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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-08
U. S. HOLDS SPEED MARK
Reading Train to Shore Called Fast.
est on Record

The schedule OF regular runs Of pas.
senger trains given in the International
Encyclopedia credits the Philadelphia
and Reading Railway with having the
fastest passenger train.
This train is ono Of the Reading s
scashore fliers running from Philadcl =
phia to Atlantic City with a regular
speed of 81 g miles an hour. Following
this in the list there are two English
trains: one Great Western, 59.2 miles
an hour, and one Great Northern, 52.S
miles
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-08
ART PRIZES AWARDED
Academy Announces Winners ir
Chester Springs Exhibit

The committee OF instruction of the
Academy Of the Fine Arts has an
nounced the winners of prizes in the
Chester Springs exhibition, now hung iu
Gallery A, south corridor. The awards
follow:
tasc, Of York, for his painting entitled
Misty Valley"
second prize of $50 to Charles Eager
Clark, Of Chicago, for his painting en-
titled Road to the Mill.
Third prize of $50 to Lena X. Brooke,
of Norfolk, Va. for her painting en-
titled Spring House, ..-,..-.. ..
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pcndable timepiece, Waltham pro.
duced an Aeroplane Clock - $4,000
of them (see illustration)-a small
instrument, yet a work of supreme
attainment, for it was specified and
created to withstand conditions en-.
tircly at variance with that environ.
ment attributed as necessary for pre-.
cision performance.
There it is upon the instrument
board Just nine ounces in weight -
and never before was such impervIous
motor energy encased in such stanch
yet finely wrought strength.
@
THE aviator is in his seat. He
l. waves a hand nonchalantly. The
mechanician gives half turn to the
slim propeller - the blade whirls with
q roar, the motor crackles like mus
kerry and mans beautiful winged bird,
vibrating like huge taut steel string
struck by giant hand, climbs in great
spirals into the sky.
Up and up; five thousand feet,
seventy.five hundred, ten thousand -
higher, higher yet, until the huge
wings are but black sPecks in the
blue.
Up there in the icy cold drop of
SO, 60, 20, 80 degrees in temperature.
What . test in metal contraction!
This is where metallurgical science
proves the genius of mani But amid
the vibration and the biting cold
The little Waltham Clock ticks on.
And now, with bated breath, VIC
watch the daring air-man defy the
laws Of gravity. With a swoop he
loops circle. Then, as if that were
but an introduction, the machine
begins death-defying dive. Down,
swifter than a stricken eagle, it falls.
We catch our breath; we almost see
the huddled, mangled mass of wreck
age covering tale of destruction -
and then. as if in mockery Of our
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-08
saloonkeeper Stabbed In Fight

Joseph Damark, proprietor OF n
saloon at Seventeenth and Callowhill
streets. was stabbed in the right arm
this morning by Negro during an al
tercation. The assailant escaped. and
Damark was treated at st. Joseph 8
Hospital.
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NI''ed BY William Tell Stun,

NsrSa" francisco, Dec. s. - Andrew
Ia boaI uI'ein "a to shoot the hal from
On a 1V"u OF Amanda Georgi on Monday
tt MaS'' t!at he could do so with
low IEHIu une the man, but aimed 100
sOtsnone one police said he told them. The
ercv"gsnt was regarded US clearing up
i iCSa'stehces surrounding the finding
'eorgi body seated at q cafe table.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-08
Painters Wage Question Come. Up

