EDDIE PLANK, FAMOUS BIG LEAGUE TWIRLER, WILL PITCH OPENING GAME FOR STEELTON COLLEGE TOSSERS I INHOTCONTEST Piatt, of Dartmouth, Out pitches Vreeland in Alli son Hill Game Allison Hill League lost Evening's Result ( Reading' ,10; Rosewood, 7. STANDING OF THE CLUBS W. L. Pot. ! Heading 2 0 1000 i Rosewood 1 1 -500 I Hick-A-Thrift ... 0 1 .000 ! Galahad 0 1 .000 j TONIGHTS SCHEDULE ; Galahad vs. Hick-A-Thrift. Two former college pitchers en- \ gaged in a great battle last evening 1 in an Allison Hill contest in which ■ the Reading team won out over) Rosewood by a 10 to 7 score. Piatt, I formerly of Dartmouth, won the de- i cision over Vreeland, wearing the. Red and Blue of the University of | Pennsylvania. While batters on both j teams hit the ball at a lively clip,} Piatt had 11 strikeouts, while Vree land whiffed just one less. The larg est crowd of the season was on hand to see the battle, which was for first place in the league standing. Next in importance to the pitch ing of the college tossers. was the great batting of George Levan. ln| '*Jl crips to the plate, this versatile: player collected two three-baggers [ and two singles. The remainder of | the hits were well distributed among the other players. f The losers played a plucky game and did not give up until the last batter was retired. The railroaders played the more consistent game and deserved to win. "Pete" Shickley did commendable work in the role of umpire. i The lineup and summary: READING Ab. R. H. O. A. E. 3bach. Sb 4 3 2 1 0 0 ' McCurdy. ss. ... 2 3 1 1 1 2 Levan, lb 4 2 4 4 0 1 Werts, If. ... .. 4 2 2 0 0 Or Euker, cf 2 0 1 0 0 0 Shartle, 2b 3 0 0 1 1 1! 1 Swartz, c 3 0 112 1 0! 1 Piatt, p 3 0 0 1 2 0 i Totals 27 10 11 21 5 4 ROSEWOOD Ab. R. H. O. A. E. j E. Killinger, c. . 3 1 2 11 0 Q Harris, 8b 3 1 1 0 0 0 Geary, ss 4 0 0 0 2 0 G. Killinger. 2b. 3 2 2 0 1 8!: Thompson, cf. . 3 1 1 1 0 0 . l.yme. If 3 1 l o 0 o' Mell, rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 , Johnson, rf. .. . 2 0 2 1 1 0' Harmon, lb. ... 3 1 0 4 1 0 j Vreeland. p. ... 2 0 0 1 1 01 | Totals 28 7 918 6 2*- Reading 204202 x—lo • Rosewood 00300 2 2 7 1 • Two-base hits. Ibacli, G. Killing-; 1 er. E. Killinger, 2; Lyme, Thompson; ; ' threfe-base hits. Levan, 2; Wertz; struck out. Piatt, 11; Vreeland, 10; ■ f base on balls, Piatt, ?; Vreela.nd, 3:j< hit by pitcher, E. Killinger; stolen ' bases, Harris. Ectfer, 2; Levari,. i Wertz; umpire. Sliickley. 1 < IIIZZZIZZIZI 1 j 1 3 1 COLLARS : FOR SPRING I C\sco-2VBin. Clyde- 2'/<jn WONDER I CLOTHES ) Direct From Factory' to Wearer *l2l and SI7JO I The Man Who Knows | about Clothing values naturally finds his way to The Wonder Store because he knows he will get more in material, workman ship or style for his money than I he can buy elsewhere. The man who is no expert has all the more reason for coming here. We specialize on two prices and save you from $5 to $8 on every suit. The Wonder Store I 211 Market Street Open Evenings Until BP. M. Saturday 10 P. M. THURSDAY EVENING HXRBI&BURG TELEGRAM MAY 9, 1918. Snoodles It Looked Like a Third-Alarm Fire to Him J fty f~hlTlg6ffOTCt TAhN \ &OT "TO VT*Nt? fOft \T F] " & / AOOOT YOUR. ONe PAtf IF T WIiSME. / \ vf) r BIRTH PAT . -THEY 1 Re CjiPTS 4 I.U A-yr PRCSENTS* -THE wipe - POOR SOOL ! • • s J T~ # ISlke"' I ' Bus.N6.ss ( 7 ; (Tlam/* I / ANfnFFTRes \ of TUNING- , iTIJIMIT t%,£S // Bftoiceo OOT $ liMoKE-PEfitoof \ ' in alarm GONG- ,L ALU'^OUND l 60M6- HIS COLLAR PLANK TO PITCH ON SATURDAY Famous Tosser Will Open the ; Season; Steelton Smothers College Team With Eddie Plank. Lew Ritter. Steve Yerkes and half a dozen other former big Jeaguers on the bench, j the Steelton ball park yestertjfey af-j ternoon suggested the Polo Grounds in days of prosperity. Manager l George Cockill piped off his squad of i huskies with a complimentary eye, for Steelton looks as' gqod as any team in the Steel League, with its two crackerjack tlingers, ~~ experienced backstops, fast fields, out and in. The j Lebanon Valley nine gave Cockill'si crowd their last practice before open-1 ing the season on Saturday, an event j which should attract thousands. Like' all the other Steel League homes! this one is a .iimdandy, fully equip-' ped with stands, bleachers, fine dress- [ ing rooms for the players and com- j manding a ,wonderful view. From Harrisburg the trip is just a pleas- 