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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-27

The official 1920 golf season at Cobb's
Creek municipal links opens on Satur-
day.
The qualifying round has already
been played. In fact they have been
playing 1t every day since January I.
but nevertheless the season over the
public course will open on Saturday.
Permits for the new season are now
on sale at Superintendent Hunters
desk in the locker house and it looks as
though the season of 1920 would break
| all records for the number of rounds
played over the sole public links in
Philadelphia.
The course opencd in May. 1915.
Memorial Day, II memory serves cor
rectly, and 23O golfers. and others. teed
off.
That Philadelphia had been starving
for just such chance to play golf and
over course that was open to the
public was well shown in the following
month Of June when the number that
drove off the first tee jumped to more
than 26OO citizens. In virtually only
seven months of play the total number
that gelfcd at Cobb's Greek in the year
/ 1916 was 2S.032.
| year there came the war. But during
Of 1916 was eclipscd by 1000 tho first
year and II 900 the second. Last year
~, 2,033 players received score cards at
the first tee, being registered by the
caddy master, which is the way the
count is taken.
Hundreds, even thousands of golfers
there who have their permits may have
passed up the score card process and
some figure the number that actually
| played Cobb's Greek last year in the
nelghborhood of $4,000.
The perils of an unusually severe
winter have kept the number down
this year lower than ever before
for January, February and March, but
IL the number of players out there dur
ing the recent sunny weather is any
harbinger, records should be broken this
year.
Some say COO golfers tced of there
| Sunday. At any rate the entire course.
at short length intervals. was Uttered
with foursomcs or disrupted groups
searching for ball and playing their
shots. The same thing was true Thurs
day and probably other days We didn't
see the course
| Recruits 60 the game arc coming to
| Cobb's Greek from all parts of the city,
from Camden and so forth. Machines
are parked there in numbers as great as
at the tournament of country club.
There is real need for public golf
course in each of the four corners of
Philadelphia. Public spirited players
are discussing the golf needs of the
Quaker City quite seriously. Cobb s
Creek cannot and should not take care
of all those who wish to play golf here
on a public course.
1t is difficult TO figure how the work
on the course is done so well, in the
midst of IA constant parade of players.
Those in charge are to be congratulated
! for keeping the course in playing con
dition. year in and out, as they have.
But that only makes it more popular.
which brings more players, which makes
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-27
WEST PH|LL|ES IN
WINNING STREAK
Defeat Central High in League
TiIt-GermantoWn Still
in Lead

"Watch West Philadelphia. That
was the Germantown High battlecry a
few weeks ago when it was predicted in
scholastic ranks that the team which
would give the champions tho most
trouble would be the bunch from across
the Schuylkill. "If West Phillics can
hit they said up in Germantown.
"thpn'-well, watch those Spccdboys ="
There is cvcry reason to suppose that
the West Phillics deserved all the com
pliments handed out to them and that
baseball dope at Germantown was OK
West Philadelphia made it three straight
in the 1ntcrscholastic League yesterday
beating Central High ! to 3 in n we'll
played game. 1t was one of the best
contests in the league in spite Of the
many errors. and the Specdboys didn't
win by a big margin.
Powers, the star left fielder. was the
hero of the game. Powers was clever
ut bascrunning. was alert in the field
and walloDed the ball when has Were
Leeded. He scored the winning yin in
the eighth and broke up a rally by Cen
tral when he caught a long fly and
threw it to Wplch in time to make q
double play. Powers also made n three
base hit West Philadelphia landed on
Russell for twelve hits and played II
Snappy game.
Ridley Park High School athletes are
cated over the showing Of the team in
the game with Lansdowne High yester-
day. Ridley Park winning. 10 to s.
Ferdette really won the game for Rid
ley Park. His two two baggers came at
good time. and he did splendid work
behind the plate. Krcig. the left fielder,
also did more than his share in bringing
home the game. Nollmcr pitched fine
game. and in holding Lansdowne to two
hits he performed stunt which sur
prised the home fans.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-27
SPORTS AMONG AMATEURS

