Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-27

swing from bat held by s's-foot giant. hsvs
al the general effect Of a dun-durn bullet, ex-
cept that no one takes the trouble to help YOU
out but Instead, you are expected to smile
and murmur TO your opponent in pure Harvar-
desc Pardon me for interfering with your
stroke"
There are number Of members OF the
Racquet Club who have lost perfectly GOOD
eyes by being so impolits az TO turn around
TO see what their adversaries were doing AZ
crucial moment ut is better to turn cold
shoulder" as the debutante remarked OF the
modern sleeveless gown.
As for court tennis II is the ancient .Teu a.
Paume' played originally by the monks in the
French monasteries Of the fifteenth century
II Is as full Of angles and surprises as a
cubists dream Of perfect lady It ls i'm.
possible to keep score without the aid OF a
table OF logarithms and professional marker
but net separates the opponents, and In this it
trihe less bloodthirsty than racquets, al
though the bail is larger, heavier and just AZ
hard. and when BILLY" HUM bIta - even
the amply protected audience ducks a. one
man.
Among the host Of clubmon who have r,sde
various wagers as to the outcome OF tonor-
rows football game there is one at least who
In the patols of the times, should worry" BY
dint OF careful study, about week ago hs
succeeded in evolving most scientific ''boo,e.''
based on the final three big games of the sea-
SON.
lie began by betting with a friend st25 to siOo
that he could not pick the winners of the Har-
Vard-Yale, Cornell Pennsylvania and Army and
Navy games. The friend promptly chose tho
aforementioned colleges in each of the three
contests. To cover the probable loss on the fIrst
our amateur bookmaker bet 500 to SIS on Har.
ward and won Regarding the original bet stil
as capital account he was now $175 to the good
He then wagered $3.50 to $75 on Cornell winning
40 moro and bringing his capital account up TO
$3.50 He, therefore, stands to win s125 II
the Army defeats the Navy while IL the result
goes the other way he pockets $780,
WHAT'S the use of bothering about the OPEN
ing Of the Stock Exchange anyway
Ned" Crozer as he ls best known 70 his
host of friends, nearly lost an eve a counle
OF years ago down in Georgia He and his
guests were amusing themselves practIcing
shooting at clay birds" In some manner n
target was discharged from the trap IN tbe
wrong direction and caught Mr. Grocer full in
the race 1t was several weeks before he re-
gained the use of his sight. He remarked at
the time that he didn't know clay bird shoot
Ing was such dangerous pastime why they
were actually vicious
Edward Livingston Smith. OF Boston, is q
guest of Mr.. Grocer at his Southern home Just
now few years ago he was one of the best
all-around amateur athletes In the country.
Well above six feet in height he was a match
for most of the professional boxers. and often
amused himself meeting them with the gloves
privately. If my memory serves me. there was
talk some time since of making sort of ln-i
tercity match between Mr., Smith and our own
Tony" Bidde. It should have been a ..hum-
mer," but for reason or other the de-
tails were never arranged, and the matter was
allowed to drop.
BILLY LEDGER.