I, A PENNSYLVANIA STATE ITEMS Bethlehem. —Contraband liquor selz- ed in Northampton county will be put under lock and key In a vault in the courthouse, as the county commissioners at thelr meeting grant. ed permission to District Attorney T. McKeen Chidsey to store seized l- quor and stills in the office room and vault now being used by the county controller, Dr. R. D. Walter. Mttsburgh.—Albert years, of Wall borough, Cannoup, aged 87 will last Christmas night. Evidence a daughter who sald her daughter told her the mother fell down a flight of stairs. County detectives who inves tigated sald the woman's neck been broken, her skull fractured the body covered with #tab wounds, Harrisburg.—Search and seizure of liguor and arrests made without prop- er warrants were declared illegal and in violation of the person's constitu- tional rights, even though the police and handed down by Judge John E. Fox, of the Dauphin county court court ordered the return of the seized testifying as to what they found. The decision was rendered in a Steelton case. The police, last October from a neighboring yard, asserted they saw a still in operation in a second floor room of the house entered ough a window, ant and seized liquor and other articles, Reading. — William Miles, aged about 00, and Mrs. Laura Skean, a widow, aged 49 years, figured in guicide here. Their bodies, dressed, were found In a bed in room in a local apartment house, couple, who, it is sald, had been liv ing together in no way related, ended They thi thal arrested the ter the still, ten gallons of partly their their roform. When found they were clasp ed in each other's arms. Mrs, Skean leaves three children, Miles Jeaves his widow and a number of brothers and sisters, Beaver Meadow.-——Beaver Creek, the newest anthracite producing unit the Hazleton district, started with 180 It is owned by t company and has & daily output of 400 tons when oper« tons to its credit, he Lehigh Valley Coal ated at full capa Wilkes-Barre. of oid-fashidned oil lamps, many resi morting to the age dents of the Georgetown section doing all In their power to fore Prospe t Rock Light duce rates for electricity Ever company to bus ness places are included among the - vi 3 3 re He chagle il liery, of the Philade and i gux explosion phia Could company, f Iron wns scene of and four men are at Hospital in a serious They are John Smith, of Clair ; Francis Tray, of Mill Creek, and William Baulato and Trot sky, of Pottsville, Pittsburgh ‘hreats to dynamite all yostoffices, court houses and muniel- “pal buildings in Allegheny county and to kill public officials unless radicals arrested last week are released are contained in a letter re- ceived by District Attorney Gardner The letter was signed, “Communist leaders for Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia,” and was malled frem Steubenville, O., April 28. the Pottsville condition. St Simon here police and federal agencies throughout th” country to guard all public build- ings. Joseph Jacobowski, one of the men arrested, was released on hix own recognizance after District @httorney ¢ardner was notified that the man's daughter, Helen, aged 6. had been killed by an automobile truck. Pre. minary hearings of the other twenty. four men were delayed when Assistant District Attorney Meyer announced he liad not completed the wirk of trans lating literature confiscated In the ralds. A majority of the defendants are in jail in default of ball ranging from $1000 to S50.000, Pittsburgh.— Police Magistrate B. 1. Buccup, sitting in Allegheny station, decided that the man who buys liquor is Just as guilty of violating the dry ws as the bootlegger who sells it The ruling was made in the case of Philip Kir, - who was held for court on a charge of illegal possession of Hquor. Kirk, it was testified, bought the liquor from Joe and Jack Caugll- lire. They were held for court, charg. ed with selling liquor. “It is an un seven law that provides punishment for the man who sells but not for the man who buys,” sald the magistrate. “Hereafter, In this court, the law will he even. The man who buys will be held just the same as the man who sells” Hazleton. — Forty-six applicants took the examinations for mine foreman’s assistant certificates here, Freeland. Falling forty feet from f pole, James Mclaughlin, a Hneman, died at his home here of Internal hemorrhages, : Pittsburgh.—W. D. Vedder was ap- pointed acting prohibition group head of this region, to succeed John 8 Pow. ell, transferred to Chicago, Harrisburg. Governor Pinchot fix. ed the week begining Monday, June 4, for the execution of Mike Sastel. lanes, Cambrian county, convicted of anirder, Chambersburg. —1In gentencing Frank B. Canfield, of Hagerstown, to a $100 fine and ninety days in jail for driving an automobile while Intoxicated, Judge Gillan announced his Intention of send. ing all such offenders to Jail here. after, Harrisburg.