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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-15
Scraps about Scrappers

COCIETY NOTE: Mr.. and Mrs.
- Michael Carrazza announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Minnie to
Alexander De Renza on Sunday, Jan
uary 1S, at their home 1921 Wolf
street.
Mr.. De Renza, it will be remembered
is one of South Philadelphia popular
younger set, weighing III pounds and
who has been anxious to caress one
Jeems Wilde, who is visiting this coun-
try from England, on the chin. Mr..
De Renza is sometimes referred to as
the petit Jack Dempsey of the Philadel-
phia bantam boxers, but he uses the
name of Battling Murray in fistic cir
Cles
Fred Fulton proved in his bout with Frank
Moran that, his ,gameness should not be
doubted Although Fulton has been boxing
Cowler, of England, at the Olympia next
WedneSday night will be 1is first Philadel-
e n e5dS p6ands Of Soxns 4ae' D9g pGhs Tg II
,..ech VS., Bob DeY%ere, AAndy, schmader VS..
,18nsSS, ' and LsS S' Houak s''' vs. EDDIE Re-
voirs.
Joe Tiplitz, fresh from. his victory over
Bop 2arry d BrdWn VIII have Sfr his
hands full with B4y hrA AfaeGk Of Enslandt fat
}4S Erady SgSSB vs. Bobbv Robdeau and joe Wright
VS.. Young Mack are other bouts,
Two other Murrays. both also little men.
are holding sway in the local pugllstic mar
ket. Tommy. a 116-pounder, is a brother of
battling, while Frankie Murray, a, cousin.
tips the beam at lOI pounds, All three are
clever mittmen.
Dundee Benny Leonard bout-but not at New
Haven Gonn Rler the sy SsW HfyeR battle
after leonard and Dundee and signed them
| for his club at Newark
/ Billy Gibson has a now lightweight. He Is
Spider Roach, and comes from the Pacific
| Coast. Roach IL said 10 be a better boxer
than Joe BENJAMIN.
Arthur Pelky isn't boxing any more, He
/ has been elected a member of Of the school
| the early White Hopes.
little thing like difference in weight to inter
fere with his matches. He has agreed to
take on Jeff Smith in Jersey city next month
| JEFF Clarke. who used TO box around here
as the Fighting Ghost, is still in the game
He takes on Sam Langford at Kalamazoo,
| Mich, tomorrow night.
Jack Ioland. who mas been having trouble
getting started, may box Eddie Mullen at a
local club text week. Negotiations for this
match are now on,
Marcus Williams has clinched a corklng
good bantam Lout for one Of his matches
Billy Hines will tackle joe Dorsey,
! IIughey Hutchinson now appears to be the
Ley Tender, Of the Phiadelphis feather.
SeEsegT TseT n0 the Ehwsight 4aHqss teo ate iP
| is anAioua for az opportunity 70 knock the
= .diadem from on Johnny lSiiE@nss hAaA.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-15


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whether
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swgal bunny III the nert fee geaIS.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-15
CoIege Football PLAYED for Students

ssATOW games
IN of to What
the public They
football to look
that where
70
of football That
WELLS known by hose interested
few
brand of ball seldom college field Every
stare small
until the last when reached the high
OF small Ohio
college There
coreg
wonderful
playing general college wells
evenly matched and that good
and he immediately notified through his receipts that his
college 1t
the desire of largo college to play only two possibly three good
possible anything but
able the smaller colleges
frghfll
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-15
BOB FOL WE'LL DENIES
CHARGE BY WHARTON
Wharton Stands Pat on
Retiring From Coaching

DIR. Charles (Buck) Wharton,
who is mentioned as possible coach
of the 1920 football team at Penn,
said yesterday that he stood patton
his retirement from active coaching,
which was announced near the close
of the 1919 season.
''It is true that I announced
then that l. had retired from active
coaching" said Doctor Wharton,
'and that holds good now"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-15

