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f OOTB At L ABOUT TO OPEN ITS GATES FOR THE GREATEST SEASON IN HISTORY OF SPORT
FOOTBALL DUE FOR
MOST SUCCESSFUL
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Return of Harvard, Yale ahdPrinccton and Increased
Interest in Sport Due to fitAPopularity in A rwy
Should Aid iiiRcviual
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TTN'LESS the sport barometer a trifle wnity nml rrculrrnis tpurliHi
notches, football Is about to tcp into nnc of tH" tnot succcM-ful .rasons in
Wltorj. Oridiron fans throughout the country arc anlou1.r mvnitinK the
opening acts after havins suffered thrmiKh tun Ioijr. ilis-mal jear.s of innr
tlTlty. Tlic bijf war put tho nrncclnn out of step Veonn'o the inot pronn
Ing athletes found It more to their lining to shmc tli Hun nil over the map
Instead of sinking their cleats in a clinlk-ninrkecl lidd". l'ontbill plnvpi- did
wonderful work in France and servnl their countr. h vifl H-. nnv other In and
of athletes.
While the world was being made -afe for ilcinnrrnr.'tj. sports in the rol
leges did not prosper. A few teami were developed, bn? Pittsburgh nlone
played a high -class game. Yale. Harvard. T'rinceton and Cornell did not at
tempt to do anything InFl veni. and their vvithilr.ivvnl took ithe edge off the
autumn pastimp. War regulation", which prohibited overnight trips until the
month of November, and the iufliicnz-i epidemic alao ruined jicrferth grmd
schedules, and the rabid fan hnd little nppnrtuuilv to heroine interested in lin
favorite sport.
Now, honever, everything ha ch.inged The card hnc brcir .luilllecl for
a new deal, the "Iiig Three" hae returned to the fold and the t,liocr are
willing, eager and auiinu' to don thp molevkins and plnv a game' in which
their lives are not at take. Militarj training vull help cmi-.idrrnbljv,. for the
men arc accustomed to discipline and will earn out the order of tlieuA com lies
without question.
Rut the big thing is the return of Yale. Harvard and t'rinceton after two
years of that alleged football, label "informal." Tho-c college et the ytyle
ach year.
'VITEY arc Ac real leadns and every mot r n i Irnrli fnllou nl. 'I hey
ffi'te the game the necessary boost, arourr intcicst in cirrn section '
of the country and blaze the liat.
Expect Protests Over Eligibility nf Veterans
TX A JIHORT time some one will look over the list of platers on the nn
ous teams and raise a big howl about the eligibility of nianj of the 1010
atars who vvrrc supposed t have finished their athletic careers. Time rent-, is
long time in the athletic world, and it will be aid that the old men should he
disqualified.
For example. I'enn State has three captains- trying for the team. After
one entered the service, another was cle ted and when he enlisted the thud was
named. When the Inst man joined the arnij. no fuither elections were held be
cailM there wasn't a veteran left. The S. A. T. (' students played out the
schedule. There also are men on the I'mveiMtj of Pennsylvania. Cornell.
Dartmouth, Pittsburgh. Yale, Harvard in fact nearly every college will be
affected.
The war wiped out cligibilitj rules for this year. Theie should be no
question as to the right of any boua Hide college student to pla.v . for be is in
college to resume his studies and get his degree. He left school because it vvns
his patriotic duty to do so. and after giviug everything he hnd to his country
and gambled with life itself, he should bo received with open nrni.
In the West, the Conference rules will take care of the eligibility of the
players, but in the East' it will be up to the different colleges. If n rpitain
university rules that certain men are eligible, everything should drop right
there. The soldier athletes are entitled to the utmost consideiatiou.
Informal football does not count. If a man plated two jeais on Yale.
Harvard or Princeton and was not a regular member of thp team in Hill'., he
till is eligible to play three ypars. If a plnyer made the team for the first time
in 1101(1, he still is eligible for the pIpvpus of WW and 1 flV.0. This is no moip
than right, for thp men cannot be blamed for Piitenng the war any more than
returning to sihool to finish their education
The thing to do is to forget all about the past nnd stnrt a'l t again.
(Wipe off the slate and forget to protest the star players. Look at i miH
tary records instead of those they made in college.
