MANAGER GEORGE COCKILL TO GET LAYDEN STAR OUTFIELDER—AMUSEMENT NOTES > "yporili^hi <& Grantterttlfiice Copyright, 1917, The Tribune Association (New York Tribune). Why Not l*ut a War Tax On 1. The ballplayer who tries to change an umpire's decision. 2. The fan who yells "Sign Him" when a foul is caught in the stands. 3. The golfer who says "That's the highest." after a pop-up from the tec. I. The nut who starts a story with "That reminds me"— — r>. The golfer who takes a practice swing before every shot. H. Nearly all boxers and lighters. 7. All managers of boxers and fighters. Tigers vs. Rod Sox A number of interested bystanders can't quite understand why it Is the lied Sox can beat the Tigers any time they desire to achieve such a situa tion. Last summer Boston beat Detroit In every vital series. When tne final showdown arrived in the dusty stretch, Carrigan's club went West anil mopped up in the Jungle Country. This spring, starting the western swing, the Ked Sox romped merrily over Ty Cobb and mates without exerting an> undue effort. , , _ .. "Why is it," more than one noncombatant has asked, that Detroit can t beat, this club?" _ . . The answer is about as complex as nddinp two and two. Boston is a trine stronger back of the bat, about nine times as strong In the bftx, quite a nit stronger in the infield, and with an outfield nearly as valuable, despite trie presence of Cobb. Cobb, Ycarh and Hellman arc far stronger in attack than Hooper, Lewis and Walker, but not (is good In all-around defensive P' a >'- Detroit has a stronger team on attack, on the average, but when this at tack is tossed in against Boston pitching it Is always rolled back and broken up. With his strongest system crushed, Jennings is then up against it. His defense isn't good enough to hold any strong rival in check, so the result ts near unto a cinch when Red Sox. pitchers move to the charge. The One Tiger Chance The one Tiger chance of victory is through a preponderatingly stout at tack. With this cut down they will be through. This season they haven t been hitting a half lick, and the result has been disaster. Cobb is the one man on the club above .300, and Ty is barely over the mark. There is only one other member of the club above .250, the same being Pep Young. The rest are all under .240. Batting of this sort would annoy any set of athletes, but a club minus good pitching must go out and get runs, or perish. The Yanks arc batting only a trifle harder than the Tigers. But they have the pitching to protect a weak attack and carry it safely through. The Yanks and Red Sox depend more upon their pitchers stopping the other club's batsmen than they d;> upon swatting the other club's pitchers. An.d you can go and wager your ultimate shirt that good pitching is the most valuable factor on any machine. How It Goes Sometimes T miss the four-foot putts. And then another day I go out and I find I miss The ones two feet away. Sometimes my game gets very bad, Whereat I rave and curse; I go out on another day And find it's gotten worse. The Main Rush Here and there and around you run across the citizen inclined to scoff at the college athlete. We have bumped into more than a few in the course of a year or so. The idea advanced was that the college athlete was a hero for a short time, and then no particular good thereafter. Along which line it might be just as well to record the fact that the col lege athlete has given in numbers to this war a greater proportion than any other class, clan, society, organization or whatever you will. This includes both the list in college and the list that had already gradu ated from one to five years. At this date last season the Giants had lost something like thirteen games and won two or three. But at this date last season the Giants didn't have Hers'.og, Zimmerman, Holke, Sallee or McCarty—and Ferdy Schupp was on the bench. A year is quite a spell of time. A year ago Ital Chase was considered all through—Schupp was on the bench, aboiu to be discarded—the Dodgers were pennant favorites —and a number of rolks were laughing at the state ment that Tris Speaker might beat out Ty Cobb. "It is <ny contention," writes R. K. I'"., "that Fielder Jones is the best manager in the American League. A friend says I'm nutty. How about it?" The Fielder is considerable manager—one of the best of which there ;ire. or is. But to say that he is a better manager than one Corn.elius Mc- Gillieuddy, winner of six pennants and throe world series, may be going a trifle too far. Rut not even Mack surpasses Jones in getting the last ounce of ability out of a club, which is one of the essentials toward managerial success. Granted a fair share of luck this season, Jones has as good a show to beat the Red Sox as anyone else. His Browns are as much flag contenders as ihe Tigers, White Sox, Yankees or Indians. He hasn't a Speaker—and he hasn't a Cobb —but he has a Sisler, which is either as good or the next best. > AMUSEMENTS George Burns Is Star , in National League New York. May 18.