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EVENING FOBEIC LEDGEBr-PHlEADELHTA; MONDAY, JANHABY 2G, 1920
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Grading in the diamond business will start here next week with arrival of cra vath
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MA Y BE WITH PHILS
WHEN SEASON OPENS
Gavvy Cravath, Duo Here Next Week, Is Expected to
Put Through Several Deals Before the 1920
Campaign Gets Under Way
By ROBERT W. MAXWELL
Sports Editor limine Public jdier
Copvriaht, 19!0. bj Public Ledatr Co.
BUSINESS is likely to pick up considerably in the office ot the l'bils next
week when Charles Clifford Cravath, of Laguna Beach, Calif., arrives in
town to take up his duties ns manager of the local National Lcagtio club.
Charles Clifford, which is u polite way to refer to Gavvy, has been wintering
in the old homestead on the Pacific coast and devoted most of his time in look
ing over a flock of winter baseball players, in the hope of discovering a few to
bo used in his 10-0 line-up. lie is said to have several dcnlo to bpring nftcr
he has talked it over with President Baker.
Gavvy at first intended to join Mr. Baker at the joint meeting in Chicago
on February 11, but changed his plans to be hero for the Sporting 'Writers'
dinner to be held at the Bingham on February 5. Cravath and Danny Murphy
will bo honored by the local scribes at the nnuual affair, so the manager of the
Phils is" expected to land here next Monday, in time to devote a couplo of days
to preparing a speech.
It is said that Gavvy has his eye on a first-class third baseman who toils
in Los Angeles, and is willing to swap Lena Blackburn and Leo Callahan for
him. "Wade Killcier, manager of the Angels, probably will come East to put
the deal through. The Phils need a young third-sackcr who can hit, so the
' chances-arc the trade will go through, even if it becomes necessary to part with
a bunch ot coin. A couple of pitchers and one catcher also may be given a
tryout.
"While no official statement has yet been made, it is believed that Casey
Stengel has signed an agreement to play with tho Phils next season. Cravath
had a long talk with the temperamental star this winter and made a proposition
which was accepted. The only thing left to bo done is to sign a contract and
the outfield problem will have been solved. Stengel, 'Williams and Mcusel will
take care of the outposts and form a strong combination.
President Baker has sent out several contracts and expects to hear from
hjs athletes this week. Most of the men signed before the end of last season,
so only a few arc left to do business with. Captain Davy Bancroft, who is
wintering here, has not yet signed, but no trouble is looked for.
THE rhih mil leave for the South vn MarchSt, which meant that
Gavvy wtll have more than a month to act his players in line and
select soma thirty men to mal;c the trip.
Stoneham Starts Something in Baseball
CHARLEY STONEHAM, the modern Croesus of the diamond, the baseball
magnate who ha fallen in line with the very best ideas advanced by the
common pec-pul, started something in our great national game when he made
the startling announcement that ball players are underpaid and the members
of the New Tork Giants this year would receive oluntary increases in salary.
Tho holdout league, therefore, will suffer a loss of membership from one club,
but athletes on tho other fifteen teams will more than make up for tho loss.
Ball players admit tbey arc underpaid persons, and it doesn't take much
to make them kick over tho traces. Every year they have lengthy but un
profitable arguments with their bosses, they announce their retirement and, a
couple of days before the spring training trips start, sign the papers at the
original salary. But those were the days when the magnates stuck together
and believed it necessary to slice salaries for the good of the game. The
players were beginning to think so, too, but now that Stoneham has kicked in
with that voluntary raise stuff, look out for squalls.
Many of our noble athletes have not yet sigued the papers for 1020. They
are too busy figuring the effect of the high cct of living on their salaries, and
are convinced that a boost should be. awarded. 'Che magnates are eager and
willing to cut down expenses, but tho frank admission by the gentleman from
New York has crabbed the act. The' holdout league will do a rushing busi
ness from now on.
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HOWEVER, every cloud has a silver lining. Although the moguls
might he forced to raise the wages, they icill have a sxeell excuic
to boost the price of admission to the games next summer. Xothing
could 6e fairer than that.
Perhaps You're Right, but Much Obliged for the Tip
DEAR SIR The Pine Street Debating Society must be corapc-cd of a lot of
youngsters, judging from the minutes of the lnt meeting which you pub
lished Saturday. You spoke of men who won football games single-handed,
but failed to mention the daddy of them all Arthur Poe, of Princeton.
It was about 1S0S, when Yale played Princeton. It was a terrible day.
with rain and snow coming down at the same time. An icy, penetrating wind
prevented heat prostrations.
