AMERICAN LEAGUETEAMS SHOWBESTFORM IN EARLY GAMES--AMUSEMENT GOSSIP AMERICAN L SHOWS BEST IN EARLY CONTESTS New York, April 14.—American League baseball teams made a much bet ter showing in the recent ante-season, inter-league games against the National clubs than was the case a year ago. Out of the lift-odd contests scheduled "during the preliminary and training season just closed, thirty-eight were play ed, of which the National League teams won nineteen, the Americans eighteen and one ended in a tie. Last spring thirty-nine games were played, of which the senior league clubs captured twenty-four and the Ban Johnson clansmen fifteen. ♦ Americans Improve The improvement of the American League combinations in these early season contests is shown in other ways aside from the winning of games. A year ago the Nationals scored twenty-nine more runs than their rivals; this spring the margin was but three. In the batting the junior league players out hit their opponents by a total of fifteen hits while twelve months ago the Na tionals had piled up a lead of nineteen safeties at the end of the play. In the error column the final figures show that the Americans made seventy-seven to the Nationals seventy-five. In 1916 the total was Americans 58; Nationals 61. The results of all the games played this spring, together with hits, runs and errors per game with totals for the past two years, follow: Interleague Gaines Dale Nationals R. H. E. Americans R. H. E. Winner I March IS Brooklyn 7 12 2 Boston 2 5 2 National! March 22 Boston 911 1 Philadelphia .... 410 2 National I March 23 Boston ........ 2 5 0 Philadelphia .... 1 6 5 National March 24 Boston 5 9 5 Philadelnhia .... 8 9 3 American March 25 Cincinnati 1 3 5 Washington 5 7 2 American March 25 Brooklyn 11 14 0 Boston 2 8 1 National j March 28 Boston .3 4 0 New York 0 4 2 National March 28 Brooklyn 5 11 4 7 8 1 American March 29 Brooklyn 1 4 1 Boston 9 8 0 National March 29 Boston 5 6 3 New York 7 10 2 American March 29 Cincinnati 5 9 2 Washington 4 7 3 National March. 30 Cincinnati 5 8 3 Washington 4 9 4 National March 30 Boston 3 9 o New York 1 5 2 National March 30 New York 1 6 G Detroit 4 7 1 American March 30 Brooklyn 4 4 2 Boston 10 13 1 American " March 31 Cincinnati 4 5 2 Washington 5 10 2 Amferican March 31 Brooklyn 1 9 1 Boston 7 12 2 American March 3t Boston 0 4 2 New York 1 6 1 American Mirch 31 St. Louis 9 10 1 St. Louis 2 7 3 National March 31 New York ..... 5 8 0 Detroit 3 8 2 National April 1 St. Louis 0 4 0 St. Louis 0 2 1 (tie) April 1 Pittsburgh 1 7 1 Cleveland 4 4 3 American April 1 New York 8 12 1 Detroit 0 9 1 National April 2 Boston 4 9 1 New York 3 11 1 National April 2 Brooklyn 1 4 5 Boston 5 9 2 American April 2 New York 6 11 1 Detroit 8 12 0 American April 3 Brooklyn 13 20 2 Boston 5 10 3 National April 3 St. Louis 5 8 2 St. Louis 3 6 3 National April 3 Boston ........ C 8 2 New York 510 6 National April 4 Boston 3 5 6 New York 8 16 3 American Apirl 4 Brooklyn 5 9 2 Boston 8 9 2 American April 4 New York ...... 8 12 2 Detroit 4 11 V National April 5 New York 5 9 3 Detroit 6 8 2 American April C St. Louis 6 11 1 St. 1 4 3 National Aprit 6 New York ..,.. 3 6 2 Detroit 1 5 2 National April 7 Philadelphia ... 2 4 1 Washington 3 7 1 American April 7 Cincinnati 1 5 2 Cleveland 7 13 1 American April 8 New oYrk 1 5 1 Detroit 6 10 1 American 19IC. G.P. W. L. R. H. E. National League 39 24 15 154 309 61 American League 39 15 24 125 290 58 J917 G.P. W. L. R. H. E. National League 38 xlfl 18 163 300 75 American League 38 • xlB 19 160 315 77 x--One tie game. Two Years Total I G.P. W. L. R. H. E. National League 77 x 43 33 317 009 • 136 American League 77 x 33 43 285 605 136 x—One tie game. YESTERDAY'S BIG LEAGUE SCORES NATIONAL LEAGUE At Chicago— Pittsburgh . ... 1 II 0 0 0 0 0 0 o—-1- 6-2 Chicago 51000000 —6- 9-T) Batteries—Mamaux, Carlson, Schmidt; Reuther, Elliott. Umpires, Kline, Emslie. At Cincirinati--- St. Louis 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 o—3- 9-2 Cincinnati .... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2—2- 5-3 Batteries —Steele, Snyder; Mitchell, Huhn. Umpires, Rigler, Orth. At Boston- New York-Boston Game Postponed—Rain At Brooklyn- Philadelphia-Brooklyn Postponed—Wet Ground AMERICAN LEAGUE At St. Louis- Chicago 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1-3- 9-2 St. Louis 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 —4- 8-0 Batteries—Stanford, Schalk; Koob, Hale. Umpires, Hildebrand Mc- Laughlin. Game stopped in sixth on account of injury to player. .At Pliiladelphia--- Washington-Philadelphia Game Postponed—Rain At New York— Boston-New York Game Postponed—Wet Grounds At Detroit— Cleveland-Detroit Game Postponed—Cold Weather CASINO CLASSICS ~ TO START MONDAY Harrlsburg's first bowilng tourna ment known as the "Casino classics" start Monday night. These contests will bring to Harrisburg bowling stars lrom all over Pennsylvania. All con tests will be bowled on Casino alleys and will start Monday night, April 16. The schedules include almost si continuous run of games for the en tire week. Contests will be bowled every afternoon and evening, and matches will be with duckpins and tenpins, and sometimes both. The schedule for Monday follows: * Tenpins Singles—Black and Trace, 7 to 7.30 Coach Guyer Drills Squad For First Baseball Game; Picks Relay Team Men Annville, April 14. Coach Guyer took advantage of the first seasonable weather yesterday to give the baseball squad a long 'workout on the college nthletic field. Lebanon Valley opens their season to-day when they play Temple University In The faculty has decided not to sus pend athletics at the present unless a largo number of other colleges de cide to follow this plan. Up to the r r esent time Georgetown University SATURDAY -EVENING, p. m.; Wulttfc-s and Senior, 7.?0 to 8 p. m.; Buttorff and Morrison, 8 to 8.30 p. m. Double* —Walters and Glenn vs. Senior and Fletcher, 8.30 to 9.30; Black and Barnes vs. Buttorff and Morrison, 9.30 to 10.30. Duckpins . Singles—J. Smith and Ogelsby, 7.30 to 8 p. m.; G. Bamford adn Harry, 8 to 5.30 p. m. Doubles Warfel and Peters vs. Lehman and Shooter, 8.30 to 9.30 p. m. lias been the only one on Lebanon | Valley's schedule to cancel. Decisive steps arc being taken by | many of the students and a few of the faculty to inaugurate compulsory military drill. One of the students, "Cotton" DeHuff a member of the varsity football squad has gone to eamp to take examinations in order •to qualify for a lieutenant commis sion. The preliminary tryouts for the relay (earn were held and the follow ing men qualified for the finals: Mc- Glauehin, Fulford, Kennedy* Holden, Williams and Isaacs. The team that is to represent Lebanon Valley at the Penn relays will be selected from this list. jj AMUSEMENTS |j m H W- ' * mVry pickford At the Regent, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, in a former stage success, "A Poor Little Rich Girl." OnPHEUM To-night "Have a Heart." Monday, matinee and night, April 16 Coburn's Greater Minstrels. Wednesday night, April IS Sam Ad ler in "A Woman's Secrets." (Yid dish). Saturday, matinee and night, April 21— "Polly anna." COLONIAL.—"The Secret of Eve." RKUENT—"The Black Wolf." Henry W. Savage's newest and most successful musical comedy offering, after playing the most profit "Hnve it able run of the season at the Heart" Forrest Theater, Philadel phia, is to come to the Or pheum to-day, matinee and night. 'Have a Heart" lias been aptly described as being an up-to-the-minute musical com edy with a novel plot, pleasing situa tions, dramatic action and tuneful music that sets the feet a-tapping antf the heart a-thumping to the music that abounds in rich melody of a high order, yet always is tuneful and satisfying. It is the one modern musical play, it Is said, does not depend upon rag-time tempo or the "song feature of appeal, the music as well as the lyrics and humor all have a direct bearing upon the story and an intimate relation to the complicated, though perfectly logi cal and delightfully entertaining plot. Don't miss the Coburn Blues parade and band concert next Monday at noon and the J. A. Coburn's Coburn's Greater Minstrels at the Blues Orpheum, matinee and Cuming night. It's an all new pro duction and performance throughout with new scenery, cos tumes and musical numbers, opening with the beautiful ensemble in the pal ace of The Mahara