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I HAGGERTY, FREAK BASKETBALL PLAYER, WITH INDEPENDENTS; GREAT BOXING YEAR 1919
I Gordon Ford's Team Loses
in Rattling RookwooaGa
Playing one of the beat basketball
games ever seen on the Chestnut
Street Auditorium Hour, the Kookwood
five, of Philadelphia, 011 Saturday
Right. won from the liariTsburg in
dependents. to to I!.", before a crowd
of more than I.UUO cheering followers
of the sport.
Pass after pass and shot afier shot
for the basket brought cheers and ap
plause from the throng until many
were hoarse. Huggerty, star center,
and almost seven teet tall, made a big
bit with the local crowds, and has
been signed to finish the season with
the Independents. Beck, noted Tech
athlete, played against him at the
midtloor position, bat foil Id not touch
the pace set by the fast Kookwood
Inan. Heck, however, by his speedy
guarding, kept Hnggerty from drop
ping more than two field goals.
The entire game was a snappy one.
the passes in some of the plays fur
nishing a chance to llarrisburg
basketball fans to see some real play
ing. In the second half, with the
score to 21, Kookwood, both team
started for u whirlwind finish. At
thirty-one the score was tie and the
cheers and applause that followed was
almost deafening. Every score from
then until the end of the game
brought a rousing howl from the
crowd, and when Gough dropped one
through the basket for two points
while standing beyond the center line
of the floor, the applause lasted for,
minutes.
Frankie, getting six. nnd Park, four
two■•pointers, niul the latter sending
seventeen fouls through the basket,
accounted for most of the scoring be
the visitors. Their ability to elude
Gerdes and Gough, Independent
gruards, was due largely by Haggert.v's
work 011 the tipoff at center. Peal
and McCarter, visiting guards, aid 1
' HUNTERS PAY IN
GENEROUS SUM
Belief That Licenses This
Year Will Be Almost t'p to
Record of Last Year
Late reports In regard to hunters'
licenses issued this year indicate that s
the number will run close to the i
SOo.OOO record of last year and it t
Sis expected that the coming general r
assembly will give some authority c
In regard to the expenditure of the
revenue which is received each year
Irom this source. I'nder the law
half goes for the payment of boun- j
ties for the destruction of animals
and birds which prey upon wild life
and are a nuisance to the farmers (
and it is expected tha; an act to in
crease the amount of bounties on
wild eats, for instance, will be asked. t
The Game Commission will meet In
January to draw up its legislative t
program and the plan of having the
[Legislature authorize the commission
to buy iund outright for game pre
serves and hunting, not to exceed ,
150,000 or about one-tifth of the
present license income, seems to be t
favored not only here, but in other v
places. The Commission may also _
ask authority to increase its field r
force. Just what effect the plans for ,
creation of a Department of Con- i
r starvation with all Held forces under j
j" the State Police will have upon this ,
proposition is not mm h discussed. ,
It is expected here that the num- 0
her of hunters paying a dollar each _
during 1917 and 1918 and the kill of s
game will make an impression upon t
the Legislature as it will represent j.
a pretty large section of the manhood j!
Of the state. The ligures are not yet j,
► in hand for the game killed but it t
if Is believed the showing in regard to ~
tleer and wild turkeys will be fine.
I.IEVT. M. K. SHIHEMA.V
DIES AT CAMP (iOilltOX
f Lieut. Mervin K. Shireman died '
(at Camp Gordon, Ga„ after a three I
days' illness, according to word re- ! 1
celved by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. !
E\ X. Shireman. 1522 Regina street, f
L yesterday. Lieutenant Shireman cn
l listed fourteen years ago in the 1
Regular Army, serving in the Philip- '
pines and Eagle Pass. Tex., prior to
his station at Camp Gordon. Fu-'t
nernl services and luiriai will be at t
Kew York City, where his wife r.nd 1
a child are living. His military term
would have expired next year when
he would have been pensioml I y the
government. He was widely known
here. (
ARRESTER FOR THEFT
B tteorge Delia, who was arrested j
'! yesterday on a larceny charge, re
f ceived'a hearing in police court this; 0
f' afternoon. He is IT years old, an V
Italian, and claimed to be from Pat-
I erson, N. J. He was arrested by
Michael Hoffman, who says he saw !
