CENTRAL CAN TIE UP SCHOLASTIC RACE—WILLIAMSPORT IS BASEBALL HUNGRY
WILLIAMSPORT TO!
RESUME BASEBALL
Backers Willing to Take Fran
chise in New York State
League ,
New York State League baseball Is
again up to J. H. Farrell, president
of the league. The latest proposition
is to have Williamsport .ioin with
Harrisburg in making a ten-club cir
cuit. Billtown fans are hungry for
baseball, and it is said there is plenty j
of money to take care of the profes-1
sional game.
Harrisburg promoters are of the j
opinion that Williamsport would be j
R much better town than Reading, as j
It would break the jump from this
city to Elmira, the longest trip on the
circuit. Local and Williamsport back
ers have sent word to President Far
rell that they are ready to consider;
any proposition he may make. He is
expected to send his'answer within the j
next two days.
A strong bid is being-made by the'
promoters of the Pennsylvania State!
■ League for a franchise in Harrisburg. f
Representatives were expected in the j
city to-day to look over the situation 1
itnd ascertain what arrangements may
be made for a playing field. It is un
derstood that the State Leagite offi
cials are ready to put a team here,
even if there is a New York State j
League club, providing suitable 1
grounds are secured.
Telegraph Quintet Lose
to Carlisle in Fast Game
Carlisle tossers came back strong j
Saturday night, winning from the Har- j
risburg Telegraph: score, 48 to 21. 1
The g-ime was played at Carlisle and
the victory was sweet revenge for the
defeat administered to Carlisle by the
Telegraph quintet several weeks ago.
Carlisle played an excellent tloor j
game and their guards kept'close to
the Telegraph forwards, making scor
ing rather difficult. Breaks were
against the Harrisburg five. Stack
pole and Crane excelled for the Tele
graph. while Minnich, Hart and Pit
tinger were Carlisle stars. The line-up 1
und summary follow:
TELEGRAPH
Fl. G. Fd. G. Pts.
Crane t 0 2
tiebhard 1 o 2 |
Slaokpole 7 3 17 i
Storey 0 0 0 '
Edmunds 0 0 0 j
Totals 9 3 21 !
CARLISLE
Pittinuer 7 « 14
llarl 7 0 14
Yeager 4 0 S
Todil 0 0 0
Minnich 2 8 12
Totals 21 8 4S'
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Basketball Games
on Week's Schedule
Tuesday
Seniors vs. Freshmen, Central j
High school Girls' league. Chest
nut street auditorium, afternoon.
Harrisburg Y. M. H. A. vs. \
Rosewood A. C. on Technical
High school floor, evening.
Thursday
Lebanon Y. M. C. A. vs. Boys'
Division of Hassett club on Ca
thedral hall floor, evening.
Salem Lutherans, of Oberlin,
vs. Oberlin Ex-High at Oberlin.
Friday
Harrisburg Technical High
school vs. Harrisburg Central
High school, Chestnut street au
ditorium, evening. Central
Pennsylvania Scholastic league
game.
Lancaster High School .vs.
Steelton High School, at Steel
ton. Central Pennsylvania Schol
astic league game.
Juniors vs. Seniors, Technical \
High school Inter-class league,
Tech gymnasium, afternoon.
Annville High school vs. Her
shey High school, at Hersliey.
Girls' Division of Hassett club
vs. Sunbury Y. W. C. A. at Sun
bury.
Rosewood A. C. vs. Telegraph, |
on Technical High school floor,
evening.
Sophomores vs. Juniors, Central
High school Girls' league, after
noon.
Saturday
Philadelphia Garnets vs. Har
risburg Independents, Chestnut
street auditorium, evening.
ShiPpensburg State Normal
school, at Carlisle.
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MONDAY EVENING, ' HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH MARCH 13, 1916
READING WINDS U
TWO GAMES HIGH
Local Tossers Have Chance to Tie Up League Race; Plan
Post-Series to Decide Championship
Defeated Friday by Central and Sat- I
urday by Steelton, the Reading High
basketball team ended its Central
Pennsylvania League games with a j.
record of nine won ' and three lost. !'
