Harrisburg telegraph. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, February 14, 1914, Page 11, Image 11

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STARTJpif SOON
Next Saturday Ii the First Day to
Start Circulation of Petitions
For Office
Pennsylvania's campaign for the
nomination of candidates for United
States senator, governor, lieutenant
governor, secretary of internal affairs,
supremo court justice, superior court
judge, four congressmen -at - large,
thirty-two district congressmen, twen
ty-seven senators and 207 repre
sentatives will open next Saturday,
February 21. This is the first day
upon which nominating petitions may
be circulated for signatures in the
State. All such petitions must be filed
by Tuesday, April 21.
This is the first year in which the
period in which signatures may be
secured has been limited by law, it
being one of the provisions of the pri
mary act of 193 3, wlilch also provides
for the direct nomination for State
officers, the United States senatorial
nomination being covered by another,
while nominations and elections to the
appelate courts are regulated by the
nonpartisan act.
The State authorities have provided
for a rush o£ applicants for nominat
ing petitions and they will be ready
for issuance next week. The law
limits a voter to signing for as many
candidates as he may lawfully vote
for. Candidates for United States sen
ator must have 100 voters in each of
ten counties; for State offices 100 in
each of five counties; congressman or
senator by 200 voters of the district;
representative 100. These papers
must be signed by men who are mem
bers of the party for which the candi
date stands. The nonpartisan papers
for the appellate court places are to
be signed by 100 voters in each of five
counties.
All parties will also elect State com
mitteemen at the primary on May 19
and committeemen must file papers
signed by 100 voters.
The members of the rules commit
tee of the Prohibition State commit
tee will be announced next week by-
State Chairman B. K. P. Prugh. Tho
Washington party has already chang
ed its rules to accord with the act of
1913 and tho Republican and Demo
cratic parties have committees con
sidering changes to be acted upon by
the State committees later on.
WINTER SPORTLKTS
Basketball to-night.
Central grammar school ol' Steel
ton defeated the Market Street Juniors
yesterday, score 50 to 32.
The Tigers won the P. R. R. Y. M.
C. A. basketball series last night, de
feating the Foxes, margin 165 pins.
The West Fairview pool team de
feated the Midway leaders at Bender's
pool room, last night, score 186 to
134.
The Federals will place a team in
Brooklyn with John Montgomery
Ward as manager.
Charles W. Murphy says he will en
ter suit against Ban Johnson for slan
der.
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SATURDAY EVENING,
WILLIISTOIWI
POOL TOUIAMEIIII
Close and Exciting Contest Fol
lowed With a Banquet and
Good Fellowship
Special to The Telegraph
Williamstown, Pa., Feb. 14.—A
pool tournament which has been at
tracting much attention in the upper
end of Dauphin county, ended last
night with a victory for Williamstown
players who won over Millersburg by
a score of 292 to 291. The big game
was played at Stokes' pool rooms and
was followed with a banquet which
was attended by members of the con
testing teams and a number of citi
zens.
The match was one of the best
played this season. Brilliant shots
were made by members of both teams.
High runs were made by Ludes who
scored 13 in one play, Fry 15 and
Williams 15. The scores foollow:
Millersburg, Newbold and Newbaum
95, Bowman and Reid 100, Ludes and
Fry 96; total 291.
Wilianistown, Lake and Stokes 100.
Blanning and Wien 92, McNutt and
Williams 100; total 292. The ban
quet was tendered by W. G. Stokes,
assisted by Mrs. Stokes. Covers were
placed for fifty and a palatable menu
was well served.
Charles Badorf acted as toastmas
ter and made a timely address com
plimenting tho people of the upper
end for their true sporting spirit and
encouraging support in all sports. An
other speaker was Charles Morgan.
The decorations were elaborate and,
included 300 college pennants at
tractively arranged, baseball and
other trophies. Music was furnished
by Lester's orchestra, the Millersburg
high school quartet and the famous
Stokes quartet which included Messrs.
Phillips, Chester, Lewis and Neal. A'
vote of thanks was tendered Mr. and
Mrs. Stokes for their royal entertain
ment.
Herrmann Winner
in a Player Deal;
Handed Rich Stake
New York, Feb. 14.—When "Garry"
Herrmann left for Cincinnati yester
day he was ahead of the game just
SI,OOO, that amount having been won
from Samuel Llchtenheim, owner of
the Montreal club on a wager that
President Herrmann of the Cincin
nati "Reds" would land a certain
player within two hours after he
started negotiations.
Last Fall the Philadelphia Nation
als sent Outfielder Doc Miller to
Montreal, but recently Miller has been
flirting with the Baltimore Federals.
Lichtenheim, it seems, could not sign
him, and when asked by Herrmann
yesterday to explain the reason, ho
said to the Cincinnati magnate:
"I will bet you SI,OOO to $lO that
you cannot sign Miller inside of two
hours."
Herrmann put up a $lO bill in the
hands of a stakeholder and told Lich
tenholm that he did not have to post
his money. Lichtenheim, believing
that Miller was in Philadelphia, rub
bed his hands together and chuckled.
