THE CENTRE
PENNSYLVANIA
STATE ITEMS
Sunbury.~-Acocrding to Aaron Con-
rad, 1100 automobiles passed his home
here’ in four hours, or five a minute,
Brownsville.—Late reports from the
Brownsville General Hospital indicate
that the condition of Harrison Rosen-
berger, of Philadelphia, shot when
mistaken for a striker, Is more grave
than was at first believed. Rosenber-
ger, who, with other Philadelphia men,
came to the Royal mines of the W. J.
Rainey company, naking the
rounds of the works as an officer when
hecame upon Thomas Skinkis, also of
Philadelphia, asleep. When he awoke
Skinkis, the latter mistook him for a
striker, ready to make an attack, and
fired
effect,
ed In the Fayette ¢
York,—The force of
at the Hallam
was
three shots, one of which took
Skinkis was arrested and lodg-
ity jail,
whisky
which
two to
guards
distillery,
from
mented to
was
SiX,
pare wi
bills ar
Grand
ys arm. Last
s0 that he
fF rf oer
of fourtee:
about
¢ 300 horses bought
Harrishurg Governor ul has
Sweet, of Erie, a
board of
appointed B. W,
n 1 of
ember of the
examiners
Lewistown Mrs,
years old, died
Rush l
here from i
oy ]
swal
22 .
ing a poisonous tablet In
that it for internal
Shippensburg —J. C. Flemming
appointed chief burgess here by Judge
Biddle to fill
the
the bellef
was
use,
the vacancy caused by
ion of Joseph Mifflin,
Unlontown
resignat
Fifty state troopers en.
Connellsville coal strike dis.
triet to co-operate with county authort-
maintaining order in the coke
They came from Washington
county, where miners’ strike end-
ed weeks ago, and will be sta-
tioned In different of
to reinforce troopers
tered the
ties in
region.
the
several
sections
the
hundreds of special deputies.
Shaw's threat to take over Uniontown
three
lized In part when mounted
troopers and a number of plain-clothes
men went on duty in the city,
the Uniontown police force
functioning, it
still
Was announced
troopers would patrol the streets and
guard railroad stations. Any prison.
ers taken by them will be tried before
Justices and not before the mayor, it
was said,
Lewisburg. —Reports from the regis.
tration committee of Bucknell Univer.
sity showed a freshman enrollment of
340, near seventy of whom are wo-
men. The total enrollment will ap-
proximate 1000. Classes will begin
with every department crowded to
capacity.
Montrose Mrs, Gverett Devine,
aged 40, of Rdsh, near here, was In-
stantly killed when she jumped from
a carriage and broke her neck against
a rock.
Pittsburgh. Thirteen persons met
death In automobile aceldents in Alle.
gheny county so far this month, ac
cording to a report issued at the coro.
ner's office,
Donora.—Rev. Father H. Gelble, for
fifteen rector of 8t. Charles’ Catholic
church, here, has been appointed to
the irremovable rectorship of the Ime
maculate Conception chureh, of Con-
nellsville,
Greenshurg.—While returning irom
the funeral of her father near Con-
nellsville, Mrs. Nell McBeth, aged 25,
of Buena Vista, was almost instantly
killed when the machine in which she
was riding was ditched. She received
a fractured skull and dled almost In-
stantly. Her husband, R. E. McBeth,
car, were slightly
Harrisburg. State agrienltural offi.
clalg have recelved word from interior
the peach tree borer by the use of gas,
Some time ago agents of the depart-
ment called attention to the advan-
tages of purchase of materials In larg
lots and the cooperative kien has been
working out In fighting {his expensive
pest,
Deserting her husband and
child, Mrs. Raymond Bly-
mire left her home and eloped, It is
said, with John Driscol. They were
caught after a Detective
Cookes and jail, A tip
given the woman's hushand by friends
was with
couple's ar-
York.
S-year-old
chase hy
committed to
that she her home
her
rest,
leaving
clothing led to ‘he
Bethlehem, second
For pe
tie
Drug company was
i thirteen
ime amount
For that
wore
trial,
Zing
within ®ix months warehouse of
took
vouths
ourt
3
Pauphi
}
17 1
n ounty
or hearing
appeal of the Ameri
vhich operates
nforcement of the
up at
tion of
ct from
aria
iarKet
of the
comps
Harris Wir
Y is wleveline =
nen, cluding pr
nts of Ambridge, were
ire tl the
ion witli Ie
goers,
robbers
government agent, dec
expected to “make some arrests
in a few
whisky,
dys.
taken
were recovered
Woodlawn The
lage of Wi
in the
wodlawn
burgh, I= throes of
their
Is removed ordered the
They
Ar
geese owners to ‘ern
insisted that it could not be done.
reste followed and several
Public spirited citizens,
the problem, asked
trying to solve
Tanney to buy a
pay roll
in the whale
his
1s
“If there Iz a boss goose
United States capable of keeping this
of kideaters In
»
sublection——I
sald Tanney
tired of pursuing one bs
went hunting in my
up y-five,
If somebody wiil furnish
*
them one
sedan
and rounded
again
goose, T'1
twenty Never
the
provide the star.’
