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FUTURE STATE LEAGUE BASEBALL IN HARRISBURG UP TO LOCAL SUPPORTERS
M.B. STEWART
STATE WINNER
Wins at Doubles in Big Field
of Shooters at Bradford;
Local Scores
M. B. Stewart, of West Fairview,
yesterday won the state champion
ship doubles, In the annual state
shoot at Bradford. He was opposed
by a large field, and won by break
ing forty-five targets out of fifty.
Other scores by local shooters In the
big events of the day were:
J. G. Martin, 154; Shoop, 161;
Hoffman, 155; Godcharles, 162; Din
ger, 166. The two-men team cham
pionship was won by the Wilkes-
Barr'e Rod and Gun Club team,
Lewis and German, with 123, the
Wolstencrofts, I. ,H. and W. H., of
Philadelphia, were second with 122.
Heil Again Winner
Allen Heil, of Allentown, who
holds the state shooting crown, won
the high amateur honors in the first
day of the twenty-seventh annual
tournament of the Pennsylvania
State Sportsmen's Association shoot
on the Bradford Gun Club's grounds
yesterday with a total score of 173
out of 175 targets. A. Aber, of Mc-
Keesport, was second with 171.
Three tied for third honors with 170
each, they being William H. Wol
stencroft, of Philadelphia, who won
the state title in 1894; A. Lewis and
J. Lang. Welles and Glover were
high professionals with 169 each.
The day was gloomy, the sky be
ing overcast from early morning and
a drizzle fell almost throughout the
day.
There were two women in the
events. Mrs. F. A. Johnson, of Phil
adelphia, who broke 14 6, and Mrs.
F. H. Mellon, of Pittsburgh, who
downed 128.
The Holly trophy was won by Heil,
who first tied with A. Lewis, each
having 74 out of 75. In the shoot
off, Heil broke 4 0 and ewis 39.
William H. Wolstencroft, of Phil
adelphia, won the "Maplewood Hun
dred" trophy in the shoot-off with
Heil, each man having broken 99 out
of his 100. In the shoot-off Wolsten
croft hit 20 straight and Heil 19.
This event also won for Wolsten
croft the "In The Open" trophy. The
scores: ,
Scores of llie Day
Duff. 149; Bradford, 163; Mcln
tire ,163; Young, 145; I. H. Wol
stencroft, 154; Schuyler, 156; Jes
sop, 164; McDermott, 14 3; Walker,
133; Carpenter, 151; *Apgar, 167;
•Hawkins, 167; Heil, 173; W. H.
Wolstencroft, 170; *Glover, 169; T.
F. Martin, 155; Ranch, 166; Bender,
166; Clarke, 167; Henline, 158; Mel
lon, 151; Painter, 160; White, 161;
Walton, 132; Speer, 163; Vernon,
161; Glenn, 165; Vannetta, 144; L.
E. Ma I lory, Jr., 159; Pringle, 157;
•Weller, 169; Mrs. F. A. Johnson,
146; Thompson, 161; Wasson, 166;
F. A. Johnson, 151; J. G. Martin,
154; * Banks, 155; Shoop, 161; Hoff
man, 155; German, 153; Burger,
164; A. Lewis, 170; Wasley, 161;
•Shea, 164; Godcharles, 162; Qlinger,
154; Marburger, 158; Troxell, 161;
S. S. Scholl, 160; Mrs. Mellon, 128;
C. Dresser, 144; S. R. Dresser, 135.
E. Korner, 162; Farnum, 147;
Omohumdro, 4 8 out of 75; Ebberts,
165; Cochran, 165; Davis, 155; Gar
land. 150; Kelly, 158; Quinn, 155;
Penrod, 159; Pyle, 157; Fontaine,
166; Ford, 159; Melrath, 155; Wat
son, 158; Pratt, 156; Aber, 171; Cal
houn, 165; Hickman, 161; Napier,
159; Heisey, 153; King, 168; Con
rad, 156; Heck, 165; Lang, 170; J.
Lewis, 155; Braddock, 122; Sedwick]
131; Murray, 165; Duke, 165; Wil
liams, 139; Shaw, 159; Curry, 136;
Steise, 157; Summerson, 145; H. R.
Elliott, 92 out of 100; Branneman,
156; Herr, 169; Dinger, 166; Shank,
157; Shaffer, 166; Tiffany, 160; J. F
Mallory, 169; Standiffe, 159; Groll,
151; F. H.. Wright, 16 out of 100.
