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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-07
CROSS.COUNTRY EVENT
DATED FOR CATHOLIC
RUNNERS ON DEC. Is
Victory of Joe Schwartz in
Senior Hill and Dale Race
Vindication of
1914
OTHER TRACK COMMENT

c,,holic Young Mems Archdiosecan
,-oion officials have announced an open
..na,con si5-mile cross-country race. De-
a,hor 1S. over the Fairmount Park
,oourse, starting from the Xavier Athletic
f'cub headquarters.
The race is open to all members Of the
cotbollc clubs of the city, and blanks
,,v he had at the c. Y NJ, a. U. office.
rbs victory of Joe Schwartz. Of the
,tarc,,rv A. c. i'm the recent senior cross
',,,ntrv championship race was a vindi-
Ssotion of last years performance. Last
"a schwartz was one of n group that
80, astrav while leading the pack dur
H. tho running of the championship
nsis vear Schwartz familiari2ed himself
a,l,b the course and set the pace most
of the way
=, II Rabinowit2, of the Boys Club Of
enc Church club. with another years
sypericnce. will have to be considered
among championship possibilities. lie
made schwartz run his hardest. Schwartz
nniv onened up i5-yard lead at the
end The veteran. Stanley Root, was
third.
Mercury \. G. runners upset calcula-
. ,ons by carrying off the team trophy
Z In one of the closest contests Of the whole
q wear. But four points separated the first
sithree.
g nd Home Week at the Germantown Boys
rtub was a big success The athletic associa-
. Non prohted 10 considerable extent ms tho
sales were high.
Ernie HJcrtberg, the swedish athlete coach coach
,s eTnected to visit this country In Few
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-07
NORTHEAST SOCCER
TEAM PLAYS CENTRAL
Championship Match Is Sched-
uled at Houston Field Today.
Episcopal Has Game
TOday's Scholastic Schedule

SOCCER
Northeast W. Central High, at Houston
Field, 29th and Somerset streets UnterschOl-
astic Soccer League Eame).
Episcopal Academy ys. Chestnut IIill
Academy, Mt ST. Martins.
BASKETBALL
West Philadelphia High vs.. Trades school,
ut West Philadelphia High gymnasium.
A championship soccer match between
Northeast High School and Central High
School will be held on Houston Field
this afternoon, Tho two squads are mem
bers Of the Interscholastic Soccer League.
Episcopal Academy and Chestnut Hill
Academy will play soccer at st. Martins.
In basketball, West Philadelphia High
School will oppose Trades School at the
Speedboys quarters.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-07
SEA INUNDATES SHORE ROAD
Cape May Point Cut Off From Com
munication

CAPE MAY, n. j., Dec. 7--Cape May
Point, borough of 800 people at this
season Of the year. is cut off today from
railroad transportation because the Cape
May, Delaware and Sewell's Point Rail-
road is inundated by the high tide. This
morning the sea was washing over the
track at a point near 2lst avenue. Mt.
Vernon the German settlement between
here and Cape May Point.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-07

Tho most important thing that was scheduled
tn come up before tho board OF directors OF
the athletic association Of the University, OF
PENNSYLVANIA at Its monthly meeting today
was the ratification OF the recommendation to
obtain the services OF Joe Wright, Toronto,
for coach OF the Red and Blue crews
IL rs virtually certain that Wright Will
be named. lie Will report here, II Is under
stood ON January II. when the varsity crew
will begin work for the season.
The annua! meeting Of the athletic asso-
citation will be held next Monday night at
houston Hall The board OF directors Will
be elected at that gathering.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-07
WRESTLING MATCH is DRAW
Ivan Linow Fails to Throw George
Bothner

NEW YORK, Dec 7.-Ivan Linow. the
giant Cossack. has again failed TO down
George BOthner former lightweight
champion catch-as-catch-can wrestler
Ivan hauled and mauled Bothner for 30
minutes at the international tournament
last night, but Bothners wonderful leg
holds held the Russian safe at all times.
The bout was called a draw.
Valdez Zbyszko defeated Wilhelm Ber-
ner, of Germany, in "a minutes and sec
onds Dr. Ben Roller, the American, and
Sulo Hevonpaa, of Finland, wrestled 90
minutes to u draw,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-07

