Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, February 21, 1918, Final, Image 14

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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY,4 FEBRUARY 21, i9l8
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MAY'HAVE TO lGHT THE HUN TO SATISFY THE DREAMS OR HIS FELLOW TOWNS
W, NEW RED SOX MANAGER,
IT HAPPENS IN THE BEST REGULATED FAMILIES
FRASER HALE, ONE OF LEADIJ
'BKINC OVERTIME FOR C: MACK
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GOLFERS OF THE WEST, IS 0VE1
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IHIeARGH FOR BALL PLAYERS
FRANCE FIGHTING WITH SAMI
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Carried Warren Wood to 39th Hole in We
Athletic Uniforms Makes It Necessary for
Championship and Played Splendic
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J ,.' .Extraordinary Hustling for Material
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Golf in Last British Amateur
BNf Kd Barrow signed the papers and became Hie honcsMogoodiiess
.flMutageV of the ltcd Sox, little did lie know that lie was stepping Into
perfectly good jobs and receive tho salary of only one. Kd leally Is tlio
ni manager of tho Athletics nnd ho prooanly Is spending moro tlmo
K Connie Mack than in getting his own club together for tho lots
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'' ;??'" be remembered that Connie had a little deal on with Vra7.ee In
'' IMMtrd'tO Plavers to 1m sent turn In ovrllnimn for HtllrTv Mellinls. At flint
, Of- reported that four sterling athletes would be shinned, but of lato tho
Jiatnber has grown to seven and from lato reports It Is still growing. Larry
rdner, Tilly. Walker and Dick Hoblltzcll are among those prominently
,sliMltloned, but those guys are Just as anxious to Join the A's as to Jump off
tha .Brooklyn bridge. They like baseball and the monthly stipend, but
. ''toslet that said stipend bo large enough to bo Interesting. They can't seo
';y Joy in playing the game at reduced rates and then came the hitch. It Is
M that they told I-Vazeo that they would not be exchanged and threatened
siij',qult the game. That made It ln-trlcklt for the ltcd Sox boss and some
iiiw stuff had to be nulled.
i, .1 Now we get back to Dariow. Connie Just had to have some plujeis of
,Jcognlicd ability and Ed was put on the Job to round them up. Harrow
"irw president of the International I.eag io and knows all ubout tho players
fn,that circuit. Now that tho league Is about to tako the count, there aie
.v.wnyathle)tes looking for work a d ho can step In and grab tho chclee ones
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Manager Mack will not accept any spurious players, no Kd has
What he has done will bo known on March 1 when
names of his talent.
r"i.vfcceme mighty useful.
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BASEBALL, caddies Would not be a surprising dmclopnicnt In big league
circles this season Judging by reports. Othcrwiso how could players bo
xpected to trundle about the batbags and suitcases with which they arc to
1Mb Iii1f1iif1? A Atitnrnrlaln tr Bi1ora't r a l-irt !! Ine mm I i til I Tinu'UDU'il In
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WW . c" xons is saiu o navo iui over a uig unve in mo ncwiungicu cucuis
m-1 S shtVi tth Sfmrlll Via nil t Vin -n a In f frm rnllnn ititvltifi flirt finmUlf enavntl IlllOM
niiii.li nut ww ait tiic int; fcitiftiii itui me, in v vuiuii'b cvmvn,
eyery possible precaution Is to be taken to grab uncertain trains nnd be
ready at a moment's notice to find a piece of necessary wearing apparel or a
favorite bat.
Among teams reported to have adopted the custom of tequlrlng placrs
to carry their own effects and put aside trunks aro the Yankees, Braves,
Tigers, Cardinals and Indians. Managers of all of these tennis alieady have
given their orders for tho outfits and ball players on the teams named, at
least this season, may be seen carrying two grips each. Thirty grips and
bat cases have been ordered by the Boston Braves, a description of which
follows. They aro to be custom mado and will be Just large enough to
accommodate a man's uniform, his shoes, sweaters, gloves, etc. Skeleton
tcel cases will be covered with khaki In the club's cdlors, with each grip
Inscribed "Boston Braves" and the name of the Individual owner. The
grips wllf bo taken Into tho sleeping cars by the phi era and will be made
jm that they can be slipped under the berths.
J Johnny Kvers recently advocated that the players should return to tho
old days when they used to ride to and from the grounds In a barge, dressed
In their playing togs. The return to the custom of having each player carry
ytfjtUi own baggage nt least is a step back toward 'the good old days.
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THE recent agitation about the need of moie hitting may meet a
natural death 'as the result of the return to the habit of plajers
carrying their own effects. Tho custom .should so Increase arm
power as to make It easy to slam out the long drives.
KautT's Fellow Townsmen Want Him lo Fight
noMMUN'lTy nrlde has crlnned the town of 1'omerov. O.. and nubile Iinllir.
