GRANTLAND RICE COMES TO TELEGRAPH TO-DAY-STRIKE IS. OFF OFFICIALLY BASEBALL STRIKE OFF FOR SEASON Fraternity Leader Asks For Mercy; Magnates Agree to Let Players Alone ' New York, Feb. 15. No baseball strike this year. Dave Fultz, head of the Players' Fraternity, admitted yes terday he was whipped. He Issued the following statement: . "Owing to the unfair position in which the major league owners have been placed in the present baseball controversy between owners and play ers, the fraternity lias submitted to the owners the following proposal: release all players from their pledges not to sign contracts under, the understanding that the owners will not discriminate against fraternity players nor discipline them for their loyalty to the fraternity in observing their pledges." Early in the day Manager McGraw, of the New York Nationals, and Presi dent Fultz held a conference, at which the fraternity executive said that if he was assured that the members of the Players' Fraternity would not be discriminated against financially or otherwise by major league club own ers, he would release the men from their pledges. McGraw immediately went to see President Tener, of the National League, and after the situation had been explained to him Mr. Tener said: Teuer Lends A Hand "You can assure Mr. Fultz iliat I give my word of honor, as the Presi dent of the National League, that the National League will not discriminate in any way, shape or manner, against any ball player because of his con nection with the fraternity." Upon receiving this statement from President Tener, McGraw declared: "I feel perfectly justified in announc ing that to all intents and purposes the strike is off in so far as it affects the National League." When President Johnson, of the American League, arrived here later in the day to attend the annual sche dule meeting of his league to-morrow, he was Informed of the action taken by President Tener, and in reply to a query as to whether he would give similar assurance, he said: "So far as the fraternity is con cerned we give no assurance. All our players look alike to us. About 85 per cent, of them have signed 1917 contracts, and if the men come along to their training quarters, well and good. That is all the assurance that the American League will give." Chairman Hervman, of the National Commission, stated that there was a clause in all the major league con tracts for 1917. which protected the players from discrimination on ac count of membership in the frater nity, and both of the major league presidents also called attention to this fact. Much Interest in Games on Amateur League Schedule; Expect Many Surprises Interest is strong In the city amateur basketball contests scheduled for to night on Armory floor. Starting at 8 o'clock the P. R. R. Arrows will play the eMthodlst five. As the Winn ag gregation is climbing, a victory to-night will place the Methodist tossers in the running for second place. The second game will be between the Galahad Recreation Club five and the Y. M. H. A. This match starts at 9 o'clock. The recent close contests and surprises have stirred up enthusiasm and a large crowd is looked for. The attendance is on a steady increase. This has been due to the Increase in sale of season tickets. INDEPENDENTS LOSE AT YORK York Independents won last night over the Harrisburg tossers, score 18 to 15. The game was played at York. Local Independents held the lead until near close of second half when the York tossers took a spurt and won out. 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THURSDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH FEBRUARY 15, 191 X & Grant land J^ice Copyright 1917 by The Tribune Ass'n (New York Tribune) Song of the OIT-Trail We who ure merely stragglers, Off from the beaten court. Taking the road as it may lead As part of fortune's sport; We have nothing of bother. Whoever may lose or win. As long as we find the road worth while With a trille of fun thrown in. Fame we have found a phantom; Glory we know for a wraith; Where neither counts in the forum As long as the heart holds faith; Faith in a few dreams cherished Out of a vanished store. With a pal or two in the