LANCASTER IS TARGET FOR MANY GUNNERS-STEEL LEAGUE TO GET MORE TALENT TRAPSHOOTING AT LANCASTER Gunners From Alii Parts of the State Flock Annual Tournament This was "practice day" at the great annual shoot in Lancaster, where the twenty-eighth tournament of the Pennsylvania State Sportsmen's Asso ciation is being held under the man agement of the Lancaster County Gun Club and the well-known firms. Rem ington Afms Co., Dupont Powdw Co., Chamberlain Cartridge Target CO. and the New York Athletic Club. Dozens of Harrisburg men identified with trapshooting went down this morn ing, many of them to contest. Gunners from all over the state are piling in hourly, and it looks like the biggest attendance on record, such is the re vival of rifle shooting since this war began. The program includes the most im portant purse of the year and will also carry for the flr.st time this season the shoot which will decide the ama- f e "r state trap-shooting title, now held by Mclntire. The opening to-day featured ten events of fifteen targets, total 160, for money prizes. Nearly $2,000 is hung up for prize money. The "Maplewood 100" and the "In the Open," both classics, will be" shot for 011 the second day. The feature of the entire shoot, the Pennsylvania State Artateur Citampionship event, will be run oft on the third day. The special prizes for resident Pennsylvanians will be shot on the third and final day as well as the team races and the title for women. Hill Games Postponed; Reading and Hicks Tonight Allison Hill League STANDING OP THE Cf,l'BS W. L. Pet. Rosewood 5 2 .714 Galahad 5 3 !25 Reading .... .... 5 3 .625 Hiek-A-Thrift .... 1 8 .111 TONIGHT'S GAME Reading vs. Hick-A-Thrift. Rain interfered with the Rose wood-Galahad contest last evening in the Allison Hill League after the two nines had made all plans to fight it out for undisputed possession of first place. To-niglit Reading and Hick- A-Thrift will battle. It will be the first contest for the latter team un der the management of Dana Griffin. "Bill'' Reiff, center fielder on The Galahad aggregation and leading batter of the league, has been draft ed into service and will be called June 24. "Kid" Strieker, who pitched the "Hickies" to their first victory in a long time, is going to be a great I help to that team. The "Kid" has had quite a loniy experience in the pastime. His home is at New Bloom field and lie played with the Acade my train there. Next he was heard of with Harfisburg and York in the Tri-State and after that with New Cumberland in the old Central Penn sylvania League. Last year he was sovh with Newport in the Dauphin County League. He is a brakeman on the Middle division and he hits .350, making him a very valuable asset. SELLS PROPERTY TO BUY BONDS, THEN 'ENLISTS IX ARMY Washington.—Found: .A 100 per cent, patriot. Linn F. Hansen, a young farmer of Wayne, Neb., hearing the call of the country, sold his entire property and with the proceeds donated $3,800 to the American Red Cross, contributed SI,OOO toward the erection of a church and bought SI,OOO worth of Liberty bonds. Then he enlisted and since has bought $4,500 more in Lib erty bonds. He is now stationed at Pensacola, Fla., with Company G of the Forty-third Infantry. President Wilson, hearing of Han son's record, sent him the following letter: "Indirectly, through a friend, I have learned of all the circumstances of your joining the military forces of the United States and I want to send you this brief line to express my ad miration of the spirit which prompt ed your action and prompted your whole course in connection with leaving your farm and throwing your fortunes entirely and unreservedly with the great country we all love and seek to preserve." . . f II I' Hart Schaffner L fxMarx , \&jy H. MARKS & SON 4TH & MARKET STS. The Harrisburg Home of HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX and , SOCIETY BRAND CLOTHES | HAVE YOUR 1 Lawn Mower, Hedge | and Grass Shears J I Put in Good Shape | I We Can Do It • j The Federal Machine Shop I Cranberry Street, Between Second and Court I; | t'■ | Harrisburg, Pa. . | : V . % TUESDAY EVENING, Snoodles Kid Addison Has Already Chosen His Profession >; By MILTig 6TfOT(I / (NELL-W \ ' ! ( WHAX PO YOU-fHiNK: ] A OOMT KNOW-A f IB> - \ - V YOUR. ADPISOA/ J I poPPY, \ \ AWP V/sJHAT ] jr. A \ V UT 1 K,<o , < \ MAV ~ rHA " r y / H6S "Peew N j|( _ What They Did Yesterday; Where They Play Today YESTERDAY'S RESULTS American League Detroit, 6; Philadelphia, 4. Boston, 1; Chicago, 0. Washington, 3; St. Louis, 2 (14 in nings). 1 Cleveland-New York (not sched . uled). National League Rrooklyn, 2; Pittsburgh, 0 k Chicago.