PENNSYLVANIA STATE ITEMS York.—The shortage of the apple <rop in York county is reflected by the idleness of the cider and applebutter mills. Ordinarily the mills are busy at this season converting great quanti- ties of fallen fruit into these products, Cider and applebutter will be very high in price, it Is forecasted. Middieport.—Stepping off a track to avoid a train, Robert Dagus, of this place, stepped directly In front of a ripidly appreaching locomotive and was inctantly killed. Harrisburg. Twenty suits against owners of dogs in Perry county who had failed to secure licenses for their animals were started by the state de partment of agriculture, Danville—Mrs. Victor Marks was severely burned and may lose her eye sight, and Miss Florence Fausey, n maid, was painfully burned here, when & gas heater, which had gone out, relighted. Reading—Traveling all the from Mrs. Marie de Pena applied to the police here locate her husband, from received a postcard with from Reading. Sunbury. —Twenty for damages, brought in the was WAY Porto Rico, to whom she postmark One separate suits totaling $250,000, Nort and ty common pleas court by Mount Car mel residents against the Lehigh Val ley: Coal company for alleged injury to their property due to coal dirt from Big Shamokin creek being washed on their lands. They claim the coal cor- poration is liable, as this refuse came from the mines owned by the corpora- tion. Harrisburg.—Governor Sproul an. nounced the members of the Pennsyl- vania State Fair Commission, wiil make a study of the projects for a state fair, work out plans for an ex- hibition, with and select a The recommendations of the are the next of £15,000 were humber coun. rt which together estimates site, made to transmission the legislature, An appropriation for expenses and The commission will meet shortly and organize. The are: P. M. Sharples, West four years; Harry F. Bovard, Greens burg, four C. F. Fendrick, Mer. years: Jolin A. Bell, John A of the Auditor York, two LG. Jor dan, The ecom- mission will serve without pay. Conshohocken. —Mlss Anna Keel broke her left hip in a peculiar man ner. foot box a few inches the floor, rug upon which wim standing slipped on the hardwood floor, throwing her heavily, Harrisburg New the purchase of various “gassing” peach t most destructive commission to be governor for to gtudies was made, members Chester, years: cershurg, four Jr.., Carnegie, McSp State Grange, General years, three vears: rran, Furness, master three years: Samuel 8. Lewis, and Representative ( Volant, two years from she aon an +1 He warnh against mixtures for ree borers, one of the enemies of frult trees, have been fssued by the department of IES agriculture, following analysis of com pounds on sale. Some of the mixtures ontain declared in the destruction are adulterated and other lautely v borers a chemical firm the pounds Harrisburg of Rockville, ates, fo and materials i1leas" saltpeter “abso. of Suit has been brought against at Hancock, Md., for misbranded sale of alleged com. Joseph Gaston, colored, C., and William Mo Petersburg, Fla., went under a train on a siding in the Enola yards of the Penn. sylvania railroad, and when the train moved Gaston's head was severed and Montes was so badly injured he was brought to the hospital here, He will recover, Palmyra.—By the will of the late George W. Bowman the Salem Re. formed church, Campbellstown, will re- ceive $200 and Trinity Reformed church, Palmyra, $3500. Sunbury Commissioners of Sny- der, Union and Northumberland coun- ties met at the old wooden bridge crossing the Susquehanna at Bioe Hill to Northumberland and agreed to Jointly share $15,000 in repairs, a third each. Uniontown —Charged with breaking into rectory of the St. Thomas church, at Footedale, Joseph Stemlock, Joseph Seech and Michael Andrews, all under 12 years, were committed to the Fayette county jail to await a hearing. Pottstown.—At the 25th annual convention of the Retail Merchants of Pennsylvania Harry W. Shaffer, of Lock Haven, was elected president of the organization for the sixth conse cn- tive term. Other officers elected were Vice presidents, J. A. Edgar, Frank- ford : Ely Biou, Sunbury: R, A. Kerr, Titusville; H. Wesley Guldin, Potts. town ; treasurer, W. H. Nelson, Ches- ter: executive commitotee, Edward O, Spotts, Tarentum, and D. B. Durbin, Pittshurgh, Lebanon.—His skull crushed from a kick by a mile he was driving, Joseph Boughter is dead at bis home near here, Carlisle—HRentalg for stalls In the market house here, established forty- three years ago and unchanged during that period, will be inereased 50 per cent Septemb. 