CENTRAL HIGH RUNNING FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA HONORS-PLAY READING TONIGHT
CENTRAL WINNER
IN FAST GAME
ON YORK FLOOR
In a spectacular and speedy game |
last night Central staged a real ;
comeback and defeated York. 30 to
24. The game was a real exhibition j
of good basketball and was filled
with thrills from beginning to end.
The old Blue and Gray spirit was
much in evidence at all times. The ,
whole team fought for the honor of'
Old Central from the start to the
finish. More glory came because the
game was played at York.
Every man on the team was a star, j
Frank. Fields and Wright did the
scoring.
Central outplayed York in even
department of the game. The Blue
and Gray outscored them from the
field and from the foul line and had
it all over their opponents when it 1
came to teamwork.
Krtat OlTennlTe Work
Central's offensive was greatly im- j
proved and many a time it baffled
;he York guards, but failed to score
through poor shooting. The two >
forwards, Goodiel and Wright, show- I
••d more form than at any time this i
year. Weight was one of Central's j
biggest stars. His scoring seemed i
to give Central the necessary "pep"
because that started them and from
then on Central kept the lead.
Frank Set® Pace
Frank, at center, easily outplayed
his man. McLaughlin. He outjumped
him every time and scored four field
goals to Mclaughlin's one. He made ;
four goals from the field and twelve j
out of fourteen fouls. By scoring j
only twenty points Frank's record j
drops about a point. Captain Wolfe)
and Fields played their positions ad- i
mirably.
Mrl.auihlln Opened
Mclaughlin opened the game with |
a field goal. Ginrich shot a foul. !
Frank missed a foul. Frank made I
two points. Ginrich scored his first j
tield goal. Frank made two fouls, j
Wright then got busy and made a!
pretty shot from rfie side of the floor,
scoring Central's first field goal. Al-1
CENTRAL MEETS i
READING TONIGHT
Girls Also Have Hard Game;j
Both Teams Out For
Decisive Victory
The game with Reading to-night,
on Chestnut street floor is regard-;
ed as one of Central's biggest pro-;
positions of the season. Central's!
offensive has been under par, but |
this has been polished up somewhat
in preparation for the game to
night. The men spent the day rest- j
ins: after the York game last night.
This is Central's first game with!
Reading and they are looking for
ward to a stiff battle. Reading de-!
tea ted Steelton o& Steelton's floor j
last week and although Central was I
defeated by Steelton. they are hop-1
ing to put the Reading lads to route.!
Frank and Fields are expected to'
be in usual form for this evening's!
same.
Girls Play I^ehanon
The Lebanon Valley co-eds- will 1
meet Central's "fair five" before the
big game this evening. The girls arej
planning a revenge for the defeat;
suffered from Lebanon Valley early
in the season. Virginia Watts will!
jump center and with Bertha Maur-!
er and Anne Emanuel playing their
fast game the girls are expecting an
fasy victory. They have been hav-|
ing school league games at intervals;
during the week, so are in good|
lorni for to-night game.
To-morrow afternoon the girls will j
iourney to Chambersburg to give the
Penn Hall five a taste of real fast'
basketball.
Central Pennsylvania
Scholastic League
I.AST SIGHT'S RESULTS
Central, 30; York, 24.
STANDING OP THE CM/BS j
W. L Pet.
Teeli 6 2 .750 j
Reading 4 2 .66J j
'frntral 3 2 .600 :
\ork 4 3 .571;
r.ebanon 4 3 .671
•Steelton 2 S .288
Allentown 0 6 .0001
TO-MGHT'S CONTESTS
Reading at Central.
Lebanon at Allentown.
SATURDAY EVEMXG'S GAME j
Reading at Steelton.
