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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-18
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. Is it one man or is there 8 combina- ton out to injure the Yost club of the City league, the Factory league OF whatever organization Of which they happen to be bart? Past events summed up lead to the conclusion that there is a !cabal somewhere dom- inant that seeks to undermine the Yost forces Not because the Yost cohorts have been forced to be the goat on several occasions, all of which is known to the followers of the lo- cal players. is this conclusion arrived at, but in summing up other under currents, most of which have been withheld because they would work in- to the league of which they were a part, leads to the belief that there is an underhand scheme afoot to totally wreck the Typewriter machine.
 A tip to the sche1ners-if it is there intention to do injury to the the. Yost ment, then they are going about their sneaking work in the right direction. Let them gloat over their -pitiful prof it., the spells are about to be theirs. It has come to that, point where the officials of the Union Typewriter Go. are about to take matters into their own hands and decide once and for all whether baseball is to continue. Baseball curtailed at the Yost plant? ? What will be the result of the losing of the. club and the concern that has
 done moro for amateur baseball than any other organization in Bridgeport ever attempted before? Draw your own conclusions.
 The .Yost baseball team since it's in- stitution in the spring of 1908 has been a tremendous success. Success nowadays breeds contempt. and that's just what the Yost club has done: There never has been a success and never will be that has not produced a ranking soreness on the other side, There is an ~overgrowth of this "against the grain stuff which is
 most cognizant in the patches of goods the Yost boys have. on their all lexed well wishers. What has been the history of the Yost club since its advent? A winning band every sea- son September 1908. the first year, saw the Yosts at the end of the 1n- dustrial league season battling in a play off with the U. M. c. Co. and the Singers for first place. The Yosts came through second best. The spring
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-18
HAT WORKERS SETTLE
 DISPUTE WITH EMPLOYER

New Haven, June 18-The trouble between the sizers employed by the Lee. McLachlan Hat factory and the company have been settled, the men who have been out since week ago Thursday returned to work this morn ing. The settlement was brought about indirectly by citizens commit tee of three. The company offered to pay $1.0S a dozen for the sizing of a certain kind of hat and the men dee manded $1.38.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-18
MANY FISIIC BATTLES
 SCHEDULED FOR JULY 4

Judging by the. way the fight club managers all over the country are ar ranging flor bouts for July it is cer- tain. there will be more fistic battles on that day this year than ever before. With still over two weeks left for the promoters to make arrangements, four battles for that date are already clinched, among them being two cham pionship battles. The cards of bouts arranged so far are as follows: Jack Johnson and Jim Flynn, twenty rounds for heavyweight title at Las Vegas, N. M., Ad Wolgast and J. Riv- ers twenty rounds for lightweight title at Vernon, Cal; Eddie McGoorty, and Jack Dillon, ten rounds at Benton Harbor, Mich; and Tommy Kilbane and Phil Brock, ten rounds, at Cleve- land, O.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-18
IS THERE DISCRIMINATION
 AGAINST YOST BASEBALL TEAM?
Efons Being Made to Prevent Continued
 Success of Manager keenan's Club

of 1909 is quite memorable, perhaps so much so that the least said about it the better. Suffice it to. state, though. that about the middle of the season the Yosts. believing they were being imposed upon, dropped from the organization and played independent baseball. When, they quit they had IA wins and one defeat and were lead ing the league, but five games were taken from the win column and changed to the lost by a decision of the directors. That season, without doubt, the Yosts had the. best factory team ever gotten together in this city, and it can be added before or since that time. The year 1910 saw their advent into the Factory league and at the end of the season the copping of. the pennant.i repeating last season. In 1909 the factory; sent a club into the then newly organized City league. They finished in second place. while last year they pulled in on the third rung. They have clubs this year in both the City and Factory leagues, with another playing independent ball
 The last shot hurled at the Yosts contained the charges that the club was attempting by using Player Hur- ley to do injury to the Black Rock club, both members of the City league. That charge the Yosts have refuted.
 
