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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-23
Practical Books for Busy American
The Near East From
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-23

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-23

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-23

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-23

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-23

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-08

liberal as it is, is likely to be entire ly insufficient to meet the demand
 The Canadian soldiers make good baseball missionaries, as the game has flourished in the dominion almost as long as in the United States. The French-Canadians were somewhat slower in taking up the game than their neighbors of English, Scotch and Irish descent. It will be just a quarter of a century tomorrow since the first professional baseball game was played in Montreal. On that date, June 9, 1890, Montreal made it's home premiere in the International League
 by defeating Toronto by a score of
 II to 10. During the twenty-five years which have elapsed since then
 the sFrench-Canadfans Of the don1in- ion metropolis have become enthus- iastic fans, and even the war has not,
 diminished their aEdor. This en-
 thusiasm has been maintained, too,
 in spite of the fact that in the last fifteen years Montreal has been rep resented by second division club,
 which in all that time has never fin iShed better than fifth. Not since
 1898 has Montreal boasted of a pen
 nant.
 The appeal of baseball to the
 French -Canadians may be taken as an
 indication that the game will become
 popular in France. The Canadian
 soldiers, by their gal1antry, have be- come popular heroes in the great
 European republic, and this is likely to add to the general interest which the French people will take in their favorite pastime. Boxing is a, com
 paratively recent innovation in
 France, but the people have gone wild over it, and baseball should
 make an equally strong appeal. It is a fast, speedy, scientific game, and as such calculated to please the French mperament.
 Although Montrears history in pro feSsional baseball covers only a quar- ter of a century. the game has been popular in Ontario for twice that long
 The diamond pastime was populariz- ed in Canada. almost as early, as in the states. In 1865, just half a cen
 tury ago, the first tournament for the worlds baseball championship was staged in Detroit, and Canada was. represented by amateur clubs from Montreal, Quebec, Toronto and Hamilton. The Unknows of the lat
 ter city won the tournament and the first worlds flag.
 Professional baseball had it's be- ginning in Canada, in 1877. with the launching of the first International League. London and Guelph. Ont, were charter members of that cir cuit sand the Tecumsehs of London won the first pennant. The present International League is the third to bear that name. Since 1877 nearly every Canadian city of importance, from Halifax and St. John to Van couver to Victoria, has or has had a professional baseball club. On the
 whole the game has been as we'll sup ported as in the United States. and the Canadian clubs have turned out many players of major league rank,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-08
HEATING TWIRLS WELL BUT LOSES
 IN FINAL INNING

New York, June 8-The Yankees had the delightful and unusual ex- perience of leading the Detroit Tigers for seven innings up at li the Polo Grounds yesterday. In the eighth inning Ty Cobb squinted at the score board and saw that the Yankees were in front by a score of 2 to 1.
 Cobb then took matters into his hands. He chopped two-p1y how itzer to left, scampered to third on a wild pitch, and g1ided over the plate on Sam Crawford's out
 Cobb had previously scored the Tf- gers first run. It was an off day for Ty. He only got two bases on balls, made a two-bagger, and scored two runs He must have had severe headache.
 Cobb was presented with a pass in the ninth inning, so the eight other players had to struggle along as best they could and score the winning run without the aid of a hit from him. The last reckoning was 3 to 2. De- troit now leads the pertinacious pur- suit for the pennant, displacing the White Sox yesterday.
 The Yankees had plenty of oppor- tunity to score, goodness, yes, but with runners set on the bases ready to spring toward home, the Detroit pitcher, Harry Coveleski, frightened up and left+then stranded.
 Ray Keating pitched his usual good seven innings, and then pitched his usual bad two innings, when the De- froit batters reached him for enough runs to win.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-08
LINK AFTER HEATING SAYS
 N. Y. WRITER

