HASSETT TOSSERS OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES TONIGHT WITH INDEPENDENTS-SPORTS GINGRICH SHOWS REAL CAGE FORM IN SCHOOL GAME Central Pennsylvania Scholastic League STANDING OF Tin" TEAMS W. L. Pet Tech a 1 .833 York 4 1 .800 Central .... .. 2 2 .500 Reading 2 2 .300 Steelton 2 3 .450 Lebanon 2 3 .450 Allentown .... 0 5 .000 WEEK'S SCHEDULE Friday Night: Tech at Read ing: Lebanon at Steelton. Saturday night, Tech at Allen town; York at Lebanon. Every team in the league, Cen tral excepted, will play at least one contest this week. Tech and Leb anon, will play twice. Tech will have the hardest row to hoe in the leasue, with two games away from home. The Maroon followers are Mire they can "take" Allentown. The Reading affair should also be a victory for the Maroon, although Reading will be hard to defeat on their home court. Central and Steelton have both been out at a disadvantage by los ing games on their home courts, [but are still in race. GingericH Looms Up Gingerich. the York forward is ■the first Central Penn basketball league player to score more than 100 points. In five games he has "?one over the top" with 107 tal lies. Most of these are from the fifteen-foot mark. He is the leading foul tossers with 79. The remain der of his total is the result of 14 roals from the field. The York lad has 10 foul goals more than Frank, the Central center, due to the fact that the local plaver has latest League Averages Name # Team Position Games Field Foul Total Av. per „ , Goals Goals Game Krank Central Center 4 14 69 97 24.25 Gingerich York Forward 5 14 79 107 21.40 Nyquist Reading Forward 4 11 61 S3 20.75 Coleman Steolton Forward 5 12 51 75 15.00 Huston Tech Forward 4 1 1 35 57 1 4.23 Wolfe Lebanon Forward 5 8 52 • 6 8 13.60 Niello?- Lebanon Guard 5 22 0 4 4 S.BO Weston Allentown Guard 5 t 32 40 s!oo Bohlen Allentown Forward 5 15 !• 39 7.80 Bosserman York Forward 5 16 0 32 6.40 Lingle Tech Forward 6 1 3 1 3 39 6.50 V\ ilsbach Tech ('enter 6 12 14 3S 6.33 Friedman Reading Center 4 12 o 24 6.00 Weuschinski, P. Steelton Forward K 15 ii 30 6.00 Ebner Tech Forward 1 3 0 6 6.00 Beck Tech Guard 6 IS 0 36 6.00 Miller Tech Forward 4 S 5 21 5.25 Fields Central Guard 4 10 0 20 5.00 Trout Lebanon Center 5 12 0 24 4.80 M< .iughlin York Center 5 11 0 22 4.40 v. right Central Forward 4 8 0 16 4.00 Abraham Reading Guard 1 2 0 4 4.00 Laumener Reading Forward 3 6 0 12 4.00 Light Lebanon Forward 5 5 9 19 3.80 Goodiel Central Forward 3 5 0 10 3.3 3 McCauley Steelton Guard 5 7 0 14 2.80 Morrett Steelton Center 5 6 0 12 2.40 Moyer Allentown Guard 5 4 4 1° 0 40 Kohlman Tech Guard 6 6 0 12 2!oo VNingeard Allentown Forward 1 1 0 2 2.00 Wieder Allentown Forward 4 2 4 8 2^oo Sailer Reading Guard 3 3 0 6 2.00 Heberling Allentown Center 5 4 0 8 1.60 Aldinger York Guard 5 4 0 S 1 60 Smith Tech Guard 3 2 0 4 1^33 Krebs Reading Guard 4 2 0 4 1.00 Wolfe Central Guard 4 J 0 4 1.00 ' J orr Steelton Guard 2102 1.00 Paine Lebanon Guard 5 2 0 4 0.80 Cohen York Guard 5 2 o 4 0.80 1 icunther Allentown Guard 1 0 0 0 0.00 ®asrley York Forward 1 0 0 0 0.00 Schlom York Forward 1 0 n 0 0.00 * ne " Reading Center 2 0 ft n 0.00 Behle Reading Guard 2 ft ft n 0.00 Lodgers Central Forward 3 0 0 0 0.00 Weuschinski,W. Steelton Guard 4 0 0 o 0.00 Behman Steelton Forward 1 0 0 0 0.00 (Note.—Because of the League Secretary having been called into the National Army, there is as yet no authentic report of each of the ontests sent in to a leagrue official. As a result, the Sporting Editor has fiOWLING Academy I/eagiie (Academy Alleys) < 'avalry 15 SO Aviators 1551 Howe (A.> 13U IS. Kuebler (C.) 347 Artillery .. 14SG .Marines 1392 Sol (A.> 123 Xuneniaker (A.) 123 Sol (A.) 310 ''avalry 1635 Marines 1549 IS. Kuebler (C.) 155 Kuebler (C.) 404 Artillery 1504 Aviators 153ti .McDonald (A.) 132 Howe (A.) 336 Stand ins; of the Teams \V. 1.. Pet. Aviators 34 14 .708 Artillery 23 25 .479 -Marines 20 28 .415 i"avalry 19 27 .396 .Miscellaneous Italians 14 43 Creeks 1413 Sol (1.1 176 Sol (I.J 421 (Casino Alleys* Purchasing Department .... 