8 NEWS OF THE SPORTING WORLD FAST BASKETBALL ACAIN IS ASSURED HARK Independents Will Play the Beet In Basketball in Chestnut Street Audi tori am Next Season—Local Sup port Gratifying to Management Harrisburg will not want for good basketball again uext season, the plans of the management of the Harrisburg Independents to continue the game in the Chestnut street auditorium next seasou being announced during the last gume Saturday night wirh the Vincome team, of Philadelphia. Good basketball has been furnished Harrisburg fans from the start of the Independents' season. They started out to bring all of the Eastern League terms here during the season and that poliev was carried out. although the lo cals lost money iu one or two instance* in playing mid-week games when the Kay tern Leaguers could not come to Harrisburg o". Saturday*. There was a lot of local pride back of the team, because all of the players ■were Harrtsburgers. This stimulated interest in the fortunes of the game to such an extent 'hat there .ire scores of basketb-»'. fans in Harrisburg now who never saw a game before the In dependents opened. The management was encouraged from the start by the support giveu them by the local far.* and :t made passible the scheduling of good attractions. There will he 110 ehaßvre in the pol icy back of the team a«* season, the best that is in basket fia'l « none too good for Harrisbuig and when the foot ball season draws toward a close next fall the fans will be able to enjoy good basketball. JOHNSON AND BALL SILENT Befnse to Discuss Reported Sale of St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis. .V>ril 5.—8. B. Johnson, of the National Baseball Cotmnis* or., and I'hilip Ball, vice pres dent of the St. Louis Federal League Baseball C!ab. last night refused to confirm re;\ir:s That they considered the sale of the St. 'Louis National League ■ v.tb to Mr. Ball • t a conference 8a irday n-c'at. '"lt was an accidental meeting." said Mr. ••We dismissed things in genera', but no <;;s!Bess was trans acted. '' The conference was held in a res taurant and. while several other persous ■were present when tt opened, Johnson and Bail iield most of tueir conversation in private. fW»' I HOTEL WOODWARD | .-YZu GCrA., Bj 5 R v>w* »■»(,*• tad vrrmfitti it M » ■ ***' IT .if wla> R ■ y nt iw M«T -*»cfc «f *». y § J -alty**d iiiooM «*<» l «*»•»■<'■<» a B ■ 4r*attV •••t-*. 1 F-t»» BJ? ■ *nMT''nii «»•»»»► JJ f ■ «•»•»» «M« Iftd r»» -ff %' W* is K ■ njt tv*atT jj h I t /»"• (?>«»* Oatr*' t>rr» «» ■ V | 1 It.'vMfwa* -a-a iW ra» H £ RATES j I crtri lani bath tr»m 11 1* II fi I I With hath from *i afnrtr I B I ■ « Ifh hatk. fr»m US >l»ahl. I H J I ' °- L 2_ aR " N L B Q 3 In the Center of ETerythinf p 5 WALTON HOTEL CO. | k"^vvv^. r Nmv | eCHICHESTERSPILLS "fiR. f ,V, fJrZrni •Ultra ■>!> o piiilwu r«w M aw. SUM. ntufßßUifitsisßawai tnistttilr to Ba'.sam lnj«ct-ors,acd V sa-< diiuut rttt ant iacsnrtßitact Sold if mil drmvptiij. mcT**+( tA 1 ASK FOR-* Lancaster's Favorite Brew RIEKER'S BEER JNO. G. WALL, Agt. Harrisburg, Pa. Frank J. Rieker, Mgr. DETAILS OF TO-DAY'S EIGHT Contestants—Champion Jack John ! son. of Texas, and Jess Willard, of i Kansas. Place—Oriental Race Track, Mari anao. ten miles from Havana, Cuba- Number of Round*—Fortv-dve. Purse—Value not given; Johnson. it is said, will receive $31,000, includ ing expenses, and Willard, 110,000. Siio of Ring—Nineteen feet. Time of Entering Ring —l2.3o p. m. i Harrisburg time. 1 p. m). Referee —Jack Welch. ! Alternate Referee—Matt Henkel. Stakeholder —-Bob Vernon. Weights—Johnson. 235; Willard. 242 (approximately). Ages-—Johnson, 3S; Willard. 2S. Heights— Johnson, 6 feet 1-3 inch; Willard. 6 feet 6 inches. I Reches—Johnson, 73 1-4 inches; Willard. S3 1-4 inches. History of the Pugilists JACK JOHNSON. Born in Galveston. Tex., March 31, i IS7S. Son of Southern slaves. Knocked out only once iu his life. Joe Choyinski turning that trick in February. 