Atlantic City, Dec. 3. - Master
PAINTERS have appointed committee to
confer with organic iourncymen with
view to nvNrting general strike Of
rnntPra In Nt'Gntic City. The present
wage ."r'r inmates Arri' I.
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fears, the winged beauty sweeps on
level path TO once more climb sky.
ward.
And the tiny Waltham Clock ticks
on.
Defiant trick after trick of human
hand and nerve conjoined to human
daring is displayed to our enthralled
sight - the Urille, the dizzying fall as
whirling leaf. the side slip, the tail
spin
And there on the instrument board
no matter what the position, what
the temperature, what the rscking
vibration proof against these, the
wetness of cloud, the cloying damp
ness of fog, the beat of rain, any
weather -
The little Waltham Clock ticks on.
And hundreds of thousands of Wal
than Clocks and Watches ever tick
on
In every climatic zone - in the air,
in the submarine under the sea, in
the warship that goes out upon the
great waters, in countless automobiles,
in myriads of pockets, upon wrists
strong or fair -
Wal,ham keeps the time O. day; and.
like an old saying, the sun never sets
upon this American dominion - this
Maltham Watch Over Time.
90
A ND let US remember that Waltham
IA is something more than the name
of Clock or Watch.
Waltham represents a growth, an
advancement in the art of producing
time-kreping instruments beyond the
dream of foreign makers.
Waltham represents the concen.
trated faculty Of American determine
ton TO improve upon old methods. to
overcome the complacency of foreign
watch and clock makers; to add TO
the watch, 10 the clock
Marvellous machines for performing
certain labors in gold, in steel, in
brass, that the human hand c4uld
never approximate; to give the World
clock or watch that should repre-,
sent American supremacy in the Il, Id
of applied mechanics related to the
art of horology. That this is so Wal.
tham hasproyedby competition against
the best neurological products the world
has pitted against America.
And just as Waltham was the pioneer
of American Matchmaking during
nearly three-quarters of a century un-
der the eagle of peace - so, when " ar
came, the long preparation reaped it's
triumphant harvest-in the W altbam
Time-Fuse, the Waltham Chronometer,
the Waltham AeropIane Clock 49, and
last, but not least, the superb achieve
ment and world challenge of the Wal.
iham Watch.
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THE GENIUS OF WALTHAM

W7INCS! What poetic word that
w is! Wings for the mind to climb
the ethereal heights of thought. Wings
for the inventor to fly over the OBJ
structing laws of nature. Wings for
ahe dreamer who would take flight
over the vastnesses of Time and reach
his paradise of Hearts Desire. Man
has always desired Wings
Wings symbolic his ambition, his
immortal powers, his desire for mas
tery even over elements-dnd the
sVish has come true.
When the powerful aeroplane hur-
tics through &c airways above us, We
scarce lift our heads to look, so ordi-
nary is the occasion that was once .
seeming miracle beyond mortal at
~ g
NfAN'S mastery of the air is but ono
4N1 Of those wizardries which have
made the age we live in appear like .
chapter from the arabian Nights"
After all, it is but an achievement con.
temporary with the X.ray, wireless te-
legraphy and other wonders of science
and invention.
The motor n echanism Of Waltham
Watch or Clock involves just as won
drous principles and scientific applica.
tions as the more dramatic demonstra-
tion of an aeroPlane performing its
cvolutions in the sky.
Indeed, if we examined, part by part
If we probed the surface of the ap-
pearance, the tangible thing, called y
Waltham Watch or Clock, and UNDER
stood the tiny inventions placed here
and there in the mechanism-wc could
recite a story Of genius - of amazing,
concentrated effort that great men
gave their very life-blood to provide
during the past seventy years from the
Waltham laboratories.
We could relate a story which would
make the blood of every true Ameri-
can run a little faster and the lips
frame words of commentator and
honor unto these work.a.day heroes
who had one purpose, one determine
tion-to place America First in Time.
Seeping-in producing watches and
clocks that would most accurately
and dependably register Times flying
moments. sn
THEN, is It not a natural sequence
l. of events based upon long years
of preparation-tha when war laid
the mailed hand upon the genius Of
our manufacturing ability, our Gov.
ernment should demand of Waltham
an Aeroplane Clock to meet tests Of
time.registering almost equal unto
the marvellous Waltham fime.Fuse
created to govern the explosion Of
American shells?
And that American bird.men should
carry with them "up there" de.
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Observation-Disclosures
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"F' F. euffey Pittsburgh Postmaster

An",a%hIngton, Dec. S..-CBy A. P.)--
DOst%nal,er r: Gufrey was appointed
gl.Ouu OF Pittsburgh by President
'"'Oo today.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-14
LOOMS TO APPEAR
IN LEGION CLASSIC
Famous Chicago Hurdler to
Compete at Franklin Field
on Saturday

