ESssKzSa lili PPW?( W---'ww' jfijv' ' ' v "'"' "',3'-'K- ' 7- -"; wr f ft H jji nr'" i. vs KftfW BiT'.fc-'uWilW .( . IS EVEOTITCP PUBEIU LTDDGER PHTETABErPHlX:, TTJESDXr," BIAECH 8, '1921 7JV PICKING ONE TO PLAY MISS LE1TCH ABROAD, U. S. ALEXA STIRLING WITH CONFIDENCE fr f..vwmxm fc . ED ROMMELL LOOMS LIKE STAR HURLER; INTO A Rrntimont, Te., Mnrrh fi. OP AT.Tj the pitchers nn tho Mnekiau payroll who arc rehearsing down here. I'd Roniiiicll linn shown mint promise, mill if lie keeps up the good work lip threaten to be one of tlio lending dingers In the big show. Kil was pretty good Inst jenr after he Rot going, hut that wiw Into In the seiiMin and j KI) ItOMMKMi pr.v- ? .? JrWillpS Ml L f ' looked like the other pitchers the tirst few dnvs. with no outstanding feature to shove him out in front, until the other morning Itnlph 1'crkins wandered over to Connie Mark to deliver a diort oration, l'erk seemed to have something on his mind, for his brow was wrinkled and he had every appearance of a' person struggling with some weighty problem. "Connie." he said without prenmble, "I can't cateh thnt slmv ball Kommcll is pitching. 1 have tried it for a week and it gets nwny from me. I don't know where It is going and in a close game 1 will be afraid to signal for it. What -hull 1 do?" ""'ttcr ee Many Davis about It." leplied Connie. llarrj wa interviewed and the noted iron merchant took the catching glove and ordered lUuumell to pitch the deceptive pellet. Tlin firit one hit ffarry in the chest, the second went through An Irg.i and thr third nnr whi::ed past hiii rnr, mt'in; thr nuditnry nnjnn ; a fruo t'niM i nn iiie. 77irn Harry retired and said he would think about it. Knuckle Ball With Variations "OI"T now thnt you have ven it." persisted I'crkinti, -tJ"what are jou going to do about It? What am I Kilng to do? You can't cntch it and it's the same with me. What's the dope?" "Well " replied Hurry slowly. "I expect you'd better knock It down with jour glove and not try to catch it. The ball is hard to catch, also hard to pitch. Jut knock it down." I'erkfiis walked back to thp bench, slowly slinking Ms head and kicking his feet lu the sand. He still faced the KRAMER STOPS SPENCER IN 1.01 OF FIRST ROUND Southpaw Socker Scores Quick Knockout Over Gloucester Lad at Olympia Dropped With First Punch Ity LOl'l II. .I.M'I'K SKVr.N SECnNDS nftcr the opening bell. Willie Spencer was a knock down vi'lliu t innn Kramer nt the niwnnin last 'light, nnd in exaetlv one minute nnd one ml the little tilou- pester jtlnvcmnu was being helped to h's comer decis'neh defeated by the lnliln southpaw seeker. This is one of the ipilrkst knockouts on record in local hitfet hlstnrj. Frnnkie Il:ile. of New York, was to hne been Kramer' opponent. I. ate Pund.ij night Matchmaker Ilermnn Tnjlor. who was at Atlantic City, learned that the ijothnni boxer would not be able to keep hi engage. uent here. Palej. according to a wire, was suffer ing with tonsilltls iiml pneumonia. Taj lor sent out several wires in nn effort to bring i.misme here to meet Kramer, but he was unsuccessful. Then the matchmaker conceived the idea to lirenk up one of hi preliminaries, pair off Sjiencer with Kramer nnd semi in Joe Uorscv, of Fiiirmouut, ngains' Ilnrrv Mnnsell, of l-.ugland. j Spencer wns unable to stand the test, "With the first mm li of the bout, a short i left uppenut. which gnt7.ed Willie's jaw. Kramer dropped bis foe. He got up after u shoit count, and while stag gering mound the ring for half a minute during which time lumin missed a number of blows, another left fellul Spencer. Once more the (lloiieester lad stag gered to his fe.