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Evening journal., 1922-10-23
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but Il IS believed that almost as
many customers win pay 20 SEQ him
making a bust OF himself as used 70
20 out 10 see him busting the ball.
Ruth has done a lot for baseball
and he ought 20 be given a chance.
He, more than anyone else, saved
the game after the expose OF the
1919 worlds series scandal.
How he Is 20 be given a chance.
ls hard 70 figure. however. The fans
were very patient with him this year
and II the encoura cement from the
stands had any influence no ought
to have been the champion slugger
this season.
IFS future rests entirely IN his
own hands. He knows that fate Is
hcltle and that he cannot stay In
baseball on his reputation. He will
have 10 deliver or he may be the
biggest card OF the minor leagues IN
1924.
After his four round victory over
Jim Tracey. South Americans figure
that their heavyweight CHAMPION
LUIS Flrpo So ready for Dempsey.
They have never seen Dempsey
ana they think that Tracey Is
first-class heavyweight.
Americans who know the former
Australian champion cannot begin
10 take Firpo seriously, yet. when i
required four rounds for Firpo 20
knock over Tracey.
Tracey outpointed Firpo IN the
first two rounds. confirming the
judgment OF good American boxing
critics who claim that any heavy
weight who is at all clever and who
packs a good punch would have no
trouble beating Firpo.
Frpo evidently can take Il. He Is
built Ike a cave man and IL would
take WINS or a Dempsey punch 20
put him down for the count.
Evening journal., 1922-10-23

extreme side OF the field Il was
forced TO take n chance on puntfng
OUT 10 get into a good position 10 tr7t's
for goal Often the opportunity to !
kick, a goal was lost IL the punt out
was missed, ..-..- -
That,of course. was unfair bsr
cause a touchdown Is a touchdown.
regardless OF whore the player was
downed back OF the line. The new
rule recognizes this inasmuch as II
gives tho teams the same oppor-,
tunity to score from scrimmage..
That at least makes It a fair rule. 70,
Now as TO the element OF uncer-
tainty. II was. hoped the new rule
would provide this. The skeptios
were doubtful. Missing a goal after
touchdown IN the old days was the.'
exception. What about the newo
play? Let us glance over the scores
'of a few ofsthe big games playednl
recently, rf frsts sss-~
Iowa beat, Yale. esto o, In the big.
thriller OF the season up TO date
Iowa failed 20 score the extra point
from scrimmRge. That play gavss
Yale hope OF winning until the game !.
ended. efff e-v rs- a-a<
Harvard defeated Bowdoin. is to 8
o. scoring two touchdowns and ar
field goal. Harvard failed in tho :
two opportunities 10 score from =
arrf n1rnara 10 <,,frhfa fasf,rat e IL, Ria :.
to be fatal in the big games OF the. :
years "s 80
rr ---~
The Army beat Alabama Poly. 1es ;
TO s. The Army failed In two OF its ?
three attempts the southerners in
their one. So that IN four attempts 2
to score from serimnsage three were
"fiivvcrs" rsr ---s
Evening journal., 1922-10-23

they burn quietly TO ashes together,
long. happy married life.
Have your guests cut open an ap-
pie apiece. and count tho seed. Two
mean early marriage; three. a legacy;
four. great wealth; Ave. a sea voy-
age; six. fame; seven. fulhllment OF
any wish that guest may make.
Provide number OF little boats
one for each guest-from halves OF
walnut shells. with a bit OF lighted
Christmas candle in each. Set them
afioat IN a tub. The boats owners
will behave as the boats behave.
Some will glide away together. Some
will drift apart. Some may be
wrecked. The one whose candle
goes our first never will wed.
The guests, after returning home,
must place, each one. a glass Of wa
ter, containing a silver OF wood. be-
side his bed. or hers. During the
the night. the sleeper will dream OF
falling into a stream and being res
cued by the man or woman the slum-
berer IS 10 wed. Last Hallow Eve"
wrote the poet Gay. II looked my
love 10 see. and tried n spell TO call
her up ONE; with wood and .water
standing by my side, 1 dreamed 81
dream. and saw my own sweet
bride" tft..4t i-t l.f4 u =
Evening journal., 1922-10-23
CONDOR AND BRADY
HEAD PARKSIDE FIVE

