10 COCKILL'S CREW TO TRAIN AT BUCKNELL—FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR RELAY FEDERAL STARS SHOW BAT FORM Major Hitters Have Not Reach ed Stride; Joe Gedeon Re comes Prominent By Associated Prtss New York, April 24. While the big league players have hardly got Into their stride for the long pennant races, the batting averages for the initial week of the schedules show that the heavy hitters of the Federal League have in a number of cases been able to hammer out a place for themselves among the .300 batters. In the National League, Hal Chase in his few games with Cincinnati has been bitting at a .455 clip as against his .284 in the Federal League last year. Konetchy. of Boston, Is given .400 after batting .810 for the entire sea eon of 1915.' Rariden. of New York bit for .278 as a Federal, but since donning a Giants' uniform he lins climbed to .333. Benny Kauff, the star of the Federals last year with .344 is tied with Rariden at .383. Federal Itfapie Star The Federal League representation, In the American League Is consider ably less than that in the National and the heavy hitters of the junior league have crowded out of the .300 or better class, all of the independent league players of 1915. Lee Magee, former manager of the Brookfeds who batted .330 a year ago, is the nearest approach to the select class. At the end of the initial week of play for the New York Americans, Magee was credited with .286. "Home Run" Baker who came to the same club from the Philadelphia Athletics, after a year's lay-off due to bis dispute over salary with Connie Mark, showed that he has not lost his batting eye by bitting for .385 as against .319 in the American League for the season of 1914. Joe Gedeon,, ■wlio came to the New York Americans via the Federals without having actually played with the latter organ ization, also demonstrated his ability to hit the ball hard and safe. His j batting average while a member of j the Salt Lake Club of the Pacific 1 Coast League in 1915 was .317. Pur- : Ing his first week with the Yankees be landed on the ball at a .400 clip. New Railroad Ball Team Includes Many Local Stars Considerable Interest is centered in the new Pennsylvania Railroad En- ! ginemen and Firemen's ream, on ac- | count of the strong material from 1 which they have to select a lineup. { The following former P. R. R. Y. M. i C. A. stars are on the team: O. E. Waltz who is captain; "Gor-' don Ford," "Babe" Alcorn and I "Cuurt" Harling; C. M. Richter the star outfielder of Dauphin's team, "Dick" Snell of New Cumberland, "Eph" Klerner who showed such pood form last season on the East End team at short; Hits who played with Newport and a goodly bunch of newcomers. Captain Waltz expects to have the team in good shape by May 1. Man-, ager R. A. Fulton is looking for a number 1 of out-of-town games, butt will also give-local fans an opportunity I of witnessing a few good amateur' games with this crack team. ItZII BOXFORD THE NEW STYLE IN f /ion fo7la rs OLDgKT J.BtMftV JF WRITE FOR BOOKLET OF 16 STYLES UNITED SHIRT A COLL AR CO . TRO*. N *. FLORIDA $31.80 S° $31.80 Jacksonville From Philadelphia every Wednesday and Saturday. Including meals and choice of state room accommodations. All outside rooms. Fine stoainers. Best servW Tickets limited to May 31. Merchant* A Miner* Trim*. r« „, C ;, ity Ticket Office. 105 S. 9th St.. Phila., Pa. * Consult any ticket or tourist agent. Resorts ATLANTIC CITY, IV. J. Orv the Ocean Front. Always open. Capacity 600. Flreproot On* of the moat talked of and beat thought of Hotala In the World'? Greatest Resort. 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New Track Records Cause Big Stir in Eastern Circles fly Associated Press Philadelphia, April 24.—Results of j i the relay races at Des Moines. lowa, i I last Saturday when two world's ree- \ I ords were broken show that the West will be more strongly represented at I the University of Pennsylvania relays on April 28-29 than had been antici- j pated In this section of the country. The showing of the Wisconsin ath- j letes has made them a favorite here I in the sprint medley over Harvard j and Pennsylvania, who, it was thought, ' would have to fight it out for first, place, and also In the mile relay. In the special 220-yard university! dash, the feature event of the pro gram, Hoyt, of Grennell College, won j In 21 2-5. According to Coaches Stagg, . of Chicago, Farrell, of Michigan, and ' Gill, of Illinois, Hoyt's time represents I a new world's record for