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New Britain herald., 1914-04-09
CIIANCEMEN TOLL ONE HOUR.
First Shower Prevents Game: Then
 Another Cuts Short Practice,

Philadelphia, April s.---A sudden April shower which ragged with wig orous intensity for a half hour around game time yesterday afternoon pre- vented the first clash between Frank Chances New York Americans and the Phillies. Then when the crowd had gone home the sun peeped out from behind a bank of heavy clouds, sent the ball players back to the diamond again. but did not lure back the fans. While the grounds were really unfit for game, they were pre- sentable enough to permit of practice and both Chance and Dooin took ad- vantage of the opportunity to put their charges through a stiff hours workout. Then the rain again de- scended, ending the practice for the day.
 Chance said between rain drops that he probably would use Ray Keat- ing and King Cole in today's game, while Dooin's choice will fall likely upon Marshall and Gaddy, the latter being the giant left handler from the Pacific Coast league.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-09
HOUSE AND LOT FOR
 RABBIT MEANWHILE
Carolina Native Makes Stup1deus
 Offer for Brave In6cIdtT.

Charlotte, N. C., April 9.-An offer right straight from Asheville, N. C., for the services of Rabbit Maranvilte to play with that team was the only item of interest here yesterday to cnliven an otherwise dull time.
 One A. C. Terrell of Asheyille, who claims to know as much about the batting and fielding averages of major league players as any man in the coun- try blew into the hotel in the morn ing aglow with excitement. He in- ouired for an official of the club and Johnny Evers directed him to Secrc- tary Nickerson.
 Mir Terrell allowed he had seen Maranvilie play against Buffalo Mon day and thought he might At in mighty handy for the Asheviiie team.
 "Dog-gone, I was glad to come clear over here to see that little crftter play. He is a downright smart ball player, as good as any I have seen in the Carolinas. By the way, Mir. Nick erson, have made the trip here to size up Maranville, and if he looked good to me I was empowered by the Asheviile boom town committee to offer him a house and lot in our town free of charge if he will come over and play"
 Secretary Nickerson tried to ex- plain to the Asheville gentleman that it would be impossible to bring any such deal about. The old man left in disgust because Maranville would not take advantage of the munificent offer.
 Stallings intends to hold on to his material as long as possible before cutting down. He has many men in the camp who joined the club ! through the draft process. Unlike the waiver rule, if the manager in- tends to dispose of these men the deal has to go completely through, as no recall is possible under base ball law.
 John Ganzel, the Rochester mana ger, is in dire straits, and is constant iy appealing to Stallings for help. On l top of all the hard luck NGanzel has experienced with Federal league l Jumpers. Tommy McMillen. the short stop is out with twisted knee. and Waffle Barrows has again suffered a
 broken leg. stallings will do oil he
 can to help Ganzel. but he is not yet
 ready to dispose of his present talent
 until he has further look at them 1 in action.
 stallings has his eye on a first base man another major league club Is
 asking waivers on and he stated ne ] would not pass him up when 1t came time for Boston to pass judgment on
 this man. Stallings would not say
 who the player in question was, but he thinks highly of his ability.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-09
COLLEGE BASEBALL.
Army Nine Downs Cornell.

West Point, April s.-The Army de- feated Cornell at baseball yesterday by a score of 6 to (. Cornell had the game safe in the first inning, when it scored three runs on a safe drive by Schirick and errors by Lee, Mc- Ewan and Dunigan. The Army bided its time and went for Russell in the sixth hammer and tongs. Singles by Gerhardt, Dunigan, Bringham and McEwan and free passes to Lee and Hobbs gAve the Army five runs. enough to win. N1
 Cornell looked dangerous in the seventh, when with the corners 1Aled Butts walked Schirick, forcfnk Lud- wig home, but the Arrny pitcher braced and famed Donavin for the third out This was the only bad spot in an otherwise well pitched game by Butts. Bringhasm's catching was feature. The game was played in a heavy rainstorm. The score: Army .o00oc5o1s--e CT Cornell ...S00o o001 0--l 4s
 Battersss-Butts and Brigham; Russell and Schirick. Errors Plenty; Hits Scarce.
 Providence. April s.-The college baseball season was opened here when Brown defeated New York university Is to on Andrews field. The New York aggregation played miserable ball, making eleven errors in the field, while at bat not man could regis ter a hit off the delivery of Crowell and Flanders. the local pitchers. Shortstop Johnson of. Brown sprained his ankle sliding into second base in the fourth inning. The score: Brown .....2o53105os Il O. N. Y. Uni. .0 0 o O o o 0 o O. 0 O II
 Batteries--croweli. Flanders and whittemore and Davis: Tyler. Krick- field and Pfau.
 Columbia 2, Colgate i.
 New York, April 9-Columbia de- feated Colgate on South field yester- day afternoon in a game that was called in the sixth inning on account of rain. score to 1. Colgate had scored two runs in its half of the sixth and was leading by a tally of to when Umpire Haffey called time, but the lead looked as if it would have been overcome anyway as Columbiu had two men on bases and three balls on Captain Friedrich with only ono out. The score:
 r. h. c. coIrate .......o0 o 0---f | 1 Columbia ....... y.002 O 0--2 g I
 Patteries--sefton and Robinson; Shea and Roseff
 Navy Refuses to Get Wet.
 Annapolis, April 9s--The Navy Penn state baseball game. sehedn1od for play here. was prevented o1 rDlu.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-09
APRIL 21 IS DEADLINE-BARR
International Jumpers Then Will Be
 Pcnalizcd Two to Five Years.

