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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-14

of Oshkosh, after defeating Choir
rocks, of South Africa, fell before
Billy Wells, of the British Army, in
the semifinals. Augie Rather, Amer
lean Army, fought his way through
to the finals, where he defeated Ser
geant Fuller, of the British Army, on
points. Rather comes from New
York, and is a former American ANA
teur welterweight champion.
Following the British Army and
the American Army with so and 80
points, respectively, the finals stand
ings were: Royal Air Force, 321s;
Royal Navy, 321a; American Navy,
32; Australia, 2S; New Zealand, IAN
South Africa, 10h, and Canada, IS.
While the American Army team
failed to equal the points piled up
by the British Army early in the
tournament, the surprise of the
meeting was the defeat of Jimmy
Wilde, by PAL Moore, fighting with
the American Navy team. Wilde is
a favorite in London and the de-
cisiOn was unpopular. ]. w. Driscoll,
trainer of the British teams, an
nounced, however, that he was satis-
fled the decision was correct.
The Yankee contestants and fans
kept their eyes glued on the prince,
for none had ever seen q live one
before. He gave out personally the
medals and bestowed the royal
trophy on the British Army team.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-14
Juniata College Huskies
TrOunce Altoona "Y" in
Hotly-C Contested Game

Huntingdon, Pa.s Dec. 14.-In the
first game of the season Juniata
College defeated the Altoona Y. NJ.
@. A. in the college gymnasium. Up
until this game the Altoona quintet
had not suffered defeat although it
had battled with some of the strong
est teams in Western Pennsylvania.
From the first signal whistle Juniata
had things her own way although
the visitors fought valiantly every
moment of the game and hotly con-
tested every goal. The yJuniata team
is composed of new material with
the exception of Carl Howe at CEN
ter but every member played vet
eran ball. 1t would be impossible to
point out individual stars; every
man did phenomenal work notwith-
standing the factEthat it was their
initial appearanceIas a unit. For the
visitors Benson did exceptional work
on the foul line, failing in only two
attempts during the entire game.
JUNIATA Y. NJ. c. A. 20
Butts. f. Benson, f.
Bezchley, f. Means, f.
Oller, C. Crook, C.
Gump, &. Baker, 6.
Howe, &. Staufer, &.
(Cheers)
Time, 20 minute halves; timekeep-
er, Custer; referee, Neff; scorer,
Linwood Geiger.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-14
Tom Marshall Goes For
DuckS---and Gets En-

Are people with championship
requisites born or made? George
Maxwell, of Hastings, Nebraska, the
acknowledged one-armed champion
scattergun artist, who now stars os
n professional shot, became u pros
pective champion when an accident
deprived him of his left arm. In
teresting himself in trapshooting, he
became one of the most accurate eX-
ponents of the Sport Alluring, a fac
tor to be reckoned with at all tourna-
ments, as a high average winner.
Afield he is a premier shot and a
real game-getter, as l now testify.
Upon a recent visit to the home of
Maxwell it was decided that we
would have an afternoon on ducks
together, as it was reported that they
were using the classic Platte river
abort twenty miles northwest of
Hastings, near the little village Of
Prosser, a noted feeding and resting
ground for migratory birds. While
George attuned the PuZz wagon, the
good wife and the writer captured
the tame decoys, ens"cncing them IN
crates, also placing guns, lunch and
accessories aboard the car ready for
the start. George driN es in the same
whirlwind manT:ec he shoot; we
! fairly burned up the road, soon ar
! rying at our objective point. Mary
birds were circling in the air, in a
| few minutes we had reconstructed a
couple of old dead willow blinds
located on a sandbar, the greater
! portion of which was covered with
water. An occasional chapnel had
| been cut through by the rapidly
| flowing cross currents. A number of
| treacherous quicksand bars were
scattered about, which are always a
danger to be watched by hunters,
Maxwell was encased in a pair of
macintosh waders, which reached
to his armpits; their weight in no
hway accelerated his movements.
Our blinds were located about 100
yards apart, the live decoys and
blocks having been divided equally,
the males and females having been
separated, their squawking and call
/ ing was incessant. A good flight of
birds was on and only a short time
elapsed until our heavy artillery
opened. Many fine mallards paid
the penalty of inquisitiveness with
their lives. The weather was
"snappy," with a trace of snow in
the atmosphere; the wind was blow
ing from the northwest, and all
ducks coming to our squawking de-
coys headed into the wind, coming
up slowly, which made excellent
shooting. There was a very consid-
cradle current running in the river,
which, necessitated immediate per-
sonal gathering Eve had no dogs)
of all ducks knocked down. For
some time l had been watching and
admiring the skilful and artistic
manner in which George handled
himself and gun in the blind. He
had pulled down several doubles in
approved championship style. Three
mallards headed for his decoys came
down with the wind like n bat out of
perdition. 1t was no evening ram
BILE to correctly gauge and compute
distance or velocity of their flight.
He caught n pair as they crossed
| with the first shot, the third was
"grassed" in beautiful style, two
stone dead, one "'wing-tipped," as the
verdict A glance of satisfaction
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-14
BIC BRITISH CHAM
Won Holtren Was First
Southpaw With His Club