1714 Time Department 1027 I*. Stauffer (P.D.) 179 I'. Stauffer (P.D.) 411 Account Department 2021 Sales Department 1886 I'.lack tA.D.) 202 Flack (A.D.) 500 Philadelphia Division 2545 -Middle Division 2349 Heck (P.D.) 224 Keck (P.D.) 578 (Hess Alleys) Erecting Shop 2336 Air Brake 2135 Palmer (E.S.) 179 Furmer (E.S.) 496 (At Steelton—Richards and Bras hears Alleys) Machine Shop 2197 Steelton Fire Co 2092 Hrooks (M.S.) 393 Kerns (S.F.C.) 547 ( l,l\E-Dl \BEK DRAW New Orleans, Da., Feb. 12.—"Irish" Patsy Cline and Johnny Dundee, lightweights, both of New York, fought twenty fast rounds to a draw here last night. Remy Dorr, of New br.leans, was referee. TUESDAY EVENING, J participated in one game less. It jis quite likely that Frank will sur | pass this mark, as his average is better per game than Gingerich's. i Prank is still on the job as the I best individual scorer in the league, i While Central was unfortunate j enough to lose by one point to i York, yet Frank increased his total Iby 28 points. All but six of the i points were from fouls. Huston, I the Tech captain, is rapidly coming j to the fore, being the fifth individ- J ual player in the league. In two of | the games, against Allentown and ! York, he played only part of the j contest. Now Coach Miller is using : him regularly, and he has been giv len the captaincy of the team. Tak ing part in the entire game will aid him in increasing his totals. Dost Field Shot Miller, the Lebanon guard, con ' Unues to be the highest field goal 'scorer itv the league. He has 22 to | his credit. Carl Beck, the Tech i guard is second in field goals with | 18. He has been averaging three | per game. For the "rst time this season Coach Miller finished the Steelton game with the same quintet that be gan the struggle. Using seven and eight players in a single contest, and crediting each one with playing the entire game has kept down the Ma ; roon averages, but the players, in -1 eluding Huston, Wilsbach, Lingle, Reck and Miller, are rapidly push : ing to the fore. The great work of Frank is the outstanding feature of the Central's averages. Fields is next in line, standing eighteenth in the list. Cap tain Coleman has been averaging fifteen points per game, 31 of which came from the foul line. Reading has a big star in Captain Nyquist, and he. as last year, will be the one lad to fear on Coach Brenner's quin tet. As is usually the case, the final honors will go to the player who does the best foul tossing. I to rely mainly upon the reports as j published in the local newspapers. Occasionally these accounts are er roneous. The Sporting Editor will I appreciate any corrections that mav 'be necessary at times.) Final Tribute to John L. at New York Memorial New York, Feb. 11.—New York | sounded "taps" and the sporting world tired its last salute to the memory of John L. Sullivan, "the noblest Roman of them all," vester- I day. OKI and young, rich and poor, crowded Campbell's funeral church, to pay their last tribute to his mem ory. "His life is one of the greatest I sermons ever preached," declared ! the Rev. Nathan A. Seagle. "The ex ample of John L. Sullivan set turn ed many a battered derelict back on | the right course. In word and deed and thought 'John L.' strove to show j it is never too late for one to mend I the error of his ways." Both William J. Lee, superin tendent of parks and playgrounds, and Charles Harvey, former secre tary of the State Athletic Coramls- Mort, paid striking tributes to Sulli van's Americanism and the good he had done tne youtn of America. Each of them linked John 1,. Sulli -1 van with the late James E. Sullivan as being tremendous forces in the shaping of the athletic destinies of ! America and the encouraging of bovs and young men to lead clean, healthv I lives. Mates Win in Match With Ensign Bowlers The Mates, of the Lemoyne Duck i Pin League defeated the Ensigns in ; a two-game contest on Fickes' al leys last night. The games are get : ting more interesting and closely contested. MATES | Hamacker 113 158 115— 386 ! Smith 124 138 145 407 Hummer 110 131 125 386 Wltman 93 133 147 373 1 Millard 70 111 87— 286 Total 510 671 639—1820 ENSIGNS Rteser 131 124 87— 352 I Grissinger .... 