341 TEAMS ENTER 111 PERI RELAYS Runners Will Go 3.1416 Feet Farther in Each Mile Than in Former Years Pennsylvania's relay races, which Will be held April 23-24 on Franklin I'leld. have this season attracted an amazing list of entries. In champion ships and class races they embrace 95 college teams, 56 preparatory school teams, 109 high school quartets, 71 grammar school teams and 10 paro chial school teams, a total of 341 teams entered for the various events. This does not Include the special events for which several colleges will have entries. The entries for the championship relays are the best that have ever been received. There is not a single event in which fas tand close races are not promised. The entry for the prepara tory school championship raises that event to one of the big features of the meet. All athletic games held on Franklin Field hereafter will be conducted un der the rules of the Olympic Fed eration, as a result of which runners will be obliged to travel 3.1410 feet farther In every mile than heretofore. This is due to the fact that the track will be measured 12 inches from the pole, as in the case of England, In place of 18 inches from the pole, as has been customary in this country. The work of relaying the track on Franklin Field is nearly completed and changes have also been made in the straightaway stretch on the south side of the field in order to make room for five The new rules will help discus th.owers, since the circle will be 8 feet 2 inches in place of 7 feet, as heretofore. The entries for the high school chaniionsliips in which Tech, Central and Steelton will run are as follows: One-Mile Relay—Philadelphia Cen tral, Washington Central, Brooklyn Manual. Newark Central, Lynn (Mass.) and Bloomfield. Class I—DeWltt Clinton. Englewood, Erasmus Hall. West Philadelphia, Philadelphia Northeast, Worcester Classical, Providence Technical, At lantic City, Washington Central. • 'lass 2—Harrisburg Central, Head ing'. Steelton, West Chester, Williams port, Altoona, Greensburg, Masten Park of Buffalo. Class 3 Baltimore City College. Baltimore. Poly, Trenton. New Bruns wick, Dickinson of Jersey City, Morris of New York city. Washington West ern, Harrisburg Technical. McKlnley Manual Training of Washington. Class ■)—Wilmington. Radnor, Nor ristown, Philadelphia Southern, Lans downe, Newark South Side, Newark East Side. Rahway. Class s—Ocean City, Philadelphia Trades. Frankford, Camden, Chelten ham. Chester. Class B Lower Merlon, Phoenix vllle, Downingtown. Media. Bristol, Pla infield. Mount Vernon. East Orange. Class 7—Vlneland, Salem, ITaddon field. Brldgeton, Woodbury. Collings wood. Moorestown, Asbury Park. Class 8 Ens ton, Mauch Chunk. Pottsville. Pottstown. Doylestown and Bethlehem. Class 9 Olasslioro, Mount Holly, Palmyra. Chattle, Stacy of Burlington. Wildwood, Rutherford and Haddon Heights. p. Class 10—Kennett Square, Tredyf frln-Easttown. Haverford, Upper Dar by, Spring City. Jenklntown. Cape May Court House, Egg Harbor City. Class 11 Germnntown. Darby, Swarthmore. Roversford. Mavtown, Lansdale. Sellersvllle. i-'chwenksville. Class 12 Berwick, Toomsburg. Lebanon City. Columbia, Waynesboro, York. Allentown. Class 13—Malvern. Narbertli, Col legeville, Abington. P.arkesburg. Bov ertown, Hatboro, West Grove, Birds boro. MOTORCYCLE EASTER PARADE Sixty-one members of the Keystone Motorcycle club. Thirteenth and Wal nut street yesterda participated in an Easter parade through the city and Steelton. Afterwards thev were serv ed with a luncheon at their clubhouse, i The club donated 5 dozens of colored eggs to the Children's Industrial Home. j ROASTED STOLEN PIG Special to The Telegraph Columbia, Pa.. 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MONPAY F.vrxiNa A Picture Story With Just One Word By Tad r GREAT THRONGS SEE CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT [Continued from First Pane.] a score of blankets were placed there as padding. From two platforms moving pic ture machines were focussed on the ring. Five machines comprised the battery, three to be vised regularly and two to be held in reserve. Kelt Forgotten There was great excitement about 11 o'clock when it was discovered that 110 one had thought about the bell to be rung at the starting and stopping of the rounds. Two messengers were dispatched on the journey to Havana to purchase a gong. The ring was finished shortly be fore noon. While the strongest, it was also the greatest ever erected for a world's championship. The band in the grandstand entertained the