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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-11
RIOT A DISGRACE. SAYS
C0I0NELS' PRESIDENT

louisville. KY. Oct. 1.-THE riotous
ending of the fourth game OF the
LOUISVILLE Baltimore junior world
series here Sunday when $500 OF the
$500 spectators ewarmcd on the field
peltinK the umpirer and police with
cushions yesterday was characterized
by william +. knebelkamp, president
Of the Louisville club, as a disgrace.
President Hickey of the American AS
ISOLATION also held the same view.
Il am confident the police did all
they could in their attempt TO handle
the crowd, but they were helpless be-
fore the rushes OF the fans"
President Knebelkamp said. II am
sorry tho game ended as It did. 1t was
disgrace to Louisville"
The remaining games OF the series
viii be played in Baltimore. starting
Thursday. The Baltimore team left foi
the east Sunday night. The Louisville
club will invade Baltimore Wednesday
Each club has won two games.
Sundays game was forfeited tC
| Baltimore, 10 0, in the first half oi
| the ninth inning when the demonstra.
ton was staged by the fans in protes
to what they regarded as questionable
decisions by the umpires, Frank Con
molly, of the American Association
and William MCGOWAN. of the Inter
national League. Baltimore was lead
| ing. 10 to 4, at the time.
The total receipts for the four games
played here was S2O.s46.33, and tn
total attendance was 15,9SS. The play
ers' rival clubs will share in the re
ceipts Of the first five games, 90 pc
cent of the total being divided 60 pc
cent to the winning team and 40 pc
| cent to the loser.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-11
HIGH JUB|LANT OVER
DEFEAT OF TOME
Resume Of Saturdays Game
Shows How the Boys Are
Playing Together.

Tome School tasted defeat on SAT-
urday for the first time In four years
and Wilmington High did the trick
as stated In Every Evening yesterday.
Perhaps some of the "so-callcd"
Cherry and White supporters will get
behind the team now and boost, for
at no time did High weaken In the
gruelling contest. but showed them-
selves masters OF the situation
throughout. IL was hard game and
the weather was decidedly unfavor-
able. In the third quarter II hNiled.
which made the ball hard 10 handle.
TO ace Donaldson handle the slippery
bali on tho run and elude the angry
Tome huslSies was delight 10 the
few High supporters at the game A
number of Wilmington fans attended
the game and were well repaid fer
heir Inconvenience In making the
trip.
Capt. Norm White played fine,
heady game and threw his weight
into the Tome line for big gains
Stout and Steele, the big guards, were
right on tho Job and played n hard.
fast game, throwing their men with
lnerce, sure hands. Steele suffered a
broken nose In the second half and
| fought fiercely 10 remain in the game,
having 20 be dragged off the neld
so that the game could continue. That
shows the real football spirit and Il
landed the big end of the score for
/ High.
The Tome players seemed to weaken
Ia the first quarter. High hit their men
so hard at all times that later on they
dropped before being touched. Tome
simply refused 60 take a chance with
the Cherry and White man handlers
Bowe, the pocket Hercules, slmply
lgrowled and his man would hand the
bali to him. Bowe is strong and used
his strength 10 advantage. When he
gets the ball. It's his, and he knows
how 20 handle Il. Fletcher seems e
have the knaok of getting his name
into print and this time he we'll de-
serves it. He blocked a punt Satur-
day with his long reach and stout
lhad the ball IN a fash for touch.
down. The Saturday victory for the
boys was due, in large measure. e
their splendid physical condition. TIL,
boys were az TO stand a hard, fas
lcontest. Then again, they have beer
Taught real" football and Coaci
HARRY Ashton can be mentioned al
Ia man who knows the game an,
knows how TO teach IT,
Mr.. Britain accompanied the team
10 Tome and has been a great help n
handling the second team. The team
Is I'm trim for Camden Saturday.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-11
oyt Turns in Second Victory; Ruth Badly Handicapped

make nm effort 10 secure Eddie Collins
who completed his duties in the Chi
cago series yesterday. Collins Is the
premier second saeker IN the major
leagues and Manager Hoffman wired
him last night and expects reply
either tonight or tomorrow
PriyiGing the Iouisville-Baltimor
series is completed before Saturday
there H. a possibility Of Matt D0nchus
playing which would bolster the locals
greatly.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-11
RUTH BREAKS HIGH
MARK OF COURAGE
The Mighty SIugger Has Been
Greatly Handicapped in His
Work in Worlds Series.

