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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-01
Mvu. ErlIs Ar RVS qAnHrcK
At THE PHILADELPHIA THEATRES S

When n previous booking mado II I'M
posssil lc tor the On. Mama Company 10
continue at The NdelphI Theatre. the
NcSsrs Shubcrt decided 10 remove 1t
FROM the CITY The management, how
over, received - many requests to con-
tinue IL here thai they decided 10 transfer
II To the Chestnut Street Opera House,
for this and next week The success
which the company has achieved since
It's advent into Philadelphia makes the
news that Il Is to remain very welcome
to the entire company.
\ year nr 50 ago, Selwyn and Company
had To their credit as theatrical managers
the reputation 0f producing the moet
laughahlc farceS ever seen on the stage
Several Of their plays Of that character
established records which have never
II .ce been approached Then they set
out to do the same in the field of comedy
They chose in association with Roi Cooper
Megrue as their first production comedy
on marriage called why Marry" BY
Jesse Lynch Williams This much dis
cussed play IS booked at the Adelphia
Theatre. Philadelphia, for a limited en-
gagcment y TO cast which carries
such names rs Nat G. Goodwin, Edmund
Brccsc. FGn st Lavford, Leonard Mudie,
Lotus Robb, Louise Randolph, Anne
Morrison and the others who have helped
To make the play famed rs 1t rs, there
never WAS much question as - its right
TO be spoken Of in superlative terms.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-01
I|NTH STRAIGHT WIN
REGISTERED BY F,.|ENDS
Select Prove Easy for Local Five,
Mode and II. Smith
Star.

The ninth straight victory for the
Wilmington Friends School basketball
team was registered Yesterday afternoon.
at the local gym when the luakers
smothered the Friends Select team, oi
Philadelphia. hy "a 70 ~ score The
local quintet had everything It's own way
rs Is Indicated ty the score and rained
shot after shot through tho net The
crowd az yesterdays game was some
what smaller than usual the game not
being a regular scheduled ono.
Mode and IL Smith were the stars for
Wilmington, although the entire team
PLAYED great basketball Their passing
was good Every player on the Whining
ton team figured in the scoring. Mode
leading with 26 points.
The Phlladclrhians, although never in
tho race after The first few minutes Of
play. fought hard Coorcr and Meador
were their stars Cooper scored ~ Of
their 81 points.
The Wilmington Friends will play
Swa thmorc Preparatory School Sat,Ir-
dav evening, February :. at home The
game Is considered ono OF the most im-
portant Of the season. but the locals
feel confident of victory Swagthmorp
has fast team and the game IS almost
surr 70 prove clcsue contest Score
FRIENDS SELrCr. rHIIspEIrHI,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-01
| HOG ISLAND QUINTET
AGAIN I.ARlAN'S GOAT
Local Shipyard Team Outclssses
Islanders for Second Night
IN Succession.

For tho second night in snconesion
the Harlan team Of the Shipyarh League
handed tho Hog Island quintet n good
drubb'ng, last night up at the ''piERrrics, y
tho local five winning by the one sided
score OF f6 10 q. One needs only to look
at the score To sec how far outclasecd the
Hog Island ieam WAS
The Wilmington cagcmen pAssed and
shot almost as thcy pleased, getting the
ball after nearly every tap-of aud then
working the floor for basket. Even nj
that Harlan was somewhat handicapped
by the height and the i2-inch extensions
on the baskets, being used 10 siy-inch
extensions.
Harlan started tho scorinc FIVE seconds
siier the whistle on field goal by Lacey,
after eome clever passing. From then on
the Wilmington pasrcrr mined shot after
shot on the basket For a time il looked
IA II Hog Island would bc shut out. The
entire first half had almost elapsed be-
fore they had scored point, thc initial
period ending 0-2.
All oi the Harlan nen participated IN
the scoring. Salmon" Shields leading
with seven field and ono foul goal for
total of l5 points.
A preliminary game was played he.
tween two teams of girls and dance
was held after tho games were iinirhcd,
Score.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-01
LETTER PRESENTATION.
Athletes at the Wilmington High
School Received Their wv"
Yesterday.

