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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-21

there are few forwards who are more
accurate.
Allie Mcwilliams. Greystock's other
guard, attended local high school
Greystock also picked him UP. He has
now become the best defensive guard In
the league. When McWilliams Joined
the Greystock team Cross was playing
centre, but. McWilllams found that he
could work so well with Ray at guard
getting better each year, until now there
This move proved master stroke of bas-
ketball policy, as Cross has proved him
self TO be a guard OF the first water
These two Philadelphia boys have
everything that makes an ideal basketball
player, They are very fast, strong and
able to hold their own in rough game !;
they shoot accurately from scrimmage.
dribble well. pass with remarkable pre-
cision and seldom tumble. Finally, they
play with their teammates, which is the
greatest asset OF ally
Fred GeiE, the ex-Swartnmore football
and basketball star, was passed up by the
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Not "A Pair of sixes," But a Whole Squad


Of
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New YorkA
hurting
and
taller welma
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CAGE TESTS FOR
CATHOLIC TITLE
WILL BE CLOSE
La Sale College and Cath.
Ollie High Have Strong
Quintets
OTHER SCHOOL NEWS

Three local schools will f,Rb, I, o
the Catholic Schools basketbalI cbaSs ss Iot
ship of the city. Catholic High. Iasaa,.
College and st. Joseph's Collepe az a,e
trio out TO win this title as well a. ~ ~
championship of the city scholastic ta. Ill sne
1t is not too early to discuss the cbs.ass
of the various teams as they Ioor, ~
today. UP
st. Joseph's College defeated EoraL.
College freshmen in the opening sa.an
The next game was crossed OFT tbe ii..
This was in no way the fault of Nance.
Alexander Saver who had listed prasss
Preparatory School. The game W..
Cancelled by the Brown managenen, e.
Joseph's will therefore play their seco.s
contest tomorrow with the strong Airrn',
five.
Indications point to close str,,vs,.
between La Sale College and Cathes1.
High School. These two schools bsrs
both played first and second team parr..
with the Philadelphia Trades school
quintets and the result affords intoras,
ing comparison. Catholic High, perbsn.
has n slight edge on LaSalle on nans,
Only the actual conflicts between tbss.
schools will decide which Is the bet,sr
quintet.
Catholic High, with such PLAYERS a.
John Glascott, James Cole, pasouereIja
Mcbride, Ferguson, Leahy. Hunt, Dunnbv
and Joe Cole should make a brIlsn,
showing. Coach Billy Markward usuallv
always turns out championship team
and Will have his men in trim condition
for the big games next month.
Catholic High had game scheduled
with Strayer's Business College yesterday
afternoon, but there was misunder.
standing as to whether 1t was to b.
played in the afternoon or at night
Strayer's desired to play at night and the
Purple and Gold in the afternoon, SO IL
was called off. Today a week Catholio
High and Darby High play a game al
Darby. 1t is the only holiday match FOR
Markward's boys.
The Episcopal Academy students are
making UP for lost time. and before the
Christmas vacation season starts will
have played off their December schedule
of shiny or field ockey contests. In the
match for the Dr. William II. Klapp
trophy yesterday the Sixth Form de-
feated the Third Form by the overwhelm-
ing score of IL to .. Captain John
Stewart, of the football team, was ref
cree. w. Townsend, Price, Lathrop and
Robb were the stellar performers for the
winning team.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-21
Muskegon May Get Franchise

MuSKEGON. Mich. Dec. 21.-At a meeting
Of business men here plans were discussed
concerning the organization OF company
TO take over the JertGltI League base ball trall-
chise. which Is said to have been offered to
Muskegon for the coming season. Il. w. Dick
erson, of Grand Rapids. president OF the league
and Rufus Gilbert, manager of the Terre Haute
team were among those who attended the
meeting II Is claimed sufficient capital has
been secured to purchase the franchise and that
the next step Will be an organized campaign
for tho sale OF 100 season tickets to protect
local stockholders from financial loss
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-21

and get men, many of whom never be-
come valuable to their teams because they
refuse to play with the other members
of the team as they should.
The sooner the Eastern League man
ayers here see that Philadelphia pro-
duces good players. the sooner their teams
will be strengthened and the better the
game will become. Higher grade play
means increased patronage and general
uplift of the sport.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-21
Tinker Made Good as Manager in Chicago

to make n
probably
conditions that anything but favorable
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-21
SEVERAL MANAGERIAL CHANGES
SEVERAL FEDERAL LEAGUE
MANAGERS LIKELY TO GET
MAJOR LEAGUE POSITIONS
Tinker, JONES' Stovall and Oakes May Lead
Clubs of Organized Baseball if Federal
League Finally Settles on Peace Plans


the Cubs Fielder
Louis
while order take of George
Ind
IN s
een
chiefs
around the about to be tempted by
League agents
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-21
buy this crystal-glass humidor brimful of sum
shiny Prince Albert tobacco and get that
little old "Christnaas thing" off your mind!

