10 MARTIN WINS TRAP SHOOTING HONORS IN FOUR CITY MATCH—STEELTON BEATS NEWPORT ITS AND RUNS DONT WIN FLAGS According to Figures Tabu lated July 7 These State ments Are Correct New York, July 19.—That well balanced and even baseball play points the way to the pennant has again been demonstrated by the fig ures compiled from the various aver ages and records available at the halfway mark in the present big league contests. When the turning mark was reached on July 7 neither leading club in the National and American Leagues was among the lirst three in total number of runs or hits made but this mark of a finished offensive was more than counterbalanced by the strong de fensive game played by the league leaders. In the National League Chicago was first in runs with Cincinnati sec ond and Philadelphia third. Chicago was second in total number of hits reversing places with Cincinnati this respect, while St. Louis was third. This strong offense of the two Western clubs was offset, how ever, by weakness in defense. Chi cago was first in error making; had more runners left on bases than any other senior league club and third in total number of runs made by opponents. Cincinnati was second in errors; second in left on bases and more runs, had been scored against the team than any other club in the league. Pittsburgh, in last place, had made the third largest number of errors and had next to the larg est number of runs scored against theni by opponents. Boston was third in left on bases. American League Figures The compilations showed a more complicated situation in the Amer ican league. Boston, the leading team on that date, was second in runs scored but in other respects was playing close, careful but not par ticularly brilliant baseball. The Chi cago White Sox, right on Boston's heels, lead in greatest number of. runs but strange to say had the third lnrgcst number of runners stranded. Detroit was third in run-making; second in hitting, while St. Louis led in the greatest number of safe •'.rives registered with Cleveland third. St. Louis spoiled her hitting record by piling up the greatest number of errors with Cleveland sec ond and Washington third. Cleveland had more runners left on bases than j any of the other teams in the Amer- ' ican league with New York second 1 and Chicago third. The New YorUl club was .in third place notwifh- j standing that the opposing teams had made more runs against the Gothamites than any one of the ether seven combinations, St. Louis r nd Philadelphia, the two tailenders on July 7 were second and third re spectively in this department of the records. LION ROLL WITH LINK AND BUTTONS _ 15 0 EACH 6 FOR &0Z! {pilars For Sale By DIVES, POMEROY & STEWART, HARRISBUUG. l'A. IIEADQIIAItTEHS FOR SHIRTS SIDES & SIDES ■ AMUSEMENTS Today Bessie Barriscale IX Bawbs 0' Blue Ridge A Beautiful Play of All That Is Good TOMORROW ONLY ANTONIO MORENO anil BELLE BRUCE A Son of the Hills ■ Big Fire! Patriotic Fireworks Display AT Paxtang Park Tonight Display Starts at 8:15 Park Theater THE GARFIELD MUSICAL COMEDY CO. With a cast or 25 people will present the comedy success "Two Fools There Were" Matinees, 2:30 Evenings, 8:15 THURSDAY EVENING, ij SCORES OF YESTERDAY , j National League . | Philadelphia, 3; Cincinnati, 1. I New York. 4; Chicago, 2 'I Brooklyn. 5; St. Louts, 1. >| Pittsburgh, 8; Boston, 6 (first ; ! game). Pittsburgh, 3; Boston, 2 (second ■ game). American League Detroit, 4; Philadelphia, 1 (first game). Philadelphia, 4; Detroit, 3 (second game). Chicago, 4; Washington, 0 (first game). Chicago, 7; Washington, 4 (second game). New York, 12; Cleveland. 7 (10 innings). Boston, 1; St. Louis, 0. New York Suite League Elmira, 5; Reading, 4. Wilkes-Barre, 4; Binghamton, 2. Syracuse, 5; Scranton, 3 (13 ings). WHERE THEY PLAY TO-DAY American League Boston at Chicago. Washington at St. Louis. New York at Detroit. Philadelphia at Cleveland. National League Pittsburgh at Boston. St. Louis at Brooklyn. Chicago at New York. Cincinnati at Philadelphia. New York State League Elmira at Reading. Syracuse at Scranton. Binghamton at Wilkes-Barre. STANDING OF THE CLUBS National League W. L. Pet. New York ...t........ 50 27 .649 Philadelphia 41 33 .554 St. Louis 44 39 .530 Cincinnati 47 43 .522 Chicago 4 3 4 3 .500 • Brooklyn 38 39 .494 Boston 33 45 .423 Pittsburgh 26 54 .325 American League W. L. Pet. Chicago 54 31 .635 Boston 51 32 .614 Cleveland 47 41 .534 New York 42 39 .519 Detroit •43 41 .512 Washington 33 49 .402 Philadelphia 31 49 .388 St. Louis ' 33 53 .384 New York State League W. L. Pet. | Wilkes-Barre 7 1 .875 ! Syracuse . 