Harrisburg telegraph. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, February 25, 1918, Page 11, Image 11

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    SCHOLASTIC LEAGUE TEAMS HAVE BUSY WEEK AHEAD-BIG FIGHTERS' BATTLE TONIGHT
Busy Week For Stars
In Scholastic League;
Local Teams Leading
of the liveliest weeks for bas
ketball is In store for fans who fol
low the Central Pennsylvania quin
tets. Every team in the league will
play at least once, and York, Steel
ton and Central will get Into action
twice.
Central, the big surprise of last
week, will take the trip through the
Lehigh Valley when they meet Read
ing, Friday, and Allentown Satur
day, on foreign courts. Just when
the other teams of the circuit were
counting Central down and out, tjie
Blue and Gray bobbed up and trim
med York at that place, and laced
Reading on the home court. The
two victories put Central In seoond
place, and places them again In the
running for championship honors.
Rig Week For Steclton
Steelton will have a full/week be
cause of lt,s game WedneAay night
t Folton Hall with the "Sork crew.
O.iptain Coleman's tossers should be
able to win on the home floor, since
they lost at York by only two points
i n an extra period game. Friday night
Steelton will play the return game
with Tech at Chestnut street floor.
The other game will be at York Fri
day night, when Lebanon opposes
Captain McLaughlin's Ave. Lebanon
trounced York on the former floor,
but it may be a different story in the
York High gymnasium.
Local Schools Lead
A pleasing feature of the race is
the fact that the two local High
CENTRAL GIRLS
WIN FAST GAME
Defeat Cliambersburg Co-!
Eds; Varsity Five to Meet
Reading on Friday
In one of the hardest games of!,
their season. Central's fair co-eds i
lost to the I'enn Hall five Saturday i
afternoon at Chambersburg by a J
score of 27-10. The girls played an |
unusually fast game, but were unable'
to outclass the I'enn Hall bunch, i
Emanuel made several brilliant field I
goals for Central and Watts played
center with remarkable pep. Maurer, I
captain, held up her position as for- !
ward and captured several goals. \
The whole team did splendid floor!
work. Bertram Saul, faculty sports I
adviser, attended the game with the!
girls.
l*lay Rrndins
Central will go to Reading on Fri
day to hand them another defeat
such as was given to them last Fri
day here. Basketball fans were very
much surprised the way Central
walked all over Reading, as it was
thought that they were a much
stronger team. Their playing was
below par that evening. Because ot
their recent defeat and the added 1
confidence of their own floor. Read
ing will bo a much tougher proposi
tion this week than they were last
veek. Coach Wallower knows
what to expect and will pat his men
through stiff scrimmages Monday
: nd Wednesday.- The scrubs will be]
on duty to give the first team a good
chance to try out new plays. Cen
tral is now second In the league and
will make every effort to tie with j
Tech. *
It is rumored that the first Tech-
Central gamo will come off March
lirst at Chestnut Street Hall. It will
be one of the greatest attractions
for local games of this season. The
teams are evenly matched, so there
is no danger of a complete walkaway
on either side.
Lebanon Badly Defeated
by Independent Five
The Harrlsburg Independents eas- j
lly .defeated l,ebnnon- Big Five on |
the Chestnut Street Auditorium floor
Saturday night by a score of 65 to i
S7. The game was far from inter-j
esting, the locals having the advan
tage of the visitors. From the start i
of the game to the finish the local |
lads had their own way and caged
3oals at will.
Lebanon. Independents.
Moore, f. Wallower, f.
Schreiber, f. K. Ford, f.
Eoyer, c. McCord, c.
Miller, g. G. Ford, g.
Walters, g. McConnell. g.
Field Goals—Wallower, 9; N. Ford. ;
7: McCord, I. G. Ford, 8; Moore, 4; j
Miller, 3; Buyer, 1.
Foul Goals—McCord, 21 out of 23; |
Moore. 21 out of 23.
lteferee—White.
President Weeghman Is
Through Spending Money
Chicago, Feb. 2.l.—Tile usefulness
of the Weeghnian bankroll Is end
ed, and the Cubs will not be able !
to buy any more players before the
cpening of the baseball season, ac- j
cording to Secretary Walter Craig
head. of the Cubs, yesterday.
"There are no deals pending, and
I don't think there will be any," j
Craighead said. "The other clubs I
tl'.ink we have all the strength we j
should have and are not going to !
give us any more If they can pre- j i
vent It." j
Manager Mitchell frill arrive In i
Chicago soon to aid in planning the I
training trip to the coast.
' ' "Vi
Your Truck Is a
Business Partner
Chooc it with the same rare as
yon would your business nsso- l
elates.
