jjl'Wjf' M J IS EVENING PUBLIC LEDGERPHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1919 RICHARDSON AND GRIFFITH. AS OWNERS, WASHINGTON IS NO LONGER A MINOR CLUB A GRIFFITH SALESMAN, WONDER WHAT A MAN WINDOW SHOPPING THINKS ABOUT GOLFERS WILL FIND DA VE HERRON HARD TO TOSS FROM TOP Youthful Champion of Links Has Nerve, Confidence arid Ability to Defend Title Possesses Faculty of i Concentration on Strokes r. r, I MAJOR LEAGUER IN NEW BASEBALL ROLE 1 WUH I HrXD 50ME IDEA AS To WHM" ALICE WANTS -' ive LOOKED tMTo A MILE OF WINDOWS AND ' NOTHiKtc: do i tre- HATC Tb 3J HO A TndP UMLG.S.S KrJoVAJ Thgrb's a stunning, .shopping 3a6 sot Holy Cat what a pricis! Anyway I'm NO Judge, oe Those Things,- sue can pick out hc?r oujm A NCCKLftCS.. I HSARD HSR RAVING OVER ObJE iSOMttTHINC LIKE That orvlfc. the OTHCLR. NIGHT-- - OUT MO - I (5UES0S I VaJokVT rOoPe- jHeRS OUGHT umAT i want That's s MiGHTV GooD LOdKlMCi MANICURE sSET BUT I KNOW .SHS'JO SAVJL WE out ip i Got her That. H it Htliam M. Richardson, Broker and Business Man, To ee ,Somi3TUiJ ;$ Capitulates When Silver Fox of Diamond Insists ELSE- Washington Club Is Tame and Will Not Fade WITH flEXi m m H - t - M: 'B By ItOBERT W. MAXWELL. Sport lidltor, limine Public LdEr Coxrltht, ISIS, bv Publio Ledger Co. WA STOCKT, gray-haired, immaculately dressed person walked into the ofliee & of W. M. Richardson in the Bourse Building six weeks ago. Hat in hand, gj&VistHHed to the desk and said abruptly : "Tour name Richardson? Mines GnOith. Aant to buy a Call ciuo.''' , Mr., Richardson looked up in surprise. r "Do I want to buy a WHAT?" he gasped. r "A ball club," replied the ialtor. "A regular A-nuruber-one, first-class Jig lea) nd is i i so gentle it will eat out of your hand. Heard you always were willing Co Investigate n good business proposition, and I have one. Do you care to Hsten to the details?" J The startling statement almost took the breath out of Mr. Richardson, but fter looking into the shrewd, piercing gray eyes of his caller, nodded for him ip continue. ' In this manner. Clurke Griffith, manager of the Washington American league baseball club, became acquainted with a new business partner. ITc told bow Ben Minor, then president of the club, was anxious to retire and his stock Has for sale. lie produced figures, and when they were exhausted, handed out some more figures. At the end, Mr. Itichardson, much impressed by Griff's monologue, said he would go to Washington and take a look. He did, and then ordered Griffith to get busy. "I want a controlling interest in th ball club," he said. "Go ahead and buy all of the stock you can lay your hands on, and when you have control which means more than DO per cent let me know and I will send you a check. But I MUST have a controlling interest. " From that time, Clark Griffith, the Silver Fox of the diamond, kept on the i job, carried out instructions to the letter, and last Saturday night announced to the world that he had a majority of the stock and a new owner would be in tjie capital of our nation. The news came as n big surprisl, for it was entirely Unexpected and everybody began to ask, "Who is this guy Richardson ?" fllE work had been done &p quietly and so few were in on the secret I ria even Sir. llichardson' s closest friends did not have the rcmot- i est idea that he was the mysterious owner they were reading about. Mr. Richardson, Real Business Man a I YKTILLIAM M. RICHARDSON was in his office when I called yesterday. l He was in his shirt sleeves, his desk was littered with piles of corre- jinqadence mostly cablegrams and ho had every appearance of an exceedingly busy man. Being president of tlie l'hiladelphla Export (so. and sole owner at Richardson Bros., commission raerchunts, is no soft job, but the presi dent and owner courteously consented to give us a few moments of his time ind answer all questions. "Yes," be said, "I suppose I am in control of the Washington Ameiican League baseball club, although I bate not been notified officially as jet. I old Clark Griffith to go out and buy the club, nnd as soon as this was done irtnouueo it in the newspapers. In a day or so I expect to hear all about it." Mr. Richardson paused to answer a phone call in regard to wheat or pats or something. He wasted do words and showed by his very action he ras.a, real business man. Then he deciphered a couple of cablegrams nnd csumed the subject of baseball. 