Teams in the City Basketball
League are getting set for the sec
ond campaign OF the circuit. Joe
Condor and Johnny Brady were Sc
Iected as the management OF the
Parkside five at a meeting OF the
Parkside Club yesterday afternoon.
Mt. Vernon Will meet tonight at
42s Grant avenue. 10 elect a man
ager. All members are requested
to be present.
Mt. Vernon will hold a. dance to-
morrow night and the committee in
charge predicts success. Kimmey's
orchestra will furnish the music.
Evening journal., 1922-10-23

cut outs from black paper. like some
OF the samples given with this arti-
Gle.
on your menu. don't neglect the
Fortune Cake. II contains a ring.
a thimble and a dime. Whoever
gets the ring will be married soon;
the thimble means celibacy; the
dime, wealth.
Everybody knows the game Of
backing down a stairway. a candle in
one hand; in the other a mirror held
before the face. In the mirror you'll
see a reflection OF your future spouse
If you've Imagination enough.
Then have each guest throw an
apple pairing over his head-or hers.
Falling. Il will take the shape OF a
letter. the initial OF the person the
experimenter Is TO wed.
Next let them try pouring meted
lead. through a ring, into dish OF
water The shape the lead takes
will suggest something or other. II
It looks ike torch. that guest will
achieve fame: like horn OF plenty.
riches; a bottle. a career as a boot
Logger perhaps: and so on.
Bobblng for apples always Is popu-
lar. Tie the contestants hands be-
hind them and set them to fishing
apples from a tubful OF water with
their teeth. Give the winner a prize.
An apple dangied by a string from
the ceiling IS hard 20 catch between
the teeth. too. Have your guests
try this. for prize.
Thread a raisin on a string a yard
long and start two guests on a race
for It, by chewing the string. one al
each end The winner gets the
ralsin as a prize.
Seat your guests, one after an
3ther. on round bottle laid length
Evening journal., 1922-10-23
SNAPPERS GET AWAY
WITH JUNIORS TITLE

Walloping the horsehide for a total
OF 10 hits. the South side-Eden
snappers won the first championship
OF the Junior City League by trounc-
ing Eastlake at Baynard Field on
Saturday. Is 20 S. The game was
played 20 decide the seasons cham
pion OF the circuit. the Snappers win
ming the first and the Lakers the
second half. The playing OF the
tltutlar tilt was delayed through
weather and other conditions.
After taking Eastlake's dust up TO
the fifth the Snappers settled the
argument with a quintet OF tallies
in that session. A number OF sup
erfiuous markers we're added IN the
remaining innings. President Joe
Condor viii present the cup to the
champs at a meeting in the Brown
Hr~N
Evening journal., 1922-10-23
RHODE island
TRIMS DELAWARE
Forward Pass Defeats Blue
and Gold by 7 to 0
Score
PENALTY LOSES
CHANCE TO SCORE
Special to The Evening Journal.

Special TO The Evening Journal.
NEWARK. Oct. 23.-University OF
Delaware football squad returned
last night from Kingston. r. l..
where Saturday the team was
defeated 7 to 0 by the Rhode Is
land State College. While Delaware.
according to members of the team
gained much more ground than
Rhode Island in the scrimmage, they
did not have the punch 10 put over
a touchdown while their opponents
scored a touchdown in the third
quarter as the result OF forward
pass.
Delaware did the best work in the
final period when the backs by con-
slstent gains carried the ball from
their own 20 yard line to their op-
ponents' 20 yard line where a Is
yard penalty for holding checked the
chance OF a score. Captain Jack
Williams was the best ground gamer
for Delaware. Coach McAvoy made
but two subscriptions during the
game, Kramer being sent in for
Gofigan near the close Of the game
and Steel for Elliott. Mcdonald.
who had been out for three weeks
with an injured ankle. played the
entire game.
The lineup OF Saturdays game
follows.
Evening journal., 1922-10-23
S p O r. 7 S $50 IS IS.
sBM6unsSw

