Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-20
AROUND THE BASES

All is set in Mercersburg for the
annual letter" game with Kiski-
minetas to be held at the Cumber-
| land Valley Institution next Satur-
day. The game with Kiski is the
biggest event on the Mercersburg
baseball calendar, and Coach Gene
Hanks is leaving no stone unturned
in his effort to score triumph over
the big rivals from Salisbury. Pa.
Lebanon, Pa, May 20.-Branch
Hickey, of the st. Louis Cardinals,
spent the day here with Steve
Yerkes, of Reading, and Bud"
Weiser of Shamokin, both of whom
are members of the Steelton team
| Of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation
League. Hickey wants both players,
particularly Yerkes, but the result of
| his efforts continued q secret up to
| the time of departure of Rickey and
| the two players to their respective
| homes. Hickey witnessed the work
of both Yerkes and Weiser Saturday
| afternoon in the Bethlehem Steel
League game here, being seated with
| Mrs. Yerkes in the stand. Professor
Charles S. Ketchner, of Albright
| College, Myerstown, formerly a st.
Louis scout. was also in conference
here Saturday with Hickey.
In spite of the fact that Mrs. Ron
aid III. Barlow has never won the
women's national championship, is
there any one who will deny that
| she is the most remarkable woman
I on1fnr fhaf 1,ae
produced? Is there another woman
! in the country who could duplicate
| her performance of winning the
! Clarence H. Geist trophy five years
in succession?
G. H. Babe" Ruth, the Boston
pitcher who has been playing reg
ularly in other positions when not
ON the mound, has topped all Amer
ican League hitters with an average
of .467. Frank Schultz, the veteran
| outfielder with Washington, is Sec
ond, with percentage of 400. Iris
| Speaker, however, might be consid-
cred as the star outfielder has play
ed in twenty-five games. ten more
than Ruth, and has hit the ball for
| the splendid average of .39S. Ty
| Cobb has slumped since last week,
/ the latest average of the Tiger slug
ger being .289.
! Notable among the leaders this
week is Clarence Walker, of the Ath-
letics, who is rated fifth in the list,
with an average of 1858, while Cap
tain Oldring is fourth, with a per-
centage of .375. Oldring, however,
| has played in only six games.
Coach Goldsmiths lacrosse play
! ers were like "babes in the woods"
before the speedy Carlisle Indians in
! the battle staged on Franklin Field
Saturday afternoon. The Red and
! Blue players were beaten by the
worst score of the season, the count
being IA to 0 at the end of the
hours play. The Penn players SEEM
ed almost helpless before their
dusky opponents, who had a tre-
mendous advantage of speed and ex-
! perience. Only once during the en-
tire session did the Red and Blue
! threaten to score. In this instance
Bruner, the Carlisle goal, turned the
attack aside by quick stroke of
his stick.
Claude Hendrix, the Chicago
pitcher, and J. c. Smith. the Bos-
ton third baseman, were the indi-
viduals to jump high in the batting
lists last week, the former now lead
ing the National League with an
average of .444 and the latter be-
ing third, with 1882. Larry Doyle's
average remains the same, as he is
not playing. Benny Kauff and Ross
Young. the New York outfielders,
are still among the leaders, although
Fred Merkle. of Chicago, has gone to
the fore with an average of $50.
Ed. Roush, of Cincinnati. who led
at the end of last season, is gradu-
ally forging to the top, his latest
percentage being .337. Sherwood
Magee. the veteran. also with Gin
cinnati.. has reached the select class
with 1921.