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FRIDAY EVENING,
Central Is in Big Race;
Meet Reading Tonight
Ce.ntral's victory over ,York last '
night puts the locals in the run
ning for Central Pennsylvania I
championship honors. To-night
the local tossers will meet Read- i
ing High on Chestnut Street An- j
ditorium floor. A victory means |
that Central will be in second j
place and ready to battle with
Tech for the final decision. Cen- I
tral's work has been exceptionally
attractive, and the game to-night,
which starts at 8 o'clock, is ex- |
pected to draw a big crowd.
dinger then made a neat shot from
the center of the floor. Wright
trade his third field goal by drib
bling the ball down the floor and
then puttting it through the net.
Frank got his first field goal. Frank
made one from the free line/ Fields
made a pretty shot from the middle
of the floor. Ginrich missed a foul.
The half ended 20 to 14.
Second Half
The second half started by Gin-1
rich kissing a foul. Frank jumped
the ball in from under the basket.
Ginrich made another foul. Frank
missed a pretty shot from the cen
ter of the floor.' Frank made another
from under the basket. Central
kept on scoring at intervals until the
finish.
The lineup and summary:
Central. York.
Goodiel, f. Bosserman, f.
Wright, f. Ginrich, f.
Frank, c. McLaughlin, c."
Fields, g. Cohen, g.
Wolfe, g, Aldinger, g.
Field Goals—Wright, 3: Frank. 4:;
Fields. 2; McLaughlin, Ginrich, Al
dinger, Cohen, Schrom.
Foul Goals—Frank, 12 out of 14;
Ginrich, 8 out of 19.
Referee —Fluhrer.
Tech High Walks Away
With Lebanon Valley Five
Teeh High tossers had "an easy j
proposition last night, walking all j
over the Lebanon Valley Reserves ;
and winning by a score of 70 to 10.
The college boys did not have a look
in after the Maroons reached their
championship pace. Bud Lingie was
a big star.. After it was seen that
Lebanon Valley College was out
classed, Coach Miller sent in his sub- j
stitutes. The summary:
Reserves. . Tech.
Dupes, f. Lingie. f.
Strlckler, f. Huston, f.
F. Beck. e. Wilsbach. c. '
Fishburn. g. C. Beck. g.
Snavely, g. Kohlman, g.
Field Goals—Tech, Huston, 8; C. I
Beck, 7: Miller. 5: Lingie, 3; Smith,!
2; Wilsbach. 5; Kohlman, 1. Leba- 1
non Valley Reserves, Strickler, 1; F.
Beck, 1; Fishburn, 1; Snavely, 1.
Foul Goals—Tech, Huston, 7 out of
7. Lebanon Valley Reserves, Fish- s
burn, 2 out of 4; Strickler. 0 out of 2.
Substitutions—Tech, Miller for Lin- 1
Sle. Smith for Kohlman. Lebanon I
Valley Reserves. Bachman for Dupes. 1
Referee. McConnell. Scorer, fcnauss. j
fiOWLING
Cnslno Bowling I.engue
(Casino Alleys)
Capitals 632 682 674
Crescents 620 671 623
Miller (Capitals) ISS
Boos (Capitals) 465 :
STANDING OF THE TEAMS I
„ . w. u pet.;
Casino 34 20 .629
Crescents 32 19 627
Senators , 28 20 !sB3
Keystones 22 29 583
Stars 17 31 !.3n4
Capitals 17 31 ,354 j
trndeniy Lenicilr
(Academy Alleys)
Cubs 412 475 506
Eraves 420 376 451
Dumm (Cubs) jgo i
Clouser (Cubs) 415 j
Women'* I.fugue
(Hess Alleys)
Grays 722 j
Biues | 743 !
Mrs. Ed. Kepner U0 I
Rethlelieni Steel Company I.ensue
Big Five 718 739 749
Citizen F. C 743 674 739 1
Roberts (Citizen) 190 j
G. Myers (Big Five) 482 j
ST. MARY'S TEAM
READY FOR WORK
Out For Amateur Champion
ship of Dauphin County;
Booking Games
Baseball plans for amateur teams |
got a start In Steelton yesterday. The
St. Mary's Catholic Club team will;
be in the field agalp, and stronger
than ever. _ Last season this orga'nl- i
zation was the first to eome out with |
a defi to other amateur teams, and
announcement has been made at;
the go oft that the St. Mary's team
is out for the championship of Dau-1
phin count}-.
