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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-06
OLD SYSTEM CAUSED /
YALE'S GRID SLUMp
Reason for Football Failure in Recent Years Easy :,
Discern, but Where Blame Should Fall Is
Different Matter. Rice Believes
By GRANTLAND RICE

I WATCH then, as they rustic by
1 With holting step and la1oiug feet,
The tredrp dro0p of mouth or eue,
Where cropded thousands pack N.
street;
And n the restless, cropded to,on
thrills
81 those ,oho toander, lean and Jro,cn,
Amid the freedom Of tho hills.
And IN the hills or on the trail.
Apart from oil the cropded brood,
WITH teio to give a friendly hail,
They curse the breadth Of solitude;
Whsre still, the open hiQhDop CLEANS
They mark ahead the lonely niohfs.
Beyond the last goal of their dreams
1hey only see the city lights.
The Old Grad
nEAR SIR think I Gun tell you
- the trouble with a lot of colleges,
and the main reason for a number OF
bad pratices that have crept into col
lege sport. The answer is the Old
Grad. Some ono is always asking now
what's the matter with YaleT'
can tell you--it's the Old Grad. These
undiscriminating Old Grads are the
Philistines Of our universities. They
belong elsewhere--where there are nc
cherished traditions; no nice distinc.
uons Of conduct to be violated. Die
this Yale spirit pour forth only during
the Blues great winning streak? II
was for the Old Grad that destiny in
the guise of some anonymous boarding
school student contrived the word I'm
possible. PIP, 1923, s. 8. s.
The Rivals
THE undergraduate can't understand
L why the Old Grad should get SO
wrought up when it should be the un
dergrad who carries most Of the poign-
ant anguish in defeat.
But take the case of the Old Grad n,
Yale. He became accustomed to loud
and lusty cheering every fall between
1890 and 1910. Quite a habit can be
developed in twenty years.
Then around December, 1870, he be
gan to look back. He suddenly re-
membered that in the last twelve years
Yale had scored but one touchdown
against Harvard and in these last
twelve years had beaten Harvard but
twice.
He also remembered suddenly that fol-
the first time in history Yale had lost
to both Princeton and Harvard in twt
successive years.
With these bitter details passing in
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OF PHIL HADELPHIA
READY FOR PITTSBURGHERS
Harry McCruth Has Charge of amateur Team That Completes
in Smoky City Tomorrow Night

T. New York with rcauy Lo,uaru ,y. IL,
c,iS Tommy Lo'u9hiin, q St. M9n.sa,'s Catholic
as Joe JacKs9n a and ''S Al M MeT Ts''eE%sf1f TSSxh5
fought q draw with Lou Schupp at Lanca ster
Jimmy Clinton. former referee at the Ger
msntown sportsmen's Club. has been ap-
pointed IN the same capacity a. the Majestic
-o;'I, Al Fly Eh3 6roks his hand tn no third
tho side lines 10" a few weeks. sd5 VIII De on
-..Gtr George \. o. ChNneS, IN, BaI'!ucr, llEh,-
Esx, Monday Danny 'I Krsme- IN me ar 2''HP Baye .
S6a aTs mnXS XSe oldss.n @ se and st s,bS mo
J!mmy sullivan and Bobby DarrrtT, and
Franks Clark and Dick sIosA. '
Ht' ~ Gs" ne cay, rsqSa Hl % b.; D6aats e2 at
Tor 81 ssd2on n?S squaro Sts w .s M
row night.
.vs w Nv. sasrrs s,sss @ LrS9 PhihdsIph!a s9uhp.w)
He would like 70 get started against soma
Of the best l2s-Dound boys. ''''
KnocI<or4 doc o'Donne,i. Of Gloucester,
realizes that ne viii havs @ st,rr task on
HE hands when he meets Joe Burman Of
Chicago, IN the main bout at the National
ODonncll Is training diligently and will be IN
th~ best o: shape when ne sIar:s aya!nst .he
Ch!Chg ar.
Al. Thompson. former boxin. instructor
n nc Marine CorRs will battle Frankie
CiHrE "a the s"miw!nd-Gp Gin B-nt. former
smltc4r champion. VIII box Martin Judge.
Other bouts. KNOCKOUT Al. Wagrcr vs.
Johnny sheridan Joo Dorsey vs. W!llte
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in the winter l have generally tcurj
myself badly off form. Lately, though
l am surprising myself.
II am getting as much and more d..
tance than | get at the height of the gCu
season. l feel an ease and control oye,
my shots that is altogether comfortip,
and am surprisingly timber on the lipk;
for this season Of the year. bsy,
been thinking it over and I attribpb
1T entirely to the skating / have beer
doing"
Mrs. Barlow explained that tho hin
pivot Of golf was essential to the styI
OF fancy skating she il being taught
that the arm and shoulder movements Of
fancy skating fitted in nicely with poi
form; that the correlation as we'll a.
general exercise of the body In skat;ng
all helped, she believed, in the improve
nent OF her winter games on the links
Miss Muller then gave a demonstrS.
tion OF fancy skating form outside 10,
show.
~ don't know anything about roy
put Mrs. Barlow has made such rap!d
strldes IN skating that, on the sane
principle, I'm tempted to take 10
She showed the hip pivot Of fsncy
skating. which is essentially that ..
golf; went through the shoulder and
arm drill and topped it all off with
scientific, explanation which made plcl
the relation of skating and golf form.
Alec Coles AMI Max Marston w.rs
couple OF prominent golfers noticed anon,
tne many at the Toronto games the oth,r
night at the lee Palace. Ono fan, ey!dsnt.y
a golfer. sat in front. One player chase
another up the rink trying TO stop him ~
lusty wallops with a hockey stick. IT'S
your nibl!c." bawled the fan.
The visit OF the five Englibh golfers %
study conditions here and confer further O.
the rules will bo welcomed here next year
II Ia hoped also that the committee will COZ.
tain tho British champion and other star;
Tor competition in our championships.
Bob Barnott, pro at TredyHrin, has t1k,a
up MS duties rs golf teacher for tho w!Eis,
IN Wanamaker's indoor school. This schco
lid @ "land-ofnce" business last year PROV
inS that interest In the game won't sutsG'
even by putting walls around Il,
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OPPOSES
LONG AGREEMENT
American League Head Says It
Has Too Long a Life.
Urges Notifications

