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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-01
HOW BILL MURRAY
 PASSED UP BROWN
Pittsburgh Scout Didn't Think Former New Britain Pitcher
 Had Goods

zil31 Murray. scouting for the Pitts ,burgh club, is doing the Eastern as- ,eocfatfon to sSe what he can pick up lfn the way of hitting outfieIders. and Kit is a sure bet that he will take tanre look at any one who shows lpromfse with the stick Murray made one mistake in connection with a ball player in this circuit a couple or years fz~o, and when he was reading over the results the man he passed up had shut out the Detroit Tigers With SIX hits and nary run
 Murray made his mistake when Carroll Brown was pitching great ball fer Dan O'Nei1's New Britain team.
 The Pirate pitchers weren't going well and Manager Clarke sent Mur- ray and one of the SPittsburgh pitchers ! ssp to see Brown work The New ] Britain boxman was beaten that day, to c. but he pitched great ball, and s1yRxefl supposed he would be taken and that Dreyfus would set the price himself, that being the way business was done between O'Nei1 and the fP1ttsbHxrgh magnates.
 But Murray and the Pittsburgh pfayer reported to Fred Clarke that Brown was simply a good minor fleasue rrakcher and that he didn't have enough class to warrant the Pirates with taking a chance on him. That rspor4 rrettIed O'NeiI and he allowed that Clarke couldn't get Brown then if he gots down and begged.
 At the end of the season Brown was sold to Connie Mack for $2,50O. "a figure far below his .ssetIzaA worth. He had done fine work for O'Neil, who to1d him to. pick the club to IIvvhSch hefVeanted to go and that he would do the rest Last year the youngster won 18 and lost Il and lwaa carefully nursed by c. Mack. This year he is credited thus far with 1z victories and only defeats, his Derceutage being even better than that of the wonder9u1g club with which he fis pla5ings
 Murray, is now engaged in. looking over Ray vVo1fe Of Pfttsaeld and Ben r,se Kas1ff- of Rartford He was so much impressed with inc work of both in Pittsfield that he came to Hartford yesterday to watch them again.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-01
SPALDINGas OFFICIAL FOOT BALL 7'Vaea <s-2 GUIDE PUBLISHED.

An sut1erringi Sign of the coming au- tun1n, despite@tFe altitude of the ther- mometer, is the appearance of Spald- ing's Official Foot Ball Guide, edited by Walter Camp, which is published at this early date to allow the coaches and players to fanniliarize themselves with the rules. Tn addition to the lat ter, the book is as voluminous as ever, and contains resume of the past season in the shape of reviews of the game in various sections of the coun- try, the annual All America selection by the editor and additional All Amer icay and sectional college and scholas- tic eIevens by leading newspapers; rec or ds of the last season; records of dual games in prominent colleges since their inception names Of authorized officials as selected by the Central Board on OficiaIs; college notes; coaches, man agens and captains of college teams, with the position played by the latter; pictures of hundreds of players, ern- bracing all the leading collegiate and scholastic teams, and a great deal of other interesting information
 The Guide will be sent to any ad- dress in the United States or Canada upon receipt of 10 cents by the pub fishers, the American Sports Publish ing Company, 21 Warren street, New York City.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-01
COLLEGE PLAYERS IN
 DEMAND IN BIG SHOW

Summer baseball may be cr4uninal In the eyes of the college professors a. menace to pure, immaculate amateur athletics, and all that sort of thing. but the varsity star who has won his letter and passed muster before the big league scout need not worry over his future" said Frank Chance man. ager of the New York Yankees, recent ly in discussing the mooted question.
 The publicity given Jim Thorpe, the Carlisle Indian and champion alI- around athlete of the world. by virtue of his achievements at the last OIynn- pic games, has revived the old familiar agitation anent professionalizing col leges ball players.
 One look at the baseball records suffice to show that many major league stars now in the spotlight at some time or other played with a
 varsity nine. Perhaps I would have blossomed into a major league dentist but for the fact that loved the game of baseball. I attended Cooper Dental college and Washington university, at 1rvington, Cal, and the chances are I might have gone along with my, nose to the grfndstone utterly unKnindful Of the good things to be had once success was achieved in baseball togs
 Hastily scanning the names of stars in the National and American leagues former college men-I am pleased to ACoA II IhoCl 1211l6I1cd 5 lIlSLItuLlOn9 or learning have supported major. league baseball with enough stars to stock an entire team.
 Pause moment to consider the tal- ent available for the pitching depart ment- There's Chriery NGathewson, of the Giants, once the slab 1dc1 of Buck nell fans; Doe White, the veteran southpaw of the Chicago White Sox, who came up from Georgetown; Jack Coombs, iron man r1ght-hanaer, of the Athletics, who treated Che Chicago Cubs to three successive beatings dur ing the worlds series of 1910. Jack broke in after attending Colby.
 Two of his pals on Connie Mack's wonderful machine, Chief Bender and Eddie Plank, must be labelled ex-coI- legfans: Bender learned his lesson at Carlisle and Plank won his while twirl- ing for Gettysburg
 Many great players have come out of the University of Notre Dame, in- cluding Big EP Ruelbach, of the Cubs.
 Jimmy Lavender, of the Cubs, a Fight-Flander, is from Georgia. Tech Ray Collins, southpaw of the Boston Red Sox, started his career at the Uni-] versity of Vermont. Here we have al slab staff of eight admitted world beat CTS.
 Back of the plate might name as two foremost receivers Bill Carrigan, of the Boston Red Sox, who got his start at Holy Cross, and John Meyers, of the New York Giants, 3. good In- dian, who studied at Oar tnoutfl. Thus the batteries are accounted for"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-01
NEW RECORD IN WORLDS
 OLDEST OF PAsTIDIEs