Investigate the
WORM-DRIVE
■—• MOTOR TRUCKS j
. The tracks that sell
by comparison
Four models up
7,000 lbs. capacity
For every kind of business
MONN BROS.
Grow-1:1 khart Distributors
Star Garage, 123 South 13th St. I
/ ' •
MONDAY EVENING* tIARmSBURG FEBRUARY 25, 191&
Central Pennsylvania
Scholastic League
W. Xi. Pet.
Tech 0 a .750
Central ........ 4 2 .687
Lebanon ....... 5 3 .625
Reading 4 8 *B7l
York 8 .571
Steelton 2 6 .288
Allentown ..... 0 7 .000
{THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE
Wednesday, York at Steelton,
Friday, Steelton at Tech.
Central at Reading.
Lebanon at York.
Saturday, Central at Allentown.
schools hold first positions. It Is not
likely that they will ba ousted from
their plnces this week, su that when
the two aggregations meet Friday
night, March 8, they will have local
honors to decide In uddltlon to flrst
place in tho league. The largest
crowd In the history of the Indoor
game Is expected at the contests.
The reason for the standing of the
two local teams Is evident from a
perusal of the scoring records. Cen
tral has scored more points per gamo
and Tech has had fewer scored
against it than any of the other
teams. Likely it is that Captain
Huston, of Tech, Captain Frank, of
Central, will also have a merry race
for individual honors.
ACADEMY BRINGS
HOME THE BACON
s
I Pounds Gettysburg Five in
Saturday's Game; Sensa
tional Shooting Feature
The Academy five brought back
the bacon from Gettysburg Satur
day. The local five pounded Gettys
burg Academy 58 to 12. The result
j was never in doubt after the start
of tho game and the local school
i scored almost at will, holding their
opponents to three field goals. The
I first half ended 27 to 1.
Sensational ShooUng
Wren, the captain of the Blue and
i Gold tossers, did not get in the game
i md this caused an entire change in
the Academy lineup. Weigle was
moved from center to Wren's place
at forward and Miller jumped center,
Wescott taking his place at guard.
1 his is the first substitution made on
the Academy fivo since the beginning
of the season. The lineup and sum
mary"
GETTYSBURG ACADEMY
Eberman, f. Weigle, f.
Rudislll, f. DeVore, f.
Fuhrman, c. Miller, c.
Dempsey, g. Newlin, g.
Glenn, g. Wescott, g.
Field goals, DeVore, 11; Weigle, 6;
Miller, 3; Wescott, 3; Newlin, 2;
Fuhrman, Rudisill and Eberman.
Foul goals, Weigle, 5 out of 7; New
lin, 3 out of 9; Rudisill, 6 out of 18.
Referee, Herman, Gettysburg; Scor
er, Phillips, Gettysburg.
Boyd Memorial League Has
Two Fast Cage Games
In the Boyd Memorial Hall basket
ball series Saturday night the Achil
les defeated the Trojans, score 29 to
20. The Spartans won over the Apol
los, score 34 to 27. Both games were
fast and sensational shooting was a
feature. The summary follows:
ACHILLES
• F.G. Fls. T.P.
Conner, forward 7 o 14
Carl, forward 1 o 2
Weldman, center i o 4
Krebs, guard 3 3 9
Kindler, guard 0 0 0
Totals 13 3 29
TROJANS
F.G. Fls. T.P.
McFadden, forward .... 2 2 6
Towsen, forward 0 o 0
German, center 7 o 14
Elack, guard 0 0 0
Iluber, guard 0 0 0
Totals 9 2 20
Referee—Miller.
. SPARTANS
F.G. Fls. T.P.
Bowman, forward It 0 22
Williams, forward 2 4 &
Fensteniacher, center .. 2 0 4
Kindler, guard a 0 0
J. Snyder, guard 0 0 0
Totals 15 4 34
APOLLOS
F.G. Fls. T.P.
B. Snyder, forward .... 2 0 4
Towsen, forward 3 ft 15
Hagar, center 3 0 6
By rem, guard 0 0 0
Connor, guard 1 0 2
Totals 9 .27
Totals 9 9 27
I.KA(;I'E STANDING
W. L. Pet.
Achilles 9 3 .750
Spartans 8 4 .667
Arollos 4 8 .333
Trojans 3 9 .250
Hoblitzell's Enlistment
Makes 15th From Red Sox
Boston, Feb. 24.—1f Uncle Sam'
got spring fever and thereupon de
cided to trot out an altatar baseball
team, he could find it In the service.
In addition to that he could gather
a team composed of all Red Sox
stars. '
Dr. Richard C. lioblitzell, flrst
baseman, shortly will take his place
as a "molar mechanic" in the army
dental corps, probably with the rank
of a lieutenant. Me will be the fif
teenth Red Sox player to enter the
service thus far. .
