8 NEW YORK STATE LEAGUE MANAGERS READY—WILKES-BARRE LEAGUE TEAMHERE ALUMNI TEAM WINS FIRST GAME Outplay Regulars in One-Sided Battle; Varsity Boys Show Lack of Practice Tech High Alumni handed the var sity candidates an awful walloping last night. It was the opening match of the season and was played in Tech gymnasium. The score was 60 to 10. The regulars showed a woeful lack of basketball knowledge, but were plucky players. Lack of practioe was cause for tho downfall. Outplay Regulars The Alumni five included several Rosewood stars and outplayed the Tech tossers at every stage. Every member of the Alumni team was in evidonce. The line-up and summary: ALUMNI Players— F.G. Fls. Pts. Trump, forward 4 6 8 Sourbier, forward .... 7 0 14 Tittle, center 6 0 12 G. Killinger, guard .... 8 6 22 E. Killinger, guard ... 2 0 4 Totals 27 6 60 TECHNICAL 11. S. Players— F.O. Fls. Pts. Harris, forward 1 4 6 McGann, forward 0 0 0 Holland, forward .... 0 0 0 H. Miller, forward .... 0 0 0 Walker, center 0 0 0 Beck, center 0 0 0 Fortney, center 0 0 0 Pollock, guard 2 0 4 H. Miller, guard 0 0 0 McFarland, guard .... 0 0 0 Huston, guard 0 0 0 Ebner, 0 0 0 Totals 3 4 10 Referee—C. W. Miller. Timekeeper —Davies. Some Surprising Scores in Local Bowling Games Academy Duckpln League Bakers 1513 Barbers 1393 Gohl 123 Robinson 123 Rogers 345 Bankers I/cague (Casino alleys.) Uptown 2040 Stelton 1928 Groff (Uptown) 169 Forney (Steelton) 169 Forney (Steelton) 463 Allison 'ilill League (Hess alleys.) Lions 2251 Tigers 2033 Buck (Lions) . . 192 Buck {Lions) 485 Casino Tcnpin league (Casino alleys.) Rovers 2866 Alphas ...'.* 2635 Atticks (Rovers) 257 Berkemyer (Rovers) 633 Solvay League (Holtzman & Taylor alleys.) Team No. 1 1990 Team No. 2 1688 Mathias (No. 1) 172 Mathias (No. 1) 448 Miscellaneous Fickes alleys, Lemoyne— Enola P. R. R. Y. M. C. A 236 9 Lemoyne 2315 Deller (Lemoyne) 220 Fordney (Enola) 538 Boyd Memorial — Palmer's Class 2160 Bethany 1616 B. Cocklln (Palmer) 474 B. Cocklln (Palmer) 457 New Cumberland (Dull's alleys) New Cumberland 1490 Lemoyne 1373 Ruby (New Cumberland) 121 Updegraff 320 STANDING OF TEAMS Casino Tcnpin League Won. Lost. P. C. Calumets 16 11 .593 Electrics 16 11 .593 Alphas 13 14 .481 Jolly Five 13 14 .481 Orpheums 12 15 .444 Rovers 11 16 .407 Schedule for Monday, December 11 —Alphas vs. Orpheums. Allison Hill Won. Lost. P. C. ■Wolves 11 4 .73 3 Lions 11 4 .733 Rabbits 9 6 ,600 Cubs ■>. 6 9 .400 Tigers 4 11 .266 Leopards 4 11 .266 Schedule for Monday, December 11 •—Lions vs. Cubs. Bunkers Won. Lost. P. C. Tho Hill 10 2 .833 Uptown 8 4 .666 Downtown 4 8 .333 Steelton 2 10 .166 Academy 11 Won. Lost. P. C. Officers 22 11 .667 Barbers 19 14 .575 Bakers 16 14 .533 Bitters 17 16. 515 Factors 10 20 .333 New Ideas 9 18 .333 Schedule for Monday—Bitters vs. Barbers. JUMBO PEANUTS STILL 12c LB. No advance In prices. We also have on hand a full line of Xmas nuts, crop of 1916, and prices right. We roast all our own coffee. Im perial Tea Co., 213 Chestnut St. Bringing Lip Copyright, 1916, International News Service d!) | TT — ——"T 1 % !i/'T- E c^ L rr! 0U * MR ' I Yf LL rJ THAT,b WHt- "10U CAN'T fT THE WHOLE CQDNTOV WELL - I'M <,)TT|N' THE WHOLE r* A -URI<IHT- lt*\A<ltNF * OHI YES ~ , E COUNTRY r>RVFG> fv/pov COUNTRY WILL BE I DON'T HOV * , CAN _ <.ETTIN<* DPTTER 7 EvEß>l PROHIBITION IN A r ExPtCT TO MP ~y- ' EVER DM- t f ~ : OND Ll'bTE^ f FEW. YEARS- J NOW- j I . ' — L__ _ 1 HI!. / J9 SATURDAY EVENING, Steelton High Star Next Season Leader Tho election of "Hank" Morrison as captain of Lebanon Valley College eleven for next season Is causing much favorable comment. Morrison played with Steelton and was a clean-cut player. As captain of Steelton high team he won much prominence. Bits From Sportland Tex Riekard is after a long lease on Madison Square Garden. York high five defeated Hersliey five last night, score 88 to 20. York County Academy defeated Camp Hill high five last night, score 3 5 to 28. The game was played at Camp Hill. Sunk of York scored 20 points. The S. S. C. five won over the Dragon A. C. tossers, score 27 to 18. Maliek and Smith were stars for the victors. Games are wanted by the S. S. C. Address Paul Dapp, 1831 North Fourth street. The Galahads last night defeated the Hershey Men's Club five, score 46 to 23. Wallower, Gebbardt and Barr were local stars. Middletown Big Fivo defeated the Bethlehem Steel Company tossers last night, score 4a to 23. The game was played at Middletown. Atticks and Dupes played