TECH WINS TRACK MEET AT READING—RESTA CAPTURES SPEEDWAY HONORS NEW RECORD FOR LEBANON TRACK "Shorty" Matthews Is the Star; Harrisburg Riders Promi nent in All Events Special to the Telegraph Lebanon, Pa., May 31.—"Shorty" Matthews, of Springfield, Mass., low- I ered the Lebanon track record of 1.11 2-5 yesterday afternoon when he negotiated the mile riding on an In dian motorcycle In 1.08 4-5. Matthews 1 also won the five, ten and fifteen-mile races, making a clean sweep of the l professional events. The meet was held under the auspices of the Key- , stone Motorcycle Club, of Harrisburg, 1 and was witnessed by a crowd of sev- ! eral thousand people. Harrisburg riders were prominent | in all events. Zellers won the 10-mile amateur event. The summary fol lows: Five-mile professional—Matthews, of Springfield, Mass., won; Mounts, Wilmington, second: Mullin, Wilming ton, third; Donley, Harrisburg, fourth. ; Time, 6 minutes 4 2-5 seconds. Five-mile amateur —Zellers, Har risburg. won: Kohl, Myerstown, sec ond; Kilgour, Harrisburg. third; Zim merman, Harrisburg, fourth; Time, | 6 minutes 9 seconds. Ten-mile professional—Matthews, i Springfield, Mass.. won; Mountz. Wil-I mingt'on, second: Donley, Harrisburg. j third; Rothweiler, Lancaster, fourth. [ Time. 11 minutes 22 seconds. Ten-mile amateur —Zellers, Harris- j burg, won: Kohl, Myerstown, second; 1 Smith, third. Time 13 min utes 3 4 2-5 seconds. One-mile trial for track record—j Matthews, Springfield. Mass., won, > 1.6s 4-5: Mountz, Wilmington, second: j Mullin. Wilmington, third. The former record was made last year by Fred, Nixon, who negotiated the two laps; on the half-mile track in l).ll 2-5. 15-mile professional Matthews,) Springfield, won: Mountz. Wilmington,] second: Mullin. Wilmington, third. Time, 17 minutes 47 3-5 seconds. Three-mile side-car professional— Harrington, Harrisburg. won: Haegy. i Harrisburg, second; Hornberger,Read ing, third. Time. 4 minutes 30 4-5 seconds. Scores of Amateur Games Boiling Springs. 6: Stanley A. C., 1. [ Stanley A. C., 9: Boiling Springs, 7. ' Midway A. C., 10; Hershey. 0. Midway A. C„ 11: Hersliey. 0. Ooldsboro, 2; Harris Park, 7. Ooldsboro, 2; Harris Park. 1. State Highway, 12; Camp Hill, 6. Valley Juniors. S; Kelker Oiants, 5. West Knd, 9; Oherlin A. C., 0. West End, 2; Oberlin A. C\, 0. East End, 13; Washington, 6. St. Mary's. 4: Camp Curtin, 3. Georgetown. 5; Enola, 1. Enola. 12; Oeorgetown. 2. Mountville, 6: Rosewood A. C., 0. j Mountville, 10: Rosewood A. C., 0. r tt-TT jj| £h an Other Mak.es of I- A SURE^TART ASSURED Tliat's what you want —what you expect—every time from your car. But you cannot get it unless the batterv of your starting system is in proper condition. At this time of year, when you are getting your car in shape for summer, your battery should be carefully inspected. We inspect all makes of batteries free of charge. That's our method of getting acquainted. The Starting Battery is the one best bet in starting batteries. There are over 400,000 "Ext&e" Batteries now in seryice. We are the "EXtoe" Distributor in this territory. Drive around and let us look over your battery. Excelsior Auto Co. HARRY L. MYERS, Manager 11th and Mulberry Sts. Bell Phone 80 li \ WEDNESDAY EVENING, RESTA WINS AUTO RACE WITH WILBUR D'ALENE Special to the Telegraph Indianapolis, Ind., May 31. —Driv- a Peugeot car equipped with Silver town tires, Dario Resta easily won the sixth international sweepstakes on the Indianapolis motor speedway yester day, completing the 300 miles in 3 hours, 36 minutes, 10.82 seconds. He finished two minutes ahead of Wilbur D'Alene (Deusenberg car), who was second In 3.38.04, and 3 min utes ahead of Ralph Mulford Peugeot car), who was third in 3.39.45.05. Resta's average speed was 83.26 miles an hour. Ralph de Palma completed 300 miles of last year's 500-mile grind at an average speed of 90.21 miles an hour. Four men were injured, one