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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-12
MACKS WRECKABLE,
BOSTON IMPROBABLE,
50 GOES THE RHYME
Braves in Leading Forlom
Hope Disproved the Ex-
pert Dope and All Are
Now Chock Full of Hope.
By BERToN BRALEY

RosToN, oct. 12.-We'll start this story
with sundry slaves of the Joyous song of
the Boston Braves:
oThe wise prognosticators of-the jour
naIistic press were certain that our future
was lugubrous. they made asscverations
with profoundest of distress, that we'd
and the Quaker City insalubrious: they
ratiocinated on the Mackian machine and
It's marvellous efficiency impreccable,
which would quite oblterate us from this
pleasant, earthly scene with a brand of
baseball science quite unwreckable. But
our captain, Mr.. Evers in his cultured
Boston way, considered such discussions
academical. we shall cheerfully en-
deavor he informed the world, to play
in a manner highly active and polemical'
So we entered into conflict with McGilli-
cuddy's crew (they will never be so bulb
GUS in the dome again and we won the
first engagement-and the next day made
1t two-and we'll win another couple now
we're home again!'"
And | rather fancy that's quite enough
of poysyllabic, highbrow stuff, but l had
to put some lines like these to sound
concluslvely Bostonese. If really wrote
as the players talk, why, Emergons
shade from the grave would stalk, and
he'd shudder and vince and squirm, l
wis, when he heard tumble of words
like this:
"Aw, say. them baseball writer guys.
they thinks they're hep-they stalls
they're wise, they say that we amt got
no show to beat that bunch of Comics
bo But Johnny Evers says 'Gwan
They're slipping yuh line of con. we'll
make them Athletics skid-we'll bump
'em off an so-we did! An now we've
got their goat all right. Good night! you
Quaker team Good night"
The Braves disproved the expert dope"
(believed by saint and sinner) and what
was just a "forlorn hope" became two
time winner; and that is truly for the
best, 1t gives the game a greater zest.
If things should always go along the
way we expected, If experts" never got
off wrong, if long shots ne'er connected,
there'd be no SAVIOR to the race, the world
would be dreary place.
And the Braves have made this clear,
blazed it to the very sky: You can
come. up from the rear If you TRY If
you never finch or doubt, if you fight
with heart and head FOR YOU'RE
NEVER DOWN AND OUTTILL YOU'RE
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-12
POLICE ATHLETES
PLAN MERRY TIME
END OF THIS WEEK
Friday and Saturday An
nual Track and Field and
Boxing Carnival to Be
Held at National Ball Park

Athletics Of the Police Department are
devotng their leisure time exercising
for the annual athletic police carnival to
be held October 1s and II at the National
League baseball grounds
So far nearly 100 bluecoats. the great
est number yet recorded for any OF the
tournaments. have entered the different
events. which includt boxing and wrest-
ling bouts, broad and high jumping and
races from 100 yards to a mile. In addi-
tion to the athletics exercises, the police
men will have an opportunity to demon-
strate their physical ability in other
ways, while 2 score Of fremen will figure
in a first aid and rescue stunt"
The police force, like any other large
body of men, experiences changes in a
year. and as a result many new faces
will be seen in the coming carnival. Sew
eral of the recruits are regarded as clever
athletes and are expected to surprise
some Of the veterans. who year after year
have had q comparatively easy time win
ming certain contests particularly the
boxing and running stunts.
The younger class, as far as the run
ners are concerned, has two formidable
representatives in Policemen Joseph Dem
ming and 4. NJ. Warren, of the Sd
district, who have only been with the
department a few months while other
aspirants for carnival honors will COM
pete in the wrestling and boxing bouts
high jump and the sack and shoe races
The juveniles, however. will find a
worthy foe in the veterans, all of whom,
with few exceptions. will again face the
starter or referee. In the 1OO-yard dash
which has 30 entries Joseph Schwartz, of
the 24th district, and John Thomas. Of
the traffic squad who finished first and
second last year, will again compete
while Charles Hesser and Allen Baker,
of the same squad. and j. l. Noeil an
attache Of Superintendent Robinson's Of
fee, and Harry Fryckburg, of the motor
cycle squad. considered the departments
spe eldest runners, are also included
among the contenders
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ST. ANDREWS DEFEATS
MORRIS FIELD CLUB. 12-11
Boehr4nger's Quintet Comes Out Vic
tor In Close Game,

