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GERMANY DECLARES WAR ON U. S. A.
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BY FUUKSTUJAUWITH HUZZAHS
St. Pete Gazette Prints Nippy Rumor, and Pat
Moran, Standing on Home Plate With Cap on
j Bosom, Declares War on Germany
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11TB yesterday afternoon a regular big
1 league rumor arrived In this metropolis'
and almost shook tho healthy but solvent
tourists out of their easy chairs. At first It
vis thought that business had been sus--i.a
hut thin proved to bo an error.
t'f ?ny were doing business In tho same old
ind reached the ball park Just as tho per-
miring Dills wero nbout to bo chased to
''fr. .v,-..m! There was much excitement.
V i'eUI Klllefer ancMCddlo Hums mado frantlo
T' .starts to Krab what nro believed to be
mustaches on their upper lips, and Pat
iJoran was visibly worried. "Wo must do
.mthliiir." he said. "Ves, wo must do
something." came back tho chorus, con
listing of Uurns nnd Klllefer. "What shall
vt do. Tat? Anything you say rocs doublo
with us."
Tncrrur-c-n nil three wero lost In deep
study, while the rumor scught somo placo
else to spread.
Here' the Cnsc
But before we proceed any further, allow
tu to Jntroduco tho cause of tho disturb
ance. All was serene and quiet yesterday
afternoon, when tho largest, best nnd only
avenlng paper In St. Petersburg received
a message that Germany had declared war
en the United Stntcs, That's nil there was
to It. No one knew where It came from,
but It was Just a declaration of war. It
seemed to arouse tho patriotism In the hall
players, however, nnd Moran. Burns nnd
Klllefer had a perfect right to Indulgo In
some skull practice to find a way to settle
this International problem.
After several moments of three-cornered
alienee, Moran stepped up to tho plate, ho
Ottered'a few words, for ho was speaking.
"It's all fixed, mm," bo said; "we'll fix
this war stuff right off the bat. We'll show
'm what they will bo up against and to
morrow morning all of you husky guys
will ahoulder tho musket nnd do some real
soldiering on tho ball field. Thero will be
drill tomorrow. How nbout It?"
"Hooray!" shouted Klllefer.
"A couple of hoornys!" echoed Burns.
"Motion's carried" announced Moran and
the glad tidings were distributed to tho
ether soldiers In tho dressing rooms. So
this morning, twenty-four high-salaried
marvels of physical perfection drilled on
the diamond as they novcr have drilled be
fore. They wero not allowed to carry regu
lar muskets, but each hero was armed with
a baseball bat, which they handled aB If
they were used to It; an soon as tho men
are acquainted with this weapon, they will
be promoted to muskets. Target practice
will follow In a week or so, when the
men get better acquainted and won't shoot
at each other.
No Drill Sergeant
This wave of patriotic hybtcrla almost
struck a snag at the start, as it was dis
covered that no drill sergeant was on hand
to, direct tho work.
A heavy pall of gloom hung over the
camp of tho ambitious, but embryo soldiers.
By ROBERT W. MAXWELL
'War" Correspondent Willi Pl.tllit, n Trniin t,i.
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MORE MILITARY
DRILL FOR MACKS
Thrasher, Outfielder, Still
Absent From Athletics'
Camp May Retire
THRIVING IN BUSINESS
until some bright person cuggested that
perhaps somo member of the squad had
escaped from the army early In the life.
The roll was called and Gary Fortune, the
twlrler who comes from North Carolina,
nnu uavvy (.'ravath. one of California's na
tlvo sons, stepped up and proudly asserted
that they had soldiered off the ball field, but
were honorably discharged. They were un
nnlmously elected to take charge of nwk
wnrd squad and their work this morning
wns nil that could be expected.
Only simple formations were tried, but
If the men Improve, they probably will he
given a few forward parses and other
maneuvers In aerial warfare-. It Is thought
that Sergeants Cravnth nnd Kortuno will be
In rhnrge until Saturday, when the St.
