14 SPORTS-CITY LEAGUE GETS A FAST START LOCAL ATHLETES BIG WINNERS Take Throe Out of Four Con tests From Schuylkill Division Stars Pennsylvania Railroad athletes of this city last night captured three out of four contests in the elimination sys tem series. The local basketball live, representing the Philadelphia division, lost to Schuylkill division tossers, score 26 to IG. Tn bowling the local team won over Bchuylkiil, score 2693 to 2371; won in quoit contest, scores 73 to 53, and Wero victorious in the billiard match, Bcores 290 to 12 5. Colestock was a big star in basketball in the cage game With Gough. •Tones Star Howler Jones tlgured In tho bowling eon test on the Pennsylvania Railroad Young Men's Christian Association al leys and Hay Meek and Thomas Hoff man were billiard stars. Sham per and Pryor lost but one quoit match in five with the Schuylkill division players, Ramsey and Kariden. In the team matches tho Harrisburg team won the first and third contests by scores of 15 to 3 and 15 to 9, und dropped the second match by a score of 15 to 13. In the singles Pryor boat Kariden, 15 to 13, in two straight matches. Billiard Match In the first match Meek defeated Reigel by a score of 100 to 70 and Hoffman took Kupp Into camp by a 100 to 31 score. In the second matches Hoffman was a victor over Reigel by a score of 60 to 10 and Mock defeated Kupp by a4oto 14 score. The team result was 290 to 125. The basketball and bowl ing summaries follow: SCHUYLKILL DIVISION F. G. Fouls. Pts. Beggs, forward 1 4 6 Trupp, forward 4 0 8 Bolder, c 4 0 8 Miller, g 1 0 2 Kline, g 1 o 2 Totals 11 4 26 PHILADELPHIA DIVISION F. G. Fouls. Pts. Gough, forward 3 1 7 Gerdes, f 1 l 3 Winn, c 1 0 2 Sparner, c 0 0 0 Ellis, guard 0 0 0 Colestock, guard 2 0 4 Totals 7 2 16 READING Totals Hegarty 136 166 146 448 Richwine 175 118 143 436 Whitman 174 159 IG9 502 Smith 136 170 148 454 Dodson 181 192 158 541 Totals 802 805 764 2371 HARRISBURG Jacoby 16.1 184 ISB 537 Beck 179 186 IG4 529 Martin 192 210 145 548 Jones 199 192 174 565 Dlller 176 161 177 514 Totals 912 933 848 2693 Tech High Team Plays Lebanon Tossers Tonight; Starts Scholastic Season Technical High School's basketball Ciulntet will usher In the opening of tho Pennsylvania Interscholastlc League this evening. Lebanon High Bchool will be the opponent. The con test will be tho first of the series to be played during the winter and will be staged nt the City Grays Armory. Tech High School has been whipped into good shape by Coach Miller for this game. The line-up for the league contest will be as follows: Tech. Lebanon. Harris, f. Moore, f. Bell, McGann, f. Wolf, t. tebnefi Walker, c, Strlcltler, c. Pollock, g, Miller, g. Miller, g. Harpel. g. State Tossers Show Form; Take Game From Dartmouth State College, Jan. 5. Penn State Opened athletic relations with l .trt- Inouth to-night by defeating tho New Englanders, 4 4 to 22. It wan tho Second game of the season for the State boys, who played wonderful ball, especially on the offensive, Captain Walton, Adams and Blaks lee starred in this department of the frame, each registering four field goals. Wilson, who played guard, put up a tireat defensive game. The State play was characterized by short, snappy passing and accurate tehooting, while the visitors lost a great humber of points, due to the lack of leant work. Rail played a good game for Dartmouth. Statei Dartmouth. Blakslee t. Hall, f. Laulmch, f. Als h ton, f. Adams, c. Steenrod, c. Walton(Capt.).gi Slsson (Capt.), g. Wilson, g; Mudgett, g. Summary—Time of halves —20 mln tites. Referee - Taggart, Rochester. Field goals For Dartmouth. Rail, 2; Alshton, 2j Steenrod, Slsson, Mudgett. For State, Blnkslee, 4j Laubach, 3; Walton. 4! Adams, 4; Wilson,, Wag ner, 2. Fouls—Blakslee, 8; Slsson, 8. Substitutions — For State, Wagner for For Dartmouth, Hutchin son for Steenrod. Steenrod for Mud gett, Mudgett for Aishton. Players Await Orders to Sign Up For Next Season New York, Jan. s.