10 NEWS OF THE SPO 1.0. PUNCHER MISS MARK Gunboat Smith and Jim Coffey Fight Stiff Bout—No Real Advantage Xew York, Dec. 1 6.—Knockout ranches filled the air ;it Mm<(isoti Square Garden last night, bilt neither Gunboat t~inith or .lim Coffey could connect with one. It was a stiff tignt, with tln> hon ors about even. Smith lust a lot o.f ground because of Coffey's aggressiveness, but lie even ed the score every time he landed, and llio diil that twice to Coffey's one. The Dublin Giant fought a better figlit than he hns put up before. He took all of the Gunner's wallops and never w need. Smith got into disfavor vnrh in the light becuuse of his habit ol sneaking over an uppercut when or dered to step back by the referee. Coffey seemed anxious to be in close. Hinl lie beat a merry tune on the thin ner's ribs every time t'iiey came to get her. It was Jim's rushes that upset ail of the Gunner's pin its for a K. O. He didn't get many chances to set. When t te end came the Gunner was going t-trong. i'os the pace had told on Coffey. The ofli'ial weights with both in ring costume were: Smith, 1 SO, and Ootfev, 19S. Wiltse Is Released Vew \ ork. Dec. lt>. — George Wiltse, the Giants' veteran southpaw, was giv i n his unconditional release bv Manager M ,'Graw yesterday. This was done to allow Wiltse to negotiate ■without re straint for the position of manager of the Syracuse International league «-!;■. 1». if either the Jersey City or Baltimore franchise is transferred to that city. DR. KLUGH, Specialist nnd OTlrea: UO« Wnlnilt M.. FTarrMhnrc Pn PfKrfiMen of nompn itnd me»| nprrlni, f'tvate. «pcclf!c. nervous ami chrnnlf (•cneriil olflce work. Con«aU |p(h.n free and confidential. Slrtllclae fornUbeil. Work cnnrnntrril. < lixMleratf. 2H yearn* experiences IJH. IvI,I (■ 11. the ur))-kuoun >prrlallnt | ASK FOR~» 1 Lancaster's Favorite Brew RIEKER'S BEER JNO. G. WALL, Agt. Harrisburg, Pa. Frank J. Rieker, Mgr. —mi«m HI IIIIHL JIJL.IIL* C. 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(ft fcfe care of book printing—either SINGLE VOL- r P ress room IS| ono of the largest and most h$ U-J UMES or EDITION WORK. complete iu this section of the state, in additiou [T m • to tlie automatic feed presses, we have two fijja folders which give us the advantage of getting tu Paper Books a Specialty the wcrk out 111 exceedingly quick time. f.iy No matter how small or how large, the same will M>' (Ty be produced on short notice. To the Public ''J -or ' Wheu Sn the market for Printing or Binding of fij [jf-J KUling ' any description, see us before placing your order, fir .iPj Is one of our specialties. This department has Wc believe it will be to our MUTUAL benefit, t&i been equipped with the latest designed ma- trouble to give estimates or answer question*. (H chinery. No blank is too intricate. Our work 0.: In this line is unexcelled, clean and distinct lines, PcmomW feyj no blots or bad lines—that is the kind of ruling xveilieuiuei that business men of to-day demand. Ruling for We give you what you want, the way you want P tho trade. it, when you want it. ffi W jc. E. AUGHINBAUGH | 46 and 48 N. Cameron Street I ft Near Market Street HARRISBURG, PA. ft CaU , b " ng 0116 OUr So^Citoni - " J JOHNSON WAS HARDEST WOUKER IN THE AMERICAN Senators' Star Hurled .11 Games, in Which He Whiffed 225 Men— Bressler Was Fourth, Fanning INI I in 21) Games Walter Johnson, now out-side,the |>ale J of organized baseball, labored in more j games and struck out more batsmen I than any other twirler in the American League last season, according to the of ficial pitching averages out to-day. The , rangy Kansas farmer is credited with j working in .">1 ganncs during the 1914 j dash for the pennant, iu which he struck out 225 men. Johnson finished | third in the ratings, two young boston Red Sox luirlers topping him. Dutch Leonard, the California southpaw, led the ) itchers with :i 1.01 average l'o ■ games, while Foster, nis teammate, was second with l.G.i. Johnson's mar ; v was 1.7 1. While Johnson fanned the most men and worked mfore often than did any other twirler, he lacked his deadly accuracy which featured his pitching in other years. Last summci: i lie made 14 wild pitches nnd had one j l>a : k called upon Mm, while 74 times he j passed a batter, besides hitting I 1 with |an unruly heave. Once upon a time it ■ was thought that Johnson's arm tic ii. I ered a man-killing projectile, but no j one of the I 1 pinged last summer ha l i to be carried to the hospital. Rube Bressler was the best M :iek I working percentage pitcher. The sfui I,' ! left-hander earned fourth i lace in the j t able with a 1.76 average for 20 game* iot effort and endqavorineut. Rube wan real nifty in these battles, fanning 96 i and deadheading 56. Bender, runnernp among the chanijiions to Bressler, fin iflied twelfth in the standing, with j Miawkey twenty-ninth and l'enno> i thirtieth. Plank brought up at the j thirty-lifth mark, Wyckoff forty-first ' and Bush forty-fourth. Shaw, of Washington, was the nu>.t liberal young man in the league, for in ! his 4S contests he transferred 137 men ! to first. TTATCTCTSMTRd STATv-TNDEPENDENT. WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 16. 1914. WANT LONE-STAR FOR COACH Assistant Art Instructor at Carlisle In dian School Named for War ner's Place Carlisle. Pa., Dec. 1 ti.—The retire ment of Glenn S. Warner as physical director at the Carlisle Indian School has caused ninny trainers of athletes to apply for his position, which covers the coaching of the Indian football team. Warner himself will reside here until February, although he is at present making plans for a southern gunning tour. Although William Lone-Star Dietz, assistant art instructor at the Carlisle school, is not a candidate iu any sensti to succeed Warner, whom lie hai assist ed as a football coach for a uuui'ter of \ea.s, the artist is tiie most promincut h mentioned for the position. Diet/.. or Lone-Star, which is his pen name, has hud wide experience as a foots.mil plnvor, ha\ ing played mostly on the line at tackie, and frequently ill the backfield. Weighing 200 pounds, he is as fast as a streak of lightning, and | t rfornu'il brilliant feats oil the Indian teams of a few years ago. l-ono-Star plnyed in the Wt-u before coming to Carlisle, on a reservation ? h t ol team o qralitv. The Warner methods are second nature to Diel/., w'.'o has been invaluable to the great coach. ' There is a disposition on the part of the authorities of the Interior Department to select an Indian, or one v»*io has had wide experience with In dians, to take charge of Carlisle's ath letes. Superintendent Lij ps. of the Carlisle n• ill, is run traveling in the West, and it i-i thought when he returns thai Useful Gifts HOT WATER BOTTLES FOUNTAIN SYRINGES RUBBER GLOVE 3 AT Golden Seal Drug Store, 11 S. Market Square. *■ a tender of the physical directorship may be made to Lone-Star. EASY FOR HASSETT CLUB Spring Grove Y. M. 0. A. Falls by the Score of 52 to 10 The Hassett Club had little trouble winning from the Spring Grove Y. M. C. A. in Cathedral hall last evening. Taking the lead from the start, tlhe lo cals easily kept ahead and topped the visitors by the score of 52 to 19. Weitzel by a star |wss into the bas ket opened the game. MeCurdy and Ed. Soimbier played sipdendid games. The Olivet tenm, of Reading, will play the Hassett Club in Cathedral hall De cember 22. The lineup: H::; ;tt Club. Spring Grove. Hlwocd Sourbier F Senft MeCurdy K Hershey Ed. Sourbier ... 