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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22
MISS HOOD BEATS
MRS. FOX ON 18TH
Medal Winner Shoots a as Com
ing Home, but Loses on
Extra Hole
MISS CAVERLY UP, rs
BY SANDY McNIBLICk
Philadelphia Cricket Club. Oct. .

tuIthutIputh NEVhtt SiuU. Vet, e
Miss Eleanor G.. Hood. of the lower
bracket local "big ten beat Mrs
Caleb +. Fox, former national finalist
on the nineteenth hole in the champion
ship golf play here today, up.
Mrs. Fox won the medal yesterday
with a very low feminine %.
Miss Hood has not entered the fall
play very much, and was not consid
cred to have chance against Mrs
Fox. who not only qualified at the
national. but gave stern battle to Miss
Alexa Stirling, the champion.
The extra hole match was tno only
upset of the day.
Miss Mildred Caverly won her mattel,
against Miss Charlotte Cheston with
ease, on her favorite twelfth green
Z and 6.
Mrs. J. W. Turnbull came through
, and (, against Miss NJ. Lowering and
Mrs. S. Mccain trimmed Miss Mar.
garet Dixon, and 6.
Miss Dixon was playing her frat golf
! tournament, being tennis PLAYER OF
ability.
Miss Margery Taylor. in the second
flight, scored regular hit shut
out on Mrs. George ID. Lewis when she
won every hole, 10 up and to 60
1t is hard to win better. and at that.
Miss Taylor was behind trees, in traps
and everything else
Mrs. Fox and Miss Hood went ont
badly, the former in 80, but Miss Hood
suited her game to the other, who was
home in As, and they were all square
Mrs. Fox missed a tiny putt for tbs
match at the home pin.
Both had poor drives to the extra
hole. being nervous on account of the
gallery.
Mrs. Fox topped, skidded to the
gulley and popped out on the other
side.
Miss Hood skied hers. but it just
landed across and safe. Mrs. Fox out
| topped Miss Hood with her second
but was curry with her third. They
| finally got on and Miss Hood putted out
the medallist.
! Miss Caverly. in winding up not
! too glowing season for her, shot an
other AZ out, same as yesterday, but
Miss Cheston couldn't break through
| that with a j3 out.
Their cards:
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had asked my price. My option was
never exercised aud ut its expiration [
withdrew it.
"The club is not in the market and
] cannot understand the basis for the
present report.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22
Morninastar Beats sIosson, 400 .2o2

New York. Oct. % Ora Morninsstar de-
featod George Slosson In thf forenoon game
of the 1872 balldine billiard Championship
| stars average was 80 1918 and his high
runs 149. 127 and 81. Slosson's average
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22
SALE OF RED SOX
DENIED BY FRAzEE
Report Has Boston Syndicate
Virtually Clinohing Deal
for Club
GALLlVAN FOR PRESIDENT

Boston. Oct. 22.-Purchase Of the
Boston American League baseball club
by a local syndicate, which, If success
tul. would elect Congressman James A..
Gallivan as president of the club. has
hcen proposed to President Harry H..
Frazce, the present principal owner
Congressman Gallivan announced to-
day.
In telegram received here the Con
grcssman said that his friends had made
m offer for the club which President
Frazcc now has under consideration.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22
Boston Changes for Army

Boston. Oct 22.-Injurles to six players
of tho Boston College football team. sus-
day, will force chance in the lineup when
the eleven meets West Point next Saturday.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22
Shipyard SIugger Signed

Benny Geiser. outfelder in the Shtpyards
League with a batting average of 43l. was
signed yesterday by the New York Yankees
for the 1920 season. Geiser, who is twenty
three years old. played for the Downey
Shipyards. Staten Island.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22