169 145 106— 421 ! Clark 119 155 150— 424 I Kunkle 128 123 115— 366 j Butts 121 112 118— 35d j Total ....... 678 659 576—1913 TOSSERS READY FOR TITLE GAME Hassett Varsity Five Open . Series Tonight With Har risburg Independents The only public attraction in Har risburg will be held at Chestnut Au ditorium to-night when the Has sett club basketball team plays the Independents for the city champion ship. The Hassett team is composed of local stars. Gerdes and Elwood Sourbier, well known to local fans, will play the forward positions, Ed. Sourbier will jump center while Biehl and Jimmy Gough will play the guard positions. Wallower Back in Game The Independents will have their regular lineup for this game, Eddie Wallower, who was under a doctor's care since Saturday has fully re- i covered and will play his regular 1 position at forward. The game will 'start promptly at 5.15 p. in. Clint ! White will officiate. A special dance program is being I arranged by the orchestra, this be- I ins the only dance in the city the j management is giving special atten ' tion to the dancing. Dancing will | continue until 11.30 p. m. | Hassett Club Independents Gerdes, f. N. Fora, f. I El. Sourbier, f. Wallower, f. Ed. Sourbier, c. McCord, c I Biehl, g. I?. Ford, g. j Cough, g. MeConneli. g. P. G. Diener Offers Trophy to High Schools; For Local Championship With interest in scholastic basket ball at its highest pitch, an added i feature has come in the announce ment from P. G. Diener, that he will offer a silver basket bail trophy to 1 the winner of a three game series of contests between Central and Tech. Already the two local high schools will engage in two games according to the Central Penn basket ball schedule. Should either of the two quintets win both of the games a third will be unnecessary, and the trophy will go to the winner. In case of each j team scoring a victory, the third 1 game will be necessary to decide which team gets the silver trophy. ! The basket ball will be silver, and similar to the foot ball trophy, given to the two teams for victories | in foot ball, by the same donor. Sullivan's Favorite Horse Dies of Broken Heart West Abington, Mass.. Feb. 11.— Death once more has visited the lit tle country home here of the late John L. Sullivan. This time it has claimed "Colonel," John L.'s favor ite horse, behind which so many children have ridden with the great pugilist. The animal died suddenly yesterday. Townspeople snickered when Care taker John Bush, of Sullivan's farm. | declared that "Colonel" had died of f a broken heart. "What else caused it, I'd like to know," he askcJ last ' night. "He just missed Mr. Sullivan I somethin' awful." "Colonel" had ' been in the best of health up until his master's death. But "Colonel" is not the only one i of the farm folks to die since John L. passed on. "Jack," the famous bulldog, broke loose Friday and kill ed one cow. The bulldog was shot. "Queen" and "Rover," the beautiful Scotch collies, always at the former champion's heels, also have been | shot. Their executions were carried | out expressively as Sullivan had I often said: "They're old, when I go put them ! out too." And so last night the farm house was all but desert£d. Care ! taker Bush quits work to-day. Submarines to Meet Destroyers in Final Game Enola, Pa.. Feb. 12.