ROSEWOOD TOSSERS TRIM STEELTON ALL-SCHOLASTICS-DISCUSS FOOTBALL RULES
FOOTBALL MEN
TALK OVER RULES
Eastern Coaches and Managers
Oppose New Plans For
Periods
Philadelphia, Dec. 20. Coaches and
officials connected with the gridiron
game in Eastern Pennsylvania, also
one from Delaware and another from
Maryland, assembled to the number of
about thirty at the Walton last even
ing to discuss the football rules and
make suggestions for chances to be
submitted to the rules committee nt
its annual meeting. The session con
sumed nearly three hours and went on
record as decisively opposed to the
Harvard proposition to eliminate the
stop-watch from the gridiron by Ji
viding a legal game into four periods
of DO plays each.
Also the session recommended that
the home team supply a standard stop
watch, and passed a motion recom
mending a rule that would keep hid
den from the coaches of the two con
tending teams until the start of the
play the identity of the officials select
ed by the central board to serve in that
particular game.
This latter motion was pushed
through by Bob Folwell. the Penn
coach; Wilmer Crowell, Swarthmore,
the Lafayette coach, and Dr. Price, of
L'rsinus, the Muhlenberg coach.
Another I'iixxlliik Question
Pol well brought up another puzzling
point of great practical iufport, since it
applies to the formations used most ef
fectively this season by the Oregon
eleven, the one he must meet at the
Koso Carnival at Pasadena, New Year's
day. He claims his scouts on the West
ern edge of the continent report that
the Oregonian tackles carry the Jiall
after lining up three yards behind the
line of scrimmage. The rules specify
that a lineman must be live yards Be
hind the line wheji the ball is snapped
in order to carry it legally.
The Oregonlans get away with it be
cause they swing their plays off in
rapid succession at the start of play,
before the tackle has ever taken his
place in the Vine. The coaches and
officials pondered over the thing at
length, finally advising Polwell to tell
his captain to take "time-out," right
after the first play, and call the ref
eree's attention to the way the men
were lined up, so that if a halfback
were In a lnenian's place nt the start
of the play lie would be officially a line
man thereafter and subject to the rules
governing his carrying the ball.
'The meeting expressed itself in favor
of a change in rules to make it legal
for a player breaking into the game to
report to any official and for the ref
eree to be extremely careful in plac
ing the ball after a hard scrimmage
close to the goal line. Folwell brought
vip this latter point, pointing out that
two touchdowns against Penn this sea
son wou_ld not have been scored had the
referee placed the ball properly. In
the Michigan game, he said, the head
lineman tried to correct the referee's
mistake, but was waved aside. Pol
well argued that the head lineman was
in a better position to see whether
the ball had crossed the goal than *vas
the referee.
Crowell brought up the protest
against the present system whereby the
coaches have a hand In the selection
of officials, declaring no rea
son for a coach knowing *tlje identity
of the officials before the game. He
found an able ally in Dr. Price, and
the meeting was won over to a passing
a motion to suggest a change to the
rules committee. Crowell also .argued
in favor of a rule to wipe out "clipping"
a man from behind. Dielf Mefritt,' IJie
Penn Charter coach, backed hftn "up
strongly, but no action was taken. ,
I.UHUiH ST A IIS SCHWAB UI'ESTS
Bethlehem, Pa., Dee. 20. ~ Twenty
three members of the 1916 football
eleven who won their "L" and who par.
ticipated in the game that resulted in
a victory over Lafayette were ban
queted last evening at the Lehigh
Country Club.
These men and about twenty others
were the guests of Charles M. Schwab.
President of the Steel Company; Dr. H.
S. Drinker, president of Lehigh; Areli
Johnston, Professor Reiter and several
others. The announcement was made
that "Ty" Halsted, of Brooklyn, would
eaptaln the eleven next year. The
"L" men were given gold footballs in
recognition of their victory over La
fayette.
si. APS I'ItOI'KSSIO V\l, FOOTBAI.I,
Bioomington. Dec. 20.—Tile athletic
board of Indiana University took a iiard
rap at professional baseball to-day
when it refused to grant "I's" to Archie
D. Krehart, of Huntington, and Walter
B. IXess, of Hammond, Ind., for parti
cipating in the Pine Vlllage-Clabby
football game at Lafayette December 3
and disqualilied them from further par
ticipation In intercollegiate athletics
at the university.