' . him take a pair of gauntlets from •
an automobile standing at Third and ! !"
North streets. At the police sttion, '
a flashlight found in his possession
was identified by Harry Saunders. ) >
iSU South Cameron street, as be- 1
t longing to him. j f
I Play Safe-- I
Stick to
KING 1
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CIGARS I
-
Because the quality is as good as ever it
was. They will please and satisfy you
7c—-worth it
JOHN C. HERMAN & CO. 1
Makers
MONDAY EVENING, HARTUSBURG TELEGRAPH DECEMBER 30, lvis.
1 some good work, but Wallow or. 011
t the independent five, was 100 wily for
I them una slipped the bail tnrough for
t four field gouis. MoCord was wulched
- inure closely and only netted one, hut
I made good on fouls, getting all of
J them.
1 After the score was tied, in the
t > second half, the independent boys lost
- the lead again, but for a few minutes
kept it within three or four points of
. their total. Toward the close of the
f game Kookwood starlfd rapid-fire
i work and shot ahead for a safe
1 margin.
1 Gordon Ford was out of the game
for the locals because of trouble with
1 his knee. Gerdes and Gough. at
I guards, did some good work, but
Frankie and Peal slipped away fiom
tliein often or look some difficult
shots and landed points.
■The crowds at the game were on
edge for a real scrap, and with both
' tennis lighting like n pair of kids over
a baseball but. there was 110 fans
who were disappointed.
The lineup and summary:
ROOKWOOP
F.G. FI.G. Pts.
Frankie. f t> ® 12
I bark, f f 17 25
Hnggerty, e - " 4
Deal, 2 0 4
McCarter. g e t' 0
Totals 14 17 45;
INDEPENDENTS
F.G. FI.G. Tts.
AYallower, f i 0 8
McOord f 1 I" 15
Beck, 0 0
Gerdes, g 4 0 8
Gough. g 1 0 2
Totals 10 15 35!
Fouls called on Kookwood. 15. on
1 Independents. St. Referee. White.
1
SPANGLER HAS !
IT HIS OWN WAY
York County Representative
Will Announce Candidacy
For Speaker During Day
According to Republicans active in
state affairs In Philadelphia on Sat
urday it has been generally agreed
that the following selections will be
made for the three leading otfices
of the next House:
Speaker of the House—Robert S.
Spangler. Carlisle. York county.
Chief Clerk of the House —Thomas
H. Garvin, Sharon Hill, Delaware
county.
Resident Clerk of the House —Wil-
liam S. Leib, Pottsville, Schuylkill
county.
it is confidently predicted that this
trio will get the indorsement of the
caucus of he Republican members of
the House who will assemble in liar- .
risburg on Monday evening. January
6. and that they will be elected at the 1
meeting of the House the following
day.
Mr. Spangler made known the fact i
that he will formally announce his
candidacy to succeed Richard J. Bald-I
win, of Dataware ounty, as Speaker
in his home town. He called upon
Governor-elect Sproul and Senator!
Penrose and spent some time meet- i
ing legislators and others on Satur
day. He was accompanied by SUm- ;
uel S. Lewis, the Republican leader
of York county, to whom is given '
most of the credit for the wonderful
showing made by the Republicans in
that i "on grossiona 1 district at the
late election. Mr. Spangler said he
had nothing to say beyond reiterat
ing his previous declaration that in
the event of his election to the Speak
ership it will be his aim to give fair
treatment to every member of the
House regardless of party or fac
tional consideration.
i'RK.IK TRUE CI T DOWN
Gettysburg. Pa., pee. 30.—Charles
Bushey discovered a freak tree I
while out cutting wood on his farm
near York Springs. Wtille cutting i
into cordwood the tree that he had i
felled, a large maple, he came across |
a lur.h about three inches thiifk that | i
was fastened at both ends to the ,;
trunk. After sprouting, the limb! i
had evidently grown upward for ;
some distance and then bent itself <
toward the trunk, to which it at- ' i
tached itself, the growth forming a 1
perfect union. The limb is nearly i
the same thickness at the top as it is J1
at the bottom. i \
WILBUR MORSE PROMOTED I
Ensign Wilbur Morse of the j 1
i luted States Navy, and connected ! I
with the intelligence department. 1
lias been promoted to the rank of j 1
lieutenant, according to word recelv- '■
e-d here. Lieutenant Morse*was form- i 1
erly in the insurance business in ! i
llarrisburg.