ChIcagO-George Van Haltren is
we'll known to the baseball fans of
to-day as a great batsman and out
fielder, also for his long connection
with the New York Giants But to
the oldtimers Van was first known
as a pitcher. one of the phenomenal
type.
Van Haltren was remarkable
ballplayer and stuck to the big show
II seasons. but fame first came to
Van through his ability to hurl the
most astonishing curves and drops
with his mighty left arm. Back in
the early sos the Californian pitched
so many marvellous games against the
best teams of his native state that
his fame reached the East, Pop"
AnSon, whose eye was ever open for
young and budding "phenoms," and
through the earnest solicitations of
Uncle Anse Van Haltren was induced
to come East and sign a contract.
Van Haltren was the first left-hand-
er the Chicago Nationals had, and the
bringing of the great Californian
East was an event in his history of
Chicago baseball.
Faces Boston At Start
Anson signed Van Haltren for the
express purpose of beating Detroit
and its famous left-handed sluggers.
Van arrived about midseason of 1887.
His coming was heralded by many
glowing press notices. and the Chi
cago fans were all agog to see the
chap who could unravel a curve that
had a break so sharp it resembled a
hill pIappiupr off "A hoard fence, and
a fast ball with a break to 1t al
most as wide as his curves. Vans
first game was against Boston, and it
was a perfect scream. Sent right in
against experienced batsmen without
a bit of coaching. George stacked
up n record which is remembered
by the oldtime fans TO this very day.
George had his curves breaking fast,
wide and handsome. The Boston vet
erans. Ezra Sutton, Joe Hornung,
John MorreIl, Joe Wise. Billy Nash
and the great Mike Kelly closely
watched Van in his workout. they
noted his sweeping curve and his de-
ceptive drop; they also noted that
George showed plainly by the manner
in which he gripped the ball which
curve he was about to hand out
AStOnIshes Umpire
Boston played a waiting game.
Foxy Mike Kelly stood in position
where he could tip off what was
coming. and the Boston players
laughed their heads off as Vans
sweeping benders swept by. The
longer Van pitched the wilder he be-
came, and he sent 16 batsmen TO hrst
by the free pass route, hit three and
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-14

I made one wild heave. Doescher, who
| umpired the game, admitted that he
was completely fooled himself by
Vans wonderful curves and couldn't
judge them correctly. calling strikes
only when the batsmen swung at
them. Doescher also stated that Van
showed the most astonishing delivery
he had ever seen.
After this awful drubbing Anson
stuck Van in the outfield and had him
head the batting list, for the lengthy
Californian was a nifty hitter and
clever outfelder When the sedate,
George became accustomed to big
league tricks and noise and had some
coaching he tried the box again. in
sriring confidence in the manage
ment and himself by reeling off five
consecutive victories. When the
Ereat Anson thought his find sutfi-
ciently fit he sent him against the
Michigan Maulers. confident that
would show them few tricks. Mike
was scared when he cast his weather
eye on big Sam Thompson and bigger
Dan Brouthers, with Rowe, Richard
son and the Goodly Deacon" White
behind them. This was the bunch
that Anson expected him to outwit
and had him carefully groomed for
the killing.
Drubbed BY Detroit Team
To this day George Van HaitTen
will remember the fierce manner in
, which that Detroit gang went after
his curves and got them. Twenty
two base hits with total OF 30 was
the result of the drubbing he re-
ceived. Uncle Anse didn't stack
George up against that aggregation
again that season. However, the fol-
lowing season Van had the salts
faction of shutting out the hard slug
ginE outfit from Michigan.
BY hitting the ball so hard in 1880
while with the Brooklyn team OF the
Players League the clever Van Hal
tren was played regularly and this
ability to hit them hard and safe
gradually dimmed his value as hurl-
er and the following season Van took
up outfielding as a regular occu-
nation. Outside of the season of 1892
lin which he batted .296) the noted
PLAYER hit them out for 300 or bet
ter in l3 consecutive seasons and fin
ished his splendid career as big
league player with a batting average
of 1924.
Van Haltren was a steady consist
ent and conscientious player. His
record shows that he took part in
/. 97O big league games, seldom mis-
sing n game through any fault of his
own. Only 10 players in the history
of the game have record of play
ing more games in the big snow thah
the famous Californian.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-14
Airship Beats Plane :
as Passenger Carrier

