T HF WT.ATHER UNSETTLED TO NIGHT AND TO MORROW Rrp«rt. Pace S SSfri'ST" VOL. 7tf— NO. 109. BOSTON DOWNS ATHLETICS; SCORE 7-1; BENDER IS KNOCKED OUT OF THE BOX ■ * Colors of Philadelphia Champions Lowered in the Opening Con test —First Time a Mack Pitcher Was Ever Retired in a World s Series Game WYCKOFF TARES "CHIEF'S" PLACE New Englanders' Fast Play and Heavy Hit ting a Surprise to the Quakers 2 2,0 0 0 Fans Crowded the Stands —Many Spec tators Were Turned Away From Grounds Sbibe Park. Philadelphia. Oct !>.— The Boston Braves won the first game in the World's series baseball champion ship contest this afternoon, humiliating C-onnie Mack s AtJuctics by the score of 7 to I. Chief Bender was knocked out of the box in the sixth inning » -i Wy-kofT tbok his place. Lapp was later lbs-, tuted for So hang as catcher. THE COMPLETE SCORE 80-TON R H. O. A. K. iMoraD, rf n 0 t> tv 1 Evers. 2b 1 ! 2 2 \ ' oonolly, If 1 1 I jo W-'aitted. v f 2 1 r o Scbni it, Vi> 1 S il . • iow.lv, «• ; 3 9 1 Q. Qfaraoville. w ... o •> 2 :> 0 TVal. 3b ft 0 I 2 0 : Kudoloh. p ft i o 3 0 Totals 7 11 27 13 2 I VTHLETICS R. H. O. A. E Murphr. rf » 1 ft ft fti «Wring. If n n 2 ft 0 OilSh, :'b " • 2 ; o' Baker. 3b ft 1 4 4 0 M.lnnU. !b 1 •> 3 1 ft Strunk. ef ft 2 0 ft 0 Barry. 0 o 3 4 0 fcehaiitf. ■ 0 ft 3 ft 0 Ban ter. p 0 0 t 4 0 V"vikoff. p ft t 1 0 0 La:>p. e 0 0 2 I oj Total? 1 5 27 1« 0 R. H. E. Boston . . 0 2ftol 3•> 1 o—7 11 2 Athleti -s ..0100 00ft ft o—l 5 0 Two base hits. Gofc.ly. Wyckoff, Bake-: tii ree • :>ase hits. Gowtv. Whit tei Doub:e plays, Barry to Collins to il Inais: Beuie: to Barry to Melon, s. Ben ier to M'lnn ?. Baker to Mclan.s. Bases on bails, off Bonier. 2. ludolpk, 3: off Wy koff. 1. Struck out. by Ben der, 3: by Rudolph. >; by Wyckoff. 2 Stolen b3»es. Schmitt. Gowdv. Urn-. j.'.'es. Dmeen and Hiliebran i. Shi be Pars. Pi. adelphia. O t. 9. The Boston Braves, pennant winners Of the Nat na'. Leagje. an-i the Phila deipbia Athlet s, hampions of the American League, ashed to-iay in the first battle for the world's baseball i cnampionship of ISI4. About 22.000 persons saw the opening engagement of the seven gmm* series. Hundreis were turned away at iLe gates unable to ob tain admittance to the crowded stands. The Bostons prepared to send the r f .ow bail boxmao I>kk K-ido.pn •to do the pitch.ng. The American leaguers ■ groomed the Indian. Bender, to pitch! off tae Boston :n\a:ers with his ball. "Slow ball pitch.ng is not re ishe l by ;ne Mack artillery of batters, ani 3 guess it wiii be Rudolph for the fray to-day," remarked Manager George Stalling-. • I may switch to James or Tyler. They are all good you know." Waited 4«» Hours for Seats The o'jttieU stand, seating four tnousand persons, was thrown open at 10.50 o'elo'k. it was fiiled wi;h n a short time ar 1 tne gates were closed. The first in . ne for seats in this un reserved section bad waited more than forty bojrs for the gates to open. Sev eral wonwn ha i stood >n line sin-e lav break. The trowd holding reserved ticket* :n the covered an! double decked stand came to the park later. Hundreds viewed the contest from teni porary jtands erected en the roofs of houses that overlook the bars field walls. The day was warm ani humid and one suited for fa-t basebail. An in sistent sun burned through the mena ir.g clouds and there was only a si gh' threat of showers from the southwest. LINE-UP OF TEAMS FOR TO-DAY'S GAME The batting order at the start of to day 's game follows; ATHLETICS BOSTON Murphy, rf. Moran, rf. Oldring, If. Even. 2b. Collins. 2h. Connolly, If. Baker. 