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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-21

Gloom fs prevalent in Packing Town,
 N5oy is rampant in the home of the iQuAkers Connie Mack's aotdu1ous IsAthletics gave further demonstration Iyesterday that youth must be served. lvtnning in handy style the third game kof the serie9 for the premier honors fan baseball The score was 12 to 5. The Athletics threaten to set. a new mark for the worlds series by captur- ing the nrst< four games. If they win kfo-day. end they are likely to do so,
 An Chicago is panic-strioken-the cannot understand how it all came about They had been led to believe Eby the experts that though the Ath-
 than the Tigers did in former series, ] that at the end the Bearlets would be
 uppermost- They supposed that the | frat two victories by the Maolnen ! were mere dukes. brought about by ] being at home. and with ssympat thizers on all sides. That just as soon as the
 Macks gang would suffer terribly for daring to dent the reputation of the 1 Nationals, the players who in five years won four penn ants. twice landed the greatest baseball honors of the ur1- kiverse,. To-day Chfca goans are willing Ito admit that the Athletics are not the meek lambs they had been pictured of baseball as shown by MacIx's men is superior to the National league ar ] ticle.
 And while the fans are thinking it lover. consider that on. the winning lc1ub are three Connecticut boys Dan Eny Murphy of Norwich Jack Barry of Meriden and Ira Thomas of Collins wherever baseball scores are read, are seen in big type the names of both proved themselves Che heroes in yes yes terday's contest To date Murphy is
 the only player to produce circuit cIout in the series. while Barry yes- has pat the opinions of the experts on the hink. He has shown Johnny Khng up in every game. Murphy also starred in the field, making a grand Reports say that it was fielding extra ordinary. The leader of the Athletics
 erafty Gon1nie Mack Playsd his is first first state. icing brought out in 1885 by Mayor Tom Reilly Of M1rfden. From nferider he went to Hartford and from there up to the big fellows. Connec-- kticut fans have every reason to feel Eproud af their boys.
 ConnR Mack came back yesterday
 tuesday. despite his 1avishness in khanding out walks, wen his game to B Coonbs came back sgallantIy bril- lafantly and decidedly, cagfng the Cubs in their own lair. Best of ali he went the rouke.i
 Reultach, the hope but not the pride of the Windy City troupe lasted two Innings. He yielded three runs. retir- ing from 8the fray SO that Beaumont could bat for him. His successor was Harry McInty tyre wIl O permitted but one safety in i've innings in Mondays game. ,HarTy,s stay was even shorter than his predecessor. He lasted one
 third of an inning, Danny Murphy causing his retirement by snitfng the EbaIl for the circuit into the right field |bleacher when Baker and Davis were .on the bags At the same time McIn- Header, Chance, the latter also got his conge He insisted that Murphy's clout was only good for half the cir
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-21
Chicago.

Totals .......31V 6 27 16 4 ' *Batted for Reulbach in the second inning.
 fBatted for Phester in the ninth in nings.
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YALE READY FOR
 T0MORROW'S GAME

New Haven, Oct. 21.-Light practice was indulged in by the Yale football squad to-day after the heavy scrim- rnaging of the last three days. In the workout yesterday the university eleven made one touchdown on the freshmen but were unable to score against the scrub team, whose coaches declared that the first string men were in condition to meet the Wander biItAeyeVe11 o-GnorEQWe
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BOXING
Especial from United Press)

CSpecial from United Press)
 New Orleans, Oct. 21-A match at 20 rounds was made today between Jim Barry, the Chicago heavyweight, and Tony Ross, the Italian scrapper of NeWca st1e, Pa. The men will fight across the river from New Orleans early in November, for 60 per cent of the gross receipts Barry recently won from Sandy Ferguson in A rounds and if he beats Ross, an effort will probably be made to match him against Kaufman.
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Other Sports on Page 3
MISS cRosBY,s TALK.

Fanny Crosby, the blind hymn-writ- CT, gave talk Wednesday evening to the members of the West End Boys Club. Her address treated largely of historical topics and was an inspiring one for the youngsters.
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and Davis. The bases became chock- ed again when Thomas was walked. CoombS then singled to center, Murphy and Barry racing home.
 The Cubs beaten, but still fighting, added two in the eigth. Sheckard walked, took third on Hofman's dou- ble, scoring on a passed ball as also did Holman. There were 26,21 paid admissions. The score:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-21

Games Tonight. New Haven at Fall River. Brockton at New Bedford. 2 Worcester at Taunton. Hartford at Providence.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-21
WOWoNPoN TRTBE WHIST.

