TECH TAKES FIRST GAME IN LOCAL SCHOLASTIC BASKETBALL SERIES-RECORD CROWD Maroon Tossers V/in First Game; Central Braces Twenty-two hundred people crowd ed Chestnut Street Auditorium last evening to see Tech win the first basketball contest of the series by a score of 36 to 30. For the entire first half of twenty minutes and thirteen minutes of the second half Tech held the Central tossers with out a goal from field. With seven minutes of play left, Goodiel un corked the first Central two-pointer and within the next four minutes Frank added another field goal, while Art Fields pulled oft a duo of double-deckers. Excitement was at fever heat when the score stood 33 to 29 in Tech's favor with just three minutes to go. Tech pulled together, and the first game of the series went to the Maroon. The Tech Reserves were also victorious in a 41 to 30 affair. When Referee McConnell blew his whistje for the, start of hostilities, every nook and corner was crowded to see a game of the finest series that will ever be played between the two high schools. Prior to the play both sides entertained the specta tors with songs and cheers of the two schools. Cheer leaders were in evidence and did good work. Frank Get Busy When the two quintets lined up. Beck was guarding Goodiel, ICohl man was paired off with Wright, Fields was opposed to Lingle, while Captain Wolfe had the task of stop ping the Tech captain. Noble Frank drew first tjlood for Central by land ing a foul and a second later added another point. Huston was on hand with the score 2 to 1. Beck sent Tech to the lead with the first field goal of the evening, making the count 3 to 2. Tech was never head ed after this. Huston added three fouls, and No ble retaliated with a pair, bringing the sci>re to 6 to 4, with five min utes gone. He tied the score at 6. with two more. Huston sent Tecli into the lead with a goal from the center of the floor. Huston netted two fouls, and Frank and then Hus ton scored from the foul line. Ten minutes had elapsed and the score was: Tech, 11; Central, 7. Tech did its best offensive work i during this period, caging seven field goals and eleven out of twelve fouls. Single got a pair, Beck one and Cap- . tain Huston four. Central's scoring j was a succession of fouls by Frank. He had seventeen trials and made all but the thirteenth and fourteenth sttempts.. The half ended with the ] score at 25 to 15. Tech looked much better and appeared easy winners. Central Come* Back After the usual ten minutes' rest, the tables were turned and Central came back strong, outplaying Tech in the final period by a 15 to 11 score. But the handicap of the first period was too great, and Tech re mained a winner. Central failed to tally a single field goal for thirty three minutes, and it began to look a3 though the Blue and Gray were due for a whitewashing. With just seven minutes to go. the Central crew started things, bringing their total to within four points Of Tech, but the rally came too late. Yet the scoring brought the entire crowd to its feet, so exciting were the mo ments. For Central, Frank and Fields did the best 4 work. Had the team been a little stronger at the forward po sitions. the quintet would have had more of a chance for victory. Cap tain Huston and Lingle were the best workers for Tech. The reserve affair was also an in teresting struggle. So evenly were the teams matched that at half t!me they were tied at 14 points. With the beginning of the second half the Tech Reserves, headed by Calvin Frank and Johnny Beck, led the team to a 41 to 30 victory. Frank, a brother of the Central play er, scored six field goals from a Ruard position, while Beck came next v.ith five. Dick Robinson kept the Central scrubs in the running with eighteen out of twenty-one fouls and by bagging three field goals. He totaled 24 out of his team's 30 points. The two teams representing both schools will play again two weeks from to-night, and the pVoceeds will go to Central. Last evening's game j v-as handled by Tech. Thp lineup and summary: Central. Tech. Gcodiel, f. Lingle, f. Wright, f. Huston, f. Frank, c. (Captain) Fields, g. Wilsbach, c. Wolfe, g. Beck. g. (Captain) Kohlman, g. Field Goals—Goodiel, 1; Frank. 