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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-17
COMMITTEE HAS
MADE ROBERTSON
COACH AT PENN
Madeira Given Power to Ne
gotiate With Track Ex-
pert on Terms
SPECIAL MEETING HELD

At special meeting of the Track and
Field Committee of the University of Penn.
sylvania, held this morning at the office
of Paul Thompson vice president of the
United Gas Improvement Company, Lawson
Robertson was appointed coach of the track
and cross-country teams of the University
of Pennsylvania, and with the suggestion
to the Football Committee that he be ap-
pointed trainer of the football team. If the
appointment as football trainer cannot be
made this fall, the Track Committee sug-
gests that 1t be made in 1917
Just how many years Robertson's con-
tract will call for and the salary to be
paid him are things that were intrusted
in the hands of Louis c. Madeira, Sd,
chairman of the Track and Field Commit
tee, with power to act. Madeira knows
what Robertson wants as coach and how
many years he would like his contract to
run Robertson will begin work early in
September
Robertson was engaged to aid in the
coaching of the University of Pennsylvania
athletes during the month of May, at the
suggestion of Ted" Meredith, the captain
of the track team He more than made
good in th' eyes of the committee.
Robertson is said by athletes who have
trained under him to be one of the smartest
coaches in America. He began coaching in
1909, when in June of that year ne took
hold of the Irish-Amerlcan Athletic Club,
succeeding Ernie Hjertberg. He was rec
commended for the place by the Swedish
trainer. Robertson has developed Kivlat,
Alva Meyer Pat Ryan, Frank Kaufman,
Emile Lunhi, George Brender, Kenneth
Caldwell and a host of other American
champions. Since he took hold of the Irish
American team he has not lost national
track and field or cross-country champion
ship.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-17
CLEVELAND RAMPAGE RECALLS
MEMORIES OF IL YEARS AGO.
BUT INJURIES HALTED MARCH
Then the Maps Were Burning Up the League But
LaJoie, Bradley, Joss and at Least Four Others
Were Laid Low and the Procession Stopped
BY GRANTLAND RICE

Into the battle the Trooper speeds
As the bugleS call and the drums respond;
Into the faint as the captain leads
Where the ioto line t0aits or the hill beyond;
Waits for the Si1nal-then the crack
OF blue steel trimmed iBith q crest of ddme--
And tet0 ride back on the hometudrd track
Where many rode tohen the order came.
Into the battle the Trooper speeds,
into the Hnc t0here the rife rings;
But little the Trooper hears or heeds
The song Of hate that the Shrdpnel sings;
The roar OF bdttle-thG curSe-the shout
Ihe crash and cldmor of friend aud foe
Ihe rtderieSS horse that tUheeIs about
Aud 9ditopS past to the plains beIot0
For out from the smoke tcreath, far quay,
He hears the pdtter of little feet
me dim, far call Of a child at play,
Wtth bdbyhood laughter, lou and stUeet;
Ihe mW1htr Of Uoices, dream sluept far
FROM the little path TO the cottage gate,
Where eagerly under the evening star
Mother and child IN the ttUiHght lUdit
into the battle the Trooper speeds,
bht SomeUhere out from the Fdr-oU Lands
An echo DRIFTS t0here soft Uoioo pleads,
And the tender pressure Of little hands;
Who're slant of the moondriH spans the
tCaN.
Aud the June tOinds come soit:. ~ ~a=a,a
breath,
Where out Of the blur lost voices call
oper the ShrapnePs song of death.
into the battle the Trooper speeds,
Into the Hne tohere tho rife rings;
Bat little the rider hears or heeds
Ihe song Of hate that the shrapneI stn1s;
The roar of battle-the Gtrse-the shout
The crash and clamor Of friend and foe
The TiGerlesS horse that uheols about
And 1dllops past to the plains beIotU.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-17

The Cleveland rampage recalls memories
| of IL years ago, just at this date Joss
| Bernhard Moore and Rhodes then were
| moving at great clip. Lajoie, Bradley
| Flick, Bay Bemis and two or three others
were batting from 900 to .42O. Cleveland
was 113 points beyond the field. Then
| within a week Lajoie, Bradley, Joss and
about four more were injured and out
After which-good night!
L. P. M.-Evers Joined the Cubs in 1902,
Schultz in 19O4 Evers is 33 years old,
Schultz Is "a.
"The Irish are drifting out of baseball
Exchange. Yes, the only Irish managers
now in the game are McGraw. Mack Car
rigan, Donovan, Moran, Jennings, Griffith,
Huggns, Callahan and possibly one or two
more.
This has been tough season on the
Ms in baseball McInnis is batting under
80; Lee Magee Is batting under 200 Mai
sci Is out with broken arm; Magee, of the
Braves, suffered the same stroke of mis-
fortune; Mack is in last place; Mitchell has
been unable to win at all for Cleveland !;
McGraw can't win at home.
There doesn't, howsoever, seem to be any
particular hoodood lowering above one Guy
Morton, judging from the number of wins
he already has packed away under his
elastic belt.
We have seen 10 reasons advanced show
ing why the Giants can't win at home. But
the main reason isn't very far from this
they don't make enough runs.
Either that, or the other club always
makes too many. Which is Approximately
the same thing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-17
TOUTS O. KIRKBY FOR
NEXT NATIONAL CHAMP
By GRANTLAND RICE

