Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-30

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EFT CERTAINLY had a narrow escape JUST
i now" she remarked as she tripped daInTTIy
down her club steps. "You know some of us
have formed a sort Of Current Events Class.
improves the mind and that sort OF thing, and
they asked me TO write paper on Korea
kept putting II Off and putting It OF, and what
with a trip to New York and house party in
the country found couldn't possibly give the
time to the silly old paper SO invited Pro-
fossor Smith to tea and got him to do It,"
''How on earth" interrupted.
"Oh, tea and a smile will work wonders even
with college professor you know"
bowed to her superior knowledge.
'"The paper was most successful. Everybody
said It was wonderful but the thing almost
ended In a catastrophe. Some silly woman
asked me where Korea was. II was dreadful
moment Then had an inspiration. My dear
I said 4 would tell you in a minute, but that
is not the best way to remember facts, and for
your own good you should look It up for your
self in the encyclopedia. Then you will never
forget It, And do you know she actually
thanked me for the suggestioni Isn't It kill
Ing?"
hear the polo men In the East are planning
invasion OF the West this winter The fam
Gus Cooperstown team is going to enter for the
Pacific Coast championships to be held in Cali
fornia, and 1t is quite possible that another
quartet, composed of Philadelphians and New
Workers, may also enter. The names OF Drexel
Paul and Billy HUM have been mentioned In
this connection.
This will be the first time in several years that
Philadelphia polo men have figured in the West
ern tournaments. In 1907 team composed OF
Alexander Brown, Charles Wheeler, William H.
T. HUM and Mitchell Rosengarten swept all
before them at Chicago. They played under the
colors Of the Bryn Mawr Polo Club. In 1909 the
same quartet, with the exception that Hugh
Drury replaced Mr.. Rosengarten. went all the
way to California to compete In the Pacific
Coast championships, and by dnt of hard work
won their way into the final round, only to be
defeated for the trophy. They were greatly
handicapped, if I recollect rightly. by the fact
that they forced to play on green ponies.
This season will, of course, be an Off year for
international polo, but 1t looks as though that
feature would at least be partly made UP for by
greatly increased activity among the various
clubs forming the Polo Association.
That there are in this somewhat justly cele-
brated universe certain persons who would not
hesitate to make wager anything at all
sufficiently illustrated this week when
well-known member OF the Racquet Club bet
$500 to $4,000 that the Germans would be in Lon
don or have secured indemnity from that
humble burg within Is months, which allows for
the accomplishment of the interesting event un-
til May, 1916. II the war is declared off before
that time he loses tho bet.
Many and varied are the freak wagers with
which clubmen imbued with the gambling in
stncts amuse themselves. The famous rolling
stunt OF RAJ Parr the Baltimore sportsman
is probably unique in its way. but there have
been plenty Of other curious bets made around
the clubs of this city which never received the
remarkable publicity achieved by that of Mr..
Parr.
One well-known tennis player made a wager
with golfer of ability that he could beat him
in golf match around the Philadelphia Coun-
try Club links, using a tennis racquet IL he
permitted to lift the golf ball In his hand
while making the stroke. OF course. this en-
abled him to bat the ball an Internationally
long distance, but he found trouble in nego-
tlating the putting green's. Nevertheless. the
tennis expert won against the man using the
conventional clubs. Only recently two promi-
nent all-around athletes matched themselves
against each other in n series OF events inciud-
ing tennis golf, running. swimming and
shooting
Another former football player. who has
passed his hftieth year and incidentally is the
head Of one of the cty's largest financial in
stitutons, made bet last year that he could
walk mile. run a mile and swim a mile in one
hour. He did 1t easily. couple OF weeks ago
at one OF the dinner dances at a suburban coun-
try club one member bet another that he could
pass himself off a waiter and never be
noticed. He donned he conventional white
Jacket and actually performed all the duties OF
a butler for the very table at which his own !
wife sitting, and nobody was the wiser
Less edifying some of the means of pass
ing the time employed by die club men too !
lazy even to go in for athletics. I have seen
two sitting for hours at a club window match
ing motor license numbers as the vehicles !