FULLERTON DOPES THE SECOND BASEMEN IN SERIES; KIWANIS PLAYS AT GETTYSBURG THE BATTLE . OF GETTYSBURG Greatest Contest of Civil War to Be Fought Today by Kiwards and Black Cats QeHjslnus, Aug. 27.—Fore-safelng ail business, more than two score members of the Kiwrmis Club of Haixisburg, arrived here to-day ac companying their peerless baseball team -which is to meet the Blaclt Cats, of Camp Colt, this afternoon. "With such noble fans as Charles E. Keeser and "William Strouse in the lead, the delegation swamped the town, buying every souvenir in sight, hiring some odd dozens of automo biles to see the batlefield and finally congregating on the athletic field where the second battle of Gettysburg was to be waged. . There is much speculation as to the outcome of the game. Even Bill Strouse, baseball philosopher extra ordinary and purveyor of neckties to the populace, was silent about the identity of the victors. When the smoke of battle has lift ed and the dead have been decently buried, the entire party will retire to the mess tents at Camp Colt for a big feed. the visitors being the guests of the Black Cats. The evening will be spent in general jollification. To a Telegraph representative it was explained that if the Black Cats win this afternoon's game, another game will be played in Harrisburg. The first game of the series played in the capital city was won by the Kiwanians. This afternoon's game is the second. Big Crowds Witnessing Junior League Games JUNIOR LEAGUE STANDING W. L. Pet. Summit 23 4 .851 Swatara 20 10 ,6fit> Albions ® 3® -3®° Crescent v ® 23 .148 Swatara and Albion tied up things in the Junior League last evening, each team registering 3 runs. Dark ness eclipsed the battle, and further more, some of the demon athletes were slow arriving. It was a pitch ers' battle. While Strine held Swa tara to 3 singles. Albions busted out five bingles, and while Lentz fanned 5 batters, Strine failed to fan any. As the season goes on the Allison Hill patrons are becoming familiar with the Junior League and larger crowds are gathering at the diamond at Seventeenth and Chestnut streets. This evening Summit plays Crescent. The score: SWATARA R. H. O. A. E. ft. Michlevitz, ef, 0 1 0 0 0 Boatman. 2b 0 0 0 1 0 Nye. If 0 0 2 0 0 Shover, ss 0 0 1 1 1 Prowell, 3b 0 0 0 1 0 M. Michlevitz, lb, ... 0 0 4 1 0 Layton, rf. 1 0 1 0 0 Sperl, c, 1 1 0 0 1 Lentz, 1 1 1 1 0 Totals 3 3 15 5 2 ALBION Stauffer, c, 1 1 2 1 0 Strine, p, 1 1 2 4 0 Fox, cf 1 0 0 0 0 Hocker, lb 0 0 5 1 0 Dunkle, 2b 0 1 2 1 0 Fleisher, If 0 1 1 0 0 Bender, ss, 0 0 1 2 1 Shaffer, rf 0 0 1 0 0. Heagy, 3b, 0 1 1 1 u Totals 3 5 15 10 1 Swatara 0 2 0 1 o—3 Albion 2 0 1 0 o—3 Two-base hit, Fleisher. Sacrifice hits, Boatman, Hocker. Struck out, by Lentz, 5. Base on halls, off Lentz, 3; Strine, 4. Left on bases. Swatara, 5; Albion, 5. Hit by pitcher, Layton. Stolen bases, Strine. 2: Stauffer, Fox, Sperl. Passed balls, Sperl. Innings pitched. Lentz. 5; Strine, 5. Time, 1.07. Umpire, Shickley. Automobile Plunges Into Brick Building at Lemoyne Lemoyne, Pa., Aug. 27.—Getting away from it 3 driver, an automibile on Sunday afternoon broke down the fence to the entrance to the Cum berland \ alley Railroad bridge and plunged in'o the brick building own ed by I. H. Tillman. The automo bile, which was owned by Milton Wilson, was driven by his wife. Mrs. Wilson intended to go up the bridge hill and lost, control when she was turning the corner. Mr. Wilson was in the machine at tho time. Neither of the occupants were injured and the machine was only slightly dam aged. The impact of the collision caused the wall to cave in several inches. MOTOROYCLE HAS COLLISION Lcmoyne, Fa., Aug. 27.—William Smiley, son of L. C. Smiley, jeweler, sustained bruises of the body and lacerations of the face when thrown from his motorcycle in a collision with a motor truck at the Lemoync bridge entrance. Smiley was going up the bridge hill and, according to eye witnesses, ran directly into tho truck which was going the opposite direction. Smtley's machine was badly damaged. Absoiytety Pain \ I'.'a My latest Improved appll ancee, Including an oxeygen- Al tWm&eeBWk.WM toed air apparatus, makes jhy ,v J&rlt yHBmK&gSXSj&M extracting and all dental yF - o\9 YPBSRIiriSF work positively paint.x S w • *t EXAMINATION JP . && X FREE S/$ ■ • ' - \XT ' Gold erowna and — VVy S bridge work. f3.4.5a A TT MIC gold eronn, $9.00 Registered AA Otflce open dally 8.30 n.