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COAL BARONS WIN OPENING GAME WITH TIMELY HITS IN THIRTEENTH INNING
REAL BASEBALL
OPENING FEATURE
Wilkes-Barre Hit Timely in
Thirteenth; Sensational Plays
in Nearly Every Inning
Harrisburg baseball fans had a sen
sational Introduction to New York
State League baseball yesterday.
Wilkes-Barre won from the Cockill
crew In the thirteenth, score. 6 to 5.
It was some battle. Every inning was
featured with special work. It was a
hard game for Harrisburg to lose.
The victory belonged to Harrisburg.
Close base decisions by Umpire Pflr
man, who worked in the field gave the
Coal Barons life and made an extra
inning contest necessary. Decisions in
the field and at first base favored
Wilkes-Barre and helped In the vic-
Bry.
W Parson was on the mound for the
Pooals. His work at times was erratic
but he had the ability to pull out of
tight places. Once he retired the side
with three men on base, and none out.
Bereski Had Goods
Bereski was the firing line general
for Wilkes-Barre and he. too, had
some delivery. His hits were wel
scattered but after the game was tied
up in the eighth, Harrisburg weakened
at the bat, and there was nothing do
ing that counted for runs. Both teams
had the "pep." The locals were off
color in fielding at times.
Sacrifice hits were factors for
Wilkes-Barre in scoring. Harrisburg
secured runs on timely hits and fast
base running. The winning run came
in the thirteenth after both teams had
fought the hardest kind of battle.
Helfroc succeeded Parson. He walked
Brown, who went to second on a sac
rifice and scored on O'Rourke's single
to left. The same teams play to-day
and to-morrow. The score:
WILKES-BARRE
AB. R. H. O. A. E
DcGroff, c.f 5 1 4 1 0 0
Lewis, 3 5 0 1 1 1 0
Kirkpatrick, 2b. .. 3 0 0 2 7 0
Drake, lb., l.f 4 1 I*B 1 1
Haas, 1.f., 3b 5 1 1 4 3 0
Brown, r.f. 5 2 2 3 0 0
O'Rourke, ss 6 0 4 6 2 0
Wilder, c 4 0 1 3 3 0
Bereski, p 4 1 1 I 6 0
Kutz, p 0 0 0 1 0 0
Koonan, lb 1 0 0 9 1 0
xGiddo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 6 15 39 24 1
HARRISBURG
AB. R. H. O. A. E
Leyden, c.f 5 0 0 2 0 0
Cook, 2b 6 0 0 8 4 2
Gough, r.f 5 1 1 3 1 0
W. Brown, c.f. ... 5 1 2 3 0 0
Elliott, ss 3 1 0 3 6 1
Wheat, c 3 0 0 7 2 1
Reed, 3b 5 0 2 1 1 1
Fagg, lb 5 1 1 12 0 0
Parsons, p 3 1 1 0 4 0
Helfrick, p 0 0 0 0 3 0
xxHarrison 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 5 7 39 21 5
xßatted for Bereski in thirteenth.
xxßatted for Helfrick in thirteenth.
Wilkes-Barre 010110110000 I—6
Harrisburg . 013100000000 o—s
Two-base hits. Reed, O'Rourke.
Three-base hit, W. Brown. Sacrifice
hitt Lewis, Kirkpatrick 2, Drake,
Hat , Wilder, Bereski, Leyden, Elliott,
Wheat. Double plays, Parsons to Cook
to Fagg; Elliott to Cook to Fagg.
Struck out. Parsons 4, Bereski 3. Base
on balls. Parsons 2, Bereski 2, Helfrick
2. Left on base, Wilkes-Barre, 9; Har
risburg. 3. Stolen base, Drake. Sac
rifice flies. Wilder, DeGroff, Wheat.
Innings pitched. Parsons, 9; Helfrick,
4; Bereski, 12; Kutz, 1. Hits, off
Parsons, 13; Helfrick, 2; Bereski, 7;
Kutz. 0. Time, 2.20. Umpires, Lewis
and Pflrman.
