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Glorifying the Local Athlete By JACK CONLIN, Sports Editor Coming Along Gordon D. Little, who takes great interest in sports activities at Mercersburg Academy, drops us a line concern Ing developments at the school. He writes: This school year at Mercersburg Academy boys of the Greater Harrisburg area have truly dominated over boys Jack Conlin Frederick Wins Bout Lancaster, March 28, (IP) Earl Frederick, 138, Lancaster, scored a technical knockout over Billy Donley, 136, also of Lancaster in 1:37 of tiie fifth round of an eight round feature bout here last night. The results: Semi windup, Jimmy Burns, 158V2, Johnstown, decisioned Steve Kafhey, 158, Hazleton, eight rounds; main prelim, Leroy Ponzi, 130, Hazleton, decisioned Joe Law, 128, Chicago, eight rounds; second bout, Andy Kodak, 1574, Phila 101 11 4 It HIRAM WALKER'S NINETY PROOF DISTILLED LONDON DRY GIN DISTILLED FROM GRAIN 65c PINT Ji, CODE No HIpRMI I. SUN INC.

CISTIUnilS AT rtORIV.VAU!. Villi, ONT GLASGOW, SV'AND 4 HH 'r' HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH MARCH 28, 1940 19 QOTOA 4 4 IUJU THURSDAY EVENING COW RNCE ADDS MEMBER from other sections of the represented country. During this coming baseball sea son this will be especially true. Head Baseball Coach Fred Kuhn has revealed that he is relying on several Har risburg boys to fill some of the open positions on his coming squad. Coach Kuhn had also said that hard hitting boys will be hard to find in the new crop of material.

Among the most prominent is Pat Boas, of North Second street. Pat is a fine fielder and a heavy hitter. Coach Kuhn's hopes for a second base manlie in Bennv Burns, who was a J. V. man last year.

Benny is a comparatively weak hitter. Jack Warden, son of the popular president of the Harrisburg Senators, has shown great promise on the diamond and it would not be surprising to see him earn a regular berth in the near future. Of the numerous Harrisburg boys taking part in Mercersburg sports Jack Seltzer is the most outstanding as ac all around athlete. Jack can boast two minor varsity sport letters, for soccer. Last season he was a member of the J.

V. baseball team. For three seasons he has been out for varsity wrestling, and this year in three meets he wrestled the 136 pound class. This year he will be a candidate for Coach Kuhn's outfield. In looking over the more distant localities around Harrisburg we cannot neglect Dave Lockart, of Myerstown.

For three years Dave was a letterman in baseball at his high school, holding the position behind the plate. He is consistent in all respects hitting and fielding. Last but far from least is Charlie Kieth, of Carlisle. Last season, in his first year of organized ball, Charlie filled a varsity uniform at the Academy. He played first base but failed to earn a letter.

The Carlisle lad is one of Kuhn's few varsity squad members returning, and Kieth is expected to show some real class this year. Kieth should lessen Kuhn's scoring worries to a certain extent, as Charlie is a fairly consistent hitter. With boys as these representing Harrisburg in the Mercersburg sports there should be an aroused interest by the time the annual baseball game of Harrisburg Academy yersus Mercersburg Academy rolls around. delphia, decisioned Frankie Stern, 158, Lancaster, four rounds; and Jack Cozi, 117, Philadelphia, defeated Meno Riley, 1134, Lancaster, by a technical kayo in the second round. Judg Clearwater, March 28, (P) juuge Aenesaw M.

Jjandis, in an unprecedented action since be coming commissioner of baseball yesterday settled the contract dis pute between the Brooklyn Dodg ers and Outfielder Lindsay Deal, by establishing the amount of sal ary to be paid the player by the tsrooKlyn club. xne salary was iixea at a con ference between Landis and Deal in Belleair. The salary was satis factory to the player and the deci sion of the commissioner must be accepted by the Dodgers. Larry MacPhail, president of the Dodgers, was not present. The Dodgers purchased Deal last year from Montreal and he reported at Ebbets Field late in the season.

