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IfiVENJLNG PUBLIC LEDGEtt PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1018 -
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PHILADELPHIA LIKELY TO LOSE
PAIR OF BEST LEFT FIELDER?
WHEN THE 1918 SEASON OPEN
Ping Bodie and Gawge Whitted Possess
"Color" and Are Keen to Play First Base for
Their TeamsTax Question Up Today
rptltillK (s possibility that two of the liert left tlelders in Philadelphia
-- will be lost to their teams next season" as fielders. Tills doe not mean
that they wiU be sold, traded or anything like that, for any additional sales
of otar or near-star players will put the grand old name on the blink for
keeps. But as a result' of the manipulations of tho local magnates the
pair of VERY BEST left fielders Indicated likely will bo twitched to other
positions for the good of the game and to make the ball parks safo for
democracy or something.
Here Is the dope: Connie Mack lias Plug Italic on the payroll and
the spaghetti demon probably will register a hid: about playing in the out
Held this year. Ping can gargle garlic better tlian he can cover ground,
especially now that Rtrunk has gone, and with new and untried pitchers
dishing tbem up to tho American League slugger. Uodlo evidently fears
he will run hlrasetf to death chasing two, three and other baso wallops
during the early part of the season. He Is a swell first baseman and should
be played at that position, because Connlo has traded "Molnnls and canned
ariffln. Unless Ping Is shifted to first, who will play It? Thus we have the
first part of the startling new disposed of.
The other portion consists of Gawge Whitted, tho speedy outfielder of
the Thils. Glawgo is a high-class performer out in left, but critics have
pointed out that his class is much higher when ho cavorts avound first base.
Last season he sat in for Luderus noveral times and his dashing stylo of
play was far more imprcsslvo than that of Ludy's. This does not mean that
lAiderus is through. Far bo it from that. Fred is a (steady, consistent player.
Is working hard all of the time, but Is unfortunate In playing what Is called
a colorless game. He does not make tho bpectators btand on their toes and
cheer when he makes a hard chanco out of an easy one and carelessly gets
his man at first. Ho can't do that and Whitted can. Also, l.urty worries
iulte a, Httlo and. with Whitted on the Job to relieve him a greater part of
the time, the Phils would profit by tho switch.
. .
"DAT JIORAX has a good outfield with Kitzgerald, Mueivl. Wil
L Dams and Cravathi and Whitted can lit In nicely on tho initial
sack. He would speed up the Inflcld considerably and make the club
look more like a championship aggregation.
Phils Not Worrying About Cellar This Year
THUflK is no feeling of nervousness In the I'll 11 Hot.' headtiuartets about
the 191? reason. President Haker, Pat Moran, 33111 Shettsllne, May
Mallen and Jimmy Hagcn all look forward to a prosperous year and the
standing of tho club is the least of their wotrles. They figure tliat there
are only two clubs in tho renlor circuit that have a license to beat them
oat and they are not sure that such
better than Cincinnati, St. Louis, Ilrookljn, Doston and Pittsburgh and
have a good chance to dispute tho league leadership with the Giants and
the Cubs. Last year Now York won In a wall: because MeGraw had the
league buffaloed. The team looked so strong on paper that the other clubs
decided It was unbeatable. In tho world scries, however, tho terrlblo work
of the Giants against tho White Sox showed that tho team Is not invincible
and can be walloped tho same as an ordinary gang of players. That psycho
logical dope will be used liberally nest seaon and Xew York will have some
rough sledding.
As for the Cubs, the critics freely admit that the acquisition of Alex
ander makes them a contender for the pennant. JCow Alex may liavo the
high sign on the other clubs, but there's nothing doing when his old pals
on the Phils are. concerned. They know Alex too well to bo afraid of him
and the big pitcher Is likely to have somo troublo when ho comes here.
There are other players on the Chicago club, but the 'Phils do not look bad
In comparison. Therefore still quoting tho critics in tho Phillies head
quarters the Phils should win tho pennant or rome mighty near It. You
never can tell what will happen in baseball, and anyway, If Is better to
claim ihe pennant in January than lose It in October.
War Tax and Railroad Problem Annoy Baker
THE thing that worries President Baiter moie than anything else is the
, wnr tax and how It will bo operated this year. Ho also Is thinking
erfu'usly of the transportation problem, and when they are solved every
thing will be lovely. The matter of taxes will bo taken up In Wnshlngton
today if the Gpvernment officials do not observe tho coalless and heatlcss
Monday. The committee, of which Hill Shettsllno is a. member, will listen
to words of advice from the big guys and act accordingly.
Tho baseball magnates do not feel that they bhouKl pay tho tax out
of their own pockets, beoause they need all tho money they can get. Ten
per cent will ma)e a big difference at tho end of the season, for under ordi
nary, conditions the profits aro not one-half of that. Tho fan will bo soaked
the extra coin and the prices will range from twenty-eight' cents to $1.10.
It Will be difficult to handle a big crowd and make small chango without
considerable delay, and some schemo must be devised to relievo tho threat
ened congestion.
