fECH HIGH WILL BUST LOOSE WITH GREAT BALL TEAM; DEMPSEY GIVES LIE TO FULTON
rennsylvania Should Have
Decisions In Boxing
CVith ring battles beginning to be
'eature of Harrisburg sports every
tron is interested in the fact that
cislons dare not be given in renn
vania, and New York, taking its
e from us, has introduced a bill
ling for decisions, which indeed
suld bo given at every ring. The
itivo Power Gymnasium, the most
terprising sparring organization
re, is getting the crowd, but, just
in the four other states which
ve boxing without a dlcislon,
?re is dissatisfaction, and with
od reason. As an expert, under
; name of Cross Counter, points
'The burden of complaint of those
o pay to see boxing bouts is that
s leading boxers do not contest
their merits, and thus fail to give
s ticket buyers a fair return for
; money expended.
'Preliminary boxers in a major
of instances give the patrons the
ly value received for the financial
tlay. for the youngsters are eager
make reputations and get to the
> of the ladder. But the proml
lt boxers, nine times out of ten,
owing that the reference will not
■ide 011 points, dawdle along for
en of nine rounds, according to
ation of the ring, and then in the
il session making a cyclonic rush
li a view to catching the eye of
unofficial referee.
Sven the boxer who unofficially
declared to be the loser knows
t the pugilistic records will not
>w that he was beaten. The con
t is set down as an "N. D" (no
•ision) affair, or as one facetious
vdlcr put it, "nothing doing."
'These disappointing bouts are
ng staged weekly in New Jersey,
sconsin, Minnesota, Pennsyl
lia and other decisionless points,
ere fully fifty per cent, of the so
led 'star' bouts nre not on their
rits. In the same states at least
ety-eight per cent, of the pre
inary contests bring out the best
>rts of the ljoxcrs.
Decisions Only Remedy.
'The remedy for this glaring de
IACK MEET IS
SET FOR MAY 17
cal Athletics Committee
Elects Officers For En
suing Year
'he annual meeting of the Harris
's Treck Athletic Committee was
d last evening in the office of the
partmcnt of Parks and Public
jpcrty at 8 o'clock.
'he reading of minutes of tte an
il meeting of May 13, 1918, were
moved as recorded. Chairman Fa
called the meeting to order and
ted the first business was to elect
cers for the ensuing year.
In motion, duly seconded, the fol
ding officers were unanimously
cted: Chairman, Dr. Charles B.
;er, Jr.: secretary, V. Grant For
; treasurer, A. Reeder Ferrlday.
tfter some discussion it was de
ed to hold the annual High school
ck and field meet May 17 and the
lual grammar school meet June 5.
e date for the High school meet
3 made tentative until the secre
f could get responses in regard
meets to be held by the following
titutions: Norristown High school,
te College, Lafayette College and
ligh University. If it is found that
date selected by this committee
11 nottonflict with the events to
scheduled by the institutions Just
wed the secretary will at once
d invitations to the principals of
the High schools of Pennsylva
urging them to be represented by
earn at the state championship
et in Harrisburg, May 17. Univer
• of Pennsylvania relays will be
ril 26, when Harrisburg will be
11 represented.
ssion to Prevent
Fighting Between the
Czechs and the Poles
'aris, Feb. 4. —A commission of
trol will be sent immediately to
ichen, Austrian Silesia, to prc
t a conflict between the Czechs
1 the Poles in the region of Tes
n, and also to inquire into the
is for a frontier decision at the
ice Conference.
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feet in boxing is a decision in every
boiit that takes place. When a
prominent boxer realizes that every
time he is defeated the fact will be
set forth in the records, he will be
apt to try and make every bout a
winning one.
In Boston, New Orleans, Dayton
and other cities, where decisions on
points are made by referees at the
end of limited round bouts, there is
every little dawdling done by the
leading ringsters.
"The only argument advanced
against decisions by referees is that
they might increase the betting on
contests. As a plain matter of fact,
decisionless bouts offer a greater
opportunity for betting."
Supporters of referee decisions as
serted that if the control of the
referees and their compensation
were placed in the hands of the
commissioner, and the third man in
the ring completely removed from
the club owners and managers the
chance for crooked work would be
largely eliminated.
