WORLDS BILLIARD CHAMPION COMING TO HARRISBURG; HOW MITCHELL MADE THE CUBS BILLIARD CHAMP COMING SOON Frank Taberski, Undefeated in the Pastime, Will Show Here on September 11 |> FRANK TABTERSKT -j Harrlsburg will have a chance to ogle the champion pocket billiard shark of the world when Frank Taberski shows here at 3 p. m. on September 11, at Halted S. Leonard's billiard room, which is located in the rear of Kennedy's drug store. Mar- j ket .and Dewberry streets. Taberski j holds the remarkable record of nev- I er having been defeated. His string j of victories is long as the Susque- ! hanca river. His championship high | run in contest on a sxlo table was j made against Joseph Concannon. at ! Buffalo, when he spotted 183. His high run in exhibition was 238 on a 4x9 table at Schenectady. His long record shows the following victories: John Layton, at Sedalia, Mo., 43 7 to 450. Ralph Greenleaf, at New York, 407 to 450. Edward I. Ralph, at Schenectady, 342 to 450. James Maturo, at Pittsburgh, 420 to 450. Louis Kreuter, at Youngstown, O. 399 to 450. Bennie Allen, at Kansas Citv, Mo., 448 to 450. L. P'-''enburg, at Buffalo, N. Y., 867 tj 460. Joe Concannon, at Buffalo, N. Y„ 392 to 450. Louis Kreuter, at Schenectady, 276 to 450. Ralph Greenleaf, at Milwaukee, Wis., 355 to 450. Taberski total, 4,500; opponents, 3,843. Taberski is busy as a barefoot boy in a bumblebee's nest or as the | President of the United States, and : he will breeze in here about five ! minutes before the call of time to j meet the best in Harrisburg and then j give an exhibition. Manager Leon ard, who himself is no slouch at the j pagtime. for he held the amateur j national title,will have full charge of the crowded hour and billiardists ! from all parts of the community are i now sending in for seats of vantage at the great show. Railroad Teams to Play Here For Championship The Pennsylvania Railroad eli- j mination baseball game to determine I the champions of the eastern and western grand divisions will be play- i ed'at Island Park to-morrow after-! noon at 3.30 o'clock, it was announc ed to-day. Teams from Renovo and> Pitcairn will play. Each team has won a game on its own grounds.! Eenovo is champion in the eastern < division and Pitcairn in the west. NOTICE! To the Thrifty and Wide Awake The giving of extra pants FREE will be discontinued after Saturday, Aug. 31 NONE will be given after that date and no reductions will be made in price Order Your Fall Suit Now and Get an Extra Pair of Pants FREE Without Cost We Will Cheerfully Hold Your Suits For a Later Date, if You So Desire Standard Woolen Co. Harrisburg's Largest and Oldest Popular Priced Tailors 103 N. Second Street, Harrisburg, Pa. FRIDAY EVENING. 5 noodles Soosie Finds the Movies a Pretty Rough Proposition By : , - 1 I -I" ' ■ | " I o ! —— 3 I \ I |WE ONLY GOT (Pee 1 f AU- SI&HT | ! r~ | rr ' " OPE. 3-oB ORE* ANYTHING SXOODS ♦ HULLO- FI£E < / |M 60NN0L T&& £ %*R YA KIN COME SooifE ! K FFP op W NV N IRS A FUNNY , .IN TH' ON AN BEGIN/ , I ' 1 TH' SOON) OIA ON VOO f TAKIN' -ACTJfV A , CLIcL WORK / / ft AN' XOU NMOOU? tfTl <*? * , CL \ C * I /T)r\/ / / WF J I ft NY HOW ? hAN>6 T3e FIELD MARSHALL MITCHELL IS THE MAN. WHO MADE THE CUBS A couple of years ago when Fred Mitchell was appointed manager of the Cutis a lot of taus set up and yelped, "Who's this Mitchell, anyway." Then the story got around that Mitchell was the bird who made it possible for Stallings to put over a winner at Boston iu 1914. The story gained a lot of credence at the time, but later Fred was rath cd discredited by the failure of hi 3 club to show much in the 1917 race. But this "ear Mitchell is showing what he can do. Whether or not Mi li was the man behind the Braves means little or nothing right now, but the fact that he is the force behind the Cubs means a great deal. There nas been no club in the Na tional League hit harder by the draft than the Cubs. When the season started Mitch had a club that looked about one. two in the league. Then he lost Alexander, Douglas had been laid up with an operation and Kilduft went to the Army, making a big hole in his infield. Did the Cubs fall down? Not that anyone could notice. Mitchell