There will be nineteen men in the
squad when outdoor practice starts. \
In the meantime the future-great'
diamond stars will keep in form
with indoor practice. Manager Nieh- 1
olas P. Zerance stated that the only j
big star lost from the lineup will be j
Starsinic, the plucky shortstop. He
is working in Washington. D. C., for
the United States government.
To Meet AU Comers
His place will probably be filled in
by George Zerance, third baseman.
Manager Zerance would like to hear
from all first class amateiir teams de
siring games. He can be reached by
mail, addressing Box 49, Steelton.;
The opening game will probably be
played with Mercersburg Academy,'
at. that place. As has been the cus
tom in past seasons, games will be
played at Steelton when grounds are
available. This team will again be
the representative amateur organiza
tion from that place.
To Ban Freak Deliveries
Is National League Plan
New tork, Feb. 22.—John K. Ten
er, president of the National Lea
gue, made it plain yesterday that
antispitball legislation is more than
likely to result from this year's rules
committee of organized baseball, the
ban on the freak deliveries being
planned to take effect in 1919 to givo
pitchers a chance to learn new de
liveries.
The Governor also spoke in a
warning tone to the "holdouts" who
are now refusing to sign contracts
with National League clubs. He said
he did not believe there was any or
ganized scheme of the players to
balk at the figures quoted them for
this year, or that the &efxtr\ct base
ball players' fraternity could be
blamed.
Asked whether, in his opinion, the
New York Giants were violating the
30-day training rule in sending pitch
ers and catchers to' Hot Springs,
Ark., two weeks before the season
opened to "boil out." the Governor
took *he position of the New York
club—that the trip is for medical
purposes, and cannot properly be
classified as a period of baseball
training. ,
Academy Ready For Game
With Gettysburg Tossers
The Academy five is all set for
Gettysburg Academy. They will meet
the battlefield boys on their own
floor at Gettysburg to-morrow. The
regular lineup will make the trip
and Westcott will probably go as
substitute. The local boys hope to
bring back a victory from their old
rivals as they easily defeated them
in the first game of the season to a
tune of 35-14.
Te<*h Game Canceled
The Academy will not meet Tech
to-night, Manager Randall announc
-led yesterday. The Tech bunch were
unable to get the Chestnut street
floor and would not play on the
floor of Cathedral Hall where the
Academy stages many of their home
games. This is a disappointment to
i the uptown school who were eager
j for a chance to even up old scores
! with Tech.
Record Salary For Golf
Professional at New York
i New York, Feb. 22.—Jim Barnes,
the professional, nt present connect
ed with the Valley
Country Club, is apparently look
ing out for a rainy day. According
to report, Long Jim, who will be
1 identified next season with the
j Broadmoor Country Club, a new or-
I ganization at Colorado Springs, will
1 receive a salary of $15,000 a year.
He was getting about SB,OOO at
j Whitemarsh, which, up to this time,
| had been regarded as high-wa
-1 ter mark for golf pros.
JUNIORS AGAIN VICTORS
In Tech High interclass series, the
j Juniors last night won over the
j Sophomores, score 27 to 22. The
; summary:
1920. 1919.
Sykes, f. Bell, f.
! J. Huston, f. Ellinger, f.
j Pleam, c. Fortna, c.
Frank, g. J. Beck, g.
McCord, g. Hoerner, g.
Field goals—J. Beck, 4; Bell. 2;
Frank, 2; J. Huston, 1; Snyder, 1;
Ellinger, 1; Fortna, 1.
Foul goals—Frank, 14 out of 16;
Ellinger, 11 out of 18.
Substitutions—Snyder for Mc-
Cord, Ebert for Hoerner. Referee—
Killinger. Scorer —Knauss.
The I/eajfue Standing
W. L. Pet.
Seniors 2 1 .66 7
Juniors 4... 2 1 .667
Sophomores 1 2 .333
Freshmen 1 2 .333
BOV SCOUTS RIG WINNER
In the Boy Scout basketball series
last night troop 6 tossers defeated
Troop S five, score 42 to 6. The line
up and summary:
Troop 6. Troop 8.
