ROMANS WALK AWAY WITH ANNUAL HARRISBURG ACADEMY INDOOR MEET-JOLT CENTRAL ACADEMY FIVE BUMPS CENTRAL •Play All Around High School Boys in Fast Cage Game Superior team work and better shooting on the part of the Har risburg Academy team defeated Cen tral last night. 42 to 32. Central was outscored and outplayed in every department. The Academy scored 12 goals from the Held, while Cen tral was only able to collect 7. Goodiel was the only Central play er to show any form at all. Frank and Fields played a good game but each of these boys lacked their usual form. The game ran nip and tuck dur ing the first half and this period ended 15-14 with the Academy leading. During the second half the Blue and Gold upheld a lead of three or four points for quite some time when they added a few fouls Just be fore the whistle blew. Central was name and kept things interesting but could not overcome the lead. The scoring began when Weigle dropped the first foul through ttie net. for the Academy and repeated this feat a moment later. Frank and Weigle then each scored a foul for their teammates. Frank then chalked up five points for Central when he made two gals from the 1 field and shot another foul. After two minutes of time out Weigle made the first field goal of the Academy and then took turns with Frank shooting fouls, Frank making 4 and Weigle 3. From then until the end of the half the Academy suddenly took on speed and netted eight points to Central's one, Weigle and DeVore making some pretty field goals. Second Half The second half was all Academy. They scored twice as many goals from the field as Central and showed a, lot more pep. Central had a chance to carry tu/fr\e the bacon during this stage of the game, but they lacked the necessary punch. About the middle of the second half Fields started his brilliant offensive playing tjut could only cage one two pointer. Fields was off color in his •shooting and should have had seven more field goals. W T ren was the star of the period. Final Spurt Wren added two more from a field goal made from a pass the entire length of the floor. Hero Frank and Weigle each got one point from two double fouls. DeVore shot a field goal and Newlin made some pretty plays for the Academy, though no score resulted. Frank also shot a field goal and then added three points from Ills accurate foul toss ing. Weigje also made a one-pointer and Fields made his first field goal. The lineup and summary: • 'entral Academy Wright, f. Wren, f. Goodiel. f. DeVore, f. (Rogers) Weigle, c. Frank, c. Miller, g. Miller, g. Xewlin, g. Wolfe, g. Field goals—Goodiel, 3; Frank, 3; Fields, AVren, 4; Devore, 4; Weigle, 4. Foul goals—Frank, 18 out of ~'S; Weigle, 18 out of 23. Referee — Jli.Conneil. Scorer—Mcßride. Scrubs Play Good Game Before the varsity game the Cen tral scrubs easily won from the Academy second team, 24 to 14. Karly and McCaleb played best for Central. Morganthaler and Stone were the best men on the Academy team. i 'entral Academy Levan, f. Morganthaler, f. Nissiey, f. Yoffee, f. Page, c. Stone, c. Early, g. Swartz, g. McCaleb, g. Hendry, g. Field goals—-Levan, 4; Nissiey, 2; Page; Early, 2; McCaleb; Yoffee, 3; Stone; Stewart, 2. Foul goals—Yof fee, 2; McCaleb, 4. Substitutions— Stewart for Stone; Stone for Mor ganthaler, Morganthaler for Swartz. Referee —Sourbier. MOTES OF TITK GAME; Wren, who was formerly on the Steelton varsity team, played a fast game, making several sensational •shots which were responsible in turn ing the tune to a victory for the Academy five. The Academy boys played all around the Central team in the second half. The High School players ap peared to be lost. Weigle, a former Central second team player was the Academy's largest soorer. It was this player's speed and ability to shoot from the free line that placed confidence in the Academy team players. Academy supporters occupied one side of the auditorium while Central enthusiasts wero seated on the other side. The cheering of both student bodies continued throughout the game. When the Central team seemed to be going to pieces several times in the last half it was the cheering and nncouraging remarks from the stu dents that put "pep" into their play ing. Usaac Five Hands Pitt Team an Awful Lacing Allentown, Pa., Feb. 16.