IffPITiBoflKgiBE CMSfiMS WITH BUSINESS THfi NATION GAIAtWMSFlNliSHE A iOR S MMtm ONT COUNTRY CLUB BOYS L GET THRIFT STAMPS AS HFTS AT REGULAR XM AS FEAST .'t s Pay$950 of ge Rogers When Fund Fight Seats to the Fans hundred boys aro going to havo tho tlmo of their young lives In l'01d York road section next Thursday afternoon. Thrco of tho big iM In that section aro going to t nothing brighter In tho kid vy bags of golf clubs around ntlngdon Valley, Old York Road tho Christmas dinner on different days. Ono year was enough, boys turned ud for tho feed tlinn ever carried bacs on any slnglo k,, Thero aro about rt hundred boys at Old York Road, but somoth' g appeared for tho dinner. And lbs. As soon as ono club would ys ot that club would tip off tho ,fcut things havo changed. So next aa usual, but tho thrco dinners will lblllty for tho boys to be at moro elubs aro far opart. It will bo and overythlng that kocs with e boy who docs not pass his plato irith suspicion. In addition to candy and money. ,w, ... LLftTTT.fnvmi III fA 1...! Mn I .uuiuv.ijl nut iwu auuub vu ' f nailing money, cacn uoy will rccivo innic siniups. i-.very L .(youngster will cct at lenst a ilnllar's worth, nml tho Iiovh who havu fr ;W'arned prizes for good behavior k-v .?! -. ,'wuai stamps. I ,f;, Manu Boas Will ' juK OLD YORK ROAD tho boys will -from past expcrlenco that tho boys ; most of It goes to tho father or mother or tho boys spend it on presents ri their parents or their sisters. Each club will clvo tho vouncsters a THjwlevllle entertainment and at Phllmont thero will ho a movlng-picturo , Most of tho youngsters will begin to fast tho day before, so that the doors open for the three-rlng-clrcus eating contest thero will bo fTery hungry boys who uro going to mntrA a rfvarwiittn iM,n av , ' '. " " "-j ..'-'. Huow. FU$' ft' i-, '- .- . . . M' ;fi,-A'l1'li I'nnaaeipmu uricKot ciuu hVf? usual on January :, with 200 ij.2?f ,'the boys will receive live-dollar gold pieces and ten otherH will bo ,' JJ?W; the recipients of $2.C0 gold pieces. Kvcry bov must present a card "of admission, as tho club has found pR'the hoys "of Chestnut 11111 would " '5Pc'm6 ? t'no clubs "'" not fe'lve tho caddie's a Christmas dinner this iu vB year, so many of tho boys who have waited ragrrly for tho big day 1 'ro duo for a disappointment. ?.W Golfers Show Fiahl Fans lite Wan w ;1om lOST of tho C00O persons who thronged tho smoke-laden Olympiu Club l-'last Wednesday night uro. not nwaro Jf the buyers of the tickets auctioned by Judge Joseph P. Rogers aro golfers. t-.Intho first place. Judge Rogers Is a golfer. Years ago ho won the nmatcur IjfcycllnB championship of this country, hut today ho prefers golf as a Jfiecreatlon. lie plays with Judgo John M. Patterson. Jack tlormau, Prank ,QTonnell and others wo might mention. It Is a good thing that moro of few, golfing friends wero not at tho club last Wednesday. But as It was, jWi' Honor singled out qulto a number of them and then mado them enmo ,oross with 00 for two tickets whoso' faco valuo Is $4. Ono of tho first Jtwin he spotted was Attorney General Francis Shunlc Brown, and Mr. Brown belongs to that well-known golfing legal tirm of Simpson, Brown & AVI1 awl Ira J. Williams Is tho best player In the firm and coifs at tho Phlla- "'iMehfa Cricket Club and tho famous i to uverurooK. f11... P...i1 .. h Tn,.l. llii..... Tf. 3'3. . . . ... .. . . uiud smco us inception anu at The third golf victim was Bill tickets Is playing golf at Whlteniarsh. Then camo Jlllton Herold, hflmont. His wifn Is ono nf tho s ,Hf. Herold plays no mean game. Fifth fflijintiipato friends, and tho Whlteniarsh Valley golfer camo across with fjtoother fifty. Hero wero the, first 250 worth gono and golfers paid for It MH; Franlt Poth, who Is learning golf under the tutelage oC Bert Crow Hint, coughed up $100, . Cifi Judgo Rogers was apparbntly conclcnco-slrlckcn at thla point, so ho Kf Mwcted a lew otners who uo not goit. eXmtBMMrm nf tlin rnunl mill fimlptit Er:imn "was formerly ono of tho best pitchers In tho intcracademlo ranks and frequently plays golf ut tho Philadelphia Country Club. Incidentally, ho ' Kne of tho best first-nighters in tho ranks of pugilistic followers. Then tiaao Jerry Louchhcim. Ho Is tho president of tho Kcybtono Construction dfinpany somo job and ho likes to play golf at l'hllmont. Coroner ICnlght S- another golfer that the Judgo observed in tho audience, and then tho - aetfers who wero hidden by tho smoko barrago from numerous cigars and ' HHfarcttcs breathed a sigh of relief, for IA - ."' a R .J'vritTJUT tho man who got it was X "- BOI1 U llloiaiu i4ii;uui:4 Aiiuii'lij, unv m inu uuvsh mm iiucai UL yfi" 'our Philadelphia citizens, who counted Ills friends literally ly tlio ' -- i !. 1..A flnUn..1 r.nU k 7W! hundreds. Jack JIufphy is nlao u s'SJimnd, like his .friend O'Donncll, ho f" -JT.TX. . V.l vlni-t ! ins irnlnn trnr ft1- A"V ' uuha iiu nuo tivmet B- biiwwv it.nvti u wn-j tuni nun a. .ffif thousand dollars, mid ho considered ho was a lucky man when they l-'&&Kero nna"y knocked down to hlin fora$4S0. So theso golfers paid S&'iSK' just J950 of tho $1400 for tho privilege 'ot helping tho Hmoko fund. 