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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-28
MACK'S PITCHERS
CUT EN- LOOSE
First Hard Workout, for Which
They Will Be Fed Well Today.
Game Tomorrow
QUARTET SINGS FOR 85c

Lake Charles, La, Feb. 2S.-Man-
ager Mack allowed his pitchers to cut
loose yesterday for the first time.
Bill Grcvell gave great domonstra-
tion of his curve ball. which pleased
Connie.
ROmmcll took no part in practice be-
cause of a slight attack of tonsi'itis.
Perry. who has had but little practice,
is naturally sore and stiff about the
muscles.
The players are taking advantage Of
all diversions offered.
Murphy and Kinney left at noon
yesterday on shooting trip with sey..
eral hotel men in quest os quail. II
they are lucky. big quail supper will
be served today.
Styles has organized quartet OF
songsters and their first spring training
in the lobby of the Majestic Hotel today
resulted in a collection of eighty five
cents, which was taken up by Colonel
Colvcrt, the hotel owner.
Manager Mack has prepared his line.
up for Sundays game, when his bat.
terry men meet the Lake Charles semi
pro team. 1t follows: Myatt. 1b; Per-
kins, c; Kinney, cf; +. Keefe, 2b;
Rommell Sd: Eckert, rf; Pierson, e;
Harris, Hasty and Gibson. pitchers. He
has loaned the following battery to the
Scminrof club: Styles. .; Martin. left.
handed. and Bigbee and Grevell. right
handed pitchers. Each finger will work
three innings.
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R. c. \. BASEBALL
NOW UNDER WAY
Nineteen Batterymen Begin In
door Practice in Gym at Broad
and Vine Streets

Answering call issued by Coach
William Ferguson, nineteen batterymen
of Roman Catholic High School re-
norted for practicc in the auditorium.
This is the largest SQUAD that ever
turned out for any Catholic High School
team.
Twelve of this big snuad are asnirants
for pitching jobs. while the remainApr
are cntchcrs. The pitching candidates
are Butrus. O'Connor. Retter. Craw-
lev. Laughlin. McGovern. Celia. Nc
Entee, Bovle. Thomas Kcnncdy. Nc
Ca'l and Jamison. Three OF these men,
M"Govern. Celia and McEntee. have
nitched before on the Catholic High
team.
The catchers are headed BY Cantain
lake Kennedy. Others are Tolond,
Vivial, GEORGE O'R"icn. O'Nciu. Max
onnell. A'dworth aud Kcrns. Kennedy
and Nivia' are back from last year.
The baseball schedule follows:
Sail" away: 9th. Germantown High. home
14th reserved. 18th. 81 Josenh's Pren
AVA; 10th. Southern High home; goth.
Ntlan9ya Prep. away; 2Sd weet Phradei.
away
May ,Norteast High. horro: 5th La souc.
home; 1th. Germantown High. away: l1th.
PpTm&r"t Gent o High; away ;roh i2th ST. Joseph :
2lst. West Philadelphia High. away; 18th.
West Catholic High. away; 26th. reserved
18th. FRAN" ford High. home; 3lst Allan.
tic City High. away.
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STATE BASEBALL
REVIVAL PLANNED
Hugo Bezdek Has Many Vet
Grams Ready to Battle for
Positions This Spring

State College. Pa. Feb. 2S.-HuCo
Bezdek for the last two seasons man
eger Of the Pittsburgh National League
baseball team, and now athletic director
ar Penn Stotn has takon tho initial
steps in the formation of the college niuC
for next spring. With all kinds of
good material from which to draw, State
expects to put team on the field that
will make baseball history for the in
stitution this year.
One Of the most noNu,ar snOrts Mt tho
college, baseball, dropped off to great
extent during the war. and great
comeback Is cXnccted this year. Bczdek
has had his battery men working in .
doors for the last two weeks. and on
Monday he will issue his call for the
remaining positions.
The season will opCn with n tilt with
Yale at WASHINGTON. y. c.. the first
game on Penn States annual sOuthorr
trip. Two eastern trips are planned this
wear. and the only western game i.
with Pitt at Pittsburgh.
Bezdck has a great wealth of infield
material. with at least two veterans
for every uosition. Speed and heavy
Nltting ahlIltY are 'tTOng points FOR Al
outficld veterans who are back in col
lcge this year. Bill Mullan. basketball
star and Cantain OF last years nine
Tightncr. Eillinger and Grubb are al
veteran outfielders. Killingcr is also
working out as q backstop. and Brum
baugh. former freshman captain, vii
push him for the job.
In the pitching line are Gramley. {
veteran of two years varsity experience
Hunter. Thomas, McCollum and Trap
homer. All of them look good and ar,
gradually working into condition.
Frank Wolfe. Livingston and KNAPP
have bids in for the first base job, ant
Mearkle and CaDtain Korb are sure t.
hold down second and short. respective
". Raublitz. last years third baseman
and Hams. the football and basketball
star, will he strong candidates for tn,
third sack job.
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BOB MAXWELL