——Appointment of 1. D, Orr, of Erle, as executive manager of the highway department, was an nounced by Commissioner Wright. Christiana.—Conrad Reifsnyder was The loss is es. $100,000, Because of ahout amount mill time after Firemen from Coatesville, Parkersburg at the large material In the short the fire and Kinger needed to save a gcore of frame stor- Pittsburgh.—John Douglas, Jr, clerk of the Allegheny county courts, and William A, Kelton, former group head ficers, were sentenced to one year in destroyed by Judge Thompson. Rich Zimmerman, fed- charge. Fenton Wilt, Douglas’ attor- sentenced May 12. Douglas is a politi. cal leader, and in 1921 was a candi- Republican nomination Counsel filed notice of an appeal to the United States cireult court of appeals, and the four men who had been sentenced, réleas- ed under 85000 batl Lancaster. ~The large store room in the were each. ! i used as a taker in storeroom for Illicit booze recent raids, when ‘a ten-gallon 8 oe container of “green wine exploded Besides throwing = of booze number of the entire room, a bottles stored in the room as evidence broken Harrishurg.—Fred J. Hartman, for the past four secretary of the state Industrial hoard, of NS. Baker, of president of Technology, Carnegie Pittsburgh. An has Williamsport. appeal which met In this city, to Library ment, with adequate tenance continue the A8 a separate funds pment, the depart for main- and des instead of direction of being pluced under e department of Hs Prop Hazleton nstruc wl sing been provid Lew COL for the W Renovo was formall istown mission sit 0x inched by a delegation Lock Haven Rotarians Prutlinger H Uniontown president Arrested on a « ? #g into the coun British from East are being held in the Fayelte jail for deportation Plizabeth.—Traffe river bridge here will for sixty days. beginning May 1. while the structure is repaired Willlamsport.—The Northern Cen. tral Trust company and the Lycoming subjects across the he JUDGE IN THE AIR ing, to witness an exhibition 600D BASE RUNNING REQUIRES PRACTICE Baseball Player Must Learn to Start Fast and Master Hook or Fall-Away Slide. (By CARL, LUNDGREN, Basaball ach, University of lilinois.) To hecome a good, intelligent base runner, a player must put in a great deal of practice, experimenting, thought, and, all, able to use good judgment ip ranning. He should learn start fast and master the hook or fall-awny slide. The fast start { above be io means the saving of two in hook slide the a'r the race with ball and the makes it saving the end should ball, frequently tricked out at This sllde the use it with the you of journey. bi fit to thereby yery mastered the ability base, of to either side enabling on YO the thrown ball, and slide as far away received In front of the base, naturally you should slide to the back: If it is Next in importance, certainly, is your to run from any base, Many slow runners are excellent hase runners he knnek of get two ahillty There One is their or this lead. ure leads base, ans OF RNS often called ONeWRY where the runner off 20 far that he n the two institutions volved the higgest tion in the history The institutions The action financial of Willlamsport. when merged The name of the institution will be the Lycoming Nor. thern Trust company Pittshurgh.—A. J. Ritchey, a real estate dealer, asked the common pleas Park to produce his records showing disposition of automobile parking cases against him Richey recently wag fined $100 on twenty-two red tags, laws. He appegled from the magis- trate’s ruling. Altoona Running too to =» rubbish fire in the yard of her home, Edna Hook, aged 6. was burned from head to foot when her clothing Ignited, and died several hours later at a hos. pital. Greensburg. —Albert Hispano, aged 42, of Wilmerdine, a foreigner, who has been employed in Smith's butcher shop at Jeannette, walked fo the Pennsylvania railroad tracks and Jumped In front of a fast-moving train, Hig head wus cut off and hig body badly mangled, Friends of the man say that for the pust few days he has been threatening to kill himself. About an hour before be had jumped in front of another freight train end was drag. ged several hundred feet, but unin. Jured. Aazieton.