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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-14
Match Bet,Ueen Ouimet,
Tmdon, Ray and Euaus
Would Create Country
Vide Interest
AWAIT DEFINITE REPLY
Nv CHARLES (CHICK) EVANS

By CHARLES (CHICk) EVANS
IOLF construction was largely halted
" by the war and there was a COM
paratively small increase in the number
of clubs. Sheep were set to nibbling
on many fairway but with the coming
of peace, new golf clubs will spring up
like Mushrooms and old clubs will be bet
tered The outlook for golf in 1913 Is
truly inspiring.
The nj omise that Fardon, Braid, ray
lor and possibly other British stars
will be with us this summer Is ALREADY
STIMULATING tremendous interest, and
sneculation is rife as TO the outcome
of the matches with the great British
players.
Braid May Not Come
There seems to be some doubt as 70
whether Jimmie Braid will come IL 10
a sincere hope of all American ana
Canadian golfers that Braid vii make
the trip. for without him the Britisn
triumvirate will be a two-sided triangle
if | may make an Irish bull If,
plans for many golf tournaments VII
doubtless be laid in a large degree VIZ
reference to the visit of the Britisheis'
and the sooner We receive ueiln uin,, ol,,he
nouncement the quicker the various cluos i
and associations may mature piailS iob
tournament play this summer. A..
Harry Vardon, OF course. has the
GREATEST grin on the Imagination and
fancy Of American and Canadian 1,a p,dio pavio,
, ers. with Braid a fair second. ia!iot
Is not so we'll known on TINS sue ol
the water. but any man who can WIN w,n
! five British championships Is man WIZ VIZ
/ will command attention on any goil
! course where he appears
Vardon Anxious to Play
. I imagine the public will be parlicu'
1 larly interested in match between var
don, Ray Gf he comes) and Ouinet
! Francis performed miracles on the occa-
/ sion of their last match under very
adverse weather conditions and the pup
lie on this side of the water would Ike
to see these great players feinatcHeo
/ when the weather is right. 81
! Harry Vardon, while freely. concedins
that Ouimet deserves to win. on the
basis of his play, has nevertheless sug-
gested without in any way attempting
4 to excuse his defeat. that Francis ouime'
/ profited more by the weather conditions
;han lie or Pay. The answer to inc
riddle we will doubtless have this SUM
/ mer.
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BOLSTERS SAINTS
With Veteran and Martin
in Lineup They Look
Good for Second Half
NEW NICTRIX MANAGER

JocKo Lawrence is the champion in
'nd-outer Of basketball. At times he
performs like world beater. and then
again he falls off and looks very bad.
1t just depends on how the lean center
feels, judging by the way lie gets into
he play.
lie was the same when with the Greys,
and at the start of the first half of the
season with Victor looked like n million
dollars. but his work fell off to such
an extent that even the Nics decided
70 attach the tinware to the leagues
best center.
He is back with st. COLUMBIA. and
started off last night in his accustomed
style. Six field goals were the sum
total of his evenings work. They were
All of the kind that should have counted
three instead of two and were labeled
riots" in every instance. Besides this
he blanked his opponent, Babe Klotz,
and was the biggest individual factor
in st. Columba's i0-31 victory over S.
p. II. ~
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MINORS DEMAND
DRAFT REFORMS
Tinker Says Break Likely if
Majors Don't Change
Certain Rules
DAVE FULTZ IS LEADER