—Notwithstanding the fact that most of the major league flubs already have sent out their 1917 tiontracts, the players who are mem bers of the players' fraternity have not yet received permission from David Kultß, Its president, to sign the new agreements. Fultz said to-day there Was no change in the fraternity's sit uation. ''Our relations with organized base hall are just the same as when wo made requests on tho National Asso ciation in New Orleans last Novem ber,' 1 he declared. "We have not heard from either the National Association or the national commission in reply lo the requests.' 1 Fuita claims to have In his posses sion pledges from all fraternity play ers not to sign until Instructed to do So by the officers of the fraternity. Interesting Quoit News The quoit team of Camp 8 won four games from Camp 505 last evening. Other scores have not been handed in, but it Is certain that No. B's team is Mill in tho lgad. A quoit team from York has chal lenged Camp 8 for a game at home and one at York. The challenge has been accepted and games will be ptavod In the near future. Slnco the fire at Penbrook the team of No. 477 will have to look for a homo tloor to ploy their games. FRIDAY EVENING, WEI jyycoMrai Basketball fans from all over Har risburg and vicinity will turn out to night to give tho Yale varsity five a glad hand. This classic basketball contest is the beginning of a series of high class collegiate offerings. Former Yale stars with members of the alumni deserve much commenda tion for the enterprise in bringing Yale's champion live to this city. Trap shooting is booming. Of the total of 4,668 trapshooting clubs in tho world 4,331 are located in the United States. This shows a record increase. Ten years ago there wero not 500 clubs. The Fultons are giants. John P. Dunn, the authority on tightors and ring battle booster, gives the following to prove it: "Fred Fulton, who is to make his first appearance in the east this sea son, at tho Broadway Sporting Club January 9 in a ten-round bout with Tom Cowler, comes of a remarkable family. His father, deceased, weighed 230 pounds and was 6 feet 4% inches in height. His mother, living, weighs 180 pounds and is 5 feet 11% inches in height. Two sisters, both living, are six-footers. Five brothers remain. The eldest, George, is 29, weighs 212 GARRY GRAY TO LECTURE HERE Noted War Correspondent Comes lo Harrisburg Under Auspices of Rifle Club Announcement was made to-day by the Harrisburg Rifle Club that they had secured Garry Gray, of New York, to deliver a lecture under the auspices of the club at the Technical high school on Thursday evening, January 18. Mr. Gray is a well-known writer and lecturer, as well as a war corre spondent. He spent several years in Mexico, where he had an opportunity to become acquainted with conditions there, and knew Diaz, Limantour, Reyes, Orozco, Villa, Madero, lluerta and Zapata. At the outbreak of the Boer war Gray treked for Johannes burg, South Africa, and reported the campaign for a London riews syndi cate. At tho close of the war 110 returnod to London, whero he was engaged in newspaper work. Always a deep stu dent and a keen observer, ho became a student of pan-Slavism, and watched closely tho formation of tho Triple Entente, and wrote many brochures on European political economy. Special Privileges When the break camo and all Europe'was plunged Into war ho used his Influence with the French authori ties und was allowed tho privileges of duly assigned correspondent, although he was not at that time connected with any paper; In fact, preferred to do froo lance work in order that ho might bo free to write when he pleased ami what ho pleased concerning tho great struggle as viewed from an American citlien's standpoint. Since llio election he has resumed liis lecturing and is now on a lour throughout the Southern States deliv ering his lecture, "The American Civilian on the Firing Line." The lec ture promises much of Interest to all, especially the young mon of military nice, and It Is the hopo of the local rille dull that as many as possible of the young men of Central and Tech nical high schools will attend. To Install Ilance The llarrlsburg Rifle Club