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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-22
HOlU COntenders Stand
In Club Squash League

division, as 1t might be termed. three
games back of the Main Line "A's'
and one game ahead Of the Overbrook
"A's." The Overbrook "B's' are
eighth, just one game behind tbeir
clubmates.
Being almost blankcd by the Racquet
Club "A's' brought the Princeton
Club "Bs" into tie with the Racquet
Club "Bs' for ninth place, the latter
managing to split even this week Tor
the first time since the season started.
Huntington Valleys unexpected spurt
with Ovcrbrook "B' as It's victim Kept
taht team in eleventh place. The
Princeton Clubs "a" outfit. in spite
of it's even break this week. still brings
up the rear Of the procession.
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Saturdays List
of Soccer Games
ALLIED LEAGUE

A-rrNA!. AMATEUR CHALLENGE CCP
4'"sher vs Fairh!I a. Tenth and BI',er
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Important Change Made
In College Basketball

New York, Dec. 22.--The Execu-
tive Committee Of the Eastern In
tercollegiate Basketball League,
along with the coaches and officials,
met at the Penns. 'vania University
Club last night and discussed new
rules regarding basketball. Many
changes regarding the rulings were
made.
The most significant was concern
ing the zone rule. According to the
old ruling, when player was fouled
in his zone, regardless of whether he
was or was not in possession Of the
ball, the opposing team was allowed
two foul shots. Under the new
ruling, however, two foul shot will
be awarded only if the player who Is
fouled is in possession of the ball,
or in the act Of dribbling.
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CLUB SWIMMING RECORD
Germantown q. c. Mermen Set
Mark In Beating Turngemeinde

The mems swimming team of the
Philadelphia Turngcmcinde was forced
to bow in defeat to the Ger
mantown Boys Club in a dual meet
staged in the Turner's pool nt Broad
and Columbia. last night. 36 to II.
Although the Boys Club mcrmen
more than doubled the score of their
opponents, the meet was close up until
the tinnl three events. and the winner
vas uncertain with half the card run
off.
But for the efforts of sixteen year .old
Ernie I1hl. brother Of Eleanor and Ray
mond Uhl. both widely known aquatic
stars, the Turngemeinde aggregation
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FORMER PENN STAR
". CHESTER COACH
Al Mouradian Whipping Basket
bali Team Into Shape for
Schedule Of is Games
THREE VETERANS ON SQUAD
Bv PAUL. PREP

A L MOURADIAN. considered one of
"A the best all.round athletes turned
out by Central High School and more
recently star Of the University of
Pennsylvania basketball md baseball
teams. has essayed n new role.
Al has taken up the task of coach
ING. Instead of receiving Instructions
from others, Mouradian is now impart.
ing all the well-known facts in his two
Nic sports to those who come under his
cuid"ncr
Mouradian fas been signed hv the
West Chester High School to tutor the
"ask"'ba'l and baseball teams Of the
institution.
HIS duties just recently started. rs
the basketball season. or rather the
"ractiCc In preparation for the cam
naign. did not get under way until
about ten days ago.
Thirty Candidates
In his first call for candidates Mou.
"ad!an received very enthusiastic re-
~oonsc. More than thirty youngsters
"cported to him. and among them were
three members Of the 1927 five.
Coach MOuradian 1--WE must cnll him
roaclD started TO put the youngsters
through stiff drills and practice from
he opening day. Every afternoon the
entire squad reports at the gymnasium
and for three and sometimes four hours
they go through the important funda-
1I,n'als of the game.
That his long drilling and practicing
- going to bring results was much III
violence when the team played its
rrening game on "Wednesday afternoon.
Mourndian's protcgcs met the fac
witty. This game is considered by the
majority of the school ivcs ns prac-
Tee game. However. listed among the
West Chester faculty are number Of
Young basketball stars VIII" stood out
on the court in their undergraduate
days.
Therefore. when West Chester turned
back their teachers. 40 tn - II came in
: the nature OF surprise and gave prom
/ i>e OF n very successful cage year.
Three Veterans
Martin, forward; Nider. center, and
! Eonnrtt. guard, are the trio from the
! 1921 team. These men form tn" foun-
dat!on upon which Mouradinn has built
. is team. From the interclas- basket
/ Vail competition. which is held in the
school wear, two men were dcy'Ioped
for varsity berths. They are McLear
0t forward and Etty at guard AL
though a little green. the two Young
stcr. worked we'll with the Veterans.
AZ present there is no regular cap
, tain Bennett, the gritty and husky
forward. is at present acting rs cap
tain. and from the rumors going about
the school ne IL due to obtain the berth.
West Chester Is not engaged in league
or cup competition. but Coach Mourn
dian and other officials of the school
I are in favor of joining the Philadelphia
, Suhrr'4n Ra-kcthull League.
hnS Ol lnnp
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VHf oalI, ana tne
"rimson and GRAY
artisans are all
vCitod over the
r"srrcts of their
lvoritcs coping
y, Cnt h oil c
League crown.
1t was the gen.
raj opinion at
he end "t Inst
nason that the
tile $ Strceters
would present hut
weak team this
car. because OF
no graduation Of
.lch stars ms Cap.
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hoc League Basketball ST. Josephs Prep School

