ANOTHER BASKETBALL COMMISSION APPOINTED; PLAN FOR NEW U. OF P. STADIUM VETERANS REPORT FOR CAGE WORK Lebanon Valley to Have Star Tossing Aggregation This Season Annvllle, Pa., Doc. 6.—With the re sumption of school after the Thanks giving: recess, Coach Guyer issued a call for basketball candidates at Lebanon Valley. A squad of thirty men re ported. As a nucleus around which to build this year's team there remains six of the seven of last season's varsity men to choose from, Hollinger, the center, being the only one lost by graduation. Loomis, an old Tech man. who played a consistent game at guard last year. Is captain. Swartz, of Middletown high, and Atticks, of Steelton, together with Waiters, Keating and- Shetter all earn ed their letter last and are ex pected to show lots of form this sea son. Promising material Among the most promising new ma terial there is Lynn, formerly of Clear- Held high school team, who was scho lastic, champion of Central Pennsylva nia for several years; Anderson, a Phil adelphia boy who starred with Bethle hem Prep, last season, and Winnishee, the Indian who played several years with Carlisle. The Reserve team, of last year Is practically all Intact and some of these men will make a strong bid for first team jobs. The schedule is not quite completed, but Manager Boltz an nounced that the season will not open until after the Christmas holidays when Lebanon Valley meets the State College five at State College. -oai PLATTSBURG . IS MADE WITH THIS OVAL BUTTON-HOLE 15 C EACH 6 FOR 90 g W/ion IN_*MERI{7^ Fop Sale By DIVES, POMEROY & STEWART HARRISBURG, PA. -< R. D. PRATT Eyesight Specialist REMOVED TO 26 N. Third Street T ntn now located in elegantly fur nislied offices in the Schlelsner build ing, 26 North Third street. The new location is central and much more convenient than my for mer location, for patrons in all parts of the city and surrounding towns. My new offices are equipped with the newest approved instruments for correctly examining tho eyes and color testing for railroad men, and are thoroughly up-to-date in every par ticular. I trust this move of mine will prove a convenience to you and that I shall continue to be favored with your pat ronage. If I have fitted you with glasses, I have an exact record and can duplicate any part of them on short notice. £ Ambulance Service Prompt and efficient aervtce for the transportation of patlenta to anil from homea. hoapltala, or the H. R, ata tlona. With apccial eare, mx perlenceri attendants and nom inal clinrgea. Emergency Ambulance Service 1745 M. SIXTH ST. Bell Phone United -72-W. Bringing Up Fat her (jJJ) Copyright, 1916, International News Service fiy McMcinUS aI I M -rS C S. HTED 1 OQ XOO LIKE THAT* ALU 0 D 4T A LOOK ! I WONDER -DO f— T-——■—-] . i ItRQL^p F ° T R HE U7° : ■ J T °CUN S -MR. JJWW , 0z PEOPLE FALt. ONLY H J f\ MOUNTAIN*. r r ~T S <*>? J \OUN<i AN' WTH thousand , THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING, Bowlers Kept Busy; Lively Duckpin Games Casino TVnpin League | Orpheums 2 850 Jolly Five 2691 Jacoby (Orpheums) 233 Jacoby (Orpheums) 584 I*. R. R. Y. M. C. A. League Lucknow 2487 Harrisburg Shops 2232 Stull (Harrisburg Shops) 201 Colestock (Lucknow) 557 Enola P. R. R. Y. M. C .A. League Rubles 1487 Diamonds . 13 88 Kanby (Rubies) 200 Kanby (Rubles* 542 Bankers League The Hill 1910 Downtown 1793 Shaefter (Hill) 1"0 Shaeffer (Hill) Academy Lemoyno 1449 Academy 1449 Hood (Academy) 121 Hood (Academy) 355 Boyd Alleys Hlck-a-Thrifts 1935 Mrs. H. B. McCormick's Class .. 1759 Wolf (Hick-a-Thrifts) 170 Blessing (McCormlclt) 416 STANDING OF THE TEAMS Casino League Won. Lost. P. C. Calumets 16 11 .893 Electrics 13 11 x .642 Alphas 12 12 .500 Jolly Five 13 14 .481 Rovers 9 12 .429 Orpheums 12 15 .444 Schedule for Wednesday, December 6—Rovers vs. Electrics. Bankers Won. Lost. L. C. The Hill 9 2 .818 Uptown 5 4 .555 Downtown 4 8 ,333 Steelton 2 7 .222 Enola P. R. R. Y. M. C. A. • Won. Lost. P. C. Emeralds 4 2 .667 Rubies 5 4 .55 5 Sapphires 13 3 .500 Diamonds , 3 6 .333 WILLARD-OARPF.NTTER BOLT New York, Dec. 6.