1. Hazleton —~Oomplaints were lodged here with the authorities against sev. eral men sald to be collecting money, as they claim, for Irish and Belgian relief work. Local organizations de clared they had not authorized anyone to solicit contributions, N 4 white, of sleep freight the “ Towanda.—Ten persons, two of them women, were arrested, charged with gambling, when police raided a carni- val being held under the auspices of the Moose lodge here, Harwood.-——One of ‘he big turbines at the $3,000,000 Harwood plant of the Pennsylvania Power and Light com- pany is being dismantled und will be replaced by a more powerful unit to furnish electricity for mines of the Luzerne-Carbon-Schuylkill district, Harrisburg.—Nominating petitions were filed by Judges W. I. Solly, Mont- goinery orphans’ court, Republican and Democrat; Charles E. Whitten, West. moreland common pleas, Republican: H. W. Douglass, McKeesport, Alle- gheny, common pleas, and Thomas J. Baldridge, Republican, Blair. Vandergrift.—Thrown under a ¢rain in a mill yard here, Laurcnee Frank- lin, 23, suffered injuries that resulted in his Jeath some hours later, Sunbury .- way engineer here, will be ‘ransferred to Bedford. H. G, Shulde, nw at ford, will come here, Hazleton. —David J. Lewis, of De- troit, who served overseas in the Unit- ted. vas elected supervisor of rv usic in the schools here, Altoona.~Seven MeConnell, of - Edmund retired Penn engineer this Nix Sons well-known Incomotive of of them are engineers. The an engine dispatcher, Morrisville.—Despondent and gries ing over the tragic death of his wife, which occurred five ngo when she upset a lamp and burned to death, other is years John Peloubet, aged 60 years, commit. ted by hanging tree. The unfortunat: Spot near the met her death. York.—Frank M. Bortner, a York at torney, was disbarred from practice in the York county account of proven embezzlement from suicide himself man sought a house where his wife Courts on known. The York County Bar ciation institated proceedings which re sulted in the decree irownsville.-—When the car in which they returning from a crashed through a fence at the A 880) were side of ed, seven young men and a girl were injured seriously, Sager, aged 26, of South Lrown is In the Brownsville General Hospital suffering from a fractured skull. condition 1s eritical The other Injur- ed were treated by loenl physicians, Altoona, —Orders were issued te put additional furleughed men to work the Pennsylvania here and follidaysbhurg F ported for duty a Berwiek A carrier the f Harry 1 Oniy one svilie, in sho % fty blacksmiths the Juniata i t thops pigeon, Quick, was killed name of N. YX, on a foot an automobile Reading songh band, by here, tO osu Ape a downpour of rain, the porch of “ldlewyle” a large hunga low nt Reading's *( ‘oney Island” along Tulpehocken, injured bungalows are six feet above the level and All t} collapsed ously four persons 1 of the creek. on posts and many took shelter under the porches Berwick the price of haireuts to 30 cents w the same price for massages and sham POOS Mastersonville Rev. and Mrs. H. 1. are ill with typhoid through drinking water from a well Hazleton —The Ashmore and Weath- erly shops of the Hazleton and Maha noy division of the Lehigh Valley rail road have been put on a five-day sched ule, Nescopeck tobert Schechterly, of this place, was children of Four fever contracted seriously burned when he grasped the end of a live wire which near where he was playing. Altoona In a collision between auto trucks here, Chauffeur Raymond Cost lo® 28, his niece, Laura Mal hoit, aged 1 year, riding with him, but was himself seriously hurt. Harrisburg both steam and electric railway lines In Pennsylvania during the first six months of this year, according to fig. had fallen saved road figures show 262 persons killed and 2018 hurt, a decrease of 117 in fatalities and 961 a8 compared with persons were killed and hurt in accidents involving automo biles. Electric railway aceldents cans. 1920. Forty-seven of eight in fatalities and 185 in accel. dents of lesser degree, eighth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infant ry, commanded by John WwW, Geary, the state through Colonel Joh P. Nich- Governor Sproul. The regiment was a Philadelphia command and left that delphia people sent colors, which were state furnished flags, carried through many a hard-fought field. Harrisburg. —State authorities have Joined with the « ‘anonsburg board of health In an effort to check the out- break of typhoid fever there, men here, Pittshrergh Tons of candy in smoke plant of the M. Davidson here, remodeling the Elk. Home here has been awarded te the M. 1. Ruddy com vany, of this city. ALEXANDER NEARING END OF HIS CAREER Explanation of Great Flinger’s Failure to Shine, Worked Too Hard in