Somebody had the ball about ten yards from the Princeton goal line. A
play was called and twenty-one players were piled in a big heap. Suddenly
the ball shot out from the mass and landed in the open. It rolled toward the
Yalo goal, and the twenty-second player, who happened to be Arthur Poe,
picked it up and ran for a touchdown. lie was lucky that day only had to
ran about eighty-five yards.
ricase put the name of Arthur Poe on your list of winning football players.
SAM LONG."
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KILBANE BLUFFS WA Y
TO DRA W WITH MURRA I
Champion's Kidding and
Feinting Tactics Frighten
New Yorker; Rally Gives
Fox Even Break
NO HARD WALLOPS
!? LOUIS u. jafii:
"NE of these days somebody is froing
'-' to come along without rnough frnn
or with rnoiich sense, to bo unafraid
I o Jo'inuy Kilbane, nml then something
is going to happen. That "something"
I has been expected for some little vtliilp,
, but Kilbane has been bluffing the bojs
1 along.
1 That i exartl.v what the foi of the
' featherweights did here on Saturday
night he juRt naturally bluffed his way
through to an even break in sK rounds
I against Johnny Murray, of New YorU.
at the National Club. Murray feared
1 Kilbane so raueh thnt he backed up
all the time, eontinuallj on the de-
1 endive ; still the Gotham youth was
able to land a sufficient number of the
half dozen clean blows for the first five
rounds to have a 6hade.
I Then, in the sixth round, the eteran
champion came through with a hur.st of
speed that nil but frightened Murray
I to sleep. Kilbane didn't laud with a
j telling Clow, but his aggressiveness en
titled him to the round and a draw.
Kllbano Kids Murray
Kilbane started his "kidding' with
the first clang of the gong. lie im
. mediately fell into 11 clinch and whis
I pered into Murray's ear, "lie nice,
( .lohn. Don't get fresh, and everything
will be lovely," or words to ttiui
1 effect. Murray wa3 so scared bo was
nice; nor did he get fresh and every
, thing was lovely during the first round.
i Neither landed a single punch.
Beginning with the second, however.
Murray came from hi.s corner and
grazed Kiibane's chin with two left
hook 4. Apparently Murray had got
some confidence between rounds.
Kilbane was surprised but he didn't
lose his head. He clinched nnd pulled
Murray around the ring and made it
appear as if the New Yorker really
was the one who wns holding.
Then nfter the pair had been parted
by Referee Joe Griffo, Kilbane began
SCRAPS ABOUT SCRAPPERS
' T O.Sl5i"G or winning, Jimmy Murphi
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is one of Philadelphia's most popu-
Iar punchers. The
Wot I'hilly
lllJIlt-
weight can expect
to park
ailV clllb
whenever ho goes to the po?t, and that
should stand good tonight ot the Oljm
pio. J penis, since recovering from a se
vere cold in his eyes, has got into tit
fettle under tho instruction of "Prof."
Adam Ityan. and when Murphy Marts
after Johnny Drmninie nt the Bioad
ttrcet arena the Jersey City boxer is
dun to kick up a lot .of rosin. Murph,
you know, is a very aggressive boxer,
and Brummie has proved on excellent
defenatve boxer, so nu intereMing match
should cnBue. The Murpjiv-Pniminie
niatch will be the i-emi to the Irunlile
j pc ' Fleming-Young Kocco s rap. Fleming
T .417' used to bo the reco?nizcd lightweight
8 333lchammon of Canada, and once unou a
time he scored a Knockout over I'.enny
Leonard. Jack Perry, it Pittsburgh
welter, will make bis firct Philadelphia
1 appcarancp in n Pout witn I'atsy Ullue.
IJtner OOUts wall ue juuuk nejinau v.
Charley Hear, a sparring partner of
Murphy, and Frankie Howell vs. Tom
my Weiland, both gob glovemeu.
Now it comes out. Jack Kearns has ad.
mltted that most of the so-' ailed bx offers
for Jack Pemusey's servbes are not bona
fids In other words a pleasant time Is
beln had bv promoters in .tetiini: all sorts
of cheap publicity.
Yonnx McOotern. who permits lus Intimate
friends to call him "Hank." will Ket re
started In rlnr competition tomorrow nlcht
at tha Auditorium A. A- His onconent will
he I'atsy Wallace. Sol O'Dotinell vs Johnny
Martin will b tho semi Jimmy McBrlde ys.
