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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-03
DE PALMA TAKES
 VANDERBILT RAGE
WINS WITH MERCEDES CAR BUT AMERICAN AUTO IS CLOSE
 SECOND.

Milwaukee Wis, Oct. 3.-Driving his Mercedes car for the race distance of 2ss.5 miles at the rate of sixty nine miles an hour. Ralph De Palma yesterday won the eighth Vanderb bi1t Cup race, defeating Hugh Hughes, in 2 Mercer only forty-three seconds. e. Spencer Wishart, driving a Mercedes car, was third fifteen minutes behind Hughes. -'Gil'' Anderson. in a Stutz, finished fourth
 = While the rate of speed for the race fell far short of the record for the event-74.07 miles an hour, made last year by Ralph Mulford in a Lozier at Savannah-the contest proved exciting at all stages. Teddy TetzIaff in his Fiat furnished the thrills for the first half of the race, comparative ease. He made few tire changes, and his car roared past the grand stand with a lead of seven min utes over De Palma at the end of the twenty-ffth lap. The Fiat failed to show again, and later it was an- nounced that the car was out of the race. connecting rod having brok-
 De Palma was then only a little more than two minutes ahead Of Hughes. with Wishart close behind De Palma, who had experienced mis- erable luck with his tires, set out to burn up'' the track and widen the gap that separated him from Hughes: He found an opponent worthy of ali of his attention, however, and try as he would he could not lose Hughes.
 Steadily the little Mercer crept up on the Mercedes until in the thirty sixth lap, with two more rounds of the course to go, the American car was but thirty-nine second behind the German speed creation At this time q tire change for the Mercedes would have lost the race. but the shoe held and De Palma flashed by the finish line a winner by forty-three seconds. having slightly increased his lead over Hughes in the last two laps.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-03
PUBLIC SALE OF WORLDS
 SERIES TICKETS MONDAY

John A. Hey1der, the secretary of the National League, who has charge of the@advanced sale of reserved seats for the worlds series games to be played in New York, announced yes terday that the public sale will be held at the Polo Ground on Monday, beginning at 10 o'clock in the morn ing. To facilitate the distribution of the tickets, three windows have been provided, one for each contest in New York, and the first come will be serv- ed first
 The tickets will be s apiece and will entitle the holder to the upper grand stand Besides these reserved tickets 35. 900 seats will be placed on sale at the Polo Ground on the day of the first game These are in the lower grand stand and none is reserved Therefore fans who are unable to, pur- chase reserved seats should not worry about getting into the games.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-03
ED WALSH SAYS RED
 S0X GAN HIT SETTER
Chicago Wonder Thinks Tesreau
 Won't Bother Boston.

Chicago. Oct. 3.--"I understand .'' says Ed Walsh, that the Giants think the Red Sox can't hit the spit ba1I-therefore vast confidence in Tes- reau. I don't know about that. To a certain extent, you know, I heave the little spitban myself-and I have q distinct recollection of several occa- sions when these Red Sox beat that ball to death, no matter how well I begged it.
 By the way-have you noticed how completely one nutty idea has passed out of baseball. A few years ago, when the spitball was new, critics and players were uttering loud warnings against it. They said it Nined the muscles of the arm and would soon end the occupation of anyone who us- ed it regularly. That stuff went the rounds of the papers and, for a long time, was firmly believed by all the reporters and most of the players. Then it was noticed that the spitbaH men came right back year after year, without losing any strength, and the talk of the spitbaH being a pitcher killer died out, never to be revived
 And, say-do you know how that fake started? Why, Stricklett and Chesbro, the first men to make good with the spitbaH originated and spread the story so as to scare other fellows off the ball and retain a mo- nopoly for thefnselves.'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-03
HANS WAGNER FOUND
 VANGUARD VERY EASY

