HOW AMERICAN BASEBALL UPSET LONDON, BY JOVE; CLARK TIGHTENS HILL LEAGUE TIE SUMMIT WINS * 17 STRAIGHT "Mose" Swartz Arrives in Nick of Time Like Sheridan at Winchester JUNIOR HILL LEAGUE W. L. PC. Summit ....... .... 17 0 1.000 Swatara 11 7 .611 Albion 3 13 .187 Monarch 3 13 .187 Summit continued its miraculous string of victories yesterday by tak ing: two from Swatara. In the third inning of the first battle when "Mose" Swartz arrived he found Swatara in the lead, 8-6. "Mose" got busy right away, along with the rest of the team, and made five runs. That took the heart out of Swatara, and she could only score one more run. The Summits are trying their hardest to make a new record for the city of Harrisburg, a high class team going the season Without one defeat. To morrow Swatara meets Albion. Yes terday's scores: . First Game SWATARA AB. R. H. O. A. E Keller, rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 Conner. If 4 0 1 1 0 0 Micklevltz, cf 4 1 - 1 0 1 Smith, 3b 4 0 0 2 1 0 Kintzer, ss 3 0 0 2 2 0 Toung, 2b 3 2 2 3 1 0 Geohringer, lb 3 2 1 4 1 1 Matchett, c 3 2 0 3 1 0 Nye. J! J: J: J: _! _!! I Totals 31 9 8 1J 8 3 | SUMMIT AB. R. H. O. A. E Snyder, c 6 3 3 4 1 0 Swartz, p 4 3 3 2 1 0 | Slumbersrer, lb., p.. 4 1 - 4 1 1 Ehler. lb.. 2b 4 2 1 2 2 ft | Motter. ss 4 1 1 1 1 0 Geary. 3b. 4 1 1 - 1 0 Walters. If 4 1 0 1 0 0 Hobbs, cf 4 0 0 1 ft 0 | Lackey, rf 4 0 0 1 0 ft , Totals 37 12 U IS 7 1 Swatara ft 4 4 0 0 1— 9 i Summit 2 4 5 0 1 x—l - hits Michlevitz, Nye, j Swartz, Slumberger, Motter. Three-I base hit Snyder. Home runs Nye, Snvder, Swartz. Sacrifice hits— Keller, Michlevitz. Kintzer, Walters, | Hobbs. Double -lays Summit one. Gearv to Slumberger; Swatara one. Smith to Matchett to Geohringer. Struck out By Nye. 2; by 4. Base on balls Off Nye. 41 off Swartz, 2. Left on base Swatara. 5; Summit. 11. Hit by pitcher—Ehler. Stolen bases Michlevitz, Young, Geohrlnpror. Matchett, Nye, Snyder, Swartz, Ehler, Geary. Passfd ball— Snvder. Wild pitch—Nye. Innings pitched By Nye. 6; by Slumberger, | 2; by Swartz, 4. Time—l.l 3. Umpire I —Ritter. Second Game SUMMIT i AB. R. H. O. A. E Snyder. 3b 4 2 2 1 1 0 Swartz, p 4 1 3 2 1 1 Slumberger, p 4 1 1 4 ft 0 Eljfter. b2 4 1 2 1 2 1 Motter, ss 3 ft 1 2 2 ft Pindar, c 3 1 1 5 1 0 Geary. If 3 1 2 1 0 1 Walters, cf. 3 1 ft 1 0 0 Ritter. rf., 3 1 1 1 0 1 Totals 31 9 13 18 7 4 SWATARA 1 AB. R. H. O. A. E Keller, rf 4 0 1 0 ft 0 Conner, If 3 0 0 0 0 1 Michlevitz. cf 3 1 1 1 0 0 Kintzer, 3b 3 0 0 2 0 1 Nye, ss 3 1 2 2 1 0 Layten, 2b 3 1 1 3 1 ft Geohringer, lb 3 1 1 6 0 1 Matchett, c 3 2 1 4 0 0 Smith, p 3 0 1 1 2 0 Totals 28 6 8 18 4 3 Summit 5 0 1 2 0 I—9 Swatara 0 1 0 0 3 2—6 Two-base hit—Smith, Geary. Three base hit Nye. Swartz, Slumberger. Home runs Nye, Snyder. Sacrifice hits Conner, Kintzer. Layton, Ehler, Walters, t Double plays Summi one. Ehler to Slumberger. Struck out —By Smith. 2; by Swartz, 2. Base on balls Off Smith, 3; off Swartz, 2. Left on base Summit, 7; Swatara, 4. Stolen bases Michlevitz. Nye. ' Geohringer. Matchett, Snyder, Swartz, j Slumberger, Walters. Passed balls— Matchett. Snyder. Wild pitch Smith. Innings pitched Smith. 6; Swartz, 6. Time 1.07. Umpire Nye. Russell H. Lindsay Wins Acting Ensign Appointment Russel H. Lindsay, son of Prof, and Mrs. A. M. Lindsay, 1706 State street, wil report to Washington to morrow, for an assignment to the Battleship Maine, as an Acting En sign in the United States Navy. Mr. Lindsay secured his appointment after a competitive examination, fol lowing the completion of his course at Lehigh University this Spring. He will report for engineering duty. His degree from Lehigh was in the elec trical engineering course. While at the South Bethlehem Institution the Harrlsburger was elected to the Tau Beta Pi frater nity, !n which membership is based on scholarship. At Central, from which he graduated in 1914, ho was ilso an honor student, and won first r>r ze in elocution during the latter part of his course. His father, Prof. Lindsay. Is a member of the faculty it the Technical High school. Play Safe — Stick to KING OSCAR CIGARS because the quality is as good as ever it was. They will please and satisfy you. 6C:—worth it JOHN C. HERMAN & CO. Makers "WEDNESDAY EVENING, Snoodles His Friend's Recommendation Sounded Pretty Fair to Him >; >; >; HtUlgeffOrd I' • I V T1 ] ( 1 ( \OU COME ! 