Dientr, f. Birchfleld, f.
Emanuel, f. McClain, f.
Foland, c. Shader, c.
Matson. g. Germer, g.
Zimmerson, g. Perrin. g.
Field goals—Diener, 2; Emanuel.
10; Foland, 3; Matson, 2; Zimmer- 1
son. 2: Germr, 1.
.Foul goals—Matson, 2; Zimmer-j
son. 2; Perrin, 4.
Referee —Smith.
VOLLEYBALL SERIES
The first volleyball game in a
series will be played next Tuesday
on the floor of the Central Y. M. C.
A. gymnasium, when the Tarsus Club
will meet the Policemen. The game
is the opening triangular contest be
tween Policemen, the Tarsus Club
and the Motive Power Athletic Asso
ciation.
HARRISBURG *&&&& TELEGRAPH
Crack Shots Here For
Big Live Bird Went;
Clegg Defends Title
With nearly 100 entries the Thir
ty-first Annual Pennsylvania Live
bird Championship Shoot started
this morning. The big event is being
held on the grounds of the Harris
burg Sportsmen's Association, Sec
ond and Division streets. The local
organization has staged this import
ant event with much success ever
since the Harrisburg trophy, a large
silver cup was first offered.
Since that time there have been
many winners including Harrisburg
shots. The event is open to allcomers,
for money divisions, but only to state
sportsmen for the championship.
The winner is subject to challenges
until next year and many times the
title has changed hands several times
in twelve months. Among those pres
ent to-day who have been former
winners are the following:
Previous Winners.
William Rutter, New Kingston; G.
W. Hepler,-Haft-lsburg; George Han
sell, Lebanon: William Spelser, Dan
ville: Fred Coleman, Pottsville; Lee
Wertz, Temple; Fred. W. Dinger,
Motive Power Boxing
Pleases Big Crowd
Nearly One Thousand Fans Witness Best Ring Show
Ever Held by Railroad * Athletes—Final
Bout Brings Knockout
Under the direction of Tom Hoff-|
n:an, boxing manager for the Motive!
Power Athletic Association of the j
Philadelphia division, Pennsylvania,
railroad, oad TV, H. Runk, general :
chairman, the best meet that has yet J
been held was staged last night in
their hall at Seventh and Harris
streets. All participants in the lights j
were local boys, employes In the var-|
ious branches of the motive power
department. The boxers were evenly j
matched and the management is to!
be congratulated on the clean sports- i
manship displayed.
'Wlitdup Results In Iv. O.
In the windup, the feature bout of \
the evening. Young Schiff, who has j
had some ring experience, knocked j
out Fighting Lehmer in the fourthj
round. This fight was a lively tilt [
from the gong until the finish. The
first three rounds were anybody's j
fight, but in the fourth Young Schiff'
showed his ring generalship and sent
his opponent to the mat for the final
count. Both boys weighed in. Schiff
weighing 130 pounds and Lehmer
138. This was the only knockout of
the evening. t
In the opener whirlwind Haywood i
and K. O. Johnson, 145-pound boys, j
started out to fight six rounds, but]
both were out of wind at the end of!
the flfth and the referee called the I
bout. It was about even up all
through.
The second bout was a good exhi
bition of scientific boxing. Boiler-1
maker Jones and Scrapper Mann
'fought four fast rounds. Both men
were evenly matched and the result
vtaa & draw, although Jones had a
shade the better when it came to
hard hitting. Mann evened this up
by aggressive footwork.
Giveler Drama lllood
The next bout was between Bat- j
tling Giveler and Gunboat Drake, j
145-pound boys. In the third round
Giveler caught Drake napping and
sent a stiff right to the point of the
nose, making the blood flow freely.
This stopped Drake for a minute, but
when the final gong sounded both
boys were going strong and the
bout resulted in a draw.
