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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-24
What Will Happen

apiece for delivery to residences with In radius Of six miles. The horse delivery has been used in this work successfully, and many of the firms nave grown to large influential com panies, but the motor car Is more economical and produces greater prof it's. One of these motor wagons, properly handled, can deliver from 20 to 900 packages daily at a cost, in- cluding everything, not exceeding g per day per wagon. Because of their appearance and the rapidity with are pleased to have them stop at their doors.
 Just as the motor truck demonstrat- ed it's superiority over the horse drawn dray in the snow last winter. so it has again shown it's advantages during the recent record-breaking heat. Merchants who have depended upon horses for hau1age of their freight have found their service badly handicapped for the reason that not only was the, normal working ability of the horses greatly reduced by the heat but they could not be urged 1u- namely with the temperature on the pavements above one hundred degrees. Furthermore many horses have died rom the heat, although their drivers nave been considerate in not urging them to exert themselves excessively. Merchants, have found them ready to do their days work in the heat. as we'll as at other times. The working ability of the men in charge of the trucks was diminished by the heat. but not as much as that of men in charge Of horses, as the motor truck drivers did not have to worry about the conditions of their power source, and in some places were able to move fast enough to create a breeze. When horses have been completely Jagged out by much less than an ord5aary days work, the motor trucks have been called upon to do extra 9uty~. ble.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-24
Date at Which ,. ,. Reciprocity Treaty
 Will Take Effeci

Washington, July A-Just when the Canadian reciprocity agreement vfl1 become operative, now that it has gress and President Taft, was a qsss- ton upon which there was a division of opinion among authorities here to- day
 As agreed to, the measure contains two sections. The first sets forth the full dutiable and free list articles to be sent under the terms of the bill from this country to Canada, and the dutiable and free lists of articles ssnt from the Dominion to the United States
 The second section provides for srse entry into the United States, from Canadian provinces that do not en- force any export tax or other restr5c- tions, on shipments to the United States, of wood pulp, newsprint snd other paper and paper board manufac- tured mainly of wood pulp and valued at not more than four cents pound.
 Senator Reed Smoot, fRep., Utah). one of the highest authorities on the tariff in the Senate, today asserted that the first section of the bill could not take effect until 1t had been pass ed by the Canadian Parliament.
 "As to section g." he said, there is a strong opinion among Senators that it will take effect on the pass age of the bill by Congress, even if Canada, at that time, has taken no action on the reciprocity measure.
 Tn the first section of the agreement is a provision setting forth that the dutiable and free lists of articles from Canada shall take effect whenever the President of the United States shall have satisfactory evidence and shall make proclamation" that fhe dutiable and free lists of the United States goods sent to Canada are rec- ognized by the Dominion.
 Section two, of the United States bill, is a plain statute that requires no action by the President to carry 1t into effect.
 Senator Nelson, Rep., Minu.). has said it is utterly outside the scope of the reciprocity agreement.
 The opinion of Senator Cummin9, Rep., Iowa), was thus expressed: 'sThe difficulty about the present ar- is as the Senator from Min nesota has said. For some reason or other the House has segregated sec tion two from the remainder of the bill, and it Is doubtful whether it will be controlled by the provisos and the conditions of the previous part of the bill. If it is not so controlled then it is not reciprocal, and we would be in danger of the favored-nation 
 An apparent defect in the United States bill was pointed out by some Senator's If Canada should, some day, repeal the Canadian bill, the United States law would remain in {. force until Congress could take action 2
 It was several times suggested that the bill be amended so that 1t would be automatically repealed in the event of the repeal of the Canadian law by the Ottawa parliament, but the gen. eral belief was that the conditions un- der which it might operate to the dfs- advantage of the United States wsrs beyond the range of possibility.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-24
OUR RALLY : IS NOT QUITE GOOD ENOUGH
Mechanics Enthuse Crowd by Going After New Britain Twirler in Ninth
(By Wagner.)