celebrated by passing the Giants and taking the league lead. When the question is asked qpw who is responsible for the Cubs be ing contenders for world honors the answer is Fred Mitchell. On his ad vice the club bought Grover Alex ander, Bill Killefer, George Tyler, Dodo Paskert, Fred Merkle, Turner Barber and Charley Hollochcr. These arc the players who strengthened the weak spots on the team and made it a champion after Joe Tinker left it. Without these men there is no telling where tho Cubs would have finished in the race. Last year Manager Mitchell devot ed his time to studying the club to ascertain just what it needed. One, of the first moves he made was to get Merkle from the Brooklyn club after Vic Saier sustained a broken leg early in the 1917 season. Mitchell secured the veteran first sacker be cause he believed him a good ball player, steady, efficient and intelli gent. On that he made no mistake, as Merkle has proved by batting more than .300 nearly all this season. The first baseman seemingly under went a decided change, for his play ing'with the Cubs this year excelled any that he has supplied in the last five or more campaigns. Now Players Secured The Cubs did not finish as high last season as expected. They did not surprise Manager Mitchell, but when the race closed he knew what he needed. He went to President Weeshman and William Wrigley, Jr., and told them what he ought to have to make a pennant winner. When he mentioned certain players they opened their eyes and thought him on the wrong track, but he im pressed them with his sincerity and they later delivered. Mitchell vir tually declared himself then and there, saying that he did not see how he could lose if they were secured. They were obtained and the results now show the wisdom of his advice. Hollocher came to the club virtual ly a green kid so far as the knowl edge of baseball was concerned, but being bright and a good listener he improved under the tutelage of Mit chell and developed into the greatest shortstop in the league. As he start ed off like a whirlwind it was pre dicted he would slump and prove only a flash in the pan, but he has not done so. He has kept up his good work in every department of the game and astonished the base ball world with his batting. He has been hitting at a .300 clip since early in May and has helped wonderfully in winning games with his stick work. It is needless to say muoh aboijt his fielding other than that he is the class Of the league. Followers of the club were pleased when Alexander and Killefer were secured. The presence of these stars on the club alone assured them of a winner. When Tyler was obtained in a trade with Boston for Larry Doyle, Art Wilson and some Cash, their hopes took a decided jump. When Dodo Paskert was secured from the Phillies the fans did not feel so elated, as they figured that he was a veteran and would not be a great improvement on Cy Wil liams. Mitchell, however, knew bet ter and Paskert has played a better game than he ever did for Pat Mo lan. His fielding and hitting have been immense? The departure of Alexander was a shock to the Cub fans. They thought it meant the loss of the champion ship. Manager Mitchell, while he na turally deplored the loss of the star, did not think so. He retained con fidence in the men he had and in stilled into them the belief that they were, the class of the league. He handled them as wisely as any man ager could, and it is saying a whole lot to assert that he got more and better baseball out of his players than any other manager possibly could have done. His players imme diately realized the fact that he was a smart baseball man and followed his advice with the result that the Cub team played a superior brand of ball all the year. Old, Players Improve Although Manager Mitchell ob tained Alexander, Killefer, Tyler, Paskert and Hollocher to make his ball team, one cannot overlook the other members of the team, Les Mann, Jim Vaughn, Claude Hendrix, Max Flack and Rollie Zeider did not lose any of their brilliancy because of the acquisition, of the other play ers. If anything, they performed with more dexterity than they did in the preceding