Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, March 18, 1919, Night Extra, Page 16, Image 16

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'Principals Receive Guarantee and Officials Clear
f -' $38,000; Still, This En
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lly ROBERT W. MAXWELL
Mnorts Kdltor lltenlnic I'ubllc t.eilfirr
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VsW'T SEE w'iel'e that town Alx lea
these days," said George Kneel
Vhrjle' Street Debating Society. "That
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GEORGE EiNGEL
4? middleweight champion, boxed M.ir. ei
Bi?j two other bouts on the card. The
Kg iw moters were happy despite the $4j0
'There aro no pikers in Aix les Bains. The boxers were well taken
care of, given the best suites in Hotel Splendlde and treated like mem
bers of the royait.v. One day we dined in the same room with the King of
Greece and nothing was said, although Klaus wore a roll-necked sweater
and hadn't been shaved for a week. The King even came over and shook
hands with us. That's the kind of treatment we received. T only wish we
could go back again."
ttnUT the $j-0 houic. (irorijr," interrupted -con ftniiis, iKhiisr
" ?ninf occasionally runs in financial circles. "Ilmo can you jtut
on a tlS.000 shote and vinhc money vith only SiJO in the liouscT
I've QOTTA know that."
"Just nivc me time." ausneicd George. " F.vcryttdnij will br
exptaln'd so tliaV even YOU will understand.
This Promoter Liberal
"Wc
E CA.MK from Paris." resumed
Carpentier, who liud Just been
rounds. l'"unny thing about Carpentier.
IPapke, but the Frenchmen still believed
yorjd and tho promoters gave him $1000
a,nd only box an exhibition.
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ti Aiieie iiisu wan a uuiiiiitmveigiu
iJurni of London, for tlie championship of something I forget what it
was? But that was the line-up for the
,"f "I remember the morning of the
1U Klaus I met nn American friend and
' ij' tlckats. I went to the manager's
&& Which sold at $20 each. T tried In pay
M gaylng I could have fifty more if I needed them.
"Well, tho bout came off and the
S few spectators enjoyed themselves, however, and cheered just as loudly as
';" t-"lf fhev bad been in n. l-errntar ntaee. T v:i vvnrL-lnr nr n ,mn-.ii!o .-.
'9 $4500 and, believe me. I expected about
IrA 'a 0ad 'wide experience with slim crowds,
iM thing- was itll right and offered to pay me before Klaus stepped into the
jjij' ring. I took his word for it.
IS "After Frank had won by a knockout in one of ihe earlv rounds I
Kf&'-wont into the box office wearing a long
Nc J" such a game guy as the promoter, lint
I-MfcLu- viin suiues ami ue sung soiuy 10 nimsciL as ne countea out my
r.t- iii share of the money.'
ttnVT what is the answer. Grornef" insisted l.eon Rains.
B
must oe an answer and 1
try it some lime."
These Game Gamblers Gambled and Won
fe ;fe,TTEnE Is the dope." replied Kngel.
&rt. - m m
place like Monte Carlo and the
f,i t, .the season. It happened that the 'house was lwving a hard time, losing
tf' iheayily, with no chance to get it back because the season ended on Septem
ber s. un mat nigiit everyooay planned to leave.
51- ' '-i-iii. u-no a fiarlaln m-nnn .f liani'i, nlm.AMn 1.a..a nn i.
w-j ,, ...o , . .u,.. b.uui. yji
Plajment wanted to hold them over for
Kof"-4. xuo uiuucy ucil-k. a ii ia uucsu l mean ine players wouiu uo rouueu or nny
Rtliins like that, but they would do some gambling, ana that was enough.
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" it CO THE boxing louts were arranged and the men stayed over.
. Thev played one more day and lost fjOflOO. Thus the pro
moters of the fight paid out flS.UOO to get SZO.OOO and cleared some
, i38,000. "What did they care about ihe $i50 house?"
j Even Tommy Carey Questioned the Weight
tfVHEN Johnny Burns learned of the game French promoters he con
ty''',Idered the incident a. boxlnor freak. Tommv Carev h.no iurn.mi.j
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Bmany ana tms gave joiyiny an iuca.
it', -v..-.. .u.Ub..,Lvj ,...t Mu.j
tensington promoter. "Tommy was
pounds. Brazzo was unable to box
rommy; was wrapping the tape on
nny, what's that guys weight?'
