THURSDAY EVENINC. N&T&I TELEGRAPH MAY 2,191& AMERICAN SOLDIERS WOULD LIKE TO SEE KAISER BILL A BASEBALL UMPIRE WANT KAISER AS A BASEBALL UMPIRE Soldiers So Dippy Over the Game They'd Like to See Bill on the Job Next to the war Itself, baseball Is attracting more attention In the Al lied camps than anything else. For eign papers appear to be utterly pucsled to account for such a strange turn of events. Even the French government Is now agitated and adds Its urging to the T. M. C. A. that the Jriresence of two professional base- Iball teams at the camps of the American Expeditionary Force in France would be of inestimable benefit. They have cabled to the heads of the Y. M. C. A. in this coun try, asking that the project of send ing two teams of big leaguers abroad shall be taken up and agitated earn estly. The Y. M. C. A. In France has ar ranged for thousands of games be tween the soldiers, but the playing of experts is needed to keep the en thusiasm of the soldiers at concert pitch, they declare. There Is little doubt that baseball will respond heartily to this call. Baseball has penetrated to the bat tlefront, or at least within sound and range of the German guns. The last number of the "Stars and Stripes," the official newspaper of the Amer ican Expeditionary Force, thus de scribes a game: "What was probably the first ball game to be staged by the A. E. F. within home-run range of the Boches' guns, with Hun aviators oc cupying deadhead seats in the sky. and with shrapnel splinters and other delicate offerings taking the place of the pop bottles and straw cushions that usually went their way upwards in the course of an exciting contest, took place the other day somewhere along the western front where a cer tain infantry regiment was resting in between spasms of sliding into Fritzle spikes first. "There were no peanut shells chucked around the lots, but there were a lot of other kinds of shells and all served hot. There weren't any hot dogs, but up in the sky not far oft were a bunch of sausage bal loons that almost looked the part. What score cards there were the ar tillery observers kept. In fact, they recorded some near hits from anti aircraft guns within 200 feet of the diamond. "But that didn't disturb the con testing nines at all. It wasn't the first time they'd played off the home grounds, and they weren't a big stagestruck. And as for the atten tions which the Boche showered upon them? 'Ball!' they'd holler when a shell came whizzing over their way. 'Too high, Fritz; gosh, you're way up in the air!' "It was some game, all right, but It upset all the dope. Who would imagine that those calloused and back-bent souls who toil all day and half the night in a regimental adju tant's office could squeeze out to the good at the end of nine innings with a balance of two runs in their fa vor, winning against such hardy outdoor sons of Mother Xature as a detachment recruited from the pio neers and the signal platoon? But that's what happened. The office bench-warmers put it over the pio neers and the signal platooners by a score of 14 to 12, in spite of the lat ter's wigwagging and semaphoring and Morsecoding from the coaching boxes." jh Both French and British soldiers are getting dippy over the wonder ful pastime which was born and fos tered under the Stars and Stripes. It is suggested by these fellows that Kaiser William whfen captured be' made to work as umpire for his pun- I ishment. Baseball as she is rote in Hbg. The Grey Sox of Hbg. gave the Onyx A. C. a Chalence for May 11. The grey Sox claim to have a strong nine. SXYDER-SECHRIST WEDDING Freysville, Pa., May 2.—Prof. Russsell Snyder, an instructor at the Carlisle Indian school, and Miss Maude Sechrist, a daughter of Mr and Mrs. J. F. Sechrist, of Frevs ville, were married at Carlisle. Prof. Snyder is a resident of Loganville' Pa. ©The shortest, most efficient and most A good economical distance name to between two points 'your car is a HUPMOBILE. HUPMOBILE SALES CORPORATION • R. J. CHURCH, Mgr. 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Tuesday Rosewood and the Hick-a-Thrifts will clash. All con tests will be stared at Seventeenth and Chestnut streets, and indications point to the best season in the his tory of the organization. Manager Allen Fritz has a bunch of veterans mixed with youngsters, a combination thatT he hopes will keep the other teams hustling to beat out for the pennant. Manager Pressler has practically the same team that landed the flag last season. He ex pects to repeat. Earl Killinger has signed up an other fast aggregation, one that will bring more honors to the Rosewood Club. He will pit his team against Murray Washburn's team Tuesday evening. The latter aggregation is made up of a fast gToup of young sters, who are out for victory. During the past ten days the