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 $25,000 for a ten-round go.
SOMEBODY IS ALWAYS TAKING THE JOY OUT OF LIFE By BRIGGS
/ \ < NEW I UNM>DYA MEAW-'HAPPW f~ VJUST" rr! 7
[ ) - YEAR OL' BoV v WEu/ Vf , ar? " A FL *USHT \
i / KkJ<s\a/ VAJC fai« Th< S IS Trtff CALX V
. , v —V___. FACrMG TR-te VOORST 1 55 J BEFORE The STOPM-
/ I \ VT Year |f j Hisroßr , ) I" A FEUJ MONTHS AKRF) J
' .. GPRMAWY M® £ *l6*. A N/1> J
A«J$ 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- Y<?U N/JORRY OCRR T HALC , _. T
THAT wS-7b ' _ ImC Jor ,
TH»3 islATlflAi I REAJOfJS RSR WHAT / OUT OP l_lf€ '* _
P7?FLM LITE F. "" " ~ ~ :RR ~
I >w
• \
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*. Double
% g~y 11* Sole.
1 , Soldiers, Uppers and
I Sailors, Ma- collrcd; II
F 'J Y 1 rines and Militiamen.
ST f / Colonel Stephen C. Mills, in service in the
V l/yl Philippines, tramped 18 miles in a new pair the
y// first day he ever wore Herman's U. S. Army
V V/i Shoes, 15 miles the second day and long distances
J the next two days, through mud and water often
Oluik | & waist deep, and over slippery, rocky hills, and
f eet were neither rubbed, bruised nor abrased.
ss, That was because U. S. Army Surgeons de-
signed the lasts; uppers are of best calf skins;
outsoles of Texas unscoured oak; insoles of
superior quality leather, pliable, easy and durable; lining is
specially tested drill; heels are solid whole oak lifts with
hemlock top pieces; workmanship is best in the world.
HERMAN'S U. S. ARMY SHOES are
built to keep the feet comfortable through the
hardest service in all climates and all weathers.
Write for oMtnloK. We All mall orilrrs carefully anil promptly.
Herman'* U. 8. Shoe* Wear Ijoniter.
Several styles in *o fin to *£* f|A
various leathers vO.uU tJ>U.UU I
ARMY & NAVY, Shoe Store
COURT ST., NEAR WALNUT |
JOHN M. G LASER, .Mgr. HARRIS BURG |
Help Wanted
We received more calls for efficient combination Book
keepers and Stenographers during tills month than during any
two previous months in eight years. WE PLACED a number
of young men and women in Good Positions and we could place
a dozen more right now, if we only had them.
We Can Help Yon, If Ton Are Willing
BE WISE; For You Must SPECIALIZE to REALIZE
DO IT NOW
Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Stenotypy
and Typewriting
Winter Term begins Monday, January 3d. Day and Night School
SCHOOL OF COMMERCE
15 So. Market Square Harrisburg, Pa.
King Oscar Quality During 1916
Thousands of smokers have
been depending upon the
quality of
King Oscar 5c Cigars
for years and years, and know
from past experience that
the quality will be as regu
larly good during 1916 as it
always has been.
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.