IBACH'S SINGLE BRINGS VICTORY TO READING TEAM IN HILL LEAGUE SERIES-SPORTS SURPRISES IN TENNIS MATCHES Holcombe Ward Has Clean- Up; Eliminates Jap Star; Norwegian Girl Wins Forest Hills. N. Y.. Aug. 21.—1n the National Patriotic singles tour nament yesterday, Holcombe Ward, of Sea Bright. N. J., singles cham pion in 190 4 started a series of upsets by defeating S. H. Voshell, of Brook lyn, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3. Ward continued Into the second round at the expense of another younger player, H. S. Parker, of Cedarhurst. X. Y., whom he defeat ed, 6-2, 6-2. Craig Biddle, of Philadelphia, fur nished another surprise in defeating Frederick B. Alexander, of New York. 6-1. 2-6, 6-0, due in great part to his heady play and excellent placement. Charles S. Garland, of Pittsburgh, a comparative youngster, furnished the third surprise of the tournament by defeating Lyle E. Mahan, of New York. 6-1. 7-5, in the first round, and then vanquishing Karl Behr, of New York, the former Internation alist. 6-2, 6-4. Garland played high class tennis, having perfect control over his strokes and service and disposed of his two other rivals with little ap parent effort, although several of the games went to deuce repeatedly. In the end. however. Garland always had the winning stroke at his com mand. Eliminated .Tap Player Seiichiro Kashio, the Japanese player, from Tokio, survived the first round, but was eliminated in the second by Douglas Watters. of New Orleans. Kashio. defeated F. B. Pansom. of Beaver Falls, Pa., in tjiree deuce sets in the forenoon, but went down quickly before the south ern expert, 6-3, 6-4. Kashio was far from being the expert that Kumagae was in last year's championshtp play. The Jap anese entrant lacked severe service ai nd. aside from a heavily topped drive and considerable endurance, did not give the * exhibition of his preceding countryman on American courts. R. Norris Williams, 2d., of Bos ton, the present champion, had lit tle difficulty in running through the; first two rounds. Williams appeared ! more at ease in his tennis togs than | In his new lieutenant of artillery uniform. At any rate he showed little effect I of his training at Plattsburg so far as tennis is concerned, quickly elim inating Walter E. Pate, of New! York, and L. G. French, of Mont clair, N. J., in straight sets, three games being the largest number scored against him in any one of the four sets. The special exehibition match be tween Miss Molla Bjurstedt, of New York, and Miss Slary Browne, of San Francisco, held the attention of a large gallery late in the afternoon. Miss Bjurstedt winning, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3. 1 j Save the Good Your j i Vacation did. i i i' Away from the strain of ? I office work, your eyes feot a J, I rest while you were away p I BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T USE £ I THEM FOR CLOSE WORK, g Back at the clot* work your eye* f will a&ain be (object to strain nn- J leu you feet fetuses. Consult us to- | 3 day. Have your eyes examined. £ \ j ©ohl.Binktnbarh&Htmse 3 OPTOMETRISTS N0.22 N. Al2 ST. HARRIS BURG. PA. mrsji 3fniirpyyjfirat ■i■ " DON'T FORGET IT 37 North Second Street, corner of Walnut Street, over Rose's the new home of MUSSER'S STUDIO Removed from ' 16 N. Third St. t ' Civic Club's Second Fly-Swatting Campaign Closes Sept. 29 | j HEADQUARTER! FOR : SHIRTS j SIDES & SIDES TUESDAY EVENING, CHAMPION TIED TO CHAIN SWIMS FIVE MILES , ■WjW— MM—'l'l WW i 1! I'll* HIIWH ll'i I 1%l 111 IIiIIIII I WWII— I —IIII 111 111' ■■ ■ " y . ~ ' ■ •**** - a Henry Elionsky, a long distance and endurance swimmer of the Brighton Beach Baths, who is known all over the world, made a remarkable swim in New York Harbor, when, tied to a chair, he made his way from Bay Ridge. Brooklyn, to the Battery, in Manhattan. The upper picture shows him being thrown into the water, and the lower was* taken, he was swimming head Mown. Experts declare the feat shows remarkable endurance. £>iuiviiva,au SCORES OK YESTERDAY Xailoial League Pittsburgh, 1; Brooklyn, 0 (ten innings). Chicago, 4: Philadelphia, 2. St. Louis. 