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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11
Football Shot to Pieces;
Tech Goes to Lebanon

Who said link? The old demon
Is sure after football. Tech was
scheduled to get away from town
at 1890 to-day for Lebanon. but
Friday does not promise much of a
crowd and consequently small re-
ceipts. Buddy" Lingle is laid up
in splints and Phillipelli is incapaci-
tated. but the team is strong, never
theless, and should come home with
the bacon.
At old Penn the beans were
spilled abruptly. BH:Enell beinc
called off by the University author
tiles at the request of the Board of
Health.
Football at Penn is very sad these
days. Boz Folwell, the coach, is
laid up with flu.
Alex Farmarkis IS still confined
to his room WITH the malady, while
Walt Rosenau, Harold Kammerer
and Bunny Lerch, all Varsity men.
are still out because of it. Added
to this lisr is Danny McNichol, the
stellar all-around player, and find of
the season. He has a bad cold and
Bill Hollenback refused to let him
go into action.
Joe Mitchell, the other wing of
Varsity caliDer, who has the call
over the other aspirants, was also
unable to take part in the after
noon's activities. He wrenched his
knee in Wednesdays workout and
stiff scrimmage. and was barely able
to get around yesterday. Upon the
heels of this comes the news that
Billy Moore, the giant right guard.
is an aspirant for Officers Training
Camp, and If he is successful in
getting the appointment will leave
college on Saturday.
These inroads upon the Red and
Blue squad leaves it merely shell
of what the opening of the season
found it. Within the past few
weeks, Folwell has lost no less than
ten first string players. The un-
settled state Of affairs at the Uni
versity as to being quartered, get
ting inducted, registering and fixing
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11

a schedule of classes makes it al
most impossible for the new men to
get out to practice regularly. AS a
result, many of the scrubs have put
in appearance several afternoons in
succession. Consequently, both Fol-
wei and Keogh have been unable to
get together a regular second string
eleven that could give the Varsity
a real scrimmage.
Another hard rub of these un-
settled student affairs is the lack of
opportunity to uncover new material.
No sooner does a man report to Fol-
we'll and is coached for a position,
he is unable to put in appearance for
another week or so. 1t is true that
those who have signified their inten-
ton of trying for the team may, If
they choose, have their afternoon
classes changed to the morning in
order to allow time for the gridiron
sport, but the red tape of draft
board induction papers, and other
necessary military and naval affairs
taxes their time so much that there
is little opportunity for the average
student to give to football.
w. & J.-Penn Game OF
State College, Oct. 10.-Pennsyl-
vania States athletic management
o-day Cancelled it's football game
scheduled for next Saturday with
Washington and Jefferson College.
Neil Fleming, the graduate manager,
said the cancellation was made so
that Penn State might fully comply
with the War Departments regula-
tons governing October games. The
State College authorities with the
approval of the military command
ant up to this time had planned to
meet W. & J. in the belief that the
game could be played, since the
players have not yet been inducted
into the s. A. T. c.. The induction
ceremony will not be performed
here for the student body until Oc-
tober IS. States management
waived that technicality, however, in
order to keep within the spirit OF
the governments ruling.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11
FOOTBALL WITH
MUFFLER ON
Greystock and West End Play
to an 1918 Tie With Ali
h Spectators Barred

For the first time in the history
of sports in Harrisburg. two football
teams played game yesterday with
out a. single spectator looking on.
A hundred or so enthusiasts, at
tracted by sight very uncommon
these days, crowded to the West End
field, Fourth and Seneca streets
when word spread that West End
was going to battle the Greystock
A. c., but when their hungry jaws
roared a welcome the footballists
closed up shop. Beat it," was the
command;' we're going to have a
game, but DR.. Raunick won't allow
any person to look on. Beat it."
Dazed and disappointed, the foot
ball rooters slowly meandered away
and the athletes went at it hammer
and tongs. Greystock was out
weighed ten pounds to the man, but
she put up such n stiff game that the
score was handtuffed, 1918. Grey
stock had the better teamwork and
it showed in the first half. which
closed with this team leading, 1910.
West Ends weight began to tell
then, and was aided mostly by Brun-
ner and Winchello. Brecker and
Hummel starred for the Greys. The
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11

