10 SPORTS-CENTRAL HIGH'S CRUCIAL GAME TOMORROW NIGHT'S BIG ATTRACTION NO SHORT FIELDS IN MAJOR LEAGUE Surveys Will Ho in Order Be fore Season Starts; Must Be Hegular Special to the Teltgraph New York, March 3.—For the first time in its history, the National League will have its playing fields sur veyed by competent engineers and the i orrectness of the measurements cer tified to the president of the league. There always has been some doubt, i wing to former Imperfect rules and ciagrams. as to the proper distances < t pitchers' plates and batsmen's I oxes on some of the National League i ifields, and on one diamond at least it was discovered that the pitcher's ) late had been installed too close to tiic plate. In an otiicial communication sent to his club owners, accompanied by a new blue print and a copy of the cor rected rules. President Tener said: "The foregoing is sent you in order that your club may comply with the 1 -ague resolution requiring that all playing fields and diamonds in our < ircuit be surveyed l»y a competent i ngineer, who shall certify to the pres i lent of the league, prior to the open ing of the season, that the distances iire correct and that the position of tile pitchers' plate is in conformity •••Uh the rule." That essential attention is to be 1 aid to the building of the pitcher's plate, the raising of which had grown to an abuse of the rule by some of t le clubs, is evidenced by additional instructions from the president, which i ;ad as follows: "This survey should be made after fie grounds have been prepared in ;.!1 respects for championship games, i i which preparation especial atten ton should be given the letter and airit of section '2 of rule 9. which re quires all pitchers' plates shall be not more than 15 inches higher than the lase lines or home plate and that the slope from the pitcher's plate to every i ase line and the home plate shall be gradual. "After your playing field lias been laid out in all respects to conform with this diagram and the rules, you will see to it that it is so permanently maintained." Indian Athletes Work Hard; Anxious For Cinder Track Carlisle. Pa., March 9.—Running daily on the board track which sur rounds the athlctir field, the Carlisle Indian track candidates are getting impatient for the cinder track and •spiked shoes. As the schedule opens early, the Redskin runners would like to get as much practice on the track as possible. It is not expected that any stars will lie at Carlisle this Spring, but quite a number of the boys show much promise and hid fair to develop into good track athletes. A number of inter-class meets have been arranged to give the coach a line on the various candidates. The annual Indoor Orange meet will be held some time this month. Eddie Mahan Fails to Make Harvard Baseball Team Special to the Telegraph Boston. March 9.—According to re ports. Kddie Mahan is lost to Harvard on account of a number of circum stances, cither one of which would tie enough to place him outside of the running. It was hoped that he would be a member of the Crimson baseball team, but it is no reported that he has had academic troubles which will he sufficient lo keep him busy for some time. Forestall Attempt to Stop Willard-Moran Bout By .4 sieciated Press Albany, X. Y., March B.—An at tempt to prevent the Willard-Moran contest was forestalled, temporarily nt least, in the Assembly to-day when :tn objection prevented the introduc tion of a resolution of Assemblyman MeCue. of Xew York, a former pugil ist, calling on the State Athletic Com mission to revoke the license for the fight. McCue said he had seen Wiilard recently and that the champion was in no physical condition to fight. Glanson 2g in. Royston 2' s in. IdeGollars 2(or 25c SOLD BY SIDES & SIDES Stock Transfer Ledger The Pennsylvania Stock Transfer Tax Law fAct of June 4, 1916) which Is now in effect requires all corporations In the State, no matter how large they may be to keep a Stock Transfer Ledger. W» are prepared to supply these Ledgers promptly at a very nominal price. The Telegraph Printing Co Printing—Binding—Designing—Photo Engraving UARRISBLRG, PA. I THURSDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH MARCH 9, 1916. " HARD WORK FOR FIGHT WITH WILLARD FRANK MO It AX PRANK KENDALL Prank Moran, the bis, blond heavyweight, is hard at work for his forthcoming battle with Jess Wiilard, the champion. Moran is In tine condition. Wiilard is fat and in poor wind. He had not taken enough exercise in the first ten days of his work to keep his weight down to the point