SUNDAY BASEBALL OPPOSED BY CHURCHES AND THREATENS TO DISTURB NATIONAL SPORT CHURCH OPPOSES SUNDAY GAMES Dispute Makes Trouble in Na tional Pastime and Gov ernment May Act The right or wrong, morally and legally, of playing baseball on Sun day has been agitated lh this country for years, but this season it threatens to come to a climax and perhaps disrupt some of the leagues. This section of the nation appears to be firmly against turning Sun day Into a play day. Chicago and St. Louis, on the other hand, have their greatest crowds at the Sab bath afternoon game when it Is common to have 27 000 go through the turnstile. The proposal that the baseball parks be thrown open on Sundays for the use of the 20,000 soldiers and sailors stationed In Philadelphia is encountering much opposition from leaders of religious organizations. I'he movement for Sunday games be gan when the American League team oTtred Shibe Park for the purpose. Mayor Smith approves of Sunday games among enlisted men played under stringent regulations and it is stater! that government officials are considering the matter. Rev. James M. S. Isenberg, a leader of the Interchurch Federation, said to-day he Is opposed to Sun day games, even for enlisted men. "I have four nephews in the service and foity members of my congregation are wearing the uniform," said Dr. Tsenberg, today. "Personally, I think it a poor way to begin to teach our young men to violate the Lord's day whan we believe our cause is right TAILORING FOR MEN is OUR & BUSINESS vO Made -Q 13} - -TV.' R Measure Come and see us, if only out of "curiosity." You arc under no obligation to buy. I , \ worlH : HI WEI) \( T uc cai i cr> 7 /* 1 (GARBFN AND u.ry C L?R \I IT NOW. \HE FALLEP I Hfjjj? / MY Hoe GON6 V _%FL\ I I'M SHAVIN' / DOUJN IN A. . ) / VISION TP S PUPDLF ; J ~--—" "..—. " ' ... : I and expect the Lord's blessing to rest upon it. It is a serious mistake to regard these boys as any differ- j ent from other young men. We j ought not to teach them to violate God's law." The Rev. T. T. Mutchler. secre tary of the Philadelphia and Penn- | sylvania Sabbath Associations, when | told of the proposal to open Shibe < Park for Sunday baseball, declared ; that such a scheme was in direct op- ' position to the law, and that the I supreme court had already decided that Sunday baseball, whether ad- j mission was charged or not was in ■ direct violation of the law. Yesterday changes in the playing I schedule of the National and Amer- I ican Baseball League to permit of 1 I Sunday games in the east, were con- i { sidered at Pittsburgh by President | | Ban B. Johnson, of the American j ! League, President John K. Tener, i land Secretary John B. Heydter, of ! the National League, and Barney | Dreyfus, president of the Pittsburgh : Club, and a member of the original joint schedule committee of the two j major leagues. The schedule changes j are contemplated to permit the New | York National and American teams i and the Brooklyn team to play Sun- j day ball at Harrison, N. J. "No decision was reached," Presi- i dent Tener. said at the close of the ! committee's session, and he refused ! to discuss the question of a possible I invasion of territory claimed by the j International League under the na- j tional agreement between major rnd i minor baseball leagues. Neither i President Tener nor President John- i son would comment upon a state- j ment of Joseph J. J,annin, owner of t£e Buffalo Club of the International j League, wtujis also one of the league 1 directors. Mr. Lannin declared that if the major leagues play Sunday | baseball at Harrison, it would be an : invasion of the territory of the New- j ark club of the International League, and such a step would be a viola- ! tion of the National Agreement which ' th International League would fight in the courts. PHILADELPHIA GOLFER WINS AT ATLANTIC CITY I,INKS Atlantic City, N. J., May 3.—Fred W. Knight, of the Aronimink Coun try Club, Philadelphia, won the qual ifying modal in tile Atlantic City Country Club's spring golf tourna ment at Xorthfield yesterday. His card was seventy-nine, four less i than Maurice Risley, of the home I club. Next to Risley came J. W. Piatt, North Hills, Pa., and R. W. ! Smith, Greensburg, Pa., with eighty six each. Baseball Summary; Where They Play Today YESTERDAY'S RESULTS American League Philadelphia. 7; New York, 5. Detroit, 9; Chicago, 6. Cleveland, 3; St. Louis. 