pfKYn ? OK , r 4 , 1 M ;Alr-.y Lte- '.i, ft1' 1019 ;,!,. v i- "ji 'f. r. V VJi ?' EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 'r V WINTER TRADES HAVE MADE BRAVES THE SPRING MYSTERY OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE WTALLINGS'S braves T WONDER WHAT A TWO HUNDRED-YEAR-OLD ELEPHANT THINKS ABOUT "LANK HANK" GOWDY, z ? STRONGER NOW THAN WELL- HERE I AM OfJ The t?oo a3 aim. I'M 3 LAD To GET OUT OF WINTER QUARTERS -let's see - it' wAi Just 150 years ago Y6ST6RDAY ThGV CAUGHT ME. t WAS OMLV A Kid 52 VeARS ot-o -it seems But Yestgp 1AvY The1 same old crowds wglu vohat do vou Knovaj Bout That she ate it h6r3elp-- GoSM vaG ELEPHAiMTS LIKE A LITTLE ATTEMTION ONCE- IM A VAJHILE L.ki. ir : ,' P- -V I Bun: it vSer-MS Good To SC Them aGmnJ . THERE'S A GIRL, VMITM : "R.' ANY TIME SINCE 1914 i yr 3 awful MOwoTorOous A PCAWUT SHC SLIPS I'M AWPUL I, HoPP IT TO ME - HUMSR.Y CM GeTTING ALONG M fEARi NOWJ AMD NEED RHCPEATIOM iflMystcry Club of National League, Consider SS Remain in Qircuit, Shows Real Fight &$i cd' Lucky to and Is Likely to Cause Surprises BALLDOM'S WAR STAR, LONGSTO JOIN TEAM Noiv That the Big Battle Is Over, the Amiable Aggrcs sive Maskman of the Braves Awaits Only for Orders to Sail, Then Report IN THE SPORTLIGHT-By GRANTLAND RICE ' Coiirlsht, 1B10, ill rlctila reserved ) A YKAK can produce quite a 'number of changes in a citizen's existence, " but there Is a vast cap between April, 1918, and April, 1919, for Hank Gowdy. A year ago .this April date found Hank a sergeant In the 166th Infantry, Ohio National Guard, of the Rainbow Division, resting: at the moment In a fairly quiet sector, hut headed for one of the busiest little K-f ' Hy ROBERT W. MAXWELL "nnrtt i:dltop Evening Public I.edtrr (opwioht. lit, bv Public I.tflstr Co. Columbus. Ga., Apill 3. the 1319 edition or the Boston Braves with last year's Is like trying to pan off a flivver for a twelve-cylinder OMl'ARl.NC ggregatlon '.li rimnhnut It can't be done. Down flSA.' 1VC.S 1' C Ipyeil by Stalllngs are playing some km Sft'ls bead off and there arc evidences '??i- nvpp nn al be among : Rfc". E, I mT mi 1.7. -,.1 GEORGE STALLINGS Hank Gowdy Is looked for around May 1. With that pair of soldier athletes on the Job Boston must be considered a tirst-dlvlslon club. "The club looks better to me than at any time since 1915," said George Stalllngs after the morning workout. "The boys are working harder. .fro taking their Jobs more seriously I never have seen our training. -o much spirit, ttfllE pitchers look- good, anil while I am not pieihctlny a pen- vaiit or anything lihe that, I can .say that we have an inter esting ball club which irtW "in more gnmci than it loici. If Mar nnvtile and Hank Gowda uerc with the team I would lay with out hesitation ire hail the lieK looking squad since I hare been in Boston." Herzog Musi Prove Worth to Grant SI ITALLLN'CJS struck the right note when lie spoke about having an Inter 1 cstlns ball club. There is speed In the infield and outfield, the pitchers are going good, and tho catchers. John Henrv, Art WilsVjn and Walter Tragresser, also aie in shape. Walter Holke looks like a different player, Ulerjsog Is working harder, Schrelber probably will take the shortstop Job Ji.Rway from Itawlings until Maranvllle good as ever. , For the first time in manv veals Herzog 1 trvlng to make good at fiecohd base. Heretofore lie had the temperament of a hlgh-salailed star, ,,i player much sought for and considered an asset to the ball club. This 'f&year it Is different. He Milt has a iKig- contains the ten-day clause and he the new boss, did not give into a ' J''ccompllshlng something that hasn't R( Stormy Petrel has the same Mjeial li Judged on his 1919 efforts not past performances. Every day Herzog Is the flist man on ihc field. Ifo gets as much batting practice as possible and takes fielding practice around second base until the last batter has departed He