What about the new play IN foot.
ball that gives tho team scoring a
touchdown the right to make one
play from. scrimmage IN an. effort 10
score another point either by. cross
ing the goal line or kicking a goal
from field. +... ,.s.
sRecetly while IN the cast attend-
ing the world series talked with a
number of leading coaches and
stars OF former years concerning
tho play. All agreed tho new play
would simply resolve itself into a
kicking game. are
It was practically agreed that
very few teams would try 20 cross
the line through tho medium OF a
forward pass. circling the ends. or
going through the line. Trying TO
score field goal by a drop Kick or
from placement would be the play
.nlnety-nlne times in a hundred. the
experts agreed.
The play from scrlmmage altar a
touchdown was substituted for the
try for goal after touchdown.
There was no thrill about the goal
after touchdown because there was
little or no element OF uncertainty.
often some specialist on. an eleven
would kick anywhere from 20 TO 40
successive goals during the season.
according 10 the number OF touch
downs scored.
II was more or less OF cinch.
The one injustice was that Il placed
a premium on where the touchdown
was scored. II the bali was downed
directly back OF the goal line a try
for goal from directly in front OF
the posts was allowed However. II
a team scored a touchdown at the
Evening journal., 1922-10-23
Often Serious Handicap
Poor Coaching Is

prospects that.a high school star hass5
OF making good in college. consider
FIRST his manner OF living and the
quality Of the .coaehIng he has roe
eeived in high, school rss .s5ns
Upon catering collegiate sfootbaifs
competition. the man fresh FROM
high school must buck up againshs
much more-formidable material thafr,
he has met with m high school He
must expect p be pitted against mea
OF more weight and xreaters spessta
who extend themselves. IN "a way hah..
never dreamed of backfoD the HON 81.
town field. lie will find that thea
college catches Ftves a. good DEAF
more attention 10 details. 10 techsn
iniqusisands executions nf 7f
Players MHst Specialize ff tc
Z The prep" star will find thht-ff.t
he homes 10 make the varsity he win
have 90 specialize for some partfc,f-y
lar position on the team. II the.-
Took upon his as 4 Doten-
tial center he must ledrn the nnse
ture and requirements OF the centes.t
position by heart. II he Is 70 be. sfriis
end. he must learn football techsa
nique and strategy from the standsrl
point OF an end. s'i''s-q s1i
Then too the high school starr
should realize from the start OF hisis
college football career that he iso
more or less under marital law. ahdsi
that he need expect no coddnngTr
from the coaches. lie must steeba
himself to hearing the coaches renrs
him IN plain. unvarnfshed English
IN just what matters he Is lacking
The competition and the discipline
may be a little irksome. but if sas
nan Is going TO make good In oo1t-.
ege football he must pay the pricess
'or his success, -
Evening journal., 1922-10-23
BY HENRY L. FARRELL.

Omitted Press Sports Editor).
NEW YORK, Oct. % Unted
Press).---His second big bust" in a
worlds series and his most disap-
pointing season. leads 20 the belief
that Babe Ruth Is through.
II may be that he was in psy-
Geological slump all season after
getting late stsrt--if he got start
ed-and that he will be back doing
his old stun again next season.
Chances are against thar, how
ever. unless he changes his way OF
living during the winter.
Ruth has lost his eye. the perfect
timing and coordination that used
to make him such terror at the
bat and the swing that gave him
the most powerful drive IN baseball.
according 20 a prominent baseball
man who has been close 20 him all
season -t
"one OF his main troubles Is the
loss OF perfect vision. To retain per-
feet sight an athlete must keep in
strict training and Ruth does not"
ne thiu
His mode OF living also has put
30 much weight on him that his
swing has been thrown offn He
doesn't get the drive that he used
to. He misses balls now by four OF
FIVE inches that he used 10 murder.
He has worried himself into chang
ing his stance and his confidence
has been weakened"
Yankee club owners are thinking
OF dfsposing OF Ruth, according 90
responsible authority.
II Is hard 20 believe, however. that
any club would dispose OF the great
est drawing card IN baseball.
II may be true that his poor
showing this year will make him
less OF an attraction next season.
Evening journal., 1922-10-23

