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HARRISBURG LEAGUERS WILL BE READY WHEN THE BELL RINGS MAY 2 AT ELMIRA, N. Y.
TENNIS COURTS
READY FOR USE
Phe of Seven at Reservoir
Park \Vere Opened Yes
terday
•The Harrisburg Parle Commission
4, cradually putUM? th® tennis courts
" ZZ yjnious seotions of the city in
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pected that even- court In the city,
twenty in cumber, will be open for
use Five of tho seven public courts
southern section of Reservoir
park were opened for the summer
Months yesterday and the other two
.*•111 ta opened before the end of the
The three courts on the Island are
fceing ehajed up and with good
weather conditions are expected to be
ready for use on Friday. The courts
,t Emerald. Twelfth and Sycamore
etrects should be in condition by Sat
urday.
Work Start" Soon
• Work will be ftarie'd soon In chang
... v, O one-sixth of a mile track, on
inland to a quarter-mile track,
wnrk Ms also been started on the
two b-wVball diamonds on the Island
nd thse will be re*dy for use wlth-
days. Golfers are still using
the winter swens at Reservoir Park
Yiit 1t is expected; that the summer
course will be in shape by May 1. The
Golf Club is placing the
grounds in Condition.
C.01.F TOVIIX UIEST CANCELED
Boston, April 24.— Announcement
that the National Open Golf cham
pionship tournament, which was to
have been held at the Braeburn Coun
trv Club in Newton, on June .1, had
Wen canceled because of the war.
va" received last night by Harry L
Aver chairman of the Braeburn uolf
rnmmSttee. Howard F. Whitney, of
New York. secretary of the Vnited
States Golf Association, sent the' no
tice.
CLTNE-M'GOVERX FIC.IIT OR AW
- April 5* a * s^i
nine t'-.e New York lighfwelgltt. and
' rrv l McGovern, of Philadelphia,
fought'six rounds here last night to
I draw The bout was fast through
out Both men fought furiously but
neither s'ored a knockdown. Cline
\voi?hed 13- pounds and McGovern
133. . '
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TUESDAY EVENING,
NATIONAL LEAGUE
At New York—
Game Postponed—Rain
At Philadelphia---
Brooklyn .... 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 3- 4-3
Philadelphia. . 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1- 6-1
Batteries—Cadore. Mayer, Myers and Adams; Oeschger and Kil
lifer. Umpires—Quigtey and Harrison.
At Cincinnati--- .
Chicago ....020100 1 00 -10-13-1
Cincinnati ...00004 3 0 3 x - 4-11-1
Batteries —Prendergast and Wilson; I.ovey and Wingo. Umpires—
Klemrn and Emslie.
At St. Lou is---
Pittsburgh... 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 -7-0
St. Louis .... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 -3-2
Batteries —Cooper and Fischer; Watson and Sounders. Umpires—•
Orth and Kigler.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
At Boston---
Nov York ...0002 00223- 9- 0-3
Boston 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 - 0-13-4
Batteries—Cullop and Alexander: Shore and Cady. Umpires— Mc-
Oormick and Connolly.
At Washington---
Philadelphia. . 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 - 4- 9-3
Washington .. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 3- 3-2
Batteries —Bush and Meyers; Dumont and Henry. Umpires—Owens
Dincen.
FLETCHER
SHORTSTOP
ANOTHER
| New York, April 24.—Arthur Fletch- J
qr for Hans Wagner's throne as the <
greatest shortstop In the National!
fjeague. That's the boom which New ;
Taork critics and tans have started in j
Behalf of the clever shortfielder of
the Giants. Now that Wagner has '
retired, they believe Fletcher is enti
tled to recognition as the best short- J
stop in the National League.
It Is claimed that in his present
form the Giant shortstop looms up as
the most efficient shortfielder in the |
Tener circuit.
Fletcher has never played as good i
ball since he has been with the Giants. I
and as his term of service dates back j
to 1909, -as he is Hashing this spring, j
Whether It is the stimulating influ- j
ence of the great Zim one one side
of him and Charley Herzog on the j
other, or merely that of being on a j
prospective pennant • winner that is j
speeding: up Fletcher, the fans here j
do not know. Anyway he is playing
the best ball of any shortstop they
have seen since Wagner was at his
best.
