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iCOntinued.)
ORIS stood before the bitter old
man, looking at him calmly,
Gen, Won Stromberg smiled in
his wry way and beckoned her
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-25

BROWN PREP WILL HAVE ELEVEN;
CANDIDATES ARE CALLED TODAY,
AND PRACTICE BEGINS TOMORROW
Four Veterans Are Back Under Tutelage of Doc
tor Ringod-Several Other Stars Will
Try for Berths on Team
By PAUL PREP

Nelchner Of Friends Central. will havs
chance TO hold daily scrimmages, Last
season he was Handicapped by the small
number Of fellows out for the team This
MADE u impossible TO have two full teams
on the field at the same time.
Although the Blue and GRAY has lost
three members OF last seasons backheld.
NchoIeS, Stoddart and McPaul through en-
lis'ments, and Caunaman, a husky guard
through illness the loss In overba Ia need by
tne return OF eight letter men They are
,aptain EGrvey Marks. Taylor smith.
llearh' EnSeman, Burgess. Fell and Rem
There is wealth Of material on hand
w addition to the eight first-string men.
there are eight seasoned substitutes ana
a punch of new fellows several OF whom
nave had experience at other Institutions
Hefman, formerly OF West Philadelphia
lilgh Andrews. of Central High. and AL
ntlsht who halls from Kansas. Albright
~ an experienced gridron player and he
Is expected to help the Blue and Gray win
the Interacademic Championship.
Open With Ridley Park
j. u. Bell. physical director. and Scott
EaNeuson. ~, are assisting Coach Kelch
ner in getting the men into frst-cIass shane
for the opening game this Friday. Ridley
Park will be the opposing team
with the initial wedding out process
slated for the end Of this week. the cam
didates for the Episcopal Academy eleven
are looking forward TO the next few days
as among the most important of the sea-
son
Coach McCarty. n former Germantown
Academy man, has an entire backheld re-
naming from last year. Johnny carp, this
years captain, will continue to play full.
back. The other veterans are Price, quar-
terback; Dickson and Sellers. halfbacks
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-25
CAMP DIX ELEVEN
MAY PLAY PENN
"Ham" Fish, of Harvard, Is
Getting College Stars To-
gether for Football
PRACTICE NEXT WE E K
Ru d Stnn Correspondent


CAMP DIX, Wrightstown. ~ j., Sept "a.
If the plans Of Hamilton Fish are put
across. Philadelphia football fans will have
an opportunity of seeing the Red and Blue
gridrou warriors go up againb an eleven
from Camp Dix which will be composed or
aH-American stars Among the officers at
Camp Dix are men who have worn the
colors Of almost every college in the East
Chief among these is Ham" Fish, known
to every one who ever heard of Harvard
football team The responsibilities Of being
a captain in the colored Fifteenth Regiment
which is doing guard duty here, does not
dampen his love for the gridron. Fish was
Stationed here before the officers In the
National Army came 10 Wrightstown. As
soon as he looked over the personnel list
of officers who arrived later he found many
names that used TO be famous on the grid
iron
Men like Dave" West, the Colgate all
American tackle; EleTy Huntington, Of Col
gate Castle and Warren, former Yale men,
and Upton an all-American center of West
point fame.
1t did not take Fish long to quietly mobi-
lie this football material Next week he is
going to issue his call for the candidates
and will start prIcticing. He already has
negotiated with the University of Penn
and with Princeton University
Fish has the team ready to meet the
Quakers on any date the Quakers choose
The proceeds of the game are TO go one
third to the University, one-third TO the
band fund of the Fifteenth Regiment, and
one-third to the American Red Cross.
While most of the officers have been out
Of college from one to ten years, they are
all in the pink of condition from the train
ing they have been receiving since they
went into officers training camp last May.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-25
Shorts on Sports

: The first game OF the post series between
race, and Indianapolis, champions OF the Ameri-
day.
{ Francis Downey, twenty,sx years old an
amateur football player OF Mahanoy city, died
81 he University Of Pennsylyania Hospital yes
etday from an ailment received in football
match last year.
Joe Jackson, OF the Chicago white Sox, has
oeen granted exemption from the selectiye draft
army, on the grounds OF a dependent wife.
\, Gases asainst George Weaver and Fred Me
Mullin. Of the Chicago White SON, have been
dismissed from the police court In Boston. They
Nere charged with assaulting Augustine Nc
Sally, Of Norwood. during disturbance on the
Boston bali field.
: Captain I. l.. Huston and Colonel Jacob
huppert, OF the New York Yankees. have en-
Tered suit against Big Bill, pfvery, former
police chief. and big Tom foleY, former
sheriff, OF New York. to collect $4,000 Devery
and Foley acted bondsmen for Harry Stevens
who was 10 pay $4,000 annually for his con-
eessions at the Polo Grounds. Stevens has only
come across with $4,000.
N, The Phlllies have cancelled their draft on
alteher Fillingim. the star twirler of the In
aaanapolis club OF the American Assoca tion
ywing TO this cancellatio the Boston Nationals
Is allowed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-25