dia mond has been put into condition, and the grounds will be in better shape than ever before. While the war time conditions have taken play ers from all the teams in the league, other material has been added to the playing roster, so that the league will likely be faster than ever. Candidates for the position of um pire will be given a thorough tryout, and the final selection will not be made for several weeks. The um pires will be given entire control of the contests, and they will call the games at 6.30 o'clock. Seven innings will be played, unless there is a tie at the end of that period. Increased cost of all playing ma terial has added to the expense of operating the league. As no admis sion is charged to the games, the league officials are depending upon their patrons to come to their as sistance. Treasurer Allen H. Fritz, 32 South Eighteenth street, is in charge of the contributions. Hill residents claim that they wit ness the fastest brand of amateur ball in this locality, as practically every star is a member of this league. Beginning Monday evening, "baseball will hold the attention of East End residents, and good games are anticipated until the latter part of August. To-day the Rosewood ag gregation held a practice on the grounds. UNVEILING OF STATUES Gettysburg, Pa., May 2.—Gettys burg National Park Commissioners have been notified that the unveil ing of the three statues erected on the battlefield to the memories of Generals Humphreys, Hays and Geary will be held on the afternoon of Thursday, October 3. Use McNeil s Cold Tablets. Adv. II Capital City Sports J. G. Martin, a member of the Harrisburg Sportsmen's Association won the individual honors at the farewell shoot at Lancaster, held in honor of C. Z. Moore, retiring sec retary of t.he Pennsylvania Railroad Gun Club. Martin broke 50 straight targets In the team event and later smashed 49 targets in the practice shoot of 50, making a grand total of 99 breaks out of a possible 100. His longest run was 88. In the team event, composed of five men each, the Harrisburg Sportsmen's Association won, scoring 231 breaks against the Pennsy's 218. Shafer and Tyler tied for the honors for the Pennsy team, each tallying 43 breaks. Martin held the laurels for the Sportsmen with a clean score. During the practice event some fine scores were recorded. Stewart smashed 121 tar gets out of a possible 125. The run ner-up was Grover, who was cred ited with a score of 118 out of a possible 125. llealey, a professional, came through with 86 breaks out of 100 targets. Manager Cockill's Stcelton players will make their debut on the Cot tage Ilill diamond Saturday after noon. when they will clash with the Albright College nine. The opening preliminary game warrants to be a fast one as the visitors are under the personal direction of Charley "Pop" Kelchner, a well-known big league scout. Cockill's men have been working daily on the Steelton diamond and are In fine shape for th? opening fray. At present Cottage Hill is under going. a change, a large extentlon Is being placed on the old bleachers and the diamond is also undergoing a few repairs. New sod has been placed In the infield and after the recent rains is bristling up. iot withhold protection from the Now International League provided a set tlement can be made of the Newark situation. ARRESTED FOR THRKAT TO KIM, William Mitchell was arrested bv Patrolman Magna)!), last night, for threatening to take the life of J P Haines with a knife, at Third and Vcrbeke streets. Both men. who are colored, were intoxicated. son won tlie junior championship of Maryland. This afternoon the fourth match of the first round singles will be played, at which time Brinser will meet Lee. The winner of this match will be matched with Zea, who de feated Morse on Tuesday afternoon, in the second round of the singles. With his surprising victory yester day, Green nested himself snugly into a berth for the second round. This match will bring him against Newlin. who defeated Fisher in the opening match* Loose will be paired off with Campbell for the Friday aft ernoon play, and the remaining matches of the first round will be played during the coming week. The second round matches will be played during the week following. Many well-known shooters from Harlsburg and oth%* cities In the state are expected to take part in the big shoot to be held at the West Fairview Sportsmen's Association grounds at West Fairview on Dec oiation Day. This event is the first big shoot scheduled for Harrisburg this season. A program including many events is being arranged oy a committee from the 'cross-river or ganization and will be announced some time nex tweek. The West Fairview organization last year set up a new high record and promises to do one better during the coming season. Saturday afternoon