—Defeat ing the redoubtable Pitt aggregation in the cage of the recreation hall at the United States Ambulance Camp last night the Usaac basketball team won its thirteenth straight victory, it was a neck-and-neck contest, the first half ending in a tie at 14 points. Pitt was fierce in attack, and within the first ten minutes of play ficferee Carney was compelled to disqualify McT.aren, the great Pitt tootball star, for having committed four personal fouls, the ITsaacs fi lially won out only because of a mighty spurt toward the end of the same, in which two of them were painfully hurt. Dunn turned an ritikle, but by dint af stalling man aged to stay out of the game, while Cm-ley Cramer injured his ankle so badly that he had to retire from the contest. Captain Penman starred for Pitt, and Dunn and Jester for the ITsaacs. Adams was off on his foul shooting, missing every one of seven chances. Tyrus Cobb May Figure in Record Baseball Deal New York. Feb. 16. Rumors of an important deal affecting the New York and Detroit American League clubs were current to-day following a lengthy conference between Miller Huggins, the new Yankee manager, and Prank Na vin, president of the Detroit " _. wj y®, generally believed that the deal involved the trans fer of "Ty" Cobb to the New York club. It Is understood that President Ruppert, of the New York club, would be willing to ?iay a price never heretofore spent or a ball player to bring Cobb to New York. SATURDAY EVENING, HXHRISBURG *&&&£& TELEGRAPH ' FEBRUARY 16, 1918. Official Schedule Bethlehem Steel Company Bowling League of Steelton ~ Machine „ . TEAMS Machine Shop £2."® Electrics. Coke Ovens, Citizens. Inspectors. Big: Five. Engineers. West Side. Shop. Office. Office. Machine Shop Official Mar. 1 Feb. IS Mar. $ Mar. 15 Mar. £2 Apr. 4 Mar. 28 Apr. 12 Apr. 16 Machine Shop Office ...[.Mar. 1 Scores Mar. 29 Apr. 5 Feb. 19 Mar. 7 Mar. 21 Apr. 8 Apr. 16 Mar. 4 I - | , General Office Feb. 18 Mar. 29 Of [Feb. 28 Apr. 1 Apr. 9 Apr. 17 Mar. 20 jMar. 13 Mar. S Electric Mar. 8 Apr. 5 Feb. 28 All Apr. 10 Apr. 18 Mar. 25 Mar. 12 Mar. 19 Feb. 20 I I Coke Oven .. Mar. 15 |Feb. 19 Apr. 1 Apr. 10 League F eb. 27 Mar. 5 Apr. 19 Mar. 23 Mar. 18 I Citizen 'Mar. 22 Mar. 7 Apr. 9 'Apr. 18 Feb. 27 Bowling M * r - 11 Feb. 21 Apr. 2 Mar. 27 Inspectors Apr. 4 Mar. 21 Apr. 17 Mar. 25 Mar. 5 May 11 Matches Feb. 26 Feb. 22 Apr. 11 Bis Five Mar. 28 Apr. 8 Mar. 20 jMar. 12 Apr. 19 Feb. 21 Feb. 26 Printed Mar. 4 Apr. 3 Engineers Apr. 12 I Apr. 16 Mar. IS Mar. 19 Mar. 26 Apr. 2 Feb. 22 Mar. 4 ill the Feb. 25 West Side Apr. 15 Mar. 4 Mar. 6 Feb. 20 Mar. 18 Mar. 27 Apr. 11 Apr. 3 Feb. 25 Telegraph ROMANS FIRST IN TRACK MEET; ACADEMY STARS The Romans walked away with the J sixth annual track meet of the Har- I risburg Academy yesterday. The meet, which was between the two ! school clubs, the Greeks and the Romans, was most successful and | the events were run off smoothly, i After the Greeks had a big lead the Romans forged ahead and took the contest, score 67 to 48. The meet included several exhibi- ' tions which did not count on the score. First of these were .a few : numbers by the Academy Glee Club, j and then came dumbbell drills and 1 military drills by the smaller boys, j There was also a tumbling exhibi- | tion under the direction of Coach j Piatt, which was given by the lower j forms. Several wrestling matches! were full of interest. Weigle Big Stnr Weigle was the individual winner > of the meet, taking first place in the ' high jump, which gave him a se- j cure lead over any competitor. ' Mansfield took the form cham pionship and Bobby Pmith won in the lower school. The glee club was a new feature ' and was well received. H. B. N. Pritchard, of the Academy facuty, as leader, is in a large measure respon sible for the success of the club. The meet began at 2.30 and the events ran as follows: I—Military drill by the pupils of the lower school, "led by Bobby Smith. 