18 CENTRAL TOSSEKS AFTER LEBANON SCALPS ROSEWOOD TIES LEAGUE LEADERS' West End Have Hard Contest Wnh Arrows; Good Shooting Upsewood A. C„ by reason of a vie- I tory last night over the Y. XL H. A., is j now tie with Galahad for llrat honors in the City Amateur Basketball , League. The bla game to break the tie will be played next week. Hose- j wood last night won by a score of j 52 to 10. It was an easy victory for the Alii- | son Hill tossers. Their passing and j general team work outclassed the Y\ M. H. A. Every member on the; Rosewood team ligured in the scoring. Boss was a star for Y. M. H. A. West End Close Winner West End A. C. won a close game \vith P. R. It Y. 51. -C. A. Arrows; ) score, 31 to 30. This contest had the! spectators 011 edge during both periods. Holland, Smith and Nicely were lead- j ers for Wets End, and Yoder, Kohl- j man and Fleck lead for the railroad boys. The line-ups: ROSEWOOD A. C. F. G. Fls. Pts. | Kent, forward v .. 2 0 4 1 Kline, forward 8 C 22 ! Tittle, center 4 0 8 ! Devine, guard 1 0 2 | G. Killinger, guard 5 0 10 j Trump, forward 3 0 C j Totals 23 6 52 i Y. M. H. A. F. G. Fls. Pts. Ross, forward 2 10 14 Y'offee, forward 0 0 0 Williams, center ....... 0 0 0 • Lapkin, guard 1 0 0 Roth, guard 0 0 0, Katz, guard 0 0 0 Totals 3 10 16 WEST END A. C. F. G. Fls. Pts. Holland, forward 2 13 17 i Smith, forward 3 0 6 [ Phillips, centjer 1 0 2I Knight, guard 0 0 .0 ' Matchett, guard 0 0 0 Nicely, guard 3 0 6 j Totals 9 13 31 P. It. R. Y. M. C. A. ARROWS ' F. fi. Fls. Pts. Kohlman, forward 0 8 8 Fleck, forward 2 0 4 Yoder, center 7 0 14 j Peters, guard 2 0 4 Riiple.v, guard 0 0 0 I Ellis, forward 0 0 0 | Hoffman, guard 0 0 0 j Totals 11 8 30 Referee, Arthurs. Merger Meeting to Be Held on Latter Date; Associations Not Ready In order to permit all athletic as-': sociations to meet and consider plans, j Hie Pennsylvania Railroad merger I conference scheduled for to-night has been postponed. A date will be an- ' nounced later. General Secretary; Samuel G. Hepford, of the Enola Y. M. j <'. A., who has been made general! .director of athletics of the Phlladel- j phla division, is back of this project, j It is proposed to tnit the Phlladel-' phia division on the map in athletics. • To do this Director Hepford believes i united forces will be necessary. He j has had much encouragement from all associations except the Lueknow , Shops. Here there are a number of; bodies with funds in their treasuries.! Until satisfactory arrangements are j made to take care of these funds, no linal report Will be made. Other asso- ! eiations have asked longer time fo consider the merger plans. Hassett Tossers Win Over Lebanon All-College Five llassett tossers last night won over the Lebanon All-Collegiate team, score 4 6 to 27. The local five held the leail throughout the game. The Gerdes brothers and Reagan excelled in good 1 work. Boyer, Gebhart and Hollinger led for Lebanon. The line-up and' summary: HASSETT GYMNASTIC SCHOOL j F. A. FRIDAY EVENING, wellyS^'corner Reports from major league circles indicate 110 further interruption to plans for the coming season. Deals are being made with minors for farm ing players not needed. Many former stars will go back to minors, and new players will try to get into the big game. According to dispatches from Syra cuse, Frank Seiss, secretary of the local New York State League Club is some after dinner speaker. At the banquet Wednesday night ho told some interesting baseball history. Secretary Seiss has been in the game. He knows many players who are now in the big game, and was a factor In Hughey Jennings getting his start. Jimmy Slieckard is winding up business affairs at Columbia in prep aration for his trip to Pasadena where he will train the Chicago Cubs. He will act as coach and scout. He knows a baseball player at sight and much favorable comment has been heard regarding his return to the National League. Joe Kennedy, manager for Danny Ferguson, wants to bring his boy to Harrisburg. He is willing to meet Frankie McGnire or Johnny Gill. There was a difference of opinion as to the result of tlie battle last season between Ferguson and McGuire. The match, if arranged, should take place in Harrisburg. Manager Billy Meliring of the Key stone sport club has arranged an eight-round semiwindup for February 7 between Steve Conlon of Altoona DICKINSON STARTS BASEBALL PLANS First Call For Candidates Out Today; Some Fast New comers in Squad Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 2. -5- Baseball at Dickinson College was ushered in to day when Captain Scribner issued his first call for