The Dodgers at tempted to return the outfielder to the minor league club. He pro tested to Commissioner Landis basing his complaint on the asser tion he had not received a fair chance to make good with the Dodgers. Tampa, March 28, (JP) If General Manager Warren Giles of the Cincinnati Reds and Bill Terry of the Giants get together a day or two and there were reports yesterday that they might dont be surprised if they turn up with a third base outfield deal, A game between the two teams was called off today because of rain but the hot stove league functioned full blast with reports that "Mebane Lew" Riggs, Reds utility third sacker, was the sub ject of new overtures from Terry Terry's trouble at third paral leled, Bill McKechnie's left field problem and there were hint? the pair might come up with a mu tually advantageous deal. The name of Jo Jo Moore was heard among possible "baits." Pittsburgh, March 28, (JP) The Cincinnati Reds have shipped Rookie Hurler Lloyd Dietz to the Pittsburgh Pirates on waivers, it was disclosed here yesterday. Sana Ana, March 28, UP) Glen "Rip" Russell, 25, Chicago Cubs' first baseman, and Miss Lois Gladys Chamberlain, a striking 20 year old brunet of Long Beach, were married yesterday.

i Miami Beach, March 28. (JP) Rain washed out the Phillies' scheduled exhibition with the St. Louis Cardinals. But Manager Prothro did his daily bit by an nouncing the optioning of Catcher Joe Kracher and Infielder Charley Letchas to Baltimore's International league club. Kracher played with Selma and Letchas with Chattanooga last year.

Orlando, March 28, (JP) Behind the four hit pitching of Edison Has Busy Season Twelve Varsity Baseball Games and Six Track Meets One of the most ambitious spring sports program in years was announced today at Edison Junior High School by R. E. White, faculty director of ath letics. A schedule of twelve var sity games has been arranged for the baseball nine, while six track contests have been scheduled, in cluding three dual meets and the P. I.

A. A. Junior High School meet The following is the sports setup for the rest of the year: Baseball April 9 John Harris Reserves, home. April 12 New Cumberland High School Reserves, home. April 17 Camp Curtin Junior High School, home.

April 19 Herbert Hoover Junior High School, away. April 24 Middletown, High School He atrves, home. April 30 Camp Curtin Junior High School, away. May 8 Herbert Hoover Junior High School, home. May 14 Camp Curtin Junior High School, home.

May 17 New Cumberland High School Reserves, away. May 21 Camp Curtin Junior High School, away. May 23 Middletown High School Re serves, away. May 28 Camp Curtin Junior High scnooi, nome. Volley Bali April Junior High School Tourna ment, York, Table Tennis April 20 Junlor High School Meet.

FenDrooK junior High. Track May 1 2 3 Edison Class Meets. Edison rield. May 4 Dual Meet Hand Junior Hieh School, Lancaster. May 10 Maroon and White Meet.

John Harris. May 18 Dual Meet Hannah Perm Jun ior High, John Harris. May 25 F. I. A.

A. District 1. Junior High School Meet, John Harris. June 4 Dual Meet Camn Curtin Jinw ior High, William Penn. Sports Mirror Today a Tear Ag.

Eddie Brink outpointed Tony Canzon eri in 10 round bout at New York; second defeat for former lightweight champ in 12 comeback starts. Three Tears Ago. Stanford University's basket ball team won two straight, 41 38 and 41 40, from Washington State in Pacific Coast Conference playoffs. JUDGE LANDIS Ken Chase and Joe Haynes. the Senators won a 5 to 2 decision yesterday over the Detroit Tigers, wtho had beaten them in two ear lier skirmishes.