-ifr M A \V o • p. aui Monday, Wed- /l BOBdav and Saturday, til] I Billet seta V p. nt. BELL PRONE S3S2-IL JF tt • HAST TERMS OP Jr iT PAYMENTS f * / 320 Market SL I • C I TUESDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH * AUGUST 27, 1918. bnoodles Slewfoot Was Honored by a Visit From a Few War Veterans By H lltZ£€J~fOVCl I ——: —' . f V X f /HUH T\ / ) \ / NOW 1 / —( ive * / YoU \ tVt SOTR \ f \ /y- nT j / lW\ A 1 /> / AhV / only 1 1 ; / -SAJP IMS _ \ [• \ I A \ ( ~tAA I J ft / RHO CROSS 1 \ G*oT ] %M (***"&- ) VmrirO V ffiftO / \ Bnr- j&i?£ / S v ovea. m de. . < \ <pv-.rt 2 / \i3iTfc- / "Sr —-vy 1 ) V v aXK-. p ole -< i Vtrench€s! y : V y \TOQ VCOOTIES \ Gvireppop) ; ' j ] O 4g.Q*, Second Basemen in This Series Below Par, Says Fullerton (From the Bell Syndicate, Inc., The World Illdg., New York City.) BOSTON RED SOX Offensive Defensive Total 772 259 1031 CLEVELAND Offensive Defensive Total 757 254 1011 CUBS Offensive Defensive Total 740 253 993 CUBS Offensive Defensive Total 721 253 989 Imagine n world's series in which the dope indicates that Davey Shean, cast-off by half a dozen major league clubs, Is the class of three players who figure to have a chance to par ticipate in the contests. Second base, the most important of the infield positions, the keystone of the defense, the most difficult po sition on a team to play properly (although shortstops will argue this) with two men of low power playing a world's series. It shows to what an extent baseball has slumped this sea son. The dope figures show that the class of the second baseman in this world's series is more than a hun dred points lower than in the 3 917 series and it is possible that the final figures will indicate that second base is the weakest point in the teams engaged. That fact equalizes matters considerably hut accents the opportunity for luck in hitting and tho breaks of tho game to decide a scries, the object of which was to prove which is the best team. Do not think that this is any se vere criticism of Shean, Zeider. or Turner. They are three veterans, faithful and hard working, but lack ing in qualities that make great stars in baseball. Shoan js perhaps one of the most interesting cases in the history of tho game. Discarded all abound the cir cuit because of weak hitting he lias been a faithful if rather plodding player, smart, intelligent, a psycho logical effect on all players in being with a winning team, and usually takes form of a sharp increase in hitting. Also it is inevitable that in fielding on a winning team with good pitching is easier than working be hind pitchers who are being hit hard all the time. Further, the pitching against a winning team always is softer on the average. All of these things have tend ed to improve Shean's work, but the great increase has been in spirit and confidence he has found at last. When we come to apply these to a world's series, however, the psycho logical effect diminishes. Shean has gained some points because the pitching which the Cubs will use to stop Ruth, Mclnnis, Hooper and the great hitters of the team also will tend to help Shean's chances of hit ting safely, You. often find that the supposed weak hitters of a world's series team are the batting heroes, merely because the pitchers exhaust themselves and their arts to stop the sluggers and are bumped by those not expected to hit hard. However, we cannot figure Shean to do any great amount of hitting against the Cub twirlers. In fact, it •looks as il' wo are compelled to al most count the second baseman out of the attaqk. They certainly do not figure to have a place among the shock troops. Rollio Zeider always has been a weak hitter, and often an. erratic fielder, but Zeider is a dangerous