BETHLEHEM STEEL LEAGUE STRENGTHENS BY SIGNING JOE JACKSON, FAMOUS HITTER
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JOE JACKSON IN
THE STEEL LEAGUE
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Good night, Steelton! Is this true
that Joe Jackson, sockless Joe, the
champion fence buster of fast com
pany, is coming to put a nail in
George Cockill's coffin? Think of it!
lust when Cockill had gathered a
Shifty bunch of scrappers, sprinkled
plentifully with ex-product of the
big leagues, a company good enough
to win the flag, why, along comes
Sockless Joe Jackson to block the
schedule. The word this morning
was that Jackson, one of the great- |
est hitters and fielders the game i
ever saw, notified Manager Row
land, of the Chicago Americans, that j
he had "accepted a position with I
the Harlan and llollingsworth Shlp
• building Company, Wilmington, Del
aware, one of the plants that sup
ports a ball team ir* the Bethlehem
Steel league. That was all. "I will
not play with the White Sox any
longer," was his final word, which
nearly caused Rowland to pass out.
Down at Steelton the ball bunch J
had heard nothing of the news but, I
believe us, there was some excite- I
ment. If Jackson stays at the ship !
,\ard he will certainly be eligible to j
play in the Bethlehem League as a |
COLLARS
FOR SPRING
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TUESDAY EVENING, HABBISBURG TELEGRAPH MAY 14, 1918,
! member of the Wilmington team.
I The other points that maintain a
club are Bethlehem, Steelton, Leb
. anon, Pore River. Mass., and Spar
; rows Point, Md. In a few months it
I \ has suddenly grown into a power
] ful league, entirely exempt from all
j organized baseball laws so that the
, big leagues nor the National Com
j mission can do anything to stop it.
No court would intervene and with
the acquisition of Jackson there is
no telling what may happen next. If
Cockill sees that the other teams
| have the better of him in skilled
! talent he is likely to reach out for
Larry Doyle or Ty Cobb.
Jackson played his last game at
Chicago on Saturday. A couple days
before that he received word that
he had ben placed in Class A-l by
the draft board at Greenville, S. C.,
his native town. He was notified to
appear before the nearest draft
board for examination, the order
stating that he would likely be
called between May 25 and June 1.
Jackson said to-day that he would
start work at the shipbuilding
plant to-morrow, but declined to
state whether he would seek exernp
| tion on the ground that he is em
| ployed in a war industry.
Central High to Take Part
in Tennis Tournament
j Arrangements are at present being
> made for a triangular series of tennis
] matches among Tech, Academy and
i Central, to be played before the < los
j ing of the present school year. The
i election of a captain and manager
i will be held within the next several
! days and tryouts will be held with
jin the near future. An elimination
| contest will be used in the choosing
j of the representative team.
Steelton Will Play Strong
Railroad Team Tomorrow
The Steelton Bethlehem League
team -will battle with a hustling, fast
club to-morrow afternoon when it
tackles the P. & R. R. R. represen
tatives from Philadelphia. This
club is handled by Pete Childs; with
Joe Ward, of Tri-State, captain, and
a number of veterans of other fields
who have been putting up high-class
ball. This game starts at .1 o'clock
The Steelton Club plays at Bethle
hem next Saturday and on the fol
lowing Saturday the fans here will j
have their second' opportunity ofl
[seeing a/big league contest staged at I
Cottage Hill.
Eddie Plank May Pitch in
Tomorrow's Steelton Game
Eddie Plank, world famous veteran ]
wouthpaw, may [start to-morrow's'
game on Cottage Hill between Steel
ton league club and the team of Phil
adelphia and Reading Railway Police
of Philadelphia, the game starting at
3 p. m. Plank worked out yesterday
and to-day,-and his tried and power
ful wing responded quickly. This is
likely to be a very hard battle, fori
the Philadelphia aggregation has
been winning right along and they
will do their best to put one over on
the big leaguers.
