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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-21
Hunters Bring Home Two
Big Moose From Ontario

DIR. w. A. Latimore and DR.. r.
V. Swanton, of the Thornburg Gun
Club, and L. C. Brink, prominent
hunter and oil operator of Bradford,
Pa, returned Saturday from their
hunting trip to Allan Water, Ontario,
bringing back with them two large
moose. The one shot by l.. c. Brink
had horns with a spread of 55 inches
being the largest moose killed this
season, if not the largest killed for
la long time. The one shot by DR.. Lat
imore was not so large, but the doc
tor said it was large enough for him.
DR.. Swanton was not so fortunate,
lalthough he saw several but was not
! close enough to take a shot at them.
The hunters report the country to be
| very wild. The weather was so warm
| they hunted in their shirt sleeves. 1t
appears they went little too early
| to accomplish much.
There are no ducks in that vicin-
! ity, which is one of the game they
wanted outside of the moose. They
ialso report a large number of Geer
| in that section.
The Hunters had narrow escape
one day when DIR. Swanton's canoe
upset while the doctor was trying to
catch a duck, throwing him nr Il his
guide into the lake, but fortunately
both of them were good SWIMMERS
and outside of a good wett.ng no
harm was done.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-21

perience. 1t was breaking day as we
launched our boat and started across
the river Several flocks of ducks
were noted dropping into a bayou. in
the foot of Black Hawk Island. We
headed for that point, ducks were
pitching in without circling, a sure
sign that they Were accustomed to
using" the pond, On muftied oar
we landed, an old log lay about thirty
Ave yards from the slough. which
the most densely populated district l
gave u sharp whistle, the head of
every duck was erect, the pond look
ed like an asparagus bed. Bang!
Bang, The soft coal smoke rolled up
in a cloud. Green. Billings and Kile
came rushing across, while I reloaded
for cripples, A toll of thirteen NAL
lards was collected, the result of two
shots. Wait a minute, you hunters
who are readers, you have all passed
hunting. am now also one of the
charter members of the AntiPot
Shooters Club-we were boys at that
time,
"DoE-gon," but Not quite
The nights were cold and making
some ice. ducks feeding and pudding
had kept this pond open. We staked
our dead ducks out for decoys, hid
ing in a blind. An old green head
came volplaning into the, decoys;; |
made a long fall into an adjacent
slough, crashing through the ice when
he struck. My old dog started to re-
trieve, yells to return were of no avail.
/ knew the ice would not hold his
weight and the water was deep. The
ice gave way Just as he reached the
duck. With every effort to crawl out
on the ice he would slip back and dis
appear under the water. My dog was
drowning and must have immediate
help. We attempted to pull our skin
across the ridge, without success. Min
utes seemed hours. We heard the
cracking of oars in those open locks.
Some one was coming. We yelled
for help It was my friend Frank Ell
lett. With his aid we dragged our
boat to the pond and out on the Ice,
which broke through with us at al
most every step. we would then jump
back into our boat and push up on the
ice, finally reaching my dog who was
watching our every move while MAX
ing his fight for life. I grabbed and
pulled him into the boat. he was alb
solutely all in. Wrapping the dog
in our coats we then headed for home.
Would you take long chance on your
life to save your hunting dog and
companion2
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-21
Cheer Up! Read How a Parson-P Pug.
Made Himself a New Man in Texas

War. pugilism, theology and tuber-
culosis are closely interlinked in a
letter which comes from the South
land. Down in Ell Paso. Tex, writing
on a letter-head of the Young Mems
Christian Association the Rev. Fred
erick Wedge sat at the correspond
ence table few days ago and wrote
to Ray Pearson who remarks:
This Rev. Wedge is the same Kid
Wedge who in his younger days was
Ia welterweight pugilist and later quit
the professional ring to enter the
ministry and fight the battle against
the two-horned guy. When war was
declared by the United States, Parson
Wedge entered the new fight for
world safety and for many months
was located at Camp Grant in the
interests of the Y. NJ. C. A.
With these three fights against
different foes, Wedge found that he
had one more to fight, and that meant
struggle for his own existence.
While at Camp Grant he became i'll
and was forced to a cot in the base
hospital where the army physicians
diagnosed his case as tuberculosis of
the most malignant form, commonly
known as quick, consumption' He was
a mighty ill man when he was placed
on a stretcher and put aboard a
train bound for Texas. He was taken
off the train at Ell Paso on a stretcher
To-day the same Parson Wedge IL
we'll and strong. He says so himself
and to prove 1t he is going to enter
! the ring, don the mitts and battle
Tommy Murphy, star of the welter-
weights, at Fort Bliss. He says thai
is some Comeback" and we are
/ forced to admit he is correct.
Describes Case
Parson Wedge tells of his rejuven.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-21

