BOXING SEASON PLANS NEAR COMPLETION-BUSY WEEK-END FOR LOCAL TOSSERS rOSSERS BUSY 1 WEEK-ENDGAMES i"Vo Contests Tonight on City Amateur League Schedule; Central- Ready The last half of the week promises much that is interesUng in the way of basketball for Harrisburg. Games scheduled are all important. The two Karnes in the City Amateur League at the Armory to-night will include, West End Athletic Club vs. Methodist Club, and Young Men's Hebrew Association vs. Arrows. Prof. Bertram W. Saul will officiate at both games. Central high tossers are scheduled to play the opening game at Chestnut street hall to-morrow night with the Harrisburg Academy. This game has aroused much interest. The Academy live under the direction of Coach Sehlicliter have shown fast form. Coach Ike McCord has been busy with his Central squad and will not be able to announce his line-up uuUl after practice to-day. An added at traction to-morrow night will be the game between the Central high school girls five and the Chambersburg high school girls' team. Central will send a big crowd of rooters. The cheer lead ers will be the Misses Frances Dunlap, Martha Creswell and Harold Eckert. Allison Skinner, Paul Selsam and George Spangler. Miss Richards and Miss Rote, who were leaders during the football season are in the Central line-up. Bits From Sportland Lebanon Valley tossers last night defeated the Temple University, score 32 to 21. Local stars figured in the Lebanon Valley line-up. Hummelstown high school girls last night defeated the Hamilton school girls of Harrisburg, score 8 to 3. The Enhaut ex-high five were last I night victors over the East End A. C., score 44 to 12. The indoor baseball games sched uled for to-night between the Middle Division team of Altoona and the local Philadelphia division players will take place Saturday night at Armory hall starting at S o'clock. The Moorhead Knitting Mills bas ketball team last night won over the P. R. R. Apprentices, score 26 to 22. Central grammar school five of i Steelton last night defeated the For ney grammar school of this city, score 44 to 16. The third annual banquet of the Planing Mill Athletic Association of Lucknow shops will be held at Fort Hunter Hotel. January 27. >l. R. Fin frock has been re-elected manager. S. W. Goodyear is president Vice-presi dent. S. P. Beam: secretary, E. J. An derson; treasurer, R. B. White, and chaplain, W. S. Fortenbaugh. Duckpin Bowlers Feature in Last Night's Contests Cain Duckpin League Readings 14081 Audlons 1173 Rhoades (A) / 118 I Shaflner (A> 320 1 Casino Teupln League Electrics 2736 j Alphas 2686 i Early (A) 213 j Montgomery (E) 212 Morrison (A) 210 j Ivobb (A) 210 i Academy Duckpin League Officers '.... i#24 ' Factors 1589 | Chrisner (O) 141 | O'Leary 387 Knola Y. M. C. A. League Sapphires 1355 ! Rubies 1327 I Snyder (S) 19S i Snyder (S) 511 | MiNcellnneoun (Taylor Alleys) Lebanon Office 2072 Steelton Semet Solvay 1985 j Zimmerman (L) 17S Mallus (L) 4j; STAXDISG OF THE TEAMS Academy W. L. Pet. Officers 28 14 .667 Bakers 23 19 .549 Barbers 21 18 liiSS Bitters 23 22 .514 New Ideas 13 23 .359 Factors U 31 ',^9 Schedule for Friday—Barbers vs. New Ideas. CnMuo Duckpin _ . W. L. Pet. Majesties 19 5 -c>j ; Strollers 13 9 | 625 j Nobles 14 10 .582 1 Pennsys 12 15 .444; Readings 9 j5 373 , Audions 6 21 222 ' Casino Teupln . W. L. Pet. Electrics 21 15 .583 Calumets 19 17 g 2 8 Jolly Five 17 ie .'315 Alphas 16 17 ,484 Orplieums 17 19 470 Rovers 15 ,21 Ul6 Schedule for Friday, Jan. 12—Alphas vs. Jolly Five. Bringing Up Father Copyright, 1917, International News Service By McManus L —~ ~'hot ' L "" y E L^HX "" —■> THURSDAY EVENING,' WINTER SPORTS CONTINUE TO SHOW STRENUOVS TIMES IN HARRISBURG AKOW ?mm PORTHE - BgL"' POPULARITY GONFALON. ' INADEQUATE SWLE MAKES LOCAL BASKET IN THE. R*lV&{?. BALL TEAMS UTILIZE EVERY AVAILABLE INCH. COMPANY D WINS FOOTBALL GAME | Is Big New Year's Day Feature; i I Stars in Game Show Form J Harrisburg soldier boys on the bor der are still playing football and other sports. Sergeant 11. J. Bretz, of Com . pany D, Eighth Regiment, writes the Harrisburg Telegraph regarding a foot ball game played on New Tear's Day. Company D eleven won over the Sec ond South Carolina team, score 8 