New York, Oct. 11.--That blasting
siege gun Of basebalrs hitting realm
Bambino Ruth--has not broken a soli-
tary batting record so far I'm the series,
so he has set q new high mark OF cour-
age. Never before In all the history Of
tho game has man shown himself
gamer than this big child-hearted mon-
arch Of swat.
Ruth's left arm is badly infected.
The skin is tight and red around the
edges OF the bandaRe and every move
lment shoots a pahg of exquisite pain
through his whole body. Not satisfied
with that, envious Fate has given Babe
bad ankle that compeis him TO hob
BILE about his duty in the outfleld. A
normal man would be in bed, COM
planning TO high heaven OF the injustice
/ OF Il all. Bambino Is on the field,
giving the very best in him for a
Yankee victory.
After scoring the first run for his
/ team Sunday feat that required
some desperate sprinting--Ruth faint
ed on the bench. His big body broke for
3 moment under the agonizing pain in
his arm, Yet the game was delayed
only a few minutes, and then he
limped TO his place in face Of n thun-
dering tempest of cheers
Babe has always been a hero in New
York. He is an idol now. for men the
world over love the fighting, indom-
liable heart even more than they dc
great exhibitions OF skill. Apparently
Artle Nehf had Ruthss number yes.
terday, for the big fellow struck ou'
| three times. Actually, Nehf did not
for the bandage that covers Ruth's el.
bow tightens it up and cuts down tn,
quickness of his swing. The credi
should so more to Bambino's injur,
than to the Giants southpaw.
Ruth is the backbone of the Yankee
not merely physically with that bis
bat Of his, but spiritually as well. TIL,
very sight of the slugger--siclS or vel
--stiffens their backbones, and CORE
spondingly throws a damper on III,
Opposition. Yesterdays battle was
victory for the Hugmen, but had Bab
been less game than he is, they woul,
have gone on the field feeling tina
they We're beaten already.
No matter who is hailed as In
hitting OF pitching hero Of this series
Babe Ruth deserves n special crow
OF laurel on his brow.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-11
SERIES NETS ssD2,52s
FOR LUCKY PLAYERS
New York. oct

New York, Oct. IL,
Players In the worlds series
and members OF the teams that
finished second and third In the
two major leagues viii divide
s2s2.b22.s3. a new high record
for the players share, Under
the rules players and umpires
cease tckv share IN the gate re-
celpts after Yesterdays game.
the nth OF the series. The best
previousNgures for the players
total share were those of the
1919 series between Cincinnati
and Chicago, when the players
pool amounted 10 $3.50. .3lg,6G. The
official attendance yesterday was
sb.75s, making the total for flve
games 1880 Yesterdays ilg-
ures follow.
Attendance, sb.T5s.
Receipts. slte,T5a.
Players share, $5e.544.54.
Clubs share, $40 ,6o6.36.
Advisory boards share, st7,-
1910.
The total statistics for the five
games are:
Attendance. 17s,Ts0.
Receipts, s57a.b73.
Players share. 1922 .522.s3.
Clubs share. stsb,0f4.s2.
Advisory boards share, sss,-
09beb.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-11
DELAWARE INDULGES
IN LIGHT PRACTICE
Coach Derby Has Been Expert
encing Trouble in Maintain
ing Discipline Of Players.

