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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26
DEMPSEY HOLDS
FlRSTWORKOUT
FOR BIG FIGHT
Star heavyweight Begins Train.
ing at Leiperville for LIE.
whisky Session

Jack Dempsey has started work for
the big fight. The sensational Far
Western heavyweight is an advocate of
preparedness. His battle with Battling
Levinsky now is less than two weeks
away and the big fellow plans to leave
nothing undone in his training. He
wants to make his Philadelphia debut a
pronounced success, and when he enters
the ring against the shifty Levinsky at
the Olympia on the night of october 8
he intends to be prepared.
Dempsey Is making his headquarters
at Promoter D%ougherty's Colonial HG-
tel, Leiperville. A twenty-four-foot ring
has been erected in the open and 1t Is
there that the western gladiator will do
his work. Hundreds Of workmen saw
him in action yesterday. The Eddystone
plant of the Baldwin Locomotive Works
is nearby, md at noon hour the SPORT
loving laborers came over to gaze upon
the latest boxing sensation.
Dempsey Is an unknown quantity to
Quaker City fans. He never has APP
peared here, and the nearest he ever got
to fighting in this city was at Newark,
when he toppled Fred Fulton in twenty
seconds. Levinsky is a clever fellow and
one certain to prove troublesome
An ~all-star card will precede the
heavyweight wind-up. The remainder
of the show is still in the making, but
1t promises to be a strong boxing pro-
gram.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26
SHIPYARD SOCCER
STARTS OCT. II
Seven Teams in League and
Rules Say Players Must
Be Signed IA Days
THE n

At a meeting of the Delaware River
Shipyards' Soccer League held at the
Adelphia last evening II was decided to
inaugurate the season on Saturday after
noon. October -. The league Is made
up of seven clubs and the final makeup
/" as follows: Merchant Shipbuilding
Corporation. of Hartman New York
Shipbuilding Company. of Camden ;
Chester Ship. of Chester; Hog Island.
Harlan. of Wilmington Pusey & Jones.
Of Gloucester. and Sun Company. of
Chester. The schedule for the season
has been placed in the hands of the
games are as follows: Sun
at Pussy & Jones Merchant at Chester /;
Harlan at New York Ship.
The following delegates attended:
Sun Ship, AL ROBBIE Harlan Plant. will
mington. j. Gilmore: Chester, Joe Oxley I;
Pussy & Jones. William Clark Merchant
Shipbuilding Corporation, Jasper Camp
bell; New York Ship, George A. Bowe !;
Hog Island. l.. r. Davidson.
The bylaws We're adopted and the
rules say a player must be signed two
weeks before he is eligible to play. A
committee of three was appointed by
President Billy Read to prepare a budget
covering the season" expenditures.
The Delaware River %Shipyards' Ath-
letic Association also met at the same
place and little business of importance
occupied the attention of the delegates.
The doings of the soccer body to date
was ratified. and the basketball season
coming near at hand it was decided to
turn this branch OF sport over to Henry
Gallister. of Chester, for supervision.
and bowling was left to John Thomas.
Jr., of Pussy & Jones. As the Cramp
Athletic Association has %disbanded that
yard was considered automatically
dropped from membership in the organ-
~iZation.
The many athletic activities of the
Hog Island Athletic Association are
now in full swing. A big athletic meet
Is booked for Saturday. On Sunday
afternoon the soccer team meets the
Merchant Team b. On the following
Sunday. October 5, the Rugby football
eleven plays Sun, and on October I the
Hotel Barracks, containing 1000 single
rooms. the largest hotel in America.
will be opened. The new gymnasium
will be thrown open with a dance on
the 9th. and the first boxing show viii
be held October II. The arena has a
seating capacity of 1875.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26
CALDER WINS TITLE
Defeats Taft in Final of Paper
Trade Tourney

A. Calder. of New York. sprang p
decided surprise when he defeated
r. B. Taft, also of New York, in the final
round of the annual tournament of the
National Paper Trade Association at
Whitemarsh yesterday. 4 up n 2 to
play. Perhaps the result was less of an
upset to the players themselves than. it
was to the other contestants. Calder
played far below his true form in the
qualifying round. and although he had
improved in the first and seminal
rounds, 1t was not until he met Taft in
the final that he struck his stride. In
addition he had the satisfaction OF know
ing that he had beaten Taft once before
this season. and he properly argued that
what he had done before he could do
again, and he proceeded to do 1t.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26
MURRAY TO PLAY
AT WILMINGTON
National Singles Champion
and Others Will Aid
Red Cross
SATURDAY AFTERNOON