International Jumpers Then Will Be
 Pcnalizcd Two to Five Years.
 Mount Clemens. Mich. April D. The statement that the Federal Is major league is a joke,'' says Ed ward G. Barrow of New York. Bar row is spending a few weeks at Mount Clemens taking the mineral baths and resting for the coming season. He Is president, secretary and treasurer of the International league.
 About thirty-five of our players took the bait offered by the Federals, but We will not lose at the most more than twenty-four, and as the opening day approaches the prospects are that several other Internationals will come back and join their teams.
 "We shall offer no bribes to get any of our men back, but we will take back all of our players who come to Us before our opening date, April 21. After that time they will be penalized from two to five years.
 'The International league will have Federal league opposition in Buffalo and Baltimore, but we are looking for this to be our best season and do not fear opposition from the kind of ball the Federals will be able to put up.'
New Britain herald., 1914-04-09
NEW BRITAIN CLUB <
 REPORTING TODAY
Champions of 1915 Girtling Up Their Ioins and Iloosening Winters
 Kinks on Staten Island.

Especial to tho Heraid.)
 Totenville. Staten Island. April g. Today is reporting day for tho Now Britain team of the Eastern associa- ton which will do it's spring training in this place.
 Reserves and recruits are dropping in on every train--there are two each way each day--and the population of this place is growing by leaps and bounds.
 "Bill' scinski. owner of the New Britain club, Is on deck with the glad hand for his. boys and as he Is well acquainted with this section of the western hemisphere he is the official guide of the town, showing the boys the principal buildings, the sol- diers' monument, Odd Fellows hall and other points of interest.
 The team will be given it's first workout tomorrow at the local ball grounds. The wedding out process is expected to start In a few days as trere ar a dozen or so players who are here on their own hook and paying their own expenses in order to get a tryout. Unless these make good early they will be released in order that they may not be in the way of tho other players.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-09

tance telephone conference with Pres ident Gilmore. who was in Chicago.
 Seaton signed a Federal league con- tract last winter about the same time that his stable mate, Ad Brennan, de- serted tho Phillies. Later, when the Wards consented to back a team in Brooklyn. Gilmore assured them he would furnish strong team. Seaton was promised among others. Seaton. however. objected on the ground that he had signed with the Chicago team and not with the Federal league in general. He objected to the trans fer.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-09
BRADLEY HAS TWO MORE.
Runnored in Camp Seaton Is Not Only
 Pitcher Headed That Way.

Columbia, s. C., April 9.-Brook- lyn's Feds went to University field yesterday and put in three hours of hard work. Because of this extended workout and the fact that the wealth CT was threatening the Tip Tops did not practice in the afternoon.
 Manager Bradley is expected to re- turn today with Pitcher Thomas Sea- ton. The report stated further that Bradley is bringing two other pitch CTS along.
 Whether the club will break camp today or Friday will not be known definitely until Bradley gets to Co., lumbia.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-09
OUTLAWS CHALLENGE.

The New Britain Herald:- :--
 The Outlaw A. c. baseball team of Middletown has organized for the season and has got one of the fast est amateur teams in the state averaging IS to 20 years Of age. They would like to arrange games with such teams as The Tigers. Am nex. Ramblers and Flats of Bristol or any other fast teams in New Britain or Bristol.
 Address all communications to
 NEIL CONROY,
 Box 5S5. Middletown. Conn.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-09
DODGERS GRAB CAME
 : FROM MACK'S CHAMPS
Robnsoh's Men Hit Hlgh Speed
 in Last Two IaniagS.

