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PENNSYLVANIA
- BRIEFS
Judge McIlvaine, in court at Wash-
had pleaded guilty to Selling near beer
without a license, that “it is not
intention of the Washington county
his head off for nothing.’
added that “the court v1.1 stand back
in the rigid enforcement of the law.”
Rogowsky, who was the first Washing
ton county man arrested for violation
of the Woner enforcement act, was fin-
ed £100 and sentenced to three months
in the county jail. Charles Mays and
the same sentence.
guilty of making “raisin jack” for their
own use.
Ice cCealer in
arrested for violation of the blue laws
for selling ice on Sundays, but they
ies, the Sabbath’ Obcervance
tion announced when an advertisement
keep open Sunday mornings
peared. The association takes
view that owing to the ho
becomes a
ice
ap
the
necessity and that sales
would not be an infringement
enforeed
State of Public In.
struction Finegan announced Musser
ettig, of Bellefonte,
for six months.
Superintendent
examination for the scholarship at the
Colorado School of Mines offered
this state.
Mrs. Orville Lykens, West
street, Chester, attacked by a
vicious cat while trying to save a pet
kitten from being mauled by the older
feline. When Mrs. Lykens attempted
to rescue her pet the older
in
was
animal
a wild cat, biting her on both arms
and clawing her on the hands. The
woman is under the care of Dr. 8 P.
Gray, who cauterized the wounds and
adopted other measures to prevent an
attack of rabies. The cat
off, but escaped being put to death.
Closer of trav-
eling carnivals was arranged by com
missioner of Health Martin,
tendent Adams, of the st
district attorneys, local health
municipal authorities will be
and an effort made to hreak
derly conduet, gambling
of Hquor, about
have heen made
Mrs. Margaret
oldest woman
burg, was found
hanging from
her home,
have heen
had alont
the of her husband.
In the presence of a host of church
dignitaries in Pittsburgh, including
Cardinal Dougherty, of Philadelphia,
Rt. Rev. Hugh C. Boyle was
crated bishop of the Pittshurgh diocese
of the Catholic church. The services
took ploce in Paul's Cathedral, the
ceremonies including a solemn high
mass, the vesting of the bishop with
the robes of hig office and benediction,
being conducted by Bishop
oy M. Yingling, aged 20, lineman
for the Penn Central Light and Power
company, was instantly killed at Al
toona when he grasped a wire carry
Ing 2300 volts while at work on a pole
He was engaged at work on dead wires,
grasping the high voltage line
take. He was hurled from
on the pole to the ground, a
of 15 feet,
Vigorous
mobile code,
was beaten
state supervision
Supérin
police ;
ate
and
notified
up disor-
Heal 2
or Hu
which
Mackmore,
of
aged 80,
resident Shippens
lead by
rafters in the
Loneliness is thought
the
neighbors,
of
tn
as she
attie
cause of sualeide
lived eighteen years since
death
COLE.
St
Jovle,
by mis
his place
distance
enforcement of the auto
in regard to
lighting of cars, hag heen ordered of all
state police by Superintendent Adams,
at the reques* of the highway depart
ment. “State policemen will enforce
the law, particularly with regard to
lighting,” sai Major Adams. “There
have been many complaints of people
operating with only one light and some
fn which it appears car owners have
the proper lenses, but use higher can-
dle powered lamps than the law per-
mits. We propose to enforce the law.”
Following the acquittal at Union
town of Meade Mountain of the mur
der of his uncle, Jasper Mountain, the
Fayette county officials have taken spe
cial precautions against an outbreak
of the fued In the mountaing of the In-
dian Creek Valley, where the Moun-
tain clans are divided and have been
quarreling for 25 vears or more. There
Is rumor that the friends of the Jasper
Mountain family are going to take the
law into their own hands and that
both sides are arming. There was
much feeling about the testimony of-
fered by the commonwealth and anout.
break was narrowly averted in the
court house. Sinre Meade Mountain's
acquittal, threats have been passed
and it is probable that special officers
will be stationed in the _ndian Creek
Valley to prevent the threatened out.
break,
Charged with being public seolds,
four women residents of Athens were
held for Bradford county court under
£500 ball each,
Contracts aggregating £125.000 have
been awarded for the improvement of
Albright College, at Myerstown, dur
ing the summer months,
Several hundred employes of the
American Manganese company at Dun.
bar have volunteered to acept a re
duction in wages of about 40 per cent
that they may continue working.
