Steelton Triumph Opens Busy Baseball Weekend
Al Mamaux and George Cockill led a 6-1 Steelton win before a 2,500 strong crowd on Cottage Hill. Eddie Plank dazzled as the Athletics southpaw, Crowds praised the action while umpire Rudolph drew heat from locals. Jacobson Hunter and Yerkes contributed key plays as Steelton prepares for Lebanon on June 15. George Stutz left for a draft exam in Philadelphia. In shooting, George Gross set a 25 straight target record at Highspire as Green and others won cups in a tied-competition.
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al Mamaux
Pittsburgh
Steelton
George Cockill
Eddie Plank
Gettysburg
Athletics
Eddie
Provinces
San Juan
Cottage Hill
Rudolph
Mamnaux
Fore River
Jacobson
Hunter
Stutz
Neild
Arthur Devlin
Brooklyn
Cockill
Steve Yerkes
Boston Red Sox
P. & R. Railroad
Lebanon
George Gross
Highspire
Red and Gun Club
H. Green
Green
Hoffman
A. Gross
Cover
Fink
Kline
A. Shaffner
Ed Hoffman
Gray Kline
Joe Cover
Clarence Beck Star at Camp Crane In Allentown Meet
Clarence Beck dominates Allentown track events on Decoration Day for Camp Crane with wins in 16 pound shot put 100 yard dash in marching gear and 50 yard horseback sprint. Rumor says ambulance unit may be ordered to Italy and Beck is promoted to corporal as preparations continue. Harrisburg engineers beat Harrisburg club 10 5 at country club. ladies tournament set for next Saturday.
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Harrisburg
Clarence Beck
Allentown
Camp Crane
Pennsylvania
Corline
Breen
Battalion 12
Italy
Harrisburg Engineers
Harrisburg Club
Harrisburg Country Club
Lancaster
Lancaster Country Club
Yesterday’s Baseball Scores and Today’s Schedule
Yesterday results include Cleveland 1 Washington 0 in 11 innings and Detroit 4 Boston 3. Chicago 8 New York 2. St Louis 4 Philadelphia 2. Philadelphia 6 Cincinnati 3. International League Syracuse 3 Toronto 0. Baltimore 4 Newark 3 both games. Today Washington at Cleveland and other pairings listed.
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Cleveland
Washington
Detroit
Boston
Chicago
New York
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Syracuse
Toronto
Binghamton
Jersey City
Baltimore
Newark
National League
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Merican Ic
Detroit Oe
Ree
Louis
St Marys Narrowly Falls to Lancaster Stars
St Marys endured a 5 to 3 defeat to Lancaster Stars in a game played yesterday in Scrapple town. Hackett helped limit the visitors as Lancaster, famed for swift amateur squads, held St Marys to a modest score. The tally shows St Marys 0 0 0 4 and Lancaster 1 0 0 0 0 with final x1.
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Lancaster
St. Mary's
Scrapple
Limburger Cheese
Hackett
Chub Beatty's Demons Top Middletown 12 to 3
Chub Beatty's squad of Firemen and Engineers defeated Middletown 12 to 3 on Saturday. Beatty invited other fast companies to contact him at 2458 Reel Street, Harrisburg, after the game.
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Chub
Beatty
Middletown
Reel Street
Harrisburg
Rosewood Beats York in nine inning game
Harrisburg Rosewood nine defeated American Chain of York 9 to 4 in a snappy Saturday contest. Rosewood led throughout the nine innings, with early offense setting the tone.
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York York
Rosewood Nine
Harrisburg
Harrisburg Lads
Mrs Baker Hosts Dinner Guests In New Cumberland
New Cumberland on June 3 reports Mrs M L Baker of Market street entertained at dinner yesterday guests including Mr and Mrs Daniel Stover of Kenmore Ohio Mr Harry Lowe and two children of Harrisburg.
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New Cumberland
M. L. Baker
Market Street
Daniel Stover
Kenmore
Ohio
Harry Lowe
Harrisburg
Hazleton Boosts Jimmy Mattern
Hazleton boosters send a letter to the Telegraph with a Mattern portrait. They note James Mattern, draftee from the third district in Harrisburg, played shortstop for Hazleton and used the alias Jack Calder hitting over .400 in three games. He was identified after a munition plant job and has athletic ties to Harrisburg Tech, the Blue Ridge League, and the Pullman Auto Co of York.
