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SCHOOL BASKETBALL HOLD STAGE
INDEPENDENTS
DOWN CRESCENTS
Rote and McCord Work Like
Trojans Against Visitors;
G. Ford Out of Game
The Harrisburg Independents de
feated the Crescent five of Philadel
phia, on the Chestnut street hall floor,
Saturday night, score 40 to 32. Harry
Rote, the Gettysburg football star,
played a forward position for the In
dependents, and together with Mc-
Cord, the other forward, scored 30
of the 4 0 points credited to the locals.
Clean Playing Marks Game
The game was marked by clean
playing on the part of both teams,
only six fouls being called during the
fray. McCord's tosses for long scores
■was a feature of the game. The start
of the game was delayed until almost
9 o'clock, owing to the lateness of'
the Philadelphia train.
The local team suffered a loss early
In the first half, when Gordon Ford,
guard on the Independents, sustained
a dislocation of the light knee. He
was succeeded by his brother, Nor
man, who played sterling ball. Ford j
will probably be back in the lineup
in about two weeks.
The locals scored first and remain
ed ia the lead during the entire game,
although their lead was threatened
several times by till; aggressive play
ing of Martin and Casliman, of the
Crescents.
The lineup and summary is as fol
lows:
INDEPENDENTS
E.G. FI.G. Asst. T.P.
McCord, f 8 4 3 20
Rote, f !> 0 2 10 |
Gerdes, c 2 0 1 4
G. Ford, g 0 0 1 0
Geisel, g 2 0 1 4
N. Ford, g 1 0 0 2
Totals 18 4 8 40
CRESCENTS
F.G. FI.G. Asst. T.P.
Davidson, f. .. . 2 0 1 4
Casliman, f. .. . 4 0 2 8
"Wilson, c 0 0 2 8 1
Martin, g 5 2 0 12
Anderson, g. 4 0 1 8
Totals 15 2 6 32
Referee Early. Scorer Schref
fler.
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MONDAY EVENING,
CAGE TEAMS LOOK STRONG;
SEASON IS WARMING UP
Tech and Middletown High Have Been Busy; Steelton Starts
Season Next Week
Tech and Middletown High School
basketball quintets were the two
teams of any importance that got
away to their basketball schedules
during the week. Tech was able to
nose out Danville in an extra period
contest. On the next evening Leb
anon crushed the same aggregation at
Lebanon by a score of 62 to 19.
Middletown played a creditable
game over at York with the Collegiate
live, losing by only six points. Next
week the lower-enders will visit the
Tech gymnasium in the first of their
two games. Both the lirst and second
lives will meet.
Lebanon Starts Next Week
Steelton is scheduled to start on
the 29th, meeting Lebanon High
School in a Pennsylvania Inter
scholastic league contest. The Acad
emy tossers and the team at Central
will not get under way until after the
New Year. Oberlin, Carlisle, Camp
Hill, Enhaut, and any number of
nearby high schools will be represent
ed in the cage.
Schedule of Events For
Boyd Memorial Building
Monday
4.30 p. m.—Gym class, Boys 12 to
14.
4.30 p. m.—Bowling, boys 14 to 16.
6.30 p. m.—Basketball practice for
Mr. Franklin's class.
8.00 p. m.—Class bowling, Dull's,
8.00 p m. —Class bowling, Dull"s,
Downie's and Excelsior classes.
Tuesday
4.30 p. m.—Gym class, boys 14 to
16.
4.30 p. in.—Bowling, boys 12 to 14.
6.30 p. m.—Basketball practice for
James McCormick, Jr.'s, class.
7.00 p. m.—Story telling in the boys'
room.
8.00 p. m.—Glee club.
8.00 p. m.—Men's Gym class.
8.00 p. m. —Class Bowling, Mc-Cor
mick's and Mr. Yates' vlasses.
Wednesday
5.00 p. m.—Gym class for business
men. Is* •
6.30 p. m.—Basketball practice for
Mr. Black's class.
8.30 p. m. —Gym open to the men.
8.30 p. m.-—Class bowling, Mr.
Funk's class.
Thursday
4.30 p. m.—Gym class, boys 12 to
14.
. 4.30 p. m.—Bowling, boys 14 to 16. |
8.45 p. m.—Motion pictures for
boys.
8.30 p. m.—Story of the American
Ambulance work in France by Jack
son Ilerr Boyd.
Friday
4.30 p. m. —Gym class, boys 14 to
16.
4.30 p. m.—Bowling, boys 12 to 14.
6.30 p. m.—Basketball practice for
Mr. German's class.
8.00 p. in. —Men's Gym class.
8.00 p. m.—Class Bowling; Palmer,
Hick-a-Thrift, Bethany and Paterson I
classes.
Saturday
9.30 a. ill. —Bowling, boys 12 to 14.