3b. Whitted, of. Melnnis. lb. Schmidt. lb. Stronk, of. Gowdy, c. Harry, ss. Maranville, ss. Sohang. o. Deal, 3b. Bender, p. Rudolph, p. I'mpires: Dineen, behind bat; Byron on bases: Klein and Hildebrand on left and right tield foul lines, respectively. BES^EB Athletics' Pitcher Who Was Knocked Out of Bos To-day Ti. • tie', i i- i other gardens were bone ! dry and hard. Betting favored the Athieti. - at 2 'to 1 and 9 to 5 when the two teams am.? upon the field tor batting and ' riel i pract: e. Preliminary field play : *»< «nappv and scintillating. The work f the Boston player Deal. who sub ' te at thi- 1 base fo- Smith, who broke his leg this week, wis keenly wat> hed. He displayed no fielding fau.ts ;n warming up. The Umpires Confer The umpires came upon the field a: l-> 5 and they were promptly photo graphed. I'mp.res Dneen and Hilde brar i conferred with Capta n Thomas, of the Athletics, and Captain Evers, of Boston, regarding ground rules. FIRST INNING F,rs f Half —Bender's first over was an outcurve for a strike. Moran went out on a high foul to Mclnnis. Evers sent up a high fly to Collins and walked back to the bench. Connolly took a strike and then fouled off. Connelly "anned. nu-sing a slow one around the next. No runs, no hits, no errors. Second Half—Rudolph put over a strike and then fouled off. Connolly short single to center and the crowd started to heer. It was the second ball pi: hed. Oldring sacrificed. Gow dy to Schmidt Collins walked. Baker fouled out :o Shniidt and Murphv was out trying for th'rd. S-bmidt to Deal. No runs, oi.e nit, no error*. SECOND INNING Fir« Half—Bender put over three nr..ls and then two strikes on Wnitted. Whitted waked. Schmidt flied out to -<_>!■; n _ W'hitte*! scored on Gowdy'* I :wo-oagger .to the left fie 1 stand, trow lv s'ortM on MtrainHt'i s.ngie ove- second. Te Boston hits were hard and eiean. A double plav followed. Barry took deal's grounder and tossed to Collins, forcing Maranvilie. Collin? then threw out Deal. Two runs, two hits, no erro's. Second Half—Mclnnis walked on ; four pitched balls. Mclnnis scored w: en Strunk's s.r.gle went through Moran 's legs to the fence. Strunk tooK third on the play. Barry fanned. i*trunk was out at the plate when Eye-s took Sehang's grounder and threw to Gowdy. Slaranville took Bender's grounder and threw to Evers, forcing Sehang. One run. one hit, one error. THIRD INNING Erst Half—Bender threw out Ru dolph at first. Moran couldn *t see Bender's speed and struck out. Old ring took are of Evers' hoist. No runs, no hits, no errors. Second Haif —Murphy fanned. Old ring a!-o struck out. Rudolph out Collins at first. No run». no hits, no errors. FOURTH INNING First Half—Connollv sent a liner over Collins' head after two strike? had been called on him. A double play followed. Bender took Whitted'« , smash and threw to Barry, forcing Con nolly. Barry then tossed out Whitted HARRISBrRG. PA.. FRIDAY EVKNING. OCTOBER !>. 15)14—16 PAGES. , Barry - throw to Mclnn s was wide, but Mclnnis made a beautiful stop. Collins tMNd r Schmidt at first. No runs, one hit, no errors. Second Half—Baker fouled off his first two and Rudolph had him in a hole. Baker struck out. missing a wide one by a foot Mclnnis also fanned. Stronfc s i,i»led to left, but was out at s.cond trying to stretch it. v onnolly to I Maranviile. No runs, one hit. no errors. FIFTH INNING • Firs' Half—Gowdy drove the ball to the center field fence for a three base hit. It was the first hit ball. Gowdy scored on Maranvitle's single over Mclnnis' head. The umpires cau tioned the Bostons on the bench for coaching. A double play followed. Bonder took IVal's bunted rtv and then picked otf Maranviile at first. Deal had