it was when he began training. Experts who have watched both men train say Wiilard must get to work at once or he will be in real dan ger from Morun. MAY USE OLD CHURCH AGAIN < Fire in Now Bethel A. M. E. Causes •%,(>< HI Loss; Crossed Wires the Cause ? Because of the $6,000 tire which al most destroyed the new Bethel A. M. E. church, Briggs and Ash street, last night, the congregation may again use the old church at State and West streets, in the Capitol Park Extension area, now used by the State as an armory for the Governor's troop, until ; necessary repairs have- been made on the new edifice. Tile tire last night according to ( Fire Chief John C. Kindler, probably j started from crossed wires near the j $2,500 pipe organ which was destroy- i ed. Members of the congregation, and , of the board of trustees, however, be- i lieve that it was the work of an in-j cen diary. If arrangements can be completed! with George C. Jack, captain of the Governor's troop and Samuel B.J Rambo. Superintendent of Public \ Grounds and Buildings, the congrega- j tion will use the old church until the! new one has been remodeled. The new edifice was dedicated April ; 16, 1915 and plans nad ben started; to celebrate the first anniversary of j the services. The blaze was discov- j ered by Samuel Little who lives In I the vicinity, but the firemen in the district who responded had difficulty in fighting the flames because of the j cold which froze the water played on ; the building in several places. The loss caused by the fire, smoke and water, on the building is totally' covered by insurance. Considerable i was lost on the contents. immediately upon the adjustment of the loss, arrangements will be made for all of the repairs which will be rushed so that the congregation can I use the church as soon as possible, j The interior of the new edifice was: almost totally destroyed. While the firemen were fighting the \ fire in the church, a small blaze broke j out in a chimney at the Hoffman j House in Market street, which was ex tinguished with several buckets of I water before any damage was done. Asks Record Price For Famous Western Stallion Special to the Telegraph Cleveland, Ohio, March 9.—Several j times since Peter Mac. a 6-year-old i trotting stallion, has shown phenom-1 enal speed, Captain David Shaw, of| this city, has been approached by I horemen who admired the horse, to l put a price on the son of Peter thej Great and Lillian R. The captain re- < fused bona fide offers ot' $35,000 and $60,000 for the horse and now has put a definite price on the stallion, i The buyer of Peter Mas will pay the ! biggest sum of money ever expended for a light harness horse. The pres ent record price is the $125,000. which the late J. Malcolm Forbes paid for ; Arion. But any man who .will pay $125,001 may own Peter Mac. This is the sum placed on the horse j by Mike McDevitt, the trainer, who has given the young speed merchant ! all his schooling; who gave Lillian R. ! the dam of Peter Mac, her record, and j who was requested by Captain Shaw i to set a price on the horse. TECH-STEELTON GAME TOMORROW Fight on For Fifth Plaee in League; Both Teams Con fident of Victory The Technical High school basket ball quintet was given its final prac tice this afternoon in preparation for the Central Penn league game in the Tech gymnasium when the Steelton and Tech teams will meet in the first of their series of two games. The contest is of extra importance to both teams, as a victory will place either team in undisputed possession of fifth place, while the loser will go down to the cellar. The Steelton boys started out poor ly. but since they have hit their stride they have bowled over York and Leba non in easy fashion. Last year the Blue and White five trimmed the lo cals in the series and expects to re peat. Coach McConneli has all of his players in good shape, and looks for a victory for the Maroon. The second teams of the two in stitutions will also play the prelim inary game. The probable line-up for the Varsity game is as follows: Tech. Steelton. Harris, f. Brandt, f. Killinger, f. Coleman, f. Beck, c. Hreckenridge; c. Yoffee. g. Starasinic. g. Miller, g. Weuschinski, g. Week's Schedule For Basketball Tossers Friday Reading High school vs. Central school, Chestnut street auditorium. Central Pennsylvania Scholastic League game. Steelton High school vs. Tech nical High school, on Technical floor,* Central Pennsylvania Scho lastic League game. Sophomores vs. Seniors, Tech nical High school Interclass Lea gue. Central High School