14 CRACK SHOTS FROM ALL OVER STATE HERE; SEEK LIVE BIRD CHAMPIONSHIP DAUPHIN-PERRY LEAGUERS MEET E. C. Lutz Re-elected Head of I Organization; Schedule Will ! Include 20 Games At an enthusiastic meeting of the officials of the Dauphin-Perry League of baseball clubs, held last night in the Bogar store rooms, Market Square, this city, E. C. Lutz was re-electeil president, and C. B. Smith, Marys ville, secretary. Other important bus iness items were transacted. Millersburg, Halifax and Dauphin, in .Dauphin county, and Newport, Dunoannon and Marysville, in Perry county, the same circuit as last sea son, will be maintained. The owner ship of the Marysville franchise has been awarded to the newly-organiz ed Marysville Athletic Association, it being forfeited by its 1916 owners through failure to comply with the rules of the league. Season Starts in May The season will open on May 12, one week earlier than last year, and twenty games will be played. Some of the clubs favored starting the league | on May 19, but this was voted down) by other representatives to give ample j time to play postponed games at the end of the season. The president ap pointed the following schedule com mittee, to meet in this city next month: Thomas Jones, Millersburg; D. B. Tay lor, Newport; O. M. Lyter, Dauphin; R. M. Barton, Duncannon; T. 11. Stees, Marysville, and Warren Heisler, Hal ifax. A rules committee will be ap pointed within a few days and will meet at the same time as the above committee, the date to be fixed by the president. It was made a rule that all the clubs file with the secretary, at an early | date, a copy of their constitution and rules, and a list of the officers. Prior to the election of others W. \V. Sharon, secretary of the league | last season, tendered his resignation, j He is confined to his bed by sickness I and will not be able to continue his i duties as secretary. League Bowlers Busy; Hang Up Record Scores ACADEMY DUCKPIX LEAGUE Bakers, 1614, Barbers 1456 j Kogers (Bakers), 150| Kogers (Bakers) 274 | CASINO DUCKPIN LEAGUE Pennsys, 14 41 j Audions, . 1288 [ G. Ilargest (Pennsys), 144 | G. Hargest (Pennsys), 350 EXOLA Y. M. C. A. LEAGUE Sapphires 1889 Bubles 1878 Snyder (Sapphires), 203 Davis (Sapphires), 502 CASINO TEX PI N LEAGUE Alphas, 2834 . Kovers, 2688 Buttorff (Alphas) 23'3 Buttorff (Alphas) 646 MISCELLANEOUS At Middlctown Evangelical 1488! Middletown 1438 Manning (Evangelical) 145 Manning (Evangelical) 335 At Lcnioync (Dick's Alleys) Yanigans, 2257 AVashington (Regulars) 191 Washington (Regulars) 541 Academy Alleys LEWISTOWN F. Hayes 84 89 95 268 R. Noll 73 106 88 267 R. Pauly, 100 68 75 243 C. Stout 87 119 98 304 T. Hayes (cap.), 95 86 86 267 Totals 439 468 442 1349 ACADEMY R. Owen 66 66 G. Fox, . 100 137 237 J. Loeser, 94 82 92 268 E. Smith 80 86 118 284 Johnson 135 11 7 252 J. Rodgers 1 16 85 99 300 J. O'Leary (cap) 106 106 Totals 462 488 563 1513 STAXDIXG OF TEAMS Casino Tenpin W. L. P.O. Electrics 20 22 .569 Calumets 30 24 .555 Jolly Five 29 25 .536 Alphas, 26 25 .510 Orplieums, ........ 24 30 .444 Rovers, 22 32 .407 Casino Buckpin Majesties, 35 10 .777 Strollers 25 17 .595 Nobles 21 21 .500 Pennsys 21 24 .466 Readings 1 4 25 .3591 Audions, ■. 13 31 .288 j Enola Y. SI. C. A. Rubies 22 1 7 .564 ( Emeralds 23 19 .547 j Sapphires, 19 20 .4 86 Diamonds 17 25 .404 SWEDEN PROTESTS SIXKIXG By Associated Press Stockholm. Sweden. Feb. 22, via London. The Swedish minister at Berlin has been directed to file a pro test against the sinking of the Swed ish motor ship Hugo Hamilton. Noth ing has been learned regarding the fate of the crew. The HIIBO Hamilton was on the way from Valparaiso with 4,000 tons of! salt petre consigned to the Swedish Farmers' Association whlc hwas great ly needed on account of the scarcity of fertilizer in Sweden. She cvarried a crew of more than thirty. Several days ago the Swedish government asked Berlin for particulars regarding the sinking. EARLIER DAYLIGHT SAVING London, Feb. 22.