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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
COLLEGE STARS
in TONIGHT'S MEET
Nearly Every Great Student
Filler Entered in Indoor
Intercollegiates
SEATING ROOM FOR 5000

Nearly every great track athlete now in
the college ranks will take the turns of the
saucer track at Commercial Museum to-
nlght IN the indoor intercollegiate cham
ponshps. Seating capacity has been built
INTO the tiers of beacher seats around
the nan TO take care of 5000 people The
demand for seats has been so great that IL
is likely there will be few gaps when the
bare-legged fiers appear for the first gun.
Tonights meet will be one of the finest
under-roof track carnivals of the season and
coaches will give careful attention to the
runners work in order to get line on
what may be expected of the men when
they take to the outdoor cinders later
on.
feature event tonight will be a grad
uate race in which Ted Meredith, Dave
Caldwell and other world-famous stars will
fight il out.
One Of the best events will be the, two-lap
relay race which has record entry of
wonderful f1ers. Wilcox, of Harva rd
Moore. of Princeton; Scudder and Lennon,
OF Penn Pollard Browns famous colored
athlete; Grim and Shelton, of Cornell, will
be some of the stars 1t would be difficult
TO gather a faster lineup of quarter-milers
by comblng the country than this delega
ton.
Richards. the record-holdinE Cornell
Jumper, VIII be the main attraction in the
field events. and some of the Ithaca experts
pick him to gather in at least fifteen points
Wndnagle, of Cornell, who holds the mile
championship, will run off the six-lap reIa v
race as anchor man and will be seen in the
finish with overton, Yales famous distance
man.
Most of the arrangements have been
made by the Meadowbrook Club and moth
Ing has been left undone to make tonight's
meet record-hreaker in every way.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
RE HERE FOR IMPORTANT EVENTS TONIGH
ONE MINUTE IS MUCH TOO MUCH M
TIME TO EXPEND IN CLICKING OFF
ONEHUNDRED POINTS IN BILLIARDS
Thirty-six Seconds Is Plenty, as Charlie Peterson
of the Hoppe Troupe Demonstrates Is
"Piker" as Truck Horse by Old Records
BY ROBERT W. MAXWELL

only two or three twirlers added a. !,
staffs and in that manner started IN. uw
tenn that makes 1t so easy for the w. ~
game pitchers of the present.
Tillman Seeks Leonard's Scalp
one evening last September n,
Olympia A. A. Benny Leonard becarrs ~
much peeved when he left the ring and N
opponent walked out after him. II baa.M M
Bennys habit to put his foes to s,ssn y
fore the legal eighteen minutes wers ~.
up and il didn't seem. natural 10 razs -
the party OF the second part af,sr W ~
final bell. Johnny Tillman was ths s's M
who pulled tho unexpected, and to ~, ~
that it was no fluke, he will NEE, .asv'.
again at the Olympia on Monday MasU
12. 1t is seldom that Benny PLAYS rsh,a
engagements with his victims. Bennv =
Perfectly agreeable. but the other -
work on the principal that 'enoush 1,
enough"
Tllman is working hard for tho h...
and not only expects to last the fun =
rounds, but also is confident Of winnnv y.
bout He says that he learned I,eons,S'
style on that September evening and ~.
has defense and offense that will mai.
the New Yorker step some. Benny sin, -.
the wallop, however and Johnny will ~.
his hands full If he carries out his tbrss,
SOakem Yoakum Is With Us Tonight
Stanley Yoakum, who can absorb as ru,.
punishment as Joe Grim in his prime Min
pay short visit to our city tonight for n.
sole purpose of entertaining Charlie (Ki@
Thomas in the feature act at the Nation.
A. C. Soakem Yoakum has weather.
heavy storms with Benny Leonard, Pat,,
Cline. frankie Callahan and Others ~
comes here with a very good nondvins
record. He is what is commonly called
slambang artist, and as Thomas does nv
same kind of work the bout should BE-
good one.
Henry Hauber. Muggsy Taylor's chan
pion, will meet Johnny Wogast in the sem.
windup and Tommy Jamison, the Was
Philadelphia southpaw. stacks UP aealns
John Burt in one of the other acts. TN
other bouts look good and Mr. McGuigsp
will preside.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
UP SPORTS FOR EXERCISE
OR PHYSICAL UPKEEP IN WARTIME
is RATIONAL LIKE CEASING TO EAT
Competitive Sport Would Soon Pass Into Discard,
but General Athletic Training Would Help
Stamina, Even If Not Our Workmanship
BY GRANTLAND RICE

