"DEMPSEY WILL LICK WILLARD" SAYS HIS SPARRING PARTNER WHO FIGHTS TONIGHT
Herman Miller Is Chosen
Dempsey's Sparring Partner
Middleweight York' Fighter Start# For Training Camp After
Meeting Wolgast Tonight at Steelton
A conspicuous figure last evening
at the Motive Power fight was Her- I
man Miller, middle-weight star, who |
will meet Johnny Wolgast this eve- j
ning in the Steelton Standard Theater j
exhibition which is being staged un
der th e management of Joe Barrett.,
Miller was briefly introduced;' ap-j
rearing Just long enough to convince |
the critics that Jack Dempsey is |
making no mistake in taking this J
York pugilist for his chief sparring
partner. The wire came from Demp
sey yesterday and Miller signed up
last evening for a contract of $3OO a
week to spar with the demon right
up until the day he tackles Wlllard.
Miller will be on his way to Pitts
burgh tomorrow. !
"I have boxed with Dempsey." he
explained this morning, as he worked
out for his fight tonight, "and 1 be
lieve he will put Willard away. Very
few persons have come in close con
tact with Dempsey and naturally the
opinion is that Willard will have thei
best of It.
Dempsey is going to fight the big'
fellow just as he fights everybody
else. I do not think you can call
Jack a great boxer. He is a natural
born fighter. He shifts quick as a
flash and accurately. He can knock
any man cold with a blow of no more
than six inches. No matter how clever
Willard is he cannot keep away from
this fellow. In a number of sparring !
bouts with him he never hit hard j
as he could; he holds back, but you I
hardly know it. With everything in.
his punch nobody could stand up!
long. He takes care of himself. |
"From information I have received i
it looks to me as though the fight
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PHILADELPHIA and
READING RAILROAD
Special Coal
Service Features
FEW individuals fully realize the magni
tude of our coal business.
In Harrisburg we. have in use 88 horses,
24 coal delivery wagons, 10 coal delivery
carts and 5 delivery automobiles.
We also have many, many other wagons
which can be put into service when needed.
Three coal yards with electric-driven
machinery for handling coal, located at
No. 1 Yard, Forster & Cowden Streets.
No. 2 Yard, 15th & Chestnut Streets.
No. 3 Yard, 7th. & Woodbine Streets.
Eight telephone lines.
Five offices: Forster & Cowden Sts.; 15th. &
Chestnut Sts.; 6th. near Hamilton Sts.; 7th. & Reily
Sts.; 7th. & Woodbine Sts.
We operate a big company, the founda
tion of which is "Good Service" and "Con
tented Customers."
No city in the country has a coal com
pany which gives more attention to the
selection of good coal and efficient
service.
United Ice & Coal Co.
Forster & Cowden Sts.
Also Stcelton, Pa.
(WEDNESDAY EVENING, HABIUSBI7RG (PR9 TELEGRXPH MARCH 12,1919.
would take place in Nevada and I ex
pect we will train out there. I shall
take pleasure from time to time In
keeping readers of the Telegraph
sporting page informed of the pro
gress In training and how Dempsey
developes."
Hence. It Is. that Miller's appear
ance tonight will be doubly Interest
ing. His opponent is John'n Wolgast.
brother of Ad. who hails from Lancas
ter.
The two met one year-ago In York,
before Barrett's club, and It was vot
ed the best bout seen in the white
rose city for years.
Jeff Smith, the only man who ever
knocked out Les Darcy. and claims
will meet the winner of this battle
and of the world's middleweight title
at the clubs next show. Rus
sell and Harry Ochs, Lancaster rivals
for state lightweight honors, will en
deavor to knock each other into
dreamland for a chance to meet
Sammy Pchiff. in the club's next show.
Nate Isaacman, of this city, will
fileet tonight the toughest opponent
of his career in Dale Dawson, of
York, boxing partner of Herman Mil
ler.
