PENNSYLVANIA
STATE ITEMS
Lewlstown.—The Eagles will bulld a
50,000 home in the near future.
Bloomsburg. —Couneil decided to
pave Fifth street from East street to
Leonard street this year,
Bloomsburg. —The congregation of
the First Baptist church decided to
construct a new auditorium Immedi-
ately.
Wilkes-Barre-—8. G. Musury,
conducts a small business establish-
ment on South Main street, has been
marked for death, according to a let- |
ter received by him. The information |
was to the effect that a man and weo- |
man are watching him constantly and |
will take his life at the earliest oppor- |
tunity. The man can give no reason |
for the letter, {
Harrisburg.—A trafic census on all |
main roads In Pennsylvania has been |
begun by the highway department to |
make a highway transport survey by |
which the department will ascertain |
the types of construction necessary
for the various roads. The census will
continue through the remainder of |
May, for sixteen days in July, during |
the month of October and during next
January. The census takers classify |
passenger cars and trucks as “light” |
and “heavy.” The results af the sur |
vey, which will take into considera-
tion agricultural, industrial and tourist
conditions, will be carefully checked
and the department will be enabled |
to definitely determine the service |
tach section of road must render.
Wilkes-Barre.—James Kolnowski, |
nged 32, whe lost for three days |
In the Stanton and in
the Mercy Hospital since his rescue,
about two months ago, was discharged
from the local institution, Though
still weak, man has been prac- |
tically cured from the effects of his
experience,
Connellsville.—Robert ®. Grimm, a
Connellsville business man, lost a race
with death across the continent when |
ig gon, Thomas, aged 14 years, died
The father was in Los Angeles when |
he was notified that his son had been |
seriously injured In an automobile
aaccident. Traveling by fast train, he |
arrived twelve hours the boy |
died.
Harrisburg —Governor Pinchot sign- |
ed the Woodward measure placing |
control of the legislative reference |
bureau with the legislature. The bill |
provides that blennially the senate
and house In Joint session shall ap-
point the director of the bureau, at
a salary of 88000 a year. The direct-
or shall appoint an assistant at $8000,
ag well az all other employes, whose
salaries are fixed by the law. An
propriation of $72,000 is carried
Milton.—Couneil signed a contract
for the Installation of an automatic |
electric fire alarm system to cost £15. |
000
Waynesburg. —Directors of the Citi |
zens’ National and the Peoples’ Na.
tional Banks have voted to submit to |
the stockholders a merger proposition, |
Harrisburg —Twenty thousand more |
industrial accidents were reported to |
the workmen's compensation bureau
for the first four months of the vear |
than for a corresponding in |
1922, Commissioner Meeker announe- |
ed. On May 1 a total of 85,190 acel- |
dent reports had been received by the
bureau. Of 48308 accidents, ineclud-
ing 664 fatalities, the industries with |
the largest percentages were in order |
of accident frequency, metals, bitum-
inous mines, public service, anthracite |
mines, building, glass, mercantile es- |
tablishments, food manuafacturers and |
Jumber manufacturers.
State Coligge.—Sleeping sickness |
caused the death of a second Centre
county man within two months. Ern-
jest E. Royer, aged 25, died at his
home two miles from here after a
year’s illness. Orrin Barger, of Spring
iMills, a freshman at the college died
at the University Hospital, Philadel.
phia, in March.
+ Wilkes-Barre —Representing himself
as a priest, a man giving the name
of Willlam Hall, of California, was |
arrested shortly after he attempted |
to pass two freudulent checks In a
local bank. The checks were signed
with the name of Rev. J. E. Lynott,
Of this £9 and were payable to Rev,
Dr. A. B. Bréohan, who recently whe
consecrated a bishop at Scranton. Fol.
lowing Hall's arrest two other checks
were found on his person, each made
payable to Bishop Brennan. They ag
gregated about $500 and have been
identified as a part of the loot stolen
from the Cathedral rectory at Scran-
ton on the night following the conse.
cration ceremonies,
Williamsport. -— Rev, Charles FH.
Broscious, of Sunbury, for many years
a missionary to Africa, has accepted a
call to the Lutheran Church of the
Redeemer here.
