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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-19

Deputy Sheriff Mack Elliott of
Galena was here Saturday sub
poenaing jurors for the January
term of district court, to be held
at Columbus.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-19

Highest market price for corn
j. P. Roper.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-19

The Miami camp turned in
ores worth $1,000 last week.
Within six months we expect to
see the average weekly turn in
from that camp reach $40, 900.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-19

Opeuiug Selection. ......" 1.-THE Snow Man"
Piano-Misses C. Buffalo and N. Whitebird.
Violins-Misses H. Rendel and J. Beggs'
Masters A. Peery and W. Shapp.
chorrs "Welcome One and All"
Recitation, IA GhOst!". 80. Gladys Nichols.
Songs and Recitatious. ............ Mlnlms'
P;.ro Duet. 'Goldenrod Polka"
/ Misses Clora and Mabel Williams
Song ''Santa's Little Friend"
Piano Duet >. Moonlight on the Snow"
Elizabeth Peery and Lucille Blauton.
1.-THE Return of Lefty"
CHARACTERS
Mrs. BuRRS.. 'N1ASS @~A' ~SD0-
Amanda Alton ........... Miss M OIanoley
phoehe Hicks Miss ]. Beggs
Ruth Carey ...........''' UASo 49, ANSA-
Celeste GNAoo -
Lauretta Montgomery. MISS M Hicks
Song Santa Claus" e. Gertrude Dardenne
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-19

see the average weekly turn In
from that camp reach $4,000
Chas. Rathbone, formerly of
Columbus and Miami, has opened
tailoring parlors in this city.
He has the reputation Of being a
first class workman. He is To-
Gated over Michener's.
Little John Milton Cooper gave
party last Saturday afternoon,
to commemorate the fourth anni-
versary of his birth. A number
of his little friends were present,
and of course they had a grand
time.
Don't get your automobile
Frost Bitten, for it is very ex-
pensive. Get it some Arctic Rad
iator Fluid at Hoods. They al-
so carry a full line dinner tubes,
and outer castings for the Ford
automobiles.
Now while the gas company is
putting up a red hot proposition
to you on burning gas, the Hood
Implement Company is giving
you a hotter proposition in a
stove deal. All heating stoves,
both gas AID coal, viii be sub
ject to a ten per cent discount
from now until January 1st.
Hood just keeps on selling
those Weber wagons, and when
yOu buy 4 three and one-fourth
inch Weber wagon you get 4
three-fourth inch tire. Some are
sepinR the Weber wagon in a
lfve-eiehth inch tire. Please do
not overlook this when Jon bay
yours. Agooi tire & The life Of
Rnsa 3tse
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-19

There was quite q Scatteiiug
the fore part Of the week when
Il vas noised there whs to Be an
ether court Of inqailitioh. Il is
ssia some tore ths vssaS.S
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-19

Hoods have a full line OF TIRE
cycles, air guns and iron wheel
express wagons for the little fell
lows. Christmas shoppers please
don't forget this.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-19

DR.. English. Phone 1913.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-19

Elmer Powell is going to move
to town soon. he is At present
living on the Cooper farm west Of
town, but has had a public sale
and will move to town.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-19

Jim Hartley has just completed
a nice dwelling house and barn
on his eighty acres a mile west
of town. He will move in about
the first of the year.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-19

Buy your wife a nice rocking
chair at Gregory's.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-19

Fod Gill was here Sunday from
Topeka to visit his brother, D..
D. Gill, who has been Ill a long
time, and does not improve in
health.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-19
Merry Christmas.

Before another issue of the
News goes to press, Christmas
will have arrived.
We wish our readers and pa
irons a Merry Christmas.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-21
RIXEY OF .PHILLdEs CAN'T
 SLEEP IN PULLMAN BERTH

' Pittsburg, Aug. 20.-One of the most amusing experiences of the Phil lie trip here was the berthing of Rixey, the six feet, six inches of pitching talent.
 Rixey is so long that it is impossi- ble for him to lie out straight in an ordinary Pullman berth. Numerous suggestions were offered to Secretary Bill Shettsline.
 Cravath suggested that the window be left open and Rixey could stick his feet out of it. To this Rixey ob- jected for fear he might awake in the morning with several mail bags hung on him.
 Another suggestion was to the ef- feet that RiXey be tied in a loop and put to bed. However, Mike Doolan came to the rescue with a bright idea.
 Why not remove the side parti- tion to the berth next to sRixey's and let Rlxey hang his feet into the next berth.'
 Bill Shettsline thought this good idea, but he didn't like to stand the extra expense of another berth. How. ever, tbe siding was taken out. and amid good-natured chaffing from the bunch Rixey undressed and retired.
 It was an old sight, and passengers passing through the car proba blv wondered whether the con contained ball players or side show to some circus.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-21
Edited by Wagner
EAT UP STUDS IN CLOSE CONTEST
 AFTER I2 ROUNDS
(By Wagner)


