12 U P-TO-DATE SPORT N EWS HECKEBT IS OH OF YORK FRANCHISE "Foxy" George Closed a Deal Yesterday in the Ownership; Will Also Be Manager Special to The Telegraph York, Pa., Jan. 20.—A new owner represented the Tri-State baseball olub from this city at Philadelphia to day. George Washington Heckert is hie name and before leaving for the seat of war he wanted it understood that he was not ready to get out of the same as reported. "Foxey" George who sees success in Tri-State baseball this year, has been dlckerii-.s fc»r a franchise for a long time an ! negotiations were closed yesterday afternoon by which Geroge W. Heckert will become the owner at the Tork club. It is said that there are otJhers interested in the purchase but it will be \-iown wholly as a Heck ert enterprise. A reorganization will be effected. I and it is expected that J. J. Gerry, president of the club at the present time, 'will continue in that capacity. It has been known for some time that several of the directors of the club (luring the past year, including the three that held the largest interests, were eager to step out. Alvin Riest, one of the latter three, intends to tour Europe this summer, and the busi ness Interest of the other two, H. Kis ter Free and Eli Zion, will not permit th«m to devote their time otherwise. It is the intention, it is believed that Heckert will again manage the club, i H. Klster Free, Alvin Riest, Eli Zlnn and G. W. Heckert attended thei meeting- of the fri-State league mag-1 nates at Philadelphia to-day. Orpheums Still Lead Casino League Race The Orpheums strengthened their! hold on first place in the Casino Lea-1 gue. winning last night's game from j the Alphas, margin 4!> pins. Casino l;casuo Standing W. L. Pet. j Orpheums 31 14 .688 Alphas 28 20 .588 Monarrhs 23 22 .511 Cardinals .. .. 21 24 .466 Colonials 17 25 .404 Giants 4 1 5 30 .333 Schedule to-night—Giants vs. Car dinals. BITS OF SPORTS The Central Grammar school bas ketball five won the third successive victory yesterday, defeating Forney Grammar school, score 38 to 31. Chief Bender and Harry Davis, of the Athletics, are touring the State, giving a moving picture show and baseball talk. Johnny Kling has been released by August Herrmann. The Feds say they have signed up thirty-three big league players. Heinle Zimmerman has signed with Chicago for three years. Gunboat Smith and Jess Willard will meet In San Francisco July 4. LIONS WON RATTLE • IX RAILROAD LEAGUE Th 6 I,ions won from the Wolves in the P. R. R. T. M. C. A. bowling series last night margin 130 pins. ii[ ~ Hi JUDGED by. results MECCA quality is supreme—for mil lions of smokers find complete, constant enjoyment in this fam ous Turkish-Blend cigarette. The greatest leaf-experts In Turkey and this country selected the tobacco for MECCA. Skill ful blending has developed a dis tinctive fragrance and smooth, mellow flavor, wonderfully satis fying to the taste. , The new foil package of 20 Is very popular with smokers because they get a double quantity of cigarettes at one time—get them fresh—and get them in the most compact, con venient form for carrying about. MECCA sales are growing dally—there's no limit to MECCA popularity. Are you familiar with MECCA quality? MCCCA \ J Turkish Blend / CIGARETTES In the new foil package 20 for 10c ■ =T ■ TUESDAY EVENING, Owners Will Not Mince Words When Tri-State Meets To-day President W. Harry Baker Says No Further Time Will Be Lost in Argument When the Tri-State owners get to gether in Philadelphia to-day to set tle matters with President Charles F. Carpenter there will be no mincing of words, according to W. Harry Ralter, president of the Pennsylvania Exhibi tion Company, who with Mercer B. Tate will represent Harrisburg at the meeting this afternoon. President Baker said: "There has been too much parleying already. The proposition of the own ers will be placed before President Carpenter in writing and he will sign the agreement or refuse to do so. A : Baseball Secretary Ready For Business; Will Visit Harrisburg By ,-lssociatcd Press New York, Jan. 20.—D. Leroy Ree ves. secretary to President John K. Tener, of the National League, yester day began his duties at headquarters of the parent baseball organization and announced that he would divide his time between here and Harrisburg. He will spend Tuesday, Wednesday [and Thursday of each week in New ;York and other days of the week with "Governor Tener at the Pennsylvania capital. Governor Teuer's next visit here will probably be on Tuesday, Febru ary 10. when the National League will hold Its schedule meeting in this city. In the meantime Governor Tener will conduct those affairs of the league which require his attention from Har risburg through Mr. Reeves. Disposition Honors For Yale Students Special to The Telegraph New Haven, Conn., Jan. 20.