4 "WILD BILL" AND HIS BROAD SMILE There's a reason for "Wild Bill" Donovan's broad smile. The genial man ager of the New York Yankees has his charges op in front in the American League race and promises to keep them there during the entire campaign. NEWS OF THE SPORTING WORLD MERCERSBURC ACADEMY I • HAS A FAST TRACK TEAM i. Jimmy Curran Has Developed a Num ber of Record Breakers—Reed and Smith Making Fast Time on Cinder t Path * T" - J (Special to the Star-Independent.) ' Mercersburg, May 12. —Th<> Mcr- j fersburg track team is about to close one of its most successful seasons. This I record-break in«; track organization has won every i n which it was entered | this season, tii. important victories be ing in the Erasmus Hall meet in 1 Brooklyn, relay classic at Baltimore, New York University meet, Cornell meet, Washington and L?e University I meet, the University of Pennsylvania relays and the dual meet with the Penn Freshmen. The victory in the Penn relays was a signal victory for the Mercersburg quartet, winning from the crack Exeter' team. Many individual stars make tip the 1915 team and records have j Suffered. Harvey D. Ree 1, of Reading, I broke the school's record for two miles j by twelve seconds, making the distance I in 10 minutes and 11 seconds. Keed i will strive fo' clip five seconds from this | mark in the Pennsylvania State cham pionship meet Saturday at State Col- , lege. Elmer Smith is winning many laurels in the dashes anil has demonstrated his j ability to run the hundred yards in , ten seconds flat. George Meredith, a j brother of the famous Ted Meredith, the Olympic runner now smashing rec-1 ords for Penn. is making a name for i himself at Mercersburg. Other mem bers :iv a reason- ; able guarantee. Call C. W." Rubendall,' B 7 .720 New York 12 8 .60'0 Chicago 14 10 .583 Boston 9 9 .500 Cleveland 11 12 .478 Washington ........ 10.11 .476 Athletics 8 13 .381 St. Louis 6 18 .250 Yesterday's Results Athletics, 3: St. Louis, 0. Detroit, 5; Boston, 1. Cleveland, 3; New York, 1. Washington, 2; Chicago, 0. Schedule for To-day Athletics at St. Louis. Boston at Detroit. Washington at Chicago. New York at Cleveland. Schedule for To-morrow Washington at Chicago. Philadelphia at St. Louie. Boston at Detroit. New York at Cleveland. FEDERAL LEAGUE W. T., P.C Pittsburgh . 16 8 .667 Newark 14 11 .560 Chicago 14 11 .560 Kansas City 13 11 .542 Brooklyn '. 12 12 .500 St. Louis 10 13 .435 I Baltimore 11 15 .423 j Buffalo 817 .320 Yesterday's Results Baltimore, 6; St. Louis, 5. Kansas City, 7; Newark, 0. Chicago, 6; Brooklyn, 4. Pittsburgh, 1; Buffalo, 0. Schedule for To-day Pittsburgh at Buffalo. Chicago at Brooklyn. Kansas City at Newark. St. Louis at Baltimore. Schedule for To-morrow St. Louis at Baltimore. Chieago at Brooklyn. Kansas City at Newark. Pittsburgh at Buffalo. Draftsmen Draw on Island The State Highway Department and I the P. R. R. Drafting Room, teams bat- I tied to a three-three draw'on the is • land vesterdav. R. H. K. | Highway Dept. .0 1 0 0 0 2 o—3 4 3 Drafting Room .0 1 0 2 0 0 o—3 2 3 Jeffries and Wrightman; Fletcher and Calhoun. f Harris Park Without Games • The Harris Park A. C. would like to arrange a game for Saturday. E. \V. Swart'z, 7',/j Nortih Third street, is man ager. f I ' DR.KLUGH, Specialist Pfcynlc-lan ana Soraeoa Omorsi 3011 Walant St™ Harrtaharit. Pa. Dlneaaea of «mn an* meat aperlal. private, ■prclflc. lerruoi and ebraalt Onawa. General ofllce nortt Cnok lallra free aad confidential. Medlcla* furnlahrd. Work guaranteed. Ckanet moderate. W jcara* ezperlaaea. UK. KLVCII, the well-kaowa Sveelallat Quick Relief for Coughs. Colds and Hoarseness. Clear the Vetce—Fine for Speakers and Singers. 