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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-15
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ANNIVERSARIES
 OF RING BATTLES

191O-Myster1ous Billy Smith boxed
 10 rounds with Al Neill at Portland,
 Ore The affair is worthy of remem-
 brance only as the last ring appear ance of Mysterious Billy, who was the first champion of the welterweight division. Smith achieved that honor in 1892, when he was 21 years old, by knocking out Danny Needham of Minneapolis, and Tommy Williams, the Australian weFter champ Billy lost the belt in 1894, when he was whipped by Tommy Ryan in Mime apolts, but regained it in 1898 by de- feating Matty Matthews and Joe Wal cott- In 1900 he lost the cham pfon- ship on a foul to Rube Ferns, in a 21-round bout at Buffalo. Smiths last fight of any importance was in 1908, when he broke his hand in the fourth round of a contest with Joe Wa1cott at Portland. Ore. That
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-15
Local Happenings
PERRl IT HIT HARD; STROUD
 BATTLES REDS

Cincinnati, Ohio, June 15.-Jo1ln g. McGraw Sallowed sPoI Perritt too much freedom yesterday afternoon. and as 8 result the Abest the Giants could do with their sged-hot r-vals, the Reds, was to bat1leS through ten hard-fought innings to as to tie. McGraw, deem ing Perritt his one best bet in the hurting nne,, sent the former Cardinal to the mound, butA before half of the Contest had been played, the Giant leader was forcedS to withdraw Pol and send his recruit Stroud to the res- cue The change. worked wonders, for the new 4hurler allowed his red -hoSed opponentss only four hits in the six in rings he officiated on the slab, and not a, Red reached third base.
 Up,to the time Stroud took hold of the pitching end for the visitors, the Reds had anassed five runs. through six hits, a base on balls, and an error.
 Buck Herzog in an effort to annex the contest again started his speed king, Pete, Schneider. For five innings the. youngsEer went along in good fashion, the Giants touching his de- livery for only four hits and one run He weakened in the sixth, however, allowing two hits and a base on balls, whtSh comblnation coupled with an out, gave the visitors two runs
 In the seventh, when Schneider was on the verge of giving up again, Her zog sents Red A1nes to the rescue. Arnes hefA the McGrawftes safe for the time being but in the eighth, after he had walked two and allowed one to score on ak wild pitch, he Twas taken out. and Toney. former Cub. sent in. The Giants scored their last tally while the bigAright handler was on the mound The Hast six innings of the fracas were played in 9 drizzling rain
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-15
JOCKEY BREAKS
 LEG IN BIG JAM AT JAMAICA TRACK

New York, June 15-Jockey Dreyer paid the penalty for the rough riding Of Jockeys at the. Jamaica track yes terday with a broken leg. While riding James Buffers two-year-old chestnut lilly Variety in the Greenfield seIlinp stakes, the fourth event he was caught in a jam between Regina. and Feernrock and knocked off of his horse. He was picked up uncon- sc1ous, his left leg broken and taken to St. Mary's hospital, Jamaica, l.. I.
 Dreyer is the first victim of t11a season at the local tracks The press has called attention to the fact that several of the boys are up to their old tricks of "herding'' the inside horses against the rail. Boys riding the horses on the outside position command the situation and do this trick in order to force the Jockeys who are riding the horses near the rail to pull up.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-15
Down the Line With Wagner

By taking 8, game from Pittsburgh While Chicago was held up by rain, the Phillies gained a. little in the ex- citing National league race yesterday Manager Moran of the PhiIlies con unues to use his clever scheme of sending Alexander to the box in the first game of each series. This serves a double purpose. It makes the club almost certain of taking the first game, always a, big advantage, and also gives Alexander a regular rest of three days between games. He has offered to pitch oftener but Manager Moran prefers not to work him too much at this stage of the race.
 Both Chicago and Detroit won in the American league yesterday, so of the first two clubs. The Red Sox are in third place, close enough to make trouble for the pair ahead.
 Ray Heating got away with a vic tory over St. Louis yesterday, all though he was wild. When Keat- ing holds the opposing club down to a few runs he loses but in loose SCOT ing game he manages to overcome his jinx.
 Although he has not been able to win a. regular berth, Charles Mullen, the utility infieIder, is very popular with New York American fans He received plenty of applause when he batted for Fisher in the 10th inning of yesterdays game at the Polo Grounds.
 Speaking of Fisher brings to mind that the former Hartford hurler is dis
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-15
abington of Brown University Team Has
 Joined N. Y. Giants

