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The Winslow mail., 1913-04-05
NATIONAL FOREST
fire LOSSES

Inc Dopdr JDlonI Ol agriculture
has been figuring up the losses
by fire on the National Forests
for the calendar year 1912, and
finds that they were the lowest
of recent years. Less than one
acre to every thausand of tim
bered land was burned over, and
the total damage is estimated at
SIS, 290, or less than one dollar
to every 1000 acres Of area.
The good record is attributed
to, first, favorable weather con-
ditions in most localities, and
second, the increased efficiency
of the fire fighting organization:
AS congress makes. available the
means of extending the system
of communication of the Nation
al Forests, the equipment of
trails, roads, telephone, and
lookout more quickly and fought
more rapidly.
An especially good showing
was made by the Forest officers
last year in extinguishing fires
outside the National Forests be-
fore they reached the Forest
boundaries. Such fires constitu-
ted more than one-sixth of all
fought by the Forest rangers and
guards. About nine-tenths were
extinguished before they reached
the Forests. Of the fires within
the Forest boundaries more than
78 per cent were on lands in pri-
vate ownership. Nearly one
fourth of the extra expenditures
due to fighting fires-that is, ex-
penditures outside the time of
the regular Forest force-was in
Cured in fighting these fires.
Lightning caused more fires
than any other agency, followed
by. railroad campers and incen-
dairies, in the order given. The
greatest losses occurred in Ari-
zona, Arkansas and California,
in which states there was also the
largest proportion of fires caused
by lightning and incendairism.
About 27 per cent of all the fires
were caused by lightning, and
about 80 per cent were due to
carelessnesa. The proportion in
each case was, practically, the
same as in the previous year.
The total number of fires was
2, 472, as compared with 1869 in
1911. They burned over, in the
aggregate, 100000 acres as
against 7SO, 600 in 1911. Califor-
MIA led all states in total number
Of fires, and in the number caused
by lightning. Arizona stood
second in both of these classifi-
cations. Arkansas stood fourth
in total number of fires, and first
in those of incendiary origin, with
California second. The one nat
ional Forest in Kansas had only
one fire, which burned over less
than ten acres and cost 81. II to
extinguish. North Dakota had
no fires on it's one small Forest.
Of the 2, 472 fires, over Is per
cent were put out before 10 acres
were burned over, and nearly SO
per sent before one-quarter of an
acre was covered. Only 112 fires
caused damage of more than
81, 900 each.
The Winslow mail., 1913-04-05
Cough Medicine for Children.

Too much care cannot be used
in selecting cough medicine fer
children. 1t should be pleasant
to take, contain no harmful sub
stance and be most effectuA.
amberlain's Cough Remedy
meets these requirements and
is a favorite with the mothers of
young children everywhere. For
sale by all dealers. i
The Winslow mail., 1913-04-05
Notice

Your street tax of $500 for
the town of Winslow is now due
and must be paid in cash or labor
on the streets and alleys. All
persons between Il and so years
are subject to this tax.
T. H. SHUFLIN,
Street Supervisor.
The Winslow mail., 1913-04-05
FOR SALE: Four good 25-

foot lots, adjoining. All or two
for sale to any person. Lots
near DR.. SIMPSONS residence.
Apply at Mrs. Donaldson's or at
the Bank of WinsloW. .%
The Winslow mail., 1913-04-05
St. Paups Episcopal Church

Services will be held Sunday
evening at 8 p. m, at St. Paul's
Episcopalchurch. Sunday School
at 10. Morning service at IL.
The Winslow mail., 1913-04-05

Get into the Suit Club now GO
ing on at the Bee Hive Store and
get fine suit made to your mea-
sure cheap. +
The Winslow mail., 1913-04-05

When in need of fine made to
measure suit at the right price
call at the Bee Hive.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-10
WHY DO SPORTS WANT VETERANS TO DO
COMEBACK" STUNTS? HANLON LATEST

