SNOW PUTS CRIMP IN TODAY'S BASEBALL GAMES—STATE LEAGUE LOOKS GOOD STATE LEAGUE IS IN GOOD SHAPE Officials in Conference Here Tell of Plans; Meeting Here Friday Pennsylvania State League officials who were in conference with local ®promotors last night and this morn ing, left at noon to-day for Lancaster, where a contract will be closed for improvements to the baseball park. The officials were at York yesterday nnd closed a lease for a field near the central part of the city. The grounds are owned by a prominent con tractor. The Harrisburg franchise has been turned over to I.eo Groome. He will get in touch with Manager George Cockill and players will l>o signed at once. Manager Cockilt was here yes terday. and was obliged to return home because of a baseball game at Bucknell. lie said three stars had been signed, but would not give out his list, until the contracts reached him duly signed. 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It is un ; dcrstood that Reading: games will be played on l,auer's Park field, as there j is some doubt as to whether A 1 Law ! son will exercise his option next week, j lie has been unable to get a permit for improvements. ' The meeting in Ihis city next week will be an important session, as all contracts must be reported, and the | schedule committee will make a re j port on the games to be played. Lay Out Baseball Field and Play Game All in One Day Special to the Telegraph Lewisburg, Pa., April B.—Although the Bucknell-Dickinson game had been called off early in the week on i account of the condition of the Buck nell athletic field it was finally de | cided to play the game and Bucknell laid out its diamond yesterday and played on it in the afternoon. Dickin son won. 4-3. The game proved to be close and in teresting at times, but there was little to excite the rooters. Bucknell showed a decided lack of batting prac tice, and was helpless before the pitching of Mower. Dickinson finally won the decision in the 10th inning, when It scored two runs on a two base. hit by Fisher, who proved to be i the visitors' star. Bucknell made a game rally in its half and scored one run and had three men on bases with none out, but was unable to touch Vaughn, who relieved ' Mower in this inning. 'KID' WHITTEN TO MEET FAST BOY Bout on Monday Night Bill at Auditorium; Other Boxers on the Bill ■■ KID WHITTEN Manager Frank Filling who will di rect the big boxing show at Chestnut i street hall Monday night received! word to-day that Kid Whitten is in best form possible for his bout with J Tim Droney of Lancaster. Whitten is a boy who is anxious to get into the list of title seekers. He is a husky boy with a punch, and promises' Droney the hardest battle in his ca reer. The ten-round windup between FranUie AtcGuire of Wiiliamsport and Joe Hunting of Philadelphia is an im portant match, because both lighters ; have claimed honors in their class, j Battling Morgan will so eight rounds with Mickey Brown of Philadelphia, I and Willie Green of Harrisburg meets Henry Smith of Baltimore. The seat! sale is on at Harry's cigar store. Third i and Walnut streets, and indications i point to a large crowd. Marysville Manager Is Tried and Trite Athlete jhhß r s JHHW wmstf \ d Baseball fans at Marysville are feel ing quite chesty over the selection of Frank H. Stees as manager for the Dauphin-Perry League team. He is not a stranger in baseball, or any ■port. Manager Stees as a star player was Drat known when the old 11. A. C. was in its prime. He played baseball and football on the Harrisburg High •School teams. Was prominent in these sports at Steelton, and later at Penn- State College, was coach at l.ebanon Valley College one season, and as left end In football was picked by Walter I Camp as an All-American star, lie ! plays second base or center Held in baseball, as a heady player, and ! knows how to look after ball players. At Knola he was manager and won much success. BAM. PI.AYKR WF.DS Special la the Telegraph Lewistown, Pa., April B.—Jack Summers, formerly of Lewistown, who has just been married to .Miss Ruth Buck; of Williamsburg, left for Texas on his honeymoon with his bride. The groom will join the baseball club of the Southern Association located in i Houston, Texas. Summers has been a member of this team for the past four i years. II \KSKTT (iIKIiS W IN ! The Girls Division of the HUssett Club won an easy victory last night, defeating Sun bury Y. W. C. A. girls. Score »!4 io This was the last game lor the loee' live this season. They nuit champions of Pennsylvania. Miss Sweeney, Miss Burns. Miss Devine, Miss McCarthy and Miss Cashnian each played a star game. Chalmers Company Will Have Western Factory | Hugh Chalmers, at a luncheon given ■in his honor by the Oakland, Cali fornia. Chamber of Commerce an { nounced that the Chalmers Automo bile Company, of Detroit, had detl | nitel.v decided upon Oakland as the location of a big assembling plant and factory for light manufacturing, j ('halmers said: "The plant will be a modern, up-to the-minute assembling headquarters. At the start, from 300 to 400 men will be employed and the capacity will be 25 to 30 cars a day. We will take care of all the Chalmers business on the | Paeilic Coast, which we now estimate at from 7,000 to 8,000 cars a year. Provision will be made for a little light manufacturing which will be in ! creased materially in time. "It is only after investigating closely practically every city on the Pacific Coast that I have decided on Oakland as the home of our western factory. Oakland has everything that can be desired as a site for big factories.. Its shipping facilities are the best on the j coast." This is the second bis; eastern auto j mobile concern that has located in I Oakland within a month, foundations for a $1,000,000 plant for the Chevro let Company now being under con struction. The Pacific Tread Tire Company also has broken ground for i a .