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NEW JERSEY HUNTING DEER TODAY; UNCLE SAM URGES GOLF PLAYING FOR SOLDIERS
Uncle Sam Ordains Golf as
Capital Sport For Soldiers
Washington, Oct. 18.—The need for
golf as a means of recreation in the
training- camps Is apparent, accord
ing to reports submitted to the Ath
letic Division of the War Department
Commission on training camp activ
ities by athletic directors of the vari
ous cantonments.
It is impossible to construct stan
dard golf courses in the training
camps, it was said, but this need
not prevent the soldiers from play
ing the game in a modified form.
Cross country golf, miniature courses
and putting contests readily conform
to the Informal schedule and find fa
vor with both afllcers and men.
The following letter has been sent
by the United States Golf Assocla-
, on to tin- secretaries of the organ
ization's affiliated clubs throughout
the country:
"Tlie commission on training camp
activities of the War Department,
Ifter a survey of existing conditions,
has decided that there is a real need
ALL NEW JERSEY
HUNTING DEER
First Day of Season Sees 200-
Pounders Shot; Hunters
Look For Great Season
Reports from New Jersey to-day do
not Indicate that the deer hunters
will help food conservation to any
great extent. They blame the poor
kill on "too much foliage on the
trees" and "poor weather." However,
some were lucky. Gloucester per
haps sent out more gunners than any
other section although nearly every
town had an auto load or two, many
leaving the night before, so as to
get an early "stand."
Game Warden Avis, Warden Folker,
of Camden county, spent the first day
of the season around Willlamstown,
and while neither got a shot at one
of the fleet-footed animals, they saw
a couple of nice docs. Albert John
son, of that town, who was among
the party, brought down a two hun
dred-pound buck, having twelve
snags. Johnson took his prey into
town and placed it on exhibition.
Hunters report that it is almost im
possible to have any success without
dogs, as the deer hide in thick woods.
Another deer of two hundred
Old "Pop" Geers
Wins With June Red
at Atlanta Races
"Pop" Geers, Nestor of the
turf, figured again yesterday at
Atlanta when he piloted June
Red to victory in the feature
event of the day, the Georgia
Railway and Power Company
Club race, for 2.07 trotters and a
$2,500 purse. June showed a re
markable reversal of form and
won rather easily, despite the fact
and Esperanza were among her
competitors. She finished last in
the opening heat. Heir Reaper
took second money.
The free-for-all pace for a $l,-
200 purse, was carried off by Miss
Harris M., in a hot battle with
Jay Mack, which was second in all
three miles. Hal Boy ran third
and showed absolutely no form.
Murphy drove the winner and also
took first money in the two-year
old trot. He was behind Doro
thy Day, which won in two
straight heats. Mark Stout was
second in both, and Wiki Wiki
was third.
The track was again in good
condition and a good crowd at
tended.
"Star Chamber" Football Planned
For Tarsus at Middletown, Sunday
Sfate College, Pa., Oct. 19. The
football situation at Penn State is
similar to that prevailing? at many
other colleges this season, livery
regular and most of the experienced
substitutes of last season are in the
service. Out of a Squad of fourteen
letter men, not a single veteran is
on hand for Coach Bezdek's team this
year.
In his reconstruction efforts, Bezdek
is depending on players from last
season's undefeated freshman team
and a few substitutes from the 1917
'varsity. With this limited supply of
material at his disposal, he is push
ing ahead determined to develop a
representative wartime eleven for the
four scheduled games.
Of the nine contests originally
planned, there are remaining oh
State's slate only Bucknell, Rutgers
Lehigh and Pittsburgh. Bucknell is
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for golf facilities in the various
training camps of this country. It
has conclusive evidence that golf
provides a form of recreational ac
tivity which plays an important part
in counteracting the tension of in
tensive training.
"This association has been asked
by the War Department to assist
in making the game of golf possible
in the training camps. To do this
the necessary equipment is required.
The department will provide the
grounds and the golfers of the coun
try are asked to assist in obtaining
the clubs, balls and other essentials
for the game. The -United States
Golf Association feels confident that
this suggestion is all that is neces
sary to gain the hearty co-operation
of the golfers ot the country in the
plan to provide their favorite form
of recreation for the boys who are
going through preparatory training
prior to their departure for active
service overseas."
pounds was shot near Weymouth by
Charles Coffee. It was a four-snag
buck.
Gunners say the deer tracks in the
woods indicate that the deer are trav
eling in large herds. They predict
this will result in a large killing of
venison when the foliage is off the
trees during the last two Wednesdays
of the open season.
Gunners on the Delaware river
marshes found black ducks plentiful
when the season opened yesterday.
Presence of many airplanes along the
coast is believed to have driven large
flocks of water fowl to the inland
feeding grounds. A few mallards
have also put in an appearance along
the Delaware.