Frank Loomis, the Chicago A. A..
hurdler and Olympic champion and
recordholder, will be among those
present and competing in the first an
nual American Legion Field Day at
Franklin Field Saturday afternoon.
This announcement was made by DR..
George w. Orton. the manager Of the
meet, yesterday.
Loomis was the first young man to
carry the Stars and Stripes to vic
tory in the Olympic games. and he
did his act up brown. Not only did
he win the 400 meter hurdle champion =
ship at Antwerp. but he also broke
the worlds record for the event, being
clocked in "a seconds fat.
Two prominent Boston entries were
received for the marathon yesterday
They are from Carl Linder and Roth.
The former won the Boston marathon
in 1917, and Roth took the honors the
following year. They were among the
first five to finish last season. These
two should give Nick Kianopolus, OF
the MilrOSc a. A., tough battle over
the sixteen mile route from Villanoya tc
Franklin Field. The marathon will be
finish will be at the Penn stadium i'm
mediately before the start of the othel
contests, at 2 o'clock.
Whelan, the Boston A. A. high jump,
er, also is entered in the legion games
He is on board the steamship Olympic
| which is due in New York tomorrow
According to word received by the fathe
Of Larry Shields, the famous Meadow
brook miller. also is on the Olympic, to
, gether with Allen Woodring, anothc
! Meadowbrook star. Woodring is tn
! Olympic 200 meter champion.
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PLAN TO GET JUMP
ON JOHNSTON HELPED
TlLDEN WIN LAUREL s
Triple Champion Tells of His Scheme Mapped Out in
Order to Defeat California Star in Final
....'|s for National Tennis Title

First, I solaced my own tired feelin,,
by the fact the other man must be
just as tired. It proved true. / ace
cepted sage advice about what 70 a.
from many enthusiastic adherents. ynucS
of which was good dope, but bardln
could be assimilated at such n tir,a
went out determined to get the fourth
set.
Disagree in Views 4. 49, ,
Unfortunately, Billy Johnston Is one
of thdBe players who never know when
they are defeated. so his views and mine
did not agree. The break in the fourth
set. came to me and l led at 5-3 and
ga. - '
The first two points were mine for
0-30. The next point following an ey N.Y.
change Of volleys at close range. John.
ston lobbed short. I smashed full M
him, thinking as I hit the ball. 'aTbis
means the match" My shot was ner
feet, but Johnston took it on a back.
hand half volley and put 1t up over nv
head.
Sheer surprise caused me to weakly
tap IL at the net. The effect of the miss
worried me and blew the next point
The moral clearly defined In this episode
Is that q point is never over until the
ball Is out Of play, so never relax your
vigilance, particularly against Billy
Johnston.
Bill saw his opportunity and seized It.
grabbing the next two points following
disastrous try. on my match point
and with them the game for FIVE all
| Johnston was on the crest of the waves
He won the first two points on my de.
livery with magnificent shots, missed one
as the rain began to fall heavily.
In the next point I fell hard when
chasing a get and Johnston was so
startled that he netted my return. I
got up rather shaken and set myself
to serve only to hear Conlin call the
match on account of rain.
Johnston Tired
At the moment it seemed to me that
nothing could have been worse, for
Johnston was palpably tired, yet on
later reflection I decided it gave me the
chance to steady down after a disas.
trous series Of bad breaks.
On the resumption of play Johnston
fourth set Mt rs. Frankly, I was dis.
couraged. but not defeated, for l knew
he was very tired and his great effort
cost him much Of his reserve. Johnston
broke my delivery the second time in the
last set, but dropped his own through
sheer fatigue. He again rallied and
went into the lead at 3-2, but ! could
see he was nearly in and was playing
mainly on pure grit. was having Sc.
we're cramps myself, but was able to
keep going just long enough. .
From 90 down to match point for
me had just enough edge to stay out
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amateur Sports

