TEN IMPORTANT CHAMPION GAMES ON SATURDAY BASEBALL SCHEDULE-ALL SPORTS FAST TIME ON 4 MUDDY TRACK Record Crowd Sees Thrills at Lebanon Fair; Divide One Purse Lebanon. Aug. Sl.—Rain yesterday kept the big Thursday crowd down to 12.000. and made the track heavy, but at that the fastest time. 2.11 \4. of the week was made in the first two heats of-the 2.11 pace. After winning the second heat tho Comminjf® horse tired, and Eddie McGrath won the neict two heats with Cutswagj Boy. Norman Baron, a Frankford entry, looked like a sure winner in the -.J trct, but, faltering in the streteh. Nugget Bot finished ahead in the third heat. Norman Baron went lame in the fourth heat and failed to finish the fifth heat, both of which were landed by Bourbon Chimes, another Philadelphia horse. Both these events are to be finished to-morrow, the rac ing starting at noon. Two New Jersey horses captured the finished race events in straight heats. Commodore Dallis winning the 2.10 pace and lielle Hamlin the 2.18 pace, both easily outfooting their re spective fields. Bonnie Seltzer proved to be the best of the quartet fighting for the money in the unfinished 2.1S trot on yesterday's program, finishing ahead of his field in straight heats. Lord Oliver, the Philadelphia entry, was awarded second money, having been a two-heat winner yesterday. Because of the heavy condition of the track, immediately following a heavy downpour of rain at noon, own ers of the horses in the money In" the unfinished 2.50 trot on yesterday's program agreed to a distribution of the S4OO purse, according to their standing at the end of the fifth heat, j as follows: First, Jerre Fray; second, I Bubble; third, Ellen Todd; fourth, j Lady Mitchell. 2.15 PACE—PURSE S4OO Commodore Dallas, b. s.. | Moeckle Stable, Newark. Del 1 1 1 > Wedgewood Burns, s. g., A. S. Case. Three Bridges, N. J... 2 - -j Sam Hurst, b. g„ J. C. Packer, Sunbury 3 3 4 j Dr. L.. t g„ \V. 11. Finken- ! Itch, Carlisle 6 ® 3 May Prince, b. m., William H. j Herbert, Hagerstown, Md... 5 4 o; Time. 2.16' i, 2.1T6. 2.17i 4 . 2.1S PACE —PURSE S4OO Belle Hamlin, b. m., A. S. Case, j Three Bridges, N. J 1 1 May Stevens, b. m.. William B. Eckert, Reading 2 - - Buster M., r. g.. Mahlon Lud- I wig, Athol, Pa 3 3 3 Time. 2.22 U. 2.19 V. 2.19 l i. 2.11 PACE—PURSE S4OO (Unfinished) Cusswago Boy. b. s„ Ed McGrath, Kutztown .... 2 2 1 1 Judge Sloore. b. g.. A. B. Cummings. Reading 1 1 * 4 Iwana, br. m.. Dr. C. S. Harris. Flemlncton. N. J. 3 3 3 2 Willard, b. g.. E. J. Mc- Grath, Kutztown 4 4 4 3 Time. 2.11 V. 2.11' i. 2.12' i. 2.14 V. 2.22 THOT—-PURSE S4OO (Unfinished) Bourton Chimes, g. s., J. B. Brown. Phila... 2 3 4 1 li Nugget Boy. h. g., J. IC. • Sparks. Phila 3 2 1 3 3 Lady Vernon, b. m.. C. „ I Beclitold. Reading ... 4 4 3 2 21 Norman B.iron, br. s., Herman Auch. Frank ford 1 1 2 4 dr i Bellman H., b. s.. Frank Humphries, Salem.N.J. 5 5 5 dls i R J. S„ b. g.. M. M. Sul livan. West Phila dls t Muggins, ch. g.. ,T. J. Clancv, Newburgh.... dls 2.1 S THOT—PURSE S4OO (Four Heats Wednesday) Bonnie Seltzer, c. g.. H. D. Sheppard, Hanover 1 1 1 Lord Oliver, s. g. M. P. Wells. Philadelphia 4 2 3 Charlie Penn. b. g., E. H. Lea terbury, Machipongo, Va.... 3 4 2 j Deed Tinker, b. s.. William B. Eckert. Reading 2 3 4 Time. 2.23. 2.20 V. 2.19*4. Score Ban Johnson For Alleged Umpire Baiting; Comiskey Raises Howl Chicago, lil., Aug. 31. —After the umpires and players had delayed yes- , terday's game between the White Sox and Browns by examining and Ihrowing out balls pitched by Eddie Clcotte, President Comiskey charged Ban Johnson, president of the league, as being responsible for the umpires' tactics. Comiskey said the fans are becoming disgusted with such ac tions. Many left after the second inning of yesterday's game. Umpire Dlneen wasted many min utes examining the balls. declared that the reason the um -1 ires keep afVerCicotte and Danforth is that they have been so instructed h> Johnson. Johnson has announced several times that he has been un able to find anything illegal with bolls submitted for his inspection, but