CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA LEAGUE TOSSERS CONTINUE FAST PACE-WEEK'S SCHEDULE Captain Huston Is Showing Cage Form; Averages to D ate Steadil.v advancing each week until he now occupies fourth place in the Central Pennsylvania Scholas tic basketball league. Captain Hus ton of the Tech basketball team, now bids fair to be a strong conten der for first honors before the close of the season. Huston has made wonderful pro gress during the last several weeks, and reached the climax of his chieve ments during the last two games at Reading uiml AUentown when he tallied a total of 50 points. At Al lentown he made a high record of 32 tallies for the game, which is a high mark for the league. With the season half over, there is still abundant opportunity for him to reach the top. For the third successive week. Captain Nyquist, of Reading, and Gingerich, of York, changed places in the standing. These two lads have been alternating at second and third place, and at present only a fraction of a point separates them. Tliroo Players Tie A singular coincidence in the averages Is the fact that three players—Hoston, Tech: Coleman, Steelton, and Wolfe, Lebanon, have each scored 107 points. Huston has the advantage in the fact that he has played in one game less than I Name. Team. Position. Frank Central, ...Center, .. Nyquist. . . .►Reading, . . Forward, . Gingerich, ... York Forward, . Huston, Tech ForwaVd, . Coleman Steelton, ..Forward, . Wolfe, ...... Lebanon, .Forward, . Bohlen AUentown,.Forward, . Miller .Lebanon, ..Guard, .. Weston, AUentown,. Guard, .. Wilsbach, ... Tech, ... ..Center, .. J3bner, Tech Forward, . Friedman, .—Reading, ..Center, .. Beck Tech Guard, .. Bosaerman, .York Forward, . Lingle .Tech Forward, . Miller, Tech, Forward, . Fields Central, ...Guard. .. Trout Lebanon, ..Center, .. Weusc'ski, P.,.Steelton, ..Forward, ~ McLaughlin, York ('enter, .. Wright Central, ...Forward, . Abraham, ...Reading, ..Guard, .. Light Lebanon, ..Forward, . McCauley, ...Steelton, ..'Juat'd, .. Goodicl Cenlral, ...Forward, . Baumener, ..Reading, ..Forward, . Morrctt, .... Steelton, ..Center, .. Kohlman, ...Tech, Guard, .. Moyer Allentown,.Guard, . . Wingeard, ..Central, ...Forward, Knauss Allentown,.Forward, . Xorthup Allentown, Center, .. Paine, ...... Lebanon, ..Guard, .. Aldinger York, Guard, . . Krebs, Reading, ..Guard, .. Wieder, ......AUentown,. Forward, . lleberling, .. Allentown,.Center, .. Smith, Tech, Guard, ... Sailer Reading:, . Guard, ... Wolfe Central, ...Guard, ... Porr Steelton, -..Guard, ... Cohen York, .....Guard, ... Gounther, . ..AUentown,.Guard, ... Yeagley York Forward, ~ Schlom York Forward, . Snell ...Reading, ..Center, Bchle Reading, ..Guard, .... Rodgers Central, ...Forward, .. Weusc'ski. W., Steelton, ..Guard Rehman Steelton, ..Forward, .. Reinhart, .-..Lebanon, ..Guard, .... Saadi AUentown,.Guard, .... BIG WEEK FOR CENTRAL TEAM Play at York Thursday; Read ing Here Friday; Girls to Play i Central tossers will be busy every j minute this week preparing for the two big games Thursday and Friday.; Thursday they will journey to York 1 to revenge the defeat of two weeks | ago. Central lost by only one point ! on their home floor and will have to i play a pretty fast game if they want to come back at York. "Nobe" | Frank, of Central, and Gingerieli, of j York, are the shining lights as far | as individual honors are concerned in the league. The game will to J well worth seeing with two suah fast men playing. Yesterday Coach Wal- | lower put his men through a linrd 1 practice and to-morrow he expects i to polish up some of the low spots j which came to light in ?hs A'ademy- Central game on Friday. (Miorfirl Permanent Faminl At last Goodiel and llodgcrs have ; given up the race. Goodiel will have a permanent place on Central I varsity. Coach Wallower announced. I He got a good start in the York j game two weeks ago and bat' been j Playing at a fast clip ever since. He j will have a chance to come back at | Yerk