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DAUPHIN HARD LOSERS IN GAME WITH NEWPORT—FRANCIS OUIMET STARTS TODAY
SURPRISES IN
MAJOR BATTLES
American League Teams
Shift Positions; Nationals
Moving Fast
Contrary to expectations there
•were several surprises In the results
of the Sunday games played In the
Went In the American League and
as a consequence every club com
posing the first flight of the cham
pionship table {shifted in position.
Chicago, the one club to play true
to .form, by defeating the Athletics,
combined with the Red Sox defeat
at Cleveland, went again Into the
lead, although the margin is a small
one. The game between Cleveland
and Boston meant much to both
clubs, and when the Indians won
by %, shutout it not only pulled the
Red Sox out of first place, but It
gave Cleveland a chance to advance
to third. But this latter change was
due to the Browns defeating the
Yankees that sent New York down
to the bottom of the first division.
Detroit, which has been in a threat
ening position for some time, missed
a chance to crawl closer to the lead
ers by dropping a one-sided game to
■Washington-
Americans FUjht Hard
The American League leaders
have found the going hard the past
week, and Boston regained the lead
Friday, only to lose it again yes
terday. While Chicago could do lit
tle better than break even, Boston
won five, lost three and tied one.
The Red Sox made their best gain
of the week at the expense of the
Athletics, the two teams playing six
games in three days, of which Bos
ton won all but one. Chicago broke
even in two games with Cleveland,
won three out of five from Detroit,
lost to the Athletics on Saturday and
won yesterday's game.
Three outstanding features mark
ed the pennant fights during the
past week. They were:
1. The spurt of the Giants and the
elump of the Phillies.
2. The ousting of the White Sox
from the lead by the Red Sox, only
for Chicago to gain the supremacy
again.
3. The failure of Ty Cobb to pass
his record after hitting safely in
thirty-five games.
Giants Made Big Gain
The McGraw men made the big
gest gain they have made in their
fight thus far. To-day they lead the
Phillies by six games and a half.
During the week they won six out of
seven battles, while the Phillies
were dropping six out of their seven
games.
In the American League the sen
sation was the overhauling of the
great White Sox bunch by the
world's champions. But yesterday
the White Sox beat the Athletics,
while Boston was losing, and are
now a game to the good again.
During the week Boston won five
out of its seven contests, while the
White Sox were dropping five of
their nine combats. The Red Sox
began their invasion of the west at
Cleveland with a defeat.
Other changes in the National
League were St. Louis' jump Into
third place and the Reds' spurt,
which led them to a tie with the
Cub 3 %)r the coveted first division.
West End A. C., 'Wins
Another Easy Victory
West End A. C. strengthened its
lead Saturday, winning from En
ginemen and Firemen, score 13 to
1. Both teams hit the ball. The
score:
WEST END
R. H. O. A. E.
Bell, 2b 3 4 2 3 0
H. Kline, 3b 1 1 0 2 0
Russell, lb . 3 3 12 0 0
Smith, cf 1 1 1 0 0
W. Euker, ss .... 2 0 2 3 0
B. Kline, c 1 2 7 3 0
Beam, rf 1 2 0 0 0
McKeever, If 0 1 2 1 0
Davidson, p...... 1 0 0 2 0
T. Euker, p 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 13 1327 14 0
ENGINEERS & FIREMEN A. C.
R. H. O. A. E.
Hoover, lb 0 1 8 0 1
Klerner, 3b 1 2 1 4 0
Waltz, If ■ 0 1 2 1 0
Dill, c 0 110 1 1
Weigle, 2b 0 0 0 0 0
Kelser, cf 0 2 1 0 0
Rupley, ss 0 1 1 3 0
Snell, rf 0 0 1 0 0
Miller, p 0 0 0 2 0
Burns, p 0 1 0 0 0
Wachtman, p.... 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 1 9 24 11 3
West End. .10114321 x—l 3
E. &F.A. C. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0— 1
Two base hits, B. Kline, Smith,
Dill, Klerner. Three base hits. Bell,
2. Homerun, Russell. Sacrifice hits,
B. Kline, Beam, Waltz. Snell. Double
plays. West End, 2. Struck out, by
Davidson, 6; T. Euker, 1; Miller, 5;
Burnes, 2; Wachtman, 2. Base on
balls, off Davidson, 1; E. Euker, E;
Miller, 5; Burns, 0; Wachtman, 1.