—The re-Introduction of the daylight saving scheme was to day unanimously recommended l by the committee appointed by the British parliament to consider the subject. The Government is being urged to bring the schedule into effect in April Instead of t in May. A Copenhagen dispatch on Feb. IB said the German authorities had decided to begin the daylight saving schedule April 15 Instead of May 1, the putting forward of the clock to continue until September 15. niSAC.IIRR ON NEUTRALITY HILL Washington, Feb. 22.—The Senate Judiciary Committee to-day failed to agree to the bill proposed by the De partment of Justice to authorize the President to use the armed forces of the United States to enforce its neu trality obligations and it was declared by several Senators that it probably WOUld COt THURSDAY EVENING, LOCAL SHOTS SEEK HONORS IN TO-DAY'S LIVE BIRD SHOOT J. G. MARTIN Crack shots from all over Pennsyl- | vania, numbering 100, are here to-day ' for the annual livebird championship shoot under the direction of the llar risburg Sportsmen's Association. It i is the thirteenth annual event. Harris- \ burg shooters were prominent includ ing J. G. Martin, Lock wood B. Worden, ' Fred Dinger, 11. A. Dill, Billy deck- j ner, and G. Wellington Hepler. West j Fairview sent a large delegation; and from Berks county the following were j registered: Edward H. Adams, the president I Berks county target and live-bird | champion; James W. W ei 'tz, Monroe H. I Kofroth, John J. Marberger, William ' ,(porili&hi L . SI i & Grant tend JZice The Day \V o Celebrate With heaving chest and misty eye The manager then made reply, "Alas, I cannot tell a lie"— He hissed through molars clinched; "The fact is"-—here he choked a sob— "l've three young Wagners on the job, Two Speakers and another Cobb—- We've got the pennant CINCHED!" The well-known pitcher with a hop Upon his Fast One let this drop: "1 cannot lje to you, old top, So kindly bend an ear; I'll be there with the old saluta Where Cobb fans like a bush recruit; Just say that I intend to shoot The stuff of my career." The fighter bowed his gory head, "I cannot lie to you," he said, "I would 'a' knocked the piker dead Before the second bell; I should 'a' copped the jamboree All seven ways, but,- hully gee, How did I know the referee Was crookederthanell?" Tlic Schupp Works of MoGraw We have never heard Colonel John J. McGraw express any opinion anent the European upheaval. But in one particular instance, at least, he is pro- German. This is at the moment that one happens to mention the name of Sehupp—Ferdinand Schupp, of Kentucky. In the last few years there have been four remarkable pitching achieve ments in the way of earned runs allowed. Tn 1913 Walter Johnson only permitted 1.09 runs to the game. In 1914 Dutch Leonard went even further, allowing but 1.01 runs to the contest. In 1915 Grover Alexander was at his best, with 1.22 tallies to flie after noon. These pitching marks were far beyond the average in effectiveness. The Leonard record was considered unbeatable. But last season a young left hander who had adorned fhe bench for the better part of two seasons cut in with a mark beyond them all. The name was Schupp. Starting the cam paign Schupp was still a denizen of Benehland—an unused inhabitant of the old dugout, with nothing to do but wait, watch and warm up. But at the end of the year he had worked 140 innings—totalling over fifteen complete games—and his record for this stretch was exactly and precisely .90 run to the contest. * So Schupp was the first pitcher of them all to allow less than one run a game to each start. Under Fire In the six games which Schupp pitched while Hie Giants were peeling off their twenty-six consecutive victories the lean left-hander allowed but three runs, and only two of these were earned. Four of the six games were shut-outs —full proof that he was at his best when under fire, where a slip meant the end of a record drive. He is almost sure to be a big factor in the flag rate just ahead, for with the anuißing amount of stuff he has always carried he now has the confidence needed to make him one of the game's big stars. Roth Dear sir—When Willard, six feet six, weighing 275, and Fulton, six feet five, weighing 230, get together, how about the referee who will have