That a iinN is following Ray Keat- ing IS the opinion of a New York Press writer, who tells the following yarn about the Yankee pitcher:
 ''If anyone wants a jinx for a pet or companion 1,e may obtain a, we'll trained one fire m Raymond Keauns of Bridgeport, Copn., and the Poto Grounds. Ray is of the opinion that Leon Amcs old Polo Grounds 5ii1x wish es to be adopted by the Keattng family, and R1 other Jinx hangs around despite Keats warm oojee- ton.
 History is repeating itself for Pay. Last season the big spitba1l artist tock a ssar1e early in April, which was his lone triumph until late July. He went into July with one win and ten defeats, despite the fact that he pitch ed sorne pretty fair ball. After that luck broke E1t1e better, and Ray closed the season with seven vic+cr- ies against eleven defeats.
 This season Keating is moving along in his 1914 manner He won his first game q cm the Red Sox, tC o. Since then he always has pitched good ball, but is generally on the short end by c-le run. The Athletics beat him 2sto 1; the Indians to l; the wfi-e Sox to 6; the Red Soz to 5 thirteen innings), and the Tigers 5 to 2. Is it any wonder thaf 'Keat' feels certain that he and the fates are on lad terms?'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-08
MATTY CAN'T SLEEP BECAUSE
 OF SHARP PAIN

Chicago, June e.-Christy Mathew son, star pitcher of the New York Ma tionals, has suffered so acutely from a dull pain in his left shoulder that he has been unable to sleep, it was learned yesterday.
 Matty has been yhors du combat for several days, suffering dull pains in the nerve region of his left shoulder In fact, he admitted having slept but three hours a night for the last four nights, and likened the sensation to that of a toothache. The disorder Sunday night extended it's operations into the cords of his neck, and upon rising yesterday the big fellow com plained of sympathetic pains in his right shoulder, which had sttffened. Dr. Matushek, who examined Mattya hopes to have the ailment -remedied. however, and has started Blk Six on the road to complete recovery.
 Veteran baseball men who has dis cussed the case with Matty are of the opinion that the latter is suffering from much the same nerve affHctiou | that put Big Ed Walsh out of com mission two years ago. Amy violent exertion causes sharp pains to shoot 1 through his shoulder and neck, and ha recently complained and considered calling on a specialist after returning from a golf match in which he was unable to past9me up to his accUs< toned standard.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-08
ZBYSZKO UNABLE
 TO THROW GIANT FRENCH WRESTLER

New York, June -s-Waldek Zbysz- ko is the latest addition to the list of failures in an attempt to pin the shoulders of Pierre La Colosse, the giant Frenchman, to the mat in the international wrestling tournament at the Manhattan Opera House Last night zbyszko and CoIosse were bill ed to furnish the feature bout Of the evening, and although the Polish wrestler tried eN cry hold of which he had knowledge he could not turn the Frenchman on his back. Several times the Pole secured a dangerous hold on the Frenchman, but he Go 71d not pin CoIosse's shoulder to the mat.
 The weight and size of the French wrestler, which ave saved him from defeat several times in the past, say ed hirn from belng thrown last nfsht by the powerful Pole. zbyszko had the F'rencn1nan's shoulders very close to the mat On several different ~c- casions. but a violent twist ny a C 51osse would place him in ae- fcnsive position, out of danger of be- ing thrown.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-08
St. Louis Manager
 Raves About ,Leary,
 His Promising Youth