I attempted to sacrifice. Rudolph struck ' out. Oue run. two hits, no errors. Second Haif —Maranviile took Bar ry's Texas leaguer away out iu left field. It was s scorching catch and the crowd applauded. Schang struck 1 out. It was Rudolph's sixth strikeout. Bender filed out to Whitted. No mus, uo hits, no errors. SIXTH INNING , F'rst Half—Moran fouled out to Barry behind third base- Evers shot a single past Bender. Connolly walked when Bender became unsteady. Evers and Connolly scored on Whitted's -ashing drive to right for three bases. Whitted s ore i on Schmi.it ? s slashing sii'tfle through Barry, the Bostons bat ting was rer- £\r and Bonier was re called front the be* and Wyekoff re 1 placed him. It was the fi-st time that an Athletic pitcher has ever been bat - ted out of the box in a world's series. Coombs was taken out of the box three 0 years ago in a game with Giants but that was because of an injury. Eight - hits were ma ie off Bender -while he was 5 iu box. Gowdy walked. Wyekoff took , Maranviile's smash but threw to Bi ker too late to catch Schmidt. The 1 bases were now filled with one out. A ' 'ioubl<> play ended the inning. Baker« too.< Deal'- grounder and touched third, „ forcing Gowdy and then threw Deal out r aft first. Three runs, three hits, no er rors. * Second Half—Evers took are of Murphy s slow roller and threw out j the runner. Deal tossed out Oldring. * Rudolph was pitching a perfect game, his slow ones coming high and low but "ever near the Athletics' bats. Rudolph tossed out Coilins. No runs, no hits, no ' errors. Lapp went in to catch for the t Athletics. SEVENTH INNING lirst Hair—Rudolph got an infield s single which Coilins was barely able t . to Knock down. Baker took Moran's 4 intended sa riti. e an i threw to Barry, tjreing Rudolph. Evers struck out and 1 Moran stole second. Mclnnis gathered 1 -n Connolly s grounder and threw to .- Wyekoff. who covered the base. No ? runs, one hit, no error. Second Half—Evers fumbled Ba 4 ker's grounder and the runner was -are. Mclnnis walked on four pitched ' balis. Strunk grounded out to Schmidt, ! Baker going to third and Mclnnis to 1 second. Barry struck out. Rudolph threw oat Lapp at first. It was supurb " pitching by Rudolph. No runs, no hits, ' one error. EIGHTH INNING 1 rst Half—W iiitted sent up a high ' fly to Baker. Schmidt got a Texas ' ieaguer to left. Gowdy singled to left and Schmidt went to th:rd: Maranviile 1 struck out. and when Gowdv ran to second. tS-hmidt stole home. Gowdy * tried to take third on the plav but was I thrown out. Lapp to Baker.'One run. two hits, no errors. '[. Se.-ond Half —Wyekoff doubled to « the right field fence. Maranviile threw „ out Muryhy at first Wyekoff to third. Oldring stru k out. Collins went out to < onnolly. No runs, one hit. no I , errors. NINTH INNING !■ irst Haif —The crowd began to . !eav e the stands when the inning ~ , opened. as it was realized that Boston s had all but won the game. Baker threw nut Deal. Barry threw out Rudolph. ' It was announced that the oifi ial at tendance was 20,532. Baker tossed out Moran. No runs, no hits, no errors. Secoad Half—Baker drove the bail e up against the fence for a double. Deal 1- threw ou- Mclnnis, Baker "being held at 0 second. Strunk popped out to Ever'!. Maranviile threw out Barry. No runs, 1 one hit, no errors. v _ '• Przemysl Hasn't Fallen, Says Russia Rome. Via London, Oct. 9. 7.20 A. M.