Prince Albert tobacco is made by own patented
processl That's why it's so good besides cutting
out bite and parch! And that's why it's popular
with men of all tastes all over the world He will
like it, sure because he smoke it all day and all
evening-it will not irritate his tongue!
Go right into any shop that sells tobacco and ask for the
Prince Albert pound crystal-glass hunidor It's the
great big universal all joy-m gift that's beyond
criticsm-the Gift that Gets the -Glad-handl"
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somers will Retain Cleveland Franchise

thankful that
American
American League s that soers
American
the fans roofing for him
10 would enable him recover
of the losses OF recent years
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-Here Il Goes" sac Ro.sr. zowis! Score K. o

Here goes said Sailor Smiley in the latter part Of the sixth round
Olympia
70 the mat
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Herzog Says He will Win the 1915 Pennant


star
failed climb higher because
q o
the failure bis pitchers properly until the nearly
favoraby
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Collegiate Regatta Plan Would Aid Sport


o o a oud
satisfactorily a
of
with three semhnas
OF
water
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-21
YOU

Go right up and down the line on gifts-you won't
strike one near the cost of this F. A. hunlidor
that wins such hearty appreciation
For smoking-man gets a lot of home happiness and
contenment out of Prince Albert It's so delightful
in pipe rolled into cigarette. And that huuli-
dor, with its sponge-mostener top is oy'us outfit
for any man to call his own Keeps the tobacco in
such dandy trim.
And bear in mind, when you buy this humidor. that
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-21
PHILADELPHIANS
ARE OVERLOOKED
BY CAGE M0GULS
Local Eastern League Man
ayers Could Get Players
From the Schools
KERR WAS PASSED UP
By SPICK HALL

by lOh IlfAbb d.
Philadelphia basketball managers in the
Eastern League have been overlooking
home talent with unwavering regularity
during the past few seasons. This has ne
cessitated the Quaker City boys who have
taken up professional basketball going
outside TO land good positions. Just why
this condition OF affairs should prevail
here is difficult to fathom.
The Jasper team has been going very
poorly all season. yet the Jewels passed
up the chance to land Dave Kerr, who
would have strengthened the team at
least 25 per cent. When, Reading found
that Kerr was on the market he was
eagerly. gobbled up. so to speak, by tho
management or the uplset ave. Since he
has been In. the league Kerr has played
brilliant basketball and has won two
games almost single handed. de has out
played every centre against whom he has
jumped, yet Jasper was not willing to
take a chance on the former Central High
boy. p. '.r
Cavanaugh Centre ,tt
Ii is true that Cavanaugh has been
playing a very good game for the Jewels.
yet youngster who can perform as we'll
as Kerr would be great acquisition to
any team. He could adapt himself TO
forward position. II necessary and that
is just what Jasper needs now more than
anything else. ..t
The old New York State League has
furnished a number of players to the
Eastern League this season, yet there is
no doubt that players could have been
found who would in a short time, develop
into men of Just as much ability as these
more experienced cagemen.
nrIFvA IAa Anil.
Sedran, Friedman and Fox. all OF Jasper.
came into the league from out-of-town
teams. s. -. s..'-, =s.r
These men have played good basketball,
because they have had lot OF experi-
ence and know the game. Yet there are
players In the American League and other
minor organizations who would soon be
even better. than these veterans, because
they are young and have natural ability
at the same time. t-t., s
Greystock Fast .'--
The speeding Greystock team has been
well managed during the last three years.
and now the team has come TO It's own,
Just as any hye viii II young players are
signed and properly 'tutored. The Grey
stock anagement has realized for a long
while that this Connie Mack" principle
was the correct one. Therefore, they
looked around to see where there was
promising material In, 1sll-l2 Ray Cross
WAS with the Greystoek Reserves, which
then played its Southwestern Church
League games as a preliminary contest
at Cooper Battalion Hail. -
Cross attracted general attention and
soon was used as substitute on the Grey
stock Ave-. He was ''nursed' along by
Bill keenan,. who was then jumping cen
tire for Greystock,, For a time Cross de-
yeloped slowly In this fast company, and
at one time be was on the verge OF being
sent back 10 the minors" However,
he suddenly found himself and has been
geeting better each year. until now there
is not a better guard in the league and
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II $
Another will purchase
his interest Sinclair
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-18

