rrECH READY FOR HARD GAME-MANAGER GORDON FORD REPLIES TO HASSETT COACH
CAN CHAMPION STEELTON STOPS
GET INTO SHAPE YORK TOSSERS
Reports Say Willard Is Cam
ouflging on Being Out
of Condition
Can Willard of To-day
Fight Like Jess of 1915
Can Jess Willard light a battle
of championship caliber against a
dangerous opponent?
Could the youthful, aggressive
, Jack Dempsey or the huge Fulton
make Willard open up and light
us he fought at Havana when he
won his title from Jack Johnson?
Before trying to decide the
question, just remember that Wil
ard has never been really forced
lo extend himself to the limits of
his great strength.
The Johnson he fought at Ha
vana was merely a shell of the
.treat negro who whipped Jeffries.
Willard took it comparatively
;asy during that fight. He boxed
carefully and was never in dan
ser. Ho practically picked out
his own time to knock Johnson
out.
Willard has never hit a man
with his full force since August
22, 1913.
On that date, Willard killed
"Bull"; Young with one punch in
the eleventh round of their fight
at Vernon, Cal.
Willard has since admitted he
is afraid to use his full strength
in a fight.
But Willard, desperate. In dan
ger of defeat, might be a differ
ent man.
Chicago, Feb. 27.—1s Jess Willard
seriously preparing for a long title
nght this summer?
This la not a Joke. It may sound
like one, when Willard's activities
lor the last year or more are con
sidered—
BUT!
Jess Willard right now doesn't
weigh over 200 pounds, within ten
pounds of his best fighting'weight.
He has no paunch. He is in prime
condition.
There have been dispatches from
here and there to the effect that
Willard weighs about 800 pounds;
that It would take him six months to
net In shape to stay twenty rounds
In the ring.
This may be camouflage on Wll
lard's part, while he is playing hide
nnd seek with promoters angling for
the best possible offer. Whether It
is or not is not essential.
The fact remains that Willard
iloes not weigh 300 pounds. It
would not take him six months to
SBt in shape. With light training
from noT on Willard would be "In
ihe p'\ with thirty days of fairly
ptrciitious work.
That being the case it is fair to
assume that Willard 1m seriously con
sidering a match with some title
contender.
Fred Fulton and Jack Dempsey
Ihe the chief aspirants. Jess prob
ably feels that he has not much to
fear from either of them. Dempsey,
he knows, lacks experience. Fulton
lacks a great many things. Jess has
dot lost his fondness to the coin
of the realm and the colossal purse
that will be offered for a title bout
is bound to be tempting to him.
Willard was fat a year ago. He's
in shape now.
What's the answer?
FULTON WE Ll* IMIII
Fred Fulton received *4.900, or a
little better than $544 a minute, for
knocking out Frank Moran at New
Orleans Monday night. Moran drew
$4,200 as liis end. The gross receipts
were *14,000.
Fulton fought for thirty-five per
rent, of it. while Moran had an
agreement with the club officials to
get thirty per cent, of the money
taken in.
LAKE GOES TO CHICAGO
Cincinnati. 0., Feb. 28.—The Na
tional Commission has handed down
a ruling awarding Pluyer Harry Lake
to the Chicago American league
club. Lake was a member of the
Newport News club of the Virginia
League, which disbanded during 1017
on account of war conditions.
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THURSDAY EVENING,
Captain Coleman and Team
mates Outclass Codorus
Cage Stars
J Steelton High tossers last night
! put a crimp In York's chances for
i winning the Central Pennsylvania
j Scholastic championship honors.
: The Steelton lads won by a score
j of 37 to 20. \ It was all Steelton from
; the The same was played in
; Felton Hall and attracted a large
crowd. _
| Both teams played a hard game,
but Steelton was doing something
that counted every minute of play.
