EMPSEY MAKES GOOD BY KNOCKING OUT HIS CHALLENGER; ROOSEVELT GREAT BOXER Fike Donovan Recalls Roosevelt as a Boxer ad President Roosevelt come to trlze ring instead of the political % It is my conviction he would been successful.' The man was rn fighter. It was in his blood." lllng of the great American's for boxing. George Underwood recent article quotes this of Mike ivan, sparring expert at the New Athletic Club for years and a -sslonal himself of ability, have a vivid recollection of my flsttc encounter with President evelt." he writes. "The Gov- left me In the old billiard of the Executive Mansion at j ny. which he had fitted up as a aaslum for his boys In order j they might begin their physlcial ; itlon under his eyes. He then ; downstairs to don his fighting | In a few moments he had re- j td." Timet Let Her Go! :er pulling on his gloves, he ! >ed forward on to the mat. Most on coming to box for the first with a champion, present or re , show some trepidation. There none of that here, fter we shook hands I studied carefully. Then I led a left jab, i wing It up with a faint-hearted that landed like a love tap high n his cheek. He dropped his s and stopped. .ook hero, Mike,' he said, lndlg !y, 'that is not fair.' was afraid I had done something g. Vhat's the matter. Governor?" I Tou are not hitting me,' he said, ing his head. "I'd like to hit til right, Governor,' I said, thlnk o myself this man has a pretty opinion of himself, e started in again, and I sent in ■d right to the body as ho rushed nd then tried a swinging left he jaw. He stepped inside and his right to my ear. It jarred own to the heels, realized from that moment that j 3overnor was no ordinary ami- { If I took chances with him I > endangering my reputation. j rom that day I took no chances , Theodore Roosevelt with the i is. I've hit him many times as ! as ever 1 hit a fighter in the without stopping him, and thou- | s know how hard I can hit. want to say now that I never' him wince or show even by an untary sign that, he was dlscom- 1 in spirit, no matter how severe 1 bodily pain. On the contrary., et with only that characteristic i ng of the head and a bit to one j a grim smile and a determined ' ig of the bulldog Jaw. followed nother rush. Therefore. Roose- | was a strong, tough man; hard irt, and harder to stop." d it is interesting to know that | lie evening of his inauguration and Teddy had a go of ten ds, when "Mr. Roosevelt was y as a schoolboy when he strlp for the fray. low, Mike,' ho said, 'we must a good bout this evening. It SEMI —ANNUAL SALE Of the finest SHIRTS AND NECK WEAR in Harrisburg. It's a sale not to be compared with any other sale—for none others can compare with McFALL'S SHIRTS AND NECKWEAR. Bathrobes and Sweater Coats Reduced as well as broken lots of various other lines of Men's Furnish ings and Hats. McFALLS Third and Market Sts. At this time ? ambitious workers should study the conditions closely. Now is the time to associate yourself with a reliable busi ness concern where you will be able to apply to its full capacity the ability and experience you possess. If you would like a better position you should put an advertisement in the "Better Situation Wanted" column of the Harrisburg Telegraph where those looking for ambitious workers will read it. Copyright, 1918. TUESDAY EVENING, ■will brighten me up for to-morrow, which will be a trying day.* "We boxed for ten hard, long rounds. He had Improved so much in his practice with me that 1 had to resort to all the strategy that my experience had taught me. After the fifth round. I felt like calling a halt, but did not want to appear a quitter. We were having it hot and heavy. In an exchange I tried to land a right-hand body blow, ducking to avoid a left-hand counter. Instead, he struck me a flush righthander on the top of my head, knocking me 'sprawling to the mat As I got to my feet, he said: "That's a good make-believe knock down, Mike." Evidently he did not realize how hard he hit me." Major Leagues Refuse to Sign Minor's Paper New York, Jan. 20. —Ban B. John son and John A. Heydler, presidents respectively of the American and National Baseball Leagues, decided I at a conference to-da not to sign at present a tentative agreement with the minor leagues. Further more, there was a well founded ru moro that the big leagues would de velop a circuit of minors under their own control. Heydler said that he and John son would not sign the agreement until they had time to go into the subject more