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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-04
JACK T0LAND WINS
BOUT OVER HANN0N
Boxers Forget About Punching
for Jaw in Contest at
Auditorium

Young Jack Toland did not have much
chances to use his southpaw punch
against Willie Hannon in the windup
at the Auditorium A. A. last night, but
Toland won. During the greater part of
the bout the boxers appeared to have
forgotten that it was not against the
rules to aim punch at an opponents
jaw.
In this respect Harmon showed the
most willingness to forget that blow
to the jaw is considered perfectly good
form among some of our best boxers.
That is why n decision is being regis
tered against him.
Harmon not only ignored Toland' S
jaw when hitting, but he must have
been terribly tired, for he spent most
of his time resting his arms on the
back of Toland's head. This method left
Toland with no alternative but to slug
to the body. The left -hander succeeded
in getting over enough clean sOuthpaw
wallops to carry the decision.
An unusually interesting preliminary
was furnished in the third bout between
Harry Stewart and Freddy Turner.
Stewart, who is undergoing his bap-
tismal fire in the boxing game, staged a
spirited attack that earned the verdict,
Turner rallied in the last round. but
his spHrt came too late to harm Stew
arts lead.
Young Buck Fleming and Indian
Russell fought six hard rounds in the
semiwind.u up. Fleming was the victor.
Russell did too much wild swinging.
Eddie Joyce won from Jack Devlin.
George Brown knocked out AL Frazee in
the first round,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-04

TIME Professional Golfers Associa-
l. ton has started the ball rolling in
the matter of the international matches
to be played next year.
1t was announced last night that
efforts would be made to stage exhibi-
tion matches between Jim Barnes and
Walter Hagen, for America, and Abe
Mitchell and George Duncan, for
Great Britain.
1t is proposed to play a series Of
such matches in Philadelphia, New
York, Boston, Chicago, st. Louis and
other great golfing centers. These
matches will be for the benefit of the
P. G. A., and it is felt that a consid-
cradle sum can be realized in this way
to bolster up the finances of this or
ganization and make possible the play
of a good many other professional ex-
hibition matches.
Stand Out
Barnes is professional United States
golf champion, while Walter Hagen is
the open American champion. Mitchell
and Duncan have now superseded Var
don, Ray, Taylor, Braid and the others
as the greatest of Great Britain
These two stand out above the famous
quartet which has so long dominated
professional golf in the Old World.
Both Merton and Huntingdon Valley.
of this city, will be in a position to
handle such exhibition matches, though
neither club has come out so far with
the announcement that either is willing
to handle the event.
The p. G. A. is now working on an
effort to make this play be for the
worlds championship golf doubles.
New York and Chicago clubs are al
ready ir the field with offers to stage the
meetings, One Chicago club has offered
a preliminary purse of $4,000 to insure
some kind of match between the
Americans and foreigners over its
course.
Alex pirie. secretary of the p. G.. A.
said yesterday that an invitation had
been forwarded to the secretary of the
British Professional Golfers Assoca-
tion for its leading members to compete
in the American professional match play
without the necessity of qualifying.
Qualifying Plan
1t is hoped to have at least four of
the Britishers compete in this event.
The plan at present, therefore, is to
match eight of the Americans in a pre-
liminary round. the four defeated Amer
leans to make way for the four British
ers.
The P. G. A. championship will be
started on Monday this year, leaving
the balance of the week for the other
rounds.
The Britishers are also invited to
enter the open championship here, and
inasmuch as it is definitely decided that
several American pros will also enter
the British open abroad, the profession
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-04
E. COLLINS LOOKED LIKE
MASCOT IN FIRST GAME


A S THE men of Mack took their in
L field practice at the South Side Park
in Chicago one September day in 1906,
the fans were amused at the capers of
a boy at the shortfeld position.
The youngster was dressed in a regu-
lar AS uniform, but it was too big for
him and made him look simmer than
he really was. He looked like mascot,
but no one else was practicing at short
and he stayed there when the game
started.
The boy looked about fifteen, but In
reality he was nineteen, and although
it looked as II hot grounder would
knock him off his feet, he stopped every
thing that came his way. He was cred
tied with two put-o outs and four assists
and he dented Ed Walsh's delivery for
a single and a sacrifice.
1t was announced that the boy 8
name was Sullivan and for some time
he was known as Sullivan because he
was captain of the Columbia baseball
team and didn't want it known that he
was playing professional ball. Sullivan
was Eddie Collins, rated as baseball 8
greatest second baseman.
What queer turns baseball fate does
take! Suppose on that 18th day of
September, 1905. one were to have told
Charley Comiskey, owner of the Sox,
that eight years later he would have
bought that frail boy from the Athletics
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CONNIE TINS FIVE
OF HURLING STAFF
However, AS Gar Still Has
Fourteen Tossers to Go
to Training Camp