London, Dec. 14.-For the imme-
date future, according to further
extracts from the report Just COM
pleted by the Civil Aerial Transport
Committee of the Air Board, the
commercial airship offers a great ad-
vantage over the airplane, parucu-
larly concerning passengers, where
comfort and ease of navigation, safe
ty and a high ratio of dispensable
lift are vital considerations.
Airships now exist, the report says
with a range of more than 1000
miles, and they can travel at a
speed of SO miles an hour. BY run
ming their engines slower a maxi
mum range of $500 miles can be
obtained.
On first speed Cape Town, South
Africa, is to-day aerially only a
little more than three days from
Southampton, while this ship could
fly across the Atlantic and return
without stopping.
The committee points out that the
future airship will soon develop a
speed of 100 miles an hour, that 1t
will be fitted with ample saloons
staterooms. with an elevator to a
roof garden and will be able to re-
main in the air for over a week,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-14
PENN NSTATETO
RESUME ESPORTS
Athletic Program to Be Cur
tailed; Coach Begins Work
on Matmen

State College, Pa, Dec. 14.-Peun
State will resume all branches of win
ter and spring sports, butt with great
" curtailed activities. with smaller
schedules and with limited coaching
STATS. The main efforts Will be
launched for a continuance of the
mass athletic program. involving par
ticipation of all undergraduates in
some form of competitive sports
when the college resumes its activities
on a purely collegiate basis January 2.
Although Penn State will celebrate
the tenth anniversary of it's identi-
fcation with wrestling by holding the
intercollegiates here in March, the
varsity schedule will be somewhat
reduced. Five dual meets with Crap
piers from other institutions are con-
templated. three at State College and
two on foreign mats.
Coach Yerger started his intercol-
legiate champion matmen on their
seasons work this week. He has n
squad of thirty-five aspfrants, with
prospects of enrolling fifty after the
holiday vacation. Captain-elect Detar,
who is in a machine gun Officers'
training camp. has announced that he
will not return to college this year.
1t is expected that Brown. the l5S-
POUND intercollegiate champion. will
be elected to succeed Detar.
Bezdek has more than eighty bas-
ketball candidates at daily practice.
1t is probable that the schedule Tor
this sports will be limited to ten cr
twelve games. An eastern and vest
ern trip are being arranged for the
court men and they will play few
games at home. Mullen is the only
veteran of last season on hand
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-14
Saving Stamps on Sale :?
in January at $4.12

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE pro-
gram for sale of war savings stamps
in 1919, announced by the treasury,
is almost identical with that follow
ed this year, as relating to cost of
the stamps in various months. In
January the stamps worth IS face
value will be sold for $4.12, and will
increase one-cent month until next
December. They will not mature
until January |, 1924, or one year
later than the stamps now on sale.
Thrift stamps, costing % cents
each, will be sold throughout the
year. They will be identical in design
and size with the present thrift
stamps, but will be blue instead of
green. The war savings stamps, also
blue, are considerably smaller than
the present issue.
New cards on which war sartngs
stamps are to be attached will be
issued and 1919 stamps should not
be attached to old cards. If a war
savings certificate has been only par
TALLY filled with this years war saw
stamps it will be entirely valid and
may be redeemed eventually at the
maturity value of the stamps it
bears.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-14
AIl-Star Basketball
at Chestnut Street Hall

