10 CENTRAL HIGH TOSSERS READY TO GIVE READING FIVE HARD BATTLE TO-NIGHT CENTRAL TO PLAY READING TOSSERS; LOCALS MUST WIN School Spirit Is Strong; Sub stitutes to Help Regulars in Game Tonight For the second time this season the Reading High School team, which is considered by many, the strongest con testant for pennant honors in the Cen tral Pennsylvania Scholastic League, will invade this city, to play Central High. The contest will be played in Chestnut Street hall to-night at 8 o'clock. Central will be out strong. Since the recent trouble over Gregory and Fields, who were declared ineligible on ac count of studies and that Hilton, Frank and Martz, the striking players have returned, tlie student body is up in arms and will attend the contest in a body. Cheer leaders have been se lected and the team will be given plen ty of support from the side lines. Central Must Win A defeat at this stage of the game would practically put Central out of the running in the pennant race, while a victory under the present conditions would greatly strengthen Central's hold on the top berth. Coach McCord spent a busy week with the team and has virtually picked his team for to night. It is his plan to put Wolf at guard, replacing Fields the ineligible 'varsity guard, and Maloney in Gre gory's place at forward. Should these players not play up to the expectations of Coach McCord he has a reserve list of eight other players from which to draw. Maloney and "Wolf were regarded as 'varsity material earlier in the season and have been working consistently with that team all season. It is ex pected that their appearance in the lineup will not break up the team work. Wolf is a clever guard and passer, while Maloney is speedy and has a good shooting eye. Heading Veteran Players The Reading team Is composed of veteran players and appears to be one of the most evenly balanced fives in the league. Besides being one of the heaviest teams turned out by Reading High in many seasons it is one of the speediest combinations in the State. Neyquist, a freshman, is the only new player, the others having played to gether for two years. The other mem bers of the team are Captain Deltrich and Rhoades, guards; "Wilson, forward, and Wendler, center. The last-named player is showing the best form in re cent games, and is a tower of strength on both the offense and defense. Last Night's Bowling Scores P. R. R. Y. M. €. A. LEAGI'F Lucknow 2632 Harrisburg 2373 Yountg, Lucknow), 220 Yountz (Lucltnow), 583 BANKERS' LEAGUE Steelton 2297 Hill 2035 Myers (Steelton) 180 Boumiller (Steelton) 472 ALLISON* HILL LEAGUE Lions, 2336 Tigers Wilmer (Lions), 193 Moser (Tigers) 193 Wltmer (Lions)) 615 CASINO TENPIN LEAGUE Electrics 2792 Orpheums S Lightner (Orpheums) -36 Lightner (Orpheums) 29 MISCELLANEOUS (Dull's, New Cumberland) Duckpins New Cumberland, 1650 Lemoyne 14} Hartman (N. C.) 129 Line (N. C.) 3oS (Parthemore, New Cumberland) Single Men 1116 Married Men, 1096 Rigiy (M. M.) 12} Rlgly (M. M.) 304 (Casino Alleys) Plumb Bobs Stokers 1249 Herman (P. B.) 11° Herman (P. B.) STAN PING OF TEAMS Allison HUI W. L. P.C. Lions 27 18 600 Wolves, -25 17 .59u Rabbits 23 19 .547 Cubs 23 19 .54, Leopards 20 2- .4.4 Tigers, 11 34 .244 BERRY WILL NOT RACE Philadelphia, Feb. 21. J. Howard Berry, Pennsylvania's stellar athlete, will in all probability not represent the Red and Blue on the track at the indoor intercollegiate meet to be held in the Commercial Museum on Saturday, March 3. Berry has given up training for this meet and has been putting forth all of his efforts with the baseball team. The Red and Blue diamond captain is striving with Coach Ray Thomas to develop a championship nine at the University this spring, and as a result will not compete on the track. Berry's work on a Quaker medley relay team last winter was sensational In nature, for he ran a heady and game race and Coach Lawson Rob ertson had figured on using him again this season. DICK BRKKN TO CAP,TAIN' READING Reading. Pa., Feb. 21.