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'JtyV 'Stri-i-k-c Tuh' Will Be Missed;' Says Veteran
Manager, "and His Passing Is Baseball's Loss."
Last to Wish Star Inficlder "Good Luck"
TORAXK II. (TCLEPT "SILK") O'LOfGHLIX In dead, but that shrill,
A penetrating "Strl-I-ls o T-u-h" will lle It; the memories of the baseball
fans just as Ions as the great national pastime Mention the name of
"Silk" O'Loughlln tn baseball elides, and Just as certain as Hddle Collins
bats left-handed, aa sure as Ty Cobb wears spiked shoes and an positive
s Walter Johnson pitches with lilt right aim vour listener, If ho is a
baseball fan, will link his name with "Strl 1 Is e T-ii 1i "
To the bleacherite belongs the origin of 'Take him our ' Likewise
linked 'with the name of the deceased "Silk' O'loughlln is that re-echoing
"Strllke T-u-h" that has lent the atmosphere wherever tho silk-topped
arbiter has officiated for lo' o many jcars in the American League
"'Silk' Is gone, but his famous bellowing 'Strl-I k e T-u-h' eontinuci
r hnd alwas will ring In mv eais" said Connie Mack, tho lean leader of the
Athletics "How can one forget It' 'Silk' had a sstem nil his own. lie
Was a 'color' umpho Charlej White was famous as a boxing referee and
stood out from the others .lust so did 'Silk' stand apart. He had pel
tonality and was a great artor He was different from tho rest of&the
umpires In either league That penetrating 'Strl l-k-e Tuh' he hhilekcd
cross the ball park was onlj one of his man original savings
"O'Loughlln was a baseball charactei . in fact a baseball Institution
Seldom has there been an umpire who took such great pride In his work
He was serious about everv thing lie did on tho ball field, and In his retorts
to 'ridings' that the plajers, attempted to gie him as a result of his deci
sions he was Just as fearless as when ho gave 'em Just as ho saw 'em "
Manager Mack had nothing but praise for the eteran umpire, who
took the final count as a result of influenza
fiEIV managers in the American league came in contact iiilh thr
' famous "Stri-i-k-c T-u h" O'l otighlin as did Slack; who con
cluded his euloov of O'Loughlln tilth the fitting tribute that ilt
death tcill bo a big loss to the American League and to baseball
Eddie Collins Lauds the Eccentric "Silk"
PRIVATE EDDIE COLLINS, the well known marine, alwajs will cherish
a bright thought for "Silk" O'Loughlln "Sorrj and greatly surprised
to hear that 'Silk has umpired his last game said Eddie "Will I re
member 'Silk'? Well, r guess I shall." said the Lansdowne fighter "That
'Strl-I k-e T-u h' he called on me many a time is enough for me to remem
ber him forever, but I shall remember him especially because It was none
other than 'Silk' O'Loughlln who was the last person to wish me godspeed
In my last game In the American League prior to entering the sen ice of
Uncle Sam.
"It was up in Boston We were plaIng the Rod Sox. I had made up
jny mind to get Into the big battle against one Bill Hohenzollern M
pals, the White Sox-, and the Boston players all had wished me luck as a
wearer of the marine uniform, and I was wending my way off the Mold
rot to return to baseball until the big fight was oer 'over there"
"Then came 'Silk' O'Loughlln rushing across the field. I Just happen
to recall it now, that he was the last person In baseball to wish me the
luck of 'beanlng' the Kaiser.
"Personally and as an umpire OLoughlin was a great fellow He
had a personality and an originality that could not bo overlooked. Speak
ing of originality reminds me of a favorite habit of O'Loughlln's. This
probably never has been pointed out before and that's why I make men
tion of it. When there was a runner on first base 'Silk' alwajs had the
habit of shouting to the batter, 'Stay In if ho goes down' By that he
meant that the batter should remain In the territory designated as the
batter's box If the runner attempted to steal second. What brought about
this original saying I do not know, but it probably was some Incident that
occurred in the early dajs of O'ubughlln's umpiring
- ffl KXOW the fans axe going to miss 'Silk,' and the same thing
goes for the players. We, too, shall mourn his loss '
Fine Hair Gave O'Loughlin "Silk"' Nickname
DOUBTLESS many hae wondered how it was that O'Loughlln acquired
the nickname of "Silk." Somo guessers ascribed it tc. the high quality
et his work, others to clean, fine repartee; but none Is correct. When he
was a lad he had long, sllkj hair, which caused hia brother to call him
'"Silk." The other boss were very quick to adopt the new title, and
"Silk" it was from that time until he said farewell to all
"Silk" began his career as an amateur In his home city, Rochester
SJ. T., where he was connected with sorrio of the best amateur teams He
played baseball until 1894, when his general technical knowledgo of the
game was recognized and he was drafted Into the rank3 of umpiredom In
a somewhat precipitous manner.