Petersburg mllltla returns from the border.
Then n regular drill sergeant will be on tho
Job.
There was plenty of excitement at the
hallyard yesterday, even before tho war
rumor arrived. At lunch hour, while the
players were enjoying their meager repast.
Dodo Paskert was bitten by a regular Idea
and It nlmost ruined Coffee Pot Park. Dode
complained of the high grass In tho out
field, nnd that It would be a good stunt to
burn somo of It ; before tho Idea wandered
away he romped out In the tnll grass nnd
applied n few matches. Then he went back
to the sandwich emporium, satisfied that
ho had done something to ho proud of.
Perfectly Fine Fire
Hcfore he forgot that grass Is highly
Inflammable nnd the wooden fence around
tho ball grounds would be glsd In assist
In a good healthy flro the flames soon
got beyond control and the entire squad
fdught tho conflagration. The fence was
burning In several places, so a bucket
brigade was formed and for a long time tho
players wondered what had become of the
Ice water. Oscar Dugey, who once handled
the bucket with the volunteers In Palestine,
Tex., saved the day when ho appeared on
tho sceno with an axe nnd knocked a hole
through the fence. The flames were then
fought on both sides and socn wero under
control. It was a narrow escape for the
St. Petersburg fire department. They were
nlmost summoned. Business Manager
Shcttsllne. who has had wide experience
as a firefighter In Glcnoldcn, Pa., arrived
when all of tho hard work had been done
and said that the proper methods had been
used.
Tho players aro getting Into the game
better each day and their work has Im
proved so much that Pat Moran has decid
ed to hold a regular ball game on Friday
between the Varsity and the Ynnlgans. Yes
terday In batting practice the batters clout
ed the ball all over the lot and showed more
speed In circling tho bases. Alexander,
Hlxey, Mayer, Fortune, Flttcry nnd Laven
der dished up some straight balls and they
wciu slaughtered.
Krnie Walker Is the only cripple on tho
squad and Mike Dee probably will have
him In shape In a few days. Krnle
wrenched his knee Monday, when he stepped
Into a hole In the outfield.
JACKSONVILLE, Fin.,- March 14. Ser
geant W. i:. Smart appeared on schedule
time this morning to give the members of
the Athletics their second day's Instructions
as to tho manner of marching properly In
military order
Now that the Phillies have taken the Idea
from their Lehigh avenuo comrades It Is
reasonable to predict that thero will bo
somo competition along theso lines from
now until the baseball campaign opens
According to what has been heard from
military hoys In town, the Athletic fans In
Philadelphia can rest assured that their
young men will be In the front ranks. This
morning's drill wns ngaln of scttlng-up ex
ercises, nlthough the majority of tho rank
nnd flle looked as though they would be
moro at home sitting down. They showed
tho effects of the combined maneuvering
of the previous day.
Tho players of the Athletics' squad regret
the tardiness of Frank Thrasher, the hard
hitting outfielder, who Is still reluctant nbout
reporting to tho club. Tho mnjorlty of tho
players feel thnt he wilt not play this sea
son, as he is at present engaged In n thriv
ing business, nnd family Influences nro
keeping him out of the ranks. Perhaps hn
Is desirous of getting away (rom the spring
training, lie would fit nicely In tho out
field, as bitters are always as welcome as
sunshine In Pittsburgh.
Ley and Johnson nro going to fight hard
for the opening remaining to be (Hied In
the graisy section of Shlbe Park
Scraps About Scrappers
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Two out-of-town bantams, forced to seek
new pastures, are In Philadelphia and their
respective challenges, flung to tho four
finds, lncludo any one from 116 to 120
pounds. Fred Scars, a Phlladclphlan, re
turned home for tho first time In two years
from tho West nnd ho has in tow with him
Benny McNeil, who cleaned up most of tho
bantams In the wild nnd woolly. Young
Mtndo, a Buffalo Ulddo, Is the other latest
arrival, and with him came Jack Lawrence,
his manager. Both McNeil nnd Mendo have
tqpd records, each having boxed Kid Wil
liams. McNeil was matched to box Pete
Herman, In Kansas City, but Scars says
the.champlon ran out of tho date. The
probability of a bout with Herman was
the marnet for McNeil's Journey eastward.
