RAIN PUTS CRIMP IN BASEBALL PROFITS-AL. LAWSON QUITS ATLANTIC LEAGUE LAWSON QUITS ATLANTIC LEAGUE Wires From Boston That He Is Through With Baseball; j Businessmen Take Team Sfecial to the Telegraph Reading, Pa., June 10.— Indications point to the Atlantic League's early | demise. Rain has prevented profits, Lawson quit yesterday. Local businessmen held a meeting j last night and decided to take over the Reading Atlantic league. No trouble was experienced in getting local capital to back the team when j it was announced that A 1 W. Lawson, owner of the club, had thrown up the j sponge. Lawson left Reading last Sunday and sent word from Boston that he had decided to quit. Bills amounting to about S6OO had been contracted by Lawson and the new owners will be given the franchise by assuming this debt. They gladly agreed to do this : as the Reading club has been playing j to paying crowds "on the home grounds. Hank Ramsey, the local manager, i will be made president of the club by , the new owners. Ramsey is popular with the Reading fans. NKW RECORDS AT WKST POINT Special to the Telegraph West Point, X. Y„ June 10.—Two military Academy records were broken yesterday at the annual outdoor nth- , letic meet of the cadet corps, which was held on the plains despite a driz- ! zling rain and a muddy field. Cadet I Clarence S. Maulsb.v, of Washington j State, established a new Academy rec- j ord in the running high jump, clear- j ing the bar at 6 feet 10.08 inches. Cadet William H. Britton, of lowa, j smashed the running broad jump rec- i ord with 22 feet 55 inches. Both reo- I ords formerly were held by P. A. . Hodgson, 'ls. • More power to U j) » the Nickel. 10c * quantity of Frat ♦ » —new blend of mild Burley by t f the original Pattersons—sc. J Original | Certain Woods are all well suited for interior use. Other woods are durable under ex posure to the weather. No one kind of lumber is suitable for every kind of use. Consult us. We shall take pleasure in advising you the kind of lumber to buy. United Ice & Coal Co. Fomter A Con Hudson, for above stations. Ar rive Harrisburg; about 12.30 mid night. V Try Telegraph Want Ads SATURDAY EVENING HARRISBURG tSSffy. TELEGRAPH JUNE 10, 1916 TECH ATHLETES WHO WERE FACTORS IN TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS THIS YEAR ] ikst 4 - 1 1 WBffiSm f| «p igL B whom are members of the third year class. They constitute the first relay team never to "be by 'next .year they should be right for championship class. The four members of the relay to;tm as pictured above reading from left to right are Demming, Eyster, I Evans and Sutch. But the quarter-mile is not their only specialty. .They can do almost any event in the category of track and field events. Demming, who is captain of the squad, runs the quarter and half mile, and ; can hold his own in the weight events. Fysier and Sutch are usually mates in the dashes, quarter and broad , jump. Sutch looks after the distances, and so well does he do it that he has never been beaten in the one and two-mile runs. This lad was discovered in the class meet held by the four classes of Tech last Spring. Since then he has been winning consistently. Baseball Summary; Where Teams Play Today WHERE THEY PI,AY TODAY National League Pittsburgh at Philadelphia. Chicago at New York. St. Louis at Brooklyn. Cincinnati at Boston. American League Philadelphia at Cleveland. Washington at Chicago. New York at Detroit. Boston at St. Louis. Dauphin-Perry League Duncannon at Dauphin. Marysville at Hai?rax. Newport at MiPersburg. Dauphin-Sclui} Ik ill League WtttUmstOwn at Lvkens. Tower City at Tremont. Motive Power League altimore at fiarrisburg I Meadows at Wilmington. ! New York at Trenton. \ Camden at Philadelphia. SCHEDULE FOR SI \DA Y \nllonnl I.eitKuft No games scheduled. American t.eague Philadelphia at Cleveland. New York at Detroit. Boston at St. Louis. Washington at Chicago. WHERE THEY PLAY MOM DAY National League Pittsburgh at Philadelphia. Chicago at New York. St. Louis at Brooklyn. Cincinnati at Boston. American League Philadelphia at Cleveland. Washington at Chicago. New York at Detroit. Boston at St. Louis. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League All games postponed, rain. American League Washington. 7; Cleveland, 4. Detroit, 6: Boston, 5. St. Louis. 3; New York, 2 (13 innings) I Other games postponed, rain. International League I Newark, 6; Richmond, 1. Other games postponed, rain. Sew York State League Wilkes-Barre, 5; Troy. 4. i Utica, 3; Elmira, 1. I Syracuse, 2; Binghamton, 1 (10 in nings). Albany-Scranton postponed, rain, lllue Klilge League Hanover, 3; Frederick, 1. i Chambersburg, 3; Gettysburg, 1. Martinsburg-Hagerstown, postponed, I rain. Atlantic League Wilmington, 5: Easton, 3. Paterson-Keading postponed, wet grounds. Pottsville-Allentown postponed, wet grounds. STANDING OF THE TEAMS National League W. L Pet. Brooklyn 21 15 .615 | New Y'ork 22 18 .550 Philadelphia 23 19 .548 Chicago 22 24 !t7B Boston 20 22 .476 Cincinnati 22 25 .468 Pittsburgh 20 23 !465 'St. Louis 20 27 .426 American League W. L Pet. Cleveland 27 19 .587 .New Y'ork 24 i# ,55s Washington 25 19 .568 Boston 23 22 .511 Detroit 23 23 !.500 | Chicago 19 23 .452 : St. Louis 20 25 .444 Philadelphia 15 26 .366 Blue ItUlge League W. L Pet. -I Martinsburg 13 8 .619 1 Uhambersburg 13 9 .591 _| Hanover 11 9 .550 J Hagerstown 12 10 .545 .[Frederick 10 12 .155 Gettysburg 5 10 .238 Motive Power- I.eHKue W. L. Pet. ' j Trenton 5 0 1.000 j I Harrisburg 4 1 .800 j New Y'ork ..... 2 1 .667, Philadelphia 3 2 .600 | Baltimore 3 3 .500 I Wilmington 1 3 .250 j | Camden 1 4 .200 | I Meadows 0 4 .000 Dauphin-Schuylkill League W. L Pet. j Williamstown 4 1 .800 j Tower City 3 2 .600 | I.ykens 1 3 .250 j Tremont 1 3 .250 j Dnuphln -Perry League v. W. L. Pet. 1 Marysville 4 0 1.000 J | Newport 3 1 .750 j | Dauphin 2 2 .500 j Halifax ... 1 3 .250 i jMillersburg 1 3 .250 ! Duncannon 1 3 .250 Allison Hill League W. L Pet. Rosewood 3 1 .750 Galahad 2 2 .500 Stanley A. C 3 3 .500 ! Reading Railroad 2 4 .333 Big League Averages Show Speaker and Daubert Leaders By Associated Press Chicago, 111., June 10. —Tris Speaker leads the American League batters and Ty. Cobb has climbed into a tie ! with Joe Jackson for the second place, | according to averages printed here to- 1 | day. The old trio of Southerners who j have lieen lighting for leading honors j for years are bunched at the top again, i for Speaker is leading with .369 and | I Jackson and Cobb are neck and neck j with .327. Speaker also leads in runs scored with 35 and in total bases with 88. Cobb is one of a quartet leading in base stealing; he. Schalk, Chicago, Walsh, Philadelphia, and Sisler, St. Louis, having 12 each. Graney, Cleveland, leads in the home runs with 4. Detroit leads in team batting with .255. Veterans are setting the pace for batters in the National League. Dau bert maintains his lead and Scliulte hangs on to second place, with Rob ertson and Zimmerman having passed ; Doyle. Bennie Kauff, the Federal League all-round star, has at last cut I loose on the basis, and with a record ; of 16 thefts has tied Max Carey, of 1 Pittsburgh, for the tirst time. Wil | liams, Chicago, is sliii the pace setter for the home run hits with 7, and with Zimmerman is tied for total bases lead with 91. New Y'ork leads in team hitting with 264. Grqh, Cincinnati, is j ahead in runs scored with 32. JOHNSON DISALLOWS PROTESTS Special to the Telegraph Chicago. 111., June 10.