Playn Without Error
Unless memory fails, Fletcher did '
not make an error in the spring series
with Detroit. He has commttteed
only one misplay since the National
League series began. That was on
the opening day in Boston, when it
was so cold in the Hub that Heinie
Zim's remarks to the umpire froze
before they reached the knight of the
indicator.
In seven games the Giant shortstop
has had 39 chances. Nearly all of
them have been difficult. He has gone
back of Zimmerman and in front of
Herzog and come up with hard-hit
balls that looked like hits.
The average man does not fully ap
preciate the worth of Fletcher. Tou
hear wild discussions daily as to
whether Maranville, of Boston, or
Bancroft, of the Phillies, Is the best
short fielder in the National League.
John Joseph McGraw wouldn't trade
Artie Fletcher for both of them, and
that goes!
Fletcher Good Hitter
Maranville had a higher fielding
average than Fletcher did last year.
The Braves' midget led the National
League with Fletcher second. (This i
is figuring men who played short in
100 games or more.) Bancroft was
third.
In point of hitting strength Fletch
er outclasses both Maranville and "
Bancroft so "far that there is no com
parison. He is a consistent .2SO man
with the stick, while neither of his
rivals will average over .240. Last
season' Fletcher hit .286, Maranville
.235 and Bancroft .212.
Fletcher is as greatety underrated
in the National League as Peckin
paugh is in the American. Giant
rooters insist that he is Wagner's
successor as the daddy of the older
league's shortfielders. The way he
is going now the great Hans in his
prime could hardly surpass him.
"KID" WILLIAMS WINS
York, April 24.—1n a six-round bout
last night in a local theater "Kid"
Williams, former bantamweight title
holder, outfought Jimmy Taylor, of
New York. In the fourth and fifth
rounds Williams floored his opponent
and the little New Yorker was grog
gy when the bell ended tHe fight.
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Cheer-Up Stuff
"In these dark days and times of trouble," writes a bystander, "why don't
you give us some cheer-up stuff? That's what we need now." Cheer-up
stuff? Certainly; why not?
Is your head about to sprit? Laugh it off.
Has your daughter thrown a fit? Laugh it off;
Are you broke, without a penny, j
While your bills are more than, many?
Don't you fret or worry any—laugh it off.
if your tooth begins to ache—laugh it off;
If an arm or leg you break—laugh it off;
If you tind that you are dying,
What's the use, pray tell me, of sighing?
.Don't waste any time in crying—laugh it off.
If you lose a thousand dollars—laugh it off.
If the laundry ruins your collars—laugh it off;
If the cook decides to leave you
Don't you ever let it grieve you—
But I won't try to deceive you: if you laugh it off. don't let your wife,
who has to do tho cookirtg, hear atvv of your merry guffaws.
If the Giants can overcome one deadly handicap they ha\e the National
League race sewed up. This handicap is the fact that the Grandoldope,
backed up by popular acclamation, picks them to win.
The Army Game
It is easily conceivable that war conditions might arise which would
practically wipe out golf and tennis, football and track.
it is easily conceivable that such conditions might end professional base
ball.
But it is not conceivable that any conditions would end baseball playing,
even for an interim.
For baseball is the army game. It is the one game which appeals more
to the soldier than all others combined.
Being an American, he takes it to the Philippines or to Mexico, where
during the late scramble a six-clu6 leaguo was formed and a full schedule
was played.
Suppose he isn't an American? Well, over $150,000 worth of baseball
supplies have been sent to the European front for use back of the lines.
Mr. Lane, editor of "The Baseball Magazine." tells us that the proportion
of his subscribers among army people is far beyond that of any other class.
The army takes to baseball as its game. So does the navy. In the first
place, it requires no such stretch of territory as golf does, nor any such
smooth surface as tennis.