Tom Lushran Eddie Joscn vs. Charley
Mooney nd Tatsy McDermott va. Dan
(.'roweil and other numbers.
arnm Himoaui
TU1
FELLER NEEDS A
Weight Question Delays
Kilbane-Valger Baltic
Tromoter Dave Driseoll came to
Philadelphia to talk over the teuta
tivc match between Johnny Kilb.ino
and Benny Valger, but David re
turned to Jersey City with nothing
accomplished. Kilbane was willing
to accept the pur.se ot S10.000 for
an eight-rounder, but the champ in
sisted on 1-5 pound", ringside. .loo
Jacobs is holding out for 325 pounds
tit 3 o'clock. So far there's nothing
doing, and the big question is: Does
Kilbane really want to hot Vnlgrr?
to feint with hi right that most
feared wallop which the titlcholder has
used with such good effect in defending
his laurels. But uot once did Kilbane
let fly ; not until the sixth round,
when he made bis great rally, and then
Kilbane either rniseil or swung
punches around Murray's head.
Murray lacked the nenc. lie missed
an opportunity he may never gel again.
And just so long as Kilbane can keep
the other fellow wary his glittering
diadem will remain intact on his gray
thatched head.
But the first jnung gent who gcK
intoKilbane's path and ban the heart
to disregard Killune's fear-driving re
marks, hmile ami l'-int, probably will
make pugilistic cpodi.
Zelmer :i Corher
Kilbane has a wonderful little boxing
protege in Al Zi-imer. He is eighteen
years old, and gives "promise of de
veloping into as great a mittmnn ns the
fox himself. Zeimer had a tough fight
on his hands against Kid Wagner Sat
urday night, but the former won. Wag
ner came into the img with a car
buncle the size of a duck's egg on the
back of his neck.
Wagner showed Ins gameness by bot
ing under such a handicap, but the
youngster should nm lae b'-eu per
mitted to box undi r -wli conditions
Zeimer tried his utruo-i not to hit Wig- I
iier on his sotc spot, with the result
thnt he. too, was boxing under wraps. I
Were Wagner to ha bad an opponent ,
who would have made a target of the
back of the Kid's nerk, the Philadel- I
phia lad would have been in tcrribl
misery.
puiriiistie destin.es of soi (rrunneii in ihe
'"'"re Sol is one of roirmount's favorlt,
50n " "WBt ,
, Half n dozen Nml). and a battle rn.-il an.
! . .' l" Pio-im wnn ,'OTiiran-a or J'ost No
A miarir n n .n? i n ' i ,. na... .A, . ..
' '" Auditorium A on KridHv nichi The
. ........ . . ..-.,,-,,.. . ...iji.i null inn
Joe Jacksur. v Sol u Mann-ll k o Ransom
wi'ui .,i,.. 'luKliey IturcntnKOII
Eddie .Moriran .Toe
and Eddie ItetoJrn v
Dorsv vs Hillv (Unci,
Tyrone Costi llo
neiv liearswrlcht la about to break Into
ih, came here. I
is 1 -rank Wells, a 173.
pounder, srid Jack llubban
vouches fur
wens B walloping power:
AllentoM-n Ilumleo wtll b the olhr nern
the main melon at lha I'lmU, t,; ,1.
nlirht I'ukkv Jaiu- will throw doves n ihi
i Ainntowner.
Tele Mnrun i out on the trail for a match
with Uurhev Hutchinson on bona I r of HohbV
Mci ann MeCann Morsv .ai. "Yr is al J
a crui-k at Kilbane and Pet-r believes the
winner of a M-rinn Huti blnsuu niountVr
would prove a cood opponent tur thi, 1 ham.
plon
Ilobbs Itobldeau was like a MamnedM tn
the National rlnc S-aturdai niu-hi tl'..'fl
more noise with his fett than four Ashlers 1
Johnny Mase won as he niaased, still It
should be taken Into lonslderstlon that
Robidoau was an elcvenlh-bour ooponent
.Ioe Nrlkon apd Ilobbs McCann finiriie.l '
eiiihteen -ounds of slathlnx kcisppir.s unl I
111., mi. ", - - ,. ,1 ,,..,.. vj,jm lian the
first Th chinces are that somo morn bouts
between McCann and Nelson wjli be booLtd
Saturday' a match was b cood draw
llrnny A ulser lo to come hire for a bout
with Joe TlpilU on J'ebruarj 7 "Tn" i
spa boxer who Isn't afraid of uny one 'and
If he could mako the welrht he would hi
Just the sorl of a scrappier to upset J Wi
rlik Kilbane
loutiat Chancy wilt tsl:e Willie Jaclison'n '
Place against Henny Valuer at Newark w
3. Tebruerv 2 T1m Valarer-Jackson 1 ma let, I
haa boen postponed until February JO, TVII
took AttatrisMijaioon. w4u " "
FRIEND
GERMANTUWN N
E
Locals Pile Up Over 80 Points
in Two Games, Including
27 Field Coals
TEAM PLAY IS FEATURE
The second week of the final half of
the Kastern Basketball League race
finds Uennantown in first place nftcr
decisively defeating the two teams
picked to cause the most trouble. The
suburbanites met Camden on Tuesday
and De Ncri on Saturday, and the
Bennis-Tolli combination made a regu
lar clean-up.
