RUTH OR HENDRIX TO PITCH FOR SOX TODAY IN FOURTH GAME OF SERIES AT BOSTON CUBS AND SOX BATTLE THE FOURTH GAME AT BOSTON With Saturday's victory over the Cubs, Manager Barrow's Red Sox were decidedly favorites to-day, not • only at Boston, but all over the baseball world*. With a lead of two games to one. the Red Sox were confident of maintaining the club's prestige of wirtning every world's the? have been entered for. As they have been only a mediocre road team this year and have proved themselves almost invincible on their home grounds with anything at stake, thir confidence was shared by thousands of supporters. No gloom could be detected, how ever, in the air of the Cubs. They were full of the same fight and dash that enabled them to pull down the long lead of the J>few York Giants and romp home the winners in the National l.eague 'pennant stretch. The one run margin in Boston, the Red Sox victories was too small for the. Cubs to concede any superiority to their opponents. While Manage* Mitchell, of Chicago, intimated that Hendrix, his star righthander, might pitch the opening game here. Red Sox fol lowers would not be surprised to see him come back with "Lefty" George Tyler, who won his game 3 to 1, in Chicago, last Friday. Thus far Mitchell has used only his two great southpaws Vaughn and Tyler, not only because the Red Sox are sup posed to be weak against left handers, but also because "Babe" Ruth. Bos'on's mighty batsman, has made fewer of his big blows against portsiders than against right handers. Ruth who won the opening game in Chicago is favored by Manager Barrow to open the home series. If Hendrix is sent to the slab Ruth is almost sure to get into the game, either in the box or the outfield, for the big fellow would rather bat against a right-hander with a fast ball than eat. Saturday's battle was probably the most spectacular ever witnessed at a world's series. The Red Sox were in front with the score 2 to 1, when the Cubs came to bat for the last time in the ninth. The Cubs had been grad ually prying into the mysterious un derhand shoots of Carl Mays, and the big crowd was keyed up to a high pitcli of excitement in antici pation of a Chicago rally. There were two out, and Chicago's chance had almost faded when Charley Pick came to the bat. -Pick slammed a single between first and second, and the South Side echoed with the yells which shot up out of the stands. Saturday's Official Score BOSTON Players— A.B. H. B.H. T.B. S.H. S.B. P.O. A. E. Hooper, rf 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 Slier n. 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 St; unit, cf .. 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Whiteman, If 3 1 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 Mclnnis, lb 4 1 1 1 0- 0 12 0 0 Schang, c . ..• 4 0 2 2 0 1 6 3 0 Scott, ss 4 .0 1 1 0 0 1 5 0 Thomas, 3b ..3 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 Mays, p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Totals ... 32 2 7 7 0 , 2 27 14 0 CHICAGO Players— A.B. R. B.H. T.B. S.H. S.B. P.O. A. E. Flack, if 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 Hollocher, ss 3 0 0 0 <. 1 0 1 3 1 Mann, If .. r. ....... 4 0 2 3 0 o 1 0 0 Paskert, cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 Merkle. lb 400000920 Pick, 2b 4 1 2 3 Oil 0 0 0 Deal. 3b •. 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 Killefcr, 3 0 1 1 0 0 8 0 0 Vaughn, p -3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 xßarber 0 0 0 0 0 W 0 0 0 Totals 31 1 7 9 1 1 27 10 1 x Batted for Deal in ninth. Score by innings— Boston 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 o—20 —2 Chicago 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 o—l Two-base hits —Mann, Pick. Double plays—Hollocher to Merkle; Vaughn to Merkle. Left on bases—Boston, 5; Chicago, 5. First base on error—Boston, 1. Bases on balls—Off Mays, 1; off Vaughn. 