Comiskey wants to know why Johnson should secretly instruct his umpires to harass these two pitch ers. Comiskey declared that the American League pennant race had resolved Itself into an obstacle event. Comiskey complained also of a rul inc on the game when Umpire Dineeo permitted Bob Oroome to throw a tall isto the Sox dugout be cause he was peeved. Risberg. who was on. first, went around the bases and scored on the throw out, but Dlneen ordered him back to first. Comiskey declared that if a Sox pitcher performed such a trick he would have been suspended. The howl against these pitchers, according to Comiskey, is nothing more than the result of success. The sudden ascension of Cicotte to the role of leading pitcher of the league is beyond the understanding of the other . fellows. They work on the theory that after ten years of big league endeavor ClcoWe could not, unless some trick was discovered by him, become a consistent winner. As for Danforth. the batters do not seem to understand why he can shoot fast balls past their bats. They think this can be done only by applying some foreign substance that causes the ball to perform strange pranks il; its travel from mound to the catcher. + Mt. Union in Field With Strong Football Season Anxious For Big Games Mount Union, Pa., Aug. 31.—The Mount Union High school is planning to put a football team in the field •luring the coming year. Professor James L. Martin, of Mount Joy, and a graduate of Millersburg Normal, will coach the team. Charles Suders, manager of the team, is having some difficulty in ar ranging the schedule owing to the war situation making it uncertain for schools of this size to decide upon the national Kama _He has signed contracts with Clearfield, Altoona and Huntingdon High. The season will open at Al toona September 29. Manager Su ders is anxious to arrange games with Lewistown, Burnam and Yeag ertown High schools or other high schools of this class, both at Mount Union and away. Mount Union discontinued foot-' hall during the 1918 season, but the spirit has not died out and a good season is expected. FRIDAY EVENING, Young Catcher Out of Game With Bad Ankle "' * J 'I ■- V -■ , . 'P" ' ,i >*'£•* ® ft" ■ "k W. F. DILL Local fans who have been watching the work of W. ("Fat") Dill back of the bat may not see him in a game during the balance of the season. He is out with a sprained ankle. He was catching for the Firemen and Enginemen in a twilight .game Tuesday. Dill hit a two-bagger and slid into second. He is a heavy boy and his right ankle turned under htm. Dill will be missed for his good throwing and hitting. He has played with Trainmen and West End, and is also a big attraction on the coach ing lines. n&CLQirfyatl SCORES OF YESTERDAY National League Philadelphia, 4; Boston, 3 (first game). . Boston, 3; Philadelphia, 0 (second game). New York-Pittsburgh (rain). Chicago-Cincinnati (not sched uled). American League Philadelphia, 1; Boston, 1 (10 in nings, darkness). Detroit, 4; Cleveland, 3 (11 in nings). Chicago. 8; St. Louis, 4. New York-Washington (rain). International League Providence, 6; Rochester, 1 (first game). Providence, 7; Rochester. 1 (sec ond game). Newark, 4; Buffalo, 1. Baltimore. 1; Toronto, 0. Montreal-Richmond (wet grounds) New York State League (All games postponed, rain). Blue Ridge League Frederick, 1; Martlnsburg, 0 (first game). Frederick, 1; Martinsburg 0 (sec ond game). Hagerstown, 3; Cumberland, 0. Gettysburg, 6; Hanover, 3. WHERE TREY PLAY TODAY National League Boston at Philadelphia. New York at Brooklyn. St. Louie at Pittsburgh. Chicago at Cincinnati. American League Philadelphia at Boston. Washington at New York. Detroit at Cleveland. St. Louis at Chicago. WHERE THEY PLAY* TOMORROW National League Boston at Philadelphia. New York at Brooklyn. St. Louis at Pittsburgh. Chicago at Cincinnati. American League Philadelphia at Boston. Washington at New York. St. Louis at Chicago. Detroit at Cleveland. Blue Ridge League Gettysburg at Frederick. Cumberland at Martinsburg. Hanover at Hagerstown. P. & R R. LEAGUE At Reading—Rutherford vs. Loco. Shop. At Tamaqua—Reading Dlv. vs. Shamokin Div. At Philadelphia—Car Shop vs. Port Richmond. At Egg Harbor—Spring Gardee vs. A. C.' R. R. New York State League Syracuse at Reading. Elmira at Binghamton. Scranton at Wiikes-Barre. Bethlehem Steel League Bethlehem vs. Lebanon at Leb anon, 3 p. m. STANDING OF THE TEAMS American League W. L. Pet. W. L. Pet. Chicago S2 46 .641 Boston .r..... 72 47 .609 Cleveland, 68 60 .531 Detroit 66 59 .528 New Yofk ......... 