5 1 .833 Scranton 4 4 .500 Elmira 3 4 .500 Binghamton 1 5 .167 Reading 1 7 .125 San Francisco Has New Swimming Star; Has Record San Francisco, July 19.—The win ning of the Golden Gate swim re cently by Miss Frances Cowells, of j San Francisco, has shown her to be a versatile swimmer who excels both ' in the short and long distances. { which generally is conceded to bo a rare attribute in any athlete. Miss Cowells' favorite distances range from 50 to 500 yards, and in thesa she holds several national and coast titles. Her recent achievement across the i strait which connects San Francisco 1 Bay with the Pacific Oceaij was swum over a course approximating a mile and a quarter, and is the long , est distance she has attempted in j competition. ' While her friends had no misgiv | ings concerning her from the point ' of view of speed and strength, they were uncertain whether she would ! be able to negotiate the rough and* open water, to which she has not bee naccustomed. Her time of 41 ! minutes and 15 seconds constitutes, automatically, a record, as this course has never been swum before, former swims across the famous strip of water having taken the contest ants over a shorter route. TURNED DOWN Fort Sheridan. 111., July 19.—Ma jor Charles R. Vincent, of the First Illinois field artillery, and one-time fullback for two years on Yale's football team, and selected by Wal ter Camp for the all-American, was yesterday rejected because he did not meet all the physical require ments of the United States Army service. His heart had been over taxed by athletic games, army phy sicians said. P. AND R. TEAM WANTS GAME The Harrisburg division of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad System League would like to arrange a game with some fast amateur team for Saturday, July 28. Any club paying a fair-guarantee can get in touch with E. Luigard. at 513 South FilVeenth street The management desires to enter into ne gotiations with the West End, Beth j lehem Steel or Hershey nines. STAIILE WINS BIKE TITLE Newark, N. J., July 19.—John L. Stahle, of Newark, won the national amateur two-mile bicycle champion ship here last night, defeating Gus Lang at the tape. Chris Dotterwich was third and Harry Hoffman, of San Francisco, fourth. AMUSEMENTS / •% Regent Theater Alnayii Kool and Komfortable TODAY "THE GREATER LAW" A. gripping acreen romance of the North Featuring MYRTLE GONZALEZ TO-MORHOW Rupert Julian and Ruth Clifford IN "A Kentucky Cinderella" Coining; Monday and Tueiiday PAL LINE FREDERICK In "HER BETTER SELF" V t Farewell Dance BY Eighth Penna. Infantry Band Friday Evening, July 20 SUMMERDALE PARK Band and Orchestra ADMISSION Gentlemen 60c •Ladies 25c SOLDIERS TO PLAY BALL The life of a soldier does not only consist of drilling and learning the arts of warfare, there is also time for play and recreation in the cur riculum. Already the soldiers .camp ing on the island are arrahging for a series of baseball games to be played before they leave the city. The first game is scheduled for Saturday afternoon at 1.30 o'clock, when the baseball nine of Troop C, (formerly the Governor's Troop) First Pennsylvania National Guard, will line up against a team picked from the various units of the Eighth Copyright 1817. The Tribuaa Aaaociolion. (New York Tribune*. THE PRINCESS PATS No neetl to call the roll to-day; No need to read the scroll to-day; _ . „ .. No need to seek for friends you knew among the first command. Small use —you know the rest of it, The worst of it—the best of it — . . .. T - „ Where Fate has written each address —"Somewhere in No Man s Lana. Somewhere in No Man's.Land to-day You'll find the first command to-day. From Neuve Chapelle to Vimy Ridge, wherever they were sent; Their share? A triple store of it. They did their bit, and more of it, So here's to 20 who returned where 1400 went. ftidividual courage is one thing. But those who understand the psycho logy of war know that well drilled discipline and force of habit are the factors which devise the winning score. THE .400 