Coach Glenn Warner, witnessed the
game from the stands.
Whether or not they were impressed
by the strength of Hutchinsons men
is uncertain, but it is evident that
with the Red and Black speed and the
Improvement over the opening game
two weeks ago with Indiana Normal
a strong team will be sent to Forbes
Field on November 3.
Frazier, a Washington High School
recruit, who had been practicing with
the squad only 10 days, ran the Red
and Black eleven as quaterback. 1t
was his first time under fire on
college ,gridiron, but he acquitted
himself like a veteran. He ran the
team skillfully and scored two touch
downs, both of them on long runs,
one for As yards.
Trimbur the Star
The star of the game from a scoring
standpoint was Trimbur, a big lad
from Niles, o., formerly a line play
er, whom Hutchinson has broken in
as a back. He registered six touch
downs, all in the first three periods,
carrying the ball equally well through
the line and outside the ends. He
seemed irresistible in his attack, fire.
quently carrying the leather for long
gains without assistance, but more
frequently running behind solid
wall of interference, for the team
work of the Red and Black squad
was phenomenal Improvement over
that shown two weeks ago. Ere
quently Trimbur got away for long
gains, tearing himself loose from po-
posing tacklers and literally tramp
ing his way through the soldiers de-
fense."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-21
'Them We're the Days. When T. Marshall
Had Doggonedest Adventure EUer

a mans best friend is his dog.
Would you take a long chance on your
own life to save your hunting dog and
companion? Sentiment and affection
in conjunction with q boys lack OF
caution and discretion caused me to
take the hazardous chance on thin ice
10 save my dog, He was my unselhsh
friend and never wavered in his love
and devotion. He would sleep with
one eye half open that l might not
get out of his sight. We hunted to-
gether in upland pastures, when the
pungent scent of autumn leaves, the
golden glow of autumn sunsets and
the soft cool, soothing aephyrs start
ed quail and prairie chicken road
ing in quest OF food. We were in
pursuit of those winged aces OF the
air, when l was called upon to RISK
my life to save that of my dog, He
had been retrieving ducks for me un-
der most adverse conditions, swim
ming in cold water and breaking
thin ice, which required every ounce
of dynaI~ C energy In his system. yet
he W. uIu go, returning with a duck,
and W as satisfied with q word of ap-
proval and recognition. This story is
written especially for the present gem
Grafton of boys, who are treighted
with red blood and answer the call
of the wild, boys who watch, read and
study the stars as an aid to night
~travel, who frequent the haunts of
birds, animals and insects, that their
habits and peculiarities may be not
ed. Deductions will then be made,
which will inculcate a higher rever-
ence and respect for the Great Crea-
tor. Many of US have passed the
happy days of boyhood, when we felt
that school should be made secon-
Diary consideration. when pleasure
should supplant study. Memory is a
wonderful gift. living in the past a
source of unlimited pleasure. We
guess our future, the past Is an open
book
Boyhood Days
My boyhood days were passed in
Keithsburg, ILL.,, on the east bank OF
the Old Mississippi river, one of the
best game sections in America, the
mecca, where all conventions of duck
dom were held. At that time the bag
limit was governed by the amount of
ammunition on hand and the accuracy
of the hunter. A few warm days in
early spring had honeycombed the
ice, bayous had partially opened, and
ducks had appeared in unlimited
numbers. Dad Green. George Bill
lings and Arthur File were my school
and hunting companions.s We had
one muzzle-loading gun. which the
wfiter usually operated. based on eX-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-21
Shipyard Games
to Be Abandoned
For Next Season