'I w . f.nt TAp ffnnk rt Great Nhnt ,.g ftE Is not much similarity between golf and pugilism. One of tho -IBoat important things In golf is i you cannot make any kind of a JEiittrt'Bamo is to prevent tho other fellow FJSpwrf rr wl'l let tIl other fellow get JjCiinltted to recelvo advlco in fcolf. yet F'-IMHnr It out, but every frenzied fan In tho crowd is yelling advice. Tho '; IS.. . . ,.. .- t. ..i.ii ...hi. ... ji. .l. .. . . , ana mo jau seem eu uu oumiur, rnoro damago and thero aro more t'la tho big shot. But virtually tho T . In nnll la thn lllVlll Ttnlll H ri l,VUU bvu - " .w. v... u.w -aro plenty of wind shots In tho than land in most bouts. ',No ono can mako u golf shot unless ' fiknt bout? If tho principals aro not exchanging pleasing nothings with ah other tho cruwd is. Tho gallery keeps quiet during a golf shot, hut 4UMjTgallcry and tho crowd on tho floor tiro never silent In a boxing match. IB fight followers aro a tudy "tho big tnoney aro content to sit i bouts. But tho rest of tho crowd, the chaps In tho smoko-flllcd 1es and those who clog tho aisles and lean over you and crowd against your next neighbor, rmlng humanity, who never aro ever busy Imploring ono off tho other pug, and If tho ktcra la about to have his Bunshlne Bed down. They are there for ot a knockout they sadly bewail , there Used to bo two or threo Sh- K.V 3RT from Washington, Pa., brings the Information that Sol Sletz- 'tho-popular W, and J. coach, M Cay E. Oakley, of Ashton. ! ""! --- -.. y frlendj today. i . KPAY adds several new enlistments from ball players. Ban John- kjta. that Eddi. Collins will Of inner, me luimee veteran ,iAie.'Al Balrd and .Frank Ec 1a-o- "ntwl Titatrrl Miura mi V f" w - -.-. v w .v f up another All-Araerican. Bob Peck, twice picked as a, Ucte- In the artillery. Peck was coach' at Culver tlM kwt aeoaea and In the $1400 Obtained by He Auctioned Smoke glvo them tho annual caddlo dinner. lino than theso smart youngsters who tho course. Threo or four years ago and l'hllmont Country Clubs gavo tho same thing was truo nt tho other announce tho day of tho big feed other boys. Thursday tho boys will liavo tho bo at 12 noon, and It Is a physical than ono ciub ut tho samo time, as somo sight, for thero will bo nil thu It in abundance for tho youngsters. for a second helping will bo looked tho cats, tho boys will get oranges - I.... .Li- . .... . I.. I I ..f l, uuti, uui linn i.iti, iiiaivau rk iiiu during tho year Will recelvo add! Receive Cash Prizes . get money, as tho club has found do not squander tho money and glvo a gastronomic exhibition that ' - will guo tno Christinas least as youngsters as tho guests. Ten of from past expcrlenco that all bo thero unless this was done. of tho fuct that tho great majority rino Valley links. Mr. Simpson bc- li'i l.i. Hi n . ii.ili il ir... it ,1... T3I . I 1 ... I ono iimo no piayeu somo cry lino Ryan, who when ho Is nut selling best wnmpn nlavnrfi In thn rltv ninl " in lino was Frank O'Donncll, ono of uut no couiu not Keep away rom tno nnrt IiIm riv-i'ti 1 tc?1it ml nn sl.iin -Inlm only two more wero left. .. 110110 other than Jack Murphy, a n.. 1.n .l,.t.r.t n.1 ( 4 -. personal friend of Judge- ltogcrs, plays ut Whltemarsh. Ho mado tlincm tlftsnttl If flint mint 1I in Fiahfinrt nnrl Cnlf ' tho btancc. Unless you get a good golf shot. One of tho ideas in tho from getting tho stancu. No good bet if ho can help it. You aro not at, a light not only aro tho seconds min mu umurenco mat xno jau seems of them. After all, tho" drlvo in a only shot in fighting that comnarea AVI-MInn f t (VlAII rn n I .. . 11- .1 ..v......i. ... fc.vj vuii iu UUIUIUIICU. fight game and moro blows fall to there Is silence, hut who ever saw worth whllo. Tho men who pay quietly In their scata and watch aro a leather-lunged bunch of seem to bo quiet for a moment. or tho other fighter to knock tho tlmo comes when ono of tho turned off all their thumbs aro their money's worth, .and If thero tho fact and recall other days of theso sleep-compelling blows i . has taken over a new contract Sol R. I., were married In St. Joseph's w . vuvvv auu vxfiuij received wear a different uniform next season, iwiner, joinea tne army yesterday. Carmody were three others to Join" ninnta' niwnll mUll - - - - . umm i'fvu, niiiio v-urinuuy, was 1916 was captain of tho University, A GOLFER IS I ' - - u-i vjxxjfmx s cy - l-. A !ai Cre LUVASXWfl tl. X T n -. tv-irvaw ifli.cio ma jcbu r iwf ww . m 1lROUH & S? jm. w?Kl. ..SxJ. Jfl JJ? M Fir? rUtlthmi, JBHINWvKr ran IPPtf1 -.. ,rfgL y (it ujs ) 1 - (MUlK 3WJ ThOMCH DIGGING jiS5l) & 111 - SO uj.iv mvam l jiff To BE CAiV n vucuNOEoi. SHOULD A GOUrCR 1TAMO A tOT ; PlCKIfJC JOLFRR WOULD JO MIND A HA1M OP o CC OA! ' CMCCJPUL AFTCR TUB GRANTLAND RICE PICKS MATTY AS THE GREATEST PITCHING FIND IN THE HISTORY OF BASEBALL Charley Radbourne, of Providence, the