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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-08
NEW HAVEN STAR
LEADSBOWLERS
Sensational Work Puts Mort
Lindsay in Second Place
For Title HonorS

Cincinnati, o., March S.-Expert
bowling characterized yesterday s
doubles and singles in the American
Bowling Congress tournament here,
as Mort Lindsay and J. Porto, of
New Haven, Conn, by rolling 1882,
went into third place in the doubles,
and an hour later Lindsay bowled
himself into tenth place in the sim
giles with Gel.
Shortly after these two teams had
finished G.. Stewart and c. Moses
of Toledo, made total of 1857 in
the. doubles, and are now in fourth
place. Lindsay's bowling was SEN
sational. and his wonderful work in
the singles and doubles managed to
overcome his rather mediocre show
ing with his five-men team, and he
succeeded in establishing himself in
second place in the all-events, with
1921.
Ten Leaders
/ The standing of the ten leaders
in the singles, doubles, five-men
teams and the five highest in the all
events follows:
Individuals-C. Styles, Detroit
702; C. Wagner, Newark. N. j.. $50;
II. Steers, Chicago. 675; e. Herr
man, Cleveland, 673; G. Leonard
Detroit, 672; w. Ready, Chicago
66S; G. Shank, Louisville, 666; j
Selmar, Eau Claire, Wis, 66S; j
Fitzpatrick, Detroit, 663; NJ. Lindsay
New Haven, GEL.
Two-Men Teams Steers and
Thoma, Chicago. 1895; Goodman
and jerks, Canton, o., 1897; Lind.
say and Porto, New Haven, 1882
G.. Stewart and C. Moses, Toledo, l..
267; Doehrman and Farnan. Fort
Wayne. 1853; Mcdowell and Thies
Cleveland. 1,247; Anderson and An
derson. Chicago, 1,247; Plum and
OFT, Chicago, 1,246; Pflster and
GirouX, Detroit. 1,245; Lundberg
and Mackin, 1,237.
Five-Men Teams-Aquilas Cigars
st. Paul. 3,022; Page Dairys, Toledo
1851; Champion Spark Plugs, To.
ledo, 2,90S; Athearn Hotel, Oshkosh
2,S92; Clausius, Chicago 2,S91; Elm
Rochester. n. Y, 2,SS5; p. ]
Schmidt, Detroit, ASIA; Marott Shoe
Shops. Indianapolis, 2,S73; Shyman'
ski and Sons, Louisville, 2,S61; Min.
eralites. Chicago. 2,S5S.
All Events-H. Steers, Chicago
1,959; M. Lindsay, New Haven, !,
921: +. Farnan, Fort Wayne, 1871
c. Thies. Cleveland, 1861: e. Herr.
, mann, Cleveland, 1861.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-08
Is Fulton Trying to
Sidestep Utah Boy?
Hard After Champ

New York, March Sin view of
the apparent disinclination on the
part of Fred Fulton to meet Jack
Dempsey in an elimination bout and
the eagerness of the Utah boy to
box the plasterer, a comparison of
their ring records is of interest as
indicating whether the Minnesotan
has reason to fear a contest with the
newcomer Also it might tend to
show whether the younSster would
have a chance against the big chap
who has been steadily on the trail
of the champion over since Willard
won the title.
Both Dempsey and Fulton have
suffered one knockout, Fulton having
been stopped in the fourth round
by AL Pazer. Fulton never wiped
out that defeat.
Dempsey, at the outset of his ca
reer, was stopped by Jim Flynn in
one round. The Utah fighter return
ed the compliment with interest a
few weeks ago.
Fulton knocked out Andre Ander-
son in the fourth round in 1915, and
Dempsey stopped the amazing An
derson in this city in the, ninth
round in 1916.
Fulton knocked out Tom Cowler,
Charley Weinert, Tom Mcmahon.
PorlSy Flynn and Bob Devere in jig
time and stopped Gunboat Smith in
the seventh round. Dempsey met
Smith in a four-round bout on the
coast and bested him thoroughly,
but never has met Cowler Weinert,
Mcmahon, Porky Flynn or Devere.
Face Carl Morris
Both Dempsey and Fulton have
twice faced Carl Morris in the ring,
and these bouts form the most sig
nificant test of their relative ability.
The bouts between Fulton and Nor
ris ended with fouls, Fulton being
the offender in the first encounter
and Norris in the second contest.
1t is true that Norris butted with
his head and employed other foul
tactics, but Fulton seemed unable
to effectively punish the Oklahoman
or keep him at bay. In the first
battle, which took place in this city
Fulton, after showing a decided
aversion to the rough going, ended
the affair in the fifth with a blow
that was palpably low and brought
Morris to the floor.
In the next encounter between
f and Morris, Fulton made tho
a .empts to leave the ring. but was
restrained by his own seconds. Full
toms conduct in these two battles
has been accepted by the experts as
evidence that the Minneasotan will
not stand up well under fire.
In sharp contrast was the. conduct
of Dempsey in his battles with Nor
ris. The first meeting between this
pair took place on the coast. was
limited to four rounds and Dentp-
sew won by a wide margin
The men were brought together
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-08

