Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-31
LONG DELAYED DEAL GIVES
YANKEES TO COL. RUPERT
Frank Farrell Finally Parts With His Ball Team After
Months of Talk 100000 Said to Have Passed Hands

hve. When started out discovered
| itst how much / could stand and /
never was all In.
"A man should quit training feeling
vigorous, snappy and full OF life, and
not like the present-day athlete who
IS told to quit after the coach has
worked him until all worn out, ex-
hausted and groggy.
Defeat Is a good thing for an ath-
lete. A reversal instlls greater
amount Of fighting spirit into man.
When | first started In the wrestling
game | took three good beatings and
It was the best thing that ever hap
pened TO me. I then learned to fight
my battles alone and to fight gamely
7 have a son 10 months of age whom
want to see get his share of the
knocks in this world so that he can
tight and not back down in adversely.
Tobacco should not be used In any
form. 1t was my hardest task TO
abandon my tobacco-smolting habits"
Piscatorial Paragraph
Having any luck?" said the man on
the bridge to the unsuspectlng fisherman
below mot much but yesterday I had
| fino luck; caught 30 black bass In this
same hole" do you know who I am?"
said the man above. NO, / don't believe
l do answered the fisherman, looking
up inquiringly. well. I am fish war
den and you may consider yourself un-
| der arrest. Twenty bass in one day is
| the limit" "Do you know who | ann"
said the fisherman. mo" answered the
fish warden. We'll. 1 am the biggest liar
| in the State"
Difference Lies in the Publicity
The Chicago White sox have been Sc
verely taken to task for releasing kid"
Gleason, man who has unquestionabIy
done much toward making Comiskey a
success In Chicago. There is no doubt
that he should have been rewarded some
what differently than being thrown out
or his Job. But If many fans who have
sympathized with Gleason and scored the
White SoX management would look at the
matter from a different angle they might
not be so harsh in their criticism. For
instance, when a man has lost his USE
fulness In department store, a rail-
road or a newspaper he is not taken
care of" as some say Gleason should
have been The difference lies in the fact
that In baseball the public learns through
reading the daily news that this man or
that has been released-that he has lost
out. But in the private vocations no such
pubic announcement Is made, hence in
many cases where a baseball club is CEN
sured for its alleged failure to take
care Of some one those doing the CEN
suring have been guilty of the selfsame |
thing. The light of publicity Is shed on |
the one and not on the other.
Penn Football Committee Active
What the result of the new manage
ment-that is, the new football commit |
tee-will be at Penn next season is prob
lematlcal. But there Is one thing that
may be said in favor of the members thus
far, they have not allowed any grass to
grow under their feet. They may be rub
bing the surface smooth in the wrong
way. which remains to be seen, but they
have been extremely active so far. and |
that surely is a good indication for the |
future. That the Red and Blue will meet |
practically the same opponents on the
gridiron in 1915 that 1t did in 1914 has
been forecasted by one in close touch
with the committee. The teams which
Penn will meet possess great power, and
from their standpoint the games are go
ing to he a success. If Penn can
put a high-grade eleven in the field
football success in Philadelphia is as
sured for 1915. The return TO the old
Penn system will not be as radical a step
as critics have indicated. The team which !
VIII represent Geun III lJlo VIII be made
up of players who understand the rudi-
ments of football, who can and will act
on their own initiative on the field. There
fore, the chances seem to be that the
reversion of the tme-honOred Red and
Blue system Will at least next season be
more of theoretical process than ac-
tual
Spectators Want to See Big Score
The Football Rules Committee has had
the foresight to leave the collegiate pas
time, so far as the code is concerned,
just where it was last season. Since the
adoption of the forward pass in 1905
football has been growing more rapidly
in popularity than any other game in
the world. Had the rules of football.
like baseball been restrained year after
year the game would have had a GER
tain following, just as 1t did in the nine
ties, but 1t would never have grown to
its present proportions in popularity. The
reason for the increasing interest in foot
ball is due largely to the fact that there
is more scoring than ever and that even
a weak team has a good chance to make
points against the best opponent that
can be found. A few years ago the scor-
ing was much lighter than IL was in
1914 for the reason that the rules reg
ulatng the forward pass were such that
a team had difficulty in scoring after get
ting within what Is generally termed
striking distance of the goal, in other
words, within 20 or 25 yards OF the mark
Now 1t is just easy TO make ground
by means of the pass when near the
goal as II is in mid field. thanks to the
end zone. AS long as the rules give a
team the chance to display offensive
strength equally ON any part of the field
there is going to be scoring. and when
there Is scoring there Is going to be that
eyeT-inereasing interest which takes a
sport to the top and keeps 1t there.
COLUMBIA WINS CHESS TITLE
NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-columba won an
other intercollegiate chess championship.
final round OF the 23d annual uuadranF1tiar |