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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-11
ONE MORE POINT
FOR TY COBB
Is Near His Much-Coveted
Mark; How Nationals
Are Hitting

Chicago, Aug. 11.-Tyrus Cobb
has added another point to his bat
ting average and is 15 points from
the 400 mark, according to averages
published to-day and which We'd
nesday's games include. He has
made 155 hits, including 80 doubles,
21 triples and five home runs. This
slugging had given him the Ameri-
can League lead in total bases, his
total being PAP.
The Georgian is creeping up on
Chapman and Roth, of Cleveland,
for stolen base honors. Cobb has
pilferred 80 bases, while the Cleve-
land pair have stolen 34 and 33
respectively. Pipp, of New York,
went in to tie with Veach of De-
troit for home run honors, each hav-
ing seven. Detroit continued to lead
in team batting with 1853 with the
last place Philadelphian's pushing
in second place with 1853. Leading
batters who have participated in
half of their clubs games:
Leading Pitchers and Batsmen
Cobb. Detroit, 1855; Speaker,
.342; Veach, Detroit. .311; McInnis,
Philadelphia, 900; Felsch, Chicago,
.294; Chapman, Cleveland ..259;
Rice, Washington, .294; Roth. Cleve-
land, ,294; Rumler, st. Souls, .294;
Baker New York, 293. The leading
pitchers who have participated in
21 or more games, rated according
to earned runs per game.
G w L Err
Cicotte, Chicago -. 34 IS IA
Faber, Chicago -. % 9 9 la
Bagby. Cleveland ..S5 10 10 Isl
Leonard. Boston 25 II IL 1.SG
AFnx I
National League
In the National League, Roush,
of Cincinnati, is hitting .S41 and has
pulled away from Hornsby, of st
Louis, who was pushing him for the
lead last week, Hornsby, batting at
a 1926 clip, clings to second place,
although he dropped 3 points. The
st. Louis shortstop increased his
lead in total bases. His 109 hits in
95 games have been stretched into
176 bases. because of 10 doubles, IL
triples and eight home runs. The
last item earned him a tie with
Cravath, of Philadelphia, for cir
cult drive honors last week an& the
number remains unchanged, Carey,
of Pittsburgh, with a mark of 29
continued to top the base stealers.
New York has batted itself into a
tie with Cincinnati for team bat
ting with .264. Leading batters who
have played in half their clubs
games:
Tencr's Big Stick Men
Roush, Cincinnati, 341; Hornsby,
st. Louis, 325; Cruise, st. Louis,
.31S; Kauff, New York, .S15; Groh,
Cincinnati, 311; Fisher, Pittsburgh,
.311; Griffith, Cincinnati. .30S: Zim-
norman, New York, .3O4; Wilhoit,
New York, .29; Neale, Cincinnati,
.29S. Leading pitchers who have
participated in 81 or more games,
rated according to earned runs per
game:
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-11
MARsANs BREAKS LEG

New York, Aug. II. Armondo
Marsans, the Cuban outfielder re,
Gently procured by the New York
American League club from st. Louis
in a trade for Lee Magee. broke his
right leg in the first inning of the
gam ebetween New Yodk and Cleve-
land here yesterday. Marsans met
with the injury while sliding home.
His spikes caught in the plate and
snapped the bone just above the
ankle. Marsans is the fourth big
league player to break a leg this
year. Vic Safer. of the Cubs, broke
one of his leg early in the season
sliding to base. Bill Hinchman suf.
fered a like injury on the Phillies'
grounds in sliding home. Catcher
McCarty, of the Giants, is another
player who broke leg in the game.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-11
WEAVER OUT OF GAME

Washington, d. c., Aug. 11.-Buck
Weaver, star third baseman of the
Chicago Americans, suffered a broken
finger in the game here with Wash
tngton yesterday and will probably
be out of the game for the next
three or four weeks, critical period
in the pehnant race. The accident
occurred in the third inning when
Ainsmith, sliding into third. spiked
Weaver's left hand as the latter tried
to touch him out. The extent of the
injury was not determined until last
night. when a surgeons examination
revealed broken index finger.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-11
NOT QUITE THE SAME