7\ ' H f'Cksrv' ' - \ The cooks of ( inSid6 \bor / he's nic€ I \ _ I • VTMffT L.me BOV j /f 77|\ Vown / 'CAUSE He TOLD I /-' i " —V" A, _ rf \ ®__ - S ( GcrrfA - C 7 f x wAftfVA / T Mr, [ f<e's &ere<M our ov I /a / LjO Jvfcp j . \ (v^Atctc\ Cf / JIL I Play . J * Tr * \ *rve reform school l //f (iScrm XfOTH v /iftese I **;&) \ OIH GOOD 7(fflljS, CLARK'S CRASH CLEANSCUSHIONS Timely Three-Bagger Wins For Hickies and Keeps the Leaders Handcuffed ALLISON HILL LEAGUE LAST NIGHT'S RESULT Hick-A-Thrift, 5; Reading, 3. STANDING OF THE CLUBS Teams W. L. p.c Reading ,14 8 .836 Rosewood 14 8 .636 Galahad 9 13 .409 Hick-A-Thrift . < .. 1 15 .318 TONIGHT'S CONTEST Galahad vs. Hick-A-Thrift. Only when Reading and Rosewood meet Thursday and Friday nights will the Gordian knot in the Allison Hill League be untied. The twojead ers are again on an even footim;, at the head of the procession with four teen games won and eight lost. Ea?h team has two more games to play, and these fall on Thursday Jind Fri day nights of this week. After Galahad had tripped Rose wood, MorWay night, and had given Rending a lead that looked good enough for the pennant, along comes Hiclc-A-ThTift and repeats the trick, with the railroaders, defeating them 5 to 2 last evening. "Bobby" Clark was the lad who did the trick. It was his triple in the third, with the bases loaded, that vir tually won the contest. He wa3 thrown out at the plate in trying to stretch It into a homer. Clark pitched for the winning aggregation, and struck out seven men in the five inn ings that were played. The Reading ites could garner only three blngles off his delivery. Darkness halted the game after five innings had been played. The score and summary: READING AB. R. H. O. A. E. Dunkle, If. 3 0 0 .1 0 0 McCurdy, ss 2 0 0 1 1 0 T. Buker, nt 2, 0 1 2 2 0 Levan, p 3 1 1 3 0 0 Shartle, 3b 2 0 0 1 1 2 G. Swartz, c 1 1 1 4 1 0 E. Swartz, 2b 2 0 0 1 1 0 H. Swartz, rf 2 0 0 ft 0 0 Fellows, p 1 0 0 2 0 0 Totals 18 2 3 15 6 2 HICK-A-THRIFT AB. R. H. O. A. E. Hinkle. ss 3 1 2 1 0 2 Campbell, 2b 3 2 2 0 0 0 I Hoerner, cf. 3 1 1 0 0 0 I Clark, p 1 0 1 ft 2 0 Minnick, 3b 3 0 2 2 1 0 Griffin. If '... 3 ft 0 2.0 0 Shickley, lb. ...... 2 ft 0 K 0 0 ! Osman. rf 1 1 0 0 0 ft Foland, c 2 0 0 5 1 0 Totals 21 5 8 15 4 ~2 Reading 0 0 0 2 o—2 Hick-A-Thrift 0030 2—5 Two-base hit Minnick. Three base hit Clark. Struck out By Clark, 7; Levan. 3. Base on balls Off Clark. 3; oft Levan. 3. Hit by pitcher T. Euker. Stolen bases- — G. Swartz, Griffin, T. Euker. Umpire —F. Shickley. CONTRACT LET FOR HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION State Highway Commissioner J. Denny O'Neil to-day awarded the contract for building a section of slate highway route 276, lying be '-wter. Lamb's Bridge Station and South Fork borough line, to the su pervisors of Croyle township, Cam bria county, at their low bid of $57,- 933.83. The section of road to be built is a portion of the historic old I'rankstown road. The project calls for,the construction of 4,983 feet of | brick pavement, sixteen feet wide. Route 276 is one of the state's main thoroughfares, which com mences In Somerset and runs over Route 52 to Johnstown, from which point It extends through South Fork and continues on byway of Summer hill, W4lmore, Portage, Lilly and Cresson to Loretto, where It Joins 'with Route 63, LONDON TIMES TELLS OF YANKEE BASEBALL That weighty, conservative news-, paper, the London Times, known i wherever English Is spoken as "The Thunderer," devoted two of its very broad and valuable columns of a first page, to describing the introduction of baseball into John Bull's realm. It Is safe to say that a sporting story never occupied such a prominent place In this reserved publication, which has never given much of any kind to American news. The writer was evidently jammed full of enthu siasm, though somewhat dazed by the adventure. He says: "The baseball match on the Chelsera Football Ground yesterday was an awakener for