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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-19
LIVELY SEASON FOR HARRISBURG GOLF PROSPECT ATHLETICS WILL TRAIN AT HON
Downfall of BatNeIson Was Hastened
by Rudy Umholz Who Beat Him Badly

"Probably no man in the world cut
= greater figure in the division of
the worlds lightweight title at cer-
tain time than our Rudy Unholz,
says Ed w. Smith, the veteran ref
cree. I'VE won't say that Rudy was
ever anywhere near being a cham
pion, because he wasn't, but he was
q sort of offside factor one time in
a peculiar way.
Rudy was a loVable little fellow
who hung out around Los Angeles
at a time when Nelson was making
a big name for himself. Bat had
just beaten Joe Cans twice and had
obtained the title. The Dane was
badly puffed up on himself, and
thought there was nothing in the
world to hold candle to him. There
wasn't at the time-in a long fight
but there We're several kids just dy-
ing ia set at him in short battle.
Was Nelson Jealous?
'Unholz fought and whipped
George Memsic of this city in Los
Angeles one night, and Nelson, jeal-
Gus of this trick, sent from Salt Lake
City, where he happened to be, a
telegram that afterward became his
toric in fight annals. Save him for
me, was the message he fired at
Tom Carey, the Los Angeles match
maker This was easy to do, since
Unholz was more than anxious to
get a crack at Nelson over the ten
round route, and Bat was a strong
card on the coast at the time.
Hence it was that Nelson, coming
into the ring badly puffed up with
his own importance, got a fine trim
ming from Rudy that evening. I'm
holz took the lead at the start and
never relinquished it, putting it all
over the champion at every inch of
the route. Nelson was the most sur
prised man in the world after that
contest had been decided, and luck
lily for him it happened to. be one of
the rare no-decision battles that they
held in that city.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-19
Nine Players Died .
From Football Injuries

Chicago. Dec. 19.-Nine play
ers were killed in football this
season according to figures COM
piled by the Associated Press.
This is three less than last year,
and practically all were on teams
not under college or university
supervision. Injuries to the spine
were the cause of four deaths;
fractured skull, one; internal in
juries, two; apoplexy, one, and
conclusion of the brain, one.
A. A. Stagg, physical training
head at Chicago University, said
in commenting upon the report
that the decrease this year will
continue as proper training and
proper physical examination be-
come more nearly universal for
all games. This state of affairs
obtains in most schools and col
leges, but in the smaller cities
there is very little supervision.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-19

l don't think he would care to take
team south if the opening date is late
and | don't see why the Athletics and
Phils can't play long seriea at home
next April. At the earliest" "opportu-
nifty, l will communicate this wish to
the Phil owners"
Mack denied that the American
League was guilty of any acts of def
ance against the National League, or
that there was n spirit of antagonism
against the senior circuit
THE American League" explained
Connie. ''is very anxious to have
amicable relations with the National
League. AS a matter of fact we laid
stress on the wish as desiring COM
plete harmony with our major league
competitor.
None of the action relating to the
makeup of the commission or the
length of the schedule or the date of
the opening game was binding. These
matters will be definitely decided
January 16, when the eight American
League and the eight National League
owners meet. l was surprised when
I read that it looked as if the Ameri-
can League had snubbed the other
' circuit"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-19
J. S. Belsinger to Occupy
Store in New Penn-HarriS

Storeroom No. in the Penn Har-
ris Hotel building will be occupied
by ]. s. Belsinger, optometrist and
optician, who has conducted a busi-
ness for the past five years in Lo-
Gust street. The new quarters will
be outfitted in the most modern way
to meet the requirements of this
successful optical concern. Mr.. Bel
singer, upon being interviewed, says
that the new location will be much
more convenient.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-19
The old Spanish city, Toledo
Once faIaed for it's sharpness