..TN CASE Of war the United States should
lgive up all its sport" suggests an ed-
torial observer .
Why? 1t might he thoroughly in order
to give up the greater part of all Compet
tive sport but to abandon that part Of sport
which is for recreation and exercise and the
physical upkeep in general would be pre-
cisely as rational as ii would be to give up
eating
The abandonment of competitive sport in
America would depend entirely upon the
extent to which this country became en-
meshed in the general fusilade If there
SHOULD be call for an army, the bulk of
all competitive sport would soon hutter to
the discard, for the time at least.
Sport as a War Trainer
The general athletic training this country
has received in recent years from its base
ball football golf tennis, track athletics,
etc. may not be of any value when it comes
to the manual of arms or Workmanship.
But for all that, 1t will be OF tremendous
value toward one of the main needs of mill
tary lfe-and that is stamina, the physical
ability to stand long marches, etc.
And sport too, has its part in developing
confidence, alertness and the keenness or
GOODNESS that comes from competition.
In this connection you may or may not
recall certain extracts from Henry New
holds Vita Lampada";
There's bredthless hush in the close to-
night
Ten to make and the match 10 upiu:
A humping pitch and a binding light.
An hour 10 play and the last man in.
And us not for the sake Of n ifbbohed coat
Or the selfish hope Of q seasons fame,
But his captains hand on his shoulder
Smote,
"PIdy up! Play up and play the game"
The sand Of the desert Is Sodden red
Red tUith the tCreck Of square that
broke,
The 1dtling jdmmed and the Colonel dead
And the Regiment blind Nth dust and
smoke.
The rirer Of death has brimmed its banks
And Enoldnd's far aud honor name
But the voice Of the Schoolboy rallies the
ranks,
"Pidy up! Play up! and play the game"
Dear Sir--when the bowling league was
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03

started here in bioshen Ind. last fall there
was a rule that substitutes would be allow ed
for players who could not he present Dur
ing the fourth week one of the players, who
had an average of less than $50, was called
away after his second game, mysterious
stranger named Smith, who had been watch
ing the contest was accepted as a substi-
tute. Now we are not accepting substitutes
in Goshen any longer His name was
Smith-Jimmy Smith--the $50 to 200 boy
and who, according to Opie Davis, is the
author of the classical phrase-"Hit 'em on
the Brooklyn side, they're falling better"
SLEEPY STEVE (Goshen).
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03

THE High Cost OF Billiards has received
l. severe setback. No longer Will the
frantic but enthusiastic fan save up MS
spare change or go without luncheon W
pile. up enough money to hire a table Tor an
hour or more for game of so or 100 polnts'
II has been proved that one hour is entirely
too long for 100-point game. one minute
is enough. and Charlie Peterson, the st.
Louis expert and champion trick shot
player Of the world, proved IT to select
audience at Sol Allingers Academy the
other night
One hundred points IN less than one min
ute Seems strange, doesn't It? Yet
Charles, from st. Louis, got the balls TO-
gether and clicked off the century In thirty
six seconds We are sure of it because
we held the watch. Chick Wright, OF san
Francisco did the counting.
1t was a simple matter for Peterson TO
get by with that Hotpoint sprint, but others
might find it hard One ball was frozen 10
the end rail, and three inches in front, but
just trine to the side, was the other The
cue ball was near the ball away from the
rail Peterson played kiss shots exclu-
sively, the cue ball Just grazing the other
one, but not hitting it hard enough to move
1t out of place. Peterson says he can make
the 100 in thirty seconds if he goes into
training. He may he able to do it, but who
can count that fast?
Alex Not SO MuCh
When Grover G. Alexander signed the
papers to play ball with the Phils this
year the big twirler was boosted to the
skies as the only living truck horse be-
cause he took part in forty-eight games in
1915. This is SOME work for a pitcher, but
Frank G. Men<e. of New York, has delved
into the musty old records and proved that
Alex had it pretty soft last year when the
performances of the ancient days are con-
sidered.
In 1884 Charlie Radbourne pitched sew
enty-two games for the Providence Club and
finished with an average of .S3S. Five years
later John Clarkson, pitching for Chicago,
also went through seventy-two battles with
an average of 1876. These are the records
for the greatest number of games pitched
in one season, but the dope book shows the
names of other twrlers who worked sixty
or more, games in the playing season-and
never kicked about it. They would have
thought that they were stealing the money
if they worked in less than fifty combats
Take a look at the evidence:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
SCRAPS ABOUT SCRAPPERS
By Fl
BY LOUIS Fl. JAfFE