—Henry Ketchem. of Brooklyn, the football captain, yesterday was voted by the senior class at Yale its most admired member, and Percy Cornish of the nine and the elevens, the most popu lar. Julian Bishop, of Bridgeport, was awarded the ambiguous honor of be ing voted the biggest bluffer, but also the most original. William Jay Schifflein, Jr, of New York city, was declared the most perfect gentleman, and Russell Cooney, of Brooklyn, for two years football guard, the best na tured. CARPENTIER WINNER IN BOUT WITH REEFE Special to The Telegraph Nice Jan. 20.—Georges Carpentier, the French heavyweight champion, knocked out Pat O'Keefe, of Ireland, last night, in the second round. O'Keefe went to the floor with a right hook to the jaw and stayed there. In the first round O'Keefe was also floor ed, and semed to have little chance at time against the Frenchman. After the fight Carpentier was chal len%ed by "Kid" McCoy, the former American heavyweight, and by George Gunther, of Australia. He said he would take on McCoy. refusal will mean immediate action on the part of the owners to get busy and arrange plans for a reorganiza tion without considering Mr. Carpen ter. "However, 1 do not anticipate any trouble. The Wilmington backers may have said they were for Carpenter but the}' cannot go against the ma jority and besides 1 understand that Peter Cassidy has told George Gra hnm that Wilmington is for him. I anticipate one of the best meetings in the history of the Tri-State. President Baker and Mr. Tate left this morning for Philadelphia. Return Field Judge, Says Water Camp Special to The Telegraph ■ New Haven, Conn., Jan. 20.—1n dis cussing the approaching meeting of the football rules committee in New York, next month, Walter Camp, the Yale football authority and a member of the committee, said he was in fa vor of the reintroduction of the field judge as an official. The game itself has reached such a high state of per fection, he said, that there is little room for improvement in the rules. "All players and coaches look for ward with more or less anxiety to this meeting," said Mr. Camp, "for upon its action depends the kind of game they will be obliged to learn for the coming Fall. For two years now the rules have remained so stationary that they have had a fair test in actual play and the game resulting has apparently been satisfactory, while still admitting of a much further development." Mr. Camp favors the field judge "be cause the plays made possible under the forward pass and quick-kick are beginning to take on such a compli cated variety that two officials can no longer be expected to cover everv point." PLAN RADICAL CHANGES FOR COLLEGE SPORTS Special to The Telegraph New Yor,k, Jan. 20. Radical changes are to be made in the consti tution of the Intercollegiate Associa tion of Amateur Athletes of Amer ica, if the plans which were discussed by the executive committee at its an nual midyear meeting yesterday are adopted by the annual convention of the association next month. The proposed amendment and oth ers which will be presented by the graduate advisory board will be an nounced within the thirty-day period required by the constitution of the as sociation. One of the amendments which will come up for action at the meeting is that concerning the ham mer throw. Last year it was pror posed that the length of the handle of the present hammer be shortened and the weight increased so that in its flights the danger to spectators would be minimized. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH ■ H^K Already five big league stars have jumped to the Federal League from the American and National leagues -—and this is still the season of winter baseball. What will happen by the time the Spring training begins cannot be foretold. Joe Tinker, under contract to Cincinnati or Brooklyn—which cannot now be determined—his signed to be come the manager of the Chicago club of the Federals. There he will come into direct competition with Mur phy s Cubs of the National and Comlskey's White Sox of the American League. Mordecai Brown, once the greatest pitcher In the country, and at this time under contract to the Cincinnati club of the National League, having been signed there when Tinker was the manager of the Reds has taken charge of the St. Louis club of the Federal League. Otto Knabe, the great second baseman of the Philadelphia National League club, has gone to Baltimore as manager of the new Federal League club. He will not compete with any big league club there but the Inter national League has a club in Baltimore, and it is a very important part of organized baseball. King Cole, the once brilliant pitcher of the Chicago Cubs, has just announced he has signed with Tinker's