The Wilmington Country Club will
stage one Of the mos. attractive tennis
programs Of the entire season on its
courts next Saturday. The club enjoys
an enviable reputation as a host, and
when the annual Delaware State cham
pionship was called off this year 1t was
a great disappointment to the followers
of tennis in this section.
Robert Lindley Murray. the national
champion; w. +. Tilden, cd. and Vim
cent Richards. the national doubles
champions and runner-up in the ma
tional singles and national boys cham
pion. respectively. are to participate. as
also are Ichiya Kufnagae. Beals Wright
and Wallace F. Johnson, who Is at
Camp Crane. Allentown. So from this
roster the club is sure to present the
classiest tennis program that has been
shown in this section this season.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26
viii Find 1t Hard to Select Varsity Team

lIVHIILE Coach Dickson will o. be bothered wedding ut the weakhngs
yE&nrom his sauad, h will find it diHcut o select his varsity" team
re are sc many mn o. he field an the practice period is 50 short
aM he must devote all of his me to those who have played III game
46Xre. H e h s n o time to coach the candidates who know nothing Of the
m4f These men, however, will be drilled by a corps OF assistants n
tH1* cal play OF the various company teams which are bemg formed.
Mtkootban candidates are permitted to drill from II ant IL every morn
- This will continue untnth he squad is ut down, later hi men
NwMf work from 3 to 8 in the afternoon. A schedule is being arranged by
Lieutenant MacNamara and a effort will be made to play as man service
2ts1ns a possible. 1t is probable that the First Naval District, at Boston,;
the Second, from Newport; the Third, from Pelham Bay, thu Fifth.
which is coached by Lou Young att Hampton Reads. will be on thu schedule.
TIA Marines also are anxious to meet the ambulance unit of Allentown
VIM u the defeat Of Tasty year.
RS %ALeutenant MacNamara is not acquainted with all of the men on the
tmoad. u he gave u h list o the following: Doughery, of Penn:
university of Chicago; Easson, Northeast; Mauer, Rochester University;
*NGLAughnn, Vinanova; Rma, Minnesota: Head, West Coast Marines;
06ber, Cornell: PerrenL Cleveland A. c.; Hope, Minnesota; Peacock, Kan
49, Asries:M etzger, Canton; Scott, Kansas; Brusek, Minnesota; Swenson,
hWneapohs H. 81 Jaeckler, Marquette Academy; Hascan, Wisconsin,;
Nan, Oberln: Ryan, Chicago: Coin, Kansas City H. S.; Mike Wilson,
<n6klnnberg; Pierce. Georgia Tech; +. Wilson, University of California;
II Smnsld, St Marys; Powers, Butte H. s.; Butler, Emory University;
Wcher, Pittsburgh H. s.; Harmon, Miiken University; Reynolds, Wash
S&M&sn University Enchede, Forest Groves; Mciraw, a local high school
X1X: Pefaur. Washington University; Green, Ohio University; Billy Carlow
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26
Game Will Be Played
Solely as Part of Military
Program.
WELL TO COACH

