CENTRAL AND TECH HIGH FOOTBALL SQUADS OUT FOR FIRST PRACTICE—OTHER SPORTS
FOOTBALL WILL
BE REAL SPORT
Uncertainty of College Game
Is Decreasing; Teams
Now at Work
New York, Sept. 11.—The gray
clouds of uncertainty which have
overhung the Eastern college foot
ball situation for some months are
gradually being dispelled and pres
ent indications forecast close to 80
per cent, of the usual number of
gridiron contests during the coming
season. While the scheduling of
games is still under way, in many
cases the autumn card already pre
sents several specially interesting
matches, with the likelihood otherd
will bo added.
With Cornell, Pennsylvania, Dart
mouth. Navy, Army, Colgate, Syra
cuse, Pittsburgh, Swarthmore, Penn
State, Brown. Washington and Jef
ferson, Carlisle, Springfield and Co
lumbia gathering about the football
standards there is every reason for
predicting a continuance of the game
as would not have been dreamed of
early in the spring.
Lack Thrills at Finish
There will be lacking, of course,
the usual climax to the Eastern play,
owing to the absence of the annual
Yale-Harvard, Princeton-Yale and
Army-Navy contests. As war-time
substitutes, however, the Pennsylva
nia-Dartmouth. Cornell-Pennsylva
nia. Syracuse-Colgate, Pennsylvania-
Michigan, Syracuse-Brown, Pitts
burgh-Pennsylvania, Cornell-Colgate,
Ilutgers-Syracuse and similar con
tests will serve admirably.
There will not be as many inter
sectlonal games as In recent years,
but even In this department of_tlie
season's schedule a lew fixtures will j
prevail. Both Pennsylvania and i
Cornell will line up against Michigan)
and it is barely possible that the
Army will be seen in its annual
match with Notre Dame. This con
test was arranged last winter but
whe nthe Army announced that all;
the Cadet football games were off, its
opponents began to arrange for other l
contests to fill their open dates. The |
eleventh-hour decision of the Armv
to continue football will make it
difficult for the soldiers to restore
their schedule to its original form. I
Whether Notre Dame can give the|
Cadets the date formerly set for this:
game at. West Point remains to be!
seen. This contest is always one of
the features of the season and its
continuation, if possible, Is earnestly
to be desired.
Miss Bjurstedt Stops
Miss Brown's Victories;
Wins Feature Match 1
Philadelphia, Sept. 11.- —Three very |
interesting matches at the German- j
town Cricket Club. Manheim, yes
terday, closed the SIOO,OOO campaign
of the United States National Lawn
Tennis Association on behalf of the
American Red Cross, as far as Phil
adelphia is concerned. The progra,m
was varied somewhat from the three
previous days, for two singles and
n doubles match were submitted for
Itwo doubles and a singles.
In the first match of the day C. R.
Garland, of Pittsburgh, defeated
George Throckmorton, the junior na-1
tional champion, in straight sets, 6-4,
6-2, and in the second F. B. Alex
ander and John Strachan defeated
"Wallace P. Johnson and S. H. Vos
hell, 6-4, 8-6. The match that at
tracted the most interest, between
Miss Molla Bjurstedt, women's na
tional singles champion, and Miss
Mary Browne, former singles cham
pion, was reserved for the last of the
•lay. It undoubtedly attracted the
most interest, and the fact that Miss
Browne has defeated the Norwegian
consistently during the past two
weeks added extra zest to the con
test.
Miss Bjurstedt, however, came
right back to her championship
form and defeated her opponent
fairlv and equarely in straight sets
6-4, "6-1. Recently Miss BJurstedt's
game has lacked the snap and gin
ger that earned her the title for three
years in succession, and quite a num
ber of critics were of the opinion
I hat she has been playing too much
tennis this season.
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| When the Right Hon. G. C. Alexander pitched and won a double
i header recently he had two objects in sight:
I One was to help his ball club in, a last desperate stand.
The other was to go out after a record that, with another year's ad
dition, would stand at the summit.
