CENTRAL HIGH FOOTBALL PLAYERS DO THEIR BIT BY CUTTING OUT BANQUET
CENTRAL HIGH
CUTS BANQUET
Money to Be Turned Over to
American Red Cross
Society
Believing that by doing so they
• could perform a du#l service to their
country the Central football squad
unanimously decided to cut out the
annual football banquet. They will
contribute the money saved to the
American Red Cross Society. By do
ing this the boys feel they are do
ing their "bit" in conserving food
and also helping to finance the work
of the society that is doing great
things. Giving up this banquet 15 no
Kmall sacrifice for the boys, every
one of whom has been looking for
ward to this event since the begin
ning of the season.
Players on Squad
The football banquet has been an
annual event at Central for the past
several years. The squad is as fol
lows:
Noble Frank, Ben Wolfe. Art
Fields, Orpheus Page, Carlton
Goodiel, Elmer Herring, Herman
Gohn, Paul Boeder, Huge Rose,
Harry Good, John Shoemaker, Wil
l>am Rodgers, Kenneth Wingeard,
Seymour Nissley, Arthur Gardner,
Blair Smith, Jay Stoll, John Mc
'aleb, Earl Wolfe, Arthur West,
Hteve Bolan, Mell McCllntock, Bud
Harry Fluss, Earl Feist,
John Neffe, Thomas Caldwell, Wil
liam Mcßride, Ross Hoffman, Albert
Rinkenbach, Armon Compton,
Vance Butler, Wilmer King. Earl
KtaufCer, John Nye and Winston
Romig. letters will be presented to
the varsity and to the scrubs to-day
iind all senior varsity men will be
given sweaters.
No Cash For Alexander; -
Old Contract Turned Over
New York, Dec. 21.—Grover Alex
ander. former star pitcher for the
Philadelphia National League Clubj
recently sold to the Chicago Na
tionals with Catcher Killifer for
$50,000, will receive no part of the
purchase money, according to Pres
ident William Baker, of the Phila
delphia Club.
"If Alexander wants any bonus
he. must look to it from President
Weeghman, of Chicago," said Baker
here last night. "I see no reason
why we should turn any of the
money received for Alexander over
to that player.
"At a matter of fact, there is no
need of Alexander signing a new
contract with Chicago. We have as
signed his contract, which covers the
j-eason 1918 and 1919, over to the
<'hi<::go Club. By the provisions of
th" new contracts signed by players
last spring the v agreed to go to
whatever club they are sent, wheth
er major or minor, at the same or
smaller salary."
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Chicago, Dec. 21. —Eddie Cieotte, of
the world's champion Chicago White
Sox, is the king of American League
pitchers. The official pitching aver
ages announced here credit him with
being the most effective pitcher in
the league. He allowed only a frac
tion over 1% earned runs per nine
Innings pitched. His average was
1.53.
Carl Mays, of the oston Red Sox,
came in for second honors. His pitch
ing record showed that he gave I*4
earned runs per nine innings pitched,
with the veteran Rddie Plank, who
"Good By" Baseball Is
Belief of Reading Fans
Reading, Pa., Dec. 21.—The local
baseball fans were handed a jolt
yesterday morning when it was an
nounced that the Farmers' National
Bank, of Reading, has sold the Cir
cus Maximus baseball pkrk to Sam
uel M. Sherman, the well-known
Reading contractor and builder, t'or
$40,000, who intends turning the
tract, a city block, into building lots
in the spring.
The Circus Maximus was built by
William Abbott Witman, Sr., mem
ber of City Council, in 1907, and
since 1910 has been the scene of
local Tri-State and New York State
League gapies.
DUCKPIN BOWLER STARS
In the Casino Duckpin League
series last night, the Keystones lost
to the Senators, scores 1916 to 1983.
G. Hargest of the victfirs was high
ms>n with 183 and 488.
took part in twenty games, a Close
third with an average of 1.79.
Cicotte did more twirling than any
other American League. The records
show he pitched a total of 340 in
nings and served 1,215 batsmen.
Walter Johnson holds the record of
strikeouts in 1917. He fanned 185
men.
Jim Bagby passed out more hits
than any other pitcher, while Jim
Shaw, of Washington, sent more men
to first on balls. Opposing batsmen
registered 277 hits off the Cleveland
twirler. The grand total of 123 bases
on balls were distributed by Shaw
during the season.