New York. Jan. little baseball So
viets are gathering.
The first delegates are here with
band. They have hired dancehall o.
a ring. Either dance or a scrap was
TO be the wonderful steam, with the
throttle ted open.
The new International League, elder
among the big minors and II survivors
of many a rough passage, ushered in the
most strenuous work in the history Of
baseball by its meeting here today.
Following closely in its wake will
come the meeting of the National Asso-
citation of Professional Baseball
Leagues. which will take up the strings
it laid down in Chicago and will make
preparations to blast hole in the anti
quated national agreement under which
baseball has been operating.
Montreal Back Again
The new International is meeting
ostcnsibly in it's annual scheduled CAB
fest, but questions of territory and policy
are likely to make Dave Fultz, new
president. feel at home in a turbulent
atmosphere.
Montreal and Providence. whicn
deserted the new International League
last year, are again feeling the call and
will try to make their way back into the
old league. The stand the new Inter-
national will take in the open war on
the powers Of the game has been thor
oughly discussed
BY far the most important question
troubling the minds of all concerned is
whether the radical revolutionists will
be able to force Ban Johnson and tho
other conservatives into line for a
change in the administration of baseball
Tinker's Stand
TIE minors, through Joe Tinker. pres
ident-manager of the Columbus American
Association club. have thrown down an
ultimatum couched in strong language,
declaring there is not "A chance that they
will stand fsr anything but a change IL
the National agreement that will elim-
nate the draft, and Il change in the per-
! sonnel Of the present national commits
sion which will make IL a three-man
neutral board, or one-man uninterested
! body.
Tho minor leagues. said Tinker. will
stand fast by their guns, even going so
! far as TO abrogate the national agree
ment unless their wishes are agreed to
| However, the minors have made threats
bfeore the National agreement goes on
! Unless they follow their determination
with brave hearts they will be beaten
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BENNY HITS STRAIGHT:
EDDIE ZICZAGS, BUT
HOLDS ON TO COURSE
Kelly From Harlem Proues Great Fielder of Left Hooks
and Right Slams as Champion Leonard Bats Out
Observation-Disclosures for Mrs. McCuigdn
By ROBERT ". MAXWELL
SPORTS Editor Evening Public Ledger

ZSvIyHEN you're Hahlem
w Kelly" left the Olympia A. A.
THROWN what don't need en- but
GOTTA Leonard slipped
a to right
happened? lie stopped
of him. zowe what lcin took with smile on his face
what a
blanket feels
idear?'
his ime
Of hooks
Eddie still True he wabby his pins
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JUNIORS GIVEN BERTH
Boys Soccer League Admitted to
Association

The BOYS Club Soccer League or
Philadelphia, Il recent addition TO the
ranks of soccerdom, was admitted as
full-nedgeG member 10 the Football! As,
sociation of Eastern pennsylvania ana
District at the monthly meeting held
last night al the Fourth street Club.
With the admittancc of this league,
lnis brings every circuit in the city
within the RANKS Of organized soccer.
There are eight clubs in the circuit. as
follows: Germantown Boys club Inter
mediate Blues, Germantown Boys Clup
intermediate Gods, Germantown In
dians, Lighthouse Boys club Whites,
Lighthouse Boys Club Blues, st, Ma
thaniels and Emmanuel. The following
clubs are also affiliated with the Boys
Club Soccer League: Germantown Row
crs. Blues, Colds and ShamrocEs.
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the finish
happy showing
However the
a Harlem boy
probably will
owd a
smaller lightweight. Gibson said he weighed
about 1856, and for the first with him.
LEONARD stepped the sir
- time,
u u
at a
iu
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ARMY MAY PLAY NAVY
West Point Asks for Ball Came
OH Nav 81

Annapolis, Md, Jan. li.-A baseball
game between the military and naval
academies teams on May 81 next is
likely. The management Of the West
Point nine has asked that May 81 be
reserved on the Naval Academy sched'
ule for the game and also inquired as
TO whether the nav would object TO
West Point using members OF the class
which last graduated ahead of the usual
time, but have been returned for post,
uratluate course,
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CREENLEAF In TOWN
Pocket Billiard Star to Play
Series Of Matches Here

Ralph Greenleaf. the wcll-known
pocket billiard star Of Monmouth, I'LL,
opened a series of exhibition matches
at the Victory Billiard Academy, 52lJ
Market street, last evening by defeat
ng Morris Fink. the Pennsylvania state
champion, 1927.
Greenleaf will play exhibition matches
every evening at . O'Clock. Tonight lie
lakes on "The Banker tomorrow even
ing. James Gillen. champion oil
South Philadelphia: Thursday Law
'cnce Gould: Friday evening. Billy
Wells the popular star of Weet phil
adelpha Saturday Herbert Ramsey.
after the contests Grc,nleaf will give
exhibition of the difficult shots.
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lead kept going lis
landed followed
hook the Before Kelly
and Harlem flying signals distress lie
certainly game
0 showing.
Before the wndup collection the
McGugan
a worthy
Leonard, Gibson,
Moroney,
Reading
" National An leading
promised n0ht-not
Ta,Hor IS o NIT in charge.
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VISIT OF BRITISH GOLF
STARS WILL AID SPORT
Chick Exams to Aid
Canadian Red Cross