crowds. The first tune it rendered was "By the Beautiful Sea.' which set the American contingent whistling. Late arrivals at the arena told of many automobile wrecks along the narrow and crowded road from Ha vana but up to noon there had been 110 serious accident. There was a liberal percentage of women among the spectators. Jlost of them occupied box seats, many of them were Americans. Johnson arrived at the track at 12.25 but did not appear until later. His wife came to the ringside accom panied by Tom Flanagan, who has been acting for Johnson. At lialfpast 12 Announcer Jim Mace exhibited Johnson's receipt for $29,- 000, tlie balance due him 011 the purse, and the meaning of these papers was explained to the crowd in Spanish and English. Johnson Enters King At 1.11 (1.40 New York time) John son made his appearance, being ap plauded by the enthusiastic Cubans. One minute later he crawled through the ropes, clad in a gray bathrobe and wearing his usual golden smile. The negro's first move was to ascertain where his wife was located. Four minutes later prolonged yell ing and cheering announced the ap pearance of Willard. The crowd went wild over the young fighting giant, screaming and handclapping a«; he crawled through the ropes. Willard wore heavy winter blue trousers and a black sombrero. Havana, April 5. —-Although Jack Johnson and Jess Willard did not meet till 12.30 o'clock this afternoon, Ha vana time, for the heavyweight cham pionship of the world, the early hours of the forenoon saw thousands on the way to the Mariano race course, where the fight was staged. Neither the black champion nor the cowboy fighter changed over night their optimistic forecasts of the out come. Each man Was sure he would win. It was the old story of skill and strength against youth and strength, with t'lie betting odds at ti to 5 on Johnson's skill. Johnson, one of tha largest men who ever stepped into a prize ring, faced an opponent meas urably larger and ten years younger than himself. The negro champion is 38 years old; Willard is 28, weighs normally 20 pounds more than John sen and tops him live and one-half inches, being 6 feet 6 inches tall. Not within the history of the prize ring had two such giants been brought to gether before. The scene of the light was the Havana race track, ten miles from the city. Thousands made their way to the track hours before the time set for the opening of the en counter. Tickets to the amount of SBO,OOO had been sold in advance, but the $3 seats were to be sold at the turnstiles at the four gates to-day. Sunrise found men waiting in line. Some of them had been there all night. Forty-five rounds was the scheduled length of the light, but few of thou sands who gathered entertained even a passing belief that it would go that long. That would mean three hours' fighting, allowing for the one-minute rest between rounds. Tex O'Rourke. one of Willard's advisers, thought that in the first rounds the advantage would be with Johnson because of his supe rior skill. After this. O'Rourke said, Willard would wear the champion down. In thirty rounds or less, ho thought, Willard would win. Willard Arose Early Jess Willard popped out of bed with the rising sun this morning and after a light arm stretching exercise par took of his breakfast. He then pre pared himself for a short turn on the road, after which ho said he would loaf until time to go to the ring. "I am tit." said Willard to a crowd of admirers who came over to his training quarters to look the cowboy giant over. "Why shouldn't I be ready? I have worked hard for sev eral weeks and am down to my proper ring weight of 24 5 pounds. I have just enough fat on me to burn off dur ing the fight. 1 have studied Johnson's style, understand his methods, and have planned my ring campaign ac cordingly. I rather expect the fight to run about fifteen rounds at least. Johnson's condition will enable him to carry a fast pace for that distance. Then the strain will tell and I will push him to the limit." Johnson Confident Jack Johnson smiled his famous golden smile at his headquarters this morning while he idled away the time before the fight. The black champion took a stroll before breakfast, but be yond that did nothing in the lino of exercise. Johnson is undoubtedly over his best ring weight, and though he said he would enter the ring at 225, he appeared to be several pounds heavier. "I'll be right there all the way," laughed Johnson this morning. "I know when I have reached my best condition. All this talk of my having lost my punching ability is nonsense. Just you ask my sparring partners. They will tell you. As to Willard. 