HERMAN MILLER SHADES J. WOLGAST AT STEELTON; STANDARD THEATER TOO SMALL Boxing Puts Steelton On the Sporting Map Stripped to his tindershirt, his lubbed arms tatooed, a veteran of the ring who met many of the great ones in his time, namely, Joe Bar rett, now of York, put Steelton on the boxing map last night at the Standard Theater, the house being jammed to the gunwales and hun dreds turned away. Steelton evident ly is strong for the manly art which is on the eve of being handled by ■Uncle Sam so that the nation will have millions of boxers where there arc now dozens. The population of the steel city appeared to realize this by generous patronage which included many in fluential men who work for the big plant. After the battles there was some comment that the plant should do more for its workmen in the way of providing an arena where the em ployes can gambol, such as the rail roaders have in the Motive Power building. Being the first show of its kind for many a day at Steelton, Joe Barrett has cause for congratulations as the night went off clean and lively; the bouts following in rapid style and the activity being good class con sidering that many of the fighters were novices. John O'Donnell made a hit with his ret'ereeing, separating the men briskly and not permitting any tiresome hanging on. Barrett, himself, was third man with the two star boxers. Herman Miller and Johnny Wolgast. This was a rattling good fray and Miller was very busy with the brother of Ad. but the bulk of spec tators figured that Miller hit harder and sho\yed a shade the better. Wol gast is a good boxer, using his left cleverly but there could not be said to be much kick in his blows. Mil ler was overfat, explaining that he Jack Johnson Accuses Willard Of Paying Him to "Lay Down" 7 J Associated rrcss ' Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, March 12.—Jack Johnson, former heavy weight champion, in a signed state ment given to the Associated Press tonig declared that his fight with Jess Willard in this city four years ago was a pre-arranged affair and that he allowed Willard to win. In addition to the sum of $30,000, en tire rights to the moving picture films in Europe and 33 1-3 per cent, of the proceeds from their exhi bition in the United States and Can ada are mentioned by Johnson, to gether with the promise of aid to settle Johnson's difficulties with the Federal authorities in Chicago so that the colored pugilist might re turn there to reclaim his property and see It is mother. Johnson declares in his statement' that it was arranged that he should l lose in the tenth round, provided | Willard's showing was such as to i justify it, but that, as Willard wasi doing practically nothing, be wasj forced to wait. The signal as- eed j upon was given in the twemieth round, Johnson states; but he' waited until the twenty-sixth round I to give Willard an opportunity to j make a good showing. The former champion declares that unless Millard agrees to fight him within a reasonable time he will claim the world's title. Hoi signed his statement "Jack John son, Champion." Colonel D'Estratnpes, former Con gressman, who is backing Johnson, stated that Johnson is willing to battle Willard anywhere in the United States, the proceeds to go to the Clark Griffith Bat and Ball Fund or to any charitable institu tion. Colonel D'Estrampes has wired "Bat" Masterson, of New York, ask ing for tho addresses bf Dempsey and Fulton, with the idea of arrang ing a match in Havana between either of them and Johnson. D'Estrampes says in his cablegram that Johnson is "disposed to de fend the world's championship" against either of these men. The statement, in part, follows: "To arrange the match, Jack Curley came to London from New York. Hre asked me if I were will ing to fight Willard and 1 said I would if he gave me my price. I thought I could beat his man for him. Curley said he didn't want that. I told Curley I'd make the match. "When ready to leave London I Wired Curley for a certain sum of money, which he readily sent. Well, it went on and began to bother me, and I spoke to my wife, who ad vised me not to do it, but I told her that If I wore going to lose I'd send her word in time to get out. The reason I said that was because there was more money coming to me and I did not want to lose until I found out that they would pay mo the sum ■ 1 asked for and guarantee that they] The Peace Time Quality of |l ' I King Oscar Cigars ■ ■ • ~ | ( I will be remembered long after the price, which conditions compel us to charge, has been forgotten. ! L , • John C. Herman & Co. j ,7c worth ,t. Makers / • THURSDAY "EVENING, ttumnSßvrna tASAtTEEEGRXPfI MARCH 13, 1919. !had not had much chance to train re j cently. He is starting to get into i shape and would no doubt look much different in a few weeks, j Nate Xssaeman got