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MOUNT MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1924. PAGE hVE M6UNt CAkMfcL; Item. Snow Storm Closes Prolonged football Season; Games Cancelled Yesterday GAFFNEY WORKS IN JACK DUNN WILL HOT D. M. S.

League Reai CHICAGO BEARS WIN NAT. PROF. Copley Names Chapman On His All-Star Arith. FootballAgp elation ALLENTOWN RESTAURANT Mike Gaffney, one of the most pop lar men that ever pulled on a head gear and one of the stars of the 1924 edition of the Shenandoah Yellow- Jackets, has fixed himself solid for the winter months. Mfchael has accept ed, the position as night man at the Terminal restaurant, 17 South Eighth street, Allentown.

STORM CAUSES POSTPONEMENT OF SOCCER GAME King Winter broke in Its fury yes terday and upset all plans of the Mount Carmel Centro Hispano Soccer club to meet the famous Minersville team here yesterday afternoon, but manager Anthony Vaskls, Exchange, announces officially that unless a ver itable blizzard breaks next week-end, the contest will be played In Mount Carmel Park next Sunday afternoon. It was a disappointment to tho mem bers of both teams who were anxious for the fray and also to many fans who anticipated a pleasant afternoon seeing the game played here for the first time on a big scale. Weather permitting however, the athletes will unllmber and get the ball into motion next Sunday. ROPER OFFERED $20,000 TO COACH WASHINGTON St. Louis.

Dec. 15. Bill Roper, Princeton football coach, is considering an offer that is reported to be $20,000 a year to coach football at Washington University here and to Join the faculty of the law school. University officials admitted that Roper could have as much money as he wanted, and they said he was tryina to decide whether he should give up his business in Philadelphia to accept the offer. SPORT NOTES Princeton and Yale have met forty- eight times in gridiron contests.

It is the oldest-football rivalry in America. The National League is forty-eight years old and the American League twenty-four years. Tho first minor league was orgainzed forty-seven years ago. Girls between the ages of ten and thirteen are employed by golf clubs In the outlying districts of New York as caddies. Pennsylvania and New Jersey, are the only States in which the use ot automatic shotguns for hunting wild game Is prohibited.

t- 1 .1 1 t. Via rinnrh A rill PART Wmi JOE BOLEY Jack Dunp, managing owner of tha Baltimore Internationals, said that Joe Polejr, of Mahanoy City, his star short top, would not be sold, and that Bo- ley had signed a contract for next year. He had considered parting with Bo- ley, the Orioles' leader added, and bad named a price to the New York, Americans, "at their request," but they failed to renew their offer when he was In New York last Monday. He had, therefore, decided to keep him. CELTICS OPEN WITH SHAMOKIN AT LOCUST GAP There -will be plenty of action tonight in the St.

Joseph's Hall Locust Gap when the Locust Gap Celtics Jury the lid off the 1924-25 season when they meet the Shamokln Celtics. The contest wll start at 8:15 o'clock. The lineup of the Gap team shows that the club Is worthy of the patronage of the fans and not only many Lo-cust Gap people, but also Mount Car mel and Shamokln fans will be there In large numbers. The Celtics Is one Of the teams that is going to help keep Locust Gap. In the front line as a bas ketball team.

Here are the probable Ineups of both teams for tonight: Locust Gap Shsmokln Toyco olinghor Sebastian f. Sebastian Forward Forward Center -Guard Guard Utility Shaw Yezerskl Walsh Brennan Paul Kuzmick O'Brien' SIMMONS STARS IN FIRST YEAR UP How can a man bat effectively In he big leagues with "one foot in the water bucket?" Big league managers have for years insisted that it couldn't be done. Big eague pitchers have smiled tor years when they faced a "busher" who timidly approached the plate and kept one leg far back ready for a spring to safety when the fast ball buzzed by. It has always been the contention that no one could hit unless he 'stood up there" and walked into the ball. Al Simmons, brought up last spring by Connie Mack from the American Association and the Texas League where he had been a batting sensa tion, showed the big league managers hat they were wrong and he bas made many a big league pitcher weep.