\6; Philadelphia, 0. Boston, 1; Cincinnati, 0. New York-St. Louis (rain). International League Jeresy City, 3: Baltimore, 2. Newark, 3; Binghamton, 1. Rochester, 3; Toronto, 2. Buffalo-Syracuse (not-scheduled). STANDING OF THE CLUBS American League Boston 30 19 .612 New York 27 19 .587 Chicago 23 19 .548 Cleveland 25 24 .510 Washington 24 25 .490 St. Louis 21 23 .477 Philadelphia 17 27 .386 Detroit 15 26 .366 National League Chicago 30 12 .714 New York 29 14 .671 Cincinnati 23 23 .500 Botson 20 24 .455 Pittsburgh 19 23 .452 Philadelphia 18 25 .419 St. Louis 18 25 .419 Brooklyn 16 29 .356 SCHEDULE FOR TODAY American League Washington at St. Louis. "** Philadelphia at Detroit. New York at Cleveland. Boston at Chicago. National League Pittsburgh at Boston. Cincinnati at Brooklyn. Chicago at New York. St. Louis at Philadelphia. International League Rochester at Toronto. Newark at Binghamton. Jersey City at Baltimore. Syracuse at Buffalo. Jewish Residents Give $1,500 to Palestine Fund Fifteen hundred dollars in cash and subscriptions was given last evening at a meeting in Techinbal High School auditorium to be forwarded to the Palestine Restoration Committee for use in the rehabilitation of the old Jewish community. More subscrip tions will be obtained in a personal canvass of other Jews of Harrisburg and vicinity. Rabbi Berlin, of -New York City, was the principal speaker at last evening's fneeting. Short talks were also given by Charles Kline, Rabbi M. Romanoff, Rabbi Louis J. Haas, Rabbi Morris Abramson and Robert Rosen berg. Joseph Claster, chairman of the committee on arrangements, presided. Breaking Up of Baseball Organizations Will Brighten the Steel League With More Stars of the Diamond; Some of the Steelton Constellation, Now Shining For George Cockill f ' * V LEW RITTER, Acting Manager The best baseball played In Amer ica should be witnessed on the dia monds of the Steel League befofe this season is over. News came last night that the directors of the South ern Association have voted to end their season on June 28 and this will release dozens of good ball players, among them "Red" Crane, who may be seen in the Steelton lineup. Lack of interest in the game' and increased cost of traveling are the reasons for disbanding down South, but no such drawbacks hinder the national pas time up here. The crowds aj. Steel ton show that good ball in this com munity pays well. It Is likely that the local team will be even more strengthened now, although the ad dition of Jack Knight should boost the average. Knight Jumped from the American Association, being first Academy's Senior Class Entertained by Mrs. Brown; Plan For Annual Dance The annual reception to the seniors of Mrs. Arthur E. Brown, wife of Headmaster Brown, at her home at Front and Kathryn streets, and the class dinner of the class of 1918, were yesterday's events in the •commence ment. week activities at Harrisburg Academy. Practically every member of the class attended the class dinner held last evening; at the Colonial Country Club. Headmaster Brown acted as toastmaster. Toasts were given by Professor Jackson, Professor Omwake and O. P.-Beckley, of the Berryhill Nursei'y, and several members of the cluss. Mr. Beckley said that mem bers of the class would have excep tional opportunities to prove them selves inasmuch as they were enter ing life in a wonderful era. Prelim-, inary plans for a reunion t.o be held during the commencement activities five years hence were made at last evening's event. In case the, reunion becomes a reality, it will be the first such event held in the history of t.he institution. The big social event of the year will be the annual commencement dance which will be held to-morrow evening at the Colonial Country Clul), Final arrangements have been com pleted by the committee. The Man nix Banjo orchestra will furnish the music. At the annual commencement exer cises, which will be held in the Or pheum Theater, on "Shursday morn ing. starting at 10 o'clock, Dr. Newell Dwight Hiliis. prominent pastor and lecturer, will be t.lie principal speaker. The Harrisburg Academy "Spectator's Annual" will be distributed at this event. Before Sje program proper, H. B. N. Uritchard, leader of the Glee Club, will direct the audience in the singing of a number of wartime selections. Headmaster Brown will be in chaj-ffe of the actual program which follows: Music, orchestra"; Scripture reading and prayer the Rev. Henry W. A. Hanson; singing, "Onward, Christian Soldiers; salutatory, "The American Merchant Marine," Walter Scott Thompson, Jr.; music, orchestra; valedictory, "War and t.he Individual," Josiah Andrew Dunkle; announce ments and presentations, Howard R. Omwake; award of diplomas, Vance Motoiy, I latteries, I .amps. Wiring and Wiring Supplies £. BLUMENSTINE 14 South Court St., Harrisburg, Pa. HABBISBURG TELEGRAPH! $ .