horizon and all the changed
victories
basketball
bills. OF all of this
pleasing to the the University.
The other the PENNSYLVANIA the student daily the Red and Blue
that just about hit the bean something like that 1t wouldn't
which
writing this is Lon Jurde coach the Penn basketball for the
marve with basketball Penn He has the
basketball
are nov hard why
championships
in in
wide
and
The
However improving.
tonight it will be the
DESTDES
ID Whch
This to
IS u o the
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LEFT ARM FOLLOWS
STRAIGHT WITH CLUB
Bring 1t Right Through Line ToVard the Hole,
Says Ma. Marston-Explains His Golf Primer,
Which Is His 4 B G of Links
BY SANDY McNIBLICK
4. which is the finish Of my follow

tion 4, which is the finish Of my follow
through.
This is the A. B. G. of my swing. :"
continued MarstOn. "and I believe the
most important part is the follow
through. I bring straight left arm.
after the ball is hit. right through on a
line towards the hole. Any going off
that line will spoil the shot"
When Marston first played golf he
found his ruling vice was to sway in
making his drives. In order to over
come this he began playing his left foot
slightly in ADVANCE of the right. 1t Is
knee rigid. in the back swing, and,
almost to the impact with the ball. on
the forward swing. This comes more
naturally if the left foot is forward.
For iron shots. where there is not
50 much tendency to sway as with the
wood, MarStOn reverseS and finds it
helps to play with the right foot for
ward.
lie nlaye his ball OFF his right foot on
his irons because the shot Is mad" on
the downward swing Of the club. while
in driving the ball is nearly of his left
heel. This is to get it away clearly
almost as the club is coming up.
Il believe" explained the New Jer-
SCy champ on. 'that the neart or the
punch in a golf shot is in a slow back
swing. If player comes back fast, he
not only loses his sight on the ball, but
ho takes all the life out Of his shot.
He has got to make another shot from
there. He has used up the vigor OF
his shot before he has made it. The
greatest power and speed of the club
head must be in coming dow and it's
not there if it's all used up going back
when it's not needed"
Marston likcned his follow through
lie demonstrated. holding his club in
his left hand only and going straight
through as a left handed tennis player
would play a back hand shot.
Il consider the part of the stroke
after the ball is hit" he said, 'as
the most important. Follow through
makes for a good shot or bad one.
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the present general tendency to sno.,
as though our second rate proun peas
wrestlers today could compare ,,,,u al
Gotch,. Within the last twenty yaaua .n
there have been three champions ,rhs
have stood far ahead of the fo,s ~ho
champions-Ty Cobb in batting W;pqlII pqlI
Hoppe In billiards and Gotch In wrnn ,e
ting. These men have shown n o,e..
that lifted their championships ahons
doubt. aooVe
l saw, Frank Gotch In all ~ II.
principal matches. and am cony;ncIns I
that after he reached his ton form o,,,
gained the championship that no naou nau
on the face of the earth could Than hun
him in 100 years. trying. Both HooI
enschmidt and Stanislaus Zbyzsko ,ron.
h'tter than the present crop of wres' e
tiers. VI "res-
Wladeck Zbyzsko made no nreto,s.
OF being the equal of his older brotbos
and yet he has been fully able to Lnid
his own with Lewis. Stecher and Coa
dock. / recall how Stanislaus ZbvzsIo
went through our list of also rams 7
believe that 1t then took Gotcb soos
six seconds to throw him and perbnns
twenty odd minutes to throw him q
second time. In those days wrestlera
did not become such weaklings that thew
had to limit a match to single fall,
Such debates as the can never be
proved, but l would like no easier tb;ns
than chance to bet that Gotcb coulS
throw any five of the present -day CON
tcstants in one evening and never even
be in danger. 1t seems to me n pitifni
partime to try to detract from the few
really great champions there have ever
been. w. w n"
Bakers Average
NTSN'T it true" questions CORE.
l. spondcnt. that Frank Baker has
averaged more than 300 for his com.
plete career?'
Not quite. Baker, for his first 1000
ball games up through 1916 averaged
exact'v 200. We have not figured ont
his full record since, but II is not suf.
ficiently high to lift him into the 400
class. JIMMY ro"ine averaged mora
an 300, but Jimmy belonged 70
another period az he was at his prime
twenty years ago.
Heinie Zimmerman averaged .302 for
his first 1000 games through 1915, but
the Great Zim skidded trife later on,
THE next event Oh the program will
L be Kid March VS.. Battling Winter.
Our prediction is knockout for the
Kid inside of thirty one rounds,
First call Tor ten foot puts and
slices out of bounds.
Copyright. 1920 All rights reservcd.) .
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"BiIF' Roper to Coach
Tiger EIeven Again

