Harrisburg telegraph. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, August 26, 1918, Image 9
CUBS CINCH FIRST PLACE AND SERIES WILL START AT CHICAGO; WAR BOOSTING ALL SPORTS WAR BOOMING EVERY SPORT Commission on the Training Camp Activities to Stage Meet at Boston Sept 7 The perfeotly amazing growth of athletics of *ll kinds In America since she Vntered the war will be demonstrated on September T, when the greatest sporting event that ever transpired In New England will bo staged at Harvard Stadium. Boston, under the direction of the War and Navv Departments Commissions on Training Camp Activities. Representatives from every mili tary and naval camp in New Eng l&nd will partieipate in the carnival. The entries will run into the thou sands. Many athletic stars now in the service will compete. President Wilson haa been Invited to attend. The folllowirts committee has been appointed to make arrangements for the carnival: George V. Brown, dis-1 trict athletic director of the Navy | Department Commission on Training Camp Activities; lieut. Leon M. Lit-1 tie. U. & N.: Lieut. Mathewson, U. S. A., and Hugh C. McGrath. * fit Boston. This announcement came to-day from Washington and along with it a j statement from Raymond B. Fos- j diet, chairman of the War Depart-1 raent Commission on Training Cam p j Activities, who returned recently | from the American front in France' where he made a two months' study; of the relief and recreational work • that is being carried on among our > expeditionary- forces. "Our soldiers in France." says he. i '"are the iinest sportsmen In thai world. Their sportsmanship is mani- i fasted in everything they do. What l is more, the sports our men are j playing overseas such as baseball, j football and soccer and boxing and I wrestling are making them better fighters. "Sports probably are the raest pop ular form of diversion among our troops overseas. The men piay at every opportunity, and it seems that | they instinctively turd to athletics! for their. amusement. I have seen soldiers return to their rest billets I after a 'hard go' in the trenches and immediately begin to play baseball. | football and soccer and engage in j boxing and wrestling bouts tired j though they were. "Baseball is the most popular. Onei day I witnessed a game in the his-| torie Tuilleries Gardenu in Paris, be- j tween American soldiers and sailors j stationed there. The next day up near 1 the front lines I saw troops whoj were to make an attack on the fol-1 lowing morning playing as long as| daylight permitted, and I am sure! each player fought a little better on the next day as a result of the di- 1 version." Dunc?rron Wins Title A of Perry County Duncannon won the baseball cham- I pionship of Perry county from Blain j on Saturday before an enthusiastic j crowd which was divided in its ap- ; plause. The Blain Vocational School, 1 which had staged many a clever game . in the season, was not able to score j off Pitcher Biever, the Harrisburg; phenom. who in some mysterious manner suddenly became a Duncan nonite. Another familiar form which had considerable to do with Duncan- ] non winning. 8-0. was Bobby Clark.' formerly first baseman at Steelton. ther. with the Allison Hill League. Bobby swung the ash for a homer with two men ahead of him. Dun- | cannon had a total of 16 hits off the Blain twirlers, Gibson and Karns. The score: BL.MN R. H. O. A. E. M. Bower, c, o 0 2 3 0 C. Bower, as 0 7 2 3 1 Spotts. If. 0 0 3 1 0 i Scheffer, lb 0 0 1 5 0 Gibson, p, lb. ....... 0 15 2 0 Clay. 2b 0 2 0 1 0 Johnson, rf 0 2 0 0 Ck Anderson, cf. 0 0 0 0 0 Kama lb, p 0 11 1 3 o Totals 0 7 24 IS 1 DUNCANNON • R. H. O. A. E. waltz, c. 1 2 13 o 0 Deha'n. rf. 1 o 0 0 0 Biever, p 1 i a 2 0 Clark, lb 2 2 5 0 0 Garverich. If 1 4 0 ,0 0 ; Hinkle. 2b, 13 6 10 >L McC*y, 3b. 1 2 0 2 0 | Carson, cf, 0 2 1 0 0 1 Anis. ss 0 0 0 2 0 ; Totals g 16 27 7 0 I Blain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ! Duncannon .... 32100020 x i ; What They Did Yesterday; Where They Play Today YESTERDAY'S RESULTS American League Washington. 6; Chicago. 9 (first! game)). Washington. 5; Chicago. 3 (second game)). Other clubs not scheduled. 1 National League Chicago, 5; Brooklyn, 3 first game). Brooklyn. 2; Chicago. 1 tsecond game). Boston. S: Cincinnati. 7 (first game). Cincinnati. 