JlTli'A " WW i , - -v.., '&' " EVENING PUBLIC LEDGEJR -1 PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY. FEBRUARY IS, 1918 , Vi vf St U, iii fci 'i .ERZOG SAYS IT'S MARYLAND, MY MARYLAND, UNLESS GEORGE STALLINGS COMES ACROi -i. EASILY WORTH $100,000 WHEN A FELLER NEEDS A FRIEND McGUIGAN REFUSES EDWARDS'S OFFER AND LATEST PLAN TO SAVE NATIONAL A. C. FALLS THROUGH Olympia President Offered to Pay All Debts and Give Jack $50 a Week for 3 Years if Club Were Run on 25 and 50 Cent Basis ;F SOLD AT RATE PREVAILING NOW AT GATI t IN HISTORIC BASEBALL TRADES 0FTITLE1 V. I Disposal by Detroit at Present Time Would Be ' :f jcjqiuvuient to uiosmg' tiie can rarit is ;?, Whole Team in Himself &' -1- bJf Rf I ilIlGXZTTSU flnnnM In tincnliall line .-AfiM.a.l nn titit(, Inc'A U'hon the. nnme. n . v " ""' -" - 'i " " Tyrus Raymond Cobb is mentioned In i business transaction with V notlier club. Not only that, but the fountain of publicity must be running ,&" ATV If It hernmpn nfrnvi-irv tn Hnrr In n ulni'ur 111u Tvrn thn ftrp.'lt til arquso public Interest In ft ball club. It in announced that the New York Tankers are after Cobb and will pay u big price for him. No one can doubt the veracity of that statement; for fourteen other clubs In the major leagues also would be willing to como througlf with loads of kale for the great athlete's services. However, there Is little likelihood of Cobb ever leaving Detroit. When be signed his questionnaire recently It is said that he placed in bin list of dependents a wife, three children and tho Detroit ball club, lie could not leave. Jennings In times like these. The game is too uncertain, and with Tyrus among those absent Navlu might as well close his ball park. A price like $100,000 should not tempt the owners of tho club to part with tho Georgia marvel. It would mean a big depreciation In the stock of the ball club, the team would lone Its greatest power on the attack and there would be no ono to look up to. Tho other players with Detroit tried hard to emulate Cobb when at bat, and the result was that the team always ranked high in the slugging class. The star from Dlxlo cannot be replaced and it would be the height of foolishness to part with him. e a THE Yankees cannot be blamed for trying to land the world's famous batsman. I'laylng In New York and on tho Polo Grounds, It Is necessary to get some big attraction to compete with the Giants. American League Team Pour Drawing Card THE American League team has been woefully weak In tho big town and the attendance figure look sick and anemic when compared with those of the National club. Cobb is the highest salaried active player In the land and no one can compare with him as a gato attraction. He Is receiving some $15,000 a year for his Services, although It is reported that ills annual stipend ranges from $18,000 to $20,000. The fans know he Is a very expensive person, always delivers the goods, is dangerous at nil times, Is a wondciful llelder and baserunncr and they always turn out In huge drove. to see him. He more than draws his salary at the gate. Every' time Cobb's name is mentioned in a deal, the iiuestlnn comes up as to his true value in dollars. That would be hard to estimate, but, judging1 from'the money expended in other trades, Tyrus stands In a class by himself. Eddie Collins was sold for $50,000 and received $15,000 for signing, which meant an expenditure of $05,000 for the 'White Sox. Tins Alexandcr-Klllcfer ileal Is said to havo involved $50,000," Connie 5Iack iccelvcd $00,000 for three, players, Trls Speaker was sold for $55,000 and Uaker was purchased by the i Yankees for $35,000. j Other deals have been put through In the past where big money changed ' hands. Joo Tinker was sold to DiooUlyn for $25,000 In 1B13, but Joseph ! failed to report. Lee Magee brought $22,000 and IJennlo KaufT $30,000. Pitts-1 burgh was stung for $22,500 In the Marty O'Toolo deal, and Connie Mack I once paid $12,000 for Lefty Russell, the Baltimore flivver. Fritz Malsel, who proved a bloomer in New York and was traded to the Ptl Louis Hrowns recently, was purchased from Baltimore for $12,000. Wo also recall the sale of Larry Chapclle In 1913, when Comlskey paid the Milwaukee club $18,000 J for. his release. Even last year Connie Mack was stung when he paid I Indianapolis $7000 for Cy I'alkenberg. ! Taking