Third Baseman Babington of the Brown team will wear a. New York. National League club uniform at the close of the, college season, arran ge- 1nents for his casting his lot with Nc Graws Korlorn hopes having been made last week He has not signed a contract as yet, but he has given his word that he will attach his John Hancock to the document just as soon as Brown winds up the schedule
 It was believed for time that Con nie Mack of the Athletics had drawn was outbid by GcGrawss representa- tive, said tb be Seer etary Foster, who was in Providence last week
 Ira Thomas, the former Providence pcatcher, who has been associated with Manager Mack as catcher, coach and scout for several years, interviewed EBabington after the game with ;a-nd was informed that he had agreed Ito join the Giants.
 Babington is Providence bow who first attracted attention while playing in the Amateur League. Af- lter entering Brown he made the freshman team his position being first Fbase. During his sophomore year he was member Of the varsity squad but did not win a regular birth. His chanee came last year and he has made good on the job at third base.
 Ever since the start of the pres ent season Babington has been in the hne1ight both on his hitting and fielding At the present time his batting average of .424 tops that of any college player in the east.
 It is stated that Babington will be played in the outfie1d by Manager McGraw, as he is a far better gar dener than an SfnfieIder
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-15
POMMERNE WINS DERBY

Newmarket, Eng, June 15-Pon- trlerne won the new Derby stakes run here today.
 Pommerne, owned by Sol Joel. was the IaVor1te for the abandoned classic me Deroy run annually at Epson towns When the government de- c4oeo Oo discontinue all race neeting gs during the war except that at New market, the race for the new Derby stakes held today was determined up. on The new race was open to horses eligible for the Derby.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-15
Outside Observations

playing the same weakness of most of the Yankee pitchers-inabiIity to go the route. He had St. Louis beaten 4 to yesterday but weakened in the final frame and allowed the Browns to tie the score.
 The Boston rooters are more con fdent that their team will win the American league pennant. now that Joe Wood has returned to his old form. The speed merchant twirIed another good game yesterday when he held Cleveland down to five hits Wood has tied up the Red Sox with a long contract at a big salary and Owner Lannin must feel relieved to see that Wood is beginning to earn the money.
 The Yankees have made seven home runs in their last three games. When the Suffragists promised to give $5 for every home run made on the Polo Grounds they included only the Giants in their offer When they read the box scores these days they must be glad they didn't include the Yankees.
 The American association has de- cided to establish an intelligence of fee for players who want jobs This is unique idea. in baseball but it will enable the managers to get a line on promising youngsters who are out of work.
 crew left California, yesterday on the long trip to Poughkeepsie where the Stanford oarsmen will take part in the regatta, June 2S
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-15
BASEBALL GOSSIP.

l According to report Lee FohI stands
 a good chance of permanently retain l ing his present berth as manager of
 the Cleveland Indians. He is credited with having already done much to-
 ward restoring harmonk in the ranks and is handling his men in a manner Which many believe will bear perma- nently beneficial results
 Wood. the Cleveland Indians uti1- ity man, might be developed into a chance and worked regularly. Wood
 handles himself well for a novice in the position, and with time might be developed inta a good hitter. Guy Morton of Cleveland will have a lot more experience before he
 can be counted with the classy major league pitchers. To begin with. the youngster has much to learn abo11t
 fielding his position, without which
 qualification a pitcher is not apt to be
 very effective. In addition. he needs
 to learn a system by which he can
 hold the runners close to the bases
 and improved control also will be of help to him.
 There is no good reason why Bob. by Wallace should not be a comna- tent umpire after he gets accustomed to the work. Wallace always was con sidered a smart ball player and one thoro oughly familiar with the rules He will have the respect of the play CTS and managers also and oue1t fo have smooth sailing in his new field of operation
 Steve O'NeiI, the Indians catcher rates with the best in the league. The young man has an excellent tIlrowine 2 arm is a good receiver and is by no means the worst hitter among the catchers. Incidentally, he is a great worker, catching a majority of his teams games every year. With a. win ming team O'Neil would show to ex,en 1 bettr advantage than he does now
 Grover Cleveland A1exa nder is on. of the most ambitious twirlers in tF7e 1 This year he started ont with the ambition to win forty gannes Manager Moran of the FhiIIies has shown no desire to further this am bition by calling upon Alexander to pitch out of turn. Pat continues +o send Grover to the mound for the first game of every series, so that he can get good rest before each contest.
 Sheldon sLejeune, centre fielder of the Sioux City Western League cI,1h and leadin gbatsman of the leaeue. is put of the game with a severe attacl of blood poisoning in his throwing arm. Infection was caused by a sni 1er's bite, received several days aea. He may be able to play again in week. Lejetune is the holder of the worlds baseball throwing record.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-15

