Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-07
INJURIES
|NCR|CKET SOCCER
Hospitals Prepared to Handle
Casualties Of Phila. Whites
and Germantown Players
BITING WILL BE BARRED

"ElcUen men on dead mans chest;
Yo ho-ho! and a bucket Of blood!"
There will be a pleasant little en-
counter this afternoon in the first di-
vision Of the Cricket Club Soccer
League.
Germantown, erstwhle champions,
are scheduled to cross boots at Man
helm with the Philadelphia G. G. Whites
in n game which will virtually decide
this years ownership of the cup, and
the various hospitals are being prepared
for a land Office business.
According to advance notices from
the respective camps this setto will be
all in the spirit of fun, but everybody
otherwise debi,itate the gentlemen of
the opposite side.
The situation which has given rise
to this amiable state Of mind is this:
Germantown has only one more game
to play, and that Is this one. If it Is
lost Germantown is hopelessly and un-
Iuallfcdly sunk.
Philadelphia, on the other hand, has
three more to go through with. includ-
ing today's battle. II Germantown
wins today. and some other team beats
Philadelphia in one of the other
games, there will ensue n tie for first
| plucp. IL lOS'S I'll S'''
games, Germantown will once more
sport the laurel.
Battle for Blood
The warriors from Mannheim have
sworn n mighty oath, therefore, like
the we'll known Spartan gentlemen who
won immortal fame at Thermopylae,
to come back with their shields. or on
them. The gentlemen from Chestnut
IIill in addition, were issued full
set of brass knuckles at an early hour
last night.
Betting on the fracas rested Mt even
money this morning. with plenty OF
lucrc showing on both sides. Several
! of the members of the Germantown
team, feeling that if they lose the game
they might as we'll make it day and
go broke too. have put everything but
the soup and fish toys on the outcome
and their desperate frame of mind as d
consequence thereof is little less than
alarming.
Dark intimations of a great anc
startling surprise in store for the
Highlanders were circulated last night
by those in touch with the German
town training quarters, but the nature
Of this coup has remained secret.
1t was definitely learned early this
morninO however. that member Of
the Philadelphia team, disguised IL
flowing spinach and green spcctaCles
was apprehcndcd trying to discover what
this surprise might be. He was forced
to drink six bottles of lemon pop, and
released.
What They Didn't Say
Horace Barba, doughty leader of the
Germantown cohorts. positively did not
issue the following statement last night
This affair will be one of the blood
lest onslaughts in history. My mer
are in excellent shape, and l have taught
them a number of good tricks which
ought to do lot of damage.
IL am happy to say that all legal
arrangements have been made against
the untimely demise of any of our boys
and every precautiOn has been taken to
safeguard the women and children.
"If you have any money, sink it on
us"
Fcrgie Mohr. captain Of the Philn
dclphia Whites, never made any such
announcement rs the following last
II hone there will be plenty Of doc
tors on the field. We are out for blood
and if we can't have that, we are going
to try to get some personal souvenirs
at least
"NIy mon have been practicinG ju-
iutsu for the last week, and we expect
TO knock out opponents for seventeen
consecutive loops. We have all made
our wills, but we don't expect to use
them.
where TO put II.