—George Burns, : 1 ■ 1 it 9 Ik I W® ■ ■] loft fielder of the Giants, is one of the In ightest stars in the National League and one of the most consistent play- ers ill either major circuit. ! TODAY nnd TOMORBOW Burns recently played his 326 th con- I M T• 1 TV secutlve game with the New York; V lolf) I 1 of|Ck club, and if lie succeeds in avoiding I * 1 " lu A^UHU injuries, he will pass the 400 th con-1 , .. .. , . , secutive mark this season. In n Sens.tlon.l Photoplay In 1916 Burns scored more runs than I mi u am J U any other National League player,.! UOQ S LuW flltO Irian S while in the first seven games of the current season he accounted for nine The Story of n Man Who Par runs, which is considered a remark- chased a Wife able performance. ADDED ATTRACTION TODAY So far this season Burns has been 'championship of the league this year. I Burns has several strong rivals on his 1} liJUk i| /| I'J ■ 3 17 17 r 1 1 Is,h EplMode "The Tent" Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday Theate l || Anita Stewart TO-DAY ONLY '"" rt ""vitwapk Theodore Roberts, (the world's Feature, greatest character actor), in itTL A" I "THE AMERICAN CONSUL" fHC GITI To-morrow *2 #' Philinn<" MARY MILKS MIXTER milippa •ENVIRONMENT" ttHL Untie A story full of human appeal. i . Ever Screened. |^S^|^I|ORPHEUM I GAL TIER'S 3 DAYS "U\'DA y XI | TOY SHOP Matinees AVKU\BSD A Y l.et the I.lttlc Folk* See the Fanny The Wonder Show of the Universe Animal* In Toyland. 4 Other Excellent Keith Acta. In- /n TT AVT eluding Music and Comedy.. I W II |^^ r |^|ll\| Conilne Monday— W OHI.D S (JHIiATEST MAdlflAV VANITY FAIR TO ATTENDING MATINEES The Ilest One-Act M*lcal Comedy PRICES MATS_2Sc A BOc l on the Stage. rIVIV ' LO NIGHTS—2Sc to HI. OA | ___ LAST 3 TIMES AT THE ORPHEUM EXPERIENCE Most Wonderful Play in America IF VOI DOH'TYOB JSfc IT All This Week & Hat, fat Jgg. FRIDAY EVENING, - tetRRISBURG TELEGRAPH MAY 18, 1917. Young Twirier Who Is Factor With Chicago Team ■ / • , : •' Ax' \ J|||l • 4hH f JB^HHSbmP VAUGHN. CHICAGO CUBS. Ohio Governor Makes Schools Quit Athletics; Stops Important Events Columbus, Ohio, May 18. Gover nor Cox has taken action that will J force Ohio State University to discon- | tinue athletics despite the fact that the school authorities had decided to continue them as long as possible. *The action was in forcing all State-sup ported schools to'dismiss all students not enrolled in the scliols of engincer- illll > # i 4 H United Hat Stores I ] 11118| Stores Everywhere Si- Third. & Market Streets : j I sj.so and $2-00 I Compare them with the $3 kind shown elsewhere-Hundreds H ' i : 181 iiTi. • styles to choose from; all sizes, weaves and braids-get yours Sip Hip now w^e s^ s * zes are com Pl e^e - Genuine Panamas %Jp|9 i $3-75 and $5.00 N^EL Value $5 Value $8 | ItlM All guaranteed-we sell none but genuine Panamas. No imita- :: Wm- tions ' . ®| Silk Hats and Caps 50c, SI.OO & $1.50 1111 i |H| Ladies' Panamas, $4.25. Value SIO.OO j | lng and medicine and the class that I Is to graduate this Junei | At present Ohio State Is tied with | Indiana for the baseball title In the western conference, and the game with the Hoosiers is set for next Sat urday. Director of Athletics St, John hopes to save this contest, but the chances are that Ohio will have to cancel the game after the Governor's move. Another feature that the action makes necessary Is the calling oft of the annual Ohio Interseholnstlc nnd j intercollegiate Held and track meets, generally known as the "Big Six." his meet was to have been held May 25 and 26. but will have to be dropped, for tills year at least, as the time Is too far away to hope to save the games. Just what Influence this will have on fall athletics Is not yet known, but the authorities at the university fear that i'll their plans to keep going de spite the war w.lll have to be aban doned. All western conference nnd Ohio conference names are thus automatic ally canceled by the State and not by ! the school authorities. I ORPHEUM To-night and Saturday, with Saturday matinee—"Expert- i ence." Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday. : Mav 21, 22 and 23, with matinees I Tuesday and Wednesday—Thurston, , the Magician. Fridav, night only. May 25 Charles ( Frohman presents Otis Skinner in 1 "Mister Antonio." Saturday, matinee and night, May 28 | —"The Smart Set," the World's | Greatest Colored Show. COLONIAL "God's Law and the Man." REGENT —"The American Consul." Audiences which have crowded the i Orpheum have been record-breaking j for the past week. ! , [ "Experience" "Experience," George | • V. Hobart's modern morality comedy-drama, has been the I I much-discussed attraction. The en [ gagemcnt will conclude with a mati [ nee to-morrow afternoon and the per- I formance to-morrow night. The play is a vivid