—The "Tribuna" says it has re r ceived information that the garrison of ■s Przemysl has surrendered to the Rus y siar.s. The Russian embassy, however, s denies this report and declares that '-! the investment of the fortress con i. * times. SKY LIT UP BY FLAMES IN ANTWERP The Germans Now Oc cupy the Third For tified Line of the Town's Defenses BOMBS DESTROY CITY BUILDINGS V Bombardment of Antwerp by Germans Reported as Terrible—Many Parts of Town and the Palace of Justice Burning London. Oct. !>, 2.U P. M.—ln a dispatch from Amsterdam tiled at l-.Ui this afternoon the correspondent of the Renter Telegram Company says: | "The uninterrupted thundering of guns was heard at Rosenda.il from Ant werp throughout the night. The finng slackened a little in the early morning but it has now resumed with full force. The sky last night was made red by the flames of burning .Antwerp." Rosendaal is about twenty miles north of Antwerp in Holland. London. Oct. 8, 10.15 P. M.—Borg erhaut, a suburb of Antwerp, is burn ing. according to a dispatch from Am sterdam to Reuter's Telegram Com pany. London. Oct. », I.U A. M-.-A dis patch to the Exchange Telegraph Com pany from Ostend dated Thursday says: "The Germans have occupied tho southeast semi-circle af the litird foiti ted line of Antwerp. Tho Belgians have made several sorties on the left bank of the Scheldt. "The Belgian government is com pletely installed at Ostend." London. Oct. !), «.05 A. M. The bombardment oi Antwerp has been ter rible. says an Ostend dispatch to the Reuter Telegram Company under date of Thursday. "The Germans threw incendiary bombs," the dispatch adds, "with the result that many parts of the town be tween the railway station at the south and the Palace of Justice are in flames. It is rumored here that the Germans have been repulsed on the left bank of the river Nethe. "A Taube aeroplane flew over Ostend at 1 o'clock this afternoon." 23 SHELLS A MINUTE FULL IN BfllflßftßDlNC ANTWERP London, Oet. 9, 3.50 P. M. The "Evening Star s Antwerp correspond ent, telegraphing bv way of Amster dam. says that eyewitnesses of the ZeppeUn flights over Antwerp insist that they saw one such craft hit by shells from the ions and fall to th«» i earth. During the bomoardment of Antwerp j Thursday it is estimated that shells fell at tne rate of tweut\ a min ute. Mauv civilians were killed. In addition to the law courts, tho museum was damaged bv -.hel* and fire* broke out at many points in the citv. TITY OF ANTWERP REPORTED BLRMMJ AT FOUR PLACES The Hague, 6 A. M. via London, i Oct. 8, A. M.—The bombardment of • Antwerp's inner forts an 1 the outly ing parts of the city started at 12.30 Thursday morning. At noon the city was burning in four places. It is re ported that inner forts Xos. 4 and 6 have been silenced. Ttte exodus of the panic-stricken people of Antwerp continues. It is reported that the dikes have been j . opened. King Albert at Selzaete • Ixmdon. Oct. 9, 2.15 A. M.—An' • Amsterdam dispatch to Keuters Tile- i gram Company dated Friday quotes the N'ieuws Van Der Dag of Ghent as say ing that King Albert left Antwerp j this morning and has arrived at Sel . I zaete. a village near the Dutch front i ier town of Sas Van Rent. » FIREMEN DEPARTING AFTER BIGGEST PARADE IN HISTORY OF THE STATE . iFRENCH OFFICIAL REPORT I SAYS NO CHANGE ON AISNE Paris. Oct, !