BETHLEHEM STEEL LEAGUE MANAGERS PICK COCKILL'S CREW AS PACEMAKERS SCRANTON SHOT WINS BIG MONEY; LIVE BIRD EVENT Ml. Carmel Champion With Friends Go Home With Empty Pockets Scranton, April 23. —Dan Kessler of Mt. Carmel, went home defeated "•and his supporters financially em barrassed, as a result of the live bird match between Kessler and Ernest Mayer, of West Scranton, at Athletic Park. Th£ local champion came out with the high score 22 to 21. Each man shot at twenty-five birds. In winning, Mayer won a side bet of S4OO and the gate receipts above expenses, while his supporters cleaned up several thousand dollars in wagers. More could have been won by the Scranton sports had they had as much coin with them, as the Mt. Carmel delegation. As it was Kessler appeared to have the most supporters with money to wager and consequently all Scranton bettors were accommodated. And for the Name reason the Kessler element went home minus every cent they could wager on the outcome of the engagement. Kessler had a chance to tie and win the match on his 24th and 25th birds only io fall down, lie killed the 24th, but it flew out of bounds before dying, and consequently counted as a miss. The 25th bird •was a clean miss. vMayer's finish was just the reverse of that staged by his opponent. Ernest killed his last thirteen birds. This repre sented his best man of the afternoon, three less than established by Kess ler, who killed sixteen straight, only to fall down oil the last two. Mayer missed the first bird and then killed nine straight On the 11th and 12tli birds he missed. He then killed the remaining pigeons. Kessler killed the first, missed the second and then killed five straight. He missed on the Bth. He then shot 16 straight. According to the agree ment, Mayer had to leave a forfeit of SSO posted as a guarantee of giv ing his apponent a return match. This will probably be pulled off at Hazleton or Mt. Carmel. Over 1500 spectators saw Saturday's contest. The detailed score: Mayer— -01111-11111-00111-11111-11111—22 Kessler— -10111-11011-11111.11111-11100—21 State Auto Receipts Bigger For First Four Months Than AH 1917 Motor vehicle license receipts in Pennsylvania for 3918 ran $5,000 ahead of the total receipts for the entire year of 1917 at the close of business on April 22, when thev amounted to $3,273,444. For the en tire year of 1917 these funds amount ed to $3,268,025.50, showing an in crease this year of $5,418.50. 4 WELLY ir 9 W CORNER, Managers in the Bethlehem Btosl Corporation League have a reason to fear George Cockill. lie ting an aggregation of baseball play ers who are going to set a pace dif-j ficult to follow. Steelton never gets into sport unless it is to succeed. 1 They do things right dqwn there and j it means something attractive in j baseball. Harrisburg fans will look] to Steelton for their sport and they j will not be disappointed. iaome years ago Steelton had aj football team that was a world beat-, cr. There were many college stars in j the lineup, including George Cockill. It was run, on the same plans thati the baseball game is being operated, and Harrisburg patrons crowded the Steelton field every game. They will lie in evidence on Saturdays and holi days after the league baseball sea son starts. Harrisburg shooters are anxiously awaiting tbe announcement regard ing that 1,000 target race. There are many shots who would like to got into a contest with J. G. Martin and M. B. Stewart. There has been some talk about a Red Cross benefit. The opinion prevails that it would be profitable to start the benefit fund I Itis your duty not only to buy Third Liberty Loan Bonds, but to consider yourself an agent of the government to help persuade others to buy them. | John C. Herman & Co. Makers of King Oscar Cigars Don't Forget W. S. S. x 1 ' TUESDAY EVENING, SNOODLES —Kid Addison Is Certainly a Brow Beaten Individual. S ! "1 . T ———> [ & BE. ! I FERGOT ! VOE CANT NO ( , T ' S DONT WV I RoSBGR. \ ( f 4 I MOWLE OV "TH* ROS6ERS R6V/6N(3e" WE HOLD -™*T HEN) MAKE - THAT CLOUP OM I /SRTOR^ "SS j- j TIES RECORD OF SAM CRAWFORD Eddie Collins Reaches Consec utive Game Figures; Iron Man if He Plays Today Chicago April 23.