7; Boston, 6. Cincinnati-New York—not sched uled. Americas Lew Cleveland, 5; Philadelphia, 4. Detroit, 3; New York. 2. Chicago. 7; Boston, 0 (Ist game). Boston. S; Chicago. 1 (2nd game; eight innings: darkness). . St. Louis 4: Washington X. 1T York State League Wllkes-Barre, 8; Scranton, 2. Binghamton. 5; Elmira, 1. Syracuse, 3; Reading, 0. 1 International League Rochester, 5; Richmond. 2. Buffalo, 6; Baltimore. 5. 3; Newark. 0. Providence, 5; Montreal, 4. . Blue Ridge League Hanover, 4; Cumberland, 0. Hagerstown, 13; Frederick, 2. Gettysburg. 3; Martinsburg, 0. WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY National League Chicago at Philadelphia. St. Louis at Boston. Pittsburgh at Brooklyn. Cincinnati-New York—not ached uled. American League Philadelphia at Cleveland. Boston at Chicago. : New York at Detroit. Washington at St. Louis. WHERE THEY PLAY TOMORROW National League Chicago at Philadelphia (2 games). Pittsburgh at Brooklyn. St. Louis at Boston. Cincinnati-New York—not sched uled. / American League Philadelphia at Cleveland. Boston at Chicago. New York at Detroit. Washington at St. Louis. STANDING OF THE TEAMS National League Clubs— W. L Pet. New York 70 38 .648 | Philadelphia 58 47 .552 St. Louis 60 54 .526 I Cincinnati 62 57 .521 Chicago 59 55 .518 Brooklyn 53 58 .477 Boston 46 59 .43* Pittsburgh 37 76 .327 American League Clubs— W. L Pet. Chicago 73 45 ,6l!> Boston 69 45 .605 Cleveland 69 56 .533 j Detroit 60 56 .517 ! New York 54 58 .482 Washington 53 60 .469 St. Louis 45 72 .38.-, I Philadelphia 42 68 .38^ Blue Ridge League i .Clubs— W. L Pet. ! Martinsburg 52 32 .619 [Hagerstown 51 33 .607 I Gettysburg 41 39 si 3 Hanover 3g 4:, .45* ! Frederick 39 47 .453 Cumberland 31 53 ,355 ' 1 School of SPANISH Second and State Streets Opens September 4th MRS. MELVIN MENGES TEACHER ■/ & GxmOandMice Copyright. 1917. The Tribune Association (Nt York Tribune). ! "Why," asks a reader, "isn't track and field work —running. Jumping, j throwing the hammer, etc. —as fine an exercise for army development as [any game on the list—n.ot even barring football?" It Is. Or, rather, they are. Track and field work combine for as fin® physical development, so far as war usage may be concerned, as anything the program holds. And the army will undoubtedly make use of this training. OLD AND NEW RECORDS Along the line of track and field work It is interesting to note how rec ords have changed in the last decade or so. "Outing Magazine" publishes a chart which shows the advancement in ; some\varieties-—and lack of advancement in others. Here it Is, based upon ! the standards of 1893 and the standards of to-day: Events. Old standard. New standard. One-mile run 4 mln. 17 4-5 s. 4 mln. 12 3-5 s. 100-yard run 9 4-5 sec. 9 4-5 sec. 16-lb. shot ... , r 47 ft. 51 ft. Running high jump < 6 ft. 4% In. 6 ft. 7 5-16 In, 880-yard walk 3 min. 2 2-5 sec No change. Throwing 16-lb. hammer 145 ft. ?4 in 189 ft. 6 Vt In. Pole vault 11 ft. 9 In. 18 ft. in. 120-yard high hurdles 15 S-5 sec. 14 3-5 sec. Throwing 56-lb. weight 35 ft.lo In. 40 ft; 6 % In Running broad jump 23 ft. 6% in. 24 ft. 7% in One-mile run 4 min. 17 4-5 s. 4 min. V2 3-5 s. Over five seconds have been cut from the mile run, which may be quite | an advantage in a long charge or a sudden retreat. But only one-fifth of a ! second —less than, two yards—has been cut away from the 100-yard dash. There was an expressed belief that some day a rtiarvelous sprinter would come along - able to set the mark at 9 seconds. This doesn't seem possible now. If but one-fifth of a second has been cut away in twenty-five years, what chance remains to cut away three-fifths of a second? And the on.e flfths are harder to prune away as they sink below the 10-second mark. As the records stand to-day, there may be a slight improvement from time to time, but no big change is looked for. Yet this is very