Charles (Chick) Eyans. Jr., has con.
scented TO give. u duplicate set 81 a,s his seIt
ci@fion 10 he sold for the benefit OF the
CANADIAN Red Cross. This Is the secend
time that Evans has offered to help the
Canadian Red Cross. lie rccenIE EnNcs
sum OF money and a set Of clubs to the
crganlzation.
In q letter 70 the r: e. &, a.; :hai, Iyahs rs
plea sed 10 give u duplicate set OF my own
clubs. or special ones, or even clubs out
Of my own bag. Please let me knoM
the kind you think the Canadian golfers
would like best and I will try to do some
thing for the Red Cross and the Canadi-
ans. Canadian golfers have very warm
place In my heart"
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this WAS SOME WALLOP
Battling Murray Puts Russell to
Sleep for a Half Hour

Trenton, y. j.. Jan. 14.-Joe Leonard.
of Brooklyn, proved too strong physically
for frankie Wilson Of New York, IN
their eight-round w.nd-up at the T. y. {.
last night.
Excitement relgned in the seminar OF
the eight round when Battling" Murray.
Of Philadelphia. put across righ hook
on Mickey Russels jaw in the second
round and put the Jersey City boy to
sleep for full Ealf hour
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Harlem Eddie Forgets Benny's Champion


Il champion. right Before
Kelly
the lookout that haymaker his chin
the
In
iis
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Famous Nlasse

Hoppe's most sensational shot came in
his long run. The balls We're along the
bank, a few inches separating them
with the cue bail not more than three
inches from the corner. The champion
used his famous masse and drove the
cuo ball 10 the corner II hit both
cushions and curled TO the object balls,
In his fancy-shot exhibitions, Hoppe
had the balls curling and twisting TO all
corners of the table. His time shots,
draws and masses were uncdnny.
How can anybody beat guy Ike
that?" was the cOwment oo one specta-
tor as lie iiled out after the champion
made his goodnight bow.
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The Olympia the club
a Edwards
a shading
Harry Franchini had
fifth
dng the high school boy the
he in harder than He hammered Phil all
sensational repeating
X In Koher,
knocked him
n the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-14

BridrepOrt, Conn, Jan. 14.--Worl has
lust been received that Stretch Harvey one
Of the greatest basketball players IN the
game has died. Harvey was with the Amer
lean eXpedtionary forces. 1t Is not known
just what he died from. but II Is Thought
thar II was q COMMUNICATION OF dlseases.
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New York, Jan. li--JaCk Dempsey has
deClined the invitation 70 referee the bout
between Benny Leonard and Johnny Dun
dee before tive Newark SpOrtsmcn's Club on
the night of January 20, James A. Brennan,
familiarity known as "Siim," will be The
ihlrd man u the rlng.
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Scraps about Scrappers

Willie jackson will be Eeeu In action to-
night al Minneapolis. Eddie Noyes will be
tic New YorEers opponent for ten rounds.
The preliminaries for the Natlonal 4. A.
for next Saturday night VIII be between
Kenny Nalgar and Whitley Fttzgerald, Johnny
Murray and Frankie conway, Joe leOna I'd
and Phil Frauchlni and Victor Richie and
Jimmy Mendo.
Young Brown. % Erw Yor'. training for
his ronIing siX-rouud bout N4tu Low Tender,
. r.u,en takNs pace at tho olympia A. A. on
next NIondav night. Art.G O'Iears, Of New
York; and Larry Hansen, of DeninHgl;, Will
he the contestants in the semiwind-up.
bria A, O., has arranged an ail-staT program
Cor next Friday night, Johnny Wolgast. the
ger. OF Kensington. IN the final bout. and
Joe Bowhinkle. the former amateur cham
pion OF Ohio. VIII oppose Willie MeCloskey.
! or Port Richmond.
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New York. Jan. 1i.-No southern training
trip will be undertaken by the Columbia
ha aseball team this season. and 1t Is proba bic
that the schedule of the Blue and White
varsity nine will be somewhat shorter than
usual because of the inability of small col
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Prepara,orv Handicap Shoot Tomorrow

stage a iOO-target "Pinehurst Prens ratory
Handicap" shoot at its grounds az Maple
Grove tomorrow afternoon. the handiCaps
are TO range from IL to "2 yards. The
shoot Is open to all,with silver prizes offered
for the three high scores.
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williamson Lands Verdict in Lirely Bout