to 0. It was a great game and watched by a large crowd, including several hun dred visitors from nearby cities and | towns. J In the iirst quarter Wilson for South 'Carolina fumbled the ball back of the goal line, and by Carmich aol for a safety. In the third period I Corporal Miller received a cleanly exe cuted forward pass and ran twenty yards for a touchdown. No goal was ! kicked. Starn in Game Harris and Carmiohael wore stars. Miller, Colburn and 11. Wolfe played a fine game on the line. The South Caro ! lina stars wore Jones Edwards, Irvin ! and Mclver. This was the second vic j tory for Company D over the South jern eleven. The iine-up and summary: 2nd S. C. Co. D. I David, c. Matchett, c. ; Byrd, 1. g. Kilhelter, I. g. i Outlaw.l. t. Colburn, 1. t. i Coggeshell. 1. e. W. A. Miller, 1. e. ; Swan, r. g. Flury, r. g. | Jones, r. t. Weaver, r. t. j Edwards, r. e. H. A. Wolfe, r. e. ! Mclver, q. b. Siler, q. b. | Wilson, 1. h. # Carmichael. 1. h. | Kirven, r. h. Harris, r. h. Irvin, f. b. Gibson, f. b. | Touchdown, W. A. Miller; touchback. | Wilson; time of quarters, 12 minutes; . referee. Chubb, Co. I.; umpire. Smith, ; Second South Carolina; headlinesman, | Sergt. Selway, Co. D. PENN STATE'S SCHEDULE I State College, Pa., Jan. 11.—Penn I State's football schedule for next sea | son, as announced to-day by R. H. j Smith, graduate manager of athletics, | shows a, wholesale revision in the last ;of opponents. Five new teams are | listed, and six of the ten met last fall i are missing. Most important of the j additions are Dartmouth and Wash ington and Jefferson. Other newcom ers are Muhlenberg, Maryland "Ag gies" and St. Bonaventure. Nine games, one less than lasj season, will be played. The schedule follows September 29, Muhlenberg at State College. October 6. Gettysburg at State College; 13, St. Bonaventure at State College; 20, Washington and Jef ferson at Washington, Pa.; 27, West Virginia Wesleyan at State College. November 3, Dartmouth at Hanover, N. H.; 9, Lehigh at State College; 17, Maryland "Aggies" at State College; 29, University of Pittsburgh at Pitts burgh. McFarland Quits Fighting; His Wife Won't Let Him i ' ' v: PACKEY K^FAJei/UTD. Chicago, Jan. 10.—Did Packy Mc- Farland announce a short time back that he was hot after Darcy and that for a small sum such a 9 $26,000 a match might be arranged? Did I he? Well, maybe he did, but he ; didn't mean it. Since consulting his , manager he lias changed his mind— his wife being the manager men tioned. Mrs. Packy McFarland doesn't intend that Packy shall leave his chicken ranch, near Joilet, and she has told Packy so in no uncer tain terms. Oh, well, Packy might be in worse places than a chicken ranch. RED CALHOUN MAKES DEALS Wilkes-Barre, Jan. 11. Manager John C. Calhoun, of the Wllkes-Barre baseball team, announced yesterday that he had traded Catcher Mike Gido to Dallas (Tex.) League for Pitcher Renfer. The Baron manager also announced that he had purchased Pitcher Tuero and Outfielder Orcutt from the Lynn Club, of the New Eng land League. OWLS I'LAX AUXILIARY x The recently organized Order of Owls is planning to organize an aux iliary to the order. The organization has a membership of over 1,200. R. F. Webster, 223 South Fourteenth street, has charge of the formation of the auxiliary. It is planned to have it organized in about two weeks. EAST END WANTS GAME Manager P. Shickley of the East 'End A. C., wants a basketball gamei for to-morrow and Wednesday nights. Address, Royal Firehouse. HAJUUBBURG tffljgM TELEGRAPH! BOXING SEASON GETS LATESTART First Show January 21 With Popular Boys on Program; Special Bills Later Harrisburg's boxing season will open Wednesday, January 24. The Keystone Sporting Club, "Billy" Mehring, man ager, is back of the first exhibition. Lining up good fighters is not an easy proposition according to reports. The first show promises to be one of the best offered, and will be followed with another good bill. Delay In getting started has been a handicap in sign ing real fighters. Many Special Bills Liberal patronage will mean a series of special bills during the winter. Man- ! ager Mehring is now in touch with well known fight authorities. Including Billy . Rocap and They will aid