0 >. . . . Kopp Ilennenkamp . . << Harinian Weitzel G Myers Field goals, lid. Sourbier, 9; MeCur dv, 6; El wood Sourbier, 4 ; Weitzel, 4; Hershey, 4; Henuenkamp, 2; Senft, Foil gjuls, Hershey, Weitzel, 2. Referee. Hilton. Timer, Delone. Pe riods, 20 minutes. WIN AT LANCASTER Harrisburg Five Takes Boses Into Camp. Score .17 to Itt The Harrisiburg five won from Lan caster a! Lan. aster laait evening by the -core o.f j" to 49. It was a fast aggres j sive giame and sioring was frequent. The llerrisburg team had a seven-point lead at the first liailif station an I re mained ahead until tiiic close of play. Krcin MvCor J will have his team I practice every this week, for he realizes that the locals will be com palled to pi ay ti.r.'ir best to even hope j tor a victory. The Wilkes-Barre team has the reputation oJ> being the faste-t team in the eoal region, and has *de lea-io-d most• of the ot ier eoal region tcuius, inel'ii'.ling the Wilkes Barre city team. They are accustomed to pining | the national rules, wliidi will be" the i rules used at Chestnut sireet during the rest of the season. MATTY IOH YANKS i , Big Six Has Been Talked About for 11 Chance's Job New N ork. Dec. IB.—'Christy -Math I t-svson ui manager of the New York | j Americans in lfllj is not beyond the I realm of probability if Messrs! Ruppert ! ; and Huston purchase t'iie club. This tip ■ was furnished yesterday b\ a man high | in the councils of organized baseball i . and one \n iioso advi is esteemed 'by ijiboih parties to 1 iie negotiations now 1 ! pendiug. i| ''l do not kr.ow, ' said this inform ijant, "what new angle may have de | veloped to bring forth the name of i | 'Hugh Jennings. Hut I do know that up | : 1o late last week Matty was considered , most favoraolv by the prospective pur chasers. More than that i am not at , | liberty to say." Manager John .1. Met .raw, 0 f the I j Giants, w'ao had been in verv close | 5 touch with 'Messrs. Ruppert and Huston throughout their dickering*, would not .commit himself upon tho possibility of ' ' Stx going over to iiis rival in this j! city. GOUGLEE GETS HIS "C" 1 : Among Football Players Honored at I i Ccnway Hall ji ' arlisle, I*ll.. I >tv, 1 t>.—Frederick* C. ; Forsythe, of I'oitage, Pa., has been j | elected as Couv.ay Hail's football eap j | tuin for the 1915 team, and C's have j been awarded to George Bacon, Laurel, 1! Del.: David Ake, Portage, Pa.; (ieorge j I B. Field, Lake Mahopae, N. .1.; Roseoe ■ ' (iougler, Harrisburg: Frank Martin, I Huston. Pa.; Lewis MacGregor, Car j lisle. Pa.; Roy Pickens, Bellwoocl. Pa.; j Norwood Swab, Kli'nbith ville, Pa.;Leon | A. Speck. Carlisle, Pa.; Mark and C.ui- I don Walk in sili aw, Williamstown. Pa.; : Fred Forsythe, Portage; Kvjms Hanbv, f j Chester, Pa., and Ernest Kemp, Nauti- I coke, I^a. II BANCROFT COMES HIGH j Phillies Hand Over Four Players for Their New Short Stop )'< New York. De\ 16.—ff value in the !; number of players it took to get him. I mean anything then the Phillies next i j year will have the prize package in ! short stop Dave Bancroft, the Portland, ; | Ore., wonder, it became known vester i j day that for the Phillies to laud this | wizard of the Pacific Coast they had to j | surrender title to Shortstop Milton Heed ,j j and Herbert Murphy, who finished up j the year with Jersey City, and later j turn over two more youngsters which j | Pat Moran will turn loose. The latter I will likelv 'be hurlers. 1 ' i | KILBANE'S TALK IS WARLIKE J' Says He Can Beat Welsh at i:<:t and Williams at Philadelphia, Dec. 16.—"Hand me ! | Freddie Welsh at 133 pounds ringside ! j and I 'll 'beat him, and clap my hands on the lightweight title. A week later I'll i take Kid Williams into the ring at 122 pounds and if 1 don't, beat him to a frazzle 1 'II hand back the lightweight title to Welsh. That's mv program." Johnny Kilbane, champion feather weight of the world, made the above remarks yesterday. Kilbane didn't speak in any spirit of braggadocio. He says he feels sublimely confident that he can beat both Welsh and Williams. Last Night's Bowling The Giants won from the Federals in a P. R. R. Y. M. C. A. League match 1 last evening by 34 pins. The Federals THE STRUGGLE IN THE INUNDATED AREA OF BELGIUM 13Rj.i..tu3 CAVALRYMEN CLEANING MUD OFF ACCOUTREMENTS D'IF.ING A RAINSTORM THE METAL SHIELDS USED IN GUARDING THE INUNDATED AEE A. . I . obtain material fur ,u °h structures. But in spite of all endeavors the conditions have been uncomfortable and ihe men have •■milv 7*[ C >T» a .