There is just one sport in which the ancients could excel the moderns, and that is archery, oldest of all pastinaes. l,Of. course, in the good old days be fore the Invention. of firearms and other improved methods of killing people, the bow and arrow were in- strume of war as well as of sport, and the nation that did not have an army of archers was doomed to ex- tfnct1on.
 The record made @last month in France by Ingo Simon, who shot an arrow 459 yards inches, while con sidered remarkable by the archers of today, would have made Robin Hood and his merry men laugh in derision. At the tournaments held in Sherwood Forest the least expert with the long bow exceeded Sinon's record, and Robin Hood was said to have shot 800 yards.
 The archery revival in America be- gan in 1893, whenstfae use of the long bow was taught at Kenyon College, Ohio After a time interest in the sport died out again, but it was re- vfved in 1877, with the organization of a club in Oakland, Cal. The Amer ican Archery Association held it's first cha mpionshfp tournament thiFty-hVe years ago, and among those who took part were Dr. Edward B. Weston or Chicago, W. H. Clark of wyoming, O. ana Ene 6eV w. D. D. VI 9S VI AA0J- enne, Wyo., all of whom participated in the 1912 tournament held a year ago in Boston. The flight shoot rec ord at the 1912 tournament was 229 yards 1 foot.
 simon's recent record, the longest since 1794, was made with a Turkish bow of buffalo horn and antelope sinew, over two centuries old. The longest distance with modern yew bow at the same meet was 236 yards
 In old days in England participa- ton in the archery meets held on Sundays and holidays was obligatory upon all servants and workmen. Yew bows were considered the best, but, owing to the scarcity of yew, only per sons of some social standing were per 1nitted to own bows made of that wood. According to authorities, the average range of the yew bows of those days was from S20 to 400 yards
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-01
Mad Paul of Ruasia.

Russia's first Paul was ne less in- sane than his father, Peter III, al- though his madness was longer in manifest1ng itself. So violent was his hatred of the revolutionary round hats, a fashion imported from France, that one day he sent POO police and dra- goons to SCOUT the streets of St. Peters burg and tear them from the heads of all who wore them. He banished all the cabmen from his capital because one of them was found with a pair of pistols on him. Hundreds of his off cers and courtiers were sent in chains to Siberia for a glance or word that dispIeased him, many without any cause at all, and he sent an entire regiment on a 2,0oo mile march be cause in drilling it had failed to un- derstand one of his indistinct- words of command.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-01
PITTSBURGH GETS X KENT OF BROOKLYN National Commission Blocks Deal of Suggs for Knetzer,
 Former D0dger

Pittsburgh, Aug. When the Su- perbas trotted out on Forbes Field before the game yesterday, they were surprised to see Maurice Allen Kent, their former pal, who recently was re- leased to the Toronto club of the In ternational League, warming up with the Pirates. It turned out that the Brooklyn club sent Kent to. Toronto before receiving Pittsburgh's waiver. The Pirates claimed Kent for the waiv- CT price and he reported here.
 Kent twirIed one game for Toronto, but he was proven ineligible to per form for the Maple Leafs and the game was thrown out. It was said here tonight that the Brooklyn club may be fined for turning. Kent back to the minors without having received Pittsburg9ass waiver.
 The National Commission has block ed the proposed Suggs- -Knetzer trade between Cincinnati and Brooklyn, KnetzeF coming under the dve-year rule on account of his failing to re- port to the Superbas and joining the Federal League. A trade in which Brooklyn was to let Stack and Moran go. to. the Reds for Suggs almost was consummated. when President Ebbets ordered Dah1en to call it off. The Pirates need an outhelders badly, and it would not be surprising to see some trade made between Brooklyn and Pittsburgh before the Superbas leave town.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-01
YOUNG JOHNSTON
 WONDER AT TENNIS
Californian Shows New Yori, Enthusiasts Stuff That Made Q
 M'LOughIin Champion