tor in Close Game.
st. Andrews basketball team opened
ths season by defeating the Morris Field
Club In a fast game, l2 to H. Tho con-
test was we'll played from the time the
referees whistle sent Hamilton and Glib
son, centres, into the air for tho opening
OF the lsl4-15 season until the finish. At
kins who substituted for Hoffman at
guard on St. Andrews team, shot the
first goal shortly after play began. Ham
ilton was the star of the contest cover
ing considerable floor space and being in
nearly every play, Engelfrled was a lit
tie off color In his shooting OF foul goals,
but Hamilton again was equal TO the oc-
casion and saved his team from defeat,
McClarion, captain Of Morris Field Club,
played a splendid game, especially when
on the defensive and was well support
ed By his team mates,
The preliminary games resulted as fol-
lows: ST. Andrews Seconds, s; Prince
of Peace Reserves, g. ST, Andrews
Midgets, 12; Passyunk Baptist A. C., 2,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-12
THE GOLFERS AFTERMATH

.,sI N, X JsSs The EPseoRa Academy Young
junior championship OF the Philadelphia Golf
Association, stated recently that he would en-
Colket, Webster and other noted golfers Penn
Tlh have a chance for the intercollegiate
championship
Franeis W. Warner. of the Philadelphia
running the big ST Martins tournaments and
Vas the man Of the hour In helping to run
successfully the Golf Association events. His
enterprise and ability In this connection result
ca IN the splendid management of the recent
MEtstion an9ir held at Chestnut Hill. in
which more than 200 golfers competed.
Even A. Byers, one Of the best Of the West
IN ~ pennsylvania golfeFs and usually chosen
70 represent Pennsylvania in the Lesley CUP
gmasehes' surprised every one at the Allegheny
the ANAL round match with Lawrence D. Blair
gi.5 SnS NH F1biti3ursh Got club The vietory car
champion, Blair s won oie OF Western IVES r. amateur m
byeFs home course. Byers is an ex-natIonal
sHsFeur champion.
Princeton University won the intercollegiats
S SoI championship by defeating Harvard &
month Yale vas s." deieated t" the % pre1ass as ay
", %hsh she she met defeat at the hands OF Princeton
6srs q the Princeton team have won many
daJtls!uua! honors. Chief among these the
n S'Sat OF Francis Ouimet at the hands OF
- a Feaeoek In recent contest
sa.stSS "1ek ago last saturday Jack the Epls-
n.pat youth patiently awaited the arrival OF
,s1sl a11sslsplFn. Of Princeton, 10 play on the hnal
Satti rSer OF the junior championship. From early
saffpSaHhIing until late afternoon Jack waited
~, iL1taia a. 70 try round over the Merton course
lin .shourn would show up and, not hndlng
t,he Hhen the Princeton youth aid not appear
ssA got into communication with him and
assJnsed the event which was played last
No. 'shd He dd not want to win by default.
tor, ns mas the honor which goes with Vie
w over such worthy opponent.
ma, a9lth to the fore" Is an expression which
etsy.os applied 10 the performance of Warren
sna ems; l2-year-old youngster IN the weSh-
Ros SOY tournament hold by the Old YORK
Seuntry Club. Playing with his father.
fours. -. stevens this youngster won the novel
en- e4Isnt IN which fathers and sons or fath-
10 Iq snq aaughtsTs could compete. According
s,avsaesa Nampeell, the professional young
Aas the making OF future champion.
ygar,ae@ ae@ league has been planned for the
indiest, EoieFs IN this section, This Is another
GENE M ei the increasing popularity OF ~
thrss "a pa 'hls vicinity. Il will be formed by
5asf ase teams and the three teams 20 Anlah
Tor,e4rtL ne suburban League competition. The
A ssSl 49, Gof Association viii put up the cup.
Y 14.saaqtlnE committee consists Of Mrs. F.
- 99;'az; Huntington Valley, as chairman:
~ p Haines, Vest Chester and Ma
4 F-AasFesek, Philadslphla o>S~kst cha
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-12
Personal Touches in Sport