The old Spanish city, Toledo
Once fai aed for it's sharpness OF
: blade,
BY n bush-league u. $. imitation
Is jnmmcd for nII time In the shade.
As for football, Carl Beck
With his hands tied
And n rocking chair fixed to his back
Could tote Toledo Ger the goal line
And cnrry the wIaOie sIncker pack.
ut must be terrible to live in Har-
risburg, Pa, these dark, gloomy days.
and long for worlds TO conquer with
out being able to locate them. For.
while the general public may not be
aware of the fact, Harrisburg, Pa.
has a football team that claims to be
the champions of everything within
two looks and a holler of the burg.
when Scott High trlumphed over
Marplehead. Harrisburg Tech emerg-
ed from conflict with a state cham
pionship, apparently, and, rooster
like, proceeded to climb up on the
highest hill to crow at the Sun.
IA challenge was hustled off to
Scott High while the team with Its
cripples was Sightseeing in New
York. And right away the news
papers telling of the horrible things
Tech would do to Scott when the lat
ter accepted the challenge.
1T was Monday or Tuesday before
Fred siebert, scott's faculty man
eyer, managed to answer the chal-
lenge, and then 1t was to announce
that Scott had disbanded after the
game at Marblehead and could not
play again this year.
Now some of the things they are
saying about Scott, in Harrisburg,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-19
If You're Heard of Toledo, Ohio,
Then Read This and ChOrtle |OMy, o.

would start fight If they were not
so ridiculous. The serious way Har-
risburg takes it's football team is
one of the finest shades of humor en-
countered in a long time.
: Carried away by enthusiasm, ap-
parently responsible newspapers
charge Scott with throwing up the
sponge because the challenge of the
Harrisburg team could not be ac-
cepted. 1t is taken for granted, ap-
parently, that the inability of the
Toledo eleven to meet Tech is an
admission.
Possibly IL Harrisburg realized
that Scott players broke training inn
mediately after the Marblehead game;
have no coach. as Dwyer left the
team at Boston; have three regular
players. Captain Skinner Quarter
back Moses and Fullback Matlln
sporting broken bones. and on top of
this. never heard of Harrisburg Tech
and its football pretentions until the
return from Boston. the chesty at
titude might be dropped"
GEORGE r. PULFORD.
Sporting editor of the Toledo Blade.
George, we regret to inform you
have snow on your feet. Your stuff
sounds stlgtossled and hornswoggled.
You must have been mama's pet boy,
by tho way you drivel we fear to
think what might happen If Tony
Wilsbach should slap your wrist But
we give you credit for judgment.
You refused to play Tech but you
took on Marblehead. If there had
been a Bonehead. no doubt you would
have challenged 1t. But you did not |
want any of the Harrisburg Tech |
stonewall brand Of football.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-19
Athletic to Train in
Phila. This Season

For. the first time in many years,
the Athletics will do their training for
the championship race in Philadei-
phia.
So declared Connie Mack, half
owner and team director of the Ath-
letics. an his return from the Ameri-
can League meeting in Chicago.
IT will order my men," said Connie,
"to report April l, and we will do our
training at Shibe Park for the opening
of the season, which viii be May l
or few days preceding that date.
THE opening date will be fixed def
nitely at the joint meeting of the
American and National League owners
on January '16, but l feel sure that 1t
will be much later than usual. The
American League owners favor May /.
Wants Series With PhiIs
"While / have not communicated
with President Baker on the subject,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-19
Ty CObb's Rules For
Keeping in Condition

Tyrus Coobs simple rules for
keeping in physical condition, as
written by him for Lieutenant
Herman Southwick, an American
aviator, made such a hit with
General Kenly, chief of aircraft
oseration, that they have been
printed for distribution to all
aviation camps both in this
country and overseas. The ad-
vice is simple, sound and logical,
and any man may profit by fol-
lowing it whether he is an athlete
or not. Here is what Tyrus wrote:
ITO win in any game your
stomach must have the best of
care. 1t is your power plant and
the one organ that keeps you go
ing. Now If your stomach is not
properly cared for it can put you
out of business in short order.
Here are some points that /
have observed in the care of my
stomach, and they may interest
you. / am sure that they would
help any fellow TO be a better
winner, better .flier, q clearer
visioned marksman and a come
back-alive hero, because any man
WIN IdtCS JULIUS mas ptAiQ III du-
vance for every service his coun-
try can ever render gt
81. Exercise is the keynote of
health, so take some exercise
every day, mile walk and end
with a sprint. Exercise keeps the
liver clear, and when ones liver
is o. X. his eye is clear and his
nerve is steady.
20. Before a game I never eat
lunch. 1 go in on an empty stom-
ach. If you eat before you go UP
l would like to know from you
how much better you would feel
If you went up light, how much
clearer your eye would be, how
much more acute your senses
would be.
90. I never drink sweet milk
before n game .(it fags the eyes)
and never drink coffee at night
or before a game.
"a. Smoke one cigar after each
meal, and no cigarets."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-19
Got Rudy to Help

