STEELTON HIGH OPENS BASKETBALL SEASON TONIGHT-BOWLERS SHOW REAL FORM ZONES FOR TRAPSHOOTERS MEET WITH FA VOR HERE; LOCAL CONDITIONS FACTOR Local shooters! are strongly In fa vor of the zone plan in arranging for big event; and for championship con tests. It means that Harrisburg will bo an important center for trans shooting in Pennsylvania. One of the first will be the annual State shoot next June, which promises to be the largest in the history of the State. The meeting at which zones were recommended was that of the Gen eral Committee of the association, in cluding the Executive Committee and representative; of the amateur nim rods. Representing the Executive Committee were E. R. Galvin, of Wil mington, Del., chairman: Stoney Mc- Linn, of New York, secretary; Thomas A. Davis, of New York, treasurer; Frank Drew, of New Haven, ahd L. J. Squier, of Cincinnati. Of the five Amateur Committee representatives four were present J. Clark. Jr.. of Worcester. 3. S. Foster, of Mason City. la.; E. P. Mathewson, of Ana cerda, Mon.. and R. L. Spotts. of New Y'crk, M. D. Hart of Richmond, was absent as a result of illness. Decision was reached to divide the country into five zones. Exact geo graphical lines were not drawn, the decision as to that being left to a committee. In general, the divisions were Eart, South. Middle West, Rocky Mountains, and Pacific coast. Trap shooting centers do not always co incide with geographical centers, and that matter will be governed by local conditions in the zones concerned. Pnrtjr-Eiffiit Stntos There will be 4S state associations, as usual, each of the states being as signed to its special zone. The sport will be governed fir;t in the individ ual clubs, which will send delegates to the regional or zone meetings, and the zones will be responsible to the American central organization. Each zone will have its own ereretary-man ager. The zone orgnni'zaUons will he maintained by contributions of 50 cents a day. payable by every entry In a registered tournament. Any gunner who also pays his dollar a vears as a member of a state associa tion will be entitled to shoot in any BIG MONEY FOR CAGE PLAYERS Some Have Been Cleaning I p j Good Christmas Money rhllndrlphin. Dec. lA—The presi dent of the Eastern Leagrue has de-. clared open warfare upon those play- ( ers who have Jumped their contracts to play Independently and those who are playing in the Pennsylvania State League. Saturday night he suspend ed Ally McWilllams and JHck Law rence for Jumping their Eastern clubs to play with the Parkersburg. Pa., independent team, a e *s* r y ed that he intended o Pn'"h every whfch prohibits" EasYern men fromj Eastern stars are E ,ck . l "&- ft, ,j , ■ SB-WIIS;,S•S intends to take steps to stop the Pea a gue C hs N one r o y r mo7e men working | for a State league team and the haWt, a; yp & Scheffer to remedy the eril. Plrkinff I* Soft 1 The Pirkin" is said to he very S °U a£-sA; saidTo he making t of bM- ! per m°ntn. it n nt n caK<? ieme'start's be\ Jn | SSvsSw while the getting Is good- Beckley College Team Wins Opening Contest Tn the first game of the season on . the Armory floor Inst evening B?5 k "| ley's College smothered the West Fnirvlew High School five b> the score of 39 to 5. The clover passing and defens've work of the local team | was the out.s'cnding feature of the ; came The lineup: BERKLEY COLLEGE Players F.G. FI G. Ttl . Erb. •' * " Euker, jj - j Fans!er. ' " " I Sleichter. g -2 " K ' Jones, Total 1 s s 89 i WEST FAIRVTEW Plavers F.G. F1 G. Ttl., Davis, f (J 9 : Everbart. f " \ It Pllfrieg. f 1 Phillips, 0 Hanhacker, g 1 " - j I.nnce, 1 j) 2 Mover, 1 " " i Toal * 1 5 Camp C'tri'Tt Juniors to Start Title Games Tonight Basketball championship games j will get underwav to-night at Camp Furttn Junior High School. The; boys' team will play the Faculty: j and the girls meet the Keystone j quintet. Probable Lineups The prohnhlc lineups for to-night j will he as follows: FA MP CURTIN FACULTY