Jerry Travers, Walter j. Travis, Max Mars
ton, Reggie Lewis and Fred Herreshoff
And to arrive he was forced to play bril-
liant golf at almost every stand.
golfer who can ravel unbeaten through
fields must be ranked around the top with
the amateur stars OF the game. Yet it has
fallen to Krkby's lot to have the toughest
sort of luck In the amateur Championships,
and II is this showing in the past that he
hopes to erase from the slate this fall.
Kirkby is now playing the best golf he
has ever played, and he has furnished his
share of high-grade play. He gave evil
dence of this, not only by winning two big
titles, but by travelling over the Hacken-
sack course in So tying the record, when
he and Carter defeated Travers and Mars
ton in four-ball match In the second
place, the double titleholder intends 10 give
this next championship his closest attention
starting at least week before the tour
nament
In the third place, Merton suits Kirkby's
style OF play well beyond the average golf
er's, as there is call both for distance
and direction with the wood and iron.
Kirkbys game has developed steadily
Always capable of brilliant play, he has
now added consistent steadiness 10 his
game that makes him a hard opponent 10
dethrone. In the Jersey championship, for
example, no hnished but one stroke behind
the leader in medal play, and then won
the title In the Metropolitan he finished
again but one stroke behind the medal play
winner, and again went through un-
beaten
Always good from the tee and with
long irons. kirkby has materially improved
the steadiness Of his short game. He is now
ne of the best in the land at the chip shot
frOi.. on the green, and is also much bet
ter putter than he ever was before, at least
from the Viewpoint of steadiness on the
greens' rather than briilianey There are
very few In the sport who can get M nn,,eh
distance from the tee, or who can outrange
him with driving iron or midiron And
those who can are hardly likely TO be as
straight down the course. So unless there
Is q Dig change and another big upset there
win be at least one additional star al Inc
next amateur Championship who was not
in the hunt at Garden City or Ekwanok
or Detroit.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-17

LAWSON RUBERTSON
At a special meeting of the Track
Committee of the University of
Pennsylvania held today, Lawson
Robertson was chosen track coach
and trainor of the football team.
The terms of the contract have not
been decided upon.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-17
Tennis Dates Announced

NEW YORK, June 1.-THE dates for tsnnIs
lnatehes MAJ between teams representing the Pacifc
q laa e., unitsd states National Lawn Tennis As
doubles VIII be played on the turf 81 ths west
slae CLUB, Forest Hills, y. y, on FrIday and
tsam e VII be SELECTED fron NJ p Mef.oushiin'
Roland Roberts The Aliantie fstss - IL Ia
named after the Longwood (Boaten) tournaIaent.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-17
CHARLEY DOOM INJURED
Hit Over Heart by Thrown Ball at Polo
Grounds

NEW YORK. June 1.-THE fallacy of
trying to outwlt incipient moisture was
never better illustrated yesterday than
when the Giants and Cardinals hung around
the Polo Grounds until o'clock in the aft.
ernoon trying to play a scheduled baseball
game, Two serious Incidents came up dur.
ing the walt that deprived each team of
valued member.
Red" Doom, while trying to catch a
wet, slippery ball, was hit over the heart
and carried to the clubhouse, where medical
attention was necessary. Doom. n was
said, is not seriously hurt, but probably
will not be able TO get into the game for
several days.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-17

OSWALD KIRKBY, the new metropolitan
" and Jersey champion, has but one golf
ambition left
This ambition is to make a first-class
showing in the next amateur championship
TO be held at Merton, Philadelphia, in Sep
tember AS usual, there is a reason.
I<irlSby has played some remarkable golf
around New York and against very fine
fields that yielded hard competition. He
has won the Jersey title three times-hrst
from Travers, then from Max Marston.
He has won the metropolitan title twice
first from Travis in the finals and then
from Herreshoff.
To land these titles he has been called
upon TO beat at odd times such golfers as
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-17
Abel Gets Referees Decision