When Al walks up to the plate and swings his bat you'd never dream that he could hit a ball past the pitcher's hlate if he hit at. all. He stands with his right foot away back-awary, way back and It seems that he can never hi bat sronnd In time. But ie's been doing it. A batting average if .300 for his first year in the big and the fact that he led all the Athletics in the driving in of runs seem to show that he can hit the ball lomewhere.

A ereat record for placed in the clean-up position in the batting order of a big league team on his first appearance in fast company, and cleaning up" day after day. Add to his batting prowess the fact lhat he is a fast, alert center fielder, that he can cover nearly as much ground as Tris Speaker in his prime and is improving every day and that he is a sure catch whenever he gets his hands on the ball and It can be seen that Connie Mack has made a long stride In the building up of an other team of youngsters like me Collins-Barker-Barry-Mclnnis outfit of fifteen years ago. STOP POULTRY SALE ATWILKES-BARRE WILKES-BARRE, Dec. 15. Discovery of 700 dead chickens in a Central City poultry place today brought to light the prevalence oi a plague that may have State-wide effect on the poultry market during the approaching holiday season.

As a result of the discovery health authorities have ordered the sale of all live poul try id the city stopped. TO SELL TROLLEY Berwick and Neseopeck Line Under the Hammer On January 17 The Berwick and Neseopeck Trolley line will go under the hammer on January 17th and on that date will be sold at sheriff's sale at the court house at Bloomsburz at 10 o'clock In the morning. It Is thought, that the prospective purchaser will not operate the line and it "will cease to do service after Basketball Friday Night In exlstenco one state championship has been held by a club on this circuit shows the standard of ball played on it. Mahanoy City was the club that brought this section that honor. The teams has been practicing for some time and playing preliminary games to bo fit and ready for the real The coaches of the various teams fray and are now about ready (to go about know who their regulars ara and keen interest will mark the start of the league and tho games to coma thereafter.

A number of tho teams including Locust Gap, have already shown con-siderabe strength and are being picked by their backers as the probable win ner of the crown this season. Their win of 28 to 16 over Ashland Friday night gives them encouragement. Many backers are supporting tho Golden Tornadoes towards a successful run for the crown. Mount Carmel's reverse by the Tre-vorton High School has not discouraged them, but has made the bearers of the Red and White more determined than ever to come through a winner this season. Little is heard of Sun- bury high, winners of the laurels la at season.

POTTSVILLE-GILBERTON GAME OFF The football gamo between Pottsville Maroons and Gilberton scheduled for Minersville Park yesterday afternoon was called 'off on account of a blizzard which swept this region. High gales and snow flurries prevailed all day, but notwithstanding this 400 fans appeared at the park. The managers feared spectators would contract pneumonia and Gilberton did not appear until 2:15 o'clock, after which a conference of the managers resulted in an agreement to call off the contest. This leaves Pottsville uncontested champions of the coal region, although the record of tho Maroons was such that even it' Pottsville lost they would still be entitled to claim the best record in the region, not having lost a single game to a coal region club. The Pottsyille team will now.

concentrate all its efforts on the final game with Frankford at Philadelphia next Saturday. More than 2000 fans will accompany the club on a special train now being arranged and seem confident of coming home with a victory. Pottsville defeated Gilberton once this season and the pooonj E(m on Gilberton's grounds resulted in neither side scoring. Since then Gilberton's success has been so great, that-tha Pottsville management yielded to their demands for another game, winner to take all. LIFE SAVED BY BEING ARRESTED Michael Seronaitis of Shamokin is lying at tho Shamokin state hospital in a very critical condition due to tne loss of blood as a result of the sever ing of' an artery in his right wrist when he broke a window in the store of John Mihalek, it is said.