a good game for the victors. Joseph Chabek and William Rey nolds have, been paid their claims against the International League. Eddie Zimmerman is waiting. CURLEY IS WILL ARB'S BOSS Chicago, 111., Dec. 9. lf anybody wants the services of Jess Willard within the next few months, they will have to consult Jack Curley. Curley has signed the heavyweight champion of the world to a set of articles call ing for a battle with anybody Curley may select, the champion to receive the flat sum of $60,000 for his services. The agreement wn signed Tuesday afternoon during a brief session that Curley had with Willard and Tom Jones in a room in the Stratford Hotel. It was witnessed by Frank Cruikshank general press representative of the circus with which Willard traveled last summer. LONC, DISTANCE RUNNERS New York, Dee. 9.—A representa tive field of distance runners will strive for individual honors in the National Amateur Athletic Union 'Cross-Coun try Championship run over the Van Courtlandt Park course here to-day. Last year's winner, Nick .Glannako pulos, Millrose A. C.; John Overton, Yale, and Hannes Kolemainen, unat tached, are the most prominent en trants and they are looked upon to fill the first three places at the finish of the event. Five local clubs have entered for the team championship. TINKER'S DAYS NUMBERED Chicago, 111., Dec. 9.—Charles H. Weeghman, prsident of the Chicago National League club, admitted yes terday that he was after a manager to succeed Joseph B. Tinker. He said, however, that lie would lie unable to make any definite announcement until after the meeting of the National Leagne in New York next week. Weeghman said the man he hopes to sign is a bench manager. STATE LEAGUE ALMOST READY O'Neill's Return to Syracuse Assures Resuuiptiou of BusT- RCSS at Old Stand Scranton, Pa., Dec. 9. With the announcement from Syracuse that Mllto O'Neill of this city, again had been signed to manage tho champion Stars, every club in the New York State League is equipped with a leader and the race for players soon will wax warm and interesting. O'Neill last season gave Syracuse its first pennant since 1904, and at the finish of the campaign notified the owners that a decided increase in salary should be forthcoming if they desired him to try to repeat his achievement. O'Neill then began flirting for the managerial job in Wilkes-Barre, but when John Cal houn, erstwhile leader of Bingham ton, slipped In ahead of him, O'Neill's leanings turned back to Syracuse and he willingly signed for another whirl. Cocldll to Return George Cockill, who owns the ma jor portion of stock at Harrisburg, likely will lead the Islanders in the 1917 campaign, while Scranton has retained Bill Coughlin, and Dr. Tate, owner of the Heading Club, intends to give "Hooks" Wiltse another chance. Chic Hartman has been en gaged to succeed Calhoun as manager of the Bingoes, and Ambly McConnell again will handle the reins at Utica. Hartman's work in Binghamton will be to develop young talent, ac cording to advices from that city. Ownor George F. Johnson invariably gave his former employe, Calhoun, the same instruction, but as soon as the Dings hit the cellar, the purse strings would be ripped and all thoughts of the salary limit would be left in the last winter's hat in an ef fort to hoist the city to tho top of the pile. Salary Limit No Bar Tho general opinion around the cir cuit is that the 1917 happenings in Binghamton will be no exception to the general rule. Hartman is expect ed to fall where Calhoun stumbled and the treasury of the Johnson shoe factory then will be at his disposal in the hunt for tried talent. Wilkes-Barre is expected to have a strong team from tho tip-off. The Stegmair brothers, owners of the club, have advised Manager Calhoun to spend their money freely in the purchasing of players, and the Pitts burgh sleuth can do nothing better than that. Carlisle Indian Eleven to Have Hard Games Next Year Carlisle, Dec. 9. The Carlisle In dian School 'will next year go to the same football plane in point of the importance of games scheduled which was in voguo unti la few years ago and leading universities will be on the list. A contest has bien practical ly closed with Harvard and many other propositions are being consid ered. This will give George Tibbets, a '""bippewa, of Wisconsin, selected as captain at the time a nucleus of 30 trained men to begin a team. Tibbets has been at the school for several years and gained Ahe rudiments