1. Struck out —By Mays, 4; by Vaughn, 7. Passed ball —Schang. Time —1.57. Umpires—Klern at plate, Owens at tirst, O'Day at sec ond, Hilcicbrand at third. Harrisburg Golfers Outplay Lancaster by Big Score Harrisburg Country Club golfers! beat representatives of the Lancas ter Country Club on Saturday hero, 17 matches to 4, the close contests being Divine of Harrisburg vs. Bare of Lancaster and Nissley of Harris burg vs. Franklin of Lancaster. Both these matches went to the nineteenth l'.crte but the local men won each time. Frank Payne won from Heimenz, score 4 up. Owery of Harrisburg won from Sculley of Lancaster, 4 up. Sides of Harrisburg took his match with Wickeisham of the visitors score, 3 up. Ryder won from Max well of Lancaster, 3 up. Herman of Harrisburg defeated Carpenter 'of Lancaster, 5 up. Sweeney of Har risburg. won from Straub, 5 up. Bald win won from Eaby of Lancaster, 2 up. Dull of Harrisburg lost to J. L. Brown of Lancaster, 8 up. Dohoney of Harrisburg won from Fraim of Lancaster, 1 up. Todd of Harris burg defeated Meyers of Lancaster, u up. Keiscer of Harrisburg lost to GarCen of Lancaster, 2 up. R. Hic kok of Harrisburg lost to Cummins of Lancaster, 1 up. Armstrong of Harrisburg won from J. L. Brown of Lancaster. 2 up. Miller of Harris burg won from Smith of 2 up. FOvsythe of Harrisburg de feated Rum ford of Harrisburg, 2 op. Hilleary of Harrisburg won from Su ter of Lancasler, 2 up. Moorheail of Harrisburg defeated Lodge of Lancaster, 2 up. Drake of Harris burg won from Duranceau of Lan caster, 4 up. Neale of Harrisburg defeated Roland of Lancaster, 5 up. WOMAN CHAMPION WINS Detroit, Micll., Sept. 9—Mrs. Claire Galligan Finney, of the New York Women's Swimming Association, won the National A. A. U. long distance swimming championship for women here on Saturday, finishing flf een yards ahead of Miss Dorothy Burns, of San Francisco. Miss Grace Stew art, of St. Louis, was third. The winner's time for the distance, ap - proximately two and one-half miles, was one hour. 21 minutes and 2 1-5 seconds, a heavy squall that, came up shortly after the race began makirg headway difflciilt. The Central A. A. U. one-riile swim for men was won by W. E. Wallen, of the Great Lakes Na ,r al Training Station, in 16.50 4-5. H. H. Laubis. Great Lakes, was second and John Bennett, also of Great Lakes, third. Wallen's time of 16.50 4-5 was made swimming with the current and officials announced that it would be Recognized as a record. MONDAY EVENING, Barber was rushed in by Manager Mitchell as a pinch hitter for Charley Deal. As May's arm wound up for his freak delivery. Pick started for second. Wallle Schang hurled the ball down, and the Chicago runner made a .mighty leap into the bag. Umpire Hank O'Day standing over the cloud of dust, yelled "Safe." and once again the noisy crowd broke loose. The next ball that Mays pitched twisted out of Schang's hands and rolled behind the catcher. Pick started for third on a gallop. Schang retrieved the ball and heaved it down to Jackie Thomas. Ball and runner arrived at about the same time, and in the melee at the cush ion the ball trickled from Thomas' hands and rolled away toward the Chicago bench. Pick was on his feet in a jiffy, and Manager Mitchell was imploring him to set sail for home. This Pick did, and as he came tear ing down the third base line with the tieing run within his grasp every spectator in the pTrk was on his or her toes, screaming like the Old Ned. On every lip was an entreaty for Pick to shake his feet a little bit faster. "Come on, Charley; run, you son of a gun. run." With the crowd bordering dan gerously on the edge of hysteria. Jackie Thomas and the ball were forgotten. But Thomas held a level head in those few (wild moments. He jumped over toward the Cub bench and snatched up the ball. Pick was now almost at the plate, and as Thomas raised his arm to throw to Schang he knew, and knew it well, that perhaps the fortunes of the whole Boston team depended on that all-important throw. Straight and true, as swift as a bullet the ball went from Thomas' hand into the waiting mitt of Schang at the plate. As Pick