RED CROSS IS BOOSTING GOLF AND BASEBALL; WILUAMSPORT FOLKS WELCOME COCKILL RED CROSS BOOMS SPORT Golf Clubs Respond Gladly to Medal Trophy; Ball Play ers Abroad Equipped The American Red Cross Is giving vast encouragement to sports, the ■wholesome, health-giving outdoor sports which, no doubt. Red Cross officials realize make for better qual ity of manhood and womanhood. For example, through the United States Golf Association, Red Cross provides a medal to be offere'd in competition by golf clubs which con tribute entrv fees to the Red Cross instead of using them for substantia] prizes. The association has agreed to keep the matter on a high plane. ' The medal is inexpensive, hand somely wrought In bronze, and in scribed "Awarded in Recognition of Aid to the Cause of Humanity." Where these medals are awarded. Red Cross certificates will be given as second and third prizes in minor tournaments. The plan has met with such favor from golf clubs that it is proposed to extend it to tennis and other simi lar organizations that will contribute to the Red Cross the funds which would otherwise be spent on troph ies. The Red Cross is just as active abroad in establishing baseball for this game has been found to appeal intensely both in England and France. In a recent cable, Harvey D. Gibson, Red Cross commissioner I to France, requested the shipment of baseball equipment, exclusive of uniform, sufficient for two hundred diamonds. In a cable from London, Mr. Endicott, head of the Red Cross Commission to Great Britain, re quested the immediate shipment of shoes., stockings, assorted gloves and other basefall equipment .except uni forms. sufficient to supply two hun dred baseball teams. Tho commis sioner to Great Britain also made a request for shoes, stockings, suits | and helmets for an equal number of football teams, together with 1,000 footballs. In conformity with the above re quest, the War Council has appropri ated the sum of $49,980 to provide for the supplies desired in France, j and the sum of $67,737.85 for the; purchase of the equipment asked tor; to equip the baseball and football ] teams among the American boys in j England. Bids to cover the entire | baseball supply abroad have been negotiated through B. B. Johnson, president of the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs. What They Did Yesterday; Where They Play Today S RESULTS American League New York, 3; Cleveland. 2. St. Louis, 7; Athletics, 2. Chicago, 6; Boston, 2. Washington, 6; Detroit, 2. National league Pittsburgh, 3; Brooklyn, 1. Cincinnati, 6; New York, 5. Boston-St. Louis, to be played Sat urday. Other clubs not scheduled. STANDING OF THE CLUBS American League W. L. Pet. Boston ■• • 64 45 .SB7 Cleveland 63 48 .568 Washington 61 49 .555 New York 52 53 .495 Chicago 53 55 .491 St. Louis 50 56 .472 Detroit 48 60 .#44 Athletics 42 67 ,356 National League W. L. Pet. Chicago . E0 37 .654 New York 63 44 .588 Pittsburgh 56 51 .523 Cincinnati 51 55 .481 Brooklyn 49 56 .467 Phillies 47 57 .452 Boston 46 59 .438 St. Louis 44 67 .396 SCHEDULE FOR TODAY American League Chicago at Boston. St. Louis at Philadelphia. Detroit at Washington. Cleveland at New York. National League Boston at St. Louis. Brooklyn at Pittsburgh. New York at Cincinnati. Phillies at Chicago. West End Cancels Steelton Game; Will Play at York Because of a misunderstanding and conflicting dates in the schedule of the Weßt End baseball team, the game with the Steelton Giants, which was to be played to-morrow afternoon on the West End field, has been cancelled. The West End nine will journey to York to play the fast team represent ing the York Chain Works, the,man agement announced to-day. Play Safe — Stick to KING OSCAR CIGARS because the quality is as good as ever it was. They will please and satisfy you. 6 c—-worth it JOHN C. HfeRMAN & CO. Makers FRIDAY EVENING, noodles ,*-* He Thought He Was Missing Some of the Rough Stuff OV^/ /To j/*\ < uP.VEssie. is L.° aI li i I \ w/A XoinYW L?# L//*f v ALREADY* / V 1 •/£*/ oxv —L. r-\\ :\wv fir: si v ) usee /v viJr °fAT'\.cr es ' wif o\#v imKiißdßlfiM/ T<9obflte>)rsl ; '-ssr \^~ o ~W L ' 11 i y~\ >!.