would have been hopelesssly outclo...,
The relay team of Gersantown nsu
Club. composed Of Stoecker, Dari.'..
Hobson. and Nuss. swimming in W
order named. created new club raos sns
for the event over n 100 -yord de.Hu IN
tance. The g. B. Q. four did tbo dis. diss
tance in one minute. p 2.5 secnnls ais'
This betters by as Of a second sI"as. M
mark made by the Girard College or.he .he
tet at West Branch Y. NJ. c, A 41:,, ,...
winter. ' last
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Champion Walker Coming TO Y. S.

Sew York Dec .2.--Cgo FrIger.o, fam
oYs italian walker and winner Of both
pcestriau events in tn" 1920 Olympic Games
at Antwerp. will compete In this country
during the coming indoor athletic season.
aCcordIr,; 20 an announcement made by the
ANA cur Athletic linton.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24

slipping through the opening Lea listened
1ntently. She could hear man breathing
with restful regularity. She closed the door
and cut the electric light wiring. The room
was exactly like her own. She walked STRAIGHT
to the mante-piece, where men nrefer m leave
tnelr pocketbooks and their jewery. But the
mantel-piece was bare.
Lea began. to be annoyed. The breathing
continued, tranquil and regular The sleeper
surely must have an easy conscience. She re-
Sohleo her search examining the baggage
rack bag was there-a simple bag Near
oy some clothes were carefully laid over
chalr-a UNIFORM and modest linen
An officer" Lea said to herself. "Not
much to hope for
She approached the bed (the moment to ad-
minister chloroform had come) and leaned
over the sleeper. The officer had blond hair,
ooyish face, shaved like an Eton scholars,
and, In his sleep all the charming abandon of
adolescence. Lea drew back a trifo, the
chloroform still in her hand
"A little sub-lieutenant," she murmured.
Then she noticed on small table by the bed
600 francs in bank notes, watch and time
table.
He arrived here" she thought; ''hc came
to the first hotel, near the station, and here is
his pay"
She bent down again over the sleeper What
confidence, what hardihood, in that clear
countenance, and what beautiful honesty, also!
She, Lea, with her forty years, could have had,
If she had not gone wrong, son of that age,
a handsome and charming boy like this one.
She recoiled again.
This young man evidently was not rich. She
was going to rob him in cold blood, deliver
him over, on his arrival at his garrison, to
difficulties, to huniliations, perhaps to despair!
She looked again at the bare room, the sim
pie wardrobe, the worn travelling bag.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24

ance, you feel morally and financially Obliged
TO present yourself at your Office for work
and there you encounter the enthusiastic friend
who can rub poison ivy leaves all over his
hands and never be affected. Also, you con-
verse with the cheerful stenographer who has
learned in some way that when you have once
fallen victim to poison ivy you never really re-
cover. She hastens to explain, however, that
the poison doesn't stay in your blood that you
merely become susceptible to reinfection, and
that hereafter, when you are sailing down
toward the Bermudas or are going by airpiane
to Chicago, an invisible particle of pollen Will
be waited to you and start you blistering all
over Just like you are now"
But one of the most astonishing facts about
poison ivy is the effect your case has on others.
1t makes them turn loose all the informa-
tion they have on the subject. No secre. Ia
withheld, and the worse your case the mora
you learn. Any we'll infected poison ivy suf
ferer who cannot gather 475 prescriptions. az
short anecdotes and 65 long stories on the dis
ease IN days time Is mentally inactive and
unworthy and should never have been allowed
TO have the infection. This interest on the
part OF your friends, acquaintances and even
strangers is one Of the great conversations
for being afflicted. 1t is humanity's carer
ness to help, and you recognize the great fact
and your soul becomes much mellower than u
was before that fatal exit from the autornohile
of course, you get well of poison ivy. lust
as you do OF other major operations. providc..
you don't get blood poisoning and other cornpls
cations do not set in. 1t is evenv conceivable
that IN seventy-fve or eighty years the wear
and tear on ones menta, processes may ha
such that you can forget you ever had II.
but such cases are said to be extremely nm
usual Even at the age of 110 men have bean
Known to begin story something like this:
About eighty-ninc years ago, when was s.
young fool, i was driving girl along tha
road one day when abe saw a fower.p sts
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
What Constitutes a Catch
or SCbie Island