still plays a wonderful game, Jmt it Is a question if he Is worth $10,000 to a ball club unless there Is a good chanceto win the pennant. Grant Is a shrewd business man, knows the afi "ufjn fue of a dollar nnd Is likely to make next month. In the meantime, Herzog is on trial. CHICK 31EE1IAX. the itar quarterback of Syiacuse in 1017. ft i candidate for second base and already has attracted considerable attention. He fields his position xrell, gets around balls on either side and Is a fair hitter. He has lots of room for improvement, but ftne year in the big shore should help. Meehan li ihorl and itorhy, a good xcaxter and an ideal lead-off mam Sclirciber. War Veteran, Loohs Good H ANK SClIUElBEIt Is another kid Of a finished ball player. His work at shortstop Is gilt-edged and no u ime'can kick on his hitting. In 1917 Jtasrabaliinsr average of .3C0 and was drafted in the fall. Before he could do jw, it .1.1 1 ......... 1. lntn.J Un ...-nl- ,n.,t 4n T.n...... r. .1 .... u 1 t. "''' yfcv" ItnyWllIIS, liuncvci, Il juuicu um miliar v;itL h i-iuwvo ,11111 IU1I1B IK1CP. lF "Wearing two service stripes. This youngster will bear watching, for he PKf.-s-'illtiO cun play second base if that position suddenly becomes vacant. Bi-fc They say the Braves are too old and too mediocre to do anything Bi" tfai-tllttf In tlie nunnnnt rierhv. Don't ou believe it. That rlnnn U nil wrong, and a public demonstration will be given on and after April 23. fliere are many good players on the team and the jitility material is exceptionally high class. The Inflelders, Hawllngs, Blackburn and Meehan, t,an fit In any place, but Blackburn is the most valuable substitute In the Jeague. He has a good arm, fields well at second, third or short and is fast fcvsv im tho bases. He has changed his Letter in that department. ' , The outfield also is well taken sk.i,ir ellcy. on the Job. Wlcklaml has been J place In right held, lieng, Jiassey mm tjiecesesary to find anotner man 10 nu 3 ' In. made good and looks like a fixture. i tThls bird has been trying to horn feW k.'waa a pup and has naa many ups K5n 'J'e went to the coast with the Bed MyfeJjpthe opening game, however, at ill hit him between the eyes anu lie-shy and was sent to St. raul. SSvlat'e'ri but he again was returned to St. Paul. At that time Dalton, Wheat jlfmd itengle were playing at the top of their gamo and Riggert was not rneeded. "effi-if. . ot. iouis iriea nun iicai, iui m ia b"i""s mino a a nome rup nuter tJ.Etfli'L the sticks. He failed to make an impression and was handed another :j'.4" ... .,.J1.t ..4 AUn - F&QfVaWrn ticket to St. Paul. Now he is ''linger Is he plate-shy, and instead yp4 pthffles. Although thirty-two years &bkay will stay with the club. . U . , . jA TOil MILLER, an outfielder K :V . 1 th Mnt. Tifjt kid was claimed by the New Torle Yanl-eei hm it- i- w., - - -- 'tiwi aieardrd to the Braves by ihtiWlt'tt.handcd thrower and batter Y$ .$! tried out by Connie Mack a '7i '' looks good. V ach Scott Rated as Another Babe Ruth pitching staff, which is most important, Is shaping up like a t midable bunch. In my travels thus far I have noticed the clubs are tionally well fixed In this department, and Boston is no exception Jfa one of tho best left-handers mostly wim ins neau, is in greac iorm; uiu James, Al Demaree and fan will form the relief squad; six otlieis are shaping up well. George again is In the big a, regular come-Dacs, jacK jKJMrttnp Is as good as he ever was valuable man. .fl'Ilo Braves ay they have another Babe Ruth In Jack Scott, the big ikh (.-bander, ' last year Jack was all ready to leave on the training trip when he was injured Jn an auto accident. His right hand was put out of buiUwes and ft took a year for a complete recovery. 