fully. They may take up the situation as presidents of their respective leagues at the next meeting of the National Commission, he su. :d. "1 see no use in signing a tempo rary agreement," said Heydler. "If there is any discussion let it be over a real agreement between the two parties. The minors wanted to break the national agreement' and we gave them permission to do so. By a j unanimous vote of the sixteen major | league clubs at the joint meeting I last Thursday, we agreed to respect ! the contracts, reservations up to i twenty-one players, and present ter j ritorial rights of the minor leagues, j This is all on record. What more J can they want?" O'Leary Stenographer Accused of Treason By Associated Press New York, Jan. 21. J. Willard i Robinson, formerly a stenographer | in the offices of Jeremiah A. O'Leary, ] is accused of carrying messages bo- I tween O'Leary and German agents ! in Holland, in 1917, in an indict ; ment for treason returned here yes | terday by the federal grand jury. ARMY AIRPLANE WRECKED By Associated Press Eric, Pa., Jan. 21.—An army air plane with Lieutenant Wilcox as pilot and Lieutenant Chamberlain as a passenger was wrecked in making a landing at Wesleyville, near here, yesterday. Neither man was injured when the plane fell. SNOODLES By Hungerford 1 1 tameQP |, UVEN AT I ~ . A** A Scfww A'BAWUN*. N 1 PRRR+IA H ■ r— — > 6OOO^E{UW9i|!Pt ■ H£S BEEM SAD Lj * ■ Hi UWT. XTAKHH 1 a r>Ofl& aiMCO Eveft SINC£ HE SUMTER.- X kIU-TrtftT H H PfcCK/\GG OF CHEWrN*GviN\ tftLONGr MT TAULtD lA* LOVe SCRUttBV - i4AiIMT) • H H "to SooSie - AN'-ANf- I Cuai I FO*T> W(T' .Soosie pj H / I SL<ppet> an'-aw "T* DWJLITKCLJ (KEWiN Plan to Establish Sand-Lot Baseball All Over Nation Johnstown, Pa, Jan. 20. —The pos-l sibilitles ahead for organized sandlotj baseball are really wonderfu, accord ing to figures just compiled by Secre- I tary Tom Noltes, of the National! Baseball Federation, the sandlot governing body of the United States, I which held its annual meeting in I Cleveland last week. According to: the report, there are now registered ' 10,000 sandlot teams in this country with over 160,000 players. The aver-! age attendance in the 4,500 cities,; towns and hamlets varies from 200 to 30,000, so that possibly eighty! million people witness the sandlot-1 Grant Most Licenses in Columbia County Bloomsburg, Pa., Jan. 21.—Hear ing of the license applications from | Berwick and Miflfllnville, the zone made a "dry" December 28 by order j of President Wil/bn because of war j work in Berwick, was continued un l til February 1 upon request of coun | sel for applicants in Columbia coun- I tylicense court to-day. For the tlrst time in the last fif | teen years there wore no remon strances and the court granted all ! other applications except those of | Andrew Zimbo, of Centralia, and PaPtriclt Guaghan, of Conyngham I township, held for further investi -1 gation, and the wholesale license of I the Kaier Brewing Company, in j Bloomsburg, refused because for j eigners from Berwick have been fre quently the place since Berwick went I dry and carrying it to Berwick. Schwab Inspects Ruined Coal Mines in France Coblenz, Jan. 21.—American en gineers who have inspected the coal mines, in the Lens region of North : ern France estimate that it will be ; two years before the mines are again lin full operation, according *to j Charles M. Schwab, who has arrived !in Coblenz after visiting Belgium i and the battletields of France. Mr. Schwab, who was on his way to Paris, was compelled to spend the night in Coblenz because his auto mobile broke down. As all the hotels had been taken over by the army, I Mr. Schwab had to apply to the ' billeting officer for accommodations. READING BOWLERS WIN* Reading, Pa., Jan. 21. —Over 2,000 , spectators saw Reading defeat Lan-1 caster by a margin of 34 pins in | the intercity bowling championship: series, taking two out of the three I matches rolled to-day. READING Reber *... 156 171 222; Piersol 207 141 163 1 Levan 162 159 166 1 Bixler 156 134 192 ■F. Seltzer 167 142 169; IL. Seltzer 140 167 146 Butzer 192 104 147', iHiHll 127 145 155! ! HoHftman 172 123 130 1 j March 149 110 1281 i Totals 1628 1396 1618! LANCASTER Liller 203 164 184 Umholtz 155 169 198 Smith 155 170 157 Bauer 161 13T 168 Wiley 132 176 156 Schoch * 168 148 142 C. Broome 147 147 163 Wilson ..., 148 157 142 W. Broome 129 135 137 Copp 108 106 146 • Totals 1516 1509 1593 DEPLORE THEATER TAX New York, Jan. 21.