—The proposed ten-round no-decision boxing bout be tween Georss Carpentier, heavyweight champion of Europe, and Jess Wil lard, the American champion, has among Its sponsors Miss Anne Morgan and Miss Elizabeth Marbury, it was learned to-day. Miss Morgan is treas urer 'of the American fund for the French wounded, under the auspices of which it is hoped to bring Carpen tier here. Miss Marbury. who is also actlvelv interested In the French fund, said that her Interest In the proposed bout was solely to see that, the $50,000 which she hopes the fund would re ceive from the proceeds was properly handled. How Is Your Furnace Acting? A good furnace and •good coal is a combina tion to have in the house for Winter. We can sup ply the good fuel. Kelley's Hard Stove is the most satisfactory fuel for the average fur nace. Lasting heat, slow burning and few ashes. H.M.KELLEY&CO. Office, 1 North Third Yards, Tenth and State "FLORIDA^ "BY SEA" Baltimore to JACKSONVILLE (Calling at Savannah) Delightful Soil Fine Stonrarrn. Low fares. Best Service. Plan Your Trip to Include ••Finest Coastwise Trips in the World" lUUHtratoil Ilooklot on Kt-qiirat. MERCHANTS & MINERS TRANS. CO, W. I*. TUKNER, O. P. A. Ualto., MJ. AUTO STORAGE— First class, fireproof Kara**. open day and night. Rates reasonable. Auto Trans. Garage APPOINT FIVE ON COMMISSION Organization of City Amateur Basketball League at Meet ing Last Night Representatives of amateur basket ball teams in the city at a meeting last night held in the Bogar store room, Market Square, appointed a commission of five men to conduct the affairs of the proposed City Amateur Basketball I^eague. The commission includes C. W. Mil ler, physical director of the Harris burg Y. M. C. A.; E. J. Stackpole, Jr., former Yale basketball star: Professor Bertram W. Saul, facultv athletic di rector at Central High; Professor P. L. Grubb, faculty athletic director at Technical High, and Eugene E. Miller, physical director at Boyd Memorial Building. Every effort will be made to start the league on January 1 and arrange ments will probably be made within the next week lor a suitable floor. Other rules to be decided upon by the commission will be taken up as soon as possible. Officials of two class A amateur teams who were not present a t the first meeting attended last night's session. The applicants for league membership and the men rep resenting the organizations follow: Rosewood A. C., E. W. Killtnger; Gal lahad R. C., Paul D. March: Methodist Club, W. R. Winn: West End A. C., F. H. Heiney; Hussett Boys' Club. W. B. Dowling; Keystone A. C., Harry Ebbert: Oklahomas, R. Aboff, and the Enhaut Ex-High team, of Enhaut. Bits From Sportland John K. Tener, president of the National League, favors the daylight saving plan. The Wisconsin Supreme Court yes terday handed dewn a decision that a pugilist who fouls his opponent in a boxing contest violates his contract and is not entitled to his share of money. Ilarrisburg Y. M. H. A. basketball tossers won from Steelton In their first game last night. 32 to 11. Kline, of Harrisburg, starred. Central High School football play ers will be given a banquet at the Senate Hotel to-morrow evening. Harry Rote, last season's star, will be present. The East End A. C. will have a bas ketball team in the cage this year. Northwestern University, Chicago, is planning to arrange games with east, ern colleges for Its 1917 football sched ule, it was announced yesterday. Members of the National Association of Professional P.aseball Umpires will meet. In Chicago December 10. Meas ures will be discussed for betterment of conditions among umpires in minor leagues. Varsity letters were given out at Penn University yesterday afternoon. Twenty-eight football players were awarded their "P". The annual relav carnival will be held April 2 7-2 8. The Shawnee Country Club golf course on the Delaware river may be selected for the woman's national championship matches next year. The Salem Lutheran basketball team, Oberlin, wants games with teams in Harrisburg and vicinity. Address communications to Christian Gluntz. Oerblin. F. AND M. STAND BURNS Lancaster, Pa., Dec. 6.