WOW.ONdPOsN IEOIBE1 WHIST.
 A very successful whist party was given last evening by Wowompon tribe, Improved Order of Red Men at the tribes hunting grounds, 816 Main street A number of handsome prizes were awarded.
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ROLLER POLO
Last Night,s Results.

At New Haven-New Haven, A. Taunton, 3. River, ?.
 At Hartford 6; Hart ford, 5. Worcester, 6.
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Vanderbilt has not been scored on this year and Coach McGugin's men may have a<surprise. for the uncertain Yale team.
 Boston. Oct. 21.-tf Paul Wilmington returned to Cambridge to-day to take up his duties as coach and assistant treasurer Of the Harvard Athletic As- socfation, under Graduate Treasurer William F. GarceIon- Wilmington comes from Honolulu and leaves a sugar plantation, on which he has beens working since leaving Harvard at mid-year, last year.
 Wilmington played two years on the varsity football eleven, in 1908 and 1909. The former year he played guard and last year found him at center, where his work was one of the features of the varsity eleven's play.
 Hanover. N. H.. Oct 21.-wfth ev- cry man in fine shape and enthusiasm running high, the Dartmouth football squad to-day left for North Adams, where they will remain over night, to- morrow going to Wi1liamstown for their game with Williams College. The last practice before the game showed that the big green ends have improved their speed in running down under punts.
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Two-base hits@Schu1te, 2; Barry, 8; Coombs. Tinker, Davis. Holman. Home run-Murphy. Hits-On Reu1- bach, 3 in 2 innings; off McIntire, 3 in 1-3 inning; off Pdester, g in 2-3 innings. Sacrifice hy-Hofman. Sac rif1ce hit-Lord. Stolen base-Tinker. Double p1ays-Zimmerma Tinker and Archer; Barry, Collins and Davis; Murphy and Davis. Left on bases Chicago, 4; Philadelphia, 2. First base on balls-Om Reulbach, 2 (Strnnk, Davis); off Pfester, 1 (Thomas); off Coombs, (Sheckard, ], 3; Beaum ont-) Hit by pitch her-By AIcIntire, 1 (Davis.1 Struck out-By Pfester, 1 (Strunk); by Coombs, ' (Chance, Schulte, Steinfe1dt, Holman, Zinm erman, Archer, Kling.) Passed ball-Thornas. Time of game-2 hours. Umpires-O'Day behind the plate; Sheridan on the bases; Con molly in right field; Rigler in left field.
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various points along the Atlantic, Pa
cihc and gulf coasts. the great lakes.
the larger rivers. Ike the Mississippi
and the Ohio. and on a smaller scale
on lesser lakes and streams. One Of
the delights OF my own boyhood was
TO visit frequently the fish markets
along the levee in a town on the bank
OF the upper Mississippi and watch the
overalled fishermen bringing in and
hanging up huge catfish. some Of them
weighing as much as a man, caught by
hook usually, but occasionally by net
in the deeper waters OF the stream
These big cats sliced up into steaks
make savory dishes for the breakfast
or dinner table One thing that recon-
mends them is that they are absolutely
homeless. the backbone and ribs be-
ing removed by the marketman.
Other Mississippi fish daintier and
more palatable than the channel cat.
are the buffalo. the Graphic and the
black and yellow bass The Graphic.
which abounds also In the Illinois and
other Mississippi tributaries. is to the
middle west what the shad is 10 Con-
necticut or Maryland II is pronounced
''croppy:" but. alas. not always is there
sufficient crop and the price Of this
patrician fish sometimes scars so high
that the multitude must fall back on
the plebeian cat steak.
Catching the Leaping Tuna.
California coast fishing presents ele-
ments OF curious interest TO the tour
ist from inland places or the far At
lantic shore Fish eating in California
also furnishes novel changes for the
tongue of the uitlander from the east.
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There Is a distinct difference between
Atlantic and Pacific fish. Off the coast
OF southern California. in the vicinity
OF Santa Catalina island. fishermen
who have travelled thousands of miles
10 enjoy the sport may be seen out In
boats wrestling with the huge tuna on
a hook The tuna is the big game fish
Of those waters In fact, the leaping
tuna IS about as gamy as any fish
that swims, not forgetting the Florida
tarpon.
Every year there Is a tournament in
"Cat" island waters. where honors and
prizes go 10 the catcher OF the biggest
tuna With a light rod. reel and line
a tuna weighing 251 pounds has been
caught there But the proud Walto
Man who caught a Jewish. or black
sea bass. weighing $50 pounds with
the same frail tackle discounted the
tuna triumph Then there are in
southern California salt waters the
barracuda. the pompano. the sand
dab. the red snapper and other vari-
ties OF small fish not common to other
localities. all Of which make delicious
food and are in the market the year
around.
In shelfish the California coast Is
rich The native oyster is so small
along both the California and the Ore
gon coasts that a half dozen fries make
little more than a mouthfuL The flavor
also is a surprise. being different from
that Of the eastern oyster. Gigantic
CLAIMS grow along these coasts. one [
them almost big enough for a meal
There are crawfish camps on the Is
lands off the southern California coast
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Seven Guggenheim Brothers and Their Genesis
Interests Mentioned Connection With BaingerP Inquiry
Grew From Swiss PeddIers Pack In PhiIadephia.