1 ant jaunt, the trolley cars stopping; at the bottom of the hill and running: every six minutes. If more and more men from fast: company drift into this Steel League, the fans who patrc-nize it will see! just as good a brand of baseball as j they put up under the big tent. In j yesterday's workout Steelton did not j have to extend itself, for the col-1 lege boys hardly had their sea legs, j Harry Pierce, the demon southpaw, j kidued the college boys with a speed ; shoot mixed with the old teaser, ai slow one, and "Buck" took j it just as easily. Before tfle'last man was retired Steelton had run up seventeen tallies while the college: lads were never able to cross the marble. Sitting on the home bench, care-j fully Wrapped up like an Indian chief : on the war path sat Eddie Plank,, heT-o"lind Nestbr of baseball, whose riauie is pretty much all over the world, fie nwfc for at tention from the multitudes through a long period of years, he is just as; modest as the first day he stepped in- ! to" spangles' and it is sure that Cockill i will get some good service out of him. Eddie will shoot 'em over atj the opening game on Saturday ;ind he alone is wo~th the price of ad-' mission. "They tell ine that Chief Bender j is, signed with some club in this lea-1 gue." laughed Plank. "Well, I hope we hook up soon." The Steelton players were much! interested in hearing that Bill Cough- S lin. who handled Scranton for a time! last season has been hired to take: charge of the Bethlehem club. A re-! port from Lebanon tells of its being! strengthened by a new and young) pitcher, Norman Plitt. >from York. He is an Albright College product, j j twirled for Pori6nd, Me., last year i and started this season with Brook ' iyn. STEELTON R. H. O. A. E. Hunter, rf 4 2 1 1 0 i Miller, cf 3 0 2 0 0 | Stutz, ss 1 4 1 4 0 I Weiser, If 0 0 1 0 0 | Yerkes, 2b 1 2 1 2 0 ! Clarke, lb 1 113 1 0 Neild, 3b . f 3 2 0 1 0 Peterson, c 2 2 6 0 0 | Pierce, p 1 1 2 0 0 I Ramsey, p, 1 1 0 3 0 Totals' 17 15 27 12 0 LEBANON VALLEY R. H. O. A. E.; Keating, ss 0 0 0 3 lj ■ Fishburn, 2b 0 1 3 2 01 j Zeigler, If 0 0 2 1 oj : Haines, cf 0 0 5 0 oj Moore, lb 0 0 7 0 l] Dupes, rf 0 0,1 0 1! Beck. 3b 0 0 3 1 lj : Atticks. c 0 1 3 5 II I Grube, ~p 1 0 0 lj j Totals 0 3 24 12 6; Leb. Valley .0 0000000 0— 0 Steelton ... 50401025 x—l 7 j Two-base hits, Stutz, Hunter, Pe-| terson, 2. Three-base hit. Hunter. I Sacrifice hit. Hunter. Double plays, Keating to Atticks to Moore; Hunter jto Clarke. Struck out, by Pierce, I; I Ramsey. Grube, 2. Base on balls, off | Ramsey, 1; Grube, 9. Lebt on base, j Steelton. 8; Lebanon Valley, 3. Stolen ' bases. Miller, 2; Stutz, 2; Yerkes. . Xeild. First base on errors. Steel i ton, 4. Time, 1 hr. 55 min. Umpire, ! Taggert. Baseball Summary; Where They Play Today YESTERDAY'S RESULTS American League ! Chicago, 9; Cleveland, 5. St. Louis, 8; Detroit, 1. Athletics, 5; New Y'ork. 2. Washington, 14'; Boston. 4. National League Cincinnati, 9; St. Ix>uis. 6. Boston. 4; Brooklyn, 3. New York, 3; Phillies, 2. Chicago. 8; Pittsburgh, 1. STANDING Ol' THE CLUBS W. L. Pet. ; Boston „>.. 13 * 7 .660 j Cleveland ......... 10 8 .506 : Chicago 8 7 .533 j New York 'lO 9 .526 ! St. Louis 8 9 .471 Washington 8 10 .444 ! Detroit 6 8 .429 " Athletics 7 10 .412 National I/eague W. L. Pet. New York 17 1 .94 4 | Chicago 12 5 .706 ! Pittsburgh 9 8 .529 j Phillies 8 10 .444 j Cincinnati 9 12 .429 i St. Louis 7 12 .368 I Brooklyn 6 12 .333 ' Boston 6 12 .333 SCHEDULE FOR TODAY American League Boston at Washington. New York at Philadelphia. National I /oague Cincinnati at St. Louis. Chicago at Pittsburgh, j Phillies at New York. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE YESTERDAY'S RESULTS j Newark. 