14 EASTERN DIVISION ATHLETES ON PENNSY SYSTEM ARE SHOWING SPORT ACTIVITY TENER MAY QUIT NATIONAL BODY; NAME BARROW? JOITN K. TENER New York, Dec. 11.—John K. Tell er, former Governor of Pennsylvania, is about to wash his hands of the National League and all its foibles. The man who has served as executive of the parent major organization for the past five years stands ready to cull the bluff of August Herrmann and other traducers. The presidency of the National League means noth ing in the young life of John Kinley Tener. The news came from one who will be a business!" associate of Mr. Tener in his new field, that the ex-Govern or will close out his National League account during the annual meeting of his circuit here. That meeting opens at the Waldorf-Astoria to-day at noon. The story was put squarely up to President Tener. He would neither affirm nor deny. In baseball Tarsus Five to Meet Aviation Camp Team The Tarsus gymnastic school bas ketball team will line up against the Aviators team from the Middletown ramp Thursday evening in St. Paul's gymnasium, Second and Emerald streets. Both teams have been prac ticing hard and a good game is ex pected. Manager Long of the Tarsus school, announced that he will have practirall.v tbe same lineup which de feated Enhaut last week. Captain I loiahan and Laughery, who are both ■guards, have been playing excellent games at forwards. Lyter will jump center, while Long and Bobbs will i take rare of the defensive end. Jo seph Lutz, a former Tech iligli school star, will referee this game. J "Babe" Adams Signs Up With Kansas City Team Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 11.—John Ganzel. manager of the Kansas City American Association club, announc ed deals for players by which ho has completed his infield for the 1915 season and added a pitcher to his staff. James McAuley. a short stop formerly with the Pittsburgh and St. Louis National League teams, is the new infielder and the last needed to complete it. "Babe" Ad ams. hero of the 1909 world series, is the new pitcher. Adams was in the Western League last year Mc- Auley has played most of the last two seasons in the International League. He was in Rochester in 1916 and Montreal last year. Tfo New Rill ARROW COLLAR QO<r art Mrgftyrjf IjUph Absolutely Ho Pain jf My Intent Improved applU Ba -m ifel Rnrfi, Including n xf mrn- extracting and nil dental A o>y work positively palnles* k /fif'ffif i" perfectly harm-• Cv lean. (Ave no ©bjcct^u^^ A- ft set of EXAMINATION X. A" pgS'il'MßS free / iWy/ „-r'„„„„. .S work, CS, 4, sfi ————— 22K gold crown, 9(1.00 R.Klstered Office open dally B.SO r., _V\T to P. ni.i Monday, Wed- Crradnate \T naaday and Saturday, till Aaaiatantn A/ r P m. BELL PRONE 8822-R. J . BAST TERMS OP PAYMENTS jSR^HPB / 320 Mirket SL ' tOver the Hnb) HARRISBURG, PA. , t i d n t art ■ bit I *r * * . f TUESDAY EVENING, HABJRjaBURG t&mfSSfi. TELEGRXPH •* DECEMBER 11. 1917. lack of denial usually spells veriflca tion. That Tener will embrace a won derful business opportunity regard less of the wishes of his baseball as sociates, is a fact well known to his immediate friends. His term of of fice at the head of the National League expires to-day. Some time ago it was announced that Mr. Tenet had been tendered a return to his of fice for a term of years by the unani mous consent of his eight club presi dent constituents. Offer Not Official That fact seems to have been just a trifle far-fetched. If the offer was made it is a surety that the present executive did not accept, for he has pledged himself to accept an import ant office in a business concern whose game is road construction. If Mr. Tener retains the presidency of the National League it will be on the condition only of being footloose to engage in any other business which suits his fancy. And it is said that President Tener will consent to 110 cut in salary, such as August Herrmann threatens. He served one year of the four without remuneration. That was while he still was Governor of the State of Penn sylvania. The Tener regime in the National League has been strikingly free from the usual petty annoy ances that have characterized that circuit's affairs. Mr. Tener lias every reason to feel proud of his adminis tration. He cannot afford to knuckle to National League linen washing. With Tener gone, or going (as seems to be the