Coleman, the popular captain, set the
pace and was in evidence all the
I lime. Tlin scoring during the first
| half was rather close and when time
/as declared at the halfway mark
; the score stood 16 to 11, with the
i Steels on top.
j During the second half the lads
| from Little Bethlehem began to in
crease their lead and steadily con
| tinued until the game was declared,
i When the final records were tallied
| the scor.e stood 37 to 20, with the
j Vorricks on the short end.
! Mclaughlin, the York pivot man.
j played the best game for the visit
i ors, gaining the jump on Morrett on
| many occasions, as well as caging
tivo goals frojn difficult angles of
j the floor. Cohen also played a fast
game. The score:
j York. Steelton.
Schrom, f. Coleman, f.
I Brossman, f. Porr, f.
j McLaughlin, c. Morrett, c.
i Aldinger. g. P. Weuschinski,
Cohen, g. W. Weuschinski, g
Field Goals—Coleman. 2: Porr. 4;
P. Weuschinski. 2; Schrom. 1; Mc-
Laughlin. 2: Aldinger, 1; Cohen. 1.
Field Goals—Porr, 10 out of 25;
Aldinger, 10 out of 23.
Substitutions—Young for Bross
man, May for Schrom.
Referee—White.
Free Training For
Cincinnati Nationals
New York, Feb. 28.—Christy Mat
hewson was always considered the
| most popular player in the major
leagues when he pitched for the
! Giants, and that he sUll retains this
popularity is shown by the fact that
Big Six and his Cincinnati Reds will
have a whole training trip this
spring free of cost. They will be
the guests of the Y. M. C. A. and
the Board of Trade at Camp Sher
idan, Montgomery, Ala.
During the winter Matty was at
Camp Sheridan on a visit, and while
there he played checkers with the
! soldiers at the Y. M. C. A. hut.
• Thousands of youths at this camp
I revered Christy Mathewson as the
idol of their boyhood days. He was
a hero during his visit, and he was
such a great attraction for the sol
diers that the Y. M. C. A. persuad
ed Matty to bring the Reds to the
camp for their spring training. The
Y. M. C. A. will bear half the ex
pense of the training season, while
the Montgomery Board of Trade
will sbaro the other half of the costs.
Because of the groat personal favor
with which Matty Is regarded, his
ball club will have a free training
trip, while the other major league
clubs are expending thousands of
doUars to get into shape in the
South.
STEEI/TON SCRUBS
DEFEAT HERSHEY TEAM
On the Hershey Y. M. C. A. floor
i last evening, the Steelton Scrubs de
; feated the Hershey High school team
|by the score of 32 to 12. The game
1 was fast throughout, however, the
Steelton tossers had the better of
the going from the start. Snell star
red for the Steels, tallying four goals
from the field as well as seven to
fifteen.
CHAMPION skati;r is on
i Pittsburgth, Pa., Feb. 28.—Morris
Wood, of Long Branch, N. J., indoor
I ice skating champion of the world,
| was injured last night shortly be
! fore the starting of his race with
j Bobbie McLean, of Chicago, when he
j fell at the Winter Garden.
• CORNELL HEFEATS COLUMBIA
Ithaca, N. Y„ Feb. 28.—Cornell de
j feated Columbia here to-night in an
i Intercollegiate League basketball
, game by a score of 39 to 26.
TRAINING SAMMEES TO FIGHT WITH NATURE'S WEAPONS
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"FTfiJ-rrrXm VTTTIi N"ATUJ?e/3 V/IuAPOirTS , £<"/*.f. KßZ>'/M*S.
Willie Ritchie, Idol of the fight
fans the world over, is one of the
many boxers who have donned the
khaki to teach our boys the art of
handling their fists. Ritchie is
Colored Athlete to
Enter Penn Carnival;
Is Pentathlon Star
Philadelphia, Feb. 28. —Rutgers
College will have a contender in the
intercollegiate pentathlon cham
pionship contest at the University of
Pennsylvania relay games here in
April. Robeson, the giant Negro,
who played end on Foster Sanford's
eleven, which cleaned up Cupid
Black's Newport Naval Reserves last
fall, and who was a popular selec
tion for the same position on All-
Amrica elevens, is out to win the
all-around prize that has fallen to
the prowess of Howard Berry three
years running.