After defeating New Castle High
with a score Of 10 0. salesianum Is
IN good shape The boys were out for
scrimmage yesterday, and Coach
WEIGH found them in fine condition
The coach. with assistant Coaches
soary ana Shields, worked hard to
strengthen the line. Before starting
practice, Mr.. Welch handed out some
fine points TO his men. Doian. who
starred in Saturdays game. is i'm
proving considerably. especially in
drop kicks.
The backheld shows much speed.
with Burke as fuliback Farley IS de-
veloping into n good center. and
guards Kelleher and Lemon are doing
effective work.
The next game scheduled to be play
ed viii be with Newark High next
Saturday. The Eighth street boys will
be put through some hard practice
all this week TO be ready to meet
their opponents On Saturday.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-11
SA[ES|ANUM WORKS
|. OUT FOR NEWARK TEAM
Coach Welch Gives Players
Some Pointers; Men in
Fine Shape.

Newark, oct. 1.-THE University
uf Delaware football squad had only
a light practice yesterday afternoon.
While there is much disappointment
among students and alumni over the
fact that Delaware has lost all three
games played, those who saw the
Delaware-H Hopkins game at Baltimore
on Saturday. say tho Blue and. Gold
played an improved game.
Coach Derby has been having sone
trouble IN maintaining discipline and
as result. several players were re-
Gently denoted from the Varsity
squad There seems TO be an inclina~
ton on the part OF some Of the players
20 be tempermental. but from what
has been seen Of their work TO date
there Is hardly man on the squad
who has shown enough class 10 even
make believe he is temperamental and
get away with II. Coach Derby evil
IDENTITY also feels this way about It and
has bounced those off the squad on
several occasions who declined e
obey orders.
Delaware win play the New Yorl
Agricultural College eleven here mex
saturday.
Most OF the Varsity men watchet
n game on Frazer Field yesterday
lafternoon between team picked from
the Delaware scrubs and the Newark
| High School. II was represented al
the third scrub team. Doc" Steel
who won his Varsity letter last year
was In charge OF the scrubs an'
played quarterback. While the higi
school boys outplayed the scrubs tn
latter managed to even up the score
Il to Z, when Ableman, in the las
Iquarter, caught a forward pass an
ran 65 yards for a touchdown. Tn
lineup:
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-11
BUSY WRITERS WATCHED
WITH INTEREST BY CROWDS

BY Associated Press to Every Evening.
New York, Oct. 11.-Busy newspaper
men in the Polo Grounds press box
are one Of the sideshows that attract
crowds after the main show is over.
When the game ends thousands rush
upon the field. Before heading home
ward hundreds always pause in front
of the press box to watch the re-
porters, some of them paving at type
writer's. others debating to telegraph
operators or hurriedly compiling yari-
Gus statistics for fans all over the
country.
A wire stretched between the pre- IS
box and the field gives a menagerie
appearance to the scene. Half a dozen
policemen are required to keep the
crowd moving.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-11
st. AIMS 10 Practice Tonight.

St AIMS football squad will hold
signal practice this evening at Park
Drive and Union street at o'clock.
and the following men are requested
TO report: McGonigle, Taylor, McClaf-
ferty. Kennedy, Brodie. Strebb, Col
fins Snyder, Hazard, McDermott,
Casey. Barry. Gebhart, Copra. Buck
ley, Mcnamara, j. Lynch, Pinkerton.
and any one elses wishing a tryout.
saturday they will line up against
Parkside Aggies in a preliminary
game to the Parkside-D Defiance game,
either at the Water Tower or Harlan
Field.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-11
ATHLETICS To PLAY
HERE SATURDAY
''lzzy" Hoffman to Have Local
Stars Meet Connie Mack's
Cohorts at Harlan Field.