London. It was a reve lation of America at play; and the afternoon was as strenuous as a pil low-right in a boys' dormitory. It took us completely away tp those dis tant times when we could rejoice un der a blue sky without looking for Zeppelins and Gothas. The afternoon was crammed full of extraordinary moments. It passed In' such a pan demonium as was perhaps never heard before on an English playing field; not even on a football ground. The United States seemed to be shouting in'chorus, and Great Britain joined in, a little breathless, but de termined to make a good show of lung power. Never, moreover, was a football ground so arrayed. The rather dingy surroundings were, shut out by a square mile or two of fiags. "Old Glory" and the Union Jack pre dominating, but the rest of the Allies not being forgotten. The grand stand was gorgeously draped, and the King and Queen went to their seats by a flowery way. Queen Alexandria was the first of the Royal party to arrive and was accompanied by Princess Victoria, the Princess Royal and Princess Maud of Fife. Princess Louise Duchess of Argyll came shortly afterwards. The King and Queen arrived with Princess Mary. Mr. and Mrs. Asqulth and Miss Asquith, Admiral. Sims, and Major- General Biddle were seated imme diately behind the Queen and Princess Mary, and in the seats behind were Lord and Lady Chesterfield, Cora Lady Strafford; Lord Farquhar, Lieutenant- Colonel Cllve Wigram, Major Regi nald Seymour, Lord Hei-schell, the Duchess of Marlborough, and Sir Al fred and Lady Mond. The Duke of Connaught arrived later with Prince Allert (in the uniform of the Royal Air Force.) General Sir William Robertson and Lieutenant-General Sir Francis Lloyd were seated on either side of the Princess Louise, and farther along were Mr. and Mrs. Winston Churchill. Mr. Walter and Lady Doreen Long, Lord Desbor ough, Mr. G. N. Barnes, M. P. and Lord Hardinge of Penshurst, while Captain Twining, of the U. S. Naval Staff, was seated on the right of Queen Alexandria. Others present were the Duke and Duchess of Roxboroughe, Mrs. Lloyd George, Lord Richard and Lady Moyra Cavendish, Major-General Sir William Furse, the Hon. Henry Stonor, the Hon. Lady Johnstone, and Major the Hon. Waldorf 'and Mrs. Astor. ' . Wild Enthusiasm "Both for distinction and for en thusiasm the gathering was without precedent In baseb&ll, or rather 'the ball game,' as the more knowing among the spectators were careful to call it. Everybody appeared to real ize that this was the kind of match that makes history. 'When we have matched our racquets to these balls," said an English King onc e to an enemy herald. An even larger mean ing than Shakespeare's Henry gavei. to his sentence was attached to yester day's match. It was sympomatic and symbolic; for two peoples who have learnt to plajr together .were not far from complete understanding. "At the end came a moment which, of all the "wonderful moments that had characterized it, was the most wonderful. The game had been won for the Navy. The Navy in its own corner of the field had previously packed serried ranks of sailors to shout and demonstrate as soon as the last stroke was made. The crowd surged on to the field among them, in single file, their hands on one an>- other's shoulders, like one huge snake, the sailors twined their hilar ious path. The uproar was tremend ous. Englishmen chgered. Americans yelled, tin instruments of various kinds brayed a raucous din. The King and the Royal party stood look ing on. Suddenly as by magic (whose magic it was did not appear but it worked, the tumult dropped into sil ence. Across that silence drifted the soft almost pathetic first chords of "The Star Spangled Banner," played by the 6and of the Welsh Guards. Hats came off. Sailors and soldiers stood at attention saluting. After all that noise the quietude, accented by the poignant music, came near being painful. The meaning of this most significant of all ball games was car ried along the air. There was more cheering afterwards, but cheering of a radically different kind. The crowd awoke to consllousness that the af-' ternoon had passed Into the history of two great nations. The 'Rootera' "X Chelsea veteran In his scarlet coat was In the crowd. Somebody wondered 'what he though of It all.' Somebody else said musingly: 'I wonder what the Kaiser would think of It all If he could be here.' It can not be denied that, superficially, the two great nations were Just making ,an afternoon of It. The 'rooters' for HXHIUSBURG TEUEGRXPHJ three parts of the time, were lords I of the situation. 