The captain had TO wait for Isis bait, and
called out TO some one IN the next room
Say. do do you know, there was plenty Of
bait the day before We got there, and we had
TO wait over for ours!' 1t was foggy, besides.
swell, we had to wait for the fog and all.
and it was the next Monday before we started
for Sable Island. We went south from there
thirty-fve miles and fshed for two days In
15o-25o fathoms. We caught $4,000 cod
That's not what we went for, so wc went about
ten miles east Of that and fished In 250-so0
fethoms. We got $4,000 halibut in three days
and not Goldfish. We came bit west and
got 1900 more. At the next try we got
four to five thousand haiibut from two dories
and tNe rest OF the ten got nothing"
Thy fishermen sometimes study she
ground" TO see what sort of Ash may be there
And che willy old halbut, their hundred pound
bodies wagging their expensive steaks, take
chance, too.
The fish, it seems, arc all cleaned at sea, the
Goldfish salted and the hslibut put on fee
Fresh fish are landed at Portland or Boston
and the salt cod brought back to Gloucester.
The captain put his finger on the chart OF
the wall TO show me where he had been.
read }anquereau"; It Is popularity called
eve went TO the middle peak" explained
the captain.
He showed me the point at which the Puri-
tan was lost II think wa picked up her
steps, he said. They had foated nearly ninety
miles
That brought TO mind the dangers Of the
Banks, and the captain said something about
them, but very little. It's easy TO understand
how ship can founder in shoaI water, how q
great ship can run down and plow under 3
comparatively small one. He said he had
known Of such ease. ga few were saved
he said.
There is an indescribable quiet evasion os
such subjects among fishermen. Especially do
they dread the mention Of the fate most likely
TO come to the men. the fate that Is so often
read out in the annual services when flowers
for the lost are scattered on the see-"wsnt
adrift in his dory."
No. That sort OF thing comes too close. II
cannot be thought Of
Much better to think Of the cabin Of the
Acushla, its pictures askew, its oilskins far
ping, or of the good-natured, hard.working
crew sliding along up and down the friendly
seas, up and down, all the time, like ,ump
ing jack" out halibuting. and bound to return
with "a good trip of fish"
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
AN IVIED VACATION
Continued from page siz)

On the way back TO the city, however, a
horrible thought comes to you. What does
your family physician, what does any city
dermatologist, know of such rural disease as
poison ivy? You become convinced that you
have missed the chance of your life by not
going to the country doctor, after ALL Your
sylogisms something like this: Poison ivy
disports itself chiefly, if not solely in the coun-
try; country doctors initiate poison ivy in this
respect; therefore, they ere we'll acquainted
with each other. Also city doctors usually in
habit apartments, clubs and automobiles
poison ivy does not; therefore, they are
strangers. Having reached these conclusions
it is necessary to use all your optimism and
strength of will to prevent yourself rushing
to the platform, hurting yourself out at the
landscape and racing back to the nearest
village.
But real joyful surprise awaits you next
morning when you tell your doctor that you
are sorry you can't shake hands with him. HIS
assures you, with that amused expression to
which you have become SO accustomed and to
which you have long ceased to respond, that
there Is more poison ivy trouble per capita
tWhlch IN your case HeahS per entire Douyf IN
New York City than there ia in any rural COM
munity in America, the reason being that
country people have been educated along poi
son ivy lines, whereas the urban population
has not. Having thus prepared you, the doc
tor gets down to the real fact that you are
going to lose nearly all of the skin you have
left, and then, by way of illustration, peels off
several acres of surface, leaving what may be
termed rare sight. He assures you, how
ever, that the disease is seldom fatal and then
sends you forth SO bandaged and painted and
complexionless that even your worst enemy
would not recognize you at distance of a
foot and haf.
Having had the regular vacation time allow
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24

