16 SCHOLASTIC TEAMS IN CRUCIAL CONTEST TONIGHT-MIRACLE GOLF SHOT WIN SHOOTERS PLAN NEW COMBINATION Local Sportsmen Favor League With Two Events Each Week In order to maintain interest in trapsliootlng in this section officials of the Harrisburg Sportsmen's, along with those of the Lancaster and York clubs, are planning to organize a trap shooting league, to be composed of all clubs in this section of tile State. N6 definite action lias been taken at present, but it is expected that a meet ing tvill be held within the next week. It is the tentative plan of those pro moting the project, to hold a shoot each week, or perhaps twice a week, at the grounds of the clubs. Shoots will be held on the grounds of the various clubs in the circuit, so that there will be no contliction. The pur pose of the league will be to concen trate the interest at one point. Un der present conditions two clubs, or perhaps three, will hold a shoot on the same date, thus making the at tendance at each small and uninter esting. All Clubs Invited Invitations will be given to all the gun clubs in this section of the State and the league wiK ;o doubt be com posed of Harrisburg, "Lancaster, York, Carlisle. .Midway, West Fairvlew, Pennsylvania Railroad and other clubs. Lancaster, Dauphin, York and Cumberland counties will be repre sented. The Inter-State Association has of fered a trophy to the winner of the race and Lloyd Lewis, a well-known Philadelphia trapshooter, is Interested in tlie forming of the new league. William Cleckner, secretary of the Harrisburg association; Joseph Brcn neman, Lancaster, and Bernard Elses ser York, are others interested in the project. Hummelstown High Is Swamped by Oberlin Five •Hummelstown High School five was completely outclassed in a game played at Oberlin last night; score. 94 to 18. Oberlin tool; the lead from the start and maintained it throughout the game. All the Oberlin players figured in the scoring, with Snavely leading with 17 field goals and 4 fouls. The fea tures of the game were the playing of. Keigle and a sensational shot by Waid ley. The line-up and summary: OBERLIN* HIGH I'd. C. Fl. G. Pts. Snavely 17 I :is I Morris 12 tl 24 j Youtz 13 0 2l> | Watdley 1 o 2 i Horner 2 0 4| Totals 90 4 94 HUMMELSTOWN" HIGH Fd. G. Fl. G. Pis ' Reigle 3 fi 12 | Hoerncr 1 0 2 1 AVolf 1 o Boycr 1 0 Sailor 0 0 o Totals 12 C IS| Referee, Wise. Scorer, Bishop. PIRATES CAN* FTVE PLAYERS Pittsburgh, Pa., March 29. James Trayers, pitcher, and Alfred Snyder, catcher, have been released bv the Pittsburgh National League club, ac cording to word received from the club training camp at Columbus, Ga. Tray- i ers was obtained from a Boston semi- I professional team, and Snyder from a; western New York team. Announce-1 ment was made later that three other \ players have also been released. They are pitcher Dolan, of Lockport, N. Y., and Intieiders Dunlap and McClelland. All have signed to play with the Columbus, Ga., club. I SOMEBODY LIEDTI fSSi4= J Aj THIS IDEA AND PtfAWUIG is by Walter brvab YORK 14AVEN, PA ' AND ITS GOOD,GOOD, GOOD One of the many reasons why KING OSCAR 5c CIGARS Are so popular is because we have, for 26 years, been giv ing "more than your money's worth." JOHN C. HERMAN & CO. Makers THURSDAY EVENING, '^Hportlight <£y Grantlarul Jiice Copyright, 1917, by the Tribune Association (New York Tribune) The Barrier •I've seen kids who yearned to be big league stars, I'irates and robbers and yeggnien and crooks; Or to serve as conductors on trolley cars Or even to get on as fancy cooks; I've seen many a kid in the jamboree Who wanted to serve at a raging Are, Hut I've never seen one who would like to be An umpire. I've seen many a kid with a heaving yearn To serve as a cop on a busy beat; \nd others whose bulgin.g breasts would burn To handla a truck on a crowded street; They have envied the sailor out at sea; To hold up a train's been a big desire. Hut I've never seen one who would like to be An umpire. Another Enemy of Time You hear more than a trifle about the long reign of Honus Wagner and Larry Lajoie. Also concerning the extended managerial careers of John Mc- Graw and Clarke Griffith. There is still another who might be mentioned. When you take a look at George Stallings, of the Braves, you take him as one still well within his prime; hardly a day over forty. He not only looks to be around this age in physical make-up. but he has all the snap and enthusiasm of a younger man. Vet one of our tirst recollections of baseball—so far back it is dim and hazy— is that of George Stallings leading his Augusta team upon the Held, back around 1894 —-a matter of twenty-three years ago. Stallings was then one of the youngest managers baseball has