Black Gunboat Smith, the deaf
mute, who claims that Jack Dempsey
side tracked him when Willard's ri
val was in this city, will meet Tommy
Coleman, of York, who has never
been defeated, and the opener is bo
twe'en Sam Laverty of Steelton. and
Bud Fahringer. of York, two husky
blacksmiths, whom Barrett says have
little science, but plenty of grit, and
hitting powers.
This is the first boxing ever held
in the steel city, and Indications point
to a packed house, the veteran pro
moter says he will get off to a good
start, and has given every principle
to understand that they must do their
•best, and the noisy element so com
mon at local boxing shows, acting as
seconds to their fighters, will be elim
inated. There will be no delay be
tween bouts, so trying to the nerves
of the patrons. The first bout will
start at 8.30 sharp.
Hi: WAS ANTT: NOW IS PRO
Hartford. Conn.. March 12.—Clark
G. Ball, of this city, who managed
Carrie Nation's tours some years
ago, last night announced that he
is forming a party to protest against
national prohibition.
Rickard Has Not
Picked Spot For
the Big Battle
New York. March 12.—Tex
Rickard. promoter of the Wil
lard-Dempsey heavyweight cham
pionship fight, returned to this
city last night after a tour of the
West without any definite idea of
where the ring battle will be
staged. He found awaiting him
here as many telegrams offering
sites for the contest as he had
received on his trij).
He stated that he had not de
cided upon any particular place
as yet and did not expect to
make any announcement for sev
eral weeks at least.
His offers included ore of
$160,000 from Pocatello, Idaho,
and another of $165,000 from
Idaho Falls. Idaho. Other sec
tions or states which offered sites
included Halifax, Quebec. Globe,
Ariz.: Pennsylvania "Connecticut,
Rhode Island, Massachusetts,
Nevada, Ohio, Louisiana and
Texas.
Rickard said that under no cir.
cunistances would he sell tho
rights to the fight, for he expect
ed to stage the contest himself.
Insurance policies for $50,000
upon each of the principals and
one of twice that amount upon
Rickard will be signed to-day.
According to Rickard, Willard
has already begun training and
cports a reduction in weight of
eleven po\>fids at the end of the
first week.
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Knockouts Galore at Big
Motive Power Show
Tatooed on both cheeks with |
; sharp nasty cuts, the claret running
; free, Joe Philips, of Philadelphia, at|
] the Motive Power show last night,.
put up a savage fight against Allen- ;
| town Dundee, an active Dutchman j
I with a mouth like a nick in a sword j
: and a very able pugilist who easily j
won the decision. Not that Philips!
; was "out" by any means. He could;
i have stuck on quite a time, but the j
| cuts bothered _liim and Dundee de
served tire shade for continually
i leading. Dundee came out clean and
' grinning and proved a very good at
; traction at a show, notable for its
grotesque stunts. •
The first of these had the filled
arena bending double in shrieks of
laughter, proving that boxing is one
of the most entertaining sports. Kid
! Kroh and Kid Drake, local mill boys,
we're the agitators. Kroh must have
thought he was a ground hog. Us'
most of his activity was confined •".!
t the floor and the other man fre- ;
tquently sat on top of him and played !
| his back like a bass drum.
In this position he so assaulted!
j Kroh that finally he rolled over,
knocked out.
The go between Nate Isaacman,
j and Gilly Davlor was brief. Nate
I looked the part of a finished boxer,
something like Rfd McCoy, and be
, fore the first round was over a couple
I of straight punches closed the short
drama with another knockout,
j A left to the jaw finally dropped |
"Zbyszko Is Meat For Me"
Says Big Greek Wrestler
Sergeant Maxwell Baumann who is
promoting (he wrestling match to a
finish between Waldek Zbyszko, Pol
ish champion, and Iran Madras.
Greek champion, at the Chestnut
Street Auditorium, Tuesday night,
March 18, received a letter yesterday
from Iran Madras in which he states
that lie will win from Zbyszko. Iran
writes as follows;
| "Zbyszko is the man I want to get
next. He is my meat. 1 never have
been in a battle which means so
! much to me and 1 cannot but help
j think I will win two straight falls.