9; Syracuse, 1. Jersey City, 9; Rochester, 2. Binghamton, 3; Toronto, 2. Baltimore, 7; Buffalo, 1. TODAY'S SCHEDULE j Toronto at Binghamton. | Buffalo at Baltimore. Rochester at Jersey City. Syracuse at Newark. j Holland Will Resist Invasion by Enemy Pittsburgl)—Holland will resist any invasion of her territory, said Dr. | Henry Van Dyke, former United States Minister to The Netherlands, at Pittsburgh, in discussing the pos sibility of a brqak ' between that country and Germany. Five-Sixths of the Dutch are anti-German, he declared, and he doubted that Ger many would make any move at this [ time to add another Nation to the ! group of her enemies. Dr. Van Dyke, who was in Pitts : burgh to speak at the commence i ment exercises of the Western The ological Seminary, was of the opinion ! that the German-Dutch crisis would be settled on a compromise basis, at least for the present, t "In my opinion tiv-sixtba of the people of Holland are anti-German, because they know that Gemany, their nearest neighbor, is their most dangerous neighbor," Dr. Van Dyke said. "The Hollanders are first of all j pro-Dutch; that is, they want their j own independence. For a long time j the Germans have wanted the mouth \ of the Rhine, and the mouth of the j Rhine means Rotterdam. If Ger- j many wants Rotterdam badly enough to pay the price she will take it, and no moral scruples vrlll detain her. I doubt very much whether she wants it badly enough to make an other enemy for the sake of getting "It has looked to me from the b'eglnniog as if the present difficulty between Germany and Holland would work out on some sort of a compromise. The latest reports in I the newspapers indicate that this is j the case, but no man knows what | may happen next month or next i year. Only one thing is certain, I Holland will resist any Invasion ofi her territory from whatever quarter it may come.'' CAPITAL CITY SPORTS In a free-hitting game yesterday the Academy nine walked away with the Central "Informals" by a score of 15 to 5. The game was close un til the eighth inning, when the Academy walloped Smith for seven runs. Smith showed signs of tiring at the en.% of the game, though he pitched good ball at the outset. He was a trifle wild at all times. For the Academy, Esquerro pitched with ability, fanning a large number of men. Mowell Hawkins and Newlin were the Academy's best bets, both doing fine stickwork. Goodiel was "the star for Central, doing good work behind the bat. Central presented a weaker lineup than that which de feated the Academy a few weeks ago, but they were dangerous until the end of the game. This is the first victory of the season for the Academy and they are hopeful of de feating Gettysburg Academy when they meet here on Saturday. The score by innings: Central .". ,! ... 04000 01 0— 5 Academy 1050002 7—15 Batteries Central, Smith and Goodiel; Academy, Esquerro and Stone. In the first match of the second round of the Academy tennis tourna ment yesterday afternoon Schreiner defeated Solorzano in two fast sets. Schreiner, who drew a pass in the first round, played a very fine game for his opener. The scores were 6-1 and 6-2. This afternoon Green met Newlin in the second match of the second round. In the second game of the Central Iron and Steel League last evening f he Open Hearth nine trounced the Giants with a score of 14 to 9. The game was well played, but the Giants were unable to come through with the necessary runs in the final chap 'ter of the game. George Garinop. Robert Bush and R<Wr tqrned yesterday from a fistiing trip to McCall's Ferry, York county. They caught a number of shad at Hugh McCall's fishery, one weighing al most seven pounds. The Rainbow Division bowlers swamped the Machine Gunners In a duckpin match last evening at Rich ards A Brashears' alleys, Steelton. One game, the first, the Gunners grabbed, Gruntz, of that team, cop ping the pennant in both the high singles and high triples with scores of 141 and 357 pins, respectively. Following were the scores: RAINBOW DIVISION Buffington .... 85 96 104— 285 Snyder 108 98 93 299 Orth 86 86 117— 289 McKee .. 99 108 132 339 Brubaker .. .. 71 128 124 324 Totals 449 517 570—1536 MACHINE GUNNERS Gruntz 141 127 89— 357 Krlst 104 89 93 286 Fukirk 99 94' 95 288 Steens 116 101 96 312 Zo 'l 106 81 119— 306 Totals 565 492 492—1849 Quite a number of Harrlsburgers interested in boxing made the trip 10-day to Weehawken. N. J„ just across from New York, where will be opened to-night the New Jersey Sportsman's Club, the most de luxe establishment of its kind In the coun try. The prime attraction is an eight-round bout between Frankie Burns, of Jersey City, and Joe Lynch, the New York bantamweight, who recently knocked out Kid Williams, former champion. The club is only forty-five minutes from Broadway, and all New York sportsmen will flock there. The New Jersey law al lows eight-round bouts and no deci sion. The clubhouse seats 5,000. 