will mark til." ooening of the Central Iron and Steel Company's baseball season, at which time the teams of the General Office and the Blast Furnace will clash. All games will be played on the company's diamond located in the rear of the big plant's yards and befor the season is many weeks old, large stands will be erected. The league will be composed of eight teams, namely: General Office Blast Furnace, Open Hearth, No. 1 Milis, No. 2 Mill, Giants, Universal Mill and Electrical Shop. All play ers composing the teams are em ployed in the Central foundry and all of the officials will also be company employes. Games will be played in the afternoon and evening during the baseball season. On the Richards and Braahears' Alleys, Steelton, last evening, the Signal Corps was completely wiped out by the Aviators is the Steelton Duckpln League match. The Sig nalers won the second game, but failed to show any speed after their lone victory. Buffington, an Aviator won the laurels for both the higli singles and high triples with scores of 124 and 343 pins, respectively. . first boxln e shows to be held in ISew Jersey under Boxing Commission rule will take place at Weehawken on May 9. Frankie Burns and Joe Lynch will figure in the wind-up. Baseball Summary; Where They Play Today YESTERDAY'S RESULTS American League \\ashlngton, 6; Boston, 0. St. Louis, 3; Detroit, 2 (10 Innings) Cleveland, 6; Chicago, 5. New York-Philadelphia (rain.) National League St. Louis, 2; Cincinnati, 1. Boston, 4; Brooklyn, 2. Chicago, 6; Pittsburgh, 3. Philadelphia - New York (wet grounds). STANDING OF THE CLUBS American League „ , W. L. Pet. Boston 11 3 _ 7S6 Cleveland 7 4 53^1 Chicago 5 3 .025' New York 6 7 4 go Washington 5 7 1417 St. Louis 4 6 !*OO Detroit 2 5 .286 Philadelphia 3 g .273 National League T , W. L. Pet. New York 11 1 .917 Chicago ....f. 7 3 700 Philadelphia 8 4 .067 Cincinnati a 7 6 .538 Pittsburgh 4 5 .444 St. Louis 4 g .333 Boston 3 9 ; 280 Brooklyn 2 10 .167 SCHEDULE FOR TO-DAY American League Philadelphia at New York. Washington at Boston. Chicago at Detroit. Cleveland at St. Louis. National Lcagnc New York at Philadelphia. Boston at Brooklyn. Cincinnati at Chicago. St. Louis at Pittsburgh. GAS RATES INCREASED Columbia, Pa., April 2.—The Co lumbia Gas Company has posted no tices that on §nd after June 1, the rates for gas to consumers would be increased from $1.40. to $1.50 per thousand cubic feet, .and that rtts county rates would be ten Instead t>f fifteen per cent., payable in sixtec.i days, instead of twenty days. RAILROAD RUMBLES PENNSY MEN ROUNDING UP Totals For Eastern Lines Yes i terday Reached Surpris ing Figures Pennsy employes were busy peo- I pie yesterday rounding up Liberty | Bond subscriptions. The total for [ the Eastern Pennsylvania Grand di vision is $1,069,300. The figures to date are: Figures to Date Number of Div. or Shop Subscribers Amt. Altoona Machine, 4,296 $241,050 Altoona Car 2,501 133,900 Juniata Shop ... 1,492 80,900 So Altoona Fdy. 486 28,050 ! Total 8,775 <183.900 jsupt Motive Pow. 299 17,650 (General Supt ... 145 i,860 iPhila Division .. 9,386 581,050 Middle Division . 6,697 370,00? Schuylkill Div. .. 1,148 64,800 Bedford Div. ... 379 1 0,30 ft Tyrone Div 1,115 65,430 Bellwood Div. .. 569 31,850 Cresson Div. ... 721 42,000 Lebanon Div. ... 145 8,450 I Total 29,179 $1,625,250 Gen. Supt. M. I*. 625 44,050 ; Grand total ..29.804 $1,669,300 i Railroads Receive First Money From Uncle Sam Washington, May 2.—Railroads, under the four months of govern ment operation jut closed, received from the government $90,614,000 as loans or advance payments on gov ernment compensation, Director General McAdoo announced yester day. Of this amount $14,300,000 was for government compensation for the quarter ending March 31, on the basis of the three-year average net income, and $76,314,000 was in loans. The largest sum, $43,964,000, went to the New Haven for a year to help that company meet matur ing notes. All but $77,514,000 came from the government revolving fund for railroad purposes, and J $13,100,000 came from funds turned over to the railroad administration by railroad companies from their surplus funds. All outright loans were made on demand at six per cent, and secured by adequate col ! lateral. Railroad Notes Master Mechanic Smith, of the Philadelphia division, is receiving special mention for his work on Lib erty Loan. Special Duty Passenger Engineer Samuel C. Hertzler is boosting Lib erty bonds along the main line. General Superintendent Robert V. Massey, of the Pennsylvania Rail road, Eastern division, was in Har risburg yesterday and to-day. Clarence Z. Moore, former super visor of the Philadelphia division of the Pennslvania Railroad, who end ed his duties Tuesday, has gone to New York. A. L. Vanaman, former wire chief for the Reading in