The man who writes cricket and
football for the London Telegraph
made his first effort the other day to
report a baseball game twixt teams
of American soldiers Have laugh;
. yesterday in Hyde Park on a
ground given to them by the king,
two teams of American soldiers play
ed baseball match. and there sat
around and stood about many spec
tators-red-hot enthusiasts, merely
curious folk, and obvious novelty
hunters. General Biddle was present
and quite large gathering of we'll
known British sportsmen.
Sufficient food for the cinema haV-
ing been acquired, the players, one
side affecting red costumes and the
other blue, itched to start, and so.
with great humar the lord mayor
consented to pitch the first ball-an
exacting and scientific proceeding Tar
beyond the capacity of the average
Sir Charles that the ball fell short by
a yard or so. and the striker. In an
effort to swipe it, fell in heap,
Which was voted to be all to the
credit of the lord mayor.
Thereafter eighteen men, about as
fine physical specimens as one could
see, all on fire with keenness, masters
of repartee. gloriously Indifferent TO the
suseeptbilities OF the other tello%, w.
troduced all the delights of this Won
derful ball game.
"Musie;" strike Me Pink!
"Sheltering under the shade of ma
iestic tree, it's generous branches WV
idly green, was a little swarthy man
wearing flyers cap at a comically
rakish angle. BY his side was a
merry-eyed youngster. The two were
in the band of the camp followers
one had an accordion. all glittering
with gold and silver, the other beat
drum, tingled a triangle. and by the
manipulation of various and weird
contraptions, gave off ragtime of
genuine and unadulterated kind. The
real thing.
"And so one involuntarily began to
SWAY and to rock to lifting melodies.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11
FORMER HARRISBURG MAN
KILLED IN ACTION

First Lieutenant Robert A. Davis,
former Harrisburg bond salesman,
was killed in action on September
13, according to word just received
by his father, Robert j. Davis, of
712 North Fifth street, Reading,
from the War Department. Before
going abroad, Davis made his home
at the local Y. M. C. A. and in this
city acted as the Harrisburg repre-
sentative for Baker, Ayling & Young,
Boston and Philadelphia bankers.
He attended the officers training
camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ca, and
went overseas last April with the
Eleventh Infantry. Surviving Lieu
tenant Davis are his parents and a
sister, Mrs. II. S. Zimmerman, OF
pittsburgh. ,A
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11
''Strange and Rollicking, by Jove"
Was Baseball to Cricket Sharp

1t was all very strange and rollicking,
but it served as nothing else could
have done so well to bring the
stranger into the very heart OF base
ball, and to understand 1t. These
American soldiers, split up into rival
parties shouting with gusto. chiding
the striker poking fun at the pitcher,
and generally holding high revel. took
the many novices who looked on with
them through the phases of eighteen
innings of hustle.
"And it was agreed that the base
ball player enjoys a position of splen-
did isolation in the world of sport. He
is never still; his energy. his capacity
to shout and to make merry is in
exhaustible. So intent were the sides
on winning that 1t was easy to sup
pose that nothing else mattered but
victory.
My World "UnbrIdIed Admiration
EVERY incident was duly noted,
analyzed and given its proper place in
the game. Pitching done well called
forth unbridled admiration; pitching
done indifferently earned derision or
an uncompromising kind. There Is no
room for failures in baseball; every
man must be so keyed up that ne
makes only a minimum of howlers. In
one of the innings one of the strikers
was bawled at to hit out, which he
didn't. whereupon he earned How can
he hit it when he can't see itT
"a reason counted good enough by
everybody; cruel logic.
But if there is much of the harum-
scarum about baseball from the point
of view of those who have not lived in
it and played it. it has this virtue. 1t
demands that the player shall be no
Stacker. 1t is essentially a game Tor
fit men only, such men as those or the
American services undoubtedly are.
And this game yesterday, understood
as it must have been before 1t ended,
provided an index to the mind of the
American fighting man. the mind OF
the keen. serious man out to excel and.
above all, to succeed.
"The Blues. having the better strik-
ers, the best pitcher and the surest
f1elders, won by nine runs to three.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11