10.00 a. m.—Gym class, boys under
12.
10.30 a. m.—Bowling, boys 14 to 16.
2.00 p. m. —Gym class, boys 12 to
14.
3.30 p. m. —Gym class, boys 14 to
16.
7.00 p. m.—Basketball game;
Franklin's vs. James McCormick, Jr.'s,
class.
Aside from scheduled class bowling, i
there are open alleys every night.
Billiards and pocket billiards are in
order from 11a. m. to 11 p. m.
Printers Bowling League
Have Exciting Contests
Evangelical League
Braves 995
Red Sox 971
Tigers 950
Cubs 916
Mailing (B.) 115
Mailing (B.) 311
Roudymaker (T.) 99
Hartmire (C.) 256
Commercial League
Bowman & Co 2287
P. R. R. Clerks 2157
Soe (B. & Co.) 189
Soe (B. & Co.) 507
Printers
(Academy Alleys.)
State Printery 1486
Mt. Pleasant Press 1337
Dugan (S. P.) 129
Dugan (S. P.) 335
At Lemo.vne
(Flckes Alleys.)
Letnoyne 2317
New Cumberland 2271
Washlnger (L.) 202
Washingcr (L.) 534
Boyd Memorial
Palmer 1280
Bull's 1247
Low (P.) 165
Low (P.) 302
LEBANON ELECTS REINHARD
Lebanon, Pa., Detr. 18.—William J.
Reinhard has been unanimously
! elected 1917 football captain at Leb
anon High School. Reinhard is a
member of the junior class and has
for three years played tackle on the
Red and 131ue eleven. He is a six
footer and weighs 175 pounds.
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GORGAS
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Reading and York, the other two
members of the league, have already
started to play. York has several
regulars from the team that lead the
league the greater part of last season,
and with most of the first games play
ed at home, they should again be able
to start strong.
Heading Veteran Team
Reading, runner-up to Central last
season, has practically a • veteran
team, but have already lost to
Tamaqua high school. These lads
have applied to the league for admit
tance, and from their past perform
ances, they would be leaders in the
league.
Steelton is sure to have a strong
aggregation, for Coach Gaffney has a
bunch of veterans from last year. Cen
tral's live is problematical, since Hil
ton is the only member of last sea
son's squad of pennant winners. Tech
will have to cut down considerable its
large list of players and begin to con
centrate efforts if the team at the
Maroon school is to be a winner.
Amateur Basketball League
to Get Under Way in Jan.
Negotiations for a playing floor for
the games of the now assured City
Amateur Basketball League are un
der way and the next step for the
Hoard of Governors will be the con
sideration of applications for member
ship in the league and the ratifica
tion of the schedule of games to be
submitted by an appointed committee
some time this week.
A specially prepared blank has been
sent to each prospective team in the
league. This includes information and
data about the team and organization
which is expected to guide the Board
of Governors in deciding upon the
personnel of the league. Additional
blanks may be obtained from them
and those that are tilled in must be
sent to Eugene E. Miller, secretary,
Boyd Memorial Building.
Rules and regulations governing the
action of the league and containing
eligibility rules were drafted at the
recent meeting and will be revised
and submitted to the accredited rep
resentatives of each team selected for
membership within the next few days.
The league is an assured fact and the
games will probably be played during
the months of January, February and
March. The matter of suits, numbers
for players, selection of officials and
other important matters will be taken
up at the next meeting of the Board
of Governors.
Methodist Club Wins
Close Game at Burnham
In an interesting game which re
quired an extra five-minute period to
decide the fray, the Methodist Club,
of this city, defeated the Burnham
Y. M. C. A: five on the latter's floor
Saturday night, score 27 to 26. At the
end of the regulation forty minutes,
the score was tie at 23.
The game was the first time in two
years that the Burnham team had
been defeated on their own floor. A.
Winn, forward, on the Methodist
club was the star of the game. The
lineup and summary is:
BURNHAM Y. M. C. A.
Fd.G. Fi.G. T.P.
Rhoades, forward 1 1 3
Peters, forward ... 1 0 2
A. Sipe, forward ... 0 0 0
Mumper, center ... 2 1 11
Harper, suard .... 5 0 10
Ar. Sipe, guard .... 0 0 0
Totals 9 8 26
METHODIST CLUB
Fd.G. FI.G. T.P.
Krepps, forward 1 0 2
A. Winn, forward .. 4 5 13
Lutz, center 4 0 0
Kapp, guard 2 0 • 4
Byrnes, guard 0 0 0
Totals 11 5 27
Fouls called on Burnham. 18; Meth
odist Club, 18. lteferee. Ford.
Shippensburg Five Wins
in Game With Tech Five
The basketball team of the Cum
berland Valley State Normal school
defeated Tech high five Saturday
night, at Shippensburg, the score 20
to 15. The game was marked by close
playing on both sides. The lineup
and summary:
TECHNICAL H. S.