Hazleton. The budget for the new
fiscal year of this district will force
a raise in taxes from 17% to 19
mills, *
Seranton. Three hundred employes
of the Macear Truck company were
granted a voluntary Increase in wages
of 10 per cent,
Port Marion.—Suspected of starting
several forest fires, James Clegg was
arrested by state troopers.
Ganister.—~8cott Graham, an S-year
old boy, while fishing in the Juniata
river near his home, caught a 10%
inch trout,
Altoona. James Dinwiddie, lineman
for the Penn Central Light and Pow-
er company, was killed here when he
came In conitact with a wire carrying
€600 volts
who |
Was
mine has heen
the
after
ap-
period
A
Meadville—Edward Willams, an
Erie rallroad switchman, was Killed
here when he fell under a traip on
which he was working.
Harrisburg. A contract for eons
struction of a state highway in Elm.
hurst, Lackawanna county, has been
awarded the H. B. Sproul Construc
tion company, of Scranton, for $14.
534.50,
Carlisle.—Brethren from all sections
of central and southeastern Pennsyl
vania attended the dedication of the
new children's home of the denomina-
tion here,
Reading. —General George W. Goes
thals, bullder of the Panama canal, ac-
cepted the offer of city council to be.
come consulting engineer in the elimi
of the Seventh street grade
pany. By resolution
of eity council
the plans, covering a period of six
days, beginning May 28, during which
time he will be here to examine the
territory, and after that will receive
250 a day for any additional service
Necessary.
Unlontown.—Turnkey in the Fay-
county Jalil is a better job a*
$150 a month for eight hours than as-
ing to Richard
reasoning.
Moorehouse's line of
For this reason he resign.
chosen turnkey at the jail.
Mauch Chunk.—The new £500,000
New Jersey Central rallroad bridge
the Lehigh river, at Nesque-
honing Junction, a mile above Mauch
Chunk, Is completed, and the first pas.
senger train passed over It. This ‘Is
structure and required
a year and a half to complete it. It
spans the river alongside old
structure, which had become
quate to meet
of the
New
many
razed. The
now using
he
is
Jersey
of the
necessary
to strengthen bridges along the ent
system
Bloomsburg.—A settlement is
in the suits against the county hy n
coal companies owning lands in
Ilkely
the
valuations made
for the coal
obtained a continuance
by County.
court unti
tion against them from commissioners,
restraining from paving W
Rekol, a mining engineer, whose valu.
ation on coal lands was taken by the
commissioners. Apother engineer has
them
adjustment Is near, counsel told the
court, declaring that hearings in either
the appeals or the equity suit would
probably be averted,
Pottevitle — The iim
washing of oo
even lands horder.
not
for
threatening river
on the Schuylkill
deiphia has ceased the
The r
the culm
time
being, city officials stated ver
has receded to an extent that
now is being deposited or [ehuylk
h welcome the
conditions
however,
lands, whi
The
again,
county
for fuel
tn
are
occur when
nf
"es
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meat market
Pittsburgh.—A few minutes
staggered
in Rankin, a suburb, and told a story
of being bound, robbed, gagged and
placed In a refrigerator, the establish.
ment was be on
Before the flames were brought under
control the market and other
business places were destroyed and six
families rendered homseless, , The lous
is 260,000. The name of the man who
staggered from market was not
owned
He them, authorities
two negroes robbed hi
er
from a
digcovered to fire,
four
the
the place. told
sald, that
him g prisoner in the ice box.
Reading he fourth annual meet.
ing of the Women's Missionary Society
held here,
on Japan.
Rev. Merle CC. Winn spoke
This was followed hy the
Albert M. Barnes. A questionnaire
ators,
he ‘finishes 1923 baseball
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Catcher Tom Daly
Almost Hit King
Pacific
kid
Sox
Tom Daly, now =a
Coast league catcher, was a
catcher with the White
when the Sox and Glants went
around the world in 1913. The
tourists stopped off In England
for a the and
queen
ular
run
fell
king
In that partie
hom
The ball
occupied
game and
attended,
game Daly
into the
close by
by the king
to the bench,
of cheering,
marked:
“Gee whiz,
hit the king!”