STRVUBF.HHIES l\ CHRISTMAS J
Gettysburg, pa.. Pec. SO.-—Ripe M
strawberries were picked near' i
Greencastle on Christmas Pay. Mrs. ] |
Susan Brumbaugh, who lives a mile
soutli of town, while in her garden, 11
noticed the red berries peeping I
forth and picked a small handful. | 1
; SNOODLES .The Family Skeleton Almost Got the Family in Bad - Bi] Hu nq erf or d
' 1 WA-A'Alff- CftiTn m-W ?II 1 TIONT You see P { who'd J j
tel poppy C —' • HE JtST SHEDS His ) ua n ftom ) A""~\
IiAJhKT THE Blfr] //1 f t == 3= " ITREAT GUMS 1/ SIXNTV SHELL. eviERY Ytftß. ( Tw P iU
? 1 -y—X W< ?| RY // 11 iri/SoTY rtTvOC LIKE ONE OF -THOSE \ ,N
! C c)j% > /Al h ' JUL DISGUISE fy/CItWS i Vj 1 LOCUST BUSS THAT l ,r—
-- ? ///A i. ======== \ J3oh~~r — / M?a S&Cw DEPnD * gc&s Buzzim" aßoumd d l jd
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GREAT BOXING
FRAYS THIS YEAR
Willard to Meet Denipscy;
Pat Moore and Jimmy
Wilde tt Hook l'p
llefore the end of tlio year of,
1919 comes around tliero'll prob
ably be staged some of the great
est bouts to bo fought to a de- j
vision in the history of the Queens
bury ring. Now that the big wai
ts over and fistic promoters are
i getting down to business the chant
| pious cannot much longer evade
■ real battles. They will be obliged
|to properly defend their titles in
| tlte regular orthodox manner or
: throw up the sponge and übdicate
I their thrones.
1 es, before Christmas comes again
Iwe 11 probably see a new crop of
champions, not only in America, but
m !• ranee, England and Australia.
New. young, lighting blood is fast
Pttaping up. Vigorous, stalwart,
battling ! oys who have been through
in ? cs ' of the big war,
will shortly enter the fistic arena to
r> luck, pluck anvl prowess.
. ack AlcAuliffe, who is in France
serving as a secretary of Knights
or t.olumbus, writes to a friend from
Paris:
i ,V >U wou 'tl be surprised how our;
soldier boys are boxing over here.
They are simply crazy over here. |
and some of them have the makings
' of a champion.
1 had charge of a hatch of Amer- |
loan boxers that went to London to
contest for the King's trophy. They
did pretty well considering they
didn't have much training.
But when the boys get back
home, believe me. they will make ■
some of those stallers fight or take
to the tall timbers. All they need
i is a little coaching, experience and
training to polish them up."
Big Bouts in Sight
Among the many important and I
sensational combats which will prob
ably le fought in 1919 are the fol
lowing:
Jess Willard versus Jack Dempsey
for the world's heavyweight title, 20 ;
rounds to a decision. The public de
ntands that Dempsey shall be the big
champion's next opponent, and no |
other lesser tight will do.
Jimmy Wilde versus Pat Moore ■
for the world's bantam title, 20
rounds of course. It has already i
been announced that Wilde will come
here to meet Moore and any others
of his class.
Mike Gibbons wants to box Jack
Dempsey, but for only ten rounds.
However, that would be quite a rare
display of a bully, rushing swinger
up against a real scientific artist.
George Carpentler is most likely j
to visit this country within the next j
year and box Dempsey or some other ;
top-notcher in a 20-round contest, j
Benny Leonard before many moons
will be obliged to defend his crown |
against Lou Tendler, of Philadelphia, |
Frankie Britt or Charley White in;
an extended bout. These boys are ,
hot on the lightweight champion's i
trail.
The featherweight title seetus to'
be vacant, now that Johnny Kilbane ;
lias declared his retirement. So a
few topnotohers in this class will i
hav'e to fight it for that crown. But
who are they? Just at present there ,
seems to be but very few real classy .
features in the ring who shine forth ;
as a coming champion.
