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pjfferent Nations Show lOQ Per Cent Sportsmanship by Rallying for Davis Cup Tournament
REAL SPORTSMANSHIP
IN WORLD OF TENNIS
Respite Supremo Ability of Tilden and Johnston,
More Titan Dozen Nations Bid for Davis Cup
Tourney Entirely for the Game Itself
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Hy GltANTI
The I'mplrr's "Vwim of Strife"
Ttll me not in mournM numbers
That an I'W. " 'I'B f ca!"'
While i tivcrs guards his tvam.
KtrUe i real, strife fflrnMf,
i.,l the grave is toon our goal:
Stands the token of our role.
U the game's raw field of battle,
Thiouah the blvouao and the strife,
haZe tee but driven cattle
Branded tcith the vocal Knife!
Lhes of umpires oft remind-us
"xreiluit sprint to brat the band,
0r departing, leave behind us
Pools of gore along the sand.
M us then be up and doing
Pre a bottle vroicns our pate,
)Jrn to call 'em at the plate.
ii V " nsliB n certnln biff lcngue
W nltchcr, "shouldn't we h11) Htitli
Jntlon"l Jiiwit I" llcrc anything
KtrntlonoUbout his homo runul"
Fport anil tli" World at I-inse
miirnn in o fftronK Inclination upon
1 thr nnrt of n good mnny citizens of
Mfh nation to imaBiiic imii. "v i
Swlnr nntinn If most hlshly mircharB,'l
.im Rnortmanshlp.
nut In tlii" wiped we'd like" to offer
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W. lime pretty olenrly proved that 111
.ten niiil Johnston Btnnll Hiipreme. This
fact I- oftablWied iw clenrly na any
thins inn he established In sport.
r.wl..p sneh conditions the attempt to
Mln the Davis Cup would look to he
such n forlorn cnancc mui lew woiini
ftre to ri-k the time, money nnd effort
in the bsmiuII.
vf. In the face of this harrier, with
the odd all nRiilnst them, we have more
llati n iloren nations exceedingly keen to
jntcr the jou't just lor me upon itseit.
Ther would like to win. of course.
But they can't very well expect to
win.
Tt they have nil rallied to the oc
cuion In n way that only 100 per cent
fnortmi'n could rally. They have In
this case certainly put the plnyinc of
the same nboo victory nlnne, for most
c! them Know they linven t even the
wnotest chanco to bent two such ten
nis stars us Tilden nnd .lohnston, even
if thy worked their wny Into the chal
lenge round.
So, In the act of panning the unl
ure nt large, with tho ncccnt on all
foreign nations, ono might stop for a
noment nnd consider tho case of the
Davis Cup.
lit Last of tho Old Ouanl
G HOVER CLEVELAND ALEX
ANDER stepped into major league
p!iy Just ten years ago this spring. He
was a star from his first appenrancc.
ud today he Is the last of the Old
Guard of pitching stars in the National
League, that onco numbered Christy
Jlatnewson nnd Three-Fingered Rrown.
We recall hack in 1010 where two ex
pert scouts turned him down on account
ef his Hide-arm motion, but thnt side
arm motion has won many n hall game
Jinee.
In the American League, Walter
Johnson remains to corry on whero
TVaWi, Render nnd others have pushed
out.
Johnson nnd Alexander now carry
more pluhing glory than any other
alibmen. Tor they are certainly two of
the five greatest pitchers that baseball
has ever known.
Limerick of tho Links
i Duffer irhosc short putt icent shy
tmurra o heart-rending cry
niitn on looking around
Ht tfteruard found
tht hii caddie had batted an eye.
Doping It Out
Hi-Alt SIR I'm me down with those
- Who llf'llnvn ('limniitln. la irilni in
WRIn IlPmiWPl iilint, tlmv (mint U'ln-'l
iffue he N a trillc faster, u trllle
Miter boxer and ho enn hit just as
hard. That shade in speed and skill
IWll tliril the trlrk tf mil Ttl-nnnnn
wild hit Dempsey ns often ns he liked,
-iirnuer wiiimtnim oftencr and with
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n much hnrder blow. Thnt sounds rea
sonable, doesn't It? II. L. 1
TRIS SI'EAKBRmny be n trrlle
bald nnd n trifle gray, but there Is
nothing very aged about his batting eye
or his outfielding legs. The ton of the
head appears to be a minor tnntter. If
conditions arc properly udjustcd about
two indies lower down.
WE SOSIETIMES wonder what ball- j
players who are turning down i
$10,000 offer arc going to do to earn I
$10,000 In other wnvs?
THE noted scientist who discovered
Uctelgeusn lias yet been unable to
discover why English fight fnn Insist
upon paying out money to see "Rom
bnrdler" Wells nnd Joe Heckett ex
change blows. This planet lias fts mys
teries to compare favoruhly with any
thing space has to offer.