'I want you to understand," he continued, "that I am in baseball for business purposes only. 1 saw a chance to make what I believe a good invest ment and am regarding it as such, I have no idea of trying to run the playing hid of the game. Clark Griffith will have charge of that, but I will say Jright here that he will be given free rein and allowed to go the limit in pur chasing ball players. The only way to make money is to put a winning team ojlho field nnd Griffith has orders to go out and get the men he desires. 1 "However, I will be satisfied to go along for three or four years and break rren. I do not expect quick returns on the investment, but in time I am sure :tjVlll be a valuable proposition. Baseball should be very popular in Wash : ngton, and I will do all I can to make it so. The public must be considered : irst. last und all the time. The people who go out to see the games will not )iJ regarded as customers, but as guests. They will be courteously 'treated, Via ere will be no advance in prices for special occasions, and everything will be jtcade as pleasant as possible. "But, please remember I am not going to Washington to tell them Sow to run their business. If I can suggest anything I shall be happy to do Ho-, and shall be there only ns a business adviser. iinCRHAPB you think it strange that I should tell Mr. Griffith 1o buy the stock and attend to all of the details instead of doing it myself. Well, that is the way we do business on the Bourse. I have agents working for mc all of the time and never deal direct with a purchaser of my line of goods. It was the same in the Washington deal and to date I have not met Mr. Minor, the retiring president." 11 w - U 8 """Jr ' I i 1 1 B '1 W?'. L I'LL OUST K6SP Tms NECKLACE ID6A IN MIND UNTIL I TWimk; OP vS'OMETHlMG SETTER MM I WlSH I HAD Tl-& nepve To Go In and Buy .Some SILK SToCK- IWS-- OR .SILK UWDER' WEAR LAHM-CTER-ee -TtLL I JON'T HVJOUJ Hrsra !(- OH PSHAW mi CD. MAKE. A Bl3 HIT VAJITM HER IF I'D CiST SOMG MlCS SILK Under e LiNiaeRie- At-l- WOMSN CERTAINLY LIKE THAT TUFP XL LOOK AT A Pew MORS WINDOWS FIRST ANDlF I DorO'T SVE ANYTHING I'LL Give . H6R A CHKK- &mcGj? GERWIANTOWN WILL SELECT OWN TEAW1 SCRAPS ABOUT SCRAPPERS Order Six Men to Report at Each Game and Say .Others Can Be Suspended PLAY NORTH PHILS TONIGHT Griffith May Be President-Manager "' fOW that you are in the league," I said, "what side will you take in the Johnson fuss? Are you for or against him?" j j "At present," replied Mr. Richardson, squaring his firm, resolute chin, "I Mm trailing along with Trcsident Johnson. Of course, it is my privilege to tcnange my mind, but from what I know of Mr. Johnson and the present Situation, I feel sure he is in the right. Anyway, be must be right or the Majority would not be with him." "How about the Mays case?" "Do you mean Mays or maize?" interrogated the president-owner. Sf !!fou know, we deal in maize more than anything else in this office, and I am W Qualified to talk about it. As for Mays, the pitcher, I don't know much about Ua!. DUt ucucve nxr. uuuuouu uiu luc ugui. lutug iu nubpeuuiug mm. " What do you Intend to do with the club? Will you be president?" , "Not a bit of it," was the quick reply. "There will be a meeting of the directors in Washington next Saturday, and I will ask Mr. Griffith to take iji? posltiot. If I can convince him, he will be the president-manager of the Washington club. He lives in Washington, knows the Washington public Hail is the man to be in charge. As I said before, I will be a business adviser. I tare enough work right here in Philadelphia without going out of town to or more. Mr. Griffith can handle the ball club as well, if not better than any S;er person I know, and he will be in complete charge. John McGraw runs i New York club and is highly buccessful. Griffith will do the same liking for me. ' ' i it 1 ' 1X1 KEED a 1ew pltytr to strengthen the club, and Griffith will ' ' get them between now and the time we leave for the southern , training camp. Expense means nothing when one realizes it tales an outlay of money to make money. We will go the-limit," Success Always Crowns Efforts 1ENDS of Mr, Richardson were busy congratulating him on the Bourse -jj yesterday. Everybody predicted success, not because of a friendly feeling, Wit because succeba usually crowns bis efforts. "The fan8 in Washington will get a square deal," said one. "Richardson ' " the same only one way with absolute lairness nnd squareness, He will Ifef-tery popular down there." "iff There Is no reason wby Mr. Richardson should not bo popular. He Is ;4J!1 of personality, a wonderful miser and baa a