peared I could write chapter On a 'm1 'r,,tsn t
rounds in big events Very hs'ie 90 - ,bs fTst
AZ tbe time about the results OF the MS nIs'
so,,uds AZ s%S hscause there are SO many players
hu, Snn,e of the best golf is played then ana ana
some @ % Unexpectedly poOr-for verify ,s.s SelneTe
that that IL is as nervous a time for the players
Ahout as serious a thing as can happen
,.e''Issr is 10 draw a hard partner IN the
rst round The fate that portions SoSs 9G. tSs tSs
drawings can almost be SAD TO- 70 uto'oT &c oTonb oh
ehe'npioisSai aaai result would do well TO care
fully study the first round.
Believed Whitney Would Win
when the drawings At Merton were an an
,,,aa I suffered a chill Of horror, for
the man had drawn wss s0,as.sID sss Ssn rhsrs sss
Aelee'se t,.,oxalty 10 Robert Gardner Ia
',.e selteiion X merely meant that an
,s's s.e ..ern man would have ne best chanes
x. 1,.. course. and although Nelepp Whit
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-25
Lessons From, the National Amateur Championship

ney is a Southern man his golf was learned
and is largely practiced In the East. The
effect of the announcement was discourage
ing. | was stl tired and when I went
to my hotel that night I felt pretty sure
that Nelson would beat me. / knew that
he had been playing particularly nne
game that year, and It would surely beat
me unless mine was at its best
queer thing happened, however, on that
first round, and 1t recalled what my dear
friend Judge Payne, so frequently tells me
always remember that the other fellow
Is thinking the same thing" so II hap
pened on that day, and both Of us were
overcareful. Ali the same I near nearer
defeat than at any other time during the
week.
! took practice swings dozen times
looked over the puts long time, and
walked away up on the shots to see the
lay of the ground At noon / lay down
to rest. stimulated my self with coffee, and
did all the other things I am not accus-
toned to do In consequences of all our
care our games were very unsteady and
my memory of II is a long succession OF
steps and swings. When we reached the
seventeenth hole l was one up, but there
was two 10 go and / had been several
down in the courts Of that nerve-rackfng
match.
The Finishing Shot
can see now that pretty white ball go
straight toward the seventeenth flag from
my spoon as If II were yesterday II flew
smoothly in the air landed on the green
and ran right up, near the hole. Then /
knew that the days cares were over. The
relaxation was heavenly after the strain
I took a deep breath Of relief. and from
that time on to the finals / continued to
sleep better. cat better and feel better
Very little has been written about this
match with Nelson whitney and yet IL was
the one match in the tournament IN which
/ came nearest 70 defeat AT his best Whit
ney plays beautiful game and our meetine
In that hrst round was a tragedy 70 both
bf uH.
In my next article shall dscuss the
match between Robert Gardner and Bol-
bic Jones
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-25
GUSSIE LEWIS LACKED CONFIDENCE.
WHICH REALLY CAUSED HIS DEFEAT
BY KID WILLIAMS AT THE OLYMPIA
Phadelphian Rallied in Final Round. but Fail
ure to Lead Oftener Enabled Baltimorean
: to Pummel Way to Victory
BY LOUIS II. LAEEE