'oTt s-fmkAifA. FlLVINOIM, wno had six straight victories last year "tr ifpre jolnlnff the navy, also nm spit oaii. out noio ra fj !Si,r",','''f,!? IHniitai .b'uliK hero In Georgia tho hired men em- great baseball, every one Is working of a deep-laid plot lo put something cnvnn nllirr nlitlts In thp V.stlnnfil League. There 1"! a different spirit from that shown In 191S, and If ever thing goes through as planned, thero will be something doing In the senior circuit, Boston Is the mstery club or the National League. According to the dope. Htiilllngs and his new owner, George Washington Grant, will be lucky to remain in the league. Hut that Is according to dope. In leallty, this mysterious gang looks better than nt any time In the last three years nnd will prove it at any timo oi place There Is a vast Improvement in the In flold, with Hnlke at first end a kid named Hchrelber at short, and an old biid labeled Riggert has added strength to the outfield In addition. Itabblt Maranvllle Is expected to those present about April lo and and act as If they really mean business and right now we aie weeks ahead In returns, and a:eu smnn is just as contract which calls for $10,000. but it must prove his woitli. Geoige Giant, single demand macle ny Heizle, thus been done for several years. The standing as any other plaj er and will some soit of a move befoie the end phenom who has every appearance he led the New England League with style or hitting and Is doing much oare of, with two regulars. Powell and a hold out, but Powell has taken his mutj imve ueni tiuueu, o 1L was in cenicnieiu. .job niggeri sieppea into the fast set since Trls Speaker ana uoi-inuaiiy uowim. m isii Sox and grabbed a Job as a. regular. his first time at bat, the first pitched unocKea mm coin. -Aier mat ne was Brooklyn gave him a tryout two years ..nnnl - .lHMAM.. .1 .... back again and intends to stick. No or Knocking homers he Is poling out old, he is remarkably fast and Stalllngs . fiom Richmond, also is trying for the Xatlonal Commission, lie is a - -, - and very fast. Eddie Kino, wfio fen? yedrs ago, has been signed In the league, and Dick Rudolph, who show and Ray Keating Is expected to aiaiiery, coacn or the pitchers says and his experience will make him a snows an improvement. lie n curio vimcn manes mm more "r pcarit-JHier,h rrtffl .ifcs. J litftiViinilBii if i i r pR BARslUM USED To BE AWFUL NICE TO iME AND SO ARE THf5 Rinsung; BoVS, They KNOVAJ HoUJ To TM CAT OS - - I GUESS THEY Kwouu their c-0 ciRcys VAOULDM'T AMOUNT TO MUCH IF IT WASN'T FOR OS ELEPHANTS fit . . xj BAIRD REJOINS , PHILLIES' SQUAD New Tnfieldcr Takes Light Workout Ts Almost Thawed Out DEFEAT BELMONT. 8 TO 1 rimrlnllr. V. C, April .1 Douglas Balrd,.who lias been In drdook for tlie Iat few days because of a heavy cold, returned to the fold today and tooU a lluht workout. Dour was almost froren lo death on Jlondav and forced to take It easy until lie was thawed out. will b dolus bis regular wotk tnmoioiw 1 The weather heie Is eer thing but i suitable for smlnir training Tin- sun Is hot. but theie Is too much opposition I from the cold, penetrating wind which sweeps the il.l.ltlK field The ball players are suffering and the elephants In the circus, which Is parked In the ' adjoining lot. Imagine some one has i played a cruel joke on them. The sluieks ' I of the pachederms and tlie crabbing of I 1 the ball plajers make the life of the' weatherman a'liaidshlp Record for Crarath s' 7. sf I t&i.Vi Yesterday Manager Coombs woiked the fracas, a double to tight " That sev- tl011 al tl,e Rhlhe lawn will not lake the men hard, and they were glad of it jfnth Inning ftnMied Klnne'i debut as a Place until .Monday -with Baltimore. It i.s easier and much warmer to he pitcher, for In the eighth Hill Oieveli; a 'n'e Orioles will hP opposed al Haltl kepl busy, and for that teason no one jan T.lne ensallnu last eai, was on lore on Satuiday and .Sunda . Is kicking about the extta toll .lack n,e tee. " had the pitchers practicing the shortest i loule to first base to cover on bunts and did Ihelr work well. They located the hag