W. M. Johnston of San Francisco. the youthful lawn tennis ''phenona. O. made his initial bow to New York fol- lowers of the sport yesterday in tha opening round of the New York State ctearnP1onship, on the courts of the crescent A C. at Bay Ridge
 His match against C. Naplrivef- whom he beat by the score og e-1 F-5, was the most attractive coutesf or the afternoon, and was played be- Iore a big gallery on the champion
 Johnston is the Pacific coast slngIeg champion, and made sops of the vet erans recently at Bongwood. EFe is. in fact, mild edition of AlcI.oughlln He serves the same, is there with the same forward chop stroke, and in one respect is an improvement on the Da- wis Cup hero, for he has a slashinE fine backhand.
 Although a mite Of a chan and weighing but 12o pounds. Johnson gave the ball some fearful waIIops when the tide took him, and everyone wonder ed where the power came from. Some thought the venom came from the shock of red hair, which Is a lighter hue than MeLousElin's and others were of the opinion that 1t might be caused by the freckles which Johnson shows in classic abundance
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-01
REMIRGTON-YOST TO
 PLAY CHINESE TOMORROW

The Chinese players of the Univers- ity of Hawaii will make a return visit to Brid dgeport tomorrow when they meet the Remington-Yost team at Yost field at 3:30 o'clock. A few weeks ago the same two clubs met, the local residents being the. losers in snappy AS contest
 The members of the Chinese team are all yellow men who are students at the University of Hawaii, where they picked up their knowledge of the American game from their American instructors. Naturally quick in their movements they bid fair to outdo their American rivals
 The visitors have been traversing the country since the close of school and have been meeting the best semi sprofessional and, college teams with considerable success. The Reming- ton-Yost team had been going along winningIy this season until they met up with the CeIestials who handed them their first defeat. Revenge is in the air, but the invaders look for an encore on their former stuff. Speed" Finn and Frank Mccormack will do the battery work for the Yost with the best in the local outfit to help them along.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-01
ANDOVER WILL SEND 18 CRACK ATHLETES
 TO YALE NEXT FALL

Andover, Aug. 1.-Out of the 1a sfh- letes who received a letter fin a 71afor sport at Andover during the past year. 2s will enter colleges Twenty three of them will go to Yale. Harvard Princeton, Dartmouth, Colgate and Massachusetts institute of technoloey draw one each. Yale has always been the greatest attraction for Andover athletes, but never before has 1t taken so large per cant. as it will thfs com
 Of the 1s who won the coveted "A- in football. 10 will go to Yale. one fo Princeton, one to Colgate. while efqht return to school Capt. Fault Of the team. who left school early In the spring, will, according to reports. en- ter Colgate. J. Sullivan, who also Ieft school before the year was out, hag planned to enter Princeton. Yale win get Wilson, the star ha1fback- ThomD- son, qusrter; Gould. ha1fback; Wiley. center; Hogg, Durfee, B. H. sheldeu. Badridge, Jones' linesnen. and Dan Hanna. IT,, manager.
 Of the second football team 1T. T. T., will get Durham, hafback, while Yale will get the other Durfes. Vylr- son, Cole and Whittlesey.
 Of the 16 men who were awarded their letter in track nine win prob ably to to Yale next year, one to EIar- ward and one to hassa achusetts Insti- tute of Technology. Yale win get Cap tain F9rs1EyY a sprinter, Nichols, a very good all around man at the weight jumps, hurdles and pole vault, A. C Barker, a sterling half miller, Hahn, a pole vauIter, Davis, a middle distance runner, Ciapp, murder. fgielsau. shot butter, and Meyers, a miller with z
 mark of 4nn., S2sec.
 Dillon, the manager and former baa- ketban captain Wi1I also go to Yale. Harvard will get F'eeney, a half-mi1er with a record of minutes. Is asc- onds; while M. l. T. will get Sullivan. high jumper Most Of the second string track men will return to Audo- yer next year. A few, however, win enter college Of these the best is BIu Haver, the best cross country runner in the school. He .is going to Harvard George Donovan. a miller, and a mem Der of the varsity cross country team. will go to M. l. T. F. Williams. anotH-- CT member of the cross country teara- will go to Yale. Dartmouth will gee Ferguson, a high jumper. Yale win also get Ke4log, pole vaulter; Carson. high jumper; Wilson, .shot-putter and w. W. Shelden, a hammer thrower. William Coles, the crack quarter-miler. who was kept oR the team because Of studies, will enter Syracuse
 Of the ten letter men in baseball. Capt. Wiley, Shell and Ames wlIl go to Yale as will also Manager Hamilton Scudder, who has taken the f'eEamsr' for Dartmouth, but there. is a chance of him changing his mind and going to Harvard.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-01
SOUTHPAW BURKE
 FOOLS CROSSMEN
Springfield Heaver Too Much For Locals Who Take White
 wash Coat
By Wagner.l

