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.
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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
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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
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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.