8 TODAY'S SPORTING NEWS OF INTEREST NEW YEAR DAY BOUTS FIGURE IN TITLES Tom McCarty a White Hope Sends Fred Fritts, of Brooklyn, to the Floor In the New Year Day list of ring battles were several mix-ups that will figure In the year's titles. That most of the battles were on the level was proved by the knockdowns. At the Broadway Athletic Club, New York city, Tom McCarty, of Mon tana, proved that he still Is a con tender for tho white hope champion ship by knocking out Sailor Fred Fritts, of Brooklyn, In the third round. MoCarty knocked Fritta down five times before the end came. The fifth • knockdown placed Fritts In dream land. At Philadelphia. Peck Miller, the Manayunk middleweight, fought a hard contest against $50,000 Jack Mc- Carron, of Allentown, in the wind-up at the new Quaker City Athletic Club, but was forced to bow to the up-State lad. Young Ahearn. a Lancashire boy, but now of Brooklyn, the boxing sen ration of 1914, began the new year by scoring a victory over Jack Dillon, of Indianapolis, in a six-round con test at Olympia yesterday at Phila delphia. It was 156 pounds of skill matched against 16 4 pounds of mug- j i:le, brawn and sturdiness, and the former won. WOMAN' SECOND IN ICE RACF. j Miss Alberta Bennett Handles Sheet i T/ike an Expert in 10-Mile Chase Special to The Telegraph New York, Jan. 2.—With Miss Al berta Bennett tending sheet on Dan iel Asny's third class ice yacht Gull, | the craft finished second in the Com- I inodore's ten-mile race of tho North 1 Shrewsbury Ice Yacht Club on the' river yesterday. It was not Miss Ben- ! nett's fault that the Gull didn't win, | for she handled the sheet rope like I • a veteran yachtsman. Poor Judgment j on the part of Skipper Ferdinand | White after he had led Grant and I Morford's Tyro by five seconds around ! the stake on the second of the three rounds, cost Gull the race. This was the first race ever sailed on the Shrewsbury in which a young woman tended sheet. MIDDLE-TOWN' STARS WIN Weakness in Goal Shooting Gives Wharton School First Dei'eat In a close contest, in which the j winner was not decided until the J final whistle, the Middletown All-Star' five defeated the Wharton School five, score 27 to 25. Klinger caged the final goal for Middletown. For a i new team the Wharton players played ; a remarkable game. Their only weak ness was in goal shooting. The line up and summary: Middletown Wharton School W. Swartz, f. Gephart, f. McCreary, f. Kessack, f. O. Swartz, c. Wolfe, c. 55eli, g- Wells, g. Klinger, g. Storey, g. Field goals, Gephart, 4; Kessack, ,4; Klinger, 3; McCreary, 3; W. Swartz, 3; Wolfe, 2; O. Swartz. Zell, i Wolfe, 5; McCreary, 3; Swartz, 2.1 Substitutions, SnUyi for. Storey. Ref eree. MBNiiir. Tinier, Tifecfter. Scoter, Ruby. Time. 20-minute halves. TONAL GAME TONIGHT Harrisburg Takes Second Contest From Penn-State Five At the Armory to-night the final game in the series with the Penn-1 State all star team will bo plaved. Harrisburg won last night's contest, ncore 33 to 22. Harrisburg led throughout the game. The final game to-night promises much interest. The teams will line tip the same as last night. The game will be followed with dancing. The line-up follows: Harrisburg Collegians Atticks, f. Hostetter, f. Baumbach. f. Parks, f. Haddow, c. Dlehl, c. Sourbler, g. Fast, g. Boyles, g. Reagan, g. TO PLAY TAMA QUA TOSSERS Harrisburg Independents Expect Hani Game W r ith Coal Region Leaders Tamaqua five will be the attrac tion at Chestnut street auditorium to ! night, and will play the Harrisburg | Independents. This is considered one j of the best attractions the Independ- ! " , vnts have on their schedule. The game j will start at 8 o'clock and will be • followed with the usual dance. The "j probable line-up of the teams follow: Independents. Tamaqua. ' McCord F. Fulmer • (Loewen) , . Rote F Sassaman i Geiael C. .. Dunkelherger ' r McConnell G Fisher I'ord G Fisher (Sharpe) fßrodbenner) BITS OF SPORTS .. Fine skating on the river. At Middletown last night the Res- Icue Juniors won from Central gram mar school, of Steelton, score 21 to Hans Lobert received another of jfer from "Muggsy" McGraxv yesterdav (and may go to the Giants, f Herbert Washinger, of Lemoyne, 'Jhas signed to play with the Newport I News Club of the Virginia League. At Elizahetiuown yesterday the 1 Middletown high scrubs lost to Eliza pbethtown high, score 19 to 16. < The Crescent A. A. basketball team 4s ready for games. The ages of play , ers vary from 16 to 19 years. J. Web er is captain and J. Madden, man ager. Address 401 South Thirteenth •treet. Pennsylvania tied up Cornell in the i