PINNACLE Ty Cobb, we are told, is making a drive for a .400 year at bat. Ty has known this height twice in his career, and he may get there again—but the odds are heavily against his arrival. Rounding up a .400 mark is the last word in batting art. The last ball plavers who struck off .400 in the National League were Ed Delehanty and Jess Burkett. and that was back in 1899. Eighteen seasons have pass ed since without a National League star coming within 15 points of the mark. Hans Wagner reached .380 in 1900, and Burkett totalled .382 in 1901, but the .400 boys have become extinct. In the seventeen years of American League history three men have scrambled to the .400 crest. Nap Lajoie batted .422 in 1901; Cobb batted .420 and Jackson .408 in 1911; Cobb tliep followed with .401 in 1912. 1912 was the last .400 year any eminent Son of Swat has ever known. In the last twenty years only five men have ever reached .400. They are Bur kett, Keeler, Delehanty, Lajoie, Cobb and Jackson. Keeler has faded away; Del is dead; Lajoie has dropped to the minors; Jackson is now around .280, and Cobb is still toiling up the slope, struggling once more to reach the crowning eminence. Except for a bad start he would be over .400 to-day. As it is, he has batted around .440 for the last six weeks. To finish at .400 he must now bat .415 or thereabouts the rest of the season. This is no impossible un derstanding, but it is a monumental assignment, with three months still left. HAUGHTON AND FATE It is only once in a while that Fate piles up her honors in separate fields. In football. Percy Haughton went to the top, and held the pinnacle for the greater part of six years. He was the main winner over an extended period. But his career as a magnate in baseball has been cluttered up with disappointment. His club for two seasons made a flurry around the top. But each time it was driven, back. Now it is hopelessly stopped at mid-season, with only an outside chance of finishng in the first division. The Boston machine will have to be rebuilt in many spots now before it ever wins again. And there will be no intercollegiate football this fall that might yield Haughton his chance to even up on the season's count. SONG OF THE LINKS Many are called, but only a few Ever do better than 92. Many are called, but with many a curse Most of them finish at 90 or worse. "Whisky to be abolished." Some dashing song writer should now rise upon his hind legs and dash off a melancholy ditty beginning "Goodby, dear old 19th hole, my golfing days are done." Waivers have been asked on old John Barley Corn. He still had a lot of speed and pep, but practically no control. It must be a harassing, throbbing, palpitating, nerve racking proposi tion for the American soldier facing first line trenches as to whether he is to be called Sammy or Teddy. We don't see how they can sleep, ponder ing upon the terrific gravity of the issue at stake. AS REVISED BY THE NATIONAL LEAGUE Repudiation is vexation; An uproar is as bad; • An inside fuss Won't bother us. But an inquest drives us mad. And many a red-eyed entry the mornng after would like to repudiate the night before. MARTIN WINS SHOOT HONORS Crack Marksman of This City Breaks 97 Out of 100 Targets J. G. MARTIN J. G. Martin, of this city, was win ner yesterday in the Four-City Trap shooting League match held on the Second and Division street grounds. He broke 97 out of a possible one hundred. Yesterday morning tele grams were received from the Lan caster, York and West Fairview teams asking to have the match postponed until next Friday. The word reached here too late to call oft the match and as it was only members of the Harrisburg team participates. Tram MakeH Good Record The scores of the team taken to gether totaled 923, one of the best made by the local marksmen. Mr. Martin made one high run Airing the course of the match. He broke sev enty-one targets without a miss. An other good score was credited to M. B. Stewart, who broke sixty-seven without a miss. The summaries of the shooters are as follows: F. A. Godcharles, 91; W. O. Hickok, 89; B. B. Rothrock, 88; E. G. Hoffman, 93; G. Mann. 72; J. N. Keller. 9X; E. W. Shenk. 