CONFIDENCE is half the nat'Ie' so"e one
| ..,t on record as quoting many years
"a unless Gussie Lewis has several
ss,lps injected into his system he can oe
b.s y, as one boxer who never viii
eounteu obampionship to Philadelphia. Had
pilhe sa,io,ved the battle he mapped out
1us kid Williams. Of Baltimore last
att ~ Tho OLYMPIA Club. the former cham-
NJ NJ would have left the ring beaten
p an points As II was. Lewis lorgot
" didnt have the nerve to stay wthln nus
oi.ns and williams returned to the Orlole
pp,t'. Win another scalp added to his large
collection ..-- z.,..,or tbar ,
- COS nroyed for he had figured out
xat ~ he would take the lead away from
uuiiars the Kid wouldn't be the winner.
y, mis- Gussie was right. But IN taxing
y! ~ lad away from Williams he was all
Irorg a dozen ways or more. IL appeared
MI he didn't have the confidence.
Williams in Poor Shape
,,-is had a wonderful opportunity 10
Arsok into the bantam lime-glare last night
~, be didn't lie caught Williams coming
an at ratchwcights, in poor shape ana win
,ass of The oil pep than ever before. Argu-
r,orts mat williams was going back stood
nr, with much evidence last night yet
ya,,is,s lack of confidence handicapped him
sson, winning a bout that he should have
sailed away, half trying.
Am Lewis had to do was Keep out OF
,he clinches. BY stepping around Will
,ar,s in and out with left hand, he
< snroIv would nave shown up the former
ehsmn. only a few times In the first hVe
rov,ds did Gussie lead. When he did 1t
snncared as If he had the Kid In guam
Ssrv throughout the final frame Lewis
riied nm a big lead by boxing from the
distance. but this advantage proved TOO
little for the Philadelphian even to gain
$3.50 break.
CIiuched Too Often
Lewis roolishly wasted entirely too much
,,n,e i'm the clinches. The Kid still hghts
hard at close quarters and punches with
force in the half clinChes. He walloped
Iewis good and plentiful around the body,
sop,c Of the blows being kidney punches,
and ,;ussie didn't like the midsectlon at
taek at all Then, too, instead of getting
out Of the clinches as soon as he could
Guss,e stayed inside and attempted TO
swan blows. lie discovered his mistake al
most every time. Gussie's clinching and
tenacious holding on proved this conclu-
sively.
There are lot Of fans in Philly anxious
10 see Lewis come through with sufficient
stuff to warrant him crack at the title
The way he fought Williams last night
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-25

Joe GeiEer. sportsman, Of Port Richmond
and father Of the boxer by that name; " the the
nrouoter Of the Nonpareil club. The hoy VIII
appear In one Of the prelms Friday nght. pp-
posed TO Mike Burns. Young Lawrence boxes
in the semi with Jack Brady. Other bouts are
Ben Harris VS.. Battling Edwards ana Johnny
Bradley w. Terry Hanlon.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-25

" q = Aohs
that, for ] always
like to take my
chances on a stin
course. The quail
ication round, how
ever, were a night
mare, for | lost
stroke after stroke
simply because l
was so n ervo u S
from lack Of sleep.
The ordeal was aw-
ful and | went
around as If in a
daze, realizing only
too well that here
was my one great
chance. In spite OF
my great confusion
1 managed to quail
ify and the day Of
the hrst round ap-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-25
CUNNING NOTES

4, Frank Pratt, OF Tryon's, is going 10 attend
me Nineand Gun Clubs October shoot and he
expects quite number OF his comrades also
10 Join him,
Chief Bender It's expected will be back
tkaln with the shooting fraternity soon,
baseball goes IA for It's winter nap.
9 a registered shoot Is listed for next Saturday.
eeplefnber 20, at York Lenns, Del. The pro-
srsm 80 ls SO targets Several local marksmen
ale considering trip 70 the Deimarvla Penin-
VVV9,ar shoot York Lenns Is ten miles from
y. 1amee n. Skelly and William swayne topped
fnN held IN the recent preliminary Trapshooters
Attfue shoOt al FlaymOnt. Skelly ran ninety
~'Fsa oefefe ~ missed,
y ~.ere VIII " registered shoot AZ yineland
next month
fIaff Honuan = hack IA tdNn after sew.
4' .EtN Of aunntnF M New Jersey hQHuan
HNaeloa tIt,E 0Io91aiIsI tooh,,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-25

Johnny Nelson will make his first start THIS
sea son at the Cambria club Friday niEht, Harry
Poye, of Bristol Pa, will endearGr 10 meks
things uncomfortable for Nelson. Young JACK
Toiand anil Joe Koons are down for the SEM.
final Little. Bear will meet Hank McGoveTn IN
a return bout and Young Corbctt boxes trenny
Turner and steve Joice takes on Tommy GoIoen'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-25
Evening Ledger Decisions

OLYMPIA a, A.-kid william; Sn;ofsG WSn saIInr IGm
Gsorre Nnik Kenny Nolger trOunced Young
Chaniy Wnlly Mehan beat jimmy biue' JimmS
potrone stODned Jimmy Brown, hfth. ,.,,,,,-
SEW YORK-Irish Patsy Cline shaded Mhhe
Jackson. JOHNNY Harvey and Pal n3ore m uTeni; MI,
Saunders.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-25