AXYWAY, the college faculties arc not lax in their methods. They
are fair and seldom guc ihemsches any the best of it.
Eligibility Question Will Not Annoy Princeton
ONE college, however, will not be annoyed by the eligibility question, and
tl,ne la Pplnnalnn Vnl ntm Intlnc ,.io ,,-ill -tiin ,1.!.. fnll .. ., .
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li" tirely new team will be developed This
.1f" of Head Coach Hill Roper will be watched
tain-elect of the 11I17 eleven, has left college, nnd others went into business
at the close of the war
However, Roper will have his informal team of last year to fall back on.
and judging from reports, it was a good one. The Princeton tutor says he
will have one of the best teams in the countrv. and the chances nre he will.
He' knows the material with which he will have to work, nnd there will be
tome classy candidates fiom thp scrubs and fipshmen tennis.
Iloper Coached the infocmals last year and got a good line on the men.
While his task is one of thp hardest that confronts a big college conch, hp has
one promising stuff to work on. Incidentally, Kill returns to Princeton after
an abtence of eight years. He was head coach in 1000, '07, 'OS, '10 and '11
and had charge of Swarthmorc in Wlo and '10.
.' Jale also has a new coach in Dr. Al Shnrpe, but the doctor has a nucleus
j areund which to 'build a team. Jim Brndcn, Xevllle, Lay, La Hoche, Murphy
l tnil ' i.Vnpti ara flndirlnlna fop tlin TiacLfipld n nil A.Ala r!nl ...! -, . ....
CUahan'vvill try for jobs in the linp.s Sharpe comes from Cornell, where he
was very successful. He placed the lthncaus on the footbnll map after years of
failure, and should do the same for Yale. He knows footbnll and is regarded
aa one of the best coaches in the country.
Bob Fisher succeeds Haughton at Harvard, nnd has some good plnvers to
help him along. Eddie Casey, the flashy bncl; t W10, has returned, and Bj
Murray, Felton nnd nalph Horween also aic on the job. Morris Plunncv an
end, is another old man rcadv for work .
WHERE are many linemen to select from, the principal ones being
Jlaitey and Woods, tackles on the 1920 frcslinun, and Thorndike
and Siubbs cho played guards on thr inmi- clcien. Philbm and
llorrison are the leading candidates for center.
Rusli Will Rush at Cornell
rriAKING it all in all, Harvard seems to huve the better material and should
have a great team this year. Still, it's rather early to make predictions,
and it must be remembered in football, as well as baseball, you never can tell.
Cornell also has a new coach. Speedy Hush, of Princeton, will be in
charge, with Cool and Van (Jrman as assistants. Rush will have Shiverick, one
of the best backs ever developed at Ithaca, to lean on, nnd Ilretz nnd Hcncdict,
halfbacks of the 1010 team, will be on hand to fill a couple of the other bnck
liefd positions. (Jilles, the big tackle, and Miller, a guard, complete the list
of veterans.
Dixon, Sutton nnd Taylor, substitute linemen in Ifllft, have nnnminccil
their intention of returning, and John Shuler, the sensational halfback on the
J910 freshmen, will give tome of the older men a battle for their jobs.
rHEKE is a spirit of optimism among the uric coaches. Ask any
one of them the piospcets for a successful season and he trill reply:
"Fine. Xever saic such material. M'e itilt hare the best team in the
country."
Hush! Hush! Football Commences '
TQIS is the closed season for football gates. Coaches in many realms where
the pigskin flies high and the warriors fall hard have started already to
Jock the gate's on their proteges' work, so only the birds and the high -climbing
Ida can g-tvfc the action the once over. Lafayette players cannot escape to
Je ahowera any more and the same principle is being carried out at Chicago
4d other gridiron places. The theory U that the results of the play is then to
Hrulged in a terrible victory over the opposition in the first game. If the
o'j-hush and highly accretive team loses, then the gates arc closed again, and
Jptb. In these days of reconnaissance, it does not pay the hard-working
- -4ft to ahovv too much of his hand before the machinery gets working
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P ''W'l'vc; ore, on oK hatidt. according
Jouglaiti?.ieio sustcm.
,,, iuuiii mil mil, UIH1 nn eu-
is something unusual, and the work
with interest. Marion Wilsun can-
to e uope, Killing al all timet to Oop
OH, MAN!