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An All-Time All-Star Team
NO. 7.—THE OUTFIELD
thlck°t.rof,f f.T® !? overwl ?elming. Great outfielders have grown in
v? from the games drawn down through the year just closed,
iurv r J"® markable Part is that when we offered our selection to the
seining vote managers and veteran scribes there was hardly a dis
. T he verdict was practically unanimous, full proof that tlietrio cnlpcteri
had earnetf their right to live at the crest. ° selected
J THE LONG PARADE
.invi p f ra T d ® of outfielding stars is a mighty one. It goes far back to the
days of A. J. Reach. Paul Hinep and James O'Rourke ° ■
, JJmmy McAleer, one of the greatest fielding stars ever known
„ * nK cent 'P ede on defense. And then King Kelly It comes
wini!r*r I B i C v e 2Jinent stars as Fred Clarke, Billy Hamilton, Joe Keliv
Bi LIT 6 , T' R Donlin, Hugh Duffy, ,Ed Delehanty, Jimmy Sheckard
Bill Lange, Jess Burkett and countless others. ™'
n~iiv, se t ms almost impossible to leave out such men as Mike Kelly and Ed
Delehanty or men like Joe Kelley and Bill Lange. But since only three
can be picked, these three must prove their worth.
_ T NUMBER ONE
in JESSES ZV"' A man " ho C " 1 h " '•
A CAN LEND HIS '® A B UE at hat in ten out of eleven season*
runs reC ° rd '° r base h,ta and runs BCorcd in a
Well, the name Ty Cobb answers the rest of it.
„ Col J b ' a fielder . isn't the greatest of the lot in defensive play But he
aboveill rlva^y e ' far-ranging superiority on attack lifts him well
V ra^ S ;vf Peed ; n fr e ? nd rare natural ability, he overtops the heap.
Holder outfield what Wagner is to the infield —the Sceptre
NUMBER TWO
The man who gives Cobb the hardest battle is Tris Speaker. Veteran
observers like Clarke Griffith all say that Speaker is the greatest defensive
outlielder baseball has ever exploited.
There have been others as fast. There have been a few others who could
gro as far lor a ball.
There have been others who could throw as well. But there has been
no other who could do all these things as well, and who in addition had the
uncanny knack of playing each batsman—who seemed to drift like a
shadow from one spot to another—and always be in the right place. We
have seen Speaker on thre.successive batsmen play right center, left centr
and then close in back of second place—gauging each man to a few vards
.Speaker can cover more ground before a ball Is pitched than any other
man. And If he guesses incorrectly, which ho seldom does, he can co a
mile to retrieve his error in judgment.
As an outfielder he handles a ground ball with the ability of a crack
innelder.
And to this impressive, defensive strength must be added the fact that
he is a powerful hitter, not only a normal .350 man, but one who can tear
the hide off the ball for extra bases.
Speaker is a remarkable offensive and defensive combination, and there
are any number who rank him for all around value on a par with Cobb.
NUMBER THREE
Mike Kelly and Joe Kelley—Jimmy Sheckard and Fred Clarke the
slugging Delehanty—the rare Bill Lange—Billy Hamilton.
The remaining list Is a great one, but how can wee Willie Keeler be put
aside?
Ask Joe Kelley, or John McGraw, or others who played with Keeler and
who remember his work.
Keeler was one of the most scientific batsmen that ever chopped a
timely single over third or first.
For thirteen years he batted well above .300, at times moving up to a
.400 range. His average for all time is almost as high as Cobb's.
And Keeler was also a great defensive outfielder, a fine ground coverer
—a great thrower—a star in every department of play.
Mike Kelly was a marvel, more of an all around sensation, but those
who watched the work of both figure Keeler on top for outfield worth. So
the combination stands—Cobb, Speaker, Keeler. Who can name a hetter
man?
TO-MORROW—THE ROUND-UP
Yal£ Plans Winter Sports ;
Little Training Needed
New Haven, Conn., Dec. 21.
Yale's reorganization of its athletic
committee, or its athletic board of
control, as it Is technically known,
will not take place until after the
holiday vacation.
Practically no members, graduate
or undergraduate, were left of the
committee a month after war was
declared, and Prof. Robert Corwin,
of the Yale faculty, chairman of the
council, has since been in executive
charge of athletics. Three under
graduates have just been appointed
to the board of control, J. Woolley,
Rufus Hyatt and Robert Blair. Wool
ley and Blair are captairis of the Of
ficers Reserve Training Crops and
are Yale News editors. Hyatt is cap
tain of the crew and manager of the
basketball association.
It has been decided that Yale's
winter sports shall be continued be
cause, as the Alumni Weekly puts ltt,
they are "spontaneous" and require
no extensive preparation, like weeks
of football or baseball training or of
rowing.
The winter sports, fencing, box
ing, wrestling, swimming, water polo,
basketball and hockey, require little
time and not as protracted training
' do the major spring sports.
1 The board of control, when reor
ganized, will decide the fate of the
spring sports
/
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JOE FOGARTY ON
GREYSTOCK TEAM
Will Play Forward in Game
With Independents Satur
day Night; New Referee
Joe Fogarty, manager of the Grey
stock team which appears here Sat
urday will have his regular line-up.
Joe himself will play one of the for
ward positions, Zahn will play op
posite hitn. Jack Lawrence, the star
center of the Eastern League last
winter, will be pivot man. Bilson, the
leading guard of the league, will play
one of the guard positions. Bil
son during last season had the least
number of goals thrown on him in
the league and with Joe Campbell
his running mate for the other guard
position, makes one of the strongest
basketball pair ever together.
The Greystock team took the lead
in the Eastern League early last sea
son and were never in any great dan
ger of loosing their lead. The In
dependents are practicing hard to
make a creditable showing Satur
day.
The one great difficulty the Inde
pendent management has been hav
ing this season is with referejs, but
this has been overcome. "Clint"
White was signed to toss the ball
the rest of the season. "Clint" is on
the college board of referees and as
no games appear on Saturdays he
will officiate for the local tossers.
Dancing will follow the game. The
lineup:
Greystock. Harrisburg.
Fogarty, f. N. Ford, f.
Zahn, f. McCord, f.
Lawrence, c. Sourbieivc.
Campbell, g. G. Ford, g.
Bilson, g. McConnell, g.
LOSE FIRST GAME
The Commonwealth five last night
met with their first defeat. The
Weaver A. C. won, score 38,t0 23.
Felker'of the Weaver team, was thei
star. The game was fast and inter
esting.
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WILLARD QUITS
CIRCUS BUSINESS
Will Dispose of His Tent Out
fit; Anxious to
Fight
Chicago, Dec. 21. —Jess Willard,
looking in better condition that In
several years, announced to-night
that he is done with the circus life
and will not strike the sawdust trail
another year. He is going to dispose
of all of his circus holdings which
are now located at Jacksonville, Pla.
"I don't know what I'll do next
season," says the big fellow, "but I'll
drop into soir.e line or other. I'm not
going to loaf."
This was the day set by Mike Col
lins to declare Fred Fulton heavy
weight champion if Jess didn't come
to bat, but the champion is on the
job.
Heady to Talk nawinrss
"You can tell Fearless Fred I am
here and ready to talk business. I'm
prepared to fight anybody that thinks
he has a chance. I think I'm the best
heavyweight and if I'm not I want to
find out about it. I'll consider any
propositions. Fearless Fred looks as
good to me as any of them."
Willard doesn't want to fight be
fore spring as he says he doesn't
know of a building big enough to put
on the sort of a bout he wishes to
stage.
"I want to put on a monster bout
for the Red Cross and in order to ac
commodate the crowds I would want
to assemble, I think it would be nec
essary to stage the bout In an outdoor
arena, or possibly in some of the big
ballparks.
"I don't care so much for the 20-
round stuff so this match will have
to be a 10-round affair. Just as much
money can be realized from a short
bcut.
"I'm in good shape; haven't been
down to weight so well in a long
time. I'm twenty-two pounds lighter
than I was a year ago and I'm still
the champion and doing business at
the old stand."
CAMP FIRE GIRLS'
AVAR CHEST GRO\} T S
New York, Dec. 21.—The Camp
Fire Girls started a few months ago
to raise among themselves $50,000 as
a war chest to carry on the vari
ous forms of war work which liave
made the food administration and
several state and national govern
ment departments recognize them as
a factor in the country's organiza
tion for war, and which caused Pres
ident Wilson to accept the honorary
presidency of. the Camp Fire Girls.
Fifty thousand dollars is a lot of
money for even a hundred thou
sand girls to raise when they do it
all themselves, but the war chest
is growing weekly.
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j Reading After Franchise
in Basketball League
Reading, Deo. 21.—Albert Ber
liner, of this city, who owned the
Reading Eastern League Basketball
Club for several years, announced
that he is negotiating for the pur
chase of the Hazleton franchise of
the Pennsylvania State League and
will attend the special meeting of
the Pennsylvania League at Wilkes-
Berre, on Sunday afternoon. An
other former Eastern League mag
nate Ik after the Providence team
to transfer the franchise to Allen
town, which has been eager for pro
fessional basketball for several
year.
Berliner has already signed "Boo"
Newman, Maurice Tome and
Frankel, a trio from this season's
Trenton Eastern League team, and
George Morris, the veteran guard
of the Bears, and is making a stren
uous effort to land Roy Steele, the
former Camden star forward, and
Jack Lawrence, the pivot man of
last season's champion Greystock
five. Berliner has secured the arm
ory, the scene of all past Eastern
League contests, and the local cage
fans are showing great enthusiasm
THE HUB'S
ROUSING WAR TIME
SALE
of Men's and Boys' Clothing
With gift giving at its lop notch why not buy a gift for your
self A Suit or an Overcoat is the best gift for a man or a boy.
And right now among our Rousing War-Time Sale of high
grade clothes is the best time to buy the savings are BIG and
real Winter starts to-day. If you are not in need of a Suit or an
Overcoat at present you will practice the strictest kind of economy
in buying now for next season's need, when prices are bound to
be considerably higher and many of the present fabrics will not be
obtainable.
Heed this economy call, men, by taking advantage of these reduced prices
NOW F
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Boys' Suits and Mackinaws Reduced
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DECEMBER 21, 1917.
j W CORjN'ER^
Eight minor leagues according to
reports will start tha baseball sea
son next ear. The Blue Ridge Is in
cluded in the list. If the Interna
tionals and New York State Leagues
want to get into the game a complete
reorganization will be necessary.
Christy Mathewson, manager of
the Cincinnati Reds, will eat his
Christmas dinner in his home town,
Factoryville. He lias , been busy get
ting together some promising talent
for the Reds lineup next season.
Carl Morris says he is through
with the ring game. He claims that
Jess Willard and Matt Hinkle have
hounded him out of the ring and
will not let him fight.
Otto Knabe, former Phillie second
baseman, has landed with the Chi
cago Nationals for next season. Last
summer Knabe was player manager
of the Richmond Internationals, but
[With that league seemingly out of
business, Knabe hastened to land
himself a meal ticket for the hot
summer days. Weeghman took a lik
ins to Otto in the Federal League
( days, when Knabe managed the Bal
timore club. He is scheduled for a
role with the Cubs similar to that
over the announcement of Pennsyl
vania State League basketball being
brought to this city.
TARSUS FTVE WINNERS
The Tarsus live last night won over
the Sons of -Rest team, score 20 to
lt>. The game was played in St.
Paul's gymnasium. Lyter and Lutz
played a strong defensive game ano
were Tarsus stars and Cahill playeu
best for the Sons.
BUCKNELL AWARDS LETTERS
Lewisburg, Dec. 21.—Before the
closing of the college for holidays
this week, the Bucknell Athletic
Board awarded the football athletic
•'B" to the following players: Cap
tain Newcombe, Hall, Cline, Smith,
Elliott, Boswell, Freeble, Weddell,,
Spotts, Morrison, Bortz, Kostos, Lew-
Is, Brandt, Leas, Gerliart and Wargo.
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occupied by Kid Gleason with the
White Sox.
Bobby Byrne, released by the
Phillies last summer after playing
ten consecutive years in the National
League, will be in the majors again
next summer. Byrne has received of
fers from two American and one Na
tional League clubs for 191 S. Bobby
Is only 32, and is also beyond the
present draft age limit. Byrne will
he the third veteran comeback, us
Leifield, aged 34, has signed with
the Browns, and Nap Lajole, aged 4 2,
has signed with the Red Sox.. "Why.
I'm a youngster compared to those
boys," remarked Byrne the other day.
One of the comedies of war ts that.
Mike Gibbons may soon be called
upon to give boxing Instruction to
Mike O'Dowd. Both boys hail from
St.* Paul. O'Dowd is recognized gen
erally as middleweight champion,
while Gibbons is a middleweight
challenger, yet the challenger may
be asked to teach the rudiments of
boxing to the champion of the 158-
pound performers. Gibbons is now
boxing instructor p.t Camp Dodge.
O'Dowd, caught by the draft, is soon
to report as a private at Camp Dodge
probably about January 8. The two
Mikes are great rivals, and Minne
sota ring fans are already wonder
ing with what grace O'Dowd will
take orders from Gibbons.
EX-SHISRIFF FAGLKY DDES
Sunbury. Pa., Dec. 21. —George K.
Fagley, of Mount Carmel, sheriff of
Northumberland county from 1890
to 189 8, died yesterday.
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