Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-05
,touv Branches OF Mid
,ri,ter athletics Are
Booming Along in Phila-
delphia
rv SPJCK HALL

u,,tr NOW wear Of athletics opened
..;,h a hing in Philadelphia. Never
Sistory have so many people en-
IN III LII In sports as they are doing today
gas'Ih hoyc so many attended the various
hoi w in winter athletics. The Phila :
ry,ehion who is not interested in some
apoh arlph of sports that is in vogue right
DLa"i l., d;ficult TO locate. This increase
noM M means confined to the men.
L., W 10 constantly increasing list OF
n,o, lne, md girls who are going in for
,ltor Wo,to snnrts and the female attendance
WI J;frcrrnt contests is steadily grow
ing. ,,,.,,,, I, s,orts now
Aus tHot 1921 will surpass any previ-
hlu"r, ,.oor in virtually all branches. Just
.,hat o1S Tho Athletics and Phillies will do
,bo baseball field is uncertain, but
on - thcv have tail-end ball clubs
even even 80 tLCy have been having for so
Son~ su,n tbot everyone has forgotten there
t lons oycr n winning team here, there
" was ,ittlc doubt that they will draw
| fairly we'll. ,,. l., .ho srr;rr
s,,rmnr. they are sure to be even
a"u ,,Oro nonuIar than they were in lo2O,
which was n banner year
Gage Game Popular
A. rrcscnt more people play basket
,oii than any other sport. But the
otbcrs arc booming just the same. since
,bn night indoor football games nave
boon instituted at the Cavalry Armory.
r'birty. second street and Lancaster
avenue. the gridiron fans are having
troat at least once week. Inc games
ORC we'll attended and the qua!ity Oh
football played is excellent conS,uT,InS h,.S
thp fact that the visiting team" n"'c
little chance to get practice ,.
..b,ntic dominion over Philadelphia are
sooccr a,"m cc and field hockey, ice skating,
cD.imminr. indoor track and field ath-
io,;os howling, racqucts. squash, court
.onnis cross country running, boxing,
.,If and gymnastics and the indoor
soncs sOm incident to gymnasium work.
All of the basketball circuits are
drawing good crowds. This is particu-
ioriv trno Of the Eastern League. where
,horo IL n great race between Trenton
od ond Rcoding, with William Kennedy's s
Comdcn five not far behind them. Last
risbt thc two tall end clubs, Coates
y;Iir and Germantown. played at the
Auditorium. Chclten avenue and Chew
streets and in spite of their lowly posi-.
ZION in the league race, a huge crowd
turned ont to see the game. Ihls Is
inst an example Of the public's athletic
pulse. .,,.,,
oro doing well are the american League.
Nonufocturcrs' League. North Phila-
dclnhia Church League. Northwest
Church Association, and its second team
league. Financial League, Germantown
Church League. North Philadelphia In
dustria League. Montgomery Country
League. West Philadelphia Church. and
its second team league, Central Church
aud its scrond team league. and the
Brotherhood League. Besides these
there are hundreds of independent,
schools and college teams playing every
day and every night. January 10, the
first Intercollegiate League game vii!
he played here between Columbia and
PENNSYLVANIA.
Hockey and ice skating have taken
q firm grin on the public. This Is due
to the opening OF the Philadelphia Ice
Palace at Forty NTH and Market
streets. As an example, the big build
ing vas jammcd last night and Monday
night by hockey fans who went to see
the crack Toronto University team play
Qunkrr City. Not only do the fans
% to SEQ these hockey games. but the
college teams draw we'll. SO does Miss
Margar"tta Shnrplcss' girls team.
,'B"Sd"S the hockey games, hiIadel-
phianS are rapidly becoming skating
fendS and they enjoy immensely the ex-
hibitions given by Norva Baptic, Miss
Gladys Lamb, George Muller, Miss Mul-
| Ter and Miss Crugpr.
School boys are taking up skating In
earnest. and it is likely that before leg
they will b. playing league hockey games
nt the leo Palace.
Soccer is another sport that IS draw
Ing big crowds and creating lot of
interest generally. Douglas Stewart,
coach Of the University of Pcnnsyl-
| vania soccer team, says that the game
is destined 10 become as popular in
philadelphia in the near future as 1t Is
in the large cities of Great Britain.
Among the more prominent soccer or
CARNATIONS are the Allied League with
It's five divisions the Industrial League
the Pennsylvania Railroad League and