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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-23
STATE OF CONNECTICUT, FAIRFIELD COUNTY, ss., SFTnERrnR CnTrun


 Bridgeport, Dec. s22, A. D., 1914.
 Upon the complaint of the said Willard F. Dobson. Jr., praying, for reasons therein set forth for a di- Vorce, returnable to the Superior Court, in and for Fairfield County, on the first Tuesday of January, 1915,
 It appearing to and being found by the subscribing authority that Ida F. Dobson the said defendant is absent from this State and gone to parts unknown-but whose last known res idence was in Bridgeport, Conn.
 Therefore Ordered, that notice of the pendency of said complaint be given by publishing this order in the Bridgeport Evening Farmer, a news paper printed in said Bridgeport, three times successively, commencing on or before the 23rd day of Decem- Der, A. D., 1914.
 FRED W. TRACEY, Assistant Clerk of the Superior Court for Faireld County. T 23 s*
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-23
.ASSAILED BY FOOTPAD.
 WOMAN REFUSES NABIE

A footpad made an attempt to rob and assault an unknown woman of about medium age on Coleman street shortly before 10 o'clock last night It was only after a desperate resist ance that she escaped. Complaint was made to Special Policeman Thos. Reilly, who searched the neighbor- hood without success. The woman refused to give her name and address and, on account of the darkness, gained but a meagre description Of her assailant.
 The London Stock Exchange will reopen January 4.
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OBITUARY

E MRS. GEORGE K wINGFTELD
 Jennie E., wife Of George K Wing field, died att the Bridgeport hospital yesterday after a short illness with pneumonia. aged 51 years. The de- ceased had lived many years in the West End and was widely known and will be sincerely mourned in that sec tion of the city. The was a devout conmunicant of St. Peters church. The family home is at s5 Colorado avenue. Besides her husband she is survived by four daughters, Lillian, Sarah. Jeannette Wingdeld, MTrs. H. W. F.alstrom of Newark, N. J.. two sons, Robert M. and George, K, Jr., two sisters, Mrs Frank Mccormick and Mrs. John Roache, and one broth CT, Laurence Burns.
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PROPOSALS


 Sealed bids will be received by the undersigned until 12 o'clock noon, Monday, Feb. 1st., 1915, for the erec-. ton of Almshouse Building for the City of Bridgeport, Conn. Separate bids will be received on the follow ing: Item Mo- l. General construction of building, including the electrical work; Item No. 2, Mechanical Equip ment.
 Each bid must be accompanied by a certified check for 2 1-2 per cent of the amount of the bid. All checks to be made payable to the City of Bridgeport. Checks will be returned to the unsuccessful bidders as soon as possible after awarding the contracts. The successful contractors will be re- quired to give satisfactory bond guar anteeing the faithful performances of each contract aggregating in amount to 50 per cent Of the amount of the contract.
 The Board of Charities reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
 One set of drawings and specified tions may be obtained upon applica- of $25. This deposit to be forfeited if drawings and specifications are not returned in good order at the expira- ton of ten days from date of receiving same.
 BOARD OF CONTRACT & SUPPLY,
 Room No. 2s, City Hall,
 Bridgeport Conn.
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The burglar alarm at M. J. Buech- ler's jewelry store, 48 Fairfield ave- nue, worked overtime early today, going off at 4:45 o'clock and result ling in Sergeant Wheeler and Police man Barton, Kane and MendeIssohn hastening to the scene. There was nc trace of any intruders
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THE HoWLAND DRY GOODS GO.