on Thursday. f Heading Game Friday Central will meet the Heading? five : at Chestnut Street Hall Friday even- ■ ing for their first game this sea- I son, and Cetnral knows just what.to' expect. Reading walloped Steelton I on Saturday on the Steelton floor and | they will try to hand Central a dose j of the same thing on Friday, but' with "Nobe" in tho game they will ; not have such an easy task. The j lineup is to be as usual. Girls Hare Two Games Central's fair co-eds have enough on their hands to keep them busy | this week also. On Friday they Willi meet Lebanon Valley hare and have | revenge for their defeat of tl:e earty i season. The game will be played ; straight through before the big one ! starts. Manager Saul lias secured a j game for the girls with Penn Hall i Saturday afternoon at Chambersbitrg. Penn Hall has a fast bunch of nay- ' < rs and will give our co-c Is a run J tor the victory. TED LEWIS SCORES KNOCKOUT Toledo. 0., Feb. 19. —Ted Lewis. • welterweight champion last night j knocked out Jimmy Duffy, of Lock- j port, N. Y., in the first round of what was to have been a 15-rotind bout. Duffy went down for the county i of seven in the first minute of fight ing and never had a chance to re- j cover as the champion kept close I upon him and repeatedly sent him ! down. m A X TUESDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH FEBRUARY 19,-1918 the two other players. Captain Ny quist, of Reading, has the highest number of points with 123. Gin -gerlch, of York, has two less. There are now five players who have pass ed the century mark. Miller, of Lebanon, playing a guard, leads in goals from the lield with 28 for seven contests. Beck, another guard, playing for Tech, is second in Held goals with 22. Gin gerioh has the lead in foul tossing, | sending the ball through the net j 91 times this season. The seven foul tossers represent ing each of the seven teams are now at the head of the league, each team having one player among the first seven. Without a doubt, the highest scoring players will come from among this list of seven. An advantage to the winner will be the fact that a winning team will give his player an advantage over the quintet that finishes last. Four new players broke into the ranks during the week. AUentown initiated three. They were Knauss, I a forward; Northup, center, and j Saadi, a guard. Their presence was ' required because of several of the I regulars being ill in the game I against Tech. Reinhart broke in for Lebanon at center and guard. I The averages follows: Average j Field Foul per j Gaines. Goals. Goals. Total, game. ; 4 14 9 97 2*4.25! 6 19 85 123 20.501 ti 15 91 121 20.161 6 21 05 107 17.83 7 13 81 107 15.28 7 14 79 107 15.28 6 16 21 53 8.83 1 7 28 0 56 8.001 5 4 32 40 B.oo' 8 17 14 4 8 G.OOj 1 3 0 6 6.00) ti 17 0 34 5.67' 8 22 0 4 4 5.50! <; 16 0 32 5.33 j 8 14 13 41 5.12 5 10 5 25 5.00 4 10 0 2,0 5.00 ; (i 15 *0 30 5.00' 7 15 0 30 4.2S j 6 12 0 24 4.00 1 4 8 0 16 4.001 I 2 o 4 4.00 6 7 9 23 3.83| 7 13 0 26 3. 71j 3 5 ti 10 3.33 5 7 0 j 4 2.80 7 9 0 18 2.56 8 10 0 20 2.50 5 4 4 12 2.40| 1 1 0 2 2.00 1 1 1 0 2 2.00! 1 1 0 2 2.00; 7 7 0 14 2.00 6 5 0 10 1.67 | f, 5 0 10 1.67 5 2 4 S 1.60' 5 4 0 8 1.60 1 4 3 0 6 1.50 5 3 0 6 1.20 1 2 0 4 1.00 2 1 0 2 1.00 i 6 2 0 ' 4 0.67 1 II 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0.00 I 4 0 0 0 0.001 6 0 0 0 O.OOj 1 o o o o.oo; 2 0 0 0 0.001 1 0 0 0 0.00 PREFERS HIS CATCHER'S MASK Hank Gowdy Tolls >of His Training in French Trenches ' Boston, Muss., Feb* 19.