an enthusiastic . ! hand when he put out Dale Daw son of York, in the third round of a fast go. Isaacman looks like a comer; boxes well, is light on his feet and has a punch. This lad teaches dancing in addition to his ! ring work and ably represents tho community as a boxer. I Two Lancaster kids gave the ring j sters a run for the money. Young i ltussel and Lew Muncel, who is but 10 years of age. This youngster made a big hit for he showed up Russell and would have finished him in a longer time. An odd feature was the appear ance of the colored deaf mute. Black i Gunboat Smith, whose legs are tooth-picks, but who had a sneaky punch and fast foot work and made Tommy ColcmaM, of like a broken crutch. A slow but slug ging bout was that between Bud Fahringer, of York, and Sam Lav erty, of Steelton. The latter took the count. Joe Barrett Introduced a num ber of well known boys such as Sammy Schift", who will meet O'Keofc at the next Steelton show: Tim Droney and Jimmy Dunn, the bling evangelist for whom a collec tion was taken. Herman Miller is leaving to-mor ; row to join Dempsey. He explain ed this morning that he had not been i able to train recently on account of other work but expects to be in tlp ' top shape within a couple of weeks. Millers did not show a mark from last night's rap with Wolgast whose . blows had little jolt to them. He | does not promise to be the equal of i his brother, Ad. . | would get mo out of trouble In' i! America, the most important thing ■ for me. "Then we figured on the best s round to lose in and agreed upon i the tenth. They were to give tho !! word in the first three or four rounds I if Willard could make a good show i! ing. I "At the end of the tenth round i Willard's showing had been so poor jit was necessary to continue the I fight further. The signal agreed ; upon was given in the twentieth | round, but I considered Willard's showing so poor I was forced to wait until the twenty-sixth before : carrying out tho agreement. "I was to have all the moving I picture rights in Europe and 33 1-3 , per cent, of those in America and ' Canada. 1 "When I finally received the niov | ing picture film it was blank. I i took it to the best film experts In I Europe, but it was found to be II worthless. "Everybody knows how anxious It was to straighten out the little Chi- j ' cago difference. I would have done] {almost anything in reason to be ablej i; to visit my mother, who was old and: I feeble. • I i j "Unless Willard agrees to fight : i within a reasonable time, which he; :! should do to prove, if he can, that! : I he beat mo fairly, 1 shall claim thej ■ ] world's title." West Virginia Labor j Denounces Police Bill By Associated Press Charleston, W, Va., March 13. | I Unqualified denunciation of the j • state police bill was voiced by • speakers claiming to represent the • entire labor movement in West v ir- : i ginia, before a joint committee of . 1 the Senate and House here last night. II Only two propositions were consid .iered satisfactory to labor. One was ■ j the re-enactment of the deputy I sheriff war legislation which union j i men claim will provide all the po .! lice protection required in the state. 1 ; I The second was for employers to re ! move all restrictions on organization ! I of their working forces and the dele- i ; I gates promised to see that no police j ■ I force was needed. ; Roosevelt Birthplace Bought for Memorial i New York. March 13. —Theodore I '! Roosevelt's birthplace, 28 East I ' | Twentieth street, was purchased for I j tho Women's Roosevelt Memorial I ] I committee, to be restored as it ex- | jisted during the former President's ! j boyhood. With it was acquired the j 1 ; property adjoining it, formerly the ! j residence of John E. and Robert II Roosevelt, so that the restored birth j place mansion will be protected from I ■ J encroachment. SNOODLES By Hungerford n ' ' ' " Vou GAVE EM _ BANDS Youft M* I" ' t ' f r— "to SOOSIE % /-AMY PRESENIEP M£. \ V UH (AL HAVE \ -RF I( -V,CRT \ CRNCC MC WHAT ON TARTH SHE CANT MATFFLE TOO C-AW \ .-. A I I OCOSC WE T>O . DO MOTMIM llfel? £v . V SLEEMe. PLEASE— Sc€6M l 1 VYIV SLEEVE JFL--- I 1 HOLDERS- & RL —. HOLDERS ? A HOLDERS BVT jC j -) .vf J/ X NEVER GIVE i I j THPY (S I / SHE. KIN DO | . F~mm- J Wrestling Title May Be Settled Here ZBYSZKO In One of His Deadly Grips Every• wrestling fan in town is asking whether Waldek Zbyszko, who takes a fall out of the Greek, Iran Madras, at Chestnut Street Hall next Tuesday night, is the world champion. By no means. The wrestling cham pionship is hornswaggled and gum dasted. Ncftjody knows who's who. But our friend with the Bolshevik! name was champion and when he tackles Strangler Lewis the world will know more of the truth. Lewis' defeat of Stecher at Chicago recent ly helped some In solving the ques tion. For the past two years