Flagg's "Columbia" Is
Dead in Baltimore
Baltimore, Md„ . Oct. 18. —Mrs. I
Margaret Eyre Stirling Baldwin, wife j
of Willard A. Baldwin, of Baltimore j
and New York, is dead of influenza 1
and pneumonia at the home of her '
father-in-law. Homer Field Baldwin. |
Mrs. Baldwin was a grandniece of
Admiral Yates Stirling, U. S. N., j
and the "prettiest woman in Balti- ;
more," who recently posed for James
Montgomery Flagg as "Columbia" to
aid the fourth Liberty Loan drive, i
Mrs. Baldwin was a leader in the
younger married set. Her death oc
curredd almost at the very moment
that the body of her brother. Cap
tain Archibald Stirling, quartermas-*
ter corps, U. S. A., who died of the
same causes, was brought to this
city from Newport News, Va., for
burial.
Give Up Light
Saving Extension
Washington, Oct. 18. —No further
effort will be made by Congress to
continue the existing daylight sav
ing law, and the hands of the clocks
will be turned back an hour on Octo
ber 27, as originally planned. This
decision was reached yesterday at a
conference between congressional
leaders and Chairman Baruch, of the
War Industries Board, who had
recommended that the law remain in
force for the period of the war.
Germany Preparing
to Quit Ukraine
, Stockholm, Oct. 18. —According to
• a Petrograd dispatch, Germany has
| manifested the intention to begin
t negotiations with the Maximalist
j government in order to obtain com-
I pensation in exchange for evacuation
|of the Ukraine. This has excited po
j litical quarters in Kiev, as the gov
j ernment of General Skoropadski, the
• Ukrainian dictator, realizes that its
the only October game booked, the
other three being fixed for November
dates. Since Carnegie Tech, has call
ed off her sports, State has November
2 open for a home game, and Gradu
ate Manager Neil Fleming is trying
to fill the date.
Numerous invitations have come for
the Penn State eleven to visit, foreign
fields in November, but with Lehigh
and Pittsburgh scheduled for the only
two trips permitted by the War De
partment, there is no possibility that
State can play either the Armv or
the Navy, both of whom are asking
fcr games.
This week Bezdek had to start his
woik all over again, when Charley
Way, the quarterback. Bill Gehring.
fu'lback, and Brown, a guard, left the
sqquad to enter officers training
camps. Their places have been taken
by "Buck" Williams, Frank Unger,
and X^igue.
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fall Is certain If the German troops
leave.
M. Zlnovleff, president of the Pet
rograd Commune, declared that M.
Dorochenko. tho Ukrainian Foreign
Minister, had proposed to enter into
an agreement with the Maximalist
government in order to prepare for
all eventualities.
Soldier Athletes Foiled
in Catching Baseball
From Height of 900 Ft.
Last July at Kelly Field, Texas.
Corporal Bessolo, a member of
the 819 th Aero Squadron, estab
lished a world record when he
caught a baseball dropped from
an airplane flying 700 feet above
the. ground. Since then several
attempts have been made by avi
ators in camps here and abroad
to equal or break Bessolo's rec
ord, but all attempts have failed.
Recently in France several
American fliers tried to smash the
Texas record. On the athletic
grounds close to where the Amer
icans are quartered, a 150-foot
white circle was marked, and the
contestants, numbering fifty, stood
within the white lines. A few
moments later a small plane, pi
loted bv Lieutenant Coleman,
came into view, flying low over
the field. The machine rose to
a height of 750 feet and then
turned so that it was directly
above the circle, and then the
pilot received a prearranged sig
nal to drop the white baseballs.
After Coleman released his grip
on the first ball it could plainly
be seen glistening in the sun on
its downward flight.
As soon as it was dropped the
men in the circle, faces skyward,
moved about rapidly, first trot
ting, then walking, in order to
judge the ball as a catcher does
a high foul. But the white ob
ject came down too swiftly, and
fell inside the circle untouched.
The aviator again flew over the
circle at the same height and
dropped a second and third ball,
and the result was not different
from the first. While the second
ball dropped from the plane was
on its way to the earth a high
wind suddenly blew and the
white object was carried out of
reach of those in the circle.
With the wind increasing the
airman ascended to the 900-foot
level, nearly 200 feet above the
point from which the ball caught
by Bessolo was dropped. From
this height several balls were
dropped within the white circle,
but none was caught. After the
white pellets had struck the
ground the soldiers examined
them, and they were surprised to
find that they were not damaged
by the flight. The baseballs
dropped at Kelly Field were bad
ly damaged.
AROUND THE BASES
Sneeze on mo only with thine eyes,
And I will sneeze when you sign;
O, keep your mouchoi r close to hand,
For I cannot lend you mine.