1; Fields, 2; Huston, 4; Lingle, 3; Beck, 1; Kohlman, 1. Foul Goals—Frank, 22 out of 24; Huston, 18 out of 20. Referee, McConnell; scorer, Knauss; timer, Saul. Central Scrubs. Tech Scrubs. ! Robinson, f. Holland, f. Cage, f. J. Beck, f. Herring, c. Fortna, c. McCaleb, g. Frock, g. Early, g. Frank, g. Field Goals—J. Beck, 5; Frank, 6; Fortna, 2; Frock, 3;.'Emanuel, 1; Robinson, 3; Page, 1; Herring, 1; Early, 1. Foul Goals —Holland, 7 out of 12; Robinson, 18 out of 21. Substitutions —Tech Scrubs, Hus ton for Holland, Ellinger for J. Beck, McCord for Fortna, Emanuel fcr Frock. Referee, Killinger; scorer, Knauss. Kill Sunday Sport Bill; Crimps Baseball Plans Albany, N. Y.. March B.—Any chance of the proposed Sunday base ball bill becoming a law in New York state for this season was ed. whert members of the upper branch of the State Assembly voted to sidetrack the measure for an indefinite period. Senators in cau cus agreed not to have the bill in troduced in the Senate at this term. It has already been proposed in the lower branch, but cannot pass un less given favorable action in the Senate as well. The action of the Senators in pigeon holing the bill, comes as a surprise to hundreds of citizens who had worked hard in the interest of the measure. No later than yester-! day. City Magistrate McQuade, of | New York, came here-to lobby fori the bill, and had been advised! the law had good chances of passing. I He argued with legislators, that thej games on Sunday, would furnish i thousands of workers with innocent i amusement and besides the Govern ment and war charities would fit considerably through the special' taxes on receipts of Sunday games under the wording of the law. FRIDAY EVENING, Central Pennsylvania Scholastic League W. L. Pet. Tech S 2 .800 Lebanon G 3 .667 Reading 5 3 .625 Central 4 5 .444 York 4 5 .444 Steelton 3 6 .333 Allentown 1 7 .123 Notes of the Game Tech players deserve credit for their cool headed playing during the entire contest. Huston displayed remarkable control over his men. Huston made several sensational shots from the Held, in the first hajf. The shots were made from the mid dle of the floor when the captain was covered. Tech showed better skill in shoot ing and team work and deserved to win. Central certainly did stage a come back but it was too late. The team pulled together during the last ten minutes of play and threatened to tie the score. The Blue and Gray players seemed los: during the first period. Tech kept the ball most of the time and had little difficulty in keeping the Central players well guarded. Both teams played exceptionally clean ball which was commendable. When two teams of this caliber meet, | the rivalry is generally so keen that j unclean playing is pulled off by the players unconsciously. The contest was nip and tuck from | start to finish. Had Tech not been | able to get such a commanding lead j in the first half the total score may have been different. The crowd was the largest that ever witnessed a contest in this city. I Many were turned away, not being | able to get in the doors. The hall was filled long before the game between the second teams of the schools was over. "Art" Fields made several sensa- J tional shots from the field. I The foul shooting of Huston and! | Frank was good. Central boys promise another hard battle on March 22. The Frank brothers played a stel lar game for their respective teams. "Haps" tossed in half a dozen field goals for the Tech reserves, while "Nob" kept Central in the running TvJth his clever foul tossing. Captain Huston was the high in dividual scorer for the evening with 26 points to his credit. After Tech had held Central with out a field goal for thirty-three minutes of play, the Central lads suddenly came to life, and collected four two-pointers within several minutes. The rally put the score 33 to 29, and the Tech rooters were anything but comfortable. The rally came too lute. Central .was weak at the forward position. A little more offensive work should have been in evidence by the two forwards. The closeness of the score will as sure the Central management of an nher record crowd when the teams meet on the twenty-second of this month. With five minutes of the second team game to be played, Coach Mil ler changed the entire Tech team. Frank was the only player left in the game, and he was changed -from guard to center. Huston, McCord, Ellinger and "Snaps" Emanuel were sent into the fray. "Dick" Robinson looked like first team timber at the forward position for the Central reserves. This lad did practically all of the scoring for the Blue and Gray, and looked good enough to be on the first team. "Fih" Herring played a clever game at center for Central's second five. His work at the jump-up was I commendable. "Johnny" Beck was again in the limelight, and should be a strong candidate for the Tech first team next season. He missed several close shots. % Welterweight Champ Has Ten-Round Battle in South Atlanta, Ga., March B.