President Baker has two ery good ideas which probably will be put
Into effect. "The only thing to bo done," ho says, "is to open three or fuur
more windows at tho ball park, put in a good supply of pennies and with
the extra men on the Job handle tho crowds as rapidly as possible. That
will help a little. And I believe another good plan would bo to bell tickets
In sets of Ave or ten. For example, five bleacher tickets would cost $1A0
and could be used in one game or in five. Mali orders would bo taken care
of Immediately; and wo are thinking of -putting ticket booths In the rail
road stations, where tho fans can purchase their seats before getting on
the train."
In regard to the transportation problem, Mr. Baker says that his club
will take as few players as possible on all trips. "In the past," he declares.
ir have been taking the entire siiuad on tho road, whether tho extra men
are needed or not. Wo had two cars at our disposal and each man had a
lower berth. This year we expect to uso only one car and when wo leave
Philadelphia only tho men absolutely necessary will be taken. I'or.example,
we can leave some of 'the youngsters here while we ore playing In Xcw
York, Brooklyn and Boston, and In case one is needed he can Jump a train
and be on the Job in a few hours. However, I shall put this up to Pat
Moran and let him work Jt out."
THE schedule committee will meet in Plltsbuigh tomoirow and
try to work out a plan whereby the ball clubs will not spend too
much time on the trains. The long Jump from Boston to fit. Louis
probably will bo eliminated and moro direct routes chosen. Over
night rides will be tho maximum It It can be arranged.
Connie Is Defended, but Philly Fans Are Panned
CO"SXIE MACK has an able defender in Daniel, of the New York Sun,
who upholds the Athletics' manager In an nrtlclo published recently.
Daniel also hands a nice little panning to Philadelphia and tho fans, calling
ihe town a. "two bit" citj and the fans a gang of cheap skates. He writes
as follows:
"Connie Matkcajs he expects to develop another winning club in Phila
delphia. Even if he stays there wo doubt the realization of his alms. We
will venture tho prediction that while tho leader of the Athletics persists In
jhe economio policy which lias prevailed In the Philadelphia club ever since
he took hold of it" tho Athletics never again will rlso to the top or near tho
top. We are willing to recognize Mack as the greatest developer of young
sters the game yet has seen, but wo doubt If any manager ever again will
ngsemblo a. galaxy such as that with which Mack won tho world's cham
pionshlp under conditions such as surrounded his acquisition of those
players. The reason lies In this the' other managers have stolen Connlo's
thunder.
'The foundation of Mack's success Jay In ills being the, first to rtcognlzo
Ihe true worth of college stars. Tho tentacles of his scouting system reached
out to all college and school diamonds and enabled him to acqutro such
player as Collins, of Columbia; Barn, of Holy Cross; Eddie Murphy, of
Villanoya; Jack Coombs, of Colby, an.d Lawton Witt, of Qoddard Seminary.
He got a Una on others in school and had them developed under his direc
tion with minor league clubs of the lowest classification. Now moat of the
ether managera have acquired the habit of watching tho college and school
raM moro closely than the lower class leagues. If three or four scouts
got after a youngster tho Mack offer was very likely to be the worst of the
lot for the MiKadoIphia club has not been in a position' to offer high salaries
von lo its, stars. Witness tho 'presentation' of Mclnnls to the lied Box
, Mswhm Mack could not most bis salary demands, which were no greater
,' UUn the Varos under which he worked last year. )
rAOK ehould not be too harshly crltlqlzed for the narrowness
-- of hU financial policy. Philadelphia Is a 'two bit' town. There
n "are jrooF bleacher seats at a quarter each at Shjbo Park than there
Are at any other big league park In the country. Tho Philadelphia
fans want as. much as those of New York, yet they are not willing
t jwy for It. Thai's the whole
will be tho cabe. Tho Phils should be
cast In a ntotshcll,"
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SCHOOLBOYS TIED
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Reeves and Bunnin Lead
i Interscholastic League
in Points Scored
TRAUTWEIN IS THIRD
Ity 1'AUL iiu:i
Captain Gendel llcrves. of Xmuiej-t;
Mocliy Iiunnln, of South 1'lill.iiUliilil.i.
and JSlddlo Trautneln, cf Central High,
rivals on the grldlrun and diamond, urc
having another great light on tlie bas
ketball floor. This time tho goal Is In
dividual high ccorer of the Intenrholag-
tlo DasUetball League.
I Ilceves and Buunm aio tied for the
leading honor with ixtylrte credits
j each, just to fouls or on Held goal
, In front of their Crimson and Gold rlaL
Hut the Archive captain and Traulwcin
I have ouch talccn pari In fnur champion.
, ship matches, uhllo their Southern rival
j has played In only throe
; Foul Shooters Lead
Tho plaer who has proieo in jiiac
I tlco that ha is th bem foul goal hhooler
on his team and K therefore, given the
I task of throwing all tho fieo tos.-cs from
, the tiftccn-foot mark, has more chanco
to boost his number of points than the
one who depends entirely on his goals
j from the field.
This is why tho fli-Ft four men In the
list are leading thelp respectlvo teams
in scoring. Uunnln has caged tho.mott
fouls, with 41 in 04 trials; lleeven ls
runner-up with 43 hi 07 attempts.
jrautwein and Clark, of Wet Philly.
ar tied for thltd honor witli 35 In 03
and Ct chances respect I cly
Adams IJest in Field Goals
ChlcK Adams, the West l'hllli center.!
leads tho other players In the number
of field goals scared with 19. eloen of
I winch were gathered In against Prank -
ford. Other high tcorlng marks made
In ono game were mado by Iiunnln,
unoaucs aim vogciin.