Sec ond Selection, While the Two Reig'ng Stars Are Alexander and Johnson By GRANT! Xo. 2 The l'itcher 1 FltO.M tho relqn of A. O. Spalding, , back around 187.", to tlio present I reign of (J rover Cleveland Alexander and i Walter Johnson, the mighty parado of ; brilliant pltrlicra almost would extend, around tlio world. A. U. Kpaldlnc, John Ward, Larry I Corcoran, Charley Radho'irne, John I Clarkron, Toad Ramsay. Tlr- .efc, Hill I lloffcr, Amos Ilusle, i'y ,oung. Ituhe Wnddfll, rhrlsty Matliewson, Miner Urown, Addlu Jos-s, Ud Walsh tho ai- ' ray la almost endless. In tlio matter of physical stamina, Cy Toung ban outclassed tho field Cy won more games than almost any others ever pitched. Hut Cy'n main record was In tho way of endiir.inco plus physical skill. He wai ab'o to carry forward twenty-two years. The First Luminary .. ..11 .1... ..I. ..1. I .. r. ... I V I .1 (.. tml I 11 rur mi mi: i'iiliuiih mi!""'1 l," l Kreutems, siainuia, Bll'illllIlb, uiiiuanij, brains, control, bpecd, miMf, coolness, courage. It generally Is agreed that no man ever yet .has surpassed Christy Mathcwson. Matheusou's place at tho top Is almost unchallenged. Ho had cerlhhig a pitcher could use. Am a joungstor ho beat tlio Pitts burgh Pirates, then ilianiplon?, seven times In succession all In ono year. A trltlo later on, in his Hist world series, hn pitched three successive shut 1 outs twenty-seen Innlnps of ruuess ball against a hard-hitting array. Thero li.-nn been other3 who had more , fipteU, U!U1UUII .HUIIlUMSOll JlflU J1I3 I shar". Hut there never has hewn another who 1 had moro hraius or as lino rontrol. Matlicusoii was not only a collector , of lctorles, but. ho constantly waa warming up to savo others under lire. Yet In his first fifteen years' service. up to tho time ho drew an attack of i neuritis, ho necr had a soro arm. Thero weru Individual years when i SPEEDBOYSOPEN WITH GIRARD FIVE West Philadelphia Has Strong Team Central High Plays P. T. D. PEDAGOGY IS DEFEATED lly 1'AUL I'HEP Kolloncrs of scholastic sport In tills city havo no kick coming In regard to the attractions ottered them by tho many bchools hi tlild city and vicinity. Al though tlio football season, the most thrl'llng in years, has been over only a little moro than two weeks, tho basket ball iicason Is now on in full swing, Tho two most Important games today aro tho Weil Philadelphia High School Glrard College game, at (I Irani College In tho afternoon, and tho Brown I'rep Penn Kresh contest at 'Wclghtnian Hall as a preliminary to tho l'cirn Varsity Muhlenberg College game. Other games aro the School of redagogy-'West Chester Normal: Central Hlgh-1'. I. V. game at Mount Airy, and tho Philadelphia Col lege of I'harmaey-AVilllamfon Trades at Williamson. Opening Games The Pcnn Krcsh-Brown I'rep game is the initial of the season for both squads. The Brown Prep, squad has been prac ticing for several weeks, under the su pervision of "Duke" Fowler, tha former Central High School star. The team at tho North Broad street Institution Is rated to bo the best that has ever rep. resented tho school In tho cage, and the students and the members of tho five fully expect to hand tho Penn yearlings a setback In their 1918 debut. Fowler selected tho varsity team at yesterday's practice and will tako the floor as fol lows: Merz and Lacy, forwards; Moore, center, and Fowler and Bucher, guards. West Philadelphia wilt open Its season this afternoon with prospects for a suc cessful season tha best ver. The school across the stream has never won the championship of the Interscholastlo Basketball League, but tho students be lieve the turn In their career has come. Veteran Team The team to oppose the Gtrard boys s composed ot experienced players. "Dutch" Adams, a veteran and one of the best schoolboy pivot men In tha city, will play center; Ithodes, high scorer last season, and Macintosh, tha star .of the second team, will take care of the forward positions, while Captain Clark and French are expecVriijika A NATURALLY TRAINED S OLDIER W .AND KICK Walsh, Homier, i Susie, Waddell and others did as well. Hut, takiiiB in tlio complete at ray, none 0f these quite measured up to the Giant star, who was a mainstay for fif teen rampalKiis the man who had the stuff ami who knew lunv to use It. Sccnntl Choice Anions the old-timers who have hefn t.otn tho nnrlent and thn present (.rliool, tlio oto for second choice went to Char ley Kadhourne, tlio I'rovldcneo fetar, who achieved lindytm; famo hy winning elRhteen tuicessUo Kamea within a spacu of twenty-iii a days, a record that has liiver been approached. Kadhourne," Fays I-"rank Bancroft, the daddy of 'cm all, "was moro like Mathcwson than any pitcher I ever taw I mean by that, that, llko Matty, ho de pended largely upon brains and courage and rontrcl, althoUKh, llko .Matty, ho had fine i-peei and the rest of it' Had bourne whs a great pitcher, the best of tlio old tchool liejond any doubt." wY( Present Tho two stars of the present-day school am Alexander