•Denotes professionals.
i 1917-City Tax—l9l7:
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* Notice is hereby given that the City Tax <
► or 1917 is due and payable at the office of "*
► the City Treasurer, Room 14 Courthouse, J
an abatement of one per cent. (1%) will be <
► allowed if same is paid before August 4
► Ist, 1917. <
I H. F. OVES, <
► City Treasurer
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WEDNESDAY EVENING, '
TECH ATHLETES AFTER TWO
MORE PERMANENT TROPIES!
TO COMPLETE AT READING
Coaches Peet and Hill will take
a squad of Technical High School
track men to Reading Saturday in
a final effort to bring back two
much coveted trophies offered by
the Readlngites in their annual track
meet. Tech has two legs on the
Joshua Dives trophy and to win
again this year will brTng the cup
to Tech for permanent possession.
This is the third year that it has been
contested for and the local aggre
gation is the only team that has
won legs on It.
After Relay Tropliy
Another cup that will be hotly
contested for by the entrants will be
the trophy offered to the winner of
the relay race. Tech has two legs
on this cup, but so have several
other schools. Camden High School
can get it permanently by winning
this year, as they have won twice in
previous meets. So does Reading
have two legs on it. For nine years
it has been fought for, but no one
team has been able to win it three
times. This Saturday Tech hopes to
cop it permanently.
Henry Eyster has returned to his
studies after having been out for
two weeks with tonsilitis. The
coaches will try to whip him into
shape for the meet. His entry will
be good for a number of points in
the dashes and 440.
Other Competitors
Other high schools that will be In
the same class as Tech will be Cam
den, Reading, Harrisburg Central,
STAGE IS SET
FOR BIG MEET
City Grammar School Ath
letes to Compete Tomorrow
in Championship Event
The stage is set for the big gram
mar school athletic classic to-mor
row afternoon at Municipal Field,
Island Park. With an enrollment of
250 young athletes, representing
thirteen schools, there will be close
competition for this season's honors.
Yesterday the Foose school sent in
the names of twelve athletes.
The big meet starts at 2 o'clock.
The schools will march to the field.
Each school will carry a large flag
and there will be an elaborate dis
play of Old Glory. An effort is being
made to have a band to enliven the
occasion.* Members of the Harris
burg Track Athletic Committee were
busy to-day completing details. The
following officials were announced:
Referee W. O. Hickok, 111, Yale.
Judges of Track Events R. G.
Cox, Princeton; H. A. Boyer, Harris
burg School Board; W. A. 8011, Har
risburg School Board; F. E. Downes,
superintendent Harrisburg school;
F. G. Roth, Yale; J. C. Peet, Syra
cuse; W. Meikel, State; A. C. Stamm,
Harrisburg School Board.
Field Judge Arthur D. Bacon,
Harrisburg School Board; A. Reeder
Ferriday, Lafayette: George W. Mc-
Ilhenny, J. Montgomery Trace,
Princeton; M. W. Jacobs, Jr., Uni
versity of Pennsylvania; Gilbert M.
Oves, Princeton; H. M. Bretz, Harris
burg School Board.
Official Scorer D. D. Hammel
baugh, Harrisburg School Board.
Assistant Scorers Wellington G.
Jones, Harrisburg Telegraph; Harry
Lowengard, Courier; E. A. Kirkpat
rick, Netvs; Emory C. Lutz, Patriot.
Timers R. D. Beman, Harris
burg; F. E. Langenheim, Harvard;
H. W. Stone, Harrisburg; the Rev. T.
B. Johnson, Mt. St. Mary's; W. A.
Neale, Harrisburg; Dr. Harvey
Smith. Bucknell; Charles Boas, La
fayette.
Custodians of Prizes Dr. C. B.
Steelton, Lebanon, Norrlstown, Wil
liamsport, Columbia. Ridley Park,
Cheltenham, Radnor and West Ches
ter High Schools. Tech is picked as
the favorite, although Reading is
looked upon to give the locals a
hard run before they give up their
cups. Beck will have real com
petition in the weight events in Wil
son, of Fadnor High School. This
lad tossed the 12-pound shot 47 feet
9% inches.
In the relay Tech will have a
classy field to meet In Norrlstown
and Germantown. Foresman, of Rid
ley Park, and Schmehl, of Reading,
will be Harmon's hardest opponents
in the distance events. Local fol
lowers look to Roger to show his
heels to all opponents.