The Philadelphia Athletics will play
here next Saturday This was the
word brought back from Phiiadel-
phla Inst evening by 'Izzy" Hoff-
man who banded together team of
tho best baseball talent In Whining
ton which was TO play the "Maeks''
last Saturday, but the rain prevented
the meeting and cast gloom on several
thousand fans, large portion Of
which braved the incloment weather
and iourneyed 70 Harlan Field where
they were greeted with the mo game
sign.
Hoffman after a conference with
John Shibe, president OF the Phila-
delphia American League club and
Connie Mack, persuaded them TO can.
eel pending game with the Jersey
city Club OF the international League
and make the trip 20 Wilmington
| The local pilot. in an interview WITH
the sports editor OF Every Evening
stated that he felt positive the looa
fans. felt kindly toward the game ant
he Mad every reason TO believe h'
would receive their support.
Hoffman is doing something that hat
never been attempted in this city
that is 20 show Wilmington fans JUS
how their boys viii appear against ,
big league ball club. The local mana
ger says he thinks the array Of play
ers, as announced last week woul'
give the Athletics plenty OF trouble
Hoffman who is a scout for the Phila
delphla club has recommended severa
lof the local boys 10 Mack and tn
tall leader has given his word that h
viii look over the material. He toll
Hoffman last night that he woul
lpitch Eddie Rommel in an effort Z
ascertain whether they could STAN
lup 10 big league pitching.
In order 10 make the game more in
lteresting and to instill conhdenc
lntn The lncal nlnYnrs Huffman n-il
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-11
.DU POINT CLUB WILL
HOLD BIG MEETING
Several important Amendments
to be Acted Upon; Coli Play
ers Near Semi-FinaI.

The players Ia the golf tournament
az the du Pont Country club are
ready to enter the aemi.fnai round
In tho fourth round o. MafHrii
defeated j. r. Henderson. 3 up and
q. Markell has played q steady glme
al through the four rounds bot will
be forced the limit ia tho semi final
round when ho meets a. g Hall. who
has moved down some % the best
players. Hall, 81 the fourth round. de-
featcd W. n. Flynn. captain ~ the
Dye Works team up
l.. =. Malone continued hls rood
game by defeating D. y. Richard. q
mp and 2 TO go and win play Tho win
ncr Of the Iamburn fasfiock match
in the lower bracket ~ the aemifnais
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-11
HOLMESBURG NEXT.
CheSrook Football Team Preparing for
Big Game Saturday.

CheTook players will go through
signal drill tonight at the Rodney
street reservoir and Coach Kerrigan
wishes all men to report at 7.S0 o'clock.
Several new plays will be attempted
and the boys will have TO work hard
to master them before the big game
with Holmesburg next Saturday. Man
ager Abrahams has some important
things to discuss with the players
after practice and every member of
the squad is expected to be on hand
Holmesburg has won three games
this season by large scores and will
be In fine shape to meet the locals
but after the way the locals held the
strong Washington club Sunday. their
stock has taken a rise in the estima-
ton of Philadelphia football men.
The following men are requested to
report for practice this evening: Ga
briel p. KemslSe, Kelly. Rose. Num-
bers, Kidd, Kenneally, Reed, Ferguson
Hanley, f. Kerrigan. w. Kerrigan
Ludwig. Zabrielslli, McGonigle, Day
'ton. Seeley and F'egley.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-11
ST. Mary,s 10 Practice.

After the hard game with Fort
du Pont, Sunday, st. Mary's football
team viii go through signal practice
this evening at Fourth and Church
streets at tbs.
Coach Mccaughan would like the
following men to be on hand: youlke,
Devine, Green. GIL, Greiner. German.
Nester, Barnes. Nolan, Fallers, Taylor
Kelleher, Sheehy, Murphy, Brennan, ].
Quinn, Hayes, Hougentougler John
son, slattery, McNin. Mcconnell and
Martin.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-11
BELLS ANNOUNCE SCORE
FOR HOSPITAL PATIENTS
BY Associated Press to Every Evening.