 The moving picture men trotted out on the greensward at Newfield park yesterday and took pictures of Buck venable making a two bagger as we'll as Jack Hoey getting caught asleep off second. Don Cabbage Cabrera of Havana and Waterbury had a special picture taken of himself with bull fight smile adorning his map. John Slam-the-Door, the foghorn fan, also eased himself into the film. Dick Tuckey said it will be proud day for him when the girls from the rub ber shop go down to the Novelty thea tre in Naugatuck and see on the film "Tuckey now pitching for Bridge port"
 The presence of the camera men as well as the fact that Manager Mo- Cam is once more the big boss, caus- ed the Mechanics to show lots of pep Their hitting was light but they tried hard anyway. Their fielding was very snappy, two double plays shutting of Waterbury rallies. Th~ Spuds had 3 plenty of ginger and it took the Me chanics F innings to subdue them by to i.
 Dick Tuckey had his troubles with the enemy but he managed to holc them in cheek even if they did tar him for il hits Knapp, who belongs to the Philadelphia Athletics, had the McCann bunch doing cartwheels. They tapped him for eight hits, one of them a scratch by Pat Hurley. The latter made his first appearance in Bridge !; port uniform and did well. He was 2 trifle nervous at the bat but in the field showed plenty of Willie Kee1el stuff
 spratt and Stow did plenty of live ly fielding and Buck Venable made some heady plays, even if he did lei loose couple of bad throws. The Spuds scored one on singles by Hoey and Ruell and Cabrera's two bagger. If Hoey hadn't been caught off second by Bridges quick throw the visitors would have had two runs instead of one. Bridgeport tied tht score in the sixth when Baker led of1 with a two bagger to, right. Crook long fly to right sent Baker to thirc and he ran home on Snyder's slow grounder.
 The teams battled with the score un. til the 12th and then came Judi crous ending. Spratt got scratch hit and on the hit and run Sprat' raced to third asfBridges singled oVel second. Knapp made wild throw tt catch Bridges at first and Sprat' sneakedl in with the winning run The score:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-21
TWO U1IPIRES KNOCKED OUT IN PITTSBURGH CAME

Pittsburgh. Aug. 21.-Both umpires in the first game of the Pittsburgh Brooklyn double header, this after noon, were seriously injured during the first two innings of play and talk en to St. Jossph's hospital.
 umpire Brennan, while running toward first base in the initial inning, slipped and is thought to have frac- tured his leg.
 During the Pittsburgh's half of the second inning, Umpire Owen. behind the home plate, was hit over the heart and knocked unconscious.
 This left the two teams without an umpire. Eddie Phelps, of Brooklyn, was chosen to judge the balls and strikes, and Ham Hyatt, of the Pitts burgh team, to decide upon the bases.
 Pittsburgh, Aug. 21-x-Ray examin- ations may be made on the knee cap of Umpire William Brennan, today, to determine the extent of his injury sustained in yesterdays doubleheader with the Brooklyns. Brennan will be Kept out of the game for the remain der of the season
 Umpire Clarence Owens, whose breast bone was broken by foul tip, rested easily during the night. It will he some time before he can return to work
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-21
IRON MEN IN PITCHERS
 BOX ARE RARE NOWADAYS