offing Heady to share the score. If the team play of the average football or baseball team was no better than the team play of this country, politically, commercially and every other way, the net result would be a collection of tail-hders. No one knows more about the value of team play than the citizens of this domain or commonwealth. And 110 one puts it less into play in the things that count. The Old Order and the New "Why is it," a bystander writes, "'that the old-time ball players took bo much more interest in the development of their play than the present flock?" In the first place, the old-timer went into baseball more for sport than for money. There were no fancy salaries paid in the old days, and love of the game was the prevailing factor. Men like McGraw, Jennings, Kelly and others gave their entire attention to the game. To-day not one ball player in fifty pays any attention to development. He is content enough to finish a game and then forget about it. The game is no big part of his existence, off the field. He makes no great attempt to improve himself or to advance. To-day it Is more business than sport. And a ball player to day will be out for two or three weeks with Injuries or ailments that most of the old-timers would have never noticed. John McGraw once figured out that only six ball players in the National League were making conscientious efforts to develop their play and to im prove their method of offence and defence. The rest, he said, were merely out there playing a ball game every day, taking It as it came. McGraw was right. It would be hard to name over six or eight men from either big league willing to give the bulk of their thought and time to the game they follow. "I can't think of anything else in the baseball season," says Cobb, "except baseball. The time X spend on the field is only a small part of the worry and work of the game." And you know about how many Cobba there are scattered up and down. The proposition of unionizing an enterprise where one entry gets $1,200 a year and another draws $15,000 will call for considerable general ship. There are very frequently times where a man getting $1,200 would strike, where, if he were drawing down $15,000, you couldn't drive him away from the job with nitroglycerine. You can imagine how much a baseball strike would harass and depress our old college chum, Cornelius McGillicuddy. The chances are that he couldn't stand it—without giving three cheers. Their Favorite Songs "Silver Threads Among the Gold." —Hans Wagner. "Please Go Way and Let Me Sleep"—Jess Willard. "Home Ain't Nothin' Like This"—Les Darcy. "Waltz Me Around Again, Willie" —Freddie Welsh. If Wagner and Plank should drop out this season, which they may or may not do, the major leagues would be bereft of talent that had passed the 40-year mark. There is no one left who is even close to this age bar rier, where only one out of two hundred manages to survive. Wahoo Sam Crawford would be next in line, but Wahoo Sam will hardly reach the age of 40 as a big league regular. J. L. G.—For straight speed the four fastest men in baseball are Bert Shoften, George Sisler, Dave Robertson and Frank Gilhooley. There Is 110 extended margin to divide among these four. When it comes to a matter of merely getting there in time It is extremely doubtful if any of them could arrive in front of Cobb. Cobb isn't quite as fast as one of the four, but ho has the knack of starting faster, after a hit, than any of them, and on an infield grounded none of the four would be any harder to nip at first. Cobb is the only man we have seen in baseball who seems to have developed the habit of starting as the ball leaves the bat without wasting a breath of time. A Discovery Sir; I have just made a discovery in golf which I wish to report for the benefit of science and other duffers. I have discovered that you can, at times, hole out any putt except one—the putt that is short. Sometimes, when on line they kick or drift into the cup, and sometimes putts that are too strong hit the back and stick. But I have never yet seen a putt, from a foot to an inch short that ever dropped in. This is a point well worth the golfer's