—Ted Lewis, of England, welterweight champion, and Jack Britton, of Chi cago, former champion, fought a 10-round no-decision exhibition box ing contest Wednesday night for the benefit of the Camp Gordon Athletic Fund. Lewis fought cautiously through out the bout, but showed consider able speed towards the end. Brit ton was aggressive from the first and apparently was trying for a knockout. Newspaper opinion gave Lewis the third, fourth, fifth and seventh rounds, while Britton was conceded an edge on his opponent in the sec ond, eighth, ninth and tenth rounds, I with the first and sixth even. Rex Sox Has Some Team If War Ends in Time Boston. March B.—lf the war ends before the ball season opens the Boston Red Sox will have a won derful team. Here it is: Pitchers —Bush, Shore, Leonard, Ruth. Mays, Foster, Pennock and others. Catchers —Schang. Agncw and • Mayer. Infielders —Hoblitsell, Gainer, Mc- Innis, Barry, Janwrin, Cooney, Scott, McNally and Gardner. Outfielders Lewis, Strung, ' Hooper, Shorten and Walsh. President Frazee, by the way. | made a wager last December of $2,000 against $12,000 that there would be no fight'ng between the Allies rind the Central Powers after April 15. . BODES TO PLAY WITH Y ANKEES i 1 Athletic Manager Gets George * Burns as First Baseman; Other Deals Philadelphia, March B.—Despite rosy rumor's fond hope, Ping Bodie will not play iirst base for the Ath letics this season. Ping Bodie will not even play left field for the Ath letics this season. Last night while the city slept, Manager Connie Mack indulged in his favorite pastime of dropping a bombshell on local fan dom. He announced that he had traded 'Ping to the New York Yankees in exchange for Tioga George Burns, who it seems, was purchased from the Detroit Tigers by the Yanks for the express pur- pose of this trade. Knds First Base Muddle The Bodie transfer solves the Ath letics' first base problem, but may be regretted by Ping's many' friends • in the left field bleachers. As a na ' tive of this city, Burns promises to be a very popular performer at Shibe Park. He is a resident of Tioga, and a little more than a month past , his 24th birthday. Mr. Mack stated last night that he has not been called to the service. Bullet Joe Bush and Wally Scliang will leave this city to-morrow for j Hot Springs, Ark., to undergo pre liminary conditioning for the Red Sox spring training trip. Only the battery men are being sent to the I spa, so it looks as if Schang is ( booked to don mask and wind-pad [ as his regular job, instead of plaving , third or the outfield. Harrisburg Academy to Play F. and M. Cage Team ; The Harrisburg Academy five will go to TAncaster to-morrow to play Franklin and Marshall Academy in their annual game. The latter is ; anxious for revenge for their defeat I in football last fall at the hands of r the local eleven. The two teams have not met this year and there is a good deal of i interest in the coming struggle. The Academy will present Its regular I lineup of Wren and DeVore, at for | ward: Welgle at center and Newlin , and Miller in the guard positions. [ Wescott may accompany the team as first substitute. Academy did not play last week . | against the Getysburg College fresh ; man as the game was canceled. The ; Academy had several men unable II to play and Gettysburg also had some men out of the game. The Academy has had hard luck in this l respect as it has been necessary to cancel three games. Former Tech Stars See Maroons Slam Central Harry Eyster, manager of the I Tech track team last spring, and John Demming, captain the previous years, were spectators at the Tech- Central basketball contest last night. Eyater and Demming are freshmen at State College and will represent , that institution at the Meadowbrook ; games to-nfght and to-morrow. Eys ter is entered in the 40-yard dash, 440-yard and the broad jump. Dem ming will do the 440, 880 novice and . 