59 63 .471 Washington 55 64 .462 St. Louis 49 79 .383 Philadelphia 43 76 362 National League W. L. Pet. New York 76 41 .650 Philadelphia 66 51 .564 St. Louis 64 58 .525 Cincinnati 66 62 ,616 Chicago 62 62 .500 Brooklyn 58 60 .492 Boston 50 65 .435 Pittsburgh 38 81 .319 Blue Ridge League W. L. Pet Hagerstown 58 35 .624 Martinsburg \. 55 38 .591 Gettysburg 47 43 .522 Frederick 43 62 .453 Hanover 41 61 .451 Cumberland 34 60 .362 STAGE IS SET FOR BIG GAME; TITLE AT STAKE Bethlehem fans will take a day off to-morrow and come to Steelton. Lebanon baseball fans will do like wise. A big baseball game is sched uled for to-morrow afternoon at Cot tage Hill field. Bethlehem and Leb anon are tied in the race for pen nant honors in the Bethlehem Steel CorpQration League. The game will be played out on neutral grounds. While no special trains could be arranged, there will t>e extra cars put on early trains out of Bethlehem. Copyright, 1917, The Tribune Association (Nev York Tribune*. THE CANADIAN He left the rivers that he knew— The mountains —thrown against the sky— He left their valleys—pearled with dew— Nor paused to question or reply; He left his ghost—but as he fell He left behind more ghosts than one. Where, striking with the force of hell, He gave his answer to the Hun.' He left the far plains' endless track To take his place amid the slain. From Vimy Ridge to Lens and back He left his share of crimson stain; He left his shattered soul to sleep In riven, fields of gore and mud. But crashing through the rifles' sweep. He took his toll in Prussian blood. As we understand It, every one figures a New York-Chicago affair would make an ideal world series—except Boston. For some peculiar, uncanny reason the Boston club cannot grasp the above psychology of the situation. NOT FORGETTING— Nap Rucker was an instiutlon of long standing. He held his place in the sun well above the average. Nap has now faded out, some time back. Playing on the same minor league team with Nap at Augusta, Ga„ was an other pitcher. His name was and still is Eddie Cicotte. And Cicotte to day is either leading or among the first two pitchers of the American League dabbling in the best campaign he has ever known. Eddie worked his first major league game for Detroit in 1906. That Was some twelve years ago. The greatest number of victories he had ever gathered before in the Main Realm was 18. with Chicago in 1913. He has now passed that mark with over a month left. He is Boston's main ram part to hurdle. And it was Boston that turned him over to Chicago as a faded relic five years ago. HOW TO BAT . Stand up and take a healthy swing. In manner bold, without restraint; Get set against the pitcher's fling— Then, hit 'em where Tris Speaker ain't. THE OLD DOMINION ROLLCALL Dear Sir: In the list of universities who have responded to the coun try's call don't overlook Virginia. Eleven former Virginia football players took their training at the Officers Reserve camp at Fort Myer and every man came out with a commission. Three received captaincies and eight were commissioned as first lieutenants.* The most interesting case of all was Randolph, one of the stars. For the past two years he has been pastor of the Episcopal Church at Lexing ton. He has a wife and a child. He received indefinite leave o£ absence from his church to go into the line, receiving a captain's commission. Berkeley is also an unusual case, as he never weighed 140 pounds in his life, and yet was one of the greatest quarterbacks of the year. Of the eleven all are Virginians except Randolph, who was born in Chicago, and Thurman, from Columbus, Ohio, whose great-grandfather Vice-Presi dent of the United States. Randolph's father was a Virginian. In addition to these eleven, two more Virginia football players are enrolled in the next camp. They are Gooch and Wellford. NORBURNE ROBINSON. LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL PLANS FOR FOOTBALL GAME; REGULARS OUT OF GAME Lancaster, Pa., Aug. 31.