has held down a guard position on
the basketball team was elected
manager of the basketball team and
Clarence Lick was elected assistant
manager. Plans are under way 10
put a fast team on the iloor All OF
last years men are left and will
probably hold down their POSITIONS.
party in the gymnasium of the school
on October 81. Roy Schreadly was
elected chairman OF the decoration
committee. James Holahan chairman
of the finance committee and Harry.
Long chairman of the amusement
committee. Those present at meeting
We're: Grafton Kerbs, Lester EarP
Wilbuc Meek, John Schrsadly. Leroy
Schreadly, Clarence Lick, Herman
Langherty, Frank Fetrow, Harry
Long and James Holahan.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11

State College, Pa, Oct. 11.-Par-
ticipation in some form of outdoor
sport is now required of the 1900
members of the Students Army
Training Corps at the Pennsylvania
state College. Massed athletics, long
la pet theory of physical education
experts, but with few instances of
practical application, this week took
concrete form at Penn State when
the military authorities compelled
each student-soldier to select his
favorite sport for daily exercise.
Taking the S. A. T. c. asa work
ing vasis, competing teams have
been organized in each military
company. They are now swarming
over the campus in preliminary
practice for contests with rival COM
lpany teams.
The physical education depart
iment of the college, which is CO.
Operating with the military author
titles, prepared a list of ten elective
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11
Hark! Ghosts to Walk at
Tarsus Halloween Party

The Tarsus School of Gymnastics
for this week owing to the Steelton
High School canceling on account of
the "flu' order. Last evening the
squad held a lively scrimmage under
the direction of Manager Schreadly.
Neck, captain and halfback, will be
out of the game for ten days, he hav-
ing received torn legiment in the
game on Sunday against st. Joe.
Euker and Shay will also be out for
about a week on account of "fiu."
After practice last evening a very
important meeting was held in the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11
State College Makes Athletics
CompulsoryF or 5OOStudents

sports. Each student was permitted
to choose one branch, with the un-
derstanding that changes can be
made later, according to the wealth
er conditions, which may halt some
forms of the activities.
Preferences, as expressed by the
students afford an interesting stat
istical study. Football was selected
by 354; basketball was chosen by
'243; 169 elected tennis, wrestling
was preferred by 1876; 121 cross
country; 100 soccer; II boxing; sc
basketball; rs volleyball, and 10
'quickening exercises.
In accordance with the War De-
partment's fixed schedule the period
from 4.30 o'clock to o'clock, is
set aside for recreative sports five
days each week. That time will be
given wholly to athletics, and the
contests will be played on Saturday
afternoons.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11
AROUND THE BASES

but evidently 1T still clings to him.
News has just been received of a
game .played by soldier teams be-
hind the lines in France in which
Alex" pitched for the 342d Field
Artillery. The former star of the
Phillies and Cubs won his game
handily by score of to and was
within an ace of letting his oppo-
nents down without hit, but with
two men out in the ninth inning, a
player on the other side cracked
one of ALEXIS offerings for a
clean single. This is Alexander S
second appearance of the sort. Back
In 1915 he held the st. Louis Cardi-
mails hitless for eight innings and
had two men out in the ninth when
Art Butler, the one-time Pirate, con-
nected for a single.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11
West End to Open Its
Season in Marysville