LNOR the coming season, the German =
l. town Boys Club will have the fast
est eighteen nineteen year -old team in
its existence. The management Of the
club has combed the list of applicants
and picked most worthy team to rep
resent the club.
The lineup will include the following
Mcdonnell. catcher: Livzey. pitcher ;
Gcbhart. first base; Jones. second base ;
Sibcl, third base; Nunneviller. short
stop, and Lightcep, Young and j. Sibel,
outield.
Manager Wilkinson would like to
schedule games with eighteen nineteen =
year .old teams willing to travel to Ger =
mantown's grounds for a reasonable
guarantee. Address George Wilkinson,
5O41 Wade street. Germantown.
Sunshine club (away). first class.
wylIo 1910 North Front street.
Edwin Fitier Club Chome). first class
T. H. Filter, TaCony street, Franktord.
GiIm,r A. A, (home). first class-A. Swig.
ear l.. II Gilmore Co. Tacony
st. Gregory's &. G. away. first class
w. Burt, i404 North Fifty-second street.
Ferko Is. 9. taway). xteen-eight cen
weccscoo B. c. away or home). sixteen
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-27
CorteIyou's AttacI,e Orders
O'Dowd Bout Stopped
I With Opponent Out
: classed in Fourth
Nv LOUIS II. JAFFE

CAPTAIN LEARY, attached to Di-
" rector Cortelyou's Office. has gradu-
o,od into the same class with the dircc-
for himself. Recently Mr.. Cortclyou
came into pugilistic prominence by
,topping one. sided bout between Lew
Tendlcr and Stanley Hinckle, and last
,icht. Mt the same club, the Olympia,
Captain I.eary scored technical knock
ont when he ordered Referee Lou Grim
son to end the match in which Knock
mt SAMSON, local light heavyweight,
refused to be knocked out by, Mike
o'Dowd. middeweight champ.
The Philadelphian, who weighed 162
mounds and had an advantage Of only
ol5 pounds over the titiehoder, was
going along nssimilating terrific
trouncing and earning for himself the
sobriouet of Knockout proof, instead
of Knockout, SAMSON, when Captain
Icary stepped into the lime glare. He
stood I'D from a chair in Harry ID. Ed
uords's private box exactly forty see
onds nfter the bell tingled for the fourth
rauc. shouted to Crimson to turn off
tho lights, or something like that, about
faced and started up the aisle. The bout
was ended, and now Director Cortelyou
has nothing on Captain Lcary. Each
has n record of one knockout to his
credit.
Ropes frightened.
Before the bout started. Reddy Wig
more. with the assistance of Paddy
Nfullin. O'Dowd's manager, and Grim
son tigthencd the ropes around the
"a foot battle ground. 1t was good
thing that they did--not that Samson
was going to slip through the ropes for
a get away, but 1t was necessary to
keep the Philadelphian in the ring
Most of the time during the nine min
utps and forty seconds of actual fighting
mostly on O'Dowd's part, Sansom
was backed into a corner or on the
hemp.
There was no doubt that O'Dowd
was the master of the situation from
the outset He did not completely out
class SAMSON. because X. o.. or rather
X. q. proof. was in there fighting hard
punching back as best he could all
the time, and at no time did the Italian
try TO make run. away bout of il.
But Mikes harder punching powers
were entirely too much for SAMSON.
the latter was bleeding profusely from
an old cut re opened in his mouth he
seemed TO be somewhat leg and arm
weary ana had trouo'e holding h,msclf
used perfectly good judgment.
TOO GAME
Sansoms defeat really was caused by
his own undoing. He is n game boxcr,
has proved it in most of his bouts. and
in nearly every case the Philadelphian
has overdone it. Last night in his anX
iety to demonstrate his grit SAMSON
went entirely too far. 1t wasn't ncces-
sory for him to takh a IL the wallops that
he did. when backed against the ropes
ODowd let fly with ev. 'ything he had
In stock. The least that SAMSON could
have done was protect his jaw from the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-27
CAPTAIN LEARY PUTS
X. O. IN X. O. SAMSON
Schedule for To-day

