EDDIE FLANK VERSUS JEFF TESREAU TOMORROW AT STEELTON; SYCAMORE CHAMPIONS
THE BLACK CATS
GET SCRATCHED
Kiwanis Treated the Stygian
Felines Roughly and Then
Fed 'em at Elks Club
The Black Cats of Camp Colt, un
der management of Captain ( Omar
Harris, the soldier-psychologist, who
started baseball in the Orient, met
the Black Demons, better known as
Kiwanis, yesterday afternoon, at the
West End grounds, and after this no
one need fear a black cat. With ag
gressive collateral talent made up of
renowned ball players from- various
colleges, the Black Cats clawed at
Pitcher Hinkle. but could not draw
blood. Hinkle proceeded leisurely as
a man sliding coal into your cellar
and each one of his shells were
aimed surfely. The Treat Em
Koughers only nicked his delivery
six times and most of them were
scratchy; albeit Holmes rode one
for three bases. Nine of his victims
died by the strikeout route.
Sterrick had a monopoly of hits for
Kiwanis, belting three times. A big
bunch of the advertising fraternity
turned out to support their heroes
and after the defeat they showed
what good fellows they are by enter
taining the Stygian felines at the
Elks Club on the fat of the land.
The game was so attractive and ex
citing that a return engagement was
immediately arranged for Thursday
next at Camp Colt. Story of the
caterwauling:
KIWANIS
R. H. O. A. E.
Fritz, rf 1 2 1 0 0
Darr, 3b 0 0 1 2 0
Sterrick, c ........ 1 3 9 3 9
Day. lb —0 0 3 0 0
Hargest, ss 0 0 0 0 0
T. Euker, cf 0 0 1 0 0
Lipman, 2b 0 0 0 0 0
Jefteries, If 0 0 2 0 0
Hinkle, p 0 1 0 2 0
Waltz, 2b 2 2 4 7 0
B. Euker, ss 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 4 8 21 14 0
BLACK CATS
R. H. O. A. E.
Hudd'n, lb 0 0 6 1 0
Lamb, ss 1 0 0 1 9
M'Bea'h, 2b 0 0 0 1 0
Holmes, ef, p.... 1 2 2 2 1
Mercer, If 0 0 9 9 ®
Pagan, 3b 0 0 0 0 0
Day. rf 0 1 0 0 0
Bun'g, c. 1f....... 0 0 10 0 0
Davfs, p......... 0 1 0 2 0
Steven, c......... 0 0 0 1 0
Wileyss 0 10 0 0
Shaw 01000
Totals 2 6 18 7 2
Black Kittens 100000 I—2
Kiwanis 100210 x—4
LiTwo base hit, Sterrick, 2; Wiley,
bnse hit, Holmes. Sacrifice
hits, r . Jefferies. Struck out, by
HinlGe, 9; Davis, 6; Holmes. Base on
balls. Hinkle, 3; Davis, 3; Holmes. 1.
Left on bases. Kiwanis. 1; Black Kit
tens, 0. Stolen Ljses, Davis. Passed
balls, Stevens. Fmpire, Jenny.
Big P. R. k. Shoot at
Conewago Range Tomorrow
B. F. Dickenson, secretary of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Keystone Rifle
Club, to-day sent out this notice:
The third shoot for our club mem
bers will be held on Saturday. August
24, on the range at Conewago. at
which time the N. R. A. expert course
will be shot, as follows:
All firing Is at 500 yards, no rest
being used. Slow Are: 5 prone. 5
kneeling, 5 squatting and 6 sitting.
Changing position fire; 4 strings of
five shots each. In the changing
position fire the target Is up five sec
onds and down five seconds. 140
points are required to qualify as ex
pert.
Any rifle and any sight can be used
in this match, and coaching will be
permitted. No sighting shots on the
day of the match.
Forty rounds of Krag ammunition
will be furnished free to each member
shooting a Krag rifle.
In addition to the qualifications,
prizes of Thrift Stamps for the two
highest scores will be awarded.
Entrance fee. nominal.