Chicago, Jan. 6.-Modifcations must
be made in the agreement between the
major leagues before the American
League club owners will attach their
signatures to the document.
The National League has ratified and
signed the agreement, but the members
Of Ban Johnson's circuit have refused
to do that because the compact as drawn
is not entirely satisfactory to the own
ers in the younger circuit.
The American League at it's meet
ing in New York few weeks ago
ratified the agreement, but did not sign
it because there were dissenting voices.
Ban johnson said today that the
agreement must be modified. He objects
to its long life-twenty five years. He
declares 1t is folly to draw up a set Of
laws for so long q period. He referred
to the previous National agreement that
was supposed to 90 twenty years, but
which was declared "scrap of paper"
by owners in both leagues.
Il do not think a long term agree
ment means anything in baseball, " said
President Johnson. Five years IS
enough for the life of any compact :;
seven would be O. X. for this one, since
Judge Landis has been elected for that
period. But | am opposed to making it
more than that. We had an agreement
to run for twenty years, but it was
broken because the magnates refused to
live up to the laws that were made for
them and which they adopted. The
same would happen to another long.
term compact"
The attitude OF the American League
concerning the agreement may cause
much discussion in the joint session to
be held on January II at the Congress
Hotel.
The National League has signed the
document and may refuse change,
which would stir up another row he.
tween the major organizations.
Ban Johnson also thinks Judge Ian
dis, the new commissioner, should be
invested with more power than the
agreement as drawn gives him.
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NEW YORK SCALE CUT Anglers
n BOXERS. WHO MAY GO ON STRIKE;
4. SOME EVEN THREATEN TO WORK
BY ROBERT w. MAXWELL
SPORTS Editor Evening Public Ledger

$4,000 Richard evidently has offered him big guar
antee and the big boy is training hard for the fuss
Now everything will be changed and the cards shufied
for new deal Richard will not be able to that
much money because the house will not hold it. If he
gets gate of 100000 he will be lucky. Dempsey will
take huge slice of that and Willard have all that's
left Jack and Jess will be the first to feel the effects
of the reduction in prices.
And don't forget the Carpenter Dempsey scrap which
is to be held next purse of $500 900 has been
hung up and it planned to charge from So to 5000
for seats. This would have been necessary, because
Richard intended to build big New York,
and that costs lot of money He probably would have
take in about $50Oo0 to break Can you imagine
receipts of that size for one performance?
The fight, If 1t is held will not be in New York in
the East. Perhaps 1t will be moved to Benton Harbor,
Mich, where Dempsey fattened Miske. Floyd Fit-
simmons the promoter, in the East recently and
made bid for the battle. He says he has natural
amphheatre there which will no. 900 people, and
there will be no limit on the price of tickets.
Another hunch is that Dempsey will go to Europe to
defend his title against Carpenter Rckard and Coch
ran are partners and the Englishman will his nhu
ence to transfer the punching party to the other side
ANYWAY, the to,cerirg Of the price Of tickets pciH
help tho game Perhaps the top -notchers ,ciN
Kick for time, but hey must fight for Hring and
they can't get big purses, they cdn't-that's all
there IS to it They toiH take tchat they can get
and be satisfed More potcer TO the Ne,o York
commission.
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Frost-Bitten DivotS on Wintry Links
BY SANDY NIcNIBLICK -

