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
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The price has changed to six
cents, but the quality holds.
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WEDNESDAY EVENING xx>c*~*s<raa *MMt TELEGRAPH MAY 22, 1918.
Snoodles lt Almost Looked.Like a Put-Up Job fiy fjf Ufaggffor(l
I VWEW T \SnoO-T>l)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 <Sev
ernor Stepnens for action on the par
don appliisMon now pending, the
Governor will have before him a re
quest from Piesident Wilson urging
a carefu' review of all the facts.
This request was linked with a re
port by a federal labor commission
which "urged the granting of a new
trial because of allegations of per
jury which followed <he testimony of
a witness for the prosecution and
which the commission held cast a
•cloud of doubt over the regularity
of the trial.
Woman's 'You Lie'
Costs Her $5 Fine
New York, May 22.—After she
had received a suspended sentence
on a charge of having as unniuzzjed
(log at huge and was leaving the
.Fifth avenue court, Brooklyn, to
day, Mrs. Catherine Ryan turned to
Patrolman John Brady, who brought
her to court, and said, "You lie."
Magistrate Folwel] called her be
fore him and said: "You cannoi'
use such language In court. You
are fined $5."
HOUSE MOVES IN
EFFORT TO MAKE
NATION "DRY"
Votes 69 to 58 Against the Use
of Foodstuffs in Light
Wines or Beer
Washington, May 22.—Prohibition
advocates in the House yesterday
won the first skirmish in a fight to
force President Wilson to prohibit
manufacture of light wines and
beers as well as whisky, the distill
ing of which ceased last September
under a presidential proclamation.
Sitting as the committee of the
whole, the House adopted, 69 to 58,
an amendment to the food-produc
tion bill prohibiting the expenditure
of any part of the $11,000,000 -the
measure carries until the President
issues a proclamation prohibiting the
use of foodstuffs in the manufactupe
of intoxicating liquor of any form.
The amendment, offered by Repre
sentative Randall, of California.
Prohibitionist, will come to a record
vote in the House before final pas
sage of the bill, and opponents ex
pect to defeat it then.
Representative Candler, of Missis
sippi, Democrat, in charge of the
bill, and others vigorously opposed
the Randall amendment.
' You cannot hurry the President
into issuing that proclamation by
adopting this amendment," Mr.
Candler said. "I am convinced that
the President will issue the procla
mation whenever he believes it is
necessary to do so to conserve the
supply of foods."
Representative Randall was join
ed in support of his amendment by
Representative Caraway, of Arkan
sas, Democrat, and Mondell, of
Wyoming, Republican.
"With an intensive campaign of
spying into flour barrels and sugar
bowls of every family in America,"
said Mr. Randall, "the wholesale
loss of food through the operation
of the breweries, nine-tenths of
whose product is German owned
and made, becomes a positive scan
dal."
f MIDDLETOWN 1
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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
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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
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They speak for
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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.