ENTIRE RECEIPTS OF SATURDAY NIGHT BASKETBALL GAME TO GO TO RED CROSS WAR BOARD TO HAVE BASEBALL Vance C. MeCormick's Com-! mitlec lias Former College Stars Who Want Games Washington, D. C., April 11. — I What promises to be the strongest j sandlot brigade in the District this season has been organized at the * War Trade Board, of which Vance C, McCormlck, Tale's great athlete of other days, is chairman. The War Traders include many crack college j players In their lineup and it is proving difficult to pick and choose among the candidates. T. I. Daly, of New York city, is managing this team and wants all would-be oppo nents to address him at 1412 New York avenue northwest. Among the candidates who will •seek regular berths with the War Traders are H. J. Smith, of the Uni versity of Illinois; A. L. Adams, of Depauw University; L. Risler, who played in the Church League here last season; A. K. Pratt, of Fordham University: C. D. Curran, of the Uni \ersity of Wisconsin; C. B. Drury, of Mt. St. Mary's; M. Hamilton, of Notre Dame; F. R. Dougherty, of the Chi cago Columbians, a speedy semipro team; L. Cohen, of the Trojans, of New York city; J. Llllis, of the Buf falo Orioles, and E. L. Strobecker, formerly of Central High School. G. T. Klrby, of Columbia, and C. G. Bartlett, of Yale, are coaching the War Traders, who are anxious to hook up a bunch of strong oppo nents for the coming season. Word From Corp. Stern Up at Walter Reed hospital is a fast sandboat outiit managed by Corp. Alfred Louis Stern, who used to write sports in Washington be fore donning the khaki of the med ical corps. Corporal Stern hands this: "Say, putting my name in that di rectory is flooding me with letters from everywhere. Why, do you know I got one from Chicago. A sporting goods hOuse out there wanted to sell me a lot of uniforms. Guess Walter Reed won't liave much trou ble arranging games this summer." Joe Bothling, who used to twirl for the Washington and Cleveland clubs in the big show, writes ask ing that his team be added to the sandlot directory. "We have collected a fast inde pendent club composed mostly of professionals," writes Joe, "whose leagues Have suspended this season. We trimmed Kd Klepfer's Camp Lee team last week, and have some very good clubs on our schedule. Wish you would let Washington know that w'o want games for Saturdays here or Sundays in Washington." Boeliling's team is known as the Richmond Battle Axes. Inter::ling Data Found inSpaulding's Guide The 1918 edition of Spaulding's Baseball Guide, which was first is sued shortly after the organization , of the National league, made its appearance yesterday. The book con tains a complete history of the events of the diamond for the sea son of 1917.The Simplified version of *>the rules, compiled by A. G. Spauld ing before his death, are a helpful feature. The book also contains an other instalment *>f "knotty prob lems" which have baffled players and fans. The Guide presents the Nat ional and American League averages together with any subsequent sta tistics that may be compiled, the National. League's supplementary table of records, which was given out by Secretary Heydler as late as March 19, being included. Ask Territorial Rights For Team in New York Now York, April 11.—Formal ap plication to the New York National League club to waive its territorial baseball rights in this city in favor of a team which would represent the Bronx in the newly-organized International League was made to Harry N. Hempstead, president of the New York team, by a committee J of citizens headed by Cyrus P. .Mil ler, former president of the Bronx. President Hempstead referred the delegation to the American and Na tional Leagues, saying the question was one for them and not the Giants to decide. He declined to indicate his own attitude toward the plan, which, to be carried out successfully, would j require also waivers by the New York Americans.' Where Jess Willard May Stage Big Battle Ilt'no, Nov., April 11.—In reply to a query from eastern papers asking if Willard and Fulton would be per mitted to tight in Reno on July 4, i Governor Boyle sent the following I reply this morning: "Willard and Fulton cannot in Nevada on July 4 or any other date. They have my unqualified per mission. however, to go to France and fight the Boche any time they are ready." Santa Fe, N. M., April 11. —"The Willard-Fulton fight cannot be held in New Mexico while I am governor," Governor Lindsey to-day answered when asked'what he would do if per mission to stage the bout Tn this siate on July 4 were asked him. Willard-Johnson Film Reels Go Up in Smoke Utica, N. Y„ April 11. Thirty seven reels of motion pictures of the world's i championship fight at Ha vana between Jack Johnson and Jes3 AVillard were burned here yesterday by United States Marshal Smith. Producers spent more than $lO,- 000 to get the pictures and made an • attempt to evade the Federal law prohibiting them when they erected a projecting device on Canadian ter ritory and projected the pictures *" across the border into this country. • The court held this a violation of the law. The pictures since then had been