of the sport under Glen Warner. ELECTS MT. CARMEL STAR Carlisle, Dec. 9. Enoch Gdanic, was elected captain of the Conway Hall football team. Gdanic, whose home is in Mt. Carmel was one of the best, men on the hurling end of a for ward pass in preparatory ranks and the pass, Gdanic to McMullen, was the main Conway scoring vehicle during tho season. Balbadh, a lineman wiil be the only other regular to return. Ilill school will bo on tho schedule next year and there will be some other changes. "Sis" Pauxtis is expected to bo reappointed as coach. CENTRAL BASKETBALL PRACTICE Basketball practice will start Mon day for candidates for both the boys' and girls' teams at Central. All prac tices will be held in Chestnut Street Auditorium. Morning students will report at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, other students reporting at 9 o'clock in the morning. Practice for boys will be held on Monday, AVednesday and Thursday of each week, and prac tice for the girls on Tuesday and Fri day. ST. LOUIS RELEASES BUTLER St. Louis, Dec. 9. Arthur Butler, for three years pinch hitter and utility for the St. Louis Cardinals, has been released to Frank Chance's Los Angeles Club of the Pacific Coast League. It was announced yesterday, just before Manager Miller Huggins left for New York, where he will at tend the National League meeting opening Tuesday. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE First Church of Christ, Scientist— Board of Trade Hall. Sunday, 11 a. m.; 7.30 p. m. Testimonial meeting, Wed nesday, 8 p. m. Free reading rooms, ICunkel Building, 11.30 a. m. to 5 p. m daily, except Saturday, 11.30 to 8 p m —Adv. HAKRISBURG TELEGRAPH Fine Players Who Violate Post-Season Game Rules Ohio, Dec. 9. Fines by the wholesale were inflicted by the National Baseball Commission here yesterday on major league ball players who have taken part in various exhi bition games following tho close of the season of 1916. Fifty-one players from 13 of the 16 major league teams were fined amounts ranging from $25 to SIOO. However, the commission was lenient to an extent, and suspended the fines on 38 players, allowing only 13 fines to stand. The mon who must pay are Players Henricksen, Janvrin, Shorten, Hoblltzell, Lewis, McNally, Scott, Cady, Ruth and Barry, of the world's champion Boston American League team; Cobb and Young, of the Detroit Americans, and Davis, of the Philadel phia Athletics! All of these were fined SIOO, except Cobb, who must pay SSO. The fines, on the Boston Americans came as the result of a game played at New Haven, Conn. Barry did not play, but managed the team that did play. Davis was fined as tho manager of a team wich played in various Eastern cities. The fines of the remainder of the team wore suspended because It was brought out In the testimony that Davis had assured his team-mates that he had the word of President John son. Surplus of $5,200,000 in . Post Office Department; Many Improvements Urged Washington, Dec. 9. Postmaster General Burleson's annual report, de clares there was a Post Office Depart ment surplus of $5,200,000 during tho present year and enumerates as among tho year's accomplishments improvement of the parcels post, ex tension of city and rural deliveries ar.d development of the postal sav ings system. A surplus of $12,500,000 is shown says the report for, three years of tho four the administration has been in office, and it calls attention to de ficits undef previous administrations. The department makes many recommendations for improvement of tho service. Some of the most im portant are these: That early action be' taken by Con gress declaring a government monop oly over all utilities for the public transmission of intelligence and that as soon as possible the telephone and telegraph facilities of tho United States be incorporated into the postal establishment. That second class postal rates be revised to make second class matter pay more of its share of transporta tion expense and that the one cent rate be applied to all so-called drop letters. That SIOO,OOO be appropriated for experi merits in aerial transportation of mail. Growth of tho parcel post will cut the cost of living to the city dweller, the report declares. The service is now handling ninety million packages a month. Liberal changes In its regulations have done much to bring about its extension, it is declared. Under a law passed last July the department on November 1 put parts of the railway mail