Harrisburg telegraph. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, July 30, 1918, Page 11, Image 11
ROSEWOOD AND READING IN PENNANT FIGHT TONIGHT; WORLD'S SERIES SET FOR AUGUST BIG FELLOWS AFTER DEMPSEY Even Sam Langford Wants a Chance, and Dempsey Says He Will Meet All Comers Dempsey's victory at the expense of Pulton has revived interest among the heavyweights. Just before Dempsey's bout with Pulton his man ager, Jack Kearns, announced that after the Dempsey battle his protege would he ready for Levinsky, Miske, Morris and others, and that the col ored line would not be drawn. Levinsky and Langford both are out to make an impression and expect to win decisively in order to get a chance with Dempsey. Battling Levinsky, light heavy- j weight champion, who boxes Harry j Greb, army and navy king to-night, i was the first to hurl a defy at She , rugged westerner. Sam Langford, 1 veteran heavy, who was toppled by ! Fulton in the sixth round, also is | willing to take on Dempsey. I "I'm an old fellow, so they claim, but there's no man living who can stop me in twenty-three seconds," smiled Black Tham. Jack Thompson also is willing to take what, he terms a crack at the ; hard-hitting Jack. Harry Greb is! the only one of the big boys not after Dempsey. Greb has not been interviewed, but always is ready to meet any one his manager signs for him. Joe Vila calls Fulton a false alarm, and says he was scared white the moment he stepped into the ring. "Dempsey won the fight, so called, because he outguessed his antagonist Fulton evidently looked for a short period of tight sparring which usually begins these encounters. He thought: he could keep Dempsey off with his long left. But Dempsey, neatly | side-stepping this blow, drove a ter- j rific left into Fulton's bread basket ' and then whipped the same hand, ' in the form of an uppercut, to the , neck. Quick as a flash Dempsey then ; swung his right with tremendous power and perfect accuracy to the point of the jaw. Fulton reeled and fell on his side near the ropes. He wasn't exactly . unconscious, but the expression on his weak face indicated both pain : and fear. Dempsey, as cool as a cucumber, stood ready to put his man completely away if he managed ; to arise before the count of ten, ■ but Fulton, seeming' to writhe in agony, remained on the floor until i there was no danger of furtnor pun- 1 ishment. Fulton's quick defeat was ! merely a case of exploding another phenomenon. What They Did Yesterday; Where They Play Today YESTERDAY'S RESfI/TS American League Detro't 3; New York, 2. fie' i laud-Philadelphia, rain. < ..icago, 1; Washington, 0 (12 In-' nings). Boston, 3: St. Louis, 2. National Leajnie Pittsburgh, 4; New Tork, 2. St. Louis, 4: Brooklyn, 3 (12 in nings). Philadelphia. 5; Cincinnati, 4. (XI innings). Boston. 3; Chicago, 2. STANDING OF THE CLVBS American Lcucup W. L. Pet. i Boston 57 37 .606 Cleveland 52 42 553 Washington 50 43 .538 New Tork 46 43 .473 Chicago 43 48 .473 St. Louis 41 50 .451 Detroit 41 51 .446 Philadelphia 37 53 .411 l National Leapue W. L. Pct.i Chicago 59 32 648 N< w York 56 35 .61", Pittsburgh, 47 42 .528 Philadelphia 42 47* .472 Cincinnati 41 48 461 Boston 41 52 441 Brooklyn 38 50 .432' St. Louis 38 56 .3G4 SCHEDULE FOR TODAY American League Washington at Chicago. Philadelphia at Cleveland. New York at Detroit. Boston at St. Louis. National League • Pittsburgh at New York. Cincinnati at Philadelphia. Chicago at Boston. St. Louis at Brooklyn. 400 GET VACATIONS Four hundred employes of the | Moorhead Knitting Company's big I plant on the corner of Cameron and I Walnut streets, are happy this week ! for their company has given them a | week's vacation. The big plant has | been closed and the only sign of ac- j tivity is the clicking of several type writers in the main office. Baseball Season to End Aug. 20, and Then World Series Closing the major league schedules about August 20 and :staging the world's series imme diately thereafter is the plan now favored by President Ban John- 1 son. of the American League, to comply with Secretary Baker's work-or-fight order. President Johnson last night' a bulletin to the American League club owners asking their approval of the plan, which, it is understood, also is under con sideration by the National League. Closing the season