1 know he is a strong boy, but you know that old Fitzsimmons once said, 'the bigger tliey arc the harder they fall. 111 get him with a series of blows that will put him under before many rounds have been run off. I just love that championship and I am not going to lose it." There ban been little preliminary betting:, but there were indications that wagering would become more brisk as the day wore on. Almost every one with money to place apparently waited for an eleventh-hour shift in the odds in the hope of better terms. .Johnson was favorite with the odds at S to r, and G to 5. These were the figures obtained to-day at the Miramar Hotel, vhere the late arrivals from Key West •»nd Xew Orleans flocked before the fight. L neertainly as to Johnson's real con- j dition and Wlllard's ability are tho i factors which have kept down the betting and there was as much specu- j latlon regarding these questions this i morn in« as there was a week ago. Early estimates of the crowd whifch !>egan to Rather with the sunrise placed their number at 17,000. They came from everywhere. The hotels emptied after an early breakfast. The promoters went during the morning to Johnson's headquarters to pay him the 530.000 which he was to receive as his share of the grate re ceipts, win or lose, tinder the agree ment Johnson was to receive also one* third of the moving picture privilege. Willard's share was 25 per cent, of the total receipts and one-third in terest in the moving pictures. Charlie Collins to Fight Young Herman Miller Special to The Telegraph York, Pu., Anril —Charlie Collins, the Columbia middleweight, and Young Herman Miller, the Southern cham pion. from Baltimore. will meet to n':rht for the thirl time. This time they are to nn nve" the ten route, their previous meeting." belnc over the six round distance. The other two bouts were voted the fastest ever seer, in York and Manager Joe Barrett Is ex pecting the State Armory to be filled to overflowing. Kid Smith. I'lso x of Columbia, will meet Battling Kelly, of Baltimore- HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH* JOHNSON-WILLARD FIGHT BY ROUNDS [Continued from First I'ane.] —— —^ "Dope" on the Fight ContfHtanti Champion .lack John won. of Texan, iiini Jc'mn Willard, of lv;] ii Nils. Place Oriental Hare Track, >larlanao, ten miles from lla\ana, 1 Culia. Date—Mo.iday, \prll 5. ; \ iiinl»cr of rouncia— Forty-live. ! Purse——Value not KIVCII; Johnson, il IN Haiti, Mill receive* includ ing expenses, and Willard, SIO,OOO. Si'/r of riuK—-\ Ineteen feet. '1 line of entering; ring—l2:3o i». in. | (Philadelphia time. 1 |i. in.). Referee—Jack \\ elch. \lter»«ale referee—Matt lleukel. Stakeholder—!lot» Vernon. Weight*—Jolinnon, 233 1 \\ ISllard, 'J 411 (approximately). Ages— JohnNon. :tS; \VII1nr«l, 28. Heights—Johnson, (I feet V* Inch; I \\ 11 lard, 0 feet incite*. ReaelieN Johnson, 73'/i inchest Wlllard. N3!4 Inches. HISTORY OF THR PUGILISTS .lack Johnson Horn lu Clalvcston, Tex., Mureh 31, | 187 H. Son of Southern slate*. Knocked out only ouee In his life, Joe Choylnskl turning that trick In February, 1001. HUM participated in seven*!y-seven fights. Won the championship from Tommy Hum* In fourteen rounds, at Sydney, Australia, in IOOS. knocked out Jim Jeffries In fif teen rounds, at Reno, .\ev.. In HMO. I<flr»efit purse fought for, 9101,000, with Jeffries. Johnson received <•<> per cent., #UO,0OO; « bonus of 9I4MHN), I itnd ?r»O.(MKI for the pleiure priv ileges. Total, 8170.000. Jess Willard Horn In I'oltinuitoiiilc county, Kan., Decemher 120. IKS 7. Father a ranchman—a native of Ohio; mother from Kentucky. IM the younifCKt of three brothers; no sisters. First lißht at Sapulpa, Okla., In 1011. llroke broncho* until he became too heavy. Never had a hloody nose, never knocked down, never groggy from pun«*h. Never drank, chewed or smoked. Heat OK, lit* No-decision bouts with Arthur Pelky, -leu rounds; Lu- | tlier McCarthy, ten rounds; Carl Morris, ten roundx* knocked out Sol dier Kearns, eight rounds. — J ! cars bleeding anil the champion land ed frequently, but his blows appeared to lack tlieir old-time power. Amidst feinting the crowd shouted: "Kill the black bear." Johnson immediately started a rally by drivin three hard .swings to Wiliard's bouth. A left by Willard started the negro's mouth bleeding. The latter clubbed the white man to the ropes. Hound Ten Johnson was alow in coming from bis corner, Willard scored two