service on the space basis of pay, using rates which are the maximum provided by the act. These rates, the report says are ex cessive, and under the law the de partment will on January 1 file with the Interstate Commerce Commission a comprehensive plan of service which will embody a recommendation look ing to a reduction of the rates. Bet on Hughes; Feeds 900 Voters of N. H. Town Meredith, N. H., Dec. 9. Seventy i'° S, a ' lon of "yster stew, 225 pounds of cold meat, 200 pounds of oystei crackers, 110 mince pies, 75 dozen rolls, 30 gallons of coffee and several bushels or apples were eaten by 900 persons here last night, when J. Fred Beede. president of the Meredith Savings Bank and one of the rock-ribbed New Hamp shire Republicans, paid his election bet. Beede had wagered a supper for the entire voting population of the town that Wilson would not be re-elected Attorney Sherman Whipple, of Bos ton, was the orator. The fun started when Howard Morrison crawled back ward on all fours through the main street, he, too. having lost a wager He was placarded with an illuminated sign;—" This is the way he crawled out of Mexico. Nation Is Wealthiest in World, Report Declares Washington, Doc. 9. Unprece dented growth of the country's foreign trade, the commercial advantages which will accrue from peace and the opportunity presented for a heavier export business and greater invest ments abroad are set forth by Secre tary Itedfleld, of the Department of Commerce, in his annual report. The report gives figures showing the na tion's trade expansion of two years and sums up the country's commer cial dominance. The report tolls of efforts during the year to reduce \lndustrial wastes ar\d of its paper Raving and other campaigns and work in introducing new sea foods through the Bureau of Fisheries. DIfIKCTOHS AT INSTITUTE New Cumberland, Pa., !><>c. 9. H. P. Garver and H. W. Buttorff, members of the board of education; H. A. Rixler and John Watts, directors of Lower Allen district, were at Carlisle on Thursday attending the teachers' In stitute. FAST BUNCH TO PLAY LOCAL FIVE Independents to Have Horace Gisel Back in Line-up To • night Against Barons Basketball fans Sclty to-night when Barre State Leaguo fnrß i tiro pntar< local eis are in GERuES, Center tho be(jt of condl _ tion for the game this evening. Nor man Ford has recovered from his Ill ness and will play at his regular posi tion. The teams will line up as follows: Independents. Wilkes-Barre N. Ford, f. Coopey, f. McCord, f. Dunleavy, f, Gerdes, c. X>unn, c. G. Ford, g. Foster, g. Geisel, g. McCarter, g. Admirals Declare For Great Increase in Size and Power of New Ships Washington, D. C., Dee. 9. Prelimi nary work on the 1918 national defense program moved forward again yester day in both the naval and military committees of the House, with Rear Admirals Badger and Fletcher, of the navy's general board, before the for mer, and Quartermaster-General Sharpe again before the latter. The two admirals told of the board's recommendation for an enormous in crease in size and power and a smaller increase in speed for the battleships to be provided for at this session of Con gress. Admiral Badger said the board had recommended main batteries of twelve sixteen-inch guns, an increase of 50 per cent, in gun power over ships, and a speed of twenty-three knots an hour. A statement issued by Secretary Daniels indicates that tho recommenda tions of the board will be approved when the department's opinion is laid before the committee. The new dread naughts will displace probably more than 40,000 tons, as against the 32.00 a for the California class and succeeding ships. Commission Reports on Plans For Unification St. Louis, Dec. 9.—lmportant move ments of church unification in Amer ica have advanced during the last four years and will have a far-reaching ef fect upon the mission field, according to the Commission on Foreign Missions which reported' at to-day's session of the quadrennial meeting of the Fed eral Council of the Churches of Christ In America. The report Is an exhaus tive review of mission work abroad, laying stress upon tho great advance that has been made in co-operation. Discussing church union, the commis sion says: "The proposed union of the Metho dist, Presbyterian and Congregational churches in Canada will not only deep ly affect foreign missions in many and situation in Canada, but will deep ly affesct foreign missions in many fields. The movement toward the