlnp fact, consid ering that Mrs. Gavin has not been ranked among the leading British lady golfers. Travera allowed Mm Galn nine strokes on eighteen holes: the eent was at thirty-six holes and placed over two courses, Unglcwood and Wjkagyl. Mrs. Galn won tho first rouml at Knglcuood by four holes, nnd added threo inoie at Wjkagyl, thus giving her n handsomo Mttory of soven up. The Question of Odds The question naturally arises wholhei tho oddi In that match could bo called fair, and I havo been repeatedly asked what 1 consider the number of strokes that a first-clasa nin golfer can fairly give to a lady of llko clasi among her own sex. A leading eastern critic, com menting on the match, characterized i:ng!euood and Wykagyl as "Icellng coume, neither of whlc.Ii can bo con sidered as furnishing a real test ot the gam." Thcro may havo been n time vthen I might havo been tempted to use the samo words In describing ono of thoso courses, but I should hao been bitterly declared unsportsmanlike) by tho same critics. As a matter of fnct, wo can never get down to constructive criticism until wo lay our little local and sex prejudices aside. A test match must be made, on a testing course, that Is at least fairly well known to both playors. I havo no had much opportunity to eeo women play, b;t last summer Robert Gardner and I pk,ved In a very Inter esting mixed four-Ball match with Miss Alexa Stirling, thr national champion, and Miss Clalno Hosenthal, the leading western woman player. I think that It tllng Kuutz, HO-pound lightweight champion of ponnculedt. Dundee was tlio same flash that has mado him to tenatlonal n boxer In Philadelphia and other cities. It ap peared Juntz was under the Impression that ho was In tho ting .with u dozen Dmulcss. Ho missed punches tlmo and again and Dundeo'a -dodging and duck lug had tho champion swinging 'llko .1 gate At the aiuo tlmcDundee beat a stfady tattoo un KunU" head and body, j-o much 60 tli.it he finally had tho local champion hanging un llko a, leech. Dundee stepped around llko a ballet dancer and when Kunta attempted to clinch shortly after the bell In tho fifth. a hard 'right to tho body tplllod him for a nlno toll. As hn regained his feet another wallop to tho solar plecus dropped ICuntz and tho bout was oer. Noto to Ull! Hell; Took n run up hero from New York and thought majbo tho old boy could seo his namo over a story onco again before "going oer." IX) I' IS II. jaki-u:. It's a pleasure, Lew, and we aro awaiting your return. Leo llouck Heals K. O. I.ouulilin held between l.eo Iloucl: of Laticas- i cnampioiiMim jo rniiancipnia. As It ter. and K. O. liughlln. of South lieth-1 waH-1" cnimpion naggcrcu againbt tlio leheni, lesulted In a clean-cut victory for ropes. Had Tmr been fighting a bum Mouck, who forced tho lighting In every tho said person would havo been knocked round. Joo McCarrnn. of Al'entown, out. Something told him ho was flght- n UeimEii b Cv' Dav Is hna Trfo ! lnc ,ho bcar of bantams; he allowed in me Reminn.ii. cy. uaii haa tho u.rv, ... ,i i,lt,, ,,,., j letter or ituno iienncit, or Mount Joy. Simmy Kautz -m knocked out !y Johnny Alex, of Allcntown, In the fourth ound. Kr nklo Flawd was stopped by Harvey Edwards In lour rounds In tho opener. Uy HILL HELL A gamo little fox terrier and u husky bulldog seldom meet. When they do tlio bulldog wins, but tho victor Knows ho has been In u regular scrap. That's about tho way wc view tho star doings at Olympia last night. I.lttle Joey Tuber, 114 pounds of fight, gave Champion l'ctey Herman, 113 pounds of class and title, tlio greatest slT-round bout of his career. Tho final honors belonged to Herman, but tho credit goes to Tuber. Herman vion be cause ho was the lAronger; ho showed tho htuff that champions arc mado of, wlillo llttlo Joseph tent his pals home thinking how near ho c-amo to being bantamweight champion of tho world. Tlio w holo story centers on two rounds. Wo will dispose of tho llrit by calling It even, tho fourth belonged to Herman by a thade, the fifth was even nnd tho sixth was Herman's. This leaves us the second and third round:'. We'll take tho loser's portion first. Tuber Passed Up His Chance About cno mlnuto after tho bell for tlio second round Tuber forced tho cham pion to tho ropes In u neutral corner Ko sent a right for I'etey's Jaw, and l'ctey must havo been thinking about the draft, bci-auso ho look It on tho side. Had It been an lm li or m moro -toward this point .lio Tuber would havo brought a also proved his gamenes. IIo tool; all Herman could glvo lilm, nnd ho was asking for moro at tho llnal bell. Class Will Out Jurttco to all, as they ray In tho courts, and Herman's class entitles lilm to a few words on tho third round. He ramo out of his corner liko a regular ihamp: lio forced, pulled, fought nnd' battered Joseph to tho ropes. Ho was iho boy who beat Williams. Ho via3 tho bulldog with tho Mrcngth. Ho .abbed, lashed and slammed Joey with evcrj thing but tho post. Somo i-cconds night havo thrown tho towel, but Joey's didn't, nnd tho ret of the way ho took nomo awful punches, landed a, few hlnv .self, worried tho champion more? than, once nnd went down to defeat with fas satisfaction of hiving delivered his best; Jumped from tho ring with tho learty wishes of cverbody In the club louto and today Is Just n good, game ooy, and l'ctey from tho fc'outli itlll la ho king. Win for Red Dolan lied Dolan acted like a regular scrap per In tho semi, and although Johnny Mohoncy fought him hard and true Dolan earned the going Frank Dakef drew with Hilly Horn, Danny I'erverst beat Whltey Fitzgerald and Young Itohl ileau stopped Harry Grcnnan In tin first. "No real man." writes Frlvato Peat, "Is fccircd by the 'f rightfulness which Germany uses." On tho contrary. Which reminds us that Germany might have well recalled one of Ilek's ancient maxims, "Heforo cracking nnythlnc be suro of your terminal facilities." 