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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-21
WEST PH|LL|ES
TENNIS LEADERS
One Point Ahead Of Penn Char
ter in InterschoIastic
League

strange thing has hanpcppd in the
lntcrS"hoIaSti" Tennis League. Penn
'hart"r mas dropped from the high lofty
perch of first place n second nosition
and W"St Philadelphia High School
with well balanced and cxpcrt sggre-
CATION of racket swingors, are now lead .
ing with ono point advantage over
Coath Srong'S team.
It all occurred yesterday when Penn
charter dropped two points to Havcr.
lord school. II must have been the
TauSe OF supreme satisfaction to the
Nam Liners to secure two points from
the yellow and Blue as in doing this
they did just what West PHILADELPHIA
ilGh succeeded in doing. 1t would ap-
pear that the West Phillics and Havcr-
I9rd school are evenly matched. though
west Philadelphia fans anticipate n
| sweeping victory over Haverford when
they meet the Main Liners in their
league match
Penn Charter won the match with
Havorford in spite of the two points
lost' " to ,. Captain Miller led off
with a victory over Breneman. 6.3
~ Then Wenz defeated SChcnck
'ia''Flord, ", b-2 This victory came
as a surprise. Schcnck did not play
true to form and he will have chance
to show his real tennis Calibrc in the
coming league matches. He can play
better tennis. Bartlett. Penn Charter.
won from Staunton, Haverford, 6-3,
81.
Ewing, the fourth singles player for
Haverford, came through with colors in
n" air. He trimmed Moore, Penn
Charter, in three set match, but il
surely required all the tennis he had.
for the scores were 7-5. 1-G. 6-3. In
the doubles Campbell and McClatchy
came to the fore, and this was another
three set match, for after Burke and
Thomas won the first set for the Qua
kers, they dropped the next two. Score
West Philadelphia now has a one
point lead and the West Philles are
happy. Penn Charter, however, has
played all but one league match West
Philadelphia has five matches remaining
to be played, including the match with
Haverford School. 1t will be an ex-
citing fight TO the finish, and the West
Phillies cannot afford to drop the match
with Haverford IL they hope to win 0e
title.
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HURDLE FIELD CLASS
OF NIERCOLLEGZATES
Thomson Fauorite, With
Erdman, Smith, Watt and
Wells All High in Dope.
Other Stars
BY EDWIN }. POLLOCK

OF ALL the star athletes who will
" show in the annual intercollegiate
championships at Franklin Field next
Friday and Saturday. the real class is
punched in the hurdles. The timber
field even Outshincs the cluster of III e
minaricS in the 1916 games.
The entries inclu five of the great =
cst hurdlcrs in the universe, eight men
who are good for shade lower than
the big timers and numerous other tim
Der topperS who would be considered
for the front ranks in any but an abnor
nal hurding year.
Take q look at these names and roc
ords and judge the five bright lights for
Yourself:
Earl Thomson, Observation-Disclosures
of numerous records and titles. Best
time in high hurdles, II 4 -5s. Best
time in low hurdles. 24s.
Carl Erdman. Princcton-Intcrcol
legiatr 1918 high and low hurdles
champion. Holder of worlds indoor
sixty yard record. Best time in high
hurdles, - | -5s. Best time in low
hurdles. "a los.
Walker Smith. Cornell-IntcrCol-
lcgiatc 1919 high and low hurdles
champion. Best time in high hurdles,
u -5s. Best time in low hurdles,
- | -5s.
!. NJ. Watt. Cornell-Holder Of
worlds record for 40 yard hurdles.
Second in both high and low hurdles
in 1919 intercollegiate champion
ships. Best time in high hurdles,
10 los. Best time in low hurdles,
"a 2-5s.
w. Il. Wells. Leland Stanford
Far western high and low hurdles
champion. Best time in high hur-
dies. 10 -:is. Best time in low
hurdles, ~ 2-5s.
They are the five big stars and, al
though they are figured for the five
places in the carnival on May 20. yet
there are several others who are likely
to break into the scoring.
Besides Erdman, Princeton has two
dangerous men in Massey. the former
Hill School star. who holds the middle
states record, and TrowbrihgP. who
scored in the intercollegiate last year.
Penn has Everett Smalcy. an inter.
scholastic record holder, and Harrison
Frazier, who was a 1919 scorer.
California is sending on H. X Hen &.
dcrson, and it is likely that he will
earn place. He was second to Wells
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Belts SL0OKS LIKE
PILLS. MOUND FIND
Holds Cards for Four Innings
With Not a Foe Reaching
First Base

