HISTORIC ATHLETIC MEET FOR GETTYSBURG ON MAY 30 BY TANK CORPS STARS WAR BOOSTS THE NATIONAL GAME Dozens of Veterans Come Back to Big Leagues as Baseball Begains Favor The tremendous boost given to baseball by Its adoption in Europe during the war has convinced sage athletic experts it 'will be the uni versal game, and one man suggests Oiat all international disputes be settled with a contest on the dia mond. This would result in The Hague Tribunal being turned into a great baseball college where all nations could keep training a pick ed team and thus be ready to hook up when any dispute arises. The sudden widespread popularity has brought back dozens of veteran ball players who have taken such good care of themselves and are so in spired that they are now doing splendid service. .Bill McKechnie, for example, has filled in very nicely at third base for Pittsburgh thus far, and his hit ting, in particular, has been sur prisingly good. Chuck Deal has served a term in the minors since he was sent out of the majors as a player who had seen his best days, but the game he put up for the Cubs at the hot cor ner in their recent series here left nothing to be desired. These two Wilkinsburg citizens form only a small part of the come back brigade. In addition to McKechnie. Pitts burgh has two others in Catcher Jimmy Archer and Pitcher Bob Har it. Archer's baseball work last year was confined to a little scout ing duty for the Cubs, and Harmon was out of the sport altogther. Few fans expected Larry Doyle to amount to much in his return to the Giants, but until he became ill recently the larruping second sack er was one of the big factors in New York's sensational spring winning streak. He batted .426 while in the game. Jeff Tesreau is another who has been showing a surprising re covery of form for the Giants. Cincinnati was on the point of casting Sherwood Magee adrift, but when talent became scarce the Red management decided to retain him. He has been a valuable man to the club ever since the season opened, and particularly since an injury put Hal Chase on the shelf. Mathew •son is obtaining the same good re sults from Lee Magee, who was dis carded by both the Yankees and ■Browns within the past year, and he is also thinking of picking up Joe .Birmingham. Old Leon Ames is pitching classy ball for the Cardinals and Jack Coombs and Rube Marquard are two of the most serviceable flingers on Brooklyn's staff. Recently the Dodger officials took another chance on ancient timber by signing up the veteran shortstop, Mike Doolan, who looked so unpromising for fur ther service that he was allowed to become a free agent. The Phillies had planned to drop Gravvy Cravath, but circumstances forced them to kepe him and he still features many a game with his long clouts. Pat Moran also figured that Dode Paskert was close to the jump ing-off place and traded him to Chi cago, but Dode's work for the Cubs has been as good as any he ever put up. In the American League. Terry Surner, though he is 40 years old, looks even better at third base for Cleveland than he has looked in any recent season, and the same club even pressed Herman Schaefer into service at second base in the game of April 25. Rube Oldring has returned to Overnight Motor Truck Service Harrisburg to Philadelphia and Intermediate Points Faet Packard equipment. Connections at Philadelphia with Bal timore, New York and New England points. Shippers and receivers should communicate with us at once, as daily service is rapidly be ing Installed. Moore's Motor Freight Company Muin Office, Front and CaHowhill Sts., Pliila. Address local communications, Care of Harrisburg Telegraph, Harrisburg, Pa. "They Shall Not Pass" The demons of high costs will not be able to batter down the bulwark of King Oscar The price has changed to six cents, but the quality holds. JOHN C. HERMAN & CO. Makers WEDNESDAY EVENING xx>c*~*sl)Cs ! ? f \ ' -x- P C A FEu - eR *lsht I r —' GIT A -/v BOY I] VHAtZAT 7 h s wecL 1 \ LUN\P OF Connie Mack and isn't playing bad ball by any means. Vean Gregg also is doing a comeback act as a pitcher for the Athletics. The St. Louis Browns not only ex pect Grover Loudermilk to make good this time in spite of his age and previous failures, but are carry ing "Lefty" Leifield into the bar gain. Three National League clubs dropped Outfield Frank Schulte within the last two years, but the Washington Americans have picked him up and believe he will prove helpful throughout the season. But there are some other cases even more striking. Not only has Bobby Wallace, 43 years old, broken into several games at shortstop for the Cardinals, but old Jack Powell Is working out every day to prepare himself for a trial as a pitcher some big league club, and hear of the venerable "Dummy" Hoy filing application for a berth with the Cincinnati club. Truly, baseball is being carried back many years by the war. We may yet see Cap Anson's name in the box scores, Australian Mermaid Not Allowed to Swim Here The whole world of swimming, professional and amateur, is puzzled to know why the Australian Swim ming Association has written to the A. A. U. of America declaring that Fanny Durack, now on her way to the Pacific coast, is not to be coun tenanced. The cablegram from Aus tralia merely says: "Association considers impossible in best interests of amateurism t sanction appearance of ladies. Full details by letter." The situation is particularly con fusing and embarrassing to A. A. U. officials, as Miss Durack is expected to arrive at a Pacific port several weeks before the letter containing the details upon which a refusal of sanction was based by the Antipo dean authorities. The Pacific coast sporting world is in a furore over this incident. Ar rangements had been made for Miss Durack to meet, the talent of that vicinity which produces more wo men swimmers than all the rest of the country combined. Los Angelcß boasts three mermaids, second to none in acquatic skill, namely, Claire Galligan, Charlotte Boyle and Doro thy Burns. They were each to be pitted against the Australian pheno menon; and fifty other matches had been made. The mystery cannot be solved apparently until the letter ar rives, and meanwhile Miss Durack will be in America. West Shore Towns to Have a Tennis League Camp Hill High school tenni3 courts are now ready to play on, af ter weeks of hard labor were spent in repairing the damage done by miscreants not yet identified. The school has not decided whether to hold the annual tournament for boys, but next year it is proposed to have a West Shore Tennis League which will include Enola, Marysville, Westi Fairview, Lemoyne, New Cumber-' land and Camp Hill. The winner in, a season's contests will be West Shore champion. Baseball Summary; Where They Play Today YESTERDAY'S RESULTS American League Philadelphia-Detroit (rain). Cleveland, 6: Boston, 5. New York-Chicago (rain). St. Louis, 4; Washington, 3. National League Pittsburgh-Philadelphia (rain). Brooklyn, 1; Chicago, 0. Cincinnati, T; Boston, 4. New York, 2; St. Louis, 0. STANDING OF THE CLUBS American League W. L. Pet. Boston 19 11 .633 Chicago 'l4 11 .560 New York 15 13 .536 Cleveland 16 14 .533 St. Louie 13 13 .500 Washington 13 16 .448 Philadelphia 12 15 .444 Detroit 7 16 .304 National League W. L. Pet. New York 2 2 7 .750 I Chicago 17 11 .607 Cincinnati 17 14 .548 Pittsburgh 14 12 .538 (Philadelphia 11 15 .423 Brooklyn 11 16 .407 Boston 10 19 .345 St. Louis 9 19 321 SCHEDULE FOR TODAY American I/oague Chicago at New York. St. Louis at Washington. Detroit at Philadelphia. ' Cleveland at Boston. National League Boston at Cincinnati. Brooklyn at Chicago. New York at St. Louis. Philadelphia at Pittsburgh. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Yesterday's Results Toronto, 10; Baltimore, 4. Syracuse, 2; Jersey City, 1 (10 in nings'*. Rochester, 2; Newark, 0. Binghamton, 5; Buffalo, 1. To-day's Schedule Jersey City at Syracuse. Newark at Rochester. Binghamton at Buffalo. Baltimore at Toronto. Good Game Tomorrow; Academy Meets Central | A lively game scheduled for to | morrow is that of Central High In ! formals and the Academy team on I the Academy grounds. The series between the Infor i nials and the Blue and Gold nine, i now stands at one victory for each I school, and to-morrow's game will I give a definite lead to the winner. Since losing to Duncannon on Sat ! urday by the score of 6-5, the | Central lads have already held one practice, and are anxious for to-mor row's fray. It is