—The grand stand of the athletic field of Franklin and Marshall College was destroyed by Are yesterday, causing a loss of sev eral thousand dollars. It Is believed the Are was incendiary. \ Low Rate Excursion TO Philadelphia Via Philadelphia & Reading Railway, SUNDAY 1 f\ DECEMBER IU SPECIAL TRAIN ; ——— liV, FROM FAItB. A.M. Harrisburg $2.50 6.25 Hummelstown .... 2.50 6.40 Swatara 2.50 6.45 ' Hershey 2.50 6.48 Palmyra 2.50 6.54 Annville 2.50 7.02 Cleona 2.50 7.05 Lebanon 2.50 7.12 Reading Terminal, (arrive) 10.05 RETURNING—SpeciaI Train will leave IMiiluilelphlu, Heading Term inal, at #.30 p. in., name date for aliove ntutlonn. HABRISBURG TELEGRAPH STATE PERMITS FOR ALL JITNEYS Are Common Carriers, Public Servic Commissioin Decides in Important Opinion Jitneys are common carriers within the meaning of the Ponnsylvania Pub lic Service law and can only be oper ated when their owners have obtained certificates of public convenience from the Public Service Commission which, however, will grant authority to oper ate only when applicants for certifi cates show that they have safe and adequate vehicles according to a de cision of the commission given to-day. The opinion was written by Chairman Ainey and refuses a certificate to Peter Groco, against whose operation of a Jitney the Allegheny Valley Street Railway had filed a protest. The opinion is the first In which the commission has taken a stand against jitneys not of sufficient size to meet de mands of traffic. It lays down rules and under the decision will come probably a score or more of Jitney operators in Western Pennsylvania who have been complained against, while the case will furnish a prece dent in other cases which may be brought. Rotary Club Takes Up Municipal Christmas Tree The Harrisburg Rotary Club In structed Its public affairs committee at a meeting last evening at the Pub 11c Library to take up with the Cham ber of Commerce, the Jovian League. Mayor Meals and others the matter of a municipal Christmas tree for Har risburg this year. The club has deter mined that the project shall not be permitted to fail. The club was entertained by William S. Essick, who talked insurance of the various kinds in which he engages, and Mr. Hiss, of Mr. Esstck's staff, gave an illustrated lecture on safety first methods, Souvenirs were distri buted and Ice cream and cake served. 5,000 Bay State Paper Mill Workers Will Get Bonus Springfield, Mass., Dec. 6. All the paper mills In western Massachusetts, Including Holyoke, Agawam, Mittin eague and Berkshire county, have granted their employes an emergency bonus of 10 per cent, in wages. This plan will continue until further notice and is granted to offset the in creased cost of living. Five thousand I employes will benefit. f For Quick Reading] V ' Walertown. X. V. The Interna tional Pper Company has granted a 10 per cent, increase In wages to its employes. There are 11,000 men af fected. Williamsport. Edward Stroble. 18 years old, of Loyalsock, was brought to the Williamsport Hospital last night. He was dying, after hav ing been shot through the body while hunting for deer on the mountains near his home. The forests are full of hunters, and it is thought that one of a party posted on a runwfty mis took Stroble for a deer. Pittsburgh. Six strikers were shot and wounded, two probably fatally, and several others slightly hurt as a result of a clash between deputy guards and striking coal miners of the Saltsburg Coal Company, at Avon more. Four of the wounded miners were brought to hospitals in Pitts burgh. The affray occurred, it is rap resented, when striking miners at tempted to approach five men said to have been imported by