2—High jump, third and fourth forms. Won by George Reily, Rom- Greek; second, Donald Brlnser, Greek; third, Austin Starkey, Roman. 4 feet 6 inches. 3—High jump, first and second forms. Won by George Riley, Rom an: second. Frank Ludington, Greek; third. Blake Bent, Roman. 4 feet 4 inches. 4—Exhibition dumbbell drill by the j pupils of the lower school, led by j Jack Bent. s—Springboard jump, lower school. | Won by Smith, Greek; second, Russ Glancy, Greek; third, Philip Brown, Roman. 6—Springboard jump, first and sec TECH HITS SNAG WITH READING Berks County Champs Play Rings Around the Ma roon Five Tech's chances for copping the pennant In the Central Pennsylva nia Scholastic basketball league were given a severe jolt at the hands of the Reading High school quintet on the latter floor last night, score 31 to 26. Captain Nyquist and Baumener were the stars of the Reading five, while Captain "Red" Huston, scored 18 of the 26 points credited to the Maroon quintet. The Reading team led In scoring throughout the entire game, al though the locals kept on the trail of the Pretzeltown team. Huston wasa little off in his foul shooting, scoring 10 out of 23 attempts. Play Allentown To-nixht This evening the Tech team will play the Allentown five on the lat ter's floor. The Maroon followers hope to make up ground lost in the fray last night. As a result of last night's defeat York now leads the league standing. The summary of the game follows: READING F.G. Fls. T.P. Baumener, forward .1 0 2 Nyquist, forward ... 3 13 19 Friedman, center ... 3 () 6 Krebs, guard 2 0 4 Sailer, guard 0 0 0 Totals . 9 13 31 HARRISBURG F.G. Fls. T.P. Lingle, forward 1 0 2 Huston, forward .... 4 10" 18 Wilsbacli, center .... 1 0 2 Beck, guard 1 0 2 Kohlman, guard .... 1 0 2 Totals 8 10 26 Foul committed, Reading, 19; Harrisburg, 2 3. Referee —Scott Adams. Tarsus Club Ready to Meet "Cops" in Volleyball In the Tarsus Athletic Club are a number of former volleyball stars. This sport will be taken up, and Tarsus wants to meet the Patrol men's team any time, anywhere. The Tarsus lineup includes former city playground champs. The lineup includes Early, Waltz, Lester Bell, J. H. Gassett, James Hollohan, Vaughan lloldosser, Wil liam Seiti and Harry Long. ond forms. Won by Mansfield, Greek; second. Smith, Roman; third, Reily, Roman. 7—Springboard jump, third and fourth forms. Won by Bacon, Greek; second, Starkey, Roman; third, Mer sereau, Greek. S—High jump, open to entire school. Won by Weigle. Roman; second, L May, Roman; third, Mac dougal. Greek. 5 feet 1 inch. 9—Selections by the glee club. 10—Tug of war, entire school Won by the Greeks. 11—Exhibition wrestling, third and fourth forms. 12 Wrestling, open to entire school. Won by Paul England, Rom an, over John Hendrv, Greek. 13 Passback, open to entire school. Won by the Greeks. 14—Tumbling exhibition, third and fourth forms. in—Broad jump. Won by Weigle. Roman; second. Swartz, Roman; third, L May, Roman. 16—35-yard dash, first and second forms. Won by Smith, Roman; sec ond, Mansfield, Greek; third, Haslett, Roman. 17 —35-yard dash, third and fourth forms. Won by Starkey, Roman; second, Bennethum, Roman; third, Milnor, Roman. 18—35-yard dash, fifth and sixth forms. Won by W. May, Roman; second, Rife, Greek; third, Bateman, Greek. 