1.000-yard runs. Both ar e entered in the relay. Out of the squad of eighteen men, Coach Martin selected but three freshmen, Demming and Eyster being two of the first-year lads. While enrolled at Tech both "Eyst" and "Jawn"'won many track events for the Maroon. Philadelphia Nationals to j Start Work Next Week By Associated Press Philadelphia, March 8. The; Philadelphia National League base ball team will leave for the spring training grounds at St. Petersburg ' Fla., on March 15, it was announced yesterday. Training will begin four days later and will continue until March 27, when the team will go to Miami for a three-days' series with the Boston Nationals. Other games on the schedule include the following: April 9, Washington Americans, at Columbia, S. C.; April 10, Wash ington Americans at Greenville, S. C.; April 13, Philadelphia Ameri ■ cans at Philadelphia, and April 14, Philadelphia Americans at Balti i more. Harrisburg Independents Lose Game to Alsatias At Hagerstown last night the Har risburg Independents lost out. score 29 to 20, to the Alsatias. The sum mary: Hagerstown Harrisburg Downs, f. Crane, f. Barnhart, f. Wallower, f. Matlilas, c. McCord, c. Bacheler, g. Ford, g. Porter, g. McConnell, g. Substitution—Kretzer for Barn hart. Field goals—Crane, 3; Wal lower, McCord, 4; Ford, 4; McCon nell, 2; Downs, 2; Mathias, 2; Bach ler, 2. Foul goals—McCord, 3; Bachler, j Former Local Star Has Contract With Jennings Detroit,* Mich., March B.—"Pep" Young, star second baseman of the Detroit Americans, has signed his 1918 contract, it was officially an nounced yesterday. For several j weeks it had been reported that | Young might be a holdout. Only two members of the Detroit Club have not signed their contracts These men are Catcher Spencer and I Third Baseman Vitt. Spencer, it is reported, may obtain a position as ! manager of a Pacific Coast League j Club, but it is expected that Vitt will I soon come to terms with the De- i troit management. WOODWARD TOSSERS WIN ( The Woodward tossers defeated i the Camp Curt in squad by the score of 19 to 15 on tfie Camp Curtln ' court last evening. The summary: Camp Curtin Woodward i Cole, f. Deshong, f. j Ross, f. Poore, f, t Carl. c. / • Peters, c ißeitz, g. Kitamiller, g. Bundy* g. McFadden, g. Field goals—Peters, 5; Carl, 4; j Cole % V. Foul goals—Peters, 3; Kitz- i miller, 2; Cole, 1; Carl, 6; Bundy, 2. I Rcflsree —GraefT. ] HAJUUSBURG TEtEGRXPB Big Figures of Fight Game Who Have Died in the Past Few Months ... _ 'L_r_ : : ' Boa FITZSIMMONS JOHN L. SULLIVAN Champion. Champion^ TERRY MSGOVERU* COB VERNON . - CSumpioo. j MM FihincedCmmpianr CHARLEY WHlTtfi BILLY MAODEN Beferee for emmpionr, Creator of Chirnpionr Six important characters of the pugilistic game, men whose names were long known over the whole world where a fight was enjoyed, have passed away within the past few months. The death of Bob Fitzsimmons, champion of the world, was followed by that of Bob Vernon, who sold champagne, but spent most of his profits backing and encouraging fighters. He made possible the match in London be tween Freddie Wels# and Willie Ritchie, 'oy which the former won Is Fulton Trying to Sidestep Utah Boy? Hard After Champ New York, March 8. —In view of the apparent disinclination on the part of Fred Fulton to meet Jack i Dempsey in an elimination bout and ' the eagerness of the Utah boy to L box the plasterer, a comparison of their ring records is of interest as indicating whether the Minnesotan has reason to fear a contest with the newcomer. Also it might- tend to show whether the youngster would have a chance against the big chap who has been steadily on the trail 'of the champion over since Willard won the title. Both Dempsey and Fulton have i suffered one knockout, Fulton having been stopped in the fourth round by A 1 Pazer. Fulton never wiped out that defeat. Dempsey, at the outset of his ca reer, was stopped by Jim Flynn in one round. The Utah fighter return ed the compliment with interest a few weeks ago. t Fulton knocked out Andre Ander ! son in the fourth round in 1915, and i Dempsey stopped the amazing An ! derson in this city in the ninth round in 1916. Fulton knocked out Tom Cowler, Charley Weinert, Tom McMahon, Porky Flynn and Bob Devere in jig time and stopped Gunboat Smith in j the seventh round. Dempsey met I Smith in a