August 20 would leave eleven days in which to prepare for the world's series and still obey Secretary Baker's order to disband September 1. There has been talk of continu ing to September 1, or even the day following, which is Labor Day, a legal holiday, but the American League executive is strongly opposed to this. He is in favor of the world's series, but btelleves it should be staged with in the time limit placed by the Secretary of War for the suspen siln of the sport. If the August closing is agreed upon, the western clubs of the American League will not start the eastern invasion scheduled fOi August 14. and the eastren clubs of the National League will not start west. The days remain ing before the official shutdown September 1 probably will be em ployed In playing exhibitions and games with clubs In the same sections. TUESDAY EVENING, Snoodles The Resemblance Was Startling *•* By Hungerford "*** """" ' " rat rTZ. ' liie WHtt Sire FENtr To Battle on Post-Season S i . jSjL *s - Ilk-,. ' < - * -< mi mm ■ w * *. ■■■ ssiL,is© flBT a* ¥.; TZT' tFsv- c v *-'■ , v* —. aw • •* ••* *- a .js- hi *c y K . V A k |;J) %| c . "'~' *" - -••.' ' *b[ * V ' ~ m ~ • | - TEAMMATES OF WALTZ PLAY FOR RED CROSS [Continued from First Pago.] their (bit on this side to make the ; contribution a large one by playing I the best brand of ball they are capa ble of. Youngsters to Jiclp . Even the "kids" are going to throw in their bit to-night when the j Red Cross girls pass the boxes. Just : ; out of love for the memory of | i "Peanuts." At the game played in i j the Allison Hill Junior League yes- I I terday afternoon, one of the bare ! footed Swatarn lads broke the news Ito his companions. "Peanuts" Waltz was killed in France," said he, swal j lowing a large lump that came up in his throat. "You remember the fel j low who 'usta' play short for the | Stanleys," he added. "Sure," I chorused the bunch of yoiTthful j players. And following the contest | the "kids" decided to sell all the 1 paper they could gather at home and 1 bring along the money for the Red , Cross to-night. "When they took up the collection last week, we was ' caught nappinY' said one member of the Summits, "but we'll sure re member to-night." "If 'Peanuts' could, do all that for us, we must do something for the other fellows over there," was what they all agreed. Waltz comes from a family of ball players.. Two years ago, four mem bers of the family played with the Stanley A. C. Earl, "Ossie," Sol and Harry, were the quartet "Peanuts" was noted for his dashing sort of play. He was the lift* of the infield, and went after everything. He had lots to say, and kept his teammates in good spirit throughout. Last season he was again a member of the Stanley aggregation, but an in i iury to his hand prevented him from | playing the forepart of the season. Then he decided to enlist, joining j I Company I. As a member of this ! company's baseball team, he had a j j prominent part In trimming Read- | j ing, winners of the Allison Hill ; : league last seaeon, in a contest j 1 played on the island during August. Roster Dwindling While most of the players of the . 1 Allison Hill League are of the draft ' age, there are still a few who re- , main to answer their country's call. ! The roster of players for this year is rapidly dwindling. Going back to 1916, the year during which young Waltz played, a perusal of the play ers shows that at least twenty-five from that year have joined the col ors %nd most are already in France. Stonley A. C. contributed R. C. i Black, M. A. Comp. Dewey Eisen -1 berger, H. R. Snell and Harry Waltz, who has Just answered the final summons. From Galahad went R. E. Chal lenger, M. D. Comp; W. H. Heffel flnger, Charles A. Hiller and "Bill" Reiff. Reading players to go are: | Harry Brtcker, J. R. Larkin. B. J. i Pashman, Paul B. Levan, J. S. Mc ! Allister and R. W. Sprenkle. The Rosewood list contains: W. Black, ! j. V. Gardner, Herman Hain. C. G. ! Harmon. F. P. Kint. Ben Kline. War -1 ren Lyme and "Snowball" |To this list must be aflded many" ; more from this year who have been ! called in the recent draft. "Babe" j Brown played Friday night Just be i fore leaving with the contingent" i later in the evening. "Putty" Lynch i also left Friday. A score of others ! might be mentioned. While there will be much, interest centering in the contest for the league honors, fans will also be thinking of the Red Cross benefit. "Peanuts" gave his all. With the other players over by the score, it will be interesting to note how will ingly the spectators will give of their r purse. IN MEDICAL CORPS George W. Stewart, 1843 Market street, fins enrolled in the United States service and is now training with the Medical Corps at Fort Myer, Va. His brother, J. Kent Stewart, In the Navy, has made sev oral trips across the Atlantic with the Cruiser Charleston. Rosewood A. C.