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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-25
Becker Leads Hitters in
American Association List

Chicago. ILL.,, Sept. 25.-Becker leads
tne american Association batters, one
point ahead of Deal, with Hargrave, a
Inlrd Kansas City player, in third
pace. Thorpe, of Milwaukee, still is
N front in stolen bases with "A, though
Bronkie, Of Indianapolis, is close be-
hlnd with Al and gaining; Bronkie in
sacrince hits with 80; Demmitt, CO.
ium bus, and Menoskey, Minneapolis,
IN nome runs with IL EACH Demmitt
In total bases with 249: Altizer, Minne-
apolis, In runs scored with 80, and
ansas City in club hitting with .270.
The leading batters:
Becker, Kansas City, 1927; Deal.
kansas City, 1926; Hargrave, Kansas
city, 1872; Chappelle, Columbus, .31s;
Clemons, st. Paul. .314; Beall, Mil
Waukee, .30S; Kirke, Louisville, .307;
Demmitt. Columbus. .301.
The leading pitchers for twenty
three games: Carter. Indianapolis, is
won, lost, .789; Middleton, Louisville,
20 won. lost, .714; Yingling, Minne-
apolls, "a won, II lost, .6S6; Finneran,
ST. Paul, IL won, 6 lost, .667 Pierce,
Toledo. 1S won, lost, $50; Dawson,
Indianapolis, 20 won. ~ lost, .625;
Palmero. Louisville. 10 won, lost,
$50; Regan. Kansas City, 21 won, 13
lost, SIS; Leifeld, st. Paul. 20 won, 13
lost, 500; Luque, Louisville, ~ won,
lost, 600.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-25

WELLYS X CORNER

victory for the Red Sox while
Detroit and the White Sox were los
Ing gives Boston a tight grip on the
American League race. 1t looks very
much like the elimination Of Chicago.
They will have to win six straight to
make any kind of showing. The Red
Sox have a three-and-a-half-ga game
lead.
Philadelphia is coming strong as a
pennant winner. Saturday the Phils
took two games from Cincinnati.
Brooklyn split even. Local fans are
roofing hard for Pat Moran's team.
lf the two eastern teams battle for
the Worlds honors this city will as
usual be largely represented at the
games.
Howard Ehmke, the Syracuse twirl-
er won his third game for the Tigers
yesterday defeating Washington,
score 6 to 5. He beat Walter John
son keeping his 10 hits well scattered.
Upper end post-seeason games have
been called off. Marysville failed to
show up at Williamstown because
they had no pitcher. Many fans We're
as the postponement was
not made known until after the crowd
had reached the field. All other
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-25
games scheduled it is said will be call

games scheduled it is said will be call
ed off.
Umpire Brown, of the Three
League, has ideas beyond calling balls
and strikes Because of the poor fin
ancial condition of the league-and
the story is that most of the minors
are-he has made a suggestion that
all receipts be pooled and divided be-
tween the clubs of the circuit equally.
This. he thinks, would pull the weak
sisters through. The suggestion has
been made before, and in spite of the
fact that 1t is a good one, greedy club
owners have blocked it from being
enforced.
In case of the worlds series being
between Eastern clubs, the procedure
will be two successive games in each
town, with no idle days except Sun
day, and the series probably will be-
gin on Friday October 6.
In case the east and west hook up,
it is probable that the series will open
in Detroit or Chicago, as the case
may be on Saturday, October Z, so as
to have Sunday game in the west.
Monday would be skipped, and the
series resumed in the east on Tuesday
for three-game stretch in the east
rn city.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-25
LONG DISTANCE
FIGHT FOR WELSH
To Battle Ninety-Nine Rounds
With Charley White Is
Present Dope

