14 FIGHT BILL OFF BECAUSE OF WAR Joe Hefferman Enlists; Empire Members Refuse to Take Sub stitute at This Time Members of the Empire Athletic As sociation have decided to call oft the fight bill for Tuesday, July 4. This decision was reached at a special meet ing held at Hotel Columbus. Joe HefTerman, the weltei weight cham pion, scheduled to meet Frankle McCann, of Rochester, N. Y., has joined the army and will go to Mexico. Not caring to force a substitute on the publlo, the tight is off. It was said yesterday that the new club proposes to keep faith with the local patrons. While It would have been possible to secure a man to meet McCann, the time was too short for training, and in the opinion of the members it would have been unfair to hand up a one-sided battle as a wlndup feature. The announcement made some time ago was that no substitute would be allowed unless there were good rea sons and time for the substitute to get in shape. No plans will be considered for any entertainments during the summer. The fall season will open with an elaborate bill, on which work has started. Weight Not Reduced Perceptibly on Old Tires "As a result ot tests recently made In our factories it has been definitely ascertained that the actual difference in weight of new tires and those which have gone to the scrap heap is very j slight indeed," says F. A. Mosher, local manager Fisk Rubber company. In other words tires scarcely wear away at all during their entire period t>f use unless wheels are out of align ment or some other unnatural cause exists. "The reason for a termination of a tire's usefulness, therefore, lies else where than in the composition, for-1 mation or thickness of its tread. "The. real strength of a tire lies in the fabric of which it is composed and j the positions occupied by the various j strands of the fabric in relation to one another. The determination or wear ing out of a tire is caused by the ac-, tion of the load, causing the various threads to rub against each other and to break down the fiber composing it. This Is the reason why a tire which Is under-inflated is quickly destroyed. "The ideal condition of a tire, to preserve the strength of fabric which is the backbone of the tire, is the in ternal pressure outward which is just balanced by the outward pressure In caused by the weight of the car. Vaers would take the pains to as- i this ideal condition, which they do by actual trials, the life of all H tires would be prolonged by twice times the mileage now ob- Hic d. pneumatic tire has been devel- Hcd to such an extent that with pro- care the mileage obtained will be Sufficient to satisfactorily lower tire; expense." 72 Buyers From One State Drive Cars From Factory "I believe the record 'drive away' both for number of cars and distance i traveled was engineered by F. J. Sim mons, of the Simmons Motor Com-' pany, Chicago, last week," says George j S. Waite, of the Grant Motor Car Cor-1 poration. "Simmons kept the wires, both tele- ! phone and telegraph, busy for several days endeavoring to get a train load of 1917 Grant. Sixes, but owing to the ! freight car shortage, we simply could j not take care of him. But Simmons was not to be daunted. He chartered two sleeping cars yesterday morning, appeared at the factory with seventy- j two Northern Illinois dealers prepared to drive away seventy-two model "K" 1917 touring cars. "The cars wore turned over to him of course and at one o'clock sharp the caravan headed from Findlay for Chi cago, arriving there the following af lernoon with every car showing a per fect score. A check-up showed that the mileage attained by the various drivers was 20.2 miles to the gallon of gasoline—some record when you con sider the condition of the roads." Packard