—(Top) Rear row, reading left to right. Manageer Earl Killinger. Fortna, Jones. Gleen Killinger. Brown, "Ossle" Waltz. Front row—Longenecker, Garverlch, Captain Shafer, Johnson. Thompson and Geary. ■ Beading-Railway A. A.—(Bottom) Rear row, Lcvan, C. Swartz, T. Euker, Shartle, E. Swartz. Cullen. Front row —G. Swartz, W. Euker, I bach. Captain McCurdy, Appier. (Left) —Captain McCurdy, Reading; Captain Shafer, Rosewood. (Right)— Manager Earl Killinger, Rosewood; Manager Charles Pressler, Reading. Reading and Rosewood will battle to-night in the first of their post-season series of three contests. Both teams finished the regularly scheduled season with 15 games won and 9 lost. "Ossie" Waltz will play second for Rosewood, while "Early" Waltz Is likely to toss for Reading. They are borthers of "Peanuts" Waltz, a former member of .the Stanley team of the league, who was reported yesterday in the Army casu alty list. A Red Cross benefit will be taken during the contest. Baptist Drown Printers in Industrial League! INDUSTRIAL, LEAGUE Last Evening's Results Baptist, 6; Evangelical, 4. STANDING OF CLUBS W. L. Pet. Appleby 2 0 1.000 Baptist 2 1 .666 Kiwanis 1 l .800 Belmont 1 1 .500 West End I 1 .500 Suburbans 1 1 .500 Newsies 1 l .500 Evangelicals 1 2 .333 To-night's Schedule Newsies vs. Appleby. The Baptists thoroughly immersed the Printers last evening at the West End grounds, aided chiefly by the vacuum twirling of Motter, who swept up thirteen printer batters with his devastating maw. The Evangelical printers tabbed but one measly hit, and three woozy errors olne were responsible for their runs. Things tightened up in the sixth when each team scored twice, but the Baptists had a punch left and sent over one tally in the seventh , just to clinch things. Story of the Big Dip: Baptists 210002 I—6 Evangelical 100102 o—4 Two base hits, Hunter, Clouser. Sacrifice hits, Desentis, Swartz. Struck out, by Brown, 7; by Motter, 13. Base on balls, ofT Brown, 7; 3; off Motter, 1. Hit by pitcher, Stoll, Swartz, Trumbino. Stolen bases, Motter, Herri, Kohlman, 2; Bell, 2; Desentis, Trumbino. Um pire, Motter. ATTRNDS CONVENTION Howard O. Holeteln, representing Harrisburg Aerie, No. 122, Fraternal Order of Eagles, is in attendance this week at the national convention of the order which opened last evening In the Nixon Theater, Pittsburgh'. At last evening's session a service flag i was dedicated for the 23,106 members of the order in the United States ser vice. Eighty-six members have al ready died in the service from vari ous causes. HARRIBBURG t&St&Hfi. TELEGRAPH) Hill League Critic Claims . Rosewood Is the Best Team Commenting on the last game played by Rosewood and Reading,- on I Friday evening, "an enthusiastic fan" has sent in this message. "It is amusing, if not laughable" says he "to hear different fans talk about the better team. I have been a very in terested spectator at all these games for the past month and to see night after night some team win a game because of the crowding of the play ers' fleld by enthusiastic friends of some of the different teams especially the Reading bunch. Friday evening a large crowd perched themselves out In right field and when the policemen moved them from the grass plot they stood on the paved street right in the path of right fielder Johnson and a fly ball was hit to him somewhere around the fourth inning and he was not permitted to make an easy catch and then when G. Swartz hit another easy put out for him, I think in the sixth inning the same tactics were used by the crowd again, and the papers says Johnson quit the game, but do not give the reason. To one who reads the papers they would figure Johnson a quitter, nothing of the sort, he Is a real ball player