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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1915
Page
12
The Harrisburg Giants defeated Minersville 9 to 0 after a strong return from the coal regions. Carpenter starred for Harrisburg as the team broke the game open with big scoring in two innings. The score followed.
Recaps show American League results with St. Louis 4 Philadelphia 1 and others. National League scores include Philadelphia 8 St. Louis 4 and Pittsburgh 6 Brooklyn 1. Federal League Brooklyn 4 Baltimore 3. List of today’s scheduled games covers city matchups in multiple leagues.
Liberty and North Street split a twin bill with scores 4 to 7 and 4 to 6. Mathewson left with a sore arm while Pittsburgh shut out Penn State 4 to 0. Methdist club manager W R Winn seeks a game as Shamrock Fire Company withdraws from the Firemen's Lance to play independently. Reading shut out Inez Se al 1 to 0 in five innings. Reading still leads the Allison Hill League. Leo Houck lost to Noel Ahearn in Albany. Packard A C seeks games. address Earl Kelley manager 623 Reily Street.
Altoona Pa June 8 The annual Fraternal Order of Eagles convention is in session at the Eagles Home a $50 000 building. A close race for state president pits John W Heller Jr of York against M J McGuire of Allentown the current vice president. Last night a public reception welcomed Past National Worthy Presidents Frank Herring and W J Brennan.
Penn State track squad closed its best season in years by defeating the University of Pittsburgh 82 to 44 in State College. Mason and Palmer set school marks in the quarter mile and broad jump respectively, while Sheehan and Elmer boosted Pitt and Penn State records in the broad jump. Pittsburg won four events: pole vault half mile broad jump and mile.
Train departures from Herrera include 6 03 7 50 am and 3 40 pm to Winchester and Martinsburg. Additional trains serve Carlisle Mechanicsburg and intermediates at 5 03 7 50 11 58 am 3 40 6 32 7 40 11 00 pm with extra runs to Carlisle and Mechanicsburg at 9 48 am 2 18 3 27 6 30 9 30 am. Dillsburg service at 5 03 7 50 11 53 am 2 71 8 40 5 32 6 30 pm daily with Sunday service noted.
Lebanon High announces its football schedule for the season, with Tech High and several opponents listed on the calendar. Captain Jimmy Hynson calls for summer practice in kicking and handling punts, while Henry Wilder returns as coach as a large pool of candidates develops.
Harrisburg prepares for the arrival of an International League team with a series of classy games led by Manager J Harry Messersmith. Tomorrow at Island Park the Motive Power team of the Pennsylvania railroad faces the Independents in the local championship series opener. John Breckenridge will start for Motive Power with White on the Harrisburg mound and Rhoades catching. First pitch at 3 30. Monday features the Pittsburgh Federals as the first outlaw attraction in Harrisburg with former major league stars, also at 3 30 by request of local businessmen.
The Harrisburg hospital annual contributors meeting and board session were led by president H B McCormick. Yearly reports show about 200 more patients than last year and a large rise in dispensary cases. The Chamber of Commerce explores an auto trip to replace the annual picnic with Charles W Bartnett chairing trade extension plans.
The Harrisburg Board of Public Works responds to council action, detailing a thirteen year program from July 1902 with total costs of 1,513,496.45 and engineering expenses of 149,484.78. It notes a 5.6 percent engineering cost last year and a $125,000 saving from Fuertes dam design, with $13,000 remaining and completion targets for Paxton Creek and the river dam by mid August.
City Commissioner Harry F Bowman announced the award of a contract to Gamon Meter Company after a month long endurance test of nine meters. Bowman supervised the trial and the bid prices ranged from 5.45 to 35 dollars depending on meter size. The contract covers more than 400 meters and the Gamon meters were found to test best and be the lowest bid.
In a 3 to 2 vote the council commends the Board of Public Works for handling Harrisburg's funds and postpones indefinitely the Gorgas resolution to dismiss engineers. Mayor Royal and Commissioner Gorgas opposed delay but backed the board. Cowden said the city engineer would take over and hire current staff. Curfew ordinance passed without bell or whistle. Walnut Street bridge funding delayed to August. bids for printing reports laid over.
Samuel Woolner Jr of Peoria Illinois, president of the National Wholesale Liquor Dealers Association, opened the meeting in Cincinnati Ohio noting that solving the liquor question depends on defining the problem.
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