—The local P. R R. Y. M. C. A. bowling league will '■lose when the .Submarines will meet | the Destroyers. To-morrow the Bat- I tleships and Cruisers are scheduled :to meet. The official averages will :be announced soon after the close ' of the league race by S. G. Ilepford. ; general secretary of the association. | Arrangements are being made for holding a banquet for the teams of! | the league, at which time the prizes ! will bo awarded. Plans are already j under way for holding a bowling ' tournament. A series of doubles and I singles will be played. I'FADLER KNOCKS OI T TVI HKY Philadelphia, Feb. 12. —Lew Tend ler, the Philadelphia lightweight,] knocked out Tommy Touhey, of Pat erson, N. J., in the fourth round of what was to have been a six-round bout here last night. The local boy j gave Touhey a bad beating, knock ing him out of the ring in the first round and sending Tiim to the mat for the count in the fourth with right and left punches to the stom ach and jaw. Bought Baby For 16 Cents, Was Taking It to France London. A most amusing story.! i discreetly told, was published in the i | Westminster Gazette the other day. j | The scene was a London railway I I station, where a battalion from the \ | north, with spirits just on the bois- I terous side, were preparing to en- j ! train for the front. The ladies at the j free buffet were, of course, busy j handing them hot. coffee, cocoa, sandwiches and a few luxuries. The (soldiers were appreciative and well | behaved! only one or two had "in- I dulged." and these had not got be i yond the merely unsteady stage. (Among the "merry" ones was a very | youthful soldier boy, holding a baby, ; in which the ladles began to take an j interest. "Where did you get it?" they all I I asked. "I bought it for threepence." was I the answer, "and I mean to take it ; with him to France.' Anyone can im ! aglne the immediate excitement that ! arose among the ladies, anxious 1 about the baby's future. Hurried consultations were held to j invent a plan to secure it from its j casual and officiou guardian. As the | time came for the departure of the ; train, these anxieties became vehe j ment, and it was only at the last i moment that the baby's mother came up. and it was diicovered that the whole affair was a mild joke. HXRRISBURG TELEGRAPH Interesting Data Is Found In Hit Figures; Some Fluctuations New York, Feb. 12. That the fluc tuation in batting and pitching strength among the stars of the Na tional League, from year to year, is not so great as generally supposed is shown by a study of the averages of recent seasons. A comparison of the work of the leading twenty play ers during the past five years de velops some interesting data along these lines. Beginning with 1913 it is found that the grand batting average of the twenty hitters of the league dur ing that season was .326. The fol lowing year the percentage fell to .303 and in 1915 dropped to .295. In 1916 it had moved back to .302 and last season the average was .297 giving a live year average of .303. Over the same stretch of years the twenty leading pitchers, judged from the standpoint of runs earned by opponents, improved on effective ness steadily until 1917 when their worked showed a slump. At the end of the 1913 pennant race the first twenty hurlers of the National League showed an average of 2.5 2 runs per nine-inning game. These figures were gradually cut down to 2.01 in 1916 and then rose to 2.31 at Grand Grand Grand Average Average Grand Grand Team Season First 20 First 20 Team Team Base League League Batting Fielding Stealing Hitters. Pitchers. Average. Average. Average. 19 ' 3 ,328 2.52 .287 .962 197 -S5 2.24 .248 .960 149 }')!; - 30 - 2 01 .247 .962 166 -97 2.31 .249 .961 143 (5) Year Average, ... .303 2.25 .256 .961 167 Miss Mary K. Browne, Tennis Champion, Quits Sport For Bank Position "i** MKJ V MARY BKOWNE Miss Mary K. Browne, three times : tennis champion, has stepped from f the white lines of the tennis court i into the cage of a bank teller. She has been given a position in the [ Venice branch of the Ocean Park 1 Bank of Los Angeles, Cal. Venice is on the Pacific ocean, about twenty miles from Los Angeles. Miss Browne is one of. the few women who have defeated the wonderful Miss Molia Bjurstedt, and her retire ment came as a surprise to tennis enthusiasts throughout the counjry. Miss Browne was champion for three years. 