2; Boston, 0 (second game. 7 innings). SL Louis-New Vork, rain. STANDING OF THE CLUBS American League W. L. PC 1 Boston % 70 47 .59, Cleveland 67 52 .562 Washington 67 54 .554 New York 56 57 .496 Chicago 57 62 .479 St. Louis 54 61 .477 ' Detroit 50 65 .431 Philadelphia 4S 70 .407; National League w - u PC. Chicago 79 41 .65? New York 65 50 .565 : Pittsburgh 63 55 534 Cincinnati .... 61 57 .517, Brooklyn 54 65 . 454 Philadelphia ..... .... 50 65 .435 I Boston ;... 50 68 .424 1 SL Louis 50 71 .413. SCHEDULE FOR TODAY American League Chicago at Washington. SL Louis at New York. Detroit at Boston. Cleveland at Philadelphia. National League Boston at Cincinnati. Brooklyn at Chicago. New York at St. Louis. Philadelphia at Pittsburgh. OPEN HEARTH WON SATURDAY ; In the Central Iron and Steel Lea- ' gue on Saturday 'Open Hearth beat Mill No. 2 by the score of 14-7. The battery for the winners were Shade and Hippensteel and for the losers. Shearer and G. Swartz. To-day the j schedule calls for Mill No. 2 versus ' the Giants. MONDAY EVENING, bnoodles .*■;* He Was Staging a North Pole Scene B*y H 11TLQC T~j~()T*CL ' pSwdbr. ! (Vision- DHL'S " ) ( Powder ) . (NOW wil.l. You 7KIP ADDISON V , "V Ueeftse feu. MtrJ was a Polar. O V,SHAN)<N& < CANT VI ' ALL-THIS ) / BEAR AND '-dsn _ fURS English Women Smoking Cigarettes Shock Yankee Soldier-Athles The English people are beginning to know America and our dear old friend, the London Times. "The Thunderer," which never before re corded much of American events be 'yond an occasional lynching, now i devotes columns to Yankeeland. Here is a remarkably flattering ap preciation written by one of its high price contributors which should in terest every one, even though he or she take no interest in sports. This discerning scribe tells: "Ita precise situation does not mat ter. It is in England; that is the important, the wonderful fact. Take a map and select some high, windy spot whence you can get a view over miles of English country, hill and dale and woodland, and it will do for the American camp. One other thing is neded before the imagination can fully comprehend this portent. The high. Windy spot must be within walking distance of an old English town, which has an intimate place in our early history and ot?ns as many legends as would make a book of ro mance and enchantment. "Many Americans visited the town in the old days. They were then in a hurry, and did not mind what they paid to get in and out again quick ly. They used to 'do' the town; and the townspeople, perceiving their lavishness and being simple folk, perhaps, fell into a habit of 'doing* them. But neither party to the transaction seems to have com plained. The town grew accustomed to being polished off In the course of half a day or so. while the Amer icans were delighted at ticking an other name in their guide books. "Their successors actually occupy a 'rest' camp. It is true that they do not sit down for very long, for they are on business and rather pressing business. But every provi sion is made for their comfort, which they have made themselves. So it comes about that, stumbling on the i camp by chance, a man who has I known the high, windy spot in the ! days of peace is at first a "little dazed by the transformation wrought by war. The streets of huts remind him of the towns that grow up in a night in a colony. There is a shock between them and hallowed history and tradition, as though some Smithvillc or Brown's City had Rest ed In the ruins of Pompeii and were raising its crest in defiance of the heavy hand of Time. Then, his eye lighting on open spaces and certain mysterious nets, he recognizes the indefeasible signs of the race. The squatters have brought their sports ' with them as well as their provi- \ stons. Here they box, and over there ! they chase a ball. With the nets they fish for physical health and fit- ! ness. Most Solemn of the .Miles Apparently, the haul Is greaL Of ! the thousands of men in the prime of ( their youth who march along the I P. and R. Players Meet Defeat at Lebanon The Philadelphia division ball team of the P. R. R. lost to Lebanon on Saturday to a team made up of Beth lehem Steel League players, men on the second string, score 10-0. Light and Yeiser were stars in the galaxy and Harrisburgers had small chance to win. This Lebanon team comprises Steel League players who are ineli gible as yet for regular work. Stroud, formerly of Detroit, was on the mound for Lebanon, and in field ing. Stowe and Geary featured. The score:. LEBANON • R. H. O. A. E. Stowe. ss, 3 1 1 4 0 Yeiser. If 3 4 4 0 0 Light, 2b, 1 3 3 3 0 Shultz. cf 1 2 2 0 0 Mecherley, 3b 2 1 1 0 0 Beebe, lb 0 0 10 0 0 Mains, df 0 l o 0 0 Lalonge, c, 0 1 8 0 0 Stroud, p, 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 10 13 27 8 0 HARRISBURG DIVISION R. H. O. A. E. Shafer, 3b 0 2 0 5 0 Thompson, If, 0 0 3 0 0 Levan, cf, p. 0 1 3 0 0 Johnson, p. cf, 0 0 13 0 Geary, es. 0 1 3 4 1 Hippensteel, c. 0 0 4 1 0 Walters, lb, 0 0 9 2 1 Peters, rf. 0 1 0 0 0 Hdiney, *2b 0 0 1 1 1 Totals 0 S 24 16 3 Hby. Division 000000000— 0 Lebanon 201042 10 x—lo Two-base hits, Yeiser. Stowe. Three-base hit. Geary. Sacrifice hits. Yeiser, Stowe. Double plays. Geary to Walters to Hippensteel: Light to Stowe to Beebe. Struck out by, John son,3; Stroud, 8. Base oh balls, John son. 1. Stolen bases, Lebanon S*. First base on errors, Lebanon 1. Wild pitches, Johnson. TSED MAILS ILLEGALLY Henry Milton is being held by Post Office Inspector Lucas on the charge of using the United States mail to defraud. United States Com missioner Wolfe has not yet given him a hearing. Milton is said to have written to H. R. Anderson, Coates vllle, posing as his son and asking for money because he was sick. On Saturday when he lifted a lettef with money from Anderson from the post office, he was grrested. MADE SECOND LIEUTENANT • Harvey W. Fritz. 1304 Market street, has been commissioned a sec ond lieutenant in the Quartermasters' Corps of the United States Army. memoried roads, not one seems bur dened with nerves or an ache. Most ot them are tali, and ail have the kind of chest that throws out a tunic. Nor do they need the Bib lical injunction to r/foice in the days of their youth. They exult in the play of every muscle and sinew. But behind the lean, brown faces lurks a notable seriousness. The British sol dier smiles when he is most earn est, but these men, on the contrary, carry the gravity of war in their keen eyes and set lips. They are the most solemn of the Allies. "So much for an impression of them on the march. At play, they let loose the wild humor of Mark Twain, compared with which all British fun. save the East-ender's when he is really out for the day, is prim and even grim. The same man who talks to you of common things with the decorum of a finishing school for young women is changed into a yelling, gesticulating wild man the moment he sets foot on the base ball ground. "Set down here on this most Eng lish soil, and staying but a little while, they study the country. Men tion the local legends, and you dis cover that they have formed opinions on them. They possess quite a nice sense of where history ends and ro mance begins. Obe of them, dis cussing the subject with me. ex pressed definite views on the burial place of a renowned hero. This man was a chauffeur. The whirlwind pace he drove at may have, given him leisure for speculation. All I could do was listen and hold on: so the theory cannot get Into print. It was not so fascinating in any case, as the spectacle of the man himself, taken from a remote American state, conveyed over a few thousand miles of land and sea, and planted on thts sacred ground to each an English man his own antiquities. Not arro gantly, by any means, but with a winning air of suggestion. "Arrogance, boasting, 'side,' or 'swank' are all alien to the average American soldier. If there are more modest or more shy men on the face of the globe than these campers-out, they must live in some as yet undis covered spot, in the heart of Africa or at the Poles. "It is, however, notorious that America can claim a larger variety of humanity than most countries. One casual acquaintance In this camp came from Georgia, and an other. who claimed New England as his home, told how a small census had been taken of a dozen soldiers selected at random, by .whom eight states were represented. It was the man from New England who let me into the secret of what shocks the American soldier in England. Un less he happens to be familiar with the hands of the 'idle rich' in big towns, he is struck either dumb or into 'language' by the sight of wom en smoking cigarets." Tom Marshall Gives the Definition of "Fish Hog" Question —How are the gauges of shotguns estimated? ! Indianapolis, Ind. John Morgan. : Before the days of micrometers or other instruments for accurate meas • uremcnts came into general use, J spherical balls of lead were fitted to the bore than weighed up the number I to the pound then decided the gauge. There is now a slight variation. Question —Did German carp come i front Germany? Are they a good ! table fish?" Dixon. 