Athletics in the shipyards of the
country will be abandoned. accord
ing to Charles Piez, vice-president
and general manager of the Emer-
gency Fleet Corporation.
1--WE are going to concentrate as
much of our attention as we can
on making ships after this" de-
clared Mr.. Piez THE men have
been diverted too much, am told
by labor leaders. and the men
themselves complain that they are
led to waste too much time in
getting ready for athletic events
and too much time in recovering
from them.
II always have favored athletics
in moderation, but the kind of pro-
fessionalism we have had serves
no useful purpose. 1t has become
now only a question of who can
pay the highest salaries to a few
stars. l feel safe in saying that
the same conditions will not ex-
ist next year"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-21

alton in his own way. His letter fol-
lows:
"El Paso, TeX.-When l left Camp
Grant Base Hospital in March, the
army physician gave me from two
to three months to live. pronouncing
my case tuberculosis. / didn't con-
slider this any time to die, in fact 1
wouldn't do such a thing when men
are needed to knock out the Kaiser.
Through a system of physical cul-
ture and vitality building exercises
am now very much alive. | am to
fight for the welterweight champion
ship of the border at Fort Bliss and
my opponent will be Tommy Murphy.
within the last two months have
fought two of the best men in the
border army corps. Considering sthe
fact that 1 am 80 years old, with one
cylinder out of order and booked by
competent medical authorities for the
final count. l think l have staged a
comeback.
81 expect to get back my old job as
boxing instructor at one of Uncle
Sans army camps and eventually go
over there to do my bit.
IF you know of any unfortunate
cusS who thinks the tubercular bug
is about to make him take the final
count tell him to cheer up and write
to me and L will gladly tell him freely
how l cured myself in six months.
yours for long life,
PARSON WEDGE"
Parson Wedge incidently gives
some information on the system he
.employs to train for the bout with
Murphy. He is. braking out of Ell
Paso on a freight train. His hours
l.
the pike" each morning. as is the
custom with most boxers in training
So when the Parsons freight is
making the heaviest grades he calls
for a timekeeper from one of the
crew and runs along the track fol
half-mile stretches at a three-minutt
clip. He runs Il half and at the cal
of time rests three IinsItes, then re-
peats.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-21
TO WIPE OUT ATHLETICS YARDS TECH GUIDED BY COACH SMITH, PLAYS GAN
Tech Tanned Tome Terrors;
Coach Smith Smiled, Rumor

Talk about Marshal Foch and all
the other strategists-- how about
this foxy coach for Tech High foot
ball, one Smith? Too bad, they did
not have him over there right now;
he would tie the Huns up in a run
ming bowline knot and shoot them
to Berlin with forward pass.
When Tech arrived at Port De-
post bright and early last Saturday
the yahoos of that burg spread all
the coin they could dig up on the
home-er-thati is, the home team.
Treat 'em rough" was the word
passed to the homo warriors. who
began to have some fear as soon
as Carl Beck hove in view with his
corrugated neck, which suggests an
old-fashioned piano leg. When taps
sounded it was found that Carl had
been fairly active; but for that mat
ter, every Tech player was a hero,
with the result that the tally totaled
60. Tech is getting so used to
these lopsided scores that it will be
a blow when some one heads her off.
Leave that to Coach Smith.
Mr.. Smith is emotional only when
some one makes a poor play, this
being his cue to bite through a reli-
able cigar, while the ruby-red coun-
tenance turns violent crimson, his
eyes suggesting two violets in q
bucket of blood. 1t is not very har-
monious for the athlete who sets
Coach Smith on edge in this fash
ion. The Tech boys have discovered
this and so on Saturday they showed
vast improvement, of the seven at
tempted forward passes five being
perfected.
Aggressive tactics was the point
aimed at by Smith in the last two
weeks practices. He felt pretty
certain the line would hold, and it
did on Saturday. Not only did this
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-21
Princeton Rowing
Is in Full Swing

= Princeton, n. j., Oct. 21-Prince-
Tn is to have fall rowing sea-
son as an adjunct to military
training. The work is progressing
rapidly, and prospects for a sue
cessful season are excellent. DR..
j. Duncan Spaeth, faculty coach.
who is now educational director at
Camp Jackson, spent several days.
here last week, and was greatly
pleased to find practice in full
swing.
Seventy men are in the squad.
and several crews. including
eights, fours and twos. take the
water daily. John Fitzpatrick is
being assisted by Captain Paxton,
stroke of last years varsity, and
until a short time ago was helped
by Campbell. of the varsity. and
Chisholm, last years Freshman
captain. both of whom have now
left college to enter officers train
ing camps. The material for the
Freshman boats appears quite
promising and includes Doremus,
who rowed last sping on the Cor
nell Freshman crew; Milne and
Creswell, of st. Paurs School, and
Page, of Choate.
A regatta is to be held at the
close of the season, the chief event
of which will probably be u race
between crews representing the
students Army Training Corps
and the Princeton Naval Unit.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-21
Government Gets Land
Ready For Its Soldiers

