lITCHIE TRIMS LEONARD IN FOUR ROUNDS; BASEBALL LEAGUE FOR ALLISON HILL aseball to Boom Again in the Allison Hill League +- "get-together" meeting of offi s and managers connected with Allison Hill Baseball League has i called by the president, E. E. LUSS, for Tuesday night at the Al ii Hill freight station, at which e plans will be laid for the open of the season, the forepart of Secretary and Treasurer Allen Fritz has sent out notices to tho • clubs to have representatives at meeting. he ltague, at the close of last sea was composed of the Reading, ewood, Galahad and Hlck-A ift teams. In spite of the war ditlons, the league enjoyed Its t prosperous year, last season, i the race ending in a tie between ding and Rosewood. During the : series of three games almost was turned over to the Red Grose >ugh the "Peanuts Waltz" benefit, ver a score of players were in the dee of their country last season, with tho return of many of them, uinn, the Lebanon Star, Leading Scorer; Tech Should Win Pennant LEAGUE STANDING anon 5 1 .830 iding 5 1 -830 h 3 1 .750 intown 2 4 .250 >lton 1 4 .200 ■k 1 6 .183 tuinn, the flashy Lebanon for •d who will play in this city Fri nighl against the Technical high ooi, leads tho Central Fennsyl la league in scoring with a total 133 points in 0 contests. His il gives hfhi an ave/age of 22.1ti its per game. Close on his heels lyquist who has tallied 11 points in the same number of games. i Reading player has shown his eriority in field goals,* while the anon lad excells in fouls. Quinn a record of 101 fouls in the half en contests, and he will have a •ry battle with Kolilman, for in dual honors from the 15 foot ■ Friday night. Local fans are fldent that,"Hennie" will be able cop the honors pitted against league's leading tosser. 'reidman, the Reading center, ex si n the matter of lleld goals with to his credit. He is one of the t scorers in the league. Coach ler has nine players who are de dable. They are so nearly lie and Position VT. G. F. G. F. G. T. A. nn. Forward L a 10 101 133 22.16 [uist. Forward R " 31 00 122 20.13 gley, Forward Y 6 12 84 108 18.00 ilman. Guard T 4 7 52 60 10.50 leefe. Forward A 5 0 5 2 0 4 12.80 edman. Center R 0 35 0 70 11.67 uschinski, Guard S 5 5 20 37 7.40 sbach. Center T 4 12 4 28 7.00 ler. Guard L 0 21 0 42 7.00 istian. Forward R 2 1 11 13' 6.50 Beck Guard T 3 8 2 18 6.00 ers Forward S 5 10 9 29 5.80 icck. Forward ........ T 4 11 0 22 5.50 ston. Guard T 6 15 2 22 5.33 nk, Center T 2 5 .0 10 5.00 th. Guard T 3 6 0 12 4.00 ell, Forward / S 2 3 2 8 4.00 icieri. Forward S 4 8 0 10 4.00 ler. Forward T 4 8 0 10 4.00 e. Forward Y 0 11 0 22 3.67 •ams. Forward R 6 10 0 20 3.33 gle. Forward T 3 5 0 10 s!oO ut, Center L 6 9 0 18 3,00 ley. Center S 4 0 o 12 s!oo jaughlin. Center Y 7 9| l 19 2!? i lien, Guard A 0 7 2 10 2^67 ing. Guard Y 7 7 1 15 2.14 •thrup, Guard A ' 5 5 0 10 2^oo 1. Guard . . T 2 2 0 4 2!oo er. Guard R 5 3 0 10 2100 :tenberg. Guard It 5 4 0 8 LOO •g, Forward Y 4 3 0 0 L5O inn. Guard R 3 2 0 4 P33 mther. Center A 5 3 0 >0 R2O Ix, Guard Y 3 1 0 2 !o7 es, Forward Y 0 2 0 4 jo 7 ed. Forward A 5 0 3 3 [go ion. Guard L 0 l 0 2 is 3 lmener. Guard R 1 0 0 0 iol) tcr, Guard A 1 0 0 0 ioo •rail. Forward A 2 0 0 0 *OO >anoskl. Guard S 2 0 0 0 no ;li. Guard' S 2 0 0 0 ioo rgan. Guard S 3 0 0 0 00 jler. Guard . A 4 0 0 0 *OO irdick. Guard Y 4 0 ~'o ft nn proved Condition of Clemenceau Causes Joy in French Capital nrl*. Feb. 2i. News of the im vement in the condition of M. menceau was received with Joy Paris which had been worried over tone of the official bulletin is -3 Saturday morning. The pre r partook of la hearty breakfast then was examined by the doc i, but did not joke with the doc < as much as usual, t 6 o'clock last evening the fol ing official bulletin was issued cerning the condition of Premier menceau: M. Clemenceau had a good day. 3,500 BOOKS 10c Each OriKlnnl cost up to 81.50. All cloth bound, und consisting t Standard Fiction by popular ■tliors. History, Science, Religion, edicnl. Biography, Test Hooks, ays' aad Girls' Books und many her aubjecta. Also 750 highest grade 50c to .50 Fiction at 25c,' 5 copies r 81. Add good books to your library t small cost. Many other books at low prices, all orders fllled. Over 20,000 books In stock on sl ow t every subject at 5c up. Open evenings. Books bought. Bell phone 357-J. C'nll ns np. Aurand's Book Store 925 N. Third St. A'utch Our Ad. Kvery Monday) MONDAY EVENING. fans and players are anxious for the opening of the league. One of the first questions that will come up for con sideraflon is the matter of finances. With the teams playing a forty-four game series, no admission is charged at the Seventeenth and Chestnut street grounds. Several athletic clubs have express ed a desire to enter the league, but whether there will be any changes will be a matter to be decided by the board of directors. " Following the Initial meeting there will be a second session within two weeks, at which time officers for the ensuing year will be elected to direct affairs for the season. In addition to Secretary and Treasurer A. H. !