story of to-day, with its pleasures, its follies, its temptations, its sins, its reward and its punish ments. The company is one of the most distinguished that has ever been seen in Harrisburg, while the beauty of the ladies and their charming gowns make ail attractive picture to the eye. Everyone In this city should make It a point to see this playi as the critics call "Experience" the most wonderful play In America. The annual engagement of Thurs ton, tile magician, is always an event of much local intcr- Thurston, est. Consequently the MuKlelnn there is reason for be lieving that there will be largo aydieneea at the Orpheum, where ho will appear for three days, beginning Monday night, with mati nees Tuesday and Wednesday. It is said that Tnursion tills year provides many new novelties that are not only mysterious, but uncanny in character, which prove that the Egyptians had only the alphabet of fooling after all. Most of his new mysteries deal with life in the after world, such as the manifestations of spirits and the materialization of Khosts. Other sensations are "lone," a young lady who floats tiver the heads of the audience, atttl "Pyg irialeon and Galatea," u weired play let. A great actor In a great play was the terge description in a New York paper of Otis Skinner in Oils Booth Tarkington's new Skinner comedy, "Mister Antonio"— to be seen at the Orpheum Theater on Friday evening, May 25. Mr. Skinner comes in a new role— one that tits him to perfection, one that his large and enthusiastic fol lowing will be certain to enjoy. This actor, with his glorious speaking voice and perfect diction, with his consummate knowledge of stagecraft, and with his skill in romantic char acter delineation, stands in the fore rank of native actors. Booth Tarking ton is the distinctive American novel ist of the day, and the combination of Skinner and Tarkington in a new play has an irresistible appeal. It is plain to be seen that when the Majestic'a new bill was booked for the last half of the current At the week the young folks were MajcMtlc not forgotten, for the fea- ture attraction Is Leonard Gautier's "Animated Toyshop," in which a number of well-trained pets, composed mostly of dogs and ponies, impersonate some toy. It is the kind of act that is bound to delight the henrt of any child. Grouped around this attraction are: Edmonds and l.eedon, Italian character comedians, singers and dancers; Green, Miller and Green, comedy variety entertainers: Nevins and Erwood, in a comedy sons: and dance ottering, and Pipifax and Panlo, the well-known pantomime frtlsts, In an excellent knock-about umol(ng act. Theodore Roberts, the world's fam ous character actor, and star, will be the attrac "The American tlon at the Regent Consul" nt to-day only, In the the Heßcnt Lasky Paramount production, "The American Consul," a thrilling political comedy drama, written especially for him by the noted author, Paul West. To-morrow, dainty Mary Miles Min ter will be seen In "Environment." This Is the story of the misjudged daughter of the town drunkard and her love for the new minister, who Is to ready to believe the deacons of the village church, who have decided to send her to an institution, following a scandal that she has permitted in her generous effort to protect the name of a girl—this is the theme of "Environment," and It Is a play for every member of the family to see. Viola Dana, the daintiest of Metro j | The | Federall || Machine |j Shop|| ji Court and Cranberry Sts. j! We have just opened a General |> j! Repair and Machine Shop at ]i j! the above address. We are spe- !| |! cially equipped to do grinding, |! bicycle, automobile and general |i |! machine repairing. ii Your Patronage jj Solicited tars, will be the attraction at the Colonial Theater Vloln Dana at the to-day and to- Colonlal Theater morrow in a splendid story of love and adventure. ''God's Law and Man's," a powerful five-part photoplay In which a man purchases himself a wife and then tries to win her love. Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne will be the added attraction of the program In the fifteenth episode of "The Great Secret," called "The For 26 Years We Have Been Making KING OSCAR 5c CIGAR the best we know how. We are making a bid for your patronage by giving you honest quality for "Value Received "--in other words, for your nickel. JOHN C. HERMAN & CO. Makers Test.' As this olever serial draws to a close each episode grows more thrilling and appealing. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Anita Stew art will be seen on the regular pro gram, for the usual price of admis sion. in a biT special eight-part Vlta- Kraph-Blue Ribbon feature, "The Girl Philippa." Don't be one of the many who wait until It is too late, and then wish that you had come early. "The Girl Philippa" Is a record-breaker wherever shown. 19
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