DEM MAR A. AS eighteen nine.
l. teen year old team has had a snc-
cessful season. Out Of thirty six games
II lost but four. Penn Mar was de-
fcatpd by st. Clements. Vogelman,
Penn Mars pitching ace and one Of
Philadclphia's best eighteen year old
pitchers, had eighteen strike outs in
the st. Clements game and allowed
but three hits, but was defeated by the
score Of 3 to /. Vogeman in his last
five games has an average Of sixteen
strikeouts. Penn Mar has defeated
some of the best first class teams in
and around Philadelphia, including
North Philadelphia Tigers and Lang
horne A. A.. champion of Bucks county.
The club has a few open dates, includ :
ing September 26 and October 3, for
eighteen nineteen year old teams, hav-
ing grounds. p. p. Byron, 23O9 East
Clearfield street.
men between the ages OF sixteen and twenty
aO desire .Pr TO PSy S2 SafSsS and
whitsi'ao 1,ts oaSdsis street "' 'ta'' or Dhoa; S
SdSs Siss tsSisS sysy .sss 5ss class TAoma.
sattisr' ?asRer Phone % KsSsinrton % ssis' i%'' b. n
KcnsingtOn A. O., away first class, Sep
teInber ls and 10. Joe Hartley, KensingtoH
256l.
Tho scheduled game last SUNDAY between
vas called on at the last minute. The
sugar boys, star pitcher. 0'Neill. pitched
for Ring Professionals and defeated tbs
TO q Franklin Sugar would like TO book q
game for september 49,.
| 10, 25 and 20 open. l.. II. Weissman, 1885,
North Marshau street
' saturday Septsmbe- IS, opsn. George M
Victory. i702 Christian street.
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work totaling it up before further action
will be taken in his case.
II is understood the mayor of the
Fails" is planning a banquet, with
Champion Leach as the guest Of honor.
Meantime the Falls of Schuylkill is al
ready settling next years championship
with the aid Of paper and pencil, and
loratory.
Platt's medal score against Allie in
the morning. an SO, Is held pas proof
of his "Carelessness.
Nearer IS
But to those who saw the match,
this does not hold up at all. You can
throw the SO out right away, for in
medal play it would have been nearer
rs. The skies on it represented holes
on which Platt had to take a desperate
chance or pick up. They were mostly
made where Allis got 3, birdie or par.
Alis had an approximate "A, which
included 6 threes. and against that
Platt won holes in the morning. There
was nothing careless about that round
of Platt's.
His victory over Dave Heron, ma
tional champion. the day before was
only a stepping stone. He realized the
| night before that the further one goes
in national the harder is the opposi
tion, and he prepared accordingly.
Platt knew in Ned Allis he opposed
one Of the hardest and gameSt men in
the tourney to beat. His failure to putt
in the morning left him too big a mar
gin to overcome in the afternoon, but
at that he only went down with colors
flying.
Five down, going to the eighth, it
looked like a hopeless battle. but Platt
won straight holes in about as ncrvy
an exhibition as you will see, and should
have Won the eleventh, which would
have made all the difference.
Here he was dead to the hole for his
!, Alis in the trap in 2. and his third
overran the pin by forty feet. But Allis
sank the putt, as he had done three
times from the same length In the
morning.
At the fifteenth tee Platt was only !
down and had Allis beaten" for ir
that short stretch he had cut the leaC
from down. But the tricky fifteenth
green spoiled Platt's chances. \ bolC
putt, nicely lined and timed. was spoileC
by an undulation, and Platt failed t
sink the half, going back to . down anc
3 to play.
The Break
, This was the break that stayed tn,
tue OIL MS upphTeut victory. For N
surely looked like a winner to tha
[ green.
3 Platt held the low score at Nortl
l Shore for most Of the qualifying day
pulled 3down morning to a l-up vic
= tory the first day, a 2-down mornin,
1 against Heron to and | Afternoon
! victory, and then all but pulled out
+ 4-down morning the third day to vic
I tory.
4 He won world of praise at the ma
8 tional and deserves the same In thi
city, which has never made much of
t national furore previous to Oakmon
0 and ROslyn.
I And the hero for Philadelphia at bot
I backgrounds was j. Wood Platt.
n An opinion that seems prevalent an,
in need Of correction following the ma
tional amateur at the Engineers Gu
is that J. w. Platt, city champion
d tossed his chance to advance TO tn
= semifinals by Carelessness. II is ben
said that he should have beaten Ne
d Allies In the third round and ther
n seems TO be a feeling that this rathe
v discounted HIS earlier excellent perform
It apces. p
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A MOTHER kind friend stepped into the picture after
"A the seepechase disaster The third race was about
be introduced and advance notices read something
like this Claiming. For three ods and upward
Nonwinners since July l."
Now listen +" whispered the kind friend, the works
are in have the winner of the next race and it's
cnch. He's among lot OF pigs and can beat them
running backward Place the roll Queen OF the Spa
and go back to Philadelphia and buy the place
Wmen n ,Ie hi oo of the horses started Immediately
for the fire, and forgot to take the jockey Mason did
Billy Mske to the turf landing his left ear and roll
ing his back, with both shoulders down. That
made the fall legal After he to he asked about the
rest Of the passengers He felt better when told they
jumped with the conductor and the cash register.
In the meantime the fire horse was doing a mono
logue around the track The first mile was covered In
nothing, beautiful sprint being put in the home
stretch This drew forth much applause that another
mile staged No fire could be discovered so the steed
gave up after another three Quarters Of mile and was
Ticket holders still are holding them
When the prologue and the tired animal was
pushed into stall we got interested.
what horse that?' asked of kind faced
neighbor.
UTHAT" came the laconic reply, ",cds the drug
store turorite something like that. Gents ,oho
placed bets got for their moncp. but IL didn't
count. The name cdS Queen Of the Spa
Faisan Dore Wins by a Nose
THERE still was a chance The fourth was due
l. and the wise persons had hot tip on GatL. The
Ross stable, consisting of Damrosch and Fasan Dore,
also present, with Maneuver company 1t
the Virginia Purse, for nonwinners Only nonwinning
horses allowed to The track is too small to
accommodate the customers.
At the end Gath still was a nonwinner. In of
the closest finish Faisan Dore-whaever that
means-won the last jump. Schutnger, who
up, outguessed Rodriguez and lifted his mount the
line
There much confusion Gath rooters howled for
the decision, but taken seriously. The judges
gave the decision to the Ross stable.
FT WAS some sort Of holiday and large orotod
,cdS present. In order to celebrate the occasion
FdSdn Dorc t'on BY nose.
Anybody Can Pick Loser
THERE were three other races but they were super.
huous far concerned. There were
winners but interested. Picking losers at
the track is cinch Anybody do that. But just
try to pick a winner some time.
Copyright, 1S20 bv Public LEDGER Co.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-14
PERKINS BOOSTED AS
GAMES BEST CATCHER
Many Claim, As Backstop Leads List Eligible for
AU-American Baseball Team-Sisler
Unanimous Choice at First
BY GRANTLAND RICE

