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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.
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THURSDAY EVENING,
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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
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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"
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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.
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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
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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.