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been vague hints and sly insInuations
to the effect that the Guggenheims
were the interests" behind the Alaskan
coal and mining land claims which the
Clifford Pinchot side Of the controversy
alleges Secretary Ballinger was too
free TO grant.
Possibly the inquiry viii determine
the point The present interest is In
the personality and the performances
of the Guggenheims. who constitute
perhaps the most aggressive Pleiades
Of promoters and developers that ever
flashed across our commercial and in
dustrial armament
One of them. the next to the young
est, is a member OF the United States
senate from Colorado, but he appears
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city railway On q Epee.zl PASS Issued fg
him. which al The conductors are O.
dered % honor Or sight Elke Is spes-
ted Ike q leopard ard Is g Egs Drec
DslmaGan dog two years &C, tEs ssa
Of the celebrated Oakley. mascot q en-
CINE go. a Gre headquarters r. East
Sixty-seventh street Pc vas gwen
10 the Gremen by Wi.Isu 2 WINTER
bit. Jr, who raised CaZey FL E-s ken
nels on Long Island The pass e e.
graved on q silver plste a-tschec =
Mixes collar. from whlek also IS SIS
pended 2 miniature freuE-'s ks-nst
This IS the Inscription
TO Conductors
Permission Is hereby Ersr.r1 -C cF-y
Ere dog or THE cars p t-Ls company
NEW YORK CITY RAILWAY coz
PANy.
p Y. WFITRIDEE ge1evsr
The original o. TIE pass hangs s-
frame on the walls ~ The s-E-s
house II vas FIRST given ts Elke's
mother. Bess but she hst q cry e
short time when injuries received l-
running 70 fires made 81 Necessary t-r
the freuen 70 send her 70 q c-.ese-
engine house or Staten Island Pre-
man David Links Then escorted 8-TEs
70 Mr. Whlt-i5Ee's CHce &c see % tEs
pass could be traLsfs--e5 20 he- scr
It's the only pass" sad NJ WATT
ridge. "of the kind ever issued " re
road. and Z Nike Is willing 20 tsks a.
the risks and rot sUe the company 81
case Of accident I guess wel transfer
the pass 20 him
Mike, who never notices e policeman
or any one not g. TIE uniform GO
fireman. jumped IN NJ. W--- srs-s
knee end smiled q him --sc Ike
politician asking FOR q favor. sid
Links So Mike rot rs pass Re
doesn't use the pass 70 60 to E-ez buJ
to 60 for his meals 10 the homes q re
various freuel.
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other such localities. obviously too nu-
merOus 10 mention here. need not de-
spair or getting a fish supply. Colo
RADIO has her glittering mountain trout
streams. The Ozarks have their gravel
bedded brooks and rivers. teeming with
fish Of many varieties. The great Mis-
sissippi the Ohio. the Illinois. the Ar
kansas. the Missouri. the Tennessee,
the Red river. all furnish a fish supply
at the very doors Of the inhabitants OF
the vast Mississippi valley. The Co
lumbia river in the northwest. the
Willamette. the Snake and many
smaller streams give forth the gleam-
ing salmon. the gay pike and a host of
other succulent water citizens for the
table The five great fresh water seas
feed fish TO millions from Duluth TO
Buffalo and beyond The thousands OF
little lakes in Michigan. Wisconsin and
Minnesota supply residents and re-
soTters. The inland southern states
are opuient in fish yielding streams
In short. save on the wide western
deserts there is no place in the United
States too far removed from water to
prevent the people from taking a day
off now and then and devoting II to old
Izaak Walton's favorite pastime
Fishing for sport. OF course. does
not yield food products enough TO sup
ply the demand It is the commercial
fishing. an industry Of vast extent In
the interior United States and along
it's wave washed edges. that puts pis-
catorial dainties In reach of ''most
everybody most OF the time.
Catfish-Man's Size.
Commercial fishing is carried on at
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largest lace importing house in this
country. As his sons grew up they
learned the lace business and promised
10 carry It on with true Guggenheim
aggressiveness. But fate or fortune
had in store for them another indus
trial destiny Father Guggenhelm
along about 1858 was induced 10 invest
in some Colorado silver mine stock
Most Of such investors sat down and
took their medicine when they found
themselves bunkoed Meyer Guggen-
beim didn't. He Travelled to Colorado
when be saw the bottom begin TO drop
out. He took personal charge Of his
mining interests and discovered that.
after all, there were fortunes to be dug
out Of the ground. blasted from the
basalt. gored from the abdomen Of the
earth.
The elder Guggenheim found II ad-
visa bic to erect a smelter He found
1t advisable and agreeable also to
wrench his dutiful sons away from the
highly refined lace fabric line and edu-
cate them in the handling of crude.
plebeian ores. From that first smelter
grew what IS called the smelter trust
by the general public and the Ameri-
can Smelling and Refining company by
the Guggenheims. who comprise the
seven component parts OF the trust
Later came the Guggenheim Explora-
ton company, an offshoot and concomi-
/ tant Of the smelling company With
shelters strung along from Alaskan
ola rfnrS ~ NfnNrfron NIL "a
/ Gusgenheims sighed for new worlds to
conquer. They perceived that the
earth had been merely ticEled for min
erals. The exploration company be-
came what fits name implies-an ex-
ploration expedition. It sent its agents
into many lands, seeking and acquir-
Ing new mineral properties. Wealth
grows of aecretion. The many nil
lions of the Guggenheims became many