Challenges: If a competitor de
sires to challenge his shot, just fired,
for an alleged incorrect marking, he
must pay a fee to the range of
ficer. If the competitor's challenge is
sustained, and It Is shown that tne
marking was incorrect, the money
will be returned to him Immediately.
Match will start at 9 a. m.. and en
tries will be received up to 3.30 p. m.
This is a very interesting and im
portant match, and an extra effort
should be made to be present, as we
wish as large a list of qualifications
as possible.
Entries can be forwarded to the
secretary. Room 36. P. R. R. Station,
or handed to the range officer. Flow
ers,, on the day of the shoot.
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Sycamore Takes All Honors in
Playground Annual Track Meet
When It comes to winning track
meets
With an overwhelming score;
Why, you always want to look out
For that scrappy Sycamore.
Blazing hot sun and lack of talent
did not keep Sycamore from clean
ing up yesterday at the playground
track and held events at the island.
War and its industry nearly elimi
nated this very interesting athletic
diversion of Harrisburg, and there
were few seniors to compete. Hence,
no new record and a very small
held of competitors. Nevertheless,
Sycamore made a name for itself by
winning in all activities, running,
jumping, vaulting. In the light
weight class, which included all en
tries under seventy-live pounds, the
Sycamore outscored their opponents
by a large margin. The going was a
bit more closely contested in the
middleweight classes but the Syca
mores moved to the fore in each of
these.
When the final totals were taken,
the Sycamores were credited with
eighty-eight points, or in other words
they piled up more points than all
of the other playgrounds entered.
Following are the summaries;
Lightweight Class
High Jump
Miller, Emerald, first; Gilbert,
Sycamore, second; Hoffman, Maclay,
third; Broshier, Sycamore, fourth.
Winning distance, feet.
Running Broad Jump
Hogentogler, Sycamore, first;
Swartz. Sycamore, second; Blosser,
Maclay, third; Stranning, Twelfth,
fourth. Winning distance, 14 feet 7
1-4 inches.
Three Standing Broad Jumps
Zimmerman, Maclay, first: Bruch
ard, Sycamore, second; Miller, Emer
ald, third; Johnson. Maclay, fourth.
Winning distance, 18 feet 1-2 inch.
Fifty-Yard Bash
Swartz, Sycamore, first; Hoffman,
Maclay, second; Hogentogler, Syca
more, third: Gilbert, Sycamore,
fourth. Winning time, 7% seconds.
What They Did Yesterday;
Where They Play Today
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
American League
St. Louis, 1: Boston. 0.
New York. 5; Detriot, 3.
"Washington, 7; Cleveland, 1.
Philadelphia, 3: Chicago, 2.
National League
New York. 4; Chicago, 2 (10 ings.)
Cincinnati, 9 Phillies, 6.
Pittsburgh, 3; Boston, 0.
St. Louis, 9; Brooklyn, 3 (first
game.)
Brooklyn, 5; St. Louis, 2 (second
game.)
STANDING OF THE CLUBS
American League
W. L. Pet.
Boston 08 47 .59]
Cleveland 06 51 .564
Washington 04 53 , .547
New York 55 56 .495
Chicago 55 59 .482
St. Louis 53 60 .469
Detroit 49 65 .430
Philadelphia 47 08 .409
National League
W. L. Pet.
'Chicago 75 40 .652
New York 65 49 .570
Pittsburgh 62 53 .539
i Cincinnati 58 56 .508
Brooklyn 53 62 .461
i Philadelphia 49 63 .461
Boston 46 66 .421
| St. Louis 50 71 .413
SCHEDULE FOR TO-DAY
American League
! Chicago at Philadelphia.
St. Louis at Boston.
Detroit at New York.
Cleveland at Washington.
National League
Boston at Pittsburgh.
Brooklyn at St. Louis.
New York at Chicago.
Phillies at Cincinnati.
. MIDDLEWEIGHT CI.ASS
High Jump
Kitzmillcr, Emerald, first: Morris
Smith, Sycamore, second; Kelley,
1 Sycamore, third. Winning distance,
! 4 feet 2 inches.
Running Broad Jump
Morrissey—Sycamore, first: Mc-
Glinn, Sycamore, second: McClin
tock. Sycamore, third; Carrington,
Twelfth, fourth. Winning distance,
! 14 feet 1-2 inch.
