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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-07

member of the Blair Academy football
team for two years and before entering
Blair played at Evanston Academy. in
Evanston, ILL., The other members of the
team have received their gridiron training
at Blair and this speaks we'll for Cruik-
shank, Gebhard. the fullback is one Of
the best in scholastic ranks and the teams
attack is centered around him and Captain
kirkpatrick, both of whom are excellent
plunging backs. Richmond and Thomas,
the halfbacks. are stars Of the first order
and can either skirt the ends or hit the
line equally we'll The cohesion OF the
backfield quartet is as good as that of any
flrst-class college freshman eleven; In fact,
the backfield has proven itself better than
its opponents. AS for the line, Barrett is a
strong guard and in fact. the entire center
trio, composed Of Windsor, Barrett and
Broas, Is strong.
Has Claim on Eastern Title
AS the Princeton freshmen had scored
victories over Lawrenceville Academy and
Pedde Institute, the Blair eleven has the
best claim on the prep school championship
Of New Jersey.
Blair Academy Is situated in Blairstown,
n. j., near the Delaware Water Gap, and is
regarded as one Of the leading preparatory
schools in the country, not only in athletic
sports, but in the scholastic line.
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START
TRAINING TABLE
Football Men Are Excused
From Drills for Balance
of Week
SECRET PRACTICE TODAY

The United States Marines football team,
which meets the Ambulance Corps from
Allentown at Franklin Field next Saturday,
is overlooking no bets in preparation Tor
the big game. Everything is being done in
the most approved college fashion, and
secret practice, special coaching and every
thing else is being tried.
In the colleges this year the training table
has been abolished, but a little thing like
that doesn't bother the Marines. They have
a training table of their own, and the foot
ball men are taking advantage Of II. They
also have been excused from drills and are
devoting all Of their time in getting into the
best possible condition for the big battle.
Secret practice was once more In order
and Coach Bob Folwell sent the men
through a stiff scrimmage workout the last
of the week. The balance of the week Will
be devoted to running through signals and
practicing formations.
Johnny Scott and Peacock were on the
field in their moleskins this morning, but
did not take part in the heavy work, deNot-
ing their time to limbering up. Scotts
knee is not as badly hurt as it was at first
thought and. both he and Peacock will
probably start in the game Saturday.
Captain Eddie Mahan was kept out of
the scrimmage play. as Folwell wants the
former Harvard star to be in fine physical
condition for the UsaaCa match. Eddie de-
voted the morning mostly TO kicking prac-
tice and dropped several beautiful dror
kicksover the crOssbars from the 35-yard
line. The former Crimson star Is teaching
the Marines the Harvard square formation
It was learned today that General Waller
| and his staff from headquarters Will attend
| the game on Franklin Field.
Through error, the posters advertsne
| the game, show the time for starting the
at $3.50, Immediately at the close of the
freshman game.
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DARTMOUTH TEAM GETS
DOWN TO REAL PRACTICE
Murphy, Star Freshman Guard, May
Start Against Penn Eleven on
Braves Field
HANOVER, n. H.. Nov. Z.