nesota ss5o, 600; Iowa. $5s6.5d5: Colorado $2oo. o.O00; Kansas $275,0o0; Missouri $525,NO0; South Dakota $150. 0.Oo0; Wash ington $125, 900; California $150, 900. To- tai s. .s67. .s71.
 Eastern and middle states. Maine $50 GOO; Vermont $15O.OOo: Massachu- setts $75O, GOO; Connecticut $4O0. 900; New York $955, 600; Pennsylvania $757, ,Z41; New Jersey $349. A; Rhode Island $150, 0,O00. Total s, 3,562,7S5.
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A mail wagon, delivery wagon and automobile took part in a collision ct Fairfield avenue and Harrison street yesterday afternoon with practically no damage to the vehicles and no in Jury to the occupants.
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Every public school in Hoboken, N. Including the High school. has been closed as result Of an epidemic of diphtf1eria, which has killed ten put
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LosT-French bull female puppy black, white star on chest. Reward. Rock Spring Water Co, 413 John St a'p HELP NANTED-Ffrst class Jones' Lamson and P1att and Whitney operators, also gear cutters. Only experienced hands need apply. Lo- comobfIe Co, of America
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FANCY FRUITS Fancy Grape Fruit g for 25c Tokay Grapes 9 lbs 25c Large Navel Oranges dog 28c Layer Figs ID 15c Boston Head Lettuce nd Sc Selected Apples 5 for 1Oc Large Bananas dozen 15c Stratford Celery bun 10c Cape Cod
 CranbeFries 4 quarts 25c New Mixed Nuts 2 lbs 25c Best Maine
 Potatoes 15 ID peck l6c
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M1LhARD F. DOBsoN, JR.,
 VS. IDA DOBsON,
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The Weather-
 Fair and cold.
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S1nkd Shoulders fb 121ac Lean Pork Roasts tb 14c Prime Rib Boasts. 1b 16c Pores Young Lamb 10 Sc
 Legs Young Lamb 10 14c Fresh Should ders 10 I4c
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Seedless Raisins fb lOc Cleaned Currants lib 1Oc
 Plum Pudding 1 1b tin 23c
 Christmas Candles ca 12c Milk Lion or Magnolia ran 1(1c
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-01
Is It Time to Suppress TyCobb?

EyITHER the national commission or
 the Baseball Writers association should promuIgate some definite rule with regard to the leading batsman of the leagues. It is not fair for Ty Cobb to be awarded this honor year after year when he participates in so few games, comparatively speaking. This year Cobb was not in many more than half the games, while such players as Eddie Collins and Joe Jackson were in nearly every contest Eddie missed only one game this year; hence he de- serves more for batting .355, for ex- ample, than Cobb does for hitting at the rate of .365. Some definite num- Der Of games should be set-135 would not be too nany and if a man did not play in that number of contests The should not be considered,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-01
UNIVERSITY PUTS BAN
 ON ROWING RACES

E1SHE University of wisconsin crew has been prohibited from taking spart in intercollegiate boat races by the board of regents. The action of the regents sustains the recon1men dation of the university faculty. This action followed recommendation of the ath- sletic council based upon a careful study of the health condition of the Boating squads made by the medical sclinic. The study covered the men who shave participated in crew activities for the years 1911=14.
 Of the nftx-nine candidates for freshmen crews in the years 1910-13 the clinic obtained medical records of fifty -six- Six had cardiac hypertro- phy before they began rowing. Dur ing one seasons training twenty@two developed cardiac hypertrophy, making a total of twenty-eight freshmen oars men with this trouble.
 The records of the varsity crew can dfdates,' says the report of the ath- letic council "are essentially subse- qrent histories of these men, as the
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varsity is almost completely recruited from the freshmen crews. These crew records show that of a total of afty- six men training for the crews seven had cardiac hypertrophy before begin ming training and thirty-thr acquired the condition as aSresult of such train ing. Included in this list are twenty three w men. of whom four had hy- pertrophy before making the crew and sixteen developed it, giving a total of twenty but of twenty-three rW' mens''
 The following report of the situation was made by the faculty of the med ical school: 'HThe faculty of the med teal school believes that the data pre- sented by the clinical department show conclusively that the severe training deemed necessary for prepar- ing crews flor intercollegiate contests puts so severe a strain on the heart that an undue proportion of men; are seriously injured and that, therefore, 9. continuation of intercollegiate row ing is indefensible from the health standpoint-''
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''sAILER" BALL A WONDER