—With nothing but the rawest material to handle. Coach Weller. of the Loncas ter High school football squad, is preparing to get a team into shape for the coming season. All of the old men have either graduated from the school or have joined some branch of the Federal service. Not a regular, in fact not even a sub from last year's squad will be on hand when the first call for candi dates for the team is issued on Mon day by Mr. Weller. There will be plenty o# material on hand no doubt but It will all be green and some hard work will be necessary before a win ning team can be turned out. No Playing Field Then, to add a little more trouble to the task of training the new men, there is the problem of securing a Rhodes of Reading Is Leading in Golf Match Close Contests at Altoona Altoona, Aug. 31. —Daniel Rhodes, Reading golfer and medalist In the first day's play of the Altoona Cricket Club tournament, kept up his star playing yesterday, in the match con test, winning a victory over R. C. Furst, of Lock Haven. The latter was runner-up in the medal play yester day. The players completed the first and second rounds. First sixteen—Prentiss lost to Jen kins, 7 and 6; D. Rhodes beat Furst, 5 and 4; Davis beat Conwell, 5 and 4; Denny beat 'Morgan, 4 and 2: Mc- Kinley beat Ogden. 1 up. 19 holes; Felix beat Schmertz Sr., 7 and 5; Chenoweth beat Findlay, 2 and 1, and Faris beat Schmertz Jr.. 4 and 3. Second round—Rhodes beat Jenkin son. 5 and 3; Felix beat McKinley, 2 and 1; Faris beat Chenoweth, 3 and 2; Denny beat Davis, 2 and 1. Beaten eight, first round—Furst beat Conwell. 1 up. 20 holes; Prentiss beat Ogden, 4 and 3; Morgan beat Schmertz Sr.. 1 up. 19 holes; Findlay beat Schmertz Jr., 3 and 2. Second sixteen Witherow beat Cunningham, 1 up; Wood beat Aber ccmbie, .2 and 1; McMillan beat Nich ofon. 7 and 5; Tener beat Hafner, 4 and 3; Holmes beat R. Rhodes. 2 and 1; Howell beat Dunbar, 3 and 1; Arm strong beat Christy, 2 up; Fredericks beat Anderson. 4 and 3. Second round Witherow beat Woods, 4 and 3; Armstrong beat Fredericks, 4 and 3; Howell beat Holmes. 1 up; Tener beat McMillan, 4 and 3. Beaten eight Cunningham beat Nicholson, 1 up; K. Anderson beat Abercombie by default; R. Rhodes beat Hafner. 1 up. 20 'holes; Dunbar beat <2hristy, 2 and 1. Third eight—McDowell beat Collins, 4 and 1; Waring beat Mackenzen, 3 and 3; W. O. Kellogg and Smith won by default. • THE FIRST UMBRELIA The first umbrella in America first appeared on the streets of Baltimore, where It created a great sensation. This importation from India was quickly taken up In Philadelphia and New York.—Detroit Free Pjess. tTARRTSBURG &&& "TELEGRAPH It Is understood the Bethlehem Steel Company bond will come along, al though this feature Is not announced officially. There will be at least 300 rooters. Lebanon is not going to be far behind with a noise crowd, and also expect to have a band. Steeltqn Is neutral, but will see that the visitors get the best accommodations pos sible. The game starts at 3 o'clock. The Bethlehem contingent will reach Harrlsburg at 1.45 and will go direct to Steelton. suitable playing field on which night ly practice can be held. Such a field is hot yet in possession of the Lan caster city school board so the athle tic authorities of the institution will find the burden of securing a turf thrust on their shoulders. No site has been selected as yet and although the authorities hav several locations in view, nothing has been done, or will be done in the matter for a week or more at the earliest. So much for the field on which to practice. Next comes the question of a playing field on which the games with other High school teams, scheduled for this