Herrmann, who knew that Miller was
practicing medicine about three
blocks away from tho hotel, disap
peared, and in one hour and twenty
five minutes by the watch he returned
with the player's signed contract,
much to the consternation of the
Montreal magnate, who, however,
paid the bet with a display of good
humor.
WILLIAMS PORT WENT DOWN;
TECH PLAYED BEST GAME
In a game full of brilliant plays
Tech high downed the Williamsport
high team on Tech gymnasium floor
ast night, score 35-27. The game was
hard fought and Williamsport put up
several spurts that came near bringing
i victory for the Billtowners. Wil
iamsport played the best game in the
second half.
Beck, Steward and Tittle were Tech
stars. Stabler and Ebner did well for
Williamsport. In an lnterclass con
est the freshmen defeated tho sopho
mores, score 20 to 11.
FIRST ROUND ENDED
MAGNIIB 60 HOME
National League Claims First Blood
in Fight For Square Deal to All;
Evers Is Satisfied
By Associated Press
New York, Feb. 14.—With the Fed
eral League circuit practically set
tled so that organized baseball knows
what it has to contend with and
Johnny Evers signed with the Boston
Nationals for four years at SIO,OOO a
year and a big bonus, the ranks of the
baseball men who have been here
for nearly a week began to thin out
to-day.
In addition to the above an agree
ment was drawn up between Evers
and the Boston club for a further
amount of $2,000 to be paid Evers
should the Braves win tho pennant.
If they finish second $1,600 will be
given him, and SI,OOO should the team
fill third position at the close of the
season.
President James A. Gilmore, of the
Federal League, was in consultation
again to-day with the backers of the
new club in Brooklyn, Robert B. Wal
ter and John M. Ward. The latter is
the one-time famous shortstop and is
no relation of the other Wards.
The new Brooklyn club will play at
Washington Park, the old home of the
Superbas. New stands will be erected
to seat 18,000 persons and contractors
have promised to have them ready In
six weeks.
President Charles Ebbetts of the
Brooklyn Nationals docs not appear
perturbed at the Federal invasion.
"Let them come In," he said when
ho heard the news. "I have no fence
around Brooklyn but I'll give them a
good fight."
Tho make up of tho Federal League
as announced hero is Brooklyn, Pitts
burgh, Buffalo and Baltimore In the
East and Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas
City and Indianapolis in the West.
The schedule meeting of the Federal
League will be held in Baltimore the
second week in March.
Will Lease Maximus
For Tri-State Games
Heading, Pa., Feb. 14. —That the
owners of the Heading Tri-State base
ball club have fully decided to lease
tho Circus Maximus in preference to
Lauer's park for the coming season
was indicated yesterday by the fact
that Jacob L. Weitzel, representative
of the local club, received word from
John Myers stating that he should ar
range for a conference with the direc
tors of the Farmers' National Bank,
which controls the modern Twelfth
street plant.
In his letter Mr. Myers stated that
he would come here early next week.
He will meet the directors of the bank
and it is a certainty that he will lease
the big park for the games this sea
son. When Mr. Myers was here a
week ago he stated that he was not
much impressed with Lauer's park
and that it would cose several thou
sand dollars to put it in condition.
The backers of the local club built a
new park at Atlantic City last season
and lost nearly SIO,OOO. Instead of
putting out any money this season
for building or improving grounds,
they want to use the cash to buy new
players and put a pennant winner
here.
Gettysburg Tossers
to Tackle Harrisburg
Harrisburg basketball patrons will
see a new player in the line-up against
Gettysburg College at the Armory to
night. Bumbach is out of tho gamo
with a broken finger and Manager
Taggart has landed Mustin, a new
man, who is anxious to break int™
fast company.
Gettysburg will bring their best
team, including Scheffer, the former
local Tech High star, who is a valu
able man In athletics at Gettysburg.
As there will be a large number of
college boys accompanying Gettys
burg, and Central High School girl's
team will bo the guests of their coach,
"Ikey" McCord, a special dance pro
gram has been arranged in their
honor. The line-up will be;
Gettysburg Harrisburg
Williams, f. Mustin, f.
Mahafee, f. McCord, t.
Campbell, o. Geisel, c.
Ikeler, g. Gaffney, g.
Scheffer, g. Atticks, g.
STEELTON BUMPS LANCASTER;
WON BY BIG MARGIN
Lancaster high was given Its first
bump by Steelton high last night to
the tune of 51 to 21. It was a hard
swat for the Lancaster five, hereto
fore undefealed and holding an ex
cellent record for points scored. Krout,
Keim and Boyles lead for Steelton and
Evans and Berger played the best
game for Lancaster.
CENTRAL HIGH TOSSERS
HAD EASY VICTORY
Central high tossers had another
easy proposition in York last night,
winning by a score of 59 to 20. Cen
tral outclassed the opponents at every
stage. ■»
Fast put up a great game, shooting
21 out of 23 fouls. Brenner was the
York Star.