Endeavor to Win Opening Game From St. Louis Cardinals—Case of Nap Ruck. er Is Recalled. Grover Cleveland Alexander, the great right-hander of the Cubs, may be near the end of his rope. It bas been published in the Kast how Alex- ander had his arm Injured by a spec- tator bumping into the arm as Alex bis warm-up before the opening game 13, but those familiar with Inst, when he won ten straight early in the campaign, The explanation Is that Alexander was all to the good on the opening he was, and injured trying too hard. He opening game rather a sore sub- himself by not an vears, which ject with him. It was after won was losing the opener last went ahead and won the ten straight, He made it a matter of professional ethics with himself to win the opener this season from the St. Louis Cardinals in St. Louls on the first day of the campalgn. Those who saw the game say Alex whistled the ball the plate with every ounce of strength he possessed for seven Innings, or untll something ith his arm and he had retire. Alex Freeman finished for him, and Chicago won, 5 to 2. but ft victory. Alexander started again (Cubs resched he to to costly when the Grover Cleveland Alexander. winning, he did inish sgaln finished for him Warm and ment of the arm may b not careful treat ng Alexander weather not, The fans denly Nap who remember how sud. tucker occasional Innings, will that a pitcher Alex has he dropped to for a few shown starring have to who ns since 28 and lost 13 that is back and won year, wing Poughkeepsie regatta will very lke Vincent Richards defeated Ryan T. . - » Frank Troch has won the trapshoot. times In the last six years, * - . The fond mother who shuddered st the thought of football now Is recon. ciled to tennis at 110 In the sun, . » - Gordon Morrison, former Harvard center, has heen appointed . » - Madison J. Jeffery, former Tufts col. lege athlete, has been appointed head lege, » » * Memphis, Tenn, has been awarded next year's international swimming contests under the auspices of the Amateur Athletie union, » - * Elmer Jones of Baltimore, Md, a star member of Johns Hopking univer sity football team, has been appointed a cadet nt the West Point Military academy, . sa Charles A. Stoneham and John J. McGraw of the New York Nationals, have disposed of thelr majority stock and Automobile club, - - - The Great Rose, a threeyearold by Stoughton A. Fletcher of the Lau rel Hill farm, Indianapolis, to Tom Taggart, Jr, of Fresch Lick for $15, 00 St. flogers Hornsby the boy the Natlonal league batsmen in out for a 400 vear, leading the league | hands, and he | Hantly as ever at second ing hands “I've got a good start has always been ms out a season average of 400 or better 19020 1s Hornshy is again with his batting is brid performing us with his field thi is year ambi Perhaps this will be ar. make a my ye poor pitching In “Usually 1 that to bad weeks of the spring Likes Good Pitching. “I like good pitching. Bad pitching To my mind, you can fig ire a good pitcher poor He lay the few | bothers me better than He the the bail on a hit it has control ix playing game, He “1 lke to hit tine. When ‘Ix that xtra bases, [| don't matter of welght “The bat J} Baseball Note is just on me, the knows game sitrpigh yong square it isunlly Way ans use Baseball four ifter another - » - kerr Little Dickie believes hile uning jinx ha The Joplin cht urned Outfield or Fred Bratehl ba to the ( I untta- club FOOER Pitcher Jim Reynolds, inte of Kan and Joplin new | of the Spartanburg sas City member ten Smith, 6 baseman, has been turned back to the Iwtrolt Tigers by the Joplin club of the Western league, - - - bear for He Is & Branch Ricke fi making shifts nown Joe Wagner the league team. joined Lreenviiie . = = ifinager Sag sed] ne 1 Ted Anderson, relea of the Flint team inaw team and will play first base un der Red McKee, » - - has joined (he Shortstop Lute Boone of the St, Paul Saints is out of the game for the rest of the season, as the result of an attack of appendicitis . * - First Baseman George Kelly of the Glants, when he laid off a day recent. 226 consecutive games. » - * According to statistics recently is sued, Purcell, Jackson center fielder, leads the Central league in with a percentage of BRI, » » - The Indians are convinced Allan Sotheron, discarded by both the Browns and Red Sox, Is golug to prove of a lot of value to them, . » - Memphis to his return to by pitching a Columbia, Hy Fowlkes, sent by Augusta, celebrated Bally league company one-hit game agninst » » - Gavvy Cravath, Honus Wagner and Babe Ruth are the only three major league players ever fo make more than 100 homers during thelr careers . » * Jim Gould of the St. Louis Times. Star says that Hornsby is a much Im- proved player over Inst year and that as a team man Is a big asset of the Cards. . *. * - The Mint league, starting a new race, will prolong ite play until Sep- tember 18, it is stated. The original schedule called for the season to emd on Labor day. - » . Prough, Kalamazoo catcher, Is bat- ting like a fiend. In a recent game with Lansing he got five hits out of five times at bat, two -.f them helng three-buggers, . 