That peculiar niche in baseball af- Fairs which is filled by what are known as iron men is one that has had few occupants. The iron men or note, real iron men, have been few ana far between. The term is applied only to pitchers, and means those pitchers whose constitutions are sufficiently strong to permit them to do more work in the box than most twirlers could stand. Unusual capacity for work and exceptional pitching ability are at- tributes of the iron men of the mound.
 The first pitcher to whom the term was applied was Joe McGinnity, and he came into it not so much because of the freuuency with which he pitch ed as his capacity for double headers To this day he goes into the box often, and few pitchers have worn so well.
 There are two other leading expon- ents of the iron man business. One is Ed Walsh of the White Sox, the most noted of the three, and the other is Jack Coombs. Coornbs isn't pitching as frequently as he did last year, but his capacity for work, coupled with Mack and the Athletics over many a rough spot and pulled out many a game in which some other pitcher had wohbled.
 Coonabs, like Walsh, could stand be- ing hurled into the breach many q time beyond the. ordinary, and then his expertness on the peak did the rest. Walsh probably has pitched in more games a year for the length of time he has been in the game than any oth- CT pitcher baseball has known. It was predicted half a. dozen years ago that the inordinate wear and tear would get him, but. he Is still at it, and as effective, if not as strong, as ever. He is a spitball pitcher too, another thing supposed to be very trying. but he contends that with him that form of delivery is no more exacting on the arm than any other way of pitching.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-21
LARGE CROWD SEES A. Q. H.
 ATHLETICS AT SEA BREEZE

A large crowd watched the field day and athletic events held at the base ball park at Sea Breeze Island yester- day in connection with the A. O. H reunion. The different events were closely contested and proved very en- tertaining to the spectators.
 The summary:
 100> yard dash-F'irst, H. L. Norris Bridgeport; J. J. Dalton. Naugatuck Wiedorn, Waterbury. Time, Il sec- onds.
 Quarter mile run, noyice-M. O'Con- nor, New Haven; W. D. Shea, Water bury; M. O'Hara, Waterbury, Time 59 seconds.
 Quarter mile run, boys under 16- James Reache, New Haven; James Glynn, Naugatuck; John Hanley, Nau- gatuck Time 61 seconds
 One mile run-C. c. Gulliver Wat erbury; Samuel Kane, Naugatuck; Patrick Savage, Bridgeport. Time, minutes, 20 seconds.
 Half mile, run, open--John Lapham Branford; w. D. Shea, Waterbury
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-21
EASTON

MT. and Mrs. Charles Nichols and daughter. Miss Irma Nichols. MT. and Mrs. Howard Edwards and daughter, Inez Edwards and Miss Eva Gilbert spent Tuesday at the beach.
 The electric storm that visited town on Sunday night, put several telephones out or order and some oi the lines are not fixed yet.
 Aurel Ruman, IT,, spent Sunday and Monday as guest of friends in New York.
 Miss Ida F. Ogden is improving after her recent illness.
 Miss Ruth Ann Beach has return ed to her home in Rock House, hav- ing spent a few weeks with friends.
 Several from here are planning to attend the double wedding in Vest port on Wednesday afternoon in the Congregational church. The couples are Miss Evelyn s. Banks of West port and Oliver Smith of Bridgeport, and Miss Ethel Fairchild of West port and Willard Fanton of Weston.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-21
NEW CROP LOOKS
 GOOD IN MAJOR
 LEAGUES THIS YEAR

The new crop of ball players in the major leagues, including those who broke in this year o. the latter part of last year, is making pretty respect able showing in fast company. and there is a goodly crop of those who are likely to be fixtures. if not already that. Scouts and managers deplore the great lack of timber in the bushes, and with some of these newcomers 1t may be case of taking them or noth- ing. Yet the proportion of those who are sticking land making their pres- ence felt is fairly large.
 Among this number a prominent one Is Dubuc, the Detroit pitcher, although he had been in the big leagues before and is no tender bud in baseball so- ciety. Another comeback who drlfted back to the minors between sojourns i'm fast company is George Mcconnell. Likewise Hess. Among the newer crop of pitchers. dug up this year or late last year, are Baskette, Steen, Benz, Hamilton, Allison, two or three Browns. OBrfen, Bedient, Houck, Peters and Baumgartner in the American league and Lavender. Tesreau, Cheney, Rix- ey, Seaton, Benton, Allen, Robinson, Willis and Yingling in the National
 Leading finds in other positions are Foster and Gandil of the Washing tons, both of whom were in big league company once before and returned to that company greatly improved. Oth- er recent additions to the .big league family are Cady of the Red Sox, Mag gert of the Athletics, Finn of the High flanders. sterrett of the FIfgh1anders. Shanks of Washington, Peckinpaugh of Cleveland, Weaver of the White Sox, Rath of the White Sox, Kuhn of the White Sox, Egan of the Athletics, Mensor of the Pirates, Groh of the Giants, Cutshaw of the Brooklyns, Smith of the Brooklyns, Phelan of the Reds. Northern of the Brooklys, Nor an of the Brooklyns and Magee of the Cardinals Most of them are making good
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-21
TOMMY MURPHY TO BOX RlTCHIE
 ON COAST SOON