ever known, despite the fact that he won a Southern League pfnn*it that season. Two years later, in 1896, he was man ager of the Phillies, about the time Nap Lajoie luoke in. Lajoie has served two decades and has passed on, yet here is Stallings, still looking about as young as ever and far from the end of his managerial career. Worry and Age They say that worry will bring on age quicker than anything else. Yet no man in baseball has ever worried as Stallings worries through every game. At times he becomes a wild man on the bench. He says himself that a pair of trousers lasts about a week or ten days after he has finished sliding up and down pine benches. For two days after the world series of 1914, where his Braves beat the Mackmen four straight, he was unable to sit still for ten min.- utes at a time, through excessive nervousness. Yet in place of aging him this constant worry has apparently acted as a barricade or barrier to age. A ball game to Stallings Is something more than an Intense proposition. It keeps him nerved to the breaking point from start to finish. Yet here, at the end of twenty-three years' service, you llnd him looking younger than most men of forty-one or forty-two—a man who only three years ago was able to lift a ball club from last place in July to a world championship in October solely by the tire and spirit of an inspiration that has never been equalled. .Managerial Ages There are few young leaders in baseball now 1 . Mack is beyond fifty. Mc- Graw, Jennings, Stallings, Griffith, Robinson, Rowland, Moran, Callahan, Jones are all beyond forty. Donovan and Huggins are around that mark. Christy Mathewson is thirty-seven. Jack Barry is the youngster of the tribe at thirty. Youth may take the lead out on the field, but when it comes to generalship and authority, youth must give way to the older regime. Golf Motto He who lets his club head lag Should keep three niblicks in his bag. Leslie G. Nunamaker is another ballplayer who is confident that golf has improved his batting. Last season Nunamaker took up golf, played through the season, and his average jumped exactly forty points. From a fairly low mark he took his place at the top of his club, well beyon.d Baker, Magee and other tirst class hitters. STAGE IS SET FOR GAME TO DECIDE LOCAL HONORS; SCHOOL TEAMS SHOW FORM The stage Is set for the final scho lastic basketball fray this evening. Tech and Central, rivals fdr over a decade, will meet in their decisive i match for the city championship, j A victory for Central will make a third contest necessary and will give lihe Blue and Gray undisputed posses i sion of third place in the Pennsylva ' nia Interscholastic Basketball League. A victory for Tech will end the series ! and cause a triple tie between those two teams and Steelton in the league. I it would also be the first time that a I Tech team landed the city champion | ship. Both Teams Work Hard Both teams have been practicing i hard during the last two weeks, since the first game. In an effort to land the contest. Without a doubt the largest ; crowd of the season will be on hand. ; Tech will bank on its three freshmen j lads, Wilsbach, Lingle and Beck, to i bear much of the brunt of the attack. I Pollock and Harris, the other two ! members, will be lost to the school | sports because of graduation this year. Since the reinstatement of Gregory | and Fields the team has been trying j hard to strike its winning gait of the ! fore part of the season. Both schools will use their orchestras at the con test. Horace Geisel will referee the first tilt, while "Shrimp" Killinger will be in charge of the second game. Almost as much interest will center in this struggle as in the varsity contest. The probable line-up for the games will be: Varsity teams— Tech. Central. Harris, f. Hilton, f. Lingle, f. Gregory, f. Wilsbach, c. Frank, c. Pollock, g. Fields, g. Beck, g. Martz, g. Second teams— Tech. Central. Holland, f. Maloney, f. Miller, f. Ilamer, f. Huston, c. Weigle, c. Lloyd, g. Karly, g. Frock, g. Rogers, g. f W ■ 'j**! ' —""lift - ' *>" I "DOUGHNUTS" WILSBACH May Jump Center for Tech In To night's Game. Connie Mack Weeds Out All Undersirable Youngsters Jacksonville, Fla., March 29. —Man- ager Connie Mack put in a busy day here yesterday, staging 1 the usual morning practice for his squad and watching his regulars trim the Jack sonville outfit by a score of -4 to 3. During his spare moments he weed ed out some of the surplus material and a'nnounced the first releases. Five youngsters were given their uncondi tional release and one will be left here with the Jacksonville team for future recall. The following recruits have been given their passports without reserve: John Mitchell, infielder; Ed King; Harry Howe. Kay Hamilton and Fred Ley, outfielders. Frank Home, a pitcher, was releas ed to the Jacksonville club. 