 yet he is employed at the Yost fac- tory. He was taken into the employ ment Of that concern not because of his prowess as a ball player but be- cause of his ability as a tool maker. If some of these human harpies will just gaze back to the makeup of the St. Josepf's last year and the year be- fore they will learn that Player Bob Christy performed for the Joes, yet he was employed at the Yost factory. Does that appear as if there was un- fairness orfs the part of the Yosts? To cite another instance--Amos Johnson played with the Yosts in the Indue- trial league, yet Amos played with the West Ends when that club bat tied against the Yosts for the city championship
 The attacks on the Yosts has been unfair. unwarranted and unsportsnan- like and are sure to rebound on the perpetrators. This article is not meant as defense of the Yosts but is used to place thsm in position where they, rightfully belong, that is, on a par with any club in the city that has played straightforward, con- sistent, and sportsmanlike baseball.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-18
CLARK|N THINKS 0'ROURKE
 IS PICKING ON HARTFORD President Laughs and Says He'll Punish All!
 Umpire Baiiers

judges at the Cakewalk Friday night at Sea Breeze Island. The manager says he will be all dressed up like a sore thumb. He may borTOM Jack Spratt's pancake hat. which all ladies are falling for.
 Harvard and Yale clash today at Yale field in the first of their annual baseball ganes2 Tomorrow the teams play in Cambridge. s
 It will be ladies' day at Newfield Thursday when Springfield plays here. Chief Snyder or Dick Tuckey will be sent against the Ponies. Ladies will be admitted free to grounds and grandstand. sr
 Hartford is after Shortstop Roy Rock. recently released by Providence. Rock has been in the International league for. ten years and is good man. Second Baseman Johnny Wan ner has reported to Hartford.
 Speedy Foran. intends to enter syra- cuse university next fall and take a four year course. The former Me chanic was a freshman last year but left college to. play professional ball. His home is in Syracuse.
 As lurid as the lightning and thunder that interrupted the Giants Pirates game was the 11th inning finish by the Giants giving Hube Mar quard his 14th straight victory
 Baseball material worth $46,00O made up the New York-Pittsburgh batteries
 Iris Speakers four bingles, includ- ing two doubles and a triple. figured in the 4-1 victory of the Red Sox over the White Sox. :
 Suggs kept the Boston Braves run less in the second game, his work in the second inning, when Boston had the sacks choked with no one out being especially praiseworthy.
 Rain in the 9th allowed the St. Louis Cardinals no comeback and the Brooklyn Superbas grabbed a 3-1 vicr tory.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-18
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 Dandy Jim Clarkin, who is ian auc- tioneer in winter and :. owner of the Hartford baseball club in summer. is said to feel quite downcast because Tom Connery was recently suspended for five days. Clarkin seems to think President 0Rourke is picking on Con- nery and is letting the other manag- CTS get away with stuff. When seen this morning President O'Rourke laughed at the assertion that he dis criminated against Connery or any, body else. .tAll coons look alike to me- laughted Uncle Jeems. Of course he didn't mean that there are any coons in the Connecticut league, al- though Senor Cabrera of Waterbury has complexion like a cup of cof- fee
 Anyway, Uncle Jeems says he will or players who try to kick the umpires in the shins. 'tConnery has been a very bad ,boy," declared the president, "and he deserved all he got.
 : Outfielder Talbot has been released by New Haven. He was secured from Toledo and 1t was expected that ES would take Daschback's place in left garden. He fizzled out, though, and Daschback will hold the job. < The Mechanics left for Springfield on the 9:36 train this morning Man. ager McCann planned to use Finn or Ducky Holmes against the Ponies. Holmes has been taking it pretty easy on the ground that his arm is sore but the manager; intends to make the former Newark ' southpaw show something this week. Tomorrow Bridgeport shows in Holyoke..
 Et :. ias Red McKenna, the former Hart ford outfielder, is hitting 1883 for AL toona in the Tri-State league.
 x Ernie Lush of this city has been let, out by Albany of the New York state league. e,
 Gene McCanns Is, having his pearl gray ,spats cleaned and pressed. He has been invited to act as one of the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-18
MAJOR LEAGUE STARS CAN'T PLAY
 WITH SEMI-PR0S