to pull them apart? For this subtle task will he be allowed to use nitro-glycerine or dynamite, or will he be restricted to the unlimited use of a crowbar for this purpose? . ANXIOUS ALGY Joie Ray is another type of preparedness. If you don't care to shoot or get shot at, whatever the provocation, two miles in 9% minutes is the next best dish on the national menu. The Golfer Kicks In "Upon this day," the golfer said, "I cannot tell a lie; I missed nine putts I should have got And that's no alibi." "Yes I must tell the truth," he said, v Tills day to celebrate; ; I had an eighty-six, but I Deserved a sixty-eight." "Why have the umpires never called a mid-winter strike?" asks F D R They call enough to last between April and October. of a thing is frequently sufficient. You wouldn't believe it, perhaps, but there are more than a few who can see no reason to-day for celebrating the birthday of a man who refrained from keeping his country out of war. Bits From Sportland ! In a well-played contest last night' at Middlctown, the Central Grammar i school five trimmed the Tiger Juniors, J of Middletown, by the score of 24 to 13. The quintet of the Salem Athletic Club opened Its season last night with a victory oter the Enliaut Arrow five by the score of 38 to 19. The contest was played on the Moorhead lloor. Playing in lightning style last night the Hummelstown Monarchs triumph ed over the Baldwin A. C. five by tho score of 4 8 to 22. The contest wan played on the Hummelstown floor anil prior to the game the Moorhead girls five defeated the Hummelstown girls five by the score of 10 to 5. Clever foul shooting by Weigel, last night enabled the Central High school reserves to defeat the Globe Right-1 Posture team in a close game by the I score of 18 to 17. He dropped 14 | out of 16 chances through the bas-1 ket., The Shlmmel Grammar school toss ers defeated the Steel Grammar school five yesterday by the score of 19 to 6. On the Technical High school floor last night the Forney A. C. quintet! defeated the Globe Right-Posture Ju- I nlors in a hard fought contest by the i score of 23 to 20. Yesterday afternoon the Altoona LOCK WOOD n. WORDEN | ft. Felt, Calvin B. Prutzman, John L. ! Uehrig, James Firing, Frank A Wertz, I Joseph Bruce, Beading; James E. Seh- I meek and Henry Stice, Wyoniissing; Wertz, who has won the challenge ! trophy twice, and George It. Bortz, I Temple; Peter B. Kline, Earle D. Melot, j Oscar I. Melot, Fleetwood: Lloyd A. I Miller, Calcium; M. R. Kern, Shillington; | Irwin Shlrely, Douglassville; J. Allen j Grommis and Fred R. Wertz, South I Temple; Jacob W. Rahn, Rosedale; J William P. Gerhart, M. It. Gundy, Wer inersville; Samuel T. Christ, Ivan Hoffa, |N. E. Hiinmelberger, Strausstown; I George C. Hix. Wormolsdorf and liter I Brown, Gibraltar. ■ High school five defeated tho Slilp pensburg Normal school five 011 tlie | hitter's floor by the score of 39 to 21. I The contest was the second of five [which the Altoona five will play while i on a trip. The West End Junior five was no match for the Dragon A. C. quintet and last night lost by tho score of 50 to 11. BENJ. H. WHISTLER DIES Mount Joy, Pa., Feb. 22.—Benjamin 11. Whistler, of Mounty Joy town ship, died 011 Monday, aged 67 years. He Is survived by his wife, Susan, a daughter of Amos Ebersole, and two sons, Benjamin llerr and Jonas H. 2d hand j Sweetser Electric Co. 500 Cumberland Si. f HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH READING HUMBLES CENTRAL TOSSERS I | Sensational Work of Wendler, Reading's Center, Defeats Coach MeCord's lioys I Too much Wendler! Is what the H&r --| rlsburg High School five found last | night in its game with the Heading High School quintet, in Chestnut Street ] Auditorium and the local tossers lost in a hard battle by the score of 31 to It was the sensational offensive work of Wendler, the pivot man on the Pretz el town team that def"ated Coach Me- Cord's proteges, lie scored seven points during the ebbing minutes of play una started his attack when the local lads led by three points. Despite Hie fact that Central went i into the game with two of its regulars ]on