Rain or snow does not interfere
with the merry pastime of basketball
and so big a crowd is expected to-
night at Chestnut Street Auditorium,
where the world champion Greystocks
play the Independents, with Harry
Rote leading the list. Rote, as they
who follow athletics will remember,
was captain of both football and
basketball at Central High, and has
just returned from Army service. Man
ager Gordon Ford assured the Tele-
graph to-day that he would surely be
on the job. his complete lineup in
cluding: Rote, Gerdes, Wallower, for
wards; McCord. center; Ford, Lingle,
Beck, guards.
Greystock. which won the world
champ pionship two years ago. has Joe
Fogarty for captain, and his huskies
all figured in the titlewinning, Zahn,
Lawrence, Campbell and McGregor.
Ike McCord is counted on to be a
tower of strength for the Indepen-
dents.
Special music will be given the fans
between halves by Mark Vecchione, a
local boy back from Camp Dix, and
who appeared here with the Camp Dix
Comedy Company in You'll Like It."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-14
Seven-Pronged Deer Shot
by Harrisburg NimrOd

Hello, there, this the Tele-
graph"
Sure. Mike"
well, say, this is William Loch-
man talking, from Huntsdale; reads
the Telegraph daily and wants you
to put in to-day that W. d. Markley,
of your town, knocked over huge
deer yesterday, with seven prongs.
He had his headquarters with me.
and dropped the deer not far away
on the adjoining mountains.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-14
CHARGED WITH AUTO THEFT

Joseph Smith, arrested last night
by Patrolman Lowery on the charge
of stealing the automobile of j. K.
Bowman, sos North Second street,
from in front of the Chestnut street
market last Saturday, was given a
hearing before Mayor Keister in po-
lice court this afternoon. He de-
clared he purchased the machine in
Reading last Friday. 1t is said he
was trying to sell it at a Market
street garage before he was arrest
ed
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-14
WITH THE BOWLERS

The Middletown bowlers wallop-
ed New Cumberland on Burd alleys
at duckpins by the wide margin of
2SS points, their artists all scoring
in fha A00's
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-14
SPECIAL Fok SATURDAY

Five pounds of mixed nuts Gall
fresh), for $500. Real Jumbo pea
nuts, csc per lb. Good coffee, 25c
per lb. Imperial Tea Co., 213
Chestnut street.-adv.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-14

The Harms Stars defeated the
South Harrisburg bowlers last night
on the Leonard Alleys by a margin
of 202 points.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-14

The Coke Department League game
of the Bethlehem Steel at Hess al
leys resulted in a defeat for No. q.
TEAM No
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-14

Use McNeils Cold Tablets. - ADV.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-14
-. ESQ Gil SOS 1876
PIPE SHOP

The Pennsy Shop League staged
Erecting Shop and Pipe Shop at Ca
sino alleVs:
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-14

Totals ...... $40 564 664-1sSs
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-14

Totals ...... els 663 64S-1926
The Lemoyne league at Fickes' al
leys registered defeat for Admirals.
ADMIRALS
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-01
MAKING MEATLEeS
DAYS PERMANENT.

In the meatless menu there is a fer
tile field for developing new and nOur-
ishing dishes, according to e. Fl. Niles,
writing in the Hotel Gazette. who be-
neves that the present shortage of
meat and fats will not end with the
coming Of peace. but may grow more
acute and continue for Eve or six
years. thus making 1t worth while to
develop menus Of grain. vegetables
and Dish on q more or less permanent
basis. Meat can be replaced by cereals
and other protein foods. or may be
served In very small portions as fla
voring for other food. In making up
meatless menus this author finds our
American Creole and southern cuisine
D broad field for investigation.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-01
BRITISH government
Helps PAY FOR BREAD

There has been much misunder.
standing about the bread program In
England. 1t u true that the English
man buys loaf Of bread for les, than
an American can, but 1t is poorer
bread, and the British government is
paying $500. 100000 a year toward the
cost Of II.
All the grain grown In Great Brit.
ain u taken over BY the government
at an arbitrary price and the imported
wheat purchased on tn. markets at
the prevailing market price. This Is
turned over to the mills by the govern
ment at q price that allows the adul-
terated war bread loaf Of four pounds
to sell at IS cents, the two pound loaf
at 8 cents and the one pound loaf at 9
cents.
In France, under conditions some.
what similar, but with a larger ex-
traction. the four pound loaf sells for
16 cents.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-01
NEED BIC HERDS
Europe's Meat Supply Must Come
From America.
Warning Nations Have Depleted Live
Stock At Enormous Rate, Fve1
Killing Dairy Cattle For Food.