ball player. He is extremely smart, re sourceful and tricky, and if the rules permitted stealing first base he would to-day rank as one of the Ty Cobbs of the game. Zeider has been hitting well this year, at least better than usual, and meeting the ball squarely, while his audacious run ning on the bases has contributed largely to the Cub successes. He has broken up many games by his start ling moves on the bases and my fig ures indicate that he probably has been successful in larger percentage of his efforts than any player in either league, which shows what he can do if he reaches first base. Against the Boston club Zeider would hit somewhat better than he would against the Cleveland pitch- ers, because Coveleskie, Morton and Bagby all would tend to make a bat waver out of him. He does not figure to lilt nearly as well against the Red Sox pitchers as against the twirlers of his own circuit. Bush will trouble him greatly. He probably would hit against Mays "better even than against Jones, and whether he gets a foul off Ruth or not depends upon Ruth's condition on his pitching days. In fielding Zeider will be slightly handicapped against tho Red Sox be cause the team is faster than the majority of those against which he has been working. Zeider has not shown well in the National this year in gabies against speedy tpams, in dicating that he cannot work as fast as he could in former years. I have been somewhat worried about Zeider's condition in the re cent weeks. His feet are bad and he slows up at times when the damag ed members give trouble. Also, when he was in the East, he looked to be slightly oft his game both in New York and Brooklyn. Mitchell has been trying Pick out at second to replace Zeider in case the veteran's feet bother him in the series, but one thing is certain, and that is that Zeider play with both feet oft unless ordered out. He is one of the gamest men in baseball. Tuck Turner's chances of engaging in the championship are dwindling away rapidly, even though the work or fight order does not bother him personally. He is one of the greatest veterans the game has produced and honestly, he looks faster and better this fall, since he was summoned to the rescue when Wamby was called to the colors, than ho has in several years. It is hardly probably that Turner will go the route at second and I have had to figure a combina tion of Halt and Turner as second basemen, and figure old Tuck part of the games at third. However, since Cleveland's chances are dwindling rapidly, the figures make little difference. To-morrow we will tackle the shortstops, where there is class in all directions. The shotstops stand out strongly in relief as compared with the second and third basemen of the teams. What They Did Yesterday; Where They Play Today YESTERDAY'S RESULTS American League Detroit, 6; Boston, 3. Cleveland, 5; Athletics, 2. (First game). Athletics, 4; Cleveland, 0. (Second game). Washington, 12; Chicago, 2. St. Louis, 2; New York, 0. National League New York. 2; St. Louis, 0. (First game). New York, 4; St. Louis, 1. (Second game). Pittsburgh-Phillies, rain. Cincinnati-Boston, rain. Other clubs not scheduled, STANDING OP TIIE CLUBS American League W. L. Pet. Boston 70 48 .593 Cleveland 68 53 .562 Washington i 68 54 .557 New York 56 58 ~491 Chicago 67 63 .475 St. Louis 55 61 .474 Detroit 51 66 .436 Athletics 49 70 .412 National League W. L. Pet. Chicago 79 41 .658 New York 1.... 67 50 .573 Pittsburgh 63 55 .534 Cincinati 61 57 .517 Brooklyn 54 65 .454 Phillies 50 65 , .436 Boston 50 68 .424 St. Louis 50 73 .407 SCHEDULE FOR TO-DAY Amertcun League Chicago at Washington. St. Louis at New York. Detroit at Boston. Cleveland at Philadelphia. National League Phillies at Pittsburgh. Other clubs not scheduled. HELD FOR ASSAULTING WIFE Charles Chayne, charged with mak ing a felonious assault with intent to kill upon his wife, was held for court under $5OO bail after a preliminary hearing in police court yesterday. Aaron Jackson, charged with "boot legging," was fined $25 or thirty days ir. jail. Hawaii Peach, who said he is 28 