-.J ''• -v-Tr ' '• v ■' ■' . •' ' ' '■? • : OUTFIELDER HUNTER baseman for Minneapolis. It Is said now that many others will do like wise and this will be another source for talent in the Steel League. Jen nings, Sayer and Rondeau promise to follow Knight. Bethlehem has braced itself with "Cy" Seymour; Schacht has become a star pitcher, and th& whole team i threatens to be welded into a very hard one to beat. Steelton does not expect to lag and right now it is a very compact bunch, with plenty of teamwork. Much of this 1b due to Lew Ritter, the old fox on the side Sisler Tells Boys Not To Put Baseball First George Sisler, speaking; Sisler of the St. Louis Browns, the man who is racing so hotly with Ty Cobb in batting; the man who has played every position, and, therefore, is one of America's most versatile players, one of the few men who stepped straight from a college diamond into a big league and made good from the go-off. And this is what he says: "I have played ball almost ever since I can remember. I presume I played more than most of the other fellows, because X liked it so well. First on the vacant lots around Akron, 0., and then on the high school diamond, I kept constantly at it. I had no opportunities which are not open to the average American boy. Many have mor. "Any boy who will practice steadily and put some study and thought on the game can improve greatly. Of cpurse, natural ability counts for a good deal, yet it alone is not enough. It must be developed by practice and study if one is to become even an ordinarily good ball player. The boy with but ordinary ability can, if he makes a real effort often surpass the boy with far i greater ability. Hard work counts in baseball, as in everything else, and the chap who tries to get along without it fails in the end. "I do not believe that any boy C. McCormick; music, orchestra; ad dress to class. Dr. NeWell Dwight Hillis; singing, "Battle Hymn of the Republic," entire assembly; benedic tion, the Rev. Ellis N. Kremer. Realty Board to Send Delegates to Convention The Harrisburg Real Estate Board last night elected Edward Moeslein and Herman P. Miller as its delegates to the Eleventh National Convention of Real Eatate Boards to be held in St. Louis, June 17 to 21. Mr. Moes lein was a city building inspector at one tirno and has been a contrac tor and builder in Harrisburg for many years. Mr. Miller is a member of the firm of Miller Brothers and Company, and widely known in realty circles. Many important questions are to be discussed at the convention, among them housing conditions, taxation, the own-your-home cam paign, city planning and other im portant work. The special committee of the hoard and the one appointed by Mayor Keister to Investigate alleged rent profiteering field a Joint meet ing late this afternoon. No action was taken by the board last night ns the members said they will wait un til the Joint committed takes final action and submits a report. Numer ous investigations have been made during the last few 'weeks and it is understood these are to be dis cussed at length before being pre sented to the board. lines, who learned the game many years ago. Ritter handles the big league squad like one who under stands, for fast company gentlemep are very touchy. "Steve" Yerkes is giving his best to make pennant winner and there is attother veteran of the big tent who should not be overlooked. Hunter. This out fielder is bne of the best, though he is a quiet chap and seldom talks about himself. He is steady, fine for ground and lofty drives and a more than average hitter. Cockill has the nucleus of a fine team with Plank, should put baseball above every thing else, or make an effort to at-1 tain skill in baseball his principal aim in life. Do not allow yourself to be dazzled by the big salaries which you hear are paid to ball players. These are exceptional, and you must remember that one cannot earn them for very many years. There are many positions better than those even in the big leagues, and almost any position which is open to a boy of education is better in the long run than a place In the minors. "The ball player Is usually through before he Is 35, Just when most men are beginning to accomplish some thing in business and unless he has trained himself for business