 Branch Hickey, manager of the St. with the work of Jack Leary on first base. Jack is a graduate of the New York State League, having played with Utica a couple of seasons ago Here is what he has to say about Jack and a. few more Irish bal1-play- CTS:
 t'Leary is the sort of a man that must have time and drilling to round him out as a ball players. He has the animating spirit. He is burning with the living flame that likes to play ball and loves to win ball games. Not only that he expresses his love of the game and of winning so that the spectators can see it. That pIeases the people. Leary makes a pleas ant appeal to the spectator. The on- locker sees him fight when things are going against him, and dance with joy over good play made by his team, or at victory. People like that. They come out to see such a, man as Leary and Austin. The public loves to see ballpiayers try.
 T have many men as eager to win as Leary and Austin, in fact, all the boys are vitaIly interested in the game and in winning, but they are not demonstrattve and expressive like Austin and Leary. They do not show emotion. I wish they did.
 'Leary's boyish delight in game makes a great hit. Such men at tract spectators. That is healthy for the game and the gate.
 'rUnfortunately the Irish ba11p1ay- CT, so numerous in the past, so at l tractive, is passing away. The base ball player must come from the farms or the factories or the quarries, from Ia hands. The Irish have all graduat- ed from the quarries and the bod to the tall office buildings and the learn ed professions. This is very fine, but steam heated apartments, automo- piles and office work does not make baI1players. The city bred player is not muscular, nor tnured to the sun. Baseball managers will tell you that city players on the whole. are soft and wilt under the summer suns, es- pecia11y in the double headers so nu- merous in the minor leagues. Thus, the Irish, being well to do city dwell CTS, no longer produce the ball play CTS.
 Now having developed baseball, produced it's players and it's mana gers, the Irish are getting out of the game. Becoming too rich. too we'll kept, too soft. like all older American peoples, the New Eng1anders, etc. We
  ball, and with the change in charac- ter of the people is coming a change in the character of the game.
 ''We must prepare for the S1avs and Mediterranean races, for the Bo- heEntans, Lithuanians and the rest. We are now in the transition period. Spectators, who still remember the great Irish players of the past will become impatient with the less ex- pressfve, more stolidp slower thinking g players of the day.
 ''Leary is one of the few Irish play CTS left, I think that he is a good deal like Bresnahan, and if he was as great a player would be as great a force in a game as Roger was and is. You must remember, too, that Bres- nahan was in the game for six or seven years before he made a name for himself.
 "Yes," said MT. Rfclzey. looking at his big, red-headed first baseman. ''It must be great to be Irish. I know it is great to have some of them on your club.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-08
DOWNEY DECLR ARES FEDS lTTEnNC CE
 WILL IMPROVE NOW

Tommy Downsy of sthis city. the stellar second basemaxB of the Buff feds, is in bown restfng*np from se- were attack of 7s1mzaGO.e Tommy will take it easy for a coup1e' of days and Will ioln t7ase Buffs in Ba1Elmore on Wednesday-
 when Tommy saa1zater edf into Harry Quinn bowling alleys the hot-stove league was Immediately called to or der, Dick Tracy presid1rng- Tom had nothing bat success to- talk about in regard to the Feds HeAsaAd that the anclement weather of thexpast month was all that kept the fansA away from tho games in Buffalo and that with weather like the present day, ,sthe Feds, although they are in the last fsp1ace in their league, will otatdraw the Buffalo Internatfona1s, even though the latter team is in first place tngtFne7r respec- tive league.
 Tommy is now down to weight, hav- ing lost about twenty pounds since the season opened and has improved in batting so that he is now hitting for -290 while he is fielding at a .970 clip around second base
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-08
ANNIVERSARIES A
 OF RINGlB BATTLES

1s24-Tonn Spring defeated Jack Langan in TT rounds at Worcester, Eng. This was the Last engagement of Tom Spring, one of the greatest and most popular champions in ring history. By defeating the great Irish man. IAngan. Spring proved that he was without peer in pugilism, and rec1F9G wtxh his 1aurels still upon his brow. UzsH his death in 1851 Spring was the bo1aafaee offa sporting tavern and the idol of the sporting world. He began fighting ins1317, when he defeated Jack Stringer. and the only defeat he ever suffered was st the hands of Ned Painter who qHft fight ing rather than meet Spring again. Spring--whose real name was Winter was the protege of Tom Cr1bb, and succeeded that old gladiator as cham p4on when Crfbb retired in 1891. Langan, Tom Oliver, Bill Neat, Jack Carter, Josh Hudson and several others were whipped by Spring.
 1900@Tom Sharkey knocked cut Tank Kenny in 1st round at New York.
 1s05-char1ie Neary and Aare11o Herrera. fought 10-round draw at Grand Rapids
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-08
CANADIANS MAY SPREAD THE
 BASEBALL FEVER IN EUROPE.