Just now OF Eddie's pitchin' right, ain't
/ takin' up the whole spot light for any
! of its stunts But even Il his wing should
| crack ol Ed can smile when he looks
back-'cause Ed sure did shine once The
guys that pitched for Chances Cubs were
anything but boobs or dubs an Ed was
one o these. He helped his Peerless
Leader boss to put three pretty wins
across-threc pennants in the breeze.
In winter 1882 Ed cried. as all new
babies do because Detroit was cold At
FIVE years old he cut the bawl an Joined
the kids at playin' ball. AT least that's
what I'm told, SedaIia first paid Ed long
green. Where's that? Why, last time it
was seen, twas in the show me" State
Well, anyway Ed bushed two years or so
an then pinned back his ears to strike
n big league gait.
In nineteen-ive he went to Chance an
II you'll take a backward glance twill
save me writin' lots, just lamp the
record that he made. It's bright enough
TO put In shade half dozen spots. The
brightest lights in time burn dim. An
that's the way II was with him He's
with the Dodgers now. But don't count
Eddie out Just yet. The comebacks |
somehow.-Copyrighted by A. NJ. Car
rigan.
Earl Hamilton, the Browns best left
handler. was injured in an automobile |
accident in East ST, Louis. ANY one who |
has ever been sentenced 10 that city for /
more than ten minutes at time will say |
that Earl deserved 1t for deliberately
going there
The popularity of football is surely not
on the wane. At least those in charge of
the great college sport do not think so.
Yales new stadium will have a seating
capacity of 5000 and Princeton's new
stands, when completed will accom-
modate a, l,ooO
Connie Mack is one baseball man who
would at the present moment pronounce
II Serious
This is Cobbs eighth successive year as
leading batsman of the American League,
yet no one seems inclined TO ofor any
opposition TO his perennial monopoly.
George stallings, the dark tactician of
the Braves, Is apt to get offers from Won
ESluk after the series, The job ought
to suit him, for there are LOT OF noses
which might be punched IN the Allies
ranks,
Boston followers here were so numerous
and lbatious that one would have thought
this was the Land Of the Spree and
Home OF the Braves
Boston newspaper man remarked that .
winning was a disease with the Braves.
L Is evident, however, that II Is not a
one.
Thus far the dope has been torn to
pieces on every phase OF the worlds
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-12

feats by Pittsburgh and Colgate. Cor
nell has the making of a first class eleven
10 soon as Doctor Sharpe gets his men
safely through the fundamental stage.
Scoring on big eevens has come to be sn
common that II attracts only passing notice,
and for that matter defeat for a big team
other than In its most important games isn't
such an unusual occurrence nowadays But
the latest batch Of results on the football field
were, combined, unusual Not only were
Uuchdowns made on Harvard and Princeton.
but those Two barely managed 10 win. Lehigh
made a held goal against Yale, mater OF
to- the days list Of interesting doings
, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Dartmouth and
the Navy all were scored on in the same day,
Penn and Lafayette played a no-score tie, as
Old Brown and Amherst, and Cornell came
out OF IT'S doldrums and swatted the Indians,
which combined happenings gave zest to the
Thor, was no disposition at Harvard and
princeton TO mourn over the outcome OF their
pal1Ies., Both thought they did rather we'll to
Tor their respective opponents, Washington
and Jefferson and Syracuse nave nothing Of
soft snap nature about them for any team
CAMBRIDGE. Mass, Oct 1.-THE Har-
ward football players are still in a daze over
the loss OF their leader Charles Brckley, and
whose retirement from the game has followed
crop OF the most severe football Injuries that
the Crimson has known in years Brickley
VINO was operated on for appendicitis yester-.
day, was comfortable today and II was stated
~ the bulletin sent out to the students last
In addition to having Brickey, Mahan ana
Logan out OF tho game, Harvard also has lost
a promising tackle in Morgan, who broke his
hand In Saturdays game.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-12

series but one-Connie Mack is still tacl.
turn.
Just why any one should have marveIed
4 because Hank Gowdy made a single.
! double and a triple out OF three times
/ UP on Friday against the Macks is NOT
/ evident. His fancee stated before the
[ series that unless the Braves defeated
/ the Athletics there would be no wedding
| in her family
World, series victims TO date: Shaw
key, Bush, Oldring. MaranvilIe and
Gowdy.
Prior 10 the operation for appendicitis
performed on Charley Brickley, Harvard
had all the advantage over her future
opponent, the University OF Michigan
But with the famous kicker out of the
game, there will not he a marked differ
ence in strength on paper, when the two
teams meet IN the biggest intersectionaI
battle of the year.
The enterprising reporter who first got
stun
Umpire Byron may have been the best
man for the Boston club here Saturday
but James gave him battle.
J. Carlisle Smith, the Braves third
baseman, was removed from St Mary's
Hospital, Brooklyn, at noon TO-DAY 10 the
Winter Garden, where he was given a
chance 10 see the third game Of the
worlds series In detail. This is the sec
ond time within the past year that a
player rendered hors de combat has been
permitted to get the details Of the series
IN which he might have figured. In 1913,
John Coombs was In this city at the Uni
versity Hospital. He got a mental view
Of the series br getting the details over
the telephone which was stationed by
his bedside
oscar Egg, the cyclist who halls from
Switzerland. mas defeated Mcnamara. the
Australian Pedaler Which proves that
oscar Is NOT a piece OF Swiss cheese
1t is remarkable what an intense loath-
ing some people have for themselves.
Certain datlies recently printed a story
to the eject that Mathewson would tell
the Boston Braves Just wherein Law the
wea kness of each Athletic batter. Today,
an article appears under .he signature OF
the Giants veteran pitcher which states
that whoever tipped the Braves off TO the
Athletics weak points made an excellent
Job or it or words 10 that effect
Fraternity politics" has entered thu
ranks Of professional baseball Ths
players were at the Majestic
Hotel here with the Braves giving them
pointers on the AS.
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R0PED ARENA NOTES