„T nn Tl sunshine such us occurred when the lower picture was being taken. The inundation area etches southeast from Nieuport ui front of PerVyse to u little beyond Dixmude, a distance of some ten miles. tumbled to third place. Martin, of the winning team, had high scores. The Alphas won from the Monarchs by B>. pins in the Casino match last evening. At ticks rolled 277 pins ami equaled Montgomery's single game rec ord on the Casino alleys. Hamilton Scrubs Win The 'Hamilton senilis easily won at basketball from the Roily team on the Tee!i tloor last evening by the score of 19 to 11. Liddick proved to be the best scorer. Middlotown League In the iMiddletown Basketball League U'lnies Inst evening the Rescue five won from the Wineroft team by the score of 22 to 13 anil the Tennis Club won from the Liberty team by the score of 22 to 17. Kramer and MeCreary played good games. SUBURBAN MECHANICSBURG Volunteers Clear Snow From Site of Proposed Tabernacle Special Correspondence. Moehanicsburg, Dec. lU.—The cold wave caught some of our people un awares and there is work for the plum ber in consequence on account of burst water pipes and faucets. The cottage prayer meetings held last evening were all well attended. To-day volunteers ate clearing the snow l'roni the ground where the evan gelist taibernade will be erected. The building of the tabernacle will be start ed on Friday by volunteer workmen. John Hanson, of Carlisle, visited friends in this place yesterday. Mrs. S. K. Uashore is visiting rela tives in Baltimore. ■Mrs. J. S. Weaver spent yesterday iu Harrisburg. Airs. A. Li. Richwine( of 'Harrisburg, was the guest yesterday of Mrs. .J. C. Young, \\ est Alain street. Miss Martha Sehafhirt spent (Monday with Harrisburg friends. 'Coasting is new very good on the 'hills at the west and south ends of town ami is 'being extensively engaged in by the children as well as some-older people of the town. Automobiles have not entirely taion the place of sleighs in this vicinity. The .jingle of sleigh bells is heard almost constantly on our streets now. Thermometers here at 6 o'clock this morning were at six above zero. MIDDLETOWN Drug Store Robbers Overlook Forty five Dollars in Cash SpiH-lal Correspondj icv Middletown, Dec. 16.—'Robert Roto son will move from the Basehore prop erty on Catherine street to the Huntz berger property on Spring street. Mrs. lid Nuskey spent yesterday at Harris'burg. The robbers Who entered the Alayes drug store on Alonday niglht overlooked $25 in cash from the sale of motor tickets and S2O in cash that Mr. Sehaef ier had in a glass jar which he had taken in as justice fees. Thus far no clue has 'been oibtained to t'he rubbers. At a meeting o the Tennis and the Res-ue team de feated the Wiccroft team bv the score of 22-1 NEW CUMBEELAND Infant Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rob ert Briuton Dies Special Correspondence. New Cumberland, Dec. IG.- The] homo of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brin-ton, | Bridge street, was visited by death yes j terday, when their only daughter, Mary ! Elizabeth, aged !