As WE thought, suspected or even
"A expected, various conflicting opin-
ions have come in upon our all -Ameri =
can selection of a few days ago, when
we attempted to name our all star base
ball lineup for the year. They have
come in profusion, but if there was nc
difference of opinion what a drab and
dismal occupation this sporting life
would be! As it is now, it may be
checkered, but it is never wholly dull.
Back Of the Bat
MANY intelligent complaints have
4t4 come in concerning our selection of
Schalk and Schang rs catchers.
There are many fans who believe this
award should have been made to O'Neil,
OF Cleveland, and Perkins Of the Ath
letics.
They are two fine receivers. and as
catchers are somewhat better than
Schang. But the Boston star is q
much harder hitter and one of those
workmen who can .stand the physical
test day after day.
Well grant there is very little to
Schang, Perkins and O'Neill. But
perienced performer, too crafty gen
eral, too good fighter and too fine q
catcher to be left out. He has lot OF
value that isn't included in his work
on the field.
Infield Kicks
CISLER is the unanimous choice at
~ first. Not even the most rabid de-
batter has kicked at his selection.
But several believe that Hornsby
should supplant Collins at second, that
either Peckinpaugh or Hollocher should
oust Bancroft from short and that Groh
has something on Weaver at third.
Making no claim to omniscienCe, we
still stand by Collins, Bancroft and
Weaver.
Collins. the greatest second basemar
of the game, is in the midst Of his
greatest year.
Bancroft has been a whirlwind
Weaver is outhitting Groh by thirty OF
forty points, and the game has nc
! harder worker.
The Pitchers
DITCHING selections vary even more
l. widely than those Of the infeld
Our choice included Alexander, Bagby
Cooper and Shocker.