If Battling Ortega of California.;
can get down to welterweight and
be fit. he'll probably beat Ted Lewis
for the championship of that class |
in 1919. He's some fighter, this boy I
from the Pacific coast.
Mike O'Dowd. the heroic middle- '
weight champion, will soon be home |
from the war. full of pep and fight, j
He's simply spelling for a mill after,
his recent victories in King's tourna
ment in London. Mickey is one
champ who lives to scrap and scrap. ;
So the outlook for the boxing ;
game appears pretty fine and pros- ,
perous for the coming new year.
Here Is a Good Match
For Gordon Ford or the
Tech Basketball Team
Office of Naval Inspector of
Ordnance. Homestead Steel
Works, Munhall, Pa.
Dec. 27, lqiB.
Sporting Kditor, Harrisburg's
Best Sporting Paper, Harris
burg, Pa. :
Sir —Would you be kind enough
to insert the following In the
sport columns of your - valuable
paper, and oblige:
The United States Navy Ord
nance basketball team, of Pitts
burgh, Pa., intends to make a
trip East as far as Lancaster or
York, Pa., and would like to hear
from high schools or first-class
Independent teams who would de
sire this Service (sailor) team as
an attraction. This team is a
first-class team in every respect
and will guarantee a good game.
Would like to arrange games at
Altoona. Tyrone, Lrwistown.
ltarrisburg. Lancaster, York or
Columbia. Pa. Address A. C. Green,
Box 734, Munhnll, Pa.
Thanking you in advance for
your courtesy, I am,
' Yours for sports.
A. C. GREEN.
, I
HOUSING NEEDS NOT
BETTERED BY PEACE
[Continued from Ursi Page.!
! unfortunate possibilities that, have
I recently appeared.
Mr. McFurland said:
I "1 do not believe many American
•citizens realize what a tremendously 1
important thing the government has |
been undertaking in the past twenty |
j months in relation to tire future'
prosperity, security and general de
| cency of the workers of the land.
; Forced by diminished production
and by an abnormal and unheard-of
, labor turn-over to pay some atten
tion to the living conditions of work
ers, it was discovered that wages
alone would not hold men on any
Job. Food, health, housing and rc
creation —all were essential to a
contented and productive condition
"Local housing operations feP
down everywhere, not only because
of the high price of building mate
rial, but because of the impossibil
ity of getting building material at '
I any price, or labor to use it. Fur- !
ther, it has been apparent to some '
of us for a long time that the proper
housing of industrial workers was '
: a subject quite as sultnble for gov
ernment attention as the loaning of
money to farmers or as the promo- :
tion of the interests of people on the
land through the Department of Ag- 1
rtculture.
"Accordingly some of the keenest •
and ablest men and women in the '
land were assembled in the great 1
production departments at Wash- •
ington. The Ordance Bureau of the '
War Department, and the EmeN '•
gency Fleet Corporation in the Navy 1
; Department had to undertake hous
| ing in order to get anything through. 1
To help out the whole situation the i
United States Housing Corporation 1
was formed, and though put into op- '
j eration among the latest of all tlie j
; lurger government war functions, it
: has done heroic and tremendous
work.
"Something over one hundred afid
fifty projects were sketched in var
ions parts of the country close to j
: munition production centers. More 1
I than twenty-live of these projects j
, are yet in the building stage in the j
Emergency Fleet Corporation, and
some thirty are well along in the i
United States Dousing Corporation.
"All of these operations. save >
where it was necessary to create
new towns because of the manufac* j
I ture of some explosive substance.
like T. X. T . for example, were re
lated to either existing communities
or planned to be permanent, so that
the government's money was not to
• be wholly wasted,
"For example, there may be found ;
within a radius of fifteen miles of i
Hog Island shipyards in Philadel-.
phia, but including also the great
shipyards at Chester and Camden,
examples of housing of every sort, j
There have been built regular Phila
delphia rows of houses of the most j
objectionable type, though fortu
nately few of them. There are modi
j tied and Improved blocks of houses, j
i There are houses in groups of two.