Chicago Federals. Cole comes from the American Association, but he had been signed by Frank Chance man ager of the New York American League club, for the coming season. He had shown, in his work of 1913 with the Milwaukee club of the American Association, that he was back to his best form when with the Cubs Chance counted much on his aid for the 1914 season in New York, so the loss to him will be greater than other clubs will have in the loss of Tinker, Brown and Knabe. Catcher Klllifer of the Philadelphia National League club is one of the best catchers in the country. He did most of the catching last year, despite the fact, that Red Dooin, the manager, is something of a catcher himself But Dooin found a man whom he could trust in his place behind the bat. Other Important players. If not stars, have also been signed by clubs of the Federal League. Among them are Ad Brennan of the Philadelphia club —the man who won fame by knocking out Manager McGraw of the Giants last year on the field In Philadelphia—Jimmy Sheckard, the famous outfielder; Stovall, former man ager of the Browns of St. Louis; Beals Becker, once of the New York Giants; Packard, of Cincinnati- Mc- KGchnie, once second baseman for Pittsburgh and also for the New York Americans; Barbeau once third' baae man for Pittsburgh, and Schlaflf, long in the International League. One thing is holding back many big league players from accepting offers of Federal League club managers the question of money. Will the Federal League last through the season and thus be able to pay salaries? If its managers could assure players of their money they would likely get many more stars of the big leagues. A(V)U«S6M6f)T«S MAJESTIC To-dav, matinee and night—"Billy, the To-morrow, matinee and night—Al. G. Fields' Greater Minstrels. Thursday night. January 22 Mmt. Bessie Thomashefsky and her Yid dish Players. Friday and Saturday, January 23-24, matinee dally—"The Divorce Ques tion." ORPHEUM Keith Vaudeville —Every afternoon and evening. COLONIAL. Vaudeville and Pictures—Every after noon and evening. ••BII.LY, THE KID" Tlie Majestic Theater will offer for to-day, matinee and night, the popular plav of the western plains, "Billy, the Kid." The play is well written and tells a true story of everyday life in the Far West. It Is replete with strong climaxes and bright comedy scenes.—Advertisement. BACK TO THE FOLD Years ago Billy Clark was one of Al. G. Field's best liked funny men. For the past several years has name has been off the bills —his droll ways miss ed from the Field Minstrels. We note tills season Billy Clark has resumed his old place, and is one of the risibility risers v with the old reliables. Billy Clark, Doc Quigley, Tommy Donelly and Johnny Blackford were a host of comedians in the younger days of the Field company, who made tlie welkin ring. Bert Swor, Billy Clark, Johnny Dove, Billy Billings, West Avey, Harry Young, Boni Mack and others form a comedy contingent that has the punch which puts them away up among the funmakers of the minstrel stage.—Ad vertisement. MME. BESSIE THOMASHEFSKY AND HEB YIDDISH PLAYERS The name of Mine. Thomashefsky, who heads her own company of play ers direct from the Hub Theater. Bos ton. Mass., where they have been suc cessfully presenting Yiddish plays for the past season to big success, and Is to appear at the Majestic Theater, Thursday evening, January 22, is well known outside the circle of those that understand the Yiddish language,* in fact, she lias received many flattering offers to star in the English from the foremost theatrical managers of the country, and it is only on account of her love for her native tongue that has kept her from doing so. Mme. Thomashefsky Is appearing In reper toire of musical and drai*»tlc plays.— Advertisement. AT THE ORPHEUM Before presenting a bill like the one that holds forth at the Orpheum, this week, tlie management would have done well to offer a reward to any per son who could witness the show from first to last without being the recipi ent of at least a hundred laughs. No body would receive the reward. In other words, there's a comedy bill of the first water at the Orpheum this week. Every number on the offering is mirth provocative except one, and that is a rattling acrobatic act offered by two attractive young women known as Leach and Wallen, who start the bill at a wonderful pace. Their cos tuming and stage setting is attractive, and their feats unusual and far from the beaten path. The pace they start the bill at strengthens in bounds as the show moves on. Cartmell and Har ris offer the most refined and classy dancing feature seen at the Orpheum since they were here about three sea sons ago. and then John and Emma Ray top the climax with their screech ing comedy called "Along the Rio Grande." Some excellent singing off sets the Irresistible comedy of the Rays, and taken as a whole, their act la a delightful mixture of wholesome FIVE BIG LEAGUE STARS JUMP fun and good liarmony. Julius Tannen, programed as "the chatterbox," and easily tlie classiest and most clever monolgist yet presented at the Or pheum, proved to be as much of a fa vorite as he dies with metropolitan audiences. He is witty, original and a polished entertainer. The Orpheum presents a most worthy offering this week.