i&pulty of making friends :AvA holding them. He knows human nature and tjHaA bis knowledge after iWtMjeiglit years in the grain business. h JHfk'iiriJWrWfl aiijsrr4 lou at tH tgc of ..jyia uni workei UAVTr.nv ixAc.rr: st.vsiio iv. i,. r.' w. h. r.f. rarndfii 11 1 .917 l)rl . ..RS OrniRilfn 7 . .IST Bwidlnr .33 Trnton 0 0 .500 IMilU 1 .lt scnraici.v; i'ok tiik wkkk Tonltlit North I'hlladflphla at litrman tow n. , , Wwlnesda (iennBntnn nt Camden. Vrlilar llrmllnit nt Trfnlon. SiitnrUuy Trrnlon nt Ve tl. Camden at Reading. President Scheffer, of the Knstern Bosketball League, is evidently' due to meet some little resistance in his pro posed threat to bar any plajer regis tered in the Eastern League from fur ther competition iu that banketbnll or ganization if they play any more games in the Pennsylvania State League. Whether the Interstate and Xew York State Leagues are in the order is not clear, but players of the Eastern League are performing in both. It has been a source of much discon tent, but in j ears back, when the East ern League was the whole show, nothing wub done in the matter, and it appears rifliciilnus to come through with such a proposal uhen basketball players are hard to find without securing outbide QKBlhtancje. Will Play Any Man Dave Benni, Anny Fitzgerald and Prank Poth, representing part of the Germantown management, held a con fab and had this to bay : "The Germantown club abides by nil the rules of the Eastern League. o have eight men listed, but we do not intend to play all or 10 uaim them on hand at every game, if for financial reasons alone. "For instance, this evening we have notified Meehan and Holman, out-of-towncrs, to be present, and these, with Franckle, Black, Simcudingcr and Powell, will compose the line-up that will play North Philadelphia. The next night at Camden we have notified Schmeclk, Fyfe and Meehan to report. "Schmeclk and Fjfc may be playing elsewhere tonight for all wo know, and if they arc barred when they appear at Camden on Wednesday there will be no game ns far as Germantown ib con cerned. "The Germantown club represents an expenditure in round figures for the beason of approximately $10,000, and we intend having something to say as to how the money will be spent. We have our fans to please and that we intend to do." North Phils Lose The North Phillies lost another hard game last night to De Neri at Moose Hall, hut hoDe to do better when they meet Germantown at Chew street and Chelten avenue this evening. The score of the game was 32-23, and the visitors outscored the home crew eight goals to four. Malonc and Dreyfubs were the stars in the victory -for De neri with bbr baskets, three each, while Sugarmau and Beckman each scored one. Tom Dunlcavy was the scoring star for the Phillies with four of their six baskets, the other two going to Jimmy Brown, Brown Shades Jackson Trenton, N. 3,. Dec. 16 In a slow bout hetore the Trenton A, C. last night Jimmy Brown, a local lightweight, won by a shade over Jimmy Jackson, of Philadelphia. What little fighting there wi done was by Brown. He took much of the fight out of Jackson In tho early rounds by solid body smashes. In the semlwlnd-up Dobby Michaels, of Jersey City, stopped Johnny Ryan. a. local featherweight. In the beventh round Michaels led all tho way and hit ilyan almost at will. Mickey Brown, a Jersey City boy weigh ing 127. stopped Kid Sullivan a dusky Tren ton boxer. In the fourth round of a whirl wind bout. In which each scored numerous knockdowns. When Referee Waldron halted the bout BuUlvan was apparently still strong. Kensington Kennel Club Election The annual general meeting of the Kens ington Kennell Club was held In Plerson'e Hall, Kensington ayenue and Clearfltld street. The, election of officers for ID'JO re suited e follows! President. Thomas Jt For. show: first, vice president. Cliales 1!. Byers, second vice president. John Patterson) trus- ices, Ariuur orcwerujfrwjuun "llgway, J.Y rt TOtwi nniHSVVTwnibbier, J, K, THIS is fight night at the Auditorium A. A. Promoter Marcus Williams announces that there is a double wind up on the program, featuring Larry Hansen vs. Young Itobideau and Ser geant Hay Smith vs. K. O. Sanborn. In his last start, which was against See-Suw Kelly nt the Olyinpia, Ser geant Smith made a good showing. The other Auditorium bouts present Johnny Fleming vs, Harry Carter. Jack Brady vs. Johnny Mullen 'and Young Buck Fleming vs. Harry Stew art. Joe 11enJ.iniln and Joe Weltlnx 111 ex hibit In the Ubt bout nt the all-star show at the