the 220 on a curved outdoor track. The best previous record for 220 i yards on a track similar to the Drake) course was made by P. J. Walsh at I Montreal, September 21, 1902. He ran I in 21 3-5. In the half-mile relay Wisconsin i made the second world's record in ; 1.28 4-5. Investigating Fire Which Burned Office Building in Washington By Associated Press Washington, April 24. lnvestig ation was under way to-day to deter mine the origin of the fire in the busi ness district here last night which burned out the general ofUce building of the Southern Railway, destroying | valuable records and doing damage estimated from between SIOO,OOO and] $150,000. Tl-.2 general theory is that the blaze was due to spontaneous com-I bustion or crossed electric wires. A fireman was seriously injured by the glass face of the clock in the! tower of the building which fell upon, him. The three top floors of the six-story building were destroyed and the lower floors were flooded with water. Many valuable records kept in fireproof vaults were not damaged. BVT THIS IS HOW HE DID IT SgrvES, I HELD A VERV RESPONSIBLE 1 W POSITION ONCE: I HANDLEE? 1 & ' THE: strong BOXES' FOR -TAE J A— g * PC s§d COMPANY */ BUT HOW'HE DID y COCKILL SIGNS UP WITH GROOM Harrisburg Players to Practice at Bucknell; Twenty on List Ready to Report . Manager George Cockill returned to 1 Lewlsburg Saturday night with a signed contract to look after Harris burg's State League team this season. Leo Groome. the owner, was always certain of the popular leader, but held off until he was sure of protection. Arrangements were made to have all players report to Manager Cockill at Bucknell University the latter part of this week. Kegular training will not j start until Monday, May 1. Players ; who go to Lewisburg this week will practice with the Bucknell varsity : squad. The first preliminary game will be played in Harrisburg Saturday, May 6, probably with the Motive Power team of the Pennsylvania Rail road. Twenty Players On List To date Manager Cockill has signed | twenty players, but will not make pub ; lie his complete line-up until all con | tracts have been received. To-day he was the guest of his former teammate ! and partner, Hill Coughiin, manager of the Scranton New York State League team. Manager Coughiin has promised to give Manager Cockill all suiplus players. Among players signed for the local team are "Eddie" Elliott, a second baseman, who has been making a big hit in the West; Stutzman, a fast boy of Mount Carmel; White, the Lebanon Valley College pitcher, and he expects to have Eddie Rote, the local scholas tic star, with him. Negotiations are also on for Pitchers Winter and Ben ner and Infielder Hocker, local stars. FINAL TRYOUTS FOR RELAY MEET To Pick Local High School Teams This Week; Former Winner With Penn State Track athletics will receive close attention at the local high schools this week. Inability to get sufficient out door practice has delayed the picking of relay teams for the University of Pennsylvania Carnival next Friday and Saturday. The Harrisburg Acad emy team will be elected to-morrow. Tech athletes who will go to Phila delphia will be picked from a squad of ten runners, each of whom has shown good work. Local coaches have been unable to get a line on speed and for this reason do not care to make a selection until It is known what each boy can do. Additional interest is manifested In the carnival this year because former high school athletes are among the entries. Clarence Beck, Tech's last season all-around athlete and "Fat" Clark, the former Central football star will wear Penn-State colors. Beck has entered in the Javelin, throwing the discus, broad jump, 200 meter dash and 1,500 meter run. Clark again promises to be prominent in the weight events. Marysville Loses First Game; Errors Feature Opening Bill Special to the Telegraph Marysville, Pa., April 24. The Marysville Dauphin-Perry League team lost their opening exhibition game of the season to the Baker A. C., of Stoelton on Saturday by a 8-6 score. The game was dull and inter esting at times. The chief attention of the two hundred fans who occupied bleachers, grandstand and sidelines was chiefly centered on keeping them selves warm. The weather was cold and neither side was able to do their best work. Marysville did not have all their pros pective players out, because of a mis understanding caused by the bad weather conditions. R. H. E. Bakers 00001070 o—B 11 7 Marysville ... 