Tills record is a laatter of winning thirty or more games four consecu
tive seasons—a main that no pitcher has ever made, so far as wo can
locate the intimate details.
ALEXANDER'S CHANCE
Alexander bagged thirtj/one victories in 1915 and thirty-three victories
jin 1916. He will need about six more victories this season to land another
thirty games and tie Mathewson's mark of 1903-1904-1905.
With this mark tied Alex will then have his chance next year to estab
lish a new peak, just as he did last season, when he carved himself Bix
teen shutouts, breaking all past records.
The assignment of winning thirty games three years in a row is no
light one. Cy Young won over 500 ball games In his career, but the Paoli
Phenom only passed the thirty game mark for two successive seasons.
Rube Waddell was never able to win thirty games. Neither was Chief
Bender nor Eddie Plank. Jack Coombs passed this mark but once.
Mathewson was the first and last pitcher to know three such years in
unbroken order, and his mark of 1903-1905 still stands, with the Philly
premier struggling desperately to tie It up.
Flutterng around the twenty-five game margin. Alexander still has a
first-class chance to gather in enough victories to tic Matty's record. But
with September bumping merrily along at top speed he can't afford many
more slips. Alex still has about seven games to pitch in the remaining
three weeks. He will n.eed most of these to get by.
It will be an effort worth watching, since it has occurred in baseball
but once before, and that a development of the master moundsman
meaning Mr. Mathewson.
TEN FOR TY
Which recalls the fact that Cobb has at last achieved his desire to lead
the league ten years at bat.
He had nine straight seasons of triumph to his credit, when Tris
Speaker tossed in the monkey wrench last year, much to Cobb's discomfiture
and annoyance.
But ten years on top is ten years, whether it comes in unbroken order r
at intervals.
Considering the fact that no one player had ever led his league five
years before Cobb struck the trail, it would seem that Ty has now left a
mark for future generations to shoot at
Most of us won't be here to watch that long, but future generations
will very likely still be shooting away at Cobb's figures in 2017 and a few
weeks further on.
"When a gcttfer speaks of a short putt," queries L. K. T. "what length
does he mean—two feet or three feet or four feet? What IS a short putt'.'"
Oh, any putt he misses.
Few fight fans will be willing to pay again to see Carl Morris box, unless
guaranteed that Carl will have his bean, knocked off. They'd pay a fortune
to see this pleasant incident take place.
TECH IS OUT
FOR PRACTICE;
RECORD SQUAD
Seventy-five candidates responded
to the first call for the football team
at the Technical High school. Fol
lowing the giving out of equipment
' to the squad a preliminary practice
I was held on the playgrounds last
evening. The matter of holding some
of the early practices on the Capital
Park extension instead of going to
the island is being considered, as it
is thought that the initial practices
can be arranged to be held opposite
the "Walnut street school. In the
squad to receive material were:
Captain Hees Lloyd, "Bud" Lingle,
"Rill" Hoerner, Jerry Frock, Ralph
Brough, Ed. Osman, Arnold, Ebert,
R. Linismith, Martin, Lutz, Dunlap,
J. Derrick. Earl Hoffsommer, Fred
Horstick, James Wallace, Faunce,
Capin, Earp, Fisher, Ellinger, Brun
ner, Johnson, Weidman, William
Johnson, Wilbur Nisley, John Black,
Bernard Aldinger, F. Beck and Paul
Guarin. Gilbert Ebner, Carl Beck,
Anthony Wilsbach, William Keane,
J. Leavy, "Ernie" Bachman, W.
Compton, "Bud" Bell, George Weigel,
J. Mlnlck, Fred Esslg, P. Garrett, H.
Kohlman, S. Wenerick, Fred Huston,
Famous Rowing Coach
Killed by Fall From Tree
Seattle, Wash.. Sept. 11. —Hiram
Conibear, a famous rowing coach,
for ten years in charge of the Uni
versity of Washington rowing crews,
was killed yesterday by a fall from a
plum tree in the rear of his home
near the university.