It looks as if the annual July slump had hit the Mechanics. Injuries to players and the suspension of Crook threw them out of their strides last week and caused them to drop four out of six games. At Steeplechase yesterday afternoon they lost hard fought game to New Britain by to 5. McCann's men made a game rally in the ninth and scored two runs. With the bases filled, two out and one run needed to tie, Foot Ruen sent a grounder to Dunlop and it was all over.
 The contest marked the reappear- ance of Chief Snyder in the box. The swarthy boy has been playing various infield jobs for the past week and it took him a few innings to get warm ed up yesterday. The Cubebs bunch ed r its on him in the fourth and fifth, but Snyder held them scoreless and hitless in the other sections. He gave them eight hits altogether, famed two and passed four.
 Johnny Lower, the Waterbury pitch CT who went to New Britain for Reg gie Brown, had Bridgeport's number Mechanics nine scattered drives. Benny Kauff boosted one over the right barrier for four bags and Skip per Eley got a two bagger and sin gle. He famed in the ninth, though. when a hit was useful. Lou Ltschi captured two timely taps.
 The fielding was fairly good Foot Ruell made a fine running catch of foul by Yale in the seventh, and War Der knocked down everything at sec ond for the visitors. In order to use Snyder in the box, Manager McCann put Baker on first and sent Foot Ruell back to third. Ruen appeared to have recovered from his spiked foot and played we'll Baker handled everything cleanly at first and man. aged to draw a pass in the stirring ninth.
 Singles by Flanagan. Dunlop and Lower and a double by Warner gave New Britain three in the fourth, and they grabbed three mo9e in the fifth on singles by Waterman, Flanagan and Warner, a double by Cabrera and an error by Litschi.
 Bridgeport had gathered one in the first, one in the fifth and added the third in the sixth when Kauff pound- ed the pill over the garden wall. It looked like a forlorn hope when the rally came in the ninth. Bob Stowe was hit by an inshoot, and Rocky Stone sent him to third with single. Chief Snyders fly was grabbed by Warner and Skipper Eley famed. Litschi scored Stowe with a single and Baker was passed, filling the sacks. Hi Ladd got three and two and then drew pass, forcing Stone home. Foot Ruell tried hard but Dunlop Tagged his grounder and the game was over. The score:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-24
Pitcher O'TooIe
 Sold for $22,5OO
Pittsburg Pays Record Price for
 Sensational St. Paul Twirler
BIG PRICES PAID FOR

BIG PRICES PAID FOR
 STAR BALL PLAYERS. Marty O'Toole, St. Paul, Ameri-
 can Association, bought by the
 Pittsburg club, National
 League S2Z, oUU Lefty" Russell, Baltimore,
 Eastern League. bought by the
 Philadelphia Club, American
 League ......... 12,0oo "Rube" Marquard, of Indianap-
 oils, A m r Il Association,
 bought by the New York Club,
 National League .......... Il, 900 ''Cy'' Seymour, Cincinnati Club,
 National League, bought by
 the New York Club, National
 League ......! .!....... 10000 Spike" shannon, St. Louis Club,
 National League. bought by
 League ............. 10000 Russell Blackburne, Providence
 Club, Eastern League, bought
 by the Chicago Club, Ameri-
 can League ................. 7,5oO Jack Thoney. Toronto Club,
 Eastern League, bought by
 the Boston Club, American
 League ..................... 7,5oO Chief" Meyers, Indianapolis
 Club. American Association,
 bought by the New York Club,
 National League 6,C0O
 Marty O'Toole. the young pitcher of the St. Paul Club of the American Association, is the latest sensation in baseball circles. With practically every manager in the big league seek ing his services and with the Pitts burg Pirates paying $22.500 for him. the youngster is the most talked of ball player of the day.
 Big prices have been paid for base ball stars, but it remained for Barney Dreyfus, the Pittsburg magnate, to set the high water mark. The biggest price ever paid before for a player was when tre Philadelphia Athletics paid the Baltimore club s12,O00 for Lefty Russell last year.
 O'Toole was with the Reds and tEe Red Sox, but his career with each team was short lived. Clark Griffith tried him out and decided he couldn't be bothered with the youngster He and Boston drafted him. He never had as much as a trial with the big leaguers, and Taylor turned him over to Manager Mike Kelley of the St. Paul team a year ago last spring, as the wind up of the trade that brought Stelle and Ryan to St. Paul and sent Hall and Karger to Boston.
 O'Toole, owing to lact of confidence in himself, failed to get into the win column as often as he should have liked, and after blowing up'' in sev- eral games he asked Manager Kelley to send hinls to some minor league club. where he could work in his reg ular turn and where he might over come his nervousness. Accordingly Kelley sent him to the Sioux City Club of the Western League.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-24
Prize Fight With
 The Raw Mitts
Danbury Pugilists Go 21 Rounds On the Turf and One of Them Pounded to Pulp