The sneeze that from the llu doth rise
Doth ask for a sneeze 'long the line;
And while I think you sneeze divine,
I would not change for thine.
A dispatch from The Hague says
that Prince Frederich Karl is learn
ing Finish so that pop may send
him up there to be king.—Finish
will come readily to Karl now. '
Common Pleas Judge Stevens yes
terday at Cleveland dismissed the in
junction barring the National Base
ball Commission the National League
and the Boston National League
team from interfering with Pitcher
Scott Perry's retention by the Phila
delphia American League team.
injunction, granted last June on peti
tion of Manager Connie Mack, of
the Philadelphia American team,
was dissolved on statement of at
torneys that the controversy had
been settled out of court. Perry,
formerly with the Southern Associa
tion, was taken by Boston on a
thirty-day option but, it is said, was
released before the option expired,
Philadelphia signing him. Later
Boston tried to get him back through
the National Commission, on the
ground that the option agreement
had not been fulfilled.
Bethlehem, Pa., Oct. 18. —Coach
Ready has uncovered among the
football material a sensation in the
person of Wey, a Chinese, who plays
end on the scrub and who is touted
the fleetest man in the sqitad. At
any rate, in the hard scrimmage he
intercepted a forward pass and got
away for a touchdown after a fifty
yard sprint Wey ;s developing
fast and is a good tackier.
Annapolis, Md., Oct. 18. —Tester-
day afternoon was the last oppor
tunity for real preparation of the
Naval Academy football team for
its opening game on Saturday, when
it will meet the eleven of the Naval
Pay School from rlnceton. To-mor
row only a short -period is allowed,
which will be used for signal and
formation work. Loble drilled his
men persistently In the forward pass
plays, wh;ch aro a big portion of the
Academy team's attack.
Insurance en Meet
New Quota in Drive
V. W. Keeney to-day was able to
announce that the Insurance men of
the city have oversubscribed their
Liberty Loan quota by a handsome
margin while at the same time giv
ing much of their time and labor to
the campaigning.
The insurance men were asked to
subscribe $lO,OOO addit;onal after
taking their quota. Seven of the
leading insurance men took $7,000
in bonds and eighteen men of the
Prudential Company subscribed for
$3,300_ Additional subscriptions
from other insurance men to-day
ran the total up to $13,600.
Wife of Marsh Run Surgeon
Dies at Harrisburg Hospital
New Cumberland, Pa., Oct. 18.—
Mrs. Luden, wife of Major Horace
Luden, of the United States Army
Medical Corps, who is ;n charge of
the hospital at the Quartersmasters
Depot at Marsh Run, died at the
Harrisburg hospital last night from
pnemuonia. Mrs. Lucfe's home is in
Kentucky, but she came to New
Cumberland some time ago to be
near her husband when he was as
signed to duty at Marsh Run. She
was 39 years old and is survived by
her husband, a daughter, Margaret,
thirteen years old, who was with
her here, an da son, Randall, aged
18, who is living with his grandpar
ents ;n Kentucky, and who is now
ill. The body will be taken to Ful
ton, Kentucky, for burial.
Swell Golf Weather
at Atlantic City;
Knight Medal Scorer
Atlantic City, N. J., Oct. 18.—
Never has there been more per
fect weather and never has the
course of the club been as fine as
that which was h,ad by the en
trants in the fall tournament of
the Atlantic City Country Club,
which opened yesterday at North
field. There was hardly any
wind, the greatest hazard to visit
ing golfers, and the day and con
ditions certainly were conduoive
to low scores. There were fifteen
players who broke under 90,
within one of being sufficient to
complete the first sixteen. C. N.
Phillips, of this city, got around
in 90 and was lucky in the draw
so that his name went in with the
first flight.
The low medal was taken by F.
W. Knight, of this city, who was
the only man to play the course
in less than 80. Knight took a
79, while his clubmate, Maurice
Risley, came in with 81, which
was the second lowest score.
Easton, Pa., Oct. 18.—Ursinus will
be the attraction on March Field on
Saturday afternoon, taking the place
of P. M. C., whose team was origi
nally scheduled to appear, but who
canceled on Wednesday because of
the influenza epidemic there. Lieu
tenant Wohl,, commandant at Ursi
nus, was at Lafayette yesterday, and
after a conference with Captain
Parker, telephoned to Ursinus, or
dering that preparations be rushed
for Saturday's game. The news that
the season would be sure to open on
Saturday acted as an excellent tonic
for yesterday's practice. Coach Cor
bett put the men through a long
signal drill, and then lined up two
teams for a regular game with eight
minute halves. Reeves, Gebhard,
Chelson and Lehecka formed the
backfield on the first team, and
proved to be an effective combina
tion.
• • •
"German medical and surgical
treatment is too awful for words"
reported Harry Banks, London Rifle
Brigade, long a prisoner in Germany.
