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
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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
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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,
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