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In the State-ot Georgia. It Is the place where the favorite baseball Idol of
that Commonwealth, Semite Kauff, flrbt saw the light of day Just as Ty
Cobb put the otherwise obscure Cracker hamlet In the geographies by select
Jng the spot named for his birthplace.
Pomcroy is not now sore at Bennle at all. The cause of the cummunlty
flare-up la that there Is a hint abroad that the community's tlrst citizen may
not be eager to go to war, and that lie claims phj steal defects that would
disqualify h(m. When the sturdy Giant walloped out a couple of home
runs In one of the world's series games last fall, there was u procession
Jmd a bonfire In Pomeroy and no one in the town falls to rejoice In the
celebrity that has come to It from being KautT's home, but the populace has
other and higher plans for Its hero. It wants to see him come inarciilup
KftV ' down the railroad track with a Hun helmet on the end of the bayonet and
ff ,lnelns "ver There."
tyti l From reports it would be unsafe for any one to intimate within the cor-
hf tr rate limits that Kauff was a slacker(and report further has It that eery
fy?l body In the village expects and believes that the former Ked .fiisiitlon
ftj-t surety will go unless a sudden bust-up puts the Hun "on the fritz," so to
fjtet t speak, and peace comes overnight before Bennle can gel sctarted. So that
Ksw'hoaie pressure may force Bennle Into the lists if nothing elso does.
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ADDED weight to the impression set out, home authority Iihs
that talk of Kauffs being rejected Is all stuff. Bennie's re-
ported short arms are stated to have been plenty strong enough to
mine coal, which training. It is pointed out, is well adapted to the
making of a swell tiench digger.
. Hughie Jennings Still Pestered Over Pitchers
PSg; ITIHIS sorrel-topped Tiger manager for the last few jears has had Ills
5-' i" JL troubles with his Dltchlne staff. He always has had a clnntlni- mom
K-'ltri'.J'kut In the box department he has been chased by a real baseball Xemesla
h ' "or hood'oo, or maybe a Jonah. Anyhow the history of his twirling depart
;L'vrment has been a sad chapter, second only perhaps to the world-beating
f rcordof the Yanks, who have set a mark .for all time perhaps for harboring
' mound disappointments.
$ And the strange'st featuie to Jennings's situation Is that In oidtr to stem'
foSf! 'the' tide ond to overcome the flood that has been 'vlng against him so per-
Istontly he goes out and digs up wild Bill Donovan, the same party who
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tv- inrf trulnlnrr tnnvlni; dtsnnnnlntments. Bill Is to he nfllolnl iiiitka tnr .Tnn.
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j i-vlngs's hill staff and It is to be hoped that his luck will change, although
K t -when the ordinary outfit facing him is contrasted with what Dill has been
ppear encouraging.
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I A BIT OF USE J VPUT THERt VWOULDM'T C0M5UUT UKED vTOrJeS- He'5 H LO HONEST.
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JOE FISHER SUPS
ONE OVER ROLFE
Wins 133-Pound Title of
i Atlantic Fleet in Serv
ice Tournament
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Boosts and Bumps
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Philly No Longer a Tank Town
KTt;il jt.ns of suffering, endmlnsl seeond pait eight times, and his work
'FIGHT FAST BATTLE'
unlicnrd of piintlons, encountering
Insurmoutiliiblc obstacles on all sides
and fighting an uphill b.ltlo against tre
mendous oddi, liillidelplila has won Its
place In the foremost rank of American
cities. No longer will our home town
was said to be highly patlcfactory
Ole Sum Langford also was a steady,
consistent worker. Ole Sam used to get
a partner and nur."e him along until li
became obstieperous and then knock him,'
oft the fctage and out of the picture with
a strenuous but caiefully aimed whI-'
lop. IIo and ll.ury Wills lurteil torn-
COLLEGES ENTER
BALTIMORE MEET
' Many Track Stars to Com
' pete in Annual Johns
Hopkins Games
SELECT PENN ATHLETES
lly HILL BELI.
Voung Jlorthe', or Hilly liolfe. as he
Is better Known among the fashionable
3000 more or less uho are weekly pa
trons of th local boxing arenas, now
has a double reaon for wishing to
re-enllut In the unices of t'nele Sam.
Of com so, the main object Is to do his
-bit" In don nine the Hull In the gigantic
struggle for rienioviury, but Billy has an
other ambition and that is to wear tho
cionn of lightweight champion nf the
Atlantic fleet.
Hllly's four-year enlistment In tho
nay exphes In a sboit time and with
his defeat at tho hands of Joe 1'lsher
last night at the National A. C. for the
1.13-pound title he Is mole anxious than
eer to re-enter the neivlce of Uncle
Sam, l''lher and Jtolfe fought nl last
anil fuilous two-minute inunds for the
lightweight t'lianipinnsulp and ut the eml
of tho tilt the two Judges gave the deci
sion and title to I-'islier.