has re cently acquired a tract of land along the Conodogruinet creek near oyster's darn and Is preparing for the In stallation of targets of sufficient num ber at the various regulation ranges to permit of the holding of tho state shoot next summer between the thirty-seven civilian rifle teams of Pennsylvania who are affiliated with the National Rifle Association. This will require tho expenditure of several hundred dollars, and the members of the club are hopeful that tho good citizens of Harrisburg who are alive to the Importance of tho local organ ization will lend their co-oporatlon to tho end that by the closo of tho com ing season the Harrisburg Rifle Club will be one of the largest and most efficient organizations of Its kind In the United States. Tho club now has about 110 mem bers and stands second in tho state in the number of men qualified during the past year. It Is the hopo to in crease this membership to 500 by May 1 nnd it is believed that when the men of Harrisburg really learn the in side facts about the purpose of the organization and how the United States government lends Its uld in carrying on the work there will be no difficulty In securing hundreds of new members. Bits From Sportland The Hethlehem Steel Company quin tet will play Tower City at tho latter place to-morrow night. The llarrlsburg Oarnets play Myers town at the latter place to-night. Tho Hassett girls start the season at Cathedral Hall to-night, playing the York Collegiate flve. This game prom ises much Interest. Rosewood A. C. went, to Hershey this afternoon, where they play the Hershey Men's Club five to-night. Central High girls start the season to-night at Myerstown, playing the Myerstown High School girls. The Highspire Rod and Gun Club will hold Its eleventh monthly shoot to-morrow afternoon. Three members are tied for the national trophy. WOMAN HIGH GUN Shamokin, Pa., Jan. 5. The an nual January shoot of the Rear Valley Gun Club occurred yesterday, the fea ture being a team of women from the ladies' auxiliary of the club pitted against male members in a 25-target event. Margaret Richardson scored 18; Ella Crow, 16; Agnes Richardson, 13; Frances Murphy, 11; Agnes Crow, 16. Total 67. Levi Werntz. 17; George Wolf, 15; Evan Jeremiah, 14; James Richardson, 11; Jacob Wolf, 11. Total, 68. The winning team was awarded a bronze trophy. In a 160-target event among the club members Levi Werntz was high gun, scoring 82; Evan Jeremiah, 79; Ed Wolf, 76; Peter Wolf, Sr., 64; Richardson, 70; Frank Allen, 60; Earl Faust, 71. ■■—i.' * .ii, v 'ui.-i HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH and is 6 feet 4 % inches In height. John, tho second, is 27, weighs 210 and is G feet feet 4 Inches in height. Fred tho lighter, is the third on the list, and weighs 220 pounds. Ho stands 6 feet 5% inches and his age is 24. Koy is 21, weighs 212 and is C feet 4 inches in height. Earl, the youngest, is 16, weighs 210, and is G feet 414 inches tall." "Ike" McCord, who is a free agent may play on a Blue Kldge toam. He can get a New York State League berth, but the local star has interests in this city that must be looked after, and he will be able to get home more frequently from the Blue Ridge cir cuit. Both Hagerstown and Cham bersburg want McCord. Kough drafts of a code of racing laws for tracks aflllinted with both the National and American Trotting Asso ciations were accepted last night at a meeting in Columbus, Ohio. The new rules wil be mandatory and not sub ject to alteration. The board of governors of the Mo tor Club of liarrisburg will meet to night at the rooms, 109 South Second street. Officers will be nominated for election at the next meeting. CAMDEN FIVE IS SATURDAY BILL Speed Boys to Meet Independ ents at Chestnut Street Auditorium Camden's Eastern League team, bet ter known as "The Speed Boys," will be the basketball attraction at Chest nut Street Auditorium to-morrow night. This aggregation is a great favorite in Harrisburg. The locals will have the regular line-up, with two strong substitutes ready for emer gency work. The Camden