-t 'ifter a short count, backed awnj. tried to fall Into i clinch and finu'h . forced into Kramer's mr Iier. Spencer stopped amither Iff t -hnn'iler with his chin, lie went down. Thnt wa uflii lent. Referee (irillo baited hostilities "lie's tin' next champ sure," or words to that ' ITei t were on hundreds of fans' lip as thej started fur the exits Kramer weighed in ,it 11(1 pounds Sp neer was two pounds les, Frnnkie H of llaltlinore. l.'tl, scored with harder nnd more often punches in eerj round of his bout with Frnnkie llnnui. l.'l'l Itice won nil the wny. but Urown. despite the fact that he "stopped innnv villous slams, fought bard throughout In the !orse Mnnsell contest weight a difference of live pounds greatly handicapped the latter ami he was on the short end of the decision at the finish. Mnnsell started off In flnshv style, but lorej came htronglj in the latter rounds nnd won in a margin. Mnnsell weighed IH'.... Hobby Lyons, 1 111, started out ns If he would deal out u terrific trouncing to lien Taj lot, l.ln. but Itenjumin proved to be a tough gin. and befoie the bout was over he uirned an even brenk. Icnm Hughes. 1", outfought Johnnj Perkins. lli.Tj. Scrajhs About Scrappers Murctifc VVIIIIlMMa annoiincil tni!a th it Clua Kranchiltl uiul Al l"'i tun) ripmiad In fit fattla for thai' sclviliilcil citfht.rnunil inU I tha AllillHTlll'M I 'lull I'lllllilll l-ViVlill Trotto ho uai'il in li"-( uriilar lit., llama of Kl'l Wi'al lll 11 l'i-. ir in tin a. ml ua-allia'l Kraiikl.' Al'l-r IT' lima V"inia llm k I'lin ins a, lUilily .laik.in Hann llaaa a Younic J'" TuIt Wl II" Thi'iiua m Krunkla Mi'Kannt illJ J'" .Smith v Yuuiu T"iu 0'l.nr li. (I, Sltlllv ill la trillnnij in the hllla of Manayunk for III" lht rouiplar with J'r inkle Ilrlltim at J irk llan.iii T'Ji-lo A f" (Nn tlonal A, A ) toinuiri nluht Tootale Uoyla will aumlnnal with lUrry lima. K. O. Jjonard u, Jory W'alluc. Younr Ixw IUker v. Nick Crttr, Jlrniny Ituuell vi. Clemen- MAY SLOW BALL A'S LOT OF 1921 VICTORIES Hy RORKRT V. MAXWIXL. Mxirt dlllcr nvenlnr Public l.rrfltr tew paid any in tention to It. A performer on nn eighth -place eluh cldoni gets credit because he usually ftntxtion second In hix work. Other wle. the club wouldn't b c In eighth plare. Hut I'd cares nothing for slams and wallop. He hai been kicked around consider nhty mill had his upi and d n w n m with eleven downs to ever y u p. That's vvh.v he In showing lots of pep down here. In working harder than any one on the sipiad anil Im developing into a wonderful luniind'-miiii. It o m in e 1 1 T Even ing Ledger Decisions t of Ring Bouts Last Night ! OI.V.MI'IA lnnnr Krumer knnrknl nut Willis Spfnrcr, flrsti Kntnkle Mrs ilsfrntis) lTmiklf llrnwn. Jnr ItorMj won from Hurry Mitnsrll. lien Ta'lnr llrew with llohli.v lionit, Uriiiy fliiKltfSH nntfmixht Johnnjr I'rrklns. PtTTMlt'lMill I'iHiv hc.inlon won from KUhtlliK Tommy Kan. TIMIY. N. Y. Tin htirkin Conror ilr. fr.itrit Ift rirrre. C1IKSTKH Johnny (irlffltlis oiitpnlntrd Snmm Hiililnoii. Hohtiy Volrl knixknl nut Charier Lewis, thirai JIurtr llurns dr- fault hi) 1lrur. Mi.rvliw uinrin LniuiLJim m I Kntnklr toy -ttnpiHtt Vnltrr Mrlr-Ml, llftlu IWjhhy AUrn rtmird .iibj Jimmy Mhoi.. I !lHTn)I. ronn. Jnhnnr Mhumif nut jmi luted uiik It re tor T. I'AI I-. Minn. tlllljr Mlikr knevkn! out rarnifr IaIkp fourth. NKW IIKIlFOItn .Man. llohhr IyMn nwnntt'il do llnti mrr I'ul .Moorr. CINCINNATI, . Jurklr Clark ilrffiiusl Jtthnnt Kliirh NKW YORK Inrk Iftiniinrr rwrltnt rtfH. hlon ihit Miirty Cnllln.. f.tu AiKithnr rounds nil a buttle royal will compl' t-j the proifrMm. John Hnrj JohiiNon, to(fthpr with Joe !iulr Mfr- nui!rm a ntctl 4llNVfru hw at th Auditorium Thursday nlxht. Kid Duplin v Kid I'attlllo will N th- rtnal frrtc.i. Jamiitrii Kid n. lUttllnv Kid I'owfii Ilotdo Wright x. Vernun t.rn KM IlootM a. ,Jllv, nnd Clnrlnntl Klanh v. Kid Minr will b other numt-ra. Jnlr Hltthlp, of I.anciHir, utll drtut hrt und'-r lht oolorii of Jvf Cnnru itt tin Camhrla lld.iy nlht, Jop llrr-ll will -hl" l-dl Th Hml 1 Tr'tr Horn v. Jn Iltz. I'rllniH, Tommy ffOldn n KtHnkie IlnmrnHiti ltnrnv MrKnrlnnd h Trr ' l'fti tnd VouriK WlUon Crunklc hmlth. IVIillr M'lmlrr will Is- I liurifh on .s'Hlurl nlht V 1. ......i..... u.....i. . -..... tm from ntt tr in stiip thn Kfimtr In Ih" '.. uAn.....l l.i.. ... .1. .. ul. O-U.. ...lit 1. 1 . . '. .ii., i.iui ... in- .yrr-n, ,nr ..111 m--t 1 Him N.itlinnl Maxlt VVllllarnitiin m.t i"'!irr Ium hi la l MinianllhU Is-i I'llion Tuinmv l.nviKhrnn Illll O innmi n Julinnv l'Axon anil Wily lleruer n. Vt urii.' Mimro. urn pfllmi". Itprmiin T.ylor hm offnrR nut for B'rHl llihtw-iifht to m-f CJi'.