uni fication of Methodism will completely change the missionary situation in Latin America and Asia and Africa, and is rightly stirring profoundly the thought of the missionary leaders." ONE-CENT POSTAGE FAVORED Griest's Bill Affecting Local Letters Indorsed by Committee Washington, Dec. 9. The Post office Committee of the House yester day recommended favorably the meas ure advocated for several years by Congressman Griest, of Pennsylvania, reducing the rate of postage on drop or local letters from two to one cent per ounce at all offices where there is letter carrier service, the one-cent rate to extend to rural delivery routes starting from such offices. The appropriation for the Griest village delivery service was increased from $2'50,000 to $500,000 for the next fiscal year. EASIER AMENDMENT METHOD Washington, Dec. 9. A joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment lor an easier method of amending the constitution was intro duced to-day by Representative Chandler of New York. It provides submission of any proposed amend ment by a majority of both houses of Congress and ratification by a majority of the voters in a majority of the States. For ratification it would be necessary also to receive an aggregate majority of all votes cast in the United States. Conventions would be held every thirty years to consider proposed amendments. DECEMBER 9, 1916. WELLY 5 1 CORNER Wm Those Casino bowlers are tearing up things this season. Two more new records were hung up last night. Tho Calumets bowlod 1020 for a team total several weeks ago. Last night the Rovers made a total of 1049. The total for the match by the Rovers was 2866. This was 16 more than the Orpheums bowled recently. These sensations are pulling big crowds to the Casino games. Dave Fultz denies the charge that he said the Yankee managers were not fair to players. On the other hand the Fraternity leader says Ituppert has always been fair. Pottsville has a boxing commission. Harrisburg ought to have a good organization for handling ring exhi bitions and governed by a ■-commis sion. This city is ripe for good ring sport. In order to get more seasoning Jesse Buckles, the Scranton twirler, has been returned to Bill Coughlin by the New York Americans. Indications are that all the New York State League stars who were purchased or drafted will be back home next summer. In the selection of William R. Winn to manage tho P. R. R. Y. M. C. A. basketball teams, a good choice has been made. Manager Winn as leader of the Methodist Club has won much popularity. The Safe Side Personal or changed business circum stances may make it impossible for the in dividual whom you have named as Executor to act when the time comes for the probating of your Will. Be on" the safe side by appointing this in stitution as your Executor or Trustee. Its existence is permanent, it never becomes in capacitated and its capital , and surplus of $600,000.00 )// are pledged for the faithful tM performance of duties. i ■ Hi ,L L ON SAVINS ACCOUNTS CAPITAL AND SURPLUS ,1 111 if iff fll OffS *600,00000 There's no hocus-pocus nor leger? de-main in the popularity of 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. X C HERMAN & CO., Makers. Use Telegraph Want Ads Use Telegraph Want Ads It is reported that the National Commission is not. in sympathy with the third league project. It looka like a bad move for the promoters. The ousting of President Chivingto." from the American Association was announced several weeks ago. There is some talk of changes in other minor organizations. An interleague series next season between the American Association and the International League will bring a strong revival of the game. President Edward G. Barrow is in favor of the plans announced yesterday by thq Am erican Association. Commissioners of the City Amateur Basketball League met this afternoon at the Y. M. C. A., and discussed plana for the season. A complete program will be mapped out and arrangementa made to start the league games soon after Christmas as is possible. In tha meantime all teams in the [ tion will play out their schedules of independent games. Official averages announced by Elmer Shaner, secretary-treasurer oi the Interstate Association of Trap shooters show President J. G. Martin of the Harrisburg Sportsmens' As sociation leading. Ho tired at 6,010 targets In registered tourneys and broke 5,725. His average was .9526.
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