MlssOuIa, Mont. - The Bitter Root,
Blackfoot. st; Regis. Clark's Fork,
Kootenai and Flathead Valleys may
become homes for returned soldiers
and sailors if a movement now on
foot to seek aid from Congress in re-
claiming logged-off lands for distri-
button among the warriors proves a
success. There are millions of acres
fit for agricultural purposes in these
valleys.
w. II. Graves, of San Francisco. hy-
draulic engineer, has been employed
by the United States Reclamation Ser
vice to make an intensive survey of
logged off lands in district No. l. of
the United States Forest Service,
whose headquarters is in Missoula.
Mr.. Graves has begun work in the dis
trict, which includes forests in Mon
tana, Northern Idaho and parts of
Washington.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-21
Raise $5O,OOO For Loan
at Patriotic Flagraising

Wellington G. Jones. formerly of
the Harrisburg Telegraph editorial de-
partment, now attached to Major Will
liam B. Gray's staff, has reported that
in a flag-raising ceremony, at Rock
well Park. Delaware, where Major
Gray, Mr.. Jones and a number of Har-
risburgers are stationed on govern
ment construction work, $4,000 was
raised for the Fourth Liberty Loan.
Sailors from U-boat chasers sta
toned at Reedy's Island, nearby, fig
ured in the exercises. The ceremony
was of a patriotic nature, and arous-
ed enthusiasm among the workers and
officers in charge of the work. besides
the people of the town.
Among the speakers were: Major
William b. Gray, who was in charge
of the construction at Middletown
during the summer; Captain Harrie
a. Douglass. of Harrisburg; j. 7.
Morrow, of the Marlin Rockwell Load
ing Company; +. B. Rogers, of the
Fred Y. Ley Company, and others.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-21
Golf Matches Net
Red Cross $3O3,775

Exhibition matches in aid of
the Red Cross under the auspices
of the Western Golf Association,
have netted $303,775 this season,
according to the report of Presi-
dent Charles +. Thompson made
public to-day.
President Thompson said that 50
matches had been played and that
expense had been confined to
minimum, only travelling and hotel
bills being deducted from the gross
receipts.
A match of Lake Shore Country
Club here some time, ago, which
netted $4,000, cost the Red Cross
only $3.50.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-21
Brutal Atrocities
Decimate Greeks

WashIngtOn.-Nothin the Germans
did in Belgium or Northern France
surpassed the brutal atrocities of the
Bulgarians in occupied Greek terri
tory.
This is made clear in an appeal filed
with the State Department by the
Greek Legation, urging the United
States to send commission or dele
gate a competent person to visit Greek
territories now freed from the ruth
less hands of the invader and investi-
gate the devastation wrought upon
the inhabitants and their property.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-21
St. Mary's Trimmed Tarsus

The st. Mary's Catholic Club. of
Steelton, opened its football season
Saturday by defeating the Tarsus
School of Gymnastics by a score of
"a to 2. The game was rough and
tumble throughout the entire four
periods. The crowd was interfering
through the whole game and the st.
Mary's boys had to use straight foot
ball and a few successful forward
passes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-21
New Goose Species
Found in California

San Francisco, Cal. - A new goose
has been discovered in California. Ac-
cording to a paper written by II. S.
Swarth and Harold c. Bryant, of the
University of California, two we'll
ed goose ((Anser albifrons), called by
the hunters speckled bellied goose,
occur in California during the winter
months. where, but a single race has
been heretofore recognized.
The new "tule goose" or timber
goose" Is distinguished from it's rela-
tive. the common white-fronted goose,
by it's greater size. its call notes, its
browner tints, its yellow eye ring and
the possession of a greater number of
tail feathers. To any one ahandling
the birds in the flesh the difference
between the two are obvious beyond
dispute.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-21