1012 1913 and 1914. It Cost SSOO to Wear This Stocking Washington. Women (and men, tool behold the latest stocking, slightly camouflaged, but neverthe less the latest! On the ankle is the American flag embroidered in red, white and blue. It costs just exactly SSOO to wear this stocking. A local newspaper reporter who attempted to buy a pair was told: "You can buy a pair if you want to. but you can pay a line of $500." The reporter didn't want to. Stores that had laid in a supply hastily returned them to the manu facturers, fearing they would be charged with desecration of the flag, prohibited by law. They explained that to sell or wear them would bring a penalty of SSOO. Ingenious manufacturers, not fan eying the line, camouflaged the stockings. They are now selling in department stores in the guise of dull brown or black, the brilliant colors of the flag buried fathoms be neath the dyes. Meatless Tuesday Goat Day Hereafter Washington l->. C. "Goat days" are permitted by the United States Pood Administration, according to a statement issued to-day. As a result the "meatless day.?" menus may carry goat meat. The decision was reached after a complaint from numerous proprie tors of barbecue stands in the South western states. They have been forced to close up their stands on meatless days, and it was claimed that since goat flesh is not being shipped to Europe, and is not con sumed by either the Army or the Navy, that it "might be served on' Tuesday without injuring the food conservation plans. With barbecued goat meat, the proprietors of the stands could continue in operation. The justice of this appeal was re cognized by the Food Administra tion and Tuesday is now "goat day" as well as "meatless day" at the bar becue shops. . • tthe close of the pennant race of last : year. Average Baiting Ability. ' I The average team batting ability 1 of the eight clubs in these same five [ j years dropped from season to sea . j son until 1917 when it rose two , points above the lowest average of the period. It was highest in 1913 • J when the figures stood at .289. In . , 1916 the slump had carried the ave . I rage down to .247 and last year it ! stood at .249. 1 The league team fielding averages, j on the other hand do not show the ''same lluctuation as the figures for ,1913 are but one point higher than those of 1917 and the high point was ! touched again in 1916. The figures | range from .962 high to .959 low, ! with a grand average of .961. In base stealing the decline has I been steady with the exception of | 1916 when the average showed a I temporary increase. In 1913 the I average number of stolen bases per j team was 197. Two years later the average was 149. in 1916 it moved | up to 166 but last season saw the ; base stealing at its lowest ebb during | the live year period as the average was but 143. The following table j shows the National League averages I in these departments of play for the I season of 1913-1917 inclusive: 1100 Pa. Boys to Sail For France in Spring Camp Meade, Admiral. Md„ Feb. 1L —A thousand and more Pennsyl vania Ijpys arc nearer the fighting lines in France to-day than they ever have been before. These arc the boys who were sent South dur ing the last week to join infantry and artillery regiments in the regular army. Eleven hundred of the Keystone State boys were sent to Camp Greene North Carolina, where they have be come incorporated in regiments of the Ninth Infantry Brigade. These men come from the 314 th and 315 th Munition Train, the 154 th Depot Brigade, and the 311 th Machine Gun Battalion. With these men went 330 men of the 313t1i Regiment, the Baltimore organization. The 216 men from the 311 th and 312 th Field Artillery Regiments have gone to Leon Springs, near San Antonio, Texas, where they have be come incorporated with the Fifth Artillery Brigade of the regular army. The movement of troops be gan Monday morning and continued until Thursday afternoon. The news of the movement could not