New York, April 9.-wilbert Rob- inson's Dodgers won striking vic- 'fory over the worlds champion Attn letics at Ebbets field yesterday af- ternoon. By q whirlwind finish in the eighth and ninth innings the Brook lynites scored three runs and re- trieved what appeared certain defeat. President Ebbets showed up after the game with q glowing countenance and proclaimed to his captivated pa irons he was now doubly sure his hired help would take the measure of McGraw's champion Giants this season.
 MT. Ebbets put in no appearance until after the game. He didn't even take part in the parade from tho fiagpole gate an hour previous to hostilities. Robinson led the line of march, thanked by Jake Daubert and Kid Elberfeld. He and his players kept in step with the band. Acting Manager Ira Thomas of the White Elephants didn't take the trouble to ,selign his men nor sec that they marked time. A team as good as the ALuletlCS Can dlkOEu IO dCt dS IL pleases of the diamond
 Perhaps MT. Ebbets hid out all af- ternoon fof fear the Athletics nigh. ask his consent to calling the game. His team didn't tie the count till the eighth and didn't nose out until the last frame, when 1t was simply pour ing. The afternoon opened fine, but finished miserably. The temperature dropped ten or fifteen degrees. raw east wind sprang up and from the fourth inning off chilling drizzle thickened to a steady pour.
 While the frixzle was just about fifty.hve so far as 1t favored either siSie. there seems little doubt that it did tend to hamper matters both ways A wet ball certainly bothered the pitchers. . Ragan gave three passes and Burning four in two in- hninss besides hitting another bats- man. The slippery leather, too, ap- peared very treacherous to the field- CTS. Brooklyn's onerous error column was due largely to sraulty throws.
 The score:
 r. h. e. Philadelphia o00oo oeo--2 o Brooklyn .s.o00O O00021-3 5
 Batteries--Bush. . Burning and schang; Hagans Alien. Pfeffer eand Fischer.saapfs sfS i.eSt s%xn s4l N94 x, 4.As.a s8.aa4E <
New Britain herald., 1914-04-09
Giants 3, Mobile 0.

Mobile, Ala., April 9s--Before rain and frigidity drove the ball players to cover the Giants and Gulls went seven innings. and the Giants ac- counted for their twelfth consecutive victory. They gofahead blanking op- ponents regardless of wind Or wealth CT. They won by to 0 yesterday af- ternoon, the third shutout in success sion they have plastered on a minor league rival. Nobody has scored on them in their last twenty-five innings. The score:
 r. h. e. New York .....1. 0 O.0 ? 0--3 8 2 Mobile =. =. % 0 0 o o o co 2 Batteries--Demaree and Mclean; :; Keeley. Cullom and Schmidt
New Britain herald., 1914-04-09
3est and JYost Accu1np Sporting News of ike Day.
BOWLING
Again the o. U. A. M. bowlers have

Again the O. U. A. M bowlers have demonstrated their superiority over the aspiring members of the Lexing- ton lodge, I. Q. 0. F., bowling team, defeating that aggregation two games out of three last night. Other games at the Aetna alleys were be- tweeen the East Ends and the Ben Hurs in the city league, the former team winning three straight games. The scores:
New Britain herald., 1914-04-09
UNrPIRES TO ASSEMBLE.
National League Omcials to Meet in
 New York Sunday.

New York. April 9.-All the umpires of the National league will assemble here on Sunday for a conference with President John K. Tener.
 Governor Tener has prepared care- fully a list of instructions and his ideas on how game of baseball should he umpired. The umpires who will assemble Sum- day are Bob Emslie, Charles Rigler, Bill Klem, Al Orth, Nal Eason, E. c. Quigley, Bill Byron, Harry Johnson and Bill Hart.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-09
Pirate Colts Score at Will.

Omaha, Neb., April 9.-The Pi- rates experienced little difficulty in trouncing the local Western league team. 13 to 3. It was extremely cold and not wishing to risk his players, Clarke, after giving the shivering fans an opportunity of witnessing his stars, put in the youngsters The colts scored ten runs in the three in- nings they played. The score:
 N r. h. C. Pittsburg ..0o3o0 0o172 2-13 IA 3 Omaha =. O o 0 1 02 o 0 O. Batteries-Mannaux. Duffy, aBrene- gan and Coleman; Stevenson, Clos man, Ormsby and Shestak. Umpire, Clark.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-09
AnteIopes France on sox Colts.