On both occasions they played rc
mniknhle basketball. Djiring the clos
ing days of the first half, when the
suburbanites ucie experimenting there
was a tendency to inditidual work,
made necessary on account of some of
the players being new to each other.
Manager AVill Kennedy watched the
league leaders in action on Saturday
evening ut Musical 1'und Dull, and no
doubt he .made,n few mental notes that
he will transcribe to his men before the
game on Wednesday in Camden, when
the clubs clash again. iTermnntown
has lowered the colors of the Skeeters
thrice- in succession nnd the Jerseymeu
arc naturally out for revenge.
I Show Fine Teamwork
' A spectator at Musical J'tind Hall on
rjn I i,I.t Til.rlif ,i,i .lonl.. Afefl,..! ii- tlin
I'UlLllUa U.h"' " , . .-. ....vi,ui, tut.
old Jasper plajcr. He has not seen a
game for years. "How do these clubs
shape up, nowadnjsV" he asked. "What
I I mean is, now is tueir teamwori; .'
His friend informed him that tho
teamwork of the olden da)s was ap
parently a thing of the past. The Cum
den boys used to practice all afternoon
and other clubs like the Jewels worked
I nut n couple of nights a week, but the
1 fellows nuwndaNS er each other mi
...1.1..... !.., tl,.,t. Iini'r. littln rlimi.rt f..t.
ii-miu iii.it. j ..,.. ....... ,u.
I teiimuiirl:.
Hut tierninntown appears to be Ret
ting the Muff over. On Satur ay eve
ning. Iv'iinedy observed Frank Uruggy
go down the floor t-everul times on
signal ilaj.i that no doubt recalled to
him no less 11 Mar than "Dutch" Wobl
farth himself,
Oier Klghty Poinls
(iermantown made over eighty points
last week, nnd .twenty-seven Held goals.
Tliey dropped iu thirteen on Tuea!ay
and fourteen on Saturtlay, and added
fourteen foul shots on each occasion. It
will he mighty hard to slop such goal
tossing, and the signing of "Itube"
t'nshinau gives a handv utility player
to have hanging around.
The two defeats sustained by Heading
were no surprise. They have littlo
chance, according to ihe critics, but
when D Ncri fell down so miserably
some Mirpmo was manifest. Tho de
fi u.e of Hill Mjers'h elun is decidedly
weal,, ft was the fame last half, but
was off-set bj 11 strong offense.
In the opening game thev hail lifteen
coals scored on them b Camden, and
tho two games last week were both
liies when the opposition each time
dropped in.foiitUen goals. It will take
better work than llilx. The best man on
the club, from 11 defensive standpoint,
u Chris Leonard, and a big mistake
was committed when he was let go to
Hridgcport.
Xavler is. Uobsuii
American League fans have a chance
to turn out in force tomorrow evening
when the f
fiji l.nlf ,.n
"rst "'"
'canon term
second nnn oezins and the
omes to a close. The regular
mated in a tie between Dob
son and -avier, enen quintet having
lost but a tingle game.
The play-off will then be staged and
the followers of cacr club arc equally
confident of their favorites capturing
the game thnt will entitle them to tip
pear iu tho plny-off nt the, end of the
season. The nix teams not in the gome
figure it about it toss-up as to the win
ner. Toronto Sells Purtell
lun-nto. Jan 20. Tho sale of William
t'urfll third baseman i( Ilia Toroiilu In
teniallonals, lu th Oakland club cf the
1'acino Coast Iaeus Tvaa annquueed by
Prtaldent J. J. iloCatCeo-r,
I
BROKE IN AGIST
$20,000 BATTERY
Kid Cleason Lost His First Start
as Pitcher for Phils to. Clark
son and Kelly
BEGAN HIS CAREER IN '88
Some Kid
THtT.ADCI.PHIA
All. It.
A. 11
Ocorse Wood. If 4
Oeorsre Andrews, cf 4
Jim Kqcarty, rf
Job Mulvey, al 4
S11 Ferrar. II
John Clements, e 3
Arthur I -win. M 4
I'harlev Pnstlan, 2b a
Win. "Ulil" Clcn'un, n... 3
a
ii
o
n
ft
l
n
D
Totals
23
3 B23 20 0
BOSTON
AB.
, . r,
,. 2
,. 3
.. 4
.. a
.. t
,. 4
.. 4
3
n. it.
A. E.
I 1
Mike Kelly c
Sam Wise. e,s
I.'zr.i Sutton, .lb.. .
mil Nssh. 2b
John Morrill, lb...
