EYESOFTHEBOXINGWORLDARETURNEDTODAYONLEONARD-BRUTONBOUTATSHIBEPARK BANG! WENT READING GAME Rapid Fire of Hits Beats Gal ahad and Gives Railroad ers Firm Lead in League ALLISON HILL LEAGUE LAST NIGHT'S SCORE Heading;, 6; Galahad, 5. STANDING OF THE CLUBS W. L Pet. Reading 9 4 .692 Rosewood 6 4 .600 Galahad 7 6 .538 Hick-A-Thrlft .... 3 11 .214 TONIGHT'S GAME Hick-A-Thrift vs. Rosewood. The Reading Railway team of the Allison Hill League entrenched it self further in first place by winning last evening from the Galahad ag gregation by a score of 6 to 5. As a result of the victory the railroaders have a lead of one and a half games, which is the greatest distance that has separated the leaders for several weeks. Reading won the contest in almost the first inning. Ibach singled and was advanced when McCurdy reached first on an error. Ibach came home on an error of the second baseman. "Bill" Euker singled and Levan's double scored McCurdy and Euker. Levan came home on Shartle's sacri fice fly. The winning team scored two more in the fifth. Germer sin gled. Ibach took first on a fielder's choice. McCurdy went to first in the same manner. Ibach and Mack crossed the rubber when "Bill" Eu ker hit for two bases. Cobaugh tallied for Galahad in the first, when he singled and stole sec ond. From the keystone sack he came home on Hawley's hit. The los ing team became active in the fifth, and threw a scare into the camp of the winners when "Mickey" Boj;d cleaned the sacks with a timely triple. But his teammates were un able to bring in the runner with what would have been the tying run. George Germer made his debut in the league and tossed good game. Blever also pitched well, but several errors spoiled his good work. To-night Rosewood and Hick-A- Thrift are scheduled to play. End of a Perfect Day READING AB. R. H. O. A. E. Ibach, 3b 4 2 2 0 1 0 McCurdy, 2b ~ .. 3 2 0 2 1 0 AW. Euker, 55.... 4 1 2 1 2 4 0 I-evan. If 3 1 1 3 1 0 T. Euker. cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 Shartle, rf .. .. .. 2 0 1 0 0 0 G. Swartz, c ..... 3 0 1 9 0 1 Lynch. "• 3 0 0 5 0 0 Geu uv, p...... 3 0 1 0 0 1 Totals 29 6 8 21 7 2 GALAHAD AB. R. H. O. A. E. Vhaugh, If 3 2 2 1 00 Hawley, 2b 4 1 2 2 1 2 Bovd. 3b 4 0 1 0 9 1 Biever. p....... 3 0 0 0 3 0 Fellows, lb 3 0 0 4 0 0 Holland, ss 3 0 0 1 2 0 Toland, c 2 1 110 0 0 Boatman, rf .1... 3 1 1 2 0 0 Wengert, cf 3 0 0 1 0 0 Totals .. ... 28 5 7 21 6 3 Reading 4 0 0 0 2 0 o—6 Galahad 100040 o—s Two-base hits, a Levan, Ibach, W. Euker. Three-base hit, Boyd. Sacri fice hit, McCurdy. Sacrifice fly. Shar tle. Double play. Holland to Haw ley. Struck out, by Germer. 6; Beiver. 8. Base on balls, oft Ger mer, 3. Hit by pitcher, Cobaugh. Stolen bases, Levan, Cobaugh, 3; Fel lows .2; Shartle. Stolen bases, G. Swartz, 2. Time, 1.30. Umpire, Shickley. Boys' Baseball League to Open in City Playgrounds "Play ball!" Did you hear the shout that rang to-day in every one of the city's playgrounds, for J. K. Staples hts decreed that the national game is to be introduced systemat ically in our municipal recreation places. This is a timely and proper notion. All of Europe is taking up baseball and men over there who maintained that cricket was the bet ter game are now coming round to champion the attractive sport which had its birth in this country. Superintendent Staples lias the boys practicing this week at Syca more, Harris, Emerald, Twelfth street and Maclay grounds and will arrange a schedule for the season, the battles to bo waged in the even ing. Baseball calls forth brains, muscle, agility, nerve and fair play. No game has been discovered to equal it and it will be found that this playground league will not only become vastly popular, but that many a lad will get a training which is to be of vast service to him in older years. f King i 1 J |j are a depend -1 Uscar ?" e sr ", oke gj They will give M Pifrofc yon smoke sat- | §• Vlgdlb isfaction be cause gj 1 QUALITY | 1 John C. Herman j? always the g and Company £ ? st consider- | | ■ HAKERS ation in their g making. % m I Buy W. S. S. J % TUESDAY EVENING, Snoodles .'■* •-.