Of cfHsATitTANooaA Tenn. June l7.-Jaks Abel.
Les, Lee Kelly; OF s. Louis, az the end OF eisht
ROUNDS heTe last night. Kelly had but one
sonnd while two were even the rest went to
neei who oatno1ed kelly at all stages, although
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-17
Brannigan and Chanev nraw

r, BALTIMORE June lT-Patsy BrannEan. the
Baitimsaarssh ees55,eat apd You1s, chaney OF
mere last night The boys mixed things fhrough.
referee gave It GTaw. 4 '"e
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-17
Slim salIee Susnended

NEW YORK June. Hillary sallee. star
plLcher OF the 81. Louis National League Cinb
h9s been indehnitely suspended BY MahaSes,
nIEsins or the club, as the result OF an alter
sallee tore up his contract during the afsu.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-17
Boxinp Bouts Postnoned

Fhe opsn-air boxing show OF the Cambria
Johnny Nelson and Buck Fleming IN ifhe VIM VIM
up, could not be carried out owing 10 the ds
till Monday night. 4 postponed
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-17
Martin Quits to Uraine

,,BAALTIAoRE, June 1T-Terry Martin. of
IIb rIhlb5aasiPhia ga not have laok-in q his bout
Gagsty Thsat tFa ahfs At Oh washington, at the
setsn sepsasifd fsg SIX reunas but after the WASH
snt aaftdn d concluded he had enough hard knocks.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-17
lT GAIN GROUND, BUT HAS IMPROVED GREATL
PILLS CLOSE MEDIOCRE HOME
STAND WITH FLASH OF 1915
FORM IN ALL DEPARTMENTS
Morans Champions Are Still Below Batting Gait
But Indications Are That Slump Is Over
While Pitchers Are Improving

m a long home stand the Phnr cannot be
team failed Sto On % lar s as the EaS %U@ 'n @ 3 Sd are baes
indicates Ss, tn @ @ IN all during the % % week
The wondef% % aSnaV % or , @ STU sgen @ sc get % going runs on half the number
the M p1n' % qss WAS the he great feature Of the home stand and after %
a @ 10 games have been played the final contest with the Reds today being
the phnies instead hamns
play
T.. much 5 better within
ssntsa the rh from getting comfortable but both have shown great
work II this younssto will good control and he
has con control % be els likely likely to surprise the fans 49,
m by Bender % the moanS hn e to aN % te ents
the a1 with the score TIED and and the % phs eventual. won Rs victory was
cleanup of
Starting
ssye % the % epsmnou @ m a @ game % h Oh the ] ] % n % T n Hs sst % IN
whe all teams are so evenly matched Alexander Will have aS rest
Of r. tbs rs the rn won only only nine which 1 aS & oOw wns
@ @ rss9 and @ no % team s0ysa winning of a1 f% So
@ they had won and lost ~ games while Brooklyn was leading with IL vic
defeats ~
which n h @ or aeh % ''s % y ana Tns
hs h the Ph % % S1 % % starting M as mnda no e moot d
s S % @ s p~o @ fS nd s F @ f Pn Gn % S
Dell have been pitching such unusual @ ball that has mot even G4
that it has not been hitting well as will later in the season
brilliant the
@ % nal @ rt s ts ob a Braves % ker m to upat the % 9op @ at y
tme nps WIN 'H' anu "Ns' ''''' ''' O''' " '
Philies Able to Vim Hitting
AS before
feature % ha @ bee % the 1 n win ne ot % although p ea
s @ % o % IN whine @ tn the ] op eans u % mada % m @ % o am am v
S 30 tS,s ] e % sa @ SO s F s suIPs ] " the fact that the pN'S have
New York and Boston have lost ground on the home stand during which each
n have their lead Judging by the form shown by both within
Of the series between the two teams next week
Easy to See Why Cleveland Leads
REQUIRES only glance at the American League
batting at
oay ss7 % Ss
IS rua wSo hlas
long ability to get on @ base have
invariably
pnqhes brilliant centre
fielder leading the league
, the & batting ing OF ] Speaker @ has upset Elmer Myers Maks star
the oubbns Of . pa started all % the uSs and % @ % game against % Myers
if
they crack predicted ~ VIII nave
Knows Something About Baseball Anyway
M EsBET rs owner ] Of tbs Brooklyn roo m Club recently
Ebs said he did % no
visiting teams instead IN cad
Es1.'s idea to erasss the fans him
in play and that COMBS was % aompa @ % to @ & s Sa balls which
.s % w % @ @ wsTs to- % @ at .As % r~I $ %nd lit was growing dark
smith at least I'll that I is
Ebbsts that
the
throw the game 80 This is
prooasn sTo04' president
George Sisters work with the end The former
Michigan
in the pon =;
the Browns w ~ 0t
well and that Ed
it
illness League hter has h
benhed because Manager AIeeraw
Halnga
ch
1lt the thinning - nv
The Washington times., 1916-04-03
ARMED SHIP MAY
FORCE NEW ISSUE
Arrival Of French Steamer VuI-
" tare With Guns Mounted
May Call for Action.

