8 Mutt and Jeffßy -TxouftHT penyme HEV , ) : " y " ) YOU BeTTBP- ] I WAS W angeling ? were. WmnutgJ U=ive fAiNUTes / EASY J A MMMuire F*oK\ You*. / Het-P DOuunj ii\j THE GUeN ! A. _ WHEN the clock in r-> LtTCB ( THP nntK / NNm WH.LM* WMP i f WS F W £ * ;: w ' . * i)"- MATE LEADERS AWAIT ANNUAL CALL George Graham Is Formulating Plans; College Boys in Favor as Managers By "I'mp" Official announcement of February K as the date for the Trl-State meet ing in Philadelphia is expected this week. This is also the time fixed for the sporting writers' dinner to which Tri-State owners and managers have been Invited. While no statement has been forth coming from George Graham, (the president of the Tri-State, it is under stood that he has been quietly work-J ing among the major league manag- ] ers and getting a line on available ma terial and ascertaining the views of the major leaders on the question uf using the Tri-State as a farm. A widespread opinion in Tri-State j towns is that some of the high-price managers will not be back in the league, and if it is to be a farm for the development of youngsters oppor tunity will also be given for young men with ability to become leaders. College men are great favorites as managers. They not only have had considerable training in how to pre pare a baseball team, but have access to many young men who would prob ably make good in the Tri-State. Central High Girls Win From Covenant Central high school girls' scrub team won from the Covenant church girls' last night, score 14 to 11. The game I was played on Tech high school door | and attracted a big crowd. The Cen tra}. girls put .brilliant game. 1 •Miss Starry was a good point maker for her team, while Miss Velder and Miss A. Smith did the best work for • 'ovenant. The Central girls had the best of the floor work. The line-up and summary follows: Central Scrubs Covenant Miss Starry, f. Miss Velder, f. Miss Smith, f. Miss Elder, f. Miss Steele, c. Miss A. Smith, c. Miss Gilger, g. Miss Bortell, g. Miss Maurer, g. Miss M. Smith, g. Goals from field, Miss Starry, 2; Miss, H. Smith, Miss Steele, Miss Maurer, Miss Velder, 4; foul goals Miss, Starry, 4; Miss A. Smith, 3. Scor er, Miss Melville; timer, Miss Byrem; referee. Miss McCord. Halves, twenty I minutes. FOOTBALL RULE MAKERS Prepare For Big Meeting in New York on February II Special to The Telegraph Boston, Mass., Jan. 2V.—The an nouncement was made here yesterday that the annual meeting of the Inter collegiate football rules committee will be held February 5 and 6, at the Hotel Biltmore, in New York. Chair man 10. K. Hall, of Dartmouth, settled the date after hearing from the other! thirteen members ol' the board, and it is believed that there will be a full attendance. Mr. Hall anticipates very few changes in the rules, these rather in the wording than in the letter or spirit. The game proved very satisfactory last Fall, and the committee as a; whole believes it is best to make no i changes of any importance. The per sonnel of the rules committee is the' same as it was last year, the delegates from the National Collegiate Associa tion having been retained in a body. LEBANON VALLEY GIRLS WIN I'lay Fast <.amc Witli the Orioles, a School Team Annviile, Pa., Jan. 27.—The girl's varsity team of Lebanon Valley Col lege won over the Orioles, a school team this afternoon, score 10 to S.' Miss Case played a star game for the varsity. The linc-up and summary fol lows: Varsity. Orioles. Miss Boltz, f. Miss Urich, f. Miss Case, f. Miss Moyer. f. Miss. R. Engle, c. • Miss R. Kngle, c. Mice Gamble, g. Miss Bachman, g. Miss Myers, g. Miss Hershey, g. Field goals—Miss Boltz, 1; Miss Case, 2; Miss Engle, 1; Miss Urich; Miss Meyer, 2. Foul goals—Miss Ruth Kngle, 2: Miss Urich, 2. Referee, Guy cr. Time of halves, 15 minutes. BEECH Kit IS EASY MARK Charley While's Substitute t'nnhle to Stop Freddie Welsh New York, Jan. 27.—Freddie Welsh, of England, world's lightweight cham pion, outpointed Willie Beecher, of this city, in eight rounds of a ten rotind bout at Madison Square Garden last night. Beecher was called upon to substitute for Charley White, of Chicago, who was taken ill Sunday. or l oiock !B REPAIRING! •r adjusting, Jewelry cleaning or repoUshlng, take It to SPR INGER™SS& , £R S ZO« MARKET »T Bell Pkon Quick Relief for Coughs, Colds and Hoareenesa. Clear the Voice—Fine for I Speaker* and Singers. 