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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-25
SOGGY FIELD FOR
v. VA.-W..& J. CLASH
Ancient Rivals Will Play Before
Record Attendance This
Afternoon Il


Washington. Pa, Nov. 25.--Th'
football clash between Wash
ington and Jefferson and West Virginia
University. ancient rivals Of the grid
iron. this afternoon on College Field,
promises 10 hc one Of tho most notabl"
Of the most grlicIling combats stage J
between the institutions. While thcr
Is every chance that slow gridiro
will rrcvaF1 on account Of the receu
and prevailing rains. yet there il everT
prospect that at game time It will not b,
raining. IN which event attendanc :
records at, College Field will be shat
tered. Rut despite the soggy con
dtion of the field there may be
lots of fireworks. Both teams hav"
some speed merchants. who frcWentli
are not hampcrcd by slushy grldiron
Such specdstcrs as Erickson. Beck
West. Brcnkert aud others can run
fairly we'll on rain soaked turf. Col
lcgc Field has n splendid sod top, as
compared with most fields on which the
Presidents have played. and the mer
cural qualities of ths players are likely
to be- much to tho fore.
The game will be the first that has
when W. and !. won hv 4S to o., In
cidontally. the Presidents have not won
from the Mountainous since. w. and j.
will appear the underdog in today's
battle The rcHPrScS the Presidents have
sustained at the hands of Syracuse. Pitt
and Carnegie Tech have lowered the
stock Of the Red and Black to point
whore the odds appear to bc considerable
favorable to the team from MOrgantown
The Mountainecrs are in the pink o.
physical condition. having come through
their recent games without mishap or
injury to players. On the other hand,
w. and J. will present line up that
is far from being the strongest that the
Presidents would be able to muster were
all their men in shape. Eielson. o'
course. will not play. and Mclaughlin.
with a broken toe is out of the game
for good. Brpnkcrt is still "toting' q
broken hand. but will play. while West
has a bad leg. That's a rather poor con
dition for high class barkfield. Nor
row will use Lawrence at quarterback
in today's tilt with Erickson ant
West at the halfback places and Bren'
kert at fullback. ...
Stein will be used as he was in thu
Pitt game. being technically placed a'
a left end. with Carroll occupying left
tackle.
West Virginia is suprcmely confident
of winning. and will bring horde %
supporters from the mountain state t
/ the contest. The team stayed owe
! night in Wheeling and came to Wash
ington this morning in automobiles
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-25
The Season Scoring
OF Penn and Cornell
PENN

coach for the first time. began by de-
leating Delaware College. 20 to 0. Tie
next Saturday. the big Bucknell team
came to Franklin Field and was trim
med, 20, largely through the fine work
OF OF Joe ;, straus, both extensively and de-
Swarthmore was the third eleven to
meet the Red and Blue, and it was gem
orally believed that the Garnet had a
good chance to win, however, Pennsyl-
yania played well that day and the Crum
Greek boys lost. u to O, Lafayette:
overconfdent of victory. was next.
Joe Straus proved the hero of the day
and Avon the game. Z to 0. by recovering
a tumble and dashing 40 yards across
the line.
V. NJ. !. came here unheralded. They
were considered set-up for Pcnnsyl-
vania. But II proved the other way
around, for the Nirginians administered
the Red and Blues first defeat of the
season by winning. q to Z. The next
week Heisman's men again fell. This
time it was Penn State and the count
was 2S-7. The following Saturday Pitt
arrived and it was expected that they
would give the Red and Blue the
worst beating of the year, but Penn
sylYania surprised everyone by holding
ting Warmers team TO u 2T-21 score and
c9mc very near making the winning
touchdown In the final period.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-25
FRANKFORT PLAYS
LEBANON VALLEY
YeIIowjackets Meet ColIegians
Today Prior to Big Battle
With Union