Paul Smith, oitly a few days ago
bought from the Montreal Club, was
accepted in the National Army in
Macon county, 111. Then there are
Bentley, Cooney, Wilder and Jan
vrin, in the Army, while Jack Barry,
Lewis, Shore, Shorten, Gainer. Mc-
Nally."* Pennoek, Walsh and Bader
are in the Navy, most of them being
yeomen. *
MA CI, AY JUNIORS WIN
The Maclay Juniors Saturday night
won over the No. 7 Covenant team,
score 23 to 15. The game was played
in Covenant hall Rnd much interest
was manifested from start to finish.
"BOB"DUNKLE
DENIES CHARGES
Explains Why Game Was
Canceled With Big Five
Team of Camp Hill
Coach "Bob" Dunkle In a letter
to the Sporting Editor of the liar
rlsburg Telegraph Riven reasons why
the Hume between tho Camp Hill
varsity team and Camp Hill Five
WR canceled. The coach claims
that the school management as well
a* the players were accused unjust
ly by some of the Rig Five players.
The letter follows:
"In answer to the untrue talo
which was published In a morning
paper Thursday morning, wo feel
that perhaps a little explanation
would help straighten out matters
with our Interested friends.
"Does the public realise first of all
the tremendous task ahetid of tho
Camp Hill High School Association
and coach. The school has just live
or six boys who are larse and old
enough to play varsity basketball,
while wo do not have that many
with Which to make a scrub team.
Can you Imagine trying to make two
basketball teamp out of between
nino and twelve men? And yet \ve
did It. We have given tho fans at
home Bome good games, and always
fair. Furthermore we've been thrown
out of practice at least four or five
weeks through want of coal, not
having enough to play our scheduled
games In a warm room. .Consequent
ly, we canceled.
"Now we come along near the
end of our season with all our big
games at home, were feeling pretty
| confident when Old Man Sickness
comes along and gets Into our
ranks. Our center had been sick
for the last three weeks, and our
star forward is home now with an
injured hip, liot to say anything of
t our guard who nearly had blood
| poisoning in an injured arm.
Are Not Complaining
"Now, dear sporting friends, we're
not complaining. We merely wish
to explain to you our condition and
reason for canceling with the Big
Five of Camp Hill. The Big Five
is made up mostly of college men,
whom it would have been hard
enough to beat with our team in
prime condition, and you can im
agine the result with our team load
ed with scrubs. Anyway, the game
is not a regular scheduled game,
but one that was arranged by the
Big Five through the kindness of
the coach- after a long argument.
Where is tho coach who won't try
to take care of the condition of the
team, and where is the coach who
when he feels that a game is un
equal that won't use his influence to
have the game annulled.
"Does the writer of the article in
question realize that the people of
! Camp Hill know he has been roast
ing his own town team off and on
all season.
"Don't ho realize that they know
he published untruths in his write
up of Thursday morning. At that
time, according to the Big Five
statement, they have not had a prac
tice together all season. They do
not have any games arranged and
do not have a coach. To us It looks
as though friend reporter was a poor
sport, and was assuming an awfully
lot, when he said we were afraid
of being beaten. We leave you be
judges." '
National League Pays to
Fed All That Is Due
New York, Feb. 25. —John C/ Toole,
attorney for the National Baseball
League, on Saturday handed over a
cheek for $55,000 to James Hindman,
attorney for former Federal League
clubs, settling- tho National League s
account up to date with the Federal
League clubs under the terms of the
agreement of two years ago.
Of the amount, $25,000 goes to the
Pittsburgh Trust Company, receivers
of the former Pittsburgh Federal
League Club, which settles in full
the National League's obligation to
that club; 250,000 goes to the Robert
B. Ward estate for two years' rental
of the Brooklyn Federal League
park, and SIO,OOO to Harry Sinclair
for two years' rental of the Newark
Federal League grounds.
It also was announced that the
National League has eighteen more
annual payments of SIO,OOO to be
made to the Ward estate and eight
additional payments o£ $3,000 to Sin
clair.
It will cost the National and Amer
ican Leagues a total of $550,000 be
fore they fully settle tho case.
President B. B. Johnson, of the
American League, it was said, also
will send a check for $55,000 to the
Federal League attorney in the nea.-
future as the American League
share of the Federal League peace
indemnity.
John K. Toner, president of the
National League, will make all fu
ture payments for his league without
further action by that body.
Camp Hill Girls Easily
Defeat Palmyra High
Palmyra, Pa, Feb. 23.—Camp Hill I
Iligh School girls' team romped J
away with the local High School
girls in a contest played on the lo- j
r.al floor by a score of 35 to 5. The i
visitors played an exceptionally fast j
game and had little trouble in shoot- |
ing. The work of Miss Fry, Miss,
Denison and Miss Patterson was a I
feature of the game.
