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OUR BOXING TITLE HOLDERS ARE ALL BORN AMERICANS; READING WINS RUNNER-UP CUP
Boxing Title Holders in This
Country Are All Native Sons
With the amazing revival of boxing,
illustrated here by three individual ac
tivities, and of wrestling which is be
ing staged in the very highest class
manner, there comes a flood of inquiries
regarding who is champion, and unfor
tunately the wrestling game has not
been standardized completely enough to
identify this one and that. By his vic
tory over Kd "Strangler" Lewis at New
York recently, the Bole, Zbyszko, bro
ther of the famous Stainslaws, may be
'taken as premier for the minute, but
' his title is disputed.
In boxing there is more certainty and
jit is a satisfaction to know from the
pen of "Cross Counter" that at the pre
' sent time every champion of America
■is native born. Willard first saw light
,in Pottawatomie County, Kan. ; Batt
, ling Levinsky. the light heavyweight
j champion was born in Philadelphia;
' Mike O'Dowd, the middleweight king, in
, St. Paul, and Britton, the new welter
j champion, in Clinton, N. Y. Benny
Leonard is a native of New York,
Johnny Kilbane of Cleveland, and Pete
• Herman of New Orleans.
YnnkreN Hold World's Title
It is also an interesting fact that
native Americans hold world's titles in
! five of the seven classes. Willard,
I O'Dowd, Britton, Leonard and Herman
iare champions of the world.
doubtless could win the
"world's title if he met the English,
READING WINS
LOCAL TROPHY
3ts High School Defeats Lcba- j
non Team For .Second
Place in League
The Shenk and Tittle sporting j
.good s store, to entourage amateur |
(sports in Harrisburg, offered a band- j
i-tsome cup for the winner of the run
in the Central Pennsylvania j
(League, the championship of which I
• is held by Tech, after beating Read- I
' ing in a sensational battle. Last j
night Reading won the place of run- i
lif-r-up and the trophy of trimming
Lebanon, 26-15, at Lebanon, in the >
final game.
It was said down in Lebanon last i
nigfit that the game was the rough- i
• set seen in that town in five years.
Botk teams roughed up the other, j
. andrithe game several times almost
broke up in a general fight.
Reading Lebanon.
Nyquist, F Quinn, F.
brains, F. Roman, F.
Freedman, C. Trout, C.,
Julian, G. Cohen, G.
Sailor, G. Miller, G.
Field goals—Quinn. 1; Trout, 1; Co- |
hen, 1; Nyquist, 2; Freedman, 3, and j
Julian, 1. Fouls—Julian, 14 out of!
20, Quinn, 9 out of 19.
Another basketball game last eve
ning which had special interest was
that between Horshoy Olivets and
Lebanon Valley College, be
ing Very intense. Hershey blazed the"
rail, 60-38. With 10 field goals, Zim- |
merman was high tosser. Strine came
through with nine field goals and his
■work was more than sensational.
Stover put up speedy play although
he did not figure importantly in the
scoring.
The whole Lebanan College five j
played a very fair game, but they
ttere in no class for the clever Oli- '
•vets, Sellers, Fishburn and Moore!
•were the big Lebanon stars. Roth of I
the latter men dropped the sphere!
through the net seven times.
The line-up and summary follows:
Hershey. . Lebanon.
Strine, F. Sellers, F.
Clark, F. ' Moore, F.
Klliott, C. Fishburn, C.
Stover, G. Raehman, G.
Zimmerman, G. L'hler, G.
Field goals—Strine, 9; Clark, 6;
s F.lliott, 2: Stover, 1; Zimmerman, 10;
Sellers, 3; Moore, 7; Fishburn, 7, and j
Fhler, 1. Fouls—Moore, 2, and Stov- I
er. 2.