Given an open field of average dimensions, that isn't too hilly and too
rough, and a ball, a bat and four rocks for bases can complete the equip
ment for play. The Held may not be as smooth as the diamond at, the
Polo Grounds, but this part of it is soon forgotten if the field is only fairly
level. * %
Baseball is encouraged by army authorities, because it is not only tine
training, but is also a recreation and a diversion from the routine of camp
life.
War may reach a degree where it will stop professional baseball. But
it would have to be almost totally annihilating to check the game itself.
After 11. li. S.
The little putt, that glides down hill,
1 hate with all my heart; f .
And when I miss, the words I spill,
Might give you quite a start.
Sometimes it's but a foot or two,
Sometimes it's but a yard;
But when, the line I pick ain't true
1 take it awful hard.
International Sport
When this war is over sport will come upon the greatest international
program it has ever known.
Germany has never any part worth speaking of in sport, but the alliance
existing among America, England and France will be closer than ever.
There is still another reason. Those in the war who have become ac
customed to the outdoor life will naturally turn to sport when they get
back home again. Those who followed sport in the old days will return
to it with renewed devotion. Those who paid little attention to sport will
become converts.
There will also be a general craving for excitement, which, with peace
declared, only sport can yield.
It will be no easy job to go back from the thrills of the firing line to life
back of the counter—to an indoor existence. The existence can then only
be buoyed up by some form of sport, and as the international brand de
velops the greatest interest and the greatest excitement, it will be even
more popular than it was before August, 1914.
Who says the Force of Habit is not a controlling factor? Jack Coombs
was a member of the Mackmen when they could beat the Giants without
batting an eyelash. Since reverting to the National League Jack has main
tained the old order. By tossing his glove into the ball yard victory is as
sured. So far he has only beaten them nine straight times while wearing
Brooklyn harness, but tho Colby Carbine is still far from being out of am
munition.
Revised Again
It is easy enough to be pleasant
When life moves on in the rut;
But the bloke worth while
Is the one who can smiie
After blowing a 12-inch putt.
There are occasions when three years might easily be a lifetime. Some
one recently spoke to an English golfer in the trenches about a certain
tournament held back in "peace times." "Peace time"? he queried with
a puzzled look. "When was that" ?
"All the Detroit Tigers need," announces an exchange, "is pitchers."
And all Germany needed was a bigger and better navy than England's.
BLUE RIDGE IS
PATRIOTIC LEAGUE
Hagerstown, Md., April 24. The I
six clubs making up the Blue Ridge
League will not stand in the way of
players who would enlist in the Unit
ed States Army or Navy in order
that they might "do their bit" for
the country. President J. V. Jami
son, Jr., has sent out a letter to the
officials of the six clubs advising
them to co-operate.with those play
ers who would enlist. And the word
has gone down the line that players
so inclined on consulting the officers
of their respective clubs will find no
opposition to their enlistment.
With training season starting
next week, the prospects are very
bright for a prosperous season in the
SEASON TICKET
FOR GOOD GUESSES
Zib! Bang! Boom! is the way the
New York State League will open
on May 2. Baseball fans in Harrls
burg will all want to see the games
in this city and the HARRISBURG
TELEGRAPH, working in conjunc
tion with Manager George Cockill,
will give them all a chance to win
a season ticket free.
Here is the plan. A season ticket
LEBANON VALLEY RELAY TEAM
Annville, April 24. Coach Guyer |
picked the five men this afternoon j
who will compose the relay team I
Lebanon College will send tp the j
Penn relay races on Saturday. The
fastest man is Harry Holden, a
Philadelphia lad who entered college
last fall. MacLaughlin and Wil
liams, of last year's team, also show
ed good form and are expected to j
give some accounts of themselves
on Saturday. Isaacs, whose run
ning was of a mediocre caliber pre
vious to this season, sprung a sur
prise and will be the fourth mem
ber. Kennedy, a junior, qualified
for first substitute.
LEBANON PLAYERS SIGN
Lebanon, April 24. William B.