Win
of lastt years
1915 and 1916 they the habit
the White sox rampant The rivals still
debates
UMPREs PATROL DUTY IN NoMANs LAND
Dear Sir: Why
L
Not
enough only the stampede
who fac Ty Cobb
Job
to be inmun
letters
agile enlisted
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-11
Dauphin-Perry League
poxn IssIJE FoR CARLISLE

Carlisle, Pa. Aug. 11.-Plans for
additional street paving have been
made by the Carlisle council. Exten-
sion of brick and concrete construc-
tion to cover several additional blocks
ir the center OF the town this sum-
mer has been decided upon. Just at
present the proposal to have motor
cycle cop to arrest auto law violators
will not be- adopted. The town is
planning for a $4,000 bond issue for
streets.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-11
NEW STAR WINS
FINAL HONORS
MISS Mildred Sheesley Takes
Match From Mrs. John
Runkle; Scores

Miss Mildred sheesley is still the
Dig sensation in the local tennis
tourney In yesterdays final single
match the new star won over Mrs
Runkle' score 6-S, 6-2. Mrs. John
Hunkie played a brilliant game, but
showed slight weakness in the
second set The work of Miss shees-
ley was interesting.
vernon Widder was another srr
prise Yesterday when he won tu.o
g Sets from Charles Pollock. The
decn star worked hard to stage a
Sia SEilhepack. Widder's playing was a
Dig attraction. The matches toNJov
promise further surprises Ths s
scores of yesterday follow:
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-11
O. ::qf1J@porkh8hf
S cHG Gra7zxuzaR Rice
THE sLACIxERs
wright 1877 The Tribune CSev Tribuns,
BY GERALD MASSEY

GERALD MASSEY
We no standu unde
For there's
Cranmer
With life like paace-home built
Freedom for all her beloved demands.
They Yet we mar on coou
Hearts burning like beacons-eyes fixed on the goa
And II We fall lighting fall like the
with lace to the stars and all Heaven in the soul.
Ihe sword of life sheathed in the
THAN LIVE LIKE THE COWARD AND DIE SLAVE!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-11
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Summ0TNI
@
SCORES OF YESTERDAY

National League
Pittsburgh, l; Philadelphia, O.
Cincinnati, Z; Boston, 0.
Chicago. 5; Brooklyn. 4 (eleven in
nings).
New York. Z; st. Louis, =.
American League
Philadelphia. Z; st. Louis. o.
Washington. 4; Chicago. 0.
Boston, 5; Detroit. 4 (1st gamee).
Boston. 3; Detroit, l (2nd game).
Cleveland, s; New York, fourteen
innings).
New York State League
Elmira, 9; Reading, T.
Wilkes Barre, 10; Binghamton, ..
Syracuse. 8; Scranton, l.
international League
Providence, 5; Montreal. 4.
Richmond, 10; Rochester, 0.
other clubs not scheduled.
Blue Ridge League
Gettysburg, 4; Hagerstown. ..
Hanover. 3; Martinsburg, 3 (nine
innings; tie).
Frederick -Cumberland-rain
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-11
Other teams not scheduled. 4,
American League
No games scheduled.
WHERE THEY PLAY MONDAY

WHERE THEY PLAY MONDAY
American League
Boston at Philadelphia.
New York at Washington.
Chicago at Cleveland.
st. Louis at Detroit.
National League
Philadelphia at Boston.
Brooklyn at New York.
Pittsburgh at Chicago.
Cincinnati at st. Louis.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-11
Summaries

Mixed doubles: Miss p. Campber
won by default. poeii
Ladies singles, final round: Miss
MiIdred Sheesley won from Mrs
John Runkle, Ga, 62. 1i D
Ladies doubles, first round. Miss
Janet Eckels and Miss p. Campbell
de1eated Miss Margaret Pollock and
MISS Smith, 81, 81, 60.
mems singles, second round: "
6-2. O-l'
Mems doubles, preliminary round.
jackson and Zeigler defeated Dasher
and Royal, As, GA, Go.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-11
Blue Ridge League
WHERE THEY PLAY TO-DAY

WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY
American League
st. Louis at Philadelphia.
Cleveland at New York.
Chicago at Washington.
Detroit at Boston.
National League
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh.
Boston at Cincinnati.
Brooklyn at Chicago.
New York at st. Louis.
New York State League
Elmira at Reading.
Syracuse at Scranton.
Binghamton at Wilkes Barre.
Philadelphia and Reading League
At Reading-Reading Division VS..
Locomotive Shop.
At ladelphia-Atlantic City Rail-
road VS.. Accounts.
At Reading-Rutherfor VS.. Car
Shop.
} At Philadelphia-Tran VS..
General Managers.
At St. Clair-St. Clair vs. Shamokin
Division.
At Philadelphia-Port Richmond VS..
Spring Garden.
Blue Ridge League
Gettysburg at Hagerstown.
Frederick at Cumberland.
Martinsburg at Hanover.
Bethlehem Steel League
Wilmington at Steelton.
Lebanon at Sparrows Point.
Other teams not scheduled.
DRuphln-Perry League
Newport at Duncannon.
Halifax at Dauphin.
Millersburg at Marysville.
WHERE THEY PLAY TOMORROW
National League
Boston at Cincinnati.
Brooklyn at Chicago.
New York at st. Louis.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-11
NEW RECORD FOR
STATE CIRCUIT
Reading Horse Steps Fast Mile
at Altoona; Other
Winners

Altoona, Pa, Aug. 11.-A new Penn
sylvania state track record was estab-
llshed and two Altoona track records
shattered yesterday at the final days
race program of the opening OF the
central Pennsylvania circuit meeting,
The three astest miles paced on a
half-mile track in Pennsylvania
this season were stepped by Sell
lers D., w. b. Eckert's Reading horse.
time 2.0SA. 2.07& and 2O9A. The
Reading horse also broke the AL
toona track pacing record of 2.09A
made in 1907 by Harry Lowen. owned
by James Longbottom, of Philadel-
phia, and raced by Eddie McGrath.
Altoona Record
The Altoona track trotting record
OF 2.15A. held by Happy JacS. owned
by Bob Lighter. of Fairmount. w. ".
and made in 1907. was broken by
Brooklyn Hal, being owned by G. f..
Billman. of Allentown. The trotter
stepped in 2.14A.
Summa ries.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-11
AND UMPIREs FOR PATROL DUTY IN No-MANs LAND
WAR SONG

The pitchers who have faced Ty Cobb
Should be good for this German job.
At least they ought to be immune
To any whistling bullets tune.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-11
WHERE THEY PLAY TOMORROW

National League
Boston at Cincinnati.
Brooklyn at Chicago.
New York at st. Louis.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-11
Resorts
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baths; ELEVATOR; fine table: special
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shower baths. Always open. Capacity
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-11

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Gunpowder, b. g., by Dato,
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Tom Patch. b. s., Won Lunen. 444 4
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-11

Dauphin will hold its accustomed
place for the third consecutive sea-
son. They are good runners up.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-11

Sanders, the third youngster tried
out by Marysville, made favorable
impression in the Millersburg SER
les. Lightner seems to have made
good in the outfield.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-07

fore the juvenile court. and only
twenty five families have appealed Tor
aid to the society for organizing char
ity. In Detroit, more than 100 negroes
are arriving every day, and in the last
six months more than 1000 have been
placed as skilled workers by the De-
troit urban league.
The most obvious result Of the ex-
odus in the south is its serious enect
on the labor situation. So long mas
the negro been regarded as perma-
nent resident, whatever befall, that the
new adventuring has found the south
quite at loss to know what to DO
about it. What not to do about it IL
well illustrated by the example OF
Alabama. In Montgomery one day last
month two negroes were fined $50 each
and given three months hard labor
sentences for attempting to entice Ia
Dor from the city. Labor, If 1t can
get the carfare, will go where 1t Is
going to be better off. and 1t seems
fairly obvious conclusion that the
south, il it is to keep its negroes, must
make conditions better for them.
The floods and the boil weevil in
the south and the greater demand for
labor in the industrially more devel-
oped north are elements in the exodus.
These, it is to be supposed. are tenn
porary conditions, and there IL no rea-
son to doubt that the others are also.
Essential to the solution OF the PROB
lem lis that the facts, whatever they
are. shall not be blinked. Springfield
(Mass) Republican.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-07
Billy Bunny and His Friends