"I looked over at Latzo, who really scaled about 148. 'I guess he's
Pbut 134 or 135'4."
"This seemed to satisfy Carey.
b the end of the ninth he turned again
want them to weigh him now. I
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".&. ' IT "VA8 a fifteen-round battle.
Kh . wasn't so hcavii Tammu icent
W tfor the remainder of the bout. But think of wanting the bout
, 'topped to weigh his opponent I Only a Carey would think of it."
Hagen Wasn't Acting on This Occasion
RlT-ACK'. HAGEN, the former trainer
ball-team, present .conditioner of
- ,Mhanplons and the always-on-the-Job
ffioa.a ooxing; neauuner tor many
i-jwittntt punch or tkt," was battering an the big boys. He fought ama-
Mrurs;and professionals alike. When
44"6f,the. ring- he went on the stage and, teamed with Spider Kelly, enter
bwd. 'for, many seasons.
ISj-Hagen and Kelly have been staging their act for years. The boys do
t'do any "punch pulling." They
erb defense a punch occasionally
ff'One night Kelly and Hagen were
(Wond round and the boys were
ihfan jjnderhand right swing that
1,-Was liiieu ore ins leet, propeiiea
'.through, tlie mud on. the rain
?Fit' Hagen's some actor," chirped
W.i. . .
'fiVOVtllB iiuht" whispered John
''emtet' fygeHtie, it was
$12,000,
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&4.MI. YKI
Annie Oakleys Plentiful,
gel Story Is No Fairy Tale
Bains is getting into pilnt (iiilte often
the other nlcht at a meeting of the
old French town is a beautiful place
and every time I read of It a flood
of recollectlons'coines back to me.
Once upon a time t had a wonderful
experience there and if there's
nothing on the docket I'd like to (ell
ii story."
The member", who had just voted
lo give the land hack to the Indi
ans after duly 1, settled back in their
c hairs. Two stalwart waiters stood
on guard, so that not one word
would escape. There was Intense
Mirnce as George began his tale.
"F.rat. I want to present some
thing strange and unusual," said
Kngel "Don't interrupt, because I
am giving jou straight facts and
Will prove my assertions before I
have finished. That goes for every
one. including .Jimmy the Mk and
Charley Heeb.
"Did you ever hear of promoting
a boxing show which cost $12,0uo
."id make money when the total re
ceipts did not exceed $4007 Funny,
isn't It'.' But that Is what happened
at the Casino do Circle on September
ll. 1913, when Frank Klaus, then
Marceau for the title. There were
boxers were- well paid and the pro-
house.
With Annie Oakleys
Kngel. "and with us was (ieorges
knocked out bv Klaus in nineteen
lie had been beaten by Klaus and
lie was the greatest fighter in tho
to appear on the same bill with us
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doiii iieiween i.e ueaux anu.rjooov
show and no expense was spared.
fight when I was taking a walk with
he asked mo to get him six rood
oflice and received twentv box seats
for them, but he waed me away,
big arena irtuallv was empt.v. The
fifty cents for my share. T have
but tho promoter assured me every-
face. I wanted to sympathize with
he didn't need
any. His face was
"The?
want tn hear it
I'nrhans I can
"Alx les Bains is
great gambling
people would go there to play during
..t.i... i,Hri.-i tiicie tiiiti mo iriunage-
a couple of days and try to get some
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uiu j,, a,t,uiuiL uur. infill, saiQ Hie
matched to box Jack Brazzo at 13.")
and Steve I.alzo was substituted As
his hands he turned to me and said,
For eight rounds he fought well. At
to me. 'That guy weighs about 150
want the fight stopped.'