tANON Elk, n, H., NOV Z.
Coach Spears put his Dartmouth College
football squad through its first practice Of
the week yesterday afternoon in prepara-
ton for the big game Saturday with the
University of Pennsylvania eleven in Bos-
ton. With the exception Of Lehman and
c. Holbrook, all the members of the squad
were on the field 1t is expected that c.
Holbrook halfback who is laid up through
the injuries which he received last weeK,
and Lehman, who is troubled with an in
fected foot, will be in shape to start in
the game on the Braves Field
Murphy. the heavy freshman guard, who
started the season in whirlwind style was
back in his moleskins yesterday, and IL he
has his studies up to the required standard
by the end of the week will most likely be
in the lineup against Penn. With the
exception of Murphy and Schulting the
other men who were declared ineligible
last week will be out for the remainder OF
the season.
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pennsylvania. Dartmouth has emerged
victorious thus far, but only two recognized
,eams have been played-West virginia
and Penn State The Mountaineers, after
making a long, tiresome trip from Morgan
town. lost by the score of to 2. State,
with the weakest eleven IN years. was de-
feated in the last minute of play last Sat-
urday, Thus Dartmouth cannot be con-
sidered in the running. The Green team
meets Penn Saturday and we may then
get better line on 1t.
Eastern Teams Weak
Cornell Is not up to the standard and
the New England coast is virtually isolated
and barren. Brown jumped to the fore
after trimming Colgate, but slipped into
the rear after losing to Syracuse. The
dope is all wrong this year from an eastern
viewpoint and the outstanding elevens are
Pitt and w. and ]. They are the class of
the country and must be recognized.
Several years ago Pittsburgh was noted
for its steel mills and Hans Wagner In
football II had the same social standing as
other towns striving for recognition and oc-
casionally a score would creep into the
papers But how times have changed To-
day Pittsburgh is the biggest football city
IN America. The entire map has been
changed and the really big games of the
year are played in the much-abused city
or smoke. Inc BTlulTOn center mas SnlIteu
from Boston, New Haven and Princeton
and the eye Of the sport world is directed
westward
II seems strange that two colleges vir-
tually unknown ten years ago should usurp
the center of the stage and force recogni-
tion from the entire country. Yet they de-
serve the fame which has been handed
them, for didn't w. and ]. triumph over
Yale couple Of times and didn't Pitt win
the championship last year? II the So
called big Three" doesn't watch its step
the prestige that went with this combna-
tlon Of colleges will be transferred to some
other locality never to return.
Benefited by Good Coaching
You can go through the colleges with a
fine tooth comb and fail to find football
coach equal to Glenn Warner. 1t also will
be difficult 10 find a man who could inn
prove on Sol Metzger's methods. The
coaches rank among the best in the coun-
try; they are capable of turning out good
teams and with any sort of material de.
velop elevens good enough to give any col
lege an argument 1t may be that in the
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PENN FAVORED BY
PAUXTIS'S ELEVEN
P. M, c. Stirs Up Fighting
Spirit of Quakers for Con-
test Against Dartmouth
BOTH TEAMS ARE ROUGH

Without knowing anything about 1t, the
pennsylvania Military College eleven did
great favor to Pennsylvania and Folwell
on Franklin Field yesterday afternoon.
Ihe Quakers won. $50, but the score
mas nothing to do with the favor that
was handed the Red and Blue.
II there was one thing that Folwell's
proteges needed to be put In great shape
LOT the struggle against Dartmouth on
saturday 1t was an increase in fighting
spirit. and that was forced upon them by
the Cheser cadets. The Quakers showed a
tendency to slow up after they got a good
lead on the Pauxtis eleven, but the p. NJ. G.
youths would not let them slow up, with
tne result that the Red and Blue went
tnrough one of the toughest games of the
season.
The Chester players were chuck full of
nsht s even when victory was far beyond
their reach and they never stopped until
Ine hnal whistle sent them to the showers.
me game was rough, the roughest on
rranknn Field since the Penn State bat
ue last year, but 1t was just this that
aroused the spirit of, the Quakers.
several times during the game it looked
IL free-for-all would result. In
Annost ~ every scrimmage players would pair
OF and rough 1t up. Deter and Sweeney
got IN hand-to-hand scrap in the open
ana the officials sent the two OF them to
tns sidelines. 1t was the first time the
ta'oiais lnterfered with the players, and
~ ~ was the last until about ten minutes
from the end OF the game when each team
was penalized fifteen yards for holding.
rem was extremely fortunate in getting
away with a victory without having some
vt its players crippled for the game at
Doseoh. The regulars had to stay In the
aine 10 the very end. for II was In the
n ourth period, strangely enough, that the
-; M z. aggregation was the strongest and
"iteh threatened to score. a..
Although the Quakers lost a lot of weight,
~ ~ one was hurt seriously. The only one
s-Asn TO the sidelines because OF injuries
was hed Cressel, who received a bad bump
vi tne head. However, If he is needed, he
Green. 0 '~'''e ~s' N
IAere will be only a light practice at
1IShklln Field this afternoon and Coach
Ioweu probably win confine the drill TO
s'snal rehearsal. Tomorrow the departure
VIII be made for Boston. The Undergrad
send-off.
me student will follow the team on Fri.
e~y; II Is estimated that about 200 under
ieeuates and alumni will make the journey
- tne Hub City. The rooters' train will
sseve Friday afternoon and they will 60
ION New York TO Boston by boat. They will
..e.uln by rail. II has been announced by
ny fenn management that those desiring
lShets Tor the Dartmouth contest could OBJ
sin them at the Athletic Association for
" seat This price includes the war tax.
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BLAIR ACADEMY IS REPRESENTED
BY ONE OF THE BEST PREP SCHOOL
ELEVENS IN THE EASTERN STATES
Burleigh Cruikshank, Former Washington and
Jefferson Gridiron Star, Has Nodded Together
Great Teah-Claims New Jersey Title
By PAUL PREP

