STEELTON PLAYS LEBANON SATURDAY IN LAST GAME OF SEASON AT COTTAGE HILL
LAST GAME
AT STEELTON
Saturday's Battle With Leb
* anon Will Close Season
at Cottage Hill
The last championship game at Cot
tage Hill will be played on Saturday
■with Lebanon, for although a game Is
scheduled with Wilmington on August
24, that game has already been played
and the date Is reserved for a great
"carry-on" occasion when Harry Bent
will manage one team from the steel
• *■ plant, and W. W. Leek the other. The
whole Immense plant is to turn out,
ajid a very lively program has been
arranged In addition to the ball game.
The contest on this coming Satur
day at Cottage Hill will be a most
Important one and fraught with big
possibilities. Bethlehem is Steelton s
closest neighbor now in the chase for
pennant honors, and while Steelton
has a lead at present of sixty-two
points, these may easily be wiped out
in the next six games. If Manager
Cockill can take one from Lebanon
he will be In more secure position,
and this may prove to be some job.
Lebanon has a star fllnger in jess I
Buckles, who held Wilmington last '
Saturday to four hits. He outpitched
Dumont, and he seems to be getting !
better every time he appears. From '
now on to Day, when the Steel |
League season closes, Cockill will
• have a severe test to keep up the \
speed that Steelton has heretofore ;
showed. In Marhefka and "Bobby" •
Stowe, Lebanon has brilliant fielders, i
Then there is Captain McConnell and 1
"Mike" Mowery, of big league fame. 1
La Longe, the catcher, is a demon
clouter, and the Steelton selection
who faces these chaps next Saturday
will have a battle.
For to-day. Manager Cockill arrang
ed a game with the Mlddletown Avia
tion team, starting at 3 o'clock. There
was likelihood of a very lively fray,
for the Aviation boys have an idea
that they can treat anybody rough.
Yesterday the league leaders kept in
shape by traveling to Burnham and
•> meeting the fast club which repre
sents that place. For the first time
in a long while "Buck" Ramsey was
seen on the rubber. The veteran did I
not last long, however, and "Lefty" i
Pierce finished the game.
Steelton did not wake up until the
fourth, when Hunter drew a pass.
Knight doubled to center field. Beall
singled, scoring Hunter. Kauffman ;
fanned. McCarty was safe on first
when Womer muffed the ball, Knight
scoring on the play.
Tn the eighth a triple by Hunter and
a single by Beall gave Steelton the de
cision. The score:
STEELTON
R. H. O. K\. E.
Hunter, rf. 2 2 0 0 0
Knight. 3b 1 1 0 1 0
Beall. If '. 0 1 n 0 0 ;
Kauffman. lb (1 t 12 1 1 ;
• McCarty. 2b 0 ft 0 2 0 j
Roach, ss 0 0 2 3 0;
Miller, cf. 0 0 2 0 0.
Peterson c 1 1 10 0 0,
Ramsey, p.< 0 1 1 4 0 :
Pierce, p 1 1 0 1 0 1
Totals 5 7 21 11 1
0 Bt'RNHAM
R. H. O. A. E.
C. Albert. If 1 1 on n
F. Albert. 2b 0 1 2 2 1 j
Womer, lb 1 1 <5 o 0
Marshall, ss. 1 2 5 3 0
„ J. Albert. 3b 0 10 0 0
Monahan, cf. ......... 0 0 0 0 0
Bemis, 0 1 10 2 0
Collins, rf 0 1 3 1 ol
Phillips, p 0 0 0 2 0
Totals ...... 8 8 27 10 2
Burnham 10000200 o—3
' Steelton 00020003 o—s
Two-base hits Knight, Beall,
Marshall. Three-base hit Hunter.
Sacrifice hits Knight, F. Albright.
Womer. Double play F. Albright
to Marshall to Womer. Struck out—
By Phillips. 9; by Ramsey. 4; by
Pierce. 5. Base on balls Off Phil
lips, 1. Hit by pitcher Miller, 2.
Stolen base Bemis. Wild pitch
Ramsey.
WOODED THREE TIMES
Sergeant William Burner, of the
recruiting station, has received a let
ter from his brother. Sergeant Harry
. B. Burner, stating that he has been
wounded for the third time. He was
struck in three places by shrapnel,
and badly gassed. He is now con- j
valescing, he says.