Conibear climbed out on a limb,
which gave way, and he plvnged head
foremost to the ground. His neck
was broken and death was instanta
neous. Mrs. Conibear witnessed the
AMI; SKMKXTS
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Majestic Theater
Wlliner nnd Ylneent Vaudeville
Mat., Illr A; -Oc; Evf., 10e, UOc 4 3W
A < ln*y t'omedy-IJrama
Emmet Devoy and Co.
In
♦•THE CALL OF CHILDHOOD"
Jimmie Lucas & Co.
In "WILD RAVINGS OF 117"
A Klot of C'OMED.v, MUMU- and Fun
and Three Other 111K Attraction*.
ConilnK Thursday
"THE HOYAI. HAWAIIAJtS"
In "PARADISE BEACH"
The Prettlent Production In
Vaudeville
E. Martin, J. Gladfelter, V. Haw
baker, Albert Michael, Victor Tsihl,
C. Ellis, I. Spicer, K. Stevens, E.
Carrington. W. Smith, John Connor,
L. Heagy, K. Boyer, J. Richards and
John Beck.
Down to' Hard Work
With the first contest to be played
two weeks from this coming Satur
day, the, team will settle down to
hard work to go the best
season in the history of the sport
at the younger high school. The
mat etrof a coach is still hanging
fire, although the management has
hopes of securing "Gene" Miller,
who is employed by the Bethlehem
Steel Company.
Membership in the athletic asso
coatlon is being encouraged to the
student body, and those who join
will have an opportunity to vote soon
for a manager to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Willis
Patterson, who has gone South with
the Quartermasters Corps. One as
sistant managership Is also to be
filled. A second team schedule will
again be played by the Tech re
serves. v
accident. The Washington boat crews,
under the coaching of Conibear, had
leng held the Pacific coast intercol
legiate championship, and several
times were contenders In the Pough
keepsie, N. Y.. regatta.
TO PL,AY' POST-SERIES
Binghamton, N. Y., Sept. 11. —Ef-
forts are being made to arrange a
post-season series of games between
the Wllkes-Barre, pennant winners
in the New York State League, and
the New Haven club, probable pen
nant winners in the Eastern League.
Manager Calhoun, of the Barons, is
not inclined to go through with the
series, as he says that his lineup
would be necessarily weakened be
cause of the fact that several of the
players will be called In the draft for
army service and are expecting to
leave for their homes in a day or so.
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THURS., Sept. 13
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THE FRENCH
FROLICS
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HAHIIY FIEI.DS
EXTBA FEATURE
MAROIA KgffiP-
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Winston Churchill's Immortal Classic
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EFFECTS OF WAR
ON BASEBALL
Nine Leagues Quit Because
of Poor Patronage; Minors
Are Big Losers
New York, Sept. 11.—Further ef
fects of the war upon baseball, parti
cularly the minor league circuits, is
shown In the latest issue of a semi
official organ of the professional
game. The records Indicate that
nine leagues, consisting of more than
fifty clubs, have disbanded since the
opening of the present season; that
eight others have been forced to re
vise their playing schedules while
several more have either dropped
clubs or shifted them to cities or
towns which promised better sup
port.
All these changes occurred during
the first half of the season, however,
and it appears that those organiza
tions which have readjusted to meet
or passed the crisis will continue un
til the close of their regular playing
schedule.
Leagues That Quit
Further analysed, the reports show
that Three I (Illlnois-lowa-Indiana),
Northwestern, South Atlantic, Vir
ginia, Central Texas, Dixie, Georgia-
A'.abama, North Carolina and North
ern leagues all abandoned the idea of
out (the Schedule season.
Among those circuits which revised
their schedules were the American
and International leagues, due to the
cancellation of the proposed lnter
league series: Western, Eastern,
New York State, Texas, Central and
Blue Ridge leagues. In several cases
the revision of schedules was made
necessary through the dropping of
more or two clubs.
Reading High School
. to Have Strong Team;
Many Veterans Out
Reading, Pa., Sept. 11. —Prospects
for a fast football eleven to repre
sent Reading High this season are
far from encouraging. But three of
last year's team—Nuebling, Nelson
and Abrams —reported to Coach
Brenner, the new athletic director,
in response to the first call for can
didates. There is an abundance of
new material, but Its quality is un
known, and an entire new team will
have to be constructed for the open
ing game here on Saturday, Septem
ber 29.
