WELTERWEIGHTS TRAIN FOR CHAMPIONSHIP BA TTLE ON NEW YEAR DAY AT STEELTON ONLY ONE HORSE HAS REAL RECORD Pacer Single G Alone Made Less Than Two Minutes This Year "Few important records were es tablished by the light harness horse performers of the past season, and but one mile was negotiated below two minutes, the 1.69% of Single ■l. the fastest pacing stallion of the vear." says W. I". linker in the Phila delphia Press. The i>est mile by a trotter was the 2.01, bv the trotting stallion l.u Princeton. The record for aged trotting geldings of the year is b*ld jointly by Karly Dreams ond Prince Horee, at 2.03',4. "The co,t trotters made the most brilliant season of horses at that wav of going, while with the pacers the colt performances were not nearly up to the standard, while the aged horses of that gait performed credi tably, but established no world's records. "The season's Grand Circuit races show that Tommy Murphy loads all drivers with fifty-six races won. while Coxo comes second with 32 w in end "Pop" Goers next with twentv two wins. Driver Murphy ,won over $84,006 in purses, and Cox won over $78,000, while Geers has over $41,000 to his credit. Nine Trotting Records "Rut nine trotters acquired records of better than 2.05, and but one of that number was a newcomer to the list. That one was Periscope (3>, 2.01%. Those which reduced their marks were: McGregor the Great. 2.03% from 2.05%: Ante Guy, 2.03%, from 2.03%: Tlie Toddler, 2.0314 from 2.05%; Wilkes Brewer. 2.03% from 2.0514 ; Mignola. 2.04% from 2.1 u:. Royal Mac. 2.04% from 2.06; Alliei Lou. 2.01 % from 2.0614. and Heir! Reaper, 2.04% from 2.05%. "The eleven pacers to enter the 1 season's list of better than 2.05 pet formers were: Hal Mahone. 2.01%; Gladys P.. 2.0281 : Louie Gratton 2.02%; Goldie Todd. 2.02%: Eva \b- I bie, 2.03; Johnny Quirk. 2.03%: Baroness Kdgwood, 2. f, 5%: Colonel Ridwcll, 2.03%: Aquilla Dillon. 2.04%:, Harvester. 2.04%, and Wellington Direct. 2.04%. "Fifteen pacers, former members of i the 2.10 list, paced to records of bet- 1 ter than 2.05, of which the fastest were; Grace Direct. 2.00% from 2.06%: Sanardo. 2.00% from 2.03%, und Frank Dewey, 2.01% from 2.03%. Sport Tragedies Decrease; Those Reported This Year Outside of baseball, football, avia tion or war. sport tragedies during the year showed a total of eleven. The list follows: January I—Frank dl Leo ("Terrv' McGovern"), of Philadelphia, died in, the ring as a result of a fight with' Frank Britt at Boston. February 18—Bobby White, former semi-pro baseball player, shot and killed in Cleveland. 0.. by unknown assailant. March 15—Walter Meicher. killed in auto race at Pants Moni-a, Cal. March 28—Anton (Nails! Jaeger, former water polo player, of Illinois A. ('., killed by fall from porch of his home. April 4—Frank Rohlnson. jockey., killed in race at Bowie. (Md.l track April 21—Lee Shiner, killed by an, auto truck while returning l'rom a Chicago semi-pro game. July 4—Thomas Black, Now York, | killed by a punch received from a friend who was illustrating Demp- - ntv's knockout blow that finished Wiltnrd. September 26—Phil Mus grove. Jockey, killed In race at Havre de • Grace track. October 7—Meyer F.llls died in the ring as a result of a blow on the head delivered by Ray Doyle at New York. November 3—Thomas Perry died in the hospital as a result of a boxing bout with Sammy Marino at Mil waukee. I November 25—D. Arthur Kennedy, j killed in auto race at Los Angeles. Local Shooter Hangs Up Clean Live Bird Score Philadelphia. Dec. 29. —The Fort i Fide Inn Gun Club was the scene of a big white _ trapshooting event Sat-1 urdav. at Whitemarsh. Gunners from the Delaware Water Gap, Harrisburg. l'ottstown, Wilmington. Del., and;, from this city competed, and when the smoke cleared away in tlie big 1 .