I-amd i Petri. BeTTl Joe.- peel hkg ) lTHSRe's rJo argomsiot
FOR T- I CAM TORN r- COULD taO "TvaJEHTY i I Joe PRoHtQtTlOiO IsS J
OUT MORE WORK AnD -RoUMJ5S WITH ArAT BODV. J ( REALl-T A GOOD THING r
BETTER" WORK -" I LOOK AT MYCHIEST sS FR 0& Ah4D we -,f,sr
(sirejJjLrpRST 0& V -"'Tr' v t lMAV AS AiLt-adIJ;
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IWESF PHILLY mTDEVEREUXMILBURN STRADSTS LOST "
: MANY CANDIDATES m TH0RPE S2L0 TO PENN ELEVEN
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Howard Berry Has Tough Job Around Work Makes
to Weed Out Weaker Foot- ' Him Game's Best Com
ball Material bination Man
VETERANS HARD AT WORKTTLE FOR ROCKAWAY
rtvM'.uii pimp
I. Howaid I'.erry. greatest of Phil
adelphia's athli-es. has nn awfully big
proposition on ii' hands out around
Kingscsslng Kccialion (Viitic. l'oit.v
i,,n, Bimei nnVl Chester avenue
.1. Howard, you fcnovv. bns conseniefi (lung that goes to make nn idenl poloist
In conch West Philadelphia High( the ,nis w1Pn Thorpe was tcr
School's football jtcnm this yeai. rniizing thp opposition as n member of
TIipip nrp onl.v tlnlt score and ten n,0 cniie Indians, the enemy always
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candidates out each Afternoon enileay
onus to mnke n regifinr nenn on me
Speedbnv eleven Thai1 vvheie Uerrj 's
job comes in- thai of w.Vding out fiftv
nine of tlie aspiring voihs nnd tving
the tinware on 'em. Ale of which is
no small task.
Tor several jears West Vhillv's col
ors on the chalked -off bnttV'fipl,l ""'
been trampled on and left iVr beliind
Play eis nnd constituents lvve been
forced, in gloomy displeasuie to sec
some other school forge to tXe front
nn the giidiron. It couldn't be dielped.
For s-ome reason or other, molVv be
cause of poor football material the
Wni-t I'liiliiili'liihiiiiis have been ""out
of luck" din ins the months of fnotjvall
nil vtiimntr
lint now Howard Hem. who ,'s'
slionc for West P hi nic una Hid'
School ft ii il noi liecaun- lie useii io so t( -
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N'oithensi. when- he won mulling fnine
as a loothallpr. hnsenailpr anil every-
thing, has cmr.p forth to
speedbors fiom the rut.
dig up the
Star at Northeast
As a gridder at Northeast and at
I'enn, there werp few, if any, better
than Rerrv. If he' is able to injpet
some of Ins own lootuall nnility into
nbout eleven of the seventy he has un
der his wing. .1. Howard ought to have
a rather nifty gridiron gang.
Seventv candidates for a Speedbov
football team is u record. Never before
in the history of the West Pliilly school
lias such a young nrmy of grid aspirants
turned out to strive for the eleven
positions. Iterry is pleased to hnve so
laigi- un audience listen to his football
talks.
While Hcrty intunlly has a veteran
eleveu. In- is going to give every oue a
chance. The men from Inst jenr's team
who nir answering to their names at
rollcall daily are Wood and YVitheron ,
a pair of ends; McAllister nnd .leffcott.
tackles. HeinU and Clark, guards;
HoswpII. centre; Welsh, quarterback ,
Swret nnd Merry, halfbacks, and
Kneass, fullback. No, Halfback Iterry
is not related to Coach Berry. He is n
former Hnverford star.
At Lower .Merlon
As the first game is not scheduled
until October 4, at Lower Merion High
School, no definite combination has
been picked. There are several new
enndidutes who look particularly piom
ising. Among them nre Karr, Young,
liuckley, (iordon nnd Stewart.
The tenm suffered a severe blow
when Youug. n half back Inst year nud
basketball star, nuuounced that he
would uot be able Io play this season.
Young vvus badly hurt in an automobile
accident late in the summer.
As "Debs" Davis, captain-elect of
the team, will not return to school,
another enptain will be elected before
the first game.