Left on base, West End, 7; E. and
F.. 7. Hit by pitcher, H. Kline.
Stolen bases. West End, 1; E. and
F., 2. First base on errors, West
End, 2. Passed ball. Dill, 1. Wild
pitch, Miller. Time, 1.35. Umpires,
Nelly and Tyson.
No Hazard !
Carefully he takes his
stance; "waggles" a bit;
stops to adjust the visor
of his Golf Cap to prop
erly shade his eyes. Re
sumes stance with a
smooth up-stroks; a
mighty follow through—
and he's good for 250
yards. It's the Cap that
did it and it came from
Fred B, Harry
; 17 If. Third St.
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MONDAY EVENING,
ERE IS EVIDENCE THAT HAGERSTOWN
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That they draw good crowds In
the Blue Ridge League few doubt.
Sometimes there may be a handful
of fans, but this never occurs in
towns where the teams are up in
Steelton's League Team
Wins Over Soldier Nine;
Bunched Bingles Factor
Steelton's League team handed
the Seventh Infantry boys a jolt on
Saturday. The boys from Gettysburg
were given a whitewash, score 7 to
0. York pitched good ball except
when bases were occupied. The
score:
SEVENTH REGIMENT
AB. R. R. O. A. E.
Steele, lb 4 0 1 5 1 0
Nadjek, 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1
Martin, ss .... 4 0 1 2 0 0
Barrett, rf .... 4 0 0 0 0 0
Deßarr, cf .... 3 0 0 0 1 0
Gallagher, c... 3 0 014 2 1
Ivler, If 3 0 1 0 0 0 !
Eyhle, 3b..... 3 0 1 1 1 0
York, p 3 0 0 1 2 0
Totals ... 29 0 5 24 7 2
STEELTON
AB. R. R. O. A. E.
Miller, cf 4 0 1 3 0 Oi
Robinson, ss .. 3 2 1 1 3 0 1
Carris, c 3 2 2 8 2 0
Cornog,' 2b .... 3 2 2 5 0 0
Murray, 1b.... 3 1 0 6 0 0
Connors, If .... 4 0 2 2 0 0
McGoehan, 3b . 4 0 1 0 1 0
tellers, rf.... 2 0 0 1 0 0
Hoar, p 3 0 1 1 2 0
Ogdcn, rf 2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 10 27 9 0
Seventh Regt ... 00000000 o—o
Steelton 30000310 x—7
Two base hits, Connors. Carris.
Threa base hit, Connors. Home run,
Cornog. Double play, Robinson, Cor
nog and Murray. Struck out. Hoar,
7; York, 15. Base on balls. Hoar, 2;
York, 2. Left on base, Seventh Reg
iment, 4; Steelton. 4. Hit by pitcher,
Murray, Carris. Stolen bases, Rob
inson, 8; Carris, 2; Cornog. Passed
ball. Gallagher. Time, 1.40. Umpire,
Taggart.
Harrisburg Motive Power
Team Gets Hard Jolt;
Trenton Has Easy Victory
Games in the Pennsylvania Rail
road Motive Power League on Satur
day were only ordinary. Harris
burg lost to New York, score 16 to 6.
Numerous errors by Harrisburg
paved the way to an easy win for
the Gothamites. The offensive feats
of the game were credited to Gray,
Leary and Day, each collecting four
hits on five visits to the plate. The
all-around work of - Gray excelled,
who, in addition to his hitting, field
ed his position faultlessly.
Poor fielding, especially by the
custodians of the outer garden of the
Baltimore team, gave Philadelphia
an easy victory at the Monumental
City, 9 to 1. The Quakers landed on
Mason In the opening session and be
fore Peck, who was called to the
rescue, could stem the tide, they had
registered three counts. The feature
playes were performed by Palmer,
Heist, Ryan and Carney, their field
ing and hitting playing an impor
tant part In the victory.