came tumb ling into the final bag stretching his left foot far out so as'to hook the corner of the rubbei' platter, the ball clapped against the catcher's glove, and Schang tagged the runner with the ball. "You're out," replied Umpire. Klem. and right then and there the Cubs' chances in that game were gone forever. As the disappointed Chi cago fans turned their backs to the field and hustled toward the exits, Thomas and his wonderful throw were not forgotten. Hundreds of jackies from the Great Lakes Naval Station lingered long enough to give Thomas the cheers he deserved for wiping out the cost of his own error by his quick cool action. : Tennis Stars Beat Altoona Boys at Reservoir Park Reservoir Park on Saturday was the scene of sweeping tennis vic tory over a team made up of Al toona Y. M. C. A. men, by local stars. The final score was 9-0, but it was no walkover, nearly every game being hotly contested. The summary of nine matches was: I Singles: C. Fager (H) defeated- Fay, (A), 5-7, 6-1, 6-0; Black (H) defeated Yon (A), 9-7, 6-4; Glen wood Beard (H) defeated O'Ncit (A), 6-4, JO-8; Pollock (H) defeated Keplogle (A), 6-3, 6-4; Widder (H) defeated Hauser (A), 6-1, 7-5; v. Pager (H) defeated Brown (A), 6-1 6-0. Doubles: Black and Beard (H) de feated O'Neil and Yon (A), 6-2, 7-5; F. Fager and V. Fager (H) defeated Fay and Replogle, (A), 7-5, 8-6; Widder and Pollock (H) defeated Brown and Ilauser (A), 6-2, 8-6. (■ -V Official Receipts and Attendance Attendance. 27,054. Receipts, $lO,llB. Players' share. $21,663.72. Each club's share, $7,221.24. Commission's share, $4,011.80. TOTAL FOB THREE GAMES Attendance, 66,368. Receipts, $100,463. * Players' share, $54,250.02. Each club's share. $18,083.34, Commission's share, $10,056.30. > Saturday's Game of the World's Series Boston, 2; Chicago, 1. CLUB STANDING W. L. Pet. Boston 2 1 .667 Chicago 1 2 .333 RECORD OF OTHER GAMES First Game R. H. E. Boston 1 5 0 Chicago 0 6 0 Batteries—Ruth and Agnew, Boston; Vaughn and KUlcfer, Chicago. Second Game R. H. E. Chicago 3 7 1 Boston 1 6 1 Batteries—Tyler and Killcfer, Chicago; Bush and Agnew and Schang, Boston. S noodles It Sounded Like Harsh Treatment to Him By Hunserford r - —) Set \ press TH' Button That's a* prgsent ~Z~ T *T~ \ well- 1 we all. . v 5U3 from our landlord* tTLb r AtL MUST sw LI ys w 6CTg. _Y V: s~-\ • :rv . *- '' IVV 1VV Gfv - - —Ji A representative crowd of billiard enthusiasts promises to see Frank Taberski, world's undefeated - pocket billiard champion, at his appear ances here, Thursday September 12. 3 and S p m.. in Leonard's parlor, rear of Kennedy's drugstore. A re served seat sale during last week "CAGE BALL" IS LATEST GAME Developed by Army Men at Great Lakes Training Sta tion Makes a Big Hit Washington, Sept. 9.—Cage ball, the latest addition to the long list of training camp sports conducted by the War Department Commission on Training Camp Activities, bids fair to become one of the most pop ular athletic diversions among the soldiers and sailors. Cage ball com bines the play value of several games. It has the rush and drive of football, the exciting moments of basketball, and the rough hustle and tussle of tne class rush. The game can be played by a dozen, a hundred or a thousand men; there is no limit to the num ber of players. Thus the weak and undeveloped may have the same ex perience, pleasure and profit that is given to the skilled athlete who plays on a team whose players are W0 STARS WHO WILL TWINKLE IN FRANCE " 1 • IT ■ A AAF"" BENNY KAUFF RUBE MARQUARTT Benny Kauff the irrepressible out fielder of the New York Giants, for whom, a large sum of money was paid by that club, is here shown in his army uniform with Rube Marquard. of the Broqoklyn team. Rube is now a member of the mine sweeper sec HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH gave evidence of a deal of interest | in the champion's performance. Tab erski has an extraordinary profes- I sional exhibition record which stacks up like this at present: Taberski Opponent ' * 1200 Jerome Keogh 900 1000 James Matura 789 ! 