That's hard luck)”
plied. “Maybe I'll get
next time”
drove a
crowd,
the
As
under a
hig pals re
box
Daly came In
barrage
of
one
Tom—you almost
Daly
him
re
the
[De at te ttt tt ttt hb An
1 emma wo ———
Rainbow Division Clubs
* Hope to Make Advance
1
| Before every baseball race the clubs
might be separated into two divisions
There are the first division
the rainbow
signifying hope,
bull in the New York Herald
There
been second division
hope that they have
| enough to ¢limb into the first division
| The only trouble about
| division
teams in each league
To make concrete examples, both
the White Sox and the Athletics this
| season say that they expect to finish
in the first division. Fair
But the four narrow top steps now
New York,
and Cley Just
do they expect to Kick down stairs?
And In the the
chances look pretty slim fer any of the
division clubs to head off the
Giants, Cincinnatl, St. Louls or Pitts
burgh. In fact, It is well for a
couple of those second division teams
i that the provides only
{ places in which to finish-—otherwise
one of them might finish ninth,
rainbow
Trum-
division clubs
writes Walter
i
wed
Lich
are always clubs have
teams, but which
strengthened
hat is the first
t
t
ill yr ni uty
will accommodat mly four
enough!
are
Dre
occupled by Kt. Louis
troit eland which one
National league
“ sil
second
Just
league eight
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INTERESTING
SPORT NOTES
Ieee. Miss Helen
retary of the board of national
Indian." -
of service, Patrolman Charles Bald-
win, known as the “father of the mid
dle division police foree,” has been
retired on a pension by the Pennsyle
vania railroad at the age of 70.
Columbia. When his left hand was
caught in a roller at the Bast Min,
Paul Myers lost three fingers of the
member,
Hazleton.—A Political Sclence Club
has been formed by the Hazleton Clivie
Club, on a strictly non-partisan basis,
and meetings are held twice a. month.
Lanecaster.—As the result of cutting
his thumb with an ax. Abraham IL.
Bechtold, aged 88 years died at his
home near here.
Bellefonte.—Prisoners at the Rock
view Penitentiary fought a fire which
destroyed the bakery shop at the insti
tution, and prevented the flames from
communicating to other buildings. The
shop, a temporary frame structure,
was destroyed, and the six ovons
which It housed were considerably
damaged.
Tamaqua.—While playing about a
bonfire at her home here, Mary Ann
Urbanavage, aged 5 years, was so
badly burned that she died at the
Coaldale State Hospital,
Dunbar—R. W. Miller, who has
served as chief since the first of the
year, has resigned,
New Salem.—J. Lester Frost, aged
7, of this place, died in the Unlontown
Hospital from tetanus due to playing
with a toy cap pistol,
Lewistown. James R. McCoy ree
signed as assistant cashier of the Clits
zens’ National Bank after twenty-one
years of aorvica,
Pennsylvania State expects its new
track house to be ready in the fall.
* - -
Bill Johnston advises tennis learners
to play often as a means of mastering
| the game.
» * *
Jack Dempsey in the coal business
should be able to hit the ultimate con-
sumers some awful wallops,
- » -
J. H. Haag, "24, has been elected
captain of the Yale varsity basketball
team for the 1923.24 season,
» °e .
Ruel D. Warriner of Philadelphia
has been elected captain of the wres-
tling team at Lehigh for next year.
- ad -
Sam Barry, coach of lowa univer.
sity's basketball and baseball teams,
has contracted to remain for five years
more. f
* * *
Bayes Marshall Norton of Vineyard
Haven, Mass, has been elected cap
season,
- - -
William M. Johnston, second among
America’s star tennis players, will
compete in toe British national cham
plonships at Wimbledon,
- > -
Walter Hagen denies that he has
challenged CGene Sarazen, American
open champion, to play a special golf
match for a side bet of $10,000 before
going to England.
. * »
With the exception of the Harvard
Yalestrack team, which is slated for a
meet with Oxford-Cambridge in Eng-
land next July, permission will he re.
fused to afl athletes under A, A. U,
Jurisdiction to take part In interna.
tional contests abroad this year,
WBA AA RA MA MA A Al ple
Baseball
Notes
Harvard may send its baseball team
. * »
University of Pennsylvania hs a
Eres pitcher in W, H, Huntzinger "22
. » »
Outfielder
B
Cleveland
Shaner has been
Americans by
sold
to the
New
the
club.