Princeton, N. j., Feb. IS
RIP" Ronrr. who last fall coached
the Tiger eleven that tied Harvard
10 to 10 and defeated Yale IL to u
in the bowl at New Haven. has
signed two year contract to coach
the 1920 and 1921 Princeton
e'evens. The official announcement
nf Ronrr's retention as the Orange
and Black mentor was made today
after II meeting of the Board Of
Athletic Control.
Roper ut present is living in Phil
adelphia. where he recently was
elected a member Of the City Coun-
ell.
1t was also announced that
Red" Gennert, center on the 1917
team and coach Of last autumn's uu-
defeated freshman team. will return
to Princeton this fall as coach Of
the 1924 freshman eleven.
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Grand and Glorious Golf.Seeing XoNage


NOV Boston
fans make abroad the British
play the a
Of France and Belgium and have holiday general The
be "rvian
liberty do pea though
split the which will leave the States about May Do
the
the the dos taken houses
fields and things
Thursdays of the six American
championship
ALREADY begin float of other players
andW Walter Hagen
leading American
whether he will But his cady Eddie Lowry
mir. oumot going over announces this parsonage simply
considerably dissatisfied
lie failed much
in French championship
of CHEEKY
nndo able
who brny
OUIMET 10 Engand old
" His duuL his the things
the he all
al WheR he
thousands
proceeded make the shot
him back this
he For tho
al, and the shank Of s olgb
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c. Follow through straight with the
left arm straight.
Il have brought my whole game
down to these three fundamental
rules, said the national star re-
Gently, land if I an going wrong I
can trace it to breaking one of my
\. B. C.'s, and can correct the fault. "
MarStOn, at one time or another, has
beaten many of the stars ranked with
him as "America's best ten" is pro
mincnt contender in every event he
enters, and sooner or later is sure tC
break out there in front as national
champion. The simple rules on which
he bases his game are, therefore, the
more surprising.
My swing" stated Marston, "is @
matter of four positions. in all my
shots. When | swing back from thu
ball my left arm is straight as far
back as it will go. That is one posi-
ton. The second is reached by bending
my elbows with the break of my
wrists and l have reached No. .
which is the top of my backswing.
"On the forward swing ] follow
through with rigid left arm after the
hit, though the left is slightly bent at
the moment of impact with the ball
When have reached the farthest point
my straight left arm can follow through
| have reached the third position.
cant go through with my left arm
straight a-y longer, so the wrists nat
urally break and | am now in posi-,
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Jourdet Kno,rs Human Nature

Of n
coaching
a
of the
praise and
whip,
he their pointing their mild
ndomitab
that knows defeat and this mbued into the play the Quakers
University That in 1913 He signed basketball coach in 1914
although didn't championship
1915 quintet copped the title The dvved little 0G17
there championship stake Of the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-28
IT'S HIGH TIME MACK
INTRODUCED NEWTYJRN
Sport NeUer offered More Startling Upheaval Thou
Connie's Record OF FiUe Good Teams and Fine
Very Bad Ones During Last Ten Years
BY GRANTLAND RICE