again, this time in ten-round bout
in Buffalo. In this contest Dempsey
peppered Morris so hard with all
varieties of punches that the Okla
homan began to hit low. Dempsey
fought all the harder and soon had
Morris in distress and close to a
knockout when the beaten man
struck a palpably low blow and
was sent out of the ring by the
referee.
1t therefore is apparent that
Dempsey would at least have an
even chance against Fulton and
should not be denied an opportunity
to prove, If he can, that he is the
man to meet the champion. Full
ton now is in st. Louis doing theat-
rical work and Dempsey is camping
on his trail with a proposal for a
twenty-round bout to a decision in
order to settle the question as to
which is to fight Willard.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-08
|&XY|ELLYU
y w CORNER

Now that it is certain that the
New York State Legislature is
against Sunday baseball, the Inter-
nationals, and Farrell circuits are
not likely to start. Unless there is
a goodly amount of cash on hand,
none of the officials can explain the
strong desire on the part of some
managers to get into losing game.
Joe Devlin, well-known to local
fight fans, and a former Lancaster
boy, has enlisted in the Canadian
Army. Joe" was a real fighter.
Even when he encountered his
brother Tom" in the ring, family
ties were forgotten. Devlin fought
at Chestnut Street Auditorium on
a number of occasions, and always
made good.
George Cockill will manage the
Steelton team of the Bethlehem
Steel League. He is already on the
job and hot foot after another pen
nant. This season he will sign up
players with experience. Shorty
Miller will be in the lineup along
with several other well-known stars.
The following yarn concerning
Hughey Jennings is found in the
Detroit correspondence to the Sport
ing News of st. Louis:
while in New York recently Jen-
nings confided to a Detroit writer
that he intends to give up the prac-
tice of law. Jennings has been in
the legal business with his brother
in Scranton. While he was able to
sit in his office and hand out ad-
vice things went swimmingly with
LI.tar I.sA civ
handled the case in court But one
day recently the brother became ill
and Hughie had to take his place
before the jury. He handed out an
argument that he thought would
knock them into a verdict for his
client, but after he concluded the
masterful grafton the judge leaned
over the bench and remarked: ''Mr.
Jennings, you have forgotten both
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-08
Rex SOx Has Some Team
If War Ends in Time

Boston. March 8.-If the war ends
before the ball season opens the
Boston Red SoX will have a won
derful team. Here it is:
Pitchers-Bush, Shore, Leonard.
Ruth, Mays, Foster, Pennock and
others.
Catchers-Schang, Agnew and
Mayer.
Infielders--HoblitGell, Gamer, Nc
Innis, Barry, JanvTin, Cooney. Scott.
McNally and Gardner.
Outfielders - Lewis, StrunIo.
Hooper, Shorten and Walsh.
President Frazee, by the way.
made a wager last December of
$4,000 against $4,000 that there
would be no fighting between the
Allies and the Central Powers after
April 15.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-08

in your argument and in your brief
to pay any attention to the act of
1865, which is vital to this case"
II did not know there was an act or
1865. that was before i was born.
If I've got to remember law as far
back as that think I'll retire."
Reading High will be strong for
baseball this year. Thomas l..
Bickel will be the coach. A strong
scholastic schedule will be arrang-
ed. Professor Bickel is former
star of the diamond, having cap
tanned the It. and NJ. College team
for two years. Manager Bickel will
issue a call for candidates the lat
ter part of this month. Dick Ny
quist, who is bossing this years
basketball team, will captainI the
diamond nine. Several of the regu-
lars of last years nine will be back
on the club this season.
Now for the big windup on March
21, between Central and Tech tos-
isers. This game will mark the
close of the scholastic league sea-
son in Harrisburg.
Tech won last night and showed
superior work over Central. The
work of the Maroons was character
lied with real basketball tactics.
Central tossers took their defeat like
REAL sportsmen and want it under
stood that the Blue and Gray five
will be fighting just as hard in the
game on March %.
Hassett basketball teams expect to
resume activity in a few days. The
departure of the Rev. T. B. Johnson
has put q damper on enthusiasm at
the Hassett gymnastic school, but
the boys and girls hope to get back
into the cage game in a few days.
Captain Huston is a real leader.
He is cool at all times and knows
just what to do and the right time
to do it. He had a classy bunch
back of him. Tech was leading in
good work at all periods last night.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-08
Former Tech Stars See
MarOons Slam Central