It was pointed out that baseball
umpires when they were dependent
on club owners were wont to decide
in favor of the home teams. But as
soon as they received their salaries
from the league as a body, and were
protected from attacks of club own
ers an era of just and independent
decisions arrived.
The New York law provides for
ten-round bouts with referees de
cisions; for an admission fee of ten
dollars limit. The concensus of
opinion in Ilarrisburg is that if box
ing is not strong enough to stand
decisions, It is not worthy of sup
port. For example, the spectators
at the Motive Power show last week
would have, much appreciated the
referee's decision on th e Sammy
Sehiff bout. Of course, when theie
are decisions, the referee alwajs is
confrontd with the temptation of
accepting a certain consideration to
guide him in his verdict. But box
fng will have to take that chance
along with all the others and show
that it is worthy of life.
Girls of Chambersburg
Wallop Oberlin, Also
the Deaf and Dumb
Cliambcrsborg, Fa., Feb. 4.
Two victories were scored by
the basketball team of Penn
Hall, the local preparatory school
for girls, on Saturday against two
visiting teams. In the afternoon
a closely-contested game with
the quintet from the Maryland
State School For the Deaf and
Dumb resulted in a score of 19 to
16 in favor of Penn Hall. The
evening game was more or less of
a farce, the Penn Hall team
swamping the girls' team from
the Oberlin High School by the
score of 52 to 0. In the after
noon the game was played ac
cording to the- girls' basketball
rules, this being the first time
the Penn Hall team has ever
played using those rules. They
are accustomed to using tactics
allowed by the boys' rules.
W. G. Killinger, Harrisburg,
Gets "Varsity" at State
State College, Pa., Feb. 4. —Two
freshmen were awarded varsity foot
ball letters at Pennsylvania State
this season for the first time since
the one-year residence rule became
operative, four years ago. The cubs
honored were MacKenzie, the Chel
tenham High school boy, who played
center all season, and Knabb, a year
ling halfback. Twelve other play
ers were given permission to wear
the varsity "S," and two substitutes
won the "S 2nd." The coveted in
signia was voted to the following
men:
Captain Frank Unger, of Oil City;
R. H. Henry, of Allentown; L. H.
Rogue, of Pittsburgh; Paul Grimes,
of West Brownsville; R. K. Wil
liams, of Monesson; W. G. Killlnger
of Harrisburg; A. H. Lundberg, of
Olean, N. Y.; G. W. Brown, of Wash
ington, Pa.; I. W. Brown, of Not
tingham; H C. MacKcnzie, of Chel
tenham; C. E. Hays, of Mt. Pleas
ant; E. S. Farley, of Swarthmore,
and K. B. Kirk, of Buckingham.
The second team insignia was award
ed to D. G. Cameron, of Oil City
and N. R. Korb, of Philadelphia. '
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Motoring Too SIOIV For
Ace> Who Drove Racing
Autos Before the War
Xow York, Feb. 1. —Four of
America's "aces," one of them Cap
tain Edward V. Rickenbacker, of
Columbus, Ohio, who is officially
credited with bringing down twen
ty-six airpisnes, arrived here late
yesterday on ihe British steamship
Adriatic.
The others were Major James A.
Meissner, of Brooklyn, officially
credited with egiht machines: lieu
tenant Paul F. Baer, of Mobile,
eight machines, and Captain Doug
lass Campbell, of Mount Hamilton,
Cal., six machines. All wore dec
orations awarded them by the
American and allied governments.
Captain Rickenbacker, prior to
What Are They Trying to Do,
Hush Up Hal Chase Scandal?
Talk about George Creel, as a cen
sor of news! How about these base
ball magnates who had Hal Chase
up for trial and are soon to give a
decision, but have told the public
nothing. The Chase hearing de
serves full publicity, for baseball
has never had but one gambling
scandal before and this stuff must
not get into the national pastime, or
it will lose the support of the gen
erous public. When a ball player
of Chase's caliber is accused with
t&mepring with ball games there
must be no hushing it up.
No similar case has Involved a
major league player since the early
days of the professional game. In
1877 the Louisville team of the Na
tional League began its last eastern
trip with a lead which permitted
th6m to lose half of the remaining
games and still clinch the pennant.