—George Wlltse, playing manager of the Reading team In the New York State Baseball League, has appointed Dieli Breen captain. Bren played third base for Elmira last year, but will play second base here. Myers will go from second to the out field. Herbert Armstrong, who batted .386 at Tufts College last year, will cover third sack, and Wiltse has signed as a pitcher Sal Sava, a New York semi pro, who won 13 out of 14 games last season. itzu WESTPORT THE CORRECT CUT-A-WAY SHAPE /ion (pilars UNITED SHIRT A COLLAR co TROY.N. Y. For Sale By DIVES, POMEHOY & STEWART, lIAHItISBUIiG. PA. WEDNESDAY EVENING, & GrantlancUZice How dear to my heart are tlio scenes of last August When fond recollection gets back on the job; It gets even fonder each time that a raw gust Sweeps over the field like a Speaker or Cobb; The wide spreading box, with big Alex above it, Is standing just as in the dim long ago. And the yelp of those bleachers and such—how I love it, And e'en the rude hammers along Rooters' Row; The old oaken hammers. The iron mound hammers, I The moss covered hammers, That fell with a blow. Tlow dear to my soul are the echoes of Maytime, The crash of the triplet that travels with vim; The squawk of the Ump in the thick of the playtime, The bark.of J. Evers and Heinle-the-Zim; The fields and the bases still stretch out before us, Recalling star plays from an afternoon's glow, But dearer than all is the Old Anvil Chorus That comes from the hammers along Rooters' Row: The old oaken hammers. The iron bound hammers. The moss covered hammers, That fell with a blow. Still: no one but a genius could pick as many openings to queer himself as I.,es Darcy lias picked. He lias developed the In-Bad industry into an es tablished science. The Consistency Record Brilliancy is one affair. Consistency is another. Most of the chatter spilt around Ty Cobb has involved the brilliancy of his work; but little mention lias been made of his latter-day consistency. When a batsman gathers in as many hits as Cobb gathers, you can fig ure that each hit is worth about 2 points in an average. Remembering this detail, here are Cobb's batting averages for the last three years: 1914: .368 1915: .370 1916: .371 For three years in a row there has 'been a difference of but 3 points—- an average output of less than two hits apart—in his annual supply. For three years he has batted on what is practically an exact level, the most widely separated points being only 3-1,000 apart. Ilf this isn't the consist ency record, we pause for a reply. What Might Have Been the Revised Version But as he caught the owner's eye And swung on down the pike, Not a rooter in the place could doubt 'Twas Casey on a strike. If Colonel Fulton should be adjudged ripe—in the sporting, not veget able sense—for a Willard rebuttal, the twenty, not the ten, round distance is the one that should be selected. The only slight detail that would upset this is that the Willard-Fulton enterprise is a financial, not a sporting, af fair. Tlic Small Town Tin-ill Sir: You who live in the cities are used to seeing a better brand of baseball than we poor Country Jakes, but there is one thing that you miss. You miss the thrill of hearing it whispered that Mr. So-an'-So, scout for this club or that, is coming to town. Once, when such a rumor was spread about town (South Bend, Ind.), I was fortunate in being in the extra large crowd that assembled. My memory fails me as to the mere detail of what year it was, but we were pitted against Dayton, a club that stood well up in the running be cause of its two strong pitchers, Asher and Wacker. All eyes were on Carey, a young college kid who had been setting the league on fire. To be brief, Asher. a left-hander, was in the box and Carey came to bat with one out. Without much ceremony he sent a high ily to left field in the neighborhood of the Bull Durham sign, and came home without sliding. On his second time at bat he singled to right and stole second—a habit of his that he has not outgrown. He scored on a short single to center. Next time he drove in a man from first with a grounder just inside the third-base line, but was called out for cutting third and received credit only for a two-base hit. ■ Before t'arey came up for his fourth and last bat Mr. Wacker went to the box. This