CHARLIE IIOTFNER is one Of our
" thinkin est golf pros. BY the simple
process Of resting flushed brow in the
palmTof his hand he has decided that
what he needs most Is q winter Of play
ing in the South.
For this reason he has decided to pass
up the chance to teach golf during the
dreary winter stretch in one OF the
local indoor schools and instead Is oil
Ing up. his clubs preparatory to boarding
one of those billowy, rocking rattlers
headed for the heart Of Dixieland.
In couple of weeks he will pull up
at that popular siding which thousands
know as Pinehurst, where he will stay
till February 3. Then to Deland, Fla. l.,
and away to Miami and Palm Beach
until March 8. Away to Bellenire to do
his stunt in the West Coast Open the
10th and 10th and then back to Pine
hurst, where he will play in the open
championship Of the North and South
the first and second of April.
After that he will be all set to go
abroad. In fact, this is the main rea
son Hotfner has decided to 20 south
rather than teach.
The Pbilmont homebred was one of
those picked by the Professional Golf
Association of America to make the
trip with a team of twenty American
leading professionals for the fell pur-
pose of lifting the open championship
Of Great Britain. Hoffncr feels that
he can't get in too much practice in
open competition and naturally the only
place to get 1t is in exhibition and tour
nament matches which flourish down
South at this time.
Hofner's choice for the team is based
on three facts: First, because he has
proven that he is one of the best pro
fessional golfers second, he Is a home
bred and would be strictly American
representative, and third, because his
smiling face and ever present good
humor makes him one of the most popn-
lar players with the professionals them
selves.
Mrs. Ronald II. Barlow, eastern golf
champion. continues to be one of the
most enthusiastic students of fancy
skating at the Ice Palace for the rea-
son that she has discovered it helps her
game OF golf.
This mild weather has given ME n
great opportunity to play golf" Mrs
Barlow recently told her skating in.
structress, Miss Elsbeth Muller, "but
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-06

Tb..ORRON evening team Of seven
Il local amateur mittmen depart for
Pittsburgh to compete with a team Of
boxers from the smoky city in series
of boxing contests conducted under the
direction Of the Amateur Athletic
Union. Last year the representatives
of Billy Penn returned empty handed
as far as victories were concerned, but
there will be a different tale to tell on
this occasion. according to Samuel j.
Dallas, president of the Middle Atlantic
"A. A. T.. and who will send four Of
the boxers to contest for the Meadow
brook Club.
2 The Quaker Ci,y tourists VII be in
rharg. OF Harry MCGrGth, Of the Curtis
Country Club. which has entered a trio
of stars in Victor Crossman. Benny
Bass and Artie McCann. McGrath,
Ike Dallas, is lavish in his praise OF the
chances Of the local lads and says he
confidently expects TO see them re.
turned a winner in the majority OF
eases, and thereby evening up the score.
3 The boxers making the trip are
Benny Bass, fyweight, Curtis Country
Club; Artie McCann. bantamweight,
Curtis Country Club; Dan Gartin,
f.atherwcighr, Nleadowbrook Club {;
Tommy O'MalIev. Of Penn, lightweight,
Meadowbrook Club; Victor Crossman,
~elterwetght, Curtis Country Club !;
Nate Rossel, midiI"weight. Penn and
Curtis Couutry club; Tommy towel!
heavyweight, Penn and Meadowbrook
Club,
s| At the nnujcGr bouts held in New
York the past thr~c evenings, the ooN-
ers appearing in the ring were a. mum,
bered and the innovation made ueclden
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full review, he suddenly arose and l.
gan to emit a terrific roar. The sboO,
you see, was none too gentle. ~
bulk of his query seemed 70 ta'
whats the matter with Yalef'i
The undergrad says it's the NJ,
Grad. The Old Grad counter attssl.
The answer IL simple enough, but MA
ing the blame is another matter S' T
answer being that Yale hasn't bod
shrewd, up to date, developing fooi,S
system in something like ten years
Then Again
WINNING systems, however, ore M,
w always tossed together in ten a,
fifteen minutes.
Yale might also remember tb,.
Haughton came to Harvard arons
1908, and that he put in four vs,,.
before he scored his first toucbaon,,
against Yale, And in those first fou.
years his team scored only four noip,,
against the Blue. 'A
A FTER Levinsky's showing again,
"A Carpenter the only logical opnon.,,
he had left was Joe Beckett. FitSs,
that or two rounds of shadow boxing,
TN THE meanwhile here's hoping I'm,
l. 1921 will restore some Of the Al
elastic to Walter Johnson's arm. IT,
Washington star began binding bas.
men with his speed just thirteen yea,,
ago. Last summer, for the first timS
the hinge began to creak and Johnw,
at last was forced to retire for the rs'
mainder Of the year. The four grea,.
est pitchers developed in the last tw.nt,
years undoubtedly were Mathewsos
Johnson, Walsh and Alexander. N
these Alexander alone Is certaint,
for the impending jubilee.
II G. Fin our opinion the Tildea
IN. Johnston combination was III,
strongest team the United States eyc,
sent abroad. 1t might be argued The,
were not forced to meet O Widing.
Brookes combination of the old dsVs
and the argument would be true. Bv,
that doesn't alter our opinion Of th,l
status in the realm Of Davis cup tenpl,
TN GETTING ready for the next IN
vasion of Great Britain Waltz,
Hagen and Jim Barnes may be force
to spend big part of their winter play.
ing golf in Florida. But such sacrifice,
must be made in behalf of the nation
reputation ut sport.
CopDrioht. 1891 Az rights reserved
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Kicks and Dribbles