The revised schedule follows: Sep
tember 29, open, here; October 6,
Pottsville High, here; October 13,
Stevens Trade school, of Lancaster,
here; October 20, Lebanon High, at
Lebanon; October 27, Easton High,
herer November 3, open, here; No
vember 10, Harrisburg Central High,
at Harrisburg; November 17, Steel
ton High, here; November 24, Nor
ristown High, at Norristown: No
vember 29 (Thanksgiving Day), Lan
caster High, here.
Several former Red and Black
football warriors have tendered their
services to Athletic Director Bren
ner to assist in coaching the squad,
and have been accepted. Assistant
Coach Eisenbrown, 'l2, of last year's
squad, is in the Army, as are
Schweimler, Miller, Potts, Mauger,
Moll, Price, Shucker, Cassidy, Hoff
man, of the 'l6 Reading High eleven.
ENHAVT AFTER GAMES
The Enhaut football team has or
ganized to book games with Eliza
bethtown, Lykens, Millersburg. Beth
any, York and S.t Joseph, of Lan
caster. Communicate with E. V.
Nunemaker, manager. Enhaut, Pa.
§AMUSE§MENTsg
ORPHEBM
"Jo-day and Wednesday, with daily
matinees —"The Crisis.'
Friday and Saturday and Saturday
matinee, September 14 and 15— The
White Feather." . , „ .
Three days, beginning next Monday,
with daily matinees "Jack and
the Beanstalk."
COLONIAL.
To-day—William S. Hart in 'Wolf
Lowry."
Wednesday only Sir George -Alex
ander and Hilda Moore in "lhe feec
ond Mrs. Tangueray."
Thursday and Friday Viola Dana
in "The Girl Without a Soul.'
Saturday Antonio Moreno and Mary
Anderson in "The Right of Posses
sion."
REGENT
To-day and Wednesday—Billie Burke
in "The Mysterious Miss Terry.
Thursday, Friday aind Saturday
George M. Cohan in "Seven Keys to
Baldpate." _
The visualization of Winston
Churchill's novel, "The Crisis," in the
Orpheum Theater, is
Hintorlcnl particularly interest
( hnrn< ter ing by reason of the
In "The Crlala" impersonations of
Abraham Lincoln and
General Sherman by Samuel Drane
and Cecil Holland. Drane's charac
terization of Lincoln is a masterpiece
in intelligent conception and carefully
thought-out detail. Nor is Mr. Hol
land's portrayal of General Sherman
less remarkable. His physical re
semblance to the man who coined the
now historic phrase, "War is hell," is
striking, and bis every move bears out
the mannerisms and habits of the
hero of Atlanta, as his biographers
have depicted him. The only battle
scenes in "The Crisis" are those de
picting the siege and fall of Vicks
burg, in which General Grant and
Sherman appear. Grant only for a mo
ment, but Sherman is one of the prin
cipal characters in the novel, appear
ing almost as many times as does
j Lincoln himself.
The seat sale for the first road pre-
T&QAe&atl
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SCdHES OF YESTBIIDAY
Natlonul I.fHKue
Philadelphia, 6; Boston, 2 (Ist
game).
Boston, 12; Philadelphia, 2 (2nd
game).
Brooklyn, 13; New York. 6 (Ist
game).
Brooklyn, 2; New York, 1 (2nd
game).
St. Louis. 2; Pittsburgh, 1.
Chicago-Cincinnati, postponed; rain.
American I,ramie
[ New York, 10; Philadelphia, 1 (Ist
game).
New York. 6; Philadelphia, 1 (2nd
game).
Washington, 2; Boston, 1 (Ist
game).
Boston, 4; Washington, 3 (2nd
game).
Other clubs not scheduled.
International League
Providence. 5; Baltimore, 4 (Ist
game).
Baltimore. 10; Providence, 7 (2nd
| game).
Rochester, 7; Buffalo, 5 (Ist
game).