1001. Has participated in 77 fights. Won the championship from Tommy Burns iu 14 rounds, at Sydney. Au stralia. in 190 S. Knocked out Jim Jeffrie* in 15 rounds, at Reno, New. in 1910. Largest purse fought for. SIOI,OOO, with Jef ' fries. Johnson received 60 per cent., $60,000; a bonus of SIO,OOO, and $50,- 000 for the picture privileges. Total. $170,000. JESS WILLARD Born in Pottawatomie county. Kan., December 29. ISS7. Father, a ranchman —a native of Ohio; mother from Kentucky. Is the youngest of three brothers; , no svsters. First fight at Sapulpa. Okla.. in 1911. j Broke bronchos until he became too! heavy. Never had a bloody nose, never' knocked down, never groggy from | punch. Never dratik. chewed nor j smoked. Best Fights—No-decision bouts with Arthur Peiky. 10 rounds; Luther. McCarthy, 10 rounds; Car! Mprris. 101 round*: knocke i out Soldier Kearns, S rounds. Stroh to Manage Chambers burg George Stroh. utility catcher of the Harrisbtirg Tri-State team for a nnm- ! i ber of seasons, was elected playing man ager of the Chambersburg team in the Blue Ridge League. Stroh managed the, Johnstown team when it was rop resent i e-l iu the Tri-State. Bolen Accepts Challenge Martin, defeated by Charles Bolen in a challenge live bird shoot, has accepted I the tormer challenge to a ten-bird shoot j to be held Saturday. The men posted j SSO to carry out the r.iies lai 1 down' for this contest and the loser will pay ! the expenses of the shoot. Lemoyne Players Out Saturday Candidates for the Lemoyne baseball nine will get a trvout Saturday after noon a; 2 o'clock. A meeting will bo _ iiel i Friday evening to perfect plans for the season. Cloyd Crowl ha* been elected vice president of the club and Paul Fetrow official scorer for the sea-■ son. White to Manage Steelton t lint ft hite, third baseman and man- . ager of last year's Highspire Central; Pennsylvania League team, has been -igned to direct the Steelton club in that league this season. White is one • of the best known ball players in this' -ection. He got his experience on the • C iumbia nine several years ago. Atticks Leading Casino League Atti.'ks. of the Monarch?, is still at j toe head of the Casino League with a ' ■omfortable margin over his nearest competitor Montgomery, of the Sena tor:-. Atticks ha> rolled for an aver- j age of 200 in sixty-nine games. Mont gomery has been in seventy-five games . and has rolled for an average of 194. | Sets World's Motorcycle Record By Ass-JdatPr-:ss, enice, Cal.. April 5. —By winning' the 300-mile Venice grand prix motor-, cycle race yesterday, Otto Walker, of j Oakland, established what is said to be a world record of 6S aad 97-100 miles j an hour average for the distance trav-1 eied. His time was 4 hours. 24 min-' utes. 17 1-.) seconds. The track was a three-mile macadam boulevard. M. E Club Loses to New Bloomfield The Methodist Club, of Harrisburg. lost to the New Bloomfield Academv Saturday afternoon at New Bloomfield by the score of 14 to 2. Cold weather, handicapped the players. Reeder' fanned nine of the local plavers. The j score: R. H. E.i New B fieid 103 0 1711 o—l40 —14 19 1 j Methodist 000000011 2 8 7' O. Reeder, Steel and L. Reeder. Bab- j cock; Waahinger and' Beach. DR.KLUGH, Specialist •■fcyalctaa ami Walnut *l, Harrtabnr*. Pa Ptaeaaea sf waaiea aad mem nrrtal private, aaerllc. aerroaa aad ekrnale rflaeaaea. General nark. Caaaal. j latloa free aad toaUratlal. Medlela* (orolabed. Work caaraateed. Charge* Uiaderate. M jeara' experteae*. UR. KLI'GU, the aeH-kaaaa > pee la 11st HABRISBURO STAR-INDEPENDENT, MONT>AY KVEMTNft. APRIL 5. 1915. TRIM VINCOINES 33-32 mdap«(ulcnts Take Final Game of Sea son in, Extir Fire-minute Period of Play Handicapped by the abseuce of their star forward aad foul shooter, McCord, it took the Indepeudeuts au extra live minutes on Saturday evening to tie the can to the Vincome team, of Philadel phia, in the Chestnut street auditorium uy the score of oo to 32. Ford, sub stituting at the 15 foot mark, did fair ly well, but he starred at his new job at forward by scoriug six goals from the tield. It was the tiunl game of the season. When the final whistle blew the teams wore tied up at 30-30 and Ford made the three )>oints, two from a bril liant field goal, and decided the contest iu favor of Harrisburg. Rote played a splendid game on the other forward. Zahn, Newman and Pike played good games for the visitors. The absence of McCord made the substitution of Ar thurs at guard for Ford, who was shift ed to forward, necessary, and he gave a good account of himself. The lineup- INDEPENDENTS ! G. F.G. A. Pts. Hote. forward 5 0 2 10 Ford, forward 6 7 2 19 ; Geiael. center 1 0 0 2 Arthurs, guard I 0 0 2 I McCounell, guard .... 