"The funny part of the situation
came the following day. Unholz and
Nelson always had been friendly out
side of the ropes, despite the fact
that Rudy was frank to tell Nelson
that some day he would whip him
within an inch of his life. Bat al
ways snorted loudly at such a thing.
The day following the contest Rudy
heard that Bat was in pretty bad
shape up in his room and decided 10
make a friendly call on him. This he
did and he was received by Bat,
whose head was swathed in towels.
We'll Bat, / always knew what
would happen if they let me at you,'
remarked Rudy. I'm sorry, but l
had to do it"
That's all right, Rudy; don't worry
about me at ALL" Bat replied. "Sit
we're chatting. I'm sGnding out
some clippings of the fight.
Hastcncd End OF Career
80 Rudy took chair and helped
Bat seal up a couple of hundred
letters and newspapers addressed to
all parts of the country. Then, in
the goodness of his heart, Rudy put
stamps on the mail matter and took
the packages downstairs and dropped
them in the mail box.
DO you know what that feller
did to me?" Rudy aked Indignantly
a few days later. We'll, sir, one OF
the smallest papers in Los Angeles
gave Nelson, a draw with me. He
bought up q lot Of these papers and
help him send out about zoo of
them, and they all contained roast
on me for daring to sack up against
a real champion like Nelson. Can you
beat that for nerve?
1.-THE beating Unholz gave Nelson
that night hastened the end. It took
lot. of the fast-oozing pep out of
Nelson and made him reader vic
tim for Wolgast than he would have
been otherwise"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-19
Freak Putting in Golf Wins Cup For
Boy of 18 Years on Pacific Coast

to be able to answer with any degree
of certainty. But there's an 1S-year-
old anomaly out at Seattle, one Lee
Steil, who has proven that it's pos
sible, at least. In word, he switched
from cross handed playing to the or
thodoX style, and short time after
ward won his first cup at jefferson
Park, defeating his opponent by up
and s to play.
''It may have been his very youth
which helped steil make the change,
for there are those who believe it
would be fatal If a player who took
up golf in middle life tried to switch,
or even change from left-handed to
been heard of until he turned in rs
in the caddie hamnionship at The
Seattle Golf Club in 1915, and in The
final round of that event many Of the
members followed the match.
THE gallery saw him take a rross-
handed grip of his driver and hit the
ball "a mile" straight down the mid
die of the course. After that the lad
used one club after another. and. un-
less they had seen it, the golfers
wouldn't have believed that he could
get such results with his unorthodox
style. Every one agreed it wasn't
sounu, because there was nothing IN
golf books or in, the scheme IF in
struction that could eXtricate him
from any faults into which his Pc
culiar style might get him.
His friends pleaded with him TO
change, but he couldn't see it that
way. One day. however. he announced
to his opponent that he was going &c
switch his grip. and quite naturally
he lost, his game being like that of a
novice. But from that day on he never
used cross-handed grip, despite the
acft that he has had some hard times,
with heart-breaking experiences
Even at that. his handicap was only
changed from to 6. though for many
weeks he should-have had a rating of
20 or 26. Since he won his last cup
the handicappers have placed him al
3 again.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-19
shimmcn Downs steele

Shimmell school conquered the
Steele school basketball team yester-
day, score, % to 12. Lentz and
Shuler starred for Shimmell and
Hylan played the best game for the
Steele quintet. The lineup and sum-
mary:
SHIMMELL STEELE
McClinn, f. Hylan, f.
Shuler, +. Miller, (.
Prowell, C. Cunningham, c.
Nye, &. Steckly, &.
LentZ, g. Boone, &.
Field goals, Shuler, 3; Prowell, 2;
Lentz, 4; Hylan, Miller, Cunning
ham, Steckley, Boone. Foul goals,
Shuler, 2; Boone, 2; referee. Hoov-
er; timekeeper, Parker.
COME TO 317 CHESTNUT ST.
before you buy a talking machine OF
a piano. Ask for Mr.. A. c. Troup.-
adv.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-19
FIRESTONE
MILK UP IN PRICE