and Johnson. Both aro great pitcher. But neither has jet achieved a famo equal to Mathow ton's. Those wlio havo starred only two nr three jears aro not counted ut all, a staniln.i hero liohla a placo Willi brains and skill. As great as such pitchers as riarkson and ltuslo were, neither of these in rated by tho old guard aboo Kadbourne Wo put the oto to ten of tho veteran ohtcrieri. vho liail Malcheil tin. nip parado. Nino of theso voted for Mith- ewsoii without debate. Tho other thought AVnltcr Johnson wan hl3 equal It may bo that Alexander, with his flying :tar will soma day top tho field. Hut Alex still has ijuito a vay to ro before ho g Ides mi by tlio c.v-tliant now leading the Herts. llenco tho all-star battery standi--Matheson and lln-lng. At their l,p.st vho Lould name a better? I MONDAY -PIUST HASU) Basketball Games Today Silmiil of I'ril mnsv v. Wnt t'lifster riiMl, ut M,.S ( hp.ii-r. fentrnl llkli ,s,,ui ,. ! i, nt Mount Alrj. ,,ro!'.n,!'r.'-" 'V ,'r'" l'renli. nt Welght miin Hull (rlrlilnil. I'lillailrliihlii Ciille ce of l'liiirmacj-, at MIIIIuiiimhi Triiilm Mlionl. Vrt riilhuhlihU lllk-li vs. t.lrord Lidlree, nt lilmril. llasiT.liinii lllth m. 1rk folleclato Institute, ut inrk, li. caru of the Cllr.ird forwards. It Is moro than likely that Toner, Knrisn and Pol lock villi get a ehanco to show their ability for tho "Speed Boys." I Central High will try and mako their standing read "fifty-fifty" this after 1 neon, wheui thu basketball flvo meets tho 1 strong P. I. I). team at Mount Airy. I Shico the opening gaino of tho season 1 was lost to Lavvrcncevillo Academy, at Lavvrcncevillo several weeks ngo, the Crimson and Gold team has Improved steadily. Doctor O'Brien has discovered I sfvpril iil.'ivnr of v.'irsltv rvilllin. I,. u Interclass games, which wero played this week In the school gymnasium, and they havo been promoted to the first squad. Poor Shots Inability to cago the ball after ecttlnir tlio oval near their oppor.unts' basket proved tp oo tlio downfall for Darby High School basketball team In Its eon test with tha Lansdowno High fi-o yes terday afternoon. Tho Darby squad played wonderful ball when near its own basket nr.d clearly outplayed the Lans downe team. But ch, how they fell down when It camo to caging the ba:l for two pointers 1 Shot after shot left tho Darby brys' hands aimed for tho basket, only to miss tho Intended mark by several feet. PENN FOOTBALL NETS $25,000 Profits of Last Season Are $50,000 Less Than Thoso of 1010 Campaign Another result of tho war was brought home to the board of directors of the Athletic Association of tha Uni versity of Pennsylvanla-at its first meet ing this year yesterday, when Major Maylin Pickering, graduate manager of athletics, announced that Jtho net pro ceeds of the last football 'season were (50,000 less than the 1916 gridiron cam paign. This year's profit amounted to 125,000. Herman Scores Kayo FOIIT WAYNE, Ind., Dec. 15. Pete Herman, world's bantam champion, knocked out Frankto Mason In the third round here last night. Herman will leavo today for Philadelphia, where he Is matched to box for the tobacco fund for tha sailors and soldiers. Matt Hlnkle reftreed. HED WALSH, Hanager Poto Herman, OCT eu-r "THATiA J&&S jp -'T-T- " .MVBI f r ir I , h'Sva aLFeR ce 7-J A LOT -At RUT WCM M 4HLMFT CWJ i KRAMER PREDICTS WIN OVER O'DOWD Billy Says He Will Take Champion's Measure at National Tonight SCRAPS OF SCRAPPERS .Ity MIX HELL If ciiiilldenco counts for anthtng, Hilly Kramer, tho blond batter from Milwaukee, bin It over Mlko O'Dowd llko a. tent. Billy meets Mlko tho Champ In Iho wind-up nt thn National tonight nml l"i confident that ho will come through with Hying colors. Ho was slightly peov d when ho read that u per son named Miller was to mcetthc boss of tlio middleweight!!, but felt better when convinced ot I1I3 mistake. Wo ad mitted It. Anyway Kramer tceln certain that ho will mako things Interesting from O'Dowd. Ho has been aching for a scrap with him becauFo about two years ago ho boxed him ten rounds In Milwaukee) and believed ho had tho better of the mill. lioxt'd Two Years Ago "I was' Just n kill at the time," ex plallicd Billy, "and I know I havo im proved. O'Dowd wasn't much at that time and ho appears to bo Just as soft today. I am glad I havo been given an opportunity to show against tho champion and from now on you will sen mo at tho top of tho heap. 