W vw i' . t kii. isv -nH fcp DAY COACH WOULD CAUSE BASEBALL SLACKERS TO REPENT THEIR FOLLY .. , CONTROL MAY PLAY WITH BALL SCHEDULES tltyG THE COMING SEASON , I f . . Right of Way May Disarrange Pas- r, Service anl Scramble the Cards. jNuntrsport Helped by war t V limit national pastime had trouble last Reason, It Is likclj to have nwore the coming year when tho great war god lias hit his stride WkJ mind becomes moro centered on the great conflict H There tw likelihood of the two IiIk league turning turtle, but thcrn Is : If any of the minors will be able to "get by," Ho many already ,'ln fact, that the central outlook for professional ball In tlio i fa slim Indeed. ' ravatloti to the big league situation has developed an an Incident I eminent' taking over the railroads and tho announced platform I ! WlU havo tho right of way. The Joint schedule committee of 'the i Is now scratching its, head oer tho perplexities of the occasion, (Wrests the possibilities of scrambled schedules with off-dnjs und quence double-headers crowding tho scenery In a nay to render It to play out the cards as planned, i'dea has already been suggested of clubs providing themselves with Pullmans. A shortago of tho palace, coaches already has been re i Iknd even with especially acculred cars tho disarrangement of nus- ' traffic as a result of moving troops and munitions will of 'itself lend schedule fulfillment most uncertain. The congestion of double- .early last season on account of the weather and tho possibility of i situation developing again, considered In tho light of traffic possl- I trtltllned,- do not offer an optimistic angle to tho general situation ! WOULD not be surprising to see a reversion to the undent in in fmr of transportation this season, now practiced onl) In the grass uea that of conveying ball players about the landscape In dai MjkMches. This contemplation would Incline to mnko many placrs 1 have gono to war congratulate themselves more than ever, fot avcrago big league ball player Is moro particular over the arlcs of travel than a prima donna. &.5 ' !.. C.hnnnp flmrritll Annfhpr finnan nf Wnrrti KESS managers and traveling secretaries of American League clubs i declaring that the financial problem Is to bo moro than merely get- dollars this season, and the Hlg Chief, Han Johnson, executed a i Sbn when ho promulgated tho plan of collecting the war tax from fatttendlng bait games In odd cents at the gale. The arrangement is to each purchaser to como across with three cents extra for a twentj at ticket, five for a fifty-cent ticket, eight for a seventv-flve-crnt t;knd ten for a dollar seat. ordlng to park officials t,ho amount of extra pennies, nickels and necessary to make required change will bo something awful. An sized savings bank would, in fact, have to bo maintained. It Is de- to look after the exigencies of tho occasion, while tho time featuro king chango will also figure In causing trouble to both tlto club ities and patrons. ha following figure? show the amount of small change that must bo ;on hand at each American League park to handle capacity crowds: 22.000 dimes, 10,000 nickels, 32,000 pennies; Cleveland, 7C00 dimes. nickels. 1-1,000 pennies; Detroit, 12,000 dimes. 6000 nickels. 18.000 nen. ffflt. Louis, 20,000 dimes, 4000 nickels, 24,000 pennies; New York, 11,000 , 10,000 nicKels, 20,500 pennies; Boston, 18,000 dimes, 8000 nickels, 26,000 J Philadelphia, 11,000 dimes, C000 nickels, 18,000 pennies: Washlnc- i 000 dimes. 2000 nickels. 