Baseball
lnterscholastic League
.Gsrmantown High vs.. Frankford Hish,
Catholic League
Nillanoya Prep at Catholic High.
West Catholic High at La Sale Prep.
Other Games
Camden High ut Haddcnacld !!!sh.
s,nssoT ssysrsSrd Sshoo, q Esdscr m,Eh
Swarthmore iIieh at Catholic High.
~ ,.uke's School at Enlscopal.
Sol,nssTHSd bIsr T;,s ash At Dstby H,ah lsh.
Chestnut Hill Xcad. at Penn Charter.
Germantown Academy Mt Upper Darby.
Track
southern High at Central Hish. Hous-
Germantown .HIsh at Northeast High.
Northeast Field.
Central High at Penn Charter.
Ispa% GIrasS Goiiess Mss at q Nories%st TsSSDfH High
Germantown High VS.. West Phiia.
Trankford High va: Radncr High.
Camden High VS.. Lower Merton.
HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE STANDING
o.. Won Lost &c.
VSe%an!SSn Wssa %Siiad.Ipshla al,Eh , 1 " .oSS oS"
Northeast High ........2 2 2 800
southern High ..2 2 2 400
Cstbo1ic sntraI Hhsh M,Hh '''''''''' ! ! .So6 eo6
s"'"V" hsH go ''''''' .VVV
YESTERDAYS RESULTS
High School League
West Philadelphia. 4; Central High. 8.
Other Games
Ridley Park High, IO;. I.ansdowne
High. o.
Tennis League
Seniors
Franlford High. 3; Episcopal. 2.
Junior Interacademics
Penn Charter School, O, Episcopal, o.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-27
NEW BOWLING LEAGUE
Opening Matches Of Circuit to Be
PLAYED TonIaht

That bowling still is holding it's at
tractiveness as an indoor sport is
evident from the fact that new
league has been formed with six week
schedule. The league is composed
mainly of teams from the PUBLIC
LEDGER composing room.
Teams of three men have been
entered in the league. The opening
matches of the league will be played on
the Terminal alleys tonight.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-27

eighteen years oid---R. zeussIs. 2io Green
wich street I
a pitcher would like TO Join a hrst-class
tesm--Ballplayer. 1888 South Thirteenth 81.
Scott-Poweil Dairy taway). FIRST cisss--
J. Nicholson. Belmont 1O6.
Huster Club (away), nrst ciass--Robert
Beecher. 2007 South Franklin street.
Worcester A. G. (away). first class--c.
Gibson, s729 Harmer street.
l.. II. a. G. (awsy). eighteen.twenty years
old. Mahony, Drcxel liill. Delaware CO.
Phila. Defiance Club (away) hrst class
l.. Myers, 1915 NcCtarine street.
Ring. Son & Go. Club (homel first ciass--<
=. ", Barth. Oaklyn. ". j. fAf
Stcnton Prof. tawayJ first cIsss---J. Hem
kels. 4i59 North Seventeenth street
Morlyn A. &. thomeL second class--M.
Byrne. gO27 Frazier street.
Bcnafon A. &. taway). first cisss--J. sberf-
dan. 2i3l South Fifty.eighth street f
Federal Res. Bank Cawsy) first class
r. Patterson, 025 Chestnut street.
An inieider would like to Join a team
NJ i. Samson, 1912 Glenwood avenue.
West PhIla. Profs. taway) FIRST class
II. J. Seiberlng Bs22 Paschall avenue.
Boxing Tourney Finishes Tonight
The Major A. j. Drexel Biddle tourna- :
ment, semiflnals and finals. will be stared
this evening at Al whites Auditorium. Fiji
teenth and Chestnut streets. Haf1
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-27
Bingles and Bungles

amer catching Eddie Foster cdrortin0
around third base, ono tronderS Whot tCtil
happen 10 oscar VIZ whcn he Joins tho
club ucrt Monday. va riI have a hard
time breaking into the lineup, az Eddie looks
IKE one OF the best third bGsomcn IN the
league,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-27
u ARE ALL SQUARE-EACH HAS A TECHNICAL
COBB,S CREEK PROVES
PUBLIC GOLF POPULAR
Total Number of Players Has Nearly Doubled Since
Course Opened and NeU Records Are Es-
pected This Yem-Conditions OF Play
BY SANDY McNIBLICK

It harder to keep up with the upkcep, so
, there you are. a.,
At least one more course for the
northern or southern section for in
stance. would considerably relieve the
congestion in prospect this season at
Cobb's Creek.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-27

Ed Barrow and Connie Mack held a meet
Ing behind closed doors after the Rame.
harrow denied ne intended trading Hooper Or
beachers. However. Connie Is anxious TO
get an experienced third basamag and per
haps Wits name was mentioned In the con-
yerSation,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-27

Scott Perry did his hitting for tho soa son
yesterday. getting an unexpected single In the
NTH inning. That was the only frame PEN
mock allowed moro Il an one hit but, Of
course. Perry's didn't count
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-27