Between the bouts Announcer Mike
Newlin announced a. challege from
Wesley Metzgar to Sammy Gump. It
seems that there has been consider-
Bald Heads Fine Mark
For Boche Gunners
St. Douis, Mo.—The obvious tar-
Bet that a bald head offers to Teuton
; sharpshooters was assigned by an
I army officer here as a vital reason
j why men minus hair on their heads
! should be exempted from military
| service unless they can be used In
some branch that does not call for
! exposure to the enemy.
I Capt. C. E. Jenkins, In charge of
!an ambulance company at Camp
| Funston, gave this, advice when
! speaking to members of local ex
emption boards.
"Bald-headed men are not alto
gether welcome," Captain Jenkins
' said. "They present a shining tar
get for the enemy and besides they
can not withstand cold. They would
| make admirable decoys but thus far
' we have not felt the need of using
, hairless heads for that purpose."
Further advice offered by the
captain was that men with index
fingers missing or with as many as
t iwo toes missing should not be ai>
cepted.
Four-Year-Old Boy
Defies Air Raiders
i
j London. — The barbarism of the
iy, in lta continued air raids on
j innocent vlcuuta v.as offset here re-
I oently by a four-year-old boy who
! refused to be frightened by the mur
-dero'Jß attack.
The boy and his grandmother were
•sheltering in a passage when a bomb
demolished the upper portion of the
house. Debris rained down on them
and they were almost buried. As
they were being rescued the boy j
looked up at his grandmother and'
said:
"I was brave, wasn't I, granny?
They can't make me cry."
The baby daughter of a police
man who lived on the ground floor
opposite where a bomb fell was
killed, and her sister, aged four, was
: seriously Injured. Another little girl
in a flat a few doors away was in
jured. A horse was killed in a sta
ble near by.
Liquor Runs From Car;
Everybody Has Some
Decatur, 111.—"There was a Rot
' old time In the good old town" when
the end of a Wabash railroad freight
car, filled with wines and whisky,
was smashed in.
Wine poured from a hole In ope
side of the car and whisky from the
other. A constant stream of people
from a wide territory crowded the
vicinity. The switchyards became
I full of drunks. One was found dead.
Harrisburg: S. F. Kurtz. Xewmons
town; Isaac Wolstencroft. Philadel
phia; Hugh Beattie, Philadelphia:
W. H. Wolstencroft. Philadelphia:
John G. Martin, Harrisburg; H.
C. Hoffman, Philadelphia; Joseph
Graves, Delaware Water Gap: E. R.
Melrath, Philadelphia; William B.
Clegg, Philadelphia, present title
holder: Charles Humer, Marietta;
James Brenneman, Lancaster; David
Paul, Philadelphia: Charles Blddle,
Philadelphia.
Shooting started at 9.50 o'clock
and it is expected the final shot will
be recorded at 4.30. Each shooter
was given 20 birds with handicaps
ranging from 26 to 32 yards, fixed by
a sliding scale whereby each shooter
handicaps himself, according to his
form in this particular match, shoot
ing in blocks of ten.
Killing 10 .straight, step back two
yards; missing one out of 10 remain
at same mark; missing two out of 10
step forward two yards, but not
nearer than 26 yards, nor back more
than 32 yards.
able kidding done in respect to these
two men. Metzger Is in the welter
weight class and Gump is a heavy
weight. However, Gump got cold
feet and wouldn't have anything,, to
do with his challenger. At "tills point
a collection was taken up. The out
flow of money was so great that
the wrestling mat had to be brought
into play to hold all the money. The
proceeds amounted to nearly SSO.
In the fourth bout Young Krow
and "Baldy" Baldwin fought four
rounds to a draw. Neither boy had
the advantage in any round. They
weighed in at 145 pounds.
Isnni'itinn Shnden llronn
In the next bout "Waldo" Isaac
man got the better of Shorty Brown
in four fast rounds. \ln the second
round lie sent Brown to the mat with
a left nppercut. The next two
rounds Isaacman had the best of the
argument all the time, and the final
gong just saved Brown from going
the ten-second route.