If Billie. Burke ever performed so we'll on the stage as her namesake did for Springfield yesterday, the Titan pied countenance on all the biIlboards in Springfield. The Pony southpaw had Bridgeport sewed up and the boys from Massachusetts downed the Cross men by to 0. After advancing to the plate all afternoon Bridgeport managed to strike three blows. One was double by Heine Batch. Ira Hallman and Jolly Jake Boultes col= 1ected the other two.
 Chic. RobertailIe was. the mound man for Bridgeport. The lighthouse keeper of Cohoes, N. Y,, was going well until the enemy ambushed him for three runs in the ffth,. but Longs errors were responsible for two of these. Tom Stankard got a home run in the eighth when Long nfsJudged his liner.
 There aren't many bouquets you could hurl at Bridgeport's playing. Jake Boultes did well at third and Buster Bowman was. in. good form: Joe Monahan turned back two run nerS who tried to steal second
 The score was c to 0 until the fifth when Cabrera singled and Young got life when Stow failed to cover sec ondf to get BouItes' throw on the grounder. Pratt sacrificed and Burke placed a. single in center Cabrera ran home and Young also counted while Long was kicking the ball Burke took second during the con fusion and counted on O'Harass hit. That finished the Crossnen. The score:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-01
TO-DAY IN PUGILIsrIo ANNALS.

1776-Harry Sellers became cham pion heavyweight of the pugflist=c world, then confined to England and Ireland, by defeating Peter Corcoran. The latter was an Irishman, and had won the title by defeating Dyer Bin'' Darts. The Hibernian was nnauled almost to death by Sellers, and there was great jubiIation in England over the result, and corresponding depres- sion in Ireland Sellers died not long after the battle, and was succeeded as champion by Londoner, Tom Johnson.
 1911-Joe Jeanette defeated Tony Ross in 10 rounds at New, York.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-01
Power of a Liantnina Flash.

1t is hardly possible to use iRstru- ments for the purpose of figuring the force of lightning, yet there are many other ways of calculating familiar to every mathematician. The amount of light given by single lightning flash is enough to HIimunate an area two miles square. The bolt itself would be visible several miles farther off, but the remOtest part of the region mentioned would have as much light as would be given by a candle, quite enough to read by. To produce such a light it would be necessary to expend 18,Oo0 horse power fer a second. These figures ap- pear very large, but the time is short. The Hash might be only one one thou sandth part of a second, but the tun- pression on tine eye would continue for a tenth of second anyway. Figured down to an exact hour, this amount of force would mean only about four rsepower.-EleotricN News. N7sm vuv,1evs Went 4 de Ou1 Tent e xVn-.sz
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-01
Ry Wagner.l.

S (By Wagner.) Manager Cross of the Bridgeport club is sore at the ruling of the ma tionaI commission ordering him to give up 25 per cent of his salary to satisfy a claim of $1,000. Cross says the ac- tion is unjust. He says that in 1911 when. he and shortstop Doolan of the Philadelphia Nationals had the Steu- benville, O., franchise, President More land of the league was notified by Cross of his intention to quit June 1. At that time salaries were all paid. e
 DooIan and a manufacturer named Schwartz of AI1entoss1. Pa-, then con ducted the club and it. went on thu rocks in August. Cross was surprised when the national commission held him responsible, particularly when President Hermann Of the cona1nis- sion. told him last winter he would not be bothered again.
 Umpire Red Rorty who offciated in this league, for several seasons, has been given job in the International league.
 President OsRourke has imposed a fine of $10 on pitcher Bugs Smith of Pittsheld who threw a ball over the stand in Hartford yesterday. Smith was sore because Manager ZelIer took him out of the box.
 In an effort to strengthen the hitting of the locals, Manager Cross has shak- en up the batting order. Buster Bow man has been sent back to second place and Heine Batch moved to third.
 Within twenty-nine miles of the end of his walk from New York to Min neapolis, Edward Payson weston left Saltwater, Minn., today expecting to arrive in St. Paul late this afternoon,
 A clear day, reasonably cool, with a light breeze blowing, made conditions almost perfect for playing the semi finals of the western tennis tourna- ment at Onwentsia, H., today. l.. IT. Waidner, the only Chicagoan remain ing in the mems singles was matched with Joseph Armstrong of St. Paul, who defeated the Illinois state cham pion yesterday.
 Clarence Griffin of San Francisco, who won weird match yesterday from Heath Byford, was pitted against William Blah of Lake Geneva.
 President O'Rourke said today that Manager Sam Kennedy of Waterbury has probably withdrawn his protest on that game in Springfield last week
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-01
INTERNATIONAL.