81. Louis. NO.. May 20. - Many.
IN tho Philly bench at Cardinal Field
aS rookie. He had reputation as
great hitter. but being an outfcldcr the
Phillies did not have any room for this
heavyweight kid. who carried pair Of
shoulders that made George Hackcn-
schmidt look like n fywCight.
Jack Taylo" was pitching for the
Cardinals and Johnny Lush was the
first batter in the second inning for the
Philics. Taylor delivered one high on
the inside. It was so fast that Lush
could not duck. Crash. The ball met
lush's head and he took the count
more than the official knockout count.
Doctors hoped out of the grandstand
and placed iced bags on Johnny's aching
head.
"Magoc hitting for Lush. :" shrckcd
Bill Klein. That was Magcc'S debut
in the National League. He crackcd
two doubles and triple against Jack
Taylor and tarrcd in the National
League until last winter. when he passed
over to the American Association.
There was another substitution at
Cardinal Field ycstPrday-for the Phil
lies. too. Melvin Gallia. otherwise the
chief. started out as the pitcher for the
PhilicS. He did not have a thing when
Umpire Mccormick refused to admit
him aS n spitbalI pitcher. He slipped
by the first and the second but in the
third he was found for five runs and
another in the fifth.
In the fifth Umpire Mccormick
wheeled around and facing the grand
stand patrons announced: Belts now
pitching for the PhiliCS.'
When the game was over Belts had
pitched to twelve battcrS. -Four sent
easy flies to the outtieId one popped
to r. Miller and eight dribblcd soft
groundcrs to the nhPd. He covered
four innings and did not allow runner
to touch first base.
Who knows but that the PhilicS have
discovered another pitching Sar for the
National League. Anyway the youngstCr
Is bound to get thorough tcSt, aS at
present Cravath is yCarnng and yawn.
ing for some one to hold the enemy as
George Smith did here Tuesday in win
ming | to u.
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CRIMSON ISLAST
TEST FOR TIGERS
Princeton and Harvard Runners
in Battle TomorroW-Many
Other Meets
COLLEGIATE

usryard v, pr.,,o,a, =. r-.-.....
Penn star" vs. Tlr.rurEh p, r.,ynu-eh
IxrERgcuor,,srr
Middle s,,,.s rr,r,,"1.t,,s ,, r.,r.,.,.
Field
Pnm. P11tsoqTsh Ta Go.as,y g. ., Tusn4rs
Yals intsrscHolasrtrs %, %ew us,er ..,'' MA.
Perkiom"n tnters"ho,aa':,s a. Torelomcn
INnErENpr~-
Lafayette o.. u,,,,ooI.-.,,, ,.I, .
psston
sun snip earn n''. ~ n's''T
Tho pr;r.o,o, ,,o,l .oo,,, s,.,,.,, -,
'"' wv" ''" ,'""'' "N '" ~
one OF the main cont"nd"rN for tn" in
tercollcgiatc championship. will be given
It's last tc.t or tho .co,,u bcforo tho
ti,uror ao,,o.. ,,r..,, 11,..,,,
'''"'"' S""',', ""'" ''",.h .h'" j. "P
posed IN dual meet at Princeton to-
morrow.
Tho Tigors oIrool, bo,o hoo,., yoro
and Tho Rho tr;',r,od 4" IIorr"rJ pr"rr" h.. "'
uide mareir Ias, Sa,ur,Ia,. g, ,Io, ,ba
Orange and Riacl !. a hig faynrito 70
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in both events out in the far western
championships.
- Mycr. of Rutgers. iso figured by the
New Brunswick collegians for a few
points. lie won the middle states races
ut Rutgers last Saturday.
Thomson is rated as the worlds
greatest hurdler, and is the favorite for
both titles. Great interest is being
shown in the hurdlcrs, for they probably
viii determine the Olympic winner. Not
since 1896, when the Olympics were
revived, has the United States lost n
hurdle race. This year. unless some
ono is developed to beat Thomson, it
looks as if the championships will 20
to the Dartmouth star.
Thomson is Canadian by birth and
never has taken out his citizenship pa
pers. He will wear the Maple Leaf for
Canada in the Olympic games.
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But Two Dependable Hurlers