After rescuing another prisoner Efrpm deatn in q gas filled tank, Harry Burns. a convict imprisoned at Jack son, Mich. fell into the vat himself kand was killed
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-15
BRIEF NEWS NOTES.

Members of the Mexican Oil Com mission. representatives of General Carranza,, arrived in Pittsburgh to make a study of the oil industry in western Pennsylvania
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-15
STANDING OF THE CIUBs.
GAMFS rOnAv

St. Louis in. New York. Detroit in Philadelphia. Chicago in Washington. Cleveland in Boston.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-15

The British steamer Toftwood, Gal weston via Newport News for Havre, arrived at Cherbourg, France, with fire in her cargo, part of which must be discharged.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-15

The United States supreme. court refused to review the conviction of F. Drew Caninetti of Sacremento, Cal. on charges of violating the white slave law.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-15

Hundreds of delegates from all parts of the state arrived at Buffalo for the 102nd annual convention of the Grand ComInandery, Knight TempIars of New YaiIl
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-15

More than 100 passengers on the excursion steamer Seagate were trans ferred to the steamboat Gratitude. when the steering gear broke in low CT New York Bay
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-15

Enormous masses of ice extending 200 miles over the Grand Banks. were reported by the steamer Othello on her arrival at St. Johns, N. F-.fror7 Spain.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-15
STANDING OF THE CLUBs.
GAMES TOnAv

New York in Cincinnati. c Brooklyn in St. Louis. ! Boston in Chicago.
 Phtladelphia in Pittsburgh.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-15

During the next two months. the British Board of Agriculture hopes to i'll the vacancies caused by farm Ia horers leaving for the war with 17a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-15

Governor Slaton of Georgia resum- ed his hearing on Leo M. Franks plea for communication of his death sentence to life imprisonment for the murder of Marp Phagan.
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STANDING OF THE CLUES.
GAMES TO-DAY

WLAIMES IODAY. Richmond in Jersey City. Newark in Providence. Buffalo in Montreal. Rochester in Toronto.
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The trustees of Princeton abolish ed the rule compelling the students to attend week day chapel services
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Additions were made to the works of the Warner & Swasey Go. of Cleveland to include facilities for manufacturing shrapne1
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-15

There may not be many boys to study Greek nowadays. but most of them can talk baseball in a lingo that Is as unintelligible as a dead Ian guage
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-15

Although the Secretary of State gets S12,0o0 per, just at present there IS more competition for a peaceful 200. e''
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GAMES nnnAv

Pittsburgh in Brooklyn. St. Louis in Newark. Kansas City in Baltimore. Chicago in BucaIo.
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COLONIAL LEAGUE.
YESTERDAUs P-
OF THE CLUBS

More than 100000 New York Day exercises.
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FEDERAL LEAGUE.
STANDING OF THE cT5rRs

YESTERDAYS REsT1Trs 10 games scheduled.
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T LYFORD BROTHERS R TRY SPRING CUSTOM sTTrTs RTv East Side and West End Y
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-10
Pass the ToIrpuS nm