AROUND THE BASES
Buck Ramsey started the game |
yesterday for Steelton, but when he |
fired the leather pill clear into the j
stands and endangered life and limb ,
• Cockill gave him the hook. Lefty j
Pierce also had some trouble with .
the heat, but finally got together and
pitched nice ball.
"" Captain Roxy Roach is a typical
home boy. He has a youngster aged
four, freckled and red-headed, who
comes to Cottage Hill occasionally
and amazes the big leaguers by
throwing a ball and handling a bat
like a mature professional.
The departure of Harry Coval- j
eskie, southpaw extraordinary, from j
Detroit recalls about the best base- i
ball story ever told. Covaleskie
trimmed the Giants three straight atl
Philadelphia some years ago end!
kept McGraw from winning the
pennant. That winter at a league
meeting Eshenbach, the famous
• funny man in baseball, kidded Mc-
Graw and told him that if he want
ed to get the big Pole rattled all he
would have to do was to make a
noise like a snaredrum. McGraw
remembered this next summer when !
Covaleskie was with Cincinnati. He I
was trimming the Giants as usual j
when Mac sent a coacher to third'
and took first himself, both making
a rat-a-tat noise. Pretty soon Co
valeskie became restless and it was
not long before he acted like a wild
man and threw away the game. The
Giants kept this secret a good while,
, Although they did not know the
Mystery of it. But the whole league
found out what was going on and
all used it on the unfortunate south
paw. The inside dope was that Co- ;
' valeskie once tried to play a drum j
in a band at Scranton. His sweet-:
heart said she would marry him it
he could make good as a drummer.
Covaleskie joined the band, which
was glad to get such a celebrity, but
at a big concert he tattooed the
drum with all his might just when
the notes told him to keep quiet.
The girl was so shocked at the dis
grace that she asked waivers on the
• Pole and this was why he went to
pieces when the ballplayers played
the drum.
Plank won seven of the nine
games he pitched for Steelton. Leb
anon won the first game he played
in the Steel league and Bethlehem
came through with the second.
The Syracuse team of the Inter
national League was transferred to
Hamilton, Ont., at a meeting of the
league magnates here. The Syra
cuse players will move to their new
THURSDAY EVENING,
Snoodles .*-• He Knew What the Ducks Wanted ?!sss By H UtlgCffOTCi
L> '± OSSS:
- .. ... . _ __ /rw+s (* G*ar~o si a
What They Did Yesterday;
Where They Play Today
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
American league
Washington, 6; Cleveland, 2.
I Detroit, 11; Boston, 6.
[ Chicago, 8; New York, 4 (first
game).
I Chfcago, 4; New York, '0 (second
j game).
St. Louis, 3; Philadelphia, 1. (first
! game).
St. Louis, 4; Philadelphia, 0 (second
j game).
National I.rufnir
I Cincinnati, 8; New York. 3 (first
game).
Cincinnati, 4; New York, 2 (second
game).
Brooklyn. 3; Chicago, 2.
Pittsburgh, 4: Philadelphia, 2.
Boston, 4; St. Louis, 3 (11 innings).
] STANDING OP THE CLITBS
American LMKUC
W. L>. P.C.
! Boston 62 41 .602
j Cleveland 59 45 .567
Washington 56 46 .549
[Chicago 50 52 .4!>o 1
i St. Louis 49 52 .485 1
New York 4S 52 .480'
! Detroit 45 55 .450
Philadelphia 41 61 .402
National licngiir
W. 1,. PC.
Chicago 65 34 .657
New York 59 42 .548 1
'Pittsburgh 52 45 .536
j Cincinnati 45 52 .164
! Brooklyn 44 52 .458
1 Philadelphia 44 53 .454
l Boston 45 55 .450
|St. Louis 43 62 .409
SCHKDI'I.E FOR TODAY
Amrrlcan I.PKKiir
Washington at Cleveland.
! Philadelphia at St. Louis,
j New York at Chicago.
Boston at Detroit.
National I.ensroe
i Pittsburgh at Philadelphia.
| Cincinnati at New York.
J Chicago at Brooklyn.
' St. Louis at Boston.