be re leased under censorship regulations until the troops had arrived at their destination. The movement, how ever, was forecasted in The In quirer last Monday morning. It was said then that these men who would leave here would be the first of the Meadites to get on the fighting line. Anarchy Breaks Loose With Argentina Strike Buenos Aires. A general railroad strike was called to-day throughout Argentina. Immediately upon quit ling work the strikers began a wild anarchistic demonistration through out the country. Trains were wrecked, tracks destroyed, cars laden with wheat were burned and wires were cut preventing news front the interior from reaching this city. Details are lacking, but it is known that many passenger and cereal trains are stalled at various points in the Republic. Troops are being rushed to points of greatest disorder in Central Ar gentina. The large yards in the outskirts of Buenos Aires, which cover twenty-two city blocks were set on fire by the strikers who fought off the liremen. Exploding tank cars added to the conflagration. The strike is a fresh outbreak of the ; labor troubles which have been dor ! rnant since last October. Cameron K. McCormick Reaches France in Safety Mr. and Mrs. F. H. McCormick, of 2346 North Sixth street, have received a letter from their son. Cameron IC. McCormick, announcing his arrival in France, after a most interesting and pleasant voyage. He enlisted October 25, 1917, in the Engineer Corps and was stationed at Camp Devens, Ayer, Mass., as a member of Company C, 25th En gineers, previous to his departure. Splinter Causes Death of Benton S. Bowman Millersburg. Pa., Feb. 12.—Benton S Bowman died at the home of his son, George, in West Union street, on Saturday after a week's illness from blood poisoning, the result of a splinter in one of his hands. He was in his sixty-ninth year. The funeral was held this afternoon, the Rev. .Mr. Musselman, of the Luther an Church, offieating. VKKiHHORS HELP SICK FA KM Kit Marietta, Pa.. -Feb. 12.—Neighbors of Bdward Moehle, of West Ijampe ter township, who was taken ill with pneumonia and had considerable farm work to do, stripped, baled and delivered nearly all his tobacco crop, besides doing other work that re quired immediate attention. The to- Ir.cco was handled in a record breaking time. VALUABLE FARM SOLD Marietta, Pa., Feb. 12.—A valuable farm, containing eighty-three acres and 117 perches, the property of the late Jacob E. Witmer, of East Done gal township, was sold at public sale to Rohrer Stoner for $216 per acre, which is the highest price paid for a farm in that section in many years. OLD RAFTSMAN FOUND DEAD Long Level, Pa., Feb. 12. —George Silar, aged 75, a veteran of the Civil War and a raftsman, was found dead In bed, suffocated from coal gas. He lived by himself and was in good health when last seen alive. He is the last of his family and was a member of the GrattQ Army of the Republic. BARROW LANDS GOOD POSITION To Manage Boston Red Sox; Internationals Accept Ilis Resignation £TO fl/5 /*! oW. New York. Feb. 12.—President H. | If. France, of the Boston American League club, announced to-day that I he had just appointed 'Edward G. i Barrow as manager of the Red Sox. The news of the selection of Bar row as the Boston club's new man ager was not unexpected. Earlier in the evening Barrow announced that his resignation a s president of the i International League, which he ten dered to that organization last De- j coi .or. had been accepted. lie also stated that at the meet ing of the Class AA League here yes terday a compromise had been of fered him in regard to an increase of salary, which had been reduced! from $7,500 to $2,500 a year at the j December meeting. As soon as Barrow's resignation had been accepted by the Interna tional League, President C. T. Chap in, of the Rochester, N. J., club, was chosen as acting president of the or ganization. At the close of a long session President Chapin stated that the International club