college chess tournament 'yesterday, winning four games. A Nickel Cigar With Ten-Cent Flavor i flavor. It's bard to believe, but a nickel will I® Produce the I roods aa jKDdt. Just ielljour trWr jnan you're §g< gCS&\ ELDAUO Cigar ji Wn **7' ov k" Y«b hand "htm a ridkri and "he7l grip SS JHWitlw'begt fivw-oent cigar you ever put in your &Si 1 t»ce. Made af a dhoice grade of tobaoeo, then fe® l»pt freA and clean by a tin-foil and tissua & 9 WT *PP to e- Ton can't beat it, brother; one today. REID TOBACCO CO., Distribnton MILTON A>D AI/TOONA, PA. SATURDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH JANUARY 2, 1915 TRI-STATE OWNERS FIGURE ON PROFITS Meetings on Next Week's Sched ule Indicate Early Plans For Next Season Tri-State owners arc closing up last season's books In order to start the coming season early. There Is still much activity on,the part of the owners to get rid of valuable players. Cash that can be collected between now and the first meeting: of the Tri-State will figure in the coming season's prospects. Meetings will be held at Lancaster, Reading. Wilmington and Trenton next week. York boosters are arranging to have a representative here when the Tri-State meets. Jack Deal, of Lancas ter. is anxiously awaiting some word from the Tri-State officials as to how ho may obtain the Lancaster franchise. The cost of running a small town baseball team is indicated in a state ment of receipts and expenses issued by the management of the Allentown Tri-State club for the season. The total expenditures were $25,166.88. The receipts were $25,166.80, but this in cludes the proceeds of a S9OO note which is still owing, and which outside of the $8 credit showing on the bal j ance sheet is the deficit. At that the club did somewhat bettor last season than the year before, when the deficit was $l,lOO. The receipts at gate and grandstand were approximately Si 1,000. The re ceipts on the road were highest from Harrisburg, $1,251- the second highest from Rending, $997, and lowest from I York, $289. The best exhibition game was that with the Phillies, which drew $302. The players' salaries and those | of the employes, amounted to somewhat ■ more than SIO,OOO, and from guarantees I fiaid to $6,426. • All the directors have expressed a wil -1 lingness to continue during 1916, and I President Max S. Erdni. n. Dr. A. H. I Balliet and George H. liardner have been chosen delegates to the league meeting. Boston's Wealthiest Girl Not to Marry Athlete I <* -es* | J" " * •«:£ ■"-tuacfc Above. Miss Phyllis Sears, and be low, Walter Trumbull. Miss Phyliss Sears, Boston's wealth iest society girl, is not to marry "Wal ly" Trumbull, class marshal and acting captain of last season's Harvard Foot ball team, according to a statement made by her father, when asked re garding the rumors of the engagement Mr. Sears would not say, however, that an engagement was impossible. Miss Sears is the wealthiest girl in Boston, having inherited $3,000,000 from her mother and $500,000 from her grandfather. Trumbull is a comparatively poor youth. His father also denied rumors of the engagement. Report No Fatalities on the Pennsylvania System . a single passenger out of the 188,411,876 carried in 1914 on all of the I 26 198 miles of track of the entire Penn sylvania Railroad system was killed in ! a train accident. Reports compiled for all the lines of ! the system, with figures for the last month estimated, show that Fennsyl- I vania passenger trains traveled 67,389,- i 381 miles n 1911. More -than 3,000 I trains were operated every day—more j than a million trains in the year. The Pennsylvania Railroad lines east i of Pittsburgh, in the past two years, , carried 311,675,794 passengers and not one of them was killed in an accident to a train. In four of the past seven years, 1908. 1910. 1913 and 1914, more than 558.000,000 pasen^ers—five times ! the population of this country-*-were i carried by the Pennsylvania lines eaßt of Pittsburgh without a single one be- I ing killed in a train acident. The Cum- i berlnnd Valley Railroad, with 327.62 miles of track, cttrried 1,910,000 passen- I gers. JACK DALTON IS FLIRTING WITH FEDS SilaF 'STATE PRINTING IS VERY EXPENSIVE Superintendent Pomeroy Says That the Legislature Should Make Some Reduction Creation of the division of distri bution of public documents in the De partment of Public Printing and Bind ing is declared by A. Nevin .Pomerpy, of Cbambersburgr, head of the State's printing, to have been the means of saving $50,000 for the Commonwealth and he makes earnest recommenda tion that there be reductions in the output of State