Honus Wagner is the hardest bat ter Rube Marquard ever tried to fool. The German bats better against Mo Graw's star than he does against any other hurler he has faced One scribe comments on this fact as follows:
 Leading the league in batting again would be the soetest job inaagfna ble pitcher but Rube MarQuard to face. Wagner has long been the dread of all pitchers. with the possible excep- ton Of Earl Moore, but he appears No matter how Sensationally the Giant southpaw may be performing against the rest of the National League slug gers he generally comes in for some very rough handling when he encoun- xers the Flying Dutchman.
 Wagner topped his previous per formance recently by pounding the Rslbe for a single, a double, triple best batting of the year against Mar Quard, it was by no means the first time he had hit the New York star unusually hard. It is a fact that Wagner would have had a batting average of better than 300 for the singles were left out and only his extra base hits were counted.
 Honus had faced the Rube B times and made seven hits for extra, bases, In all Hans has made 12 hits in B times at bat while facing Marquard in six games this year, which means the healthy average of .532. The double, three triples and three home runs. so that his 12 safeties have to- tailed no fewer than 28 bases Twice Hans has hit MarQuard's pitches over ner's other homer against the Rube was made in New YCrE.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-03
LORE CLEANS UP
 KNOCKOUT BROWN
GETS WARM RECEP- ZION AFTER LONG ABSENCE
 FROM RING.

In his second ring appearance in many months and his first in New York since he was hurt in an automo- bile accident last summer, Knock Out Brown. Danny Morgans tousel1ed- headed little slugging Teuton, was out pointed by Johnny Lore in a ripping. s1ashing ten-round bout in the St. Nicholas A. C.. New York. last night. Brown was the same rushing, tear ing, aggressive battler of old, but his judgment of distance was bad, his timing of his punches poor and he lacked the edge that will come only after he has a few fights under his belt
 Lore had little trouble getting inside Browns round arm swings and he beat a merry tattoo on the Dutch mans ribs. shook him with c1eanly driven punches to the head and nnuss- ed him up all around. Lore had the better of the first three rounds. Brown gained the fourth and looked to have come into his own. The East Slider also took the fifth and sixth, lost the seventh but took the eighth. In the last two rounds Lore fought him off his feet and gained the hon. ors by a slight but clear margin.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-03
PENN DEFEATS FRANKLIN
 AND MARSHALL ELEVEN
Fine End Running By Mercer and
 Harrington Enthuses Crowd.

Philadelphia, Oct. 3.-Although Franklin and Marshall displayed a stubborn defense, the University of Pennsylvania had mo- trouble in swamping them with a 35 to 0 score yesterday afternoon. The find end run ming of Mercer, Harrington and Mar shall enabled the Qualers to score almost at will. They made two touch downs in the first period, one in the third and two more in the fourth.
 Franklin and Marshall had an &C., tive team and on two occasions the Quakers were worried. Once the visitors took a shot at the goal with a place kick and it went wide only by a few inches. On the other occas- ion the ball was lost on a tumble. The visitors realized that PennsyI- vania's line was it's weakest spot and they made a number of first downs by straight p1unging, but they were usually thrown for losses when they tried the ends.
 Captain Mercer was responsible for the third touch down when he made a fifty yard dash after breaking through the line. For the fourth score the ball was rushed from mid field in seven plays, Harrington mal1- ward pass by Minds gave Pennsyl-. vaniaL the last touchdown. Three plays made fifteen yards and then Minds threw the ball over the goal line to Young, who scored.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-03
39 Tuition Pupils.

Among the studehts at present en- rolled at the Danbury High school are puphns h Wno pay tult1on from the towns of Brookfeld, Ridge field, Bedding, Wilton and George town
 A Broken Spine.
 Frank Gappo1la, an Italian 1aborer about 30 years old, was taken to the Danbury hospital Monday evening from Boardn1an's Bridge, where he at work at one of the lime kilns of the New England Lime Co. The mans body was doubled up between the ground and a projection on the bottom of a heavy car used at the kiln, and was racked and strained un- til the spine was badly fractured. The man Is in serious condition, with his body paralyZeo below the waist.
 Held For Burglary.
 On charge of burglary, John LOW ry, IS. was brought to Greenwich from Port Chester, Monday. The lad, who fhas but recently returned from and vandalism. committed in the house of Mrs. Hobart Lounsbury con- fessed to the police that he broke in to the residence of his uncle, Daniel Lowry, Saturday morning, and stole a lot of jewelry trinkets and bric-a- brac. 6
 Now a Cave DvyeIler.
 On a peak in the range of noun
 
