Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-12
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ing crowds for amateur games.
fThere are half a dozen diamonds
about the city which you can To-,
cate by the cheers of the crowd
any weekday evening that 1t does
not rain. These diamonds include
some owned by the city and the
way the men and women and the
children flock to them after supper
is the best evidence of popular in
terest in baseball and an argument
against repeal of the daylight saw
ing law. The games are being play
ed chlehy by neighborhood men, but
representatives of different sections
of the city are among the contenders
and when uptown goes after a scalp r
on the Hill the procession of auto
mobiles that follows the nine and
mobilizes about the baseball field is
worth noting. incidentally, 1t may
be worth mentioning that some of
the games played at the diamond at
Fifth and Seneca draw from 1900 to
1,SOO persons and that the grounds
in Seventeenth street below Market
attract folks from all over the Hill.
1t is so in lesser degrees in regard
to other diamonds downtown and in
the outlying sections. The extra
hour or so of daylight after supper
enables games ranging from five to
seven innings to be played before
darkness comes along and the way
the crowds root" is a revelation.
There is more real genuine local
pride manifested in the mines at
these evening games on the open
lots in Harrisburg than on the
average college diamond.
The Red Mems convention in ses-
sion in this city, is the fifth meeting
of the kind held in Harrisburg. Ac-
cording to the veteran member of
this famous order the first meeting
was, held twenty-ei years ago.
The presiding officer was John NJ.
McCulley, of Lancaster Tribe No. 2.
He is now recognized as the Senior
Past Great Sachem. He has been
an attendant at Red Mems conven-
tions for fifty-three years. 1t was
at this meeting that the late Cover
nor John w. Geary was made a
member of the Octarora Tribe of
this city. Mr.. McCully is known to
many veteran Red Men throughout
the United Seates. Later conven-
tions were held in 1885, 1904, 1909
and 1919.
Another veteran Red Man is
Richard Rick" Chellew of this city.
He is member of Pokoson Tribe,
No. 3S1, and has been identified
with the order for thirty years. He
wears veteran button given to
members who have been in the Or
der for twenty-five years, and is
still active in service. He has been
a resident of South Harrisburg for
many years, was a long time an
iron worker and served as a mem
Der of Common Council.
The State of Pennsylvania accu-
! mulated another asset yesterday. 1t
happens to be a bear this time. The
bear is about three months old and
was found half drowned along
stream near Remove. 1t had become
separated from its mother and as it
was lively and took an interest in
things in general Warden Stout got
the idea that it would like to visit
Harrisburg and sent it to DR.. Joseph
Kalbfus, secretary of the State Game
Commission. So the bear registered
in the Franklin building back where
T. Cleary, of Clearfield, presides
over the bounties and was given a
voting residence on the big table.
He was fed bread and milk and
made to feel at home. He will re-
move, however, in a day or SO to
Paxtang Park.
Open cutouts caused some caus-
tic remarks in court the other day
when President Judge George Kun
kel was hearing a criminal suit.
During the examination of one of
the witnesses some auto driver in
Court street, just west of the court
room, opened his cutout and speed
ed up his engine. The noise was
almost deafening and Judge Kun
kel thundered, wait a minute un-
| til it's over" In about three minu-
tes the case was resumed after
Judge Kunkel and District Attorney
Michael f. Stroup had exchanged
some severe criticisms of the chauf-
! feur.
A colored man, called before
Judge Kunkel for sentence, was
| asked what he had done. He ad-
mitted that while intoxicated he
stole a package from an automobile
| which he thought was meat but
which happened to be a rubber in
nertube. pretty tough chewing
that would have been?" the court
queried. The prisoner admitted he
| didn't want the tube when he found
out what it was but the police had
already arrested him. He told the
court he was 50 years old and it was
his first offense, so Judge Kunkel
imposed a sentence of one month in
Jail.
To minimize the punishment for
crime results in minimizing the
offense in the eyes of the public and
| the offender Judge Kunkel remark
ed in disposing of a case recently.
He said that from his experience on
the bench he has found that sus-
pended or short sentences make Of
fenses against the law less abhor-
rent to the public and the guilty
person, a condition which should
not exist.
Harrisburg certainly likes to see
, parades, but it does have a partiality
for Red Mems parades. There
have been half a dozen held here in
recent years and there have been
numerous parades of other kinds,
but the crowds that gathered yes
terday along the streets to greet the
warriors were pretty big and came
from all sections. A Red Mans
parade demonstrates that there must
be a lot of members of the order
to draw people from their homes
to see the lines go by.