10CAL NEGRO FIGHTER OFFERS TO MEET DEMPSEY; NO SALARY LIMIT FOR NAT! LEAGUE Ithn McGraw at Last Wins the Ambition of His Life ganized New Ownership of the Famous Giants, Who Have Made Wonderful Record in Thirty-six Years; Is a Stockholder Himself lie new owners of the far-fam liants are Charles A. Stoneham, a > broker, of 41 Broad street; ncls X. McQuade, a New York magistrate, long known as one me most rabid followers of the e. and John J. McGraw, under 'se direction as manager the its have captured live pennants e 1902. r. Stoneham will succeed Harry lempstead. son-in-law of the late l T. Bush, as president: John J. raw will serve as vice-president Judge McQuade will hold the kbook as treasurer in the place i. Ashley Floyd, of Cincinnati. It Tactically certain, that John B. er will be retained as secreatry. le money exchanged in this irnoth deal of baseball amounts , tore than a million dollars. How h more perhaps never will be , rately known, but It is safe to I that some $300,000 in additional he million was dangled as bait ! re the Brush interests swallow- | he hook. Giants Started In ISSS hn B. Day and James Mutrie 5 the founders ot the Giants : in 1885. the team getting into; )n for the first time at the or al Polo Grounds. Fifth Avenue, 110 th street. The Brotherhood! which broke out in IS9O, turn- j he club from a prosperous ven into a losing proposition, the ,ts which Day had gained being tically wiped out, just because rentalned loyal to the National tue. le passing of Day Jook place in . when the Giants went into the Is of Edward B. Talcott, Corne- Vati Cott. General E. A. McAl- Frank B. Robinson, A. J. Reach, n and Conant. F. A. Abell, the dings and John T. Brush, ldrew Freedman. a prominent many man and associate of ard Croker. lender of the Hall, hasgd 51 per cent, of the club's t in 1595 for $49,000, and seven s later sold out his interests to i T. Brush for SIOO,OOO. It was ng the Freedman regime that) hall had stormy days, riots at Polo Grounds being of frequent rrence. Knter J. J. McGraw \ Brush grabbed John J. Mc- I v from the Baltimore Club in i and made him manager. From i time the prosperity of the New , c National League Club rightly s. In his second year as man . McGraw piloted his men to a lant, and repeated the following* when he also captured the d series from tha Philadelphia etlcs. iere was then a lapse of six s in which the Giants finished Jtimes in the first division and -times in the second until 1911, a they won the old league flag ( n and continued their winning ik through the 1913 campaign, j ugh unable to carry off the big; sit during those years. Last on the Giants finished second af getting away to a .big lead early >e year. . i seminary of what the Giants s accomplished In their long ca might be put in this wise: T have won seven pennants and world series. They have won games in a season four times, r have finished second eight s, third for times and fourth i pen Arms for Returning* Soldiers, Bids Tom Marshall sme on boys! Every American e has the latch string hanging full length, with a cordial invi >n to you to pull and enter. We it your home coming in a state inpatient expectancy, anxious to v our united appreciation of ■ valiant service in behalf of itry, kin folks and friends, rations will be yours. The popu for an extended period after • arrival, will don gala day ap- I, catering to the entertainment •ou who have so courageously successfully carried Old Glory he front in this struggle of na s for a world's democracy, n your victorious columns ch down the streets of your e towns and cities the plaudits , grateful and admiring nation greet you at every turn. Home have been kept burning for the best wishes of one and all yours. You will not be rushed the maelstrom of business life ibor. We will be the entertain luring the time that Uncle Sam allotted for rest, enjoyrrfcnt and •ing bf the official uniform, :h is 90 days after you have mustered out of service, if that ot long enough we will accord not only the days of grace, but ided time. This means at least year of national relaxation, as it require that period of time to ' obilize the assembled units. Let | at. drink and be merry, willing rill we listen to your recounting varied personal experiences ad; in exchange we will trade home talk, recounting the