IBANON HAS US "DUTCH UP" FOR TECH; TED MEREDITH BEATEN IN GRUELLING RACE rst End and Hill Forming City League the most enthusiastic meeting maragfrs, representatives and s of the Allison- Hill baseball i held for quite a while, the ill bee started to buzz last in the office of the Allison Hill t station at Fifteenth and lut streets. After the call to by the president, a report by icretary and treasurer. A. H. showed that the finances of •ague will need considerable ring before the umpire calls ball." lager Pressler presented plans ic erection of a 70-foot grand and for relaying the diamond •enteenth and Chestnut streets, lununication was read from ger Householder of the West team, proposing a city league suggesting the Engineers and ten nine as a sixth aggregation. ' Euker was present and set before the board of directors proposal for the new league, resent were given an opportun o express themselves on the red" Meredith Loses in Gruelling Race plain James E. fTedl Meredith, i of the spiked shoes in middle- < ace running and world's record j t, had the disappointment of fo yesterday when he lost at the 086 gomes in Madison Square en. being headed oft by Dave veil, thro former Cornell star, dith haß been In aviation serv nd just returned. He had two won on the E. 11, Post trophy wo victories in the "Millrose lundred," and with only one victory to make the trophy permanently, the wonder run strove valiantly to "come back" right, idwell also had a leg on the prize, and he outset the pace for nost gruelling race ever Been In son Square Garden, and though 18,606 or more raving fans pres tave him a cheer, there was an PUS note of disappointment in >r the mighty Ted was the fa- \ e though beaten. Third was the he could do, however, as Tom ! pbell, of Chicago, beat him at j wire for second place by Inches. ! •th went to C, C, Shaughnessy, le Knights of St. Anthony, ke champion thoroughbreds go to the post, the five entries were >ut and introduced to the crowd, ighty roar went up as Meredith in his appearance, The crowd lomed Homer Baker, who ran tached, Campbell, Shaughnessy! Caldwell, but they howled for edith. here was a little trouble *at the t. Shaughnessy was over anxi- j facing the biggest race of his ] er, and dashed off the bank for | :h he was setback a yard, second time he "broke" and j again set back. Then came the and Meredith shot to the front le the crowd rose enmasse and amed, At the ten-yard mark ner Baker slipped and fell. He out of It before he could regain feet, so furious was the pace. At ip and a half Caldwell sprinted raced step for step with Ted. radually they pulled away from lpbell and Shaughnessy until r held a lead of twenty yards. On third and final lap Meredith ft all his mighty heart, valiantly ring, head thrown back, gasping breath between clenched teeth, mul In the few feet by which iwell led. ; was a gallant effort, a brilliant, le exhibition of grit, but the old zzlng burst of speed that used to; t down all opposition was not hcomlng It was too much and slowed up visibly while Campbell le with a rush and won second ors by Inches with Ted third and ughnessy fourth. Caldwell's time i 1 minute 16 3-5 seconds, com atively slow time for the event, ch Meredith in his prime would e beaten by at least a second or . This victory for Caldwell ties i with Meredith for the trophy, h having two victories. .mong the high light winners > Joie W. Ray who the Illinois A. distance wonder, who did what i expected when he won the Rod n Wanaraaker one and a half e run, invitation scratch race, m a field of four rivals. Perma t possession of the Wanamaker phy went to Ray as he had vic ies in 1917 and 1918. •anzemuller was distanced again the first heat of the seventy-yard h invitation when Bernie Wef , Jr., son of the old champion, ining for the New York A. C., a out from Wingate Rollins, of Massachusetts Institute of Teeh ogy, and Ganzemuller was dis ced. Job Simpson, holder of the world's -yard outdoor high hurdle rec !, showed a flash of his old brll ice in the seventy-yard high hur s Invitation, when