>, 3.06 P. M. The fol j I lowing official announcement was given ' ■ i out in Paris this afternoon: I "Tho general situation has under-j ' gone no change. On our left wing the ■ two opi-osiiig bodies of cavalry are still ! operating to the uorth of Lilie and La | Basse, and the battle continues along' the line marked by the regions of I Arras, Hray sur-Somme, ( hnulnes, Koye and Lassigny. il '" Ch» the renter of the Oise and on )| the Mouse only actions of minor impor tance have be-'ii reported. "On our right in the Woevre district there has been an artillery contest along i ! the entire front. ' "In Lorraine, in the Vosges and 1n | » Alsace there has been no change. I" In Bosnia Montenegrin troops have continued their advance in the direction ' of Sarajevo as far as the t'ortitied line i which protects the city at a distance j from it of eight kilometers.'' : SEVERE FICHTINC PROCEEDS ' ON OUTSKIRTS OF ANTWERP 8 Londoti, Oct. 3.23 A. M. — A dis I { patch to the "Chronicle'' from Rosen-1 !. daa . Holland, dated Thursday evening, j save: f ' "Severe lighting is proceeding out-! si>!e of Antwerp. 1 am informed that ' | slirapnol struck the Krasmus hospital on ' Fontaine street, breaking many win i dows. I|, Turnhout ami its vicinity I many houses have been destroyed. "It is reported here that the Oer-j r mans have been compelled to retreat for ! a short distance. "A number ot Urusuline nuns have j. | arrived at Brad, Holland, from Lon- ' j derzeel. near Malines, where their eon j vent was destroyed by the German tire, | although they were nursing there, it is | said, hundrtnls of wounded. The : wounded were courageously rescued by Belgian sohiiers, who resolution to di- i rect an investigation into financing of' y the Senatorial primaries in Illinois and Pennsylvania was decided on to day by the Senate elections commit i- tee. IJ The committee had agreed at its last meeting to vote on the resolution '• to-day after weeks of preliminary in s quiry into allegations of excessive ' financing of the campaigns for Roger ! 'C. Sullivan, Democratic nominee for i Senator in Illinois, and Senator Boies , j Penrose. Republican nominee in Penn-j sylvania. That the committee was prepared j i to vote in favor of the resolution was ! | indicated by the fact that an effort was ma ie to-day to find members wiio 1 might serve on the committee of in | quiry at this time. So many were | planning for work in connection with the approaching campaign that it was decided to defer action. i e i Well-Known Historian Dies j Berlin. Via The Hague. Via London, J : Oet. 9. T. 05 A. M.—Professor Richard I e Mever, of Berlin University, th > well-1 t j known historian, died on Thursday. 1 I | ALTOONA VOLUNTEERS ON This picture shows the \ I toon a % oluntecrs' Associat.oa, a crack drilling organization, which took part in t.iie con ests to-day. lawn FIB'S DRILL Union Hose Company Takes $75 Prize in, Contest Held This Morning • I ( ALTOONAMEN IN FINE ARRAY' Otlior Events in Prize Competition Booked for This Afternoon Anions the Closing Featuros of the Big, Convention The large crowd that »as on hand at the firemen's drilling contest thix morn ing at Seventeenth and Chestnut streets, I was treated to some of the best trilling; that has ever been seen in llarrisburg. At 10 o'clock A. 1,. I'atton, vhaif-l ! Minu of ttie committee that arranged for j I the contests, announced that each team j would be give% twenty minutes for j J faury military ,|r»l!. Only two teams contested, one being the I'niou Hose Company, of Middle ! town, and the other the .VI toon a Volun teer Firemen's Asso ation of Altoona, | eav-h team having twenty four men, two | lieutenants and a captain. The Middletown Irill team was the first to go through the drills and they ! did some splendid work, going th"ungh intricate and difficult maneuvers under | I the direction of Captain P. M. Bla k. : First Lieutenant David Hoitser and Sec i ond Lieutenant Leroy Suavely. Tho Altooaa Volunteers were next and for twenty minutes they drilled j i with loi k work pre isiou, working li\e | beavers under Ca, tain \V. Allen. ' First Lieutenant V. I'. Fowler nnd Sc.