ern, Aurelia Herrera and Battling
Nelson. He began to decline in 1905
and lost a contest to Kid Herman OF
Chicago at Los Angeles and in the
following year was knocked out by
Dick Hy1and in 10 rounds. He fought
his last long battle the next year when
Owen Moran of England defeated him
in 20 rounds. Since then Eddie has
been living in Frisco and has refereed
a number OF contests. He might be
able to weather through the four
round bouts with inferior boys, but
for q rea 1contest-ueVer. Better let
the boy remain in retirement.
This comeback stunt also recalls
the efforts of some Philadelphia
sports to resurrect the once famous
Peter Maher, the Irish giant, but the
suggestion met with such frowns that
the promoters backed up at the prop
osition. In Milwaukee some Of the
real good o1d-timers wanted to bring
Charlie Neary back into the game, but
the boy had too much good sense and
declined to sanction any such move.
1t might have been just as well to get
Benny Yanger back into the game
and match him against some husky
youngster, or better still, match Ben
ny and Charlie, for they were rivals
in 1904 and some fighters, too.
Let the youngsters have their time
and forget about trying to bring the
veterans back into the game.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-10
FOUR LEAGUES START
BASEBALL SEASON TODAY
National, American and Southern
Leagues and American Assocfa-
ton Now Under Way.

This is getaway day not only for the
National and American leagues, but
the Am erican Association and the
Southern League as well, and, with
the Pacific League already in active
ing for the fans from coast to coast.
western and Western leagues will start
their pennant races, and then the
hoarse and raucous cries of the root
ers will go up from diamonds and bull
letin boards in every part of the con-
tinent from New Orleans and Los An
geles to Montreal and Vancouver.
Among the leagues that start to-
day, the National and American and
the American Association will get
plenty of publicity in the news col
umns, but the Southern League has
been somewhat neglected by the
scr1bes of other sections. The Dixie
organization boasts of a president who
has "done time in the United States
Senate. and in that respect certain
ly has the edge on other circuits. Will
liam M. Kavanaugh, of Little Rock,
has long guided the 5destinies of the
tanned in office despite the fact that
the Arkansas capital was long since
dropped from the circuit. Senator
Kavanaugh, who has been president
of the Southern League for eleven
years, was never professional play
err but he boasts baseball finger
that resulted from an injury received
in his college days.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-10
M'GRAW'S TEAM
CLEANS UP YALE
Louis MiddlebroOk of This City
Stars for COllegianS in
DOubIeheader

CARRIED in their new uniforms with
violet trimmings. Johnny McGraw's
doughty Giants presented themselves
for dress rehearsal on the Polo
Grounds yesterday. The Champs of
Harlem, Brooklyn and other National
League possessions met the Yale col
legians in the first bargain matinee
of the season of 1913, and snatched
both affairs from the loyal sons of Old
Eli Yale.
at the aggregation from New Haven,
and in a sfive-inning fracas subdued
the wearers of the Blue by score of
2 to L. The real Champs took on the
Yalensians in the second fray, and
COPIED at odds of 5 to 2. The sec
ond section of the double bill went
the full route.
Jim Thorpe also made a fine i'm
preston in the first game. The In
dian got under the only ball waited
in his direction in real big league
STYLE and in the fourth inning he
picked the first ball served to him
for a smoking double. Jim subse-
quently scored what proved to be the
winning run.
Claude Cooper, the brilliant outfie1d
recruit, also shone brightly, but like
Thorpe he had only one chance in the
field. In his first time at bat Cooper
drew a pass, and the second time up
he chased in his sides first run with
an inf1eld single.
Schupp, who pitched the last six
innings for the Giant Regulars, also
looked to be the goods. His rising
southpaw curve had the Yalensians
baffled and they made only two hits
off him.
The Yale pftchers-Scott and Gle
did fine work, and held down the
Giants much better than most of the
minor league pitchers in the South.
T1z haa frsr- av1te,
would have done little scoring. A
pretty stop by Reilly in the second
game and Midd1ebrook's work in CEN
tire field were the leading features.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-10
DETROIT STARTS
WITHOUT TY COBB
But Georgia Peach Disbands His
Transforming Team for
Present

Detroit, Mich, April fo-President
Frank ]. Navin, of the local American
League team, declared yesterday that
he was prepared to face the coming
season without Ty Cobb, star centre
fielder and champion batsman of the
league. Cobb, who drew $4,000 a year
for the past three seasons, is holding
out for $4,000.
Navin declared he will make no
further inducements to the Georgia
Peach. He has instructed Hughie
Jennings, manager of the Tigers, to
disregard Cobb in his calculations.
Tyrus was missing today in ST. Louis
when the Tigers made their first blow.
Cobb is in a fair way to put himself
on the "black list" He has talks en-
command of a team known as the
''hoIdouts," which was to have played
an exhibition game today in Annis-
ton, Ala. The game was cancelled at
the instigatfon of Cobb. He wired the
Admission promoters:
"Disband for one week pending
definite news from Detroit. Hold en-
gagement until you hear from me-"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-10
LEADING BASEBALL
MAN DIED 81 YEARS
AGO TODAY IN CHICAGO