000 nonnlos. ' fH- JC VIEW of conditions set oufit Is llkclv that American Lenin Officials are ope to a bright Idea 'as to .Mime, way of getting round he situation. It Is not altogether improbabio that they would bo willing to pay for an Idea offering an easier way of handling Uncle rwm'a little patriotic rake-off. r.fc aeries money tor Four LeadingClubs t'tPlan announced by the two big league authorities of allowing the 'leading teams In each league to participate hereafter In the world's rse Is a good one and an opener to probably further legislation of calculated to keep up Interest among plaers of clubs hopelessly out wpionsmp consideration. Undoubtedly the greatest weakness of the gement so long In vogue has been the utter Ilstlessness of fans and wnen the rape has been actually decided. Nothing is more melan. r than the fag-end of a season's play between two tall-end aggregations. oone nas ever suggested a good reason for an arrangement whkh ("great financial bonuses to men who happen to be on u winnlnc team lot the great stars of tho game have gone through their entire careers am cum outfit while j early many plajcrs who are most ordinary e, in iaci, carried ns mere fillers, are allowed to participate In fat vcnampionshlp funds without having Contributed anvthlnir to the pt their team and without even plavlng lninnv of the deciding rnn. HJOnor leaguers without any real big league experience and acquired a. certain oiaien aaie prior to tile playing of the contests panic!- year, and men like Walter Johnson arc never allowed a look-in. tatmple illustration of the wrongfulness of the old sjstem Is to bo found t kLtA... . A. 1.1.., .- . ... '. , wif ut " Aimcim. oo mucn wona s scries money undoubtedly tt.De men to look annually for a big slice of championship boodle. n the scheme of disposing of big stars was announced th mnnin 'team was'gone for good. A reallzatlqn of no more world's series r to come naturally made all of them jearn for other fields nnd better i Where there was a clianco to resume the habit of picking up a oung Sjjor a lew nours exercise. igjt m ... rjT Is a good thing to divide the world aeries money among half M teams, as is now proposed, why not all, at least upon soma IJof graduated basis that would tend to maintain Interest among II the last four teams until the close of tho ra,nn' m . . . . L.T" HOXinn Hnmilnr in AHioil f rji, a r.. ... . ...v uumjiii from abroad Indicates that boxing has become the leading army ana tnai in an camps the fight game Is proving most nonular. fa pastime and as a means of conditioning men for the great strug- - worn irom soioiers in an camps Is to the foregoing effect, and ting reflection Is as to the ImDetus sure to im rivon ti. .... fas an amateur pastime, following the war, for report states that ay ngnters are oeing developed. Iteports further have It that the l popular In all Allied camps, and that some interesting Inter Batches have been fought among Americans. English. Pr.neh .,c V . ; American ofllcer of u New York regiment reports the discovery of nmtr ii H' person oi a iieigian who lias been licking all comers has issued a general challenge to both middle and heavv weights. ine Americans in tne particular camp are grooming a powerful t"fo ta(e the measure of the Belgian by the name of Gunner Ven- 01 roagntneent pliyslque. but green at the game. He savs th are expecting to have their: champion ready to do the needful to r abn of the enslaved Jittle country after about six weeks' training 'beating is not the same as fighting, however, Is stressed by the wag me repon. ne oeciares mat real fighting Is altogether else, and that a good ring boxer Is not necessarily a better nnh. fan one unable to star with the mittens. Ho differentiates the ' the following analysis: 'men considered hopeless with their fists have shown the best ring wnere ouiieii ana sliells fly rather than flsts. You know can, do most anj thing when the kale is hung ud In inn, l a reward, but when it's man to man with bayonets, and life I OBy-chaaer retires to the cyclone cellar anil plays 'possum." ss;t r nehaa to do Ja to look over the present crop of so-called l and listen to the alibis for nonenllstment to realize th I ttM asMrUoj), Is the way he concludes his statement. A ' TemmU tmd Rowing May "Come Bacfc" , Irtl adherents of which are willing to admit did not PipfMMp or titleless basts of operation. ChatnDlonshlns for,tt,ye4r and wlelders of the racket are Inclined wra MWMit will be shown In the sport next season. i a at opening for the youngsters next summer, . etjMg piayers wno nave enlisted and the passing A20 ' . .rf a. twhleh eollege authorities will strive