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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-26
AN AMERICAN HERO.
He Used His Own Body to Stop .
 Leak In . Ferryboat.

v
 Leak In a Ferryboat.
 One morning in January. when the Ice in the Hudson river ran unusually heavy. a HoDoken ferryboat slowly crunched her way through the dcating foes until the thickness of the pack choked her paddles in midriver. It was an early morning trip. and the decks were crowded with laboring Iaen and the driveways choked with teams. The women and children standing inside ,, the cabins were solid mass up to the swinging doors. While she was gath ering strength for further effort an ocean tug sheered to avoid her. yeered a point and crashed into her side, cut ting her below the water line in great V shaped sash. A moment more and the disabled boat careened from the shock and fell over on her beam. helpless. Into the V shaped gash the water poured a torrent. It seemed but a question of minutes before she would lunge headlong below the ice.
 Within 200 yards of both boats and free of the heavy ice steamed the wrecking tug Reliance of the 0ff- shore wreckins company. and on her deck forward stood Captain Scott. When the ocean tug reversed her en- zines after the collision and backed clear of the shattered wheelhouse of the ferryboat be sprang forward. stoop- ed down. ran hls eye along the water line. noted in a fash every shattered plank. climbed into the pilothouse of his own boat and before the astonish- ed pilot could catch his breath pushed the nose of the Reliance along the rail of the ferryboat and dropped upon the latter's deck like q cat
 With a threat to throw overheard any man who stirred he-dropped into the engine room. met the engineer half way up the ladder. compelled him 10 return. dragged the mattresses from tee crews hunks. stripped of blankets and snatehed up clothes. ove-alls. cot ton waste and rags of carpet. cram ming them into the great rent left by the tugs cutwater
 It was useless. Little by little the water gained. bursting out Erst below. then on one side. only 10 be c2lked cut again and only 10 rush in once more
 Captain Scott stood a moment as fl undecided. ran his ere searchingiy over the engine room. sew that for bis needs it vas empty. then deliberately tore down the top wall ealking be had so carefully butt up and before the en- gineer could protest forced bis own body Into the gap. with his arm outside le-ei win the drifting Ice.
 An holr later the disabled ferry boat. witS every soul Oa board. was lowed iato the Hoboken slip.
 When they lifted the captain from the wreck he was unconscious and harsly alive. The water had fro-en hk biooI. and the eoatIug tce hzd torn the flesh from his prutrudinx arm from shCzi1sr to wrist Nhen the color be- g.7 to ersep back to his cheeks he opened his eyes and said to fhe doctor vko uas uindizg the handsEes:
 Wu say ot them babses hurtT
 A zo-th passed before be reg,ined ais scrs1g-s aad z7other wesk tsfo-e the ara had hsaied e thaf he co11 ert his coar oa Thsn he went bsck to tbs Rslisse-Ersr1bo1Ts Masaziss
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-26
NAUGATUCK NUGGETS

William J. Delaney of Barnum court, who for several years had con- ducted a shoe business in the Conran block On Church street, will move his family and household goods to Waterbury this week MT De- fancy will follow the same business In Waterbury and will open up 1. shoe store on North Main street. His many Naugatuck friends wish him success.
 The management of the Ssymouf baseball team has been working to secure good Labor day attrac- tlon, but to secure teams such as Woodbury, Thomaston, etc, for a double header, a prohibitive guar antee would be required. Nauga tuck has made an offer to Seymour to play a double header, the morn. ing game in Seymour and the after noon game in Naugatuck.
 A sample of the Japanese m!llet grown on MT Johnson's farm in Straitsville is on exhibition in one of the show windows of J. c. Ma hers cafe on South Main street. It is said to be the only Japanese mill let raised here.
 Miss Ruby Perkins. daughter of . Mir and Mrs Hart E. Perkins of High street, will enter Pratt institute, Brooklyn, N. Y,, at the opening of the fall term. and will take a thres years course of study in the depart ment of domestic science.
 Postmaster Trowbridge has ap- pointed Allie Painter a substitute letter carrier. There are now three substitutes connected with the local office. The other two are Michael Donovan and Thomas O'Donnell
 The announcement of the mar riage of Miss Bertha A. Draper of Naugatuck to Lott E. Maloney of Seymour was made last evening at the home of the brides mother on Oak street.
 Thomas Griffith of Thomaston, a former resident of Naugatuck, re- turned home yesterday after a short visit with his parents, Mir and Mrs Robert Griffith of Rubber avenue.
 The Telephone Bulletin shows that the number of telephones ir use in this division on July 31, was 525. The number in use shows steady increase.
 Mir and Mrs NJ. J. Lavery and family of Bridgeport have returned home after two weeks visit with the family of P. J. Sullivan of Cliff street.
 The Hillside avenue school will reopen for the fall term on Tues day, September l. Mrs Anna H. De Voir, teacher.
 Charles Rathbun. Jr. who recent. ly enlisted in the United States navy, is now stationed at Newport. R. l.
 Attorney and Mrs Thomas Bowen are spending vacation at Norwalk.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-26
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
 June 10, 1908.