Hackman. a brother of tho renttal
I High varsity leader. Is tho highest
hcorcr m mo second team dlWslon, with
59 points, lie well deserves tha top
position, as he leads tho leacuo in thn
number of field goals ami foul goals,
scored.
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i Jiunnln. bouth I'hila.. 3 in
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BASEBALL FANS MUST PAY
WAR TAX AND NOT CLUBS
Magnates Confer at Washington With In
ternal Revenue Commission Over Plan
Which Will Include Dead Heads
WASHINGTON, Jan. SI.
B
ASUIIALI, magnates reached here
Commissioner of Internal Ilevenue Itoper
over the question of tho baseball taxes
for the coming season, uarry Herr
mann, chairman of the National Com
mission, was tho first on the tceno.
He said tho commission planned today
' to reach a complete agreement with
Commissioner lloper as to Just how the
baseball tax under the war revenue law
' Is to be collected.
The plan of collecting the tax, It Is
I admitted, will be to have the public
I pay It Instead of the clubs. Tha amount
I called for under the lair will be added
j to the admission charge, so that It can
be collected In advance. The "dead
I heads" alao will hare to pay the amount
fixed by Mr. Roper.
i A mistaken notion has prevailed In
I baseball circles that dob owners, to
avoid the handling of thousands of Pen
nies dally, are debating the question of
decreasing or Increasing slightly the
prices of admission to that the cost of
a tlcvet plus tno lo per ceni war lax
will equal a multiple of five. A good
many fans havo been led to believe
. that this matter of prices will be one of
tho subjects of discussion here today.
I As u matter of fart, however, the
prlrci thai art to prevail at big league
DAYS OF REAL SPORT
fcKfHE1 d- '
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Western Golf Association
A bandons Championships
The illrfdort of tin- VtVlrni .olf
.4MMllllmi lime ilrtldrd 1 utuiidnn tho
rliBtoiiloiihlilu niFrt for Ids uhIiik tn
war ronriltloim nml to hold it tmlriotlr
totirniiiiirnt to MiiMtilti nrlUr IntrrrMt In
tit came, u Nuccrtfd lo J'rrllrnt
Mllxm.
It wis rrrnnimrmlFd tliat th tourna
ment 1 lietd under imli i omlltlun hh
nilclit l iMernilnrd l tlie dlrrftorM
later nml tliat thote who mrtttlpntrri
MiouM le forty ear ithl or more. 'IhU
nan limit wa recommended, hiihject to
rerUlon, dorn to thirt-tili ram. n
entry ffe or S.I nml nil anmrnt of fli
rent a utroUe In qtiallrins round will
le elirn tn mn Mnrthr rliarlt). Nn
exprn.he rlze will lie awarded,
l.at year' iflUen( lirndrd li Charles
lliominoli. rltalruiun. were rrelritrd.
FULTON PUTS IT
UP TO WILLARD
Says He'll Fight Cham
pion
for Two-Cent
' Stamp
NY TIME ANY PLACE
MIX.VCAPOMS.Jan.il.
Mlke Collins, the manager of Fred
l'ulton. Is out with another blast and'
he ucaln nuts It up to Jcs willard.
He hays that Predward will fight for
a two-cent stamp If necessary, at any
tlmo or any place. Hero Is his Hatc
nient: "Je.s 'Willard has heen offered more
and can get more today for a fight with
Fred Pulton than any other man In
tho world. Jess Willard Is not the
mini tn n!fk IiIm nnnonent for a chum.
i pionshlp battle.
j "Pulton got thn popular decision over
j milv IIle and that Is a lot more th
, ;. c0U!'1 '" ",ost of h" flB"t8 "p to
Kor - Instance, his ficht with Tom
I McMahan a fuw months befniu his fight
with Jack JohnHon,
1 "MrMulian weighed only 170 and beat
I wni.inl even- round nf their twele-
round bout. A1k his fight with Joo i
Cox In Springfield, when fox made him i
quit cold fit five lounds.
"Fred l'ulton. In beating Hilly Miske,
defeated tho greatest light-heavyweight
in tho woild today. Ml'ke s clinching
land Inngliig on enabled him to ttlok.
i-uuon win ngni jess ror a postage
1 stntnTi If nereKim v
at any tlmo or any
place."
DEEP STUFF IS SHOWN
IN STRIKING OUT COBB
A story Is told of Joo DoIe, nick
named, ".Slow Joe" because of the length
of time It took him to deliver a ball to
the batter, and who pitched for tho
Yankees some years ago. Joe didn't
last vety long, but at least he lasted
long enough to tnuko ono quaint obser
vation that will long bo remembered. It
seems that Doyio was pitching In a
game on the Hilltop, shortly after Join
ing the club. In which the Yankees uero
opposed hy the Tigers, and Ty Cobb
came to bat with two on and two out
3fiat a critical stage of the pastime,
The Yankeo catcher walked out to
Doyle and said: "Better pass this guy."
"Pass him?" asked Doyle, who either
did not know Cobb or was possessed of
a world of confidence,
him out?"