WANT HALL LAMMS
The Greystock Cluh announces j
that its White Rose ball team prom- j
ises ability to give hard battle to (
any contender and any teams wish- 1
ing games will please communicate I
•with Manager Robert Hamer, 1100
North Second street. Among the I
rookies who turned out are Chick i
Daley, Ted Eissner, Hen Fox, Yak I
Hummel, Ika Miller, Pec Orr, Ras- j
tus Hoffman, Eddie McCarvel, Wire j
Essig, Red Hamer, Ed Webster, Hap j
Taylor, Winnie Davies, Horse Gor
don, Fat Callen, Rink Weilles, Bill i
Baker, Bob Lutz, George Germer and
Gay Stone.
HtaaA^f
Happvm%
II r|v
Man
Just got fitted with a new Spring suit and hat on our
dignified Charge Account Plan.
Yes Siree! He has been coming here for his clothes
years, the same as thousands of others because
we've got the right styles, best materials and the newest
patterns from which to choose.
We Clothe The Family
Just received a lot of those real snappy form-fitting
waist line models that are so popular this season.
They're real beauties—prices range from $20.00 up.
36 N. 2d St., Cor. Walnut
SATURDAY EVENING,
French and Australian title holders in
the light heavyweight class, but no
meeting ever has taken place.
The only foreign world's champion is
Jimmy Wilde, and the flyweight class is
one in which American boxers never
have specialized.
The dethronement of Kid Lewis as
welter champion marks the elimination
of the only foreign-born champion boxer
America has had in some years past.
Lewis is a native of London and has
held titles in two countries, the feather
weight in England and the welter in
I the United States. He still was the
featherweight champion of England
when he reached America, but as he re
nounced allegiance to Great Britain and
became a citizen of the United States
he thus relinquished his Britain title,
the same as Welsh forfeited his light
weight championship of England. Lewis
took on weight so rapidly after reach
ing New York that he was forced into
the lightweight division and later into
the welter class.
So far as the acquiring of titles is
concerned America is broader than other
nations. England. France and Aus
tralia do not permit foreigners to ac
quire national titles, even if the as
pirants settle in one of those countries.
America on the other hand has per
mitted foreign boxers who made this
country their home'to compete for na
tional titles.
' AROUND THE BASES
i St. Mary's baseball team, of Steel
j ton, recently admitted to member
j ship in the Allison Hill League, is
| making big plans for the season,
1 Hummel, a Middletown southpaw,
| who played with a Baker A. A., of
j Steelton, several years ago, and
I Shikes a former St. Mary's pitcher,
j are recent additions to the club ros
j ter. Five pitchers and four catch
ers have been signed up.
Savannah, Ga., April 5. Jake
Abel, of Chattanooga, and Jimmy
i Conway, of Srranton, Pa., welter
| weights, fought fifteen rounds to a
I draw here last night. '
KILBANE VS. O'T/EARY
I Johnny Kilbane, world's feather
i weight champion, and Artie O'Leary,
I of New York, will meet in the wind
jup to-night at the National A. C.
. Those who witnessed Kilbane put
Mealy away in jig time realize that
'the champion is fighting in his well
! known form. In tackling O'Leary,
| however, the champion is going up
1 against a lad who is always a will-
I ing mixer and will exchange punches
| with the toughest boys in his class.
| No matter from what angle this bout
' is sized up there should be action
' all the way. The semiwindup brings
together Johnny Wolgast, of Lan
caster, and Bailor Tremby. This
bout is quite good enough for a
jieadlipfr v , .yiieh, t another all
firar bout fn Dave Merler and Gussle
Lewis, with Young Buck Fleming
| and Jack Lester vs. Jimmy Mendo
j completing the bill.
Pinchiirst. N. C., April 5.— F. C.