team has a wonderful scoring machine and hold several of the league records. Jimmy Brown is the leading scorer in the league and plays a guard position and the locals will have to play a strong defensive game to make a good showing in the game Saturday night. Last Night's Bowling Scores CASINO DUCKPIN LEAGUE Nobles 1407 Audions , 1303 Dunlap, (N) 130 Shooter, (N) 309 Strollers 1446 Pennsys 1370 Smith, (S) 14(i Smith, (S> 334 MOTORCYCLE OFFICERS At tl.e annual meeting last night of the Keystone Motorcycle Club, these officers were elected: President, Ervln E. ICohe; secretary Harry E. Sechrist; treasurer, T. S Cless; trustees, J. M. Urlch. Paul Morrell and C. W. Carr; Investigation committee, V. Zimmerman, C. H. Uhler, E. H. Cleekner; auditor, Mon roe E. Smiley. The club members will start plans at once to be a part of the next year's Mummers' parade. Good Housing Code Here Stern Necessity—Windsor "Living conditions that are a dis grace to tho city and to any civilized community, aro to be found In this city," declared Superintendent of De tectives Windsor this morning. Wind sor, Detective Murnane and Officer H'SH, 6 / wcre investigating the theft or -OU pounds of pork from the Swift packing house, Seventh and North streets. Tracing the stolen meat to a house on Fox street near Boas Btreet, they discovered the conditions of which Windsor spoke. "Two men with their clothing on, drunk in bed; another so drunk thut ho hadn t boon able to movo from a Aiorris cliulr for two duya; three gen erations of one family and thirteen visitors all living In ono house; a tu bercular mother with three small chil dren and a father that makes no ef fort to support them; the only work ing man in tho family drunk one third of the time—those are tho con ditions that we found in a five-room house," said Superintendent. Windsor. "Never," declared the superinten dent. "have I seen more forcibly the stern necessity of a good housing code for tho city of Harrisburg." First Adult Bible Class Convention in Perry County Duncannon, Pa., Jan. 0. Perry county s first adult Bible class con vention will be held in the Lutheran church here, Wednesday of next week, morning, afternoon and evening. The convention will be held under the direction of the Adult Division of the Perry County Sabbath School As sociation, whose motto is "Others." The Rev. F. L. Fuhrman, Mansville, is O. A. B. C. superintendent in Per ry county. Each Bible class Is invited to send at least two delegates and every Bible class president and teach er is urged to be present as are all pastors and superintended. William Desmond, oorothy Palton and P. D. Tabler In "A Gamble In Souls, at tlio Colonial Theater, to-day &nd to-morrow. AMATEURS START LEAGUE CONTESTS Rosewood and Methodist Teams Win Opening Battles at Armory The initial contest of the newly formed City Amateur Basketball League were played in the Cily Grays Armory last night before a large num ber of spectators. The Rosewood tlve won from the Y. M. H. A., 44 to 18, and the Methodist quintet defeated the Galahad team, 21 to 16. The players of the four teams were unfamiliar with the intercollegiate rules, which govern the games, and the number of fouls called during the game is attributed to the laok of knowledge on these rules. Several former Central- High School basket ball stars played on the various teams. Winn, of Methodist club; Wallower, Galahad; Boss, Y. M. H. A., and Kline, Rosewood, were the in dividual stars on their teams. Prof. Bertram W. Saul, a certified official of the Slate Amateur Association, refereed both contests. The sum maries are: GALAHAD R. C. Players— F.G. Fls. Pts. Wallower, forward .... 4 0 8 Barr, forward 2 2 6 Bricker, center 0 0 0 Rexroth, guard 0 0 0 Storey, guard 1 0 2 Totals 7 2 16 METHODIST CLUB Players— F.G. Fls. Pts. Bell, forward 3 0 6 Winn, forward 0 13 13 Lutz, center 0 0 0 Reed, guard 1 o 2 Ebner, guard 0 0 0 Totals 4 13 21 Fouls committed Galahads, 20; Methodists, 15. Referee Saul (Har risburg Central). —o — ROSEWOOD A. C. Players— F.G. Fls. Pts. Kline, forward 2 9 13 Trump, forward 3 0 6 Kent, forward 2 0 4 Perry, forward 0 0 0 Tittle, center 9 0 IS Devine, guard ........ 