80; J. G. Martin, 97; H. B. Shoop, 80; H. O. Seabold, 77; A. H. I HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Regiment stationed on the island. The game will be played on the island playground and it is expected to be a battle royd.l as the team from Company C won the championship on the Mexican border last summer. A big feature of the game will be a concert given by the regimental band under the direction of David Clark. As the game will be played between soldier nines there Is no danger of umpire baiting during the fray as the offender might face court-martial for wranglng with the ump. Roberts, 92; S. P. Segelbaum, 80; J. L. Shelter, 93; W. H. Wilson. 74; W. D. Tyler, 80; W. H. Cleckner. 88; F. W. Dinger, 93; out of a possible 70; W. E. Hoover, 64; A. Freeland, 66; W. A. Miller, 67; M. B. Stewart, 67. CORNELL TO RESUME SPORT Ithaca, N. Y., July 19.—Cornell will resume intercollegiate athletics in the fall, regardless of the action taken by Harvard, Yale or Prince ton. This was announced yesterday, when it was officially stated that the faculty committee on student affairs had approve*! the decision of the Athletic Council to carry out inter collegiate schedules. As the football and crosscountry schedules were never canceled, no further official action is necessary. Graduate Man ager Kent said yesterday that it was improbable that Cornell would sus pend the freshman rule. He said that the men for the athletic teams would be chosen from th ethree up per classes. VIC SAIER GOES TO PITTSBURGH Pittsburgh, Pa.. July 19.—With the Cincinnati National League Club having waived its claim to the serv ices of Vic Saier, the former Chicago National first baseman yesterday be came the property of the Pittsburgh club, according to announcement here. Saier sustained a broken log early in the season, and after the Chicago club had obtained Fred Mer c's from Brooklyn Saier was given his release. Both Pittsburgh and Cincinnati entered claims for the in- Cincinnati club noti fied President Barney Dreyfuss, of the Pittsburgh club, last night, that It had waived Its claim. GOLFERS TO HARVEST CROPS Atlantic City, N. J„ July 19. Wealthy members of the Country Club of Atlantic City, who discarded their golf sticks for farming work, see their first reward in sight. The membership has been divided into squads and a division is reporting each day to harvest the crops un der cultivation in the vicinity acre age at Northfield. Plants in a great bean patch are ready to yield, and from all indications the efforts of the gentlemen farmers here will not go for naught. FRED PLUM STARS AT TRAPS Atlantic City, N. J„ July 19 Fred Plum, of Atlantic City, holder or three world's trapshooting titles, set a new mark yesterday. Plum smashed 149 out of 150. He broke seventy-five straight, missed his next target and then continued perfect. acu '? ca ' cr *ck had previously run 86 before letting a bluerock slip bv. Barton Pardee, of Atlantic City, was the former recordholder at the pier traps, with 99 out of 100. NEWPORT LOSES TO STEELTON Dauphin-Perry Leaders Fall to Steelton in Twelve Inning Fray In a well-played game on Cottage Hill yesterday afternoon the Steelton team of the Bethlehem Steel Com pany League defeated the Newport nine of the Dauphin-Perry League, 2to 1. The contest was not decided until the end of the twelfth inning. Zellers, the Steelton hurler, bested Kid Strieker in the pitchers' bat tle. Newport only secured five hits, while Steelton hit Strieker safe ten times. Steelton's defense was also of a high standard, not an error be ing credited against them, but on the other hand eleven of their run ners were left on bases. The box score is as follows: NEWPORT - . . „ AB. R. H. O. A. E. Gutschall, ss, .. . 4 0 2 3 1 0 Reeder, c. * 3 0 0 10 2 1 Mumper, 3b 4 o 1 3 3 1 Wagner, If 5 0 1 2 0 0 Strieker, p 4 0 0 0 5 0 Smith, cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 McAndrews, 3b,. 4 0 0 14 1 1 £ ush - 3 110 10 Kepner, 2b 4 0 0 1 3 0 Total 35 1 5T5 16~3 STEELTON AB. R. H. O. A. E. Connors, If 5 o 1 l o 0 Miller, cf, 6 1 2 4 0 0 Robinson, ss, ... 