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SCHOUISTIG GAMES
PROMISE REIL SPORT
Centra! High Girls Play Return
Game With Williamsport
Tossers Tonight
Three Important basketball games
jCr* scheduled for to-night in scholastic
circles, two in Harrisburg, and one at
Steelton. After one of the most strenu
ous weeks at practice Manager Shaf
fer, of the Central high girls' team,
will present one of the best drilled
teams In Pennsylvania against Wril
llamsport girls at the Chestnut street
auditorium.
The Central girls have lost but one
g&me this season, at Williamsport, and
It was due to the rules followed by
the Williamsport girls. "Ike" McCord
will referee the battle to-night and
Manager Shaffer has picked Miss Lil
lian Kennedy and Miss Helen Hamp
ton as substitutes. Dancing will fol
low the game.
Tech will close the series with the
Lebanon high five to-night on the
Tech floor. In view of the fact that
Tech lost at Lebanon last week the
local tossers Intend to put forth a spe
olal effort to win out to-night by a
more decisive score. Arrangements
have been made to take care of a
large crowd. A second game will be
played between the Tech scrubs and
Zion boys.
Central high has a hard proposition
In the game scheduled with Steelton
high at Felton hall, to-night. Central
must win this game and one of the
best scholastic contests of the season
Is promised at Steelton to-night. Cen-'
tral leads in points scored against their
opponents. It is expected that 200
Central students will go to Steelton for
this game.
CONTESTS ARE CLOSE
IN CASINO LEAGUE!
When the Orpheums and Alphas'
meet Monday night on the Casino al- \
lyes in the Casino League series, a bat- i
tie royal will result.
The game last night was won by
the Cardinals, the Giants losing, mar
gin 59 pins. Gourley, Black and Paull
were stars.
THE HUB
Saturday /f/\ OFF
the Last Day ( / T U« i n
OF OUR \AJ/SALL
THE great sale we have conducted so successfully for the
past few weeks, ends Saturday night. You can't make
a better investment than to buy a suit or overcoat for
next winter. All goods marked in plain figures; take off one
third and pay us the balance.
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FRIDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH FEBRUARY 20,1914.
Lebanon Valley Star
Signs With Wilmington
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CARL G. SNAVELY
Lebanon Valley star who yesterday
signed to play infield for Wilmington
Tri-State League team.
Annville, Pa., Feb. 20.—Carl G.
Snavely, captain of the 1915 football
team of Lebanon Valley College and
star first baseman on the baseball
team, has sent his signed contract to
Peter Cassidy, of the Wilmington Tri-
State team for the coming season.
Snavely, who Is one of the best ath
letes In the school, has played with
the Ramey baseball team during the
slimmer of 1913. leading this team in
hitting and fielding in the time that
he played. R. Stickell, who pitched
fine ball for Lebanon Valley College
last season, has returned to school and
will likely play with the Lowell team
of the New England League.
ATHLETE ATTEMPTS SUICIDE;
W AS IXJRMKR TENNIS STAR
San Francisco. Cal., Feb. 20.—Shat
tered in health, owing to worry, Carl
ton Gardner, at one time a noted ten
nis player, yesterday stabbed himself
with a scarf pin while on a visit to
members of his family in Palo Alto.
Gardner had been detained by the
police because of his actions in the
street. He was taken to a hospital,
where it was found that the pin had
penetrated the lower portion ot' the
heart. When restored to conscious
ness, he was removed to a sanatorium
in San Jose, where it was said his
condition is considered serious.
FRANCISCANS WIN
The Franciscans girls' five added to
their laurels last night in their vic
tory over the Patrician girls of York,
score 5 to 3. The stars were Miss Ma
rie Burns and Miss Mary Cashman
for the Franciscans. Miss Pohlman
was York's star.
TRIS SPEAKER MAY SIGN A
KfTorts of Manager Callahan, of the Chicago Americans, to have Tris
Speaker sign a contract with the Boston Americans for next season have
been unsuccessful, acording to cablegram received from Paris yesterday by
President Lannin, of the Red Sox. Callahan was specially empowered by
the Boston team to sign Speaker to forestall advances by the Federal League
agents, but Speaker told Callahan, the cablegram said, that he would not
sign with Boston or with the Federals until after his return to this country.
