MANAGER COCKILL FAVORS MILITARY TRAINING PLAN-GOLF NEW SPORT AT TECH
LOCAL COACH IS
MAKING GOOD
Charles \V. Miller, Physical Di
rector at Y. M. C. A., Authority
on Basketball and All Sports
C. W. MILLER
C. W, Miller, physical director at
the Harrisburg T. M. C. A., and coach
of the Technical High School basketball
team. Is well known In athletic circle*
throughout the western part of the
He was born in Johnstown and
made a reputation for himself as a bas
ketball player in his home town. He
first broke into prominence in the old
central league as a teammate to Fog
arty and Keenen, now Eastern League
stars, Later he coached the Johnstown
High School basketball five.
He has been successful as a basket
ball coach, and after leaving Johns
town he went to the Pittsburgh Y.
M. C> A., where he turned out a champ
ionship team for two seasons. He ha
also turned out S(9"d teams at St.
Francis' College. Before coming to this
city Mr. Miller was located at Sharon,
where he coached the High School bas
ketball team and was also coach and !
physical director of the Buhl Athletic i
Cl"b. Since he has been in this city
he has been doing go 3d work as physi
ial director of the Y. M. C. A. and is
roaehing the Tech basketball squad.4
While the Tech tossers are not at the ;
head of the pile they have been play- i
ing good basketball and have been im- t
proving with each game played.
WELLY'S CORNER
Manager Cockill is truly military. He
believes in universal training and his
plan to do his part to have soldiers j
ready for duty 1f a call comes will do j
much to help the game.
Bill Hays, known to many baseball J
fan*, may get back into the game. He i
is willing to buy the Utica franchise)
according to reports. Hayes was active |
during Charley Doolev days and knows
baseball players.
Making an early choice of a captain
for the Reading New Ycrk State League
team this season, George Wiltse, play
ing manager, has announced from his j
home in Syracuse, that Richard "Dick" !
Breen will fill that important post.
Breen pia.yed tiiiM base for the Elmira
team last season. However, he is a
regular second baseman and will play j
there when the Reading team gets un- '
der headway, a
Willie- Hoppe defeated Young Jake ;
Sehaefer in a 250-polnt match In Phila- j
delphia yesterday before a large crowd.
The score was 250ft0 52, Hoppe taking
the lead in the third inning after a bad
start. Young Jake started out %vith
60 and this proved to be his high run.
In the third inning Hoppe Clicked off
63 and followed in the fifth with I*6.
His average was 36 for six innings.
According to figures. Pitcher Grover
Cleveland Alexander, of the Phillies,
will get $156.25 an hour for working
this season. He will work 35 weeks
and will pitch whenever he thinks his
arm will permit.
Ortner, of Cornell, is leading the
intercollegiate basketball race. • He has
scored 107 points in Ave games, which
includes 29 field goals. Yale and Prince
ton are tie for leadership. •
Bowling Series on For
Married and Single Men
Beginning to-night a series of bowl
ing games will be played at Lenioyne
between the married and single men.
All contests will be played on Fickes"
alleys. Frizes will go to winners and
high scorers. The series will continue
■each week for 10 weeks.
The married men include. Whitman,
Frazer, Reeser. Clark, Fickes, Pentz
and Winters. The single men will be,
Ness. Stetler, Lewis, Washinger, Ham
jnaker and Baker.
US
MARLEY 24 IN. DEVON IN.
ARROW
COLLARS
15 cti. each, 0 for 00 cts. .
CLUETT. PEBODY & CO., IHC. HMKEItS
I; BOXING I
< | Chestnut Street Auditorium j j
ij Wednesday Evening, i;
Feb. 28th
1 ! Johnny Wolanat v. I\ 1,1 Albert |i
i > Dick Will* vh. Billy Walt* >'
]| Ueorxe Kid Albert v. Kid Smith !|
Paul I'oyae vs. Kid llreti ] i
j; Prices, 300 and #I.OO |;
]| St OB sale at Korfarnoar's ] !
<> Store, Third and Market !>
< | atreets. i [
TUESDAY EVENING,
TO TAKE UP GOLF
AS SCHOOL SPORT;
IS TEC H HIGH PLAN
Golf as a school sport is one of the
latest propositions to be made by mem
bers of the Technical High School
Athletic Association.. Whether the
adoption Is made or not by the or
ganization will be determined at a meet- I
ing to be held shortly to decide the j
question.