Had Interesting Exhibit in Ad Parade The first Packard built seventeen years ago was a very interesting entry in the National Advertising Conven tion Pageant in Philadelphia last Monday night. This float was also ac companied by another float showing a Packard Twin-Six Landaulet as a type of the first 12 cylinder car man- j ufactured in America. The first Packard is a single cylinder ! and is still a usable machine. It has! also' been on exhibition at the sales j room of the Packard Philadelphia! branch where It has been attracting j considerable attention. > ▼ ▼ ▼ T T ▼ v T TT'VTTTVf , V¥VV , fTTTT' > < i : Automobiles For Sale ; > , < 1914—48 Packard Touring Cars $1350 i k 1913—Cadillac 5-passenger Car SOOO 4 - 4 t dition—for sale for owner's account. 4 J Packard Motor Car Co. of Phila. : ; 107 MARKET ST. ] ► HARRISBURG, PA. < ►. . 4 How Good Your Car Is Depends on What Care You Give It We are fully equipped to take care of your motor troubles. i! Light and heavy repairs on all makes of cars. Specialists in mag- |! netos, carburetors, speedometers, horns and batteries. New Auto Repair Shop 66-08 SOUTH CAMERON ST. Cumberland 711 - W H. N. NELSON, Mgr. !' SATURDAY EVENING, *spoitnt)e*t)ew > WORK OF MAJORS SHOW BIG GAINS Chicago Nationals Drop in . Team Batting; Speaker Moves Up By Associated Press Chicago, 111., July I.—The Chicago Nationals lost first place In team hit ting this week, according to averages published here to-day, which include games of laat Wednesday. The Cubs dropped to fourth place and the Giants took the lead with .256. Jake Dau bert continues to set the pace for the individuals wit i .346. Carey, Pitts burgh, leads the base stealers with 24; Williams in home runs with 8 and in total bases with 114, and Burns, New York, in runs scored with 46. The National's .300 hitters are: Daubert, Brooklyn, .345; Hinchman, Pittsburgh, .385; Robertson, New York, .832; Zimmerman Chicago, .328; Wagner, Pittsburgh, .316; Schulte, Chicago, .313; Chase, Cincinnati, .308; Wheat. Brooklyn, .307: Williams, Chi cago .303; Groh, Cincinnati, .302; Hornsby, St. L.ouis, .300. Leading pitchers are: Earned Won. Lost, Runs. Hughes, Boston .... 9 2 1.45 Mamau, Pittsburgh . 11 3 1.69 Pfeffer, Brooklyn ... 11 3 1.94 Alexander, Pnila. ... 13 4 1,45 Rixey, Philadelphia . 6 3 2.22 Speaker Moves Up Speaker Increased his batting aver age In the American League, but Jackson kept pace with him. Baker, New York, though not in the .300 class, took the lead in his old specialty, home runs, with 6. Speaker leads in total bases with 127 and in runs scored with 512. Cobb is credited with 2 9 stolen bases, a gain of 11 in a week. The leading batters are: Speaker, Cleveland, .381; Jackson, Chicago, .373; Cobb, Detroit, .350; Heilman, Detroit,. 316- Slsler, St. Louis, .314; Smtih, Cleveland, .299. Detroit with .250 leads In club batting. Leading pitchers are: Earned Won. Lost. Runs. Cullop, New York 7 0 1.26 Morton. Cleveland . . 10 2 1.92 H. Coveleskie, Detroit 10 3 2.00 Faber, Chicago .... 7 3 2.18 Ruth, Eoston 11 5 2.25 Soldier Rides 306 Miles on Motorcycle to Respond Sergeant H. F. Drake, of the Na tional Guard of Massachusetts answer ed the call for troops in a unique man ner by a 306 mile motorcycle "ride in nine hours from a Summer camp to headquarters. He had just made camp at Fairhaven, N. Y., with several oth er young men and was preparing to enjoy his vacation when morning newspapers arrived with the call to mobilize in black headlines on the front pages. Soldier Drake lost no time in com municating with his captain at Spring field, Mass.. by wire. Anticipating the orders to report he broke camp, pack ed the tent and camp outfit in the side car of his Indian machine and when the Instructions arrived was ready