more millions.
Simon Guggenheim at thirty-nine
years Of age was elected by the Colo
RADIO legislature in 1908 to succeed
Senator Thomas NJ. Patterson. Demo-
crat. Senator Guggenheim is a Re-
publican. His fight for the seat was
furious and fast 1t was alleged that
he spent half a million dollars in his
campaign. He admitted without reser-
walton to a magazine writer that he
paid the campaign expenses OF many
Republican candidates for the legisla-
ture. all OF whom voted for him. Sena-
tor Guggenheim had spent nineteen
years as a resident of Colorado. having
| become the head of the smelter trust.
His voice has not been heard very far
beyond the senate chamber since he
took his seat and not very loudly
therein.
II was a pretty custom OF the Gug-
genheims to gather once year at the
parental home In New York in a big
family reunion. From Europe Mexico.
Colorado and the other way stations OF
the smelter trust and the exploration ex-
petitions the seven brothers and their
increasing families visited the old home
folks and maid their filial respects.
ROBERT DoNNELL
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without doing something or attempting
to do something still further 10 glorify
the memory OF the man who was first
in war. first in peace and first in the
seat Of the mighty now occupied by
William Howard Taft Il is interest
ing to note that President Taft may
attend the George Washington Masonic
lodge dinner at Alexandria. Va. on
Washington's birthday Mr.. Taft will
not have far TO go. Alexandria being
but six miles from Washington, across
the Potomac.
George Washington was one OF the
first master Masons OF Alexandria In
that quaint little colonial town. now
grown to thriving manufacturing and
residential city. opulent as 10 historic
shrines. the future father OF the re-
public wore the Masonic apron and
other emblems at many lodge meet
ing. He attended also from time to
time the meetings Of the first Masonic
lodge in Virginia, at Williamsburg. the
colonial capital. in an old style house
which still stands.
There is an increasing tendency to-
ward the marking and preservation Of
Washingtonian history spots Alexan-
dria still has several houses which
were associated with Washington. not
ably the old Carlyle mansion, where
merry Sally Fairfax danced with the
great general.
But the most notable of this years
efforts toward preserving to posterity
a locality intimately associated with
Washington and with the making OF
history is that which has for its object
fine creation of a national park at
Washington Crossing, n. J., the place
where Washington and his army cross
ed the Delaware river on Christmas
night OF 1875. when. as every school
boy ought to know, "the river was full
of floating ice"
United States Senator Frank o.
Briggs of New Jersey is chairman Of
a board called the Washington Cross
ing commission, unoff1cially created
and but recently approved by action
Of the New Jersey legislature. which
proposes to ask the national govern
ment to acquire lands in the vicinity
Of the Crossing. build a suitable bridge
across the river there and forever pre-
serve the environment as national
park.
washington Crossing is but nine
miles above Trenton. II was known
as McConkey's Ferry until the patriot
army crossed the river there. The
army had been driven from Long Is
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Meyer Guggenheim, a sturdy Swiss,
stepped from the steerage of a vessel
in Philadelphia With Meyer stepped
ashore Barbara Myers. peasant girl
whom tho Swiss peasant had met in
the steerage There is lovemaking
aboard ship, even in the Businesses of
the third class accommodations. Meyer
and Barbara made Il up between
them that they would wed Just as soon
as prospects permitted. A few months
later prospects readily granted the
permission.
The young couple settled down in
Philadelphia, where they lived happily
ever afterward until they removed
many years later 10 a home on River
side drive, New York There they lived
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where men engage IN the business Of
catching and marketing huge crawflsh.
which resemble in taste the eastern
lobster. In fact. they turn red like
Holsters when boiled. and they are
served as Holsters on the bill of fare.
CALIFORNIA; interior waters are famous
for mountain trout. shad. black bass,
carp and other varieties, some Of
which are native and others planted"
in the streams.
Gloucester the Fish Capital.
The most extensive plants Of the
fisheries industry perhaps are those OF
Gloucester, Mass, the port for hun
dreds OF vessels that 80 fishing of the
Newfoundland banks. Kipling's IA
nous story. Captains Courageous"
tells much about these fishermen. It
is highly interesting to visit the fish
wharfs OF Gloucester and watch the
men boning. sailing down and drying
Goldfish, one OF the great staples OF sea
food
There is no fish trust There can
not be one. because the supply is so
uncertain and the varieties so diversi-
fed Prices vary greatly from day 10
day and in different sections because
OF the fluctuations of the supply. II
is practically impossible TO corner the
fish market for fresh fish put in cold
storage would not remain fresh fish.
The fish eater never need feel like
joining a boycott against the dealers
because the price Of bluefsh may hap
pen 10 be a few cents higher than 1t
was last year.
Now I am going to close with a fish
story which may sound "fishy." but IL
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BY RoeERTus LOVE.