—"1t j makes no difference how many years j a fellow Wears a catcher's mail;, it j 1 doesn't give one bit of training for j : gas masks," writes Hank Gowdy, the j j former star catcher of the Braves. | l in a letter just received here. Ilank j fa with the 166 th IT. S. Infantry with j I the American Expeditionary forc°s i jin France, being one of the first : league players to enter the service. "Gas masks," writes Hank, "I j | hate. I'll bet they're worse than the j gas itself I'm almost tempted to ; j risk the gas without them. They're j difficult things to handle; haVd to | put on, harder to keep on, and still j harder to take off again. Xo Fresh Air A fellow gets fresh air through S his baseball masks, but these things i are next to suffocalion, and the smell of flue stuff they doctor 'em with veil, I'm going to bring mine back with me and make all of my friends j wear it. ' "Wonder where ltc.bbit Maran ville is going to play?" lie com ments. "It would put the club in bad without him. I have received i letters from Stalling* and McGraw I and they sure were welcome. "Since arriving in France we have i been pretty busy. "We are training now for sure, and it won't he very long now before we go up into the trenches. We have a fine *-cgimeat, the boys made a "hike" rec.ird heie recently. Have had the doubtful pleasure of sleeping in stables, hay lofts and one night in a stall." Gowdy is with the headquarters. company of the 166 th. Tommy Dunleavy Leads Cage League in Scoring Latest official scoring averages of the American Basketball league in Philadelphia show that Tommy Dun leavy, ex-Wilkes-Rarre forward, ami well known ,to local cage fans, con tinues to head the list with a total of 111 points to his credit. lie had scored 38 goals from field and 115 from the foul line. Jimmy Brown, formerly with llazleton has a total of 60 points to his credit, while Doc Newman, who is playing with B. B. I. live has scored US points. In referring to Dunleavy, the Phila- i delphla Evening Telegraph says: "Dunleavy is one of the best players ever developed in this city, and a few I seasons ago played for Greystock. i Two years in the Pennsylvania State league developed him into one- of the best shots in the business." HARRY OKEB WINNER Cincinnati, 0., Feb. 19.—Harry Greb, the Pittsburgh middleweight, outfought and outboxed Bob Moha, the "Milwaukee caveman" easily earning Referee Bauman's decision at the end of their ten-round bout here last night. STEEL LEAGUE BOWLERS START Machine Shop Team Is First Winner; Captains An- nouncc Lineups • In the opening matches of the Bethlehem Steel Company Bowling League last night the Machine Shop team won over the General Ofllce force. The margin was 102 pins. Snyder, of the General Office, was high individual scorer with 194. Buf lington, of the winning team, had big total, 488. The game was bowled on the Richards and Brashears al leys. To-night the Machine Shop plays the Coke Oven team. Each captain last night sent in the list of players. The rules per mit the selection of any team from the list. No bowler will be per mitted to play on two teams. The players with the captains follow: Teams and Captains Citizen Fire Company—Kern, cap tain; Messers, Keller, Hendrickson, Waidley, A. H. Roberts, Orth, Boyd, Bolton, Stoneseifer, Walters, King ston, Gillette, C. A. Roberts. Big Five—B. Smith, captain; B. Meyers, C. Meyers, Dr. Weirich, B. Shaffer, P. Plsle, 1. Snooker, N. Mum ma, L. Weirick, P. Keirn, P. Gard ner. Engineers—Regan, captain: Case, German, Moore, Dayior, Shartel, Brooks, Mease, Appleton, Ruther ford, Hoffman. West Side— Boughter, captain; Waidley, Vance, J. Thompson, Rei der, A. Sherbocker, M. Birden, B. Sherbocker, Kislic. Inspectors—Leader, captain; Hart man, Ruby, Reiclienbach, ilornclls, Wise, Heisey, Gluntz. I Machine Shop —H. Buflington, ! captain; S. Books, B. Miller, J. Cole man, J. Thompson, F. Lome, S. j Beckenridge, F. Kenney. Machine Shop Office—F. Benko | vie, captain; Dennis Cocklin, W. 1 Burkspile, R. Ernest, L. Smith, E. i McClure, R. Black, P. Notting. Coke Oven —Delniater, captain; i Schriver, Paine, Hoover, Redman, i Washey, Rooney, Stover, Myers, Key ! ser, Moser, Berry, Giberson, Mayer, I Bar bush, Magaro, Reigle, Book. Lil ley, Failor, Bishop, Calmer, Drake. Electricians—Talburt Brown, cap ! tain; Robert Clark, Robert Henry, 1 Wesley Lafflin, F. B. Cornberger, B. ! Plank. Thomas Riley, I ley, Earl Shaffer, Paul Metzger, J. | Deitrich. The score of last night's I contest follows: GENERAL, OFFICE I Snyder 114 194 155 4C3 H. Harclerode 118 103 lit; 889 D. Harclerode 168 112 158 438 I Bulet 137 173 134 444 [ Sliullenberger 136 154 131 421 Totals 073 736 694 2103 MACHINE SHOP Thompson ... 