Evening journal., 1908-09-11
Happenings in the Sphere Of Sport
GLIMPSES FROM
The SUB-CELLAR
Gossip From the Various
Teams in the TF..-State
Circuit

The Altoona Times says Altoona has
turned Wyatt Lee over to John stown.-
Williamsport Gazette.
Don't forget that good roofing Is hale lhe
game. The Harrisburg papers say mat
roofing won at least two games FROM Al
toona. Go out and root.-Willlamsport
Gazette.
II the league needed money TO run the
Wilmington club and Wilmington players
,were to be sold why we're they not put up
for sale to the highest bidder2 II this had
been done more money might have bsen
secured and the present unpleasant situa-
tion would have been avoided.--Wihiains-
port Gazette.
Harrisburg purchased the release of
Hoch. Hartley and owens from tile VIII
mington team TO help the finances of tnat
club and to have surplus of players Tor
next season. In case Pitcher Hoch had
not been secured Manager Heckert had an
option on a major league pitcher who
might have been just as objectionable 20
Williamsport-Harri Patriot. Not II
he is a man to whom Harrisburg could
legally have title and use.-Williamsport
Gazette.
The Harrisburg players have raised a
purse OF $500 to play Williamsport post
season series, but the challenge has not
been accepted. Are the Billies afraid?-'
Harrisburg Patriot. Heckert is past
master at blufnng. In the first place, he
knows that Warhop, F'later, Cockill and
Cree have been sold to major league clubs
and must report next Monday. As soon as
he learned this. bluffs of purses for post
series begin to appear. You didn't hear
any such bluffs until Harrisburg had
made sure that Wiliamsport had sold
these men and that the major leagues did
not want Harrisburgs players. Foxy
George. So far as Wlliamsport is con-
cerncd newspaper stories are all the in
formation it has received of the so-called
challenge. Thus far Heckert has not sent
it here It's a good free ad.. George, even
if you don't mean to put up real money
--Wnliamsport Gazette.
one year ago yesterday Williamsport
led with .7O6; Harrisburg was second with
.642 and Lancaster had .5SS on the same
day last year Altoona trimmed us by the
score of 8 to 8. When Lancaster closed
the season last year its percentage wasl
.579 It's sure thing it will not be that
high this year.-Lancaster News
After the Tri-State season closes the
players of the Lancaster team have ar
ranged for the following games: Sunday
next at Mt. Carmel; Monday and Tuesday
at Huntington and Wednesday at Colum-
bia. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Sep
tember Is, 10 and 20. the series with Read
ing will be played. The team has also ar
ranged games with Pottsville, New Bruins.
wick n. j.. Wilkesbarre, Lebanon, Pal
myra, Annville and Coatesville. The boys
will no doubt. be a drawing card on the
road. A number of the places mentioned
have strong teams BY the games with the
above cities the representatives of the
Red Rose city should fatten their purses.
Lancaster News.
1t was one of the greatest games OF the
season despite the fact that the Senators
lost and put a crimp to their pennant
chances. Both teams played bang-up ball
but the luck was with the Johnnies.-Har-
risburg Patriot.
Had Harry Hoch managed to land a
safe drive in the ninth with two out and
two men on the bases it would have won
the game and at the same time brought
Protest No. from Winiamsport.-Harri
burg Patriot.
Gee this was a gloomy town last night.
Harrisburg Patriot.
Who would have thought the Johnnies
and Bert Conn could have stopped the Sen
ators.-IIarrisburg Patriot.
Pat Murphy kept his drops. fast and
slow working 10 perfection and they were
puzzlers to Senatorial batters.-Harris-
burg Patriot.
The ninth inning rally looked like rea
thing but it came with two men down
and went one run short.-Harrisburg Pa
triot.
Murphy is said TO have received fifty
dollars from wiliamsport for stopping
HeclSert's men and the team will get some