earnestly isvapaleiti as Bosslbllltles. No fwp hn .w ! fittfMflr'bava started Indoor-practice In rowing. MfcNf FefMtsylvinsBlHaJrv'ard, Syracuse," Yale, Cornell pw motetnywnu least will be plenty of Interclasa taterest la reported greatly Improving as to AIN'T IT A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FEELIN'? AFTCR Too sRO RCliOC VOoJlHCD vjuitm 5IX.TY OATS TJCSITRICTGD LIBiSRTr nD YOO LOOK" FORWARD To TmC CWt) OF TViT fee oays AiMtM you'll hit por.t" md ao sHoRe -AMD GO To A CADARET AW 'RCiTAURAWT- FOR A -0KS MCAU MD GET A 6hlWE AWt 3CC A (SlRL AGAlfJ sBHHmliW. siiaiLtB w& 'KS A.UO RiDC 10 TVlC JTRCCT CARi WILK SHAKE )H- BOY- lOM'T THA.T BC A GR-R-R-RAMO AND (jlOR-YUS FEPLIW ! ?:-- TiTa wns s'sys? l&fafri KfissilwLssMsaBi ,1P'', ny e fftwx ir'" 1 mruvv mi in hii Iputpt pvamq GWT7.Q TM MOP MAN TAI KOF TR AI.t7 MAXWELL A COMING CHAMPION lALiiaur iiiajj; ANDPREDICTSBRILLIANTFUTURE Discusses Sale of Alexan der and Killefer and Other Stars ' AT BREAKFAST TABLE rnlli: funs und fnnettes of this 'hIow i I Titleholder Bases 'Statement on Youthful 1 Philadelphian's Game as He Saw It in That Famous Evening Public Ledger Match in.- H CIIAKI.KS (Chick) EVANS. JH. (umllig natloiml clmlil- , town' seem undulv nnmsrol mrrilio AMO.V! sale of their baseball pitcher. Alex-' l',nn'' ' l,,Me N'-fman Mawvell, of ptider," cb'crved .fnrklns In his friend Mickey nt brenkfast "An1 why not-' demanded lllckey. furtlvelv evelng the sugar howl In the restaurant saf 'The birds In 1'hlllv Used to baVP tun IMiiepk In nil., nltnnt nulsldt of gcttlii theli lest The Lib erty Hell nil' Alexniidei Now lhr gol only one. nn' that's cracked Wouldn't J on ho klnila sore' ' "N'o." answered Jiirkln "lexniidr thn Urat Is onlv one iilnvir nnd. be. slden, Prerideiit linker received a huge um for him It hole like n good tuide" . I'hlbideliihln. 1 bise in) faith In hl . future on his record, the remarks of I dlrrrlmlnatlng friends, his on make-up. ( and one dav's c'o-e personal ohservn tlon of his game 1 think that It was List winter that I ' first began to heat about this ung chip nnd his Kplemlld phnwtng In the southern le-rnrt todrn mient, nnd Just the other ihv I received n little strip of bronze, hearing his name, from I'lne- Miurst, with the usual Injunction to place It cm in tablet bf the winners of the North niul .South Championship And. i liv the way, this Idea of sunnli Ing It Is," ret ill ned Illckev "It h n Mvvell i winners! of the championship with' nn oalcen t ihlet healing hronre bars In scribed vv.tli the names ,of all former niul subsequent chiinplo'ns Is nn ex cellent thing It happens the vvlnnet lit ono for Hiker nn' the Cubs Hut' the fins don't like It no inore'u Hill lljron likes Mcilrnw Hut vvhercdva get that 'onc-plasei HUff? The Culm itpI Ivlllo. fer. too, clon't thc : An' If that bahyeat vas Noiiinn Mawvelt. i"i pHjer null .101111113 ijvers never , bawled out nn uuip " ' Certilnlv he's n plavti .igited ,1m kins. tetllv 'Hut leniiil.i- x the star Thej met civ ts-ed In Klllcfcr for good nieasiiip dldn'l tine ' I'irsl Impression BROTHERHOOD OF BETH ISRAEL SIGNS NEWMAN AND SUGARMAN TO PLAY IN AMERICAN LEAGUE Former De Neri and Trenton Star Will Jump Center Tonight Against Y. M. H. A. at Tray more Hall Other.Cage Comment Four Football Fans Overcome bu Ileal I'VsVlll.NV. (nl. Inn. .', lour per Mum w-rrp olrniime- lit liful r-trrill In I ho irnml (it l.'.IMIII whlih Mllnr-.rcl III. fool', ill iriiti nf Murine kiiillonr,! at Hie Vlnre Muni Suv Vuril ili-fent the rm Irani frmii iimii Iriil,, VVii-lihis-Inn. i lie tit III- fnilurec of Hie uliluml IiMiriii-nient nf Kn.ri, Here I lie fnre wuh I'l lo ;. I'rollN frmii the Kiime will Rn lit Hie Kill I nik. ,rp0 mine fuimei II intern Hihkctb.ill J. League stiiH hnve been signed bv nil Anicrkaii l.t igue i lull which orgniln- j tlon Im rapldl tuklng the place fonnerlv loecupied In biskethill clicks In this cits , bv the innfcsslninl clri'iilt W A Jarob. manigcr of tin Hrotherhood of I Ileth 'Israel ipilntit 1 ipt nlgh't tin-, nouneed Hint he h h scctm il the services! 