new issue may he forced on the
United States by the arrival Of the
French steamer Vultare at New York
with guns mounted. II was reported
In diplomatic circles today that all the
French and British liners coming into
American ports will he armed in future.
These guns will be mounted for defense
against submarine attack. since It Is
charged that Germany in its new sub
marine campaign is torpedoing unarmed
as well as armed vessels.
Up to this time the only merchant
vessels with mounted guns entering
American ports have been Italian liners
Before these vessels were permitted -
clear pledges were obtained that the
armament would be used only for de-
fensc against submarines, and not for
attuck II all the British and French
vessels come in armed the state Depart
mont will have TO decide whether to ex-
act pledges In each specific case, or
whether to make n new pronouncement
setting forth the relative rights OF
merchantmen and submarines.
This question has been facing the
state Department for solution since the
rejection OF Secretary Lansing's pro-
posals that the allies disarm merchant
men In return for pledges from the cen
trail powers not to attack unarmed YES
sells.
The State Department today had no
advices referring to the sinking OF the
British liner Achilles. II any Americans
we're abroad consular officials have not
reported the fact.
No further action was taken In the
case of the channel liner Sussex or any
, Of the other pending submarine cases.
The Administration Is still awaiting
further facts before announcing its
course Of action.
The Washington times., 1916-04-03

Only one "BRCMO oUININE"
To get the gerIine, call for full
name, LAXATIVE B RIO MO
.OUININE. Look for signature
of E. w. GROVE. Cures a Cold
in One Day. 25c.-Advt.
The Washington times., 1916-04-03

Tho merchants have recognized this by
putting forth their best efforts.
The readers of The Times who would
win the $40 prizes would do well to look
at the show windows in their own neigh
borhoods MS well as the windows of the
downtown establishments. No section
Of the city and no class of display is
barred. II must be remembered that
half the value of display is the rating
given It's selling power. This means
the capacity OF the display to make
people enter the store and buy the goods
displayed.
That is what a window display is for
merchant. That is why the biggest
merchants of the city spend thousands
OF dollars every year on their show
windows. And that Is exactly why The
Times has divided the present contest
into classes-so that the merchant who
spends thousands OF dollars would have
no more advantage In selling power
than the small merchant with the small
show window.
The Washington times., 1916-04-03

era. Pershing ana nothing definite has
come from other sources.
Funston's information shows that
roads south Of Cascas Grandes are
much improved. Five high-powered
touring cars are being used as courlers
between FL vale and the extreme front.
BL PASO, Tex, April 3.-Army men
here today fear villa has eluded the
American cavalry sweeping the Guer-
rero district since Wednesdays fight at
the San Geronimo ranch.
: c further search Of the districts
Wild hiding places fails to locate the
Mexican will-o'-the-wisp. the Parral
district south will be invaded.
villa Is believed to be headed there
with the remnant of his forces hoping
TO recruit new followers among his
synpa thizers around Parral.
Whether Villas wounds were as SER
ious as Carranza official reports would
indicate, became doubted today.
without direct news OF the Villa man.
hunt the border again became a field
for rumors directed against the Car
rama governments cooperation In the
chase.
American and Carranza officials in FL
Paso scoffed at a renewal of reports
Of large de facto concentrations along
the expeditions line of communications.
A report that Mexicans were secretly
gathering around Ascension for a blow
at General Pershlng's supply route was
officially regarded as groundless.
Despite official forecasts that II may
be weeks before Villa Is caught, the
border speculated on his fate, IL cap
tured.
Carransa Consul Gercia stated that II
the United States troops took the bandit
alive, the Carranza government would
not claim him, as the American govern
ment probably would want to punish
Villa for the Columbus raid.
H. however, the Carranza soldiers cap
ture Villa, Garcia said. the de facto
government would take his punishment
Into its own hands for crimes COM
mitted prior to the Columbus raid.
The Carransistas believe Villa has i'm
portant information regarding foreign
might bring pressure to bear on him "a
confess the sources of his FUNDS. How
ever. his execution by the Carranzistas
eventually, II they take him, is re-
gerded as certain.
Saturday FL Paso thought villa would
be caught quickly. Today the border
was more pessimistic. Billiards and
rain in the district south OF Casas
Grandes are hampering the American
troops.
One Of the usual crop OF border de-
auctions here was that Villa had al
ready been taken, but that General
Perehing was keeping the matter quiet
until villa was safely delivered at the
expeditions headquarters near Casas
Grandes.
The Washington times., 1916-04-03