years old, and has lost his regis tration and classification cards, was sentenced to ten days on a disorderly charge. His status in the draft will | be investigated. ATTENDING CONVENTION Frank A. Smith, prominent in the sugar trade, left yesterday afternoon for Chicago to attend the annual convention of the National Associa tion of Dairy and Food Commis sioners. James Foust, of this state, is president of the association. YOUTH'S CONDITION SERIOUS The condition of Paul S. Erb, 1804 North Sixth street, who was shot in the leg three weeks ago while camp ing an Independence Island, is serious. Erysipelas has developed and the home is quarantined, FRACTURES LEG W. H. Blttinger, 380 West North street, Carlisle, is in the Harrlsburg Hospital with at probable fracture of the right leg as the result of an acci dent in the Enola yards. He is a hrskemtn. Amazing Tennis Playing by Country's Youth at Tournament Perhaps the most convincing evi dence of widespread interest in the tennis season now approaching its climax iu 'he chatnpionship at Forest Hills, is the remarkable success of the junior and boys' program. Yesterday the Forest Hill courts witnessed a record breaking match between two youthful racquet wield ers. Harold A. Throckmorton, of Eliz abeth. N. J., and Harold T. Taylor, of New York. Throckmorton, who has passed out his -teens by just a year defeated his 17-year-old oppon ent in a gruelling five-set match, which required more than three hours to decide by scores of 6-8, 6-2, 11-9, 7-9, 13-11, making a total of eighty-. one games played. This supplants the national singles championship tournament record of eighty games by Suffern Taylor and Palmer Presby who in the tournament of 1888 at Newport went eighty games. The match yesterday afternoon threatened an Upset several times, for Taylor more than once was within a stroke or two of winning only to be outuamed by Throckmorton. The latter who was one of the second ranking ten in 191G shewed his lack of practice- early in the match and die! no* get his strokes working, weu vni.il the contest was well into the tliiru set. Taylor played remarkable tennis for so youthful an entrant and repeated fore-court rallies in which the players battled with but a few fc-et Intervening across the net brought rounds of applause from the galleries. Both victor and vanquish ed tired rapidly under the strain to ward the end of the play and Throck morton's greater gameness and endur ance were the winning factors. These tournaments are in their thud season, having been started in 1916 by the United States National Lawn Tennis Association, with % view to securing a uniform development of tennis throughout the country. In thirty cities designated as tennis WILSON DELAYS. BONE-DRY NATION UNTIL JULY 1,1919 Forces Extension of- Date So That Stocks May Be Sold; Wets Want More Time "Washington, Aug. 27.—The nation Will not become "bone dry' until July 1. 1919, at the earliest, even in the event of the passage of the wartime prohibition measure now pending in Congress. The prohibition Jorcbs in the Senate yesterday agreed to amend the pro hibition rider to the food production bill, which is scheduled to come up for debate in the upper branch of Congress as soon as the manpower bill has been disposed of, so as to permit the sdle of whiskies and other distilled spirits until July 1, instead of prohibiting their sale after Janu ary 1, as the amendment orginally provided. The agreement of the prohibition ists was obtained under pressure from the White House. Senator Sheppafd, of Texas, had a long talk on the sub- JeJct with President Wilson on Satur day, he said to-day, and the Presi dent inllited upon an extension of time so the stocks could be disposed of, and the government obtain the revenue'from the sales. There are approximately 150,000,000 gallons of whisky in bond, and under the new revenue bill more than $l,- 000,000,000 would be derived from taxes on liquors during the coming year. The present fiscal year ends June 30, and the extension of time for selling the liquors until then would turn