Mendo also mado It known today that tho
champion's scalp was his ambition.
.i..",t "wre'l "id Tommy Cnlemar. both am
irtining- hard for their encounter nt the c?am
?.' .Cl ?.'J!!.,I'rl'1:iy nlBht. Tommy Carey
JfJii" JP" I hi n. Kddie Kvlly fares Johnny
vXfv, i'M,e .lllinn" l"xe Tommv tlorman.
JSJ,"diiiI'1y ?"d younK Carbon, of Tort Itlch
Botd will ta In tho flmt liout.
"?T'r F.!"!"1 h"" several big matches In view
Sih i.Hi"J?av." to "'""1 Victor In bin bout
1 ni.M iick Tayl?r Bt ,,h0 "roadway tomorrow
ff5v.li iord'r .'? mnk" sn Impresilon, Mike
Gut..1. b?.ie",AI Thum In th semi. Other
t?irk.!r,'n,ir.,'y J,?ney vs. llob Beeto, Tommy
aire v.. Al iifiler. l,conBr', and 1''rank ""
Kirch 28 JuraPln Jawn at tho Olympla Club
Bu&l'J0,. '" Practicing- short rUht-hand
""y when they meet next week.
?iJeMhlP "vldntly ! not through yet by
out! n,!"!.'" two bouts Chip scored knock.
ll.h,d"YraPtPIt.Ub Mha' "r" aCCOm-
bom? "!' ' iVl?K mtI trouble. In lettlnc
ftnTT.il.1.' "Ln'!ule'1 tn mt Uob Devera In
B;7. M.rch "o y K""r ln DaUl"
'K.e"v7.J'IonJid'" match with Fred Welah In
r Tork hni been aet back until March 28.
Johnny
WSiWJWSY '1 Nw York March SO,
tilt I Jnhnnu
,lut. '
Kllbane has been
in new
Murphy
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matched to box
Teh SO. Kllbane
Syracuse tomorrow
NEW BOXING BILL WOULD
SAVE GAME IN NEW YORK
'udlciary Committee) Sponsor for
Measure That Calls for One
Man Commission
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L 8ta!A, March "Members of the
- ei)no..5e7at9.JV4,clar' Committee who are
fciv. . """lining Doxing in this state
Sit.JIedupon a Proposition to bo sub
M.l.0 Governor Whitman next week
.w. ia aimea to save
Cdn.rn.il n . .
tr-.r.v "cu oenaiors
...niaay, utlenger and
Si 8pe.clal fommlttee of the Judiciary
wmmittee. haveVepared a bill which pro
C t0. rf the. present State, Athletic
en??.10"' create a new commission of
fMtn "1 .nd retal" virtually all of the
mi of ,he PrMent Frawley boxlnc law
Rvernlng public exhibitions.
Amateur Daseball Notes
' Wo7ny;ii?.cI,tu"y Olub. qf aermantown.
tSilfi!L ?mif" f0C ,h" eomlnr season and
bnnsjlvVli.'0 J?tr ,tTom first-class teams In
.. """ io save uie Doxing jaw as
w ai continuing boxing bouts In the State
uioDB, rsewion,
Burllngame, com'
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North End Club hi. r..,..ni...i .-a a..
'nal5rvaR7J,hMn",-.cU l'""' " vicinity
VJln'',"itila, New Jersey and n. aw... J
"n., isu N0r,h H0p, ,tFt.
:4'dente, club mM nl-v . .... t. ,.
aw5i"L",J.'f0' MtM .limn fori-BMur
.urwajr, ouriax July and 'AUut.V A
B',
Evening Ledger Decisions
of Ring Bouts Last Night
NEW YOn.K-.Kld Williams defeated Joe
I.yneh. ivte Herman Hon from Dutch
Iranclt, (inn Chri.Up nutcla..etl Ki o,
leorse Brown, Angle llntnrr khadeil Marty
t rOMS. Ilohhy Lyons outpointed Jack fliitz.