football. namely. correct passing,
tacklfng. blocking and shifting and
carrying the ball.
Poor Coaching Hurts
A high school star who has not
learned 10 execute these funda-
mentals in the right way Is handi-
capped from the start. In football
as IN everything else, It is much
easier TO teach n raw and mex
perieDced recruit how TO do things
in the right way than II Is 20 re-
form good man who has learned
TO do those very same things In the
wrong way.
Therefore. u you would know the
Evening journal., 1922-10-23

boss. r. Hall. w. Smith. V. Hall,
T. Gillin, J. Burns. B. Fisher. E.
Burns, o. King. PIGGY Mclaughlin.
r. Parmar. Zip Farmer. Tub Whit
tington and f. Lafferty.
West Wilmington Academy, St.
Luke's. Five Points. Brownson and
st. Hedwigs and Highland. should
get in touch with Allick Clayboss,
412 West Second street. or call ee67.
between the hours OF TO on week.
lays II they want games.
Evening journal., 1922-10-23

~ A - - - 90
school coaches
n ave n ever
played college
football. When
high school
zach, who has
iot had tho ben
NJ OF the expert
&C hing and
rainin & thAi
goes with coli
gs football.
starts out 90
teach football o.
nigh school play
ers he Is apt 10
generallze a n d
In so doing over
look the tech-
nique in the
fundamentals OF
Evening journal., 1922-10-23
DELAWARE BRONZE
TALKS CHAMPIONSHIP

Delaware Bronze is out for the
third class football championship Of
the city Manager Clayboss has Sc
cured some fast talent. mostly of
last years combination. .
After a start OF four games This
season he has come through with
three wins and one defeat.
Clayboss wants all players to re-
port next Sunday afternoon. at
Eighth avenue and Duncan streets,
at o'clock.
The following players are re-
ouested to reporti Reginald. Clay
Evening journal., 1922-10-23
follows:
TO TALK POULTRY SHOW.

Poultry breeders associated with
the Diamond State Poultry and Pet
Stock Association will hold a special
meeting at Fells store. West
Fourth street tonight to discuss
plans for the coming poultry exhibit.
The show will be hero from Jan. 2
to inclusive.
Evening journal., 1922-10-23
BURKINs HIGH SHOT.

Burkins won first place in three
OF the four events at the weekly
shoot Of the Diamond State Rife
Club over the shellpot range on Sat
urday. Lesney took the fourth
event on the program. .-.. .-
Evening journal., 1922-10-23
''1'' scoRE BY iNNfNes

8 s' s. a. snap ;;;i Q q G1S
Two base hits-Sakal, /, c. Grant. ?.
EMcCioskey. Davis. Struck out by
Ferris Z t: by Cowgirl. 5. Left on bases
-Snappers. 8; Eastlake. 2. Hit by
pitched ball-McCloskey. Base on
balls of Ferris. 2. of Cowgirl, s.
Evening journal., 1922-10-23