Newton, of Brookline, and Edward
Ic. Beall, of Uniontown, will meet
to-morrow in the 36-hole final con
test for the North and South golf
I championship title,
j Newton defeated Franklin H.
j Gates, of county, in the scmi
i finals yesterday 2 and 1. Beall won
j from J. M. Wells, of the Kenilworth
j Club by the same score.
j Rube Cellars, of Cottage Hill and
Blue Ridge fame, is to have a try
out with Wild Bill Donovan's cara
van. He should make good as an
International League pitcher for
while in the navy tellers held a
mound job with the Hampton Roads
I Naval Base loam and pitched sonsa
j tional hall. In a game with Rabbit
| Maranville's Atlantic Fleet nine he
i allowed the fleet stars two hits. In
I lliat game the fleet hatting order
I opened with Del Gaino'r, Maranville.
j Witt and Shorty Long in a row and
| the Southern southpaw force froze
j the quartet of swntsmen without a
hit
| Cleveland, Ohio, April 5. —Frankie
I Britt, of New Bedford. Mass., was
I awarded the newspaper decision
| over Pat Moran, of New Orleans, in
I a ten round boxing contest hero last
night.
j Frankie Mason, of Fort Wayne.
I Tnd., was given tlie decision over
j Patsy Wallace, of Philadelphia, in
the semifinals which also went ten
rounds.
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Wing Shots Made
Not Born
By Tom Marshall
The survival of the fittest! Give
the top notcher in the shooting game
! a run for his money. Wingshots are
j made; not born, fo become a rec
i ognized expert in the use of fire
I arms, requires intensive and con
| tinuous training along the lines of
I intelligent practice. Show nte the
| marksman who to-day ranks as an
| expert, you will meet a man in-
I fatuated with the sport he has de-
I voted his money, energy and requi
j site time to mastering. The Sport
'Alluring is recognized as cue most
j seductive, patriotic and beneficial
outdoor sport in the American arena.
Much has been said and written
about "equalizing of ' ability through
the different systems of handicap
ping, also the fifty-fifty division of
monies between the expert and semi
novice in the shooting game. "There
haiqt no such animal as equaliza
tion," reasoning from cause to ef
fect and ultimate results. Naming
a few of the experts, he have Don
nelley, Airy, Powers, Newcomb,
Heer, Troeh, Ford, Wright, Spotts,
at)d many others, of the same cate
gory. Men who are consistent shoot
ers under any and all conditions,
tanking well up into the 90 per
cent, averages, Acknowledged "crack
er-jacks." 1 have personally known
the major portion of the men enu
merated, since their advent in the
game and have watched their many
trials and vicissitudes in the shooting
arena, prior to the time they broke
into the spotlight and were brand
ed "dangerous." Then the clamor
j went up and a demand was imrne
i diately made for penalization, based
I on ability, to the extent they were
I proposedly handicapped out of the
j running.
A little biography of their shoot-
I ing careers. Ben Donnelly, of Chi
j cago, was for years "easy money,"
j yet he did not belong in the "quitter
j.olttss," he hung on
, root" until he was able to care for
I himself. Mark Arie, of Thomasville,
! 111., was a patient and consistent!
1 "donater" for years, he would strug
j gle through n tournament when it
' was a "cinch" he would not break
j even. Chan Power, of Decatur, 111.,
j the best known amateur in the trap-
I shooting game, broke into this line
!of sport, when three monies (50-
] 3 0-20) high guns, was the distribu
j tion, all tournaments were open to
j the world and every person invited,
j There was no division of purses and
j all tics were shot to a finish, this
| policy made game shooters and was
| the eliminator of weaklings. At
! tournaments one met Andy Mead-
I crs, Fred Erb, Jim Stice, Fred Kim-
I ball. Captain Bogardus, Charley
Budd, Holla Heikes, Billy Crosby,
) Jack Brewer, Frank Parmalee, Ed.