Seronaitis, while inin alleged intoxicated condition, thought he would have some fun by breaking a large glass window. He struck the glass with great force and was badly cut. The man then went along the pavement for three squares where policemen found him in an unconscious condition. A passing motorist was stopped and the man was taken to the hospital. COASTER HIT AUTOMOBILE Fred Johns, the eight year old son of Mr.

and Mrs. Edward sna- mokin. figured in the first coasting! accident in that city this season. The boy was coasting down hill and at the corner of Market ana fine streets his sled collided with' an automobile owned and driven by John Phillip or Williamsport. The boy sustained a fracture of the right arm besides severe lacerations and bruises of the body.

He 'was removed to the Shamokin state hospital. His condition is not serious. To Open Season Schedule For Friday Lewlsburg at Sunbury. Mahanoy City at Milton. -Locust Gap at Northumberland.

Ashland at Mount Carmel. i i The fine open fall that we have been enjoying has prolonged the outdoor sports until tho promoters of indoor games were starting to scratch their beard and wonder if they were to get a chance this winter and this was all settled yesterday with the arrival of a snow storm mat upset many outdoor game schedules and leaves the indoor sports a comparatively right of way for the remainder of winter. The cold spell arrived just in time to help support the D. M. S.

Basketball League that starts Friday night of this week when the high schools of Lewlsburg, Sunbury, Mahanoy City, Milton, Mount Carmel, Locust Fap, Northumberland and Ashland swing into action and get their first start in the battle lor the title, tnat win enter one of the clubs in the state tournament. Considering that In the three years that the league has been BOSLEGOAND KURP MEET TONIGHT The real test as to whether follow ers of the boxing game in Shamokin and the surrounding region wan first class fight shows, honestly conducted, will come tonight when the new Sh mokin promoters will stage their third tournament of the season at' Moose hall. The headliner will bo a ten-round affair between Pete Husic, the Har- isburg sensation, and Joe Bush, Shenandoah's best bet in tho light weight class: In the semfwindup Joe Kurp, Sha mokin iron man, will be opposed to Butch" Boslego, native of Kulpmont and star guard on the Gilberton foot ball team. Two fast preliminaries will complete the all-star, bill. In the first of the preliminary events Young Sharkey of Shenandoah will be pitted against Kid Piker of Shamokin, while in the other six-round affair Young Sailor Mattey of Shenandoah Heights will match wits, skill and punching power against Kid Sharkey, the "fightin' barber" of Shamokin.

The first bout will go on promptly at 8:30. JLtlJll MINERSVILLE While Minersville hunters are go ing to far off places to hunt deer there la one taking advantage of their ab sence and having a real gooa time right in that vicinity. This deer, a four pronged buck, has been seen twice this week, in the vicinity of Paul T.nurlpmnn's farm, and each time it has scampered into the hills and head- ed toward Lieweiiyn. jouu muBai who recently returned from a success- ful hunting trip in uentre ioumy the deer, hurk but he has failed to snow up ami ia gtiij roaming the hills In that sec tion WALKER-GANS BOUT OFF UNTIL JANUARY Because Mickey Walker asked for a postponement that would give him more time to train, tne joey wua bout with welterweight champion at Wilkes-Barre nert Monday nignt nas been set back to January 12 1 i 1 1 aflor hist lieiore leaving uiomv clash Wednesday night with Frankie Moody, Gans said that he was willing to return to the peanut city any time and box any man the promoters- secur ed, and he would give his entire snare of the purse to any charitable cause the promoters named. BODY FOUND IN RIVER IDENTIFIED The body of a man found in the Susauehanna river at Hoover's Island tour weeks ago, has been identified as what of K- nassier, oi i His wife asserted tnat ous uruuui 1 ine and a shoe indicated Deyona an 1 doubt that it was the body of her hus- 1 band.

He had been ill and disap- peared while on a shopping trip to aui iton, We'll begin this story with a brief recital of some facts of history known to many local fans. A few years ago, as time flies fast, there were two brothers In Mahanoj City much sought by coaches, scoutE managers and captains because their rare football ability. So widespread was their fame tha a Mahanby boy, reporting to a Pent foot ball squad not more than five years ago was greeted by the notet Bill Hollenbeck, thusly, "So you'n from the town where the Copley boy live." For Dill Hollenbeck was anion; the host who made repeated trips the coal fields to induce those boys to exploit their remarkable na tural ability under the colors of som of the most famous colleges In thl wide land. IIS WfJICJT There were two. There are two One of them went out and gained sucl a name on the gridiron that the grea Jim Thorpe himself ranked as th finest all around player in the spor! told the world that out In Ohio, 01 the pro gridirons, there was a ma-named Copley who was the greates tackier the game had ever seen.