• ritz and his assistant, Harold Cobaugh. the following managers have been no tified to attend with another represen tive from each club. Manager Earl ICillinger, Rosewood; Secretary "Steve" Bowers, Galahad; Manager Charles Pressler, Reading; Manager "Bob" Clark, Hick-A-Thrlft. matched that it is hard to settle on any Ave or six players. Should a post-season of contests be necessary, Tech ought to win. One of the surprises of the year was the defeat of Lebanon at Allen town. This reversal will undoubt edly put the Leabonites out of the running. Reading trimmed Allen town easily at the Lehigh county seat, and Tech will have to do the same. As it now looks Tech and Reading will wind up the year with 10 victories and 2 defeats. Lebanon is able to win many of her contests through the wonderful ability of Quinn to pitch the fouls. Miller is also one of the best players in the league. At Reading is Nyquist and a better high school player is hard to # find anywhere. Freidman is a heavy scorer. But with Tech the team is a well rounded bunch of seusoned players and there is no reason in the world why the same team should not repeat last year's performance and land the pennant in the Central Penn league. Tech's players stand well in the percentages when it is taken info consideration that each of the plavjkrs is used for the duration of one Half and then a substitution is made. Inclusive of all contests played to date, the aver ages are as fo'lows: His temperature was 37.2 (centi grade) (98.9 Fahrenheit); pulse G8 Henceforth only one bulletin will be issued daily." NEW ASSISTANT CHIEFS OF BUREAU Washington, Feb. 24. The Sen ate has confirmed the nominations of Grosvenor M. .Tones, of Ohio, and Roy S. MacElwee, of New York, as first and second assistant chiefs of the Bureau of and Do mestic Cofnmerce, Department of Commerce. Every Man Starred on the Independents, Who Trimmed Phila. Champs Gordon Ford's defenders of j Chestnut Street Auditorium showed convincingly on Saturday I night that they knew something I about the universal game of bas l ketball. When the talent of | the Quaker City, that dashing and I satisfied St. Elizabeth! winners of j the American League ribbon, fall i for a 50-36 defeat, eveft the out j sider may appreciate that slx ! cylinder ball is played in the j capital city. One prime reason for the In— ; dependents keeping up their av erage Is that the men are on the I job. "Hoss" Haggerty has to j make a long trip here for each game, but he can be counted on and helps always to put class in the combination. "Hoss" made the famous Jack Lawrence look dike A cripple. It was a big night, too, for Ike McCord and Rote and Manager Ford, with Gerdes, kept down the fast for wards until they had hardly a chance to score. *Tlie lineup was; Independents. St. Elizabeth. McCord, f. Dunleavy, f. Rote, f. Gallagher, f. Haggerty, c. Lawrence, c. ; G. Ford, g. Brown, g. j Gerdes, g. . Deltrich, g. Field goals, McCord, 3; Rote, | 3; Haggerty. 7; O. Ford, 2; Gerdes, 2; Dunleavy, 2; Galla ! gher, 4: Brown, 2; Deltrich, 1. Fouls, McCord, 18 out of 20; ! Brown, 18 out of 21. Referee, I White. Timekeeper und scorer, i Kllneline. I I SNOODLES -> By Hungerford \ Deßn ThCm /VjttY MoBn.es!) r 1 V/Guu-HERC £Ot.S I Cmi Lor f wnewj II * )O ) A FeuOEft. TAKES KiS uFEjr - ' / I ALWAVS VVOULD TAKe "THAT WAS * I ) I ( IN HIS hands crossin- C\ A rA.M<;-r . r NARRER. escape) 1 Ttf STREEtO rftr t SV£p / / J • Leonard Is Trimmed by Willie Ritchie on! y jgmm WEEbI "■ j . ... Nqgßk, . Jsj^^ ii^ y ' '' gEm.Y CEONAffift * "Benny" Leonard, lightweight champion pugilist of the whole world, got the jolt of his fair young life at Man Francisco from "Willie" Ritchie, in the presence of 12,000 ex cited spectators, the great bulk of whom agreed that Leonard got all the worst of it. To-day Leonard is out with another challenge, saying that he is "dissatisfied with the outcome of the bout," and wants a return en gagement for a longer tight. In some ways it was the most un common and amazing four-round tight ever seen. Ritchie, who never was lacking in gray brain matter, sprung a surprise by walking into tho ring in perfect phsical condition, when it generally was the belief he would not train for the event. He must have taken off at least ten pounds and tipped the beam at 14012. While Leonard's weight was not announced, he seemed to be well trained and apparently was about 138. On the theory that Ritchie would be fat and out of form there was