Mr. Bricldcy picks four Harvard aud
Two Cornell men i'm his nll-star team.
We seem to have lost track of the sen
sons scores. by how many touchdowns
did Harvard heat Cornell"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-07
Forgotten? Never

Sir--In mentioning uuhuaton teams, why
forget the Colorado Aggies? They won
the Rocky Mountain Conference in de-
cisive fashion. and the title thus won is
the first in years to be gained without a
defeat or a tie or Il hold-up of some sort.
HOT
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-07
RICE RECITES A FEW LINES ON
THE TROUBLES OF A PUGILIST
He Intimates Also That They Think Too Much About
Gate Receipts and Too Little About
Their Ring Work
BY GRANTLAND RICE

"7NHE former Yale captain who picked
i Rockwell as Yalc's best duarterback
has another guess" writes y. l.. $. "rad
Jones was the best quarter Yale eyer
had" And then, again, there is Harry
RecChpr
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-07
WHY NOT PROMOTE
NATIONAL ATHLETIC
MEET IN THIS CITY?
Annual Indoor Games Could Be
Held in Convention Hall,
Where Arrangements
Are Ideal
SEATING CAPACITY GREAT

Amateur Athletic Union officials will
soon decide upon the place and date for
the annual indoor track and field cham
pionshlp meeting, and as New York has
held the games so long II would seem fair
TO grant some other city the tituar affair.
Last year, it is said the New York
senior championships were run at loss
OF $500 The promotion of the games call
for a big outlay OF money and It will
take n decided boom I'm interest to make
them pay there. Philadelphia Is centrally
located so far as indoor track games go,
and II would be big accomplishment for
local officials IL they put in a bid for the
meeting.
There are places where the games could
be conducted properly The Convention
1Ial track is large enough and the seat
ing capacity is all that could be desired.
Boston. St Louis and Baltimore are to
make n bid for the games.
Philadelphia, with her advantage OF
central location, should be able to attract
n great field. Since George j. Turner was
elected president of the national body,
Baltlmore's athletic pulse has become
strong. If the South Atlantic Association
officers get the spirit of the leader, the
games will be held at the 5th Regiment,
whore n 1OO-yard straightaway and an
S-Iap-to-the-nile track is to be had
If the games were held in Philadelphia
athletes from the North and South could
reach hero without great expenditure
of money.
Paddy Ryan, the lrish-American A. C.'s
giant weight throwcr. who until recently
held tho worlds record of 80 feet Siz
inches for throwing the 2S-pound weight
from the shoulder will attempt TO better
Mike OGrady's record made in Tippe-
rary. ireland, last September, which was
q feet 6 inches.
TIanncs Kolehmaincn, the worlds cham
pon amateur distance foot runner, is
back at his old trade laying bricks.
Hannes Is helping to put up l5-story
building in the vicinity of 42d street and
Broadway. If Ilannes can lay bricks as
fast as he can run the construction COM
pany that has the job should make
record.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-07

Fritz TO give the Nauk third-sncIlor u
Ernpplc. with this result in stolen buses:
cobb, 96; Maisol. 81. And at that Fritz
was second in his circuit
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-07

BOWLING RESULTS
Haverford, Royal Arcanum Leader.
Gains on Philadelphia No. 1, the
Runner-up

IN the Royal Arcanum League matches
rolled on the Casino alleys last night Haver-
iord, Germantown and Pennsylvania won two
put, OF three games from Philadelphia, 40 /
fhlladeiphia, 10. 2 and West Philadelphia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-07
SIX-DAY RIDERS
BEHIND FORMER MARKS
At 34th Hour Majority of Teams Are
Tied in Race

At =. M, the 35th hour. tho riders had
covered 500 miles 2 laps, 10 miles laps
ahead of the Chicago mark Of last month.
NEW YORK, Dec. frequent sprlnts
by the six-day bicycle riders in the early
hours today failed to set new marks, ana
at s a. m. the leading teams were one
mile and one lap behind the record. At
that hour - tcans were tied, one team
was "a lap behind, another two laps be.
hind and two other teams four laps be-
hind the leaders
The four teams not up with the leaders
were tapped during the hard riding earlier
in tho d1y, a series OF sprints by Ege,
i'm which there were numerous spills.
gaining the advantage.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-07