MYTH the prep school football season
w entering the home stretch, where the
fighting grows fiercer. where the results OF
the games bear the most Importance and
where the stakes are greatest, the best
elevens are displaying their true worth and
reaching the apex of their powers. The in.
dlvidual player is rapidly coming into his
own and is gradually becoming recognized.
Although the end of the season of the
majority of the school elevens is still three
weeks Off all-scholastic comment is already
filling the atmosphere and the pros ana
cons of many asprants for the mythical
team are being discussed. The games last
week brought more than was expected in
the line of fiery competition and sensational
runs and late rallies. This week promises
much in the same line. But football has
always been uncertain and the contests this
week might be listless and uninteresting.
Blair Has Scored 1873 Points
From the past performances 1t would seem
more than likely that when Thanksgiving
Day Is over and King Winter calls the boys
from their many gridirOns, Blair Academy
will rank among the best, If not the best
prep school eleven throughout the Eestern
States Already the Blair eleven has scored
by the score Of $50, then scored 42-O
victory over the strong New York Military
Academy team, defeated the Princeton Prep
aggregation, 4l-O, while last Saturday IL
upset the grandoldope by finishing on the
long end of 1871 score with the Princeton
freshman team.
Blair Academy, undaunted by the tough
est kind of a schedule. seems TO have begun
a march that will mean a great deal when
the final reckoning of the prep school foot
ball elevens comes at the finish OF the sea-
son. BY reason of its four victories in
which only seven points have been Tailed
against them. TO 1873 points scored by them,
they are certain, Of a place among the
leaders.
The Academy eleven is coached this sea-
son by Burleigh Crukshank, the former
washington and Jefferson star, who gradu-
ated from Blair Academy in 1912. In 1914
Cruikshank was center on Bob Folvells 8
famous eleven at Washington and Jefferson.
Although he weighed only 16S pounds
which is very light for pivot man on any
college team, Cruikshank outplayed all his
heavier opponents and was picked by the
leading football critics Of the country as
| the all-American center for 1914. After
leaving Washington and Jefferson, CruilS-
shank entered Princeton University, and
although ineligible TO play varsity football
he nevertheless went out TO. the varsity
| practices every day in his moleslkins and
helped coach the Tiger squad throughout
| the entire season.
Blair Uses w. & ]. System
cruikshank has taught his proteges al
| Blair the Washington and Jeffersen style
OF defense and this accounts for the wonder
ful defensive record OF hts men. Kirkpat
| rick. fha captain. who plays quarteraack
Is lhe star Of The team. He has been
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Jimmy Brown Signs

Camden Eastern League basketball team has
Gsmpaisp: Jimmy. Brown, the leagues lead
ing Eoal-getter last year, has signed his con-
tract, which rounds out the skeeters' lineup
for the time being. Captain Steele reports 20
Manager "Pud" Henry this week and then
preparatons viii instantly be rushed to put
have 1t In readiness for the game at Trenton
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Forbes Field. The
teams have gone
through the sea-
son without meet
ing defeat, and as
they are consid-
cred the best in
the country, the
championship, II
one wishes to
claim II, virtually
hinges on the ver-
dict.
with Yale, Har-
ward and Prince
ton out Of It and
the appar en- t
weakness Of other
eastern elevens,
the real football
teams seem to be
located in the
tpactarn mart Of
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KNHOW TOpLGY GOLF3s1
A e casTss (cfot) 6un6M II a III

T BELIEVE that the remarkable fascina-
l. ton which golf has for its devotees and
its astonishing growth in popular favor are
both due to the fact that, as compared
with other games. 1t is complicated and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-07