Lincoln, Neb, April 9.--The White Sox yanigans were walloped 3 to in a closely played game with the Lin- coin Antelopes yesterday. The day was cold and windy, but the players put up fast exhibition.
 The score:
 T., h. e. S6x ....... 70 0 0 10 O 01 0--2 1 Lincoln =. O 0 0 ? II 0 s--3 & 0 Batteries-Rogge. Benz and Sulli- van: Monroe. Clause, Scroggins. Mey- CT and Carney.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-09

if Stovall and his associates are not curbed in their efforts to create dis content.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-09

Score, Windham Atgh (Wiliimantic) s, Nhugatuck High '; goals from the field. Miss Budak 2, Miss Rubin 1 |, Miss Harvey ?, Miss Wells 1; goals fl om foul. Miss Burns 1. Miss Bates 1 Miss Harvey 1: referee Bighole of Springfield Training school: timers. Case and Woodlock.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-09
WINDHAM HI. $. GIRLS
 BEAT "NAUGY", CHICKS
Eerocious Battle Fought in Hanna's 4Armory Results in Victory for
 WilEmantic School.

Nl
 Wilhmantic School By the narrow margin of one point the Windham High school girls ha six etball team of willimantic de- teated the girls five from Naugatuck High yesterday afternoon at Hanna's armory. The score was to 2. Both teams were determined to win as each claimed the champ mpionship for girls teams of Connecticut and each had defeated the other once this season From whistle to whistle the game waxed furious and no apologies were offered when one of the young women happened to stick her index finger in the eye of an opponent. However. no blows were struck. The summary:
 Windham Naugatuck Miss Harvey ............ Miss Burns
 Right Forward Miss Bates ......... t. Miss Budak
 Left Forward Miss Wells .......... Miss Rubin
 Center Miss Vanderman .... Miss Cleator
 Miss Miner
 Right Guard Miss Bigelow ........ Miss Hopwood
 I.nft Guard
The Republican journal., 1914-01-08
FRANKFORT.

Hayward PIERCE, I'd, Yale, IA, is at
home for the holiday recess.
Mrs. Henry Richards of Searsport was
recently the guest of relatives in town.
Miss Margaret W. PIERCE is at home
from Vassar college for the Christmas
recess.
Miss Ada C. Williamson of Boston has
been the guest of her sister, Mrs. Albert
PIERCE. during the holidays.
Miss Ellen Carr has returned to Mill
nocket to resume her duties as teacher,
after passing her vacation at her home
here.
John C. Carr, who is teaching in Will
braham academy, Wilbraham, Mass, is
spending a two weeks vacation at his
home here.
Freeman w. Batcbelder and Alvah
Batchelder have returned to Stonington,
where they are employed, after spending
Christmas with their families here.
Miss Alice M. Hurley, who is teaching
in the John C. Coombs High school in
Bowdoinham, is spending her vacation
with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. James
F. Hurley.
Miss Katherine PIERCE and Robert
Peirce, who are attending schools in
Providence, r. l., are spending their
vacations with their parents, Hon. and
Mrs. Albert PIERCE.
The Republican journal., 1914-01-08
PITTSFIELD PERSONALS.

Friends in in Pittsfield of DR.. Town
send regret to learn of his death, which
occurred Saturday at his home in New
port.
James H. Clark, who is spending the
winter in Paltaka, Florida, remembered
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Clark with box of
oranges Christmas.
A quiet wedding took place Thursday
evening, Dec. 25th. at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. E. P. Weeks on Nichols street
when Miss May Ashworth Of Thorndike
and Walter S. Bowden of Jefferson were
united in marriage by Rev. H. M. Ford.
The Pittsfield Trust Company, which
has been in the hands of Receiver William
L. Pushor since last May, has just paid
a dividend of 50 per cent from the saw
ings department. These checks will be
very gladly welcomed at the beginning
of the New Year to those who had money
deposited. -Pittsfeld Advertiser.
The Republican journal., 1914-01-08
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
casio RIA
Literary News and Notes.

