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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07
LITSCHT IS
 LEADING WITH
 BIG WAR CLUB
Shortstop and Capt. Crook Only Ones t0 Gain Duringa
 Week

only Mechanics to do any batting last week. These two players fattened their averages considerably, Crook gathering Il hits and Litschi eight. The shortstop would have been still higher if he hadn't slumped in yester- days game but Crooks three safeties at Steeplechase helped a lot. Hi Ladd took an awful drop and is below the 300 mark for the first time this sea- son. Benny Kauff also shot the chutes but the youngster had such big lead that he is still over 300. These averages include yesterdays game and will therefore differ from other averages published which take in only E'ridaY'S game The fio1res.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07
Remember It Is Often the Messenger
 of Disease and Death.

If you see a fly walking over the food and dishes, or alighting on your baby's face, remember that he is a messenger of disease and death, says Woman's Home Companion.
 The rule for dealing with the nuisance. published by the Merchants Association of New York, and widely circulated by. them, are worth re- printing. We repeat our suggestion that am excellent work for any live woman's club would be to reproduce these rules on cards and distribute them broadcast.
 Keep the flies away from the sick, especially those ill with contagious diseases. Kill every fly that strays into the sickroom. His body is GOV cred with disease germs.
 Do not allow decaying material of any sort to accumulate on or near your premises All refuse which tends in any way to fermentation, such as bedding straw, paper waste and vege- table matter should be disposed of or sprinkled with oil or lime.
 Screen all food. Keep all re- ceptacles for garbage carefully cover ed and the cans cleaned or sprinkled with oil or lime.
 Keep all stable manure in vault or pit, screened or sprinkled with lime, oil or other cheap preparations. See that your sewage system is in good order; that it does not leak, is up-to- date and not exposed to flies. Pour kerosene into the drains
 Cover food after meal; burn or bury all table refuse. Screen all food for sale.
 Screen all windows and doors, es- pecially the kitchen and dining room.
 Burn pyrethrum powdef in the house to kill flies
 Don't forget, if you see flies, that their breeding-place is in nearby filth. It may be behind the door, un- der the table, or in the cuspidor.
 If there is no dirt and filth, there will be no flies.
 If there is nuisance in the neigh borhood, it would be advisable to write at once to the health depart ment.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07
What Happened IlnDRMER IW 2D0RTE HMDI What WM
 -:-
What Will Happen
Harry Davis May Manage Cleveland  Philadelphia First Sacker Slated For Job at $12,000 a
 Year

Cleveland, Aug. 7-The officials of the Cleveland baseball club yesterday would neither deny nor affirm the re- port that Harry Davis, first base-- man of the Philadelphia champion Athletics was to manage the Maps next season at a salary of s12,0o0. It is said that Davis and the own. CTS of the Cleveland club came to an agreement some time ago, and the crack first baseman immediately af-, fixed his signature to the papers. Con- nie Mack, anxious to sew up the championship again this year. made it imperative for Davis to hang on to his present job until the end of the season, when he could do as he pleased. S--t -A e.a1 2 The Maps have not had a real lead CT in some years. George StovaH has done we'll with the material On hand. but President Somers, it is said. fs anxious to get a man like Davis to lead on his forces.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07
ROGER BRESNAHAN IS GREATEST CATCHER
 SAYS IRA THOMAS

Ira Thomas of the Philadelphia Attn letics thinks Roger Bresnahan is the greatest catcher in the game, and many agree with the Mackman. "Bres for mine is the greatest catcher" says Ira. Look at him. He can do ev- erything He is fine catcher, can throw to bases like the deuce, is fast himself running bases, a good hitter, and besides all this is showing himself to be enough to show that he is a lit tie better than anybody else. Next to him comes Charlie Dooin, to my mind. And there isn't very much difference between them, though I lean a little toward Roger"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07
BOXING

Especial from United Press.)