! ought 70 be hoped that the General Az
se'hDi! VIII frown s'erny on all efforts
NM especially OH all underhandoj efforts IN
Ncfeai inc lorrens land registra,ion hill
nat measure which for years has been ms,
about TO pass the Legislature. bu, which
somehow never quite passes, deserves The SIM
pert OF every member who has at heart the
interest OF ms constituents and the State
There are suggestions that opnosi,ion
comes from lawyers and title companie who
Fave selfish interest in preserving the eyist-
ing uncertainties Of land titles THAT sounds
TOO base and sordid 10 be true. We hone =,
mas ahsoln'ei! no foundation in fact and tina,
SENATORS ana Delegates who lawyers will
be as diligent In giving assistance IN ,bie
wise and necessary legislation as any OF their
colleagues.
Certainty in land titles is Of enormous i'm
portance, and Of greater Importance IN no
poor man who owns little piece OF pron-
erty, IMAM 10 the rich This certainty womb
ne conferred al small expense bv tho inouy.
uTation and operation Of the Torrens svstem
mere is absolutely not one single valid arer.
ilcnt that can be urged agains, tho ,no.euro
NV pending 1t should be passed
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In Hard Times" Advertise.

/ \ the midst of q too general wall of hard
times. induced by the war or by this
'hat or the other circumstances. over which
the business man has no control. Il is pleas
ing and may not he unnstruc,ive TO read the
report of the president Of a Western roofing
concern that his company has done 20 per
cent more business since the outbreak of the
war than in the same period twolvemonth
previously
When his neighbors were bemoaning de-
preston which the European cataclysm en-
tailed this stout-hearted citizen Inaugural I ed
II campaign of advertising. which was broad
oFen as the results came in until il amounts
~ 100000 In consequence, the firms
business made colossal gains and from the
heginning OF the unusual advertising not one
OF ITS 1900 employees has been laid off or
suffered dimnution OF wages
Inc experience of this concern seems 10
teach that, AT all times. in peace as we'll as
war, II is tho early and advertising bird that
captures the psychological worm
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SMYRNA'S CLAIMS TO FAME,