OlyniDla Christmas afternoon BUI llrennpn nnil Snllo Petroskv clash In tlie semifinal Tour other battles will be on the holluav matinee program. Kid Mllllnms hopen to make It Interesting for the boys shortly. The former bantam champion has not announced In what class he will battle, but it is lerj- doubtful it he eer win make the bantam limit again. Now he looks llko a full-fledged feather. Johnny Kllbaue and Tounff Chanev will meet In Newark on the evening of January '.It The lUht was set back ono week Wil lie Jatkson and Joe Benjamin also battle on the harnu card It Is rumored that Jackson win not uu able to box . Joey I'ox wilt appear In one of the main houta Ijffore the Newark Hnortsman Cluh next Monday night when he engages Joe I inch I.jnt-h has been having a hard tlmo (tltlng battles with the little fellows, and row 1ms been forced to go after the feather weights Nen Karen promoters again are breaking Into print rirst they camo out and an nounced that thev were in the field to stage the Demp-es-CarDcntler fight Now they want to feature Jimmy Wlida and Jsck Shurkev ill n. tuentv.rnlinrl frnv to n. de cision on January 10 Wilde's onlv chance to fight In the Hast before the middle of Tebruary Is to get hit releast from the In ternational Sporting Club. Sharkey was at the Olvmpla last night Kddle ntrhimmon and Young Jue Bor rell will 1 In the fourth bout at the Oil ni pia on Christmas, other holiday attractions at the South Broad street arena follow. Joe Tiplltz s Young bacco, Jimmy Murphv vs. Johnny Clinton, and Johnny rteisler s. Joe Stanley The National has not completed Its show for Saturday night Blehle Mitchell will be In the wltnl-up, but his opponent Inn not been selected Matchmaker Johnny Mooney .ilso is working on his Christmas bhOiV, whkh he wilt announce in a few dais. Harry Creb and Clay Turner, light heavy weights, will be the wind-up attraction at the Olympla on Monday night. Andy Schma der and Spike Mcl'adden battle in the semi final. The other bouts follow: Joe Nelson vs Bobby McCann, Marty Kane vs Itay j aiic.- ana ai .-uoore vs jimmy lerry. CnmmKslnner .Iflhn KtnWI.. nf AtlartH City, was at the Olympla last night, lie was escorted to his seat cy Dobby Gunnls. Louis Kamp. Dr George W Wlttmaker, Jnck Welnsteln. Joe Corrlno and BHIv Par cel! also were noticed at the ringside. ( &ammy Halui has another sensation under hln wtnfr. tin refused to make known the name of his latest sensation, Sammy nl- reAriv nan lost a roume or rjrnSDects and will not take uny chanco on this one before he shows. The Smller brothers and Judge Imber rooted hard for Harry fICid) Brown. They were part of tho board of strategy and their crlea of "Soak him downstairs, Harrj I" helped to turn tho tide of victory Brown s way. Johnny Burns will have a show at the Cambria Friday night. Ho has failed to send In hla entries. HARVARD RENEW HARVARD DECLINES Crimson Will Not Play Washington on Western Trip Cambridge. Mass.. Dec. !(!. Harvard Unlersity today again declined nn iu vitation to have its football team play tho University of Washington eleven nt Tncoma, during its forthcoming west ern trip. Tho governor of Wnbhington and the mayor of Taeoma in telegrams received today, has nuked that the Crimson's re fusal bci reconsidered. The necessity of having the under graduates back at their studies ut the earliest possible date made acceptance impossible, Fred W. Moore, graduate manager of athletics, explained. FOOTBALL DRILLS Team Will Leave Saturday for New Year's Day Caine on Coast TRY OUT OREGON'S PLAYS Wilde Matched With Tremaine Cleveland, O., Dec. 10 Negotiations for t.n.rriund bout between Jimmy Wilde, fly weight champion of England and Carl Tre- a ten-round bout between Jimmy Wlide, fly- maine. of Cleveland, at Canton, O , on New Year's Day were concluded between Matt Illnkel, Cleveland, promoter, ana u Hughes, representing Wilde, last night Tremaine Is to weigh 118 pounds ringside. Kramer Easy for Harry Greb Pittsburgh, Dec. 16 Harry Oreo, of this city was entirely too cleer for Billy Kramer, of Philadelphia, and beat him in a ten-round bout at the Keystone A. C, taking every round. In tbe seventh round Referee CampHell, an old-time boxer, stopped the fight and said that Kramer was not trying. Powell Lower Merlon Leader William Powell, tho basketball captain, was elected captain of the football team 1'owell is tho fullback. Ho plajs forward on the cage team Cambridge, Mass', Dec. 1C. Har vard's football team has begun a week of intensive training preparatory to leaving