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PICTURES OF WILL A RD-JOHN SON FIGHT, SHOWING SCENES JUST BEFORE KNOCKOUT OF NEGRO ~
26 TV ROUND- JUST &EFOf?E THE KNOCKOUT. PHOT ojg> BY NY, HE raid Co
( 23 » BOUND - JOHNSON TIRED, IS HOLDING ON.
Q PHOTO .Bf N Y. HtRALD CO,
Condition was the greatest factor in the recent h-avywelght cbamplonshipf
at between -Jess- WiUard. the new title holder, and "Jack"
Johnson. the defeated negro, as the above pictures, the first to he printed here,
will show. Reports that Johnson was fat. flabby and poorly trained, as was
stated previons to th* fight, are fully justified, as a glance at the negro will
pmre. Just how exhausted and Aiear unconsciousness was Johnson is shown'
In the pictures, wjiere his hands have been I-nvered. again where he is resting
relaxed, on Willards shoulder, and in the other [>ose, where he apparently is
standing, hopeless, waiting for his ultimate destruction. .Villard. In contrast
to the negro, exhibits no signs of Cis tress or worrinient. proving that be was
fit. mentally and physically, for this highest test in pugilism.
WILLARD DODGES CROWD
Heavyweight Champion Puts One Ove
on Fight Fans in Baltimore
Station
Baltimore, Ml., April 10.— Boca us
lio wanted to dodge some moving-pie
t;ire people, Jess Willard, the ne\
champion heavyweight of the work
also dodged a big mob of fight fans a
Union Station shortly before 5 o'cloc
yesterday afternoon. The Florida ~p«
< sal was more than two hours late, bu
this diil not deter the crow i, whic
gre.v iu numbers as the minutes spe<
bv. Finally when the train did pull i
r received an enthusiastic greetin
from the crowd.
The passengers came upstairs an
joined the crowd to watch the champio
•tep forth. They had no other altet
native, for they found thcniselvc
hemmed in <tn all sides bv a veiling mo
of fiaht fans.
Thu last man came up the stairs an
still uo \\ illard. Then slowly, but sur<
l.v, the fact dawne 1 upon the waitin.
nob that the new champion had pu
tae 'iver ou them. He had walkel ba.l
and gone up the St. Paul street step
where his party quickly jumped in:
waiting autos and were whisked dowi
to the Belvedere.
Willarj i-arries his laurels iightlv
lie i< cheerful and looks forward wit!
1 lea -HI re to his platform engagements
IjHst uight Willard gave an exhibitioi
at the Lyric, which was jammed.
CUPS FOE HIGH SOHOOL MEET
Three Trophies in Addition to Shield
to Be Given This Year
Entry blanks for the ninth annual
fnterscholastic meet to be held on the
Island Park grounds. Mav 22. will b«
sent next week to JOO High schoote in
the State.
"The Harrisburg Track Athletic com
mittee which met last evening decid
ed to have :h addition to a new saield
which will be competed for for five
years, three cups to go to the teams
finishing first, second and third. The
usual medals will go to the athletes.
Tennis at Academy
Lawrence W. Ph : pps, a member ol
the faculty of the Harrisburg Acade
my, will manage that school's tenni:
tournament this season, according to at
announcement yesterday by He'admas
ter Brown. Trophies will 'be awardec
the winners at tennis.
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AMATEUR BASEBALL
fhe Camp Hill Fire Company has or
, L'anized a baseball team for the cominy
season. Games can be scheduled by
i writing to the baseoali manager at the
1 lire house.
James Costello 132 North Thir
teenth street, has been elected manager
oi the novvly-organized Rosewood A.
He is anxious to arrauge a schedule
with last amateut ieaisis.
K. Kelly, 623 Reily street, manager
of the Boas Street Tigers, wants games
»vith teams whose players average from
i 15 to 17 years of age.
The Knola Country Club team met
this afternoon for practice in prepara
tion for the first game on April 15 with
the Harrisburg Academy team.
The Citizen Fire Company, of Har
risburg, has organized a baseball team
to play other tire company teams in
the city. Initial practice was held this
afternoon on Island Park grounds.