Central plays Tech Friday and Steel- i
ton a week hence. Roth sanies will
be played at the Auditorium and un- i
less : here is a big upset Central will
tie up Reading for the lead.
A scries of three games will likely |
be played the first week in April with :
a game in Harrisburg, a game in Read- j
Ing and the decidln;,' game, if neces- 1
sary, on the Franklin and Marshall
floor at Lancaster or the Auditorium
in York. With Captain Rote in the ! :
first two games, local rooters claim
a third game will be unnecessary.
In its twelve games Reading has
held ito claim as the best defensive live
in the league. Tiie team scored 396
points to its opponents' 317. These
figures would give an average score I
per game of 33 to 27.25. Central in l
ten contests has amassed 305 points;
to its rivals' 301. This is better work
on the offense than Reading has done.
In fact. Central leads the league in I
scoring with an average of 36.5 points j
per game.
Reading is Lucky
Luck has figured largely in the great i
record made by Reading. When that
team played Tech in this city they
nosed out a 31 to 30 victory over the :
Maroon after trailing along for 35
minutes of the game. Again at York I 1
WELLY CORNER
—
| The New York State boxing: com-1
missioners are stirring up trouble for <
Jess Willard. Just because he re- i
fused to box A 1 Reich after the
I Pioneer A. C. officials had advertised i
the bout, he will in the future do his ;
! training behind closed doors. Willard's
manager has given notice that no part i,
'of the contract has been violated and
l if any serious results comes from
these. Interferences there will be
; trouble. The match will take place on
March 25, no matter what may hap
pen.
Harrisburg Independents dropped a
game Saturday night to Camden five
of the Eastern league, score 46 to
41. In the opinion of the big crowd
that witnessed the contest the defeat
was all dtie to an off-night for Ike |
j McCord. He failed to shoot hts foul
goals, having but four out of 13. Mc
f'ord had a busy week. His coaching
duties and outside games were a little
too strenuous, and he was all in Satur
-1 day night.
Steeiton High helped Central's pen
nant chances Saturday by defeating
„ l'eading High quintet, score 24 to 22.
| Coach Gaffney had a star bunch at |
I work, and the Steeiton tossers played
: all around Heading. This victory must,
not be overlooked by the local five,
as Steeiton is anxious to quit the J
j season better than las\t position, and
[ promise the Central High tossers a i
hard fight. I
Father's Defeat Robs
Whole Family of Jobs
Aurora, 111. When W. O. Uuyton.
head of the household and for six
years national secretary of the Yeo
men of America, stepped out of his
$3,000 office, having been defeated at
the annual election by John Auren- i
'heimer, this is what happened:
His son, M. K„ vice-president of the
order, lost his $2,400 job.
J The retiring secretary's wife, and
! his private secretary, lost $82.50 a;
' month.
Miss Gila Guyton, the secretary's
daughter, lost her position paying sls i
a week.
Stewart James, finance of Miss Guy-
I ton, employed at Yeomah Building.
; will step out of $75 a month.
Two Girls in Cowboy Suits
Carried Loaded Revolver
j St. Louis. Mo. Dressed in a man's
| cowboy outfit and with a loaded 44-
| caliber revolver in her pocket, Missi
! Helen Jenkins, 15 years old, who left
| her home at Weilston, leaving a note
saying she would never return was de
tained here with a girl companion, '
I also wearing man's clothing.
| The other girl was Miss Nellie Mc
! Goon, 16. After explaining that she:
land Miss Jenkins had been to a mas- I
I querade party in Granite City, she was
: allowed to go to her home, but Miss,
Jenkins was sent to the matron's room 1
! at police headquarters to be held for
her parents.
At 74 War Veteran Is
Father of Baby Girl
I Braxton, Miss. Few great-grand
fathers can boast of being "a proud
| papit of a bouncing baby," but Dr. F.
S. Standifer. a druggist of this place, 1
| is l he exception.
i Dr. Standifer, 74 years of age, is aj
Civil War veteran. When his first wife
died he remained a widower for a I
few years, but married again one year
ago and now a baby girl has been
born.
| The veteran has six living children
! by his first wife, a number of grand
i children and two great-grandchildren.
the Berks county crew caught the
White Roses at a time when the latter
were without the services of two star
players, while a third player was in
jured in a class scrap and had the use
of I ut r-ne eye.