New York, Sept. 25.-Freddie Welsh
odd Charlie White are virtually
matched for ninety y-nine-round fight,
to take place at the Tia Juana race
Sack OH Thanksgiving Day.
~ Nate Lewis has accepted for Charlie
White, and Harry Pollok, manager for
Welsh. is quoted as saying that Freddie
-cil1 be ready for the long-distance
waltz, provided Promoter Jim Coffroth.
Of California. will come through with
the necessary guarantee.
The Tia Juana racetrack, where It is
proposed to hold the bout. is across
the Mexican line in Lower California
There is no rule against finish fights
In that section of the world and Coff-
roth claims that he has the sanction
of the authorities to hold bouts of a
weeks duration II he sees fit.
May Stop Fight
The only chance of the battle being
stopped is that Francisco Villa may
be shocked at the brutality of long
fight involving Freddie Welsh and raid
Tia Juana in order to stop it
Welsh, it is known, is confident that
he is Whites master in any kind of a
battle. He believes that he can knock
out the lead-footed Chicagoan in one
OF long Duration.
Baron Long, who will be associated
with JONI Coffroth in the promotion of
the fight. has suggested that the men
wear smaller gloves than the regular
mits and that the referee remain out
Of the ring. To this proposal neither
fighter has yet assented
Welsh will fight White any number
OF rounds" Pollok is quoted as saying.
"As soon as Coffroth posts some money
as evidence of good faith, Welsh will
sign up. White couldn't hit the cham
pion with handful of shot. Any kind
of gloves will do"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-25
BASEBALL SUMMARY
WHERE THEY PLAY TO-DAY
National League

4
National League
Pittsburgh at Boston.
Chicago at Brooklyn.
st. Louis at New York.
Cincinnati at Philadelphia.
American League
New York at Chicago.
Philadelphia at st. Louis.
Washington at Detroit.
Boston at Cleveland.
WHERE THEY PLAY TOMORROW
National League
Cincinnati at Philadelphia
Chicago at Brooklyn (two games)).
Pittsburgh at Boston (two games).
st. Louis at New York.
American League
No games scheduled.
RESULTS OF YESTERDAYS GAMES
National League
No games scheduled.
American League
Detroit 6. Washington 5.
Cleveland 5, Boston 8.
Chicago 2, New York /.
Philadelphia 2. St. Louis 0 (first
game).
St. Louis 8, Philadelphia (a7oond
game).
SCORES OF SATURDAY OIMES
National League
Philadelphia Z, Cincinnati (first
game).
Philadelphia 4. Cincinnati 0 (second
game).
Chicago 8, Brooklyn 1 (first game).
Brooklyn 4, Chicago l (second game.
Z innings).
New York 6. st. Louis 1 (first game)
New York s. st. Louis 0 (second
game. innings).
Boston 4, Pittsburgh (first game)
Boston /, Pittsburgh l (second
game, 13 innings. called, darkness).
American League
st. Louis 4, Philadelphia 2.
Boston 5. Cleveland 8.
Washington 6. Detroit 8.
New York 7, Chicago 2.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-25
Wanted Pears, but Couldn't
Climb; Chopped Down Tree

Trenton. N j., Sept. 25.-Finding
himself unable to reach some fine
pears on trees on property in the
center of Trenton, Alonzo Vizinni en-
tered the yard and chopped down two
fine trees to get the fruit. He was
arrested and is being held pending an
investigation of his mental condition.
When arraigned in police court for
the destruction of the trees, Vizinni
merely stated that he wanted tha
pears, that he couldn't climb the trees
to get them, so he decided to bring
the fruit in reach by cutting down the
trees.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-25
Had Rheumatism 5 Years;
Lightning Flashed; Gone

Wilke Barre, Pa, Sept. 25. H
F. Riley, supervisor of tracks for the
Lehigh Valley railroad, who has suf-
fered from rheumatism for several
years. says he was cured yesterday by
a bolt of lightning.
Riley and several other railroaders
were sitting In telegraph station at
Goxton yards during thunderstorm.
Lightning was flashing and suddenIv
Riley was thrown backward from his
chair and stunned for time. When
he recovered, he declares his rheu-
matte pains were gone, bringing his
first relief in five years.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-25
Kavanaugh's Home Run Is
Crimper For Boston Team

Cleveland. Ohio, Sept. 25.-With the
bases filled and one out in tha fftb
inning, Kavanaugh, pinch hitting for
Boehlng. drove a sizzling grounder
over third base which rolled under the
screen in far left field. The drive went
Tor home run and Cleveland checked
the championship advance of the Bos-
ton team, the score being to g..
Leonard, aside from streak of
wildness, pitched great ball, as did
Boehling and Bagby for Cleveland.
Leonard allowed four hits. but as each
was for an extra base, the Indians
landed their first victory of the series.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-25
BY Col. BOgeY