he defeated C. Erdman, Jr., of Princeton, in the Li of the seventy-yard high hur . Simpson was a master in this mt. The complete summaries were; Dne-mile Walk —Won by M. J. lker, New York A. C.; second, liter von Bargen, Kings county; rd, Edward Renz, New York A. fourth, M. Lifston, Morningside. ne. 6.52 1-5. Ilile Yards Dash, Handicap—Won Loren Murchison, St. Louis A .A., atch; Joe Rainey, Meadowbrook. feet; third, I Kegrelsz, unattach- Continuous Service 1 and Long Run Economy U. Give Yon Full Details^ The Over-land HarrisborgCol [212-214 North Second Streets WEDNESDAY EVENING. i subject. Since none of the organi zations had an opportunity to in struct their managers as to how to I vote on the extension of the league, ! it was decided to hold the matter | over until next Tuesday night when ■ another meeting will be held at • which all representatives will come j instructed with their votes, i Karl E. Peters, president of the i Rosewood club, requests that all ; members come to a meeting to be i held at his home, 137 North Thir teenth street, next Monday night at I 8 o'clock. The Rosewoods will take I action at this time. Attending the i meeting last evening were: Rose ! wood. President Karl E. Peters, Cap ' tain Hill Shafer, Manager E. W. Kil ! linger; Reading, Manager C. H. ; Pressler, Bill Euker, H. S. Pressler and Captain McCurdy; Hick-A --j Thrift, Murray Washburn, ' Birdie" ! Hinkle and Captain "Bob" Clark; ; I Galahad. Secretary and Treasurer !A. H. Fritz, and President -E. E. | Knauss, together with "Tim" Euker, I representing West End. LEBANON HAS HER "DUTCH UP" FOR FRIDAY'S GAME Realizing that they must win the contest Friday night against Tech to stay in the Central Penn pennant hunt, Lebanon is com ing hero at the end of the week with the do or die spirit. Hu mor has it that the Lebanonites will charter a special train to be run on the Reading road to bring their enthusiasts to this city. When Lebanon has a winner there is no better sporting ele ment than is to bo found in the Lebanon community. The 'Dutch' are back of their Red and Blue lads to a man. York, with a tail end team, brought a hundred rooters to the city last Friday. A shell was dropped Into the Tech camp *to-day when it be- ! came known that some of the Maroon athletes are likely to be | found on the "casualty" list fol- 1 lowing last week's examinations. That the team will be minus some i of its element when Lebanon | plays hero was admitted this | morning by Faculty Director < Grubb. To play, an athlete must [ maintain fifteen hours of class 1 work with an average in each of over 70 per cent. This rule is rigidly enforced at Tecli where more than one player has been disqualified because of poor class standing. The Juniors and Seniors will be pitted against each other in the interclass leagiie as a pre liminary to the Tecli-Lbanon fray. The teams are evenly matched and will make a good battle against each other. Dane- | Ing will follow the contests. Ed, 15 feet; fourth, A. C. Brown, Newark High School, 15 feet. Time, 7.2 seconds. Seventy-yard Dash. Invitation First heat. Won by B. Wefers, Jr., New York A. C.; second, Wingate Rollins. Massachusetts Institute of Tech. Time, 7.2 seconds. Second Heat Won by Loren Murchison, St. Louis A. A.; second, Lieutenant Roy Morse, loth Infan try Time, 7.2 seconds. Final Heat Won by Loren Murchison, St. Louis A. A.; second, B. Wefers, Jr., New York A. C.; third, Wingate Rollins, Massachu setts Institute of Tech.; fourth. Lieutenant Roy Morse, loth Infan try. Time, 7.2 seconds. 1000-Yard Run Handicap—First heat, won by T. B. Penfleld, Jr., Princeton, 40 yards; second, Jack Sellers, New York A. C., 10 yards; third, J. J. McCauley, Knights of St. Anthony, 70 yards. Time, 2.17 3-5 seconds. Second heat, won by Reynolds i Longfield, unattached, 45 yards; second, N. R. Brown, unattached, 20 yards; third, D. S. Bush, unattached, 60 yards. Time. 2.16 4-5 seconds. Match One Mile Relay—Meadow brook Club. Philadelphia vs. Mill rose A. A., New York, won by Mill rose, W. Dieckman, F. Safarowlc, Thomas Dempsey, M. A. .Second Moadowbrook, Frank GUlen, Ei K. Esser, R. Jones, F. Bright more. Time, 3.44 1-5 seconds. First Day at the White House Busy One For President Washington, Feb. 26.