Browns Field Oxford pike, near the
High School grounds. will be the scene
Of the final game of the season for the
Fyankford Iclowjarkcts PROV to the
big clash with Union. of Phocnixvillc. at
the Phillics ball park. on SATURDAY..
The uptown aggregation will take on
the Lebanon Valley Colcgians and OK
poets hard game.
Manager Howard Bowkcr. in line
with the policy of the team all season.
will trot out the identical club that held
IOlmesburg- to 400 tie and completely
outplayed the neighborhood rival The
visitors are said to have big heavy
machine. but the Frankford boys all
add another victory to the list
Frankford has not been defeated all
season and has beaten all the first class
clcvens. Followers of the Ycllowiackets
are certain their favoritcS will rOmp
away with the big end of the score when
they come together on Saturday. In
way of comparison it might be cited that
when Ewing met Union a. A.. the
PhocniXville All Americans won by two
touchdowns. score 1910.
But when Frankforl played the same
club it was victorious by the score Of
40. A feature in connection with the
game will be the fact that brothers will
Fbe opposed to each other when IIcinir
Miller and Ray Miller. both formerly Of
Penn. come together.
Phocnixvillc fans are thoroughly
aroused and are coming to Saturday $
contest on II special train and specials
also will bring thousands of Frankford
rOOtcrS
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-25
CADETS WIN HARRIER RACE
Store Youngsters Capture Two
Cross Country Runs

Although threatening skies hung
heavily throughout the morning. tn"
John Wanamakcr junior and inter
mediate athletes of the cadets from the
Philadelphia and New York stores held
their annual Thanksgiving cross coun
try runs over the Parkway course.
starting and finishing at Juniper and
Filbcrt streets.
The course was over the new Park
way to the Washington Monument and
return. covering II distance of two and
one half miles. $. Fransra showed II
clean pair of heels in the junior event
covering the distance in II minutes and
30 seconds, j. StackhOusr close at his
heels with Sam kligman finishing
third.
In the intermediate race James p.
Jackson, wearing the colorS of the local
store. rortp ped home a winner in lG min
utcs and 10 seconds, his nearest OPP
ponent. George Roth. from the New
York store, coming in second, 81 see
onds bchipd him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-25
WAGNER VICTOR IN
0ARSMEN'S RUN
Undine Barge Club Athlete Cap
lures SchuyIkiIl Navy Cross
Country Race

Edward S. Wagner of the l'ndinc
Boat Club. captured the honors in the
annual SchuyIkill navy cross country
run this morning in FairmOunt Park
His time. which was fast. but not n
record, was 33 minutes and , seconds
for the five and three -cighthS miles.
Forty members If the seven clubs
started in the race. which was half
hour late in starting. due to the late
arrival Of some of the runners. Ono of
the largest crowds that ever attended
the event was on hand, despite the bad
weather. The park guards were busy
keeping the spectators off the drive.
j. William Morris. of Nr>pcr. was
second. his time being ~ seconds slower
than the winner. +. e. Gorswich of
l'ndinc. who won the event last year.
was third. with John EDyer. of the
Pennsylvania Barge. close fourth.
tndinc Barge club had little diff g,
Guilty in carrying OFF the team prize
with a total of 1O5 points. Pcnnsyl-
vania Barge Club was second. with SS
points. and NrSpcr Boat Club third.
with 30 points. Bachelor. Crescent and
Maltar finished in the order named.
Wagner. winner of the race. was pre-
S"wted with a gold watch and the
next fourteen men were all given silver
loving cups. There was only one team
prize.
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LANSDOWNE H. IN 25-21
WIN OVER SWARTHMORE n.
Two Touchdowns In Final Period
Score Victory In Good Game Today

= Lansdowne High overcame one
point lead in the final period of the
annual game against SwarthmOre High,
at Lansdownc High field today by scor
ing two touchdowns before big crowd.
The final score was Lansdownc High,
%; Swarthmorc High. 81.
Lansdowne scored fiyst blood with
the lone tally of the first half and again
in the third period. but failed to kick
the goal. Swarthmore came back in the
same period with beautiful open game
which scored two touchdowns. one by
Powers, speedy Swarthmorr left end,
and the other by Belfcld. quarterback,
who also grabbed pass and went over
the line. When both goals were kicked
Swarthmore led by point. 13, but
Lansdowne came back in the final period
with two more touchdowns.
Though Swarthmore scored also and
kicked the goal, which Lansdowne again
failed to do after both her talies, the
Lansdowne lads went off the field cheer
ing q 2J21 victory.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-25

JOHNSON WITH S0X
New ehortstop Secured TO FIJI Shoes
Of "Swede" Rlsberg

Chicago. Nov. 25.--Thc. signed con .
tract of Ernie Johnson. shortstop and
manager of Salt Lake City Of the Ia
cific Coast Baseball League last year.
has been received by the Chicago Amer
ican League management. Johnson
will fill the shoes of 'Swcdc' Risberg
as shortstop. Risbcrg is among the
eight players indicted by the Cook coun b
ty grand jury for alleged completely in
the scandal of the 1919 world series.
johnson has been member. OF
Charles Comiskcy's White Sox before
having been purchased from the Du-
buouc. Ia. club in the fa1T of 1912.
He made the spring training trip with
the White Sox the following year. but
was shipped to the Pacific coast for
more seasoning.
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BIG GRID GAME AT |
HOLMESBURGF|ELD
Bridesburg Eleven to Play in
IntersectionaI Battle on
Crystal Grounds