With the average price of milk
throughout the state eleven and n
half cents a quart, the Bureau of
Statistics of the Pennsylvania De-
partment of Agriculture. in it's De-
cember report, shows that in Dau-
phin county it sells for prices rang
ing to fourteen cents. When it is
sold direct from the farmers to the
creameries it brings from SO to $4
per hundred pounds, with the state
average SAGE. The average price of
butter on December 1 in the state
was 50 cents a pound, as compared
with 46 cents last year. The price
Of eggs ranges from So to 75 cents
per dozen, with theAhverage in the
state 63 cents.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-19

McchanicsburS, Pa, Dec. 19.-In
the present Red Cross drive Mechan-
icsburg thinks she holds the record
for the oldest member din the state
through the subscription of Mrs.
Sarah Miller, who will be 101 years
old on March 20, 1919.
She has been a resident of the
MELVILLE Church Home the past ten
years, and even though advanced in
years, enjoys remarkably good
health and spends the greater part
of her time reading.
Mrs. Miller who was twice mar
ried, was formerly Miss Sarah Snave-
ly. Her son, Squire II. S. Mohler, of
Mechanicsburg, is prominently
known and recently celebrated his
Slst birthday anniversary. NJ. Grant
Mohler, Mrs. Geary Brenner, of Me-
chanicsburg, and Mrs. Lincoln Hol-
Ter, of Harrisburg, are grandchil-
dren.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-19
DIES ON muNrING "TRIP

Sunbury Pa, Dec. 19.-Taken i'll
while ON a hunting trip in Lycoming
county Charles ID. Snyder, 81 years
old, a Sunbury railroad conductor.
died of influenza at the home of G..
w. Kline at Coogan's Station, north
of Williamsport after a short illness.
His wife and two children survive.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-19
ANOTHER FALSE ALARN[

An alarm from box 36, Second and
Dauphin streets, at about $40 last
evening, called the district compan-
les out, but as no sign of fire was
seen, the firemen concluded it was
a false alarm. It was the third
alarm from the uptown district dur
ing the day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-19
Here Is a Chance For
Some Live Local Team
ddqs. oath Ord. Supply Co.
Enlisted Ordnance Corps.
Camp Amatol. New Jersey
December II. 1918


Sporting Editor, Hbg. telegraph,
Dear Sir-Our Battalion has bas-
ketball team called The Camp Per-
shing Five" of Camp Amatol, New
Jersey.
We are in the market for games
in January and February. Our
weight is G50) pounds and would
like games in that class, and any
information as to games or adver-
tising in your sporting section would
be appreciated.
Being an Army team we would
like to know the terms and the diff
ferent organizations in your vioility.
Thanking you in advance L beg
to remain
Yours very truly,
j. p. O'Hern,
End 1t, Ord. U. S. A.
Commanding.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-19
WALTER MANN WOUNDED

Sunbury, Pa, Dec. 19.-Sergeant
Walter II. Mann, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Fl. L. Mann. of Sunbury. was slightly
wounded in action in France Noveln-
Der 7. Mann Is a civil engineer and
is attached to the Seventy ninth Di-
vision headquarters.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-19
Soldiers to Play Tennis
All Winter in France

Paris, Dec. IS. - Tennis all winter
is the privilege of American soldiers
on leave at La Bourboule rest center,
and, whatHs more, it is tennis on per-
haps the most famous courts in all
France. When the Y. NJ. C. A. was
asked by the Army to help entertain
the four or five thousand boys who
are detailed there every week, they
began to scurry around for things
| that the boys might do. They found
right in the heart OF the town, four
OF the most beautiful courts that time
and French workmanship could pro-
duce. They were idle. The courts
are owned by one of the rich towns
! men, who, when approached on the
subject of renting them demanded an
eNtortionate prfee-7,500 francs-for
! the use of the couEts for three months.
Charles Carver. gr, of Philadelphia.
Is the Y. M. c. A. director in those
parts and he Immediately set about TO
get the price reduced He began by
sending complimentary tickets to the
owner and his family to attend the
movies given every night in the Y M
c. A. Casino. Occasionally he would
find 1t possible to do an errand for
him in some rather distant town. He
invited them to what he called an
American dinner. cooked by French
chef, and now the courts are rented
to the "Y" for. seventy-five cents an
hour. including the use OF the nets.
Any American soldier who wants to
Casino he can take his choice of two
or three dozen pairs of good tennis
shoes; he will find good rackets for
the asking and all the balls that q
man would dare to lose IN an after
noon at the game.
This is a game that appeals par
ticularly to the educated man or boy
who has belonged TO O. country club
at home. and there is always crowd
there on a pleasant day The courts
are made Of a preparation of the hard
white substance found in the fine |
roads of France. and only in the cold
est and wetest days in winter is play
Ing impossible.
bloomsbury, Pa, Dec. -19.-Withl |
practically every family afflicted with |
influenza, the public schools of the !
borough ofs Orangeville, near here, |
were closed to-day. None of the Vic
Tins is said tp be critically i'll and
every, precautton has been taken TO
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-19
WITH THE BOWLERS