consideration. SNICKERSNEE. We've tried at various times to hole out a lot of those putts that stop short of the cup without any success whatever. Maybe there's a trick in it. What has become of the old-fashioned baseball manager, who. at this time of the year used to claim all the pennants there were? Has the ago become soaked in pessimism, or what? MUST RAISE $443,256,000 Revenue Bill to Raise This Amount Is Forecasted in Senate Washington, D. C., Feb. 15. A Treasury deficit of $333,400,000 at the end of the next fiscal year is forecast in a report submitted by the Senate Finance Committee, recommending that the Administration Revenue bill be amended to authorize a bond ii'sue j of $195,256,000 instead of SIOO,OOO- j 000, and that authorization for*certl- j fieates of indebtedness be made SSOO,- i 000,000 instead of $300,000,000. The recommendation for increases is based on revised Treasury Depart- ; nient estimates submitted to Congress since the bill passed the House, plac ing the Federal Government's expen ditures for the liscal year 1918 at sl,- 400,000,000. The committee estimates that to meet the total and provide a working balance the amount which will be raised by bonds and new reve nue legislation Is $433,400,000. This the committee proposes to raise as fol lows: By bond issues: For expenditures on account of Mexican situation to June 30; 1917, $162,418,000; for con struction of Alaskan railway to June 30, 1918, $21,838,000; for construc tion of armor plate plant, $11,000,000, making a total bond issue of $195,- 256,000. By new taxation: An excess profits tax, $226,000,000; inheritance tax in creases, $22,000,000, making a total of $248,000,000 and a grand total from new taxes and bonds of $443,256,000, or $9,856,000 in excess of absolute needs. In its report the committee explain ed that the proposed authorization to issue short-term certificates of indebt edness up to $500,000,000 is for the purpose of tiding the Treasury over until the new taxes come in. A large portion of the total revenues of the Government now is payable during the last month of the fiscal year, and probably more than $500,000,000 of revenue would, in the opinion of the committee, be collected during June, 1918. _ "The income tax, the munitions manufacturers' tax and the excess profits tax are all due and payable in June of each year." the report says. "This is practically as much as will be collected during the entire preced ing eleven months. That is. while the disbursements for 1918 may be less than the receipts for that year, still at certain periods prior to June the Treasury may need these certificates of indebtedness to tide it over." The bill probably will be brought up in the Senate Friday. MINISTER DIES IX FLORIDA New Cumberland, Pa., Feb. 15. — Word was received here of the deatl of the Rev. Mr. Warner, a former pas tor of the Lutheran church, who died at St. Petersburg, Florida. The body will be brought to Mt. Wolf, York county, where funeral services will be held. The Rev. Mr. Warner was former president of the University of Sellnsgrove. Hans Wagner Signs Up at Big Cut in Salary Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 15. • The j Players' Fraternity was the recipient iof its greatest shock yesterday when jit became known that Hans Wagner, ! Krcat Pirate shortstop and reputed to be one of the most loyal members of the Players' Fraternity, had signed liis ; name to a contract calling for $2,000 less than he received last year. President Barney Dreyfuss 1 an ; nounced some time ago that Wagner, like most other players, would suffer a cut in his stipend in accordance with the general retrenchment policy of the club. Wagner's salary last season was SIO,OOO. This year he will draw SB,- j 000 for his services. He was given a | bonus of SSOO for signing. Wagner will go South with the team 1 in March and will be accompanied by his bride. He could not be found this | afternoon, and no reason for his de j sertion of the fraternity can be as signed. President Dreyfuss Is In New York, and no statements was forth coming from Pirate headquarters. Bits From Sportland Hamilton Grammar school tossers will play a series of games with out of-town teams, starting with Middle town February 19. West Ealrview Sportsmen will hold a live bird shoot Saturday, starting at j 10 o'clock. Altoona car shop bowlers will meet the local Motive Power team Saturday night on P. 11. It. Y. M. C. A. alleys. Marshall All Stars last night won over the Globe Right-Posture team, score 29 to 22. Homer Klinepeter will manage the West End baseblall team this year. }'>ank Helney will assist in looking after the team. Dr. Ferdinand King, n \>n York City plijalclan ant) author snyai "There caa be no utroßK, vlvru>, Iron men nor beautlfnl, healthy, roay-cheeked women with out Iron—.