■ Fulford. They were all factors to be
'Safely in one's pocket. It was in
] this "school of old timers" that
Powers was educated, spending a
| small fortune before he was a post
i graduate. Charley Newcomb, of
j Philadelphia, was a "money from
i home" sliooter for 'at least five years
i after his advent. O. N. Ford, of
I Francisco, was blessed with an
ancestor, who wished upon him a
I landed estate in Northern lowa, he
| was pried loose from the money
| representing this farm before he be
i came an expect. Billy Heer, of Outh
| rie, Kansas, was a coal miner, work
! ing steadily to acquire sufficient
j "long green" to purchase ammunl- [
tion and pay entrance in the local I
events with "home boys," he'was a
"fish" or sucker for years. Frank
Troeh, of Vancouver, Wash., bounced |
into the trapshooting arena like a I
meteor, he was a Rure enough shoot- |
ing star, a winner on his first ap- |
pearance. He had stood the gaff
of adAprsity at his home club. Frank
Wright, of Buffalo, N. Y., was a
reported glutton for punishment, be
fore he launched his boat Into out
side shooting waters and was listed
for handicap penalizing. Ralph
Spotts, of New York, was a con
sistent "producer." The "harpoon
of justice" was shot into him at
every meet until he drifted into the
"care for himself class," when he
was marked for a "back in the
brush" handicap.
Every expert dates back to the
liberal expenditures of money and
time. Ho is blessed with those red i
blood corpuscles, which rush |
through the veins of game sports- I
! men. He has stood the necessary |
j punishment and come up smiling
] when the shooting gaff was insert
ed, has refused to lie down and roll
. over when outclassed. They are the
j brand of sportsmen who make win
ners. Give them a run for the
I money. Make more liberal division
lof purses— numerically—letting a
greater number of men in for divi
sion. Don't force contestants whd
! have acquired ability, out of the
' game by the handicap route.
! ANSWERS TO NIMRODS
Question. Hear there is to be an
other race between Billy Heer, of
Guthrie, Okla., and Frank Troeh, of
■ Vancouver, Wash., for a side bet of
$lO,OOO. How much was wagered
on the last event, when Heer de- '
! feated Troeh in the 500 target race
by four birds?
Peoria, 111. James McLoughlin.
Answer: There has been some
rumors of a race between Heer and
j Troeh. There has been no definite !
nlans. The Oregon State shoot will J
jbe held at Portland, in June. The I
I sportsmen of the Pacific coast think |
Frank Troeh the greatest trapshot \
extant and defy the world to bring i
! a man to the Oregon State shoot, \
' who can beat Troeh for money,
' marbles or chalk. I have no means
of knowing the amount wagered on
the Heer-Troeli race. The bets were
all made in Liberty Bonds as was
■ the original stake. If this contest is!
j staged, those present would be
HARRISBURO telegraph
SCENE FROM "THE WANDERER COMING TO THE ORPHEUM FOR A THREE-DAY ENGAGEMENT
owe its^unpfeifedented'°suceess* 1 ?ar gely t7£i"t
widely known that many persons wile seldom attend the theater nevertheless go to sec "The Wanderer," because thev feel that thev are' familiar
w 'J J l *' an ?i want to see how this beloved parable in the Bible has been treated by the playwright. Then it is said that the spectacular beauty
and dramatic interest of this greatest of all stage spectacles likewise attracts the constant playgoer speciacuiar oeauiy
P . r .fi? P -i U ,L eI 'X T s ,. a spTj"' !?. "The Wanderer" must be ranked among the mightiest achievements of modern stagecraft, which is what
thrilPng directed its production set out to make it. As a drama ciculing with a religious subject, it is said to be both Impressive and
vH
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The many scenes depicting life on
a battleship which were taken for
"Eye for Eye," to be shown at the
Colonial Theater on Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday, in which Nazi
mciva, star of international fame will
l>e seen, were photographers on a
French ship of war which was at
that time anchored in the Hudson
right off New York City.
Permission was granted to Nazi
lnova by representatives of i.ho
French government stationed in
America, to go aboard the big battle
ship and make the scenes necessary
for the great production. The day's
routine was photographed scene by
scene as the many events occurred;
treated to the privilege of, seeing
some shooting match.
Question. Y'ou have been advo
cating a chair in the next President's
Cabinet for a physical director who
will be in position to direct all na
tional athletics. Your point is well
taken and I hope you" will continue
to push the idea until athletic and
sports clubs throughout the union,
join with you in this most commend
able fight for betterment of Ihe
present and rising generation. Carry
your suggestions to the incorporating
of hygienics. What are your chances
for ultimate success? •
Philadelphia, Pa.