Los Angeles, March 28. (JP) Al tnougn tne umcaeo Cub Pitts. burgh Pirate exhibition came of ficially was rained out yesterday Manager Frankie Frisch ran his entire Buccaneer sauad throueh long workout on the wet but sun drenched Wrigley Field. The Pirates learned they had obtained by waiver from Cincin nati Pitcher Lloyd Dietz, one of the farmhands of the Detroit Ti' gers made a free agent last winter by Commissioner K. M.

Landis. They bid for his services but he decided to sign with Cincinnati because he lives across the river in Newport, Ky. No basis could be found here last night for a persistent report that Paul Waner might be traded to the Cincinnati Reds. Ft. Myers, March 28, (JP) Rain washed out Cleveland ex hibition game against Syracuse and kept the Indians indoors yesterday, but one cheering note came when the cast was removed from Shortstop Lou Boudreau's injured left ankle.

Boudreau suffered a chipped bone ten days ago. Laredo, March 28, (JP) An eighth inning rally of five hits off Eldon Auker gave the San Antonio Missions a 5 to 3 victory over the St. Louis Browns here yesterday afternoon. It was the Browns' first defeat in their last nine exhibition games. Miami, March 28.

(JP) Rained out of an exhibition game 'if here yesterday, the St. Louis Car dinals departed for Havana last night for four contests. Manager Ray Blades said he planned to use Joe Medwick, star outfielder who just came to terms last night, an inning or two at Havana, but would devote most of the time to batting practice for Joe, Hollywood, March 28. (JP) The Chicago White Sox beat the Philadelphia Athletics, 3 to 2, be hind the six hit pitching of Thorn ton Lee, Jess Dobernic and Clint Brown yesterday. rne as scored in the first on Wally Moses' triple and in the sixth on Fred Chapman's two bagger.

Haines City, March 28; (JP) Tommy Henrich, young Yankee outfielder who is trying desper ately to win a regular berth, strengthened his chances yester day with a game winning triple in the eighth to give the world champions a 4 3 decision over their Kansas City farmhands. Frankie Crossetti and Red Rolfe were on base at the time Tommy struck his blow. Charley Ruffing and Lefty Gomez shared the mound auties for the winners, with Ruffing doing the best, al lowing but four hits in the five innings he toiled. Winter Haven, March 28, (JP) With their game against the Cincinnati Reds at Tampa rained out, Manager Bill Terry of the Giants yesterday started dividing the "sheep from the goats" and five youngsters were farmed out. Pitcher Bob Carpenter went to Knoxville, Johnny Wittig and Manny Salvo went to Jersey City, and Pitchers Tom Gorman and George Bausewein were farmed to Clinton, Iowa.

Hollywood, March 28, (JP) Connie Mack, about to head eastward with his Philadelphia Athletics, admitted yesterday the current edition of Mackmen is a "better ball club by far" than the 1939 team shaped up at this stage of the training season. I won go so lar as to name the place we'll finish," he said, but we're a better ball club by far than we were this time last year. Sixth place is hard to make after we've been such a chronic tail ender. If we can make sixth, we might be able to make fifth. With good pitching and real third basing, we may succeed." The 1939 Athletics finished the American League race in seventh place.

Aside from th pitchers, about whom he reserved comment, the veteran leader is set except for the left side of his infield. 3 Bob Tow Loses by Knockout Cleveland, March 28, (JP) Buddy Knox, Dayton, heavy' weight, scored a technical knock out over Bob Tow of Washington nere last night in the sixth of a scheduled ten round bout before 5500 fans. Knox weighed 188 and Tow Tow, seconded by James J. Braddock, former world heavyweight champion, was outboxed virtually all the way and was floored six times in final round before Referee Joe Sedley stopped the action at two minutes and 33 seconds. In a second main event, Jimmy Reeves, 169, Dusky Clevelander, ran his victory string to 13 with 10 round decision over a former stablemate, Willie Muldune, 176.