Three Standing Broad Jumps
Steckley. Emerald, first; Keyes,
Twelfth, second: Smith. Twelfth,
; third. Winning distance, 22 feet 1-2
i inch.
Sixty-Yard Dash
Armstrong, Twelfth, first: Mc,
Glinn. Sycamore, second;. Smith,
Twelfth, third; Morrisey. Syca
more. fourth. Winning time. 8 and
1-5 jgconds.
HEAVYWEIGHT CLASS
Three Standing Broad Jumps
Albright. Sycamore, first: Snyder,
; second; Kelley. Sycamore, third:
i Johnson. Twelfth, fourth. Winning
; distance, 28 feet 1 inches.
Seventy-Five-Yard Dash
Albright. Sycamore, first; Venrtie,
Twelfth, second; Keyes. Twelfth,
third. Winning time, 14 3-5 sec
l onds.
Broad Jump
Sperl, Sycamore, first; Snyder,
Sycamore, second; Vennie. Twelfth,
j third; Yingst, Maclay. fourth. Win
ning distance. 17 feet 2% inches.
High Jump
Kelley, Sycamore, first; Westln
: hefer, Maclay. second; Cook, Syca
more, third; Keyes, Twelfth, fourth,
j Winning distance. 4 feet 8 inches.
SENIOR CLASS
i 100-Yard Dash
j Malick, Maclay, first; Bomersox,
, Maclay. second; Latherson, Maclay,
j third. Winning time. 11 and 2-5 sec
j onds.
400-Yard Dash
Malick. Maclay, first; Miller, Ma
. clay, second; Latherson. Maclav,
third. Winning time, 57 and 3-5
< seconds.
Swatara Entertains the
New uJnior League Team
Junior league Standing
W. L* Pet.
Summit 23 2 .920
Swatara 18 10 .642
Albions 8 16 .383
Crescents 4 22 .153
The newest entry into the Junior
League. Crescents, was thoroughly
initiated last evening into the mys
teries of fast company' by Swatara,
every one of whose athletes had at
least one clean hit Pjtcher Winks
was blinking at a lively rate as fhe
Swataras swat his swan song, but
biting his lips he faced the deluge
bravely. The 6core:
SWATARA
R. H. O. A. E.
A. Michlevitz, cf . . 2 2 1 0 0
Layton. rf 2 3 0 0 o
Prowell, If 1 l i 0 0
M. Michlevitz, 3b . 1 2 1 l o
Spover. ss 1 2 2 3 0
Nye. 2b 1 i 2 2 0
Lutz. lb 3 2 7 0 0
Sperl, c 1 1 5.0 0
McLinn, p 1 l 2 1 1
Totals 13 15 21 7 1
CRESCENTS
R. H. O. A. E.
Smith, cf 1 l 2 0 1
Sheaffer, rf 1 l i o 0
Gigar. If 0 0 0 0.. 0
O'Donel. 3h 0 l l i i
Bowman, ss 1 l 3 1 1
Martin, 2b "O'l 1 2 2
Geary, lb 0 1 6 0 1
McCleaster. c 0 0 5 1 0
Winks, p 1 1 2 2 0
Totals 4 7 21 7 6
Swatara 011241 4—13
Crescents .....101101 0— 4
Two-base hits, Layton, Lcntz..
Three-base hit, Winks. Sacrifice
hits. Prowell, Nye, Sperl. Gigar.
Double plays. Swatara, 3; Crescent,
1. Struck out, by McLinn. •; Winks,
5. Base on balls, oft McLinn, 5;
Winks, 4. Left on base. Swatara,
10; Crescent, 6. Stolen bases, Shover,
Lentz, A. Michlevitz, Shover, Lentz!
3; Sperl, Smith. Passed balls, Sperl,
2: McCleaster, 3. Innings pitched,
McLinn, 7; Winks, 7. Time, 1.34.
Umpire, Boatman. _ i
Perry County Championship
to Be Decided Tomorrow
The third and deciding game of
the series between Blain and the
Duncannon team for the champion
ship of Perry county will be played
on the Duncannon athletic field to
morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. Each
team has a game to its credit with
close scores. The deciding game
promises to be an exciting one.