Krehart has been the mainstav of
Indiana's football team for the last three
years. He also is a baseball and track
athlete of ability.
Hess was varsity quarterback and his
punting and forward passing was a
feature of every game this year. This
was Ills lirst year on the varsity.
LETTKK FOR CARLISLE INDIAN'S
Carlisle. Pa.. Dec. 20. At a ban
qet and reception in the gymnasium
at the Carlisle Indian School to the
football team, at wnich the whole
student body and faculty were pres
ent. the C's were presented by Super
intendent Lipps and Director Clevett
The fo.otball men receiving C's were
John Leroy, Thomas Miles. Jacob
Herman. David Nori, Georeo Tlbbetts
George May, Francis OJibaya, Wal
ford Kshelman and Lue Connelly
Tlie 'cross-country runners to re
ceive C's were Juan Boutzo, John
Davis, Albert Snider and Welch Deed
salty.
At this time it was also announced
that the companies winning highest
honors under inspection were "C" of
the small hoys and "B" of the girls.
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WEDNESDAY EVENING,
Rosewood A. C. Five Winner
in Fast Contest at Steelton
Rosewood A. C. outplayed the Steel
ton All-Scholastics last night, win
ning the game by a score of 23 to 11.
The game was played in the Orpheuni
Theater at Steelton. The Harris
burgers tilled in a canceled date lor
Steelton, the Middletown Big Five
having been originally scheduled,
Kosewood had the star scorers,
every player doing good work. The
stars were Kline and Killiuger. Sellers
and Brandt played the best game for
Steelton. Tl.e line-up and summary:
ROSEWOOD A. C.
I Players— I>\G. Fls. Pts.
] Kline, forward 4 1 9
I Trump, forward 1- 0 2
I Tittle, center 3 0 6
I G. Killinger, guard 2 0 4
E. Killinger, guard 1 0 2
Tot.'tis 11 l 23
STEELTON ALL-SCHOLASTICS
Players— E.G. Fls. Pts.
Brandt, forward 1 0 2
Sellers, forward 2 1 5
Crump, center 2 u 4
Wren, guard 0 0 0
Crowley, guard 0 0 0
Totals 5 1 11
Referee—J ones.
Bits From Sportland
i The Hassett Girls live, last season's
cl.ampions, will open the season at
Cathedral hall Friday night, and will
play the Wllliamstown Girls quintet.
I The team de-
I feated the Athletic Club live last night,
! score 34 to 15.
Middletown Tigers defeated Middle
town Grammar School last night,
| score 16 to 15.
i Hummelstown five will play Hershey
| Club live to-night. On Christmas
night Lebanon Y. M. C. A. will be
) the attractions.
j The Galahad Recreation Club five
wants games. Address Manager
Storey, Gamp Curtin Trust Company.
The Hummelstown Junior Girls
; want games. Address L. C. Sweigert,
| Hummelstown, Pa.
Members of the Rosewood A'. C.
i will entertain young folks, Christmas
I afternoon. There will be a tree and
i gifts for the guests.
lUDKRS BEHIND SCHEDULE
New York, Dec. 20. The eleven
teams leading in the six-day bicycle
I race at Madison Square Garden at 7
a. m. to-day. the 55th hour were 70
' miles and 3 laps behind the record
; for that period with 1,073 miles and
| one lap to their credit. The record,
' 1,143 miles and 4 laps, was made by
Cameron and Kaiser in 1915. The
two other teams are one lap behind
i the leading group.
CRAGO DEFENDS
| NATIONAL GUARD
Declares Border Training Has
Justified Friends of
System
Washington, Dec. 22.—An able de
j fense of the National Guard is made
by Representative Thomas S. Crago,
|of Pennsylvania, hi an authorized
! statement. Mr. Crago, as an officer of
i the Tenth Pennsylvania volunteers,
| saw active service in the Philippines
! during tlie Spanish-American War.
| Calling attention to the annual rc-
I port of the chief of staff of the army,
'■which alleged the failure of the vol
| uafter military system, Colonel Cra-
I'go denies that this criticism should
be attached to the National Guard by
■I reason of its record on the Mexican
, borde,r. • On the contrary, he declares
; that "the training had on the border
' has in a great measure justified the
i hopes that the friends of the Guard
i expressed for it. Colonel Crago's
statement says:
[ "The chief of staff of the army has
called attention to the failure of the
j volunteer military . system. This
< criticism is immediately, of course, at
tached, by persons antagonistic to it.