those figures as examples, it can easily be seen that Cobb's value1 Is far greater than can be estimated In legal tender terms. He Is a ball club by himself, has played hard all of the tlmo and never lay down. He Is in ' there lighting und sets a good example for the other men. TJE HAS been on the team for thirteen years-, and, outside of Walter - Johnson, is the only star In tho big leagues who has played on only one ball team since breaking In. Persistent Rumor Says Fielder Jones Is Out RUMORS have been revived within the last few dnys that Fielder Jones would not be the Drown manager this season. During the big baseball session In New York Joe Tinker was mentioned ns a possibility tor the job. Previous reports suggested the name of Walt SIcCredle, tho Paclllc ooatt Veteran manager, this season's pilot of Salt Lake City. The unpopularity of the Drown manager with the players and fans of the big city on tho banks of the Mississippi has long been n subject of common knowledge and comment. Plank quit cold last year after a icporled run-in and. open conflict between the manager and Players Prutt and Lavan was widely advertised. Club discipline was a joke and it is not htrango that persistent rumors have been broadcast all winter that somebody would bo found In his place in the Brown managerial role this season. A strong indication of the way the St. Louis wind has been blowing Is to be noted In the fact that all player deals and moves discussed In tho home papers of late have come directly from and In the name of Business Manager Bobby Qulnn. Qulnn has done this or that managerial stunt and Jones's name has not been mentioned as being anybody or doing anything. The situation has been so strained that players openly havo expressed themselves as to their dissatisfaction, and Derrill I'rntt In un Intel view aald among other things that ono of the manager's moht prominent faults, and one that places any manager In bad with his men, Is that he always alibis himself at the expense "of a player when anything goes wrong. An other charge is that the managerial temper has soured and that tho boss has acquired tho habit of not associating with the men and not having any pleasantries to spill. In any event, there Is no popularity anywhere, and least of all among the newspaper people of St. Louis, who no longer treat' him as the real head of affairs. THE latest word coming from tho coast, where Jones lives, is to the effect that he declines to afllrm or deny stories that he is to retire. And the only real Indication that Ball considers him man ager this year came some time back, when orders were Issued that he was to uso the shining -sword and iron list stulf this season .Instead of cream-puff methods. Cleveland Never Has Had Thirty-Game Pitcher PERHAPS the reason no Cleveland club ever has won an American League pennant Is that no Cleveland American League pitcher has ever won thirty games In one season. Thirty pitchers have won that many games In a season In the history at the sport, but only six American Leaguers have perfot med that feat. Cy Young, V'tchlng for Boston, registered thirty and thirty-two victories In ,1901 and 1902, Jack Chcsbro came through for tho Yankees In 1901 by win ning forty-one games, which is the record for modern-day pitchers, Ed Walsh In 1908 came close to tying tho mark, but stopped with forty. Jack Coombs won thirty for tho Athletics In 1910, while Smoky Joe Wood took, down thirty-four triumphs In 1912. Walter Johnson beat that marl; Jy two In 1913. Johnson also won thirty-two games in 1912. The nearest any Cleveland American League hurler ever came to hit ting the thirty murk was In 1904, when Bill IJernhard captured twenty-nine tames, losing thirteen. Addlo Joss took Becdnd honors, winning twenty seven and losing eleven In 1907, Joss alra won twenty games in 1903, twenty-one in 1906 and twenty-four in 1908. 'i ZZ5ZZ-iZZrZZ- I rvjiAKa.' POPrinn1! -CS -" L-""ZZ -TiPPV OVER ! J( M& 3VS Z?30 : Z Z Ifi i '.?r .?' - r'smWZ3&M , iC'r & o .- .fe.v-MnNir o-" i &?S' s&- .tamcsLe ' .' ' s - -- rss,jy'fjr-Jat&rte,i-7r2::xur1e' i- ' feJ HIS LITTLE Vy, .JXgP SISTERS , Basketball Championslijj Almost Within Grasg ui. vuuKer ream A MARTIN'S RETURN FACTl , - ;.-, Penn Is at the gates of Tltlemi. JS -----' 1 tttt. . a --..v UM I but tho club belongs to him and no new partners havo been token In. Two '" l"" "m "wnK tho &; H'rnlra n ,rn It ... .. . ., . 