-rii rhsniy at thp "Ijmiil, n.xt M mrtaj nluht. Hilly AliKeln, f V'ipIi l'i i.iri lnv a i-hMiici. al th K ii 1 .. r 1 j tr und Tilor Is iiwaltinv wor'l fitm him. Jimmy Miin'h). of VVVnt rhllsil-lphla. 1'nlnv ilnlit tht-- report of ntcr(1a morn Ins ihttt he h.nl ti-n klllfii In an automo lill" KM-lnVnt nt Slxtlnth un.1 Murkft tret. Wh I m lurprlieil " exrlalmml Jim "I whii tri'liilnif .ill rnorrilnu at A'l'ini l(un'i "tuh 1. .rrul tnllFH from Slxtl'tli anl Markft " Jnrk I'rrry, of Fnuth-KsrW waa forced tn ' ill "ft hl lx.ui uUh Marti I'nlllnH In l.jrin Muna for Thurilii nluht Ixc-ium of an 'ip-ratlim fof tnnnllKU nrel nilenulila r- r-T'llnif to Thick Jann.lll toil.ty. "I'crry u auffTlnrf from n airi throat on Stur ln ami thai U what himllcuppi"! him aitalnat Klil Williams ' ny Janrtll .liwk Chunr laaiiH n rhalli-nKi. to anv hnntam In th cit prfrrlnic Martin Ju'Ik or Jhtk I'rrv Sain th Ilhrl.r la num. ailnif I'h.iny aa w II aa Willie (irn han. turn Al Kn wltrwlirht. amt Itialiiy Murphy flywrluht. I.nlxl llanilr haa rerovrcl from u cut oxer hla a'jrfar"! In t livut at Atlantic f'lty It" l iralnlmr fur malchti with an of tha loial ffUther'a "lirhta A lioitnx prmcritin la IsMnif urrannl hy It" Knltihts jt Cnlumtiija .it tlia VVat 1'lilh iilphl.i I'atholln iluh for Thnrsilaj nluht Klfti-ti dliiHl.ur liinita arnl a apt-clal acrap iKtwicn Vnun Jack o'llrlrn arnl f'llff trit ulH t Inrluilfl on th raril. It-8e ratlona kr. to bs mail for vonin Tiiminj --tiiltr la tn n turn tn th" rlnir nnil ta-u unil--r the name of T'unmv Km'lla hla ran) name tftairir. h haa not hail on a k!i for three cara la hlntf hanOleil t) Hilly Thnrnlnn ..( .Nrw York ami will to ii. a llatil welKht. aU Nilaon haa la en .iiMeil tn th" I.M arila-Talor alahle Thla mun.ii;-rtal t"nm malita In atack ll'iiry llauh"! aa-alnat K'I'Ile lt"olr iiml l'"t" Hoaa aaalnat Tommy Mc 1 ami Jlnum Murphj or Whliay Kiti-rul'l Miss Sterling Sails for Scotland York. .Mari-'li s MU Alaxa Hilr llnir American woman aolf cliainuloii. alle for Enaland today on tha Hmr carmanla to ai.H rfi.iiiuu a sun cn&mpion- Mcotund, on Marqu 23. problem of CRtching tho mysterious slow ball and hod no chance of solving It. Instead, all he had to do wan catch It. Not a Mift UKslgnment. We sought Ituiiimell after the practice and miked him nil about It. "1 gne.ss It Is knuckle ball with vnrlfltlonn," he re plied. "I have been experimenting with It for four yearn ntul did not get It under control until last yenr. I didn't use It very much, but It certainly fooled the hntterH. I guess 1 used It seventy-five times and seventy were strikes. "I hold the ball with the thumb and the first joints of the inde and middle lingers. I throw It with the same motion us my fast ball, but It travels slowly to the plate and just before It reaches the batter It shoots either up or down, inside or outside, t never have seen Clcotte work, so 1 can't compare It with his delivery. All I know Is that it Is pretty good mid nobody bus hit it soundly as yet. "Four jears ago when I was a kid chasing baseballs nnd minding the bats in Hnltlmoru for .lack Dunn I used to mingle with the bnllpliijers and try to do everything thej did. 1 practiced pitching nnd one day used the knuckle ball. It went god, but I didn't know what to do with It. Frank Hniggj, who now Is catching for the l'hils, tnught me the proper way to hold the ball and I have been practicing ever since." nOStytKT,L Iiiik brtn in thr league tin years and i in hasehall three yearn, He tent ,imf tn A'pio infc in .1.S because Jack Dunn leanted tn pet rid of linn. In that leayuc Hnmmell loan tho majority of his gamri and made luch a yond record that Con nie tinned him in 1020. The first year in Xewnrk Itomincll iron four out of five from linltimnre and fire out of tercn the iccond year. This is one in stance irheri Dunn made a h'uj mistake, lie let Iloinmell yo before he icm n')C. Teaches Delivery to Other Hurlcrs EI) I.S not nt all secretive with his new delivery. He Is teaching It to all of the other pitchers, and Hlappy and lkert seem to have mnstered it. The osiers can't get