American stock breeders are being
asked to conserve their flocks and
herds in order to meet Europe's ire
mendOus demands for meats during
the war and probably for many years
afterward.
The United States food admins
tration reports that American stock
raisers have shown a disposition to
cooperate with the government in in
creasing the nations supply Of live
stock.
Germany today Is probably better
supplied with live stock than any 9TH
er European nation. When the Ger
man armies made their big advance
into France and then retreated viz
tually all the cattle in the invaded
territory - approximately 100000
head-were driven behind the German
lines.
But In England-where 100000
acres Of pasture lands have been turn
ed into grain delds-the cattle herds
are decreasing rapidly. One Of the
reasons apparently II the declining
maximum price scale adopted by the
English a. follows: For September,
Site per 100 pounds October, $17.28;
November and December, $16O8; jan
larry, $14.40. The effect Of these prices
was to drive beef animals on the mar
ket a. soon a. possible. .
In France the number Of cattle as
well a. the quality have shown an
enormous decline during the war;
Where France had 14,007 900 head Of
cattle In 1913 she now has only r.
81, 900, q decrease Of 1853 per cent
And France b today producing only
one gallon Of milk compared to two
end one-half gallons before the war.
Denmark and Holland have been
forced to sacrifice dairy herds for beef
because Of the lack Of necessary feed.
Close study Of the European meat
situation has convinced the Food Ad-
ministration that the future problem
Of America lies largely In the produc-
tion Of meat producing animals and
dairy products rather than In the pro-
duction Of cereals for export when
the war will have ceased.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-12-21
Garfield Sports

The Junior high school basketball
first team is showing up in fine form
this season. There will be no prac-
tice during the Christmas vacation
but after the recess 1t is expected that
the team will come back in good form.
The first and second teams start
their practice games against each
other in a few weeks.
riOhfpc Wosc1fc.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-12-21
MIR RAW.

She heard q slight brushing noise at
the window. In horror OF marauders,
she grasped a revolver from the table
and leveled 1t in the direction from
which the noise had como
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-12-21
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|uHEATEPSGGtS'(&!!S4b

Come In" she called. land throw
up your hands"
A man entered the room, tantaliz-
ing smile on his lips.
Don't shoot" he said. II am a
bold. bad burglar. but won't hurt
YOU"
There's a thrill in every scene OF
kiss or KILL" the smashing Univer-
sal Special Attention in which Pris-
ella Dean will appear as the star at
the Murray theatre on Sunday. Mon
day and Tuesday, with Herbert Raw
linson in support.
Tom Mix. the daring screen star,
added a new triumph to his credit
recently, when his latest release
Fame and Fortune" was shown.
This will be shown Wednesday and
Thursday at the Murray theatre. Built
around a theme truly western, Fame
and Fortune" teens with action that
will satisfy even the most ardent film
fan.
The play is pervaded at all times
by the figure of its hero, who does
, startling things in a perfectly natural
and plausible way. Tom Mix, by the
way, is one who is capable OF unusual
feats, both when he is on horseback
and when he il not, but he always
gives the impression that they are
perfectly reasonable and proper things
| to do.
Ethel Clayton. the charming Para
mount star who is seen in her second
starring vehicle, "Women's Weapons
at the Murray this week, has an excel
lent role in the portrayal of which
she evidences indisputed artistry. The
| picture Is in every way charming and
evokes admiring comments from each
successive audience.
James Forbes. young bank cashier
Of VAUDEVILLE, was unfortunate
enough to get into the tolls Of Eastern
crooks who feeced him at poker Il
is rumored he used money belonging
to the bank to make good his losses
However, the crooks were captured
in the act of robbing the bank
through fundamentally of Nora, {
waif, who came into town in a boz