HOME FROM WESTER.I TRIP
Meehanlcaburg, Pa., Aug. 33.—After
visiting the past month in Kansas,
and Lincoln, Neb., Mrs. M. Grant
Mohler and small daughter, Mary
Elizabeth, returned to their home
lierp. Mr. and Mrs. Marlin Mohler.
and Mr, and Mrs, William Good, of
North Canton, 0., left for their home
in that place yesterdny, after spend
ing some tlma at the home of M.
Grant Mohler, and attending tile
Mohler reunion at Ephrata.
HXBJRISBtnRG tgSßgft TELEGRAPH
"RINGER" HELPS
BELMONT WIN
Brutal Bickering in Industrial
League Causes Protest, but
Does Not Stop Game
The Belmonts won. The Belmontsl
didn't win. Yes they dl<J. They beat!
the Baptists, 6-2, over at the Island)
last night. Yes, but they had a I
ringer in the game, Rosenberger,'
who is not a member of the Belmont.)
but belongs to the Baptists. We'll j
play you. but whatever happens we'll j
protest the game and it won't count, j
S'allright.
The usual evening bicker broke |
out again and while raged and j
hot words passed the Belmonts went!
right ahead and won, 6-2. The game I
was a good one. at that, heavy artil- j
lery on the part of Belmont doing I
great damage.
The other New Industrial League:
game, in which Suburban trimmed
Appleby, 11-8, was a far more bril-j
liant heavy fire. Ten runs in three i
innings was the Suburban record.
Hocker and Baumgardner pushing'!
back the Appleby salient in rude j
fashion. Baumgardner hit a nille, t
scoring three men. Passed by cen-|
sor:
BAPTIST
R. H. O. A. E.
W. Swartz, lb 1 0 0 2 0
Anderson, 2b 0 0 0 1 0
Trobino, Sb. c. .... 0 0 0 0 0
Cimino, 0 1 0 1 0
Stahl, p 0 1 8 1 0
Hunter, cf 0 0 0 0 0
L'Santis, ss 1 1 2 0 1
Rudy, If 0 1 0 0 0
Hall, rf 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 2 5 12 3 1
BELMONT
R. H. O. A. E.
Howard, c. cf. .... 1 1 3 0 0
Rosenberger, p. .. 116 2 0
Motimer. lb. c, .. 2 2 0 0 1
Young, 2b 0 1 1 3 0
Fissel, ss 1 2 1 0 0
G. Davis, 3 b 1 l 2 1 0
Davis, If. lb 0 0 2 0 0
Cain, rf 0 0 0 0 0
Henderson, cf 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 6 8 14 6 1
Baptist 1 l o 0 0 o—2
Belmont 3 0 1 0 2 * —6
Struck out, Stahl, 6; Rosenberger,
6. Base on balls, Stahl. 2; Rosen
ger, 2. Umpire, S. Barbush.
SUBURBAN
R. H. O. A. E.
Cohen, rf 1 o 0 0 0
Cooper, p 4 l' l 3 0
Hocker, cf 2 1 2 0 1
Bumgardner, lb. .. 2 2 4 0 0
Beatty, ss 1 i 2 0 1
H. Shuey, If 1 o 1 1 0
Clark, 3b 0 2 0 0 0
C. Shuey, c. 2b. .. 0 0 1 1 o
Harle, 2b 0 0 1 1 o
Matchett, c 0 0 8 0 0
Totals 11 7 17 5 2
APPLEBY
R. H. O. A. E.
Levan, lb 0 0 6 0 0
Lick. 2b 0 3 1 4 o
Benfer, c 0 0 9 0 o
Garber, If 2 2 0 0 0
Lightner, ss 2 0 1 0 0
Appleby, 3b 1 2 0 0 0
Kean, cf. 1 l o Q Q
Faust, rf 1 i o jj 0
Dempwolf, p 1 i i o 0
Saunders, p 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 8 10 18 6 1
Appleby 0206 00 0— 8
Suburban 1 0* 2 5 3 0 x 11
Two-base hit, Hocker. Three-base
hit, Baumgardner. Struck out
Cooper, T; Dempwolf, 2; Saunders. 4!