city, can be staged. Heretofore the local school had played all its home games on the F. and M. College gridiron and the same course may probably be pursued this season. Annual Intercity Series Will Open Tomorrow Johnstown. Pa., Aug. 31. —The an nual intercity series of the National Baseball Federation to determine the semiprofessional and amateur cham pionships of the United States will open to-morrow. In the semipro fessional class the Gas Claims of New Orleans will meet the Pratt City club of Birmingham. Ala., at Bir mingham. to-morrow. The opening game in the amateur class will be played at Johnstown between the Stroehmanns of Wheeling. W. Va., and the Moose team of Johnstown. The other first round games will be played next week as follows: Semiprofesaional class—Columbus at Cincinnati, Detroit at Cleveland, Chicago at Toledo, Akron at Dayton and Johnstown at Canton. t Amateur class—Pittsburgh at New Kensington, Pa., Louisville at Cincin nati and Cleveland at Dayton and New Orleans at Detroit. DRAFT CALLS RAY WERTZ Newport, Pa., Aug. 31.—Another baseball player was included in the second call for men to help fill Perry county's quota for the new conscript army in the person of Harry Ray Wertz, of this place. Wertz played with the local team of the Dauphin- Perry League during the past several seasons. He is a pitcher and for a time this season was on the staff of the Scranton team of the New York State League. During his career he has played with teams of the old Tri- State League and was with the York team of the short-lived Penn State League. $ NEWPORT PLAYS RKKDKVILLK Newport, Pa., Aug. 31.—The New port team, 1917 champions of tlje Dauphin-Perry League, will meet the fast Reedsville team of Mifflin counti es the Marshall Field grounds to morrow afternoon. The regular line up will be used. This game is being played for the benefit of the resident players of the squad. These men have played all season without the least compensation and an annual benefit game is always played to help compensate them for their efforts. CITY SERIES TO START TOMORROW * West End A. A. Plays Reading Team, Allison Hill .Champions Official Playing List For Championship Games West End A. A.—B. Kline. E. Wall, Landls, Wachtman. Challen ger, Davies, Russel, Nottes, Bell. W. Euker, W. Smith, H. Kline, Mc- Keever, T. Euker, Emblck, Beam. Reading Railway—McCurdy, Ger hart. Lynch, Levan, Lescure, Lar ktn, Killtnger, Piatt, Cobaugh, Gross, Wertz, Thompson, Ellen berger, Ibach, Davies, Connors, Levan, Ehllng. * Final details for the first champion ship game to-morrow between West End A. A. and Philadelphia and Read ing Railway teams were completed last night. All games will be played on West End field, starting at 3 o'clock. No players will be allowed In the' line-up except those named above. Reading had a runaway victory In the second half of the Allison Hill League series. In a post-season con test Reading defeated Stanley A. C. winners of the first half of tfte sea son, taking three games in succession. The champions have played a bril liant game and were a big attraction in all contests. I.oat One Gnme West End A. A. has made a new record this season, having lost but one game. Midway A. C. was the only team that scored a victory at Fourth and Seneca streets, the home of the West End champs. In a second game the 'cross-river boys lost out. Man ager Charles J. Householder has met all comers. He still has on his sched ule a number of games with local teams, in the elimination series for the city championship. It has been decided that the win ner in the series that starts to morrow will be entitled to city cham pionship honors. The second game will be played on Labor Day, In the afternoon, and a third contest, it necessary, on Saturday, September 8. Two umpires have been selected for the contests. Preparations have been made for a record crowd. Former Oriole Sold to Boston Red Sox FRITZ MAISEL. Frit!! Maisel, for whom, it was said. Jack Diltin obtained around $12,000 several years ago, is a member of the New York Americans no more. The