to take the road. For hour after hour he kept unflinchingly in the saddle through a downpour of rain, listening to the steady beat of his motorcycle engine. He made good time, averag ing 34 miles an hour, and was in Springfield Tuesday morning, hours ahead of the time set by his comrades for his arrival. When his machine rolled up to the Howard street armory a bunch of them set up a joyful shout and gathered him in. Although he had no message to carry like Paul Re \ere his ride gave evidence of the splendid use to which the motorcycle could be put in time of actual war. Dodge Brothers Car in "Stationary Run" A Dodge Brothers' caV has just com pleted a "stationary run" of 8,000 miles at the show room of C. W. Mc- Cabe Company, dealers at San Diego, Cal., on which it averaged 35 miles per gallon of gasoline used. The car was set up in the show win dow and ran the 8,000 miles contin uously. The time required was 457 hours and 35 minutes and those who were in the show room during the day. and the watchman at night, say that the motor never missed once dur ing the long grind. The performance attracted a great deal of attention in San Diego and has helped to increase the popularity of Dodge Brothers' cars, already a strong bidder for complete leadership in Cali i fornia. ! Another story of Dodge Brothers' performance comes from Los Angeles, where the Dodge Club recently made a j run into the mountains for a picnic. ! There were 63 cars in line and they j carried 322 people. Not one of the j cars had a particle of trouble, al- I though part of the trip was over very I rough going. Baseball Summary; Where Teams Play Today WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY Xew York State League Scranton at Harrlsburg. Wilkes-Barre at Albany. Binghamton at Syracuse. Elmlra at Utica. American League New York at Philadelphia. St. Louis at Cleveland. Boston at Washington. Detroit at Chicago. Xotlonal League Philadelphia at New York. Pittsburgh at Cincinnati. Brooklyn at Boston (two games). Chicago at St. Louis. Blue Ridge League Hagerstown at Martinsburg. Frederick at Hanover. Chainbersburg at Gettysburg. Dnuplilu-Perry League Duncannon at Halifax. Newport at Dauphin. Marysville at Millersburg. Motive Power League New York at Harrlsburg. Meadows at Philadelphia. Wilmington at Camden. Trenton at Baltimore. Duuplilu-Schuylkill League Willlamstown at Lykens. Tremont at Tower City. WHERE THEY PI,AY TOMORROW Xew York State League Elmira at Utica. Binghamton at Syracuse. Wilkes-Barre at Albany. American League St. Louis at Cleveland. Detroit at Chicago. Xationnl League Pittsburgh at Cincinnati. Chicago at St. Louis. WHERE THEY PLAY" MONDAY Xew Y'ork State League Albany at Harrlsburg. Utica at Syracuse. Binghamton at Elmlra. Wilkes-Barre at Scranton. American League Boston at Philadelphia. New York at Washington. Detroit at Cleveland. St. Louis at Chicago. League Philadelphia at Boston. Brooklyn at New York. Cincinnati at St. Louis. Other teams not scheduled. RESULTS OK YESTERDAY' New lork State League Harrisburg, 4; Sei-anton, 0. Albany. 6; Wilkes-Bane, 3. Utlca, 9; Elmira, fi. Binghamton, 6; Syracuse, 2. American League New York, 7; Philadelphia, 0. Boston, 6; Washington, 1. Cleveland, 2; St. Louis, 1. Chicago, 5; Detroit. 2. National League New York. 4; Philadelphia, 3. Pittsburgh, 3; Cincinnati, 2. Boston, 6; Brooklyn, 2. St. Louis, 5; Chicago, 3. International League Newark, 2; Rochester, 0. Buffalo, 6; Providence, 4. Richmond, 22; Baltimore, 3. Other clubs not scheduled. Blue Itlflge League Hanover, 2; Frederick, 1. Hagerstown, 1; Martinsburg, 0. Gettysburg, 2; Chanibersburg. 