Joe Knrnunc. If . . .
I
1
3
1
0
n
o
4
nick Johnston, cf.
Tom urown. rr. . . .
John Clarkson, p
Totals 32
4 T 27 11 0
KeU' out lor Interference.
Philadelphia. 10000200 03
Boston O I 0 0 0 o, 3 0 04
Earned runs Philadelphia. 2: Boston, 1.
Two-base hits Andrews, Mulvey. Nash.
Johnston. Brown. Home run Wood. Doublo
play Clnrkmn. Naah nnd Morrill First en
balls Off "KW" (ilrason, 5t ClarU'on. 1
Hit by pitcher Bastlan. Tlrst on errors
Phllarlo'rhla. 5, Boston, 1 Struck out
Ut Hleason. i riarhBon. 2 Wild pitch
(ileason. Time 1:45, Umpire Dante's.
The most expensive battery in
baseball Clarkpon nnd Kelly was
elected to oppose the Phillies in the
opening game of tho 1S88 National
League season. The Boston club had
just paid .$20,000 for the famous bat
tery and the sporting world was nraazed
at the extravagance of the Hug mag
nates.
Here was the most expensive bat
tery in the game about to fling against
our Fhils, and who was sent in to up
hold the baseball prestige of our fair
town but a little, sawed-ou" runt, who
weighed less than 140 pounds and has
is good a reputation in baseball us
Jack Dempsey has In tennis.
Tho fans thought Harry Wright,
manager of our l'hils, crazy. To their
way of thinking it was like stacking
J. Hoover, of the Northside Profes
sionals, against Grover Alexander. But
the youngster fooled 'cm. He gave
Clarkson one of the toughest battles of
his career. He was beaten, but only
by 4 to 3 and after nine innings of
hard baseball.
That was Kid Glcason's introduction
to- big-league baseball. lie weighed
less than thrj present famous poo t
pitcher, Dickie Kerr, of world -scried
repute, but his indomitable spirir", hia
Irish aggressiveness and his ability to
pitch made him oue of the greatest
characters in the game. And lie's btill
in.it, managing the present pony pitcher
and the Chicngo Sox.
Kid Gleanon was horn in Camden,
N. J., on October 25, 18G5, and was
brought up in a neighborhood where
a youngster had to light his way to
recognition. The Kid always has beet
able t. lake cafe of himself, and de
spite his sire, there now was u bet
ter two-fisted fighter in baseball. And
when he landed with his fists it was
like the kick from a miile.
In his teens he becau lo allrnct. nt-
! tention around Camden n.s a pitcher,
and in 1SS7 he pitched for both AVil
I linmsport and Scranton. His work up
there was so good that in I8SS he was
signed by the Phillies.
(Copyrlsht, 1020. AH right reserved.)
Cage Standings
EASTERN LEAGUE
V.L. IV v.L. IV.
tiCTmantow n 3 1 750 Heading ..2 2 soil
rainden 2 1 .IH7 Brldseport. I 2 .1133
Trenton . . 2 1 .t)'J7 Do Nerl ..13 .250
.SCHEDULE
Tuesday Hi-jdlnir at Oennantown
Wednesdu Urrmaiitaun ut Camdtn
lT:di IJrUlcejiort at Trenton,
I .. "turdaj Trenton al De Nerl. Camden at
Keuinn;;.
INTERCOLLEGIATE LEAGUE . .
w, i. rc. W.L." IV.
ale . . .
Columbia
Cornell .
.1 lll.lHll Princeton .. " .inn
1 1 .Ml IVnn . ...,. 0 0 .000
2 2 .."iuo Dartmouth, u .1 uuy
SCHEDULE
Wednesday rvimslvanla at JVinvctun
r-aturday ialo at Pennsylvania.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
w.i'- J"'' w.l. re
Dobson. . .
Xavter ...
S. J'. II A
llancoik .
o i .sr.7
il 1 .SS7
5 2 .711
3 i' .711
nt. Columba 2 S .2S0
U. farmel. 2 5 .2su
tllrard . .. r, .lvso
L'rlteiion.. . U 7 ,ooo
SCHEDULE
Tuesday Xavlcr vs. Dobson, JU. Cannol
vs St. Columba.
lnursaayT-mrard vs. Dobson. Mnncock
Criterion.
CITY COLLEGE LEAGUE
W.L PC 'i,
Osteopathy. .'I 0 1.0011 Pharmacy.. 0 2
! TeXtilo
- J .'1117 Hahnemann u 3
.,.,.
1 1 .auu
SCHEDULE
Thursday Osteopathy vs Temple. 1'hai.
macy vs. Hahnemann.