GROVER CLEVELAND ALExArl-
 DER of the Philadelphia National league team has been experimenting with the semery ball. which was sue cessfully used by Ray Heating Of the New York Americans until rule was promulgated barring it. Heating had small piece of emery paper in the palm Of his glove which he used to make rough spot on the ball
 In discussing the ball, which he calls the 'ssailer," Alexander said:
 q tried it the other day, and I want to say that if they'll only let me pitch that esailers I'll never lose a game. IL will take two catchers to hold me however. It will go down, ups in, or out for a yard. It depends upon how you hold the rough spot. The air catches that rough leather and the. friction forces the ball in the oppast @ direction from the side where the eua- cry paper was used.
 When was trying the 'saileE' at our park recently started the ball for the catcher's toes with the rough side held underneath He actually had to jump in the air to get the ball, but, naturally, the -saiIer' has been Ieg1s- lated against and the poor pitcher VIII have to go on depending upon his curve his fast one and his noodle to fool such sIuggers as Cravath and Ma gee.
 "As a matter of fact, [ am convinced that the great secret Of pitching is brain work, combined with good srTn. of course. If the batter guesses what you are going to throw him he hits it, If you outguess him he misses it. The man who simply throws up a fast one or curve according to his catcher's signals or a 'hunch' will be hit hard when the wise ba.tsmen begin to figure. out what is coming
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the intercollegiate championships to clean up and was cleaned up himself
 by a young man from Princeton,
 George W. Church by name.
 Now for boxing. Willie Ritchie. lightweight champion of the world,
 took on Freddie Welsh in London in
 what was expected to be an American triumph. Welsh outpointed the Yankee entry in no uncertain manner and an other upset was chalked up for Ghe topsy turyy year 1914
 Right here in America George Chip, fresh from winning the middleweight championship by twice knocking out
 Frank Klaus. took on Al Mccoy for the purpose of showing how hard Georg1e could hit. Chip didn't show much. He was knocked out in the first round.
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AS a rule the partners changed places at intervals of four hours but this was possible. only when both men had been carefully trained. Teams that had not been put in condition Were un- able to maintain the lively pace for
 more than an hour. and often they shifted every twenty or thirty ninutea They ate their meals in bites and were often interrupted when the necessity for relieving a partner became urgent Capable cooks prepared these meals in
 Kitchens arranged underneath the track and rubbers provided with 1ini- ments were on hand to keep sorenes8 and stiffness cut Of weary legs. Freddie Hin. who with his partner.
 Joe Fog1er, finished fifth in the New York race was an easy winner in tho
 matter of eating. Early in the grind he developed an appetite of abnormal pro- portions, and as the week went along his capacity for food increased. His trainer declared that he wanted some thing to eat every time he left the track,
 and sucking half a dozen eggs was
 merely an appetizer. Each day he con- sunned three dozen eggs, four pounds of
 chops, the same quantity of steak, four
 punches of celery, fifteen cups of coffee
 half dozen bottles of ale, a dozen ap-
 ples and more rice pudding than ths cook could estimate. Despite tlli0 enormous quantity of food he stayed in good condition, and he declared that he
 could keep awake only by eating all the time.
 Jimmy Moran, who. with his partner. McNamara, finished third in the New York race, anHeuncede that with tho
 completiore of that strtIge4s she was to retire from the racing game. He E
 nearly forty-three years old and haa taken part in more than thirty stx-day
 races. During these races he has made l much money and has saved and invest- ed it until he is worth $1Oo,0OO. dost. of his moneytis invested in a farm near Chelsea, Mass; where he raises hogs and thereby makes s10,000 a year. Hs has been racing for a quarter of a een- 1 tury. beginning as sprfnter.
 Moran is in perfect health, and ho'
 declares that if a man is In good condi-
 ton the struggle of grinding away on the track for six days will not be ha,rnn- EfI1l.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-01
Has Been Great Year For Upset of Dope

