tOOKWOOD TOSSERS HERE FOR GAME WITH HARRISBURG INDEPENDENT TEAM
SCORD DEAL
FOR MACK MEN
nnie Parts With Throe Vet
erans For Two Old
Players
'hicago, Dec. 15. Bank ac
nts got another overhauling at
gathering of the baseball mag-
at the Congress Hall yesterday.
•ing a lull in the joint meeting
the American and National
guo magnates, at which a few
e propositions were confirmed,
ry Frazee, of the Boston Red
it was announced, slipped Con-
Mack, of the Philadelphia Athle
a check for $60,000 and three
ers for Amos Strunk, Wally
ing and Joe Bush,
lie deal was considered on a par
i the Alexander-Killifer transfer
1 the Phillies to the Cubs. It
ked the tinal wrecking of the
i champion Athletics, Stuffy Mc
■s being the only veteran left on
team. ....
liile the baseball men were still
bfounded by this trade Washing
and St. Louis announced that
had made another. The Sen
-3 get Outfielder Shotton and
tstop Lavan for Pitcher Gallia
$15,000. , . - . .
was the Boston-Philadelphia
saction that caused the greatest
isslon.
Factors In Deal
>lng into details it was Amos
nk, outfielder; "Bullet" Joe
i, pitcher, anil Walter Schang,
ler and general utility man, who
separated from Mack's pay
The three who replaced these
Vean Gregg, pitcher, last sea
kvith the Providence club, of the
•national League; Chester Tliom
•atcher, and Merlin Kopf, out
?r.
ic excuse for the deal was that
ee wants another pennant for
on and that Connie Mack didn't
to hold to three men who kick
ler the traces last season. There
me doubt about the money. The
t Cornelius McGtllcuddy, alias
expressed surprise when he
d that he was to get $60,000.
hat is good news," said Connie,
still 1 don't understand the
ence to the $60,000. Who told
I was to get that sum?"
hen assured that the Boston
nate had wired the glad tidings
le Beantown newspapers, he
that he hoped it was true."
Mack's Good Bargain
was considered that if Mack in
ied his cash holdings to the ex
of $60,000 he got the best of the
lin, regardless of how the Phil
)hia fans will regard the deal,
iger Rowland, of the White
among others, was authority lor
statement that Gregg is still a
r league pitcher, that Thomas is
ir catcher and that Kopf is a
r.
e Bush was suspended last sea
by Mack because of disregard
•aining rules, Schang was a good
ier, but not a star, while Strunk
ered. Consequently experts in
>all chattels figured that Strunk
the man on which the deal
jjl. Any club in the league could
ftrunk. He can hit and also re
• the ball with the best in the
less. He is one of the fastest
in the game, covering the dls
i between first and third base,
s a hard worker. Bets were also
:d that Gregg would defeat
>n more often next season than
could win from the Athletics,
erybody should be satisfied.
rtage of Power
Is Feared at Lancaster
leuster, Pa.. Dec. 14. —Lancaster.
Baltimore, is facing a shortage
lectric power, both receiving
of their supply from the Holt
plant on the Susquehanna river,
I ted by the Pennsylvania Water
Power Company. The freezing
of the Susquehanna and low
are responsible for present
tions, reduced power being due
edle ice entering the machinery
lackening the giant generators,
a result of action taken yester
y the Conestoga Traction Com
it was decided that until a thaw
es normal conditions, sign lights
he street standard lights shall j
>e illuminated, and to-morrow |
y service throughout the corri
i 200 miles of roads shall be
led. The edict as to lights
into effect to-night. The Cones
company has a large auxiliary
• plant here, but on account of
hortage it will not be operated
t as a last resource.
IOTBALL IS PROFITABLE
cago, Dec. 15. The athletic
of Camp Grant, at Rockford,
md Camp Custer, at Battle
. Mich., each will be increased
4,000 to-day. This represents
camp's share of the gate re
of the recent Custer-Grant
ill game. The net profit from
iime was $34,334,. and until it
I'rmined whether a war lax will
to be paid, only $28,000 will be
d. All expenses of the contest
covered by receipts from pro
advertising and sales.
