SIEELTON BUSINESSMEN WANT GILL-BRENNEN FIGHT IN THAT TOWN ON NEW YEAR
STEELTON MEN
WANT BIG FIGHT
Will Confer With Promoter
• Tuesday For Gill-Brennen
Battle New Year's Day
On his return from the East to
day Manager Joe Barrett was met
by a committee of Steelton business
men who want him to consider an
offer from them to have the Gill-
Brennen bout held at Steelton on
New Year's Day. This match is the
most Important that has been an
nounced in this vicinity since the
light game was resumed.
It is a real title bout, for no per
son who knows the fight same can
dispute Brennen's right to cham
pionship honors. Of course he must
meet O'Dowd, but considering that
he has met men who were cham
pions and wiped them off, he must
be considered as a real title aspi
rant.
Manager Barrett knows that he
is unable to make a match of this
kind even make expenses if held
in the Olympia A. A. Club Hall. That
is why the Steelton boosters have
been trying to get a larger hall. It!
lias announced to-day that an op
tion on the lease of a garage had
been secured, and that the business
men are willing to stand for the ex
pense of arranging the seats and
pay other expenses if the fight is
held in Steelton. At a conference
to-day ail details will be inquired
into.
Other Bidders
The Motive Power Athletic Asso
ciation is also a bidder and willing
to handle the big show if it is held
in Harrisburg. Two other Harris
burg organizations have also asked
for an opportunity to make a bid.
The match is a sure thing as the
signed contracts are in the hands
of Manager Barrett.
While in Philadelphia yesterday
negotiations were started for a
match in that city between Johnny
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FRIDAY EVENING,
Gill and a top notcher in Gill's class.
He wants Gill in the next show at
Steelton, and may be the much
touted Cyclone Scott. There will be
plenty of action. He is also nego
tiating to have Young Fulton and
Kid Richmond meet on New Year's
Day. He has a contract for a bat
tle between these boys, but has not
settled upon a date.
Greenleaf Defeats Kreuter
in Running For Year's Title
Philadelphia, Dec. 12. Ralph
Gremtleaf advanced another step to
wara the national pocket billiard
championship by defeating Louis
Kreuter 125 to 59, in 21 innings, in
their match last night at the Park
way Building, before a big gather
ing of fans. Greenleaf pocketed 12
balls in the first inning, but Kreuter
ran 16 in the second inning and fol
lowed with 12 and 8, securing a 36
to 16 lead after four ihnlngs. Then
for a time safety play was indulged
in. Starting the eighth inning by
picking off the No. 4 ball from the
balls grouped at the spot, Greenleaf
ran 48, his best effort of the match,
and led 72 to 45. In the tenth in
ning he pocketed 22 and. although
neither played up to form, Green
leaf managed to hold a safe lead in
the remaining Innings and annexed
his seventh game, 125 to 59. He
plays Ralph to-night.
Joe McCarthy to Manage
Louisville Team Next Season
Louisville, Ky., Dec. 12. —Joe Mc-
Carthy, veteran second baseman of
the Louisville Americap Association
Baseball Club, has been signed to
manage the Colonels next year, ac
cording to a telegram from Busi
ness Manager William Neale, who is
in New York. McCarthy is ranked
as one of the best players in the
association and has been with
Louisville five years.
COMMONWEALTH VS. HERSnEY
The Commonwealth Travelers will
meet the Hershey quintet in a bas
ketball game at Hershey to-night.
All members of the Commonwealth
team are requested to meet at tlie
Commonwealth Annex at six o'clock
to-night.
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CASTING RECORD
BREAKING FEATS
Fishermen Are Keeping Busy
in Order to Be Success
ful Anglers
BY PETER P. CARNEY
Editor National Sports Syndicate
You hear of world's records'for
automobile racing, for golf, for
trnpshoottng, for Ice skating, but
we'll bet you never heard of angling
records. Well! they have records
for angling just as they have rec
ords in other sports and between
you and me and the gate post there
are a lot of fellows Interested in
these casting records.
Fishing is a great sport. We
don't know how many millions of
people are Interested in fishing but
we know that there are a lot, and
that there are a lot of fish In the
sea and rivers, and brooks, that
haven't been caught, and no matter
how many you take out there are a
few left, thanks to efficient fish and
game associations.