* For Once Kid Addison Knew When to Keep His Mouth Shut By VfOT(l I • ] (now R EM EM Be .!) I 7 C KIP O T 7 %-p / poppy wiilc (Hve ) 1. i\ 11 I P pp L s ?? •) ©pra-nsteidtfi I 4n rM rAWISON - You A PEIWH Toft.) I/lrt-r Ml up I ) I WHAT ON < —i' _J Jv /JWotLSSeO A \ — ; ✓-< I evaw-reM bu6sl 7v*T \ UUI J VfiAKW—4/ 1 - • --■ -- - [■. —v- **■*•!L— BENNY LEONARD FIGHTS BRITTON Nation-Wide Interest in Box ing Classic at Shibe Park Tonight There was nation-wide interest to day in the boxing contest fixed for 10 o'clock to-night in Shibe Park. Philadelphia, between Benny Leon ard. holder of the world lightweight title, and Jack Britton. welter weight. The recent order that Army and Navy men should all learn to be come proficient in the manly art of self-defense and thus be fitted to lick the Hun. has put boxing on the map like it never was before. As the two men who meet to-night are recognized past masters, and since Leonard is going out of his class, thus taking a desperate chance, this bout is not able. Britton is one of the most artful Jtoxers that ever wore a glove. He has met men of every class and type from 133 to 150 pounds and enjoys the distinction of never having taken the full count. He. punches straight, with precision, and throws his body with his blows. In consequence there is always plenty of force behind a lead or counter. Leonard and Britton have met once before. On that occasion the bout was at 139 pounds ringside. The light weight titleholder received the popu lar verdict. To-night the weight will be 141 pounds ringside. Each has de posited 11,000 as an assurance for weight and appearance. Whether the two pounds additional weight will mean added strength and hitting pow ers for Britton the bout alone will de cide. His friends claimed that 139 pounds was just thirty-two ounces too low in figures for the welter weight to show his best. To-night he will have an opportunity to prove whether the claims of his friends are warranted. One of the preliminaries at this boxing pageant is that scheduled for a Harrisburg boy. Sammy Scliift, whose opponent is a husky sailor, Dick Royal, a yeoman at League Island. Great Auto Derby to Be Run at Uniontown More than 150 miles of automobile racing in which the country's most famous drivers will compete have been tentatively scheduled and sanc tion granted by the American Auto mobile Association for the Independ ence Auto Derby at the Uniontown Speedway on July 18. The main event of the afternoon will be the Independence Derby, a 100-lap, 112% miles, race in which the country's most famous drivers will participate. Entry blanks will go out In a few days and advance reports Indicate that they will be promptly returned. The speed demons are partial to the Uniontown track, which has developed into one of the most popular automobile racing cen ters in the country. There will be four special feature events which will provide thrills and superthrills, in the fact that they are short events and provide the thrill ing start and finish races which have become so popular at the Uniontown track. Then there tvill be an Aus tralian pursuit race. California Boys Make Blankets From Baseballs Santa MoWa, Cal., June 25. —That discarded baseballs contain a val uable amount of pure wool, each sphere containing enough to knit a yard of refugee blanket, is the dls covery made by Sana Monica High school hoys. The ballplayers of Camohi are "goin to bat" with a vim in the making of these blankets, and the coach. Voyle E. Brennen, is worry ing about the mysterious disappear ance of so many of what he terms 1 "perfectly good" baseballs. Bill Shafer Cuts Up With Railroaders at Allentown The Harrisburg Division baseball team went over to Allentown yes terday to play a team there called the Pergola, the meaning of which local boys could not precisely ex plain. Some thought It was a rare flower, and others some new kind of glue. Anyhow, Harrisburg lost out, 3-2, in the stig-tossledest. dod-gastest game ever registered. "Bill" Shafer alone was worth the price of admis sion. Playing third base, he leaped high to tlie left and stopped a liner, whose force, however, quoting a