19—Carrying the colors, entire school. Won by the Romans. The places counted five, three and one points, respectively, for first, second and third. The winning of the meet gives the Romans six points on the Vance C. McCormick cup, awarded annually to the victor ious club. • Th-5 basketball championship of the two clubs has not been played oft and the baseball series will come in the spring. Financially, the meet was also a success, the attendance being large. This meet forms tile main source of the athletic association treasury at the Academy. A similar meet will be held next year. LEBANON WINS OVER STEELTON Hard-Fought Game Goes Ex tra Period; Strong Fin ish For Victors Steelton High. School basketball five lost a liard-fought game to the Lebanon High boys last night, score 29 to 27. The game was played at Felton Hall. So close was the game that two extra five-minute periods were necessary to determine the winner. The number of points for both teams was kept down because of the poor foul shooting by Cole man, of Steelton, and Wolfe, of Leb anon. The Steelton lad placed sev enteen out of thirty-five trys and the Lebanon boy got thirteen out of thir ty-four. SeiiMntionnl Period At the end of the second half the score was 21 to 21. After playing hard for the first extra period, the score ended 23 to 23. Steelton's hopes at the start of the second pe riod were given a big boost when a two-pointer was scored by a Steel ton shooter. Their lead was short lived. Lebanon came back strong and emerged the victor at the close of the second extra period. The summary follows: Lebanon. Steelton. Wolfe, f. Coleman, f. Light, f. P. Wueschinski, f. Paine, c. Morrett, c. Reinhart, g. McCauley, g. Miller, g. W. Wueschinski, ( Field Goals—Coleman, 1; Morrett, 2: McCauley, 2; Wolfe. 2; Light, 2; Paine, 2; Miller, 2. Foul Goals—Coleman, 17 out of 35; Wolfe, 13 out of 3f. Referee—White. Motor Club Members Elect Officers at Annual Meeting Members of the Motor Club of Harrisburg last night, in annual ses sion, elected these officers: President, Frank R. Downey; first ice-president, H. W. Stubbs; second vice-president, H. 11. Ilefkin; W-ird vice-president, L H. Lamb; secre tary-treasurer, J. Clyde Myton; board of directors to serve three years, F. 11. Bomgardner, C. C. Conklln and M. L. Dick. Following the election of officers and the reading of the reports for the past year, the members pledged themselves to boost the club mem bership. CRACK QUAKER CAGE TEAM TO PLAY THIRD GAME WITH LOCALS W y y < \*/yj * jb| '' IbKr m W '' The third game of the season with the St. Elizabeth Club of Philadel phia will be staged to-night on Chestnut Street Auditorium floor. On their first trip the Independents nosed them out by a 34-32 score, the second game on Christmas night was a • decisive victory for the Quakers. Jimmy Brown, of the late Cam den team, will play one forward, Tom Dunleavy, who led the State league last season, will play the other position at forward. Sam Moorhead will jump center, AI. Deitrich ai.d Rube Cashman will PENNSYLVANIA SHOTS LOSE LIVE BIRD MATCH; E. W. SHANK IS LEADER Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 16.—The, Interstate Amateur team cup raee, the feature of the fourth day's shoot of the fourteenth annual mid winter tournament at the Historic Blue River grounds, was won by the ail-Missouri five, with Pennsyl vania a close second. Missouri's score was 87, the Keystone State team finishing a bird behind with 86. The other state teams followed in the order named: lowa, No. 1, 81; Kansas, No. 1, and lowa, No. 2, 7G; Kansas, No. 2, 68; Kentucky, 67 and Kansas, No. 3, 00. Eighth Bird a Jonah The race was In doubt until Major C. M. Dupuy, Pittsburgh, the last Pennsylvanian, faced the trap. The major had a chance to put his team Harrisburg Athletes Win in Camp Hancpck Game Harrlsburg nthlftes in Company IT,! 