An intersectional clash that pomises
to draw record throng will be played
this afternoon at Crystal Field. Holmes
burg, when the Holmcsburg eleven min =
giles with Bridesburg. These eevens
have been dickering with each other all
season for a game and the contest was
finally arranged last week.
Despite the fact that they were
beaten by Union last Saturday Manager
Gcrker has supreme confidence in his
players and expects to roll up huge
total on Bridcsburg. The latter club
has beeh considerably strengthened of
late and has been steadily rounding
into form.
Last Sunday Bridesburg defeated
Manayunk by the score of 40 to o. and
with three western stars in the line up
expects to take the measure of Holmes
burg. Another newcomer has been
signed in Watkins and. while he is not
booked to start, will get in action before
the game is over.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-25
CAPTAIN SWEET STARS
West PhiIly Leader Makes Three
Touchdowns Against Norristown

Sweet. captain Of West Philadelphia
High School, was the bright star in the
3d to , triumph of the West philN
lads over NorrStown High School ON
the lattrr's grounds this morning. The
only scor" of the first period was IL
touchdown and goal madc by Sweet.
and in the second period the efforts Of
West fhilly were confined to goal
from field. the half ending West
Fhilly. 10. NorriStown. o.
1t was in the third period that the
locals swept their opponents completely
of their feet and registered three
touchdownS, two by llcint2 and one by
Sweet. the latter kicking the. goal on
his own touchdown, THIS made total
of 70 points for til" period. The only
score for Norristown came at this time,
IN the form of n field goal.
In the final Quartcr West Philly
counted onSa touchdown by Sweet, The
winners used end runs aud straight
football to Pile up their huge score,
the backfcld running the ends at will.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-25

ClYMER NONCOMMlTAL
Columbus Leader Silent Regarding
Management of Phils

Wilkes Barre, Pa, Nov. %, -
Derby Day" Clymer, manager of the
Columbus team in the American Asso-
citation last year, has not confirmed or
denied the report in circulation here
that he has been invited to become
manager of the Philadelphia National
League team. Clymer said that he had
nothing whatever to say on the matter,
Derby Day" has been in the Ameri-
can Association for twelve years.
Until last yeaf, when his team got in
a fierce slump he has been in the fight /.
ing each season, %lpning pennants for
Louisville and Columbus.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-25
F. SCHAFFER WINS RUN
Captures 18th Annual Cross .Coun-
try Run of St. Francis Xavier Club

Francis Schaffcr rompPd home win
ncr in the eleventh annual cross country
Thanksgiving Day run of the st. Fran
els Navicr Catholic Club this morning
over the FairmOunt Park course. Gov
cring distance Of two and three quar-
ter miles, starting and finishing in trout
Of the club house, Ht Twenty fifth
street and FairmOunt avenue.
The run was given under the handicap
plan. Srhaffcr having one inmate and
forty five seconds. He covered the dis
tancp in lG minutes and 10 seconds.
Thomas Garvcy, running from
scratch. captured the time prize, his
time. 13 minutes ~ seconds. CunSid-
cring the slippery condition of the
course. being fast
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UNION VS.. CONSHY
At N0RR|ST0WN
Manager Crawford Plans to Use
New Players Against Strong
Phoenixville Eleven


Norristown. Nov. 25,-Tnon A. A..
Of PhocniXville. meets Conshohockcn
hero this afternoon in what is expected
to be ono Of the most bitter struggles
Of last season is not forgotten by Union
players and sympathizers and they are
out to hand Conshy trouncing.
Manager Robert Crawford is willing
to forget all about the most disastrous
season that his team has ever come
through. provided he can get away with
this one game. The widest kind of rc-
ports have been circulated for the past
few days. Some are ts the effect that
the whole Akron eleven will be sent in
against Union.
No vcrifcation Of the reports can be
obtained. but Manager Crawford last
evening admitted that he would have
some new men in the game. The fol-
lowers of Union will arrive here on a
special train.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-25
PALMYRA AT HOME
Finishes Grid Season Today In Game
With Navy Yard Team