•boot, four Philadelphia gunners and, a Harrisburg wing shot tied for high l gun. each registering a straight! score of thirteen birds. The event was originally listed for twenty-five birds, but the scarcity of birds limited the contest to a thir teen-bird affair. Karl Melrath. of this citv. a recent winner at Reading, together with Harry Hoffer. Billy Clegg and George, Watson, of the Quaker City, and Bill Phank. of Harrisburg, were gunners who distinguished themselves with !i perfect scores. 'Anthony Felix, of this citv. had a ! rhanee to run a perfect score but after scoring twelve in a row, fell' down on his unlucky thirteenth. Joe i Graves of the Delaware Water Gap.- was way off on his shooting, for he ! only bagged eleven of his quota. |i Harry Buckwalter. the Veteran!: nigron "crack," secured twelve kills. Buckwalter missed his second. I( i- rank Geist, of Pottstown. also regis- i tered a one miss score. Hoff, of Wil- I mington. Del., was a visitor at the i match and he had but three misses. Safe Smoking Always reliable— always depend ' * > sl U'iagt able the only fp "sure thing" to ■£'" ?: '■ ?!•* AA cigar smokers. Si JOHN 81 HAY |P CIGARS varying quality, B.'L always burning freely, slowly and Ev'V '4 IM Bw cetly to a firm, R:'.";: v V v '.' r ' ' straight ash. Ask R.-Sthe smoker who Kg?" linows —or, better B&* stlU —* ry a few yourself in your next P urchase - Kv, The same stand n/•'Vyf.wM ar( f °f superior quality for 30 10C and up. vjcyyff At all dealers. Smith & Keffer Co., Inc., 437 Strawberry Street, UARRISBURG, PA. MONDAY EVENING, RAILROAD "Y" HAS CAGE LEAGUE Four Teams Heady to Battle; | Former Stars Return to Game | The P. R. R. Y. M. C. A. league Is' I now a certainty The first game will ■ he played Monday night. January 5, iln the Association gymnasium Nor , man Ford, physical director at the • Railroad "Y" has been instrumental in getting together four teams, and • each team will have a bunch of cagv stars. Twp games will be played each week, sometimes three if necessary. The seas tn will continue until March. ; A schedule is now being arranged, i The winning team will be awarded a j cup. and the players will receive 'medals. A team will be picked from I the league to represent the "Y" in : games to he played for the champion- , ship of the Pennsylvania railroad system. ltarrisburg has on several occasions won the railroad "Y" ; championship. The captains and players on each team follow: Tennis and headers Athletics—Winn. captain: M c 1 - linger, O. K. Smith, Tuckey, A. K. l Brown. MaCahan. B. Freedman. Beds—Ross, captain: J. Gough, W. Rupley, Jamison, R. Crane, Drake,- H. Frank. i White Sox—Kohlman, captain: IT. Kllinger. M. Kllis. Crownshield. Sim met ti. Chandler, F. Gregory, Jr. Cubs—ll. Kllis. captain: Wallower, 1 ] Colestock, J. Russell, J. Rupley. R. j ■ Hall, Farrell. Sherwood Magee on on Market; Was on League Pennant Team ! Cincinnati, Dec. 29.—Sherwood Ma- I gee, the veteran outfielder of the Cin cinnati Reds, is about to end his long | career in the major leagues. . The Reds have asked for waivers on. Ma gee. And as he is about 35 years old, I and hit barely over .200 in the Na tional League last year, it is hardly likely that any other big' league club will claim him. Magec has been one of the greet bitters of the game. During the many years he played with the Phillies he hit over .300 in five different seasons. Fy a twist of good fortune Ma gee closes out his major league career with a pennant winner. He received a full winner's share of the world series of 1919, Reds Win Cage Game in Battle With Blue Five; The Reds defeated the Blues in a ; league basketball game played on j the Steele tloor Saturday morning. The summary: F.G. FI.G. Ttls Keller, f S 8 16 Grattius, f 8 8 16 Blair, c 19 1 39 Ruris, g - 7 9 C. Hummel, g .... 