eery time and scored many put outs on imaginary runnels. Oawy Cra ath ilajed first, tliereb getting a good workout without knowing it He figured he had 1,000,000 put-outs and li.000,000 assists in two houis. I The second team, or the voiubs, or whateer the extra club Is called, trav eled to Belmont College yesterday after noon and soaked the students In the ball game by the score of 8 to 1 Oeschger, Prendergast and Casazzas did the twirl ing and their stuff went big In Belmont, i N c l.mlerus on Sidelines Fred I.uderus, our e-captaln. Is suf fering fiom a frozen foot or fiost-bltten fingers, or something like that, and Is 1 reclining on the side lines. Mike Dee Is I studying first aid to the injured in the arctic circle and will be able to diagnose Fred's Illness In a day or so Despite the weather, which is nothing like that In the other training camps, Coombs !s working his men hard, and, I strange as It may seme, they are In i good shape. They are a healthy, sturdy i lot of players, which accounts for theli ability to stand up under the strain. If the weather gets cold In the early pait ' of the season they will not be annoyed I or worried. After a couple of weeks down here they could go up In the Cana dian I.eague and make good. Tomorrow the hardened athletes will 1 nlay the A. and K. College, whatever that means, and will win. This Is Inside dope and can be played across the boards. TILDE N BEATS IN SENS A National Clay Court Champion Three Hard Sets Plays Lieutenant Bull, Yale Star, Today New VorU, April 3. Semifinal matches In both singles and doubles are to be decided today In the national Indoor tennis championship tournament at the Seventh Regiment Armory here. Will iam T. Tllden, Id, of Philadelphia, who jesterday eliminated the Indoor cham pion, Lieutenant S. Howard Voshel. will meet liYank T. Anderson, of Brooklyn, and Vincent Richards, the boy star, plays Lieutenant Peter Ball, of Yale. In the doubles. Frederick B. Alex ander and Dr. William Rosenbaum, con querors of King Smith and Q. C. Shafer, the tttleholders. will oppose the Ander son brothers. Tllden and Richards, turf doubles champions, will face Allen Behr and Harry J, Steinkampf, Voshell's airplane service, backed by some wonderful work at the net, had Tllden worried during the entire match. Try as he might, the clay court cham pion could not solve the Voahell attack In the first set and It was only by vary ing; his game in purillnp fashion, cou pled with some wonderful back-handed kills, that he pulled the second set out of the fire. The third net was a corker and Tllden outdid himself In a stunning rvi V py inwuni wr ifittmif; ot inc inuiie, t una Mnr nmnn, gvvsjsrurH, pficr two fiillially. jna.nKKinB.' b brejk" ihiwwtej'tonsr.drawn.out et.ia.4o lWWWr ukll' UitKlK and take m,ot kd iture alch oflhe dwP 1fniin.C I Those lionjs Ar4D Tl SBR.S MAKE ME. LAUGH. Gee How They HATE ME. jAI OUSY. I LlKe CL0IAJW5 AND TneiR. FUNNY STUFF 3osh- There's Pat VALDo - HE'S A DANDY CLOUJN YfcO SET .S 1 . In1 a fJfii ? KINNEY PRO VES HE'S REAL HITTING-HURLER Big Bill Scores Twice. Gets Double and Steals Base in One Inning Against Garnet BURKS rs BAT WICKED R EDWIN .1. POLLOCK TIU. KI.VVKY. Connie Macks new XJ ports porlslilei. Is a liwncr testininnlal to some pitcheis ran hit," the theory that Ue!and willing Willi im h out to stay up In I tlie big tent nut on1" on his twirling I merits, hut h's0 oh nl swatting ability. I Big Hill was in-eitpil into the Swarth-'nini-e sciap .esteiday and. nltbougn he dfdn'l hae niueli chance to eslilblt his pitching waies. he ueate'd tjults an im piesslon :ls a slugger. The Texas twlrler was In ihe came onlv one ln- nlng. hut in that one frame, whlc was two a riot or running, he deposited tallies at the' nlale. Three of the four fiarnet vouths who s wnu ictlms I ucea uie southerner were easv , of the southpaw slants, but Dudley )urllev 'bloke Ibrouirh wlih 1ii nniv carol. nr 