Milton J. Brighton.
Answer: The cabinet position for
a national physical director, for the
Steelton May Have
League Ball; Plan
For Four Towns
Steelton fans perked up to-day
at the rumor that Cottage Hill
might have a league baseball, af
ter all. The news started from
Lebanon where Tom Keady is
given credit for suggesting the
Idea of a league which will in
clude Lebanon, Bethlehem, Allen
town and Steelton. As captain of
the Bethlehem Steel League team,
Keady always was keen to see the
stel towns hookd up, and he has
called a meeting for next Monday
at Lebanon to get a final decision
on the plan. He aims to stage
two league games each week at
j each park.
i!
there was the morning drill with all
the men in snowy white, signalling
from one big ship to another, dinner
in the men's quarters and in the of
ficer's mess, the leaving of the shore
party of jolly sailors, off for a day's
enjoyment in the city, and last, but
most important of all, the lowering of
the colors at sundown with the
usual pomp attached to this beauti
ful ceremony. Pictures ' were taken
lrom all points of vantage—from the
bridge—from the crow's nest and
from si-top the big guns.
With the usual French courtesy
Die entire company of players aboard
were incited to luncheon by the of
ficers. who made delightful and fas
cinating hosts.
universal betterment of mankind is
entirely feasible and would be a
logical departure in the right di
rection. The building up of health
is no fallacy and is possible to a
very material extent. It is only a
question of impressing the Incom
ing President with the importance
of this athletic chair. Sports under
U. S. supervision.
FOX AND TII'LITZ
Joey Fox, the English champion,
who has won all of his recent bouts,
has been matched to meet Joe Tip
litz in the windup Monday night at
the Olynipia, Philadelphia. There
is- no doubting of the cleverness of
the Fox lad. He is one of the best
two-handed boxers sent from Eng
land since the days of Spike Robson.
He is going up against a willing
worker, however, in Tiplitz, whose
awkward style of boxing is likely to
keep the Englishman on the jump
during tho setto. Johnny Maloney,
the former amateur champion, is
matched with another corking boy
in Abe Friedman, of New York. The
rest of the show follows: Roy Ennis,
of Texas, vs. Goodie Welsh: Wally
Nelson and Eddie Welsh with Eddie
Mullen pairing in the opener with
Frankie Dailey, of Pittsburgh.
LINING UP FOR LOAN
Carlisle, Pa., April s.—Liberty
Ix>an workers in Cumberland county
arc lining tip for the final effort.
This evening a conference of bank
ers will be held. On Monday after
noon at 3.30 o'clock in the court
house, a general meeting will be
held. One of the features will be
the singing of patriotic songs led
by \ chorus directed by J. Raymond
Hemmingcr, the well-known evan
gelistic singer.
Official Notice of Death
of Soldier in France
Mes'lianicshiirg, Pa., April s. : — On
yesterday's official casualty list ap
| pea red the name of Elwood 1. Beist-
I line, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. K.
! Bcisiline, East Locust street, a mem
| her of Company G,'One Hundred
land Twelfth Infantry, Twenty-eighth
division.
For several months past the fam
ily lias been between anxiely and
j hope, owing to conflicting word re
| reived in regard to their son. The
first official word was that he was
missing in action, and later they
! ben d be was located in a German
| prison camp, seriously wounded, it
j l ow developes that Private Beistline
j was killed in action at the time ho
j was reported missing.
People's Forum to Hear
William F. Huston Speak
William F. Huston, of Washing
ton, will address the People's Forum
in the Wesley A. M. E. Church Sun
day afternoon at 3 o'clock. The
ladies of Bethel A. M. E. Church will
sing and Miss Cooper will render
several solos.
COUNTRY CLUB TO START
j WORK ON SUMMER QUARTERS
Work will likely be started next
j week on a temporary building for
' the Harrisburg Country Club, it was
stated last night. The Central Con
[ struction Company has been award
ed the contract. The building is to
!j be twenty-five feet by fifty feet.