Mr.. c.. Mack, of Tioga. German
town and all way points, has tied the
tinware to a whole flock of his aspiring
young pitchers. Five of them have been
rushed to the minors. They are Lefty
Yorke, Daniel Boone. Ray Roberts, Bob
Hasty and Jimmy Zinn. Although Mr..
Mack did not so state, it is certain
that he is holding several of these
men by strings of various diameters.
In place of these five recruits Connie
enlisted Frank Herbst, of the Water
bury Eastern League Club, and Eddie
Moore, of Waco, Tex. Mack's hurling
staff in its present entirety is: Rom
nell, Herbst. Moore, Harris, Grevell,
Naylor, Bigbee, Perry, Kinney, Eckert,
Keefe, Pierson, Martin and Gibson.
Outside of these the tall uptowner has
no pitching talent from which to make
his selections. The quartet of catchers
that will grace the AS uniforms at Lake
Charles, La. are Perkins, Styles,
Walker and Myatt.
Comics present plans are to sound
the call to arms February 20,
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PENN WELCOMES
HE|SMAN TONIGHT
Royal Greeting Planned for
New Coach at Mass-Meet-
ing of Students
SIGNS 3.YEAR CONTRACT

A royal welcome is planned for John
W. Heisman, the new Penn football
coach. at a mass meeting Of the students
in Weightman Hall tonight. The squab-
BILE is to be forgotten and the glad hand
extended upon the return of one of Ben
Frankin's most famous sons.
There has been considerable talk that
Heisman would not be welcome, and
the greeting is planned to be more en-
thusiastic to prove to the former Geor-
gia Tech. tutor that he is wanted.
There will be no difference of opinion
among those who will gather tonight.
The hackers Of Folwell now are behind
Heisman. The football committee has
decided that Heisman is the man and
the students have decided to get behind
the new coach to a man.
VIII Discuss Plans -
Heisman is particularly anxious TO
meet the football players and he will
discuss plans in general way. lie
wants to get acquainted early because
he is the type of coach who gets to know
his proteges intimately. The meeting
will start promptly at eight O'Clock
and everybody is invited.
The final arrangements to bring Heis-
man here were made yesterday when
the football committee signed the
southern tutor to three-year con-
tract. 1t is reported that he is to re-
ccive $4,000 year.
1t has been announced that Heisman
will hold spring football practice, start
ing the latter part Of April and con-
tinuing for three weeks.
Penn Invited Abroad
Owing to the mid dyear examinations,
sports are low at Penn now, although
the students manage to get in consid-
cradle practice in all branches of
athletics. The track squad became en-.
thused yesterday when it was learned
that Oxford and Cambridge had invited
a Red and Blue team to England for Il
track meet in July. 1t is very likely
that Oxford and Cambridge will send
teams here for the relay games at
Franklin Field.
Lon Jourdet has been going easy on
his athletes since Saturday night when
the Red and Blue went into the league
lead by trimming Yale. 1t was the
ninth straight victory for the Quakers
and with examinations on and no
league battles, Jourdet can afford to
ease off.
The only game scheduled for this
week is with Penn State Saturday
night in Weightman Hall. Next week
two games will be played away from
home and both are intercollegiate bat
ties. The first is with Columbia in
New York, on February II, and the
second with Dartmouth, in Hanover,
February IA.
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DEMPSEY'S RECORD
WILL Be PROBED
Boxing Board Decides to Make
Investigation of War Charges
at Fighters Request
INELIGIBLE FOR THE LEGION