The city of Rochester and lclnlty nlwas was noted for Its high-class
amateur clubs, and the intense rivalry that existed between toams of that
city and tho neighboring towns and villages probably was unsurpassed Jn
any other section of the country. In the season of 1894 the town of Palmyra
had a strong team of professionals, among whom was "Stump" Weldman,
formerly a member of the Detroit team and a brother-in-law of "Silk",
Paul Cooke, who was connected with the Brooklyn brotherhood; Mark
Baldwin, Pete Sweeney and other headllners The Palmjras had an im
port ant game scheduled with ono of its noted rivals. Considerable diffi
culty had been experienced before In procuring tho services or a competent
implre, as the games were extremely exciting and the rivalry at fever heat.
One of "Silk's" admirers suggested to the management that he would
be Just the man to officiate as umpire in this game. He was requested to
officiate and accepted. He gave his decisions clearly, distinctly, fearlessly
and with entire satisfaction to all concerned. He umpired the rest of the
pedes in the same acceptable manner, and It may be said that this was the
beginning of his career as an umpire. Tor the remainder of that season
atid for two succeeding seasons "Silk" was In constant demand as an
umpire throughout New York State.
TJE HAD his f.rst league assignment In 1898 in the Atlatltic League
" of tchich Ed Barrow teas the president, I'rom 1898 to 19uS he
worked In thr Xew York Btate League, In 1003 he joined the
American League and u.as a star until the end.
The Demon Statisticians at Work Again
" L TJAVING exhl
! "- games, the
A ) thnl cnntal
exhausted the literature
demon statisticians
testa that contained three and four
pitched by Cy Seymour, of the Giants, against St. Louis on May 21, 1899.
The Mlssourlans made one double, ono triple and one home run They
couldn't make a single.
fc This record twice has been bettered slnco then. Detroit made four
ifc bits on Jane 22, 1914, off Dr. Yancey Ayers, of the Nationals, each blow
U utruck being a long one, Oscar Stanago and George Burns doubled, George
ft JJorVirty and Bobby Veach doubled. Again a case of no singles.
Jr On September 24, 1916, Hubert Leonard, of the lied Sox, let the Indians
' jL Iown with the same number of blows as Ayers confined the Tigers to, but
" wouldn't permit anybody to single. Bill Wambsganss, Chic Gandll and
L Trls Speaker tore off tyro baggers; Marty Kavanagh, pinching for Joe
I Boehllng, smote a homer with three men on the runway.
Kavanagh Is the only major leaguer In captivity who has mado homers
h tn each of the big leagues with the bases fully tenanted. His hit In the
P Katlonal of this kind was acquired off Jack Coombs, the Phils' new manager,
. r en June 4 of this year.
' h IUibe Waddell pitched a four-hit game for tho Athletics against the
if yankees In 1903 or 1904, In which all of New York's wallops were p'rocured
- r titf Ifld Elberfeld.
C'w" Larry Cheney hurled athree-hlt
in 1014, puzallnjr everybody but Zach
S!y. I Kimer Myers, ot me as, wouiu
"V M' I16 l3Ut for GeorK Dutns. The
t &T4XLEY COVVLEBKIE, of the Indians, u,as nicked for singles
3 by the first three Tigen who fated him on September It, 1911-r
Bush, Vitt and Cobb and that tro all the hits they did get, Turut
d Co, mere blanked, 1 to 0,
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gr ITACIC HENDIUCKS, manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, arrived back
'V from France yesterday afternoon. The popular leader of the Mound
" CHy team was' "over (here" In a(Knlghts of Columbus uniform, and reports
"' tfiftt. (ho soldiers are all ke;n for the resumption of baseball,
... ir nm aura baseball will have Its blucest season. In 1919." said Tfan.
"Cvery soldier over there
U over. And any time those
t-)ln trenches they were back
uis, nlVlna- Ihtout1t Ojl.'