Steelton High climbed a peg higher
by trimming Tech in the local gym
nasium. The P.lue and White boys,
led by Captain Staraatnic, have now
won four straight and will push York
hard for third place. The Tech crowd
seems doomed to the cellar position.
Not only in league games, but in other
contests as well, have the Tech boys
failed to nroduce. After winning seven
out of tlie first ten starts the team
struck a slump and to date has
dropped ten straight. The quintet
seems defeated before it takes the
tloor.
Thomas, of Central, still leads the
league in scoring. In ten games he
has totaled 200 points, or an average of
20 points per game. Dayhoff, of Steel
ton, is gradually crawling up and is
close on the heels of Harris for fourth
position.
The standing of the teams is as fol
lows:
Standing of the Teams
W ,L. P. C
Reading 9' 3 .750
Central 7 3 .700
York ti 5 .555 |
Lebanon 5 6 .455 ;
Steelton ' 4 5 .4 4 4
l.ancaster 2 6 .250
Tech 2 7 .222
Notwithstanding the loud and long
calls at Central High for baseball, this!
sport will not be taken up tliis sea- j
son. It has been announced how
ever. that tennis will be given elabor- ■
ate attention, and that courts will be i
established on Allison Hill and in the
West End of the city, and that these:
courts will be rented to outside tennis
players, and money raised in this
manner to defray expenses. Candi- ;
dales for the tennis teams will report
this week, and in addition to the schol
astic series there will be class con- 1
tests.
Tech High lost to Myerstown Satur
day, score 37 to 30. According to re
ports it was everything but a basket- j
ball game. Killinger, Sourbier and
Miller were big stars.
J. Franklin Baker is having a hard
time getting into the game. He is!
•still oft' duty because of a I
linger. It is said he may not get into i
the game for three weeks.
The P. O. S. of A. Quoit League
promise more interesting sport this
week. Enhaut leads the race with 67
games won and IS lost. Their per
centage is .788. llarrisburg Camp No. j
8 holds second place with 74 games
won and 26 lost, percentage, .740. This i
week's games include Steeiton at
Camp No. 639, Harrisburg; Penbrook
at Enhaut: Camp No. 716, Harrisburg
I meets Ilighspire; and Higlispire will!
I play at Penbrook.
DEMAND FOR CARS
I UNPRECEDENTED
Surplus Cash Invested in Latest
Medium-Priced Motor
Vehicles
i Never before in the history of the
automobile industry has there been i
| such an overwhelming demand for
pleasure cars as that which is now
swamping manufacturers of all types, ;
I particularly the makers of medium
priced vehicles, according to A. Jl. j
iCosgrove, general sales manager of the j
; Pullman Motor Chj - Company.
Pullman distributors in many sec- j
tions of the country, Mr. Cosgrove as
serts, report sales double those for the 1
period last year, and if this volune i
of business continues the total for the
year will break all records.
"People living in the East have the
idea that prosperity is confined to their
j territory," said Mr. Cosgrove. "but,
judging from the source of the in-;
creased orders we are receiving, to
gether with the urgent requests for
(early deliveries, there is everywhere j
plenty of ready money with which to |
j purchase cars.
"With the wind-up of the show sea
son in which the Pullman line partici- !
pated extensively, our efforts to ex
hibit our cars to the best advantage
are bearing bountiful fruit and our
representatives are sharing in the har- |
vest far beyond their fondets expecta- :
| tlons.
"People who are flocking from the i
rural districts to the cities in which j
our distributors are located are well
to-do farmers, business men, small
1 manufacturers and country merchants, j
all of whom have profited from the
war boom, and are now anxious to
invest some of their surplus cash in I
| the latest model car.
"People are ordering their cars'
much earlier this year than was ihe
case a year ago, and there is iittle
likelihood of such a shortage of cars
as handicapped the trade last Fall."
Speakiny of the deferred payment
plan, a distinctly new departure which
several companies have adflpted. Air.