I Buffalo, 13; Rochester, 0 (2nd
game).
Newark. 5; Richmond. 2 (Ist
game).
Richmond. 4; Newark. 2 (2nd
Toronto-Montreal, first game post
poned,
Toronto, 19; Montreal. 16 (2nd
game).
WHERE THEY PI,AY TODAY
Brooklyn at New York.
Philadelphia at Boston.
Pittsburgh at St Louis (2 games).
Cincinnati at Chicago,
American I.cogue
Boston at Washington.
New York at Philadelphia.
Cleveland at Detroit.
Other teams not scheduled.
WHERE THEY PLAY TOMORROW
Brooklyn at New York.
Philadelphia at Boston.
Pittsburgh at St. Louis.
Cincinnati at Chicago.
American League
Boston at Washington.
New York at Philadelphia.
Cleveland at Detroit.
Other teams not scheduled.
STANDING OK THE TEAMS
National League
Clubs— W. L. Pot.
New York 82 48 .631
Philadelphia 73 67 .662
St. Louis 74 62 .544
Cincinnati 68 68 .500
Chicago 68 68 .500
Brooklyn 62. 66 .484
Boston 57 70 .449
Pittsburgh 43 88 .328
American League '
Clubs— W. L. Pet.
Chicago 91 47 .659
Boston '.... 81 El .614
Cleveland 73 62 .541
Detroit 68 67 .504
New York 63 69 .477
Washington 61 70 .466
St. Louis 52 87 .374
St. Louis 52 87 .374
Philadelphia 47 83 .362
sentatlon of the great London and
New York success. "The
"The White Feather," opens at
White the box office of the Or-
Eeather" pheum to-morrow morn-
This play holds the record for con
ing.
secutive performances in London
since the beginning of the war, hav
ing played an engagement for over a
year at the Royalty Theater. Its suc
cess there was said to be due to the
fact that the subject matter of the
Play—the battle of wits between the
Secret Service agents of two warring
countries was so foreign to the ac
tual horror of the warfare that thea
tergoers liked it for Its comedy mo
ments and the thrilling adventures of
seemingly noncompetence. K.ngu
larly enough, however, since the en
trance of this country into the war,
the dramatic machinery of the play
has become of most vital interest to
Americans with its underlying note
of danger from submarine attacks on
the troop transports on their way to
France. The frustration of just such
an attack is the basis for the climax
of the play and this is given as the
reason for the added interest with
which the drama is now being receiv
ed.
A matinee, Monday, September 17,
will mark the first showing here ol
William Fox's most
"Jack and the pretentious film spec-
Beanstalk" tacle, "Jack and the
* Beanstalk," at the
Orpheum Theater. The engag'ment
period a daily matinee. In addition to
the regular evening performances,
will be given.
In "Jack and the Beanstalk" the
various roles are enacted mostly by
children, of course. There is the
giant, and several other familiar char
acter intrusted to grownups, but
1,300 youngsters were necessary to
make the plcturization of this famous
fairy tale an accomplished fact, they
make up the royal court, and the
army, and they tell their story in ten
reels of pictures, wonderfully fasci
nating to all the world of childhood,
and to all who love them.
"The Call of Childhood." Emmett
Devoy's new offering to vaudeville
this season, ap
this season, appears at the
The head of an exceptionally
Majestic good bill at the Majestic
Bill the first half of this week.
It is an appealing one-act
comedy-drama with a story that is
j both interesting and amusing. Seven
I people, Including a number of clever
i juveniles, make up the personnel of
the company. Jimmie Lucas and Com
pany in "His Wild Ravings of 1917,"
are presenting a variety skit In which
they introduce a generous amount of
AMISF.MKNTS
REGENT THEATER
All-Star Production* at
SPECIAL PRICES
TO-DAY and TO-MORROW
BILLIE BURKE
—IN—
"THE MYSTERIOUS
MISS TERRY"
Do yau like a good love atary
and a mystery. Especially by that
master atory teller,
GELETT BURGESS
Everybody doea, so vlalt the
Recent and see Blllle Burke'a
first Paramount Picture.