—8y playing in yesterday's game, won easily by De troit from the White Sox 7 to 8, Eddie Collins tied the major league record made by Sam Crawford of Detroit, for number of consecutive games played. Collins has played in 472 games without a miss, starting in 1914 witt the Athletics, when he played the last three games of the season. He has not missed a game since. Crawford played 153 games with Detroit in 1913, 157 in 1914, 156 in 1915 and the first six games in 1916. Iron Man Today If he plays to-day Collins will be the "iron man" of baseball. His record made in reaching this goal follows: Year Games Batting Fielding 1914 3 .286 1.000 1915 15-5 .325 .974 1916 155 .308 .976 1917 156 .289 .971 1918 3 .250 1.000 Totals .. 472 .308 .974 Sam Crawford's record, which Collins has now equalled and is sure to pass, follows: Year Games Batting Fielding 1913 153 .316 .01 1914 157 .314 .977 1915 156 .299 .974 1916 6 .273 1.000 Totals ... 472 .309 .977 Detroit took full advantage of Chicago's erratic fielding to-day, while James, although wild at times, kept Chicago's hits scattered. by charging an admission to a 1,000 target shooting event. "Billy" Cleek ner, secretary of the Harrisburg Shooting Association is thinking over a plan. Now that Eddie Collins has reach ed Sam Crawford's record, and is going far ahead of it, it is probable that no one will ever equal his fig ures. When Collins retires he will hold records in other branches of baseball that will stand in history a long time before they are bettered. Willard and Fulton are going to meet in a ten-round battle. There may be a knockout and there may not. Xow that it is settled that the Red Cross will be benefited and that there will be a good sale of Liberty Bonds through the fight, let it go. . Black and Brown are good men in bowling match. Central Iron an Bethlehem bowlers met last night. Brown was high man. beating out Black, a local star who has been pulling off records all season. Bud Fry, the Newport star catcher and one boy who knows the game, has been signed by Hagerstown for Blue Ridge League \work. Fry will make good. He Is a heady player. MANAGERS FEAR COCKILL'S TEAM Pick Steelton Aggregation to Set Pace in Steel League "Watch that Steelton Team," is the slogan in the Bethlehem League circuit. All managers appear to be; scared about George CockilUs team., The general opinion prevails that! "Foxy" George has pulled one over , on other leaders by making Steel-1 ton a farm for major league recruits. I The fact that all players hold posi- j tions with the Steel Company will I prevent any interference on the claim j that the steel organization will V'ei an outlaw league. Here is what the ; Bethlehem Globe says: "When the Steelton club of tlie ; Bethlehem Steel Company League j comes to this city to play, many ball! players well known locally will ap-, pear in their lineup. The team is managed by George Cockill, a vet-1 eran of the diamond who has served! in practically every capacity con-! nected with the game of ball. Cockill Has *'Rop" Besides being a big league player, George has officiated as an umpire, lias run a club of his own, man aged a club in New York State and Tri-State Leagues and has coached baseball at Bucknpll, from -U-here he was graduated. "George, has left nothing undone to secure players of the best for the I Steelton club and a glance at the lineup to represent that team this season, will show that he has not overlooked any. Cockill has most of his men signed with the exception of one or two. "It is rumored that he had started negotiations with Eddie Plank, the veteran big leaguer, who has not yet signed his contract with the Yan kees, and also Pitcher Jack Northup, of big league fame. While his team is all but compl&te, a Harrisburg pa per states that George is also expect ing the arrival of a big league out fielder." Baseball Summary; Where They Play Today YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National 1/eaguc Philadelphia, 3: Brooklyn, 0. Cincinnati, 3; Chicago, 2. New York, 4; Boston. 2. Pittsburgh, 5; St. Louis, 1. American Lcaeiie Philadelphia. 5: Washington, 1. New York, 11; Boston. 4. Detroit, 7; Chicago, 3. Cleveland, 8; St. Louis, 1. TO-DAY'S GAMES National league Brooklyn at Philadelphia. Boston at New York. Chicago at Cincinnati. American Leajnie Philadelphia at Washington, New York at Boston. Detroit at Chicago. St. Louis at Cleveland. STANDING OF THE TEAMS National League W. L. Pet. New York 5 0 1.000 Philadelphia 4 i ,800 Cincinnati 3 2 !