! four, six and eight, as well as semi- ;
i detached houses and charming sepa- j
: rate houses.
"Some of these projects are in or- '
I dinary ugly city conditions: others J
• are in exceedingly attractive suit- J
'urban conditions. At Yorkship l
Village, near Camden, nearly two
I thousand houses are almost ready •
fof use, including the most impor- I
I tant experiment in decent housing <
j ever undertaken in America. On
! the other side of the river, just be
j low Chester, is the notable village |
of.Buekman, where something like
1 five hundred houses are nearly ready .
! for occupancy, and these houses are J 1
j just about as good in a general way 1
;as those in Bellevue Park, Harris- | •
| burg, because they are built with a '
j view to land contours, trees, vistas, • 1
open spaces and the like.
"Hilton, near Newport News, is
j another of these items in social jus- •
; tice which relates to the perm nent:
1 and tremendously large shiphuild- j
ing enterprise in that neighborhood. ;
"Now all of these enterprises are j;
! hoped to be permanent, and the*' j i
i will be unless swamped by the wave 11
of silly destructiveness which got j <
: into Congress shortly after the ar- | |
' mistice was signed. j I
"No one has suggested that the | t
signing of the armistice wiped out j
a half million industrial workers j
.! who have been living in wretched j
. and unfortunate conditions. No one:
. has suggested that the big shipyards
and the big plants for the making
'of machinery related to shipbuild
ing are to go out of business. Yet
: u joint resolution was introduced in 1
I the Senate and actually passed un
! der the insistence of Senator Keed,
!of Missouri, which ordered the
| United States Housing Corporation
,to immediately cease work on all!
! buildings not more than 75 per cent,
completed! The argument was made
j that it would lie better to throw
i away those projects than to com-
I plete them, for, as some of these
! wise men observed, the war was
1 over and there was no need for any
• more attention to decency in hous
i Ing! i
•Fortunately, this resolution has
! been held up in the House of Rep
resentatives. Hearings begin on it
January 8. If the people of Har
rirsburg want to see come through
I a great experiment, costing insofar
1 as the waste part or it is concerned,
considerably less than one battle- i
ship, but which may improve and |
' stabilize living conditions for the In
j dustrial centers to a great extent,
ithey will all make evident to Mr.
Krelder'their opposition to the pass
age of Senate joint resolution l'J4."
I When Mr. McFarland was asked
what Hurrisburg had to do with the
national housing situation, he re-1
plied: I
"Why, it is easy td see where Har- I
i rlsburg ought to come Into this re-'
I latlon if there is a wise handling of
BRETZCASETO
j BE HEARD SOON
Disbarment Testimony Will
i Be Taken in Court Next
Wednesday
innasTiaMaft Upon motion of
jII \ 111 William Al. Plain,
/ rep resent! ng a
I committee of the
Dauphin County
Ijgg-3' Bar Association,
the Court decided
to hear testimony
Bret*. bankrupt
lawyer, next Wed
nesday morning, January 8. Oscar
G. Wickershnni, counsel for Bretz,
said he had no objection to an early
date for the hearing. The answer
filed for Mr. liretz was discussed in
court by Air. Hain before a date for
the hearing was fixed.
I~nv Library Report—-The annual
report of the Dauphin County Law
Library Committee was filed sbow
i'g that 81.4 82.05 had been sneiit
lor hooks and periodicals this year
tmd 208 volumes were added to 'he
library. C. if. Bergner, treasurer, re
ported a balance of $1,855.15 and
Librarian pavitl F. Young reported
that there are now 8,01 *t volumes
in the libruiy. The complete report
was filed by M. W. Jacobs.
Hear Divorce Case —Testimony in
the divorce action of Robert W. vs.
Esther P. Moorhead, alleging deser
tion, was heard in court. Witnesses
were Joseph Alcliek, Miss Art-ia Rob
inson and Mrs. Ava Davidson.
it. The Bethlehem Steel Company!
has had erected for it a whole new j
suburb at Bethlehem as part of this
i government housing operation, and
I if that works out it would give the
' most perfect example for improving
! conditions about Hurrisburg.
j "It was brought out some time!
ago that Harrisburg's reserve of un
occupied houses ' was less than one
per cent, and all of us know that the
| condition is a very serious one in :
port of broad housing movements!
