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
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King Oscar
Cigars
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will be remembered long after the price,
which conditions compel us to charge, has
been forgotten. !
L , • John C. Herman & Co. j
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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.
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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
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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!!
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