The score:
Palmyra. Camp Hill.
Miss Bomberger, f.Miss Patterscn, f.
Miss Stauffer, f. Miss Fry, f.
Miss Fasnacht, c. Miss Denison, c.
Miss Early, g. Miss Bowman,' g.
Miss Manifold, g. Miss Kilborn, g.
Field Goals—Bomberger, 1; Fas
nacht, Patterson, 2; Fry, 9; Denison,
6.
Fouls—Fasnacht, 1; Fry, 2.
Harry Hooper to Enlist
in United States' Marines
* San Francisco, Feb. 23.—Outfield-1
er Harry Hooper of the Boston!
Americans and rated ono of the stai*s!
of baseball, during a conversation!
with friends confided to them that
be was about to join tho United
States marines.
He stated that he would like to
be assigned to Maro Island, as he
was anxious to play ball with the
Best-Murphy aggregation.
Bill Lane is also an almost cer
tainty in the marines, and with these
men In tho outfield and the rest of
the talent Best and Murphy have
on roster the marines will rank
as an almost major league team.
Important Bouts Are
Booked For Tan£sh.t§
Fulton Meets Moran
' This match, originally scheduled
for last Friday, should holp clear
up the muddlw In tho heavyweight
ranks. Fulton, If he Is victorious,
will be In lino Tor a bout with the
tltleholdcr, Jess Wlllard, whenever
the latter deoldcs to defend Ills rlnK
laurels. The big Mlnnosota plasterer
Is lookori on H tho most logical of
WUlard'e rivals.
Moron 11ns Chance
If Morun, In hln awkward, wido
open style, should manage to con
nect on Fulton's jaw with his heavy
overhand right—tho "Mary Ann"
—Fulton's stock aa a titular con
tender will take a decided drop,
while the Pittsburgher wilt lund
again on tho pinnacle of L prontlge
that waa his before his disastrous
mooting with AVlllard in Madison
Squuro Garden.
! Tho general boxing public Is ln
i dined to tho belief that Fulton, with
his superior clovorness, will score a
victory. It is genorally concoded that
Moran's only cliauce lies In his nbll.
[ity to land effectively with his right
hand. Moran has Just finished a
hard period of work and Is In hot
ter condition than ho has boon for
some time. Tho Army life, with Its
dlsclpllno, is reported to have work
ed a wonderful change In Moran.
"who, before his appointment to tho
enmp. was loath to take propor caro
of his physical condition.
OUicr Important Bouts
While this match is progressing
Jack Dempsey, the Western heavy
weight. who has recently gained
leading prominence, will be engag
ing Knockout Bill Drennan, of Chi
cago, In an elimination bout in Mil
waukee. Dempsoy, if ho succeeds in
defeating tho Chicagoan, will gain
recognition as a heavyweight con
tender and the probability is that
lio will be matched with Fulton,
should the latter win over Moran.
Ted (Kid) Lewis, of England,
holder of the welterweight cham
pionship, and Jack Britton, of Chi
cago, former champion, are sched
uled for a twenty-round bout to a
rflreo's decision at Providence.
R. I.'
It will be the thirteenth ring
meeting between Lewis and Britton.
This series of bouts, unlike many
between other ring performers, dif
fers in that in each meeting there is
plenty of action between the con-
Amateur Baseballers
Likely to Bury Hatchet
Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 2 s.—That
peace between the National Base
ball Federation and the National
Amateur Baseball Association, which
have been separated for three years,
may bo a reality before the 1918
season opens was forecast here at
the annual meeting of the Federa
tion, when a committee composed
of the board of directors was named
to meet with officials of the N. A. B.
A. In an effort to get together.
Officers were elected as follows:
President, C. E. Martin, Cincinnati;
flrst vice-president, Frank Coates,
Toledo; second vice-president. Nel
son Lampert, Chicago; secretary,
Tom Nokes, Johnstown, Pa.; treas
urer, Virgil Zetterlind, Detroit.
It was expected that Chicago
would be selected as the meeting
place.
The following cities were repre
sented at the morning session:
Cleveland, Cincinnati. Chicago, De
troit, Pittsburgh,/ Johnstown. Lan
sing, Mich.; Akron, Toledo, Canton,
Columbus and Louisville.
To prevent protests in intercity
series next year the Federation will
co-operate with the National Asso
ciation of Professional Baseball
Players. No player ineligible to play
in the National Association will be
signed by a Federation teaA.
May Form New Baseball
League in Coal Regions
Mount Carmel, Pa., Feb. 25. —A
movement has been started among
baseball enthusiasts of this place,
Shamokin, Ashland, Pottsville and
several other coal region towns to
establish a Pennsylvania Anthracite
League of. baseball teams and a
meeting of the interested fans is to
be held within the next two weeks.