"GolwV Excited
This bout was the climax to a monster
boxing entertainment arranged for the
sailors, suldieis and marines of this city
by the I'nlted Service Club, under the
direction of Commander J'Jjne, The
lo Kept the spectators sitting on the
edge n their chairs all the time, the
men fioin the Kansas calling to Kolfe to
"cairy on." while the "gubs" from the
South Carolina chceied their favorite
with ever-Increasing volume to bilng
home the bacon," meaning the title and
the little sum of $500.
Previous to the titular scrap, Patsy
Wallace fought a four-round draw with
Voung Sharkey, Itattling Leonard de
feated Tommy Mutray, .lohuny Mahoney
outpointed Charles Hercliellffe and Hob
(iiant shaded Kid SaiuaUy, Hilly Ho
cap and Lew I'alley refereed the pre
liminary bouts and Lieutenant Hill the
main setto. Charley Kid Thomas, for
mer local boxer, gave a few vocal se
lections, while the band from the United
States steamship Jilchlgan entertained
before and after each bout. 'Tiooper"
Scott made a stirring address, telling of
his many experiences "oer there."
be the subject ot jabs, gibes, boosts and j ,unJ. Lecau.se of a vagrant punch on
bumps, deilslon and ridicule or slnms i, ,.i,i i..,. m. -. un,i Ram MbVm
and bangs, for lecognltlou has come un-, pcrformetl for ears without once ml-s-
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Wscqustomed to handle the 'situation would not appe
w yJ0 ' War Game Makes New Man of
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X Jt ..nn 4i.A nV.fAf.t r thA vxnr. Tt lei fall the. remark- fhnf nn m.
fev ' vievvett from one anslo only. They saw merely the destructive and not the
Pf "ieiwtructivo side of tho picture. They figured on the human loss but not on
jjha,t service training does in tne way or nuuum? vp mo weak and unde-
" vekiiied. ,
f1r, That It also is capable of maUInc a man over morally Is cited In the
MC o'f, rlichep Jim Scott, of tho White Sox, who, from the level of an
nOiletowho was hopelessly In bad with his club and the home pbo and
v'Mte'iray thought unable even to conquer himself, has arisen rapidly in tho
j'irvli!untll nowiJio lias become ft captain, full of p-ide In his work and a
i5fcH"er recognUed alue to his country In th) great work facing it.
'S. Mmwcmmr tun truicii nun x-iuy, ouya n unman
UCK WOHTMAJf. shortstop who was neraictea as tne best ever when
Mm Chicago tjubs bought him from Kansas City a few years ago, does
cr much ''for all the boosting that oung Charley Ilollocher Is getting.
!that If 'Holloclier gets that shortstop, job this year he will have to
than he' ever dd before. Wortman got married last winter, and
ha will take baseball seriously from now on and will play such good
4Jt,Htfeoher. wilt sit. on (he bench and watch him go.
Teni Will Gt Big Boost at War Camps
trntfciwi. Iff set a, tremendous boom as a result; of the favor being
rt.li).army eamjx. ininK 01 tain, or ounaing, tennis oourts
yt tma is' im, report, .one. camp oirecior aione asKing ror
ra stated toiMitiklBff'UD' the game. ill cam'n who never
mad wHnsVwhViMrt'tr'wiw, k flayed before, . l "
i MW PJjtne prevuiing ptiennis nets, racquets ana Days.
aH to b rfouidai in.abeoluteeeseiitlal for men,
:Um Oovtfmmt t arvM,UM atDjeuofuipnient,
TlWSi Vnip 7AllVIMfd NMHI
APMtta hw 'fa;-
Scraps About Scrappers
('anil (.rant In eklns return boxlns
ennte't w"h tamp Uoilie Willi the nprolnt
m'nt nf l'aekey Mcfarlan.i at boxlns In
t alructor of tli tamp the hoa at (Jrant be
lieve that t fw iveKa they will b fit to
avengn the dfffat which they received from
I lllle Ulbbon" protesea lail week.
Two Iniportrtiit lifnvuelxht conteatM are
booked for next Monday iiisht. fred Kulton
meeta frank" lloran in a twenty-round bout
i at Jw Orleana and Jarlc Dempaey battles
Hill llrennan In a ten-round aerap at Mil
waukee. wmmmm
annn Terrln, tho Minneapolis cvclone.
wilt mpel Joe Koona, of this illy, at the
lOljmpla A A. March 4,
Tomorrow ntsbt in lh final bout of the
i Cambria A. A. Jack McUarron. th Allen-
le-ii beartat. will endeavor to atop l,eo
llouik, of Lancaster, Inside the six-round
limit. Some Job. '
I In the temlwlndun Harre West, of this
1 rlty. will oppose Ueurse Christian, of Ht
Joseph West ha won his last flys bouts
via the knockout route.
Kl.f T..J l.ul. world's welterwelrht
ehaniplon. and Holdler Bartfleld. of New
York, meet lur ui iceniu iiuiq m uie
wlBdup of the OImpia A. A. Monday nlsht.
nilrerr Johnston, who has stopped hlflaat
tn .nnnn.nii. niakea his debut In this city
Monday nlsht at the Olyrapla, when ha boxes
jack Tnompson.