gentleman pitched with the same hand we sign checks with; so Carey stood at the catcher's right, and sent one into the sun over the right field fence. Summarizing, ho made a single, double and two home runs, and was directly responsible for four runs, and South end won the game, 5 to 4. Carey was sold to Pittsburgh that night. SLEEPY STEVE. We understand from one or two managers that the Red Sox are going back. We understood the same thing in 1914, and they haven't won any thing but two pennants and two world series-slnce. JOHNNY WOLGAST TO MEET "KID" ALBERT Johnny Wolgast, brother of Ad Wol gast, will come to Harrisburg. He signed a contract yesterday to meet "Kid" Albert, of Frederick, AJd., at Chestnut Street Auditorium, Wednes day night, February 28. It is the main bout on the second program to he offered by the Keystone Sport ing Club. Other Good Bouts Albert is the boy who made a hit with the fans when he gave Frankie Maguire a hard fight in January. The semif.nal will show Billy Waltz, of LESS ENTRIES IS ~ TENNIS PROGRAM Too Many Participants Take • Advantage of Ticket Privi leges; New Rules New York, Feb. 21.—That a gen eral movement to curtail entries at various national championship tourna ments is deemed necessary is shown by (he recent action of the tennis and golf association. It has become ap parent that in order to prevent such competitions from becoming top heavy and long drawn out, some form of limitation in either the entry or play must be adopted. At the annual meeting of the United States National Lawn Tennis Association that body went upon record as favoring such a move by adopting new regulations governing the championship tourna ment to be held at the West Side Club, Forest Hills, L. 1., beginning Thurs day, August 30. These will prove of great interest to tennis players because they change the character of this event to the ex tent that entrants will HOT be requir ed to show some qualifications to jus tify their competing for the national title. These qualifications are not so strict as to change materially the open character of the tournament, but they do prevent those who might bo fairly described as having worse than an outside chance from entering, mere ly for the sake of playing in the na tional championship. Will Restrict Kntries When the tournament was shifted from Newport to New York, It was felt that in such a large tennis center many players might enter, influenced in nart n* v a players' ticket for the matches and to have the distinction of competing in this event, although without a pos sibility of coming through. Practically there has been some tendency to re strict the entries by having them made through club secretaries and this has helped to prevent the tournament be ing clogged by the presence of some who could not bo considered as se rioiiH contenders. The restriction was not entirely ef fective, however, and It became nec essary to draw up more drastic entry conditions. These were presented at the annual meeting, and the delegates from clubs all over the country seem ed to be cordially in favor of the idea, iis it went through without opposition. Consequently the following stand as the qualifications which will deter mine the acceptability of entries for tho nation championship In 19X7: Regulation For Players "entries shall close on published HARRISBURG t&Sf&Z TELEGRAPH Lancaster, who claims the feather weight championship of Pennsylvania, and Dick Wills, of Philadelphia, who is going to wrest the title from Waltz if possible. The second preliminary will bring together two real battlers, "Kid" Smith, of Columbia, a favorite with the Harrisburg fans, and George "Kid" Alberts, of Reading. The first bout will be made up of two local bantamweights. The prices will be the same as the last show. Seats will go on sale at Kochenour's cigar store, Monday morning. dates at least ten days prior to the beginning of play. "Entries shall be open to players In good standing belonging to clubs or associations having membership in the U. S. National Lawn Tennis Asso ciation as follows: "1. Players who have been ranked by the U. S. National Lawn Tennis Association, during