The Motion Picture Exhibitors League
of Pennsylvania has sent the following
letter to the EVENING LEDGER on the
question of censorship:
There Is a great American principle
that is the fundamental underlying
force in the entire American republic,
and that Is the freedom of speech,
publication and religious liberty.
A moving picture Is nothing more or
less than the publication of an idea
or conception that is published through
pictures instead of through the press,
and as such a legallzed censorship
violates the principle above referred
to and is obnoxious to any decent
American citizen, and especially re-
voting to the men engaged in the
moving picture business as n means
of livelihood. suggesting as 1t does
that they are engaged in an illegal
and more or less indecent business.
The unnecessary expense that Is en-
tailed by this totally unjust super
vision is only to slight degree less
in Importance than the principle in
volved.
The American people are perfectly
capable of being their own censors,
and will quickly show by their patron
age, or by their lack of patronage,
their likes and dislikes.
We, therefore. ask you as one Amer
lean citizen to another to remember
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-18

Miss TalmadgSs case 1t seems TO be
an epidemic, as II was only two weeks
ago the influx of mail of this nature be-
gan to arrive. A sample letter will suf-
flee to show the trend of some 200 COM
munications received by the popular Vita
graph player during the past II days:
Hickory Ridge, Ark.
''Dear Mis- Talmadge:
tother day an now he ses hes quit keep
in company ez ne don't keer fer a gal
who nags him about KILN squirrels. Its
no sech thing Mis- Talmadge an Low him
an want him back Wont you pleas tel
me how an Ill be yore fren forever and
ever more cause I low Jim.
VERY afecshunate
EDITH RAMSEN."
All the letters seem to be bona fide ap-
peals for help and Miss Talmadge Is at
her wits end as to how to answer the
many and varied questions asked without
giving offense.
Answers to Correspondents
LILLIAN v.-Crane Wilbur has left the
Pathe Freres Company and Is resting.
Ella Hall and Bob Leonard are in their
twentles. Pearl White Is playing at pres
ent opposite Arnold Daily.
ELSIE-In 1.-THE Friend" Enid Markey
was the girl. Charles Ray was the first
man, and William Webster Campbell the
second 1t was Domino picture.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-18
THE EPHOTOPLK

that over a century ago our fore
fathers left the old world and bore
untold hardships and inconveniences
to establish in this unbroken wilder
ness colony which has grown in
prestige and enlightenment to the
glorious America of today. They bore
these hardshlps to enable them to
. throw off the yoke of censorship ana
oppression that bound them hand and
foot in the old world, and now at this
day shall It be written that their sac
rlfices were in vain and their descend
ants. represented by you, shall seek
to impose the same oppression and
degradation on their fellow-men?
We ask your assistance and your
vote In repeating this obnoxious act
creating a State Board of Censors for
moving pictures, or, in fact, censor
ship in any form, as we firmly belieVe
that the police power of this great
Commonwealth and nation is ample to
regulate and prohibit anything that Is
immoral or indecent or which may
tend to corrupt the morals of the COM
munity.
Rare Settings in Chinese Play
Edison Director John II. Collins. with
his customary insistance on detail, has
put some of his best work on 1.-THE Mis-
sion of Mr.. Foo" a story of the struggle
between the old China and the new re-
public, with an underground setting. II
order to obtain real Chinese curlos and
antiques, Mr.. Collins has been holding
back the production for about six months
Chinese curlo shops were searched and
the Edison Japanese actor, 7, Tamamato
was enlisted in the campaign for real
atmosphere"
The result is that Mr.. Foo's Chinese
home, in the picture, presents wonder
fully perfect Chinese setting and is more
of an antique shop than many shops
parading as such. Rare Chinese antiques
of red and black laque5ed tables ant
chairs in odd design, richly embroidered
dragons on hangings and tapestries, Vasei
seldom seen, and immense swords WITT
carved hits and scabbards. give the scene
the air of old China, One of the chairl
is an oddly shaped, beautifully lacquerec
''priest's chair which in China Is borne
in a funeral to the grave for the prizes
to sit ina chair extremely difficult u
secure in this country.
The secret chambers OF the conspirlnt
Chinaman, underground, represents th'
ingenuity and weirdness OF erect 10
which Director Collins has gained con
siderable commendation.
First Aid to the Lovelorn
Although Dan Cupid, rs his name I'm
niles. is q little fellow of the male gen
der, he will have to look to his laurel
~ Norma Talmadge. of the Vitagrapl
players, consents to act as mediate
between couples who ask her advice Il
the STRENGTHENING out of lovers tangles
Miss Talmadge cannot conceive just VIII
she is being selected by young lovers
both sexes, from even remote parts o
the country, to pour balm on the troubles
sea OF matrimonially inclined swains. Il
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-18