Especial from United Press)
 Milwaukee, Aug. 7-Jimmy Clabby will leave America September 6, with the group of fighters managed by Hugh Mcintosh, for the Antipodes where he will meet the best men ot his weight in that country.
 Baltimore, Aug. 7-Knockout Brown who hopes soon to mix with Ad Vol gast for the lightweight championship will meet Joe Ferguson of Philade1- phia in a 10 round bout before Joe Barrett's club here, tonight.
 New York, Aug. 7-The reappearance of Kid Mccoy, in the ring, has moved Bob Fitzsimmons to mirth. There is just as much reason for my old ene- mics, Jim Corbett and Tom Sharkey, to return to the game aIso,'' says the speckled one. Why not get up an old mans tournament for us fellows? ?'' Week. in Gotham fistiana will be Porky Flynn, of Boston, tries conclu- Sharkey, his manager, declare is the only genuine white hope
 The winner of the mill will be matched with Tony Ross, .PennsyI- vania giant, who is coming along fast
 Another interesting bout is the meeting of Jim Smith, of Westchester. and Sam Langford, the Boston tar baby, Wednesday night. Smith is a big. plunging fighter and many look to him to give the Hub entry a hot battle
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07
Chicago Tribune.)

Chicago Tribune.)
 | The boiler maker is not usually a puny man. Like his friend, the blacksmith, he has plenty of muscle, but one of his trade in Los Angeles broke his collar bone while trying to button on his collar. Let us con- slider the collar button. It is a | tiny thing, yet nothing of mans in- vention has developed such pervers- sity. Designed for a perfectly legi- innate use, it has become an obstacle to his moral progress, an incentive to profanity, a wrecker of belief, and a destroyer of domestic peace
 This small adjunct to mans wear ing apparel is a bit of gilded metal intended to pass through the front of the shirt neckband and to serve to faSten the collar upon. Presumably of inanimate material, it yet posses
 ses some of the functions of living organism. Through some mole cular or radio activity it has powers of movement which human science has not been able to follow, and this faculty appears to be guided by supernatural force which can only be accounted for by the presence of mind.
 This metal force is in turn domi-
 mated by a perverseness which has so
 far baffled the savants. Dissection
 of a collar button under the micro
 schope has revealed nothing which will
 account for this phenomenon. A
 perfectly harmless collar button
 about to be inserted in the neckband
 of shirt will suddenly spring from
 the fingers and disappear from human
 gaze. Search reveals it yards away from it's original position usually against the mop board behind a heavy dresser too low to allow the inserting of the recovering arm and hand Even when discovered the button usually scuttles away to a still more remote hiding place.
 At other times, when it has been successfully inserted in the neckband it resists all efforts to button the col lar upon it. There is where the danger turks. The Los Angeles boil CT maker is only one of millions of victims of the refractory collar but ton. The world is strewn with hu- man wrecks as a consequence of per versity. Even woman, who can but ton nearly everything except her won dress, falls back baffled in an attempt to aid her husband. We know nothing which offers such fallow ground for research to the psychologist and bio logist as the collar button and we should be glad to hear that the laboratories had taken up the work
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07
MECHANICS BEATEN
 IN HARD HITTING GAME

Bridgeport lost to Hartford in the Capitol City by 10 to Saturday. It was another day of poor pitching. The Senators knocked Uppy Upham from the mound and also sent Gibbs to the bench. Chief Snyder pitched the last round. The Mechanics hit the ball hard and had the satisfaction of Knocking Pete Wilson off the slab Lakoff replaced him.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07
Bridgeport.

Two base hit Stowe. Three base hits, Guest, Gardeila, Crook. Home runs. Guest, Greenwell. Hits off Swan son @ in 1-3 innings, off Gibbs none in 2-3 innings. Sacrifice hit Ruell Stol- en bases F1aherty. Crook. Left on bases Springfield 3. Bridgeport 6. First base On balls. off Greenwell 2, off Swanson 2. off Gibbs 1. First base on errors. Bridgeport g. Struck out by Greenwell 6, by Swanson ?, by Gibbs 1. Time 215 Umpire Sutton.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.