several hundred million dollars of badly needed revenue into the treasury. ' Prsident Wilson, it is understood, has given the Prohibitionists no en couragement in their fight for nation wide prohibition as a war necessity. He is understood to favor a further extension of time for the liqusir traf fic until January 1, 1920. The "wets" in the Senate.plan to fight for such an extension. Raymond Axe Missing in Action in France Another member of the old Eighth Regiment is reported missing in ac tion. He is Raymond Axe, of Com pany Li, 110 th Infantry, who has been missing since July 30. • Mrs. .Anna Axe, his wife, has Just been notified' to this effoct. Axe was a member of the Pennsylvania National Guard for twelve years and served along the Mexican border during, the fracas with Mexico in 1916. Before enter ing the United States service, he was engaged in the contracting business with his father. Postage Stamp Used to Hide Morphine Waukegan, 111. —Morphine crush ed to powder under a postage stamp was the novel manner friends kept Oscar Blue, a Federal prisoner in the Lake county Jail here, supplied with the opiate until thp sheriff dis covered .it. Blue had been receiving an unusual number of letters daily from Chicago centers tournaments hav/> been held whoso winners are eligible to compete for the national championships in the junior and boys' classes, whose age limits are Ift and 16 years respective ly. Preliminary tournments precede the ter.nis center events which are open only to the winners of the pre liminaries. The tcr.nia center cham pions thereby finality for the na tional. By thin series of elimination events a tremendous number of youngsters became interested, and by playing steadily, acquire much valu able tournament experience. The fact that Vincent Richards, of New York, the boy champion, who will not be sixteen until next sprigg. could win the national doubles cham pionship when paired with William T. Tilden 2nd, from the veteran team ot Frederick B. Alexander .and Beats C. Wright, shows that the plan working out perhaps even better than its sponsors had hoped. It is plain that a wonderful array of youngsters is growing up, who will be contenders for the highest, honors of the court ft r years to come. In the junior and boys' champion ship which begins to-morrow about fifteen cities will be represented, thus assuring a field that is truly national in character. The cities sepding their winners are Atlanta, Baltimore, Bos ton, Cleveland. Indianapolis, Los Angeles. Mpntelair. New York. Pitts burgh, Providence. Philadelphia, Rochester, Ist. Louis. Seattle, Utlca, and Washington. JTlvs ieniarkabiy strong entry is a tribute to the game itself, because tho National Associat.on has not urged undue competition this year. Wherever bi yc have been engaged iti liirm work or other war activities that nnght be disrupt* 1 t.y a tourna ment, no effort has oem made to hold tournaments. Consequently the fol-' lowing summary of tennis center champions is the more surprising be cause f its scope and quality. MAYOR KEISTER TO LEAD PARADE Route and Formation of La bor Day Demonstration Announced That Mayor Keister will lead the big Labor Day parade of 6,000 per sons has" finally been arranged by members of the Labor Unions Com mittee The route of the parade and formation of tho procession were also announced. 'the parade will move promptly at 10 o clock from Front and Vcr beke streets and move over this route: Front to Market, to Fourth,eto Mul berry street bridge, to Thirteenth, to Market to Fourth, to Reily, to Thtrd, to North, to Front, to Market and dismiss The tentative formation of the pro cession has been announced as fol lows: Platoon of police. Mayor, recruit ing officials, chief marshal and aids. First Division To form -on Verbeko stret, right resting on Front. Railway machin ists, Cumberland street; sheet metal workers and clerks, Herr street; boilermakers and electricians. Boas street; blacksmiths and maintenance of way employes, Forster street; car men, North street. Second Division Aids and carpenters will form