Thigh broken in two places, he was
thrown in a cattle truck after being
captured, with twenty other men, all
helnlesß and given no attention for
eight days. Thg Hun doctors only at
tended him then to shorten his leg
and make him a cripple.
• • •
How shall we (reat the Cermn thug
When this dire war la wont
Why, Just like any erlmlnnl;
Imprison every Hnn.
And when the warden given hln word
Thnt Htin wants to reformt
Probation hlmi and thnn we will
Prevent another atorni.
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A series of international boxing
matches, will be put on at the Na
tional Snorting Club. London, in the
near future.
Many English, French and Ameri
can boxers are with the Allied armies,
and it Is nroposed to match these
men for the benefit of war charity.
Among the American boxers who will
urobablv be seen in action there are
Mike O'Dowd, the middleweight cham
pion. and Joe Lynch, the New York
bantamweight. It is believed that the
latter will be matched with Johnny
Wilde, the diminutive English cham
pion.
Water Bucket Race
Is the Latest Sport
For the Blue Jackets
And now its the "water bucket
race" that is occpying the atten
tion of sports directors of the
Navy Department Commission on
training camp activities. This
brand new recreational novelty,
which has been introduced in the
naval training camps throughout
the country, was devised by
Walter D. Powell, who is in charge
of athletics in the Sixth district,
the headquarters of which are at
Charleston, South Carolina.
Every participant in the race
travels with a bucket half filled
with water, balanced on his head,
and held there with his hands.
The men who finishes the race
with the most water left in his
bucket wins. The race is invari
ably fraught with amusing acci
dents, all of which serve to en
hance its popularity among the
jackie3.
AUSTRIAN FLIES TO FRONT
Amsterdam-—To conduct Austrian
army operations in Albania, General
Von Pflanzer Baltin, who is in com
mand there, went to the front re
cently by airplane. The distance
flown was about 500 miles.
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And does anything taste better? Think of a big mealy
baked^potato —with a lump of butter, pepper, salt and :||||l ||||
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S^ 6 lt ' S toasted.
Peter P. Carney Tells
How Draftees Learn
to Handle Shotgun
Score one for Atlantic City.
It is the first town in the country
to teach its draftees the rudiments
cf handling a shotgun, one of the
most effective weapons yet brought
ino play against the Huns, actually
in advance of their being called to
the colors.
This is the result of a patriotic
offer by the proprietors of the trap
shooting school on the Million-Dollar
Pier. The owners offered to provide
free the cost of guns, targets, shells
and instructors tor ten draftees
weekly, the students to be designated
by the draft boards.
Mayor Harry Bacharach promptly
accepted the proposition. In doing
so he made inquiry as to the cost of
providing for the training of 50
draftees weekly because of the great
importance which Provost Marshal
Crowder is attaching to markman
shlp in the preliminary preparation
of draftees.
The lately - become -21 - year - old
young men will go to the Atlantic
City traps first.
The Atlantic City idea will more
r OCTOBER 18, 1918.
Not One Veteran Left For
Coach Bezdek of Penn State
The Tarsus School of Gymnastics,
with its lineup of well-known Har
risburg athletes, including some of
the champion Allison Hill ballplay
ers, expects to battle with the Mid
dietown Aviation huskies on next
'Sunday, but if the game come off
It will be star chamber proceedings,
with no spectators. The commandant
at Middletown thought that t.he quar
antine would be lifted to-morrow,
but more recent orders tell that it
will hang on one week longer. How
ever, assurance has been given that
Sunday's game may be played, if
there be no spectators.
than likely be taken up by trkp
shooting organizations throughout
the country. The Wilmington, Del.,
Trapshooting Association has offered
the use of Its equipment to the draft
boards of Delaware for the draftees
of the Diamond State and will pro
vide instructors also.
With the ball rolling we may ex
pect to hear of other clubs falling in
line and making every effort to in
struct the draftees In the art of
shooting. There is no time like the
present to prepare.
Tarsus has not been able to get
action since the Lancaster defeat
when Captain Meek was injured. He
is about now, and "Kid" Shay is also
in condition. "Bill" Euker is down
with tfie "flu" and lthoads, of Marys
ville, will take care of fullback work.
Under Manager Schraedly, Tarsus
went through stiif practice to-day
with the following lineup: Fctrow,
left, end; Williams, left tackle; l'iarp,
left guard; liolohan, center; Laub
hery, right guard; Krebs, right tackle;
Shay, rightend; Meek, captain, quar
terback; Groupie, left halfback: Lick,
right halfback; Rhoads, fullback.
New Deal Proposed For
the New York Giants
Harry Sinclair, of Oklahoma and
New York, who tried some time ago
to buy the New York Giants, is again
after the club. It is said that. H A.
Hempstead, who controls the club, is
not anxious to continue in baseball
| because of its future uncertainties.