THE inaugural practice of the second
i wartime football season will be
staged at Franklin Field this afternoon
when Penn candidates meet Bob Folwell
for their first instructions at 3 o'clock.
A survey of the available material
shows that at least fifteen players who
have been taught Folwell football will
he ready for the call. Among these are
five men from the varsity squad of
1917, one of whom was a regular. The
others are freshmen from last season, or
scrub players.
For a wartime prospect Penn i" not a
poor bet and despite the difficulties un-
der which drills will be held it is be-
lieved that Folwell will be able to turn
out a team that will compare favorably
with any in this section.
Two Drills Saturday
Two practices will be held Saturday
and two on Monday. Thereafter one
drill daily will be the limit for the reg
ular military roster starts on Tuesday
morning. Major Charles T. Griffith, the
military commander, has set aside an
hour and a half from 4:3O to 6 in the
afternoon for sports and this will give
the coaches a fair amount of time to
develop the candidates.
The first game Of the season. that
with Franklin and Marshall on October
5, which was believed to have been
cancelled. will be played as originally
scheduled. The Lafayette game also is
sure. but there is uncertainty express
ed about the others. If the other in
stitutions on the schedule list continue
athletics, the games will be played. AS
far as Penn Is concerned the contests
will be staged as listed.
Plans for the football season were
shaped at a meeting of the football cSm-
mittee, of which George Harrison Fra
zier is the chairman, in Dean McClellan's
office in Logan Hall yesterday. At that
time 1t was that Folwell took
a considerable cut in salary, but was
willing to make the financial sacrifice in
view OF the fact that expenses must be
kept to a minimum.
Lerch and Light Prospects
AS far as material goes, Folwell's best
prospect is Joe Straus, the hard line
hitting halfback, who was such a sensa
ton in the big games last year. Fol
other backield positions the Mullic'
Hills farmer will have Walter Rosneau
sub quarterback Milton Fucker, fresh
man halfoack; Bob Crawley. freshman
halfback Bunny Lerch, erstwhile Lafay
cite leader and sub quarterback las
season, and possibly HOBBY Light
another star from the 1917 eleven.
For ends Folwell has Ed We'll, SUI
wingman on the 1917 varsity, and Ale,
Farmakis. the freshman end. The fol
lowing are available for the line: Do
Cook, varsity guard Bill Wolfe, NeyloI
and Wharton, scrubmen last year., an
McNichol, wilmington and Supplee. fror
the freshman eleven.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26
Major Queens Hands Boost to Football

6oTBALL is mol frowned upon by the marine officials. Instead, it is
kDnsidered a highclass sport, which provides the necessary exercise
Imam in the service.
|1laior Owens, who is a broad minded "a and is constantly looking
y the welfare of his soldiers, approves of the game and made it posi-
rs play II this fall.
tI never have played the game myself" he said, but ] realize its value
x.Ekary lei Ii Is purely "A military game, for the opposing teams are
.<1rauy striving to gain ground They launch their attacks at the weak
1879 and PARRY oa n miniature battle on the gHdirOn. Flank move
* ~ executed, the players obey every command without the slightest
- md the discipline :. perfect.
~ Gdne also teaches the men resOurcefulness-how to think quickly
80 thncs-and they get that courage which comes only from personal
~ 4 heps 70 sec q good team turned out from the marine barracks
~ win % ~ = ~ power 10 help the game along"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26

He was absolutely right in every
particular. 1 never have seen more
able-bodied men trying for a foot
ball team, and the strenuous prac-
tice, which lasted an hour. seemed
to take about the same physical
exertion as walking across the street.
They were just as fresh at the end
as when they started.
The Marines are playing foot
ball this year, and Dickson has so
many candidates he doesn't know
what to do with them. They are
real soldiers-every one of them
and each is eager to make the team
The practice is spirited throughout
and the coach never has to urge hi
men to put on extra steam. They
do everything as if they mean it,
and when they charge down the
field it is with the same spirit of
responsiveness that the boys over
there charge a German stronghold.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26
CAGE LEAGUE
WILL START
A m e r ic an Organization
Will Endeavor to Obtain
Shipyards as Members
T SERVICE TEAMS

The American Basketball League held
it's annual fall powwow at the st. Co.
lumba Catholic Club last evening, and It
was decided to start the season as usual.
The makeup Of the circuit is far from
being complete. but the clubs present
directed Secretary Hauck to get into
communication with all the shipyards
in the Delaware River district and learn
IL they would desire membership in the
organization. The efforts of the Ameri-
can Leaguers in this direction are likely
to meet with little success, as the ship
yards will have a league of their own.
1t is also planned to have several serv-
ice fives enter, and an invitation will be
extended both the Marines and Cost
Accounting Athletic Associations. Some
other clubs who are to be approached are
McAndrew & Forbes. Dobson, Budd and
u. G. 1. 1t Is hoped to play all games
for the coming season at Cooper Bat
talion Hall, T~wenty-third and Christian
streets.
Basketball teams IN the vicinity Of New
ark are already getting in shape for the
lineup. joe D q %ssa .aitho "Sda' in ''q re
The forwards will be Johnny Beckman and
Red Walters. with Dehnert at center. Most
of the bows formerly played in the Eastern
League The Turner's plan to open the sea-
son on Sunday evening. October g..
The basketball season at the Germantown
Boys Club PROMISES to be up to the usual
standard. The Junior and intermediate
Leagues. composed OF sixteen teams. will
get under way next week; the opening game
being booked for Wednesday evening. October
9. Games will be played on Monday. Tues:
day. "wednesday and Thursday evenings and
60 mes will be scheduled and announced.
The opening games on Wednesday are be-
tween Navajo and Cherokee and Seneka and
Seminole.
The Wanderers. OF Atlantic City. are out
to arrange games early this season; This
club tied the South Jersey champions In
games last year for the championships and
will be strengthened by the addition Of
Reeves and Gardiner. OF the old Morris
Guards. Games are desired with teams rep
resenting the service. shipyards and indus
trial concerns. Address Allen Wiesenthal,
COL Arctic avenue. Atlantic City.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26