The West End football team will
open it's season tomorrow afternoon
at Marysville. providing The game is
not called off by the health author
tiles. The following men will report
at Market Square not later than Two
o'clock: McCann. Dlll, SPOTS, FlieK-
niger. Reed. Hoffman, Pennybaker
Heiney, Shuey, NaliciS, Fields. Will
liams, Rooms and Long. Teams de-
string games should get In touch with
Frank H. Heiney, as he has several
open dates.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11
Champion Horse Will Offer Shoe
For Liberty Bond Boost TOMORROW

of the sportsman or sportswoman
who offers the largest subscription
to the Liberty Loan next Saturday
afternoon. The sentimental value
of such an emblem. together with a
picture of the son of Knight Errant,
suitably framed, should be beyond
estimation to any one of sporting
blood.
4. The Liberty Loan drive has now
reached the million mark for sales
at the track. Joseph c. Murphy
wired from st. Louis a subscription
of $4,000. bringing the total for
the day to $40.500. c, NJ. Kyle, the
well-known Handicapped, subscribed
$1,000. Walter c. Edwards, secre-
tary of the Metropolitan Jockey
Club, subscribed $1,000. 1t is be-
.lieved that the prize horseshoe will
elicit many thousands more of pa
triotic coin.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11
CONSERVATION NOT AS
IMPORTANT AS HEALTH

Ross A. Hickok, county fuel ad-
ministrator, said last night there, is
no necessity for people denying
themselves heat during chilly wealth
er because of the coal shortage. He
said homes and apartments come
first on the priority list of the War
Industries Board, and that it is not
necessary to jeopardize the health of
family to save the coal which
would insure safe temperature in
the living rooms of a family.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11

Tomorrow afternoon is expected
to witness a novel stunt at the ia
maica race track, for Andrew Mil
isT. owner of the gallant, gamo
champion, Roamer, the veteran
gelding which at Saratoga recently
set worlds record for jog around
the rurn, has promised that Roamer
will be on hand to give a boot to
the Kaiser" literally and tigura-
lively.
Eoamer made American turf his
tory at Saratoga, August 21 last,
when he ran to the worlds record of
134 Is, which shaded the great
Salvator's long standing mark OF
135ss. made over the straight at
Monmouth Beach. One of the plates
which Roamer carried in the
memorable pattle against Father
Time, i,'st as it came off his hoof
after ~ race, will be the guerdon
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11
ARRESTED AS DEsERTER

Steve Kubicek, 1919 Ninth street,
who was arrested at the Central Iron
and Steel Company by officer Fet-
trow on the charge of deserting from
Camp Devens, in Massachusetts,
September 6. was turned over to the
military. authorities at Marsh Run.
He said he stayed home to take care
of the children of his sick sister.
with whom he had been living.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11
JUMPS FROM CAR WINDOW

John Vanderfifer, OF Kalamazoo,
who boarded a train here bound for
Detroit yesterday. while suffering
from Spanish influenza and appar-
emily delirious. jumped from the
window of the train near Hyner yes
terday and was treated at the Re-
novo Hospital for serious cuts about
the head and face.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11
TWO MEN NDUCTED

Only two men thus far have been
inducted by local board for division
No. l, for Dauphin county pursuant
to orders received by them to send
six men to the University of Pitts
burgh for mechanical training.
White men who registered on or be-
fore August "a and qualified for
general military service are affected
by the order. The two registrants to
go are Elmer Krout and Cameron
Keim.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11

CLASS MEETING POSTPONED
The Trinity Episcopal teachers,
class meeting which was scheduled
for this evening has been postponed
on account of the influenza epi-
demic,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11
PAssENGER SERVICE

philadelphia Division - Engineers
up: Hall.
i Firemen up: Cover. Bleich. Ever
hart, Copeland.
Middle Division Engineers up:
Buck, Alexander. Keiser, Crum.
. Firemen up; Simmons. Kuntz.
Sheats. stauffer., Snyder. .gI
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11
neering Company,
Standing of the Crews
SIDE