25c. GORGAS' DRUG STORES 10 N. Third St. "Fenna. Station AN OPEN LETTER This Is Also a Paid Advertisement RIGHT OR WRONG We do not believe -a whole lot in expending much money for newspaper advertising so that we are ' thereby compelled to ask increased prices for our goods. However, we do, just occasionally like to let EVERYONE know that this store is now as always selling furniture and other housefurnish at lower prices than most other stores. OUR WAY— We do a large business under an economical expense system which enables us to quote the lowest possible prices on EVERYTHING. Our prices are uniformly low on all our goods. Our stock is one of the largest and most complete in the city. % Our customers will tell you that this store is not only one of the largest, but the best store in which to purchase their home needs. In fact, our customers really prove to be our advertisers and they have done it very well indeed. We believe thoroughly in a business system that will convince the cus tomer that what he purchases here is at least just a little better for the same money, or as good for less money than he can obtain it for elsewhere. * This is the system which has built up our business to its present large proportions and is still doing good work for us. We try our best to give our customers the most for their money and our experience has been that the customer can always be depended upon to return the favor in some good way. REMEMBER THAT— You may not see our advertisement in the newspapers very often, but we ask you to chalk this down: When you want to buy good furniture at the way-down price, this is the store that is sure to be there with the goods you may want and with the price that will suit. A JITNEY WILL LET YOU OPF RIGHT AT OUR DOOR. ' CASH I BROWN & CO., CREDIT IZI7-1219 North Third Street > T / THE BIG UP TOWN HOME FURNISHING STORE i Ph °" NATIONAL LEAGUE Philadelphia, 4; Pittsburgh, 2 Philadelphia, May 12'.—The Phillies were the only Eastern club in the Na- 1 tional League to win yesterday, cap- 1 turing the opening clash with the Pitts burgh Pirates by a score of 4to 2. j R. H.E. : Phillies 00200 011 x—4 9 4 j Pittsburgh ..00100001 o—2 4 3 Alexander and Burns; McQuillan and . Schang. St. Louis, 5; Boston, 1 Boston, May 12.—Better pitching, batting and fielding enabled St. Louis to defeat Bostou, o to 1, yesterday. St. Louis ..00012200 o—s 9 2 Boston 00000010 o—-1 9 7 Doak and Snyder; Rudolph, Ragan and Gowdy. Cincinnati, 2; New York, 1 New York, May 12.-r-Rube Benton bested Ralph Stroud, the New York re icruit, in au 11-inning pitchers' btattle j yesterday, in which Cincinnati defeated '■ New York, 2 to 1. R. H. E. Cincinnati — 0000000010 I—21 —2 8 1 New York— -0000010000 o—l 6 4 Benton and Clark; Stroud and Mey ers. Chicago, 5; Brooklyn, 1 Brooklyn, May 12.—Pierce pitched almost perfect hall yesterday when Chi cago beat Brooklyn, 5 to 1. j Chicago ... 01000112 o—s 14 1 Brooklyn .. 00000001 o—l 4 3 Pierce aivd Archer; Rucker, Cadore and Miller. SCHOLASTIC TENNIS OPENS Central, Tech and Academy Start Series To-day The round robin tennis series be tween Central, Tech and Academy be gins to-day at 3 o'clock on the Reser voir Park links. Matches will be con tinued to-morrow and Saturday morn ing. The schedule: To-day, Central vs. Tech Singles: 1. —Zimmerman vs. Polleck. 2.—Munnell vs. Gerberick. 3.—Fox vs. Beard. Doubles: I.—Zimmerman and Denny, Nune makcr vs. Polleck and Faber. 2. —Munnell and Walter vs. Ger berick and Lloyd. 3. —Fox and Witherow, Drake vs. Beard and Ramey. Thursday, Academy vs. Central Singles: I.—Horton vs. Zimmerman. 2.—Holmes vs. Munnell. ( 3. —Schreiner vs. Fox. Doubles: I.—Horton and Hoke vs. Zimmer man and Denny. 2.—Holmes and Broadhurst vs. Munnell and Walters. 3.—Schreiner and Senseman vs. Fox and Witherow. Saturday, Tech vs. Academy Singles: I.—Polleck vs. Horton. 2. —Gerberick vs. Holmes. 3. —Beard vs. Doubles: 1. —Polleck and Faber vs. Horton and Hoke. 2. —Gerberick and Lloyd vs. Holmes and Broadhurst. 3. —Beard and Ramey vs. Schreiner and Senseman. H. A. C. Juniors Want Game The H. A. C. Juniors are without a gabie for Saturday and would like to Schedule a contest with teams whose players average 18 to 22 years of age. >L. Shearer, 11 NortJh Third street, is manager. Little A. O. Wins The Little A. C. defeated the Kim mel A. C. yesteriUy by the score of 19 to 3. R H E Little .... 11 0 0 4 0 3 0 1 o—l9 22 3 Kimmel . 20111000 0— 5 9 5 AMERICAN LEAGUE Athletics, 3; St. Louis, 0 St. Ijouis, Mo., May 12. —The Ath- J letics inaugurated the second series of the Western invasion by trimming the j Browns, 3 to 0, yesterday afternoon in a game which was featured largely by Bob Shawkey V airtight pitching dur- 1 ing such moments as he was not pass- ] ing himself into a hole. Athletics .... 