Heydler Now Acting
President, Says Garry
I Cincinnati, Aug. 8. —"While I re
| gret to see John Tener quit the jrame"
I I was not ir. the least surprised to
j hear of his resignation," said Presi
dent Herrmann, of the Cincinnati
| baseball club "He resigned several
| months ago, but for the good of the
| sport we asked him to remain at the
head of the National League. He did
j so under protest and we were glad
I to have him stay, but he is a busy
j man and his private Interests take
| up the greater part of his time.
"I understand John Heydler is
j back on the job and will remain un-
I til Tener's successor is named. I
j have not the least Idea who that
I man will be. In the meantime Heytl
j ler will act in Tener's place and I
lam sure everything will go along
smoothly."
| home to-night, to open there on j
Wednesday with the Jersey City
i club.
McCarthy, Steelton's new second!
baseman, hails from Louisville. |
Mac has been in the game for |
] twelve years or more, and although
he never appeared in the big show, i
ia considered good enough for any i
major league club.
Brooke A. C., of York, defeated
| the Philadelphia and Reading team
■ to 1 at York by bunching their
| hits in the opening part of the
i game. After that the visitors played
| snappily and the scoring for the
j locals ceased. Owing to the threat-
I ening weather it was but a Beven
inning game, for darkness inter
vened. Batteries: Brooks A. C. —
Simpson and Brelghtner; P. and R.
—Lavan and Killinger.
Hal Qsase has been suspended
by Manager Mathewson at Cincin
nati, and now fans will wonder what
is wrong with King Harold, greatest
of all first basemen. Chase laid
. down on Stalling at St. Louis—de
liberately threw a game. Stallings
| called in reporteds and told them
the facts, and said that either he
would leave the club or Chase must.
The weak-spined Yankee ownership
1 let Stallings go and made Chase
manager. He was the worst fizzle
ever seen, except, perhaps, Kid El
berfeld. Chase has a queer streak
in him —maybe he is a genius and
should be excused.
; Friday next is the day fixed as
j the time for the legal battle to de
cide whether it is an offense under
the laws to play baseball on Sunday
at Wilmington. Del. In the city
court John Collyer, in charge of the
welfare work at the Harlan plant of
the Bethlehem Company; William
A. McGowan, the umpire, and nine
teen ballplayers who played base
ball on Sunday at the Hartan
grounds, yesterday were arraigned
, under the law forbidding work on
Sunday and the cases were continued
as requested. The whole question
will be argued at length and an
appeal probably taken to the upper
1 court, in case the lower court up
holds the law. The men who are
' interested in Sunday baseball de
■ c'.are that if the law is upheld they
will see to it that all of the amuse
ment parks in this section and every
other place of business or amuse
ment is closed on Sundays in order
that people of this state may become
disgusted with the old blue laws and
ask the Legislature for their repeal.
There Is Just One Way to Cure a Runaway Horse
Baptists "Carry On" at
Industrial League Game!
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LAST EVENING'S RESULTS
Newsies, 8; Baptists, 0.
STANDING OF CLUBS
W. L. Pet.
Appleby 3 0 1,000
Kiwanis 2 1 .666
Suburbans 2 1 .666
Newsies 2 1 .666
West End *. 2 2 .500
Belmont 1 2 .333
Baptists 1 3 .000
Evangelicals 0 3 .000
TONIGHT'S SCHEDULE
Suburbans vs. Kiwanis. >
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It is indeed a rare evening when
the Industrial League cannot dig up
some excitement. Last evening the
trouble was that the Baptists only
had seven men to line up against the
Newsies. The latter team is made up
of lads from the Telegraph, Patriot
and Evening News. They have been
sticking together and playing clean
ball. The Baptists, no doubt, mean
well, but seem to lack team work.
Last evening they claimed the um
pire called the game in the third
because of darkness, then on went
the game and the Newsies allowed
the enemy to grab out a couple spec
tators In order to complete the team.