campaign. They kept up with the spirit of the outfit and contributed their share toward winning the championship. They were on their toes at all times and played the sort of baseball that Man ager Mitchell demanded from them. Vaughn, of course, has been the star of the twirling staff, and he has won twenty-one games. Hendrix, too, is deserving of credit, as he has won nineteen frames and his pitching has been surprising after the work he did last year. Manager Mitchell from the start of the spring training trip knew what his lineup would be. He had it virtually doped out before the players went into training, and soon after practice began, placed his men at the positions picked out for them. Pete Kildruff was at second base at the opening, but he fell into a slump and then joined the Navy, which pressed Zeiders into service. The club was not weakened any by the change. After that all Mitchell had to do was to arrange his men in the batting order to get the most out of their hitting and speed. What They Did Yesterday;" Where They Play Today YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Amer*<ao lieaguc New York, t WbiaMngton, 4. Athletics-Boston, rain. Other clubs not scheduled. National lieagne Chicago, 1; Cincinnati, 0; (First game). Chicago, 6; Cincinnati, 4; (Second game). Pittsburgh. 1; St. Louis, 0; (First game). St. Louis, 4; Pittsburgh, 1; (Second game). New York, 4; Brooklyn, 0. Philies-Boston, rain. STANDING OF TIIE CLUBS American League W. L. Pet. Boston . . . - 71 49 .592 Cleveland 69 54 .561 Washington 68 65 .553 New York 59 59 .500 Chicago 57 63 .475 St. Louis 56 63 .475 Detroit > 52 67 .437 Athletics 50 71 .413 National League W. L. Pet. Chicago 82 42 .661 New Y'ork .. . 68 51 .572 Pittsburgh 64 58 .525 Cincinnati 62 CO .508 Brooklyn 55 66 .454 Phillies 52 65 .444 Boston 50 68 .424 St- Louis 51 74 .408 SCHEDULE FOR TODAY American League Detroit at Bt. Louis. Athletics at Boston. New York at Washington. Other clubs not scheduled. National League Boston at Philadelphia. Brooklyn at New York. Cincinnati at Chicago. St. Louis at Pittsburgh. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Steel Plant Electricians Flash in Lightning Game Hitting by Hornberger and Jser ance of the electrical department team from Bethlehem steel plant helped greatly to defeat the Cen tral Iron and Steel Company elec trical workers, the game being played yesterday at Cottage Hill. The latter appeared to have the game on lee, when suddenly in the eighth, Shaeffer and Hornberger got busy with the bludgeon and sent In a brace of tallies. How the lightning flashy}: BETHLEHEM STEEL R. H. O. A. E. Hornberger, 2b ... 1 1 1 0 0 Zerance, ss 0 2 3 1 0 Murphy, 3b 1 0 0 0 1 Clark, lb 1 0 6 2 0 Marino, c 1 1 10 0 1 Bear. If 0 0 1 0 0 Jones, p 0 2 2 2 0 Shaeffer, of 1 0 0 0 0 Waltz, rf 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 5 6 24 5 2 CENTRAL R. H. O. A. E. Ehling. 3b 0 0 3 3 0 Pietzsch, c ....... 2 1 9 0 0 Cook, ss 1 2 0 2 0 Marshall, If 1 1 0 0 0 Shay, p, rf 0 1 0 5 0 Shearer, rf 0 0 0 0 0 Reily, lb 0 0 9 0 0 Filbv, 2b 0 0 1 2 1 Griffin, cf 0 0 1 0 0 Conner, p 0 0 1 0 0 Totals a 4 5 24 12 1 B. S. Co 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 o—s Central ' 1020100 o—4 Two-base hit, Zerance. Three-baso hit, Hornberger. Home run. Mar shall. Struck out, by Jones, 9; Shay, 5; Conner, 3. Base on balls, off Jones, 5; Shay, 3. SALOON ELIMINATED, ARRESTS DECREASE Loa Angelea. Drunkenness in Los Angeles since the elimination of the saloons has materially decreased. Comparing the first six months of 1918 with those of 1917 shows a de crease of 1.364 arrests this year, the exact figures being 7,464 in 1917 and 6,100 in 1918. Bezdek to Be Czar of Sports at Penn State State College, Pa., Aug. 30. When Hugo Bezdek, the Pitts burgh Pirate's manager and for mer Pacific coast athletic direc tor, com:*, to the Pennsylvania £>tate College next tveelt as the head of physical education he will foster above all other sports ac tivities recreational athletics for the entire student body. He will not specialize as the coach of Penn State's intercollegiate teams. His chief task will be that of a director and organizer of massed