or saved a fortune he is in a difficult position. So the wise boy will stay in school Just as long as he can and prepare himself for a regular busi neess or professional calling. He should view baseball as a recreation. He can find time to play without/in terfering with his study if he works hard enough at both! If his school play enables him to develop enough baseball skill to win him a highly paid big league position it may be worth his while to earn that money for a few years and save a share of it to help him got started in busi ness later. But the chances of doing this are so slim for the average boy that it would be most foolish to put I baseball first." Wesley Island Sinks Into Sea After Quake The news that King George II of the Friendly Island was dead doubt less did not cause much mental ex citement among American readers. They had not known that King George was alive. But it aroused more than the cursory interest in South Sea happening* because It conveyed the Information that in these times of war and hat© there was a governmental entity in this world that boasted the name "Friendly." Yet the Friendly, or Tonga Islands constitute a unique region. This lit tle archipelago is the 6nly place in the world that has seismic independ ence of religious thought, or, rather, what may be called a volcanic sense of humor. Methodist missionaries were the first representatives of a religious sect to Invade the islands. They were recognized by the Tonga king and were encouraged in their civilizing activities. During the period from 1846 to 1567 there were many serious earthquake shocks among the Friendly Islands. And during one of the most severe a new Island arose from the sea, which the Methodist missionaries hasteaed to christen "Wesley." The island, as if weighted with so imposing an eccle-| si&stical honor, Immediately sank into the sea, thus honored, but un wept and unsung. I . • 4'• ' - STEVE YERKES Pierce, Ramsey, "Bifd" Weiser, "Shorty" Miller, "Kid" Stutz. Peter son and the others. The game to-day is with repre sentatives of the Worthington Pump Machine Company. of Bazleton, which is said to be one of the fast est aggregations that ever played the national game in the coal regions and its lineup includes "Jimmy" Kane, former Pittsburgh first base man: Nebinger and Dougherty, three players among the best outside the big show. Ted Weaver, a Harrisburg lad, is managing the team. Weaver also v plays shortstop. For several years he was a star at Atlantic City, working back of the bat. On Satur day another big league game is staged with Lebanon and fair weather should bring out an enor mous crowd to see Eddie Plank pitch on the home grounds, Jack Knight and the otheiy new stars. Revenge For Kiwanis Ball Club Set For Thursday P.M. Rain stopped, at the end of the third inning last evening, what promised to be an interesting game of base ball played on the Island be tween the Suburban Club and the Kiwanis Club, the score at the time the game was called being 5 to' 4, with the Suburban Club leading. Cooper was in the bo* for the Suburb ans and Merrill for the Kiwanis. Both seemed to have excellent control. The game will be played on Thursday evening, starting at 6:30. Cooper will pitch for the Suburban Club. The Kiwanis pitcher has not been an nounced. Princeton to Be a Military School Princeton. Princeton University will become a military school on June 24. A three-year course of training approved by the general staff of the army will be Inaugurated and every student will be under strict military discipline, eating and sleep ing in barracks instead of the dormi tories. After the first year of training, which will be obligatory upon all freshmen, it will be optional with the men whether they desire to con tinue or to go into the four-year academic course. The military course is so arranged that a freshman entering college at the normal age will have completed it and become eligible for his degree by the time he reaches draft age. The War Department some time ago made it possible for any college having h. reserve officers training corps to adopt the system to go into efl'ect at Princeton. Yale, Amherst and other institutions are understood to be considering its adoption. PRICE ADVANCE NOTICE INTERNATIONAL MOTOR TRUCKS INTERNATIONAL MOTOR TRUCK PRICES on all Models advance in Price Tune IS, 1918. NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY. We have a good assortment of models to select from for immediate delivery. I When you purchase an INTERNATIONAL Motor truck your protection for the future ifc assured. We manufacture