HARRISBURG BLANKS SCRANTON PLAYERS IN RIOT AT WASHINGTON Catcher Agnew Taken in Charge by Police; Mays Hit Captain Mcßride Special to the Telegraph Washington. D. C., July 1. A row between Captain Mcßride, of the Wash ington team, and Mays, the Boston pitcher, precipitated a clash in the third inning of yesterday's game here i that threatened for a time to develop 1 into a general light among the players of the two clubs. The police restored order, and after Agnew, a Boston catcher, had been ar rested, and Captain Mcßride and Man ager Griffith, of the Washingtons, put off the field, the game was resumed, and Boston won, 6 to 1. The trouble started when Mays hit Mcßride with a pitched ball. Mcßride responded by throwing his bat at the pitcher, who almost immediately was surrounded by a score of Washington and Boston players. Then the police got into action, but did not reach the angry knot in the center of the dia mond until Agnew had hit Griffith a blow In the face. Agnew was taken to police headquarters, where he put up SBO to guarantee his apearance to-day In court to answer a charge of assault. Mays alowed only two hits during the game. New York State League At Albany— R.H.E. Wilkes-Barre. . .. 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o—3 6 2 Albany ..; 00005001 x—6 8 3 Batteries Devinney and Soudberg; Bobbins and Wilder. At Utica— R.H.E. Elmira 10004001 o—6 i Utica 0032 0 400 x—9 13 2 Batteries Jordan and Fisher; Hall, King and Ritter. At Syracuse— R.H.E. Binghampton 00110400 0—« S 0 Syracuse 00100000 I—2 8 2 Batteries Rapp and Peterman; Roth and Hildebrand. HEADING AFTER ALBANY TEAM Special to the Telegraph Reading, Pa., July I.—Hank Ramsey, manager of the defunct Reading At lantic league baseball team, received a letter from President Farrell, of the New York State League, in which the latter asks the local promoter to try to raise money here for the purchase of the Albany franchise. Ramsey con sulted a number of businessmen in an effort to secure necessary financial sup port. in which event Farrell will trans fer the franchise. SIO~ will secure one of these handsome Bicycles, and you can pay the bal ance as you ride, J1 per week. Black Beauty Bicycles are the talk of Young America. Manufactured by us of the very best materials, and guaranteed for five years. Give the boy a chance to get out In the open these sunny summer days—get him a good, de pendable Bicycle one he'll be proud to own. See them to-mor row. Catalog on request. Excelsior Cycle Co. 10 S. Market Square I To those interested in getting Motorcycles, we "beg to announce that we are making im mediate 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 Go. 10 South Market Square Open Every Evening nr " i*«">ne ««»-w Harrlsburg Pa. V-V—>v'-T7- -jr-sr-V" v S r-^--^ > T v■»V ▼V > VfVVTVTT T▼▼▼'*>V▼ TTTy TT ▼ TT ▼' TT T ▼"▼ TTTTTT TT T ▼ NOTHING IN THE WORLD EQUALS ; :\..jl || . « GOODYEAR TIRES GABRIEL SNUBBERS " BOSCH MAGNETOS DANN INSERTS VACUUM MOBILOILS HESS-BRIGHT BALL BEARINGS CARTER CARBURETORS RAYBESTOS BRAKE LINING LEAK-PROOF RINGS RED SEAL BATTERIES AT WATER-KENT IGNITION extra HARTFORD SHOCK ABSORBERS a £ JOHNSOII'S CLEANER AND WAX FRONT=MARKET MOTOR SUPPLY CO. Market Street Near Front 1 * A- A AA A AA A A AA->.A. A,A " A A~A I*l V ■*■ A A. A A. A A. 'A. "A.— A A~A~A A A A A A A A A.-A -A-A~A~A " A A A.—A~ A" A- A A A A A A—A AAAA. .......... » . . ... SATURDAY EVENING, WELLY'S |[ CORNER Every fan who witnessed yester day's bnttle between Harrlsburg and Scranton is a booster for the local aggregation. No more interesting frame was played last season than that of yesterday, according to the general belief. There is no excuse for not patronizing games at Island Park. Manager Cocklll Is rounding up play ers to strengthen the weak spots and another week will find the local team on the move. Blnghamton routed Syracuse yester day in all even-steven batting argu ment. The Bingoes made their hits count for runs. Kapp pitched a good game and received phenomenal sup port. Elmira droped another, Utica trimming the pennant contenders In a hard battle. Albany who comes to Harrisburg on Monday handed the Barons a defeat by a decisive score. Another ideal baseball day for amateurs was anticipated to-day. The schedule includes a number of local games hut many of the teams will lie out of the city. New Cumberland will entertain the Hick-A-Thrifts. "Shorty" Miller is developing a strong team at New Cumberland and when the series starts with Highspire and other for- NEW FACES FOR LOCAL BALL TEAM Local Players Go and Come; Bargain Days; Locals Shut out Scran ton Baseball fans had a bargain day to day. The Motive Power team of Har risburg met the New York representa tives of the Pennsylvania Railroad league, starting the contest at 'i o'clock. Then came the regular game with Scranton. Monday and Tuesday will be other big days, for local pa trons. New faces will be in Harris burg's line-up on Monday. Manager George Coekill and Walter Blair are making every effort to put the team on a winning basis. Captain Blair yesterday released Pitcher Kearns, who returned to his home in Chicago. The plans for strengthening the club have resulted in the announcement that Tom Downey, the former Buffalo Federal infielder, would join the club next week. Al. Charles, the former St. Louis National player, and last season in the American Association, will also join the club next week and be placed at first base. 