<ioo Pittsburgh 2 2 .300 Chicago 2 2 .5001 St. Louis 1 2 .333 Boston 1 4 200 Brooklyn 0 5 !000 American League „ , W. L. Pet. Boston f, i .857 Cleveland 3 1 .750 Detroit 1 1 '.500 New York 5 4 .429 Washington 2 3 '4OO St. Louis 2 3 .400' Chicago 1 2 .333] Philadelphia 1 4 .2001 Lieut. Johnston, Hurt on Aviation Field, Is on Road to Recovery First Lieutenant Donald Johnston, of the United States Aviation Serv ice, brother of Paul and Walter Johnston, of the Johnston Paper Company, who was badly injured by a fall at Hick's Field, Fort Worth, Texas, last week, will recover. This word was brought to Harrisburg to day by Paul Johnston, who returned from a visit to the hospital where his brother is being treated. Lieutenant Johnston, who is an in structor, was assigned to Hich's Field some time ago, where a large num ber of cadets are in training. While aloft in a dual control machine, which may be driven either 'by the cadet or his instructor, something went wrong and the plane fell be tween 400 and Gno feet, injuring both occupants. Neither can tell just how the accident occurred. Lieutenant Johnston was unconscious as the re sult of concussion of the brain for three days wljen his brother was summoned and for a time was thought to have been fßtally injured. He is now on the road to recovery, however. HXRBISBURG TELEGRAPH Sammees Play Ten Games on Paris Baseball Fields Paris. April 23. —Ten games pre liminary to the regular season of the Paris baseball league were played I yesterday afternoon' on various grounds around Paris. The results were: Ordnance department, 8; Engi neers' Purchasing Offlftice, 7. Naval Aviatjon, 18; Alexandre j Casuals, 1. Canadian Hospital, 6; American , Hospital No. 1. 4. Medical Repair Shop, 14; S. S. U. I No. 650, 4. Naval-Aviation Marines, 12; Bed I Cross No. 3, 0. Thirty-fifth Engineers, 14; Hotel ' Pavilion Y. M. C. A., 6. Military Police, 7; S. S. U. No. GO9, 5. Aviation Headquarters. 15; Re search and Inspection. 11. First Motor Mechanics, 26; Signal i Disbursement Office. 0. Searchlight Department, 7; Avia ' tion Technical, 6. Last Night's Ring Battles By Associated Press Toledo, Ohio. —Jack Blackburn, of Philadelphia outpiointed Willie L&ng ford. of Buffalo, in every round of a 12-round bout. The men are negro mi^dleweights. Baltimore.— Haltimore Dundee won the referee's decision over Jimmy Pappas, of Atlanta; Kid Norfolk Aon the decision over Bill Tate, of Cali fornia, and the Joe Burman, of Chi cago, vs. Young Ch*ney, of Balti more, bout ended with a draw. Philadelphia—Johnny Tillman, of Minneapolis, had a shade the better of his six-round bout with Johnny Griffith, Akron, Ohio. The men are lightweights. New Haven, Conn, -w- "Chick" Brown, of New Haven, won a ref eree's decision over Eddie Wallace, of Brooklyn, N. Y., at the end of their 15-round bout. They fought at catch weights. BRITISH SEND OLD CRUISERS TO BOTTOM [Continued l'roni First Page.] the number engaged. An enemy de stroyer was torpedoed at Zeebrugge. The ports of Ostend and Zee brugge, on the Belgian coast, are the principal bases for the operations of the submarines in their campaign against shipping in the North sea and English channel. They are of great importance to the Germans for this purpose, and it has been recogT nized by the Allies that to deprive the enemy of them would be one of the most effective means of dealing with the submarine. An attack on these porta by the I British fleet has been urged, but the : British naval authorities apparently s regard the land defenses as too: strong to make this practicable. Various measures have been adopted to destroy German submarine's on en tering or leaving these ports. Field Marshal Halg's offensive In Flanders last summer was generally believed to have as one of its main objec tives the bending back of the Ger man northern tlank so as to deprive the enemy of these two points. Part of L'ia n Washington, April 23.—News of the BUtish raid upon the German submarine bases at Ostend and Zee brugge and of the attempt to bottle up those harbors was received with great interest at the Navy Depart ment. The move was taken as an other definite step in the carefully planned campaign against the Ü boats which, it has been repeatedly predicted, would begin to show ma terial results about this time. The recent raid of the British grand fleet into the Cattegat when ten German trawlers were sunk was said to have been another of the steps to provent the egress of the < submarines. It has long ben established that the principal bases of submarines which operate in those waters around the British Isles are in the captured Belgian portg. The wharves, work i sljops and basihs of those harbors frequently have been bombed by allied airmen. r AW( utii w Jack FOR SALE BY DIVES, POMEROY & STEWART Twenty-five Clubs Seek New Jersey Ring Licenses Atlantic City, April .23.