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.
MacKinnon .loins Workers
Hugh MacKinnon well known in
baseball circles was here with Presi
dent Flosenbluth and l.eo Groome. lie
will assist in lining up players and
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SATURDAY EVENING, HAHRISBURG TELEGRAPH
| will report at the meeting to be held
in Harrisburg next Friday. 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
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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
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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.
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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
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Open Evenings
APRIL 8, 1916.
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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 <X), 2; Washington
(A). 3.
"i j Cincinnati (X), 2: Columbus (A), 0.
! Xew York (A), 2; Xew York (X), 3.
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