FTlIERES the rub ut present. Although leading the
league by a comfortable margin. Cleveland has not
shown any than pitchers this year. True. nine
games have been but you'd be- surprised TO
learn that sixteen of the nineteen have been won by
Covclcskic and Bagby, Pretty strange isn't it? But
it's fact.
8agby his eighth straight victory at Shibe Park
yesterday. Covcleskic, after winning seven in row.
dropped and has embarked another winning
streak with his credit Therefore, the hurCrS
have eight games each which makes total Of six
teen. There's the fggcrs. and hggcrS don't lie.
Slim Caldwell two and Elmer Myers the Othrr
which brings tho total up to nineteen.
The funny thing connected with my pitching staff.
turn 1t might seem strange. but have had rain and
bad weather in tn" West, and the poStponcmcntS have
been all in our favor That is the only way could
CovClcskie and BaGby.
AS for the other pitchers. will know how they
will stack up until June July. Elmer Myers looks
good and has pitched three swell games. Slim Cald
well also is showing up WE'LL but there is some doubt as
to the others George Uhlc is not in shape and Dick
Npihaus probably will be better when the warm weather
sets in.
II said last spring that would have a good chance
the same thing now. but you cant tell anything about
until another month has passed. | believe the hurcrs
will come through, bat we must wait and seo.'
THERE wN be another ball game today Eifbcr
Morton CndrreH rrH ,rork for t'IcrcIoyd
prrrU for he
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Speaker Is a Fighter-Nerer Quits

FTNHAr the dope handed out before the scoson
oDPned. and although the Indians running along
smoothly at present it's safe bet that Speaker will
play just as hard ms soon as III" tough breaks appear
Iris is fighter. He quits and has tho faculty of
imparting that lighting spirit his He friendly
TO ALL but at tn" sam" time everybody knows he is the
boss
Last year Spoke took the team under very nrocarious
conditions. Foil relieved mdseason the club vnS
disorganized and wGS roosng in second place hy tbo
narrow margin Of half game On the day Speaker took
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charge conditions could not have been II Cleve.
land lost and the three below the Tribe would
have dropped into fifth place. However, a victory was
scored that day, and from then the club played won
dcrful baseball and lost the pcnnant only because of
short season.
Now Speakers work is harder than All of the
critics have picked his win the pcnnant and il
such thing there will be- the usual chorus of Il
told you " Iris will not be given any credit. for 1t
will be figured that any could have won with the
same club.
But the other hand. il Cleveland happened to get
trimmed, Iris probably will in for lot of ranning
In other words he has everything 10 lose and nothing to
gain. Isn't that swell outlook for big league playing
manager and of the stars Of baseball? As said
before, he isn't worrying All he do is play as well
he is able direct the team according to his ideas
and hope that he will be rewarded in tho future lf he
wins. power to him. If not give him hr credit he
deserves for making game fight.
TLEIELAND, howCrcr. has smart ball ciUb.
The infeld, wih Gdrdncr Chapman, WdmIs-
1GnsS and johnson. is about the brdinicSt IN the
business, and Wood, Speaker and GrdnCy compose
a great outfed. StCrc Dwell is about INC best
bnckStop in the league. but the pitching STAFF has
pct 10 shoe whethcr il is good or bad.
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THREE YEAR REIGN
PAT MORAN,S HOPE
Cincinnati Reds Pilot Ambitious to Follo,o in FootseD,
OF Clarke Chance and McCraO-Walter Johnson
Still Speed Merchant Says Bob Sha,ckev
BY GRANTLAND RICE

"DoN'T make any mistake abon,
the captain of an American bottIa.at,Scd
Few days ago. II have seen him in =.
tion more than once. lie is ne Gu. ac'
streak, he can hit with terrific fo,,So
ana ne is a cool. experienced fight.
ANY boxer who has this combina,ia.
VIII always be extremely dangerous W
matter II his opponent is a Jack DonsO ~
sey. For unless Dempsey has an np
usually fine defense Carpenter Wi viii In 1n
him to a certainty. And when boornN nN
weights with a punch reach tho Jaw ;o%
one can tell just what will follow :" "o
" A NUMBER of fans" saws ,.Ro,,,
"A Ruth, ''have asked mo wh.
don't change my system once in n Witt.
why. ! don t chop the ball across w.
iniield in place of taking a full wo,,ow sue
I'll tell you why. There are two op'
sons. In the first place the fans eyroa,
to see me hit home run. or at lcostp ~ .',
to hit one. They figure that's INV rs tre5.y ~
mark. It's what they want In ~.
second place, like the old wallon , ue
self. That's where most Of tbp Ws, ~
comes in-just to see how far Won auu ,ua
send that old apple when Won lor% r1
Home-run hitting is supposed TO bc NV
trade. and I'm not trying to have tw,
trades" '' "o
HARRY VARDON and J. Fl. Tav,o,
- who are both fifty years old ro'
Gently beat Abe Mitchell several stroko,
IN thirty six hole medal test This i,
an answer to the query as to wbctboS
or not the veterans have chance
against the young talent in the coming
British open. Vardon and Taylor wsrs
off stride last season, but they have beor %
coming back. They won't have AS svsn
a chance to win as they did some rcars
ago, but they have already shown tbot
a man at fifty is not to be discarded n
advance.
GROVER CLEVELAND ALEXAy.
~ DER got under hcadway slovly
but he is now after that thirty vie.
tory mark again. This is Alexander,
ninth season in the major leagues. Ho
opened fire back in 1912. but lost one
year visiting through eastern France
and along the Rhine. He used up a biz
part of 1919 getting started again, bpt
is now at the top of his old stride and
back to his art of putting more upon
the ball than the other follow has on
his bat. Don't bet any important money
that he won't win thirty games again
Just as he did in 1915. 1916 and 1911
Copyright. 1920. All rights reserved.
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HARVARD TARDY
Crimson Entries viii Be Accepted
Although Late