'Holiday Attraction For the holiday attraction the Al bany club will be here and it win be a meeting of the rival Senators of New York State and Pennsylvania. The Albany club plays on the Island grounds on Monday and both morning and afternoon Ktjnies on Tuesday, the Fourth of Jul>. The Albany club is led by W'iltse, the former star southpaw of the New York Giants, who will be remembered for his sensational playing of first base in the world's Eeries gi'mes against the Athletics some year.-, ago. Wiltse is now playing first basu for the Albany club and his team is composed of players turned over by Muggsy McGraw, the manager of the Giants. Some are former Glanla and others are future Giants, The outfield is composed of Falsey, of the Giants; Breckenridge, of the Toronto Internationals, and Oakes, of the Western League. The infield con sists of Wlltsa, at first; Meyer, at sec ond base; Schepner, of the Giants, at third base, and BabbingU)n, of the Giants, at shortstop. Babbington is looked upon as a coining star for the Now York club and is farmed to Al bany for experience. The catchers are Wanainaker, who was with the Rochester club last sea son, and Sandberg, of the Giants. The pitchers Include Walker, of the New - n er Central League teams, old-time I battles will be looked for. r In the Enola Shop League game yesterday No. 3 seani defeated No. 4 I | team, score 20 t6 3. It was some I battle. Putt was hit for 16 safeties. . II c was given poor support, eight cost ■ ly errors being chalked up against No. I 4 team. The next game will be piay i ed Monday between No. 1 and No. 2 teams. The Globe Right Posture League - games are attracting much attention. < The Blues won yesterday's game over I the Reds, score 5 to 4; and the Grays ■ timimed the Cardinals, score 6 to 6. i Both victors won on time hits and i last fielding. Zimmerman was a big > fielding star for the Grays. s The Dauphin-Schuylkill League had a great game yesterday. LyKens and Tremont went 10 innings to a score of • fi to 6, and darkness prevented a ; finish. Lykens hit the ball but were I unable to make their bingles count. s The two games at Island Park to l day promise to be a record attraction. The railroad shops shut down at noon and many rooters for the Motive i Power team promised to line up for • Harrlsburg. ark Feds; Gcrner, tried by the Phil lies; Devinney, of the Baltimore In ternationals, and Brown, of the Buf falo Internationals. The games on the Fourth of July [ will be played at 10.30 o'clock in the morning and 3 o'clock in the after noon. Locals Full of "Pep" Harrlsburg played a peppery game ' yesterday, winning from Bill Coughlln's Miners; score, 4 to 0. Helfrick was in full control at evory stage. With the exception of the third and fourth inings, when bingles came in succession, Scranton was retired In one, two. three order. His support was brilliant. He was hit in four of th« nine inning.v Diichesnil was wild, walking four ; 1 men in succession in the third. A 1 , double, singl,» »n4 sacrifice brought ; three rims. WM forced home. ] Two sWig'r« and a sacrifice brought the other run. The scr.rt: ! SCRANTON j AR. R. EJ. O. A. E. CsllaJhan. r.f., c.f 4 0 10 0 0 Part>ll. 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 i Almoda, c.f., 2b., .... 4 0 2 1 1. 0 1 w*l«h, lb 4 0 1 IS 1 0 ' i Ptra (t. l.f 3 0 0 1 0 0 ' Ootr'ngev. g s 3 0 1 2 4 0 i I T»<-"\lte, 2b 2 0 0 1 1 0 Miliar, c; 3 0 0 K 2 1 i , r>uchensel, p 1 0 0 0 1 0 Buckles. P S 0 1 0 3 0 I Deckernlt, r.f 0 0 0 1 0' 0 Totals 30 0 7 24 13 1 HARRISBURG AB. R. H. O. A. E r.earden, c.f 4 1 1 1 0 rt I Conk. 2h 3 0 3 4 4 0 Hough, r.f 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 j Brown, lb 2 1 014 0 0 ! Harrison, l.f 3 1 1 2 0 0 i Reed. 3b 3 0 1 0 5 0 Elliott, s.s 3 0 1 3 5 0 I Wheat, c 4 0 1 2 0 0 Helfrick, p 4 0 0 0 3 0 I Totals 20 4 8?7 18 0 | Scranton .... ... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o — o lllnrrlsburg 00301000 x—4 I Two-base hits. Wheat, Leyden; sacri fice hits. Cook, Reed: double plays, ( Cook to Elliott to Brown: struck out, [ flelfrlck, 1: Buckles, 4. Base on balls, j Duchensel, 3. Left on base, Scranton, 4: Harrlsburg, 9. Hit by pitcher, Elli- I ott. Stolen bases, Cook. Innings pitch ed, Duchensel. 