"Why not strike
And, by tho gods, that's exactly what
he did '.
' ball parks pext season were fixed upon
moro than a month aeo at Chlcna-o
Bleacherltes accustomed to paying twen-ty-flvo
cents will now havo to turn over
twenty-eight cents to gain admission;
fifty-cent seats will cost flfty-flve, sev-enty-fle-cent
seats will go up to eighty,
three and (1 box peats to 11.10.
Admissions the Same
Club owners aro not averse to handling
thousands of pennies at the box oftlce
dally. The meeting with the Internal
Ilevenue ofllce Is merely to agree upon
a uniform method of collecting tho tax
at (til hall parks throughout tho country,
to come to an understanding on the
question of how the records of tax col
lections are to be kept, and how the tax
is to bo remitted. It Is understood that
the Government will require a dally
statement of the tax receipts, but It has
not as yet been dotermlned at what
Intervals the money ls to be turned
over to tho Revenue Ofllce.
W. and L. Drops Itusebull
LKXINGTON. Va.. Jan. 21. There
will be no intercollegiate baseball at
Washington and Lee this spring, the
war and consequent financial handicap
having proved too great a strain. Tho
Athletic Council has directed Manager
A. H. Watk'na to cancel the tentative
schedule
!
SWEENEY LEADS
IN CAGE SCORING
TJ., l? ..,1 Tt.r, T,w,. '
Peim I? Ol'Wai'd TOPS Intel'-.
collegiate League With
Total of 33 Points
SERVICE GAME 0 F F
, , , tonight with the Idea of seeing Callahan
who Is called Georgo.box Tendler, ho can have his money
MlUn Sweeney
In Atlantic City
,i, inirnit'. t .,i. i ..nri,, tr,
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Penn with a grand total of -3 points.
which Is jubt IS counters above the
second placemen. Trimble, of I'rlnceton,
and Van Slyift.
of Yale, who are tied!
at twenty.
One week nco. Sweeney's margin of
Riiperloiity was only J points, but In the
alo game Saturday night, he tallied . cago some time this week when 1'icd
once from the floor and ten times from , l'ulton meets Jess WlKard In a. no-de-the
foul line out of sixteen opportunities, cislon tnlkfet. The pair will discuss a
Parrell, of Columbia, who was second a battlo between themselves for tho Red
few days ago. now is fourth with 19 i Cross or roino other war charltv. and
I po'"1''' not ,lavl"K engaged hi any en-
counters during tho last week.
Ijrdlc DaIs, tho brilliant and sen -
sallonal Penn center. I3 fifth In the
standing with IS nolnts. which were
made via tha field coal route. The for-
mer Haerford lad with Tilnihl lends
the league In field goal shootlrg. TUin-
''wa two fouls and
blc. however.
thus occupies a higlier po'
s a tugiier po-uion in tne
ratmr-
ilie recoids or thoe who have scored,
30 points nr more In league games fol
low: Sweeney, Tenn. forwurd a
Trimble, rrliirrton, for'il :t
an l)tk, Vale, furw'd '!
Karrell. t'olnnibia. auard '
UalM. 1'rnn. irntrr. . It
Mewurt. Cornell, foru'd '1
Irlpn, rornrll. forward 'J
'i'i 3S r..t
ii
it
riinii. iTluretolt. rnlrr. ;i
llnrne. rrlnreton. fur'd. :t
htunnard. l'eiin. fornurd :t ."
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I'cnn Fouls Often
The Penn quintet has played cham
pionship ball In Its three league games
and exhibited an exceptional brand In
beating Yale Saturday by 28-tJ. How
ever, there is one fault In tho play of
the lied and Illuo to dato which must be
rectified befoio more liuportmt games
aro played. , lleference Is made to foul
ing, and If the Quakers continue In their
erring ways, such play may lead to their
downfall.
In collegiate basketball circles there
have been many klfks registered against
the leaguo rulen. The rului are freakish
In a large measuto and tend to blow up
and spoil a good bat-kctball game. How
ever, rules are made to live up to and
Penn players must respect them. Against
Yale twenty fouls were committed, while
the lllue offended sixteen times.
In all, Tenn has had forty-aeven fouls
called in threo games. Fourteen were
made against Princeton and thirteen
against Columbia. The Tigers fouled
only eight times and Columbia fourteen.
As against the forty-even called on
Penn, only thirty-eight have been called
on opposing teams.
Weightman Hall Closed
Walter Dunn, manager of the Penn
sylvania Ambulance Fnli No. 110 basket
ball team, announces that the return
game scheduled for tonight nt Weight
man Hall between his iiuliitot nml tii.
I Murines from League Island will not
ue piayeu. ino ivnn gym has .irr
closed by tho Garfield edict and Jim
Cassidy. the caretaker, failed to receive
notice to open the building for tho gann
tonight.
Athletic Director Franklin MacCiack
en, of the Navy Yard, Is trying to teciire
Cooper Battalion Hall for Wedncsda
night, and It Is posslblo that tho secon'
game of tho series will be played Ir
ho former home of the Ureystocl: East
crn Ieaguo Club.