" F " ""
on the no-hlt, one-hit and two-hit
hae been delving Into tho dope on con-
raps. An odd three-hit game was that
game for tho Cubs against Brooklyn
Wheat.
imvo uuu a no-nu game against Detroit
Tlogan made two singles and a, double.
talks nothing but baseball now that tho
fellows were not right out there In the
of tho line, right In tha range of the
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0mT I IUU TO UTTt CHILDREN ICWOHffif Hi
Johnny Kilbanc Plans
to Defend His Laureh
Cleveland. Her. 21 .lolinnj 111
bane, featherweight champion of the
world, lias renlgned as nn nrmy box
lliir lnHtructor and expects after the
llrst of the Tear to ico Into active
training to defend his title, It whs
announced here lat night.
Kllbane tendered hW reNlgnntlon
hecaufle- the demobilization of troops
left lilm without anv iiunllN. Ills
resignation has not jet been accepted.
GIBBONS-DEMPSEY
BATTLE LIKELY
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Artists Togetber
COWLER HERE TONIGHT
Bv JAMES S. CAROLAN
AVInle the promoters are Mtlnl seek
ing opponents for Jack Dempsey, ' the
tnentieth century minute man ' there
is Ftlll one linn who may step In and
make It uncomfortable for the "man
killer ' Just now a match between
Dempsey and Mlko Gibbons is not bo
ml tho realm of possibility It Is said
that a famous promoter Is after the
bout, and according to one who is well
Informed, Jim Coffroth Is the man who
would like to stago tills attraction
Gibbons has taken on weight and now
scales close to tho 170-poUnd mark With
Dempsey around 185 the dlfferenco In
poundago is rot enough to make the
battle a one-sided affair. Shortly after
Dempsey stopped Tulton in such a hurrj
ho admitted that he liked to battle the
big fellows for they alwajs seemed lost
In tho ring
Fears Fast Bos
"But It Is the small fast fellows that
alwajs causo mo trouble," ho said
"Those are the boj a I must watch "
Gibbon has not taken part in anj
professional fights slnco tho time of our
entrarce Into tho war. Ho was ono of
the first to take up the duties of boxing
Instructor. Tho last big fight that Gib
bons did somo training for was the pro
posed match with tho lato Les Darcy.
Mike was anxious to entertain the Aus
tralian. Jack Koarns, then manager ot Darcy,
now lu In charge of Dempscj', and Is
willing to lune his protege meet Gib
bons Just beforo leaUng for Ixjng
Branch, N, J . jesterday Keams said "I
hae been opprouched nbout a meeting
with Gibbons Dempsey will fight any
man in the world and tnis inciuoes aime
Gibbons "
Cowler in Action
There now seems to be only one ot
the big fellows remaining with any kind
of a chance ngalnst Dempsey This is
Tom Cowler. giant battler. Cowler once
came close to stopping Fred Tulton only
to let down and have the rangy Minne
sota plasterer put him away lattr.
Cowler and Dempsey are almost
certain to como together soon The
match has been hanging fire for some
time The big Irishman has eery phy
steal asset to make It Interesting for
Dempsej'. , ,. .... ,
In the semlwlnd-up at tho National,
Eddlo Moran engages Johnny Llsse, of
New York. In tho other bouts Joe
Ti,.n meeta Tom Sharkey: Muckles
Riley takes on Fell mcvjuo mm jin..
Brady battles Johnny Augatus.
Scraps About Scrappers
HAIIIW EDWARDS, president of the
Olympla, Iibb been nnxlous to stage
an all Intercity match for many weeks.
At last he managed to put thl project
Into effect with the result that "It Phil
adelphia boxers will oppose a quintet of
New Yorkers and one Boston boy on the
Christmas matinee program. Willie
Jackson, of Now York, takes on George
Young Erne, of Buffalo, In the main ses
sion. Erne now. however, claims this
-i... n- Vila home.
Frankle Clark engages the clever
.. .. rl.at- In 4lm Amlwlnil-lin TllA
fourth bout brings together Dick Stoash
Hid rxeauy ivrcow ,, uobv.- .mu.v
Wagond battles Harlem Eddie Kelly In
the third Wally Nelson vs. Johnny
Murray and Harry (Kid) Brown vs. Phlt
FranchUil will complete the program.
Ten itt the twelre bora who entertain at
th a Cambria on Christmas afternoon have
been In the service of Uncle Sam All but
two now are still In ths f'rvlce Joe Wstsh.
and Charley Doyl are booked to battle In
the main session with Wally llinckl. and
Young Uiwrenco In ths, ssmlwlnd-up Four
iootf bouts will precsda tha Illnckle-tw-rence
fray .