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Hazletons Boosters Association
James Mattern
Harrisburg
Hazleton
Jack Calder
Harrisburg Tech
Frederick
Pullman Auto Company
York
Hazleton Hoosiers
Tech Tennis Triumph Over Academy 4 1 at Reservoir
The Tech team defeated the Academy 4 to 1 in a Reservoir match. Beck beat Fisher 6-2 6-0, Baird defeated Campbell 6-0 6-4, Beard defeated Newlin 6-0 6-2, Schreiner won over Knissley 8-6 in three sets, and Beck-Beard won doubles 6-3 6-3 as Tech clinched the meet.
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Tech
Academy
Reservoir
John Beck
Sam Fisher
Beck
Fisher
Baird
Campbell
Newlin
Glen Beard
Beard
Shreiner
Ronty
Knissley
Schreiner
Lafe
Winter Will See Higher Steam Prices This Winter
Harrisburg officials outline expected rate increases due to river coal costs higher taxes and labor costs. Upgrades at the local heat plant include rebuilding stokers adding two double fans and two 160 horsepower turbines to boost capacity. A new boiler with 610 horsepower normal rating and potential 1000 horsepower output is being prepared for naval use. Officials promise better service and efficiency this winter with improved equipment and fuel supply.
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New York
Wilkes-Barre
Kaltwasser
Twostall
Harrisburg
Foch Poised to Deliver Decisive Blow on German Advance
Atlantic port dispatch reports officers who arrived from the front say Paris is safe and that General Foch plans a smashing blow within a day or two. They note French and British forces in France at record strength with reinforcements rushing since March 21.
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Atlantic
France
Marne
Paris
Amiens Salient
Cambria
Foch
Amiens
200 Autos to Take Part in Big Farmer Tour
Farm Agent H. G. Niesley announces the first Dauphin county farmers route tour on Thursday morning. 200 autos will leave Harrisburg at 8 o clock touring Bonnymead farms Hummelstown Hockersville Hershey industrial School Hershey farms and Mansoa Hill with lunch at Hershey Park and a final stop at A B Mitchell’s poultry plant.
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H. G. Niesley
Dauphin County
Harrisburg
Front Street
Chestnut
Walnut
Bonnymead Farms
Billet
Hershey Farms
T. Whitmer
Mansoa Hill
Jonestown
Linglestown
A. B. Mitchell
Police urge German women register as enemy aliens
The police department this morning urged all women over 14 with allegiance to the German government or not naturalized in this country to appear at the police station during the week of June 17 to register as enemy aliens.
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Duncannon
Duncannon Council
Mercury to drop in Harrisburg today
The Harrisburg forecast notes a cooler spell due to humidity despite a high around ninety degrees yesterday. The weekly weather outlook calls for a seasonal dip with marked humidity affecting the apparent temperature.
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City
Harrisburg
Submarine Attacks Sink American Schooner off New Jersey
The Edward H. Cole, a 1791 ton American schooner from Boston, was sunk by two U boats 75 miles off New Jersey. Survivors were rescued by an American auxiliary vessel and brought to an Atlantic port where navy officials took charge. A chase followed the explosion as a steamer fled at full speed.
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Edward H. Cole
Boston
Newcomb
UY Dutt
Atlantic
Navy
Highlands
New Jersey
New England Coast on Guard Against U Boats
The port of Boston was closed at noon and Narragansett Bay had been closed earlier as precautions against German U boats on the New England coast. Reports said a German submarine after sinking four vessels off the New Jersey coast was captured and being taken into New York, but local navy officials had no definite knowledge.
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Associated Press
Boston
Narraganset Bay
New England
New Jersey
New York
Ship Reported Hit Off Nantucket Shoals
Nar ragansett Bay closure announced by the Newport naval commandant. A report from the Cape indicates a ship was torpedoed off Nantucket shoals, but official confirmation is not available.
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Nantucket
Providence
R. I
Narragansett Bay
Naval Station
Newport
Cape
Nantucket Shoals
Crews Told to Watch for U Boat Victims
Barnegat New Jersey June 3. Word has been sent along the Atlantic coast to watch for crews of ships sunk by submarines. All government life guard stations have been notified but by noon no disaster had been reported.