 man tired of civiliza tion, has made his home in a cave. He was found there Sunday by two Danbury men. He told them he had lived there during the past three years. and that he proposed to spend the re- nainder of his days there. The man is only about thirty-fiye years of age. Other than to say that his home had been in Danbury before going into the m ountains to live, he would give no 1nforma atiOn in regard to himself. He declined to tell his name. His actions indicated insanity. He Ieaped about in front of the cave, jumping high into the air, prancing about, and, apparently to display his great strength, he bent thick boughs of would not explain why he had become a recIuse in the mountain retreat, but he seemed especially desirous of eN- pressing his hatred of women and eV- erything feminine. The uncouthness and roughness he had acquired during his three years sec1usion in the mountain region did not entirely con cea1 the fact that he was a man of more than the average education. The man declined to tell his visitors how he managed to procure his food. When they arrived, however, they saw him eating a sandwich near the entrance to the cave, and they concluded that he at times canvaSSed houses within a radius of a few miles, posing as a tramp and procuring food and cloth- ing
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-03
HARVARD CREW WILL BE
 STRONG FOR NEXT SEASON

Cambridge. Mass, Oct. 3-With four veterans from last years varsity crew Harvard began fall crew practice this afternoon under the leadership of Coach Wray. It is expected that Capt. Abeles' call for ali candidates for the varsity eight will be answered to put the men to work on the Charles at once and this work will be con- tinued until real cold weather sets in and forces the crew-men to the gym November Wray intends to hold a final handicap rase between the various eights at work on the river.
 An innovation in fall rowing at when a. general call for freshmen will be issued this week or next. A great deal of emphasis will be placed on the fall work done by candidates for the 1916 crews and a large amount of in dividual coaching will be given the first year men. Probably but one freshman eight will be kept after every candidate has had a chance to show his worth, but this crew will get plenty Of work and late in the fall season will probably have a chance to race with a. picked graded crew from the dormitory and class crews.
 Coach wray, who will be in entire charge of the fall work, has four vet erans from last springs winning eight These are Capt. Abe1es, coxsWain; A. M. Goodale, 4, who rowed on his freshman crew and who has been Tn the varsity boat for two years; l.. H. Mills, 5, of the 1914 freshman crew and vast years varsity eight, and Q. Reynolds, who also rowed on his freshman eight and in the varsity boat last spring. These men will form nucleus upon which splendid crew may be built.
 Prospects for a good crew are bright, although it is probable that the 1913 eight will be somewhat lighter than have the Harvard crews for the last few years. All of the men who stand in line for a seat in the varsity boat, however are powerfully built and of great endurance. and so the lack of weight will not be serious handicap. The newly designed Crane shell, which was tried out last spring and found to be very hard to handle. has been rerigged and will be given a thorough tryout in this falls work.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-03
Litchfe1d County News
Damages From Blasting.

The town of Winchester is to have a number of legal actions to defend as a result of the heavy blasting that has been done at the town stone crusher by Cornelia Brothers, 1essees of the plant Much damage has been done to surrounding property as a re- suit of the heavy charges of dynamite that have been used.
 Had No Money.
 Harry Gero, aged 51 years, and Edna Church, aged 31, were married at Canaan, Monday night by Rev. Harry Cornford after Justice George w. Ford had twice declined legal grounds to perform the cerern ony. The first application was made to the justice before the marriage license had been secured and the second af- ter the town clerk had issued the license. To the justice the couple said they came from Westfe1d, Mass, where Miss Church had been turned
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-03
FRED CLARKE. PIRATE CHIEF
 Is 40 YEARS OLD TO-DAY

Capn Kidd and Morgan were great buccaneers in their day but pirate chiefs they were not in the same class with Frederick c. Clarke, the gifted leader of the Pittsburgh Pirates, who Of Smoky City players and fans on the occasion of the fortieth anniver- sary of his birth. Fred was born Oct 3, 1872, in Madison county, Iowa, and has been a professional player for twenty years, retiring from active par ticipation in the game to become bench manager of the Buccaneers this twenty, he graduated from the back lots and donned the uniform of the Hastings team of the Nebraska State went to St Joseph, Mo, where he played independent ball with such success as to win place on the Mem phis club of the Southern League in 1899. Louisville, which was then in the National League, was the scene of F'red's big show premiere in 1894 He remained with the Co1one1s six years, and in 1900 went to Pittsburgh as
 mana ger, playing outfield positions, as he had ever since his entry into pro- fessional circles
 brought home the bacon, and a Ma ticnal League pennant foated from the Pittsburgh flagstaff for the first time Clarke repeated in 1902, and consecutive pennant to the Smoky City Frye years elapsed when Fred was unaDle 10 get a flag for Pitts burgh. although he usually kept his team right up among the leaders, and in 1909 his efforts were again crown ed "ltn snGeesT. nIsesT c1in,. In 1911 H., his last I01 games. and finished the season with a batting average of -324, which s hardly what would be called bad for an old man of thirty-nine. While stiII at the zenith of his career he de- -ided to emulate lawn McGraw and become a bench manager. This year
 TDs .fx.S- but some of the Pittsburgh fans are iisgruntled at Clarkes failure to land the bunting, and are talking of a new manager A rumOr is aHOat that Clarke may not be at the helm for the Pirate craft next year but this is probably only the imagining of the Winter league dope artists, who appear to have commenced +tcha wing me rag rather early this annum.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-03