Harry Eyster. manager of the
Tech track team last spring, and
John Demming, captain the previous
years, were spectators at the Tech
Central basketball contest last night.
Eyster and Demming are freshmen
at State College and will represent
that institution at the Meadowbrook
games tonight and tomorrow. Eys-
ter is entered in the 40-yard dash,
440-yard and the broad jump. Dem
ming will do the 44O, $50 novice and
1,O00-yard runs. Both are entered
in the relay. Out of the squad of
eighteen men, Coach Martin selected
but three freshmen, Demming and
Eyster being two of the first-year
lads. While enrolled at Tech both
"Eyst" and "Jawn"' won many track
events for the Maroon.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-08

off for patriotic" reasons and as a
result the team had a poor season,
financially For many years the
Memorial Day affair was the big
gest event on the Reading High
schedule and the plan of changing
the date from the holiday to q Sat
urday, reduced the number of en-
tries and also hurt the attendance.
George d. Snyder is the faculty
manager of the track team and he
is arranging a schedule, which will
probably be the lightest in years. A
team will be sent to the Penn Re
lays and to other meets, but the
chances are that there will be only a
few events on George Field. No
call has been issued for candidates.
although schools in nearby towns
have had their track and field men
at work for the past week or two"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-08
Welterweight Champ Has
Ten-ROund Battle in South

Atlanta, Ga, March S.-Ted
Lewis, of England, welterweight
champion, and Jack Britton, of Chi
cago, former champion, fought a
10-round no-decision exhibition box
ing contest Wednesday night for the
benefit of the Camp Gordon Athletic
Fund.
Lewis fought cautiously through
out the bout, but showed consider
able speed towards the end. Brit
ton was aggressive from the first
and apparently was trying for a
knockout.
Newspaper opinion gave Lewis
the third, fourth, fifth and seventh
rounds, while Britton was conceded
an edge on his opponent in the sec
ond. eighth, ninth and tenth rounds.
with the first and sixth even.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-08

Six important characters of the
pugilistic game, men whose names
were long known over the whole
world where a fight was enjoyed,
have passed away within the past
few months. The death of Bob
Fitzsimmons, champion of the
world. was followed by that of Bob
Vernon, who sold champagne, but
spent most of his profits backing
and encouraging fighters. He made
possible the match in London be-
tween Freddie Welsb and Willie
Ritchie, by which the former won
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-08
Former Local Star Has
Contract With Jennings

Detroit, . Mich, March S.-"Pep"
Young, star second baseman of the
Detroit Americans, has signed bis
1918 contract, it was officially an
nounced yesterday. For several
weeks it had been reported that
Young might be holdout.
Only TWO members of the Detroit
Club have not signed their contracts.
These men are Catcher Spencer and
Third Baseman Witt. Spencer, it is
reported, may obtain a position as
manager of a Pacific Coast League
Club, but it is expected that Witt will
soon come to terms with the De-
troit management.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-08
Philadelphia Nationals to
Start Work Next Week
BY ASsociafed Press

Philadelphia, March 8. - The
Philadelphia National League base
ball team will leave for the spring
training grounds at st. Petersburg
Fla, on March Is, it was announced
yesterday. Training will begin four
days later and will continue until
March 81, when the team will &c
to Miami for three-days' series
with the Boston Nationals. Other
games on the schedule include the
following:
April 8, Washington Americans
at Columbia, S. c.; April 10, Wash
ington Americans at GreenvilIe, S
c.; April 1S, Philadelphia Ameri-
cans at Philadelphia, and April. IA
Philadelphia Americans at Balti-
more.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-08
READING MAY
CUT TRACK TEAM
No Coach at High School to
Look After This Branch
of Sport