Georjie Laurence had been elected man
ager. •
RIOKAKD A MILLIONAIRE
Jeffries-Johnson Fight Promoter Makes
Fortune in South America
New York. April 10. —Tex diickard,
who promote.! the Johnson Jeffries tight
in Reno, arrived from -South America
yesterday on the steamer Verdi, a mil
lionaire.
After the Reno fight Rickard went
to Paraguay and invested his money
in a cattle ranch and rapidly grew
wealthy.
TECH PLAYS TO-DAY
High School Team Meets New Bloom
field Academy Nine
The Technical High school baseball
team opened this afternoon with the
New Bloomfield Academy team at New
Bleomiield. The following plavers
took the trip at i.oo o'clock this morn
ing:
Manager Meaeh, catcher; Reiff and
Challenger, pitchers; Lescure, first
base; Biugaman. first base and sub.
catcher; Steward, shortstop; M. Weav
er, second base; Andrews, third base;
Kutz, first base and fielder; Mell, left
field; Heagy* center field, and one of
the pitchers in right field.
Central Girls to Play To-night
The Central High school girls' five
will closo its season this evening with
the Sun bury High school tossers in the
Chestnut street auditorium. The scrub
team will meet the Covenant Girls'
team.
Relay Trials at Academy
RWav trials wer e held by the Har
risburg Academy team on fhe Academy
athletic field this afternoon uuder the
direction of Coach Smith. A team will
be sent to the Penn relays and the
quarter milers are working bard for a
place on the team. >
IfARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, SATURDAY EVENING. APRIL 10, 1915
FEDS OPEN SEASON TO-DAY
President Gilmore Says Teams Have
Been Strengthened As He Starts
For First Game
Chicago, April 10.—Predicting a
prosperous season, "the best so far,"
President James A. Gilmore left last
night for Kansas City, where tp-day
he will watch the opening game of the
Federal League campaign. Reports re
ceived at the league headquarters here
were that fair weath«r and big crowds
were expected at the openings at Chi
cago, where St. Louis plays; at Kan
sas City with Pittsburgh at Baltimore,
where the team that won the pennant
for Indiana[>olis will represent New
ark. and at Brooklyn where Buffalo
opens.
Most of the Federal League teams,
their managers assort, have improved
greatly over last year. St. Louis espe
cially. President Gilmore says has in
creased in strength. Manager Fielder
Jones having gathered a squad of vet
erans. including Charley Deal, who was
a factor in the Boston Nationals win
ning the world's championship. A
strong infield is the chief reliance of
the Pittsburgh team, but reports from
Kansas City are not optmistic.
The Newark club's loss of Benny
Kauff. the league's champion batter,
was recorded at headquarters as i
Brooklyn's gain, and the addition of]
Jack Dalton, one of the National's '
strong hittprp last year, should help \
the offensive strength of Buffalo, it is j
said. In all departments Manager !
Tinker claims to have helped the Chi- 1
ago squad. Iu Jiminie Smith he says |
he has a shortstop whose excellence i
may result in the manager adopting a i
utility role.
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Honey and Tar Compound, for coughs, I
colds and croup; Foley Kidney Pills, for
pain in sides and . back, rheumatism,
backache, kiduey and bladder ailments;
and Foley Cathartie Tablets, a whole
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thartic, especially comforting to stout
persons. Geo. A. Gorgas, 16 North
Third street.—Adv.
Forest Fire Threatens Colliery
Tamaqua, Pa., April " o.—ln order
that a forest fire, near No. 14 colliery,
would not destroy the structure, the
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
put a force of men at work to subdue
the flames.
Scratch Causes Child's Death
Mahanoy City, Pa., April 10.—After
suffering great agony, 9 year-old Annie
Straiginskv died at the State hospital
at Fountain Springs from lockjaw. The
child scratched her leg slightly with a
piece of ton, and tetanus developed.
yj ALPHAS \V[X TOI RNAMKNT
Bowling in Casino League Closes Witl
e Monarchs' Victory
I The Casino Bowling League close
I last night with ;t victory for the Mon
nr.-hs over the Colonials by SS pins
The A 1 j has took tin- pennant, having
: been in the lead since enrlv in the sea
1 i son.