N. W. CHURCH ASSOCIATION.
,..,.., ? .-.ki: w. l.
v.iuiu . ,, 1 i, 11 iKivel-t. . II 1
St Imen'er .2
jui ist uuicn .1 3
t'alvarv .
."07 Nortwhest.il .1
Uethany .
.OU! .UUl Eil. . .U A
SCHEDULE.
I .Tcmieht TJnthany vs Twents -ninth Htreet.
Ollvet.Covenant vs. Northwest
1 iuesnaj yniinry vs Mrst Dutch
ford vs, Kthwenkfelder.
j N. K. CHUtlCH LEAGUE
I XV. L. P.C w L
a Shp'd..'J (I l.uoo lTn Tab 1
Itelhany. ..3 OI.11O1) Alplti 0 1
1 Emanuel .1 1 .500 ileth.sda 0 "
I 8'jmmer'd . 1 1 .000 .Simpson u
SOUTH PIIILA. CATHOLIC LUAvlUi:
. . W. I.. P.C. w ,,. j, r
iiirios . . k u .sou f,t. John 1 r. .375
Kajoiila. . 9 3 .730 Ut. I'atrljl.4 s s.'n
Ht- Rita . II .'I .0117 Kaerril H 2 II 33 1
Kajwood .4 U .141 (lunitoaiu 2 il '250
QERMANTOWN CHURCH LKAQUP
XV.
St. Step's. 12
St. ritep'a U
Cov't P.
Wtstslde 5
Ii. P.C.
0 1.000
1 .1117
I .Mf.7
7 117
W !,.
Trinity I. 4 h
ft Alrv a H
Trlnlts I s
Wuk field 3 10
Browns Start to Unload
St. loinls, Jan 2ii The Ht Louis Alrter-1,-ans
last nlaht announced the r, liase of
the followlnfts pliiers fiUb, r W,llr
Iayer to Washlncton la thr uaivir luiit
and Catcher Ernest I'olirntlne and I'ltt-hers
Harold llade ut.d lutn LuUuoa Lo ihe
Mobile Southern league tealp
Frankie Howell vs. Tommy Weiland
Young Weymann vs. Charley Rear
Jack Perry vs. Irish Patsy Cline
Jimmy Murphy vi.JohnnyDrummie
VRANKir. JIMMV (MIIIU)
FLEMING va. SOCCO
Tickets on al. Clfar htantl, 00
iHontli Venn Htyum rt
PHILA. JACK O'BRIEN'S
Incomparable Method of Teucblax
BOXING
Wltboul 1'nnfsliiueiit
Details. Ttllow rsn Stft. New phone Mask
wHijliluuuaj (.try., Jan. &u, lama FMmTl
DEMPSEY MA Y FACE
' TRIAL
Ex-Wife Claims She Has
Letters Showing Cham
pion Was Put in Class 4
A by a Fraud
SAYS HE THREATENED
IF THE charges made by Mnxinc
Dcmnsey, of Wells. Nevada, former
wife of the world's heavyweight box
ing champion, ns printed in u Phila
delphia paper this morning nre true.
Jack Dempsey and his highly perfumed
mauager, Jack Kcarns, will not only
hnve to cease all negotiations for a bout
with Georges Carpeuticr, but Dempsey
will bo drawn into a legal bnttlc., with
Uncle Sam, with the possibility of
spending n yenr jn a fcdernl prison ns
n draft dodger nt Us conclusion. Demp
sey's ox-w-ife, nccording to the dis
patch from Nevada, was compelled to
sign Jack's questionnaire under threats
of bodily harm nnd worse, in order to
put the boxer In Class 4A. Hhe also
was made offers for doing this, she
states, which never wero fulfilled.
Mrs. Dempsey, according to ljer
statement, is not trying to get monty
now, but merely attempting to show
what kind of n person Jack Deiupsey
ia.
"I can't say anything nlxnit the
Dempsey case," said Assistant Special
Investigator Garmuu, of the Depart
ment of Justice, this morning after
having been made acquainted wjth the
charges, "but I will say that taking an
hypothetical case in which u man has
escaped the draft by having had a false
questionnaire signed, or having bad it
signed under duress, that man can be
sent up for a one-j ear's term.
"If such n case should come into this
othce now wc should investigate it and
if the facts warranted a warrant
would be sworn out for him and he
would be arrested nnd tried in the
United .States District Court ns n
slacker, and if found guilty would be
sent to prison for a year.
"One yenr is the maximum now in
Mich cases," Mr. Gurinan continued.
"If the war were still on, we should
probably simply induct the man directl.v
into the army ns wc did in hundreds of
other cases.