owners, all of whom were present, bad hopes of i being able to continue the operations of the league during the coming sea son. Buffalo Uncertain "Owing to the unsettled condition of the Buffalo situation#' he said, "and in view of the prospects of Sunday baseball in New York state being legalized at Albany, the club owners had decided to adjourn until March 21. On that date a meeting will be held there, at which the def- 1 inite policy of the league will be | announced. In the meantime the players' contracts will be senV out as I usual, before March 1, in conformityj with the rule to that effect." While Mr. Chapin denied that any! action was taken in regard to nomi nating a man to succeed to Barrow's position in the league, several names we re mentioned informally during the Session. Among these wore James R. Price, Newark, N. J.; John A. Gammons, Providence, R. I.; Ar thur Irwin, business manager of the Toronto club last season; David L. Fultz and John A. Ward, both resi dents of Brooklyn and former dia mond stars. Marysville Tossers Have Easy Time With Enola Marysville, Pa., Feb. 12.—1n an un-j interesting game between the Marys-1 vllle Men's Club basketball team and the Enola Y. M. C. A. tossers the 10-j cals came out the victors, score 66 i to U. This was the first game the | visitors played this year and they! displayed a lack of practice. Her-1 man and Lightney were the stars for j the local Ave, while Allen scored all the points for the Enola team. The summary follows: Marysville. Enola. Herman, f. Crawford, f. Roberts, f. Hinkel, f. Lightner, c. Allen, c. Heishley, g. Brubaker. g. | Shaeffr," g. Dorward, g. Field Goals—Herman, 13; Roberts, 4; Lightner, !>; Allen, 1. Foul Goals—Lightner, 4; Allen. 1. Referee —Leonard. FI'I.TOX WINS ON DECISION Denver, Col., Feb. 12.—Fred Ful J ton, contender for the heavyweight bcxing championship, won from Tom McMahon, of New Castle, Pa., here last night, the referee stopping a scheduled fifteen-round bout in the fourth round, wtyen M<Mahon was hanging on the ropes. The decision was awarded to Fulton. JACK TAR IS HERE IN w/jon (pilars FEBRUARY 12, 1918 fWEIXYLT 3 w CORiN ER- "Red" Huston, captain of Tech varsity, cannot question his election, according to a morning contempor ary he was elected yesterday. One v. eck ago his election was announced ir. these columns. Well, ho is elect ed, all right and has been making good since he was given honors by his fellow players. The French government has ordered 1.000,000 footballs for the army to be delivered within seven months. Central High girls will play a re turn basketball game to-night with llersliey co-eds. he game takes Place* in Chocolate Town. The Her shey girls are anxious to get revenge for last week's defeat in this city. Central girls are just smiling and expect another victory. In an address yesterday at Scran ton before Cathedral cadets. Attor ney Hugh Jennings, manager of De troit Tigers, warned the youths against the use of eigarets and also urged them to climb on the "dry" wagon in so far as use of liquor is concerned while young, and stay on it. for good. Several hundred boys heard the famous baseball leader give his annual talk. "Hugliey" told the cadets that the use of liquor by Hick-A-Thrift League Has Two Sensational Games In the Hick-A-Thrift League series last night the Reds defeated the Whites, score 39 to 27. The Blues won over the Greens, score 40 to 27. The summaries: Reds. Whites. Beck, f. lie'ring, f. Yingst, f. i arl. f. (Neumyer) Stouffer, c. Irwin, c. Gerhart, sr. Sutton, g. (Weidman) Rockefeller, g. Boyd, g. (Miller) Field Goals—Beck, 5; Yingst. 3; Newmyer, 3; Rockefeller, 1; Herring, 1: Carl, 1; Gorhart, 2; Weidman, 2; Boyd, 1; Miller, 5. Fouls—Beck, 1; Sutton, 1: Rocka feller, 1; Stouffer, 3 out of 5: Miller, I out of 1. Referee —Goodiel. Fouls called on Reds, 6; on Whites, Blues. Greens. Xeumeyer, f. Gerhart, f. Weidman, f. K. Miller, f. Davis, c. Stouffer, c. Karp, g. (Irwin) Connor, g. llubcr, g. Dreese, g. Field Goals—Neumyer, 4: Weid man. 11; Earp, 1; Connor, 4: Irwin, 2: Stouffer, 2; Gerhart, 2; Miller, 3; Huber, 1; Dreese. 