.Ilmmr Carroll fceat Danny I'arete. Al
Deej- won from llnd I'lilmrr.
NKW 1IAVKN Frankle num. defeated
Tommy Hhen. referee's derision,
JlcKKKSrORT. !. Johnny Ray won
from 1'atsy Haley,
"BIG BILL" HOLLENBACK TO
COACH SYRACUSE AGAIN
Athletic Board Refuses to Grant Peti
tion of Players for His
Removal
SYRACUSn. N. Y., March H. "Big Hill"
Hollcnback, tho former Penn gridiron hero,
who coached the football team of Syracuse
University, will remain here for the new
season as coach, nccordlng to the erdlct
of the athletic board today. He will not
be ousted aH was demanded by many of the
players of the Orange team of last year
Hollenback'a contract has another y'cnr to
run, and this will bo honored It was stated
olllclally.
"IJIg Dill" became unpopular with some
of tho players when he refused to accede
to somo of their wishes last year. As a
result a petition was framed asking that
he bo removed. Ho wns blamed for tho
failure of tho team to win certain big
games, hut it develops that thin was not the
underlying motive of the players. Tho Ath
letic board made a thorough Investigation,
despite tho fact that many of the names
of players on tho petition would not play
on tho team next year, cither becauso they
have been declared Ineligible or becauso
they will bo lost by graduation. At the
end of the Investigation the board nnnounced
today that It found nothing to warrant
Hollenback'a dismissal. He has opened an
office for his coal business In Syracuse and
will remain here at least until the end of his
contract next fall.
A. M. B. Winner In tho Cage
The A. M. n. Boys' Club traveled to Ard
more and defeated the Bdlson D. C. to the
tuns of 3R to 26. The feature of the g-ame
waa the floor work of Murphy and the foul
shootlna- of Mnsky and Willis.
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BOXING BILL IS
INN. J. SENATE
Six-Round Bouts Regulated
by Commission Is Plan
in Jersey
TUnNTON', X. J., March 14. Tho Sen
ate today received from tho House the
Hurley boxing bill, passed by the Assembly
and providing for tho creation of a State
nthletlc commission to license and regulate
six-round bouts with clght-ounco gloves.
Seven and a half per cent of the gross
receipts of each show Is to go to the State
for the expenses nnd salaries of the com
mission, nnd the surplus Is tn be devoted to
a fund for a New Jersey university.
The bill provides for a commission of
threo men at a salary of J2500 a year to
bo appointed by tho (lovcrnor. A secretary
to serve during tho plrasuiu of the coin
mission Is provided nt a fcalnry of J1G00 n
year. The penalty for selling more tickets
than the capacity of tho place where the
bout is being held Is $300 for tho first
offense nnd $600 for the second offense
together with a revocation of tho club's
yearly license and a blacklisting of the
organization as far as a future license is
concerned.
For fake bouts tho club forfeits its
license anil Is blacklisted, while the con
testant guilty of participating in a fake
bout IS to bo suspended for six months
for the first offense and permanently for a
second offense.
No decision will be given In theso bouts.
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Ouimct and Sullivan Not
on Golf Handicap List
.noSTO.V, March 14 The handicap list
of the Massachusetts Oolf Association pistes
Jesse V. Guilford, of the Woodland (lolf
Club. Slate champion, alone at ai-ratch. The
names of Francis Oulmet, form.r national
amateur champion, who headed the list lest
year at plus 1, and of J, II. Rulllvan. Jr.,
who. with Oulmet, waa declared Ineligible
to compete ss an amateur In national play,
are not Included In the list. The platers
of highest rank below tlullfnrd ares
Handicap. 1 J. H. Anderson, llrsehurnt
W. C, Chick, Hraehurni It. It. (lorton, Ilrae
burnt P. W. Whltlcmore. the Country.
llandlcsp. 2 Tl W. Hrown, Meadowhrook!
tl. W, Kstabrook, the Country; S. K, Sterne,
Tatnuck.
