CENTRAL TOSSERS SHOW IMPROVEMENT-TECH WINS OVER READING-LEADS LEAGUE PITT COMES EAST FOR HARD GAMES Regulars at Front, but Those at Home Are Doing Good Work Pittsburgh, Pa., Fpb. 6.—The Uni versity of Pittsburgh basketball team invades eastern territory next week, having games Thursday, Friday and Saturday with Lafayette, Allentown Am/>uian<e team and Lehigh. It was originally intended to do away with the trip entirely, but as the three games scheduled are all to be played in towns within a few miles radius, t lie arrangements were Anally ap proved. The Pitt team, while not up to the standard of the last two years, due to the loss of all five regulars to the service, has been making a rec ord. The first five games resulted in victories, one being over Yale University here New Tear's night. The fast Allegheny College team ad ministered the locals their first de feat of the year on February 1. This team has won seven of eight Barnes played agahist Pitt in the last ten years. They defeated Colgate tlie previous week. Hard (iiiuiea Coming After the eastern trip, the basket- : ball team lias five gauies to play, ; Lehigh, Penn State and Carnegie Tech performing here and games being played away with Penn State and Washington and Jefferson. The basketball schedule is much shorter than usual. Great interest has been , shown in the local games and tbe j crowds are the best in the history I of the sport. As there is to be no varsity base ball team this year, the list of can- ■ didates for track is greater than ever. Some promising men who are new to the game have reported and i'bach Kerr expects to get some stars i rom them. Frank Shea, a sopho more, who holds the 440-yard na-1 tional A. A. U. senior title, is going sit his best and has broken several records on the university indoor. track. Tie will run for Pitt in the! Meadowbrook games in Philadelphia! this month. A relay team will clash j with Penn State in this meet. Sev- | eral other men will appear there, likely Hugus, a high Jumper, and Kckhardt, a half-miler. Eckhardt has been accepted for aviation, but won't be called for some time. Reis sen, star center of the basketball team, has also gone in aviation. Reading Fans Are Sore Over Farrell's New Plan; To Fight for Recognition Reading, Feb. 5. —The proposed plan to reorganize the New York State League with Syracuse, Elmira fiid .Binghamton, Utica, Troy and -Albany, as the circuit meets with the approval of President John H. Farrell, of the Empire State organ ization. Farrell's hope is to elimi nate the Pennsylvania cities—Read ing, Scranton and Wilkea-Barre — but from the present outlook the owners of these three franchises l ave already protected themselves and a real Court fight stares the New York State Leaguers In the face if Farrell attempts to go through with the scheme. The belief that Sunday baseball will soon be legalized in New York State by an act of Assembly, and that the Empire State League clubs would be in position to play at home on Sundays, has been given out as one reason why the Keystone State towns would be eliminated, and the railroad fares would be greatly re duced. The local fans, despite the fact t hat the Snow King has this section of Pennsylvania in his grasp, are seriously thinking over the situa tion, and hope that Manager George Wiltse, owner of the Reading New York State League Club, will be back here with his team again tho coming season, despite these mid winter rumors to reorganize the league and force out the Pennsyl vania cities. Baseball Circuits Stand Ban Johnson Gives Notice New York, Feb. s.—Ban Johnson, President of the American League, put an end to major league hopes of Baltimore and Toronto in a re cent reply to these clubs -in which lie stated that there was only one city outside the major league cir cuits deserving to be promoted to higher standing and that was Kan sas City. Johnson declared that Kansas City had the population and the necessary enthusiasm to sup port a major league club, and the only reason it had not attained this standing was because of its geo graphical location which made it impossible to include it in either of tlie circuits. Johnson's announcement will be great disappointment to Balti more promoters becau.se the old Fed eral League backers in that city have been entertaining hopes that Mime re-adjustment of circuits would bring the old home of the Oi'ioles back to major league standing. To ronto had a great season last year with a pennant winning club under Larry Lajoie, and when Ed Barrow .•Hid Ban Johnson had a scheme last fal to form a third major league circuit, Toronto and Baltimore, were included in the re-adjustment. Steelton Grammar School in Fast Basketball Game Certral grammar school basketball team of Steelton. won an easv vic tory over the Willard grammar school live, last evening, score 58 to 17. Both tfams played fast ball despite the • ■ae-sided score. By winning last night's fray it was the fifth straight win. In a preliminary match be tween the Blues and Whites the Blues came out on top with a 14 to 10 vic tory. The summaries follow: i central. Willard. Rowman, f. McCarbell. f. Auman, t. Eisner, f. Roth, c. Hummel, c. Plowman, g. Kssig, g. Wigfield, g. " Daley, g. Field goals Rowman. 16; Auman 3; Roth. 3; Plowman. 1; Wigfield, 5- McCarbell, 2; Eisner, 3; Daley. 1. Foul goals—Rowman, 2; Daley. 5 „ BI ,V- . „ White. X< arina, f. Sanders, f. Bruno, f. .Tlras, f. Fisher, e. Clouser, c. Daron. K. Knltrht, n. Plowman, a. Hummel, K. Field croals—Farina. 1; Rruno 2 Fisher, 2; Sanders. X; Cloiwer, I. Foul ROl —Daron, X; Plowman, X /Iras, 3; Hummel, 2. WEDNESDAY EVENING, ' RARRIBBURO (AM* TELEGRAPH FEBRUARY 6, 1918 1 JOHN M'GRAW'S CATCHERS SIGN CONTRACTS; LEW M'CARTY LATEST TO COME INTO FOLD pifrT jlinirwi I'll ll lli'lilfllßMHiWlllll wmphiii i iim l ' ' 1 ■ ' ' i ' ■ ■'' /' ! I '' ' I 1/EW M? CAR7X'.- Cnrrc. New York, Feb. C.—The Giants' catchers are now all in line for the j season. Tlio last of them to fall in line is Lew McCarty, who didn't do ! much work last year owing to injuries. McCarty is still suffering j slightly from the injury to his arm, which accident happened at Chicago during the world's series. McCarty will probably go to Hot Springs to get into condition. He 1 hopes to bat in his 1918 form next season. He batted .300 that year ! for the Dodgers. ! Early last season "Mac" broke his leg, which affected his work even j after he returned to the game. Now that Lew is in the fold the Giants have nothing to worry about in the backstopping line, as the veteran. Bill Rariden and George Gibson, are already signed up. WATCH CENTRAL TOSSERS GOOD WORK IS FEATURE;, MISS CAPTAIN GREGORY This year's Central team, although] it is not the best in the school's his tory, has been playing a very good game of basketball. Coach Wallow er has been greatly handicapped by the lack of good material, but is doing his best to put out a team that will be a credit to the records Central has made in the past. The greatest loss to the team this year is the absence of Diclc Gregory. Gregory played forward on last year's team and had been elected captain for this year, but he enlisted and is now waiting the order to go to France. If Gregory was back at Central j he and Wright would be a satisfac- ] tory set of forwards, according to; general belief. A good running mate 1 to Wright would add much to Cen-, tral's offensive strength. Rodgers, who has been playing 1 forward in the last several games is j a hard player and is always in the; fight, but he is not a sure shot.: Many fans are of the opinion that Goodiel would made a better for-: ward than Rodgers because of his i ability to locate the basket. • Both of these men are working hard end either one is likely to start against York Friday night. Wright Doing His Bit Wright, the other forward, is playing a good game at his position. He has been doing his bit from the j field by scoring nine field goals. , Wright played in part of the game; against Allentown and in all of the j games against Lebanon and Steelton. i In these three contests he has made eight field goals. Wright is a fast floor man and works well with the team. If a forward of Wright's! ability could be discovered by' Wharton Freshmen Lose to Lewistown High Team The Wharton School freshman basketball team was walloped by the fast Lewistown High School quintet at Lewistown. score 51-12. The freshmen were completely snowed under the first half, scoring but two points to I>e wis town's thirty-three. In the second half'they came back and scored ten to Lewistown's eight een. The Lewistown team has lost but one game this season. Tyrone High School taking it. The score follows: LEWISTOWN H. S. l-'.O. FI.Q. Pts. Wilson C r> 17 Ortli o 18 U'rich 2 0 4 Johnson .1 o 6 Krane 3 0 6 23 6 51 WIIARTOX FRESHMEN E.G. Fl.O. Pts. Zeigler 0 2 2 Lapkin 1 n 2 Winn 3 0 H Liddtck ; 1 o 2 Neavllng 0 o o 5 2 12 Fouls committed, Wharton. 17; Lewi'stotvn. 6. Referee, Gossard. Bill Brennan Will Twirl In Southern League Chicago. Feb. 5. —Bill Brennan, chief of the umpires in the Ameri can Association during the season of 1917, has signed a contract to officiate in the same capacity in the Southern League during the coming campaign, according to an announcement from the South. Brennan, who is a native of St. Paul, is spending the winter in New Orleans, where he is keeping in shape by, working in the -Winter League in the Crescent City. At the close of the 1917 Association season Brennan automatically be came a free agent, as he had only signed up for"Tme season with Tom Hickey. Brennan was formerly an arbitrator in the National League, and later became head of the staff in the defunct Federal circuit 11 Coach Wallower Central's chances .! would jump immediately. "Nob" Frank, who is at the pres ent leading the league in scoring, is ■ playing his best game of basket • ball this year. If it would not be for , Frank's scoring both from the field and the foul line, Central would be 1 out of the race altogether, is the be i lief. In the three league games he i has played in so far he has scored , eleven goals from the field and forty-seven points from the fifteen foot mark. Not only has he scored t)ie majority of Central's points, but his floor work has at all times been excellent. Good Foul Shooter As a foul shooter Frank ranks among the best. In the game with | AVilliamsport last Friday Frank shot ! thirty out of thirty-five chances from ! the foul line, thus establishing a , i record that is hard to beat by pro fessional or amateur. Captain Wolfe I and Fields have been playing a good . 1 game, but they will have to tighten ; ; up their defense if Central is to . capture any honors in the leagutf. i Their opponents have been scoring ] entirely too many field goals. Noth j ing but the work of Frank, Wright ,1 and Field* from the field and Frank ■j from the foul line is keeping Cen j tral in the race. Fields has been ; playing a good game on the offense i and the defense, but with Wolfe he ! has been allowing too many goals I from the Held. Coach Wallower is i' working hard to improve this fault ' and is expecting Wolfe and Fields to ; hold the York forwards to a very . few tallies. Friday night when York comes to •j Chestnut Street, Central will <have j their hardest games so far this sea , son. If they defeat York it will j increase their chances for the cham i pionship and give them a good start ij for their games that they will soon play away from home. Courts of New York Whack Boxing Contests New York, Feb. 6.—Justice I-len drick in the Supreme Court here to-day declared the S T ew York State urti-prize fighting law constitutional when he dismissed a writ of habeas corpus obtained by a boxer who had teen arrested for taking part in a bout to which an admission fee had been charged. It was claimed the boxer did not know the audience had paid to see the exhibition. "When a man participates in a sparring match it seems to ms quite reasonable to presume that he must know whether he is giving the ex hibition gratis, or whether ho re ceives compensation," dsclared Jus tice llendrick. "If the latter, it is only a step to the presumption that lie must know the sources from v hich the money is rejei -ed. Tf there is no acmiission fee. no offense is committed. If thsre is t fee, it is so nearly a part of the exhibition uk to render the particioant amen able to the penalty prescribed. "Sparring in itself is not inher ently wrong. The LegUlatura has not undertaken, to declare it so. Nor is sparring as an exhibition for money evil in itself. But in the judgment of the Legislature it tends to corrupt the public morals, and for that reason it is prohibited." First Monthly Contest in Enola Billiard Series Enola. Feb. 6. ln the first month ly pocket billiard elimination con test among the roomers of the local P. R. R. Y. M. C. A. dormitory, held in the association game room, Mon day evening, N. 11. Pittinger. a vard brakeman, won over Ave other con testants. The other entrants in the contest were: H. F. Mclntyre, Roy H. Johns, W. B. Doebler Henry Deck ard and William C!. Hoffman. In the preliminary matches. Hoff man eliminated Johns; Deckard eli minated Mclntyre. and Pittlnirer nut Doebler out of the running. By con sistent shooting Pittinger then emerged victor In the second series of matches. TO HOLD RACES AT COUNTY FAIRS State Representatives Take Up Important Questions at Annual Meeting Philadelphia, Pa.. Feb. . 6. The Pennsylvania State Association j of County Fairs, which opened a j two days' session at the Hotel Han- j over yesterday, went on record as j advocating a Digger and better coun ty fair for the coming season, in ] spite of the wartime conditions, and ! voted to continue the horse racing j program as a prominent part of the . 1918 exhibition. Sixteen fair asso- i ciations were represented at the meeting. Resolutions adopted call for in- ! creased attention to agriculture and stock breeding, also the amalgama tion of the National Trotting Asso ciation, American Trotting Associa tion and the American Trotting Reg istry Association into a single gov erning body. A communication from the United States Food Adimnistra tion stated that the department would do its best to assist as far as possible in planning a graphic exhi bition on food conservation. Joseph McGraw, of Washington, Pa., was prevented from being present, a pa per from him on "Horse Breeding," advocated that county fair associa tions give two per cent, of a horse's winnings to its breeder as a stimu lant to the breeding interests. Favors Three-hent Knee "TiTTTam- H. Gocher, of Hartford, J Conn., secretary of the National Trot i ting Association, was present and j addressed the meeting on "Horse I Racing." He favored the three-heat race and every heat a race system I fcr all raoing associations, and also | the increasing of the earning ca i pacity of the race horse as an en couragement to the breeder, i A committee, consisting of T. J. I Clemens, D. J. McDermott and W. G. Loy was appointed to devise means j of popularizing the slow class races. 1 A committee will also be appointed to interview the National Govern ! ment at Washington in regards to the embargo asked in some quarters I to be placed on race horses, conces ! sions and exhibits for county fairs. The associations are represented , as follows: i Lancaster County Fair, J. F. Sel doir.ridge; Chester County, N. G. Temple and C. C. Townsend; Wyom ing: County, O. D. Stark; Columbia | County, 11. B. Corroll; Philadelphia j County, C. S. Shelmire, A. E. Leath- I erman, W. R. Buekman, J. S. Stev ! ens, C. S. Medford and T. J. Clem ens; Carbon County, F. J. Obert; i Perry County, T. H. Butturt; W. G Loy and C. L. Darlington; Berks i County, D. J. McDermott and A. P. j JJeysher; Montgomery County, W. 33. I Baker; Northampton County. W. K. ; Shinier, J. R. Reinheimer and L P. j Kostenbader; Susquehanna County, IW. G. Comstock; Wayne County, E. : W. Camrnel; Hanover, S. A. Geisel ■ man; Pitman, N. J., P- J. Davenport; I Mount Holly, N. J., Richard W. Wills, i The following: well-known starting I judges were also present: R. E. I Biggs, of Baltimore; Joseph David son. of Wilmington; Fred Shreive, I John Kirk and Michael Kelley, of j this city. Poor Train Service Cuts Game for Centralia Team Centralia, Pa., Feb. s.—The Cen tralia basketball team faces a pe culiar crisis in booking home games, j Since the Reading and Lehigh Val | ley took off a number of night and | early morning trains. Manager Welsh has found it impossible to book \ distant teams for appearance here, i due to the fact that they cannot I leave town until the following day. j As a consequence, they demand ab- I normal guarantees and about the I only games possible are with near • by teams, which do not prove pay j ing attractions, and in "away-froni , home" games. Charley Taft Yale Star, Is Somewhere In Europe - Hi H v Bp ; •>•?-... h v . jfe fcl '"" - - g|Bp^' jK- i wfi hbHr mm W HE •i CHARLEY TAFT New Haven, Conn., Feb. 5.—A cablegram announced the safe ai rival "somewliere in Europe" of Charley Taft, son of ex-President William H. Taft. Sons of both the I living ex-Presidents of the United ! States, Taft and Roosevelt, are now fighting against the Germans. Charley Taft enlisted ns a private in this city last April and went at once into military service at Fort Myer, Washington. He has been promoted and ho Is now a sergeant. He was married about six months ago to Miss Chase of Waterbury, "Conn. TECH TOSSERS WIN FAST SCHOLASTIC HOUSTON SH Defeating Reading by a 47 to 27 score on the Chestnut street lioor last evening, the Technical High school basketball team took sole possession of first place in the Penn sylvania Interscholastie Basketball League. The team has copped seven out of eight starts in the series of games that it will play, although three of the games' were not league contests. The Reading management stated the Maroon aggregation look ed to be the pick of the league, t Coach Miller started the game with Lingle und Huston at forward; Wilsbach at Center; and Meek and Kohlman at guurd. This quintet played rings around te Berks coun ty crew, keeping the ball for several minutes at a time, capping the cli max with a field goal. Xyqulst Big Star The much touted Captain Nyquist, was the heavy scorer for the visitors! with lour Held goals and fifteen fouls. Yet his play was no match for Carl Beck, who opposed him. The local lad himself rang in live field goals, four coming in the first period. Keeping "Buddie" Lingle on the side lines for most of the contests until the second periods, seems to have done this star a lot of good. In last evening's contest lie played most of the game, and show-; ed a whirlwind of speed. He drib-; bled thromgh the entire Reading | team, scoring live lield goals and] taking part in many assists. Huston showed great form from the lifteen-foot mark, scoring nine out of ten. He also tossed in four field goals. Th Tech guards in creased their total of field goals to twenty-five, for the season. All of Tech's opponents together have made but twenty-seven two-pointers. "Tony" AVilsbach used his weight to good advantage, often securing the ball during scrimmage, while at cen ter he jumped both Snell and Friad man. He tallied four field goals. As in the York contest, only the visi tor's foul goals kept them at all in the running. Nyquist shot fifteen out of twenty-eight. Instead of banking his shots, he tossed them in clean. Referee McConnell called twenty-eight penalties on Tech, while the visitors were penalized just ten times. With the score 39 to 15 in Tech's favor and five minutes to go, Coach Miller sent in Miller for Lingle, and Smith for Kohlman. The change gave the Reading players a chance, as the entire Tech squad relaxed, ami the visitors had a spurt that car ried them to twenty-seven points. The Game in Detail Nyquist sent Reading into the lead by shooting his first foul. Huston ! scored Tech's first field goal. A moment later Nyquist sent Heading into a tie with a foul. Lingle's goal gave Tech the lead and from then on they were never beaded. Huston's three fouls and Beck's goal sent the total to 9 to 2. Nyquist made it 9 to 3. The Reading captain then missed four straight trials from the fifteen-foot mark. Wilsbach scored again. Nyquist scored his first field goal. Tech, 11; Reading, 5. Lingle tossed in another. Nyquist made a foul. Beck too Huston's pass that the latter received from center and scored a pretty field goal. Huston brought the total to 16 to 6. Beck scored two in rapid succession, and shortly afterward the half ended with the score 18 to 6. With the beginning of the sec- & Gran Oowurht. I*l7. Th Trthun. AatoclaUon (Nev Tork TrlbaMfe lldWMer they may attempt to camouflage their real sentiments, the ■"miliary leaders of Germany know deep in their hearts that the America Ol to-morrow i tso be a vital force In the war's Issue, irresistible as the tide. -Prussia, foars the champion of democracy, because it knows is being organ ized now that punch which will carry the Star-Spangled Banner as far as need be to make the world safe for democracy. For - after all, the punch is the big thing in any game. And, simmered right down to a cold calculation, the punch means courage, determination and grit to surmount all obstacles toward a definite end. Bob Fitjssimnions was a freak of nature. He carried the torso and shoulders of a heavyweight giant on a lightweight's limbs. In a man of less heart his spindle shanks would have eliminated Ruby Bob from all heavyweight consideration. He became one of the greatest battlers ring history has known. Why? Because he had the punch.. He was pos sessed of a fighting courage unequaled in his time.. Many of his most important battles ho snatched from apparent defeat because his soul refused to admit the mastery of a rival. He packed the wallop, carried the punch, literally, and he knew best how to ajrply it once an opening presented itself. ' The Athletics of 1914 stood in public estimation head and shoulders above any baseball organization of the year.. Connie Mack's machine was supposedly invincible. Yet this pennant trust of Philadelphia was humbled in the world's championship series by the Boston Braves, a team considered more or less a fluke champion of the National League. Boston, after years of disappointment, suddenly found its punch in midseason. In one of the most spectacular rushes of baseball history the Braves fought up from the tail-end position into a championship. T T sed to hard knocks and expecting such from Mack's alleged Invincibles, the Braves cast discretion to the winds. The tore into the Athletics, roughed them up, beat them to tha punch and administered such a defeat as no major league club before or since suffered in a vorld's series. Since McGraw assumed charge of the Giants his New York clubs almost without exception have carried the most profound respect of their company. Whatever their position, MrGraw's teams have never been lacking in color.. They reflec his fighting spirit to such a degree as never to concede defeat till the last man has been put out in the final inning. In short, McGraw has a knack of Instilling into his followers the well-known punch. That punch has won him more championships than have graced the efforts of any other leader of the game. , And who of baseball's followers can mistake the dynamic influence toward good of Johnny Evers? Here was a player who in the cold type of dope never rose to the heights. A phenomenal fielder, the Trojan was at best but an average hitter and a fair base runner. Yet he was possessed of phenomenal baseball brains. He was always thinking, and always ready to grasp any problem that might present itself. He won a pennant for the Cubs i 1908 by passing the advantage of a technicality—l'"red Merkle's failure to touch second base. Xo player of recent history, not even the great Ty Cobb himself, carried a more wicked wallop, offensively and defensively, than this same Evrs. Ho was all nerve and fight and aggressiveness. He had the punch mag nified. The three-time champion Cubs of 1906-'O7-'OB reflected the spirit of Evers more than any other of the notable aggregation. It was Evers, quite as much as any other influence that carried the Braves to the supreme heights in 1914. No club with which, Evers was ever associated lacked for color A year ago the Hraves were the reputed rowdies of the game; the Phillies were noted as the most gentlemanly major aggregation of the big 'leagues. Evers was transferred from Boston to Philadelphia in midseason. Before k week the characteristics of these respective teams had switched. The Quakers were the mischief-makers; the Brave had become lamb-llkc. • A thousand kindred Illustrations might be cited. There is Hobey Baker, the great Princeton football and hockey player, who some weeks ago bagged his first German after astounding the allied fliers with a most rad ical assortment of new flying tricks. Baker was great on the gridiron and ice slmplv because he had the Individual punch developed to an almost unbelievable degree, like the Thorpes and the Coys and tho Hostons and all others of great athletic renown. But the main point is this. Enthusiasm is the keynote of success in sports. It prompts that serious application to thought and practice which often passes under the guise of genius. The lighting forces of Uncle Sam, while not regarding lightly those responsibilities of their new calilng, still look upon military duty more or less as a sporting venture. Almost to a man the spirit of enthusiasm and interest burns brightly day by day. Our country for years has been u leader of tho world In all healthful games and recreations. It always showed the punch at the psychological moment in the Olympic gomes and in various events of international im portance. The United States will carry a real punch to the western front. I ond half, Kohlman scored from the toss-up and front then on it was .lust a question of how large a score the Maroon would run. The visi tor's champion team of last year was missing:, the only evidence being the presence of Nyquist. The Eng lish lad played a clever game, but did not. have the support of his col leagues. Preliminary Contest Despite the cold weather, a goojl crowd was on hand. Local fans, while choosing between Tech and Central, are beginning to realize that the championship of the league will be decided here in Harrisburg between the two local high schools. ' In the preliminary contest, the Sen iors waxed the Freshmen 41 to 30, and as a result the fourth year lads lead the interclass league. Frock was again the star for the winners, while "Snaps" Emanuel excelled for the "Greenies." The scopes: Heading. Tech. Nyquist, f. I.ingle, f. Friedman, f. Huston, f. Snell, c. Wllsbach, c. i Sailer, g. Kohlman, g. I Krebs. g. Heck, g. I Field goals. Lingle, 5: Beck, 5; | Ituston, 4; Wilsbach, 4; Kohlman, 1; j Nyquist, 4; Friedman, 1; Baumen. 1. i Foul goals, Huston. 9 out of 10; Ny ; quist, 15 out of 28. Substitutions. I Tech. Smith for Kohlman; Miller for Lingle. Reading, Baumen for I Snell. Referee, McConnell. Scorer, i Knauss. 1921. 1918. 1 Emanuel, f. Holland, f. ] Weidman, f. Stauffer, f. Ellis, c.' Urougli, c. i Menger, g. Frock, g. j Taylor, g. Compton. g. Field goals. Stauffer, 45Frock, C; i Brough, 2; Holland, 1; Compton, i: ■ Emanuel, 5; Weidman. 3: Garrett, 1. j Foul goals, Holland, 9 out of 12; I Emanuel, 12 out of 18. Substitutions, ] Cook for Compton; Murray for j Brough; Arch for Frock; Garrett for Menger. Referee, Killinger. Scorer, Knauss. Standing of the Clul>s \V. L. Pet. ' Seniors 2 1 .066 j Juniors I 1 .500 | Sophomores 1 1 500 j Freshmen 1 2 .333 Scholastic League l<ast Xiglit's Results I Tech, 47; Reading, 27. Standing of the Teams w. L. pet. | Tech . 4 1 ,SOO York 3 I .750 , Central 2 1 .066 Steelton 2 2 .500 : Lebanon 2 8 .600 ! Heading 1 2 .333 | Allentown 0 5 .000 Friday's Games York at Central., Tech at Steelton. | Lebanon at Reading. BILLIAKD TITLE MATCH By Associated Press Chicago, Feb. 6. Alfred De Oro, of Cuba, champion, and Augie Kieek liefer, of Chicago, will begin play to- 1 night for the world's championship at three cushion billiards. Forty per cent, of the proceeds will go to the American Billiard Players' Ambulance Fund. Fifty points will be played each night for three nights. 4WDLLYI/ 1 J 9 W CORiNEfR-. Cornell will have to start new men i in all athletics. Sport activity has been resumed at Ithaca, the ; first attention will be given to base- j ball and trackmen. That the Hassett team is making 1 good is shown in the results of games played to date. The total number of points scored is 342, aainst 227 for the visitors. Tlie annual meeting of the Harris burg Park Csolf Club will be held to-night dt the offices of the Park Commissioners, raider building. Of ficers will be elected and profession al instructor selected. An interesting game is promised to-morrow night, when tile Hassett five will meet the St. Joseph team, of Lancaster. The latter includes Ico Houck, well known to local fans. At Felton Hall last night the ScTentlfical five defeated the Clas sical five, score 36 to 30. The con- HELD CONTRACT v FOR CIRCUS TOUR John L. Sullivan Was lo Ap pear With Ringland Bros.' Circus Next Summer N'ow York, February u.—That the death of John L. Sullivan was to tally unexpected by even his close advisers and friends was substanti ated by Darcy O'Connor, who re turned from Ablngton, Mass., Sat urday, where he had a long busi ness talk with the once-famous : lighter. O'Connor went to Abing ' ton to get the sisnature of John h. to a contract for a circus act which , was to be the feature of* Rlngling I Brothers' circus next summer. O'Con nor, who managed the last stage ap pearance and tour ot' John L., had completed arrangements with the circus whereby John' !•>. was to re ceive SI,OOO a week for appearing in an old Irish jaunting car act. Opposition to Wlllard The venerable ring hero was to j be used to offset the circus influence ijof Jess Willard, tlio present heavy ;' weight champion, who now wears ,jthe crown once belonging to John (fi ll O'Connor felt deeply the passing ijof the "old man of the ring," as no i termed liis former employer. He made plans to hurry back to Abing ton for the burial services. It was hard to convince O'Connor that John L. finally had been knocked out for the last time. He said that the famous Irish fighter had appeared in sound health, al • though he acknowledged he was not ' as strong as usual. This did not , worry O'Connor, since John L. used r to measure his strength by lifting > a piano or knocking down a horse, II and O'Connor said It was not to be 1 j considered unusual that John L. should complain of losing strength. New Jersey Boxing Bill Fixes Eight-Round Fights Trenton, N. J., Feb. 6.—A boxing bill has been introduced by As semblyman Hurley, and it Is likely to be passed. Mr. Hurley, who is a great box ing enthusiast, believe? boxing should be held in any stats if it is of high standard. "If ! t weren't for boxing." asserts Mr. Huriey, "Amer ica would not have bee.i a principal country in sports. Boxing builds up h mn.i and is the best game to test a man's ability." The bill states that no club or as sociation shall hold matches until the applicant files SIO,OOO bond. Boxing matches shall not go more than >?ight rounds, and there will bo no lefcieo decision. It also provided for a three-headed commission. Kvery contestant must bo passed "physically fit" before he enters the ring, and "the gloves the boxers use should not be less than eight ounces. Tho boxing bill provides that any club or association which shall sell more tickets than the seating capa city of the building shall for first offense be fined S3OO and for the second offense forfeit its license. The price of seats must be pub lished in at least two local news papers. Any boxer participating in a "frame-up" match will be s-.is pended for six months and for the second offense will bo barred 'from boxing in any Jersey club. Match makers or fight promoters found col lecting money from any boxer for some "special privilege" will also be fined. Pay your money and— take your Do you want to get a smoke for a nickel that will give you no satisfaction or will you pay an extra penny for good old King Oscar—Quality They cost you six cents now, but these are war times and they are worth it Quality —FIRST, LAST and ALL THE TIME John C. Herman & Co. Makers 11 test was interesting and was a scrappy game from start to finish. Word has been received that J. A. (Jack) Thompson, last year's foot ball manager at Pitt, who is In France, received a commission as first lieutenant of aviation. He had a 175-foot fall recently, but — was not seriously hurt. "Pat" Herron, Camp's Ail-American end two years ago, ia also an aviator in France. William son. 1915 football captain, and De liart, star halfback, are training for flying. Williamson is at Massachu setts Tech and Dehart at Memphis, Tenn. Coach Wright's hopes of turning out a winning varsity eight at the University of Pennsylvania took somewhat of a slump yesterday when it became known that Captain "Syd" Tilden had enlisted and was liable to be called into active serv ice any minute. Tilden enlisted In the ground aviation service, for which he is particularly fitted, hav ing taken the course in mechanical engineering at the university. Camp Hancock Soldiers Need Boxing Supplies Boxing has become the chief source of recreation and amuse ment among the Pennsylvania troops located here, and as a re sult, we are sorely in need of more equipment to satisfy the demand. I have the authority of Major Fuqua, assistant chief of staff, to ask the use of your col umns, to make an appeal to the citizens for more boxing gloves and exercising shoes. Any pack age sent by parcel post to the I boxing director, care division headquarters, will be promptly acknowledged and properly ilis- ! tributed. The need is urgent and! immediate. Will you help? Wllllftm P. Armstrong, boxing • director, < 28th Division, Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga. Col. Harry C. Trexler Now Owner of Famous Hickory Run Game Tract Col. Harry C. Trexler, of Allen town, one ofPennsylvanla's wealth iest residents, has bought the inter ests of his partners, Squire Oeorge H. Hardner and George K. Mosscr, both of Allentown, In the celebrat ed Hickory Run tract, and is now the sole owner of what is said to be the largest game preserve owned by any single individual in America. The tract is beautifully located in Kidder Township, Carbon County, about six miles east of White Hav ; en. It contains 11,000 acres and ' has a circumference of twenty-seven • miles. Through It runs Hickory Run, a magnificent trout stream, with many tributaries, and about a mile above the club house Is a large trout dam. There are numerous pools and waterfalls, and as a trout preserve there is nothing to surpass it either in Maine or the Rockies. The lish are native mountain trout. The region, which has been kept near to its pristine state, is also thu home of deer, bear, wildcat, grouse and other native Pennsylvania game, and during the past several years has been stocked with elk, deer and wild turkeys, planted by State Game Commissioner Kalbfus, who, by ar rangement with the owners, made about 3,000 acres of the tract a state game preserve. The elk and deerare thriving and, being protect ed until 1920, are developing into quite a herd but the wild turkeys persist in roaming over tho country side and fall frequent victims to tho rifles of the hunters. • Col. Trexler desired the tract to .experiment in an extensive scale in reforestation and also to indulge his love of fish and game propagation. This is only one of a number v>f large tracts of land that the colonel owns individually. Several of his large tracts are located in Lehigh County, where he hafc purchased many farms, merged them into plots and successfully established buffalo, elk and fleer preserves, as well as a Shetland pony farm, trout preserve and extremely large chicken, turkey and pigeon farm. IIISTOHICAI. SOCIETY TO BIRKT Dr. S. C. Bchmuck".r, of the West Cheater State Normal School, will give a lecture on , "Modern .Mound r.uilderfa' at the meeting of the Nat uu rits'orv Societv ia ihj Terhnunl Hull School auditoriitm nt 7.H1 this evsn'nc The will bo illus trated with slides.
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