New York. Feb. 4.-On January 90
Jack Dempsey. heavyweight champion
of the world. addressed n letter to the
Army, Navy and Civilian Board of Box
ing Control, appealing for an invcstiga
tion of his war record.
Adam Empie, secretary of the board.
announced yesterday that Dempsey's s
request had been granted. and that a
committee had been appointed to take
evidence and clear up the question con-
cerning which several posts of the Amer
lean Legion have taken action.
The committee is made up as fol-
lows Alfred l.. Marley, counsel to the
board, who will act as chairman; Major
um. Or. Joseph r. Raycraft. of Prince
ton Robert Edgren. Roswell f. EaSton,
Il. Breckenridge Steele, Adam Empie
and John s. Smith, chairman of the
New Jersey state boxing commission.
The first meeting of the committee
will be held on February II at . 30
o'clock. at the Office of the board, No.
$40 Madison avenue.
According to officers of the American
Legion at Indianapolis honorary mem
bership in the organization is forbidden
to Dempsey by the constitution.
The constitution says there shall be
no form or class of membership except
an active membership
1t adds that ANY person shall be
eligible for membership in the American
Legion who was regularly enlisted,
drafted, inducted or commissioned, and
who served on active duty in the army
navy or marine corps of the United
States" during the world war, pro-
vided he was not separated from the
service 'under circumstances amounting
to dishonorabe discharge and has not
subsequently been officially restored to
an honorable status
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-04
FLORIDA SOON WILL ..I
BE VAST GOLF COURSE
Rice Predicts Great Future for Came Southern Sto,o
Among Middle-Aged CitisenS-Links at Noun.
tain Lake Scientifically Trapped
BY GRANTLAND RICE
COPYRIGHT, 1890. All rights reserped)

CEWELL FORD is absolutely correct
~ 1t should now be known as the Golf
of Mexico and the Golf Stream in this
land of orange groves and mashie shots,
sunshine and twofoo puts.
1t is only question of few years
before Florida will be one vast golf
course, interspersed with orange and
grapefruit groves, bordered in turn by
the bewhiskered water oaks and the
moss covered pines.
We make the prediction that within
five years there will be more divots lifted
in Florida than any other state in the
union.
Golf and Oranges
A DAY OR so ago, with Roy Chaplin,
1AH. y. Martin and Eugene Kicker,
we started out on a tour of inspection
from Belleair, headed across the state.
We left two great golf courses at Belle
air, and from that point on through
Tampa into Mountain Lake the car
dashed along over fine roads, through
or by a succession of orange groves and
either nine or eighteen hole courses
many of the latter planted in towns
under 5000.
At Mountain Lake we came to the
tallest point in the state, some 400 feet
above sea level, and there spread out in
review at exactly the center of the
state was high grade nine-hole course,
with another nine under way. This
course was no dinky, tourist affair, but
one of fine testing distance, scientifically
trapped with grass greens, on par
with the best to be found in the north
through June.
Less than five years ago this place was
a wilderness. To drop 100-ac golf
courses, with smooth fairways and ex-
ceptional green's, into this sector on
such brief notice shows what will
happen as the golf contagion spreads.
For the Older Generation
WINTER golf in Florida will never
w lure any number of the younger
element. Very few of these have the time
or the money.
But it will extend its appeal to the
middle aged citizen or the man beyond
fifty who has collected his kale and who
desires to leave the snowbanks behind
for playground in the sun.
It's a great thing for this class. In
place of shivering through winter gale
they start north in April, tanned and
husky, cxuding pink from every pore.
Changed Order
UNOR we have now come to changed
L order in the scheme of things. 1t
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-04

used to be the general belief that spor.
and play belonged exclusively to ths
youth of the land, and the man AZ
woman who had passed forty five ~
fifty had drifted on beyond the border.
land of recreation.
Golf in the main has been responsi.
BILE for the new order. The man bevond
fifty couldn't play baseball, tennis or
football.
With prohibition on the docket h.
can no longer sit around a club consum.
ing copious drinks.
But he has found that he can at last
slip away into an almost endless drift NJ
sunshine through the winter months
and not only put himself into rare con.
dition, but also have what is technically
known as a corking good time--ouits
different from the uncorking good times
now faded into the mists.
What II Means -
THIS won't mean very much to you II
you still happen to be romping along
between twenty and thirty.
But it means more than a trife to tia
man beyond fifty. Only few days ago
we watched two contestants leave the
first tee at Belleair. Both were well be.
yond sixty. Their hair was extremely
gray, but they were both burned to
healthy brown and they left the first
tee with swinging, stride that belonged
to youth alone
When one begins to look over a cron
of veterans around sixty, sixty five or
seventy, having nip and tuck battle,
as keen for the game as two kids and
husky enough to tramp ten or twelve
miles in a thirty six hole scrap, tbe
meaning of the new order begins to mean
something.
A ND sooner, or a trif1e later, it is
\ coming to the lot of every man 10
slip quietly and gently from the twenties
into the thirties and from the thirties
into the fifties, where, before he knows
what it is all about, he is slogging along
toward the end of the road. And it il
at this stage that he will find his keen
est joy in play and sport in the knowl-
edge that he has come into the late
afternoon of his life with the sun be.
ginning to set back of the gray hill
known as Existence. And It is q great
thing for him then to have some form OF
sport left that will keep the sunshine
of spring in his heart as an offset for
the winter SHOWS that crown his head.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-04
TRUCKS ROLLS TONIGHT
Bowls Final IS Games of Series
Against Joe Redinq