26c. _ fiORGAS 1 PROG STORES - . WEDNESDAY EVENING, A FREE AGENT BY MISTAKE •: ' / JW$ Lon Angeles, Cal., Jan. 27.—Orvle Overall Is a happy man because he Ik a free man. He is no longer the prop erty of any one. He Is a free agent— free to return to baseball and play with any club he may choose. The San Francisco club has no strings on him. Bits of Sports Montgomery bowled a score of 600 in the Casino league game last night. In the P. R. R. Y. M. A. league the Federals bowled a victory over the Athletics, margin 26 pins. The basketball team of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church defeated the Curtin .Heights five, score 52 to 13. in the Middletown industrial lea | gue the Car Shop five won from Win croft. score 03 to 10. Union tossers refeated the Rescue five, score 4 6 to 15> Ira Plank, brother of Eddie Plank, will manage the Gettysburg team in the South Mountain Valley League. The Feds are trying to get a hold on the Trenton franchise. Frank Palmer's class team in the Pine Street Presbyterian Sunday school league won from the 11. B. Mc jCormick class, margin 12 pins, and lost to the Mrs. 11. B. McCormiek's class, margin 180 pins. The Rosebuds of Allison Mill dis trict will play the Oberlin team at McCloskey Hall at Fifteenth and Mar ket streets, to-night, starting at 8.15. STYIiES IN SUIT SKIRTS | The Dry Goods Economist says 'that the skirts of the suits are receiv ing much consideration. It. is gen erally expected that the wide skirt will be the most desirable during the coming Spring. While the circular skirt Is being bought to a limited extent, the gored skirt that is made to flare as it reaches the hem is being taken very readily. Skirts made with yokes arc also finding favor with the retailers. Novel forms of pleated skirts are be ing shown, and many of these are stitched down to below the hips, where the are allowed to flare. The skirt made with a plain back and front and pleated sides is well liked. MODIFIED SHORT-WAISTED SUIT MODELS The Dry Goods Economist says that the shortwaisted effects in suits are not quite as prominent as they were, but modifications of this idea arc be ing shown. A clever suit recently put on the market Is made shortwaist ed In front, while the back Is made in one piece with the fullness at the sides. The flare effect continues to be shown and is meeting with fair suc cess. A number of new models, which have just been brought out, are made with very short jackets, reaching just to the waistline or slightly above. Some of these show the Introduction of pleats, while other are made in bolero effect. The information was received from j a prominent baseball man, who in turn, bad learned it from Secretary Farrell of the National Association. Through an oversight on the part of a San Francisco club official, Overall be came a free agent. Nor was he placed on the suspended list, as he was sup- I posed to have been. KRIPP SHIPMENTS WERE DEI.AYED Another Krupp Stor.v of Fake Te»t of Cannon Through the pages of "The London Times History of the War" there comes to light the fact that in one im portant case at least the great Krupp works, at Essen, "fell down on deliv eries." There is probably no more effi cient factory in the world than the co lossal plant where Germany and many other nations get their terrible death dealing engines of war. And yet, with all its efficiency and physical and sci entific resources, tile Krupp Company was apparently unable to make Its promised deliveries of the fortress guns ordered by the Belgian Govern ment. In spite of continued appeals from the Belgians, which went on un til the very outbreak of hostilities, it seemed to be Impossible for Krupp to make shipments of the Important pieces of ordnance specified by the Belgian War Office. Other interesting sidelights on the artillery of the nations enraged In the terrible conflict that is going on are given in "The Ixindon Times History of the War." whise editors are able to draw upon the entire force of cor