TAFT ACTS AS REFEREE
AT A BOXING pONTEST
rntfnn. ireb. II. William II. Taft.
former President officiated as referee of
a boxing contest m mo vjreni i,an
naval Training Dtmiou ruiriuay ue
tween student seamen Lemaro and
n.iur-hB llS.uoundern. The bout was
witnessed by several thousand sailors
and ClVllla-nn. air- ti swarueu vjia ub
cjelon to Lemaro. .
MISS CAMPBEtL VICTOR
" IN PINEHURST TOURNEY
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Ethel' Catnvtxll.' of .Philadelphia, scored
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easy itajrwry io ymwraay nrai raninai
CMicctedly, although not unheralded
We are not lesiding In a tank town
nor arc we on what Is commonly known
as the keroAeue circuit. We are trcited
the same as other big cities and get the
better class of attractions Instead of the
second and third wheel stiiff. We finally
have been recognized b one of the
CLl".Vi:m:.ST acts in the coimtiy, and
nevt Monday night at the olympla we
will have an opportunity to g ize upon
u performancewhlch has been thoioughly
enJoed In Xew Vork, Iloston, Tot onto,
Columbus. O , and other high-class
municipalities The actors aro Ted
Kid Lewis, the welterweight champion.
Hud Soldier llartneld, who derived his
name mi doubt from eome distant i ela
tion with the army or Mimetlilng.
Hish-J'riccd Spectacle
The Lenls-Baitlleld spectacle Is n
hlgh-piiced one. For some leason ur
other It never has been booked heie
define, although many lelimi engage
ments weie played In New Vork and
Boston In the Big City it Ik said that
six separate and distinct performances
were put on and In Huston it had a con
tinuous run of two nights. Occasionally
when the actors forgot their lines or
wanted to Inseit some new stuff re
hearsals weie put on In towns like To
ronto nnd Columbus, wlieie a pleasant
time was had.
Once upon a time Lewis bad a ilanc
l"g paitner named Jack Uillton and
they played their duet for moie than a
year One night Lewis failed to follow
the lines In the act and after being told
that he was the better actor of the two
quarreled with Urltton and the team
decided to split. We never saw the ner-
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way, Lewis grabbed another partner
and we will see how the new combina
tion works.
Ing their cues. Joe Jeannette also
woiked well with Ole Sain, and profited
greatly theieby.
Tries New Partner
A couple of month" ago Langfntd de
tided to tiy out a new paituei and Kid
Xoifolk Was selected. The Kid had wal
loped tho da.v lights out of aspirants In
and near Sjr.icuvi and l!ocbeter, N'.
Y., and considered himself eligible for-
r card in the heavyweights' union. So
he and Ole Sam decided to try It out
and a search was made fur a town to
put on the Initial performance. Finally
L Denver was decided upon, piobably be
cause It was the cnly town to bid for
the act.
It was a tenlble mistake, as Norfolk
discovered later. Had he used a little
Judgment he. could have appealed In
other titles the same us the other""pait
nets of Ole Sam, but thcie was no
chance after Denver had been selected.
Out there the acts aie billed for twenty
rounds or les, and in that mountain
nlr it Is some Job for those not accli
mated. I.angfoid was training in Chicago
when he received the news and Imme
diately announced himself.
"Ah'ni gettln' too old foil them long
fights," he said, "an' I'se gnine to nick
that .N'o'foll; boy no the ibln as i-ojn as
Ah Kahi. Twenty null's Is ton much
foh oP Sam "
Norfolk Is Out of Lurk
So Ole Sam went out and put Kid
Norfolk to sleep in the second round
and ruined a peifeetly good act.
ve have been denied the privilege of
the famous teams perforin In
public, but next Monday jilght Mr.
Lewis and Mr. Harttleld should be In
rare form. They are not likely to fall
By CHARLES (Cli
Till: subject of this little sketch Is one
of the best of tho younger golfers In
tho country. Not of the very youngest,
for as a matter of fact ho celebrated
his twenty-fifth birthday on the fourth
of January, IBIS, and In France. It
was his misfortune to appear n llttlo
after the famous group of Chicago boy
golfers who had tilings mostly their
own way for a while nnd mado It very
hard for the one who camo immediately
after them. '
Fraser Hale has played golf all over
this country and In Kngland and France,
and everywhere his showing has been
creditable. From the very start ho has
had to work against seasoned players,
and always ho has put up a good fight
IIo had a good beginning at golf. His
father was a charter member of the
Skoklo Golf Club and Fraser played
from his earliest years. His first In
structor was Jlmmlo Watson, at that
tlmo one of the most famous golfers
In tho country. Then, too, there Is the
story of a Scottish grandfather, J. a.
Darling, who was a distinguished golfer
In the old country.