the vari ous contenders for the heavyweight championship have been the princi pals in a sort of round robin tourna ment which extended ail over the country, but no progress was made toward the creation of a recognized title holder until Lewis subdued the Nebraska farm boy with his dead lieadlock, supplemented by a body scissors. Lewis and Zbyszko met a year ago and the latter was accused of a foul in avoiding Lewis' famous head lock. Sergeant Bauman, who is han dling the big show here said to-day lie is almost certain to have Strang ler Lewis appear here shortly, so the fans will have a chance to see both men. The third likely person is Earl Caddock, of Des Moines, not yet returned from abroad, and the championship must be worked out among these three. Under the circumstances no bet ter match could have been arranged by Sergeant Bauman for his first show here. Madras, the Greek cham pion, is one of the comers in the game and already has victories over SOME BASKETBALL! Baeketball patrons are promised the treat of the season Friday night when the Technical High school basketball squad will tackle the Lansford High quintet. "Unless you play us, you are not looking for a real opposition." wrote the Lansford management .to Faculty Director Grubb. Lansford boasts of twenty, eight victories in thirty-one games, and two of the losses were to num bers of the American League of Philadelphia. One thing is certain; one quintet In this neighborhood has quite an enviable record. Tech has not played nearly so many games, but has lost but one game and that by a single point at X.cbanon several weeks ago. The best comparison that can be made of the visitors' record is the defeat that HAVE $50,000 FOR MOTOR PRIZES Entries For Indianapolis Race Meet Show Revived Inter est in Speed Sport Indianapolis, March 12.—Seven cars and drivers hive been nomi nated thus far in the Liberty Sweep stakes 000-mile race to be staged on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 31. N This number of entrants at this date, according to General Manager T. E. Myers, of the Indianapolis speedway, indicates a big field and a spirited fight for the $50,000 in prizes which go to the first ten men across the tape. The men thus far entering the race are: Durant in a Chevrolet: Mulford in a Frontenac; Brown in a Hudson: Christiaens and Chas sagne in Sunbeams: Goux in a Peugeot and Earl Cooper to drive a Stutz. The race will be International in its scope and either in cax-s or dri vers will be representative of the the lesser lights of the mat to his I credit. He was only prevented from i getting a match with one of the "Big j Four'' by the war, as every one of : the leading grapplers entered thej service. But now with them out Madras is being satisfied at the first opportunity by Waldek Zbyszko, Polish champion, and several times holder of the world's title. Madras feels certain that he can win over Zbyszko and is leaving no stone unturned in his training to bring this about. Zbyszko realizes he is up against one of the comers in the game and is determined that Madras will not catch him unpre pared. It can be said of Madras that at the Greco-Roman style of wrestling he has no superior in this country. Whether he has mastered the catch-as-catch-ean style in his few year 3 in America in a way to assure him a win over Sbyszko seems to be the arguments among wrest- I ling men. The match will attract national at- i tention wherever wrestling has a ( hold. Every follower of wrestling, will have his eyes on the outcome of this match for on it depends the ! question of whether Zbyszko will realizd his cherished dream of meet- , ing Lewis and Caddock and one or two other men who threaten to take the title during the short season; remaining this year. i Sergeant Bauman, who is promot- ; ing this match, will hold one in this ! rity every two weeks. It would not be surprising if some of the final matches for the world's champion- , ship would be held in this city this I spring. Bauman is working to that | end and there is proof that he means ' business in his securing the Zbyszko- j they handed Reading several weeks ago. While Tech won by a single point, the visitors had plenty of points to spare when they defeated 'Reading. In the preliminary contest the Seniors and Juniors will mix things. Between the two contests, the Tech Stunts Club will put on several Hawaiian dances. The Tech Ukulele club will assist in this performance. Capping the climax of evening per formances will be dancing to the music of the banjo-saxo orchestra. A crowd that will compare favorably with that which attended the Leb anon contest is expected. Fans are anxious to see the team that has the honor of giving Reading its first defeat on its own court in seven years. Allies—United States, England, Bel gium, Italy and France. The event