'of lananuel Ioo Newinin .ml Louis I Lew hugarni in, two of tin prides t biskethill fans of South I'hllaihlplit i for the rctnalnller of tint mil cut sensmi The addition of these two mi u places a different aspei t on the le mile, i h un plonshlp bltuatlnn Newinin hoIswcll known to eago fans In this section of the i country, linvlng jilijed on lie Neri mil i Trenton, of the Kistern Ijeicue, will jump center tonight ngilnst the fi-4 going Young .Mens Hebrew A'-ocl ilion. Sugarmun, it Is pected, w 111 not make his debut until next Mondij when his team meets the Tort lllchniond V M. I C A hugarmiii cpilt the (liejKtock club' this canon to go up-stuto to get some i of the loose mone being (lli-ioii!cil bj i the clubs In tho l'din Mite League I lie got It for a whlk until tho m m-1 agers made their recent cut In salirlcs 1 and will git iimlii wav toulRlit lour i lulis. Illlti.li Hovk' Club fourth Dutch, 1 Wilson Alumni and I'.iH Calls com- llllso Hie (llclllt lllc Klines will bo III ni, I In .st Kills Hall Hioid and l'ed eral Micrtp Tim hcluilulc fm the openlin- nlt-ht brings loKothn lllltou vh 1'nurth Imtch, whh h i ub Is roniiosed inostlj of pio us of I'll M Dutih nnd MI-oii vs Capt Calls The foMowlni; l of placers v is till mil In bv the ti.nns u l'iclil(nl Al beit A ScgiiJ Hilton llovs I lub Hun I.IImiiii.iii. N'lilliliu Itilblll Albeit .Set, il Itlchild Coldniui. Alike Albut, .loipli Itus'-el and (i oif,i' Ka pi ill V.xn r.ills-rllusscJl Wvitt Ctrl IlHg. Kertj Thoiius .Alaher, AV llllam 1'iowl, Willi nn .Milsehanip Cud Muiu-hruggcr, William Thorpe and fii uilrl Midwden .1 Wilson luiiinl l'eto l'eirv, .lohn Saullna, Cicd Ilrlekei Silem Nuslfe, Itoineet IMilulo, William I'adulo .Silvo tore Ilorfinm lhort Janctll and l'rink HI Mil Com th Dutch- Lconiid Hull Itussell Hell, Walter Kl-chci Willi mi I'lschrr, Italpli Trlcebich. AleMindei lfella'i, Itilph Hem ml and Vllen West (HANTS AUK NOT AFTER MAMAUX-JOHN FOSTER New Yoik Sccti'tary Denies Humor That .Star Twirlor Will Come to'McCiravv M.W MHtK Ian J lolhnvlng n leport from I'lttshuigh lo tne effect tint rile he i Alimiux nnj bcc&mo n iiicinbci of the ill mis through tile liKillum of a thiei -eoincicd dell with Uhe Cliiclniiall Itrd" Seciet.uv .lohn H I'livter. of thn .New V ork club, elenled tndis tint theie Is nnj such deil In the m iklnc We hive heard of i leal fot Ma- linns,' said Cosier, "and I know- the New Vork e uh has made no proposition to IMttsliurgh or mi) othu club con cerning the plijei -I'l liKUWN Mi:.N KXL1ST rootbnll I'lajois Are Represented lijf Nine'oen Men l'lt(lVU)i:.NCi:. I: l.Jan llmun I nlieislt has pi-paud Matl-lics sliow- arms I nclergr.uluntes wealing the 'H' of tho cnlliKo vears t'MG-lT und 1'H7-18 have enlisted to the numbei of 1 thlrtv-n'iie 1'notbjll leads the honor loll with iilnctien men llaseb ill 1ms given seven. wresillnB seven, track bl, sw limning font, tenuis out 1 TESCIINL'K HAS APPENDICITIS The cut In salais Sugarman decided ivcl ntr teams of this eli plajtd up-state esterdaj Uookwood dropping n lieiceh contested genio to Centialla bx n f.lnglo point, .t-.'fi Amn ionic, with AleCiegnr, Liwrcnce and Campbell, formc'i L'isteni Le igue bins In lis line-up hid better results de feating hlnmokln In one of the fastest Klines evei plajes. In tint dtv. be the seoio of j:.;o A'nu Austin, with foui field coals mid 1'ianffle wlin ne J...1 the Uookwood team In f-corintr The t- , S high scoieis for the vincomo ooin.t i x ormel" WarA'anl Track Captain Will Two othei new ones have been signed "ere. Mc(3ret.or and Campbell, who had Ulldcriro all Operation This Week chief, one of 'o goals fiom the field apiece former South ' , AA i:rt. Mass. Jim i i.,i, ,.,.,. with the registering of Willie Mc- I-dwaid Teschiier, former Harvard Irading Fever i arter h HazMon it wrf8 learned today PrlnUr and captain of the, track team. .... , tint tho manacement or in iin-,iir,, i will bo iinabh, in mnvmni c-n,,,,. r,..,. l''? rate, ipnm lit, ,i,iaAa , ., . .. . .t. n .a , ... .... ....... nates - - ...i..vt. iu ie:iv.iso iviu iiiric, -- " I't.iunfu, in mo .iiiuroso inieiio louner j.asiciu