the local management In arranging high class programs. The opening bill will include one ten round bout with Frankie McGuire up against a good boy. The semiwindup will be an eight-round go between A 1 Murphy of Scranton, and Frankie Erne of Lancaster. There will be two six round bouts, the participants including at least one local boy. Patsy Scanlon of Scranton, has been booked for the second show. MKItKDITH TO RACE BINGHAM Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 11. Ted Meredith, the fleet captain on the 1916 Pennsylvania track team, Is immensely pleased with the opportunity to meet Bill Bingham, Harvard's track leader of last season, in a dual or three-cor nered race at the coming Harvard- Penn-Dartmouth indoor track meet. Meredith heard from Eddie Riley, of Dartmouth, whose entrance will stretch the run into a three-cornered affair. The distance tentatively men tioned is six laps, or 780 yards. Mere dith beat Bingham and Riley in the intercollegiate outside meet last spring, Riley running second in the 440 and Bingham in the same position in the 880. MAY DIVIDE STATE LEAGUE Scranton, Jan. 11. According to advance information the officials of the Pennsylvania State r League are getting ready to call a special meeting for the purpose of calling a halt to the runaway race being made by the Carbondale Pioneers, and, according to the report, they will act to split the season in two. Carbondale far outclasses every other team in the cir cuit except Pittston, which, it is said, is the only club that Is fighting the new project to slice the season in two parts. HASN'T MISSED SUNDAY SCHOOL IN TWENTY YEARS William G. Shellenberger, a candy maker, 208 North Fifth street, and a member of the Messiah Lutheran Sun day School, boasts of a record of un interrupted attendance at the Sunday school for twenty years. His closest rival is Edward Crownahleid, 16 32 North Sixth street, who only on ac count cf death has been absent from two sessions in nineteen years. i STRONG TEAM TO PLAY LOCAL FIVE St. Elizabeth Five of Philadel phia to Return For Revenge; Change in Line-ups The St. Elizabeth team of Philadel phia will be the attraction at Chestnut street auditorium Saturday night. This will be the second appearance of those tnssers in this city. Fans will remem ber the fast and hard game they gave the Independents earlier in the season. They are coming to Harrisburg deter mined for revenge for their first defeat, and with a stronger line-up. Scrimmage Practice* The Independents will hold scrim mage practices with Central high teams every week and will be in the best of condition for the remaining games. Pat Reagan and Colestock will both be in the game Saturday night and this pair of big guards, will strengthen the lo cal's defense. Paul Gerdes has been handicapped with a bruised elbow. Boxing Champion in Khaki; Jimmy Wilde Is Fighter New York, Jan. 11. Jimmy Wilde, flyweight champion of the world and bantamweight champion of Europe, has enlisted, according to the London Times. Although twice rejected from mili tary service, once on account of a weak leg following an accident and later owing to his light weight, Wilde again presented himself for re-exam ination becautse, as he put it "I am tired of being taunted by those who say I would rather fight with gloves on than with gloves off." He passed the examination late !n December in Class B, which means garrison duty abroad. In any case he is now in khaki and has put to shame those who accused him of cowardice. In his last bout two or three weeks ago Wilde knocked out Young Zulu Kid, an American boxer, in the eleventh round. BRESSIiER GETS PINK SLIP Philadelphia, Jan. 11. —Rube Bress ler, considered two years ago the most promising southpaw ever brought Into the big leagues, was released yesterday by the Athletics, together with Tom Sheehan, a right-handed pitcher. Both have been turned over to the At lantic club, of the Southern Associa tion. Bressler lives in Williamsport, Pa., and came to the A's from the Harrisburg club of the Tri-State League. Last season he was farmed out to Danny Murphy's New Haven team, of the New England League, where he pitched and played the out field. Sheehan was bought from Peo ria, of the Three-Eye League. DENIES TRADE RUMOR Reading, Pa., Jan. 11.