The Red SOr look better Than unu club that
has been here this ycdr. An Of tChich goes
TO sho,C the carly season dope sometimes be.
comes oil Uet.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-27
What May Happen ,
in Baseball Today

TODAY'S SCHEDULE
American League
Chicago nt Cleveland
National League
-. Louis at Cincinnati
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-27

Connie Mack yesterday let n young battery
tIia Main Line hurIer. to Jersey city ard
Johnny Walker, the Des Moines catcher. will
summer at Akron with the International
League. Both will return In September.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-27

One BIG innino tcds enough for the Dodg-
crs. ThoU GOT tour in the first and brat the
Giants. i-2. This gave the Robins uudisputcd
possession Of first place.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-06-15

The Castle of !" o PORTUGAL, land of almost eternal sunshine, American in- E vestors are going, with great
The Cordova daily times., 1920-06-15
NOT YET FULLY CIVILIZED
Solomon islanders at Times Apt to Go Back to Pleasant Diversion Of
 Head Hunting.

The Solomon islands are famous as one of the last strongholds Of head hunting and cannibalism. Some of the natives have been converted to a civilized respect for human life, but the native taste of the Solomon island CT still approves 8 ceremonial feast once in a while, with several members of a hostile tribe tastily cooked and served.
 Head-hunting has for centuries been a part of the islanders religion and is pursued with great zeal and kind of ecstatic enjoyment to all except the victims. Head-hunters from one tribe set out for hunt to the lands of another tribe. They swoop down on village, seize as many victims as possible and escape. The trophies of the chase are impaled on posts as evil dence of the hunters prowess, while the feast which follows consists main ly of the victims. ,-,. ..-...--- -~.
 If the attacked tribe knows of the plan beforehand it will retire to it's tree houses, where it is safe for 8 while. These houses are built fifty or sixty feet from the ground in the branches of giant trees. Ladders hang from them and up these the agile na- tives climb and then pull up the lad der
 Usually hunt is now instituted only for one or two sacrifices, and skulls as decorations in the houses are less fashionable than they once were. This is a favorable sign, but the real Solomon islander is far from tame and it apt to relapse any time into the ways of his fathers.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-06-15
WONDERFUL WORK OF NATURE
Grand Canyon of Arizona, Now National Park, Called Most Sub-
 lime of Earthly SpectacIes.

Grand Canyon National park, in the northwest corner of Arizona, is the newest of our national playgrounds, having been brought into the national park family by an act of congress in 1919. a
 The canyon is titanic gash in the earth's crust, stupendous chasm, in places 10 to 13 miles wide from rim to rim, over 2OO miles long and more than mile deep. This wonder of Nature said to be the most sublime of earthly spectacles, is a composite of thousands and tens of thousands of gorges.
 Long years ago bronzed savages built their dwellings on the sides of it's cliffs. In 1540 one of the early Spanish explorers stood on it's brink and gazed with awe at it's vastness a Franciscan priest 200 years later was the next white visitor; then for more than 80 years the big canyon re mained unvisited except by Indians and an occasional herdsman or trap per.
 | Now the skill of man has made ii accessible both by train and by auto mobile. and every year thousands of tourists view this crowning wonder ot | the American west.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-06-15
GENERAL 0BREG0N HAS
 REMARKABLE MEMORY

MORALES, Ariz., June 15 (by As sociated ress).-General Alvaro Ob- regon, leader in the movement that re- gently overthrow the Carranza govern ment in Mexico, has a remarkable memory, according to H. Percy Meak- CT, an Englishfnan who has resided in Sinaloa for many years and who, dur ing the recent war with German acted in an executive capacity for the British government.
 "One of the easiest things General Obregon does," said Meaker, "is to deal out a complete deck of playing cards to a party of seven, memorizing the cards each receives, then, begin ming backwards, tell each man correct ly the cards he holds.
 "He remembers whole columns of newspaper articles, and, many days after reading them, can repeat an en- tire article verbatim He remembers accurately incidents years back. A great deal of the book Eight Kilomet- CTS of Campaigning, is written from his marvellous memory"
The Cordova daily times., 1920-06-15
Eea sf of Puriuo

