Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-09

Capt. Ted" Meredith of the avia-
ton corps, now overseas, writes to
a Philadelphia friend that he took
several pairs Of spiked shoes with
him when he went across and that
when he finds time he does a bit of
limbering up. He says there is some
talk of holding some time next sum-
mer a track meet for enlisted men
in the allies armies. Would that it
might be held in the Gruenwald Sta
lium in Berlin.
This week should furnish the first
of the X-ray photographs on the
baseball situation in both the Ma
tional and American leagues. Ever
since the season opened and the
Giants and Red Sox broke from the
barrier to flying starts the fans nave
awaited the intersection clashes he
tween the representative clubs of
the East and those of the West to
furnish them with a real line of
what is to be eXpected-to furnish
them with real line on where the
true strength of the leagues rests.
1t has been proved to the satisfac-
ton of all that there is nothing in
theEast capable of combating the
onward rush of the Giants. If they
are to be stopped it must be accom-
plished by. Western team. The
Phillies, Dodgers and, Braves have
shown they are not equal to the task,
and unless the Cubs, the Pirates, the
Reds or the Cardinals can develop
sufficient punch to checkmate the
locals it seems the Polo Grounders
are destined to clinch the pennant
by midseason and extract a goodly
portion of interest in the National
League race. q
Harry Greb, Pittsburgh's great
middleweight hoxar, has given alp
the glove game as a regular busf-
ness in order to fight for Uncle Sam.
The Garfield boy has enlisted in the
Naval Reserves, and when he comes
back to Pittsburgh, for his 10-round
bout with Soldier Martfield, at For
bes Field, Friday night, 1t Will be In.
the uniform of a United States sail
or. Thereafter Greb will be seen
in the ring only When it is possible
is a prizefighter with genuine loyal
ty. No Stacker, this, battler. Says
he: After all, the war is the one
big game and the one to which every
American owes all of his attention.
I want to get into it in some way,
so 1 decided to join the Naval Re-
serves. My number is far down in
the draft st, and it might have
been a long time before receiv-
ed q call, so I decided to get m
quickly by enlisting."
Next week will see many of the
daredevil motor racers in America
competing at Uniontown, the home
of millionaires who give the suffer
ing populace heart disease with a
colossal financial failure and then
bring 'em back to, life when the
courts get busy. In the big race,
Liberty Sweepstakes, May 16, Omar
Toft, the Pacific coast demon Jehu,
will drive a Miller special, former
ly steered by Gil Anderson. 1t broke
all records at the Ascot park speed
way. Louis LeCoq, of Los Ange-
les, who was all but killed at As
cot will be an entry and the match
race between 0ldfeld and LOUIS
Chivrolet, two greatest and clever
est pilots that ever handled racing
car, win attract the attention of!
the whole motor world.
Umpire Silk O'Loughlin often
hurls verbal bricks but seldom toss
es bouquets and here's one of the
bunch of posies thrown at fellow
''Ump": "I consider George Mori-
arty the ablest young umpire L ever
saw break into the major league"
This is quite a boost considering
Silk has been Mt it for "a years.