Atticks had both high scores in tht
t final match, rolling for a high gams
niark of 254 and a match total of 076
, j The match total made his sixteenth
. ! score for better than 600 this season
, -The score.
, i MONARCHS
. : Bentz ISO i 92 191— 563
. George ... 174 169 167 509
'Senior ... 146 192 123 461
: ! Ford 134 148 188— 470
. j Atticks ... 1S 9 254 233 676
Totals . . 823 954 902 —2679
I COLONIALS
' Jaeoby ... IS4 159 180— 523
Kruger ... 157 142 152 — 451
; Kozei 162 IS9 193 544
i Eisenhart . 202 157 155 514
I Black .... 198 156_ 205 559
j Totals . . 903 803 885—2i91
! Final Standing of the Teams
W. L. Pet.
Alphas 43 32 .573
Orpheums 40-35 .533
I Senators 39 36 .520
; Monarchs 37 38 .4 93
j Nationals 36 39 .4SO
| Colonials 30 45 .400
HOLD-UP MAN IN HOME
i Foiled in Demand for jff.OOO From a
Montgomery Manufacturer
Montgomery. Pa., April 10.—Stating
that -he had an important business prop
osition to present, a well-dressed
stranger asked for a 'private interview
with William Decker, a wealthy manu
facturer, at his home, and. after enter
ing the library, drew a revolver and de
manded SI,OOO.
"I haven't that much money in the
house, but I'll give you what I have
in there, said '.Mr. Decker, pointing
to a desk in an adjoining room. He was
ordered to open the desk and get the
money, the holdup man standing guard
at a door.
Decker made a dash through a side
door into the hall and got a revolver.
When he returned the holdup man had
disappeared.
WESTERN PACIFIC PURCHASE
Sale of Railroad Property to California
Under Consideration
Sacramento, Cal., April 10.—A con
ference on the proposed purchase by
the State of the Western Pacific rail
road, now in receivership, was held in
the office of Governor Hiram W. John
son. Those present were Rudolph
Spreckels and Charles 8. Wheeler, who
made the original suggestion to Gov
ernor Johnson a few weeks ago: Lieu
tenant Governor John Eqhleman, John
F. Neylan and Clyde L. Seavey. of the
State Board of Control, and John F.
Bowie, a San Francisco attorney.
"All there is to say is that we were
considering the matter and when our
study is completed a statement will be
made," was the only comment made
by Governor Johnson.
Old Man Hastens Death
Burlington, N. J., April 10.—Impa
tient for death, which physicians had
said would end his sufferings within a
week, Lambert Pierson, 70 years old,
A former resident of Conshohocken, Pa.,
ended his life at the New Jersey Ma
sonic Home, near Burlington, by gash
ing the arteries in his wrists with a
safety razor blade. •
Six Hurt in Edison Plant
New York. April 10.—By an explo
sion of gas in >he storage battery plant
of the Thomas A. Edison electrical
works at West Orange, N. J., yesterday
six employes were injured. The explo
sion occurred in the japanning depart
ment, where escaping gas ignited in
an oven. Many of the women employes
were so badly affeeted by the shock
that they bad to be sent bonte.
SERVICE AT ALMSHOUSE
Meade W. C. T. U. to Conduct Meeting
There Tomorrow
A s ecial service will be held at the
Dauphin conntv almshouse to-morrow
it'teruoon at 3.H0 o'clock under the au
* pices of tiie Meade W. C. T. U. All
uembeis who attend are requested to
Meet at Thirteenth and Market streets
u order to take the 3.15 car. Members
ire also requested to bring their Stuugh
long books. The following program will
>e rendered:
Siug.ng, congregation; prayer, Mrs.
singing, congregation; Scrip
lire reading, Mrs. Obordeer; solo, Dor
»thv I'rich; recitation, Alice Pickell;
iuet, Mrs. Grillis and Edna Balsbaugh;
•ecitation, four little girls; "Beside the
Poor House Lane. Miss Mary Kumber;
jiolin sqJo, Blanche Kitzmiiler; duet, j
Mrs. lirilns and Edna Balsbaugh; ad
iress, the Kev. Mr. Bangen, pastor of
Park Street t . E. church; singing con
jregatiou; recitation, Mrs. Merkle.