'They Shall Not Pass" The demons of high costs will not be able to batter down the bulwark of King Oscar Quality The price has changed to six cents, but the quality holds. JOHN C. HERMAN & CO. Makers THE BASES 1 Capt. "Ted" Meredith of the avia-1 I tion corps, now overseas, writes to i a Philadelphia friend that he took! several pairs of spiked shoes with j him when he went across and tlis.t j when he finds time he does a bit of limbering up. He says there is some talk of holding some time next sum mer a track meet for enlisted men in the allies armies. Would that it i might be held in the Gruenwald Sta lium in Berlin. This week should furnish the first ' of the N-ray photographs on the; baseball situation in both the Na ' tiopai and American leagues. Ever since the season opened and the Giants and Red Sox broke from the : barrier to dying *>tai ts the fans have | awaited the intersection clashes be tween the representative clubs of the East and those of the West to furnish them with a real line of ' what is to be expected—to furnish them with a real line on where the true strength of the leagues rests. It has been proved to the satisfac tion of all that there is nothing in the East capable of combatting the J onward rush of the Giants. If they 1 are to be stopped it must be accom plished by. a Western team. The Phillies, Dodgers and Braves have shown they are not equal to the task, ( and unless the Cubs, th.c Pirates, the Reds or the Cardinals can develop sufficient punch to checkmate rhe locals it seems the Polo Grounders are destined to clinch the pennant by midseason and extract a goodly portion of interest in the Nation;) 1 League race. Harry Greb, Pittsburgh's great middleweight boxar. has given *ip the glove game as a regular bust*- j nesa in order to fight for Uncle Sam.j The Gfcfflera boy has enlisted in tht>| i Naval Reserves, and when he comes,, back to Pittsburgh, tor his 10-rourta| bout with Soldier Martfield, at For bes Fi'dld, Friday r.igrht.Tt will be In the uniform of a United States sail or. Thereafter Greb will be seen in the ring' Only wKen It" fs possible for him to obtain a furlough. Here is a prizefighter with genuine loyal ty. No Slacker, this battler. Says he: "After all. the war is the one| big game tind the one to which every j American oVes all of his attention.: I want to get into it in some way, so I decided to join the Naval Re- | serves. My number is far down in j the draft 1 st, and it might havej been a long time before I receiv ed a call, so I decided to get ;nj quickly by enlisting." Next week will see many of the' dace-devil motor racers in America competing at Uniontown, the home: of millionaires who give the suffer-j ing populace heart disease with ai eollossal financial failure and then I bring 'em back to life when the| courts get busy. In the big race, j Liberty Sweepstakes, May 16, Omar: Toft, the Pacific coast demon Jehu.j will drive a Miller special, former ly steered by Gil Anderson. It broke all records at the Ascot park speed way. Louis LeCoq, of Los Ange les, who was all but killed at As cot, will be an entry and the match race between Oldfield and Louis Chivrolet, two greatest and clever est pilots that ever Handled a racing car, will attract the attention of the whole motor world. Umpire Silk O'Loughlin often hurls verbal bricks but seldom toss es bouquets and here's one of the bunch of posies thrown at a fellow "Ump": "I consider George Mori arty the ablest young umpire I ever saw break Into the major league." Thia is quite a boost considering Silk has been at it for 24 years. | The baseball world continues to stare in wonder at the work of Earl j Hamilton, the pirate southpaw,: whose record as a come-back pitch- i er this spring is the most sensation al chronicled in *he major leagues in recent years. By virtue of his 7-to-2 victory ov er the Cubs at Forbes Field the oth er day, Hamilton to-day is the lead ing pitcher of the country. He has won live games in succession and has yet to suffer defeat, and the only other hurlers in the big show who approach these figures are Tesreau of the New York Giants and Wil liams of the Chicago White Sox, j each of whom has won four games and lost none. And Tesreau. though his record still is clean on paper, failed to go the distance in his fast game and had to be relieved in the ninth inning. Contrary to general report Yale is , opposed to the