'Ihl3 In the first ihanco I havo had to mako lots of money and I will tako advantage of It." O'Dowd, however, hi boxing good theso days and Kramer will havo to put up n lilg'h-class performance tw c.irrv out bit threat. Tlio champ Is a rushing, tearing hiugger ami ieep3 ins opponent buoy at all times. Ho mado a great 'showing agali.st Jack MeCarron a few weeks ago una uoumicss will repeat tonight. His work it pleasing to tho fans, as ho is a fighter, not a boxer. He alwajs gives Iho audlenco a run for Its money. Phil Classman is in Again "Yeu gotta hand It to me," tald Phil Glassman confidentially, "beeauso 1 am tho luckiest guy Ir. the country. I have tho only V.KAL lightweight In tho busi ness and ut last la- is being appreciated. I am alluding to and at Lew Tet.dler. For a long time no ono would givo lilm a tumble, despite tho fact that lie beat very man ho boxed. Ho almost mur dered Mciiuvern. heat Dundee and in tho last six months has developed WON DIIHFITLLY. In a s'hort tlmo I will seek a match Willi Leonard at 133 pounds, and when that match Is mado you an gamble that Lew has a chancetc WIN. "On Tuesday night wo will travel to Boston and box Dundee twelve roundu and don't bo a bit surprised if we aro glvci: tho decision. I KXCtw i,. t .... can do, and ho Is In shape to wallop tho Wop. Wo will bo back In tlmo to tako nart In tho tiiharco.ftnt.i ci..., ... .i.- olympla next Wednesday night, and you "' " ii-tiuiar luiii isit. i don t do muuh boasting, but this tlmo I ki ew what I ani talking about." Jackson and Callahan WIIlIo Jackson and Franklo Call-ih-m "liL"4!,"1,6" f"'" J"r aml amusement .... ... ....... iii-u ui me uiymp a next Monday night, when they stage their s x-aet traced v. Ti.ra i i-. ? : . l . " . . .. . --" .tiirnuu rivalry i'6.'"0"',, " pa,r- """"' " from tho .-... .,.,..(,., near nroauway and each Is anxious tn nonllf f .. . :."' 5" rrJn"V'rale" ? .leslr! :,,,v.,r" "..'',.'.' !lo!n0 ".mo to come .- -... .w.ib maiui. Jt Will ?, ' , , i "'"i" results in a sen sational fuss. "' Callahan's eighlecn-second knockout scored over Harry Traeey made him a favorite hero and Jackson-s ono -round khockout nvr .rni,.. y..... v . u"u S-s?teTStS bout haVti canaarW' ofTgood o'ne AI Nelson and Benny Valger wmppTar intho fccmlwlnd-up. i'piar Adam Kyan Gets a Job TllO old nrnfosent" An. .. ... . JM1 4!Vi "-i?. w neitXn! ...o.... .. rcitices nave been ac cepted and ho will bo ono of tho referees At n irifiatlticr i. . c trees. the lio,e,;Waaon-eXdayaUeIan, action was tnln.n .mi h. ,,... "! agreed upon. """' "'" '""""""s card Battling Leonard v. Battling Mar. ray. " "r Joe I.)-nch ti. rluiklc Lewli Young Joe llorrtll ,,. j.au, Mo , l'runklo Conway vs. Joe MendeU Joe Jtannette vs. flm tiirlitle Johnti Tillman vi. nuck Flemlnr Irltli 1'at.y Cllne vs. Joe WeUu. Willi JacUIon v. Hobby Beynoldi. Lew Teodler v. Jack Uumo. Johnny Dandea v.. Young McOoTern. Pete Herman ti. Benny VI(cr Mike O'Dowd vi. Kildle Itcvolra (pend Benny Leonard Ti. Freddy Kelly, Three world's champions and all of the other headllners in tha flstlo world are on the card, and they will appear In four-round bouts. There will be no ei-' hlbttlons. Every battle will bo hard fought The following referees will per form: Pop O'Brien. Adam Hyan? Lew tlrlmson, Eddie. Holland, Sergeant Katcher, Jack McQulgan. Herman Tay lor, Bobby Clunnls, Hilly. Hocap. Bob Maxwell. Dick Kaln and 'Freddy Welsh, cx-llghtwelsht chamjilon. TENER WINNER IN BALL FIGHT I Major Leagues Retain Old Schedules and Will Not Cut Players' Limit A CLEAN-CUT VICTORY Action of major lengue magnates In adhering to tho usual 151-gamo schedule, refusing to cut tho player limit and re malr.lng with tho old training schedule Is a distinct victory for ex-Governor John K, Tener and tho National League. Hx-Oovernor Tener went over tho top today in releasing for publication his an nual report to tho National League. Willi no artillery preparation whatever ho an nounced tho things ho had stood for In his message-. Thoso thh.gs wero exactly what tho blg-leaguo magnntcs agreed to do at their Joint conference. ! They Included a warning that haso ball Is suffering only a temporary hack set, that tho public Interest in baseball Is Inherent ; a prediction that tho Amer ican publlu will not tlo ItH meurnlng in sackcloth and ashes; counsel to niovo with caution In preparing for tho next season and to go easy in crying nbout financial stringencies. National Leaguers Victors National Leaguers went Into tlio Clil-i-agn meeting backed by tho optimistic words eif their p-csldcnt and won Amer ican Leaguers ever to their side. Where li.u. Johnson had fought tho Issue he lo't Iteports Indicate tho American Leaguo even will assent to a revised system of distributing the world's series prizes, so that moro than ono club In caili leaguo will havo a cut. "In the business In which you aro en gaged i'ou aro not called upon by your e'overnment to provide nny if tho es sentials," Tener said. "You havo ho transportation properties to bo taken ; over nor manufacturing plants to be 1 Commandeered, Nevertheless, I hold bosebnll, In common with other , clean and vvholesomo utdoor sports, h such an Important factor In the dally Ufa of n majority of our citizens that It has become an American Institution, in dlspcnsnblo to tho well-regulated routlno of the nverago Individual and essential to the recrcatlvo llfo of the nation. Should Cater to Public "It U my firm conv'ctloii " ho said, "that tho Interest Is Inherent, that It will bo made manifest nt tho proper tlmo and that you should make pro- 1 vision to cater to it with very llttlo less detail, care and