Obituaries on Page 4
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Sunday revival ssrmon. tabernacle. 18th ana
Vine streets; 7.B0 o clock. Free.
Georges Hill Improvement Association Han
nel.a Hall. 1900 North b1d street, o'clock.
Free H..
Cedar Avenue Improvement Association. sIth
ana Cedar avenue o'clock. Free,
ga and LansdoHns avenues s o'clock Free
gnlEsrsity q sse1sloa s seeists tsetskes sSaat
Lecture Panama" Frank D. BangheE.
Free L.lbrary 81 phtadslnhia. West Philadal-
phla Branch. 4oth and Walnut stTsstsi
Market street Merchants Association. BinE-
ham Hotel: $50 o'clock free. ..,,-,.,,,.
Amsrscan chemlcai soeletY FhiladslpniA
CHARTER. EnHineeFa CUB
Hnnauaf East Germantown lmpEote :
Asaoclailon. Odd relieve oFphAnazs. o4ont4
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STORY OF MODERN SCIENCE

Subject Of Professor Schmucker's
Lecture Tonight.
The second lecture by Prof. Samuel C.
Schumacher on 1.-THE Story of Modern
Science" will be given tonight at Griffith
Hall. 1920 Chestnut street. under the aus
pices of the University Extension So
ciety. The subject of the lecture is The
Life History OF the Earth, or the Story of
Geology"
At Association Hall, Germantown, to-
night ]. G. Carter Troop will talk on the
Social Significance OF the European
War-Germany." Professor Troop is a
Canadian and late editor or Tho Week.
published in Toronto, Canada
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-18

Ing to see the reviewer of the SUN be-
rate the "music-less' quality OF the act
ing, because no one was bow vowing
'shakespeare's golden words In the Old
manner, and to read in the Times of
Mr., Barker's loyalty to the sheer music
Of the verse;" We move.
How Peg" Was Sold
Was there ever big success' that
every manager In New York" (except
the fortunate gentleman whose press
agent speaks) didn't refuse? peg o.
My Heart which comes to Philadelphia
next week, is no exception. But there
was at least some novelty In the way
Hartley Manners finally sold tine piece to
sion:
Mr.. Morosco went to New York to see
The Bird of Paradise" another of his
productions, and Mr.. Manners asked to
be permitted TO accompany the producer.
Mr.. Morosco was glad of the company.
May l put play in my grip7" Man
ners asked.
Mr.. Morosco replied that It was very
hard on the eyes to read on a train, but
Manners took the play along Mr. Mo-
rosoo recounts subsequent events in this
manner:
We hadn't been travelling more than
half an hour when Manners fell asleep.
There was little for me to do, so 1 took
out the play and read 1t. l saw at once
that 1t was Of exceptional character.
Manners slept all the time ] was read
ing 1t, or at least appeared to. Having
arrived at my decision 1 went to n writ
Ing desk, penned O contract, wrote a
| check for advance royalties, pinned II to
| the agreement, and, waking him up,
handed them to Manners He was
greatly surprised, and, incidentally, very
| much delighted, since nearly every New
| NnrL nNn ba nj
| down"
Playwriting is one of the most popular
| of professions, IL we may believe the list
of $1,000 dramas which the Library Of
Congress has compiled and printed as a
complete record Of all dramatic copy
rights since 1870.
Chicago doesn't seem very much
enamoured over '"The Bubbles n piece
with which Louis Mann is strenuousy
| laboring.
"The Peasant Girl" which was so
| pleasantly received here, makes her bow
to Broadway about March 1.
| According to the wise ones OF New
York, Dodson Mitchell will be added to
the Little Theatres company for the pro-
duction next week of Porter Emerson
Brownies "Rich Man, Poor Man."
The dlscouragingly small audiences
Ithat greeted Marie Tempest in Philadel-
phia have continued to be the rule on
her tour Consequently she is giving up
the refined humors of Henry Arthur
Jones and others for that persistent
semi-failure, Nearly Married." After
closing up in Philadelphia, following a
season of tenuous existence, the Selwyn
farce is now on view in Boston, with
Richard Bennett.
Smile Bit
Boston Opera House
Henry Jewett Players in
| JULIUS CAESAR
This is ACTING, not pictures.
| -Advt.
Tho Merry Wives of Windsor
for the L A 8 T time this season
by popular request.
| -Advt.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-18
Young PEOPLES Concert