154 126 137 417 Lowe 128 114 127 369 Miller 149 160 110 419 Bufflngton ... 162 181 145 488 Books 188 179 165 532 Totals 781 760 684 2225 Hassett Juniors Show Real Basketball Form The following is the individual standing to date of the Hassett Junior League Basketball league players: j Name. Games. F.G. Fouls. Pts. C. Taylor. D. 3 9 12 30 Bolton, B, . 3 8 14 30 Huston, A, . 3 10 6 26 I Cahill, C, . . 3 9 0 18 A. Sariano, A, 3 5 7 17 ! Kaufold, C,. 3 2 12 16 Conley, D, . 3 5 5 15 Mariney, D,. 3 6 0 12 Leahy, A, . . 3 5 0 10 Waldseh't, B. 3 4 2 10 W. Taylor, B. 3 3 o 6 T. Shimp, C, 3 3 0 6 | Miller, A, . . 2 3 0 6 I Byrem, B. . . 3 2 0 4 J. Biehl, C, . 3 2 0 4 Hall, D, .. . 3 2 0 4 | Dailey, B, . . 1 2 0 4 Alexander. C, 2 1 0 2 J. Wall, T), * 1 1 0 2 Harrisburg Park Golf Club Holds Election Members of the Harrisburg Park Golf Club last night elected J. Her bert Thomas president. The new professional, Robert Fairbairn, sent a letter of acceptance. Instructions for his work this season was mapped out. He will take up his new duties at an early date at the Reservoir Park links. Other officers elected are: T. ,T. Devine, vice-president; C. H. Sauers, secretary and treasurer; ex ecutive committee,, C. H. Hollinger, H. F. Younsr, A. A. Wert, F H, Marsh, Jr., 11. ,T. Babb, E. E. Rich ards. Arrives Safely in France With Expeditionary Force If ,W a tt RUSSELL BRIGHTBILL Mrs. William Brlghtbill, of Heck ton Mills, has received word of the safe arrival in France of her son, Russell Brighthill, who is now witl the Pershing forces. Young .Bright bilj has been promoted to sergeant and he is with Company D, Fourth Battalion, Second Division, Ameri can Expeditionary Forces. "Well and Happy," was the news that cheered his mother. Niles, Tennis Expert, Wins Skating Contest Nat W. Niles, the noted tennis star, won the figure skating contest at the Crystal Ice Rink at Boston, after a close light with Sherwln C. Radger, the 16-year-old wonder of Boston. Many of the leading skaters of the country competed in the contest, but were eliminated by Badger and Niles. Niles earned the judges' decision after a spirited contest. TEMPLE UNIVERSITY TO PLAY HASSETT TEAM; PLAN TITLE SERIES A treat is in store for lovers of i College basketball to-morrow night' when the Temple University five will ! oppose the llassetts at the Hassett ! gymnasium. Temple was handed ! a big boost in the Philadelphia pap ers Sunday since their defeat of i Franklin and Marshall marked their ! tenth straight victory. Coach Geiges I has had a remarkable year in the j cage game and expects his team to I show finish and even better form I when they oppose the Harrisburg | speed boys of the Hassett school. Cor-ch Smith of' the Hassetts had an interview with the manager of the independents and to the delight I of the cage fans ekpects to land a series of three games. All Games on Independent's Floor The Hassetts have agreed to play all games on the Chestnut | street floor, since the accomodations j for spectators are better, and the In- i dependents might be hampered in I FLOWER GARDEN PLAN TIME NOW State College Man Gives Some Interesting Thoughts For People at This Time This is the time of year when; all flower enthusiasts should be ex amining seed catalogs and making out their orders for 1918. It is 1 rightly expected that a portion of large and elaborate' annual beds should be devoted to the growing; of vegetables but a small section,! at least, should be given over to the' culture of flowers. Suggestions at this time will per-1 haps help the novice to select a few exctllent garden varieties of annuals for picking. All seed should be purchased dur ing February, so that the grower can seed such varieties as Verbenas, Snapdragon, Salvia, Petunias, Vinca Minor, Lobelia, etc., on March first. Most