• months, passed away, j The ba'by took ill with pneumonia on Saturday. All that medical skill could | do was done to save the life of the j child, but without avail. The parents ' and three brothers survive, Ross,! Dewitt and Burnett. The funeral serv-1 ices \\ili be held at the home at 1.30 Thursday afternoon and will be con ducted by the Rev. J. V. Adams, pastor j of the M. E. church. Interment will bo j made at Mt, Olivet cemetery. K. 11 nl o, of Camp .M ill, was in Now j 'Cumlberland on business yesterday. Ilavvcy Kaufman, a son of Mrs. So phia Kaufman, Third street, is very ill with typhoid fever. Mrs. S. N. I'rowell attended a recital given by the Music Club at Camp ilil! | on Monday evening. Mrs. A. B. Spink, of Steelton, was the guest of Mrs. H. I). Eisenborger i yesterday. The directors of the Susquehanna, Woolen Company met yesterday after-! noon a.t the office of the mill and de- j dared a dividend. Cecil Kilheffer and Ray Lawrence, of, the U. S. S. Wyoming, are spending a : month's furlough with the former's! mother oil Second street. Mr. and Mrs. Jwhn Beneker spent Sunday with Mr. Wolf's family a>t Cur lisle. Mrs. Booser and daifghtev, Evelyn, j of Marsh Run. are visiting Mr. and Mrs. George Hyler on Second street. j MILLERSTOWN Mrs. Bollinger Goes to Philadelphia to Visit Her Son Sp"f!al Correspondence Millerstown, Dec. 16. — Mrs. Maryl Bollinger has gone to Philadelphia to J spend the winter with her son, Howard} Rice, and family. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Ulsh were in l Harrisburg Saturday, doing Christmas shopping. Mrs. Margaret Snyder is visiting her son, W. S. Snyder, and family in Har risburg. Mrs. .lames Rounsley and daughter, Miss Edith Rounsley, were visitors in Harrisburg on Tuesday. Mrs. Morton Page was a recent vis itor in Newport. Many American women tourists in timate the>y were treated even worse nlbroad than at the New York customs house. The small boy in this country will hail the European war as a great 'bless ing if it makes the price of castor oil prohibitive. BKI'MBAI (ill WAS NOT THKIIK Republican Leaders Did Not Invite Him to Conference of Legislation (Special to llie Star-lnilepciirlint.) Philadelphia, Dec. I(>.—When the Republican bosses, Penrose, McNichol and \ are, were framing a legislative program on Monday, Governor-elect Martin <>. Brumbaugh was not called into the conference, nor did he know thai any such conference was taking place. Hi' was disregarded as much as the 48 other State Senators ami the whole body id' the State House of Rep resentatives'. He said yesterday ho know nothing of the conference until he read about it in the papers. Dr. Brumbaugh refused to comment upon the agreements reached by the leaders. He said that his attitude II|H>U all the proposed legislation was defined in his platform, and would be more deii nitely set forth in his inaugural ad dress. The Cover.lor-elect received many callers yesterday, among them City So licitor Michael J. Rvan, whose vi.-it was regarded as significant until it was dis covered that Mr. Ryan was -imply one of a committee which avked Dr. Brum baugh to be the guest -of honor al tho St. Patrick's Day 'banquet, next March. GRAFT CASES.END IN COURT Are Dropped as Impractical on Prose cutor's Suggestion Reading, Dec. Iti.— la court yester day afternoon verdicts of not guilty were taken, by direction of the Dis trict Attorney, in t lie cases against Andrew .1. I'Memniing and .lames M. CmiMiiin g'S. former Coiiurilnien, and former City Clerk L. S. Ramsey, all charged with graft in connection with City Hall contracts over a year ago. The trial of two previous crail't eases had resulted in acquittal of used official*. A Trick of Oratory Victor Murdock says that t'he best advice lie ever received in regard to ptblic speaking was from a hack dri ver. Alter making one of his maiden speeches in Kansas he was being driv en to the railway station by the polite liveryman. "Like the speech " asked Victor. "Yeh," answered the driver, "only you'd get more hand claps if you'd al ways put the names at the last when you saw anything." Victor didn't understand, so the dri ver explained: "You spoke of Henry lay and Grant and James C. Blaine and then went on to tell about what t hey did. Yon ought, to go over the things they did and then say, 'That's what was done by Clay and