8 COOL WEATHER FACTOR IN OPENING GAMES Feds Started the Season Today; Major Leagues Will Line Up Tomorrow With a bit too much coolness, the ■baseball season of 1914 started to-day. Major leagues do not open until to morrow and so the Baltimore and Buffalo teams of the Federal League received lirst attention. Unusual interest is manifested in tho big game this season because of the many different opinions as to the chances for a third major organiza tion's making good. Neither the Na tional or American League will show any extraordinary weakness because of the loss of players to the Feds, in their opening predictions both Gover nor John K. Tener of the Nationals «nd Han B. Johnson of the Americans, prophesy a successful season. Harri: burg fans who seldom miss an opening game will go to Philadelphia to see the Phillies and New York Giants get under way. Big prepara tions have been made for the opening tamo in the Quaker City. Governor John K. Tener. president of the Na tional League, will attend. He 'has arranged that Mayor Blankenburg toss out the first ball, (n the American the Athletics start their season with the New York Yankees in New York. Umpires Instructed; New Rules Interpreted New York, April 13.—With special instructions carefully stowed away -with their certificates of authority, the National League umpires left for their respective fields of labor this morn ing. Governor John K. Tener, president of the National League, was unable to be present at the conference held here Saturday. Governor Tener mailed his instructions to* Secretary John W. Heydler, who presided over the meet ing. Changes in some of the rules this season made it necessary for an offi cial interpretation. Tt was decided to enforce the so called Infield fly rule in the same manner as it had been interpreted by National League executives for several seasons past. The balk rule will also tie enforced as last season in those cases where pitchers, with men on bases, drop that ball, either by intent or accident, while in the act of de livering the ball to the batter or in throwing to first base. The impires were also expected :o enforce strictly the new rules preventing a coaelier ,-it third base from touching a base runner. A runner trying for or round ing that base, who. either through ac cident or design, comes in contact with the coacher, will be declared out. The pairing of the officials and their iissignmeitts for llie opening games :ire as follows: Klem and Hart hi Brooklyn, Kason and Quigley at Philadelphia; Orth and Byron at Cincinnati and Rigler and Enislie at St. Louis. Johnson will act as substitute lor the time being. Lincoln will be ready to assume a major league assignment at any time, lliough lie will be attached to Presi dent O'Kourke'S stall of the Eastern Association. The umpires in attendance were Robert D. Emslie, of St. Thomas, Can ada: William J. Klem, of Lakewood. N. .T.; Charles Rigler, of Cleveland: A 1 Orth, ot' Lynchburg, Va.: W. J. Byron. J I « ( CAN. Y SHE 5 ©NLV*\ YOUM6 / -J I "TWO &CCS ] J ■ 3 . PULLETrveT. wee. ( V* v ' WM ) SH« J>lD,' ] ",—— - ''' ' " i ' ( vou POOR, FOOL HEMS CAN / 9 ™ "—— OMLY LAY ONE ED(O 4 DAY * W ' YATELX " OUT J \ SHE'I ONLY A YOUM6 I V^'Y PVLLTI; 5K6 350N.T J&M* S? TROUT SEASON OPENS SOUSE WEDNESDAY Local Anglers Are Prepared For a Busy Time; Fly Fishing Will Be Popular Unless it starts to rain to-day and keeps up until Wednesday there will be no colored or swollen streams to lessen the ardor of the trout i|thermen who will have their first day out on Wednesday. The season runs from April 15 until July 15. Reports from local dealers of large taies of tackle indicate' much interest in trout fishing this year. That there will l>e a great rush of Isaak Walton followers to nearby streams on Wed nesday is not doubted. Trout should be plentiful, according to many old timers. The State has been stocking ; streams with trout for several years ! and this season many of these trout i will be large enough to catch. Harrisburgers will, as usual, be I found throughout the Cumberland j valley along mountain streams, in : and about Ncwville and Carlisle and | near Pine Grove.' Some of the local trout enthusiasts will go to the moun tain streams in Perry, Mitflin, Hunt ingdon and Blair counties. Others will take an eastward course and will be found in Lebanon and Berks counties. , The majority of the anglers, as in the past, will leave Tuesday night so as to be