O'Brien to Compete at Ottawa
N- Vork Sent 23 Jamn J O Brlsn ef
!hi Umghlin i.ceum. iorai nurter-mll
champion, and 1'at lljan, a eluhmate who
holdi tho iMtional 11-pound hammer throw
ing title vlll compete at Ottawa, Canada.
Saturday In th Canadian track and nld
championship Thla wa announced today
when the two athletea received permits to
leave the local dlntrlet. O'Brien plans to
seek two titles In the coinin Dominion
a-atnes He Is scheduled to start in the 220
yard dash and the 440-yard run Ilyan will
seek titles In his iptclaltles. the fo-pound
hammer throw and the US-pound w elf lit
throw. ,
Cornell-Dartmouth Game
New York, Sept 23 -Announcement was
made last mint that the Cornell-Dartmouth
football eeme, orlglnallv echduled to bu
played at the stadium of the Collece ot the
iltr of New Tors, had been transferred to
the tf-oto Grounds The date, October 23,
rerUln vinch,9n-td
b7 V hey. Joe?
Veadowbrook Star's All-
Hy JAMKS S. CAROLAN
fTlllK .Tim Thorpe of polo Dcvcrcux
X Milburu.
What the famous redskin was to
football the wonder Milburu is to polo
-Milliurn is a luiubinatiuii of every
pmr, that continual menace n Thorpe
dash around end and a run to the goal,
oi a Thin pe punt from under the shadow
of his own goal that would carry the
length of the Held and take the play
into alien territory .
Thorpe was a real menace.
Devereux Milburn, a dashing, driv
iug, fcnrless player, oven in a practice
game, displayed the class that now rates
him about the best poloist of the day.
Terrific Driver
Milburn has the respect of every man
on the field teammate and foe alike.
He inspires and strikes terror. Once
he starts after the speeding white
sphere the others seem to turn in the
oppositp direction. There's n reason
sphere the others seem to turn in the
nrmocitp ilirpclion. There's n reason
Milburn nevpr dribbles. He does not
nurse the so here, even with the neai est
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riilei manv yards nvvay. lies a ilin
ng demon and be employs that richt.
iknhicli leReinbles a Demnspy wing in
i-v-inHruction.
to carry the play right
tcl the opposing goal
'iMilburn cave one of his grratpst px
hibVtions of driving in an exhibition
gant' at Ttrvn Mawr yesterday after
noon His long, accurate shots earlv
won ft'ie ndmlration of the crowd and
perbntv long before this had earned the
respect .of the foe.
Always Effective
The TIk"irpc of polo plays deep He
never mates a useless move. Lverv
time one f his thoroughbred steeds
starts in ftie direction of the white
pellet snmetlivng nlways happens. Hither
forehand or .backhand Milburn is ill
eidedlv effectie. The ball does not
roll it glides through spnee like a
bullet
Is it anv vvnndV-r that the others hike
to fliuht when "Wiorpc" Milburn takes
a smash nt the bii,lplcs pellet?
For four periods yesterday the Long
Island Freebooters, captained bv Mil
bum. trailed the B.vn Mawr qunitet
The w-nrc nl half t.me was I '' nnd
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the only tallies credrted to the I ree
hooters were made by Milburu.
Then enme the fifth ryriod. Milburn
led n vicious attack. HI" forgot it was
only a practice clash tyml began to
crash into the fray with liie same spirit
that marked his daring Vork in the
international match in 101a'.
Some Scoring
Milburn started a drive lhat re
sulted in the Freebooters tavlying six
goals during the period which as over
time by nearly two minutes. When
not actually scoring himself he- plmed
the sphere with such accurncv. thnt
it was easy for one of his mat)1 to
send it over for the point.
He made one goal in that fifth peyiod
that was a wonder. He virtually picked
the sphere off the boards and drove it
100 yards directly between the postji.
His second goal in this period vvnv
made from the 100ynrd mark and saileiV
high and far between tho posts. Tlsisw
wns the first goal of the tourney, which I,
made a long aerial voyage before it
counted.
Only one rdan on the field had any
kind of a chance against Milburn's
driving game. That was ,T, Watson
Webb, a southpaw, who was the Mil
burn of the BrynMawr aggregation.
