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ROYAL TEAM LEADER
EXPLAINS POSITION
Gives Facts About the Recent Can
cellations by Hassett
Team
Exceptions have been taken by Jo
lieph Y. Russell, manager of the John
K. Royal basketball team to the ex
planation from the directors of the
Hassett Club, for recent cancellations.
He has sent tlic following letter to
the Telegraph. Both sides having
been heard in print. Any further dif
ferences will be put up to a board of
arbitrators. The letter says:
"A letter in your issue of January
22 signed by T. B. Johnson, director
of the Hassett Boys' Club, was read
carefully. The writer of this letter
attempts to state ths facts concerning
the cancellation of a basketball game
Scheduled to be played between the
Hassett five and the John K. Royal
team of this city, on Uie armory floor,
Saturday, January 1*
"Facts, like mules, are stubborn
things and while stating facts some
things should not be overlooked and
real facts given. I am surprised to
thin* that T. B. Johnson would detract
from the dignity of his high calling,
to engage in a newspaper controversy
over a game of basketball.
"Now 1 desire to state just a few
facts myself. When as manager of the
Royal team I interviewed the man
ager of the Hassett team. 1 did not
state that 'there would be no other
team representing the P. R. R. Y. M.
C. A. 1 did state there would be no
representative team from the P. R. R.
Y. M. C. A. this season, a bulletin to
that effect having been posted by the
management of the P. R. R. Y. M. C.
A. at that time-
Made Xo Claims
"I do not now or never did claim
that my team represented the P. R. R.
Y. M. C. A. I only claim to be what
we are, an independent amateur team,
not a P. R. R. Y. M. C. A. second
team or a scout team as Mr. Johnson
chooses to call us.
"We do not claim to be in a class
with the Harrlsburg live, either. If
the Hassett team had been sportsmen
enough to have fulfilled their prom
ise to play us. perhaps they would
have found out what class we are in.
"The Hassett team never played any
P. R. R. Y. M. C. A. team except the
second team, the Reserves. I tried to
arrange another game with the Has
sett five and their manager, Mr. De
lone, asked me to play them Satur
day, January 24, to which I agreed,
only to have him again cancel.
Further in his letter Mr. Johnson
states their reason for conceiting was
because the games arranged without
the consent of the director of the Has
sett team, but Mr. Delone, their man
ager, had said at the time of the first
game, that they had to go to York to
play and at the time o? the second
game, that two of his players had to
work.
"In justice to my team I will say
that our only connection with the
P. R. R. Y. M. C. A. is that they are
all members and I am an employe
of that association. The P. R. R. Y. i
M. C. A. is represented on almost all:
the leading teams in the city, even
the Hassett five is coached by a P. R.
R. Y. M. C. A. member.
"J. Y. RUSSELL,
"Manager John K. Royal B. B. Team."
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Says Backache is sign you have
been eating too much
meat
When you wake up with backache
and dull misery In the kidnev region it
generally means you have been eating
too much meat, says a well-known
authority. Meat forms uric acid which
overworks the kidneys in their effort
to filter it from the blood and they be
come sort of paralyzed and loggy i
When your kidneys get sluggish and
clog you must relieve them, like vou 1
relieve your bowels; removing all the
body's urinous waste, else you have
backache, sick headache, dizzy spells-
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and when the weather is bad vou have
rheumatic twinges. The urine is
cloudy, full of sediment, channels
often get sore, water scalds and vou
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times during the night.
Either consult a good, reliable phy-
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macist about four ounces of Jad Salts
take a tablespoonful in a glass of
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end your kidneys will then act fine
This famous salts is made from the
a. id of grapes and lemon juice, com
bined with lithia, and has been used
for generations to clean and stimulate
sluggish kidneys, also to neutralize
acids in the urine so it no longer irri
tates, thus ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts Is a life saver for regular
meat eaters. It Is inexpensive, cannot
Injure and makes a delightful, effer
vescent lithla-water drink.—Adv.
Thinking of Quality
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is simplj irresistible. Think of soap, silver, flour and what
not and the quality kinds are the ones you instinctively
think of.
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Harrisburg Tossers
Had Brilliant Spurt
Playing Harrisburg tossers almost
to a standstill In the tlrst half, the
Shamokin five lost the game Saturday
night at the Armory, score 39 to 21.