publications, especially departmental reports. Incidentally, it Is stated that the last Legislature was the most costly as far as printing is concerned of any in the history of the State and the next is urged not to be so prodigal \ :th orders to print. The whole cost of the printing in the year ending June 30, 1914, is given as $387,007.75, of which $238,879.57 was for printing; $145,521.08 for pa per and $2,607.10 for cuts, plates, etc. The total appropriation for two years was $707,000 and there was $117,- 778.14 on hand. Mr. Poineroy sets forth that there were two printing contractors during the report period, the Aughinbaugh estate and W. Stan ley Ray, the latter being the present State printer. The Aughinbaugh es tate suffered a loss of its plant by fire on April 8 last and the State lost $19,970.72 on paper, covered by in surance. Legislature Costly Concerning the Legislature Mr. Pomeroy says: "The Legislature of 1918 was the most costly as far as printing is con cerned for many years, if ever. The cost of printing, paper, etc., for that body amounted to $108,466.31 or 28 per cent, of the entire amount ex pended by the Commonwealth. This does not include all of it as there are still some outstanding bills at the close of the last fiscal year. July 1, 1914. At the time of the fire a por tion of the Legislative Journal was destroyed and had to be reprinted. This work was not completed and billed when this report closed. The cost of the portion of the work saved in the fire is yet to be added to the amount already mentioned, SIOB,- 466.31. This cost was divided as fol lows: Legislative Journal, exclusive of Index, $39,085.98; white bills and calendars $26,536.98; pink bills and calendars, $42,843.35." Mr. Pomeroy says that there would be a big saving if the pink bills, which are bills printed as introduced for in formation of members and the pub lic, could be dispensed or reduced The superintendent does not tak» kindly to the pink bills, which have been a feature of the last four legis latures. Under the old rules a bill was not printed unless reported from committee and the public had no way of knowing what it contained. The pink bills show the bill as presented and when printed on white as it comes from committee. Mr. Poineroy says that unless abso lutely essential their abolition would mean a saving of thousands of dol lars. He notes the fact that the last Legislature was an exception in the number of bills introduced, the num ber being in excess of anv previous session. Because of the Are it 1* stated that several large departmental reports, the Legislative Journal and other publications which were not complet ed had to be handled by other print ers and arrangements were made with the Evangelical Publishing Com pany and the Telegraph Printing Company of this city for the work. Keler's Work Praised The establishment of the docu ment division is more than Justified and Dr. James Esler, the chief, is given praise. It was ascertained that many reports are published in larger number than needed. "The plan has worked admirably, no one has been deprived of puolicatlons who wanted them and the fact has been learned that many publications can be mater ially reduced In number," says the superintendent Another interesting fact Is that 95,- 931 pounds of waste paper were left over after the sessfbn of 1913 and still more has accumulated which will be sold. i It is believed departmental reports ran be reduced 40,000 volumes, says the superintendent, who recommends that legislation for this purpose be enacted and that there shall not be any special publication issued without a specific appropriation because they curtail the general appropriation for regular department work. Aoouseooems MAJESTIC To-night—"To-day." with Edmund Breesc. Three days, commencing Monday, Janu ary 4, matinees Tuesday and Wednes day—Chicago Tribune's Belgian Bat tlefield Pictures. Saturday, matinee and night, January 9—"Twin Beds." ORPHEVM Every afternoon and evening High- Class Vaudeville. COLONIAL Daily' Continuous Vaudeville and Pic tures. "TO-DAY" The Manuscript Producing Company will present "To-day," Geo. -e Broad hurst's and Abraham Schomer's vital and vivid drama of New York life, at the Majestic this evening. Taking for their theme woman's present day de sire for clothes and her mania for keep- Inf? up with the social procession, no matter what the cost, the authors have builded a four-act drama of intense cumulative interest and startling climaxes. "To-day' is primarily an ex position of a certain phase of New York life, the existence of which has never been denied and in addition offers a convincing character stud of a vain shallow, selfish wife that has no coun terpart on the stage. for the Manuscript Producing Com pany. Harry Von Tilzer. managing di rector. is sending here the original New York company headed by Edmund Breese.