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BASEBALL WAR IS ON WITH AL LAWSON—DENERI TO PLAY LOCAL INDEPENDENTS
DENERITOSSERS
COME SATURDAY
Quakers Were Big Factors in
This Season's Eastern
League Race
"Doc" Newman trill bring the De
Neri basketball team to Harrisburg
Saturday night of this week in an ef
fort to again defeat the local tossers.
De Neri defeated the Independents by
two points in a fast midweek game in
February.
It was impossible to schedule De
Neri for a Saturday during the East
ern league season, as they played
league games in Philadelphia.
De Neri finished one game behind
Camden in the league race, the Skeet
crs finishing third. De Neri played
fcplendid ball toward the end of tho
season, iuid if they had had a good
start, would have finished higher up
In the race. As It was, they made
much trouble for the leaders, and had
a hand in deciding the fate of of the
pennant.
In addition to Saturday's game, the
locals play but one more game, that
With Camden April 1. They will have
their regular line-up for these final
games, and every effort will be made
to finish the season with two vic
tories.
Former Terh Star
Lebanon Valley Captain
Special to the Telegraph
Annville, Pa., March 23. At a
meeting of the letter men of Lebanon I
Valley's basketball team held yester
day afternoon, Charles Loomis, promi
nent as an athlete in Harrisburg Tech '
and a former captain of a basketball j
team in that school, was elected to
head the Blue and White five for the]
1917 season. Loomis is regarded as
one of the strongest guards in col
legiate circles and his floor work is
a feature on the Lebanon Valley
team. Tie is also a power in his line
plunging on the football tcuni ol'
which he was a member for the past
two seasons. Tho athletic association
awarded tho following players the
varsity letter "L": Captain Swart/,
Captain-elect Loomis, Keating, lloll
ingcr, Atticks, Walters and Shetter.
East End A.C.Back in Game;
Ready For All Big Teams
East End A. C. has organized for
the coming season. K. W. Sprenkle
was re-elected manager, having signed
all of last year's successful team, city
champions, with several new players
and will be strong contenders for the
amateur honors. Manager Sprenkle
would like to arrange games with
strong teams of the city and vicinity,
and is anxious to hear from teams of
the Dauphin-Perry League, also
1 lummelstown. Ilershey, Palmyra,
New Cumberland, llighspire. Keener
A. C., Weft End A. C„ and Susque
hanna A. C. Address all communica
tion to It. TV. Sprenkle, 1C26 Cather
ine street, ITarrisburg.
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THURSDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH MARCH 23, 1916.
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ANNVILLE HIGH
Annville, Pa., March 23. —By defeating all the basketball teams in this
part of the country. Annville high school's basketball five claims the sec
ond class high school championship in this section. The Annville team
has played seventeen games and won thirteen of the contests.
Of the 573 points scored in games, the Annville players have SIS points
in their favor to 260 points caged by adversaries.
Names of the players in above picture, reading from left, to right:
Standing, McClure, Stahley, Light and Peiffer, coach; sitting, Herr, Berry,
captain; Gantz.
WELLYSfwi CORNER
Classy baseball is promised when
the Buffalo Internationals come to
Harrisburg next month for Spring
training. Major league clubs now in
the South are writing for dates since
they learned that inducements will be
offered for them to stop off in Harris
burg. Indications are that the Giants,
Phillies, Athletics and one of the Chi
cago teams will visit Harrisburg be
fore the regular season opens.
Promoters of the Pennsylvania State
l.eague are working hard to complete
the circuit and be ready to start busi
ness on March 2S. It is understood
that organized baseball will give the
new league a big boost and already
offers have been made to farm out
players. The one big difficulty is in
getting suitable grounds. When the
minor leagues blew up In the East
two years ago the property was taken
up for real estate. In many cities de
sirable fields are scarce.
On what Central High does to-mor
row in the game with Staelton will
depend the Central Pennsylvania in
terscholastic championship. The local
tossers believe the battle will be one
of the hardest of the season. Coach
Gaffney has been training his squad in
special work for the crucial game. A
victory is as important to Steelton as
it will be to Central. The locnl boys
are after the leadership; and the Gaff
ney crowd wants to keep out of the
cellar.