—President B. ! B. Johnson, of the American League, has sustained a decision of Umpire | Chill in the Boston-Cleveland game last Saturday which it was said to-day established a precedent for plays in which an umpire interferes with a j Kase runner. The decision of Chill, i against which Boston protested, was that the runner return to his base. So | ' far as known, no similar cas§ has j I I occurred in major league baseball and | is not covered by the rules. Turner, after making a hit, rounded first base 1 and collided with Chill twice. He then ' stopped and walked to second base, ' where he was touched by the Boston ; second baseman. Ho was called out at first by the umpire, but after a con ference with Umpire Dineen the de cision was reversed and Turner was 'fallowed to return to tirst base. The ' ; decision has received the sanction of President Johnson and Boston's pro >itest was disallowed. President John -1 I son also dismissed a Washington pro test against a home-run decision at] 1 Detroit on Sunday which was covered by ground rules. The official decision allowed a home run on a ball which ' struck in the field and hounded over ! the ropes Into the bleachers. FRIENDS MEETING 'I The Society of Friends wll hold ai j meeting for worship at 3 o'clock at j the home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. F. Ogden, 1849 Spencer street. One of 'the best-known minsters of the So- Icicty. Isaac Wilson, expects to be in j attendance. *F' ,=^ ry Bicyde Time For the Graduating I tafl Boy or Girl cySlAu VA ' After a KUOH of hard, confining study no r»- i creation will entice your boy or girl into the open ww'3*UV j country for healthful exercise like bicycling-. ; Your graduation present to your boy or your B girl this spring will mean a real vacation to him or her If it ia a bicycle. $5.00 Down SI.OO Weekly PAY WHILE RISOTG \ Our lira Are the Best In Town—fi.H Up. We Have k Pine Assortment to Pick From Excelsior Cycle Co. 10 S. Market Square i umr ——MI—I To those interested in getting Motorcycles, we beg to an nounce that we are making immediate deliveries on all our All models can be gotten at once. | Easy Payments CALL AT ONCE AND RIDE ONE HOME We have the best that money can buy. Strong and Speedy Excelsior Cycle Co. 10 SOUTH MARKET SQUARE Open Every Evening Bell Phone 689-W Harrisburg, Pa. BASEBALL HAS HAD BAD WEEK New Record For Postponed Games; Local Amateurs Have Hard Luck Conditions were not favorable to day for baseball. Local teams have had hard luck this season, and but few games were played. The major and minor leagues are also in bad because of rain. Weather Bad AU Week This week has pretty nearly estab lished a record for big league baseball postponements, especially in the Na tional League. Yesterday, for the second successive day. the entire league was idle, and on Wednesday only one of the four scheduled games was played, that between Roston and 5 St. Louis. The American league has had slightly better luck, for yesterday every scheduK 1 game , was played ex cept the clash between the White Sox and Athletics, at Convention City. It was the fifth straight postponement for the Athletics, including the entire series in Chicago, so that they will have to play eleven games on their next two trips to Chicago, seven play ing days altogether. Federals Start Well, but Lose Hitting Stride Later The Federals were unable to hit the hall after the first inning yesterday, losing to the Planing Mill team; score, 5 to 3. In the first inning on a missed third strike, a base on balls, a two-base hit by Shatto and a hit by Felker, the Feds got three runs. The Planing Mill in their half evened things up on hits by Geary. Anderson, Hoover and McCurdy, netting them enough to tie the score. The Planing Mill also scored one in the second and one in the third, while the Federals were held scoreless for the balance of the game. Keller, pitching his initial game for the Planing Mill, after the first inning pitched a steady game, while Stintz cum, on the other hand, was hit hard, although his support was not up to the standard. Anderson and McCurdy hit