The locals had an unusually brilliant
spurt in the second halt.
The first half ended with a score of
16 to 15. Harrisburg's best work was
by McCord, Attlcks and Geisel. Reed
and Kasman played a good game for
Shamokin. The line-up and summary:
Harrisburg Shamokin
McCord, f. Reed, f.
Bumbaugh, f. Barr, f.
Geisel, c. Marshall, c.
Garner, g. Kasman, g.
Attlcks, g. Rhoades, g.
Goals from field —McGord, 7; Reed,
2; Bumbaugh, 4; Geisel, 2; Atticks,
2; Kasman, 2; Garner, Barr, Marshall,
Rhoades. Foul goals—McCord, 7;
Barr, 7. Fouls committed—Harris
■burg, 8; Shamokin, 11. Referee —Tag-
gart. Time of halves—2o minutes.
PEXX STATE SCHEDULE
State College, Fa., Jan. 26.—The
following games comprise the Penn
State basketball schedule: January
17, West Virginia Wesleyan College,
at State College: January 19, Westing
house Club, at Wilkensburg; January
20, University of Pittsburgh, at Pitts
burgh; January 21, Washington and
Jefferson, at Washington, Pa.: Janu
ary 30, Gettysburg at State College:
February 7, Carnegie Tech., at State
College: February 14, Franklin and
Marshall, at State College: February
19, P'ranklin and Marshall, at Lancas
ter; February 20, Swarthmore, at
Swarthmore; February 28, Lehigh, at
South Bethlehem; February 28, Uni
versity of Pittsburgh, at State College;
March 7, Washington and Jefferson, at
State College.
STEELTOX HIGH LOST
Steelton High was given another
hard bump at Lancaster Saturday
night, losing to the Lancaster High
tossers by a score of 40 to 24.
Jf CHAS.H. MAUK
(IS UNDERTAKER
1 Sixth ud Kelker StiMU
Larfeit eatabliahment. Beat facilitiae. Near to
you aa your phone. Will jo anywhere at your call.
Motor aervice. No funeral too amalt. None too
expeaaiy*. Chapela, roonaa, vault, etc., naed with
out charge.
Governor Tener Wants Test;
Will Show Up the Federals
National Head Says Oppositi on Has Signed But Two Real
Baseball Players to Date
Special to The Telegrafh
Philadelphia, Jan. 26. Governor
John K. Tener, president of the Na
tional League, who has been here two
days, in which time he has had sev
eral important baseball conferences,
declared yesterday that he welcomed
a test case to prove that Catcher Kil
lifer was the property of the Phillies,
and that whatever agreement the
player made with the Chicago Fed
eral League club was not binding.
"It can't come too soon for me," he
said, "for we don't believe there will
be any trouble proving in a court of
law that the Phillies have a prior
MATE ACTIVITY
RAISES ENTHUSIASM
Three Clubs Expect to Land Man
agers During the Week;
Kind Words Are Many
More enthusiasm is now in evidence
in the Tri-State than was shown in the
majority of the towns throughout last
season. From all sides is coming
strong encouragement from the back
ers and boosters, and President George
Graham will start this week with his
injections of ginger which he hopes
will result in still further activity to
bring about a game of a higher stand
ard.
The George Washington Ileckert
deal has been pulled through success
fully. Reading. Allentown and Tren
ton will get busy this week in the
signing of managers. According to re
ports there may be a general switching
of players among these clubs. Bert
Conn is trying to land the Allentown
berth, and Johnny Castle may suc
ceed Conn at Trenton. Reading is still
after Eddie Plank or some other big
leagetir. Referring to the change in
the Tri-State the Philadelphia Tele
graph says:
Dawn of New Era
"A new era has dawned for the Tri-
State League. The Tri-State has been
slipping back in recent years, and
the club owners called for a new deal.
With Graham, who has always been a
very ardent supporter of the Tri-State
League in command, it is believed
that the organization will get off the
rocks, and soon be enjoying a period
of prosperity. Graham was given a
term of only one year, so that It Is
up to George to make good.