1. .. . Tl... , ,. .. , ml. ,-, .... ,1... -... "V-....1. ,.. v .....i,.,. .iiu i.n.i nmt III... . -, i promoters, would purchase a slice or the club, and later n mysterious deal ' "' "l0 'nreiOioM of tho town of jO was launched whereby the control of tho club would remain in the lmncN tpl'"i" nml ero lhl cek end, "n'jjl Phlludolphlans and Saturdny night boxing would continue. Both of these i hoped that the Quakers win i.. .V" deals havev fallen flat, however, as McOulgan seems reluctant to accept out-1 ,onl 'J10 p?1no's fur 'lmlslon mP ....,.,KI1U uHFKeiDa I v.r" I Ily IIOHKUT W. MAXWELL i TACK McdlIOAN still Is matchmaker, referee, manuger and sole proprietor " of the National Athl-'lic Club, situated at Eleventh and Catharine streets. ' Whether ho will run any more boxing shows or not remains to bo seen, tide aid. I ing on I 1918 intcrcolh- pluns. tW The developments of last week are quite Interesting, as threo persons The recent vlrtorleq nv, r. who havo been at odds for years were brought together, shook hands all Columbia havo placed the ., JT.. B i around, professed undying friendship for ench other nnd burled the hatchet j i ', lct J" p1,lc,11 Position thataj ... r.Ui.fln;u uiniin(; 11 ivmiiiuii iur eueu inner llliu uurieu llie iiiii'iii;i . . -: . : ' ' """"wn tnat tWl for all time. They were Jack McOulgan, Harry Kd wards, of the Olympia j SefeatlnB rorneu'nml Ihr", thla " A. A., nnd Herman Muggsy Taylor, late owner of the famous Broadway A. C. I homo court when these ""ami ' This trio met to save tho old National A. C and for n time It looked as if i J'r,l,J,l' nl"' Saturday night, J2J'! o proceedings "7.''' '.)" "m '" over cmcll,tli(fiJ ... ncr-up In the league race nt B.Tl! the story ns , virtually could clinch the chainwS it would be rescued from oblivion. But thero was a hitch In th at mo last minute nnd all bets were off. Muggsy Taylor tells an eyewitness nnd his' tale follows: Muggr.ij Tells of Deal That Failed but even If such a win uZSWl seize the coveted hmiSil Wualiers cannot mathematically jT ttiuaany I CIIS Of Ueai That tatlca , mathematically until nartnwtitinrji- "Last Monday afternoon." says Taylor. "Mcdulgan sent for me and said j "'f 'r " Smnd tl.,ne on JIt'; il?5 I lll WIIS considering a triiposltltin to go Into partnership with Harry IMwards Dartmouth A' of League. m. i- and myself and wanted to know what I thought of It. I listened to the Cornell Is now one and a half ni " I...1.I...I .,.- ,. . ." ,,a, I1WIH I alto saw Mr. Inwards ' I ,.L"V.i". ?. ' " l"f.Rr.eB.n."?n awUwfl --!.. ViV .. "' "r neuji ri I Frij proposition and told Jack It looked good lo me. anoioia mm uie same thing. There was no chance to take up the matter;, to' Vllnch the tlrtV JSjftj then, ns I had to go to Uoston that night with Johnny Tillman and could the' Ithacans are defeated on AK not return to Philadelphia until Wednesday morning. A meeting wus called , night, the rest will be comparathS for 11 o'clock on that day and attended. easy, for tho two following .conteittji' "Mr. Kilwar.1. Mrfii n.i ,..if' .,..., .... . . scheduled ith Oaitmoutlith AlMtS ,. , ., -' " "v-.i uiiuu over couaiuons, nnu wiikii or the intercollegiate League ThtOrM1 Marry made his proposition I was astounded liv bl i?pniflitv. tt. wiM im has not won one irnnm in fn,,M. ..!?l I IVlltllll tl'lf ',11 ,.T ,1 .1-1..-, ....... . . . . . ' t l.fa U,..,UA.. 1.-l.. .. ... .. 'P.W I , "' " " ""- ueuiH incurreii iiy me cum, such as telephone, telegraph. , , '" '"""" '" "' ""' reerejia telecttlc light and other blllsi nil ..f Mrrtui... ......i .i..,.. ..., been In league engagements. 