When Erwin
into Plckering
Phoenixville
old, fell
front of
passing nearby and
The driver, H. E.
of Roversford, gtnessed nat that
wrong and follewed
creek, rescuing
Erwin is the son
pet dog ran out in
mobile
an
ones
wns
the the
Ind just in time
of Mr. and Mrs, David
berton. He was visiting the home of
an aunt here and wanlerad away un-
noticed,
Sunbury.
of the estate of H. A. Lieb, here, steal.
Ing more than half the stock.
Shamokin Plunging downstairs at
her home here, while sleepwalking,
Gwendolyn Davis, aged 19, landed on
her neck and shoulders and was only
slightly Injured.
Lewistown.—John Jdomas was given
% hearing In the prison here, charged
with passing checks without funds,
and held In 22000 ball for court.
Altoona.—His backbone fractured
when a truck fell on him in the Penn.
sylvania raliroad shops here, ten years
ago, Samuel W. Medaugh, aged 48
died of the Injury.
Uniontown.~Unable to lle down for
nearly eight weeks on account of an
aflliction of the throat, John J, Gibson,
aged 50, one of the city's best-known
men, virtually choked to death. The
members of the family were :itting
up with him when suddenly he seemed
to gasp for breath and succumbed, An
inward goltre Is given as the cause of
his death.
New Castle ~More than 100 men re-
turned to work when the Bessemer
quarries of the Pittsburgh Crucible
Steel company, closed down six weeks
figo by a coal shortage, resumed oper
ntlons
dog tn
a
i
Ty Cobb Is
campalgn to have the income
reau of the Treasury
Washington make some }
the baseball players in the mi
income tax.
Cobb's contention Is
ers have only
physical ability,
point that ball
rapidly. He shows tha:
fe of a major
and that he ls
part of that time
Business Men Deduct,
He urges that,
allowed to deduct
for
material, hall
terforation comes rapidl
absolute finality,
actnely pressing
tix
aepartment
thant bal
That is their
the
one pret
and he
players
maxes
the
is ten
for the
leaguer years
slioning
ping latter
as husiness men
from thel
deprecint
pinyers,
Many Jewish boxers take Ir
when thes nke to the
hut
names
Toor
rng,
Of
why
course t is reason fo
a boxer with & ame lke Rozo-
rinski Razond
Kelly, but why change Cohn
Kahn to Riley?
Jack O'Toole, the
lHghtwelght,
hit In Milwaukee
giving Tony
cutting it to
Minneapol
who
Loukes
Boehme the fights of their yor
3
Hves, is an Jewish lad, but In
case he claims to has
his Irish nan
“You se
ried
we just
8 Jr
Hebrew pame
for
and
nan ring
"OLE
C
REMAINS IRON-MAN OF
Joe McGinnity, tamous pitcher, who
earned the sobriquet of “Iron-Man”
while pitching for the New York
Giants 20 years ago, is now leading a
Mississippl Valley league team at Du-
buque, Ia. Although fifty-one years
old he retains all the fire and his right
arm much of the speed and control
that made him the ido! of Gotham
fans,
“BENCH PITCHING” INCREASES
As Result Pitchers Are Allowing More
Earned Runs Per Game Than
in Former Years.
“Bench pitehing” or pitching di-
rected by the managers, has Increased
this year and has resulted in pitchers
allowing more earned runs per game
than in former years, in the opinion
of local sport circles,
Pitchers In the major leagues this
senson are willing to permit the man
agers to tell them just what kind of
# bill to throw, and If a hit results, the
manager {8 at fault, sports writers
say.
Very few pitchers—only the top
notchers—are permitted to use thelr
own judgment in throwing to batters,
and as a result they are not charged
with the resjonsibility, according to
the scribes,
of traveling, and
of thelr
Will Cobb Get Away With It?
Whether
his conte
nomadic liv
with
it has
me
EH
Diamond
Squibs
Looks as if Phil D
Will som
line which
weak hittis
.
Speaking of strong stakes, what if
Pittsburgh Pirates
(nn the other hand, as =a
Pitcher, “Reb” Russell is a
hitter than the White Sox have.
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Tyrus Cobh, when he wants
players to stop, look and listen
inspiration blows a shrill whist]
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Jim Middleton,
of the Portiand
club, has been
team.
Pacific
made
Coast league
manager of the
The Indianapoils club of the Ameri:
ean association has purchased Out
. » »
William Klillifer, manager of the
Chicago Nationals, may known as
the miracle man of 1922, if the Cubs
win the pennant,
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The Nashville club announced the
other day that it had sold the veteran
third baseman. Hap Morse, to the St
Paul association club.
. LJ -
be
The champion home run hitter of
Texas seml-pro circles, ete, has been
signed for a trial by the Cleveland
club. He Is Jim Kendrick.
. . *
It is only too evident to both» Branch
Rickey and John McGraw that thelr
respective charges are not playing the
brand of ball that wins pennants.