Tho Olrmpla has besn the first club to
nounra Us New Tsar's program. He
Konard 111 entertain In the wind-up. 1
tf"i?' i.. Iu I v trnilnred Waltar &J
sn-
tenny
l'AUl
llolir
rn Tliw.ll" Ms Twill b. th. champion's op'
noaent. Leonard h n .active campaign
SffnSii mt and thli tight will .- th. start.r.
I Kldy Worfolk and Jamaica. Jua raw in ma
AMrVwMlW.
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VICTRIX BEATEN
BYPASCHALL,51-0
Hugo's Fifty-"i anl Run Fea
tures Club Football Game
at S. & C. Field
TALLY 8 TOUCHDOWNS
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It. O'lonnell
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.. Cnmubell
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left end
left tnrkle.
left guard.
center
right guard
rignt inCKie
Vlttnrue
right end
I lul
quarterback
right halfback
left Imtfhnck .
fullback
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Vounc
llensche't
Krtm
St. JOReph's.
I mnlrr T. A. Ilevlln. Metric.. Head lines-
man V. Clark, 1'iiirlinll.
The Paschall Club sprang a big sur
prise on tho Vlctrix Catholic Club In the
football game which was ptaged at the
Straw bridge & Clothier field, hlty-sec
ond nnd Walnut streets, this afternoon,
b scoring a one-sided 'victorj, CI to 0,
Tho game was plajed for tho smoke
fund of the army and naj A fairly
largo crowd turned out to see the con
test and all the receipts woro turned
ocr to the committee, which will buy
flmokes for the scrIco men returning
from France
The Metric aggregation iu fot naxo t0 wltne, thls nnnual affair Both
i chance from the first whistle Paschall tcama t00c tho field with seeral new
banged through for eight touchdowns H0CCeltes, owing to their former mem
VictrK was woefullv weak, yielding bcr8 belns eUher , Ul0 urmyrfor na.
twenty polIUH in UIU UISl lieuuu, inci.e
In tho second, thirteen In tho third and
six In tho fourth
Shortly after tho game started, Hugo
got off a long run of flfty-fiNe jards
for a touchdown Vlctrix necr re
covered from that Initial blow.
Sharkey and Xoadman Draw
TltltlmoiT. Dec 21 After belnsr shut
down for several months on account of the
nar boxing opened here aealn last night
when Jack Sharkej, tha New York bantam,
and Dick I-oadman fought twelve rounds to
a draw. Arrangements are being made to
rematch them.
Welling Stops Chick Drown
Tnnldeivce, It, I , I5ec 21 Joe Welling
Chicago's crack llulitwelght, knocked out
Chick Brown, of !ew Haven, In tho sev
enth round of a scheduled twelve-round
match here last nlicht Doth fighters slug
ged tos to toe for the first three rounls
THE CHRISTMAS FEED BAG
By CtJNNINGHAM
The following suggestions for a Christmas Menu are printed In English
for no apparent reason. Anything should be tried at least once, and thus
the load of freight is delivered.
The Turkey
Grab a bird of the Turk family. If It cannot be procured In any other
wny, buy It. If It Is a live one be sure that It is frosh. Te remove the
feathers soak 1n coal oil and the plumage will burnt easily. Open gently
with an axo and removo tho Interior decorations. Stuff with cotton saturated
with pcrfumo to encourage a pleasant odor. Place In a pan greased with
potroloum Jelly and roast on an oil stove for tvvoor threo hours.
A fish In tho wild state Is usually surrounded with large portions of Vater,
and so tho Christmas feed does not seem to bo complete without a mince pie
among those present. Any simple housewife can, or rather any housewife
can make a slmplo pie with the help of a little Imagination. Take a pot of
cold mutton stew; color with a dash of liquid shoe blackening and run through
a meat grinder. This will make a good Inner tubo for the pie. Merely sur
round with a flour paste, stiffened with glue and bako Indefinitely,
Cranberry Sauce
Chop up a gang'of maraschino cherries and add n bottlo of red fountain
pen Ink. Stir for two or three hours on an open fireplace and add a cupful
of vinegar to give tho proper flat Rnd sour taste.
Plum Pudding
nun rtn.ii pasIIv achieve Indigestion
If one really Insists on having this
buy ono. Certainly, ono can!
.
In order to remove 4ho nolso from celery broil the stalks In a solution
of rubber. This will cover the stalks with a light coating that will be easy
on the teeth ot the guests. ,To add an Individual touch to the dinner, merely
eervo tho flower ond of tho fruit.