3 0 6 Totals 39 8 86 BLUES F.G. FI.G. Ttls t Long, f 6 0 12 1 Coowin, f 8 8 16 r Fleisffier, 6 0 12'y Ford, g 5 0 , 10 „ Hale, g 2 4 ' 8 , Totals 27 4 58 1 Refer.ee —Herr. Reading High Quintet j Downs Penn Freshmen ;; Rending, Pa., Dec. 29.—Reading H High's excellent showing against the ' husky University of Pennsylvania d freshmen five, in the inaugural game h of tile Red and Rlack cage season is t very gratifying. Despite- the fact that this season's Reading High quintet has but one b varsity man left. Captain Friedmann. ' of last year's fast five. Voder, the f former Jersey City High forward. 1 with Christian, make a fast pair of n forwards and the foul tossing of the n laltet; is a big asset to the Red and I h Rlack five. At guard Fisher and I c Frasso are Regressive, and taken as 1 a whole the Reading High team this n season will make them all step to C win. e At a meeting of the Reading High Athletic Association. Walter Beyerle was elected captain of the Red' and Black, track team for the coming sea son and Wilfred Lee -vas given dou ble honors, being elected captain of the Reading High football eleven for next season and also pilot of the Red and Black baseball nine. The Lieutenant Joseph D. Kisen brown cups offered for the Reading High athletes making the best show ing in football were awarded to fan tain William Willson, of the varsity squad, and Albert Smith, of the Red and Black scrub team. "Monk" Gerdes Signs Up With Detroit Americans Harrisburg will lose another base j ball star during the coming season. Merle (Monk) Gerdes has been ; signed up by the Detroit team of the .American League. He will report to Hughey Jennings early in February for training and will go south with ! the team. Gerdes is a star infielder and lias been prominent in fast fielding, good stick work and speed on the bases. During last summer he was in the I lineup of the Marsvllle team, of the Dauphin-Perry League and the Kline i Chocolate Company. Mt. Union High Winner in Game With Alumni Mount Union, Pa., Dec. 29.—Before a large crowd. Mount Union High School defeated the Alumni, 31 to 23. The Alumni put up a good fight and were captained by Bell a Bucknell star for the past two years, Bennett a Pitt fresliman player with Bell did most of the iloor work for the Alumni while ; Curry excelled caging long ones. Both sides were from the foul line. The lineup and summary: m Alumni High School Bennett F Klingler Parsons F Curry Preston C... Luts (Briggs) Suders ,G Peters Bell G.... Hollenbaugh Field goals: Curry. 7; Klingler, 2: Briggs. 3; Peters, 1; Parsons, 3; Ben nett, 1; Preston, 2; Bell, 1. Reds Threatening Gov. Lowden's Life Chicago, Dec. 29.—Two secret service agents in formal dress at tended the presentation to society ; yesterday of Miss Harriet Lowden, i second daughter of Governor and . Airs. Frank O. Lowden, as the re sult of the receipt by the governor of a threatening letter, it was dis | closed to-day. Postofflce Inspectors | believe the author of the threut was I an anarchist. SNOODLES By Hurigerford PRETTY T=lMe WHEN .s* N\V I'l SsU/ l) / QjCtt' ' WJ U GONG I nl't r rS Afire A „ JFE ■ Gong'. =,= i I IV hot I "" Jlkr*C TECH TOSSERS OPEN WEDNESDAY Play First Game With an All- Star Alumni Team; the Lineup * GLEN KILL'INGER Predictions made some time ago; that the present basketball season in Harrisburg would break all previous; records will be further proven this; week. Another league will get under j way. At Chestnut Street Auditorium, j Wednesday night, December 81, the J Tech High quintet will open the' Pennsylvania scholastic season in j Harrisburg in a game with the 1 alumni team. .This contest promises plenty of thrills. It will bring together former high chool stars who are now win- : ning laurels in college ranks. Tech i will enter the