this city, is do ing good work as special instructor at. the United States base hospital, n,ear Baltimore. J. Dawson Rahn, recently made yardmaster for the Reading, and located at Shamokin, has been or dered to report for duty in France. Charles J. Gummersbach, former division passenger agent for the Central Railroad of New Jersey, lias been placed in the advertising de partment. Reading officials yesterday held another conference on timetable officials. The Philadelphia and Reading Railway Relief statement for Feb ruary shows receipts of $30,168.74, and expenses, $33,191.26. It Is claimed that the subscriptions to the Third Liberty Loan on the Reading division will far exceed those taken of the first and second series. It is estimated that the amount will top $500,000. This does not include the shops. The New York Central Railroad was yesterday paying off $10,000,000 4',i per cent, maturing notes out of funds to that amount loaned to the road by the United States treasury. It was understood that the road would pay the government six per cent Interest on the loan. Four well-known veteran em ployes of the Pennsylvania Ruilroad at Altoona were retired yesterday on age limit. They tire James Parker Graham, John B. Feeser. Frederick Schumacher and David Fletcher. John H. Strough hiy been ap pointed assistant t rainma*ter at the Heading Terminal, vine ''Marie* v Pcblachte*-. wh<> been njaOe agf-nt at Frank ford. Hundred Per Cent, on Many More P. & R. Crews • The train crews of the Philadel phia and Reading railroad have set a record for patriotism during the Third Liberty Loan drive. The drive for the sale of bonds in every de partment of the railroad has been in tense. and the results have been highly satisfactory to Liberty Loan chairmen. Here is a list of the 100 per cent, train crews on the P. and R.: Trains Nos. 54 and 55—Conductor | K. G. Jacoby, Engineer O. Maurar, ■ Fireman Harry Rnndolf. Brakeman | Percy Sanders, Brakeman Harter | Glelm, Baggagemaster Charles j .Sheeley. ! Trains Nos. 92 and 7—Conductor ! Horace G. Moore, Kngtneer H. Swav- J ley. Fireman Harry LK>wer, Brake j man George A. Miller, Baggagemas- I ter Daniel Roades, Flagman Herbert | Goodhart. Pool Crew No. 3—Conductor John ! A. Landis, Engineer Clayton Wynn, | Fireman Paul S. Grundon, Brakeman ! James Trease, Brakeman George ! Mail rer, Flagman Charles Epley. ; Port Richmond C. S. D.—Conductor Yocum, Engineer E'. F. Noll, - I Johu A. Martin, Brakeman Guy i Strawjieclier, Flagman William Yar neil. Pool Crew No. 67 —Conductor A. I* Martin, Engineer V. B. Sweeloy, # Kiroman James Maher. Brakeman Da 'vid Zinc, Brakeman Walter Mosser, , Flagman David Ensminger. Pool Crew No. 7—Conductor Harry A. Seiders. Engineer Russel Jones, Fireman Nelson Miller, Brakeman Harvey C. Parr, Brakemarv Paul Schubaurer, Flagman Edward P. ; Siler. Pool Crew No. 54—Conductor Charles E. Danner, Engineer James M. Martin, Fireman Harper Essling er, Brakeman Harry D. Buffington, ' Brakeman John U. Peters, Flagman Clyde Miller. Pool Crew No. 73—Conductor Wil liam I. Leamen, Engineer Calvin Reynolds, Fireman Russell Elsley, Brakeman Charles Otstote, Brakeman Patrick Devlne, Flagman Bixler Hemminger. Baldwin Plant Will Be Able to Handle Big Order Philadelphia, May 2.—Govern ' mcnt locomotive orders at the rate of 470 at one lick have no terrors for the Baldwin Locomotive Works. Stretched out in a straight line the finished product costing close to $31,100,000 might be expected to present a formidable appearance. But as for the government setting the company on Its head by stipu lating the contract must be com pleted by December 31, listen to the comment of a high official of the company yesterday: "It will scarcely affect our regu lar business. We are turning out eleven locomotives a day on an average. Thjs order will be com pleted at the rate of twenty-five a week when we get started." Baldwin's has not been advised of the complete details of the contract. The order has been closed, but the government has not specified the ex act number of engines in each of the six classes desired. The figure of $31,000,000 approximately states the full size of the ord'er, although It Is subject to alteration, depending on the class of engines purchased. The relative size of the order can be appreciated by the fact that the company built and shipped 2,748 locomotives last year. The capacity of the plant has been increased since then by the construction of a plant for lenders at Eddystone. The num ber of employes, 20,000, is about the same as was on the payrolls at the high-water mark at the close of 1917. The present order will be handled entirely at the Eddystone works. Lord Shaughnessy was re-elected president of the Canadian Pacific Hallway at the annual meeting of directors, as were other officers, fol lowing the annual meeting of share holders, who re-elected all retiring directors. BASEBALL FOR RED CROSS Columbia, Pa., May 2.