—Bert G. Bubp, secretary-treasurer of the Read ing Eastern League Basketball club, denies that a deal is in progress for either Morris or Haggerty, of Reading, or Getzinger, of the De Neris. No deal (of the kind will be put through, he i states. JANUARY 11, 1917, Vgfs Basketball fans are sUll talking about that Yale game. They were in troduced to something new in team work, also learned a few things about rules. In taking care of tho inter collegiate game rules were formulated with a view to making the game clean. That is what it is when played like the contest last Friday. Those who question the decisions of Referee Miller on fouls should read the Intercollegiate rules. Rule six, sec tion four reads, "The referee shall have power to call fouls for unsports manlike conduct, or to make decisions on any points not specifically covered in rules." Hissing, and hooting at an official when a decision is made is un sportsmanlike conduct. Arthur Williams, a former Atlantic League pitcher, has signed with Chic llartman, of Bingliamton. He Is a Small Minor Leagues Are Facing Crucial Prospects Cedar Rapids, lowa, Jan. 11.—A. R. Tearney, president of the Threo I Baseball League, addressing a meet ing attended by representatives of four minor baseball leagues of the Central West horo to-day expressed the opin ion that unless something is done to stimulate interest in minor league ball many small leagues could not con tinue through the coming season. As remedies President Tearney sug gested the abrogation of the so-called optional agreement, and recommend ed that each club in a small league be forced to l.iro at least five or six new players each season to keep up inter est. lie said remedial measures must be taken in a concerted manner if the small circuits are to survive. The conference was called at the suggestion of President Tearney, who believes that radical changes must be made to assure the minor leagues in the Central West a degree of success in the 1917 season. The mileage of at least two of the leagues must bo reduced, Tearney believes. Suggestion has been made that one of the Three I cities be traded to the Central Association, and that one of the Central League cities be induced to join tho Threo I circuit. Barry to Manage Red Sox; Started With Bill Carrigan Bwwillliwii I' .JA V CK BARKV-. "I<ucUy Jack" Barry has an nounced delinltely his acceptance of the position of manager of the World's Champion Red Sox. He will succeed William Carrigan, who tin ally determined to resign permanent ly from baseball. Barry is considered the luckiest man in professional baseball by his fellow players, lie is the only player In the history of the game who has shared In six world's series. As a member of the Athletics Bar ry played shortstop. He was a mem ber of Connie Mack's famous SIOO,- 000 infield, the other members of which were Stuffy Mclnnis, Eddie Collins and I-'rank Baker. Mclnnis is the only one of these with the Philadelphia club at the present time. Barry joined the Red Sox during the ISIS season, and it is a coinci dence that he embarked upon his baseball career with Carrigan, whom he succeeds as a member of the Holy Cross College team. The Red Sox's new leader played three years of college ball, and after a spell of intermittent semiprofessional play ing in Connecticut, joined the Ath letics in 1908, upon his graduation from college. right liander. six feet tall and tips tint scales at 170 pounds. While no dates have been deflnitelj fixed for the Major league schedule M Is understood that the first bull will b< thrown on April 12. The Giants will open tho season at home this year, probably with Brooklyn. The leading batsman in the Easten) Association for 1916, according to th< olficial figures just announced, wttl Matoney, who at one time was a member of the Yankees. Bud Welaeil who returns to tho X'hillies, ranked next to Maloncy. At a meeting last night Rosewood A. C., members decided to secure 4 large room and Install a gymnasium for training purposes. It was also de elded to limit the club membership t 125. Last night 15 new members wer admitted. This organization is mov ing fast and with good results. DEBTS