The next mill saw Lefty Finn and
Al Simmers doing some fancy stunts.
These two boys thought they were
dancing instead of lighting and the
result was a draw.
As a special feature, a fifteen
minute wrestling match was staged.
Boilermaker Jones and Stanley Look
er put in fifteen minutes of strenu
ous work, neither one getting a fall,
although Looker got two or three
holds that nearly put Jones down.
Jones is pretty clever In breaking
holds and but for this fact would
have gone down to defeat.
Big Men Present
Among the large crowd some of the
shining lights were: E. W. Smith,
master mechanic and president of the
3JI. P. A. A.; H, B. Lotz, general
foreman, and Foremen C. H. Rut
ledge, .1. C. Porwart, C. W. Wise
giver. Isaiah Reese and W. H. H.
Beckley. The referee was Tom Hoff
man and the timekeeper was Mose
Miller. A. A. Delosia, of Altoona,
boxing promoter of the M. P. A. A.
of that place, was looking over the
participants in the fights with the
view of taking them to Altoona to
scrap with some of his boys.
Tiie meet was one big success.
Shows are held every two weeks for
the entertainment of the members,
and the next one promises to outdo
that of last night.
Abel Kiviat Retires
From All Athletics
ABEL R. KIVIAT
New York. Feb. 22.—Abel R. Ki
viat, the former Irish-American A.
C, champion, who showed at the
Millrose A. A. games that he still
has a good bit of running left in him,
is through with athletics for the
present and probably for all time.
Kiviat is in the Coast Artillery com
pany at Fort Hamilton, and the pre
sumption was that he had plenty of
time to train and condition himself
for a strenuous season on the board
floor and cinder path.
But Klvle knocked that Idea on
the head yesterday when he told
officials of the Metropolitan Associa
tion of the A. A. U. that he wouldn't
be able to start In the one-mile race
at the Preparedness games in the
Forty-seventh Regiment Armory
next Saturday. Klvlat was down to
race Mike Devanoy, Willie Gordon,
of the New York A. C., now at Pel
ham Bay; Ueut. W. C.'Anderson, of
Camp Dlx, and possibly Johnny
Overton, of the marines.
BIG FIVE FIRST,
| THEN HASSETTS
Manager Gordon W. Ford
Has Independents Signed
l'p For Championship
l | With the Harrisburg Imlepen-j
| dents, Hassctts and Rosewoods in al
, I series of games for the local cham-1
'' pionship, the basketball season,
I. promises to have an interesting!
.[finish. To-morrow night Manager!
• Gordon W. Ford will lineup his team I
j i against the Big Five of Lebanon. |
[ I The latter are strong claimants for j
'I the Central Pennsylvania champion-!
'j ship ever since the team started. i
"| Lebanon was late in getting into i
" the field, but since play began, the
< j Big Five is cutting some figure. Most
■ I of the victories have been on their
! home floor. The Independents with a
> patched lineup wus given a bump by
'! the Lebanon toss era sometime ago.
•j Manager Ford is of the opinion
I j that there will be a different story
• to tell to-morrow night when he has
| his regulars in operation.
To Announce- Plans
Plans for the series with the Has
| setts will be announced to-morrow
1 night. It is understood there will be
three games and all games will be
played on Chestnut street auditorium
i floor. It is also said there will be two
i referees with Clint White as the
' ; chief. White's work li*s been satis
, factory, except to a few fans who,
It is said, found fault with his ruling
r | on folils, but later learned that White
! was right.
The Rosewoods have not learned
what the Independents will do inj
their case. Hassett took a game from
| the Hill champs when three regulars
' were out of the lineup. It is under
■ | stood that tlie Rosewood manage
■ j ment has since made arrangements j
I ! and will play the Hassetts and Inde-j
' pendents a series, if satisfactory ar- j
: i rangements are made. Rosewood is!
■ i unfortunate in not having a floor!
: 1 of their own and for this reason play i
most of the games out of the city.j
■ However, notwithstanding the handi
cap along this line. Rosewood is
• ready to meet in a championshipj
■ ] series.