scribe on the spot, "was such that the visting player was entirely car ried oft his feet and lay seemingly dead on the grass for a moment or so. Recovering after a while, but still lying on the grass, he was able to reach over, touch third base and this put out the runner who had started for home. Then he threw to first and in time to get his man there." Not satisfied with this notoriety, "Bill" hurled himself into the lime light with a terrible blow which should have been a homer. But a miserable creature on the Pergola team who is known as "Wing" Ding er managed to cut off the drive for a circus catch and thus beat the rail roaders from our home town. Har risburg outhit the Petunias or Per golas, or whatever it is, but could not bunch the clouts properly. Crimes of tlie Huns PERGOLA R. H. O. A. E. Kohler, ss 1 2 1 4 1 Stoudt, cf.... 0 0 3 0 ® Baer, If 0 2 0 0 0 Heath, c 0 1 6 1 0 Grim, 3b .. .. 0 0 0 S 0 Dinger, rf 0 0 4 0 0 Freed, lb 0 1 8 1 1 Geist, 2b 1 0 3 0 0 Sterling, p... 1 2 2 2 0 Totals 3 8 27 11 2 HARRISBURG • R. H. O. A. E. Garverich, If 1 2 3 1 0 Shafer. 3b 1 2 3 3 0 McCurdy, ss 0 2 2 2 0 Kline, c 0 1 4 2 0 Thompson, cf...... 0 0 2 1 0 Walter, lb 0 0 7 0 0 Bender, 2b........ 0 2 1 3 1 Johnson, p 0 0 0 0 0 Ehling, 0 0 0 0 0 Peters, rf 0 2 0 <1 0 Totals 21 12 4 13 2 Pergola ~ .. ..00200010 o—3 Harrisburg .. ..10000100 o—2 Two-base hits, Garverich, Shafer, Sterling. Sacrifice hits, Stoudt, 2. Double play, Shafer to Walter. Struck out, Johnson. 3; Sterling, 6. Base on balls, oft Johnson, 2; oft Sterling, 1. Left on base, Harrisburg. 8; Pergola, 6. Hjt by pitcher, Stoudt. Stolen bases, McCurdy. 2; Garverich, 2; Shafer, Walters, Ster ling, Baer. Kohler, 2. Passed ball. Heath. Time, 1.25. Scorekeeper, E. B. Lingard. Steelton With New Lineup in Game on Thursday There will be a good chance to get a peek at tlie new Steelton lineup on Thursday when Cockill's reno vated pastimers meet a lively, fast Williamsport team. Cockill expects to pitch Tom Phillips, lately of New Orleans, and one time with'the Tri- State, playing in Harrisburg. Ed mundson also of the Southern League, will probably do the backstopping; Jack Knight will be at first: "Roxy" Roach, captain at Louisville, and one time a ripping good shortstop with the Yanks, will be at that position, and Kauffman will also be in the fray at some job or other. Local fans will, no doubt, turn out strongly to this midweek game, for some of the Williamsport boys are well known here, particularly the two flingers, Rube Manning and Salada. The visiting team will in clude Machert, a brother of the Leb anon Valley College athelte. recently with the South Atlantic League. HOTEL MEN CONSIDER. NEW BEEFLESS MENUS The proprietors of Harrisburg res taurants. eating houses and hotels are holding a meeting this after noon to decide whether o rnot to eli minate beef altogether from the bill of fare. The government food regu lations allow only four beef meals a week. Some of the eating house pro prietors have signified their deside to taboo the use of beef during the restrictions. YOUTHFUL BURGLARS HELD FOR COURT Paul O'Neal and Phillip Grant, aged 11 and 9 years, were placed in the House of Detention to await the July 1 session of Juvenile court. They are charged with breaking into the Orpheum Theater and Dauphin Deposit Trust Company. CI.EETT, PEABODY MAKER3 HARRXSBURG TELEGRAPH TRAPSHOOTERS AT THE FRONT Success of Yankee Marksmen Urges All to Train With the Rifle "Every man who has been drafted and has not reported for duty should w-aste no time in learning to shoot," declares the veteran Captain A. H. Hardy. "The government hasn't time to make even accurate shots out of its national army. If you have been drafted and know nothing about the shooting game, go to the, nearest rifle, revolver or gun club, and make your wishes known, and you will al ways lind willing and competent in structors ready to do their best to aid you." He also recommends trapshoot ing for the young American, be cause at least it teae-hes to point the gun, think and pull the trigger in unison. If you have never lired ai gun the Captain advises