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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-26
SO CARS PIER HOUR.

The Ford Motor company recently adopted a new system for the final assembling of cars which gives a v1s-
 itor to the plant an astonisfningly WY i'd impression of the significance of the Ford output. When one sees 30 rear axles grow to real motor cars
 within an hour and what was, a com
 parative1y few feet away. an inert
 piece of metal roll out the door com pleted, complicated automobile running under it's own power, words fail Here tofore the final assembling of Ford
 cars was a matter of showing a sec ton of a partially completed car onto
 a group of men,. who put in another next group Cars were thus kept
 moving along in four long rows. The same system now prevails, the assem- bling being done in four rows, each 900 feet long, but each one of the four rows has the advantage of a new arrange ment in the way of a conveyor. With the aid of the conveyor production is speeded up so that the line produces 30 completed cars in an hour There is very keen rivalry among the work
 men of the four different assembling lines. At the beginning of the as- se4nb1ing line is a heap of rear ax1es. These are showed along from group to group. until the skeleton of a chas- sis with wheels is evolved. Then the conveyor is reached This son sists merely of two endless rows of revolving steel wheels, set in grooves on which the car rests Each car is coupled to the one in front, and a
 power device with coupling attach ment and starting lever shoves the row of coupled skeletons up the line. Every few feet stands group of Workmen, under their own foreman, whose duty is to do one simple oper- ation in assen bling. One group fas- tens on the gasoline tank; another drops in the complete engine; another fastens the steering apparatus in place; another puts on certain bolt, etc. The long line of skeleton cars. always growing a little more like a real automobile every few feet, moves just slowly enough over the rollers of the conveyor to give each group of men time enough to do one special job Naturally there can be no loaf ing. As soon as a radiator is on or a gasoline tank arranged, the next car has crept5 up and is waiting to be similarly treated. The factory is so arranged that these various parts of the car are easily accessible. Some
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-26


 tieeably greater than in the past few months, will increase Rapidly frdm this time on and that there will in all probability be an actual shortage l Of cars in the popular price class by the first of April
 MAKING OF COMMERCIAL TIRES.
 From between the heated steel rolls of a big. calendar machine, comes an almost transparent strip of rubber, but a small fraction Of an inch in thickness. Caught on a rim, it IS wound round and round. In the next room several men are lifting into the curing rnoulds, great solid tire, ca pablo of bearing easily 8 load which would diseQurage a percheron-
 The thin strip of gum, to the un- initiated, does not show much prom will enable it to carry tons of. weight; at the same time having a maximum resiliency, combined with the highest wear resisting qualities 1 It is the old question of compound
 again, together with knowledge of
 compound if made up of the right chemicals in correct quantities with l Up-River Fine Para gum, gives the right foundation for the tire. Then is necessary design or pattern. scien- 1 tiically correct
 When the hard base is used, the gum as it comes from the calendar ma chine is wrapped layer layer direct i Iy on the rim on which it is to be used When the right thickness has
 been reached, the tire, which at that
 stage, plainly shows it's construction,
 is trimmed to the right shape, and if
 it is to be of the continuous variety, lis cured
 The curing process changes the many layers of gum to a homogene-
 ous mass and vulcanizes the tire to
 the rim so securely that separation from the saw-teeth under any condi- 1 tions,, is impossible If the tire is to I have a notched tread, skiIleo men cut
 the notches scientifically correct, leav- ling a continuous rubber base. This base absorbs all shocks com
 n11nicated to 1t by the notched tread l Distribution of strains in that way prevents excessive wear of the tread i and effectual1y prevents shocks in fuS, volume from reaching the machine. I In tires. which are to be of the side ! wire variety, steel cross wires are in-
 serted at right angles to the base. I These wires less than an inch apart extends lightly beyond the tire on
 each side. During the cure, rubber
 and metal are vuleanized together and I become practically one
 In service. side wires running par
 a1leI to the rim are sprung into place
 over the tips of the wires and hold i the tire immovabIe-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-26
NOT DAUNTED BY SNOW.