0 Jewel Ens, who is playing third base and acting as field captain of the Syracuse team, Is giving Jack Bentley a race for the home run honors of | the International! league, a a EE National League in Hitting. He was Hornsby H } weighs only He right. motion when pparently much inte his 1ting but in ‘reality cefulness gra power The offer of $200.000 and four play- iivalent of S$8500.000, made mm. has i hen WHAT TY LIKES “Ss Parks Univer. higun the pit Cabh's cher uer is Fygers of a Parks has the makings hig Is Ihe marvelous dRuer youth has plled strikeout his coll fir during ge and WREDe career rs ie stuff that Cobb like [HOSS EECR the basen]! smartness Off by Canadian Club and Is Signed by Bridgeport. Joe Boehling was recently to baseball club e Toro i Portland fe the GIBSON SAYS HE HAS GOOD FIGHTING TEAM Pirate Leader Thinks It Is Jinx to Make Predictions. Not Claiming Any Pennants, but Has Hope of Winning Out—Right Now 't Looks Like Giants Are Ones They Have to Beat. In disenssing the of his team to win the National league pen nant Manager George Gibson of the Pittsburgh Pirates said the other day that his players never knew when they were beaten, chances “I've never and it's no we won any pennants Think “I'm All good with battling {ec Gibson continued, #ny hope pennant and 1 If everything us nu Foe now, think a well 1 chance, EoOmes we'll be In there world's championship next tober I ha pe 80 “My mighty bas It's a good been going ub ciub good, road c and it has been plas If we t of the shure heen i replied ; what the Soils iid n 4] And Manager George Gibson, there's ball clut division that don’t They any other the there say, jown in second That's six it belong the Reds ‘ve beaten us ciub ®O1 itching, he ta 1 times, than had more Moran only generally everybody = Can be hattle » has on to give a8 good has a good club he will be club, and as long as he up there fizhiting.” Gibson added that the schedule sults fine. The Pirates will practically month at gre still that stage of AL easy to siop train In orbes and : leading the field, if at he thes the league race they will AR B runaway freight Rocky mountains, the of All Kinds Tennis certainly is a love game If they play it in this weather. * - . Be that as it may, there is one fight Pitcher Joe Boehling. (Ore.) club of the Pacific Coast league for $1.4, He was then taken on by Bridgeport of the Eastern league, TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP SITE Games to Be Played on Courts of Gen mantown Cricket Club During Month of September. Germantown Cricket club, Philadel phia, is the home club of William T. Tilden, holder of the world’s, the United States, British and New Zea. land tennis titles, The championship will be staged on Tilden’s home courts next September, HARVARD NINE INTACT Captain Emmons Who Played Second Base Is Only Regular Who Will Not Return. Jdurvard’s varsity nine, victorfous In the Yale and Princeton series, will re. main virtually intact for the 1022 cam- paign. Captain Emmons, who played second base on the year's team, is the only regular whe will not return to college, * + * “Wrestlers,” says a mat expert, “im prove with age” While the wrestling game decomposes, - » - The cost of living may go down enough to make tickets for the next prize fight a trifle cheaper. % -. - One of the modern tests of influence and prosperity is the ability to afford a ticket to a big prize fight. * - - A new athletic field and stadium will be constructed at West Virginia university in the near future, - * * Audacious, which won the Suburban and Carter handicaps, will be retired to the stud at the end of the season. - - - Willie Hoppe. world's champion bil. Hardist, will play all future champlon- ship matches on a winner-take-all basis, . + » Edward Martin, for the last vear graduate manager of athletics at Stan. ford university, has resigned to accept a business offer. - . - arent Britain will not be officially represented in the competition for the International golf team championship trophy September 8, * 5 » Charlie White, Chicago lightweight, who was suspended by the National Boxing association following the Wis. consin commission's complaint of his bout with Sallor Freedman, has been reinstated. 4% og ¥
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