OF the vndup the OF
" williamson tho
sugged all
Fapas
whistle by
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Fred Anderson Hasn't Quit

DIR. Fred Anderson. the spitbal pitcher
Of the Giants. has written to joan fosS
ter that he never told any ole that he IN
tended TO retire from baseball.
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Martin Also Stars

Lew Martin divided the houors with
Lawrence. The Saints We're trailing in
tho rear at 1916, when lie got into the
play at the start of the second half, but
with the former Penn captain in action
the Saints played like a different combi-
nation and ran away with their oppo-
uentS.
1t was a shame that Aiocky Bunnin
and Lew Schneidernor were not on the
winning side, as the caliber OF ball
flashed by this pair has seldom been
eQualed.
In the other game Hancock secured
revenge on Yours Truly, 81 TO IS. II
vas slated as basketball, but this was a
mistake. A rugby match would have
been more appropriate. Hancock COM
pletely outplaycd the ilrst-haif winners
and Yours Truly only managed to score
a field goal after twenty-five minutes of
play. owen and Trautwein starred for
Hancock and freddy Schwartz for
Yours Truly.
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Larry Williams Beats Clifford

New York, Jan, li.--I.urry Williams, the
Bridgeport sht-hcayyweisht. coached by
Rattling Levlnsiy. gave n trounClng to Jack
Cllhorl, he brooklyn strong boy, last night
al The ArInory A, A., Jersey city.
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OFFERED
TO AID RACING
Many Suggestions Made at
Today's Meeting of the
Grand Circuit
WILL ANNOUNCE DATES
Bv ROBERT L. PAUL

The Grand Circuit stewards. horse
men and trainers got down to real bust
ness bright and early this morning in
the Green Room of the Bellevue-Strat-
ford Hotel. Following their sightsee-
ing tour, dinner and theatre party as
guests OF the Belmont Driving Club
yesterday, the race track moguls al!
were primed for today's important
topics.
The delegates and others arrived
early, so shortly after o'clock Presi-
dent II. X. DevereuX, OF Cleveland
called tie opening meeting TO order.
Prominent among those present were
several horsemeu we'll known TO the
Grand Circuit circles, who had come
especially 10 make suggestions which
they believed would help the popular
sport this season.
Whl!c virtually all present had dill
ferent suggestions 10 offer. all were
unanimous in tie thought that some
thing should be done 20 make the colt
races n bigger drawing card. The main
difficulty has been that in former sea-
sons the first and second race usuaEy
uncovered Il star, so that by the time
the circuit swung around to the points
East the result OF the colt events were
a foregone conclusion. This caused
owners Of the average colts to keep
out their entries.
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Retiring Hoppe Proves
Trickster in Exhibitions
Hoppe Averages 30 in
6OO-POint Exhibition

in the first two blocks Of his 24OO,point
exhibition with George sutton at Al
linger's, Champion Willie Hoppe averaged
thirty for the 6OO points. Sutton's aver
age for 333 points, made while Hoppe
was getting 600. was 1s.5.
The scores Of yesterdays matches fol-
low: t
Home 3 1874 1893 4 25 31-3O0
sutton ....1 80 3 ~ 02
Average - Hoppe. so: sutton, 1874.
High run--Hoppc. 1874; sutton. SO.
EVENING
Hoppe
a2Is 20 1 - I2OO2 1.2O 20 300
sutton
a6 / 3a5lI :4OO4O3 IS x-2i1
Average - Hoppe. 21.5; Sutton. 1876.
High run-HOppe. 40: sutton. 1t9.
Referee-tleXander II. Brooke.
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.4mateur Cage Comment