Girls' vs. Chambersburg High School Girls' preliminary to Reading Central game, Chestnut street hall. Boys' Division of Hassett Club vs. Lebanon Y. M. C. A., at Leb anon. «, Lincoln University vs. Spartan A. C., of Steelton, at Steelton. Sophomores vs. Freshmen, Cen tral High School league. Chest nut street auditorium, afternoon. Williamstown High school vs. Frackville High school, at Fraek ville. Middletown High school vs. Han over High school, at Middletown. Coatesville High School Girls' vs. Girls' Division of Hassett Club, at Cathedral Hall, pending. Saturduy Camden Eastern League Club vs. Harrisburg Independents, Chestnut street auditorium. llarrisburg Telegraph vs, Carlisle at Carlisle. Reading High school vs. Steel ton High school at Steelton. Cen tral Pennsylvania Scholastic Lea gue game. Boys' Division of Hassett Club vs. Reading Olivets, at Reading. Lancaster High school vs. Leb anon High school, at Lebanon, Central Pennsylvania Scholastic League game. Waynesboro High school vs. Carlisle High school, at Carlisle. Williamstown High school vs. St. Clair, at St. Clair. ARROW COLLAR a for 25c IT FITS THE CRAVAT CLUETT, PE*BOQJMk^O^IWC^I<>Kit^» MACK'S MAY BE EYE OPENERS New Team May Show League Few Things About Baseball Spf* /ii/ to the Telegraph Philadelphia. March 9. What kind of a Imll team Connie Mack will de- ! velop this season is a question no per son but Contde can answer as the Ath letics start their Spring training. And Mack is doing little talking these days except to refer to his promise of last vear that he would make the Athletics another powerful pennant winning team. The team started South to-day. All last season, when the Athletics were tramped upon, kicked and mauled I>\ everv team in the American Lea"ue and during the winter, Connie Mack spread a dragnet over all the minor 1 leagues and colleges for material and formulated plans for his new machine. .\ohodv knows how manj unknowns Connie lias under cover, hut it' his past constructive performances may be taken as harbingers it is safe to pre-- dtct the Athletics will finish a few notches higher than the cellar. With the "masked marvels" listed as an unknown quantity It would appear that the Athletics are prepared in all departments except pitching and third base. If training camp coaching has the proper effect the Athletic's moundsmen will he greatly Improved over those of 1915. VV.vckoff. Hush and Bressler are tigured as anchor men. Last season ■\v-ckoff improved amazingly and around him it is believed Mack will build his staff. In addition the Mack men's pilot has Nahors and Meyers, who toward the end of last season demon strate,! that they were rapidly get ting their stride. The receiving end of the game is ex pected to be handled largely by Wall)' j Schang and McAvoy. Young Perkins can also be counted upon to do a little catching. This boy, according to his teammates, is a coiner. Those who saw hint work in the North Carolina League feel certain this season will develop him greatly. Mack is said practicallqy to have de cided that Jimmy Walsh will be the regular left fielder, with Oldring in center and Htrtink in right. Davies, however, tits well in left field, and it would not cause great surprise if he were gallivanting around that section. Oldring, as a result of his "retire ment." is in great shape. Kube spent his vacation on his farm, and appears to be quite capable of playing in his 1913 and 1914 style. The infield problem probably will , cause Mack a few headaches. Third ; i base still is a great uncertainty, and i shortstop will require a whole lot of I consideration. Although several re cruits are being tried out for the lattei position, it is possible Crane will be selected. 1 lealv and Rittei are being mention ed for third. In Ritter, Mack considers hi' has a future star, and looks for re markable work fiom the youngster. Mc lnnis is expected to be seen at first, as usual, and Malone probably will see service at second in place of Larry ljajoie. Rumors are circulating that will be seen with another team. TEN PROPERTIES TO GET FOR PARK EXTENSION [Continued From First l'age] but has achieved results. The number | of condemnations is far less than any ! one expected two years ago. In fact, I the whole undertaking lias been ac complished In a manner reflecting the i highest credit upon the Commis sioners. Ilus $2,300,000 The first appropriation amounted i to $2,000,000 and last session $300,000 additional was voted. The commission 'act was approved June 10. 