the company as strike-breakers. Ha/Jcton. Postal authorities and the police to-day hegan an investiga tion to learn the source of scores of Black Hand letters sent to persons of Italian descent demanding SSOO from each under threat of being dynamited. The time limit for the deposit for the money at designated spots expired last night, but no outrages were attempted. Washington. One man is dead, another is in a dying condition and ten men who participated In a riot at the mining town of Rich Hill, three miles northwest of here, are under ar rest in the county jail. They, too, are suffering from minor wounds received in the bloody affray. Now York. —A distribution of $300,- 000,000 among its 1,000 employes was voted to-day by the directors of the Guaranty Trust Company, one of the largest financial Institutions in New York. lVc*v York.—Fire In the business dis trict of Brooklyn to-day destroyed the four brick buildings occupied by the Flatbush Storage Comany, burned part of the structure housing the piano fac 'tory of Freeborn G. Smith and slightly damaged adjoining properties, with an estimated loss of $500,000, One police man was inpured. The collapse of a wall led to a mistaken report that six firemen were killed. Albuny, X, Y.—The appointment of William H. Moyer, for twelve years warden of the B'ederal Penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga,, as warden of Sing Sing Prison was announced to-day by the state superintendent of prisons, James M. Carter. Columbus, Ohio. —Charles Q. Hllde brant, secretary of state, to-day or dered a state-wide investigation of charges of fraud and error in the re cent Ohio election. The charges were filed with him by the Republican state committee. AH ballots which were to have been destroyed to-morrow wore ordprfd preserved. PLAN FOR NEW PENN STADIUM Athletic Association Consider ing Field arid Arrangements For Sealing Crowds Philadelphia, Dec. 6.-—Philadelphia again may win to itself the Army-Navy football game and many other athletic events that In the recent past have gone to other cities. The slogan of the new athletic su premacy for Philadelphia was sounded yesterday at the meeting of the board of directors of the Athletic Associa tion of the University of Pennsylvania. Proposals were there voiced which undoubtedly will be taken up at the annual meeting, which is to be held next Monday night. In view of the opinions that already have been voiced, the board of direct ors or any other body seriously con sidering the project will have to con sider all of the three project* which have been suggested. DIVIDENDS TOT AI, 05 PER CENT. Owners of Hercules Powder Stock Share in Big Profits Wilmington, Del., Dec. 6. - Direc tors of the Hercules Powder Company yesterday declared dividends totaling 55 per cent, on the common stock of the company. There was a regular 2 per cent, cash dividend, an extra divi dend of 47per cent, in Anglo- French external loan bonds at 95 flat, payable December 25 to stockholders of record December 15. The dividends for. the year total 85 per cent., 10 per cent, having been paid in March, 15 per cent, in June, and 15 per cent, in September. South Bethlehem. South Bethle hem town council yesterday unani mously adopted a resolution Indorsing the proposal of Charles M. Schwab t.o consolidate the Bethlehem and the sis ter municipalities of Northumberland Heights and Fountain Hill. •WSWWVAWAW."WWWA • I Your Last Chance \ J TO PLANT i \ Bulbs Outside I \ r J The ground may freeze !; ■j hard soon, then it will J I; be too iate. f If you want a bed of beautiful 4 ? Tulips, Hyacinths, or Narcissi p ? in the Spring, you must plant J, the bulbs now. ? J Hyacinths: all colors, 40c, 60c, [ S 75c and SI.OO per doss. % ? Tulips: single and double; all 5 ? colors: 15c to 40c per doz.; 85c J { to 12.00 per 100. > % Narcissi, 15c to 40c per doz.; 2 SI.OO to $2.50 per 100. t J Plant in pots now for house J f flowers during the winter. 