likely what some farseeing sporting writer penned back in 1893, wheu the high jump record was 6 feet 4 hi inches and the hammer throw stopped at 146 feet. THE C. P. AND THE P. G. When Wurtembergers take the British trenches; When Russia's soldiers keep on going back— When on the sea the U-boat's too successful — Then —some one tells the Crowto Prince to attack. When Wurtembergers'take the British trenches; When Saxons do not find their task too hard — When even the Bavarians are victorious— Then —some one calls upon the Prussian Guard. If the history of this war is ever written; If Its deeds are ever sung by scribe or bard, There are just two things for which we'll thank the Teutons— The German Crown Prince and the Prussian Guard. GEORGE TREVOR. 1 - - j Columbus proved to be considerable of a discover in. locating America. ! But It would require even more genius for some one to discover a Crucial Series in the remaining affairs of the Giants —not, however, including the I October carnival. IN WHICH THE OLD DOC IS THWARTED The day Chief Albert Bender, the eminent Chippewa, pitched his shutout for the Phillies, with Johnny Evers at second, was a tough day for Old Doc Time, the renowned grabber. Evers started his major league career in 1902, fifteen years ago, with the Cubs. Bender began operating on the big league reservation In, 1903, with I the Athletics. They **ere the two veterans of their circuit, and It was cheering news to I those who know him to find the Chief still on hand with winning stuff. There may have been one or two or three greater pitchers, but none who | had more craft and more courage—not forgetting one of the best falls . that ever hurtled over the plate. If he had ever held an Indian nickname it have been Hop-to-His-Fast-One. He had it, never fear. While no part of an admirer of Freddie Welsh's program as lightweight champion, in many phases, there is no discounting the fact that as a phy ' sical professor in charge of a health farm he should be one of the best ; of them all. Welsh knows the game and he has more than a normal share I of brains. He should make good in this role beyond any hazy doubt. : The pesky Red Sox never seem to look much like pennant people until i they arrive in the vicinity of the stretch. In the past they have never seemed | to care particularly about being first until around October, when they be | gin to count the official returns. J. P. Brenneman Wins in Lancaster County Shoot Ephrata, Pa., Aug. SI. —Joseph P. Breneman, smashing 4 4 out of his 50 targets from a 21 yards rise. ear ned ofT the honors In the Lancaster County Gun Club's distance handi cap event, shot over the club traps to-day. Dr. I. E. Ranck tied with Harry D. Bard for the runncr-up honors: .Hercules Trophy event, 50 targets, hnadicap rise, 16 to 21 yards Joseph P. Breneman (21), 44; Batd (19), 43; Dr. Ranck (18), 48; Or. Bolton (20), 42; John K. Herr '2l), 41; Dr. Leaman (18), 41; Barr (21) 40; Grube (20), O; fl9), 39; King (19). 39; Coffroad (18), .78; Scully (19), 37; WenninßO" (.18), 36; Sellers (20), 35; HambriJge (18), 35; Cresswell (10), 33; H. B. Herr (16), 32. HEV. REXTZ GOES The Rev. George S. Rentz, assist ant pastor of the Market Square Presbyterian Church and assistant superintendent of the Sunday school •who left the city this morning- for the marine barracks at Port Royal, S. C.. where he will become chaplain at that post, was presented with a wrist watch by a committee from the church last night lA.RRISBURO tf&fS&d TELEGRAPH HALIFAX TOWNSHIP CANDIDATES Halifax Pa., Aug. 21.