me opening OF the bombardrnent of
the fortiications of Smyrna nv tho
BRUSH East Indian fleet, the reduction
OF which. II is said. is necessary in
c,ueht IN the main operations" prob
ABLY VIII be followed shorty by ,ba
occupa ton by the allies of the yrc,to.,
city IN Asia Minor, and one which N. q
preserved ali unbroksn continuity or
record and identity of name frn,,, tho
nrst dawn OF history to the present da,.
SMYRNA lies at the head OF the Gulf OF
smyrna, about l25 miles an the crow
fies west by south OF the entrance IN
me Dardancllcs, and while Il ia fortified
III IS not likely that II Will be bio IN
oncr any effective resistance 10 Tho
guns or Nice-Admiral Pierse's SQUADRON.
Already the poDulace is panic stricken.
many OF the residents having taken 70
the nils back of tho city
Ihs5city OF Smyrna lies partly I'm tho
slopes OF rounded hill called Pseus
near the southeastern end OF the gulf.
ana partly on the low ground between
the nh and tho sea. II presents an an
pearnnce OF great beauty, CLUSTERING on
the ground and rising tier over tier on
the hillside. ON the west tho CITY ia
shut In by hill called Deirmen Teue
with the ruins OF n temple on the sum
nit. The city in normal tlmes has a
population OF more than 100000 OF
which fully half liz Greek In fact Il is
'
christian city. hence the Turks know II
aS giaour tinndeD 1smr There is n
large European element, Including
about 500 British subjects. the greater
part or which lives In the suburbs but
does business in the city
Smyrna Is ono OF the principal sea-
ports OF the Ottoman Empire. and has
n large trade, the bulk of IL with Great
Britain. About 1000 steamers visit the
port annually, and there is n hnc sys-
TEN OF qunys. which were built by n
french company. Tho streets though
clean and we'll kept are narrow and
crooked. Some OF the government
buildings are imposing structures Tho
town Is a headquarters Of missions of
all denominations. and has good schools
OF which tho International College is
the best. Two railways start from
smyrna into the interior, one or which
belongs TO n British company and the
other to a French company The latter
connects with the Anatolian Railway
which travcrses n great part OF Asia
Minor.
smyrna is believed to have been n
LeleGian city before the Greeks set
tied In Asia Minor. The name Ia said
to have been derived from mn Amazon
called Smyrna. The town was the
frontier city between Aeois on the
north and Ionia on the south, and bv
virtue OF Its situation was always a
center or commerce. smyrna finally
passed into the hands OF the CoIopho-
mans and became the thirteenth Of the
1Onian states. This was shortly before
6SS H. C., when tho Ionian Onomas tus
OF smyrna won the boxing prize at
Olympia. The situation of Smyrna on
the path OF commerce between Lydia
and the west raised II during the
seventh century 10 the height Of power
and splendor. When the Mermaid
Kings raised the I.ydian power and ag-
gressiveness Smyrna was one or the
first points OF attack. but II resisted
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, capture. The ruins OF a strong fortress.
built by the Tonians on a hin in thu
DasH between Smyrna and Nymphi. ara
still imposing.
According TO Thcosnis $500 n. q,
PRIDE destroyed Smyrna" whether
~ was due or not to the deIinouenoy
OF ita citiZcnn Smyrna could not lonr
Withstand the Lydian advance. and e
was finally captured by Alyatle. TIT
and for 300 years lost it's place In On.
! list or Greek cities 1t did not. how
ever cease 10 exist but Its Greek life
and political unity were DESTROYED and
the Smyrnean state was organised on
inc village system. Two Eemesea xvho
worshiped at Smyrna arc said to hava
suggested In dream to Alexander ~.
Great tho Idea OF restoring tho orssk
city. and tho scheme was cRrried out
oY Antigonus f3ls-301 p. c.. Lysi.
machhs COOLEST II. c. enlarged and
fortified tho city. The ruins Of ths
Acropolis. probably much in IN. .ame
condition az they were left by Alyatles
sun exist on blum which overhanrs
tho northeastern extremity OF tho r,,H
smyrna formerly possessed two har.
borH-thn outer. which was the OMAN
roadstead OF tho gulf. and the inner.
email basin with a narrow sntranc.
closed By rope In case OF need. about
the place now occupied by bazaars. Til.
inner harbor was partially nlled in hv
Timur In l4o2. but II did not en,ir.Iv
disappear until the beginning OF tn.
last century. The modern ouev h,.
reached considerably on tho sca
the coast line OF the Creek time being
ABOUT 300 feet further south. In olden
times the streets OF Smyrna wcre
broad. the main street. the Golden. run
ming across tho city from west to cast
The river Mcles, which flowed nv
smyrna, is famous In history. The cave
where Homer composed hts poems was
n I,
his temple. tho lIomereum. stood on
its banks. The description OF tho Mo,e=
admirably fits tho stream which rises
from abundant fountains to the cas-, Of
tho city and flows steadily, winter and
summer, Into tho gulf.
When Constantirople became tho sea,
OF government tho trade between An,
iona, ana the west lost I'm impor-
lance and Smyrna declined In 1881 ,
Turkish freebooter named Tsacha seized
the city, but II was recovered nv tho
generals OF Alexius Comncnus SMYRNA
was several times ravaEcd by the
Turks. and there was little left Of {,
IN l222. whom the Emperor John Duca
NntatTcs rebuilt 1t. II was still In
great part ruin about n hundred
years later. when tho famous chicftain
Adm conquered IL. In 1902 Timour
st"fmcd tho town and massacrod most
OF tho inhhbltants Tho Monpol con
quest was only temporary. for SMYRNA
was resumed by the Scljuka OF AIdinE
and has since remained In Mohamne6ar
hands From tho carly seventeenth
century mp to 1s25 II was the chjef
provincial factory OF tho British -Turkey
Company. 40 we'll as of French, Dutch
and other trading Corporations TheM
passages, with gates ut each end with
in which mos, Frcnc, shops In modern
smyrna lie, are Il survival Of the semi
iort'hed residences OF the old Europear
merchants
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Divorces and puhlici,,

inns place recently the question was
asked: How far should divorce aud
breach OF promise cases he made puhlico"
Now from Baltimore comes the ,jmelv com
ment OF the court IN the case of a preacher
and his wife whose crosssuits for divorce
have both been dismissed The case ran
twenty-five days Every day. although il
was tried in chambers to reduce me crowd
Runarcds were turned away. Newspa pcr re.
poEeeIs mao 10 PICK up what they could on
the outside, and readers of Tho dali,
fairly reveled in what came out. Some varv
ridiculous some very salacious. some ye,y