Bob Edgren says The Gunboat" Smith
.EattI!ng. Levinsky bout was THE fattest.
ever pulled on the perspirinE public -
GEORGE Engle has three fighters IN his STA
ole and all are good ones. They are "Buck''
Grouse Of Pittsburg; Eddie Campl, OF San
Francisco and Johnny" Nelson Of this city
EnEle will send all three 70 the post in a short
Jess" McMahon SAYS that over 500 dead
heads were passed In TO the "Gunboat"
smith Battling Levinsky fight Friday night
and he intends taking up the matter with the
New York State Boxing Commission,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-12
SPORT ACTIVITY
NOTICED AT THE
GERMANTOWN CLUB
Basketball and Soccer Now
Popular astimes Among
the Boys of the Boys Club
at That Centre.

Germantown Boys Club members are
having jolly time these days, as in addi-
tion to basketball contests they have
started a Junior soccer league. The first
games in the Junior Basketball League
were very interesting and four teams are
now tied for the top honors as result Of
the play
The Harvard. Cornell and Lafayette
Clubs in the Junior Soccer League are
tied with two points each for the honor
of leading the circuit.
The Germantown Boys Club indepen-
ent soccer team met defeat at the hands
of the Fairhill Boys Club, four goals
to one.
Junior League basketball scores are as fol-
lows:
Navajo 80: Mohawk IL
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-12
OLYMPIA A. A. HAS
GOOD BOXING BILL
ARRANGED TONIGHT
Star Bout Brings Joe Bor-
rell, This City, and Italian
Joe" Cans, of Brooklyn.
Other Good Fights.

Followers Of boxing in this city have a
Athletic Association tonight as a fine
program has been arranged by Manager
Harry Edwards The star attraction Of
the night will be the Ground fight be
tween "ioe" Borre1 and "Itaian joe"
Cans. Cans is from Brooklyn. These
boxers are very clever and good sport is
sure to result.
The other contests will bring the fol-
lowing we'll matched boys together:
Willie Moody and Johnny" Burns,
both Of Richmond
Billy" Bevans, wilkes-Barre. vs.
kid Goodman, formerly Of New York.
but now of Philadelphia.
Young Jack" oBrien, Philadelphia.
vs. Freddy Kelly also of this CITY
The semi-windup finds Frank Logan. of
kensington. and Ralph Erne, Of Ara
mingo opposing each other.
Borrell and Cans are to weigh in at
15S pounds ringside.
Charles Ledoux, the French bantam, cham.
pion, has been killed in battle George ca
.SI.ietieiy, HedN weight champion, has been shot
through the lung
The attendance at Tommy Keenans Ken
slngton Athletic Club Saturday night was go
poor mat the wlndup which was to have been
netWeen Eddie Revoire and Jack" Toland
was not staged. Only three bouts were cor
han lost BY shade to EDDIE sGFF GnTn: Jobs HTe
ny Dugan was stopped by Johnny cJ'Eeil
in three rounds, and Young Wsinert heat
'Fehdy Carr in limit bout.
II looks bad for the boxing game in Cali
fornia. An election is to take place in tSat
state on the lst Of next month and ~
women are allowed to vote it is anticIpatej
nat ,h there will be heavy poll cast against
willy, Grupp. VINO has boxed before Phil
adelphia fans several times, has been matched
TO meet Young Hickey Of Harlem In a 10
1s fSund n noHt before the New Polo Athletic club
with Tommy Madden at the s'' BroaSn.s;; fEutl1S
Sporting Club. Brooklyn, on October 81 Cjrur1
must have impressed the New York managers
order
Jimmy Duffy. Of L,ockport, y. Y, has
Barre, before Jake Carey's schnsctady GE
" club tonight.
=. "FFreddy Welsh, the lightweight champion.
rounds. and also Jimmy Duffy Of Lockport,
y. Y, at the Queensberry Athletic club OF
Jimmy Clabby who recently returned from
Australia, is hot on the trail Of Mike" Glib
pons VINO once obtained newspaper decision
over him Clabhy is more than confident that
he can reserve the decision II he gets chance
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-12
College Cridiron Gleanings
By EDWARD R. BUSHNELL