Leaguo forwatd It is Association trick meet In New Voiklm Killcftr Tosscel in for Luck "A'eih. llleket lepllod It illgiiNt Thev jut tossed him In llkn Hint lust like von toss in n I'ackmd e u with n set of Hies Listen kid Ibis Killefer Is so rotliti thnt If waivers was asked 'on him lit the Noith I'ol In the ilecf nn' dumb lingwldgo only nven Nntlcn.n Lenguei m ignuts would get killed In the I tush to cop him Win bo, the bugs In thli rlt cant even think of Ale v 1th ,,ui met iinikK in iMiieicr in til" nine breath AVitli them I.I,- A!e nnd Kllle. fer K together, Juvt llB nssault nnd battel oi pigs' knuckles mid sauer kraut sollin' onlc ,lc would of mule their sintute of nillv 1'nm pull nnu slono t. irs but when Tlllefei Is nlil, ,. wh, il h tho nvertuie uc t tint bu'ted the r.imul'H hick oh bov ' Th-reV two bllds whit ain't got n single friend ir I'lilllj now tho Kaiser nn' 1'ie.slelem llikei Them fans me savin' time nln'i nothlii left of the old bill chili but the Jut hoc nn' the Kcli-dule. even the score keeper's gone Joi kins sniffed ' Th it i lurfedlj rl dleiilous" he ra'd "IHdn t Mr AVeeith mm give the IMitlideli.lil . .lot. n .,iir.. mid c itcher with the memos -' I ".'inc.' Kilnned Illckev. "Vagotin li mil II to Mm fer tint t i1P,ir he e v toscd In n nip a ,fr,( ,,. col)I "V . ' ,''1" "' '"s luncli looms Tho ealche,. lil,, f, , M , Km, mat the fans em't even inonouuce his liionleker, nn about 1'iendergnt thev nsk vou Is he n I'rohll.ltioulst or mi M-ic;r,naIli )m cinc. , i,p lumin. for "Will the whole biicbill business Is n mittei of dollars nnd cents, auvwav " s.ild Juiklns ' II'h got to br " Owners OITer. Moncj "A'ou s.cid It tenlled Illckev "The I menus got the dollais nn thev think us fans nln't got in. sense Hat thej're wise to wlint Aex Is worth, nil right l Ihe nad. that some wise guy makes In tills lie IP, How. Iliiiilc of Ir.,i,l.u -1 I a blnl In the mitt Is worth two' In the t Itr.iikve noil .mil V lnn.KA i... a. .. ... .... .,. .....M, ., l, ..- 1...I ... .1.1. ' . ---- -.-. - ... v, .,,.r- iu ,. . ..uo vi ,ii. .,1, ,- uc ...in,- unit iu inin eicpcniieiit II cuy 10 prai iico ins proiession or eien i tlstrj and conch the I.i Mile College basketball squad . I 1 There Is no rule In the Aineilean League) barring piofesslon lis and the (former hlg leracuers ate now flocklns to i the A L circuit. Live rem e and Camp bell, fcunier (Jrejstoek plaers ate already p'alng In tho league, and Inin 'leavs nnd Plencs, ex-l'e nil Mute Leiguc members, mo also entolled ns .lijers inu winl anuetes at the Institution have .. . . '" ul,lc nnu lle two-bit i . - i.s . Ilia ii Iiah I..hL i, . lieeu ijuhk lo usponil to the ii InA.: :"'r' """"e-ll)sseis , b the bustling It II I them Teddv AVelntein Phlladelphlei High captain, and Ingber's running mate at guard the jenr South ern 'won the scholastic- title The othu Ms Ilonn, also icSoutheru High iiluinnu Ilonn nnd Dcssen will bo found nt fot. I wards. Doe' center and .Schwartz and I Welnsteln ut guirds tonight when the I team lines up against tho Aoung Mens 'Hebiew Association, nccordlng to the manager's nnnouncement salirj cut and will null the . hii ic., I loton Is trslng to get Crlmstead from I . newamitcur league Hi be known I'ljmoiitli to pl.y .enter during the as the National League, has been foimed second half of the pennant i ace MAY BAR MEN SUBJECT TO I CUBS TO MAKE ANOTHER DRAFT FROM RACETRACKS EFFORT TO GET HORNSBY I American nnd Canadian Thorough- u, . . .. ,,, .,,,..,, ,,u .uicciieii win isomer With Rickey nnd Hendricks Next Monday ' also lenoited nt leic, iiMiin.,iM. i pJanuaic J.I lia v.in ,,,win.... . tliatJlmm Hn.wn funnel Camden star, foi appendlclllH some time this week "iu "i-ru putting ntn ii ;:oo a month '"lllnfr l,a" "eeu selected as a ineni wiin iinzieton. has refused to accept the "ol ot ,,le Iel"5 teun im, i... i.i.. bird Is woith anv llflj fiom the bushes Hut I should worn an' croak an' umpire I nln t im I'lilllj fnji onlv lt' line! i tough on r.illblrds In '.Snnievllle' what with the Athletics an' nil They used to have only on billjnr.l to Rta5 awav