One of the great men of baseball,
William Hubert, founder and long
president of the National League, died
in Chicago thirty-one years ago TO-
day, and the fans and players Of the
old circuit are talking of erecting a
fitting emorial in his honor. Hull
bert was elected to the presidency of
the oldest major league shortly after
its organization in 1876, and held the
office until his death. During his
incumbency the gamblers threatened
to kill baseball, just as they have sue
ceeded in aDolishing racing in the
United States, and only the genius and
firm and unbending attitude of Presi-
dent Hubert saved the professional
game from dying in infancy. Chica-
go certainly owes Hubert a memoir
tel. for, next to baseball, that city held
first place in his affections ct would
rather be a lamp-post in Chicago than
the mayor of any other city on the
face of the GLOBE hubert used to
say
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-10
FLYNN TO
ANNUL MARRIAGE
Yale Athlete Wants to Return
to College When Freed
from Bride

New Haven, April 1o-Friends of
Maurice Bennett Lefty Flynn of
New York city, the former Yale full
back, said last night he will seek an
nulment of his marriage Immediately.
Flynn has gone to Europe and will
travel there for the present His
elopement in November with Irene
Leary, a member of the chorus in the
Winter Garden, was followed by his
setting up housekeeping with his
bride and refusing his parents re-
quest to leave her. His mind changed
later, after his father had made a
careful investigation of the affair, and
he had agreed to a programme which
calls upon him to file a petition for
annulment on the ground that he was
under age when welded.
F1ynn's Yale friends expect that he
will return to the university in case
he is freed from his bride. His re-
turn to his studies after his elope-
ment in November was declined by the
faculty on the grounds that he had
contracted a notorious marriage
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-10
COlLEGE PLAYERS TO
HAVE SUMMER LEAGUE

George Huff, athletic director of IL
1inois University, together with Pres
ident Ban johnson of the American
League and Hugh Fullerton of Chica-
go, plan to make a radical revolt
against amateur baseball as practiced
in the colleges. Mr.. Huff says: "Ann-
ateur rules don't make amateur ath-
letes. they make amateur liars" The
revolt is directed against the Amateur
Athletic Union. The announcement
is made in the current issue of Col
Her's National Weekly.
The plan is to form a college lea
que, composed of eight or possibly 10
clubs, made up of Undergraduate
players from American colleges. The
mana gers of these teams will be man
ayers or coaches of college teams Or
graduate coaches. The president of
the league will be George Huff. The
season will begin about July 15, and
a schedule of II games will be play
ed.
The games will be played at Ameri-
can League parks during the absence
of the maor league clubs. or at Ma
tional League parks. 1t is planned
to have the season end about Septem-
Der L, and the players will be paid a.
salary for their work, together with
their hotel and travelling expenses.
A percentage of the gate receipts
will be put aside to esta b1ish a fund
to endow scholarships in universities
and colleges. All the contests will
be under the Jurisdiction of the Ma
tional Commission.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-10
LEFTY HIGH NOT
WORRYING ON JOB
Former Hartford Player Satisfied to
Go to International League.

Lefty High, formerly with Hartford,
refuses to be worried over the pros
poet of his being beaten out of the
utility job with the Detroit club by
Ray Powell, another recruit Says
High: eff Powell can beat me, I'll be
the first one to congratulate him. He
is a fine ball player and fine fell
low, and there will be no hard feel
ings on my part whichever way our
fight for a regular job with the De-
troit club may turn out know
that L still have a lot to learn about
baseball, and If I am sent to the In
ternational league to learn it, will not
be the least bit sore. I'll try my best
to make good wherever they shift me,
and by doing that may be able to get
another chance in the big league next
year.
st am young and have plenty of
time and should 1 fail to make good
up here this spring, will not be dis
couraged. It is a big jump from the
Connecticut to the American league,
or even to the International, and
whichever way things come out, am
sure of a better job and a better sal
airy than I had last season.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-10
YALE BALL TEAM
LOOKS GOOD TO
NEW YORK SCRIBE