resumption of inter-f collegiate football i.ext fall. Prince-! ton, Harvard a>nd Yale were to have' met in New York last Friday night j to decide on a course of football! action for next fall, but the session had to be postponed until late !his week. Princeton and Harvard have determined to go ahead with for mal football, Princeton is worst off as far as material is concerned. It has a fine set of backs, but no line. However, come what may it will send an eleven onto the field and it hopes that Yale will see lit to follow suit. Yale still clings to the stand iti took last fall—that it is not in good taste to play formal football while! the war is on. and that such com petition would iuterfere with mili-' triry drill. City Highway Department's I GARFORD I Superintendent Wm. H. Lynch (City Highway Department.) Speaks of The Garford I in This Manner: Sg™ "We have used our Garford I 2 Ton S3OOO H ¥' To" S4BOO Truck every day and have never j| 6 Ton $4900 fob. . had any trouble with it. It has ffl Factory ——————— £iven us satisfaction." . I " W/\ ■J f V, ■ What more strenuous test I could any truck be put to I than the city highway's work? I ■ The Co. I 212-214 NORTH SECOND STREET OPEN EVENINGS MORE HONORS FOR CARL BECK | Tech Athlete Again Leads in Track Events; Preparing For Saturday's Classic In the third day Of the Tech in terclass meet, Carl Beck captured two of the three events run off by j Coach Hill assisted by W. D. Meikle. Beck won the broqffl jump and also the high hurdles. "Zip" Malick was the winner of the 440-yard dash, making the quarter in 55 seconds. Sophs were again much in evi dence taking most of the places and adding to their large total so much j so that they continue to top the other two classes. Beck topped the high timbers in 18 2-5 seconds, followed by "Ken" Boyer, Ossie Miller and "Loot" Ileagy. In addition to Malick in the quar ter, the other winners were Miller, "llirdie" Sparrow, Carbon Allen and , "Hennie" Sliope. Beck leaped 20' feet in the broad 'jump, followed by Malick, Shader, ! Kolilman and Strawbecker. The pole | vault was postponed because of the [ high wind. This afternoon the coach contemplates completing the events] with the pole vault, javelin throw, half-mile run, hammer throw and the class relay race. The second-year lads hold such a commanding lead that they will not likely be over taken. The events this week have been in preparation for the meet at Pitts burgh, Saturday a week, while the ; following Saturday will see the big i classic over on the Island. On Deco i ration Day the entire squad will go to ! Lafayette; where they will meet stiff opposition from the Mercersburg I Academy team, qs well as other lead ing prep schools from this section. 13 Tallest Hotel Ever Will Be Murray Hill New York —The tallest hotel building in the world is projected for the block covering Fortieth and Forty-first streets and Pari? and Madison Avenues, in this city. The high structure will be the Murray Hill Hotel, which will be a unit of the five-part group of hotels which surround the Grand Central Terminal The Biltmore, Belmont, Manhattan, Murray Hill and Com modore —which are now under the direction of John McE. Bowman and B. L. M. Bates. Sufficient information as to the pi-ojected structure has been given out to make it plain that it will over top the highest hotel building now extant and may eveh rear' its head above the Woolworth pile. The new hotel will be thirty-two stories in height in its main struc ture, and from its quadrangular cen ter will rise a the height of which has not yet been determined. The Murray Hill is the oldest and smallest of the five hotels involved in Sunday's amalgamation. It was about 600 rooms. The Bolmont extends five floors underground and the new Murray Hill will have the same depth. There will be between them central distri bution points for everything in the way of service. The aerjAer of rooms which the new Murray Hill will have could not be learned from Mr. B§.tes, but he did say that there would be more than 1,200 rooms having a southern exposure. PETE HERMAN BESTED Baltimorf, May B.—ln the opinion of fight experts and spectators at ringside, Young Chaney, of Balti more, defeated Pete Herman, ban tamweight champiqn of the world, last night in a non-decisioo ten-round bout.
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