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WEDNESDAY EVENING,
YESTERDAY'S FEATURES FROM A
They Could Do Little With Bo«U>> J _
Curves ski s —"»»»■ - ORourk's Big Stick Was Working
Overtime
Elliott Xabbcd Everything That Came
His Way
Bits From Sportland
The International League game last
season was a big treat. Those who
witnessed yesterday's battle at Island
Park are of the opinion that if it
comes like that of yesterday there
will be no kick. Fast baseball is what
pleases local fans.
Pitcher Wyckoff, of the Athletics,
has been sold to Boston Red Sox. He i
has not shown any kind of form this i
season and the general belief is that
the hoy would go better with a win- !
ning aggregation. The price paid is!
not known. Connie Mack seldom holds
on to a player that is dissatisfied.
In the Allison Hill League yesterday
the Philadelphia and Reading Railway
team won over the Rosewood aggre
gation; score, 4 to 0. Johnson was
stingy with his tips, Rosewood being |
unable to connect when hits were j
needed. Johnson fanned ten men and
received faultless support.
At Shippenciburg yesterday the Nor- j
mal School nine shut out the local
P. R. R. Y. M C. A. team; score, 2
to 0. Alcorn was hit in two innings.
The game was fast and full of sensa
tional playing.
Chips From the Clays
By Peter P. Carney
The National Amateur Trapshooters |
Association has died a natural death.
The Kansas State tournament will
be shot in Larned. Mo., in 1917.
The Hill City Gun Club, of V4cks
burg, Miss., is said to be the finest in
that State.
Portland, Ore., is the first western
city to inaugurate trapshooting at
night. Targets are thrown regulation
distance. Four 100-candlepower lights
mak- the place nealy as bright as irr
the day. In the first shoot four of the
sportsmen broke mor* than 90 targets
of the 100 thrown.
Thomas Hale, with a score of 97,
won the State championship
for the "Tiird time. He is the only
transhooter who has been able to put
over a triple win.
The Jewell (Iowa) Gun Club, which
has been inactive for two years, has
been reorganized and IK now as active
as it was in its palmy days.
Shooters who had the pleasure of
sttending the amateur championship
tournament of the Nev York Athletic
t Club and the southern handicap in
Memphis says that these were the best
managed tournaments in years.
Trapshooting is the one sport where
luck doesn't figure. You have got to
deliver the goods in shooting at the
targets. Close doesn't count. Every
break favors the shooter.
Bits From Island Park
First down.
Another cnance to square things to
day.
Once the locals get the willows
working, things will be different.
Bereski is some iron man. He work
ed harder than two pitchers.
Those Barons are a fast bunch.
Manager Noonan got into the game
after Lewis was injured trying to reach
home plate. He can play first all
right.
Good game if Harrisburg did lose.
I-or a tall-end team Harrisburg
can travel some.
Morning practice will be in order
while the team is home. It will help.
The little pig squealed loud and long
when Harrisburg scored three runs in
the third. It was brought along by a
fan as a mascot.
If yesterday's umpiring was a sam
ple of what happens on the circuit,
there is a reason for Harrisburg los
ing games by one run. Umpire Pfir
j man may have had an off day in the
I field.
"Pep was in evidence throughout
the thirteen innings. When the game
was over the players looked like they
had gone through a rain storm.
The band played patriotic elections
and everybody cheered.
'America I Love You." was popular
with the band yesterday between in
nings.
One general opinion among the
| players yesterday, was that the New
| York State League boasts of no better
field than Island Park.
Kirkpatrick, Haas and O'Rourke
were fast fielding stars for Wilkes-
Barre. DeGroff and O'Rourke did the
hitting.
Harrisburg has good men in Cook
and Elliott. Reed had little to do at
third. He missed several good chances.
"Rabbit" Fagg played some game
at first base. He had his hit, and trav
els a fast pace around the circuit.
Leyden, Brown and Gough are three
fast outfielders. They will be in evi
dence every day.
Wheat has a good whip and he
sends the ball to second with lightning
speed.
Parsons is a good boy and will come
around strong.
Now that the Harrisburg. players
have a home, they will get busy work
ing out daily.
Ths crowd numbered 1,400 and was
i satisfactory considering the threaten
ing weather conditions.