Brooklyn 6, Chicago 1.
 Cincinnati 2, Philadelphia s, 6irR game.) z' Cincinnati 3, Philadelphia 1, fsecon4 game.)
 St. Louis 9, Boston O, Girst game.1 Boston 5, St. Louis 1, (second game.1
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07

for Burns, an outfielder from Utica N. Y., yesterday.
 The anvil chorus rings loud and clear from the Battery to, Bronx Park, with Hal Chase the object of the ham, merlng because of the slump of the Yankees. It was all his fault, of course,
 A semi-pro team in New York won It's first game without gettl k hit. Bases on balls and a wild tk ow al- lowed two men to score. ! Ralph Christopher, the Springfield pitcher loaned to Haverhill, won his first game in the New England league. He beat Lowell g to 2.
 Genest was released by Dan O'Neil last year when Dan had the New Britain franchise, and as result the Springfield outfieIder likes to make a great showing against Waterbury.
 It took the world champion Athletics Il innings to defeat the Baltimore Eastern League team, yesterday, score to B.
 The Ty Cobbers after their fall from grace are still only OO3 behind the world champions, and they'll soon be back home where the Jennings tribe is mighty to beat
 MiQue Donlin secured only one hit, two bagger, in the two games against St. Louis. And he bobbled a neat little pop fly.
 Hartford hit Bugs aReisigI hard in one inning yesterday, and beat New Haven by 5 to O. Powers twirled for the Senators.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07
Joe Tinker Back
 With Cubs Again Manager Chance Reinstates Sulky Shortstop But Fine
 of $50 Stands
Especial from United Press.)

Especial from United Press.)
 Chicago, Aug. 7-Joe Tinker is back on the job with the Cub machine. It was announced, today, that Manager Chance and Veteran Tinker had a lit tie heart to heart talk yesterday, and the hatchet was buried but no one knows why. After the shortest "bal- ance of the season" suspension on rec ord. Tinker was reinstated but he did not play in yesterdays game. He will not have to pay the $50 fine which went with the suspension. It was de- clared the bad weather conditions of Saturday were responsible for his in- different playing
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07
On Local Diamonds

The Newfields are still in the land of the living and playing the game almost up to the standard displayed by former Newfield teams. Saturday at Seymour they held the Seymours to a 7-7 eleven inning tie. The New fields had the game 7-5 when the teams went to bat in the ninth, but the Seymours succeeded in tieing up. With the exception of the fifth in- ming, Whelan worked we'll for the Newfelds.
 You'll have to hand it to the Ben gals. Yesterday they continued their winning stride by taking a 40 win from the Westerns on the latter's field.
 The Westerns want to hear from either the Oaklands or the North Ends.
 In taking series of three games from the Orioles, the St Charles team claim the 15-16 championship of the city and are ready to defend their as- sertion against any antagonist
 The Young Giants want games with 1914 year olders and the Red Stars with 15-16 year old. Answer through the Farmer.
 The Cardinals slugged their way to an 1874 victory over the Roumanians Saturday. Shea of the winners grab bed homer and three singles. Mur- phy triple and two double deckers two singles. Batteries, Murphy and Johnson and Mclaughlin for the Cardinals, and Repa and Christy for the Roumanians.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07
CONNECTICUT
STANDING OF THE CLUES.
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.

Springfield 5, Bridgeport g.
 At New Haven-Hartford 5, New Haven 0. < At Waterbury-New Britain 5, Wa~ terbury 3.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07
Saturday,s ResuIfs

At Springfieid-F1rst game, Spring. field 8. Waterbury G. Second game, Springfield 6, Waterbury l.
 At Hartford-Hartford 10, Br1dzs-s port 2.
 At New Haven-New Britain {, New Haven o.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07

Bill Kelly hurling for the Birdsey Somers, Saturday, held the Locos to one hit. The Locos went hitless for eight innings, their lone bid coming in the ninth session to Baker How the Locos with a club composed of the pick of the city cannot stay up there is a mystery to many
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07
Other Games.