I and bleak season for the Cherry and
White after such bright and brisk
beginning. Chester. with COMPARE
tive SCORES as a criterion. would wipe
up the field with Wilmington. But
such was not the case. Old grads
returned TO the call OF their soho
iastic Alma Mater and that some
thing which was lost with the nrst
game was somewhat retrieved. The
memorable battle was fought on tho
p. NJ. c. field and the way Whining
ton High walked away with the 1870
win will always remain fresh in the
minds OF those who Witnessed the
Cherry and White outplay the
Orange and Black at nearly every
stage and angle. The season was a
success after that.
We happened 70 hold one end Of the
lines during that great fracss and saw
II all. After II was over one OF the Old
Grads who had returned 20 aid In oct
ting the youths back Into football ran
over 20 shake our hand and oonuretp-
late us. Blushlna We admit that no said
that We were more responsible for tho
Victory than any other one man, and
we only held one end OF the lines. We
didn't recall that We IA q shortened dis
tsnoes for Wilmington.
II happened that We were working
on another local sheet IN them DAYS"
and II also happened that we comment
ed rather cVttingly about some indlf-
ference and laXNy in the Cherry and
White squad. One article which was
written after one OF the games we re-
member because thu Old Grad recalled
II especially. He remarked that this
article had more 20 do with beating
Chester than anything else.
you'll say with us-Why shouldn't
they have had good team then
when we recall for you that among
those present on the squad were Johnny
Carter, Ike Elliott and "Muaasy" Nc
Orau, the same Rae and Hank" Nc
craw who has Penn people raVlna these
days. There were others who have
since made a name for themselves In
higher athletics which chums with high
er education.
We can also recall for you another
Chester game which Wilmington was
supposed 20 win hands down but which
Chester took feet first on a field goal
40. over confidence was the Highlets'
chief foo IN that contest. even II they
did have the better team on seasons
records and even II they did outplay
Chester all the way. The year "a not
clear 70 us but We believe it was In /
rs An otherwise successful year was /
ruined by this defeat.
Evening journal., 1922-10-23
MUTES SMASH
HIGHLETS' Line
. Local Gridders no Match
Against Mt. Airy
Eleven
P. !. D. SCORES IN
EVERY QUARTER

Wilmington High went down 10
overwhelming defeat before the
Philadelphia Institute for the Deaf
at Mt. Airy, Pa. on Saturday by the
score Of 43 to 10. The Mutes started
early and with two touchdowns in
the first period and two more in the
second. had the Highlets "a TO at
the end Of the first half p. l. d. did
not draw a blank in any one OF the
quarters. adding another six-pointer
in the third and two more in the
fourth. The Cherry and White count
ed its second touchdown IN the final
period and the final count, seven
touchdowns to two indicated the
relative football displayed by the
two squads.
The Mutes outplayed the Highlets
at nearly every stage Of the fracas,
although the Wilmington warriors
proved themselves game fighters and
succeeded in crossing the enemy's
goal line after the odds were shown
so much against them. Numerous
long gains around the ends we're
mainly responsible for p. !. DIS
overwhelming victory.
Wilmington. p. I. d.
Clover ..........Left end . Stanton
Smith ........,.Iseft tackle ... Wadleigh
McDonough left guard. ...... Smith
Sweezy .......... Center. ....... Minter
Stout ......... Right guard. .Schickling
fedrick ....,., Right tackle..., Marshal
Pedrfck ......,.. Right end. ...... r. Eby
Bowe ......... Quarterhack. ...s. Evans
Coke INLET halfbsck. Grabowskl
Bardo ........Right halfback.. Sheppard
White ..... .Fullba ck...... ~ Eby
SCORE BY PERIODS
Wilmington High 80 5-l3
p. l. ID. ..............l2 y 13-i3
Touchdowns: Sheppard, 4; Bowe, I
Coke, Evans. Wadlegh. Mlnter. Points
after touchdown. Clover. Sheppard.
subs: Wilmington. Giles for Stout;
Donohue for Sweezy; Johnson for
Mater: Mllllken for Coke; Smith Tor
steele: Reybold for Pedrick. p. 1. D.;
walters for Stanton; Morrow for
Schllcklng Ylngst for Wadleigh; Cob /
en- for Evans: Gardner for Sheppard. |
Referee. Gideon, Penn. Umpire, Stol- !
ienwerck, Johns Hopkins. Head lines !
man. Crouter. Temple University. Time |
OF periods, is minutes.
Evening journal., 1922-10-23