and If that is the way Reading figures on winning the pennant why it is a poor way to win it. People come out night after night to see a ball game yet they occupy the players places in right fleld, along the first and third base lines and then expect them to play good ball. Many a little pop fly drops safely along the first and third base lines that would be easy oiits if the fleld were clear. A certain element of luck enters every baseball game without the spectators blocking up players field. In the very first lnnlftg on Friday even ing luck gave Reading her first two runs because in covering first base Glen Klllinger fell over the bag and when the Inning was over Reading had been presented with two runs when the side should have been re tired without a run. You take play er for player of last Friday evening, take them over at Island Park where they won't be blocked up by specta tors and Rosewood will beat the Reading team easily. The papers speak of Jones the Rosewood pitcher trying to stage a comebaok, well he sure did and was pitching some game until the crowd began blocking his support and if I had been in his place would have quit sooner. This Is not from a narrow-minded Rosewood sup porter but from one who has seen some ball played In his time and likes to Bee ball games won on their mer its, not on luck or a fluke. Not so many nights ago I saw this same Reading team take a game from the Galahad team In the darkness when Galahad was the winner by a score of 0 to 8. Rosewood's by far the best balanced team of the two and has by far the best corps of pitchers, take them out to Island Park where they won't be hampered by specta tors and see if I am not right. I'll wager <IOO I am right. The double umpire system used Thursday and Friday evening which is the best sys tem at all times did not prove very satisfactory in as much as the specta tors crowd In around first and third bases not giving the umpire a chance to see the light between the runner and the baseman. Clark umpiring at the plate called Garverlch out at third base lr, one Inning when he was safe by at least half a yard and aeraln at the home plate on Euker's return of a caught ball from the outfield. An umpire at the plate has no business whatever with runners on the bases only when a man is coming from third base to the home plate. Clark- also called Johnson out at first base on the old hidden ball trick when Um pire Shlckley was umpiring the bases and was talking to some spectators In an effort to get them back from the line. Shlckley never saw the play at all and It was doubtful In my mind whether the game was in pro gress when an umpire was out, but nevertheless It went. When an um pire is £onstnntly annoyed by the crowd and has to keep urging them to get back his attention Is taken from the game and he cannot do him self nor th,e teams justice and If he makes a mistake they want to ride him to death. Umpiring at best Mr. Spectator Is not a very pleasant Job, try it sometime If you want to'see what a uad failure you will make out of it. so if the two teams play they will give them the players fioli and you be satisfied to look on from the side lines. They have given you good clean sport for the past month or two, so give them a chance to play the game within their prescribed limits. An Enthusiastic Fan. Sixteeners to Hold Annual Rally at Chester Springs I*ho<>nl*vllle, Pa., July 30.—The an nual outing of the Sixteeners' Asso ciation, with a membership of prob ably several thousand Pennsylvanians who were pupils of the Soldiers' Or phans' School conducted for thirty years at Chester Springs, will be held at the old school next Saturday. It is expected hundreds from all over Pennsylvania will gather at this one-time famous watering place, rich in historic interest because some of the old buildings that were preserved up to a few years ago were used as a hospital for Washington's soldiers after the battle of Brandywine. The property was acquired a year or two ago by the Philadelphia Aca demy of the Fine Arts and is now used as a summer art colony. The managers have, however, given the Sixteeners the privilege of using the grounds for their annual picnic next' Saturday. The association bears the name Six teeners because of the fact that at the age of 16 the pupils were discharged