Loses Thirty-ninc-Hole Match
Fraser was a valued member of tie
mldwcstorn team that played in tho I'a
clflc northwest In tho early spring of
1913. That year playing In tho western
championship ho carried Warren Wood,
the eventual winner of tho event, to the
thirty-ninth hole. In tho national and
Garden City that year tho slender, twen.
ty-j ear-old Mrlpllng fought the veteran
Travis to a standstill, finally losing by
a small margin.
In 1914 Fraser Hale wns one of the
Americans who played In tho last Ilrlt
lh championship. He went over later
by several weeks than Travis and Out
met, and a week or so earlier than I. He
employed his tlmo before tho tournament
In playing over leading British courses,
and made friends everywhere. Ho was
defeated In the second round of the tour
nament by Ivo Whltton, the Australian
champion.
In both of these rounds he was up
against first-class players. Contrasting
his game with the leading two eastern
players he shows more than favorably.
down because thev bate rehearsed rwtcA
Other Famous Acts before this jear. On January 15 they
There have been other famous acts ! went "isr '" Columbus and on Jan.
which never enteied our poitals. Bat- llary 2S ,hey knocked 'em oft the seats
tllng Levlnsky and Jack Dillon appeared un '" '1'oronto. It will be Just one month
eleven times before Jack became too ! "'xt Monday since they put on their
weak to do his share of the vvotk ' ',"'t act Br"l ,lle' can't forget their
T.evlnfcky also had a swell paitner In ' linen In such a short time. i
Porky Flyiin, with whom lie enteitalued ' If the perfoimauce Is satisfactory an
the public on thirteen different occasions 1 effoit will be mude to book Hast Lynne
Tom McMahon was the party of the or Uncle Tom'B Cabin.
HOLD-OUT FEVER HITS
BALL MAGNATES HARD
Less Than 30 Per Cent Old and
New Players Under
Contract
NliW YOllK, Feb. U
The gang of holdouts now bringing
sweat out In large lumps on the brow
of major league magnates Is not a
result of a concerted plan by the Base
bill Players' Fraternity to make the
magnates come through with more
money At least It Isn't so far as Da
vid L. FulU knows, and Dave, being
the holdover president of the fraternity,
rays he would know If such was the
case.
But the holdout fever Is epidemic and
rampaging through the payroljs of every
major league club In the country. As
a matter of fact, there are very few
which have slgnW enough men to oven
claim tile rudiments of a baseball team.
Even the New York Giants, a club which
declares Jt has most of Its players signed,
must own up to lack of contracts from
George Burns. Jim Thorpe, Dave Rob
ertson, Fcrd Schupp, -Poll Perrltt and
Slim Bailee,
Ot course. It Is possible that some
other president or necrtlary or some.
thing has taken over the duties of FulU
In the Players' Fraternity and has told
the bovs to snurn their contracts, but
Vultz says nay. He believes the ath
letes are only, asseriins ineir rimo.
Anyway no matter what the cause, it
is a. fact that less than 30 per cent of
last year's ballplayers and tho new
spring crop ha,ve condescended to affix
their signatures to the papers.
,lt Is aTact j'thlt'tho war'.'can't be
blamed Mar tU jjtfo,.. sir,, i Ballplayers
NATIONAL A. C. WILL HOLD
SHOW SATURDAY NIGHT
Jack MiGiilgan jvlll hold a show at
the National A. on Saturday night
with Young Jack u'llrlen, of this city,
ond Paul Doyle, of New York, a pair
of welterweights, showing In the tlnal
bout. This will be O'Brien's first bout
for home time, and he Is confident or
staging a successful "tome-back."
In the temlwlndup Battling Murray,
of Southwark, swaps punches with Tom
my jjoyic, a protege or Paul s. If suc
cehsful In this bout Murray will seek a
return scrap with Joe Tuber. In the
other bouts Danny Buck meets Battling
wuiiaiu ; jounny .Mario ciasnes with
Joe Miller, while Johnny O'Mara opens
the show with a boy to be selected today,
SPORTING WRITERS
BOOST BALL FUND
I'atilotlsm was the keynote of the
annual dinner of the Sporting Writers'
Association at Bookbinders last night
Nearly 100 participated lu a beef steak
dinner, and it pioved to be one of the
best affairs ever given by the association.
Tho Initial tribute to the "boys over
there" was a contribution. of 150 to the
Clark Griffith Bat and Ball Fund. This
sum was raised 'by the sale of cigars,
which were auctioned by Harry T. Jor
dan, general manager of the B. F. Keith
Interests In this city. The money will
be forwarded to Griffith by the association.
Uy PAUL PRE.'
The first real test ot Intel collegiate
track and Held strength of the veai' will
take place Saturday night, when Law son
Robertson's University of Pennsylvania
athletes niest Cornell in a special two
mile relay and Georgia Tech In a special
half-mile lelay In the amiual athletic
games of the Johns Hopkins University
In Baltimore,
Conch Itobertson has selected Gustaf
son, Iiwhi, Cummlngs and 1'ilce to com
pete against lie big Bed runners from
Ithaca, while Captain Jlanders, Davis,
Haymond and Biennuu will carry the
Bed and Blue colors agalnt Georgia
Tech.