12th Infantry, at ('amp Hancock, won I over Company F, In haiketball, score | 2t> to 15. Both teams played a good; game. The lineup and summary: ! COMPANY I) F.IX Flr. T.P. Cassel, forward 7 2 1U (Captain) Levcrvs, forward 1 2 4 i (Manager) Bruce, center 1 0 2 1 Anderson, guard 1 <i 2 Siler, guard 1 o 2 Totals 11 4 26 COMPANY F F.IX Fls. T.P. Brown, forward 2 o 4 Sanders, forward 1 1 3 Moon, center 2 0 4 Fuller, guard 1 0 2 Smith, guard 1 0 2 Totals 7 1 15 Referslee—Physical Director Hughes. How Big Teams Will Look in Classic Cage Game St. Elizabeth Independents Brown, f. N. Ford, f. Dunleavy, f. Wallower, f. Moorehead, c. McCord, c. Peitrlch, g. G. Ford, g. Cashman, g. MrConncll, g. play the guard positions. Cashman has always been a favorite to local fans. He was one of the best scor ing guards in the Eastern League. A special minstrel act will be a treat to the fans between the halves. They will entertain with Southern songs and monotog. 2 Dancing will fol low the game. In the above picture the St. Eliz abeth team includes: Top row, left to right, Tom Dunleavy, Jimmy Coffey, (manager), and Jack Law rence, who has signed with Hazle ton; bottom row, Deitrich, Jimmy Brown and Sam Moorhead. in a tie by getting the last ten, but after killing seven straight he missed his eighth flier, which gave Mis souri the cup, which was worth SIOO to the winner. E. A. Shank led the Pennsylvania team wit! nineteen, missing only 1 out of the 20. F. W. Dinger, holder of the interstate wing shot title, was next with 18, Harry C. Hoffman, of j Philadelphia, a member of the team, | who killed last ten straight, tied Missouri (87); Nicolai, 19; H. Dizon, j with Major Dupuy with 17. Scores: j 16; R. Thompson, 17; Dr. F. M | Planck 16; H. E. Snyder, 19. | Pennsylvania (86); F. W. Dinger, ■! 18; H. C. Hoffman. 17; E. B. Mel rath. 15; E. W. Shank, 19; Major . IC. M. Dupuy, 17. Hazleton to Get Boxing to Settle Latzo Controversy ; Hazleton. Feb. 16. —Tho Hazleton | Athletic Association, whose 300 I members put the local team of the I State Basketball League on a firm | footing despite unfavorable wartime J conditions, yesterday decided to enf -1 bark in boxing, baseball wrestling i and other forms of sport. Boxing will be the first revival at tempted. Tlie game languished since Steve Latzo, anthracite lightweight champion, was enjoined from fight ing by the I.uzerne county court aft er he broke with Tommy Quigley, the Wilkes-Barre manager, with whom he had signed for five years. The association has employed Attor ney John M. Carr to negotiate a set tlement with Quigley so Latzo can . be released for bouts here. Latzo al ; ways was a big drawing card and I matches will be sought with Johnny Tillman, of Philadelphia, and Johnny Mahoney, of McAdoo. PENN AGAIN WINNER New York, Feb. 18.—The Penn sylvania basketball team defeated the Columbia .University five, 29 to 24, in an Intercollegiate League game here last night MAGNATES PLAN FED. PEACE PACT Major Leagues to Pay Up All Back Debts; Parks Dead Loss New York, Feb. 16. —The last peace agreement of the Federal League war was drawn up yesterday at National League headquarters, when a committee of major league magnates agreed upon the money settlement to be paid the former Promoters of the Brooklyn, Newark and Pittsburgh Federal League clubs. The meeting was attended by President Tener, of the National League; Secretary lleydler, of the National League; President Hemp stead ,of the New York Nationals; President Johnson, of the American League; President Davin, of the De troit Americans; John C. Toole, at torney for organized baseball; Wil liam Marriage, Johnson's secretary, and James Ilindman, attorney for the Federal League clubs. To Pay Rental The major leaguers agreed to pay two years' rental immediately for thf Brooklyn and Newark Federal I League parks, in addition to paying | Ed Gwynner, former owner of the