WEISER WILL LEAVE STEELTON
By Associated Press
St. Louix. May 14. —Outfielder Har
ry Weiser has been purchased by the
St. Louis Nationals from the Phila- i
(lclphia National League club, it was
announced to-day. Weiser is at pres
ent a holdout, playing with the
Steelton, Pa., team, ana will have to
be reinstated before he will be al
lowed to play.
COLLEGE PITCHER ENLISTS
Chicago, May 14.—Paul Crissman,
star pitcher with the Northwestern
University baseball team, enlisted at
the Great Lakes naval training sta
tion to-day. His home is in Punxsu
tawney. Pa.
Photos of Heavyweight Champion Prove He Is Not Too Fat
they lose their fat. If they get down
jj&bSSMjjg to real fighting weight before they
have finished their training and
must continue it they grow stale.
.....v.. uuniis his ngnt training at Many fighters have made this mis-
Chicago. He has hardly sufficient take. Jim Corbett, once champion
extra weight with which to beg of the world, made it in almost every
siege of training. Willard's own fight he had. Jeffries whipped him
statement made during his training at Coney Islan<3 many years ago be
was that he was only fifteen pounds w|llSiP|l cause he was stale when he entered
over his fighting weight. Were that the rlns ' and he lost his s P ecd as a
true he would be far too light to " result. While it is not yet known if
begin hard work for a twenty-round Willi jfsfgl Willard and Fulton will meet there
contest. Big men like Willard work f®|l||j l|||p!f is no fear that wl,lard w,u not b8
ofT much fat In their strenuous work WEb able to reduce by exercise to his
of toughening themselves for a long wlf ||lp proper fighting weight. He may be
contest. They must do the work t 0 MSI HH slow and weak from age, disease or
get Into condition; and in doing it jpFl !$■ "V extravagant living, but his fat does
MSmB Mtt' " ; not bother him.
AROUND THE BASES i
Paul Cobb, brother of Ty Cobb,
i the sensational Detroit outfielder,
| and at one time a big league play
j er himself, has enlisted in the United
istates Marine Corps and is now on
his way to the Marine training camp
at Paris Island, S. C.
Cobb makes the third ballplayer
of note to join the Marines. Dots
Miller, captain of the St. Louis
j Cardinals, and Nig Clarke, Clevel'anck
catcher, being already at Paris Is
land. This service appears to at
tract athletes. Eddie Mahan, form
er Harvard football captain is a
Marine Corps sergeant.
Boxing is about to have a great re
vival. owing, partly to its great pop
ularity in the Army. It is believed
that other states will follow New
Jersey's example and make good
boxing possible. There will be protr
ably little done this summer, but
next fall it is} proposed to establish
several clubs within easy reach of
New York. It was thought that At
lantic City would be a Mecca for the
fight fans and fighters during the
warm months, but there are several
obstacles to be overcome down at
the city by the sea before the game
will get along. The lack of a suit
able building is the chief one, and
what is more, because of the war,
there is not enough available mater
ial down there with which to build
a desirable structure. As bouts may
. not be held on piers or Boardwalk,
the promoters are having their
troubles.
j The home-run drive by Burns in
I Friday's game has caused a lot of
discussion. There is no accurate
way of measuring the length of a
hit, but as Burns is the only player
who has been able to hit the ball
ovver the left-field fence at Shibe
Park, in eleven y*ars it Is pretty safe
to say that his hit was one of the
longest if not the longest ever made.
We have seen Delehanty, Cravath
and a lot of others make long and
wonderful hits, but it is doubtful if
their best could measure up to that
made by Burns in the first inning of
Friday's game. Burns may not be
considered the greatest hitter in the
game, but he has always done pretty
well when batting at Shibe Park.
Hitting two home runs one day and
hitting in the winning run and only
run of the game the next day is
some performance.
Terry McGovern, formerly fea
ther-weight champion, left SIO,OOO
in personal property and no realty.