the sideslines, because of being in eligible by the faculty, the local lads I played a bang-up game throughout the I tlrst period, only to weaken and crum ple In tiie final minutes of the contest. I Wolf and Maloney, tho two new men J on tiie team played well, and the latter, j although weighing but 11S pounds, | showed remarkable form against heav ier opponents. Martz started the seor j ing for central early in the game and (Central held its own and was In the I lead until the last five minutes of play, j With the score at 25 to 21, in favor of | Central Wendler assisted by his teani- I mates started his rally which resulted jin defeat for the local lads and vlc- I tory for his team. Tiie summary: HEADING HIGH SCHOOL Fld.G FI.G. T.P. I Wilson, forward 1 0 2 INyqutst, forward 0 6 IS Wendler, center '.) 5 11 Dietrich, guard o o 0 Rhoades, guard 0 u 0 Totals 10 11 31 CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL Hilton, forward....... 3 0 6 Maloney, forward 1 0 L'| Martz, center 2 0 4 1 Frank, guard......... - 13 17 Wolfe, guard 0 0 0 Totals S 13 29 Referee, Geisel. Scorer. Burns. Tiner, Burris. Fodls called on Cen tral, 23; on Heading, 23. Standing of Tenuis W. L Pet. Lebanon ii l .857 Reading 5 1 .833 Central 3 1 .750 jsteelton 3 4 .333 U'ork 1 5 .107 Technical 1 6 .143 CHIPS FROM THE CLAYS ' By Peter P, Carney, Editor National Sports Syndicate i Homer Straub, of Pittsburgh, Pa., has been chosen captain of the trap shooting team of Tome School, Port ! Deposit, Md. This team engages in matches with trapshooting teams of other schools and colleges of the East. Thirty-one rod and gun clubs are connected with the Oregon State i Sportsman's Association, j The Northwestern Trapshooters' | League has been formed. Seattle, Ta coina, Everett, Bellingham, Blaine and Green Lane are the cities that will have teams in Ihe league. The champion trapshooting booster . of the universe is H. It. (Hi) Ever ding, of Portland, Ore. He is a form er president of the Portland Gun Club, believes in trapshooting, says It Is the greatest sport in the world, and sup ports It by giving trophies for every tournament that is conducted in the Nort Invest. It is too late to do it this year, but it is a good wager that trapshooting will be one of the features of the 1918 Mardi Gras carnival in New Orleans. If all traps were sold outright to trapshooting clubs instead of being leased—as is done in a majority of cases —the sport would come along even faster than it is. The leasing method is antiquated and should be done away with. | A proposition is under way to form a league of the Elks Gun Clubs of California. The Alameda Elks are behind the project und have the sup port of the Oakland, Santa Rosa and San Rafael lodges. The day will come when there will he a trapshooting tournament for the railroad championship of America. I The clay target sport is the main one among the employes of the Pennsyl vania Railroad and now the Baltimore & Ohio and the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroads are aiding their employes in forming clubs. There are about 50 railroad trapshocting clubs in the United States. The Lehigh Valley Transit Com- I pany, of Allentown, Pa., believes in ] outdoor recreation for its employes and has given a tract of ground for sports, of which trapshooting is one of the features. The employe fur nishes the gun and the company sup plies the shells and targets. | The hand trap has made trapshoot ing possible almost any place. It is ! used 011 aeroplanes, automobiles, I steamships, yachts and last but not least, lake freighters. When the steamer Maruba began its last trip 011 the Great Lakes, Engineer Jp. L. Hall took r.long a handtrap and tar gets and the crew got a lot of good sport firing at the elusive clays. Too Much Draft For ' Large Coal Some houses have too much draft to economically burn a large size of coal. Seems strange, doesn't it? The coal may be the very best quality and the fur nace the very best make—but the results are un satisfactory. Due to the strength of the draft the air is drawn too rapidly through the fuel bed, hence it has a tend ency to cool