—Passage of the proposed twenty per cent, war tax on theater tickets would out of employment between 10,000 and 15,000 persons engaged In theatrical and allied industries, according to a state ment made last night by the United Theater Managers of America. Capt Eddie Grant Buried on "Dead Man's Hill" Now York, Jan. • 20. Captain Eddie Grant, former Philly, Cin cinnati and Giants baseball star, killed In the Argonne Forest while leading a company of the 107 th Infantry to the rescue of Colonel Whlttesley's famous "Lost Battalion," was buried in a German cemetery on top of an isolated knoll, known as "Dead Man's Hill," according to Ser geant John Burns, of Riverdale, New York, who reached here to day on the transport Pueblo. "A withering machine gun bar rage caught us in the flank," said Sergeant Burns. "I saw Captain Grant fall and crawled over to his body, but was unable to get him to the rear at that time be cause the Huns were concentrat ing their Are on that section of the terrain. That night, however, three doughboys and myself went out and recovered the captain's corpse. We burled him at mid night on "Dead Man's Hill,' his grave lying In the midst of hun -1 dreds of slain Germans. I hope that now the war Is over, Captain Grant's body will be removed and given proper burial. A German cemetery Is no place for a gal lant American 'like him to lie at rest." HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH I ters' games in a season. Professional | organized baseball, with about 100 I clubs and 2,000 players, has total | paid attendance during the season of 1 approximately six million. At such | sandlot baseball centers as Cleveland crowds of 20,000 to <O,OOO are regu i lar occurrences at Individual games, and on five occasions at the Brook side stadium in Cleveland the crowds | have been in excess of 75,000, one 'game- attracting 105,000 people. 'Army officers and camp athletic dl- Irectors report that over 50,000 new ballplayers have been developed In ' the United States service since the i start of the war. Benny Leonard Outpoints Dundee in Eight Rounds Newark, X. J., Jan. 21.—Benny Leonard, lightweight champion, had no difficulty in outpointing Johnny Dundee, of New York, in an eight-round bout at the First Regimental Armory here to-night. The contestants weighed in at 3 o'clock, Leonard tipping the scales at 1341 pounds and Dundee at 130. With the exception of first and third, which went to Dundee on aggressiveness the ch&mplon led throughout, landing the more ef fective blows. Dundee was will ing at all times, but Leonard was too fast. In the second and fourth rounds Leonard kept his oppo nent away with left hooks to the face and in the next round quick ened the pace, cornering" Dundee and sending in left hooks and short right uppercuts. The champion landed several hard rights to the body in the Blxth and drove Dundee about the ring in the seventh with succes sive Jabs. In the final round Dundee was turned completely around by a hard left to the head. Dundee's face was marfted wwhen the bout ended. Patsy Kline, of Newark, refereed. s. ' Negro, Convicted of Double Murder, Is Burned By Mob By Asscciated Puss Hillsboro, Tex., Jan. 21. —Bragg Williams ,a negro convicted of a double murder, was taken from the Jail by a mob here yesterday and burned to death In the public square. He had been sentenced to be hang ed this morning. County officers at tcmptely vainly to control the crowd which lynched the negro. Several hundred persons including dozens of women looked on as the negro burned. The body was en tirely consumed in about" forty min utes after which the crowd quietly dispersed. Notice of appeal from the sentence Imposed by the court to-day was fil ed by Williams' attorney and this action is said to have led the mob [ to taka the case into its own hands. Fifty Coal Magnates Are Called in Probe Pottsvillc, Pa., Jan. 21.—Fifty coal operators, twenty-five state min\ inspectors and many officials of the Girard estate, both here and in Philadelphia, have been supe naed to attend the United tSates Senate Committee of Manufac turers' Investigation of the anthra cite coal business here, beginning Thursday next. More than a hun dred witnesses have been sum moned by Marshall Sykes, acting under the direction of William Wil helm, counsel for the Investigating Committee. Deputy Sheriff Thomas O'Donnell was to-day commissioned as an assistant marshal and given authority to the supenae Lacka wanna and Luzerne coal operators. Light wll lbe. shed by tho testimony not only on tho continued increased raises In the price of coal, but also on the shortage .which shut anthra cite out of many markets for over a year and which may result In a per manent Injury to the trade, now that normal conditions are being re stored. FOLKS IX KUHOPR CAN'T CRT PASSAGR RACK HOUR Washington. Jan. 21. Ambassa dor Davis, at Ix>ndon. cabled the State Department yesterday that It Is neary impossible to obtain return passage to the United States from Europe at this time. Officials said this condition was due to the use of so much tonnage in re turning American troops home and to | the general congestion of trans- Atlantic tyaffle. ZIiCKRK GETS IS TKARI New York, Jan. 21.