6. Fouls—Weidman, 0 of 2: Davis, 0 of 1; Shorty Miller, 3 of 4; Dreese, 0 of 1. Fouls called on Blues, 6; on Greens, 2. Three Basketball Contests The Ben Hur tossers, of Steelton, were defeated at Elizabethtown by the crack Crescent team, of that place by the score 42 to 17. In ft fast contest at Felton Hall, Steelton, the Reds defeated the Blues, both girls' teams, by the score of II to 3. The Blues and Whites scrapped in the preliminary game and resulted in a 26 to 1) victory for the Blues. Last evening the Pennsylvania Railroad Y. M. C. A. Juniors defeat ed the strong Camp Curtln tossers on the P. R. R. Y. M. C. A. flojr by the score 21 to 19. The Juniors scored their winning goal just a few seconds before time was declared. 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 Chains Repaired Federal Machine Shop Cranberry Street Near Court major league ball players is steadily falling off, and that the continued success of many of the stars is due to the clean lives they live. Entries for the annual state live bird championship are coming in with a rush. The big event takes place February 22. Indications point to a field of 100 shooters. Manager Sam llarrell, of the Uni versity of Pennsylvania baseball team, yesterday issued his first ea'l for candidates for both varsity and freshman teams. Despite the fact that the gymnasium was closed ail day, owing to the order of the fuel administrator, more than fifty men signed for practice. Harry Frazee, Jr., 15 years old, is an enterprising schoolboy. I<ast spring lie wrote to his father, presi dent of the Red Sox, for halt a dozen new balls. Frazee, Sr., paid $1.25 each for them and shipped them im mediately. Several weeks later he re ceived another urgent, reciuest for a second half dozen, which also were sent, with a letter asking what had been done with the tirst hatch. Back came a reply which read: "I sold the first half dozen at a quartfr apiece. Business is rushing!" COACH RYAN IS | DOING HIS BIT Is Somewhere in England on Extended Field Service; Writes Letter Edward J. Ryan, coach of the Tech foot ball eleven last Fall, Is on | his way to "somewhere in England" I according to a letter received several days ago by Faculty Director P. Ij. Grubb. lie enlisted as an engineer, and has the rank of lieutenant. He is a member of a hew tank organi zation that has been formed and 21 have been nut upon extended field service. Here is his letter: Trains at Hobokcn. "Since writing to you I have been ordered to Hoboken for extended lield service, so when you receive this, I shall be on my way to "some where in England.' There were 21 1 of us picked from the men at Camp l.ee, for the new tank organization that is being formed. Wc are go ; ing lirst, but do not know exactly as yet what we are going to do. Am very glad that I have made good so far. It has been very much of a job to get ready as we had to be photographed, finger-printed, filled up with typhoid serum, and so forth, hut it is all over now, and we hope to start very soon. "I hope that the basket ball team has been making good and that all the boys, especially Wilsbacli, Beck and Kohlman, have been dis tinguishing themselves. Please re member me to all the boys, and write when you can as it helps a whole lot to hear from some one you know. Yours sincerely, Ryan. P. S. The address will be. First Lieu tenant Edward J. Ryan, E. R. C-, American Expeditionary Force. ; SRNSATIONAI. HOCICET MATCH ' Pittsburgh, Feb. 12.—An extra ten minute period was required to de | cide the hockey contest here last j nißht between the Pittsburgh Atli j letic Association team, of this city, I and the Wanderers, of New York. | the Pittsburgh seven winning, 6 to 14. The Wanderers played a fine I game, holding the P. A. A. team un | til the last minute of the extra pe- I riod. 9
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