YkSFdIS has certainly been a great year for sporting upsets. The surpris-. ing and impressive way in which the Braves trounced the Athletics and turned the trick in the shortest mum Der of games in worlds series history. too. is only the climax of series of events in which the '.dopen was given a most severe jolt.
 Ranking next to the success of the Braves against the Athletics is Bos- tons phenomenal rise in the National league from the position of guardian Of the cellar to winner of the pennant. Baseball critics all over conceded the championship of the older league to the Giants, but the stars willed other wise. and Messrs. McGraw, Matty, sA1arquard ct al. were forced to take on the Yankees. In addition to the sud- den jump of the Braves there were sew eraI minor upsets oin the National league St. Louis finishing third, where as it had been accustomed to bring up in last place or pretty near it.
 The season of surprises got off to a great start with the playing Of the in- terna tionaI polo series. America was regarded as a to 1 shot, but the big four, very much after the manner Of fhe Athletics in the worlds series. went all to pieces and the Britons romped aWay with the cup.
 Lawn tennis has also furnished it's bse upsets. Maurice D. Mclaughlin, champion of the world by virtue of yic- tories over Anthony F. Wildfng and Norman E. Broekes in the Davis cup rffauenge round, went into the national final a to 1 favorite over R. Norris williams 2d, the Harvard youth. The result is tennis history now illiaIFls disposed of the Californian in sfraig ht sets. Then MT. Williams went off to
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the demand for their animals growing. This style of racing, long popular in England and France, has not been de- veloped in the United States as it's merits deserve and the movement to make it more popular and general is 9 step in the right direction.
 Oddly enough the European war has also given aL boom to the business of the breeders of thoroughbreds. So long as men will fight they will need horses to help in the war game. Aeroplanes and autos serve their own purposes, but they do not take the place of horses, and cavalry will always be an impor- tant part of any military organization. War serves few useful purposes. and not the smallest of the gains to be de- rived from the European slaughter will be the increased demand for horses that possess merits other than as draft animals.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-01
Horse Show For Charity

THE Red and White Cross horse show
 will be held in Madison Square Garden, New York, during the week of Dec. 2. In addition to the 13I class es new special prizes have brought the value of the premiums to be awarded to an excess over those in conpetitioa at the 1918 national horse show, which is supplanted for the present year Sg the charity feature.
 It has been decided to hold the twelve mile endurance race from Van Cort- landt park to the garden. for army or militia mounts, on the first day of the show, rain or shine. The route win bring the horses and riders through Central park and Fifth avenue and furnish an exciting finish within the show ring. The judge will bs General Mills, U. $. A., of Washington. and Ma jor Charles T. Benton, a veteran Of General Phil Sheridan's staff. will serve as starter. He will scratch from the race any horse that is not ia evil dent condition and stamina Ter tue contest.
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along. often falling from their wheels when they dropped into a doze. but in those days there was the test of stami- the track for sleep he was likely to re- turn to find he was not the leader, and to regain first place meant more heart breaking efforts at sprinting.
 Now all this is changed. Twelve or fifteen teams enter the race and for two or three days go along on even terms; then in a sprint two or three of the weaker teams are Tapped and as a result they often drop out, for their chance of regain4ng 4he lost lap Is small. If the riders who have lost the
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ShOrtstoD Is Hardest Position