Cnvvrtoht, llil. All rtoMi 'curvfil
LEAWORID
Four-Toam Circuit Will Play
Saturdays at 47th and
Spruco Streets
HILLDALE STARTS DRILL
Scraps About Scrappers
Danny Kramer's mutch with Jaclt (Kid)
olf In Plrvelsnil. fitter twins' cnllei off
i ntlrely, h Iwcn rccllnchul ,-ind they will
"lHuh an orlslnallv hch1titil. on tho rtluht
if April 21. Krnmcr will ,;iive for Clevis
lund tomorrow, no tint he will l on the
ncet'o of the battle a day nhd of time,
Herman Illmlln h.in matched Hobby Mc
"ann to meet Hobby McLvori nt the Cambria
'lull next Friday nlsht. This will bo Mc
i'nnn' firm ntnrt under lllndln'n colors.
MrCann alnn In anxloua for a tilt with
ItUKliey Hutchinson.
Two rlichts and four lx-rounder are ar
nned for thu Auditorium tomorrow nlKht.
Duser Kelly. Jack McCarthy's weltrrnelRht,
lll meot Freddy Trotter and Reddy Jackson
s, Artie McCnnn will bo the other elht
mund bouts The sixth are Mickey Volat
vs. Jackie !llndl Jack lister t. Denny
I'ummern. Teddy Heath Otoreo I.avlruro
and Al Uordon Kid Herman.
Soelrtj' note Mr. and Mrs. Joe Corvlno
i-ntertalned at their homo In Haildon
lleluhls. N. J , on Hund.iy. Amont th
honored g-uests were Mr nnd Mrs. Iw
Tcmllcr and Mr. und Mrs. l'hll Olusaman.
In nrknowledxlmr rwelplo o" iour pairs
of boxing- gloves donated to the Jowlsh
Poster Homo by Phil Cllaneman nnd Low
Tendler, Superintendent Aaton I). Tutier
writes, "Hnpo that In the continued practice
with them nono of the los will b-comu so
proficient as to take the title nw.iy from our
friend Lew "
Joey 1'Miin, Went Philadelphia welter-wel-ht,
who whipped Vlo Warner laet wevk
Ii tralnlnic dallv nnd he Issues challenge to
Pete tlnss, Artie Mace nnd Vounit Tom
Sharkey.
Tlierc arc letterH In the BportsfDpirtment
of the IJMt.viMi l'pni.io LKpncn for Joe Ken
nody. Hnro- Gordon. Wlllus llrltt, Hobby
Qunnls and Herman Hlndtn
Aim Blow at Baseball "Holdouts"
Chtonco. April 18 A blow at baaebnll
"holdouts" was dellered b the major
nnd minor leairues' ndlsory rouncll here
when tt rule was ndupltd provldlni; that
playors under reeerxe who full to report to
their clubs within ien daya after tho open
imr of the rhamplonshlp season would b
placel on the InollKlblo list nnd that the
applications of Huch plaers fur relnstati
ment must fro to the commissioner. Judifo
K. M. I.andls,
A new baseball league, the .Ttinlor
Catholic Lcngtic of West Philadelphia,
was lounchetl at n meeting held In the
clubrooins of St. Francis I)0 Sales Rat
tnllon, Eorty-seventh s'rret nnd Spring
field avenue, l'lnns were completed for
the formation of n four-team league.
Representatives from St, Francis,
MoorTyn C. C. nnd Vlctrlx C. C. were
In nttendnnce nnd the following officers
elected : James Hyrnes, sccretnry, and
.Inmes MrOlll, treasurer. Frank E.
Lotighrnh nitwl ns chairman. All
gnmes will bo played at Forty-seventh
nnd Spruce streets on Snturdny after
noons, the first to start at 1! p. m. and
the second nt -1 p. m.
A silver loving cup will ho presented
the winning team and numerous other
awards will be provided for Individual
pliiyors. The next meeting will decide
on the fourth member of the organiza
tion. For information write Frnnk E.
Loughran, 1203 South Forty-sixth
street,
llilldalo Starts Work
Manager Ed Roldcn, of Illlldnle, will
have eighteen players-nt Illlldalc I'ark
this afternoon to start the first workout
on the home grounds. The Dnrhyltcs
open the i-cnMin next Snturday, when
they travel to Twenty-sixth and Reed
streets nnd piny Flelsher. The follow
ing Tuesday they tackle Dnbsnn at East
Falls, nnd on Friday, April 20, Jour
ney to Rrldcsburg and play Ed Caskey's
club.