—After teaching for forty. five years, Principal H. J. Malkames, of the Locust street school, will re. tire at the end of the present term. Biairsville—Burglars used chloro. form In three homes here and stole £1000 in money and jewelry, Lewistown. Robert Schell and John Fultz were held .in $200 bail, charged with stealing an automobile on March 26 from W. F. Goodman. Hazleton Streets here are not garages, ruled Mayor Hurvey, when he fined a dozen owners who left ma. chines along the! carbe near thelr homes , Close plicher ; in othe Yivss ean fear wd may be which the hase advance with from thers the p are comparati few ve away the fae vols not zi going t« i to the elderable time before and it runners can of The ba trying for time his they this fact that do take there base nnd dva tage ge runner he this lead and if he ean the next ut the «tarts to pit h just in ads time that he will | and should run provided ix the proper time in the game to roan base ance the ave same pits her he makes when plate that will if they become first move that pitches to the them this start runners Inter ie trying to disguise this first move by hase At second base the hase and still return safely pro vided the pitcher turns to catch him He may advance beyond this lead by never return beyond that the pitcher farns to Infielders shionld not be nble to drive You back beyond that point unless At third base the lead should be ball passes the hitter and then can return In safety. In ense the ball fe hit, “the runner i= then on his way to serve. At all bases the runner should he advancing toward the nest hase on all pitches until the hall passes the hatter when he should return fast. Past should be emphasized. If the hall is hit, the runner has a running lead toward the next base, Probably the next important thing in hase running is good fndgment, There are tines In a gnme tha bases shenuld be run and times when they certainly should not Be ron. It ig not good base. ball to run hates when your team is behind unless your run will tie the score. Your run will make little dif. ferenfe as to winning the game unless more batters score, in which epee your run wonld have been batted In. Yon are only giving your opponents added opportunities to make a put-ont. which yon are trying to avold doing above all things. As n rule It Is not wise to run hnses when the hatter (8 in the hole, that f=, the pitehor hax the ad. vantage as to baile and strikes because the pitcher enn waste the ball on u pitehi-out to eateh vou without harming himself to any extent, You shonld aleo consider the pitek. er's ability to hold you close to the bose ; slab the ontehor's abliity to * throw you out in case you do run, It may be that some kind of team play at bat, such as hit and run, may be mora successful than clean stealing. The number of men out in an inning sheuld be a determining factor In runriog Do not take chances when is no one out, Take all even chances or slightly the worst of It in your judgment when one man Is out and are even or ahead as to the score, Try to avold being involved In a dou ble play, especially with one out, Declde quickly on fly balls to the out field whether of not you can advance if the ball Is caught. If you can, In your opinion, go back, touch your base and be ready to start fast. If it is too | short a fly ball take all the lead that can in safety toward the next basd# and be ready to advance If It is dropped and to if It Is caught The runner third { should touch and remain on | on all line hits or fly balls until thes | are caught, dropped or fall safe or except short i that he could not score on if « bases, there you you return fast on base the hase with ane no one out, aught i In the latter case take all the lead that {if dropped or If caught return if canght. between bases avoid {| have advanced as far as they can {i With ru on second and base the on third should hold ners ranner | playing close with no one out condition and one out, try to score Do not on your | when you follow the play your You must listen to them, how the is b ain concher is blamed the 1 f § hin i five « } front o HID ana is entireds depend Can self ever, when The play you for too many bad plays wher base runner has thi plas ame hii ifr i to bhian if. i Pitcher Jez Zachary Rap er ARAL ALAS Helping the Washington Griffs to break in the winning list at St, Peters. Fla., of the big baseball teams of the country are in where some the Grime, Cobb Ranks as Oldest Cobb the oldest player in the American league in point of service, Cobb joined the Tigers in 1005 and is still going good. He has seen 18 Despite the strenu he has slowed is ous gmine he plays, down but little. If Cobb continues to be a Success pe manager he can go on indefinitely #1 baseball, long after he Is through as a player, Cobh alone remains of the players whe were in the American league at the time of hix debut. He has seen them all pass out. Eddie Collins and Walter Johnson are close behind Cobb Ire point of sery- ice. While Johnson is slowing up a bit, Eddie Collins seemed as good as ever lust season, with a number of years ahead of him in the majors, rman. Leslie. Bancroft Is Praised by Tilden Tennis champion Bil Tilden says of Leslie Bancroft, the Longwood OC. C, of Boston; lawn tennis player who will for the first time strive for hon- org in the English championships at Wimbledon in June: “She can defeat every player abroad except Suzanne Lenglen and possibly Kathleen Me Kane, She can defeat “Bunny” Ryan, Mrs, Ratterthwaite; Mra, Beamish and other English players, She may not do =o, of course, but from my ob. servations of the type of game dis. played by the foreign women, 1 look for Miss Bancroft to make an excel lewt slowing abroad.” Sporting Squibs of All Kinds Harold Ruel has the “place of honor" ton team. been picked for on the Washing » » s Pancho Villa may weight title, but he have lost his fiy- still fights like a fe oe oe This yeur Cobb gssisntants, Fred league catcher, *. ® » I'he London el signed a Riven his veteran big has as of Carisch one uly of the Mint league has pitcher whose name Is as James Uchirouscko - » w Fred Graff keen again, having sold him to Little - = - Picinich of third the baseman, Atianta veteran pedalied Rock Catcher Shanks, formeris and Howard the Senators he Red Sox - * - The prince of Wales won 'n steeple chase observed at also been President and i the IIAR usually wins golf, - » - Hughey Jennings dopes the Tygers, Yanks and Browns to fight it for pennant, finish onetwo three, out and to > * » New der ity Abe Friedman title championship ab bouts. han real recent Englana Known his has in The xacker Cotter, elder Pitcher Zip D iis ol First and Wichita relegsed Grigshy to the ing Bob Fitzsim- n New York € elehrated fatl "rs aon recent ig a has little o Newark (N. 1) A.C... whose spacious was Yecently opened, will have constructed mepbers two goll courses for use r * » Aquatic experts have picked Miss Lily Bowner of Honolulu as the suc cessor of Miss Ethelda Bleibtrey, who | in the past has many world's | swimming marks ] - * - wet Carl Mays, the Yankee pitcher, Is quoted as saying that he intends to | take the game more seriously this season and show the fans he still is a star swirler, = Herb Pruett, the little of the Browns, is pounds heavier this Manager Lee Fohl ix trying to figure | ont how to keep it on him. i » * * feft-hander | about twenty year than last The Birmingham club of the South ern league announces the signing of | Harry Randolph, captain of the base ball and football teams of Bethany college, at Bethany, W. Va. - - - Walter Alexander, veteran who will manage the Marlin team in the new Texas association this sea. son, has enlisted another veteran, Pitcher Earl Flaherty, to assist him. a RI, Billiard Champion i i i : catcher, § Jonn Luton of St. Lows, world's three-cushion billiard champion and winner of: the Interstale league feurnamat, i WISH COME TRUE “It doesn’t often happen “What? “A fellow in front n his automobile this morning cut across of me and | wped a truck would run into him.” “Well 7 “At the very next block 1 had of getting my wish Forgiven, (furiously) —You did you elope with Old Gent Why 800 New Sonin-Law—To avoid the nonsense of a 1ety Old wedding. Gent (grasping his hand) — sensible husband. Franscript. Boston Evening HUMOR IN ALL TRADES Policeman (to Suspicious stranger at midnight)—What are you doing in this store? Burglar—Can’t yer see I'm takin’ stock. Play the Game. Calmness In success is fine, Grit when losing's finer: If you can't a winner be, Do not be a whiner Getting Back at Pa. “Pa.” said Clarence, “what's a crite? “It's she than her one with a tion fond i y god co} Fo neighbor do i faust bone Besa Sle ss i ISL, neaning glance Too Late for the Fish Guest--1 week ago Proprie Hotel termng y i } vigh 1 Guest What ¢ » Preierrea fe of now Pathfinder Showing Him Of. The Doctor ir baby a thorough examination and | can't find anything the vith hl Mrs. Newmother- sail there anything the him? he 1 wonder? IL have given ter Who was matter with Isn't Good Times Just Ahead. “Can remember,” asks an ex change, “bow you looked forward fe your future twenty years ago? Well, this is your future. What are you do ing in tt? “Oh ——er—still You looking forward ™ nt American, Mrs. Reillly—What makes these sar dines so high? Grocer—They're imported. mum. Mrs. Reilly--I'll' take the domestic ones-—them as had the bras 10 swim ncrost to this country. > s— im, POWER “lI never spw a woman so full of energy.” . “Nor I. Why, merely correcting Musings of » Motor Cop. Ske struck a match in 2 careless way, “1'Hl smoke a bi,” said she The price of gas went up that day. So did Hortense Makee, os Anxious to Please. The man wus up for bigamy. The judge, with heavy sarcasm, asked him which wife he expected to claim. “Whichever one you say, judge, re sponded the culprit." «Louisville Cour fer-Journal. Championship Form. Caddy (to lady amateur, who jost ber club for the third time)—Iif youk keep on like this, I see you being champion of Englsad, he Lady—Oh, do you really think wo Caddy—Yes; at throwing the ‘sus mer.—Sheffield (England) Telegraph. * The Proper Place. Mrs. Nipp—1 tell you | will have this out with you, Mr. Nipp—Walt untli we get home to fight, What did we hire a fat for? ¥
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