1000 Johnny Kling 812 | limited. And the aggressive fighting spirit, so invaluable on the battle field, is stimulated. According to Lieutenant Emmet Dunn Angell. U. S. N. R„ who de veloped the game and introduced it at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, 111., the rules of the game are simple and the equipment is inexpensive. The ball is from twenty-four fo thirty inches in diameter, inflated and canvas covered The goals are two net cages, twenty to forty feet in length, four feet wide and eighteen inches deep, made of rope and stretched between crossarm and uprights thirty to fifty feet apart. The teams endeavor to get the ball into the opponents' sage. The ball may be batted, punched or thrown, but must not be kic_ked. Ac cording to Lieutenant Angell, it is an inspiring sight to witness several hundred men surging in a body across a field, each person doing his utmost to punch the ball toward the enemy goal cage. FOLK SONS IN SERVICE Annville, Pa., Sept. 9.—Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Waltz, of Annville, have four sons in the overseas service of the United States Army. The boys are John, Albert, Clarence and Zach arias Waltz. tlon of the United States Navy. Rube, who has had his ups and downs as a pitcher, was the first high priced twlrler of modern baseball. The Giants bought him from the Ameri can Association Club, of Indianapolis, for *ll,OOO, | 800 Benny Allen, 563 850 Edward I. Ralph, 699 I 900 George Rudolph, 650 1000 Chick Seeback 546 J00 Claude Brown, 36-1 500 Robert Stone 324 1350 Edward Dawson 762 | 9100 Totals 6418 The Demon Swartz Wins Another For Summit r " \ LNION LEAGUE STANDING W. L. Pet. Summit 25 6 .806 Swatara 22 11 .647 Albions 9 18 .333 Crescent 7 24 .227 To-night: Summit vs. Albion. V ; j Swatara on Saturday afternoon was only allowed one scratch hit by "Mose" Swartz, and with excellent support by his teammates, he sent Swatara down to a crushing defeat of 11 to 1. Swatara tallied her lonely run in the fifth after two were out, while Summit started in the third and didn't stop until the sixth when they netted 10 runs in 4 big innings. Swatara now has to win every game while Summit can lose six out of thirteen and still be tied. The score: SWATARA R. H. O. A. E. M'vitz cf, 0 0 2 0 0 Layton, If 0 0 2 0 1 Hoover, 2b 0 0 2 2 0 Shover, ss *... . 0 0 1 3 1 .Books, 3b, 1 1 2 1 0 Hollenbach, rf 0 0 1 0 0 Lentz, lb. 0 0 8 0 1 Stauffer c o 0 7 1 1 Prowell, p 0 0 2 2 0 Totals, ... X x 07 9 4 SUMMIT R. H. O. A. E. Pindar, c, 2 0 5 X 0 Phillipelli, lb 2 4 9 0 0 Davis. 3b X 1 2 2 0 Swartz, p 2 2 3 3 0 Bowman, 2b 2 0 X 2 0 Putt, ss 0 X 3 X 0 Geary, cf X 1 2 0 0 Riley, rt 0 0 X 0 0 Ei>y. If 1 0 X 0 0 Totals it io 27 9 0 Two-base hits, Phillipelli, Geary. Three-base hits Phillipelli, Putt. Sac. riflce hits, Hollenbach, Finder, Eby Struck out, by Prowell, 5; Swartz, s! Base on balls, off Prowell, 3; Swartz, 1. Left on bases. Summit, S; Swatara] 1. Hit by pitcher Putt. Stolen bases Stauffer, Books, 2; Phillipelli, Davis, Swartz, Eby. Passed balls. Stauffer 2. Innings pitched, Prowell, 9; Swartz, 9. Time, 2,18. Umpire, Weimer. In Lead to Stay,. Say* Manager Barrow Boston, Sept. 9. "When I said that the Red Sox were deter - mined to return to Boston with a two to one edge fn the series, I was not boasting," said Manager Barrow, of the Boston Club, last night. "We are in the lead and intend to remain there. I believe we have the better club. I am not ready to say who shall pitch to-day, but it is not unlikely that Ruth will be sent to the mound ' Cubs Will Even Up Series, Says Mitchell Boston, Sept. 9.—"lt was any body's game up to the last minute and the effort put forth by the Cubs clearly shows their determi nation." said Fred Mitchell, man ager of the Cubs. "Boston took the first game, Chicago the second and Boston the third. Now the Cubs will balance the scale again by taking the fourth. Vaughn got the worst of the breaks Sat urday, although he was not in as good forth as the opening day It is probable I* shall use Hendrix in the opener at Boston to-day." HORRORS OF HUN PRISON TOLD BY MAN WHO SUFFERED NEAR 4 YEARS Soldiers Taken on Field of Battle Ruled by Barbarous Des pot; Cold Comfort For Aged Civilians Forced to Work For Military Czars (By An Escaped Prisoner) Washington, Sept. 9.