seed germinates readily and most successfully at a*temperature of sixty degrees, says E. 1. AVilde, instructor in horticulture at the Pennsylvania State College. Sow seed in shallow flats in a finely sifted soil composed of one third loam, one-third leaf mold, and one-third sand. Transplant the seedlings in other flats in a little richer soil two inches apart when the iirst pair of true leaves appears. April first should find Asters, Marigolds, Cosmos, Larkspur, Can dytuft, Zinnias, Centaurea Cyanus, Pot Marigolds, Salpiglossis, Balsam, Phlox Drummondi, Stocks, etc., seeded in flats and Sweet Peas out of doors. Growers unable to start plants in-j doors, can safely plant the follow ing out of doors if the ground is dry. Scabious, Brachycome, Gypsophila eiegans. Sweet Sultan, Clarkia, Port ulaca, Calendula, Chrysanthemum, Love in the Midst, Eschscholtzia, Cosmos, etc. After all danger of frost has pass ed all annual seeds may be planted out of doors, but Centaurea Cyanus, Mignonette, Candytufts, Lupines, Poppies, Sweet Alyssum, and Godetla are best seeded in the open. Gener ally all of our seeCs should he In the seedbed by the first of June, j HOLD ANNUAL MASS FOR BISHOP SHANAHAN The second annual mass for the late Bishop Shanahan was held to day at 9 o'clock in St. Patrick's Cathedral with the Rt. Rev. Philip j 11. McDevitt, bishop of the Harris burg diocese of the Catholic Church,' officiating. Mgr. M. M. Ilassett, of 1 Shamokin, assisted. Other officers of the mass were: Fathers Murphy and Huegel, deacons of honor; Father Carey, deacon of the mass; Father Dai ley assistant deacon; and Father O'Flynn, master of cere monies. TAX TIME EXTENDED H. A. Vollmer, deputy internal revenue tax collector, has received word that the time for tiling the in come tax returns has been extended until April 1. The date originally fixed was March 1. Nevertheless, Mr. Vollmer to-day urged that all income returns be tiled without delay and is at the ofHee on the second floor of the Spooner building every day, udvising those who need help In I'lling out tho blanks. ' their floor work by the smaller court of the Hassetts. , Harrisburg in its scholastic and independent teams has developed as good athletes in the cage game as can be found in the country, and everyone admits that a series con ducted on a real sportsrftanship basis between the local teams would be far more interesting than games be tween outside teams. Contrast In Records. A striking contrast exists between the records of the Bassets and In dependents. The former have play ed almost exclusively a college sche dule for fhe past two years, and hence favor the Collegiate style of game, while the Independents have clashed with the best teams in the professional line in the country, and have made a record that is a credit to the city. Hence a series between the two would represent the best to be found in the great indoor game. PENROSE POINTS WAYTOHAMONY Says National Chairman Elec tion Should Interest Every one in the State In an interview given at Washing ton yesterday, Senator Boies Penrose says that he looks for better party conditions and harmony within the Republican par*y in Pennsylania as a result of the elceiion of Will 11. Hays to the chairmanship of the Re publican National Committee. Fur thermore. tie declared yesterday the action of tho meeting at St. Ijouis would be ."helpful" in Pennsylvania in view of the forthcoming state elections. "I say this," said the Senator, "with the thought in mind that the selection of Hays was particularly satisfactory to the Progressives of Pennsylvania, which clement of the party was for some .-eason or other strongly opposed to Mr. A.lains.'* Senator Penrose .ascribed th Mt. Pleasant Press Jjeague Cavalry 1693 Artillery 1550 Gardner, (C.) 150 Gardner (C.) 345 Aviators 164 7 Marines lot Bergstresser (M.) 173 Bergstressed (M.) 389 Standing of the Teams W. D. Pet. Aviators 3 15 .791; Artillery 24 27 .471 Marines 21 :tu .112 Cavalry 21 30 .4 12 P. It. R. Shop I