Going South. FOR BRIDGEPORT AND NEW YORK-6:30. .7:56. $40. 11:0s a. m.; 2:44. 4:15. 6:0S D. m.; SUNDAYS, ZOO. s:05 a. m.; 1905, 5:10 p. m. FOR ANSONIA AND NEW HAVEN -6:a0. 1856, 9:40, l1:09 a. m. (via Naugatuck Jc); a:44. t:15. 6:0s, 1850 p. m.; SUNDAYS. ZOO. s:05 a. m.; 1905, 5:10 D. m.
 Going North. FOR THoMASTON. TORRINGToN AND WINSTED-6:42. s:27, l0:5S a. m; s:55, 7:00. S:56 D. m; SUNDAYS, s:55 a. m.: STA ?. m.
 FOR WATERT0WN-6:iT, S:34 l1:15 a. m.; 6:15. 7:05 D. n.
 Going East. FOR HARTFORD, SPRINGFIELD. WILLIMANTIC, WORCESTER. PROVIDENCE, PUTNAM AND BOSTON-7:10, S:i3 a. m.; l2:15. 3:15. 7:34 (to Hartford anu opIlnsueiuJ, p. III.
 Going West. FOR DANBURY-s:35 a. m.; 2:os. 7:00 p. m.
 FOR PoUGHKEEPsIE-s:s5 a. m.; 2:05 p. m.
 SUNDAY TRAINS. FOR BRIST0L-tConnecting with suburban trains)-sS:s0, s10:$o a. m.; 2:25, '4:33. 6:33 p. n. sConnecting for Springfield. .Sor- cester and Boston.
 DUBLIN STREET STATION. FOR MERIDEN. W. MAIN ST. l0:5O a. m.; 5:10 p. m. W. G. BIERD. c. c. COLBY. Cen Supt. Asst Gen Pass Agt
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-26
THE PUG1LlSTS|
BOB IS STILL
 IN THE GAME
Tbe Freckled One Said He Made
 Ketchell Crawl.

Bob Fitzsimmons, the erstwhile champion of all the champ.ons of the prize ring, was on Broadway recently looking as hale and hearty and all most as young as he did in the days when he was going about the coun- | try bowling over supposed chapl- pions as easily as breaking sticks charming young wife have recently returned east from the Puget Sound country, where they filled an ex- tended engagement in vaudeville on the western circuit
 Bob says that he and Mrs Fitz- simmons were most generously re- ceived everywhere they appeared, and had nothing but words of praise for everybody and everything in that country. In speaking about Spokane Fitz stated that while he was show ing there a party of gentlemen iden- tified with a local boxing club en- deavored to arrange match be- tween Ketchell and himself for the middleweight championship of the world ''The Spokane promoters. ," said Fitz, hung up a S25,000 purse for the contest, and I deposited S2,- 500 in the First National bank there as a guarantee of good faith and wired Ketchell that I would fight him, winner take all if he wanted |: that way; also that would give him side bet of $5,000 if he demanded it. Ketchell wired back that he had deposited $2,500 with Eddie Graney and for me to do likewise if 1 want ed to fight him.
 "The promoters then wired Ketch- ell that as the battle was to take place in Spokane 1t was only fair for him to. send his forfeit on there and cover mine, which was already up in one of the local banks. This Ketchell refused to do, which of course ended negotiations between us.
 T understand" said the old war horse of the prize ring, as he closed his big right fist, that Ketchell has since stated that my only purpose in challenging him was to advertise mS- self. I don't heed advertising" con tinued Fitz. ''The people of this country know me, and from the way they turn out to see me everywhere I go I'm led to believe they still think pretty we'll of me, and I hoa- estly believe that were we to meet in the ring would draw as much money to the box office as Ketchell would. At any rate, nothing would please ne better than a match with the new champion on any old terms that would suit him."
 When do you intend quitting the ring for good?" Fitz was asked
 Whenever they spring fighter who is veal. sure enough fighter" !" was Bob's laconic reply.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-26
Liner Race, whsl. For MiI..