THERE never has been a better test OF
i championship golf in America man tns
NIarion Cricket Club course afforded ana
here has never been so good test as the
course presented on the day Of the hnals
NS''"N gI ad
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-25

no,uinr Murray has improved a lot since the
last lime he boxed Johnny Rosner ana the New
York claimant to the american nSWe,Ebhe "}e ne
meets the local Italian at the Broadway Thurs
dan night Jim HOsic gets a restart IN IoCai
competition against Jack bradN' Joe Nvsnv v1,vs
Nelson and Pat Marley takes on Mike Tracey
willie Moore will meet one Of the most prom
howes PAT o. MsIIey at the Southern Friday
uig6f kid Beebe and Battling Stnger, two
rcal ring veterans. viii collide IN tnt semi
eddie Daley vs. Young Curley, Kid Curry vs.
burn are the other bouts
pittsburgh exchanges state that Bathing
Kopin fractured hone in his wrist SatHraaS
Until the bout was stopped. the exchanges
state the milling was about even
Jos o'DonneIl. Of Gloucester, has signed art-
cles for another engagement' rms ilme L. " ~
10, 20. lie with a ring. He obtained a license
IL marry Miss Anna McHenrE' also OF H'ouces'e''
Pate Herman has had his exemption from the
tIrr5nn has accepted offer OF Shuuo Tor "A
,,,nrat''iy.ro,Ind bout with frankie Burns al New
orleans on November II,
Joh,py Dundee was offered a bout with Benny
q, "vUard' In New York. but when Scotty Mon
l.ronhat"p spsd for $4,000 or 80 per Of the
sgtn yate Everything was called off.
nick Curley has been appointed matchmaker
Of The Italian American a, c., o. NV haNem,
that city. and the Don expects 10 decide several
Championshp ma tches there this fall
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-25
Wally Nelson Wins
SCRAPS ABOUT sCRAPPERs

Louisiana, Eddie Revoire Billy Donovan and
ANDY Burns were among the boxers who Ieft
last week to go INTO training At camp Meade
Burns is matched to box Jack McCloskey IN the
star bout AT the reopening Of the Nonparell
Club Friday night and Matchmaker Tommy
Reilly saws that Burns promised faithfully ne
would return to Phillv long enough TO so
through with his match with NcCloskey'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-25

would have made him easy prey for petev
herman, But II Gussie gains more conf
uehce ne should develop into a star bantam
i''N,s boNes well, has a good head and is
..'r i',r puhcher. But he'll never amount to
,nuch unless he feels certain that the guy In
mo other corner hasn't anvthinR on him
The boys boxed at catchweights Will
HamS appeared the heavier by about Ave
poundS' aud many Of the regular riugsiders
inquired that the Kid weighed in the neigh-
oorhood OF 1876 or 127 pounds. He appeared
10 nave more excess advoirdupois around
ms walstllne than in any Of his previous
Philadelphia bouts.
What Does 1t Get Him?
sailor George Nok is regular IRON
lawed boxer; one Of those alleged boxers
VINO doesn't know the first rudiments Of the
manly art and really should not he permit
ted TO box. His toughness was evident
when Young Joe Borrell hit the sailor
Hush on the jaw with rights and lefts that
would have keeled over an OK.
Yet Nolk showed n smile and several
teeth missing in the front Of his mouth. A
right-hander In the fifth had Nok WOODY.
hut the bell saved him from a possible
knockout. Then, at the humane request of
Muggsy Taylor, Borrel eased UP a lot In
the final round and the bout went the limit.
After the first round the bout ceased to be
sport II was almost a slaughter.
Benny Nalger, the Frenchie, won another
bout, this time defeating Young Chaney,
Of Baltimore.
Wally Nelson Wins
Wally Nelson put on a great battle with
Jimmy Blute. of Baltimore, and the local
Italian was the victor. Wally outhoNed
Bute AT times, then mixed 1t up with Blnte
once in while, getting the better OF a
majority of the exchanges.
Jimmy Brown didn't mean TO put his
chin In front of right handler In the
fourth round of his bout with Young Pa
trone. and both of the youngsters proceed
ings for the evening were finished.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-25