Pittsburgh Federals, a sum decided upon lit the peace agreement. Noth- j ing remains but the signing of an j agreement by the two attorneys, after which organized baseball will | pay oyer a check of SBO,OOO, of which SIO,OOO will go to the Ward estate and $20,000 each to Sinclair, j formerly of the Newark Club, and j Gwynner, of the Pittsburgh Fed erals. With the payment of the check ; organized baseball immediately will j take over the former Brooklyn and ! Newark Federal ball parks. A com- I mittee consisting of Hempstead, Eb- 1 bets and Baker has been appointed ! to see what can be done to make the properties pay some revenue. Parks Bead Loss During the last two years the two i parks have been a dead loss to the I big leagues. The major leaguers re- ! fused to tako them over, the club i cwner-j asserting 'that the suit of j Baltimore Federals held up the peace settlement. It was announced that the settle- 1 j ment to-day hod nothing whatever] :to do with tlie Baltimore Federal | League suit, which is still pending. An interesting feature of the | pence agreement is that organized i baseball is merely paying rent on the Federal League properties, whicn eventually will return to the Ward estate and Sinclair. Under the settlement organized baseball pays $20,000 rental pfer annum for twenty yeais to the Ward estate, SIO,OOO retal per annum to Sinclair I'or ten years for his Newark park, and i 50,- 000 to Gwynner in five payments of SIO,OOO each. Each of the sixteen big league clubs are paying an equal share of this war Indemnity. Railroaders Show Speed in Indoor Baseball Game In a hair-raising indoor baseball match last night, the Boiler Shop defeated the Store House team, score 17 to 11. The game was played on the Motive Power Athletic Associa tion floor. On Monday night the Boilermakers will meet the Black smiths. The summary: BOILER SHOP R. H. E. McKelvey, c .< 1 2 0 Hepperle, p 3 3 0 Bartz, lb 1 2 0 Eryeart, 2b 2 2 0 Fellows, ss 2 1 0 Walker. 3b 1 2 0 Raffensberger, If 2 3 0 Runk, rf 2 1 0 Alcorn, cf 3 2 0 Totals 17 18 0 STORE HOUSE R. H. E. Maugans, p 1 1 0 Garrett, c 1 0 0 Finton, lb 2 1 0 Saul, 2b 1 1 0 Crow, ss 0 0 0 Baldosser, 3b 2 1 0 Lippman, If 0 0 0 Lutz, cf 2 1 0 i Speck, rf 2 1 0 Totals 11 6 0 Net Championships Will Be Resumed at Early Date New York, Feb. 16. —By an almost unanimous vote the United States National Lawn Tennis Association decided at its annual meeting here last night to resume championship tournaments, the proceeds to be turned over to the War Depart ment's Commission on Training Camp Activities. The treasurer's report showed a little more than $30,000 invested in bonds and on with total as sets of $34,281. The expenses for last season were approximately $lO,- 000 and receipts $3,000. The deficit j was due to the lack of income from national and international tourna ments. The report of the ambulance fund committee showed that close to $50,- 000 had been obtained by subscrip tion and exhibition matches. Two sections of twenty ambulances each were in course of preparation, it was stated. An amendment adopted adds one sixteenth bf an inch in diameter and one-sixteenth of an ounce in weight to the present average of the balls used in tournaments. j COMMERCE BOWLERS WIN The School of Commerce Ave completely outclassed the Katzman All-Stairs on the Taylor alleys. The Commerce rollers romped away with the entire three games of the match and settled for all time the dispute between the two teams as to which one was the champion. Brenner and Williams were the stars of the evening. Brenner tallied a score of 202 for one game, while Williams was a close second with a tally of 201. Katzman and Myerovitz starred for the All-Stars. FRED DYER IS WINNER Boston, Feb. 16.