T7DDIE N1cANDREWS, of Manayunk,
t. has been boxing lot out of town.
The night before Steve Latzo met
Champion Mike O'Dowd at the Nation
al last week McAndrews carried stephen
over a hard ten round road up state,
and this may have been the reason for
the Hazleton battler's apparent weak
ened condition against Mique. Previous
10 that bout McAndrews fought sen
sational twelve round referees draw. at
Marlboro, Mass, and Immediately after
the contest they were rematched Tor
the night of November q Negotiations
now are on for bout between Nc
Andrews and Ted "Kid' Lewis, wha
scored one round knockouts in his last
two bouts, for match to be staged IN
Maine. A financial hitch is holding up
the signing of papers, but Joe Kennedy
is confident that definite terms will be
reached before the end of the week. In
his only match of the season here Nc
Andrews so outclassed Leon Badau, a
Frenchman, at the Olympia that Ref
cree Lou Crimson had to stop the bout
in the second round. McAndrews is
anxious to box more before his hone
town fans and he is keeping himself in
readiness to appear in local bouts at
any old time.
his old-time form. Now he is out cunning
for big game and he is directing challenges
in the general direction OF Benny Leonard
and Jack Britton. A Newark promoter is
after a Lewis-Leonard bout, and II Is en-
tirely up to the lightweight champion.
Andy Burns. Frankford bantam. is sched-
uled to show in the star bout at the Cam
Dria, Friday night. His opponent will be
Willie Davies, OF Elizabeth. N. ]. Allen
Douglas. of Chicago. will debut in the semi
final In bout with Young Joe Nelson. Other
bouts arc Young Coster VS.. Bobby Burmsn,
Danny Rodgers VS. Young Corbett, and
Jimmy Glacken VS.. Whitley Langdon.
willus Britt used the phone rather than
his typewriter TO quote, Have JUST matched
Dave Astey with Al Perry. New Bedford,
Mass, twelve rounds, referees decision ia
pounds ringside. Billy Kramer meets Mike
O'Dowd, Patterson, N. j., November 6. and
the next night takes on Young Fisher. Bill
ington. N. Y, ten rounds"
Joe Phillips. the Iron Man. has been
booked for a bout with Johnny Drummie at
Trenton, November g." came Herman Hin
din's voice over the wire. Young Robideau
Is TO meet some one in the same show.
Hughie Hutchinson. who will challenge the
winner Of the Burman-Lynch bout. may be
matched with Johnny Murray in a few days.
Sergeant Roy Smith. OF Camden. y. j..
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qualified to bo dropped from the 1920
Blue schedule.

The Dartmouth reverse was blow
to Hugo Bezdek, but he still has his
Way.
B0ddic Weldon has been playing great
football for Lafayette, and it is small
toonder that Maroon students have a
college yell that ends Uith "iocN done"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22

CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT
Miss Cleaner Hood beat Miss Caleb IoN.
| up, 10 holes.
Mrs. ]. W, TurnbuIl beat Miss NJ. Lover
ing. and 1.
Mrs. S. s.. Mccain beat Miss Marsaretta
Dixon. Z and G.
Miss Mildred Caverly beat Miss Charlotte
Cheston, and @.
SECOND FLIGHT
Miss Margery Taylor beat Mrs. George d.
. Lewis 10 and 3.
Mrs. 5. &. Peck beat Mrs F. o. Pinker,
Mrs. S. 8 Logan beat Miss Alice Coryeil,
. and ].
Miss Roberts won by default
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22
SCRAPS ABOUT SCRAPPERS
BY LOUIS III. JAFFE

is to be a trial horse for Bob Martins first
bout in the United States since the latter, s
heavyweight conquest in the a. p. F.
champs, They will meet at Billy McCarney s
club. in Detroit. Mich, November II,
Frankie Callahan is back in Brooklyn
after roughing II for nine months in the
Maine woods. writes petit Tommasso Shields
OF war risk fame. Callahan had been suf-
ferinE from a touch of pneumonia and a
nervous breakdown. Callahan doesn't expect
to box again. Shields further states, unless
the lightweight is certain that he can get
Max Williamson is booked ahead for two
Marlboro, Mass. fifteen rounds Friday night
and Patsy Wallace Of this city, in Bati-
more October 81 ffteen rounds. Both
bouts are to be to referees decisions.
Mickey DonIey, Newark lightweight is
sojourning In the wild and woody. Donley
who uses the Mickey preix because he Is
brother OF Richie Mitchell, in Milwaukee,.
The Mitchell lad is freak boxer. He is
said to he close TO six feet tall still ne
can make the lightweight limit with nc
trouble.
George Reynolds. a Manayunk lightweight
who won from Johnny Mahoney on his last
| Jamison in one Of the bouts al the Olympia
Club November 3.
Billy McGonisle will be ready TO start
Allie Moore in another week. The younges'
Moore has been training for several weeks
| but Mac doesn't want to start the lad Until
| he is certain Al Is in prime condition.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22
Derr and Pemce Leading
Many Aspira,ts for Posi-
tion in Quartet With Bell,
Light and Bruner
STRAUS IN RUNNING
BY EDWIN j. POLLOCK