Pricker, f. Yoder, f. - Froiynshield, f. Welngardner, g. Hummel, c. Thomas, c. Williams, g. Pe'fer, g. Springer, g. Harhacher, g. Substitutes for Camp Curtin: Tuelt- ; ey. Lytic and F. Deshong. Referee,! Dave McDonnell. Second Gnmo FAMP CURTIN KFYSTONE P. Huntsherger, f. R. Williams, f. M. Rathfon, f. V. Wood. f. A. Oraeff. c. Ruth Starry, c. F. Scheffer, g. M. Polleek, g. D. AttlcVs. g. J Move- c Substitutes for Camp Curtin: J. Glbbs, D. Farr and V. Kcffer. For Keystone: M. Johnson and G. Rob inson. ENTIAVT I*l AYS WIFOYISFO ' The Fln v " > "t ha she I hall tcern v'll plcv the Vlcon'seo quintet to-nl—ht ">-t Wlennl'eo m 'io local nbv"-i he ,- e been niyt'eln" v--tt fo- ♦*•< p-. „ to-n'ght nn ,i expect to return wi;h' victory. FRIDAY EVENING, I registered tournament under the Jur isdiction of the American Association, no matter where held. Half ®f the sums thus collected will go to the state association and half to the na tlcnal organization. A committee to plan rules and reg ulations for the several zones and to arrange for :he conduct of registered tournaments in 1920 was appointed to consist of Mr. Spotts, Chairman Gal vin and Secretary McLinn. Team For Antwerp A team will be sent to the Olympic games in Antwerp next year, and a cemmittee of amateurs was named to make all necessary arrangements for choosing the team and to formulate plans for its participation. The mm mi\tre consists of J. Clark, Jr., Chair man; Mr. Spotts and Mr. Mathewson. Mr. Clark is a member of the General Committee on the Olympic games. A report on the Olympic arrangements will be received at a meeting of the General Committee in New York ] headquarters on January 6. Five cities arc contesting for the: privilege of holding the 1920 Grand American Handicap. Chicago has bten the scene for several seasons, and Chicago !s in the field again. The other cities interested are St. Lcuis. Atlantic City. Cleveland, and, Toledo. The award was not decided upon at yesterday's meeting. Fred j 1 luin presented the claim; of Atlan- , tic City and rehearsed the ndvant- ! ages of having the year's banner event presented, for n change, in the East. It was agreed, however, that it j would be unfair to render a final dc-I cision until the claims of ali the cities had been more carefully ex-j amined. Secretary McLinn will leave New i York next Wednesday to visit Cleve-I lnnd and Toledo with a view to ex- j amining the advantages they are able' to offer. The facilities which can be | afforded by Chicago and St. Louis, > which are making a strong bid for the honor, are well known. At the' next meeting of the general commit tee. on January 6. decision as to where the Grand American Handicap is to be held i; expected to be de- ' finitely announced. STEELTON HIGH STARTS TONIGHT Under Pat Reagan This Ag gregation Promises to Show Fast Pace fc# I W&. A. .. . ftl \ ' g J \ w >' PAT REAGAN' Steelton High vrill open the bas ketball season to-night at Steelton, with Myerstown High. Under Coach Pat Reagan, Steelton has shown speed in all branches of cage work. There is still some development ne cessary and every day the candidates are out for practice. There Is a bunch of good material at Steelton High and after the reg ulars are a certainty there will be a good second aggregation. Steelton is a part of the Interscholastio League and it is the intention of Coach Reagan to have his team in the best of shape for the league con tests. Myerstown High has been doing special work for this contest to night. The visitors will present a strong lineup. A number of rooters will acornpany the team to Steelton. The Lebanon report says: Heavy Boys in Lineup "The boys' basketball team of the Myerstown High School, under the leadership of Captain Stauffer, is get ting into fine shape, and are prac ticing Monday, Wednesday and Fri day of each week. The boys aver age about 155 pounds and are a fust lot. They expect to make a good showing in their opening game on Friday, December 19, with Steelton, at that place, and the game should be a hotly contested