IT WAS A "JIM" POEM
But That Was Not the Only Reason
Why Riley Liked It
James Whiteomb Riley and Joel
handler Harris figure in-a story told
Jv a writer in the New York "Sun."
I hey had sought rest -ind recuperation
n a hotel among the southern mouu
ains and wished to avoid the attempts
if the other guests to lionize them.
Much against their wills, however,!
:hev were constrained to appear at a !
'reading" from tho'r own works, aft !
?r having beer, routed from a secluded I
spot i u the woods to which thev had 1
retired.
A young elecolutionist had the center
)f the stage when they got to t.he hotel.!
She led off bv announcing a poem bv 1
Mr. Riley. Sho recited it. it was I
ibout somebody named Jim. Riley !
looked impressed.
"Would you mind," he said when l
she had tinished, "reciting that j
igain?"
She did r,ot mind, and went at it. !
Riley wiped a tear away as she tinished. j
Then he said, "Please recite it again, j
if you will."
She did it the thi.-d time, and Biley ]
was even more affected.
"Do you know " he said, after she
had ended, "f lik J that poem. It's a
Jim poem. I always like Jini poems.
My own name is Jim. 1 always read
Jim poems. I have written several
Jim poems myself. But do you know ,
why I like this Jim poem better than "
any other?"
The young woman eagerly asked '
why. The assembled guests leaned for- '
ward breathlessly to hear the answer.
"I like it," said Riley, "because it "
always reminds me of my dear old
friend, Eugene Field. Eugene Field is
the man who wrote that poem, yon
know! "
Missing Man's Body Pound in River
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., April 10.—The
body of a man found in the Susquehan
na river at Danville has been identified
as that of Louis Benedict, aged 63
years, who mysteriously disappeared
from his home on the outskirts of the
eitv three weeks ago.
Barber Has Real Silvery Laugh
Mahanoy City, April 10.—William
Jones, an apprentice barber here, has
a 50-cdnt piece somewhere in his sys
tem, and thns far has suffered no incon
venience, although under a doctor's
care. Jones swallowed the money while
laughing at a story.
Jumps Off Train to Death
Reading, April 10.—Jumping off a
coal train on the Belt Line of the Head
ing railway at Birdsboro, near Reading,
yesterday, jn unknown illegal car rider,
about 30 years old, landed in front of
the Philadelphia express and was
gronnd to piece*.
Sleepy Sermons
"Some nien preach," said Sydney
Smith, "as if they thought sin is'to be
taken out of a man as Eve was taken
out of Adam, by casting him into ia
profound slumber." -
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25 Tt< ROUND-JOHNSON SO EXHAUSTED HE CAN HARDLV .
HOLD HANDS UP PHOTO <£) lirn.Y HE*AU> fo>
HUM. SISTER OF IHQSES,
EPWOfiTfl LEAGUE TOPIC
Homer Black, of Y. M. C. A., Will Ad
dress Young People at Grace Church
—Speakers for Other Local Socie
ties Announced
The Epworth League topic for to
morrow, "A Singer With a Cousecrated
\ oice," brings into prominence as the
singer referred to, Miriam, the propuci
ess, the sister of Moses, and While some
of the leagues will confine their talks
lo a discussion of the life and influence I
of this prophetess, other of the leagues I
will mnite their ineetijg a service of
song, while still others will fall into!
I line with the idea of observing to-iuor-!
1 row as local option day.
I At the service of the Curtin Heights |
League at 6.30 p. m., Miss Estellc Hut- 1
ler, the director of the Curtin iieiglits I
church choir, will be the leader. MissJ
liutler is herself a talent musician with
a beautiful contralto voice, and she is
planning some musical features for her
service. Attendance last Sunday was
forty-six.
: At Lpwortli Church League, Miss
I Margaret Kilson will di-ect the serv
ice. This league had no evening serv
ice last Sunday, having instead a sun-1
rise prayer service which thirty-six of i
their vouug people attended,
j Fifth street league is interesting its'
■ other young people s organizations in '
league work, and to-morrow the Queen
| hsther Circle, a young women 's mis
! sionarv society, will liave the meeting
at 6.30 p. m. under its supervision. At
tendance last Sunday was* eighty-five.
At Grace church league, Homer!