Charles Trucks, individual cham
pion bowler of this city, will roll the
final fifteen games of the thirty game
home and home series against Joe Red
ling, of New York, on the Casino Alleys
tonight.
In the first fifteen games last Wed
nesday on the Pastime Alleys, New
York city, although Trucks won eight
Of the fifteen games, he finished sixty
two pins behind the Gotham expert. As
it is a total pins match, the bowler
knocking down the greatest number of
pins in the thirty games wins. Local
fans expect Trucks to show his supe-
riority on his home alleys.
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HARRY BROWN DRAWS
Punch for Punch With Dundee Is
Sensational Battle

Reading. Pa. Feb. i. = Swapping
punch for punch, Harry kid Brown,
Philadelphia, and Allentown Dundee,
battled a sensational ten. round draw in
the wind-up of the. Watson Athletic:
Clubs boxing & show in thnd the drm9Ty foyoasd lasI
Brown, the Southern High athletes
clever left jab, with a right counter
seemed to battle the Lehigh valley bat
tier.
Changing his tactics in the fourth
and becoming the aggressor, the Allen
town fighter gave Brown an awful bat
tie with hard punches to the stomach
and body that hurt the Philadelphia
lad. AS the bout progressed the boys
fought hard, and at times Brown
caused his opponent to miss by his
clever lodging, but Dundee's clever in
fighting evened up matters, making the
fight good draw.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-04
FULTON STOPS JOHNSON
Plasterer Knocks Out Negro in the
Eighth Round

Boston, Feb. 4.-Fred Fulton, the
Minnesota plasterer, knocked out John
Lester Johnson in the eighth round last
night at the Armory A. A. It was
Fulton's fight from the start. He hit
johnson at will. though apparently saw
ing himself for the finish. In the
eighth he dropped johnson with right
to the jaw and left to the body for
the count of nine, when johnson jumped
to his feet and made a wild swing at
Fulton. The latter came back with an
other right to the head and left to the
body and Johnson took the full count,
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for 500, 900. Why, Commy would have
sent a hurry call for the wagon.

sent hurry call for The wagon.
Eddie Collins was born at Tarrytown
N. Y. on May 2. 1887. He was grad
town, and Columbia University in The
class of 1907. In addition to being Q
great college baseball player Collins,
despite his weight, was a crack football
player. He played quarterback on Co
lumbia's team of 1905.
Copyright. 1920. All rights reseryed)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-04
YANKEE GOLF PAIR TO
MEET BRITAIN'S BEST
Barnes and Hagen, America, Proposed in Exhibitions in
This and Other Cities against Duncan and
Mitchell by Professional Body
BY SANDY McNIBLICK

ais expect that some kind of worlds
title in singles will be played for, either
here or abroad before the end of next
season.
There is a deal of discussion on this
matter already, and it is felt that some
kind of mutual agreement will be
reached between this country and Great
Britain to play for such title.
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LOCAL IS GOLF VICTOR
Mrs. Caleb Fox and Mrs. Stetson
Triumph at BeIIeaIr

Tampa, Fla. Feb. 4.-Favorites
came through the annual Valentines
women golf championship at Belleair
yesterday, both Mrs. G. L. Fox, former
national champion, and Mrs. Stetson
mGdalist, being victorious.
The results; Mrs. G. H. Stetson.
Philadelphia, defeated Mrs. Clarence
hing, Cincinnati, and 6; Mrs. G. K,
Morrow, New York, defeated Mrs. W.
W; Morrison, Toledo, 4 and 3.
Mrs. G: G, Alexander, Chicago, de-
teated Miss Marion Hanrahan, Bing
Mrs. 9. F. Fox, Philadelphia, de
feated Mrs. Charles B. Rafette, Chi
cago, 0 and Z.
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SCRAPS ABOUT SCRAPPERS