Tha was Charlie, of Muhlenberg, Roll School of Mines, and the Canton-Mai sllon-Akron teams that introduce the professional idea into America. The other is Frank, well known 1 sporting and fraternal circles In thi section of Bill Penn's forest trad Frank stayed home. When be wa playing the game, he was the othe Copley boy, sought so often as co' legiate material in the days when th game required far more ability tha' it does today in this age of specia" ists. Here was a man who couh Dunt a eood sixty yards in a game dropkick accurately from the fort; 11 or inside, run 100 yards in eleven seconds, hit a line like a locomotive plowing through a wall of matchwood, run an end like a deer freightened by hunters, play football like Pavlowa can dance. And here is the man who picked the All Regional Team you see above.

Frnnk Copley, who is willing to lay an even thousand today that the team he has picked and which we nubltah ctfh lick anything America has ever produced. The Team Take your ends. Doggy Julian has been rather overlooked by the majority of fans to whom a momentary flash in the pan looks better than hard, consistent, spirited, reliable foot ball every minute of play. Look yoii on the bottom of a well-piled up play. There lies Julian, arms securely locked around the runner.

Watch you who sweeps tacklers out of play in interference. And who's in there with all the spirit any college ever Inspired, heart and soul, and body and brains in the battle, Al Julian of course. Bierce has had but brief acquaintance wilh the regions. lie first came to notice when Akron play- MEMORY OF JAKEDAUBERT At the meeting of the baseball moguls the other day there was reference made to the passing of one of the finest baseball players that ever donned a uniform Jake Daubeht, who died a couple months ago, following an operation for' appendicitis. Notables of the baseball world took occasion to eulogize Daubert and he was proclaimed one of the cleanest chaps that ever played the game.

His desire to work and play, his mannerisms and his ability wre all spoken of and all agreed, that baseball had lost a big booster. Out in Cincinnati, the management has a big problem before It, getting a man to succeed Daubert and satisfy the fans. WILL CONTINUE FIGHT TO REMOVE JOHNSON NEW YORK, Dec. 15. National league club owners will continue the fight to have Ban Johnson removed as the president of the American league when the magnates of the two leagues get together In joint session at Chicago it was reported here over the weekend.

Some of the National League men expressed the opinion that Johnson was not reprimanded sufficiently for his criticism of Commissioner Landis and the National League when his American League owners merely endorsed the administration of Landis at their annual meeting here last week. CHAMPIONSHIP "Block that kick," yelled a rooter Three players did. And as a result all Frankford is wrapped In gloom. For It was that play, early in the third quarter, which turned the tide of battle and enabled the Chicago Bears to nose out, the Frankford Yel low-jakets Saturday afternoon and win the national professional football championship. Score; Chicago, 13; Farnkford, 10.

For the first half of the pro grid classic Frankford held sway, and It appeared that she was about to. be perched upon the pinnacle of protes slonal football. And then, with their backs to the wall, early in the third period, Tex Tamer, the gigantic former Pennsyl vanla captain, dropped back to his own goal line to get off a punt Tex had been booting beautifully up to that time. He dropped the pigskin to his and it started to sail off as a half-dozen others had earlier in the game. But several of the huge Windy City players filtered through the defending Frankford line, and Scott, former great tackle at Wisconsin, pounced on the pigskin on the 12-yard line.

Four plays, and the 10-3 lead "held by Frankford was wiped out. i Only Four Plays Needed Just those four plays were needed for a Chicago touchdown, and Joe Sternaman, former Illinois wonder. booted the point which tied the score. And before the same period ended the same Joe entered the pro grid hall of fame by booting his second goal from the field during the hectic struggle, and Chicago had turned defeat Into victory. The game was one of the most sen sational ever dished up for followers of professional football in Philadel phia.