case), the question that naturally arises is who will be his successor. The answer is an enigma. No one can fathom the minds of the Nation al League voters. Barrow Looms 17p If Tener really is through, as seems to .be the case, the National League might look a long time atjd do a lot worse than to appoint to the position Edward G. Barrow, for a number of years president ot the in ternational League. Barrow won his spurs on a dozen fields. His business acumen and hustle kept the Interna tional League afloat through se\ eral treacherous years of the war waged by the Federal League, when a back down might have been disastrous for organized baseball. Quite as worthy for the office is John A. Heydler, sec retary of the National League, lie served a short time following the death of Harry Clay Pulliant. His ad ministration was spotless. But the so lons of his time had sidetracked John because they considered him not a good enough mixer. In those days a mixer had to be # a two-handed drinker. Rules on Javelin Throw as Defined by A. A. U. A knotty problem as to the correct way to hold the javelin has been set- j tied by the Amateur Athletic Union after being in communication with J. S. Edstrom, president of the In ternational Athletic Federation, whose headquarters is in Sweden. The interpretation of the rule as stated by the board of governors is: "The construction of athletic rule 38, requiring the javelin to be held by the grip is not violated if the hand holding the Instrument is on the grip, but soma of the flesh of the hand touches the back of the binding, but the extension 01 the lingers on the shaft is a violation of the rule. According to the information re ceived by the A. A. U. autHorities from Edstrom, Lemming, the world's champion javelin thrower, extends j the fleshy part of his hand to, but| not beyond, the last row of the whip- j cord grip. Lemming holds the jave lin in such a way that the lorellnger is slightly lapped over it while the tips of the other three lingers just touch it. In this way the shaft leaves the hand from the points of the fingers and gets, its linal impetus from the sudden straightening out of the fing ers. There have been two styles in this country, both introduced since ihe visit here two years ago of J. Anderson, the Russian athletic train er. Anderson taught both Jim Lin-, coin and George Bronder, but Lin coln, insteading of lapping his finger over the grip of the javelin as it lay in his hand, extended his forefinger backward along the shaft, a style clearly illegal under the new inter -1 pretation of the rules. Hassett Teams to Play Two Games Thursday Night On Thursday evening there will be two games of interest at Cathe dral hall. The Hassett five will play the Hershey Men's Club, and the Girls' division will meet the Wico r.isco team. This will be the last in dependent team that Hassett wil! meet this year, the balance of their Stimes being with college team:". The members of the Girls' team are practically •!! new, the only last year varsity player being Miss Sweeney. Miss Seheffer and Miss Connors have landed positions 01. the team, but the remaining two are In doubt, but will be decided after Practice to-morrow evening. Danc ing will follow the game. Music by Delone's orchestra. PITCHER GROVER CLEVELAND ALEXANDER IS AGAINST SEEKING AN EXEMPTION illfilk iff 18 I 1 ipy iff|ji _ ; . ■ * ■ ■ - • * ; ' Cft OVER CLEVELAND ALEXANDER Ortiaha, Neb., Dec. 11. —Grover Cleveland Alexander, the leading twirler of the National League, is a gainst seeking an exemption front the Army draft. Furthermore, he expects to have his number reached at the feeUeve tha( . bnUplaye rs s i, ou ld be exempted jifst because , they're ballplayers," said Alexander, who is spending a few days here. "If the government needs me, I'm ready to go. That will be about the last I can do, too, when one comes to th ink of it. A. country not worth fighting for isn't much as a count ry, and that isn't the kind we have Alexander is registered from St. Paul, Neb. <£? GrantterxlJXce Copyright, 1117, Th Trlbun* AMociatlon (Nv York Tribu* THE LAND OF "MIGHT HAVE BEEN" (Re-entered upon subdued solicitation) Here's to "The days that might have been," Here's to "The life I might have led" — The fame I might have gathered in, The glorv ways I might have sped. Great "Might Have Been" I drink to you, Upon a throne where thousands hail; And then —there looms another view— -1 also "might have been" in jail. O "Land of Might Have Been," we turn With aching hearts to where you wait; Where crimson fires of glory burn > And laurel crowns the guarding gate; We may not see across your fields The sightless skulls that knew their woe— The broken spears—the shattered shields — That "might have been" as truly so. "No real man," writes Private Peat, "is scared by the '{rightfulness'i which Germany uses." On the contrary. Which reminds us that Germany might have well recalled one of Hek's ancient maxims, "Before cracking anything be sure of your terminal facilities." 