four-round bout on the I coast and bested him thoroughly, i but never has met Cowler, Weinert, McMahon, Porky Flynn or Devere. Face Carl Morris Both Dempsey and Fulton have twice faced Carl Morris in the ring, and these bouts form the most sig nificant test of their relative ability. The Jxjuts between Fulton and Mor ris ended with fouls, Fulton being the offender in the first encounter and Morris in the second contest. It is true that Morris butted with his head and employed other foul ! tactics, but Fulton seemed unable I to effectively punish the Oklahoman |or keep him at bay. In the first battle, which took place in this city, j Fulton, after showing a decided ! aversion to the rough going, ended | the affair in the lifth with a blow : that was palpably low and brought ! Morris to the floor. In the next encounter between i F % and Morris. Fulton made t#o j ti .empts to lenve the ring, but was I restrained by his own seconds. Ful ; ton's conduct in these two battles has been accepted by the experts as evidence that the Minneasotan will not stand up well under fire. 1 In sharp contrast was the conduct of Dempsev in his battles with Mor ris. The first meeting between this i pair took place on the coast, was i limited to four rounds and Denip- I sev won by a wMe margin. . | i The men were brought together the lightweight championship. Char ley White, perhaps the greatest of the referees of Queensbury rule days. Was another victim. John L. Sullivan, the most popular fighter the ring has known, died this year. Billy Madden, manager of many cham pions, the man who macle John L. famous on the tour in which Sulli van offered SSOO to the man who could stay four rounds with him, followed his 014 fighters quickly. The last to go was Terry McGov ern, "Terrible Terry," a little fellow, but a fury of the Sullivan kind. again, this time in a ten-round bout in Buffalo. In this contest Dempsey peppered Morris so hard with all varieties of punches that the Okla homan began to hit low. Dempsey fought all the harder and soon had Morris in distress and close to a knockout when the beaten man struck a palpably low blow, and was sent out of the ring by the referee. It therefore is apparent that Dempsey would at least have an even chance against Fulton and should not be denied an opportunity to prove, if he can, that he is the man to meet the champion. Ful ton now Is in St. Louis doing theat rical work and Dempsey is camping on his trail with a proposal for a twenty-round bout to a decision in order to settle the question as to which is to fight Willard. Gun Pointing is the Result of Training Shooting a revolver in the west ern manner, with movement of hand too fast for the eye to follow, is in reality juggling a pistol, and mus cles and nerves must undergo the same training as those of p. juggler who keeps half a dozen balls in the air with one hand. The wing-sliot who aims by point ing also juggles his weapon in a way, though the training necessary to do this is not so severe because the movements are not especially rapid. Neverethiess he undergoes a degree of training that insures his weapon being aligned automatic ally or without conscious effort be fore he becomes an expert shot. When he lias reached a stage where none of the movements of his piece require conscious supervision, then they are said to be instinctive, though instinct has nothing what ever to do with it; it is training pure and simpje. In cleaning a double barrel one barrel of which Is plain cylin der and the other choked or when one is used to leaning a heavily choked trap gun, it will add to your comfort of person and mind to put j a heavy glove on the hand that pushes the. rod through the cylinder barrel. There is a tendency to forget and push harder as the swab nears thej muzzle, which in the cape oX the cylinder bore, allows the swab To pop. out of (he muzzle resulting in a thumb being iubbed against the! sharp edge of the breech end of the barrels making on annoying cut.) This same thumb on the morrow i may have to push a safety slid* up j and buck uiuify times. j NEW HAVEN STAR LEADS BOWLERS Sensational Work Puts Mort Lindsay in Jjecond Place For Title Honors Cincinnati, 0., March B.