Immediate
Coal
Demand
Householders in need of fuel may pro
cure same by calling at our yard, Foster
and Cowden streets, and taking coal and
wood with them. Owing to difficulty
in making prompt deliveries, because of
snow and other conditions beyond out
control, we are from four to six days
behind our schedule.
United Ice & Coal Co.
Toster and Cnwdon Streets
SATURDAY EVENING,
THESE STARS FIGURED IN BIG
BASEBALL DEAL IN NEW YORK
j * •
Grover Cleveland Alexander, star
of the Philadelphia National
League Club, and Catcher William
Killifer were sold to the Chicago
National League Club for a sum re
if* rn f J
Jportli&rd
& GrantJaridJ^ice
Copyright. IVI7. The Tribune Association (New York Tribunal
An All-Time All-Star Team
NO. 2—THE PITCHER
riJ^ rol i l A he reis ", of A ' °* s Paulding, back around 1875, to the present
reign of Grover Cleveland Alexander and Walter Johnson, the mighty
parade of brilliant pitchers would almost extend around the world.
A. G. Spaulding, John Ward. Larry Corcoran, Charley Radbourn, John
ciarkson. Toad Ramsay, Tim Keefc. Bill Hoffer. Amos Rusie, Cv Young,
KUDe Waddel, Christy Matliewson, Miner Brown. Addie Joss, Ed. Welsh —
the array is aiipost endless.
In the matter of physical stamina. Cy 'Young has outclassed the field.
Cy won more games than almost any others ever pitched.
But Cy's main record was in the way of endurance plus phvsical skill.
He was about to carry forward 22 years.
THE FIRST LUMINARY
For all the pitching mixtures and ingredients, stamina, steadiness, brill
iancy, brains, control, speed, curves, coolness, courage, it is generally agreed
that no man has ever yet surpassed Christy Matliewson.
♦M„ B £ athe r r i° n 8 pl ?^* e at the top Js almos t unchallenged. He had every
thing a pitcher could use.
y ° ungß ' er he beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, then champions, seven
times in succession—all in one year.
6 ■) l ? t f r on> in , his ? rsi , world series ' he Pitched three successive
shut-outs—27 innings of runless ball against a hard-hitting array
I here have been others who had more speed, although Mathewson had
His snare.
HUt there has never been another who had more brains or as fine con-
Matliewson was not only a collector of victories, but he was constantly
warming up to save others under fire.
Yet in his first fifteen years service, up to the time he drew an attack
of neuritis, he never had a sore arm.
There were individual yearstVhen Walsh, Bender, Rusie. Waddell and
others did as well.
But taking in the complete array, none of these quite measured up to
the .Giant star, who was a mainstay for 15 campaigns—the man who had
the stuff and who knew how to use it.
SECOND CHOICE
Among the oldtimers who have seen both the ancient and the present
school, the vole for second choice went to Charley Radbourne, the Provi
dence star, who achieved undying fame by winning 18 successive games
within a space of 25 days—a record that has never been approached.
"Radbourne," says Frank Bancroft, the Daddy-of-'em-all, "was more
lITl l To e ..? Il } th^' SOn J t, i a , n an y pilcher 1 ever saw. I mean by that, that like
depended largely upon brains and courage and control, like Matty
hp Jr f th e Jn eet l an . d . 1 r f st o£ u - Radbourne was a great pitcher, the
best of the old school beyond any doubt."
AT PRESENT
The two stars of the present day school are Alexander and Johnson
Both are great pitchers. But neither has yet achieved a fame equal to
Mathewson s. H
Those who have starred only two or three years are not counted at all
as stamina here holds a place with brains and skill.
As great as such pitchers as Ciarkson and Rusie were neither of theip
is rat£d by the old guard above Radbourne.
We put the vote to 10 of the veteran observers, who had watched the
big parade. Nine of these voted for Mathewson without debate. The other
thought Walter Johnson was his equal.
It may be that Alexander, with his flying star, will some day top the
field. But Alex still has quite a way to go berore he glides on by the ex-
Giant, now leading the Reds.