Fd.G. FI.G. T.P.
Lloyd, forward f. .. 0 0 0
Bell, forward 4 0 8
Walker, center .... o 0 0
Beck, center 1 0 2
Pollock, guard .... 1 3 5
Miller, guard 0 0 01
Ebner, guard 0 0 0 j
Totals G 3 151
SHIPPENSBURG S. N. S.
Fd.G. FI.G. T.P.
McEller, forward 3 0 6
Lambert, forward . . 1 10 12
Hayes, forward .... 0 | 0 0
Charlton, center ... 0 0 0
Freed, guard 0 0 0
Cockln, guard .... 0 0 0
llosfield, guard .... 1 0 2
Taylor, guard 0 0 0
Totals 5 10 20
SHBC'KAItD TO TRAIN CUBS
Chicago, Dec. 18.—Fred Mitchell, new.
manager or the Chicago Nationals,
hopes to sign Jimmy Sheckard, of Co
lumbia, Pa., former star outfielder of
the club, as coach for his 1917 team, ac
cording to word received here to-day
from New York. Mitchell Is quoted as
saying the place would correspond to
that tilled by Mitchell with the Boston-
Nationals.
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New Local Manager
of Bell Telephone Co.
Edmund Watmough Gilpin, the new
local manager of the Harrisburg Dis
trict of the Bell Telephone Company,
210 Walnut street, arrived in Harris
burg this morning and assumed his
new duties. Mr. Gilpin's home was In
Germantown. He is unmarried.
Mr. Gilpin attended the German
town Academy, graduating in 1910,
and later spent two years at the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, taking the
civil engineering course. He then
went into business in Philadelphia
and earlv in 1915 entered the employ
of the Bell Telephone Company of
Pennsylvania. ' He held several re
sponsible positions in the Philadel
phia business office prior to accept
ing his present position.
Basketball Captain Dies;
Injured in Rough Contest
t Redding. Conn.. Dec. 18.—Joseph H. j
I Sanford, 16 years old, and captain of j
the Sanford school basketball team, j
who played a smashing game with !
Bethel high school Saturday night, was
found dead yesterday morning in the |
preparatory school here, of which his |
father. Dr. Daniel S. Sanford, Is head- j
master.
In the game, which was particularly
rough, Sanford suffered an injury which
resulted In a brain clot. One of his
duties at the school was to go to the
powerhouse each night at 10 o'clock
and switch the lighting system from a
dynamo to storage batteries and shut
off the power operating the dynamo.
After doing that he apparently fell to
the floor unconscious and lay there un
til he died. He was not missed from
his bed until this morning.
Deaths and Funerals
JOSEPH M. NEBBIT
The funeral of Joseph I>. Nesblt,
veteran employe of the Harrisburg
Railways Company, will take place
to-morrow afternoon at 1 o'clock.
Services will be conducted at the
home, 46 Balm street by the Rev.
Thomas A. Relsch, pastor of Christ
Lutheran Church, assisted by the Rev,
A. T. Hangen, pastor of Park Street
Evangelical Church. Burial will be
made In Paxtang Cemetery.
Mr. Nesbit was 7 3 years of age and
well known throughout Harrisburg,
and in Cumberland County. He had
a Civil War record, and was a mem
ber of Carlisle Post-, G. A. R„ having
been a resident of Carlisle at one time.
The survivors are a widow, two sons
and two daughters. Mr. Nesbit died
Saturday.
MRS. DAISY MAR 111.AIR
Mrs. Daisy Mae Blair, wife of Andrew
C. Blair, and oldest daughter of Deputy
Prothonotary Elmer C. Hummel, ot
Steelton, died yesterday morning at the
Harrisburg Hospital following an ap
eratton. Funeral services will be held
at her home, 419 Ross street, Thursday
afternoon, at 2 o'clock. The Rev. James
ArmentrouL of Pine Street Presbyterian
Church, will have charge of the ser
vices. She Is survived by her husband,
her parents, one son, Roy; four brothers
and two sisters. Mrs. Blair was a promi
nent member of Dorcas Dodge, No. 4,
Dadles' Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of
. Railroad Trainmen.
[WELLY'S J? CORNER
Clarence Beck will try for a place]
on the State wrestling team this sea-1
son. He will compete in the 175-
pound class. The State collegians
will meet seven opponents including
Lehigh. The latter team will have
"Bob" Good grappling in the same
class.
Elchelberger, a York forward of!
two years ago, is at the State train
ing table. He is a candidate for aj
guard position.
Henry Miller of Williamsport, right [
end of the University of Pennsylvania j
football eleven, was to-day elected j
captain of the 1917 team. Miller is!
23 year old, and a member of the!
junior class. His brother, Ollle Miller, j
was captain of the 1908 team at Penn-!
sylvanla.