—Expert bowling characterized yesterday's doubles and singles in the American Bowling Congress tournament here, as Mort Lindsay and J. Porto, of New Haven, Conn., by rolling 1,2 82, went into third place in the-doubles, and an hour later Lindsay bowled himself into tenth place in the sin gles with CCI. Shortly after these two teams had finished G. Stewart and C. Moses, of Toledo, made a total of 1,267 in the doubles, and are now in fourth place. Lindsay's bowling wus sen sational, and his wonderful work in the singles and doubles managed to overcome his rather mediocre show ing with his five-men team, and he succeeded in establishing himself In second place in the all-events, with 1,921. Ten Leaders The standing of the ten leaders in the singles, doubles, five-men teams and the five highest in the all events follows: Individuals —C. Styles, Detroit, 702; C. Wagner, Newark, N. J., >80; H. Steers, Chicago, 675; E. Herr man, Cleveland, 673; O. Leonard, Detroit, 672; W. Ready, Chicago, 668; C. Shank. Louisville, 666; J. Selmsfr, Eau Claire, Wis., 668; J. Kilpatrick, Detroit, 663; M. Lindsay, New Haven, 6 61. Two-Men Teams —Steers and Thoma, Chicago, 1,335: Goodman and Jenks, Canton, 0.. 1,287; Lind say and Porto, New Haven, 1,282; G. Stewart and C. Moses, Toledo, 1,- 267; Doelirman and Farnan, Fort Wayne, 1,259: McDowell and Thles, Cleveland, 1,247; Anderson and An derson, Chicago. 1.247; Pfium and Ott, Chicago, 1,246: Pflstor and Giroux, Detroit, 1,245; Lundberg and Mackin, 1,237. Five-Men Teams—Aquilas Cigars, | St. Paul, 3.022: Page Dairys, Toledo, 2,961; Champion Spark Plugs, To ledo. 2,908: Athearn Hotel, Oshkosh, 2,892; Clauslus, Chicago. 2.891: Elm. Rochester. N. Y„ 2,885; P. J. [Schmidt, Detroit, 2,874: Marott Shoe Shops, Indianapolis, 2,873; Sliyiyian ski and Sons, Louisville, 2,861; Min eralites. Chicago. 2.858. All Events —11. Steers, Chicago, | 1,959: M. Lindsay, New Haven, 1,- [921: F. Farnan, Fort Wayne, 1,871: C. Thles. Cleveland. 1,861; E. Herr mann, Cleveland, 1.861. Reading Tossers Set Pace Even If Not Flag Winners; League Contests Hard Reading. March 8. —Even if the Reading high cage team does not win the pennant in the Central Scholastic League race, the club may almost equal the record made by the 1916-17 champions, as far as won and lost games are concerned. Last year's Central League title holders won 20 games out of 28 starts. Up to this time the local contenders have copped 15 games and lost eight and there are a few more dates on the schedule. The present combination won 12 out of its last 16 games, which shows how quickly the team de veloped. When it is considered that this year's quintet is composed of green material, )ts record is more remarkable than the success won by the championship aggrega tion. It is not a team of "homers" as I seven out of the 12 games on for eign courts have resulted in vic tories. Three of the five games lost have been to Central League clubs while the others were at York and Baltimore. This year's team faced a stronger schedule than the champions. On the whole the Central League is much stronger this season than last year. Barring Reading, every other five is a veteran combination. No team was shot to pieces by gradua tion like the Red and Black com bination and the prayers are deserv ing of a lot of credit for their re markable work this season. Lafayette to Play Here With Carlisle Indians Easton, Pa., March 8. —Manager Mitinger announced the schedule for the Lafayette football team for next fall. Swarthmore, Ursinus and the Usaac team, which were on the list last year, do not appear on the 1918 schedule. Two new opponents are booked for March Field. The first Is with the Carlisle Indians, to be play ed October 19, in this city, and the second with Haverford, October 26. Lafayette played the Indians on ! March Field in 1911. Haverford and [Lafayette have not met for a num ber of years. The Penn game Is list led for November 2, as has been the [ custom for a number of years. Muhlenberg will play the opening game of the season. The Rutgers game, which last year was played on March Field, will this year be staged at New Brunswick. The annual Le high-Lafayette contest will be play ed on March Field November 23. October 5, Muhlenberg, on March Field; October 12, Rutgers at New Brunswick; October 19, Carlisle In dians, at Harrisburg; October 26, Haverford, on March Field; Novem ber 2, Penn, at Philadelphia; No vember 9, open: November 16, Al bright, on March Field; November 23, Lehigh, on March Field. Cubs Get Southpaws; Ready For Trip South Chicago, March B.