! Zbyszko is one of the biggest wrest
! lers in the world and the most ag
gressive but my friends who have
i seen him work the last two years
I figure I have the advantage and will
I put it over. I am going to give him
; all I have and expect a victory."
I Continuing, the Greek writes, "I
never was in better shape for a
| match and 1 am putting on the fln-
I ishing touches now to my training.
I have been in elegant condition since
early last fall. Right now I am per
! fecting my hammerlock and once I
I clamp that on AValdek you will hear
| him yell for mercy. He's a great
wrestler and back in my home they
: think him the best in the world.
I Naturally, if I win as 1 will do, I'll be
| the biggest athlete Greece lias known
since the old, old days."
! Sportsmen around the city seem to
j think that the story of the match
; resolves itself into whether or not
j the husky Greek can keep himself
j out of the toe hold and crotch
| clutch grips of the gigantic Pole. If
i he is able to evade Zbyszko tying him
i up with his pet holds it is figured
! that Madras has an even chance of
: making good on his challenge But
| whatever the result the battle will
, he worth coming miles to see as it
brings together two of the greatest
Tech in Plan For Baseball League
Which Will Include Other Cities
Tech students are extending the
glad hand to "Birdie" Hinkle as the
new manager of the baseball team
-vho will put Tech back n the dia
mond after four years of idleness.
That Tech has not been represented
on the diamond is really no fault
of the Maroon constitution. On the
diamond they so far outclassed all
opponents that no high school could
be induced four years ago to play
Tech.
This statement may seem like an
exaggeration to outsiders, but the
same condition exists today in track.
There is little enthusiasm at Tech
for track due to the fact .that the
Maroon lads are in a class of their
own, and have defeated the pick of
high schools at Pittsburgh,
the Island and State College, year
in and year out. No where is there
a high school in the state that will
meet Tech on the track. The result
is that there is little interest in track
this season and the Maroon athletes
will turn their attention to base
ball.
Hinkle is one of the cleverest ama
teur players in the city. He plays
any of the infield positions, and the
chances are he will be found at third
base for Tech. Games will be played
on the H. A. C. grounds Saturday
afternoon and several mid-week con
tests will also be staged by the new
manager. A popular price of ten
cents will admit the student body,
while the fans wfll get a chaise to
ogle the Tech team for 15 cents.
A big feature of the proposition is
to organize a scholastic league con
sisting of York, Reading, Tech, I.,eb-
Bobby Williams who fought Billy
Segal in a real battle. Segal, of Phil
adelphia, looked to be ten pounds
heavier, but this did not dismay Wil- i
liatns, who is clever and bided his:
time. Waiting until the sixth and put- ;
ting up a tight interesting every j
second, the lighter man shot out his!
left clean to the jaw and down went!
Segal for fair.
The star bouts were those of the
Dundee-Philips and McCarron-
Marks. Joe McCarron always makes
a hit here and last night Marks, the
Phantom Hebrew, made a lot of
friends by his fast work and sports
manlike actions. The battle was even
all the way, neither man having the
finishing blow.
The Dundee-Philips bout had the
fans going from tap of gong. Philips
looked heavier, but Dundee has a
peculiar form in the-ring, the prime
part of which is to keep after your
man. He forced the fighting all the
way but he did not have to chase
Philips. The deep cuts of the latter's
face would have blinded him even
tually and the decision rightly goes
to the Allentown hurricane.
An event of the evening was a col
lection for Jimmy Dunn, the blind
fighter who in his time met the best
of them. In a fight with Young Ty
Cobb rosin got into his eyes and
completely blinded him. He was a
pathetic sight standing in the ring
helpless. The railroaders responded
generously.
■athletes of the day, if not of all
time. .
As in other cities many ladies are
expected to form part of the au-'
dience. AVhestling is such a clean
and scientific exhibition of an athletic
arv. that it holds a strong appeal to
the suffragettes, peace-loving or
militant variety and an orderly
house will make them feel at home
during the bout.