fident that the National League do0s.,.
outclass the American or rank oboen besnt
in this respect. "Show me ose stom u
the National League" he writes 80, n
has anything on Shawkey. or;usat ;uat
Il;hormahlen, Mogridge, Mays anu ana
Shore, Of the Yankees.' ano
Down to Pitching
THIS brings us down to compar.t;r.
l. pitching, inasmuch as the pitcb;..
arm has quite an intimate conneot;ass
with the opposing batting eve, ''ea
Here are the ten leading pitchers fro..
each league, including only those J,a nha
Iave worked in 200 or more inn,nun"o ,no
drawn by their records: Nss'
American League
johnson, Washington.
Cicotte, Chicago.
Mays, New York.
Sothoron, st. Louis.
Coveleskie, Cleveland.
Quinn, New York.
@. Williams, Chicago.
Shocker, st. Louis,
Pennock, Boston.
Shawkey, New York.
National League
Alexander, Chicago.
Vaughn, Chicago.
Ruether, Cincinnati.
Adams, Pittsburgh.
Douglass, New York.
Sallee, Cincinnati
Rudolph, Boston.
Cadore, Brooklyn.
Eller, Cincinnati.
Barnes, New York,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-15
TomIIn Wins Shoot

!, Fred Tomlin. one of New Jersev,s ~.
three. target shots. visited this city ye,,oIs o,s
Day to partake in a target match M 'Mnr, Mo
Philadelphia Academy shooting grounds tne me
IN the northeast section of the city Todeapp
ne ne sports new silver coat brush as a result
or his topping some nineteen gunner ,vbo
in that trap contet "no
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-15
American League
Out of Focus

Out of Focus
VOU may observe from these open
l. figures that Roush, leading the Ma
tional League, is on a figure par with
Rice, who ranks ninth in the American.
Cobb leads Roush by 63 points, and
there are four American Leaguers who
lead the Red Star by 30 points or more.
Another point to consider is this: :
Where the National League has but
eight 800 batsmen the American League
has seventeen, trifle more than two
for one. Now it is hardly likely that
the American League predominance is
nearly as great as the figures show:
The National League has no such hit
maker as Cobb and no such slugger as
Ruth.
DUT it is quite improbable that the
Id American League has eight men
toho can outhit the best man in the
older circuit.
Proof by Figures
VOU can prove by figures that the
l. American League had more than
twice as many 300 hitters as the Ma
tional League.
But you can't prove by figures what
the difference was between the two sets
of pitchers.
The American League had only, two
pitchers who allowed an average of less
than two runs to the game. They were
johnson and Cicotte.
The National League had Alexander,
Vaughn, Ruether, Toney and Adams,
although Toney worked in but ISL in
nings.
The National League had fifteen slab
men who allowed an average below ~
runs to the game; the American League
had but seven.
So far as any one can make a de-
duction from the cold, unbiased figures
lifted out of the official records. Nation
al League pitchers had a trifle more
upon the ball last year.
Reduced to closer comparison, Cobb
would have batted around .355 in the
National League and Roush would have
batted around .335 in the American. We
can't prove officially that this statement
is correct. But for that matter neither
can any one else prove that it isn't.
So at the worst we draw an even break,
which is always a moral victory in any
baseball argument.
As for pitching stats. one Of the best
baseball judges that we know of is con =
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-15
George Low Leaves BaltusroI

George Low, golf professional of the Ban
when he will take charge Of the course ssi
Bluff Point-on,Lake Champlain, N. Y. The
devote more of his time to golf architecturs' 70
Lows new charge is the third Oldest course
in the United States. and the first 10 he
built by a resort hotel. oe
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-15
IRE. WAITER HAGEN WILL CHANCE SEASICKN
FIGURES GIVE EDGE IN /
PITCHING TO NATIONAL
But Parent Circuit Has No Such Hitter as Tv Cali
No Slugger Like Babe Ruth Batting Ayer.
ages Much Higher in H. l..
BY GRANTLAND RICE
(Copuriobt, 1920, uU yi1hts reserped

TT is still quite an open point in the
l. way=ef vital statistics as to whether
American League batsmen outclass the
National Leagues output or whether
National League pitchers are quite a
bit harder to hit. Comparing the first
ten in each league, we come to this wide
discrepancy in figures-considering only
those who have played in 100 games:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-15
Professional Grid Came Here to Stay

'ETHIS crccpoaqi do~ercy and be repeated for
VCqrg o
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-15

COCIETY NOTE: Mr.. and Mrs.
- Michael Carrazza announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Minnie, to
Alexander De Renza on Sunday, Jan
uary IS, at their home, 1921 Wolf
street
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-15