one. The team work is developing nicely and the boys expect to surpass the teams of former years. A good scrub team is also being developed. Coach Griffin expects to take 10 men along to Steelton, as the final lineup has not yet been decided upon. The team is worthy the best of support and now needs the encouragement and help of the townspeople high school stu dents and college students." Lieutenant Roth Plans Soldier Baseball Team Lieutenant "Eddc" Roth is organ izing a basketball team from the members of the Eighth Infantry, Pennsylvania National Guard. With in the past few days some splendid basketball material has "Joined up" with the local units and everything points to a "snappy team." It is planned to play other teams in the Guard and Inter In the season to '■•l:e nt> extended tr'o io play other State Guard and some regular Army' liali.s. SNOODLES By Hungerford f SNOO-DUUS ! \ifS? /x { VvELC ! 1 —j VACUUM r~. A /■Gee hinmie! 7 9 —mi ( [ H,s "T# 3 W I VIHEW.I j KlO Aopisom \JJ 'Ss "wISa WZ&% } T>OQK I 1 S'&OTTIM . ' jB iv&r m JHIf J^cll ______ _____ ______ 1 ' I SCOTT HARD BOY IN RING BATTLE Philadelphia Veteran Predicts Trouble For Gill on Monday Night Johnny Loftus, n veteran trainer! of Philadelphia, writes Manager Joe j Darrett that Cyclone Scott, who fights Johnny Gill Monday night, is a tough boy. He is booked for a, ten-round buttle. Loftus adds that Mike McGutre, 1 the Boston spotting writer, said the Buffalo parers weie equally divided; when they gave their decision, when , Scolt met Knockout Brennen, of j Buffalo, in a twelve-round.bout. Joe Conroy, manager of Scott, claims the ; fight being in Brettncn's home town, j and not to a decision, is all that i keeps Scott front tleing the title ; of middleweight champion. Winner Meets Ralph The winner of the Catson-Sylves- J ter bout Monday night will meet Billy Ralph, of Philadelphia, In a later , show. Ralph wants to meet An- | gelo. Willie Langford, the best colored ; welterweight, that ever showed jn this section and now boxing partner j to Gill, is rather lonesome, as he puts it, with Gill in York, but Langford 1 is going through IPs stunts without a murmur at the Olympia Club, pre paring himself for his scrap with A 1 Mason. I-ancaster's best welter-! weight. The three other six-round ! t<- e n the card are paired as follow*: i-uuie Billman, of Lancaster, will meet Y'oung Lehmer. of Harrisburg; . Chris Hildebrandt, of Steelton, vs. Billy Zimmerman, of Hershey, and Harry Hildebrandt, of Steelton, will ! fight Joe Strosser, of Lancaster. Bar- ( rett has notified Frank Erne, who Is | handling all the Lancaster fighters, that future work before his club can be gotten by Erne's boys, if they i make good. The advance sale of tickets for the I show looks as large as usual, and | Bob Palrlamb, in Steelton, reports one order for thirty ringside seats from Warwick Siler, of Middletown. j • Harvard Grid Players to Make Brief Stops; Entertainment Ahead Cnaihrlrtcr. Mass., Dec. 19.—The i Harvard Varsity football team will nniisc for brief stops at Chicago and Snn Franclaco on its way to Pase- ' idena, Cal., where it is to meet the i University of Oregon on New Tear's: Day. The itinerary of the trip, which J was announced to-day. precludes the; possibility of acceptance of any of 'the invitations that have been re |ceived for other games. University of Colorado. University of Utah and lUnlverslty of Washington were insti- j tutions which asked for contests, i The Crimson team will leave here ;at 2 p. m. Saturday. It will stop over at Chicago from 3 p. m. to 7:10 p. m. Sunday. At San Francisco the play lers will be guests of the local Har vard Club from 5:10 p. m., Decemberj 24, to 8 p. m. of Christmas Day. They are due to arrive at Jjos Angeles on the morning of December 2fi. Harvard's football players put in another hard day to-day at the Com monwealth Armory, the varsity being together again, Desmond returning from Philadelphia in time to get into the line-up and. with Brown Still at left guard, the