Danbury,, July 24-A prize-fight of the old-time order was held at Sodom Reservoir, in Southeast New York, between and o'clock yesterday morning, when two Danbury fighters, Dekin and Began. fought twenty-one rounds with bare knuckles.
 The referee wanted to stop the fight in the tenth round because of the punishment Dekin was receiving, but the fighters refused to quit and stayed until the twepty-first round, when Dekin was so badly battered that he had to give up. His nose was pound- ed to pulp, his eyes closed, and lips cut and swollen, and until last night it was thought that he had received concussion of the brain. After the fight he was taken to a farmhouse and care for until brought to his home here. Began was also badly punished.
 The men fought at 40 pounds for a purse of s100. The 100 or more speeta- tors on their way home in teams were the victims of several runaways and spills, and one man is said to have suffered a broken arm.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-24
EIks Expect to
 Beat Derby Lodge

Next Friday will be a. gala day in the history of the local herd of Ant lers, marking as it does, the occasion of the annual local struggle between the Derby and Bridgeport Elk base ball hines. This contest, which is scheduled to be enacted at Newfield Park has been awaited with eager ex- pectancy by the local public as it IS the initial local appearance of the club, and the members of the order and their vast following of friends will turn out en massc to rcy hom- age to the athletes wearing the col ors of purple and white.
 year the Elk team engages in. the series with the Naugatuck Valley nine, is invariably the most interest ing and exciting. The first game of the three was recently played in the latter city, and after a battle fraught ing sort, ended in a tie score. Sell dom indeed has a baseball audience been worked up to such a high pitch of enthusiasm as occurred that day, and rarely. if ever. have baseball or ganizationS, outside the professional zone, served up such an article of high class play.
 If the general widespread interest that is being at present displayed is safe criterion, monstrous crowd, pTODdDly TScOrO- -DTedklnS m prOpOr- tions will be present. The sale of tickets has been enormous. Visitors from all parts of the state will be in attendance, delegations from the war; ious sister lodges, having sent re- quests to reserve blocks of seats. A great array of rooters, representa- tiveS of both sexes, will accompany the Derby team, with a band of music and a vast supply of the weirdest noise making instruments. They should add much zest to the occasion The Wheeler and Wilson band has been engaged to escort the visiting Elk delegation from the club home to the ball field. They will later render a impromptu concert at the grounds.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-24
LOU LITSCHI
 ONLY PLAYER
 WHO ADVANCES
Other Mechanics Drop Back in Batting Averages Owing to Teams Slump

Lou Litschi was the only Mechanic who boosted his batting average last week. The rest of the players found the going pretty hard. By getting hve hits in the Saturday and Sunday games, Litschi jumped seven points over his previous weeks record. Ben ny Kauff, although he got as many hits as the majority of his team mates, slipped back to .319. Hi Ladd also dropped back, a little. Bob Stowe advanced a -trifle but Rocky Stone fell away. These averages in- clude yesterdays game and will therefore differ from other averages published which include only Fridays ctS hn
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-24
WALKED FROM DENVER
 TO NEW YORK CITY

William H. Chapman, globe trotter and ex-soldier, passed through this city Saturday on his way to Boston. Chapman claims that by walking from Denver to New York, a distance of 3.101 miles in g days, he has beaten the record set up by Edward Payson Weston. Chapman is doing advertis- ing work for the Stockman's Associa- tion of Denver, and also for the Hu- fnane Society. He is to get S2, 800 at the completion of his trip. Accom- panying Chapman are several people, riding in an auto.
 Chapman is 61 years of age. six feet tall, angular, sinewy and rugged as an oak He is an ex-soldier, having served 10 yeays in the U. s. Cavalry. He has been taking city to city trips all his life. In 1878 he walked from New York to San Francisco.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-24
woLGAsT POSTS FORFEIT.
Fight Between Him and Mcfarland
 Seems a. Certainty.