In possession of the marshal. Two Players Have Hit Homers With Bases Full Two homers with the bases full already have been knocked in Dixie training camps. Hubbell, a giant kid pitcher, hit one off another rookie, Mike Hogan, at Marlin, while Babe Ruth, who is bombarding the pali sades at Hot Springs, likewise came through oft A 1 Mamaux. Ruth's hit went a mile over the center field fence and was a high fly. THURSDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG SSffQft TELEGRAPH APRIL 11, 1918. SNOODLES—He Had a Pressing Engagement H ~T~ak-C - wessiN' TSSf Tt„! r; 7 J -feftsooT l^. rr — l ; gdlfej Pennsylvania's First Championship Team of Shooters Organizers of the State Sportmen's Association "! "" " "I I ■ ; - " 1 • . * 'A -c > Men Who Made Shooting Famous ~ n enns^van^a v.:. • 'M cA %Jt {"A i C |j^ jltamsburg No sport in Pennsylvania is more popular than trapshooting and live bird contests. Breaking targets thrown from traps, however, leads tlie livebird matches. The latter are slpwly passing out, there being some feeling against this sport. The pop ularity of traipshooting in Pennsyl vania is due a whole lot to the ef forts of Harrisburg shooters. Men pictured above, a number of whom have died, were real factors In mak ing shooting famous in Pennsylvania. They won and held a number of championships, and were the origi nators of the Pennsylvania Sports men's Association, one of the strong est and most Influential organiza tions of the kind in the United States. Back in the 80's a number of shooters held contests in Hoffman's Woods, at fields in Seneca street, on North Third and Sixth streets, and at Island Park, then Hargest Island. Later an organization was affected and known as the West End Shoot ing Association. During the year 1889, the name was changed to the LIONS WINNERS IN BIG MATCH Take Third Place in League Race; Other Fast Games In a special match to decide a tie in Taylor-Kennedy League, bowled last night on Academy alleys, the Tigers won over the Lions, and get third place in final standing. The scores follow: LIONS Sol 107 133 136 376 Kierson 108 114 117 — 339 I. Harmon ... 122 97 139 358 Peters 126 142 129 397 Demma 160 153 116— 429 Totals 623' 639 637—1899 TIGERS Mall 145 162 120 — 427 R. Harmoq .. 100 162 98— 360 E. Smith 93 166 119 — 378 Rowe 96 107 124 327 Wharton 157 141 145 443 Totals 591 738 606 —1933 STANDING OF THE TEAMS W. L. Pet. I Keystones 26 16 .619 Crescents 25 17 .595 Lions 25 18 .581 Tigers 24 19 .558 Capitals 22 20 .524 Stars 17 25 .405 Senators 16 26 .381 Bears 12 30 .286 Final >latrh To-night The Taylor-Kennedy duckpln bowlers will met in their final match | of the season this evening when two ; teams of twenty men each will roll op the Academy alleys. One of the teams will be captained bjt George I Hargest, the leading scorer of the league, while the other will be led by Luther Burger, another high scorer !in the league. After this match, | Robin Hood, president of the league, I will award the prizes to the various winners. Harrisburg Shooting Association and in 1904, there was another organ ization and the name became the Harrisburg Sportsmen's Association, the present title. Since the local shooters first organized the members have been prominent in official capacities in the state association and conducted many big shoots now history in the city and elsewhere. They have also been largely repre sented at all state shoots. There are a number of the original members who are still holding their own at traps. Newcomers have made good and helped in keeping up the good name of the local association. Not only in state shoots have Har risburg shots won high honors but in national events were prominent, Fred W. Dinger only recently win ning a national championship at Kansas City. The above shooters were a team hard to beat. They were always ready to meet all comers and world famous shots came here to meet their first defeat. This team won the championship at inanimate targets Thirteenth Annual Shoot For Amateur Championship The thirteenth annual amateur championship of America at clay targets will be shot May 3 and 4, at Travers Island. On the opening day there will be a preliminary shoot at 200 targets, with ten prizes for the high scratch guns. On Saturday the championship will bo -shot at 200 targets, with prizes for the ten' high scratch guns, and the team cham pionship at 200 targets will be awarded each of the five high guns of the winning club receiving a gold medal. A gold medal will be given to the contestant making the longest con tinuous run during the two days of shooting, and another to the contest ant making the highest score at the 400 targets of the two days. In ad dition there will be five sweepstakes on each day of the tournament. Shooting will begin at 8:30 A. M. each day. Standard loads will be for sale on the grounds, and Qontestants desiring to stop on Travers Island during the tournament can be ac commodated. All communications should be addressed to George J. Corbett, N. Y. A. C., Trtivers Island, Pelham Manor, N. Y. Settle Suit Against Ball; Agree on Compromise I St. Louis, April 11. —Derrill Pratt nn