will be dedicated to the cause of liberty and will mean the reopening of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway which was closed in 1917 and since given over to war work purposes. That the year is to show a won derful awakening In motor racing is the statement of General Manager Myers, who is already getting big reeervations from all parts of the country for seats at the Indianapolis event. The races in California indicate the returning interest in motor rac ing. The recent purchase by Cliff Durant and Eddie Hearne, the Cali fornia sportsmen, of the Stutz car which was tooled to the champion ship in 1915 by Gil Anderson, indi cates beyond doubt that this car will be entered and prove a dan gerous contender fn the Indianapolis event. "The field is sure," said Myers, "and the Interest in Hie event is broad. We expect the biggest crowd this year, ever, due to the rebirth of sporting enthusiasm following the dark months of the war." WILC ENTERTAIN GUILD New Cumberland, Pa., March 13. —Endora Guild of the Methodist Sunday schol will be entertained at the home of Miss R'lth MeCreary on ( Friday evening World Champion Tosser With Trenton Against Independents Tomorrow Harry Hough, who was the world's greatest basketball play er, will appear here Saturday night with his Trenton Club. The team is exactly the same that defeated the locals last sea son. The Trenton team did not organize until late in this season on account of some of the play ers being in the service. The lo cal management had Rookwood scheduled for this Saturday, but due to illness and an accident to one of the players the Rookwood management was forced to post pone the game until Saturday one week. The visitors will have their regular forwards in the game. Barlow and Hargraves, who are two of the fastest floor men that ever entered the cage. Slim Lloyd will be in his regular po sition at center. Davis and the" premier Harry Hough will cover the local forwards. The locale are traveling at championship form and should give good/account of themselves Saturday night when they line tip against the visitors. Dancing will immediately follow the game. Trenton Independents Barlow, f. Rote, f. Hargraves, f. MeCord, f. Lloyd, c. Haggerty, c. Itavis, g. Gerties, g. Hough, g. Ford, g. Cornwall Postmaster Pleads Guilty to Charge of Embezzlement By Associated Press Scranton, Pa., March 13.—Howard A. Keiser. postmaster at Cronwall, Pa., pleaded guilty to embezzling postal funds in federal court yes terday and was sentenced to pay a line of $5OO. Mrs. Minnie L. Brown, of Wil liamsport, who admitted forging her daughterrin-law's name to a soldier's allotment order, receiving $2BO therefrom, was fined $25 and ordered to make restitution. Saturday, March 15, the Day— Harrisburg Auto Show Opens We can't blame you for being impatient. erally do, and when they find out that the fcv We are i ust on li P toe our " car they ordered will not he selves waiting for the big they wiU won " got 150 of the finest cars you ever laid eyes on ready to start the big exhibit and we cer- Come out to the big tainly will be glad when the curtain lifts 011 Auto Show Saturday and the first act. see what a real auto " mobile exhibit we have for you. Bring your Tou see we lia\e all been working out w jf e an( j daughter and your son along with here, getting all these cars in position and you> Xhey are i nter ested in your new car ! decorating the big building to make this the and they ought t0 have a cllance to look finest Auto Show Harrisburg has ever had them all over, and you can depend upon it we are going to show you something Here is another point for you to hear in real this spring. mind: the automobile is an absolute neces yjjjSF/jir sity today and is one of the most profitable You've heard a lot investments you can make —whether it be a about the scarcity of cars passenger car or a truck. no doubt, so you can readily The automobile is a time^HßpSi understand why we urge you to saver. And the big —Jai place you order for your spring car now. Auto Show is also a time saver for you. By Some people will delay, as some people gen- all means come to the Auto Show 7 . Passenger Car Show Trucks and Tractors Accessories March 15 to 22 March 24, 25, 26 March 15 to 26 4 The Auto Show will be held at 10 A. M. io rjii Music Afternoon 10 p. M. The Overland Warehouse aiid Evening Twenty-Sixth and Derry Sts. Auspices HARRISBURG MOTOR DEALERS ASSOCIATION Need One Team to Complete Allison Hill League; Hickies Out The board of directors of the Alii- i son Hill league has declared the | franchise open, formerly held by the i Hick-A-Thrtft nine of the Pine Street Sunday school. Secretary A. H. Fritz will receive applications for the franchise until Tuesday evening when a successor will be elected. Last season the downtowners played Indifferent