In view of the playing strength of
the team the result of the race ap
peared to be a foregone conclusion.
, Their first oponent was the Hart
ford club, playing in Brooklyn. Not-
Withstanding the apparent superior
ity of the Louisville combination the
poolroom odds favored Hartford to
win. There was heavy wagering on
the chances of the latter by so-called
"insiders" and Hartford- won the
series. The poor play of the Louis
ville team continued with the result
AROUND THE BASES
"GERMANY WANTS KAISER
BACK"
Our Kaiser lies over in Holland;
Our Kaiser lies somewhere, docs
Bill.
The Kaiser lies louder than ever—
Won't someone please make him lie
still!
Last night as the Spartacans stab- I
bed me;
I-ast night while Bolslicriki shot;
Hoiv 1 wished that all-highest was
lieiiig
With cooties in verdamcnt^gpt!
Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 4. - Pal
Moore, of Memphis, won the popu
lar decision over Dick Roadman, of
Lockport, in a ten-round bout here
last night. Moore weighed 116
pounds, Loadman 118.
Pittsburgh, Feb. 4.—Harry Greb,
of Pittsburgh, won a technical
knockout here last night over Rem
Rowlands, of Milwaukee, when the
latter refused to enter tho ring for
the fourth round of a schedu'ed ten
round bout. Rowlands claimed that
he was hit low in the first round,
arid could not continue the match
after the third round. Doctors who
examined the Milwaukee boxer, said
they found no surface injury, but
they stated he may have been hurt
internally.
Canton, Ohio, Feb. 4.—Jack Brit
ton, of Chicago, outpointed A 1 Doty,
of this city, here last night in a
twelve-round boxing conteet, ac
cording to the newspaper critics.
Every round was Britton's.
Syracuse, N. Y„ Feb. 4. Lew
Tendler beat Ralph Brady, of Syra
cuse, by the merest shade In their
ten-round go here laft night.
The melancholy (lays have come;
The saddest of the year;
When country cheese is down in
price
To eat with—ugh!—near-beer!
Philadelphia, Feb. 4. Joe Bur
man, of Chicago, easily defeated K.
O. Joe O'Donnell, of Gloucester, N.
J., in a six round bout here last
night. Burman had the better of
every round except the third, which
was even, and the fourth, which
went to O'Donnell by a small mar
gin.
Al Shubert, of New Bedford,
Mass., won from Joe Leonard, of
Brooklyn, in the semiwindup.
Worcester, Mass., Feb. 4.—Jack
Barry, former manager of the Bos
ton Red Sox, put an and to the
HAHRJBBURG flrfSgfefc THLEOKXPS
going to France, was a well known
driver of racing automobiles. His
first experience was as chauffeur to
General Pershing, but he soon trans
ferred to the air service, because he
found motoring In the war eone
"too slow." His rise into the "ace"
class was rapid, and soon he led
America's airmen in the number cf
foes downed.
• "There is no comparison between
the auto and the air," Captain Rick
enbacker said to-day. "I am through
with the automobile, and I stand
ready to place my skill and tal
ents in flying , if I have any, at the
service of my government, commer
cially or otherwise."
that but two of the twelve games of i
the trip jvere won and Louisville
lost the pennant by a margin of (
three games.
Many of these defeats were due
to errors of easy chances made by
Craver, Hall, Nichols and Devlin. |
With the arrival of the team in
Louisville the storm broke. Charges
of crookedness were openly made
and one of the players called upon
the club president to deny any par
ticipation in the alleged throwing of
games. He was severely croßs-ex
amined. This led to a report that
certain players were to be punished
for their suspected part in the af
fair.
Both Hall and Devlin confessed
to the charges and Implicated Nich
ols. The examination led to a
search of the messages filed by play
ers with the telegraph company and
this evidence convicted all four of
being guilty, beyond a doubt, of de
liberately losing games in order to
win wagers in the poolrooms which
permitted wagering upon the re
sults of baseball games in those days.