fiom, now, with Alet gone, thev got two ' 'Oh, vvhen the season starts tli.v II watch their other pltchera tmd forket "rlglj A,CSa,,,lcr'" "M Jorklns. Hocth- tr-.."'"" I,,10 '""'I' ,lleir hib standing, agreed Illekej. with n Kl Lverjthlngll be tliu same without AIe, except tho couboird " said .loiklns the mair. seem tr, Imi.. i.n . ..,, rA. . ,, , '-- .i iidiiiiiK fevei these elajs nnd nnj thing Im Ilahlo I wns flnnllv Introduced to him at Pine A'allev list spring but It was not until u cold elav In Vovembei that I saw him nc Until) swing a i lull Cor scvejnl holes he did not look parth u larlv like n golfer., he was all bundled up nnd nppeucd to lael. the inngv long muscled nppcaranco vie are given to as sociate wlt.i the game for on the con trarj he nppenred lather short of stature nnd heavllj muscled Looks, howevei, ale ven deceiving and I had decided occasion befoio that lound iva over to ehuigo my mind I think that Normiiii Mniwell Is about nineteenth cars old, but I do pot know how long he Ins been pin) Ing I did hem, hi.Hcvei, (hat he was a slcklv boj nnd the doctor oidered tint he should he out in tin open ns much is possible, nnd so It seems lhat hi building up in heilth he has nlwi built up i line golf gune On the day on which we plajccl I watcued him cmefull) for thlitv-elght holes nnd when the were over! was convliccd that he was a fine golfer Theie ale those who sa lie has the wiong temperament In otu,- words, he has a temper nnd gets led-hot innd I Imagino that when he wus lemnlng he biolo a good man) clubs hut I nm well neciuilntcd Willi a eeituln Kolfcr vho hid Just such it lempei In his .at Her dii)s, nnd having bec.i taught bv golf to control It, nfteiwnrds at tained nn exception il de ttree of nuccs 1 hnve been ob-eivlng golfcis and their swings so. long that now I feci that I know a good one of eai h on sight The length of Voinian Alawvell s back swing s more like thiec-iiiaittrs. the old horse tiadei, was onlv u inagnut now A slick geezer ITC5 him would go through them other birds like a ticket scalper gocn through u Hod. ol world serious funs If the A"unks could ret him fei ,1 boss tlicj'd coji the pen nant, Just uh mho as Cube Martiunrd is u soutlipaw We'd be glvln' out sport sheets the up nn' duwn some morula' an" lead that David llaiiuu, the slick haeb.ill inagnut, had got T) Cobb, the Detroit franc hlw air the Clt) Ha'l, an' liad traded In Mulsel, Hi) Cauldnells toe-plate, the groundkeeper, foui bats an' n catcher's mil', to ltetiolt: nn' Just so the Detroit fans wouldn't get too sore, had chucked In twent)-seven last )car's scoic-caids an' a Tcvas League- pul for in Speaker for Hornsbj'.s Glove 'Then If the M Louis Cards coule' iret him ho might be able to get Tils Speaker, l.'eldle House h un" the Clncln nitl bi .mil ht mil In a thrce-coinered trade foi itogeis Homsbv'H glove, ilia Iiomo plate an' n case of Uudwelser" "I'ersonnllv," sighed Jorklns, "I think the big sums paid foi leading ball plaj eis aio absurd und unnecessar) I lead Just vebterd.. that thej've a shortstop In the Wisconsin Mate League who gieitl) lcsembles Hann AVugner, nnd he was sold foi onl) StIUil ' HIiiiiiiiiiK iiiiiiiisL. '' H. NORMAN MAXWELL and I henttllv uppiovn of It Ills swing Is ver) upilght Indeed, he ascends In so upright a manner that be has a pe cullnr little flick nt the topmost part of the swing, lemlndlng mcof Ccorge Hunr cm, the fnmous Hiltlsh professional. This gives n prett) little) throw- to the clubland und more power, resulting In u line bill of good disunee As 1 see It there Is only one trouble with his full stroke, rushed, for in pinches It might easllv be. thrown off tho line He Is leputed to be" n good putter und I hope tint hn will bo nble to ninlutulii lis leputatloii Ills long Irons aie wMl plnved Ills mashle and "cut" shots are perhaps the weakest part of his game, nnd I advise him strongly to tr.v to make them his best He Is one of the finest nppionh putters 1 have teen, mid this dellcite touch Is carried to i satlsfactoi) degiee Into ills run-up shots Vol in. in Maxwell his the advant.iM of