8 INDEPENDENTS LAND VICTORY FROM READING EASTERN LEAGUERS-AMATEURS AMATEURS MUST WORK FOR GLORY Conference Committee Outline Rules For Government of All Sports and Adjourn Special to the Telegraph New l'ork, Dec. 31. Representa tives of nineteen different sports ugreed upon the definition of an ama teur yesterday at a meeting at the Hotel Astor and suggested a set of rules to govern all sports in America i xcept bowling and shooting. Meetings will be held annually. Gustavus T. Kirby, of the advisory board of the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America, pre sided over the session. It was unanimously agreed that an amateur sportsman is one who engages in sport solely for the pleasure and physical, mental, moral and social benefits that he derives therefrom and to whom sport is nothing more than an avocation. By competing or giving an exhi bition in any of these sports under an assumed name, or by being guilty of any fraud or anv other grossly un sportsmanlike conduct _in connection therewith, it was decided the penalty should be disbarment for life from amateur eligibility of any person guilty of such infringement of the rules. One Punishment For other infractions of the rules, such as receiving pay or pecuniary benefits in consideration of or as a re ward for participating in any public athletic competition or exhibition, or disposing of prizes for personal gain, the offender shall never thereafter be permitted to compete or exhibit as an amateur in the sport or sports in which such act was committed. After a peplod of five years has elapsed since the commission of any such act the person thus disbarred may have the privilege of applying to the governing body of any other branch of sport, and on assurance be ing given by him of no future vio lations be shall be privileged to com pete in the sport of which such body has control. The most radical change in the rules was that of lifting the ban from the professional coach. It was decided that a professional coach or trainer should be permitted to compete . s an amateur in a sport other than that in which he '"as an instructor as soon as he announced Ills retirement as a coach, and in the sport in which he instructed live years after he had quit professional coaching. Summer Baseball ami Writers On the question of summer baseball and summer camps whose amateurs take part in games with professionals, or where the amateur is a player on a t"am or playing against a team on which there are professionals, it was the sense of the meeting that such competitions between amateurs and professionals should not be favored, but that under exceptional conditions and with proper safeguards such com petition may be permitted without jeopardizing the amateur status of the player. To cover the case of the famous sithlete who capitalizes his name as a salesman or newspaper or magazine writer, a rule was drawn up. It pro hibits a man from competing as an amateur during the time his name is being used to advertise or promote the sale of sporting goods or other commodities for use chiefly in connec tion with athletic games and in around ahout way prevents an athlete from using his name over a newspaper or magazine article unless the story is written by himself. It was unanimously decided that some of these rules or penalties should apply to bowling or shooting with a Revolver, rifle or shotgun, in all of which competitions money prizes are invariably offered. ANDREWS MAY STAGE BOUT Milwaukee. Wis., Dec. 31. T. S. Andrews, local boxing promoter, said be expected to meet Jess Willard and his manager in Chicago next Saturday or Sunday to begin negotiations for a ten-round bout between Willard und Fred Fulton. of Rochester. Minn. Andrews said if the parties involved could agree on terms the bout prob ably would be staged during the lat ter part of February. Andrews to-day received a tele gram from Willard's manager saying Promoter Burns had refused to re consider his decision to call off the New Orleans bout. "Am ready to do business with yoii," the telegram added. Andrews said he would renew his offer of $25,000 for a ten-round go. SOMEBODY IS ALWAYS TAKING THE JOY OUT OF LIFE By BRIGGS / \ < NEW I UNM>DYA MEAW-'HAPPW f~ VJUST" rr! 7 [ ) - YEAR OL' BoV v WEu/ Vf , ar? " A FL *USHT \ i / KkJ J A«J$ MI I IX>»*"T WJAKJT TO EURdPe umu. ARPEA* UNUCCE WARILY ~ JiT£ t»s/ OWE Afi< TATED NOR CAUSE «J£MEBODY ti ALWWJ COMNVJFJ CAUSE- Yw • \ FRIDAY EVENING- HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH DECEMBER 31, 1915. IShevlin Fourth Star to Die Within Decade Special to the Telegraph New York, Dec. 81.