With the collieries and ftll other
industries working full time, the
fans believe tho time is opportune
to revive interest in baseball, dead
from a league standpoint in the coal
regions for the past several years.
In fact, there has been no league
baseball since the days of the At
lantic League. Several of the towns
have parks available for Sunday
games, and It is believed that with
semiprofessional teams In the field
keen interest can be aroused. Potts
ville, Shamokin, Mount Carmel,
Mnhanoy City, Tamaqua, Ashland
and possibly Centralia and Girard
vllle will be represented at the first
meeting.
Death Has Taken Nine
Ring Stars in Short Time
In less than a year, death has
laid claim to nine sporting cele
brities, eight boxing headlinora
and one champion wrestler. Lcs
Darcy was the first to go and
then followed such favorites as
Bob Vernon, Bob Fitzsimmons,
Charley White, John L. Sullivan,
Billy Madden and Terry McGov
ern. Pnpumonia put in a claim
for Darcy, Fitzsimmons and Mc-
Govern. The terrlblo Terry waa
the last of these two to answer
the final call.
These sporting notables ha\ i
h°ard the call of the Great Ref
eree during the last nlno months:
Los Darcy, Memphis, May 24,
1917.
A 1 Palzer, Fergus Falls, Minn.,
July 29. 1917.
Bob Vernon, New York, Aug.
31. 1917.
Bob FRzslmmons, Chicago, Oct.
32. 1917.
Charley W r hite, Now York, Dec.
2, 1917.
Frank Gotch, Humboldt, la..
Dec. 16, 1917.
John L. Sullivan, Ablngton,
Mass., Feb. 2, 1918.
Billy Madden, New York, Feb.
21. 1918.
Terry McGovern, New York.
Feb. 22, 1918.
9n Sraßra
i |
I? - • "V:y •
FKED FULTON .
testants. They arc evenly matched
in many respects, Britton contrast
ing his training of long years' com
petition in tho ring against the dash
ing, aggressive English boxer. Both
are reported in good condition and
ready for the bout.
Frank Moran, Pittsburgh's blond
heavyweight boxer, who is now box
ing instructor at Camp Wadsworth,
Spartanburg, .S. C.. will abandon
has army routine to-night long
enough to engage Fred Fulton, the
Minnesota contender for the heavy
weight championship title, in a
twenty-round bout at New Orleans.
GOOD TOBACCO
IS COMFORTER IN
FRENCH TRENCHES
Americans "Over There" Look
to I'oiks at Home For
Supply
Here's to the Blue of the Windswept
North,
When we meet on the fields of
France;
May the spirit of Grant be with j*ou
all
As the Sons of the North advance.
And here's to the Gray of the sun
kissed South,
When we meet on the fields of
Francs;
May the spirit of Dee be with you
all
As the Sons of the South advanoe.
And here> to the Blue and Gray as
one,
When we meet on the fields of
France;
May the spirit of God be with us all
As the Sons of the Flag advance.
—George Morrow Mayo.
This is regarded as one of the
best of all war poems which have
been written and we start with it be
cause "smokes" is one of the best
comforters of the trencnes. Wouldnlt
you like to see the excitement on
days when the smokes are passed
out, the smokes which kind Amer
icans have contributed without any
idea of reward? One chap com
pares this occasion to a world's ser
ies ball game. "I will tell you how
the lads line up for tobacco," he
writes. "You have probably seen a
world series ball game and know
something of the mad rush. Well,
it is the same over here when we
line up for American tobacco. Say,
it's a wonder they don't get a mov
ing picture of this. Pretty rough,
I say, but I guess no one is ever
hurt.
"There's two things everybody is
agreed on in this camp and you cap't
get any argument on it. We all say
that America is the home ot the
most beautiful women and the best
tobacco." A sergeant in the field
artillery has Sent a semipoetic ef
fusion to the persons who happened
to supply him and he draws a sad
picture indeed to "tobftccoless" day*
in trenches. There should be none
of these. To the Sammie tobacco is
a friend in need, and you should
be the friend, indeed. As the sons
of the flag advance, do your share
by sending a contribiUion to the
Telegraph fund. Every 25 cents
buys smokes to the value of 45
cents.
Orchard Spraying to
Be Shown Farmers
A. F. Mason, orchard specialist of
State College, is the speaker secur
ed to discuss spraying and dusting of
trees at a series of pruning demon
strations Which has been arranged
I by the Dauphin Oountv Farm Bu
reau. Tho schedule for the week is
as follows:
Tuesday, at 2 p. m., Tt. J. Wal
ton's Farm, Hummelstown.
Wednesday, 9 a. m., George Hhrin
er's Farm, near Ijinglestown.