'J, ""nun " (".icwiiui iivuiu, miti mill I otuijiuuiK on wuu u clean filate. Tho tlfn Pniiii 1 Iiiih titi.t il.t- .. "l'I Til addition tn tluit Mr. HiluMirilM mrte-n, t .ln.t 1.r.rnlt t. -.. -". ( to pay McGulsan ?:o a week for u period of three years and place the money! ! I-v Martin to the battle a$ in hm iiuuk or trust company Jack mlslit name. Then to make the olTer ! ui)I10 t'1 rnc tt "Is ptioulder lifctfi I""," ..,""V?:!."LB"n --.to -n-tWra of tho proflts and all ho $ TiU?Z?l?B?.E& As for mself, I was offered one-third of the profits and $2.". a week for well. Ills sterling defense 1ms t,,T ' " ""- " "inii;iiiii.ii.cr lor mo ciud. .Mr. Hdwards was to receive1 Krlal "" """' "VFines, in tno two gtm the other one-third and net as president. The National nnd tho Olvmi.li in ' lle rtKs,erJ f"""- eld goals. m GENDELL REEVES LEADSSC0RERS Northeast Captain Goes "Over the Top" in Inter scholastic Scoring MOCKY HUNN1N SECOND e ESu b'lX V T7EAN OIIKGU, who comes to tne Athletics this year in the P'K'Aj V fitrunk-Hush-Hchang deal, broke Into the twenty class three :'',' The others to beat twenty were Dusty Rhoades und Otto Hess In. ' 100, Mooro In 1003 und Jim Ilagby In 1017. Ily PAUL l'KEP Ocndell P.eeves, captain of the North east Illgli quintet, only teored two field and two foul goals in the Central High School game latt Thursday, bat the six points" were sufllclent to carry him "over the top," and he Is now leading the In terscholastlc Basketball League In In dividual scoring by a margin of two points. Although Mocky Punnln, Cobby Sur gason and Zlddle Trautweln have not participated III a league tilt for some time, they Btlll occupy the second, third and fourth places, respectively. In fact, thee former high school stars should be among the leadlrg ten when the cur tain drops on tho 1918 season. Passou, the South Philadelphia for ward, -who appears to be filling the shoe." left vacant by Mock Bunnln In great style, made the greatest gain last week. Playing against Trades .School, he tal lied eleven times from the field and net ted fourteen free tosses from h's foul line, giving him a total of thirty-fix points which enabled him to pass Sprine-er, of Central: Wickerly, Schnei der and llcrzog, of Northeast. Selecting a inythlc.il team frum the field-goal scoring records doesn't neces sarily mean that the players chosen ure tha best In th'lr positions, so the fol lowing team, of Reeves nnd Springer, forwards j Hersog, center, and Week erly and Voegelln, guards. It can safely be Fald, Is not tho best mythical five that can h chosen. The otllclal records follow: Step Aside, Heine 'Am, Give Fred Mitchell the Crown Ilelnr 7AmH title lot lost. Ihr croun gnr to l'rrd MHracll. vilin paid I- hjlrr 'no, I.rh k Itit l.irt fur llmHHit rer!oJ uhllp tilil hi ultti u ItmUfu Ifs last irnt-aii. Till Turl u;i net mt niculnhl the rittvliiirpli i:iUrr il.ilm uiul 'in h"ii dUiillnuMl. tin Plr.it'. I)lnc km th Jtij-pr., Mltdifll'H "lump" ut ttullnl by nllouliifr fitter to rla.v In our cmn latrr on. lilrh. It moh held, ni.idp Oil chk otneiinble for thr i,ior hnlnr flip romlni: rnMin under the terms of IiU contract. LOW SCORES MARK NATIONAL BOWLING CINCINNATI, O.. l'eb, IS. No new record's had been established today In the national bowling tournament here when Cincinnati teams look the floor for the third time. High eisicj to dale aro far behind records. In tho five-man event Sport Feene)'s champs of Covington, Ky., led with 2C5'.i In the doubles. Hoffeld and Oclstlng, of Cincinnati, with 1174, nnd In the singles, K, Mlchaclson, of Cin cinnati, with JOS. )ioed to me that Harry IMwards was" un o mo niRgcfct-hcartcd and most gen erous men In the world. "Well," continued Muggsy, "MeCIuIgnn j broke down and rrled when he realized me tuance i.uwnrds was giving him to get on his feet again. "'I don't desene It." he sobbed, an he reached out his trembling hand to Bhake hands with Kdwnrds. 'I don't deserve It land I don't know what to do.' " 'That's all right, Jack.' tespomled Iklivatds. want to di It and that's GUNNERS TO MEET iH ?H " " .Met Last Saturday 'Jack made an annolntment for ShI. iiruay, wnen the owner of tho building - count be present and tho leaso signed. i-n'1-iiTi.ij T-t J. Wo ","t '" AIr 'Mwardn'a home, and at lO-Bird jVIatch tO rCatUre;tl'C start It looked as if the deal would M.i i m i i iiru'i lUa ,';offt'1' The landlord hud the leao ldWeeK lest at White- ready and we were to pay s,3300 the first 1 , m 'Cir' 53S0O the tecr.nd and StOOO tho i marsh TOniOlTOW next three years. Tho papers wcie 011 I . 