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Droney's Friends Say
He Will Whip Kilbane
Tim Droney, the Lancaster fighter,
Is picked to defeat Champion John
nie Kilbane in their bout at York
next Monday night, in tlio Orpheum
Theater. Droney outweighs the cham
pion by at least twelve pounds and is
a terrific hitter. He is not the fin
ished boxer that Kilbane is, however,
and it remains to be seen whether he
can punish the champion like his
friends say he will.
The semi-windup to tlio bout will be
between Johnnie Wolgast, of Lancas
ter and Cadillac, Mich., and Johnnie
Gill of York. Wolgast demonstrated
that he is some fighter before the local
fans last Wednesday night and lias
been cleaning every boy his weight in
this section. Gill will have to go some
to win and the bout promises to be
equally as interesting as the tinal.
Three fast preliminary bouts will top
oft the bill.
Bits From Sportland
A special meeting of the committee
on grounds, of the Marysville A. A.
will be held this evening at the home
of the association president, 11. O. Cun
ningham.
In a dual trapshooting event on
Saturday, at Carlisle, for the cham
pionship of Cumberland county, H. 10.
Dunson, Carlisle, took honors from M.
B> Stewart, by breaking 94 out of a
possible 100. Stewart broke 86 tar
gets.
The Olympics lost a hard fought
game to the Vandal five of Atlantic
City, on the latter's floor on Saturday
night by the score of 55 to 23.
The Hummelstown Monarch five
■was humbled by the Enhaut ex-liigh
school team on Saturday night, on the
Hummelstown floor by the score of
55 to 3D.
In a contest played at Annville on
Saturday night the Baker Independent
five, Steelton lost to the Lebanon Val
ley College Reserves by a 36 to 25
tally.
Shippensburg State Normal school
quintet were humbled by the Mt. Alto
Academy team on Saturday night on
their own floor by the score of 26
to 13.
Members of the Belmont club will
make plans for the coming baseball
season at a meeting to be held this
evening in Horstick's store, Nineteenth
and State streets.
By defeating the Sunbury and Lock
Haven team on Saturday night on the
McGee tables, Williamsport, the Wil
liamsport billiard team advanced two
points in the Central Division elimin
ation tournament.
P. 0. S. of A. Quoit Schedule
Gamps scheduled this week in the
P. O. S. of A. Quoit league include:
Camp 477 at 71C,
8, March 8; and 639 at 505, March 9.
Standing of the Teams
W. U P.C.
Camp 8 50 in .833
Camp 522 4 1 2< .629
Camp 102 43 27 .614
Camp 716, 38 42 .425
Camp 639 27 38 .415
Camp 505 25 40 .384
Camp 477 18 52 .257
HKHSHEY TRACK TEAM
The Men's Club of Hershey have
organized a track team and will be
represented in this line of sport this
spring. John F. Snavely, general sec
reatry of the club will supervise the
work. Candidates for the basebail
team are fast lining up and a good
team is expected to represent the cho
colate town.
AMUSEMENTS
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TO-DAY AM) TO-MOUHOW
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MARY PICKFORD
IlarriNliurii'M Favorite
In the second und best production
in which she has appeared in
"HEARTS ADRIFT"
A drama of tangled lives, inter
woven with the mist of the sea.
Playing in other cities at advanced
prices.
WEDNESDAY nml TIIIHSDAV
JACK PICKFORD
(Brother of Mary)
Supported l>y I.OlISt: HUFF In
"GREAT EXPECTATIONS"
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Beyond the Barrier
Upon our shield the staining rust
Has gathered deeper than we knew;
Upon our blade the drifting dust
Has dimmed and dulled the ancient hue:
And we have floundered through the pall
As children, who have lost tlieir way;
But somewhere, underneath it all.
The Vital Spark still waits the day.
The ruggedness of ancient mould '
Is hidden now by softer dreams;
The braver line we used to hold
May waver where the red flash gleams;
But when the showdown comes at last
Beyond control of word or pen.
Remembrance of a braver past
Shall come to wake us up again.
The ancient spirit of the clan
May shrink, at times, before the call,
Bewildered, in the waiting span,
Before the rousing lash shall fall;
But when the light flares down the field
Beyond doubt's final barricade.
The rust shall come from off the shield—
The dust shall flutter from the blade.
Tlic Human Net
Your Uncle Wilbert Robinson, of Brooklyn, is the Human Net who catches
them as they start to fall.
When Robbie slipped the net un.der Jack Coombs, Rube Marquard and
Larry Cheney, all held as impending hasbeens, few took his pitching staff with
any great seriousness. But your Uncle Wilbert managed to salvage no less
than forty-five perfectly good ball- games with these three last year, and he
expects the trio this season to bag him fifty.
Also, if any other managers desire to push any veteran talent overboard,
Your Uncle will be in the immediate vicinity with the old net still working.
Robbie is especially optimistic upon the 1917 showing of Rube Marquard, as
ho believes the Rube will win as many games for him this season as he ever
won with the Giants.
Saved Brooklyn
It was Marquard who saved Brooklyn last fall. The Phillies had just beaten
the Dodgers five straight in Philadelphia. Coming over to Brooklyn, they had
added two more, thereby taking the lead. With Alexander on the job, another
victory was in sight, and three straight in Brooklyn would have broken up
the race. It was at (his poiijt that Marquard tossed his left arm in front of
the Phllly charge and hoisted his mates out of certain trouble. He was at his
best in the most critical game of the year, full proof that his old confidence
returned.
"Giants at Marlin lack military supplies." You'd think there'd be a lot of
Marlin rifles, or at least marlin spikes, around the place, anyway. Or is there
nothing in a name, after all?
Forced Marches
The entry who isn't willing to start anything until the exits are greased
has a stout hunch as to where he is going to finish.
Howsoever, there is more fun in trimming a hard loser than there is in
upsetting a good one.
It isn't hard for even a quitter to look game with his back against the wall.
Quantity Plus Quality
The trouble with most pitching in the present era is the fragile aspect
of pitching arms.
The trouble is that most of them figure that one game every four or five
days is quite enough.
Lack of work has wrecked more good pitching material than overwork
has by a margin by 9 to 1. There are few pitchers hurt by overwork. Whereas
there are many tons of pitching flesh spoiled by the other side of the argu
ment.
Who are the pitchers that did the bulk of the work in 1916—who worked
the greater number of innings'.' Here they are:
American League—Johnson, 371 innings; Coveleski, 324 innings; Ruth, 323
innings; Bush, 287 innings.
National League—Alexander, 389 innings; Pfeffer, 329 innings; Rudolph,
312 innings; Mamaux, 310 innings.
From these eight men you can pick the six best pitchers in baseball, and
they are the eight men who did the bulk of the work, who were willing and
ready to start three times a week. Bob Shawlcey was only an inning or two
behind, and he is another star. .
In 1914 George Stallings won a pennant by pitching three men in turn.
Rudolph, Tyler and James carried the club from last place to a world cham
pionship. Three men. worked in turn are far more effective than five men
worked in turn, because they work often enough to develop both physical
and mental efficiency.
Song of the Off-Trail
So long as there's a dream to dream.
So long as there's a song to sing;
So long as coming dawns shall gleam
Upon our boundless wandering;
So long as there's a road that leads
Out and afar—through mile on mile—
Beyond life's narrow faiths and creeds.
So long shall life be worth the while.
Christy Matliewson has started south with his Redß—over the trail blazed
by Ned Hanlon, Buck Ewlng, Joe Kelley, John Ganzel, Clark Griffith, Joe
Tinker and Buck Her/.og. This Red lane has been long enough to know no
turning off the highway of defeat for forty years, so Matty's 1917 assault upon
an ancient fate will be one of the season's features, whatever happens. This
fate will have to smile with greater kindness on Matty than it has smiled upon
some of the others. Matty has all the qualifications for success, but a citadel
with a forty-year tradition of failure needs all there is for the blasting-out
process to work.
COLUMBUS I.AN'DS "LEFTY"
York, Pa., March s.—Edward
".Lefty" George, the ex-Tristate south
paw, has signed a contract for the
season with the Columbus team, o£ the
American Association. His salary will
he the same as last year. George has
a suit pending against the Kansas
City Club, of the American Associa
tion. for back salary.
TARSUS CI.CB ELECTS
The Tarsus Club, of the St. Paul
Church, has elected managers to
head the athletic teams for the com
ing seasons, as follows: Baseball, G.
Wenrick; tennis, Raymond Hall;
track, James Nelson; football, James
Hollohan.
AMISEMEXTS
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6 LITTLE
WIVES
A Olrly Muxieal Comedy with 20 i
people, KIVIDK the entire perform
ance.
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To-morrow Evening
At 8.15
DAVID BKLASCO PrrßPntx
DAVID WARFIELD
In llin World-Itenowned Sueeena
THE MUSIC
MASTER
Direct from 20 weeks at the Kniek- '
erboeker Theater, Mew York.
Seat*, st>e to f2.00.
WED. kv <&Vy g MARCH 7
SEATS TO-DAY
EDWIN RKLKIN Prenentn
ROSA KARP
—and—
JACOB CONE
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The Jewish War Brides
EXCEI.I.ENT CAST
Scat M,."<■, 75c, 1.(H)
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War Brides" Is the and moet expensive film drama ever shown in any theater for 10 cents. It plays In most theaters for R0 cents and sl. In presenting this
IS I ijfa Play for a dime the Colonial most play to OTcr 5,000 persons per day, and for this reason no other pictures will be shown with it and the shows will begin at 10 a. m.
Instead of 11 a. in. as usuaL
HXRRISBURG aSSSI TELEGRAPH
Altoona Bowlers Put
Locals Out of Running
The Harrlsburg Motive Power Ath
letic Association bowling: team, rep
resenting: the Philadelphia Division in
the finals of the General Managers'
Elimination tournament, was elimi
nated on Saturday night by losing to
the Altoona Car Shop team, in a game
played at Wllliamsport. By losing the
game the Harrisburg bowlers lost a
chance to participate in the Grand
System meet, in Baltimore next
month. The summary:
ALTOONA
Werner 14 0 177 317
J. Bickel . ... ]62 166 828
11. Bickel, 142 131 273
CofTman 104 i S r, 34S
C. Bickel 165 154 319
Totals 773 813 1586
HARRISBURG
Jacoby 138 175 313
Reck 144 183 327
Martin 134 134 2 68
Jones 166 167 333
Oilier 143 149 292
Totals 725 808 1533
ORPHEUM—"The White Spot."
luesday, evening only, March 6—David
___>Varneld in "The Music Master."
Wednesday evening, March 7 Rosa
Karp and Jacob Cone in "The Jewish
War Prides." (Yiddish),
r riday and Saturday and Saturdav
n £ e ' Mareh # and 10—"Very Good
Eddie.
M A J K,STlC—Vaudeville.
COLONIAI,—"War Brides."
REGENT—"Hearts Adrift."
I The on tire company which lias been
j appearing all season in New York in
| _ .. David Belasco's revival of
R"vi<l "The Music Master," will
II rile hi be BPen here when David
Warfleld, perhaps the
greatest living American actor, comes
•us . Orpheum, Tuesday evening, in
this play. Some of its more important
members are: Auguste Aramini, Fran
cis Gaillard, Edward Moller, Charles
Abbott, William Boag. Griffith Dusk,
William If. Barwald, Tony Bovan, Ixjuis
Hendricks, Pickering Brown, H. G
Carlton. Thomas Gilbert. Marie Bates!
Kleanor Barry, Jane Cooper, Helen
Weer, Gertrude Valentine and Rose
Saltonstall.
"Very Good Eddie," with a number of
pretty girls and a splendid cast of musi-
C &1 favorites, comes to the
I "Aery. Orpheum Theater, Friday
Good night, March , for two
lOdilie" nights and Saturday mati
nee. The performance is said
to be notable for the brilliant team
work of Burford Hampden and Vallie
Martin as the two babes in the woods
—the interest, of course, centering in
this enchanting pair of innocents.
There is no need of certifying Miss
Martin s high standing in musical com
edy as a most dainty little ingenue with
a delightful voice, and it is claimed she
never has been seen to better advan
tPCe. As for Mr. Hampden, his droll
singing of Jerome Kern's best comedv
number. "When You Wear a 13 Collar,"
would alone place him in the foremost
rank of singing comedians. With Miss
Martin he is quite the feature of the
lightest, breeziest, most entertaining
performance of the day.
"Glorious girls, gorgeously gowned"
sings the alliterative press agent of the
Anna Held show,
; Aniin Held which comes to the
!In "Follow Me" Orpheum for a single
performance on Mon-
I day nirrht, March 12. As is well known
Anna Held's girls are always the per
fect types of physical beauty, for Anna
believes in surrounding herself with
ihe prettiest women to be found, for
her own marvelous style is enhanced
by a brilliant setting of femininity.
There Is but one act on the Majestic
bill the first half of this week, hut no
more is needed, for
"The Six "The Six Dittle Wives."
I,i(*le Wive*" the musical comedy
nt Majestic tabloid hit of the sea
son, gives theatergoers
nn liour-and-a-half of solid enjoyment.
The cast, which includes twenty-five
talented musical comedy players, is
bended by two clever comedians—Al
Harrison and Johnny Philliber—and
their brand of fun is said to keep the
audience in constant lausrhter all the
time. There is aIo p'entv of excellent
sinking end dancing furnised by a big
lienntv chorus, who make several at
tractive changes of costumes, whi'e the
stage settings are elaborate and costly.
A frail but ''auntless woman defies
an empire in Herbert Brenon's photo-
BTiphic mas'ernlfcn,
"War Prides" "War Brides." which
at the Colonial i= showing at the Co
lonial Theater to-dnv,
to-morrow and Wednesday. Devotees
of all that is finest in motion pictures,
and of the speaking stage, recognize in
Nazimova one of the most distinguished
actresses of the clay; and those who are
well read on motion pictures know that
"War Brides" is one of the greatest
pictures ever produced. Nazimova, in
the role of "the woman who defies an
fmpire," will bring tears to the eyes of
the strongest and make hearts beat
faster. It is an intensely dramatic
story which has to do with conditions
brought about by the war, but does not i
show any battle scenes. The main story
ideals with the effects of war upon the
homes and the loved one left behind.
| Owing to the length of this film, which
is in eight parts, and the enormous cost
of same, there will be no other pictures
shown on the same program. Th<> prices
will be the same as usual, adults ten
cents and children five cents. The
theater will open at 10 a. m. instead of
the usual time.
To-day and to-morrow Mary Pickford
will be preesnted at the Regent in
"Hearts Adrift," an
Mnry Plrkforil in appealing story that
"lleurtN Ailrlft" grips hard at the
heart strings and
makes us love this darling little actress
more and more. Miss Pickford, as Nina,
a little Spanish girl. i the solo sur
vivor of a shipwreck and Is cast upon
an uninhabited island. Some years
later a wealthy couple, the Grahams,
are shipwrecked. Mrs. Graham is res
cued, but her husband, like Nina, is
washed ashore on the desolate island.
The two become friends, companions—
and more. Realizing that their lives
cannot continue in this manner, Gra
ham tells Nina they must "marry" and
he performs an impromptu marriage
seremony. They are happy, but one
day a boat comes to the lonely island.
In it is Graham's wife, and a happy re
union between the Grahams follow.
Nina sees the meeting and understands
all. When Graham at last looks for
Nina lie sees her posed upon the brow
of a cliff, her babe in her arms. Only
a moment hse stands there, and then
leaps to death.
TESSAH TOSSKRS WIN
The Tessah five of the Hassett Club
easily defeated the Tower City High
school team on the lattcr's floor on
Saturday night, by the score of 4 7
to 31. The local lads took the lead
early In the contest and held it
throughout.
TECH'S VICTORY FEATURE
IN SCHOLAST
Slogan Now Is "lieat Central
Week's High School Schedi
Tech's victory over Steelton on the
latter floor Friday night was not only
the surprise of the week, but of the
season. From a Tech standpoint, the
surprise was all the greater when it is
taken into consideration that three
Freshmen played on the team. "Bud"
Dingle played his first league game at
forward. Wilsbach was at center,
while Beck was switched to a guard
position.
With three first year lads on the
quintet, it would appear that Tech has
at last a chance to turn out a winner.
Another lad who will bear watching is
Smith, a member of the lirst year ln
terclass basketball team, which is
leading the league. Tech has had an
other poor season at the cage game,
and the only chance there is to redeem
the season of losses is for the Ma
roon to pull together and by defeat
ing Central land the city champion
ship.
League Games 011 Schedule!
In the Central Pennsylvania League,
York will play at Reading Friday
night, while 011 th nevt nit Mit they wi.
stop off at Lebanon for another con
test.
Central will go to Steelton Friday
night for the first contest between the
two aggregations. York may win
either contest on its trip, but the odds
are against the White Roses.
Chances are that the league race
will not be decided until March 16
when Lebanon will travel to Reading
for the second contest between the
two leaders. At Lebanon that team
won from the Berks countians by a 34
to 32 tally. Reading has the advan
tage, and should win the pennant.
Llghtner's squad had the advantage
of meeting the Central quintet after
the two men had been disqualified,
while Lebanon lost to Central's full
strength. This one turn will likely
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MARCH 5, 1917.
Important Games on This
ule; Academy Has Game
keep the race from ending in a tie,
as was the cane last season.
Miscellaneous Matties
Tech will go down to Middletown to
play the return contest with the
lower-enders. In the Tech gymnasium
before Christmas Tech barely was able
to win 25 to 24. With a rejuvenated
line-up, the Maroon ought to win by
a larger score. Franklin and Mar
shall Academy will visit the Harris
burg Academy floor Saturday in a
game that should be nip and tuck
from start to linisli.
Few changes were registered in the
standing ol' the players in the league.
Moore is still head and shoulders
above the rest of the players in the
league, with an average ot 22 point
for t lu> i "">1 ";i y\ •!
played. Other players in their order
follow: Nyquist, Heading, 16.75;
Frank, Central, 11.53; Harris, Tech,
13.38; Dayhoff, Steelton, 12.43; Wend
ler, Heading, 1J.2 5, and Gregory, Cen
tral, 10.67.
High Score Teams
The highest scoring team in the
league would be made up of the fol
lowing players: Moore and Nyquist,
forwards; Wendler, center; Frank and
Witmyer, guards. While five of the
teams in the league will play during
the coming week, the standing in the
race is not likely to be affected, and
it is likely that there will be no de
finite change until the leaders get to
gether, and fight it out for the first
position. The standing of the teams
to date is as follows:
STANDING <F " ' A' -
W. L. Pet.
Lebanon 7 1 .875
Heading 7 1 .875
Central 3 3 .500
Steelton 2 4 .333
Tech 2 / 6 .250
York 1 7 .125
Evangelical and Mount
Pleasant Bowlers Busy
Evangelical lA-ague
(Hess' Alleys)
Braves 9G5
Cubs 9t>b
Cubs 339
Tyne (Braves) 99
Hartmire (Cubs) 265
Tigers 1041
Tigers 377
Roudymaker (Tigers) 109
Roudymaker (Tigers) 305
STANDING OF THE TEAMS
W. L. Pet.
Braves 31 23 .57 4
Tigers 30 24 .555
Cubs 2!) 25 .537
Hed Sox 18 36 .333
Mount Pleasant League
Pollys 1355
Pollys 470
Sliipp (Pollys) 107
Shlpp (Pollys) 304
Cubs 1259
Cubs 466
McNeal (Cubs) 133
Balmer (Cubs) 278
STANDING OF THE TEAMS
W. X,. Pet.
Pollys 18 9 >.667
Pirates 17 10 .633
Klephants 13 14 .444
Cubs 6 21 .222
MRS. ('DOVER'S SFDDI'.X DEATH
Mechanlcsburg, Pa., March 5.
The death of Mrs. George C. Coover
occurred suddenly 011 Saturday when
she was preparing dinner. Her hus
band, who is a well-known contractor
was in the house at the time she was
overcome and almost immediately
died. She was aged 64 and was a
member of the Church of God. Her
husband and three children survive as
follows: Murray P. Coover, of Los
Angeles, Cal.; Lynn G. Coover, of
Leonia, N. J., and Mrs. Bertha Mc<-
Sorley, at home.