>to the part the National Guard has
i taken in the recent mobilization, but
it is not fair to these National Guard
j organizations to blame any of the defi
ciencies which have been shown to
| exist in our system on the National
Guard as an organization. In the first
! place the friends of the National
| Guard never contended that this was
1 the ideal military system. What thSy
did contend for, however, was:
Guard Given Its Chance
"First, that the National Guard was
the only body of troops in existence,
other than the regular army, which
could be relied upon to give instant
response in the case of any emerg
ency.
"Second, that since the National
Guard has never had a chance to show
what it could do when properly arm
eel', equipped and supported by the
Federal Government, it was only fair
in considering any great extension of
our military system to give the Na
tional Guard the first chance to show
what could be accomplished by it.
"Unfortunately the call was made
before the Guard had been reorgan
ized under the provisions of the new
military act, and they could not be
expected to show much improvement
over former conditions. The weak
ness which has been shown has not
been the fault of tho Guard, but of
the Federal Government In its failure
to properly arm and equip the men
who so promptly responded.
"In all of the eastern and many of
the western States the Guard was
mobilized promptly with the number
of men which they had been allowed
to carry on their rolls. These men
were equipped, hut when, without any
warning, each organization was asked
to increase its number to war strength
it naturally followed that the Guard
had no means of equipping these new
BUSY DAYS FOR
C.H.S. ATHLETES
; Coach Ike McCord Has Record
Number of Candidates Out
For Class Teams
Coach Ike McCord will have record
squads working for the various Central
high teams. Increased interest is be
ing manifested in the girls' team. There
| will be a rooter chorus organized and
I every game will be attended by a large
student body. The usual class series
for boys and girls will be played. The
list of candidates out for positions on
the various girls' class league teams
follow:
Candidates
Freshman—Mabel Condron, Racliael
1 Longsdorf, Harriet E. Lano, Helen C.
j Notestine, Mary C. Gable, Mary Blair,
j Claire Van Dyke, Elsie Hope, Helen
I Keiser, Jane Bitner, Mary Harris, Ruby
| Wall and Ruth Starry.
Sophomore—Sophie Mulligen, Mil
! dred Shupp, Mildred Deshong, Nora
i Fulton, Virginia Downes, Caroline Oon
i nors, Helen Johnson and Kathryn
j Wharton.
Junior —Anna Emanuel. Grace Rob
: inson, Anna Guy, Marguerite Rey
| nolds. Kathryn Breckenridge, Flor
i ence Sandberg, Bertha Maurer, Evelyn
| Echenbarger, Ruth llollenbaugh, Jene
Springer, Florence Frank, Virginia
j Watts, Katharine Burris, Lydia Bow
man, Pauline Stavick, Martha Harris,
j Mary Rhoades and Evelyn Sites.
Senior—Helen Rote, Susan Repford,
j Alice Schwab, Miriam Blair, Florence
; Williams, Sara Rauch, Ruth Richards,
! Margaret Wingard and Evelyn Speak
| man.
Hoys' Iliß Squall
| The list of candidates for the boys'
varsity squad include the following:
S Edward Rodgers, Robert Cornelius, Les
lie Minnlch, Emmet Burns, Edward Ca
! hill, Richard Robinson, Chester West,
! William Humes, Bennetlium Hllleyes,
] Edward Hilton, Russell Polleck, How
ard Warricks, Frank Wltherow, Joseph
j Vogler, Herman Golin, O. Page, Arthur
; Le Van, Jay Stoll, John Burns, Benja
j min Caronsick.
i Harry Wegel, Thomas Nevitt, Clmrles
Harris, Roy Rice, Mellinger McCUntock.
■ George Martin, John McClintock, John
McCaleb, Frederick Wright, Ralph
| Early, Harold Attioks, Lee KaufTman.
, Ralph Warrick, Arthur Fields, Vernon
Wright, Richard Gregory, Noble Frank,
' Rimer, Roy Reed, Louis Karmatz, Lco
i nard Weneriek.
I Ray Yapple, Harold Martz, Albert
Slothower, Stanley Perrin. Allen Carter,
j Edward Wolfe, William Rodgers, John
Maloncy, Benjamin Wolfe. Russel Eyler,
I Blaim Smith and Walter Slothower.
' i n. This duty was for the Federal
Government to perform.
I "The War Department as at pres
| ent organized is utterly incapable of
j handling such large bodies of men
i and properly equipping them for
j service.