It. "That's the most decept'.'e ball T have ever seen," said Perkins. "It stood the Yankees on their bends one dny last year. In one inning I'ratt, Kuth and Meusel struck out in succession on nine pitched halls. I couldn't catch the ball, but knocked it down nnd threw the men out at first. "Another time we were playing In Iioston. It was the nmtn inning. We were leading by one run nnd there was a man on third with two out. 1 wasn't plnjing that dny and .lohnny Wnlker was catching. Kommcll was in the. box and when the lintter stepped up Connie said to me: " 'You had better take Walker's plncc and signal for the slow ball. We bine a good chance to win.' "I donned the mask and protector nnd went into the gnnie. I rave the sign ti- the slow bull and Ilommell threw It. I thought I knew where It was going, but when 1 put up my hands it swered downward and passed between my legs. While 1 was chasing it to the grand stand the tjing ruu came iu nnd we didn't win until the tenth Inning. "You can take it from me, thnt is the only bnll jf Its kind thnt Is pitched In the big leagues, and Itomincll n effectiveness has lliproved ."0 per cent because of it. Jh' I C.I.V'7' ciitcn it, how can a hitter hit itt" tCopvrtght, till, bv Public I.tttotr Co.) 28 SCHOOLS ENTER I West Catholic High Among Teams Listed West Phila. High Fails to Enter Twi'nty-nlcbt blgb schools nml pr punitory srhooln hnvo entered the T'nl verwlty of IVnnxylvnnln interlioW nstlr bnHl(ftbuH tourney, whioh Is RPhod fcH fo stnr n Moprl l4 n-! WntlnilP until March 23. Teams from I'ennsjl tnnln. New Jersey and Pelaware are listed among the twenty-eight entrants. West Catholic High of this clt.v, win Tiers of the Catholic Schools Chuniplon slilp is entered. West Philadelphia High school for somo unknown reason did not send In Its nnme. Tt wns e pected that West Phlln would enter to mi'it West Catholic In order to decide the championship of the city. Heading. Norrlstown and Pnttstown liijh schools have entered. They are the clnsN in their districts. Heading lends Harriahurg Tech hy half n name fr the Central Pennsylvania Interseholnstie championship. Championships in the to irney un to he awarded to the preparatory schools and the public schools. In the former class Vlllnnova Prep looks like a atrnng contender. The winner of the New Jersev M'o tloiuil championship to he decided nt Hutgers College on the 18th and 10th an- expected to enter nnd this will ndd considerable Interest to the games. Four Games Karh Night Manager Ollbcrt Strickland, of the I'lilverslty of Pennsjlvnnla varsitv team, who is on the committee to select refer' es for the games, announced ' terdav that four games would he plajed on the nights of games starting at tltHO nml ending nt O'.'tO. The first game Is scheduled for March 14, The other dates are March IS. 17, 10. 21. 22 I 2.'l nM the 1 nth the gnmes will be nlmeil in the nfternoon, starting at 1 HO. The following s n complete list of the teams entered: Tirown Prep, Cam i en High, Central High. Chester High, Cnlllngswood High. Darby High. Cpper Hiirbv High. Doyleatown High, Prank ford High. Hntbnro High Moorestown iN. .1 l Friends'. Moon-stow n High. Moravian Prep, Norrlstown High, Pen nington Seminary, Perklomen School, Perknsle High. Pnttstown High, Had imr lllzh, Heading High, Homnii Cath olic High, Snlesianuin High, Temple I'n-p, Villanova Prep, Wi-imnnnh Mill tnr Academ. West Catholic High. Woodhuo High and Wilmington High. Hall Trams Play With Charles V Chief Header ncting iii the uiiiplri.. I'r. Carlss sent two base- ball teams tlinuiga a nve-inning game jesterdny afternoon that looked like a inidt-eaann ethihltiou. Both teams i watted the ball with utter abandon, pin tlciilarlt the varsity nine, which won the contest from the seconds, 1,'t tn 1. The varsity team lined up with Con roy, a newcomer, at first; Danny Mo Nlchol, nt second; Mel Shlrver, veteran of hist enr, at short; Korber, who Mihlied for Mike Sweeney last season, nt third; MeMiillen, of the freshman nine, in left; Al Moiiradian, who plnjed on Hoy TliunuiH last team, in center, and Hud M.vers. the Penii king of swnt. in right. Shnffev and Shiiatcr for the varsity, with liotvvulu and Plnney ciitcherH switching from tin) vursit) to the seconds. The Strtius nine lined i-p ns follows: Thompson, first ; Hiippenthul, second ; Pearson, shortstop; McKiiddeu, third; Mnhaffuy, left field: Htrnus, center field, and Herman Harvey la right. Stout did the pltcbins. 