s Tempting offers from semi-profes- sional clubs playing Sunday games are bound to result in serious trouble if members of the Giants, Highlanders and Brooklyns continue to accept and earn them under assumed names. At Yeast that was the opinion advanced yesterday by 8 magnate who pays nb- eral salaries. It seems that cer- tain promoter, of semi-professional games has branched out as the eln- ployer of major league stars for Sum day exhibitions and is also a sort of booking agent for teams outside of Greater New York that desire dates in the metropolitan district. This in- dfvidual, so the story goes. is author- ized to offer as much as @250 for the services of star player under con- tract to a major league club to pitch, catch or cover any other position on a; semi-pro team anxious to defeat riyel.
 the major league club owners didn't pay much attention to it. They didn't object to the earning of easy money by their players on Sunday and in fact in some cases they encouraged 1t. But gradually the practice has grown into an evil against. which, in due time, the big magnates intend to cop learned yesterday that on several oc- oasions star pitchers on the pay rolls of the New York major league clubs have worked on Sundays for as much as $250, only to fail utterly when call- cd upon to enter the box the next day by their regular employers. A certain crack inst baseman, it is all legged. has pitched a number of these games under another name so that his employer would remain in ignorance of the fact when the box scores were published the following morning. vaf quiet they generally ask TOT permis- sion to bring their catchers so that they can do themselves justice. A we'll known boxnan who wears a New York uniform and is in receipt of liberal salary recently pitched a sixteen inning game on Sunday in a Hudson River town in spite of the fact that it was his regular turn to pitch on Monday. The result was that when he tried to earn his salary with his own team that day he was ham, mered all over the field. He told his manager, as an excuse. that he wasn't feeling we1l-had malaria Or severe pain in his digestive organs.
 The first gun was fired recently by the major leagues when the National commission placed the ban on a we'll known semi-pro club for harboring an ineligible player. The next move, it is said will be a sweeping order prohibiting players under contract to organized clubs from accepting offers from semi-pro managers. If a major league player is caught taking semi pro dollars under an assumed name it is said that he will be indefinitely suspended. not only by the club reg ularly employing him, but also by the commission. It is understood that the major league men, considerably work ed up over these conditions, have de- cided to employ, detectives to dig up evidence. The commission. 1t is pre- dicted also will pass a rule prohibit- ing major league teams, from playing negro teams at any time. ss.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-18

they have got results in their dual ca paeity; there Is no question about that Each has his own individual way of getting results, but you will never see a team of ball players stick consis- tently near the thick of the fight un- less all of the players on that team respect their manager. That respect may be due to fear or to admiration for a superior intelligence. It never can be won by favor, for the manager who plays fayorites Or treats his play CTS as his equals on or off the field may appear to be one of them heart and soul in game or frolic,, but there must be maintained at all times the distinction which separates the private from the commissioned officer in the ranks Of the regular army.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-18

New York; Adams and Hendrix for P1ttsburgh; Humphries and Susgs for Cfncinnati; Richie and Cheney for Chicago; schultz and Brennan for PhiladeIphia; Willis and Saalee for St. Louis; Kent aIid @Ruclker for Brooklyn and Hogg and Hess for Boston. In spite of the figures MathewsOn, Ben ton. OfToole, Sea,tof1, Perdue and Har- mon have no difiiculty, in drawing their salary cheeks. "s
 In the American League the twirlers standing highest in the figures are Hall and Wood of Boston, Lange and ion of Washington, Plank and Coombs of Philadelphia. Dubuc and Willet of Detroit. Baskette and Banding of Cleveland, Quinn and Ford of Now York, and Powell and Baumgartneri of St. Louis. This is considering men who have been in five games or over.
 The sensation of the present base ball season has. been the showing of the Senators. It has come to the point where for the first time in years Washington must be considered as a pennant contender. Griffith's men have certainly surpassed the expecta- aionsN of their warmest admirers.
 Mike Donlin still retains his batting eye Mike is one of the finest natural hitters that ever faced a pitcher. A triple, double and two singles IS good afternoons work for any ball player. If Mike had had the speed of a Cobb or a Shafer, there was not one Of his drives last Saturday that might not have been good for one or more bases than he took on it. .s9
 Although for several years many critics have kept room at the Old Peoples Home in readiness for Hans Wagner the battling Teuton appears to be satisfied with his present quar- .ters. Wagner is still covering the ter ritory between third and first base in his accustomed and inimitable man. ner.
 If the fans at the Polo Grounds nowadays witness a game without a home run in it they feel that they have been cheated and are in just the frame of mind to go out and demand their money back.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-18
RACING BEGINS TODAY s,
 AT ROYAL ASCOT TRACK.