respondents, military and diplomatic experts, whose far-reaching organiza tion makes the l>ondon Times by all odds the best informed of European newspapers. Specialists from the Krupp factories. It appears, traveled with the great guns, about whose existence ho little was known before the war broke out, and whose destructive powers were the one great surprise of the Bel gian campaign. Tt Is said that tile largest of the Ger mans' sleo-e Kirns was of a type sup posed by military experts the world over to be a failure. Samples of this gigantic cannon were made many months ago, tested and reported to lie failures. In the presence of boards of experts, the samples were actuallv scrapped, and even the Germain army, with the exception of half a dozen Individuals, includlnsr r.mperor Wil liam, were given to understand that the type had been tried and found wanting, whereupon, behind closed doors, the manufacture of these guns was rushed to the utmost limit of tile capacity of that part of the Krupp works. Those workmen and officers who were suspected of being talkative were either transferred to other de partments or stations or else supplied with so little information that its dis covery could not possibly reveal the great secret. tin til these most nowerful of all mo bile cannon were actually discharged against the Belgian fortresss. the secret was kept, to the err eat advantage of the German ca —aign. It Is now believed that since early in August, the Knglish and French ar tillery manufacturers have been work ins: twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, to duplicate in some man ner this now famous Gcrma'.n siege Run, depicted in "The T,ondon Times istory of the War." wliicli lias had so important a bearing upon the Out come of the tlrst phase of the (freat conilict. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH SHORTER CONTRACTS NOW, PLAYERS HOPE Present System Works Too Much Injury, Says John Montgomery Ward Special to The Telegraph New York, Jan. 27.—John Mont gomery Ward, the former New York shortstop and united recently with the Federal League, stated yesterday that the one feature of modern base ball which was working more injury than any other feature was the long term contract, which, he asserted, was responsible for the mediocer playing of many stars last season, and has also established an atmosphere of in difference among the players who have been engaged for two or three seasons. "Baseball," says Mr. Ward, "is a very distinct calling; it is entirely dif ferent than anything else. Essen tially, it Is play for the participants, and for a player to do his best he must have inspiration." WAFFLE FEAST FOR VICTORS Freshmen at Lclmnon Valley College Recognise Work by Class Five Special to The Telegraph Annvilie, Pa., Jan. 27.—The fresh men class of Lebanon Valley College last evening tendered a reception and supper to the 1918 basketball team in recognition of the five's victory over the sophomores Monday. Leaving tho college grounds at 5.13 o'clock, the class hiked to the Water Works ho tel, three miles north of Annvilie. Speeches were made by different mem bers of the class and at 7 o'clock a chicken and waffle supper was serv ed. Seventy-five members of the class attended. Here's a Joy f Jar of Real Tobacco jßr Here's the greatest package of smoke satisfaction that M any man ever lifted the cover from. It's full of Prince Albert, ffl the real no-bite, no-blister brand of smokin's for pipe and ciga- M rette. P. A. has got the bulge on every tobacco that's ever been ff sold or ever will be, because the bite's taken out by a patented pro- \ M cess that leaves P. A. as easy on the tongue as a song of gladness. % / NINCE ALBERT V i the national joy smoke 1 g is the real prize winner in the ten-cent tidy red tin and the fl five-cent toppy red bag, but when a fellow has a pound I 1 crystal-glass humidor of P. A. it's just the same as having M 1 a sockfiul of boodle in reserve for a rainy day. jS \ Time to replace that empty jar g ' just about now. If you haven't got a good supply of P. A. in the crystal- g% % ffjr lm\ glass jar with the sponge in the §j| MEREDITH ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE RACES Registration Committee Finds That Athlete Was Given Wrong Advice Special to The Telegraph New York, Jan. 27.