ball, and before the start of this season the board of directors decided to ask the "Hickies" to show their hand. Pa trons of the Hill Lea'gue have felt that the organization that is with drawing was not of sufficient caliber to compete with the other teams of the league. Waynesboro Out For Swell Ball Team Waynesboro, Pa., March 13. Waynesboro will be welt represent ed in the baseball world during the approaching season according to the plans worked out at a very largely attended meeting of fans and per sons to play on the club here and others interested in the game at thei Y. M. C. A. building, last night. J ! Notwithstanding the fact that the j Waynesboro teams never have play- j ed with ndany professional clubs of| I the Valley, it is the intention this' season to take on both professional j land semi-professional teams, no' ! matter what part of the country j j they come from —whether it is a| I challenge from Hagerstown, Fred- j l erick or Cliambersburg. They ex- j pect to. form a team here that Willi i be second to none as ball players in ' the Cumberland Valley. ! Those interested in the organiz ing of a team are confident the Waynesboro fans will appreciate their efforts along this line and give all the support possible to the new organization. The members o-f the team con template opening the season on the afternoon of Saturday, April 5, when :hey will journey to Mt. St. Mary's At a meeting last night, the Hick- A-Thrifts decided to withdraw, and they will play independent bay this summer. Several organizations had asked for admittance to the league, but because of desiring to keep the league a four-club organization, no action was taken. In order to give all the clubs a cbance the franchise has been thrown open, and the board of di rectors is desirous of knowing what organization the teams will repre sent, and a roster of players will also give the league officials some idea as to whether applicauts would be able to qualify for a place in the league. College, Enimitsburg, Md., and clash with that strong team. The following Saturday they will play the strong Mercersburg Acade my first team on the Mercersburg grounds. The teank Intends to play as many games at home as possible and will endeavor to work out a 50-50 sched ule with first-rate teams, which should lie of interest to all the fans. The Waynesboro club is expected to be heavily financed by the citi zens here and judging from what is being said on the streets and else where, the people expect to stand squarely back of the organization, and subscribe a sufficient amount that there will always be funds to meet any and all expenses of tlie club. This part cf tlie program lias been lax in past years. The boys did not receive tlie proper support to enable them to strengthen the club in places where there was a weak ness by securing better material. While it is true, that many of the young men, who were good ball players joined the colors last year, and have not as yet received their honorable discharge there are others that have recently arrived in the city that used to be connected with teams of note, that will fill the 'Va cancies. The following men have already been signed up for the organization: H. B. Kelley, Slelnbach, Linn, Price, Herrell, Matthews, Wilders, E. PelfCer, Walker Ogle, Hopkins, Lesher, Snyder, Funk and Yingling. Many names of the above men will be familiar to the fans in the Valley from having played on the past year league teams here, and this Is an assurance that Waynes boro will have a strong team in the field for the season of 1919. and Hagcrstown, Martinsburg, Freder ick, Chambersburg, York, Hanover, Gettysburg, etc., had better look to their laurels. Tells Aims of Animal Tuberculosis Fight Washington, March 13.—The ac credited herd plan of eradicating animal tuberculosis will be carried on until practically all pure-bred herds of cattle in the United States are under State and Federal super vision, says Dr. ,T. A. Kiernan, chief of the tuberculosis eradicating divi sion, bureau of animal Industry, United States Department of Agri culture. When all purebred herds are un der supervision. Dr. Kiernan said, it will be possible for cattle raisers to purchase animals from other states with the assurance that they will receive cattle that may be in troduced with perfect safety so far as tuberculosis Is concerned. In addition to the accredited herd plan, the tuberculosis campaign will be carried on in circumscribed areas comprising one or more counties. The disease will bo eliminated from cattle and swine in such areas and the campaign will be extended until it takes in the entire State. Trucks! | Continuous Service | | and Long Run j Economy |l/et Cs Givo Yon Foil Details!! The Overland-Harrisborg Co.I §212-214 North Second StrectS 15
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