athletics in which the physical development of the in dividual student will be em phasized rather than the produc tion of teams of highly special ized athletes. Every student in the institution —and there will be about 1,800 of them next year— will be required to participate in some form of outdoor sport, with Bezd jit personally supervising his activities. Under Bezdek's guiding hand, all Penn State's intercollegiate athletic teams will be continued and encouraged. They will con tinuo to meet opponents from representative colleges and uni versities. He will have a corps of quali fied assistants to carry out much of the team coaching, but every where in State's sports program the team development idea will be subordinated to the broad principle of physical training for the mass of undergraduates. It is planned to have boxing and wrestling featured as the two chief forms of recreational ath letics. Large groups of students will be engaged in these sports simultaneously, with Bezdek and his assistants constantly on hand watching the work. Penn State's new physical training scheme Is regarded as an innovation in collegiate .ath letic circles. Few colleges in this country have yet introduced a similar system that looks toward dual faculty control of physical education and intercollegiate ath letics. His rank as associate professor of phyncal education and ath letics. gives Bezdek the unusual position of football, basketball and baseball coach with a faculty standing. He is charged with complete and absolute control of State's new athletic policy. Bezdek will model his recrea tive sports plan after the army cantonment system of recrea tion. This will be studied close ly during a tour of Eastern camps next week. He will assume his active duties here with the re opening of college, September 11. State's new athletic head is a product of the Stagg system at the University of Chicago,,where he played football for three years. He was graduated in 1906. Later he served as an assistant to Stagg at Chicago, and subse quently coached at the University of Arkansas. His fame as a grid iron mentor and physical edu cator came to the East, howevor, after he developed remarkable teams at the University of Oregon during the last five years. Cub Catchers Top the Red Sox Says Fullerton (Copyright, 191S, by The Bell Syn dicate, Inc.) Often- Defen sive. sive. Total Cubs 812 763 1575 Red Sox 791 682 1473 Cubs 772 763 1541 Cleveland 803 732 1535 Chicago's Cubs show tremendous superiority over the Boston Red Sox in the dope tigures on catches. While in the study of infield and outfield we have found that the Red Sox hold the superiority in attack ing force on both the infield and the outfield, while the teams are shown to rank very close together in the regular positions, Chicago having a slight balance on the infield due to Boston's weakness in two positions, the study of catchers reveals for the first time anv marked dift'erence in strength and shows that the Red Sox have another dangerous defect in team makeup. The Cubs score a gain of more than 100 points on pure dope. It is a dangerous thing, as a usual rule, for any team to bank upon one man in any series. The Red Sox have had all their eggs in one bas ket this season and have not broken many, but in the case of the Cubs the situation is even more danger ous. If anything should happen to Bill Killifer, the Cubs would lose this series almost beyond doubt, and that statement is made without ref erence to the dope. Without Killi fer, the Cub pitching staff would be reduced one-third in strength and the catching staff—not figuring effect upon pitchers, would lose a hundred points. If Killifer should be hurt, or sum moned to immediate Army duty, the Cub hopes would crash immedi ately. This importance of the little Paw-Paw catcher to Mitchell's ma chine has been demonstrated-"time and again this season and each time he has been out of the game the pitching has weakened and the en tire team has faltered and played ragged and uncertain ball. This is a notable feature of all teams which have become used to working with finished and clever catchers who, more or less, are in charge of the field