Sports Served Short
u
The national cliamulotltlilu field trials
scheduled to begin at (Iraml Junction. Tenu
today hava be-n i-oktporwid beejusa t in'
heavy anow fall. '""
tjyjPlf",', V ln "' hls'ory of sorter
in Scotland ull leasu games wero called off
on aocouni ui u aeiere nuuatumi
-.
iaffiMrtfaiiS-aas
lumbua. Ohio.
h.7.i,ia!jl!.'i .1' "''wrettllng meets has
.?? ?"?,l?,by '" Athletic Council. Cornell
will itMt IVnn here March 8. TennT. and
golf wero dropped from the u,t Sit";
tho earlx Ho.lna of tha college year.
firraeuse Vnliersllr. whleh won tha row.
Ing thamplonshlB last year, will not haie a
C'tril'Satur."w.!.Pr1. "' "l U "DUd
CliarlM mil. of Uroolilji. defeated Ital
KU1?S2 .tu?r5MnI."1.'- ."1. 'JJaan champion.
In tho third and last Woe of their threel
cushion blllard match at Havana, tha lln.l
acora Ulng ISO to 11T. )
Due to a fehrtned yu, lTn-ill !, am-
cf.'J',-f'vba!k;f.b1.1.,tm"n th Unlrer
alty of Weit Virginia achfUuled at Ithaca
on February 21,
fli; Nlrhola and Bob McDonald won a four-
Umllh at Uellealr. 11a.
fieArra Jeiinlnrlnii atut Tla. VvMaw v-i.
Ulti
ltihera. hat twen released by thelHt.
iula Americana la Mobile.
August Klerkhefer "threatens to clalnr-ths
three-eushloa champlonsbln nalesa Alfred
L Oro arranges to play him en January 23
aa originally planned.
Jim Rita, coach of the Columbia crews.
Bays h max P'st a craw of Chinese on tha
.VaUim'tV lia&aV1 ,n f "
TENDLERWILL
MEET TOUHEY
4T 0LYMPIAiBelieves Golfers Should Lay Aside SuperstiJ
tions, but Says He Will Keep Image Just 1
Frankie Callahan Says He
Is 111 and Calls
Off Bout
KEGULAR SHOW TONIGHT
Hy ROBERT V. MAXWELL
Tim nivmnla A. A. will hold Its regu
lar show tonight, hut It Is rumored that I
only one-half of tho star act 'Will be i
presented to tho visiting clubmen. Looie,
Tendler will lie on tho Job ready for
notion, but riankla Callahan, the Brook
lyn idURgcr will bo among tlioso nosom. i
Kranklo decided that ho was not In
Khann to meet such a nlceid foo as '
Tjiiidlcr and sent word that ho rould
not keep his engagement. An enron is
being made to sign Tommy Touhcy of
Patterson, X. J. to tako his place.
This parcel of news was spread around
town last nlKlit but could not no veri
fied by any nf tho Oljmpla otllclals ttn
tlll this morning. It Is Mild, however,
that the original fuel order which cloed
all places of amusement on Jlonoay i
nights, caused Kranklo to call off his .
part of this evening's entertainment. He
was notified, It is tald, tliat tuo snow ;
would lat.n place Wednesday, ho let I
down on his training. When the dato
was switched back to Monday, ho was
not In good enough thano to do his best '
and everything was called off.
.Money Back to Patrons
Tranlile Callahan notified us that ho
had thn Klip and was unablo to ap
pear," said Ion Raines this morning.
"V then tried to procure a good sub- I
stlttite and asked 'WIIHo Jackson, George '
ciuiney, Itocky Kansas and llabo Plc-
alto to meet Tendler. All of them r,e
' fused and we fortunately got In touch
with 'JViuhcy.
"I am sony. we were unable to notify
our patrons of the change before this,
but tho ObTOpla A. A. will tefund all
money paid for tickets purchased In
1 ndvance. If n. TLitrnn rnmrq fn thn Huh
- ,. iua "vunui. nvau.
Wo want every ono to be satisfied,
Tll tll0,v "'"1 " lleIJ. however, and
Tendler will havo to extend himself if
; ho meets Totiliey. The Patterson hoy
I ls a' tough battler and always make's
""" .,Z ?..' "0 "aH "Pnrareu ncro ,
several times.
Wllard Mccis l'ulton
Somo big stuff will In- pulled in Chl-
perhaps something ileilnlto will come
of It. Fiedward has been talking a lot
1 ,n the las' .ear and should bo hi great
.',ate "I10''' ' ?. wn with tho cham-
J'10"- "limrd Mill Insists on FtaKing the
i,oul Ior clarity and hays ho is willing
, ,'?? '"'"" s iiamuiB expenses out
?l. Ji'J' ",..!!och?t- Thls look 1Ili0 ul-
KCrt,niS,t,t,,?T.'.1.1" Up'
- '
Banquet for Murray
Unttllmr Mntrav win i.n t,n..,i i.
his friends at the Bingham next Thurs-,
i u.i infill, wiien no is icnuerett a testl-i
t,tn,iln1 Imnnii.t 1... 1.f i,.. '
i nt tho Victor ntnnt ntwl l.l n,l.MiAK. iR
...v..... ...v.t.iuwb .. iim ll-Ill.VV piniiinv,.
g" . Philadelphia. 1J T. Kciffcr. supcrln
i tendent of the Victor Talking ilachlno
;i company; cnarjes J', filtt, his assistant,
tgjand If. J. Ityan will attend and help
mako the affair u success. 2ll;0 Patronl.
president of the lied C'lrclo Club, will
bo thete with all of thr members. The
following are on tho commltteo:
Charles P. Sltt. chairman: ifnrrv
uoKcr, jonn aweeicn. w. K. sp
I D. Hopkins. Phillip Coppalenl
Spanisler.