< #VA = ' i /• 4 # V • jvml-cSt' 61 " UKe yj 9 .41/# 4? •Hll wV*) T@li o *%*? o y&\ A | Home Folks Welcomed George Cockill But Treated Him Almighty Rough Cheer up! There are others. While| Willianisport was showing its tender] hospitality by walloping Manager] Cockill and his Steclton stars yester- | day, the gay Lebanon' leaguers were*] being trimmed by a squad of soldiers i at Camp Merritt, 6-1. Lebanon had its strongest lineup, just like Steel-j ton, but Steelton did not have a Rube } Bressler pitching against her nor a] George Whitted at first base. 'The Steelton visitors lost by only; one run and they gave- such a lively • exhibition that Lebanon fans had ] the time of their life. Tom Phillips t practically lost the game for Cockill, allowing the Lycoming chaps five hits' in a row. The Bethlehem sportiifg! writers who have a bit of the greenj monster sparkling for Cockill be- j cause Bethlehem is flopped out of i the race comment: "Look out, George, or that straw ] kelly of yours may not be big enough. Cockill, we mean, manager and strategist for the Steelton tlub. I George is being showered with praise ] for the team he developed and I MULTITUDE PAY TRIBUTE TO KING HORSE AT BELMONT RACES The program at Belmont track, where the Grand Circuit trotters of America ate competing, was the rich est yesterday of any one day in the meet. The purses aggregated $15.- 997. The Matron stake, feature of tho fourth day's events, was won by David Guy, owned and bred by the Oettinger brothers, of Poughkeepsie. N. Y„ and driven by "Tommy" Murphy, won the event in three heats, the first going to Nella Dillon, owned and bred by A. B. Coxe, of Paoli, Pa., and driven by Joe SerrilL The Winogsf Stock Farm stake, worth $5,000, for 2.11 trotters, went to June Red, driven by Ed Geers. Un captured first money in the $3,000 Adelphia Hotel stake for 2.09 pacers and the Royal Knight was first in Bull's Head Bazar stake for 2.16 trot ters. The track record for three-year-old trotters was twice lowered in the Matron stake, and the average time for the twelve heats trotted and paced during the day is claimed to be the fastest ever recorded over an eastern track. One of the largest crowds that ever attended racing at Belmont was present and displayed ample evidence of enjoying the high-class sport. Six great three-year-olds started in the Matron Stake. This event is awarded each year to one of the Legal Vultures Fatten on Soldier Dependants Washington—Legal vultures and ! shysters in WashingtoA are seeking, to faten at the expense o< the insured | dependants of our soldiers who find their graves in Prance. To this end, according to Congressmen who have brought the matte* to attention, these lawyer sharks are sending con tracts to widows and bereaved moth ers offering to collect the insurance ■ due them- from the government for; 20 per cent, of the amount obtained, j All such should be ignored. The government is i prompt and honorable in settling all such claims. A Rochester marine met death in France on June 7. News of it reached the relatives on June 18, and within a week thereafter came the blanks to be filled out in order to obtain the insurance. It is safe to say that all similar claims will be adjusted with equal expedi tion, unless a heavy casualty list overwhelms the government for the moment. In this particular case other blanks followed a" few days later, and the dependants by signing them established their claim to monthly compensation under the law. They were also visited by an | worthy is the praise. Everyone | around the Steelton steel mills is certain George has the pennant won i and if confidence counts for any '] thing he can start the next fracas ! with a crowd of G. A. R.'s and get away with the bacon. Here's what j they have to say about George up • Steelton way: 'Too much credit can- I not be given Manager Cockill, who by ] his sheer enthusiasm and strategic J ability defeated Lebanon on Satur ] day in the most spectacular game ] ever witnessed. Cockill is a -big } league manager; that's why the Steelton club has been up there all ] through the race and why she will j cinch the flag before she plays all of the three games scheduled." And I why shouldn't Harrisburg and Steel i ton shout for George. Didn't he win { a pennant 4or Harrisburg during the ! reign of the Tri-State?" * Cockill and the league leaders em i barked for Sparrow's Point this eve- Ining and the chances are that Eddie Plank will again be called on to- Btorrow to do the pitching. Grand Circuit meetings by the Ameri- | can Trotting Horse Breeders' Asso ciation, of Cleveland, and had a valqe this year of $5,977. Of this sum $5,- 477 is divided among the