Devlin, Craver, Nichols and Hall
were immediately blacklisted by the
league officials and never took part
in another professional league
game, although several attempts
were made to restore one or more
j to good standing after the lapse of
1 a few years.
question of his return, to baseball
by signing a contract to play this
season with the Boston American
Club. Barry recently was discharg
ed from the navy in which he serv
ed during the war as a chief yeo
man.
"I wish now I'd taken mother's
advice when she begged me not to
marry you." "Did your mother try
to keep you from marrying me?"
"She did." "Oh, how I have wrong
ed that woman." Boston Tran
script
New York, Feb. 4.—Grover Cleve
land Alexander, star pitcher of the
Chicago Nationals, now overseas
with the American Expeditionary
Force, may return to the United
States in time to rejoin his team be
fore the opening of the 1919 base
ball season, according to a letter
President John Heydler, of
the National League, received to
day from A 1 Orth, former National
League umpire and now a Y. M.
C. A. secretary in France.
Orth wrote that he had met sev
eral major league players Including
the Cub pitcher, adding: "When
Alexander left here I understood he
was on his way back home." Alex
ander has been reported with the
Army of Occupation.
Brumbaugh's down at Ptnchurst,
Swinging at the pill;
Sproul is, swinging also—
Acad ones off the Hill.
Jersey City, N. J., Feb. 4.
"Johnny" Howard, of Bayonne, out
pointed "Jeff" Smith, of Jersey City,
in five out of eight rounds in a fast
bout here last night. Howard
weighed 164 pounds and Smith 160.
"Horse" Haggerty Back
For Saturday's Battle
Manager Gordon Ford, of the In
dependents promises to have
"Horse" Haggerty on the Job next
Saturday night when the Hazle
ton five attack. Ford will need
the big fellow because the enemy
has a man rated Just as lengthy
and etrong. Dick O'Leary. On
Monday, February 10. Ford will
take his battlers to Williamstown
where the athletes are all on toe
to make it hot for Harrisburg.
Coach Stlnner is driving hie slaves
mile a minute to have them full of
pep. Thia team haa not lost a
game. |
Jack Dempsey Gives
The Lie to Fulton
Salt Lake City, Utah. Feb. 4.
Jack Dempsey, potential oppon
ent of Jess Willard in a proposed
contest for the world's heavy
weight pugilistic championship,
yesterday returned to this city
and issued a denial to charges al
leged to have been made in San
Francisco last Saturday by Fred
Fulton that a fight between
Dempsey and Fulton at Harrison
Park, N. J., July 27 last, had been
prearranged and that Dempsey
had "doubleerossed" Fulton.
"There was no such agree
ment," he said. "There was no
chance for such an agreement.
Fulton and I had an argument
before we left the dressingroom,
and we nearly came to blows
then." v
Dcmpsey, providing "Tex"
Rickard, promoter of the sched
uled bout between Willard and
Dempsey, approves, is willing to
fight Fulton immediately, he said
yesterday.
"I think Fulton is a bum sport,
and the next time I see him I'll
knock him out again," Dempsey
declared.
Jack Kearns, manager of Jack
Dempsey, has issued a signed
statement denying the charge
made by Fred Fulton that the re
sult of Fulton's bout with Demp
sey was a prearranged afiair.
Kearns states:
"My instructions to the referee
of the Fulton-Dempsey bout
were to tell the men to shake
hands before the bell nnd to
come out fighting. If Tex
Rickard. who is expected to se
lect Dempsey as Willard's op
ponent, says the word, we will
meet Fulton any time for any
number of rounds to prove that
the previous bout was not a
fluke."
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Hot Stuff! Tameless Tech
f Will Have Real Baseball
Over three score Technical High
school students met yesterday after
noon at the close of school and gave
vent to their feelings for baseball
this spring as just so many tons of
T. N. T. They were "all for it."
Tech has not had a baseball nine for
five years. At that ttme It was de
cided to drop the outdoor game
because of a lack of competition with
other high school teams. Now more
high schools are again represented
on the diamond, and it seems advis
able to have a team.
The only handicap to a team is
the matter of finances. Tracks al
ways cost between four and five hun
dred dollars, and there is never in
come from that source. To finance a
baseball team could be overcome by
putting on a minstrel show during
March or April and running it for
two nights. A dance for the project
would also net a nice sum. The
money end of the proposition seems
to be the only thing that will pre
vent a nine, and with prospects as
good as they are through a medium
of dancing and minstrelsy, chances
are that Tech will again be cavorting
around the diamond.