;as would make it possible for Har- i
risburg, for example, to do as well i
as Camden has done, to be treated'
half as well as Chester is being |
treated, and to have access to the
mass of data and experience that
• is being accumulated, which if the'
respect to the getting here of any
j more industries. 1 have had the
• hope that the fair trying out of;
these great improvements would in-;
dieate the way for some federal sup
resolution referred to should pass
would all be wasted.
"Harrisburg needs better housing,
it needs the same sort of treatment
as Bridgeport, Conn., lias had; such:
as may be found also in Moline and j
Bock Island, Illinois, and in many i
other communities all over the coun- |
try. If we want here to participate I
•in the best things the government!
'has been doing, we will most surely
join in preventing the indiscriminate
Junking of these housing projects.
"I am very glad to say that Aaron j
S. Kreider, our Congressman, has
shown himself unwilling to fall,
potentialities to the people of the'
United States. I hope many Harri- |
burg citizens will write him."
"I am very glad to say that Hon. ;
Aaron S. Kreider. our congressman, '
has shown himself unwilling to fall!
for the cunningly devised schemes!
of the real estute men who want to j
see these housing propositions fail 1
so that they can have forfeited into:
their hands vast expenditures at an j
enormous loss in money, morale and i
potentialities to the people of the!
United States. I hope many Har- j
risburg citizens will write him." j
LAURENCE 11. LACKEY
Laurence H. Lackey, aged 33 I
years, died yesterday at his home, j
642 Peffer street. He was a teamster .
and was the son of John Lackey. Be
sides his father, a sister, Mrs. Mabel j
Bollin, survive. Funeral services will j
be held at 7.30 o'clock this evening, j
tlie Rev. A. M. Stainets, pastor of [
Augsburg Lutheran Church, olficiat- !
ing. Burial wi)l be made Thursday ,
at Boiling Springs.
Harrisburg Sportsmen's I
Club in Tribute Shoot
For Instructor Wise
i
The results of the compliment- !
ary shoot held on Saturday by
the local Sportsmen's Association j
at Second and Division streets, in i
honor of L. M. Wise, a prominent j
member, who was instructor at a
southern aviation camp in target
shooting, found J. G. Martin high
man. Mr. Wise himself .had a
rather tough time of it, not being
familiar with the gun model used,
but the members gave him a great
ovation for his efforts to boost
the marksmanship sport. The
records:
Shot at. Broke.
Martin .... 125 119 j
Stewart .... 125 119 !
Wood .... 125 113 1
Hall 125 103 i
Hoffman .. 125 101 1
Rothroch .. 125 88 I
Henry .... 100 80 |
Thompson .. 75 64 j
Segelbaum.. 76 39 !
Wise, 75 66 {
' Roberts .... 60 , 46
Cleckner .. 50 42 >
Neldhamer.. 50 45 '
Sheets . .1. 50 39 j
Douglass .. 25 21 j
•i
! Casualty List For the
Weekend is Very Light!
M The number of casualties reported
I for this section by me War Depart
i incut in to-day's and Sunday's list
lis light. While none 'irom Harris- j
; burg or vicinuy is mentioned in tin
'; list much: puonc this morning, two;
j Irom imii section are reportuu Killed '
i in uctiou in tins alteration s section. '
| i nese are Private Aorum crunul,
I Lusutmtiuown, nearest relative given
I ueuig Christ inumi t, auu t-Mvaio
i Julius w. Bui as. Vv iiiiiuusiowik,
whose nearest or Kin given in uio
j report is .Mrs. Kinnia 'l'ayior.
only ibj casualties were reported
for isunuay, ami att ot these arc
given as wounueil siigntly. private 1
josepu t emus, bti'i cioulu becoml
sueei, Steeitou, is artiong these, lie,
.s ttie sou ot Mr. ami .MIS. Joseph ;
eroos, or. Corporal joim j. Groupe,
son oi Airs. Kunieruie r.. Groupe, ot
Ariuuietowu, is anotuer.