In spite or the deep snow and in- tense cold which prevails in Canada at this time of the year, Miss Mabel R. Wilcoekson has never ceased to enjoy regular spins on her motorcycle through the parks and boulevards Of Toronto Miss Wdlcockson only sIearned to ride a.motorcyc1e last sum mer. She has a side-car attachment ard frequently takes her girl friends on long rides. The riding costume worn by Miss Wilcockson consists of a divided skirt and Norfolk Jacket. The skirt has dome fasteners down the front and back so that it can be fast ened up to look like ordinary skirt A close-htting motor cap completes the outfit
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-26
ONE ARMED MAN DRIVES OAR.

Mir W. B. Smith, of ,Unadilla, N. r.. claims the distinction of being the only licensed chauffeur in the state or New York, having but one arm. Also. he is proud Of the fact that he does all the work himseh that is necessary in connection with keeping a. motor car in perfect condition. MT. Smith says: 'tIt may sound like difficult thing. but have never experienced any real trouble in driving the car
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-26
Held Free From Negligence.

As plaintiff, driving a single horse and buggy, came to the top of a hill, she observed defendants, in an auto mobile about 100 feet distant, coming up the slope. Plaintiff's horse mani fested some fear and stopped. He then began to back, and finally back ed against a bank. Plaintiff signal ed the defendants to stop, and also called for help. One of the defen- -dants who operated the automobile stopped within about rod of plain tif's horse, and both defendants came quickly to her rescue. The horse backed the right wheel of the buggy in such a, way as to break it, which resulted in plaintiffs falling out and sustaining an injury to her leg There was no collision with the automobile, nor did the horse run away. Held that there was no evidence of action Table g1igence.-Gearhart vs. Stou- del, 143 N. w., Towa1 499-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-26
Not Entitled to Recover.

Suit was brought by 9 policeman of the city of Des Moines, Ia., to re- cover damages resulting from col 1ision between the car in which he was riding as guest and the car of the defendant. The evidence show ed that the car in which plaintiff was riding was being driven at careless and negligent speed by the driver. The defendant contended that plaintiff could not recover as he had the au- thority, by virtue of his office to con- trol the drivers movements and that he had failed so to do. The court so held
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-26
wHAT THE oouRrs sAY.

A question has recently been raised in Iowa as to whether an auto1nobiIe' is exempt from execHtioyEs under the statute which provides that debtors under certain conditions, may exempt from execution "a team, consisting of not more than two horses or mules, Or other vehicle, with the proper har-#
 ness or tackle. by the use of which he habitually makes his living *% *'' The contention was made that an au- tomobile was vehicle, :" within the meaning of this act. On this point
 the supreme court of Iowa, said in
 part: "An automobile is vehicle
 within this law. It serves the pur-
 poses of a wagon or other vehicle
 That 1t is a vehicle there can be no
 doubt. and that the motive power is gasoline in stead of horse or horses is not material under the exemption law
 Not Due to Interior Oil Plaintiff brings action for. damages
 alleged to be caused by the use in his automobile of 1ubricating oil fur
 nished by the defendants Evidence held that fhe pladnt1n has failed to show that the oil was defective, the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-15
WRESTLING BOUTS IN
 NEW YORK ARE FUNNY

The ancient sport of wrestling, at which every contestant was a cham pion of somewhere, had an inning at Madison Square Garden, New York,
 ast night, when twelve grapplers, each announced as a representative of some nation, came together in an elimina- ton tournament The matches fur nished more comedy than wrestling skill. Although all the contestants were so-called champions, no titles were won or lost last night, and the wrestlers will carry the same titles during the season. The entry list on several notables who were not on GUS HjaImar Lundin, Neil Olson, and lesser lights.
 The real swrest4ing contest 5of the tournaTnent was that between Gustav. F'ristensky and George Lurch.ssF ris-s tensky was the stronger of the pair and better grappIer, but Iure11 sevad- ed a fall for thirty seconds. They went at it again after as short rest and Fristensky pinned his opponent's shoulders to the mat in five minutes. There was real action every minute in this bout and the farcica1 antics of the others were noticeably miss ing. Gsn@ ss
 Tn the final bout Mort Henderson, an fensive wrestling against Alexander Alerg, the Finn, but the latter was too strong, and he finally succeeded in getting fall after 21 minutes of fast work Alerg was the aggressor all the way, and had many dangerous holds on Henderson, but the latter escaped one after another.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-15
THAT COMMERCIAL
 SIDE OF FOOTBALL
Yale aIfd Harvard Showed Prof N it of, $1OO,OOO on Last
 Years Campaign.