team worked together . as it will start into the Pasadena game with Oregon.' There was a lot more open football to-day, but the team also had a j longer workout on defense than in | any previous practice. Paul Withing ton not onlv lias been bolstering JP the team on position play, but he also was showing the team something of the western formations. F. W. Moore to-day decided to take Dick Higgles, one of the assistant managers, on the trip, and Matthew i Luce, regent of the college, will ac- j company the team as representative of the Harvard faculty. , j Penn State's end. Higgins. will not j be nl\!o to come to Cambridge to help I coach the team because of college ex- j c.minattons. , Galahad Tossers Lose in Close Game at Lancaster Galahad cage stars lost out last night in a game with St. Joseph team at Lancaster, score 29 to 27. > The lineup and summary: HARRISBURG GALAHADS Players F.G. FI.G. Til. j Gebhard, f 3 3 l Cobaugh, f 3 0 6 ; Wolfe, 4 0 8; Scheffer. e 2 0 4 Storey, g. 0 0 0; Total 12 3 27 i ST. JOSEPH'S Players F.G. FI.G. Ttl. i •T. Meeker, f 2 9 13 I H. lTeeker, t 2 0 4 Bransby, f 1 0 2' Ruckls, e 3 0 6 Houck, g 1 0 2 Forberger, g - 0 2, TotaJ 10 9 29 j Referee, Smith. I.KMOVXR I.RXOI K MERCHANTS Ficltes 133 128 195 456 [ Prowell 113 151 140— 404 ! Rife 104 SO 121— 305 ! \V Reeser 106 61 Xs 252 ! Palmer 97 174 134 405 Totals 553 591 765—1822! FIREMEN Mnrtr. 126 122 150— 39S Smith 135 77 165 377 j Mltnnn 98 128 104— 390: RMnelinrt 159 104 .153 — 426 Cinrk 92 119 114— 325 Totals 610 550 696—1856' HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH I.ewlatown, Fa., Dec. 19. —This town | is proud of Its football team of this' I season, the strongest grid aggregu- ■ | tion the town has ever had. The rec iord of the team is ns follows; Won 5 ROWLING 1 CASINO TEXPIN LK AGUE COLONIALS Barnes 174 177 166 517 Yowler 110 ISO 169 499 Hepford 206 150 170— 626 Jcnes 158 171 245 574 Biever 145 223 194 662 ; Totals 823 911 944—2678 j ALPHAS Earley 148 177 193 518 Bents 169 144 105— 418 Weber 149 180 149 478 Lightner 163 192 203 658 Morrison 155 173 150—. 478 Totals '... 784 866 800—2450 STANDING OP TEAMS W. L. Pet. Majesties 23 7 .766 Orpheums 18 12 .600 | Jolly Five 14 13 .519 j Crescents 12 12 .500 i Colonials 9 18 .333 Alphas 5 19 .208 CASINO DUCKFIN LEAGUE VICTORS Trace 160 136 119— 4'5 Maclay ill 130 94 3 \ Denny 125 101 110— 38<, 1 Grolt 163 134 144 441 | Hargest 136 107 80— 323 j Totals '. 695 608 547—1850 | NOBLES A. Miller 102 129 134 366 i Turner 129 172 97 398 Wright 174 122 105— 358! Les 152 114 142 408 j Totals 678 642 610—1930 STANDING OP TEAMS W. L. Pet. Crescents 16 11 .584 Senators 14 13 .514 Keystones 12 12 .500 Giants 13 14 .481 Victors 14 16 .466 Nobles 12 15 .444 ' Y. M. C. A. LEAGUE BEAR CATS Miller 106 114 153 373 Deal 149 129 148 —426 Sible 168 145 171— 484 Shaeffer 133 145 130—408 Haines IJ2 148 134 434 Totals 708 681 736—2125 TANKS Glace 121 115 145 381 | Grimley 140 135 118— 393 Sl.olmberg 168 115 203 4*6 Fetrow .* 132 92 121— 315 Lolnoy 116 116 79 311 Totals 677 573 666—1916 1 STANDING OF TEAMS W .L. Pet. Bear Cats 3 0 1.000 j Tramps 6 1 .833 •linx 4 2 .666 j Regulars 2 1 .666 ; Rustlers 2 4 .333 1 TNT 1 2 .333 ; Outlaws 1 5 .166 Tanks 0 3 .000 To-night—T N T vs. Bear Cats. HICK-A-THRIFT LEAGUE SAPPHIRES G. Ellis 172 199 118— 489 ! Ma I seed 112 114 128—334 Springer 121 179 104— 404 M Ellis 134 142 100— 370 Welsh 162 139 150— 461 i Totals 701 773 C 00—2074 PEARLS I'eifer 121 132 175 430 Thompson 100 116 108— 324 Wolfe 131 142 137 410 Crisswell 160 150 199 509 Hall 136 141 150— 427 | Totals 630 681 769—2100 DIAMONDS Brickley 133 134 136 403 I Stflffer 119 131 220 470 Rich wine 181 143 160— 484 Fclkcn 125 125 125 375! Atkinson 125 125 125 375 j Totals 683 658 766—2107 OPALS Ti win 152 178 194 524 Whitman 109 103 155 367 i , "asliburn 145 150 164 409 I Haar 125 125 125 375 Rice 125 123 125 375 Totals 656 691 763—2110 STAND'.NO OF TEAMS YV. L. Per ! Pearls 9 6 .600 Diamonds 3 7 .633 j Sapphires 7 8 .467 1 Opals 6 9 .400 LEWISTOWN GRID TEAM MAKES RECORD games, lost 2. tied 2. The players Ini picture, reading from left to right' are as follows: Top row—Coach Reigle, Fish. Voting. Felker. Price. Neyhart, Ellis. Prince, Hannah. Wheelock. ANNUAL TRIANGULAR REGATTA j By Associated Press Itluu-a, N. Y„ Dec. 19.