consid erable betting on the proposition that the Californian would rrot last the liruit. Mo far as the fight was concern ed it was a thrilling encounter, full of action every minute and seesawed in a way that put the onlookers on pins and needles. Ritchie took away the breatli of the spectators in the very first session by the aggressiveness he displayed. He rushed at the champion as if to an nihilate l>iin, and had all the better of the two opening rounds. In Leon ard s behalf it was set forth that he is not accustomed to the four-round yame, and, therefore, he did not get his stride until the fourth. Ritchie sent dangerous right-hand shots at Leonard in evpry round, many of them grazing the champion's- chin, but in the third the Californian con nected with Leonard's left eye, which instantly developed a "mouse" and soon was nearly closed. This feat on tho part of Ritchie brought the spec tators to their feet, and many of the | local boy's admirers expressed the I opinion he would stop the champion. i When Leonard came out for the I fourth round he seemed to realize that | I he had been outpointed and that he would have to score a knockout in I i order to earn the decision. The cham | pion, therefore, started In with a lino | assortment of hooks and jabs, and us Kltchle was more than willihg to 1 meet -the issue, the round was a furl- I ous slugging match. ; Leonard's ring generalship was call led Into play and he feinted Ritchie in to making a rush and then met him on the chin with a right that knocked the Californlan groggy. Ritchie was so dazed by the blow that he was com pelled to cover. Leonard sprang like a panther on his opponent and rained blows at head and body, but Ritchie's gloves saved his jaw. Toward the close of the round Ritchie got his head partly cleared, but lie was rather shaky as he went to his corner. It was the consensus of opinion Alderman J. B. Nicholas, Oldest Magistrate in the State, Dies at Home Here | Funeral • services for Alderman | John B. Nicholas, who died early ! yesterday at the aged of 69 years 'at his home, 621 Race street, will | be held Thursday afternoon at 3.30 | o'clock, with the Rev. Ellis N. Kre i mer, pastor of Salem Reformed I Church, officiating. Burial will be made in Harrisburg Cemetery. I Alderman Nicholas was-the old i est alderman In point of service in the state, having been jtlderman In 1 the First ward for forty-eight years. , He served as acting committing mag istrate during the administration of • Mayor Meals. He also was a regis istered pharmacist for forty >years land conducted a drug store at 621 Race street. He was born in Franklin coifnty. He is survived by his wife, who was Miss Mary Sue Ross, of Franklin county, one son, John 8.. Jr.; a brother, Behjomin F., Renovo! three half-brothers and one half-Bister. He was a member of Bayard Lodge. Knights of Pythias and the Etks. Three members from each of .these lodges will act as pallbearers at the funeral. HARRISBURG gtss& TELEGRAPH i I khb §' < -. ..rilHßffi, I i • jb>^i!llis |wy Kj J - /] - 1 MjF | 1 |.a*. ' w?3 -^~iiw.33 "VVII/WE TSIICHTB that Ritchie would have been stopped In a few rounds more. Nevertheless, and although Referee "Jim" Griffin was not permitted to name the winner, ringside experts all agreed that Ritchie earned the de cision on points. Interesting Ruling • on Water Companies The Public Service Commission in an opinion handed down in the com plaint of the borough of Kane against the Spring Water Company, directs the company to file* within thirty days a schedule of rates which will produco an annual revenue of $30,7U8, to be effective April 1 and to buy from the borough within a year the tire hydrants owned by the borough and used in its service. The commission issued a detailed, state ment of engineering studies, show ing a reproduction valuation of $199,713.63, holding that thero is an element of value insuring in the property from which the company draws its supply which should be recognized over and above what the property originally cost. "The pumping plant appears to be efficient and any lack of proper pres sure for fire service must result from want of proper operation" says the report. ""The commission will not make any order at this time relative to the pressure for tire service. If in the future there should be inade quate pressure, the attention of the commission may be called thereto." BANKERS ACT ON MEXICAN FINANCE 5 s Committee of Twenty "Will Protect Holders of Securities New York, Feb. 24. —The organi zation of an international commit tee of twenty bankers, ten from the United States and ilve each from Englund and France, "for the pur pose of protecting the holders of tlio securities of the Mexican republic and of the various railway lines of Mexico, and generally