Catonsville flash, having failed miserably with the willow this sea son, was allowed by Manager Wild Bill Donovan to pass into the hands of the Ked Sox via the waiver route. When the New York club asked for waivers on the speedy little inflelder who calls Baltimore his home, both the Boston and Chicago clubs, leaders ir. the American league's thrilling pennant tight, put in claims. Fritz was finally awarded to the Hubltes. With Boston, Maisel will get a chance to share in the world's series money. The Red Sox, though trailing Chicago by three games or more, stjll are regarded as very much in the fight for the flag In the Johnson cir cuit. Fritz is a -bear when he gets on the bases, but. as the old saying goes in baseball, you can't steal first. Consequently, when he became so weak with the willow this season that It was only on rare occasions that he got on the paths, Donovan benched him. • Physicians to Be Exempt From Army Draft Law Washington, Aug. 31.—Hospital Internes and medical students who have been more than a year at col lege may be exempted from military service under the selective draft bill by regulations Issued to-day. The War Department is anxious not to In terfere with the professional educa tion of these men, whose services as doctors may be necessary before the close of the war. Enlistment in the volunteer re serve corps of the Army is the way found by General Crowder to ac complish the desired result. The student will enter the military serv ice and may later be discharged to continue his education or practice as a civilian. Resorts ' ati-axtic city, n. J. 'CONTINENTAL——n Tenneseee ave . near Beach; always or en; pri vate baths; running water in rooms; elevator; excellent tab'e; vhite service ; orchestra. Am plan ; 12.60 up daily ; *l2 to f£> weekly. Booklets. Cerase. MWAUSH DUNCAN. HOTEL SILVERTON 1 r.t'r Beach and Piers. Elevator. Open sur roundings. Capacity 200. 911 up weekly, $1.50 up dully. Excellent table, fresh vegetables, white service, homelike. Bathing from hotel. Booklet. JOHNSTON & HAS LETT. READING LOSES TOCOMPANYI The Soldier Team Wins Fast Pitchers' Battle; Brilliant Plays In an Interesting game, at Island Park last evening the fast Company Itteam defeated the Philadelphia and Reading team, champions of the Al lison Hill League, score 3 to 2. Some fast fielding by Wertz and Levan cut oft several more runs. Connors pitched a good game, but Company 1 lilt In bunches. Boss, Fitzgerald and Eisenberger featured for Company I, Boss' hit with two on in the sixth winning the game. The score; READING R. H. O. A. E. Lynch, lb 0 0 7 0 0 Levan, 3b 0 2 1 2 O Wertz, cf 1 l 3 0 0 Johnson, 2b 1 o 0 2 1 Lescure, c 0 0 4 0 0 Ehllng, If 0 1 1 0 0 Lyme, ss 0 '0 0 2 1 Connors, p 0 0 0 2 0 Larkin, rf 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 2 4 16 *8 2 COMPANY I R. H. O. A. E Williams, lb 1 l 7 o 1 Borbidge, 3b 0 0 0 2 0 Boss, ss 0 2 0 2 0 Eisenberger, p.... l l o 2 0 Taggart, If > 0 1 0 0 0 Trlest, c 0 0 8 0 0 xDengler, rf 0 0 X 0 0 ScheafTer, rf 0 0 0 0 0 Waltz, cf 0 0 0 0 0 Fitzgerald, 2b .... 1 0 2 0 0 xSwartz 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 3 5 18 6 1 •One out when winning run was scored. xßatted for Dengler in the fifth. P. & R 0 0 2 0 0 o—2 Company I 0 l o 0 0 2—3 BATTLES AND RAINFALL Scientific Investigation of an Oltl Subject "Do battles cause heavy rains?" This question Is being frequently asked by many wjio ordinarily are not disposed to readily accept the view that such a relation exists, writes Alexander McAdie in the Sci entific Monthly. Their skepticism has been somewhat shaken by the fact that battles, probably the noisiest I and bloodiest in history, are in prog ress and coincidentally heavy rain falls have occurred near the battle! territory and elsewhere. The explanation which first sug- j gests Itself is that concussion, due to ; cannonading, had shaken down the j raindrops. But there is no physical progress known that directly con nects rainfall and concussion as ef fect and cause, and physicists unani mously agree' that such a relation seems