Plans to "Conserve" in
Court Trial by Wire
Brighton, Colo. —With food, fuel |
j and other commodities subjected to I
| I intensive saving campaigns, "coij
| servation" is the popular watchword I
I: in the Rocky Mountain region. The I
,| latest plan conserve" lias result- I
I ed in the first "court trial by wire" j
I j on record.
"Conservation of time, money, en- i
[ erg.v and fees," is what District At- j
,' torney Samuel W. Johnson termjj the i
'new wrinkle. Johnson's jurisdiction!
j extends over several conuties adjac- ]
ent to Denver and he experiences
I considerable difficulty in being pres
. ent in the various towns of the coun
ties when several cases are set for
| the same day in different courts.
So the busy prosecutor decided to
1 use the telephone,
j Sitting in his main headquarters
in Denver, with a telephone receiver
to his ear, Johnson listened to coun
sel for defense plead before., a judge
5 in the local court here for the dis
• charge of his client, a woman charg
• ed with "bootlegging," When At
-1 torney Michael Waldron had finish
' ed his case for the defendant, John
" son picked up the transmitter and
• presented evidence over the wire of
' sufficient weijfht to convict the de
; l'endant, who was fined SIOO and
• costs.
• Johnson declares his new method
j of handling cases will also result in
? the saving of much gasoline, as he
' j can avoid traveling from town to
town in the "buzz wagon."
Fell For 10 Days
in Northern Japan
i Tokio.—Japan has suffered from
I unusually heavy snowfall this win
ter, especially in the northern part
5 of the empire. In the Hokuriku dis
trict snow fell to a depth of nearly
six feet; in the city of Fukul the
storm was even more severe. At
j Invasho snow was six feet deep on
December 25, and in the neighboring
I town of Ono it attained a depth of
! eight feet.
A train from Naoyetsu was stalled
all night near Nypzen station. Be
fore rescue came the snow had com
pletely covered the cars and engine. ]
All passengers were saved. Snow
j fell at Takaoka for ten days and in i
j mountain districts was ten feet deep.!
BIG Jl'.M 1* IN RADIUM PHICE
i Metal Xow Selling For $2,800,000 |
an Ounce
The effect of war -on prices has
j been more strikingly exemplified in
fhe metal industries than anywhere
else, particularly among metals
which have practical use in war—
although this includes nearly all of
them. An article in the Railroad
Red Book, says the war pressure has
been felt as keenly in the market j
for the rarest and costliest metal as j
in the commoner metals. Conse- j
fluently the price of radium, which j
before the war was somewhere
around $1,000,000 an ounce, is now :
approximately $2,800,000 an ounce.
Practically all the world's com- j
I mercial supply of radium comes I
from the carnotite beds of Colorado i
and Utah, which also yield the rare |
metals uranium and vanadium.
Even these deposits, however, are j
limited in extent and are,difficult to i
work, and some of them are being
worked out so that tho output of
radium is likely to decrease rather
bhan increase. Last year from 1,500 ;
to 1,800 tons of carnotite ore was !
mined in Colorado, and this was con- |
i siderably less than the quantity the j
previous year. The amount of ra- '
dium extracted from a single ton of
ore Is inflinitesimal.
DYNAMITE GIRL'S NEW NAME
Chicago.—"Jose Linda," the 18-
yoar-old girl arrested recently on
her arrival from Youngstown, Ohio,
with thirty-six sticks of dynamite in
her handbag, to-day told the Fed-:
eral authorities that her real name
is Gabriella Antolene and that her
home is New Britain, Conn., where
she says she has a mother, father,
sisters and brothers.
The arrest of the girl led 1o a
Nation-wide search by Secret Ser
vice agents for evidence of a dyna
mite plot on the part of anarchists
or enemy aliens.
20c Each 2 for 35c
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FEBRUARY 22, 1918.
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™ CORMBR-
Tarsus tossers are somewhat sor
over a cancellation by the P. R. R.