1 OURNEY fh TZ0pa rod S Tmis JTeei.) 7pATieip Thvhvmv Tl MAYN'T Fci-I iooR cost.A 6GT3 HlwouiHV (llfi'DHSUB ( Hec?'S TThc ncsxt Boor- ) wmio he. poms This noon f iiau; t iiMsT To Smouj ) 1 Tcuo FeeT Thick-, iob. I a OoJ6 rinoo in mv som JrJif or JS T.J J GoT 6000 50nTa IM A I AND Tue Fine VUHISTLP BLOUtt rr 3.1? KB3 P MV j Tncan- r sr Vpoqsj toujm- a thibf vuoyuo y PLreg WNNIPEG HOCKEY HAMWH Canadians Oppose All-Stars In First of Series To night All-Stiiro lllrrulrlli .. . .rtclit wlnir. . . Ilrnrlijiir rntrr. . , . Krhnnrr lrft wln. . , Hill rntfr .... Iluntlnxtnii point U.na I Wlnnlprr . . AMrttlnr .... (tlttsnn ." ' " Tiit-kMrl'l . Mimsnn lirfrrr.- I. t.rwl. llron nml John in. On.-. TtmrThrrr IB-mlnutc prrlrdii. Tiirniiull Oiif of the Htroiieost all-stnr ten inn thnt hn.s heen nHseinhleil here this .sea son lins Imm'h orpntiliied to opjiosn the spoeily Wlnnliit'R sextet In the firM of 11 thrce-pniiie neries nt the Ire I'nlnce tonlKht. The All-StJirs will ehlhit to. nmrrow night nlso, hut on Tliursilny nlcht the Metropolitan!, of New York, will meet tlie fnst l iinmlintis. Quaker City, St. NieholiiH, rrlneeton, I'enn nml Hryn Atliyn will he retire. nutted on the All'Stnr team. The hest that these five teams have In the way of hockey talent will hoc action before the nil of the games. Werner Schnarr, the sensational Ttrjn Atliyn player, wns given pennW sion Inst night hy tha Hryn Atliyn otll oials to piny In this series. Eddie Mill mid Ilerbeit Henrique, of Quaker Cltj ; Srhnnrr, of Itrjn Atliyn, nnd lllerwlrth, Huntington nnd Smart, of St. Nicholas, will be tho regulars to start. Here Is the list of reserves: Craw. ford, (Junker City, and Ilurgest, St Nicholas, wings; Prlngle, Penii, renter j Dexter. Quaker City: Von Ilcrnutli. St. Nicholas; Murray and Kenrns, I'enn, and Halght, Princeton, defense; Maxwell, Princeton, and Ilnrte, Quaker Clt.v, goul. SPECIAL BOXING CARD Four Eight-Round Contests March 17 at National A. A. Four contests, ench scheduled for n!..l.fc n..H.l.. ...Ill l.n .l.n .iltKiiilln.i ml -Kill I "mm-. , "ill hi- ii-- ' ' the night of March 17. at tlie ."National A. A. The final match on the program ..in t. i at... ........... i.-l.i wii. will in- in i-.. v.'ii nn- v in; inn ism ..,- Hams, who has heen winning his matches consistently, and K. O. Joe O'Donnell, of Ohnicester. Second on the program will be Joe Tiplitz. of Philadelphia, and (iene Del mont, of Memphis. Dnniiv Kramer, 'he bantam sensation of the 1020-21 sea son, will appear In the third bout. Enrl Puryenr, of Illinois, will be Krnmer's opponent. Two iveks ago Kramer and I'tiryt-ur met in Milwaukee. It wns n terrific tussle for ten rounds. Hnrry Kid Urown, the former school hoy, litis proved himself tn he In old time form following the opcrntlnn on his nose. He will -o on the first of the all-star curd, and Ralph Hrady. of Svrncubu, N. Y,. will bo Ills opponent. BOB HOFFNER THROWS HAT IN RING FOR GOLF COMPETITION Will Try to Emulate Brother George's Brilliance in Local Amateur Ranks Will Play for Philmont in Division C of Suburban League ttvoH IIOFFNr.K will take a whirl at rS .. ' .,.!. in .. .r tin.! Phllmoi t'c try "'tub can,- and will tin.,, will have no small Interest for the i iiiiuiom ""';. " - ,, . iorui funs in the coming league tuss c. In be n strong .ontendel for other loan illi)(f j)tlcr lnurt'ln thin yar. i ...wi, an.,. it ffered with ennui Hob Ihih evidently h lliiihii fun konminu 1)11 m .. ...tAl.liiia f iu t. h(niiiiw imii wiuniiiik ' rest of the I! ffner family golfing around , 111 the tourneys nnd has deciueu in stand on the sidelines no longer. Hrotln-r Chnrlie is a pro. Hrother (ieorge Is an amateur. Hrother Hob has been strict!) neutral. Tin- Iloffners are among the most brilliant of Philadelphia's golf products. i:pcit figure