This was disclosed when letters of
administration were granted to his '
widow, Mrs. Grace McGovern, of
Brooklyn.
Harrisburg athletes who contem
plate taking a flyer at relay run
ning should read how Frank Shea,
University of Pittsburgh ,the great
quarter mile runner who won the
honors at the U. of P. carnival, re
cently, gets his start after receiving
the baton: "With one arm stretched
.backward, palm up, ready to receive
the baton, and the other stretched
forward, and on his toes, SJhea was
ready for instant action, arid when
he did get the baton, he shot forward
as if projected from a cannon. In
each of his three races, the Pitts
burgh star gained from three to half
a dozen yards on his opponents by
this apparently correct style ot start
ing his relay. Not once was it ne
cessary for him, after getting the
baton, to swing around into position
1 before breaking into his stride.
From the moment the stick touched
his fingers, he was in position and he
made good use of this initial ad
vantage."
Leon Ames is the oldest pitcher
to-day in fast company in length of
service: thirteen years being his
period. From the day he stepped in
to McGraw's office at the Polo
Grounds with high water pants and
a queer grin he has bee na hard luck
pitcher, and yet he is a valuable
man. Here's his receipt for keep
ing young in the pitcher's box:
Don't try to strike out every bat
ter.
Master control in preference to J
some new shoot.
In the control don't cut the heart
of the plate with every pitch, but get
the ball around the corner or where
you know the batter will not have a
full swing.
A change of pace, which means a
fast one, a curve and a slow ball, is
all you need.
Practice for a, free motion, one
which will not strain the arm with
every pitch.
Ames has pitched in 462 games,
won 165 and lost 140, his percentage
being .535. He has 1453 strikeouts
to his credit and has allowed 908
bases on balls. His earned run rec
ord per aine-inning game is 2,72 for
13 years.
The league of baseball teams
made up from the various branches
of the American service in France
has become so large that it has been
divided into five sections of six clubs
each.
All but two of the thirty teams
are composed of men of the Ameri
can Expeditionary Forces. An offi
cial schedule has been prepared and
the season will being on Sunday
The winners of each section will play
a series for the pennant.
Larry Lajoie has been 20 years in
the lug league and never witnessed a
world's series game. He says "In
1908. when I was managing the
Cleveland club, we lost the champ
ionship by half a game. I almost
saw a world's series then but
didn't."
BALL-AND-BAT DAY TOMORROW
All tho Western cities of the Na
tional League will, celebrate "Bat
and-Ball" day to-morrow for the
fund by that name which supplies
American soldiers with baseball
equipment. Nothing has been found
to rival .baseball as a diversion for
men at the front and in camp
Chicago, St. Louis and Cincinnati
will make to-morrow a gala day
with many thousands turning out
just to furnish Uncle Sam fighters
with bat, ball, glove and uniforms
Baseball Summary;
Where They Play Today
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
American Jjcague
New York, 3: Detroit, 2.
Athletics, 6: Chicago, 4.
Boston, 7; St. Louis, 5.
Washington-Cleveland, rain.
National league
Chicago, 10j Boston, 2.
St. Louis. 3; Phillies, 3, (10 in
nings, rain).
Cincinnati, 7; Brooklyn, 5.
Pittsburgh-New York, rain.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS
American 1-ieojnie
W. L. Pet.
Boston 14 10 .583
New York 13 10 .565
Cleveland 12 10 .545
Chicago 10 9 .526
Washington 10 11 .476
St. Louis 9 11 .450
Philadelphia 9 12 .429
Detroit 7 11 .389
National Ijcngue
W. L. Pet.
New York 18 3 .857
Chicago 14 6 .700
Pittsburgh 11 9 .550
Cincinnati 12 12 .500
Phillies 8 12 .421
Brooklyn 7 13 .350
St. Louis 7 14 .333
Boston :. 6 15 .286
SCHEDULE FOR TODAY
American leaguc
Chicago at Philadelphia.