'ho table, all of the details had been rtls- I cus.ied and the only things needed were 1CLEGG WILL C 0 M P E T E I tlw ..Ignatures. e.t.erc "Suddenly McCulgan stood up, K.kcd at Kdwai'dn mid In u shaky voice, which almost was a shriek, said: AT FORT SIDE INN': on Cornel and Partmouth. but thu i tackle the Lafayette team, which-fin been cau-lng sa much trouble lf colS slate rank3 this year. Tho Marocn jut an end recently to the winning jtrtil of the Pittsburgh quintet, and prior to that tho Smoky City combination tiri 1101 lost a game. CLINE'S HAND BROKEN? More than ordinary Interest centers In the Koit Side Inn Gun Club's while flyer shoot tomoirow nt Whllemarsh. Tho event will be a preliminary to the big Mate shoot to be held at llarrl burg the latter part of the week. Tomorrow's shoot will bo at fifteen birds. Local gunnern will no doubt make up the major p.irtlon of the en tries owing to the close pioxlmlty of the Wh'te marsh grounds to Philadel phia, Mnny of the inaiksmen around this Mvtlon who have br"n trvlng to l:eep themselves In condition will view the Kort Side shoot a.s a "try-out," us many of the nlmrod.. figure If they do well In the competition they will send State titular ft r McGraw Fired Jack Hendricks From Giants ' 'ir t iVlK mnna8ers ot National leaguo baseball teams will appear on TT, lle J1CJ14 tviiii n.w wvwow,, vjim .,. a..i,, wKvn. iiciiununs, pilOt Ul 106 ""rt" HUAauI Cardinals, being the only new manager of the league. Hendricks ''filntf , behind him a highly successful career in tfce minors. It is a queer - kliiU of fate that he was a member of the New York Giants when f,-i--. -.,. &j ' ieiilD their manager lit 1902 and "Hendricks was one of tho first, players I - mA the "pink slip" by the new Giant pilot. In sixteen year he has rked his way back up tho ladder to a place beside tho man who once ilired'that he could never become a big league bull player. Christy liewon. Fred Mitchell and Hugo Ilezdelc aro utmost as new ut the mm rWJaV ilUgue experience, This Holdout Surelu Has Meritorious Cast! P'afwayTtatfH,WsebaU' public, with the pjaycr In his fight for higher Lftoy? .Ho mueh'qf the hold-up business has been' seen slnco tho Fed- Ih&lMiilnurMed on. the' peace or O. B. that the fan lias become dls iMI at'iWfPOrt "of squabbles In print. . tbwe Im. one Atm. that 1 an exception. It Is that ot Jack Smith, rjriwi Wr or. Ua .pardlna!) team. Hmlth has been offered ktmm&Mmetf'ti&i 6.ry.tor a young star wjwi iwpw mnw .w iit, ion oaso steal- mmudi i in 1 1 -yfrL Ifcw.&i: p.n. fi.o. r. neves, Nnrthesst 3S M 131 lluiinin. Smith IMIISileip.'lU. . -"J M J.'l'l Hnrafson, Oerm.ntown J7 77 Hi Trautweln Cntral SI r,s J to Kvermn Tradii II 07 ll.l "lark, Wt PMIiKMnhU... 7 tls K'.' ".H'rin. Sa'Jth PhlladelphU.. M i'7 "" Sorlr.cer. Centrnt .lo .. ni II"r?oc. Sorthat 30 . . 'l WVrk-rly, Nnrtheaat '-"J 11 Rrt Hilmelclor .VurthMtt 2S .. .Ml Ailanin, Vt Phllnrtelnhla. . . i'7 .. Kl 'V. Iltckmnn f'intral ." 40 r.o Vos-lln. Central 2 .. S ralrhurat. Franftin! It IS 4,1 f)l'twllr 0rnintovn 21 .. 42 Dornhrlm. rranktnrd 4 3J 41 MrCann, Wen 1"llAdMnhla. . ? .. 40 Knmii, Went Philadelphia... in .. 3 O'llrl.n. N'.irthenat .. 23 S.t R, Hackman. Central ill ,, S'J Tlerklfr. Crmantown 15 .. ni Ithoadra. Wrat l'llllBiIlp!lla. . 1 .. 31 Wood. Trad f.t .. in Arntronc, Cntrl 1.1 ,. rtl Mlkatone. South I'hlla.l-lpbU tl .. 2V! Ie-lr. PrunUford Ill ,, -jii I'latura, fentrel .. is Vtrr.rh, Wrat Phlladtlphla. . . K Jd N'aalfe. Trade'...., H .. til Dleterlo. Orrmantewn 2 is Snrntt. Tradi-a .' 3 is White. Northeaat I .. 12 Tonr. vi Philadelphia.... rt .. 13 Carlfr. Nurlhtaat S ,. 10 Sports Served Short The tlronWn rlilti haa rtlvd the alaned contract of Iltchr Norman PMtt. who waa purchaard laat full from tho Purtland. Me., club. Aurte Kleikliefer. Chlrain. won hla ninth atralaht came In the ambulsnce fund thr-- cu'ilen Ulllnrd lournnmont at Chleato hr l,-ratln Charlea JUCnurt. Cleveland, SU to 30, In foriy-nlne Innlnza. Tho nnitea have alcnd for lots John r.. Iurray. of Cveratt, ottehir for thu laat thret jara en the Oeora-clovrn Unlveralty nine at Waahlnston. D. C. Laat aummer ha won twenty.nne conaecutlve vtetorlea for the ISverett Independenta. acmlpro team. Alfredo de Oro w defeated by plerr Maupnma. of Cleveland, 43 to SO. In aev-enty-two Innlnca In Iho Amrrlran billiard plavrra' umbuUnce fund tournament at rliicacn. Joatph Catron, of Chtratn. d" Nated Charlea Mnrln. of Chicago. SO to 43. In Mventy-tU fnnlnci. Our Tutweller. formerly tilt Detroit 'Club, und laat vtar th Outflttder wllti Providence, haa beta aoM to Mobile In property 0 with t'rnvl the tloutherr Leacu. ritther Je Ileni, of th champion White IfioXt 1$ rvcoveriur iroin an auai-it u rnonln at lit home In Chleasp. Ph; tatod today h probably wilt bo me spring; crainuu; iriF. of pn Bnau. jana to At-Will?. Iflflli T THICt ' ln t"- entrlcn to tha lite r.ntir-r, "T-I.""," i.i. ,..... . William Clegg. of tills city, holder of v., .... ,.v,, ,v.'