HARRJBBURG TELEGRAPH
Rules Must Be Obeyed;
Changes Are Beneficial
Coaches Will Be Barred From Stopping Runners Who Are
Not Watching the Progress of the Ball
Special to The Telegraph
New York, Feb. 14.-VSeveral
changes In the playing rules of base
ball were made yesterday by the joint
committee of the major league rules
committee.
The most important change in the
rules was to forbid a coacher from
stopping a runner with his hands, or
obstructing him in any way. The run
ner shall be declared out if the coach
er tries to stop him by any physical
means.
Another change in the rules gov
erning coaching permits the coacher
verbally to encourage the batsman as
well as the base runner. The rules,
heretofore, only permitted the coacher
to encourage the base runner.
In the case when a thrown ball hits
the umpire, the batsman shall be al
lowed to run as far as he can. For
merly this only applied when an um
pire was hit by a thrown ball in foul
Big Boxing Bill
at Lancaster Club
As an introductory to Monday
night boxing shows at Lancaster,
Manager H. H. Hensel has arranged
an exceptionally strong bill for Mon
day night. The wind-up will be
between "Fighting Bob," of Allen
town, and Johnny Greuier. This pair
always makes good. Each boy is anx
ious for a decisive finish, as aa pre
vious battles brought even honors,
special efforts can be expected Mon
day night.
These featherweights are the best
in the Statq. They have won from all
other aspirants in their class. There
will also be other battles of Import
ance.
"Kid" Beebe, the hero of 551 tights,
will meet Young Russell, of Lancas
ter. Tim Droney, a comer, will have
Tony Burns, of Philadelphia, as his
opponent, and Harry White and Mor
ris will mix it up in an entertaining
style. Two colored boys have been
added to the bill, Sim White, of Lan
caster, and John Tyler, of Williams
port. They weigh 160 pounds each.
Harrisburgers will be prominent at
this show, having purchased a large
section of seats.
Millersburg Is Active
For League Baseball
Special to The Telegraph
Millersburg, Pa., Feb. 14. —At a
meeting held in the Helwig building
Thursday night at which there were
forty baseball enthusiasts present, a
temporary organization was affected
by electing H. W. Bowman, chair
man, and Paul High secretary. Those
present at the meeting were very
much Inclined towards an association
similar to the Millersburg Athletic As
sociation of several years ago.
A committee of five is now securing
memfcors at one dollar each. Another
committee is looking up the advisa
bility of a league to Include Halifax,
Lykens, Williamstown and Tower City.
Another meeting will bo held Tuesday
night at which reports will be made
and a permanent organization af
fected.
EDUCATION Al<
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Day or Night School.
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territory.
In the event that a player stops a
thrown ball with any portion of his
uniform or by throwing of a glove the
base runner shall take two bases.
When a ball hits an umpire, after it
gets away from a fielder, the base
runner is entitled to as many bases as
he can get.
The pitching rules were amended in
such a way that the pitcher is permit
ted to stand on the twirling slab.
Heretofore the rules compelled the
pitcher to stand behind the slab, but
the rule was not always observed.
The National League agreed to take
the American League's Interpretation
of the infield fly rule. A base runner
hereafter will not be permitted to run
on an infield fly. The American Lea
gue agreed to take the National Lea
gue's interpretation of the balk rule,
calling for a balk on the pitcher drop
ing the ball.
BOXING
Lancaster Athletic Club
Monday Night, February 16
JOHNNY GREINER, of Lancaster
vs.
FIGHTING HOB# of Allen*. .oll
Tim Droncy, of l.nneaster, vs.
Tony Burns, of Philadelphia
Young II.UHHFI, of Lancaster, vs.
Kid Heche, of I'lilladrlphia
Harry White, of Lancaster, va.
Young Morris, of Columbia
Sim White, of Lancaster, vs.
John Tyler, of Wllllamsport
(Colored, 100 pounders.)
H. H. HENSEL, Manager
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Pile the coal on the fire for
more heat.
More heat is the cry. Too
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coal you bought doesn't burn
satisfactorily and heat the
house comfortably.
Next time buy Kelley's
coal and get all the qualities
for lasting heat and an even
burning fire that are charac
teristic of good fuel.
Kelley's coal is dependable.
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10th and State Streets.
AMUSEMENTS
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FEBRUARY 14 v 1914.
Young Girl's Skirt Takes
Fire; Dies in Hospital
Marietta, Pa., Fob. 14.—Last night
about 11. dO o'clock, Elizabeth Sletsle,
14 years old, died at the Columbia
Hospital of burns received earlier in
the day at her home at BlUmyer,
about three miles from Marietta. The
young girl was engaged in household
duties at her home and in attempting
to opep the door of a hot stove she
used her skirt. The garment took fire
and she was frightfully burned. Dr.
VV orth was summoned and after re
lieving her sufferings advised her re
moval to the hospital, where she died.
She is survived by her mother, Mrs.
Eva Sleisle and a brother, George, of
Billmyer. The body was removed to
the home this morning.
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