The Palmyra +. &. closes Il most sue -
ceSsfuI gridiron season this afternoon
on the home field with the PhiludcIphia
Navy Yard as the opposing eleven,
Palmyra this season has lost but one
gam" and that after questionable
decision with the Riverside +. C.,
scor" T. to I. \ previous game with
the same team ended in tie at q to 4.
Victories were registered over Stagg
A. G., Of Camden, IT to u, aud Quincy,
Of Germantown. IS to .. The. Thanks,
giving Day game is the big event here.
and larg" crowd is expected.
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Penn-COrneU Face
Threatening Weather

Continued from Page Oar
should not be in the best fighting shape
Of the year. 1t is true that Pennsyl-
vania had a game with Columbia last
Saturday. while the Ithacans were rest
Ing. nevertheless, the team that Heis-
man will send in against Cornell to-
day is in very good shape, at least as
good physically as the visitors, who
have several men on the squad suffering
from minor injuries.
The officials at. Pennsylvania are pre-
pared for the biggest crowd of the sea
son, which means that nearly $4,000
, will be there. All of the temporary
stands will be filled and there will be
standing room for several thousand
more. Alumni Of both institutions are
here from every section Of the land to
witness the battle. This THANKSGIVING
Day tilt between Pennsylvania and
Cornell is always the signal for an
last night and this morning made the
Rittenhousp Hotel their headquarters
as the team is stopping there. Many
Pccnnsylvanians also were cumming
with the rivals. r.
The lobby of the hotel was a riot of
color. red predominating. The Cornell
alumni and undergraduates the latter
having arrived from Ithaca this morn
Ing, have taken a huge section of the
north stand and expect to give the Red
and Blue roOtcrs a run for their money
this afternoon. The Cornell band is
here and as usual will be seated at the
northeast corner of the field.
The Pennsylvania team came in this
morning to the training house from
III" Whitemarsh Valley Country Club.
where they have been since Monday
putting on the final touches for the
ray tins afternoon. Yesterday was
devoted solely to light signal work.
Cooch Dobie's eleven remained at the
notrl until shortly before the game.
Yesterday they did no work at all in
football uniforms. They were out ON
FRANKLIN Field soon after their arrival.
nL't aid not don their sridiron togs. All
Snat Dobir wanted yesterday was to
nay" the men walk over the field and
nook things over. In the afternoon he
"ok them into the suburbs for long
walk. That ended their seaso6's train.
rem Lineup Definite
'"ach DobiP was still somewhat un-
u''lded this morning which men he
hMoNid start, but Ilesman announced
<nS lineup early. The PENNSYLVANIA
.t"m will be directed by Rex Wray
at quarterback, and Carl Thomas net
nIns captain, in the absence of Bud
hopper Joe Straus, who has been out
,or % some time with an injured ankle,
Mmlll be at full back, and he will have
3S M Miller on his left and Mike White
hall on his right. This is about the best
uackheld that the Red and BLUE has
P", on the gridirOn this season.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-25
ALAN SWEDE is CAPTAIN
Norristown tad Will Head 1921
Princeton Harriers

Princeton. Nov. g5.-Alan Swcdc.
of Norristowu. Pa, has been elected
captain of Priucrton'S 1922 cross -roun-
try team. Swcdc prepared at McrrorS-
burg Academy, wh"r" they broke the
WCrld'S intcrSrholaStic record for the
two mile run outdoors and the one
mile run indoor> lie is now a junior
ut Princeton. lie lowered Princeton :
two mile record by ten seconds last
spring when l." covered the distance in
q 30 | 3.
Swrdr has been handicapped this fall
by the wrruchcd hip, which kept him
out Of the early SS-country meets
but finished in the first ten ut the inter-
CollNgihtrs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-25
NEWARK SCHOOLB0X WINS
CR0SS-COUNTRY TITLE
Ray Fischer Carries His Team to
Victory in Fast Time