Other Games.
 An avalanche of base hits hit the Wallingford team in that town yes- terday, coming from the cudgels wielded by the South Ends. The base hits tell the story of a 11-5 win for the local boys. The Wallingfords got a jump on the South Ends by annex ing four runs in the opening session, but could get but one more in the eight innings to follow. Carter did the heaving for the South Ends, and barring the first inning, did it well. The South Ends are poor hitters only making 16 safe drives. "Swampy'' Whaley led in the polling with three our of four, followed by Hank O'Day and Bill Sawyer with three out of five each. A rocky infield played havoc with the South Ends fielding, but they were there when it came 10 pulling down the hits. The score:
 R. H. E.. South Ends 02O02 0 4--11~16 8 Wallingford o 900 10 0-5 8 6 Batteries: Carter and Johnson; Coughlin and Commerford.
 Mrs. Frederick of Myrtle Beach s selling the Nugget. F 31 S*
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07

Smoke a Nugget at Fecker's Hotel, Myrtle Beach. PSI s$
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07

Hartford-Held by Iusty hands, a white man was baptized in the Con- necticut river, yesterday, by complete immersion. A negro minister presid- ed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07
sTANDNG OF THE CLUBS.
GAMES TODAY.

Rochester at Jersey City. Newark at Toronto, CD. Buffalo at Providence. Montreal at Baltimore.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07

More and more imperative sounds the call for the return of the Empire gown.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07
AMERICAN LEAGUE

YESTERDAYS RESULTS. No games scheduled, ali teams being
 in the East. -s--
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07
Latest Happenings
 In Two Shop Leagues INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE
STANDING

SATURDAY. RESULTS Crane No. 1, IS; Warner Bros, Give innings.)
 Birdsey Somers, z; Loco Co.,, l.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07
FACTORY LEAGUE
SATURDAYS RESImNS

SATURDAYS RESULTS. Harvey Hubbells. 8; Armstrongs, '. Bullards, 15; Batchellers, 5. Bullards, 4; Batchellers, 1. Yost-Auto. Mach. Go. game post pohed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
GAMES TO-DAY.

New York at Chicago. Brooklyn at St. Louis. Philadelphia at Pittsburg Boston at Cincinnati.
 There's one thing I like the Nugget it's a free pulling cigar. F 31 ss
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Me for the Elks' game Tuesday bs- hind Nugget P 31 g
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07
KILL THE FLY

G. A. R. Whalen of Walnut Beach smokes the Nugget P31s*
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07

Try a Nugget when autoing and sea how it holds it's fire. P 31 ss
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07

The Rocks made it five straight when at the Oval they trimmed the Eagles 7-2. The Rocks got away to q good start, grabbing all their counts in the first three innings. The wild ness of Heaver F1nnegan of the Eagles helped. After the third Fin negan got into the game, and held the Rocks runless The Rocks used two pitchers, Barron and Roraback, Barron working the first six innings. The Eagles could glean but four hits. The score:
 R. H. E. Black Rocks 223000 3 Eagles -. 70 0 0 o 0 0020-2 4 5 Batteries: Barron, Roraback and Egan; Finnegan and Farley.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07

Yesterdays Results. Black Rocks, z; Eagles, 2. (E, hibition.)
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07
EASTERN LEAGUE
YESTERDAYS RESULTS

: YESIEfDAI ftESULI5s Jersey City IA, Toronto 1-
 Newark g. Rochester 1, Q9 inningsJ Montreal 8, Providence 5.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07
THE PERvBRsE COLLAR BUTTon

Don't forget Madigan's day is Mug get day. F 31 s*
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07

Buy Nugget at Carey's, Harrison Park after a dance. F. 31 s*
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07

Roach at Walnut Beach sells tFs Nugget. t.f. P31ss
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
GAMES TODAY.

Detroit at New York. Cleveland at Boston. Chicago at Philadelphia St. Louis at Washington.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07

(By Wagner.) In second place for the first time in many weeks. Ivor Swanson couldn't deliver. The giant Swede got himself into the hole with easy batters.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07
(By Ira Hau.)

(By Ira Hall.)
 No contests were played in the City League yesterday because of the fact that the Yost factory is enjoying it's week off. most of the players being on their vacations, while number of the Joes also are away. The Black Rocks and Eagles, however, played an exhibition contest.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07
Eagles Beaten In
 Exhibition Game
Standing.