'Rooters' are the j zealots who assemble in companies to | howl their respective sides to victory. | There were boards at the entrance to i the ground directing Army 'rooters' I to go one way, Navy 'rooters' an- I other, and telling them the number of shillings they must pay for their i places. It struck one as a small sum before the game began; but when the' game had ended those shillings ap- | peared an unjustifiable and Impudent I tax on the hard work of honest men. % The 'rooter' toils with his mouth, I to which sometimes Jie attaches a megaphone. Judging from yesterday the Army 'rooter' is a tame and in articulate creature compared with him of the Navy, whose voice is that of ocean storms. SoneH of the Field The Navy sang like this;— Give 'em the axe, the axe, the axo Give 'em the axe, the axe, the axo Where? where? where? Right in the "neck, the neck, the necko Right in the neck, the neck, the necko There! there! there! Who gets the axe? Army! (Very loud) Who says so? Navy! (Much louder) Then it sang like thts: —. One, two three, four, live, six, seven All the Navy goes to heaven. When we get there we will yell, "Army, Army, go to " (groan). The strain changed, with the words— Strawberry, shortcake, huckleberry Pie, Victory! Are we In It? Well, I guess! Navy, Navy! Tes, yes, yes! In honor of the King and Queen arose the chorus :■*- 'Rah! 'Rah! 'Rah! 'Rah! 'Rah! 'Rah! 'Rah! "Rah! 'Rah! King George, Queen Mary, Great Britain. No printed page, however, can deal adequately with the merits of the 'rooters.' He needs music to get Jus tice; something more, or something less, than music. The King Hunds Autographed Ball "The Army players wore green with blue caps; the Navy blue 'trimmed with red. They assembled before the Royal box, and the King, descending among them, shook hands with the captains. His x Majesty had written his name on a ball, which he handed over for the play. Another was soon substituted however, the intention of the Anglo-American Baseball League, which had arranged the match, being to hand the autographed ball as a memento to President Wilson. The onlookers, who were estimated to number forty to fifty thousand in all, were gently persuaded to encroach no further on the field of play; and the game began. Now, baseball tempts every man to exaggeration. As all London ought 'to know by thts time, it Is one of the fastest and most exciting methods of getting breath less ever invented. It calls {or great skill, and its rewards are salaries be yond the dreams of avarice. The dignity of cricket it disowns; the tremulous tumult of football is aa the recreation of well-mannered mice by comparison to it. The players live on springs, possessing the activity of a high-grade machine. They think by lightning, and field, catch, and throw with the certainty of a stop-watclf. As if the chaff of the spectators were not sufficient for them, they chivvy one another. The pitcher can grin diabolically. If he be a good pitcher; and his comrades are thereby reas-. sured and the striker daunted. The catcher is paddel like An armchair, and must be ablg to take punishment with the calm of a prize-fighter. Victory of the Navy "All the qualities were superbly displayed in this match. We should not care to Bay which was the better 'side, because, frankly, we do not know. But the Navy won by two to. one, and appeared to deserve its vic tory. Some of the catches in the long field, or whatever the Baseball 'fan' calls tt, were enough to rouse a Gunn or a Bonner, those past heroes of the pavtlion rails, to emulation. The throwing was as near perfection as the human arm can make it. Those who saw baseball for the first time must have agreed that a first-rate , player is worthy of his hire. "Many