AT EABB.
NEW YORK LEADS
PHIIAAT SOCCER
Visitors in Front by Two
Goals to One in Intercity
Cricket Club Matcli
PLAY AT HAVERFORD
.. m luted ' C, Asolated C. C,
1'hlladelphla ev lork
Wnrnock . . . gnul Ilentli
('Thorpe' ... .right futlhurk . .Humphrey
('.('. lorrls. i. left fullback. . ( harluood
i ulhighan right half buck ... Wtnpennr
tlrtnn . .. center halfback.. MacClellan
llanilllon . . ..left halfback Mtalil
I. Thorpe . . outside right Trrt
Mifflin Inside light . . .Hurry
Hlamnhln. ...center font urd landeruolfe
Hnrlovt Inside left lynch
rinsmun outside left Phillip
Ooals MacClellan, Ch.irlwood, Tlnsman..
Ueferee H. II. Ilamford. I.tnenmen
lllsliop mid Young. Tlmc IO-mlnut halves,
llaverford, l'a., Dec. 21,
The Associated Cricket Club soccer
teams of Philadelphia and New York
met thls afternoon on the Merlon Cricket
Club grounds hero to plaj- their annual
Intercity soccer match for the cham
pionship At half-timo New York led
bj' two goals to one.
Tho game was originally bcheduled for
last featurdaj', but owing to tho weather
conditions It was sot back ono week.
Seeral hundred followers turned out
MEALY BEATS MULLEN
Southwark Boxer Victor in Cam
bria Windup
Johnny Mealy, of Southwark, had to
step at a Hely clip to earn tho decision
over Eddie Mullen, of Kensington, In the
windup at the Cambria A. C. last night.
Mullen put up a great fight and for
three rounds held tho downtowner even,
but ho could not stand the pace In tho
last hree sessions
In tho semlwlnd-'up Joe Bowhlnkle
scored his second consecutive knockout
since ho turned professional when he
put Johnny Bergln away In fhe first
round. Bergln lasted less than a min
ute. Mince Fie
without tho assistance of this mess.
arrangement on the tab'le one can cosily
Celery t
Branch Riclccy Slated
to Manage Cardinals
S. 1 ouln. Dec. 31. ltrancli
Rickey, president of the St. I,ouls
National!, trill be. nppolnted mana
ger of the club as aoon n lift returns
to rlt, Loulii, laid James C. Jonen,
vice prenldent and one of the princi
pal atockholdera In the club today,
Jones said the services of Jack
Hendricks, named manager of tho
clnb last season under a tno-Tear
'contract, would be disposed of In
some manner.
PM 19 MEETS
ST. JOE TONIGHT
Collegians Expect Hard
Game From Service Cage
Stars
SIMENDINGER AT CENTER
By PAUL PREP .
Tho fir3t Important game in thd
basketball schedule of the St. Josoph
College quintet that with tho Pier 19
five will take place this evening on the
Crimson and Gray floor, Seventeenth
and Stiles streets.
St. Joseph Collego has been practicing
daily with the members of tho high
school squad and as a result Is In
fairly good shape It Is probable that
tho team will llne-UD as follows: Duff
end Maloney forwards: Slmendlngcr,
center, and Temple and Heeloj', guards
With such well-known stars as
"Duko" Towlcr, formerly of Central
High; "Al" Hedely, of Northeast:
Lomar, of Central High, and Guj-er and
Helsel, the Pier 10 bunch Is confident
of scoring a win. On Tuesday evening
the service quintet downed German
town Bojs' Club, 33-22.
Manager Gallagher, of St. Joseph, has
arranged a particularly Interesting and
attractive schedule, Games have been
booked with Pennsylvania Military Col
lege. January 25, and tho United States
Naval Academy at Annapolis, Janu
ary 29.
Weincr to Remain
"Lefty" Welner, the sensational twlrl
er who southpawed the West Philadel
phia High School Into the first baseball
championship In the Interscholasttc Lea
guo last spring, has not left the Institu
tion across the river, as was reported tho
other day.
Bill Snyder, of cross-country and
track fame, and who also finds tlmo to
do some press work for West Philadel
phia High, was a visitor In this office
this morning. It was easy to see that
Bill was peeved. Without the usual
greetings he opened fire.
"Welner has not left school," said
Snyder, "and take it from mo he will
bo out there on the mound next spring,
making the other fellows swing like a
gate attempting to hit his breakers.
He Is only working during the Christmas
holidays and will be back when classes
start after the New Year."
