18 NEAR TIME FOR FIRST GAME IN NEW YORK STATE LEAGUE-BOOSTING FOR HOLIDAY RACE TIGHTENS IN D-C TOURNEY But Five Games Separate the Leaders and Tailenders; Mclvors in Lead The race in the Dauphin-Cumber land county duckpln tournament as a result of the excellent matches last night has tightened until but Ave games separate the leaders and the tailenders. The Mclvor team is still in the lead, but only by the margin of one game. The Flekes team has been showing the most marked form lately, winning seven out of nine games played and advancing from the cellar to a tie with three other teams for fifth place. A ttto-ffrtuie victory over the Ow ens team last night Helped the Banks combination to pull up within one game of the leading Mclvor team, while the latter dropped two out of three games to the Palmer team. The O'Leary t. am went down with an awful crash last night, losing three games and the match to the Bentz team. The summary: n \MiS-OWEXS (Academy Alleys) Rank? 1603 | Owens 1551 , Banks, . 562 Owen (Owens> 142 Owen (Oiviiii) 3JS ; IIE \ T/.-IVI.EA R Y (Taylor Alleys) Bentz 156" j | O'Leary 14561 J Bentz SIS 1 Burger (Uentx> 146; I Burger (Bent;' 352 I Kit IvKS.HYKRS (Lemoyne Alleys) i Fickes 1554 i 1 Myers 1462 I J Fickes 540 j Fickes tKlekes> 145 1 Fickes (l'ickes 1 350 i I'tIMEU-U'IVOR (Parthemore Alleys) Mclvor 151$ ! Palmer 1507 | Mclvor 553 i ' Bhlplev (Palmer) 157 * Fe:il (Mclvor" 352 1 ft the TenniM W. I„ P.C. ' J Mclvor 17 10 .626 Banks 16 11 .593 i I O'Leary 14 13 .51K 1 I Owen 13 14 .485: * Fickes 12 15 .445! } Palmer 12 15 .443 I I Bentz 12 15 .445 1 i ilyers 12 15 .445 J j BASEBALL SUMMARY • HESII.TS OK M> imiDAV'S GAMES National League Cincinnati. 6: Chicago. 4. I Other games postponed, rain. American l.eamie ' Cleveland. 3; Chicago, 0. • Other games postponed, rain. WHERE THEI PI.AY TODAY National l.rnisur New York at Philadelphia. Boston at Brooklyn. Chicago at Cincinnati. * Pittsburgh at St. Louis. American I.ensue Philadelphia at New York. Washington at Boston. St. Louis at Detroit, i Cleveland at Chicago. J WHERE THKI PI.AY TOMORROW Xntionnl League I New York at Philadelphia. Boston at Brooklyn. Cincinnati at Pittsburgh. I Chicago at St. Louis. \merleau I.ensue I Philadelphia at New Y'ork. • Washington at Boston. f Detroit at Chicago. i St. Louis at Cleveland. STANDING OF THE CU BS Nntionnl I.eaKue W. L. P.C. < New York S 2 .800 St. Louis 9 5 .643 J Boston 5 4 .556 j Chkago S 7 .533 , Cincinnati S 8 .500 a Brooklyn 3 6 .333 • Pittsburgh 5 10 .333 * Philadelphia 3 7 .300 American I.ensue W. L. P.C l Chicago 9' 4 .692 I Boston 7 4 .636 t New Y'ork 6 <4 .600 | Cleveland 7 S .538 I St. I Philadelphia 5 7 .417 I Washington 4 7 .364 * Detroit 3 8 .273 BIU RI SSI AX ORDER 1 Virtually J12."t0.000 worth of loco , motives for Russia have been placed I with the Baldwin Locomotive Works. according to an announcement made through Alba B. Johnson, president. J yesterday. "The order." Mr. Johnson said, "con # sists of -TS locomotives, dividend Into • three classes. The first contracts awarded several weeks ago were for Jl5O broadgaiige freight engines: the second was (or fifty-three engine.? of • the narrowgauge type and the third J for seventy-rive broadgauge freight' , engines. The entire order Is to be i completed this year.'" CENTRAL'S EARNINGS New York. April 27.—The report of the Central Itailroad of New Jersey for 1916 issued yesterday shows oper ating income of 1it.372,348, an In crease of lu.SC'H.t CI, and a net operat ing revenue of 112 215.701. being n increase of 11.301,078. The balance, after deduction of taxation and charges, am. ;nted to *5.897,894, an | Increase of 1690.332 and equivalent to j 121.49 a share earned on outstanding ! , stock, as compared with $18.98 a j , share In 1915. The surplus was $2,- ' 602,478, an increase of 8690,332. YORK HAS STRONG TEAM i York High school's one-mile relay team which will participate in the annual relay carnival on Franklin Field, at Philadelphia, to-morrow, held under the ausp'ces of the Uni versity of Pennsylvania, has been se lected. The following runners have been picked to take the trip: Hen drickson, Brunhouse. Bott, Shipley and Srnyser. The first four will com pose t,.*. relay quarter of one mile. Smyser will fill jn should any mishap occur to any of the athletes. NEWARK WINS DECISION Cincinnati. April 27.