*» \d *
Manager Duffy of the Red Box has
ordered his men to quit playing golf In
the mornings. It's too bad. Colf is
one game most of them can play well.
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Walter Gilbert, third baseman of
the Blamarck club of the Dakota
league, has been purchased by the
Minneapolis American Association
team,
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Tom McNamara, former star of
Princeton university, sent by the
Pittsburgh Pirates to Flint to finish
the season, is out as the result of a
twisted knee.
CLEAN LIVING IS URGED
Jim Corbett, former champion
pugllist, for the lust many years
leading light in things theatrical,
gives some good advice on good
living. Corbett is fifty-five years
old and he looks about forty,
tall, straight, with a smell waist
Hine,
“I value my stomach ass I
value life itself,” says Corbett,
“Every morning 1 drink from
one to five gineses of hot water
with a pinch of salt in each
glass. And every night just be-
fore retiring, 1 take a table
spoonful of mineral ofl
“l eat but twice dally. Prult
and eges for breakfast. At six
In the evening, I heve my real
meal. I never eat, sleep, work
or play to excess. Moderation
in everything is my dea. Worry
will age a man quicker than any-
thing else, I have had my trou
bles but I never worry. That's
all”
oO o
FROM PEANUT BOY TO
STAR IN BIG LEAGUE
Grimm of Pittsburgh Pirates
Made Rapid Progress.
Things Said About
and He Is
His Fielding
Showing Vast
provement as Hitter.
ime
Pirates
pessions
VO WOTE
Charley Grimm of Pittsburgh.
wesk at that sta
Grimm
up league
Louis let him out to
Little Rock of the Southern associa-
tion, withont strings on him. That
is the mysterious part of the entire af-
fair. Grimm went hig In the Dixle
cuit in 1919 and thereby won a trial
with the Pirates. His style of playing
appealed to Manager Gibson and he
landed a regular berth right off the
to measure
standards, and St
to major
cir-
Grimm, the peer of any first base.
man in the John Heydler circuit, not
even excepting Daubert, lived up to
all the nice things said about his han
dling the pellet, but he falled to set the
world on fire as a hitter last season
However, he has shown a vast im-
provement in this department of the
gnome this season and his batting has
been a big help in keeping the Pirates
nt the head of the list,
Sporting Squibs
of All Kinds
Oakland, Callf., will start play on
its municipal golf course January 1
* . -
The first Oxford vs. Cambridge track
meet took place in England In 1864.
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Some way or other circumstances al-
ways are keeping Jack Dempsey out
of some big scrap.
. * »
You can hardly blame a caddie for
striking--not if you see some of the
objects he has to caddy for,
- . -
Atlantie City is sald to have more
people play over its golf courses than
any other layout in this country,
. =
Jimmy Beveridge, golf professional
at the Cumberland Country club dur
ing the last two years, has resigned
. » .
Puck Sahih, race horse belonging to
John Arnoth, was transported from
Curragh, Ireland, to Ban Scbastian,
Spain, by alrplans, to enter the King's
wrige stakes,
£23
a
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TS
Little [Sa
Bit )
Humorou
)—~% /
ST] ah.
PATRIOTISM
“This idea comes from abr
“Yes 7
“War profiteers ought to
i feel grote
| ful to the ex-kalser for starting the re
| cent row.”
“Our profiteers are too patriotic for
{| that, but some of
| slyly when war
| tioned, and admit that
i good old
{ Herald,
might smile
contracts are men
Sam is a
Age
them
Uncle
scoutl."——iirmingh
Confidence.
“You know this
£1.000 060
| “rm pot
question,” re
A
ucer,
“Buat-
HE WAS WISE
He: Darling | wouldn't swap you
for any ten other wives.
She: Oh, George.
He: No, girl Living's too high
these times.
Present Reali
is
says it will
ioor of the
Helpful! Spirit,
erstand t t new
om-
LX 2s
Mrs. Gadde»
after the
Personal Charm Absent,
Aspirant (with
let
Falr
Do
fou
please me read
Publisher-—Ix
young lady, my read
Falr Aspirant—Yes, bt
| me,
Under Suspicion.
“How long had he lived
crime?
“Only
For six
he was a taxicab driver”
“TUmph! That
of crime In all”
life
one year, he told
years frevions t
means seven years
Home Humor,
Wife—Onur
{ quarreling over a
Hub-—Well, look out and don't
| drawn Into it.
next-door neighhors are
vacuum cleaner
get
HIS ATTENTIONS NOT
WELCOME
“My love for you drives me mad’
“] think I'm the one to get mac
about it"
Cheer,
let's give a cheer
For Old Man Banks.
He never moves
“A vote of thanks ™
Sufficient Excuse.
“I've just heard the news.” interest
sadly sald an acquaintance. “Why do
you suppose John Schott killed his
hired man?”
“D'know,” replied the gaunt Mis
sourian, "unless it was becuz be acted
like a hired man”
Apprehensive,
“This 1s a fashionable grillroom.”
“Yes, Tessie; all the other ladies
are smoking."
“So I see. Do you think they will
put us out for net smoking?"