*250.000 building which It will build near the Chevrolet plant. "I.IVING MODIXN- Tt> API'KAIt Special to the Telegraph Newvllle. PH.. April s.—A meeting of the Civic Club will be held on Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Perry McLaughlin. Preceding the business session of the club. "Living Models" will appear lor the evening's , entertainment. International Leader Who Knows Baseball Players , Baseball fans will keep a close watch on Patsy Donovan this year. As manager of the Buffalo Interna tional League team, he is out with the announcement that the Bisons are due for another pennant. Those who have watched Patsy from the time he played baseball, know that he never makes a statement that he can not make good. Manager Donovan is the Connie Mack of Class AA baseball. He knows a player the minute he sees one working. He has the confidence of every man on his team. This year the Buffalo squad Includes a number of stars. Those developed by the popular leader in past seasons are ■hining in the big leagues, and there are more to come. President Tener Gives Out Statement on Outlook Special to the Telegraph New York. April 8. John K. Ten er, president of the National League, issued the following statement yester day on the outlook for baseball In 1916: "Splendid! That's my opinion of the baseball outlook for I91(i, not merely for the National League, but for every diamond organization in the country. "Not since T have been connected with the great national game, either as player, rooter or executive, have prospects been brighter for all con cerned. "The mass of people in this country love the old game. During the last two years they have not shown it so much as in other years, but that was due to two things. One was* the Eu ropean war, which, for a time, brought about a business depression. The other was the baseball war, which placed the affairs of baseball in a chaotic state. "But now all is changed. The coun try is enjoying prosperity greater than ever before in its history. The people have money, and they do not feel that in spending some of it for baseball that they need sacrifice later to make up for the outlay. No-Hit Slab Records Show j Average of One Each Year Forty no-hit slab performances in forty years, or the life of the National league. This is the record written to date in history of the parent base- j ball circuit. Bradley of St. Louis set the pace in the first year of the organization. l Hartford bowing in defeat. Richmond, pitching for Worcester, won three no hit shut-outs in 1879 and 1880. Galvin, Radbourne. Corcoran. Ward, Clarkson, Rusie, Stivetts. Phllippi, j llahn, Matliewson, Lavender, Mar ciuard. Lush, Ames and Maddox are among those boasting niches in this department of the ball of curving fame. Youngest Shooter Plans to Meet All Youngsters Carlisle, Pa., April 8. A three-' cornered match of considerable inter-! est is forecasted by the taking up of the challenge issued by 13-year-okl Kirk Shearer, a son of R. E. Shearer, former revenue collector, for anyone under the age of 15 years in the At lantic States to meet him at the traps. I A letter has been received from E. <\j Wells, secretary of the Havre de Graee, xMd., Gun club who says that a lad in that town is willing to meet the' local boy and also asks to include a I Wilmington, Del., boy. Matches in each of the above named cities and i Carlisle will be arranged. TOB®gS®BsßiraSßSß®ssS Holtzman &? Tayl or §§ Under the above firm name, Lester G. Holtz- |M[IIMIIMII^^^^^_. man and M. Harvey Taylor become associated the management at 323 Market $?. effective April The P& ard possible will be maintained in the conduct of ( A f- an establishment for men who wish to try their Tfy Thirteen pocket tables on the first One room '>y> un l,u ' second floor, having seven tables. £>' )]£j howling alleys the basement. All equipment of the; .gaj JS£, tlnest type, made by the Brunswick-Balke-Colendar Co. (5Q >', —————« cigars and clgarets of domestie and Imported brands, kept in M, HARVEY TAYI/OR '" " y?D pjA MSTKIt tJ. lIOIiTOIAX the most approved humidor display cases. tgS 323 Market Street | , asssaaag^a^ags; ; i-sgaeaa^^giaagag^agasaagi'aag^agaga;''as§aagagag§ga^aga^gßaga CALL BISONS TO 1 CLEAN AWAY SNOW Buffalo Players to Meet AI- , bright College; Have Short Indoor Workout "Get a move on, boys, there is won; ; to do," shouted Manager Pat Dono van to his Buffalo squad this morning. \ | "It is not baseball this time, but some' | muscular exercise. You must shovel snow to-day," he continued. "You're only joshing," remarked Catcher Onslow. "Am I," replied Manager Donovan' as he reached out of the window and'' pulled in a handful of snow and rub-I bed it over Onslow's face. |, "Well, it is no game to-day with Al- ;, bright College,'" was assured when j ] everybody was up and had breakfast.! . It was a big disappointment