In the school are a number of adept '
players who will give their aid in the
movement to organize a teaiu. Chief
among the prominent players is Charles
Zimmerman, at present the city cham
pion. Other players iri the school of
prominence are Earl Sherk, Glenn
Beard, John Paul, Donald AVright,
Charles Pollock. Edwin Harris and
William Hoerner. Once the step has
been made there will likely be many
others who will try out for the team.
As usually five are placed on a team,
no trouble should be encountered in
"picking a capable quintet.
<&Grant land Dice
Copyright, 1917, by the Tribune Association (New York Tribune)
The Ball Mayers' Maiulalay
Ship me somewhere South in Dixie, where the winter league is flat;
Where a guy can thaw the kinks out—and a bloke caf\ swing a bat;
For I hear the old game calling and I'm ready for the smear,
With a Hop upon my Fast One—and the Stuff of my Career.
The Slugging; Premier
There is another spring sign in the atmosphere. Emerging craftily from
his winter quarters and blinking again in the light, the pop-eyed fanatic is
beginning to feed once more upon his favorite dish. You can tell the hunger
that lies in his soul by the way queries begin to pop as the clubs start South.
Among others received to-day is a query request for information as to
whether Cobb or Speaker was the leading slugger' of the game last year. Slug
gins means something more than batting. It means quantity, as well us qual
ity. The slugger, essentially, is the long distance hitter, otherwise known s
the entry with the wallop. •
Wally Pipp. with twelve home runs, and Frank Baker, with ten, are slug
gers. ' For both can whale the cover off the ball.
The main test of slugging must rest in the total number of bases pounded
out. And this test finds Joe Jackson far out in front, well beyond both
Speaker and Cobb.
Last season Jackson, with an average of .341, pounded the ball for a total
of 293 bases. $
Speaker, batting .386, had only/274 bases. Cobb, batting .371, ran up 267
bases, ■
,So Jackson, although displaying a smaller batting average, led Speaker by
19 bases and Cobb by 26. The Carolina Siege Gun had only three home runs,
but he came through with 40 doubles and 21 triples. This output was quite
sufficient to give him the extra-bulge.
Zach Wheat was the leading slugger of the National League, with a total
base array at 262, 31 bases back iff Jackson. Wheat, however. hnt only 1
568 times, against 592 for the White Sox star.
Another Spring Tip
Herewith we know that spring is near. •
Herewith we hold the answer pat,
Wl-en Gentle Readers send in this —
"Please publish "Casey at the Bat." "
.A pinker sun —a bluer sky—
A warmer wind—these signs fall flat,
Compared to this ecstatic yearn.—
"Please publish "Casey at the Bat." "
Bomb Throwing "Uid Baseball
Dear Sir—l notice quite a lot of remarks in the papers about bail players
and their value as bomb throwers. I have talked with many returned soldiers
and they all say the only real to throw bombs is with a straight arm—a
cricket bowler's motion being the best. A baseball throw is all right for a
bomb now and again. But for steady work it is not nearly so effective, as
bombs do nor have to be thrown far by the hand. Machines handle the longer
throws; and for the short ones the bowler can keep it mj all day. while the,
pitching motion cracks an arm in no time. So a ball player, for this work in
the tranches, would not be as useful as a cricket player, who has the straight
arm throw much better developed through long practice.
CANUCK, (Montreal).
Also—
"Willard willing to meet Fulton for $75,000.'" —News note.
And 'we'll dash off a roundelay
On roses, spinach, soup or collars. ,
For any one who cares to pay-
Well. make it forty thousand dollars.
M. J. Condon, returning a 71 over the ifard Belleair course, is another proof
that Youth alone isn't to be served. Mr. Condon is another of the golf veterans
who passed fifty some time ago, but who manage to bag their shure of young
sters in the course of the yea'r.
For the Hon. Lester Darcy one must say this, anyway—he is wonderfully i
consistent. He is carrying his repugnance to combat even, into his own pro
fession, the ring. By the time they arrange a regular fight for him he will
probably sight another tramp steamer in the offing and set sail for another
port.