next Saturday for its New Year's Day game with the University of Oregon team at Pasadena, Calif. Practice, which btopped prior to the Yale game on November 22, was re sumed In a light form last Thursday after final acceptance of the western challenge, but considerable information concerning the Oregonians' style of piny which has been received made it possi ble for Coach Itobert T. Fisher to pre pare defenses for the best rival forma tions expected. Arthur Clark, one of the Harvard guards, has announced that he would not take tho trip with tho team, upon ad-ice of his physician. He said that he had plnyed through the reason against the wishes of his physician and his family, who considered that a previous injury to his back made it dangerous lor liim to participate in foot ball games. Fltzslmmons's Son Wins Flrst'Flght ewark. ?.. J Dec. lit. Young Bob Fltzslmmons. son pf tho former world's heavyweight boxing champion. In his first nrofessloral contest outboxed- Ed Klnley, of Newark, in an eight-round bout here last right. Fltzslmmons weighed 170 pounds and Klnley 1)1 Bat Leonard K. O.'s Noble Bridgeport. '.Conn.. Dee. 18. Bittllne Leonard, of Philadelphia, made a big hit with New Ilngland flshc followers last night when ho knocked out Sammy Noble In the eleventh lound, Most Healthful Xmas Gift Phila. Jack O'Brien's d -o r 3 Mths. Boxing Course J ID Details ellow Page 831 Phone Book H. K. Cor. ISth and Chrslnut. 4th Floor Auditorium A. A. bUth ffStunm' Tuesday Evgr., Dec. 16 Donble Wlnd-Un LtRltr IINhKN ih. YOUNO IlOllinKxn bEBOT, KAY' SMITH ts. K. O, SAMSON 3 Other Mar llouts Now that the treaty is (fortunately or unfortunately) Lodged, let's talk of Shantung Shirts Distinctive and fashionable brown in color: the most inexpensive, the most durable, the most handsome of ail silk shirts. 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Penshots of 1919 Champions : ,- No. 3 Davison Herron , . ,1 . , When Vvans, from hit lofty height, t Unfurled his mashic on tho air f When Ouimet gave the ball a smite And made the gaping duffers stare ' f Where experts congregate and rave, How many said: "Look out for Dave"T if Uis rotund form teas overlooked, ' 1 And yet, emerging from the rut, ' ' Ho rarely ever sliced or hooked And almost never missed a putt; And I should say that's nearly all You have to do to get the call. Up From the Mists WHEN tlie amateur golf championship for 1010 opened over the very fine Oakmont course there were four favorites placed above the field. These four men were Chick Evans, Francis Ouimet, Bobby Jones and Robert A. Gardner. Dave Herron was given some consideration, because it tvas known that he plajcd Oakmont well, but those who had looked over his past championship record refused to take him very seriously. This was a logical deduction. In 1015 at Detroit, his first start, Herron bad been dropped in his first match. In 1010, at Mcrion, he had failed to qualify among the thirty-two select. , . tJPON what basis, then, should he be lifted up with Evans, Ouimet, U Gardner and Jones f te Through the Tournament HIjIUION started the tournament with a wonderful mental attitude, ile did not look forward to winning, "nor did he become overanxious or depressed. He began playing as if each round was merely a friendly battle for a ball in a hole. He showed no trace of elation when ho holed n good putt nor aujr sign of annoyance when he missed a short one. He merely went plugging his way along, playing fine golf from the first day out. Herron failed to turn in a single erratic round. Tilt steadiness was hooked to brilliant dashes such as the 35 going out he slipped to Thompson, of Canada, in a driving rain. When he reached tho final round against Bobby Jones he was at the top of his game confident in the use of every club, with the putting touch as sure and as deadly as the Travis -Tra vers brand of other years. "Take it from me I Here's a regular smoke!" ', N Next time you step up to the counter, namo your favorite N shape orsize and then add: "And be sure it's a M ' The cigar that tatiiftes Ya ( Y'ou'll have a teal smoke, fellows suro tlilnc ! For this earn, i N Slnbad Clear is an all-handmade product, smooth-smoklns, even, j Rj 5 burning:, flno-flavoretl, mellow, mild Oh ! Just about everythlnsi I p S I'll cay it In! Kj 'i Take your choice: ' M 5 Excepsionales 15c Blunt 2 for 25c H Club Perfecto 2 for 25c Pcrfccto 10c straight H Or, better yet liuvjom by the box and plvo your friends a troa. 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