Little Is known of the prowess of
Penn's opponents, but of late lather
piomlslng lepoits have been coming i
from Ithaca. Jack Moakley Is just as
busy as he was befoie the vrar. and with
Captain Dresser, Spear, Yot, Maynard
and Finn. .f the cioss-country squad:
Major, the fastest iuartei-mller ut Cor
nell in seveial jeais; Shuckleton, a good
sprinter, and Clemlnshaw and Smith,
two hurdlers, who. are expeited to turn
a HO under TiU seconds, Cornell's pros
poets aien't lialf bad.
Seeks Team Prize
In addition to the relay events. Penn
will be lepiesented In every lace in an
erroit to win the team, pi Ize. The fol
lowing will be taken on the trip: Can.
tain Lanileis, C.ustafsou, Cuinmlng.s.
Pi Ice, Brook", Van tllnkel, Haymond.
Davis, Bullock, Beurdwooil, llrennan.
Big League Clubs to Spend
$600,000 in Railroad Fares
It I n fMininl Hint 1ht sUtcen major
lemtun rlnh thW jsnr will upend nrnrlr
SGCHMWn In rnllroiiil far, -irlul.r of
lu 1 1 ma ii rliaricrft. The National jLftiKiit
UiiM ullt tn.el H1.131 inllrn. uhWIi
mrtmi nliout SHOf) for fnch iln?r. If
rarh flub riirrlrw twentj-tuo mm on thr
rouil nil ftriiHou tho total Mitrnillturf fur
1rnitnortatlnn ulll l not much lr Ihnn
$300,000. The American I.enene'.. in He
me 1 nhout the imnie, o tlmt railroad
rate Mill on nine a like amount.
Ick) EVANS, JR. J
Olllmrt wnm 1.favn..i i.. . a fll
i j ". i"";1-"'" m
j .. .-i.i.v k"uu piayer. t
poncnt In the first round will
sixty, or thereabouts, who,,
playing In Manila, where ZH
clo not abound, m. t " "a
feaiod In the first round br?
first-rlnsa it at... .1.- v'r,
nlavlnr verv hn.u.. .
facts because Pdo not think rk
has ever qulto recoived the'
his really good game desert
. ,"."" , '"A""" n:Py corns
....... . ci.icio. no nas won-,
nil es. however, o.i.l .. ..
cup tho last year It was plat,!
But slnco 191E Vmso- vi.ii .
"i!!!.f:umea
rather nrnnmAnlnl .
After a little preliminary tralnh
sent to the border, where the ;
ii.iu iiccu inaiuiiR irouoie. Tha
uuno a oit 01 training and can
cornoral. FVinn nffer 1,1. ....
an examination for a commissi
uiiu lieutenant, inen e ,n
nrsc omcers- reserve camp at I
dan and earned a first lleuten
wns Himn.sc immeuintely an
service abroad, but before
nlaved In a Tleil frr,00 ..
Grange with Clark Grlmth.l
.vuiiy ami me writer. He f,u
wen, unu no saic: "i do not I
I havn ever knnwn nn. ,....,
golf more" ; that lie hoped the tig
nover come wncn lie could not
Traiiiint' an Avinlnr K.
Vhen I-'rascr -arrived In pi
wciii at once to an artillery school
by French officers, nnd when thM
was unisnen towaru the end of I
ho rejoined the Rainbow
Sixty-seventh Brigade. lSl.t r
Battery II. On January 8 he'srisj
icrrco 10 an avianon section to t
nil neri.il nbspriTr tnr nmA. a
. ,. ., u,,,,,,v J
they say that It will not be lotw 1
ho will be vlewlne- thn flirMi,. 1
box: seat. Ills golf training ouAgl
Valuallln in bin nnw urArb ir.,19
men ought to be able to Judge howl
siiuca uie uropping io me objectlMi
-Arm' ill,, apr... ...,h i.i- -.
ly, and he vviltcs that his htalUij
not be better. . ta
'1
WALT JOHNSON Li
IN HOLD-OUT LI
Star Twirler Reported to J
Refused $10,000 Salar
for 1918
TRIPLE-HEADER .
MONDAY NIGHT
League
Three American
Games WU1 Be Played
at Traymore Hall
Basketball abounding In quality as
well as quantity will he offeied to the
followers of the popular indoor sport
uet Monday night. In order to brjng
the most successful season In the history
of the organization to a close the Ameri
can Basketball League will stage tluee
contests at the circuit's playing quar
ters, Tiamote Hall, Pinnkllii street ar.d
Columbia av enue.