—Fred Dyer, the Australian welterweight, won the decision over Terry Brooks, of this city, in a hard twelve-round bout to-night. f WELLY 'J 1 i W CORN ER- Those Romans were some stars in yesterday's annual indoor track meet for Harrisburg Academy athletes. This annual event is the only one of the kind held in Harrisburg. There should be more. The local High schools have material sufficient to assure interesting sport. Central High tossers were given one big surprise last night by the Harrisburg Academy. The losers played at times like a bunch of tired athletes who had broken training rules and attended a dance the night before the game. The team also had little practice, due to the big hall being occupied by conventions. It developed that Napoleon Lajoie has not been engaged by several ma jor league clubs in need of a first baseman because the impression prevails that the big Frenchman cannot hit a low curve ball. Three prominent managers declare that in recent years the American League pitchers have discovered that this is Lajoie's weakness. He petered out as a hitter with the Athletics in 1916, and was allowed to drift out of the circuit to the Toronto club. Lajoie rolled up a big batting aver age last year, but the pitching in the International League lacked the class shown in boxmen in fast com pany. HOW TO START A GUN CLUB; BIG ARMY OF SHOOTERS ARE IN ACTIVE OPERATION Frequently there come to our desk requests for information relative to the starting of a trapshooting club, and, with the sport rapidly increas ing in popularity, a few helpful hints on this topic will be of interest to many of our readers. While the big shootfest across the pond has injured baseball and other sports. It has helped trapshooting— and trapshooting in turn has helped the United States, for it has pre pared many a young man for service on the tiring line. Baseball has declined to such an evtent that it is doubtful if any leagues lower than Class A will be gin the 1918 season. This makes it imperative for sporting writers to advance other branches of sport for the benefit of their readers, and many of them lAve adopted trap shooting—the "sport alluring"—the patriotic sport. There are now 4,010 gun clubs. Getting down to first principles, the start of a trapshooting club is no different from' the start of any other kind of a club. The chief fac tors are men and equipment. Given a few enthusiastic lovers of the scat ter gun—men who are willing to throw themselves into the spirit of the thing—and any young club is bound to be a winner. Having gotten the "boys" together and decided definitely upon a com mittee to look after things, the first step is to locate your shooting grounds. This in itself seems exceedingly simple, but a great deal of serious thought should be given to the top ic, for it must be remembered that trapshooting demands space. In the first place there should be at least 250 to 300 yards distance between firing line and any signs of habita tion. This is considered to be the limits of safety. Next accessibility should be considered. Have Grounds Within Easy Roach By all means try to locate your grounds within easy reach. Be care ful about transportation facilities. Many a club has come to grief sim ply because of lack of foresight on these details. Having decided upon your site, the next essential is equipment. Middletown Five Loses to York Collegiate Team Middletown five last night at York lost to the Collegiate Institute five, score 30 to 27. Middletown tossers had an attack of stage fright in the second period. The lineup and sum mary: Y. C. I. Middlttown Ehrenfeld. f. Conklin, f. Keller, f. Trelchler, f. Campbell, c. Wallace, c. Emerton, g. Kupp, g. Gardner, g. Houser, g. Field goals, Conklin, 7; Treichler, 1; Houser, 1; Ehrenfeld, 4; Keller, 10; Campbell, 1. Goals from foul, Conklin, 9 out of 14; Ehrenfeld, 6 out of 8. Referee, Spangler. Time keeper, Garner. Scorer, McClellan. If you are not taking advantage