—The passing of "fhomas Shevlin adds another name to the list of famous Tale foot ball linemen who have died in recent years when apparently on the thresh old of a business career as promising and brilliant as their gridiron record just a few years back. Four great Yale scrimmagers who won their "T" in play since 1900 have died within the past decade —K. Gor don Brown, Stillman, James J. llogan and Shevlin—all leaving football rec ords that few gridiron stars since the beginning of intercollegiate play have equaled and none can surpass. This quartet of giant linemen played, game after game without injury dur-' I ing the entire four years of their undergraduate lives. making the mythical All-American eleven with ease and regularity which left no doubt as to their football ability. Brown and Mogan were selected for four consecu tive seasons at guard or tackle, while Shevlin made an end position three out of his four college years, and Still man two seasons at tackle. As captain of the Yale team of 1905 1 Shevlin left a record that few gridiron leaders can equal. His team played eleven games, scoring 227 points to its opponents' 4. The list included Wes leyan. Syracuse. Springfield, Holy i Cross. Penn State, West Point, Colum- ' bia. Brown. Princeton and Harvard. I The Tiger team was the only one to I score on Yale that season, the final j result being Yale 23. Princeton 4, while a week later Harvard was de-' foated 6 to 0. Stallings After Outfielders; Present Force Too Slow By Associated Press Boston, Dec. 31.—Owing to short - ; comings shown by members of the I i Boston Braves this past season the I team is to be improved, and Messrs. Gnffney and Stallings are in the mar ket for players. The Infield hardly needs to be toned up, but there is room for improvement in the outfield and the hustling owner of the Braves will spare no expense to bring an other pennant winnng aggregation to the Hub. In numbers alone the Braves ap pear to be well fixed for outfielders, but In quality and talent the Stallings tribe is in a bad way. If most of the present lot of outfielders can hit they i can't field. If they can field they j can't hit their weight. Sherwood Ma j gee doesn't come under either classi i ficat ion. but he's the exception that proves the rule. in pitching material the Braves ap pear to be fairly well fixed, particu larly as youngsters Nehf and Barnes appear sure to wade into reliable and steady stardom this coming cam paign. Hut as badly as the Braves need a third baseman and outfielders, just so badly does the tribe need a catcher. Dunn to Lead Baltimore; Will Transfer Jersey City ; Special to the Telegraph i Richmond, Va„ Jan. I.—Jack Dunn J will not return to Richmond next year, i according to a statement from an au | tlientic source. Richmond will not be ] without International League ball. ■ however, but will have the Jersey City j franchise transferred here, while Dunn , will manage the Baltimore club. [ Dunn, however, cannot take the i local players with him, even if he goes |to Baltimore. They are the property i of the Richmond Exhibition Company I and cannot be switched without its consent. Few. however, are worth holding, if trades can be arranged, and this will probably be done. JAPAXF.SK KNOW BASE BAM, Special to the Telegraph Chicago. Dec. 31. The University of Chicago baseball team returned to Chicago yesterday after a trip through the Orient of more than 10.- 000 miles. The athletes reported that baseball is growing more popular than' ever in Japan. They said the Jap anese have developed the habit of j baiting the umpires and that they ! refuse to support a losing team, much j after the manner of American fol lowers of the game. The inability of the native team to defeat the Americans caused a great decrease in the attendance, it was said. The Waseda University team is expected to play in the United States next year. Tn the Philippines there is much enthusiasm over baseball, though Am ericans make up most of the better teams, it was said. Best seats sell in Manila for $1.50. FOOTBALL MEN EULOGIZE HERO Glowing Tributes For Thomas L. Shevlin; Funeral Took Place Today Special to the Telegraph Minneapolis. Minn., Dec. 31.—The funeral of Thomas L. Shevlin, former Yale football star and last season coach of the Ell eleven, was held to day from his borne in this city. Mr. Shevlin died Wednesday from pneu monia contracted while coaching at New Haven. New Haven. Conn.. Dec. 31.—Wal ter Camp, the noted Yale football au thority. last night made the following statement concerning the death of Tom Shevlin, famous athlete and coach of Yale: "A sportsman, a leader, a friend, i always at the front with a dominant 1 personality that compelled attention and success. Into life as Into football, he carried that personality and it al ways stood him in good stead. He never faltered, hut went straight ahead with a vigor that was compelling and yet with a sound judgment that brought its reward. Yale will miss him. football and sport will.miss him, but above all a host of friends will feel a deep sense of personal IOSB that nothing can replace." Frank Hinkey, head coach of the Yale eleven, who developed Shevlin into one of the greatest of Yale ends, paid the following tribute to his for mer pupil: "He was among the greatest play ers. the best coaches and the finest captains who ever handled the pig skin for Yale. He had an almost in human power of instilling the fight ing. do-or-die spirit into his men. Tom was one of the whitest, squarest men I ever gnew. There were few in New Haven who knew him as I did, and I feel his loss keenly." MIXOR LEAGUES COMBINE Special to the Telegraph Boston. Dec. 31.