®- ®» @
Orleans
Bunny Brief, who had a tryout with
the Sox and Pirates, is a mighty slug
ger in the association.
«0»
The University of California varsity
will tour the
the summer,
* » .
old
have made good a# a mana
ger of the Kansas City Bldes,
. » *
baseball team Hawalian
islands during
Wilbur
Sees
Good, Cub outfielder,
“Doll” Derr, umpire in the Interna
tional league ROR RON
added to the National league staff,
.
last has been
The Galveston club has traded Out.
Jim Thrash the Rockford
I club for Pitcher Krank Wehrli
. * .
1ish
ming experts from this country to try
English channel
fielder
Thres
to
Gearge W will be among swim
wits
swWiin
. * -
M: Harry the Mil
waukee American association club pre
a pennant
r" og "1a ole r
nager Clark of
diets his
tender,
will be con
¥
ean
es
to
important
is
baseball league
all the
California,
An all-Japanese
include
cities of
practically
central
organized,
*. ® .
The return of Outfieider Robert Os
the Chicago White Sox is
announced by officers of the
baseball club.
* » *
The Pittsburgh Pirates have released
Shortstop Ralph Michaels, Outfielder
Hazem Cusler and Pitcher John
Wright to Nashville
. . -
Return Jim Roberts
San Antonio club of
is announced by
manager of the Reds,
» * »
Bill Stumpf, veteran inflelder, won't
be exactly a
land team. He has spent most of his
career In the Northwest,
CE
of
the
Pat
the
league
of the University of Penusylvania
baseball team, has been declared eligl-
bie for all games this year,
» - -
Howard Ehmke ig the. only ray of
light Frank Chance sees In right.
handed pitching for the Red Sox and
Menoskey and Goebel please him In
the outfield,
Two Fairy “Oarsmen”
Now who dare oppose us, say these
fair oarswomen, sald to be the first
of their sex. Misses Ruth Sharpless
and Helen Morton, students of Swarth-
more (Pa) college, after they suc
cessfully essayed a trial spin on the
Schuylkill river at Philadelphia, Pa.
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BALLS ACT QUICKLY
Player Should Come Up on His
Toes and Be Ready to Start
on Every Pitched Ball.
(By CARL LUNDGREN, Baseball Coach,
University of Illinois.)
that is, they should start fast, get
square in front
ball go Into their hands; use their feet
properly and make every effort
a pickup.
On every pitched ball fielders should
come up off their heels and onto
their toes ready to start as fast
they can run in a direction that will
them in front of the ball. Usual
of him the ball will
which side
Oftenthmmes, if you will watch in-
fielders, you will observe that many
other and often take a full
is hit and the ability
much more territory. It also
they may slow up when
come to the point “where they
take the ball on a long bound
pickup if It hit down
ordinary speed and
to caver
the
not
is
to
the hall to them.
play
in to reach
if
on the
and
If possible, order as
as either side the
one slide
itching It
possible to
hounds badly to last
hound before os also
ike
of cage It
hands,
cannot
Many
in
your
in front
played wi
YOU
th an
front that have been stopped
One of the
of you
by body and feet
There are
fielding
only with
cannot
them,
in front of
the
that
hands
body
you
your
play
you
of
at limits of
you can your
hecnuge
in
balls
get
front algo
hit that
you
they come to you
putout, aiso long bounding that you
a better position to throw, but on or
dinary ground balls it should be easy
understand that, if you play
glide and bound a
farther to that
tO
on the thes
unable
down and play them
outfield,
you will be
Thes
between
will go to
possibly them,
If It is an outfielder playing the
it seems san extra base hit
your body low No player was
but
low
ground balls
keen
heen
when
lower
It is
for 8 hall than
player should
second
Start fast to get in
on
unable to
have
have been
Many halls
player to reach
had his body
them with eage
raise up
lower, A
until
enough
for a he
have
stoop prac-
nature
front of
of
tice it becomes
of both feet together
the feet should
angle of 45 degees:
bring the heels
or very cloge together:
point out
nt n
fairly close to
to be carried
not fight the
for it. When
downward and
feet; allow
by the ball
by reaching
ing
your hands
Do
ball out
will find that you wiil take it
hard-hit and bad-bounding balls on
otherwise,
Probably the most
in fielding a ball
essential thing
hands,
straight most
no reason to
of the way to
expect it won't
you
you expect to
catch it If you do not see it when It
bounds crookedly.