The Wilmington High School ccle-
hratcd what is known MS Senior Day yes
terday morning in tho high school audi
torlum.
II is customary on theec occasions fer
the senior class to present some token
to the lower classmates and to tho fac
uity. The class Of February. 1910, there
fore. presented two beautiful American
flags which will be hung on the stngc IN
the auditorium. Robert Betty. the
president Of tn senior class, made the
presentation speech.
The Wilmington High School athletes
who played on the baseball team of last
season were honorcd, some receiving
VS. others certificates. Those re-
ceiving the coveted Nv" were Clarence
Underwood, the star shortstop OF last
years team (it is not known definitely
whether Underwood will bo, back for
next years team, and should he not be
eligit le 10 play there will be n big gap
in the infield). Heweon Lannan, LAT
years moundsman; Paul Grubb. first
haseman. and George Anderson, right
fielder.
Those who received certificates were
Robert III. McCaifery, Gray Carter, Ed
ward ManIovc, James Robins, William
Greenwood. Nathan Tollln.
c. Norman Wade received gold medal
and certificate for the feat Of writing
at the rate of GO words per minute for
10 consecutive minutes.
After the presentation exercises the
seniors. Robert Betty, Hugh Rennie, Re
becca Barclcy. Carl Wise. gave u short
sketch. followed by vocal solos hv Clara
Belle Ginns and Elizabeth W Gallagher.
Angela Curron rendered pleasing piano
solo
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-01
MADE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR.

Lieutenant L. Z. Jolls. Of the 30th
Company. 18th Grand Division A. f. f.
writes to ms family under date OF January
Il, telling them that he has been made
athletic director OF the camp. with 5000
men to take care Of and select the various
athletic teams from, which keeps him
on the go; although he manages 10 com
bine pleasure with duty. and was dated
up for wiid-boar hunt the next dav.
He quotes the army song Mother
take In your service flag, your son Is
in the Q Nj c. His branch is the
Transportation Corps Most Of the men
are engineers who have had lots Of ex-
perience.
With regard to his position as athletic
director he explains that be would quit
a Job paying 100000 a year 70 take
8 gratis job coaching a colored High
School can see every day where some
Of my experiences in travelling around the
globe have been of the utmost Importance
10 me am perfectly willing TO stay
here until summer anyway; ] may have
to stay longer and | may not
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-01
BROWNSON ELECTION.

The Brownson Library Association held
it's annual election Of officers last night
The Rev. Thomas Waldrun was unani-
mously reelected chaplain Of the associa-
ton. John J. Farley. who took the seat OF
president, when James Cassidy answered
his countrys call. was requested TO resume
the chair. Ralph G.. Lockwood was re-
called to act as financial secretary; Andrew
J Rimlinger as recording secretary
Charles J. Hammer rs corresponding sec
retarv; Robert j. Hagan IS treasurer
William A. O'Brien as librarian; James
] Quigley as lecturer; Robert 6. Nc
Cafferty, James j. Quigley. Francis
Y. Tierney and Thomas ] Kenney as
directors, and Charles J. Hammer as
sporting editor.
Words Of thanks and appreciation
were extended to the committee Of the
e,lchre and dance, by John j. Farley.
He congratulated the boys on their
good work and claims they put over the
banner event of the association
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-01
REGULAR ALGER STUFF THIS.

George Washington Grant, the new
owner of the Boston National League
club. was born in New York more than
forty years ago, and humbly began to
.tmass his bankroll by selling newspapers
in Manhattan streets. The baseball
germ got into his system early in life.
As hoy and youth ne found time enough
between editions to get into corncr-lot
games himself. with the result that when
he was in his teens and early twenties he
had become an exceptionally good amateur
= layer.
A recurrence of the roller-skating craze
IN England was one OF the business phe-
nomena that attracted him to London
He opened a skating rink there, made
money on it aud opened more. Then as
tho movies blossomed from an infant
amusement TO an infant industry Grant
invested in the new amusement enterprise
and waxed richer Us the motion picture
developed into a lusty commercial propo-
SitlOn.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-01
BASEBALL HERE
FOR NEXT SEASON
Fans Anxious to Know just What
Article of Game Will be
Served.