| A ND in the spring the young recruit s
"A fancy lightly turns to beating the
veteran out of job.
VOU might also add that in the
i spring a livelier batting eye comes
upon the FURNISHED athlete before the
pitcher has the justly celebrated Hop to
His Fast One fully adjusted.
'.. The Lucky 400
A TRIFLE more than 400 major league
"A ball players, including quite few
who won't be major leaguers very many
weeks, will be, on their way to Dixie
within the next twenty four hours.
There was q day when each manager
expected to find at least two or three
promising candidates in his list of
youngsters, but this season the number
Of recruits who will break through the
barrier will be far below the average.
There seems to be case of Stand Pat
all through both leagues, largely for
the reason that new talent has become
extremely scarce, much after the manner
Of everything else except strikes and rent
raises.
Which reminds us how lucky these
400 are. Think what it would mean to
a nation If every citizen could take the
month Of March off to get in fine physi-
cal shape for the big drive ahead.
c. Mack's Amazing Record
NTHERE will 1920 land the amazing
w Mr.. Mack, of Philadelphia? This
query arises from his amazing record
of the last ten years.
Sport has never offered such startl-
ing upheaval as this accounting:
1910-American League pennunt /;
world championship.
1911-American League pennant !;
world championship.
1912-Strong contender for Ameri-
can League pennant.
1013-American League pennant !;
world championship.
1914-American League pennant.
1915-Bad last.
1916-Bad last.
1917-Bad last.
191S-Bad last.
!, 1019-Bad last.
Having divided the ten years into
equal portions of success and failure, 1t
is now high time that Mr.. Mack was
introducing new turn. Championship
ball clubs are not built in a day, but u
capable, experienced manager should be
able to finish point or two above
last place with five years in which to
operate.
GOtch VS.. the Field
InEAR SIR was very glad to
- read your paragraph on Frank
Gotch. I have been much annoyed by
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Abe AtteN Was Champion -Four Years and Six Months

to of
w
s
All
which will lot straight Atel
compiled recognized the world
Atte defeated
weight
Of
then
Attl claim,
February
rounds by frankie Neil Francisco.
Able
lyan the which staged St Louis,
technical knockout Also this entitled Sullivan
April
himself SIan this Brooklyn
the finish of rounds Los Angeles Calf.
G AcH recognised champion years
including months 1885, the
SuLiran,
rrdct ByooElyn
outpointe ed by lbdne.
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Fine Golf Scores at Plnehurst

Pinehurst. N. c., Feb. 2s,-Allon Lart:
OF u W Chase. and +. ID. Kennedy, o,
80 3S--7I On 40 cNamrlnnshln CNurS" az
PinehurEt yesterday In the course OF matcn
in which thcy defeated i. @. ShIndler q
Fox Hills, and c, II. Barnes, or Phiads'
phIa, by and g.
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Yale Basketeers Triumph

New Haven. Conn. Feb. 2s.-Yale Do
feated Dartmouth. ~ 10 81, In an lntercol:
legiate League basketball game here Ia"
night.
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Y AIARSTON,

Az MARSTON,
who has probably
won more g o | I
tournaments than
any other player
in the country,
and who has for
years ranked q
first ten posi- :
ton. plays all his
toolf p,,imnr ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-28

DENN fortunate in hocing like Jourd More
Red and Blue higher
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-28

A ND in the spring the young recruit,
"A fancy lightly turns to beating the
veteran out of q job.
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LON .JOURDET, PENN
COACH, DESERVING OF
MIRACLE-MAN TITLE
Quaker Tutor Has Record Seething With Victories
During Fiue.Yer Stretch-Win OUer Dartmouth
Tonight VIII Settle Race
BASEBALL FANS!

weeks the baseball ciH be breaking
Here's tip
BOB MAXWELL
(Yon knoD Bob
rs
daily through these talent
appear the EVENING PUBLIC
LEDGER
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shots ont of his own golf primer"
He has made up his own "a. 3.
C.'s" of the game and here they are
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INCONSISTENCIES FINED

At the March term of the Frank
fort Federal Court last week there
we're a number of convictions for NO
lating the revenue laws. In the case
against Jeff Ballard and his two
sons. Albert and Robert Ballard, OF
Menefee County, charged with moon
shining, Robert was convicted and
sentenced to fine of $500 and given
six months in Jail. The jury failed
to agree in the case of Albert Bal
lard and were discharged. jeff Bal
lard was acquitted. In Inc case of
Sam Jesse and Oscar jackson, who
were charged with having whiskey in
their possession, they we're fined $50
and costs.
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LEGISLATURE ADJ0URNS