Base on balls, Cooper. 4; Dempwolf
5; Saunders, 5. Hit by pitcher!
Hocker, 2; H. Shuey, Saunders. Time
1.40. Umpires ,Harle and Dill.
FARMER'S EXCURSION
Waynesboro, Pa., Aug. 23.—Farm
Agent J. S. Oberle has arranged for
a tour of Franklin county farms.
The tour is under the direction of
the farm bureau and. is known as
the "Farmers' Automobile Excur
sion." The trip will cover the entire
day, starting at Chambersburg at 9
o'clock and concluding at Mont Alto
about 5. Among the sights to be
seen during the travel of the far
mers will be Poland China hogs
Brown Swiss cattle. Hampshire
sheep; a 10-acre field of Soy beans
owned by H. K. Hagerman's; pure
Percheroa horses and 300 acres of
apple orchards owned by Edward
Nicodemus; a modern dairy farm,
milking machines in operation, silos
and alfalfa, owned by W F Bark
doll, near Mont Alto.
CHAUTAUQUA AT CARLISLE
Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 23.—Carlisle's
annual Chautauqua opened to-day
with a large attendance and will con
tinue until next Wednesday A
feature this year will be the junior
Chautauqua and a pageant which will
be given by the members of the or.
gmization.
PROMOTED TO MAJOR
' Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 26.—Captain
Bachmayor, of the United States
Army, who is in Carlisle superintend
lng tne changes necessary to con
vert the Carlisle Indian school pS
l L re,>a b , "tatlon hospital for the
War Department has Just received a
commission as major and is expected
to remain here for a considerable
period and probably permanently as
head of the new institution. The
school will close next week and re
modeling has already begun
25,000 PEOPLE AT
WILLIAMS GROVE
The Mechanicsburg Red Cross
Chapter Has Big Day at
Industrial Exhibit
Mrchanlcsharg, Pa.. Aug. 23.—Hun
dreds of dollars will be poured into
the coffers of the Red Cross through
the efforts of the Mechanicsburg
chapter assisted by the auxiliaries,
yesterday, at the second annual Farm
ers' and Industrial Exhibit at Wil
liams Grove and known as Red Cross
Day.
The .exhibition, which is held this
week, is under the management of
Grant Westhafer, and it is estimated
that fully 25.000 people visited the
grove yesterday. From daylight till
dark, this famous picnic ground was
the mecca for people from far and
near. As railroad accommodations,
under war conditions, were inade
quate. practically everything that had
wheels carried its full qquota of peo
ple. Thousands of automobiles and
teams were parked in fields and
farmyards in the vicinity of the
grove. South Market street, Mechan
icsburg. which is the direct route
from this locality, was filled by a
steady stream of automobiles and
vehicles going and coming the whole
day.
On the grounds were exhibitors of
farming implements and machinery,
automobiles and merchants. Red
Cross booths flourished and the "tag
gers" put in a bpsy day. A feature
that attracted considerable attention
was a miniature United States Bat
tleship built around a kiddtekafl;
by Dan Wheeler. 29 Nineteenth street,
Harrisburg. A Red Cross box occu
pied a prominent position on the ship
and gathered in its quota of coin.
At 2 o'clock. Red Cross members
paraded with the New Cumberland
and Logansville bands. The Girls'
Milita.y Service Corps was also in
line and a miniature float, contain
ing United States hospital buildings,
ambulances and battleships, presided
over ,by. "Uncle Sam."
Among the speakers were: Captain
Frank Schwab, an English officer of
the Royal Field Artillery, who be
longed to Kitchener's "first one hun
dred thousand, '*■ and saw the first
gas attack launched by the Germans.
He praised the wonderful work of the
American soldiers and said the end
of the war depenls on the people
back home. "It is not patriotic," he
asserted, "to support the Red Cross,
but duty!" "The finest thing that
ever happened, was when America
came into the war—before that time
England called you 'cousins,' but now,
he declared, they all call you 'broth
ers!" "
Professor Charles Richardson, of
the University of Maryland, spoke
in the interest of the American Red
Cross and another speaker was Scott
Lelby, of Newport John D. Faller,
of Mechanicsburg introduced the
speakers.