What brand of baseball will bc dishcc
up IN Wilmington for the season oi 1917
That is the question the fans OF oui
tair city arc now asking and deeply con,
sidering and one that will not he answered
until the lump" shouts play BALI
In the first place, it looks as though the
Steel League was going to make go OF II
again and Harlan is slated to have berth
IN the organization
Down in the ward at the local ship
building plant are still enough stars ot the
diamond to compose eraokerJsck team
and, according TO their assurance they
will be at the plate right along next season
and will wear Harlan SUIT. Some
fans arc doubtful If these players,
MANY of them big-lcaguers, will stick to
the building os ships when the majors
yet going. but those in charge OF Harlan
baseball doings are confident otherwise
Joe jackson. former center fielder OF tho
Chicago White Sox, left the plant some
time ago and has not yet returned, al
though he assured some oi his mates IN the
yard that he would.
Lefty Williams. George Dumont,
Charity, Cole. Payne, Martin, Dresser,
Psvne and several others of theteam OF last
season are still at the yard and expect To
stay there, but OF course some major
league maenatc may happen along with a
lot of the long green and IL would not he
surprising to sec some of these stars again
battling along with Cobb and other
leaguers. Bill Gallagher, promoter eN-
traordlnary OF sports, seems confident he
will be able to sit IN South Side this sum
rner and see team of all,stars wearing
the Harlan uniform.
The other teams Of the league all report
that their big league PLAYERS are sticking
to their jobs and therefore Wlimlngtonians
are hooking forward 10 big season IN the
Steel League. Last year the localities
were treated 10 their best season Of base
ball and are in high hopes that the same
article may be produced this wear
In the way Of local baseball leagues, IT is
too early to make any R,iesses. but since
he war has ended. many of the young
players of the city who wore the khaki
and were unable to don their baseball
uniforms. will be ahack IN the city and If
would not be surprising to soc the All
Wilmington League get under wav again
II is also thought the Church League viii
also be in the field this wear
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-01
MEET AT SWARTHMORE.
Delaware College to Take Part in Big
Event There in MAY.

Special Correspondence of Every Evening
Newark. Feb. Dean f. Lsurence
Smith, president of the Delaware College
athletic council attended a meeting Of
the Executive Council Of the Middle
States Collegiate Athletic Conference
at the Hotel Walton, Philadelphia on
Thursday. Several matters of general
lnteres were discussed and dispose
Of. Among other things the question
of holding the meet this year was decided
IN the affirmative and after discussion
1t was agreed by the committee that the
meet be held at Swarthmore College
on Saturday, May Il II e question
Of ehgIlllty OF contestants also came up
In former years il has been the custom
10 refuse 10 accept u contestant from
any college or university unless he has
been III continuous residence since the
fifteenth Of the preceding October. Be-
cause OF the fact that many men have
returned iron TIE service since that
date IT was held to be lmpracticsble to
enforce the old rule Accordingly. the
committee proposed 10 adopt a new rule
which was recently adopted BY the Inter
collegiate Athletic Association covering
this point.
It is probably known to all Delaware
men that the hammer-throw has been
debarred by the members of the Middle
States Conference. 4 movement is on
foot to substitute the javelin-throw
for this event Formal action will be taken
on this point at the next meeting Of the
General Conference, which will be held
IN Philadelphia the night before the Penn
Relays Announcement will be made
at that time If the introduction Of the
iavelin-thruw is approved
Delaware College has been a member
of the Middle States Collegiate Athletic
Association for several wears and last
year won second place at the meet held
at sLehigh.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-01
DELAWARE COLLEGE
NOW A LEADER
Basketball Victory Over Mullen
burg Gives Institution Pre-
mier Position.

Spec al Correspondence If Every Evening
Newark. Feb delaware College
easily defeated Nuhlenburg IN q snarpv
basketball game by the score Of 3S 10 l6.
The fast work OF the Blue and Gold took
the visitors off their feet IN the first half
and Delaware rolled up = p TO : score
Muhlenburg did little better in the last
hall. when Delaware slowed up, but could
not stop the locals from increasing their
lead to 80 TO Is. 4 feature Of the game
was the playing Of the tv3n centers
NcCauehan scored 9 of Delav ares Is
field goals while Green got I of the 6
scored by Nuhlenburg Capt ain Narston
and ''Bess" Garter played star game At
guard for Delaware
This game puts Delaware IN The ranks
of the leading teams os the cast While
the Blue and Gold lost = close game to Le-
high 26 TO II. last Wednesday night,
Lafayette recently defeated I.ehigh and
Nuhlenbure won from Lafayette The
Delaware victory over Muhlenhure WAS
by nearly as large a score a. L of +
defeated the same team Delaware is now
ANXIOUS 10 get a crack al Penn and a
game has been scheduled for February u.
o be played IN Phlladelphla The line-
M of the Delaware Muhlenbure game
fclloure
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-01
ELIMINATION CONTEST.
Freshmen cf ". ". $. Hold Meet Ia Pisk
renashlep Repfese entatiyes.