seri- Position Car Driver Tlmo Average 1 Peug?ot Resta 3:36:10.82 83.26 4 Sunbeam Oristiaens 3:48:34.10 78.75 S Ostweig Haibe 4:03:10.51 74.02 9 Ostwicg Johnson 4:08:52.10 73.81 10 Ogren Alley 4:04:47.10 73.53 WELLY'S 'M CORNER : New York struck a snag in the first | > game with Philadelphia yesterday, los ' ing out. The Giants squared things in the afternoon, but their long winning I streak was broken. Had they won the ; morning game, the record for straight victories in major leagues would have been equalled. i Harrisburg amateurs figured in | I many out-of-town games yesterday. They came home with honors. Some | of the contests were marred by con-1 troversles over umpire decisions. Har-, ris Park's manager claims he was not I jziven fair treatment at Goldsboro. The • local nine won the morning game,! | score 7 to 2. In the afternoon with j the score 1 to 0, and two men out aj runner was called out by two umpires, t The crowd kicked and the decisions | were changed. In order to get their} guarantee, Harris Park played out the | game and lost score 2 to 1. The Stanley A. C.. added to their i victories yesterday by winuing from Boiling Springs in the afternoon. This j is one of Harrisburg's prominent local } : teams. | The Stale Highway department team | came out victorious at Camp Hill yes-i terday, score 12 to t>. The Capitol j Hill boys were in batting form and fielded a brilliant game. 1 The West End A. C. had an easy time with Oberlin A. C. yesterday win- ously, when two of the racing cars overturned. Jack Eecain, driving as relief for Jules Devinge (Delage car), Is in a serious condition as a result of oerturning on the north turn. L<e- i cain was caught under the machine, suffering internal injuries and an in jury to his skull. The mechanician was slightly hurt. Tom Roone.v's car (Premier) blew a , tire and smashed into the wall at the top of the south turn. The mecha- j n'.cian. Thane Houser, was thrown j over the wall and was bruised and ! cut. Rooney was caught in the I wreckage which slid down the track, j He suffered a broken leg and dislo- j cated shoulder. After the 173 d mile, Resta had little ' competition for first place, and the pace slowed up. The order in which I the care finished follows: | ning the morning game by a score of' 9 to 0; and the afternoon contest,! score 2 to 0. The West End filled in the Reading dates at York, and when 1 the league broke up. Reading was in the lead. The West End boys, accord- j .ing to reports were not treated fairly | by George Washington Heckert and i have a claim against the league pro- 1 motors. The Motive Power Department team i made a clean-up at Highspire yester- ! | day. playing all around the former ! Central league stars. In the morning | the railroaders won by a score of 7 Ito 0; and in the afternoon. 8 to 0, [ Frey and Davis had Highspire guess jing. The fielding of the local team was a feature. A heavy wind prevented local birds i I'rom making good time in a flight yes- I | terday from Reedsville, N. C., to Har- \ risburg. The race was held under the ! I direction of the Capital City Homing figeon Club. The first bird in belong- ! ied to the loft of C. A. Marts. The llight was made in 973.98 yards per! minute. Other birds finished in the! j following order: Second, William C. I Roberts; third. C. A. Martz; fourth | and fifth, E. Weaver. The local club j is quite prominent in homing pigeon i circles. Games in the Dauphin-Perry league yesterday attracted big crowds. Marys ville is still in the lead with a clean slate. Manager Frank Stees with his team trimmed Dauphin in the morning and in the afternoon won from New port. The work of both Millersburg' and Halifax brought much favorable comment, each team winning a game. •Millersburg won a shut-out victory from Duncannon; and later In the day lost to Halifax by a score of 2 to 0. Players in this league are warming up to team work, and some exciting games are predicted. The Enola shop road team is organ ized and ready for games. The open ing "contest will be played at York on Saturday with the Pullman Motor Car j nine of that place. Players in the I Rnola line-up are stars picked from the shop league teams. Games are t wanted for out-of-town for June 10 land July 4. COIiIiEGE BASEBALL SCORES At Aliddletown, Conn. Boston I College. 