Has Never Failed
If Robeson does not make good In
the pentathlon event, it will be his
lirst failure in the athletic line. Just
now the sensational Negro is cutting
wonderful capers on the basketball
court for the Garnet. Robeson
played on the Rutgers five against
the University of Pennsylvania team
in Philadelphia recently, and the
basketball sharps there declared him
td be one of the fastest forwards in
the intercollegiate ranks to-day.
Added to his great height and
speed, Robeson has an arm reach—
the same one that enabled him to
make seemingly Impossible "gets"
of forward passes on the gridiron
last fall—that still further increases
TRI-STATE STARS
NOW IN SERVICE
Harrisburg Has Two on the
Honor Roll; Others
on List
That the defunct Tri-State league,
in which Harrisburg was represented
until its blowup, has given its shaj*e
of players in the present war is evi
dent by the number already in the
service. A roll of honor has been
prepared by. a Philadelphia sports
writer, which shows that 275 profes
sional players are now on the pay
roll of Uncle Sam. Of this number
112 are major leaguers.
The list includes a number of
players whose faces are known to
local fans. They appeared on the
local Tri-State field during their ca
reer in the circuit. Their names and
clubs with which tlvey formerly
played follow:
All Known Here
"Johnny" Bassler, Los Angeles,
with York, in Tri-State.
Harry Damrau, Montreal and Ath
letics, with York, in Tri-State.
John Dell, with Heading, in Tri-
State.
"Joe" Gleason, Shreveport, with 1
York. Harrisburg and Williamsport,
in Tri-State.
H. H. Grubb, Waco, with Altoona,
in Tri-State.
W. Harkins, Waco, with Trenton,
in Tri-State.
Harry Krause, Oakland, with Har
risburg, in Tri-State.
F. Kt-oh, Dayton, with Johnstown,
in Tri-State.
"Toney" A. Marhefka, with Wil
liamsport and Trenton, in Tri-State.
"Rube" J. C. Oldham, Detroit,
with York and Trenton, in Tri-State.
Maurice Hath, Cincinnati and Ath
letics. with Reading, in Tri-State.
"Charley" Street, Washington,
with Williamsport, in Tri-State.
John Zinn, Waco, with Altoona, in
Tri-State.
Hassett Girls Win in
Easy Style on York Team
The Hassett girls last night de- 1
feated the Bear department store 1
girls at York, 7 to 3. Miss Emanuel,!
of the Harrisburg team, was the
only lassie who succeeded In tossing
the sphere'through the net from the
field. Misses Sweeney and Scheffer,
of the Hassetts, starred for the vis
itors. Miss Sweeney caged four free
goals, while Miss Scheffet was cred
ited with one goal from the fifteen
foot line. Tlie passing and Qoor
work of Miss Connor, the Hassett
guard, was exceptionally brilliant.
The summary:
York. Hassett.
Smith, f, Sweeney, f.
Prey, f. Peter, f.
Helgos, c. Emanuel, c.
Williams, g. Hchoffer, g.
Ness, g. ' Connor, g.
Plcld Goal—Emanuel.
POIII Goals—Sweeney, 4; Scheffsr,
i; Heiges, 3.
Referee—Cole.
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BiimiagußG (iflp&Ll TELEGRAPH
shown here at Camp Lewis teaching
a big rookie how to "put one over."
(Readers of this newspaper who
wish a photographic copy of this
I picture may obtain It by sending ten
his effectiveness on the basketball
court.
There seems to- be little doubt
that Robeson can make a fine show
ing in the pentathlon event. It all
rests on his ability to run through
1,500 meters in fairly good style.
; The other four events of the quintet
i should be easy accomplishments for
him. There is no question about
Robeson's ability in the 200 meters
run or the broad jump. This leaves
only the discus and the javelin
throw. Those long arms of Robe
son's are the answers to the ques
tion.