Ourgeant Ciauue u,. Green, son of i
Alt. auu iurs. Geoige A. Green, Tiign
si'ire, was wounued Octoner U oy a
lugli explosive shell while hgh.mg
in the oi. Aliiuel saiieiu. i'no sueli
cuusfcii uOrusions ot tile left arm and
snouiuer. He is a memuer oi coin- j
i pan> Ti, azitn imantry, and lias;
ueen in acme service since Juiy 4.
Utiier in Sunday's list icpoited as
stigiiii} Wounued are; beige.uu Alu
jor Walter it. Mann, Sunouiy; Lug
ier Lou,s c. join, Alyerstown, and
: cook Charles F. Gordon, bunoury.
REC(>\ JGR .SiOLE\ AUTO
Police uro tooivii.g for three young
i couples wno are said to have taken
the new automobile owned by Wil
liam C. Alexander Saturday night 1
from in front of his home, Twenty
second and Alarket streets, and rode
to Lebanon, where they were forced
to liiie a truck to tow them into 1
j Lebanon when something went
j wrong. They evaded arrest then, and
• thus far their identity lias not been
; disclosed.
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Keystone State Uses Half Million
Targets, Leads Nation Trapshooting
.
j A greater number of clay targets j
. were thrown in Pennsylvania this!
year than In any other state. Usu- i
ally tlie state that is favored with |
the Grand American Handicap Trap-;
shooting tournament shows up in the!
records of. Secretary Shnner, ot the j
interstate Trapsliooting Association, ;
as the one that hurls the most life- i
less, and more often elusive clays, j
Tins year was an exception, however.!
Pennsylvania In its registered tour- !
•laments threw 578,980 targets to
517,849 for Illinois. Last year llli
nois threw 821,855 targets.
Quite naturally there was a falling
; off in trupshootmg touriiurtieiits this j
1 year as compared with the banner!
[year of 'HUT. With the continued
i efforts of Uncle Sam to wage war,
for freedom for all peoples, trapshoot
itig went to the front. In some places ;
clulis were entirely wiped out. This, !
ns you know, had its effect. In other
places man-power was scarce ami'
many men had to miss their usual j
; recreation.
! The Interstate Trapsliooting Asso- j
i elation this year granted sanctions for !
408 tournaments, of which 385 are i
known to have been held, because re
ports were received from them. The I
year before 504 tournaments were
'• registered and 493 were held. This.!
taken by nnd large, is a mighty lino
average. No other sport has stood up;
iso well during these critical and)
1 strenuous times.
Seven thousand and fifty-seven indi-'
vidunl shooters participated in tlte ]
"85 tournaments, and 5,161.847 targets!
were thrown. This is 1,000,000 less !
i targets than were thrown the year!
'■ previous, but the average number of!
targets thrown this year exceeds that I
of last year. The average number of
targets thrown at each tournament iri
• 1918 was 14,150, while the'average in'
1917 was 12,554. Of course, these fig-'
ures do not show all of the shooting !
that is done —not by a long shot.
Clul) tournaments, small league l
shoots, etc.. are not compiled in the!
above statistics. There arc as many
targets thrown in league and club
shoots as in registered tournaments.
The registered tournament idea, how
ever, is the backbone of trnpshoot
iug. it is to trupshooting what sanc
tioned athletic games are to the Ama
teur Athletic Union, and tixtures are
t" golf and tennis. The more regis
tered tournaments there are the firmer
is the foundation of the sport.
lowa is tile only state that hud more
than a half century of registered tour
naments this year, with ttfty-one. i>ast
year lowa led with sixty-one; in fact,
lowa has had the greatest number of
tournaments for several years. New
Jersey was lugh in the number of
amateurs in the tournaments, averag
ing ninety-six. North Carolina led
in professionals with an average of
fourteen. The average number of ama
teurs in the 365 tournaments was
forty-live and the average number of
professionals was six. Forty-five
state tournaments were held and ten
tournaments wore registered In
Canada
Approve Gun Invention
Made by Lebanon Captain
Lebanon, Pa., Dec. 30. Captain
Harry 11. Barnhart, commander of
Company D, 109 th Machine gun bat
talion, Twenty-ieighth Division, with
Pershing in France, was ygsterday
notified by the War Department of
its approval of his invention for
machine gun service while attend
ing the officers training school at
Fort Sill. ■ He performed an inven
tion for use by night as range tinder
and locator of distance.