Nineteen young men were ordained
to the priesthood at St. Vincent's Col.
toge. Greenstorg
especially
The largest bonus on a stock In-
crease ever paid to the state treas-
ury by a corporation has just been re-
ceived from the Glen Alden Coal com-
pany, amounting to $288,100. The
stock increase was almest $85,000,000,
Clarence Sasso, a Hazleton chauf-
feur, sustained a fractured skull when
a tire he was pumping exploded and
part of the rim hit him on the head.
When one dynamite cap fell to the
of a mine and exploded others
Half a dozen employes at the Rich-
ards colliery, Mount Carmel, were dis-
charged because of in‘uring Martin
Brennan when hazing or initiating
The boys satur-
ated his clothing with gasoline and
threatened him with a fiery death to
try and scare him. One of the boys
floolishly threw a lighted match at
bim and before the flames were ex
tinguished he was badly burned on
the legs.
While Mrs. John Mason was asleep
In her front room in the Pontz apart-
ment house, Lancaster, a burglar ran-
in the morning she found the room In
confusion and money and jewelry
It 18 believed she was drug-
ged.
The public service commission
an extension of time for
making of repairs to the Columbia &
has
order had been following
hearing of complaints by the
tetr Autumobile Club. It
until The
ument
made, the
Lancas
will ha
October 1.
hav heard arg
in the complaint
Pottstown agals the
and Lig ompany
out of street
against the
, Rrowing
repairs; of Doylestown
Bucks County
company on rates, and
against rates of the Hyde
company.
An
Walnutport,
Seranton
Park
epidemic of typhoid fever In
Northampton
health
considerable
state
offi-
Already
department
concern.
died. Siati
Lehigh
has
talk
not
will
1gton, directly across
from Walnutport,
cases. There hag been
town, but it is
such drastie step
the he-
the
river also
several
of
expected
he taken
worse
Isolating the
that
unless situation
Mrs. Catharine Smith, a widow
lives alone in a small house near Mon
eR8en, was kicked by an
known man entered her
and Mrs
who Is found by
floor
fractured
not ex-
brutally
who
un-
demanded
54
neighbors
money. Smith,
old Was
years
"ey nerds
uncongclous on he
Several of her ribs
were
by her assailant and she is
pected to recover
The contract for construction of 18.
of road
and
umberland
feet reinforced concrete
way in West
the Enola
ty was awarded
department to the Awixa
of Slip, N. Y., at £2100.344 860,
barough
Tey
\
the
Fairview
portion «
county t highway
corporation,
which
Hute of New York, wi
proval of the department.
John Wolfe,
loonkeeper, who was
company, h ap-
son of a Tamaqua ra
charged with
town.
was acquitted by
pay
leged a mob was
nd
the door.
right
is body with such
through h
Sergeant of the
army, has instituted a suit for
against Mrs. Annie N
owner of the Gehly building, In
He £20,000 injuries
tained when a ! ipon which
was leaning and precipitated
him fourteen
The Hendricks
1 Jury in court, but
ordered to the costs It was al-
iiting the saloon
shot
asta
young Wool
The hull
gide of Derr and
force
that through
went through
the passed out
of h as to also
pass is right arm
Grover C, Barnett,
dam-
Gehly,
York.