Keller Bros. are placing on sale for Saturday only a handsome line of La dies nightgowns, pretty in design and makeup, of an extraordinary value. Tn order that all customers may have an opportunity to secure at least one of these gowns it Is necessary to limit the allotment to not more than two a customer. An early attendance will enable you to take advantage of this offering
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-01
Aerial AnaEysis.

If the late Wilbur Wright ever had a romance he managed to keep the secret, and no one seemed to know However, he was not without views on the subject. A reporter once asked him why he had never married. Its the easiest thing in the world to drive an aeroplane.'' he answered. @eand it's just as easy to get married" Then he added, ''Women and aereplaRes are so much alike that you can't analyze either until you get them going"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-01
Randinn 4he Truth.

His Wife (at the other end>-We11, if you've already asked MT. Low to dine with us I suppose I'll have to manage somehow, but you know I don't like him. He Cat this end)-She says every things all right and she'll be tiekled to death to see you-Exchange
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-01

Two base Init, Batch. Home run, s5tankard. Hits, off Robertai1le 8 in 8 innings, off Snyder 1 in 1 f1nnfng. Sacrifice hits, McGamweIl, Pratt. Stol- en bases, Wilson, Hallman. Left on bases, Bridgeport 5; Springfield s. First base on balls, off Robettaille I; off Burke ?. First base on errors, Bridge port 1. Struck out, by Robertaille 3; by Snyder 1; by Burke B.. Wild pitch, Robertaille. Time, 1:45. Umpire, Do herty
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-01
s4rnnn Wnnan

Father" said little Herbert, "why doesn't mother travel with the circus ?"
 'eWhat could she do in a circus?''
 ''She might be the strong woman. 1 heard her tellfn' grandma this morning that she could wind you around her little dnger.s-Judge.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-01
STANDING OF THE CLUES

GAMES TO-DAY. Jersey City in Buffalo. Newark in Montreal. Providence in Toronto. Baltimore in Rochester.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-01
International League.

YESTERDAYS RESULTS, Buffalo, 8; Jersey City, 2. Newark, 6; Montreal, 5. Rochester, IS; Baltimore, 3. Toronto, Il; Providence, 4.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-01
American League.
YEsrERDAY,s REsuTrs.

New York, 3; Chicago, 1. St. Louis, 4; Philadelphia, 8. Detroit, 4; Washington, 1. Cleveland, 5 Boston, 2. Cleveland, 4; Boston, 2.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-01
srANpINa oFs THFi CnUBs.
GAMES TODAY.

New York in Chicago. Brooklyn in Pittsburgh. z Philadelphia in Cincinnati Boston in St. Louis.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-01
Eastern Association.

YESTERDAYS RESULTS. Springfield, 5; Bridgeport, O. AIeriden, 1; New Haven, 3. Fs*4sfield, g.; HarEford, 2. f-stv London, 2; Waterbury, 1h Waterbury, 6; New London, 2.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-01

So far none of the railroads nave put up signs warning the engineer to Stop, look, 1isten,'' on account of the automo obiles.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-01
National League.
YEsTERBAY,s RESULTS.

Chicago, s New York, 4. P1ttsburgh, 8; Brooklyn, g. P11flade7p1ta, g. C9nciImata, A. Boston, 6 St- Louis, 5.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-01
srANDNG or THE CLT1Bs.
GAMES TODAY.

0AMElo IODAYs Chicago in New York. Cleveland in Boston. St Louis in Philadelphia. Detroit in Washington.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-01

is so disgTlsted at2the poor playing of the Cardinals that the entire team with the exception. of Manager Hug gins has been put on the block. Here's a chance for somebody to get first baseman Konetchy or pitcher Bob Harmon.