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New Britain herald., 1914-08-12
SMITH WRITES CORRI.

"Gunboat" Smith, the American heavyweight who lost his fight to Georges Carpenter in London on foul, has set at rest the many ab- surd reports sent to America relative to the decision by writing the follow ing letter to Eugene Ccrri, who of- ficiated as referee:
 Royal Hotel, Hayling Island, July 22.-Mr. Corri. Dear Sir: I am writ ing to tell you how sorry I am that you had to be humiliated as to the de- cision which as referee you gave in my fight with Georges Carpenter. I feel as though it is only my duty to let you know that I fully understood your position, and I know you acted in the way which you thought was honest and fair.
 "If ever I have the occasion to fight in England again I shall be highly honored and pleased to have you act as third man in the fight. Yours in true sport,
 Edward (Gunboat) Smith,"
New Britain herald., 1914-08-12
LEAGUERS PLAN TO
 TACKLE PIONEERS
Pennington Team, of Valley League, Will Be Sunday Afternoon Att
 traction This Week.

What is expected to be one of the fastest games of the year will be staged at the Pioneer diamond Sun day when the fast going Pennington team of the Valley league will make its initial bow here. This bunch of ball players are making a hard fight for first place and it seems to be be- tween them and Collinsville. How ever, the Pioneers expect to take them into camp and at the same time boost their standing about the state.
 Among the Pennington players will be seen Eddie Goeb, a former Pioneer and Eastern leaguer. He is the lead off man and plays left field. Rourke and Ross will cavort around second and third respectively and Barrett, who tried out with Hart ford, will catch all flies to center. Elliott, one time Hartford High school phenom., is to hold down shortstop and Wilkie will play first. Right field will be protected by Bronson and the battery will be Daily and Goldberg. Many local High school rooters will remember Gold berg's pitching for Hartford against the wearers of the red and yellow.
 Ahern or Johnson will twirl for the Pioneers and McKeon will be on the receiving end.
 Umpire Larry Mangan will call the game at 3:15 o'clock
New Britain herald., 1914-08-12
ECAN'S WEIRD THROW
 GIVES AWAY 10 CAME
Locals Die Hard in Brass City:
 Paddy Green Shines.

After Woodward had passed two men in the second inning of yesteh days game in Waterbury, Egan, the local catcher, threw wild to third base in a vain effort to stop McKu- len, who stole second and third. The later then romped home with the only score of the day. Woodward pitched steady game, but the one run lead was enough to defeat him. On the merits of earned runs Waterbury did not score a single tally, but the com- bination of two passes and a wild throw brought in their needed tally.
 Seven of the local wallopers were retired on strikes by Joe Grey, a Wa terbury recruit from Pennsylvania, and he allowed but four scattered bingles. Woodward, however, wax but little more generous and six hits were made off his del very. The score:
New Britain herald., 1914-08-12
FEDERAL LEAGUE.
Another Even Break.

Chicago, H., Aug. 12.-The Brook feds split even in double-he with Chicago yesterday afterno oon. Tom" Seaton held Tinker's crew tn two hits in the first game and Brook lyn won. 2 to 0. With A. Rankin Johnson pitching air-tight ball in the second game, Chicago won, to 3.
 The opener proved to be pitchers duel for seven innings, and honors wepe about even up until the eighth, each pitcher allowing two scattered hits.
 The second game introduced James Bluejacket. He did not show much against Tinkers men, however, for they sent him to the "cooler'' in six rounds with ten base hits out of his system. The score:
 First Game. r. h. e. Brooklyn OO % 0 0 0 1 1-2 6 Chicago % 0 0 0 0 0 o co 3 2
 Batteries-Seaton and Land; Hen drix and Block.
 ..... Second Game Brooklyn oooo2 o-3 2 Chicago OO11 10 o 0 -5 IA 2
 Batteries-Bluejacke Houck and Chappelle and Land; Johnson and Block.
New Britain herald., 1914-08-12
POINTS RIB CRACKED