Frank Moran and Gunboat Smith
are in line shape for to-night's bout
at Brooklyn. Moran weighs 195
pounds and Smith 185.
Westmore Willcox, Harvard's best
quarter-mller, is planning to finish his
CARRANZA IS
FAVORING PACT
Not Disposed to Close Down
Against Agreement, Con
ferees Find
Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 18.—Indica
tions at the close of the morning ses
sion of the Mexican-American Com
mission were that General Carranza
was not disposed to close the doori
against an agreement with the Am-!
erican representatives who have been
trying for more than three months to
solve questions at issue between Mex
ico and the United States. When the
commission reconvened to-day after a
three weeks recess Alberto J. Pani
reported the result of his visit to
Queretaro. The report was made
verbally and was received by the Am
ericans without comment. An ad
journment until late in the day was
taken when it is expected the details
of his written message will be dis
cussed.
The exact character of his report i
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DECEMBER 18, 1916.
| Harvard career at mid-year's. His
loss will prove a serious one to the
Crimson track team. Captain Tesch
ner of the team, who defeated Wiil
cox for the leadership last Spring, is
doing his utmost to keep the speedy
Southerner for thfe squad.
Coach Fred Bennion, of the Mon-
I tana State College football team, has
) accepted the of Coach Fol
j well, of the University of Pennsyl
! vania, to assist in the coaching of his
! team for the game with the Univer
| sity of Oregon, New Year's Day, at
j Pasadena, Cal. Bennion will join the
I Easterners when they pass through
! Salt Lake City.
j Jim Thorpe, the great Carlisle star,
! got back into football harness again
) this season. He performed halfback
ing stunts for a professional team in
Ohio. And the way that Jim tore
lines, bristled around ends, punted and
drop-kicked, brought back vividly the
memories of what he accomplished in
his earlier days when he won for him
self the honor of being one of the
i greatest halfbacks that ever lived.
was not revealed, but it was learned
[ that while Carrana had not signed the
| protocol drafted at Atlantic City this
i was not necessarily to be taken as an
j indication that it would not be ratified
i later, the signature perhaps being that
!of Ambassador-designate Arredondo,
who is qualified and authorized to sign
I such a document.
Notwithstanding the reticence of
both American and Mexican com
i missioners regarding the developments
! at the forenoon session there appeared
| evident a friendlier feeling.
I An incident of the preliminary ses
sion was the appearance in the hotel
of J. J. Hawes, who represented him
self as Villa's publicity agent. He
i made an unsuccessful effort to secure
an audience with the American mem
bers of the commission.
Ty Cobb Greatest Hitter;
Celebrates Birthday Today
#
This is Ty Cobb's birthday anniver
sary. He is 29 years old according
to records. On August 30, 1905, he
played in the Yankee-Tiger game. He
hit one of Jack Chesbro's straight
I balls for two bases.
BRITISH HANDED
PEACE NOTE BY
U.S. AMBASSADOR
Will Be Considered by Cabi
net; Premier to Speak
Tomorrow
London, Dec. 18.—The peace note
of the central powers was handed to
the British government to-day by Wal
ter H. Page, the American ambassa
dor. Mr. Page called at the foreign
office early in the day. In the ab
sence of A. J. Balfour, the foreign
secretary, he presented the note to
Lord Robert Cecil, under secretary for
foreign affairs.
There were no formalities in con
nection with the presentation of the
peace proposals by Mr. Page. Tho
ambassador went in an automobiloi
from the embassy and was received
in the foreign secretary's room by
Lord liobert Cecil who was acting for
the foreign minister, Mr. Balfour hav
ing just started on a three weeks'
vacation.
Bits From Sportland
Harry Hough is out with injuries.
His absence may cost Jasper the flag.
Captain Samuel Phillips of the Har
risburg Academy eleven will enter
Lehigh University next Fall.
Tower City five won over the cx
higli tosaers Saturday, score 33 to 23.
In 20 seasons, Hans Wagner of
Pittsburgh has scored 3,369 safe wal
lops.
Lew Shaw of Chicago, billiard star,
will play all week at Academy billiard
rooms.
East End tossers on Saturday de
feated Oberlin, score 42 to 33.
JOHN GERMAN'S CLASS WINS
The basketball team representing
John German's class defeated the
Ramsey Black class team Saturday,
score 19 to 9. The game was played
in John Y. Boyd Memorial Building
gymnasium. McFadden and Meek
were stars. The line-up and summary:
Black's Class German's Class
Albright F Krebs
Smith F McFadden
Lang C Jenkins
Shay G Jenkins
Young G Amole
Crooks G Meek
Field Goals—McFadden 4, Jenkins,
Krebs, Albright, Smith 2, Shay 1. Foul
Goals—Meek 7 out of 9. Referee—
Frank.