Wanamalier Battles
It seemed strange that one of the
youngest players in the game had the
assignment to "cover" the powerful
Milburn, Young Rodman AVanamaker
never failed to give batle when the
chance presented itself and n a nuni-
ber of occasions durlngvthe afternoon
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Umk t,le ball away from the Thorpe
t polo.
,l mat nun period coiim oe eraseu
""i uie recorus ins game wouiil DC
in very close one. J he tinnl count was
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Kreeboolers, 11; Urjn Mawr, 5:Jj, and
it was that six -goal fifth period which
made victory possible for the Long
Islanders,
The l'rcebootcrs vcnt through the
game without receiving n penalty. The
home team lost l',i points through
penalties.
No Game Today
Everything will be quiet nt the Coun
try Club this afternoon. The Coun
try Club team defaulted in the final
iouuiI for the senior title nnd this en
abled the Itockavvny four, coiquerors
of Meadow brook, to usurp the senior
crown.
I There will be an exhibition match nt
tltryn Mawr tomorrow afternoon. On
' Thursday the opening match for the
I open title will bring together Coopers
own and Kocknvvay. The winner will
1'la.v Meadow-brook nt the Country Club
' n r-muruny lot- uic open title.
Amateur Baseball Notes
Indiana riuh hai SeplembT 27 open for
fmipronomc learns pajimjiair guarantees
I ,0 .Melman.
treet
1939 Norlh Thlrt-second
Vorth rhlladelphla Professionals have
September 27 and -JS open for auch teams nn
Kaywond, I C B, U and Bcott-Pouell.
Roger Culllney, -432 North Sydenham street.
Cramps A. A, has September 27 and Octo
ber 4 open for home clubs Walter John
non, Kensington 3860, between 0 and 8 p.m.
Druedlnc Brothers' A. A. has September
.j open. j. v.. L.perie, juiu ,'ortn Hope
Klreet.
htenton rrnreeslonals would like in ar
range games for September 27 and Saturday
nates in uctoDer .lames j. jicnKeia, -flDO
North Seventeenth street.
Cramnii Professionals have September 27
open Phone Kenslncton 1301. W. J. Dalley.
St. IjtwTpnre. C. V. Is without gamer for
September 27 and October 4. S. w. Kaber,
W37 Kast York street.
Rt. Cecilia A. C. Is without a same for
Saturday W. Lane, Kensinjtcn 0742, be
tween 5 and 7.
AU-Clty n. C. has September 27 and 2S
open. Phone Locust 1133 vv. between 4 and
6 pm.
ir.n.l,L .ImhImbv Viav nnen Amlm t hnmfe
V'or seventeen-nlneteen-year-old teams. James
QCOIT, Olml If Cfll ,1U1IUJISUUU MllCl,
Jlarbr ex-i
fr-n tsams i
wley- 12 Rt
Jlarbr vx-Serrlce A, C, would like to hear
ns Playing ounaay xiau, a. urcmrr
. Ridge avenue. Darby, Pa.
Ynvuig men from aeventeenh to nineteen
years) old' desiring to join a recently organ
ized cub and playing for sport communicate
with l B. Oreenapsn, 41$ .Mifflin street.
Dellml'X A. A. baa a few open dates. Al
Ostrand?, S8W Bouth'ChadwIck street.
A rstr-Jai fielder, who can hit,, -would
Ilk to be' connected with a reputable team.
N. Altmanjt.,8125 West Diamond street:
ci..,.! rr. R. haa Sentember'28 open.
'' " NOTU, T""'3'-"h
Veteran Halfback Suffers Rup
ture and May Be Unable ,Jo
Play Remainder of Season
"VIC" FRANK MAKES GOOD
.loe Straus, veteran I'enn halfback
aud hero of the 1017 campaign, will be
lost to Coach Volwell for several weeks
and probubly for the rest of the season
when nn evnminatiou nt the University
Hospital this morning revealed that lie
hnd suffered a ruptme in Friday's
scrimmage.
Straus, who isthe idol of the Red and
Itliie looters, reported to the team last
Wednesday nnd. though ten dnys late, j
he jumped into the drills with so much
pep that the coaches vveie forced to re
strain him. .loe wns not in the best of
condition nnd for thnt reason was
placed nt hnlfback on the scrubs. A de
sire to show the conches that he did not
belong there, led him to overdo matters
and the rupture lcsulted.