0 0 2 0 Totals 13 T 6 33 V INCOME I G. F.G. A. Pts. McXnme, forward ..201 I I'ike. forward 3 0 2 t» Longstreet. enter ... 0 0 0 0 Zahn, guard G 10 0 22 Newman, guard 0 0 2 0 Totals 11 10 5 32 I Referee. Early. Timer, Klineline. Scorer. Smith. Time of halves. 20 inin ; utes; one 5-minute period. LOS ANGELES AFTER GAMES California City Would Like to Enter tain Olympic Athletes Los Angeles. April s.—Los AngWes is the latest city to shy its hat in the ring for rhe Olympic games in 1916. | It is generally believed now rhat Berlin will abandon any attempt to hold the world's greatest athletic meet, and it seems obvious that the eoutests should be held in a neutral country. Los Angeles claims rhat it could fur uish practically as large attendance as ertSier Philadei- hia or Now York. The opening of the Panama canal has brought Southern California in touch with European countries by boat, so that distance would not figure ma terially. N. B. A. TOURNEY OPENS Canadian Bowlers to Open This Even ing in Grand Central Palace By .•Issoeiflfcii Press. New York, April 5. —Canadian bowl ers will open the tournament of the Na tional Bowling Association in the Grand Central Palace to-night. There will l>e steady bowling day and night for two weeks, the fowlers competing iu squads on six alleys. Three five men teams from Montreal will bowl to night against three teams from this city and Newark, N. J. The two-men team events will start to-morrow. Cash prize* aggregating more than $5,000 and IS gold metals will bo awarded. Representatives of all sec tions of this country and Canada are among the entries. BASEBALL FOR CHINESE Government Finances American-born Team on Tour Honolulu, April s.—Under the pat rouage of the Chinese government and with the personal assistance of Wu- Ting-Fang. former Chinese Minister to the I'nited States, a baseball team of i American-born Chinese is on its way i to-day on the steamer Mongolia for Shanghai by wav of the Philippines and ; -lapr.n. Their expenses while in China will be met by the Chinese government. The team will tour the principal cities ->f the interior with the object of in troducing; American athletics for the physical improvement of the vouth of China. No Game at West Point est Point, X. V.. April s.—Snow Saturday caused a cancelation of the Army-Dickinson baseball game. Fire Company Beats High School In a practice game Saturday the Camp Hill Tire Com piny defeated the Camp Hi i i High school by the score of 9 to The losers will open their sea son w:th the Harrid A. C. on April 17. McCord Plays in Raleigh "Ike'' McCord. captain and for ward of The Harrisburg Independents, has joined ,- Earl Mark's Raleigh, X. team and will cover shortstop this season. McCord played third base las>t season and made an enviable record. Connie Hack has his eve on tihe loeal player and will haul him up to Philadel phia as soon as he shows he can aid the Athletics. Justice and Docket Clerk Drops Dead Pottsville, Pa.. April s.—Joseph Bendrick. county docket clerk and jus tice of the peace at Xew Philadelphia, dropped dead at his home at the latter place last evening. He was 41 years of age and apparently in the best of health. He was an accomplished lin guist. speaking fluently seven languages. WaJ / 1 ii'UHua BASEBALL AT IHIKINSOX Promises of Strong 'Varsity Team Con sldered Bright Carlisle, Pa., April s.