Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-16
M. marble SHARP
WILL TILT IN PH|LA..
. "competitor Worthy OF Your
Best" Acceptance to chal-
lenge Says
d WINNERS MEET TODAY

>,... Work. has accepted the. challenge
ph,lodelphias marble sharpshooters
:. .,a tbe champion of that city Will DC
a.. M saturday to compete for cham'
piomnTS.,rw will send worthy competitor
u,u;.m NJ, Cohen, chairman OF Mayor
.M,1n's athletic committee. today nOti-
hy'uh .ho Hoys' Week Committee.
heg wsn s New York's demon Of the steel
w Wy rilI he is enshrouded in mystery
eu'E time being. His name will he
ior w 70 thc committee day or two
Ssfore the match.
peiMu peiWM..nwhile the crack shots Of this
~. M'" "rc battling in the gravel Of the
e,u.,rounds e,u to determine who shall
ps:,stbe tbe New York wizard, and the
mu,nion me,. Of Baltimore, who will also
" here Saturday.
New York wants to know the exact
,oies of the championship match and
Mrected that copy be sent.
In accepting the challcng Mr.. Cohen
.,id the time in which to prepare the
New York champion for the battle on II
ioreisn field is very limited, but that
Ss Philadelphia champ need have no
fcA hNf tnuI IuC DVs VIII w "oIth.
..nrescntative' Of the several millions
sshoys from whom he is picked.
When the dust cleared away from
Ms rings in the city Fairgrounds yes
s..dav there emerged twenty -four boys
so' b bad yanauishetl their rivals and
.s"Od ready to meet again today in u
S,rther competition to determine the
t%,Iodelphia champion. The winners in
~. Srst DAYS prcliminaries are:
,,T1s w''s cs.npIsn ASTsn' Of 'Fs fsusa
HsSS tseen' ,o student Brt Gf
!HsSsr,nIcn HSrSaIc OF Waterview. Frank Cooper. 5i7
@ street mnien nse f9Sr'ss nf sSS
!E,:nS.us E:1,S.s SrVi" Champion OF Happy Hollow 4.
b. Clements age hfteen snshn s1ndGnt OF rS Soutn,
iSH iSsHorsssi. rssH 4io1 slyerwood, student OF Man.
.yunk Shamp!on Of Manayuns SsSrEe G1r Cor,
Z s?' wst,er NGth ehsmpen Of fsySp whtter ae%
ss% sTnc. u iramcr. 2s3s ,Frankford avenue. age
@ s9STn Ga Mnrr. fsnpSn Ell soon OF kss
s,ssSid ss,.ynoids ''u' William HStzmnn. ago eleven;
;'sSsSnt Wsi.S T (, rSmcyard 2S5c North twenty.
ninth street. age fourteen; student Of nla'"" n.
.%Dsn of ss4es asaasn
Sen' 4 ''' G. Lawrence, 1875 Alder. agG, 'if,sen.
s,t ,t'I|s LSani. Ga7 south. Fftyscventh street,
IRE eleven. student Of Harrity-lre. cham
,hr,rsy hsrry ty STUDENT % Of Rag Tss
ssrt, All, champion of Tagsart. Lester Nlnys;
iSas Farmount avenue. nNE sse eleven; student nm
I%ccshe. lis Carpenter street. age fourteen.
sidden, Of St. fhilips cha,nmr,ion Of H., SHOT
ssr, age twelve student Of immaculate Con.
S'o"i, siow, ,ao cI.isian. ase thirteen siudSn,
Bera a'T !owers. 1899 Wilder street age hf-
/ teen student of st. Gabriers.. champion
w.; S2re sg" iS nine. studcnt Of Mothcr OF Con,
Sclaon. champion Of Water Tower. David
kcnmsn. 53i Mercy street. age sixteen. stn
tiosc. william Scout 5000 Brown. age four
ten, student Of Dunlap. champion Of Dun
r.day these first day champions will
M t at =. W.. on half as many rec.
r.. ion centcrs. and the number Of con
tc jants will be reduced TO the twelve
Nyivors.
'fhe winners today will clash agar
to.aorrow ut the Starr Garden and
Sherwood Recreation Center. Whcr
thr grim battles. which are growing
n, 80 grim each day, are over tomorrow
tlnIr will hc TWO remaining "marbl'
Kings" who will meet each other in one
gr.ni battle to determine Philadelphia ,!
Clampion.
The winner of this match will stcr
inlp the ring against New York and
Baltimore nj | so y. NJ. Saturday
to uphold the marble shooting honor o
whole city. This remarkable bout
will BE- held in the plaza Of City Hall
and to the winner goes large silver
cup
Conspicuous by his absence in this
match will be Buster ltcch. world''
champion marble shooter. who refuse'
to contest his title anywhere but in hi.
swn home ring at Jersey City.