Yesterday afternoon at the Wilmington
High School gymnasium the last ~ the
Hetlee of elimination penathions was held
II vaa The freshmen that mct yesterday
with the fnlloving resultH
Running high jump fust Wolsten-
homie. Second, Thatcher. 1hird. tie be-
tween RsRh and Leach Height feet
inchoa
Running broad jump First, Thatcher
aecond. Iacohaon: third, Chadwick lis
tance. IL feet inches
Potato race (s,S potatoes; 81 wards
First. Thatcher. second, Chadwick fEifd.
tic between Leach and Frankfurt Tune.
~ soconda.
Fence vault First. Woletenholme. soc.
cond. tie between Frankfurt and had
wick Hoegh,. ! feet ~ inches
Ch,nning-tho-har FIRST place. tie be-
tween Milhkep, Carley and Rach, with
r,.tff-ttr,e
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-01
NEW CLUB FOR CITY.

Wilmington Sporting Club is the~name
of an organization that got under way
yesterday, when a number of sportsmen Of
this city met and organized First-class
wrestling is the first thing the organize
tion is going TO present TO the public.
The club selected Olen Hackett, of this
city, as matchmaker. Hackett has had
considerable experience in that line and
promises to give the local fans some
fast bouts. The new organization plans
70 give their first show during the week
Of February ..
All local mat artists are requested 10
communicate with O. Hackett. ITO East
Second street
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-01
Locals 10 he Represented in Allied Anna
ieur Cup.

Sixteen soccer teams have entered
their names to take part In the Allied
Amateur Cup competition, namely Sun
Ship, Harlan. Merchant B. Christ Church.
Hog Island. Pusev Il Jones, Nolfenden
Shore Seniors. Wanderers. Nlscose 4.
A, Puritan, Disston, American Pulley.
keystone +. c. Textile, Wonenden
Shore Juniors and the Germantown
Bows Club
The drawings for the competition
will be held Wednesday evening. Feb
rusry ;, at Pearsons Hotel, Hancock
street and Lchigh avenue All clubs
who have designated their desire to
enter this competition must have at
least ono represent ative at the meeting
President John b Farrall also invites
the members Of the Referees .associa-
tion TO be present
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-01
HUNTING SEASON ENDS,

North East, Md, Feb 1.-The winners
at the last semi-monthly shoot of the
Rising Sun Club were: Charles Taylor,
Cecil Taylor and Harry Martindale. Sill
yer spoons were the prizes awarded
Yesterday was the last day of the gun
ming season for ducks. geese. brant,
jacksnipe and crowbills The due ers
hiring their outfits to the sportsmen
from Wilmington, Philadelphia and Balti-
more have had prosperous season owing
10 the open winter and the large number
Of the city men desiring the sport.
The Maryland laws prohibit the sale
Of the ducks within the State.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-01
GREENLFAF VICTOR.

Aforris Fink. the Pennsylvania cham-
pion pocket billiardist, did little on his
third block run at the Royal last night.
making 153 points to Ralph sireenleaf s
125, but the local nonpareil bad - far
distanced the Philly man as to easily win
in the total score, which was: Greenleaf,
80; Fink, 2s3
Greenleafs high run last night was 81
his opponent :, 81
Next week Greenleaf viii meet In a
match at the Royal either Cowboy Wes-
ton or some other expert.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-01
AGED - YEARS, BUT BOWLS 27s.

Scranton Pa. Feb. Though he is
over the three-score-and-ten mark, Colo
mel George Sanderson continues 10 rank
as one of the leading bowlers IN Scran-
ton On Thursday he established a score
of 275 in match played ON the Green
Ridge Club alleys MIR Sanderson is
past seventy-two wears OF age. Hardly
day passes that he doesn't figure in
several games
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-01
Harlan Soccer.

Manager Jack Gilmour OF the Harlan
soccer team will take his club to Chester
today, where they will begin the second
half of the Delaware River Soccer
League season, having as their opponents
the strong Sun Ship team. Jack has
greatly strengthened his team and ex-
poets to forge ahead in the race, being
only one-half point behind the leaders,
the New York Ship
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-01
ROWING MEET.
College Water Sport Experts
Gathered to Discuss Seized
ulc for Season.
nv Associates press .a Every Evening

nv Associated rrcss .n Every Evening
New York, Feb l. Rowing repre-
senta'iv.a of majority of the leading
eastern colleges and universities attended
the annual meeting of tho American
Rowing Association here today. The
place and date for tho American Henley
races we.e discussed and IL war expected
that the fixture would he awarded either
to Philadelphia or Annapolis
In addition io the Henley schedule
a number of dual and triangular college
rcRsttas may be arranged The Naval
Academy. IL war announced, desires 10
s~he1ule ono or more rarrss ON tho Severn
Princeton will offer tho Carnegie Lake
course for The Childs Cup race. Yale has
open datcs for the IEousa.onic. and
Cornell will he on tho outlook Tor an
opponent 70, The Spring pav regatta
Al Gavura Iskc
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-01
AMUSE MENTS.
MARIE cAurIL Ar ruB PLAYHOUSE.

