The Hershey Press 1919-05-08

              Locals Los©
First Game
of Season
The Hershey representative baseball nine
pried open the lid of the 1919 season by
dropping a fast game to the Middietown
team on the latter's field Saturday after-noon
by the score of 4-2. Considering the
small amount of practice that the local boys
have had and the fact that the first game
was played on a foreign diamond , they put
up a fine exhibition and demonstrated that
they have the goods to produce a fast aggre-gation.
The loss of the game can be attributed to
lack of team work which will be remedied
by a week or so of practice. Several times
the Middietown boys reached the base on
what should have £een easy outs, the ball
going to the outfield between the respective
position and within easy reach of the players.
Each man thought that the ball would be
fielded by the other and consequently the
ball dropped safe.
"Lefty" Challenger, the star southpaw of
the Rosewood Club of Harrisburg{~pitelie&
for the Hershey boy^nd gave a great exhi-bition
of Jhiurlmgs"""It is probable that he
wiM^be^sficured to pitch a number of games
i^^Xor Hershey this season .
One mishap marred the game and that
occured in the first inning when Reed, the
loca l catcher, split his finger in receiving
one of Challengers fast inshoots. He con-tinued
to play however for two more innings
until the condition of his finger became
so bad that he was forced to quit.
This injury to Reed placed the Hershey
boys in a serious position as they had no
other catcher with them. Ream volunteered
to make a stab at it and not withstanding
that it was his first attempt at the position
he played a nice game.
Hershey tallied her first run in the second
inning. Foster singled to left field and
went to second on Hagy's sacrifice. Fenner
Janned and Sehultz doubled scoring Foster.
They scored again in the seventh when
Shaub reached first on an error. Ream
fanned and Challenger flied out to center,
Shaub taking second on the out . Eberly
hit scoring Shaub.
JOHNSON-SCHMIDT
A wedding of much interest to the people
of Hershey was that of Miss Marie Helen
Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. P.
Johnson, of Loch Willows, Paxtonia , and
Thomas Bernard Schmidt, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Bernard Schmidt, of Harrisburg, which
was solemnized yesterday morning at 9
o'clock in the St. Patrick's Roman Catholic
Cathedral, the Rev. Joseph Schmidt, brother
of the bridegroom, officiating. Miss Kath-leen
Johnson, sister of the bride, was the
maid of honor.
Following the ceremony there was a
wedding breakfast to the immediate families
at the home of the bride. The bride, who
is a graduate of the Harrisburg High School
and the Bloomsburg State Normal School,
was engaged in war work in Cleveland, Ohio,
in the service of the Ordnance Department
of the Navy. Following her graduation from
Normal School, she taught for several years
in the Hershey High School where she made
a great number of friends.
After the wedding journey Mr. and Mrs.
Schmidt will live in Allentown where Mr.
Schmidt will manage the new Schmidt
Bakery.
BOYER-HEWITT
Miss Viola Boyer of Derry. and Lawrence
Hewitt, of Massachusetts, were united in
marriage Tuesday morning at the home of
the bride, by the Rev. R. R. Butterwick,
pastor of the First United Brethren Church.
G. O. L. CLUB ORGANIZES
A new society to be known as the G. O. L.
Club has been organized among the fellows
of Hershey. The promotion of social ac-tivities
will be one of the chief aims of the
organization. Several short tri ps are being
planned by the members. The officers are:
Edward Bomgardner, president; Roy Peiffer,
secretary ; and Russel Clark, treasurer.
Overseas Meini
Replaced hy
Voloofteers
The War Department and the Naval
authorities are making strenuous efforts to
increase the strength of the standing army
and navy in order to relieve the boys who
answered the call to the colors during the
world war. In Siberia and various portions
of France and the land occupied by the
American Army of Occupation are thousands
of red blooded, courageous youths who have
fought their fight and are anxious to return
to their loved ones.
With the situation in the present condi-tion
it would not be a safe plan to remove
these men from their posts of duty without
substituting a proper relief to -take care of
any emergency which might arise suddenlv.
To ask or expect these boys who are there
now to remain longer is an imposition.
T-fiey enlisted and went there with the nt-most
cheerfulness knowing that the country
was in peril and that they were needed.
Now however they want to come home and • '
^e^e is
none
to dispute
the
fact- that they
For that'Teaspn^he war depa.r tf 0n£jm&0!^
issued an earnest appeat^tovthe^yOTSig.men
of the country to enlist for "a period of one
year for foreign service. This offer gives
a splendid opportunity to those who were / not .fortunate enough to get across during -'
the war, to see something of the world. As
an added inducement all previous service
men may re-enlist and will be given their
former rank.
Already a large number of young men have
answered the call and are now in some em-barkation
camp awaiting transportation.
The first batch of these men left Hoboken
Tuesday on the transport Agammenon.
The outfit, numbering about 1,000 men,
men of adventure and youths averaging
20 years, is the first contingent of 50,000
volunteers tha t the country requires.
The navy too, is in need of men and
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Acting Secretary of
the Navy has sent a telegram to all recruit-ing
stations urging that all speed be used in
gathering volunteers. He describes the
situation as being very acute. =
The statistics at the war department show
that an average of 10,000 men per day em-barked
for America during the month of
April. It is planned to have every man of
the American forces who enlisted for the
emergency back in America by the end of May.
FIRE DEPARTMENT RECEIVES. HAND-SOME
GIFTS
At a joint business meeting and "smoker"
of the Hershey Volunteer Fire Department . '.;
held last evening in the association's rooms,
a vote of thanks was extended to Mrs. -John
E. E. Snyder in appreciation of the splendid
gift of a handsome Black Bear Head and
two white, foxes, mounted, which she .pre-sented
to the association.
Nearly fifty members turned out at the
"smoker." In addition to the cigars and
cigarettes, lemonade was served to the
guests. It is planned to hold one of these
socials at intervals throughout the year.
"OUR MINISTER'S BIRTHDAX"
The members of the Sempre Fidelis Class
of the Palm Lutheran Sunday School,
Palmyra, are rehersing daily for the musical
comedy, "Our Minister's Birthday" which.-
will be staged under the auspices of the class,
Thursday evening, May 15, in the Iroquois;
Theatre. Judging from the calibre of the
rehearsals, the play will be a decided success.
MOTHER'S CLUB
The regular meeting of the Hershey
Mother's Club will be held on Tuesday
evening May 13, at eight o'clock in the
School Building. As this is the last meeting,
of the term all members and friends are
urged to be present. The program, follows :
Selection—Ferrucci Orchestra ^'
Solo—Mrs. William Harvey < _,. {'
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Piano Solo—Miss Ruth Erasing ;•,
Reading-^Miss Tiffany
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