trying the ] little 22-caliber rifle first. You may not learn about windage and recoil I from this but you get the essential rudiments of accurate shooting; how to be careful and how to squeeze the trigger off instead of jerking it. Trapshooters at the front now are having the time of their life, as dispatches tell. Accustomed to hit moving objects at varied angles, the lumbering Hun is an easy mark for these experts. There was Private Brooks, champion trapshooter and particularly a squirrel shooter, of Rich Hill, Mo., who was leading a patrol for information. He got up under an enemy machine gun twenty feet away, at the edge of wood, and silenced it. A grenade exploded in his rifle, but he stuck it out all night with a comrade's rifle and captured an enemy machine gun. thus preventing the Germans from flanking him. Enemy rockets fell so close that one blistered his hand. Another famqd marksman of the traps, Private Charles Lloyd, of Newark, N. J., was assigned to smother a German machine gun crew, 600 yards away. With the other volunteers killed off he crawled 100 yards alone, started his trusty shooting iron goin/ and so expert was he in dropping the elusive, fluttering birds in the days gone by, that <he accounted for twenty Germans in as many minutes and silenced the battery. What They Did Yesterday; Where They Play Today YESTERDAY'S RESULTS American League New York, 3; Boston, 2. Washington, 2; Philadelphia, 1. Detroit, 6; Chicago, 2. St. Louis-Cleveland, rain. National League New York, 3; Boston. 0. Philadelphia. 7; Brooklyn, 1 Pittsburgh, 7; Cincinnati, z. Chicago, 8; St. Louis, 2. STANDING OF THE CLUBS American League _ , W. L. Pet. Boston 36 25 .590 New York 33 24 .579 Cleveland 35 27 .565 Washington 32 31 .508 Chicago 27 28 .491 St. Louis 27 31 .466 Detroit 23 32 .418 Philadelphia 21 36 .368 National League W. L. Pet. Chicago 38 17 .691 New York 86 19 .655 Boston 29 29 .500 Philadelphia 25 29 .463 Pittsburgh 25 31 .446 Brooklyn 28 21 .426 Cincinnati 23 33 .411 St. Louis 21 32 SCHEDULE FOR TODAY American League Chicago at Detroit. Cleveland at St. Louis. Philadelphia at Washington. Boston at New York. National League Brooklyn at Philadelphia. New York at Boston. Pittsburgh at Cincinnati. St. Louis at Chicago. EIGHT GIRLS GIVEN POLICE REPRIMAND Eight young girls who were ar rested by Detectives Murnane and Shul.er last night on the charge of enticing soldiers, were dismissed wiifi a reprimand and threat of se vere punishment if they were ever again apprehended. It is charged the gtrls, whose ages ranga be tween 15 and 18 years, are with as many as a half dozen soldiers in one evening. Thei.f nam<: were not made public by the police. BIG SALES OF BABY BONDS LandJsburg, Pa, June £5. —E. C. Dlle, of Landisburg, an s Insurance agent, has made an exceptional rec ord In the sale of War Savings Stamps. Recently he sold a total of $9,045 worth of Baby Bonds in a single week, which gives him first place in the sale of the stamps among •He insurance agents of the Erie dis trict of the Mutual Life Insurance Company. James M. QJckey, man ager of the insurance company, re cently commended Mr. Dile In a bul letin for his exceptional work for the Government. ALL AMERICANS ASKED TO BUY Thrift Stamp Sale Necessary to the Purchase of War Supplies Patriotic citizens who remain at home are reminded by Secretary Mc- Adoo in a statement issued to-day through Postmaster Frank C. Sites that the fighting men must have food, clothing and arms and that the pur chase of War Savings Stamps offers direct aid. The appeal is to all Amer icans, who are asked to buy all the stamps they can during the campaign now in progress. It says: "Over 800.000 of America's sons are already on the fields of France, where the bloodiest attacks of all history are raging. They are suffering and dying for us at home. They are giv ing their lives freely and heroically to save America and the liberties of mankind. They need food, clothing and arms. Everyone who buys War Savings Stamps or signs a pledge to save and buy these stamps over a pe riod of time helps himself and helps directly every American hero in France. "Isn't it the least each patriot can do to enable our gallant boys to fight victoriously or to die gloriously in the cause of humanity and liberty? Let no one who genuinely loves America and wants to serve fall to enlist in the great army of war sav ers during the period ending June 28. 