—A plea by counsel for Morris Zucker, a Socialist, convicted of violation of the espion age act. that the war was over when Zucker made his offensive speech In Brooklyn on Thanksgiving Day. failed to save the defendant from receiving a severe prison sentence yesterday. United States Judge Gar vin sent him to the Maryland State Penitentiary for fifteen years. His attorney appealed the sentence. AROUND THE BASES I.an caster. Pa, Jan. 21.—"Battling" KKoplin, of Philadelphia, was knock ed out in the third round of a sched uled six-round fight with Leo Houck, of Lancaster. here last night. "Johnny" Viggi, of Philadelphia, was outpointed In a six-round fight with Jule Ritchie, of Lancaster. Boston, Jan. 21. Paul Bovle, of New Haven won a referee's decision last night from "Billy" Carney of New Bedford in their twele-round bout here. Syracuse N. Y., Jan. 21. Harry masee sPJ ETAOI SHHDL MFWY Greb, of Pittsburgh gave "Young" Fisher, of this city, a terrific lacing in ten rounds here last night. Greb carried the fight all the way, scoring two knockdowns and had Fisher groggy, although still on his feet at the final bell. Media, Pa., Jan. 21. J. Franklin Baker, the hard-hitting infielder of the New York Americans, agreed yes terday to sign a contract for the com ing season with the Upland club, of the Delaware County League, accord ing to Manager Miller, of the Upland team. Miller declined to mention the terms. He said that Baker had agreed over the telephone from his home at Trappe, Md„ to sign the con tract. Baker quit organized baseball be fore to play in the semiprofessional ranks, having left the Philadelphia Americans in 1915 to join the Upland team. He played with Upland throughout that season and the next year was sold by the Athletics to New York. Philadelphia, Jan. 21. "Lew" Tendler, of this city, won easily from "Young" Brown, of New York. In a six-round bout here last night. Brown withstood a lot of punishment, the local fighter landing hard blows vir tually at will. Cambridge. Mass., Jan. 21. A track meet, with Yale at New Haven, on May 17, was arranged for last night at the first meeting of the new Harvard athletic committee. The question of eligibility of students for athletic teams and of training tables for major sports teams will be decid ed at a Joint conference with repre sentatives from Yale and Prlgoeton. It was announced. Dean C. N. Greeiv ough presided. New York, Jan. 21. The Inter collegiate Basketball League season will open here next Saturday with a || j l smokes!' |J] I [ ( [ QRINCE Albert is geared time you fire up! That's because j|| _I I ijijllj II | Ito a joyhandout standard P. A. has the quality t ii Sn2ln a et™^ k fa a m P e" You can't any more make Prince enough to make a bee line Y J0 j£S tt for a red tin, and, a throa' than you can make a honedtk* jimmy pipe—old or new! . ° ® water! Bite and fiaamWHyn parch are cut out by our exclusive Get it straight that what you've patented process! hankered for in pipe or cigarette makin's You just lay back like a regular QjfßßlßlMl M smokes you'll find aplenty in P. A.l fellow and puff to beat the cards and Imm ** never y et short for any other man, wonder why in samhill you nail' lL Hffr! J; a . nd ' it,!l hand y° u such smokesatisfac- a section in the P. A. smokepasture Mm tion you'll think it's your birthday every longer than you care to remember back! IBlWVflilnl finy Princo Albert everywhere tobacco ie told. Toppy red bag*, tidy red tint, handsome iMAttJaUl&lfi pound and half pound tin humidor*-—and—that clever, practical pound crystal gtmee I |I'KT-l''i i i 1 humidor with sponge moist ener top that hoop* tho tobacco in ouch perfect condition. R. J. Reynold® Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, game between Pennsylvania and Co lumbia, according to the schedule made public last night by Ralph