Trenton remained the pacemaker
of the league by defeating Wilming
ton in a listless slugfest, 21 to 10.
Hunn, Wilmington's star pitcher, was
badly mauled by the champs in the
first inning, a total of six hits allow
ing as many runs to cross the plate.
Although his teammates evened mat
ters in the second round, he was
again pounded hard in the sixth and
was ushered to the showers; Ott,
who relieved BUI Matthews, after the
eventful first, pitched a grand game,
holding the visitors to five hits. The
game wsv> featured by a wallop for
a tour of the bases by Parkipson.
STATE COI.LBGE AVIATOR
Philadelphia, July 9. William C.
("Whitey") Thomas, of Atlantic City,
and former football star at State Col
lege, has been notified to report to the
linited States Aviation Training
School at Essington. Thomas passed
the examination for enlisting in the
aviation corps several weeks ago.
Whitey Thomas before he entered
State College was an all-around ath
lete at Atlantic City and during the
summer was a beach lifeguard sta
tioned at Chelsea. After graduation
from State he played last year on the
football team of the Conshohocken
A. C.
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Phil Cooney Makes
I v Triple Play Unassisted
Des Moines, la., July 9. Phil
Cooney, second baseman with the
Omaha club, is the first Western
Leaguer to execute a triple play
unaided, according to records avail
able here.
Cooney gained the honor in a
game with Denver, played In that
city, when he took a line drive in
the sixth inning, tagged a base
runner who had started from first,
and then hopped onto the second
bag before another runner could
return from the trip he had started
toward third.
Records show It to be the first
Individual triple play In Ave years
In organized baseball, and the ninth
time It had been made In a period
of thirty-nine yeafe. Neal Ball,
then with Cleveland, made the last
big league triple play unassisted.
Ball Is now with New Haven, of
the Eastern Association.
I the race. Chambersburg was obllg
[ ed to give up but the balance of the
schedule will be played out and
there will be battles royal. The above
| picture was taken at Hagerstown on
"yporili^hi
Copyright, 1817, The Trilraae Association (SSew Tork Tribune),
THE CAGEY DUFFER SPEAKS
I rarely make a hole in par;
My mashie often seems to stutter;
My driving isn't very far,
And I'm no Travis with the putter.
My brassie shot's bereft of thrills;
In fact, I very seldom try one;
And I grow mottled at the gills
When I am forced to pitch a high one.
I'm no Gil Nichols off the tee.
And (begging Mr. Evans' pardon)
I rarely ever grab a three
Or otherwise resemble Vardon.
And yet I'm very rarely stung;
The first tee never finds me napping;
For when the ball-a-hole is sprung
I lead the world at handicapping.
WHO LEADS AT THIRD
A few days ago in a fanatical group of argument starters some one
opened the debate as to the best third baseman now in baseball. This, of
course, was to include all departments of play.
The debate, in its main allotments, was banked around three names—
Larry Gardner, of the Red Sox; Frank Baker of the Yankees, and Heinle
Zimmerman, of the Giants—with Buck Weaver, of the White Sox, also re
ceiving polite mention.
While the debate was still raging some non-combatant startled the
group with this delayed query—"What's the matter with Heinle Groh, of
the Reds?" Upon turning back to the averages it was soon found that
nothing at all was the matter with I-leinie Groh. The facts proved were
as follows:
1. That he was as quick an.d as shifty around third as any of them.
2. That he was outbatting them all by a healthy margin.
3. That he had scored more runs than any ball player in either league,
two more than Buck Weaver, in second place—more than Cobb, Speaker
or any of the others.
Therefore, if Mr. Groh isn't the season's most valuable third basemap
so far, who is—and why? '
PROTEST CONSIDERED
Sir—l see where the Western Golf Association has forbidden the con
cession of putts. I protest against this bitterly, for I have developed the
unfortunate habit lately of missing the short ones. Are we to have no
liberty left at all? DUFFER.
For all that, the rule against the concession of puits Is a very good one.
We recall several instances where golfers complained bitterly against op
ponents who forced them to hole out the short ones. Why should they be
conceded?