Lefty Nolan is rapidly recovering from his
recent injury and will be back In tho Wolf
cnd' n-Shoro lineup on SoturdR" when they
grounds
Interval in the West Philadelphia Division
this week will ,center in tho Belmar-Nictrix
game. Tho latter lost their first game Ia ST
Saturday after eleven straight Victories.
Tommy WaIdcrs Is rapidly developing into
Gas q iast player, and Il ho follows tho foot.
game from A TO q. Tommy sports the AS
cension ColorB.
Johnny Clark. tho pilot Of Kingssss,ns,
tn" passing play and he feelg confident OF
gathering in the two pointa from Marshnll
T. Smith on Saturday
Tor Nictrix at fullback. He has a STEADY,
strong boot and tho opposing forwards are
having hard time TO get BY him.
"RodS" Donohue. who occasionally holds
u" Indicator. has q keen eye for detecting
ever 'nIscIe and always Is t. fHvorite with
R"nnyne IL tho leading score producer for
victriI he is ono Of the bosl forwards in
tn" city, He Ia an exceptionally good b0ote Or
anu fast drtbbler.
Manager Lee Taylor, captain OF tho F,.,sh-
er Yarn team, keeps his oaSle eye on his
players every day a. noon Lee, lIko Rll no
rest OF the team. Is working 10 bring those
two cups 10 Reed street.
When 1t comes to netting the bali cont
overlook tho fact that Forward RreGe OF
BcLnar started the New Year with six
BoaIs IN OIe game.
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Champion League.Maker Busy Again

S0MEBODY left the gate open and in walked "Al"
~ Lawson, the worlds champion baseball league organ
izer. You know Al. He has organized at least eight
leagues at different times but few of his projects
sizzed under the heat Of July. They usually go Aooe
long before that.
Al-his real is Andrew F. Lawson-is in again
with new league This time it is the Continental
League and it is planned to have clubs in Boston, New
York, Camden Indianapolis, Detroit, Cleveland Balti-
more and Toronto. The idea is to have third major
league with major league standards including territory
and salaries AL he has something like SO 900 900
TO start with and the sky will be the limit.
This new league has not been taken seriously yet,
because nobody figures that be put Ball parks
cost lot Of money and eight will be needed Ball players
are not numerous and therefore quite expensive.
Perhaps Al will annoy the major leagues for q time
He has done before He launched the United States
League which later blossomed into the Federal League
he also started the old Atlantic League the remote past
and almost got away with it.
lawson |nrdded territory about thirteen
IL years ago. He had the Union League and the
grounds ,oere out in West Philadelphia. He tried
TO get Rube WdddeH to jump, but this could not be
done. The Union League lasted about q month
Copyright. 1921. by Public Ledger Co.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-06
KENSlNGTON KENNEL
CLUB TO HOLD SHOW
Open AII.ereed Event viii Take
Place at Odd Fellows Hall Jan. 20