to the j players who were anxious to get busyL in real baseball game. Preparations', had been made to start the game early;' this afternoon, but the Bisons had to j return to Indoor work at the Y. M. i C. A. gymnasium. There was little practice. Manager Donovan was at a loss | j what to say about next week's plans. I ] Unless there Is an assurance that the • weather will change for the better and l keep right, there is a probability that i he may take his team to some south ern camp, in order that they may be ready to start the season two weeks | hence. ' Willard Is Losing Money; Wife 111, Refuses Offers Special to the Telegraph Chicago. April 8. Jess Willard is being deluged with a floek of offers, totaling $9,000, just for his appear-i. ance, either as a referee or an actor. I The big fellow turned them all down, j "My wife's sick and I want to stay home for a while anyhow," said Jess. Tom Byan of Toronto offered Wil lard $1,500 to referee a light. Charlie Murray of Buffalo and Walter Duft'y , of Boston went over that figure, just to have the champion show himself for half an hour for exhibition pur poses. Toledo also made a fat offer. Lou Derlicher of New York wired an offer of $2,000. He wanted Willard to referee a fight in Gotham. Tom Jones and Jess plan a trip to Hot Springs, Ark., probably this week. | Another Record Breaker Not a speed record, as usual, but a Sales Record, as we have up to date sold equal to Two Carloads of 1916 Harley-Davidson Motorcycles Think of the pleasure these young men will have this summer as they will be able to go anywhere, any time. Can you ? Buy a 1916 Harley-Davidson Motorcycle and enjoy life. Prices S2OO to $295 HEAGY BROS. 1200 IN. Third Street Open Evenings APRIL 8, 1916. [ WELLY 5 In a lengthy statement made public to-day President John K. Tener of the National League gives strong en couragement. for the season's outlook. President Tener is quite enthusiastic over the prospects of a big year, and said, "with prosperity sweeping the country, records for patronage this year will break all records." Snowballs were more popular than baseball to-day. Throughout the city fans expressed much disappointment over the failure to start the season to day. Not only was the first game scheduled for Island Park between Buffalo and Albright College, but many of the local amateur teams were ready to take the field in opening games. Pennsylvania State I.eague officials who were here last night and this morning are working night and day in order that complete plans may be announced at the meeting in Harris burg next Friday. Six towns are now assured with grounds. Altoona and Johnstown options will be held until Monday or Tuesday. Several other towns are making a bid to get Into the league, including Atlantic Cltv. It is the belief that Wilmington will join the State organisation when it is shown positively that the Atlantic League will not get started even with six teams. I Cyril Haas of New York was yester- Last Night's Bowling Scores Academy League (Duckpin) New Id eas 1034 Factors 1319 Mumma (N. I.) 137 Mumma (N. I.) 379 Bo.vd Memorial J. F. Palmer Class 2789 Excelsior 1854 Kurtz (J. F. P. ) 207 E. Cocklln (J. F. P.) 500 Mt. Pleasant Press (Duckpin) Giants 1355 Cubs 1349 W. Nunemaker (G.) ......... 122 Bengerstock (C.) 397 Evangelical Where 1071 When 1082 Who 1115 I What 1013 : | day elected captain of 1 lie Princeton .'basketball team, lie has been a mem ' i ber of the Tiger team for two seasons and was a leader in point scoring. ■ Haas figured in two championships. . ■ He is also a football star. : Tech High athletes are showing i strong interest in track athletics this Season. The list of candidates out for practice is ahead of all previous i records. Every day talks are given by ' members of the faculty and students, t There arc many Tech boys out more ■ for the exercise than to get a place on : the team. However, this interest, it' i is said, has brought to the front a t number of promising candidates. ; "Ike" McOord, the Harrisburg star got into tile game with Italeigh yes terday and played against tho 'l Athletics. He showed form that was i surprising. McCord had two hits, one ■ a two-bagger, three outs and two ■: assists. He also figured in a fast • j double play. I Manager William J. Mehring of tho I Keystone Sport Club promises an un p usually interesting boxing bill for the > Orpheum Thursday night April 13. . Charley Collins, the middleweight as -1 pi rant of Columbia will meet .toe s Phalen, a new sensation in Phila • delphia. There will lie live bouts on i the bill including one between Jule Kitchey and Terry Martin. Eddie I Sullivan will meet Willie Green, of - Harrisburg. > Sportsmen Organize Gun Club at Hummelstown l Hummelstown, Pa., April B.—A ' meeting was held in the office of r>r. . i -M. E. Nissley tor the purpose of or ' | gani/.ing a gun club in Hummelstown. ! Fifteen charter members were en rolled and the following officers were . I elected: President. J. M. Briglitbill; , vice-president, William 11. Gaus; sec retary, Kredy Bolton; treasurer. Early . i Z. Etter; field captain, C. C. Burgncr. ' I.and north of town was donated for the meets by President Brightbill. The ' cluii proposes to build a clubhouse 1 during the summer on the land given . ! them. Baseball Scores Yesterday ' Boston (X), 4: Baltimore (I), 5. Boston (A), Brooklyn (X), I Philadelphia