"The new president announced that
the league intended to change its
policy regarding players. Hereafter
the clubs will try to develop young
players instead of being a refuge for
ball tossers who have served on the
diamond for many seasons.
"The league has also suffered se
verely for years because of lack of
publicity. At this angle of the game
President Graham should be a past
master. He knows news and he
knows how to get it in print. The
owners of the Tri-State League have
proven a game lot of sportsmen. They
are deserving of success.
"With a new deal, the chances look
good for the organization being put
on its feet, and the national game
once more flourishing throughout the
circuit."
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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
right on the services of the man.
"The reserve clause was inserted in
the contructs to meet just such a con
tingency as prevails in the Killifer
case. The Federal League is making
no inroads on our circuit. The out
laws haven't landed any players of
standing excepting Tinker and Knabe,
and they can't carry a whole eight
club league along.
"The other players obtained by the
opposition have been either discards
or players of such mediocre attain
ments that their absence won't hurt
the club they deserted. I am happy
to say that no good player In his
zenith has been induced to jump."
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Gibbons Must Lick
Chip to Grab Title
Is
The Pittsburgh middleweight, who
has a Btrong claim on the middle
weight title by virtue of his two
knockout victories over Frunk Klaus.
Chip and Mike Gibbons, the St. Paul
phantom, are now looked upon as the
only legitimate claimants to the
throne of the middleweights, and when
these two are brought together in the
deciding bout the fight fans will be
treated to one of the greatest fights
that has been staged In years.
Century Wheel Club
Will Be Disbanded
Philadelphia, Jan. 26. —The famous
Century Wheelmen, once known as the
greatest bicycle club in America, and
whose home for more than a score of
years has been In North Broad street,
Is about to pass out of existence as an
organized club. This will wipe out
the last of the bicycle organizations
which at one time numbered more
than 100 Philadelphia clubs recog
nized by the League of American
Wheelmen.
The membership of the Century
Wheelmen was once close to 600. Or
ganized In 1886, and Incorporated
three years later at the time cycling
began to grip the public fancy, the
Century, in spite of lusty competition
from its strongest rivals, the Quaker
City Club and the Castle Wheelmen,
rose to a position in the cycling world
which no other organization in this
country, has ever approached.
SPORTING CHIPS
Nanticoke will be the Armory at
traction Saturday night.
The big scholastic game will be
between Tech and Central fives at
Tech Friday night.
John B. Barnour, who was back of
the Pittsburgh Federal League club,
has quit the game. Next!
The Baseball Fraternity has noti
fied all minor league players not to
sign contracts until further notice.
Roy Thomas may resume baseball
at Atlantic City.
Harry Johnson is a new National
League umpire.
The Crescents defeated the Hum
melstown five, score 25 to 16.
The Central High girls will meet
the Agathalatha girls on Cathedral
floor February 2.
JANUARY 26, 1914.'
The Franciscan girls have severed
relations with the Waynesboro five
because of alleged unfair treatment
at Waynesboro.
The Superiors, stars of the Holtz
man alleys, will play New Cumberland
Tuesday night and Mechanlcsburg
Friday night.
Bob Fltzslmmons wilt box six
rounds with Terry Lambe, a Pitts
burgh heavyweight, at Willlamsport
Thursday night.
The Shippensburg Normal School
five defeated the Millersvllle Normal
School tossers at Shippensburg Satur
day night, score 3 4 to 27.
Scranton attorneys deny that
Charles M. Spencer, the baseball
player, will get a fortune as the result
of the death of a relative at Scranton.
THK AMERICAN TOBAOOO COMPANY
With Its defeat of the New York
Military Academy by the score of 937
to 915, the Bordentown Military Acad
emy is still in the lead in the inter
school rifle shooting competition for
the military Bchool national trophy.
NAPS LAND JACKSON
Greenville, S. C., Jan. 26.—"1 hardly
considered the offer made me by the
Federal League, although $65,000 for
three seasons is much in advance of
the sum I am to receive from Cleve
land," said Joe Jackson, outfielder of
the Cleveland Americans, here to-d.iv.
Jackson said he signed with Cleveland
more than a week ago.
"President Somers, as well as other
officials of the club, have been kind
to me," he added, "and I would rather
play with that club than any other in
the big leagues."