2. Boston, 8; Washington, 1. National League Chicago, 12; Cincinnati, 8. i Brooklyn, 7; Boston, 4. j Pittsburgh, 7; St. Louis, 0. New York, 6; Philadelphia, 0. STANDING OF THE CLUBS American League W. L. Pet. i Boston 12 3 .800 | Cleveland 8 4 .687 j Chicago 5 4 .556 j New York 6 3 .429 Washington 5 8 .385 I St. Louis 4 7 .364 I Detroit 2 6 .333 Philadelphia 4 8 .33 National league W. L. P-t. [New York 12 1 .323 ! Chicago 8 3 .727 I Philadelphia 8 5 .615 i Cincinnati 7 7 .500 I Pittsburgh 5 5 .500 I St. Louis 4 9 .30S | Boston 3 10 .231 ! Brooklyn 3 10 .231 SCHEDULE FOR TODAY Anicrienn league Cleveland at St. Louisa Chicago at Detroit. Boston at New York. ! Washington at Philadelphia, National League I Cincinnati at Chicago. St. Louis at Pittsburgh. Philadelphia at Brooklyn. New York at Boston. j Paul Smith, one time coach for Central High, is to have full charge jof the Hech football activities this fall. As nearly the whole Tech line up remains intact Coach Smith should be able to furnish a winning team. He had great success at Cen-: tral High. The Academy nine meets the Bal timore Polytechnic team on Satur day in the first contest ever staged between these two schools, on the uptown diamond. Coach Gavin has ! been keeping the players hard at j practice all this week and the Blue and Gold hope to retreive themselves | for losing their tirst two games, j Either Ezquerro or Stone will pitch i and the rest of the positions will be I about the same as last week. I AROUND THE BASES VV. J Joe Jackson, the hard-hitting out fielder of the Chicago White Sox, has been placed in Class 1 by the District Draft Board for the Western District of South Carolina. Jackson registered at Greenville, S. C., and originally was placed in Class 4. If Jackson is called he will be the first man of the regulars, who won the American League pennant and the World's Series for Chicago last year, to leave the team for war. Jim Scott enlisted and Jenkins, a young pitcher, was drafted. Jackson will be 31 years of age on July 16 of this year. Philadelphia boxing fans, at 'he National Club,, will have another chance to witness world's bantam weight champion Pete Herman in action when he spiels off with Jack Sharkey, of New York, in the final bout on Saturday night. Herman is boxing instructor at the Algiers Naval Station, New Orleans. Shar key is that type of boxer who will extend the champion to the limit. He is able to stand up and take tho gaff besides being a boxer of more titan average ability. Eddie Ainsmith virtually has been assigned the job of catch ing all of the games for the Wash ington Senators. As backstoppins is considered such tough work, a catcher is rarely called on to receive in more than half of the games play ed by his club. However, after the departure of John Henry to the Braves, Washington is left without a dependable catcher besides Ain smith. Thus far Ainsmith has caught every game this season, and he is going to attempt the hitherto unattempted feat of going through the season without being relieved. The Highspire A. A. baseball team will cross bats on Sunday aft ternoon with the Middletown Avia tors on the grounds of the latter. A large crowd of rooters will accom pany the team to Middletown where the Highspire team expects to take the measure of the Aviators. Sisler, of St. Louis Is champion breaker-up of games. The other day against Detroit, with the score tied in the tenth, two outs and Tobin on second, Sisler drove the ball over Cobb's head, scoring Tobin with the run that gave St. Louis the victory over Detroit 3 to 2. Ordinarily the hit would have gone for a home run. Sisler got four hits and a walk In five trips to the plate, stole a base, scored a run and drove in the remainder of the local's runs. Stanage was forced to retire in the ninth, because of a broken finger received from a foul tip. Charley Moran, the new National League umpire, who replaces Kitty Branslield, was a member of the Cardinals in 190S, and again In 1908 making his first appearance in the Mound City as a catcher, and his second as a catcher. Moran is five feet, nine inches tall, weighs 186 pounds and has had seven years x --perience In umpiring. His home is at Horse Cave, Ky., but this is no reason why he should fall for a Charley Horse In mid-season. Harrisburg Boy Honored at State CAPTAIN JESSft L KRALL A high honor Is announced for a Harrisburg boy, .Jesse Krall, who will be remembered as an Academy Star of the first water. He has now been elected captain of the Pennsyl vania State track squad for the next season. Krall cleaned up everything here in his class and as a quarter miler now he can average close to fifty-one seconds for the distance: He Is a junior In the School .of Agri culture at State. When John L. Sullivan met the Prince of Wales, afterward King of England, he was no more flustered than a Harrisburg garbage collector asking for a tip; "The Prince was in very good trim for a man who opened five fairs, three bazaars, gone to seven fun erals by proxy and laid two corner stones in a week. He immediately referred to his trip in America be fore the war and how in Detroit he had had his first real scrapping match. 