any of the five (5) years last preceding the tournament, or who have at any time been ranked in the first twenty. "2. Players who in the last three (3) years preceding the championship have been semi-finalists or better In any two tournaments sanctioned by the U. S. N. L. T. A. "3. Players who have in the current playing season played in not less than three (3) sanctioned tournaments, and have made a reasonably good rec ord, committee of management of the tournament to have the power to rule on the value of a player's record. "4. Players who do not qualify in any of the above classes but whose en try is acceptable to the executive com mittee by reason of residence in for eign countries, promise of skill, or other circumstances deemed sufficient to cause exceptions in their cases. "Entries shall be made through the secretary of a club belonging to the u. s. N. L. T. A.- Lebanon College Glee Club to Give Concert Here Friday Evening The Men's Glee Club of Lebanon Valley College will give a concert in the Technical High auditorium, Fri day evening. These popular entertain ers come to Harrisburg under the, aus pices of Patrol No. 1, Knights of Mal ta. The program will start at 7.45 and will be in two parts. The club will sing, "A Plainsman's Song," by Paul Bliss; "Old Farmer Slow," by Adam Gelbel; chansonetts, "Rosalie," by.R. DeKoven; "The Auc tion Sale," Cartwrlght; "Llndy," by C. G. Spross; "A Mother Goose's Tale," by Paul Bliss; "Hunting Song," F. F. Bullard, and "By the Quittaphil la," by E. Edwin Sheldon. Readir g by David R. Fink will in clude, "i'he Team," and "Poe's Raven In An Elevator." J. O. Ziegler and an octette, will sing a selection from the opera "Fencing Master," "The Life of a Rover," by DeKoven, and the Pilgrim's chorus from Tannhauser, by R. Wagner, and "Happy Light" from the opera "Bohemian Girl," will be presented by the brass wind instru mental quartette, which includes, W. H. Price, H. M. Ramsey, J. H. Herring and E. M. Stumbaugh. "Dinner For Two," is the title of a sketch to be presented by David R. Fink, R. It. Ehrliart and R. N. Keim! A special feature will be an operetta, "Mexlco-Texlco," written by E. Edwin Sheldon. The scene will roprosent u hiking party from Lebanon Valley College enroute for the Cornwall banks. FAST GAMES IN AMATEUR LEAGUE Galahads Defeat Arrows and Rosewoods Humble West End Tossers la spirited City Amateur games last night on the Armory floor the Rose wood A. C. and Galahad R. C. fives were victorious. The Rosewoods hum bled the West End A. C. five to the tune of 56 to 29, while the Galahad tossers triumphed over the P. R. R. Arrows by the score of 21 to 13. The large score by which the West End tossers were defeated came as a surprise to followers of the City League games. Prior to the contest last night the uptown team had been victorious in three consecutive games and it was expected they would give the Hill tossers a hard battle. The West End team, however, showed none of its oldtime form and at no time dur ing the contest did they prove danger ous. Galnliads Strong Oil Defense The strong defensive playing of the Galahad live is attributed as the rea son for its victory over the Pennsylva nia Railroad Arrows, despite the fact that the latter club appeared on the floor with its strongest personnel. The Recreation club held the Arrows in check at all times and confined their field goals to but five. The summary: ROSEWOOD A. C. Fd.G. FI.G. T.P. Kline, forward 9 2 20 Trump, forward, .... 4 0 8 Tittle, center, 9 0 18 Devine, guard, 1 0 2 G. Killinger, guard,... 4 0 8 Totals 27 2 56 WEST END A. C. Good, forward 4 0 8 Dayhoff, forward 3 3 9 Phillips, center, 1 0 2 Sinith, guard 0 0 0 Matehett, guard 0 0 0 Beck, guard 5 0 10 Totals 13 3 29 Referee—Saul. Scorer-—Washburn. Timer—Mrs. Washburn. Fouls tallied on West End, 3. Fouls called on Rose wood, 11. GALAHAD R. C. Fd.G. FI.G. T.P. Cobaugh, forward, ... 2 0 4 Barr, forward, 2 3 7 Bricker, center, 3 0 6 Wolfe, guard 2 0 4 Storey, guard 0 0 0 Totals 9 3 21 P. R. R. ARROWS Gough, forward 2 0 4 M. Gerdes, forward, 0 3 3 Yoder, center 1 0 2 Ellis, guard 1 0 2 Kohlman, guard 1 0 2 Totals 5 3 13 Referee—Saul. Scorer—Washburn. Timer —Mrs. Washburn. Fouls called on Arrows, 9: fouls called on Gala hads, 6. Standing of Clubs W. L. PC. Rosewood A. C., .... 