"This case is not a parallel one to
Grover Bcrgdoll's. The latter officially
was inducted into tjie army, then de
serted. He therefore is to be tried by
court-martial.
"On the other hand, a mnn in Demp
sey's status was never in the army uud
is amenable only to the laws of the civil
court. As I have said before, I don't
know anything about the facts in the
Dempsey case and I rnn't say anything
nbout it, but such cases are still being
run down 1)' the Department of Justice
vnd men found to be slackers are being
tried uud sentenced as such."
J. V. Giles, justice of the peace nt
Wells, Nevada, is said to have seen the
e.-Mrs. Dcmpt-cy's payers and to have
put them in the form of nn affidavit.
One thoisand wounded YnuVs In the
Fox Mills, Stilt eu Island, Hospital
have forwarded the following letter lo
Jack Hcmpse :
Officers' Wenl. N" tl V S G-nrrnl
Hospital Nn II, V"X Hills. .-Untfri
island, New 'Sorl., Jan 23, JU2o.
Th fnlliiwlinr letter, i pros-Mine tin-
fruso and opinions of fie wounded inn
In this lioiitl with whom I hue talked,
hai b-cn "em to, Jirlc D. iiiii .
I.IHlT AUTI1UII If.MIINSON.
HOtll lnfoiurj. 2tli IHvlsluli
.Sir A certain note of jnlci nvirl.s
the appfa's which uj !mv mldu hdoiI Li
tho American Legion nml I" '"" army,
navy mid civilian beard of lovt'ia niniml
In an efro-l to leivo .i filr Judgment pi5i-d
uprn :our ricord. . ,n
I nm Instructed bv wounded i ni In
Ihla hospital l'i rJ thnt tlif 'W 1 that
the LckIoii dues not consider It a function
of the oreanlatlon "to review th rlnlim
of nnv Individual who find) 't wcesarv
to Justify his exemption from mlllirry
servhe." , , ,.
The T.eirlnn the men here believe, is
peculiars qualified ta p-its up-m jour v.'ar
rreord. but nn' Judnneiil hlrh the hoxlnij
1 mini miv i.infce .vtll not carry uny welsh l
w i. - pi 'ir i t re.
Because of this I talio pleamro In In
v ii. J l.. ... nt lour ci'te le the men
!n this huMilt I More tlinn u "" has
pastil aluec tin. nrniUtle was HKHed, nut
there aro more than loOO nisn here, rtlll
suffering from wounds smtalned In action,
nnd irem thtlr crippled ranle a lotnmlttee
or court of f-lr Judgment wl 1 be oruanlied
to consld, r sour enso If ou care to sub
ndt It
An Itilor'emrnt of lour war r.cord by n
rrt ittr f tb'" hort. T take It. will
satisfy jour conselenre and hlp to aba'.e
t pt il 1 pa I .c I t'-'Mii Hll'i iui;ii nun
lieen beatlni; aKc.tn't : nd imtshlntf tlin but
wark:, of tin pHtrlntic part wlit.fi sou claim
jou plnsed In tho war.
That bL'ns tho oik we do cot suppose
ycu will nrnlett thn opportunity to present
lour defense, nnd In this connection T
fUBgest that sou answer and carefully fill
out the follow Inp nuestlonnalre
Klrst. It haN brten said that sou were
properly classified in tho draft and that,
llko others ititiject to the selective service
act, you awaited vour turn to bo ca led.
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AS SLACKER
'What Is a Rivet?"
Yanks AslcDcmpscy
A committeo headed bv itt
ant Arthur Robinson, who wi, tnI
through both knees n action f0t
Ing the war, and reprcs? ng $
wounded Yanks In tho P mS,
Hospital at Staten Island i?
framed u new "questionnaire" tl
Jack Deinpsey, heavyweight cham
P on of tl.o world, of which a ft
,, lcaillns 1"tlons follow"
rite a short essay OctaiHng'your
Do you nlwnys arise and rcmn,
vnur l,..t !.., ...... , '"'remove
tional anthem? What
tlonul anthem?
nn.
the na.
"o you not wear
nil Anierlrnn
Hag as n belt when
fove tho public?
jou appear be-
Do you or do you not believe
that, in a strict and fair sense, one
who did not do his full duty durlw
the wav is not only u slacker, but
a traitor as well? (One point )
In the event of another ' iar
would you ndvIs.o the young fcnow.
of this country to do what you diJi
or to do w hat the wounded men in
this hospitul gladly did? (Nn.
points.)
Doiine the following words; Self
respect, patriotism, citizenship, 0b.
ligation, honor, deccuej'. (gr
points.)
What wns the Ijusitania? AYhero
is Belgium? France? What is a
rivet? Did jou ever drive one? De.