—Advertisement. AT THE COLONIAL A splendid comedy playlet cleverly enacted, a song and dance duo of un usual caliber, and Allenei's Apes, the educated monks, are the vaudeville fea tures that are delighting audiences at the Colonial. Allenei's Apes, featuring Peter the Great, is not the least at tractive of the bill of fare. This monk is said to he the husband of Lady Hetty, the wonderful monkey that created a sensation at the Orpheum several seasons agq. There's an excel lent program of "movies" slated for the Colonial to-day, too. —Advertisement. Keener A. C. Plans Under Discussion The Keener A. C. will be in the game for honors in the amateur championship baseball series next summer. At a meeting to be held January 28 final plans will be considered. The business manager, W. E. Poster, 506 Seneca street, is arranging a schedule and is anxious to hear from all teams as early as possible. The following players are requested to report at the next meeting: B. Squires, Harle, McGruder, Stouf fer, Wachtman, Kimmell, Miller, Squires, Weigle, Foster, Bax, Keller, Klugh, Cook, Magill, Garferich, Waltz, Wertz, Dougherty, Felg, Smith and Welngert. FOOTBALL TEAM OF BROTHERS By Associated Press t London. Jan. 20. —A football team made up entirely of brothers Is a nov elty of the British sporting world. The brothers, who live In Sounthorpe, Lincolnshire, are all foothallers of ex perience except one. They range in age from IS to 43 yeard and have just issued a challenge to any other team of brothers in England for matches. KILLS LARGE GRAY FOX Special to The Telegraph Lewistown, Pa., Jan. 20.—William Callahan, while hunting for foxes, shot the largest one killed in this section in years. It wa« a beautiful specimen of the gray fox family. INDIAN RELICS FOUND Marietta, Pa., Jan. 20. W. L. Har ner, of near Millersvllle, found an Indian pipe and numerous heads near Pequea, while taking a walk yester day. He has many fine specimens and refused flattering offers for some. Among them are pipes over 200 years old FALL KILLS VETERAN Lancaster, Pa., Jan. 20. —Ferdinand Koeber. 90 years old, an inmate of the Soldiers' Home at Marion, Ind., who was spending a furlough in this city, this morning fell down a flight of stairs at his boarding house and was Instantly killed. ENGAGEMENT OF MISS ILYL'S Marietta, Pa., Jan. 20. Dr. and Mrs. E. B. Ilyus. of Lancaster, an nounce the engagement of their daughter. Miss Edna Ilyus, tp D. i Noesly Groome, of Philadelphia, the | ceremony to be performed in the near future. JANUARY 20, 1914. Zion's Report For Year Shows Good Attendance In creased attendance and more inter est in the work are the high points in the annual report of Zion Lutheran Church Sunday school, just made pub lic. Eighty-five new members have been added to the school during the year, and the funds raised by the classes increased nearly S6OO over last year. Those who attended every day during the year and have attendance records for other years, are: First Department—One year: Arbor Ylngst, Ethel Cassel, Mary Scott, Grace Cassel, John Nevin Gotschall. Two years: Geraldine Garman, Benjamin Balmer, Sara Hoke, Ellen Harris, C G Flower, superintendent. Three years: Elizabeth Miller, Mary Harris, Charles E. Bailor. Five years: F. L Hutter, assistant. Second Department One year: Al fred Whiteside, Lewis Heuber, Martha Moltz, Russell Laurie. Miss Mason, Mrs. If. E. Wheeler. Two years: Miss Evelyn Shoemaker, Charles Henderson, Henry Fink, William Mower, George Jeffers, Frank Witherow, Robert Eager Chauncey Miller, Miss Mary Kl'nzer! Miss Elizabeth Balmer, Miss Elizabeth Zeigler, Mrs. Frnak Zeigler, Miss Dorothy Robinson, Miss Helen Robin son. Three years: Miss Irene Collins, Valentine Fager, Henry Collins, Miss Jane Klnzer, Miss Ruth Collins, Mlsa Alice Witherow, George Balmer W A Zollinger. Four years: Carl Little] Russell Hoke, Fred Little. Frederick Haehnlen, Ruth Etter, Romayne Boyer, Helen Hoffman. Third Department One year: Mrs. Polleok, Fred F. Foersted. Two years: Mrs. C. Andrews, Mrs. C. Miller, Mrs. Rudy, Mrs. K. Shartle. Three years: Mrs. M. Little. Miss M. Prowell, Miss E. Deller, Rober Gohl. Four years: Miss M. Lutz. Five years: Miss L Craig. Smokers ASK for King Oscar Cigai because their nickel ENTITLES them to Ki Oscar Quality. The brand that has been regularly good for years can't help inspiring regularity in smoker's taste. 