or. north side of State street, right rest ing on Front. Electricians and bar bers, south side of State street; plumpers and painters, South street; bricklayers. Pine street; Allied Printing Trades and International Association of Machinists of thellar- I risburg'Pipe and Pipe Bending Com pany and the Harrisburg Manufac turing and Boiler Company, Locust street; Federal Union of the Bethle hem Steel plant. Sonth Front street, right resting on Market. A meeting will bo held this even ing by Jhe committee arranging for the picnic at Reservoir Park in the afternoon. It will be at the home of Noah Jones, chairman, 42fi Crescent street. The final meeting of the gen eral committee will be held Sunday morning at 10 o'clock at 211 Locust street. German Military Critics Admit Failure of Ludendorff London. —The Daily Telegraph correspondent at Rotterdam, quoting Stcgemann, the military critic of the Duesseldorfer Nachrichten, in refciv ence to further offensive operations by the Allies, says: "If this develops, then the task of the Qermans will be, in""the first place, that of defense. Perhaps quite a new strategic treatment of ideas will gain domination. We .must not deceive ourselves. The mflitary sit uation is more entangled than it has ever been before. In certain circum stances the maintenance of as much of a living force as possible will be more important than the quick fight ing through of a campaign- of deci sion." ' • The newspaper gives prominence to lius utterance, which looke like the first intimation to the German peo ple from their own side that Luden dorff's plan for ending the war had been abandoned. BAPTISTS FADE AND FORFEIT Strange Disappearance of a Whole Ball Team Plays Hob With League Averages , I—|1 —| INDUSTRIAL I,EAGLE Lust Evening's Results Suburbans, 5; Newsies, 3. Baptists Forfeit to West End. STANDING OF CLUBS • x W. U Pet. I Kiwanis 6 1 .857 j West End 5 1 .833 Appleby 4 2 ij(j7 j Suburbans 5 3 ;U25 ! Newsies 3 5 '375 | Belmont 2 3 .400 Evangelicals 2 4 .333 Baptist 1 7 425 To-night's Schedule • Newsies vs. Belmont West End vs. Appleby The Baptists were soused in the very bottom oT the last place pool by forfeiting a game to the JVest Endors who were thus boosted sev eral rungs along with Appleby. Ac cording to the schedule, the Baptists | were supposed to ploy the West End aggregation on the West End ileld at Fourth and Seneca streets last even ing. Thb Enders afrived in fuH ar ray shortly after six o'clock all set to stage a battle supreme. After more than a half hour was spent in practice, someone happened to re member that the Baptists were sup posed to play and then begam a search for the missing team. After j the hour of seven passed and the I Baptists were nowhere the umpire officially conceded the game to the Enders byway of the forfeit route. Meanwhile the Suburbans wore beating the Newsies over at the Is land, 5-3, continuing their clever work of the, last two weeks. The Newsies tried valicntly to overcome the lead which was engineered partly by Coken's war club and the defensive work of Beatty, Suburban shortstop, but they could not overhaul the swift Suburbans. The score: NEWSIES R. H. O. A. E. Holahan, cf 0 0 1 0 0 Berghaus. 3b 0 0 1 1 2 Taylor, 2b, . 0 1 4 1 0 Kutz, c 1 1 9 2 0 Dugan, ss 0 0 2 1 9 Moore, If 0 1 1 0 0 Ensweiler, p, 1 1 5' 3 0 Eurwig, lb 1 0 4 0 0 Smith, rf 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 3 4 21 8 2 SUBURBANS R. H. O. A. E. Coken, 2b, 2 3 1 1 1 Cooper, p 1 1 3 3 0 Hauter, 3b, 1 2 2 1 0 Baum'r, lb 1 1 5 1 0 Beatty, ss, 0 0 6 0 0 Shuey, If 9 0 1 9 0 Matchett,. c, 0 0 3 2 9 Belsinger, cf, 9 9 0 0 1 Jones, rf, „.... 