Jones, the fishermen must set their travis
and be picked up again to wait their luck with
the fish. They wait one to three hours, de-
pending on the weather. before thew are
dropped to haul.'
There's good two miles from the first
dory to the TENTH" said the captain. ut de-
pends on the wind and the tide and the
weather which way drop them and which way
tell them to set Any fishing day call all
hands out at in the morning to bait up. We
use big halibut hooks, with frozen or fresh
herring for bait. Each dory has buoy and a
buoy line, and six slzates,' or lines with hooks.
There are 5000 feet Of line in each Skate
SO that makes $4,000 feet Of line for each
dory. And there are 365 hooks on each skate,
so that makes six times 365 hooks for each
dory-2'l90 hooks. Setting a trawl means to
sink all that line to the bottom of the OCEAN.
anchor it there and leave the buoy and buov
line to show where it's anchored. When the
men are dropped to haul they haul in the
buoy and buoy line first and then the rest.
Sometimes we get Goldfish on the halibut
hooks-big cod. And sometimes we go to
place we know is good place-and there's
just nobody home, that's all'
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
Sometimes the Fishermen
Come Horne in Debt

From his account, the financing of the trip
Is precarious. AS understood him, the COM
pany lends the captain and crew the schooner.
the men pay for the bait, the ice, the food and
gamble on their chance Of catching enough
fish to cover the cost of the trip and to have
some left over to share
That explains the little notes in the fishing
bureau news: "Sch. -, stocked $4,000,
shared $61." And it also explains that the
men can come home in debt
II tell you, it's hard to face twenty-five
men when there's no money to divide. But
then, when they have any, they'll go ashore
one day, come back and borrow five dollars"
Of course they bet on their luck in everv
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24

tlon The smell spoke volumes
The Acushla took US warmly and rankly to
herself as we went down the narrow compan-
lonway aft. Within on each side were the
bunks-the captain pointed out his own ca
pac1ous one. Oilskins hung from the ceiling;
stove occupied the center Of the floors
monograph stood on a table. Such pictures
as might warm the hearts Of seafaring men
lined the rim above the hunks. A suitcase
or two flung on the hunks told of the crew
ready to be off, and through a doorway one
could see the engine that would "sail" them
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
Gss4tD-M&W

Now, I'm not drinking man, but when I
want it and can get it take my drink
L like whisky with my breakfast Well.
came down and there weren't SO many there.
ordered eggs-and whisky The waiter
looked kind Of scared and said: Very well.
sir, III bring it If you say air, but I'd point
out, sir, that she's rolling bit this morning
Rolling! So she was nice and smooth and
easy. And me used to going up and down all
the time like jumping jack!
WELL I said to the waiter, 4 think III
risk IT,
IT did. Maybe they guessed was used to
rolling, maybe they didn't
Ever been to Paris? They say there are
some fine dance halls there, but maybe lady
wouldn't have the same privileges'-
And SO we came down to the imminent sail.
ing Of the Acushla.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24

possible way. and the rival schooners bet on
their season's catch.
Yes, it was possible to see ths schooner ofg
II was person who had good luck The
captain narrowed his eyes and spccuiated on
tho risk.
The next day The local paper carried
single line.
Sailed, Sch. Acushla haIibuting"
Three weeks passed by before news came of
her. It seemed natural to greet the captain
again, this time IN the company Offices, near
the wharf. The weather had been bad and
the prices low, II end Ia cents for the fish
fresh from the vessel--as over against the
prices we pay in city markets of 30 ard so
cents--but the catch had been fair.
The captain was as cheerful as ever, mons
the less Where had he been! That was an
easy question
1--WE went 2S5 miles to Liverpool, Nova
Scotia, for ice. We came back on our course
thirty-fve miles to Lockport, where they net
herring"
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
THE HOTEL MOI JSE,
BY G. BRUNO-RUBY
Translated by Willian, L. Mcpherso,,