The Baptists appear to need a chap
eron. The score:
NEWSIES
R. H. O. A. E.
Holahan, 2b 1 o 0 1 0
l Richards, 3b 0 0 0 0 0
Enswe'r, cf 1 1 3 0 0
Wharton, lb 1 l 3 0 0
Wohlfarth, ss .... 0 1 0 1 0
Kutz, c 0 2 9 0 0
Berghaus. If 2 0 0 0 0
Manley, rf 2 0 0 0 0
Witmer, p 1 2 0 1 0
Totals 8 7 12 3 0
BAPTISTS
R. H. O. A. E.
Cimino, c 0 1 6 1 0
Trom'o, 3b 0 0 1 0 1
D'Santis, ss 0 0 1 2 2
Arva, If 0 0 1 0 0
Ande'n, lb 0 0 4 0 0
Swartz, p 0 0 0 2 1
DeVall, rf 0 0 0 0 0
Ludwig, 2b 0 0 1 0 3
Smith, cf 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 0 114 6 7
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HARRISBURG CdSSfttt TELEGRAPH
Campbell, American "Ace "
Returning as a Trainer
I
i i
WSUTWAHI CAtir-. E ;^
Lieutenant Douglass Campbell, of
California, who 1s officially credited
■with downing seven German planes,
will soon leave for the United States
with Captain Walter Lovell, of Bos
ton, to organize training schools to
fit student aviators for work at the
actual fighting front. This will en
able the graduate pilots to begin
work as soon as they reach France.
LAWYER LEAVES FOR CAMP
Wolfe Rosenberg, attorney con
nected with his brother, Robert Ros
enberg, left this morning for Camp
Waadsworth. Spartanburg, a. C., for
general military service.
[The Hawaiian Swimmers
Are Freed of Charges
New York, Aug. B. —The members
c< the Hawaiian swimming team,
now touring this country, were to
day absolved of charges of falsifying
and increasing their expense ac
counts at a special inquiry by Ama- j
teur Athletic Union officials held in j
this city.
The members of the team. Includ
ing Duke P. Kahanamonku, Harold!
Kruger, Clarence Lane and Manager I
Owen Merrick, appeared before a I
special investigation committee, con
sisting of P. W. Rubien, secretary
treasurer of the Amateur Athletic
Union, and H. Obertubbesing and F.
A. Niles, members of the board cf
governors.
Complete expense accounts, re
ceipts and vouchers were submitted
for examination and all questions
were answered to the satisfaction
o fthe committee. After the meet
ing Mr. Rubien said the Hawaiians
had in no way violated the Amateur
Athletic Union rules and that, on
the other hand, their trip and ex
hibitions have been the means of,
arousing great interest in swimming
throughout the country.
In many cases, he said, they had !
appeared at cantonments and other |
service camps and given exhibitions !
before thousands of enlisted men!
without receiving even expenses. No
funds were collected direct for me I
Red Cross, but where the Hawaiian |
swimmers had competed in connec-'
tion with the collection of gate re-!
ceipts the promoters had been re-1
quested to devote the net proceeds l
to some war fund after paying the!
team's expenses and other legitimate '
charges.
GASSED) GOES BACK TO EIGHT
Earl Hartz, 712 North Nineteenth
street, a member of the 112 th Infan
try, son-in-law of David Cassel. a
dispatcher of the Harrlsbur* Rail
ways Company, was gassed j n action
July' 15, according to word received
here. He has recovered sufficiently
to be in action again. A brother,
Morris O. Dunkle, is also in the Uith
division, but the two boys had not
seen each other from the time of
their departure to France until the
day before Hartz was gassed.
Who Said Pitchers
Cannot Play Ball?
One of the wise men in baseball
says there is an Impression
abroad that pitchers are not good
ball players—that is, they cannot
tield or hit, or run bases, etc., or
do anything except pitch.
As a matter of fact, the ma
jority of pitchers could easily
qualify in a short time to play
other positions on the diamond.
Now and then we find an instance
of a hurler who can play ball so
well—both at the bat and in the
field—that the manager is com
pelled to play him every day at a
position other than his own.
"Babe" Kuth, the great pitcher
of the Boston Red Sox, is a mod
ern example. Ruth is not only a
wonderful pitcher, but he has
proved himself to be one of the
heaviest hitters the game has
ever known. He is hitting far
above .300 and practically every
one of his hits has been for extra
bases—particularly favoring home
runs and three baggers. Recently
Ruth won four straight games for
the Red Sox by hitting at the op
portune moment. As a pitcher the
best big "Babe" could have done
in the same time would be to
pitch a single winning game.