game with the same line-tip as last season when they won the championship of the league, tin- I der the careful coaching of Doc Mil ler the Maroons this season promise, to show a still faster pace. Hunch of Speeders They will have to reckon with a' bunch of speeders Wednesday night. Glenn Kiliinger will lead a team of! former stars who promise to give I Tech a hard run. Kiliinger, who is now at Penn State and was promt- ! nent during the football season, will, have the backing of a big squad in- ; eluding Huston, now at Penn State; Bibl and Ebner, big stars at Buek nell; Sourbeer. Penn State; Pollock. Gettysburg; Eddies Harris and oth-j ers. He will announce his line-up' following practice this evening. Dave! McConnell, a member of Tech alumni, will referee the game. After the game there will be danc ing until the arrival of the New Year. An interesting dance program is promised with some special fea tures. The game starts promptly at 8 o'clock. "Tillie" Shafer Meets Friends After Stay in Harrisburg Hospital "Tillie" Shafer, known to baseball fans as the champion third baseman of the West End Twilight League, is again able to greet his friends. He recently underwent several serious operations at the Harrisburg Hos pital, and for five weeks has been confined to his bed. He returned to the Hospital on De cember 12 and has been under the care of Dr. Harvey A. Smith. He is now able to sit Ul> and his many friends are wishing him a speedy .re covery. Select Officials For Big Football Game Thursday By Associated Press Pasadena, Cal., Dec. 29. George Varnell, Spokane, Washn., newspa perman. was selected to referee the Harvard-Oregon football game here New Year's Day, following a confer ence between Coaches Fishei and Huntington. Other officials chosen were: Umpire, I'at Qulgley, National League, um pire: head linesman. T'lowden Stoot, fcrmer Stanford official; field Judge, Henry Butterfleld. Urookllne, Mass. SILK WORKERS GET RAISE Sunbury, Pa., Dec. 29.—Thlrty-flvo hundred employes of the Susque hanna Silk Mills, with plants in Jer sey Shore, Lewistown, Milton, North umberland and Sunbury and Marion,' Ohio, have received an increase ol' 10 per cent In wages. Probable Lineup of Harvard and Oregon Elevens HARVARD Pos. Player. Age.Height. WL L.E.—Desmond 24 6.00 200 L.T.—Sedgwick 20 6.04 185 LO.—Brown 18 6.00 198 C.—Havemeyer 20 6.01 175 K.G.—Woods 22 6.02 216 R.T.—Kane 19 6.01 185 it. E.—.Steele 22 6.00 175 Q.B. —Murray 23 5.09 160 R.H.B.—Humphrey ..21 6.00 178 LH.B.—Casey 23 5.10 138 F.B.—Horween 22 5.10 195 Avornge weight—Line, 191 pounds; hucklleld, 173 pounds. HARRISBURG £§&&& TELEGRAPH FIGHT FANS TO SEE FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP RING BATTLE WHEN BRITTON MEETS GILL I Fight fans are all on edge because | , of the promised .championship bout at ! Steelton Thursday (New Year) after | noon. Jack Britton, world welter j weight champion, is scheduled to meet Johnny Gill. It is to be a ten-round bout unless shortened by a knockout. In answer to many requests, and backed by Steelton business men, this battle has been made a certainty. Brit | t° n is a high price man, and he meets a boy who is an unknown quantity | to him and dare not take chances. | Both fighters are training hard. In addition to his daily routine with Johnny Gill, Manager Joe Barrett is busy getting the Roberts garage, at j Front and Chestnut streets in shape j for the battle. He is arranging for j 2,500 seats. There wilt be bleacher j seats for 1,000 fans. The balance will | ! bo divided into ringside and other re j served seats. Interest in Fight ! This fight is attracting interest everywhere. Philadelphia and other cities will send representatives. In the immediate vicinity, Lancaster. Reading, Allentown, and other cities re planning for large