MANAGER COCKILL
FAVORS MILITARY
TRAINING PLAN
Members of the Harrisburg New York
State League team will in all proba- |
bility be Riven military instructions |
by a local National Guard officer. Man
ager George CocUili was in Harrisburg '
for a few hours yesterday planning
for the coming season. The league will
meet at Hotel Columbus the latter part ;
of next week.
Manager Cockill is strong for the
military training feature. He is of the
opinion that It will be a big attraction
for baseball patrons this season. He i
I has not considered any particular
plans but is of the opinion that a lo- i
leal officer of the National Guard may
I be secured to drill players.
1 While in. Harrisburg the local man- j
AMATEUR LEAGUE
GAMES-AT TECH
City Basketball Games Will Be
Played on Tech Floor L'nlil
Guards Vacate
Technical High SchooJ floor will be
the stage for the City Amateur League
contests to-fiight and as long as the
National Guardsmen lire quartered in
the armory, where the contests werf>
previously staged. The tlrst contest
to-night will be between the Itosewood
Athletic Club and the Young Men's
Hebrew Association fives. The opening
contest will be started at 8 o'clock and
at 4ts conclusion tho Galahad Recre
ation Club five will clash with the
Methodic club quintet.
Followers of the City League games
are awaiting the results of the con
tests to-nignt expectantly as they may
be a big factor in the deciding of the
championship.
It 1s not known at the rresent tlnfe
how long the National Uuardsinen will
occupy the Armory and it is altogether
possible that the remaining contests in
the City Amateur Lieague will be staged
on the Technical High Schonl floor.
The TecWiical floor Is somewhat smaller
than that of the Armory but the offi
cials and players anticipate no dlfflculty
In completing the playing schedule. Ira
Arthurs will referee the contests to
night.
One drawback to the team would like
ly be a muiter of getting opponents to
oppose the Tech High School team. High
school golf are few and far be
tween in this part of Pennsylvania, and
lit is likely that the Maroon players
; would have to oppose amateur clubs
| representing organizations other than
I high schools. It is proposed to play
| both (all and' spring tourneys. The
Keservoir course could accommodate
the team from April 1, and other cours
es would be used when return en
gagements are played:
Several members of the Tech faculty
are golf enthusiasts, and the promoters
of the project will ask to have the sport
supervised by one of the teachers. With
golf gaining in popularity on every
hand, the movement would undoubtedly
prove a. popular one among the Tech
students. The matter will be deter
mined within several days.
ager held a consultation with a num-
I ber of boosters who are ready to give
i Manager Cockill all the help necess—ry.
He Is not certain tli£.t Walter Blair
'will be able to help him out. Blair is
l coach at the University of Pittsburgh.
, At the end of The baseball season there
|he may return to business.
Harrisburgs popular leader is now
working at Milton at munition
plant. He Is on an eight-hour trick
and took advantage of his layoff to
| come to Harrisburg for a brief confer
ence. He believes the coming summer
' wljl offer big inducements for high
i class baseball and he has signed up a
big squad from which to pick a win
ning team.
With the Bowlers
CASINO LKAGIE "
(Casino Alleys)
Jolly Five
Jolly Five, '' "97*
Trace (Jolly Five) !!!!! 244
A. Miller (Jolly Five)
STAMMXG OF THE TEAMS
x.., . , w - *-• P-C.
Llectrics, . 29 22 .669
Calumets, 30 24 555
J ° n >' F 've 31 26 .'544
Alphas ~26 25 .510
Orpheums 25 32 .439
Hovers 22 32 .407
SCHWARTZ CO. WINS
(Casino Alleys)
Schwartz
Schwartz 787
Updegraff (Schwartz) 201
Updegraff (Schwartz) 03
SINGLE MEN VICTORS
(Dull Alleys)
Single Men . 2449
Single Men grjt
M. HartmaTi (Single Men) 19
G. Huby (Single MM). . . 539
I'. R. R. Y. M. C. A. IjKAGUE
(Association Alleys)
Association, 2169
Association !!!!!! T56
Koch (Association), 246
Koch (Association), 60S
ORANGE SOCIAL AT ENOLA
Bnola, Pa., Feb. 27.—This evening
the Ladies' Aid Society qf the Kiist
United Brethren Church will hold an
orange social in the parsonage.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
Casino Players Make
Excellent Scoring Averages
The players in the Casino Tenpln
league have been making the sticks
fly in all directions for good averages
and sixteen of themXare tipping the
pins over at an average of 176 per
gtime. Barnes, of the Calumets, holds
the lead with a grand average of 193,
his nearest competitor is Basch, of the
Jolly Five, with an average of 188.