It develops that Fred Wehrell, the Pony outfielder. will be out of the game for four or five days because of a cracked rib. In the double-head d : CT with Hartford in Springfield over a week ago the Pony fielder collided with Mickey Keliher of the Connecti- cut team and thought no more of it until Sunday, when his side bega n to pain. An examination by phy- sician yesterday revealed that a rib was injured in the collision.
New Britain herald., 1914-08-12

Boe-~-- --~~ but h. --as had some thing to do with it. The smile is largely due, however, to the fact that in the recent series between the Braves and the Cardinals Whitted was directly responsible for winning two of the games. His smile seemed to say to Huggins, Now, you're sorry you let me go, aren't you?' Whitteo usually cavorts around third base, but recently Johnny Evers has been laid up and George has been subbing at the second cushion.
New Britain herald., 1914-08-12
KOPF IN CONDITION.
Local Wizard Is Ready to Step Into
 Infield at Moments Notice.

Latest reports from the camp of "Bill' Kopf, the New Britain boy, is in the pink of condition and is ready and eager to step into Barry's shoes at the first moment that vet eran shows signs of weakening. At the present time Barry is going good and Connie Mack doesn't want to break up winning combination
 Tn letter to this city Kopf states that his team is to play an exhibition game in Canada this week and he will probab bly get a chance to make the "Canuks" sit up and take notice.
New Britain herald., 1914-08-12
GAMES THIS WEEK.

Tuesday-New Britain at Water bury, Hartford at Springfield. New Haven at New London, Bridgeport at Pittsfield.
 Wednesday-Spring at Nar, Britain, New Haven at Hartford Bridgeport at Pittsf1eld, New London ar Waterbury.
 Thursday-New Britain at Shrine. field, New London at Bridgeport Pittsheld at New Haven, Waterburv at Hartford.
 Friday-New Britain at Springfield, Pittsfield at New London, New Haven at Bridgeport, Waterbury at Hartford
 Saturday-New Britain at Bridge port, Hartford at New Haven, Water bury at Springfield, Pittsfield at New London games.)
New Britain herald., 1914-08-12
PITTSFTELDER IS. SOLD.

Roy Wolfe, right fielder on the Pittsfeld baseball club, has been sold to the Chicago American league club. Terms of the sale are not an- nounced, but Wolfe had orders to report to Chicago on the 18th, when the team starts it's series with the Boston Americans at Boston. Ar engagements were made, however, to allow him to finish the season With Plttsfeld. Fans are sorry to see Wolfe leave Pittsfield, but glad he is going higher. He is a hard hitter and last on the bases. Last season he stole thirty-seven bases and has twen- ty-seven to his credit this year.
New Britain herald., 1914-08-12
New Haven FizzIes.

New London, Aug. 12.--If those athletes wearing New Haven uni- forms have any serious intention of finishing better than seventh, they will have to show more than they did at Plant field yesterday After carrying the Planters into overtime, the White Wings wilted away in the tenth inning like ice cream before a gas range. As a result the league leaders continued their monopoly on victories by winning, to 3. Stupid playing by Mangus, followed by a wild peg to home plate by the same per son, gave the locals the needed run after two had been retired
New Britain herald., 1914-08-12

This is George Whitted of Durham, N. G., where the cigarettes come from. See his smile? You can't miss 1t. Why does he smile? We'll he was traded to Boston by the St. Louis Cardinals in the deal that took Per due to Miller Higgins team. Boston was then in last place, but within month was in second place and giv
 ing the New York Giants a scare. Of course Whitted is not responsible for this rapid rise in the standing of the
New Britain herald., 1914-08-12
|bRESNAhAN MAKES
 WAR0N ZIMMERMAN
both;Ban6hed -Xalty Loses Second , Consecutive Came Braves Tic.