14: Wesleyan, 2. At Providence Brown, 8; Har- I vard, 1. At Medford, Mass. —■ Massachusetts Agricultural College, 12: Tufts, 5. At Worcester Holy Cross, 5; i Dartmouth, 4 (ten Innings). At Newark, Del.—Rutgers, 2: Dela ware College, 1. At South Bethlehem Villanova, 7; Lehigh, 5. LIO^^^^DLL PLIABLE POINTS. WELT EDQH LINKS AND BUTTONS %/jon {pilars oldest IN jtMMMCA For Sale By 1)1 VKS, POMEROY & STEWART Harrisburg, l'tt. IIMMMMN —it's the gives Dressy J|H Pf/ touch— Tli And listen. Men —here's a Men's Shop, Just a short way up Third street that's making a big drive on Silk Shirts. Disinterested par ties tell us there's not a better selection anywhere in the city and we know they're telling It straight. And besides we'll sav« you some money. We've no big downtown rents to pay. Think it over! W I L 1) M AX'S 1118-1118 N. Third St. H A RRISBURG TELEGRAPH POST OFFICE TEAM DOWNS LANCASTER Walk All Over Their Oppon ents, Piling L'p an Avalanche of Runs The Harrisburg Post Office team de i feated the Lancaster team, score 24 to 0. The only chance that Lancaster had to score was In the eighth inning ! when they loaded the bases with none 1 out Fast fielding nipped this rally. In | the ninth inning the Lancaster boys went to pieces. Kurtz, Ludlow and I Cleckner were the hitting stars. W. Hepford pitched a great game and had the heavy hitters of Lancaster at his I mercy. Lancaster Had Stars Troyer and Steffey were the stars | for Lancaster. In the evening both teams enjoyed a banquet and social at "The Brenneman." Manager Rich | ard M. Weaver would like to arrange out-of-town games with first class itennvs. The score follows: Harrlsburg— AH. H. O. A. E. J Stutzman, ss 2 3 3 2 2 ! Kurtz, c 3 4 16 1 0 Taylor, 3b 4 2 0 3 0 Ludlow, 2b 4 5 0 1 0 [G. Hepford. rf 3 2 0 0 0 ! Cleckner, cf. 3 4 0 1 0 La vert y, lb 2 1 8 0 0 W. Hepford, p. .... . 2 3 0 4 0 Kirk, If 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 24 24 27 12 2 Lancaster — R. H. O. A. E. i Swank, p-3b 0 1 0 0 0 i Wurster, lb 0 0 2 0 0 Steffey, c 0 014 2 0 I Hess, rf 0 1 0 1 1 Cochran, cf 0 1 2 1 1 W. Byerly, If 0 0 1 0 1 ! Troyer, ss 0 0 0 6 l jO. Byerly, 2b 0 0 4 0 1 j Gantz, p-3b 0 1 4 0 2 Totals 0 4 27 10 7 Harrlsburg 61000630 8—24 j Lancaster 00000000 0— 0 Baseball Summary; Where Teams Play Today WHERE THEY PLAY TO-DAY National I-eagne Cincinnati at Pittsburgh. New York at Philadelphia, Boston at Brooklyn. ! Other cluiis not scheduled. , American I>eague Philadelphia at New York. Washington at Boston, j Chicago at Detroit. I Cleveland at St. Louis. WHERE THEY PLAY TO-MORROW j National liraxnr New York at Philadelphia. Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, j Boston at Brooklyn. St. Ix>uls-Chicago not scheduled. American League Philadelphia at New York. Washington at Boston. Chicago at Detroit. Cleveland at St. Louis. SCORES OK YESTERDAY National League MORNING GAMES Philadelphia. 5; New Yrk, 1. Boston, 5; Brooklyn. 3. St. Louis, 3; Chicago, 0. Cincinnati-Pittsburgh, rain. AFTERNOON GAMES New York, 10; Philadelphia, 2. Pittsburgh, 9; Cincinnati, 8. Brooklyn, 1; Boston, 0. Chicago, 5; St. Louis, 1. American league MORNING GAMES New York, 7; Philadelphia, 2. Boston, 4; Washington, 3. Chicago, 3: Detroit, 1. Cleveland-St. Louis, no game. AFTERNOON GAMES Philadelphia, 1: New York, 0. Boston, 8; Washington, 2. Detroit. 9; Chicago, 8, (10 innings). St. Louis, 5; Cleveland, 4, (15 in nings; first game). St. Louis, 1: Cleveland, 1. (7 in i j nings; darkness; second game). International league MORNING GAME I Providence. 