present made no secret of their Innocence. It may be that the prize for hard work, had one been of fered to the whole assembly, would properly have gone to the American officers who strove hard and contin uously to explain fine pqints to their English companions, fair and other wise. These people, though often cor rected, persisted In describing the pitcher as the 'bowler,' the catcher as the 'wicket-keeper.' and the striker as the 'batsman.' But Arriertcan was very patient. It smil ed through every mistake, and never once vaunted the ball game at the expense of cricket. For the credit of England It should be added that the superiority of cricket, when be lieved in as an article of faith, was j most courteously suppressed. "Nothing really dimmed the bril llance'of the afternoon. Of good play there was plenty, and It was admir ed by Americans and Englishmen alike. Aa a spectacle the game and the audience might strive for pre eminence. Naval officers rubbed shoulders with Army officers, the uni forms of the United States of Ameri ca with those of the United Kingdom. Admirals enjoyed themselves with the light-heartedness of A. B.'s, and pri vate soldiers could hardly laugh more dellght.edly than did Generals. The Stars and Stripes was worn or waved by every man, woman and child; and there could be no doubt whatever, that its adoption meant a whole-hearted acceptance of America as a comrade in play and a near re lation in the great work that lies be fore the two big English-speaking lamilies. "The Navy batted first but It was not until the fourth innings that a I run was scored. Then Ensign Fuller I crossed the home plate through a two-base hit by McNally. This suc- I cess was greeted uproarously by the Navy 'rooters' and when Fuller scor ed a second run in the sixth inning —making it two-love in their 'favor— the greetings were transcendant. Just when it looked as though the Army would be beaten polntlessly, Tober made a fine two-baser hit, which being followed by another two baser from Latitte permitted the Army to register their second run in the last knock. Arlie Latham was um pire." Enola Fishermen Make Drive on Jersey Coast Who said the fish weren't biting along the Jersey Coast this year? ■ Piffle; you should have seen the re turn of the Enola Fishing Club for i proof of this false report. There were 523 on the string; yep, count 'em Yourself, all caught at Angelsea by the Enola Waltons who take a trip like this every summer. Here were some the scores: Paul Layton, 52; J. H. Eichel, 42; G. W. McFherson, 46; W. H. Beers, 32; H. R. Stoner, 35; C. A. Kaptf, 36; R. Oyler, 30; J. C. McFadden, 30; F. Stouffer, 28; J. M. Steinfell, ?5; G. W. Ensor, 24; F. Shull, 23; H. A. Williams, 22; J. B. Troup, 24; R. H. Beers, 0; R. Reickard, X; G. W. Keiler, 13; G. W. Conrad, 10;. F. Hawkins, 10. The business manager failed to say how many each of the follow ing hooked, but they were busy all right: Mrs. J. H. Eichel, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Keekler. Mr. and Mrs. Wilt, Mrs. J. B. Troup, Mr. and Mrs. F. Stouffer, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Watson Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Keekler, Sr.; MK and Mrs. H. Sheets, sons, Robert and Kenneth; Frank Martin, Howard Stouffer, Mary Keekler, Geraldine Keekler, John Beers, Katharine Shuey, Marie Eichel, Edith Eichel and Currane Eichel. What They Did Yesterday; Where They Play Today YESTERDAY'S RESULTS American League New York. 4; St. Louis, 1. Other games not played. National League No games played. STANDING OF THE CLUBS American League W. L. PC. Boston 55 34 .618 'Cleveland 50 42 .543 New York 46 40 .635 'Washington 47 41 .634 St. Louis 40 46 .465 Chicago 39 47 .453 Philadelphia 36 49 .424 Detroit 36 50 .419 National League W. L. P.C. Chicago 56 28 .667 New York 63 32 .624 Pittsburgh ,/... 