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 o—3 7 1 St. Louis .. 00000000 o—o 3 4 Shawkey and Schang; Hoch and Ag- i new. ] Detroit, 5; Boston, 1 i Detroit, May 12.—Hitting savagely with men on bases and taking advan tage of Boston's misplays, Detroit won I the opening game with the Red Sox here yesterday, 5 to 1. R H E Boston 00001000 o—l 4 1 Detroit .... 10102100 x—s 10 3 Kuth, Mays and Thomas; Dauss and Baker. Cleveland. 3; New York, 1 Cleveland, May 12. —Cleveland opened its series against the Eastern clubs by beating New York, 3 to 1. Cleveland .. 10200000 x—3 8 0 New York . 0 00 0 0 0 0 1 o—l 3 2 Hagerman and Egan; Keating and Sweeney, Nunamaker. Washington, 2; Chicago, O Chicago, May 12.—Washington, the «rst of the Eastorn clubs to invade this ity, shut out the White Sox, 2 to 0, j yesterday. Washington .00011000 o—2 6 0 Chicago .... 00000000 o—o 4 2 Shaw ami Henry; Scott, Benz and Daly. FEDERALS WIN OUT McCloskey Whitewashes Smith Shop With One Hit The Federals shut out the Smith Shop in the Lucknow Shop League yes terday afternoon by the score of 3 to 0. McCloßkey allowed the Smithers but one hit. The score; SMITH SHOP AB. H. O. A. E. Hocker, 3b 2 0 1 0 0 Bruker, ss 2 0 2 1 2 McCleaster, 2b ~. 2 0 2 1 1 •Snyder, lb 2 0 5 0 0 Douglass, ef 2 0 0 0 0 H. Harris, rf .. ~ 2 1 0 0 0 B. Harris, If 2 0 1 1 0 Corl, c 0 0 3 0 0 Gil day, p 1 0 1 4 0 Totals 15 1 15 7 3 FEDERALS AB. H. O. A. E. Buffington, lb .... 2 1 6 0 0 Burns, 3b 2 0 1 0 0 Fegley, e 2 0 6 1 0 'McCloskey, p.... 2 0 0 2 0 Shade, rf 1 0 0 0 0 Forney, cf 2 0 1 0 0 Levan, 2b 2 1 1 1 0 Dunlap, ss 2 0 0 2 0 Estcrline, If 2 1 0 0 0 Totals 17 3 15 6 0 Smith Shop 0000 o—o Federals 2100 o—30 —3 Two-base hit, Esterline. Struck out, by Gilday, 3; McCloskey, 5. Base on balls, off Gilday, 0; off iMcCloskey, 1. Left on base, Shade. First base on er rors, Federals. 2. Missed third strike, Fegley. Umpires, Ellis and Lebo. Ellzabethtown Here Saturday The Elizabethtown team will invade Harrisburg for a game with the Har risburg Independents on Saturday aft ernoon. Elizabethtown has one of the fastest teams of its history and last . Saturday added the Lancaster team to ' its list of vanquished. The Chamborß i burg team will play here May 20 and , the P. R. R. Y. M. C, A. will engage i the Harrisburg Independents May 23 and 27. Reading will play here on Memorial Day. Inner-Seal Wants Games i The Inner-Seal baseball team would like to arrange out-of-town games for . Saturdays during the season. Address ! W. F. Strouip, manager, National Biscuit i Company, Union Square. FEDERAL LEAGUE At Buffalo— R. H. E. Pittsburgh 1 6 3 Buffalo 0 6 3 Rogge and Berryj Anderson and Blair. ] At Newark— R. H. E. Kansas City 7 12 I Newark 0 3 3 Johnson and Brown; Kaiaerling, Bil liard, C. Whitehouse and Rariden. At Baltimore— R. H. E. ] St. Louis . 5 11 3 Baltimore 6 5 1 Watson, Willett and Hartley; Ben- < der and Owens. i At Brooklyn— R. H. E. Chicago 6 13 2 Brooklyn 4 6 3 Prendergast, Brown an>& Fisher; Marion and Simon. TO HEAR BAKER CASE Interstate Association of League to Hold Meeting To-night Philadelphia, May 12.—'Final dis position of the protest of E. M. Hack ney, president of the Philadelphia Su burban League, against the playing of J. Frank Baker with the Upland club, will be made to-night at the Philadel phia Athletic club, where a special meeting of the Interstate Association will be held. • E. M. Hackney stated yesterday that he has in his possession certain letters and documents that will prove beyond doubt that Baker is a contract jumper, and that he will present these as evidence substantiating his protest before the board of directors. Joseph P. Rogers, president, stated yesterday that he has received numerous letters and telephone calls from prominent Delaware county sporting men and ibackers of certain clubs in. that league requesting him to sustain Hackney in the protest. According to this, it is said by of ficials of the association, not only will Baker be barred, but the Delaware County League will remain in the as sociation. There are seven leagues in the organization, each having two votes, a'nd five leagues have pledged their