After I made Carey believe l.atzo
owt iheret and bent htm mnn y.n
of the University of Pennsylvania bae-
Frank Poth'a League Island basketball
ticket taker at the National, has
years, in tne old (lays John, as a 110-
he broke away from the professional '
are skillful boxers, but despite their
slips through.
performing at Shlbe Park. It was In
mixing It freely. Suddenly Kelly sent
caught Hagen flush on the chin.
inruugii me ropes ana iinany went
- soaked field.
a voice from the stands. "He's real."
to one of Ms seconds, "it was
natural. Kelly's punch made me a
whsm "iaJ MveA
FAMILY Of- P DOZEfrj
OR MORE, LINING'
BACK OP Yovj WHO
HAve The Borrowing
, HABi-r- AND use The
Krlop
NEW YORK SHIP
AND NAVAL WIN
Defeat keystone and Pusi-y
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, cy jones 111 uxeiung sanies
at League, Island
I READY FOR T. COLLMBA
' Tho largest crowd of the season al
f League Island last eenlng witnessed
the two hest games played there in any
one nlfjlu this year. The flist was be
tween Xew York yhip and Keystone, and
resulted In a victory for th former by
the score of 4 0 to 24 The second was
between Frank Poth's Naal Training
, five and Pusey & Jones, and ended in a
' triumph for the service aggregation by
1 the score of 35 to 30.
I The New Yoj k -Ke stone game was
, far closer than the score indicates. and
at the curl of the (list half the West
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PARDorJ MB I rY MOTHER N I LET MCTaKC W
Your phone 11 , K w CA0 g J JrtM s&&5& MOtoeR I
AMD AMOTHW DAY - ArJP "aMoThER Y fej Y" 5aS B&ClWLr
Comgs The. Y00M& The LPGr VJTdn ' 1 up To Tmcir .Dooft Amd.s-35
5onJ for. Cometh. ng m "mss To o5e .Her yW They ARe MovinS !! " ,,
. HOMP,, - , Oh-h-hhBoy.'. ',
i3TA (too much I Jfjlh GR-RRRAND L
Philadelphia ,hurchme were only tair!;. m, toti;!f r?'ral all,,":llme kf" the specta- "The .locor's most priceless Blft to
, ' . ""''m.n.ei moip, snorii alter the meet tor., r,tPre.stP,i ., tliP time. The times Cornell athletics has been giving them
points in the rear. They continued lo had started, not one of the 800 or so -fr0 verv fn8t an u,p me,,t con(Iueted , Hue point of view that clean, hon
keep within hailing distance of the ship spectators followed them. They re-, n M,imiid fashion hv the A. A. 1T. olll- est. manly tactics nre the only tactics
Ip-iii rlnimilon until within fle m!n-!,, ,,ot !'VK hul s''nPatlllc glances cials. Ualney, Russell. Itadebaugh. I to use. Dr. Sharpe's teams have been
utes of the close of the game, when
I Hyde and Kngle contiibuted fie field
goals between them and ran up the
i score.
jS'aval's Tine Defense
i The fine defense of naval ti amine
' was Ihe feature of the other clash with
1 Pusey & Jones. Throughout the entire
forty minutes of play the opponents of
the sailor boys only made four field
coals Three of theso were tossed
through the net bySSiddie Traulwein and
his running mate at forward.
Traut-
wein, was shut out by
Mulhern. The
1,t
latter played one
of the best games of
hiscaieer.
Parker, at center, also had all the
1 better of Watson. The big fellow had
the natural advantage In height and
I invariably got the tap against hlw
' smaller opponent. Parker contributed
four baskets to his team s total or. iour
teen. At foul-goal shooting the losers
made, nearly all their points. They
caged twenty-two free tosses out of
thirty-five attempts, ai; against eight
out of seventeen for Poth's five. This
is one of the Naval team's weak points,
and they will have to Improve for their
match with the Saints.
To Meet St. Columlm
Manager Poth will have the Naval
five out for practice again this evening,
I so that the boys will bo In the very best
I of shape when they meet SL Columba
' tomorrow night at Traymore Hall.
! Franklin street and Columbia avenue,
1 In the opening game of the series for
! the championship of the city.
In connection with the championship
game will be staged an open goal-Bhoot-'
Ing contest, and all the best foul shoot-
ers are expected to enter, as there an
I nn rnoirlMlnnn Selinol linvs also are
eligible. It Is tho first event of Its kind
held in Phllly for some years.
The prizes offered are two handsome
silver loving cups and a gold fountain
pen.
