The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-01
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Just as in the hnaB1 last year, Mau-a rice E. Mclaughlin twill face Richard Norris williams, 2n,h. in the national championship lawn tennis match at the Casino, at Newport, this afternoon. | ; The odds are 10 atn6 on McLough- lin with but few @takers. While 1t is pretty certain thsa: Mclaughlin will take. the title again, nhe will get a rat ting good fight ifff Williams retains the form he displayAd yesterday. Last year he scored a set ksAgainst McLough- hn and the bettirlas is even money that he will repeat again this year. odds of four to one 4against Dick win-s ming two sets are inffered and being taken with avidity.
 Mordecai Brown, disposed manager Of. | St. Louis F1edera1s, wH1o refused to pitch. for them when F1elchsr Jones was ap-5 pointed manager, ha.F applied for rein. statement with St Louis F'ederaIs, 1t was announced todaN. Brown is now. l in Chicago and it is thought he will confer with Jones tw hi1e the team is 1 in the Windy City.
 Outfe1der Bert wilson of the Tor. onto international ttsam, sustained a. compound fracture ctf the left leg while sliding to the plate lin the game with Baltimore yesterday6a when he bumped into Catcher Kane. k It is not thought l that wilson will beA able to play any more this season
 Another good .rac e is on in the In- ternational League, three teams being within hai1ing distzlnce of first place. Provid ence is leading by 8 game and l a half. while Rocgsester the rum ups, are leading Buffalo by a single | game Brad Kocher is doing the ma jority of the bacH:stopping for the lGrays.
 The Bolts were laying idle yesterday and Dick Tuckey enjoyed himself by watching the ticker in Harry Quinn Bowling Alley. Dilc'k. unlike the aver age professional xbain player is a red hot baseball fan al1d he takes great pride in the 7presenE Eg showing that is be- ing made by the EBraves.
 l The Bolts are D laying in New Has- ven today and MaIRaser. Jake hopes to regain third placeEA by defeating the lConnel1ites while Hartford and Spring field are fighting Et out in HaInpden park Boultes' deAsire is StO at least land one, two, threle, his first year as
 manager and 1t certainly will not be | his own fault if Es5 fails. Jake has been playing a stellar game this sea- son both at the bstE and in the field. His batting averagel is not extraord1n- aryly high but his, l3fts have been hard land timely. The Eso1ts are deserving Eof more patronagss than they have
 been receiving frok kna the local fans
 this season Of purse there were a few listless games tp1ayed but f-"+ IS | apt to happen in :hnty league but the l r1aiorftv of the gaLnes played at New field park this season were well deserv- ing of the price ofs admission. You I can go down to .athe historic Polo I Grounds and see wt1rse ball than has been played by IaA e's men this sea san.
 I George H. Johnson the Indian pitch CT who jumped fEdHn the Cincinnati tlReds to the Kanszs City Feds, won I another court victory yesterday. Judge slDever issued a temporary injunction restraining the Ci11 cinnati club from 3I further prosecutiontl of an injunction I suit now pending Rafainst Johnson in I the court of comrhon pleas of Ale I ghery county, Pa, tpendfng the settle Iment of a. cross baall filed in Chicago by the ball player-R
 A letter was received at this office ] lyesterday concerning the actions of g. I Icertain club magnAte connected with the Park City Baseball league We I would be pleased to publish the same
 if the person who ssigned himself "A
 Fan''l will but send nn his correct name
 and address.
 The local amateur league season is nearly over, the only one now in ex- istence being the Park City league. which will wind up he season on Sum- day. The St. Mary4s and Park City's [ are tied for first sp1ace and it will for the championship, A series of this kind if arranged wd u1d prove a good drawing card as tsoth teams have
 been playing first cHass ball all sea-
 son.
 Directum T.. the chestnut stallion owned by James Bdt1er of New York
 city, and driven by Robert Sneaker
 furnished the sensation of the opening z days program at the Grand Circuit races. held in Syracuse, N. Y., yester-
 day, by establishing9 two new worlds
 records and equal1ifhg the pacing rec
 ord of two minutes established. b3
 Williams at Grand Rapids, early ir tthe season. Directum I. stepped the
 last two heats in two minutes flat ,. beating Frank Boeash, Jr., in each } Frank Bogash won5ythe first heat 1T 3 l2:O2 1-2. By pacir9g in two minutes 4 in the second and third heats Directun f tbroke the record o1. 200 1-2 for tive 4 consecutive heats, established by Stal 1 Pointer at -Springfea d, Ill, in 1897. Int Q average time of the winner gives hin 1 the worlds race record for more thar
 one feat.
 Tn spite of the thandicap of beins
 billed as a 'fbo3y wonder We1kel Il ICockran made good as remarka bl.
 clever billiard pla1aer at Doy1e's Acad
 eny, last evening, kwhere he made hi
 first appearance i'm New York as
 professional His opponent wa
 George Avery, and! young Cochran de
 feated him 200 toF' IS in six inning $ played in thirty-one minutes, endins
 with an unfinished run of 45, whicJ
 followed on the heels of a. pretty ru1
 of just 1OO made7' in twelve minutes
 which gave an i'd ca of the sE-ed 8
 which this new lAspirant for billiard ,. honors playes theA game.
 
 g The Giants played an eleven innin, B tie game with the Pirates in smoke 8 town yesterday while the Braves wer 70 lying idle The Giants had the gam g sewed up until the ninth when Cole