111. G. H. J. About forty-three years since they ! were imported from the land of the , Hun, they now claim to be natural j ized or neutral. Thousands of tons of [ carp are shipped to the Ghetto dis tricts in New York and other large '' cities. Carp are good rustlers, scav engers and breeders, but not good as j a table delicacy. They are known gs "Fish Hogs" due to their root -1 ing proclivities. Question —What has become of those veteran trapshots Captain Bo gardus and Dr. Carver? Denver. Col. Arch Nilander. Answer—Bogardus has crossed the Great Divide, has eliminated wing I shooting in his present environments. | Carver is on the Orpheum circuit j with his diving horses, he has not j been seen in the trapshooting world i for many years, FIVE INJURED ON SATURDAY Mrs. Katie Albright. 310 South j twenty-ninth street, received a frac i tured shoulder, and her husband, R. M. Albright, and two children, recelv- I ed minor injuries when the motor i cycle they were riding was struck by an automobile at Progress. John ' Korsno. 431 South Second street, sus tained a dislocated shoulder when he wa ? JU ruclc b> " an automobile at Front and Walnut streets, Saturday night. SALTATION ARMY "PENNY" DAY For the purpose of financing their work in this city and vicinity, of ficials of the Salvation Army, will stage a "Penny Day" campaign to morrow. Despite the fact that not as many workers have been secured as had been desired, the campaign will be carried out as planned. AC t EPTED FOn Y. M. C. A. SERVICE Word have been received by Wil liam R. Bennett. 228 Emerald street, advising him of hie acceptance for Y. M. C. A. service overseas. He is an agency organizer for a life Insur ance company. He will sail for France as soon as a passport can be obtained. BLAJtRJHBURO TELEGRAPH SERIES STARTS AT CHICAGO World Baseball Title Games Not Yet Arrangeed, Presi dent Frazee Objecting Ban Johnson, who is getting to be about as unpopular in baseball as the Hun autocrat is iiF the whole uni verse, has given out the plans for the world's series, although, hereto fore this was always done by the National Commission. His program calls for the first three games at Chi cago, but President H. It. Frazee, of the Red Sox, said last night ne would not agree to this, and went on: "Such a schedule is not only very unfair to the Boston Club, out it is an insult to Boston fans and to the best baseball town in the American League. "While it has been the custom for the contending club owners to toss a coin to decide upon the place to the opening of the series. I do not mind waiving that formality and playing the first two games in Chicago and then coming to Boston for two games. But I am absolutely opposed to play ing three games in Chicago, 'and then," as President Johnson says, 'playing the remaining games if any (whatever that means) in Boston. "The ideal arrangement would be to play the first two games on Wed nesday and Thursday in Boston and the next two Saturday and Sunday in Chicago. The schedule as given out by Mr. Johnson will necessitate the paps up of both the Saturday and Sunday dates which 1 think is a big mistake. The series should so be ar ranged that each club shall have an equal chance to win. The expense of an extra trip between the two cities should not be considered at all. There is absolutely no reason for curtailing the series." AH over the country baseball fans who usually attend this great .-nual contest feel grateful to the Xatio,. \1 League, for it alone is responsible ft r a series this year. Ban Johnso i wanted to eliminate it. but the ok' league took It up with Secretary Baker and he showed his attitude by immediately extending the time limit to Feotembcr 15. Responding to the War Secretary baseball rr en arc just as fair, wi war charity will benefit greatly by a world series. Many changes will oe made this year In order to meet war conditions. Tne reduction of the price of admission will probably cut down the revenue, but it will give more persons a chance to witness the games, and the crowds this vcar will le a* great as ev<;. Last year 186.654 persons attended the s x games played by the Chicago White Sox and New York Giants. The otal receipts were $425,878 nd the plaers' share was 1152.585.58, each player of the Chicago team receiving $3,528.13 and each member of the Giants $2,548.14. This year the play ers' share will bo considerably less, each member of the winning team re ceiving $2,000 and each member of the losing team $1,400. providing their portion reaches $152,894. If it does not the players' share will be re duced accordingly. While the reduc tion of prices may cut intr the play ers' wnnincrs. it will also ei.dt nnte the cry about the series being held purely as a money-making scheme. In securing the first three games for Chicago the Cubs appear to-have a decided advantage over eitnor tue I'ej Sox or India.