Trenton Will Not Quit Game;
William J. Morris to Rescue
New Organization Will Take Charge of the Tigers and
Promise Better Baseball This Season
Special to The Ttlegraph
Trenton, N. J., Feb. 20.—The Tigers
will be in the Trl-State race again this
season as a result of one prolonged
howl from the fans yesterday, when it
was announced that Trenton backers
had decided to quit. Arguing that a
rejuvenation in Trenton similar to
that in evidence in other cities would
bring the patronage needed to make
baseball a success in this city. A gen
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eral demand was made for new back
ers.
William J. Morris, president of the
Trenton Club, gave notice that there
would be a club In Trenton and he
will take hold of the new enterprise.
It is understood that President Mor
ris has the assurance of the necessary
backing from local baseball enthu
siasts. He will announce his plans
within five days.
Officials For Academy
Indoor Meet Named
The second annual indoor athletic
games and contests between the
Greeks and Romans of the Harrisburg
Academy will be held In the Chestnut
street auditorium to-morrow night,
and will be observed in true Olympic
style with a triumphal march by the
victors at the close of the contest.
The program will start at 7.30
o'clock with music by the Harrisburg
Academy Orchestra. The order of
events number twenty. The meet will
be concluded with the awarding of the
medals, cups and other trophies to the
victors. The following officials will
have charge of the various games:
Referee and starter, Vance C. Mc-
Cormlck, Yale; judges of races and
dumb bell drills, John Y. Boyd, Prince
ton; Ross A. Hickok, Yale; John Fox
Weiss, Princeton; A. Boyd Hamilton,
University of Pennsylvania; Dr. G. A.
Coleman, University of Pennsylvania;
Roy G. Cox, Princeton.
Judges of jumps, shot put and tug
of-war: John E. Fox, Lafayette; Fran
cis J. Hall, Princeton; Joseph W.
Beach, Yale; Warren Taylor, Prince
ton.
Timers: Raymond D. Kennedy,
Bowdoin; W. Harry Musser, Prince
ton; V. Grant Forrer, superintendent
of parks.
Inspector: Richard E. Robinson,
'rinceton.
Judges of wrestling: Warren Tay
lor, Princton; Ross A. Hickok, Yale.
Clerk of course: Brenton G. Wal
lace, University of Pennsylvania.
Scorers: Laurence W. Phipps,
Yale; Joseph W. Beach, Yale.
Announcer: Mercer B. Tate, Le
high.
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Line-up of Teams
in Tonight's Games
Chestnut Street Hall
(High School Girls)
Central. Willlamsport.
Melville, f. Krause, f.
Velder, f. Frymlre (capt.) f.
Rauch (capt.), c. Lamade, c.
Hinkle, g. Baldwin, g.
Shaffer, g. Richter, g.
Tech High Gymnasium
Lebanon. Tech.
Jiaddow. f. L. Scheffer, f.
ifthney, f. Steward, f.
Patsohke, c. Tittle, c.
Light, g. Beck, g.
Walters, g. Ebner, g.
Fclton Hall, Steelton
Central. Steelton.
Rote. f. Krout, f.
Yoder. f. Kelm. f.
Gerdes. c. Crump, c.
Fast (capt.), g. Boyles. g.
Fisher, g. Dayhoff, g.
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Bucknell Tossers Will
Play Harrisburg Five
Bucknell College tossers will be the
attraction at the Armory to-morrow
night.
It Is expected that George' Cockill,
the Harrisburg Tri-State manager,
who is a former Bucknell star, will be
in Harrisburg to referee this game.
Harrisburg may not have a complete
line-up owing to the illness of two of
the players.
DEFENDER'S STEEL MAST
WILL HE STAKTKI) AT ONCE
i Boston, Mass., Feb. 20.—Work has
been started on a steel mast for the
yacht being built by the George Law
ley & Son Corporation for A. S. Coch
ran as a candidate for the defense of
the America's cup. The mast, which
will be approximately 110 feet long,
will be stepped Immediately after the
sloop is launched and It is expected
that the first trials will be made with
this. Another mast, of hollow wooden
construction is to be built and will re
place the steel mast In case that
should prove unsatisfactory.