. .. .. tr,, , fkflj Cllne may appear at the next boxing of the Ilve-blrd shooting championship, show staged at Port Sheridan. Harry I will be 0110 of the contestants In the Pollock, manager of (.'line, has agreed Port Sid shoot Th". local man has to let his battler appear agaliiht Charley 1 not been hitting his birds In hts usual While. Cal Delaney or l.ee McMahon providing tho fchow is staged before March 11), WILLS GETS DECISION OVER M'VEY IN FIFTH PANAMA, Feb. 18 Harry Wills, American negro heavyweight pugilist. was awarded a knockout decision In the iifth round of his bout with Sam McVcy here yesterday. McVey took the count in this round, asserting Wills had struck a foul blow but the rcferic de clined to allow tho claim. " 'Don't do It, Harryt PM1ASK don't do It: Don't let them drng vou In'o this deal. The place l.i a hoodoo, it's Jlnxed. it's b.ul luck and It wilt ruin you. PI.KAKIS call It cff. '1 won't let you get into It'.' "Mr. IMwards tried to argue with Mc. Oulgan. but It was no use. Jack Fat there biting his finger nails and would not listen to anything. Then he got up and left. Will Stick to Edwards ' "'fhe plan was to run shows every I Saturday night at popular prices that I", at twenty-tlvo and fifty ccnls. Mr. , IMwards Insisted on those pr res and .believed tho club would make quite a little money. I am sorry the deal la off, and I w.mt to announce that 1 will not the Pennsylvania State Cup emblematic I ft, " TO,?"V S ', Sl been mentioned as ono of the match makers hi cate bomc New Ytrk pro moters come over here, but there Is noth'tig to It. I promised Mr IMwards to slick with him and I will keep my word, The only way I will consent to act In uuy capacity at the National Is to be one of the partners cf Harry IM wards. The fate of the tha nrllicllial tonic fistic clrcb'.s for the lart month, i:ery one wanted to sci some new blood In jected Into the National, for the place always has been populsr and boxing fans will attend the Knows If hlsh class talent put 011. The sudden teunln. llou of the latest effort to s-avc the club a!.-o has caused lots of comment and on calm reflection, perhaps tho outlook isn't so bad after all. Good Tiling for Olympia cause r.f his great success. He can seel ahead and make moves that no ono elrc ' dreams of. Schwab nnd Carnegie Ubcd ' tho t.aine foicslght In the steel business. ( and John I). Kockefeller gained control of the oil buMnexH because hi) was ' hinnrter than the others. Uuslnesn Is ..... ..... ... . business, and Mr. IMwards Is 11 business Sweeney lakfH Lead fh lnan- Mike Sweeney has regained the lit Edunrilo U Fair '" "'" Individual Frorlng battle In'lln Th ,m ,., . ,' . , ltt-rcoleslat0 circuit lie tallied & The one thing which stands out, how- 1 een points In tho two games of the lilt ever. Is the generosity of IMwards. lie Ueven days and pasred Van Slyck,''of did net have to take in .McOulgan. Uv. Vale, by ono point. Sweeney tops'ttt did not have to pay all or his debts and I yoorcrs with fifty-one counters while put liliti on a Kalaiy of $:il a week for, the ICIls' forward has an even fifty t three years, instead of using the usual 1 his credit. The thltd man In the stanl-'j "frerze-out" methods, lie plaed fair. I Ing Is I.utour, of Columbia, with tWrtyJ was op'iti and above bomd and laid his, lln points. ri ,! cards on the table, it came to a show-1 The records of thofo who have Morel uowii. wnen- jac:, coum accept or remsc. ten points or more follow: and ho refused. j IM'Aardii had a wonderful idea and would havo corneie.l tho boxing game In v!!!'."l.h,,t'"vl,'.'i '" f',.r'!, i ' " III t( tail aa a .a IVlllll3IKlll'PtlOrflalrl1fti 'lilladclphla. lie would havo been the otenr. futninMn. nniril .. dictator of the sport here. At tho kiiiio Trlml.lc I'rlnr-iim, ferwnnl. time, his methods were above irltPism Vir'.' "Sl'.riS.V1 ' and ho showed tho traits of true spoils- vi,.,!,!. vHic. fnrw.inl mail&lup. iuiiri. ecrneii, inrnnru ., ,,",.. ,, , r,,n , linn. I'rlni-lcM, crnler i..,r.ti, (,)innMii. c"nril , , Mr-il"'!. Y11I1-, ritnrU ,. .. I st.smiiml. tVnn, fnrwnril Rtyle and tomorrow's test will afford him good practice. Harry Hoffman and Karl Melrnth, who competed In the Kansas City (Mo.) tournament last week ; f :harle Ulddle. fioorge Kllber. Prank Shields and other Phllly gunners are expected to flro away In tho Whl tenia roll competit'on Several crack up-State gunners may nt leini the open shooting events over the Port Side trap?. Ni Jerxi-y eoaat kukhIs report that a flock of more thmi too K-c-b-- wire seen laht W'ok riroiiii'l llirnr-tfnt Inlet. According; tn thla. n.:at KUlmi'rs F'ia thn w-llil fowl will hi, returning from their southern w-ato.