The 1920 session of the General
Assembly of Kentucky came to a
turbulent end last night amid scenes
of hilarity in the House of Represen-
tatives, while in the Senate the clos
ing hours were marked by the most
bitter political dispute that has
shaken the upper chamber since the
first gavel fell in January.
The victorious Republicans, with
natural majority in the House and
Burton majority in the Senate, gath
cred up the odds and ends of their
legislative program today and, ap-
plying the bluntest of steam roller
tactics when they were necessary to
overcome Democratic opposition, they
forced their will through to the end.
The administration program has been
enacted practically in its entirety.
Their victory was not accomplish
ed, however, without a sacrifice, for
Lieutenant Governor Ballard, after
having established record as pre-
siding officer throughout the session
for fairness in his decisions, fell from
his pedestal and became a partisan
fighter with his colleagues on the
floor when it was necessary to make
his party win.
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COUNTRY womEN's CLUB

The regular meeting Of the coun-
try Women's Club was held yesterday
in their club rooms, presided over by
the president, Mrs. Charles D. High
land. Officers for the coming club
year were elected as follows: Mrs.
Charles Anderson, president; Mrs.
Wilmot X. Prewitt, vice president;
Mrs. s. D. Hall, secretary and Miss
Georgia B. Sledd, treasurer. Follow
ing the business meeting a program
was given. Mrs. Will Howell read an
excellent paper on "The Pilgrims
and Mrs. w. X. Prewitt gave a read
ing from Miles Standish that was
greatly enjoyed.
The meeting was then turned ovei
toathe hostesses, Mrs. M. A. Prewitt
Mrs. B. p. Jeffries, Mrs. W. K. Prev
lit, Mrs. j. Keller johnson and Mrs
Fisher Mark, who served lovely re.
freshments.
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YOUNG MATRoN DIES

Mrs. Ollie Kissick died yesterday
at / o'clock A. NJ, at her home near
Aaron's Run. She was the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry M. Booth and
was born and reared in this county,
and was well known and highly res
pected. A woman of lovely charac-
ter and high ideals, a devoted wife
and mother, she will be greatly miss
ed in this community. Mrs. Kissick,
besides her parents, leaves four chill
bred to mourn her loss. The funeral
took place at her late home at 10 80
o'clock this morning, followed by
burial in the North Middletown Gem
etery.
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FRANK GARDNER DIES

Mr.. Frank Gardner, formerly of
this city, died last night in Licking
ton at the Eastern State Hospital,
after an illness of several weeks. The
remains were brought to Mt. Sterling
on the noon train today and taken
Co the home of his sister, Mrs. Mary
Samuels on West Main street, where
funeral services will be held tomor-
row afternoon at 8 o'clock. Burial
will take place in Machpelah Gene
terry. Mr.. Gardner or "Uncle Frank u
as he was Familiarity known, was
about seventy years of age. He was a
member of the Presbyterian church
and was an earnest Christian. He is
survived by two sisters, Mrs. Eliza
Jordan and Mrs. Mary Samuels, both
of this city.
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MT STERLING, KENTUCKY. THURSDAY MARCH IS. 1920
MEETING OF FARMERS UNION

There will be a meeting of the
Farmers Union at the Courthouse on
Saturday, March goth at 10 o'clock
p. M. The meeting last Saturday
was quite success. Twenty-three
signed for membership-in the union.
Mr.. E. L. Harrison, president OF the
Farmers Union Of Kentucky, will be
on hand to complete the organization
and give us our charter
1t is hoped that large number OF
farmers Of Montgomery county will
be present and join the Union. The
time has come when the farmers must
organize for the protection of their
interests. Don't forget to come, and
don't forget the hour, Saturday after
noon. March Goth, at o'clock.
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PULLMAN PORTER KILLED

According to reports received here
the negro pullman porter on the L. Il
N. train was shot and killed by an
other negro at Winchester today
when he alighted to help passengers
from the train. From the best in
formation obtainable the tragedy oc-
Cured as follows: The porter had
just alighted on the platform when he
was approached by another negro,
who asked if he knew his wife. The
porter promptly informed him he did
not know his wife or him either, and
the negro drew a revolver and began
firing, shooting him five times and
killing him instantly. The names Of
neither of the negroes is known, but
the one who did the shooting is a
mechanic, employed at the Lowery
Garage, and is now in jail in VIM
chester.
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HANGING BILL WINS

Reversing its action of two weeks
ago, the Senate Tuesday passed by a
vote Of 20 to 15,. Representative Arch
Hamilton's Hanging Bill, providing
for public hanging in the county
wherein the crime was committed, as
the penalty for rape or attempted
rape. Amended before its passage
in the House last week to provide
that the execution be in an inclosure,
with the attendance limited to 100,
'e bill came to the Senate bearing
the Governors stamp of approval,
and its passage, therefore, assures its
enactment into law.