from the school. Among the Sixteen ers is Superior Court Justice John W. Kephart. RED CROSS ACTIVE More than 3,000 sweaters, nearly 4,000 pairs of socks, about 1,000 pairs of wristlets, more than 300 afghans and almost 1,000 comfort kits have been delivered during the past month by the Pennsylvania- Delaware Division of the American Red Cross to various camps and can tonments. Almost an entire month's output was supplied to the Navy Y&rd at League Island and to the Navy Hospital at' Cape May. This statement of totals was to-day made public by officials of the local Red Cross Chapter who comment on the fact that Harrisburg Chapter is amrfng the leading chapters of the I entire state in supplying finished goods for shipment immediately. CAI/LKI) A GERMAN, SUES FOR $25,000 DAMAGES New York, July 30.T—To be called a German these days Is a slander which injures one to the of $25,000, according to Robert F. Ellis McClellan, who holds membership In various patriotic orders and whose ancestors have fought In every Amer ican war. McClellan entered suit against Dr. Joseph E. Winters, of 27 West Thirty-seventh street, alleging that in Delmonico's, Dr. Winters said to him, within the hearing of other persons: "You are a German —a dirty German, a low-down German." DESERTING PRIVATE WTLL, FACE PENALTY OF DEATH Camp Mewlc, Md., July 30. —Word was received here yesterday of the arrest in a barrcaded farmhouse near Newton Hamilton, Pa., of Private Donald Strausser, of the 164 th De pot Brigade, -who Is wanted for de sertion and self-mutilation. The max imum penalty, if found gruilty, is death. • A total of 1,520 selected men came In yesterday from various sections of Virginia—all negroes—and 1,455 more are coming to-day, also from Virginia. The total number of ne groes here will be brought up to ap proximately 10,000. ENTERS BAND SERVICE Entering the United States service by special induction, Henry C. T. Lorenz, 1322 North Third street, left yesterday for Camp Wadsworth. Spartanburg, S. C., to Join the 60th Pioneer Regiment band. JULY 30, 19L8. VISITOR TRIES TO GET A SWIM IN THE SUSQUEHANNA "Harrisburg is still In the dark ages," accused an out-of-town visi tor, who had been hunting a long time for some place to get a iwlm In the Susquehanna. Returning In the late afternoon, very much the worse for wear, he could not pre cisely Identify the bathing pool ho patronized, but he had been lold it was the only public one along the river. The visitor had something of the poet habit in his makeup and was Inclined to be Jocular about his experience. "I was hot, tired and feeling seedy when the beautiful Harrisburg river front met my gaze. Me for a plunge in the briny deep! After much dili gent search I found a decrepit old rumshackle tub of a berryboat which took me to what trey said was the city swimming pool. The sight ol some odd hundreds of bathers on the beach made me anxious to get my baptism of water too, and I rush ed pell-mell tip the steps of the bathhouse. 'We can't give you a suit, they're all rented' was the laconic word that greeted me. I sat around like a disconsolate maiden waiting for her trousseau, when a kind-hearted chap loaned me his togs. "The conditions in the bathhouse j were not tip to the usual standard • but when I thought of the prospect! of exhilarating swim, they were bear- : able. I hurredly donned my suit ind ; walked out to the beach. When my feet touched bottom Just off shore, I found that I hud run into a second inquisition, for the entire bottom , seemed to be covered with sharp: stones. It seemed as though I were, walking on the points of thousands of nails. The water touched my, knees In the deepest part and at 1 , last I_saw the trick. The idea of 1 llarrisburgers in swimming is- to , emulate the example of mermaids! who sally Into the shallow water thati the people on shoro may see them. I The wheezy old tug paddled in on the other shore and I boarded her, going out Into the middle of rhe river. Thero I enjoyed the luxury Sir Joseph Jonas Guilty of Tipping Off Germany Ixmrion, July 30.