—The an nual triangular regatta between Cor-I Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart Overcoats as Gifts Carry an Affectionate Message Special For Saturday Only $25 and S3O Overcoats $15.95 Cold weather is here with a vengeance, ftf 1% and here are Overcoat values for men and young men that should interest those who are seeking such practical gifts as clothing. Whether you are interested in a new t : f iiff|l your advantage to inspect these unusual Hand tailored of all ttool in semi-fitted box styles, single or double-breasted, full / ' Mm serge or quarter Venetian lined; sizes 34 to / j| wl 40 only. Special for Saturday only, $15.93 / > mt Fine light and Reefers For^ full and half belted Suits in waist-line and S $13.50 to $20.00 years, ..°. C . sl2 50 ' Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Second Floor Rear. I Bottom row Captain I-awler. Oushard, Manager Pauly, O'Hara, Britt, Shirk, Steele. Much credit is due Captain Lawler, Coach Beigle and Manager Pauly. Nell, Yale and Princeton will be rowed next spring on Lake Carne gie at Princeton, N. J., on May 15. DECEMBER 19, 1919. HOLIDAY GAMES ' FOR CAGE FANS Independents Start Hard Ser ies Saturday Night Willi St. Elizabeth Basketball fans will get full and plenty during the holidays and for some weeks after. Beginning Sat urday the Harrisburg Independents will have a series of important bat tles. Then will come the scholastic contests and a long series of games with local teams. For Saturday night the St. Elizabeth team is booked. This aggregation will bring to this city Tom Dunleavy and Jack Lawr ence, two star players who are now in the limelight because of the big salaries they are drawing down, playing but league and independent contests. The attraction Saturday night is one of the most expensive booked for this season. Anxious For Victory The local five lost out early in the season with St. Elizabeth, score 38 to 33. This defeat must' be over come Saturday night, and the Inde pendents will go into the game with tho regular lineup and several stars on the . side lines ready for emer gency work. The Williamsport Big Five will be the Christmas Day attraction, and on New Year's Duy and night 25 will find another big crowd on the bill. Manager Gordon Ford is now in communication with several west* orn teams who are playing east of Pittsburgh during the holidays and may play here. American Fighters Home; Win Majority of Battles By Associated Press Now York, Dec. 19.—The three vic torious American amateur boxers who toured the Scandinavian countries last month competing in boxing contests, returned home yesterday on the Ber genfjord from Christiania. The party consisted of Ashtoji Donze. of New Orleans, national bantamweight cham pion: Frank Cassldy, of New York, national lightweight champion: John Burke of Pittsburgh, one of the besi light heavyweight boxers in the coun try at the present time, and Benjamin I.evine, of the Metropolitan A. A.U„ who was manager of the team. The boxers won thirteen out of sev enteen bouts in which they partici pated in Sweden and Denmark. Donze won the featherweight championship of Sweden and the city championship of Copenhagen: Burke captured tho heavyweight title In Sweden and the city championship of Copenhagen, and Cassidy won the lightweight title in the Copenhagen city championships, but lost in the Swedish championship bout at Stockholm. # 'HARVARD TO ROW YALE By Associated Press Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 19.—Thy Harvard varsity rowing race with Yale at New Haven next year will come on June 25. The second varsity and freshman crews will compete on the same- day.
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