The western clubs will come cost In
June nnd the local fnns will go a chance
to sec strong Independent teams play In
Dnrbv nnd Cnmdcn. Saturday, April
21). Flelsher plays nt Hilldnlc ; Sunday,
May 1, Hilldnlc, at Newurk, double
header; Saturday, Mny 7. Lit Rros., at
llilldalo; Sunday. May H, Illlldnle at
Newark, morning and nfternoon, nnd
Thursday, May 12, llilldalo nt IVncoyd.
Rob Rnliey. an inflelder, and Fred
Iianiels, n pitcher, from Texas, are ex
pected to strengthen the regulars.
Rrown, Dobbins and Stcens nre prom
ising joung'ters, who will fight it out
for a regular berth. Stnndtop nnd
York, catchers; Whltwork, Cockrell.
Rector und Flournoj , pitchers ; Allen
Cummlngs, Downs and Francis, In
llelders; White, Rrlggs nnd Johnson,
outfielders, nil look good as most of
them have been wintering In Cuba,
I'alm Rench and Los Angeles nnd play
ing there.
South riillndelphln Recreation has a
fast traveling team. Manager Musi has
signed Mnrkley, right field ; Williams,
catcher; Lanzallo, center field; firosso,
lirt base; Orcstl, third base; Oliver,
shortstop; Perry, second base, nnd
Schilling, left field.
Musi will tnke earn of flip hurlinc.
lie would like to hear from Nnttvity.
Stetson, Marshall E. Smith. Hilldale,
Camden City and teams of this caliber.
Address Anthony Musi, 2314 South
Hutchinson street.
A Punching Pair
i$2 yfy S'tf'lXEk
CHAMP NOT STRONG
IN SAME STARLE
(ieorgo Chancy (top) nnd Danny
Yrush each possesses a knockout
wallop
FOR FRUSH BATTLE
Kilbano Turns Deaf Ear to Balti
more Offers Danny Boxes
in Camden Tonight
CHANEY MEETS BENJAMIN
Ry LOUIS II. .IAFFK
Snmmy Harris, of Rnltlniom, Is In
l'hllndelphln today. Snin is the king
pin manager of boxers In the Oriole
City, nnd he Is nnxlniis to he nt the
helm of nnother world's chnmplon. Har
ris, ns you know, used to guide Kid
Wllllnms when thnt little chunk of
mauling mntcrinl was boss of the bnn
tarn division.
Said Som'l today: 'Rnltimnro is
ready to Mnge n featherweight cham
pionship contest nt the drop of the
lint, with Danny Frush ns the person
of the second part. Rut. for some reason
or other, the promoters in Rnltlmore
cannot get n rise out of Johnny Kll-
"i" know of nn offer of $10,000 thnt
has been made Kllbane for n lii-rouiul
contest to n referee's decision ngninst
Frttsh, nnd another one of $1.",000,
hut Kllbane apparently is suffering from
writer's ornmp. He hnsn't even ac
knowledged receipt of these offers."
Ro.xrs In Camden
Frtnh is here with Harris nnd is
Knockout Ocorgo Chancy. Roth Fmsh
and Chuney nre In the vicinity for
punching purpose.. Tliey nre scheduled
to nppenr In respective bouts nt the
Camden Sportsmen's Club tonight, on
the first program of (.cries to be held
by Herman Taylor before he starts put
ting on open ulr shows nt one of the
hnll parks here.
Chancy is to nnswer the tingle of the
gong in n bout with Joe Renjamin. of
I Ti-cii This Is to be tin- mini irncas
and In scheduled for ten rounds. Frtish
l paired with Tommy Clenry, of Mnnn
Mink, mid this set-to, the second mntch
mi the curd, Is to be nn eight-rounder.
Another ten -round match will he be
tween Kniiny Kramer, of Philadelphia.
Hid Joe O'Donnell; the rugged Glouces
ter glovomnn. In tho opening set-to, nn
ight-round tilt. Rattling Murray will
represent Philadelphia ngnlnst Johnny
Itosner, of New York. t
Al Warner fins Stamina
Knockout Al Wagner, liest of the
local comeback boxers, proved on Sat
urday night that he bad n lot of stam
ina, in addition to gametic, grit and
recuperative powers. For five and a
half rounds Andy Chnney displayed nt
the Nntlonnl Club thnt he was Wngner's
imistcr. then Al turned nbout, flared up.
milled nnd finished n lot xtronger thun
'he Italtlmore battler. However. Wug
mr's rally failed to even up matters,
end Andy stepped from the ring a win
ner, but not by n big margin.
Wngner seemed to have trouble start
ing early in the bout. Every time he
led he was met by Chnney's straight left
or right cross, nnd nt clo.o nuurter
Andy pummeled Al hnrd nround the
hody. Several times the South Phila
delphia Italian was staggered by
punches on the chin or was half doubled
up by body blows.