'He will report to Manager Tannehlll to-mor row. Mitchell came here this spring from Boston College, where he starred as a hitter and third baseman. Eddie King, who came from the Massachusetts Aggies, played part of the 1916 season with Mack. Rowe was also with the Athletics during the last half of last season. He came with Lawry from the University of Maine. Ray Mamll ton and Fred Ley are youngsters pick ed up from scholastic Helds. BIG BANKS CONSOLIDATE By Associated Press New York, March 29.—Consolidation of the Bankers' Trust Company, one of the largest in the United States, and the Astor Trust Company was an nounced hre to-day. bringing under one management Institutions with de posits of $200,000,000. HARRZSBURG TELEGRAPH RUBIES LEAD ALL ENOLA BOWLERS General Secretary Samuel G, Hepford Compiles Interesting Statistics on League Results Samuel G. Hepford, general secretary Lof the Enola Y. M. C. A., has complet ; Pd the list of averages of the bowlers j for the season Just finished. The league was made up of four teams. Rubles, Emeralds, Sapphires and Diamonds. A ! total of fifty-four games was played I by each team. The standing of the' league at the close was: Rubies, won S2, lost 22, per cent., .693; Sapphires, , won 27, lost 27, per cent., .500; Kmer alds, won 27, lost 27, per cent., .500; Diamonds, won 22, lost 32, per cent., .407. The team averages for the season are as follows; Emeralds, 11,327 points, average, 157 pins; Rubies, 11,195 points, average 155 pins; Sapphires. 10.84S , points, average 150 pins; Diamonds, 10,390 points, average 144 pins. Individual Average* The complete list of Individual to tals and averages is" Bitner (D), 15 games, 2,711 total, average 180; Knauby (R), 54 games, 9,395 total, average 174; Wallace (sub.), 15 games, 2,556 total, average 169; Fordney (E), 45 games, 7,465 total, average 165; Snyder (S), 51 games. 8,388 total, average 164; Greene (R), 30 games, 4,895 total, av erage 163; Davis (It), 51 games. 8,173. total, average 160; Baddorf (S). 33 games, 5,267 total, average 159; Vogel song (D), 54 games, 8,291 total, aver age 152; Houck (S), 42 games, 6,217 total, average 148; Way (E), 4o games, 6,593 total, average 146; Gruver (sub.), 9 games, 1,305 total, average 145; Ack ley (D), 42 games, 6,058 total, average 144; Kline (R), r>4 games. 7,773 total, average 143; Baohman (E), 42 games, 6,057 total, average 141; Doebler (S), 33 games, 4,646 total, average 140; Sei del (D). 4S games. 6,356 total, average 136; Hinkle (sub.), 9 games, 1,202 total, average 133; Mellinger (E), 33 games, 4,011 total, average 121. Majesties and Electrics Win in Casino Matches CASINO DUCK PIN I,GAGl T E (Casino Alleys) Majesties 1829 I Strollers 1316 ! Majesties 603 i Boas (Majesties), '. 14S j Boas (Majesties) 362 Standing of the Teama W. L. P.C. Majesties, 44 16 .733 Strollers 35 25 .583 Pennsys 31 20 .517 Nobles 27 30 .473 Readings 23 34 .403 Audions, 17 43 .283 CASINO TEXPIV LEAGUE (Casino Alleys) Electrics 2677 Orpheums 2605 Orpheums, 933 Ross (Orpheums) 268 Ross (Orpheums) 579 Standing; of the Teama W. L. P.C. ■lolly Five 38 28 .57* Electrics. . 38 31 .551 Calumets 37 32 .536 Alphas 36 33 .522 Orpheums 30 39 .435' Rovers 26 40 .394 P. R. n. Y. M. C. A. LEAGUE Association, 2172 Passenger Station 1864 Association 767 Barr (Association) 2n Martin (Passenger Station), ... 599 Standing of tbe Teama W. L. P.C. Lucknow 29 13 .690 Maclay 17 16 .515 Association 21 21 .500 Trainmen, 19 23 .452' Passenger 15 2t .416 Harrisbvirg 13 20 .393 Bits From Sportland According to an announcement by 1 Coach Schlichter .of the Harrlsburg 1 Academy, the baseball team of that I school will open Its baseball season 1 on April 14 with a representative team from the State Highway Department. A strong schedule has been arrangn* and a successful season is loked for ward to. Plans for having a shoot-off for the state live bird championship trophy have been changed. It is said the big contest may go over until November. At present there Is lively competition for state honors and shoots will be frequent between aspirants for cham pionship honors. The Salem A. C. tossers were given a trimming last night on the Schimmell Grammar school floor by the Enhaut Arrow Ave. The final score was 21 I to 15. The Oberlin High School five had an easy time last night in defeating the Huinmelstown High school five by the ■core of 94 to 18. Steelton sportsmen are planning to hold a fox chase on Saturday after noon. The quarry will be dropped just outside the borough limits. Partici pants in the. chase are scheduled to meet