NAME and fortune have been found In
l. this country by many boxers of foreign
birth, but Les Darcy the Stacker" evil
IDENTIFY is to be sighted so much so that he
will be lucky to appear in public bouts.
Governor whitman and the New York State
Rowing Commission have taken their stand
10 bar Darcy from the ring in New York
STATE and he will have 10 HE himself to
tho western part of the country, where also
he NAV be greeted with the same spirit
The Australian turned down many oners
IN corral thousands of dollars Tor rev
houts shortly after his arrival In this coun-
~, hut the great publicity given Darcy
VAS hurt him rather than helped him. Now
it is apparent that Les will be begging pro-
nnoters for matches instead or promoters
begging Darcy TO box. Harking as far
back as the days OF Jem Mace, mere s'anu
ont many men from other climes who IN
yaded the United States and not only col
Iaoted a lot of American dollars, but also
nlaced their names big on the pugillstic
calendar Old-timers still remember Tom
Alien, Joe Gross, Arthur Chambers, Biiiy
Edwards Sam Collyer, Charley Mitchell
Ren Jordan, Tug Wilson, Jem Driscoll'
RiIv Plimmer and a host of other English
boxers for whom the U. S. A. was pugii-
istIc mecca. Australian knights or the
padded fists also attached themselves 10
great vads of Uncle Sans currency In
other days. including Bob Fitzsimmons, Jim
Hall. pan Creedon, Billy Murphy, George
Dawson, Paddy German, Jim Ryan Shadow
Maber. Billy Mccarthy Jack Burge, Peter
Jackson Frank Slavin and a score OF others
Iobnny woIgast. brother of the one-time
,,sStweIght champion, and who will endeavor TO
hsen the name OF wolgast before the public
noyy that Ad is forced into retirement, makes
his frst Philadelphia appearance at the Ma
tionai tonight. He meets a good opponent in
Henry Hauber. The star bout will be between
Thariey Thomas and Stanley Yoakum the Den
yer iron Man. Other bouts will bring together
Tommy Jamison and Johnny Burt, Of New
York: Jack BRADY and Pat O'Malley, and Billy
Watt. OF Lancaster. and Tommy Manton.
Lou Bailey's' initial Saturday matinee show
this afternoon. with i've bouts on the program.
wind.1p Other bouts are seesaw Kelly VS. Bat
ling Williams, Preston Smith VS.. Eddie Clark.
Leo Ketcheil vs.. Pete Kelly and Eddie Beacher
vs.. X. o. Flynn.
Joe Axeyedo boxes in Brooklyn tonight. Harry
Condor will be his opponent. Azevedo has been
handicapped by an attack of illness this season.
Johnny Dundee will be hers In fne fettle for u
his bout with Terry McGovern At tho Olympia
pext Monday night, desPite rsport1 that ths
New York Italian has been ~. Dundee 6as
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
JACK NESS "TAXI STARTERr
INSTEAD OF CHICAGO star

CHICAGO. March Sits a big jums
and many baseball player wouldn't haw
had the nerve to do 1t, but Jack Ness hold
out White Sox first baseman, negotiated n,
change successfully. Ness today began hs
duties as a taxi starter" In other words
he now adorns the Logan Square branch Of
the Shaw Taxi Company. He carries a
whistle instead of a first sacker's miu
Ness will play with the Shaw team during
the summer, Neither he nor Presdent
Comiskey has the slightest hopes Of get.
ting together. Chick Gandil's parchas
eliminated that.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
ARCHER OFFERED JOB
WITH HOME TOWN CLUB

BOONE, Ia, March 3.-Jimmy Archer,
old home town wants him TO come back
and manage their baseball team, If Boone
can get berth in the Central Association
The Commercial Club today planned b
confer with Archer over tentative offer
Fans here are willing to pay big sala5
for his services.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
Evening Ledger Decisions
of Ring Bouts Last Night

