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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.