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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
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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,
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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
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Fred Graff
keen again,
having sold him to Little
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Picinich
of
third
the
baseman,
Atianta
veteran
pedalied
Rock
Catcher
Shanks, formeris
and Howard
the Senators
he Red Sox
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The prince of Wales won 'n steeple
chase observed
at
also been
President
and i
the
IIAR
usually wins
golf,
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Hughey Jennings dopes the Tygers,
Yanks and Browns to fight it for
pennant, finish onetwo
three,
out
and to
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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
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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 ]
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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,
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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
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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.
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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.
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Billiard Champion
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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
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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.
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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.
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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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