Some months ago former Captain .Ketcham of Yale, spoke dramatically of the fellows out there battling for Yale and country. We all recall that the distinguished captain voiced this grand sentiment when the public pre- stunned to suggest that football players be numbered so that the game might be simplified.e Compnercia1ism in football? Horrible! Yale scoffed at it, Harvard derdded it and some of the little fellows who blow along with the wind couldn't see it through the Lick telescope. Dartmouth favored the idea, but then Dartmouth didn't fig ure as Harvard had dropped her off the football schedule for getting too gay with the Crimson on the grid iron.
 In a nutshell, the public, when it tried to break in on college spirit, was told to run along ana sell it's news papers. The public. Who ever heard of the public? And what did the pub- lie know about football, anyway
 Let cornmercialism sway college at11- letics, the university wise men said, and the whole fabric of college sports would go to smash.
 At the end of the season it was found that Yale and Harvard had both passed the $10O.0O0 mark in football receipts. But what did that matter? There is no commercialisn in a trifling affair like $100,000. That is just incid dental to the game. If the public separate itself from so much cash to see football games it should know better. It should have a guard ian Ask the football authorities of the big universities.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-15
ENGLISH POLO O.STS TO
 ARRIVE HERE MAY 8

New York, Jan. 15-The English polo players, four of whom will be selected to play in the games of the international match for the West chester cup at Meadowbrook June, will arrive here on May B. Two weeks later the English polo ponies, 37 in number, will arrive here.
 The cup chal1engers. will come di- rect from Spain where they will take part in the early spring practice games. They will have only a month to practice as the first game is sched- u1ed to take place on June g. Last year the English poloists arrived six weeks before the games started. They claim that they began to sstale off'' in their physical condition just before the games commenced. In order to prevent a. similar occurrence this spring the players decided to practice to the opening of the gamess,s U y Last year the ponies arrived a month before the games took place. Now it is proposed to have them reach these shores about 10 days be- fore the games begin The trainers of the ponies believe that the ponies will show to better advantage under this schedule than if they were aI- lowed to arrive here a month ahead of time. Ten days will just permit them to recover from the effects of the sea voyage and put them on edge for the big matches.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-15
DIR. WHARTON MAY
 COACH PENN LINE : NEXT CAMPAIGN


 west Philadelphia Jan. 15- Though nothing definite has been done reeardinE assistant coaches at Frank lin Field it is known that neither Si Pzuxtis. who coached the ends last fall. nor Gus ZeigIers who handled the Ifussrnen. will return. Pauxtis and zeizier have both expressed their in- teufion of retiring from football, the former to take up his rapidly growing lexal practice, and the latter to enter engineering
 Their successors have not yet been determined upon. though it is weR known that Head Coach Brooke and the football committee favor Dr. Buck Wharton as line coach and will make efforts to procure his services for the 1914 season
 lit is still doubtful if Dr. Wharton can accept the offer, as he is tied up -rifh his professional dutier, and an attempt was made to get Vincent Stev- enson, Pennsy1vania's former great quarterback, to handle the backheld men. but Stevie is unable to arrange his business affairs W
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-15
BRITISH. BLAME LUCK
 FOR YACHT DEFEATS