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Barnegat
N. J
Atlantic
No Ships May Leave Port of Philadelphia
Orders issued at 10 a m prevent any vessels from leaving the port of Philadelphia. The restriction remains in effect until further notice.
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Philadelphia
Associated Press
College Boosters Meet Here to Aid Endowment Fund
Zone chairmen and organizers of the Lebanon Valley College endowment drive met at the Y M C A. Belt from Lebanon Harrisburg Lancaster York and Chambersburg were zone centers. Congressman A S Kreider directed the campaign with KE J Hackenbury and five associates present as secretaries for zones. Initial gifts reported totaled 28 125 and weekly Harrisburg checks on progress will begin.
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Lebanon Valley College Endowment Campaign
Fvas
C. M. Coover
Gipplé
G. D. Batdorf
Henry Wolf
EB. N. Funkhouser
Lebanon
Harrisburg
Lancaster
York
Chambersburg
A. 8. Kreider
KE. J. Hackenbury
Youths Enroll for State Y M C A Camp
Boys aged 12 to 18 may attend the State Y M C A camp at Inglenook twenty miles west of Harrisburg. H. J. Schmidt directs with twelve leaders guiding activities. The camp opens Friday June 21 for summer session. Applications accepted at Central or State Y M C A.
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Inglenook
Harrisburg
State Y. M. C. A
H. J. Schmidt
State Boys Work
Stevens Memorial opens new Sunday school annex
The Sunday school annex at Stevens Memorial Methodist Church was formally opened yesterday morning with services held for the first time. Rev. Clayton Albert Smucker, the church pastor, spoke on "Where the Tides Meet."
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Stevens Memorial Methodist Church
Clayton Albert Smucker
Harrisburg Track Committee Sets Island Park Meet Plans
The Harrisburg Track Athletic Committee will meet in the Calder building at 8 PM to finalize arrangements for the Island Park track meet on Thursday afternoon.
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Harrisburg Track Athletic Committee
Calder
Island Park
Miss Mabel Sicker Arrives in France
Miss Mabel Sicker formerly of 506 Calder street United States Trained Nurse Corps has arrived safely in France according to a local report.
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France
Mabel Sicker
Calder Street
United States
P and R Breaks Records in Moving of Cars for War Purposes
Harrisburg end of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway reports record freight moves in May. Total May movement east and west reached 62,238 cars, 15,542 more than May last year. Loaded movement from Rutherford yards up 6,758 and east bound daily average rose to 1,724 from 1,506.
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Harrisburg
Philadelphia and Reading
Liberty Loan
Rutherford Yards
Buller Talks On Trout Fishing And Season Outlook
Nathan R. Buller state fisheries commissioner notes trout fishing is strong after a harsh opening season. He cites planting of about 2.75 million trout, opened streams, and wardens reports. A new daily limit discussion follows before July bass season opens under a revised code announced for 25 trout max.
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Nathan R. Buller
State Commissioner of Fisheries
Commissioner of Fisheries
Buller
Dauphin Boroughs Urged to Get Busy
State Highway Commissioner O Neil urged Steelton Highspire and Paxtang to plan joint state and local efforts to improve roads used for heavy traffic to the ordnance and aviation depots near Middletown. He offered to pursue construction or maintenance with boroughs if they cooperate. Harrisburg is funding repairs on streets linking these boroughs.
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Steelton
Highspire
O'Neil
Ordnance
Middletown
Paxtang
Derry Street
Reading
Harrisburg
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Gros Telegraph
Steelton---Tech Trims Academy
Hungerford
George Stutz
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
R. H. O. A. EL Kopf
Ingle
Oe Dugan
Harris
Oink Murphy
Mammaux
Gil
Steelton R. H. O
Tues
King Oscar
John C. Herman and Company Makers
International League
Buffalo
Rochester
St. Mary’s
Chub Beatty
Monarchs
Giants
Baker
Steelton “Giants
Jimmy Mattern
Academy Stars
Reservoir Courts
U.S
British Isles
Germany
WRG
Aweree Wren
Moer-Lo
Moerlein
Moer
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