The feast of Purim, corresponding to the fourteenth day of the Hebrew month of Adar, is a joyous festival of the Jews, celebrated by them in com memoration of their deliverance from imminent destruction as narrated in the Book of Esther, from a Persian word meaning "lots," the festival be- Ing so designated because of the lots that are said to have been cast by Haman, prime minister to Ahasuerus, king of Perisa. to determine the day on which to carry out a plot Of extermf- hating the Jews. @
The Cordova daily times., 1920-06-15
The Castle of Pena. PortuuaI,

Pena, Portugal.
 has been said that all Portuguese are singers. On fete days and on Sun days the roads abound with gayly costumed peasants carrying mandolas and singing the songs of Portugal, in spfred by Camoens, whose poems have enriched the literature of Iberia
 In art and architecture the names Carlos Refs, Santos Braga, Texeira Lopez Colombano, Adelide Lima, Malho, Salgade, and Fernandez stand out. The cathedrals, veritable monu- ments to the architectural genius of succeeding generations, vie with the noblest examples of ecclesiastical edifices in Europe. The sandstone so abundant in Portugal-lends itself to the sculptor's chisel.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-06-15

Your eyes fitted. Compound and stigmatic lenses replaced. See Os- borne.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-06-15

Graham Bread fresh every day at the City Bakery.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-06-15

Professional kodak finishing. Scar borough. Agency at Cordova drug store.
Middletown transcript., 1920-01-24
FIGHTING wlNDMlLLS

TN that shameful affair Of the ignorant
J. Georgetown mob attack upon the
health officers, Sussex is proving to all
the world how badly she needs that
larger dose Of the Little Red School
house" against which her citizens have
been SO stoutly protesting.
The 10th century has seen the loath-
some and deadly plague of smallpox q :
most banished and would ere this have
witnessed its total extinction but for
the opposition of few anti-vaccina-
ton fools. Therefore the stupid moss
backs at Georgetown and Lewes in
their silly war upon vaccination are
showing themselves more ignorant than
the untaught peasantry of Europe who
SO early as the date Of its discovery at
the close Of the 18th century, welcomed
Jenner's great boon to mankind. Sc
for Heavens sake hurry up the new
school program in order that Sussex
may be given an early and drastic
dose, for if she did but know it there il
an evil yet more deadly than smallpox
IGNORANCE
Middletown transcript., 1920-01-24
ALL HANDS RESIGN

ITO quote bit Of current slang, the
= persons found guilty by the Grand
Jury in its late quest into the Work.
house scandal, are seeking to escape re-
sponsibility by passing the buck" the
same old dodge employed in the Garden
of Eden, Adam laying the blame on
Eve, and she passing it on to the Devil
The Trustees declare the fault was
not theirs but that of Warden Cross,
and he passing it on to the guards. 1t
is q sorry mess that gets worse the
more it is stirred up.
The least those found responsible can
do, is to resign, every one of them, and
the sooner the better.
Middletown transcript., 1920-01-24
NIDDLe10wN. DEL. JANUARY z4th. IN
THOSE COMIC ANTLSUFFS

lHV0E NVNAAN xAAS
TWENTY SIX etates through their
! legislatures, have ratified the wo-
man suffrage amendment to the y. $.
Constitution-even rum-ridden Rhody
The other eleven are sure to follow
soon, despite all the antics Of the Anti
Suffragists.
Bv the way, what has become Of
those shrieking sisters who awhile since
were wasting time and gasoline ira
versing the state in their auto spouting
Cassandra warnings Of the dire things
sure to follow once this awful folly Of
suffrage for their sex were granted?
Their feeble labors to arrest this much
belated justice to womankind. reminds
one of that industrious. though sadly
mistaken old lady, Sydney Smith SO
comically pictures frantically trying to
sweep back the North Sea which one
day on the occasion Of an unusually
high tide had invaded her backyard !
we still occasionally see their lachry-
NOSE literature, but ''in these diggins''
the wrought-up sisterhood have not for
many moons personally emitted a soil
tarv suuawk
Middletown transcript., 1920-01-24
Paid Locals

Pure buckwheat -four at Evans Feed
Store.
We nav the HIGHEST CASH PRICE
for WHEAT and CORN on order, loaded
on rail and water at ANY POINT.
Phone 5 and Al.
JESSE L. SHEPHERD.
Poultry SUPPLIES, charcoal, oyster
shells, beef scrap, grit, tobacco dust,
ground. alfalfe, scratch feed. chick
feed and Champion poultry powders at
EVANS EXCHANGE.