4 0 1 4 1 0 Carris, c, 5 0 115.4 0 ,f U///M/^ x t\\ - MOWtfS WORTH \\pp OF ' ntgives you -then 2 and ( FOREIGN I MAKe 7 Why pay for Import Duty? You can't smoke it . Smokers of cigarettes of foreign tobacco can't get full value in taste and quality , because some of their money must go to cover the cost of Import Duty on the tobacco. But that doesn't go for Piedmonts. There s a cigarette that can give you better quality —the reason is it's VIRGINIA TOBACCO, and Virginia tobacco pays no Import Duty. And if you want character— that lively "snap" that belongs to Virginia tobacco alone—ask for "a package of Piedmonts, please." /MyeufeSoccoGr. An all-Virginia cigarette NOTE—3OO MILLION pounds! Thafi ' J* how much Virginia tobacco was made | m ■ P into cigarettes last year—over 4 timet XWX T as much as foreign-grown tobacco. For • A-W . . cigarettes, thert's no tobacco tike Cirginia. "> L/T.ISO bCtCk&Q, And Piedmont is the biggest-selling Vir- ■* •■*-* i ginia cigarette in the workl. JL LI XOX* 1U 9 i Cornog, 2b, ..r..5 0 0 1 3 0| Murray, lb 4 0 0 10 1 0 McGeehan, 3b, ..5 0 1 0 1 Oi Clark, rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 Zellers, p, 4 1 3 1 3 0 Totals 44 2 10 36 13 0 •Two out when winning run was scored. * Steelton, ....10000000000 I—2 Two-base hit, Zellers; . sacrifice hits, Connors, Robinson, Reeder 2, Mumper; double play, Cornog to Robinson to Murray; struck out, by Zellers 17, by Strieker 9; base on balls, off Zellers 7, off Strieker 1; left on base, Newport 6, Steelton 11; nit by pitcher, Murray; stolen bases, Mumper, Wagner and Smith. National Tennis Doubles to Be Played at Boston Boston, July 19. Announcement was made that the national doubles lawn tennis tournament will begin at the Longwood Cricket Club on Mon day, August 13. No prizes will be given, but certificates will be award ed the winner and runner-up. The net proceeds will be given to the fund for the lawn tennis ambulance sections. George A. Adee, Edwin F. Torrey and Julian S. Myrick will represent the United States National Lawn Tennis Association, and Ed win Sheafe will act as referee. On August 15, at Longwood, the winners of all the junior and boys' tournaments held this season in the Boston sectional district will be played off and the winners of this event will be entitled to play in the national junior and boys' champion ship at the West Side Tennis Club, New York. JULY 19, 1917 WELLY'S If CORNER 2* No team in the New York State League seems to be able to stoi the winning streak of the Coal ba'rons. In the second race of the season the 'upper state nine has been defeated only once and that was at the hands of the tail-end Reading club. Yes terday they won from the Bingoes, 4 to 2. Old Jupe Pluvius had things his own way yesterday in the Blue Ridge League, not a game being played over the circuit. Hagerstown, the present leaders, meet Gettysburg to day and their hold on first place de-> pends upon the present series with the battlefield boys. The Phillies made their hits count yesterday in their game with the Cincinnati Reds and as a result won the game, 3 to 1. They also stopped Fred Toney's winning streak. May er was touched up for eleven swats by the Reds but they were well scattered. During the batting prac tice Thorpe walloped one over th Weiser and Manning to Play With Upland Club Chester, July 19.—"Bud" Weiser, outfielder, and Walter Manning, pitcher of the Wilkes-Barre New York State League team, have ac cepted terms to play with the Upland (Delaware County League) team, it fence which landed in Lehigh ave nue. The Boston Braves' winning streak was brought to a stop yesterday when the Pirates threw a wrench into the machinery by winning both ends of a doubleheader. In the American League two doubleheaders were played, Detroit and the Athle tics split even and the Chicago Whi.te Sox defeated the Senators twice. A 6 to 1 victory over the Store house nine of the Lucknow Shop League yesterday was scored by the Clerks. Chard, the twirler for the Clerks, allowed his opponents only three scattered hits. The failure of the representatives from the trapshooting teams from West Falrview, Lancaster and York to show up for the trapshooting match yesterday did not cause ho match to be called off. Martin c~me through with high honors, breaking <97 out of 100. has teen announced. Weiser is a former member of the Phillies. Man ning for several years was a pitch ing mainstay in the defunct Tri-Stato League. Several deals are now pending with players of the defunct Three-I League. It is probable Kid Stutz and Hansen Horsey, former Tri-Stat ers, will be signed before the week end.
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