|
| A graveyard tournament held on
the Reservoir links Saturday under
the auspices of the Harrisburg Park
Golf Club resulted in victory for
Chris H. Sauers. He and Tommy
Devine both completed their eigh-
teen holes and were on the way to
the 10th when they used up their
allotment of strokes and died on the
fairway. Mcclure and Souders, third
and fourth respectively, made their
| final resting place on the eighteenth
green, the former having planted his
| flag directly in the hole. Souders
was one foot from the pin. and c. r.
| Hinckley not two inches away from
Souders. 1t was the most successful
and exciting one-day tournament ever
pulled off on the Reservoir links, in
the opinion Of Professional Stewart
McEwan.
w. F. Warlow was accredited with
being the winner of the "booby" prize
but a later account showed that two
other men had beaten him out for the
position farthest from the eighteenth
green.
c. E. Zimmerman, city champion,
finally won the season handicap, de-
feating from scratch Heikle and J.
D. Smith. This is the first time
scratch man has won this cup since
e. Hoover Bankard, now secretary of
the Western Golf Association, did the
tricks about seven years ago.
Frank g. Roth beat Albert A.
Vert Saturday in the final of the Fall
Handicap consolation event.
The Lancaster Golf Team defeated
the Harrisburg Country Club team on
the latter's links Saturday by the over
whelming score of II to 5. Robert
McCreath, Berne Evans, Stackpole,
Forsythe and Kiester were the win
ners for the local team and
Brown, MCGOWAN, Herr, Baer, Smith,
Maxwell, Cummings. Carpenter, and
Wickersham carried off the honors for
the visitors. The two teams will again
meet on October 81 at Lancaster for
return match. Next Saturday the
York Country Club will play the Har-
risburg Country Club. here.
The most closely contested match
of Saturdays play at the Harrisburg
Country Club, aside from that be-
tween the two captains, McCreath
and Hiemenz, was the match between
Herman and Wickersham, which was
carried to the twentieth green before
1T was decided in favor of the Ian
caster man.
The longest match on record is now
In progress in the Fred B. Harry cup
tournament at Reservoir. G. w. Vint
and N. H. Greenawalt played eighteen
holes last Thurday and tied; they
played eighteen holes more on Satur-
day and were still even up. Pretty
soon they will meet again to try and
reach a conclusion. when Greek
meets Greek"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-25
FOOTBALL HAS
VERY POOR START
Saturday Games Result in Easy
Victories For Big Fellows;
Scholastic Gossip

Football played in the opening
games Saturday, according to reports,
was only ordinary. Victorious Eastern
college teams and difficulty in win
ming. Most of the contests were mere
ly practice. The players went at each
other hammer and tongs. This was
necessary because the coaches wanted
to see how hard fight was possible.
Penn walked away with Vincome,
pleased with the work of his team.
Harvard scored 10 points on Colby.
The Crimson lineup did not include
many of the seasons regulars. Buck
nell with George Cockill's coaching
was able to trim Bloomsbury, score
80 to 0; and Penn State walked all
over Susquehanna winning by a score
of 27 to o. Other scores follow:
Holy Cross, Z; Connecticut Aggies,
0; Dartmouth. SO; New Hampshire, o.;
Rutgers-Albright. Cancelled; George
town Randolph Macon, Cancelled;
Clarkson, 6; Rensselaer,, 0; Bates Col
lege, Z; Fort Mckinley, O.; West Vir-
ginia-Davis and Elkins, Cancelled;
Washington and Jefferson, 81 Beth
any. 6; Bowdoin, 6; Middlebury, 0;
Rhode Island, 8; Fort Adams, 0.
Scholasfic Battles
Scholastic teams will get busy this
week. Local squads started a stren-
uous week to-day and practice will be
in order every afternoon. There may
be no games next Saturday. 1t has
been decided to cut out the early
schedule and open the season in Oc-
tober. Tech is scheduled to play
Gettysburg College Freshmen, and
Central has Lancaster on the pro-
gram and on the following Saturday,
October Z, Tech will play Lebanon
High, school at home, and Central
goes to Johnstown for the opening
game.
Fred p. Schlichter coach for the
Harrisburg Academy will have a busy
week. The preliminary work last
week was very gratifying. These
stars are out with Captain Phillips,
F'roehlich, Moore, Bruce, Bortell and
Jennings. The new material looks
very good.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-25
BOYS BRIGADE MEET

The Boys Brigade of New Cum
berland held its first track meet on
Saturday afternoon on the athletic
field. The Reds under Mearl Landis,
captain, defeated the Blues, under
Samuel Fisher.
The prize offered by Doutrich COM
pany of Harrisburg, was awarded to
Mearl Lands, who had the highest
score. The boys are planning to have
the meet semiannual event. The
Brigade is under the command of the
Rev. j. Wilcox. of the M. e. Church,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-25
RANDOM AWAITS
WEEKS RESULTS
Phillies Look Strong, but the
Dodgers Are Leading Now;
Some Probabilities