attention than in for mer years." As straws Indicating the current It might bo stated here that amateur sports are prepailng for a renewal of tlio activ ity that was suppressed In 1017. Or tuinly these things aro far from discour aging omens Advising his club owners to retain title to all ball players, ho said : "I consider It would bo a grievous mistake to limit by new legislation' i player personnel before every and all emergency and contingency has been satisfied and provided for. or at tho very j least carefully weighed and considered. "Our patrons aro not Interested in jour financial gains and losses, but they oro Interested as sportsmen in our na tional game. Kor. after nil, baseball' to I them In but a sport." JOURDET EXPECTS VICTORY TONIGHT Penn Coach Looks for an Easy Cranio Against Muhlenberg Five SCORE Coach Jouulct expects his Pennsyl vania basketball team to defeat the Muhlenberg quintet with ease tn tho annual clash on tho Welghtnian Hall court tonight. It will bo the second contest of Jho feasor, for tho Bed and Blue and tho last home game beforo the Christmas holldajs. During tho Christ mas vacation tho Quakers will travel to Annapolis for a hattlo with Vncio Sam's Middles. Tho score In tho ljlfi game between Pcnn and Muhlenberg waa 33 to 15 and Jourdet looks for a higher count In the tilt tonight. Ho Is anxious for his team to run up a high tally on tho up-Htaters to provo that bis wink of tho last week has produced lesults. Ho lias been drilling bis pupils In shooting and be lieves that they havo overcome tlio faulty tossing that wan. evidenced In tho Urslnus gamo a week ago. Prior to tho varsity contest tho Fresh men will open their season with a game against Brown I'rep. Tho lrrcshmcii tilt will start at 7:in. Tho Varsity lineup for tonight fol lows: Penn Muhlenberg Sweeney forward rreltni; Stnnnard forward lx-nnox riavls center i.ucih Peck Ruanl Kln-km-r Martin .nuard NuMo lleferoe Curtwrlcht. NATIONAL GOLF LEADERS WILL MEET HERE JAN. 25 United States Golf Association Will Hold Annual Session ut Ucllc- vue-Stratford , Tlio United States Golf Association has again changed tho date of Its annual meeting. It has no been definitely set tled that it will be held In this city at tho Bellovue-Stratford Jmuary 25. It was postponed a week tu order not to conflict with tho Western (Jolf Associa tion meeting to bo held In Chicago Janu ary IS. Mack Gets 17800 Iron Men for Various Players Stuff? Mrlnnln ! all that aiow remains, of Connie Muek'w vmnilrrfulliafteball ma-r-hlne of 101 1. Willi the rvrfntlon of the faniotlH liltehlnc trio Ilmde-rv Coomb, nml liank the star, of the former world', ihamplnn, were dinnopied of at fancy prlcrn. The total renllifil on tho sills of eleven player, vvnfl S17S.500. I'M die Colllna alone brouaht X.IO.OOO, nnd the nrfwent ownera of the YanWeea hnd to hand over u certified cheek for 37,0il before Uier eould lin "Home liun" Baker Hero la a llt of plarrra sold bj tha Attilrtlea and the prlcet of eaehi Wullle Hchanc. tatelirri Amoa Mrunk, outAeldrri Joe lliuli, pitcher, to Boston Bed Box for. (00,000 Eddie- Collin, aeeond liaaema, to Chleuro Americans for 80,000 Frank llakrr, third baseman, to Yankees for 37,500 jarit iiarrr, -.nonstop, ,o nosion Ked Hox for ., Eddie Slurpnr, outfielder, to Chi- 8,500 6,000 eaio Americans ior....v Rube nidrliir, outfielder, to Van- keea for 6,000 Jlmmr Walsh, outfielder, to Yankees-Red Hox for 4,000 Dob bliawker, pitcher. I" ankoea for 2,500 J, U'rekoff, pitcher, to Boston Ited Hoi for 2,600 Herbert l'ennock, pitcher, to Bos eon Rftd Has fur CIMA Jack Coombs, "Chief" Bender and Eddie Tlank, pitchers, were unconditionally re- leased. Catcher I.aup was siren to tha vvniro nox as a tuc. ... . Mannr returned by Athletics. CONNIE RAISES ANTE AND GOES BAKER ONE BETTER; SELLS HIS STAR BATTERY AND OUTFIELDER Result Is That Only Two Major League Clubs in Philadelphia Are Weakened and Race Will Be Close to See Which Is Worst lly IIOBERT W. MAXWELL "CWFTY-l-'IFTY is tho unwritten law anions nil good sports. It Is tho watch-J- word In tho ntlilctlc world, und developments In tlio last threo days havo proved It Is tho sweetest llttlo law that ever was unwritten. Tor example, Etizo upon tho following: On last Tuesday eve Baker, of tho Phils, proceeded to out-Connlo Connlo, of tho As, by attaching tho rattling tlnvvaro to our Alex nml our Killcfcr and bh7' 'a JLI i: VV, MAXWBLt, f'linitm? on Connio'M commercial coup el'cleit got by without much suffering on tho part of tho ball fans. This Is indeed fortunate, for Connie's funa aro not strong cnertigh tu stand any violent shocks. After Alexander nnd Killcfcr wero sold tho people of Philadelphia wero ready to net rational If tho traction question was bettlcd or If Mayor Smith announced that tho City Hull was put In hoc!;. Everything goes In theso turbulent days. Ayain Sherman Was Riyhl Of course, tho war Is tcsponslblo for tho transactions and tho principal battles wero fought In Philadelphia. After looking over tho casualty list