0 0 lfl 04 0 0 I—6 11 8 Batteries: Hummel and Kirby; Burns and Hlppensteel. BOWLING LEAGUE TEAMS TIE In the Boyd Memorial Bowling League the Dull and McCormick teams are tied for first place. The standing follows: Standing of the Teams W. L. Pet. Dull IS 5 .723 McCormick 13 5. .723 Hick-A-Thrift 10 8 .556 Rlilnehart 10 8 .556 Palmer 6 12 .334 Excelsior 2 16 .112 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Bill James', Arm Is Gone, Says Johnny Evers BILL. UAMES. O/htl. AfcAf seirv/cz I If George Stallings and his Boston j Braves dethrone Pat Moran and his Phillies as champions of the National ! League this season the Hub city outfit | will have to do it without the services i of Big Bill James, hero of the 1914 world series is the belief of many f^ns. That James is through as a real ] pitcher appears to be unanimous ! among critics and members of the | Braves' squad. "His arm is gone," J said Johnny Evers. "The big vet | may come back, but as a strong ! pitcher James does not look good." | Baseball Summary; Doings in Major Leagues WHERE THEY PLAY TO-DAY American Ix-asiic Boston at Philadelphia, j New York at Washington. Other clubs not scheduled. National League Philadelphia at New York. Brooklyn at Boston. St. Louis at Cincinnati. Pittsburgh at Chicago. WHERE THEY PLAY TO-MORROW American league Boston at New York. Philadelphia at Washington. Detroit at St. Louis. Chicago at Cleveland. National league Brooklyn at Philadelphia. New York at Boston. Pittsburgh at Chicago. Si. Louis at Cincinnati. SCORES OP YESTERDAY American League [ Cleveland, 14; St. Louis, 2. Chicago, 5; Detroit, 2. Eastern clubs not scheduled. National league Chicago, 3; Pittsburgh, 0. St. Louis, 2; Cincinnati, 1 (12 in.) SATURDAY SCORES American I/cague Philadelphia, 6; Boston, 2. New York, 3; Washington, 2 (11 innings). St. Louis, 1; Cleveland, i; (15 ln j nings; called, darkness). National league Chicago, 8; Cincinnati, 7. Other games postponed; rain. STANDING OF THE CLUBS American Jjeague W. L. Pet. New York 5 2 .714 Boston n 4 .600 St. Louis 5 4 .5 56 Chicago 6 5 .54 5 Detroit 5 5 .500 AVashington 4 5 .444 Cleveland 3 5 .375 Philadelphia 2 6 .250 National League W. L. Pet. Philadelphia 6 1 .857 Chicago 5 4 .556 St. Louis 5 4 .556 Cincinnati 5 5 .500 Boston 3 3 .500 Pittsburgh 4 6 .400 Brooklyn 2 3 .4 00 New York 1 5 .167 COLLEGE SCORES Penn 3, Swarthmore 2 (10 in.) Springfield 5, Army 2. Lehigh 8, Navy 1. Lafayette 3, Cornell 2. Penn State 9, W. and L., 3. Mercersburg 5, Albright 3. Yale 7, Virginia 0. Illinois 4, Purdue 3. Princeton 1, Georgetown 0. AMATEUR RESULTS West End A. C., 3; Enola C. C„ 0. Curtin Heights. 9; Hummelstown, 7. Union F. C., 12: Mlddletown, 4. Conway Hail, 6; Shippensburg, 4. Duncannon, 13; Marysville H. S., 0. Stanley A. C., 13; Jackson A. C., 6. Harris Park, 13; Belmont, 4. St. Marys C. C. 22; Hamilton A. A. 7. Trainmen, 7; Alblan A. A., 5. COLONELACCUSES WILSON OF CRIME [Continued from First Page] he said with his "eyes open." Rasing his statement on the crisis which this country faces and the danger of war if Germany refuses to meet o.ir de mands, the Colonel said, referring to his sons: "I would far ratlier see them dead than see them flinch from their duty when the honor of our people Is con cerned. But If we now go to war these young men and all their fellows will die In thousands of fever and dysentery and lung trouble In the camps because we have not prepared in advance, be cause they and those who would lead, and care for them have not been train ed in advance. "They will be butchered needlessly In battle because we have failed to pre pare masses of artillery and machine guns and motor trucks and shells and aeroplanes, and have failed to provide and train the men who shall manage all the formidable and delicate mech anism of war. "Twenty-one months have passed since the great war began, and during all this time we have not prepared In even the smallest degre in order, if possible, to avert war from us, or, if it could not be averted, to wage It effi ciently and successfully. "The pacifists and antlpreparedness people have had their will, and our rulers at \\ ashington have bowed to them and left us helpless; and wuj, fWELLYS€|cORNER Amateurs did not get a good start Saturday. The cool weather and rain kept many local stars indoors. Most of the games were practically played between nines picked from squads that were out practicing. 