0 0 0 Killinger, guard 1 0 2 Harris, guard 0 1 1 Totals 17 10 4 4 Y. M. H. A. Players— F.G. Fls. Pts. Boss, forward 2 12 16 Lapkin, forward 1 0 2 Williams, center 0 0 0 Katz, guard 0 0 0 Yoffee, guard 0 0 0 Roth, guard 0 0 0 Totals 3 12 18 Fouls committed Rosewood, 21; T. M. H. A., 19. Referee—Saul. ||amuse]||ments|^ ORPHEUM—To-night and to-morow, matinee and night—Al. U. field Ureater Minstrels. Wednesday, matinee and night, January 10—ueorgo cidney in ".tsusy Izzy. " Saturday, matinee ana night, January 13—"The innocent dinner," wun Julia Uean. Three days, with daily matinees, Janu ary 10-IS-l/—"The Birth o£ a i\a lion." MAJ hJSTlC—Vaudeville. CuiXJ.NAIj—"A Oambie In Souls." KaiiiSNT—"Her father's Son. ' VICTORIA—"The lireaKer." Following his customary practice of each year giving something dirferent, Al. G. field has arrangeu AI. G. Field me "i'-irct Part" of tne originates AI. G. Field Greater Min u leKimiit streis penormance una "First l-urt" season in a way which is a marked departure iioiu the usual plan. This portion of the performance is entitled, "Minstrelsy, Past and Pres ent." The Inst tnree scenes ale ricn, animated taoieaux, tracing the evolu tion ot the plantation song and ounce lrom the eaily Golonial uays to tne present time, and aie designated as "lJixieland. ' Tnree scenes precede a grand trans formation winch introduces "A Modern .vlinstrei Cabaret,' an assembly of tile possibilities of minstrelsy to-day. The Al. G. Field Greater Minstrels will be at tlie orpheuni to-night and to-morrow, matinee and night. Bubbling with merriment, and buoy ant with new tun, the 191/ edition of "Busy Izzy" will be ticorgc Sidney seen at the Orpheum, In "biiay lsy" Wednesday, matinee and night. Geo. Sidney, the diminutive star, is responsible for the show and its production. He created the character some years ago, and has been elaborating on it ever since. From time to tune, he has added new ma terial ,and this season lie has tound a vast number of new jukes, and has pro vided some new and novel situations. In his great spectacle, "The Birth of a Nation," which is coming to the Or pheum for three days, "The Ulrth January 15-16-17, D. W. of a JHutlon'' Griffith utilized a full operatic score ,or the first time in its true relationship to the enlaregement of his varied themes. It is the Wagnerian idea fitted to the screen drama and the synchronization was so perfectly adapted to this story that it becomes a very important part of the epical form of narrative. The score was arranged by Joseph Carl Breil, who spent months witli Mr. Grif 11th while lie was making the picture and caught his thematic ideas in snatches of tuno that Griffith would hum while he was working out his big dramatic idea 3. It Is perhaps the most unusual score ever devised, but Is a wonderful feature in the production. "Although "A Daughter of the Gods,' THE HUB Pre-Inventory Sale Real Clothes at Real Suits and Overcoats heavily reduced to clear the store of surplus merchandise previous to taking ac count of stock. This is an opportunity you cannot afford to miss. Call and compare Qualities and Prices and you will say yourself that these are the big bar gain values of the season. V Men's and Young Men's Suits and Overcoats mind. 'Anltla,' 'A Daughter of the Gods,' manages to survive mental and physical stress, and when the Him I closes, Annette Keilermann is still as i marvelous for her gifts as when first I revealed to her beloved maids of the I sea." j Golet, Harris and Morey, the clever I trio who appeared at the Majestic Theater at the opening liolct. Harris of the present esason, iiiul Morey are back again with lat Majestic- some new and tuneful melodies, and are a I big a hit as ever. This is just the kind of an act that vaudeville audiences like and would put pep into any show. The headline attraction on the bill is "The i Hoosier Girl," a delightful musical com edy offering that calls in the efforts of I nine neople who keep things moving at a mile-a-minute