support to Hackney. AWARD CASINO PHIZES Bowling Season Officially Closes In Harrisburg Prizes awarded in the Casino bowl ing classes, which brings the bowling season to a close, are as follows: . Winners in the five-man events, team captained by Buttorff, first prize, s■2o. Team captained by Owen Ross, sec ond prize, $12.50; team captained by B. B. Luck, third prize, $7.50. Winners in the doubles, first prize, Montgomery and Rementer, $10; sec ond prize, Baseh and Norris, $7.50; third prize, Jacoby and Heieey, $5; fourth prize, W. Miller and Early, $2.50; fifth prize, Trace amd Johnson, $2.00. Winners in the singles, first prize, A. D. Miller, $7.50; second prize, i Montgomery, $5; third prize, B. B. i Luck. $3.50; fourth prize, Barnes, ; $2.50; fifth prize, Barley, s'2; sixth prize, Hopwood, $1.50; seventh prize, [ Snyder, sl. Winner of the all events, Montgom . ery; high single game, W. Bitner, 259; high match total, Baseh, 70-5; Most spares covered, Black, 44; most strikes, Montgomery, 50. . FROHMAN'S BRITISH RECEIVER . His Attorney Named to Take Charge • of Estate in London t London, May 12.—Westock Wool > ridge, legal representative in this coun - try of Charles Frohman, of New York, I one of the victims of the Lusitania dis ) aster, was yesterday appointed re- I c.eiver and manager of Mr. Frohman's i estate, by the Chancery Court, on ap plication made by Dion Boucicault, who is a creditor to the extent of $2,500. This appointment is made to cover 1 only the period until a personal rep : resentative can take charge of the ea i tate, Mr. Frohman having died intes t tate, according to a statement made to the Court. HOUSE DROPS NEW PLAN FOR ELEVATOR INSPECTION Bill Providing to Send Second Regiment to Panama Pacific Exposition Also Is Killed —Lawmakers Are Influ enced by the Cost The Beidleman bill creating a a tat* bureau of elevator inspection, with jur isdiction in all but first and second class cities, was dropped from the calendar in the House of Representatives last night by a vote of 112 to 49. It was said the bill would cost the state $75,- 000 and the measure was attacked on l that score. The Daix bill providing for a trip to the Panama-Pacific Exposition by the Second Regiment, National Guard, of Pennsylvania, lacked 33 votes or passing. Mr. Showalter attacked the bill because it allowed officers their per diem play while on the trip. Other bills defeated were: Repealing act governing boiler in spection in third class cities. Resolution proposing constitutional amendment to abolish poll tax. Senate bill regulating interest pay ments on damages caused) by taking property for public use. Bills passed included: Providing standard form of policy contract for fire insurance. Senate bill consolidating proceeds of municipal loans in first class cities. Appropriating $425,300 for voca tional education. GOLDEN EAGLES'BIGPARADE Knights From Eastern and Central Pennsylvania in Demonstration— Grand Castle Opens Sessions Leibanon, May 112.—The climax in the Knights of the Golden Eagle Grand Castle convention here this week was reached yesterday afternoon in the parade of several thousand members of the military and civic branches of the order. Coming from all parte of East ern and Central Pennsylvania, they marched to the music of many bands over a route five miles long, along thoroughfares lavishly decorated and earned the plaudits of thousands. Daniel R. Tschudy, of this city, was chief marshal, and among the organi zations participating were the First, Second and Third regiment, K. G. E., under Grand Chief John B. Graybill, of Lancaster, commander-in-chief. City Councilman Edwin U. Sowers delivered the address of welcome to the delegates at the opening session of the Grand Castle yesterday morning in the Academy of and response waa made by John B. Graybill, the grand chief. The Rev. Aar«sn Barlett, chair man of the local general committee, also spoke. Last evening the visiting knights und ladies were guests at a ball in the Sons of America hall. Immediately following the parade the competitive drills were held und | early last evening these awards were announced: Susannah ('ommandery, Hellertown, SSO, competitive drill; Lancaster commandery, s2