At Royal Ascot" as the Engliefr' call the famous racecourse. a meeting begins today that will culmiuate with the running of the Ascot Gold Cup the Ascot track has enjoyed tlTe royais favors as it was in I'll that Queenr Anne. while driving across Ascot
 Heath, noticed it's desirability for her favorite sport of racing, and ordered a .ss course established immediately Ascot was opensd with a. round heat for which the Queen, who was present at the first meet. presented a valuable plate. From that time on the his tory of Ascot has been brilliant one,. tacular feature. The progress" in- augurated about century ago. means the arrival of King and Queen, with outriders and much .pomp and display. Many stories are told of those pro-
 cessions, and in the days of King Illness of the Kings servants as some thing remarkable. On that occasaion too, His Majesty ate potted nuts and fruit William ". was not much interested in racing, although he att. tended the Ascot meeting in state. In 1884 Princess Victoria appeared in the
 royal procession and witnessed the races for the first time. The initial appearance of Victoria as Queen at, Ascot was the occasion of wild en- thuSlaS1m. Her attendants were yoemen of Windsor Great Forest. Czar Nicholas l. of Russia visited Ascot in 1S44, and for. eight years thereafter the Russian Emperor's Plate was the principal trophy instead of the Gold Cup. Queen Victoria at- til the death of the Prince Consort, after which she never attended the races. The Prince of Wales was constant patron. however, and as King Edward VII he continued to ap- pear annually in the royal procession. The tradition has been maintained by King George and Queen Mary. The procession consists of eight carriages, each drawn by four bay horses with postillions in scarlet and gold livery and led by outriGers in brilliant DcAr- let
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-18

Congress Hotel Among the speakers will be Senator Eaihu Root, Charles w. Fairbanks, Senator T. E. Burton of Ohio. w. B. Mckinley, William Barnes. Jr., and 4J- w. McDonald.'
 There wasn't any mass meeting probably because all the masses were at the Roosevelt meeting. No- body said why. Taft, headquarters declined today to remember that thel t was to have been such a meeting.
 Four thousand automobiles passed political headquarters, last night, in half an hour. It was part of a pro- cession of curious motorists that be- gan early in the day and lasted until late at night.
 Sidewalk novelty hawkers have their own view of the convention situation. Out of more than 30 counted shouting their buttons and badges and freak devices for partisans around Conven- ton: Headquarters, only four last night had Taft souvenirs for sale. All the rest were crying Teddy hats and Teddy banners, Teddy tie pins, etc.
 Another thing the old timers are mo- ticing is the scarcity of any real con vention songs. There are parodies galore on the. popular melodies of the day, but West Virginia,s Roosevelt boosters seem to be about the only crowd that came to the meeting drill- ed in some original tunes. A man in the Congress lobby today claimed to have heard 1s separate and distinct parodies on "EverybOdy's Doin' It Now" and expected to get as many more versions before the end of the convention.
 Three leading college professors are taking leading parts. in the conven- tion. President Nicholas Murray Butt Ter, of Columbia, who will second Taft's nomination.; Professor Albert Bushnell Hart, of the chair of govern ment of Harvard, who is a Roosevelt delegate-at-large from Massachu- setts, and Professor William Draper Lewis who is Roosevelt member of a Pennsylvania committee. sh
 Taft delegates from Texas and Ne vada are threatening to "get',s Ma tiona1 Committeeman Cecil Eyon,g of Texas, and Lucius Littauer. from Ne vada. Lyon and Littauer are both Roosevelt adheEents. They secured the badges intended for the, Taft dele gates seated by the national commit tee regardless of the contesting, ROose- welt delegates who were llnseated, leaving the Taft forces to hustle for place in the coliseum.
 The most careful man in Chicago and the most interested in the S'big fight is Nicholas Longworth, repre- sentative from Ohio in President Taft's Congress, and son-in-law of Theodore Roosevelt Nick evades the; news paper men and thinks twice before he says anything to his oldest and most confidential friends. He never in. du1ges in secrets.
 .1ou,s tln;c fight going to end Nick?'' asked Ia delegate today. < Af- ter much deliberation, the Ohioan re- piled in whispering tones:
 ..I dunno, it's mighty hard to tell"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-18
AMATEUR BASEBALL