SHERWOOD MAGEE. who has play
 ed every position except pitcher, was recently asked what position on
 the diamond he regarded as hardest to play. He did not hesitate an instant, but replied, "Shortstop." When asked
 to explain further he said:
 .eThe shortstop is moving every min ute of the game unless the pitcher Is striking them all out. The shortstop-
 per has the longest throw to make and he has to make it in a hurry and from any old position. Say there's man on first base; it's the shortstop who has to prepare to cover in case a steal is attempted. Suppose the runner is on second; the shortstop has to keep hus- tling over to force the opponent to hug the bag. In fact, he has to go over ro take nearly all. the throws at the nid- dIe cushion
 sThe good sl1ortstop is supposed to cover world of ground. If it's a hard hit ball to the left field side of the
 third baseman the shortstop is sup posed to get it. If it's hot one over second the fans expect the shortstop | to dig 1t up. If it's slow roller to the right side Of the pitcher or a ball that Ehops over the hurIers head the old re- liable at the shortstop position is the man who must be on the job. Some times he'll be on one earp again he'll be twisted into shape that would make contortionist envious, but he always is expected to make a good
 heave to first and get the runner, or, | if it's forced play. he probably has to toss to second, though he Is facing dead away from that bag. And all the time, you understand, he has the longest throw and consequently has less time
 to pick up the ball and get himself
 than any other infelder.
 Remember, too, that the shortstop
 is expected to run into the outfield and
 get fly balls which are too far in for
 the left and center gardeners He fre-
 quently has to catch them with his
 back toward the diamond, but he's ex- pected to get them a1I"
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In addition to these sums every rider received a bonus for every day he was on the tracks. Goul1et got 2250 a day for six days, and F'ogler received $200 a day.
 The riders earned their money, 1es- peciaIly those who did not win a prize and got only their wages. During the six days of the contest the men had only broken cat maps, mostly obtained in hunks constructed alongside the track, into which they turnbled with their clothes on ready to be dragged out at minutes notice if a sprint started and 1t looked as if the partner was un- able to maintain the fast pace.
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out of twenty-four. The arrangement of the teams is some times done by the riders and often is arranged by the managers of the races. In many cases the surviving members of two disrupt ed teams will be united to form an- other team.
 Until dozen or fifteen years ago riders in these six day events plugged away Individually, and in those races the condition of the men was pitiable after four or five days of the weary grind. Some of the men remained on their wheels for twenty hours out of the twenty -four, drinking soup and munching sandwiches as they toiled
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interest in the race was maintained, and these successions of sprints caused the records to be broken continuously. For these special sprints "a total of g, 100 was divided among the riders. The riders altogether received about $26, 900.
 The GoulIet- Brenda team received $1, 500 for finishing first. Lawson and Drobach Received S1,0Oo, Moran and McNamara got $75O for finishing third, and the Egg-Verri and FogIer- Hill teams, tied for fourth place, made an even split of $900. while Cameron and Kaiser collected ss5o for sixth place.
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lap stay in the race it Is merely for the daily wage promised them if they hn- ish. This sum is seldom less than $25 a day, and it may be $50 or $75. The promoters of the race have to give these guarantees in order; to insure a. bunch of riders that will maintain in- terest in the event and draw a paying attendance
 Several innovations introduced in the race in Madison Square Garden, New York, this year served to main tain interest in the event. By offering special prizes for sprinting, the prizes usually being s1O for the rider who was drst at the conclusion of a specified mile,
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THoRouaAsRED HUNTER TAKING A FENCE.

New York city These meets attract true lovers of horses, men who prize the thoroughbred for his worth and his beauty and with little regard for his ability to win prizes or defeat book makers.
 Steep1eehase races are popular fea- lures of these local meets, and as re- suit the breeders of hunters are finding
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Conditions have begun to change.
 The closing of the big tracks at Sara
 tega, Brighton, Gravesend and other well known places has been followed by the starting of smaller meets. There is hardly-a state now in which there are not local meets that have proved successfuI. Next year there will be more than sixty such meets around
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-01

KING HORSE is coming into his
 own again. The closing of most of the large race tracks Of the country gave the thoroughbred a setback, and many breeders believed that the end of the equine racer was in sight. The de- ye1opment of the automobile industry also had it's efcect, and for a time the outlook was certainly blue.
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Photos by American Press Association. 1.-Jackie Clark reading about sprints between the making of them. 2.-Du- puy having stiff knee rubbed. B. Taking a nap in bunk beside the track s4.-Nerri eating a meal. 5- Bobby Waithour ready to relieve his partner.
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ex oscAR DOYLE

~N HOULD six day bicycle race
 as now conducted be called a. sporting event Various an-
 kHsrs would be returned to the query if it were put to sporting Writers, and many of them would be in fhe negative. Indeed, there are many sporting editors over the country who poke fun at the bicycle race just as fney do at chess and checkers. They cay 1t lacks the clements necessary to 6 sport.
 There can be no doubt that the six day bicycle races have been largely cnTnmercialized. The same riders with few exceptions take part in the races in Boston. New York. Kansas City, Denver and other cities They ride in teams to conform to state laws which prohibit contestants in athletic events from putting in more than twelve hours