lefts to the face. Jess was blocking better as his nervousness wore off. Johnson swung a left to Wiliard's ribs and sent half a dozen blows to Wiliard's body and jaw. The negro knocked Willard to the ropes with rights to the stomach. A hard right staggered Wil lard. Hound Eleven The crowd derided Johnson, who was fighting and answering their sal lies at the same time. Willard drove a left to the negro's mouth and took a right hook to the body in return. Johnson smashed the cowboy with a left to the jaw. Jess blocked several swings. Johnson then tried to rattle Willard by talking. The latter angrily I replied in time. Johnson then tapped' the giant's shoulder ftt the end of the round. It was a slow round. Hound Twelve The negro opened with a left to the body and right to the jaw. In a clinch he smashed Willard three times wtih bis left. Johnson then drove rights to the Body and a left to the head. His blows apparently had no effect on Wil lard. Johnson drove Willard to a cor ner with a swing to the head. Wil iard's ear and cheek were bleeding. Ho walked spryly to his corner at the belj. Hound Thirteen Wiliard's body now was red from the effects of the negro's punishment. I Johnson ducked under Wiliard's leads. Willard drove Johnson into a corner and landed a straight left to Johnson's face. The negro got a left hook to the jaw iij return, lie next hooked his left to Wiliard's body, repeating his blows it minute later. The champion landed I right and left to the head when the I bell rang. Hound Fourteen The round opened with Willard I rushing and missing a right uppereut. : The challenger was the aggressor and I tried to force the fighting. Johnson slammed Wi.iard on the mouth v.'ith a ileft on the body. Jess laughed. Wil i lard drove a ;\arc r:ght to Johnson's i ear. Johnson smashed hard at the bell. Hound Fifteen The crowd kidded Johnson, who I rushed Willard to the ropes and scored five hard swings remarking, "What a grand old man." Jess grinned at the remark and also at the blows. The bell found both pugilists fighting in the center of the ring. Round Sixteen Johnson missed a left to the head and they clinched. The challenger j Mocked the negro's rushing. Amid • much fighting the black jnan said, • "Willard is a good kid," and then | rushed Jess to the rope, scoring two l hard punches to the body. The negro ( drove terrific swings to Willard's side. • The challenger was a trifle unsteady , in going to his corner at the end of the round. Round Seventeen l Johnson hooked a left to jaw and j a right upper cut to the same place, i Willard landed a right to Johnson's I body and a left to the head. Willard i landed a right to Johnson's body and | a left to the head. Willard again | scored a right to the body and block ied the negro's return. Jack drove | Willard to a corner and landed two ; swings to the head. Johnson again I hooked a right to the body and fol- I lowed it up with two punches to the j head. Round Eighteen i After playing a tattoo on Willard's chest and stomach the negro drove him toward the corner, where the ! negro smashed him twice in the jaw. | Willard's leads were easily picked off by the champion. After several tries : Joss- landed a straight left to John son's face and a right swing to the jaw. At the bell Johnson landed a punch to the body and another to the jaw. Round Nineteen Both men slowed up, Willard took the aggressive. Johnson stood in the middle of the ring and blocked Wil lard's blows. During the first minute not a single hard punch was landed and Johnson seemed unable to block Willard's early lead. Both then start ed a rally, landing two lefts to the body and a right to the jaw. Round Twenty Willard opened the round with two light blows to the negro's face. The latter laughed and said. "Lead again kid." Willard did and •smiled also. The crowd around the ring yelled "Hurry up we want to see the races." Willard stabbed and pawed until he finally landed a swing on the negro's jaw. The negro immediately cut loose and they battled across the ring. The crowd went frantic -/hen Willard drove a hard right and left to the negro's body at the bell. Round Twenty-one After a minute of posing and feint ing Johnson hooked his left to Wil lard's body and sent a right swing to the head. Willard replied with a fr day, three packages of FATIMAS pass over I ter to every one package of any other 15 cent I That means odds of 3 to 1 t^ia t yOtt tQO j • straight left to the negro's face. John son rushed but Willard protected himself well and they fell Into a