1911. and i the Commission appointed September 1 8. The members were A. G. Knisely, Samuel "Kunkel and Samuel C. Todd. | On Mr. Knisely's death. Spencer C. j Gilbert was named. Governor Tener : instructed the Commission to begin ; work on the acquisition of the prop erties February 1, 1912. and person ■ ally accompanied the members over the district, encouraging them and | showing great interest in the work as i has Governor Brumbaugh from the day he took office. The number of properties to which ! titles have been perfected and ap proved by the Attorney General and for which settlement has been made to March 3 is 501. Eight properties i are under option and eighteen under i condemnation proceedings. This leaves ! ten to be acquired and things are mov ing to get them. Now the notable thing about the work of the Commission is that Ihe total percentage of entire cost, which includes 350 abstracts of title, lie cause every title must be absolutely correct, the contingent and other ex penses and salaries of the office force for four years and a half is only two | and a half per cent, of all money ex \ pended. Rapid Demolition In a short time the State Board will sell a number of the buildings in the district it. is the desire of the Gov ernor to have buildings near the rail road razed as soon as possible so that people passing on the trains may get a view of the State House. It is probable that as soon as pos sible bids for the removal of the Hickok, Paxton warehouse and other big buildings, which are not needed by the State for storage or for offices I will be asked. The State is occupying a dozen or so buildings in the district using the ; buildings because of the crowded con dition of the Capitol and getting the use of the properties without paying j any rent. Bits From Sportland Benny Leonard outfought Johnny Dundee in a ten-round bout at New ; York last night. The Atlas Junior basketball team iof Enliaut won last night's game from the Greyhound team of Harris burg. score 28 to 15. Ed McDonough of the I'tica club may manage the Albany team. George | Cockill was offered the position. TJie Policemen of the Harrisburg j Pipe and Pipe Bending Company last night lost to the All-Stars, scores 1 1982 to 1829. | The Monarch five of Ilutnmelstown | last night won from the Tessahs of i the Hassett Club, score 49 to 27. ; The Globe Right Posture team lost | last night to the Steelton Y. M. H. A., score 31 to 19. In the P. R. R. Y. M. C. A. League last night the Keystones lost to the Cardinals, score 2538 to 2468. The Harrisburg Y. M. H. A. quintet will play the Phi Epsilon PI Frater nity five to-night on Cathedral hall i floor. In the Casino Independent Bowl ing League series the Trojans last night won from the Lancers, scores j 239S to 2332. Fight Schedule For Boxers of Prominence TO-NIGHT Benny Chavez vs. Louisiana, fif teen rounds, at Kansas City, Mo. SATURDAY, MARCH 11. Jimmy Murphy vs. Kddie t'ou lon, 8 rounds, at St. I.ouis, Mo. CENTRAL TOSSERS EXPECT VICTORY In Fine Trim For (iaine With Heading Tomorrow Night; (iirls to Play Central high tossers art 1 , in lino, trim for the game with Reading to morrow night. Coach McCord is drill ing: the team on passing and especially on defense. The Reading aggrega tion has a pair of star forwards, and if Central can keep these men from scoring, chances for winning are good. The Central tossers are a wonderful! scoring machine themselves, having run up a total of 320 points in nine games, or an average of 36.5 points per game. This quintet leads the' league in the number of points scored against Its opponents. Central Is Confident Central Is confident of winning thej game to-morrow night. Heading also, expects to win. but the Berks county quintet must take into consideration j that Central lias not been beaten on her own floor this year. As an added attraction to-morrow, night, the Central girls will line up I against the girls front Chambersburg high school. Several weeks ago Chambersburg defeated the local co-eds at that place, and they are going to try to repeat to- ■ morrow night. The local girls have been practicing hard, and do not expect to be de feated. Take Steps to Protect Public at Willard-Moran Bout; Purse Increased By Associated Press New York, .March !>.