—Chief Bur gess W. M. D'Mlller has received a telegram from Colonel O. J. Charles, of Camp Meade, assuring him that a baseball team composed of soldiers from that camp would be in Colum bia to play a local team on Saturday, the proceeds of which would be given to the Red Cross. COLLARS FOR SPKIKTG CASCO-2 Vtin. CLYDE-2/^ft AROUND THE BASES I In the American Association this year pitchers will not be allowed to place their hands to their mouth before delivering the ball nor will they be permitted to use emery or any other foreign substances in their delivery. The umpires will be the sole judges of violations. Pitch ers found guilty of breaking the rule will be fined $25 for the first offense and banished from the game for the second. Princeton's re-entry into the row ing game was not as auspicious as the Tiger followers had hoped, but Jungletown is not in mourning over the defeat of the Freshmen andi Varsity crews by the Harvard men. Trainer Fitzpatrick hopes to cor rect the Tigers' defects before next Saturday, when the historic Childs Cup race will be rowed on Lake Car negie. Princeton, Pennsylvania and Co lumbia, for whom the cup was orig inally put up, will be the contenders, and the winner, in all probability, will be registered as about the top notcher of the season. This trophy was given by the late George W. Childs of Philadelphia, in the spring of 1979, as a challenge cup for rowing competition in fours from the Universities of Columbia, Princeton and Pennsylvania. The canceling of his "champion ship" bout with Jess Willard would be a severe blow to Fred Fulton, as in that event the pugilist plasterer might have to fight Jack Dempsey. Benny Leonard, the champion lightweight, lias turned orator, and is scheduled to moke a Liberty Loan speech at a popular New York re sort to-night. Johnny Coulon, the former ban tamweight champion, yesterday was advised of his appointment as box ing instructor at Camp Travis, San Antonio, Texas. Jack Thompson, of St. Joe, Mo„ has been matched to meet Big Bill Tate of Oklahoma, in the windup at the Olympia A. A., Philadelphia, this evening. With the addition of Pratt and Ping Podie, the Yankees now have four men who have at one time bat ted in clean-up positions. Pipp has been clean-up man for the Yanks, MR. GEORGE B. ZECH ANNOUNCES THAT HE HAS OPENED A BUICK SERVICE STATION AT THE CORNER OF RIVER AND BLACKBERRY STS. REAR OF 15 S. FRONT ST. , WHERE HE WILL MAKE ALL KINDS OF ADJUST MENTS AND REPAIRS TO BUICK CARS. —^—— " Just the Same As Before the War" It is not in price that KING OSCAR CIGARS are the same, but in QUALITY. The old-time favorite maintains its standard under changing conditions JOHN C. HERMAN & CO. Makers 13 Baker for the Athletics and Yanks. Pratt for the St. Louis Browns and Ping Bodle for the Athletics. The whole American sporting world lovetl John L. Sullivan be cause he was a real democrat. This was the calm way he treated an invitation from the Prince of Wales, an honor that would have so set up many a snob that no one could have ever again talked to him. My Dear Mr. Sullivan—l have great pleas ure on behalf of the officers of the Scots Guards in "invltlnsr you to breakfast in our messroom tomor row at 12 o'clock, and subsequently to meet H. R. H. the Prince of Wales, who has repeatedly express ed the desire to make your personal acquaintance. Very truly yours, Clifford Drummond, Captain Scot Guards. After reading 1 the note Sullivan lit a fresh cigar, put on his coat, and, turning to the bearer of the note, said: "Well, tell the Prince and Drum mond I won't disappoint them." Then turning tp h' s friends, who expected to see Sullivan duck un der his honors, he remarked: If the Prince was not such a so ciable, nice fellow I would not go there to-morrow, for I'm dead tired, and this means getting up early. Harry Vardon, six times British opon champion, recently had a close call from death at the agency of a German bomb. "By some strange intuition my wife and I got out of bed Just before midnight." he relates "Then we heard the roise overhead and almost immediately two bombs fell. "It was a curious sound—a soft hissing sound like the fall of sand from a pail. Then came a tremen dous explosion, and everything about the place was thrown hither and thither." "Atta girl. Bertha: hit 'er out; slide ! "This is what you hear at the Germantown High School for girls where they have 35 girls' base ball clubs which play for a pennant and are controlled just like the big leagues. A trainer tells that the girls take defeat very hard, hiking to the dressing room fend giving way to tears. Will baseball be tak en up in Harrisburg the same way? 'lt is healthier than basketball, be ing played in the open.