Charlie's main hindrance to reaching the peak In the open events is that he lets too many things worry him. (fi-orge is the exact opposite. Nothing ever worries (ieorge. except perhaps misla.ving the rest of that cigar the next morning. In the past Hob Hoffner has confined must of his golf to holidays, but there were some who used to say that he was as good a player as either of hit) brothers. That is salng plenty. Ilashful Golfer One reason Hob has not competed be fore is that he harbored tho hallucina tion that be might not be eligible, His letter on the subject was recently taken nn hv the executive coinmitee of thoi golf association, and Hoffner has Just been informed by Francis II, Warner, secrutnr), that he alwuys has been cllg-, Ible and that there Is certainly no rea son this year why he can't play amateur unlf Therefore Hoffner'H own hesitancy Is he sole reason he hasn't been cavorting tlie tourneys like his brothers. Rob will therefore. tw In line for the tl In team at I'hlltnoht, ojoiivhlch club he has been a member lor tvy yearn. OH, MAN! 3 WEST CA THOLIC BO YS FOR ALL-STAR FIVE St' Joseph's Prep, and Cath olic High Players Also Earn Places on Mythical Basketball Team trUF, Cntliollo High Sohool Lmbuc 1ms finlslipil n Hiiecossful season, nml It Is ProP'rt though not very cnuy, to jilrk j nn nll-CntliolIc lumUctlmU team. On ' SnturIny night the nur)rise team of t10 PaW0 -VeHt Cllthollp. nnn BIHO the ' lot set of pnBerN in tho olrenit won the championship wh hen It defeated Its irs..i nt.. u High, lie score, oM rlvnl, C'nthollc 20-l.ri shows exnctlj hy whnt a hlg ir.iirgln West rnthollc otitrlnsseil the Purple nnd Oold. Tlie plnylng of the West Cutholle iniintef 1111 Kntitrdnv nicht. Ptllllllw it ns nn "nll-stnr" cast nnd It inlglit be Mi M almost 1111 AlNCntholir team In .selecting the sturs of the various teams, men who hnve stood out prominently as nil-round players, all of the regulnrH of the West Cutholle Chnmplnns are picked. They are Mul len mid Mcllenry, forwards; Unjle, center, and Ulnke and Dl I'lllppo, guards. There Ik "class" to every player. The runner- up. Catholic HiRli, boasts of Coffey, I.ogan nnd MeNally as Its htnrs. St. Joseph's Prep counts Martin, Hreslln and llrndley among the best, nnd no one will deny the prowess or Shuhert and Heniienberger Prnn. of Villaiiova In the elimination for nn AU-Catlio nc five .Iliiimv Mullen, of West Catholic. gets the call as the best forward of the league. Hi" has been a consistent point getter ntul never failed In a plnHi, besides, he has developed Into a re markable foul shooter, tossing H out of 12 In the St. Joseph's game, 10 out of 21 in the Vlllnnova gaii.e nnd 10 out of 14 ngninst Catholic High. Martin Other Forward As a running mate, no ls-tter se- ,..",.- ,""".,. .,...' M...I.. ..I l ii-cimn run i- iinim- """"" " Joe. Always fighting and full of pep In. Iii lii life and snlr t of the nt -. - , , .. .lif-eliH team and deserves the other I place on the mythical five. Tn rhn Hccond team the call goeu to Coffev. of Catholic High, and Mcllenry, of West Catholic, in preference over I.oL'nn the Catholic Hash, and Shuhert, of Villanova. The two former are better floor iiietf nnd much more reliable una xtciulv. I.ogan, while seemingly a stur, de pends too much on long-distance, ran dnm shots. However, Iignn, for his kliiitH alone, might rate n place. MeNally at Center The center position is no easy pick ing. There is not an outstanding figure among the centers of the league. At All of which brings out the fuct that division C. of the suburban comnetl- Promising players will be seen iu , . division, as well ns ac two - .