the fire, rather than increase it. When such a condition obtains better results are produced by using a large size coal and a smaller size coal mixed together in equal proportions. The small coal fills up the spaces between the large pieces and the air is properly controlled so that combustion goes 011 in an efficient manner. Don't condemn the coal till the proper kind is used. We handle many varieties in our two yards. United Ice & Coal Co. Forster & Cowden Hummel & Mulberry Third & Boas 15th & Chestnut Sta. Also Stcelton, Pa. Youngest Quoit Pitcher Plays With League Leaders; Schedule For Next Week JiARION KING Camp No. 8, of the P. O. S. of A. Quoit League, is still in the lead. Start ing this week is Marion King, the smallest pitcher in tlie league. He is a "bear cat" on tossing ringers. The schedule for next week includes: Camp 716 at 639, February 26; 522 at 102, February 27; 8 at 477, February 28. Standing of the Teams Camp W. L. P.C. 8 46 9 .836 102 41 24 .630 522 4 1 24 .630 716, 36 39 .480 639 24 36 .4 00 505 25 40 .384 477 1 7 48 .262 City Amateur Leagu£ to Have Fast Game To-Night The Armory lloor will be the scene of two City Amateur League games to-night and a feature of the night's entertainment will be a Washington's Birthday dance. The Young Meji's He brew Association team and the West End aggregation will clash in the first game and in the second tiie Rosewood A. C. and the Methodist Club teams will meet. The first game will start at 7.45 o'clock. BURNING SHIP RETURNS By Associated Press New York. Feb. 22. —The Ward Line steamship Monterey, which sailed last night for Havana but was forced to turn back by a lire in her hold, ids covered when she was fourteen miles beyond the Scotland lighthouse, re turned to her dock there to-day. Her captain reported that the lire was out. The extent of the damage could not be estimated until the cargo was re moved from the afterhold where the fire occurred. HAMILTON'S DROP GAME With Rupley and Williams, the two regular guards of the Hamilton Gram mar school five, claimants of the coun ty grammar school championship, lost the first of a series of contests, with the Central Grammar school team, Middletown, by the score of 23 to 18. The game was played at Middletown and the next will be played in Har risbiirg. EyesThatNeed Glasses i arc entitled to Specialized Effort | In buying glasses, the public docs hot want glasses alone. It wants service—certain results. The glasses I are only a means to an end. It lakes expert knowledge to prescribe I the right port of lenses, j Gohl, Hinkenbach & Rouse, High | Grade Optical Service, has been I prescrib'ig the right sort of lenses i to hundreds of people. Make your I j next pair of glasses "the right sort j of lenses.' The price you will find ] I most reasonable. cm (S>ohl.Hinkcnlmclt& House OPTOMETRISTS ANO OPTICIANS N0. 22 N. 4TM.ST. HARRISSVRO, PA., | Where Glasses Arc Made Right j FEBRUARY 22, 1917. WELLY'S I President John K. Tener is out with a hearty endorsement of military train ing at all baseball camps. He has in structed the managers to get in touch with American League officials and co-operate in training at spring camps. Indications are that baseball players will be able to make up a complete regiment, if needed. Their fighting ability cannot be questioned. The live bird shoot on to-day at Second and Division streets, originated in Harrisburg. The Harrisburg Sports men's Association started the cham pionship event thirty years ago on Washington's Birthday. Three years later a cup was offered and for twenty seven years has been known as the Harrisburg trophy. This year it will be shot off in March. A new cup was offered to-day. Grover Cleveland Alexander has come to terms with Philadelphia. He will get between SIO,OOO and $15,000, and has signed for two years. Now Jasper Tossers to Play Independents Saturday Jasper tossers of the Eastern | League will play Harrisburg Inde pendents Saturday night. Jasper won the first, half of the Eastern League race and are tied with Greystock for first place in the second half. Eight star players are under contract with the Jasper team but | several have been on the injured list, including Harry Hough and Dave 1 Kerr. The Independents are traveling at j a fast pace and their strong defensive j play against the Trenton team Satur- i day night was a pleasing feature to I the fans. The locals will have scrim mage practices with the Central High j team, and have to bo in the best of! condition for the game Saturday j night. MRS. CATHARINE BOYER DIES j Elizabethville, Pa., Feb. 22.