first fotm colts as they finish and $5OO to thlr, nominators of the dams of the first 1 four. Nella Dillon went to the front as soon as the word was given in the first heat, and led all the way to the wire, stepping the half in 1.0294 and the mile in 2.06<4, a track record for three-year-old trotters in a race. The former race mark was 2.09 >4. made last year. Bertha Dillon held the time record of 2.0714, also made in 1917. When the second heat started the I drivers of the entire field let their eolts go and the pace was so fast that Nella Dillon and Selka broke at the first turn. Hollyrood Bob, with a record of 2.04 s i. taken this year at Cleveland, led at the quarter, but Murphy sent David Guy to the front at the half in 1.0194 and won the heat in 2.0514. again clipping the track record and tying the second fastest heat trotted by a three-year old this year. David Guy won jogging and could have beaten 2.04 if push ed. There were only four starters in the third heat, and David Guy repeat ed in slower time, beating* Peter Venia, bred and raised by A. B. Coxe, of Paoli, without much trouble. agent of the government authorized to advance them money of which they might be in urgent need. The marine in question was insured for $5,000. This gives his widow $28.75 per month for twenty years, or about s£,Boo in all. In addition she gets a pension of $25 per month and $lO a month for her dependant child, a monthly total of $62.75. Insur ance and allowances are paid in monthly installments are not assign able, and not subject to the claims of creditors either of the insured or of his beneficiary. The insurance runs for 240 monthly payments, twenty years. AMPUTATED BIIAKKMAX'S FOOT Robert Young, aged 35, brakeman in the Harrisburg yards of the Penn sylvania railro&d, had his left foot amputated at the Harrisburg Hospi tal yesterday. The foot was crushed when it became caught between two cars near SK. hump Wednesday. WHERE GENERAL PERSHING WAS A SCHOOL TEACHER AT PRAIRIE MOUND 'Si ' i £ 4 Jilt* >• * i h "w gi ft ;i,T m : ' 7 - j •SSh/ERAt P^RSMiNO"QiS.TfcICT. SOIOOL AT PEAIRtt MOUMO. Long befoia General John J. Pershing dreamed of being the com mander of the mighty host now under him in Europe, even before he went to West Point, he taiifeht school in District No. 1, at Prajrle Mound, Mo. The schoolhouse still stands. It was not painted red like some of the IHtle New England schoolhouses of the same days, but it was very much like them otherwise. HARRISBTTRG IjffcJAl TELEGRAPH ' I 1 Cellar Champions Crawl Out at Expense of Newsies INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE Last Evening's Results Evangelical, 9; Newsies, 3. ! ' I Standing of the Clubs TV. L. Pet. Kiwanis 4 1 .800 Appleby 3 1 .750 Newsies 3 2 .600 Suburbans 2 2 .500 West End 2 3 .400 Belmont 1 2 .333 Baptist 1 3 .250 Evangelicals - 1 3 .250 To-night's Game West End vs. Suburbans. A voice from the cellar last night turned out to be the Evangelicals, who made a terrific effort to crawl out of the pit at the expense of the Newsies. Their judgment jyas good, for the Newsies all played like a one-armed paper hanger afflicted ] with the hives. Six runs in one ses sion off Pitcher Ensweller sort of whetted the cellar champion's appe tite. so they kept on pacing around to the following result: EVANGELICAL R. H. O. A. E. Bailey, 3b 0 0 0 0 1 Stetler, 2b 2 0 2 0 1 Miller, rf 0 0 0 0 0 Kohlman, ss 2 1 1 0 1 Worley, lb 1 2 7 0 3 Clouser, c 1- 0 8 0 0 Herr. If 1 0 0 0 0 Brown, p 1 0 2 0 0 Hartzel, of 1 1 1 0 0 Totals 9 4 21 0 6 " NEWSIES R. H. O. A. E. Fields, 2b 0 0 1 0 1 Taylor, ss 0 1 0 0 1 Berghaus, If 0 0 0 0 0 Wharton, lb .... *. 1 1 6 0 0 Kutz, c 1 0 0 0 0 Richards, cf 0 0 2 0 0 Ensweller. p 1 1 0 0 0 Witmer, 3b 0 0 0 0 1 Ludwig, rf ' 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 3 3 18 0 3 Evangelical 2 6 0 0 1 0 x—9 Newsies 0 0 0 0 1 1 I—3 Two Mayors Lose at Quoits, Says Scorer The two mayors lost the title of champion quoit throwers after suc cessfully meeting all comers at the Chamber cf Commerce outing yes terday Mayor Keister and ex- Mayor Bowman were the star actors in this field of sport until after sup per, when a series of five games was played with J. W. Brown and L. V. Fritz. This contest was a close one, each sidp winning two games and in the fifth the score stood 19 to 19 when the opposition scored the two points which entitled them to the title of