R118
ages
claims
he
feet to a landing
Manufacturing com-
pany, at employing
men, announced a reduction In wages
averaging 10 per cent, effective July
1. The shops have heen workihg two-
thirds time for some months, but un-
der the new wage schedule will go on
full time, :
The governor
staying electrocution
Dinca, of Delaware
week of June 27
tober 2
Rev. Father Zachary Firolami, as
sistant rector of Our Lady of Mount
Carmel Catholie church, was crushed
badly by the elevator in the Al
toona Trust company block, Altoona,
that he died while en route to the hos.
pital. He was stepping into the ele
vator when It started to descend and
could not be conerolled,
Charged with having caused the
death of Rudolph Fashing: who died
at the Allentown Hospital, Willlam F.
Bast, a truck driver, was arrested and
held under £1000 bail. There was na
jam on a bridge and Bast is accused
of having violated traffic rules.
Harlan I. Mummert, of Paradise,
near Marietta, 14 years old, was so
badly Injured when a hay wagon pass
ed over him that he died without re-
gaining consciousness,
Miss Ethel Woodward died at
Greenshurg of ptomaine poisoning said
to have been caused by eating ripe
olives,
The Castenea school board will Is
gue bonds to the amount of $20,000 for
a new school building which will be
erected at once,
Five thousand dollars is bequeathed
to the Lebanon College indemnity funda
by the will of Henry ITmmel, of Mount.
ville, Lancas er county, who left an
estate of £140,000,
Mayor Scott Deobler killed a three.
foot rattlesnake while mowing the of.
ficial lawn at Shawnee,
WwW. B. Wardrop, of Indiana, was ap-
pointed a bituminous mine inspector
to succeed the late Alexander Mon.
telth, X
-
Carbondale,
issued a
of Domenico
county, from the
the week of Oc-
has respite
to
|0
Prrrsesresesieee RRB
Heard at Ball Game.
“A man on first and third,” sald
he,
“Here's where
squeeze,”
“Oh, Charlie, dear, not right out
here,
“It is so
Proofs,
we work the
please "=
Pa.
publie,
Pittsburgh,
“Three balls!” yelled the um-
pire,
“Now's your chance to soak it,
shouted the excited pawnbro-
ker's clerk to the batsman.
Boston Aranscript.
Tolnette— Why
player put out?
Tony-—Off his
Tolnette—Oh,
gers.
”
was that
base!
crazy !—Rut-
“Sir, when you est here you
needn't dust off your plate,” the
indignant restaurant keeper said.
“Beg pardon, just force of
habit,” said the baseball um-
pire.~Washington Times,
Speedo—Babe Ruth is some
batter, muh-boy.
Peppo—Yes, he takes the hat-
ter cake —Rutgers.
First Fan—That girl reminds
me of a bush league pitcher,
Second Fan-—Howzat,
First Fan— Lots of speed, but
no control—Columbla Jester,
Father— Wi
Bob in mischief
Willi Oh no, we're all right ;
we are just
ile, and
are
again?
you
playing ball with
some of the eges the grocer left
New York Daily News.
He the
gtole
what
LATHE )
second,
did he
(explaining
You see that man
His Girl—Weli,
do first?
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Notes
Ty Cobb was the first major leaguer
score 30 runs this season.
* + .
to
Urban Faber is the first big league
pitcher to win ten games this year.
* ® .
There is
ball than
still in base
pool,
more
according
money
to
» * +
Hornsby and Hellman are the
lenders of the major leagues with the
stick.
» » ®
Frank Ellerbe is hitting his head off
ginee Washington uni
form
he swapped a
for a Brown one.
» * »
Old Jack
Virginia
underhand
Warhop ig pitching in the
He throw
as ever,
. .
league can
as well
+
been
Swarthmore
years.
who has signed
WHS B&B
Jim Clancey,
by the
pitcher during
Giants,
recent
* 2»
The
ball
Detroit
Printers’
fourn« ¥
31
Union National Base
will be held in
August 6
league
July to
that the ball Is
been In there
exercising his
Pitchers who admit
lively have probably
when Babe Ruth was
wrists,
% * »
Boston
of
However,
pennant—yet,
take
raves.
the
beginning to
Mit hell's
haven't claimed
fans are
Fred
they
notice
» * *
Umpiring Is becoming simpler.