The following entries have been
made for the meet:
100-yard dash, Harry Evster, Leon
Malick and George Weigle: 220-yard
dash, Harry Eyster, Raleigh Evans
and George Weigle; half-mile run,
John Demming, David McGann and
Edward Craig; one-mile run. Roger
Harmon, Ralph Sebourn and David
McGann: 120-yard hurdles, Carl
Beck, Kenneth Boyer and Rees
Lloyd: 2 hurdles, Carl Beck,
Rees Lloyd and Kenneth Boyer; pole
vault, "Pete" Moore and Kenneth
Boyer; broad jump, Gilbert Ebner.
Carl Beck and Baleigh Evans; high
Jump, Fred Haehnlen, Kenneth
Boyer and Oscar Miller; weight
events, Carl Beck, Anthony Wils
bach and Fred Haehnlen.
Fager, Jr., University of Pennsylva
nia; Howard G. Dibble, Yale.
Starters A. H. Hull, Franklin
and Marshall; R. G. Cox, Princeton.
Clerk of Course George W. Hill.
Jr., Gettysburg.
Assistant Clerks of Course J. J.
Brehm, School supervisor; Austin
Miller, Harrisburg School Board:
Frank Foose, Harrisburg School
Board: H. Rose, Harrisburg High
school; C. Perrin, Harrisburg High
school; J. Demming, Tech High
school; H. Eyster, Tech High school;
F. Haehnlen, Tech High school.
Marshal —C. Beck, Tech High
school; E. Z. Gross, superintendent
Department Parks.
Assistant Marshals Dr. C. E.
Keen, Harrisburg School Board; V.
Grant Forrer, assistant superinten
i dent parks.
Announcer Mercer B. Tate, Le
i high.
Assistant Announcer —Walt John
son, Cornell.
Inspectors R. A. Enders, Har
risburg School Board; Percy L.
Grubb, Lehigh; George W. Hamilton,
Dickinson; B. W. Saul, Otterbein;
George X. Henschen; E. F. Keller;
G. A. Werner, Harrisburg School
Board.
Official Photographers C. Lehr,
Harrisburg Telegraph; William Hen
ry, Patriot; Robert McFarland, fori
Department of Parks.
©iu/hVUVOAU
SCORES OF YESTERDAY
National Lenguc
Cincinnati, G; New York, 5.
St. Louis, 3; Boston, 2 (11 innings).
Other games postponed; rain.
American League
Chicago, 6; Phfladelphia, 3.
New York, 5; Detroit, 1 (Ist game).
Detroit. 6; New York, 4 (2nd game).'
St. Louis, 6; Washington, 2.
Boston, 11; Cleveland, 4.
Nhv York State League
Wilkes-Barre, 3; Reading, 0 (five
innings; called.)
Other games postponed; rain.
International League
Providence, 6; Baltimore, 4 (Ist
game).
Baltimore, 11; Providence, 1 (2nd
game).
Richmond, 9; Newark, 8.
Other games postponed; rain.
Blue Ridge League
Chambersburg, 5; Hagerstown, 3.
Martinsburg, 4; Frederick, 3.
Gettysburg-Hanover, game post
poned; rain.
Lucknow Shop League
Planing Mill, 2; Clerks, 0. '
Allison Hill League
Game postponed; wet grounds.
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY
National League
at Chicago.
Brooklyn at Pittsburgh.
New York at Cincinnati.
Boston at St. Louis.
American Lenguc
St. Louis at Philadelphia.
Chicago at Washington.
Cleveland at New York.
Detroit at Boston.
\pw York Stnte League
Harrisburg at Wilkes-Barre.
Blnghamton at Utica.
Elmira at Syracuse.
Reading at Scranton.
Alllnon Hill League
Rosewood vs. Stanley.
WHERE THEY PLAY TOMORROW
National I.eague
Philadelphia at New York.
Brooklyn at Boston.
St. Louis at Cincinnati.
Pittsburgh at Chicago.
American League
St. Louis at Philadelphia.
Chicago at Washington.
Detroit at Boston.
Cleveland at New York.
New York Stnte I.eague
Harrisburg at Wilkes-Barre.
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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
Lebanon Valley Lands
"Shorty" Miller as Coach
fl9j Wk
•Members of the board of trustees
Lebanon Valley College yesterday
elected Eugene (Shorty) Miller as
atlietic coach to succeed Prof. Roy S.