improbable. The first definite objection is that th& axr and water vapor are not themselves transport ed by an explosion or any violent agitation like that due to gunfire. There is no transference of the me dium itself any more than In the case of a sound wave. Waves of compression and re-rcfractions are in the nature of a progressive pushing and pulling, each molecule pushing its neighbor a short distance forward and then pulling It back. To make It still more plain, the air disturbance would be like those compresslonal waves in the earth's crust which ov ery earthquake starts and which are recorded on seismographs. The most violent explosion in air therefore, would not remove any ap preciable volume of air and vapor from one locality to another, while it would cause a pressure wave, and as in the case of great volcanic erup tions like Krakatoa, Mount Pelee and Katmai, a wave of sufficient intensity to be noted at observatories around the world. Such a wave encircles the globe in a few hours, and so far as mini mini mim mgim uigim nisim mgUH mini @m uigim uigim uigim iiigim mgim Higm uigim • xigm itig^' ! HI! YOU MEN j f Who Want to Save Money Now | On a Good Dependable SUIT' Now for a speedy disposal of a special grouping B § of Slimmer and medium weight Suits for men 4r f ' and young men. Now for values you can't afford £ to pass up. A | SUITS HERETOFORE $-| Q. 50 1 | WORTH UP TO $25 ARE 10= J • A big range of models, weaves, and patterns to choose from, * with all sizes in desirable styles. 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Unless there is a heayy tax put on | baseball, tho Red Cross will get a i part of the world's series cash. This Is, tho rumor. President John K. Tener and other members of the na tional commission are in favor of helping along a good cuse. Only two weeks more and plans for the world's scries will bo In preparation. The Phillies are ten games back of the Giants. Unless New York gets into a big slump the McGraw crowd will win out. Chi cago Is still the big team in tho American race. According to reports of the draft boards, local baseball players will be scarce next yer ilf the war continues. "Ducky" Rhoadea, catcher for the Dauphin team of the Dauphin-Perry Le eag.huasa T?.Dly,lh hawtflmf League, has been drafted and ac cepted. Pitcher Gilday Is on the list and may be wearing a uniform be fore many days. Baseball fans have plenty of good sport on to-morrow's program. The game at Steelton between Bethlehem and Lebanon promises. to be a hair raising exhibition. On West End grounds the city pacemakers will go up against Reading Railway In tho first of a series of games for local honors. we know has no effect in causing rain. But, on the other hand. It is true that in all great volcanic erup tions largo quantities of dust par ticles (dust is the general name for all nuclei in the air) are injected Into the higher air currents and carried trom place to place. These do play a part in facilitating condensation 'and consequent precipitation. Krakatoa dust encircled the world in fifteen days and eventually probably caused excess rain in some localities. In this indirect way. rather than through concussion, It is conceivable that rain and explosions may be connected. But a volcanic eruption far exceeds in violence gunfire, even that of the greatest battles in modern warfare, and there is a vast difference between the gases generated and other out put. The eruptions at Katmai, Taal, Asama Yama, Bandal San, Tarawera, Mount Pelee. the Soufriere of St Vincent, Krakatoa and even little Lassen, emitted enormous volumes of gas, fine ash and coarser matter. At Katmai, for example, the output was so great that tho deposit Kadiak dis tant seventy-five miles amounted to fourteen inches of fine granules of sand, orange and yellow dust and pumice. Again,, the intensities of the air shock, If we may so express it, are very different in eruptions and battles. Tornadic Inrushes occur near tho volcano and for some distance; while the wind rush of the largest gun when fired is hardly different from