—These candi dates have been put up by the Repub lican and Democratic parties of Hal ifax township: Republican—School director, John W. Row; auditor, Ross Scholl; super visor, Harry W. Hoffman; assessor, C. C. Sweigard; tax collector, Oeorge Cooper; judge of elections, Jacob Etz weiier; inspector of elections, George R. Hoffman. Democratic—School director, James Bowman: auditors. Harry Motter and Cornelius Bowman; supervisor Chas. Keefer; assessor, S. L,. Sheets; tax collector, W. P. Forney: Judge of elections Peter Enders; inspector of elections, Dahiel Shultz. ISRAEL KHIBEIj DIKB Mount Joy, Pa., Aug. 21. On Saturday Israel Seibel died at his home at Red Run, Bftcknock town ship, at the age of 55 yearH. He Is survived by his wife and the follow ing children: Daniel Seibel, of Landis Valley; Mrs. Ezra Aucker, of Weldemanville; Mrs. Harvey Mar tin, of Hirricletown; Anna and Aaron Seibel, both at home. One slstef Mrs. Aaron Weaver, lives near Farrnersville. IBACH'S SINGLE BRINGS VICTORY; READING WINNER The Reading team last evening drew first blood in the post-season Allison Hill series, winning the first contest from "Pete" Shlckley's Stan ley team, in five innings by a score! of 2to 0. The same teams will play i again this evening with Plaat on the mound for Heading, while Norman ; Johnson will toss for Stanley. The game was a pitcher's battle between George Levan and "Abie" i Washinger, with Levan having the edge. Both pitchers held the bat ters to four hits. Levan fanned six Stanley batters, while Washinger re tired four by the "water bucket" route. Score In Third Both of the Reading tallies came in the third Inning. Thompson reached first on a single to deep short Ehling advanced the runner; by sacrificing. Mountain committed ; the only error of the contest when he dropped Washinger's perfect toss of Levan's scratch. Thompson took third on the mlscue. Kline's sacrifice advanced Levan. With runners on ] second and third and two gone, Vic i Ibach delivered the goods with a ripping single to right that tallied both runners. Stanley's Only Chance Stanley had its only chance to; score In the final session when Kler- ! per made his second single, and > reached third on two passed balls by ] Kline. Levan was equal to the emer- j gency. and strucq out three batterr.' In this Inning. The lateness of the I Belmont Track Races Attract Record Crowd; A 1 Mack Good Winner ■- 0 Philadelphia, Aug. 21. Grand Cir cuit harness racing was inaugurated at the Belmont Driving Club's track at Narbertli, Pa., yesterday and a crowd of close to 4.000 persons wit nessed the first circuit races held in this vicinity in more than a quarter of a century. -Favorites won two of three races on the program, A 1 Mack, the Brook Farm entry, driven by "Bud" Murray capturing the Beile vue-Stratford Hotel stake, the fea ture. from Busy's Lassie, taking two of the three heats trotted. The 2.12 Bace went to Tommy Murphy's Butt tale, and the 2.07 pace to Little Bat tice, both events being decided in straight heats. Misses Only One Target in American Handicap Chicago. Aug. 21. —A heavy down pour of rain delayed the program of the Great American Handicap shoot, which opened to-day at the South Shore Country Club, but preliminary events for both professionals and amateurs showed some excellent scores. In the professional shoot, Homer Clark of Alton, 111., broke 99 out of 100 targets, taking first place; Bart Lewis, of Auburn 111., was second, with 97; C. A. Young, Springfield, Ohio; W. R. Crosby, O'Fallon. 111.; J. R. Graham, Infileside, 111.; C. E. Goodrich, Belleville, 111., all had scores of 96. Frank M. Troeh, of Vancouver, B. C., with a score of 199 out of a pos sible 200 in the amateur event, won first place. Other scores in this event Included: J. E. Chatfield, Tex arkana. Ark., 198; A. C. Skutt, Mor ton, N. Y., 197; Woolfolk Hender son, Lexington, Ky.; R. H. Morse, Chicago; F. A. Graper, Custer Park, 111.; G. H. Peck, Remington. Ind.; Art Rlsser, Paris, 111.; R. W. Smoots, Granville, 0., all had scores of 196. AT THE END OF A LONG SMOKING DAY 6iWnßßf Even if you do smoke more than Twralnl iMraßKilr usual, you still feel fine at bed-time— 3i||}Bj| I provided you stick to Fatimas. JbBSII And all through the day each deli cious Fatima is cool and comfortable llpi' to your throat and tongue. _ Fatimas are sensible. JUXJ£ in *dtt J 15* FATIMA . I c/f Sensible Cigarette parade kept down the attendance at! the contest. "Tom" Garland and j Earl KUlinger acted as the umpires, and their work was of a high order. The score follows: STANLEY R. H. O. A. E. Fetrow, If 0 0 0 0 0 Campbell, 2b 0 1 8 3 0 Dunkle, cf 0 0 0 0 0 Shaffer, 3b 0 0 1 1 0 Shlckley, c 0 0 3 1 0 Klerner, ss 0 2 0 2 0 i Waltz, rf 0 0 1 0 0 Mountain, lb .... 