—A merger of the New England League and Eastern As sociation. both Class B organizations, was decided upon at a meeting of baseball interests held in this city yes terday. The new league will consist of 10 clubs, including Lynn, Law rence, Lowell, Worcester and Port land, of the New England League, and five clubs to be selected from the Eastern Association. It was announced that the owners of the Fitchburg, Manchester and clubs, of the New England league, which will be dropped from the new organization, would be given an opportunity to enter the combina tion if they desired. Of the Eastern Association clubs to be taken into the new organization it was said that besides Springfield and Hartford, it was likely that New- Haven, New lxmdon and Bridgeport would be selected. ALBION A. C. WILL PARADE Members of the Albion A. C. will meet to-night to-complete plans for the mummers' parade to-morrow. The club will parade over the Hill and after the parade will entertain with a luncheon at the clubhouse. Tlte com mittees in charge include: C. Patter son and C. Bergstresser. aids: Harvey Runkle. floats; Harry Runkle. music; Herbert Smith, baseball; Frank Till ing. football: J. Brownewell, costumes; J. Comer and J. Ensnilnger, in charge of work for Ladies' Auxiliary and the Albion Juniors; D. Moyer, H. Smith and E. Miller, lunch. MOTORCYCLE CLUB ELECTION At the annual meeting of the Key stone Motorcycle Club held last night the following officers were elected: President, T. S. Cless: vice-president, R. Ritcliey; secretary, H. Sechrlst: treasurer, C. H. Uhler; trustees, C. A. Sollers, P. Schriver and E. L. Vincent; auditors. C. W. Carr. V. Harlacker and 11. Schriver; road committee, R. D. Caley, J. Ilarbold and E. L. Vincent. MONTGOMERY IS BIG STAR Montgomery was the big star in last night's Casino match. lie made 202 in a single game and r.97 for total. His team, the Crescents, lost to the Or pheutns, scores 2599 to 2553. On Monday night the Alphas will play the Orpheums. GREYS WIN EASY VICTORY In the P. R. R. Y. M. C. A. bowling league last night the Greys had an easy victory over the Senators; scores, 2087 to 1943. Leaman. of the winning combination, won high honors with 213 and 574. Our Wealth Invites Attack, Critic Says Sptcial to the Telegraph Paris, Dec. 30.—1n the natural course of the development of the United States her increasing wealth I will render her yearly more liable to attack on the Pacific coast, says the military critic of the newspaper Paris Midi. "The United States is doing a big business now," he writes "This rapid enrichment will be one of the most powerful world factors after the war. The American republic is no longer an importer of foreign capital. To morrow she will be exporting gold. Thus she will have greater wealth to defend and her increased arma ments are a logical necessity. She must become the dominant country of the American continent. Such growth will give disquietude to the British Australasian colonies and to Japan, whose navy is intact and who may well become jealous of American ascendency. "Thus we see from afar the possi bility of a new drama. The long fore- ' told Pacific battle, imposing yesterday, will be possible to-morrow. The ma terial roasons for such a conflict are constantly increasing." Pats Lose to Riots in Inter-Office League Match In the Interoffice series last night, played at. Holtzman's, the Pats lost to the Riots; scores. 1391 to 1344. Spick ler was high scorer for single game and the match with 141 and 841. The scores and standing follow: PATS Totals Sohmer 7S 101 86 265 Wagner 83 77 74 254 M. Fry ....... 106 87 92 285 Spickler 141 87 113 341 Losh G4 57 78 199 Totals 472 409 463 1344 RIOTS Liddy 76 94 96 266 Hoover 82 75 66 223 Carpenter 98 118 90 306 Mann 120 76 90 286 Brown 83 138 89 310 Totals 459 501 431 1391 Standing of the Teams W. L. P. C. Mount Pleasant Press. 17 7 .798 Telegraph 14 10 .583 Riots 13 11 .542 Pats 12 12 .500 Stars 12 12 .500 State 11 13 .45 S Printery 10 14 .417 independents 7 17 .292 Shorten Speedway Race; Purse Shows Decrease! By Associated Press Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 31.—The annual Indianapolis motor speedway automobile race will be run over only 300 miles on May 30, 1916 instead of 500 miles, as for the past five years, according to the entry blanks which were sent out to-day. The purse for the race also has been cut from $50.- 000 to $30,000, the first prize being fixed at $12,000. There will, be ten j prizes, the same as in former years. i Under a new ri'ing. five cars of the same make maj be entered in the race. In addition to a factory team of three cars, two additional cars of the same name may be entered by Individuals not connected with the factory. GAME AT CATHEDRAL HAI/I, The Tessali five of the Hassett Club will to-night piny the Olivet Boys team on Cathedral Hall floor. The contest starts at 8.15 and E. L. Spur bier will referee. The Tessah line-up includes Hamer and R. Leady, for wards: Coan, center, and Gaffne.v and Huston, guards. TWO-MEN SERIES MATCHES Bowlers in the Enola P. R. R. T. M. C. A. league last night furnished much interest in the two-men series. The Bears defeated the Elephants, scores 984 to 978. The Leopards were winners over the Lions, scores 936 to 925, and the Tigers defeated the WoVrtS. 