Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-18

1 ity The ability TO win twelve out OF four
teen games means very little compared to
the ability needed to win thirty games out
Of forty, Alexander, Mnthewson, Johnson
and Wash--tho four greatest pitchers OF
the last twenty yeRrs-alwRys have been
good for n span between forty and fifty
games n season.
And. as a rule, they rarely packed away
less than twenty-five victories, not counting
the games they saved by rescue work in
the closing spasms.
Sheehan's Victory
sheehan. of the Mackmen. last season
won one game and lost sixteen. lie must
have had queer. not 20 say dizzy. feeling
when he turned In that one triumph
who can answer this? When ball play
ers back In the old days were drawing
from $500 to $4,000 year most OF them
keenly were interested in developing their
games. Now, with salaries up around
bulge from $4,000 to $4,000. only very
few pay any great attention to improving
their play.
Football Schedules
II notice" writes Neutral that as ono
of the smaller colleges develops strength Il
is Immediately dropped by the larger elev-
ems. OH the theory that too hard game
will result. What are these larger universl-
ties looking for in n football way2 All the
easy marks they can find? Yale this season
had 60 face Colgate. Brown. Princeton and
Harvard on successive Saturdays yet Yale
after the hardest schedule in tho country,
was stronger at the finish than Harvard
was, aud apparently fresher,
"The main trouble Is that among too
many OF these elevens there Is too much
milk and water and too little blood and
iron Princeton, for example. might have
made far better showing against Harvard
and Yale II she had prepared herself by
tackling Pittsburgh, Colgate or Brown be-
fore the test. II Harvard had shown her
first eleven against Brown this added ex-
perience might have won the Yale game"
II does seem that big university with
plenty OF reserve material could face at
least four hard games In eight weeks Yale
Is pretty sure 20 do It with Colgate Brown.
Princeton and Harvard. Colgate last fall
faced Illinois, Syracuse, Yale and Brown
without being forced 10 substitute more
than one man In the four games.
A squad that isn't good enough 10 face
four hard games isn't going to be good
enough 90 win.
"All you had to do TO tackle a Pittsburgh
halfback this fall" remarked one who saw
them play several times, was 20 knock
down the Ave men who surrounded him In
Glenn Warmers interference outside Of
that It was cineh"
The Ultimate Straw
an the IeH clutch OF circumstance"
A 5 Mr. Henley said,
rarely yolp or cry aloud
or bow my gorJ head
But there arc times my iron l0m
Is softer than tporm's;
AID one Of these " tohen read
"JeSs willard names MS terms"
While the committee at large Is trying
to hnd a suitable opponent who might de-
throne Jess willard. Old Doc Time. the
eternal champ, Is warming up with the X.
o. buried Ia either paw, The Old Doc
never has lost a decision yet. and he isn't
going 20 lose at his next start.
Golf clubs composing the United States
Golf Association have the chance OF their
careers ahead 10 unraysl this amateur
tangle II they only viii give the matter a
fair amount OF serious attention. But the
odds are that three-fourths Of those inter-
ested viii pay no attention 70 the matter
until after the vote Is In. and then kick la
with lusty roars OF disappFoval over the
fnal verdict