Milwaukee. July 24-Ad Wolgast, lightweight champion of the world, has posted his forfeit with Eddie Brunner, who represented Frank Mulkern, at Cadillac, for his match with Packy Mcfarland before the Ma tional A. c. on September 13. As Mulkern already has the forfeit of the Chicagoan and the signed articles of both scrappers, the battle now seems a certainty, and despite the denial issued by Tom Jones, manager of the champion, on the coast last Friday night, it will go through. All minor details also were settled by Brunner in his conference with Vol gast
 The champion says he will be here about month previous to the battle and will establish training quarters on the outskirts of the city. The break with Jones also was denied by the champion, who declares that Chero- kee Tom will come here soon to take care of the champions interests. It is a certainty also that a Milwaukee man will referee the big fight, both boxers having practically agreed to that.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-24
LATEST BASEBALL NEWS
 FROM VARIOUS DIAMONDS
Mechanics Play Waterbury Tomorrow and Hope Recover
 From Slump

row of the stand and frequently got up to declare himself. He rooted for Hartford Sammy Desser and the Royal Rooters had a lot of fun by yelling such nautical stuff as Ship Ahoy' and Scrub the docks" at the sailor.
 Al Odell of this city is out of the Atlanta, Southern League, lineup be- cause of injuries.
 Jimmy ORourke is clouting hard for Columbus of the American Asso- citation. He made eight hits from July 10 to July 16.
 Marsans and Almeida, the former New Britain stars, played with Cin- cinnati yesterday. Marsans got two hits in three times up, and Almeida, playing third, got one safety, in three times up. Tom Downey batted for Grant in the ninth but didn't get on.
 Manager McCann was reading 9 New York sporting extra in the At- lantic Hotel lobby, Saturday night, surrounded by Cy Miller and a group of other players. Under the box scores was an announcement about President Taft's visit to Rochester. "I see Taft goes to Rochester," read McCann. ''Is that so?' queried Cy. What league did he come from?'
 Waterbury couldn't hit Powers in the pinches yesterday, and Hartford beat O'NeiPs team, to 4. Brown worked for Waterbury.
 Danny Hoffman of this city, playing the outfeld for Indianapolis of the American Association, made four hits from July 10 to July 16.
 Springfield got within 29 points of Bridgeport by beating New Haven, z to 2. Slim Foster was hit hard by him and held Springfield to four hits and one run in the last four innings. Temple worked for Springfield.
 Walter Johnson, the "come back" holdout, is still earning that S7,50O year and the Browns are willing to admit it. He allowed but five hits, of which Laporte, the Yankee cast off, got three.
 After brief pause, George StovaIs Maps started off again on a winning tack. Of course George had to call on Larry Lajoie, the cripple pinch hitter to deliver the hit that tied the score.
 Gregg and Mitchell held the Bos- ton speed boys to six scattered hits. Casper outpitched Salee but it takes more than that to stop Roger Bresna- hans fast coming Cardinals.
 The Yankees trimmed the Tigers again. Of Il games the teams have played, this year, Hal Chase's men have annexed nine, making the last series four straight.
 Major League owners have declined to permit a transfer of the Boston National League franchise to Balti- more, at least for this year.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-24
Hartford Wins
 Ragged Contest

A big crowd saw Bridgeport lose to Hartford at Newf1eld, Saturday, by g to ,. Gibbs and Walker were hit hard by the Senators and the crippled Me chanics fielded raggedly. Pete Wilson held the locals without a run until the ninth, when they tapped him for five tallies.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-24

Boston-The best fish story Of the season was proved today, when tt1s crew of the Dominion line steamer, Prince Arthur, exhibited three horse mackerel weighing 300 pounds each. They were caught in Florida waters. One will go to New York to be divided among six of Gotham's restaurateurs.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-24


 For the first time this season, after suffering two defeats, the Yosts yes terday succeeded in trimming the St. Joes. The win was decisive, 12-1. Nick Carter was in great form for the Yosts, parting with but two hits, breezing nine and passing but two. lHe was given nifty support by the rest of the Yost band. Neither Steve Darien nor Bill Kelly could stop the flow of Yost hits. Seems strange for the Yosts, heralded as the hitess won ders, to grab 16 hits, but they got them just the same. The Yosts play ed their best game against the Joes. Heretofore it has been their habit to blow up when the Joes were about. In the clouting Hank" O'Day, Billy Dubee and Kid Horkheimer led the fray, each with three safe smashes. Bill Sawyer lifted the pill over the left field fence for a homer, marking the first time the track has ever been pulled off at the Oval. Jimmy Noo- nan and Benny Coles were the lone Joes to find Garter. The score:
 R.HE. Yosts. 2o44O 0-12-16 3 St. Josephs. % % % 1 O. l. 2-9 Batteries: Carter and Wilson; Dar- fen, Kelly and Lavery.
 Barring the fourth and fifth innings, when the Eagles got to him for all their runs, Deacon" Roreback had the Eagles reading from his book yester- day at Yost Field. The Black Rocks won, mainly through his heaving, 10-7. The Rocks played a snappy game in the field, their quick work killing off possible Eagle hits. Especially clever were Benham, Swords and Walters. Pat Hurley's terrific slugging for the Rocks wrecked havoc with the Eagles. Hurley out of four trips to the plate, secured the same number of hits, a perfect average. Stocky Jack Gal lagher also performed wonders with the hickory, securing perfect aver age. In four trips to the plate he grabbed two hits and two sacrifices The score:
 R. H. E. Black Rocks, 012 41O2 0 *-1O-1O-3 Eagles, % 70 ? 5 0 0 O. 7-S-4 Batteries Roreback and Egan Burner, Champion and Johnson.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-24