WYE HEAR a iot of the three brilliant
w young golfers from Atlanta, Ca prop.
ably more about Bobby Jones ana ierIE
Adair than Tom Prescott and certalhly no
other city in the country has such Oru-
liant trio Of golf Youngsters. Yet we nave
a club in the outskirts Of Philadelphia that
boasts of three of the most finished OF the
Younger class OF golfers around thls secuo'
Of the country And that club Is not "oou-
bury. but North HIS. -,-
Woodbury. has three wonderful players
I'm Clarey. Hoffner and Greene, nut |narne
Heeb one of the best and most enthusiastic
rooters at North Hills Is confident that IN
a three-cornered match the youth OF Nortn
Hills will triumph against the youngsters
Of Woodbury.. .
We have not had lot OF golf tourha-
ments this year-fewer than last year-yet
I'm two of them the chief honors were taken
nv two of the youngsters VINO Keep NoIth
Hills on the golf map. Wilmer Devices won
the Bala tournament. greatly 10 the SUI
prise of the golfers VINO had never nV"t
of him. and only last week the chlet hlght
in the I.u Lu Temple Country Clun tourha-
,nent went 20 w J Platt The thlru mem
her of the trio is Edward styles, the club
champion ~ ,.,.,.
Devices and Plat are twenty whie
STYLES is just twenty-slN. styles mas oes"
playing golf only three years whlle the
other two are in their fifth year. Styles
was one Of three amateurs who made
drst-class showing i'm the recent patrlotlC
omen golf tournament at Whtemarsh In
the amateur championship he beat Sidney
Sharwood in the first round Of match play
and I'm the third round was beaten by
George Hoffner only because one or the
workmen carelessly left a hose lie IN The
bunker near the eighteenth green III such
a way that his approach to the green was
virtually killed,
Now the Club Champ
STYLES mastered the game very quickly
and like most youngsters, has very pretty
style. which at the same time is enecuHe
He hits a long ball, as do a.! youngsters
and his work through the fairway and on
the green is usually good In the cham
nionship bf the North Hills Country Club
he defeated Devices after one OF the best
matches ever played there lie was two up
AT the end Of the thirty-sN holes and
neither of them shot over l6O. Recently
playing the new eighteen-hole course at
Riyerton he holed out his second shot with
his frassy on the 4SO-yard sixteenth hole
| while playing with Doctor Mills, David
Cuthbert and friend of Styles,
Dewee played for the first time at stem
| ton and later went to North Hills. Pre-
yIous TO winning the Bala tournament the
| only other invitation event he had ever
| pIayed i'm was the Shawbnee tournament
| He was beaten in the second round by Reg
! gle worthington, He is quiet youngster
Evening star., 1917-01-10
BURGLAR VISITS APARTMENT
Gets Jewelry and Cash to thu
Amount of $7O-Other Robberies.

A burglar last night about $3.50
o'clock visited the apartment of Mrs.
Agnes Sullivan, 1904 18th street, and
stole a gold watch worth $40, a locket
and chain worth s12 and SIS in cash.
Mrs. Sullivan discovered her loss few
minutes after the robbery was COM
mitted, and an examination of the
premises made it appear that the in
truder gained access to the apartment
by means of the fire escape.
Seven persons in the employ of the
Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany were robbed of articles of wear
ing apparel yesterday. The robbery
was committed at North Capitol and K
streets. where the garments were
tucked away in a large tool box. Vic
tins of the robber were Moses Jack
son, J. II. Nightingale. Henry Tydens
James Alexander. Edward Givens, r. II
Robinson and James Williams.
Other robberies were reported by the
following:
Mary Thompson. 1242-A- Sd stree,
southwest, clothing. revolver. six Jars
of preserves and IS in cash, from heI
apartment.
Charles Thornton. Ais 6h stree,
southwest, six sacks of rags, valued
at IS.
| David Hollenstein. 52S Az street
southwest, two bicycle tires. valued
| at s5.
George Fielder, 3o2 18th street south
| east, a bicycle. from 5th and G street.
| southeast.
L. E. Murtaugh. 645 street north
east, $50 cement sacks.
Evening star., 1917-01-10
RESOL We TO RAISE TOTAL
OF $4,000 BY JANUARY Is
George Washington University Com
mittees Collecting Fund for New
Law School Building.

Forty thousand dollars by January
Is! This is the slogan of the George
Washington University committees in
charge of the raising of 100000 for
the erection of a law school building
to relieve the congestion in the presen
quarters in New Masonic Temple.
Committees representing each of the
classes from 1911 to 1917, inclusive, are
canvassine alumni of the law school in
and out of town for subscriptions. A
general appeal for donations has been
sent to every student and graduate of
the law school.
William Van Week. secretary of the
law school anu secretary of the CO.
lumbian George Washington Law
school Association, confidently expects
that the desired $4,000 will be raised
by Monday. when the second appeal
Tor funds will be issued 1t is be-
lieved by university officials that the
entire 100000 will be subscribed by
the end of the year and that the build
ing will be ready for occupancy during
tne next collegiate year.
Contributors have three years with
IN which to pay their subscriptions.
Dean Everett Fraser of the law school
neacs the subscription list with a con-
tribut1on of $1,000.