Philadelphia, Sept. 25.-Nine points
-one game and a half-that Is the
gap between local fandom and happi-
Der, Ammo Domini 1916. Ten days of
baseball must see this chasm bridged
by the minions of Moran. else it will
be a hard winter for all office boys
whose bosses prophesied another pen
nant for the historic old ball yard on
the Hump.
The weekend usually finds hope in
fiourishing condition in local breasts.
Last Monday morn memories of Sat
urday's double victory over the shat
tered Cubs made Nature smile DER this
fair burg, with Brooklyn a game and a
half ahead. The past weeks develop
ments failed to lessen this lead, yet at
the start of next to the last week of
play the atmosphere locally has de-
cidedly rosy tinge.
The heroic feats of Demaree and
Alexander made pitching history, and
with Brooklyn fighting tooth and claw
with the Cubs. much may develop in
the next couple of days. Dodgers and
Windy City men play double-headers
to-day and tomorrow, while single
games are booked for the Phils the
crucial of all the crucial series. Brook
lyn versus Philadelphia, loser to be
shot at sunrise. The North American
says:
How Phillies Can Win
But three more days remain before
Brooklyn and the Phillies clash in the
three-game series that will probably
decide the National League pennant.
IF Brooklyn wins five of its remain
ing games, the Phils must win seven
to get the pennant.
IF Brooklyn wins six. the Phils
must win eight.
IF Brooklyn wins seven. the Phils
IF Brooklyn wins eight. the Phils
must win ten.
IF the Dodgers can win only two
from the Cubs, one from the Phillies
and two from the Giants, the Phils can
win by taking the remaining two from
Cincinnati. two from the Dodgers and
two out of six with Boston.
"If the Dodgers take three from the
Cubs, one from the Phils and two from
New York, the Phils can win by taking
two from Cincinnati. two from Brook
lyn and four from Boston.
Brooklyn has a chance of picking
up one full game by winning four from
Chicago while the Phils are winning
two from Cincinnati. Then the series
would start Thursday with the Dodg-
ers 21a games ahead. A cleanup for
either team in Brooklyn will about
decide it.
"The Phillies could drop one of the
games to Cincinnati two to Brooklyn,
could make a clean weep of the six
Boston games and Brooklyn lost two
in Chicago, one to Philadelphia and
two to New York"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-25

far tile paralysis that various schemes
to outwit the health guards have been
adopted, the most peculiar of which
was uncovered when a Lands town
ship guard found a child in an ice
cream freezer among a pile of tubs.
Another plan observed in South
Millville was that OF a child hidden in
an empty hamper.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-25
NEW TRANsCoNTINENTAL TRIP

San Francisco, Sept. 25. - Ten
days, Fl hours and three minutes was
the new transcontinental round trip
automobile record summed up to-day
when A. HI. Patterson, who drove the
car on the last relay of the long
journey, arrived in San Francisco. The
distance covered was 6,592 miles.
Three relays of drivers piloted the
car east and seven guided it on the
homeward run.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-25
Too Early to Tell Whether
Potatoes Will Be High

Wholesale and retail produce deal
ers in the city to-day said that 1t was
too early in the season to predict
whether there would be scarcity of
potatoes and an increase in price
Reports in some of the eastern cities
received here to-day stated that deal
ers expect So a bushel to prevail by
winter. but Harrisburg dealers de-
clared that they would n attempt to
tell the price SO far in advance.
"They may be So, or they may only
be rs cents a bushel," one of the big
wholesale produce men said to-day.
THE crops in New York and other
big potato growing States are doubt
full. but 1t Is too early to tell whether
potatoes will increase in price. Prices
on the present supply have increased
slightly but there is no indication of a
big jump"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-25
Child Hides in Freezer
to Elude Quarantine

Millville, N. J., Sept. 25.-So rigid
has become the rule regarding the
movements of children during the
scare caused by the spread of in
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-25
BILLIARD MATCH TONIGHT

Pittsburgh, Pa, Sept. 25. - Charles
McCort, three-cushion billiards cham
pion, will tonight defend his title in
the first of series of matches for
$50 points with Hugh Heal. of Toledo.
Fifty point sessions will be played.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-25
GzNISEaaa'M MENTSaI B.