he never heard him at all, but Just sat
there on the old log and ate q peanut
which he had saved from the last cir.
Gus.
So Billy Bunny hoped up behind
him and leaned over and called out
quite loud right in his left ear Good
morning" And this so startled Old
Squirrel Nutcracker that he swallowed
the peanut shell, and then he began to
choke until he got black and blue in
the face. And, Of course. this fright:
ened the little rabbit. too. for he felt
it was his fault, SO he patted Old
Squirrel Nutcracker on the back and
by and by the old gentleman squirrel
stopped coughing, altho he was dread
fully mad to think that he had swal-
lowed the circus peanut without even
tasting it.
Look here young rabbit" he said
with scowl, don't you ever again
shout in my ear! II you do TIL pin
back both your ears with a pine needle
and send you home to your motherl"
Wasn't that dreadful thing for him
to say? Well, sir, after that Billy
Bunny thought II was time to be go-
ing. 80 he bowed to the oil squirrel
and hoped away. and after maybe =
million hops. sjgips and Jumps, he
reached the Old Brier Patch. where he
found his dear mother standing In the
doorway of her little house waiting IN
her bunny boy. And that's good
place to leave him for tonight. don't
you think so? For we'll know he's safe
and sound with his own dear mother
so go to sleep and tomorrow I'll tell
you another story; yes, will, II you
are good
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-07
Continuing Negro Exodus.

The negro exodus from the south
which reached considerable proportions
something over year ago, already
seems to mark definite state in the
Of the race problem in
this country. There are many reasons
why the negroes have come but most
of these reasons are not really new
The new thing of broadcast Significance
probably is that the negro has. over
come his inertia to an important de-
gree-that he Is feeling his way to-
ward better and larger life." as the
secretary of the national league on ur-
at the meeting in Pittsburgh.
Not few encouraging ss:c .s SS;:;ss
the migration were brought out at the
ban conditions among negroes put y
conference Prof. George w. Cook g
Harvard University, reported that OF
the hundreds Of negroes coming north
he had interviewed in Washington, he
had not found one who needed finan-
cial assistance. A Representatives OF
the Philadelphia children's bureau re-
ported that while between 500 and 7oo
negroes are arriving in the city every
week only twenty-eight Of the recent
arrivals there have been brought be-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-07
No ,profteerinu.

Secretary Bakers letter to the direc-
tor Of the council Of national defense,
defining the limited powers OF the
council and its committees, and set
ting aside the attempt OF committee
TO fix the price Of coal, comes at a
very opportune time.
It goes without saying that men IN
terested in contracts can not give dls-
interested advice to the government on
such contracts; yet that is what has
been attempted under the council OF
national defense. 1t is supposed that
the advice il given for pure patriotism,
while the contract Is taken for pure
business. The mixture Of patriotism
and profiteering Is inherently bad.
Either the men advising the govern
ment must keep their hands off con-
tracts. or their advice must be dis
carded as interested.
The business men OF the linked
States can mend this dangerous min
Cling of patriotism and profiteering
before it becomes worse. II they DO
:.acd IT the government and the
people will mend 1t. 1t appears to
certain type OF business man a me
thing to corkscrew extortionate prices
out Of the government by pretending
to give unselfish and patriotic advice.
But It is not shrewd thing to DO.
The men guilty of 1t will find their
regulations gone, their families dis
Rraced and themselves lucky TO escape
jail. il an outraged public, mourning
the loss OF American lads at the front,
discovers that tricksters IN Washing
ton have made traffic Of their blood.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-07
TEN LITTLE TAIERs.