Harvard turned in it's entries for the
annual intercollegiate championships
yesterday. too late to be included in
the regular list. A meeting was held
at Penn yesterday to consider the Grim
son case and it Is very probable that
the entries will be accepted
For some unaCcountable reason, Har-
ward did not turn in its entries until
May s. In addition to sending them
late, the entries were addressed to DR..
George w. Orton instead of Secretary
Ftzgibbon. Elmer Slage, the Penn
manager, who il boss of the meet, an e
nOunced that favorable action is likely
on Harvard'S = athletes.
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Clev e land, are
leading the league
by a m orc COM
fort able margin
I h a II yesterday
morning. Perhaps
Il will be better
than that tomor-
row morning. but
you never can tell
In baseball.
However and
be that as it may,
I h @ gcntlcmanly
athletes toiling for
Iris Speaker made
n great impress
sion on thC home
fans. The club
looks better than
any W h i C h has
performed on the
local lot this sea =
son. and for that
reason has a per-
feet right to he in
first place. With
only IN G d 10 ere
pitching, the As
were buried under
an avalanche of
runs. said runs
coming across the
pan W h en- they
were needed. Some
uraro mot npnIpI
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viii Carry Athletes to Antwerp

New York, May n Secretary Of the Nayy
an armoTed cruiser, for the transports tior
and aceommodA tion OF the officers and men
force who may qualify flxs participation 10
ths Olympic yames at Ant 1erp. BeiGiun, q
announcement was made st night.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-21
INDIANS, WITH FIGHTING AND GAME
BEST A. L. CLUB HERE THIS YEAR
BY ROBERT W. MAXWELL
Sports I'd Evening Public Iedger

THE Indians are among us, and in one afternoon did
= nothing but put on war dance and scalp Comics
Athletics in a thorough and convincing There
was doubt about it. The scalpng unanimous and
a huge success. Now the Indians, which is slang for
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-21
C1R PATRICK MORAN, of I