But what we want to get in front
of you is the world's casting rec
ords, right up to the minute, com
piled by the National Association of
Scientific Angling Clubs. Here they
are:
• Some Records
I Switch Fly Casting—H. W. Hawes,
I 102 feet, New York, N. Y., 1887.
Salmon Fly—F. N. Peet, 162 teet,
j San Francisco, Cal., 1915.
Light Tackle Distance Fly—W. D.
Mansfield, 129 feet, 6 inches, San
Francisco, Cal., 1902.
Distance Fly, Four and Three
quarter Ounce Rod—C. J. Mc-
Carthy, average of three casts, 112
2-3 feet, Chicago, 111., 1919.
Heavy Tackle Distance Fly—W.
D. Mansfield, 134 feet, San Fran
cisco, Cal., 1915.
Quarter-ounce Distance Bait—B.
F. Flegol, average o£ five casts, 17 7
5-12 feet, Chicago, 111., 1914.
Quarter-ounce Distance Bait —B.
• F. Flegel, longest single cast, 193
I 4-12 feet, Chicago, 111., 1914.
Half-ounce Distance Bait—B. F.
Flegel, average of five casts, 222
1-12 feet, Chicago, 111., 1914.
Half-ounce Distance Bait —C. E.
Lingenfelter, longest single cast, 274
loet, Chicago, 111., 1919.
Half-ounce Accuracy Bait—F. A.
mittly, 99.7 per cent., Chicago, 111.,
1918.
Quarter-ounce Accuracy Bait —
William Stanley, 99.6 per cent.,
"hicago, 111., 1914.
Light Tackle Dry Fly Accuracy—
William Stanley, 99 10-15 per cent.,
'hicago, 111., 1918, and F. C. Klein
oldt., 99 10-15 per cent., Chicago,
111., 1914.
Light Tackle Accuracy Fly—G. G.
'hatt, 99 14-15 per cent., Chicago,
111., 1918.
Half-ounce Distance Bait, Slam
Event (longest cast In five) —Os-
car Lane, 240 feet, San Francisco,
•al., 1915.
Quarter-ounce Distance Bait,
Slam Event (longest cast in five) —
". N. Peet, 153 feet, San Francisco,
(>!., 1915.
Two-handed Surf Casting, Two
ind-one-half-ounce Weight—F. B.
lice, 269 3-5 feet, New York, N. Y.,
1909.
Heavy Tackle Accuracy Fly—T.
V. Forsythe, 99 13-15 per cent.,
'hicago. 111., 1910.
Delicacy and Accuracy Fly—F.
Rpet, 99 5-15 per cent, Kalama
io. Mich., 1906.
Fisherman's Distance Bait—H. M.
florton, 172 2-5 feet, Newark, N. J.,
1916.
Light Tackle Dry Fly Accuracy
't Unknown Distances—L. S. Dar
"ng. 99.6 per cent., Newark, N. J.,
'916.
Fisherman's Accuracy Bait at Un
known Distances—R. D. Heetfleld,
7 perfects, Chicago, 111., 1918.
Pennsylvania Girls Win
in Game With Burnham
The Pennsylvania - Railroad girls'
basketball team opened its cage sea
son last night by defeating the Burn
ham High School with a 13 to 9 score
before a record-breaking crowd of
spectators at the Motive Power Ath
letic Association gymnasium.
Anne Emanuel, captain of the local
quintet, featured for the P. R. R.,
scoring 11 of the 13 points mnde by
the winners. F. Matbias scored one
field goal and played her position
well at guard, while M. Lynn star
red for the visitors.
The local team will play Burnham
High School at Burnnam on Decem
ber 20.
The lineup and summary:
BTTRNHAM. P. R. R.
Lynn, f. Emanuel, capt.. f.
Collins, f. Wall, f.
Harper, c. Wearer, Beck, c.
Hohan, g. F. Mathias, g.
Leter. Peters, g. B. Mathias, g.
Field goals—For P. R. R„ Eman
uel, 3; F. ACathias, 1; for Burnham,
Lynn, 2. Goal from foul—Emanuel,
5; Collins, 4; Leter, 1. Referee
Frank Peters.