San Francisco. Aug. 21.-Wiliie Coffroth yesterday to engage in a twenty-round bout here on Admis- sion day, September g. The promoter has Harlem Tommy Murphy in view as an opponent and yesterday wired terms to the New Yorker. Conroth considers the match as good as made, for when Murphy was out here the first part of the month, his manager. Jim Buckley. instructed Coffroth to go ahead with the signing of Ritchie, The pair will clash in Coffroth's open air arena at Eighth and Howard streets. The weight agreed on is 133 pounds at 10 o'clock, which is about five hours before the fight. This con- dition will allow both lightweights to enter the ring good and strong and it looks as if Coffroth has landed an attractive card for the holiday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-21
PINCH PITCHER
 VERY IMPORTANT
 IN MODERN GAME

The pinch hitter has his opposite III baseball. The pinch pitcher is becom- ing a factor in the big league races, and it may be only a short time untli teams will have to carry great one and two-innirag pitchers-men lnas 7 rounds. They will rank with Wag- ner, Cobb, Lajoie, Barker and rMey., CTS, who are just naturally passed with men on.
 Right now the three greatest pinch pitchers in baseball are Walter Jonn- son, Ed Walsh and Vean Gregg, Wno can make a game practically safe TOT inc Nationals, White Spx or Maps.
 When Big Ed swaggers on the dia- mond, his face bulged out with a cud to supply juice for his spitters, the budding really "dies a-bofning. One look at his contemptuous, confident figure is enough to start most Datters thinking of the dugout.
 J. Callahan kept the White Sox in first place by using Walsh as club to beat down the opposition. The spitbaIl king worked faithfully and well, but the pinches came too often Callahan used him up.
 Walter Johnson. numbering in from the field, is no less awe-inspiring than Walsh. He hasn't the look of con- tempt. He isn't. graceful. But he bulks big, and there is not batter in the league that does noS know that if Johnson wants to take the chance of starting a private graveyard of his own, a base hit is impossible.
 Going into the box in a pinch, with men on, and the game turing against Washington, he uncorks everything he has, It fs the hospital for a batter who stops the ball with his body, the undertaken for the one who stops it with his head.
 Gregg caused just as much terror to thee opposing club wielders when called upon to rip loose in a pinch. Davis hasn't used the plasterer much in the rescuing end, but when he has. Sylvanus has delivered in Hall of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-21
ENGINEER BLAME6
 FOR THE WRECK

Washington, Aug. 21-Responsibllits for the train wreck on the Laek9man- na Railroad at Corning, ". T.. las month, was placed by the intefsfats commerce commission, today. "on ti1s failure of Engineman Schroeder to ob serve and be governed by autor1ath block signals intended for prevenfios of accidents of this character a8 vel as the signals given by a flagman.'
 H. Belnap chief inspector ok 6aftt. appliances, who made a special itves tigation of the accident, reported thaS the number of lives lost would have been materially reduced if steel carr had been used. There was only ons steel car in the train and this with stood the shock of the collision yer! well.
 Belnap recommended that to proven repetition of similar disasters, flaR. gfng rules be more explicit AHA #S use of torpedoes be required Ef1 = ,clares the speed of fast trains should be reduced in foggy or stormy weathei unless automatic train control devices are installed. Tn the Corning wreck he asserts, failure to use foFpedce was one of the contributing causes O the disaster,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-21
CLOTHIER WINS FROM
 LARNED IN TENNIS MATCH

Newport, R. T., Aug. 21-with some narrow escapes, thirty three of the lawn tennis players aspiring to the crown formerly worn by William A. Larned survived the second day of the thirty-second annual all-cemers' sin gles championship tournament on the turf courts of the Casino yesterday.
 William J. Clothier, the former na- tional champion, was forced to his limit by Edward P. Larned before he won at 7-5, 6-4, 12--10, in what was the starred feature of the day.
 yt had been expected to play the 4oubles championship, but ~-Bundy was taken III and the match was postpon- sd until today.
 What came near being puzzle was the victory of Frederick c. Inrnan over 5. Howard Voshe1l by the score of 6-3 }-7, S-s, the points being closer than he score indicates.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-21
KILLS HIMSELF
 AFTER TELLING
 GIRL TO BEAT II