AT OIL PENN TODAY
Bunny Lerch May
Return to Penn

II Is rumord around the Penn
campus that Bunny Lerch, the former
~subvarsity quarterback and erstwhiIe
pilot at Lafayette, will return. Under
normal conditions Bunny would not
he eligible as he has played four
years of varsity football. but in view
of the fact that the football team
will represent the =. 4. T. G., all ell
gibility rules have been cancS'ed.
Any man In good standing in the stu
dents corps Is eligible to play foot
ball.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26
GERMANTOWN TO BOOST
INTERSCHOOL SPORTS

After a two days session. the Ger
mantown High School Athletic Council.
composed of faculty and students, has
decided to do all in their power to con-
tinue athletics and foster interschool
sport. taking the stand that 1t was es-
sential in turning out good soldiers.
Professor Lewis. who was one Of the
members of the supervisory committee
on athletics, who signed the petition to
discontinue all interschool sport during
the war, stated that he had not changed
his opinion on the question. II still think
that all interschool sport should be
stopped during the war. in spite of any
action taken by the council said the
former football coach last night.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26
SWARTHMORE TO PLAY
Little Quakers Will Have Varsity
Football Squad-Plan Two Trips

S%warthmore, Pa, Sept. 26.-Swarth-
more College will play a complete
schedule of football this season. This
decision has just been rendered by the
athletic council in the following state
ment
After due consideration of the time
needed for practice and trips permission
has been granted to the management to
carry out its schedule.
Only two trips of asy length are con-
templated-one to York. Pa, on Novem-
Der 2 to meet Gettysburg and the trip
to Providence on November 3. when
Swarthmore will for, the first time meet
Brown University on the gridiron.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26

Leonard.Lewi Bout
Receipts We're $4,000

II was announced today that tho
receipts Of the eisht-round boxing
bout between Lightweight Champion
Benny LooEhrd and Ted ("Kid")
Lewis. the weltorwe'ght titleholder,
IN Newark, on Monday night,
amounted to e34,024. Benny Leon
ard received IS per rent Of the re-
ceipts, or 81 ,80s, while tho welter-
weight king received rs per cent, or
s8606, for going through twenty-four
minutes Of unsatisfactory work.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26
FORM
SHOWN BY MARINES
IN EARLY PRACTICE
1od OF Eighty Drills Under Coach BY Dickson and
Wonderful Condition OF Men Justifes Tutor in
Giving Them Intensive Training No,U
By ROBERT W. MAXWELL
Sports Editor Evening Public Ledger

kUST look v that flock of football material" said BY" Dickson es-
4 terday, "and let me know If there is any squad in the country that
tso many trained men. Watch them go through preliminary drill and
&d"
HDickson, who is the old Penn football coach and o holds the position
3thleuc director at League Island Navy Yard, had the proper done
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26
Scraps About Scrappers
HERMAN (MUGGSY) ia
III matchmaker and referee of the