1918 Championships TIIH matter of championships for 101S Is a tlellcnto' affair. In ono wav thev will undoubtedly stimulate Intcrctt in tho gamo and Increase Its scope. In mother way It Is doubtful ns to how much title hior. or rather glory, would be gained, bay In golf or tennis, by winning a championship with so many stars absent on foreign fields or In hostile waters. Thcro Isl considerable argument left on both alder. If It can he shown that championship play In such games is golf nnd Wnnls can produce greater rcvenuo for Red Cro!,s or Y. M f A. war-work purposes. It might bo well enough to resume. On Iho other hand. If golf and tennis had been played that far baelc how much prldo would a man take In stating that ho was "tennis champion In 1863" or "golf champion In 1801"? Tho record frequently uncovers a num ber of unknown details. No ono had an Idea In 1IC that Wally l'lpp. a .260 hitter, was beyond Cobb and Speaker at the art of driving In runs. And nens had any Idea last season that Bob Veach also led Cobb and Speaker at this art. Josa Wlllard reiterates his stitement that ho Is willing to return to active ring work when thero Is a publlo de mand for his appearance. From present Indications Jess will still wilt a few weeks longer beforo tho clamor uttalna noisy proportion?. CAMBRIA A. C. Hum. encr Mnnaira Jten!ncfon , nnn omrct rt. 1RIOVV KVKMM1. DEC. 14 M unley Hnkum n jAhnny Ntliou four Other Crackerjark Boat a Men's, 750 Economy is N O T economy unless it begins "with quality. Sfetferteft VS1420 Chestnut St. Where Only tlio Ecst 13 Good Unough' Tan or Black Ciine ts. Leonard Tomorrow night at Olympia Irish Patsy Cllno meets Denny Leonard. was demonstrated In that match that tho i lightweight champion of tho world, and men led tho womcr. somo fifteen or six- the greatest Wjhtw-etght M-op of the teen strokes I was curious to sen whom year Is expected. Cast ssldo the blues it. wr., '., 1 1. i i, . V or car8 f uuMness and get u seat while the extra strokes camo In. It Is true the thins Is possible. Doth hoys pos their nvorago drlvo was sliorter, but sess a knockout punch, and the bout may many a man with no- longer drlvo gets ! be the making nf a new champion. nomo without many extra strokes. On Herman to pull himself tcccther and despjto tho fact that every fan In the arena was on his or her toes rooting for him, ho missed Ills opportunity. II camo close, but closo doesn't count. IIp the ninth hole I missed my drive some what, and ther. saw tlio difference. I used a mashle nnd they used a brassle, and ever- one knows that an Iron shot to the green Is easier and surer than a wooden one. Here is the Secret , I thought I had discovered the secret I the shots aro chiefly mado up ot. the I second hot to tho grrn. As a rule, ! women do not rocover. as well as men, I neither do they play cut shots with the I same nullity. If a woman Is playing her . brassle .well and her run-up shots and "cuts" are good, tho man who gavo lier a half stroke a holo would bo hard put. It is easier to glvo r.lno strokes In eighteen holes than n half on evciy hole, but my rather limited experience leads mo to believe that a first class man can give a llrst-class America- woman player the half stroke, provided always that the course is a really testing one There are In this country plei.ty of "lev eling courses." whero no odds would be fair, but I feel that on a stiff course like Pine Valley one could give ono stroke on twelve holes a ltd win. The Urlttsli lady golfer Is a great In stitution; her strength, skill arid Indus try almost beyond belief. Ir. 1911 a team of American women played In the Urltlih championship at Newcastle, County Down, and they did not have a chance. I That same year I was at fitoke Pogfs. E,ngiana, wnere a muicu was ncta Be tween men and women, and the- women won; there was the customary half a ttroko a hole. A few years later Harold Hilton played in a very famous match with Miss Cecil Leltch. He gave her half a stroke a hole and was beaten S and 1. The courses played over wera Walton Heath and Sunclngdale. Gte! I'm happy. I've tickets for Leonard and Cline I'feffer, 6f Brooklyn, Enlits j CHICAGO, Dec. 11. Hd Pfeffer, I pitcher on the Hrooklyn Nationals, came i to Chicago from his home ,n Champaign,! 111., to enlist In tho naval reserves. IllKrst match of sfiiton Is rlzht here at OLYMPIA A. A. tomorrow nlsht. when Champion Leonard nnd IrWti l'atnj ' line U-lxat each other, Uow thlnzs will hum! 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