7 2 .778 Galahad R. C 7 3 .700 Methodist Club 6 3 .067 West End A. C 4 5 .4 44 Y. M. H. A 3 .333 P. R. R. Arrows, ... 1 9 .100 Bits From Sportland The Blue girls five of the Steelton grammar school defeated the Red team of the same school in a close and well played game by the score of 22 to 18. In the preliminary contest the Central grammar school boy re serves humbled the Y, M. H. A. junior five by the score of 15 to 7. In a contest at York last night the Tessah five of the Harrisburg Hassett Club were trimmed by the St. Pat rick's team of that place to the tune of 37 to 15. The Enhaut ex-high school team defeated the Neidig Memorial five, last night on the latter's floor, at Oberlin, by the score of 44 to 32. The Mess tossers were no match for the Boas five and were humbled by the score of 33 to 8, in a contest play ed yesterday afternoon. Five minutes extra was required to decide the contest between the Cam eron and Steele grammar school five, on St. Paul's floor yesterday. Each team had scored 17 points when the regular period was ended and the Cameron team won out in the extra period, by the score of 18 to 17, a foul goal deciding the contest. The Allison Hill bowlers will hold a ball in the Hess building, Thirteenth and Market streets, to-morrow night. The event will be open to the public. It is not likely that the proposed contest between the Reading and Al toona railroad teams, the third of a series to decide Eastern honors, will be played in this city within a week or so. The contest was to have been played to-morrow, but arrangements could not be completed. Each team has won a contest out of two played. "Rabbit" Agnew, a former Tri- Statc star, has signed a contract to manage the Hanover team of the Blue Ridge League. The first and second Globe Wright- Poster teams will get into action to night on the Technical High school floor, the first team playing the Dra gon five, and the second team the Dra gon Juniors. PIRATE HOLDOUTS IST n.\D Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 21. Barney Dreyfuss, president of the Pittsburgh baseball club, announced yesterday that any player who had not yet sign ed a 1917 contract would not be per mitted to go South with the Pirates until he had signed a new contract which would call for a material re duction in salary from that offered in the contract sent early in the year. Dreyfuss also stated that any play er who was not under contract on or before March 10, the date on which the Pirates go South, would not un der any circumstances be given an op portunity to join the team later. Mclaughlin will, play Los Angeles, Cal„ Feb. 21.—Plans have been completed to hold the East- West tennis matches here March 7, 8, 9 and 10, on a specially constructed as phalt court, at the University of South ern California, it was announced to day. The personnel of the Western team has not been decided, but It probably will include William M. Johnson, Clar ence J. Griffin and John R. Strachan, of San Francisco; Maurice E. Mc- Loughlln, Thomas C. Byndy and Claude A. Wayne, of Los Angeles. TECH TO PLAY ACADEMY The first and Becond team of the Technical high schosl will oppose the two teams of the Harrisburg Aca demy on tho Armory floor Friday night. The contest will start at 8 o'clock, and dancing will be a feature following the conclusion of the two games. Tech has already won the first, contest that was played several weeks o, and will endeavor to make it two straight. Both teams will use the regular line-ups. FRESHMEN WIN INTERCLASS GAME Lingle and Smith Rig Point Winners; Senior's Stars Are Gipple and McFarland Good work by Lingle and Smith, forwards on the Tech Freshmen bas ketball team yesterday proved too much for the Seniors to overcome, and as a result the first year lads con tinued their unbroken string of vic tories in the interclass league, score 33 to 16. The two forwards scored all but four of the team's 33 tallies. The fourth year team was composed of several substitutes who put