! "That more men did not respond is
j because the country at large has not
i eulized and did not believe that uny
great emergency existed. It seemed
! loolisli to the public to cull such a
I large body of men into the service if
I it was merely for training purposes;
jand to imagine that the National
] Guard consists of men who can af
,lord to immediately leave their civil
pursuits and undertake five or six
months of training is a mistake, and
is expecting more of these men than
should be required.
"Most people who have given this
matter of preparedness serious con
sideration will agree with General
Scott, that the only democratic plan
tor oar people to follow is universal
military training.
If our people would adopt some
form of universal military service it
| would be necessary for some such
'Organization as the National Guard to
| be maintained in order that the train
-1 mg and service could be performed in
I such organizations. It is just as un
; fair to criticize the splendid men
| *ind organizations who have answered
[the call of the President during tl.is
| year, and expect them to have attain
ed perfection, as it would be to have
i expected our navy to have advanced
I by leaps and bounds in its strength
I and efficiency merely because the pres
j ent Congress authorized great in
; creases in the navy and made ap
| propriations to meet these increases
I "The siWden call before the Guard
; had any chance to benefit by the pro
i visions of this act, to undergo this
; ong period of training undoubtedly
has been a great blow to future en
| listments in tl.e Guard. However
1 this call has given us a great body of
'trained men who will sooner or later
find themselves building up additional
i organizations.
"Speaking from the experience in
[ Pennsylvania, it must be remembered
Ithat these troops responded prompt
: ly. In four days' time, after reach
ing Mount Gretna, the first unit was
j started for the border, having been
j vaccinated and inoculated and fully
equipped, and the last organization
! was able to leave Mount Gretna on
| July !•, only fifteen days after they
| had reached that place.
In this mobilization of these or
ganizations they were handicapped
by the inability on the part of the
Federal government to supply them
with blankets and other necessary
clothing and equipment. The muster
ing officers were uncertain as to their
| instructions, and in all of the States
of the Union the desks of the adju
tants general were piled with tele
grams and orders from the different
departments of the army contradic-j
tory in nature making demands which
were physically impossible of being
complied with.
"That more men did not respond to
this call and immediately fill up these
organizations to war strength is no
fault bf the National Guard system
That the War Department has seen
proper to adopt a policy of refusing
discharges to men on the border even
though the conditions at home would
have warranted a discharge during ac
tual war will make It difficult in the
future to secure men to fill these or
ganizations.
"This training, while it has been
costly and has developed many weak
spots, will not reflect any discredit on
the National Guard, but has In a great
measure Justified the hopes that the
friends of the Guard expressed for it
at the time federalization was being
considered."
RKD-HEADH IV AKCKXDAXCY
Milwaukee, Dec. 22. J- Bing Halle
lujah, you rod-heads! The carrot top
has been knighted with the accolade
of brilliancy of mind, as well as of
the spectrum. Cohen Brothers Com
pany advertised for a bright, red-head
ed office boy and followed it by the
announcement that the tlrm wanted a
red-licaded boy because that kind is
quicker and readier to learn than the
brunette cousins.
And this tribute Is paid to the
strawberry blondes by a race more
noted for Its dark than Its auburn
hair, though King David was famous
among his people for his brilliant
locks. The company which Is ad
vertising for a rcd-hcaded boy Is one
of the biggest manufacturers of
clothing In America
tIA RRISBURG TELEGRAPH
Tartar Girl Tossers Win
in Lively Game at Oberlin
The Tartar Girls basketball team
won last night over the Oberlin Girls
five, score 24 to 9. Tho Harrisburg
tossers outplayed their opponents. Miss
Emanuel and Miss Sweeney were stars
for the local live and Miss Greena
walt and Miss Rupp played the best
game for Oberlin. The line-up and
summary:
TARTAR GIRLS
Players— F.G. Fls. Pts. l
Sweeney, forward ... 4 0 10!
Scheffcr, forward ... 0 0 01
Emanuel, center .... 6 0 12 j
Connors, guard 1 0 2
Longsdorf, guard ... 0 0 0
Totals 11 2 24
OBERLIN GIRLS
Players— E.G. Fls. Pts.