CITY LEAGUE.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07

Its hard luck to have the pitchers go bad all at once,'' said Manager McCann after the game Walker will probably be in shape by the lat ter part of the week, and then we ex- pect to get after Springfield again"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07

The Young Giants want games with 1914 year olders and the Red Stars with 15-16 year old. Answer through the Farmer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07

for Burns, an outfielder from Utica N. r., yesterday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07

Mrs. Frederick of Myrtle Beach .s selling the Nugget 31 S*
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07

Lynch of Myrtle Beach sells tn Nugget. P31s*
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07

Sporting Editor Jack Sullivan, of tn, Springfield Union, sat in the pres: stand. He says the Ponies are draw ing well at home.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07

The midsummer madness of the baseball magnates seems to have taken the form of delusions of great wealth. Mugsy McGraw paid $4,000
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07

came out of their trailing stupor in the last half of their doubleheader with the Cardinals, lifting it by to l. They slept through the first and the Cardinals goose-egged them
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07

The slump of Hi Ladd and Benny Kauff with the slap stick combined with the poor work of the pitchers is accountable for the slump. The two outfielders ought to come back this week
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07

The Westerns want to hear from either the Oaklands or the North
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-07

Rocky Stone was going great. The Vermont boy caught two Ponies who tried. to steal. F1aherty was the only one who got away with the attempt, and everybody but the umpire thought he was out
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-17
HARTER Hill ITEMS

DaTu me U anyway !g al iEitt
L. " Sunday was visiting nj ]. u
Tetrick's Sunday.
Mr.. E.. Goff Mortified was visiting
his father. S. N. Merriaeld. this week.
Literary was good, Friday night.
Come again everybody and help us.
Don't forget to go,toithe Teyerbaugh
Friday night. Big loins'.
Mrs. w. H. Wood and children We're
calling OH j. j.. Tetrick Sunday. Ia: I
Miss G.. A. Billingslea was at home
for literary this week. \.
r. +. Hess has forgotten the old
Hill.
NJ. C. Mortified was calling ono.
II Davis Saturday night. n
H. c. Fortney was visiting Mr.. Felix
Cunningham Saturday and Sunday.
Otto Parrish was calling on friends
on the Hill Friday night.
Miss Calanthe Misunderstanding
ION the Hill this week.
Lloyd Tetrick says he would like
10 have the jersey COW, alright,al-
fright.
Mr.. Gordon Metriaeld wass calling
IonEF. M. Blllingslea Sunday.
Miss Dora Tetrick was visiting sat
&c NJ. Strum's this week.
]. j.. Tetrick, lloyd Tetrick and
Ira Sturm attended the opera at the
Grand, Monday night.
Say the Prohibition Amendment is
a dry" subject to discuss isn't At.
SHORTY.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-17
ONE MAN MARRiEs ALL
Four OF coNRoY sfsFERss


10 marry four sisters IS the expert.
fenre Of Harry D! PhikIl who now !
sides IN Baltimore; I'D. He Is flfty
years old and has married Mis-. Jose.
lphine conroy. seven years his senior.
she3is his: fourth BRIDE and d sister to
his three other wives, nov deceased.
Phikill declared after tho ceremony
which was performed by Rev. s. G.
Cutter, that he felt like a boy o. nine
teen.
He was first married forty years
ago. when. he eloped with Miss Maria
Conroy
He was greatly attached tosallg four
sisters and 1t has been often said that
they were all, in love with him. His
first wife was killed in a accident
about SIX years later. He afterward
married Miss Anna cohroy, with
whom ne lived a dozen years. She died
Of heart disease while they were en-.
joying a trip on the Pacific coast.
Mr.. Phikill remained single for two
years declaring to bis friends that he
would never marry.
Miss Lillian Conroy was his next
bride.
He wooed and won her, during o visit
and she accompanied him to Baltimore
as a bride. This proved Phlkills long
est venture in mat-imony. as the eou.
pie lived together for eighteen Years.
AT the expiration OF that time Mrs.
Phikill died Of typhoid fever. !
Mr.. Phikiii remained single two
years, but Cupid possible believed that
he made too good a husband TO be
without "a wife. the wedding Of Miss
Josephine conroy and the widower be.
ing the outcome. Mr.. Phikill Is the
father Of three boys, one having been
born to each of his first three wives.
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