New York, Oct. 11.-Patients AZ
Roosevelt Hospital get an inning b.
inning report of the Giant Yankee
games by listening to the bells ordi-
narily used to summon nurses and
doctors.
Long rings signalize each inning,
one for the first. two for the second
and so on. A giant score is indicated
by two long rings and one short. When
the patients hear one long followed by
a short and two long rings they know
the Yanks have made a run.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-11
st. Mary's Kittens Win.

st. Mary's Kittens" defeated sham
rock in fast game yesterday by the
score of 26 to 6. st. Mary's would like
to arrange games with any 70-pound
team in the city. Address all chal-
lenges to Bernard 0Donnell, TO- PiEe
street
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-11
Annnnl MnnIlnr

Tomorrow night at che annual
meeting Of tho du pont Country club
two important propoaed amendment
to the constitution of the club win
be voted upon.
One amendment states that fhe
children OF club members shaf 81
eligible for an associate Junior fnrm.
bership. Tho ago limit is confined
from ~ % ls, inclusive. while tha
hours during which tho juniors may
Use the athletic privileges wln he a.
the discretion ~ the board ~ rov
ernors. Juniors viii not be required
10 meet the initiation foe. but viii
pay regular annual dues.
The second amendment would
change tho time for payment ~ dues
from October and April 1 o. Aug
ust 1 and February i. repectivelv
New officers for the coming year VIII
be elected.
All club members arc urgently re-
quested to be present at this meeting
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-11
st. HedwiF Wants Games.

st. Hedwig's Academy football team
has organized for the season ard
second-ciass team in the city, Bran
dywine. Wn-Phi and Ninth Ward pre-
ferred. Address all challenges to r.
Jawrqnski, 307 South Jackson street.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-11

Two-base hits-Shcang. f. Meusel. r.
Meusel, Miller. Rawlings. Sacrifice hits
Pipp. Ward Miller Double play -
Schang and Ward Left on bases
Yankees. 3 Giants. 9. Bases on Balls
OF Hoyt. 2: of Nehf, / Struck out-By
Hoyt. 8 by Nehf. 5. Umpires-At plate.
Rigler; first base. Moriarty: second base.
Quigley. third base. Chill Time OF
game hour, so minutes.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-11
Scrubs
Newark High

Touchdowns, Schwartz and Able
man. Goals from touehdowns. Hayes
md Ableman. Substitutions. Newark
Poole for Manns and Cunningham
for Cook. Scrubs--Bamberger for
Neide: Bernard for Rose; Neide for
Jaggard. Referee, Hancock.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-11
Fourth Inning,

Nankces-Iluth up. Ruth bunted
safely, catching the Giant infleld flat
footed. Mcusel up Ball one. Strike
one. Foul. strike two. Ball two. Ruth
scorcd on Meusel's double to left
ripp up. Strike one. Rawlings threw
out Pipp az first, Meusel going 10
third. Ward up. Meusel scored on
Wards sacrifice fly to Burns Nc
Nally up. Ball one. Burns made a
fine catch OF McNally's drive. Tive
runs. two hits; no errors.
Giants--Smith up. Play was halt
ed while an examination was made of
Ruths Lex. Ruth limped to left field
rall one. Ball two. Ball three. Strike
one. Smith walked. Nehf up. Strike
one. Strike two. Nehf famed.
Burns up. Ball one. Ball two. Ball
three. Strike one. Strike two. Foul.
Burns whitfield. Smith was out steal
ing. Schang TO Ward No runs; no
hits; no errors.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-11
Third Inning.