This bit of news will be received joy
fully by tho Speedboys and with gloom
by the other schoolboys. Welner was
the mainstay of the ball team and won
every game In which he twirled. In
eight games lTo fanned 105 men or nn
average of 13.
1919 Football Schedule
A new system for obtaining officials
for Publlo High School League football
games will probably be tried out next
Beason as a result of a recommendation
mado at the meeting of the officials at
a meeting held at Central 'High School
yesterday. It has been suggested to
have six officials and to uso them In all
the almbel Cupv contests.
The schedule follows: October 10,
Frankford, at West Philadelphia: 17,
Northeast, at Frankford ; 23, Central, at
Frankford; 2t, Northeast, at West
Philadelphia; Oermantown High, at
South Philadelphia; 31, Central at Oer
mantown High; South Philadelphia, at
Northeast.
November 7, South Philadelphia, at
Central; Oermantown High, at West
Philadelphia; 13, Oermantown High, at
Northeast; 14, South Philadelphia, at
jrrankfora; west rnuaaeiphla, at Cen
tral; 21, South Philadelphia, ut West
Philadelphia; Northeast, at Central; 22,
Oermantown High, at Frankford,
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Keady to Stay at Lehigh
nethlehem. l'a.. D.O. 21 J. Thomas
Keady. who has coached Lehigh University
football and baseball team fori lb. past six
.nigh 'Untv
fori toe pai
years nsa sisn.q a- voniraci io coarn tn.
urown ana vvniio lor next season,
Greenleaf Victor Willi Cne
Wilmington, Pel., Deo. 21, The tJOO-
point pocket bllllanb match betwetn
Ralph areenleaf, and K. I, nalph, of
Hl-rhtfitown- M. J., ended last evenlntr In
PENN WILL
ALL WINTER SPORTS M
Quakers Also Will Vote for
Intercollegiate Athletics
at National Association
'Meeting Next Week
RELAYS APRIL 24 AND 25
By EDWIN J. POLLOCK
AUGUST, 1917, Pennsyhanla.
through Its graduate, mnnnorer. lVfatn
Jlylln J. Pickering, made a stand forp
uie continuation or Intercollegiate ath
letics at a special meeting of the Na
tional Colleglato Association In -Washington,
when it seemed that the college
world was against such a policy. Penn
syhanla won.
Next Friday night In New Tork Penn
sjhanla will make another stand foi
Intercollegiate athletics at the regular
annual meeting of the association. This
time Dean McClellan, of tho Wharton
School and chad man of the University
council on athletics, will repeal the Red
ana uiue policy together with three,
other delegates, II. 1 Qeyelin, Tt, Talt
McKenzle and John Brown.
Want Mass Sporls
It Is expected that the opposition to
Intercollegiate sports will not be as
strong at the meting this year as It tvas
in 1917, when most of the colleges
wanted to quit all kinds of sports for
the big war game. This year there Is
a tendency to cut down on arslty ath
letics and lean toward mass sports.
Pennsyhanla Is not opposed to mass
sports. To word It better, Pennsyhanla
faora mass sports, but not at the ex
pense of Intercollegiate athletics.
A meeting of the Unherslty council
on athletics was held In tho Franklin
Bank Building late yesterday afternoon.
It was decided to continue all sports this
spring at a reduced financial cost. All
nonessentials will be eliminated and
eerythlng held to a minimum.
Football Receipts Small
The football season this fall, although
rnnduMed bv tlm students' army train
Ing corps, was financed by tho athletlo
association and the returns were com
paratively small. This deficit has caused
the new policy of retrencnmeni.
The winter sports, basketball, wres
tling, swimming, fencing tnd gymnastics,
will be run as usual, but tne appropria
tlons will be cut down .considerably. Bas
ketball is the only activity among thcsi
sports that has procd to tee sen-sup
porting.
It was decided to hold the relay car
nhal on April 24 and 25 at Franklin
Field. Tho spring sports, such as la
crosse, baseball, track, soccer and row
ing, also will be continued. None of
these sports made money last season,
but tho athletic association hopes to
make up the loss through the sale of
membership books.
HOG ISLAND IN ACTION
Soccer Eleven Meets New York
Ship This Afternoon N
Hog Island New York Ship
Cummlms ...goal ........ .. Ijeys
Jamie f Ignt fullback. . .McLaughlin
K. Ferguson left fullback Spanieling
I,. Koblnson. . . .right halfback J".'