Forced to Iletire
Joe played through the early practice
with the scrubs yesterday nnd ran
through n little signal drill when he was
forced to retire to the sidelines. Strnus
is the fourth player on the Bed nnd
Blue squad to be injured severely.
though the other casualties are recov
ering rapidly.
In piepnyifioii for the Bucknell game
on Saturday the varsity was driven
thiough the hardest scrimmage of the
year. The tu-st team bent the second
varsity in a half hour scrimmngp by
two toinhdowns to nonp. Light scored
one with n long run. while Ben Dcrr
took the other neioss from the five
yard line.
Victor Frank, a former Central Hisli
athlete, has won a permanent berth on
the team nt guard, according to Fol
wcll. Frank displaced Herb Dieter, 1i
star in 1017, yesterday, and the latter
was sent to the second varsity. Frank
aud Ncylon will sturt on Saturday at
tue gunrti positions, according to Fol
vvtll. Hen Heir, though he had only one
uay s urui last Iriilay, jumped into the
MTiimnugi- yesterday nnd played n won
derful game while his wind lasted.
Derr is in liettPt- condition than ever
uetore, ns in- has been working nil sum
mer at Black Hills, S. D., as a lumber
jack. Norman GntwnK n subquartcr in
1017, later replaced Derr. ,
arrick Disappears
Lnrry Barrick packed his baggage and
took French leave from the team last
Saturday a In Mule Watson nnd Joe
Dugan, of our "A's." Barrick hails
from Pittsburgh nnd played fullback
on Hog Island for two years. He will
not be missed by T"olvvcll, as there is
plenty of backfield material of the same
quality.
Trouble with his lessons and an in
ability 1o master the I'enn signals led
to Barrick 's sudden departure. No
body knows where he has rnni -nn,l
they care less, according to the
coaches.
George H. Fraxier, chairman of the
football committee, returned to Frank
lin Field from an extended business
trip in the West yesterday in time to
view the scrimmage. Mr. Frazier said
that this was bis first glimpse of the
team and that lie had never seen it in
better condition nt this time of the year.
Ho predicted a winulug season.
TRENTON
FAIR
SEPT. 29- OCT. 3
? f KuftiB h" tram one plane
Jo another while going HO mile, sn noor"
Scampers all over 111, plane in full rllgfal'
LEADING EXPOSITION OF EAST
18500 K ItAClNO FUBSES
ATTTO, TOOT.TBY, DOfJ, nORRB.
CATTLE. SHEEP AND (WINK miClVTS
55c Admission 55c
AUTOtfACESOCT.a
GROH WOULD BE ONL Y
N. L. ENTRY ON TEAM
COMPOSED OF STARS
Great Players of National Pastime Are Clustered in
American League Heydler's Clubs Haven't Hitter to
Compare With Cobb, Jackson, Shier or 'Ruth
IN THE SI'OnTLIOHT BY ORANTLAND RICE
Copj right. 191B, All rights; reserved.
Who'll Cop the Series?
(BLURB A dashing novelette in sir chapters by the author of The High
Cost of Living, Prohibition, Tho League of Nations nnd "I'll Say He Is.")
CImpter One .
The Rival Leagues
TN THIS erotic drama, "Who'll Cop the Scries?" which almost any reader
-L can well afford to be without, there is one important detail that should bs
reached before any intcrclub discussion begins. This detail is practically an
follows: Which is the stronger, faster league tho National or the American?
MATURALLY, the lest team in the best league isn't going to be held '.
' as any rank outsider icActt the noisy fanfare gets under way next
iceek. We know which the two best or the two heller teams arc but
which is the best or better league, as the case may be?
The Old Order
FROM 1005 through 1000 there is little question as to whero the main
strength lay. (
The National had all the best of It. Chicago had the old Cubs Chance,
Evcrs, Tinker, Brown, Kling, Shcckard, etc. one of tho great clubs of all
time.
New Tork had Mathewson at his best, Bresnabnn, Donlin. Devlin and
other eminent nthleles who rank around tlie peak,
Pittsburgh, under Fred Clarke, had Ihc immortal Wagner, Leach, Gibson,
Camnitz, Adams aud a powerful squad all the way through.
