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
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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
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AUGUST 31, 1917.
WELLY'S CORNER
Manager Harry Burrs announced
to-day that the Sixth Ward Casinos |
have closed their baseball season.
He is satisfied with the record of
eleven games won and three lost and
said: "1 have had enough for this;
season. Next year we will bebacki
in the game stronger than ever. We
will start earlier and give every team |
in the city a chance.
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,
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