Hence the all-star battery stands —Mathewson and Ewinr At their
best, who could name a better? ■ lnelr
(Monday—First Base)
BOXING H.\Hl) HIT
New York, Dec. 15.-—Boxing un-j
der the club membership plan re-!
ceived a death blow in the Supreme!
Court here to-day. Justice W. H.
Jaycox, of Brooklyn, in a decision
handed down in the case of the
Broadway .Sporting Club, heid thati
the club's charge of an initiative fee
and duos to spectators of boxing
bouts was a subterfuge and in vio
lation of the law.
The Broadway Club recently se
cured an injunction against police
interference, but failed to secure a ;
permanent restraining order in Jus-'
tice Jay cox's court.
ported to be the largest ever passed
in such a transaction. Baseball ex
perts have said the figure was more
than $50,000 and some of them have
put it as high as SBO,OOO.
Camp Hill Bows to York
County Academy Quintet
in Well-Played Contest
: l Deepite the fact that they were
. outweighed and handicapped by the
: loss of a regular player. Camp Hill
schoolboys played a good game
• j against the York County Academy
live on the Camp Hill floor last night.
The visitors won by the score of 40
to 13. This showing was much bet
ter than the ilrst contest when the
York team was victorious by a
score of 85 to 14.
The game was fast at all periods,
the visitors leading off with floor
work and shooting. Experienced
players composed the York team
while but a bunch of green material
represented the 'cross river bunch.
Camp 1 ill I showed exceptionally
good form. The team was able to
work out plays during the game, the
f members have been .working on this
I week. Coach Dunkle is well pleased
; with the team and thinks the play
j eras put up a good caliber of ball,
' against such an opponent.
Before the game and between
! halve* the Boy Memorial Juniors
! defeated the Camp Hill scrubs by a
score of 25 to 11.
| YORK CAMP HILL,
! Shunk, f. E. Nell, f..
Nersenhelder, f. Basehore. f.
i Fink, c. • A. Nell, c.
i C.ingerich, g. Harrison, g.
| Golswart, g. J. Nell,' g.
Field goals. Shunk, G; Xersen-
I helder, 5; Fink, 2; Gingerich, 4;
[ Ciolnwart, 1; liasehore, X; A. Nell,
•i. Foul goals, Oingerich, 4 out of
14; Basehore, 7 out of 15.
srximisßUßG ttfrißftC TELEGP^to
WAR ACTED AS STIMULUS
TO TRAPSHOOTING
GREAT YEAR FOR SPORT
By PETER P. CARNEY,
(Editor National Sports Syndicate.)
A perusal of the 1917 report of the
Interstate Association for the En
couragement of Trapshooting is the
best and quickest way to find out
why trapshooting is the king of
sports.
One can get an idea, too, of the
magnitude of trapshooting from the
vast array of figures which are most
interesting, especially to those who
have a penchant for statistics. It is
interesting, too, to compare the fig
ures for each of the past five years,
for in that time trapshooting entered
the front rank as a sporting propo
sition.
With the entrance of the United
States into the "big shoot" there was
a feeling that trapshooting would
suffer like other sports, but, if any
thing. the war has acted as a Btimu
ius for the trap-gun game, Thou
sands of trapshots joined the colors,
but thousands of others were taught
how to use the gun and shatter the
clay targets, so that in time they, too,
will be of service to our Uncle Sam
uel.
Eliliu Root some time ago in com
menting on preparedness for war,
said:
"1 know of nothing more Important
in the way of preparedness for war
than teaching the young men of the
country to shoot straight."
Trapshooting does this and every
gun club in the country threw its
doors and traps open to those who
desired to become proficient in shoot
ing. Therefore in some respects 1917
was an even greater year than the
banner one of 1916.
There were more trapshooting tour
naments in 1917, but there wasn't as
many individual shooters as in 1916.
Five hundred and fifty-one tourna
ments were registered In 1917; 504
were held and reports were received
from 493. In the 493 tournaments,
6.175,848 targets were thrown. In
1916 the number of targets thrown
was 6,366,110. When the reports from
the eleven missing tournaments come
to hand it is more than likely that
the 1916 figures will be exceeded.
The individual conestants numbered
8,763, while the year before the shoot
ers number 10,528. The number that
took part in 1915 was 8,140; in 1914,
7,847, and in 1913, 7,014. The number
of tournaments registered by the In
terstate Association in 1913 was 286;
in 1914 the number was 314; in 1915
the figures mounted to 333; in 1916
tncreased to 546 and went to 551 in
1917.
Twenty-six Million Tnruflu Thrown
Thirty-eight state championship
tournaments were held in 1913, thir
ty-nine in 1914, forty-two in 1915 and
forty-six in 1916 and 1917, counting
the United States Navy championship
as a state tournament. Targets
thrown in 1913 numbered 4,526,520, in
1914 the number thrown was 4,780,-
520, which further increased to 4,-
814,260 in 1915 and to 6.366.110 in
1916 and fell back to 6,175,848 in 1917.
The total numbers of targets thrown
in five years is 26,663,258.
With the increase in the number
of tournaments the average number
WAR HITS CAGE
LEAGUE LEADERS
Vacancies to Fill at Scholastic
, League Meeting Tomor
row; Important Session
i The effects of war have extended
! even Into the inner circles of the
! faculty directors of the Central Penn
i sylvania Basketball League, fog when
I the directors meet in this city Satur
day afternoon for their fall session,
two of the officers will be absent
through having joined Uncle Sam's
forces.
Secretary and Treasurer Fred. L.
Frost, of Lebanon, recently se.vered
his connection with Lebanon High
school to entpr a military camp. Jo
seph Malin, vice-president of the
league, lias become a member of the
National Army.
While these two officers will be
absent, representatives from those
two places will attend the meeting.
Rumor has it that other faculty di
rectors will soon follow. The meeting
will be held for the election of new
officers for the ensuing year and also
to the schedule.
Important Meeting
With the opening of the season De
cember 21, business matters of the
league will soon have to be fixed in
order to insure a successful season.
The withdrawal of Lancaster has left
only seven teams in the league, and
at this late date it will be impossible
to get an eighth entry to round out
the league. It will also furnish an
opportunity to thresh out the matter
of officials for the year. Formerly
each team suggested an official that
all the other cities accepted as satis
factory.
Third Season
This will be the third start for the
league, with Central and Reading a
winner for the first two seasons. Tech
looks formidable this year with al
most a veteran team. The season
proper will be inaugurated January
4, Lebanon will come to Tech and
Allentown will travel to York. It will
be the first year for Allentown, but
the Lehigh Valley lads have always
been strong in the indoor game.
The meeting has been called by
President P. L. Grubb, of Tech, who
is the only remaining officer. Other
members are C. E. Bilheimer, York;
B. W. Saul, Central; Leroy Lightner,
Reading, and the Allentown repre
sentative.
fiOWLING
ACADEMY DUCK PIN LEAGUE
(Academy Alleys)
Lieutenants 1917
Sergeants 1888
Barbush (L.) 164
Simmons (D 164
Collvaris (L.) 421
F. It. 11. PIPE SHOP LEAGIE
Pipe Shop 2202
Air Brake 2093
Fenner CP. S.) 191
Fenner (P. S.) 510
of targets at each falls a trifle each
year. In 1913 the average was 16,-
051; in 1914, 15.273; in 1915, 1.>0;
in 1916, 12.700. and in 1917, 12,554.
The average number of entries has
increased each year, excepting 1917.
In 1908 the average was twenty
seven and four profession
als. In 1917 the figures show that
forty-three amateurs and five pro
fessionals attended each shoot. The
figures in 1916 were 46 and 6. The
average attendance at the shoots for
the past five years was l'orty-four
amateurs and five professionals.
The Interstate Association is the
parent body of trapshooting. It fos
ters tile sport, promotes and regu
lates it, and contributes about $25,-
000 each year to its welfare. In 1917
it contributed $24,100 to 260 tourna
ments. of which the Grand American
Handicap received $4,085. The asso
ciation lias contributed on an average
to 250 tournaments a year for the
past tive years.
In addition to this the Interstate
Association contributes trophies for
various tournaments. One thousand
and twenty-three wore awarded in
1916, while the number In 1917 was
947. Six hundred and thirteen shoot
ers won one cup each; ninety-four
shooters won two trophies, thirty
three trapshots won three trophies,
six won four trophies, one won five
and three won six, so that the 947
pieces went to 750 shooters. The In
terstate Association also contributed
forty trophies to new gun clubs and
thirty-six trophies for team Compe
titions.
Beginners' day shoots didn't do so
well in 1917 compared to 1916. Four
hundred and forty-two clubs con
ducted shoots for beginners and had
4,581 men and 895 women as entrants
compared to 773 clubs and 11,625 en
trants In 1916.
4,1110 Trapshooting Clubs
New clubs formed in 1917 mounted
to 326, against 737 the year before,
and there are more active trapshoot
ing clubs to-day than ever before—
-4,610.
[ More shoots were held in lowa in
J 1917 than in any other state. Sixty
j one was the number. lowa led the
J year before, too, with fifty-six. More
money was given to Illinois by the
Interstate Association than to any
other state. The amount was $5,285.
Missouri was the best money-getter
In 1916. More targets were thrown
in Illinois—B2l,Bß3. Pennsylvania led
In the number of targets thrown in
1916, with 633, 575. North Carolina
had the best average, with ninety-
I three amateurs and seven profession
' als. New Jersey was high in this re
| spect the year befoVe.
In fourteen of the state champion
| ships there were more than 100 con
| testants, and. strange as it may seem,
j the Oklahoma state shoot was the
) largest of all. having 199 entrants,
i Eighty-eight of these were residents
| of the state and 111 came from other
I states. Illinois had the largest num
| ber of home talent in its shoot with
I 154 marksmen
These figures serve to illustrate
| just how popular a sport trapshoot
i ing is.
BLUE RIDGE IS
SHOWING LIFE
Officials Would Like to Have
Harrisburg Join Circuit
Next Season
Hagerstown, Ma., Dec. 15. —In try
ing to forecast the future of the Blue
Ridge Baseball League enthusiasts
in this neck of the valley feel rea
sonably certain that there will be
baseball next year while some ex
perts figure that Harrisburg, York
or Altoona will be in the league next
season with Hagerstown, Cumber
land, Frederick and Martinsburg.
This conclusion has been reached on
expressions of baseball managers in
the various cities and towns.
Colonel J. C. Roulette, president
of the Hagerstown team, and Presi
dent J. V. Jamison, Jr., of the Blue
Ridge League, state that Hagers
town will be back. C. A. Miller, pres
ident of the Martinsburg team, said
it is uncertain about his town being
represented in the league, yet there
is a strong sentiment in the West
Virginia burg for a return to the
sport.
Harrisburg Looms Up
Harrisburg and York, it is stated
here, want to get into the Blue Ridge
League and have been after a fran
chise, while Altoona, Johnstown and
Piedmont, W. Va., also are eager for
a berth. It is asserted that Har
risburg could easily support class D
baseball and as a member of the
Blue Ridge League would be a po
tent factor in furnishing that na
tional sport in the valley.
Gettysburg and Chambersburg arc
regarded as peglible factors so far
as their future membership in the
league is concerned and as they go
so will Hanover very likely go. Fred
erick and Cumberland, it "is believed,
can be counted upon to stay in the
league. It is thought that a reor
ganization of the league with at least
two of the big Pennsylvania towns,
including Harrisburg, will make the
future of baseball for the coming
year much brighter.
FOR COMFORT IX TRENCHES
"CooUe Shirt" is Latest Device For
Fighting Vermin
New York—A model of the very
latest thing in trench fashions—the
vermin-proof "cootie shirt" has
just been received here and the |
American fund for French wounded j
is planning to turn them out by,
hundreds at its factory in New Vork. j
The "cootie shirt," which is said to !
enjoy great popularity among the j
men in the trenches, is made of;
cheesecloth, and is dipped in creosote
and other germicidal solutions. Ow
ing to the texture of the fabric, the
shirt can be made only by hand.
"The vermin cling to the cotton
fabric and are destroyed when the
garment is dipped in boiling water," j
said an official of the organization j
today. "It isn't pleasant lo talk
about such things, but think how less
pleasant it is for the soldiers to
have to put up with 'cooties' along
with all the other hardships."
FELSH WANTS
TOBE'RASSLER'
Greatest Ambition to Be Able
to Put Big Fellows
on Mat
HAPPY FELSCH
New York, Dec. 15.—1t has finally
leaked out—the secret sorrow of
Hap Felsh, greatest White Sox fielder
and first home run getter of the 1917
' series.
Hap's early ambition was to be a
rassler. .In his early youth between!
dodging beer wagons on the streets
of Milwaukee, Hap nursed dreams
of being another Zbysko (he now
knows that he would have had to
drink twenty gallons of that stuff
that put his home town on the map
and have consumed at least fifteen
full meals daily to get into the
Zbysko class) and in those days he
rassled all the,boys of the neighbor
hood and beat 'em all.
A lot of great athletes have nursed
secret ambitions to be something
else.
Fit/Simmons' Idea
Bob Fitzsimmons wanted to be an
animal trainer and used to keep a.
tame lion. Bob's idea of a good time
was to walk through a crowded
street with the lion following meek
ly at his heels. The street didn't
remain crowded long.
I Bat Nelson and Johnny Evers cher
ished similar ambitions. Both want
ed to forsake the fields of sports and
become writers. Bat took a whirl at
it, but wasn't much of a success.
When Evers quits baseball it
wouldn't be surprising to find him
i writing sport. He has the ability and
j knows a good story wnen he sees it.
I Jack Johnson loved his title bet-*
I ter than his right eye, but he always
| thought he would be a greater auto
j race driver than a fighter. He tried
I repeatedly to break into the racing
j game but never succeeded.
John L. a Farmer
John L. Sullivan's great ambition
was to be a farmer and when he left
the ring he settled down on a little
farm near Boston.
Home Run Baker would rather be
considered a successful farmer than
a great ballplayer. Hal Chase thinks
more of his billiard piaylng than of
his grace'ful work around first. Kid
McCoy's ambition was to be the
greatest pool player In the world and
Jim Corbett always Imagined he was
the country's greatest handball play
er. Abe Attel wanted to be a good
actor.
Well-Known Sport Scribes
Have Joined Uncle Sam
New York, Dec. 15.—There will be
many familiar faces missing from
the press box when the next oaseball
season opens at the Polo grounds
unless tho war ends before next
spring—a prospect that is hardly
worth considering.
Of the baseball writers who cov
ered the 1917 openings a dozen are
in kliakl, or will be before Christ
mas.
Perhaps the best known is Grant
land Rice, who has enlisted as a pri
vate and has been assigned to the
One Hundred and Fifteenth Artil
lery. Thirtieth Division, at Camp Se
vier, Greenville, S. C. At 35, Rice is
giving up a successful career to serve
his country.
The other night a few of Rice's
friends bade him a formal farewell.
Two of his former associates were
there In uniform. Major Boze.-nan
Bulger came from Camp Upton, and
Captain "Bill" McGeehan attended
to bid tho "boys" goodby. McGee
han has been ordered to active duty
in Texas and has left for San An
tonio.
Ijieutenant Innls Brown, formerly
of the Sun, will report ut Camp Disc
next week, as will Lieutenants Jack
Wheeler and Eugene O'Connell.
Lieutenant Bill Wright, who former
ly covered baseball for the Tribune,
was a graduate of the first Plattsburg
camp, and is now in France. Donald
Day, who wrote baseball for the
Morning Telegraph up to last Jtine,
is now an aviator in one of the Long
Island camps. Frank O'Neill, an
other Tribune man. is an artillery
man at Camp Wadswortli.
OVERLOOKED A BET
A reporter on rtn Indiana paper
turned in the following account of
an accident:
"Miss Rose, the 19-year-old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Price, was run
down by an auto last evening and
her limb was bruised just above the
knee. The driver did not stop to ex
amine the extent of the youns
woman's injury."—Cincinnati En
quirer.
1
9 w CORONER-.
Hookwood cage players from Phil
adelphia may expect a warm welcome,
to-night. This aggregation lias al
ways made good in this city and
played an interesting game. The
local Independents have been slowly
but surely showing championship form
and promise a hard battle.
After prolonged arguments through
the press, the major -magnates met
yesterday and reached conclusions in
a hasty manner, doing mostly what
they said would not be done. There
will be no schedule change and it is
likely that the player limit will
stand.
If Connie Mack sold his star play
ers for cash and the money Is in the
bank before next season's plans are
completed, ho will not need worry.
However, the major backers appar
ently have forgotten the reports that
if war is on there will be no baseball.
No Cause For Alarm Is
Belief of Major Magnates;
Schedule Is Unchanged
Chicago, Dec. 15.—At yesterday's
major league conference the two
leagues decided to open the 1918
season on Tuesday. April 16, a week
later than last year, and to play a
154-game schedule, which lias been
the program for years.
The National League agreed to the
American League plan for the col
lection of the Federal war tax. It
was decided to collect only what the
Government charges—three cents on
bleacher seats, five cents o'n pavil
ion seats, eight cents on grandstand
seats and ten cents on box seats.
The leagues also decided to col
lect a ten-cent tax on every free ad
mission.
World'* Series Finns
There is every indication that the
plan for a new division of the
world's scries receipts, which- previ
ously had been opposed by President
Johnson, of the American League,
will be adopted. President Johnson
and August Herrmann, president ot
the Cincinnati club and chairman of
the National Baseball Commission,
were empowered to act on the advis
ability of adopting the plan, which
provides that the four first division
clubs in the two leagues shall share
in the purse.
"I was much impressed with the
thought," President Johnson said to
night. "It came from Mr. Hermann,
and I believe I shall vote for It. We
purpose pooling the world's series
money and also the receipts of city
series, which wjU make a rich prize."
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Perhaps they liavo a tip that the war
will gnd beforo starting time.
livery member on the famous Illi
nois Athletic basketball five cham
pionship winners last spring has
joined the colors. There will bo
more stars under the (lag before the
cage season !s fairly on.
That wartime sports do not reap
the harvest of dollars that peacetimo
athletics turn in was manifested yes
terday afternoon when tho news
leaked out that Penn during the past
season made *50.000 less than in tho
191 season. This takes into consid
eration all the expenses of the two
seasons. It became known that in
the season of 1916 Penn's football
team, after its first year under Bob
Folwell, had shown on the right side
of the ledger a gain of |7G,000. This
year the football management was
able to show a gain of $25,000.
ROOKWOODTEAM
TO PLAY HERE
Famous Philadelphia Cage
Team Clashes Tonight
With Independents
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Philadelphia's oldest cage aggrega
tin will meet the local Independents
at Chestnut Street Auditorium to
night. Rookwood is a familiar name
all over the state in basketball. This
team is to-night's big attraction.
Harrisburg fans have always been
strong admirers of this Quaker City
aggregation.
For seventeen years the Rookwood
five of Philadelphia has been famous
in the cage game. Stars have come
and gone from the lineup, but it
never lias been said that the Rook
wood five had lost its class. In the
game to-night the Philadelphia stars
will meet a strong local team.
I'liungc In I.lneup
There may be a change in the In
dependents' lineup. Wallower is out
of the city and may not got back in
time. He will be missed. The other
stars will be on hand and McCord
will be back at his old position at
forward. Sourbier will jump center
After the game there will l )e an in
teresting dance program. The teams
will line up as follows:
Independents. Rookwood.
N. Ford, f. Von Osten. f.
McCord, f. MacGregor, f,
Wallower. Hugg. c .
Sourbter, c. Thompson, g.
G. Ford ( g. Deal, g.
I McConnell, g.
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