Hcribo the interior of a sltipjard
t Twelve points.)
Assuming this to
be true, It Is re.ie,w'
tuat you explain-
A.) Whv you did not wait to be e.Hrf.
and (I)) Why vou went Into lit" rtipMrSi
instead of wall nc? Iiritn ii.."1"pl"'
f.'ccond Write
short essay dctillint
a shipbuilder (Fivj
lour qualifications
points i
Third.
Ird. How much llmo did :ou actusllv ,1
1 In the ahlpyards, and ho TinnX 1
s- did. cu earn In the. prize rlne who. "I
spend
money am sen cum In in prize rlnt wATi
he American boya In I'ranro wire "
miuii ami urasi now aid sou munih'i il
tO aet n tho ihlnvarrln! If .,.! ..." .'1
'Isj?,, ""Ji1""', Say V'h0 (EBht fill")
, lmirlh. Should sou or should jou not b
described as a patrlotlo paraslle? m
one reason. , (Hjventeen points.)
v. ii"' .J18 tn,!r.0 any "son why jw
should not have volunteered for front line)
service In the Infantry assumlnp; that oi
&V?vVUlpolndt0"rC l "" 50Ur ra
Sixth. (A) no sou not nlwass arise ard
remove your bat when you hear the n.
tional anthem? What Is the national n.
them (B) Do jou not wear an Amerlctn
""F,,"? u "a-1 when you appear before tli
PUnlfCi
(A) If so, do you or do you uot con
sider ouch delicate and traeeful triluts
to sour country as sufficient proof o!
sour patrlotlsmY (Three points.)
Snyetith. Is theru uny reaton why yoo.
your minncer. Douelas Fairbanks CbmIIi
I hapllu and many other professional hall,
plasers, Incluillnar Tnney nt the New York
Ulnnts, should not bo boscottvd no,v by th
public, Just us alien enemies and btislmji
conictnB were boycotted durlnc the war?
tTu'o polnla )
Iflirhth Is there any reason why thosi
who fallrd to do their dutv durlni! the wir
should not ouffer a fair and reasonable psn.
a.ty now, Just as those who did do actlva
seiv'ie In b'rancw and were wounded are
pioudlv suffering thw penalty of perma.
iifiit disabilities? (Flvo points.)
Ninth Is It true that sour family wn
depentWii upon sou for support before you
tuudi. sour claim for xeinptlon, If so. Is
It alio true that "A Tale of Two risti' A
J.lfe Story of Jails nempscy " stafs that
vou vt ro a rider of brake-hi ams and that
sou returnrd to your home and folks In tba
dass prevluiih to sour light with Jess Wli.
lard onlv vhin you were "broke anJ liun
Kry." IKlir, points.)
Ttnth. Io sou Know that thousands of
Americans, unit amonir them inam who arn
now crltleiaiiiB 5U,, urtuillv had dewnilent
wiWM and families and that the pot eminent
would hn
provided lor yours,
if ou had
any Just as it provided for
thMrs' (Ten
points j
' l'llecnth. Ho you or do vou not belleis
that la x Httiet and fair sene en who
dll not ' ) his fill duty during the var
Is not uu a slacker, but .1 traitor ai
well? (om, point.)
Twelwh. In tho event of imnth, r var,
would jou advise tho joune fellows of this
country to do what you did or to do ht
the wounded men in this hospital gladlf
dlil' (Nine points )
llurftenth. Define theh following wordr'
Sclf-reaccl, patriotism, citizenship, obllra
lion. huno-. di centy (Six poin s )
l-'ourleenlh. What was th" LusflanU?
Where 1 UelKlumV I-'rince' VMint la a
rivet" Did sou ever dilvc one' Peserlba
the interior of a shlpy-ird (Twelve points,)
rifte-nth. Olv one rtaeon why one who
failed to Uo his fur duly durlni.' the ar
Is entitled lo the sympathy or conaidortUoi
of the Amerluan public (Seven points.)
Vaiidlm. the reeint n? otir answer tht
action which Is luntemplatcd here will bo,
deferred upon tne recetp- ot an answer
which sutlsfaitorlly replies to the ques
tionnaire 1 shall tend von the Indorse
ment which jni: i'-pni to d,'Sir o much, :
In lh event that our answer Is not
satisfactory nn organization wlh be ef-'
feited which will tako up with Ihe SUt
Department and inn KOiernor and Lefls
lature of each stale the matter of pre
venllnir you from boxinx before the publlo
In thlr respective, slates. In addition to
this, the t'overnments of those countrl'i
which fought fjermany also will bo com
municated Willi. Very rul vnurs.
ARTHUR ROIIIVSOV
Lieutenant 110th Infantry 1'sth l)lv
A. U V.
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