—The sale of Player Eldred by the Chicago Amer ican League Club to the Newark team was given official sanction by the National Baseball Commission here yesterday, when It dismissed the claims of the Milwaukee Club to the players services. The commission ruled that the Chicago club retained the player and paid for him In full Instead of returning him to Seattle, and therefore it had a perfect right ■ ~ y-; T; ; t : " fflSf §. ti' ** r%~ : m*m <■* : | I - BBMPnL E|sh|L j -;WL s Sb 1 BBHB! mm. .: : mJM n flf \ SB Tech will send these six runners to Philadelphia, in an effort to add another banner to the Maroon col lection. Should they be successful in winning in their class, they will be pitted against the team of the country in the championship class. With a good track. Demming should negotiate the quarter in 53 flat. Two pf the quartet are expected to do the distance in 54, while the slowest of the four will do the turn in 55. Tech is likely to use Dem ming, Eyster, Evans and Sutch, the same combination that won last year. Beck and Malick are two Freshmen who will be taken along as substitutes. Both are clever athletes. In above picture the athletes are: Standing, left to right, Malick, Demming and Beck. 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But, due to our tremendous output, l *% cA ,4m AT A < • t means, see this fine array of Shoes in any one I There is no telling how long present low prices will I • ° ° U {"t 'tores in 97 leading cities of the United States. prevail, so let us urge you to buy your Spring and Summer / ('4 , |J® U c *° tois, you will understand why more than footwear now, and if you can, we advise you to purchase / \f| three million men wear and praise the Newark Shoe, and two pairs at these big saving* ®JWar& Sfioe Stores Co. MARKET STREET, near Dewberry - 3.V.",£ ,a ?:'.',. , .V1 "257 STORES IN 97 CITIES" I S3 50 CovvriaHt. 1917. BuTht Xetcark Sho. Store, Co. ■< af. Ou, C.rt., tw . WmS&r , $2,50 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH TIME IS NEAR FOR FIRST GAME BOOST HOLIDAY On Wednesday. May 2. weather per mitting, New York State League teams will start the annual cham pionship grind. Opening dates tills season for the first week are on the New Y'ork end of the circuit. Harris burg starts on Tuesday, May S. Prep arations are underway in every city for a big opening, lu all cities !i half holiday will be observed. Ilar risburg officials have not yet been assured that theie will be a shutdown here, but every effort is being made to close the stores at noon. Secretary Flank Seiss is in charge of the program for the big event and he Is working early and late to make it a record-breaker. To-day he visit ed a number of local merchants nnd secured their opinions as to a half holiday. He reports encouragement. In addition to working for n half holiday Secretary Seias is arranging to have special decorations in all stores previous to the opening day. "Jupe Pluvius" Crimps Contests in National and American Leagues "Jupe Pluvius" opened fire with his big guns yesterday and with accurate aim dealt the national pastime a crushing blow. In the majority of cases the teams went down for the count. But three games were scheduled In the National League and two of these were postponed. A continuous down pour of rain put a crimp in the Phil adelphia-New Y'ork tiff at Philadel phia and the same dose was handed out to Boston and Brooklyn, which teams were scheduled to do battle in Brooklyn. Pittsburgh and St. Louis were not scheduled. In the American League "Jupe" did more damage than In the National. Four games were scheduled and all but one was postponed. This con test was between Cleveland and Chi cago, at Cleveland, and the clouds were hanging low and heavy when the games started, with little pros pects of clearing. MORE ATHLETES EM,IST New Y'ork. April 27.—A number of prominent athletes enlisted yesterday in the United States Naval Reserve. They included Ted Cann, national champion 220-yard swimmer: his brother, Howard Cann, captain of Neij- York University's football and baseball teams; Paul Mooney, center on the football team, and Sarland Hosse, New Y'ork Athletic Club, pole vaulter. ••RED" CALHOI* I,AMDS TWO Manager Calhoun is still hard at work in an attempt to plug up the gaps in his line-up and Ills efforts are beginning to bear fruit. Elsh, an in tielder, secured from Richmond, re ported last night and Tom Y'ingling, a clever performer, who hails from Altoona, is expected to report at once. Joe Ward, the former kllmlra first sacker, who is to manage Gettysburg this year. Is after Calhoun's