—For three and one-half years I .was a prisoner in a German prison camp. At the end of that time I was fortunate enough to escape. Although I am a Russian, the peace of Brest-Litovsk did not give me my freedom. lake the enemy i subjects who were in the same camp, j 1 had to wait my chance to make a ■ perilous dash for liberty. I Although much has already been i written in the press of all countries I about the treatment of war prisoners |in Germany, nevertheless I believe i that 1 have had experiences which i are, to u certain extent, unique and i worth relating. The camp in which i I was confined is Camp Holzminden, I on the Weser. At this place a great ' number of civilians who have in no way participated in the war are held captive. It is not a camp for military prisoners; it is a camp for enemy civilians. The regime at Holzminden was fairly mild until the beginning of 191". But when General Haehnisch, a barbarous old despot, was named general of the 10th Army Corps, to which district Holzminden belongs, the camp conditions were utterly changed at once. In the place of the former commanding officer, General Pilugradt, who had treated the pris oners with decency and a cQrtain amount qf consideration, Colonel Gallus was appointed, a halt crajSV individual, with years of experience as a prison director. With the help of a group of his underlings), more ruthless than himself, the colonel very soon succeeded in establishing a German prison regime at Holzmin den. Heaviest Work Required This regime involved forcing the prisoners to do the heaviest sort of labor. Every day they were required ;o break up and haul stone, build roads, and work in the fields. The road building was at a distance of from live to six kilometers from the camp. Work in the factories of Holzminden was also looked upon as a camp duty. Because of the fact that the prisoners were for the most part students, engineers, merchants and so on,,who were unused to physical labor of this sort, the tasks were par ticularly onerous. Furthermore, the guards were instructed to keep nag ging at the prisoners constantly, to I make them work faster. The manner of these guards is quite indescribable. They received from the colonel himself orders of the most outrageous sort. T</ speed the work of the prisoners, they were told to strike them with their fists and with clubs. At the most trival offense they were instructed to shoot. It a guard was so rash as to ba friendly with one of the captives, he was severely punished. To make the guards more zeajous in their work, Colonel Gallus informed them that all of the civilians incarcerated at Holzminden were pirates, and crim inals, deserving of the most violent treatment. The result is inevitable. There were almost daily cases of physical mistreatment while 1 was at Holzminden. Some of the poor fel lows were so badly handled that they had to be taken to the hospital. A Dreary Day The day's program was a dreary one. At 4.30 we were awakened; that is, at 4.30 by German summer time, which is in reality at 3.30. At 5 we went to work. Often we could not re turn to the barracks-at noon because we were working in a place several kilometers from the camp, and we were obliged to remain out-of-doors in the wet and the rain until 7.30 in the evening. At 9 p. m., when it was still light, we were locked up in the barracks. We had not sufficient time for sleep, rest or evening for meals. In spite of the constant activity demanded of the prisoners, the food was poor and contained little nour ishment. We did have a sort of com missary committee, composed of three prisoners. But if it for a Single time ventured to eomplaim of the soup as "unsatisfactory," the