The committees included: the Rev.
Hall Sharp, chairman; exhibition of
surgical dressings—Mrs. M. E. Ander
son, Mrs, Bertha H. Myers, fortune
telling—Mrs. Richard R. Spahr. Miss
Mariana Mumper, Miss Anna Schroed
er Miss Anna Schroeder: hurdygurdy,
Miss Saira Swartz, Miss Sara Mum
ma, Miss Romaina Mumma and Miss
Elizabeth Slyder; dolls, Miss N. W.
Hershner, Mrs. H. C. Dewey, Mrs.
John D. Faller, Mrs. E. C. Gardner,
Miss Grace Gardner and Mrs. J. W.
Brandt; soft drinks, Mrs. Arthur N.
Young, Miss Violet Beitzel, Miss Mar
ietta Sultzaberger, Mrs. R. A. Hart,
Mrs. Charles Eberly and Miss Agnes
Mumma; tag committee. Miss Cath
erine Keefer, Miss Jeaq, Sample, Mrs.
R. M. Martin, Miss Virginia Bishop,
Miss Claribel Geiger, Miss Anna
Eloyd, Miss Helen Bentz, Miss Marie
Eckels. Miss Mildred Hertzler, Miss
Doris Wilcox, Miss Katharine Hit
ter. Miss Ruby Fry, Miss Katharine
Bentz. Mrs. Eckels, Miss Viola Moore,
Mrs. F. E. Wilcox, Mrs. C. E. Brindel,
Miss Mary Goodhart, Mrs. N. L Seger,
Mrs. H. M. Damb, Miss Esther Ryan,
Mrs. George Wertz, Mrs. Huntsberger,
Miss Anderson. Miss Elizabeth Martin,
Miss Geneve Coleman, Earl Ryan,
Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. R. B. Schroeder,
Mrs. Ed. Nallor, and Mrs. Castle; Ice
cream. Mrs. A. F. Schafhirt, Mrs.
Corda Kunkle, Miss Nelle Beitzel,
Miss Carrie Anderson and Mrs. Mer
vin Lamb.
PI/AN" NEW ACTIVITIES
Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 23. —Telling of
the accomplishments of the last year
and planning for new activities,
among them work for the passage of
the constitutional dry amendment,
delegates from all parts of Cumber
land county met yesterday in St.
Paul's Lutheran Church here in the
annual county convention. There are
now sixteen branches in the county
with an active membership of 467
and 85 honorary workers. •
The following officers t were
elected: President, Mrs. Cora Van
Kirk, vice-president Mrs. Charles
Umberger. corresponding secretary,
Mrs. Minnie S. Lerew; recording
secretary. Mrs. Beryl Myers Smith;
treasurer, Mrs. Elizabeth W. Man
ning.
PRISONER ESCAPES FROM JAIL
Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 26.—Climbing
over the wall while in the yard fdr
exercise, Lewis Coffey, a Shlppens
burg youth, awaiting transportation
to the Huntingdon Reformatory es
caped from the Cumberland county
jail last evening and has not yet
been located. He reached the top by
crawling up on projections in the
wall and is believed to have jumped
from the top, A distance of about 25
feet
Serves With Signal Corps
ROBERT R. SIIULER
Robert R. Shuler, son of Elmer
Shuler, 334 Swatara street, has ar
rived safely In France, according to
word received here. He is a mem
ber of the Signal Corps.
When Tom Marshall Went
"Jugging" on Mississippi
"Jugging on the Mississippi river!"
This is not a transgression of the
prohibition laws, neither is it akin to
"bootlegging.' This method of fish
ing dates back to the advent of those
Jesuit Fathers, who record the his
toric fact of "Jugging" in their
early writings. The Indians who
made their homes along the Missis
sippi, found a shortage—as usual—
in jugg, there being an extreme
scarcity of stoneware on the market.