Providence Club Is Sold
rrtOVIDKNCE. It. I., March 14. Tho
Providence International League Pnseball
Tluh has been sold by William H. Draper,
Its owner, to a syndicate of local men for
18,000.
NEWS ABOUT THE BOWLERS
Fldotlty Truit Jtlnfd n tamo on Ileal 1tatt
In the Truit and Inturanc Ibrua hv wlnntnx
tl !hr Ftmri from Phllarlrlphla Havlnir, whlt
th leartfr won two from rpnn Mutual rtlrafd
Tniat, won two from Provident, nnd Common
wealth won two from Fidelity Mutual,
Ileal Katato toppled over 044 plnn In Ita third
a-ame. The Individual effort were an follow
Wynkoop. 2181 JetTemon, 222, Hmlth, l'JU,
nruce, infl, and Thoenebe, 210,
iloiler Tlearlna Company anuad In
fltandard
champion of the Industrial Ienmie, havtnic won
fort-nine samea and loat fourteen durlns tho
aeimon Just completed. Thla la nn Kmo bet
ter than tho wlnnlnnr record of tho Western
Klectrlo team. .
Woodward, of the rhamplon Standard rjulntet,
finished with a 22.1 unmet aaalnnt Htnken A
Hmlth. Find ley. a team mat, rolled 21H In hW
aecond game, Thev were the only two of tho
"champa" to reach douMe-century figures
Mather A Co. won two from Ilootera In In
eurancn Lea cue. and Peoplea won all three from
Trani-Mutual.
In the Catholic Totintt .Men'a Archdtoeennn
I.iu tourney Knterprlse won threa from fit.
Monica (the latter team havlnr replaced Incar
nation), Cor ley beat St. John' a three aamei and
Vtctrlx mada n aweep of their aerlea with
Klrlin.
H fl, White team won two from Kckrnan,
National downed Wampole In three atralaht
Hmllh. Kline ft French outrolled Philadelphia
Wholeflalw Drug and Mulford won the odd rame
from Federal In tho weekly Wholcalo irun
Lcqruq corapetltlon. ,
Neater, of, Kckrnan. had acorea of 140, fol
io Ins lth 232 nnd 201, for hla nlaht'a work
on the ntlea. Martin, of the Whit team,
rolled aenrra of IVH twlco In aucceaMon and
nded with 230
Ilratinuell,
find 213.
of Tloita. cracked out 223, 188
HMlott helped Liberty Hell with acorea of 223,
1A3 and 213 J fluent finlahed with 217, and
t'ook Rot 214 In ha opening name.
In rhlladelphln Leaxue nerle 1t ntrht
Fennylftnla Ratlrrad team leat Liberty Ilell
two Ramea nut of three Mudd ManufacturlnR
teen, won two from Melrnae Key tone beet
Freacent In two ftamea and Tioga, won three
from Jenklntown
GIRLS' BASKETBALL frEJ
WINS CHAMPIONSHIP AG!
Central Y. W. C. A. to Bo Pre
With Permanent Cup on
March 26
Dy defeating the St. Tsui's Church
ketball team the Central Y. W. C. A."
ketball team. Eighteenth nnd Arch ti
became the champions forj the second ;
of the Girls' Interchurch Association
Ketnan i.eague. iney won eleven r
nil of the contests on their schedule.'1.;
1916 they accomplished a similar feat.'
At a banquet to be held nt the Oerri
town T. W. C. A. on March 26 the !)$
v..,. -... ..". - -.- .v... .w. wr-m
manent ownership, because of having
the league leaders for two years In uce
slon. The league Is composed of twJiKfe"i
s, branches.
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ested in reading. Suddenly he would ex
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CAMEL cigarettes. In reality, the paper
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