WE ALL HAVE TO PAY Nothing For Nothing, Nature's Inexcusable Rule Says Beatrice Fairfax By BEATRICE FAIRFAX. "Nothing: for nothing" is not a cruel law of .seltlsli individuals; it ia nature's own rule. "If only I had some one influential to help me 1 might get up in th world." says Ellen. The only person whose influence is going to take Ellen safely and securely up in the world without anw backsliding or side-track ing or unpleasant tumbles, is Ellen's own. For all that we got in life we pay. That is nature's own law of balance> But just what the price is going tfl be none of us know In advunce. Nature does not ticket things with prico tags. She simply exacts com pensation and generally on partic ular terms that human bolngs would have chosen to avoid. Supposo Lucy meets an influential man In business. She is heavily in debted to Jane, and while she will ask no favors for herself from tlx great man, it occurs to her that il would be well to introduce Jane and let her reap the benefit of the ac quaintance. Why should be sur prised if the great man is clever enough to figure out her mental process and to expect her to repay him for any favor he does Jane? The Rooks Balanced The books of life are balanced but according to a system of double entry none of us can forecast. Suppose you go out oil a rainy das with neither rubbers nor umbrella. You are In ruddy good health and don'l catch cold. Jn fact, as you proudly boast, "your constitution is so good that you never have to take precau tions against the weather." Perhaps not. But nature marks down aga'nst yoq a debt for which some day she is going to exact payment. It may be that youl weakened constitution piles up a series of debts and one day you And yoursel] "down with pneumonia,"' or perhaps your powers of resistance are gradual ly lowered and you become an easj prey to some epidemic which passes b| the people who have obeyed Nature's laws and who owe no debt of lessened vitality. Not only in matters of health, but is matters of moral stamina, all of us pay our debts. "Just one cocktail" and there ia created the knowledge of how a cock tail tastes, the awareness of the stim ulation it produces, even a serene feel ing of superiority to any craving fol that form of dissipation. Perhaps a habit Is formed ln any event an in hibition is broken down. The point of view becomes, "Having taken one cocktail with no evil results, I may risk another," and so reckless drinking may evolve from a chancs "social glass," and in due time Nature demands compensation for the weaken ed will and broken down body. Deny yourself sleep for a while; perhaps you may manage verv well on five hours of slumber a night, but In the end you find yourself cither falling asleep over your work or you are forced to take one night off and 'sleep tin clock around" or an absolute physical breakdown occurs. Nature exacts her price but she, not you, names that price. So for every tampering with or In fingement of Nature's laws! The stout woman diets strenouslv and cut oft certain food values to which she is accustomed. She loses flesh—which ia her purpose: but she loses also nervous energy, which 1b Nature's way of bal ancing intake and output. Why. then, is It surprising that hu man beings should conduct themselves on an absolutely natural principlel When a man does you a favor and ex acts one in return, you have absolute ly no cause to be surpriced; nor have you a right to be agitated if the favor asked of you reresents the particuias thing you do not want to do. The man you call exacting and selfish or cold-bloodedly mercenary is simply conducting himself in accordance with Nature. He is balancing accounts. Nature Insists on equity. She keeps an absolute balance. Demand certain things of her and you pay for them In terms of health and nervous vitality Remember that the next time you are tempted to ask a favor of an in fluential friend. In the natural course of events you will have to pay—and will probably not like the price The only safe way to get on in th world Is to play the game of life fo* yourself, asking no aid of Individuals and demanding no overdraughts of vU tality from Nature. 15
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