CAMBRIA A. C.--Irish Patsy Cline de-
feated Johnny Nelson. Mike Daley won from
nogng Mulligan, Young Tierney beat Joe
third Andy Burns outpointed Indian Russell
NEW YORK-Carl Morris stopped Joe
Bond ffth; X. o. Lew Williams broke his
Tommy Murphy. ninth Eddie Gardner and
Md kohler drew. Bobby Lyons drew with
Fletcher, willie Kohler shaded Jerome Hem
nessey, Jimmy Carroll defeated Young GIL
PEORIA, IlI.-Pekin Kid Herman kpocksJ
out Chicago Frankie White, fifth,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03

sssp. sssp training Jds W.. al week and he in tpop
the s Jmmy s1Ss coster as ESS' Ss sSs MS
boxes Denny Shannon and Jimmy Doyle tackles
Leo Flynn
Willie jackson will pull down another big
day night. He is to meet Tommy Touhey. and
ss soSE tos s viii
recently how tough customer he was.
Bobby Reynolds. local clever lightweight. who
recently got back from the West will make
his return appearance here at the Broadway
Thursday night. Reynolds will meet jack Dun.
lesvy. the Australian. Billy Hines and Muckies
Bilsy s are In the semi Other bouts are Hack
Marks. '' ' " n '1s' Vs. Mike
well ll-paired on numbers, and Tommy Reilly es'
poets p a great "nshtins card. Barney Hahn
proving rapidly under Adam Rysn's tutelaee. m.
will make his hrst appearance in Kensinston.
His opponent will be Young Mulligan in the
CITY fans a nfteen-round match between Kis
mani H has has ofsrsa chsmpion iePPet Pt. KID ssoo Mss,
purse. but the New Orleans bantam Is moi SO
anxious TO accept the proposition.
Charley White gets back into harness n.,,
Thursday night n Brooklyn. when he takes on
punches slide on his chin like water ON a duck
York for several days Bradley made a rood
reputation In Australian bouts
Jack Tolsnd left this morning. for Brooklyn.
soss n snd Ssssr sif NJ y
week for the eet-to. ~ n ~ 80
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
TOM HUGHES, HOLDOUT,
SIGNS BRAVES CONTRACT

BOSTON. March 3.-Thomas Hughes. a
pitcher, who had been holding out for an
increase in salary, has wired the Boston
National League Baseball Club from Salida
Col, that he had signed contract and
would leave at once for the spring trainins
camp at Miami, Fla.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
Cornell Has Fine Chance in Every Event

~
will be record it,
in it
to
the
ermi lin
threelap
be
with he wills
n
In
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
Another Trained Body

speaking or writing of sports,and war"
suggests r. l.. L., did you happen to know
there are over 100000 trap shooters in this
country? Trap shooting is not only a great
sport. but it Is one of the greatest of them
all for military purposes. as 1t trains a
man to handle n gun. The trap shooter
doesn't use an army rife, but the training
he gets at the traps will be of exceptional
help"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
Here We Hare the Done


W and
fast especially ovhe hyyard Yale rdSpace last year in
tho hurdles but
Rodan Coach Mack feels that they will the front in this event
night Cornell looks rather
the
all his
a
hurdle
though Aaes
sxap
vault
o a
vault chances these two events but
hghclass be especially the
~ n and all
n Cornell
eam and a
/
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
Old Boys Had to Work

Don't overlook the fact says Menke,
that the old-tme records show that the
pitchers of thirty years ago actually worked
throughout their games. When they went
to the mound they stayed there until the
last batter was out. They didn't stick
around for few innings and retire when
the other batters walloped their offerings
all over the lot. Relief twirers were un-
heard of in those days. except in case of
serious injury, and the man in the box had
to take his medicine.
Alexander worked in forty-eght games,
but worked in parts of some games only.
His record shows $50 innings. which means
about forty-three full games"
The late A, G. Spalding compiled rec
ord back in the seventies that will stand
for some time to come In five consecu-
tive years he pitched 290 games. or an
average of fifty-eight per season His
hardest year was in 1875, when he twirled
sxty-three games, and the easiest was in
1872, when he indulged in but forty-seyen.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
ATHLETES, FAST AND PLENTY OF THEM, A
YALE AND CORNELL TRACK STARS
\ CONFIDENT OF VICTORY TONIGHT,
BUT EACH ONE FEARS THE OTHER
Ihere Are Reasons Why Both May Be Disappont-
ed, Among Which Are Penn, Harvard, Prince
ton, Syracuse, Brown. State and M. |. T.