Baumann, himself, will act as ref
eree. He is one of the best-known
third men at the game known in the
country -and rather than take a
chance with someone unknown both
contestants readily agreed to the
I former sergeant who taught both
wrestling and in-fighting at Cainp
Dix, N. J., during the war.
In one of the early matches Bau
mann intends to give an exhibition
of the kind of hand-to-hand fight
ing taught in the service, as it is
readily adapted to the individual as
a means of self-defense far superior
to boxing. Baumann so simplified the
j system that it could be put over in
| ten lessons of an hour each and in
| such a way that the doughboys could
: take care of themselves under all
conditions they encountered when
not armed.
Advance seats for next Tuesday's
big match can be secured at Harry's
cigar store opposite the Penn-Harris
Hotel and at Schenk and Tillie sport
ing goods store.
MRS. AX NIK GIBSON DIES
Sunbury, Pa., March 12.—Mrs.
Annie E. Gibson, 58, died at her
home here. She was the widow of
George H. Gibson, a former treasur
er of Northumberland county, and
long prominent in civic and political
affairs.
anon, Allentown and the Harrlsburg
Academy. It would be comprised of
the same teams as are in the Central
Penn Basketball League with the ex
ception of the Academy being substi
tuted for Steelton. Manager Hinkle
earned a "T" as half back on the
football team and plays with his class
basketball squad.
Some of the players who will try
for positions include: Catchers—"Red"
Foland, "Johnny" Smith and "Ken"
Boyer. Pitchers "Bill' Fortna,
"Buddie" Lingle, George Gerraer and
"Eggie" Beck. First base. "Tony"
Wilsbach, Fred Beck and Ebner. Sec
ond base, "Spin" Richards, "Mike"
Michlovltx and "Irish" Craig. Short
stop, Kohlman, Shue and Bricker.
Third base, Hinkle. Outfielders, We
vodau, "Bill* Hoerner. "Bud" Bell,
"Vic" Bihl, "Johnny" Beck and "Joe
Reese. •
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REAL CHAMP COMING
Coal Region Tossers Have Wonderful Record —Percy
Grubb Plans Oriental Dance For
the Event
Technical High school's basket- 1
ball quintet will have a real test at,'
Chestnut Street Hall when they |'
meet Lansford High school, cham
pions of tho coal region. They have ; •
u record of having won 21 out of 24 •
games this season, and two of these '
losses were to teams of the Amer
ican League of Philadelphia, who!
are classed with quintets like the
Harrisburg Independents."
No team in years has come to j
Harrisburg with the record Lans
ford boasts of. The visitors doubled
the score on Reading, whom Tech '
nosed out by one point. The coal
region lads are real champions, and
Tech will have to win Friday night
to have undisputed possessibn of the
premier place in basketball of the
State. Tech outclassed all elevens |
in football and the Maroon expects |
ito do the same in the cage game. j
Undoubtedly the largest crowd of '
the season will be on hand to see
this champion outfit. Lebanon has
been the only team, outside *of the
Alumni, to give the Tech lads a real
battle. As a preliminary, the Juniors
and Seniors will play an intcr-class
Beckley Business College
Meets Penn Hall Five
The Beckley College cage girls will
meet the strong Penn Hall team on
the armory floor tomorrow evening
at 8 o'clock. Penn Hall is one of the
strongest teams there is in the State
and as they close their season this
week they have mare arrangements
to play the Beckley team two games,
one to be played on the home floor,
and the other to be played at Chum
bersburg on Saturday of this week.
The Beckley team were put
I Harrisburd Auto Show— • |
| Biggest Ever! Opens Saturday March 15 j
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You are going to the Auto Show this year a necessity and the demand today is so great
even if you have never gone to one before. it is simply impossible to supply the de-
M Why? Because this is the biggest, best, mand this season. ||
brightest and most satisfactory Auto Show Here is the answer. If you buy your car
old Harrisburg has ever had. early you will get it early. If you delay in
Automobiles are going to be scarce this ordering it there are many chances to one
spring because the demand is so great. All that you won't get it this season at all.