I Work on the permanent building
| will be begun in a month or so, it
Iwas said.
CARLISLE MINISTER BURNED
Carlisle, Pa., April s.—The Rev.
E. L. Coblentz, pastor of the First
Reformed Church here, and widely
known through Southern Pennsylva
nia, was severely burned when a
brooder in an outbuilding at the
rear of his home caught fire and
ignited the building. It is thought
| that tlie lop of the brooder melted
i and that the hoi metal set fire to the
outhoi.se and adjoining building.
| The Rev. Mr. Coblentz was severely
| burned about the face and hands
| when he tried to extinguish the rire.
IKE GENT
To-night Only
Finitl ShowingN
Cecil B. DeMille'M Production
"Don't Change Your
Husband"
And n Funny Comedy,
Mr. find Mr*. Sidney Drew In
••Once A Mimon"
Monday Tuenday Wednesday
ELSIE FERGUSON
"HIS PARISIAN WIFE"
J Here 1M one of Klwle FergUNon'N
I Mont Dramatic Pleturen. In the
| lintent French GoAvnw, She Startle*
a Puritan New Hngland Town.
| And through all the big, tenxe
Mcenen, flawlie* brilliantly like the
| great *tar *he IN!
j Excitement enough for any one.
I Admission 10c and 20c and
War Tax
I
ThurHilny Friday Sntnrriny
William S. Hart in
"BREED OF MEN"
'APRIL* 5,1919.
Commerce Chamber Prizes
For Farm Club Contests
Carlisle. Pa., April 5. —Corn grow
ing, potato raising, boys and girls
clubs and other lines of activity will
be stimulated during this season
under a plan of the Carlisle Cham
ber of Commerce and Farm Bureau.
The Chamber of Commerce lias of
ft red two silver, gold lined cups, for
prizes for the corn growing and po
tato contests, with \gold, silver and
bronze medals for other awards in
these classes and for various ex
hibits and contests to feature in the
farm products show to be held here
later in the year.
Race Track Tragedy
Kills One Jockey,
Maims Two Others
Baltimore, April s.—Frankio
Robinson, America's premier
jockey, is dead at the University
Hospital here, Johnny McTag
gert has two fractured ribs and
Mooney and Sneidman are suf
fering from bruises as tho result
of a spill in the sixth race yester
day at Bowie. Robinson, un
der contract to Harry Payne
Whitney, the New York million
aire, and the highest salaried
rider in the United States, had a
gaping hole torn in his skull at
the base.
Tho accident occurred when a
field of eight horses dashed to the
first turn in a race of a mile and
twenty yards for four-year old
and a mixup followed at the
sharp turn.
Willie Doyle was held respon
sible by the track officials. They
claim that Doyle riding Garbage
swerved over the inside rail when
his mount was not clear of the
fie'd causing Ted Rice, who rode
Harwood. which was on the rail
to pull up sharply. A tangle fol
lowed. Robinson riding Roaderer
was the second to go down. Ob
servers say the jockey was thrown
over his mount's head and then
kicked by the animal. Doyle with
Garbage finished the race in the
lead, but the stewards disquali
fied the horse.
Cumberland Co. Preparing
For Big Peace Celebration
Carlisle, Pa., April 5. —The Cum
berland County Peace celebration •
planned for Carlisle July 2, 3 and 4,
1919, is taking shape as the most
impressive affair arranged in the
history of the county. A feature be
ing considered by the committee is
a county-wide service (lag demobili
zation feature, to be held in
churches and halls on the evening
of July 2 at which time, with proper
ceremonies, the stars on the service
Rags icpresenting the men who have
| been mustered out of service will be
j demobilized by placing a bar of sil
] ver across them. This will be a uni
form service to be held at the same
hour throughout the county, the
I demobilized flags to feature in the
j paraue the next day.
All sections of the county will be
I called upon to take charge of cpi-
I sodes depicting special scenes of
county histcry connected with their
| locality in the historical, pageant to
be held on Friday, July 4.