Totals. sos T2s TO5 Totals T2t Il4 COS
The philadelphia Made Hardware League
rolled their scheduled christmas eve matches
last night on Casino alleys. Enterprise de-
ieated Miller Lock three games. while ,Fayette
II. Plumb downed North two out Of three.
Relthelmcr, OF Enterprise. registered COL for
his three games. Scores.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-07
GERMANTOWN ACADEMY
MEETS FRIENDS At SOCCER
Football Stars in Academy Lineup
for Game This Afternoon

The Germantown Academy soccer
eleven. strengthened by the addition OF
Holmes and Lamb, two members Of tho
football team, met the Germantown
Friends eleven at Coulter street and
WissahiClon avenue this afternoon. The
game was scheduled TO start at y. m.
Since the close Of the scholastic foot
BAH season thC soccer eleven. with
Homes i'm the forward limo and Lamb at
halfbark, has not met with n defeat The
Friends team has mndr an excellent
record in soccer losing only to the Itav-
prfnrI SrhOpI
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-07
HERBERT HILLMAN.
The Big Shift

Fritz AIaisel outpilfered Cobb in 1914,
and a number of experts outlined the
theory that at last greater base-runner
than Tyrus had arrived.
SO early last spring Ty went out after
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-07
No. | for Nine Years

The oficiar figures have dispclled amy
growing doubt that n MIR. Cobb, Of De
troit, is again in front Of his circuit, for
the ninth consecutive time.
Wagner, at his best, led the National
League one time four years in succession.
So the magnitude of CObbs achievement
can be summed up from this comparison.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-07
Another Grapple

Sir-When the All-Harvard team is or
ganlzed I'd like to enter an opposing ag-
gregation that would give it some battle.
Here it is-9n All-Pennsylvania eleven
Left end, Scarlet; left tackle, Hare; left
guard, McCracken; centre, Torrey; right
guard, Wharton; right tackle, Iiegler;
right end. Brooke; quarterback, Steven-
son: halfbacks. Hollenback and Mercer
fullback, Smith
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-07

Gurmautu ADHi Gcrmautu Friends.
tvNhuuCr ..f..,s..r, goal. s....st.. WonCtu
barrow ........ right fullbacit..... Carmichael
Cornell .......... loft tullhack. ....-..... Harris
Eisch"r ....,....riEht halthlcS........ Bullorh
Beard .........CCutro hulfbaClI. ......... West
Lamb .....,...,,luft halfback.....,..,. Arnit
btrton ....,.... outside riEht...,..,.... Bacon
Holmes .,......,. inside TiEht........... Dobbs
p'Couucll .....,."cntr" forward. ....,.. Patton
Lawson .....,.. inside lcft.........,,.. Wood
Williams -....., outside lcft........... 1auucN
ftCfrrCC-JaWcs Kerr. Lincsmcn-COnnOr AMI
Thompson. Time of halvcs--iO minutes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-07

Totals. 79G TIG SUS Totals. 90 7u fiu
The American Ice League matches rolled on
tho Termingl alleys resulted in station No. {
winning thSe games from station No. \. Main
office defeating station 40. 20 In all three
games, while Manufacturing downcd stores In
fNyn watches
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-07

Nor can any one charge Cobb with puny
competition i'm n circuit that has had
Speaker, Collins, Crawford, Jackson,
I.aioie and NIcInnis TO help try to de-
throne the Georgia Smmon.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-07

Cobb. in these nine years OF leadership
has averaged .37j. And yet there are 4
number Of athletes who expand their
chests beyond the limit when they can
maintain this average for nine weeks.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-07

Until we can find out definitely whether
Jess Willard is to meet Frank Moran or
Fulton for the title, We don't expect to
get another nights sleep. Can't some
one disperse the terrible strain by spilIing
the answer?
New Britain herald., 1915-01-04
Berlin Admits Capture
 of Steinbach By French