Zach shot is a sep.
arate rate problem
Something to puz.
zle over. And the
human mind has al
ways loved a puz.
zle.
Golf Is to other
active, hi e t ic
games what chess
is to indoor pas
times. In tennis,
b a 8 e b all. hockey,
cricket. etc, there
is only one kind Of
club used and the
possibilities OF per.
Z r m ing different
kinds Of feats with
this club are linn
tied. Hence the ex.
hilaration and thrill
ara ragtircfad In
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-07
HARRY DAVIS is ELECTED
TO COUNCIL IN 3STH WARD

Harry Davis. the captain of Connie
Macks Athletics. was elected yesterday to
Common Council from tho Thirty-eighth
Ward. He ran on three tickets, Town
Meeting, Republican and Democratic and
polled the large total of s19S votes. He
ran so far ahead OF the other candidates
there was nothing to It, In addition he
poled more votes than did any ether man
for whom the citizens of the ward voted
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GIANTS WILL PROBABLY
LOSE DAVE ROBERTSON

NORFOLK, Va, Nov. Tt is quite pos
sible that John McGraw will lose the serv-
ices of his big righthelder, Davy Robert
son. Robertson has been called In the Sc
lective draft to take examination at the
local draft board
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ITWEEN PITT AND w. AND ]. SHOULD BE BES
Bob MoxUDeH win CoUer
Pitt-W. & J. Game Saturday

The football Eame between the .Urixersity
College In Pittsburgh on Saturday will be
The most imPortant rIIdlron battle STAGED IN
through the season. without defeat, and the
victor will he In line TO claim the cham
piOnshlp. This Important contest will be
covered for the EVENING LEDGER by
ROBERT w. MAXWELL
Sports Editor Of the EyENiHo LEpoER and
noted football ofhclal, who will referee the
Eame. Mr., Maxwell also will review the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-07
Commission for Guy Nickalls

NEW HAVEN, Nov. Letters received here
announce that Guy Nlctalls. the Yale crew
coach has received commission in the British
army and has been assigned to the engineers
corps in Flanders. He is about hfty-fve years
old, and four times previously had been refused
admission to the army because OF shoulder.
which badly broken several years ago.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-07

BALTIMORE, Md. Nov. 7. - Jack Dunn,
owner of the Baltimore orioles OF the Inter
national League came out publicly today for
which may be organized In the near future.
Dunn said his idea is for each Of the four
clubs to buy out another club.
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PITT ANDW. 81. GAME, TO BEPLAYED
INPITTSBURGH SATURDAY, LOOMS UP
AS BIGGEST BATTLE OF 1917 SEASON
Both Teams Have Been Undefeated This Year.
and Championship Virtually Hangs on Result
1t Should Be an Even, Hard-Fought Battle
BY ROBERT W. MAXWELL

u,HE most important football game IN the
East this fall will be played m IN Fit,s, ,s.
hnrhh on Saturday afternoon, when the
,,aasssated University of Pittsburgh eleven
.,ssts washington and Jefferson College on
nlceNo r>taI
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New Worlds Surf Casting Record

A. NEWARK. N. J.. Nov, T.-charlea Fling
w. 81 the tournament pf the Newark Bait
~ '9 tIy. Cazting club here yesterday with. I
~ ''e'd l'f it,s.S ,,1;f
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-07

THICK EVANS when he was playing at
" the whitemarsh Valley Country Club
in that famous thirty-eight-hole match in
which he and Norman II. Maxwell beat Jim
Barnes and Eddie Loos left $40 bill
sticking in the locker and thereby hangs
tale Chick forgot all about II until ne
got back to Chicago. Then he dropped me
a personal letter and In II he referred 10
the ten-spot and to other things IL might
be said right here that there is no city III
the country outside Of his own town OF
Chicago that he likes better than Phila-
delphia and he has many personal triends
here. But here is the letter.
arrived home this morning, and II Is
with pleasure that l look back on that
day at Whitemarsh Valley. You were
very good indeed TO fix so much pleasure
up for me and TO arrange for the Smoke
Fund to get little more money Con-
sidering that II was Monday and late IN
the season, | think you did especially
well. You are certainly to be congratu-
lated.
viii YOU please do me the favor OF
thanking again the members OF the
whitemarsh Valley Country club who
treated me so kindly on that occasion
I want to thank you for inviting me TO
be present
One funny little thing that happened
on my departure was that ] left $40
hill sticking in the grating Of one of the
lockers. II II turns up please give 1t to
the Smoke Fund.
with best wishes. l am, yours very
truly, CHICK
Everyone who has ever been at White
marsh knows Neil, the chubby, cherubic
chap, who has charge OF the nineteenth
hole He is as much of an institution there
as John ]. Crout, Jim Barnes, Lew Dem
ing or Tom Halton. Well, Neil is the man
who found the tenner He made inquiries
but they are honest men at Whitemarsh
and none of them would admit that the
| bill was his. He still has 1t and he is going
| to give It to Tom Halton, who In turn VIII
| see that the Smoke Fund gets it, lncldeo'
| tally Chick gave the fund more than S5o
| in addition 70 his services
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Another Match for Smoke Fund