—The Dickin son College baseball candidates put in a lot of lulrd work the past week, and in response to Coach Oyler's orders did not go home for their Easter vacation.' Among those who stayed at the college during the holidays were Captain Tot ter, Evans, Scribner, Goldstein. Wal ters, Moose, Wilson, Ingram and Mower. Coach Oyler is giving the candidates plenty of hard work and has thorough ly tried them out for the various posi tions. At the present time it looks as if the following players had first call for 'varsity honors, but the lineup is : likely to be changed at any time, and j the men will have to keep on the jump ! throughout the entire season. The Red anil White's batting order this season will probably be: Evans, left field; Scribner. center field; Moose, second or third base: Goldstein, catcher; Walters, shortstop; Wilson right field; Potter, first base: Spoug o: Spitrnaus, pitcher, with Ingram, Mower, Vaughn and II oil ! iter as reserve pitchers. The outfield will be practically the same as hist season, except that Evans ' will play regularly in left field, where he substituted last year, and Wilson | shifted to right field. Moose has been brought in from the field and will likely i play third. If Captain Potter decides to do any pitching Spitr.msus will be placed on first, while Spong will hold 1 down second. Walters, although inex perienced. shows much ability and. it is thought, will make good at short. C. V. NEWS CEN'SORKD PREACHER TO SI E Will Prorecute State Health Commis sioner For Arrest at Mont Alto Chambersburg. April 5. —The Rev. William M. Solegman said last night he would prosecute Commissioner of Health l>r. Samuel G. Dixon, by wluwe order he was- prevented from holding religious services in the chapel at the White Pine Sanatorium at Mont Alto yesterday afternoon. The minister says he was served with a notice, Saturday not to hold services. He came to Chambersburg Sunday, consulted an attorney and returned to the sana torium in an automobile, whore 150 of his congregation stood waiting out side the chapel to attend the Easter and quarterly communion service. He was taken into custody by two State guards, taken to the oftice of Dr. Fred C. Johnson, the medical di rector, and told that he would not be permitted to open the chapel. At Harrisburg last Tuesday, in a j personal interview with Dr. Dixon, the preacher said, the Commissioner of j Health advised him his sermons were I not beneficial to the State wards. Mr. , Selegman declared last night that the Interdenominational Board stands back . of him in the prosecution of the Com- j missioner of Health. The preacher is a graduate of the Gettysburg Theological Seminary. i New Switch Board in Service Chambersburg, April s.—The new switch board of the Bell Telephone Company was "cut-over" Saturday afternoon at 2 o 'clock. The new board , is located on the second floor of the old postoffice building. Among those who assisted iu the "cut-over" were H. B. Porter, plant superintendent, Harrisburg: H. F. j Hope, plant supervisor, Harrisburg: J. j T. Harris, traffic superintendent. Har- * risburg; W. H. Dean, traffic superin tendent, Harrisburg; G. R. Keitn, plant chief, Chambersburg; J. A. Smith, wire chief, Chambersburg; J. | R. Learv. engineer, Harrisburg; B. H. overpeck, local manager. Motorize Fire Apparatus Waynesboro, April 3.—The board of trade, at its regular monthly nieet ' ing. appointed Dr. Joseph Enniss, Dr. D. B. Snively and J. H. Stouer, a com mittee to act in conjunction with a similar committee from town council to deal with the question of motoriz ing the fire department. It also gave its endorsement to the "clean-up day" proposed by the Civic Club and decided to serve a lunch at the annual meeting of the board of trade to be held in the G. A. R. room Friday evening, April 16. To Oppose Dent Pardoning Carlisle, April 5. —Local oftu-ers are pre;KEV'S regulate* and W-.streegthem the seniitiTe organs and »ek«» I fc «Mcka Wh and drug. (>« a Pail or V :, A I Package and (ted it all the tine. / CONKETS STABTDK FOOT" R ha wonderful aid la getting; Harruourg ana Everywuert) SPRING TIME'SCENE j *» "'NIK V •' /; .