Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-30
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Harrisburg has the baseball fever as
bad as 1T ever did in the eighties or
nineties, to say nothing of the early
days or the Tri-State League The
best proof of 1t, of course, is in the
record of attendance at the games,
which has been surprise to the peo-
pie behind the International League,
but not to anyone who has followed
baseball in this city in the last few
years. However yesterday when the
team had been gone couple of days
there was baseball talk all around the
city and the scores were followed with
the same eager attention as they used
to be in the days when we were play
ing York neck and neck races for the
pennant. The record of attendance
for the eighteen days of straight base
ball, barring Sundays, shows that Har-
risburg viii support team that plays
good ball and the number OF people
who turned out for those games was
probably over half of the total number
at the games in 1914. In the days
when baseball used to be played on
the grounds where the Cameron
school is now located the ole. baseball
sharp tells me crowds of 1900 were
not unknown and that occasionally on
the old Sixth street grounds back in
the days of Felix Marks and other cell
ebrities $500 was recorded. But there
never was anything like that crowd
which turned out on Saturday to see
Providence play, asserts the old-time
sharp and it is all the more remark
able because the league leaders came
here after the longest stretch of base
ball at home known in many years
The personnel of the crowds at the
games has been as interesting as the
number. And yesterday there were
few places down town into which you
could drop and not hear a lot of base
ball chatter.
Activities of the State Police have
resulted in the breaking up of consid-
cradle noisy JOY riding on the roads to
Linglestown and Hummelstown. This
Spring and summer it was not uncom-
mon for people to be awakened after
l o'clock in the morning by the yells
and anything but good singing OF
bands of young people, who some
times fired revolvers to apprise the
residents of their proximity. Since
the State Police substation was estab-
lished near Penbrook the noise MAX
ers have been very quiet about their
trips.
Governor Brumbaugh is having a
fine time fishing up in Maine. He is
in the same district which he has
visited for years and friends say that
he has been making some record
catches.
This is the pleasant season of the
year when the oats midges come to see
us. There are lots of oats fields around
Harrisburg and every wind that comes
in from the country brings some thou
sands of visitors. People at Reser-
voir Park and on trolley cars coming
in from the suburban towns have
been getting their shares lately.
"Picnics are not so popular this year
as formerly" said a trolley man who
has been conducting excursions for
| long period. Il cannot explain why.
The traction companies have improved
| the parks and they are more attractive
| than ever. Also the trolley service is
better than previously and we have
J done all in our power for the comfort
| and convenience of the public, but the
attendance is not so large as it was
I last year. Some people with whom I
have talked explain it on the ground
of the cool weather, which has made
life agreeable in the city, and others
say the unusually large number Vof
storms and showers made women eau
tious about leaving home. Still others
are of that opinion that many are
paying debts contracted during the
dull period of last winter and are
therefore not going to picnics,"
| ne was a trdNellnS man ana was
| evidently selling furs or some other
winter stuff and when he dropped into
barber shop he started in to rake
everything about Harrisburg. He said
unkind things about the weather,
about Harrisburg businessmen, the
people, the streets and everything else.
Finally he began to soak the city be-
cause of the spirit of enterprise which
has made it amount to something.
You're willing to take our orders,
I presume?" observed a young man
who became bored by the trade.
What's that got to do with it ?"
We'll, only you need not call at our
place" was the tart rejoinder.