MARIE CAu1Tt AT THE pLAYHo'Tsp-
Wilmington has set the pace for New
York in its reception and appreciation Of
Marie Gahill in "Iuat Around the Corn
er, which has hccn keeping The Play
house audiences IN an uproar ever since
Thursday night The principal reason for
tho keen enjoyment Of this comedy Is the
fact that Miss Cahili eucccods in ifnprrs-
sing tho listeners ~ atfch an extent that
she has them n her finger tips. When she
Wishes them 70 laugh, they laugh. when
she wants them .o feel eympathetic, syTn-
pathetic thcy arr. and 40 on she fcads voll
into whatever mood she 50 desires, and
what Is more, YOU enjoy II.
"urAHra ~ THE WORLD" MONDAY AVID
TUESDAY.
A visit % France would no delight in
deed to everyone now that the strife is
over and that peace ia settled. " is IN
deed almost Impossible for everyone to
have sueh cherishcl fuliilmnnt of this
desire, but The next best thing IS to have
France visit ra Which will happen when
~ W C,rlfth'a Hearts of the World
e-prnes apain 10 The Playhouse, Monday
and Tuesday fou will be able to SEQ the
very rlares where the fight for dcmocrary V
y ~ f'ffRttA 9tttf Fftftla A-t5Sts1 81
Az g. FIELD aTNsTRELa.
Merry ninatrels have figured prom.
ncntlv throughout the ages and history If
not told that doea not include them The
modern MINISTRIES are much moro elaborate
to tc sure. vet IL had it's rise from these
visiting entertainers rho most promin-
cnt that Is known in The country to-day is
Al g. Field, who will visit Tho Play
hoilze next Wednesday. Thursday Friday
and Saturday. Tickets are on sale,
avE. Et.LEs AT rHg GAHHfcK
Mime Fll,z. who a fow weeks ago had
Wilmington theatregoerH mystihed, will
be here agaln next week. having been
toolrd hY the G,arrlrk management for q
rcturn engagement She appears 10 be
able to answer about any question put 20
her bv persons N tho audience. Next
week bill also includes Billie Reeves.
the scream of the ecreen" Auhra
R,ch and Ted I,enorc, IN comedy; Mills
and Noulton, who will produce the sketch
Bv APPOINTMENT Owen McGiveny IN
Bill sykes SaBlnia LaPearl, who will
produce novel net: Helen Jacklcy. the
sensational girl. Cummings and White,
comedians, and others.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-01
Periodic Bilious Attacks.

Persons subject to periodic bilious at
tacks will observe that their appetite fails
them just before an attack. That is, they
do not really crave food, but eat because
it is meal time. If they will cat only a
light meal and no meat, then take two
OF Chamberlain Tablets the attack may
be avoided ADV
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-01
Drives 135 Miles an Hour.

Daytona, Fla, Feb driving an
automobile equipped with an airplane
motor, Ralph De Palma made l35 miles
an hour yesterday on Daytona Beach
Speedway. DcPalma was testing ma
chine with which next week he will under
take TO break the record of l42 miles an
hour set by Bob Burnan IN 1911
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-01
ON THE TRACK.

New Orleans, Feb. 1.--This was very
good DAY for the long shots. In the
second race, q sprint, three outsiders
finished in the money Ringleader, back
"a at to l. led the field
Walter Willow, an S-to-1 shot for
place, was second, with Vision seeing
Itis way into show money
Betsy and Phantom Maid were pmong
the also rams
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-01

The Inter-Class Athletic Pcntathlnn
will he held Thursday, February o, IN
the High School gymnasium, AZ ) p. NJ
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M,UBI.rNBrRG
pfLAp ARE

Goals from field. Alexandcr, /: G
Carter, I; McCaughan, g, and Marston, l.
oas Gode, from Il fons alanan = and STesn, esn,
Substitutes. Barnard for c. Carter and
Lord for Marston Referee. Raby of
Gettysburg. Time OF halves, 20 minutes.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-01
RUSH LEAGUE.
Y. NJ. G, A.. Organization Staged Two
Fast Games
cole.

The Y VI G. A. nush League of four
teams met last night with the follow ing
result
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-01
~ - e = ~ = = y '
L i,isls


Time of halves 70 minutes Referee
Ross Scorer, Isannan
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RRrIsERs
}cferec-Philllrs Scorer McMce

STANDING or ausH LEAGUE.