Jack TOland, who mas been having trouble
getting sta rted, may box Eddie Mullen at
local club Text week, Negotiations for this
match now
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-15

good bantam Lout for one Of his matches
at the Auditorium next Tuesday night.
Billy Hines will tackle Joe Dorsey.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-15

Hughey Hutchinson now appears to be, the
weights. Whilo Tender Is elamorlng for
n crack al the lightweight title, ,Hutch'
.diadem from OF Johnny llAHAns = hnaA
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-15

JEFF Clarke. who used TO box around here
as the Fighting Ghost, Is still in the gam
He takes on Sam Langford at Kalamazoo,
Mich, tomorrow night.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-15

Arthur PelISy isn't boxing any more. He
has been elected a member of the school
board at Ford city Ont Pelky was one Of
the early White Hopes.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-05-08
MOST POPULAR AMENDMENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE
 AMERICAN CONSTITUTION

Within three weeks from the date 1t was signed in June. 1919, nine states had ratified the Federal Suffrage Amendment. That was one-fourth of the total number required. Of those nine states seven were already in ses- sion and could make quick work of ratification. After that it was ques- tion of calling special sessions for the special purpose of ratifying, as all the other 34 legislative sessions of 1919 had closed Yet so widespread was the sentiment for ratification that within three months, in spite of ex- pense, in spite of summer heat, in spite of everything. eight states had called special sessions. Before the end of 1919 five more had called special ses- sions and ratified. January, 1920, was ushered in by ratification in two states that held regular sessions. Another state, New Jersey, took advantage of it's regular session to ratify in Febru- ary. But 1920 is not a Legislature year." Very few states were in regu- lar session.
 So the main hope for ratification came right back to the special ses- sion. Six governors in all called special sessions during the brief month of February. Three more called special sessions in March. Thirty-five states acted on the amendment be- tween June 5, 1919, and March 9, 1920 Not one of the eighteen preced- ing amendments to the federal con- stitution has made such time record in view of the number of ratifca- tions needed in each case; federal amendment today needs three times as many notifications as were needed to ratify the twelfth, for instance, which has held the speed record up te now.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-05-08
2ND MISSION COMES FROM
 PHILIPPINES
Body Headed by Senate Presi. dent Quezon Reiterates De-
 mand for Independence.

That the Filipino people are in earn est in their demand for immediate in- dependence Is indicated by the coming to the United States of second Philip pine mission to work for independence. Coincident with this announcement the War Department deceived cable from Manila stating that the all-Filipino leg islature had adopted resolutions re. iterating it's plea for immediate inde- pendence.
 The second mission, like the first, is composed of the leading men of the is- lands and will work in the United States not only for immediate inde- pendence, but also to bring about "bet- ter understanding, greater confidence and closer economic relations between the United States and the Philippines" l"
 The mission Is again headed by Man uel L. Quezon, president of the Philip pine Senate, who is well known in America, having been foi six years res fdent commissioner to the United
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-05-08
SPECIAL SESSIONS.

Called to Ratify the Federal Suffrage
 Amendment.
 In 26 states the governors have re- sponded to the plea of the women of the state for a special session to rati- fy the Federal Suffrage Amendment. They are:
 Michigan (alreadyz in special ses- sion when. the Federal Suffrage Amend ment was passed on June 4 and rati-. fled on June 1O), Kansas, New York, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Montana. Nebraska, Minnesota, New Hampshire. Utah, California, Maine, North Dako- ta, South Dakota, Colorado, Oregon, Indiana, Wyoming, Nevada, Idaho, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, West Virginia and Washington.
 The nine states that have ratified in regular session are: Illinois, Wiscon- sin, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Texas, Rhode Island and Kentucky.
 Connecticut's Legislature is for rati- fcation. If Governor Holcomb will call a special session, to Connecticut will go the honor of making the per feet 36
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-05-08