'Scored twice Kinney was the flist batter In the A's half or the seventh and he wisely boked over I.ai kin's slants. He watched four had ones go bv and trotted to first. T.arkln was wild and when he did get the ball over It was easy to lilt. The result was that William had another turn at bat after he had Ecored on his walk. His second offering lo tile Mack total of lilts was a double that whizzed like a typewriter bullet to right center. Then "William did the unexpected for a pitcher and got away with It. He stole third and scored on Grover's sec ond lilt of the Inning. It took some sprinting to teach second on his hit and It took some hprlntlng lo steal third, all of which goes to prove that willing Will Is a good base runner as well as a good hitter and a good pitcher. George Burns was another member of the Mack payroll who had a lot to,do with Hie 1S-4 rout handed the collegians. Working In the receiving ship as a gob at League Island has not driven any of the keenness from CSeorge's 'yes. He's a trifle off form In getting the ball into home-run alley, but Btlll he's not missing file whenever he aims. Burns In Form Geotge had five trips to the plate during the first practice tilt of the sea son, and In those quintet of chances he collected two singles, a double, a walk and three runs. That's a fair after noon's work for any big leaguer, even If it Is agalnHt a college club. Hoy Grover reported for practice for the first time yesterday morning, and was Inserted Into the game at left' field VO SHELL TIONA L MA TCH Downs Indoor Titleholtler After the match. The seme was 4-6, 8-6, 13-12. Faced with the alternative of default ing or showing up. Tllden decided to be on hand, and besides defeating Voahell he and young Vincent Richards, holders of the national doubles crown, easily defeated Voshell and Craig Illddle In a third-round doubles contest by 6-3, 6-3. Young Fred Anderson, of New York, surprised the sharps by taking ihe first set of his singles match with A'lncent Richards, 6-1, but the national boys' champion came right back and won the next two sets and the match, C-4, C-3. Peter Ball, the youthful Yale star, who haa been the surprise of this tourna ment, kept up his good work by trim ming Walter Toussalnt. of the New York Tennis Club, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, while rrantv inuerson, ine junior cuampion, also advanced to the semifinals by vir tue of a well-earned victory over I B. Dalley, Glenvvood, 6-0, 6-3, The Anderson boys, Fred and Frank, staged the big surprise of the doubles section today by trouncing; Walter Tous salnt .and Kre H. Letson. New York, 6-2,- 1-4, FreadyAlexander and Dr. William Rosenbaum. both of New York, defeated Carlton Shafer, Philadelphia, -AUJ-W- HGRE COMES' Tm& GUY VAilTH ALL THE FUSSY STUFF Tt PUT on top of me 3a I'll LOOK PRETTY IN T-G GRAND PAGGNT, rJ) f, ''7. . Eddie Murphy Joins the List of Holdouts s.raiitiMi, 1'h April ,1. -It has be come knoii here "IMdie" Murphy, of Uunmore, I'a., fonnerly a inemticr of the Philadelphia Athletics, now, owned by the Chicago Ainerlc-aiM. is a salary holdout and lias not reported to Manager (ileasou for spring train ing. Murphy Is ilNpleased because of the .salary cut given him by the Chicago management He says ho will not go South unless a Millame contract Is tendeied hint. in the afternoon. Kroin the way he I judged files he wouldn't get a job with Swaithmore for the outer gaiden, but ! Hoy doesn't ilaim to be an outfielder. ' He's after an Infield berlh. and plainly 'showed bv his wmk In left that he wasn't an outfielder However. yroer didn't do so bad at that, getting a single land a double In Ihe opportunities. i Uefoie tlie next home piecliamplon- shin tiff. Mack expects his other two ', outfleldeis, Tilly Walker nnd Meilln tvnnn nn 11i ti.,cfiiin f'nnnU f-aoelx ttrl KoPP. on the p.tstuie. .-,- - " - w.....D .......