Cosgrove declared the Pullman com-I
pany has joined the great majority of!
manufacturers which have put them- i
selves on record as unalterably oppos
ed to this instalment method. The
strength of the automobile situation,
Mr. Cosgrove says has always been
that it was a strictly cash proposi
tion.
"The purchase price of a car." said !
Mr. Cosgrove," is the smallest end i
of the deal as concerns the purchaser, j
The big cost is the cost of operation, |
repairs, housing and insurance. All I
this cost starts when the buyer gets
the car. At the same time he must!
commence paying the monthly Instal
ments. If he has the money it is
' cheaper for him -to pay cash. If he
has not the money, then he must de
pend on his income to meet both the
instalment payment and the owning
I expense of the car—a real hardship
for a poor man." '
SALVE IJOX SAVES 1,1 I E
Charles Brown, colored, of Middle- ■
town, probably saved his life last I
| week, when he used a smalt tin salve i
box as a compress, after he fell and |
j ruptured an artery in his cheek. He
applied at the Harrisburg hospital on J
■ Saturdaj in a weakened Condition, I
, where he received treatment 1
'REAL FIGHTERS •
MEET WEDNESDAY
Tim Droney and Frankie Mc-
Guire Will Mix It Up in
Wind-up Feature
Harrisburg fight fans will get an- j
other boxing exhibition Wednesday!
night at the Orpheum theater. The
program includes four lively prelim- j
inary bouts and a wind-up between
Tim Droney of Lancaster and Frank
McGuire, Williamsport.
While there is a large, amount of
interest manifested in all the bouts,
the wind-up will be watched closely
because of the recent engagements of
the participants. Both boys are fast
138-pound fighters. McGuire has met,
Sam Robideay of the United States
navy, and Benny Leonard, a pair that
fights to-night in Philadelphia.
McGuire has knocked out Sam
Smedley of Philadelphia: Battling,
Kelley from Baltimore. He fought
draws with Johnny Gill of York and J
other young fighters. Tim Droney
has long been recognized as a real
tighter, and is known everywhere as
the "Price of the White Rose City."
The seat sale starts to-day with a new
5 arrangement of prices. The first bout
will be called at 8.30.
Baseball Manager
at Lebanon Valley
IRA S. ERNST
Special to llie Telegraph
Annville, Pa., March 13.—The ad
visory board of athletics at Lebanon
Valley College have favorably acted
upon the 1916 baseball schedule as
presented by the team's manager, Ira
S. Ernst, a Chambersburg boy. The
schedule comprises twenty-two games
and is as follows:
APril 1, Muhlenberg at AUentown;
April 5, Dickinson at Carlisle; April
8, open; April 10, Mt. St. Marys at
Emmitsburg, Md.; April 11, Western
Maryland at Westminster, Md.; April
12, Washington College at Chester
town, Md.; April 13, Mt. St. Joseph
at Baltimore, Md.; April 29, Gettys
burg at Gettysburg; May 6, University
of Susquehanna at Annville; May 8,
St. Francis at Loretto; May 9, Juniata
College at Huntingdon; May 10, State
College at State College; May 11, Get
tysburg at Annville: May 13, Dickin
son at Annville; May 18, Bloomsburg
Normal at Bloomsburg; May 19,
University of Susquehanna at Selins
grove; May 20, Bucknell at Lewis
burg; May 27, Bucknell at Annville;
May 30, pending; June 2, Juniata
College at Annville; June 6, Seton
Hall at South Orange. N. J.: June 7,
Villanova at Villanova; June 15,
Alumni.
Daniel's Public Life
Theme For Dr. Reed's
Talk Before The Forum
That "honesty, even in politics, pays
handsome returns," that there is need
of civic righteousness, strength of
character and fearlessness in public
life, were among the points emphasiz
ed by Dr. George Edward Reed, form
er' president of Dickinson college, in
an interesting address yesterday be
fore the "Forum" of Wesley A. M. E.
Zion Church.
"Character building and civic dight
eousness," was the theme upon which
Dr. Reed spoke, and he cited the pub
lic life of Daniel to illustrate his talk.