Wednesday, 2 p. m., Grant Hum
mer's Farm, near Shellville.
Thursday, 9 a. m., C. P. Longe
necker*s Fp-m, Middletown.
Thursday, 2 p. m„ William Min
ster's Farm, near Dauphin.
Friday, 9 a. m., I. B. Rudder's
Farm, near Halifax.
Friday. 2 p. m., Jonathan Koppen
hafer's Farm, near Berrysburg.
The Farm Bureau reqyeiSed farm
ers over Dauphin county some time
ago to end In samples of seed corn
for germination. The seed corn situ
ation was presented at that time as
very serious. •
PENN LEADING
COLLEGE LEAGUE
Two Mate Victories Neces
sary; Games This Week of
Great Importance
On© more victory will Insure no
worw than n tio, and two more vic
tories will clinch tho basketball title
of the Intercolleglato League for
Pennaylvanla.
This Is tho crucial week for
as It meets Yale at New Haven to
morrow night and Dartmouth at
Hanover on Saturday. Princeton Is
the only team that has a chance to
ber.t Penn, and as the Red and Bluo
winds up its schedulo at Princeton
on iMaroh 9, the Quakers need to
win both of their ganios this week
providing tho Tigers also win.
Princeton Has Game
Princeton also Is carded for two
Raines this week, meeting Dart
mouth at Hanover to-morrow night
and Columbia at Now York on Sat
urday. If the Tigers loso one of
these games, Penn could afford to
loso nil three of lis remaining games
and will linish In a tie. Dartmouth
gavo Penn a hard battle on Satur
day. so the game at Hanover can
not bo counted upon as a sure vic
tory, even if the Hanover team has
lost seven straight.
On Saturday Penn won over
Dartmouth, scare 26 to 20, and
Princeton proved too fast for Cor
nell, winning l>y a score of 21 to 14.
Sweeney, the University of Penn
sylvania star forward, still leads the
Intereollegiato Basketball League in
points scored with seventy-six. He
has tallied twelve field goals and
fifty-two free throws. Van Slyck, of
Yale, is second highest scorer with
sixty-nine points. Trimble, of Prince
ton, has tallied the highest number
of field goals. The official standing
follows:
W. L. Pet.
Penn 7 0 1.000
Princeton 4 2 .667
Cornell 4 3 .571
Yale 3 3 .500
Colombia 2 5 .286
Dartsmouth 0 7 ,000
Schedule For Week
Tuesday—Pennsylvania at Yale,
Princeton at Dartmouth.
Wednesday—Columbia at Cornell.
Saturday—Pennsylvania at Dart
mouth; Princeton at Columbia.
New Justice of Peace
Builds R Courthouse
Lancaster, Pa.. Feb. 25.—Probably
the most pretentious office of a jus
tice of the peace in Pennsylvania is
that of Frank MclSrann, who has just
conducted his lirst case as magistrate
of Manheim township. McGrann is a
very wealthy farmer and poultryman
and devoted much of his time, to
helping t!ir authorities run down
criminals. For several years he had
a station for the state police on his
premises. He is president of tho
Lancaster County Humane Society
and has rounded up scores of per
sons on cruelty charges.
A year ago McGrann was chosen
justice of the peace of his township
and he proceeded to erect a minia
ture courthouse on a portion of his
property. It is of the bungalow
style, 42x18 feet. It is finished in
hardwood. lighted by electricity,
heated by steam, with a big open
hearth. There is also a cooling sys
tem for warm weather. There Is a
private telephone exchange, while
the judicial furniture would be suit
able for a county courthouse.
Large bookcases contain ' rows of
legal volumes and ■ there is a spe
cially-built pen for the prisoners.
The justice celebrated tho formal
opening of the courthouse by return
ing to court for trial Alfred and
Chester Green, mountaineers, who
were preying upon eastern Lancas
ter county farms.
New Corn Oil Has Many
Advantages For Cooking
Smokeless cooking is a possibility
with corn oil, which has a burning
point of 650 degrees F., as compar
ed with only 425 degrees for lard,
250 degrees for butter, 535 degrees
for cottonseed oil, 600 degrees for
olive oil, and 620 degrees for peanut
oil. The low burning point of lard
and butter fills the kitchen with
burning grease smoke, according to
Dr. Ralph St. J. Perry, in the Min
neapolis Tribune. The high burn
ing point of corn oil enables the
cook to bring it to COO degrees be
fore putting in food for frying, and
the hot oil instantly seals in food
juices, retaining flavor and aroma,
the food being cooked in its own
Juice instead of saturated with
grease. In one experiment, an
onion, a doughnut, a meat ball, and
a codfish ball were all fried together
in the same corn oil, none of them
absorbing flavors from the others, an
illustration of this sealing. Corn oil
also has a lower congealing point
than any other salad oil, remaining
clear and fluid down to 14 degrees
F., and so makes salad dressings
which are free from lumps. Olive
oil becomes cloudy and solidifies at
32 degrees, as does peanut oil. It
is said that nothing equals American
corn oil for nice, even browning of
fancy dishes. Oil content averages
about 5 per cent, of the corn grain,
so that a 3, 000,000,000-bushel corn
crop holds potentially 400,000,000
gallons of corn oil. The oil is ex
tracted from the corn germs, puri
fied by filtration and steaming, which
sterilizes it and turns it into a clear,
limpid, pale straw-colored food oil,
free from odor, possessing a peculiar
sweet flavor and keeping without
rancidity for many months.