plavlng constantlv on some of 'ie hardest com he In the Hast, and that means learning all the time With so good a game, flrt-class eouise-s to practlei! upon and the S)m pithctlc encouragement of 'bis mother, the chances aie that he Is headed "tialght towatd a national championship as l'lng Hoille Is like Napoleon AA'heu Wagner w.rs In ills prime 1500 buck" wouldn't of bought the pen he signed his contract with A ugotta pav bin coin for big pla)cr, nn' a magput wlnv, sells ope without he gets some otbe plnjers for him Is apt to get In (lee man with the fms. His pocketbook might get n littles fuller when he sc-Iih for cash alone, but his grand stand I gonna be so empty that a battleship could file n broadside of shrapnel In It an', hit nothln' but sport writer an' peanut butclieis at game time." iPliJ BVtV.to r A Day IJaP-c1 mm V1 I'm Hounds to Meet II IllllltV IH lllll 1. ..... VLl iii i c 1"'"",f ""Kin iiaiiitu Jin .'-The mantrr. of fox "'.X., V"R" SIXe l 0l""s ' '' k- bred Associations Start Move ment to This End I -Master of I 'i:iv Venn. ,iLU"in,0', "J? reeoslllred hunts of Iht coun-.V.- 'L l'1,1 ""tlnn I" the r rrupcetlve iiiairictsiin lununrj s fer ih purpoae of e. Ji" ' "". ."' C rei'resenuilveii mi the hunts I rr mniltiee "f .he .National Slerplechate and Jluiit Anoc-latlon for the eomlnic jrar The minlra of the committee for which aw re-aaora are lo h rhoon are Captain I I' I)avl, rejpre.rntliiK .New Aurk. Captain A I w .eV.n'WV.""!. 'ennsjlvaiila. Captain J. riVV..." Wi.hb. 'Nw ,:n!l"nt. aplain J VV f,,,ra" lrdnl. il iriianl Fcimhlc Vlarjland and .V I lllmore lljde. .New Jr" '. ""i'l en '-"oa at the Hostr n dub !.,,- ... ,.... ".."'.".""'; u)ing tnieo Athlete staw. ,,. vv.-i.. ., " ." ." ""'"". "ii "seu Ington bujlng two fii.in m UiuN Ti,V. ,..',, ,u,.,, at "H ,wllf'1 "'ed 1-niiuen mav make uuothei Hade ami I .'. .'.,,, ' , .K' . "m ",." l,ro "U Kei win tu Johnson, vou .. in i in " ",u" " cuu uuicinuaii used to be )ou novel i nn" in.i..l The "None. 11 like) SUITS $ 1 80 OR OVEBCOATS JL JL ORDEII umt ir an it costi if. nave .n' Abundant supply nf pure running mir unner niun prumurp wrier- r anu n-npriPier o want 't hn Mia tnntRtl -i CITUNE WATEIi SVPPLY SYSTEM Afff.rd-1 ampif Hn- nrotirtion Him i( au nil thf ndftntHxa ot i tv naifr at m frartlon nf th . nt rm Initial cost. Ufiulrca almost Write tor bool let o S$t .hixxBjzos. Co. I'liiinbliit i llentlnc Siippllr, iiisi'MI KIHIVIS II in lo V Mh m , (V mil ire I. street RKDCCED FROM ISO. son an tneir pennant to ht Louis fer .,-tii,u, c on cue j;aus Drldge " "Now )ouie getting ildlculous, snapped Jorklns 'Then I Bot lots a coiiiimiiv win with Han Johnson an' his w.u plans I PPTPR MOR MRrCCl Mra an' cver)thlng. But jou'ie right ub.'ut I il CK""KAWSLU. T,ll, the magnuts all tradln'. v,m Ml,i c p r, nit, .J a,V !.. . scorecard full, (iosl,! f u.uUl Ilarim? ,. 7 Areh. Slreeli i. nm iinrum. jp,,, viondai and sunrdn lviii ..... onnr.n ti ni $to i flrVl l ' r' - "$!&$!$!!.'!!! . . -fl i LKXINOION, K , Jan S -All men subject to the draft and all who are j engaged In farm work ma bo barred from racetracks hi the United States and Canadi. A movement to this end, Norrlian Maxwell IMajs Today PINHHUnST. N f.Jnn 2 The llrst I'HICAlJl), Jan : riiaries AA'eegh-' man, of tho Chicago rubs, will make inn mrun ninrnnr tn .n.i .... - ---.-. his f 250 (100 re II for ItoKer Hornsbv- the . . . '" t,le mid-w Inter tour- brlllant voung sl.crtstoo of ?Z' '! "nment wl "" l" "'ch rounds over i i.nni I-,. .11.,, i. n-,. '..... ... '." ine numoer'two courso at l'lnehiirst to was begun by American and Canadian i made it Cincinnati next Atondav eei1nldn ' 'h,:r divisions will use. numbei one ... ... .. . , .. . .. V"11"'. w aen i course for hoth rnn mla tntrougnDreo associations meeting here , n unci .vinnnger rrcd Mitchell' t h, nV.V ,,7. Tix- ..