—The State Boxing Commission met in Trenton yesterday to put the finishing touches on the rules to govern the sport in New Jersey under the Hurley bill. The Commissioners will then be ready to consider applications for li censes. Chairman John S. Smith, of Atlan tic City, declares that there will probably be between twenty and twenty-five clubs operating in the state. The Commission to-da.v granted a permit to the city of Newark Tor pro fessional bouts in connection with Entire Output of Bull Durham Called to the Colors*! M4Sf*'*W- %WV **%&*■ THE Government has requested the entire output of the* m "makings/'—"BULL" DURHAM tobacco. Our fighting men need it and we give it gladly. Only absolute necessities —men, money, munitions, wheat, ships, and now the "makings," have been called. One million six hundred thousand men are ready, and millions more to come. Unlimited billions in coin, and billions waiting. The entire output of all our munition factories, all our wheat; etfery ship we can justly lay our hands on—and, now, tobacco —the "makings"—36,ooo,ooo sacks, 2,000,000 pounds, one hundred carloads every month —the utmost night and day production of all the "BULL" DURHAM factories. Every "BULL" DURHAM smoker in the land must appreciate this call. It will come especially hard to the millions oi men who have "rolled their own" with "Bull" for years, who have, indeed, known no other tobacco, and who look upon the little muslin sack as a close and very personal possession. But even these men, every one of them, I know, will be glad to give fully and wholly his share of a product, those who know say is needed by our boys over there —is necessary to their morale, their comfort, their will to win. In_ turning over to the Government our entire output of Tobacco Company has but they are, its factories cannot and the call from the front. choice with us or with you. The are our war needs —our bullets, wheat and ships, and now carry to our fighters ammuni tion and hope—ammunition tied up a with a round paper tag. united land who will say: Take to - the boys over there more." I not among the thousands who millions who must, for the present, give it President THE AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY NEW YORK the big entertainment next Saturday ! night for the soldiers at Camp Dix. | The featureful program will be j staged at the Veledrome, and about j 3,0#0 men from the cantonment are j to be the guests of the city. Camden will have a big fight club. I There is to be another at Trenton. 1 Atlantic City will have one of the 1 biggest in New Jersey, according to i present plans. Two applications came from Long! Branch, two from Middlesex, several from Essex and all the large cities in the state are bolstering up support for a club. The Boxing Commission has put its foot down hard on the practice of 1 conducting bouts at smokers and ! benefits for which no license has been I granted. It is understood also that 'APRIL 23. I^lß. I the Commissioners expect to suspend I pugilists who compete in such un j sanctioned bouts. California Sprinter May Smash Quarter-Mile Record Rrdlands. Cal., April 23.—California i has come to the fore with another i athletic phenomenon, and bis name is Colin Kilby—euphonious, alliterative Colin Kilby. Colin is a youth of 19, yet he already has done forty-nine I seconds for the 440-yard run. and is j said to have the" world's record at I his mercy. In the recent California ; Conference championships Kilby per I formed his forty-nine seconds feat I and broke all Pacific coast IntercoH | iegiate records at one smash, i Ivilby represents the University of Redlands and is only a freshman. H*> i is a big, strong, rangy lad. and not only can run the quarter, but is a hurdler of note. year he was the leading star of the Coalinga High School team, which won the Califor nia interscholastlc title. Coach Cun-< ningham, of Redlands, says that in Kilby he has right now the best quarter-miler in the country and tha coming world's recordholder. If Kil by is handled right, there is every reason to believe that he will give the mark a real battle; but it he Is mishandled, experts say, he will grow worse instead of better. Use McNeil's Cold Tablets. A civ, 13
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