There was an argument about the
last touchdown, which was made by
Sostar. Euker, the Tarsus fullback,
was referee and walked off the field
in the second quarter after a dis
pute on delayed forward pass which
netted the Steels a gain of about 80
yards. Coach Krasovic. also right
halfback. had his team going in fine
condition so that few scratches to
his players. resulted from the rough
work.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-21
Seven Sailor Boxers
to Compete in London

Chicago. Oct. 21. - Seven boxers
rom Great Lakes, forty miles from
Chicago, will be sent to England
to participate in the tournament
for the kings trophy. The matches
will be held in London on Decem-
ber II and IL, and the boxers Will
go over at the request of Admiral
Sims, now in European waters.
The request was received Satur-
daN and Lieutenant Commander
Kaufman, of Great Lakes, an
nounced that preliminary bouts
will be held here on next
Wednesday. Among the boxers al
most certain to go are: Richie
Mitchell. lightweight; Pal Moore,
bantamweight. and Vincent Por-
koni, welterweight.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-21

Touchdowns, Lehecka, Gebhard.
Field goal, Lehecka. Goals from
touchdown, Gebhard,. 2. Substitu-
tions, Lafayette, McWilliams for
Monroe; McGrath for Reeves; Mon
teith for Lehecka; Brown for Chel.
son. Ursinus, Hoke for Goldstein;
Gulick for Templeton; Heffren for
more. Umpire, Benfer, Albright.
Head linesman, Vreeland, University
of Pennsylvania. Time of Quarters,
Is and 10 minutes
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-21
LAFAYETTE wALLoPs URsINUs

Old Lafayette, alma mater of Cen
eral March, took fall out of Ursi-
nus on Saturday, 17-0, with only one
veteran in the lineup and relying
exclusively on straight football tao
tics.
Lehecka, Gebhard and Reeves, the
latter Philadelphia Northeast High
boy, gained most of the ground for
Lafayette. The lineup:
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-21
DECORATIONS FOR HEROINES

DECORATIONS tOR HEROINES
The war services of British wo-
men are being recognized by the
award of many foreign orders and
decorations. A recent issue of the
London Gazette recorded that King
George has granted permission to
Miss Henrietta Fraser to wear the
Cross of the Legion of Honor and
the Croix de Guerre conferred up
on her by the President of the
French Republic, to Miss Muriel
Thompson to wear the Cross of
Chevalier of the Order of Leopold
II conferred upon her by the King
of the Belgians, and to Miss Frances
Lathem to wear the insignia of the
fifth class of the Order of st. Seva,
conferred upon her by the King of
Serbia.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-21

stone wall open up big crevices for
the sturdy backs to plunge through,
but it broke up many an enemy play,
and the ball was in home territory
o-thirds of the time. The game
gave Captain Elmer an opportunity
to try out all the fancy stuff that
had been worked on and he nut 1t
over successfully. There was a rumor
that Coach Smith smiled after the
victory.
The tackling of Bihl and Hoerner,
long runs by Beck, Elmer and Hin
kle and the line plunging of Wills
bach were the outstanding features
of the Tech victory. Johnson, Grit
fin and Fredericks starred for Tome.
One rather unusual sight took
place during the period of play. Air
antics by one of the machines from
the aviation school at Aberdeen held
the crowds eye for some time.
Within the last five minutes of play
the aviator swooped close to the
ground and caused the players to
scatter for shelter. Play was dis
continued in order that the spec
tators and players might follow the
feats of the airplane,
Lineup and summary:
Tech. Tome School.
Bell, lie. hotneTHlel' le'
Peiffer, 1t. Buckley. 1t.
Connors, lg. Luke, lg.
Bill. C. Conover C.
Lauster, rg. Lakco, rg.
Frank. rt. Macklin, rt.
Hoerner, re. Prescott, re.
Hinkle, lib. Johnson, lhb.
Beck, RIB Frederick, RIB.
Elmer, OBJ. Romeyn, OBJ.
Wilsbach, fb. Griffin, fb.
Touchdowns-Beck, 3; Wilsbach,
Peiffer, Elmer; Hinkle, Q; Bell.
Hoerner. Goals from touchdown
Wilsbach, Z.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-21

Touchdowns-Beck 3; Wilsbach,
Peiffer, Elmer; Hinkle, q; Bell,
Hoerner. Goals from touchdown
Wilsbach, z.