on the job bright and early ; Wednesday morning. Harrisburg Bowlers at Atlantic City I Harrisburg bowlers who will parti cipate in the National Bowling Asso ciation Tournament at Atlantic City, l left Saturday night for Philadelphia. I where they met their manager, lilies jD. Fry, and early yesterday morning departed for Atlantic City, j The contests in which the local stars ! are entered start with the five-men ! teams' races to-night. To-morrow j morning the two-men teams will com ' pete and in the afternoon singles will :be bowled. The local stars hope to bring home one or more prizes. On the Harrisburg teams will be: I First team —A. Black, Howard Thome, Thomas Montgomery, Charles ' Morrison and Roy Atticks. ! Second team Charles Bowers, I Montgomery Trace, Luther Batdorf, I Richnrd Krall and Frank Jacoby. STILL TAI.KIXG LAW FOK FEDERAL LEAGUE New York. April 13.—Within an hour after his arrival in Now York James A Gilmore, president of the j federal League, began communica : tion by telegraph with the league's at- I torney, E. E. Gates, of Indianapolis. I regarding action in a damage suit for i $15,000 which Gilmore proposed to j bring against William Killifer and the | Philadelphia National League club, j The president of the Federal League I insisted that the new factor in base- I ball had gained more than was ex ! pected as a result of the decision in the Killifer case. BITS OF SPORTS The big baseball week starts to day. The Methodist club lost to Bloom geld on Saturday, score 16 to 8. York players start practice to-day. The Hershey nine ,defeated Pal myra High School Saturday, score , 16 to 15. | Gus Dundon has signed to play second base with York. The Central Pennsylvania League will meet at Steeiton Tuesday night j to arrange a schedule. | Joe Tinker says he will win the j pennant in the Federal League. ! OPENING GAMES | IN MAJOR LEAGUES National . New York at Philadelphia. Boston at Brooklyn. Pittsburgh at St. Louis. Chicago at Cincinnati. American Philadelphia at New York. Washington at Boston, t'leveland at Chicago. St. Louis at Detroit. . i * Earl Hamilton, Pitcher, Taken by the Federals % VI hen Ban Johnson, president of the American League, learned that ueorge Stovall, manager of the Kansas City team of the Federa' League, had taken Earl Hamilton, who was signed to pitch this year for the American League club of St. Louis, he declared war. "The American Lea gue will stop Hamilton if it takes every dollar in the treasury," said John son. He signed a most liberal three-year contract with the St. Louis Browns, and nothing will be left undone to check him for his wilful viola tion ot his contract." s of a player from the St. Louis Americans was done with the sanction of the Federal League, President Gilmore said. "Or ganized baseball tried to wreck Stovall's Kansas City club and took away Blanding and Baumgardner, who had signed legal contracts with him" said Gilmore. "Therefore, I gave the Kansas City club permission to deal with members of the St. Louis team, whether they had signed contracts or not. If organized ball goes into court over Hamilton's jumping and the courts give him back to the Browns then the same decision will return Blanding and L?aumgardner and Hogue to us. Besides Hamilton there are four or five members of the St. Louis Americans wanted by Stovall and he has my full sanction to get them If he can." Scoreless Contest With New Cumberland New Cumberland and Susquehanna opened the season Saturday at New Cumberland with a ten-Inning score less game. It was a pitchers' battle. Both teams put up a good game. Tho score: s NEW CUMBERLAND A. C. R. H. O. A. E. McCurdy, 2b ...... o 0 1 1 0 Sto usifer, 2b ..... 0 0 0 0 0 Embick, cf 0 0 1 1 0 Hart, p 0 0 0 0 0 Wertz, p 0 T 1 2 0 Wasliinger, p 0 0 0 1 0 Ramsey, c 0 0 0 1 0 Kurzenknabe, c .... 0 0 5 0 0 Keefer, ss 0 0 0 0 0 B. Ramsey, If 0 0 0 1 0 Ruby, 3b 0 1 2 0 0 Guistwhlte, lb 0 1 17 2 0 Totals 0 3 27 9 0 SUSQUEHANNA A. A. R. H. O. A. E. Shafcr, ss 0 0 2 0 0 Williams, rf 0 0 1 0 0 Rhinehart, 2b 0 0 1 0 0 McQuade, lb 0 1 4 0 0 Carpenter, lb 0 0 2 0 0 Brown, cf 0 0 0 0 0 Downey, If 0 0 1 1 0 Ehling, c 0 214 2 0 Connors, p 0 0 1 1 0 Murphy, p 0 1 o 0 0 Kline, p 0 0 0 2 0 Hawley, 3b ... 0 0 0 0 1 J Totals 0 4 27 6 1 ' 11 -y Annual Call to Amateur Managers PoMM ureata are warming Up lor the coming: baaeball aeaaon, and will aoon bp In the Arid for hon or*. The HarrUburic TYlegrniih deatrea 'to keep In clone