Y.M.C. A. SWIMMERS WIN
Defeat League Islam Mermen by
One Point in Dual Meet
That Uncle Sam's sailors can swim as
well as they can fight was demonstrated
last night at league Island. A dual
meet was arranged between tl.e Central
T. M. C. A. cwlmming team and the
Jackles of the -fleet and enlisted men. So
keen were the events contested that prior
to the final race the score was a tie.
That event was the 200 yards scratch
race, which Uhl, of the Y, 31. C. A won
by a bare touch, beating Smith, of the
U. S. S. Idaho, out In the fast time of
2:29 3-5.
The victory .gave the Y. 3f. C. A. the
meet by the score of 25' points to 24V4
for League Island, a ringlo point and a
single, touch separating the teams at the
finish.
Dartmouth to Haye Pool
Ilanoter, N. II.. March 18 That Dart
mouth Goliese Is to have a swimming pool
in the near future was announced today
through thd roUese office of Holland II.
Spauldtn-r. of llochenter, former Governor of
New Hampshire.
ROLLER SKATING
39T1I AND
RAPFSA Monday Wed, NlrhU
IVrVEO OC for Hor nnd HoMlrrf
D ANriNfl K."r.r. Afternoon & F.veninc
Um.irl LadlM FRKU, Afternoon
PamTirin A' f Unrm iiJTtrntr. Mm.
jrn Av.ft Somerset;
FRIIJAV KVFNINd. MAKI'll 31 ,
A RKAI, AI.T,TAK KHII
fi BKAI rtl.l.W.tK HKW
AIN'T IT A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FEELIN'?
. I aesuL ii I -mm
Shot Putters Had Fine
Time at Annual "Quads"
Weight Tossers Couldn't Find Place to Hold
Their Event and Officials Got Lost Hunt
ing for Them to Decide Meet
By PALL PREP
Passing over for the piestnt the stellar , t oknow liow to leach the ninth Hum''
individual porformanres of Uyran Hade- And the delegation lost Its wa.
baugli, .llmmy Itussell. .loe Itainey and. rj Je (;ni0 Ien
"Wlntiej" Slemmer and the team, ,ist .IPn oot:ior o H, ien, FIorpi-'
strength nf Central llleh School in the Jones, tieorgo Thompson. Wall.v Alct'ully
annual "quads" held yesterday afternoon
on tho Wananiaker roof, we woul.l like
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10 call attention to the fact that the
inn' nlilltrlnp. otinl .i.tii Iako Ii i ,1 nulla nn
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afttrnoon of It and claimed more at-
lention than any other set of weight-!
tossers that has exhibited In these parts
for some time.
When the bunch of huskv and what- " "' " '""- "ley were nem out m inc
t athletes took the Ilftle round pill iv" ., J"" ne Llh heSi fueled In
, ,.., . .. .(Several years. 1 i unexnected sbuu-inc
. ioiiii oy .MUggsj .Mct.raw. mod
nmrA i. . .1.-. . . I .. 1 . !.-,.. .. t.-.
iii'i me en-Knon o. o. irom tne scnoo -
boys. V ho cared about seeing an Iron!
ball heaved around?
Plot Thickens
But this gang of huskies was different
from- the ordinary lot. and before the
afternoon was over were being paged
from the roof to tho sub-basement. In
the first place, they went down several
(lights of sieps. opened and closed many
doors, lead all the signs? carefully, in
quired of several "cash girls" where
they were supposed to toss the Iwehe
pound shot and still were unable to find
the place. After wandering around for
I f-ftnAr, mlnlil.u .n.n .....v ,1l..nn..n...1
, . .
I" '"" J .V.W.V
It for granted that this was the tossing
arena.
For an hour or so they tossed the pill,
asked each other how they enjoyed the
last Walla Walla Club dance, what the
chances were for Ireland getting home
tule and other Important topics. Thej
took their turn at keeping the pill on the
go and a pleasant afternoon was had by
all.
Meanwhile, up on the roof Joe Ualney
was equaling the fifty-yard record. By
ron Hadebaugh was clipping off a fifth
of a feecond from the mile mark and
Jimmy Itussell doing an Iron-man tuiit.