pai't I nation has taken in winning the tgle by sacrifices made at home, le folks should now map out • program of entertainment and j i everything in readiness. , On With Sports omoters of all kinds of sport t now commence a period of re- , traction. Trapshooting, the pa- j ic and legitimate major sport merica, will at once forge to the j t, coming into its own. Legions sd-blooded men who have* been ! a material factor in Hun sup- , lion in conjunction with mil- ' of men. who have been inten- ; y trained by Uncle Sam to : ile fire arms, are returning to 1 homes a disbanded army of | e to order trapshots, anxious to conclusions afield or at the i i, following, enjoying and profit- ' by the training recently re-! id. Trapshooting First . iny different lines of sports and I itics - have been featured and ! loted in camp and cantonment : jy recognized organizations and i orlties who endorse and recom -1 out-door sports. Upon their! al home the "Yankee Doodle " will thoroughly enjoy the ! h promoting, life prolonging fascinating sport of trapshoot- j >ver and above all other rerog- I outdoor sports. This direr- j is what they will logically adopt , what they will unquestionably j Keep the home fires of ap ation, which have heretofore j fed by patriotism and love, , ing with a good healthy, glow, •ranging in advance with all ac- j ries. for necessary outdoor j a. We should perpetuate Uncle j s efforts in preparedness and j ne a nation of expert marks- We may never again be called j as a nation to rally in defense i ur colors. Remembering that! ting ability Is high art, which j id be encouraged, cultivated ! ;eneration, as a perpetual peace ' SATURDAY EVENINQ New York Giants' 36-Year Record Bat. Fdg. Year. \V. 1,. P.C. Fin. B.C. P.O. 1883 ... 46 50 .479 6 .237 .858 1884 ... 62 50 .554 5 ,262 .986 18S5 ... 85 27 .758 2 .269 .567 1886 ... 75 44 .630 3 .269 .BSS 1887 ... 68 55 .533 4 .381 ,SS6 1898 ... S4 47 .6 11 1 .242 .916 18S9 ... 83 43 .659 1 .282 .963 IS9O ... 63 68 .481 6 .256 .922 1891 ... 71 61 .583 3 .260 .933 1892 ... 71 80 .470 S .755 .917 1893 ... 68 64 .513 5 .293 .929 1894 ... SS 44 .667 2 .300 .923 1595 ... 66 65 .504 9 .2'.** • .920 1596 ... 64 67 .489 7 .293 .933 1897 ... S3 48 .634 3 .317 .925 1895 ... 77 73 ,8R 7 .283 .939 1599 ... 60, 90 .400 10 .276 .931 1900 ... 6was the wife of Frank Butler. She is teaching the women's shooting school at Pinehurst. N. C. ha\hoi.e hi.oh i p \ The ignition of escaping gas in the mains of the Ifarrlshurg Gas Com pany at Cameron street, near Market, yesterday caused several manholes to fly into the air. One nairowlv escap ed striking the automobile of Com missioner William 11. Lynch, who was pnssing. -A detail of- workmen re paired the damage. SNOODLES ... By Hungerford 4(lk Ik : /IvT/Tn r ( Trf V 1 \WATCH mE?J On Tip of Tongue Today With the Enterprising Students of Tech , Midyear examinations for students i lof the Technical High school will | > start Monday, February 1", and con- j ! tinue throughout week. Be- j j cause of the loss of five weeks occa- j ■ sioned by the ejeid'emic, it has been i decided to hare no exemptions be- . I cause of high grades. Heretofore ! students with high grades were ex- . cused from taking the midyears, but according to the new ruling all stu dents will be examined. The Social Dance Club will hold a dance Monday night at HanshaVv's j | Hall. "Bill" Hoerner announced to I the school that the club is going to spring some surprises. The com mittee consists of Hoerner, McCord, Craig, Morgan and Fellows. Professor W. E. Strawinski, head of the Knglish-Hepartment, was ab- ] sent from school during the past | week because of sickness. Because of the inaugural exercises 1 next Tuesday the student body will i be excused for the day. Basketball schedules wehe dis- j tributed at the close of the chapel j exercises yesttydav morning. Report cards for the past month ! have been distributed to the four classes of the school by Miss Saul, | the secretary. Friday. January 31. the -seniors! will entertain the remainder of the j school, with the talent that the class contains. Helping to arrange the, program will be Professors Straw inski, Longenecker. and I.indsay, j February 7 the juniors will have their day and they will be advised by Messrs. Wallize, Hill and llertz ler. February 14 the "soptaf' will have their chance, and Messrs. Campbell, Smith, Kaauss, Pomp and NATIONAL LEAGUE DROPS WAGE LIMIT Ban Johnson Opposed It and so Did Players; Trading Lively at Annual Meet New lVk, Jan. 18.