most disagreeable things always happened. Mail was frequently held up byway of retaliation for alleged misdeeds. Mail was not allowed to be kept be-' yond eight days and if a postcard older than that was found upon the person of a prisoner he was always rigorously punished. There was not enough clothing to make one com fortable. As we had to work out of doors regardless of weather or sea son, our clothing was often wet through, and the next morning we had to put it on while it was still damp. Colds were naturally unavoid able. The medical attention given us was absurd. The crazy colonel him self made a point of being present at -. \ Talk of Easy Money! Boston, Sept. 9.—A bet of a 10-cent cigar tfgainst $lOOO, made as a result of a joke while the Chicago National League team was training at Pasadena, Cat., last spring, has-been won by 'Bill' Killefer, catcher of the Chicago , team It was revealed to-day. The loeei, William Wrigley, one of the club's stockholders, wagei-. Ed the $l,OOO that the team would not win the National League pen nant. Killefer, who accepted it i I in jest, had forgotten about the j bet until he was reminded of it I by Mr. Wrigley. SEPTEMBER 9, 1918. ' i almost all medical examinations, and completely dominated the physicians who cringed before him. He was fond I of saying that only the lazy ones pre tended to be ill, that the camp itself was the best sanitorium and hard work the best cure-all. The Colonel Was Sentimental In spite of his brutality, the col onel had his sentimental streaks. The following anecdote is illustrative. A Frenchman, 70 years of age, was occupied in paving the street of the canip. The colonel passed by, and, as the old fellow did not seem to him to be working diligently enough, he stepped up and gave him a tre mendous box on the ear. The poor old man said nothing, but took out of his pocket a little certificate, from which it appeared that he was ill and only capable of a small amount of work. The colonel was much moved, almost to the point of tears. I He gave the old man eight days of exemption from all labor. But that 1 was rather cold comfort. Camp Holzminden was frequently visited by General Haehnisch and other officials. However, they never look at the prisoners' quarters, ex cept in the most perfunctory way. They merely strutted through the barracks, watched the laborers at work, and then directed all their at tention to the camp pigs. These pigs, the especial interest of Colonel Gal- Jus, were royally treated in their pejis,, and certainly led a much , happier life than the prisoners, until , they were slaughtered for the of , fieers' mess. Even the women are not spared. ■ Lately conditions have become still ' worse, I am told. The women are now forced to do all sorts of burden some things. For instance they are put at braiding and unbraiding llsh ■ nets, and the only purpose of the • taskmasters seems to be to make 1 their fingers sore. Every Sunday, a weird walk is undertaken, to a wood i adjout six kilometers away, from ; which they bring back wood on their i backs. Hundreds of men and women 1 are put at this work every Sunday, i although it could easily be done by a wagon and two horses. In fact, the ; biggest part of the labor demanded , of the prisoners is almost wholly un , productive, and serves no purpose . save to torture. If any of them dare i to complain, they are subjected to . certain peculiar punishments of i which the most frequent is confine ment in an extraordinary cell called , the "bug room," a place filled with old straw mattresses and sacks, , which simply swarm with vermin and lice. Murder of a French Lad For some unknown reason, there had been no shootings in Camp Holzminden when I last heard. In a nearby camp at Binerbach, I well re member the shootng of an 18-year old French lad in the summer of 1917. Because he for an instant stop ped work, his guard, a stupid, half insane fellow .pointed his weapon at him and fired. The whole garrison was highly incensed by the killing. But when the general was told of it, he came to see the guard, slapped him on the shoulder and said: "You; did your duty!" Shortly afterward, the guard received a promotion. Among the prisoners, none were more badly treated than the group of young Russiarf students, of which I was one. Their moral a ruT physical sufferings were hardly to be depicted, .