A MoUSE-the word always evokes the
~ image of lively little creature.
4 q sprightly and also young And. after
oil, why should a mouse ALWAYS seem
Young? oo''-'
ihe one Of which ] speak was not young.
one was big mouse, mouse who nibbled at
o'ner things than crusts Of bread.
Ihis mouse was named Lea Vernes, and she
made her way at night into hotel rooms TO rob
travellers. She was forty years old-an age
which ought to be that Of wisdom. but she had
s."ays been idle, horribly idle, and, as every
one Knows idleness is the mother of all the
Wees
mat evening she had arrived at the Terni-
nus hotel in the city Of X---- She had taken
sA' only vacant room, room on the sixth floor
y moor occupied by less prosperous people,
1aich was hardly good thing for her busi-
sssS)' and she was reading with bursts Of
@ughter letter which she had Just received.
this letter was from her brother, brave
"ao generous-minded man. He was the only
'ue OF the family who had not called her to
ss'0ont' who did not wish to guess what she
:, vac doing. who struggled to believe her honest
~ soid her that he had been appointed chief
= department in the establishment in which
: ''aa been working for the last fifteen years,
0A1 uaf he had an excellent situation for her.
an excellent situation. She laughed again,
ssA1ugged her shoulders, took her bunch Of
~ sss ana her lamp and consulted her watch.
n.s SAs o'clock struck In neighboring belfry.
,:s''ng on protective over-garment of gray
,as. s,,-a hotel mouse in heart and soul-she
= "a me room. She was going to lay her hands
-, : 1e" minutes on as much money as she
10 ,au probably have to work year for with
aef honorable brother.
-. = hotel door is generally not difficult to
~ ans one made hardly any resistance.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
Blond Hair and Blue Eyes,
This Viking Make-Up

Standing at the end Of che wharf talking
to q friend was her captain, Tver Carlson. look
ing philosophic and good natursd as fishermen
do. He was Swede, still on the SUNNY side
Of middle life, fair haired and strongly bu,n
One heard things about him localIv-sn.
thusiastic things, such as are gossip in a fish,
ing town. A we'll known sailmaker in the da1s
when fewer motors were used by fishing boats
told OF the way he would stroll in comnlain-
ing OF torn sail. you're a great saimak-
err" he would say. Sand you're ona great
sailor" would be the response Some one elsa
was more explosive on the subject. "He's
daredevil. Never took a reef in his life
A good-natured man, too."
Wearing blue serge suit and straw hat
at this particular moment with fash OF watch
sals and ring, he looked prosperous and
pleasant and as unconscious of the extreme
precariousness Of his calling as of the tongues
hat wagged boastfully about him.
I'm bad one to come FOR stories and
hat" he said in q kind of embarrassment
And then as we stepped on board the Acushla
mo great feat with the deck nearly ON a
eVei with the wharf.-the unconsciouslv took
that back by bursting out: "IS you remember
all tell you you'll be lucky!"
Inc deck of the schooner looked like an
involved riddle to which the answer is lost for
ever to the simple mind Of layman. She
was, so the captain said, about LOS feet long
% feet wide, IL feet deep, with draft Of
about l6 feet and tonnage Of 1875. These
mere figures could easily be made a matter Of
record, but then the difficulty set in.
The most obvious things on the deck in the
tangIe of unfamiliar objects were the dories.
There were eleven of them in two nests. One
mad detachable motor-that was the cap-
'ain's-and the rest had oars. These fragile
dorles, each containing two men and the fsb-
ing gear that must be anchored to the bottom
of the ocean, are dropped by the schooner
when the fishing ground is reached. With an
inch or so Of planking between them and Davy
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24

all the time." he said. Then he relented
in spite Of the foolish question, and told
story. Some men had come aboard mean
while and were puttering about in quiet
eyed way that fishermen have
'I'd good year last year, and thought
I'd go to the old country. / spent $4,000
and had pretty good time. Went first class,
sat at the table with-oh, you know, doctors
and that was careful and didn't make any
breaks, but something happened that pretty
near gave me away.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24

She signed her name On the other side of
the wall she could hear the regular breathing
Of the little sub-lieutenant How happy she
was that he still had his 600 fraucs
So the die was cast. She was going to be-
come honest again and it was the mere sight
of a young and pure face which had accom-
plished that miracle. Honest! She looked at
herself in the mirror. It seemed to her that
she already had different look-that she was
different woman. She went to bed, full of
light-heartedness which she had never felt be-
fore, and for the first time, tranquil and with
out booty, the hote, mouse slept the sleep Of
the just.
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