-.s. especially the latter, as Cleceian i is a poor nad learn. The Red Sox have such a com fortable lead, however, that they are ulrswst sure to win and. cons:i.erufg this, the Clubs' advantage will be lessened, because Boston is a bett-r road club than Cleveland. Bost m is the strongest home club in che Ameri can League and Chicago will have to win all three games to obtain much of an advantage, as all games after the first three are to be played in Boston. It was not the advantage or disadvantage of the start that the baseball men were figuring or when th"y decided t) play three gaums in the first city, but the cost of trans porting the teams from one city to the other. This will be a consider- 1 able item of expense, with the in creased railroad fares this year, and is going to take a b'g slice of the I earnings of Ihe two clubs. Chicago yesterday clinched the Na tional League pennant by breaking even with Rrookl.vn while New York, thfe runner up, remained idle. If Chi cago loses all its remaining- games while New York wins all its games left on the abbreviated schedule, they cannot overtake the locals, who are eleven and a half games in front. Chicago won the first game 5 to 3, with the aid of erratic playing by Brooklyn. but lost the second games 1 to 2, when Brooklyn bunched hits in the fourth Inning. - Chicago's probable American League opponent in the world series will be Boston, which leads Cleve land by four games and Washington by five. The 1918 National League leaders increased their margin over New York last week by winning seven games out of nine, while the Giants won only two in six. New York won one game out of three with Chicago and also with Pittsburgh. Tn the American League, Boston di vided two games with Cleveland, but gained on the Indians by taking three out of four from St. Louis, while Cleveland was held even by Washing ton in four games. The Red Sox twice won games from St. Louis on four hits. Authorities Given Names of 224 Alleged Slackers The names of 224 alleged loafers will be turned over to Jacob Llght ner. of the Federal and State Em ployment Agency and Labor Depart ment, by the police department. The men. all of draft age. have been rounded Jp by order of Mayof Kels ter at the request of Federal draft and employment officers. Eleven patrolmen were detailed to the work of visiting poolroom and other loafing places, and the names and addresses of the 224 loafers were secured. Federal officers can not in terview the loafers, and speedy action can be taken. First Basemen in Bij* Series as Fullerton "Dopes" Them RED SOX Offensive Defensive Total 831' 477 130S CTBS Offensive Defensive Total 817 434 1271 CLEVELAND Offensive Defensive Total 803 436 1239 Offensive Defensive Total 786 454 1240 The Boston Red Sox, as might have been anticipated even before the dope figures were studied, out figure Uie Chicago Cubs rather heav ily at first base, while.-in spite of the apparent weakness of the Cleveland Indians in the initial position, they are practically tied with Mitchell's outfit in comparative values. The truth is that no student of the same can, while studying the speed and the strength of the Boaton pitch ing staff, even in its present depleted condition, grant Fred Merkle to be as good a bail player as his- averages tliis year would appear jto indicate. On bare figures Merkle lias) been al most as good a ball player*'this sea son as Stuffy Mclnnis, andlit is im possible that figures shotild make them so. YeL while we find Mclnnis slightly below par. we must reckon that a considerable extent, of that lpss as due to the fact that* he tried to be a third baseman early in the season and this upset his steady work for a time. Also, in spfte of the fact tliqt wo know the figures are not telling the truth about Merkle, we