In sizing up the Yale baseball team
a New York writer has the following
to say:
Last year Yale carried a STAFF of
eight pitchers, but early this year
Coach Quinby advised Blossom to cut
it down to four. He did so, and the
most promising thus far are Gle,
Brown, Sherman and Ripley. Gile
stands six foot one inch and a half
weighs 100 stripped, and is an over
hand speed pitcher. Dutch Carter
says that this boy has the maIzings,
and such a modest endorsement from
Dutch means more than a column
in a Sunday wrtte-up.
Buster Brown, who is a strong
side-armed right-hand pitcher, has
been pitching just as good ball as Gle.
Sherman is a 'spitbalP artist, and Rip
ley southpaw In addition there
is a string of others, any one of whom
may yet disp1ace either of the first
four mentioned. For the infleld Rid
dell at first, Cornish at second, Bios
som at short, and Reilly at third make
make a combination far above the av-
erage, and all of them are good with
the stick.
REILLY is touted as find Blossoms
ability is known, Ridde1 is a good
batsman and Cornish holds his place
SO far against Shear by reason of his
batting ability. Cornish is a foot
ball player, who is making GOOD az
baseball. and Pumpe1Iy, whose drop
kick saved the day for Yale at Prince
ton last fall, is another football play
err whose batting ability is keeping
him in the lead for an outheld posi-
ton, along with McGhie, Schof1eld and
Middlebrook.
Ryan would have been a sure mem
Der of the team this year, had he not
been put out by fracturing his ankle
while practicing sliding the bases. If
the ankle mends even as late as May,
he has a chance of still winning his
letter.
Behind the bat Yale is fortunate in
having two catchers, either one or
whom would be considered exception
al material on any varsity team.
Hunter, who started out on the East
ern trip as the first string backstop,
was injured at Washington, and Bur
dette has been taking his place. 1t
seems to be a toss up as to which
man will get the place."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-10
CARELESS PITCHERS
BOTHER CATCHERS
livingston Former Athletic Star,
Declares They often Hurt
Backstops.

Paddy Livingston, Toledo catcher
and formerly with the Athletics and
Cleveland, says his greatest trouble
with a minor league pitcher lies in his
constant tendency to cross the recetv-
er and throw some other ball than
the one called for, says the "Cleve-
land Plain Dealer"
.AII the young pitchers seem to do
it some time or other" says Paddy,
land the catchers always dread to
reason
And this, of course is not without
reason. Half the broken fingers in
the league and many other minor in
juries received by catchers in the
course of a season can be said to be
due to the dreaded crossed ball,
when the pitcher, made nervous by
the yells of the crowd or the jeers of
the opponents, throws some other ball
than the one the catcher signals for
When he sees the receiver going
far back of the plate for the ball
he has missed, or worse yet, sees a
broken finger dangling at the end of
the backstop's hand. only then does
he realize what he has done.
The youngsters alone are not al
ways to blame. Sometimes some of
the older twirlers get absent minded
and throw some other ball at the
catcher than the one for which he sig
nailed and only become aware of the
oversight when they find themselves
the object of some vigorous language
issuing from behind the bars of the
catcher's mask.
Me for the old Athletic pitchers
ended Paddy, with a sigh. Those
were the boys for you. Never a fin
ger signal would 1 use at all. Just a
nod of my head, or a wag of theirs,
sometimes not even that, and then
back would come the ball with a
speed of a rifle bullet straight into the
hole called for
-Ah, it's only when man has been
working with such masters in the art
of pitching that he fully comes to
realize what wonderful men they are,
how perfect in their control, how cum
ming in their knowledge of the weak
ness of the opposing batsman, and
how well aware of the fact as to when
the runner expects to go doWn-then
to help their catcher all they can to
get him Those are the pitchers for
you, and those are the men who never
cross you Me for them every time.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-10

perience, and this materially aided him
in reducing his opponent to state of
shelplessneSs in four rounds.
The contest was a lively one from
smuggling standpoint. Both men
showed a willingness to give and take
and many hard blows were landed.
Kearns scored the first knock down
in the second round, when he caught
Delaney on the jaw with a hard right
swing. The blow was delivered with
full force, and as Delaney arose at the
count of nine Kearns started in to
finish the contest, but the bell saved
Delaney. The latter came UP re-
freshed in the third round and f1oored
Kearns with a straight right punch
on the jaw. Kearns took the count
and during the remainder of the bout
kept away from Delaney.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-10
SOLDIER KEARNS WINS
FROM BOXER DELANEY

