Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-13
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leans nave taken to the east side of
o,ie raiiroad for their diamonds. The
sl9uhqs at Sixth and Division streets,
near Hofman's Woods. which were
the scene of some verv hot contests
e laNe peen abandoned to the coming
slants or the arena and the rail-
Ioau men have taken to two dia-
MINUS iThI lald out near Wildwood Park.
@uese @ grounds are we'll adapted for
6aine, anu nave the advantage of
ana the .city's park system Anpthsr
1ianiohd has been laid ont near
cumberland street and the Payton
creek In South HARRISBURG tbera
are are not as many baseball grounds ne
mere used to be, the largest now he
niSS eie olu Susquehanna field The
ola quarry baseball diamonds u,hich
used to be so numerous aion. Ca,
eron street have'gone the wav of Tbe
| saw Mill diamond of tbirty, vaars
ago and the Harris Park ianon6
mas gone into local history. Front
anu second street lots which used TO
pc IN the old Sixth and in the Tenth
Ma.us are now covered with houses
ana the fields along Regina and
Berryhill streets are now plain civ
me cow fields," as the Forster es-
tate meadows on the east side oP
cameron street, between State and
Herr streets used to be called, are
now occupied by the Harrisburg
halfway Company and other corpo.
ecaliqh c buildings, and as for the old
sixth street ball park it is as much
memory as the fair grounds that
used to be out Third street, which
also had baseball grounds years
ana years ago. Union Square still
mas mas famous baseball field and
there was another in Thirteenth
street that ran through to Crescent
fhnrn
ago diamond at Nineteenth and
Greenwood. Far back, when baseball
was Just blooming, there used to
pc diamonds in sections of Harris
purg which are now decidedly well
built up.
Pennsylvania's action on the bill
10 suspend the full crew act during
the war is being watched with con-
siderable interest all over the coun-
Try; This is typical industrial State
and the legislators have been much
addressed on the subject. In some
instances men have been waited
upon by committees at home. How
ever, there has been nothing this
| year to compare with the strenuous
tlmes OF two years ago when the
legislators got mail by the bale and
some were so loaded down with an
| peals to vote one way or the other
on the measure that they could not
read it all.
Roses and peonies are both fate
this year, but they seem to be maxi
ing up for lost time in the beauty
and number of the blooms. Roses
| are numerous in Harrisburg and It
| would seem as though the bushes
were trying to make up for their
tardiness by unusually large and
| fragrant blossoms. And as for the
peonies they were never moro beau
| tiful than now. They are cheap, too,
and are being sold all over the city
in large quantities.
"Me" James, of the William Penn
| Highway, and the youngster he calls
| "the heir" were out beyond Bellevue
| Park Sunday and encountered a hill
side covered with wild Strawberries.
When the secretary had his hat
filled, a little old man came along
and eyed him with a curious eve
you've got your nerve" said the
| little old man.
do you own this lot?" asked the
strawberry picker pugnaciously.
Nope" said the old man. But
you've been messing around in
| poison ivy for the last half hour"
There may be another instalment
of this story. Ivy poisoning doesn't
develop as it is capable of Develop
ing for As or 70 hours.
The bass season opens Friday and
| large numbers of Harrisburg fisher
| men will be on the river and along
! the streams despite the fact that the
| recent rains have made the water
high and caused the river and creeks
to be muddy. Word comes from the
Juniata that while the water is fall
ing steadily, some of the valleys from
which flow the creeks that feed the
little river have had hard showers
the past few nights and are still in
anything but good fishing condition.
The Susquehanna is in about the
same condition and will not be in
shape for bass or salmon fishing for
some time. However. some cheer
ing news comes down from the head
waters of Sherman's creek, Tusca-
rora creek and other streams of that
size to the effect that in the upper
reaches of those waters the mud is
passing out rapidly and if no more
rain falls Friday may find them in
better condition than on opening day
for some years. Fishermen are hop
ing that the bass, seeking clear
water, will keep on moving up
stream.
llc bdlI ittoNiOil dlSO OhC lOl
serious consideration. 1t is not be-
lieved that the local dealers will have
enough to go around, so many men
want to go out, and although a large
rumber of "stone-rollers' will be
brought in. early orders with the
bait dealers show no sign of letup.
Many Harrisburg fishermen no longer
use live bait. Flies are the favorites
of some. but the artificial minnow,
the silver sinner and the painted
plug of a dozen different designs
all have their admirers. Some of the
biggest bass brought to Harrisburg
last summer were taken from the
smaller creeks near by by anglers
who waded in hip boots and used
plugs to lure the whales from
their hiding places.
James S. Beacon, Greensburg law
| yer. who was here yesterday, used to
| be State Treasurer and n member of
the Legislature. He says he likes to
come here to see the legislators work.