must allow him part of his im provement and attribute it to the confidence and inspiration, which arises from playing with a winning team. The rest of his seeming in crease in hitting ability wo must at tribute to the fact that the average of pitching in the National League this season has been extremely low. In other words the way in which to calculate what Merkle ought to do against the Boston Red Sox pitch ing is to figure his batting averages over a period of, say eight years, and add about six per cenL for in creased confidence, then calculate what a batter hitting at that rate is liable to hit against the pitchers of the Red Sox staff. If we do that we find Merkle still rating up as a dan gerous man in such a series, a% a re liable and steady veteran. Mclnnis Leads His Rivals Again, in figuring Boston against the Cubs we discover another case in which the Cub pitchers, especially Vaughn and Tylor, who are becom ing more and more important as we proceed with the dope, cut points from the Boston's attacking strength. However, the evening the cunning of Tylor, with his control and his float ing twisters, is not liable to affect Mclnnis nearly to the extent it will affect the batting of Ruth, nor will Vaughn's speed and shoots stop him much. In other words, it is safe to take Mclnnis' averages against the good lefthanders of the American JOSEPHMEFFLEFIXGKR BURIED Xewville, Pa.. Aug. 26.—Funeral services of Joseph Heflleflnger. who died on Friday afternoon at the home of his son. Luther Hefflefinger, of apoplexy, took place this morning at 10.45 o'clock. Mr. He efinger was 72 years old and is survived by his wife and these children: Mrs. John Richardson, of Oakviile; Mrs. Jacob Kunkle. of New Kensington; Miss Rose Hefflefinger and Luther Hefflefinger, of Newville. Burial will be made in Prospect Hill Cemetery. STEEI, EMPLOYE HAS HAND CRUSHED Richard Quigley, 357 South and Eighteenth streets, employed at the Central Iron and Steel Company, was taken to the Harrisburg Hospital Saturday where he received treatment for a badly crushed hand. STABBED IN FIGHT Bert Ware, 1213 Monroe street, was sent to the hospital Saturday night suffering a stall wound which a woman is said to have inflicted dur ing a fight. The woman was not ar rested. National Tennis Stars Begin Tournament New York, Aug. 26.—Play in the thirty-seventh annual singles championship tournament of the United States Lawn Tennis Asso ciation will begin to-day upon tho turf courts of the West Side Club. Forest Hills, L. I. The entry list will inclpde a majority of the leading players now in this coun try, more than twenty of whom are in the service. The tournament marks the re sumption of the titular contests abandoned last season in favor of a national patriotic s'eries of matches, which was won by R. Lindley Murray, formerly of Cali fornia. but now located at Niagara Falls, N. Y. The proceeds of the tournament will be devoted to vari ous war charities funds. Murray is numbered among tho .eighty-odd entrants and is favored by many to win the singles title, which was last won in 1916 by R. Norrls Williams. 2d., now serving as lieutertant with the American Artillery in France. Play will be held daily, beginning at 1:30 each afternoon, and will continue through until Labor Day when the final match will be stag ed. Twenty-three matches are scheduled for the opening round to-day. with forty-one players holding places In the.secona round by virtue of drawing byes. Leaguo and figures that he is just as strong against Vaughn and Tylor. Rather it looks to me as if HemiriV spitter or Speed Martin's curve would trouble Mclnnis more than either of the Mitchell southpaws. The figures leave Mclnnis a con siderable lead over his rival in the position, although not as much as they would show were they to be compared for an entire season against all kinds of pitching. Nothing could be more misleading than figuring Merkle a .310 hitter (as he has been this season) or than figuring Mclnnis a .2 70 hitter (as he now figures). If we were calculat ing for an entire season wj would have to follow these figures. But the fact is that the ffgtlres practically ought to he reversed. Mclnnis is a normal .300 hitter and has been practically all the time since he broke in, while Merkle's normal gait is around .265. Differing conditions this season, coupled with Mclnnis' slump while changing positions, have altered their