-- --.......... ,u ,,,,. n.aiein now 111 a wlie fioni Kopp esterday saying lhatl""f" , , a under Dr. Al Sharpe, was "e wouiu ne nere lomorrow. walker is,""r"-" "' w''iii ainieiic circles. A, expected Saturday The next rxhibl JACK BEATS MXULLOUGH Local Skalcr Wins by Quarter j Lap; Clark Receives Watch W. II. Jack, of West Philadelphia de feated Billy McC'ullough. the Wlldwood jouth. Jn the return one-mile loller skating lace.at the Palace Ulnk, Thirty- ninth and M'aiket stieets, last evening. Jack finished flist in Monday night's I ate, urn iai! uisquaiiuea lor unintftji tlonal fouling and the race awarded to McCulIough, B6hn, a sailor, won the race ror service men. Prior to the races Manacer Jlmmv Clark was presented with a handsome gold, split -second. Swiss movement watch by his many friends and admirers. Charles u. Warner, secretary of the Drexel Middle Bible classes, made the. presentation speech. MRS. BARLOW DEFEATED Loses Qualifying Medal to Mrs. Dororiiy Campbell rinrliurat, V. f April 3. Mrs. Doro.' thy Campbell.Ilurd defeated Mrs Ronald II. Barlow, the north and south cham pion, at Pinehurst yesterday In the s.cond play-off of their tie for the quallfjlng medal In the women's noith and south tournament The first attempt to bettle the matter resulted In a second tie, and Mrs. Hurd won yesterday by" a single stroke. Neither was going particularly well, Mrs. Hurd winning with a 93 to Mrs, Barlow's 94. Temple University Girl Triumph The women's varsity cage team, of Temple I'nlvariitv, last night defeated tho WfBt Branch V M C A. girls. 21 to 1. Misses Von Hagen and Walton starred- fcHfifl M0CK.Y BUNNIN Former Soulli Philadelphia High Mar, who played a great game with S. P. H. A. in e American Leagse IhU, rtMMte' w.y.eflle r i . prjgsw" 't ' ' II a IT " 4,cr wi n - r v "' ' Tmere' The rvusiC STARTING UP- WELL iT'i A GAY LIPC AFTSR ALL - I've Been with The v3hou Busiwes FIFTY YeARS AND I'M BEGINNING To LlKe IT- PERCY HAUGHT0N QUITSTOOTBALL Famous Harvard Coach An nounces Retirement Be cause of Business v NO SUCCESSOR NAMED Iliipilnii, April 3. The retirement from' football activities of Percy D. Haughtnn, for nine ears coach of Harvard elevens, was announced by him jesterday. Mr. Haughton. recently discharged from Ills commission as major in the army, said that business Inteiesls unnt.i ,,,.. I.l.s time. H" The spring training at Ilaiward. j scheduled to start this week, has been delayed because neither Haughton nor other former Crimson coaches were, assV.'t' ,''c? Uarv- formerly principal , assistant. Is also In business. -o statement was available last night The possib.uty of Hanaro' appEolnUnKa graduate coach to supervise all major athletics, similar , 1.- ... . .. " uj jiMiirninn'o t rnknki. .,' ',!'"'. """ avaranie ror such a uosl. Hon jms beeM lnaie for gQme , R f- Haughton. a good tackle on Harvard i elevens In his undergraduate days, be-I came coach of the football team In 1909. I learns coached by him since that time ! nave won the games with Yale, by which ' he success of Harvaid's football season Is, annually Judged, In five of the nine vears, with two Yale victories and two ' Dresser Returns lo Cornell Ifhura. N. V April 3. Tvan riremer! returned to Cornell University veiterdjvf after being engaged In ehln building acllvl- ties mnie last spring. He- won the two- niLe..L"'B flf ,he lntercolteglte last year hiL m.r..wl.lLireDrewn Corn 'n all the big meets this season. J How doiii Opens With Harvard Brunswick. Me.. April 3. Bowdoln L'ol- Hr,-.i" ,?.en dW baMb"'" season with Harvard at Cambridge next Wednesday, and vv II ,!osb It with a game with the Unlver lt "f Malne.at Orono on Jun 7 Seton Hall Defeats Army I uV,'!1 l?l?,t.N V April a. The Seton Hall baseball team, defeated the Arnmiilne here esterday In a faat game. 5 to 4. Middies Lose First Came nnamlla. Mil. April 3 In the op-nlng giimo of the local baseball season the Baltl" more Club nf the international League de feated the Midshipmen 