Howard Berry Is Out
The pentathlon championship
I holds renewed interest for the ath
j letic sharps this year, because of the
i fact that Howard Berry, who has
I enjoyed a monopoly on the contest
i since its inception, three years ago,
|is out of college. Acting Manager
George Orton expects not less than
20 starters in this year's contest, and
possibly 25. From a dozen college
centers come reports that one or
more aspirants are In training for
the honor of succeeding the great
and only Berry. The colleges ad
jacent to Philadelphia will prob
ably furnish a dozen starters. Rut
gers will have Wittpenn, as well as
Robeson. Illinois has two candi
dates, and there are several more in
the Middle West.
PLAYERS ILL;
NO CAGE GAMES
Camp Hill Tosscrs May Quit
Because of Hard Luck
This Season
Illness of three regular players of
the Camp Hill High school varsity
five makes it impossible for the team
to play Carlisle High school at Camp
Hill on Friday, Professor Fred V.
Hockey, principal of the High school
announced to-day. The Nell broth
ers and John Basehore are ill and
will be unable to be out for a week
or more. The game last week was
cancelled on account of the Illness
of the players and a team was made
up of substitute players to play a
game with a Harrisburg team.
Camp Hill has five games on its
schedule, four of which are on the
home floor. If the players do not
improve in health by next Friday,
Coach Dunkle sid to-day it may be
necessary to cancel all the remainder
of the games on the schedule.
Jinx Still in Kvldencc
The "jinx" has been with the
'cross-river team all season. When
the team got in good shape several
players were injured and then they
were unable to practice and play on
account of the exhaustion of the
coal supply. The team was just re
covering from this setback when last
week three of the varsity men were
taken ill and it was necessary to
cancel the game.
Officials at - the school expressed
hope to get the team in shape for
the Carlisle game to-morrow night,
but physicians attending the boys
announced to Professor Rockey that
the boys would not be out until next
week and one of them will not be
permitted to play during the re
mainder of the season.
Hans Lobert Starts
Work With Soldiers
West Point. N. Y.. Feb. 28 —Hans
Lobert. erstwhile big leaguer and
new coach of the Army baseball
team, arrived here yesterday from
Cuba to begin the season's work. El
mer Oliphant, captain of the Army
nine, immediately issued 'a call for
candidates and more than two hun
dred men, the largest squad ever
turned out for baseball at West
Point, responded. Indoor cage
work has started. The first ten days
will be given over to talks by Lobert
explaining the system and what is
expected from each man. The
squad will get its first cut within a
few days.
Lobert takes up a task which looks
anything but encouraging. Two
graduations last year made a big
hole in the Army's diamond forces,
both In the active personnel and the
reserves. Olphant, Murrill, Poster.
Ohadwlck. Murray, Vidal and
Shrader. of last year's squad, re
main, but the inner and
outer garden, as well as the pitchers'
box. will be problems for the sol
diers' new coach to solve. The solu
tion may be found in the big plebe
class which came here last June.
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Gordon Ford Answers
Hassett Coach Challenge
To the Sporting Editor
Harrisburg Telegraph:
fn answering Coach Smith's
letter published in last night's
Telegraph relative to a series of
games to .be played for local
championship between the Has
sett club and Harrisburg Inde
pendents, will say that the said
championship has already been
won. The Independents defeated
the Rosewood club and the Has
sett club this'season.
Mr. Smith mentions last year's
defeat of the Independents at the
hands of the Rosewood club.
Well, they did defeat our club
and we took it in true sportsman
ship, but he did not say anything
. about our club defeating the
Rosewood club this season.
We did not offer any alibi In
our defeat last season of the
Rosewood club, but the Hassett
management did when they ali
bied themselves, when the Leb
anon five defeated thom this sea
son, saying they used substitutes
in the gume.
Coach Smith also says the
Hassett club is in the game for
the sport and not for money. The
Independents are in for the sport
and the money both, and 1 would
suggest one game to be played
outside the city, for a purse of
S3OO, to determine which is the
best club. The Hassett manage
ment can communicate with me
fit 64d Harris street, or on Bell
phone No. 4030 J.