delegations. Harrisburg and Steelton fans also promise a record attendance as this is the first afternoon show, and New Year day being a holiday, indications I point to a Complete sell out. Iri a letter Dan Morgan says Brit- ; ton is working hard daily for this! ! battle, and is anxious to win because ; i of liis engagement with Benny Loon- j ,ai d at Newark during January. Gill j lis up against a hard proposition. He j meets K. O. Loughlin at York to-mor row night and must show form in order to be in shape, for his battle i with Britton two days later. The ring for this fight, will be at least three feet larger than the ring ! at the smaller club, and three ropes ! will encircle the inclosure. Britton I positively refused to meet Gill, or any j other man in less than an 18-foot ring. As Britton is the world's eharn , pion, and entitled to recognition due i a champion, he will get all he asks i for. nnlnnee of the Card Three six-round bouts will feature j the first part of the bill. "Young | Fulton," Allentown's unbeatable ban tamweight, will meet Micky Dough l erty, Baltimore's undisputed champion j of bantams. Kid Richmond, and Little j JefT, are considered wonders for speed. [ says Barrett, but he is anxiously waiting to hear what the audience Poindexter and Johnson to Tour U. S. in Campaign Washington, Dec. 29.—The first of the candidates for the Republi can presidential nomination to be ! gin active campaigning in his own behalf will be Senator Miles Poin dexter, of Washington. He announces that he will leave Washington immediately after Jan uary 1, and will be absent as much | as his Senatorial duties will permit until after the primaries. The Sen ator plans to visit every state if lie has sufficient time.. San Francisco, Dec. 29. —Plans for the presidential campaign to be made by Senator Hiram Johnson were drawn up here Saturday night, when Johnson supporters gathered at a dinner given the Senator. | Soon after the holidays Johnson will start on a speaking tour to cover virtually every state in the Union, he told the meeting. H. L. Carnahan, western campaign man ager, announced plans for organ ization of "booster clubs." Stuart, at 66, Has Praise For Moore Philadelphia. Dec. 29.—0n his sixty-sixth birthday anniversary yesterday, Edwin FS. Stuart, ex- Mayor and ex-Governor, expressed the hope and belief Mayor-elect i Moore will have a successful admin j istratton of Philadelphia's nffairs. He spent his birthday quietly nt his 1 home nnd received muny messages j of congratulation. Chilean Bishops Put Civil Marriages First Santiago, Chile. Dec. 29.—The Chil ean bishops yesterday Issued a pas toral letter V Cora Etta Holmes, their mother, to have their j father located or his estate handled i by a trustee. Habeas Corpus. Counsel for j James W. and Catherine U. Mana- I han began habeas corpus proceed j ings to-day to secure the custody |of Mary and Frances Weber, two daughters of Mrs. Munahan. now bMng cared for at the Sylvan Heights IKome. In the petition It is alleged the grandfat'ter of the children placed the girls there, and that later their mother was married to Mr. J Manahan and is able now to provide I a home for them. The case will be heard next Monday. Auditors File Report.—Charles C. Stroh und Job J. Conklln, auditors I of the funds of the Traders' and i Mechanics Trust Company, Pttts | burgh, filed In court to-day their j fifth and partial and sixth and final ! accounts. Exceptions have been filed and will be argued in January. DECEMBER 29, 1919. 