wo find that' only two teams havo buffered and tho big leaguo representatives uro In shapo to mako a good showing ngalnst a Bang of cripples. It will bo Interesting to watch tho raco next year 03 tho teams limp through tho season In an effort to determine which Is tlio worst. At present It looks llko tho old ilfty-llfty btulf. General Sherman was right, but ho must havo been think ing of baseball. Connlo knows how to dNposo of his star players without making nnv fuss about it. Ho has had wide experience, having eiitincd Eddio Cu'.'Iuk. Chief Bender) IMdio Plunk, Jack Carry, Jack Coomb. Jimmy Walsh nnd a couplo of hundred others without turning u hair. Ho lenows Just how to so about It and has somo consideration for tho newspapers. Instead of holding tho news until dead ot night, ho personally notified tho Philadelphia after noon paper In tlmo to allow tho tired working people) to get an eyeful on their homeward Journey. Connlo is very conslderato and wo thank hlni. How Deal AlTccls the A's Hut what 1I003 tho deal mean to tho A7 Tlio answer is simple!. U cannot affect tho standing of tho club in tho pennant race. That would bo Impossible. Last year tho As llnlshed lishth, and they can't heat that utiles i a couplo nt added tdnrtcrn aro (dipped in. Thero is no doubt, however, that tlio train will bo weakened, especially In tho outfield, for Slrunk In nhont tho niftiest fielder wo havr seen In many a day. This may sound straiiBe, but ho Is every bit as good as Trls Speaker and not bo very far awny from (Vib'i. Amos has all hinds of speed, snares fly balls In 1 ft and right fields In addition j to his own territory iu center and is year ho batted ,2S1. which was below his usual average, but ho can do better than that. Ho Is u natural .300 hitter, and It tho truth were known Criiimo was handed a big pilco for him. .Too Hush was not a howling tucccss last j ear and was In poor condition. He took p.irt In thirty-seven games, twenty eight of which wero charged ngaln-t him. Ho pitched i33 Innings, had I'll runs scored against him nml Ilr.lMied the- sea son with eleven victories and t-evenlcon defeats. However, and bo that as it may. Joseph H a good pltolier nnjl will do boino excellent work for tlio J led nux next h'iibuii, Wullv Schaig Is a great clean-up hit ter and a wonderful utility man. He can plav any position and many times helped Connlo by Haying hi tho outfield or OU 1110 FUCK. no imm-'i .-ot. ."' ..- dangerous at all llnies. lie will bo a great help to lloslon.' Losses are Heavy Philadelphia, has lo.-t live of her best ball players Ir. ono week, and It's a rlnch that tho fans aro raving at tho mouth. Connlo Mack will ranio In for bis Hliaro of panning, and tho hal kupporters or both clubs prebaldy arc telling each other that they aro tliiough with baseball for all time. lJut lel'j tako It easy and aim lyzo tho dope. Por threo jcars I'ot.nlo has been tr)lng lo whip a good hall club Into shape, llo had a uuiieus In .Strttnk, Sohaug, Hush and Mi'Iuuls, but that let lilm out. Hun dreds of plaii'H wero tried out, theu sar.ds of dollars were spent nnd only u few men retained. This In Itself was a tough Job and I'onnlo was kept busy.. Ho knew where tho club was weak, but It was hard to bolster tho weak spots. Ills outtleld was good, first bai-o was covered belter than any 'club In tho league, Joo Dugan plajed well at short, but second nr.d third bases wero hard to fill. In addltlen to that, ids pitchers went bad and tho catching department was extremely sad. I relncmber ono day last bummer when Connlo hald; ".My catching depart ment Is terrible. 1 don't llko It and don't bo burprlted If I dispone of every man you seo on tho Held today." Schang wan IncJiided in that remark, so It can bu been that .Mail; did not act hastily. Hush Had Trouble Then lie had troublo Willi tiush and Strunk beforo tho season opened. Hoth wanted moro money and for a tlmo It was doubtful If either would play. Con nlo had enough troublo and worry on his bauds nt that tlmo nmljiln patience was 'htrulne'd to tlio breaking point. .Schang nlso was a hold-out for a time. Finally tho financial matters wero ad justed and whllo this Is only a guess vve bellevo I'onnlo was sidestepping another period of worry when ho sold tho tlio to IJoston, It also will ba remembered that Husb and Slack had a run-in In Cleveland last August and Joo was suspended without pay. Tho pitcher was lined and bent home. Mack vowing that ho never would play another gamo of ball for hlin. Bush, however, took his medlclno llko a man, did. not placo tho blamo on his man ager, but frnnkly stated that Connie probably knew what he was doing when ho handed him a ticket to Philadelphia. When tho team camo home, everything was patched up und Hush went to work again. Another llusiness Deal It might bo that Mack engineered a shrewd deal yesterday. He gets Thomas, a very good catcher, and this will strengthen his club qulto a little. Gregg Is far from being all In, nnd If Jimmy Walsh comes back he can put up a