at Kelm's hotel, Steelton, at 2 o'clock. The Bowman & Co. five triumphed over the College Inn quintet last night in a contest played on the St. Francis floor. The score was 27 to 13. •A last minute rally gave the Galahad R. C. Ave a 24 to 20 victory over the llummelitown Big Five, In a contest played last night on the Huinmels town floor. "KAISEK" WILHGLH NOT WANTED Elmlra, N. Y., March 29. The deal that was to make "Kaiser" Bill Wil helui coach of the young pitchers of Ihe Kansas City American Association team has fallen through, accoordlng to a message from the western city. Wll helm, who pitched great ball for the local New York State League team last year, took his time about answer ing John Ganzel's letter containing an offer of terms, consequently the latter rought elsewhere for a coach with the result that when Wilhelm arrived In Kansas City the other day he found he was not wanted. CHALLENGES THE WORLD James Gallaghe, manager of Fight ing Henry Baron, Lewistown, Is out with a challenge to the world to meet his boy at 128 pounds. Gallaghe claims that his boy has fought the best In the country and has yet to hit the mat. All challenges should be ad dressed to James Gallaghe, care of W. F. Geibel'B pool room, Lewistown. Baron Is to meet Shifty Shock, of Bhamokln, at Lewistown, In a short time. Number Baseball Players Start New Feature in South Memphis, March 29. When the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston Red Sox took the field at Red Elm Park, Memphis, yesterday, for the first road game of their spring championship se ries, the town folk of the Southern burg witnessed an innovation in base ball. Players of both teams wore on the Sleeves of their uniforms Identfica tion numbers similar to those adopt ed by some of the lending universities for their bootball warriors. The numbers corresponded with those opposite the names of players on the score cards, and were the means of acquainting strangers to tho player® with their identity. When the numbers were allotted considerable amusement arose when Jack Coombs drew number 13, but the Colby man, undaunted, only smil ed, and said it was an omen of a suc cessful season, and by no means was to be taken as an Indication of disas ter. Sherrod Smith picked number 23, and Manager Robinson, by unanimous vote, was awarded number one. I 1 Who smokes Helmar? § The brains and back-bone of *f the Nation —Men of affairs — fjs 3<? Men who demand and command the 3^ a best. vl, ffSL* §| Q g- These men smoke Helmar—Since when? J-s I g For 12 years. . w t lg| Because Helmar is made of pure Turkish v gl tobaccos, Put together right. §f O § # ysl Friend —if you will once, you will many times. i- >5 J The Mildest tobacco for cigarettes is Turkish. • The Best tobacco for cigarettes is Turkish. MARCS 29, 1917. WELLY S^'CORNER If there is to be some real live base ball doings In Harrisburg this year, it is up to the fans to make il certain. Manager George Cockill will give everybody an opportunity to prove their desire for fust game. Liberal boosting will encourage Manager Cockill to greater activity. Ho lias the boys from which to pick a fast team, lie needs help, and next week starts a campaign to ilnd out how many helpers he may depend upon. President John K. Tenor has not made an official announcement as to what will happen when war is de clared. He does not deny that there will be some changes in major league plans, but he is also of the opinion that minor leagu towns will bo bene fited, and that with soldiers doing guard duty at industrial plants and along the railroads there will bo good crowds at the games. Whether or not there will he an automobile race at the Chicago speed way on May 30 depends on tho action taken by Congress at the special war session which opens at Washington on Monday. This was the announcement made yesterday in Cinicnnatl. where David F. Reid, president of tho Chi cago Speedway, and Harry Lehman, president of tho Cincinnati Speedway,, were in conference regarding the Me morial Day date, for which both of I hem applied following its surrender by the management of the Indianapolis track. The Welsh-Leonard bout will come off April 4. Manager MclCetrick says Leonard is suffering with a severe eold and does not want to take any chances. New records for attendance at a basketball game are expected to-night when Central High and Tech tossers line up at Chestnut Street Auditorium for the second game in the local series. Both schools will be largely represented and the cheer choruses promise something interesting. The game itself Is of great importance. A victory for Central will mean a third game on a neutral floor.
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