GORDON FORD,
Manager.
Big Wrestling Match
On Friday Program
New York, Feb. 28.—Wlade Zbys
stko and Joe Stecher will come to
grips on the mut in Madison Square
Garden next Friday night and it is
expected that the meeting of the
giant grapplers will draw a host of
wrestling bugs to the famous arena.
The Pole and the Nebraska Farm
Boy are claimants of the champion
ship, and though the title does not
hinge on the result of this match,
the heavyweight situation will ba
cleared up somewhat if Zbyszko suc
cumbs to a scissors hold or Stecher
cries quits under the pressure of a
toe hold. It is to be hoped that one
of the contestants will be eliminated
this time, though the process of eli
mination as applied to the wrestling
game, seems to be a tedious one.
The forthcoming match is the out
come of the two contests that were
held in the Garden last month,
Zbyszko defeating John Olin in one
of them and Stecher triumphing
over Yusiff Hussane in the other.
The winner of the Zyszko-Stecher
affair will be matched with Earl
Caddock, tho contest to take place
whenever Caddock can obtain a
leave of absence from his military
duties at Fort Dodge.
Stovall Is Swinging
Hammer for Uncle Sam
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G£vOreGE> 3TOVAI/lj.
George Stovall, formerly manager
of the Cleveland American League
team, is doing his bit for Uncle Sam.
He is swinging a sledgehammer in a
shipyard at a Pacific port and be
lieves the work will reduce his
weight and improve his batting eye
for the coming season. Stovall man
j aged the Vernon club, of the Pacific
I Coast League, last season. •
"POP" FOGARTY
PLAYS SATURDAY
Will Be With Greystock Team
in Game Against Independ- .
ents; Locals Husy Tonight
"Pop" Fogarty is coming back. He
will atart anothor farewell tour later,
tits many admirers all over the state
want him In the game.
This Lebanon player will be with
the Greystock team Saturday night
when the Quakers meet the Harris
burg Independoiits. Previous to his
last appearance here "Pop" announc
ed he \iriis through with the cage
game. This is the deciding game of
a three-game series with the world
champions. Greystock will present
their regular lineup. The independ
ents will hold a practice this evening
to prepare for tlie coming game.
Dancing will follow the game:
INDEPENDENTS GREYSTOCK
N. Ford, f. Zahn, f.
Wallower, f. Fogarty, f.
McCord, c. Lawrence, c.
G. Ford, g. BUson, g.
McConneil, g. Campbell, g.
Referee, White.
Facts About Shooters
All Over United States
By PETEK I*. CARNEY
| Editor National Sports Syndicate
I Bob Emslie, the veteran National
Baseball League umpire, is the prest
i dent of the St. Thomas, Ont., Gun
Club, and recently promoted the In
ternational Trapshooting Tourna
ment there.
The shotgun has supplanted tlie
1 rifle in modern banking institutions.
There was a time when a banking
establishment wasn't fully equipped
unless there were rilles in conven
ient places; but since one of the
largest trust companies' in Chicago,
111., substituted scatter-guns for rilles
many others have done like-wise. A
school was opened to the
employes in the handling of guiut
and 30 of tlie pupils have become
regulars on the Lincoln Park traps.
The nineteenth shoot of the In
dians, will be held at Cedar Point,
0., in June. This will be the eighth
visit to Cedar Point.
Some time ago the Signal Corps
Division of the U. S. A. installed
traps at the aviation schools, and re
quested the ammunition companies
to supply the names of possible in
structors. After the traps were put
in place, enough enthusiastic trap
shooters who had enrolled in the air
division volunteered to give instruc
tion to others, so that it has not
been necessary for the Government
to engage outside instructors.
While the war has proved a detri
ment to many sports. It has greatly
aided trapshooting and helped place
it In tlie front ranks as a sport.