—The SII,OOO I monthly salary limit, decided on two , days ago by the National League for | each club, was rescinded at a special executive meeting of the league (•members here to-day. The new limit ' decided upon was not disclosed, but itwas stated that the SII,OOO month i ly limit was considered insufficient i and unworkable. The SII,OOO stuff was destined for ' the ashcan as soon as an- I wounced. The only thing it did was to get a laugh from the magnates of I the American League. National I League bosses believed that the jun i ior circuit men would fall, for the limit agreement, but they were met l with the well-known cold shoulder. , Ban Johnson and his pals refused ito have anything do with the sal } ary limit, and the only "comment . that the American League president I would make was that his league de | cided the salary limit question two | years ago. This meant that it would not be taken up again. This pres sure brought by Johnson caused the National men to reconsider the rule and drop it. A three-cornered deal between the Washington, Boston and Detroit! clubs of the American League, com-i i pleted here to-day, shifts six well ! known baseball players. Pitcher George Dumont and Catcher "Ed" j Ainsmith, of Washington, go to the 1 Red Sox in exchange for Harold Jan | vrinand a cash consideration. Bos-! ; ton gives to the Tigers "Chick" i Shorten, Pitcher "Slim" Love and ! Ainsmith, for Oscar Vitt, Detroit j third baseman. *A week of conferences and joint I j sessions here between major and j i minor league baseball club owners j will be completed to-morrow, whVn ' ; a working agreement is signed by the National Commission for the two J major organizations and a committee j ! representing the National Assoc!*- j i tion of Minor Leagues to take the! place of the National agreementj abrogated by mutual 'Consent. | The minors will go their own way i under the control of their own Na | tional Board of ArblQ-ation, which will have Cvli jurisdiction until its j term of ofttoe expires in 1921.. There ' will be no more draft or optional ! agreements in the National Associa tion, and all players must be pur chased by major and minor clubs ! from the minors for cash, all moneys and sales paper to pass thorugh Sec-' retary John H. Farrell's office at Auburn. N. Y. The Detroit club signed Dan llaw ley, who managed Toronto's pen nant winners last year, as scout In place of Bill Donovan, who In turn signed a contract to manage the Jersey City Internationals during the coming season. CELKBRATE "DRY" VICTORY The Sunday evening service at Christ Lutheran Church will be spe cially characterized by the celebra tion of the states ratifying the na tional prohibition amendment. Dr. Reisch will preach on the subject] "The Wriggle of the Serpent's Tail." HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH | Nye w ill help to arrange the c4hter | tainment. Examinations will cotne during the week of February 21, so that the freshmen will present their I program February 28. ' Professors j DeWire, Belt. Baldwin and Kuhh will help to prepare the program, i Thrush, Skane and Slentz pre sented diagrams to the Wiring Club No. 2, at'the last meeting showing the wiring for different arrange ments of door bells. Hyniao Cramer is the new presi i dent, and Leroy Witman vioe-prcsi ! dent of the Dramatic Club. The Spanish Club under the di rection of Mr. Kuhn, is prepariug several playlets that will be given by the club this spring. The stu dents are discussing the Spanish j speaking countries, and spend much I time on the conversational Spanish, j A scrap book has been purchased for i saving any clippings in Spanish of j interest to the club. I The Cartoon Club has been dt i vided into two parts and each divi ; sion will present cartoons weekly. | The best drawings will be given I points and at the close of a certain ; period, the totals will be taken to I see which side has won. McGuire I is the one leader and J. C. Sparrow ; i leads the other side. Abram Burkholder and Richard 1 Spengler showed the Chemistry Club | No. Lan interesting experiment on the compound of nitrog#n. Both