44 39 .530 Philadelphia 39 43 .476 Cincinnati 37 44 .457 Boston 37 49 .430 Brooklyn 33 47 .413 St. Louis 35 62 .402 SCHEDULE FOR TODAY American League No games scheduled. National League Pittsburgh at Brooklyn. Cincinnati at Boston. Chicago at Philadelphia. St. Louis at New York. BIG SEND-OFF FOR CATCHER Landls Reeder, catcher for Dun cannon, will leave Saturday morning for Philadelphia, where he Will Join the ranks of the Marines. This popu lar'catcher was the leading swatter among the Dauphin-Perry batters last season, clubbing the ball for a percentage of over .400. His friends from Perry county are planning him a rousing* send-off. 1 He formerly starred in athletics at the Carson Long Institute. Mifflin County Soldiers Killed or Wounded in War Lewis town, Pa., July 24.—Mifflin county soldiers have been killed or wounded in the war to date, as fol lows: Lieutenant E. W. F. Chllds, United States Navy, lost in European wa ters in British submarine with crew. Seaman David C. Miller lost from deck of United States battleship Texas during a storm. Sergeant James Clair Wrtz killed In France while leading platoon in face of fierce' Are. Nell Harper received fatal wounds In a western training camp. George Krepps, fatally wounded In a western camp by accidental dis charge of gun. Sergeant C. C. Knepp, killed in action on western front. Michael Matteer, Injured in hand by piece of ahell in France. Private Frye, of Decatur, wound ed in western front. || AROUND THE BASES || w It Steve Yerkes, the veteran phenom i who is nursing a sprained ankle, meanwhile giving "Kid" Stutz a! chance to star at second. "I see by j the papers" Bald Steve, who has i plenty of time to read now and re- I fleet on that tragedy when he fell for the hidden ball trick at third! base recently, "that the Crown I Quince is the only guy In Germany I that dare kid the Kaiser. What these Huns need to make 'em human I is baseball. Kidding? They don't! know what it means." T. Bradlee Fenno, swimming en thusiast of the Boston Y. M. C. A. says: "Swimming should be taught children at the earliest age possible and in all public schools and swim ming baths. The younger a child is who learns to swim the more efficient he is and the less deaths from drown- I ing should occur at all ages." He believes policemen should know everything possible about first aid and life saving. Tris Speaker, the world's greatest outfielder, will enter the service of his country before t.he year Is over, having made preliminary arrange ments to become a naval aviator by obtaining an application , blank. Fred Fulton has begun training for his eight-round bout at Harrison, N. J., with Jack Dempsey, Saturday afternoon, July 27. The big plasterer! is training at. "Billy" Grupp's gym-! nasium in New York with Hartley | Madden and Harry Wills as spar ring partners. D'empsey will start' light work to-morrow at Long! Branch, N. J. Professor Charles Kelchner, In i charge of athletics at Albright Col lege, Myerstoivn, and for many years a scout for major league ball teams, has been made manager of t.he Leb anon team in the Bethlehem Steel League. For the last several seasons Kelchner scouted for the St. Louis Nationals, but when offered the Leb anon berth he had Branch Rickey re lease him from the 1918 contract Kelchner apparently sees major I league ball "blowing up" and grab-, bed the offer while the grabbing was good. It is reported that he has lines laid to land several of the big league stars who are effected by Secretary Baker's "work or fight" ruling. Failure to agree on a decision by the umpires came near causing a [ riot in the game lost, by Bethlehem to Wilmington in the shipbuilders' park at Wllmllngton on Saturday ufternoon by the score of 2 to 1. The result MARINES FIGHT FROM KOLA BAY TO MARNE FRONT Oppose Huns Through All Wars; Are Winning Lau rels as in the Past "The Marines have landed and have the situation well in hand! From the -far-off port of Kola, one of Russia's gateways on the shores of the Arctic ocean, there flashes as surance to America and her Allies that the United States Marines are "on the job;" that where help was needed, all is now well. Suddenly, out of the whirling fog of rumors, statesmanship, intrigues, diplomacies and revolutions, there developed a critical situation. The port of Kola, in the Russian prov ince of Archangel, developed almost over night into a position of su preme strategic value. And it was in grave danger. Associated