- 10TH the innocent and in
genuous Marie Antoinette.
well. why don't they eat
-. cake?" when the French
queen was told that the people could
not get bread. So today, when the
people are boycotting meat because of
the high prices. we arise TO inquire.
swell. why don't they eat fish,"
The difference between the applica-
ton of our query and that OF Marie
Antoinette is obvious Cake costs
more than bread, but fish costs less
than meat. However, there IS not at
all times a sufficient supply Of fish TO
feed the multitude. so the present
writer is not going to preach a Lenten
sermon, but proposes merely TO set
down some facts about fish. fishing
and fish eating which. for the double
reason that Lent is on and that the
meat boycott is on. appear most timely.
Fish. some alienists tell u.s. is a brain
food. Can it be that the meat boycott
VIII result In a brainier race here in
America? That possibility. at any rate.
Is one optimistic feature OF a pessimIs-
tic situation From ancient times fish
has been accepted as a wholesome
food Christ multiplied the loaves and
fishes. partaking thereof himself To-
day. as in the past those who observe
the religious attitude as to diet eat
little flesh food other than fish during
Lent Fish is regarded as a purifying
food. but 1t must be pure fish, fresh,
not stale. TO perform this heaIthful
physical function.
The Creator has planted the seas and
the lakes and the streams with almost
an infinite variety OF fish. and Ameri-
can water both alOngshOre and in
land. are said 10 surpass those of any
other nation in the variety and quality
Of piscatorial foodstuff
Happily cur inland jewellers are not
compelled TO depend upon sea fish
F1nny denizens of the deep shipped a
thousand miles not infrequentiy ar
rive at their destination I'm a condition
more fit for burial in Mother Earth
than in the human stomach.
Plenty Of Inland Fish.
OF course under present day refrig-
Grating achievements il is quite posi-
Die to ship fish across the continent in
a palatable condition unless the cars
are sidetracked TO permit the passage
OF beef trust trains. Nowadays sea
food is available in all the larger cities
or the country at such seasons as the
salt water tribes are catchable. But it
Is too far a cry from the Gloucester
coast to the canyon towns of Colorado
or the Ozark hamlets Of Missouri.
Yet these far inland places and all