—0n the first day of his return to the capital, President Wison put in more than ten hours at his desk, signing twenty eight bills and joint resolutions, making a score of nominations, dis cussing government business for three hours with his cabinet, and winding up the day's work by a conference on the legislative situa tion with Democratic Leader Mar tin, at which the President announc ed his decision not to call an extra j session of Congress until after his' ) return from Europe. Altogether, It was one of the busi est days in recent years at the White House. President Wilson resumed work with a rush, surprising execu tive attaches by being at his desk when they reported this morning. Carried Fortune in Jewelry; Confesses Robbery After Arrest York. Pa., Feb. 26. —Millard G. Holland, a former York jeweler late ly employed In Steubenvllle, Ohio, was arrested here yesterday with more than SIO,OOO worth of mounted and unmounted diamonds and rings, brooches, and Liberty bonds in his possession. To Detective Charles S. White, who arrested him on suspi cion, he showed the jewels and con fessed that he stole them from his former employer, I. E. Cohen, Steu benville, Ohio. Holland formerly.was an engraver in a Jewelry store In this city. He returned Saturday and suspicion was aroused when he sold an unmounted diamond for $475. This stone'was recovered, together with scores of ftih"rs. jrhioh im rar riatl jvith him- "~3r —" t SNOODLES-:- By t t . _ .. - r|^a °HHI\ ff ff / —s—. © \^'Si WITH THE BOWIERS Grimes and Peters were the in dividual stars in last night's Academy league games: Privates Storm :.... 103 111 87— 301 Magaro 08 164 100 — 311 Barrow 160 123 110 392 Grimes 138 128 171— 137 Banks 113 131 00— 349 Totals 612 636 566 1834 CurpornH H. Martin 104 144 129 377 Miller 119 144 129 377 Kerson 117 117 €o3 337 Witmer 11l 111 108— 330 Bamford 137 127 115 — 379 Totals 588 592 646—1626 Captains Semples 129 129 129 381: Nunemaker .... 119 85 148 — 352 rage 109 108 97 314 j Rice 127 114 115— 356 ! Peters 199 144 120— 463 Totals 683 580 609—1872 | Majors T. Harmon 87 130 82— 299 j Messimer 125 108 109— 342! Sol 121 129 104— 364 j Renelter 119 81 103— 303 j Worley 117 119 105— 341 j Totals 669 567 503—1639 j Richards and Brashes rs staged a ; victory for Steelton over New Cum- j ; berland: Steelten I Johnson 98 86 128— 312; Pugh 113 103 112— 328 I Brubaker 126 153 138— 417 j Gruntz 127 115 141— 383; IA. Pugh 113 85 109 — 307 | Totals 577 542 628—1747 j New Cumberland S. Updegraff ... 142 89 90— 8211 Long 175 75 108— 358 j Hench 120 90 111— 321 Rockey 100 99 84— 283 [j. Updegraff .. 147 116 90— 853 Totals 684 464 403—1631 PIXE STREET LEAGUE Ellis was champion bowler against ! Bethany, with a total of 467 pins: Bethany Hiney 118 140 91— 349 |S. Lego 127 157 116 — 400 Breninzer 107 149 101— 357 L. Lego 106 115 123 344 G, Lego 140 125 126 391 Totals 608 686 657—1841 Hiek-A-Thrifta Rich wine 145 129 123 407 Sweiger . 154 107 128—7 389 Criswell 155 163 146 464 Wolfe 129 148 160— 437 Ellis 148 181 138— 467 Totals 731 728 705—2164 LEBANON ON THE JOB The Lebanon bowlers last night won by a large margin over the New Cumberland men on the Dull alleys. Peters was high scorer with a rec ord for the three games 681. Lebanon Bauchman 215 176 152—543 Mike 162 157 156 <75 Hop 174 170 176 520 Peters 171 194 216 581 Fox 167 177 177 521 Totals 167 874 877—2740 New Cumberland Ruby 170 178 182— 530 Millers 210 160 163 ESS Hartman 152 134 199 435 G. Ruby 152 148 126 426 Swelgert 168 135 114— 417 Totals ... 852 755 784—2391 ON CASINO ALLEYS Delta Ennls 169 141 138— 448 Trace 192 164 170— 526 C. Martin 139 174 173 486 Montgomery .... 198 191 223— r 613 Totals 098 670 706—2073 Aviation Gildersleevo .... 155 165 117— 438 Davis 121 172 199 472 Burns 123 170 165 448 Dezelsky 153 193 180— 626 Totals 553 700 631—1884 Baldwin Elected to Succeed Gov. Sproul in State Senate Media, Pa„ Feb. 26.