With the annual relay carnival at
the University of Pennsylvania only
one month off, local track teams are
Tech High's Final Game
Is With Sunbury Tossers
Coach McConnell's Tech high
school basketball team will play its
final home game of the season to
morrow night in the school gymnas
ium when the Maroon will meet Sun
bury high five. Three weeks ago the
local team lost at Sunbury by three
points, and in order to even matters,
and shake off the hoodoo that has
hung at the heels of the Ave, Coach
McConnell will place his strongest
ARROW
COLLAR a for 26c
IT FITS THE CRAVAT
CLUETT, PtABOPY 4 CO. INC., Makers
putting' in strenuous times at indoor
practice. With a little more favorable
weather the young athletes will be
able to take up outdoor work.
Frank Killing, a former Harrisburg
fight promoter and businessman, was
in the city yesterday. He is planning
to give this city something real in a
boxing show and will line up a bunch
of title holders and promising fighters
for a fight carnival in May. He has
been traveling through the South with
a number of young boxers.
Both Willard and Moran declared
yesterday that they arc In the best
condition possible for the big battle
Saturday niglit. Willard said: "X have
been in condition for a month, and was
never in better form." Moran is of
the opinion that he cannot lose and
adds: "I am in good shape for the
struggle."
The Intercollegiate basketball tie
will be played off next week. Both
Penn and Princeton are already work
ing hard for this final battle. A com
parison of the season's records shows
the Tigers strong on offensive floor
work. This means that Penn will have
to do some extraordinary work in foul
shooting.
This important basketball contest
will be played at University of Penn
sylvania. Wednesday night, March an.
This decision was readied yesterday in
New York by the toss of a coin. Penn
will be without the services of Billy
Williamson, the star forward, who is
on the sick list.
line-up against the visitors. Alfred
Gsman, assistant manager of the
wrestling team, will arrange a bill of
wrestling for between the halves. The
line-up of the two teams will be as
follows:
Tech. Sunbury.
Killlnger, f. Rtillwagner, f.
Harris, f. Martz, f.
Sourbier, c. Felton, c.
Beck, g. Wetzell, g.
YofCee, g. Faust, g.
Last Night's Bowling Scores
Casino Independents
Majesties 24C1
Oregon 2333
Miller, (M.) 203
Heisey, (M.) 529
Academy
(Duckpin)
Barbers 173 2
Officers 1580
Owens, (O) 169
Owens, (O.) 383
Miscellaneous
(At Bonnymead)
Bonnymeads 2026
Rutherford Y. M. C. A 1595
Klliott. (B.) 171
Waddell, (B.) . 4U3
FIGHTERS READY
FOR BIG BATTLE
• Willard and Moran on Edge;
Ht>lli Confident of
Victory
By Associated Press
New York, March 23. At both
camps to-day the trainers of Jess Wil
lard and Frank Moran announced that
the heavyweight pugilists were "on
edge and ready." All the heavy work
outs have become a memory and light
boxing- only will be permitted to-day.
To-morrow the champion and chal
lenger will rest.
Confidence is the keynote of the
Moran camp regardless of the fact
that Willard Is an overwhelming fa
vorite both among the pugilistic ex
perts and the average followers of
boxing.
The champion's size and physical
prowess elicit nothing more than a
smile from the man who is to try and
wrest his title away on Saturday night.
In fact, Moran's confidence in his
i ability, not only to outbox Willard, but
f to knock out the gigantic Kansan, is
| little short of an obsession. Moran
contends that he is fully as clever at
| boxing as Willard; can hit equally as
i hard, and is able to stand a greater
amount of punishment than his pros
| pective opponent.
i Confidence is one of the greatest
assets that a fighter can take into the
| ring with him and in this case Moran
appears to be brimming over with it.
| Whether it will carry him to victory is
a mooted question, but there can be
no doubt that it will make the bout far
I more interesting, from the spectators'
I standpoint, than the average heavy
weight contest. Under the sting of
punishment, Willard will probably re
spond with telling blows when his pon
derous fighting machine Rets into
action, it is not. stretching the imagi
nation to believe that the contest will
pass beyond the stage of scientific box
ing exhibitions.
Bits From Sportland
The Greystock five of the Kastern
' League was officially awarded the
| basketball championship last night.
In the future the league will control
j all exhibition games.
| The Shreveport, La., team defeated
! the Cincinnati Reds yesterday, score
I 7 to 2.
The Lebanon Independents have
leased the Fair Grounds for all base
ball games. No action has been taken
regarding league games.
The Maclay street Grammar School
Girls defeated the Steelton Central
Grammar Girls, last night, score 18
to 9.