T COMING up big among the worries
- of the Penn coaching staff is the
selection of the fourth man in che back
field. Captain Bell, Hobey Light and
Bots Bruner are fixtures. The other
job is as open as the Lincoln Highway.
Right now Ben Derr is leading in the
chase, but Pard Pcarce is right on his
heels and Joe Strauss is closing in from
the rear. Just u few inches behind arc
Dan McNichol, Sam Ellis. Herman
Harvey, Shorty Braun and Harry
Rosetsky. The night before every game.
and sometimes as late as the morning
of the battle, the coaches hold session
and decide on the best man to use to fill
in the offensive quartet. Bob Folwell
wouldn't stray far from the corr dope
by putting the names of the men in
hat aud drawing.
There couldn't be any kicks on Bob
, Folwell's decision II it were draw.
No matter how low the mercury falls,
news off the Penn gridiron is always
hot news.
II Penn goes through the season Uith
out defeat the Miller brothers and Bud
Hopper DilL be the ends of perfect days.
LIVERY day at Franklin Field makes
~ the coaches problem more compli-
Gated, for almost daily one of the sec
ond string backs tears out with burst
of speed that makes the tutors scratch
their heads and wonder if this particular
athlete shouldn't be the fourth man in
the backfeld. Yesterday it was Danny
McNicho, and the way Daniel ripped
open the scrub line and ran off tackle
and sprinted around the ends made him
look like the logical candidate. Today
Joe Strauss or Harvey or one of the
other numerous aspirants may show
Just such an outbreak.
With twenty. seven men forming the
opposition, the second varsity mOpped
up the scrubs yesterday.
Stow, the Swarthmore halfback. dis
located his shoulder in the Penn game.
1t was n case when Penn put Stow
away.
A, Sharpe UiU uerify the fact that
Acost1, toho used to play toith the A.
has better ICING than Acostd, the Yale
center, tUho thre0 dtody the Boston Col
lege game.
A L JOURNEAY. one of the best
"A linemen ever turned out by the Red
and Blue and captain of the 1914 eleven,
visited Franklin Field yesterday and
spent the afternoon offering five fingers
10 his former associates. He stated that
he probably would be able to see the
Pitt Georgia Tech game in Pittsburgh
on Saturday, and it was Immediately
suggested that he scout on the Panthers.
Al is in business in Chattanooga, where
he is connected with a publicity firm
headed by the father of Tracy Purse,
associate manager Of this years football
team. AL is looking healthy and has
taken on almost as much weight as the
Fairbanks scales.
nv heating Vale. Rostou College
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22

There couldn't be any kicks on Bob
Folwelrs decision II it were a draw.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22

No matter how low the mercury falls,
news off the Penn gridiron is always
hot news.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22

Ted (Kid) Lewis apparently has reEsined
his old-time form. Now he is out cunning
for big game. and he is directing challenges
in the general direction OF Benny Leonard
and Jack Britton Newark promoter is
after a Lewis-Leonard bout, and IT Is en-
tirely UP TO tho lightweight champion.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22

Thursdays Laurel Entries

Totals. co. $50 7st
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22

Sergeant Roy smith. of Camden. y. j.,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22

BY beating Yale, Boston College
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Totals. NbN NO,'
n.nrI-AIID.AIG =

Totals. 7OD G51 77S
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22

II Penn goes through the season with
out q defeat the Miller brothers and Bud
Hopper WiIL be the ends of perfect days
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-09-05
Original Lone Tree"

There whS IN immense cottonwood,
four feet thick and very tall, Which
stood in Nebraska almost in the cen
terror the continent, half way between
New York and San Francisco, which
was within one mile Of that center.
Under its branches rested thousands
of '43-crs en- route to the Eldorado of
the Pacific coast. II was the best
known camping ground on the old
California trail. From 1910, when the
gold seekers rushed across the great
plains down to the completion Of the
Union Pacific railway. the great tree
was q guldcpost to the wagon trains
going west.
After the railway was cOmrlcrcd
there was no further Use for the old
tree and II eventually rottcd away and
died. In 1910 II mOnumcut was
erected on the spot that the tree lad
occupied. II represents the trunk of
giant cottonwood and hears this in.
scription: "On this SPOT stood the
original Lone Tree on tie old Call.
fornia trail"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-09-05
UncroWned English Queens.