fairly good gamo In the outfield. But the principal gain Is In tho catching department and, of course. In the bank roll, with that additional CO, 000 bucks. Yesterday's deal makes one look more llberallv on tbe Eato of Klllefcr nnit Alexander by linker, but It's tough tov realize that two ban cium liavo released their best players to strengthen rival .teams. Dut with conditions unsettled as they are and the likelihood ot the younger players being called In the draft, the magnates who have been losing money have a right to retrench. They do It in other lines of business, so why not baseball? The national game now s a regular business, and don't 1st any one tell you differently not even the stcckholders. shooing them to Chicago. That must havo been n severe blow to Connie, for up tu (hut tlmo ho had held tho wrecking championship of our city. Hut Connlo Is not tho guy to crawl Into u holo when somo ono. puts It over on hlin, llo sought retirement, fell Into deep thought und llpjired out a way to regain tho championship. IJakcr had svvupped only a pitcher and a catcher for a halo of coin and tho problem sud denly became less ln-tricklt. Ho would ralso tho anto! So Connie, of tho As, out-Uakcred Palter, ot tho Phils, by giving tho gato to .Too Bush, Wnlly Schatig unci Amos Strunk. Tho trio went to tho Ilavvston ltcd Sox and tho ileal was well upholstered with legal tender. It Is said that soino 60,000 Iron men changed hands nnd nil hands wero f.atlsflcd. Outside of that thero was no baseball news this week. thn horU nf thn Tinker trnnnntloli. a very good man with tho btlck, Ijist KEYSTONE FIVE TOMEETDELMAR , . West Pllllly Challenges All Teams of City in Sweeping Deli ST. COiiUiUBA VS. MEADE The Keyslono team, formerly of tlio Brotherhood League, lias a hard gamo scheduled nt Its homo hall, Forty-fourth street and Westminster avenue, thli evening with the DeTniar five, ot South Philadelphia, and Manager Lewis Miller expects Kej stone lo maintain Its per fect record, Ho lias seiuiid tho DaltnnsUeam to play tlio preliminary contests at Key stone Hull In tho future. This club wa'i opposed to Kcyt lone last Saturday night, and waa only beaten after tvw extra periods, And Kojbtouo had Its strongest line-up on tlio lloor. Tho Halton team Is coached by Doctor Car roll, of Thirty-eighth and Wallace, streets, who also handles tho Dalton football and baseball aggregations. Tho Keystone Athletic Association will bo reorganized at lis annual meeting Tuesday evening, and new olllceis will bo elected. Beginning next Saturday, and continuing until tho latter part ot March. Keystone will schedule only tho strongest teams In the city. Tho best teams tu tho American. Industrial. West Philadelphia or Independent ranks: urn challenged. Tho Keystono llno-up will he tho samo as captured the pennant In tho Brotherhood Leaguo two seasons ago. Keystono Is trying hard at pres ent to laud u franchise hi the American Lengue. Camden will play tho third gamo of tho Jcrbey championship series at Tren ton on Monday evening. Tho Potters, dropped tho first clash on their homo floor last Monday evening by u single point, score 28-27. but they camo back on Wednesday and trimmed tho Rkeeters nt Camden, 47-1!'. It wan tho worst showing up tlio club ever received slnco It started to play at tlio Armory, and tlio fans wero not a bit pleased at tho lacing their favorites wero handed. OutSlders wondered why tho switch was made. in tho llue-up Monday eve ning, when Bill Miller, a superior player, was benched In favor of Hngle, who happened to bo a Camden boy. Knglo missed tlio train for Trenton on Monday and Miller plvyed forward nlongsldo of Steele. It was his work that won for Camden und Trenton critics wero loud In their pralso of his performance. Ho was opposed to Bliy Lloyd and blanked his man and tossed in three Held goals. Kngle was placed in Wednes-' day's clash and Just managed to score once, wlillo Lloyd registered on four oc casions. There will possibly bo another professional added to tho Camden line up now that Delghan has left to Join the aviation corps, , I Ttto Camp Meado 31Bth Iteghncnt basketball team, compovd of Philadel phia boys, will make their first appear ance in this city jvhen they play St. Co lumba American Leaguo team at Tray more Hall, northeast corner Pranklln street and Columbia avenue, next Sat urday evening, December 22. The game will be called at 8 : 30 o'clock and dancing will continue from 9:30 to 12 o'clock. ft! VMPIA A A road and lUlnbrlilK ULimriA A. A. irry iwn,u.. j MONDAY KVEN1XO. IIKCF.MUKR 17 Iteddr Dell vi. Pr-inkle MeKee lild heatton th. Jlmmr Devlne 1'rankl Clark v. Andr llurn. AI lon vn. Denny Vnlter Willie Jackson vs. Frankie Callahan Me. Uei.80e.7Se. Arenn.ll SI.SO.Ine.VYnr U Nntinnal A. C. ,uh Coth.rini SATURDAY KVO.. DEC. IS, 8:30 O'CI.OC! Mike O'Dowd vs. Billy Kramer World' Champion A KeeiMllonat BsttiM , jfcAf ' VS. -i . ' J, -4 1 '.Vf '4' St . t ".V i- ,, ,-tf !'. , ,.-,
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