- *\,, WOMOBII.ES AND fel ktVi CW» FICWnNO "thEHS. WW TV»ROUCH-SNOW BLOCKED QROAWfIV • ' Vou would scarcely recognlxc these accompanying pictures as gentle spring scenes In New York, yet the camera man lia.s very carefully depicted an actual spring morning in the big city. Just think of it. when every one in that own Is fully prepared for the geutle zephyrs of springtime, old Mr. Weatherman grabs hold of the wrong splggoi. mi* Instead of spring finer} winter fortificat ions are once more in evidence! How about the overworked |H>et and Hi* gentle »pring song? IOF INTEREST TO WOMEN AS SHOWN IN THE NEW YORK OPENINGS , Skirts of Wool, Silk or Organdy Scal loped at the Lower Edge New Modes in Collars New York, April 5. i All dresses are full short whether for j morning, afternoon, or evening wear. Collars are high in the back with some ! kiud of an opening in front. One dress of black taft'eta lias a collar high in the j back with a flaring white organdy col- I lar above: around the collar and tying | in a bow in front is a piece of black | ribbon, giving the collar an old-time stock appearance. Below the ribbon bow is an open V, where the bare neck i shows. Another rather military model I with a V-neck has-a collar high in the back and coming a little forward, where j it is caught by a loop of cord to a brass ; button on each side. Many skirts are finished with a slashed or scalloped lower edge, which is bound with the same or a contrasting material. One striking and practical dress which I have recently seen with this feature was of black voile over tat' feta, in a shade of plum verging outo old rose. The bodice of the dress had almost the appearance of a jacket. The voile was fitted plain over the silk and both were gathered together at the waistline, so it had the appearance of being a shadowy solid color. The collar A Simple Dress Developed In Striped Voile lined with the taffeta was high at the back, and on the sides were separate pieces, which looked like petals, to frame the face. The skirt of black voile hung independently of the silk underskirt, and was slashed around the bottom and bound with black voile ami piped with the tiniest edge of the silk. The underskirt was also slashed and bound of itself. A wide pleated girdle of the silk surrounded the waist, crossed in the back and tied loosely in the front. An important feature of this! dress was the sleeves, which were three- j quarter, and not full length. They were I a narrow bell shape and faced back j with the silk on the right side. For the summer dress mauy models of pongee are shown. One pongee dross was trimmed with royal blue embroid ery. | The bodice was of pongee with a pleated front of chiffon pxactlv the same shade. The collar was low and ex tended out to the shoulder-tips, scal loped in the front and embroidered in the blue. A frill of ecru lace edged the collar and extended down the front of the waist. The long, close-lltting sleeves were finished with narrow cuffs embroidered with the blue. The skirt was made with a yoke in front, and falling from the yoke was a pleated section, while at the sides the yoke aud skirt were in one. Another pongee dress made in semi- Princess style is trimmed down the front of the waist with braid in military style, and the edge of the opening of the waist, which extends to the waist line is finished with a rather large cord which knots loosely. A new style of collar which is taking f many people by storm is made of white ; linen. It is cut circular and placed on j a band around the neck at the height of j the "Adam's apple" and extends out to I the shoulder-tips, and in the more ex treme ones a bit beyond. The general effect of these collars is a trimness not unlike the Puritan collars which we see in old pictures. But, as some one said not long ago, "A dress may "look very much like the old styles, but rest as sured there is something different about it." In this sale it is the V of bare neck which shows as the collar spreads awav from where it is fastened. With this collar are worn deep cuffs. Some times the material used fcr this collar and-cuffs set is of doubled linen, and again it is of single linen with frills of narrow embroidery or lace on the edge. They also often have insets of lace medallions. All kinds of checks—wide, narrow, irregular and wavering—are used in the spring and summer frocks. They are usually made up and down of the stripe, but there is fjuite a vogue this vear, for those who are slender enough to allow of it, to have the stripes made up run ning round and