Berlin, Jan. 4, by wireless telegra- phy to London, G.: :55 D. nl.-Stelnbach, the Alsatian town on the Heights be- tween Thann and Sennheim, for which desperate fighting has been going on for several days, was off cially admitted by the German army headquarters statement today to have been captured by the French.
 The French also took possession of the Heights to the west of Sennh eim but the Germans, in a counter attack, with the bayonet, succeeded in re- gaining the position
 The text of the communication fol- lows:
 "In the western theater of the war. except for more or less heavy ar tillery combat along the front, it w,ls generally quiet.
 "Only near Thann (Alsace) did the enemy show great activity. After an overwh elIning bombardment of tnc heights to the west of Sennheim, the enemy succeeded during the evening In capturing our demolished trench cS on these heights and in connection there with the village of Sieinbach, which we stubbOrnly defended a1ll which has been frequently mentioned in our reports during the last few days. The heights were retaken dur Ing the night after a bayonet attack
New Britain herald., 1915-01-04
SECOND VICTIM OF .
 TRIPLE POISONING
John Rogers, Aged Two, Died at New York Today-Mother's Death Is
 Momentarfly Expected.

New York, Jan. A.--The slow poi son administered six days ago by Mrs. Ida Rogers to her two babies and herself resulted today in the death of the older child, John, aged two. Lorida, eight months old, died last Wednesday. The mothers death was expected.
 Lorlys Elton Rogers, the lawyer who was known as the woman's hus- band to the neighborhood in the Bronx where they lived, still kept his vigil at the sick woman's beside. He had no comment to make; nor did Mrs. Annie Roquemore Rogers, who divorced Rogers in 1909, nor Mrs. Caroline Giddings Rogers, who mar ried Rogers in 1909 and lived with him till last October on Riverside drive.
 District Attorney Martin of the Bronx awaited today the arrival at his office of man who promised yes terday by telephone to reveal much that is unknown as to the identity of the dying woman. She has stead fastly refused to tell of her former life. Her family physician is author ity for the statement that she comes of a good family in the south and has two brothers high in the govern ment's employ.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-04
MOB LYNCHES TWO NEGROES FOR MURDER
Victims Taken From Wetumpka Jail, Montgomery, Ala.-Mtlitia Ar
 riyes Too Late.

Montgomery, Ala, Jan. 1.-Two negroes, Ed and Will Smith, were taken from the Wetumpka jail early today and lynched by a mob. They had been accused of implication in the murder of R. A. StillWell, an El- more county farmer.
 Soon after reports reached the gov ernor's office that a mob had over powered the jail attache at Wetump- ka and removed the negroes, Mont gomery militia were hurried to the scene in autos. However, they were too late to prevent the lynching.
 Stillwell was shot several days ago while guarding his barns against thieves Bloodhounds led directly, It was declared, to the cabin ot the Smith negroes, who were arrested.
 Searching parties later found the negroes hanging in the woods five miles from Wetumpka. Three sup posed members of the mob are in jail at Wetumpka, but their names have not been revealed.
 Governor O'Neil has ordered a special session of the Elmore county grand jury to investigate the lynch ings.
 Three Montgomery militia compan- ies remained at Wetumpka through out the day.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-04
SAFETY BOARD MEMBER
 STILL TO BE SELECTED
Mayor Said to Be Meeting With Difficulty in Se-
 curing One.

Mayor Quigley is said to be meeting with considerable difficulty in locating a candidate for the vacancy in the safety board caused by the removal of Joseph R. Andrews and it is said; a number of prominent citizens who have been asked to take the position have declined with thanks.
 The difficulty in securing a success sor to Mr. Andrews is due to the fact that the new commissioner may find himself entangled in the courts. If Mr. Andrews brings quo warranto proceedings it will be against the man who is appointed to succeed him and not against the mayor. Thus the new man may find himself on the de- fensive within few hours after he takes office Because oT this it. is said men who would be candidates under ordinary circumstances are not falling over each other to land the position.
 Mayor Quigley was asked by re- porters this morning and afternoon to name the man he had selected. He declined to do so, stating that he had appointed no one. It was stated to- day that the mayor would keep the new commissioners name a secret until tonight when he would take him to the meeting of the board and in troduce him as the successor of MT. Andrews.
 All interest centers on tonight's meeting. It is believed that MT. An- drews will attend and will insist that he is still chairman of the commission He succeeded last week in holding the fort. Mayor Quigley was out of town at that time. The mayor said today that he would be at the meeting MT. Andrews was asked this after room whether he would attend and he replied: "I have nothing to say" What action Mayor Quigley will take if MT. Andrews insists on presiding is problematical.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-04
HUSBAND HELD FOR
 MURDER OF WIFE
New York Cabaret Singer Shoots Spouse When He Sees Her Sit-
 ting in Another Mans Lap