St. Louis at Boston.
Detroit at New York.
Cleveland at Washington.
National league-
Boston at Chicago
Phillies at St. Louis. J
New York at Pittsburgh.
Brooklyn at Cincinnati.
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
Jersey City, 3; Syracuse, 1.
Newark, 4; Rochester, 0.
Baltimore, 6; Toronto, 1, (7 in
nings, rain).
Binghamton-Buffalo, rain.
SCHEDULE FOR TODAY
Toronto at Jersey City.
Buffalo at Newark.
Rochester at Baltimore.
Syracuse at Binghamton.
A 1 McCoy No Match For
Grebs, V/ho Goes to Army
Cincinnati, May 14. —Harry Greb,
of Pittsburgh, received the decision
over A 1 McCoy, of New York, after
ten rounds of boxing here to-night.
Greb had the better of every round.
McCoy displayed extraordinary ca
pacity for taking punishment.
Greb will shortly go into the Naval
Reserve, having enrolled in New
York nearly a month ago. He was
given leave of absence by the federal
government to fulfill his boxing con
tracts with Soldier Bartfield and Mc-
Coy.
THOMAS GETS DECISION
Cljclsca, Mass., May 13.—Charley'
(Kid) Thomas, of Philadelphia. was!
awarded the decision over Terry j
Brooks, of Boston, at the end of a i
12-round boxing bout here to-night. '
The fighting was close throughout.
TRACK MEETING
SET FOR MAY 25
Little Doubt but That Harris
burg's Star Athletes Will
Win Bulk of Contests
Well, we are to have a spring
track meet at the Island, after all.
this year, the date being set for May
25. Short notice? Rather, but as
for who is to blame, space forbids
long discussion. George W. Hill re
ferred the point to Dr. Charles B.
Pager, chairman of the Harrisburg
Track Athletic Association aild Dr.
Eager said that owing to war and
also to the fact that last year's meet
was not a monumental success the
committee hesitated about holding
one this year. Friction among the
active men interested in this splen
did association had something to do
with the delay in arranging a meet
for 1918, but the fact stands out
that Harrisburg is so everlasting suc
cessful in these competitions that the
whole state is practically scared
away. A recent order forbids that
Pittsburgh or Philadelphia should j
come here to compete and that elimi
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nates the strongest competition. Last
| year Harrisburg won more events
j than the whole state put together.
It would be the same this year with
Carl Beck, Wilsbach and half a,
dozen more of nearly the came cali
ber.
To-day V. Grant Porrer sent entry i
blanks to all schools which have j
been represented in meets of bygone |
years and everything will be done |
lo make a success of this year's meet,:
but the entries ars not likely to be 1
overcrowded.
A date for the grammar school i
meet was also selected at this meet-!
ing and June 6 was unanimously'
chosen. This meet will far outshine
any previous attempts in the gram-!
mar school circles and will undoubt
edly be the greatest track and field
demonstration slated to be held in
this city during this year. Many of,
the grammar schools throughout he
city have already begun work on the i
selection of their teams for this event!
and many preliminary meets are
scheduled.
Last evening's meeting being the
annual get together of the associa-'
tion, the following elections were |
held: Dr. Charles B. Eager, chair-!
man; V. Grant Eorrer, secretary, and j
A. Reeder Ferriday, treasurer.
TEXDLER BESTS BLOOM
Philadelphia, May 14.—Lew Tend
ler, the Philadelphia lightweight,
had the better of a slow six-round
bout with Phil Bloom, of Brooklyn,
here to-night. Bloom took the count
in the fourth round but in the sixth
lie fqreed the fighting.
Boston's Red Sox Leader
to Be an Army Dentist
By Associated Prist
Boston, May 14.—Richard Hob-*
litzel, first baseman and captain of
the Boston American league base
ball team has been nominated by
President Wilson to be a first lieu
tenant in the Army Dental Corps,
according to word received from
Washington last night.
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