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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-09
PHILADELPHIA Holds
Record for Trades

When President Baker, Of the PHI.
announced that he had disposed Of All.
ander and kiilefer to Chicago. on thss
memorable evening Of December II, base.
hall magnates have been busy trim r.
beat the record. In n months time seven
big deals have been contaminated, but
none can equal the mark set by Raksr
Even the Herzog trade Of yesterday T.
small In comparison. Here is the list II
December 1.-THE Philadelphia NJ
tionals sold Pitcher Grover CleyelanS
Alexa nder and Catcher Bill Killefer "a
the Cubs for SO. 900 and Pitcher Mike
PrepderGnst and Catcher Pickles" hi.
hoefer.
December A. The Athletics so,a
Catcher WalIv Schanx, Outf1elder Ana
Strunk and Pitcher Joe Bush to the ~
Sox for 100000 and Pitcher vean (reSs.
Catcher Chester Thomas and Outfieidef
Bill k0pp.
sSsT pr,t e tSs Ssoss Wasss.o% sTS s PSso.
price said to be $1,000 and Pitcher
% Decsmber ee-The Phillies traded Ont.
fielder "Dode" Paskert TO the Cubs for
Cy williams. another outfielder.
January THE braves traded Gcorxe
Tyler. the left-hand pitcher. to the Crhs
for Larry Doyle and Catcher Arthur
Wilson.
January s-The Giants traded Charles
Herzog TO the Braves for Larry Doyle
and Jess barnes. the pitcher.
January 9--Pittsburwh traded Pitchers
Al Mamaux ard Burleieh Grimes ani
Shortstop Chuck Ward 70 Brooklyn for
Outhelder Casey Steugel and Second
Baseman George Cutshaw.
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UUS FREDWARD WILL BE A HUGE SUCCESS IN L
ON AGAIN BREAKS IN WITH
IM FOR HEAVYWEIGHTTITLE;
|0W WILLARD MUST BE ANNOYED
oterer Evidently Has Forgotten That He
&imed Championship on Dec. 20 and Lost
% Il on Foul to Harry Tate on Dec. 81


Rochester MINI.
heavyweight
iaues his Fulton
nip and insists that
will affect Willard In Billy Recap
his a The heavy,
from
titles Of
on ecenb
tredward evidently he
December 20 in
world
from nm on foul
4Ate IN the future
Fulton has in
Tom
cow Al Reich and old
GOOD He
om hh Brennan Battling
frank Moran
1eputaton
snoppishness Of Willard morepu
"a andm ma make
success out hasd "A writing
strengthened MS and Off
does not IT.
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H"NrD" ARD mas
morrow night he billed Ionlr
MILL and IL
'aAh On
- tne nrst good man he
&c VIII make things Harry b managed M
z'v NC, OF Philadelphia
to return confident ana expresses
himself Al ~ w N''''S
II believe in
Little Rock
ptousht OF he
py referee He
daze me- OF he has he
ne has height
expc 10 enter the ring Thursday weighing
Chicago a
another
IL
be interesting elimination bout his vn
Mo ONE blame Willard Fulonse
~ match with Fredwar opportunity
the losers
the will keep him a few
business he
a ontender
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SESSION OF BASEBALL
MOGULS NEARING END
Much Talk of Trades at Ma
tional Commission Meeting,
but Nothing Doing
CINCINNATI. q.

CINCINNATI. O., Jan. 9.
The deadest baseball meeting of the
winter season was just as good as over
today
Before coming here for the National
Commissions annual session, magnates
made considerable talk about trades they
were going TO make
Then they came here and made more
talk, but no trades
Most Of them have gone home.
The commission reelected Herrmann'
chairman and John Bruce secretary and
smoothed over the troubles that r.
mained from the Federal League settles
ment. But they aren't telling how this.
settlement was made.
Inc only thing left to do now is tol
frame playing schedule for the coming
season. and Barney Dreyfus and Ban.
Johnson are working on it. They ex-'
pect to finish the job In a few days ID
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broke the course record by two strokes
This incident illustrates especially well
the psychological effect of "A good shot
at the necessary time Nichols. after
that shot, played with a confidence and
daring that could have only one result,
and that was a remarkably low score.
1t seemed that he could not miss from
any distance.
Another man in the party who has
seen a great deal of British golf told
an interesting story about Harry Nardon.
When Nardon won his first championship
at Muirfield, golf critics who saw him
concluded that at last a player had come
TO the front who had every qualification
to keep him there for years. But sud-
denly the unexpected happened. The
rubber-cored bah replaced the old gutta-
percha, and of course the rubber-cored
ball Is much the livelier. Up TO this
time Nardons game had been uniformly
,\pglleuf
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Williams-AI Iexander Battles to BE Reneued