'Black, the general secretary of the liar 1
risburg Young Men's Christian Asso
ciation, will talk. Local option will
come iu for a goodly share of the time
for general discussion. Attendance last '■
Sunday was seventy-five. I
■Ridge Avenue was one of the leagues :
that climbed tip the attendance ladder 1
last Sunday, having sixty-one present. '
Mrs. Hi la Johnson will direct the serv- <
ice. !
At Stevens Memorial, Carl Heefner '
will be the leader, and a great part of
the hour will be given over to a gen- j
eral discussion of the incidents in con- j
nection with the local option demon- I 1
stration ot last Tuesday. Mrs. Heefner.
the director of the church c"hoir, will '
sing a solo, and there will be a fifteen- '
minute song service at the beginning '
of the meeting. This league had ninetv- *
five present last Sunday and expects to t
go over the 100 mark to-morrow.
Mrs. R. W. Run\% n will be the leader
of St. Paul's League service at C.30 p.
m. to-morrow. Attendance last Sunday 1
was twenty-eight. ' (
A Constant Reminder f
"I notice you have stopped calling
your wife an angel."
hoi* that she wants a pair of wings for
her hat. Louisville Courier-Journal.
If you feel that you I
would like to spear one, H
pace around the nearest dis- I
pensary and get a Moroney fl
Army and Navy highball into I
your system. This whiskey is as
clean as a new ten-dollar bill right
off the press. Experts all along the
line have given it their official O.K.
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H whiskey of the universe and it
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WYOMING COUNTY NOW DRY
, I License Judges Refuse All Applications
l'j for Hotel Bars
| Towanda, Pa., April 10.—All of Wy
joining county yesterday went "dry''
" by order of Judge Terry and hia asso-
L ciates. Last year 10 licenses were
. I granted.
•Judge Terry's action increases the
number of "dry" counties in Penn
sylvania to 11. They are: Bedford,
j Forest, Greene, Huntingdon, Juniata,
Lawrence, Mifflin, Perry, Tioga, Veuan
' go and Wyoming.
Curb-climbing Auto Hits Girls
Pottsville, Pa., April 10.—Veering to
a\oid a collision with a truck, an auto-
I mobile driven by I>r. J. T. Friel inount
j ed a Centre street curbstone and struck
| Miss Anna Mover, of this city, and
i Miss Anna Carr of Schuylkill Haven,
j who were hurled to the ground, the for
mer sustaining a fractured ankle and
' other wounds, while her companion waa
| cut about the face.
First Lancaster Cattle Out
Quarryville, Fa., April 10.—Two
carloads of fat cattle were shipped yes
terday to Lewis Lyon, a Philadelphia
dealer. This was the first shipment of
fat cattle sincr the quarantine for foot
and mouth disease was placed on this
count v.
"
Man Thought Dead Writes Sister
j Heading. Pa., April 10.—Aftor be
ing given up for dead, George W.
Klump, whe left Reading almost 20
years ago, wrote to his sister, Miss
Catharine Klump, of this city, that ha
will visit her in the near future. Tho
letter was postmarked Huntingdon,
! Pat., hut gave no other definite infor
mation.
Old Mine to Be Reopened
Hazleton, Pn„ April 10.—Flooded
since 1899, although rich with virtual
ly untouched veins of anthracite coal,
! Stockton mines, which arc one mila
from Hazleton, will be thrown open to
operation aguin. The new tunnel to be
driven from Hazleton to Butler Valley
will tap the water in the Stockton
workings.
Rob Freight Train in Yard
Shamokin, Pa., April 10.—A gang
broke into cars of a Reading fast
freight as the train was being inspect
ed in the local yards yesterday morn
ing. A car inspector discovered the
thieves. The crew was notified and a
number of shots were exchanged before
the thieves disappeared.
Veterans Hold Parade at Shamokin
•Shamokin, Pa., April 10.—The fif
tieth anniversary of the surrender of
General Lee to * T . S. Grant, was cele
brated here last evening by Lincoln
Post No. 140, Grand Army of the Re
public, assisted by the Sons of Veterans
and other patriotic societies. Following
a street parade, the veterans and their
friends assembled at the G. A. R. opera
house 'building, where a eampfire waa
'held.