The latter substituted against his fellow townsman in place of Billy Soose of Farrell, injured in a bout Monday. Soose had replaced Teddy Yarosz, former middleweight champion, on the card. Landis Decides Dodgers Deal Dispute By EDDIE BRIETZ New York, March 28, (P). Scooparade: It's a fact that Lee Savold turned thumbs down on June title bout with Joe Louis Mike Jacobs nearly swallowed his store teeth when Lee told him he rather whip another good guy first We don blame him for tak ing care of himself as long as pos sible but then there's the angle that opportunity and the postman may not ringtwice any way, with Billy Conn on the shelf for another six months, Lee's postponed fight with Bob Pastor may be put on as in Detroit this summer An other major sport (can you guess which?) is beat 1 ins the hrush for a man who can swing a big stick J' 1 Eddie Brieti i vl WINNER ON POINT AT FIELD TRIAL IN EAST S. H.

Cashman's white, liver and ticked pointer Alleghany School Girl during the open all age stake event which she won at the ninth annual field trial meeting of the Babylon rjunt Club on the estate of Col. M. Robert Guggenheim at Babylon, Long Island, N. Y. Sports Roundup a la Judge Landis Tom Lieb, one of the smartest in the biz, still is No.

1 in line for that Florida coaching spot. Hold out Review One by one the hold outs yield And scram into the fold; Joe Medwick's exit from the field Left few out in the cold. "The Dogs Do Bark" Reason La Berg passed up the Mid South tournament (which she won last year) to hurry back home, was tootsie trouble For some reason most femmes on the grape fruit circuit have been complaining of their dogs this season Joe Louis has reservations on an 11:15 Detroit plane tomorrow night, just to give you an idea By the way, that shiner Joe is sporting is the first he ever re ceived in a training camp The S. G. A.

didn't like it a little bit when Bud Ward, U. S. amateur champ, flew 3000 miles from his home port at Spokane to the St. Augustine pro amateur tournament (The brass hats think it might have been a publicity stunt) Old Wes Ferrell has just about clinched a berth with the Dodgers. Today's Guest Star.

1 Sec Taylor, Des Moines Register: "I can only hope that Johnny Pay cneic is "good to the last drorj." (nice going, Cunnel). Sports Cocktail Jack Gardner, Kansas State cage coach, has on offer to conduct a coaching school at U. of Hawaii next summer Some of the track experts figure Greg Rice of Notre Dame will take Taisto Maki in the three mile feature at the Finn relief games Sunday night Edgar Munzel, former crack dot and dash man on the old Chicago Herald Examiner now is doing a swell job beating the publicity drums for the White Sox Arturo Godoy. who has been making personal appearances on the Coast since he stuck 15 heats with Joe Louis, is due back next week, plenty richer We have rhymed invitation from the Augusta Junior Chamber of Com merce to attend the Masters' tour nament No can make, but we wish the guy who wrote the invite woulq send in some more jingles, St. Louis Blues? Medwick and the Cards lucky.

And things are simply Duckv wucKy. Steve Halaiko in Windup Here are Regarded as one of the finest lightweight boxers in the world, not more than two years ago, Steve Halaiko, of Harrisburg, starts the comeback trail next Wednesday night at the Madrid Palestra. Halaiko, who in his heyday was a member of the United States Olympic boxing team and who has fought three world champions, was signed yesterday by Promoter Johnny Gill to be one half of the feature attraction at the Palestra's professional boxing show next week. Elizabethtown, Red Lion, Lititz and Ephrata Admitted Thrpp Trnnliip to Pomp Elizabelhtown' EPhrata Highspira, itiree iropmes 10. iome Hummelstown and Juniata Joint Way of Highest Teams in Two Brackets Four schools were formally in ducted into the Lower Susque hanna Football Conference at a meeting held here last night.

At the same time, in order to give the smaller teams the league an opportunity to compete among themselves, it was de cided to award a trophy to the school with less than 300 students enrolled that would achieve the highesrposition in the final standing of the league. A trophy will also be awarded to the school with more than 300 students with the highest post in the final standing. All of the schools will'be com peting at the same time for the championship cup which will go to the first place holder at the end of the season. The four new teams in the cir cuit are Elizabethtown, Ephrata. Lititz and Red Lion.