The Lake. Placid (N. Y.) Golf and
Country Club will install traps and
go into trapshooting on an extenslVe
scale this season. More than £OO
golf and cbuntry clubs have taken
up trapshooting as a sport the past
two years. It gives the members a
wholesome exercise when it is im
possible to find any other recreation
out of floors. It also keeps up the
interest in the .club. If the experts
who lay out the golf links would
make provision for traps when lay
ing out a course they would save the
.club considerable expense later on.
Lloyd Lewis, one of the best
known professional trapshooters of
the East and a most efficient handler
of shoots, be it known, is the bur
gess of Atglen, Pa.
Philadelphia has a municipal
trapshooting team composed of some
of the leading city officials, and it
would like to meet a similar team
from some other city in either a
mateh shoot or a telegraph or tele
phone shoot. Among the officials
who would compete would be:
James Robinson, superintendent of
police: Director of Public Safety,
Wilson, Walter Gilbert, chief clerk
to the Department of Public Safety,
and William B. Severn. These are
all shots of many years' experience.
Wilmington (Del.) will stage a big
handicap this spring, as will tho
Portland (Ore.) Gun Club. These
clubs hope to interest the shooters
who would under ordinary circum
stances attend the Eastern and Pa
cific coast handicaps.
Eastern Leaguers Will
Bid For Providence
New York, Feb. 28.—1f the Inter
national League is unable to take
the field during the coming season
neither its territory nor players will
bo protected by organized baseball.
At the league meeting here the week
before last both the National Com
mission and the National Association
denied the International permission
to wait until April 1 to put contracts
in the hands of its players. This
meant that if International League
contracts were not sent out by March
1, the lawyers of the big Class A A
minor league would be free agents.
Further indication of how the
wind is blowing was furnished last
Friday at the meeting of the Eastern
League, held in SpringTleld, Mass.,
whicfe decided to postpone any defi
nite plans for the coining season
until such time as the International
League decides definitely to attempt
a r.ew race in 1918 or surrender to
fate. In the event that the Inter
na I lonal League does not operate,
the Eastern Leaguers intend to
pounce on Providence.
If Providence is taken in, the
Eastern League magnates will shift i
the Portland Club to Waterbury,
Conn., which has been without a
league team for several years. The
addition of Providence and Water
bury, Eastern Leaguers say, would
give their league a strong, compact
circuit and would make certain its
operation in 1918.
BILLY mikk"i: winner
Superior, Wis., Feb. 28. Billy
Miske, of St. Paul, heavyweight,
easily outpointed Gus Christie, of
Milwaukee, in their ten-round bout
here last night, but failed to land a
knockout.
MOTOH GOVERNORS TO MEET
The regular monthly meeting of
the board of governors of the Mo
tor Club of Harrisburg will bo held
at the club headquarters, 109 South
Second street, on Friday evening,
I March 1, at 8 o'clock.
FEBRUARY 28, 1918.
WELLY J 1
w CORiN ER_
% New Jersey Senate yesterday pass-1
ed a boxing bill permitting eight
rounds, providing for a boxing com-'
mission, and prohibiting shows'
where liquor Is sold. Indications are
that the bill will become a law.
One strong argument in favor of
a boxing bill and which is being
us'Pd in New Jfrsey and New York
legislatures, is that the United States
government is conducting a series of:
boxing shows, and there has been no 1
trouble. With a good commission;
and proper restrictions boxing may
be made a popular sport.
Steelton High last night boosted
the chances for the local teams to
win the lead by defeating York. Steel,
ton excelled in all branches, being
exceptionally strong on field shoot
ing. To-morrow night Steelton plays
here and Tech will have to set a
fast pace to win out.
Jack Dempsey will post a forfeit
for a battle with Fred Fulton. This
ought to be good news for Jess Wil
lard. He will get a further rest
while waiting for the Fulton-Demp
sey battle.