'lt was a stand-off,' he remark ed. 'My eye was darkened, and other man's nose was red.' 'I see,' remarked Sullivan, with professional nonchalance, 'you got what we call a baptismal black eye, while the other fellow received his claret christening.' " Said Dr. Fisher to Matty, when Big Six suggested Honus Wagner going to France instead of himself: "You alone can do more to build up the morale of the American Army by directing and developing baseball than any living man. Me chanically it could be done as well by any one else, but it is you they want to see. Your presence, the things you represent and the fact that you yourself are with them, would do more to make our army men forget the hardships of the war than anything else." UNITED STRAWS § KNOWN FROM COAST TO COAST! s2°° $2.50 * Compare them with others shown elsewhere and see the difference in value. United Hats are renowned for their su perior quality, and can be had in all wanted styles Genuine Panamas $4 and $5 ypjJjjLJ' \ Every one guaranteed. We sell none I j but genuine Panamas. | j | | See our fashion windows. V Wf ( sfm I I illII FACTORY TO YOU \ I i S% Ijjj jl!jf!|f . STORES EVERYWHERE j j , UNITED HAT STORES / Mir 3rd and Market Sts. < \W " TECH ATHLETES TO BE SELECTED Track Meet Next Week to Pick Men Who Will Com pete at Pitt With the hope of discovering some new track material in the Technical High school. Coach Hill is planning a track meet for the four clashes to be held during the coming week Events will be pulled off on the Island the first four days of the week, and the.showing made by the entries will determine to a great measure, the students who will make the trip to the Pitt meet at the Smoky City, May 18. The interclass meets at Tech have been annual affairs. Three years ago, the Tech coaches unearthed "Pete" Sutch, the best long distance lad that ever came out of Tech. Up until the day of the class meet Sutch did not know of his ability to run. In his senior year he captained the team, and set records that will stand for years. Coach Hill has planned to have the 100-yard dash, one-mile run, shot put and low hurdles on Mon day. The following day will be the two-mile, discus, high jump and 220- yard dash. Wednesday is scheduled the quarter-mile, high hurdle, pole vault and broad jump. On Thursday the meet vill close with the javelin throw, half-mile run, hammer throw and class relay. While the athletes will be out for the individual honors, the big meet will be to determine the best class of athletes in the school. First placs will count 50 points; second, 40; third, 30; fourth, 20; and fifth, 10 points. No star will be allowed to take more than two first places. Should he land first place in more than two events, the number of points to his credit will be calculated in a descending ratio. Winners will be picked to go to Pittsburgh to represent Tech. Last year the local aggregation went to the western part of the state and cleared up the pick of that part of the state as well as the best teams of Ohio. May 25 will be the annual meet on the Island, while the only other meet scheduled will be at La fayette on Memorial Day. While the Maroon institution lost a large num ber of stars through graduation last spring, there is still a good number of capable athletes ?n the school, while there are several stars of the first magnitude. Carl Beck will go to Franklin Field Saturday morning where lie will be entered in half a dozen events against the best school boy athletes fro mthe East. In the afternoon he will travel out to Swarthmore Prep where he will enter the meet con ducted by that school. His school mates are sure he will give a good account of himself. CAPITAL CITY SPORTS This afternoon at the Academy tennis tournament. Loose will meet Campbell. Monday's play will bring together Westcott and Solorzano; tha final match in the first round will be played on Tuesday afternoon at which time, Nestor will clash with Meyers. Conpors, the odd man in the first round, will ibe passed into the second round. Yesterday was calamitous for Brinser who was defeated by Lee in the fourth match. Lee will next meet Zea, who defeated Morse. Lee had an easy time yesterday, taking two sets, 6-1 and 6-4. This Is the first match in the tournament which has been taken in only two sets. Coach Pritchard is giving the contests his close attention. No one seems to be a certain winner and the tournament may be won by a dark horse. There are 15 entries and much skill is be ing shown. The Central Iron and Steel bowl ers put it over on the Capitol Stars last evening at the Casino alleys, winning three straight games. The highest score was made by Stouffer, of the winners, with a tally of 302 pins in the second game. Black, of the same team, won the high triple honors with a total score of 646 pins. 18