Three ten-round bouts were staged
last night at the Atlantic Garden A.
c., New York, two of which went the
limit, while the third was stopped by
the referee in the fourth round to save
Soldier Delaney from being knocked
out. There was plenty of rough and
tumble fighting, but science was at a
discount. The feature event brought
together two heavyw lights, Soldier
Kearns and Soldier Delaney, both box
ers weighing over 200 pounds. Kearns,
who at one time was widely advertis-
ed as a possible contender for stellar
heavyweight honors was easily the
master of the situation. OF the lit
tie science displayed by the pair
Kearns made the best showing. In
addition he had the, advantage of ex-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-10
NAVY PITCHER BLANKS
CORNELL IN HITLESS GAME

Annapolis, Md, April 1O.-The
Naval Academy won at baseball
from Cornell yesterday afternoon by
to o, only twenty-seven batsmen
facing Seibert, the Navy captain and
twirler. Seibert did not allow a safe
hit or permit a runner to reach first.
He struck out thirteen men and Sc
cured four assists without an error.
Only one ball was knocked out of the
diamond by Cornell. Seibert's feat
was one of the most remarkable ever
seen here.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-10
THIS DATE IN
PUGILISTIC ANNALS

1750EJack Slade won heavyweight
title by defeating Jack Broughton in
England
18S6-Jack Dempsey was presented
with belt embIenatic Of middIeweigh t
championship.
1906-Jim Barry put away two men,
Morgan and Space, 1 rourd each, at
Decatur. Ill.
- 1908-Johnny Summers knocked out
Soldier Burns in 18th round at Ba1ti-
more.
1911-Eddie McGoorty defeated Pat
O'Keefe in Is rounds at London.
1912-Johnny Dundee outpointed
Tommy Houck in 10 rounds at New
York
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-10

age but like many
fighters he has
seen his best day
and cannot hope
now to make a
showing against
the up to date
lads; in fact, he
could only hope to
take a beating. He
is too game a lad
to be sent in for
any such work.
He started fight
ing when he was
only 16 years of
age in 1900 and
he met the best
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-10
RY Wagner.l

Danny Hoffman, the veteran former
Philadelphia Athletics outfieIder who
makes his home in this city, an
nol1nces that he has retired from the
game. He played with st. Paul in
the American Association, last year,
season. Hoffman made his start IN
this league with Springfield in the
days when Roger Conner ran the club.
He was secured by the Athletics and
was a success from the start. He
afterward played with New York and
St. Louis in the American League, and
two years ago was sold by st. Louis
to Indianapolis of the American AS
ISOLATION. He went with st. Paul last
year.
Chief Snyder, who has been a mem
Der of the Holdout club, Joined the
Bridgeport players in practice at New
field this morning. Snyder has not
signed the papers yet, but it is ex-
pected that an agreement will be
reached in a short time.
For the game against the Newfie1d
team tomorrow afternoon Manager
McCann will use Russell and McGin-
ley behind the bat. McGanwelI,
Bowman, FTannery and Silzer will
complete the infield. and Phillips
Leid and Butler the outfieId. Jake
Boultes will be permitted to warm the
bench for a few days SO the young
sters can display their wares. Three
young pitchers will be turned loose
against the Newfields for three in
nings each. Stratton and Frey will
probably be the Newfie1d battery.
The national board has handed down
a decision giving Outfielder Christmas
Carroll his freedom from the Bridge
port club. Carroll was suspended
last year and was not sent a contract
this season.
Hi Ladd has sold his Stratford ave-
nue. pool room and is now a private
citizen. He plans to play ball Sat
urdays and Sundays and spend the
rest of the time collecting his rents
Jimmy O'Rourke writes that he is
playing third base for the st. Paul
club and is in great condition for the
American association season which
opens today.
Bob stow was a spectator at the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-10
BY T. S. Andrews.

Some of the sports on the Pacific
coast must have the comeback bug
bad. Not content with trying to
force Jim Jeffries into another effort
to return to the arena and make a
fool of himself they are now suggest
ing that Eddie Han1on, at one time a
clever and game lightweight, return
to the rank and take on some of the
present day light weights in short
bouts.
Eddie Hanlon is still young. being
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-10
ROYAL BLUE ATHLETIC
ASSOCIATION WANTS GAMES

The Royal Blue Athletic ,associa-
ton, local coIored baseball team, has
organized for the season of 1913, and
are open for games from all fast am
ateur teams, in or out of town. They
would like a practice game for Sun
day m morning at Wireless Field, Beard
sIey, ST., with any fast team desiring
a workout. Address all commune
cation to R. P. Clay, Mgr, Care, G. w.
FairchfId & Sons, 997 Main ST., City.