Ray Caldwell, the big hurler
with the New York Americans, is
another example. Caldwell has
always been used as a pinch hit
ter, and his ability as a ball play
er and athlete has long been
recognized. Manager Huggins,
since he assumed managership,
has been trying to gather together
a pitching staff of enough ability
to permit his using Caldwell in
the outfield. He began using big
Ray a couple of weeks ago and
with good effect.
In Harrisburg there are a num
ber of hard.hitting pitchers, and
if Karl Waltz, for example, lost
his pitching arm he would make
a star at any point on the dia
mond.
2,700 Pennsylvania Men
Arrive in Spartanburg
Spartanburg, Aug. B.—Twenty
seven hundred Pennsylvania draftees
arrived here yesterday, the last of six
special trains reaching camp at 8.30
o'clock last night. The trip down
was uneventful. There were no ac
cidents and all of the men were in
good shape upon arrival here al
though worn out by the long trip
and the hot weather.
The draftees upon reaching camp
found everything in readiness for
them, their tents were pitched, cots
ready for occupancy and warm meals
were ready to be served. They will
be kept in quarantine for two weeks
as a precaution against the introduc
tion of contagious diseases in camp
and during that time they will be ex
amined and classified and given their
regimental assignments.
Omar Temple, Knights of the Mys
tic Shrine, held a ceremonial ses
sion in camp last week using one of
the large theater buildings and a
largo class was carried across the
allegorical hot sands of the desert.
The festivities were continued untii
a late hour. There are many en
thusiastic members of the order in
camp.
FIJTD AGED MAN
Henry Wilbert, aged 80, 140S Ver
non street, who wandered from his
home Monday night, was found by
workmen at Run yesterday.
It is thought the heat affected the
aged man's mind.
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'AUGUST 8, 1918.
Cubs Depend Upon Veteran
to Bring Home the Title
j, '
|; 1 -v ■ i : I
•i , ,<• 5 H
H yi
Jim Vaughn, the veteran pitcher of
the Chicago Nationals, who is pitch
ing the greatest ball of his long ca
reer. His tine work in the box has
greatly helped the Cubs to retain their
position at the head of the league.
Vaughn's teammates and the Chicago
fans are depending upon his clever
work in the box to land the National
League flag for the Windy City.
DRILL POSTPONED
The drill of the Harrisburg draft
registrants was postponed from last
evening until Friday evening, be
cause of the showers. Members of
the Harrisburg Reserves will be In
charge.
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Wind Plays Hob With
Targets at Chicago Shoot
Chicago, Aug. B.—The high wind
played hob with target sport here
to-day, keeping down the scores. It
tossed the targets around at a fear
ful clip. They ducked for the wa
ters of Lake Michigan even quicker
than they did yesterday, and the
slow-pulling shooters who waited for
the targets to come up to their usual
height had poor scores. And this
ducking on the part of the targets
wasn't of any help to the backmark
either.
The preliminary handicap, the first
of the handicap shoots in the Grand
American trapshooting tournament
was won by IS. J. Buck, of Daven
port, la., after a shootoff with E. F.
Woodward, of Houston, Tex. Both
broke 96 targets. On the shootoff
Buck broke 19 and Woodward 18.
Buck got away to a bad start, losing
three in the first 20, and from that
time on he lost but one. Woodward
lost his targets in different strings.
The scores of Pennsylvania shoot
ers in the preliminary handicap
were:
George Cochran, Option S6
A. M. Heilinan, Butler 90
H. S. Craft, Cynwyd 88
[H. E. Furnass, Pittsburgh .... 91
i J. B. Fontaine, Philadelphia .. 88
jJ. N. Hushor, Monessen 81
I*. D. Hiyner, Erie 64
IJ. R. Johnston, Jr., Pittsburgh 85
| W. S. Lang, Edge worth 90
H. W. Jeffrey, Philadelphia .. 86
J. G. Martin, Harrisburg 77
C. 11. Newcomb 91
P. S. Phyle, Pittsburgh ....... 7 7
J. E. Penrod, Pltcairn ....... 86
W. C. Pritchard, Lancaster ... 65
Eugene Murray, Sewickley ...., 92
M. E. Stewart, Wcit Fairvlew .
Roy Mclntire, Butler 92
W. Caryaden, Pittsburgh ...... 86
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