Reading track athletes who have
been prominent in High School
meets at Island Park, may not come
to Harrisburg this year. The Read
ing Times-News says:
"Very httle is being done at
Reading High in the way of shaping
plans for the coming track season
as there is no coach at the school
to boom the sport. Although it has
not been definitely decided, it is be-
lieved that the track sport may be
curtailed to a certain extent this
season.
No Meet Plans ,-
up to this time it hasrnot been
decided whether the annual
Memorial Day meet will be held
this year. Last year it was called
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-08
Lajoie Not Yet Free;
Toronto Still Has Hopes

Toronto. ont, March s.-Presi-
dent McCaffrey, of the Toronto
Baseball Club, announced that the
International league will be reorgan-
lied and that there will be base
ball as usual this season. g.
Larry LaJoie is expected to come
here for q conference before the
end of the week
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-08


| the rivalry is generally so keen that
! unclean playing is pulled off by the
players unconsciously.
The contest was nip and tuck from
start to finish. Had Tech not been
able to get such a commanding lead
in the first half the total score may
have been different.
The crowd was the largest that
ever witnessed a contest in this city.
| Many were turned away, not being
able to get in the doors. The hall
was filled long before the game
between the second teams of the
| schools was over.
art" Fields made several sensa-
| tional shots from the field.
The foul shooting of Huston and
Frank was good.
Central boys promise another hard
battle on March %.
The Frank brothers played a ste2-
lar game for their respective teams.
''Haps" tossed in half dozen field
goals for the Tech reserves, while
Mob" kept Central in the running
with his clever foul tossing.
Captain Huston was the high i'm
dividual scorer for the evening with
26 points to his credit. o..
After Tech had held Central with
out a field goal for thirty-three
minutes of play, the Central lads
suddenly came to life, and collected
fNxTn nj a for T1rif hi -oI
minutes. The rally put the score 33
to 20, and the Tech rooters were
anything but comfortable. The rally
came too late.
Central was weak at the forward
position. A little more offensive
work should have been in evidence
by the two forwards.
The closeness of the score will as
sure the Central management of an
)lher record crowd when the teams
meet on the twenty-second of this
month. -
With five minutes of the second
team game to be played, Coach Mil
Ter changed the entire Tech team.
Frank was the only player left in
the game, and he was changed from
guard to center. Huston, McCord
Ellinger and Snaps Emanuel were
sent into the fray.
"Dick" Robinson looked like first
team timber at the forward position
for the Central reserves. This lad
did practically all of the scoring
for the Blue and Gray, and looked
good enough to be on the first team.
Fish Herring played a clever
game at center for Centrars second
five. His work at the jump-up was
commendable.
Johnny" Beck was again in the
'limelight, and should be a strong
candidate for the Tech first team
next season. He missed several close
shots.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-08
Harrisburg Independents
Lose Game to AIsatias

At Hagerstown last night the Har-
risburg Independents lost out, score
20 to 20, to the Alsatias. The sum-
mary:
Hagerstown Harrisburg
Downs, +. Crane, f.
Barnhart, f. Wallower, f.
Matthias, C. McCord, c.
Bachelor. g. Ford, gI
Porter, g. Mcconnell, G.
bstitution-Kretzer for Barn
mart. Field goals-Crane. 8; Wall
lower, McCord, 4; Ford, 4; McCon-
nell, 2; Downs, 2; Matthias, 2; Bach
Ter, 2.
Foul goals-McCord, 8; Bachler.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-08

the lightweight championship. Char
ley White, perhaps the greatest of
the referees of Queensbury rule
days, was another victim. John l..
Sullivan, the most popular fighter the
ring has known, died this year. Billy
Madden, manager of many cham
pions, the man who made John L.
famous on the tour in which Sulli-
van offered $500 to the man who
could stay four rounds with him,
followed his ola fighters quickly.
The last to go was Terry McGov-
ern, Terrible Terry" a little fellow,
but fury of the Sullivan kind.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-08

Central certainly did stage come
back but it was too late. The team
pulled together during the last ten
minutes OF play and threatened to
tie the score.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-08
WOODWARD TossERs WIN

The Woodward tossers defeated
the Camp Curtin squad by the score
of 19 to is on the Camp Curtin
court last evening. The summary:
Camp Curtin Woodward
Cole, +. Deshong, f.
Ross, +. Poore, +.
Carl, c. Peters,
NReitz,t <. Kitzmiller, z.
Bundys g. McEadden, z.
Field goals-Peters, 8; Carl 4
Cole, 4. Foul goals-Peters, 8; Kitz-
miller, 2; Cole, / Carl, 6; Bundy, 2.
Referee-Graeff.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-08