There have been several uncrowncd
queens of England. The first was
Margaret Of France, the second wife
of Edward l. Money was scarce in
the government Golfers ut the time.
and Edward could not afford the cX-
pense Of coronation. The four alter
wives Of Henry> VIII, Anne BOleyns
succesSOrs-Jane Seymour. Anne of
CleveS, Catherine Howard and Cath
crime Parr - were never publicly
crowned rs queen consorts. Henrietta
Marie. the wife Of Charles I, being a
strict Catholic. refused to take part in
state function which would compel
her to partake Of the sacrament nc
cordng to the rites of the Church of
England. Sophia DorOthea, the wife
Of George ]. and mother Of George II,
was never recognized as queen of Eng
land and therefore can not be clasSed
rs one OF EritGin's uncrowned queens.
Caroline of Brunswick. the wife Of
George ~. was not permitted to be
present in Westminster hall at his
coronation.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-09-05
FLOWERS HOURS OF SLEEP
That They Differ 10 a Proof Of the
Adaptability Of Everything
In Nature.

That flowers sleep Is evident to the
most casual observer. The beautiful
daisy opens at sunrise and closes at
sunset, whence its name days eye"
The morning glory opens It's flower
with the day. The -four o'clock"
awnkcS mt four o'clock in the morning
hut closes its eyes in the middle of the
day, and the dantlclion is in full bloom
Cnly while there is strong light. The
habit of some flowers is certainly curl
GUS. and furnishes one of the many
instances which prove the singular
adaptability Of everything in nature
The reason is found in the method IVY
which this class of flowers is fertilizcd
Flowers which are fcrtilizcd by
night flying insects derive no advnn.
tage from being open by day; and. on
the other hand. those which are fer
tilted by bees would gain nothing by
being open ut night. Nay. 1T would be
disadvantage. because it would rem
der them liable To be robbed of their
honey and pollen by insects which are
incapable Of fertilizing them. 1t is
possible. then, that the closing Of flow
crs may have reference to the habit Of
insects, and 1t Lay be observed. also,
In support Of this. that wind-fertilized
flowers never sleep.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-09-05
NECESSARY TO KEEP BOOKS
without Accurate Accounts No Form
Of Business Can Be Successfully
Carried On

k''r&u::taa"y. witch Is the science
of s:'&'"nrat:A:cc business. has his
tory that runs back at least 1850
years. Very early in the dnvclonmpnt
OF nations ii was found that in com
MERGE IA well rs in the affairs of state.
systematic and careful account-kcep-
Ing were Indispensable. These SyS-
TENS were. at first. crude and lnhnri.
Gus. but they at least kept the finances
Of the nation and the niarts OF trade
from being chaotip.
The invention Of double entry HOOK
keeping early In the fifteenth century
by the merchants and bankers q: Ven
Ice gave to the commerce Of Europe an
Invaluable trade instrument, and one
without which the great commercial
enterprises of the later centuries could
hardly have existed.
And SO it has been on down to the
present time; there has been Il parallel
progress between the accomplishment
OF commerce and the science OF ac-
counting. and 1t Is known to every man
in business that the former could not
continue without the latter. Even the
most unbus!neSSlike people know this
much. and we can hardly imagine any
one silly enough to attempt to carry
on any kind Of a business enterprise
without keeping books.
bookkeeping. as formal subject OF
study. is taught In most OF the public
and private schools of this country.
hut 1t is only that form of bookkeeping
that applies to the affairs of the m"r-
chant or the shopkeeper. The public
has yet to learn that bookkeeping Is
quite as necessary to the prosperity of
the wagcwOrker. the snlnried man. the
farmer and the housekeeper us it is to
the shopkeeper. the merchant or the
manufacturer.-EXch
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-09-05
Australian Water Holes.

A curious form Of water hole Is
found in the deserts OF western Aus
trglia. dry by day but yielding an
The flow OF water Is preceded by
weird kissing and sounds Of rushing
air. On examining one 1t was found
that the water supply occurred In
long narrow trench, at the bottom Of
which was a thin plate Of gneiss, sep
arated by cavity from the main rock
mass beneath. Apparently the heat
of the day causes this plate to ex-
pnnd i'm the form of depression, in
which the water retreats. When It
cools and contracts at night it forces
first air and then water back into the
trench.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-09-05
REMEDIES CALL FOR FAITH
Truly Weird and Wonderful Arc Some
"Cures" for Various Ills Of
the Human Body.