—Advertisement. "TWIN BEDS" "Twin Beds," Salisbury r<*ield and Margaret Mayo's -<"hly amusing farce comedy of the domestic difficulties and embarrassing adventures of three mar ried couples who reside In the same metropolitan apartment house which has proved the laughing success of the year in New York, where for over eight months' past It has been playing to crowded audiences, will be the attrac tion at the Majestic next Saturday matinee and night. Selwyn and Com pany. the enterprising firm which has given to the. stage such notable suc cesses as "Vlth'n the Law" and "Under! Cover,' are also sponsors for "Twin Beds," and they promise a uniformly adequate cast and elaborate production 1 for this city.—Advertisement. . ORPHBVM Kitty Gordon, heading a notable ar ray of talent, leaves the Orpheum Thea- ! ter after to-night's performance A particularly inviting program of Keith < attractions are slated to appear there 1 next week. Following In the foosteps i of the splendid offering this week the 1 management exerted the last effort In ! order to obtain another assortment of Keith novelties that would find the same favor as the line-up this week did. To Bart McHugh's latest and most ambitious juvenile act called "On the School Playgrounds." has been left the coveted position. Tills Is a rollck- Ing - kid" act, calling in the efforts of a dozen or more youthful players, who sins-, dance and frolic in a manner that must be enjoyed by old and young. An other of the big treats will be Harrv Fern and company, offering a comedy with singing called "Veterans." Harry Fern Is a very popular singing ceme dlan, and he won many friends In Har risburg on previous visits. This time he and his company will offer a scenic comedy with singing that Is said to be the moat original comedy treat of the season. The stage setting represents the veteran "home" at Johnsville, Tenn., and the act tells the story of an old soldiers' home and the graft that ex ists there Cheerbert's Marvelous Man churlans, a troupe of six Chinamen In a wonderful Oriental offering. Is an other of the choice selections Claudius and Scarlet, the couple with the banfos; Brooks and Bowen. excellent blackface singing and comedy duo; Stewart and Donahue.. clever eccentric couple, and Arthur Barrett, novelty equilibrist will complete the roster.—Advertisement. COLO WIA I, This is the day that Young- Harrls burg should be in their element at the Colonial, because of the presence of Ap dale's Animal Circus, of cleverly train ed moneys, doirs. bears and ant eaters. The act is a treat for all ages, but the kiddles seem to revel in It especially. A good comedy bill, snrinkled with har mony. surrounds the animal novelty. George Xagle and comoany of five, pre senting a comedy called "George, the Fl*er." is announced as the winner of the bill for the first half of next week. Rlg-elow. Camnbell and Rayden. the rathskeller boys, will present another of the acts for the first half.—Adver tisement. | Jack D<on, the hardhitting out fielder of the Brooklyn National League, who Is reported to be hearlc ening to the call of the Federal Lague magnates. Larry Schafly, man ager of the Buffeds. is especially de sirous of snaring Dalton. Deaths and Funerals BURY MRS. SMITH Funeral services for Mrs. Verna Sin ninger Smith, aged 24 years, who died at the home of her brother, Clarence Slnnlngrer, 542 South Seventeenth street, were held at her brother's home this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial was made in the East Harrisburg Cemetery. Mrs. Smith was here on a visit and took seriously ill seven weeks ago. She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob L. Slnnlnger, a brother, Clarence, and a sister. Pearl. JOHN M. M'CMJRE Funeral services for John M. McClure, aged 74 years, 20" Sayford street, a Civil War veteran, who died at his home Wednesday, were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home, the Rev. E. E. Curtis, pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian Church, offi ciating. Burial was made in the Pax tang Cemetery. Mr. McClure was a member of Post 58, Grand Army of the Republic. CHILD DIES, Funeral services for Bernard Theo dore Bartels. 7-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bartels. 