---.. --, ..... teams, brand -new to the league. The new teams are Ccdarbrook und Hnxboroiigh. Hoffner will make a strong number for Philmont which now looks to hnve nn even, or better, chance to win the division. Old York Rond, the other team, will probably trot nut some of Its strong youngsters, the Stevens, the Kindts, ami the MacReaiiH, If they're not too tied up with scholastic and other duties. May I.eaI "Rookies" It Is reported that '.immer Piatt will lead off for Roxhoroiigh, Most of the other ployers on that team will prob ably be new to the league competition. Ah for Ccdarbrook, the team Is new tn the league only in liliue for It Id mostly composed of Steuton pla.vers. Stenton Is no longer In the league. Young Charlie Heckner, who played a snappy gnme in the I.lanerch tournej lust year, will probably lead off. In fact scattered through the four teams there will he nbout ten new league players and each tussle will he hut il to forecast. The Tery first battle, when Codarbrook meets Philmont, may virtually decide this division's cham pion, I The local coif association lias re ceived notice that the ladies will play ' atSl.n wnee.Jiiiin 14-17. Ins ad of at , "The Northlleld Country Club.' 'Ihe The l:nt uniiounecment wna of an "In- vitatlon tourney'1 on those date t be Country Club of Atlantic City, which' was a Urand new erent. iti',J3 Evening Public Ledger All-Catholic Fives riltST TKAM ...fnnrnril...lVrit OotlKillo . ..forwnrfl ...Ht, Jne Trrii ....rrntrr.. ..('nthallr IIIkIi .Mlilllll Martin McNiillj- Ill KlllmMi. . . . Illuke (Clt).. .Bunrd... ,H'rl mthnlle .Cliuril. ,,Wnt rutliallc HI-X'OM) TIUM CoffM Jlrllrnry IKtIo Ilriinrnlwmcr. Ilmlln .forwnril. . . Cnthollr IIIkIi . forwuril ..Wrne rnthollc . .fnter. . ,.W'rt Ciitlinllc , .fimnl Vlllnnmn , .muni Ht. Jivr lrrp tnont, Doyle, of West Cntholle, has J,lnwn ,,le lest form In his recent games ,,,lt wn "iitplnyed hy Mp.Nnlly. o ,.,ltIlnlr Hb1 ,,, tm, j, P01ltJKtfl. 1, if So MeNally Is plarert on the first team and Doyle on the second, although their ability Is about equal. The league has a Hock of star guards, and renl skill must be used in mnklng selections. No matter who else in picked, the stellar and most prominent plnver at this position Is "Jim" Di FIIIppo. of West Catholic, whose motto Is: "They shall not pass." Jn virtually every contest Jim's men have been either held sioteless or to a small number of field goats, am besides, his floor work Is almost perfect. (aiitaln Hill Hlake, of West Cath olic, is placed for the other place, lie is the best floor man In the league. Hres lln, of St. Joe, and big Ilennenberger, of Villanova, are second cholre. Ilennenberger is reliable, nml Ilresllu, of St. Joe, though out of the game for a few weeks Is undoubtedly a stellar player, but Hlake Is superior to both. Mr. Baseball Manager Order your team outfit early. We save money for the March buyer and deliver when you say. Send for samples and special team outfit prices Marshall E. 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Good Wood Boxes rtand roujrh hnndlinB-they stack easily and pile high and can be used over and over ngnln. n. fftJSE ' ' WOOD PXES PI10TE CT YOUR .PRODUCT RUNS "EARNED" FROM PITCHER TEST WORTH Ability to Win Ball Games Contrasted With Ability to Keep Rival Teams From Scoring Is Compared by Critic Hy OHANTLAND KICK The New Army There's a new, soft voirjc on the wituls today That siny of Orcnl Outdoors; Of Snort's east companies under way Vor the fields and the hills and the moors; Of all the millions tnio dream again Of Ihe sun's first golden smile, II y field and forest and stream again To find life worth the tehile, tanking Pitchers WHAT Is the true mcaRurc of a pitcher's worth his ability to win ball games or his ability to prevent rlvnl teams from getting earned runs? "Hnbo" Adamv for example, wns No. 2 In the matter of ullovvlng earned runs. His nveragc wan 2.10 per same, just back of Alexander. Hut he wns No. 13 when it cntno to gnmes won nml lost, with nn nvernge of .507, the rvsult of seventeen victo ries and thirteen defeats. Art Nelif. of the (Jlnnts, wns No. 20 when it mine to the enrned run allot ment, where his mark wns .I.OIl per game. Hut he was No. fi when it came to n winning nveragc, with twenty-one vic tories and twelve defeats. Ami these are only two samples from many others. Nehf was lilt much harder, but he won more games nnd lost fewer than Adnms did, Nehf was working with u somewhat better team. That meant quite a bit. Matty's System THE earned run nllntmcnt looks to be the fairer test, in one wny. Hut take the case of