Moran Fhily
in
In a on i'm during the
pitching prince being
procured
Cubs
hurled
cornba 10 Williams blasting
fri6>
aimed
Phy
nudh hsawn
times inning fourth
xhnned sever throw
at famed fourth
to
right.
to right ninth
q singled to right
to
one cond inning. famed
by pitched ball;
e1oundsd
~ 3s-one nj pinchh httIngl
{<112 hdtsd for asts
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NardOn Loses Putt Control

with the rubber-cored ball his driving
was as strong as ever and his APP
proacheS just as accurate, but 10 the
surprise of every one. including himself.
Nardon's control over the ball in putting
was absolutely lost. TO this day Var
don's putting Is not up 10 the standard
of>the rest of his game. In fact. Vardon
lost a championship once by failing to
hole oct a ten-inch putt,
And, speaking Of Nardon's putting, in
the American open championship in 1913
Nardon missed twelve puts which a
good putter should have holed. while at
the same time Francis Ouimet sank a
like number which required the most
careful execution and daring play. The
conclusion seemed to be that Vardon's
confidence in his putting was so de-
stroyed at the time the rubber-cored ball
was introduced that he never quite re-
covered his putting skill. Had he done
so Vardon should have won four or five
more championships than he has TO his
credit.
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Muggsy Taylor Responsible for Tulmans Success

MANAGING like only
f3uiey of
subject
the
Minneapolis
talked of boxers the
thorough knowledge
looks as If he would stay o COM
at shie
surprised uy knock
gained more
match In New York Those battles
followed
boxed him at the Olympia and Johnny finished
for his bum showing
Is the
and I'll bet he
He
to seeh all of
shoulders
tht bout
$50 that he a match
will onday
- be we'll will
be of the
confident his win
the with battle.
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G. H. s. FAVORED
FOR CAGE HONORS
Crimson and Gold Is
Picked to DethrOne
South Phila. High
n. f. DEFEATS TRADES
BY PAUL PREP

Although the Interscholastic Basket
ball League Is still less than a week
old and the caliber of the teams of an
uncertain quality, it would not be a
surprise to see the rlresent cage cham
pions-South Philadelphia High-de.
throned, The present holders Of the
Dutch trophy have played only one
championship contest which means tina:
they have eleven more league games to
play meeting each school, with the ex-
ception of Central, twice.
one game, therefore. doesn't appea
to he of great Importance. But il must
be taken into consideration that three
of the South Philadelphia varsity team
Captain Wattman, Bunnen and Dom
dero-graduate next month, with file
schedule only half completed. This
leaves an extra large gap to fill and
by the time the new team gets working
together in first-class style the race
should be all over but the shouting.
AS a result of the game played YES.
terday Northeast and Central High or,
III a tie for first place. the Crimson and
Hoid giving South Philadelphia n sur.
prise to the tune of 27-aS, and the
Afchlves holding a little practice with
the Philadelphia Trades School The
game was little more than a workou,
lof Coach Gerney's proteges, Trades
never having n chance to get near Nortb-
east The final count was 4G-15.
o., school Of Pedagogy did the expected +, u.
"innirWM ie WIN inc west Philadelphia quintet
ieiD. Grinin, Rhosdes and Adams We're 10y, 'n = ,
scoring mood, scoring fifty points batrnos ii a
them' Dessen leading with twenty. "eeh
suddenly coming TO life in the second hal,
Downingtown High. At half time tha p@sior. @
was l6-l3 in camden's favor. but after W..
intermisslon Held goals IN rapid successinn
by Richman and Geiges carried the Skas, ~
well into the lead The final score was
Excellent feld-goal shooting bv Laro,,,
and Chubb enabled Abingdon High 10 defea
Haddon Heights High, the pair scorins
seventeen twOpointers. 'i'hs
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Marines in Form