SIR THOMAS HOME At! AIN
London, . Dec. 12.—Sir Thomas
Llpton. back from his visit to Amer
ica, said to-day: "I expect final
details of the America cup contest
to be settled In a few wedks, and
then will go right ahead preparing
for the race. My challenge hasn't
been accepted yet, owlrfg to the fact
that the members of the New York
Yacht Club committee are some
what scattered Just now. but I ex
pect acceptance soon." •
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
American League Troubles
Are Only Beginning, Is the
Late New York Information
New York, Dec. 12.—Retaliating
for what it termed the "steam rol
ler" tactics of Ban Johnson, presi
dent of the American League, and
the club owners supporting him, the
New York Club yesterday started
legal machinery in motion to oust
Johnson from the league presi
dency.
As a preliminary step, a telegram
was dispatched to Johnson in Chi
cago, advising him that it regards
his contract with the league abro
gated and forbids him to use league
funds for compensation. The tele
gram follows:
"In view of your repeated viola
tions of the constitution of the
league and your fiduciary obliga
tions, Including your actions direct
ed to injury and punishment of the
New, York Club, and in view of
Wednesday's action of board of di
rectors adverse to your claim of
contract with American League, and
in view of Wednesday's refusal of
American League to elect a presi
dent, secretary or treasurer, the
New York Club regards as abro
gated, terminated and expired any
contract of employment or for com
pensation which you claim to have
between you and the league, and
forbids the use of any portion ot
the funds of the league in which it
I DIVES, POMEROY & STEWART I
f a
is interested in payment or any
compensation to you under any
such contract. We add that your
claim of the existence of any such
alleged contract is erroneous.
(Signed)
"AMERICAN LEAGUE BASEBALL
CLUB OF NEW YORK."
In an effort to prove that it was
the Johnson faction which prevent
ed a reconciliation, Colonel T. L.
Huston, half-owner of the Yankees,
and Harry Frazee, president of the
Boston last ifight gave
out the tentative agreement or com
promise which they submitted to
Frank Navln, president of the De
troit Club, at a meeting held last
Sunday afternoon at the Engineers'
Club in this city.
This Mare Is Real Traveler;
Travels Like Opera Stars
New York, Dec. 12.—Sweet Briar,
a mare valued at $200,000, arrived
here after a three-weeks' voyage
from France, and the railroad ad
ministration made an exception to
its ban on special trains to allow the
prized animal private accommoda
tions to the home of the owner, Wil
liam Sharpe Kilmer, at Bingham
ton, N. Y.
Five men attended to the animal
on the trip across, including a vet
erinarian to prescribe a diet. The
stall on the boat was padded with
mattresses and bulwarked with hales
of hay to prevent injury. With the
mare was the- seven-month-old foal.
Dun Ray.
Harvard Works Hard For
Game on New Year's Day
Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 12.—The
Harvard University football team
will play a western eleven at Pasa
dena, Cal., New Year's day. The
committee on athletics at Harvard
voted to recall Its refusal of an invi
tation from the Carnival of Roses
committee at Pasadena, in view of
the Improved coal situation.
Telegrams continue to pour in at
the university office from the West,
and the graduates on the Coast are
more insistent than ever that the
team be sent to Pasadena.
This afternoon most of the 'Varsity
players were on the field getting Into
condition. There was no signal drill
but the backs did a lot of kicking,
and the end rushes, Steele, Desn/ond,
Ryan and Phlnney, did a lot of work
on forward passes. Head Coach Boh
Fisher was on the field also, and if
to-morrow's decision regarding the
trip Is favorable Fisher will start
things moving along in earnest.
HARVARD TO PLAY OREGON
Los Angeles. Cal., Dec. 12.—The
University of Oregon team has been
selected by the Tournament of Roses
Association to m<*et the Harvard
football team at Pasadena on New
Year's Day, in the annual East vs.
West football gamo. Oregon had
previously advised the committee
that It would accept if chosen.
DECEMBER 12, 1919.
Elect Dead Man to Captain
North Carolina Grid Team
B. C. Harrell, of Marshville, N.
C., left tackle on the University of
North Carolina football team, who
at one time during the war was of
ficially pronounced a dead man, has
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been elected captain of tho 1920
team.
When Harrell was at Camp Jack
son a fulse report of his death was
sent to his home. Word aUo reach
ed the university, but notice of the
mistake did not, and Captain Bar
ren's name is included In the list
of the university's war deatbs in
the 1919 Yackety Yeek, the student
annual.