!lll. (jUldl
W!anace0lJolm1L"KldranT,ibT,,',.JaV1CS
Wallace. John K heldner ami J. Ponto.
TO DISCUSS TITLE
QUESTION FRIDAY
Allllll.il TUppHiio' nfT' f
rt.llllll.il iUeetlllg 01 L. b. Cr. A.
Will Be Held in
This City
As the date diaws near for thu annual
meeting of the United States Golf Asso
elation, to be held at tho Bellevue-Strat-ford
next Friday night, a growing air
of expectancy Is apparent on all bides.
AVhlie the association officials prefer not
to discuss the situation theic Is a gen
eral belief that n number of things de
cidedly more Impottdnt than "regular
older of business" will ttansplre.
For Instance, no one need bo surprised
If Francis Oulmet's nnm oi
brought prominently to tho attention of
." ueiegaies. lie Is now senlne: his
wul") " " sergeant. Ho Ik Jn the
w.,,,,v,j k i-iii-ia num. nut sun is con
nected with his sporting goods store In
Boston, where Mr. Sullivan, his partner
Is running the business for him
There are other problems that follow
erj of the game would like to see solved
such as association membership, the!
rules of the game and especially as they
rertaln to tho stymie. y
URGE STANDARDIZATION
OF THE RULES OF TENNIS
XUW YORK. Jan. 21 By ,.,. f
matches the. call for 'the" Wrl?,
annual meeting of the I'nlted Statavl.
tlonal Iawn Tennis Ai,.i .. Sa"
-..:.:?" . ;.f ., s A"clatlon Incudes
c...D.in,.n ... .1. .. .'.viuuca
mlttee. Lieutenant It. Norrls William.
2d. the national champion. Vi"'1",!:
nr." ,....."' ". ."'" '""ion com
l 1,1 i.. nin..i .1 .
, :."'"" .."'"VnP'on. now In
changes.
American rules have beer, n,M.., ..J
worded to conform with the Kngllsh and
Auairauan laws or tno game Thi WilZ
Is b,ought prominently forward ?hroPU'h
out several legal-size pares JT.
printed type. It I, the CflrBt effort 0
Internationally standardise the rues of
the game. Altogether there Is a total
tfotZ'S " " ia
M'GRATII ATHLETIC
DIRECTOR AT CAPE MAY
Harry McGrath. of this city, has been
appointed athletto director at cJpeMav
according to the announcement of wil
ter Camp, chalnnan Of the athletlo coml
mlttee' of the United States Navy Com
mission on Training Camp Activities
McOrath for several years has been a
successful local coach, '
Per tho Charleston. S. C . station h.
has selected Walter II. Powell, of Cleva
land, o graduate of the University j,f
Wisconsin and for the last four year
director of athletics at Western ...'"
University. He has been for six months!
Chltllcotl.e. O.
SSSr.'T.i n " "," B"rma
CHICK EVANS CARRIED BILLIKEN
WHEN HE WON BOTH AMATEUR
AND OPEN GOLF TITLES IN 1916
to se on
Uy CHAKLES (Chick) EVANS, Jr.
In 1912
I'te a aenilflnal hoodoo,
I'm afraid;
I can never do as you do,
Jlmtnle Braid;
I've a genttu not to do It.
I excel at nImot-(o-M
But I never can go through '.
'ti afraid.
I have teen how Hilton plays If,
. dttmaved, ,
And inch problem how he tcelohs if.
Unafraid;
Straight he goes, tor woe or Ktal,
J.t I.f. -.-..... -m l.lf- r,t ft
itadc to Kork, and not to eel
Thus ho plans.
.Vote it's just os plain n can be,
I can't putt;
So I tnttst on aho-ran-be,
In a rut;
Hilton, rould I do as you do '
Oh, a mascot for my hoodoo!
Travte, tell me hoic 'tis you do
. That small putt.
Oh, a mascot, for I'm ever
One of four;
Qvalrefoll aiul horseihoc never
Ilrlng me more;
.1 true mascot do I need.
Hoodoo-proof, and guaranteed
That no finals it trill lenu";
Xothlng more.
In 191G
Ah, a huisiot have I found.
Lucky, I;
rttst the semifinal round
Safo and high,
To the highest spot of all
Xot a slip, and not a fall:
fate has kindly heard my lali
Sent a mascot.
Golfers Superstitious
I f OLKBIIS are a superstitious crond
J and hoodoos abound among them. I
have had a great many myself and It Is
.u.n.l.in, im... ne,A nnA i.n .uA n...i
In the conversation of the golfing
fraternity. One of the most frequent
UCIUS1UI13 lO ktirtl M. jrvilUUbiy IIIIIUUIT.II,
Eddie Plank Sends Word
That He Will Play Again
rddie Plank, th, teteran snnthpavr.
will be back with the llrnHni next eA
Hon. Tbl ramor uim oftlrlnllr continued
In St. Louis todar. I'lank retired
from bnnrbnll laht Measoti while on
tuiir In the lat with hU team. It wan
reportnl that Ills health was fRlllns.
l'rom his home at t.rtOhharr he Hent
-word today that lie would be back tills
Mummer.