26-''Mother Goose"
saturday. matinee and night, September
30-"Common Clay"
MAI JESTIC-Vaudeville
S0L0NIAL-"Gretche the Greenhorn.'
Windows"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-26
BOYS AT front
WILL RECEIVE
YULET|DE BOXES

Fer the purpose of sending Christ
mas cheer into the trenches OF En-
Iope an organization is to form in
Honolulu Wednesday afternoon. A
meeting has been called to be held in
the Library of Hawaii at 3 in the after.
neon and it is expected that at that
time there will be so large number
Of ladies present as to insure from
the start the success of the project
Efftish, Canadian, New Zealand ard
Australian ladies are all especially in
vited to attend the meeting Wednes'
day afternoon. though any others who
may feel similar interest in the Allies
soldiers now fighting the battles OF
Europe are to be welcomed. The plan
is to arrange for the sending Of boxes
from here or at least for the sending
CT boxes that will reach the war front
so that gifts and membranes may
be sent to as many as possible of the
boys in the trenches.
Several Honolulu ladies have been
considering the dull and dreary hoii-
day season that awaits so many of the
BOYS that are far away from their
homes doing battle and these thoughts
have resulted in the plan that is OK.
rected to brighten the day for many
of them who would otherwise be for
gotten when elsewhere all rejoice. e.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-26
KITcHENER'S PLAN TO
- PUNISH THE GERMANS

Shortly before his death, as our
readers may be interested to know
(says the London Morning Post),
Lord Kitchener informed us that lie
regarded the conduct of Germany as
something outside the range of human
experience His opinion was that we
should do something to punish Ger
many for this organized treachery, and
so to mark our detestation of the
system as to prevent it ever happen
ing again. Lord Kitchener's proposal
was to pass law that for twenty-one
years no German should be allowed
to naturalize himself or take up his
domicile in the United Kingdom and
the British Empire as far as the au-
thority of the Imperial Parliament
extended, or to enter into partnership
in any British business, or become a
shareholder in any British company.
Now Lord Kitchener was man of a
practical mind who was not swayed
by passion, but considered only the
public advantage, and he put this
scheme before US with the idea that
il might be proposed and adopted not
only by the Imperial Parliament but
perhaps also by the Dominion Parlia-
ments. where detestation of German
methods is even more emphatic than
it is here.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-26

The American Industrial Commits
sion to France has arrived at Bor-
deauX.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-26
PROVES
HARDEST WORK
OF ALL CRUISE
Naval MiIitiamen Get Taste oil
0iSagreeabIe Features on
Return to Port

Naval Militiamen are getting taste
Of the most disagreeable part of navy
routine today-coaling ship. All hands
regulars and militiamen alike, are
swinging shovels and emptying coal
bags, and a. thick coat of minstrel
makeup has been applied to everyone
On the cruiser.
1t is hoped that coaling will be fin
ished by 6 o'clock tonight, but the
chances are that there will be a few
tons left to put aboard tomorrow
morning. All hands will then turn to
and clean up the ship and the 1916
cruise of the Naval Militia of Hawaii
will be over.
From all angses the cruise of the
St Louis has been a success. accord
ing to Captain Houston, and the other
Officers of the ship. The Naval Mill
tia contingent is also we'll satisfied,
and no grumbling was heard from any
quarter today. "
Il can not speak too highly of the
showing made by the Naval Militia, I"
said Brig Gen. Samuel |. Johnson, the
adjutant General, who accompanied
the citizen-sailors on their cruise.
"The men did their work with a will,
end showed great adaptability under
conditions that were totally new to
most of them, The officers and petty
officers took hold splendidly and in
remarkably short time the Naval Mi
litiamen had fitted into their allotted
places. The drills were interesting
and varied. and the men return with
a good working knowledge Of what is
expected Of them aboard ship.
Sees Great Future ...... -"
-. see: a great future in store for
the Naval Militia of Hawaii" contin-
ned the adiutant general. ALREADY
there is talk of forming another divis.
jon. and l think there will be no diff
ficulty in getting desirable enlist
ments. The Naval Militia should ap.
PEAL especially to Hawaiiars, who are
at home on the water, and who are
good natural sailors ....... -. -
IF didn't personally know every
man of our small crew" said Lieut..
Slower, executive officer of the st.
Louis. this morning, Il really wouldn't
he able to tell the Naval Militiamen
from the regulars in the routine work
round the ship. The Naval Militia has
done very well on this cruise, which
has been eminently successful from
every angle The officers have done
very well, too. In the navy an Off.