In this period the National League was supreme, winning four of the five
post-championships with ease.
rJIOSE were the days of Rational League supremacy. But by 1010
a decided change had begun to take place.
The New League Moves Forward
AROUND 1007 and 1008 different American League clubs began to draw
in new tnlcnt. Such ball players as Collins, Speaker, Baker, Barry,
Mclnnis, Lewis, Hooper, etc.
Tho American League here was building fast, and as Jackson, Sisler
,and other noted stars came on they also were. added to the A. L. fold.
So by the summer of 1010 the American League had moved into first place.
The old Cubs had begun to fade out. The old Pirate order had drifted through
the mist. But tho American League was bounding upward with the Athletics
nnd Red Sox especially in charge of powerful clubs.
The result has been shown in the figures. Out of the last eight cham
pionships the American League has won seven and the National one.
.V MOST cases the American League clubs have won- with ease. In
turn they have already beaten the majority of Rational League ,
ettrrt'ej Kew York, Philadelphia, Brooklyn and Chicago all taking
sound beatings, with Boston the lone victor.
American League Strength
THERE is no vast difference in the pitching. This department has run to,
equal strength. But in offensive strength the American League has had a
vast bulge.
The National League has no batsman not even Roush to match against
Cobb, Sisler, Jackson, Vcach, Collins, Ruth and Pcckinpaugh. Tho Reds
outclassed the rest of the National League by n greater margin than the
White Sox outclassed American League rivals but the latter club was fighting
its way against rougher opposition with such clubs as Clevelniid and Detroit
barring the way, aided and abetted by others, such as New York, Boston and
St. Louis.
Here is another detail of comparison. Suppose you were picking an all
star club if you were, how could you be forced to include, outside of the
pitchers, Schalk, Sisler, Collins, l'eckinpaugh, Cobb, Jackson nnd Speaker
seven regulars from the nine positions and nil American League entries.
GUOTI would he the sole Xational League entry to break into the
combination, with the pitchers left io an open choice.
SCRAPS ABOUT SCRAPPERS I
Tommy Jamison, the red-head southpaw,
who was one of the few million Yarks to
aid In slipping the K O. on Kaiser Hill, will
get Into a different kind of a fight at the
shore Thursday night Tom la slated to
be 00 per cent of the star scrap at the At
lantic. City Suortlng Club, with Allentown
Dundee as the party of the second part.
Preston Brown v. Jackie Moore. Joe Stan
ley vs Walter Hennle and Jack Jensen vs
Frankle Leonard are the other numbers.
nllly Kramer t. Joe norrell will be the
feature fracas of the next show scheduled
In Phllly. It will be put on at the Cambria
A C Friday nlsht. Pursy I.ee will ex
change punches with Tommy Jeffries in the
semi, preceded bv lleorge Christian vs
Oeorge Wnnl Tommv Clean- n Tommy
Murray and Charley ONell vs K O Bellly.
The Scotch won. Jaun Dgndee, will be
among those present t the National Club
Saturday night. At the clang of the gong In
the final frav he will step forward to meet
Eddie Moy. of Allentown Maxle Williamson
will get started for the first time under the
colors of Al Llppe In a set-to vrlth Bobby
Doyle. Johnny Mahoney Is to meet Genrgle
rtevnolds. Peter Latxo will take on Billy
Oahnon and K O. Laughlln will meet a
namesake -whose first handle Is Johnny.
Joe Vjneh and Joe Burman. originally
matched to box at Shlhe Park a. few weeks
ago, will get together for no friendly tete-a-tet
in the main mix at the Olympla Mon
day night. Jakle Friedman haa the follow
ing prelim card to orter; Johnny Tyman a.
Frankle Dally. Denny Gorman vs. Victor
mtchle. Voung Jledway vs Kid Wagner
tnd Billy Devlne v, Young Nelson.
Allle Nelson, who can parley Francalse,
aprechen Deutsch and caplscl 1'Itnllano, Is
not taking the boxing game seriously at the
.present time Since being demobilized he
has been In the tailoring business and will
remain In It while tailoring la good.
Fred Jordan. Adam Ryan's big boy. Is
keeping In perfect fettle preparatory to a
bout at a local club Both Jack Hanlon
and Jakle Friedman are endeavoring to dig
because if burns
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