1918 CHAMPIONSHIPS The matter of championships for 1918 is a delicate affair. 111 one thev will undoubtedly stimulate interest in the game and increase its BC °Pf- In another wav it is douotful as to how much title, honor, or rather glorv would be gained, say in golf or tennis, by winning a championship with so n.ar.y stars absent on foreign fields or in hostile waters. There is considerable argument left on both sides. If it can be shown that championship play in such gantes as golf and tennis can produce greater revenue for Red Cross or V M. C. A. war work tiiirnose" it might be well enough to resume. On the other hand if golt and °ennlß had been played that far back, how much pride would a man take ir. stating that he was "tennis champion in 18Gu, or golf champion in ISC4 ?" The record frequently uncovers a number of unknown details. No one had an idea in 1910 that Wally Pipp. a .260 hitter, was beyond Cobb and Speaker at the art of driving in runs. And none had any idea last season that Bob Veach also led Cobb and Speaker at this art. Jess Willard reiterates his statement that he is willing to return to active ring work when there is a public demand for his appearance. From present indications Jess will still wait a few weeks longer before the clamor attains noisy proportions. Twenty-eight Home Runs Is World's Series Record Out of a total of eighty world series gamps played since the begin ning of the modern world series in 1903, there have'been but twenty eight circuit clouts poled by the sluggers in the annual October clas sic. Three of these homers were gar nered this year, one being by Happy Felsch at Chicago, and two by Hen nie Kuulf in the fourth game of the series at the Polo grounds, New York. Jn 1903 Sebring, of the Pirates, got a homer off Young, of the Red Sox, and Pat Dougherty gleaned cir cuit swats off LeeVer and Vail. The next home run came In 1908. It was made by Joe Tinker, of the Cubs, oft Bill Donovan, then pitching for De troit. The 1909 series between Pitts burgh and Detroit was featured by four homers. Fred Clarke touched up Summers and Mullin for four base wallops, and Jones and Craw ford each got a homer of Babe Adams. In 1910 Murphy, of the Athletics, made a homer off Mc- Intyre, of the Cubs. Baker's homers off Matty and Marquard. and Oldring's cleanup drive off'the Rube marked the series of 1911, while in 1912 Larry'Gard ner, of the Red Sox, hit Tesreau for a homer and Doyle got a home' run off Hall. In the 1913 series Baker. Schang and Merkle made homers. The next year Hank Gowdy starred, and in 1915 Harry Hooper, Duffy Lewis and Fred Luderus were the home run hitters. Hy Myers and Larry Gardner made the circuit smashes recorded in J 916. ' Champion Peter Hermann I Hands Joe Tuber a Wallop Philadelphia, Dec. 1J. —Pete Her man. the bantamweight champion , of the world, succeeded in defeating Joe Tuber before a large crowd at i the Olympia A. C. last night, al though in the second round Tuber came within an ace of knocking the titleholder from his feet. Herman's victory was decisive, however, and he had a marked advantage in every round except the second. Herman drew blood in ttie fourth canto, , when his repeated jabs opened up Tuber's mouth. After easily maintaining an advan tage in the opening round, Herman received a surprise when the gong opening the second period found Tuber rushing him Trom his feet. Tuber obtained his advantage by landing a hard right flush on his op ponent's jaw, which was so effective that only the ropes prevented the champion from dropping to the floor. Herman reversed the conditions in the third round, and from then on i was neVer headed, landing the ma jority of the blows and punching the hardest. INDIANAPOLIS TEAM FOR SALE Indianapolis, Dec. 11.