CLERKS WIN
The Clerks won from the Federals
in the Lucknow Shop league series
yesterday; score, 3 to 0. Bennett
pitched for the Clerks and did not
allow a hingle. Robbed was hit twice,
but errors helped In the scoring.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
Davis and Doyle Winners
in Tennis Tournament
Cleveland, Ohio, June 28.—Willis E.
Davis, new California star, and Connie
B. Doyle, of the Columbia Country
Club, Washington, D. C., were the win
ners of the big matches yesterday in
the national clay court championship
on the courts of the Lakewood Tennis
Club.
Miss Holla Bjurstedt, Norway, na
tional women's champion, and Miss
Martha Guthrie, of Pittsburgh, cap
tured the most attractive matches in
the ladies' event?
Walter B. Knox, of Princeton,
caused a surprise by defeating E. R.
McCormick, of the University of
Southern California. The weather was
again ideal for tennis and the officials
rushed the men's singles to the semi
final round.
New York State League
FIRST GAME
Elmira 30000300 I—7 12 0
Syracuse . ..10000000 o—l 8 0
Batteries Jordan and Fisher;
Roth and Hildebrand.
SECOND GAME
Elmira 000011 I—3 8 0
Syracuse 000000 I—l 5 2
Batteries Coporel and Fisher;
Taylor and Smith.
At Albany— R. H. E.
Albany 01000001 o—2 8 5
Scranton ....01004101 o—7 8 2
Batteries Devereaux and Sand
berg; Duerchnell and Miller.
SPORTS
At Utica R. H. E.
Binghamton ...0 000 1 0 I—2 5 0
Utica 000000 o—o 3 0
Batteries Horned and Peterman;
Hall and Rltter.
PITCHER JOHN FOX INJURED
Scranton, Pa., June 28. Big Jack
Fox, the Reading policeman, who
pitches for the local New York State
league team during the summer, was
Injured in a peculiar way during the
progress of the second game of the
double-header between the Miners and
Colonels yesterday afternoon. Fox
was in a hole with three men on bases
and Fisher, the powerful catcher' of
Elmira, was at bat. The latter caught
one of Fox's curves and hit a tremen
dous wallop that struck Fox on the
right ankle. The ball carromed to the
left field bleacher fence, two runs
scored and Fox had to be carried from
the field, suffering from what the doc
tors believe is a bad fracture of the
ankle. This injury, it is feared, will
j keep Fox out of the game for weeks
and further weaken Coughlin's already
crippled pitching staff.
JOE TIERNEY IS
TITLE ASPIRANT
Meets Young O'Neill of Scran
ton in This City July 4; Ex
pect Hard Battle
JOE TIERNEY
Joe Tierney, of New York city, who
sporting writers all over the country
say is one of the best 122-pound fight
ers in the ring to-day, will be here
July 4. He is scheduled to battle with
Young O'Neill, of Scranton, in the
semiwindup event to be offered by the
Empire Athletic Association.
Tierney has been going a fast clip,
meeting all comers, and will next Fall
go up against Kid Williams, champion,
at New Orleans. Tierney's fighting is
always clean. He goes In to win every
battle, and each of the six rounds on
July 4 promises sensational features.
Young O'Neill needs no Introduction
to Harrisburg light fans. He has a
record to back him up, but even with
out his past victories local supporters
know he will make good. His appear
ance in this city several weeks ago
brought him many friends. He had a
hard man to get next to, but wa»
always leading in the battle. The
Scranton boy has never been beaten,
and as It iB the first time he has gone
up against Tierney, the result will be
watched with interest all over the
country.
Baseball Summary;
Where Teams Play Today
WHERE THEY PLAY TO-DAY
New York State League
Wilkes-Barre at Harrisburg.
Scranton at Albany.
Elmira at Syracuse.
Binghamton at Uttca.
National League
Philadelphia at New York.
Pittiburgh at Chicago (2 games).
Brooklyn at Boston.
St. Louis at Cincinnati.
American League
New York at Philadelphia,
Boston at Washington.
Detroit at St. Louis.
Chicago at Cleveland.
W HERE THEY PLAY TO-MORROW
New York State League
Wilkes-Barre at Harrisburg.