As a crude substitute the Indians
secured from the buffalo, which at
that time roamed the prairies, nu
merous bladders, which they fleshed,
I dried, inflated with air, tied with a
deer sinew and then dried and
smoked them until they much re
sembled parchment. were then
ready tf be utilized as floats during
the annual fishing carnival.' which
usually extended over a period of
several days, and was made a con
tinuous round of pleasure. Canoes
were loaded with many warriors, na
tive and visiting, an extended trip
was made up the river, to a point
which would require a given time to ,
float back to the established Indian
village. At a given signal frbm the
chief, all bladders with short lines
and primitive hooks attached were
thrown into the river, after having
been baited with duck intestines,
which are very seductive to catfish.
A three or four-mile current floated
them quietly along until the bait was
assailed by a voracious channel cat
fish. Having hooked himself, the
bladder immediately disappeared be
low the surface, there to remain un
til the fish slacked away, at which
time the bladder would bob to the
surface, in the interim, being towed
by the hooked fish very rapidly and
pursued by the Indians in their
canoes, the first to grasp the trav
eling bladder to become owner of
the fish, when landed. The duration
of the race depended upon the size
and the pep of the fish that was
hooked. The floating arrival at the
village was at all times followed by
a free-for-all fish barbecue.
Being conversant with the history
of "Bladder Jugging," I was delight
ed when my friends. E. J. Tobie and
O. H. Lloyd, invited me to join them
in a "Jngg fishing carnival," in which
contest, half gallon jugs were sub
stituted for buffalo bladders and the
Ashing grounds between New Boston
and Keithsburg. Illinois, on the Mis
sissippi river, a distance of about
seven miles.
There was no wind to drift our
jugs ashore, hence conditions were
ideal. Before we had our full bat
tery of jugs at work, we had a chal
lenge from a six-pound catfish, who
had attached himself to one of our
Jugs and was splitting the water in
a wild effort to escape, the jug
would occasionally disappear, to soon
appear upon the surface with a
Jump. The oars were popping in. the i
open oar locks, as we pursued the I
traveling Jug, which we finally sepa
rated from a nice silver colored cat
fish. "There he goes," was the im
mediate announcement, before we
could rebate the hook, again the race
was on for an exciting few minutes,
the winning of the race meant an
additional catfish for our live box.
An occasional line would snag, turn
ing in a most realistic false alarm
as the Jug would disappear, but re
appearing at the same spot told the
story of a snagged line. Our catches
were numerous, the innovation sport
was great diversion in addition to
being a real meat getter. The old
Mississippi river the, original home of
the sport of Jug-fishing. A diversion
for fishermen not anglers.
AUGUST 23, 1918.
Tesreau and Plank in Red Cross Game
At Cottage Hill Tomorrow Afternoon
A great crowd is expected to travel
to Cottage Hill to-morrow when Jeff
Tesreau, renowned righthand pitch
er is to face Eddie Plank, the nation's
southpaw celebrity, in a game be
tween Steelton and Bethlehem, the
entire receipts of which go to the
Red Cross. An hour before the call |
of game, which begins at 2.30, the
famous Steelton band will play gay
airs to amuse the multitude.
The Red Cross folk aro making
preparations to take care of 5,000
spectators and ropes were stretched
to-day along the side lines.
Tickets are for sale to-day at Gor
ges' drug store, Third street, and at
Fairlamb's cigar store.
As the pennant will go, in all prob
ability, to Steelton, first, and then
either to Bethlehem or AVilmington,
this game should be highly exciting,
for outside of that Plank and Tes
reau will pitch their arms off to win.
This will be the last game played at
Cottage Hill by major league talent.
George "Kid" Stutz will not be
part of this fracas, for the "Kid" is
now at Camp Meade. He was valu
able to Steelton in many a pinch and
he made a host of friends with his
speed and eagerness to help.
The Steelton management do not
seem to be greatly alarmed at tho
closeness of the race. They say that
if Steelton wins one of the two games
remaining in the schedule she will I
get the flag. The Bethlehemites, how- |
ever, do not take such a sure view
of it. Says one writer:
"While Steelton, league leaders,
have a hold. on first place in the
standing, every team in tho circuit
with the exception of Fore River, has I
ft chance of cutting down the Cockill!
crew and win out in the final race |
which comes to a close on September i
2. The lead enjoyed by Steelton is
not as great as it seems when it is
taken into consideration that team
has more games to play to com
plete the schedule of twenty games.