The next meeting of the loop will be held the Monday following Thanksgiving. The teams with over 300 stu dents are Elizabethtown, Enola, Ephrata, Juniata Joint, Lemoyne, New Cumberland, Red Lion, West York and Susquehanna Township. Schools with less than 300 enrollment are Camp Hill, Lititz, Lower Paxton, Lykens, Millersburg, Wil liamstown, Washington Township, Biglerville, Duncannon, Highspire, Hummelstown, New Freedom and Newport. The schools will change from one section to the other as their enrollments increase, or decrease, and the enrollment as of October 31 of the preceding year will be used as the basis for the placine of the squads. Washington Township, with 290 students at present, ana uamp mil with 285 are the closest to rating.

A change was made. in the scor ing system of the loop. Two Doints in addition to the regular points on wnich the standing was based last year will be given for each victory over an section team and one point additional for each victory over a squad. ue uoini win De given to a team tieing an eleven and one half point to a team tieing a section Harvey Nitrauer. Highsok e.

was chairman of the point committee which reported to the erouD. whilp wmiam uodo, Lwer Paxton. was cnairman of tne committee which determined suggestions for segre gation of the loop entrants. A change was made in bv law jno. a.of the constitution.

Unrtpr tne change a school not reore sentea at two successive reeular meetings will be dropped from the lrcuit. Six iragues are represented in the circuit, totaling 22 schools. I he leagues are: West Shore, Lower Dauphin, York Lancaster, Perry Juniata, Upper Dauohin and Franklin Adams York. There is a possibility that th Perrv Juniata and Upper Dauphin loops may combine. Six schools were not repre sented last night, Duncannon.

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Noll, Biglerville; LeRoy J. Kline. Fred C. Bower, Jack P. Ma guire and Elvin K.

Troutman, Camp Hill; S. Gordon Rudy, Richard Rosenbeiry, Robert Grainger and George Fry, Enola; Henry Gasull, John Behman, Fred Weaver and Karl W. Etsheid. Lemoyne; Clarence Hendrickson and Melvin Bru baker, Lititz; William Cobb and Emory Edmunds. Lower Paxton; C.

Dean Salada and C. R. Coyle, Lykens; David Day, George Etzweiler and W. H. Etzweiler, Millersburg; S.

P. Bomgardner, G. W. Gemmlll and Fred Peiffer, New Cumber Washington Township; C. C.

Richards, and Palmer Poff, West York; J. Harold Thomas, Williamstown; Clarence land; Melvin Wagner and Russell W. Hare, New Freedom; Vincent Walsh and PUlVonu With These Special Valuet in BASEBALL EQUIPMENT Cowhide Leather SHOES Flexible Shank Steel Plates 9 Regulation Spikes Spec. 2.45 iv. w.

H.err, Newport; Charles K. Mitch key and Galen J. Baugher. Red Lion; L. F.

Ehlman and E. K. Beckley, Susquehanna Township; Ralph Rohrbaugb, William F. Christman and R. H.

AtUck. Washington Township; C. Richards, and Palmer Poff, West York; J. Harold Thomas. Williamstown; Clarence Funk; Hen Roth, of the Telegraph.

Proper Training Sellersville, March 28, (JP) Pretty Virginia (Prissie) Benner, varsity pitcher of the "Perkasie Sellersville High School girls baseball team, attributes her "good right arm" to daily workouts "slinging hash" In her father's restaurant. Her team won the Bucks Montgomery county league championship last year. tirrn Empire Distributing Ct, III LI I 15 Walnut llfrll Steelton, Pa. ULLII Tel Steelton M4T GLOVES Fine Quality Leather Professional Models Spse. 2.75 Other "Famous Player" Models In Basemen's, Catchers' and Fielders' Gloves 1.25 to 5.95.

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