8; Richmond, 0. AFTERNOON GAMES j Providence, 13; Richmond. 1. ,! Baltimore, 5; Newark, 3, (first 1 game). | Newark, 8; Baltimore, 0, (second ! game). Montreal, 13; Buffalo, 12, (first 1 game). Buffalo, 5; Montreal. 4, (second game). Toronto, 3: Rochester, 1. (second game; first game postponed, rain). New York State League MORNING GAMES Wiikes-Barre, 3; Scranton, 2, (10 in ; nings). Elmlra. 4: Binghamton, 3. i Utica, 2; Syracuse, 1. Trov, 1; Albany, 1, (9 innings, call ed). AFTERNOON GAMES Binghamton. 3; Elmira, 0. Utica, 3; Syracuse, 1. Albany, 8; Troy, 2. 1 Wllkes-Barre-Scranton (postponed, rain). Dauphin-Perry league MORNING LEAGUE Duncannon, 5; Newport, 1. Halifax, 2; Millersburg, 0. Marysville, 3; Dauphin. 0. AFTERNOO>f GAMES I Millersburg, 10; Duncannon, 0. I Marysville. 7; Newport, 4. Dauphin, 2; Halifax, 1. STANDING OF THE CLUBS National league . I W. L. P. C. | j Philadelphia 21 12 .636 I New York 20 14 .588 I Philadelphia 20 16 .566 ; Boston 16 18 .471 Cincinnati 19 22 .463 I Chicago 18 22 .450 ) Pittsburgh 17 21 .447 ! St. Louis 17 23 .425 American I.eague W. L. P. C. \Vashington 24 14 .632 Cleveland 23 15 .606 j New York 20 15 .571 ! Boston 20 18 .526 Chicago 17 20 .459 i Detroit 17 22 .436 I Philadelphia 1 4 22 .389 i St. Louis H 23 .3 78 Dauphin-Perry league W. L. P. C. Marysville * 9 1-000 Dauphin 2 2 .500 i Newport 2 2 .500 i Duncannon 2 - .500 Millersburg 1 3 -260 j Halifax 1 3 - 250 CATTI.EMKM'S ANNUAL PICNIC Special to the Telegraph l Rlain, Pa.. May 81.—On Thursday, '.Tune 8. the third annual cattlemen's I picnic and reunion, of the farmers of Cumberland. Franklin and Perry coun ) ties, will be held at laurel Run. Thefe j will be speakers from different counties | and a basket dinner will be served. I An Invitation is extended by the com -1 wiueca la akskutst iot &u u - Grammar School Track Meet Big Athletic Event Tomorrow The big track meet of the year takes place tomorrow arternoon at Island Park. It will be the ninth an nual track and field meet of the gram mar schools of Harrisburg. The entry list includes 14 schools and 182 ath letes. Elahorate preparations have been made for this event. The offi cials will include those who looked after the various events in the recent high school meet. The various schools will meet at their respective buildings at noon to morrow and will march to the field. Smokes More people than ever |«| smoked any other high-grade F° rmer smokers of 20 Cent cigarettes who J/*V3SgM| admit Murads are better. • Former smokers of many 25 Cent brands **•s• JIIPIP Expert judges of cigarettes from everywhere who instantly recognize Murad's superiority. Men who changed from one cigarette to flHKm&'v! another until they came to Murads and are ■ Bj MAY 31, 1916. | carrying their colors. I,arge flags will | tnark the location of each school on the grand stand. The Commonwealth Rand, which will be furnished by | William Strouse of William Strouse ] & Company, will escort the athletes to the field. The band will also lead I the parade of contestants prior to the | meet. The first event will be called | at 2 o'clock. Bloodthirsty Battle Today Between Capitol Hill Teams j Another bloodthirsty baseball duel ' was scheduled for Tsland Park this afternoon. The combatants were teams from the Department of Labor and Industry and the State Insurance Fund Department. It was the third game In the series to decidg the cham pionship between- these teams. The first same was won by the Department of LAbor and Industry team, score 7 to 3. week the In surance players turned the tables and won out by a core of 7 to 6. Since that time bets have been made, and on the result of this afternoon's battle will come money changes, purchases of candy and other gifts. Even the girls have been placing wagers on their favorite team. Play started this aft ernoon at 4 o'clock. 11
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