Another reason why Tech should
have a team is because of the fact
that practically every team in the
Central Penn basketball league has a
baseball team and the same high
school would be represented in the
baseball league.
The following twirlers are out for
the nine: "Bill" Fortna, George Ger
mer, "Bud" Lingle, Bayless, Micholo
witz, Phllllpelli, George >J3ruker and
Derrick.
The catchers: Smith. Asa Baton,
Lauster, Harry Ellinger, Paxton,
Beckley, L. Heagy and Boyer.
Inflelders - Hinkle, Mieholowitz,
Gemperling, Craig, Henry, Kohlman,
Richards, Hoerner, Ebner, Wllsbach,
FEBRUARY 4, 1919.
Tjtuster. Connor, Bihl, F. Beck,
Abramson, "ilap" Frank, Emanuel,
Miller, Reese, McCord, Snyder, Bow
man and Sykes.
Outfleldrs—Foland, J. Beck, Ar
nold, Garret, Davidson, Williams, Co
hen, Wagner, Cramer, Katzman,
Chandler, Keller, Winks, Dixon, Her
man, G. Beckley, H. Beckley, C.
Beck, Shank, 1., Bell. D. Eilinger, S.
Bell, lister Miller, Aldinger, Collins,
Fellows, Gatea, Keane, Peifler, Sliope,
Baker, Geary, Morgan and Matter.
At yesterday's mass meeting "Sil
ent Bill" Hoerner, president of the
senior class, presided and Professor
Percy Grubb, faculty athletic direc
tor, spoke in favor of a baseball
team.
It is likely that some prominent
local businessman will put up a cup
for copetltion in the ball league.
At any rate, it would be a very fine
thing for Tech If such a thing should
happen.
Basketball League at
Central Y. M. C. A.
The first game in the "Y" league
which was organized last night
will be twixt Anzaacs and Yanks;
on Saturday Poilus will meet
Tommies Following are the teams,
captains and players:
Tommies—Captain, Bernard Al
dinger; McCaleb, Koch, McClin
tock, Nissley, Kapner and Brown.
Poilus Captain, Blair Ilefkin;
Minnicli, Hillegas, Matter, Wil
liams, Mattson, Palm and Bricker.
Yanks—Captain, Harris: Beard.
Deiner, Roth, Micholowitz and
Nissley.
Anzaacs Captain, "Niss"
Nissley; Huston, Lelby, Craiglow,
Frank, Bryan and Johnson.
Three Fast Games in
Sunday School League
Tarsus trimmed the Methodist
Club. 30-20, last evening; Camp
Curtin beat Y. M. C. A. and Hick
a-Thrift took a fall from Salem Re
formed. The latter was the worst
defeat, 70-10. Camp Curtin won,
36-12. Tarsus had its crack lineup.
Meek, Fetrow. Lyter, Long and
Hoholan, and these huskies had all
they could do to cop the bacon.
I.rsne Standing
W. X* PCT.
St. Mary's 2 0 1.000
Covenant 1 0 1.000
Tarsus 2 1 .667
Hiclt-a-Thrift 2 1 .667
SoJem 2 1 .667
Camp Curtin 1 2 .333
Y. M. C. A 0 2 .000
Methodist 0 3 .000
Hotel Proprietors of
Blair County Wanted
Their Licenses Lowered
• . /
Hollidaysburg, Pa., Feb. 4.—The
hotel proprietors of Blair county
have petitioned the license court to
require them to pay only a portion
of their liquor license fees for this
year instead of the customary full
year's feas. They did this in view
of the fact that after July 1 next
war-time prohibition, will prevail.
Judge Thomas J. Baldridge re
fused the petition, referring the li
censees to the legislature as the
only body that can grant rebates on
liquor licenses.
SKB IKS OF TALKS
New CumbrelaiidL, Pa., Feb. 4. —
The Rev. V. C. Rue, 'pastor of
Baughman Memorial Methodist
Church, will give a series of talks
'every Wednesday evening at prayer
' meeting on "The Lord's Prayer."
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