2 (14 innings, darkness). Dauphin-Schuylkill League Lykens, 6; Tremont, 6 (10 innings, tie, darkness). Aliiston Hill League Rosewood, 3; Reading, 1. STANDING 01-' THE TEAMS New York State League W. L Pet. Binghamton „ 33 17 6tio Elmira 29 25 -537 Syracuse 29 25 .537 Scranton 24 22 .522 Utica 25 24 .510 Wilkes-Barre 24 24 .500 Albany 24 26 -4SO Harrisburg 10 36 217 American Lcbjkik* New York 37 26 .587 Cleveland 36 2 8 .563 Chicago 32 29 .532 Washington 34 30 531 Boston 34 30 581 Detroit 34 32 .515 bt - 29 36 .446 Philadelphia 17 43 283 National League W. L Pet. Brooklyn 36 2 3 .610 Philadelphia 33 2S 541 Boston 30 27 .526 York 30 ,9 .508 Pittsburgh 28 31 475 Chicago 60 34 469 Cincinnati 28 35 .444 St. Louis 29 37 .439 -Motive Power League „ , , W. L Pet. Harrisburg 6 1 857 Trenton 6 1 SS7 Philadelphia "5 3 ; 628 New York 3 2 -6 00 Baltimore 8 5 375 £, am^ en 1 2 .333 Meadows 2 5 286 Wilmington 2 5 28g Dauphin-Schuylkill League wi...— . W - L Pet. »»ill 18.1116 to wn •••••••••■« 7* I 8™ 5 Lyfcens ;;; 3 B ; 3 : 5 Tower City 3 5 375 Tremont 3 4 | 333 AIIIHOII Hill League D W. L. Pet. K°? e ™° od 7 3 .70U f. , 6 5 .500 £ ta " le >; 4 5 .414 -f. & li. . 4 7 363 Blur Kldge Lragnp \ /ir W. L. Pet. Hanover 22 14 .611 ; chambersburg 22 10 579 Hagerstown 20 19 .'513 vr re^f rl K k 17 20 •«# {Martlnsburg 17 <><> 43a ■ Gettysburg " 14 ,J ; 400 Duuphlu-Perry Lrague Maryavllle W g \ Newport 4 o Bg i^1 U .?' , ' n 3 2 .'6OO IDuncannon 1 c. "Mlllersburg x 5 Lykcua s. S. League Methodists 2 0 1 000 «, NLT I E< ! V RETHREN 2 0 LOOO i r.o#d°n n 8 1 0 1.000 Catholics j 0 x floo , Baptists 1 1 .500 ( Rcrcrmed 0 2 Episcopal 0 , 000 j Zion Lutheran 0 2 .000 Enola Shop League ' No. 1 Team i U No. 2 Team 4 1 -fSS No. 3 Team : 4 5 "J?? No. 4 Team j;;;; 2 6 !22b ROSEWOOD WINS AGAIN Rosewood A. C. secured a tighter hold on first place In the Allison Hill League yesterday, taking the gaino fom Philadelphia ana Reading Rail way; score, 5 to X. Both pitchers, Gardner and Johnson, were stingy with bingles. Rosewood's all-round good work brought tht victory. (Other Sports on Page 16). 1 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH The Greatest Value On the Face of the Earth Roadster $620 /. o. b. Toledo The new series Model 75 B has more power, more style, more room, more comfort and is more complete than any other car for the price in the world. Think of a car at this price having a motor that will develop fifty miles an hour! .Think of a car at this price that gets twenty to twenty-five miles on a gallon of gas! Can you beat it? There is not another car on the market under SBOO that can equal its performance. Order yours today. The Overland-Harrisburg Co. Open Evenings 212 NORTH SECOND ST. Both Phones i The Willys-Overland Company, Toledo, Ohio "Mad* in U. S. A-'! 4^* Time Payment Plan No need to wait any longer. Get your new car now. No need r.ow to dig deep into your savings or to scrimp for months in order to pay for your car in one lump sum. The "GUARANTY PLAN" makes that unnecessary. You can now get apy Overland or Willys-Knight Car for a small payment down. Then you can pay the balance monthly—a little at a time. That in a word is the "GUARANTY PLAN" a thoroughly organized, financially sound system of time payments to help people buy Overland or Willys-Knight Cars. The "GUARANTY PLAN" is one which we can heartily recommend to all. Come in right away, learn all about it and pick out your car. It's just the sort of plan everyone has been waiting for. And now it's here—an accomplished fact. Of course there'll be a rush to take advantage of it. So don't wait until we're slowed up on deliveries. Get your order in now—specify immediate or later delivery as you wish, but make sure of your car tp-day. Open Evenings The Overland-Harrisburg Co. 212 NORTH SECOND STREET « I .* A JULY 1, 1916.
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