Matty. When he vvns at his best and had a fivo or six run lead he always eased up and loafed along to save his arm. Whv throw his nrm off with the score 8 to 'l in his direction V "The main Idea," he used to say, "Is to win the hall game. Never mind tlie rent of it." Which is also true. Posslhlv the most effective way of settling tlie argument wns adopted by Alexander. Working with n weak club he was No. 1 in the wny of allowing earned runs nnd No. 2 In the mntter of games won and lost. This combination left no great doubt as to the name of the best pitcher in the Nntinnnl League for 11)20. Another Revision Out of the South the trllil neirs came, Xorthirard sent nn a wire of flame; eics that echoed from coast to coast. Startling many a startled host ; Sweeping on as the spring wind treads Where only the pitchers shook their head ; And this is the message that goes the rounds " 'Jlabc' Kuth loses another four pounds!" Another Record DOWN at Palm Reach recently Wal ter J. Travis, hovering above the border line of sixty, went around the course In sixty-eight strokes. This may or may not be a record combining both age and score. Rut there are other details. Mr. Travis took up golf when he was thirty-five .vent's old. He had :i"FORTFYD" BUMPER & GUARD ProtectiQn to the front end of Traylor Motor Trucks is as sured by the specially designed Radiator Guard and Bumper standard for every Traylor chassis. & Manufacturing Co. Factories: Allentown, Pa. Cornwelli, Bocki Co., Pa. t. ,y(?ur, Wonl xes in Philadelphia. We'll ghwily annlyzt- vnur Hhlpnlnir nroh- Jems nnd show you how to save money anil hold your tintic. Write or Phone WOOD IIOX MFUS. ASSN. irriiirns l.iiluinir 1420 Clichtnut St., Phlln. Hpnu-r 4CU7 r never hit a practice shot before ik.i (kite. Tvvet.ty.nve years later he t,la in a m, - Ynll ran u'rltn llial r,.l.t.....!- a n record beyond compare . , . '"""'""Minn down n record bevotid ramiur. ' nu. plus an liisplratlon for all who W. come ne to the fairway of middle a u rch of a came thnt will l.i-i '" sea A Ofi nt sixty and we herehv tnl. all beta offered thnt he will bo miml i! n 78 at seventy. The i.,i.nn.... .' "5 mind nnd muscle and the eontrel uf nerves Is still more Important than u. tamed power, TRAVIS nt sixty turning )n C8, Rrookes nt fortythrce nlnvlm. t. Havls Cup inalohfIV,r7,linnfI thirty. elRht rniikliiB secoml in tho Na. tlntinl I.eneue Rrltton at thirty. r holdlnjf n champion's crown In bnjfng-. after all, n mnn enn still walk tad breathe on beyond twenty-five. JUST how Is Congress planning to keep immigration down to 3 ccr rent nnd nt the nnmn time accept ill the entries received for the neU Raili Cup matches? We nro somewhat curl, ous to bo Instructed. "pONNIR MACK In the lout Mx yMr, V has tried out 4ri3 ball plaM Kxchange. ' Rut wn doubt thnt even Connie would K so far ns to swear that nil of th 4fi3 were ball players. TJVIR that matter, six clubs in he -L Amerlrnn LeaRiie nre trying out 217 ball players for the almost exchuln purpose of attempting to collect third, place money nt the end of the cam. pnlgn. All of which shows to whit lengths nmbltlon will drive any number of people. WOMKX In France nnd Kngl.ind are now going In for boxing, football nnd cross-country running. In fw years the shipwreck slogan will bt "Men and children first." TTiRKn FITTON is one of the greit " "might-have-beens" of Kport. !! hnd nnd hns nltnnst everything. Hulli reach, power, skill and the punch. Hut whnt he lacked prevented him from lasting ten minutes ngalnst Dcmpety nnd Wills In two starts. Copyrtont. mil. All rights rturvti Centre Hands Harvard Defeat CnmlirliUr, March S, Centra roll.., nankrtbnll tfRm with Ho McMillan, nt fijit. ball fame. In the lineup iVfeatfi HarviM hfri. 4t to Sn. The Coloni-lii hart n. tricky ttnek whli-li kept the Crlmunn RvieiilnV ami while Hnrvarrt dune clone t0 u,7i heels, ioiih nice Innif, rlean ahotn by Oorri Mayer. the routhernr' center. retllr provert the un1olnr of th home team. May.r rmreil thirty-three pninta for hln lem. fenr. leen of them on haexete from the flnor. 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