4 Four or five days of real warm weather is neces sary to put the ruture greats in trim. The Lucknow Shop League started the season to-day. A large crowd was on hand to see the opening of the five game league. This year the four | teams will contest for a handsome! silver trophy presented by E. Z. ! Gross. City Commissioner, and Super- ' lntendent of Parks. Manager Pat Moran of the Phillies' and Connie Mack, leader of the Athletics announce that no change l will be made in the teams for the i present. Catcher Killifer is said to have recovered his throwing arm, and and Mack's pitchers are looming up stronger In each game. The demand for professional ten nis instructors is increasing with each succeeding season and there is every Indication that the supply will prove entirely Inadequate during the com ing summer. Every English coach now in the United States is tied up with some prominent club, and under conditions that will mean a big cash , ofter to get them to change positions. PARTY ENROLLMENT IN COUNTY I lie party enrollment figures for each district in Dauphin county outside of Harrisburg' are given below. The totals show that the strength of the Republicans is just about three times that of the Democrats. S - o 6 « Z, o 05 o rt & IS 25 DISTRICTS g g B § S S = c i "5 S B ft E S '3 o a S 2 o 2 o CS O £ m ft, £ Berrysburg borough 71 7~. " ~ " Conewago township . . if 1 ? 4 b r % Dauphin borough ' 38 .... .... Derry township— * * 1 18 First precinct 124 . - , Second precinct , f Third precinct 268 50 I I *"i 17S East Hanover township "" r.•: a 1 10 Elizabethville borough la r X A «? Gratz borough y". I JJ I ®J . 3 2 3 ? Halifax borough ,3? 15 " ?! Halifax township ••••• .... .... 16 Highsgire borough []'/ 1 33 7 4 17 ,q „ 2 41 Hummelstown borough— First precinct 237 4 4 ■>•! 3 2 S7 Second precinct j 3B 44 V 8 4 3 „ Jackson township 69 m 4g Jefferson township \\\ 26 31 3 1 Londonderry township jj S3 7 *"54 '"j j!9 Lower Paxton township 227 79 17 3"" i 120 I..ower Swatara township 1 120 17 3 3 2 20 Lykens borough— East Ward „ West Ward HI 2 28 14 Lykens township ~4 4 ' 1® 65 .... 159 Middetown— 114 34 3 128 Ist ward, Ist precinct Rft » „ Ist ward, 2d precinct "" 2 9 .... 60 2d ward, Ist precinct !!!!! n 3 fi , "ji c "'1 1,! 2d ward, 2d precinct ill is? 55 \\ J 1 124 3d ward, Ist precinct (55 44 fi , it 3d ward, 2d precinct ' 150 42 16 * ? 5; Middle Paxton township— loj 42 16 3 2 62 First precinct Second precinct ?„ 25 1 62 Mifflin township ; ..... .»0 37 .... 1 Mlllersburg borough— ••••• 58 44 . 5 24 Flr«t Ward , Second Ward *2 «? 131 Paxtang borough ** 24 147 Penbrook borough ,„ 7 3 " 4 18 Heed township «« 207 Royalton borough— 1 2 First Ward .. Second Ward , 2. V, "'' J •' *• Rush township •••<• ~ 1 1 1 30 South Hanover township ••••• , j jj •••■ 1 .... 4 Steeltoti— 35 6 27 Ist Ward, Ist precinct KR ~ , „ Ist Ward, 2d precinct 7% ; % J •••• 2d Ward, Ist precinct j R . X •' 2 1 - 2d Ward, 2d precinct 22fi ' • 1 •••■ 29 3d Ward. Ist precinct ; 4 o * 3 3 !" 3d Ward. 2d precinct f 4 * $ 4 13 2 •••• «» 3d Ward. 3d precinct " 00 c 7 4th Ward ;;;;; 2 ;| 7 ; J J •••• i« sth Ward, Ist precinct 04 . \ sth Ward, 2d precinct 7 , "*• I 3 Susquehanna— 151 4 2 86 North precinct . , 07 7 , . , „ . s w SV Prec,nct « « " " i:::: 2 «« Ist precinct o 4 n »» 2d precinct I#7 3R 5 •••5 ;;;; " 4th precinct K5 19 , is sth precinct fio 32 4 '"i 71 Uniontown Borough 4 - 30 2 "" Upper Paxton Township 191 149 25 56 Washington Tow-nshtp 112 55 4 70 Wayne Township '..!!! 39 S3 "'j "" c West Hanover Township 129 22 "5 "" 77 West Township 44 8 6 " 2 17 Wiconisco Township— -Ist precinct 93 04 9 47 10 77 2d precinct 100 32 3 45 100 WiUiamstown Borough— EfsiWard . I 185 59 .. ;. fiS 7 30 „ West Ward J4l 61 81 83 Williams Township— East precinct 4 3 n ]0 7 West precinct 98 21 47 17 Totals ' 9851 3269 605 468 57 4655 blind fatuity they said they did this In the interests of peace. "When will our people learn that the peace of unpreparedness Is the peace of cowardice and folly, and may at any time lead to overwhelming disaster? "Fourteen months agp we notified Germany that If she did whatever since she has done and continued to do, we would hold her to a strict accountabil ity. Such language could only be justi fied If immediately and In thorough going fashion we had bent our every energy to the last of preparing and therefore showing that we meant what we said, and that we possessed both the will and the power to make our words good. , "Such a course would have not in creased, it would have greatly diminish ed. the chances of war. But we sat su pine. We took not one step to pre pare. Naturally Germany did not treat us