that of a passing train. A crude comparison of these relative Inten sities may be gleaned from a note made by Omori, the foremost seis mologist of Japan, to the effect that during the Asama Yama eruption (December 7, 1909), there were marked pressure changes on nearly all the barographs in Japan and to a distance of 100 miles, while in the city of Tokio, the daily noon gun fired close to the Central Meteorolog ical office never affects the instru tory, we have never been able to ments there. At Blue Hill observa detect changes due to the firing of the big coast guns, or those of the fleet when, maneuvering. It, therefore, seems but fair to conclude that to cause rain, gunfire would have to be on a vastly great er scale than is at present the case. And, as for the attempts which have been made to produce rain by bom barding the clouds, it is enough to say that the claims and statements Losing two games yesterday to Frederick practically put Martins burg out of the pennant chances for the Blue Midge League. Hagers town shut out Cumberland and strengthened the hold on first place. Stoelton Giants will meet th St. Paul A. C. on Labor Day. The K'imo will be played at Island Park and play starts at 1.30. There will he other good games, iniloding the second contest between West End and Reading champions. Rig Chief Render annexed another victory yesterday. He has been a tiiK help to the Phillies. If the other pitchers would hold up their end there would be a great finish for Pat Moran's team-. Robert T. Vernon, who acted as stakeholder In many Important box ing contests throughout the country In relent years, died last night In a hospital at New York after a, brief Illness, it was announced to-day. Ha held the stakes at the Jeffries-John son fight at Reno, Nev. He was 61 years old. A widow survives him. Slim Sallee, southpaw pitcher of the Giants, tied at least If he did not set a In winning Wednesday's game. Salle.? pitched only one ball. Slim was called to the rescue of Tes reau In the ninth ninlng with two runners on, two out and the score tied. Fischer, a left-handed hitter, v.as then taken out and Schmidt, a right-hander, substituted. On the first ball ptlched by Sallee, Schmidt lined to Robertson. This put respon sibility for victory or defeat on Sal lee. The Giants won for him in their half of the ninth. made by the experimenters, or shall we call them exploiters, are not sup ported by the facts. Some years' ago at Santa Barbara, during a prolonged dry spell, a meet ing of the citizens was called to con sider an offer from a temporary res ident, a Michigan millionaire, to fur nish all explosives needed to produce rain. This gentleman claimed to have successfully caused rain by these means on his ranch in Texas, during cloudy, threatening weather. While the meeting was in progress, rain began to fall and there was no further interest in explosives. This incident is referred to here because if the meeting had been held a day or two earlier, and the proposal ac cepted and the firing begun, it would have been extremely difficult to con vince the people of that section that the rain was not directly connected with the firing. Men's ideas of the nature of the atmosphere are still very vague, and with this indeflnlt ness goes a corresponding readiness to draw conclusions from insufficient data. Sir William Ramsay has point ed out somewhere tnat the discov ery of the true nature of air was held back for years because of er roneous ideas regarding combustion. We may then dismiss the attempts of the American rain-makers and also the hall-shooters in Europe es Inconclusive. There is no reliable evidence that, such efforts have caused rain or any increase In the rainfall. Nor is It established that rain follows heavy battles and exces sive firing. Records properly assem bled disprove the existence of any positive relation between concussion and rainfall, Lawn Mowers Ground and put in good condition. The Federal Machine Shop Court and Cranberry Sta. Harrisburg, Pa. 15
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