CUR PATRICK MORAN, of the Gin
~ cinnati Reds. has worthy ambition.
This ambition is to revive the three
year reign. Fred Clarke was Three
Year Mandarin in 1901, 1902 and 1908 !:
Frank Chance was In 1906, 1907 and
1908; John McGraw followed In 1911,
1912 and 1913. Pat believes the time
has come to inaugurate this ancient and
pleasing custom. He wishes to prove
that one can build machine good for
more than a year. No National League
club has won the pennant twice in sue
cession. since 1913. But Moran be-
lievcs the old order will be revived this
season, with Cincinnati still occupying
the top fiat around October l.
0TT DOESN'T always pay to know
l. too much" says Eddie Van Week,
Jr.. who was an old Yale pitching star.
"Not unless you can stamp out your
imagination. | remember the first game
7 ever pitched against the Giants. In
the first inning Mike Donlin came up
and / had no idea who he was. de-
spite the great welcome he got from the
fans. So struck him out. Later on
I found out who Donlin was. and after
that he got four successive hits. lou
can't always take your imagination by
the throat and choke it to death
ssTTAS Walter johnson lost any OF
Ilhis speed?" "Not so as you could
notice it," advises Bob Shawkey. "tie
uses more curve balls than he once dld.
but when he cuts that fast one loose II
seems to travel with as much speed as
II oyer did. It may be that he hasn't
quite the old hop left, but he has enough
stuff to grab off many ball game
when warmer weather comes, and he
can keep in condition. A raw, wet
spripg such as we have been having
is no true test for a pitcher who has
been in the big leagues since 1908.
Don't forget that Johnson was "A great
nitchcr when Matty and Wagner were
in their prime, long before Alexander
was ever heard of.
"pILLY JOHNSTON is the greatest
ID tennis player I ever saw" said
George NJ. Church recently. ''Hc has
the few vital things that a great tennis
playcr needs. First. the strokes: see
ond. the power back Of these strokes
to drive them home; third, the speed
to meet each situation; fourth, the con-
fidence, courage and coolness to give
his best in a championship match. Did
YOU ever hear of Johnston weakening or
being off his game in a title match?
Neither did any one else.'
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Baseball-Intrrsohol holastic League
Central High at Frankford High.
tatholi" High at West Philadelphia.
"ermanto"n High at Southern High.
other Games
theltrnham High at swarthmOre High.
0lllngswo0d High at Camden High.
Ihnsdale High at Amber High.
Ridley Park High at xbineton Hish.
Chester High at Darby High.
Ia sale Prep at Tome Institute.
Wilmington Friends at Upper DARBY.
MrSttowH school at IanSd"wne High.
IaNt0n High at HaddOnheld High.
lower Merton High at Media High.
InternccGrmlc.. track and field cham
pionShip. Franklin Field. 2:3O y. m.
High School League Standing
Germantown Hlgh $40
FrInkfOrd High .S75
West Philadelphia ... J .b58
southern High .... : SOO
Northeast High ...... ) ~
Central High ..,... . egg
Catholic High u y 900
Catholic League Standing
Team Won Lost PC
West Catholic .... 661
Catholic High .. 3 3 800
It. JOseph'S Prep " . . 800
NillnnONR Prep ... > , 800
Ia sale Prep ... 1913
YESTERDAYS RESULTS
Baseball
NiIanoyn Prep, J. ST. Joscnh's, :.
Tennis
Lower Merton, 81 Central High, g
Penn Charter, 81 HaNerfOrd School, 9.
TraCk
Frankford High, 20: Southern High.
80,
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and referring to the old time slam bang swattng
scance in the nnth-but it always is best to clinch
victory when victory be clinchPd.
Five perfectly good taics rickcd the pan that
final session because Iris imagined that lead
not enough to vanquish the As. In that Iris per-
fecy right He wanted to make the game certain and all
victories at this time of tn" year those
registered in September when tho clubs hitting only
the high spots.
But the most impressive feature of the afternoons
ercse, taken at expense. the fighting
spirit shown by the gents from Cleveland. Whether they
were ahead behndnnd they both various stages
of the gamehc boys played for everything there was in
them and never let down until the last was out.
Spirit like that cannot help but be successful and with
hard worker like Iris Speaker setting the pace the players
always are keyed up to the highest pitch
Spoke ideal leader and despite the double burden
he carrying his shoulders. is playing wonderful
game. He is the only real playing manager in either
league. Cravath. of the Phs also uniform and
busts into the lineup. but he himself only as
pinch hitter Iris is there every day directing his
ball club on the field and the bench performing double
duties with n smile and getting away with it,
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O'NeiI New Hero OF S,vat

Vf'NifhbAl ball gam" INTRODUCED a Slugging
hero. entitled stephen O'Ncil. of Minooka pa
stephen was there forty and coutcd for a 900
clip for tn" afternoon. In til" third inning when the
game was absolutely sCorccSS, ONoiI selected beou.
u wistPr and sockcd into the left field beachcrs for
HON" run. For some or other the ball bounded
back into the field and Connie hcaved a sigh of roief
y run had been scored, but $50 had been saved
In tn" NTH steve got single and rapppd n doublc IN
IN" seventh. Kinney feared him in the ninth and gave
MN pass. During the afternoon O'Np scored two
runs ana drove IN three others hoof Pretty good
for days work. ' 9'''
TiLLN WALKER dm same great ,cork far uc
AS. Ills homer in TIC tourth mt the Lo,,c
foks i" front and his siugic IN Mc scrcuM cr,,CJ
the count. Slng1i"0 is arcoi asset Jnt rbcy il
'S hmciy' IKE 1Wy'S ScQtS ycstcrday il is Bcttcr
than that. ''
coOyrt0li. Is?o b. puItc Ledger Co.
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THERE wW be another bali game today Eithcr
Morton or rnidrccH wW 'rOrk for C1crcIapd;
Perry Or ROmmel for the 4 s.
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Harvard vv Prurrn'on A. Fr,-rS,or
Penn star" Us Tu'snurgh ~ T.''suu-rf
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UnP CAlteD Ut A
STeiHH ANp BNrreR
GIVES Hi~ NASTY look :.
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