Yankecs-McNany up. Ban one
TaN two Ball three. Strike one. Nc
Nailv walked. Schang up. Ball one
Fehnnr put two-bagger. McNally
su.ne o. third Hoyt up. Strike one.
laul strike two. Bancroft threw out
lloVt the runners holding their bases.
Miller up Miller flied 10 Meusel and
hleNaily scored. Schang went TO
third Peck up BAH one. Ball two
ian three Strike one Foul. strike
TIVE. Foul Peck went out TO Kelly
uuhsisicd. one run; one hit: no er-
rorH
gants--rrisch up. Strike one. Ball
one Frisch singled over second.
Young up Young forced Frisch, Nc
Naily 10 Ward. Kelly up. Strike one
ilan one. Ball two. Strike two. Kel-
!, famed. The third strike was called
M.usel up Strike one. Bail one
Muusoi doubled past third. Young
rning 60 third. Rawlings up. Foul
strike one. Strike two. Rawlings
foulod cut 20 McNally. No runs; two
hits; no errors.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-11
Fifth Inning.

Yankces--Schang up. Strike one.
Ball one. Foul, strike two. Schang
popped 10 Frisch. Hoyt up. Ball
one. Foul. strike one Frisch chuck
ed out Hoyt. Miller up. Ball one.
Strike one. Foul. strike two. Mori-
arty went TO the Giant bench and
cautioned some Of the players. Ball
two. Miller socked one on the nose
for a double 70 left. Peck up. Ball
one. Peck flied out 10 Meusel. No
runs: one hit: no errors.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-11
Ninth Inning.

Yankees--Meusel UP. Ball one
Meusel shot a hot drive to left, but
the umpire called il a foul; Strike one.
Frisch chucked out Meusel at first.
Pipp up. Strike one. Foul, strike
two. Ball one. Foul. Pip went cut,
Kelly to Nehf. Ward up. Rawlings
threw out Ward at first. No runs; no
hits; no errors
Giants-Rawlings up. Strike one.
Ball one. Rawlings got a double to
left. Smith up. Smith flied to Ward.
Snyder batted for Nehf Snyder up.
Strike one. Strike two. Foul. Suy-
Ter strdck out. Burns up. Strike
one. Strike two. Foul. Ball one.
foul. Ball one. Ball two. Burns
struck out. No runs; one hit; no er-
rors.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-11

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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-11
YANKEES DEFEAT
GIANTS IN FIFTH
OF WORLDS SERIES
Waite Noyt Again Turns Trick
by Stellar Pitching and Wins
His Second.
RUTH LEADS BATTING RALLY

New York. Get. ii.--wlth all the
same stick -to-it .iveness which char
rrtrriycd the Yankees Of the world
war the New Nork Yanks yesterday
dnE themselves I'm and ropulscd the
nnslaughta az tho Giants In the NTH
same of the Manhattans' own worlds
series Tho outcome ~ the battle was
\ ~ T. Ia favor ~ the Americans, and
hy VIRTUE of their triumph they gc
into the advance by three victories
g. the two of tho Giants.
Ia coming hack yesterday after
twO successive defeats. the Nanks
rhowcd brand of gameness which
ma,lo nearly SO. 900 persons who
fhfonevd the Polo Grounds feel that
upnurlunity always awaits those who
pppk a.. Ar odds were with the Giants.
rhoy we're the home team In more
WAYS than one.
iiy rrason ~ their double victories
ihey had thc crowd with them. They
were the smaller team both In size and
haVinr been the undcr dog 50 long In
worlds scrlcs. Manhattan is really
anxious fur Muggsy 20 cop n worlds
title The Giants had licked one OF
ilunulnu aecs--Iarl Mays-who had
thwartvd thom In the first game. ana
they wctN out 20 DO the same TO the
heardicas wonder. Waite Hoyt, who
also boat then once before.
what la more. local public opinion,
both gucss and expert 0Nas unani-
muuu m the hslicf that the Giants
would turn back and spank Hoyt. But
The youthful hurlcr dug himself In
ana practically out-Couragcd the
Giants After being touched up FOR
ais hits IA the 1rst three innings,
iiuyt hraced himself and held them
o. four scattered wallops In the re-
naming ak frames.