—A formal option on the franchise and players of the Indianapolis American Asso ciation Baseball Club has been mail ] ed by President James C. McGill, I who is In California, to Emory C. j Crawford In Indianapolis. The op tion is to run twenty davs. Mr. Crawford Is said to be hcting for Indianapolis men, whose names will ■ not be made public at this time. The terms of the option also are being kept secret. EASTERN DIVISION TEAMS START SPORT . LOCAL PROGRAM THUR Within the next two or three t weeks there will be a great revival i of sport activity on the Pennsy. In- i dividual* and teams are now en- t gaged in their annual elimination contests indoors. Trapshooters will £ get busy outdoors. This activity will continue until March when the an- ! nital championship indoor meet will < he h*hl in Philadelphia. i On Thursday niKht ut. the rooms t of Hie Motive Power Athletic Asso iiiation, in Seventh street, near Rcily, lotai athletes will open the s series of matches. Basketball teams t from the Schuylkill Valley division \ will he here for games with liar- f rinhui g contestants. i\ <>: i December 15 the second Penn- ji sylvania Railroad trapshoot will he I j held in this city, and will bring to- j t get her the ten-men teams from WIL I t mington. 4;altimore, Delaware, Gam- ] | den, Treii<on, Morrisville. the-Gen- U era! Oflicei- and the Philade'phia I s terminal divisions. The Intercity U Kitle Shooting League also opened 11 yesterday with shoots in this city, ' < Baltimore and Camden. The follow- 1 ing rules will govern the various , events. j Rules For Contest t Tug-of-War—A. A. U. .rules to govern, with the exception of the ) length. of pull, which shall be three minutes instead of Ave minutes, and \ the number of men on each team j which shall be live instead of four -\ men. I Howling—American Bowling Con- ( gress rules to® govern. Games to j count, best two out of three games to , determine winner. . Volleyball Spaldings rules to govern; twenty-one points; vo out | of three games. Basketball—Reach (professional) ' rules to govern. J Indoor Baseball—Armory rules to govern. Mine-men teams, nine in- | nings. Shuffleboard —Pennsylvania Rail- | i road rules. Forty-two points, top l.oard play only, side rolling pro- I hi luted. Pocket Billiards—loo-pointy con tinuous. two-men teams. Indoor Rifle Shooting—X. R. A. rules to govern with exception that ten shots to be standing and ten shots prone. Two range finding shots OHIO IS MECCA j FOR RING BATTLES Six Cities Hold Bouts Running i to Twenty Rounds With Decision Cincinnati, Dec. 11.—Ohio, tliei Buckeye state, is now the leading' boxing center of the United States. I In other words, it is the haven of | refuge for boxing persons and their i retinue. Right now boxing is all the rage in the statq which borders on Lake Erie. There are more than half a I dozen of the largest cities where | professional boxing bouts are be ing held at regular intervals, and in I most bases the bouts are over a dis i tance from 12-round no-decision af- I fairs to 20-round decision contests. The following is a list of p.laces | where bouts are now being held and ' the number of rounds: Where Big Fights Go ; Columbus, 12 rounds, no decision. This may be increased to 15 rounds !to a decision for the Ted Lewis- I Bryan Downey battle. Dayton, 20 rounds to a decision. This is the place where Ted (Kid) Lewis won the welterweight cliam- j pionship from Jack Britton. Springfield, 20 rounds to a deci-j sion. Cincinnati, 15 rounds to a decision.! Canton, 20 rounds to a decision. Cleveland, 10 rounds, no decision. According to William F. McKinnin, • matchmaker of the Queensbury Atli i letic Club, of Columbus, who is in j the city trying to close a Bryan Dow ney-Ted (Kid) Lewis welterweight championship affair, the game is very I much on the uplift in his home state. "In Ohio, while there is no boxing ' law, there js nothing on the statutes which makes it a misdemeanor to hold bouts," says McKinnin. "In most cities it is up to the mayor and I chief of police to regulate the box- i ) ing. In Columbus there is a boxing M commission which regulates the I j game keeps it clean, and for this II service 5 per cent, is deducted to con • duct' its affairs." BOWLING Dauphin-Cumlx Hand League Alleys) ) Demma's 2110 Loser's 1928 O'Leary 2060 Millard 1813 i Ford, (D) 18S Ford. (D) 463 ; Storm, (O) 181 t Storm, (O) 447 ( Ficke's Alleys) r Berger's ' ~.2084 n Fickes' 1835 e Mull, (B) 185 s Hinkle, (B) 441 i Casino Bowling Leagues ' (Casino Alleys, Tenpins) Aviators 2593 1 Sammies 2428 Zeigler, (A) 224 Leo, (A) 546 l t J STANDING OF TJIE TIjAMS W. L. Pet. '' Alphas 15 9 .625 ' Aviators ..... 16 11 .592 9 Pershings 12 9 .571 5 Sammies 10 11 .476 • Rainbows 10 14 .417 | Jolly Five 6 15 .286 Z (Duck pins) Keystones 1964 S Stars 1940 ' Shooter, (S) 175 s Shooter, (S) 454 I, STANDING OF THE TEAMS W. L. Pet. •. Senators 15 6 .715 r Crescents 15 9 .625 1 Keystones 14 13 .518 e Casino # 11 13 .458 Stars 10 17 .370 Capitals 7 14 .333 to be allowed in each position. Ten men teams, .five highest scores to count. Any twenty-two caliber lons or short rifle allowed. Quoits Singles and Doubles—Penn sylvania Railroad rules to govern. Trap Shooting—Ten men teams, rive highest scores to count.* The eligibility code is eutered upon the minutes, as a mutter of information to the new representatives: Eligibility Code "Any employe having one year's service (continuous) shall be eligible to represent his department or di vision in athletics. Any person trans ferred from one superintendent's di vision or department to another shall not be eligible to represent such de partment or superintendent's division fo:- a period of six months following the date of. such transfer. Kur lougliec: employes are not a man must give his entire time and service and be in tbe continuous service of the company to be elig ible to compete in any athletic con test, with 'the exception that any man who was called for naval or military service sliUll be excluded from this ruling and shall be eligible upon his return to duty." The general .committee governing these contests includes: C'. W. Hall, chairman: S. G. Hep ford, Philadelphia division; T. C. McDowell, Middle division; H. S. Bickel, Schuylkill division; W. E. Barclay, Bedford division: C. A. Clerk. Tyrone division; W. IT. Bent ley, Bellwood division; J. B. Wagner, Creason division: H.„ Williams, Al toor.a machine shops; F. C. Harde man, Aitoona car shops; A. R. Bur ke, t Juniata shops; E. J. Huebner, South Aitoona foundries; J. F. Wise, Altorna general office. jmm < m Private M. P. Conrcy, 165 th U. S. Infantru, "rolling his own" with "bull" Durham. U. S. Soldiers In France Want "Bull" Durham War Correspondent Charles H. Grasty, in dispatch from France, August 10th, speaking about the great demand for BULL DURHAM, says, "All other kinds of tobacco are plentiful only what the sol diers want (Bull Durham) is icarce"— GENUINE BULL DURHAM TOBACCO Guaranteed by yY-uAjtsrvC4u<s C INCOH^ONATIO The Makings' X> VIL) of a Nation AjQWy \ A. Sudrfestion T° If Smokers f wnuntf littfe fWDLLYIT 1 w CORiNE>R_ One thing is certain. If John K. 1 Tener is to be president of the Na tional League he will bo boss. While late last night it looked as if the former Governor of Pennsylvania in tended to keep his word and step down and out, this morning reports were in circulation that the whole move was another effort on the part of President Ban Johnson, -of the American League, to get his friend, Edward G. I'.arrow, a Job. How August Herrmann got mixed up in the annual winter baseball battle is a big surprise to his many friends. It was the general belief that he and John K. Tener were clofio friends. It looks very much that Herrmann on the strength of this friendship thought he had the right to act for President Tener. More good games are expected Thursday night at Cathedral hall. The Hassctt five will meet the I-ler slvey Men's Club. 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There \ will also be an "Auld Lang Syne" event In the afternoon. The Harrlsburg Academy Trap shooting Club is having a series of interesting matches. Each week the members sliow improvement in their scores, and within the next two weeks there will be arranged a series of contests with the Tech High school shooters. Workmen were busy to-day put ting the athletic rooms of the Mo tive Power Association !n shape for the big event Thursday night. The local basketball team is out at prac tice daily, and the quoit pitchers have been tossing ringers In all prac tice contests. Schulykill Haven will have to go some to win.
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