When the quarter mile dash was over
and the points tabulated It was found
that Northeast was but ftvo points he-'
hind Central and the shotputters still to
be heard from.
All Kinds of Rumors
No onn seemed to care a bit until
"Marty" Polikoft slipped the Informa
tion that he had heard some one sav
that Northeast had won first place. This
gave the others nearby a chance to spill
some more rumors as to the winner.
I-'ven Nick Hayes was mentioned. James
Slgman, coach of the Northeast team,
however, failed to get excited and re
fused to shift his necktlo to Insure good
luck.
After waiting fruitlessly ten minutes
for some one to bring the shot-put re
sults. It was decided to descend to the
ninth floor and watch the bo's perforin.
Their Intentions were fine nnd they
would have, been carried out but for a
few fire escapes, blind aisles, elevator
operators and salesglrles. No one seemed
ANY
Suit or Overcoat
(n Our Big Corner Storo
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$ "4 ofi
Reduced from $30, $25
and $20
No charge for alteration
Open Monday and Saturday
Until 9 o'Clock
Peter Moran& Co.
S. r..Cawl:aifaJa'.ifVMk'l4k
and others had lslons of remaining In
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ananiaker s all night the road to the.
...t.-onih iuiiiii n iuiiii.1, i" it;i 11 ilia-.
tho shot-putters had quit work when the
S o'clock whistle sounded like regular
union men anil took the showers. Here
j Doctor Gallagher, of Central, Imparled
tho fact that Central had won first and
second, also tho meet.
j The meet called the indoor champion
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IT. I. j. II. J. jLnXDULC
Blue and Wfiite Team Id Plav
iN'inc Gaines I
'I lie malinger of West Catholic High i
has gien out the baseball schedule for I
this season. Nine games will be i-latcd. I
and as this Is the first -.car Hint the
Blue and White has a representative
team the result will be wali'hed for by
all thoe interested in local high bchoul
athletics.
The schedule Is as follows: March
23, Friends' Central: April I, Kpn-copal
Academy : April 2. Frankford ; April S.
St. Agnes' High, West Chester; April 23,
Media; May 2. St. Luke's: May 17. St.
Agnes; May 24. Farm School; June 7.
West Chester High.
jNational Title for Great Lakes
hlrni-n, March IS.-- Ihe 'Jieat l.ril.es
water polo venni won tlie- national A. A. I
water pnlo event here List nlKhl. ik-featlne
ll,o Illinois Aethlctln Club. .", lo 1
Fred Fulton Retires From
Ring; Will Be a Farmer
I.ik. AiiiceleH, Calif., March IS. -Wincing
and fretting over the country-wide
crltlc'siii reunite to' his re
cent confession, Fred ultiin, the big
Minnesota plasterer, announced his
retirement from the ring last night.
He staled that It witS his Intention-to
huya farm. Fulton made a public
confession that his ring bout with
Jack Dempscy, at Harrison, N J.,
was a "fake", and that ho was
"double crossed." He realized that
American ring fans hate no use for
"fakers," hence his retirement. He
chose tho location of a. farmer, It Is
said, becauso he will have to play
squaro wlth'nature to get results.
yf hBBi.v
Two Cars Hit the BulT Eye of Public Approval at
the Show One Wa the Velie Biltwell Six
LA ROCHE. BROTHERS, Inc. -
I .'. . 1214 North
CORNELL DAILY
PRAISES SHARPE
Ithaean Students Extend
Regrets and Congratula
tions to Former Coach
KLI WINS THIS TIME"
The iMssing of Dr. A. II. Sharpe as
athletic director from Cornell to Yale
Is received with genuine regret at Ith
aca. "Doc" Sharpe had become a fix
ture at Cornell, and the college dallv.
I the Cornell Kun, prints the following
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mil .l 111,111 v.tiriiuii iictM icariico lo uii-
mire aim respect anting the Tew jears
of bis connection with Alma Hater's
athletics Dr. A. H. Sharpe. 'Doc' Sharpe
has piloted arslty . football, baseball
and basketball through the most trying
period of Cornell's athletic history the
war years. And there hac been very few
' casualties ilurlnc the trip.