Press dispatches stated: "At Kola and for miles inland along the railroad there are acres of military supplies, running all the way from locomotives and cannon to* clothing and provisions, scattered over the country. Most of these were shipped from America and Knsland' when the Russian armies were still fighting the Germatis. It is known the Germans have been anxious to obtain these supplies or, if they could not do so directly, to have them taken over by the Fin nish White Guards,- who have been acting under German prompting. The Allies have realized the danger and determined to save these stores for a rehabilitated Russian army which could be depended upon to fis-'ht the Germans. "As this territory is regarded by the Allies and by the United States as within the sphere of control of General Foch in his capacity as •commander-in-chief, it has been deemed proper to give the occupying force an international character. Therefore, American marines and bluejackets are mingled with the French and British naval forces at Kola." ' Stopped Hun Advance The critical hours of th 6 second Battle of the Marne, on the western front, came when the German hordes had driven the tip of their dangerous salient so deeply into the heart of afflicted France that they already held the northern half of Chateau Thierry Where it extends on both banks of the stream. It was tilt: Unltqd States marines who were summoned in haste to help stop the advance, and the world echoed for a month with their victories and ex ploits "First to fight" is the motto of that famous soldier corps of the United States, and first to fight or foremost in war's crisis has been the j v JULY 24, 1918 of the decision is that a protest has been entered by the Bethlehem team and it is quite likely that when the executive committee of the team man agers meet this week, the protest will be upheld. The dispute arose in the seventh when Carlin singled and came racing home on Dumont's drive into the crowds, counting for three bases. One of the umpires decided that the drive was good for three bases while the other held to the two base ground rules. The former, how ever, won out in his decision, despite the wrangling that ens'ied, and the Bethlehem team determined to en ter a protest, continued play. It Is rumored that there are a num ber of big league stars under con tract with the Steel League but un der fictitious names. By reason of the thirty-day resident rule players who cast their lot in the Steel League, will not be eligible to play Cntil near the end of the season. For this reason, it is said, there is little effort being made to strengthen the teams. However. It is believed that' several of the teams have offered em ployment in the various plants where they will take up their labor in cognito but after having complied ! with the resident rule will be in jected into the lineup in the final games. Edward P. Geers (Pop), known as I the silent man of the sulky, dean of] the Grand Circuit drivers, is sixty seven years old, but he doesn't look It. Trainers come and go, but Geers ; seems to go on forever. His fea- ] tutes are browned by the accumu lated tan of years spent in the open under hot. suns. His body is twist ed and wrecked by his many acci dents. But his eyes still has a youth ful sparkle. The star of his present string is St. Frisco, 2:01*4. Asked how long he intended to drive, "Pop" answered in his pe culiar drawl: "Well, I don't know. Maybe ten years or more. If I keep on feeling the same I guess I'll live to be a hundred. But it will all de pend on this St. Frisco horse. If I can just drive him one mile in 2.00 or better. I guess that I'll be about ready to step down and let the young er fellows do the driving. I love a horse; I'll owrr a couple long as I live." Two youthful scullers will meet In a race on Toronto Bay some time this summer. The contestants will be John, the slxteen-ear-old son of Pro fessional Champion Kddie Durnan, and'Hanlan. the fifteen-year-old son i of John L. Hackett. history of the United States marines ever since their organization as sol diers of the American Colonies on June 8, 1775, long before the