THE FED STAR
In the defunct Federal League the leeading batting battle was between
Benny Kauff and Lee Magee. These two were considered the stars of the
circuit. To-day Eddie Roush, of the Reds, has distanced both. The Red
Panther is 58 points beyond Kauff and 103 points beyond Magee. He
has a fine chance now to lead the league—an honor that Benny Kauff
would give a right leg to achieve.
All of which recalls the astounding fact that the Reds now have four
.300 batsmen—'the list embracing Roush, Chase, Clarke and Groh a
catcher, two infielders and an outfielder.
With Neale and Griffith only a stride or two In the rear, the Reds are
now leading the league at bat, with no less than six men above .280, the
best showing of the year upon attack.
Matty will achieve no pennant this season, but there is a first class
chance that he will gain his ambition to finish among the first four—and
there is a fair chance that he may ranne as high as third.
Gavvy Cravath was supposed to be out upon the gray edge last season.
Yet to date he is not only batting over .300, but has scored more runs than
any man in baseball, barring only Groh and Weaver. The Cactus has no
idea of subsiding yet.
Another entry for the Western amateur golf championship is James
Scott Worthington of Mid-Surrey, England. The Western realm is ex
panding almost beyond belief.
Jackson A. C., Fielding
Helps in Close Contest
Jackson A. C. won more laurels
Saturday, defeating P. R. R. Ap
prentices, score 8 to 5. The Jack
sons came near losing. Fast dou
ble plays 3aved the game. The score:
JACKSON A. C.
R. H. O. A. E.
Carpenter, lb 3 1 12 1 0
Flynn, rf 0 1 1 0 0
Williams, cf 2 1 0 0 0
Fields, c, 0 0 10 2 0
Wingert, 2b, 0 0 0 3 0
Matchett, 2b 1 2 0 3 0
Bratton, ss 1 2 3 4 1
Blessing, If 0 1 1 0 0
Cooper, p, A. 1 1 0 2 0
Totals 8 9 27 15 1
P. R. R. APPRENTICES
R. H. O. A. E.
Grissinger, 1 0 0 5 0
Fellows, ss 0 0 4 2 0
G. Eissner, cf 0 2 1 0 0
Givler, rf, 0 0 0 0 0
Sober, lb, 0 1 7 0 0
Moltz, If 1 0 2 0 0
C. Eissner, 3b, ..... 2 2 2 3 1
Olewine, 2b 1 0 1 0 0
Wilsback, c 0 2 7 0 0
Totals .. 5 7 27 10 1
Apprentices 00002002 I—s
Jackson A. C 24001001 •—8
BETHLEHEM LEAGUE GAMES
Only two games were played Sat
urday in the Bethlehem Steel Cor
poration League. Bethlehem won
over Lebanon, score 4 to 1, and Fore
River handed Wilmington a bump,
score 12 to 1. The latter battle went
eight tnntngfl. The game at Bethle
hem was a pitchers' battle.
HSJEtRISBURG TELEGRAPH
[ July 4. The top picture shows the
! big crowd in the grandstand, and the
i lower picture is that of the Hagers
town team, a fast bunch.
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DAUPHIN DROPS
CLOSE.CQNTEST
Newport Winner in Eleventh
Inning; Marysville's Close
Call With Halifax
Dauphin's pennant hopes were
given a severe Jolt Saturday at the
hands of Newport, the present league
leaders. The game went eleven in
nings before Newport emerged the
victor, score 2-1.
Gilday, Dauphin's crack mounds
man and Strieker, Newport's hope,
did the mound work for their re
spective teams. Gilday was touched
for eleven safe bingles, while Striek
er left the hard hitting Dauphin ag
gregation off with five swats. New
port placed quite a different line-up
than the one used Wednesday. Kep
ner, the second baseman, was bench
ed and Smith was brought in from
the outfield to play the keystone
sack. Hooper was used in place of
Smith, while Ray Wertz, formerly
of the Scranton New York State
League, held down the initial sack.
Marysville's Close Call
Marysville nosed out a victory
from the Halifax nine in the last
inning. Harry Biever allowed the
champs only eight hits and was op
posed by Piatt, who was touched up
for nine safeties.