Thursday, Friday und Saturday
GEORGE M. COHAN
"SEVEN'KEYS TO
BALDPATE"
Adapted from his aenaatloaal
stage aucceaa.
Admission I'ntll 6 P. M.i
Adults, 10c. Children. Be.
Evenlngi Adulta, 15cj Children,
10cI Balcony, 10c.
SEASHORE SHOOT
HAS MANY STARS
Westy Hogan Event Opens
With Practice Rounds;
Champions Report
Atlantic flty, N. J., Sept. 11.—The
eleventh annual shoot of the Westy
Hogans opened to-day with the
greatest field ever assembled by the
organization. Ten events of fifteen
targets each will be tlfrown in the
way of preliminary practice for the
following championship race. The
program, which concludes on Satur
day, holds daily features, and will
keep the big entry list of some 300
shooters right up until the wind
up.
Three members of the world's rec
ord squad are in the field. Charles
H. Newcomb, who leads the Phila
delphia contingent, and Fred Plum,
of Atlantic City, who holds three
world's records, each scored a per
fect run of 100 on the quintet. Ralph
L. Spotts, of New York, is the third
of the famous team here. The three
winners at the recent Grand Amer
ican are also entered.
Nutional Champion
Mark Alrie, of Thomsboro, 111., the
national champion, who won the
title In the event for champions at
Chicago In the shoot-off with Jay
Clark, of the Boston Athletic Club,
and Roy Mclntyre, the Pennsylva
nia champion, is among popular fa
vorites. Clarence B. Piatt, Jersey
champion, who equaled the world's
record at Dougles by breaking 98
of 100 at the Grand American, and
Roy Larson, of Wisconsin, winner of
the handicap, are also included.
George N. Fish, of New York state
champion, who leads the amateurs
for the season with a like rating of
98 per cent., and L. It. Beauchamp,
Delaware champion, will also be in
the competition.
R. D. Morgan, who emerged as
"dark horse" last season at the tour
nament here and set a new Westy
Hogan amateur straight run record
with a total of 233 targets before
missing, will also return. Among
prominent Philadelpliians who are
entered are Newcomb, Jesse Griffith,
Harry Eyre, Harry Hoffman, William
B. Severn, Dr. Maxwell Bullock,
Frank Stdebotham, John B. Fon
taine. Howard George, J. Frank
Pratt, E. W. Ford, Fred Slear, Wil
liam Wolstencroft and William Wil
liams.
Rain Halts Big Races;
Snow Is Winner
Syracuse, N. Y„ Sept. 11.—Unfavora
ble weather conditions marred the
opening of the Grand Circuit meeting
here yesterday. Overnight-rains made
the track slow, but notwithstanding
adverse conditions, remarkable time
was made in the two events of the
revised card.
Letanna S., by Onko, driven by
Snow, captured the 2.20 trot in three
straight heats, while Bertha McGuire
had an equally easy time In the ICa
Noo No J2.000 purse for three-year
olds.
On The Rhine threw Driver Tall
man and ran away after coming up
for the start of the third heat of
the 2.20 trot. He made the round of
the track, but was stopped In an ex
citing: chase, which ended In front of
the grandstand. Tallman was not In
jured.
The battle-royal 2.04 trot, Scheduled
to open the card to-day, Was post
poned until to-inorrow on account of
the heavy track. Mabel Trask' Wal
ter Cox's chestnut mare, again will
battle for supremacy with St! Frisco,
son of San Francisco; A 1 Mack and
Miss Directed.
The Empire State 2.12 class trot for
SIO,OOO also will be raced, while the
Juvenile 25,000 stake for two-year
olds. trotting, will bring out Peter
June, the sensation of the year; Ruth
Mainsheet, the Murphy entrant, with
a mark of 2,10; Miriam Guy, and
others.
comedy, singing and dancing. Derner
and Ward offer a novel singing skit;
Hooper and Marbury give an original
conception of songs and dances, while
Albert Rouget amd Girlie wind up the
list with some clever hand-balancing
work.