Daniel's life, he declared, "was per
haps the most perfect exhibition of
strength of character the world has
ever known." Dr. Reed concluded his
plea for fearlessness of purpose* and
high ideals in service to the people by
referring tothe lives of Washington,
Lincolft. McKinley and Theodore
Roosevelt. The talk was responded
to briefly by Dr. Stephen J. Lewis.
A feature of yesterday's program
was the music by a quartet from Mar
ket Square Presbyterian Church, con
ducted by . Mrs. Wilbur F. Harris. A
solo and a duet, the former by Mrs.
Harris, completed the musical num
bers.
A GOOD REASON FOR BEING I,ATE
Fred had been permitted to visit a
boy friend on the strict condition that
he return home not later than 5
o'clock. He arrived at 7 to find his
mother very angry. He insisted, how
ever, that he had not loitered on the
way home.
"Do you expdet me to believe," de
manded the mother, "that it took you
two hours to walk a quarter of a
mile."
"Yes, mamma," blubbered the boy.
"Charlie gave me a liiudturtle —and I
was afraid—to carry it—so I led it
home." Ladies' Home Journal.
OX AM) OFF HIS FEET
I sat in a police court as the guest
of the Judge several months ago,
while he was sentencing a'pickpocket.
"Three years," said the judge.
"Aw, I could do that standing on
my head," shot back the man scorn
fully.
"Then I'll give you three more to
get back on your feet!" shot back his
honor.—Knickerbocker Press.
CENTRAL CHAMPION TEAM
Lack of competitors has given the
Central High school debating team the
championship of Dauphin county.
Recently the Central team , composed
of Harold Eckert, Homer Kreider,
Ruth Beatty and Ezra Strohm, de
feated the Tech team. The Central
speakers will represent this county in
[debates with teams from other coun
ties in the Statu
Harvard's Ideal Man
Worried by Leap Year
Boston, Mass. Harvard's "per- ,
feet man" is looking askance at
scented notes that now reach him
through the malls. Other students
say that, as 191G is leap year, he may i
find many more sex problems than
requests for photographs, indorse
ments and cast-off clothes. Brad-!
ford M. Fullerton, the ideal man, is
reticent regarding the notes, but is i
ready to admit that being a "perfect
man' has its advantages.
This young athlete, captain of the
Harvard varsity swimming team,
whose measurements and posture
dovetail with the specifications pre- j
scribed by the National Association l
of Merchant Tailors has discovered
that a young man with appropriate |
physique must withstand an ava-1
lanche of mall containing all sorts of
proposals, queries and congratula-1
tlons.
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ROBERT BURNS LODGE TO !<
COMPLETE ANNIVERSARY'
At least 650 people are expected to
be present March 29 at the Masonic
Temple, Third and State streets,
when Robert Burns Lodge, No. 464,
Free and Accepted Masons, will cele
brate its forty-sixth anniversary. A i
special committee of which George F. ,
Lurnl) Is chairman, is making arrange
ments for the event. Several addresses !
will be made and other features are i
being planned for the event.
PENCIL POINT IN EAR
Margaret Coffman, aged 7, of South i
Ninth street, had the point of a lead i
pencil removed from her ear at the
; Harrisburg hospital yesterday. The
i little girl sptd that she had been
; scratching her ear with the pencil.
LOSES FINGERS
Raymond'Espenshade, aged 13, of
ißoyalton, lost four fingers when they
I were caught in a circle saw.
"American Night" by Ruff's
Orchestra at Hummelstown
By Special Correspondence
Hummelstown, Pa., March IS. —An
"American Night" entertainment will
be given in the old band hall here 011
Tuesday evening 1 , March 30, by Ruff's
Symphony orchestra, with the assist
ance of the Rutherford Glee Club. A
few readings and solos will mark thf»
features of the evening. An orchestra
of twenty-two will give many choice
selections of overtures and all the
standard American airs.
IRON WORK ICRS GET INCREASE
Sharon, Pa., March 13. —The bi
monthly sales sheet examination and
wage settlement advances the wages
of puddlers from $6.20 a ton to $6.60,
the card being advanced from SI.BO
to $1.40. Finishers are given a cor
responding wage increase.
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