i boys are members of the senior class. . . In the Stamp Club Frank Fpose, Jr., read an interesting paper about the aeroplane stamps, and Gilbert Downs gave a number of philatelic definitions. . i i i Tarsus Loses in a Treat 'Em Rough Game With Newville Rough -was no word for the fra>" at Newville which team trounced Tarsus gym. 35-25. A splendid crowd saw the battle and howled merrily for the home team which had been considerably strengthened with four players lately returned from the i Army. The lineup: TARSUS F.G. FI.G. T'l. Holahan, f 3 7 13 Meek. f. . I 0 0 Laughery, c. 2 0 4 Lyter, g 0 0 0 Long, g 3 0 6 I Totals 9 7 25 NEWVILLE F.G. FI.G. T l. Kendig, f 5 0 10 I Hilbush, f , 3 0 > 6 j Ritner, c. ... 7 5 19 Woods, g 0 0 O.j Seitz. g 0 0 0 | Totals .:. 15 5 35 | Fouls committed, Tarsus, 14: New- I ville, 10. Referee, Suenders. Tinyer, Lick. , U. S. Steel Adds 2,235 Acres to Greene Holdings Coßnrllsvllle, Jan. 18. Additional sales og 2,235 acres of coal in Greene county to subsidiaries of the United States Steel Corporation, increasing the Greene county holdings of the corporation to 17,000 acres, are re ported in coal and coke circles. It is rep&rted that the Cumberland Coal Company, which recently purchased the Dorsey tract from trustees of J. V. Thompson, has purchased the George L Hlbtts estate and Cray and Moran holdings in Green township. Green county, and adjoining the Dor sey tract and the 12,000 acre Held purchased some months ago by the H. C. Frick Company from the trus tees of the Thompson estate. The Hibbs tract comprises 1,500 acres and the Cray and Moran properties 735 acres, the purchase price being re ported at approximately 3600 an acre and totaling in excess of 81,235,000. I nthe Dorsey tract, the sale of which was approved by the referee in bankruptcy last week, comprises 2,500 acres for which 31.637,000 was paid. .Seven million dollars were .pair for the 12,000 acre tract sold to the Frick Interests, which was the first large transaction consummated by the Thompson trustees. Firemen Turn Hose on the Oberlin Veterans | In .a well-played game the Royal Fire .Company five defeated the Ober lin Ex-High team by a score of 33 to 24. The foulshooting of Shickley and all-around work of Elkins fea tured. Oberlin.. Royals. Bishop, f. , Shickley, t. Gerhart, f. Elkins, f. Gassell, c. Dunkle, c. Stoulter, g. Armstrong, g. Wells, g. Books, g. Strine, g. Field goals. Bishop, 4; Gerhart, 1* Caafsll. 7; Shickley, 1; Elkins, 6; Dunkle, 2. Foul goals, Shickley, 16. Fouls called, on Oberlin, 17; Royal, 13. Referee, Shriver. AI'TOS AND THOI.I.E VN . FlGl'ltK IN t OI.I.fNIOV Three automobiles and two street cars tangled In a collision at Fourth and Market streets last evening with out causing any casualties. A street car struck a Jitney at . the corner, which In turn struck a second motor car, causing it to collide with a third. At the same time, the third motor car betcatne wedged against an east hound car which was discharging passenger. The damage to the tna ichines was slight. .Ring History of 1918 Shows That Jack Dempsey Did the Best Fighting While the war gave the boxtng game a big setback last year, the promoters of several cities closing down the sport rather than run shows at a financial loss, many of the scrappers managed to reap a harvest out of contests which they engaged in during the slow sea son. Johnny Pollock produces some figures which show that Jack Dempsey. contender for the wold's heavyweight title, did the best fighting during 1918. He took part in 22 contests, conquering in 18 of them. He engaged in three contests where no decisons were ren dered, a 10-round go in St. Paul on May 3, and a six-round battle at Philadelphia, on November 28, both with Hilly Miske, of St. Paul, and a four-round exhibition bout with Clav Turner, at Eb bets Field in Brooklyn. He lost one decision to Willie ileehan in San Francisco on September 13, and scored 17 knockouts. Benny Valger led in total number of bouts with 39. The fighting done by the oilier prominent stars follows: Fights Won Host Draws No K. O. decisions Jack Dempsey 22 3 8 1 0 3 17 Benny Valger . 