There was no love lost, and some of America's best former college stars battled tooth and nail to add more laurels to names which had be come famous in college days, by belonging to a title-holding professional eleven. The struggle set a new high record for attendance at a professional football game In Philadelphia, there be ing probably twenty thousand persons clogged into the stands of the Frank ford grounds at Frankford avenue and Devereux street. Frankford had set the previous record on Thanksgiving Day. The Bears went to Philadelphia leading the league for the ship, and with plenty of confidence, for early in the season they had con quered Frankford in a rather loosely played struggle out in the Windy City by the score of 33-3. And it was a well-rounded team, glittering with stars, which trotted upon the gridiron.

With virtually an all-Illinois back- field in action, pulling the tricks for wheh football teams of that noted Western college have become famous, Pennsylvania followers saw what the Red and Blue is to be up against next fall when the and Blue clashes with Illinois on Frankford Field. And the backfield finally wore down that mammoth Frankford line, when It lapsed for a few moments in the third period, and that did the trick. SPECIAL TO FRANKFORD Plans are being made to operate a special train from Pottsville to Philadelphia on Saturday of next week, and the management will meet with D. H. Mauger, of the P.

R. to, determine the plans for the proposed special. The fans are being quizzed about the time to leave and as a result of this question, it has about been decided to have the train leave about nine o'clock or a few minutes thereafter. This will get the fans in Philadelphia, in time to get their dinner and then get out to Frankford field. Tickets for the Frankford seats will be dis tributed very shortly.

20 LOCK HAVEN STARS GET FOOTBALL LETTERS Twenty members of the Lock Haven Haven High School football squad, winner ot the Pennsylvania inter-scholastic conference title for 1924, were awarded letters at a banquet given by'Fenton H. Fredericks, Who for the last eight years has made a practice of entertaining- the team at the close of the season. Gold souvenir footballs will also be awarded to the lettermen, who also include Student Manager Dickey, by P. P. Griffin, an other local fan.

who has for years lovallv sunnorted the team. Eighty guests were present at the hannneL including the lock Haven Normal School squad, which under rnph J. Wvnn Fredericks also enjoy ed a successful season. Coaches Wolf and Griffin Bald a tribute to the High Rrbool nlavers for having won the state championship. COPLEY ALL-ANTH.

TEAM Left End Elvin Julian. Pottsville. Left Tackle Charlie Copley, Gil-- berton. Left Guard Tom Chapman, Coal-dale. Center Larry Conover, Pottsville.

Right Guard Joe Alexander, Gil-berton. Right Tackle Pete Henry, Pottsville. Right End Scotty Bierce, Gllber-ton. Quarterback Gritz Pollard, Gllber-ton. Halfback Hinkey Haines, Shenandoah.

Halfback Carl Beck, Pottsville. Fullback Rip King, Gilberton. the Catamounts. His work on end hat day brought here to this section. the Pottsville and Coaldale con ests he showed his rare worth.

Best There Are Your tackles, Henry and Copley of them all, super-stars in he western leagues, greater here, he backbones of the superlative in ine play all season. Copley's finer and its display balances ienry's dropkicking pair. Your need little introduction, for 'oe Alexander is undoubtedly the out tanding defensive Goliath in footbal; the present time and Tommy Chap nan, Centralia lad, is big enough, ast enough, strong enough and know ng enough to hold his own on any leven. Nor need 'we discuss or dis ourse far on the center, Larry Con ver, brought in by Pottsville to be he best in the region, was every bit if that with interest. Versatility Is there a forward to be thrown can toss 'them like King, Pol lard or Haines." Is there an aerial heave to be caught? That's where Beck, Haines, Pollard, Julian and Bierce shine1 most.

Do we a yard or two. Rip King Is a ten-to-one shot to make it. How about run ning back kUks? Can you match Pollard or Haines? Three points? King, Henry or Pollard. Punts, long low, hard to catch. Rip King can out-kick any in the region.