opponents and took the game 8-5.
 The Boston Braves had a real team in the field and thanks to Kirk's stick work, they copped two from Brooklyn.
 In the 9th inning of the sCub-Pirate game, Cotter was sent to bat for Law ender and produced the lit that tied up the game When the 10th came around, Cotter went to bat in the turn of Archer, whom he had in the mean time relieved, instead of batting last on the list. No one woke up until Cotter had won the game with sin gle. Later, Manager Clarke of the Pirates wired President Lynch protest ing the game and without waiting for the decision the Cub management vol unteered to play the game over. Un- der the rules, Cotter was out as soon as he went to bat which would have made the game 8 tie. and B. The game is scheduled today.
 Boston, Oct 3-Several hundred Bos- tonians awoke, this morning, to find they had been the lucky ones whose applications for worlds series reserved seats had been favorably acted upon. The Red Sox management had prom ised to make the first award, tomor- row. All those who received notices that they can buy reserved seats went to Fenway Park to get the coveted pasteboards. Similar notification will be continued every day except Sunday until the morning of the first game here.
 Larry Mclean, the big catcher who is in bad with the Cincinnati manage n1ent, will probably sign with the St. Louis Browns if he can get away from Redland. Mclean is better than many of the major league backstops but he can't leave the old Kentucky rye alone.
 Harry Davis and Connie Mack had a secret session with the Red Sox at Philadelphia yesterday and tipped them on the Giants weak points. The Athletic players who batted against Marquard and Matty last season gave instructions to the Boston hitters.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-03
LARGE GALLERY WATCHES
 WOMEN GOLFERS TODAY

Manchester, Mass. Oct 3-Mrs. F.
 c. Wheelr, Jr., of Boston, and Miss Grace Temple, of St. Louis, were the first off the tee, today, in the third round of the wonen'S national cham pionship tournament the Essex links Following this pair were Mrs. E.. H. Fit1er, Philadelphia and Miss R. Barlow, Philadelphia, Miss Kath- erine Mellus, Los Angeles and Miss Marjorie Phelps, Boston. Miss Mar garet Curtis, Boston, present title holder and Mrs Caleb F. Fox, Phil adelphia- The largest gallery of the tournament watched today'e matches.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-03
(By Wagner.)

Jimmy O'Rourke of this city who has returned home after a fine sea son with the Columbus. American as- sociation team, says the Red Sox have one pitcher who has been overlooked by most fans in the worlds series talk. Watch out for Hall, the Mexi- can pitcher with the Sox, declares Jimmy. T played against him in the American association before he went to the big league and he is a heady twir1er. He has lot of stuff and is always cool. He has won IT games and lost nine this season besides fin ishing many games for other pitchers gets a chance against the Giants the McGraw men will find him 8 hard proposition.
 Bill Jensen, the big New Haven pitcher who was brought by Detroit, is booked to go to the Providence team next season. This is the Detroit farm and as Providence drafted Bugs Reisigl, the two New Haven stars will not be lonesome. Jensen was clouted for 3 safeties by Chicago yesterday and lost by to 5.
 The new football rules have not enabled the big colleges to have things their own way as many critics antici- pated. Look at the Brown-Co1by game yesterday. Colby is little, one horse college in Maine and you might think the crack Brown eleven would pile up all sorts of points but the final score was Brown 3, Colby 0. Then when you hear of that small Vermont institution called Norwich scoring nine points on Dartm outn and learn that Rutgers scored on Prince ton, you realize that the little fellows are still in the ring. Pennsylvania made creditable showing by beating Franklin and Marshall 30 to 0.
 Joe Jeannette and Sam Langford, the two fighters who have the best chance to beat Johnson, have been matched to fight in Monte Carlo next February for s20,0OO. They will go 30 rounds
 Larry Lajoie beat the St Louis team when he cIouted a high one, for two bases. He drove the sphere into the deep left and scored two Cleveland players
 Again the umpires made fair deci-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-03
TWO FTRENfF1N DISMISSED. Another Fined Two Weeks Pay By Waterbury Public Safety Board