—Sir Joseph Jonas, former lord mayor of Shef field. was fined SIO,OOO, and Charles Alfred Vernon, former employe In the ministry of munitions, was fined $5,000 with costs In the Old Bailey court yesterday in connection with charges that they had conspired to violate the official secrets act by ob taining and communicating Informa tion that might be useful to the enemy. The charges against the two men were based on information given to Germany in 1913 relative to the in tention of a British firm to manu facture rifles. WHEAT BAN LOOSENED After Thursday the patrons of restaurants can once more purchase wheat cakes, white pastry, noodles, macaroni, spaghetti and all the pure white wheat products, when the wheatless days end for an indefinite time. The only exception to the letup on wheat restriction is the Victory bread, which must contain 20 per cent, of wheat substitutes. Almost 200,000,000 pounds of wheat have been saved by the conservation measures from October 1, 1917, to August 1, 1918. DUMP CATCHES FIRE Firemen of the city were busy for an hour fighting the fire and great clouds of smoke at the dump at South Thirteenth street, south, of Hill street. The fire was of un l known origin. Play Safe — j • 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 11 of a deep dive where I actually got wet hair. This seems to be an im possibility anywhere around the Is land unless you are standing on your head. "The agony of tramping on those sharp stones was almost unbear able, and Imagine my discomfort \yhen. after a tolerably good bath, I was forced to walk through dust a foot thick before I could reach the bathhouse. There I was compelled to jump Into a tub used by all pat rons and take a second bath before 1 could put on my street clothes. "Such conditions as these," said the visitor, "should not be tolerat ed in a City of the size of Harris burg. It is an outrage that with the beautiful Susquehanna and the miles of splendid bathing pools, there is no decent place for swimming. "Why don't your city have some decent bathhouses? I cannot un derstand why you allow a river front with such magnificent oppor tunities as these, to go to waste! Why, you have an unrivaled river front here. It is unsurpassed in any city I have visited. And I don't be lieve half the citizens of Harris burg know how to swim. The bath tub Is the nearest they get to the river. It's foolish to delay a minute! It is almost unbelievable that when girls go to your bathing places they are compelled to dress and undress ir> a wretched hovel which can readily be compared to the Black Hole of Calcutta. I have seen slrls waiting on the outside of the dress lngrooms while other young women changed clothes, while young men stood by and ogled the shame-faced girls who, waited. It seems as though your city .fathers are asleep to permit conditions such as these. What you need is clean, modern bathhouses and plenty of them. Your river Is a hlesslng that should be used to the fullest extent. Swimming brings health and strength and power that is needed In these stirring times. The surest way to promote Intere.-t In swimming is to build these bath houses." Says Women Pushed Her Through Window of Train in Effort to Take Chair How she was picked up and neary forced through the winow of a train running at the rate of sixty mies an hour this morn, was the tale unfoled to Alderman E. J. Hil ton by Miss Esther herman, of New York, at a hearing this morning. Ethel Black and Clara Butler, both of Harrisburg and colored, were brought before the alderman on the charge of disorderly conduct on t>oard train ajid they were charged with attempting to throw Miss Sherman through the window. Miss Shermanalle ges that she was sleeping on a seat and holding another seat facing her for a friend who is in the Government service. The women attempted to take her seat and she says she let them have one of the two chairs. "But they were not satisfied with this and de manded both. They picked me up and when I resisted them they pushed me through the window," she charged. At this juncture, For rest Beach, a sailor, Jersey Shore, interfered, and with the help of ! trainmen Miss herman wa srescued. The two colored girls were tak§n to the office of Alderman Hilton and, after a hearing this morning, were sentenced to pay the costs of the case, tho cost of the broken win dow and to reimburse Miss Sherman for the loss of her pocketbook.' Tho entire amount of the costs is $26.60. Miss Sherman alleges that there was almost $8 and a ticket tb Pitts burgh In her pocketbook.