5 Walter S. Schell j f Quality Seeds % ■' 1307-1309 Market St., Harrisburg } • wwamaw^.WWWWUS BDUOATIOJVAIi School of Commerce Troup Building 13 So. Market Sq. > Day & Night School Bookkeeping, Sborthiftad, Menotypy, Typewriting and I'enmanahlp Bell 485 Cumberland 24D-Y Harrisburg Business College | A Reliable School, 31st Year • 3-0 Market SI. Harrlaburg, Pa. The OFFICE TRAINING SCHOOL Kaufman Bldg. 4 S. Market Sq. Training That Secures Salary Increasing Positions In the Office Call or send to-day for interesting booklet- "The Art of Getting Alone In tbo World." Bell phone 649-R. YOUNG MEN'S BUSINESS INSTITUTE Hershey Building Front and Market Streets The School That Specializes Day and Night Sessions Bell Phone 4361 -BUY A HOME - EASY TERMS 333 and 339 Emerald St. B. S. BEHNEY, Owner Inquire any Real Eatate raan or J. C. Behney 809 N. Second St. DECEMBER 6, 1916. WELLYS 1! CORNER The need for a suitable hall for in door sports is keeping Harrisburg out of some good attractions. While the Harrisburg Independents are doing their level best to keep up interest in basketball there are a number of team* begging for a place to play. With the introduction of an amateur league the demand for a suitable hall will be in creased. What this city ought to have is a building suitable for all athletic pur poses and adjoining a field where base ball and other outdoor gamea and sports could be held. There are athletic asso ciations sufficient in Harrisburg to sup port an enterprise of this kind. This week will find the scholastic basketball game as an attraction. Tech starts Friday. Games will be played in the Armory. The Hassett Club sea son is on full blast, and in addition to the attractive schedule offered by the Harrisburg Independents, Central high will play all games at Chestnut street auditorium. Then there will be some other games that must not bo overlooked. Yale's crack varsity five will play in Harris burg on the night of January 5. Pitted against the New Haven boys will be an There's no hocus-pocus nor leger de-main in the popularity of KING OSCAR 5c CIGARS. They have a reputation to maintain and they maintain their reputation. Honest quality and service to smokers are solid rocks to build upon. .J. C. HERMAN & CO., Makers. I Don't Wait j Only a short while till Christmas, and NOW is the i jjj; time to order your I Beautiful Engraved, jj I Christmas Greetings j V Our line is the most beautiful in the city. We have j W them |FOR PRIVATE USE j § FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES I FOR PROFESSIONAL USE' jjj Write or phone us and a representative will call, i : % or call at the office and see our samples. i | The Telegraph Printing Co. t j \ 216 FEDERAL SQUARE ;; Harrisburg, Pa. Use Telegraph Want Ads Use Telegraph Want Ads alumni aggregation that promises to give Yale a hard run. This one date should be marked up by all basketball enthusiasts. It will be a big night In Harrlsburg, as In addition to the game there will be a dance program. The baseball scouts of the big lea gue clubs, who have completed their annual reports for the year, are al most unanimous In declaring that the general run of material* In the bush leagues last season was below the cali ber of previous years and that few players were uncovered who showed promise of making good in the major leagues without a long drawn out polishing process by working up through the various minor leagues. Ulrlch Salchow, former holder of the world's amateur figure skating cham pionship, has arrived in this country from Sweden and will start soon on a tour of the United States, giving ex hibitions at the principal artificial and natural Ice rinks of the larger cities. Srflchow has had a remarkable career in his chosen line of competition. Be tween 1901 and 1911 he won the world's amateur championship at figure skat ing ten times—not competing in 1906, nor has he competed in a championship since 1911. 11
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