probable that Goodlel will twirl for the Blue and Gray nine w"h Wolf in reserve. Esquerro will prob ably occupy the mound for tha Acad emy nine. Arrangements are now in progress for games between the "Informal#" and a Camp Hill team, and later in the season, for a game with Tech. Rain Interferes With Local Athletic Events Rain put handcuffs on all pastimes arranged for yesterday afternoon, among them being the Kiwanis Club practice '.or its demon stars who are ♦a bicket with the Rotarian outfit on June 8. The entire receipt? oC tnis Armaei?aon ore to go to the cocal Red Cross and mmy thousands are expected lo a (.'end, not ♦hat thev ex pect to see big league basobal', but to be entertained and give to the no-- t'onal charity. The Rotnrlans sneak ed over a 'oiip'e good warmups on 'he Kiwanis victims who have not | ye* pUyed together. The Allison Hill game beiwixt Galahad and Hick A- Thrifts was postponed until Friday evening a 'o*. of fans going away quite peeved at Jupitor Pluve. Lemoyne Boy Has His Hip Broken by Thrown Ball The first serious accident in base ball acMvities to occur here was the fracturing of Elwood Kutz's hip in a game Monday evening between -the Lemoyne Juniors and the Tech In formals. Young Kutz was hurt in an uncommon manner, a ball thrown by Hinkle striking h'.i. while he was traveling to first. The force toppled him over and when taken to a Le moyne physic'an it was found thaj a bone in his hip had been broken, calling for his being laid up a month or more. Tech wor this battle 5.3, partly because of Kutz' mishap, al though Lemoyne could not solve the delivery of three Teclj flingers. Kohl man, Hinkle and Emmanuel. BASEBALL FOR EPHRATA Ephrata, May 2?. —Manager J. L. Sclilott, of the Ephrata baseball club, has been successful in rounding out a team of players to represent that place this season. Several former stars of the team have signed con tracts for the season and a creditable team wll' be ready to take the field The initial game of the season will be played on the local diamond Sat urday, May 25. "BOBBY" BYRNE (JETS A JOB St. Paul., Minn., Mny 22. —Manager Mike Kelley, of the St. Paul baseball club, to-day announced the release of Third Baseman Herndon to tho New London, Conn., team. "Bobby" Byrne, the former Pittsburgh infleld er, will play third base for St. Paul. Tank Athletes at Gettysburg Will "Treat 'Em Rough" May 30 With yowls, snarls and feline dit ties, a host of bobtailed cats com menced a gigantic offensive this week upon Camp Colt, Gettysburg, Pa., where the United States Tank Corps is in training. The offensive was instigated by an offer from the corps of a big money prize for the bob tailed cat with the best vocal and battling power to serve as official mascot at the big field tournament of the Tanks, to be held on Decora tion Day at Nixon Field of Pennsyl vania College at Gettysburg. The corps placed an advertisement in a number of newspapers, reading: "Wanted: A black battling bob tailed cat capable of yowling 'Treat 'Km Rough' and defying bricks and bombs. A big money prize will be awarded the person presenting the best leline specimen before May 30." The younger generation of the staid city of Gettysburg became so zealous in this patriotic cause tll&t they scoured the country for cats of the proper specifications. Unable to find a sufficient supply of the bob tailed variety, the "real sports" were accused of committing atrocities in the way of amputating tails, and an Investigation was started by the. Hu mane Society of one of the adjoin ing towns. The day after the advertisement appeared the cat, drive on the camp commenced with a battalion of bob tails that created a greater din than the guns at Cambrai. The offensive continued with unrelenting force for forty-eight hours, after which the inhabitants of Gettysburg and the country for miles around reminded the Tanks that they were in training to punish the Kaiser, not the citi zens of their own country. The boys replied that they might be able to select a mascot from the hundred bobtails already In captivity, provid HOLLAND MUST SEND OWN SHIPS FOR U.S. GRAIN If Dutch Hope to Get Cereals They Must Use Idle Tonnage Washington, May 22.