1918." Chairmen of war savings commit tees in the counties of Eastern Penn sylvania are urged by Director Rob ert K. Cassatt, of the war savings campaign, to follow the example of Chairman George Lloyd, of Cumber land county, who has arranged with the two telephone companies in his territory to call subscribers on the morning of June 28, under authority of the Treasury Department, and re mind them of their duty 16 attend the "Pledge Day" meeting at the schoolhouse that night. This is only one of the many plans being worked out to insure full attendance and tino results at these meetings, which are planned for every school district in ! the state. Governor Strong, of the Federal Reserve Bank, one of the leading I financiers of the country, makes this I appeal to war savers: "The Secretary of the Treasury has designated June 28 as National War | Savings Day, and the President has publicly appealed to every man. woman and child, in accordance with the request of the Treasury Depart ment. to pledge himself or herself on I or before that date to save constant ly, and with such savings to buy as regularly as possible War Savings JUNE 25, 1918. Stamps and Liberty Loan Bonds. The President further urges that our people everywhere pledge themselves to the practice of thrift; to serve the | Government to the utmost in in- | creasing production in all fields nec- j essary to the winning of the war; to conserve food and fuel and useful materials of every kind, and to buy only those things which are essential to individual health and efficiency. "The War Savings Stamps offer an ideal medium for the investment from day to day of funds thus saved, and the war savings organization is undertaking a campaign to secure from all the people a written pledge to reduce expenditures for purposes not conducive to winning the war and to invest these savings regularly in specified amounts of War Savings Stamps, doing this as far as possible through membership in War Savings Societies. "War Savings Stamps are equally obligations of the United States Gov ernment, and Liberty Loan commit tees everywhere are urged to co-op erate with tlie War Savings Societies in this work." ELKS TO VISIT HERE More than 100 members of the Lebanon lodge, B. P. O. E., No. 631, will pay a fraternal visit to the Har risburg lodge to-morrow evening. They will be brought here in twen ty-five automobiles, and will be ac companied by their orchestra. The visit is in return for the one made Dy the local Elks at the recent dedi cation exercises of the Lebanon Elks. 11 Living Costs Higher in Other Warring Countries To show the good work that Is being done by various food adminis trations in the United States, figures were produced by the Dauphin Coun ty Food Administration to show that the high cost of living in Harris burg as well as in other cities of the county, is considerably lower than in cities in Canada and in the European nations. Extortionate charges of grocers, butchers, merchants, etc., are being fought by the administration. All instunces of such charges- should be reported immediately to the admin istration, officials say. By these methods the administration hopes to keep the cost of living comparative ly low In Harrisburg. The cost of living in Harrisburg has advanced since the beginning of the war only tifty-three per cent officials affirm. In Ottawa, Canada, it has gone up sixty-five per cent.; in London, 105 per cent., and in Ber lin it is estimated to have gone up 250 per cent. PROPOSALS FOR BRIDGE New Bloomlicld, Pa., June 25. Perry county commissioners have is sued advertisements for bids and proposals for the erection of a single span covered bridge across Shermans Creek at Mount Pleasant, Jackson township. The contract will be awarded on July 1.
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