—Mrs. I Catharine Boyer, widow of the late | Benneville Boyer, living for many. years two and one-half miles east of I town, died at the home of her daugh- | ter, Mrs. Charles Harner, at Loyalton, yesterday, after a short illness, of I pneumonia. Mrs. Boyer was well known in the valley. Several years ago she was stricken with blindness. She was 84 years old and is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Charles Harner, two sons, Henry and Irwin, all living at Loyalton. Funeral services at Loy alton Evangelical Church on Sunday forenoon, with burial in Maple Grove cemetery here. DUNCANNON READY FOR GAMES Duncannon, Pa., Feb. 22.—The Dun cannon Athletic Association was re organized last evening for the season of 1917. Lane S. Hart was elected president pro tem. Plans were laid for a strong baseball team to again represent the association in the Dau phin-Perry League the coming sea son. The following delegates were elected to attend the league meeting to be held at Harrisburg some even ing during the week: John DeHaven, W. S. Duncan, R. M. Barton and Chas. Hiltner. , igTTTTake the men and women you know who own eiglit □J cylinder Cadillac cars. Are they not persona of the keenest judgment? Are they not men who know motor cars and buy a car not because of price but because they seek the best? Your first impulse is to buy a Cadillac. That im pulse is the right one —act on it. CRISPEN MOTOR CAR CO. 311-315 S. Cameron Street HARRISBURG, PA. , . ) You are looking for real down-right pleasure and I am the fellow who can give it to you. My name is KING OSCAR 5c CIGAR Meet me any time anywhere, or better yet keep me always with you. JOHN C. HERMAN & CO. Makers. j get ready for training is the order j from the Phillies manager. Manager Ike McCord and Dave Mc j Connell will go to Columbia to-night ito help out the Lancaster County i leaguers. Local stg,rs are always in j demand. Walter Hoffman has been elected captain of the Lykens High school 1 eleven. He will have a big squad of j promising candidates next fall. Ly | kens High school is coming to tlio ! front as a strong athletics institu ! Hon. I j By an amazing burst of speed on tho j last two laps, Johnny Overton, tho Yale crack, won the mile run last night at Hartford, in the sixteenth an- I nual Indoor meet, held under the aus | pices of the Naval Militia. Overtoil's i time was 4:20 1-5 on tho ten-lap un- I banked track, which reduces the for- I nier track record of 4:24 and compares I well with John P. Jones' outdoor rec iord of 4:14 2-5. Tech High Tossers Play Harrisburg Academy Team | Technical High school first and sec ond teams will be pitted to-morrow evening against the quintets repre senting the Harrisburg Academy. The games will begin at eight o'clock, and will he played on the Armory floor. I Ira Arthurs will officiate in tfte pair j of games. These contests will be the second j and final of the series that will be j played between the two schools. In tho first contest Tech was victorious, ! and hopes to repeat with another vie- I tory to-morrow night. Following the games there will be dancing. The probable line-up will be: Tech. Academy { Harris, f. Phillips, f. Bell (MeGann, f. Wren, f. | Beck (Wilsbach), (Bruce (Capt.) f. Pollock (capt.)'g. Lynch (Bortell) g. I Ebner, g. Froelicli (Moody), ANNOUNCE BIRTH OF SON Meclianicsburg, Pa., Feb. 22. The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. John S. Adam announce the birth of a son yesterday 1 morning. The .Rev. Mr. Adam is pas- I tor of St. Paul's Reformed Church. ! ' "" ARROW COLLARS 15 cts. each, 6 for 90 cts. , CLUETT, PEABODY & CO., INC. MAKERS
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