that the net income OK the roads was
not sufficient. Senator Cummins says:
Calls IL Indefensible.
IL have only TO do with the quality
OF the act OF Mr.. Brandeis. To me
II seems utterly indefensible.
"The only issue between the public
and the railroads up for argument at
that time was whether the railroads
nero getting enough money from the
public to compensate them for the
services rendered to the public.
"Mr. Thorne had made this the vital
point in the most remarkable array of
evidence I have ever examined. IL had
been strengthened by cross-examina-
MI. Brandels. No matter how they
were appointed. Brandeis and Thorne
were associate counsel for the public on
this issue.
n nd ingeniously for their side. Thorne,
in a wonderful discussion, had argued
for the public side, insisting that the
public was paying enough already
"Then Mr.. Brandeis. who had asserted
bis right to close the argument h TOT t ne
said was that the railroad contention, on
the issue then being tried, ought to be
sustained. u,
prandeis' honestly believed the rail-
roads were right on this question IL
was his duty to say so. Any such
view is total mlsconception of tho
situation. IL he could not honestly
argue for the public he ought not to
have, argued the question at all. he
should have LEFT Mr.. Thorpe to main
tain the public rights as best he could.
Because he reached the conclusion that
the railroads we're right. on the issue,
Ia no justification whatever for making
an argument. for them under the cir
cumstances OF the trial"
The Washington times., 1916-04-03
NEWS OF WAR FIRST
WISH OF EXPLORERS

PORT CHALMERS, New Zealand
April Back from the Antarctic
seas came the auxiliary ship Aurora
OF the Shackleton expedition today
with a thrilling story OF perils from
great masses OF drifting ice ana or
terrible hardships in the Ross sea.
The Aurora arrived off the coast In
command OF Chief Officer J. II. stem
house, OF the Royal Naval Reserve.
Stenhouse became commander when
the Aurora broke loose from her
moorings and went adrift last May,
leaving Captain Mackintoch and Sow
eral other members of :he party
ashore on Cape Crozier.
A tug, sent to the reltet OF the
Aurora yesterday. wlrelessed her ar.
said she would be able TO proceed into
port without assistance.
The Aurora's rudder was snapped or
when she was caught in the Ice pack
miles in the ten months she was held
In the ice grip. but her crew htted out
Jury rudder when she was freed
three weeks ago and made slow prog
ress toward the New Zealand coast.
The Aurora left for the South Pole
shortly after the outbreak OF the war,
planning to meet Lieutenant Shackie-
ton when he emerged In Ross sea
after crossing the pole from the South
American aide. For seventeen months
she had heard no news from the out
side world.
us ali well in the old country we
have had no war news for seventeen
months" flashed the Aurora's wire
tug reached her.
latest war news went cracking back
to the relief ship. One OF the mes
operator that his brother had been
killed in action at the British front
The explorers leaned over the Au-
rora's side and cheered wildly when
sage said. They reported they had
been existing on the flesh OF seals and
penguins since the ship broke loose.
Captain Macintosh and the party
cellent health and well supplied with
food. Commander Stenhouse reportJ
Arrangements are being made for q
| great reception for the party at Dun
edin upon the Aurora's arrival in port
today.
Commander stenhouse said upon his
arrival here that II would be folly
| to attempt to return to the relief OF
the Aurora. II relief expedition II
to be organized he suggested that an
other ship be obtained as speedily al
possible.
| 'Tne aurora was Dadly staVed IN Dl
the ice pack" he said. she showed
several bad leaks and we were afraic
a rough jolt by an iceberg Nigh
send her to the bottom. At one tim,
we considered abandoning her ant
/ wirelessing for help. ! would be gla'
to lead a party back to rescue Mack
intosh."
Stenhouse does not believe that Lieu
tenant Shackleton has abandoned tn
attic mpt to cross the South Pole. Ii,
expressed the opinion that Shackle
toms party may already be safel!
across and that possibly they ma!
Join Captain Macintosh and the ma
rooned explorers from the Aurora.
THE Aurora broke adrift in a ter
rible blizzard" said Stenhouse. Mack
intosh and his men had gone ashor
several days before to establish a sup
ply depot and had built huts. We coul
see the outlines of their buildings a
we drifted away, but we were helples
In the Ice"