Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-02
MORE TROUBLE
In DIP LEAGUE
Millersburg Withdraws Be-
cause Players Are
Lacking


Dauphin-Perry League in the with
drawal from the circuit of the Millers-
burg team.
Announcement of the withdrawal was
not received by President IL. Il. knauss
until 5 o'clock last evening and the
two games scheduled with Marysville
at MillersburE this afternoon were at
once called off. What disposal will be
made of them will be determined later.
Millersburg was the only Dauphin
county contingent represented in the
circuit this year, although In previous
seasons two other Dauphin county
teams were represented.
h Some action of Millersburg's with
drawal will be taken this afternoon
at Duncannon, when an informal meet
ing of league representatives will take
place. Duncannon and Newport are
playing there this afternoon and will
have representatives on the field. Rep
resentative r. II. Cunningham. of
Marysville, and President e. Z. Knauss,
of Harrisburg, will also attend to con-
slider the vacancy occasioned by the
withdrawal.
Players Desert
Desertion of players, injury to 9TH
ers and poor support from borough
fans is assigned by Manager Bud"
Fry as the reason for his withdrawal
He held off as long as he could, he
said, in his letter of withdrawal.
Some of the best players deserted to
go with the Dauphin-Schuylki League,
and Millersburg dropped miserably aft
er starting off as a strong pennant con-
tender. Several weeks ago Shortstop
Biever moved from Millersburg and
Rabbit" Zerance, who was secured to
replace him, has now been burned so
severely that he will be out of the
game for the season. Bob" Bowman,
crack fnhelder and pitcher and heavy
hitter, who has been the mainstay of
the team this season, has been under
physicians care for almost a week,
Manager Fry recites In his letter to
President Knauss.
He could have put team in the field
against Marysville to-day, but it would
not have made a creditable showing and
would have done considerable to injure
the game in the town, Manager Fry
wrote.
Fans have not accorded the team the
support that 1t should have received and
less than 200 people were in attendance
at last Saturdays game with New
port, according to figures of receipts
supplied by Manager Fry to President
Knauss. He felt too that even with
two games scheduled with Marysville
to-day. that the receipts would not
have been sufficient to cover the ex-
penses of the games.
Seek Other Company
The upper end town has been eager
to get into the Dauphin -Schuylkill
League for some time, 1t is said. They
have urged Manager Fry for the past
| fortnight, 1t has been reported, to
AlaT
phin-Perry and endeavor to connect
with the upper end circuit. While the
withdrawal has now been effected. no
information has been received as to the
| possibility of the admittance of the
| Millersburgians into the second cir
| cult.
Little trouble in filling the vacancy
| Is expected by President Knauss or
other league representatives. Several
weeks ago when another team had
| threatened to withdraw, no less than a
half-dozen teams had filed petitions for
admittance and it is known that sew
eral of these would still take up the
| franchise.
The fast moving Blain Independents
who have split even in a series with
Newport, are especially anxious to get
into the league. Blain is an out-of-the-
| way place. Dul OIIlCldlS I1ldue Ine prop
osition to play all its games at New.
port Port Royal, formerly of the Mif.
| fiin-Juniata circuit, filed application
even before it withdrew from that cir
cult. West End, leaders of the West
End Twilight League, are understood
! to be anxious to finish the season. Hal.
! flax and Dauphin, formerly of the Dau-
| phin-Perry, and New Cumberland OF
the old Central Pennsylvania circuit
| are the other towns that are reported
to be anxious to get in. Several other
contingents are expected to ask rep.
resentation at the league meeting
| To Meet Here
! While league officials and represen.
| tatives will meet at Duncannon this
afternoon, it is not believed that any
definite action will be taken to admit
another team. The matter will be dis.
cussed and the Millersburg franchise
declared forfeited, and 1t is expected q
date set for meeting early next week
at which time the franchise will bt
\ awarded to another team.
The team selected to replace Millers.
burg will make its initial appearance ir
the Dauphin-Perry on Saturday, Au.
gust 8. when it will line up against
| Marysville on the Seidel Park ground:
at the latter town. The new team will
| have seven games to play, three al
! home and four away. Three of the
| games are scheduled with Marysville
| three with Duncannon and one with
| Newport. The team now has a record
| of five games won, six games lost, fol