Ray Fischer. of the Newark Central
High School. won the annual American
interschOlaStic cross country run in
Fairmount Park today from more than
POO entries.
He took the lead at the start and
held it throughout the race He
finished at least ten feet in front of
Kopf. of Hutchinson High School Of
Buffalo. His time was IS minutes
81 30 seconds. Toabcn. of Merrcrs-
burg Academy, was third.
Newark Central also captured the
team prize with - points. Hutchinson
High School of Buffalo was second and
Mercersburg was third. West phila-
dclphia High School was the first local
school to finish. taking fifth place.
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Jack Johnson in Two Bouts

eaNrnNOrth, Kansas tltN. NuN -
Jack johnson. former hravywrighj boxing
win apprur in two hNrround bouts
at the federal prison her" this ntlornunu as
Day boxing program. Four other bouts 80
on the card Besides tho inmates uf the
prison, newspaper mon uUd others viii wit
ness thu afternoon > cutortnium, nj on spurH,I
invitation OF IN" prisons warden 4 &
Anderson. Johnson will box ten rounds
his opponents being Topeka Jack. John
son and Frank Owens, Of ChIcugn Zach
boxing hvr rounds with the furmrr cham
piOn
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-25
SHANAHAN CROSS-COUNTRY
Is Won by Joseph Cochran Over
Field Of Twenty-six Competitors

The Shanahan annual handicap
cross country run this. morning was
won by Paul Cochran. who finished the
three and a quarter mile course in 10
minutes and 80 seconds.
a large crowd of spectators lined the
course, and the field was large one.
twenty six barriers in all being in the
event. The time prize was won by Paul
O'Rourke and Frank Carney, both of
whom finished in Is minutes and 30
seconds. The time and order of those
who finished follow
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mouth. Time OF per'oos-'o """'e''
Pittsburgh. Pa. Nov. 25.--As ft-
fling climax to brilliant football sea =
SON the contest between the Pitt Pan =
tbers and the Nittany Lions today is the
most important event of the gridiroh for
turkey day. Both teams are coached
nv two of the clevcrest mentors in the
land, and each has pointed his team
for this particular game. Neither has
bcpn defeated, although Lchigh tied
Penn state and Syracuse tied Pitt. but
Iphigh and Syracuse have both fallen
bv the wayside against other teams and
therefore arc not classcd with the ma =
chimes that have been built up by Glenn
Warner and Hugo Bezdek. !
The game will be played on muddy
field and. no doubt. many substitutes
will be used on each side, as there will
be occasion when player with dry
uniform on caii make a material gain at
n psychological moment, and Warner
and Bczdek will not hesitate to take I'D =
vantage of anyopcning that may come.
In order to insure. score.
Penn States squad did not come into
the city until this morning. in order to
keep them away from the rabid mob that
crowds the downtown hotels, where the
supporters of the Blue and white arc
congrcgated. Bczdek and his assistants
cnmc in and were at the big smoker of
Penn state at the Chamber of Com
merce last night. The former leader of
the Pittsburgh Pirates wasn't boastful,
but expressed confidence in his boys,
aud said that they would do their best.
Glenn Warner is quietly confident
Mat the Panthers will either win or
tie with the Center COuntianS Ms his
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Three Boxers Suspended

Z fE,fy York, Nov. 95.--The New York State
sommisston announced that the fol.
boxers have been suspended for "A
period Of thirty days each: X O. Jaffe
lnd ''Slcnt" Martin for their disqualified.
ton In their contest at the Commonwealth
Sporting Club, November 49, and Harrv
MuTk. OF BrooklSn, for failure to fulhl con
tracts entered into with the Woodlawn sport
Ing club and the Brighton Athletic Club.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-25
eirard College Wins Soccer, 81

The soccer team Of Girard College sue.
sam. Institution today hy tho score of 81
The first half ended In tic. H. when
goal and was followed by Sundstrom. OF
the alumni. Mctahr took Yust's place in
the scCorh half and kicked two goals Tor
GirHrd.
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- I
Where Big College
Teams Play Today
Cornell at PENNSYLVANIA.

Penn State at Pittsburgh.
Gettysburg at Franklin and Mar
shall.
Bucknell vs. Dickinson Mt Will
Transport.
trsinus at Muhlenburg.
Alabama Poly VS.. Georgia Tech
at Atlanta.
Rutgers at Detroit.
West Virginia at Washington and
Jefferson.
Delaware at Pennsylvania Mill
tary College.
Johns Hopkins VS.. Maryland at
Baltimore.
Holy Cross VS.. Fordham at Wor-,
ccster.
Center w. Georgetown at Dan
vile.
Virginia NJ. I. vs.. Virginia Poly
lat Roanoke.
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Dartmouth Reaches Seattle

Seattle, Nov 25.--Coach &. W Spoars
and the Dartmouth College football rIeysn
which Will meet the University OF WASH
mston team m the first East W. West game
on the coast this season Ia the new Wash.
ingtgn CpiNersiy stadium, Saturday ar
rived herellast night with all members OF he
team, In excellent condition a