Brooklyn, Aug. 12.-The War spirit Npervaded the atmosphere yesterday at EbVoets field. and it grew so keen after ithe fifth inning chat :Heinie" Nimmerman and Roger Bresnahan resorted to arms to settle their diff ferences. They mauled each other on fhe Chicago bench until their follow 4players interfered, and then MT. jEason. chief umpire, acted as media 8tor and prevented more strife in pub 11ic by ordering both players from the ffield. The Brooklyns won the game, B to 2, making 1t three straight from thesCuhs. but their victory was }Cnly anxinctdental feature to the 1no- apromptu bout staged by Zimmerman 9Rnds Bresnahan.
 Trouble was presaged in the fifth nnnfag when Zimmerman made a I1audable effort to put through a dou- fhle play. The Dodgers, two runs be- hind, filled the bases, with none out. Otto Miller hit to Zimmerman. who made a force out at thtrd, but his throw to Safer to retire the batter went wild and two Dodgers crossed ythe plate. Bresnahan could not jet this error go unnoticed, so he mean dered down to third base to ex- press his views to Zimmerman. Peace, however, prevailed until the side had been retired and the Cubs had gone to the bench.
 There hostilities were quickly opened. The two players grappled. and while few of their teammates endeavored to separate them others stood before the dugout to shield the ,beIngerents from the gaze of the spec aators. The bout was brief and neither man had an advantage when the players pried them apart.
 The score:
 r. h. e. Ea,icago ...2O0-O 00O 0-2 8 3 Brooklyn 100 0 3 1 0 0 0 s-3 g 1
 Batteries-Humphri Vaughn and Archer; Bresnahan, Ragan and Mill er.
New Britain herald., 1914-08-12
HOSierS Break Even.

Indianapolis, Aug. 12. - Indian apolis and Baltimore divided a dou- ble-header here yesterday, the home team winning the first game to 8 and the visitors the second, to 4. Kauff's fielding was a feature of the first contest and timely hitting was responsible for both victories. The score:
 First Game.
 r. h. e. Indianapolis 3O10O 2x-7 ii 1. Baltimore 1O101 0 O-3 12 Batteries-Quinn and Jacklitsch: Kaiserling and Rariden.
 Second Game.
 r. h. e, Baltimore 2 1 O1 % 1 O-5 5 2 Indianapolis 20 0 0 0 o 0 2 O-4 g Batteries-Connelly, Suggs and Russell; Billiard, McConnaughey and Warren.
New Britain herald., 1914-08-12
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Maps Are Shut Out Twice.


 Chicago, Aug. 12.-Cleveland failed to score a run in either game of the double header yesterday and Chicago naturally won rboth. It triumphed by the same score in both games, ? to O.. Wolfgang, a. recruit, pitched the locals to victory in the first. with Mitchell the victim. Cicotte and Morton in dulged in a pitching duel in the second, each allowing three hits, but the local twirler had the better sup port and won for that reason. The scores:
 r. h. e. Cleveland 900 0 0 o 0 0 % 6 4 Chicago 0 0OO1 0 1 x-2 ? Batteries-Mitchell and O'Neill; Wolfgang and Mayer.
 r. h. e. Cleveland % 0 0 0 0 0 co 3 ? Chicago i O O1 o 0 x-2 8 0 Batteries-Morton, Crombe and Egan; Cicotte and Schalk.
New Britain herald., 1914-08-12
Waterbury.

Two-base hit, Heath; stolen bases, McKillen 2, Robertson, Jones, F1an- nery; sacrifice hits, Woodward, Schlagel bases on balls, off Wood ward 4; struck out, by Grey ', by Woodward 3 hit by pitcher, by Grey (Zeimer) left on bases, Waterbury 6, New Britain 6; bases on errors, New Britain I; time, 1:10; umpire. Keenan,
New Britain herald., 1914-08-12

fielder, is the property of the Cleve- land club. He was a college star in Georgia, and is related by marriage to Ty Cobb. Ginn is very fast. The humorists have been asking if Ginn's first name is Hickey.
 Now just imagine what a nice thirsty combination it would make if pitcher Tincup, of the Phillies, was also the property of Cleveland.
New Britain herald., 1914-08-12
Schulz Holds Kanfeds.