have it his way. Edwards says there isn't
a l42-pounder In the state VINO has anything
low. -1''
ns Ms' 70 to Fl R e ts1 Ss
The bout Mique desires is one with Jimmy.
McCabe. Steve Marcoe is ready to make the
Steve Marcoe has added KID sharkey and
WI; Willie Mooney to his stable, which now con.
matched FOR respective bouts T at the OS%T. Ser
mantown A. A. February 10.
Jimmy Jordan. Pittsbursh's pile-drivns
pisht pH1Gheri makes AXE his wind-up boy Friday
Closkey in the star scrap at at the Can CAMBRIA. ria
rbsz Pszzi rsD1s YGg1s n Mlllsan vs. Joh9ny Gala
and Rocky Ford VS.. Tony Daniels.
the Tee ayssH s%steg5 taS bouts s qs the +
nss nrsdt ssss mest n satlnr the final Of shweEh
frank r,Kid'p Potty; a Jersey feather,
as the Lew Tender of the 1922 pound class,
Slobodien wants to match Potty. who is
soIthpaw. with the best Of PHILIPS feather
A double wind-up Is on tap for the Ger
and Tommy warren afe schedIed to hESW s%sp
punches in the first half Of the big final.
and in the other. section Bobby McCann
VIII take on Joe Nelson. Three other good
bouts are carded
Benny Kaufman has been working out
daily at Philadelphia Jack O'Brienis in
preparation for his comeback Mike White
says Benny will have a tremendous following
from Hog Island when he resumes boxing.
Billy Kramer Is keeping In condition. while
Willus Britt is keeping his tongue wagging.
Britt believes that Kramer can take fall
out of Champion Mike O'Dowd, and Billy be-
lieyes It. Willus is negotiating for a Kramer:
O'Dowd match. and II 1t Is consummated
1t should be a corker. says Britt.
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HEARING ON BOXING BILL
Walker Measure Up Before Judi.
eIary Committee Feb. IL

Albany, Feb. 4.-Senator James 7
Walker, Senate minority leader an
nounced last night that his bill seeking
legal restoration of boxing in the stats
would be given public hearing before
ary IT. e''u
This is the measure backed by the
army and navy control board of boy
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Rube BreSsLer Ready to Sign

UBINO BRESSLER
Az
the bright lights
the old
is a hunter of his proves.
He here to with McCann,
who also hand in signing ball this
especially getting full
will b
of
said the brilliant souhpaw, didn't
rghtn fact have been berayso
II
hunting and that's the best thing in the world
DO will again?
Pat Moran wonderful and has all of the others
His in
how to handle and player the
knows lot of baseball and knows o
There another brany player ball Moran
believe he did than
saee and take from that old bird is wise 1t
veoped Rue
pitch the away which pulled them through
his a
fellow and always glad help pitchers
but had to give play the outfed
QUBE o at the
he is sconfder the
in q shortti
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Carry Has Big Job on Hand

AVY CRAvAT will have his work for
who big
high They of
following
either at third base pitcher.
"p 81 also can play other positions il o
STRANGE how the fade months year Wiht
games He was
a. off
in the American Association
~
he
basketball the 9415.
thoroughly and has the personality
smashing records
line John
GRUMPY coach because used handle the Crackers Georgia
known Crackers below the Mason and Dixon line
Princeton footbaers
IL other day when Bob Iambern and Bill Roper
q a verbal combat
JOHNSON ncken but he can't afford allow
- be surJunded by a half million dollar suit
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-04

HARRY GREB is going to be Jack
IL Dempsey's first opponent since the
latter lifted the heavyweight crown.
Buffalo. n. Y. is to be the scene of bat
tie, and May 80 is the dope, This in
formation comes from Harry Keck,
Philadelphian and sports editor Of the
Gazette Times, of Pittsburgh. Greb
admits it, and it mayor may not-be
so. Here's the dope as per letter
from Mr.. Keck today: Harry Greb,
who boxes BARLEY Madden Friday
night, meets Captain Bob Roper in
Pittsburgh Lincoln's Birthday, after
which he will 60 to Hot Springs, Ark,
for few weeks, then he will go direct
to Denver for a bout, and then to
Frisco, where he will tackle Willie
Meehan. Gunboat Smith and others who
are loafing around there in four round
bouts Harry will return to Pitts
burgh about April 1, and then will keep
in shape until the Dempsey date. Greb
is to get $4,000, while the champion
is to be guaranteed $4,000. The
Queensberry Club, of Buffalo. will stage
the bout"
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Atheck and Billy Murphv Draw

:. I NsW forbi FEB, 4.--Blily Afflecl, OF pnr-
y, 5Shq; ana , Hilly Murphy star featherweight,
elght-roynd draw before the Bayonns HSr H.oVsr
last night; In the semiwind-up Paddy suiIll.
on foul from Eddie Jos6ph, Of staten
Island In the first round 1fr 1'h