—The State Athletic Commission to-day interro-i gated Tex Rickard, promoter of the j ! Willard-Moran bout, and Secretary I Kd wards and Manager Jaines .1. John-j ston, of the Show Corporation, under j ! whose auspices the bout will be i staged. , Chairman Wenck said the purpose of I the inquiry was to arrive at some i definite arrangement whereby every precaution would be taken to safe guard anil protect the interest of the public. He said in case either or ; both principals were to threaten to I absent himself or make some objec tion to the details he would advise that no money be paid to either prin cipal until after the bout. It was finally agreed that all ticket receipts, the purse .and the forfeits should be placed with a stakeholder, amenable to the commissioners and [ acceptable to tlie promoters and managers, who should pay out no money until after the tight had taken place and all contract conditions had been faithfully performed. During the discussion it developed that the purse had been increased from $70,000 to $71,250. of which Wil lard is to receive $47,500. while half that sum, $23,750 is to be paid to Morsin. A pretty girl, Because his pipe A summer night, Is filled with sweet A man, And mel- And he'll succeed, O! Low, rich TUXEDO! Get yourself properly Tux-ified and you'll make all rivals look as though they were tied to a post 'cause there's no tobacco made that rivals Tuxedo for speeding things up. You just can't taste the savory flavor and whiff the snappy fra grance of "Tux" without feeling the spirit of hustle shooting through your whole system. > Vjii/xedo The Perfect Tobacco for Pipe and Cigarette no w °nder ! For there's no tobacco leaf in the V^^C^o^^^ 60 j r^C CC j' . you have a smoke that's packed States' Weather Buieau _ _ _ "TuxedoappcaUtomebtc •«» YOU CAN BUY TUXEDO EVERYWHERE WU\tifWw $J ili ]j'TrLTtaM i Interesting one from the spectators' | point of view, for the Jerseyites play a wide open game, and for this rea- I i son hold several league records for I high scoring. They undoubtedly have II the greatest scoring team in the, ,' league, are aimost unbeatable when playing their best game. ■\y ,al the next boxing shoxv. The wlnduii will be between Tim I M oney of l»an caster and Frankie McGuire of Wil liamsport. On the preliminary bill will bo Tommy Donan tiic Columbia : boy who will meet Kred Goodman of Wilmington, Del. Bill Gougliiin manager of the t Si ranton club of the Eastern league and Pete Xoonan of Wiikes-Barre. ; were In Reading yesterday boosting | for a club in that city. They met a i number of businessmen and hope to bring about a tinal answer as to I.a iter's Park this week. Harrisburg is ready to jump in when called. \ call has been issued to West Knd |A. C. players to report Saturday for Ipractice. .Manager Frank Halney haa J signed 20 players. The season opens | March 25 with Mercersburg Aca demy at Mereersburg. Clair Good has ! been signed as official umpire for the season. Yale tossers canic back strong last night and walked all over Columbia, I winning by a score of ">0 to 10. To night Princeton and Cornell play at Ithaca. This game is wanted by Cor nell. Penn is holding a good lead and looks like a winner. Yale will try hard to move over to the first di j vision. Greystock tossers clinched the East lem league pennant last night, win ning from Reading by a score of 30 ito 23. Reading came back with a i victory over Trenton, score 24 to 23, taking second place. Camden, who plays in Harrisburg Saturday night [is in third place. The race was one sided until the season was half over because of the many changes in the I line- Upa of ail teams except the Greys. Football Profits Pay All Michigan University Debts Ann Arbor, Mich.. March 8. —Fro- nts from football receipts of the Uni versity of Michigan last Autumn were 1 sufficiently large to cover deflcits which | each of the remaining athletic re ports showed, it was announced here i yesterday. Football receipts totalled $55,852. land football disbursements were $40.- 548. Baseball fell $3,400 short of be jing self-supporting. The track at.li i letic deficit was about $5,000. The report shows total athletic receipts of $90,935, and disbursements of $90,- u4l>. More than $12,000 was used to : pay off the indebtedness of the new |stadium and to improve the athletic | tield. Western Man Offers Prize For Dual Hockey Match Houghton. Mich. March 9. A. 1.. ' j Ferguson, owner of the Soo hockey team, heard a New York man cont- | paring Eastern hockey with Western to the disparagement of the latter. : He then announced that he will wager $5,000 that any team in the Western : League of the American Hockey As sociation can beat any Eastern team. the St. Nicholas team of New York. W j claimant of the 1915 amateur cham pionship, preferred. Ferguson makes only one condition, ! that the game be played under Que bec rules and not Ontario rules, which I are in use in the Enst.