Atlanta, Ga.-Mrs Mary T. Tractor, Ill years old, and a Real Daughter, who has lived under 25 Presidents, was found on the verge of starvation in a one room cabin near here. Funds will be raised for her.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-24
INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE
STANDING

SATURDAYS RESULTS. No. 2 Crane, IS; Warmers, 3. No. Crane, '; Birdsey-Somers, 5.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-24

That was a heartbreaker." re- marked Manager Sox Waterman of New Britain after the contest at Steeplechase yesterday. I thought Bridgeport had us in the ninth.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-24
(By Wagner.)

''Nothin' to do till tomorrow" said Benny Kauff as he tore himself away from the hay this morning.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-24
FACTORY LEAGUE
STANDING:

SATURDAYS RESULTS. Bullards, '; Yosts, 6 f10 innin1S.) Hubbells- 15; Batchellers, 14.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-24


 The heavy hitting East Sides won from the Roumanian A. C., 10-1, at Wheler's lot, yesterday. Lefty Cocala, heaving for the East Sides, famed B and allowed but two hits. Yesterdays was the sixth straight victory for the East Sides. They have yet to lose a game. Any fast club looking for a contest write James Pivon, 50 Reilly street, or answer through the Farmer. Some youngster interested in the Cedars, and booster for Wiggles- worth, a former Cedar man, asks for the publication of the following. Here goes: ''Wiggiesworth, the released player of the Cedars, is covering sec ond ike a blanket for the A1ambras." The same kid tells us how the Ce- dars trimmed the Ovals. A daring steal from second to third by Sap Feeiey won the game for the Cedars, yesterday, in their 14 inning game with the Ovals. The score was 23-22.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-24
CONNECTICUT

YESTERDAYS RESULTS. At Waterbury-Hartfo g.; Wa terbury, f.
 At New Haven-Spjringfi q; New Haven, 2.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-24

The Mechanics play in Waterbury tomorrow and Ivor Swanson is slated to pitch. Wednesday, Waterbury shows at Newfield Park, and Manager McCann expects Uppy Upham to put the kibosh on O'Neirs men,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-24
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.

New York, '; Detroit, 4.
 Cleveland, 3; Boston, 2.
 Washington, 5; St. Louis, 1. The ago-Philadelphia game was postponed on account of rain
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-24

YESTERDAYS RESULTS Yosts F, St. Josephs 1. Black Rocks 10. Eagles z.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-24

If there is store in town that does not sell the Nugget please call up 3552-2. a*
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-24
NATIONAL LEAGUE
 YESTERDAYS RESULTS. St. Louis, 3; Cincinnati, 2.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.

GAMES TO-DAY. New York in Cincinnati. Brooklyn in Pittsburg. Boston in Chicago. Philadelphia in St. Louis.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-24
Bridgeport.
Score By Innings.

New Britain, o 0 o 0 o O-6 Bridgeport, .......1 0 001 co 02--5
 Two base hits, Eley, Warner, Ca- brera. Home run, Kauff. Stolen bases, Stow. Double plays, Cabrera to War ner; Cabrera to Yale; Stow to Litschi to Baker. Left on bases, Bridgeport 9, New Britain 4. First base on balls, off Snyder 4, off Lower 3. First base on errors, Bridgeport 8, New Britain l. Hit by pitcher, Yale, Stow Struck out. by Snyder 2, by Lower A. Wild pitch, Snyder. Time, 1:4O. Umpire, Hess.
 There is no smoke I enjoy better than the Nugget-William Mullins
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-24
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
GAMES TODAY
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Games scheduled for today were played yesterday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-24

Mike Smalling is picking up in his hitting for Lancaster From July 10 Go July 15 he made seven safeties. Irf one game he had five assists, which is rather unusual for a first baseman.