39 7 1 0 31 4 Frankle Britt 28 18 2 5 3 6 Jack Sharkey 25 0 1 2 22 0 Harry Greb 24 7 1 0 16 2 Jack Britton 24 - 7 0 .0 17 3 Lew Tendler 20 6 * 0 0 14 5 Johnny Dundee 20 5 if 5 9 0 Clay Turner 19 4 0 0 15 2 Willie Jackson • 18 2 2 1 13 2 Leo Johnson ~..17 6 2 1 8 3 Ted Lewis 17 5 0 0 12 1 Frankle Callahan 16 1 2 0 13 1 Joe Lynch 15 5 2 0 8 4 Jack Dillon 15 2 2 2 9 1 Pasty Cline . -...14 2 0 1 It 1 Frankie Burns 14 3 0 0 11 3 Rockte Kansas 14 1 0 2 11 0 Battlfne 'Levinsky 13 2 1 2 8 1 Fred Fulton > 12 8 1 0 3 7 Benny Leonard 12 8 0 0 4 2 Eddie Wallace , 12 0 3 0 9 0 Sam Langford 11 2 4 1 4 1 Freddie Reese 11 1 0 , 0 10 1 Johnny Griffith 10 4 0 1 5 1 Harry Wills 10 4 0 0 6 4 George .Chip 9/ 0 0 3 6 4 Tom Gibbons 9 3 0 0 6 1 Bryan Downey 9 2 1 2 4 0 Billy Miske 9- 2 0 0 7 1 Joe Welling 8 3 0 0 5 2 Pal 'Moore 8 5 0, 1 2 0 Joe Burruan , 8 3 0 1 4 1 Frankie Brown £ 3 0 2 3 0 Jeff Smith . 8 3 0 0 5 0 Tom Cowler v.t 7 5 1 1 0 4 Augle Ratner ~..6 3 2 0 1 0 If Jack Dempsey Will Cross Color Line Black Gunboat Smith Is Game "I reckon Dempsey is a good man, but if you all want to find out f'r sure, put my name in an' X have the nerve to try." A rather slender but powerful bodied negro stalked into the Tele graph editorial room and introduced himself as Black Gunboat Smith, ready and willing to take up Jack Dcmpsey's challenge to meet him Monday night at the Orpheum to see whether he could last three rounds for the 11.000 purse. The Gunboat once claimed Har risburg for his native haunts and so he he is a legitimate chal lenger. True, though, that Dempsey Nations' Union Should Consist of Those Having Fought For Right—Hill | Xew York, Jan. 18. Union of the nations which fought to bring inter national law breakers to justice is the i hope of the world for establishment I of principles of humanlty,.David Jayne Hill, former ambassador to Germany, ■ declared here last night. The union should consist of those nations, and Ino others, he asserted, and should be limltyed .to the maintenance of in ternational law. j The former diplomat "distrusted" any conferederatlon wfth poewrs be ■ yand this limitation, and predicted that the United States would never I transfer to a league of nations, "of I which it would be only a parochial part." authority vested by the con stitution solely in the 'responsible j representatives of the people." Dr. Hanson to Lecture to blights of Malta j Amo Patrol No. 1, Knights of | Malta and Dames of Malta No. 53 of j this city have been fortunate in se j curing the Rev. Dr. Henry Hanson, I pastor of Mesglah Lutheran Church, :to deliver his lecture, "The Man | Without a Country," in City Gray's ! Armory, Second and Forster streets, Thursday evening, February 6, at 8 o'clock. "The lecture which Is one of the most .entertaining in Dr. Han son's rapertoire, will be profusely il lu.stated with the aid of a stereoptl i con, and will be preceded by a short | musical program. * Maclay St Pastor at Fourth Street Church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock and evening at 7.30, the Rev. Dr. Win. S. Houck, pastor of the Maclay Street Church of God will preach In the Fourth Street Church of Christ, Fourth and Delaware Streets. His themes will be. "The Peril of a Wrong Journey" and "Retracing Wrong Step#." Special music will feature these services. SHOOTff TWELVE FOXES Rtnln, Pa., Jan. 18.—John Smith, of Toboyne township, hunter and trap per, has been successful in captur ing twelve foxea this winter, six rad and six gray. I bars black fellows in his challenge, ! and unless he relents Harrisburg j will not have the privilege of seeing | a native son go against the greatest I pugilist of the era. The Gunboat is certainly game, I and that too, with the handicap of being deaf and dumb. He wrote his I answers to questions at the Tele | graph desk, telling how he trained | wtlh Kid Norfolk and had his last j tight in New Jersey. The Dempsey entourage will heave into sight here to-morrow night and | if no one can be found to box him he : will at any rate appear at the Or j pheuni with his sparring partner so 'that he can be*sized up. To Find Places For All Returning Teachers Placing of returning teachers of the city school district who were in the military or naval service and were I given leaven of absence will be ar ; ranged by President Robert A. Kn .ders. Secretary IJ. D. Hammelbaugh. and Superintendent F. E. Dowhes, I the city school board decided yester ;dy aftenioon. A number of the I teachers have been In service and |s