—With the sign ing yesterday of Pitchers Vaugh and Tyler, Fred Mitchell, manager of the Chicago Nationals, said that twenty members of the club are now under contract. Six players re main to be signed, but Mitchell does not consider them holdouts. The Cubs will travel to spring J training grounds on the Pacific coast in two sleeping cars attached to a maiL train, it was announced yes terday. In former years when the team went to the coast for training a special train, carrying sixty or seventy players and guests, was used, but this year the government noti fied club officials that curtailment of accommodations was necessary on account of the war. The party, composed of thirty persons, is scheduled to leave here j next Tuesday night and !s duo in ' Pasadena, CaL, on Fxid&y. i MARCH 6, 1918. 4 WELLY IT | 9 W CORiNBR^ Now that it is certain that the New York State Legislature is against Sunday baseball, the Inter nationals, and Farrell circuits are not likely to start. Unless there is a goodly amount of cash on hand, none of the officials can explain the strong desire on the part of somo managers to get into a losing game. Joe Devlin, well-known to local fight fans, and a former Lancaster boy, has enlisted in the Canadian Army. "Joe" was a real lighter. Even when he encountered his brother "Tom" in the ring, family ties were forgotten. Devlin fought at Chestnut Street Auditorium on a number of occasions, and always made good. George Cockill will manage the Steelton team of the Bethlehem Steel League. He is already on the job and hot foot after another pen nant. This season he will sign up players with experience. "Shorty" Miller will be in the lineup along with several other well-known stars. The following yarn concerning Hughey Jennings is found in the Detroit orrespondence to the Sport ing News of St. Louis: "While in New York recently Jen nings confided to a Detroit writer that he intends to give up the prac tice of law. Jennings has been in the legal business with his brother in Scranton. While he was able to sit in his office and hand out ad vice things went swimmingly with Hughie, since the brother always handled the case in court. But one day recently the brother became ill and Hughie had to take his place before the jury. He handed out an argument) that he thought would knock them into it verdict for his client, but after he concluded the masterful oration the judge leaned over the bench and remarKed: "Mr. Jennings, you have forgotten both READING MAY CUT TRACK TEAM No Coach at High School to Look After This Branch of Sport Reading track athletes who have been prominent in High School meets at Island Park, may not come to Harrisburg this year. The Read ing Times-News says: "Very Kittle 1s being done at Reading High in the way of shaping plans for the coming track season as there is no coach at the school to boom the sport. Although it has not been definitely decided, it is be lieved that the track sport may be curtailed to a certain extent this season. No Meet Plans "Up to .this time it has not been decided whether the annua) Memorial Day meet will be held this year. Last year it was called ! UNITED HAT STORES FACTORY TO YOU ! Stores Everywhere i| SPRENG IIATS i| SOFT AND STIFF ■ $2, $2.50, $3 Compare Them With Any at $5 Superior in quality and style to any shown in town. See j; them in our show windows. All styles and shades. SPRING CAPS 50c to $2 i[ UNITED HAT STORES THIRD AND MARKET STREETS MAIL ORDERS POSTPAID ANYWHERE in your argument and in your brief to pay any attention to the act of 1365, which is vital to this case." "I did not know there was an act of ISGo, that was before I was born. If I've got to remember law as far back as that I think I'll retire." Heading High will be strong for baseball this year. Thomas L. Bickel will be the coach. A strong scholastic schedule will be arrang ed. Professor Bickel is a former star of the diamond, having cap tained the F. and M. College team for two years. Manager Bickel will issue a call for candidates the lat ter part of this month. Dick Ny quist, who is bossing this year's basketball team, will captain! the diamond nine. Several of the regu lars of last year's nine will be back on the club this season. Now for the big windup on MarcT* 21, between Central and Tech tos jsers. This game