1 SMALL BORE SHOOTING IS EXCELLENT TRAINING FOR THE SERVICE RIFLE By C'LAIIF.NCF. S. HI'TT | The practical training for all kinds Uu r "hooting which practice with I k* sm all-hore rifle gives has prob ;a a v never hern more e-raphlcally re i veiled than in the victory of the it onnectieut Civilian Rifle Team t"e Ser-ice Arm Team matches CftHvpii, Although six rnfm hora of this tnm hni lmd lltt'e Vr ro , <*> *t nil with ijho rrvloe rifle, although there hod • Almost no preliminary work bv Yf of tho team and not a I bit of tonm ornetlee nrlor to the match: end n ß> This tenm end wn voortrrf the knowledge held by ( MOtPjn P"krr ond tOPPI eoach. CAO tftln \\ . TT. kirhnrd, of these shoot r-rs as small-bore reliables. Thev ! knew the stendv nerves and aim of these men and their holding ski'l with the sma'l-bore rifle. With very little coaching even after their j arrival at the range these shooters, j v*ho knew the small bore work thoroughly, outshot every other oi. | vi 1 ian team. I And not only that. The six mem i hers of this team who had practically no service rifle exner'epee whatever ; and who were- entered in their first 'competition were equal in their spores to the more experienced shoot ers on Ihe tenm while one oC them, r. B. Xn—imora of Bridgeport, led the lenm end was one ~r ' ■ ' ■ 11 iThe training that the small-bore ride | drills into a shooter holds equally for the larger caliber shooting so that i when he has trained himself thor? [Onghly with the smaller rifle It# is l qualified to shoot the bigger gun with ; confidence in his holding, control and thorough shooting skill. Constant practice with the small-bore rille i will keen the shooter in trim for | work with the service rifle even though he has not had opportunity jto practice with the larger rifle. I In speaking of the selection of the Connecticut team. Coach Richard said that at the time the try-out shoot \was called there were not enough | rifles and ammunition available to ! hold an elimination shoot. Conse- Inuontily Captain Raker and he practl | eally selected the team from their knowledge of the shooters as small bore experts. They were compelled Ito pin their faith in the training that small-bore shooting had given these men. They defeated all the other ci vilian teams entered In the match. ■ proving beyond a doubt that 'he smaller rifle gives a perfect training for .30 caliber work. Menus More Efficient Shooters Tn handing first of the civilian teams entered in the national team ; match the Connecticut team scored' 1155 at 200 yards. 1091 at 500 and 970 at 1.000. a total of 3216 points. There were 72 tsams competing in this event. The Connecticut team's score I was sixth, the five preceding teams I being composed of service men con stantly trained in the service arm Ishooting. The Connecticut team stood '26 points ahead of all lite National IGuard teams entered and above some ■of the service teams themselves. In fact the highest National Guard team 'landed in thirty-first place. ; Such a showing indicates the cf , fectiveness of small-bore title train ing for any rifle work and shows it I enables shooters to hold their own and more in competition with men trained in the service arm when the service weapon Is in use. I The field for the .22 caliber rifle as i a target weapon, not only for the Ismail-bore range work but as prae tice for any style of rifle is practi cally unlimited. The growth of the [wmall-bore shooting game means a growth of well trained, efficient rlflo shots. Sir Horace Plunkett Arrives on Adriatic ! Now York, Dec. 29.—Sir Horace I Plunkett, the Irish publicist, arrived here yesterday on the steamship [ Adriatic, for p. business trip. He re- I fused to comment on Lloyd George's | plan for a dual parliament for Ire- I land because he had not examined i th'e proposition in d'etail. BURGLARS GET $75,000 By /IssocialeJ Press I Perth Aniboy, N. J., Dee. 29. Burglars forced a safe in the office of the Rossler and Hasalacher Chemical Company here last night and escaped with platinum and gold 1 valued at $75,000, it was reported to-day.