5c U.S. OWES DEBT TO COLOMBIA REPUBLI Perplexing Problem Cmfron Country Growing Oat of Canal Zone By Willi as J. Abbot, Author of "Pi snrn and tlie Canal in Picture a Prose."—Copyright, 1913, Syndic* Publishing Co., New York. rights reserved. Out of the mysterious recess of I Department of State in Washing! there comei an occasional word ab< a debt owing by the United States the Republic of Colombia. The dip mats are never prone to be excei ingly explicit In what they tell at* their business, and the dispatches s< out from Washington are apt to written as If the country as a wh knew exactly what was the mat with Colombia, and why it owed he sum, commonly put at $10,000,0 and just why an offer Is not made pay it; and the Colombians refuse consider taking it. Ten years Is a long period In public memory, and it Is probably s to believe, that many have forgot the things that happened on the Is mus of Panama In 1903, and wh Colombia has not forgiven. ' French had a partially dug canal do there, and a railroad across the If mus. They wanted to sell both to United States for $40,000,000, but franchise for their canal was salable. All they could offer was disused machinery, the abandoned ( gings and the railroad. To m I these of any particular value a trc with Colombia was necessary. ( was negotiated, offering SIO,OOO, for the franchise, and a rental $250,000 annually for the Canal Z( But the treaty failed of ratlflcatior the Colombia Senate. In Washington was President TI dore Roosevelt, keenly desirous t work on the canal should be be i under his administration. Tn W« ington, too. were representatives of French owners, very desirous of m Ing that $40,000,000. In Panama ( and Colon, were divers gentler eager to see canal building begun o more, bringing flush times to Isthmus. Panama was a provinci Colombia. What was easier tha revolution. It's people had revo time and again, but the revolts v always put down by Colombia, wl sent, troops by sea into the rebelli province. There was no possible c municatlon by land. If only the route could be closed! There were Panama secret agenl Washington. There, too, were ski diplomats In the pay of the Frc company. President Roosevelt was eager to dig that canal. Rumori revolution were heard in Panama. Colombian envoy at Washington t graphed warnings to Bogota. Colombian authorities, doubting loyalty of the garrison at Panama ( telegraphed the commanders of gunboats In Panama Bay to c home and get fresh troops. The g boats were out of coal. There plenty of coal at Colon, at the Atla end of the Panama Railroad, but road —not so very busy—could not cars to carry it over for the gunbt use. You see the French owner! the road wanted to sell to the Un States. So the preparations for revolution continued. Alarmed Col bla sent 400 men down by the Atla route and landed them at Colon. P ldent Roosevelt had telegraphed captain of the Nashville to "pre the landing of any armed force, el government or insurgent." At the 1 the order was issued there was nc surrection, but Washington was a trifle premature. But what r the President had to prohibit Col bla from landing her own troop! her own coast Is a question. Still were landed, as the orders were celved too late. The revolutionary headquarters i at Panama, forty-seven mile a- The railroad refused to carry troops except for cash despite invariable responsible officers. Colombian custom of accepting warrants of officers probably thr cned force. The United States I Immediately backed up the railr and the Colombians gave up. The r lution was successful without a having been tired. The United SI effectually closed both the sea and Isthmus to the Colombian authori Within ten days the Republic of 1 ama had negotiated with the Ur States the treaty by virtue of w the canal has been dug. The revo] province got $10,000,000 cash and get $250,000 a year in perpetuity, lombia got nothing. But there has been an uneasy ing in the United States ever s Somehow, it stands in the light o celvers of stolen goods. More that, it aided In the steal. So t have been efforts by the State De| ment to find out what Colombia accept as an indemnity. We are tually admitting our guilt, but a little bothered about the size of conscience fund. Ten millions are gested, but Colombia holds aloof, lost that, her richest province, the road, the franchise of which about to revert to the State, ai rental in perpetuity of $250,000 a : She doesn't think $10,000,000 a t clent indemnity. Who would? Be sure to get a copy of "Par and the Canal in Picture and Pr Clip a coupon from the Telegraph present at office with st.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers