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CITY AMATEUR TOSSERS RESUME WORK TONIGHT—HARRISBURG LOSES WHEAT
LOTS OF ACTION
AT TECH TONIGHT
v Two City Amateur League
Games Hold Center of
Basketball Stage
Two City Amateur Basketball
gue games will hold the center of the
basketball stage to-night, \*hen the
West End A. C. and the Galahad Rec
reation Club fives and the Methodist
Club and the P. R. R. Arrow.quintets,
will clash on the Technical High
echool gymnasium fipor. Both games
■will bo hard fought and will be the
best of the season.
The Rosewood five is still leading
the league with an average of 45.08
points a game for twelve games played.
Its nearest competitor is the Galahad
team, which is four games behind in
the league standing. The West End
five is in third place. The leaders have
scored 541 points to 262 by their op
ponents.
"Sure-Shot" Kline Jx-ads
"Sure-Shot" Kline, the star forward
of the Rosewood team leads the in
dividual scorers with an average of
17.10 points per game. Mike
of the Arrow team is at the top of
the list with an average of 36.00 points
per game, but has only taken part in
one contest.
All defensive honors go to the Gala
had five, having the least points scored
against it this season. The Rosewood
tossers are second and the Methodist
Club quintet holds third place.
Bethlehem Steel Signs
College and Other Stars
South Bethlehem, Pa., March 13.
The Bethlehem Steel Company Ath
letic Association is preparing an ex
tensive baseball schedule for the sea
son of 1917.
Dick Wright, a former captain at
Lafayette, and for some time at Le
high, will have charge of the team on
the field. He will iill the position of
catcher. Heath, of Mauch Chunk, will 1
be the substitute catcher. Ty Helfrich,
of Lafayette, a classmate and former
Federal Leaguer, with Brooklyn, will
play third base. "Boebe" Roth, of
Allentown, will hold down the first
bag. Achenbach, of Easton, has been
jchosen for the second station, and
Tech will be the utility man. Diemer,
of Strawbridge & Clothier, Philadel
phia, last year, will be the shortstop.
Yap, formerly of Lehigh, who was
the sensation of the Store League, in
Philadelphia, will be one of the out
fielders. Mitterling, who last year re
ceived a tryout from Connie Mack,
with the Athletics, and Harry Ratican,
the clever soccer star on the Bethle
hem Steel champions, will be the other
outfielders.
The pitching will be taken care of
by several ex-lruguers. Barton, for
merly of Washington; Galagher, of
Mauch Chunk, and a few of Bill Dono
van's friends from the New l'ork
Yankees will be here. Machem and
Mecherly will be the utility men.
Many of the games will be played
on the steel company's new $150,000
field.
Tech High Plans Tennis;
Four Stars Remain on Team
Professor H. B. Shreiner is prepar- ]
Ing to make his first call shortly for
candidates for the Tech tennis team.
Four of last season's team still remain
in school. They are Captain Pollock,
Glenn Beard, Grant Rarney and "Ted"
Lloyd.
"It is expected that there will again 1
be a triangular meet between Teen, j
Central and the Academy, a cup to be 1
given to the winner of the series. I
While Tech has four of last season's'
players, they will have to play through
the preliminaries, and those who sur
vive will be given the positions. A
number of clever players have enter
ed Tech as Freshmen, and will make
bids for the team.
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Copyright, 191T, by the Tribune Association (New York Tribune)
Quite a bit of gossip has been expended about training our ball players
for war.
But if you happen to recall the matter, no mention has been made of the
fact that umpires are to be trained. The answer is simple enough—they don't
have to be. The umpire who isn't ready for war at a moment's notice won't
last two seconds in any league.
The average umpire is not only trained for war, but he is also looking for
it. He knows that it is coming on the date of the first close decision, and all
the pacifist leanings there are won't alter the case.
Pacifism may be all right in certain spots. But you never saw an umpire
In your life who was a pacifist. He has long since found that in his game it Is
a useless doctrine. You can always pacify one club by giving it the best of a
close decision, but that doesn't help you out with the other. Imagine a pacifist
attempting to toy with Heinie the Kim or the Eminent Trojan!
Another thing we would like to know is this—What does a pacifist do or say
just after blowing an 18-inch putt in a hard match?
Red Sox Credit
Jake Stahl won a pennant and a world series with the Red Sox in 1912.
Bill Carrigan won two pennants and two world series with the Red Sox in
1915 and 1916
If Jack Barry wins a pennant and a world series, making three winning
managers in a row, it will begin to look as If the material had something to
do with the case, after all.
On the Other Paw— ,
You know how bush recruits are joshed;
"They all look good," you say, "to-day";
But where are all these "March phenoms
Somewhere around the first of May?
I saw two bush league stars at work,
Who seemed to be upon the job;
But how long did they hold the pace?
Their names were Speaker and Ty Cobb.
A Query
Sir: lam not a Giant fan, by any means, but there is one query I would
liko to make. It is this: What club is there in the National league that has
even an outside chance to beat the Giants out? They have the best infield by
far; the best outfield beyond argument; two of the best catchers; they have the
best hitting team, the best fielding team and the fastest. After McGraw got
them together they went out and won twenty-six games in a row before they
finally got tired of winning and sat down to rest. With one or two strong
pitching recruits added they will have an even stronger club this season than
they had last year. Barring a long line of injuries, if they can be beaten out,
then the Rumanian army will soon be In Berlin, S. R. H.
This sounds logical enough. If baseball were only logical there would be
ino answer. But you know what chance the Braves had to beat the Mackmen
four straight back around 1914. The Giants have 98 per cent, the best of the
' dope. They are top-heavy favorites. But the peppery pastime is replete with
tangles between April and October.
Mr. Darcy is evidently the author of that popular ballad, "I Didn.'t Raise
My Fists to Be a Soldier."
The Reason
Many are called
But few are chosen;
And the answer Is
Their feet are frozen.
If things go as they have been of late seasons, why don't the Reds and
Cardinals start a filibuster around the middle of July and thereby prevent the
pennant ever coming to a vote? It's quite a system, if you can get by with it.
Any system is.
"Jennings hopes to develop a pair of good pitchers." And they won't have
to be very good, at that, with that curtain of fire sent at each start to their
defense. The Tigers made enough runs last season to win a pennant, a world
series and then ten or fifteen games left over for the 1917 race.
No man has won an amateur golf championship two years In succession
since Jerry Travers turned the trick in 1913. Travers won in 1913, Ouimet in
1914, Gardner in 1915 and Evans in 1916. Competition has become too keen
for any great chance to repeat. The safne Is true of the tennis situation. Mc-
Loughlin won in 1913, Williams in 1914, Johnston in 1915 and Williams in
1916. Winning a golf or a tennis championship two years in succession from
the high class fields developed for these occasions Is something of undertaking.
Something plus.
PICK HARRISBURG
FOR CAGE LEAGUE
Philadelphia, Pa., March 13. The 1
long-threatened federal league of has- :
ketball came to a head yesterday, when |
it was announced that a new major!
league of cage tossers would bo organ- j
ized at a meeting to be held at. the 1
Hotel Walton on Wednesday night.
Kach of the backers of the new cir- !
cuit will be given a list of Eastern i
League stars, for whose services he is \
free to negotiate.
Several prominent names have been ■
Bits From Sportland
The Messiah five was defeated by
the score of 27 to 13, by the P. R. R.
Y. M. C. A. Juniors in a game played
on the association floor last night.
In a Boyd Memorial League contest
last year the German team showed
superior teamwork and trimmed the
Black five by the score of 20 to 19.
BELMONT ELECTS OFFICERS
At a meeting of the Belmont Ath
letic Club last night Edward Leven was
elected president, T. B. Clouser, busi
ness manager, and Walter Spitter, will
pilot the baseball team.
The other officials are: Vice-presi
dent, Roy Williamson; secretary, J. H.
Frantz; financial secretary and treas
urer, E. M. Horstick: official score
keepers, Victor Shoop and Charles
Seward; umpire, Ralph Trimmer.
Business Manager Clouser is at the
present time busily engaged in sched
uling games with teams of the same
class in this section and he may be
communicated with at 1830 North
street.
RXRRESBURG TELEGKSPH
mentioned in connection with the out
law organization. Among these are
j Eddie McNichol, captain of the Unl
| versity of Pennsylvania five, and Geo.
j Zahn, manager of the Vincome quln
! tet. Both denied any connection with
j the venture.
Among the towns mentioned as be
i ing in the lipe for franchises arc:
! Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Allentown,
West Chester, Bethlehem, Phoenix-
I villo and Paterson.
COtTGHMN AFTER CATCHER
Scranton, Pa., March 13. in an
effort to land a good auxiliary catcher
to give Dutch Brannan a hand once in
a while, Manager Bill Coughlin, of
the Scranton New York State League
Club, is trying to land Frank Elliott,
of Wilkes-Barre, for the 1917 Minors.
Coughlin has been after Elliott for
several weeks. He was with the San
Francisco team of the Pacific Coast
League last year and played great ball.
It is understood ho is averse to play
ing in the west this year and there is
a hint that if Coughlin can induce the
western club to part with him he will
consent to play with Scranton.
UMPIRES WIN AND IX)SE
St. Paul, March 13.—Word was re
ceived here that William Friel, former
St. Paul manager; William Carney and
Gerald Hayes, have been released as
American Association umpires by
President Hickey, as a result of refusal
of club ownys to approve their ap
pointment. Francis Connolly has
been signed to fill any vacancies and
Johnstone, formerly of the National
League, for another. President Hickey
is said to be negotiating with Mai
Mason, last year in the Natipnal, for
the third place.
HONUS WAGNER TO
WILL TAKE UP OIL BUSINESS
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Pittsburgh, Pa., March 13.—1t was
learned here yesterday that there is
little likelihood of Honus Wagner
ever again playing professional base
ball. Wagner's business and legal
representative is authority for the
statement that the famous Dutchman
has about concluded arrangements to
enter the oil producing business with
Fred Clarke, former manager of the
Pirates, regardless of what the Pitts
COCKILL LOSES IN
DEAL FOR WHEAT
Harrisburg will not have Catcher i
Mack Wheat in the lineup this season, j
He will play with Blnghamton. A dls- j
patch from that town says:
".Manager Chic Hartman, ' of the
Blnghamton team of the New York;
State League, made a real acquisition !
to the Bingoes when he announced!
last night that he had secured Catcher i
ACADEMY STARTS
OUTDOOR SPORTS
Coach Schlichter Has Good
Material For Baseball Team;
Strong Schedule
The national pastime is absorbing
the attention of the Harrisburg Acad
emy lads and Coaches Schlichter and
Piatt have had a squad working out
daily in the gymnasium. As soon as
the weather becomes settled outdoor
practice will be started.
Prospects look good for a fine team
at the Academy this season, with
last year regulars back and other ex
cellent material available. Captain
Walters will be assigned to do mask
duty and Bruce and Froelich will be
the mainstays of the twirling staff.
Plan Strong Schedule
Manager William C. Bruce has ar
ranged a strong schedule, which in
cludes games with some of the best
preparatory and high school teams in
this section.
Three new tennia courts have been
laid out and the tennis squad will start
activities within the next few weeks.
There is a wealth of court material ir.
the school and a championship team
is expected. The spring tournament
will start about the middle of next
month.
MtKDEIt VERDICT
AGAINST THREE NEGROES
Georgetown. Del., March 13.—Ad
Hargus, Webb Purnell and Eb Pretty
men, all negroes, were convicted of the
murder of Henry Parker at George
town, the verdict being in the first
degree, after the jury had been out
nearly all night. The three men cut
Parker's throat at a resort on the
Lewes beach last summer and then |
compelled the other occupants to muti
late the body.
DEEII SEEN NEAR SHENANDOAH
Shenandoah, Pa.. March 13.—Besi
dents of the Shenandoah Valley and i
employes of the Hammond colliery re- I
port seeing a large deer yesterday,
near Mountain, Just north of
this city. Old hunters say it Is the first
one seen hero in fifty ypars. Many
seem to think the recent heavy snow
storm drove the animal in this locality
In search of food. '
i j burgh club offers him in the way of
. salary for the coming season.
Wagner's decision to ally himself
with Clarke, who is rapidly accumulat
ing a fortune as the result of a lucky
oil strike on his Kansas farm, fol
lowed a conference with Clarke while
the latter was here attending the ban-
Iquet given Wagner on his birthday by
the Stove League, a few weeks ago.
j Dreyfuss is reported to have cut
I Wagner s salary this year from $lO,-
I 000 to SB,OOO.
Mack Wheat from the Brooklyn team,
of the National .League. Wheat was
with Troy and Harrisburg clubs Inst
year and was one of the class catchers
of the league. Ho was recalled by the
Dodgers, and several other managers,
including Coughlin, of Scranton; Cal
houn, of Wilkes-Barre, and Cockill, of
Harrisburg, have been trying to land
him."
Officers Increase Lead
in Academy League
Academy Duckpin League
(Academy Alleys)
| Bitters 1588
i Officers 1581
Bitters 557
| O'Leary (Officers) 167
! O'Leary (Officers) 383
Standing of the Teams
W. L. Pet.
Officers 44 28 .612
| Bakers 38 31 .550
I Barbers 35 S4 .507
| Bitters 35 37 .487
Casino Duckpin League
(Casino Alleys)
•Readings 1485
Majesties 1432
| Headings ; 51 1
Harry (Readings) 125
Harry (Headings) 341
Standing of the Teams
W. L. Pet.
I Majesties 39 15 .722
| Strollers i 30 18 .625
I Pennsys 2 7 24 .521
Nobles 23 28 .451
Readings 20 34 .370
Audions 14 34 .292
Casino Tcnpln fjeague
(Casino League)
Rovers 2026
| Orpheuins 2436
Rovers 96i
J Zier (Rovers) 248
I Zier (Rovers) 610
Standing of the Teams
W. L. Pet.
Jolly Five 34 26 .566
Alphas 31 26 .544
Electrics 32 28 .533
Calumets 30 27 .526
Orpheuins 28 35 .4 44
Rovers 26 37 Ml 3
Mt. Pleasant League
(Taylor Alleys)
Pollys 1347
Cubs 1180
Pollys 455
Huber (Pollys) 122
R. Kuebler (Pollys) 31 8
Elephants 1217
Pirates 1196
Elephants 4 63
C. Kuebler (Elephants) 114
C. Kuebler (Elephants) 266
Standing of (lie Teams
*W. L. Pet.
Pollys 21 9 .700
Pirates 18 12 .600
Elephants 15 15 .500
Cubs 6 24 .200
Rosewood A. C. League
(Hess Alleys)
Diamonds 1744
Hearts 1720
MARCH 13, 1917.
WELLY S3 CORNER
Barney Dreyfuss has lost all pa
tience with holdouts and will go
ahead with his plans for building up
a new team. Wagner is not consider
ed a holdout. However, it Is the be
lief that he will forget about his oil
business if the money is in sight.
While local fans regret the loss of
Catcher Wheat, Manager Cockill is
certain he will have another good man
to take his place. The activity of
Chic Hartman indicates that he pro
poses to keep Blnghamton on the
map with a fast baseball team.
At present indications are that
Wllkes-Barre, with Red Calhoun, and
Blnghamton. with Chic Hartman, will
be the pacemakers this year in the
Now York State League. Mangaer
Cocltlll, as usual, is playing his silent
game, but it is a safe bet that when
the games warm up Harrisburg will
be a factor.
CRUCIAL CONTEST FRIDAY
BETWEEN CENTRAL-TECH
Local Cage Tossers Prepare For Annual Championship Battle;
Delinquents Back in Game
Members of both the Central and
Technical basketball squads held prac
tices yesterday afternoon in prepara
tion for their first tilt in the series of
two games that will be played Friday
night in the Chestnut street hall. In
this series Central has emerged the
winner within the last several years.
This season Tech according to the
general belief has a better chance
than ever. Had the Central team re
mained intact during the season, there
would likely be a different story to
tell. But with the team broken up,
and using substitutes during the lust
month, the advantage is all tiie greater
for the Maroon tossers.
Delinquents Back in Game
Coach McCord used Gregory and
Hearts 641
Forsythe (Hearts) 190
Harmon (Hearts) 513
Standing of the Teams
W. L. Pet.
Diamonds 2 1 .666
Hearts 1 2 .333
Clubs 0 0 .000
Spades 0 0 .000
Boyd Memorial League
McC'ormick 2157
Dull 1896
Leisman (McCormick) 385
Lelsman (McCormick) 502
Miscellaneous
(Fickes Alleys, Lemoyne)
Fickes 2352
Commercial 2252
Camp (Commercial) 202
Camp (Commercial) 519
New Cumberland Wins
(Middletown Alleys)
New Cumberland 2663
Middletown 2464
New Cumberland 899
Upell (New Cumberland) .... 214
Dugendorf (Middletown) .... 593
Gossip From Training Camps
Macon, Ga., March 13. A practice
game of seven Innings took place be
tween the Yankee regulars and the
second team here yesterday afternoon.
Ineffective pitching and poor lielding
were plentiful, but as a pleasing de
velopment to counteract the helter
skelter nature of the battle there was
hard and abundant hitting. The sec
ond team Anally won, 10 to 8.
The score by innings:
Second Team 1 0 6 0 1 1 I—lo 12 3
Regulars ... 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 — 8 7 6
Batteries—Second team. Mogridge,
Love, Shocker, Walters and Olsen;
Regulars, Shawkey, Ferguson, Cullop,
N una maker and Alexander.
Marlin, Tex.. March 13. —The long
hits that the Giants neglected to make
, in their exhibition at Waco and Dallas
came out yesterday in a nine-inning
encounter between the McCartys and
Herzogs. Two home runs, three triples
and a double were included in nineteen
hits collected from the pitching of
r Perritt, Causey, Way and Herscher.
Herzog captained the team that re
turned from Dallas this morning.
Krueger caught the entire gome for
the Herzogs, while Way and Harscher
did the pitching. McCarty bossed the
team that played at Waco yesterday
and had Perritt and Causey as twirl
ers. Heinie Zimmerman and Joe
Wagner were the producers of the
homers, both blows being drives to
centertleld fence.
Hot Springs, Ark., March 13. —Two
sessions at inlleld and outfield practice
and a full nine-inning game was the
schedule lor the Superbas yesterday.
The game was by far the best of the
four played so far, and, like the others,
went to Jack Coombs' team by a score
of 2 to 1. All the pitchers, including
Coombs, Cheney, Durning and Mails,
showed flashes of form.
FIOWEK WANT I.ICKNSKS
Pittsburgh, Jlai4;h 13.—With Juge
Carpenter presiding, assisted by Judge
Reid, the 1917 session of Liquor Li
cense Court opened yesterday to con
sider the applications of 1.76S persons,
twenty-five less than applied last
year, Including retailers, wholesalers,
brewers and distillers.
Local fight fans who wont to York
last night to see Johnny Ktlbane box
with Tim Droney, came home sore.
Kilbano stalled and all he had to do
was to block Droney's blows. It is
exhibitions of this kind that queer
the fight game. r-
Yale and Princeton will fight it out
to-morrow for the intercollegiate bas
ketball honors. The game will be
played at New Haven. Ortner, of Cor
nell, Is the leader in the present race
for points. He has 123. Sisson, of
Dartmouth, Is second with 122, and
Kinney, of Yale, has scored 116.
Manager "Red" Owens is working
hard to line up a winning team for the
Motive Power Department. Athletic
Association of the Pennsylvania rail
road. The season opens May 5. Un
til weather permits he will have daily
Indoor practice in the gymnasium at
Seventh and Reily streets.
Fields at their respective positions yes
terday afternoon in the first practice
in preparation for the contest. Coach
Miller is banking on his three Fresh
men stars to pul a victory for him.
Harris has also taken on a new lease
of life, and Is playing in tip-top fash
ion. Captain Pollock will be used at
guard. Central will use the Hilton,
Gregory, Martz, Frank and Fields com
bination at the start of the game.
Wolfe and Maloney played such sterl
ing ball during the past month that
they will also be given a chance he
fore the close of the game. The game
will be In charge of the Central man
agement. The second game will be
played on the Armory floor, March 30,
and will be the final game in the Cen
tral Penn League.
Reading High Enters Meet
on Year's Outdoor Schedule
Reading, Pa., March 13. Reading
High's advisory board at It* meeting
yesterday afternoon adopted the fol
lowing track and baseball schedule for
1911: Heading High's track schedule:
April 21, Reading High vs. Easton
High, dual meet, on George Field; 28,
University of Pennsylvania relay car
nival, Franklin Field, Philadelphia;
May 5, Cheltenham Interscholastio
meet at Elkins Park; 9, Reading High
vs. Perkiomen Seminary, dual meet,
George Field; 12, Bethlehem Prep. vs.
Reading High, dual meet, at South
Bethlehem; 19, Harrisburg lnterschol
astic meet at Harrisburg; 26, Perkio
men Seminary interscholastio meet, at
Pennsburg; 30, Reading High's annual
Memorial Day interscholastio meet, oil
George Field; June 5, Norristown Jn
terscliolastlc meet, at Norristown.
Baseball schedule: April 14, Key
stone State Normal at Kutztown; 21
Slaines of Reading, George Field; 2S.
Olivet Boys' Club, of Reading, George
Field; May 2, Allentown Prep., at Al
lentown; 3, Bethlehem Prep., Georgu
Field; 4, Lebanon High, at Lebanon;
11. Pottstown High, George Field; 12,
Lebanon High, George Field; 15, Al
lentown Prep., George Field; 16
Bethlehem Prep., at South Bethlehem;
19, Norristown High, at. Norristown;
22, Ursinus Reserves, George Field;
25, Pottstown High, at Pottstown; 20,
Bethlehem Steel, George Field; 31
Faculty, George Field; June 2, Easton
High, George Field.
FOITL RECORD MADE AT JERMYN'
Jermyn, Pa., March 13. A local
record and what is also believed to be
a State record in the calling of fouls in
a basketball game, was made here last
night in the game between the locals
and Peckville, both members of the
County League. Referee Ellis RislUn
of Scranton, called a total of eighty
nine offenses, fifty-two on the home
team and thirty-seven on the visitors.
The official found it necessary to be
strict in his ruling, inasmuch as in
tense rivalry existed between the clubs.
The homo quintet won, 22 to 21.
denies debt to bank
Austin, Tex„ March 13.—Governor
James E. Ferguson, testifying before
the house committee investigating his
financial transactions, denied that lie
ever had an Indebtedness to' the Tem
ple State Bank of $170,000. He ad
mitted obligations amounting to $425.-
000, but said his net worth was about
$378,000. The Governor said all his
indebtedness to the Temple Bank had
been canceled savo a $35,500 note.
lIIKS PROM SCALDING IV BATH
Danville. Pa., March 13.—William
Klingensmlth, 37 years old, of Indiana
county, died in the Danville Hospital
For the Insane, as the result of a
scalding received while in a continuous
bath. The .temperature in the bath
rose from 90 degrees to 130 degrees
while the attendant was looking after
another patient .