Woman Lecturer Speaks
Before People's Forum
The importance of sacrificing all to
aid the nation, and of becoming a
unit to aid the country in the pres
ent crisis was emphasized by Mrs.
Alice Dunbar Nelson, whb addressed
the People's Forum in tho Wesley
A. M. E. Zion Church yesterday af
ternoon. About 700 people were
present. Mrs. Nelson is a noted au
thor and speaker.
Miss Catherine Dubbs sang sev
eral solos very beautifully.
Explorer to Give Third
Lecture Before Naturalists
"America and the Caribbean Sea,"
will be the subject of a lecture to
ho delivered by Frederick Monsen
before the llarrisburg Natural His
tory Society, Thursday evening, in
the Technical High school auditor
ium. Monsen lectured before the
society twice preceding tliic lec-1
ture.
f\Y/ DULY IT * 1
w CORfNBRJ
Tarsus athletes are working hard
for tho volleyball series with the llur
risburg patrolmen's team. The first
game will bo played to-morrow night
at tho Y. M. C. A. gymnasium. Much
interest is manifested. The Tarsus
liavo also arranged a series with
the Motive Power Athletic Associa
tion champs. - There Is nothing those
Tarsus fellows will turn down when
it comes to roal sport.
The annual meeting of the Galahad
Recreation Athletic Association will
be held to-night at tho homo of D.
''lark Hawley, 1825 Itegina street. Of
tlcors will bo elected and plans dis
cussed for the coming baseball season.
Tho Galahads have for several sea
sons furnished good sport, and while
a number of stars aro at tho front,
there is still good material for a base
ball team.
Penn is leading the intercollegiate
basketball race with chances good to
stay at the top until the finish.
Princeton is still In the race and
U.S. INCREASES
USE OF SUGAR
The Per Capita Consumption
Mounts Upward Despite
the War
There were about 1,500,000,000 |
pounds of commercial sugar stocks \
on hand August 31, 1917, compared
to 2,000,000,000 pounds on the same
date in 1916, according to the first
War Emergency Food Survey, fig
ures for which are issued by the
United States Department of Agri- i
culture. Large decreases were re- j
ported by mills and refineries and ;
by storage warehouses, although
stocks in the hands of wholesale
grocers and all large users of sugar
showed increases in 1917.
Increased Per Capita Consumption
The returns indicate that the
amount of sugar consumed in 1917
was about 88.3 pounds per capita,
whereas the average consumption
for the five-year period ending in
1916 was 84.7 pounds per capita.
The evident increase in consump
tion, says the department, is due in
part to the increased manufacture
for export of commodities like con- '
di nned milk, arid to an increase in j
population, coupled with an increas- I
ed consumption by individuals, and !
to an increase in consumer's stocks, i
Where Sugar Was licld
Of the total stocks of sugar re
ported, more than 038 million
pounds or 41 per cent was held by
sugar and sirup mills and refineries.
Wholesale grocers held about 285
million pounds or 15.8 per cent, and
storage warehouses about 207 mil
lion pounds, of 15.8 per cent. Retail
dealers came next with about 134
million pounds, or 10.4 per cent, of
the total.
New York reported the largest
stocks, about 323 million pounds,
followed in order by California and
Lot isiana, both of which held over
100 million pounds. Details of the
sugar survey may be found in Cir
cular 96, Office of the Secretary,
United States Department of Agri
culture.