The Blue and Gray players seemed
los7 during the first period. Tech
kept the ball most of the time and
had little difficulty in keeping the
Central players we'll guarded.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-08

Tech showed better skill in shoot
ing and team work and deserved
to win.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-08

Huston made several sensational
shots from the field, in the first half.
The shots were made from the mid
die of the floor when the captain
was covered.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-08
Central Pennsylvania
Scholastic League
Notes Of the Game

Tech players deserve credit for
their cool headed playing during
the entire contest. Huston displayed
remarkable control over his men.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-08

Both teams played exceptionally
clean ball which was commendable.
When two teams of this caliber meet,
the rivalry is generally so keen that
unclean playing is pulled off by the
players unconsciously.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-08

Fortna, 2; Frock. 81; Emanuel, /;
Robinson, 3; Page, 1; Herring, 1;
Early, /.
Foul Goals-Holland, out of 12;
Robinson, 1S out of 81.
Substitutions-Tech Scrubs, Hus-
ton for Holland, Ellinger for j.
Beck, McCord for Fortna, Emanuel
fer Frock.
Referee, Killinger; scorer, Knauss
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-08

Field Goals-Goodiel, 1; Frank, 1;
Fields, .; Huston, 4; Lingle. 5; Beck,
/; Kohlman, /.
Foul Goals-Frank, % out of "a;
Huston, IS out of 20. ----..- --
Referee, Mcconnell; scorer, Knaussi
timer, Saul.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-12-24
DEATHS.

John Broecker, Sr., of Schofeld,
passed away Wednesday afternoon
with influenza He was born in Ger
many, May 10th, 1885. He is survived
by his wife and eight children, Mrs.
Louis Tennert, Mrs. julius Kellar, and
John Broecker, Jr., all of Chicago.
Mrs. Fran Boyack, Mrs. Charles Scho-
enfeldt, Fred and Charles Broecker of
Schofeld and August Broecker of the
town of Weston. The funeral services
were held from the home at o'clock
Saturday afternoon, Rev. E. G.
Schroedel officiating. Interment was
in Pine Grove cemetery.
Anester Vachreau passed away at
his home in Mosinee, on Friday of
pneumonia, having been i'll nearly two
weeks. He was 26 years of age. He
was a brother of Henry L. Vachreau
of this city. Funeral services were
held on Monday morning at 1000
o'clock.
Mary Elizabeth the infant daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. William c. Schlaefer
passed away from this life at four
O'Clock Thursday afternoon. She was
eight days old at the time of her
death. Funeral services were held
from the home on Friday afternoon at
2 o'clock, Rev. FIR. Hauck officiating
Adeline, the one year old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Otto kamka of Roths-
child, passed away Dec. Goth, after an
illness of one week with influenza.
She was born in Rothschild, Sept. Sth,
1917. She is survived by her parents
and two brothers.
Mrs. W. L. Dutton passed away at
her home, 637 S. Third Ave, Dec. 20,
after two weeks illness with pneu-
monia. She was born in La Pere,
Mich, August Goth, 1881. She is sur
vived by her husband and her father,
H. R. Alyea.
Marie Gehler passed away at Rib
View Sanatorium. Dec. goth, with in
fuenza. Deceased was born in Chetek
Wis, Feb. 2, 1882. She is survived by
one brother, Edward Gehler of Lady
smith, Wis.
Fred Buss died at the Central House
Dec. Goth. with heart failure. He was
born in Germany 81 years ago. The
funeral was held Monday afternoon
from the Ritter and Deutsch under
taking parlors, at 100 o'clock.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-12-24
LIEUT.. NEWMAN HI. BELLS.

Lieutenant Newman H. Bells re-
turned to his home in Wausau last
Sunday, after having been absent for
over year, most of the time in
France. He was with the First Divi-
sion and in the trenches at the front
last summer when the Germans were
making such desperate efforts to
reach Paris. Lieutenant Bells was
severely wounded at the beginning of
the great allied offensive in the latter
part of July. He was very fortunate
in having the immediate attention of
very able surgeons. After spending
three months in hospitals in France he
was able to travel and was brought to
the United States and taken to the
hospital at Camp Dodge, Des Moines,
Iowa, where he has been since the
early part of November. He returns,
apparently, in the best of health,
though in reality it will require some
time before he has fully recovered.
1t is continual reception wherever
he goes for everybody is mighty glad
to see him, and happy to know that his
life was spared. 1t will be a real
Christmas at his home, tomorrow.
Lieut.. Bells has furlough of sixty
days.