-a thla w-k. Scraps About Scrappers Hy BILL BELL BUCK IIERZOG ISN'T SATISFIED, 1 llennr ulzer, tlw l'rench elmir.nlon. ha 11 ihrtiiii to le.in Into untlonnl rromlncrtcc tui.Mlit when ho meets Jiw I.jneli.- the Utet ljihtunnvilshl scns.itljii. In tin- final Imut of the Ubmnlii A. A. lioth boys hove Mopri'U their last 01.p01.ents within the limit. 1 nch 1 reorlnit a teehnleal knockout mvr 1 MJ AMIlinms. the formr hant.iinweleht 'Jti.ik-. at the Oljmpl.i. wlille Valuer atopucl lominy Hrnn In the clehl'i round of u scheduled twehe-round tilt ut fiooton. Joe Tuber ntcela Muekla Hlley. of tfnulh wnrk. in th third Lout. In tho M.on.l limit Harry KM lllown boxes Johnnv M.lr ni). of N,w York Thu oix'hlus scran v. Ill Mini tozcther Mux Wlllliunsun snJ Vuuni Munroo. Johnny Tlllmin I.jb hn matched to inept , Johnny Duffy t-i n return hout. They will Hz!t March .'. at MlnneupoliJ. ; Vouuie .foe Ilelmont, under the manna, m. nt of Ptlcltejs lintrnw. la anxious to meet nunu I.oulil.ina Young Huek rieinln,-:. J.iok , I.-atfr .111,1 Joe lll!iin. Hehnnnt has fouahl ' r.itay V. iliac. three tlmra nnj han knneli out victory over Oeone Smith, tho 1ljweltt.1t , champion cf Atlantic City. I 1 111 OMrrlnt iiqrlnaii ' Vt - , ...-..,..., - vi'aa iiiq lull klirj (una Joe Ilelmont. ure In liard tralnlnir at 1 Adam llvnn'a BVin. Itohlile.iu la h hetlute.l j ,, , , . , ,' ' ' "l ln" i'imnia iTuruary -.1, ills o'd club has been opponent liasn't been selected. 1 01 t'uiivcrnaunn 111 I Joe Memlell, the coming newlio eham pliMi. Aim 13 Irnlnlns nt ItVHn'a for hla haul with Dae Aatcy at tho Olympia Tcbruary Vnmur .Mrtioiern will Vint ann,., In !. , emllnd.uii nt the UlyinKu tonlBnt. Hunk rteveloiied a et 0f tJO, ,,,1 ,va, frt.i ,u 1 .ill the Hunt off. DaMi Aaley. of New York. ytl auutltute. Ho meets Jllko Urtlo, ot . Solille r Iliirllelcl. of Ilrooklyn. nn.l Ted With nrlces ranging from twenty-rive I .'trr'.":.. V V".tB ".'".'!l erami'ion, win meet in to fifty cents, the National could not I "'" '""" """ " ""' u"w" icuruary a.i, even dream of competing with the Olym. pla. Hlsh'Class boxem who receive $300 uZr ."? to SUM for bx rounds wjildn't b Jan,"', win AND ASKS CONTRACT RENEWAL !tr&a?7ss I . ., 1 formed The National would cease te Says Stallings Must Pac-, ify Him or Else Canta-I louping Will Be Good fl This Season K KlU'INO out of the limelight and like the, modest violet arc not charac teristics of the artistic temperament, nnd the come-back of Johnny livers at the big baseball gathering seems to have been too much for Buck llcrzog. Tho temperamental cantaloupe king never Is long In eclipse, however, and whether he figured that the time merely was ripe for tho spotlight or that he wns just forced to say something, announcement comes from Maryland thnt some real holdout doings are being Mnged there. Ilerzog's complaint Is, according to the dope, thst Im Is not properly pro tected for a rainy day. His contract this year Is nil right, all right, but you never can tell about the future, And tho little far-seeing ant always Is well worth copying, particularly during wartimes and Inasmuch as the life of the ball player Is so brief and fitful. The human jack rabbit of tho big leagues, who has hopped about the Na tional Leguo circuit In various deals In volving the sum of nearly 1 100,000, is showing his originality just now as well as his well known nerve. While the average alleged hold-out Is worrying the management over prospects for getting as good a salary us formerly, lleriog comes out for a renewal at the fancy figure of his term contract with the Giants, and when It Is considered how often he has been able to put across his numerous .demands and how much-stall Ings" needs a good v. 4 yj I i.arn V" LfOI atjlHa5l4TlBBBBBBV I'dV VrSfW-aaWSsM! 