vTERMAN (MUGGSY) TAYLOR /.
i'll matchmaker and referee of the
Atlantic City Sporting Club. has arrang-
ed a double wind-up for tomorrow nights
weekly show. In the first part Henry
Hauber. the local welterweight. faces
Jim Booker, a colored battler, and the
closing part of the double final will bring
together Willis Britt's star colored light
weight, Leo johnson. of New York, and
Phil Bloom. of Brooklyn.
Joe jackson. the local bantam. who
has been making good, faces Johnny
Welsh, of Atlantic City. in the second
preliminary. Eddie Walker. the d~oorkeep-
err of the Olympia A. A.. is manage Of
jackson and he expects a bright future
for his battler. frankie Graham, of the
Bethlehem Loading Company, and Joe
Welsh, of the same place. will be the
contestants in the opening bout
Joe Burman, the sensational Chicago ban.
tam. has made this city his home. Burman
now is working at the Hos Island Shipyard.
Bobby Gunnis. manager Of Joe Welsh. the
local welterweight. is confident that his
~protege will make It three knockout vic
tories In a row when he faces Eddie Nc
Andrews at the Cambria tomorrow night.
frankie Conway. of Pusey & Jones. meets
Dundee and Patsy Johnson, Young Quinn and
Jimmy McDonough. and Johnny Dougherty
and Frank Alder vii make up the rest OF
the program.
Jack McCarron, the Allentown middle
weight. will endeavor to repeat his victory
over Soldier Bartfeld when they come to-
gether in the final bout at the Olympia A. A.
on Monday night. Last winter McCarron
met Bartfeld at the National A. A. AID
earned the newspaper decision over the New
Yorker. and this time he has hopes 81 put
1inE , ,ss soldier meets sw Young sf Robides sin'u und der
the management Of Bobby Calhoun. In the
seminal.
Chick johnson. manager Of Harvey Thorpe.
the former Kansas City lightweight. but now
of Hog Island. would like to match his
champion against all of the leading light
weights in the country. from Benny Leonard
down.
George Chin, Of Newcastle. and Johnny
(Butchl O'Hagen. of Albany. will be the
contestants in the final part OF a double
wind-up at the National A. A. on Saturday
night. Battling Kopin and Tommy Ferguson
will meet in the first part of the double
final.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26
Early Practice No Hardship
for a Marine

DUT the hours workout was a
frankly surprised. | have seen hum
dreds of football squads in the
throes of the early practice grind
and noticed how the men dragged
themselves off the field like a gang
of section hands after a hard days
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26
Display Surprisingly Good Early Season Form

s0f4E football. men were o. the far corner of the field, wheret there ws
4$hore DON A squad of eighty mel kicked he ball around nder hi
nuneryiaon of Coach Dickson and Lieutenant John MacNamara, HI
manager and omcer n charge. At first the men "a down under punts in
p6&s Tom Dougherty, the old Penn halfback, did the puntng fou
men wer on the job to catch the bail No tacking IA tried the and-
dates running down the field and keeping o n the outside Of the bl until
~ was caught
b Narhis drill continued for fifteen minutes, and then cane a session of
each N a in turn to catch the ball The majority showed surprisingly
E4G6form for so early in he season n the work was atsfactor
PA &1Dicksons mex stunt vas to place the men in a circle n pass tn
around 20 tn candidates would get accustomed to handling it, Then
III charging exercise, which is considered ne of tn toughest forms
kof&Xpotban practice. The mel line up across the field n u for i've
5Sa&n. coming to a sudden stop. AS soon rs they get int position they
$11&knye more yards, and keep it up for about ten minutes
IA 2AY EXPECTED to see halt of the squad tdH ot after the third
! IN charge, but to my surprise ererv acted IS If it III
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26

Billy Kopf. former shortstop on the Gin
cinnati National League team. has been mott
fled to report for the national army. He
will train at Camp Greenleaf, Ga, begin
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Ways arr the hardest and the coaches must work their men carefully to
ek them lin physical shape to withstand the hard workto come. In other
&werds, the first two weeks usually are devoted to conditioning the players
an43ntue real football is taught
N with the Marines, however, it is different. Uncle Sam sees that all of
EhtGhnena are physically fit and the work-o of those sridron candidates speaks
AwJE for the training system used in tn United States rny Every a
Who is accepted by the Marines is kept o the job from morning until
FniG&t and he MUST be al hard as nails within month or 10 o that
zr4fbn Coach Dickson is not worrying about h strength of his lei n
kOo4Ghes by at least two weeks and his team will be ready for hard games
eb@&re the middle of October.
81 gYeserday morning the parade ground presented a busy scene. In on
scofHer "a squad of soldiers went through signal drill, and nearby "A an.
tAthkr squad which took up the regulation caisthenic exercises. In the
sui6le of the field we're more than 100 men wearing boxing gloves. h
kNmn u through the PAGES by Frank Baker, a Y. M. c A. instructor
E1&&e men worked pretty hard, for Baker had them standing o n their
E1fis and kicking their legs in the air when they We're resting.
E%ErVERY ONE seemed to be INDUCING in some form OF ererctse,
EErHE trhich demonstrates more than anything else ~ dd o. the
&stNUnaed States Government in keeping the fighting zen IN fighting