Maurer, manager of the Bethlehem
Steel Company's team, an
nounced having signed the follow
ing players for the league season of
ten games, which will open on June
.9. Catchers, liart and Beainesder
circuit. The war will not kill base
ball. With the country keyed to a
"fighting pitch" "by the declaration
of war with Germany, baseball will
be a courted recreation for the en
listed man as well as the profession
al and business man.
Players will begin arriving in the
Blue Ridge towns to-morrow and on
Wednesday morning spring training
will be under way. The rivalry will
be keener than ever this season and
all of the clubs will use all efforts to
put strong aggregations in the field
for the tighi for the penant. A num
ber of exhibition games will be play
ed prior to the opening of the season
on May 10.
will be given to the fan who guesses
tile total number of runs scored by
the Harrisburg team during the.first
two weeks of play. Should the exact
number not be guessed the fan guess
ing the closest to that number will
be given the ticket. Every fan in the
city Is invited to compete. All an
swers will be numbered as received,
and precedence given first correct
answer.
fer; pitchers, White and E. Ziegler;
first base, Jones and Zerbe; second
base, Anderson; third base, Speraw;
shortstop, Caluser; outfielders, Light,
J. Ziegler, Zinn and Yelser. The
club will begin playing exhibition
games here on Saturday, April 28.
COLLECT BASEBALL SUPPLIES
Johnstown, April 24. lts nation
wide campaign for the collection of
baseball supplies for the sailors in
the active service of the United
States will be inaugurated by the
National Baseball Federation imme
diately upon the receipt of the word
from the heads of the army and
navy departments. The federation,
with affiliations in nearly all the
principal amateur and semi-profes
sional baseball centers of the coun
try, in which there are over 100,000
players of all ages and classes, has
| proposed to President Wilson that it
establish collection centers in dlffer
l ent.parts of the United States, '
MURRAY READY
FOR HARD FIGHT
Opening Program For Na
tional A. G. Includes Ten-
Round Bout
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JIMMY MURRAY
Fighting Jimmy Murray will meet
Harry Smith, of Philadelphia, to
morrow night in a ten round bout
at the Family Theater, Third and
Harris streets. It promises to be
one of the best contests local fans
have seen. There will be other
bouts.
Dick Gotwalt, York's best bantam,
will oppose Ted Lewis, of Baltimore,
a youngster who has been bowling
them over in the Monumental city
all through the season. Young (Bull
dog) Siler, another Yorker, will have
it out with Allen Putt, of Lltltz,
these two boys put up the best fight
of the evening when Johnny Kilbane
boxed in York several .weeks ago,
and is sure to furnish si thriller
again, as they are both of the slug
ging type, the other Barrett protege,
is a left hander of the George
Chaney style, named Brownie Hall,
who will meet Young Dalton, of
Steelton, and Dalton must be a good
one to stand the pace, as Hall stop
ped Kid Bretz, Daltons townsman in
less than 20 seconds, -with his terri
ble left hand, several weeks ago.
PENX-STATE ENTRUES .
State College, April 24. Ponn
State's entries for tho University of
Pennsylvania's relay carnival, to be
held this week at Franklin Field,
were announced to-day by Coach
Martin. Tho following will wear the
blue and white: 100-yard dash,
Ganzemuller and Marlln; 120-yard
hurdles, Barron and Whiting; 4 40-
yard low hurdles, Barron and Whit
ing; sprint medley. Pond, Ganze
miller, Krall, Shields, Shae (cap
tain); distance medley. Shields,
Foster, Whiting, Krail, Shae; two
mile relay championship, Shae,
Shields, Foster and Whiting: four
mile championship, Shae, Shields,
Foster. Hunter; freshman one-mile
relay. Marling, Thomas, Ullery, Mer
rill and Holland; shotput, Krushank
and Beck; hammer throw, Cubbage;
discus, Cubbage, Beck, Dambly and
Jones; javelin, Jones and Dambly;
broaa jump—Enoch; pole vault,
Runyon; high jump, Runyon.