Gyer. Miller is at present manager
of the Bethlehem Steel Company
League team at Steelton. He was
football coach at Tech last fall.
JUNIORS WIN IN EXTRA INNINGS
West End Juniors yesterday defeat
ed the Pansy A. C„ score 13 to 11. It
was a ten-inning game. The battery
for West End was Simmons and Ivipp;
for the Pansy team, Gorman and Mor
gan.
Reading at Scranton.
Elmira at Syracuse.
Binghamton at Utica.
STANDING OF THE CLL'BS
National League
Clubs— W. L. Pet.
New York 23 13 .633
Philadelphia 24 14 .632
Chicago 28 17 .62'
St. Louis 21 20 .512
Boston 14 i 9 401
Cincinnati 19 26 .422
Brooklyn 14 20 !ti2
Pittsburgh 14 27 .341
American League
Clubs— W. L. Pet.
Boston 29 12 .707
Chicago 30 13 .698
New York 23 18 .561
Cleveland 24 23 .511
Detroit 17 24 .415
St. Louis 17 25 .405
Washington 15 27 !ssy
Philadelphia 13 26 [333
New York Stnte Lengue
Clubs— W. L. Pet.
Syracuse 15 ,10 .600
Binghamton 15 n 577
Reading 16 12
Wilkes-Barre 15 13 . 536
Ctica 11 11 .500
E,mira 14 14 .500
Scranton 12 16 .423
Harrisburg 6 17 '261
lllue IlJdge League
L cl " b "~ w - L. Pet.
Martinsburg 15 6 ,714
Hagerstown 10 11 .476
Gettysburg 10 11 .47s
Hanover 9 i 0 .474
Frederick 10 12 .455
Chambersburg 9 13
Allison Hill League
Clubs— w . l. Pct
Stanley 6 2 .750
Rosewood 5 2 .714
Galahad 2 5 .286
Heading 2 6 | 26w
Luclcnow Shop League
Clubs— \V. L. Pct.
Smith Shop 6 2 .750
Planing
Klerks 3 4 450
Storehouse 1 6 .143
Tech Elects New Leaders;
Rees M. Lloyd President
of Athletic Association
Rees M. Lloyd, captain-efect of-the!
Tech football team, has been recent
ly elected president of the Tech Ath
letic Association for the next, year.
His choice was practically unani
mous. He is one of the most popu
lar lads in the school. He is also
editor-in-chief of the Tech Tatler,
and was captain and manager of the
champion Junior class basketball'
quintet.
T. Willis Patterson will direct the !
football team as student manager,
while Glenwood Beard is manager 01'j
the basketball toam. Their impor-j
tant duties will be the arranging of
the schedules for the teams.
William Fortna and Albert Hahn
will assist as managers of the foot
ball team, while the basketball as
sistants are William Hoerner and !
Kenneth Boyer.
Penn State Ambulance Units
Mustered-Into U. S. Service
State College. Pa., June 6.—Two I
ambulance units, made up of stu- j
dents from Pennsylvania State Col
llege, have been mustered into gov
ernment service for early duty in
France. Lieutenant J. W. White
house, of the Medical Reserve Corps,
spent two days here examining the
recruits and enlisting them.
Fifty-four students were sworn in.
They will be ordered to the Allen-!
town concentration camp, this week,
where they will be equipped and
trained In ambulance driving for a
month. Abnt the middle of July, it
is expected, they will be sent to Eu
rope.
Each of the College units
will have n first sergeant, second
sergeant, corporal, two cooks, two
orderlies, two clerks, a chief me
chanic, two assistant mechanics and
twenty-four drivers.
(£y GrantUuid.Mce
Copyright, 1917, The Tribune Association. (New York Tribune).
OVER A 40-YEAR SPAN
When the Job on which you're toiling gets your goat;
When you curse the grip of poverty and such;
When existence seems to have you by the throat
As you stagger daily onward in its clutch;
When It seems that Fate has nicked you good and hard,
When you've only known the run of fortune's shreds,
When you figure with a curse, life could offer nothing
worse,
Weil, suppose that you'd been drafted by the Reds,
Old dog.
Just suppose that you'd been drafted by the Reds?
•
When they have you on the run across the trail;
When they copper every bet you try to make;
When you start out in the morning, dull and stale.
And the boss begins to brand you as a fake;
When they double cross or slam you on the bean,
Among the under-paids and under-feds,
Ere you figure, ever gruffer, life could offer nothing
rougher,
| Just suppose that you'd been traded to the Reds,
I Old dog.