826 North Third street, who died Thursday even ing, were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home. The Rev. George F. Schaum officiated. Burial was made In the Baldwin Cemetery, Steelton. Million-dollar Present For Actor Hackett JAMES K. HACKETT. Santa Claus brings this Christmas |to James K, Hackett the noted actor I a really handsome present in the form iof $1,000,000, which originally was j not Intended for the actor. It repre sents the bulk of the estate of Mrs. Trowbridge, a niece of Hackett. In her will she left it to her husband, Francis Emory Tnawbridge, but for got to provide other legatees In case her husband died before she did. Mrs. (Trowbridge outlived her husband. She stated specifically in her will that (Hackett, in whom she said she had ;no interest and hardly knew, was ! under no circumstances to share in jher estate. But in this case it was I necessary that the estate be distri buted according to law, and Hackett, l being the only heir-at-law, was de clared entitled to nearly the entire i estate. I It is IMPORTANT that you should have your eyes scientlfl cally tested if you suspect there LB anything wrong with them. It is IMPORTANT that you give them attention at once, be fore serious trouble develops. It Is IMPORTANT that your glasses should be accurately fitted to remedy the trouble, if any. It is IMPORTANT that you should not trust the fate of your eyes to anyone but an eye sight specialist of recognized ability and integrity. The hope of saving a dollar may prove costly in the long run. It is IMI'ORTANT that you should have new glasses if the ones you are wearing do not seem to be Just right. I have fitted 80,000 eyes in Harrisburg and vicinity with glasses. I guarantee satisfaction and my prices are as reasonable as you can get reliable service for i anywhere. AMI II HI LITLMM^ Willi H. C. Ctaster, SO2 Market SC. OLDEST BILL PM IS iOOV WILLICE His Career Dates From Town Lot Days in Pittsburgh; Two Other Veterans Special to The Telegraph Philadelphia, Jan. 2. —lt has been definitely settled that Rhody Wallace of the St. Louis Browns, is the oldest player in point of service at present on the ball field. The past season was his twenty-second consecutive one on the diamond, two years longer than l-ajoie and a season more than Wag ner. Honus Wagner, the Pirate short stop, was born February 24. 1574, while Wallace was born November 4 the same year, and that sterling player, .Larry L,njoie, was born Sep tember 5, 1875, so there you havo the correct ages of the three oldest play ers in point of consecutive playinc before the public. Wallace and Wagner are Pittsburgh boys, as both were born in that city, but Rhody began his career Just two years ahead of his old pal. Wallace began pitching ball tor the Etna Stars of Pittsburgh when lie was a kid of fifteen and he soon developed into the best amateur pitcher in that city, where they havo KXTS AMUSEMENTS' Majestic Theater * TO-NIGHT LAST 11 ME 3 Days Commencing jJJSUJSy 4 THE PLAY WITH A PUNCH Keal "ictures or Keal War A Y R ELG, AN'" Motion m U am £ battlefield Pictures With EDMUND HIIKKSK nnil the 1'' r f cnt * of Show I s T,\^T" a Z ,or Next Wc ' k HARRY FERN & CO. „ Presenting thp 1II K Comedy Feature COMEDY ANIMALS "VETERANS" BEAUS " OGS MONKEYS Child pen Can Attend the THE SCHOOL PLAYGROUNDS UATIMTr TAn Clerer Juvenile Musical Comedy. uflAliilCiEi fUK Ff CHEEBERT'S MANCHURIANS ft p|| , A S/* And 4 Other High Cla„ WWII F *'l" 10c Acts . WEMWB PRICES, 10c- and 15e I See that nickel 1915 That's the price of a King Oscar Cigar whose quality will be as regularly good during the New Year as it has been for 23 years past. Everywhere for worth it every time War Latest Euorpean War Map . 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TURKS ABANDON ALI IDEA OK TAKING Ui» OFFENSIVE] By Associated Press London, Jan. 2, 3.25 a, m.—Tlja cor respondent of the Express In Athens w\ reports that a state of panic oxlets in Constantinople and that the Turks have abandoned all idea of taking tho offensive. "The Holy Relics," the dispatch con tinues, "have been removed to Bruza, Asia Minor, whither the Sultan and the porte are preparing to follow. All avail able forces, about 1 Bn.ooo men, are con centrated in ttye city. "Adrlanople has been practical ly evacuated and the heavy guns there removed to Tchatalja which Is near the Turkish capital." AMTSKMKNTS Photoplay To-day ALICE JOYCE In 3-act KAI.EH, "THE MAYOR'S SECRETARY." I.net the llelovcd Adventure Serle* Venturing Arthur Johnson as - "I.OHD CECIL." "I'NTIL DEATH DO L'S PART," . 2-aet Sellß. MONDAY—SPECIAL Maurice Contello A Daughter Helen In 2-aet Vltagrnnh Drama, "BY THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER."