HARRISBURG SPORTSMEN PLAN THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL LIVE BIRD TITLE SHOOT—SPORTS
SHOOTERS PLAN
LIVE BIRD EVENT;
ELECT OFFICERS
At the thirty-second annual meet
ing: of the Harrisburg Sportsmen'
Association Saturday night, plans
■were completed for the Thirty-first
annual State Live Bird Champion
ship shoot. It will bo held at Sec
ond and Division streets, Friday,
February 2. Officers were also
elected for the year.
The meeting was held in the direc
tors room of the Harrisburg Hard-
Mare Company, North Market
Square. There were 147 shares of
stock represented by 110 members.
The shoot is one of the most im
portant live bird events hold !in
Pennsylvania each year. It is at
tended by from 100 to 150 shooters.
In addition to the live bird cham
pionship title, the winner will re
ceive the Harrisburg trophy. Entry
blanks went out last night.
All Day Shoot
The shoot will start at 9.30
o'clock in the morning and continue
until 4.30. Each shooter will be
given twenty birds. Handicaps will
vary from twenty-six to thirty-two
yards. There will be three traps in
operation all day. Entries close
February 20.
The present holder of the Harris
burg Trophy Is William Clegg, Phil
adelphia. He was a challenger,
the original winner last year being
'harles Humcr. of Marietta. The
■winners and scorers since 1907 are:
List of Winners
1907, W. L. flutter, New Kingston,
20; 1908, E. G. Ford, Philadelphia,
19; 1909, P. i,. KUpple, Bradford,
.19; 1910, Lee Wertz, Temple, 20;
1916. S. F. Kurtz, Newmanstown,
19; 1912, J. G. Martin, Harrisburg,
20, (three ties); 1913, three ties,
won by G. W. Ilepler, Harrisburg;
1914, Lee Werts. Temple, 20; E. G. |
Melrath, Philadelphia, 20; 1917,;
Charles Humer, Marietta, 20.!
Previous winners were:
George Hansel), Lebanon; William |
Spieser, Danville; Fred Coleman, i
CENTRAL WORKS
FOR NEXT GAME
Meet Academy Friday Night; j
Girls Win From Cham
hersburg
Central's defeat by York on Fri- :
day will put more pep into them for
the Academy-Central game, to be
staged on Chestnut Street floor Fri
day evening. Coach Wallower ex
pects to work his men harder than
ever this week on goal shooting.
Their defensive work needs a little
polishing also. The coach is par
ticularly pleased with some of the
passes made in the recent games.
Goodiel and Rodgers are still on
the seesaw, enjoying themselves and !
■worrying? the coach exceedingly.
Goodiel will play (he first half in
the A cadency-Central game. Rodgers
will bring up the rear.
Interest in Game
Local fans arc looking forward '
with much interest to the game. I
Tech walloped Academy by one or i
two points, but Central hopes to do
better than that.
(■lris Detent < liiimhrriihurß !
I
Saturday afternoon Central's fair f
ones scored a glorious victory over j
Chambersburg live by a score of
3">-5. The game was an easy one for
Captain Maurer's fast team. On the!
Chambersburg floor five weeks ago j
Central beat them 11-7. With the
advantage of their home floor, the I
victory was easily won. Captain
Maurer was in Central's limelight j
and Lyster Played the fastest game l
for the visitors. Emanuel also did
tine work for the local bunch. The'
lineup was as follows:
Central. Chambersburg.
Robinson, f. , Rhoads, f.
Emanuel, f Eyster, f.
Watts, c. Atherton, c. '
Maurer. g. Heattie, g.
Longsdorf, p. Bergner, g.
Miss Shupp substituted for Miss!
Robinson in the last half of the I
game.
Camp Athletics
Two big athletic fields have been |
laid out at either end of Camp Lewis!
eit American Lake, Wash., and stands!
•with a seating capacity of from six
teen thousand to eighteen thousand I
persons erected at an approximate]
cost of $3,00 each. The work was'
done under the supervision of Capt. j
T. G. Cook, althletic representative I
of the W:(r Department Cominis-1
fiion on Training Camp Activities, i
The expense was met with funds de-1
Jived from athletic contests and en-!
lertalnments given by the men.
Special course of training for ath-!
letic instructors has been instituted
Jn the 49th Division stationed at
• 'amp Kearney, Linda Vista, Cal., by I
'apt. John R. Case, Jr., athletic rep- I
Vnsentatiye of the War Department j
Commission on Training Camp Ac-i
tivlties. One lieutenant and one!
lion-commissioned officer from each j
company have been detailed to takel
the courses which include boxing,!
Wrestling and calisthenics. Classes
tire held three times weekly and the
officers in turn instruct their men in
what they have learned on the fol
lowing morning.
Attendance at boxing at Camp Up
ton, Yaphank, N. Y., to which of
licers and non-commissioned officers
have been assigned has been made I
c omuudsory In an order issued by j
tlio camp commander, according to j
1-eport made to the War Department'
Commission on Training Camp Ac-1
tivitles by Capt. Frank Glick, athle--
tio director at the camp. Officers
from the four infantry regiments
stationed at the camp have, been de
tailed to receive instruction.
Enthusiasm for boxing is running
high among the soldiers at Camp
Gordon, where the National Army
troops from Georgia. Alabama and
Florida are stationed, according to
the weekly reports made to the War
Department Commission on Train
ing Camp Activities by C. A. Boyer,
the Commission's athletic represen
tative here.
MONDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH FEBRUARY 11, 1918.
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E. W. SHANK
Pottsville; Fred W. Dinger, Harris
burg; Isaac Wolstencroft, Philadel
phia, Hugh Beattie, Philadelphia;
W. H. Wolstencroft. Philadelphia;
Joseph Graves, Delaware Water
Gap; A. A. Felix, Philadelphia;
Joseph Brenneman, Lancaster;
David Paul, Philadelphia.
These officers were elected:
President, E. W. Shank; vice
president, Boyd P. Rothrock; sec
retary, William Cleckner, (appointed
by the president); treasurer, G. W.
Ilepler; field captain Fred W.
Dinger; board of directors, H. B.
Shoop, J. G. Martin. L. B. Worden,
11. A. Yingster, A. H. Roberts.
LOCAL SERIES
WITHHASSETTS
Independents Meet Fast Gym
nastic School Five To
morrow Night
Local basketball fans are in high
glee over the announcement that
there will be another scries for the
local cage championship games be
tween independent teams. On Tues
day night, at Chestnut Street Audi
torium. the Hassett varsity Ave wilf
meet the Ilarrisburg Independents.
Several weeks ago the Hassett
lads played a series with the Rose
wood live and. won out. For some
time negotiations have been on with
the management of the Independ
ents, and the first game will be
Played Tuesday night. It will bo a
special contest in observance of Lin
: coin's Birthday anniversary. The
game will in all probability
| be played at Cathedral Hall on Feb
ruary .22, Washington's Birthday an
| nlversary.
| .Merle (icnle* to I'lny
! The Tlassctts, with the addition of
I Merle Gerdcs, a former star who is
back in the local game, promise the
Independents the hardest battle of
I the season.
Manager Gordon Ford, of the In
j dependents, will have his regular.]
j lineup, including Ike McCord, the
j champion local foul shooter of Cen
| tral Pennsylvania. The game will
| start at 8.15 and will be followed
with a big dance program.
Hagerstown Pastors Lead
Fight Against Sunday Ball
Hagerstown, Md., Feb. 11. The
1 proposition to introduce Sunday
I baseball in this city when the Blue
} Ridse League resumes next season
; is butting into determined opposition
,on every band. The action of the
Ministerial Association of the city,
which unanimously adopted a reso-,
, lution opposing Sunday baseball, has
| been followed by the large Sunday
| Schools of Trinity Lutheran Church
1 and Washington Square Methodist
j Episcopal Church going on record
las being opposed to the sport on
I Sunday.
Opposition to Sunday baseball was
! one of the principal factors in keep
i ing Cumberland out of the Blue
1 Hidge League for two seasons, and
; the tight made by Cumberland to
j maintain it there was finally aban
i doned.
Mrs. Charles H. Newcomb
Is Also Champion Shot
Pinehurst, N. C., Feb. 11.—Mrs. I
Charles If. Newcomb, of Philadel-I
i phia, to-day was awarded the Annie
; Oakley cup for the best rifle scox-ej
or the week among markswomen at
| Pinehurst, winning 123 out of 150 I
Miss Gertrude Th'rston, of West I
I Hampton, L. 1., defeated Mrs. Davi.l
Carl!, of New Rochelle, in the final
of the special consolidation eight of
St. Valentine tournament. This
i match bringing the tournament to an
end.
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Three Championships
Change in One Day
Three titles are in new hands.
And it all happened on Friday, j
Out in Anita ,la., Earl-Caddock,
a private in the national army
was awarded a referee's decision
over Wladek Zbyszko, champion
wrestler.
At Saranac. I/ake, N. Y., Bobby
Mclean won the world's profes
sional speed-skating champion
ship defeating Edmund Lamy in
three special events.
In Chicago, Augle Kleckhefer
won the world's championship
at three-cushion billiards from
Alfred de Oro by scoring a total
of 150 points to De Oro's 126.
WALTER CAMP
NAMES NEW AIDS
Edward Thorp, Former Col
umbia University Star, Di
rector; Others in Charge
Washington, Feb. 11. Walter
Camp, ip charge of athletics in the
naval training stations under the
supervision of the Navy Department
Commission on Training Camp Ac
tivities. has announced the follow
ing appointments:
Edward Thorp, of New York, as
athletic director of the Cape May,
N. J., station, and Franklin T. Mc-
Cracken, of Houston, Texas, as di
rector of the League Island Etation
at Philadelphia. Director Thorp is
a former Columbia University ath
lete, while Director McCracken has
had wide experience as an organizer
of Y. M. C. A. ahtletics. Exclud
ing the new appointees, six direc
tors have been appointed by Mr.
Camp thus far. they are:
Six New Directors.
Dr. William T. Bull of Yale, New
port station, Newport, R. 1.; Frank
S. Bergin of Princeton, Pelham Bay
station, Pelham, N. Y.; George V.
Brown of Boston, Boston navy yard;
Herman Olcott of Kansas university,
Great Lakes station. Great Lakes,
III.; Dr. Charles A. Wharton of the
University of Pennsylvania. Norfolk
station, Norfolk, Va., and Walter D.
Powell of Cleveland, at Newport
News station. Other new appoint
ments are:
William Rolfe of Boston, as box
ing instructor at the First Naval
Station. Boston. Mr. Rolfe is an en
listed man at the station. Alexander
Sutherland, former swimming in
structor of Harvard and Andover, as
swimming instructor at the Com
monwealth Pier, First Naval Sta
tion, Boston. It has been found that
fifty per cent of the Jackies at this
station are unable to swim. These
men have been organized into classes
and are receiving instruction dally
from Mr. Sutherland.
Molla B. Bjurstedt Twice
Winner in Tennis Finals;
Defeats Eleanor Goss First
New York Feb. 11. —In the realm
of spoil Saturday was a great day
i for Norway representatives of the
I little country in the northern eor
! ner of Europe, scoring victories in
both singles and doubles of the wo
! men's tennis tournaments, on the
courts of the Heights Casino, in
Brooklyn. The victor in the indi
vidual competition was that star
of the nets. Miss Molla Bjurstedt.
She defeated Miss Eleanor Goss by
a score of 6-1. 6-1. In the fioubles
Miss Bjurstedt and Mrs. Johan
Rogge, who arrived only a short
while ago from the land of the mid
night sun, took the measure of Miss
Marie Wagner,' the National Indoor
title holder and Mrs. D. C. Mills, by
6-2, 6-ii. The manner in which
Miss Bjurstedt handled Miss Goss
was a surprise of the year. When
the Brooklyn girl defeated Miss
Florence Ballin in the seml-ilnal
rounds by the one-sided score of
6-0, 6-0, it was believed that a
sensation was about due. Instead,
however, Miss Bjurstedt forced ner
to swalow a dose of the medicine
that she had administered to Miss
Ballin. That fizzling service on
which the admirers of Miss Goss
had banked, was as easy for Miss
BJcrstedt as anything else she lias
been asked to stand against through
out the. tournament. The champion
pounced upon every ball as it came
speeding over the net and if she
missed a few she got more than
enough to subdue the attack of her
opponent. Thus held, Miss Goss
fell an easy prey.
Johnny Evers Is Anxious
to Return to Major Game
Scranton, Pa., Feb. 11.—According
to a letter received here by Bill
Couglilin, former captain of the De
troit Americans and later manager
of the Scranton team of the New
York State League, Johnny Evers,
who recently was released by the
Phillies, says that the reports that
quote him as arranging to conduct
a high-class semi-professional team
in his home town of Troy, N. Y.,
during the coming season is all a
huge joke.
Evers declares that he doesn't be
lieve any kind of a baseball team
will pay in Troy this year.
Incidentaly Evers is of the opinion
that he has a lot of big league ball
in his system, and that he will make
a bid for a job in the Tener circuit
again. Coughlin is in the hotel
business here and doing nicely. He
expects a visit from Evers next
month.
PROVIDENCE READY TO QUIT
Providence, R. 1., Feb. 11.—John
A Gammons, president of the Provi
dence Club, of the International
I>eague, was instructed by the
stockholders to-day to vote for the
suspension of the league at a meet
ing to be held In New York, Mon
day, unless the majority of the clubs
desire to continue.
It was announced that Eddie Cus
low, first baseman of the local team,
had been sold to the Little Rock
Club, of the Southern Association,
and Otto Peters, a pitcher, to At
lanta, of the same circuit.
Pennsylvania Cage League
Preparing to Pass Out
Scranton, Pa., Feb. 11.—The de
cision of R. A. Amerman, owner of;
the Carbondale basketball team, to!
go to Franco next week as an execu-1
tlve worker for the Young Men's'
Christian Association, and the an
nouncement made by Patrick J. Ro
liind, one of the men interested in
the Scranton team, to the effect that
he intended to forfeit the local fran
chise afer February 15, is taken
to mean that the Pennsylvania State
Basketball League will be compelled
to disband within a short time.
It is almost settled that, when
Amerman loaves, the Carbondale
team will be paid off, and with
Scranton also dropping, the circuit
would be left with but live clubs,
not enough to finish the second naif.
Roland said that both he and
John McLane, another owner, came
to the conclusion last Monday that
it would be foolish to continue the
game in this city.
WAR HAITI'S ATHLETICS
Chicago, Feb. 11.—The Univer
sity of Chicago definitely announced
the cancellation of its two big in
ter-scholastic. meets, the basketball
tourney in March and interscholastlf?
track meet in June. The reason
given was the demands of the Na
tion for wartime economy. No
changes in other sporting events
were made, the positions being
taken that the events cancelled wcro
luxuries of athletics.
IMPORTANT BASEBALL
MEETINGS THIS WEEK
Major Leagues to Adopt New National Agreement—
Schedules Ready—lnternational Gathering
Is Doubtful at Present Time
New York, ■ Feb. 11.—Several
meetings which will have a direct
and important bearing upon base
ball during the coming season, will
be held in this city this week—the
International' League club owners
meet to-day, the National League
magnates to-morrow and Wednes
day and the American League -on
Thursday. i
Of the four conferences tha gath-'
ering of the International League
holds the greatest uncertainty.
Questions to be decided Involve the
continuation or abandonment of the
league for the period of the war;
the selection of a successor to Presi
dent E. G. Barrow, in case it is re
solved to operate the league this
year, and the curtailment or read
justment of the circuit under the
conditions.
President farrow's resignation, to
lake effect to-morrow, has been in
the hands of the International
League club owners since December,
when the league voted to reduce his
salary from $7,500 to $2,500.
If it is decided to continue with
a six-club organization and a short
er schedule than heretofox-e. as has
been suggested, it will be necessary
to elect a successor to Barrow. The
names of James Price and Arthur
Irwin have been prominently men
tioned for the place.
To Adopt Schedules
The adoption of the 1918 schedule
and other routine business compose
the programs of both the National
League and American League, al
though there is always the possi
bility of important player deals or
other unexpected developments. It
is probable there will be an attempt
by the National League to pass a
rule curtailing the big cash deals
for players, which have grown to
such proportions this winter as to
create dissatisfaction among both
players and magnates not profiting
thereby.
Magnates of both leagues will
hold either formal or informal con
ferences relative U# the war tax to
be collected on all tickets this sea
son and the settlement of obliga
tions incurred with Federal League
backers at the time of the peace
agreement some two years ago.
New National Agreement
A new national agreement for the
government of organized baseball re
cently promulgated to all leagues
and clubs has become operative
throughout the country. It has been
signed by Presidents Tener and
Johnson, of the major leagues, as
party of the lirst part, and Presi
dent M. H. Sexton, of the National
Association of .Minor League?, party
of the second part. Tne work of
revising the former agreement was
chiefly done by Chairman Herr
mann, of the National Commission.
Legislative faults and abuses of
rules wh'lch have been uncovered
during the last thirteen years are
TO RECRUIT PHONE
GIRLS FOR FRANCE
General Pershing Urgently in
Need of Them to Oper
ate War Wires
With General Pershing urgently in
need of trained women telephone op
erators for service in France as a
necessary adjunct to successfully
carrying on the. war, no time will be
lost in recruiting this unit of wom
en war workers, which will be sent
abroad by the War Department just
as soon as possible.
To be eligible, candidates must be
between 23 and 35 years of age, with
a few maximum exceptions, where
service and expert capability will
outweigh-the age limit. They must
be in good health and must speak
English and French with ease. It
is preferred that they have had ex
perience in telephone switchboard
operating. Before being sent abroad,
ail successful applicants will have to
receive a preliminary training in
this country, so that they will be
made familiar with the character of
the jjork they will be called upon to
perform.
General Pershing has found it im
possible to obtain satisfactory oper
ators with the necessary linguistic
[ requirements in the rear of his bat-
I tie front, and, as much depends on
' the right interpretation of the mes
sages, he has. urged that the unit of
women telephone operators bo sent
| to him as quickly as possible.
Wilt Have War Hating
Those telephone war girls will
probably be classified as a part of
the U. S. Signal Service Corps, and
will, no doubt, be considered in the
same class and will have the same
military standing as the members of
the British Women's Army Auxiliary
Corps.
Wives of Army officers and of en
listed men now serving in Europe or
about to be ordered to Europe will
not be accepted. The members of
the unit will wear a distinctive uni
form, smart, graceful, with just the
right military touch to make it
much admired by both sexes, and
that the candidates themselves will
say It is "just a dear." is expected.
The salaries will range from S6O
to $125 a month, with an allowance
for rations and quarters (lodging),
the same as is now accorded to
Army nurses.
Wnnt Ki|rrt Aocountnnt*
Positions as expert accountants to
handle several hundred millions of
dollars' worth of Government avia
ttion purchases are open through
the Civil Service Commission. Over
lf>o trained men must lie secured at
once, some of whom will be commis
sioned as reserve officers, while.
| others will continue as civilians with
| salaries running from $2,400 to
$6,000 a year. No written examina
tion will be given, selection being
based entirely on experience and
education. Full details may be had
from the United States Civil Service
Commission at Washington, or the
civil service district secretary at
Boston, New York. Philadelphia, At
lanta Cincinnati. Chicago, St. Paul.
St. liouis. New Orleans, Seattle, or
San Francisco.
The Enlistee Veterinary Corps of
the National Army is to be increased
by 2 000 men, according to an an
nouncement of the Surgeon-General
of the Army. These men must not
be subject to the selective draft
Men from 18 to 21 and from 30 to I
sought to be remedied in this re
vision. <
Hereafter all disputes between ma-1
jor and minor league clubs will bej
adjusted by the commission, the mi-:
nor league president and the secre-'
tary of the National Association.;
Formerly the National Commission
was sole arbitrator. The period for I
drafting players from minor leagues!
will be from September 20 to 25, j
live days later than formerly, and'
cancellation of any draft must be|
made within twenty-four hours. i
Clubs cannot have more than eight i
players out on option at any time,!
including those sent out for a sec
ond time. A player purchased from i
a Class AA league may remain withl
the minor league until the close of
the season instead of reporting im
mediately.
Concessions to Players
Included in the agreement are
several concessions made to the!
players' organization in 1914 by the;
baseball powers, summarized as fol-j:
lows:
Ten days' notice in writing must
be given to a major league player,
and live days' to a Class A A or Class
A player when unconditionally re-,
leased.
Written notice of conditions of
transfer must be furnished to any
player released to another club.
A player shall be declared a free
agent in case all conditions of a
player's contract, as agreed to by
the parties, are not written into the
contract and the offending club or
its manager shall be tined in amounts
ranging from SIOO to SSOO.
Traveling expenses, including
sleepers and meals en route must
be paid major league players from
their homes to training camps.
A player who has been in the ma
jor leagues for ten years cannot be
released to a minor league, except
he is willing to make such transfer
and all other major league clubs
have waived on his services.
To Xew Sections
Two new sections of the agree
ment cover the provisions restrict
ing the sending of a player to a
lower league before he has ' been
offered to Class AA and Class A
leagues; thus keeping hinv in the
highest classifications his skill may
warrant.
A copy of his contract, which shall
be considered an original, must be
furnished the player.
Hereafter when either major
league certifies that amendment to
the rules is necessary, the National
Commission shall set a date not
later than March 1 of any year tor
a meeting of the Rules Committee
consisting of three members from
each of the major leagues and one!
from the minor leagues. A majority
vote shall be necessary to adopt,
review or repeal a rule. Place and
date of such meetings shall be ar
ranged by the major league presi
dents who shall act, alternately, a I
chairman of the committee.
40 years of age are eligible for en
listment. They will be assigned to
duty in veterinary hospitals and for
other purposes in the Enlisted Vet
erinary Corps. National Army. Serv
ice Overseas can be expected short
ly. The following classes of men
are desired: Veterinary students,
agricultural students, farmers,
stablemen and other men accustom
ed to handling horses, horseslioers,
saddlers, pharmacists, cooks, typists
or stenographers. All men are en
listed as privates, but at present
there are exceptional opportunities
for advancement to the grade of
non-commissioned officer. Applica
tion for enlistment can be made at
any U. S. Army recruiting office, and
applicant should state that he de
sires to enlist in the Veterinary
Corps, National Army.
CITY HAS WON FIGHT
IN'HARDSCRABBLE'
I Continued from First Page.]
of awards for improvements since
that date.
The owners contend the act of
1871 Is unconstitutional, some of the
attorneys pointing to similar acts in
other states in which the courts
made such a ruling. It is under
stood that in case the lower courts
decide the act is constitutional an
appeal will be taken ,by counsel for
the property owners.
The suits which were listed
for the special session of court litis
week were brought by the following:
E. G. Slabach, owner of 1130 North
Front; John Yingst, 1132 and 1200;
Harry J. Berrler and Margaret. C.
Berrier, owners of 1204-06-10; Eev/is
Fin frock, Jr., 1314. Settlements in
some of the cases were anticipated.
Exceptions to the proceedings and
appeals from the award of the view
ers caused the first delay in the
plans of the city. The exceptions
were overruled and then it was de
cided to have jury trials to decidS
damages in the appeal cases. When
the city asked for the award of is
sues and (lied bonds counsel for the
property owners again objected but
the court overruled the objections
and set u date late last year for the
trial of the cases. The city the'n ob
tained three realty experts who made
a slightly revised schedule of awards
# with the result that most of the
property owners involved in the ap
pealed cases agreed to settlements.
No provision was made by Council
in the 1818 budget for any improve
ment work in the llardscrabble dis
trict, but if-any of the work can be
started this year bonds can be issued,
according to the commissioners.
Three Boys Kill Watchman
at Phila. Protectory
Philadelphia, Feb. 11. ln attempt
ing to esrapo from the Philadelphia
Protectory at Fatland early ye.sterday
morning, three boys brutally murder
ed Patrick McGrory, the watchman.
60 years old.
The boys, hidden in the clothes
room of the institution, were captur
ed .and taken to Norristnwn and com
mitted to Jail by Magistrate Clark to
await the result of the coroner's in
vestigation.
The boys are Daniel Donohue, 15
years old, son of Mrs. Mary Donohue,
307 Emmit street, Phoenixville; Wil
liam Sexton, who will be 16 years
next Sunday and lived with his uncle,
Harry Sexton, 1748 North Ninth
street, and Thomas elly, 809 Berks
street.
The boys were inmates of the pro
tectory. They were paroled several
months ago and had been away only
a few weeks when they stole an au
tomobile near Norrlstown and robbed
several places in Phoenixvllle. They
returned to the_ protectory. broke into
a storeroom arid stole S3O worth of
clothinK. Leaving- the institution
with two other boys, they returned to
Philadelphia and after abandoning
the automobile, were arrested and re
turned to the protectory.
Amos Strunk Holds
Out For More Money
Hopes For Adjustment
V
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Philadelphia,
Strunk has joined the same lodge
that boasts of such notables as
Grover Cleveland Alexander, Bill
Killefer, Rokers Hornsby, Albert
Mainaux, Ed. Konetchy and Derril
Pratt, excluding mention of a host
of lesser lights who are holdouts.
Strunk, be it remembered, was
sold to the Boston Red Sox some
time ago by Connie Mack, Pitcher
Joe Bush and Catcher Wallie
Schang accompanying him in a deal
which netted the sagacious Mack
some $60,000 in cold cash.
While not expressing regret of his
sale, Strunk has openly shown it
over the figures named in the con
tract mailed by President Harry
Frazee, of the Boston club. This he
did by returning the contract, un
signed, to Frazee.
Figures may not lie, according to
Strunk, but if those stated in the
terms submitted by Frazee equal his
ability, Amos will surrender to the
belief that the record book is all
wrong.
Notwithstanding the meagerness
of the salary, Strunk is quite conti
dent that matters will be adjusted to
th 6 satisfaction of all concerned be
fore the American League teams
head toward the South.
He was a holdout last year.
40 Carloads of War
Goods Lost in Fire
Newark, .V. J., Feb. 11. Forty
freight cars loaded with munitions
and uniforms for the United States
troops were destroyed by tire which
swept through the Lehigh Valley
Railroad transfer plant yesterday.
Two hundred other oars were safely
removed from the path of the tiames
by heroic switching crews. The Are is
believed to have been of incendiary
origin.
The destroyed plant Is within half a
mile of the shipyards of the Submarine
lioat Corporation and the United
States Army Quartermaster Corps
depot, where a disastrous tire took
place several days ago.
The burned buildings constituted
what was known as the Oak Island
transfer, one of the biggest freight
handling terminals in the country. The
loss was $400,000.
Another lire in a plant manufactur
ing goods for the Government was
dlscoverel alter Clarence Hodes, a
watchman at the Klaxon Company's
factory, Newark, challenged a prowler
and fired four shots at.him. The loss
was $25,000.
HANK SAVES MANY UN WHKCK
Rochester, N. Y., Feb. 11. Many
passengers were cut and bruised, but
none seriously hurt yesterday when a
car on the Rochester and Syracuse
electric line jumped the rails and roll
rd down a twenty-foot embankment.
Only the fact that the car fell against,
a snowbank prevented serious injury
to the ninety passengers,
SPORTSMEN WILL
PROTECT GROUSE
Many of Them Apply For Pe
titions to Close Counties
For Periods of Years
Sportsmen in a dozen counties of
Pennsylvania have already applied
for the blank petitions with which
to begin the movement in behalf of
"closed counties'" on ruffed grouse
shooting in order to save the birds
from extinction. The State Game
Commission has prepared hundreds
of blanks, which follow the form as
laid down in the act of 1915, and
from inquiries mode there will be a
lively demand for them.
Westmoreland, Northampton were
the first counties to make applica
tion and the letters told of much in
terest in the project, while Brad
ford, Cleartield, Forest, Clinton and
others where the grouse is known
have been heard from. The impres
sion here is that the sportsmen of
all of the counties will lose no time
in getting their papers filed So that
the fall will find the whole state
closed. There will be no counties
open under the general plan because
open counties would bo fairly raided?
The grouse are now prohibited in al
most half the counties and by a gen
eral arrangement there would bo no
need to go to the legislature.
From all accounts sportsmen have
given valuable help in behalf of the
quail during the terrible winter.
They are reported as being fed in
miany sections, although hundreds
have undoubtedly perished because
of the deep snows and inability to
get food. Provision has also been
made for wild turkeys in many sec
tions.
Dr. Joseph Kalbfus, Secretary of
the State Ganio Commission, 3u.ys
that while some people are afraid
that deer will perish of thirst be
cause of frozen streams he does not
think there is danger as long as
there Is snow oil the ground. In
some counties reports are that
people have been putting: out hay for
deer. People in Clearfield county
have been much disturbed over the
deer situation.
About 2,000 pheasants are now in
1 the hands of the frame wardens and
men in charge of the preserves to be
liberated when the winter is over
and the birds can take better care
of themselves. The quail which have
been optioned In Mexico will not be
shipped until weather Is normal and
they can stand the shipments.
•f\Y/ r DLLYIT i
/ W CORiMERJ
Central Pennsylvania Scholastic
League basketball has reached the
exciting stage. With the exception
of Allentown, every team in the
league will be all important factor:!
in the race from now on. Tech is
leading and the Maroons look like
champs. However, there is no tell
ing what may happen* Central,
York and Steelton are in a position
to upset present dope. Present In
dications are that there will be a
hot llnish to this year's race.
Bowling matches at Steelton are
causing quite a stir in the Bethle
hem Steel Company League series.
Something highly interesting is
promised for the future. At a meet
ing of the captains to-morrow night,
plans will be taken up for future
contests.
R. E. Orne, an Everett (Wash.)
shoe dealer, has evolved a motorists'
camp outfit that resembles Pandora's
carryall. Packed for traveling, the
box occupies a space on the running
board only 12 by 24 inches and
weighs only forty pounds. Opened
and ready for wayside use, it be
comes an outfit with the following
features: A table five feet long and
two feet wide, a collapsible stove,
live camp stools, a food box 9x9x13
inches, a fryingpan, a coffee pot,
two one-quart vacuum fruit jars.
William Clegg, present holder of
the livebird championship of Penn
sylvania, who will defend his title
in this city on Friday, February 22,
is keeping in form. At Philadel
phia, Saturday, he tied up with
Harry Clair, killing 15 birds
straight.
The Ilassetts are going into the
championship game to-morrow night
John L. Sullivan's
Famous Philosophies
If I went to Congress I would
n't be a reformer—there are too
many of them already and they
never get anywhere.
Be on the level and you won't
have to die to get your reward.
If you are generous somehow jou
will always have money.
I've always pelted money at
the birdies, but somehow I've al
ways had some to pelt.
If you want to make good in
life learn to hold on. The man
who gives up and cries baby be
cause he gets a throw-down or
a slap in the jaw is never going
to have the lire department put
ting out rivers he's set afire.
The hardest and longest light
in my career was fought, and
won, after the doctors told me
it'd be suicide to ever again enter
a ring for a grueling battle..
Give me a man who can bo
cheerful when the signs say he's
down and out. He knows bet
ter, and he comes up smiling,
to take another clout at the
tough luck thing. He's bound
to get in a smash some time that
will put bad luck on the ropes.
Packey McFarland Docs
Not Intend to Take Chances
Ijouisville, Feb. 11.—Packey Mc-
Farland, boxing instructor at Camp
Zachary Taylor, is taking on chances
in these days of preparedness. He
applied at the war risk bureau for
a SIO,OOO complete disability insur-
ance policy.
"Why the 'complete disability,'
Packey?" a clerk asked.
"Everybody in this camp is so
blooming healthy that I'm afraid
some of these heavyweights might
hit me so hard that my family will
need a whole lot of insurance."
The Chicago wizard of the ring
will get a policy:
CI It is a great satisfaction to know that dur
ing all these upset times there is one old
friend on whom you can depend for satisfac
tion and pleasure.
KING
OSCAR
CIGARS
offer that same smoke satisfaction which
they have always offered and it is just like
a fellow said the other day,
"They never were any better
than they are now"
Do you know if he is right?
John C. Herman & Co.
MAKERS
Automobile
Repaired
Federal Machine Shop
Cranberry Street Near Court
11
primed for a hard battle with the
Harrisburg Independents. The gym
nastic school lads have been study
ing National rules In order that they
may not be caught because of dif
ferent style of game.
Harrisburg shooters will be num
bered with the Pennsylvania cracks
who start a busy week to-day at
Kansas City. Two local shots, E.
W. Shank and Fred \V. Dinger, with
H. C. ("Izzy") Hoffman and E. L.
Melrath, are entered in the 100-
livebird race. The entrance fee is
SIOO per man, and there will be
some cash prizes worth going after.
"While comparatively few golfers
really take the trouble to analyze
the rules of golf, fewer are aware
of the true origin of the code. It
may be interesting to know that the
much-discussed and abused stymie
rule has been a part of the game
since 1775, when it was drafted by
the Honorable Company of Edin
burgh. Take the rule defining
"Honor," or the precedence at the
teeing grouncls. The order of start
ing play at each teeing ground is not
referred to in any code prior to
1839. Before that date a coin was
tossed at every hole. The term
"Honor" does not appear in the
rules until 1888, but it was in vogue
long before." —New York American.
The big leagues did wisely in not
eliminating the training trips to the
South for next Spring. These trips
are expensive, antl it was voted that
no club should be away from home
more than four weeks, which is
plenty long enough. But for most
of the big league elubs three or
four weeks in the South are essen
tial if the team is to make a good
(showing right from the start of
the season.
WRESTLING BOUT
DRAWS BIG CASH
Eight Thousand Spectators
Amtell Caddock Struggle
With Zbyszko
Des Moines, la., Feb. 11. Nearly
SOOO persons paid more than $24,000
to see the wrestling match here Fri
day night in which Karl Caddock,
of Anita, la., was awarded a referee'
decision over Wladek Zbyszko, after
they had wrestled two and a lijilf
hours.
1 The receipts rivaled in amount the
money paid to see Frank Gotch win
the title of world's champion from
George Hackensclimidt on April 3,
15)08, when one of the largest crowds
that over attended a wrestling match
crowded Dexter Park Pavilion, this
city.
Caddock Takes First Fall.
Caddock took the first fall after
one hour and twenty minutes of
strenuous wrestling, using a head
•scissors and wrist lock, and Zbyszko
won the second with a side hip lock
in thirty-one minutes.
When the agreed limit of two and
a half hours of actual wrestling had
expired at 1.15 A. M., the referee
awarded the contest to the Towan.
Caddock is a private in the na
tional army, and obtained a furlough
in order to meet Zbyszko, who claims
the title of world's champion after
having defeated Strangled (Ed.)
Lewis in a match recently held in
New York after the deadly head hold
had been barred.
Zbyszko is a Pole and has been
universally successful against nearly
nil the prominent contenders for the
world's wrestling championship
crown.
A return match is likely to be ar
ranged.