'Mir V;-W i.if '"gi mIi HVvWVW I STORMY PETREL IS IN AGAIN D. Ha rum In the contract line, tho Mary lander has few equals. The reported status of Ilerzog's con tract Is that it has one more, year to run and calls tor 1 10,000, Htnlllngs assumed lit all right, but )ia may have something to say about assuming It for another season. Jn the meanwhile, the Pesky One- wll get B Utile tree publicly and maybe a reran' of paper suggeating be an important club with only mediocre bouts on the card. What more could be expected at twomy-uvc ami ny CtThe'ro always has been keen rivalry between the two clubs. If a top-notch boxer waa asked to appear at the Olytn- pU. he would demand a certain amount t money for his "rvlces If he elldn't ge' It. he would say: "All right, ri go ver to the National. Jack McOulgan will mv my price." The same stunt ni worked at the National nr.d the re- ult was a constant bickering, with the clubs at dagger's points all of the time. For example, lcUulgan wanted to ffimweSlo!? 5" fojhi! f.SJ ffl?r KUbHa'VytheKdw .'IS'Ko rtS'A-for.Ool K-.W;..!, man. McOll gall tllCU put on the greatest fight card ever pre ! tented In the hlKtory of boxing, ran an onnositlon show and mane money, uie O ?mpla. on the other band, o.t.ac cording to reports, something like J6000 Boxers Would Lose This would be eliminated If tho Na tional were run on a cheap basis. The Olympia could cut tho 11000 fighter down to 1800. nnd even the preliminary w,iid muffer. There wouicr De a '" "--- -. .... ,, .. .... saving all along mo w . u Olympia could save thousands of dollnrs each year. If you look Into the matter closely, you can see where the National can be run at a loss and still bo a profitable investment. The deal looked like a monopoly to us whereby Mr. Edwardt would gain con trol pf boning in Philadelphia. It was a treat pleco of business and every one would prpflt I except the boxers. No longer would high prices be paid, the boxing game will lose one 'of its Im portant assets und the youpger' element will not be P? anxious to take up the However, we ar.not belittling Mr, PMwardS or hts motlvas. He. Is a bunl- anim and Willie Jaehanp mi1" w ten.roun.1 limit ot llnhuln if Inn he will tr ,. r.ht.n 1...... ..i... Lew Tendie?. '"" fee Well'nir l lief nn tlie Iruii r.t t .... Teniller. Philadelphia's contender for Penny ., tii'i n klinvil. l-lllllC FayH IHHt I.OW muit defeat him before he considers himself In lino for u match for tho title. .l Moore, of the famous Moore family txea Hattllnir Dundee next Thursday nlsht at Ilaltlmore. mmm , J!". 55'fJ?h'..lr.'a'. welterwelitht. who de. feated L.ddle itcAndrewa. haa been matched . to meet fiddle. Hhovlin In Chelsea, MH?a.. the date to bo nxreed upon In a few laja" ..r1,h. '".Jl'"11:. n match with Irish Patsy Cllne in this city. I'r.mkle MrManus end Sam nohldenu. local Joxtrs. oro Btatloned, at tho Norfolk Naval School, Johnny Jlealfy has been offered a match )lUlHw.Tfi"r- but believe., that ho Isn't In tho best of shapo at present to box Lew. ,..A..l',ne""n., ,0 ".. ''Out between Joo Me linn and I.ew Tendler are under way Jack Hanlou. matclimokr of the o ympla Is wlllln to stoee tha hout on March i I. Kdille Itellr, of Harlem, who la now fliht. Ine under the management of Uddlo MeJVt manaaer of Joe Lynch, haa been secured to meet Terry Mcdovern. the local llghtwelaht for sis rounds at the Obmpla A. A on March 4. Jee I-vlr stales that Vlrenian IM Htnlth i,.V:,,.f"i.i,",hUi ,prK,,k p".mTsin; lad In the. H8-pound dlilnlon. Smith will -," -. w.v.w n luku, VIUU 111 lift. future. near SUITS $1 1 80 rtEDl'CW) FROM $30, and !0 PETER MORAN & CO. :,','',:'" S. E. Cor. 9th and Arch St. Open Monday and Baturday Untw t o'oloca OLYMPIA, A. A. "j"' u-h-urid,, a.0Jl'"!u:fo''E' "lal Vllllamaoii Harry IKMl llrown ya, johnny Murray J. I.'lVr . Muckl Relies "', eds him; It looks like nt stahd. 6methlng like a conditional bonus,. Any , nwhel a bralay o'ne'.." uses J LynehTvs "lien nvTj'fc'- I ,cl,anc.torepc,t,h..Un A.J m SffR 'I iws.l.'Vj VfiP ! 'fxsa .& t $m m ADMIRALS ti Eisenlqhrl Masterpiece i Have taken Philadelptiii by storm. Straight flemmnl..,, 4liAf,a Itf B another site .' Henrietta PerfectosfA: 3forxT &,"i TO n A' &, h-V..i.J.VrtV. iAfi?afs .iff'-smm .!'.. -,-.' .'.J! W7i.-t ,,).rlif 7 SAV,:ilMi asa's-" "xwofeEfl Mra&t rvHI '-m m ' i-'l in
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