Grcenawalt, forward .00 0
Bitner, forward 0 4 4
Cooper, center 0 0 0
Rupp. guard 0 6 5
Lewis, guard 0 0 0
Totals 0 9 9
07.AH THROWS CHAIM.ES METRO
Lebanon, Pa., Dec. 20.—Jack Ozar, of
Lebanon Valley College, won over
Charles Metro, of Newark, Ohio, gain
ing two straight falls in a wrestling
bout last night before a big house in
Fisher's Academy of Music. Ozar gain
ed the first fall witli an arm lock and
scissors hold on the chest in twenty
four minutes and the second with an
arm lock and body hold in 11 % minu
tes of spectacular wrestling.
ALL HEART WOMEN
MOSTLY BORES
2s*cw Matrimonial Fable by
Dorothy Dix May Carry
Lesson For You!
Once upon a time a Glad-Eyed
Youth went to a Hump-Shou!de"red
Old Man who looked us if he had been
Flattened out by a Steam Roller, and
thus addressed him:
"Congratulate me," cried the Young
Man, "for 1 am noing to be Married
to the Dearest Girl in the World, and
she is Perfectly Devoted to me."
'Alas, my son," cried the old Man
with Tears in his Eyes, "1 can only
Pity you. Many Misfortunes may
i Happen to a Man, but the Worst
thing that can Befall him is to Marry
a Woman who is Too Much in love
with him. Listen to the sad story of
my Life, and let it be a Warning to
you, so that you may Save yourself
from a Fate like mine while there is
yet Time.
"I was once young and joyous like
you, and 1 swelled out my Chest so
that my Shirt Buttons would not
hold, because I had found a Woman
who Loved me Well Enough to Die
for me, little reckoning In my Folly
that that same Love would make me
Wish that I were Dead.
"We were Married, and from that
Day to this 1 have not been able to
call my Soul my won, because my
Wife thinks that her Love gives hei
a Mortgage on it.
"I do not Dare to stay downtown
a Few Minutes late talking with a
Friend, because if I do not Punch the
Domestic Time Clock on the Minute
1 find my Wife walking the floor and
tearing her Hair because she is Mad
with Anxiety for Fear Something
Awful has happened to her Precious
Hubby.
"I cannot Eat any of the Paprika
Foods that I like and to which I
was Accustomed in my Happy Un
loved Bachelor Days, because my
Wife Adores me so she will not let
me run the Risk of Injuring my
Digestion.
"I am compelled to Choose mv
Female Employes from the Lemon
Box, although I would greatly En
joy being Surrounded by the Pick
of the Peach Basket, but my Wife's
Love makes her so Jealous that she
would have Fits all over the Place
if she Discovered a Woman in the
Office under Forty and without
Cross Eyes.
"I am no Lothario, but I like the
Society of Pretty and Charming
Women, but every time I even look
Interested in my Dinner Partner's Re
marks I have to stand for a Scene
when I get Home.
"It i 3 my Wife's Boast that we
have Never been Parted for a Single
Day since wo were Married. Ah, my
Boy, do you get the Pathos of that
Remark? Think of never having iiad
a Single Day off in Ten Years, and
of the Gloomy Prospect of a Whole
Life Sentence like that with no Al
lowance off tor good Behavior!
"When I go on a Business Trip I
have to Drag Wife along, because She
Weeps and Wails that she cannot
Bear to bo Parted from me for even
a Few Days. When I take a Vaca
tion she Tags along, and Ruins it all.
because I have to do what she wants
to .do instead of the things I should
like to do.
"I cannot make her Understand
that without wishing to knock her
Personally, a Man gets Fed up on
Feminine ChUtter and Longs for
Man's Talk. Why, I know right now
more about what they are going to
Wear in Paris this Winter than I
do about the Big League Prospects.
"I used to Wonder, before I was
Married, why Men took so little
Trouble to Preserve their Wives' Af
fection-. I now Perceive that it was
the Instinct for Self Preservation, for
there is no Juil in which you can be
held a Closer Prisoner than in a
Woman's Heart, nor is there any other
such Grinding Tyrant as the Wife who
loves taQ- much.
"It is a Misfortune that a Man gets
over being a Lover at the Altar while
a Woman can go on being a Bride
for Forty Years. Therefore unless
you wish to be Bogged up in Soft Talk
that it nauseates you to have to hand
out, do not Marry a Woman who is
All Henrt, and who gets a Hurt look
every time you Slow Down to Second
Speed in your Love Making.
"Take it from me that a Woman
can kill you with Love, and It Is a
Sticky, Messy, Unpleasant Way to
Die."
rids fable teaches that tho Wo
men who are All Heart arc Mostly
Bores.