One beneficent result of the war in Europe may be the introduction of baseball as popular sport in France and Great Britain. While they were in camp in England the Canadian soldiers spent their spare time in playing Americas international game it is no longer correct to speak of the diamond pastime as a ''bationa men from the dominion find relief from the terrors of war by wniItng away the tntermissions between bat ties on the diamond. Many of the English Tommies and French soI- diers have become keenIy interested in the game and before long the crack of the bat and the raucous cry of ''KiIl the umpire!'' may be heard all along the allied front. Ban John sons gift of basebaI1 paraphernalia
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-08
Local Happenings
WELSH MUST
 FIGHT LEWIS
 OR L0SElTiTLE

New york; June s--Tede 6Kdd) Lewis 4he English light weight. who faces K35 Graves at44aae St EH1cho1as A. C. tomorrow night, will sbeSthe next man ho meet Freddie Welsh for the Br1flsh title before the Na1ionaf affSporS4ng c1uo of London L1ew1sAhas -beens pacsSed oy Matchmaker sBett2sons or fhef a' cH1o' anu z-,5ss--- y5sa1sf, s7xyrees4 4o the match ssTslen t4ae club sresun1ass boxing 'he will forfeit the title
 Under the rrIesROf ythe club a cham .p8on must defend hisstttie three times successfully befoUe hee is en[1Iaed 70 t-as,s,ss ay7f r,ossession of the belt. F1vTaash has defended it stwice. beating Wells of Mehegan-
 This VIII be the Mrs appearance or F Graves SIn a Manh asttan ring since his climb stosthe top of his Aclaas-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-08
Outside Observations
Down the Line With Wagner

header he smacked a home run with 8 man on base and later got single. The former Br1dgeporter is evidently trying to be a 400 hitter for the seq son so he can turn 'eIn away when he goes on the stage in the fall.
 The Detroit club has landed Pitcher Koob, who has made a great record with the Western State Normal school. If Koob gets a, pounding some jocu1ar fan will be sure to yell Your name afn't Koob. It's Boob.''
 John Pjura of this city is a catcher at heart but yesterday the Hartford Colontals sent him to the outfeld. He made one hit and accepted all fielding chances.
 Yale is certain to get one good ath- lete from Andover. Wilton Peters, cap- tain of the baseball team, has an- nounced that he will enter the New Haven institute
 Lee Fohl, the 1914 Waterbury man. ager who is piIoting Cleveland at present, is having his troubles Joe Jackson has sprained several 1iga- ments in his arm and will be out of the game for ten days. 1 Bobby wallace, who saw 21 years of service on the diamond, unpired his first game in the American league yesterday at Boston and strange to say both teams praised his work. It is said that Wallace earned $86 ,0Oo during his year and has saved much of 1t.
 Walter NTo11r, who to meet Al iKetcheI here June IT, outpointed Billy
 Moore in a six round bout in Philade1- phia last night. IAohr made a fine
 showing and the promoters offered him a, return engagement
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-08

That Yale expects to repeat it's 1914 triumph over the Harvard crew is ir- dicated by the confident statements coming from the Eli camp. The Yale oarsmen had their first practice on the Thames yesterday and Coach NickaHs put the men through a drill.
 One reason why Yale is hopeful is because of the rumors of ddssension in the Harvard camp. The graduate committee members are said to be anxious to get rid of Coach Jim Wray, who has made such a. wonderful rec ord since he took charge at Cam bridge. The graduates want to put an end to professional coaching and are said to have snubbed Wray on several occasions. Under such circumstances Wray may not be able to get the oars men working so smoothly as in the past. The Harvard crew is already l owrxine on the Thames and from now until Jupne %. the date of the race, there will be much activity on that famous river.
 New London graduates are finding the going easy in the New England league. Jake Warner is batting 1924 for Lawrence and Becker is going at a 1925 clip for Lewiston.
 i Guy Morton, the former Waterbury pitcher, is finding it difficult to go the route these days He had Washington sewed up in a, bag until the sixth yes terday when the Senators landed in him for five runs, giving C1eveIaHA an- other defeat.
 Another Waterbury graduate with Cleveland is Outfielder C1ner Smith who continues to hit hard. He deliv- l cred two hits yesterday.
 Benny Kaun is getting desperate again. In the first half of a double
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-08
OLDEST BASEBALL OWNED BY FAN LIN
 PITTSBURGH, PA,

Tine oldest baseball in existence is owned by the president of the East End Church Baseball League, in Pittsburgh. The ball is nearly 53 years old. It was used first in a cham pionship game between the Eclipse team of Newburg, N. Y. The gam was played on June 20. 1869, and ended 49 to IS in favor of the Kingston team.
 The ball is made of one piece of horsehide, sewed in the center. When it was first used underhand pitching alone was permissible, curves were unknown.
 The bali carries $500 burglary insur- ance and $500 fire insurance It was given to it's present owner by John Miller, who played first base on the Eclipse team. Miller is 100 years old now, and lives in CornwaII-on-Hud son.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-08
Luke MeLuke saYs:.