Just suppose that you'd been tradod to the Reds?
Boston, Philadelphia and Brooklyn in turn dashed out of the rut in
11914, 1915 and 1916 respectively. The Reds were due to round out the
I quartet this season, but so far the forty-year curse is still harrassing them
|at every turn. They are still wearing bare spots deep in the second division.
THE ALL-AROUND CLUB
Sir—Among the all-around boys what's the matter with Harold Janvrin,
of the Red Sox? I have seen htm play first, second, third and short, and
play all four positions well. This should put him up among the first.
J. M. J.
Sir—ln regard to Charlie Ferguson, who once caught for Virginia UnL
versity, I once saw him pitch the first four innings with Philadelphia in
faultless style and then go back of the bat and catch the remaining five
innings with equal brilliancy. He was a won.der. But did you know that
Buck Ewing, the best catcher that ever wore a mask, filled every position
on the old New York Nationals? And that George Van Haltren, with New
York and Chicago, caught, pitched and played every infield and outfield
position during his twenty years? Those were the days when the ball
players had the stamina and the stuff. Men. like Buck Ewing, Van Haltren
and Mike Kelly could play almost any position on the team well enough
to hold the gap. B. L. H.
NOT YET—
Ty Cobb began his major league career a trifle over twelve years ago.
He is now sliding on past thirty. But up to the moment of skidding to
press he hasn't yet started sliding down hill.
"I have no idea what I'll hit this year," he said a day or so ago, "but I
see no reason for any slump until 1 begin, to lose my speed. That means
down hill the rest of the way. But as far as I can tell I have been able
to get around this spring as well as ever. It's the speed that always goes
first—not the batting eye."
Last September when Cobb was batting .354 he told us that he ex
pected to finish around .370. His concluding average was .371. He is still
confident that he can finish above .350 as he hasn.'t been below this mark
in a good many campaigns.
DONT'S AND BE'S
In behalf of the Senior Service Corps, Walter Camp has extended a brief
list of Don'ts and Be's that should e incorporated in every corral, whatever
the game—
1. Don't shirk, don't worry; don't explain.; don't knock; don't kick;
don't quit; don't loaf; don't lag.
BE —prompt, alert, quiet, determined, steady, helpful, unselfish, con
siderate, gracious, observant, brave, clean.
If this doesn't cover the field there is no particular use in trying.
THIRD OR FOURTH
"To settle a terrific and growing debate," writes Pip, "do the best hit
ters bat third or fourth I say third, while others say the clean up man
is fourth?"
We should say third place has the edge. Cobb bats third and so does
Tris Speaker, these two being the best hitters in the game. Eddie Collins
and Dave Robertson, both bat third, and so does Eddie Roush, the leading
hitter of the Reds.
But on the Yanks Pipp bats fourth and Baker fifth; Stuffy Mclnnis, the
best batsman on the Mackmen, also bats fifth. Joe Jackson bats foueth, and
so does Hal Chase. But if there is any margin it is decided in favor of
Cobb, Speaker, Collins and Robertson.
FROM PLATTSBT'RG
We have left the brassie behind;
The racquet rests in its frame;
We are pointed now in another way.
Facing another game.
And what may rest ahead
No man may know or tell.
But we'll hold the slogan we knew of old,
The slogan of "Give 'em 'ell."
MAYBE—AND MAYBE NOT
"You are all wrong about the Red Sox," writes a bystander. "Outside
of two or three good pitchers, they don't belong and will be lucky to finish
second." Maybe—and then again, maybe not. If a ball club that wins
two pennants and two world's series in succession, and then, after a long
road trip, returns home in first place, is a bum ball club, just where do
the others belong?
The Red Sox are frequently rated as a fair club or a poor club, with
great pitching. Whereas it is a smart, aggressive, powerful machine even
beyond the pitching staff.
State College Issues New
Bulletin on Fertilizers
"Thirty-Ave Years' Results With
Fertilizers" is the title of Bulletin
146 recently issued J>y the Pennsyl
vania State College school of agri
culture and experiment station. It
is a summary of tho results obtained
from experiments with commercial
fertilizers, barnyard manure, lime
and land plaster for a period of
thirty-flve years.
Besides stating the conclusions
and recommendations resulting from
these experiments, the bulletin
states their objects, the methods of
procedure, the methods of compar
ing results, and details the effects
of single fertilizer ingredients, the
comparative effects of complete and
incomplete fertilizers, the compara
tive effects of different forms and
quantities of nitrogen and other fer
tilizers and compares the results of
commercial fertilizers with those
from barnyard manure, and also the
effects of the different forms of lime.