well for the Mill boys, while Shatto and Felker were the only hitters for the Federals. Standing of the clubs: W. li. P. C. Planing Mill 7 1 .875 I Clerks 8 3 .72 7 Smith Shop 5 .1 ,fi2s Federals 0 13 .000 I)AVPHIX-PKRRV CHANGES During the past week all teams have strengthened and some good battles may be anticipated in (he Dauphin- Perry League to-day. Marysville may use a new battery. Hart, recently re leased by Connie Mack, may twirl. Don Wertz may also be given a chance on the mound. Hartman, a former Blue Ridge League catcher, will prob ably be back of the bat in place of Hippensteel. who is catching for the Harrisburg Motive Power team. Earl White, a Lebanon Valley College hurler. may be used on the mound by Dauphin. I WELLY 5 k CORNER Failure on the part of a prospective! hacker to get in touch with Manager (Jeorge Cockill prevented a conference with Lew Wachter at Wllkes-Barre yesterday. A meeting has been ar ranged for to-day. If the New York State League wants Harrisburg, a rea sonable proposition must be presented to-day. The deluys and uncertaintlen in the opinion of local fans are nol very encouraging. McCurdy, shortstop, for the Planing Mill team of the Lucknow Shop League, is a star. It is seldom he misses a hit in a game. His fielding is fast and brilliant. Yesterday in five innings he had one hit, one out and two assists. The Weavadau hoys of the Federals in the Lucknow Shop League are a pair of fast infielders. Their work to date has been interesting features in the Lucknow League. The State Highway Department team became strong contenders yes ttrday for the championship of Capi tol Hill, defeating Lew Palmer's Labor and Industry team, score 9to 3. Sny der and Gibbins were stars for the vic tors.. Palmer and Lightner excelled for the Labor department team. j ■ .LBJ? TryonTennis Goods S Everyone is Playing Tennis This Year You Ought To Play Too The Place where you find Tyron's Quality Tennis Goods and the World. Famous Harry C. Lee rackets, is COHEN'S SPORTING GOODS DEPARTMENT ggr*- *3l Market Street—At Subway for a dollar i Smokers Are Lighting King Oscar 5c Cigars 8 One Right After Another! This 25-year-old quality brand is giving satisfac tion to thousands of smokers daily Are You Letting This Good Thing Pass By ? JOHN C. HERMAN & CO. 1 Harrisburg Pa. 1 ' * 1 1 | PICK YOUR CAR! Now's the time —lots of bargains in both fours and sixes. Every style one could wish for, from a little rush-about to a state ly limousine. ■' A used car, properly bought and prop erly treated, yields a wealth of pleasure on the investment. You'll find used car offers at extremely low prices tonight in the Telegraph Want Ads. Pick your car! 6^ Harrle A. Douglass, president of tha ; Harrigburg Rifle Club has received his consignment of 2" Springfield rifles, and practice is now in order. The rifles have been distributed and sev eral of the members contemplated a tryout at Lucknow range this after noon. In a lively battling rally yesterday* j the Stanley A. C. won out over the Rosewood team, score 3 to 2. It was one of the best twilight games played I this season In the Allison Hill League, i Black and E. Walz were stars on the winning team. Winters was hit hard, and Hain came to his aid, showing fast form. On Monday the annual competition for the city golf championship will start at Reservoir Park links. This year the entry lißt will include a num ber of newcomers. Secretary George W. Vint has arranged an interesting schedule. The tournament will be open to all residents of Harrisburg. . In the annual city golf champion ship to be held under the auspices of the Harrlsburg Park Golf Club, con testants will be required to play 18 holes on June 17 and 24. Pairings will be made June 24 at close of play. Reg ular match play starts Monday, June 26. Players not desiring to get into the first 16 may qualify at any time. 15