Montreal. Aug. 26-The liner Keas- ington had a remarkable experience on the voyage from Liverpool When nearing the banks of Newfoundland . large sperm whale vas noticed racing alongside the big liner. and the un- usual contest was welcomed by the hundreds of passengers as break in the mouotony of the voyage. For at least half an hour the bsx fish easily hept pace with the shlp. and then II Ilowly forged ahead and tried to cross she bows of the Kersinzto1- The ship rut the whale in half
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-26
New Council of Bar Association.

Seattle. Wash. Aug. 26.-When Ja- cob M. Dickinson called the American Bar association together at the New Washington hotel in it's thirty-seyenth annual convention the large hall and the galleries were crowded with dele gates made up of distinguished jurists and lawyers from every part of the United States. The first business was the selection of new general coun- ell. Among the members are George H. Russell. Connecticut; August D. Brown. District of Columbia; William l.. Putnam, Massachusetts: Charles w.. Wilson. Michigan: Samuel B. East. man. New Hampshire; William B. Cor. bin. New Jersey: Everett B. Wheeler, New York; Thomas \. Eaton, Rhode Island: Elihu B. Taft. Vermont; James R. Caton. Virginia. and W. W. Van Wrinkle, West Virginia.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-26

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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-26
NUTMEG CARVINGS.
Interesting Items Boiled Down for


 Our Bus- Readers.
 New Haven-The New York. New Haven & Hartford Railroad company yesterday officially denied a state ment that 1t intended to reduce the wages of engineers of the eleetrie motors.
 Milford-Two aged Polish people. MT and Mrs Fanslyu Parcinskl. who lately came to Milford from Passaic. x J. and bought the Ward farm at wheelers Farms. were badly beaten by masked robbers yesterday. it is alleged. and robbed Of $500.
 Thompsonvflls-Edward welke. aged 8. son of Mrs Ella weIke of Maple street. got a bad scalp wound last evening by attempting 10 board moving tobacco wagon. He fell under the wheels of the wagon. tear ing about one-half of the scalp from his head and receiving other painful injuries.
 Ns- Britsin-Ths boy Killed by a tinky train yesterday Eas f-sIly identified iast night. He proved to hs Charles Dionzs Of z5z East Main street. and was identified by his father. Peter Dio7ne. Mir Ds0nEe Is A Frszchnza. being one of the hes, knsEn citizens of that nationality iu New Britain
 Nsw Have1-Depaty Sheriff HenrT P. S-iszei. one Of tks hss- known German residents of this cstr. con ui-tsd suicide yesterday at ais hone. III Day street. ey inhziizg Iliu-i1- ati-g ras tkro1xh a tabe He kad besa a deputy sheriz for af,een ysars He vas s2 ysars old an1 a
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-26
Po..master Nd. to as hurrie

 A noblernan's new land agent and steward, who went to live on the es- tates about fifteen miles from Grana- da, sent letters to the village postoffice every day for three weeks. but got no replies. Thinking this very strange. he rode over to the village and inter- viewed the postmaster.
 "0h," exclaimed the postmaster, you are the new agent on the ducal estates, We'll, your letters are all safe. The villagers rarely write letters, and IS I have to ride on my donkey four miles to the railway station to catch the mall train you don't suppose for one moment, do you. that I am going to undertake this pilgrimage every day with your stupid letters? I have them all here in broken jug. and when the jug gets full I shall take a ride to the statiqa and post the whole lot at once"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-26

FOR DANBURY-s:35 a. m.; 2:o5. 7:00 p. m. FOR PoUGHKEEPsIE-s:s5 a. m.; 2:05 D. m.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-26

pewfst-s Kidney and Bladder Pills riIl promotlv relieve all Kidney and Bladder disorders. Sold sad reoom-
 by BzekinEhsn Pharmacy
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-15
KEENE AGAIN FIRST
Helmet Captures Champagne Stakes in Slow Time at
 Belmont Races.
3 SECONDS BELOW RECORD
Selectman Finishes Second, While Ethereal Runs Third-Other
 Results.