When a ball is hit ail the ump has
to do is to wait until the runner cir
ies the bases,
» * .
His midriff is a bit
too aldermanic.
® * *
stride
» . .
St. Louis Cardinals have
shipped Catcher George Gilham to
Syracuse and Outfielder Walter Ir
win to Durham.
. * *
of Chicago was
next year's base
The
Palmer
of
Charles
elected captain
Palmer is a pitcher.
* »
The Pittsfield club made room for
Plerotti and Whittaker, new pitchers,
by releasing Anderson and Durgin
The latter signed with New Haven,
» * *
Gold baseballs have been awarded
to the 14 members of the University
of Illinois ball team which won the
championship of the western confer
ence,
- » *
Tommy Thompson, the Toronto ball
player who refused to pitch because
he had to sleep in an “upper” the
night hefore, has been rallroaded to
the bench,
. . *
Frank Fahey, former Catholle uni
versity star, who had won a trinl with
Connie Mack as a pitcher, hag been
signed by the Waterbury club for a
trial in the outfield.
* - »
Aside from remarking that he is
one of the best left fielders In the
game and that he is going to knock
his old homerun record into a cocked
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Youngsters, unknown and
the old kings of the mound.
veterans showing anything
Alexander the Great
Duteh Reuther, sensation of the 1f
in
game under guspension
Burleigh Grimes, Sherry Smith
the
the
has fallen
to
by the wayside with
less Yankees
Coveleskie, Bagby and Malls
Arthur Nehf, the $
gs Bill
Walter Johnson's
the
%
Ryan, a rookie j
work with th
‘
the old star is almost through. Jos
loston Red Sox and George
Rudolph had
Braves as a coach.
to give up after a
HURLING IS PRAISE
certainty to Game.
Batsman Regaing His Proper Place
in Sport Instead of Being Mere
Pawn in Hands of Opposing
Slabman—Pleases Fans.
Abolition of freak pitching has been
& great boon to professional baseball
because it hag restored to the
the element of uncertainty which was
gratiually being choked out of it by the
purveyors of “shine” balls,
“sailors,” and other progeny of
“emery ball,” writes 1 E. Sanborn
the Chicago Tribune,
The batsman
the
in
has been restored to
a mere pawn in the hands
opposing slabman, as he was
coming to before the promoters
wised up and tried to re-establish the
of power” between attack
defense,
The majority of rooters prefer the
be
i
the groan of the strikeout. They are
of action In a
can be ap-
There is a hegation
1 to 0 hurlers’ battle that
sort of thing as variety. The
the nerves
But as a regu
slab battle, in which
thing, the
morning before breakfast,
A few seasons ago a team which
climbed on a cold pitcher for four
runs In the first Inning had little to
worry about the rest of the game, un.
less something happened to its
moundsman, For the
behind, it usually was a hopeless stern
chase, barring the intervention of Mrs,
Fate.
Today a lead of four tallies is noth-
ing to bank on, With the present im-
portance of the batsman, it is nothing
unusual for a team to wipe out that
handicap In a single fertile round.
That is what makes the games more
interesting.
That is what glues the bugs to thelr
seats until the last man is out in the
ninth, although there may be a margin
of several runs on the scoreboard. In.
stead of quitting in the eight with his
team three runs behind, ag he used to,
the fan now roots until the finish and,
even If it Is “one, two, three.” thinks
of what might have been if Fate had
smitled,
J
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twugh going this season
the regal! robes of
are slipping into
and “Red” the
old form
for the Chicago
isn't delivering as expected,
innati Reds,
Faber are
Adams
their
n fact all of Uncle Rob's All-star
1
Scott Perry
g heen use
bh his
Bob Shawkey |
stars,
New Yo
Internatic
Rena
the rk Glant been as
from the mal
tors makes
the 1
effort and
IRETE very
4 x trio
i DOW working
WALTER REUTHER HITS HARD
Brooklyn Gained in Batting Strength
on Marquard Deal—Dodger
Hurlers Are Sluggers.
he Brooklyns obtained Walter
leuther, the pitcher, from
for Rube Mar
added te
len
southpaw
the Reds In exchange
guard, batting strength
the National
was
league champions,
Waiter Reuther,
ther ig one of the best hitting pitchers
in fast company. For years the Brook-
i
who can clout rival boxmen.
of All Kinds
No matter how hungry a race horse
may be he cannot eat a bit,
» . .
tities are about the
think of.