The popularity OF the various wind in
struments in solo and in ensemble were
explained by Miss Florence Leonard at
the sixth concert In the Young Peoples
series at the Little Theatre yesterday
afternoon. Three movements from So
beck's Quintet in e fiat and two from
Reinecke's SeXtet in B fiat admirably dis
played the color value and characteristics
Of this class of instruments. The effect
OF flute. oboe. clarinet, horn and bassoon
in chamber music was highly pleasing.
The next concert is Wednesday afternoon,
March 10.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-18

Rees and Waiter aHFa Jones' IfSSs
patent mt chaperOn. % Violent but amusing" " ..s:15
"PygmalioH." with Mrs. Pat Camp
nard Shaw turns a Cockney flower girl into
fhe psonse e1niYal&sns & OF n9s
Jarqon, Lydia Lopokoya. Frank Moulan and
SaudsvlllS s0ee eompsrisoasd IN Color %rtR Ssd
Acknowledgements" with Pauline Freder-
% ssHGsx HEs @ sa sy Rafs
Dark Iad1 HdaTas' o s With fRs tRa
resident company: Two .GToHfedies by shSwi shaw
aI on IpSsilism; % the other an amusinS 3 e@heountsr nc
EoSSsth ooS fan a1S SDr shSw tSS Ds Sny
gent NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .S:15
LYRIC-''pancing Around" with Al Jolson.
Abo Wn'fG II cOEns or eSug s SPOT shd dsds
whole bsilroopful. Al Jolson eonvulsiyely
wALNuT-''Its a Long Way to Tipperary,"
popular song well to the fore. Neutral Of
course .....'.....'s..'.s..'' ..''''.s's's ''''elo
Vaudeville
KEITHsmGaTolins White the ,Is diIstingSishss,d
saSs Harry bsEssiSTd and sSmTDa,ay Ts,,ay Mr. NJ.
gen. gen the BshTens and Paths News Weekly,
F.nf os s'rs and the Be R6Ss sissns Ii
''Ths Terminal; Anne Kent Burns and
Dorothy King and Sara KsndiE Pierce and
Snd Risifs; fsyoP oRa n ehGea Ss apayet The
tshiss OF Pollcs''; Camille Psrsoni, In a Japa-
fiess opsratta. ''Bufterny Love- the Nine
White Hussars. Undergraduates: the Circle
comedy Foyg, Alexandsr 69Eter in "Pattsr ,sius
SRstf s SaiSs whssisF aRd Rii'Sas eDh
psay In gSisSs ss S SSff fs f9elss aShsy ssas shs
Kirk ana Fogarty. voeAlists; the Cabaret
blsSkfaes comedians. and comedy motion
wYfiffifAh PENN-HArry Rapp. in .-rhs Buyer
From PlttsburEh,",. BY Janet Moran; Tim
i,hhi Aeh,h'Nn, 'N,,saad tha rrsin Wan FORD and
Harry Hewitt sIngsrs and dansersi "a Core;
NoFrisssy and Dolly Racket and hugsnis
cfSsS KEYs-dast half of wesk)-.sThs Po-
ltleal Women"i Webster and MoodbeEFy:
s'RuraI Life; the Three Glldden Sisters In
song and dance. and the Phyllis Family.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-18
THE THEATRE

ing to see the reviewer of the Sun be-
rate the "music-less" quality OF the act
ing, because no one was bow vowing
'shakespeare's golden words" in the Old
manner, and to read in the Times of
Mr.. Barker's loyalty TO the sheer music
Of the verse" we move.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-18
Questions and Answers

The Photoplay Editor Of the EVEN
ING LEDGER will be pleased to answer
questions relating to his department.
Queries will not be answered by let
ter. All letters must be addressed to
Photoplay Editor, EVENING LEDGER.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-18
MODERN DANCING

NrR a MRS. H. D. WAGNER, 1870 N, BROAD
Scholars Practice Tonight Anss Aso 1SH %V. q
Private Lessons Day or Evg. Phene Dia; @ so
RBcEPTIoN EVERY WED. SAT. EVG5.
5FIB q EII,WooD CARPENTER STUDIO. 1923
chsstnut At, open 10 A. NJ. 10 10 +. NJ. best
natronage best system; mod. rates; l2instrne-
tors; music always; newest OF the No" S'epS'