The Warwick-( lark Cl'!b, q strong four
team, mas "p'n dates at home
and would like to arrange gauaS with travel
ING tcarnS Cf that age, Address Joseph Fuhr-
man, 3i.T West HUNTINGTON street,
Tasaco A. 4. wants games with any sec
home or traEelins teams. Address
Trank Graham, 2O22 North Eighth street
Quaker A, G. would like TO book games
with ali frst and second class fves having
haiis and Offering rCasonsb Bile guarantee
Address r. Widiner, 1880 South chadwick;
street
belmont B. g., a fast slxteeu-year-old
Travelling team, wants games with any
tr",ns of that age Offering fair guarantce
Nddrcs5 Paul McLaushliD, aIlO Upland
street,
The Western Club wants games with all
first and second class tealus having halls and
offerlng a fair guarantee, Address J.. ".
FoN 739 Cecil street. Or phono Woodland
1921 J.
The Hancock Reserve team is out for the
second class teams. The team has defeated
some OF the best teams in Philadelphia and
New Jersey. II recently defeated the Mid
vale Reserves.
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IN the London. Midland. Lancashire and
Scottish division of the leagues In Great
Britain the highest number OF goals scored
BY any team was six, the remaining twenty
nine not over five. shoyiaG how evenly
these cicvcus are matched.
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Tho best long run of the day was 1874,
made by Willie in the afternoon. lie
ran l2O in the evening. as against so for
Sutton in the ante-eats contest and lly
IN the post-dinrer exhibition.
At each exhibition the hall was
jammcd to capacity and before each
show the seats were sold out and stand
ing room was at the W. X. premium.
Sensational shots were numerous ana the
spectators knew how difficult they were
and showed appreciation with continued
applause.
sutton proved that he is still the mas
ter Of old at nursing. In his long run
Of Il9 he kept the balls clustered to-
gether like grapes and clicked off points
In machinc-gun fashion. When he drove
out TO the cushion the object balls came
back as II drawn by magnet.
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dofsating the Merchant - team goals
to o. Manager "Bill" Wilson'S = one desire
failed. Better luci. next time. "Iill!y."
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Iaddie McCabe is still nursing bad leg
which, prey entCd Him from taking part &.
tho National League game on saturday witt
the big steel team at Bethlehem.
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that won't coIne off when he watched his
newly constructed Red and Blue team hold
'he Sailors 10 a tie finish.
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N,cus of Harlan, played one Of the bes
games Of his career in Saturdays contest
hut the other players did not give him an.
too good support.
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Soccer Ne,Us and Notes

Every one is anxious to see tho rubber"
hefwesn The Merchant az team and tho
niCEed team from the shipyards. As 1t
stands now each has won game.
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Al Saunders, the prominent NoFseluan
who brought the Grand Circuit to PHIL
adeIpnia last season, offered o solution
TO the problem. Saundcrs's idea is to
increase tho $4,000 Juvenile stakes TO
$4,000 and make $1,000 of il Il coHsola-
ton purse for colts that haven't In
ished either first or second in any OF the
big purses This would tend TO keep
all the colts In TO the finish.
Arotae. suggested the establishment
OF series Of colt races similar TO the
two $4,000 races that usher in the sea
son at Cleveland, The ne" plan calls
for ten Of these races, two at each
meeting for the first five weeka with
the proviso that any colt that betters
g:l2 becomes ineligible. Thus II
youngste- does the round in 2:0o. or IN
, that vicinity. as often has happened, ii
Automatically VIII be barred from the
following colt stakes.
II seemed as though every one had q
good idea 20 offer. One that made
hit with the trainers vas that Of having
a uniform number of heats for govern
ing the races throughout the circuit.
The three-heat plan was The Lost popu-
lar. The committee in charge OF this
open meeting made notes Of the sugges-
t!ons and Will so into 4 conference 10
talk things over. At O'Clock this after
noon they win make public any changes
In the present rules and conditions.
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OOLS FANS BY LOOKING AND WEIGHING Ii


the y. S. A. ReAl,ZlNG Scu'vg
NOT A DEAD GERMAN 70 SouS
CREDIT -
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New NictriX Manager

When NlctriX clashes with Nibar on
Wednesday evening the West Fhiladel-
phia five will be in charge of "A new
managers. John Dougherty. well known
IN cage circles and manager of the old
NictriX champions, is back al the helm
and will reconstruct the club.
lie has already made a good start by
signing Sam LennoX, Joe Hyde and A.
Davies, n trio Of Camden boys, all more
or less known. The Midvale five also
announces the addition of Horse Hag-
gerty and Willie McCartcr.
\ visitor AZ last nights American
League games was Rube eastman. lie
looks well, considering his serious Ill
ness, but it will be a long time before
lie is able to resume basketball or, prob
nblN, baseball either.