Park Street Church Has
f a Prosperous Year
"The Story of Statistics," which
was the subject of last evening's dis
course by the Rev. A. E. Hangen,
pastor of Park Street United Evan
gelical Church, shows remarkable
work accomplished during the past
three years. A comparative report of
three years' work Is shown as fol
lows:
Three years ago the membership
was 340, and Increased to 495; Sun
day school has an increase from 472
to 810, Including the organization of
two new departments. Cradle Roll
and Honje Department; Junior
Christian Endeavor membership, 45;
Senior Christian Endeavor increased |
from 50 to 67 members; C. E. con-1
tributions from sll to $57; mission-1
ary contributions from $471 to $815; |
pastor's salary was increased $250 |
in three years. The Evangelical j
subscriptions increased from 47 to
111; copies of literature taken by the j
Sunday school and Individuals in- 1
creased from 620 to 812; the official i
board finances increased from $3,325
'to $4,400; total amount of money
raised during the past year $5,800;
contributions for purposes outside of
the congregation, $1,533; by April 1
the total amount paid on church
debt will be $4,000. The olllcial board
unanimously requested that the pas
tor be returned for another year. i
Use McNeil's Cold Tablets. Adv.
I
Quality will always be patronized
while cheap goods are dear at any price
K IN G
OSCAR
CIGARS
have for years enjoyed the reputation
of being a quality proposition. In re
turn for this confidence, the public ex
pects and receives the same regularity
year in and year out. The result is
that all concerned are satisfied.
John C. Herman & Co.
MAKERS
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there Is every indication of a great I
finish.
Unusual Interest is manifest In the
bouts on to-night's fight schedule.
While Fulton is picked to win over
Moran, the Pittsburgher has an
awful punch. If he can land It. There
will also be several lightweight and
welterweight contests of special im
portance.
The Garnets lost a game, Saturday
night, to the Stewartstown Ave. score
27 to 20. The local five wound up a
two-day trip. The Garnets have been
unable to get games because of the
scarcity of open time. They are ready
and willing to play all comers.
Lancaster will have open-air box
ing this season. Frankle Erne, the
popular Lancaster promoter, has leas
ed the baseball grounds and will stage
his first show in May. Erne plans to
give the fans the best he can, provid
ing they turn out and support the big
matches, which necessarily require a
lot of money to stage.
Good Roads Program
Planned For Lebanon
Lebanon county lined up for bet
ter roads at a big meeting of citi
zens of Lebanon and rural districts
of the county in the courthouse Sat
urday when the Lebanon County
Good Roads Association was organ
ized with Simon P. Light as presi
dent; W. L. Wchatter, secretary; H.
H. Ulrich, treasurer, and a vice
president in every borough and
township.
The immediate purpose of the
project is to induce the County Com
missioners to take the necessary
steps to secure federal and state
aid,*in conjunction with Berks and
Dauphin counties, for the fmmedi-y*
ate rebuilding of the old Berks and
Dauphin turnpike between Harris
uurg and Heading, freed last year,
anu now a part ot the William Penn
highway. It is hoped to put the im
provement through on a basis of
twenty-live per cent, of construction
costs to each county as Berks, Leb
anon and Dauphin counties each
shared the cost of purchase of the
turnpike with the state on a fifty
lifty basis.
'ilie new Good Roads Association
will, however, devote itself to gen
eral road improvements and com
mittee chairmen include: Post roads,
Mayor George T. Spang; state high
ways, George F. Krause; township
roads, C. C. Gingrich; publicity, A.
B. Schropp.
Another Harrisburg Boy
Arrives Safely in France
One mofe Harrisburg man lias
arrived safely "over there." Time
will soon come when most every
body in town will have a friend or
relative "somewhere" in France. Mr.
and Mrs. David M. Smeltzer, of Pax
tang, had been very anxious to hear
from their son, Sergeant Leroy H.
Smeltzer, of Pittsburgh. No less
worried was the sergeant's sister,
Mrs. H. K. Smith, of 2013 A Swa
tara street, and she it was who re
ceived the first word of his safe •
arrival. Sergeant Smeltzer is a
member of the Quartermaster's Me
chanical Corps. x
WAR BKI/T ON DISPLAY
Mrs. Frank Brestel, 1629 Hunter
street, has received from her broth
er, Jacob D. Eisenhart, who is' in
the European war zone with Battery
8, Sixth Artillery, a military belt
obtaining many of the insignia of
the British armies affd their colonial
troops. The Royal Dublin Fusilliers,
Australian military forces, Canadian
forces. Royal Enginers, Welsh regi
ments, Brecknockshire troops,
Scotch Highlanders and Prince of
Wales volunteers are all represented
in the insignia. The belt is tem
porarily on display in the windows
of The Globe clothing store in Mar
ket street, where it has' attracted
much attention on the part of pas
sersby.
HI'RJVED BY ACID
Bella Roop, 4 North Ufinth street,
thought she took carbolic acid by mis
take when strong liminment, which
she used for her toothache, began to
burn her mouth. She was taken to
the hospital, where her fears were
found t° be ungrounded.
RAZOR BLADES
SHARPENED
Single edge 25c doz.
Double edge 35c doz.
Old style 25c ea.
Leave Orders At
Gorgas' Drug Store ■
16 N. 3rd St. Pcnna. Station