-or four years they have beep shut out of the world. Their priceless, splendid years of youth have flown by. Joy, health, strength, and educa tion have been denied to them. The war. relief organizations would un- I dertake a great and wonderful work of brotherhood if they could obtain | the release of these wholly innocent , war captives, by putting the matter, before the proper authorities. Play Safe — Stick to ■ KING OSCAR CIGARS because the quality is as good as ever it was. They will please and satisfy 4 you. 6c—worth it JOHN C. HERMAN & CO. Makers GREAT GAME AT STEELTON Three Thousand Fans in Hys teria as Bethlehem Threat ened to Tie Score will be many a year before the fan who saw Saturday's champion ship battle at Cottage Hill forgets j the tinal moment when Bethlehem made one last convulsive move to win or tie the game. Nearly three thou sand persons sat in real suffering, while Lefty Pierce flirted with des tiny and the hard hitting Blackburn, who already had walloped the ball twice. It was the ninth inning, with a fast man on third base; two out and Blackburn in bad with "three and two." It was a crisis that would have taken the nerve from many a {linger and every spectator, man woman and child, not forgetting "Snowball," the colored mascot, held his breath while Pierce wound up for the last toss. Blackburn, a pow erful chap, was cool as a cucumber i which made the situation all the more desperate and many closed their eyes as Pierce cut loose. The roar of joy when Blackburn swung uselessly and the horsehide slapped into Catcher lidmundson's mit could have been heard over at Marsh Run. and the spectators were so riddled with satisfaction that they | fairly staggered out of the arena.- INo world series game could have I been more convulsing. Magnificent pitching of Lefty Pierce was primarily responsible for the vic tory in the first of this three-game series between Bethlehem and Steel ton to decide the Bethlehem Steel League pennant. Two bickerings dis turbed the match. The first occurred when the crowd poured over the out field, with Steelton. 2-1. Bethleherl protested against this and after tei minutes delay in which Augy Moral did not seem to know what to do ground rules were established an I the fray continued. Another cessa tion in hostilities happened whet Jeff Tesreau objected to Roxy Roaet examining the ball. In return fot this, so it. appeared, Tesreau tried to "bean" Roach who barely escaped a high ball that would have knocked him cold The Steelton Chapter of Red Cross benefited to the extent of 1,000( On Saturday next at Bethlehem the sec ond game is to be played and if each wins one the third is being arranged for Shibe Park, Philadelphia. Th score: BETHLEHEM . R. H. O. A. E Mathag, cf, 0 1 1 0 ( Fishburn, ss 0 0 2 1 I Twombley, rf, ........ 0 0 1 0 ( Bauman, 3b, 1 1 0 0 I Holke, lb, 0 1 5 1. ( Taguer If. 0 01 0 ( Fitzpatrick, 2b, 0 0 4 1 < Blackburn, c, 0 2 10 3 ( Tesreau, p, 0 0 0 1 ( Totals 1 5 24 7 < STEELTON R. H. O. A. E Hunter, rf 0 0 0 0 ( McCarthy, 2b, ....... 1 1 4 5 < Knight. 3b 110 11 Beall If 0 2 0 2 ( Kauffman, lb, 0 2 12 2 C Edmund son, c, ...... 0 0 G 1 fl Roach, ss, ........... 0 0 2 5 0 Miller,' cf, 0 2 2 0 0 Pierce, p, 0 0 0 7 0 Totals 2 8 27 21 1 Bethlehem 01 000000 o—l Steelton 2000000 Ox—2 Two-base hits. Bauman, Kauffman Blackburn. Sacrifice hits, Molke, Fishburn. Taguer, 2; McCarthy. Struck out, by Tesreau, 5; by Pierce, 4. Base on balls, oiT Tesreau, 2; off Pierce 3. Left on base, Bethlehem, 7; Steelton, 5. Stolen bases, Kauff man. Time, 2.14. Umpires, Moran at the plate; Riley, first; Rudolph, sec ond; Marks, third.
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