The Noble Nine did not play the fast Southports yesterday on account of bad weather, but would like to hear from them for game this coming Sunday or-later. The Noble Nine con- slider it quite an honor to beat this team. But as manager Mike has signed up J. Rourick, formerly of Knowlton A. C. to play shortstop, the Mobiles expect to return the winner If accepted answer drought THE TAR MFR
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-18
JIMMY 0'R0URKE.
 GOING FINE FOR
 COLUMBUS TEAM

e The many friends of Jimmy O1Rourke of this city will be pleased to learn that he is hitting hard for Columbus of the American association. The following notice is from the St. Louis Sporting News:
 But Jimmy OROurke is the boy; that is playing the game. Hitting close to the 400 mark, he is playing most brilliant game at second base. and is running the bases with judg- ment and success. For a fellow who was supposed to be down and out last fall, his work is certainly phenomenal.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-18
THIS DATE IN
 PUGILISTlC ANNALS

190e-Jack Johnson. now heavyweight champion. knocked out Charley Hagh- ey :n the first round at Gloucester, Mass.
 over Jimmy Walsh, the Boston boxer, in 10 rounds at Denver
 1910-Packey Mcfarland, of Chicago. knocked put Jack Go1dswain, of Eng land in rounds at London.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-18
LOCAL ELKS WILL PLAY
 DERBY LODGE JUNE 25.

Through an error it was announced last night that the E1ks baseball team would play the Derby Elks in Derby, June IS. The announcement should have read that the game will take place in Derby June 25. The local squad is practicing faithfully and hopes for victory
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-18
BOXING MATCHES SCHEDULED
 FOR GREATER NEW YORK
(James J. Corbett's, Semi eekly Ser

James J. Corbett's, Semi Weekly Ser
 vice)
 June IS, All Star Bill-Johnny Dun dee vs. Young Wagner, Charley White ys. Young ShugFue, Tommoy Houck vs. Packey Hommey, St. Nicholas Athletic Club; Willie Chandler vs. Eddie Gillespie, Atlas A. c.
 June 19-Young Sieger vs Charley Young Browns A. A.: Gunboat Smith vs. Jim Stewart, Royale A. c. Kiddy, Fordon A. c. June 22-Marty Brown vs. Jock Dor man, Fairmount A. c.
 June 24-Jack Goodman vs. Young Brown, Garden A. c. June 25-Mike Gibbons vs Joe Stein, St, Nicholas A. c.
 June 2S-Al Palzer vs. Boombadicr Wells, Garden A. c.
 July Mike Gibbons vs Sid Burns, Garden A. c.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-18
BURGLARS ENTER
 STAMFORD STORE

stratford. June 1s-Burglars paid an- other visit to this place. last night, and broke into the tobacco store of Frank l.. Hanson Entrance was ob- tained by breaking window and ci- gars and cigarettes to the value of 325 taken.s It is thought that it might be the work of youths from the num- Der of cigarettes taken several hun dred packages being missing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-18
BIG LEAGUE GOSSIP


 Manager McGraw of the Giants is contemplating taking the Giants on a trip around the world next winter. Roger Bresnahan has received letter from the Giant manager in which he is invited to take charge of a rival team and the two will give exhibitions in Japan, Hawaii, Australia and other countries.
 Jim Mccormick, pitching for the Chi cago Nationals in 1896, established the pitching record for consecutive victor ies, winning twenty-four games with : out even tie being mixed in. John Luby, working for Chicago in 1890, won twenty straight, giving him second place
 According to the percentage; column the most successful pitchers in the National League this season are as follows: Marquard and Crandall for
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-18
STANDING OF THE CLUES.
GAMES TfAY

GAMES TObAY. Toronto in Jersey City (two.0 Buffalo in Newark.
 Montreal in sProv1dence. Rochester fn Baltimore.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-18
National League
YEsTERDAY,S REsULT,

YESTERDAYS RESULTS. New York, 5; Pittsburgh, 4. Brooklyn, 3; St. Louis, 1. Boston. 4; Cincinnati, (first game.)
 Cincinnati. 5; Boston. o (second game.)
 The Chicago game was postponed on account of rain.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-18
International Leagsas YESTERDAYS RESULTS.

Jersey City, |; Toronto. o. fa Newark, 1; Buffalo. 1.
 Montreal, .; Providence, 3. Rochester. B. Baltimore. (first Baltimore. 5; Rochester, 2 (second Gamel
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-18

GAMES TODAY. Philadelphia in Washington. St. Louis in Chicago. ' Cleveland in Detroit.