Mlllersburg continues to lose
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games, .errors aided by twelve hard
hits enabled Duncannon to admin
ister the twelfth defeat of the sea
son. •
The summaries are:
Dauphin .1 00000 00 0 0 o—l 5 2
Newport .0001000000 I—2 11 3
Batteries—Dauphin, Gilday and
Lutz; Newport, Strieker and Reeder.
Halifax 00002000 o—2 9 3
Marysville ....00000010 2 —3 8 2
Batteries —Halifax, H. Biever and
Minnich; Marysville, Piatt and
Rowe.
Duncannon ..1 1010201 o—6 12 0
Millersburg ..0 0000100 o—l 8 6
Batteries —Brener and Dearolf;
Garrison and Bufflngton.
Harrisburg Division Wins
in Railroad League Game
In the Philadelphia and Reading
Railway Division series, Harrisburg
Division won a five-inning game
over General Office nine, score 8 to
0. The game was late in starting
and was called to allow Harrisburg
to catch their train. The hitting of
Hassler and Bricker and the field
ing of Larkin, and pitching of Win
ter were features.
Port Richmond made it eight
straight, shutting out Reading Car
Shops, score 7 to 0. The leaders put
up a brilliant exhibition.
Atlantic City won a close game
from St. Clair, score 3 to 1. Mason
allowed St. Clair but three hits. Both
•teams played an errorless game.
Thum played a sensational game at
second for the visitors.
Phamokin Division walked all
over the Transportation nine at
Tabor, winning by a score of 11 to
2. The Reading Locomotive Shops
shut out Spring Garden, score 4 to 0.
JULY 9, 1917.
WELLY'S jf CORNER
On Wednesday the New York
State League will start a new season
with six clubs, A schedule has been
arranged. Present indications are
that Reading will play games at Al
bany. On July 4 the total attend
ance at Reading was not over 1,500
for two games. There was a time I
when Harrisburg and Reading sel
dom played a game with less than
2;000.
According to Buck Ramsey, who
was leader of the Harrisburg Or
phans, the New York State League
will pull through, but not show prof-:
its financially. He is also of the be
lief that had the league president
and magnates put the same efforts
to take care of Harrisburg as they
are doing to keep the league going
there would be baseball in Harris
burg and an eight-club circuit, with
all towns drawing paying crowds.
On July 18 the second shoot in the
four-city Trapshootlng League will
be held in this city. Harrisburg won
the first contest at Lancaster. West
Fairview shooters were runners-up
and give notice that they will come
back strong in the second match.
There is considerable rivalry between
Harrisburg and West . Fairview
sportsmen and shooters look for a
big day when they meet next week.
With more than half the games
played in the Dauphin-Perry League
It looks like a battle royal between
Newport and Dauphin for honors.
These teams met Saturday and extra
innings were necessary. Dauphin
was without the services of two star
players. It broke up the team work,
but that old-time "pluck" was in evi
dence and Manager Lyter's boys
made a great flght.
Washington and Jefferson Collega
counts on playing Its full schedule
of football games this fall, and also
expects to have as good a team as
ever on the gridiron. A good sched
ule has been arranged.
The performance of the InfleM of
the Louisville American Association
club in going through a stretch of
232 games, the continuity of which
was first broken recently, without a
single member having missed an in
ning of play, is believed to consti
tute a record. The infield, composed
of J. Kirke at first, Joseph McCarthy
at second, Corriden at third and
Wilbur Roach at shortstop, went
through 167 games last year and 65
games this season without a break.
Closing of the Three I season yes
terday will throw approximately 125
baseball players out of employment.
President A. R. Tierney said, how
ever, that although the clubs lost
heavily during the eight weeks of
play, the players will be pait' In full.
Some remarkable figures are shown
In a number of balance sheets issued
by several of the big English soccer
clubs as the result of last season's
working. Everton, who lost $743 In
the season 1915-16, turned in a profit
of $7,361. Gate receipts for the sea
son totaled $35,079, and in addition
to investing $12,500 in the war loan,
i the famous club carried forward th
I large amount of $86,917.