standing. The thing which makes them look so nearly equal for the purposes of tiiis series is that Merkle is a righthanded hitter, who hits rather better against the kind of pitching he must meet (especially such as that of Mays and Bush), while Mclnnis' probably hit ting is cut heavily by the fact he is up against the kind of pitching which has proved effective against him in his own league. In fielding Mclnnis has all the edge. Wood at First For Cleveland In considering the chances of Cleveland, which we must do even though they practically are out of the struggle at this time, we must use a composite of two players. I had to figure a composite of Wood and Boscher in right field, and it looks as if I will have to figure Wood irj as first baseman against Chicago's lefthanders, and as right fielder against the righthanders, for surely Fohl will strive to use his full rights handed swing strength against Vaughn and Tylor. Even so, Cleveland does not look impressively strong against the Cubs in the first base end of the job. They compare fairly well at that because, if the Cubs get against Celveland, their attacking strength will not be as strong as it would be against the Red Sox. In other words, Coveleski, with his twisting fader and his sharp breaking spit ball, and Bagby and Morton with their shoots and speed, would tend to check Merkle's bat ting if they do not stop him to a standstill. They are just the three kind of men who would stop him, especially Coveleskie. To-morrow, being another day, we will consider the second baseman and it is violating no confidence to state we are going to be surprised to find how weak second basemen are this season. However, the weakness os strength does not affect the chances bf a team much, provid ed both candidates are weak, as in this case. (Copyright, 1918, by The Bell Syn dicate, Inc.) YORK TO HONOR SOLDIERS York. Pa.. Aug. 26. When this evening the tablet is unveiled in front of the county court house displaying the names of the thirty-two young men of York, city and county, who have given their lives for world peace, it will be the first honor of the sort paid to its heroes by any community in the country, so far as the local committee knows. .">OO INFANTRYMEN HERE Harrisburg had a taste of militar ism last night when 500 men of the 136 th Infantry swung through the streets of the city. The men were enroute from New Mexico to an At lantic port and stopped here for sev eral hours while their train waited. They were headed by a band. HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN CALLED Dr. J. M. Robbins. for more than a year resident physician at the hospi tal, will leave Thursday for active service in the Medical Corps at Fort Oglethorpe. Ga. He was commission ed a lieutenant last summer, but was not called for active duty. CHARGED WITH BOOTLEGGING Aaron Jackson. 1203 North Seventh street, arrested Saturday night on a charge of bootlegging, received a hearing in police court this after noon. It is said he was seen to give whiskey to soldiers. fy Cobb Quits Game in Blaze of Glory Tyrus- Raymond Cobb, who for more than a dozen years has been baseba'l's most sensational figure, played for probably the last time at the Polo Grounds Saturday af ternoon. In another week. Cobb will retire from the game, and he told the buzzing, applauding fans under Coogan's Bluff that by Oc tober 1 he would be on his way to France. After the war is over, Cobb doesn't expect to return to the game. He is retiring at a time when he is still the greatest player in the national pastime, and on this status he is willing to rest. Ever since Cobb entered the American League in 1905, there has been scarcely a day during the playing season that the Jewel of Georgia hasn't done something to send his name screaming through the newspaper headlines. In the present generation of players, there is none so smart and clever as the Royston Flash. Of this, his last appearance tn the greatest baseball citv in the country. Cobb was just as sensa tinnal as he was a dozen years ago. In the first game between the Yanks and Detroit. Tyrus thumped in four of the five runs which gave the Tigers a 5-to-4 vic tory. One was a tempestuous home-run slap Into the rightfleld stand. august 20, iyr? Stationed at San Diego ; - . i wp y m SIMON J. SNYDER Simon J. Snyder, son of Mrs. Louisa Snyder, 554 Forrest street, is now stationed at the United States Naval Training