Indians' Schedule Out;
to Play Eleven Games
Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 20. —The Carlisle
Indian football schedule for 1914 was
announced by Athletic Director War
ner, of the Indian School, yesterday.
The new teams upon the schedule
are Notre Dame and Holy Cross. The
former takes the place of the Dart
mouth game and the latter displaces
Georgetown. The Johns Hopkins game
will be played on the Saturday before
Thanksgiving-, as experience has shown
that the Indians need a let-up pre
ceding the Brown contest.
Coach Warner stated that he had
received more requests for games this
year than ever before. It is possible
that one or two post-season games
may be played. The schedule follows:
September 19 —Albright College vs.
Carlisle Indians, at Carlisle.
September 23—Lebanon Valley vs,
Carlisle Indians, at Carlisle.
September 26—West Virginia Wes
leyan vs. Carlisle Indians, at Clarks
burg, W. Va.
October 3—Lehigh vs. Carlisle In*
dians. at South Bethlehem.
October 10—Cornell vs. Carlisle In
dians, at Ithaca, N. Y.
October 17 University of Pitts
burgh vs. Carlisle Indians, at Pitts
burgh.
October 24—University of Pennsyl
vania vs. Carlisle Indians, at Philadel
phia.
October 31—Syracuse University vs.
Carlisle Indians, at Buffalo.
November 7—Holy Cross vs. Carlisle
Indians, at Manchester, N. H.
November 14—Notre Dame vs. Car
lisle, Indians, at Chicago. j
November 26—Brown University vs. i
Carlisle Indians, at Providence, R. I.
Manager Cockill Here;
Hands Out Good News
Manager George Cockill returned
from Philadelphia last night and held
a conference with several of the Har
rlsburg officials. None of the players
on the reserve list have sent in signed
contracts, but Manager Cockill hopes
to land both Crist and .Cruickshank.
Manager Cockill has the option on
several promising young players who
are being looked after by Joe Ward
In Philadelphia, and he hopes to of
fer one of the strongest teams of
youngsters Harrisburg has ever had.
Preliminary games are being arranged
with Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, Buck
nell, Elmira and Binghampton.
New Record Hung Up
in Railroad Contest
In the P., R. R. Y. M. C. A. basket
ball league series played on the asso
ciation floor last night, a new mark
was set In the defeat of the Tlgera by
the Athletics, score 100 to 10. The
Tigers were in badly crippled condi
tion and lacked team work.
The game between the Cardinals
and Phillies was more exciting and
was won by Cardinals, score 32 to 22.
i Hippie and Chard did fine work.
BITS OF SPOUTS
"Bird" Cree has been sent by New
York Americans to the Baltimore
Orioles.
The Market Street A. C. last night
defeated the Cameron A. C. tossera,
score 13 to 10.
Tom Seaton is willing to sign with
the Phillies if money arrangements
are made satisfactory.
The second game In the junior
championship basketball series will be
played on Tech High floor March 4
between Methodist Scrubs and Ha£-
sett Juniors. >
The Zion Boys defeated the Metho
dist Boys on Tech floor last night,
score 36 to 82.
Charley Babb, a former Tri-State ,
inflelder, has quit the game and taken 1
up the grocery business at Memphis,
Tenn. '
The Cubs had their first practice at |
Tampa, Florida, yesterday.
The Zion Scrubs will play the Tech I
Scrubs between halves of the big game |
on Tech floor to-night. '
The Freight Trainmasters' team in I
the Pennsylvania Railroad Station
Bowling League defeated the Freight f
Clerks last night, margin 37 pins. I
Robert Young, of Mt. Carmel, has !
signed with Elmira of the New York
State League. '
The Midway pool team were win- I
ners In the 'cross river series, defeat- j
ing Lemoyne by a score of 197 to 147.
The game was played at Flckes"
rooms. Another match will be played i
to-night at Day's rooms, West Fair
view.
Tony Ross, of Lancaster, was
knocked out in New York last night
by Jim Coffey In the sixth round.
The Enola A. C. bowlers defeated
the Enola Y. M. C. A. last night, mar
gin 86 pins.
Bucknell College tossers. who play
hero to-morrow night, will come to
Harrisburg to-night.
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