Jack Dempsey Is Ready
to Fight Fred Fulton
Milwaukee, Feb. 28. —Immediately
after Jack Dempsey stopped "Knock
out" Bill Brennan in the sixth round
of their scheduled ten-round bout
here last night, a local promoter
telegraphed an offer to Fred Fulton
at New <"*rleans to meet Dempsey
here on May 1 in a ten-round bout
to decide which of these two lead
ing contenders for the heavyweight
championship should have the privi
lege of boxing Willard at Fort Sher
idan, 111., late in July or early in
August.
Dempsey showed a great deal more
class in stopping Brennan than
many had been prone to give him
credit for. Brennan is a hard punch
er and he is not a bad boxer, as
heavyweight boxers are measured in
these days. Therefore, the victory
of Dempsey is worthy of that much
more notice.
After the bout Dempsey declared
that he thought he could defeat
Fulton and earn the right to a bout
with Willard. He showed himself to
be a good two-handed lighter—a man
who can hit hard with either his left
or his right, and who has a ring
science. Ho can box and he can
hit a short, snappy punch that car
ries a deal of weight with it.
Brennan was game enough and
tried to stand up under the batter
ing Dempsey gave him, but he was
outclassed. He was floored four
times in the second round and was
saved from an impending knockout
by the bell. He managed to weather
the storm of rights and lefts Demp-
Quality will always be patronized •
while cheap goods are dear at any price
KING
, 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
Are you going to move
this spring?
There will be a large number of people who will
have to move this spring, and the question arises,
Where will they move?
"Houses For Rent" are very scarce. Most real
estate men will tell you that they won't have many
houses to rent for the first of April.
Why not own your own home ?
Many dealers in the city are offering homes for sale
at very reasonable prices and terms. Some terms are
so low that you pay the same as rent.
Why worry when you can be the ruler of your own
destiny (as far as where you live is concerned) ?
Read the classified columns of the
TELEGRAPH
for numerous opportunities where you can buy a de
sirable home. Reliable dealers use the Telegraph to
tell the public what they have to offer.
Follow it up and see for yourself how advanta
geously you can own your own home with the terms
offered by these dealers.
George Haggerty, center of the
Nanticoke basketball club, paid a
S2O line out of liis own pocket for
taking a punch at Referee Herman
Baetzel, of Philadelphia, at Wilkes-
Barre last Saturday night. The lea
gue president refused the offer of
the Nanticoke club to pay the fine,
insisting It must come from Hag
gerty. The rules of the league limit
ed the fine to S2O.
Johnstown is to have one of the
tin est athletic fields in Pennsylvania.
Council has authorized Superinten
dent Stroup, of the Department of
Parks and Public Properties, to ad
vertise. for bids for plans to convex
The Point, a famous old Indian
camping ground, into a modern
plant. A concrete stadium, bathing
beach, athletic field, running track
and other features are to be pro
vided.
Major league baseball clubs will
be allowed but one sleeping car thin
season. Considerable speculation as
to the allotment of the upper and
lower berths has arisen. One fan
suggested to cub officials that choice
berths be awarded for the best field
ing and batting averages, but no ac
tion was taken.
spy showered on him until the sixth,
vhen lie was floorod for the count of
nine. He tried to rise, but it was
apparent to all that he had no
chance, and that one blow would
place him hors de combat. It was
then the referee stopped the boat.
PITTSBURGH WIN'S AT HOCKEY
New York, Feb. 28.—The Pitts
burgh A. A. seven defeated the Wan
derers Hockey Club of New York
here last night by a score of 6 goais
to 3. It was the visitors' eighth
straight victory in the National Hoc
key League series.
Griffith Wanted Love
Affection His Reward
A three-cornered dispute in
volving" Washington, the New
York Yankees, and Los Angeles,
(vith Pitcher Love as the pawn,
has been going on for nearly
three years and, it is said, might
never have been started,. but for
a comedy wire sent to Clark
Griffith by a Los Angeles official.
Both Washington and New York
demanded the player from Los
Angeles, and New York got him
first.
The day Love started for New
York, Los Angeles received a
wire from Griflitli, saying, "We
want Love," and the Los Angeles
man replied: "Respect and affec
tion will be all we can give you."
And then the fight .began.