Weird and wonderful are the RENE
dies advised in different parts Of the
world for diseases which affect hui
mainly.
Sufferers from rheumatism may he
pleased to hear that there are people
who claim to have found sure cure
for their malady by binding split
mackerel around the affected part.
The town of Lee. In England, still
hnS on record the famous cure known
MS the Gee Penny" 'i'hi: coin was
brought from the Holy Land by II Cru
Snd"r. On many occasions when the
health of the people has been threat
encd this penny has been used. "Three
dips and on" swirl" in n bucket of Wal
ter were supposed To cndow the liquid
with healing properties.
In many parts of Europe 1t Is
Thought that passing under an ass n
child suffering from whooping cough
will bring instant relief.
Almost every one has heard of the
curing of warts by touching them
with wedding ring. This "cure" is
perhaps not so well known: Make the
sign of the cross on wart, ut the
same time chanting: What I see, that
l wish; what wish, that disappears"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-09-05
Women and Mice.

1t is contended that woman's fear
OF mice arises from their being cIassed
as vermin. The fact that rats carry
disease and plague Is not disputed.
Mice may not be quite so dangerous.
Their bites and scratches are trining.
But they carry disease and dirt. and
n baby sleeping in n cradle. for In.
stance, may suffer in consequence
Mothers have for ages been affected by
this dread, and in seeking to protect
their offspring from contact with mice
have unconSclouSly, we are told. bred
that feeling of nervousness which has
provided the comic artist with his
periodical picture.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-09-05
Blind Horses.

The manner in which blind horses
get about without coming to more
harm than they do Is reparkable
They rnrely. II ever, hit their heads
against Il fence or stone wall, and
will sheer Off when they come near
one. 1t appears from careful obser.
walton that 1t Is neither shade nor
shelter which warns them of the dan
ger. On an absolutely sunless and
MINDLESS day their behavior Is the
same. Their OlfactOry nerves doubt.
less become very sensitive. for they
VIII poke their heads downward In
search Of water fifty yards before they
come to stream crossing the road
way.
1t cannot be an abnormalIy dcvel-
oped sense of hearing which leads
them to do this. for they will act alike
though the water be Stagnant pool.
Men who have been blind for any
great length of time develop some
what similar instincts to blind horses.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-09-05
PLANE FOR BUDDING AVIATOR
Well Called the Penguin. Since Il
Moves Fast on Ground, but IL
Unable to Fly.

Do YOU know what penguin Is?
You may have read of it. but probably
never have seen one. The penguin is
IN aquatic bird found in the polar re-
gionS. 1t is remarkable for its Pc
cu!iar structure. 1t has only stumpS
in place of wings and. for that reason.
Is unable to fly. But 1t Is Il good
walker and an expert swimmer and
diver. The name of penguin" has
also been given to the training APP
paratuS employed to teach prospective
aviatorS the control Of the airplane or
seaplane. The name Is we'll chosen.
The penguin used for trimming Is as
unable To fly as it's arctic nameSake.
1t consists of an airplane with wings
so very small that the power of the
motor is unable to lift the airplane of
the ground or water. 1t Is supplied
with ailcrOns. elevator. rudder and
wheels exceptionally strong for rum.
ming on the ground. The apprentice Is
encouraged to run this penguin" to
his hearts content; there Is no danger
that 1t will take to the air. In q short
time he graduates to a real airplane
That can and does fly, and then he
can give all his attention to the flying
part without having to worry over the
handling Of the various controls. The
sense Of safety he enjoys while learn
Ing Is great nerve sedative to the
inexperienced aviator
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-09-05
"Catch the Dou!"

Mrs. Howe was always thoughtful
Of animals. During the reign at 241
Beacon street Of the little fox terrier
Patch. ii often fell to her lot To take
him out to walk, and she felt this to
be Il grave responsibility.
"Onc day Patch ran away on Bea-
con street, and would not come when
she called him. At this instant Doctor
Holmes. passing, paused for friendly
greeting.
"'Mrs. Howe he said, 4 trust this
fine morning.
"'Catch the dog cried Mrs. Howe
One author flew one way. one the 9th
or: between them Patch was caught
and brought in triumph home."-From
the Life Of Julia Ward Howe, by her
daughters.