 F The man who wants a divorce be- cause he finds one of his wife's hairs in his comb when he is home is the same fellow who fixes up his mustache with the comb he finds chained to a washstand in a public place. Daughter loves the Castle dip because it gives her some much needed eXer- else, but mother gets her exercise do- ing the bungalow scrub.
 All the heroes are not wearing unt- forms and posing on pedestals. Most of the heroes are ordinary looking dubs who wear pants that bag at the knees and shine in the rear. These heroes have been honest and industrious and have raised families and have gone without good clothes and pleasures in order that the kids might have new shoes and that the wife might have something decent to wear on Sunday.
 Many a man who spends most of his time mixing drinks wouldn't take job as bartender for any money.
 The man who pays his grocery bills may not get to heaven. but he sure is on the right road.
 About. four times every day man feels that he would give ten years or his life if he could read a strange wom- ans mind when she sizes him up Wlth
 
 A man feels tough when he rolls home at a. m. and realizes that he must go in and face his wife. But how would he feel if he discovered that he had arrived home before she did and that she wasn't there: to face him? It is funny how a few months Of marriage can change 8 sweet little violet into pig red onion.
 There are some lands in which a girl never sees her husband until she mar ries him. Over here she seldom sees. him after she marries him. Once upon a time an editor published the Ten Commandments, and every one of his subscribers took it as g per sona1 matter and quit taking the paper
 Some men are smart enough to ae- auire a reputation for being liberal be cause they give away things which they can't use themselves.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-08
PRAclCE
 FOR ' TEAM ION SEPT GBER '

New -aaven =.Jaznes earl y~1rssot- ss sssr- sses14ernber AIN candidates fo- 4he team should report by September 20 Tha managemenfssfs now engaged ? sTa s,esxsE.r4r,sz szaiisz ters for the early ] practice but no action has been taken as yet It is unlikely Staast Madason
 vrsga be chosen
 me uutipok is very promising for a eocd team Fourteenss stY's men will return, four guards, two tackles. one 2 end one center, and six aoaeks- There yssagk ksue 11sht spre4iI11 work Tor one ] yg.s.zs a1ad then the str troubIe8whl begin
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-08
ATestirnoniaI.

Testimonial.
 Dear Luke McLuke, a letter to you, a message of gladness and thanksgiv- ing too. I used to be grouchy, ! used to be sad, but reading your Byplay has now made me glad. Most folks go to doctors whenever they're i'll, use tonics and dopes and take many a pill Their levers enormous, their bills just. as high, and it isn't so long till the most of them die. The world grows much sadder with each of these cases, dismal old outlook that every one faces. But a cure has been found and Pm writing this letter to show every sick one the way to get better, for know you will read 1t and print it for me, and 1t will go broadcast for people to see. To start this new cure buy a paper today and turn to the page where old Luke's holding sway. Read down through the Byplay and miss not line, be filled with the joy and the nirth that is fine. Take treatment like this for a day and year and you will be healthy and full of good cheer. A tip to the weary, tip to the wise, tip to the man who is tired of ife's signs. So greetings to you, Luke, for the health thus unfurled. Your cure is boon to our sinful old world.-Yours in health, Richard M. Harris, Alpha Delta chapter, Phi Sigma Chi Cam bridge, o.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-08
STANDING OF THE. CLUES.
TOMMY SHEA GETS
 DRAW WITH FOULKES

New Haven, June s-Fernny Shea of this city and Buddy F'auIkes of Wa terbury fought six rounds at the Ca sino last night and Referee Fitzgerald called the bout a, draw. They did not get a, good start until the sixth round but there was plenty of action then.
 Red Walsh of Waterbury secured a decision over Dodo Maher of New Ha- ven in six rounds.