There is a jingle going the rounds of
the press which tells the story of Ten
Little 'Taters" like this: Ten little
'taters growing on a vine, local buyer
got one. then there were nine. Nine
little 'taters shipped away by freight
railroads got one, then there were
eight. Eight little 'taters another ride
were given, transfer got one, then there
were seven. Seven little 'taters, sold to
Commissioner Dix, commission man
took one, then there were six. Six
little Eaters in a store arrive, retailer
took one, then there were five. Five
little Eaters eaten up and then-the
ultimate consumer paid for the ten
It describes the cause Of much Of our
high cost Of living, but as to this we
have all heard something before. The
travels of ten little 'taters just now
are of importance in suggesting world
Of lost motion going on in the name
Of the Red Cross. Women by the
Thousands are sewing by hand to make
things for the Red Cross that could be
produced by machinery in factories for
less than the raw material costs these
ladies at retail in small lots. Insofar
as this is so the labor Of these patriots
is being expended that some middle
man might have his profit or his wage
for service which might have been
eliminated. The women are really
working for the middlemen.
The cloth which many noble wom-
an Is sewing into garments for the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-07

The superdreadnaught Idaho was
launched at Camden. N. j. The launch
ing was in every way success, but was
surrounded with the greatest precau-
tions against enemy conspiracies or the
presence of spies. For the first time in
history of the yard the public was not
admitted to launching. Only the
sponsors and a few newspaper men
having passes signed by the vice presi-
dent of the company were permitted to
enter the yard. Armed guards were at
the entrance, and a detail Of sailors
from the Philadelphia navy yard was
lined up on the launching platform.
Henrietta Amelia Simons, grand
daughter of Governor Moses AleXan-
der of Idaho, smashed the bottle of
champagne against the steel Prov,
while at the same time Miss Monroe
Dever broke against the side of the
ship a bottle containing water from
Snake river Idaho. The red. white and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-07

Red Cross begins upon the plantation
and comes out at the cotton mill. Then
the mill hires a salesman to sell to a
jobber and takes a profit for the mill.
The jobber employs a salesman to sell
to the retailer and takes his profit. The
retailer may be patriot and give
away his profit, but the railroad has
been paid for transportation from the
mill to the jobber and again from the
iobber to the retailer The mills
salesman has to be paid for his serv-
ices and expenses and likewise must
the jobbers salesman be paid. Then
draymen have handled the goods from
the train into the jopbers warehouse
and out again and other draymen
have handled the same goods from the
train to the retailers store.
A grea, mail order store would go
direct 10 the mill Il !; had hundred
million dollar fund to spend for gar
ments, and TIL entire output of a mill
would be contracted without selling
costs or transportation charges The
garments would be sewed in the same
mill that makes the cloth or could be.
The completed garment would be
boxed ready for shipment to the armies
in France for less than the cloth III
single lots could be laid down in a re-
tail store.
1t is the prediction Of business mel
that when such men as the president
has appointed to raise hundred mil
lion dollar war fund for the Red Cross
get into action they will eliminate
much of the waste of volunteer hand
sewing at home. Our ready made
clothing is not made that way and
much of the labor now being expended
for the Red Cross could be saved by
business efficiency in the administra-
ton of million dollar war fund.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-07
SOME GROWTH.
Huntington Hawkeye.l

burlington HaWkeye-I
II is generally assumed that Iowa
is bi, conservative, a bit too slow to
abandon old things and to take up
new. perhaps fond of old things rather
because they are old than because OF
their superior worth She may be all
that. But there are any number OF
ways of demonstrating that Iowa is not
ultra conservative and is not slow to
appreciate a good thing and to avail
herself Of valuable innovation
Thus the superintendent of public in
struction reports that we have 235 con-
solidated school districts in Iowa., al
most all Of them equipped with the
very best Of modern school buildings.
That means taking the high school to
the people, that shows how Iowa is go
ing to give every child in the state the
opportunity of getting high school
education free Having banished illit-
eracy, Iowa is going further.
There are fourteen consolidated
school school districts in Iowa today,
where there was but one four years
ago. If the same ratio Is maintained
there ought to be 1920 Of these consol-
idated schools in Iowa in 1921. That
means progress all along the line. That
means, among other things, better
farming than ever before, better work
at whatever the lads and lassies may
choose as their life work. Incidentally,
1t is Just possible that the back to the
soil' movement may be furthered to a
greater degree than was deemed possi-
BILE at first, by this consolidated school
movement, which Is making such glori-
GUS progress in Iowa.