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PENNSY TEAMS WINNER IN OPENING ELIMINATION CONTESTS—WILLARD MUST FIGHT
V/ILLARD MUST
FIGHT FUITON;
TO CLAIM TITLE
Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 14.—Oni
Thursday, December 27, Mike E. I
Collins will claim the heavyweight
boxing championship for Fred Ful-I
ton unless by that time Jess Wlllard
consents to a match. Willard has;
been most elusive in dodging a fight j
with Fulton, according to Collins,
who is not at all backward in pre-1
senting some facts which he says are
sufficient to support his claim.
"On November 15, 1917," said Col-j
l'ns, "the Minneapolis Boxing Clubj
offered Willard $30,000 to box Fulton;
ten rounds. Since that time the !
Capital City Athletic Club, of St.!
Paul, offered "Willard $45,000, and nj
club represented by J. W. Randolph, j
of Deming, N. M„ has posted *IO,OOO
and offered Willard $50,000 to box;
Fulton twenty rounds to a decision'
any time in three months.
Money Posted
"On November 30, mi 7. I posted I
Number of U. S. Troops
Killed by German Bomb
With the American Army in France
Dec. 13 (by The Associated Press). — j
A number of American railway engi- i
neers have been killed by a German !
terial bomb in a town somewhere j
behind the British front.
Complete details are not yet known, |
but it is permitted to announce that |
a German bomb fell in a street in a ;
town through which American troops J
were passing. Pieces of the bomb \
shattered the windows of a house in ,
which there were officers, showering ;
them with glass hut hurting no one. i
Two American scldicrs have died j
in hospitals from gunshot wounds. I
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FRIDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TEEEGR2KPH! ~ ' DECEMBER. 14, 1917.
( SI,OOO with T. S. Andrews, of Mll
-1 waukee, Wis., to go as a forfeit and
to prove Fulton's faith In a nijitch
with Wlllard. We also agreed to
post an additional $5,000 more as a
1 forfeit and sifle bet the same day
! Willard signs articles, if he ever
1 does.
"On December 20, if Willard does
i not accept a match with Fulton for
I the heavyweight title. I will claim
! Willard's title for Fulton, and from
j December 20 on will bill Fulton us
1 heavyweight champion of the world.
! "Since boxing was first organized
I it has been a standing rule, the cus
] torn of a hundped years in boxing, j
that a champion must defend his title]
1 at least once every six months ori
' forfeit same. Jess Willard has had!
1 one fight since he won the *.ltle in |
I the last three years, and that was a
I ten-round, no-decision affair."
High Price Paid For
Catcher "Bill" Killefer
By Associated Prtss
| Philadelphia, Dec. 14. —lt was
' learned from a trustworthy source
j here that the money consideration \
involved in the sale of Pitcher Gro
ver C. Alexander and Catcher Wil
liam Killefer by the Philadelphia j
! National League Club, to the Chicago!
I Nationals is $50,000. Of this amount j
j $25,000 is to be paid at once and the,
; remainder is to be turned over be-1
I fore the 1918 season opens, provid
ed Alexander is not drafted into the j
I National Army before that time. I
LOCAL ATHLETE
PENN STATE STAR
Richard H. Rauch Is Given
Football Letter; Others
Who Made Good
State College, Pa., Dec. 14. —Fif-
teen football men at Pennsylvania
State were awarded their 'varsity
letters to-day at a meeting of the
football executive committee. The
coveted insignia was voted to the fol
lowing: > ,
One Ilariisburger
Captain L. S. G. Conover, of At
| lantic City; Richard H. Rauch, of
Ilarrisburg; Percy W. Griffiths, of
Taylor; Stanley Czarnecki, of Erie;
Harry D. Robb, of Pittsburgh; Wal
ter S. Gross, of Pittsburgh; Rudolph
G. Kraft, of Wilkes-Barre; Alfred
W. Pond, of State College; Charles
A. Way. of Downingtown; William
M. First hing, of Brooklyn, N. V.;
Dee G. Hills, of Clearfield; James
Black of Oshanter; Otto H. 'Taven
ner, of Devon; Robert S. Clarke,
Jr., of Pittsburgh, and student man
ager, Robert K. Cochrane, Jr., of
Pittsburgh.