The trio of championship contests will
bring nil the clubs Into action and will
be a tilting climax to a wonderful sea
son. St. Coliunba, the league lenders and
the new champions, will be pitted
against Poit lllchmoud; (ilrard Alumni
meets Hancock, the runner-up, while
Biotheihood ot Beth Inael will endeavor
vv.vsiILNGTO.V, Keb.i !l Hi
n:ir nus ic mat waiter Jotitison
mi'iier 01 me Menators, Is holding (
cinik rinitiiti, i.o..i ...... , r
of J10.000 for the season ot Ull
nas oeen me backbone of the XM
ton Club and jear after-year?
imcii up viciories ror tne Sen
gardless of the class of supp
nun ny jus ceammaies.
l.St ftlll .inlilwn.i s.....t.
ears' contract with his tM
Hiuyrrs, ai a suppobert salary 0
This contract was given him
iiiBiiiv pucner nact ueserted
the Keileral League before
game with the outlaws. He.ll
iihvb rcpuuiaieu a federal cos
-".t"" i year on ine aav
in mt1iTl0,l 1ii.lr.A ti.... i.a ....,. .
Wiibhlngton's option on his sen
Sports Served She
Clayton and Friedman. . to finish Its league season with a victiuy
wlille the Johns Hopkins games have at the expense ot 1. M. II. A.
attracted many college athletes. It Is In. ... ... ,,.
the Meadowbrook games. In this city To S,5.ke -ar'y f,tart
Match 8-9, that the leading Institutions H. B. I. and Y. M. II. A. In their last
will enter their full strength. Tommy contest furnished the spectators with
Keane, of Syracuse, has written Sam one of the best games of the season. The
Dallas that he will bring down elclit or
ten ot his best men ; Keane Kitzpatrlrk
expects to enter between forty and fifty
Princeton athletes; Bowdoln, coached by
.Tnlinni Mai will h. r,nt-aA,itai1 I. .,..
- ' "... "w i.j,.iiiitu tu mo .
local games for the first time by an even
youngsters wiio formerly played the
Haste! n League preliminary' contests at
Musical Vund Hall, gave the profession
als, Kianckie, Newman and Sugarman.
a great battle, only losing out In the
dvlng seconds of play. The first gam-
dozen; while Cornell, Dartmouth. Co. will start promptly at 8 o'clock,
liimbla, city College of Xew Yoik: In x.it sntlsneil with the showing which
fact, all the eastern Institutions are nre. It. mmle na-nlnst St. Columbia last
paring for thl meet Monday night, when It suffeied de-
It. ('. Sim litre, of PrlnrHon winner nf feat, B. B. L has challenged the new
lh lll.nouml nliotnut ut iI.m f...... ,...' i . .. i.. .i...... ........... ,n
I'urntt..! I.m, .... . T Ii. V; Z i . r"J' CI1UII II1UIIH IU il rlr. u, ii(7D SUHIC0 IU
LlT.lVi,LVpUnl,rilif.n'ive!:'t,.',0lln:'1!;?"r: be played as soon as satisfactory ar-
in in jonns liupkina sainea. rangements can bo made. .h Manager
i Jim Coffey, of the Saints, hasn t heard
from the Penn State League in reference
The National senior Indoor cimmulonshln
iiiMtvf the Amateur Athletic Union will ua
held In lha Twenly-seeond Reslment Armory
.New York, on March to. UnTry blank!?,
mailed jesterdav to aihlttlc clubs, colleais
and army and navy training and rereiun-
atallona Ihruintliollt the cnnnlrv A,, t! fl
Ave of tlie winners of the titles laVt je.f
are now In the service of Uncle 8am.
Hie Indoor (liamiilonshlps of the Mf.MU
Atlantic District of tils A. A. V. will tile J
place Thursday evening. March 11. In the
herond Hetlment Armory. Ilroad and Bus!
w Mmnin ikiriiur,
oecifieii are ea
to a post series with the pennant winner.
It Is probable that he will accept the
11. II. I. offer.
Marines Play Tonight ,
Captain llogan's United States Ma
rines from Leaguo Island will play one
of their "biggest" contests of the seas-on
tonight at Traymore Hall, vvhero they
take tin floor to ippose the strong But-
Jilt L I.IIU raIW fiirt it km truial V
ritL).r. sIkhoJ recently by thn
niiilf ldKUn I1UU, Vt'SLB put orji 01 I
fur thn lialunr nf tli namnn hv m
a fractured tollurlione In a tolllflloitu
nnmon Piaie iajrur.
In Mawr, liy an unfluUhtd !r
lnMHP, iirirnirii Iirill V M lin,'!!
jl infill, i'i inu itiiMi Kama 01 inn
bfine lie !' umler tli RUfplrr of M
t nnpiri ui un- ai(irrivt) iiiiirui
iiiiuuii( v r ujivi. M
luhnnv O prion, thn rrt Tli
who wen iiif niieniiie mwiauon i
tha MpaJowlifootc mtel ltut jarJ
rte a fotiipeiiinr in in etm u
(rtOTi U ch plain of th U9tttv
iviu i;rifiinnt. rnlfU rtalfi man
united In 1 ranee thia ucek. Jfl
Mra. Iuro(hy mmpbelt ilori M
01 iirr vrevioui recoraa orer iai
IJlnfiiiirt inilf tmir with an HP
proved by me atroltei tha leaaoa'ij
cor Dym noman..