0 0 7 0 1 Washinger, p 0 1 0 2 0 Totals 0 415 9 1 READING R. H. O. A. E. ; Ibach, 3b 0 1 0 3 0 Kline, c 0 0 6 0 0 ! McCurdy, S* 0 0 0 1 0 | Wert*, cf" 0 0 0 0 0 Lescure, 2b 0 2 1 1 0 : Lynch, lb 0 0 8 0 0 Thompson, cf .... 1 1 0 0 0 Ehling, rf 0 0 0 0 0 ; Levan. p 1 0 0 1 0 i Totals 2 415 6 0 ; Reading 0 0 2 0 o—20 —2 j Stanley 0 0 0 0 o—o Struck out, by Levan, 6; by Wash j inger, 4. Fases on balls, oft Wash ! inger. 1. Double play, Klerner to 1 Campbell to Mountain. Sacrifice j hits, Ehling, Kline and Lynch. Stolen j bases, Levan and Lescure. Passed balls, Kline, 2. Umpires, Killinger 1 and Garland. HITS AND OUTS OF G AME Ibach's single did the work. Only one error In the contest. "Putty" Lynch made all three outs in the fourth. Klerner's work at short was of high caliber. Campbell also was a brilliant per former at the keystone sack for the losers. • Kline had two passed balls, but it was not his fault. The pitcher threw several bad ones that were hard to handle. George Levan kept the Stanleys from scoring in the fifth by fanning Waltz. Mountain and Washinger. Captain McCurdy had little to do at short. Only one ball came his way. Lescure was the best batter for the Reading team, making two singles in two times at bat. ' "Abie" Washinger slashed out a pretty single to right in the third, but was unable to get farther than first, because of weak stick work on the part of his team mates. Gordon Piatt vs. Norman John son this evening. It should be an other good game. Captain Shickley played well on the defense, but was unable to get his usual hit. Fast fielding by Thompson In left field kept Klerner's hit to a single In the fifth. The blngle was labeled for extra bases. The only error of the contest was a dropped thrown ball from Wash inger to Mountain. The first base man was' a little too anxious, and muffed the ball. 500 AT GRANGE PICNIC Halifax, Pa., Aug. 21.—Fully five hundred people attended the big pic nic held Saturday by Halifax Grange No. 1.343, in W. H. Miller's grove, near town. Addresses were made by Professor J. M. Schrope, of Hegins, and H. G. Niesley, of Harrlsburg, Dauphin county farm agent. The Killinger Band furnished music dur ing the day and at the festival in the evening. AUGUST 21,1917. WELLY 5 jf CORNER Gettysburg handed Martinsburg a< whitewash dose yesterday, winning by a score of 3 to 0. HageTstown won over Frederick, score 13 to 2, and moved up close to the leaders. Martinsburg is but a half game away from Hagerstown and must play the game to keep at the top of the Blue Kidgo League. The Phillies are having a hard time in keeping up a winning streak. Chicago handed the Moran crew an other jolt yesterday. The Chicago Americans are also moving at a fast pace and there may be eastern and western world's series games this fall. Those who missed the farewell last night and went to the big game on Allison Hill, witnessed one of the best contests seen in Har risburg this season. It was a pitch ers' tilt, and Ibach was the hero with his timoly single. Another game will be played to-night and a RULING ON DRAFTED STARS BY NATIONAL COMMISSION; AFFECTS ALL LEAGUE CLUBS Cincinnati, Aug. 31. The enroll ing of ball players in the United States Army und Navy will have little or no eftec# financially on those clubs desiring to purchase or obtain by draft the players in league of lower classification. The National Baseball Commission issued a notice to the effect that the status of all plfcyers obtained by recall under optional agreements would remain the same, no matter wh9n the player was call ed for military or naval duty. With men drafted from the ranks of the minors the draft price shall not be paid over until the player actually