8 to . "r"u" ue , Am ' ' nr ! .i . I SCRAPS ABOUT SCRAPPERS JOHNNY TILLMAN will make his shore debut when he takes on Wal ter Molir In the eight-round feature at the Atlant'c City Sporting Club tonight. This will be Tillman's first start since bis battle with Johnny Griffiths In Akron three-weeks ago. Tillman first was booked to face Young Joe Borrell, but the Italian slug ger was unable to fill (he engagement. Mohr has fought the best among the lightweights. He is a good hitter and always dangerous. Max Williamson, the Quaker City en try, who surpHsed by holding Battling Leonard to a draw In six sensational rounds, opposes Willie Spencer In the eight-round seml-wlndup. Two other good bouts complete the program. Johnny Burns has naltllng Murra- in nape for that six-round session with Jack Kile, of hew York. Thess flashy flyweights mix in the Cambria feature tomorrow njght M,V.r,y h.0rf t0 t smash at Jimmy Wilde and Is taking no chances on losing to. any of the home entries. Kevrple C'fllltnder makes hU second ap pearance in this city when ha battles Young Merino In a return bout In the Cambria semlwlnd-up. If Calender wins ha will meet Murray In a Cambria wind-up shortly The other bouts present Johnny Moloney vs. Jimmy Tlerney. Welter Itennle vs. Joe Jack son and Young Duck vs, Young Hoppf. Johnny Kllban was observed riding through the Park yesterday on horseback. The charoplon Insists that li Is a wonderful conditioner and plans to take this form of workout every morning during his stay here. Kllbsne meets Artie O'Leary In the wind-up at the National Saturday night and hopes to make It to knockouts during the week, . Johnny tVoltast will be seen In the Na. tlonal semlwlnd-un against Bailor EddU Trembley. The sailor boy ha the class and la a good puncher. He should mske It In teresting for the Lancaster middleweight In the other bouts Quisle Lwls appears against DaveMeler. wily Mines battles Young IIuclc Fleming and Jack Lester en gages Jmmy Mendo, v Id's y" w UtmwAb WtfHW7 springs and summers I.nnk Hank ever will know again. It was only shortly after this that the Ttalnbow- Division was thrown In with the French lo lepel the massive German offensive along the Champagne front, where the Teu tonic assault, wave after wave, was literally cut and blown to pieces the most effective check any (Jennan attack ever had met. This was only the start. The Itainbow array was tossed back Into action late in .Inly just this side nf the Ourcq. Coming- along the road leading Into the woods near Fere-en-Tardenola one morning we heard a "familiar voice. And theip, slogging up tho road, was Lank Hank and his famous grin. Some ono had said a few bouts before that Hank had lost a leg. "That iumor," said. Hank, "is practically unfounded. I think I've walked both my feet off, but my legs aie still hanging ... LflS regiment had draion Its share of rough work, but the first " major league ball pliyer to enlist was still cheerful. Hank's Reappearance m, St. Mihiel Salient fTIHAT was early In August. Five or six weeks later we happened to b -- batting around the woods near Lemarches, in the St. Mihiel salient. It was pouring rain and the mtid was knee-deep. Just around the turn a bedraggled figure emeiged from the underbtush. minus a fresh shave, with tuo or three inches of mud scattered up and down his person. It was Lank Hank again. The smile was still there, but a trifle sub dued. Hank had been sleeping in this same stretch of woods for five nights with only one blanket. It was little better than a swamp. It was no place to spend a pleasant night If jou had ten blankets. "It's a great war," said Hank. "I hope I'm going to like It, for I think II will be my last one. I wouldn't mln'd It so much If I thought by next A-prll I'd be pegging one down to second again. How long Is it going to last, anyhow?" "Olr, not over three or four years," we said, to offer all possible cheer. An hour