Lippincotts begins the new year with
promise of excellence maintained and in
terest still further advanced. The Janu-
airy number contains an engrossing COM
plete novel by Carolyn Wells, author of
1.-THE Maxwell Mystery" ''rhe Gold
Bag" "a Chain of Evidence" and other
"best sellers" This new novel--a de-
tective story-is entitled "a Maze OF
Mystery" and it certainly lives up to
its name. There are enough ingenious
complications and striking situations in
it to equip half a dozen stories-al OF
which of course add greatly to its inter-
est and appeal. A number of people are
gathered together at a house-party
where series of mysterious crimes &C.
ours. Suspicion points to one man, but
he is found murdered in way which
seems to exonerate him, and the search
begins all over again. IA Maze Of Mys-
terry" is unusual story, and it is sure to
enhance the authors already enviable
reputation.
Agnes Repplier's paper, popular Ed
ucation," which opens the January At
lantic, should effectively smother the
present conspiracy W 'oii' ou1 oSiAo.io
into vaudevilles for the entertainment of
children. Miss Repplier never goes into
an argument unless she is equipped for
it, and her present assault holds up folly
to ridicule in a way to gladden. any old
fashioned heart. 'Much Ado about Wo-
men" is the title of Edward S. Martins
entertaining castigation of the woman
movement. Professor Alvin Saunders
Johnson. of Cornell, contributes an eff
fective, perhaps an effectual, argument
against the Single Tax. ''The Relation
Of Music to Poetry" is the subject OF
thoughtful paper by the new president
of the largest of English musical insti-
tutes. The third article in the "Secret
Annals of the Manchu Court" by
Messrs. Backhouse and Bland, gives a
vivid picture of Chinese life in the troub-
lous times of the Boxer movement.
"Who is responsible?" is question very
pertinently asked by Professor George
Malcolm StratIon of those who would
hold society to blame for svery sin an in
dividual commits. Annie Nathan Meyer
contributes an original article upon the
effect which moving pictures are having
upon the legitimate stage. There are
other papers OF timely interest and the
fiction and poetry is of the best.
The Republican journal., 1914-01-08
THE VALUE OF The SKUNK TO AG-
RICULTURE.

The skunk, which is represented
throughout the country by a number of
varieties, genera, and species, is an ami
NAL of great economic Importance. Its
food consists verv largely of insects,
mainly of those species which are very
destructive to garden and forage crops.
Field observations and laboratory eXmin-
ations demonstrate that they destroy i'm
mense numbers of white grubs, grasshop-
pers, crickets, cutworms, hornets, wasps
and other noxious forms. The alarming
increase of the white grub in some local-
ties is largely due to the determination
of this valuable animal. 1t is matter
of common observation where white
grubs are particularly abundant i'll corn
fields to note little round holes burroWed
in the ground about hills of corn. These
are made by skunks in their search dur
ing the night for these grubs. During
the recent outbreak of grasshoppers in
Kansas it has been determined that in
many cases a large proportion of the food
OF skunks consisted of these grasshop
pers.
Some of the most destructive insects
in agriculture are such as do their work
below ground and out of reach Of any
method that the farmer can apply, and
it is against many of these that the skunk
is an inveterate enemy. Notwithstand-
ing all of this, there is probably not an
animal that is as ruthlessly slaughtered
as is this one, whereas it is equally en-
titled to protection with, if not more so,
than some of our birds which enjoy this
privilege.
In some regions, especially in the
Southwest, the bite of the skunk is sup
bosed to produce hydrophohia. This fear
is unfounded since it is proved that the
bite of healthy skunk is no more serious
than similar wounds caused by other
agencies.
The Republican journal., 1914-01-08
A GOOD COW.

rs. in Rose No. 294411, a Jersey COW
le hy Mr.. David E. Moulton of Port
IS certainly good one. Mr.. Moul-
is breeder of pure bred Jerseys and
bong some testing for Advanced Re
IT, his herd. Recently, December
Fraulein Rose made record of
bis Of milk testing 6. 002 per cent fat
coo!aining 5.33 lbs. of fat. Under
American Jersey Cattle Club cows
EUg a record of five or more pounds
Gal In the two days test, must be re-
hsr This was done December 23rd
Attn. under the supervision of Mr..
I AGbry of the Animal Industry De-
|tment of the College of Agriculture
the following record obtained: Milk,
\ pounds test 6.18 per cent; fat 5.5
(nds, thus increasing her former re-
1 slightly, Fraulein Rose is not being
! ed and is doing this splendid work
~ She is of the St. Lambert type
Is fine COW in every way.