Frank McCracken and Captain Hogan
have had the Marines working out for
the last ten days, and they believe that
they are in good shape for the battle
with the Unit aggregation. Mike Wu-
son. former Muhlenberg player who was
end on the Sea Soldiers football team.
and Tom Dougherty. of Penn, who was
a halfback on the eleven, are two of
the Marine players. Dick Bradley has
been chosen the captain.
Don Kennedy, who captained COL
gate few years ago. will lead the Unit
quintet. and let IL be known what this
Kennedy chap IS one of the best play
ers in the game. He Will be paired off
with Bert Bell at forward. Vedder will
play center. and Johnny Scott and Bod
die Weldon. formerly Of Lafayette, will
be the guards
The entire Penn ambulance unit will
attend in n body. and there will be many
military celebrities on hand. ,amCng them
being Majors Johnson and Carnett, of
the unit. and several officers from Allen-
town.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-09

Irish Patsy Cline was fooled and fooled
badly by Johnny Tillman on Christmas Day.
and when the pair meet again next Mon
day night Cline will have no excLs. to
ofier should the Minneapolis crack repeat
the verdict. Patsy Is working over in New
York with Jack Britton and other stars
and Tillman will meet a different Patsy.
Johnny is finishing his trainir here, and
while most critics consider Cline the near
est TO Leonard, Johnny has different views
on the subject.
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NichOlls's Famous Two
Scraps About Scrappers
BY BILL BELL

Johnny Burns will present "a crack
bantamweight match at the Cambria Club
ON Friday night OF this week Tommy
German, Richmond favorIte, who has been
boxing with much success. meets Gussle
Lewis. who twice held Champion Herman
to a draw The winner will be matched
with Herman or Benny Nalger and fast
pace is assured,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-09

johnny MalOney would have liked TO con-
tinue with Kenny Nalger in their bout last
Monday night. but Johnny was beaten at
every turn and the reason for II was the
left drive that caught Johnny in the first
minute OF the opening round. Valger saw
the opening and after that punch Johnny
gave an exact duplicate of kilbane trying
To reach Leonard.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-09

The Princeton football captain referred
TO IN this dispatch probably is Lieuten-.
ant 'iobey" Baker. who now Is with
the American flying corps in France.
Recently his work in the air has at,
tracted much attention. He was not only
a football star, but a crack hockey
player on the Princeton team.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-09

Boxing in Cleveland in the future viii be
conducted under strict physical examinations.
Dr. NJ II. castle. who has had fifteen
voars experience us advisor to the Cleveland
Baseball Club. will make certain that all
boxers are In proper shape for their bouts.
A boxing commission controls the sport
IN the sixth City.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-09
HOBBY BAKER WINS
FIRST BATTLE IN AIR

PARIS. Jan. 9.-The former canta,n
Of the Princeton football team. now
serving in the flying corps. brought down.
MS hrst German plane Saturday, says
the European edition of the New York
Herald
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-09

butterworth. the Industrial League
leaders. should experience no difficultv
IN winning its weekly game tomorrow
night at Traymore Hall. when 1t has for
It's opponents Barrett. which team has
won only one game In six starts, The
other game brings together Elliott-
Lewis against L. G. !.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-09

Franlford High showed a reversal Of form
IN Its game with Germantown yesterday and
won Its nrst championship contest BY the
goals, was the shining light for the Pioneer
on the onense. with Lechler apd Boerchie
Center Detwsiler was the leading scorer for
1ssrm.antown: st1 .. hs easins the ball four times
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3 SERVICE TEAMS
AT PENN TONIGHT
Marines VS.. Unit and
Quaker Varsity VS.. Usaacs
Double Cage Card
RED AND BLUE CRIPPLED

The University of Pennsylvania places
before the public tonight in Weight
man Hall the best basketball attraction
of the season. when a duublc-seryice
bill will be staged. The first game will
be between the Penn Varsity ana tho
tsaacs, of Allentown. and the second
tilt will find the base hospital unit No
20 and the Marines in action
The spectators at the contests tonight
will not see the Red and Blue team at
its best. for the Quallers have been Grip.
pied considerably since they last trotted
out on the floor for match. Last Satur-
day night captain Lew Martin fell and
injured his shoulder so severely that he
probably will be out for the rest of the
season, and Mitchell, who substituted for
him, has an infected foot that will pre-
vent him from starting
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-09