up a creditable game. Gipple and McFar land starred for the losers. Strong in First Place As a result of the victory, the Freshmen are better entrenched in first place, while the Seniors are in last position, and have yet to win a game. The line-up and summary fol lows: Freshmen. Seniors. Lingle, f. Mell, f. Smith, f. McFarland) Runk, c. Gipple, f. Snyder, g. Wear, c. Pleam, g. Garman, g. (McCord) Fitzpatrick, g. Field goals: Mell; Gipple, 3; Mc- Farland, 2; Lingle, 3; Smith, 4; Pleam, 2. Foul goals, Lingle, 5 out of 9; Smith, 10 out of 19; Wear, 4 out of 7. Standing of the League W. L. Pet. Freshmen 3 0 1.000 Sophomores ......... 2 1 .667 Juniors 1 1 .500 Seniors 0 4 .000 V I J]| Turkiah tobacco I |f ' |l world'a moat famoua 'K tobacco for cigar ettaa. I 1 !|[W Murad is the fashionable, the business, the club cigarette. Murad makes new friends every day. The Greatness of Murad is because it is made of 1 7 pure Turkish tobaccos—/Ae world's for cigarettes. Murad stands alone in Popularity be cause Murad stands alone in Goodness. jkufaJbr amka/tt, mwiadcuitha^2s(^Ggandk \ J '* I . THE TURKISH CIGARETTE FEBRUARY 21, 1917. WELLY'S.^CORNER Marysvllle baseball players, winners of the Dauphin-Perry League champ ionship last season, received their pen nant last night. Better late than never. Marysvllle Ims started plans for the present season and will go hot foot af ter another Hag. Baseball enthusiasm in that town is something real. Representatives from the Dauphin- Perry League circuit will get together tonight and take up plans for the com ing season. The meeting will be held in Bogar's store at 7.30 o'clock. New rules will be discussed, officers elected and a schedule committee appointed. Sport writers of Philadelphia held their annual banquet last night. It was a great event. Over 400 guests were present, including President John K. Tener, of the National League, and other baseball dignitaries. "Made in Phllly" was the title of the dinner, and the speakers told about stars past and present, who started their careers in Philadelphia. The annual live bird championship shoot of the Harrisburg Sportsmen's Association will be held tomorrow. It will be the opening of the shooting CANT STOP GOLF PLAYING SUNDAYS Italeigh, N. C„ Feb. 21.—A bill which would have prohibited Sunday golfing in North Carolina was killed in the lower house of the assembly when Rep resentative Page, of the Pineliurst and Southern Pines district, succeeded last night by one vote in obtaining exemp tion for his district after the bill had passed second reading. On third read ing many supporting members refused to vote for it because of the exemp tion. season in this city. Crack shots from Pennsylvania and other states will coine here. The entry list is up to 100, and the shooting starts at 9.30 In the morning on the association grounds, Second and Division streets. Pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander, of the Philadelphia Nutionals, is hold ing out for $15,000 a year. He was offered SIO,OOO yesterday by Presi dent Baker. Some time ago It was an nounced that the days for high salaries wero oyer. Alexander insists that he get some return for what he has done in the past. The near approach of April Is shown in the start last night of the Chicago Cubs for Pasadena. Bi ief stops will be made at Grand Cnyon, Snta Fe and oth er points and the squadwill reach Cali fornia Saturday. Manager Fred Mitch ell Is in charge of the party. Practice starts on Monday. Jimmy Sheckard of Columbia is with the Chicago Nationals. He will be chief trainer this year. He was a star on the team several years ago. Recent ly Sheckard has been selling automo biles. JOHNNY CASTLK I.BADS JOn Philadelphia, Feb. 21.—John F. Castle, former outfielder for the Phillies and manager of the Lancaster and Atlantic City Trl-State teams, signed a contract yesterday to lead the Hannibal, Mo., team in the Three I League. Castle, who lives In Philadelphia, played with the Phillies in 1911. Last year ho managed the Quincy, 111 team and was a pennant contender from the first game of the season.
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