0 0 0 0 9 Totals 5* 7 21 8 2 Score by innings— Suburbans 4 1 0 0 0 9 o—s Newsies 0 1 0 0 9 0.2 —3 hits, Berghaus and I,ud wig. Three-base hit, Baumgardner. Home run, Kutz. These Little Pigs Went to Market—in Motors and Lost Their Lives Omaha. —An example of how mo tor trucks are relieving railroad transportation in many sections of the country is shown in the receipts of hogs delivered to the Omaha mar ket by this method of conveyances. According to a report recently compiled by the Bureau of Markets, there was an increase of 180 per cent, in the number of hogs trans ported to that market by motor trucks during the first six months in 1918, as compared to the correspond ing period of 1917. The number carried in this way amounted to 92,780 for the period in 1918, as compared to 33,084 for the corre sponding mojiths last year. TheHarrisburg Academy ■A COUNTRY DAY AND UOAIILCNG SCHOOL lIF.OPENS MONDAY. SEPT. 23. The New Junior School Plant for young boys is the finest In this section of the United States. This Department accommodates young boys from six to twelve years of age. as day and resident pupils.- The Senior Department com prises six years of scholastic work and is designed to prepares young men for entrance to any College or University. The School provides: Small Classes. Individual Instruction. Military Training. All Open Air Sports. The time required for a, pupil to complete hfs preparation for college entrance depends solely upon hlB ability, and industry. For new catalog. Dormitory floor plans, and additional detailed In formation, communicate with ARTHUR E. BROWN, Headmaster. P. O. Box Hl7. Bell Phone 1371-J. AROUND THE BASES Des Moines, lowa, Aug. 26.— Single G., In winning the free-for all pace in the Great Western race meet at the lowa State fair here to day, broke two world's pacing rec ords. His time of 2.06, 2,03% and 2.01 was a world's record for three beats on a half mile track, the for mer mark of 2.02% having been held by Directum I. Single G. was driven by Ed Allen. Hal Chase, suspended first base man of the Cincinnati National League team, has sued the Cincin nati Exhibition .Company, owners of the Cincinnati baseball club for $1690 which he claims is salary duo him and unpaid. He appends a copy of the cbntruct whjch ho says was entered into by him and the com pany January 31, 1917, and which stipulates a saalry of $78,000, pay able $O5O each two weeks during tho playing season. The contract he sets forth was for a period of two years. The world series games of 1918 will be played in the American League park at Chicago. Officials of the Chicago Cubs, after sorting thousands of requests for tickets, be lieved to-day crowds could not be accommodated in the smaller Na tional League park. Reviving interest in baseball was apparent yesterday with the Cubs definitely in possession of the pen nant. Secretary Baker's statement removing any trace of slqekcrism from the players, was believed partly responsible for the crowd of 12,000 which saw the Cubs win. One of the -most interesting fea tures of tho remaining games in the National League will be the closing rounds in the fight, for the year's batting championship. There is a close battle in progress, and any | one of half a dozen contenders may I pull down the honors. Pittsburgh has a representative in the struggle jin the person of Billy Southworth. j The slugging rightfielder is not at the top of the list, hut he is near enough to have a chance to win out. The records tip to date show that Manuel Cueto of Cincin nati has tho highest, average in the deague, his mark being .363. but as he has played in only 37 games he is not considered a contender. Zack Wheat of Brooklyn still is the real leader, hut his mark has fallen t0..339 to-day rjid right at his heels is Eddie Roush of Cincinnati, who has an average of .335. Southworth ranks next with .329, followed by Boh Fisher of St. Louis with,' 324, Hoinie Groh of Cincinnati with. 322 and Charley Hollocher of Chicago with .320. Lute Boone, the popular Pitts burgh boy who is holding down tho Shortstop position for the Pirates so acceptably, is to come in for special recognition before the season closes. A "Boone Day" is an added feature on the Forbes Field program. It is to be celebrated on Thursday in con nection with tjie bargain double header scheduled between the Buc caneers and the St. Louis Cardinals Chicago. Aug. 26. —Mrs. Dave Gaut, of Memphis, won the gold medal in the qualifying round of the women's Western Golf Association championship at Indian Hill Club to. day with 92. five under woman's par, despite a high wind. Miss Frances Hadfleld, of Blue Mound Club, Mil waukee. with 94, tied for second place with Miss Elaine Rosenthal, formerly dhampion, and Miss Ruth Burnett, both of Chicago. Philadelphia, Aug. 26.