The Northeast Rod and Gun Club ha s
elected the following officers for the ensuing
year: Jacob Betz, president; Matthew W.
Gill. vice president; Alphonso straubmuller.
treasurer: 8. B. Berkenstock. recording sec.
retary; W. +. Ruhl. financial secretary;
heard q d!rsetors: Louis II; Lee. Harry
White. Harvey Battersby, II. Blackman.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-09

enc Of its "off" nights when IL met t,o
81. COLUMBIA team on Monday night hm,
the two days rest is expected to br;ns
Its play back into first-class shane.
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Amateur Notes

The Henry Fellowship basSetbali team
wosld zen s so n,syinn ruasd nd sscond
saturday nights. Albert Leith, 6T1O Leeds
street
The Penfeld A. A. basketball team is de-
slrous of arranging contests with thlrd-class
aggregations. A. l.. Homer, 1923 Fillmore
street. or phone Frankford 1878 NJ
1T. Bonifaee l.. and ID. would like to ar
range games with second class quintets
having halls. Q. o. Fisher. 216 North
Twenty-third street. care OF Internat tional
Harvester Company. OF phone Locust IUf.
81. Psus's a. g. wishes games viii, second
y Escnson. isis Rose ksb Hbers h, Street. " '''''
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Ivory to Start Guart

In Mitchelrs place at guard will be
Chester Ivory, former star At West
Philadelphia High School, who will start
a game on the Weightman Hall court as
a member of the varsity for the first time
in his three-ycar career at the Cnivcr-
sity. chet has enlisted in the naval re-
serve forces, but has not received the
call to active duty.
Martin had AN N-ray photograph
taken of his shoulder yesterday. but
nothing definite will De known until the
plate Is developed. It Is believed that
a chip has been broken from the shoul-
der. and if this diagnosis is right, the
Quaker captain will he out of the game
for the rest OF the season. In his alb
sence Andy Stannird. the brilliant for
ward, will act as captain. Stannard was
captain of the freshmen team last sea-
SON
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-09

Harry Cline defeated John Dankleman in
last rights contest OF the three-cushion bill
lizard tournament now in progress ut the
Continental Cline won by the score Of
so to 33. taking T3 innings TO finish the
game. Both players had q run of six points
Cline is leadir.g the tournament with three
wins. Reiselt has two victories. Mayer pair.
Dankleman won two and lost his first game
10 Cline. Flannery has dropped three and
Jones finished second in a trio OF efforts.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-09

sam Crawford is out with the statement
that Ty Cobb handed him a raw deal and
states that what Cobb says goes as far as
the Tigers are Concerned Sam wants his
back into harness this coming season.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-09

IONIGHrs SCHEDULE
Hancock vs.. Y. NJ. II. A.
"irnrd vs.. Port Richmond.
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INTERsCHOLAsTIC LE,Gur
Yesterdays REsIlIr,

ESsrR,s,t. EEorrhss.s. 5sSS: Trades school, Is.
Central. 81: Southern shSanahtsSn' ss' "a
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-09

Samuel II. C"Butch') Jones. widely known
in baseball circles and the newspaper world.
Thirty-tnrd street. Butch Is resting COM
fortably and is cheerful. lie is down with
abdominal trouble and has been confined to
the house for the last nine weeks. lie Is
a former part owner Of the Mackmen.
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Connie Goes South Tonight

Connie Mack will leave for .Jackson-
vile. Fla. tonight to look over the
training camp situation and make ar.
rangements for the annual southern
hike. 1t has not been definitely settled
whether the team will train again In
Jacksonville. hence Comics trip. W
Il do not expect TO be gone very long,
said Mack today. "All 1 want to do IA
to look over conditions in Jacksonville,
and | probably will finish my business
in a few hours. ] am not seeking play
ers. but will not pass up an opportunitvj
TO sign up few good ones If l have thu
chance. But my trip is strictly bust
ness and it will be as short as possl-
BILE" ~
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PUTTING WON THE OPEN TITLE
FOR OUIMET, WHILE VARDON ONCE
LOST 1T BY MISSING SHORT PUTT
Change From Hard Gutta-Percha Ball to Pres
ent Resilient Sphere Disturbed Britains
Greatest Golfer
By CHAS. (CHICK) EVANS. JR.