VALE
intercollegiate
They are the pick the
sy also landed today with his Cornell
noakey believes his
me only either
the one hand
reasons NJ
would not
been held in Philadelphia indoor
breast the hhers al
around There will be much Excitement will
mover overhead 1t will Home
tight off
before the battle Yaes
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
Senators viii No Longer "Cone North" to Train

osE direct the dnes of the Washington Senators
he
in s
of
As
Of
any
In or
Nothing like it, When the word
at
of
mix
other
to
oplayr regular baseball
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
They Are Actually in the South


a
four sanda all the of it
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03

1t will be noticed that marathon pitching
records ceased after 1891 and from then TO
the present day, the best mark is flfty-five
The Brotherhood war in 1892 changed con-
ditions. Clubs that used to operate with
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
Walsh Holds Modern Record

In modern times only three men stand
out as guttons for punishment. - Ed Walsh
heads the list with fifty-five games In 1908.
The figures follow:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03

Trap shooting is a broader -ra nged sport
than most of those on the outside give il
credit for being. We haven't run across q
trap shooter yet, and the landscape is re-
plete with them who isn't as dippy about
his game as the ball player, golfer or tennis
player is about his.
IF Les Darcy should have any trouble
getting suitable fights he can always fall
back on that minor alteration now going
on between his country and Germany. He
may not consider this worth his while but
at the same time it might help to kill his
afternoons.
By the middle of July or early August
there will be any number of cities more
than willing for their respective ball clubs
to start for the front, When the Home
Club develops the habit of losing, Flanders,
Belgium or Siberia can absorb the entire
outfit, so far as the genial fanatic is con-
cerned.
II. f. J-There are now about 500 ball
players registered major leaguers BY
the first of May there will not be quite so
many, once the pruning knife starts its
spring campaign. Thereafter the list will be
cut to figure around 373.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
ROBERT w. MAXWELL

Sports Editor EUening Ledger
on the scene to grab it all. Mr.. Max
wells humorous but accurate treat
ment of sporting news is an estab-
lished feature of the EVENING
LEDGER. He leaves with the Phillies
on Tuesday, and after spending two
weeks with Moran's men will visit
the Athletics at Jacksonville.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
Mar,reH VIII Visit Camps
of Both Nackmen and PhiLs

THE baseball season is on next
L Tuesday when the Phillies sail
from New York for their training
camp in st. Petersburg, Fla. On
Saturday, March 10, the Athletics
depart for Jacksonville. There
after there will be camp news, gos-
sip, dope and comedy aplenty, and
the EVENING LEDGER will have
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
Bill Donovan, of the Yankees Spins This One

in a when
An
th
the in
the ball until the
he
ALLOWED
fhfua single"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03

Joe Azeyedo boxes In Brooklyn tonight Harr,
handicapped by an attack of illness this season
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03

Jack Toland left this morning for Brooklyp
where he meets Soldier BartheId in sten-round
bout tonight, .Toiand WORRIED hls Trojan All,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
Crunlp Stars as Jockey


nard
IS a
81 The Ambition of G. C. Alexander
a
o. . las
ng-a trying says
chaln>
&1nx 5oAsx>a HIM =
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03

Charley White gets back into harness n..t
Thursday night. in Brooklyn. when he takes on
Walter Mohr. Mohr Is rugged battIef and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03

Pat Bradley. the Grsy's Ferry middle weight
has been seeking scalps and shekels In New
York for several days. Bradley made a gooS
reputation In Australian bouts. ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03

Johnny Dundee will be here in nne fettle for
his bout with Terry McGovsrn At tho Olympia
is' :s Iss' =. s''g:: g:a Bssa:s sss; =:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03

Iou Bailey's initial Saturday matinee chow
at the Leader A, c., Leipsrvi1e. will be held
charley DALEY and Young BorrslI are in the
wind-up. other bouts are seesaw Kelly VS. Bat
Leo Ketchell vs.. Pete Kelly and Eddie Beacher
VS.. X. o. Flynn.