—Richard J. Baldwin, former speaker of the Stale House of Representatives, was elect ed stato senator to succeed Governor Sproul, of Delaware county. In a special election yesterday. The vote was one of the lightest ever polled in the county. Baldwin will have about 5000 majority over Albert R. Maris. Democrat and Prohibition, who polled about 1000 votes. Three Men Killed When Depth Bomb Explodes Now York. Feb. 26. —Three men attached to the naval aviation sta tion at Rockaway Beach were killed yesterday by the explosion of a depth bomb which they were carrying. The victims, a chief petty officer and two sailors, were conveying the bomb, which contained 150 pounds of trinitrotoluol, to a distant point! to test. Three other sailors who were following their -nr rowly escaped death. &OUUHBURG TELEORAPH Middletown Mr. and Mrs. A F. Parrell, James Romanella, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Negro, have returned home from Philadelphia whore they attended the wedding of George Negro to Miss Mary .Mazzaro, which took place on Monday afternoon. The groom Is well known in town having resided hero ior a number of years, He is the son of Mr, and Mrs. Negro, Lawrt nee street. Mrs. R. O. Fuhrman. of S.vatara ... and with the 200 men who J|f j 111 I sailed for the Peace Conference \ , I v * Jill ST r V f : \ wH For the 200 or more men of note \ f&8 19 J X agggd •$& T-s who sailed on the George Wash- * . k jß&gj ington for the Peace Conference, §,\ W|| more than a dozen different brands - ' ' of cigarettes were carried in stock ( S®| by the ship's "canteen." Of these, , Ijjf J £f| "wl . the cigarette carried and sold in far j 1 * WW W the largest quantity was Fatima. I 1 m&j> |f J&f iV/rtPf sOk ( I I||| ||| FATIMA If v 4 Sensible Cigarette X. gjJf _____ Hi NOTE—The really tig man hasn't any us# for "frills." . £| He eppreciatee the plain but practical Fatima J|i St'i > package because be realises the extra valuo that's ' fm ml jSH put into the cigarette itself. But chiefly, it's B/ Fatimas' taste and the fact that Fatimas never £f ; "talk back" that keeps warm the friendship of s v F jSSI - * Fatima. . • -^aan—M—i''■ •—-""""-re-awse* street, was called to Philadelphia on account of the illness of her sister. Miss Carrie Schiefer. The Union fire truck, which had been taken out along the Swatara i creek so that the light on the ma : chine could he used to aid searchers i looking for the body of Mrs. Laura i Springer was damaged and had to i be brought back -by another auto i truek. i i Mrs. W. J. Hampton, who spent the I | past several days in town with her i j mother, Mrs. J. TV. ilewalt. North , I Union street, returned to her home at Pittsburgh, i The Ladies' Aid of the Methodist FEBRUARY 26, 1919. iplscopat Church, will hold a special meeting after the prayer' meeting services this evening. The Middletown High School bas ketball team will play the Hershcy High School team in the Luna Rink, this evening. The Mite Society of the Chnrch of God held its regular monthly meet ing at the home of Miss Pearl Con dran, East Emaus street, last even '"filla Nagle, the 14-year-old daugh ter, of Mr. and Mrs. X-uther Nagle. of Tike street, was badly soMued about the legs by a pan of boding walw she upset. Dr. C. E. Bowers was summoned and rendered medical kid. Herr Scheid Succeeds Late Kurt Eisner As Bavarian Premier Copenhagen, Feb. 26.—Herr Scheid has been named Bavarian premier in succession to Kurt Eisner, who was assassinated last week. Herr Segttz, a majority Socialist, has been appointed Bavarian minister of the 11 I) Interior, succeeding Herr Auer, who was shot at Munich at the disorders there, according to Munich dispatches | to the Politiken. "DISCHARGK" MEDATJ CHOSFW Washington.—The "honorable dis charge" emblem to be Issued by the 1 War Department to soldiers leaving ' the army will be a bronze lapel but > ton somewhat similar to that of the " G. A. R. A design has been selected i from fifteen models submitted by, s J American artists and sculptors.
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