Station at San Diego, Cal. He enlisted on June 24. Lebanon Prepares For P. 0. S. of A. Convention Lebanon. Pa., Aug. 26. Lebanon is prepared to greet and entertain the thousands of visitors who are ex pected next week for the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania State Camp, Patriotic Order Sons of Ameri ca. A resident and native son of Let), anon county. G. H. Moyer, of Pal myra, who as State President, will preside over the sessions of the i Lebanon meeting,- has seen to it that the State camp meet in Lebanon has been widely advertised throughout the state and at the same time, as a member of the general committee on arrangements, has been active in pro viding for the entertainment of the many thousands of visitors. Wednesday's session will be mark ed by the unfurling of a service and an honor flag, indicative of the fact that 22,445 members of the order in Pennsylvania are in the service of the country in Its Army and Naval branches. Among the distinguished men of the state who will be here for the event will be Congressman William H. Coleman, McKeesport; Su perior Court Justice John W. Kep hart. State Auditor General Charles A. Snyder and Judge Koch. Pottsville; Judge A. W. Johnson, Lewisburg; Judge John M. Garman Wilkes-Barre. A reception is planned for Senator Penrose at the Hotel Weimar and the I Elks' Home. CORNROAST AT PILLOW Pillow, Pa., Aug. 26. —On Friday evening the young folks of town hiked into the country about one and one-half miles where the?' held a cornroast and marshmallow toast at j Witmer's Ford along the hanks of the Mahantonga creek. The follow ing are those who enjoyed the pleas- i ant occasion: AH. and Mrs. Joseph | Witmer, Misses •Florence and Llllie. Hokp, Clara Undercuffer, Edna' Heckert. Fay Klinger, Hattie Went-! zel, Estella Schieffier, Emma Boyd, j Beatrice Kopenhaver, Carrie, Irene and Margaret Snyder, Lottie Dockey, Mabel Spotts, Elma Keene, Abe Snyder. Roy and Ray Miller, Earl j Gottshaii, Harry Gessner, Homer I Baker, Sara Buffington, Frank Wiest, I Liithec Smith, Floyd Spotts, Charles Lehman_ahd Lee Deppen. The last two young men are leaving for Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va., to-morrow. Play Safe — Stick to KING OSCAR CIGARS because the quality is as good as ever it was. They will please and satisfy you. 6c— worth it JOHN C. HERMAN & CO. Makers STEELTON HOLDS LEAGUE LEAD If Lebanon Laces Bethlehem It Will Mean Flag For Cockill; Red Cross Profits BETHLEHEM STEEL liEAGUE SATURDAY'S RESULTS Lebanon, 6; WiJfcngton. 0. Other clubs not scheduled. STANDING OF CLUBS W. L. Pet. Steelton 11 7 '.611 Bethlehem 10 8 .651 "Wilmington 9 9 .500 Sparrows Point .... 9 9 .500 Lebanon 8 9 .471 Fore River 5 11 .353 Lebanon beat Wilmington on Sat urday while Steelton and Bethlehem were playing their Kcjl Cross bene fit game and Lebanon's victory pushed the Harlan lads down fur ther in the column, so that they are hardly a menace now to Steelton's pennant winning. Next Saturday Manager Cockill tackles Fore River, and by all tokens he should be able to conquer the tailenders. On the same day Bethlehem will have the very tough Lebanon outfit to down and the way Lebanon is going now the chances are she will win another one. If this happens, Steelton will have cinched the flag. Jess Buckles was the whole show at Wilmington on Saturday, only three men reach ing third ba>=c. Fortunately, Steeltor. does not have to encounter him again. Her last game will be on Sep tember 2 with Wilmington. Saturday's benefit tilt was a grand success, for nearly 3,000 turned out to see the home club play Bethle hem, and besides those, many hun dreds bought tickets who did not witness the frolic. George Pierce, the clever southpaw, looked better than any time In the season, and Baumgartner pitched good ball, too. Young Nield, the fast outfielder for Conklin, was a hero In this bicker ing, while Edmundson and Pierce, with thundering three-base hits, and Knight with timely single, sparkled at bat. Steelton and Bethlehem were so successful that they will play for the Red Cross again at Bethlehem on September 7. More than $l,OOO was taken in at the Cottage Hill game. Goal is the subject most people are talking about just now. We loan Money on furniture and other securi ties for just such emergencies. Call and see us today. Employes Loan Society Room 206 Bergner Blag. THIRD AND MARKET STS. Licensed and bonded by the State.