United States actually existed as a nation. | "Marines are writing new pages In history. I take off my hat to you enlisted men and know that, when you go, you gQ with the hope and blessing and faith of America." The time, the need and the fitness of the men, in the light of those two declarations, by leaders such as General Pershing and Secretary Daniels, made It inevitable that the United States marines should per form the deeds of military prowess that have been recorded at the Marne. But no one dreamed, scarce ly a month afterwards, that far flung corps of our military pioneers would be on guard against the Ger mans and their tools on the shores of Russia's Arctic sea. Were Where Needed Yet their presence there —first to fight and foremost in the war's new crisis—was as inevitable as their startling appearance on the banks of the Marne when they struck terror into the hearts of a foe whose boast ed military efficiency crumbled un der their attacks. It was the United States marines who, assisted by some "landsmen"—■ a little party of only 300 valiant fighters—captured in February, 1777, the forts defending New Prov idence, In the Bahamas, and secured a great quantity of cannon and mili tary stores that were desperately needed by the rebelling colonists. That was the first battle in which the newly-created American Navy engaged, and it was won by the United States marines. It was the United States marines who, during the war with Tripoli, In lffo3, marched 600 miles under Gen eral Eaton, our consul at Tunis, across Africa's deserts from Alexan dria to Dernah, stormed and took the Tripolitan stronghold and raised our flasr for the first time In the Old World: and the word "Tripoli" com memorates that magnificent feat, on the banner of the United States ma rines, to this day, . United States marines fought and wen sea battles shoulder to shoul der with the crews under John Paul Jones; shared In naval victories on Lakes Champlaln, Erie and Pont chartraln; fought ashore In Canada on the north and New Orleans on the south; and. In the Mexican War, led the triumphant entry of United States troops Into the Grand Plaza of the city of Mexico and ao Justi fied the legend their banner bears In Its fulness: "From the shores of Tripoli to the Halls of Monte zumas." The storming party that tookChapultepec in that terrifflc bat tle of September 12, 1847, was led by United States marines; the march of Commodore Perry through Yed do, Japan's capital, when he blazed civilization's pathway Into the heart of the Island empire, was a triumph shared In by tlys United States ma rines; It was actually United States marines who, under Robert E. Lee —a hundred of them —composed the expedition of 1859, two years prior to the real outbreak of the Civil War, for the capture of John Brown at Harper's Ferry. Held Key in Peking "To our marines," ftfcbUd. United States Minister Conger from Peking during the Boxer Rebellion to the ' Secretary of State In Washington, "fell the most difficult and danger ous portion of the defense, by rea son of our proximity to the great city wall and the main city gate, over which the large guna were | planted. Our legation, with the po- . sitlon we held on the wall, was the key to the whole situation. The 1 United States marines acquitted • themselves nobly. Twice they were driven from the wall and once forced to abandon the legation, but each time, reinforced. Immediately retook it, and with only a handful of men, aided by ten Russian sailors, and for a few days a few British ma rines, they held it to the last against several hundred Chinese with at least three pieces of artillery." The man who Is sound of body and alert of mind, between the ages of 18 and 36, and endowed with the spirit that* asks to be first to fight and foremost in a crisis, is one for • whom there is a welcome when he I applies for enlistment at any one of the United States Marine Corps re | fruiting stations throughout the ! United States—stations, It must not bo overlooked, which are separate and apart from the recruiting sta tions of either the Army or the Navy. 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