Rut after the sixth round was nbout
half over. Wngner brought Into piny nn
attack for which Chnney failed to find
n defenxe. It was the well-known
aerial bombardment of Johnny Dun
dec, nnd Wngnir seemed to out Dundee
the New Yorker. Time and again Wng
ner smothered Chnnev with his leaping
Hunches, nnd Al's rally so Impressed his
followers thnf they were In a frenzj
until tho final gong sounded.
Kid Wngner crossed the dope when he
("turned a winner over Hilghoy Htitchl
on by a margin. The former hnd the
hitter of four rounds, ono was even and
the dther belonged to Hutch. Wngner
Iin been showing Improved form every
time he has gone to the post.
Tommy Devlin won from Tommy Mc
Cnnn. Johmo Pnxson bent Rllly Oaii
tioii and Rllly Hincs stopped Whitey
Rurkc In the fourth.
143- POUND STROKE
TOWI
Eddio Mitchell's Stout Heart
Carries Red and Blue to
Victory Over Yale J
LEADS PENN
COACH WRIGHT IS HAPPY
Conch Joseph Wright, the Canadian
tutor of the Cnlverlty of Pennsylva
nia, is vindicated. When Sir 3nwnh
ill elded some week ago thnt I'.ddle
Mitchell, weighing 143 pounds, was to
be the stroke of the Red nnd Rlue
varsity, there was considerable doubt
expressed by those well versed In
rowing knowledge thnt the move was
n wise one. How much the better was
the wisdom of Wright to thnt of his
critics was exhibited In the dusk of
Saturday night on the Housntonlc River
up in Derby, Conn . when the light
weight Mitchell stroked his varsity
boat across the finnl line n full length
nhend of the widely heralded Yale
i Ight.
ft was the wonderful stroking of
.Mitchell and the superworl: of his seven
pals that earned Penn one of her big
gest victories of tho year. Mitchell
brojight his strength from somewhere
mining his 113 pounds of bone nnd
flesh und stroked his eight to victory.
And the best part of thp victory and' the
surprising port as well was the fresh
in of the Rod and Rlue bladesmen nt
the conclusion of the race. This can
bo nttrlbuted to the earlv sturt tho can
didates had in the outdoor work nnd
the fnct that Wright brought them along
hlowly.
The Intercollegiate world Is agog over
the wonderful performance of the Penn
eight, and Mitchell In particular. Old
timers are talking of the prowess of the
Ardmnrc lnd and arc checking up their
Heavy Snowfall Halts
Cleveland-Detroit Series
Detroit, April 18. Nnvln field
is blanketed with snow several
inches deep and Indications arc
that none of the games of the open
itig series between Detroit 'and
Clevelnnd will be plnycd this week.
The snowfall began Into Snturdny
night nnd continued Sunday
afternoon, postponement of the
opening game with Cleveland being
nnnoiinced early in the nfternoon.
Tho Tigers have plnycd but two
games, one of them in n steady driz
zle of rain, since the season opened.
memories to see if there has been n
stioke onr as light as Mitchell In bo
Importnnt n race in the past. Mnny
snj there has never been ; others arti
Inclined to wait and look up the rec
ords. At present, however. It seems
that Mitchell Is nt least one of the
lightest men ever to stroke a varsity
eight In such n race.
Pennsylvania covereil the distance in
7 minute Hnd 0 seconds, just 4 seconds
better thnn Yale was clocked in. Tho
time Is not considered fast -In view of
the ri'cord thnt is some 35 seconds bet
ter, but nil things considered, the fog,
condition of the river, and other rea
sons, the time was excellent and au
gurs well for the future success of
Mitchell anil his pals.
"Of course I nm happy," said Coach
Joe Wright this morning, "The varsity
eight rowed n beautiful race and Mitch
ell stroked them like n veteran. Last
j ear he did the same kind of work In
the 150-pound eight, which won the
championship. We will start work thin
afternoon in preparation for the Chilels
Cup race on the Harlem River on May
14 "
The junior eight stroked by Rill Cope
land, lost the race to Yale by little more
than half a length after ranking
valiant fight to win. Had It not been for
the fnct that Rugh In the middle of th
boat took sick nfter the first half mile
the Red and Rluo might have won tho
race.
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PUBLIC LEDGER
For two years every policeman and officer in
Ireland had been carrying- a photograph and
description of "Mick" Collins, with orders to
arrest him on sight as the leader of the Repub
lican army.
They couldn't get him. But Ackerman found
him and got a two-hour interview for the
Public Ledger.
Ackerman also got the first authentic story
of the last days of the Tsar, and the first inter
view ever given by the President of China.
He is now chief of the twenty-eight staff cor
respondents of the Public Ledger Foreign
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