Pennsylvania's football team couldn't
win from Lafayette on Saturday, it
couldn't even score. Yet this reformed
eleven gave an exhibition of powerful
running with the ball, coupled with an
intelligent, sturdy defense and clean
handling of the ball, which were quite as
encouraging TO a staff of badly worried
coaches as victory itself. Those four
marches up the field gave evidence that
the latent power of this team is about to
be brought to the surface by means of a
reorganized backfeld Against Lafayette
the team lacked the finishing blow, and
it showed a tendency to become over
excited and to lack concentration of
power when within striking distance. But
these were merely additional evidences
OF a green team which should disappear
as the season wears on.
If the superior rushing strength of
Pennsylvania could have been expressed
in touchdowns, the Quakers would have
scored about three times on Lafayette,
In addition TO holding the Eastonians
scoreless. AS it was, Pennsylvania car
ried the ball from scrimmage total
of 251 yards to AZ yards for Lafayette,
The Cuakers' figures were Al yards for
the first quarter. 9S for the second, IS
for the third and 81 for the fourth On
top of this Pennsylvania lost 80 yards In
penalties caused principally by over
anxiety. It is true that all this ground
gaining didn't score any touchdowns.
but this was due principally to penalties
and mistakes In signals at critical mo-
ments rather than to lack of offense. All
are mistakes which good coaching
should eradicate.
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MAUPOME IS THIS
CITY'S EXPERT IN
BILLIARD LEAGUE
Will Garry Hopes of Local
Followers in Interstate
Three cushion Tourney
Beginning October 20.

Phladelphians will have their first op-
! portunity to witness play in the Interstate
Three-Cushon Billiard League next Tues
day, October 90, at Allinger's Billiard
Academy, 1907 Market street. when Pierre
Maupome, the local representative, pre-
pares for contest with Johnnie" King,
| the former ball player. Killing wears the
colors of Kansas City in the tournament
Maupome is the expert who on Sep
tember 10 broke the worlds record at
aforementioned billiards by making IS
Thirteen cities are represented in the
league. Chicago has two entries and
Cleveland is also we'll fortified.
The names of the players, the addresses
lows
s7 6eFIs srSst 5 fhadepha HeFTs P'Fd Pa
a august kei,ekhefer HqsGaib's billiard room,
Harry Cooler. Board Of Trade billiard room.
Hugh Heal Kaiserhof billiard room, S55 St.
i, 3, Lean. wsegsman's billiard room. 1ls
"SS Charles saS9a M0rin ennsT RSaso billiard room Mon
roe e. and STATE ar, SITS. Chicago Il.
lizard rooms, East 9th St. and vincent ave,
w. X. cullen, Cullen's billiard academy 561
Washington ST., Buffalo, y. Y.
Frank Benson, Rex billiard room, 100 North
9Th ST.. st. Louis Mo,
sohqS Jsrome Kf96h KsosS' billiard ROOM Is
Martin Maley, Sweeney's billiard room,
Michigan ave. Detroit Mich.
John Killing. Kings billiard ROOM 18th st.
and Baltimore ave, Kansas City Mo-
Charles McCouFt, Harry Davis billiard room,
5th ave, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Charles lie Gros, Wrights billiard room. 521
Vine ST., Cincinnati, o,
The following matches will be played here
BY Pierre Maupome at Allinger's;
October 2O-John Killing, Kansas City.
October 27-Hugh Heal Toledo
December Pc. NJ Helm, Cleveland.
December s--Martin Maley Detroit.
January 5-Charles Norm, Chicago.
January 20-Chares Legros Cincinnati
February 2-Charles Ellis, Cleveland
February lo-W, r. cullen, Buffalo.
March o-Harry Cooler, Indianapolis.
March 16-Frank Benson, 81, Louis.
March 26-Jerome keogh. Rochester,
April 6-Charles McCourt Pittsburgh.
April 2o-H r. Lean, Chicago.
The winner OF this championship |
series will challenge the present worlds |
champion three-cushlon player, Alfred De |
Orc. Keen interest has developed in the /
league competitions and, with Maupome |
this city, prospects appear
very bright for high place for Phila-
ielphia-
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Thus far the dope has been torn to
pieces on every phase OF the worlds
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-12

Boston followers here were 80 numerous
and lbatious that one would have thought
this was the Land Of the Spree and
Home OF the Braves"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-12

A Boston newspaper man remarked that
winning was a disease with the Braves.
II Is evident, however. that II is not a
contagious one.