champions. Vouched for by Benson, official scorer. BELMONT VS. LYKENS TOMORROW The strong Belmont baseball club will travel to LykenS on Saturday, where they will meet the winning Lykens team. The leceipts from the gate are to be given to the Red Cross. The following players should report at the Pennsylvania Railroad Station at 9:30 a. m.: Matter, Parflt, Rosen ber'ger. Black. Klineyoung, Machi nes Schriner, Fissel, G. Davles, T. Davies. AROUND THE BASES Fred Fulton is again in the cam ouiiage business. Touted as de luxe heavyweight of the world, Jack Dempsey knocked him out in jig time. Now he has obtained a job as "floor walker" in a Minneapolis flour mill. Eddie Alnsmith aspires to become an ace in the flying corps of Uncle Sam, and intends to enlist in the aviation service after the close of the baseball-season. He has been in formed unofficially that he may have difficulty in obtaining an opportunity of learning to guide bombing planes' over the Hun lines in France, owing to his age. The Nationals' backstop is 27. Most of the men selected for aerial service are considerably younger, it having been found that intrepid youth makes tho best avia tor. In case he is unable to fly, Aln smith plans to enlist in the air serv ice. It is his purpose to present him self for service at Kelly Field, Texas, which is not far from Yorktown, where his young daughter is living with kinfolk. Before dropping out the other day for another catcher, Mike Gonzalez caught sixty consecutive games for the Cardinals. It is one of the most remarkable backstopping performances in some time, but St. Louis critics are miles away from the mark in setting up the claim that the Cuban receiver has established a major league rec ord. As a matter of fact Gonzalez did not succeed in going even half way to the record. George Gibson put the real mark beyond the reach of all the modern backstops when he caught in 140 consecutive games for Pittsburgh in 1909, the season in which the Pirates won tho world's championship. When the 1918 races began, Ray Schalk of the White Sox, Eddie Ainsmith. of the Senators, and several other "iron men" among the catchers, were ambitious to catch every day for their clubs in an At tempt to equal Gibson's record, but as most fans anticipated, the con tract proved too stiff for all of them. When the war is over there will be one player missing for good and that player is Third Baseman J. Franklin Baker, of the Yankee*. Baker de clares positively that this is his last season of professional ball, and there are many reasons for believing that he will adhere to his resolution. Baker now is thirty-three years of age, and the travels of baseball never did appeal to him. The handsome ball park fitted up by the backers of the Dayton Club, of the Central League, a couple of years ago, at a cost of $40,000, on ground leased from the city, has been taken over by the government as an addition to its aviation field and the stands have been dismantled. When informed that Hal Chase has threatened to sue the Cincinnati club for his salary until the end of the season, Manager Mathewson said that he had anticipated such a pos sibility and was fully prepared for it. He knew that the loss of his salary for two months and a half would be a severe blow to Chase, but he says that he did not suspend the first base man without having full grounds for doing so and proof, of the player's negligence on several occasions. Sev eral of the Reds are willing to swear to certain events that have transpir ed during the season, and Matty is confident that their tesimony will be a perfect defense for the club In its action in suspending Chase for the rest of the year. Ernest Shore, former pitcher for the Boston American League Club, passed his examination at the Har vard school for ensigns with "such high marks that he was one of the five picked to take a special course at the Naval Academy at Annapolis. Shore, who enlisted in the navy with other teammates many months ago, was later transferred to the ensign school at Harvard. When Rufe Turner was knocking them all dead in Stockton, Cal., a fellow showed up in the gymnasium one day and asked that Rufe don the gloves with him. Rufe, who always had trouble find ing a sparring partner when his reg ular man. Bob Langley, the red headed negro, wasn't around, was glad to avail himself of the fellow's "Hit as hard as you want," the stranger said to