Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-24
Personal Touches in Sports

BY means OF q novel poetic announcement
tho members OF the Nemours Cwomen's) Gun
Club have been called TO arms. The first shot
will be fired tomorrow at Wilmington. Del,
and the trophies for trapshooting excellence
VIII be live turkeys. Thsi is the manner Of
the summons;
WAR ON THE TURKS"
Listen, fair shootsrsl your country is calling!
Time strikes the hour for the bravo and the
Now. while the turkeys arc hEhtlng and fall
FIJI up the ranks that have opened for you'll
Break from the cares that would fOndly carsss
Harki tits the buSlo blast. shoulder your
Mother shall pray for you. father shall bless
when for them the Thanksgiving Turkey
you've won
A sensible ruling has just been promuIEat
which compals all soccer league games to begin
at 2;3o o'clock in the afternoon instead OF 3
game the past two weeks which has not been
prolonged until semidarkness. About half OF
psysd n SSeS poor S the Ss
were unable TO follow the ball. while the play
bsv h sSouS sSsn II SFs h ottnbt aes ~ PLAYING
head Of the British game realize this unpleas-
ant feature for rs elimination means better
soccer, larger crowds and generally big boost
for the game.
Saturday was decidedly Rsd Letter Day at
Althoush the Yale team ala not possess the
Puneh. Il has The bowl. Harvard supplied that
"ell-kno"n MUD In the recent combat.
Th.E. seems 70 ,. . lot Of talk about the
hia 1914 "H. By EoinE into the game with
1als Tor : few momsnta. To be sure this
unneosssary. IN ali OF he leading COLLEGES ne
APt.ln, hsSa enaen ana manager OF the foot
es team cav ssISna tlsal reosiye this otaeial in
tshsrsiore would have been rewarded with his
letter ls even u he had not been in the game.
As vent into the game Just for the honor Of
helping defeat Yale and not for the purpose Of
obtaining letter.
We received a wire from Dan E1vpn thu
lighter, Who is 10 Boston. Mass IN which he
big heavyweight nghtars now IN thIs eonntry
pan N modest manner wired a. follows
molsFs are zSins % get hatIilhs fsyib9ssy iz 95o,
ana Jess Willard together Please say ''i for
me that may not Be best heavyweight IN the
world but hays yet . bs beaten b. any white
man. I VIII gsye 500 70 the EvzEIS0 LEDdEs
PhisdslpAis ss Thas 4 3 srosbs so ne, e Hs n
tsntion q The local promotsrs.
Novelties on the sridiron continue. In
minor same reeenfiy a player opened ths s-s.s
~ kicking N 70 yards and one sh0s.
;, ar ..9 Share ana - saaa Of Ithasaas are
the i.s sssaids mai I6as tsss giil remain y
sil eoms her, en sPseia Faih. ust i Ia tIss tss
~ Ffefa4c tor the pi4 game IA The afternoaIi
via rem. 5tns crH4ftsol of the Cornell pias--
p hlEf seo1s piled ~ asalnst the Red and
8iual u1lea4 the West Fhiiadalnhianb sheg-
t4sE i9.pfossmsnt q ~ depari1snts 81 thsir
PAY. y efqrE e 4e-p be man On sdFe
4nAEpe Aaa dcei1ed tlst the Hork Ia Atlantic
ehy VII = eclnpareliFeiy light Th5re VIII
p 20 le-t. 4flAala8 41rlmuase8. The corneu
eiats1 a4peara = he ready fcr the battle todas
so F1ez lnaalss9 ln auy zrcat amount *
atts1ucu4 H1tk atal1ns1a would bs ~ -
1t4N4 llz lna eieolae -apQa4lnee. knowing tHs
aalre q ihs te4t nethods ~ training ahaloz
H EeirE % siNs tie nasa 4 lhFee-daY ffoatlnsai
& tHl F1-l cuz4.
"A zGcal ualQ1d4oz1Q Es = he iald dat q -
81 Is l4 p 81. IaraaIt sF4z plannsd
s. IE N4 | a41a 1asr zs.IsIlLzd 4n.I =
M sa ~