enters the service of the club which purchased him. May Cancel Draft In case the drafted player enters the military or naval service between May Resume Basketball in Pennsylvania League Hazleton,, Pa.. Aug. 21. —Officials of the Pennsylvania State Basketball League comprised of cities through out the northeastern section of the anthracite coal field, said yesterday that they had as yet reached no de cision as to the future of the cir cuit owing to wartime conditions. Most of the players are subject to the draft and it will depend upon how many go Into the service as to whether there will be any schedule the coming season. As baseball and other sports have continued despite the war, it Is hoped that basketball may again be played providing men are available. A meeting of the league will be held some time next month to da. cide on its status for 1917-18. ; HARRISBUBG BOYS WIN Speese All-Stars won from York Haven champs, score 9 to 5. The feature of the game was the heavy hitting of the Harrisburg boys, and the pitching of Smith and Glerner. The former struck out eight batters in five Innings, and the latter nine in four innings. The game was played at oYrk Haven. The score by innings: York Haven 00103000 I—s 8 3 All-Stars ..00131020 2—9 lfi 3 Batteries Pierce and Dobler; Smith, Glerner and Kerne. record crowd Is looked for. Ike McCord and Eddie Hooper are big sensations in the Blue Ridge .League. Their work with the Ha gerstown team has been big factors In recent victories. Hooper Is also hitting the ball. Red Crane, the Harrisburg boy who Is with the Minneapolis team of the American Association, in twenty games has batted at an aver age of .278. This is not so bad when it is considered that with the Wash ington Americans he was not hitting near 200. His fielding Is u big fac tor. Ho Is playing third base. Philadelphia is once more getting an exhibition of fast racing on Bel mont track. It Is a score of years since this sport has been popular at Belmont. There have been racing events but It is the Grand Circuit horse that will furnish the thrills | this week. the time he is drafted and the time he Is ordered to report, the club which would have obtained his services has the privilege of canceling its draft. The clause relating to purchased players says: "A major or minor league club which purchases a play er will have no right to the return of the amount actually paid by it for his release If the player Joins it. even if he is subsequently drafted into the military or naval service, but in that event all deferred payments shall be stayed until the player again reports to the purchasing club and it has had a reasonable opportunity to try him out and determine whether It desires to retain him. if detained, the defer red payments must be met; if he is not retained, ho shall revert to the selling club." McGraw With Matty to Appear in Court To-day New York, Aug. 21. —Summonses were Issued for Christy Mathewson, manager of the Cincinnotl Nationals and John J. McGraw, manager of the New York Nationals, by a magis trate here, yesterday, on complaint of a city detective that there had been a violation of tha Sunday law when the two teams played a base ball game in this city yesterday at a concert announced as a benefit for the families of the men of the Sixty- Ninth New York National Guard Regiment, now the One Hundred and Sixty-flfth, In the Federal serv ice. The two managers were or. dered to appear In Court to-day. Westy Hogan Shoot Goes to Atlantic City Atlantic City, N. J., Aug. 21. The Westy Hogans will hold their annual shoot this year from Sep tember 11 to 15. The tournament will again be held at Venice Park. Several important changes are con sidered In the program which will be bigger than ever this season. There will be special features for women, too. Hundreds of dollars in prizes are to be awarded together with more than twenty cups and many minor awards. Some 300 en trants are expected. 11
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