\uxated Iron taken three (Iran per day after meala will Increase the ■trraictb and enrfuraace of nrak, aervoua, run-down folka -00 per ceat. la two week*' time In many Instances. Avoid the old forma of metallic Iron which may Injnre the teeth, corrode the atomach, and thereby do more harm than good. Take oaly organic Iron—Nuxnted Iron." It la dlapeaaed la thla city hy troll Keller, G. A. Gorgaa, J. Nelson Clark, aad all good drugglata. FINAL PRACTICE FOR LOCAL GAME Tech to Meet Steelton; Hope Is in Winning Local Scholastic Honors Coach Miller held the final practice with the Tech basketball quintet prior to the game with Steelton to-morrow evening in the Armory Hall. A vic tory for the Maroon tossers will give tliem a chance to get out of the cellar position, a place that they have been holding almost since the beginning of the season. According to Faculty Director Grubb the team hopes to win local scholas tic honors. While the team can not hope to win in the league race, a vic tory over Central, Steelton and the Academy will mean much to the Tech team. With ono victory over the Academy tossers, Tech will endeavor to add Steelton to its list of victims. How Teams Line-up In the preliminary game the Tech reserves led by Gordon Holland will line up against the Harrisburg Dragons, a fast team of this city. The line-up as presented by the several toamfc will be as follows: Tech Steelton Harris, f. Dayhoff capt. f. Bell (McGann) f. Coleman, f. Beck, c. Breckenridge, c. Pollock capt. g. Starasinlc, g. Ebner, g. Morrett, g. Tech Reserves Dragons Holand, capt. f. Wenerick, f. Miller, f. Llngle, f. Wilsbach, c. Runk, c. Frock (Fortna) g. Holalian, g. Huston, g. lSbert, g. Important Games Tonight on Cathedral Hall Floor; Hassett Plays Susquehanna Hassett School five will line up to night with Susquehanna University live. This game will be played on Cathedral Hall floor and will be wit nessed with much interest. Well known stars will appear In both line upe. Before this game, commencing promptly at 7.40 the Bowman & Com pany five will oppose the Globe Right Posture tossers. The preliminary game will ho over by 8.10 and the college game will start promptly at 8.15. Duckpin Bowlers Busy; Academy Stars Show Form Academy Duckpin I.cague Officers 172'J Barbers 1612 Smith, (O.) IJjf O'Leary (O.) I®; O'Leary (O.) Casino Duckpin League Audious Majesties 1390 Audions 55 Readings *?,? Boas, (M.) 12j Boas, (M.) Smeiiigh, (A.) 135 Harry, (A.) 34b Boyd Memorial league McCormick 2170 Independents 1810 Kayler, (M.) 173 Kayler, (M.) ..... 440 MISCELLANEOUS Taylor's Alleys—Duckpin No. 2 1584 No. 1 1 5^4 . No. 1 b3 2 No. 2 620 Price (No. 1) 131 Gabler, (No. 1) 333 Jerewskl, (No. 1) I^9 Jerewski, (No. 1) DAHCY-GIBBONS MATCH New York, Feb. 15.—The ten-round bout between Mike Gibbons, of St. Paul, claimant of the middleweight title and Les Darcy, the Australian middleweight, for which articles were signed last night, is to take place in Milwaukee, April 10. A purse of $50,000 and two-thirds of the moving picture rights will be equally divided by the men who will fight at 100 pounds. It was stipulated that if Darcy is knocked out by Al. McCoy, In their bout here on March 5, the match with Gibbons shall be declared off. lIICK-A-THRIFT I.EAGt'E In the Hlck-A-Thrlft series, played on Boyd Memorial Hall floor last night, the Bed tossers downed the Purple five, seoVe 23 to 10; and the Orange team won over White five, score [ 14 to 12. BL^a MARLEY IN. DEVON IN. ARROW COLLARS 15 ots. each, • for 00 ota. CIUETT, PEABOOY * CO., INC. MAKERS ACADEMY MEET