directions and working in perfect accord with the pitchers and infielders. It is not a reflection upon the associate catch ers because they may have almost as much skill and cleverness as the first catcher, yet not have had the chance to work with pitchers and infielders so that their change of style and method may wreck the team play entirely. Killifer is one of the really great catchers of all time, and one of the best hustlers and leaders in the game to-day. His work with the Cubs has been marvelous. He has got more plching out of the squad than was supposed to be in it. In this he has, of course, had the as sistance of Manager Mitchell, who is one of the best judges of pitching and pitchers in the world. Mitch gives Killifer all the credit, while Kil insists that it should be split at least and that Mitchell is one of the greatest teachers the game has ever known. Killifer, in addition to his own ability, has had the advantage of working under two of the great masters of catching and studying tiatters—Pat Moran and Fred Mitch ell —and has learned much. , He leads easily in attacking abil itv, and would lead further were it certain that Sam Agnew is going to do all the catching for the Red Sox. Agnew is a poor hitter, although he figures to hit a hall better against! New Industrial League Now a Debating Society INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE Last Evening's Results Klwanis, 2: Appleby. 1. Belmont, 12; Evangelical. 2. Standing of the Clubs W. L. P.C. Kiwanis .... " 1 .815 West End 6. 5 .667 Suburbans 6 3 .667 Appleby 4 4 .500 Newsies 4 5 .444 Belmont 3 4 .429 Evangelicals 3 6 .250 Baptist 1 7 .125 Tonight's Schedule Appleby vs. Belmont. The Industrial Debating Society of Harrisburg, otherwise known as New Industrial Baseball League, had its usual argument last evening, base ball being an entirely remote issue. The Belmonts forgot to show up until nearly dark at West End grounds, and Evangelical was about to go home when the slacker foe leisurely appear ed. Only four innings were played, but thev were plenty of that sort of pastiming. Belmont winning, 12-2. Somebody ought to shovel the snow off this league's feet. The other scheduled game. Appleby and Kiwanis, game off on time, but much bickering resulted from the former using what was thought to be a "ringer." It was proved, however, that he had some credentials and eventually the battle started, winding up 2-1. favor of Kiwanis. The only way to keep up interest In amateur baseball Is to be on the job, and fans will not long patronize a debating so ciety. Summaries for the only real game were: Kiwanis 2 0 ft 0.0 0 o—2 Appleby 1 00000 o—l Two-base hit Day. Struck out— By Furman, 13; by Hinkle. 9. Base on balls Off Furman, 3;- oft Hinkle, 1. the Chicago pitchers than he has clone during the regular season, tie has had a poor year with the stick, in spite of the fact that the team has- been winning and that the pitching of the opponents has been the worst in the history of baseball. Agnew is normally about a .220 hitter, but this season he is far be low that poor mark. Killifer is a dangerous batter, but scarcely one to be classed as a great hitter. He hits in the pinches and he is a great factor in run scoring. In the defensive work Killifer still leads Agnew, although Sam is a clever man, a handy backstop, who works well with a pitching staff which is not easy to handle, and w*ho can throw and will throw. The same situation that confronts the Boston management at third base applies to their catchers. Schang, although he has not hit tt> his early promise, is far and away a better hitter and a more danger ous one, especially against left handed pitching, than is Agnew. Barrow can gain hitting strength by using Schang in part of the games behind the bat and part at third base, which he probably will do. But what he gains in hitting power he will lose in part in the defensive end of play. Schang, .who, with the Athletics, promised to develop into one of the greatest catchers of all tithe, has not lived up to his early promise. He is an erratic and un certain man now and not nearly as steady or dependable as Agnew, who, when Schang was at his