States. MT. Quezon and the Hon. Ser. gio Osmena, Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives and Vice President of the Council of State, are the leaders of the Nacionalista party, which has been in power since 1907.
 While Speaker Osmena is not so well known in the United States as Quezon, he is considered one of the ablest men in the islands. Senate President Que xon recently referred to Osmena as "the greatest Filipino since Rizal."
 The personal relations between Os- mena and Quezon are probably without a parallel In modern politics. They have been the leading political figures in the islands for 12 years, yet there has never been the slightest indication of rivalry between them. Throughout their college life as well as their long political service each has refused to be a candidate for any position that the other aspired to.
 During the years Quezon was the Philippine delegate in the American Congress he won the esteem and con- fidence of both the Republican and Democratic sides of the chamber. Whenever he spoke he was assured of a good attendance. One of the official short hand reporters once declared Quezon used the purest English of any member of the House.
 0smena, as president of the Nacion- alIsta party, is the leader of the na- tional movement for independence.
 "Osmena is the premier de facto' of the Philippines" said a leading Filipi-
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-05-08
GAN MAKE HER OWN BLouSES
Accomplished Seamstress Able to. Save Many Dollars in Construct
 ing Wearing Apparel.

If you can do fine tucking and hem stitching by hand you can have sev- eral distinguished blouses of the fine handkerchief linen sort so fashion able this spring. One blouse may be hemstitched in ladder effect down the front. Another may have tucks and lines of hemstitching in attenuation across the front. Still another may have tucks running down from the shoulder line and a narrow vest of horizontal tucks. The neck may be finished with fiat collar, tucked or hemstitched, or with three tiny, over Tapping frills of lace. Or with an em- broidery beading run with black vel vet ribbon. The beading should take half-inch ribbon and should be attach ed to rounded out neckline so that it will stand up straight-like lit- tie collar.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-05-08
Y | YfnlONG | l
 SPORTS
Benny Leonard and Johnny Dun dee have boxed eight times.

Benny Leonard and Johnny Dun dee have boxed eight times.
 America will not send polo team to the Olympic games next summer. E Miami is to have another eighteen hole golf course. making three in all
 The western open golf championship will be held just ahead of the national open meet.
 w. L. Hayward has been coaching University of Oregon athletic squads sixteen years.
 Lula F., 2 :31 1-2, the only record per former sired by Lu Princeton, has just been exported to Europe.
 Jack Dempsey was indicted for stacking just as he was preparing to go over and fight in France.
 The draft records indicate that while Jack Dempsey is unquestionably a fighter, he is highly specialized.
 
 Paul Kuhn has purchased 600Iacre farm near Tere Haute to be utilized to replace the present Forest park farm.
 Harvard will meet Princeton and the University of Pennsylvania in a trian- gular regatta on the Charles river on May 1.
 B. B. Sizemore. '21. has been elected captain of the varsity football eleven for next fall at the Alabama Polytech- nic Institute.
 Jess Jackson, the crack Los Angeles back stroke swimmer, has transferred his residence to San Francisco and will represent the Olympic club hereafter.
 James T. Laird, capfafn-eIect of the Colgate football team, has been de- clared a professional and debarred from participating in Colgate univer- sity athletics.
 New England Amateur Rowing asso- citation recently reelected Dr. George Magrath as president for the twentieth term and John J. Corrigan, secretary for the thirtieth consecutive year.
 Yale's big indoor cage where athletes practice is large enough to allow infield baseball practice, in fact practice games as well as general batting, pitching and base running drill.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-05-08
ONE BASEBALL GAME
 ENDS WITH TRAGEDY
Soldier-PIayers Used tDud''
 Shell for Home Plate.
As Batter Slapped Shell With He Bat Preparatory to Making Hit, He Struck Nose-cap, Causing
 Terrific Explosion.