-I.i . - " "c '.' e jesterday livery racing association will be asked to co-operate. The nssochitons also debated on means of raising 1300,000 through Kentucky turf Interests for the benefit of the Ited Cross 'will hold n conference with Piesl.l.ne I itlcke) and Manager Hendricks, of the t Louis club AA'eeghman is still hopeful of being I nble to obtain Hornsbv, but Hendricks, new- manager of the Cards, is not en thuslastlc about- disposing or his star Inflelder the medalist man vorinan Maxwell. will meet A" A f-eggci- Ilazlrton Releases Cage Star PITTSTON, Ia. Jan. 1. With the registering of Willie McCarter by Hazle Ion It er&H IpnrnAfl brn thl nlinnnn that tho mamgement of the Haileton I t?"r "now plow than VVIIhrlm OrotJahn In team has decided to lelcase Lew Dark li?.Rl"i?. 1' ''.".I :"..'li-'..::.;" t'!": ?" ieub forward " " ". " enfiujr ten Arens Wins "250 Club' rlllOAdO. Jan J Jiilea Bike liace Arena waa former Kastern League forward Dam of Dan Patch Dies OXFOni). Ind .' Jan 2 Zellea. dam of Dan Patch, 1:35 pacer, died lure of old age She was twent)-sl )ears old and was the dam of several foals which made racing records Dill Shettsline Burgess ' AV llllam J bhetullnr builnraa manager of tfaa I'hillUa. was aveorn In aa ,,,- lOltnolden, f' . yeaterilai. Khrtiatlna raa alerted at tho rrneral election In November I S5d mh"?6J ."'"I'T7! Mrklty. nuraeia I rlhettallne'a tlrat official anion was to auear In A. powers aa a "pedal offleer. I LEDGER'S JtAILI'OUCH Thero Is a telegram In the sports do partment for N'lck Ilajcs Many Killed in Oaiician Wreck AMSTHHDAM, Jan 2. AA'ieck of . iiunacuser njain near samoor. In ' Oatli-ln frtrtv mltaa b.i,,1-. .. t berg, causing the death or Injury of many persons. Is reported In a Vienna dispatch to the Rotterdamsche Courant, The train caught fire whla traveling at full epsed, and the emergency brakes could not be operated. Jiiunij WaUIi u Iire-Figliler SYJIACUSK. N Y.Jan 1. Outfleldei JImmr AValsh, former Athletic, became Ladderman James AValsh. Truck N'o 1, Syracuse Fire Department, today.' The ball plaver answered half a dozen calls In his first div's work, mostly to small tires from overheated furnaces He will quit the flre-fightlns this spring to report to the Ited Sox. Promotion for Golfer Ouimet AAl.n. JIass. Jan. 1 Francis Oui met, western amateur golf chamnlon. who entered the National Army at Cam I Dec ens r.rntli. -,..i. ", "'i.i". V 1'"' ' ' S-Z. .""A-Sl1.-!-. '." Promoted t'o"!:: artillery" memoer oi tne neid rwfvtiiiq wr,Dji, and that itftwttiwaeUvi- wmr msm GRANTbAND RICE THRICE A WEEK DEADERS of the Evening Public Ledger who have followed Grant V land Rice striking pen pictures of sports as portrayed in lyric and prose poetry for several years Will be pleased to be reminded that the soul of the poet has risen to the poetic heights of patriotic action. Somewhere Mr. Rice Is blvcjacked with his company, preparing &r ihbVstr gaJ".l t-jatlies beyond the great waters. fo is with the flelcT artillery of the United States army. 1 JlH are P.leased J? ext,n' a New Year's greetings the glad tidings that the genius of Grantland Rice is not to be lost to this sporting page. The stern realities of war will not permit to Mr. Rice thi .iMiei,neCi?s,aJy,t0 Pr,odliie li customary daily feature; but Mr. Rico will be heard frem in these columns three times a week, and if his ones are Jess freouent the r rharm .km.u k- .n .u. '."?" 2 to Hit vemand.sportinj- comment par excellence will be added" the frtiferenasi to MraI f.portinc'mtvt, as hretofore. , . , v SiiK OUR FIRST SHOP, Opened '"S,J OUR SECOND SHOP Opened JVnuar lat, lull sS&zssss &o. BUY FROM JAWER WIJ rW) Everything for the Auto ' Largest Stock of Tires and Supplies in the City No War prices Goodyear Core's & Fabric mi Off STORES !-l N. Broad iv. 1,-M-r-n Tva- m- 'UI3 it l.tetakfstl'H 1LPBV n-wi BKBSffm. A av, -fcVfc ''Vn-aBi., .fp l . e jsV VM-xy sr i" '' iihp ..-- (Tv-Tm a ajjaaaaw aaaWamaVPVr. I a Tl aTaTlBaa vsjtaw MtlNW'.s-r-.'-&il . W"fKJLidm3KBUm frJBaaaV r VaHtCl.' .gM .-..-.. .. - an ussmmis?: CIiJ.?a4a aTVOr.r itifitali iif i 'miosis I'VlaViiifiaH irwrT - j'y - 'VLTCQlRYBSSBi sBBrJ,'',?S!n',"',HH'!l WMHaV Ms "flUK." 3fj iZtf.m 3647 WOODLAND AVE, The Largest Exclusive Haberdashers in the State, r& A a. ,ni j Hi A f 4
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