PLANS COMPLETE Big Athletic Event Takes Place Tomorrow Afternoon at Chestnut Street Hall With the announcement to-day of the officials for the Harrisburg Academy meet, all plans are complete for the big event to-morrow afternoon. The annual Indoor contests between the Greeks and Romans of the Academy will start at 2 o'clock. The program includes 23 events. The Academy or chestra will furnish the music and there will be several special features. The admission fee has been changed and but twenty cents will be charged for the basketball game in the evening. This Includes dancing. The game will be between the Academy tossers and the Central High five. Play starts at 8 o'clock and Horace Gelsel will be ref eree. Among the new features this year will be the wand drill by the mem bers of the two lowest forms. It is a miltary drill but instead of guns wands are used. This promises a new treat to pa trons. The drill was taught the boys by Athletic Director Schllchter, who had a military training course at Cornell. Another Interesting event will bo the driving contest. This Is also an inno vation to local enthusiasts and is sure to cause a lot of excitement. Tumbling and work on the parallel bars are two other new events. ; An exhibition of gymnastic work by 1 Prof. Gordon C. Piatt of the faculty, I who was an adept tumbler at Dart mouth, his alma mater, is an added fea ture. The ushers and program sellers were 1 selected yesterday by the faculty and will be dressed in special uniforms. The contest this year is expected to be very close and hotly contested and each club is predicting a victory. The winner will add six points towards the cup. The Greeks will have odd num bers and their color will be blue. The Romans will have the even numbers and their color will be red. The evonts and their time are as follows 'llnit' of I'll'.'ll Event Event Time I—Orchestr 2.30 2—Wand drill, 2.3Q 3—High jump, 2.40 4—Springboard jutno 2.40 s—Dumbbell drill 2.55 6—Springboard jump 3.00 7—High jump 3.00 B—Tug of war, 3.15 1 9—Springboard jump 3.20 i 10—High Jump 3.20 [ll —Orchestra 3.45 ,12—Tug of war, 3.45 1 13—High dive, 3.45 1 4—Pass back 3.55 15—Tumbling, 4.00 IB—Broad jump 4.00 17—Parallel bars 4.00 18—35-yard dash 4.15 19—35-yard dash 4.20 20—35-yard dash, 4.25 21—Carrying colors 4.30 22—Orchestra. 4.35 Officials of the Meet Referee, Jackson H. Boyd, Prince ton. Starter, H. Elmore Smith, Dickin son. Judges of Races and Dumbbell Drills, Ross A. Hickok, Yale: John Fox Weiss, Princeton; Henderson Gil ; bert, Yale: A. Boyd Hamilton, Uni versity of Pennsylvania: Roy G. Oox, Princeton; C. D. Rice, Gettysburg. Judges of Jumps and Tug-of-War, Francis J. Hall, Princeton: John C. Johnson, Bucknell; Richard E. Rob inson, Princeton. Timers, Ross O. Hickok, Yale; Gor don J. Potts, Dartmouth; Floyd Ap pleton, Columbia; W. Harry Musser, Princeton; William H. Ernest, Lat'a ette. Inspectors, Edward J. Stackpole, Jr., Yale; John C. Herman, Yale. I Clerk of Course, Frederick P. | Schllchter, Cornell. Scorers, Lawrence W. Phipps, Yale; Raymond D. Kennedy, Bowdoln; Rob | O. Conant, Dartmouth. I Announcer, Mercer B. Tate, Lehigh. €> The Dial Eliminates That "Doubtful Waiting" Why wear out your nerves with old-fashioned "doubtful waiting" telephone service? With the out-of-date manual, you are always "in doubt" as to how long it will be before an operator has time to answer you. You arc always in doubt whether she "got" the number correctly. She increases your doubt by repeating the number; you are in doubt because she is in doubt! You are in doubt if she is really ringing the number; you are in doubt whether the line is actually busy when so reported; you are in doubt whether it was "your ring" when your tel ephone bell sounds, always wondering whether someone will sarcastically yell "wrong num ber" in your ear 1 Use the Dial It's Positive! You arc positive it will take just six seconds until the number you dial is ringing. You are positive the bell is ringing—you can hear it! You are positive the line is busy—when it's in use you get a distinct "busy buzz." You are positive you arc called when your Automatic Telephone rings, for every Auto matic subscriber has a