Philadelphia Division The l3G
crew first to go after 1 o'clock: 112
1913, 115. 101, 1913, 1875. 11S.
Fireman for 112.
Firemen up: Stamper. Smith.
Brakemen up: Pine, PoT, Saney
Burger.
Middle DIvIsion-The 246 crew first
to go after 1.45 O'clock: 10. 219, sc
$50, 81, 302.
Engineer for 36.
Firemen for SO. 81.
Brakeman for Sc.
Engineers up: McAIurtrie, Blizzard
Albright, Rensel.
Firemen up: A'ndt. shellenberger
Kaufman. Naylor, ulsh. Boslcy.
Yard BOnrd-e.ngineers for &c, T.
&c. &c, 2-14C. 5-15C, G-t5C. 33C.
Engineers up Eydr. Ewing Blower
Essig, Ney. Shipley. Mayer, Bostdorf
T'. .cmen up: Lauve' CARPENTER FL
finger, ShamhaTAh Manning. lynn
Felnn, Eckenrode, Nichol, Kell.
ENOLA SIDE
Philadelphia Division The 20e
crew first to go after Las o'clock
246. 212. 291. 21s, 221. 2O2. 210, 234
227 215.
Engineers for 21O, 215.
Ffremen for 227. 230. 291, 2i6. 209.
Conductors for 218, 310. 227.
Flagmen for 212. 234.
Brakemen for 200. 246, 202 90
210 p, 234 (2), 227
Conductor up: Bryson.
Brakemen up Freedman. Alilnger
Middle DlvisiOn-The 116 crew first
to go after l o'clock: 252. 217. 306
227, 2S3.
/ Fireman for 116.
Flagman for 116.
Brakeman for 116.
Yard Board-Engineers for3d 126
1st 129. 4th 129. 149. 152. 11s.
Firemen for I'd 1876. Sd 126. 1st 1923
Sd 129. 4th 129. I'd 1872, Ij2. 1st 102
1st 104, 109, 112.
Engineers up: Smith, Brown Hug
gins. zellers, Books, Myers, Quigley
zeiders.
Firemen up: Coff. Knackstedt, Bit
ting, Shower, Jenkins, Sanders, Ready
Lutz, Allen. Fake. Eichelberger
Chapman, Frank, Gambler.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11

Just because a man may hail from
San Francisco,
Or have a name SO scrambled as
Zbyszko
Does not say that he's a Hun
Or a spongy hOt-cross bun;
And you want to look out when his
husky fists go!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11

why don't you write something
about that little jockey over in New
York who killed himself the other
day,"s demanded a Harrisburg horse
man, one of the few left who takes
a genuine concern in the equine
race. II never heard a story more
pathetic and true to life than that kid
killing himself because he was pre-
vened from riding his favorite horse
and then heard that the animal
broke his leg in the race and had
to be shot. That is the real soul
of race track life. These men have
hearts and they have love for the
horse, more real and lasting than
most humans have for each other
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-05-23
WAR AND CHAUTAUQUA
SECRETARY OF WAR BAKER
SAWS

am constantly facing the splendid
1fesults of the work done by the Chau-
tauquas in this country in creating
ana sustaining a sound patriotic pub
Tic feeling, and in carrying forward the
igreat national enterprises which the
government is necessarily bringing to
the attention of our people; and 1
want you to know that as an officer
OF the government 1 not only appreci-
ate the Importance of the lecture plat
form as means of communication
and expansion, but also apnrpctate the
.work which you and your associates
are doing as a contribution tn our
national cause
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-05-23

Miss McAdoo is often asked how she
happened to study the harp. When
quite a small child she heard a harp
list, and his playing, and his beautiful
golden harp made such a deep i'm
preston on her that from that day it
was her ambition to study the instru-
ment and have one of her own. There
are very few harp teachers, and these
are only located in the larger cities,
so at an early age she began the study
of the piano, and continued it until
old enough to enter the Oberlin Con-
servatOry, where she received her first
harp instruction under William Kill
gore Breckenridge, a former student
of the Paris Conservatory. Later she
was coached under Loretta DeLone,
who for six years was harpist of the
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, and
still later she studied with Enrico Ira
mOnti, first harpist of the Chicago
Symphony. She has been associated
with Nine. Ringsdorf for several sea-
sons and will play some solos COM
posed especially for the harp and also
re-arrangements Of songs and music
well known on other instruments.