English golf
most elusive things we can
. » .
Western conference basket hall sea-
son will open on January 7, 1022, and
close March 11.
* . 0»
France gets the Olympic games of
ture the bulk of the prizes, as usual,
» . .
Failure of enough critics to breeze
In for the King Albert cup races has
caused the postponement of the yacht
classic,
- . »
Adolph “Swede” Youngstrom, all
Ameriea tackle at Dartmouth in 1919,
will be assistant football coach at
New York university next fall
* . 0»
Brutus K. Hamilton of Harrisonville,
Mo, American pentathlon and de
cathlon champion, has been elected
captain of the 1922 Missourl track
team.
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Teams of Bear Cats.
and California
bear cats when it
furnishing ball players the
major leagues, at of a
couple of infielders from Texas
one could pretty fair
team from eX~
ample:
are
to
Texas
COInes
to
side
select a
cach state, Fo
Texas.
Hornsby, Cards
2b.
Terry, Cubs (Denison). ss,
Faulk, White Sox (Austin), If.
Speaker, Indians (Hubbard)
cf
MeDonald,
Alngmith,
(Winters),
*
(Houston),
(Yorktown),
raves
Tigers
£.
Gibson, Braves (Austin), ec.
Vaughn, Cubs (Honey Grove),
Pp.
Baumgartner, Phil.
p.
Napier,
Kerr,
(Houston),
Reds (Hutchins), p.
White Box (Paris), p
California.
Hellman, Tigers (San Francis
¢0,) 1b
yoeckel, Braves (Los ngel-
ex), 2b
Johnson
Beach) Po
Vitt, Red Sox (Oakls
Meusel, Yankees (Los
es), f
White Sox (Laguna
re (Los Ange
Leonard, Tigers (Freshe
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Squibs
1 fishermen be
se
their
hall
th
eams ana
have
eaves the
by
request
Rogers Hornst
¥
: 1 tin
it of w¥ ball than
its it oftener
baseball coa
been signed
or
Indianapolis
They ought
ete
a trench
to
have duck a
Tommy
fBelder, is
Taylor
rated one
Southern league
* *
the
Long George Kelly
admit that Ruth still
home-run
.
is about ready to
has something on
him as a manufacturer.
Me
Okmaul-
association,
hing have
infielder the
of the Western
* * -
Pitcher Bill Doak of the Louis
Cardinals just got going when
on Decoration day he cracked his arm
again.
St.
had
naa
* * -
good ball
what has
of the
The Dodgers are playing
regardless of
previous comment
days,
the
* . -.
Jim Reynolds and Clyde Williams,
pitchers, have been traded to the Jop-
club by Kansas City for Pitcher
* LJ *
John Huber, infielder, after having
tryouts with Detroit and else
where, is back with Greenville the
South Atlantic league.
- -
in
Galveston hag “loaned” Pitcher Bill
Buscha to Shreveport There is a
National association rule against such
loans, but they all do it.
. . *
John M. Clark, star catcher of the
Columbia team during the past sea-
son, was elected captain of the Blue
season,
* - *
The Brooklyn club has made an of.
of the University of Pennsyl
vania team, who has made a big rep
utation in college ball this season.
- . =
Francis Pratt, the Alabama collegi-
an who joined the Chicago White Sox
recently, then was sent to Nashville,
ig still on the go. His latest stop is
with Rock Island in the Threel
league.
* - -
Julle E. Mee of Chicago, former
University of Illinois shortstop under
contract to the Detroit Americans,
has been sent to the Portland clad
of the Pacific Coast league under an
optional! agreement,