During the last forty years British cha11engers have been defeated ten times in contests for the American Cup. But it seems that with a mod crate amount of luck the British should never have. lost the trophy. Here is the story taken from the Sporting and Dramatic News:
 ..As ali the world knows, the cup was taken from us by the schooner America in 1851, and she had to meet a fleet of seventeen British yachts, only four of which would be called really frst-class racers Only two of the four were large or powerful enough to be able to face the America with a chance of winning under the system of time allowance then in force.
 These two yachts were the cutters Alarm (the best British yacht of her day) and the famous old Arrow. When off Ventnor, Arrow got ashore. Alarm stood by to help her, and thus the two most famous British yachts of the day were put out of the race.
 ''In spite of the fact that she was -123 tons snn alder. than the America, the British yacht Aurora would have saved her time if tn . race had been sailed under modern system of time allowance"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-15
Tt'S All Here
YAMADA DEFEATS
 EXPERT CUTLER
Japanese Billiard Artist Surprises American Player In lh.rd
 Block

Playing excellent billiards under the new Al ba.lk line style Kodji Yanla- da won the third block of the match between himself and Albert Cutler in New York last night The score was 500 to 466, the Japanese expert com ing through with a squirt in the final innings of the evening match.
 In the afternoon part of the match Cutler added to the lead that he had run up during the first two blocks of the affair by making 200 points while Yamada. was taIlying ITO.
 In the twenty eighth inning Yamada gave a fine exhibition of cue work and ran 32 points. This seemed to rattle Cutler a bit, for he fell down, and the Jap clicked off 57 tallieS in the twenty ninth inning before he stopped. He got the eleven points he needed in his next two tries, going out in the thirty finst inning.
 It was the first block the Jap has won, but with the total score to date Cutler 1,466, Yamada 1,423, he still has a chance to win in the 2,5o0 points the match will run.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-15
BtAMES SCOUTS FOR
 SLUMP IN DETROIT

Detroit. Mich, Jan. 15=President Navin holds the poor. judgment of his former scouts responsible for the fail ure of Manager Jennings to rebuild the Tigers when the old championship team went back, rather than blaming the manager for the way the new men were educated He has fired an the old bunch except Jim Mcclure and taken on new ones.
 eAn owner does not like to kick on the work of any of his scouts. but in the past have been tipped of. to player after player who, after scouts I, sent to look them over had reported they wouldn't do. Nleres taken on by some other club and became stars. One or two cases of this kind wouldn't mean anything. but a. lot of them is another thing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-15
YOUNGSTERS PREFER
 TO STAY IN MINOR :

Pittsburgh, Jan. 15-It would seem to be the ambition of every young ball player to obtain a, berth in a major league, and yet there are several i'm stances where players have preferred to remain in the minors. These am bitionaess individuals are rare, but they have cropped up from time to time.
 These fellows appear to have the idea. that they would prefer to be a hero in a small town rather than a comparative unknown in a big city. Year after year these players stick to the minors and refuse to take advant- age of chance to move up when the opportunity presents itself.
 Another player of this type has been found out on the coast. He is young Elmer Lober. He is crack outfielder of the Portland, Ore, team. Waiter McCreedie wanted to send him to the Cleveland club. To his sur prise Lober positively refused to go to the Maps. According to McCreedie the youngster has all the qualifica- tions of a major leaguer. but he has no ambition to shine among the big league stars.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-15
BOXING NOTES


 Bob F'itzsimmons, the ex-champion heavyweight and without doubt one of the greatest fighters that ever trod an arena, was not so successful in trying to make a "come-back' at the age 51 years. as Robbie Dobbs, the colored fighter of Minneapolis of near ly half century ago. F'itz claimed that he could defeat all the white hopes in one ring and wanted to be matched against any of them the New York clubs might select during Jan uary, but the boxing commission de- cided that F,itz, even with all his fight ing ability, was too old to re-enter the game. They put up the bars. Robbie Dobbs, who is nearly the same age and who has been fighting off and on during the last 30 years, made a "come-back'' not long ago at Vien- na, Austria Robbie had been teach ing boxing at Budapest and a year ago he fought the Danish champion, Wlademar HoFberg, losing point de- cision after ten hard rounds. He gave it up for time, but not long ago he tackled another Swiss boxer and had the satisfaction of winning on points in ten rounds. However, it is not likely that Robbie w1n tackle the game any more, for he was about all in during his last battle and de- clared that he was through for all time a fighter. There are few fighters nowadays who are able to put up any kind of a battle after passing the 40-year mark.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-15
4t's All New
FEDERAL LEAGUE
 TO BE BALANCED.
Tinker, Knabe And Brown Will Pass Players To Different
 Clubs