For a Halloween party. decorate
your home with a few yards OF red
and yellow sorim or oheesecloth, with
jack-o'-lanterns. fall leaves and
lunches OF corn. and with witch-ilke
Evening journal., 1922-10-23

An instrument called micro
tome" will cut successive sections OF
animal tissue, each only one twelve
OF an inch thick. IT is
claimed -
Evening journal., 1922-10-23

TOuChdOWnSs LOOSE EuAleft Mc1ul-
lin, Slattery. Goals from touchdowns:
Engler, Burke. Subs. Smith for Spring
er: Manlove for Hayes; Volkman FOR
Loose; Engier for Gray; Joyce for Nc
Culln y Brennan for Booth: Eckrich for
Volkman St Mary's: Devine for
Hutchinson: Smith for Slattery; Leach
for McGinnis; Fowlers for Connolly
Gill for Swartz. Referee, Whitehead.
Umpire, Gatsenberg. Head linesman.
Donohoe Timers, Brady and August.
L.inesmen, Dunn and Prettyman. Time
OF periods. ~ minutes.
Evening journal., 1922-10-23


. IN CONTEST WITH HARVARD. -
-a-x-e-
n figures do not stoop 70 the un-
another lselna on Saturday. p. I. D.
ID. I. d.. T.-43-i3.
Back IN 1917 Wilmington High had
a wonderful aggregation OF gridders as
can be gathered by mention OF their
names They had been whipped into a
great combination the year before by a
young coach. fresh out OF Colgate,
Matthews by name. Matthews did not
return 10 the Cherry and White insti-
tuition, he enlisted IN the Navy when the
war came along. The discipline instilled
in the squad by this peppery young
man did not stay with the new coach.
who was much older and could not con-
troll the boys. Playing mostly "on their
own" In the first game OF the season the
Highlets held Central High, two touch
downs 20 one. the lowest they had ever
been held by a Cherry and White crew.
and the second time In the history OF
the many games between the schools
that Wilmington was able 70 score on
Central II was Justly conceded In the
light OF a victory for Wilmington.
Without that check reln Of discipline
the success against Central reacted, IL
turned out 70 be almost the worst thing
that could have happened for the good
OF the Hlphet squad. They rode on the
crest OF this apparent great triumph
and great nobs OF over confidence
stuck out all over them. Practices were
play times. The result evidenced Itself
In the next few games when teams
which should have been easy victims
were easy Vlctors and hard foes were
hard 10 stop from taking the arldiron
with them.
How they rallied themselves to-
gether IS pleasant history to Cherry
and White followers who can re-
member those days. Chester. report
ed not above the average as Chester
teams go. was having greater success
against the same teams played by
II looked like a black
Evening journal., 1922-10-23
BY AUBREY DEVINE
1921, Captain Iowa
1921. 'Gsig Ten" Champions.

Keeping ~. however,, IS not the
only element that determines the
stars prospects in college The
coaching he has received In high
school Is also important.
Evening journal., 1922-10-23

Name two chestnuts, one after an
engaged girl. the other after the man
she's to marry. and put them on a
Gre. II one slzzles and steams, II
Evening journal., 1922-10-23
BAKERS DOZEN OF
H4LLOWEEIV STUNTS

signifies bad temper; - both. strife;
u thnv hnnncn annrf aanaralInn. II
Evening journal., 1922-10-23

AXE
The eight-column streamer head
line across the top OF The Baltimore
Suns sport section yesterday said in
bold and cold black type;
CENTRE PRAYS TOO LATE
.. IN CONTEST WITH HARVARD"
Evening journal., 1922-10-23

Many figures in football do
not look Ike football fig
ures. F'rinstance:
Evening journal., 1922-10-23

n figures do not stoop 70 the un-
truth then Wilmington High took
another lseine on Saturday. p. I. D.
D. I. d.. T.-43-f3.