—College ath [ letes who have been wrongly advised by registration committees of the Mid dle Atlantic Association that they can represent their colleges in college events and athletic clubs in A. A. U. contests, were the cause of the Na tional Registration Committee adopt ing the following resolution by tele graph vote, it was announced to-day: "Resolved, That in cases where stu dents of educational institutions have represented clubs In open competition since October 1, In reliance upon ad vice given by any registration commit tee that such competition would not prevent them from also representing their educational institutions in events held under amateur athletic union rules, when such events were limited to students of educational institutions, such students be now permitted to transfer their registration to their edu cational institutions if application therefore be made on or before Febru ary 15, 1915." WILL ATTEND SERVICES Special to The Telegraph Slviremanstown, Pa., Jan. 27. —Spe- cial cars will convey large delegation • from the United Brethren Church : the Church of God from thisppla t, the Miller tabernacle in Mechanico burg this evening. Cars will leave here at 7 o'clock. JANUARY 27, 1915. FOUR MORE TOWNS FOR CENTRAL LEAGUE Annual Meeting to Be Held in SteeHon Tonight; Interesting Reports Ready At the annual meeting of the Cen tral Pennsylvania baseball league to night. reports for last season will be presented. Four new towns are seek ing admission. The meeting will be held at the rooms of the Paxtang Hook and ladder Company, Steelton. Frank Steese, the president, will announce tentative plans for next season. Official figures showing the total at tendance. average attendance at each game, and the profits of the four teams, will be presented by J. M. Donovan, the secretary. It is under stood that the four towns desiring ad mission offer big inducements. Second Presentation of Play Greeted by Packed House if you may judge by the audience, the second performance of "Papa's Daughters," the pretty operetta pro duced by the Players and Singers Club in the Majestic last evening for the benefit of the Polyclinic Hospital, was even more successful than the first. The house was packed, and if pro fessional actors ever drew as much ap plause in the Majestic as the principals of last evening's cast, it was a long time ago. Then, too, the applause was merited, for the cast of 2 5 of Harris burg's best amateurs really acted. The cast included William Eckenrode, Miss Krma Wilson. Miss Catherine Heicher, Charles B. Cummings. Dr. B. S. Beh •iey. R. L. Kohl. Dana Griffin, "Cy" Heckert. John Kiernan, William F. Paul. Miss Ruth Landls, Jean Witter. Miss Edna Dowdell and E. Pierce Shope. FRATERNITY FAVORS AUGUST HERRMANN Efforts to Oust Cincinnati Leader Not Popular With Players; Dave Fultz Talks Special to The Telegraph New York, Jan. 27.—Any move to oust August Herrmann from the Na tional Commission is not in favor with the Players' Fraternity. David Fultz, head of that organization, saiil yes terday: "We have always found Herrmann fair and just in his decisions, we rec ognize the unsettled state of affairs in the minor leagues at present, and con sequently in our new demands we have asked no concessions except from tlio major leagues. Chiefly we are Inter ested in trying to protect the young player who is turned 'back to the minor leagues tinder an optional agreement. We feel that in many cases such play ers might be used by other major league clubs, and we think it would be only just that the major league clubs holding the option on the player should make up the difference in the, figure.* between his major league contract and his salary in the minor leagues." SCHOLASTIC BASKETBALL GAMES Basketball games of importance this week are Tech high vs. Middletown high. Friday night on Tech floor; Wharton school vs. University Pennsylvania evening school of Phil adelphia at Cathedral hall, Saturday night. The Central high five will go to Shippensburg Saturday night for n game witli the Normal school of that place.