Kansas City, Mo. Aug. 12-Schulz was master of the situation at critical periods and Buffalo defeated Kansas City to 2. Score by innings
 r. h. e. Buffalo % o 2 0 1 0 O-5 8 2 Kansas City OO2OOO O-2 4 Batteries-Schulz and Blair, Allen: Adams Stone and Brown.
New Britain herald., 1914-08-12
Latest Best and Nost Accuute Sporting News o e Day

single by Luderus sent in Magee with the winning run.
 r. h. e. Pittsburg 1 0 5 0 o 0 o 0 0-4 10 0 Philadelphia 70 2 0 o 0 0 3x-5 12 i Batteries-O'Toole, Councilman and Gibson; Alexander and Killifer.
New Britain herald., 1914-08-12
Giants Beaten By St. Douis.

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 New York. Aug 12.-Christy Math- ewson and his fellow Giants went down to defeat at the Polo grounds yesterday, but it took more than the Cardinals to do the trick.
 The St. Louis team was aided and abetted in their nefarious work by a raging thunder storm, which arrived just in time to stop the game, while the visitors were leading by to score. The rain was heralded by a cannonading of thunder over Coo gan's Flats which started in the third inning, but the deluge held off until the five innings had been completed, which made the contest an official game. Hard luck!
 The "OId Master started off badly, but he seemed to be improving as he went along, and there was every in dication that the Giants would have overcome that one-run lead had the rain held off, But it didn't
 The Giants were saved from worse beating by a magnificent throw by Bob Bescher in the fifth inning, which cut off run at the plate and ended what looked like a Cardinal rally. In that inning the Cards got three men on bases with none out, but Mathewson frightened up and managed to retire the side with Bescher's aid without a run having been scored With three on bases and one out Miller drove a long fly to Bescher, whose throw to the plate caught the fleet Huggins by 8 few inches.
 The score:
 r. h. e. St Louis .......0 1 0-3 New York ........O 1 1 0-2
 Batteries-Doak, Griner and Sny- der; Matty and Meyers.
New Britain herald., 1914-08-12
Paddy Green shines.

The contest resolved itself into pitchers duel of big dimensions. Paddy Green and Johnny Lower we're the servers and both pitched gilt edged ball. An error by Mccormack in the sixth unnerved Lower and set the Planters in a position to tie the score. Lower yielded eight hits. while Green held the opposition to six. three of which were credited to Hack Angermeir, New Haven's slug ging catcher Green capped his brilliant performance by flaming ten- men Mangus, Reugg, Miller and Lower were sent back twice,
 tContinued on Ninth Page.)
New Britain herald., 1914-08-12
FEDERAL LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Results.

St. Louis 4, Pittsburg 2.
 Indianapolis '. Baltimore (first game).
 Baltimore 5, Indianapolis 4 (second game).
 Buffalo 5, Kansas City 2.
 Brooklyn ?, Chicago 0 (first game).
 Chicago 5, Brooklyn 3 (second game).
New Britain herald., 1914-08-12

Games Today. St. Louis at New York. Chicago at Brooklyn. Cincinnati at Boston. Pittsburg at Philadelphia.
New Britain herald., 1914-08-12
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Results.

Yestcrday.s Results. St. Louis 3, New York 2 (Game called at end of fifth; rain). Philadelphia 5. Pittsburg 4. Brooklyn 3, Chicago 2. Boston 0, Cincinnati (Called ir thirteenth; darkness)
New Britain herald., 1914-08-12
Standing of Clubs.
Games Today.