For Faithful Service
All of the players excepting Clarke
and Tavenner earned their letters by
playing the requisite time in pre
scribed games. Clarke was rewarded
for faithful service as a substitute
quarterback for four years. Taven
ner',s letter was awarded because at
the time he entered military service
he was only on game short of the 1
requirement. ,
Ten Minor Leagues Are
Ready to Start Next Year
Auburn, N. Y„ Dec. 14.—1n a
statement Secretary J. H. Farrell, of
the National Association, said ten
minor leagues have signified their
intention to operate next season. He
also said each of the clubs in these
leagues will play at least one bene
fit game early mi the season, the
proceeds to he donated to the Sol
diers' Bat and Ball Fund.
The baseball official announces
that the association will grant pro
tection to lower classification leagues
by giving them permission to play
on Thursdays, Saturdays and Sun
days in order to perpetuate baseball
in certain territory.
Secretary Farrell said the new
clause inserted in the contract of
hjiseball players will apply only
while the war lasts. This clause also
makes it necessary for managers to
tender contracts to players in the
Army in order to retain title to their
services.
Mr. Farrell would not say
whether or not the New York State
league, of which he Is president, Is
one of the leagues that will open.
FIRE STOPS 200 MINF.nS
Operation* in Twelve Shaft, were
\l*o Suspended For Day
Portage. Pa., Dec. 14.—Two thou
sand miners and twelve mines in this
district were, idle yesterday as a re
sult of a fire early this morning,
which destroyed tile New York tower
of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The
origin of the (Ire is unknown. Traf
fic on the Portage branch of the rail
road was delayed several hours, all
the signals having been destroyed It
was announced this evening tliat the
mines would probably resume to
morrow.
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Copyright, in 7, Th Trlbun* Association (N*r York Trlbn—V
An All-Time All-Star Team
(In Serial .Array) .
FOREWORD
Rack in the closing days of the late campaign In balldom, an argument
was turned adrift one afternoon as to what group of players might con
stitute the make-up of an All-Time All-Star team—a team to be picked
from the complete span of the game with its beginning nearly GO years ago.
Naturally, a vast number of words were unfuried upon the occasion!
with any number of entries named and listed as worthy members of the
All-Star cast.
Taking the cue, we decided to try the experiment of picking such a cast
—not solely from our own limited observation, extending over a period of
some eighteen or twenty years—but in the main from the collective opinion
of those who have known a wider range. With this end in view, we dis
cussed the possibilities and probabilities with such veterans as Prank Ban
croft. forty years with the Reds; Clark Griffith, one of the game's wisest
students, and with such veteran and keen-observing baseball writers as
Sam frame, William B. Manna, Joe Vila and others who have watched
the long parade file by for periods, on the average, covering more than
a quarter of a century.
As we expect to be held to a restricted output very shortly, due to the
exigencies and demands of the artillery game, this seemed to be a fairly
fitting period to unfold the results of the long investigation.
We can say in advance that out of the nine positions only one seems
to rest in doubt. The others were almost unanimously backed.
NO. I—CATCHER
Here we came to a long array—Frank Flint, Charley Bennett, Zimmer
McOuire, Robinson, Bergen, I'ling. Krcsnahan and various others '
But the bulk of the votes went to Buck Ewing, of New York nnrt rin
cinnati.
Those who had watched Buck's play over a period of years and who
had seen most of tho others up through Kay Schaik put the old Red Ginnt
on top of the heap. ul
Wherein did Ewing excel?
He was a great mechanical catcher. He had a wonderful arm and no
man was surer of the bat. As a batsman he ranged above 30d for nine
years, reaching .371 near the finish of his career.
But above this had a keen brain, uncanny judgment, and those who
worked with him say that he had no rival at diagnosing the weakness of
opposing batsmen, or at handling his pitchers with rare skill.
BUCK WINS
He could hit, throw, catch and work his pitchers to the loot
and he combined with this a personality that wa* always in driving fo,x e
Mention the run of catchers to almost any of those Mho have hn
watching baseball closely for over 25 years, and the verdict is immediate
"BUCK EWlNG—there was only one Buck!" immediate.
KLING FAIRLY CLOSE
There was also a general vote to the effect that Johnny Kline was fairiv
close, close enough to be Ewing's runner-up. '
Kling was also a fine thrower, hard hitter and brilliant strategist Tho
game has known few smarter catchers —few who could get more out or
pitching staff. * '
But as brilliant as Kling was over a span of years, we found no one who
placed him over the immortal Buck.
"Ewing could do all that any other catcher could do," remarked one of
the veteran critics, "anil a few things in addition, lie was brilliant, yet
consistently so. His play was never in streaks. And no man ever knew
more baseball. There have been any number of great catchers in the same
but you'll find only one Buck Ewing." '
Being practically the unanimous pick of players and writers who hv
watched them all file by, Ewing draws the top award.
(To-morrow —The Pitchers.)
PLAN FOOTBALL CHANGES
FOR BENEFIT
S/17S MINNESOTA
Chicago, Dec. 14.—Dr. Harry L.
Williams, the former Yale athlete,
who is now football coach at Min
nesota, predicts that the football
rules committee at its next meeting
will suggest some new device by
which the spectators will be better
able to understand the plays as they
are made on the football field. Dr.
Williams, who is one of the strong
est opponents of numbering players,
admits that the spectators are com
pletely at a loss most of the time
to grasp the methods of advancement
of the ball, the penalties and identity
of the players.
The inventor of the famous Minne
sota shift hints that-the rules com
mittee should suggest some scheme
of making the plays clear to the spec
tators after they are made. He de
plores the use of numbers because
it places the identity of one player
above the team. Dr. Williams says
that football is essentially a team
sport. The individual- should sacri
fice his prowess for the good of the
eleven. The object of the game is
unity of action of eleven men.
Scouts Benefited
The Minnesota, coach says that the
only ones now benefited by the use
of numbers are the scouts. He claims
that the numbers make it easy for
the scouts to diagnose plays when the
players have numbers on their backs.
In the present day game with its in
tricate formations, Dr. Williams says
that the individual should be masked
as much as possible. He believes that
numbers completely spoil a play like
the Minnesota shift, which was wide-
Olympic Star Training
Soldiers in Mississippi
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Hr.X/. SHEPI°A3WD
Melvln ShepparJ, the former
Olympic ' middle-distance champion,
who is down in Mississippi looking
after the athletic work of the 47,-
000 soldiers stationed at Camp Sel
by, near Hattiesburg, declares that
he could develop a first class na
tional championship team from the
athletic material that he has ob
served in the various regiments
forming his division.
ly used a few seasons ago and varia
tions of which are still widely used.
Cut Out Heroes
Pv. Williams says that the news
papers make a mistake in making
heroes of football players, lie says it
is an injustice to the other players
to praise the work of one individual
player to the skies for making a great
play, because it is usually owing to
the concerted action of the other ten
players that one man is able to make
a spectacular play. Football, he says,
is a game in which eleven players
should share equally in the honors
of victory.
When the rules committee meets
in New York City after the first of
the year Dr. Williams says that some
system will be devised by which the
spectators will get all the informa
tion possible about the different
pluys. A\ hile it isn't within the prov
ince of the committee, according to
their own verdict, to pass a rule com
pelling the elevens to number play
ers or anything of that sort, they can
recommend a plan to give the crowds
the necessary information about
what is going on In the game.
New World's Series Plans
Now Under Consideration
Chicago, Dec. 12.—One of the
principal topics under consider
ation here by major leagues refers
to the future conduct of word's ser
ies championships.
President ener, of the National
League, does not believe the play
ers' pool, according to present ar
rangements too much. He does be
lieve, however, that moVe equable
distribution should be made of the
spoils, and his league will back him
up in the idea.
The Tener plan is to have all the
players of all the clubs but one of
the participating league to share in
the world's series pot. The princi
pal beneficiaries, of course, would be
the respective pennant winners. A
premium would be placed on vic
tory, of course. The world's cham
pion would annex the lion's share,
but the other clubs would be given
a part of the pot, graded down in
versely from second place clubs to
second division teams. The tail-end
ers would receive nothing, and the
share of the various place teams of
the league winning the highest hon
ors of baseball would be relatively
more than the defeated league in
proportion to the difference between
tile winners' and the losers' end of
the big show.
THE HUB'S
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of Men's and Boys' Clothing
This is not a special purchase sale—No rag-tag assemblage of clothes of
doubtful pedigree—Nor an accumulation of odds and ends—but it is a genuine sale
of clothing of the highest class and character in this city.
Any man who thinks dan easily know the reasons for this great disposal at such
greatly reduced prices-unfavorable weather conditions last month and hundreds
of our customers have joined the Army.
Come in tonight or tomorrow, Men, and pick out a high grade Suit or Overcoat—
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INDOOR MEET
GOES BEGGING
Chicago or St. Louis May
Have Annual Event
For Asking
Philadelphia, Dec. 14.—Chicago or
St. Louis can have tlie national
Junior indoor track and field cham
pionships of the American Athletic
Union this winter, for the asking.
Buffalo, which held the meet last
winter, lias not put in a bid for the
1918 title games and none of the
clubs in and around the Eastern dis
trict is willing to stand sponsor for
them.
The result is that the A. A. U. of
ficials would welcome a bid from
either Chicago or St. Louis and would
lose little time in awarding the meet
to the West for the first time in the
history of the indoor championships.
Boston is keen to run the games
and it would be next to impossible to
hold them in Philadelphia, unless at
enormous expense. The West, there
fore, has the floor, and if it declines
( to assume responsibility, the Amateur
Athletic Union will .have to finance
the meet itself. In the event that this
I should be the case, the meet would
probably be held in the West, any
way, because the East Is lacking in
junior athletes of more than medio
cre ability, while there are a score or
more youngsters in the West who
would bring the games up to the
standard of other years.
• Perhaps the best of the Western
era are W. A. Miller, of the Illinois
A. C., who ran a second in the nation,
al half-mile junior race at St. Louis
last fall* and Waldo Ames, of the
Chicago A. A., who ran second in
the 120-yard senior high hurdles.
Miller has run in the East on one or
two occasions and has always shown
good speed.
Ames is one of the best hurdlers
the West has developed and would
have been recognized as a star long
since had it not been for the fact that
Robert A. Simpson, of the University
of Chicago, absorbed all the lime
light. Ames has run second to Simp
son on innumerable occasions and
has shown that he was capable of
coming within a fraction of a second
of Simpson's best figures.
Other Western athletes who have
shown more than a\erage ability in
the junior races are A. T. Bush, who
was second in the 120-high hurdles
race in the junior titl emcet at St.
Louis; J. Cameron, of the Illinois
A. C., a miler; D. French, also of the
Illinois A. a distance man; A.
Parker, of the Danish-American A.
C., a walker; 11. Howard, of the Illi
nois A. C., a shot-putter, and W. A.
Dowding, of the Illinois A. C., a broad
juniper.
# WELLY IT
J W CORiNBR^
Major League magnates may not
be able to do much business in Chi
cago to-day. They got right into the
midst of a blizzard last night and 1t
was a question whether they would
get to Chicago in time.
One busy man at Chicago will be
Edward G. Barrow. Now that he is
out of a league job it is expected
that his friend Ban Johnson will find
him a berth as manager of an Amer
ican League team.
Kicks are many around the big
league circuit over the announcement
of deals between the Phillies and St.
Louis Cardinals. Quaker fans are
not taking kindly to the sale of Kil
lifer and the St. Louis patrons are
yelling like madmen over the pros
pect of losing Hornsby. By the time
the clubs are ready to start the sea
son the present troubles will have
been forgotten.
Charley Ilerzog wants to be sold
or traded. He claims that good work
is impossible with Manager McGraw
as his boss. Herzog is honest. When
a player does not take kindly to his
leader it is time lie should quit.
Benny Leonard says he will fight
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O'Dowd if the latter agrees to weight
and other terms. When it comes
down to business methods, Leonard
is no slacker.
Bnhaut Ex-High basketball team
will journey to Middletown to-night
for a game with the Middletown High
live. This game is the first of a series
for tiiis season's county honors. Both
teams have reputations for good
work.
Pennsy athletes last night made
good in the opening of the season's
elimination contests, taking two vic
tories from the Schuylkill Valfey di
vision te'ams. Harrisburg is going
after honors in the System contests.
ORANGEMEN FOR UNION
Winnipeg, Man.—The supremo
grandmaster oJ the Loyal Orango
Association of Canada has wired all
the provincial masters as follows:
"Issue the strongest appeal in my
name urging the'brethren to drop all
other considerations and to unite in
| support of the Union government.
This government must be sustained
or Canada disgraced."