private ring and a private number. And here's another bit of positiveness— IT COSTS LESS Get in the Automatic to-day save, save yourself money and enjoy positive telephone service. Cumberland Valley Telephone Company of Pa. Federal Square WELLY!S CORNER Dick Kauffruan, of St. Nation als, will be here to-night with Susque hanna University five. He will play center against the llassett fivo on Ca thedral hall floor. Girls on the Bowman & Company bas ketball team are scheduled for a busy season. On Wednesday night, Febru ary 21, they will go to York for a return game with the Bear & Company five; and two days later will play the High school girls at Newville. dent John K. Tener took the bull by Officials of the National League went after Dave Fultz yesterday, and they got him. Charges have been made that the Fraternity has been responsible for the high salaries and holdouts. Presi dent John K. Tener tok the :bull by the horns" and went after the highway men in a businesslike way. Ike McCord may play with Harris burg. He has an offer from Earl Mack TRENTON TO PLAY HERE SATURDAY First of Scries With League Teams; "Doc" Newman Is in Charge Basketball fans of this city will be treated to a real game Saturday night when Doc. Newman and ills Trenton Eastern League team will appear in the Chestnut Street Auditorium. The Tigers' team under the leadership of Newman is playing wonderful ball in GOOD NEWS! Plenty of Schell's Quality Seeds For All Gardeners, Farmers and Those With Home Gardens Although there is a great shortage in the supply of many varieties of Garden Seeds, yet We Have Received All Our Seeds and Have a Large Stock of All Varieties Enough For All Who Plant OUR SPINACH SEEDS arrived this week from Holland on the Holland-American liner "Ryndam," after we obtained a spe cial license from the Holland Government to allow shipment. Our Danish Cabbage Seed and Cauliflower Direct from Denmark, arrived January 26, on the steamship "Hellig Olav." OUR FLOWER SEEDS, grown in France, just arrived in New York harbor, they will be here this week. We have also a liberal supply of rll the short crop items, such as Beans, Sweet Corn, Beets, Carrots, Turnips, etc. Two Thousand Barrels Finest Quality Seed Potatoes. One Thousand Bushels Finest Quality Onion Sets. Seven Hundred Bushels Stowell's Evergreen Sweet Corn. Don't Worry—Sleep Nights—We Have Seeds For All Who Need Them —New Crop—Best Quality—Get My Seed Cata logue. WALTER S. SCHELL Quality Seeds They Grow Better—They Yield Better 1307-1309 MARKET STREET, HARRISBURG. to return to Charlotte. N. C., but ho wants to keep near Harrisburg. There is not enough money In the Blue ltidge tor the local star. Manager Cockill will confer with McCord at an early date. Chick Hartman will not have Steamer Horning on the Blnghamton team. Bar ney Dreyfuss has landed the Colgate college star. Horning In after a record and believes that his tutorship will be stronger with flie majors. President John K. Tener has re-ap pointed his umpires for next season. He will havo Henry O'Day, William lCleni, Charles lligler, Robert lOmslie, William Byron, Ernest Quigley, Al. Ortli, Peter Harrison and William Bransfleld'. Joe Wright has signed a three-year contract to coach the Ptnn crews. His salary will be $4,000 a year. He has won much favorable comment by his pre j vious good work. tho Eastern League race and all the regular players will play in the game Saturday night, with the exception of Freddie Geig, who cannot make any exhibition trips, owing to his business, hut I)is position will be filled by Lennie Frost. More Big Games Starting with Saturday night's game with Trenton, the local Independents will face their hardest part of the schedule this season, as the following teams will appear in Harrisburg in order: February 24, Jasper, of the Eastern League; March 3, Wilkes-Barre, of the Pennsylvania State League, who defeated the locals earlier in tho sea son; March 10, Trenton for return game: March 17, Camden will play the third and deciding game of the series. The series now stands one game apiece, and Manager McCord has March 24 pending with Carbon dale. 13
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