On Saturday of this week Jim Barnes
and Eddie Loos will play an exhibition
match a. the Wilmington Country Club
against Wilfred Reid and Fred Mcleod
for the benefit of the Smoke Fund. Phila-
delphians who want to see some very fine
golf should run down to Wilmington that
day. The morning match will begin at 10
and the afternoon at 2. II Is not necessary
at this time to say anything about either
Barnes or LooS Suffice 1t to say that Jim
is the best playing professional in this
country and Loos Is one of the younger
crowd who has already made a name for
himself Reid is the professional at Will
mington. He tied for fifteenth place in the
national open at BroolSine In 1913, The
next year he did notp lay. but in 1915 he
finished in sixteenth place. Last year he
tied for fourth place
Mcleod won the national open title in
1908. He is the professional at the Colum-
bia Country Club at Chevy Chase, just out
side Of Washington. All four are well
acquainted with the Wilmington course and
we may expect to see some very low scor-
ing
Barnes's record in the national open is
interesting. Playing for the first time in
1912, the second year that McDermott won
the title, Barnes playing at that time from
Tacoma, was eighteenth. In 1918 he was
fifth, in 1914 sixteenth, in 1915 fourth and
in 1916 third. 1t Is the only event of inn
portance in this country that he has NOT
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Buxton Holds Amateur Record

In discussing golf the other day Grant
land Rice had some interesting things to
say about the new Lido course. In his re-
marks he said that the record for the
course is H. held solely by Gil Nichols and
Willie McFarlane. He is in error. for on
the fifth of July Cameron b. Buxton the
Philadelphia champion, made n, and
Buxton is an amateur, and as a rule anna
teurs, with the exception OF Chick Evans
Francis Ouimet, Jerome D. Travers and
Walter J. Travers, are several strokes
worse than the professional golfers. He was
playing the course with George W. Crump
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Blair Uses w. 8 ]. System

cruikshank has taught his proteges at
Blair the Washington and JefferNen style
OF defense and this accounts for the wonder
ful defensive record OF hts men. Kirkpat-
rick. fhe captain, who plays quarteTnack,
Is ne star Of ne team he has been
The Harrison times., 1917-05-12
POINT FOR ROAD BUILDERS
Not Always Well to peViate From
Straight Line, Even in an Effort
to Get Variety.

The guiding principle in designing
tae position of roads and walks is
utility. Nature forms no roads. They
are the work of men and animals, and
would undoubtedly always proceed in
nearly straight lines from point to
point If distractions Of various kinds
did not interfere and cause deviations
Necessity will therefore suggest where
and how they should be introduced. So
sar as regards approaches and walks
to and from buildings, the object OF
their introduction is sufficiently appar-
snt; but, in laying out pleasure
grounds, it is a too common practice to
introduce walks for the mere purpose
of variety. This is very question
able reason at best, and not always
successfully accomplished but even
in cases of this kind, they should ap-
pear to aim for some definite object,
Or lead to points of sufficient impor-
tence to suggest their utility.
The Harrison times., 1917-05-12
Know Your Garden Flowers.

The true way to enjoy flowers is
to get on intimate terms with them.
Know them by name, know their char
acteristics Learn to love them and
make them part Of your life. Then
the flowers breathe their secrets, and
you learn little by little that they are
living things-boon companions and
friends. Those who work with flowers
know of other things than seeds and
bulbs-hope and faith and love;
strength, inspiration and happiness.
They gather in more than the blush.
Tag flowers themselves. They gather
health and wealth and natures re-
vealed secrets. How natural it is,
then, that those who work with flow
ers should be big and strong and good
and kind They are very close to the
heart of life-and nature.