LARGE ENTRY LIST
FOR MILLROSE MEET
All Hp1, nf Cor,.;n f -p J
' ,u uc
j , 1 -
jvujic.-n;m.t:u ill UilllltS Ull
Wednesday' Night
Sevetal hundred of Uncle Sam's fight
ing force tho3o stalwart men who arc
now training at tho various cantonments
and who are soon going "over there" to
do their "bit." will mobilize at Madison
Square Garden, New York, on Wednes
day evening to take part In the monstet
meet of the 5Illlroe Athletic Associa
tion. The meet will he ;i nntflnHn ,-. t.
everyf sense of the word. Xot only has
I IliA liTnirrflm nf bttnla l1, ..... ...
,Ion8' ben a,ranBe1 or ''e'fit of
I our soldiers and sailors, but tho entire
receipts win be turned over to tho At my
Athletic Equipment Fund. And Judging
from the advance Fale a record crowd
will Jam the old Harden Wednesoav
night.
Howard Berry, the noted Penn all
around man. will represent the Camp
' Dlx aggregation. Other stars that will
! "a seen ln actlon nre Tol Ilalpln. of the
Boston A. A. and Boston Saw yi.
, vviuio .nyronen. Charles Pores. Harlv
i, I., .v. n.il.nnl rtn . . - '. "Jf
.. . - - -
im, im im.mjiai uuu-jaru cnampioii I C
Phillips, Lieutenants Wlllio Kelly, it
Crawford, of Penn, and E. L. Hall.
Notes of the Bowlers
Att Illllott. of the T.lbertir H-ll team In
the Philadelphia I.rasue. brought Ii la team
nio the llmellsht la.t WMk when 1 , resl.!
tered th high aeora of GUI plna for threo
gamea. lllko Dynea. also a Liberty uovlr.
was a cloaa aecond. with one uln !;. while
V."H IUJ .m,anarP'J. hlrl. with a total
of.OSS. Nlik Barrla ilnlahej fourth, with
u4o
iioxoit itOLL ror. ist wi:ek
i . '."i'-V,. t."',"?.,.,.
fieon
M. Um.R. I'hlladelnhla
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t.00
Harry Hallman. Artisans'..
Nick -riurris. I'hlladelphU.
G. l'lood, Ke) atone
J. truest. Keyatono
Harry Ilrown. Keystone . .
lialnea. Main Line
T. liaik. l'hllaielphla..
If any one over Buys Art Ulllott and Mllta
Dynea cannot hit thn pins they can have
their own opinion. V haie our opinion,
and Judgment is taken from their ner
formancea last week.
The Liberty Dell team, cf the Phlladelnhla
Lrague. ln a postponed match with Penns-1-anla
llallroad team gava ona of tha rreatcst
pin-toppling matches ever witnessed on a
lotal alley, scoring 1030. 07S and 101O In
tho thre- games ro led, netting a magnifi
cent total of 3033 pins.
' Terminal and Keyalor,; Alius announce
I tl'Bt ',u?.u". raines scheduled for Tuesday
night will he plaieil oft 011 Haturdar eve.
' "
nlng. casino Alley league games will be
Casta Alley games will be played off on
Haturday evenlnga during the fuel-ealnc
bolldajs.
Qeorge M. Karle. traffic superintendent nt
!D! 'JV,,nnt.iAm.n.? K'5; "'
I '' """ t" 300 "Ins rolled on tha Cosu
Allejs.
Monotype "A" tesm. cf the Manufactur
ers' League, took two out of three games
from Ulrard Shoe, .still maintaining the
lead In this league. Wheeler cleaned up the
threa rollings with Monotype "JI." anj
Simon It Hlrua, took thrso straight from
Slonotypa "T" pinners.
TfiTo will he no bowling alleia open on
Tuesday evenings for the next ten weeks
during tha fuel-saving .period. Ilegular
league gamea will, be subject to change each
week during tha. said time. Announcements
will appear each week for teams aakedultl
ou three nights.
Basketball Notes
The Bltner Jra., a fast twelve and thlr
teeu year old basketball team. la desirous
of arranging 'games with teams of that
caliber. Joseph Conlu. manager, 2110 Couth
Nlnetsenth street. """"
Tha renndeld A. A. baaketball .team da.
tlrea gjmeswlth third-class organize tlona.
irTiill . " ",r"t' " I,hn'
ftBtl-taSt: wlSe. e,!fhIr:
horn or ftway. Ontnter. mSrurtr
atlon Center . Beventh and limlsrd atres'ts"
t phone walnut 1CUI.
saie oiae
IIMIa fnr1tln tin 1ia.4...i
when, as a matter of fact, the Iittff?li"
low at ones side Is usually the rnorti'
loyal supporter In tn wnrM v- rtv,
; pulls harder than he for a plaier .nJ'
j die hoodoo" out of their minds at one""
Sometimes a man' linn,tn .. .
be n, particular club, an Individual a
'holo or somo consecutive liappenIJ..?