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, . Itl . .1. ,.ri.v...v.u.i, livuilltl, ,VtelLkQ,
I congratulations:, and the best of luck In
our work at jour own Alma Mater go
ilojou, Dr.- Sharpe, from Coinelllans
eveiy where."
PIERCE LEADS TIN WHISTLES
Kktvanok Golfer Scores a 78 Card
at l'ineliursl
rlni'liiir-l, . c, March 18. -The first
18 holes of the annual golf champion
ship of lliu Tin Whistles were played
on tin. No. '1 course here yesleiday, u
record field of seventy-nine contestants,
taking pari. The second tound will be
played on the No. 2 course today
anil the third and Una round on No. A
on Wedliesriny,
L. I). Pierce, of Kkwanok, led the
field at the conclusion of today's round
with a eard of -lti-'J7 77. Parker W.
Whitteniore, of llrookllne. the fatorlte
for the title, took 42 going out, but
caute home 111 3d for a 78. Ionad Par
boil, of Youiigstown, and J. U. Chapman,
of (Jrcenwlch. who tied' lor third place
at 82, both started out poorly, Parson
finishing in 14-118 and Chapman In 15
37 COLUMBIA TENNIS DATES
New Yorkers Will Play Pepn at
Home May 10
Ten matches aro on the schedule of
tho Columbia varsity lawn tennis team,
as ratified and officially announced yes
terday by the university committee on
athletics. Tho season begins with a
dual match with Rutgers at New Bruns
wick. April 20, and enus Willi a contest
with tho Navy, at Annapolis, on May 31.
The only home matches will be with
Pennsylvania and Dartmouth.
Tho list follows:
April 20. Jtutm-th, at New Ilrunswlck;
May 2. Hwarlhiuore, at Swarthmore; 8.
LeiilKh. at South Bethlehem; 5. Drown, at
I'rovlilenw. U. Harvard, at Cambridge; 10,
Pennsylvania, at New York; 15; Yale, at
New Haven. 21, Princeton, at Princeton: .10,
Dartmouth at New York; 31, Navy, at An
napolis. Broad S.. i" ' -'--'- .,
PUMPELLY LEAVES
SERVICE FOR FARM
Famous Yale Drop-Kicker
of 1912 Shakes Naval Avi
ation Uniform for Over
alls ENLISTED AS A "GOB"
By EDWIN J. POLLOCK
A STOCK V young man with suitcase
In his right hand and overcoat
thrown over hla left arm tore up the
flight of stairs that leads to the train
shed at EToad Street Station. For the
purposes of speed and convenience, he
was using the skip-step system.
Gaining the top, he came to a full
slop for a second, gave the signs over
the gales to the trains a sweeping glance
and then started off In the direction of
Hid New York express. When he had
full steam up, n friend snatched bis arm,
threw him oft his balance and almost
landed him on thn floor.
"You seem to be In n hurry, lieuten
ant," said the friend, with a great at
tempt at humor.
Leaves for Home
"I wouldn't be If tjiey didn't starts
those New York trains on time. I see
r have a minute yet. Jus-t time enough i
to tell- you this: You may think I'm
cheating in these civilians, but I'm not.
I'm out of the service now, so don't call '
1 me lieutenant. I'm on my way home, I
and it I miss that train I'll never for-
, glvo you." I
' The ex-lleutenant dropped his sult
1 case for a second and extended his right.
1 The friend shook "hands with Pum-
pelly, of Yale."
1 After two years In the service of
i'nele Sam, Harold A. Pumpelly, who
gained fame for Yale and himself back
In 1912; when he booted a field goal from
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I ine DU-jiiru 11110 111 me nt ........v. -
I play and tied Princeton, is enimw
now mimo. .nnil- he Is colne to direct the.
same kind of whole-hearted energy to
his new enterprise as. he did to football
and war. .
I Started Earlv
I Two years ago Pumpelly was ell
I established in a profitable business, but
i 1,0 novo n ,m in Rtmlv aviation. He
1 saw tho handwriting on the wall and
Ii ii. , ...no ,.iw When he
knew that war was close. """ '";
npplied for a commission in iiih uiinnun Mram Tor thn romlnc season Uoote 1 a
corps after war had been declared, he Junlir, and wan cali'lier on the tiam last
knew planes Inside 'out, but he was I "Pr'ne-
turned down.