Y. M. C. A., team. Those railroad
champs will have to complete the
series if they want to figure in cage
honors this season. Local cage en
thusiasts who have been ■watching
these teams, hope a game will be ar
ranged for the near future.
Just now Steelton is showing great
activity in bowling /sport. The Beth
lehem Steel Company League series
is being closely watched. Before
the schedule is complete, there will
be some other leaguos in operation.
Then will come some inter-city con
test. Harrisburg bowlers may have
to show a fast pace to win title re
cognition.
■Every regular member of the
Brooklyn Dodgers, with the excep
tion of Jake Daubert. who is still
the proud owner of a $9,000 war
contract, has ha*J his salary subma
rined by President Charles Ebbets*.
Even Wilbert Robinson, who did so
much in bringing the National Lea
gue championship pennant to Brook
lyn two years ago, consented to ac
cept a -cut in his compensation for
the coming baseball campaign. Sev
eral of the cuts were for.more than
SSO. But despite this, Robinson is
confident that he will have all of his
players signed before he starts for
the training camp at Hot Springs.
Once again the dispute oveV- the
bonus demanded by Grover Cleve
land Alexander before he will con
sent to pitch for the Chicago Cubs,
has bobbed up. Alexander, who is
at Hop Springs, Ark., has sent posi
tive word hero that the matter has
not been settled and that he does
Sport Writer Scores Hit
Produces War-Time Song;
President Wilson's Praise
Alex. Sullivan, the New York
sporting writer, is the proud pos
sessor of a letter from Joseph P.
Tumulty, President Wilson's secre
tary, thanking him in behalf of the
nation's Chief Executive, for the
copy of his song, "Send Back Dear
Daddy To Me." Mr. Tumulty de
clared that President Wilson desir
ed to thank Sullivan for sending him
the first copy of the big hit.
"Send Back Dear Daddy To Me"
is now the most popular gong in
New York. It is a march war ballad,
telling the story of a child's appeal
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not, intend to play ball unless It is.
The fact that Alexander already Is
doing preliminary training at Hot
Spring, however, indicates that the
bit pitcher has hopes his demands
will be granted.
Up to date no real reason why
the Phillies let Alexander go has
been given. Perhaps someone will
tell the story some day. Rube Wad
dell and Bugs Raymond had their
days. A complete history of these
famous twilers was a long time
coining.
Winning in a big live bird shoot
like that at Kansas City last week,
is worth something. There were five
prizes, the shooters dividing $2,100.
Harry E. Snyder of Kansas City got
$630; Frank Puller, Mukwonogo,
Wis., $525; B. P. Elbert, Des Moines,
lowa, and Woolfolk Henderson, Lex
inston, Ky., split $420; P. W. Dinger.
Harrisburg, taking fourth place got
$315; E. B. Melroth, Philadelphia,
Riley Thompson. Cainesville and
Harvey Dixon, Oronago, Wo., S7O
each.
It is soon time to announce that
the backbone of winter has been
broken. Amateur baseball teams are
getting ready. This Is always taken
as an indication that there will soon
be something doing in the fields. Of
course April is some distance off,
but there is a whole lot of inter
est aroused in getting ready. Once
more the St. Mary's team of Steel
ton is the first in the field with
plans. Manager Nicholas P. Zerance
is again in charge and will go after
the Dauphin county amateur cham
pionship title. For several seasons
this' aggregation lias been quite
prominent in the game.
to Fncle Sam to win the war so
that she can have her daddy back
home with her. Some good judges
have already declared that this song
is the catchiest that has ever been
written on a war topic. It is record
ed on all the leading phonographs
and mechanical pianos.
LAWRENCE Ol'T OF GAME
Hazleton, Pa., Feb. 22. Jack
Lawrence, Philadelphia basketball
player, signed recently by the Hazle
ton State League club, was put out
of the game for the balance of the
season by sustaining a fractured col
larbone in a collision with a Pittston
State Leaguer. Doctors declared
that he cannot got back In the game
before the race ends March IC. It
was his second appearance for Hazle
ton.
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