Learn to judge the speed of base.
runners and to time your fielding and
throwing accordingly. If you have
time, play the ball safely, but if you
have to hurry, be able to judge how
fast you must make the play. Make
all plays that are possible with two
hands—which Includes bunted and
slow-hit balls. Some of the Iatter
you may have to play with one hand.
Avold throwing underhand when
possible to do so. It Is not as aceur-
ate, especially on long throws, harder
to handle, hard on the arm and net
necessary nearly so often as thought,
In some cases it is ahsolutely neces.
sary, but as a usual thing it is bet.
ter to throw half over the shoulder
or at least over the wrist
frstsssssanssssssnnsssenng
Most Errors Made
by Oscar Stanage
Oscar Stanage, once with De-
troit, made the most errors In
one season that were ever the
lot of ag American league catch.
er. He had 41.
Ira Thomas, J. Peters and J.
Styles had four errors charged
against them In a single game
At the time, Thomas was with
Philadelphia, Peters with Cleve.
iand, and Styles with Ehila:
deiphia.
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ALWAYS SOMETHING
A
wheedlied
i
man who had
spring went
back fhe next day looking g
“What's the matter, now?
dealer. “Didn't you gét the
“1 got but
book of Instructions on
it." —Louleville Courier-Jour
he coal,
hit yw
Only Human.'
Things were not going to sult
stage manager, who vocifer-
ous,
“Speed up that farce.
“We are speeding.”
“Then speed up a little more.”
“Boss, you can't make a stage
became
Nd
farce
Journal.
Booker, the Agent: | know you.
You never gave a performance where
your audience didn't walk out on
you.
Hamsley, the Monologue Man:
That's all you know about it. | was
on the program of the last annual
entertainment given to the inmates
of the State Penitentiary and they
stayed to a man,
Said the Patient:
Doe, to call
your happy home ™
man, your neighbor is mick,
two birds with one stone.”
“It a 8 ne,
Bo far from
“Never mind,
I can kill
you
Man--the Necessary Evil,
“How 18 Nell doling in her
“Oh, perfectly lovely! She has a
beautiful home and garden—everything
exquisitely furnished-—her runa-
bout-—stunning gowns and so on—but
can't stand ber husband How.
ever, 1 suppose we all have our trou
bles.”
marr.age?
nT
wn
Cub Reporter “sa Rough One”
“How's that new cub
esked the city editor.
“He's a rough one,” replied the copy
reader. “He ‘breaks all
grammar, murders the English
Infinitives."—{in¢
reporter ?™
the rules of
and
is innati Ene
quirer
Caught With the Goods.
Carrie—Is it true that
lead quarter in the plate the
collection was taken up in church?
Harry-:Yes, 1 figured that it was a
chance to get rid of the damn
thing. but the caghier of the bank hap
Fou
put a
when
Underestimated.
here the manufacture
“it of
to over
United States”
Rays
25.000 persous in the
“Huh, there are more than 25.000
girls who chew it in this country.” re
marked Black. —Cincinnati Enquirer,
The Office Must Know,
Brown-1 believe in the office seek
ing the man,
White—Yes, yes, go on.
“But 1 also belleve In letting the of-
fice know that you are willing to be
CAST A DAMPER
“1 see you took the pretty girl inte
the conservatory. Did you propose I”
“No, we both kind of got cold feet.
There was a married couple in there
having a family talk.™
A Modern Romance,
They went to school together,
They grew up side by side,
But he never knew he loved her
Till her rich uncle died.
Had to Do Something.
Child—Mother, may 1 have some
water to christen my Jolly?
Mother.~ No, dear.
Child—Then may 1 have some wax
to waxinate her?—London Bystander.
Always 'Valking,
Lady—Why di1 you become ga,
tramp? 10
Hercules—The doctor's fault, mum.
He told me to take walks after meals,
an’ I've been walking after ‘em ever
A Serious Matter,
Old Man—You have something im.
portant to say to my daughter?
Young Man—Oh, no! 1 was just
going to propose to her. The impor
tant conversation I should like to have
with you afterward,