Riddle center halfback... i ..Fisher
MaeMlllan left halfback ... alternate
Ketls outside rliht Robinson
Owens Inside right. .,.'?n1?
Crowe center forward l'ollltt
Hurt Insldo left. ......... Feat
Allen outside left Bingham
Followers of tho kicking style of
football will have a chance today to wit
ness ono of the best soccer matches
staged at the Talrhlll grounds, Third
street and Loblgh avenue, this season,
when New York Ship, at present tn a
tie for first place In the Delaware River
Shipyard League, tackles the Hog Island
irocccr team, from the big shipyard.
Manager Bowe feels that his team
will have little trouble In placing enough
goals to win the same. If the Gloucester
squad can gain tho two points, It will
give them undisputed lead In tho league.
The kick-oft will be at 3 p m. Iteferee
Jimmy Walders will handle tho In
dicator. MINOR LEAGUES MEET JAN. 14
Now "Want Representative on Na
tional Commission
Chicago, Dec, 21. M. II. Sexton,
president of the National Association of
Minor Leagues, yesterday advised Presi
dent Hickey, of the American Asso
ciation, that the special meeting of the
minor leagues probably will be held In
Chicago on January It,, two days be
fore the Joint meeting ot the major
leagues In New York.
President Sexton requested John H.
Farrell, of Auburn, N. Y secretary of
the National Association, to call the
meetmg on the date suggested. The
Slnor leaguers will 'request representa
tion on the National Baseball Commls
slon and. If granted, abolish the present
board of arbitration. .... , .
President Hlrkey said the club own
ers of the American Association wouta
attend the Joint meeting of the major
leagues In New York In a body.
Dob Scott to Lead Jpiicopal
At a meeting of th. football players of
!h 4&lw.VtfiSK: rtooJrtcot0.?'?.?!
this ir"A,t'avm'athl.te 'are "turning tfielr
Socks"?'..., w.".iab."."a m th. school
courtyard.
L
Soccer News and Notes
.. i. - T,iv Jones, haa
.n?thVnd hi. T'teafn considerably, for U.
etrengtnenea ' "c a hln's soccer eleven on
ShXtma?D.T ffrlSlPl rarkrThlrS street
iSJ Lehigh avenue.
what nromlses to be th. greatest gam. of
What PJf'lCVnuah Manager Howe, of New
"sKE' s thgm. scheduled for New
Tork ohJVi-ionn at Third strset and Lehigh
Year'. Wr?R.achJmplon liethlehem team
SBJSftn WbmSn 'San! with th. Gloucester
pf8"iW M
1 VuilerUn. con.ld.ra on. of the b.st halt-
i&w-'York Ship unlforVor th, bVnc. of
th. season. . ,
..,.. . Shore, on. of th.'fastsst soccer
"ul,7 h Allied Leagues will tacKi. in.
TtaJnl.Vlnlaafurno1.rtatCardln.ton.
t1. years ago WLgucMln ana insner
't'uVW.' $ & tf "I HW
"raK?-. -Mnvurds versus th. 'Merchant's A
SyhSraPl vfit ftSfowlnr of th. kicking
m. This will b. th. last Mm. th; Ilrls
tt.. 'am will Play Prior to ftavlnglfor St.
Louis t?PUy i ssrte. of thr.. games.
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John W. Heisman Signs
to Coach Georgia Tech
for One Year at $7500
Atlanta, fla.. Dec. 21,Jnhn tV, Ilsls
uYhZktSSF" PIT'.? T.":n nrfngli
SZJSt ,tTn ot football victories, has
1919. The snlsrr fined . for the three,
months of coaching la aald to be 91H0O.
i.Jtfc,"J,,,oirJB0r,olwr" 'hat Georgia
Tech olfered Olenn Warner, the. ritts
.burgli coach, flo.OOO, to take over the
tutoring Job here. Warner turned It
MEN IN SERVICE
FLOCK TO LINKS:
Golf Appeals to Soldiers
Accustomed to a Life
Out of Doors
MANY GOLFING FAULTS X'A
By CHARLES ("CHICK") EVANS
One of the most striking things about
the hold which golf has on Its devo
tees Is exemplified In the way soldiers
released from the service or home on y
?l1ll,rt,M aw Am I. la... A. ,1.. ... '
-M.iuun..-, n.u iiuuvihb iu me iinKS even
now, wh.en less hardy Individuals have
put their bags In cold storage nnd are
playing their matcheo around the fire
place. To the soldier accustomed to an out
door life there Is more attraction In the
golf links at this season, If It Is free'
from snow, than at any other, for the
sting of tho crisp wind Is a kind of .
wlno which ho enjoys and of which Gen
eral Pershing would approve. .