The Curtin Heights baseball team
will be in the field with Clifford Win
gard as manager. Headquarters will
be at 2239 Jefferson street.
Hummel A. C. will have a repre
sentative nine with George Wilson,
1235 Kittatinny streets as manager.
The Dauphin-Perry League will
meet in Harrisburer March 28, for
the purpose of considering plans for
next season.
Philadelphia won again yesterday
from the Chicago Cubs, score 4 to 3.
Detroit Tigers won from Fort
I Worth, Texas, team yesterday, score
j 0 to 3.
i The Hassett tossers will play the
Rosewood A. C. to-night on Cathedral
Hall floor.
The Globe Right Posture basket
ball team was a victor last night over
the Maclay Grammar School, score
'27 to 13.
The Alpha A. V. defeated the Jn
vincibles, score 2C to 12. Pat ton of
the winning team was the scoring
star.
! Tris Speaker has decided to join the
••hsimpion ltcd Sox. Will talk salary
1 later.
BASEBALL HIS PRESENT WORRY;
WILL TAKE UP
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"How many Americans were killed
in Mexico yesterday?" shouted a mem
ber of Troop C, Fifth United States
Cavalry, to a comrade. The latter had
purchased a newspaper and was read
ing it while the first section of lite
troop trains was being inspected at the
Pennsylvania Railroad station.
"What the do 1 care what is
going on in Mexico!" was the answer
that came back. "I am reading base
ball news. It will be time enough to
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bother about Mexican troubles when I
get there," he continued. Turning to
another comrade near by, he said:
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wants to know every day what is going
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make up my mind whether the Giants
or Phillies will win the pennant this
year. Baseball is what interests me
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am going to fill up now."
BASEBALL WAR IS
NOW SURE THING
Lawson Fails to Reach Agree
ment With State League
Pilomotors
Special to the Telegraph
Reading, Pa., March 23. —Although
It was announced on the streets here
yesterday afternoon that Al. W. I,aw-
Kon, of the Atlantic League, and Abra
ham Rosenbluth and Leo C. Grooin,
who are promoting the Pennsylvania
State League, were to consolidate, the
true facts are that neither fuctiou
would give in at a conference held last
night and both leagues will continue to
complete arrangements for the com
ing season.
The Pennsylvania League team will
play at the Circus Maxims, this city,
while the Lawson clan will hold forth
at the Lauer's Park grounds, five min
utes' walk from the business center of
Reading.
M. Neagle Rawlins, of Philadelphia,
president of the Atlantic League, met
with Lawson, and Reading. Pottsville,
Allentown, Wilmington, Easton and
Paterson were given as its circuit,
with a league meeting scheduled for
the Hotel Walton for Wednesday even
ing, llarch 29.
Atlantic Starts April 10
The Atlantic League season is to
open Wednesday, April to, while Al.
W. Lawson has ordered his players to
report here Tuesday, April 25, the
practice season to open Saturday,
April »9, with the Paterson team in an
exhibition game.
The Pennsylvania State League, of
which Abraham Rosenblutli, a New
York attorney, will probably be elected
president at its meeting scheduled for
the Bellevue-St rat ford, Philadelphia,
on next Tuesday, will have Reading.
Uarrisburg, Lancaster, Allentown, Leb
anon, Pottsville. with Jersey City and
Elizabethport. the latter two Jersey
towns, as its circuit.
Organized baseball is reported back
of the Pennsylvania State League, and
its promoters have money, as is being
shown, for all the leases on the ball
grounds in the various cities have been
paid for in cash. Rosenbluth claims
Lawson's league will never materialize.
"Only to-day he ran after us with a
proposition to vacate Reading, but
there was nothing doing." Prom the
outlook it means a baseball war on the
old outlaw plan for Eastern Pennsyl
vania this season.
Reserves May Play Off
Tie on Auditorium Floor
Prospects for the championship
game between the Reserve basketball
teams of Central and Tech are becom
ing more encouraging daily, and
i chances are that the two teams will
i clash next Tuesday night at the au
j ditorium.
In the two former games each team
WOO one contest, and a third game
would decide the second team honors
: of the city.
Alfred Osman, assistant manager
of the Teelj wrestling team, has con
sented to meet Carl Beck, the gram
mar school champion, in the best out
of three falls. The preliminary gam«
will be arrangel between two gram-
I mar school quintets.