—Lew Tend-' ler, the Philadelphia lightweight, 1 defeated Harvey Thorpe, of Kansas City, in a fast six round bout here' Play Safe — Stick to KI N G OSCAR CIGARS because the quality is as good as ever it was. They will please and satisfy you. , I 6c—worth it JOHN C. HERMAN & CO. Makers I f last night. Tcndler was the aggres sor throughout the bout. Hugo Bezdek, manager of the Pittsburgh National League baseball c}ub and former University of Ore gon athletic director, has been ap pointed director of physical educa tion at Pennsylvania State College. * • Battling Levinsky, of Bridgeport, Conn., outpointed Clay Turner, the Indian puglist of St. Paul, in an eight-round bout at Jersey City last night. Levinsky weighed 176 pounds and Turner 177. Levinsky was too clever for his opponent, who, however, landed a hard left that cut Levinsky's right eye. ' * • Badl players are not receiving the inducements from shipyards and steel plants that were offered a few weeks ago. The government has put its foot down on that form of evad ing real war work, and now it is a case of actually working for as much per day and playing ball on the side simply for glory and exercise if they so desire. • • • That there will be plenty of foot ball this year notwithstanding war conditions is indicated by the result of a canvass of the intercollegiate situation just reported from the East. A New York writer who has gone over the whole field says he finds that of the colleges which played the game last fall only six have an nounced their intention not to be in the lield again this season. Three of these are Southern institutions. The list includes Carlisle Indian School, Georgetown, University of Detroit, North Carolina Agricultural and Electrical, Randolph Bacon and Richmond College. Fordham, too, may be added to the list. There • may be others, but in the main the lield Will be stronger than it was last year. If Harvard, Yale and Princeton return it will mean a big increase in interest in the season., Another consideration not to be ig-' nored is the fact that the Army- Navy game is to be revived. Noth ing official has been given out, but it is understood that the authorities at West Point and Annapolis have come to some understanding. Both real ize that sport is an essential factor now that the men are being driven along at double quick in the class rooms. Besides the game offers a good opportunity for Red Cross or other war fund aid. PORTABLE LAMP # PRIZE AT KIWAMS CLUB MEETING A portable electric lamp, contribut ed by Sam Bair, of the Dauphin Elec tric Company, will be the attendance prize at this week's luncheon of the Kiwanis Club to be held in the as sembly room of the Central Y. M. C. A. Building to-morrow noon. At next week's meeting the prize will be $lO worth of repairs at Thomas C. Black's garage. . "Will the winner please break his car so Tom can repair it," is the request made by the secretary 4n announcing the prize. CANDIDATE RUNNING IN TWO STATES. IS CHARGE Newark, N. J., Aug. 27. William Grant Webster, candidate for the Re publican Congressional nomination in the Tenth District of New Jersey, yesterday was charged with being the rame William Grant Webster now running in the tenth Congressional District of Illinois and also for the office of Congressman-at-Largu In ll l'nols. KILLED IN KALI. FROM TREE Funeral services for Josiah Eber sole aged 65, who was killed in a fall from a tree at his home, in Highspire. will he held Thursday afternoon, at 2 o'clock. The Rev.'G. Heri, pastor of the Highspire Church of God, will of-, ileiate. Burial will be made at High spire. While trimming a tree In the yard at his home, Mr. Ebersole lost his grip and fell to the ground, breaking his neck. He is survived by six children. 11
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