excess material and three or four of the most likely recruits may land with Ward. There is a demand for baseball books. The sales to date Indicate un | usual Interest in the baseball game | for this season. Businessmen especial ly are boosting the local team. Man ager Cockill, before leaving for his j home this afternoon, held a confer j ence with several prominent business men as to the advisability of arratig ! ing for a big public baseball meet j ing. and starting a campaign for the I sale of books, similar to that carried j on at Elm Ira. At Lewisburg twenty-four Harris burg players are working hard daily. The first real game will be played to morrow afternoon with the Buckne** University nine. Manager Cockill hopes to be able to have his regulars working and will at intervals substi tute the rookies to ascertain their progress in showing form. The team will leave early Wednesday morning for Elm Ira where the first league game will be played. Harvard May Resume All Sports With Football First Cambridge, Mass., April 27. —An intimation that intercollegiate sports may possibly be resumed by Harvard University next fall is contained in a statement to Harvard athletes is sued by Fred W. Mobre, graduate treasurer of Harvard athletics. Mr. Moore urges students to take part regularly in some form of out door sports, "for the benefit both of next year's teams, if there are such, and of the individual nthletes." He suggests that in the absence of the usual spring practice the foot ball men not in other sports should report for work in field events. KOCHER GETS PAPERS Louisville, Ky„ April 27.—Catcher Brad Kocher has been released by the New Y'ork Nationals to the Louisville American Associatirn Baseball Club as a final payment In the trade where by Pitcher James Mlddleton was trad ed last year. President O. H. Wathen announced yesterday. Kocher played with Toronto in the International League In 1915. The New Suburb ESTHERTON River-Drive SALE May sth 1917 'APRTi; 27. 1917. WELLY'S Weather permitting, amateurs will make another effort to start to-nior row. While the number of teaiv.s lu the field at the present time are away below last season. Interest Is strong and there will .lie busy times on the town lots anil city fields by May 15. One feature that lias been follow ed by the lIARRISBURG TELE GRAPH each season is the distribu tion of score sheets. Amateur mana gers may have them for the asking. The only return for these score sheets is a promise that when the games are over the scores will be brought promptly to the sporting editor. Am ateur records are interesting reading at all times, and for that reason complete box scores are needed. The Trainmen's team is again In the field. M. O. Kveler is the man ager and he will again wear a uni form and be found active in winning victories. This team, which lias al ways been a big attraction in and out of the city, has a few open dates. Managers should get busy if they want to play the Trainmen. What happens in the Penn relays to-morrow at Philadelphia will be awaited with interest by Harrlsburg enthusiasts. Central, Tech, Steelton High school and Harrlsburg Academy will be up against some fast teams. fljust as you go to a friend when in trouble—when you're smoke-hungry go to good old tried and true KING OSCAR 5c CIGAR JOHN C. HERMAN & CO. Makers but there are Indications that *1 least one of the trophies will come M llarrlsburg. President J. H. Farrell. of the New York State League, is In daily com munication with every manager on hl circuit, and predicts a successful sea son. lie looks for a close race. When tiie season is on President Farrell as Is iiis custom will be found on a tour oi all the cities. He is a busy man but believes tiiat a personal visit brings the best results. Shooting Interest to-morrow cen ters In the big match at Sixth and Division street grounds, where tha championship of the Pennsylvania Railroad system will be decided. In addition to tho big title match ar rangements have been made for a special contest between the Philadel phia Division team and the Foundry shooters from Altoona, who defeated iiarrisburg some time ago. There will also be a sweepstake target match, open to all shooters. (iERHAUT WINS SHOOT Sinking Spring. April In th annual target shoot of the local gun club, W. Gerhart led all competitors with 23 breaks out of a possible 25. Others scoring 22 each were It. Bru balcer, J. Bachman and S. Moyer. J. \Y. Mainly broke 21.