The Kensington Kennel Club is pan-
ming for an open ctg all bred show
that will be held Saturday afternoon,
January %, In Odd Fellows Hall, Ken
singtOu avenue and Cumberland street
Many competent judges have been
chosen to make the winning selections
in the various classes. Among these
are Jack Spedding, Arthur Brewcrton.
George Murdock. Frank X. Picrson,
Joseph Miller and George Cotton.
Cash prizes will be awarded the win
Hors. TIE entrance fees will be fifty
r,nts each for each IN all sf the classes
Premium lists and entry blanks may lp
obtained from Irvine Carr, 3100 Hart
Vile street
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Lehlgh Trips MuhIenbero

Bethlehem. Pa, inn. e. .LchIgh defeated
Mun,rHhorg H. Dusit. tuall game last night
for Muhlcnberg pressed hard at all times,
specially toward tho end Of the hrst half,
when skllful work by Rhode and Lewis
half endingl 10 70 10 -
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Browns Select Louisiana

st. Louis. Mo-. Jan. l8.-Tho ST.. Les.'
Americans VIII train at BOgalusa, La, hi
year The announcement was made In q
telegram from Business Manager Quinn, ~a
has been In tho South for severay DAY
looking over prospective camps.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-06

han"yer. y; T., Jan Jan @.-Lieon luck
Of the Qreon hockey team. Tuck filed A
berth on the Dartmouth varsity Ice seven
for three years while an undergraduate and
captaipsd the team his senior year.
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STNHE high cost OF boxing received terrible "aop yes
Il terday when the New York commission rccommcnu'u
that egalzed highway robbery in the sale oil hsn
longer would be lcgaizcd In the future an oruly
slam bang affair between lot of bimbos can De seen LOT
ten smacks Fifteen bucks will be tops Tor bouts where
q championship is at stake , ,..
This news caused CONSERVATION and tranhc turor'
when II leaked into CauAowpr Alley and the boxers
learned significance The leather pushers were
highly indignant and threatened to take action mne
diately They figured 1t was plot or comoinaton or
lockout something rob them of the at purses thes
have been receiving for minimum OF LABOR 1hey re-
fused to stand for it, they did.
Now n boxers strike, with oil the attending horrors'
fmpends And this is serious. Many prominent pork-
and beancrs waved their apes thrcateningy stamped
their patent leather shoes the pavement pushed back
their sken cuffs and declared that sooner than hght toT
smaller purses they would go to work. rms SHOWS now
determined the boys when they give vent to threat
like that. Under ordinary circumstances bmbo would
shudder at the thought
''This amt right it amt" said one orator. what
business has the commsh cut the pasteboard rates,
which suffer- They don't have to stop anything
with their chns and they gotta lot Of to put the
parade Of step We're peaceful guys, we are. but
enough is enough. No cut rates for We need the
sugar and believe u.s. we'n get it, We amt afraid Of
nothing not even of going to work worked once and
can do II again II those guys get fresh
This inhuman treatment has stunned the performers
and hard winter is in prospect. The preliminary boys
which Is slang for pork and beanersno longer
and support silk shirts because there will be moth
ing to support them with When Tex Rickard get
the prelims real dough. This set standard price
because 1t high The prelm fighters always look for
= high standard, especially in wages.
The boxers strike if it is called will last long time
which nobody will work unless boxing show is
held Probably it will flourish for day and aerward
everybody will be strike breaker.
pOXTNG received its name because Of its clo,s
u connection tcih the Dor office. NotO tho connec-
tion has been disconnected. No toonder the boys
sorei
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Scraps About ScrGPpers

valdez Zbrszko. of Po'ani rn""ts Taoio
iyuppo the famous italian VOL, OF. mo mat
AZ tbr 'TrScaG-ry Theatre his evening. on
Account OF the ln'errEt IN last weeks match
Rbyrzko wag r. engaged Tor this week.
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Ne,V Scale May Affect Richards Program,

FNHE chances that this scale of prices will put
4 q crimp in the elaborate program arranged by Tex
Richard Tex likes to hand out huge purses knowing
that much publicity with every announcement He
gave Bill Brennan $50, 600 for boxing Dempsey which
money than Bill earned In his entire career.
The champion received paltry 1000 and all the
public had to do pay the freight. Still with big
place like Madison Square Garden and the S25 tickets,
pOrtant fstc duets.
Wonder how this will affect the Dempsey Willard
thing scheduled for March II? Jess is anxious get
back in the ring to prove he is better than he
showed at Toledo and says he doesn't a cent for
his services. That is, he doesn't cent less than
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Bnhy Divine. who recent" defoH' sG johnnie
Ray BelY ont at Chester on January 10