such other en-1 terprises as have their field of ac-j tion in Mexico." was announced I here by J. P. Morgan & Company. j "The committee will be prepared," the statement of the Morgan firm j said, "to take such further steps us. may seem wise in order to afford j counsel and aid to investors who j hold interests <ri Mexico." J. P. gan is chairman of the commit tee. "This committee is not .yet pre pared," the statement continued, "to announce a definite program of pro eedufe, but in general its functions wiil be to Inform itself as fully as possible t j existing conditions in Mexico with a view to such positive action as may be taken whenever circumstances permit. "Upon T. W. I-amont's return to New York city from Paris where, on behalf of the United States treas- Between lunch and Time for a Lucky Strike cigarette before the first tee. Lucky Strike is the famous toasted • cigarette. The flavor of the Burley tobacco iMam is developed and enriched by toasting. iff / m /Ms* LUCKY STRiKE ury, he is in attendance upon the sessions of the American commis sion to negotiate peace and where he will have opportunity of con ferring with the British and French interests, he will; as originally planned, undertake the active duties of the chairmanship of this com mittee." Seminoles Keep Up Their Winning Streak The Seminole basketball team de feated the strong Berck A. C. Sat urday nighPby a score of 40 to 33. The game was fast from the start till finish. This was the first game the Berck five lost this season and marks the Seminole's fourth straight victory. Minskey and McCarthy starrdd for Berck, while the whole Seminole team played well. The Seminole record is as follows: Seminole, 61; Qberlin IT. S. Re serves, 9. Seminole. 24; Middletown Inde pendents, 21. Seminole, 28; Ilersliey Boy Scouts, 26. Seminole, 40; Berek A. C., 33. The lineup for Saturday's game: Seminole. Berck A. C. Essig, f. Minskey, f. Snyder, f. Lantz, I'. Daly, c. Wilsbach, c. Krebs, g. Cunningham, g. Orr, g. McCarthy, g. Field goals, .pssig, 2; Snyder, 4; Daly, 9: Krebs, 3; Minskey, 4; Dantz, 3; Wilsbach, 6; Cunningham, 1; Mc- Carthy, 1. Foul goals, Snyder, 4; Minskey, 5. Itoferpo, GraefC Score keeper, Kirk. Timekeeper, Werner. FEBRUARY 24, 1919. STATE FARMERS MEETING TODAY Many Agricultural Subjects . Will Be Discussed at State College State College, Pa., Feb, 24. Eager to learn methods of surpass ing even the splendid showing made by their crops of last season, hun dreds of agriculturists from every I county In Pennsylvania are gather | ing here to-day for the thirteenth annual farmers' week observed by the Pennsylvania State ollege. The sessions began at noon and continue throughout the next four days. Since farmers' week became a fix ture i nthe agricultural program of the Commonwealth's big college here there has never been a kfeener interest in the improvement of every one of many phass of farming in this state. To match this spirit on the part of the soil tillers, those di rectiny the confernece are present ing a program rarely equaled in im portance. During the week lectures and dem onstrations will be given by more than a hundred different Speakers. Most of them are men and women in the employ of state agricultural institutions or aro experts in some line of work connected with the farm. They will discuss nearly every subject of interest to farmers and their wives. One of the program* featured is the boys' and girls' sec tion, which will be observed during the last three days. AH useful oc cupations about tiio farm for young folks will be discussed and demon strated by a corps of experts train ed in young people's activities. Or ganized play for farm children will have a prominent part in the pro gram. Sections have been arranged so that a farmer interested in a single branch of farm work may give all his time to the lectures in which he is most interested. Classes will be held in the following subjects: Soils and farm crops; farm ma chinery and dairy management. Ten Arraigned in Police Court as Result of Raids Ten persons were arraigned be fore Mayor Keister in police court to day, charged with having been in mates or proprietors of disorderly houses. James Cody, arrested at 1121 North Seventh street, was held under $5OO bail on the charge of selling liquor to soldiers, and con ducting a "speakeasy." Carrie Yingst, white, was held under $5OO as tho proprietor of a disorderly [house, at 655 Verbeke street Sue 1 Eberly was held under $5O as an inmate, and Harry Hope was re leased under $lO as a frequenter. Five persons were arrested at No. 14 Cowden as disorderly characters. They are William and Mary John son, Emma Fields, Jeanette Whiten and Dan Salitatos. All were held under forfeits. 11
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