New York, Aug. 21-Detectives wers trying to establish the identity of s man about s5 years old who shot src killed himself, early today. in front of the Hotel Marlboro, on Broadway after telling his young woman com panion to "beat it."
 All labels and laundry marke were torn from the mans clothing but h1 cuff links and scarf pin bore the ini- tials "A. w Y" It was later found that he registered a week ago at ths Hotel Cadillac as "A. W. Rogers Q Jackson, Miss" The police thfnk this was an assumed name
 The young woman. who gave he1 name as Francis Wellington. rax screaming into the Marlboro lobby crying that a man outside was Eoius to kill himself and 8 second later ths shot was heard. A Cadillac key las ion the walk beside the man and tf1il enabled the police to trace him. Ac- cording to the girls story she met hiEr yesterday on the street and they went to Coney Island. Throughout the ov. ening he complained of being tired life.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-21
MIKE KELLY WAS BEST BASE
 RUNNER IN BASEBALL

Who was the speediest and most caring base runner in the history of baseball? On this question there are many fans with many minds, and some Will be inclined to award the honor to men now in the game Not so the old timers, acquainted with the giories of the past as we'll as those of the present. Those who have been "fanning'' for 20 or 30 years will like ly agree on either Mike Kelly or John Montgomery Ward as entitled to the base running belt and, if it came to a vote, the great Kelly would probably be the victor. If anybody here has seen Kelly when he was at his prime
 they will agree that he was just about one degree slower than bolt of light ming. Incidentally, it was Kelly who was instrumental in bringing about league and the American association. the first announcement that the pub
 lie. had of the end Of the bitter war was on August 21, 1891, when Kelly left the American association to play with the Boston team of the National league. Immediately after came the declaration of peace. Speaking of inside ball, Mike knew lot o1 tricks that would add luster to the reputation of any baseball Gtrategist of today. He was a hard hitter, and once he got on first the score keeper might Just as we'll count up a tally for Mike He played the game fol all there was in it, and there was nothing legitimate he would not do to win. Headlong running slides were made by Mike every day, with out thought or fear of possible injury to himself At pilfering bases he had no equal He was as quick with his head as with his feet, and his ingen- uity got him out of many a tight place. On one occasion he started to steal second, with the ball in the pitchers hand and was caught be- tween bags. Any other player would have quit right there, but not Mike
 At the top of his voice he began hurling yitriolic language at the twirler, declaring he had made a balk. and calling on all the world to wit ness it. Starting toward the pitcher, he entered into a detailed history of balks. asserting that boiling in oil was mild fare for any pitcher who could be guilty of such a crime. The pitcher, open mcuthed. listened to the tirade. Meanwhile. Kelly kept inch.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-21
(By Wagner.)

There may he an upheava1 in the standing of the Connecticut league clubs when President O'Rourke gets through with his investigation or the optional agreement rumors. Altnougn clubs are not allowed to use players sent from higher leagues under op- tional agreement, it is claimed that several teams are violating this rule. AccoRding to the latest baseball pulfe- tin Nagle of New Haven, Hickey or Holyoke, and Gardella of Hartford are optional agreement players. It Is recorded that Nagle is owned by Cleveland, Hickey by the same club and Gardella by the Giants.
 T must enforce the rules or the league" declared President O'Rourke this morning. 'sI will ask each club to explain its title to the player Tn explanation the rules provide that every game in which these players take part shall be thrown out and a fine of $100 imposed
 If this penalty were inflicted New Haven might lose the, pennant and Holyoke and Hartford would arop to the case of Curry >the suspended Hol- yoke player is different Curry was sent to the Papermakers by the New York Americans under the agreement that the Yankees could pick one. Of the Holyoke players upon the pay ment of $1,O00. This practice is not in violation of the league rules.
 Tom Connery's scrappy Hartford club will show at Newfield tomorrow. The Senators have taken the last three games from Bridgeport but the locals hope to change their luck to- morrow Sunny Sexton is due to pitch for Bridgeport and Wilson or 1Powers for Hartford
 Eddie Bridges was the hitting kid yesterday. The Erie fireman came through with two juicy singles.
 Buck venable has a great eye for balls and strikes. The old boy won't go after a bad one and when the pitcher sends one in the groove, it's a case of the felders chasing some thing.