Perhaps the most unusual thing
about William S. Hart's latest star
ring vehiQle, "Wolf
William S. Hart Dowry," now being
nt the Colonial shown at the Colo
nial Theater is, that
j this actor's famous firearms are
drawn only once. For the first time
in his. career Hart appears as a ranch
man, and he says "the real western
ranchman did not think it necessary
to carry a six-shooter. In fact, a man
was looked down on more or less if
he was too conspicuous with his
'shooting irons.' Their theory was
that if a man could not protect him
self with his bare hands the West
was no place for him." Margery Wil
son, who has been seen in support of
Hart on several different occasions,
appears in the cast as a sweet, lovable
girl, worshiped by the lonely ranch
man, who, In the end, yields her to
another.
To-morrow only—Sir George Alex
ander and Hilda Moore, the celebrat
ed' stars of the English speaking
/stage, will be seen in the well-known
stage success, "The Second Mrs. Tan
gueray," the story of a woman whose
past was her nemesis.
Dovoly Billie Burke, of many stage
successes as the heroine In an unusual
romance of love and
nillie Burke mystery by one of our
nt the Hegent most famous writers
and humorists, Gelett
Burgess, is "The Mysterious Miss
Terry," shown at the Regent to-day
and to-morrow.
The above combination Is enough
in itself to assure one of the success
of the play. Add to it a story said to
be of most novel and amusing epi
sodes, just a little bit different from
anything that you have seen or read
for a long time, a cast of extreme ex
cellence, with Thomas Moighan as
leading man. and a production above
reproach, and you have the Ingredi
ents for a photoplay that is unexcel
led. As the mysterious Marvls Terry,
proud, high-spirited, captivating and
fetching—Miss Burke is In her ele
ment. The final unraveling of the
plot Is said to be most entertaining.
George M. Cohan, the popular stage
and screen favorite, in something en
tirely new and distinct in the way of
a photoplay of unusual theme and
construction, is announced as a forth
coming special attraction the last half
of the week. George M.'s new screen
vehicle Is none other than his own
well-known stage hit, "Seven Keys to
Baldpate." .
BONUSES FOR BINGOES
Binghamton, N. Y., Sept. 11.—At
the close of the game here Saturday
between the Barons and Bingoes
Owner Johnson, of the local New
York State League team, presented
each player on the club with a check
for SIOO. It has been Johnson's an
nual custom to donate the proceeds
of the Labor Day game here to the
players, but this year the Bingoes
played both games In Syracuse, and
there were not many more fans pres
ent than players. The men were
highly pleased with-Mr. Johnson's
gift.
SEPTEMBER 11, 1917.
WELLY'S jf CORNER
This is real football weather. Cen- i
tral students who indulged In a j
short practice yesterday showed old- !
time pep. Work at Island Park i
started to-day and within a week 1
there will be some lively times. |
Strong interest indicates a successful
local season.
Sporting Life, a weekly Phlladel- |
phia paper once devoted principally |
to baseball, whose career was for
many years entwined with the growth !
of baseball, went into the hands of a 1
receiver yesterday. Edited by Fran
cis C. Richter, the publication for a j
long time had a great vogue all over j
the country. Primarily a baseball !
organ, a few years ago the paper!
changed its policy. It cut down on j
baseball and took up golf, tennis,
football, soccer and similar sports.
After six rounds of rapid-fire box- ;
ing, in which each landed enough j
blows to send a half-dozen men to I
dreamland, neither Rocky Kansas, of j
Buffalo, nof George Chane.v, of Bal- I
CENTRAL SQUAD
WORKING OUT;
TALK BY COACH
Fifty Central hoys reported to
Coach Smith on the Island yesterday
afternoon for the first practice. The
aspirants for line positions were put
under the care of Captain Frank,
who drilled them in starting and
passing the pigskin. Coach Smith
showed the backs the proper way to
receive and run with the ball.
After an hour's practice Coach
Smith pave a short talk on "sticking
it out" an-1 putting "everything
you've got into the game." He em
phasized the fact that everyone had
an equal chance and that anyone
who showed the proper "stuff"
would get on the team.