Ills experience on the grldlion had Spring Football Work al Harvard
taught him not to lecognUo obstacles ('nmhrlilKe. 'Mm., Marrh 18. At a mcet
m. nr.i Tin piiIIrIpiI as a "cob." was ' "t the candlilati-s for the Harvard foot
as such. lie em steu as " t'"' ' ' hall team, set for .Monday. Mareh 31. the
sent to Pensacola and there demon- ,,atcs for spring practce will bo announced,
strated his ability. He was commls- I
sloned last December.
Naval aviation men had faith In him,
and he was placed In charge of th'o
post-graduate ground school at League
Island. He was sent to the local navy
yard In Januarj, 1918. The powers that
he decided that he could do more good
Ion this side Imparting his knowledge to
I others than he could in actual cam-
paigiiing, so lie was destined to leniain
at League Island until lie was dis
charged' from the sertice yesterday
Pumpelly will enter the tobacco grow
ing business on a farm at Owego, N. Y.,
with his brother, Spencer Pumpelly, an
other famous Yale athlete, who was one
o'fi .the greatest pitchers In Yale base
ball. Henry Howe, brother of Harold
Howe, the Yale AH-Americau quarter
back of 1912, also will he one of the
partners.
Both Spencer Pumpelly and Henry
Howe were in the sertice. The former
was in the naval intelligence and the
latter gained fame as an aviator In
France. Howe was one of the American
aviators who flew over the President's
boat as It steamed Into Brest on Mr
Wilson's first trip abroad.
WISTAR HARVEY WINS
Pine Walley Star Captures Qual
ifying Honor? at Bellcair
llellei'ilr llelebta. Kin.. March 18.-
Wlstar Harvey, of Pine Yalley. won the
qualifying round in, the annual Bellcair
golf championship, which began here
vesterday, with a 79, one strorto under
I S. Itobeson. of Rochester, and J. O
Hunter, of Detroit. It required a mitt of
30 yards to bring his score under 80, but
tho Philadelphia was equal to the oc
casion. Hobefon tind Hunter had fin
ished Just ahead of him. both with
scores of 80.
It was the best sixteen that ever
qualified for n championship here. White
tho scores' were rather, high, a stiff wind
was blowing nnd many of the stars found
n. lot of trouble. After qualifying. Har
vey dropped out of match play, leaving
tho honor of Philadelphia to be. upheld
by Cameron Buxton and Pat Grant, who
were In the low eighties today, and aro
regarded as dangerous contenders.-- H.
K. Kerr, of Greenwich, who has figured
In all the tournaments hero this t-eason, !
i .a favorite and his score today was '
only a stroke or two behind the leaders.
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Commercial' Museum Building
81th below Spruoa Slreet
March 17th is 22nd. Admlitlon EOc
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Irofncr Snide
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CLOSE FOR PENN FRESH
Princeton's Late Rally Falls Two
Points Short
Princeton, N, J March 1R. The
renntylvania freshmen basketball five,
defeated the Tiger first-year men, 23 to
21, In a close, bitterly contested game'
hero last night.
The Tigers' Cubs wrc within otia
tally or winning throughout tho last hair,
hut their offensive was too weak to ad
minister the needed blow. Tfio gamn
was marred by personal foulf on both
sides, fnul irnals t'niintlntr Vienvilv In tlia
final score. Uaptaln Graves starred for
the Quaker cubs, while King, with l.f
nnlnts tn hv nrerllt. pYfplbd fnr Trlnf.ft-
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Ion.
Harvard lo Mcel M. I. T.
Ciimhrhlce, Mun., MHrch 18, MnnaRer
Leonard, of the ltnrvarrl tra'-k tram, lia
annoiit'fed a mpct lietwrpn h! team Bnrl
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, on
.May a, In the stadium.
Boole lo Lcutl Wcsleyan
I Mlddlftown, ( onn.. March 18 l-.dwrd
1 S. llonlp. of Kail Orango. X J. has lieeli
ePCled raptaln of the Wrsleitu basehall
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