seriously; we mlsleif her. gerlou* After 14 Months "Now, 14 months afterwards, we say that we are serious, Germany now does as we wish, it will, as I have said | before, be proof positive that Germany i would have promptly yielded If fourteen months ago we had so acted that Ger many knew we meant what we said; and In such case, therefore, our rulers at Washington will have been proved responsible for the blood of the thou sands of peaceful men, women and children who have been killed. "If she does not yield, we are then faced with a crisis for which, during twenty-one months, we have railed to prepare In even the smallest degree. "The failure of our rulers at Wash ington to prepare during these twenty one months, when even a child ought to have seen what was Impending, has represented a folly so extreme that In. its efTeet it was a crime against the na tion. "Men are saying that they stand be hind thh President or by the Presi dent. I wish to speak for the men who In the event of war will stand In front of the President and between him and i APRIL 24, 1916. Penn's varsity crew triumphed over, Yale on Saturday. The race showed the Quakers far in the lead. The vie- ! tory was attributed to Coach Wright's system. Penn won with a little to spare. In the preliminary race Yale won the Junior event. Penn backers won a big betting purse of SI,OOO. The Killeen High School team of Texas is claiming the record for strikeouts. Davis of the Killeen nine : struck out 24 men in a nine-inning game, winning by a score of 23 to !3. Harrisburg has several pitchers ■ who have fanned 24 men in a game, I but the contest was over nine Innings. | The International League will start ! the season Wednesday. President Ed j ward G. Barrow announnced some lime ago that all financial difficulties | have been adjusted, and there was j every reason to believe the season would be a record breaker. The I ; change of the circuit and reorganlza , tlon of teams, according to President ; Barrow has brought increased Inter- j est. | Fred Sommers and Norman Reeves, ■! who have been stars at Atlantic City I for several seasons have signed to ' I play with the Lancaster State League ' team. They have also played in the ' ; Tri-State. Somers is an infielder and II will be given a trial at shortstop. . Reeves is a backstop. the foreign enemy, and who, therefore, will stand between danger and the men who are behind or beside the Presi dent. "These are the men who will go to the war at once If there Is war with Ger many, or with any other great power, and who feel as I do, that we should far rather go to war unprepared than see our women and children murdered with lnpunlty and the honor of vhe dag stained. "But It is a wicked thing that the folly of our rulers in obeying the be hests of the peaee-at-any-price people and of the apostles of antipreparedness should make the sacrifice of either use less or else needless and appallingly wasteful in blood. Pledges Son* to Battle "In the event of such a war my fe».ur sons will go, and one and perhaps both of my sons-in-law; I will go myself; the young kinsfolk and friends of my sons will go; so my words are spoken with my eyes open. "It Is of small consequence what hap pens to us of the older generation; but when I think of the young men my heart grows bitter that their fine and gallant lives should be sacrificed, not to the nation's need, but to the nation's folly." The Colonel's statement was made after a careful consideration of the Wilson Administration since the Euro pean war began. Recent utterances by the President which the Colonel con sidered verging on hypocrisy because of the Administration's failure to carry out an adequate preparedness program served also to rouse him. The Colonel's cold, which had bother ed hi in for several weeks, was some what better to-day. He will go to New York to-morrow, however, to have his throat treated by a specialist, so a.« to be in good trim for the address he has scheduled to deliver later In the week He will not go to his office in town, but ! will return to Oyster Bay Immediately I after consulting the specialist. ' Big Practice Shoot Scores; President Martin High Man In the practice shoot of the Harris- I'liiK Sportsmen's Association held on Saturday, J. G. Martinn, president was high honor man. The scores follow: Shot At. Broke. West 150 US Martin 125 us Perkins 126 104 Dinger 100 87 Hoffman 100 83 Godchild 100 82 Haddie 100 84 M. Stewart 75 57 R. 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