Morgan, secretary of the league. In addition to the games listed. Cornell will play four With Columbia and four with Pennsylvania on dates to be approved by the Cornell faculty. Besides next Saturday's game, the following contests are scheduled: January 31, Columbia at Princeton and Pennsylvania at Yale; February 6, Columbia at Yale; February 8, Yale at Pennsylvania; February 12, Princeton at Columbia; February 18, Princeton at Pennsylvania; February 22. Yale at Princeton; February 26,. Columbia at Pennsylvania; March 1, Y'alo at Columbia; March 11, Prince ton at Y'ale; March 14, Pennsylvania at Princeton. New York, Jan. 21. The New York Nationals announced yesterday that they had scheduled exhibition i Kames with the Baltimore Interna- J tional League team in that city on April 12 and 13. and two games in Washington with the Washington Americans on April la and 20. Manager McGraw said the Giants expected to reach their training camp, which probably will be St. Petersburg, Fla., on March 22. and leave there on April 9. Several games will be played in Florida with the Boston Red Sox, who will train at Tampa. James C. Rice, formerly coach of the Columbia University crew, makes the suggestion that twelve-oared barges instead of the usual eight oared craft be used for class crews and other intramural organizations. Rice said that twelve-oared boatf* had met with success in England be fore the war, and that in view of the expressed desire of college and uni- 1 versity authorities to provide ath lealc facilities for all members of the undergraduate body. It would greatly facilitate matters to have the larger' boats. First to Buy SI,OOO Worth j of 1919 Thrift Stamps John H. Zarker, of the Metropolitan i Life Insurance Company's War Sav ing Society, sold William L. Kelly, 214# Logan street, |I,OOO worth of war savlhg stamps of the 1918 Is sue. being the limit allowed by law. The same gentleman bought SI,OOO of the 1919 Issue, we believe he is the first man In Harrisburg to buy the limit of these securities of the 1919 issue. JANUARY 21, 1919. Jack Dempsey Makes Impression on Big Crowd and Also on Henry Hickey Harrlsburg had a chance last night for a good look at "Jack" Dempsey, who has licked 'em all and only waits to wallop Jess Willard. Dempsey was not very long in view, but he made an impression on the audience, and a more vivid one on a party who said his name was Hickcl, and answered the champion's challenge from the audience. Invited to the stage by "Jack" Kearns, manager for Dempsey, he was told to get Into his spangles, which he did with strange alacrity. Returning to the ring, he made a rush at "Jack." which was Just as ef fective as a moth trying to dent the Bastlle. Dempsey brused him off a couple times, tlekled him with a hook Luxemburg's New Duchess Thanks Allies For Aid Luxemburg, Jan. 21.—Tn a procla mation issued shortly after taking the oath of office in succession to her sister as ruler of the grand duchy. Grand Duchess Charlotte ex pressed her deep gratitude to the Entente for the liberation of Lux emburg. She added: "It is due to their irresistible im petus that Luxemburg was liberated from the yoke under which the for eign invader was crushing it, re gardless of solemn obligations and treaties." Bretz Bros. Hardware Stand 209-211 CHESTNUT ST. NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS Full line of hardware, aluminumware, cutlery, paints, oils, glass, farm implements, tools, gasoline and Auto Oils. Will be known hereafter as the CHESTNUT STREET HARDWARE AND MOTOR TRUCK SUPPLY CO. J. E. DARE, Proprietor and finally got tired fooling and Just knocked him so flat he had to be car ried out. "I wouldn't be that fool for |lO,- 000," exclaimed a critical woman, who evidently had never ogled this aort of entertainment. Dempsey's show, outside of his own efforts, was quite diverting, and the packed house gave vent to Its mirth every minute. Boxing wlsenheimers concluded even from the brief look they got that Dempaey is about the most efficient boxing machine ever seen in this land. He knocks out a victim with the cold abandon of a man putting coal in your cellar, and the pugilist who can floor him will, Indeed, be a magician. fj ißiiiiiiiiuuiiiUiiißmmnußßißmng Trucks! | Perfect Balance I | Means Economy | in Operation I gj I*l Us Give Von Fall Details g The Overland-Hamsborg Co.| §y 213-214 North Second Street 1 ' laeii.asßWßß^iiißiwi.iiiiiiriiiiirwiiiirutiaawHwwwwwl 13
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