More Pay For 16,000
U. S. Workers in New Bill
Washington, T>. C., Dec. 20. Salary
or wage Increases of from 6 to 10 per
cent, for about 18,000 Government em
ployes receiving less than SI,BOO a year
and of SSOO a year for each represen
tative'* secretary were provided for In
the legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill passed yesterday by
the House without a record votj. The
secretaries now (cet $1,600 a year. An
attempt to provide each representative
with an extra stenographer at $76 a
month during the session failed.
Chairman Fitzgerald, of the appro
priation committee, and Representative
Kalney, of the ways and means com
mittee, protested against the proposed
Increases on the ground that (he Gov
ernment already faced a huge deficit
Mr. Kalney declared that the country was
confronted with the possibility of at
tempting to collect $600,000,000 more In
uew taxes.
I Buy It At the New Store I
I If You Want To Satisfy |
I His hearts desicc I
1 , u i" I
1,5: Uifei ass* rM I
I#J No Matter What It May Be M I
I f j W. I
| The New Store Can Supply It Tjjfc.; A |
!\| lju Mackinaws $5, $6.50, $7.50 j|jjfLl jf j
\ Sweaters $1.50 to $5.00 y ' : jj
\ House Coats $5.00, $6.50, $7.50 ' : J
!' Bathrobes $5.00 to, $7.50 . 1
Silk Shirts $3.50 and $5 Lwjty /f J
Mufflers 50c to $5.00 |
f Silk Hose 50c and 65c mIW ij
! % Neckwear 50c and $1 f ||/ y 'J
I Fur Caps $3.00 to $6.50 fj/ |
Underwear 50c up / \ : J
X: Arrow Collars $1.75 the box A 1
1 Jewelry All Prices | j
£. Traveling Bags $5.00
i Toilet Sets SI.OO up j,t
Gloves $1.50 the pair y f \
Pajamas SI.OO to $3.00 |
Handkerchiefs All Prices I
Beach Jackets $1.75 up I
The New StoreofWm. Strouse j
Two Leagues Keep Busy;
Fast Miscellaneous Games
I*. M. It. Y. M. C. A. I,enivue
| Trainmen 1898
Harrlsburg Shops 1885
| Stone (T.) 201
j Stone (T.) 5111
Bank Clerks' l.engue
The Hill 2031
Steelton 1943
Mumma (H.) 176
Mum ma (H.) 457
MISCBLANEOIS
At New Cumberland
(Parthemoro Alleys)
1 Irfmoyne 2233
| New Cumberland 2133
'Myers (N. C.) 1§
| Reeso (1..) 471
At Taylor'*
I Taylor Stars 2233
Sunbury Division 2181
Deisenroth (T.) 174
Deisenroth <T.) 485
At Nm Cumberland
(Dull'a Alleys)
New Cumberland i -'678
'Academy 2144
| Leehthaler (N. C.) 244
Lechthaler (N. C.) 654
DIIiLOX BESTS iffILUE MISKE
New York, N. Y., Dec. 20. Jack
Dillon's amazing powers to recupera
tion enabled him to overcome Blllie
Miske by the slightest margin at the
Broadway Sporting Club, in Brooklyn
last night. From every standpoint
Miske made a great showing In the
third and fourth rounds, and several
times it was a question whether Dillon
would be able to keep his feet. Miske
was shooting straight hard punches
at him with unerring accuracy and to
save himself the famed "man-killer"
hud to wind his powerful arms about
his head to ward off Miske's attack.
It was plain in the rounds that fol
lowed. especially toward the end of
the fieht that Miske had fought him
self out.
"SHAG" THOMPSON TO ftUIT
Durham, Dec. 20.—"Shag" Thompson,
formerly of the Athletics, Intends to
drop out of baseball for a business
career in Richmond, Va., where he is
now working. Ever since "Shag" was
hit on the head by a wild pitch In the
International league a year ago lie
has been seriously thinking of retiring
from the game, and now that he has
secured a good position he Is about
ready to step out of the game. Thomp
son wound up In the Western league
last year.
NEW BCKANTON TOS9KH
Scranton, Pa.. Dec. 20.—Alex Harvey,
a former New York State league star,
has been signed by Manager Prank
Hruggy tor his Scranton basketball
team of the Intercounty League, Har
vey can play either forward or guard.