2 1-3; Buckles, 5 2-3; | Helfrick, 9. Hit off Durchensel, 4; | Buckles, 3; Helfrick, 8. Time, 1.20. | Umpires, Pferman and Lewis. Baseball Games at Hershey Will Be Special Feature Special to the Telegraph Hershey, Pa., July 1. The Fourth of July will be a great baseball day for Hershey. The park diamond will , be in use morning and afternoon. The I forenoon contest will be between the I Men's Club and (he Victor A. C., of I Elizabethtown. In the afternoon the i locals will play the same team In i EMzubethtown, while the big feature j ir. Hershey will be the Palm.vra-Hum n.elstown game. At their first meet ! ing in Hershey Park on Memorial Day ] these nines drew a crow of 7,000, the i record for the park. J The Hershey Men's Club nine has been going at a last clip recently, ! having been nosed out by the Rose- I wood A. C.. and overwhelmed the | Stanley A. C„ both of the Allison Hill j League, in its last two games. To- I morrow the Florin A. C. will be played ! here. The locals will line up as fol | lows: Brinser If., Zimmerman lb., I Htigy 3b., Ericson 2b., Swartz ss., I Henry c., Clark. W. Dressier, cf., Sto\er rf., H. Dressier, Schaeffer, p. Jack Dillon Enroute West; Fights Jim Flynn Tuesday Special to the Telegraph Eartlesvllle, Okla.. July i.—Oklahoma is fight crazy on the eve of the com jing fifteen-round battle between Jim Flynn (the Pueblo fireman) and Jack Dillon, the "giant killer," who meet at Dewey, Okla., nex't Tuesday morning. ] Enthusiasm is running high since Dillon's defeat of Frank Moran in Brooklyn last night. This battle Is being staged by Joe A. Battles, a Chero kee Indian millionaire oil man and farmer, in connection with the annual round-up, in which the best ropers of the world will contest. The fight Is to be staged at 11 o'clock on the morning of the Fourth. Flynn lls training here and Dillon is on his way from New York. An arena has been built to accommo date a crowd of 10,000. Half the tick ets have already been sold. This will be the biggest ring battle ever staged in this section. [Other Sports oil Page 14] HARRISBUHG TELEGRAPH Chick Evans Wins Title in Western Golf Contest Special to the Telegraph Minneapolis, Minn., July 1. An amateur, Charles (Chick) Evans, Jr., of the Edgewater Club, Chicago, four times Western amateur golf champion and once winner of the Western open title, added the capsheaf to his laurels yesterday by winning the national open i KOlf championship over the Minikahda liakpi. with a total score of 286 for the 72 holes. Thus, for the third timo ;in four >ears, premier honors in he open classic have been captured by an amateur, and this time by the lowost^ score since the inception of the cham pionship in 189 4. The best previous score was 290, made by George Sargent at Engie wood, N. J., in i 909, and by Walter Hasan at the Midlothian Club, Chi cago, in 1914, when Evans was run ner-up with 291. Evans won the title by a margin of two strokes, for Jack Hutchinson, a Pittsburgh professional, by clipping one- stroke from the course record of K9. set by Evans yesterday, turned in a card of fiß for tlie afternoon round to-day, which gave him a total of 288. J. M. Barnes, the Philadelphia pro fessional, was third with 290. Par for the course Is 72, and the course record was 70 until lowered a stroke yesterday by Evans. The distance of the course is 6150 yards. JULY 1,1916. FIGHT RECEIPTS FKLL DOWN The gross receipts of the Jack Dillon- Frank Moran bout at Washington Park, Brooklyn, Thursday night were much less than the promoters expected, there being only $28,521 taken in. The tickets were sold for the battle as fol lows: 496 at $15.00 $7440.00 178 at 10.00 1780.00 356 at 7.50 2670.00 189 at 6.00 1131.00 1539 at 5.00 7695.00 192 at 3.00 1476.00 3145 at 2.00 6292.00 Exchanges 34.00 Total $28,521.00 State received per cent, of gross receipts) $2,139.07 WARNING TO GOLF CLUBS New York, July 1. —Howard F. Whit ney, secretary of the United States Oolf Association, made public yester duy a statement by the executive com mittee of the association declaring that all players whose amateur status has been forfeited under the rules are in eligible to compete In amateur golf tournaments. "Should any such player he permitted to entor an amateur tournament, a pro test filed with the executive commit tee on this ground would naturally be sustained; therefore, no such play er could rightfully be awarded any prize In such a tournament," the state ment reads. Officials of golf clubs were advised to bo careful to reject the entry of any player -whose amateur status is questioned. 15
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