candidates and rudimen tary practice was begun in the college gymnasium. Work will be carried 011 from now 011 until the men can get on Biddle Field in preparation for one of the stiffest schedules attempted in recent years. The institution has the nucleus of a strong nine left from last year and in addition a number of new men have reputations to sustain. Dickin son lost by graduation last year, Mur ray, behind the bat; Fisher. Biddle and Moose, first, second and third base, respectively, but Walters. Holmes, Scribner and Forcey remain. The outlield is intact. Fast Newcomers Among the new men are Swope of football fame, a first sacker, Healey, Keeder, Lowe, Swope, Ingersoll and Weaver, not to mention the majority of last year's "reserve team. Amon,' these are Eppley, Price, and Chilcoat. "Andy" Oiler will again coach the Red and White. The following is the schedule announced: April 11. Albright College vs. Dick inson at Carlisle; 13, Western Mary land vs Dickinson at Westminster, Mil.; 14, Johns Hopkins vs. Dickinson at Baltimore; 20, Muhlenberg vs. Dickinson at Allentown: Lafayette vs. Dickinson at Easton; 23, Susquehanna University vs. Dickinson at Carlisle; Franklin and Marshall vs. Diekin* son at Carlisle; May 5, Bucknell vs. Dickinson at Carlisle; 9, Susquehanna University vs. Dickinson at Seiins grove; 12, Ursinus vs. Dickinson at Carlisle; lfi, Franklin and Marshall vs. Dickinson at Lancaster; 18, Ursin us vs. Dickinson at Collegeville; 19, Villanova vs. Dickinson at Villanova; 25, Villanova vs. Dickinson at Car lisle; 26, Muhlenberg vs. Dickinson at Carlisle; 30, Albright vs. Dickinson (two games), at Myerstown; June 2, Lebanon Valley vs. Dickinson at Car lisle. CHAHI.OTTE tiETS EAR I, MACK Charlotte, N. C., Feb. 2.—Karl Mack, son of Connie Maek, has been signed as player-manager for the Charlotte team of the North Carolina Baseball League for the 1917 season. He managed the Raleigh team in the same league in 1914-1915 and played with Asheville last year. He will play first base. Athletic Program For Harrisburg and Vicinity To-day Meeting of division athletic club representatives of Pennsylvania Railroad in Harrisburg P. R. R. Y. M. C. A. auditorium. Ivebanon high school vs. Central high school. Chestnut Street Hall floor, Central Pennsylvania Schol astic League. Technical high school vs. York high school, at York, Central Pennsylvahia Scholastic League. Torarco Club, of Carlisle, vs. Rosewood A. C., Technical high school floor. Green vs. Yellow, Green vs. Pur ple High School Girls' Morning League. White vs. Blue, White vs. Red, Pentral High School Gtrls' After noon League. Girls' Division five of Hassett Club vs. Clfhmbersburg high school quintet, Cathedral floor, 8 p. 111. Lebanon Valley College Girls vs. Central High School Girls, Chest nut Street Hall floor. Mlddletown high school vs. Hanover high school, at Hanover. Hershey High School Girls vs. Annville High School Girls, at Ann ville. Harrisburg Academy vs. Camp Hill high school, at Camp Hill. Meeting of board of governors of Harrisburg Motor Club. Entertainment In Boyd" Memorial Hall gymnasium. Proceeds for benefit of Camp Boyd equipment. To-morrow York Professionals vs. Indepen dents, Chestnut Street Hall. Camp Hill high school vs. Car lisle high school, at Carlisle. Bucknell College vs. Boys' Divi sion five of Hassett Club, Cuthedral Hall floor. Franklin vs. McCormick teams, Boyd Memorial League. Methodist Club vs. Burnliam Y. M. C. A., at Burnham. Mlddletown high school vs. York County Academy,, at York. Lebanon Valley College vs. Sus quehanna, at Sellnsgrove. Columbia at Ellzabethtown Lan caster County League. State College vs. Carnegie Tech, at Pittsburgh. and Pete Howell, of Philadelphia. Howell has a record of three knock outs in recent battles. Camp Hill High School basketball will play the most important game of the season to-niglit, when it meets the Harrisburg Academy live at Camp Hill. The team was put through several hard practices and will go into the game with a deter mination of their fast and strenuous playing displayed in recent games. Camp Hill will use the regular ■line-up. Indications are that another week will find Hob Folwell signed to coach Penn football players. The directors are now working on the necessary papers for Folwell to sign. It is also the belief that the popular coach will get an increase in salary. Notwithstanding the battle now on to stop prize lighting and boxing in New York State, plans are under way to have Jess Willard meet Fred Ful ton. Papers have been sent to each tighter and Jack Curley. one of the promoters is of