clinch. Johnson walked around the ring. Wil lard missed a right swing and they both laughed. Both were fighting fierce at the bell. Round Twenty-two The fight at this point had degen erated into a slow sparring and , clinching battle. In a clinch Willard battered the negro's body with rights and lefts. Willard continued work ing for the negro's stomach. Jack grinned at the shrieking crowd. Nev ertheless Johnson was showing the I effects of the pace. Round Twenty-lliree Willard rushed into a clinch. John son held on until forced to break by the referee. The challenger shot two lefts to the negro's face. They clinch ed again and wrestled about the ring. Jess added two more lefts to Jack's face and clinched. Up to this point Johnson had not struck a blow in the round. Round Twenty-four The crowd yelled to the fighters to fight, but instead they clinched. Wil j lard laid his weight on Johnson at every opportunity in the clinches. Johnson pushed Willard back in the same manner at he did Jeffries at Reno. Johnson missed two weak swings. The crowd howled with dis appointment. Willard then smashed Johnson with a left to the face at the bell. Round Twenty-live Johnson's actions might have indi cated that he thought he could knock Willard out and was trying to get the decision on points at the end of the forty-fifth round. Willard shocked the negro with a right to the heart. He then clipped Johnson on the jaw with a left and started forcing the pace. Johnson was conserving every bit of his energy. Willard again landed a left to the mouth and then repeated it. Johnson stepped around backward at the bell and dropped heavily into hih seat. Round Twenty-six Willard opened with a smash to Johnson's body. The referee forced them to break from a clinch. Willard rushed and slammed Jahnson right and left. In a clinch the latter looked over his shoulder at his wife. Willard smashed Johnson. Willard wins on a knockout. The great crowd rushed into the ring and menaced Johnson. Several squads of soldiers hurried on to the platform and cleared the crowd away to protect the fighters. IIIHIAI, HKRE Jacob Lenny, aged 26, of Wiconisco, who died Thursday, was brought to this city by Undertaker C. H. Mauk for burial in the Harrisburg Cemetery. Fellow Who Soaked "Pete" Gets 8 Months When James Lewis, charged with as saulting Peter S. Blackwell, Steelton, by banging him over the head with a beer bottle, was called for sentence this morning, in the Dauphin Countv Court, Mr. Blackwell, chief prosecuting ne^ s ' . w ? s * innocently slumbering I way back in the courtroom near the , steam heat pipes. Mr. Blackwell grinneo genially when aroused and hurried to I the witness stand. | The witness explained that he, as I president of a Steelton club, had ai j tempted to evict Lewis because the lat , ter was drunk and obstreperous, when Lewis promptly whacked him with a beer bottle. The bottle struck tile vic tim s head and was shattered. Mr Blackwell brought half of the bottle along to court. I Lewis got eight months in jail and j a fine of $5. Police Have No Fear of Rioting Over Fight It was not thought necessary to-dav al the police station to put on an extra force of "coppers' - to quell any riots that might arise in the city over the fight at No trouble had arisen this afternoon at the opening of the fight, but every member of the department is on the alert in case any outbreak is seen. TWICE MARRIED: TO TRY IT AGAIN Despite previous interference of death and the divorce courts both Ir vin M. Kissinger and Jennie C. Master son. 4 2 and 4 3 years old. respectively, want to try married life again and to day they applied lor a license at the Dauphin county license bureau. Kis singer's first wife died in November, 1909. and the second was divorced on i November 4, 1914, The bride's first husband died in Philadelphia in 18R0 and the second died in St. Louis in 1905. .1. H. BENDALL SERVICES Funeral services for John It. Ben dall, an employe of the L. W. Cook department store, 308 Market street, for twenty-seven years, were held at the home, 314 Herr street, this after noon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. Dr. Silas C. Swallow officiating. Burial was made in the Harrisburg Cemetery. Mr. Bendall was a member of Ridge Avenue Methodist Church. He is sur vived by his mother, Mrs. Josephine Bendall, and one sister, Mrs. Fred Pierce. Pallbearers were members of the L. W. Cook firm, and representa tives from the lodge to which he he longed. 9
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