- onji.Luyt'nuu-t Roy F Latvx The judges, Caj tain Frank E. Ze g er, of Company I. Kightli Regiment. N. ii. P.: <°a:>V " Jerry L. Hartman, of . Company D. and Christian Nsuss de.':ii ed that the Middletown drill team «as the best and so awarded to them the . STS prize. Captain Bla k, of the Middletown i team, said that in appreciation of the ! >ri e his team would give an exhibition drill to-night at 7 o'clock in Market square. This afternoon a large crowd was on hand at Seventeenth and Chestnut ; streets where the hose races were to j be held at 2 o'clock but no fire com ' panies were on hand to participate. The engine tests were scheduled t i l>e held this afternoon at 4 o'clock at ithe city pumping station a t Front and North streets. It was reported that up to 3 o'clock three companies had been entered in the contest. PRESENTS FOR FIREMEN Hope Company Gets Two Trumpets and Citizen Gets One The Hope Fire Company yesterdav ! received two silver and gold lined trumpets from visiting companies, one from the Humane company, of Norris ; town, and one from the Rainbow com . pany, of Reading. Speakers who | -e --sented the trumpets congratulated the local company on the hundred years of I its existence. The Good Will company, of York, a guest'of the ( itizen company, last even ing presented the latter company with a handsome trumpet. In every instance visiting companies extended invitations ; to local firemen to pay them a visit. POSTSCRIPT PRICE. ONE CENT Companies and Bands Returning to Their Home Cities Praise Harrisburg Firemen's Union for Success of Record-breaking Pag eant—March Lasted Almost Six Hours THE OLD-TIME APPARATUS SEEN Hand Engines More Than a Century Old in Sharp Contrast With the Modern Auto Machine s Most of the Crowd Had Left the City by Midnight i Following the big parade of \ ester i .lav the visiting tiro companies began to leave Harrisburg almost as fast as : they had invaded the city in the 'noniing. The greatest crowd the city lias ever entertained came and went with practically no disorder. To be sure there was a jam and a crush at the railroad station?, hut that was to bo , expected as unavoidable. At least ninety per cent, of the men and musicians, who took part IU the parade, left the city before midnight. Those few companies remaining ox i pec tod to take part, in to-day's eon tests or lo make vi-its of several days. Man . of the 100,000 out of town >pectators of the parade also depart? -tv**ore midnight. It was a gigantic task on the part of transportation orti mis to handle the crowds and Elaborate policing arrange ments were necessary, but definite lanes of traffic were maintained on the streets and through tiie railroad sta tions and the rowd was handled wit i friction reduced to a minimum. Before departure however, the crowd had a jolly time on the streets iu the j central part of the city. Confetti fell 1 about like snow, noise-making tovs j were everywhere, impromptu band* with toy instrument- were orgauiied and paraded the streets. By 8 o'clock last evening pedestrians used the mid dle of the streets. Policemen were lenient and were called on to repri mand but a few. Band concerts at the various tire company houses attraete Y not a few of the people from tio streets. Most of the Delegate? Gone Fire compauies ■ marching back of I their bands to the railway • i-.tioa.- add led picturesque scenes in the evening. To-day the city looked com; 'trativei -r deserted, knots of sue on street cor ners taking the place of hundreds yes. terday. Most of the delegates to the convention left the city la i nigiii. ;n did the o ii.-ers of tne Ht;«:e a