Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-31

At exactly O'Clock this afternoon the
rnuch-expected sale Of the New, York
American League Club was made, and
whfe no oflciaI announcement OF the
prize is mentioned in the dispatches from
Nav York. It Is understood half million
was paid for the Yankees. Colonel Jacob
Ruppert, Jr. and Captain ]. l.. Huston
are the new owners. For number of
days the interest OF the baseball public
has been kept at fever heat by the an
nouncements OF the proposed sale.
number OF times the club was reported TO
be sold. only to be denied as many more.
For the last two days II has been noised
about that the sale had been made. and
while many believed It so, official an
nouncement was not made until this
afternoon.
The deal is one OF the biggest of the
year, and with new blood at the helm
great things are expected. The Yankee
club has been particularly unfortunate
and It is firmly the belief that the year
1915 will find a growing interest in the Or
ganlzstion by the baseball fans Interest
IN the club has developed at a lively rate
lately, and the free advertising Is sure to
Bpet money in the box Office next sum
mar.
one OF the first things the new owners
act about to do was the selection of
star Detroit pitcher and former man
ager OF the Providence team of the In
ternational League, was the man selected
for the berth. Incidentally, we might
mention that wild Bll'' is a Phladel-
phian and FIRST played the game on the
back lots in this city. Donovan Is a
strong leader of men, and we hope he
will enjoy unusual success in 1915.
One of the drawbacks of the sale which
win have to be attended to will be the
selection Of playing field. At present
the Yankees do not boast of diamond.
The past season the Yank players used
the Polo Grounds. With this detail
cleared away there is no other visible
object to hinder the rapid rise of the
club, Just at present the team Is con-
Bidered the butt for Jokes, maybe the
tune will be changed after Donovan
pilots the nine through the summer seas
Platt Adams Under Ban
III all the charges against Platt Adams,
the Olympic hero are proved-if even one
point is proved-American amateur ath-
letics will suffer tremendous blow.
PIatt Is charged with professionalism.
He is charged with having pawned some |
OF the trophies, as the result Of which he
Is Slassed as an out-and-out professional. |
This practice of athletes OF pawning !
medals, jewelry and other trinkets when |
pressed to the wall for cash is being done |
nearly every week. but there is no way |
to catch up with the depositors.
Among the trophies said to have been |
pawned by Adams were two presented to |
him by the King of Sweden for his show
ing in the olympic games at Stockholm |
and a diamond ring won in an amateur
contest of recent date. Such actions, If
true, will not endear or heighten the
standing of American athletes abroad.
Agreement Fine for Schoolboys
The Statewide change made by the
executive body of the Pennsylvania In
terscholastic League will be one of the
biggest aids to sport interest that has
been announced for schoolboys in many
days II will be possible under the new
order of things to enjoy intercity con-
tests between schools of this city and
Pittsburgh, a boon hithertoo denied. The
high schools of this city will be able now
TO play Pittsburgh students without fear
of disqualification on eligibility rules 1t
Is certain the boys will appreciate the
open field rendered them.
White Meets Welsh January 13
.'charley" White, of Chicago, is to
meet Freddie" Welsh. the worlds cham
pion lightweight pugilist, at Madison
Square Garden January IL. Yesterday
shugrue was announced as matched with
the British fighter on that date, but over
night developments found change. Some
people are of the opinion that White will
beat Welsh. II 1t were not for the in
terest in the lIghtweights now there
would be little stirring in the fight world.
The Johnson Willard fight is not stimu-
1ating fight interest a great deal.
Man Should Be His Own Trainer
Frank Gotch. worlds champion heavy
weight wrestler. in a recent talk to the
students of Ames University on the sub
iect of athletic training revealed many
interesting things. particularly that each
man should be his own athletic trainer.
Gotch Is a believer that man must know
himself and that other help will not
materially improve an athlete unless he
Is made of the proper material. Gotch
takes whack at present-day physical
culture methods and brands most of the
work bosh. Just what the champion of
all champions has to say on the matter
viii be worth a prominent place In any
athietes diary.
II dare say" declares Gotch. that II
each man should take ON himself the
responsibility Of being his own trainer
he would be a much better athlete
than ne would otherwise. II II were
possible for the coaches TO study
the needs and characteristics OF the
individual man and work with each one
as q unit instead OF training them as
group, the present-day athletes
would be superior to what they are
now.
.My own personal msthods OF train
anE are not applicable TO the college
man. for he has such a short time to
prepare himself for athletic event,
brt this much OF my training methods
ne can adopt, that of being his own
tralner
II have found II great pleasure to
solve the problems OF my own physical
machine. to find out Just what II ought
10 do and just what II ought not 10 do.
During my training l was always
careful not 10 overtax my strength.
For instance, one day would take 20
miles OF road work and the next day