round. Again the up and down is used, but with trimmings of bands running all around. In my first illustration is a simple, trim frock made up in striked blue-and-white crepe. Each blue stripe is checked blue and white and through the white stripe are Hooks of heavier threads. The neat side closing of the waist corresponds with the side-closing on the skirt. The cnfTs and collar are of blue crepe which matches the blue in the stripe. Small cloth-covered buttons are used down the front of the waist in groups of four, and continue twice on the skirt. The sheer frocks with many frills and ruffles are particularly smart this season and have a revival from years gone by. Flowered organdies and" lawns make these charming dresses, as well as the plain white and colors. One very pretty white organdy which I >ikod had a skirt slashed up at the knee-length, about twelve inches apart all around the skirt. The bottom of the skirt and the slashes were edged around with a continuous three-inch ruffle of the organdy. These deep slashes and scallops are very airy and pretty. A strikingly pretty evening dress was designed by La Croix. The material used was greenish-yellow, called expo sition gold, grosgrain silk striped with a broad satin stripe and three narrow ones. The bodice was perfectly straight under thp arms and fitted loosely about the waist> the lower edge of the bodice was finished with a band of the silk with the stripes running around. The skirt was also straight hanging, with a wider band of the silk at the bottom. The sleeves and yoke of the waist are of black maline with a cape-like piece of maline lace fastened in the middle of the back and extending to the end of the long sleeves. The combination of black tulle and greenish yellow was striking and artistic. . My second illustration is of flowered voile. The skirt is ruffled at the bottom and.in the middle with two narrow ruf fles. The waist is quite simple with three-quarter bell sleeves. A vest and collar of white voile gives the dainty touch of white which adds so much to the dainty colors of the new materials. Girdles and belts which are to be 1 - ✓ 7 7 I ©Mlit All. \ y The New Frilled Frocks, in This In stance Developed in Voile worn with the spring frocks and suit# are both wide and narrow and many dresses have none at all, so for once these may be suited to the individual's taste. Wide pleated girdles are to bo seen on some dresses, ending with long sash-ends, which are crossed either back or front and tied loosely, and ribbon girdles are very popular. DR. I). W. JOHNSON'S LECTURE Explorer Will Explain the Wonders of Grand Canyon of Colorado The lecture Wednesday night in the Tec hnical !H igh sdhool auditorium toy Dr. Douglas W. Johnson, of Columbia, will be particularly attractive to those con templating a trip to the Pan-American Exposition. The sight-seeing public will stay in America this summer and hence there is unusual interest in our scenic attractions. The grand canyon of the Colorado is without a peer in the whole universe, and the Natural History- Society feels that not only tourists and naturalists should know of this great wonder of nature, but every patriotic citizen as well. The walls of this water-worn trench are often vertical, or nearly so, for a distance of 1,000 feet at a time; some times they slope steeply or constitute magnificent terrwes. The cliffs attain a height of from 4,000 to 7,000 feet above the stream. The canyon is so deep and narrow at places that little or no sun reaches the bottom at certain times of the year. The investigation ot the geologists have dispelled the theory once held that the grand canyon was a fracture of the earth's crust. It is now clear that a long period of erosion throught plateaus successively uplifted has produced this remarkable gorge. The sale of seats opened to-day ait Footer's, 34 North Third street. Veteran Columbia Merchant Dies Columbia. Pa , April 5. —Henry S. Grnybill, for forty years active in the mercantile life of Columbia, a veteran of the Civil war and a lieutenant of Company H. N. G. P., before the guard was reorganized, died here Saturday at the age of 70.