New York, Jan. Airs. Frances Collins was shot and killed early to- day in a bed room of her home, where she lived with her husband, William, and her two brothers. The husband is locked up, charged with murder.
 Collins, who is cabaret singer, and his wife quarreled early in the evening" When he returned home he heard her voice in an adjoining room. He went to the door, peeped through the keyhole and saw her sitting in a mans lap. Another young woman was in the room. Collins de- manded admission, was refused and, it is charged, fired through the panel of the door. Mrs. Collins fell to the floor, fatally wounded
 The man in whose lap Mrs. Collins was sitting was said to be her brother, George.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-04
Wet Weather Precludes
 Operations in West

London, Jan. 4 12:28 D. m.-Ut- terly irreconcilable are the claims of the contending armies in the East ~y In the West the unprecedented wet weather precludes operations which could give decided advantages to one side or the other.
 The activities of the Turks in the Caucasus seem to be assuming in creasing importance, judging from the attention the Petrograd official communications are devoting to this 1?region. Although not admitting that the Turks have been victorious it is conceded that they are fighting with great valor and stubbornness in the vicinity of the fortified town of ses Sarikamysh. The Turks claim to have taken this position. Russia, however, does not admit this, and says the Turks have suffered enor- 14fous losses. fa
 Comparing the Turkish and the Russian statements it would seem that ,1 the Turks at the present time, are CT king some headway, although both sefles O. losing heavily in killed, ilre oI theli Ind prisoners as their 'ioops Ill ah der and fight through the ol lne hzurS and the bitter cold of these repulsed tw.,,aas
 is-" ha U battle of the Rivers in Poland has not yet come to an end. The @ Germans say they have taken Bor- jimow, northeast of BolomOw a strong Russian position east of Lowlcz and a step nearer Warsaw. This the Russians contradict f1atly, saying tha t nn~ the German assaults there have been repulsed with heavy losses and else where they have been held at bay. Petrograd professes to see the end of the Battle of the Polish rivers and a concentration of German forces at some other strategic point in a re- newed attempt to break through; but like the predictions of what this side .. or the other proposes to do in Bel gium and France, this must be classed as a guess.
 If it is true that the Russians have taken another pass over the Carpa- thian Mountains, the invasion of Hun gary in real force should, in the opln- ion of British observers, soon be a reality. Up to the present time de- A tachments of Russian cavalry have crossed these mountains, but there never has: been an., invasion in strength. ....
 Further developments in Albania have been hanging fire since the Ital- ian occupation of Avlona.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-04
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
 RE0pENS FOR BUSINESS
Severe Restrictions Placed Upon Trading to Prevent
 Panic Selling.

London, Jan. 1, 12:O5 D. m.-The London Stock Exchange reopened for business today after having been closed on account of war since July 30. Severe restrictions were placed upon trading in order to prevent any thing approaching panic selling or the unloading of securities by hostile countries.
 The session was opened with a round of ringing cheers and to the strains of the national anthem, heart fly sung by rather smaller attend ance than usual There were ab sent on account of the war num- Der of German and French members, while the exclusion of aliens who were not able to satisfy the com mittee that they had severed all con- nection with foreign countries re- duced somewhat the foreign attend ance
 The single fact that business has been resumed even on a limited scale and under restrictions Is taken to in- dicate that the greatest crisis in the history of the exchange has been safe ly negotiated through the combined efforts of the treasury and the stock exchange committee
 The house had boon redecorated during the prolonged recess and to- day it presented quite a cheerful appearance. Several English mem bers appeared in khaki. There was no shouting of bids across the house and business was on a strictly cash basis. The committee decided to allow dealings only between the hours of eleven and three, inside ar outside the Stock Exchange, and, with arbi- trage business banned there will be no street dealings in American se- curities at the present time.
 The general opinion that the re- strictions to trading would curtai1 business to considerable extend was borne out during the first half hour. Not a single bargain occurred in Americans, and only a few of these securities appeared. The war loan was marked at 94 5-8 and then at 94 9-16. India 1-2 per cent were quoted at 83 Is and Rio Tintos nom finally at 57. Union Pac1fcs were 119, and consols 6S 1-2.