Bethlehem Steel Company bow
lers on Richards & Brashear's al
leyS finished up:
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-19

The Firestone' Tire Company last
night defeated the Goodrich Rubber
Company on the Casino Bowling AL
leys by a margin of 242 pins.
The score:
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-19
on CASINO ALLEYs

otal go. 6S5 742 715-2O62
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-06-26
Need ESQ Boys to
Pick Berries for
the Soldiers jam

Two hundred and fifty boys are
wanted for duty in the berry fields
OF the Puyaiiup valley within the
next week. The berry crop in that
section is ripening much faster than
expected. and unless the growers can
get the $50 boys asked the crop must
be largely wasted.
The berries viii 20 largely into
jam for soldiers in France.
Under the auspices OF the United
States and Junior Boys Reserve. the
Y NJ. c. A. OF Seattle and Tacoma.
and the Boy Scouts. a big camp will
be established on the Puyallup fair
grounds. Carl Hollingsworth. OF
Seattle. and c. +. Drake. OF TIA
coma. will be in charge.
Fifty cents a crate. is the rate at
which the boys will be paid. with
expenses. Recruits can register at
the y. NJ. c. A.. at Fourth ave. and
Madison st.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-06-26

After a. strenuous weeks ,readIng
the boards with tho Wilkes Players
In salt Lake city. Miss Cornoiia
Glass ~ hack home In Seattle
Cornrlia used 10 be- feature writ
or on The star Twenty four hours
after she had hit the city tho cal.
cium convert was back IN her old
haunu and trying 10 play tunes on
the ,ypewrttcra,
She n In seattle for rest. some
thing Hh~ has not tried FOR four
years. From her freshman year at
the University ~ Washington. the
strenuous Atias Glass has KEEP; strcn.
uoualy busy Had she not ioft col.
iege last spring abe would have re-.
oclvcd her diploma this June.
She was set on a stage career. and.
by hard work aud study. shc IL at
tanning splendid success.
what to do with the summer II
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-06-26
Strange Code May
Reveal Messages
of Enemy's Agent

Deciphering Of secret code re
sembiing a cross between Turkish
characters and the Pitmanic system.
IL expected to reveal relation OF Earl
Thomas. n walter Of Everett. now in
tho county Jail. awaiting trial In tho
federal court for espionage. with the
imperial German government
The defendant was in the United
States navy for seven years. nine
months OF which was spent in Turk
ish waters Authorities say Thomas
has several books written in code.
lie last served az member of the L..
4. s. Tennessee crew.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-06-26
LEMON JUICE
TAKES OFF TAN
Girls! Make bleaching lotion
if skin is sunburned,
tanned or freckled

Squeeze the juice OF two lemons in.
to "a bottle containing three ounces Of
Orchard White. shake well. and you
have "A quarter pint OF the best
freckle. sunburn and tan lotion. and
complexion beautifler. at very. very
small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and
any drug store or toilet counter Will
supply three ounces Of Orchard
White for n few cents. Massage this
sweetly fragrant lotion into the face.
neck, arms and hands each day and
gee how frecklcs. sunburn. windburn
and tan disappear. and how clear.
soft and white the skin becomes
Yeal IL Is harmless.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-06-26
TRANSFER MAI. WelN
TO CAMP FUNSTON DUTY

TACOMA. june 2s.--Maj. Maurice
u. Wcl,y. acting chief Of co-ordina.
ton OF the administration OF the
general staff at Camp Lewis, IL un-
der orders transferring him to Camp
Funston. What assignment he will
have there IL not known.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-06-26
Big Union Carnival
Opens Wednesday

Tho Union Labor carnival will
open "Wednesday night nj Bon
MRrche park. az Fourth ave. and
Pine st. TO continue untl July 7.
The fctc Ia being given under the
auspices Of tho Laundry Workers
union. local No. "a. and VIII h. open
for both matinee aud night An
open air dance viii IL a feature.