I manufacturers are up against the same kind You ask, "What car shall I buy?" A
of difficulties in putting their plants hack good way to get the inside information
on a peace time basis from a war time pro- about cars in general and about THE car in
gram. particular—the ear YOU are going to buy H
You 110 doubt have been waiting for a is to go to the Auto Show and look them all
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3 season or two to buy your new car. All the over. =
time you were waiting you were hoping Over 150 cars will be on exhibit and
that as soon as the war was over it would there will be hundreds of willing and live • M
be an easy matter to get an automobile. representatives awaiting you to make your
Well, you see things are different than you visit to the Auto Show a pleasure and a
1 thought they would be. An automobile is profitable time for you. =
| The Auto Show will be held at
I 10 n X „ The Overland Warehouse ""Z f~ I
10 P. M. ana Evening
Twenty-Sixth and Derry Sts.
Passenger Car Show Trucks and Tractors Accessories
March 15 to 22 March 24, 25, 26 March 15 to 26
j| Auspices HARRISBURG MOTOR DEALERS ASSOCIATION I
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league affair. Concluding the even- j
ing's entertainment will be dancing j
to the music of the Banjo-saxo or- j
chestra.
Mult re do danse Grubb will intro
duce several feature numbers be
tween halves in the form of Ha
waiian dances. The Tech tutor has
been pulling oft' some big league
stuff and the mere mention of sur
prises is sufficient to keep the pa
trons on edge for high class enter
tainment.
Ijftnsforit High's Record
Lansford, 18; Stroudsburg Normal,
17, at Stroudsburg.
Lansford, 40; Reading High, 22.
22; Lehigh Reserves, 19.
Lansford, 47; Williamsport High,
33. at Williamsport.
Lansford, 57; Perkiomen Semin
! ary, 22.
Lansford, 37; Bloomsburg Nor
| mat, 26.
Lansford, 16; Bloomsburg Nor
mal. 15, at Bloomsburg.
Lansford, 57; West Chester Nor
mal. 26.
Lansford, 60; Pottstown High, 13.
Lansford, 28; Berwick High, 24,
at Berwick.
through a stiff practice last night, as
the coach is desirous of the result
being a victory for the home team.
The visitors are coming here with
out a defeat and the Beckley team
are trying to finish the season with
out a defeat.
A large crowd from the Kiwanis
Club will attend the game as guests
of Professor Beckley, as a team from
their club will soon wage a battle
royal against the Beckley boys' quin
tet. This game will be a real battle
as the Kiwanis want to take the
laurels away from the Beckley team.
An orchestra will play for dancing,
which will follow the game.
IN I)KPKN DENTS AT I.F. WI STOW.\
Gordon Ford's restless Independ
ents took a brief outing last night
at Lewistown. where a pleasant
"time was had" for the Independ
ents; score, 41-25, in their favor.
Lewistown. Independents.
Lawler, f. Rote, f.
Mttmpher f. Crane, f.
CI rich, c. tiough, c.
Curry, g. Gerdes, g.
Raymer, g. l ord, g.
Field goals, Lawler, 3; Mumpher,
5; Ulrich 1; Crane, 5; Gough, 2;
The Peace Time Quality of
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King Oscar
Cigars
will be remembered long after the price,,
which conditions compel us to charge, has
been forgotten.
John C. Herman & Co.
7c worth it. Makm v
Gerdes, 5; Ford, 5. Foul goal*.
Multiplier, 7 out of 12; Gerdes, 5 out
of 9. '
NO "RENO" FOR ITALY
Rome, March 12.— A movement to
introduce divorce in Italy met -with
defeat in the Chamber of Deputies.
The question came up during dis
cussion of a meueure concerning the
legal status of women. An amend
ment was proposed providing for the
introduction of divorce in Italian
legislation, but it was rejected by a
large majority.
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