INJURY TO BALL PLAYERS
Cincinnati, April 24. lt develop
ed yesterday that Wortman, short
stop of the Chicago National League
club, and Roush, center fielder of
the Cincinnati team, who were in
jured in Sunday's game, were seri
ously hurt and will be out of the
game for some time.
Physicians say that Wort man's
ankle is broken and that he will not
Ibe able to play for at least six
j weeks. Roush will be laid up two
or three weeks with a sprained ankle.
Arel&iirWhfiels inline?
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j W angle you throw your out of
3T>—alignment Driving over rough roads
over stones, through deep holes and sand
\ ruts — a^ter a time, do the same thing;
There is nothing that will wear out tires
'/ faster than improper alignment; the
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I Come in and have your wheel tested. Then
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Get the habit of using this remarkable service
regularly. Let us keep your air pressure uni
form—change your tires —mount your spares
and change tubes.
You don't need to use Fisk Tires—come w
anyway—the service is FREE to ALL and
you are under no obligations at any time.
Fisk is Real Tire Service and you are
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WELLY'S 'CORNER
George Cockiil is not getting all
the necessary sleep these days. Ho
wants to have a team ready by Muy 2
that will show a pace. Getting a
good start means much for a ball
team. The Harrisburg crew will
have to go some against Jimmy
Jackson's Philadelphia farm prod
ucts.
One thing is certain, the tennis
courts nt Reservoir Park will be
looked after this season. Arrange
ments will also bo made to prevent
local players from being obliged to
wait from one to three hours to get
a chance to play.
Tennis tournaments will again be
a popular summer sport this year In
and about Harrisburg. The local
high schools each have good teams
and will play matches in various
parts of the State. Prominent teams
will come to this city.
Connio Mack's boys came back
yesterday nt Washington and won
out by a nose. Bush was the big hoy
who pulled the trick, allowing but
three scattered hits. Errors figured
" TWO MORK BIG SHOOTS
Pittsburgh, April 24.—Two addi
tional meets ill the national trap
shooting schedule were announced
by K. Reed Shaner, secretary of llie
Interstate Association for the En
couragement of Trapshootlng, as
follows: Kansas State tournament,
at Lamed, Kan., May 8 anil 9. and
Tennessee State tournament, at
Jackson. Tenn.. June 20 and 21. It
was also announced that the date of
the South Dakota State tournament,
scheduled for Alexandria, S. D., had
been changed from June 20 and 21
to May 10 and 11.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
At Newark —
R.lt.E.
Rochester 6 8 1
Baltimore, 2 4 3
R.H.E.
Buffalo 5 7 2
Providence It 11 6
At Richmond— R.H.E.
Toronto Blt 1
Richmond 9 16 5
HUCK-A-TimiFT PRACTICE
All applicants for positions on the
Hick-a-Thrift nine this season are
requested to meet for practice at 5
o'clock Thursday afternoon on the
island. Additional practice will be
held Saturday at 2 o'clock.
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In Washington's runs in the eighth.
The Macks' had a great ninth inning
rally.
That Jlarrisburg Ims some promis
ing youngsters working at Lewlsburic
is shown in the many requests for
players for International LeagiJe
managers. The local leader will
not make any trades unless he can
get the men he needs. He can spar*
some of the youngsters after the sea
son is on.
At Elmira all records have been
broken for the sale of baseball book*.
Men and women were active In a
campaign which closed recently and
put some money into the treasury
for the Colonels.
Amateurs are having soma diffi
culty In getting started this year.
Rain interfered with some of the
earlier games and last Saturday the
big parade prevented games. This
week starts off with postponements
of practice because of rain and wet
grounds. Two weeks of continuous
sunshine is needed to show the old
time pep with local teams.
SELECTING RELAY TEAM
Coach Earl Kunkel Is selecting thd
five men which will represent Cen
tral high in the University of Penn
sylvania relays Saturday. A definite
decision had not been made at the
time of going to press, but a fast
squad is certain. Five runners will
make the trip and are expected to
bring home honors, as the Forster
street candidates are stronger than
ever this season. Other men will
take part in the various meets on
high school's schedule, in the events
which they are trying for.
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