Scranton at Albany.
Binghamton at Utica.
Elmira at Syracuse.
American League
New York at Philadelphia.
Boston at Washington.
Chicago at Cleveland.
Detroit at St. Louis.
National League
Philadelphia at New York.
Brooklyn at Boston.
St. Louis at Cincinnati.
RESULTS OF YESTERDAY
New York State League
Wilkes-Barre 6, Harrisburg 5 (13
innings).
Elmira 7, Syracuse 1 (first).
Elmira 3, Syracuse 1 (second).
Scranton 7, Albany 2.
Binghamton 2, Utica 0 (7 innings,
darkness).
National League
Boston '3, Philadelphia 0.
New York 1, Brooklyn 0.
Chicago 1, Pittsburgh 0 (first).
Chicago 10, Pittsburgh 4 (second).
St. Louis 8, Cincinnati 2.
American League
Boston 7, Philadelphia 2.
New York 3, Washington 2.
Chicago 5, Cleveland 2.
St. Louis 5, Detroit 3 (first).
Detroit 5, St. Louis 2 (second).
International League
Newark 2, Buffalo 0 (first).
Buffalo 2, Newark 1 (second).
Frovidence 2, Rochester 1.
Toronto 5. Baltimore 3.
Montreal 5, Richmond 2.
Blue Ridge League
Chambersburg 7, Frederick 1.
Gettysburg 4, Hagerstown 1.
Martinsburg 11, Hanover 3.
STANDING OP THE TEAMS
New York State lyeague
W. L. Pet.
Binghamton 30 16 .652
E'mlra 29 21 .586
Scranton 24 18 .571
i Syracuse 26 24 .520
(Utica 23 22 .511
Wilkes-Barre 23 22 .511
Albany 20 26 .435
Harrisburg 8 35 .186
National League
w. L. Pet:
Brooklyn 34 22 .607
Philadelphia 31 26 .544
Boston 29 25 .537
New York 28 27 .509
Chicago 29 31 .483
Cincinnati 28 33 .459
Pittsburgh 25 31 .446
St. Louis 27 36 .429
American League
W. L. Pet.
Clev eland 35 26 .574
New York 34 26 .567
Boston 33 28 .541
| Detroit 34 29 .5 40
Washington 32 29 .525
Chicago 30 29 .508
St. Louis 27 35 .435
Philadelphia 17 40 .298
TF.SREAU-SALLEE TRADE OFF
New York, June 28.—"Pie" Way, of
Yale University, and George Smith, of
Columbia University, both right-hand
pitchers, have signed with the New
York Nationals, it was announced yes
terday by John B. Foster, secretary of
the local club. It also was stated that
the proposed trade of Pitcher Tcsreau
for Pitcher Sallee, of the St. Louis
Nationals, had been declared oft
JUNE 28, 1916.
1 WELLY'S k CORNER
The baseball weather Jinx received
a hard bump yesterday. The New
York State League started with a great
hurrah and one of the greatest games
ever seen at Island Park was played.
Harrisburg's weakness with the stick
was the big factor in the loss of the
battle. Fans, however, according to
the gossip all over the city last night,
see a fast bunch in Cockill's crew and
look for real Bport.
According to the report, Harrisburg
will entertain Albany at Island Park
on July 4. This iB good news to local
supporters, who were expecting a dry
holiday. The switch of the regular
schedule will also place the big fight
program in Chestnut Street Audi
torium. It looks like a great day in
Harrisburg.
Chambersburg is leading the Blue
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Ridge race to-day. This came about
through a victory over Frederick yes
terday, score 7 to 1. Martinsburg has
been switched to the second division.
With the exception of Gettysburg,
every team in the league has a chance
to win the pennant. Five teams closely
bunched means great baseball for the
Cumberland Valley.
A widespread opinion prevails in
Hamsburg that the local management
might get a big boost for the Island
Park games by arranging some special
days for business men, starting the
contests at 4.30 or later. Unless it be
an extra-inning game, nine innings can
be played before darkness sets in. It
is the belief that President Farrell
would permit games to be played after
sunset if it brought financial results.