speed. Arthur West is the very clever comedian in the act and I keeps the audience in continual laugh | ter Other excellent Keith attractions on the bill are the Koban Japs, in a very good equilibristic act; Jack Mar ley, clever monologist, and Dufty and Daisy, introducing some new and en tertaining tricks on the bicycle. The scenes of "A Gamble in Souls." new Triangle-Kay Bee drama, which will be seen at the Colo "A Gnmble nial Theater to-day and In Soul*" at to-morrow, are laid in the Colonial San Francisco's notorious Barbary Coast region and on a desert island in the Pacific, where a dance hall girl and a young missionary are cast ashore when the ship 011 which they are voyaging is burned. The lead ing roles are in the hands of William Desmond and Dorothy Dalton, with P. D Tabler as third member of an "eter nal triangle" group which works out its salvation with fists and clubs and in which the fittest of the two men sur vives, the minister proving the Attest, much to his own surprise as well as the girl's. The balance of the program will consist of the usual funny com edies, and a new subject. Monday and Tuesday, June Caprice In "The Mischief Maker. A tale of the South, land of fair wo men, chivalry and hospitality, where gentlemen demand and "Her Father's get "satisfaction" by a Son" at duel of swords, where the negent loyalty and honor are dearer than life, such a tale Is "Her Father's Son," shown at the Regent to-day and to-morrow. Vivian Martin, as the belle and as the handsome boy, makes It a mooted question which role Is most irresistibly attractive. A poor father and a rich uncle, who has no son, cause the tangle. Frances' father, dying, pledges her to this mas querading—as a boy. Under her uncle's roof with his daughter Betty as a chum, the deception becomes very amusingly difficult. Many, are the hazards and strange carryings on of this whimsical young "man." Saturday only "Her Father's Son" will be supplemented by Cbarllo Chap JANUARY 5, 1 yi7. | lln in a return engagement of "Behind | the Screen." i "* ! A thrilling story of love behind the I veil of the secret service, entitled "The Breaker," and I "Tlie Brenker" featuring Bryant |at the Victoria Washburn, Nell Craig and Ernest Maupain, is the attraction at the Victoria to-day. It | is taken from the widely-read story of | the same name which recently ap peared in the Saturday Kvening Post i and was written by Arthur Stringer, lit deals with a notorious counterfeiter and how a clever slip of a girl, who, ! disguised as a struggling typist, caused | the arrest of the real counterfeiter .after trying to fasten the crime upon I an innocent man. For to-morrow, Clara I Kimball Young, in "The Deep Purple." The eleventh episode of "The Shielding Shadow" will also be shown to-mor row. T. F. NIPPLE BCRIEI) Duncannon, Pa., Jan. 5. T. F. Nipple, a veteran of the Civil War, | died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. D. B. Troutman, in Penn township on j Monday, aged 70 years. Ills death was sudden and was the result of a | cold contracted on the Friday pre j vious. Brief services were held at the ! home of his daughter at !) o'clock this } morning, conducted by the Rev. W. IW. Sholl, pastor of the Methodist i Episcopal Church, following which the I body was taken to Orubb's church near Liverpool, where burial was j made. ra PLATTSBURG MADE | WITH THE NEW REINFORCED EDGE. ! (pilars i or Mile 11} DIVES. POMEKOY A STEWART HARKISBURU. PA. AMUSEMENTS r~~ _ BEHBPHH I WILMER & VINCENT VAUDEVILLE | IMAT.V 8:30 lot ISC EVE J:3r IIIA 1,1. YOUNG "Shielding Shndow" No. 11 I f —\ Regent Theater TO-DAY AXD TO-MORROW I*artiiiMMint I'reitpuU VIVIAN MARTIN in n double role. In "HER FATHER'S SON" Added Attraction Saturday Only CHARLIE CHAPLIN In h return enitnicenient of ••BEHIND THE SCREEN" MONDAY AND TUESDAY DUSTIN rVIIN'U.M In "A SON OIF ERIN" AdmlMMloni Adult* 10; Children Re. L ■ ORPHEUM Tonight, Tomorrow "Vi'mrF , AL. G. FIELD Greater Minstrels it h RIOItT SWOII find (I.V— Merry Mlprttrel Makers—6s Matinee-—2sc ami 50e NlKhtMi l!se, roe, 75c and 91.00