Must Show Spirit
He said although there were no
Prices For Big Games
to Be Double Old Rates
St. Louis, Sept. 11.—President John
son. of the American League, said
yesterday that if Chicago wins tho
j American League pennant the plans
for the reduction in seat prices for the
world's series will be carried out as
far as the ganyi played in the Amer
ican League l/frk are concerned.
"The new scale will be simply this,"
said Mr. Johnson. "Seats will he Just
double In price those prevailing dur
ing the playing season. If Chicago
wins the American League pennant,
Ccmiskey will have 7,000 bleacher
seats at 50 cents, 5.000 pavilion seats
at sl, and the entire grandstand, re
served, for $1.50. Box seats will cost
$5.00.
'This, I think, places the world's
series games within the reach of all.
"Of course. I have nothing to say
concerning prices at the National
League park, but when the commis
sion arranges details, I hope the other
league will accept these prices.
"If Chicago wins, I think there is
little doubt that the series will begin
Saturday, October 6, as that will en
able us to get In a Sunday game in
Chicago."
Johnson Snubs Suit
of Browns For Slander
St. Louis, Sept. 11.—B. B. Johnson,
president of the American League,
came to St. Louis yesterday at the
Experiences of Some Users of Smith Canvas Tread
Tires •
Hershey Creamery Co. got 11,600 miles out of a on delivery
truck.
Capital City Tea Co. got over IC,OOO miles out of a 30x3 and 35x4 H
• on trucks.
Jesse Carat got 16,700 miles from a 30x3 on a jitney.
RUSB Brothers got over 11,000 miles out of a 36x6 on delivery truck.
Smith Canvas Tread Tires Mean More Miles at Less
Cost Per Mile
Orders Booked Now at Dealers' Old Prices
To Introduce Smith Canvass Tread Tires more extensively I will
accept orders now at prices prevailing prior to the recent advance
for delivery before January Ist.
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timore, could claim any advantage
after their hair-raising mill at Phila
delphia last night. It was a give-and
take battle from bell to bell.
Local fans are ready for the
world's series. Already bets are be
ing made. Chicago Americans are a
strong favorite In this city. The
Giants' backers, however, are not let
ting any cash get away.
Eddie Hooper has left Hagerstown
and gone back to work for the Beth
lehem Steel Company. He now owns
an automobile. Playing baseball In
the Blue Ridge League and helping
out the Dauphin-Perry League has
proved profitable for the Maryland
boy.
Red Crane is holding his own with
the Minneapolis team of the Ameri
can Association. In 37 games he
was at bat 132 times, made 12 runs,
had 37 hits and 6 sacrifice hits.
Seven two-baggers and one triple
went to his credit. His average is
i .280.
beys nl this yeat's fresliman class if
the fellows who were out would show
the same amount of spirit that was
characteristic of the other Central
teams he has coached, this yo'ii*'a
team would he a credit to the school.
Above everything else every fellow
vcis urged to come out every day,
and not to get the idea that after a
week's practice he "knows it all."
Last year's men who reported in
cluded Frank, captain and tackle;
Herring and El ridge, ends; Gardner
and Reed, guards; Good, center;
Field, fullback, and Wolfe, quarter.
Other candidates are Golin, Hoffman,
McCaleb, Wolfe, Wengard, Page,
Stall, Rose, Nlssley, Rodgers, Levan,
Butler, Rice, Perrin and Wright.
request of Phil Ball, chief owner of
the St. Louis Club, for consultation
regarding the damage suit filed
against? Ball by John Lavan, short
stop, and Derrill Pratt, second base
man. Each player asks $50,000 for
alleged slanderous statements which
Ball was reported to have made in an
interview published in a St. Louis
newspaper. President Johnson yes
terday belittled the suit. He said the
words 'laying down," which Ball wai
quoted as having used in reference to
the work of St. Louis players, did not
imply dishonesty, but merely indif
ference and lack of ambition. Fur
thermore. he said. Mr. Ball did not
specify Lavan and Pratt as "laying
down." The American League, he
said, would tajte no official action re
garding the suit.
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