Kor years the word nutter i... ... :
to be a hoodoo for me, and I re.iiiv m.i.
that If tho name could ba chanced IU.
troublo would vanish. Once when I .
j playing very badly In a tournament In
I Toronto I had tho absurd feeling thlt
my sister who was In the gallery waj
hoodooing me. and I think tbnt t .t.7.
playing very badly In a tournament 7.
fTnrnnln T lin.1 t.A t .. .. 7nt m
I It dlsagreebly, the fact being that I wi,i
.... ... -...,i,,v..u nB3 unable to
control my muscles. Albert Seckel and
I D. U. Sawyer always declared that I
.was their hoodoo becauan I inj ..
itween them ond championships so manr
, Merlon's Fourlcenth Hoodoo
There aro often certain holes that cer.
i tain players cannot play well, for no
good apparent reason. At Mi i.
191G tho fourteenth holo i1erl,i..n,. i..j
, the Jinx on me. It Is. sneaking ...'
paratlvcly, wide open, with no special "
, trouble, but after n fpw f',!!,..- t .... i Ii
to come to It. An easy four that I could
' not get throughout the wholo week until
I "freaked" It on tho last round of th.
i final.
At the present moment I Ime a bill).'
Ken, from Hawaii, guaranteed to ma
00UU003 run aivay. ji was given to m
Just before I left 'for Minneapolis and
began my 191C season of Klorlmi iiit-
I
This littlo hoodoo chaser has dons lo,
duty well. "
1 ' I have come to believe that hond.
are purely mental, and It rests with usfl
- my friends lo lay asldo superstition ill ii
' devote their time to Imurovlne thelrM
games I l.ave told myfelf that onlvM
.1.111 ....... -..., ..... . .. .ll' am
to iirmiy pui mem away. I advise all
prove my own playing. But I still rarrv
my bllllken It Is Just as well to b
l(IU baiU BlUC
SCHWARTZ LEADS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Beth Israel Forward First 1
m Individual Scoring,
vviwi oo rouus
SCHNEIDERMAN SECOND
, Tho official scoring records as cotn.(
plled by Secretary A. P. Hauck for thej
Schwartz, forward on the BrotherhJ
flrwt oetr-iin waaVii rf llm . .v.
, ,,.,., T, . . . ,. ,,,. ti
I -v.. -..u. ..t.,,vb, iu uu ttia jcauuif
scoicr of tho American LeaeseJ
Schwartz has tallied eighteen times frora
the field for two-pointers and netted tntl
oval on twenty-one occasions from thW
fifteen-foot mark.
Girard Star Third
Lew Schneldermaii. the former Cei
tral High School star, ls second In the list
with fifty-three points, four less than
J-chwartz. hchnelderman and ZerberJ
tho new center man of the Port HIcM
mond live, aro tied for scoring tie
greatest number of free tosses, with
twenty-nlno aploce. Schwartz has cared
moro double-deckers than any other
player, with eighteen In eight Jmes.
iiaiiagner. or Ulrard, holds third placej
with El points, being one to tho good!
over uunleavy. of St. Columba. Gal a.
gher has ono moie Held goal than DuM
leavy, nnd the latter has one point tt,ej
better of tho Girard star In foul tosstM
ur tne rormcr Kaslern Leaguers playj
Ing In the league Powell, tho ex-De Ker
star, now with Hancock, Is tho hea1i
scorer, with 37 points, having twthfl
ucm aim uuriecn loui goals in six gamcaj
Two Games Tonio-hf
The modification of the Garfield fuel
order exempting places of ''dry" "Smusul
ment from the Monday "chill law." thn'
1
permitting the carrying out of the or!r
lnal schedule of the American Basketball,
League, was., received with Joy by the
mcai cage tans. .1
The American Leacue had already
called off Its contests arranged for loi
night, but at a meeting yesterday de9
elded to hold the games tonight at Tm'-B
more nan. As usual, a double-heaaw,
.will be served to the clubmen, Hancoelg
meeting Port Richmond and St. Columbt
playing Y. M. II. A, ',
There Is a rumor afloat that ona .01
the teams which meets the Balnts thljMJ
ii lias Bteaiiy Birengllieneu 11a mhsh
up, but until the new additions take UieTB
noor in tneir basketball togs tueir narau'
win ue Kept secret.
suits mm
OR OVKBCOATI JL sals OJW
BIUCXI) tSOM W, M
PETERM0RAN&C0.
8. E, Cor. 80. aaal Arek 5wj
OLYMPIAA.A. P,.0rrr"-Vi.S
TONK1IIT, JANUARY Jl E
Jehnnr llelmout is. Jatk l""m j
loung Kobldeail 1. Joltnn Tx"aa M
Anuy imriis vs. Unas, issinw
11. o. L'lrrna is. mnata ""
Tommv Touhev v. Lew e
Me. Bes.B0e.75c. Areaa.H.II.80. Iat.ar
Roller
TODAY. JUdl.s Admitted M
ROlier PAMCB Tii SIARKKTJ
Sknllnr hKATlStl i to B 1 3 ; H r
anaiiBg j,,ui Mmi AUtn
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