Waterbury. Oct. 3-Two firemen. Jos- were dismissed from the fire depart ment by the board of public safety last night, and a third, James O'Don- nell was fined two weeks pay Cos griff was found guilty of smoking in the hayloft Of one of the engines where Lieutenant Squirs was burned to death Sept. IA, and with entertain ing women there, while Finn and O'Donnell pleaded guilty to the charge of drinking while duty and in uni form.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-03

out of the house of her father To the town clerk they gave their ad- dress as Midd1efeld,. Pt. After the ceremony at the home of the clergy man the couple declared they had no money. They told their story to the proprietor of a local hotel who gave over night. They registered at the hotel as from Middlefeld, Mass.
 Highway Contract Awarded.
 Contracts for road building have office of the highway commission: In Litchfield, Carlo Bianchi of South Birmingham. Mass, was awarded a contract for 12,775 feet of gravel on at $1.27 linear foot. In Thomas ton Louis Longhi & Brother were feet of gravel on the Torrington road, at $2.58 linear foot.
 Accepts the Call.
 Rev James R. Hewitt of Freern ont, N. H, has accepted the pastorate of the Congregational Church at Cole there October 6.
 On License Question.
 Towns which will vote on the license question on Monday: Litchfield, Win Canaan, Cornwall, Goshen, Harwinton, New Hartford, North Canaan Ply mouth, Woodbury.
 Loss By Fire.
 Fire started in the boarding house in Torrington occupied by H. w Graham Friday and caused damage amounting to $1,200 before the flames were eXting guished. None of the occu- pants was aware of the danger they were in until pulled out of bed by the fremen. They were gotten out in Scanty clothing.
 Violation of Game Laws.
 Deputy Game Warden Rosenbeck, of Harwinton, caused the arrest Sun 6au nf Jnhn T0nPinna Frank Gernese for violation of the game laws. The officer, while SCOUT ing the woods saw the two men with dog and gun, apparently looking for game One seeing the officer De- Pippa hid the gun, which was found by Rosenbeck: It was loaded and were found in DePippa's pockets. In court DePippa pleaded guilty and was fined $1O and costs, amounting to $21. The case against Gernese was nolTed.
 Homer l.. Wanzer. Homer L. Wanzer, former mem New Fairfield and who represented New Fairfield in the constitutional convention, is dead at his home, aged 65 years. He was Democrat and had held the office of first selectTnan for many years.
 Fined For Contempt Peter Shaw. a farmer of Salisbury, | was before Judge WeIch of the court l of contempt. He was suInm oned to 1 appear jury1nan, but failed to 1 show up or notify the court as to the l cause of his failure. He explained ] that he is alone on a farm, two and | one-haf miles from the railroad sta- ton. and that it was impossible for l ed hour. Judge We1ch reprimanded 1 him and imposed a fine of $5 and [ costs of $11.96. The fine was remit 1 ted upon payment of the costs.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-03
DAVE SMITH DOES WE'LL
 AGAINST FREDDY HICKS

Boston. Oct. 3-Dave Smith, Austra- Han. could sell his own stock above par today if that were possible be- cause of his great showing, last night against Freddie Hicks, of Cleveland. Smiths work showed great class Hicks was game to the last in the 12 round affair but the decision against him was popular among the Pilgrim A A fans.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-03
HARVARD COACHES WILL
 DRILL TEAM ON DIE

Cambridge, Oct 3-Fro1n now on for the next week, Harvard coaches will put their main efforts on instruc- tions in defense. The squads were di- vided into two teams, today as yes- terday, and the men were driven harder than any crimson squad ever was driven, this early in the season. Coach Haughton spread the word, to, day, that mo man, not excepting Captain Wendell, has made this years team so far,' and that every candi- date must fight for his place