New Haven at Hartford. New London at Waterbury. Springfield at New Britain. Bridgeport at Pittsfield.
New Britain herald., 1914-08-12

Boston is in a state of ferment over the showing of the Braves, and hundred rooters are coming down for this weeks series at the Polo Grounds. To-day's game in Boston will be called at o'clock so the players can catch a 5:30 train for New York. The idea is to get in a night of undisturbed slumber to be fit for Thursdays fray. If rain pre- vents to-day's game the team will leave at 1:30 o'clock.
 Matty has lost three games out of four since the Giants returned home The Reds, Cubs and Cardinals have beaten him, and he's pitched some pretty good ball while losing at that He is shining as a batter, too, with one to two hits per game.
 Walter Johnson "comes up smiling after each defeat" He's done a lot of smiling this year.
 Speedy Foran, formerly with New Britain and recently released by Waterbury, has caught on with Northampton of the Twin-state league.
 Here is the riddle" man once more: eff the New Britains die in last place will Waterbury the team ?"
 Eight of the best known former Connecticut leaguers now playing ball on the coast in the Pacific Coast league seem to be getting along in fine shape. Rodgers, the old Water bury infelder, is leading the league in stolen bases, with f1fty-five to his credit, some 16 more than his nearest rival and owns a batting mark of .301. Maggert, 300. Page .259. Metzger .227. Litschi .2SS. Zacher .2S6 Ar bogast .255, and Guest PAS, are the others.
 Flannery, canned by New Britain last week has rejoined the Water bury club.
 Benny Kauff, last years senator, ranks third among the Federal league batters. He is hitting .36S for In dianapolis.
 Ty Cobb has been paid about s20o a game for the games he has taken part in with the Tigers this season. He is getting s15,O0O a year. and he has played in about half of the scheduled games thus far this year.
 Ginn, the young Waterbury out
New Britain herald., 1914-08-12

Old man Hoey, of Hartford, ex- celled with the bat again yesterday, getting two timely doubles. He never used to pull off those stunts when he played with New Britain.
New Britain herald., 1914-08-12
EASTERN ASSOCIATION.
Yesterdays Results.

New London 4, New Haven 3 (l0 innings).
 Hartford 5, Springfield 1. Waterbury l. New Britain 0. Pittsfeld- Bridgeport; rain
New Britain herald., 1914-08-12

Rube Schauer the Giants young southpaw, is the only Russian player in big league, ball. He was born in Odessa, and never played ball until 1910, and hadn't even seen a baseball in 1901.
New Britain herald., 1914-08-12
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Results.

Yesterdays Results.
 Chicago 2, Cleveland 0 (first game). Chicago 2, Cleveland 0 (second game). Other clubs not scheduled.
New Britain herald., 1914-08-12
Not a Run in Thirteen Innings.

Boston, Aug. 12.-Lefty Tyler and Leon Ames indulged in pitching duel for thirteen innings yesterday. Neither team was able to score, Bos- ton because of Ames fine pitching and Cincinnati because of Boston's fine fielding. Ames allowed only five hits, walked one man and hit an- o+her Tyler was hit ten times and passed four.
 The score:
 r. h. e. p,eton .O0OO0OOOOoOO0-0 10 Q Cinc;nn,ti OO0OOO00O0Ooo-O Batteries-Tyler and Gowdy; Ames and Clarke,
New Britain herald., 1914-08-12

New Haven also lost on hard luck yesterday. New London scored the winning run on a wild throw by Mangus.
New Britain herald., 1914-08-12
Phil,ics Pound O'Toolc.

Philadelphia, Aug. 12.-Philadel- nria won yesterdays game from Pittsburgh by score of to 4. In the eighth inning the home team drove O'Toole off the rubber by mak
 ing four. singles before a man was put out.
 Councilman took O'Toole's place and
New Britain herald., 1914-08-12
Diamond Dnst

That was hard one to lose yes- terday. But accidents will happen in the best of families. Now for R-r-r-r venge this afternoon.
New Britain herald., 1914-08-12

Woodward only walked four men yesterday. He is steadying down con- siderably and deserves to win.
New Britain herald., 1914-08-12
Standing of Clubs.