later we told him good-by again, and the tall catcher drifted back Into the woods to see If nny one had pilfered his lone blanket during his absence. . llTO "WOXDEIl llanl had lost a small section of his ancient smile. " The woods he happened lo be inhabiting were a mixture nf thicU underbrush and swamp under heavy rain all dayuiider heavy rain and heavier shell fire all night. , The Last Stop, Thence Homeward Bound THK last time we saw Sergeant Gowdy came with a glimpse of pink hair gleaming through the Itlienlsh fogs. Hank was lured. Into Coblenn for a two-day visit. This was lato Decem ber, and Hank Was ready to start home. "Tho war being over," he said, "I'd sure like to get back in time to go South with tlie bunch next March, I'm" no longer a youngster and I've been out two jears already. When do we move away from here?" H LOOKUP to be in fine physical shape, 't'heie is no great amount of fun carrying an thiough I'rrnrh mud, but for all that Gowdys Career Has ANK was born just thirty years ago tt M opened his professional career In League. After two seasons In Lancaster he reported to Dallas in the Texas League in' 1010. In 1911 he joined the Giants and was later traded to Boston. In 1913 he was sent to Buffalo, where he batted .317, and so was promptly, recalled. In 1914 He rose to his greatest baseball heights when he batted over .300 against Uie Athletics, pounded the ball all over the lot and drove In enough runs almost unaided to win tlie series. Hank never. has been a great hitter, ranging between .247 nnd ,287. But he has always been a dangerous man at hat and one of the steadiest catchers in the-game. .V 191" he played In forty-nine games and then chucked the gray uniform of Ilostoir for the khaki of Uncle Sam. Good for Morale BEYOND his baseball ability, Gowdy always was considered a good man for the club on account of his cheerful and amiable aggressiveness. He was good for morale. That grin of his nlone was a morale maker. Things couldn't break too badly to get Hank's goat. He always-has hustled and given his best. In going In when he, did, Hank did something more than serve his country. He was one of the very few" who helped the game from sinking to disgrace by entering the service early at a time when 4nen were needed most. TIIKltE aie vioie than a few who will be ready to welcome him home with a leceptton worth while. here, when he engages Vox in the Olympla feature on Monday night. Fox. who han tired a challenge to Kllban. does lint In tend to take any chances on losing to Tlplllz for a reverse would deprive him of a meet ing with the champion. Johnny Moloney will go tn the nn't In th Otympla semlwlnd-up. opposing Abe Fried man, the New York featherweight. The third bout will Ind f'ronkle Daley and Kddle Mullln entertaining, In the ether bouts Wally Nelson meets hUdls Walsh and Goodie Welsh engages Roy Ennls. l-ew Tendler will witer the' ring for the first time since his meeting with Welling On February when ho battles Johnnv Mnhonev in Wllkes-Harre on April 14-. Thla Infor mation was announced by Nick Hayes, the ur-Stato Philadelphia representative, yester day. -TA Tilhftm r We'll Make to Your Order a SPRING SUIT ,00 Just the flnsgt materials- you Tr aw, and, of course. psrfsot fit una absolute aatisfao tlon, are aiiurcd. V 104 South 8ih8t. (JtllUaiatm4J M - ' W f V:sjt on." HANK GOWDY army pack for eighteen months it's a great conditioner. Been Rochy One this spring in Columbus, O. H 1908 with Lancaster In the O. and P. I aBaHuPBQsfilL i UQgmfLlHB Ia MVERY-DAYlSMbKpBaM ' Havana that P' ttlH 1 I neyer tires the BngsSg " I 1 tongue or taste. ESaB .'J ilV KrSflSsfiii W At all cigar sellers fji-$.i -ll l BAYUK BROS.fefc XS" Also Manufacturers of 1 MB m ; i ' fl the Famous n oH yj Prince Hamlet Coari(ld2fl0U ,&? V i-HiLADEurjiiA JiTWUBm "A IU ill, BbbbbW Hr Nv 1 l SI ' 1 i i Pa ." .3 I iL iVi
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