This bulletin is free upon request
to residents of Pennsylvania.
LOW RATE
EXCURSION
—TO— ,
Philadelphia
SUNDAY
June 17
Via READING RAILWAY
SPECIAL EXCURSION TRAIN
I.v.
FROM Pare. A.M.
H AHKISHIIRG *2.50 H. 25
Himimelxtotvn 2.50 <1.441
Svvatara 2.50 11,43
Hrnhry 2.30 0.48
Palmyra 2.50 0.54
Annvllle 2.50 7.0'1
Cleonn 2.50 7.05
I.KHANON 2.50 7.12
Avon 2.50 7.17
PreMebtt 2.50 7.20
HeudlnK Terminal (arrive) 10.13
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(or above atatlon*.
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JUNE 6, 1917.
WELLYS
Baseball help is needed. The
sooner the better for the good name
of Harrisburg as a real live baseball
city. President J. H. Farrell is anx
ious to keep Harrisburg jan the map.
Once the necessary financial sup
port is forthcoming, thcoc will be no
question about Harrisburg's team.
The material is there. With new
men here and others coming, it wijl
not be long until the team Is up in
the race.
Steelton is sftowing more activity
as a baseball town than this city at
present. League baseball starts there
on Saturday, the Steelton team of
the Bethlehem Stee! Company
League meets Bethlehem in the
opening game. It will be some big
event. To-day Susquehanna Univer
sity is playing Shorty Miller's team.
Interest is growing stronger in the
major legaue race. Both the Na
tionals and Americans are showing
FUTURE LEAGUE
GAME IN DOUBT;
FARRELL IS HERE
B— 1
PRESIDENT J. H. FARRELL.
Future league baseball in Harris
burg is doubtful. President J. H.
Farrell of the New York Stace League
came to Harrisburg last night, lie is
here to do his bit and wants this city
to remain on the baseball tnap.
Whether President Farrell will be
successful as a life-saver depends on
his conferences to-day and to-morrow
with businessmen.
This city is the only one on the
Farrell circuit that does not nave an
association back of its baseball team.
Manager George Cockill, who pur
chased the franchise last season in
order to show his loyalty to the city,
has stood the burden of expenses
and is ready to sell out and quit un
less he gets help. Too many post
ponements have cut down the re
ceipts.
Men who have heretofnre si nod by
the game will not finance any more
baseball enterprises alone. Tliiy art
willing to help if proper organizatior
fast work. Crowds are reported on
the Increase.
With nice weather to-morrow the
annual grammar school track meet
will have a record crowd. All schools
were drilled to-day for marching to
morrow and the young athletes were
busy limbering up.
An important meeting of the Dau
phin-Perry League Is scheduled for
to-night. Representatives will dis
cuss plans for the future and take
up grievances.
Only one game was played yes
terday In the New York State
League. It went five Innings and
Wilkes-Barre shut out Reading;
score, 3 to 0.
In the Lucknow Shop League yes
terday Finfrock pitched another
no-hit no-run victory for the Planing
Mill. He won out over the Clerks;
score, 3 to 0.
is affected. One week will bo given
Harrisburg to decide as to the future.
If the proper encouragement 1s not
received, President Farrell will ar
range to place the team In some other
city.
Activity Start* To-day
To-day, In company with Manager
Georgo Cocklll and several local en
thusiasts, President Farrell rnadd a
tour of the business district. Ko wants
to find out whether there is sufficient
interest In the game to continue. He
is of the opinion that Harrisburg will
support a team If properly handled.
He also believes that with the mate
rial now on hand the Islanders will
make good and will be in the race be
fore many days. The amount needed
is not large. Plans outlined last night
at a conference held at the Senate
will be presented to the businessmen
to-day and to-morrow.
Secretary Frank Seiss, with four
teen men, left this morning for
Wilkos-Bnrre. The team will continue
its schedule. Elliott and Healey will
join the team on the trip and the new
men. Mack and Brown, will be In the
line-up. Several good offers of play
ers were made last night by managers
and may be accepted. It is probable
a meeting will be called to discuss the
baseball situation.
Lawn Mowers
Ground
and put in good condition.
The Federal
Machine Shop
Court and Cranberry Sts.
Harrisburg, Pa.