Pittsburgh, Jan. 15-Tha4 the Fed geral League officials were looking into the future when they signed Joe link CT, Miner Brown and himself, was the gist of a statement made by Otto Knabe, manager of the Baltimore FederaIs in conversation with an old National League player here last night.
 Knabe conhded to his old friend he, mated as the roundup trio for the new league and that their duties, in addition to their managerial respon- abilities, will be to sign up as many major league players for the baby league as they could induce to desert the old organization.
 According to Knabe, President Gil more of the Federals realized that he and his fellow officials would be at disadXantage in dickering with major league players, and it was decided to have the three old-timers attend to that part of the recruiting service.
 sKnabe said :: .Y OH hear lot Of talk about the teams in the Federal League being unbalanced in playing strength. When all the desirable players have they will be distributed among the different clubs making up the circuit. This will give eight evenly balanced teams, and a close race is bound to result. thus insuring plenty of bust ness for the box offices.
 This Federal League IS here to stay. I've made it my business to in- vestfgate, and we want every player to do the same before he signs. Some surprises are in store for the fans and American and National nagnates."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-15
. NAP FUCKER. AND
 WHEAT TO SIGN
Brooklyn Stars Agree To Stick With Dodgers And Ignore
 Outlaws

There was much joy at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn < yesterday when President Ebbets received word that Nap Rucker and Zack Wheat would surely sign with the Dodgers within a few days. So Brooklyn will have major league baseball after all, in spite of the raid of the Federals. Rucker is spending the winter ssat his home in Alpharetta, Ga. Nap whiles away the time burning up the Georgia roads in his new automobile! Wheat is spending the winter at his home in Kansas City, and has inform ed MT. Fbbets that he will sign his contract as soon as he receives it. Both will sign contracts for three years. Mike Heckinger, the Dodger catcher. is in Chicago, and he has no-. tifed the Brooklyn club that he5 will sign in a short time. ''a gss~sH a
 President Ebbets left Brooklyn last. night a mysterious mission. It is that that he. received telegram from Manager Robinson. who is in Indian, apo1is. and that he has gone to join him there. They will try to per Tsuade Pitcher Elmer Brown to sign a contract before he hears any more of the Federal Leagues hattering of- fers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-15
FOOTBALL DRILL.
 AT YALE BEGINS
Coaches Hinkey, Bull And Camp Put Men Through
 Races e

New Haven, Conn. Jan 15--For the first time in Ya1e football history a. general call of candidates was yester- day issued for the light winter prac- tice. Capt Ta1bott wished to get into baseball cage a number of candidates who had not reported, and Steok this means of assembling them, Only about thirty reported, but they included ends, tackles guards, and centres as well as quarter and half backs
 The winter drill has been confined to destruction in the proposed method of putting the bah into play, sys- tenn which Frank Hinkey, Ya1e'S new coach aims to inangurate. Beginning yesterday afternoon, forward passing handling the ball from the quarter back to the half back, and general passing was undertaken There was no lineup, but most of the line men including tackles and guards. ana some of the half backs, were drilled in putting the ball fr.co play.
 It is planned to continue the prac- tfce. with the full squad at work, another week If. this succeeds. Tn obtaining smoothness in the handling of the ball, the squad will be dismiss ed until the regular spring work com mences in April If, in the opinion of Head, Coach Hinkey, the. squad has ;nof mastered the new method. 1t will De together another week.