NN \ recent evening group OF
" golfers. all of whom have had part
in championship matches, either as
players or spectators, were gathered
around a warm ilreside NatI ~. the
conversation driftcd to golf an found
myself thinking of the last amateur
championship at Merton, There is
bit of sadness around this retrospective
journey. for today American and G. ma
dian golfers have found a s;crner field
of action.
| had the pleasure Of playing mt Sand
.Yich. England. in the last British cham
Dionship before Great Britain entered
the war. Many great golfers partici-
pated. We enjoyed many pleasant care
free days of golf in Kent, and when
we parted it was with the happy thought
that the following year we should meet
in Scotland for International team
matches. After returning to America !
started preparing for what was destined
to bc the last championship matches for
n year ami possibly for several years.
knew had the golf in me, but the
great fear beset me that / would not
be able to play my best game at the
necessary time. / practiced ceaselessly
and it often seemed that the day would
never come When IL did arrive il found
me IA very tired and wornout individual,
Looking baCl al it nGw, however. it
would he a real pleasure to have all the
old worries and cares just To bring the
old days back again.
NichOlls's Famous Two
The conversation around the fire drift
ed to exciting plays. one of our party
witnessed the match at Englewood sew
eral years ago when Gilbert Nichols
was playing along with only an ordinary
score when he came 10 the eleventh
hole. 1t is i00 yards long. Nichols got
away with a splendid drive and ON his
second shot with a nldiron holed out
from a distance OF 100 yards. \ truly
remarkable shot. After that no golfer
in the match could even approach him.
He won the championship In a walk and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-09
Thorugh as a Star

Doyle Is virtually through as a star
His arm isn't good any more. His bat
ting eye is dinnmed, and he never was !
whale as fielder.
on the other hand IIerzog will not
benefit the Braves SO much as may be
suspected. He will supply need in
Boston, but lie won't make the Braves
pennant contenders by several feet. Al
Sc he will have his troubles getting
along with Stallings.
1t may be that the trade was con-
sehted to by McGraw because he wanted
a man of Doyle's temperament on his
club. Larry's personality. his irresist
ible good nature will keep the scraps
away and Mctiraw needs that kind OF
a man.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-09

Women have been officially recognized by
the Amateur Athletic Union for the first
time. Frederick w. Ruben has named two
OF the fair as members Of the swim
ming COMMITTEES OF the Metropolitan AS
socis tion. They are Miss Charlotte Epstein
and Miss Frances Doolin.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-09

George u. Keller. who has been at the
head of the Wilkes Barre basketball team.
decided he had enough and releases any
claim to a franchise in the Pennsylvar,ia
state League Keller has released all the
members OF the team. Wllkes-Barre Is con-
sidered strong city for the cage game
and Keler's action Is something OF a SUI
prise.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-09

second base. Unless John McGraw IL
equal to the job of digging up young
infelder TO take the place OF Herzog a.
second there isn't a chance for the
Giants to finish out in front in 1918
unless something happens to thelr
strongest Competitors.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-09

Miss Clara X. Haywood, accompanied BY
her father and possibly Harry Cline. Is
about to make western trip to play in
st. Louis. Chicago and perhaps Kansas
City for the benefit of the ambulance fund.
now the sole subject with followers Of the
ivorles and the green cloth play.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-09
Sports SerUed Short

Miss Florence Ballin, of Brooklyn. won
her way through TO the final round in the
midwinter tennis tournament being held at
Pinehurst. y. {. Miss Louise Patterson. Of
Pla infeld. y. j.. meets Mrs. Jay V. Hall.
Of New York, TO-DAY and the winner opposes
Miss Ballin,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-09

&. &. EarecksOn was elected president OF
the Yachtsmens Club for the year at the
annual election, held yesterday. One hun
dred and twentysix votes We're cast. Aside
from the election Of Commodore Eareci son,
the following were chosen: DR.. {. =. street
vice commodore: Robert Young. rear commo-
dore: +. VI. Carter, secretary; W. IL. Drew,
financial secretary; W. \. Barr. treasurer:
directors. II. J. Barr. II; T.; cline. e. $,
Conway. J. T.. Talley, Z. Il. Taylor. Dr.
W. y. Cnenhemer and William Leonard.