Here's story of one baseball game that ended with tragedy:
 In the spring of 1917, when all Amer ica was interested in the results of the big leagues and perhaps more so in the fact that we were at war with the Roche, two Canadian infantry teams from the distinguished Third Canadian division, lined up for friendly game at place called Neuvifle-St. Vast.
 The game had progressed as the usual game does with all the cat calls, etc, handed to the pitcher and the um- pire.
 The --th battalion were winning the game up until the fifth inning, when the Mounted Rife battalion, who were opposing them, suddenly gave a spurt of speed and tied the score
 End of the fifth inning, score tied, -th battalion at bat and two men on base.
 Corp. Roberts is called to bat.
 He is an old-tfmer, boy who has played ball in the States long before he took up the profession of soldier ing.
 Everyone is watching both the bat lSE anu tue ptIc1GE. IHG plIcaeT Wl10SE himself up into horrible knot, straightens out and throws the ball.
 Whang-z-zzz.
 A terrible explosion rends the air, smoke and the acrid smell of higflex- plosive fill the nostrils
 When the smoke cleared away a heart-rending sight greeted the eyes of the fans.
 The home plate had disappeared and with it eight men who were grouped around the batter. hoping that he would make a hit and bring the men on base home.
 Fourteen wounded and eight dead the. sad total Of the game.
 Old Fritz would have smiled if he had known about if. Perhaps he did. who knows?
 Upon investigation it developed that the men were using dud eight inch German shell for the home plate, and as the batter slapped the plate with his bat preparatory to making hit. he struck the nose-cap of the dud and exploded the shell with its tragic re- suits.
 But, of course that sort of thing was an everyday occurrence and the next day, after the boys had attended the military funeral of their dead com rades. the game was in full swing again.
 Cest In guerre.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-05-08
MUST BE ORIENTAL
Present-Day Dress Accessories
 Almost Barbaric.
Beads, Earrings and oddly-Adornea Hats Are Among Styles Offered
 by Paris.

There is splendor almost barbaric in present-day accessories of dress, notes Paris fashion writer. Although production in Europe is not more than 15 per cent of normal, there appears to be no curtailment in purely decorative things. Along with the far eastern ideas that just now are embodied in clothes comes the use of bright colorS; and in color alone there is limitlesS possibility for extravagant effects.
 Oriental girdles of brilliantly color ed galalith or of beads are worn over sweaters, gowns, coats and even negli- gees. There are huge earrings, set with colored stones. No less person than Lewis of Paris. makes hats with chains and earrings hanging from be- heath the brfm, the chains going across from one side of the brim to the other like rows of necklaces.
 One hat goes so far as to have a Spanish comb thrust into the side for trimming. This is a tiny hat, with an upro1ling brim in front and cut very short in the back. It is overhung with a draped veil. the folds of the drapery being fastened with the comb.
 Wells, too, are draped under the chin, after the manner of the strings of beads mentioned above. These oddly adorned hats act as foils for the new smooth cofffure that shows the hair drawn tightly back, without curl or wave of any sort, and the ends rolled under and pinned high at the back of the head, striking mode of dressing the hair. but a trying one for many women. No ornament of any sort is worn with this type of hair dressing, unless it be a Spanish comb thrust into one side of the coif.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-05-08
searfa With Packets.

Wide searfs of sable are made with outside pockets, after the fashion of the woolen sport scarfs. The woolen scarfs, by the way, come in greater variety than ever before-and more charming variety, too. They are soft and wide and in lovely color combina- tions, sometimes in stripes, sometimes simply in blended weaves of different col0red threads.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-05-08

no journalist, now in America. "A very conscientious and tireless worker, thorough and persistent, a genius for grasping the big features as well as the smallest details of public affairs, cool headed, quiet by temperament and education, deep thinker, an eloquent speaker. polished writer, keen ob- server of men-such is Osmena."
 Both Osmena and Quezon have been consistent advocates of Philippine In. dependence, yet when the occasion de- manded 1t they have never hesitated to champion the cause of Americas good intentions toward the Filipino people
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-05-08
FILIPINOS WANT
 AMERICA TO GIVE
 INDEPENDENCE
Maximo M. KalaW Declares U. s. Cannot Consistently Refuse
 "SeIf-Determination."
By MAKING M. kALAW, Secretary of the Philippine Mission. Au- thor '"The Case for the Filipinos." Self Government in the
 Philippines" etc.

'When they show sufficient capaci- ty," "When they are able to govern
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-05-08

tn e m s e ] V e s, !"
 !" W h e n t h e y are e d u c a t e d enough T h u s run the answers of many Ameri- cans pressed with the question as to when the Fflipi- nos s h o Id be granted their in- dependence. Now. ability" "capad- ty'' and "sum-
 cient education"
 What do they mean in black
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-05-08

 a of
 
 
  Georgia Bill  released Louisville in ceived
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-05-08

Yale's big indoor cage where athletes practice is large enough to allow infield baseball practice, in fact practice games, as we'll as general batting. pitching and base running drin.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-05-08

New England Amateur Rowing asso- citation recently reelected Dr. George Magrath as president for the twentieth term and John J. Corrigan, secretary for the thirtieth consecutive year.