He will be eligible to play In the series
against the Ucranton, Pa., State league
team, which starts Wednesday night,
DECEMBER 20, 1916.
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Amateur basketball has a promising
future in Harrisburg if present plans
work out. The commissioners in charge
of the affairs of the Amateur Basket
| ball League are preparing rules to gov
• ern the games. It means a whole lot
I for the sport in tills city. Basketball
is real sport when played properly.
Why not organize a grammar school
league and place these same commis
sioners in charge. Figure out the re
j suit of such a league. It means clean
•sport and athletes. The grammar school
game as now played Is rough and with
very little attention to rules. Make the
game right. Grammar school athletes
In a rough and tumble game get the
wrong conception of clean sport. It
may affect the entire life of a student
as regards a clean life. School offi
cials would lind the commissioners
ready to give their aid.
Clarence Rowland has been reap
pointed manager of the Chicago Amer
ican baseball team. President Comis
ky gave out the news yesterday. This
ends one more controversy. Several
other clubs are still debating the man
agerial question.
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CHARGED WITH THEFT
Lewistown, Pa., Dec. 20.—William
Freeman, a native of Cuba, boarded
for some time with Jeremiah Jones,
here, and, it is alleged, stole $3 3 that
Mr. Jones had hidden under a pillow.
Officer Davis traced the man to the
Junction, where It was found that he
had purchased a ticket for Pitts
burgh. The police of that city were
notified and when Freeman stepped
from the train he was placed under
arrest.
NEW BILLIARD ItECOnD
San Francisco, Dec. 20.—Willie Hoppe,
billiard champion of the world, made a
new world's record here yesterday In
an exhibition match with "Young"
Jacob Hchaeffer, of Chicago, in whicli
lioppe mads an unfinished run of 250
p'otnts, from the spot in an 18.3 balk
line match of 2SO points,
SYRACUSE TO PLAY IX NED.
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 20, The Uni
versity of Nebraska football team will
play Syracuse University, New York,
next Thanksgiving Day at Lincoln, it
was announced to-day, Tho Notre
Dame game, usually played on
Thanksgiving Day, will be moved
ahead, probably to sotne data In Oc
tober.
g CORNER
John H. (Speedy) Rush has been re
tained as coach for Princeton. It will
be his third year. There was some
talk about getting a new official be
cause of Princeton's poor showing lr
the Yale-Jlarvard games. Tiger ath*
letic officials say the work of Coach
Rush was satisfactory. Marion Wiln
son, an end, will be the Princeton cap
tain.
Harrisburg is falling short in the.
boxing game. According to reports
from other cities very little has been
missed. Boys who make s°od are
scarce. Running a boxing show and
running it right is expensive.
Increased activity will be noticeable
after Christmas In the various Penn
sylvania railroad athletic associations.
Uocal basketball, indoor volleyball, bil
liard and bowling teams will work hard
and sometimes two and three time*
each week. There Is unusual inter
est In the elimination contests all over
the Pennsy system. Harrisburg and
Knola athletes are going after honors
again this year.
LARRY M'IiEAN SURE OF JOB
Cincinnati, 0., Dec. 20.—Larry Mc-
Lean, former Cincinnati, St. Louis,
Now York Giant catcher, is coming
back to his old home behind th
plate for the Reds. Yep! it's true
Garry Herrmann verified the rumor
yesterday by saying that Manager
Christy Mathewson has been given
power to give Long Larry another
chance with the local team.
McLean inade his last appearance
with the crimson-hosed athletes when
Hank O'Day was manager. He quar
reled with O'Day and because of tlis
cather's failure to keep in condition
he was traded to St. Louis and later
sold to the New York Giants. Mc-
Graw dropped him after McLean, it
is alleged, had attacked Dick ICinsella,
the Giants' scout in St. Louis.
McLean then dropped out of base*
ball. Manager Mathewson saw Mc<
Lean in New York recently and prom*
ised to give him another opportunity.
COUCH I.IN TO THY X.\FIKI,I>KR RYAV
Scranton, Pa., Dec. 20.—Manager Bill
Coughlln of the Scranton baseball team
of the New York State League, return
ed from New York where he wan In
attendance at Ahe Reunions of the Na
tlonal league. Ha cant many lines tor
desirable players, hut made no catches.
On the recommendation of Inflelder
fierkermtt, Coughlln has nlgned a voting
HemlprofesHional from New York
Ryau. lie la a second baseman.
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