. All. the other teams with the excep
tion of fiethlehem and Sparrows
Point have more contests to stage.
Lebanon, second last in the league
standing, has a chance to outstep the
Steelton crowd. Due to postpone
ments on account of weather and
the protested game to be replayed,
Lebanon has five more games to go
to complete its schedule. A win in all
these contests with two defeats for
Steelton would place Lebanon in the
league lead.
"The chances for Wilmington ap
pear the best, this team being only |
one game behind the league leaders
in the number of games lost and
have one more game to play than
Steelton. With a chance for all teams,
the remaining contests will be hotly
fought. The number of games to be
played by each team during the re
mainder of the season is as follows:
Steelton, two; Wilmington, three:
Bethlehem, two; Sparrows Point,
two: Lebanon, five: Fore River, four.
Eddie Plank worked yesterday, de
feating the American Chain plant
team at York, 6-0. Pierce and Ram
sey also took part, so that Plank will
be in form to pitch on Saturday.
The largest crowd of the season
saw this battle at York. The locals
made some errors of omission. This
and slow fielding alone permitted the
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visitors to score. They were held
down to two runs until a walk, a
short, hit over second which should
have been taken and a like one to
right added by several safe wallops
scored four runs. Plank was touch
ed for three hits. Empling, of Spar
rows Point steel team, in the box
for the locals, pitched almost shut
out ball and had Jje been backed
properly the tale might have been
different.
The score:
STEELTON
R. H. O. A. E.
Hunter, rf 0 1 3 0 0
Knight, 3b 1 2 2 1 0
Beal. cf . 0 0 0 0 0
Ka'm'n. lb 0 1 7 0 2
McCarty, 2b 1 2 4 4 0
Roache, ss ........ 2 0 0 3 0
Edmu'm, If 2 2 2 0 0
Peterson, c 0 2 6 0 0
Plank, p 0 0 0 0 0
Pierce, p 0 0 0 1 0
Ramsey, p' 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 6 10 2 4 9 2
AMERICAN CHAIN
R. H. O. A. E.
Oyler, lb 0 1 10 1 0
Paterson, cf 0 1 1 0 0
Barten'r, ss 0 3 1 8 0
Stover, 2 b 0 1 4 5 1
Billet, rf 0 0 1 0 0
Eline, 3b 0 0 1 1 0
Chro'r, If 0 0 3 0 0
Ernst, c 0 0 3 2 0
Empling, p 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 0 6 24 17 1
Steelton 01010004 o—6
j York 00000000 o—®
j Base on balls, off Ramsey, 2; ofl
Empling, 2; struck out, by Plank, 3;
! by Pierce, 1; by Ramsey, 1: by Emp-
I ling, 2; two bdse hit, Edmunson;
I three-base hit, Oyler: stolen bases
I" Knight, 2; Beal. 1; Bartcnschlager:
hits, oft Plank, 3 in 2 innings; ofl
I Pierce, 2 in 3 innings; off Ramsgy
1 in 3 innings; umpires, Eichbergei
and Helfrich: scorar, Owens.
Ordnance Plants Being
Pushed to Completion
For Fighting Germans
By Associated Press
Washington, Aug. 23.—Comple
tion of nineteen out of twenty-sis
proposed plants for the production
of gun carriages and recoil mechan
isms was announced to-day by the
ordnance bureau of the War De
partment. Of the seven other plants
four are !i8 per cent, complete arid
the others are more than 85 per cent,
complete. All of the plants are in
operation.
RECOVERING FROM WOUND
Waynesboro, Pa., Aug. 23.—Mrs,
Minnie Dewees, of Blue Ridge Sum
mit, has received a letter from her
son. Corporal James L. Dewees, Com
pany A, Twenty-sixth United States
Infantry, now in Prance, stating
that he has recovered from his
wound of several weeks ago and ex
pects to be back on the firing line
within a few days. He was wounded
by a machine gun bullet.
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