Games Today. Buffalo at Indianapolis. Baltimore at Kansas City.
New Britain herald., 1914-08-12
Miners Take Series.

St. Louis, Aug. 12.-St. Louis took the game from Pittsburg by to 2 and made it three out of four for the series. The score:
 r. h. e. St. Louis 1 0 2 0 i 0 0x-4 Pittsburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 O-2 Batteries - Barger and Berry: Brown and Simon.
New Britain herald., 1914-08-12

Games Today. Cleveland at Chicago.
New Britain herald., 1914-08-12

Benny Kauff, last years senator ranks third among the Federal league batters. He is hitting 36S for In dianapolis.
New Britain herald., 1914-08-12

F1annery, canned by New Britain last week, has rejoined the Water. bury club.
New Britain herald., 1914-08-12

Ty Cobb has been paid about s2Oo a game for the games he has taken part in with the Tigers this season. He is getting s15,Oo0 year. and he has played in about half of the scheduled games thus far this year
New Britain herald., 1914-08-12

Ginn, the young Waterbury out
New Britain herald., 1914-08-12

Here is the riddle" man once more: eff the New Britains die in last place will Waterbury the team ?''
New Britain herald., 1914-08-12

6Continued on Ninth Page.)
New Britain herald., 1914-08-12

Speedy Foran, formerly with New Britain and recently released by Waterbury, has caught on with Northampton of the Twin-State league.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-05-07
sen. MARITIME TO
INTRODUCE BRYAN
BILL IN SENATE

WASHINGTON. May Gov.
ernment ownership and operation
OF the mines IL the real solution OF
the Colorado situation. Represent
ative Bryan's bill has my hearty
endorsement and II will have my
strongest support when II reaches
the senate" said Senator James
MARITIME Of New Jersey today.
MY experience IN investigatiNg
the terrible conditions in the West
Virginia strike. where iawless gun
men and thugs In the employ Of the
coal companies fired into the min
ers' tent camp. just as they have
done IN Colorado. and where state
mliitiamen suspended all the con-
stltutional guarantees OF the peo-
pie, convinced me that private own.
ership of the mining properties OF
the nation can no longer be toler.
ated. In my report on the West
Virginia situation ! recommended
government ownership.
Il intend to Introduce Into the
senate either the Bryan bill or
some suitable modification OF IT.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-05-07

ing to confess crimes | have never
confessed before-holding up a
train at Kansas City is one of them.
My real name is Ralph Fariss.
The name of Bostick was as
sumed to evade arrest.
Takes to Cigarets
was born In Ottumwa. Iowa.
February IA. 1890. My father has
always been railroader, My
mother is a good woman.
When | was four years old my
family moved to Fresno, Cal. From
that time up to the age OF = |
lived the life of the average boy.
Then | learned to smoke cigarets.
by the time was 10 had found
II so easy TO steal money and jew
elry out of my own home to buy
cigarets. candy, go to shows. etc.
that | soon fell into the habit OF
supplying myself with money that
way
Runs Away From Home
When | was 10 my family moved
to Bakersfield, Cal.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-05-07

10 lose IFS. and | want 10 come back
in my reincarnation In the best pos
sible form. though ! know | shall
have to suffer In the next life for
the sins of this,
have offended the law and ! am
ready TO pay the penal :.
believe | could do more good TO
society to repay the wrongs ! have
committed, by living life in pris-
on and writing my experiences for
the warning of others-but | can
20 to my death Just AS easy as any.
thing. for | am not afraid.
Don't Leave Home
did not mean to Kill Horace
Montague.
Everything was awhirl in my
head In that struggle on the night
of December /. 1913. when ! pulled
the trigger that sent him to his
death--and. geod Cod how gladly
would | die to bring him back.
Boys. don't leave home. u YOU
haven't home. make one.
In this story of my life | am so