1423 to 1000. RECORD TIMBER CUT By Associated Press Hay ward. Wis.. Dec. 31. —A cut of 125,000,000 feet of timber, the biggest known in the district, is the outlook for this season in Sawyer county, ac cording to reports sent in by com panies. Sixty camps employing 5,000 men are in operation in the county. Sixty per cent, of the cut will be hem lock, the remainder hard wood and pine. LOCAL TOSSERS DEFEAT READING Land Victory With but Two Minutes to Play; Contest Replete With Thrills . Harrisburg Independents last night won from the Reading live of the East ern League; score, 25 to 2S. It was the first time Reading has been de feated in Harrisburg. The local toss ers played a brilliant game and con- j sidertng that Reading had a lead of J seven points when the second half started, the Independents' victory was a great achievement. After the game there was a big dance. For Saturday night the St. Elizabeth five of Philadelphia will be the attraction. This five Is in the I class with the Garnets and one of the best in the State. Harrisburg's victory last night, came within three minutes of whistle time. There were many thrills. Interest cen tered in the work of Rote, who was pitted against the veteran "Andy" Sears. He was given a hard battle by the local hero. Sears was a big point scorer. Kerr and Boggio were also stars. McCord and Rote did the scor ing for Harrisburg. The line-up and summarv: INDEPENDENTS Fd. G. Fl. G. Pts. McCord. f 4 0 19 Rote, f 3 0 6 Geisel, c 0 0 0 Ford, g 0 0 0 McConnell, g 0 0 0 Totals 7 11 25 READING Kerr 1 0 2| Boggio 1 0 2 Haggerty 1 0 2 Sears 5 5 15 Morris 1 0 2 Tota's 9 5 23 Fouls committed, Harrisburg. 7; Reading, 16. Referee, Early. Time of halves. 20 minutes. James A. Gilmore May Be New Giant Leader Special to the Telegraph Nsw York. Dec. 31. —If Harry Sin clair. the millionaire oil wan. buys into the Giants—and from all accounts he eventually will —"Fighting" James A. Gilmore, leader of the defunct Fed eral League, will be selected as presi dent of the club. When quizzed to day as to whether he was going to continue baseball, Gilmore replied that he might. If Sinclair was lucky enough to put through the deal for the purchase of the Giants. When pressed for further infor mation about the sale of the Giants, all Gilmore would say was that Sin clair had tendered him the position as president of the club, providing, of course, that the oil man buys the club. Gilmore further slated that he did not know if the deal was progressing fa vorably, or If negotiations between the oil man and the New York club have been called off. as was published a few days ago. Hopes Roosevelt Will Be Republican Candidate on Prohibition Platfom Bv Associated Press Chicago, Dec. 31.—Plans for extend ing prohibition territory were discuss ed to-day at a conference of prohibi tion party leaders summoned here by the executive committee of the Na tional committee of the party. The date of the national convention was tentatively set by the national com mittee for July 19 and 20 at Minne apolis. In informal discussions presidential nominee possibilities, a number of men not actively connected with the pro hibition party were mentioned among them being: J. Frank Hanly, former Governor of Indiana: William Sulzer. former Gov ernor of New York; Richmond P. Hob son. former Congressman from Ala bama, and Eugene Foss, former Gov ernor of Massachusetts. At a preliminary meeting of the conference last night, Frank G. Cur tis. of Jamestown. N. Y., said that he hoped Colonel Roosevelt would be the candidate for the Republican party and that he would run on a Prohibi tion platform. WELLY'S SSL CORNER Two baseball leagues in the New- England States yesterday made it pos sible for the International League to find new territory. However, it Is p. question whether it will now be nec essary. With the Federal League out of the way, Newark will return to the game, and there Is every indication that Baltimore will get the Richmond Club. A 1 W. Lawson, the Atlantic League promotor, Intimates that his proposed new organization will be an "outlaw" body. He is not likely to have any opposition to his plans. Everybody knows that organized baseball will have the call, but as there is no par ticular body reudy to take up the towns mentioned by Manager Lawson, TWO MILLION PAIRS? tjj ave been Blucher II i -w to with full worn by U.S*. 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The standard nickel smoke for 24 years he has the way clear to go as far as he likes. Now, that there appears to be a muro concerted opinion as to the defi nition of an "amateur," all athletio organizations should get busy and frame rules to conform with the decis ion of the various national associa tions. It frequently happens that local rules are bad, and an athlete is given a bad start. Late reports place James A. Gil more, leader of the Federal League, as a probable chief for the New York Giants. One thing is certain, Gilmore mrfTiave a .iob. He would like to be head of the National League, but that body htis a capable commander, and he is in for a live-year term.