He prov ed it in trie Pottsville and Coaldalf feames. Open field running, or brok ten field sprinting. Where are therr three men to equal Pollard, Haines or Beck. For ground-gaining through line smashes, off-tackle plunges, re verse plays," or end circling, those four Cop has chosen are the ne plu ultra of the region. There's the team which Frank Cop le'y has chosen to be the best of tin? land.

Every position Is fortified tf the strongest pitch. That team Frank is willing to place, backed by his own money to unlimited degree, against any. other selection la the land. How-do you like it? KERNS GOT HIS NOTICE When Ted Kerns, well known Tren ton basketball player dropped into Pottsville last week and the first per son he spied was Joe Feori, the baseball player with whom Kerns played two years ngo In the west. The two renewed old fun and talked about the national pastime.

Then Kerns displayed his official notification from the Chicago Cubs. He is to report to them or spring training and is to oppose primm for the first base Job, there being only he and Grimm retained for ihe initial bag. EXPECT APPROVAL OF NEW TENNIS RULE NEW YORK, Dec. 15. Approval of the new amateur rule which will settle the meeting of the U.

S. Lawn Tennis Association here In February. The executive committee of the as sociation approved of a new amateur Irule submitted by a -special committee which provides that a tennis player can write for newspapers and magazines Under liberal conditions. Its approval by the' executive 'committee means that it will be adopted by the national body, William T. Tilden, the world's cham pion, threatened to retire from the game if the association held to an amateur rule passed last February which provided that a player who continued to do newspaper work after January, 1925, would become ineligible for amateur competition.

The new rule provides that Tilden Can continue as. a writer as long as he signs only his name and not his titles at the head of his stories. It also provides that when Tilden is playing In a tournament he cannot act as a reporter by attempting to cover the "straight news" and the results of the various matches. takes part in athletics. It is a part otlHHK his duty a3 a soldier, and he has to I compete in at least one branch of athletics.

Umpires in baseball were first In- trnrinpori hv the National League in 1879. One hundred lives were lost In New York State last year as a result oi hunting accidents. RADIO FEATURES Monday's five best radio feautres: WEAF, New, 492 7:15 p. m. Eastern Strand Theatre program with the "Plunketeers." I KGO, Oakland, 3128 p.

m. Pacinci Severai en have been in the vicin-Educatlonal program. ity prepared to end the career of this KDKA. Fittsourgn, $zo p. Eastern Mixed quartet and orchestra in old time song program.

WCBD, Zion, 3458 p. m. cen tral Semi-weekly concert program. WMC. Washington, 369; WKAt, New York, 492; WJZ, New York, 455; WGY.

Schenectady, 38011:25 a. iTnutPi-n Wilson memorial services direct from House of Representatives. LOCAL MEN GET LIMIT ON DEER HUNT Charles IL Wetxel, proprietor of tho Tjirust Mountain Hotel, has just re turned from a 12-dav hunting trip sDent at Kimmel's Camp, near Water villa. Lycoming county. There wero sixteen hunters at this camp and they succeeded in bagging six buck deer.

fthe limit for a camp). "Charlie" Wettel bagged a four- m-on buck. while' L. A. Zimmerman got a six-pointer Guy Hartman shot an eight-pronger- A.

Kimmci cor er: Jonn uarnara mntm-ad nine-pointer and "Cal oer hard knocked down a gix-pronger. The vb lattef nimrods are all of Orwlgs bura. The Seer secured averaged in weight approximately izj pounas. operating between the two Dorougns for seventeen years. All of the holdings of the company will be offered for sale.

Largest statue ever cast of glass is of Shakespeare, perhaps so they could see through him. GIVEN AWAY FREE 112.00 Electric train. IS.00 Blanket $5.00 Doll. See window' at Camp's Shoe Store, ad 15 2t MAKE AN INVESTMENT This Christmas to help pay for gifts Next Christmas! i Buy Chamberlain Amnsements Participating Preferred 7 Stock- It.