—Holland must send her own ships to the United States to get her bread and grains. She must move some of the 400,000 tons of vessels that she has kept in ports for months. The war trade board made it clear last night that no more steamships will be turned to the Dutch service, although promise was made some time ago that this country would see to it that Holland got cereals. The I board denied a request ot the Hol land government for three ships in addition to those which already have carried cargoes, saying that the grain must be moved by the Dutch vessels now lying idle. But everything is being done to help Holland Ret her full 50,000 tons of cereals. Fifteen thousand tons of cereals have been shipped, but now, as the urgent need is over, the neu tral must carry the supplies in her own ships. Fifteen thousand tons of cereals have been accumulated at ports for shipment and twicje the amount will be ready before any of the ships can reach here. Warning is given to Holland that the cereals will not remain in good condition much longer, and it is her duty to help in the situation. The Dutch steamer Hollandi, which was authorized to take a cargo from Argentine, was unable to accept its full quantity, because of low water in the River Platte. It will be per mitted to come here, take on 500 more tons and proceed to Holland. Shipments of the grain ration promised Norway under the new agreement have been accepted, the board having granted license for 15,000 tons, and hopes soon to have another equal quantity ready. This will fill up almost all of the Nor wegian shipping still on this side of the ocean. The board denies that there is any attempt to hold Swedish tonnage. Some Women Beat Shylock, Says Judge Los Angeles. May 22.—"Some wo men would demand th'e last drop of blood in a man's body," Judg Cibanls commented during the trial of the divorce suit of Mrs. Mar garethe Allison against George A. Allison. The comment was occasioned by the showing of Mr. Allison that he was paying all the money he could afford. He came from San Diego, where he was employed as a pantry man in a hotel, to appear in court The court said he believed he is an honest man. He was ordered to continue payments of sls every tw6 weeks to his wife. HARVARD BASEBALL CAPTAIN Cambridge, Mass., May 22. Leo Evans, !ef<. fielder of the Harvard baseball team, has been elected cap tain for the remainder of the season and will lead the Crimson Saturday in the game with PTinceton at Princeton. He succeeds "Bobby" Gross, who left college last we?k to enter tho reserve officers training camp, at Camp Devena. ing the sale of tickets to the field meet leached a proper quota. This ultimatum was accepted by those who had suffered insomnia from the cat choruses and the tournament fund has been swelled to Liberty Loan proportions. A shining, coal-colored animal with phosphorus eyes and a voice that will carry the Tank yell. "Treat 'Em Rough," to the ears of the Hun in Berlin, was secured. It will be the master of ceremonies at the field meet, ready to greet each entry with a yell. For the past month the Yanks who man the have been planning the big event for Decoration Day. Exhibitions in boxing, wrestling, racing, polevaultlng, Jumping and other sports, as well as comedy fea tures galors, will be presented by the stars of the camp, many of whom are champion athletes from universi ties and colleges. The proceeds of the tournament will be devoted to ward purchasing athletic equipment for camp use. Several professionals of the ring have volunteered their services to make this the biggest Army event of this year. It is ex pected that the capacity of the field will be taxed by the crowds from the towns of Pennsylvania. New York, New Jersey and Maryland. The camp canteens will provide re freshment for all visitors, and a gen eral patriotic carnival on tho old battlefield of Gettysburg will com memorate the great day in Amer ican history. The city of Gettysburg is making special arrangements to accommodate the throngs, who will be invited to Inspect the camp after the principal events at Nixon Feld. The Tank Corps has declared from the outset its intention of making a name for itself, and they are starting at once to prove their prowess. MOONEY APPEAL BASED ON FRAUD CHARGE IS DENIED Case Will Be Carried to the