Montgomery, of the Electric team, Is
third With an average of 186. Barnes
holds the majority of the individual
records for the season.
BITS FROM SPORTLAND
The Greyhound five defeated the
_S. S. C. quintet by the score of 66 to
"24, in a game played last night on
the St. Paul floor.
The Hamilton Grammar school five
Here's One of the Ways
Malicious Lies were Circulated
about CAMEL Cigarettes
In an effort to injure the wonderful sale
of CAMEL cigarettes, many unprincipled
schemes have been resorted to. The fol
lowing is one of many ways such lies have
been put into circulation.
An individual liar would approach a group
of men, produce a newspaper, published in
a distant city, and apparently become inter
ested in reading. Suddenly he would ex
claim, "What do you think of this?" He
would then pretend to read an article about
CAMEL cigarettes. In reality, the paper
contained no such statement. The indi
vidual would at once walk away, carrying
the paper with him. A newspaper from a
distant city was always used in an effort to
cover the tracks of the liar.
Would anyone voluntarily do this kind
of unprincipled work? They must have
been paid by someone to do it, and all of
them should be exposed. An honest man
will not knowingly work under the direc
tion of a crooked superior, nor will an
honest superior knowingly tolerate a
crooked employee. However, some sales
men have told the trade that they had in
their possession a newspaper containing a
damaging article about CAMEL cigarettes.
This was a malicious falsehood, as they had
no such newspaper, and when asked to
produce it, they were unable to do so.
CAMEL cigarettes are pure and delightful
and the most popular cigarettes ever sold at
any price. Cigarette smokers will not, for
any length of time, permit malicious false
hoods to prejudice them against CAMELS.
R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY
Winston-Salem, N. C.
defeated the Middletown- Central
Grammar school by the score of
24 to 21. last night, on the Technical
High schdol floor. The victory last I
night evened up the score between the i
two teams. -
The Hummelstown Monarch five
Would like to schedule a game to be
played away from home, for to-night,
and offers in exchange a game at
Hummelstown on Saturday night. Tlio
manager is William H. Levens, who
may be reached by telephone af Zpl
lar's cigar store, after 7 o'clock.
- LECTURE FOR BIBLE CLASS
Enola, Pa., Feb. ?7. —The Rev. Ful
ler Bergstresser, pastor of the Middle
town Lutheran Churcl\, will lecture
on "The Vinegar Peddler" in the Zlon
Lutheran Church this evening. Tne
male quartet of the car shops will sing
selections. The lecture will be
held under the auspices of the Men's
Bible Class.
FEBRUARY 27, 1917.
"Sure Shot" Kline Leads
City League in Points
"Sure Shot" Kline of the Rosewood
Athletic Club five Is still leading the
City Amateur League players in* indi
vidual points scored, having an average
of 18.25 points per gume. He has fig-,
ured in eight games. oil the
( Young Men's Hebrew Association five,
who has figured In two more contests
has scored more points but his average
per etttie is three !•* than that of
Kline. Tittle, of the Rosewood team
leads the league in doubledeckers,
throwing fifty-nine in ten games played.
Gebhard, of the Galahad quintet, is in
second position and Holland's foul
shooting has nut him in fourth olace.
Stephen Bowers Elected
President of Galahad A. C.
The Gulatmd Kecreation Club met last
night and elected officers for the ensu- *
Ing year. Stephen I* Bowers was elect
ed president and the other officers are:
Associate president, 13. A. Lutz; secre
tary, K. 11. McCoy; treasurer, Allen H.
Fritz.
Plans were made for a busy summer
season and managers of the various
teams were elected. D. C. Hawley will
head the baseball teain and C. 13. Mar
tin will transact the business of the
tennis squad. The manager of the
bowling team Is It. V. Watts and of the
class team is Nevln A. Bowers. The
outing which is held annually by the
organization will bo planned by George
M*. Allen andi Charles \V. Mitchell will
be In charge of the screen activities.
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