ehrly best, was decorating the bench while others caught for Boston. Again the element of uncertainty which makes the coming series more interesting enters into it. Schang would not work as well with the infield, nor would he steady and coach pitchers as Agnew does, but in these series one long wallop cov ers a multitude of sins of omission and commission. Besides that Schang has spells of catching in which he looks as good as the next one. s _ He can handle Ruth, as it looks if the opening : battery would be Ruth against Vaughn, Schang may get into that game as a catcher, and go to third base the next day if Tyler works against Jones, as it would appear to dope out. In other words, Schang, who has been shoved all around the Red Sox team and who has discouraged us all because he does not appear to be a finished player in any job, may be the biggest element of strength of the Boston club if his known strength is used properly. Comparing Chicago catching against that that Cleveland would have in such a series, the advantage of the Cubs is much less than is shown in the Boston comparisons. O'Neill is one of the best of the American League catchers and he compares favorably with Killifer in every (lepartmci t of the game. However, Cleveland's chances have dwindled until extensive compari sons are almost useless, and may be gone entirely before this sees print. And now for the tough ,lob, which is calculating the pitching strengths of the teams. I am deep enough in the dope to be convinced that th 6 results rest entirely upon pitching. In spite of the Cubs' superiority in the catch ing department, there is not enough difference in the. mechanical depart ment to give either team a lead. It looks as if Boston must show a su periority of about eight per cent, ever the Cub pitchers to have a claim on the series. Black Cats Are More Blue Than Black Now The Black Cats of Camp Colt must be pot only black by this time, but also a little blue. Most everybody is treating 'em rough these days and at Cottage Hill yesterday the Steel ton monarchs of the diamond, with Tom Phillips, pitching, scuttled I Lieutenant Omar Harris' pets by the score of 14-2. Connelly was the one lone kitten to use his claws, scratching Phillips for three hits and being very enterprising around third base; The leaguers wallowed .in wallops, as may be seen by the score: CAMP COLT AB. R. H. O. A. Batchler, ss 3 0 1 31 Staten, lb 3 0 1 6 0 Foss, c 4 0 0 8 0 Ruble. If 4 0 0 1 0 Gill. 2b 3 0 1 1 3 Connley. 3b 4 1 3 1 2 Nelson, rf 4 1 0 ,0 0 Gearheart, cf 3 0 1 3 0 Spencer, p 3 0 0 1 0 Totals 31 2 7 24 6 STEELTON AB. R. H. O. A. Hunter, rf 4 2 1 1 0 Neild, If 5 2 2 1 0 Knight, 3b 5 0 1 1 3 Kauftman, 1b 5 1 1 10 2 McCarthy, 2b 4 2 2 2 4 Roach, ss 5 *1 2 2 1 Miller, cf 4 2 2 1 0 Edmund, c 2 3 1 9 2 Phillips 4 1' 2 0 4 Totals 38 14 14 27 16 Camp Colt ,00000000 2 2 Steelton ...11234003 x —l 4 J Errors, Camp Colt, 3, Staten, Foss, and Gill; Steelton, one, Kauffman. - Two-base hits, Nelld, McCarthy, Roach, 2; Miller. Three-base hits. AUGUST 30, 1918. Knight, Kauffman, McCarthy. "RED PEPPISR BMOTHERS Phillips, ftearhart. Socritlce hit, J Staten. Double plays, Kauftman to' Chicago. Police search brought Roach to Phillips to Knight. Struck I four dime novels, two long-bladed out, by Phillips, 9; by Spencer, 3. | knives and a sack of red pepper from Base on balls, off Phillips, 3; olt| t | ie pockets of two 10-year-old boys, Lefton base, Camp Colt,, Joseph jjarkowltx and Louis Lippitz. 6, Steelton, 5 Hit by pitcher, bd-i . rece ntly ran away from Detroit, mundson and Gearhart. Stolen bases b", rec ® nl : . . nn lice ask- Hunter, 2; Netld, Miller and Ed- The hard-heared P" l ™ lnundson, 2; Phillips, 2; Connlev.! Ed whether they intended to become Passed balls, Foss. Wild pitches, I "red-pepper bandits," but their only Spencer. ! rep ucs were howls for their mothers. FALL SUITS For x * Men, Young Men and Boys ON CREDIT The largest selection of New Styles and Patterns we have ever shown is now ready for your inspection. Prices $lB to $4O You may select your new Fall Suit now and pay for it in amounts that you'll hardly miss. 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