Belmont Park Races, Belmont Park, N r., Oct. H,-James R. Keene today added another stake to his already long list, when his colt Helmet easily won the $5,OOO Champagne stakes, sev- en furlongs over the straight course at Belmont Park. The race was run in very slow time for the course, the time being 1.26, which is three seconds slow CT than the track record made by the great Colin last year
 Helmet had practically no contention He took the lead early and won gal loping from selectman with Ethereal third.
 First race; handicap. all ages one mile: Half Sovereign, 112. J Lee. won Ben Ben, no, Mccarthy, second: De llrium, Ill., Gilbert, third Times 1:3S and 1-5.
 Second race, the Harbor Hill cur steeplechase; three years olds; about two miles: Stokes, 1S2, Mckinney, won, Black Bridge, 132, Dupee, second; Re. gal Royal, 132, Mitchell, third. Time 356
 Third race, the Champagne; two year olds; seven furlongs; Helmet, 122, Not, ter, won; Selectman, l12, J. Lee, sec ond; Etherlal, IA, Cullen, third Time 1:26.
 Fourth, handicap, three year -olds anC up, one mile and hree-slxteenths Brother Jonathan, 1O7 Sweet, won Monfort 1O9, Gilbert, second; Far Wes 100, Mccarthy, third, Time, 1;50
 Fifth, two-year- -olds, selling, six fur longs Summer Night, 99, Mccarthy won; Rossare. %, McCahey, second Rossfenton, no, Miller third Time 1:12 9-5,
 Sixth, -year-olds and up, selling one mile The Wrestler, a4. Fuerst won Rockstonc, 93, C. l., Miller, sec ond Samuel H. Harris, 96 Woeke third. Time, 1:3s 3-5.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-15
PHILADELPHIA STAR,
Coyaleslsi, Quakers' Stellar Twirler,
 Worked in Mines.

Harry Coveleski, the pitcher of the Philadelphia Nationals who put the Giants out of the running, was brought out by Shamokln Kelly, who was at tached to Chief Kennedy's staff in 1907. CovclsN won three games from New York in a single week and crip- pied McGraws men in their fight for the pennant. Coveleski's home Is in shamokln, Pa, and he played ball there on holidays and Saturdays. He was employed in the mines and his work attracted the attention of Shamolin Kelly of buttermllk fame. From Shamokin he went to Wildwood, N. J., where one of Manager Murray s scouts saw him perform. Murray de- cided to take chance with him and farmed him out to Lancaster of the Tri-State league He made a strike out record there
 At the close of this years Tri-State season he returned to Philadelphia and at once proved that he was the best twirler on the staff, His work against the Giants proved that As Philadelphia only paid $50 to the scout who got Coveeskl for them, they are having n good laugh on New York who paid sll,OO0 for Marquard, who proved a loser.
 Covelski Is 6 feet in height, Pole, and weighs 215 pounds He Is a left handler and not only possesses enorm- Ous epae1 hut has aDlnndid cop+rni ot the ball, Manager Murray predicts that he will be the best pitcher in the league next year
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-15
THE 0N-SIDE KICK| Will Factor Much as Ground Gaining Play When Well
 Executed.
FEW COACHES USE I'll
Yale, However, Is the Only Eleven Which Has Shown Determination
 to Benefit by It.

There need be no surprise this fall itl some big championship football gamel Is won by means of oleverly execut-l ed onside kick. A good many coachesl and players, not to mention spectators appear to be ignorant of the existencel of this particular mode of offense. Yeti Yale, with @ sagacity quite commonI to the Blue, Is developing it and has already made good use of 1t in theI preliminary games to date. This partic- ular play, while hardly open to as! many possibilities as the forward passI possesses more value as trick playI than the other, and when used at the right moment Is likely to turn the tide of battle in more than one big match. There Is hardly a play in thd whole repertory which can so quickly change the face of things and demor1 alize. an opposing team as the sucoessT ful operation of the onside kick.
 It Is all the more surprising on thls account that so few coaches are grounding their team in the use of this play. Football coaches, especially those of the old school, move slowly in all matters affecting the development of the game. It will be remembered that when the forward pass was first legalI ized not one team in ten dared to use 1t oftener than two or three times in single game. They were afraid of 1t and did not realize its value until some big team showed what efficient coaching and persistent practice could accomplish with 1t. One does not need to be a prophet to predict with cer1 tainty this future for the onside kick It was so with the quarterback kick dozen years ago, and repeated witl1 i the forward pass. An offense which one never knows where 1t will strikd next is quite as valuable as batter 1 ing ram which can go down the field with irresistible force.
 Yale is the only team to date which has shown a determination to get thd most out of this play, and 1t goef without saying that Yale will profit acI cordingly. The strength of this play when well executed even by the weak CT team, was well demonstrated in thd second half of the Pennsylvana-Villal nova game last week, when the latte1 team for q time paralyzed the Quaker| with series of these plays whicl worked.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-15
SCRIBES ORGANIZE.
Prominent Baseball Reporters Form
 Organization--Of Elected.