of the unusual value which KING OSCAR CIGARS offer to you as a smoker, it is time for you to get awake. Many things have been changed by war conditions but the quality of this old favorite goes on just the same. Try it out at your dealer's. John C. Herman & Co. MAKERS 11 Major M. J. Pickering, graduate manager of athletics at the Untrej - - sity of Pennsylvania, has been order ed by the War Department to report for duty with the aviation section of the Signal Reserve Corps to Camp McArthur, Waco, Tex. He has been appointed a major in this service arid has been ordered to be In readiness to leave at any hour. Dean William MeClellan, chairman of the Univer sity Council on Athletics, in an nouncing Major Pickering's call, said that ho would be granted leave of absence for so long as the War De partment requires his services. Dean MeClellan also announced that Ed ward It. Bushrtell would act as grad j uate manager during the absence of Major Pickering. Harrisburg's champion volleyball team will not beg for challenges. The Tarsus team is ready to meet those "coppers" and It looks like some lively sport ior Harrisburg before winter is at an end. Here is a good chance for the champs to keep in form for the Wilkes-Barre team, due here soon. Steelton High was a hard loser last night. l>ebanon has been handing out surprises in Central Pennsylva nia Scholastic basketball. Heading Is also a contender for final honors. It looks like a great linish this year. If you prefer to start In a small way, you will find that one or two expert traps, costing about $4.50 to $6.50 each, will afford plenty of amusement for quite a few shooters. If, on the other hand, you feel fin ancially strong, the automatic trap is undoubtedly the best. This trap, of which there are two varieties, is officially recognized and used in all of the big shoots or tournaments. One style is sold out right at $35. The other is rented on a basis of S3O for the first year and $lO for each succeeding year. A refund of sls is given when the trap is returned to the manufac turer. Complete instructions for in stallation accompany each trap. Clay targets for use in any trap cost about $ a thousand. Naturally, you will need a trap house. This may be constructed of heavy planking, banked with earth, or it may be built of concrete. If you are handy with tools you can knock out a first-class trap house yourself. Now we coma to the "score" or firing line. This should be located 16 yards back of the trap house. At this mark five pegs should be plac ed in the ground. These pegs should be a similar distance from the trap. Shooters Should I'tiee Northeast Right here, perhaps. It is best to add that in laying out the "score" it will be wise to arrange it so that the shooters will face the northeast when in position to shoot. This will obviate any trouble from the sun during either morning or afternoon events. This, in a practical way, covers all the items of lay-out and equipment. There will bo other details, of course, such as clubhouse, arrange ment of shoots, trophies, etc. In formation on these subjects will bo gladly given by the Interstate Trap shooting Association. Taken all in all, you will find the sport more than economical when the initial outlay is considered. Of course, if you feel that you must own your own shooting grounds, and you want to build an elaborate club house the cost is bound to soar. On the other hand, we know of many organizations that aro being con ducted on a very modest cost. Central Pennsylvania Scholastic League Jjoat Night's Results Reading, 81; Tech, 26. }*cbanon, 29; Stelton, 27. Standing of the Clubs W. L. Pet. York 4 1 .800 Tech 5 2 .714 Reading 8 2 .600 Central 2 2 .500 Steeiton 2 4 .333 Allentown 0 5 .000 To-night's Contests York at I^ebanon. Tech at Allentown.
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