the International motor trucks under ONE ROOF. (International factory, Akron, Ohio.). We maintain a manufacturers Branch & Supply House at Pa„ where SUPPLIES AND EXPERT SERVICE are available at all times. Business men are purchasing International Motor Trucks as a most reliable and safe In vestment. Visit our display and sales rooms at 619-621 Walnut street, and select your Model before the prices advance. INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER CO. OF AMERICA L BKLL rHOR,E 23g 8)3 MARKET ST., HARRISBURG, PA. DIAL snt JUNE 11, 1918. No Ground Too Rough For New Gun Tractor; Field Motor Conquers Washington, d. C. —The latest pro duction of the Army Ordnance Bu reau, a five-ton, armored artillery tractor for hauling field guns, was demonstrated here with Secretary Baker, General March, chief of staff, and many foreign officers present to match its performance. Hooked to a 4.7-inch field how itzer, the machine ran over the rough, muddy ground of Rock Creek Park;, which recently balked the British tank Britannia. It went through ditches and holes without a stop, cut down trees and climbed over the fallen trunks, dragging the gun behind it; climbed a 45-degree hill, where the mud was a foot deep, as a result of recent rains, and wound up the performance by rat .tling down a paved avenue at a 12- mile gait, without leaving a mark on the paving. The whole load, including the gun and tractor, was approximately 20,000 pounds. Officers who saw the demonstration are convinced that no shell-torn ter ritory will stop the rapid movement of American Held guns when they arc sent to support infantry ad vances. Moreover, the machines are shrapnel proof and can be disabled only by a direct shell hit. Secretary Baker and General March rode in the tractor as it dragged the gun about the broken ground. Later they puffed up and down hill, beside It, obviously pleased with the machine's powers. In the British, French and Ger man armies only guns above six-inch are notorized. Heretofore it has not been found practical to put tractors on the lighter weapons, because they must leave the roads. It is proposed now to equip all American batteries above three-inch light guns up to six-inch with trac tors. They are in production and the present month will see a substantial number delivered for shipment abroad. Meanwhile a smaller type is being worked out for the three inch or "75'5," with the prospect that all American artillery will be motor drawn eventually. Besides an enor mous saving in forage, every battery motorized saves horses, which are killed by the thousands going into action. The perfecting of the tract,or, | King | | j fe are a depend -1 Oscar I! I M They will give § Hr:_ M/t you smoke sat- § I UgarS isfaction be- | M cause | | fQUALITYII I I John C. Herman > s al wa y 3 the ■1 and Company ** I 1 U K E „ 3 ation in their . § (g making. | P Bay IV. S. S. | 12 which is a short, easily handled ma chine on caterpillar creepers, de pended upon turning out an engine that would function efficiently at a sharp angle. The engine used will work at a slant of 70 degrees. It can climb in and out of shell holes, and a special device furnishes a soft ground grip that can be removed for operation on a road. Ludendorff Hoped to Divert French Reserves Paris.—L'Homme Libre, Premier Clemenceau's newspaper, says that Ludendorff hoped by his march to the Marne to draw the French re serves to the south and then to drive to th'e west through the valleys of the Aisne and Ourcq toward Com piegne and Villers-Cotterets in order to take the allied positions in the rear from Montdidier to Noyon and force a great retreat on the Oise in the direction of the capital. "But up to now," it continues, "this great plan has only succeeded i$ its first part, and the remainder of the plan is about to meet with a great failure. We would have, in deed, committed a grave blunder had we accumulated our troops as a stopper between the Marne and Aisne. "The important concentrations of troops we have made in the salient, which now forms the new front, be gin to produce their effect. Every thing suggests that the enemy will be completely checked and blocked and that the economy made of our reserves, in preferring to yield terri tory, will permit us much more pow erful reactions than those produced after the battles of March and April. "We need, therefore, have not the least fear on account of the exten sion of the enemy's success. Not this time will he get the decision." ARROW COLLARS CLPBTT, PEADODY & CO., Inc. MAKEB3
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