the opinion that it will be a near future event. Flushed with victories registered over the fastest collegeJteams in West ern Pennsylvania, the University of Pittsburgh's .basketball live is pre paring for their ttnnual Invasion of the Hast, which is scheduled to begin on Wednesday of next week. The Panther quintet has been showing marked Im provements in every branch of the game, and should be in good trim for the hard games of the coming week. Harrisburg Athlete Is Popular at Rensselaer DANIEL ROBERTS Daniel Roberts, of Harrisburg, who was graduated Srom the Technical high school, is making good in Rens selaer Poly athletic circles. He is one of the surviving football stars who will be depended upon by Coach Heed to lill out his gaps next year. He is a conscientious player and shows pos sibilities. Shots From the Ranges By PETER P. CARNEY (Kditor National Sports Syndicate) There are 600 rifle ranges of vary ing sizes and equipment in this coun try. With the formation of a rifle club In Juneau there are now live rifle teams in Alaska. Sener Va, the Argentine champion rille shot, has left for home after a visit here. , He tried out the most important ranges and hopes to bring an Argentine rille team here next year. Sener Ya took home a hand trap with him and intends to show the Argen tine folk l.ow to break clay targets as well as to hit the bujl's eye. In a recent contest of tlie Shanghai (China) Rifle Club, Mrs. K. D. Stew art, an American, won the champion ship. Connected wtih the National Rifle Association are 24 State associations. 1,401 civilian clubs, 72 college clubs, 111 high schools, 36 military schools, 22 boys' clubs and 121 military, and regimental organizations. "Dear Snooks" Letter Costs Man Jail Term Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 2. Bern hardt Canapa, aged 24, 593 Eleventh avenue, was a good probationer his wife thought until she happened to i open one of his letters. The letter be j san with "Dear Snooks" and ended with "lots of love, Mollie." That brought an end to Mrs. Cana pa's faith in her husband and she had him arrested. Municipal Judge Backus sentenced him to two years in Wau pun. He had been on probation since April 18, 1916. Canapa Is a machinist, but repre sents himself to be a salesman and j spent money freely on his many wo ] men friends, said Theodore Puis, i probation officer. Puis referred to him as a "heart breaker." Canapa told "Mollie" he lived in the I Wayland Apartments. So "Mollie" wrote a letter addressed there. Can j apa couldn't be found, so the letter i was sent to his home. That proved I his undoing. "Why haven't I heard from you?" | the letter read. "I have been feeling ;so blue wondering if anything might j have happened to you. I have realized more than ever how much you really ; mean to me. Now, honey, if there is . another girl that has taken my place, i please let me know. I hope this is not the case, as it would make me feel i terrible." 48 Schools in 7 States Want War Training Culver, Ind.. Feb. 2.—Official rep resenting forty-eight scliools in seven Mi'ldle Western States, have declared in favor of military training under the "Wyoming plan" as instituted by Cap tain Edgar 55. Steever, TJ. S. A. An executive committee, composed of Felix Kerrick, Eouisville, Ky.; F. W. Buck, W/iukegan, III.; and Colonel L. R. Gignilllst, of Culver, was named to organize the schools. E. L. Miller, Detroit, Mich.; W. C. Knoelk, Wauke gan. 111.; "Colonel Russell li. Harrison, Indianapolis, Jnd.; H. O. Churchman, Springfield. Ohio; F. ft. Stevenson. Paducah, Ky.; L. H. Frantz, Musca | tine, 111., and 1. O. V. Mays, of St. | Joseph, Mo., were chosen as organiz i ers of the system in their several i States HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH [CENTRAL FIVE TO MEET LEBANON Important League Game at Auditorium Tonight; Girls 011 Program Central High, primed for a hard game, will go Into battle to-night to hand Lebanon High a jolt. It will be one of the most important games in the Central Pennsylvania Scholastic Basketball League. Lebanon holds the led, but has no cinch on the final re sult at this time. All teams have been showing improved form. The work of Central has been exceptionally strong. Locals' Strong Line-up 'The local tossft-s have a clean slate, but have played but one game. Leb anon has won live victories. Gregory and Hilton will be in the local line-up. with Martz at center and Frank and Fields as guards. Lebanon will have tho regular team, including Moore, who leads the league as a point scorer. 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