Many of tho soldiers one sees on the
links evidently are having It Impressed '
upon them strongly that tho swing of
the golf club and tho handling of a
rifle are two distinctly different occu
pations Common Error
, The golfing fault which many of tliem
seem to develop after their absence from
tho links is, curiously enough, one of the
common errors among, all golfers It
is tnat or starting tho turn of tho body
for tho down swing beforo tho club Itself
starts from tho position behind tho play
er's back
The effect of this error la to throw the
swing out badly. The body, arms and
hands are ahead or tho club and are
perpendicular with tho ball beforo the
club face meets It. This Is very likely to
produce a bad slice or to bury the shot
entirely.
Any player who lahavlnir this trniint.
must remember that In starling tho down
stroke It should not bo soparate from tho ,
rest of the swing, but rather the start "
of the coriipleto movement. '
Watch the Draw
A player who has a slice wants to
make suro that it la rin. tr. n, ,.,..
he Is drawing the club-face across the ft.
ball Which Causes tho trun nlln nml f,l
that ho Is not Blmply so swlnirint- that "5
his ball la Inevitably shot off In the
wrong direction.
Not a few golfers produce the effect
of a slice through poor -management or
their wrists The defect seems to be
caused by arching tho right wrist so
that the club face reaches tho ball at an
oblique angle, and this, of course, pro
duces a shot to the right.
, It is comparatively slmplo to remedy
this fault. All the player has to do Is to
keep his wrists easy rather than rigid.
Men who are doing somo golfing now,
after a long absence from the links,
should be on their guard against de
veloping any bad golfing habits, until
practice brings back tho old sense ot
ease, rhythm and certainty.
MERCHANTS' TRIP OFF
Soccer Eleven Will Not Visit West ,
During Holidays i j
Merchant A soccer team, of the Har- !
rlman, Pa, plant, will not go West for ,
a series of games during tho holidays
aH planned. They were to have visited '
St, Louis, Chicago and Detroit, starting rjj
early next week, but failure to secure
satlsfoctory guarantees from the man- tr"-
acement of the teams' which were to
have been played caused the calling off $
of the proposed games. The Merchant
Athletlo Association was ready to finance
tno contenipiatea trip, out tne'orccr was w
not accepted. (
Georgia Tech to Met-E Pitt
1 Piu l
Rla, Tch and 'y,S
meet again H&
Atlanta, (la., Dec. 31. Oeorgla Tech and
the ITnlversltv of Plttsburah will meet nvatn
In football next fall. It was announced yes- ort
terday by Dr. J. 11. Urenshaw, faculty dl- fi4
rector of athletics at Georgia Tech. Th. V'
flat, has not been definitely decided upon. t1
in football next fall. It was announced yes-
n. saiu . uui vciuirer id auu irciuucr ) are
lanlatlv Amimm vM
Hornsby Gives Up Munition Job
Reading, I'd,, Sec St. Rogers Ilornsb
the woll-known lnflelder of the St. Lou
Cardinals who was emnloved ns a rheml
at essential work here at the Reading plant
of the liethlehem Steel Corporation, has re
turned to ni noma at rori worm, ie.
Amateur Cage Comment
The St.
Paul's Men's Club, formerlv of
the Urotherhood League, has been reorgan-
lied and would Ilk. to meet all th. first-.
rial fenms In OF out of the city. Run
teams as Stetson. Kvangel. Madonna, Berk
ely. St. ItltaJs and Ht. James's are pre
ferr.d. And other oluba wishing games at
home or away address Robert Aiken, 1417
Tasker street.
Maximum A. C. would Ilk. to hear from
all third-class teams In or out of town
having halls and willing to glva a fair guar
antcs. Address B. Tedwell, BIT North Sixth ,
street.
Keystone A, C. wants games with second
or third class teams In or out of town,
Address A, Kutcher. 713 Maore street.
rHirmnia A A "road and Dalnbrldxr
Ulympta . . iUrrjr i5j,,r(i,. M.
Christmas Afternoon, Dec. 25
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Harrv (Kid) Brown 2d Phil Frenchiai
Eddie Wagon 3d Harlem Eddie Kelly J
Dick Stoth 4th Freddy Reete
Frankle Clark 5th Benny Valger
George (Y'g) Erne 6th Willie Jackson J$
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