U. S. Supreme Court, Attorneys Say San Franclaro, May 22. —Thomas J. Mooney, convicted of murder in con nection with the death of one of the convicts of the Preparedness Day bomb explosion here in 1916, yester day lost his latest application for review of his case by the state courts. Judge Franklin A. Griffen, in Superior Court, overruled the mo tion of his attorneys to set aside all previous court proceedings and grant a new trial on the ground of wilful fraud, malfeasance and nonfeasance in the office of the District Attor ney. His only hope for escape from the sentence of death imponed now rests with Governor William D. Stephens, who has a petition for pardon under consideration, although Counsel for Mooney said they would probably ap peal to the State Supreme Court again, and If they failed there would try to have the case reviewed by the Supreme Court of the United States. Mooney's. conviction and sentence were affirmed by the State Supreme Court. Thereafter he sought a writ 'of "coram nobis" (before us, the king), asking that all proceedings be annulled, on the ground that his con viction had been obtained through fraud and malfeasance by the prose cution. The District Attorney enter ed a demurrer, and Judge Griffin, who tried he case and sentenced Mooney, sustained the demurrer. He yesterday set May 28 as the date for resentence. Judge Griffin's decision said that while a writ of coram nobis was per missible under certain circumstances, It was barred by statute in the case before the court. The new appeal to j the State Supreme Court announced yesterday will be from Judge Grif fin's refusal to hear the petition for the writ. Should the case Anally go to _J Township School Board Elects Teachers For Term At a recent meeting of the Lon donderry Township School Board the following learners were elected: Geyer's school. Miss Mary Aberstein, of Columbia; Gninsburg, Miss prace Gruber, -of Bachmanville; Peck's school, Miss G'aybill. of Bainbridge; Rider's schol, May Geyer, Hillsdale; Iron Mine schol, J. B. Brubaker; Round Top, Bates' school, J. Barrack, Hill Island shrdlu taun tuan tatn Goldsboro; Round Top school, S. S. Ebersole; Round Top, Newberrv, Hill Island and Shelly Island and River schools not filled. The First Aid class of twenty-five met last evening when Dr. H. H. Rhodes gave the first lecture. The funeral of Miss Marie Harlev, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Harley, of Market street, was hld from the St. Catholic Church on Monday morning. High Mas was conducted by he Rev. Jules Foin. Burial was made in the Catholic Cemetery, East Middletown. William White, colored, was given a hearing before the Burgess on Tuesday morning charged with be ing drunk and disorderly. The NEIDIG BROS., Ltd. GUARANTEED Vacuum Cleaners Baby Hoover $42.50 Hotpoirjt $25.00 Apex $35.00 Frantz-Premier .. .. $35.00 Eureka $39.60 FREE TRIAI, The Vacuum Cleaner House 21 SOUTH SECOND ST. 9 mi If you have pitting, polish ing, or any art metal work of any kind to be refinished get our estimate. You will be pleased with our prices and be surprised at" the results we attain. Tableware, chandeliers, brass beds, etc., are made to look like new at small expense. A phone call or post card brings our representative to your door with estimate. Burgess gave him twenty minutes to leave the town, which he promptly did. Albert Collins also pleaded guilty before the BurgcsS on the same charge. He was given five hours to secure work or thirty days in jaii. He secured work at noon yesterday. Tony, a Mexican, also charged with being drunk and dis orderly in Wood street, was fined $5, which he paid and was dis charged. Chief of Police Charles Houser made the arrests. Ammon Heverling, of Camp ' , 1 They speak for themselves. # 13 • Meade, Md., formerly of Lebanon,, and Miss Irene Houser, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Houser. of Ann street, were married on Monday evening at 9 o'clock at the Meth odist Episcopal parsonage by the Rev. James Cunningham. They were unattended. The bride will reside with her parents and the groom will return to Camp Meade, Md. The borough has placed two elec tric lights at the old paint works In J Lawrence street, where the place is. quarantined with smallpox.