Samurl Rlr. atar hitter f tt
ton riub. haa notltleA thn WaihJ
that he haa nnllatM in, th iiary.(J
the nt-a nsntera in rmcaxo. turn
par nf a nm ine .'aaintr m. 01
Incton club nxt tu Walter Joh
3
flelntf Waenfr, etcran ahorft
11 - A ... a.nu t .... I.a.okalll
IMI41UI1 sit-ril,llt li"Bue -
IlUb )liy IVII 111" "-all -
tw. fntrAn lar llurrir II Krftl
. . ... v.
SIS 1. al fn.1..tlt nf Vstf
the cheas champion vt tha Unltjj
tlded p almuUHpeoua eheaa maaj
entrui ajibih.ii ,- . w".n
Marshall won 33. had four &tiwU
loat IO iwo qi nia oppuiiciiiw
. ..TIl M'ulmr ?v?nta to t . irruorth ie. which nulntet flnlfihetl in
innnwMr 4ii. orn finals . . " . . .. .. . a
yard daah. tiun-yard dash. lOOO-VarVi' Sin I " wltl1 I'son for ine inausinai
lwo-mtl run. 43-yard hlsh hurdlea. 13-pound ' League title.
shotnut and the high and broad lumps. A f,w wels ago the "soldiers if the
There will also bs special events for mem. ' sea" surprised the "wise opes" by win-
Iive composeu ol
guo sta.rs. They' ex
JTrJ d.,h"anSd'ri'Cr;'l,r,.r'v,'V'e,.dydraa,c'; "."-1 nlng f.on, an all-star
addition to the Middle Atlantic and service former Eastern I.eagu
cnampionsnip events, tne national juh nr
ineuiey relay cnampionsnip -vinii be stsied
Jt is expected that lema will be entered
from Chlcaco titw York. Baltimore, rifts,
bursh, aa well as local teams. ' ""
Schoolboys haven't beeii'overlooked by the
committee In ihorge and a apeclirl oiio.mii.
relay rare will be held. Local teams wm
have a hard task defeating mit-oMoVn
quartets from llercersburr and Hill.
275 BASEBALL PLAYERS
IN NATIONAL SERVICE
.That baseball has contributed its
share In the blr flght- now being waged.
Is shown by recent figures. All In alt
276 baseball players aro In, some' branch
of the national service, and of,thtse, lis
are major league players-n ? ,
The Athletics have'sent sine nen Into
service, Anderson. Bates, .HajtoyNaylor,"
Koyrs,- Jlnr 4ohno,' atolMM, sjharman
pect to lepeat tonight, although tho But
tervvprth team Is one of the bst In the
city, and In Its llno-up Is found Jack
Lawrence, formerly of areystock; Hill
Zahn, formerly of T Ncrl, and Charley
McGregor, of Oreystock. The Marine
so,uad has drilled faithfully for tonight's
contest and several hundrec) rooters will
be on deck when play Is smarted.
. ., ., o. ,. The Butterwortn touevvers -win marcn
.Alttli" .'. .-V.8.r'ln..?,'"IArt .na other Iut'LI Hall behind their band.
Into a flrst.elasa hammer thrower. But if i Which will furnish populir and patriotic
one thinks of beeomlnr ft hammer thrower, selections during the contests. Dancing
h? :Lt .b-!" .dieting at.th. in 0f ten .,,.,.- i.. --i--er il, ri.... Kellv.
Will WC IU Utt .v. ..... o-...-. ..
the well-known referee, has Volunteered
his services free, of charge for this game."
The proceeds will be used to purchase
athletic eftuipmenr. ror ine waniira.
On March 2 the Marines will go "over
there" their destination being Camden.
where they will meet the .Peerless Kid
Cpmpany a team in uie camuen Arinorjr,
and aim to welsh 2S0 naumti wlitn .... V?
twenty.one. This la necessary for alz years
ot iirenuoua training.
The annual American marathon e.
Ashland tn Boston. will be run as usual this
yesr on Patrlot'a Day, which falls en Apr-I
It. Bannes Kohlemalnen. the Olympic dls
li,cn uiHHiiuun. fiw is now M msmpar of
the Mesdonbrook Club expects to be amonx-
WAGNER OUT OF .GAME
TO BECOME WAR SPEAKER
PITTSBUnail, Keb. 21 IUnsiWag.
ner ih KAr nt thj Tlf th,irh V.au.u...
fans, 'will not be seen on the diamond
this year, but he Is going to branch
out In an entirely new light very soon,
that of a, platform' orator.
'Wagner. has given his name as on nt
the coterie of speaker to'be sent-out by
the Carnegie Chamber -of Commerce ..
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