Detroit, oct, Baseball writers connected with the leading daily pa pers of every major league city ex- coping Brooklyn, net here to-day and formed an organization to be known as the Baseball Writers Association of America Its objects are to pro- mote uniformity in scoring methods. to act in conjunction with the leagues in rules, revision, suggestions and to gain control of baseball press boxes, the conduct of which is a sore spot with working newspapermen all over the country.
 Joe s. Jackson of Detroit, was elect ed president; l. F, Sanborn of Chica- go, secretary and T. II. Murname of Boston, treasurer, A committee on constitution was appointed consisting of Hugh Fullerton of Chicago, Will liam c, Weart of Philadelphia, and Henry P. Edwars of Cleveland, They will report at the next meeting, prob ably at tho major league gathering in New York, when the association will confer with the two major bodies,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-15
MURPHY ON VARSITY
Plays Quarterback on Yale First Eleven, Taking Place
 of Hopkins,
ONE TOUCHDOWN IS MADE
Coy Carries Ball Over Line After Team Has Twice Been Held for Downs
 Hogan Here.

Fred Murphy who has been playing quarterback on the Yale scrub team all the week, was yesterday shifted to quarterback on the varsity and in that position will play at the West Point game Saturday. Yesterday he managed the team very well and showed hls su- periority to both Hopkins and Bing- ham, who were relegatod respectively to the second and third teams,
 In the absence of Cooney, who Is suffering from a bad shoulder, Buster Brown was shifted to right guard and played there throughout the entire scrimmage, Cooney has very little on the southemer who if allowed to play In the same position more than three days would undoubtedly make good. When Brown was shifted to guard, Richardson was put in at left tackle, place filled usually by Hobbs, who is now out with a sprainod ankle, Neither Philbln nor Brides was at the field today and their places were filled by Daly and Holt Coy played as usual at fullback and made the only touch down of the day The scrub team line WIS very strong and twice held the varsity for downs on the ten-yard line The coaches kep, giving the ball 10 the varsity men, who finally ad- vaneed far enough to allow Coy to go over for a touchdown
 Rev. Mr. Cutten the parson center Of the late nlnetles, was at the field yesterday afternoon coaching Riddle. the varsity center ogden Mills Reid also helped the coaches Immensely and James J. Hogan, assistant United States district attorney for New York assisted with the tackles.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-15
RECORDS MAY 60
Mechanic and Hoosier Prince to Appear at Driving Clubs
 Matinee Saturday.

An attractive feature of the Saturday matinee of the New Haven Driving club that will be a surprise to all will be the appearance of Joseph Tubing er's great trotting horse, Mechanic" This horse was entered in the s5OOOO race at Readville.
 Mechanic will attempt to trot a mile under 2:10. The track record is 217 1-4.
 Kaiser and Johnston's "Hoosier Prince horse that has won several Sl,OOO purses, is out for the pacing rec ord of the track of 2:14 3-4.
 These two will be the biggest events the track has seen in years. There will be an unusual feature in these att tempts at records in that running horse will set pace for each.
 Besides these there Is the mule race to furnish fun and several other feat ures that will make the matinee a success.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-15
RUB TIGERS HARD
Villa Nova Eleven Gives Prince ton Team Big Scare in Mid
 week Game.
TRIPPING SPOILS SCORE
Princeton Finally Wins Out by G to 0 Scorc--Blg Scores In Other
 College Games.

Princeton, N. J.. Oct, li-Princeton won today's game from Villa Nova 6 to 0. Casey of Villa Nova wriggled free from a mass of players In the second half and running 75 yards scored a touchdown, but 1t was not allowed be, cause Bard of Princeton had been trip ped. The visitors contested every inch of the ground, Princeton's touchdown by Read coming only after series of line plunges