Rufe. "The harder you hit the better I'll like it." Pretty soon Rufe let go one for the chin and the fellow fell like he'd been hit with a brick. Rufe was very sorry. He helped rub the stranger and bring him too. "Too bad, old pgan," said Rufe, when the stranger opened his eyes, "I ought to have been more careful." "That's all right," said the fellow, "I'm $2O ahead. I bet a chap that you'd score five straight knockouts. I'm the fifth." Cincinnati is the toughest town ever known for a baseball manager. No .one ever satisfied the fans there. Now they are blaming Matty for the direct loss of twelve games during the season. The critics have Matty's mistake down to where they know exactly the number of . games Chris lost, and they blame it all on his re fusal to act as a relief pitcher. Per haps had Matty played such a role his work would have been responsible for 24 defeats instead of a mere dozen. * Ephrata has a baseball club to be proud of and they had been winning right along until they began to meet York county teams. Quarryville has a team exclusively home talent that has not been defeated this season. The respective champions of the up-1 per and lower ends will play a series] for the championship of the county, and it will be a battle royal between the Scotch-Irish and the Dutch. The iirst game scheduled is for Saturday, August 17, at Ephrata, and a big crowd will be in attendance. Ephrata •by the way, has Sunday, baseball, and crowds numbering 2,000 are attract ed' from points as far distant as f Reading and Lancaster, Downing town and Middletown. Pound of Flesh Daily Boy's Gift to Country San Francisco.—A pound of flesh a day for fifteen days will be tho sacrifice made to his country by Jack Charles Read, of this city. Read attempted to enlist in the U. S'. Marines here, but was told that he was fifteen pounds overweight. He immediately declared that he would remove the fifteen pounds of fatty substance within fifteen days by taking a course in dieting and exercises prescribed by his physician and would then reappear at the Ma rine Corps recruiting station. "Shylock didn't have a thing on the Marines," declared Read. "He only wanted one pound of flesh — these fellows want fifteen. ,Gee, it's tough to be a fat man." THE ASBESTOS ROASTER When camping take with you a large asbestos cone made from a square of asbestos cloth or paper. You will find it indispensable for roasting potatoes, apples, corn on the corb, etc. The food is placed inside, and the pointed end of the cone is in serted in the camp-fire, wedged be tween two stones to keep it in place. Do not attempt 'to stand the cone upright, but leaveon its side with the apex of tho cone toward the fire. —Good Housekeeping. 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Incidentally, you can easily figure out, that we are giving you absolutely the Biggest Reductions in the City inasmuch that the FREE PANTS we give you are one-third value of the suit ordered. Come and See and Convince Yourself. Come—You will not be asked to buy. MEN'S AND YOUNG MEN'S SUITS Tailored to A A and i Individual S i w '**s*,'. *' DUCHESS DE. CHCJSEUUT The Duchess de Choiseul. daughter of the late Charles Coudert. of New York, has been awarded the French gold medal for activity in war hos pital work, according to word receiv frorn Paris. The Ouchess de Chois eul has been active in relief work since the beginning of the war. de voting' her attention pa ticularly to the caro of tubercular French sol diers. 15 TO SHOW HOW TO PICK "SLACKER HENS" H. C. Knandel, of the Poultry Ex tension Department of State College* will conduct a culling and capomizlng demonstration on Tuesday and Wed nesday of next week, to the show the farmers of Dauphin county how to select hens for winter laying stock, and how to discriminate between "slacker" hens and patriots. The places where the demonstra tions will be conducted are: Tuesday, August 21, 9.30 a. m., Harry Espenshade, near Oakdale school* Tuesday, August 20, 2.30 p. m., A. H. Eby, near Campbelltown. Wednesday, August 31, 8.30 p. m„ C. P. Longenecker, Middletown. Wednesday, August 21, 2.30 p. tn., G. M. Phillips, south of Killinger. RESORTS ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. CHESTER HOUSE. 15 & 17 S. Georgia Ave. nr. Beach. Two squares from Reading Station. $2 daily; $lO up weekly. Mrs. T: Dlckerson. 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