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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-23
Ted Meredith
 Is Versatile

r A PPARENTLY there is no limit to the versatility of Ted Meredith, the University Of Pennsylvania. track |captain and worlds champion half xniier. Not satisded with his marvel lous performance fn running quarter mile at the relay carnival in AT 1-5 lgeconds. Meredith converted himself Into. "a sprinter in the dual meet be- tween Pennsy1xania and Dartmouth. He won three races in a single after moon, tie 100 yards in 10 1-5 seconds. I4he z20 yards in z2 Is seconds and the le40 yards in 49 3-5 seconds.
 tFrOf course 1t was to be expected that Meredith would win the quarter mile, but not even his coaches thought he could win spr1nting honors in such time Yet without any special train- ling at all, the Quaker captain aban- kdoned the middle distances and show ed real class as sprfnter- He beat iWorthihgton of Dartmouth and kauf-
 man of his own teamt both of them tconsistenr 10 1-5 second men Coach iOrton believes that if Meredith would devote himself to sprinting and learn ito get off his mark more quickly he could do 10 seconds. E
 What Meredith has done this year From 100 yards to a half mile leads kfhe experts to believe that before the EseaAons is over he will smash both the Ewtraightaway and circular track rec lords for the 440 yards. Both age held by Maxey Long. the old Columbia star Long did AT seconds flat for the let-aightaway race and AT 4-5 seconds for the circular track record Meredith lis different type of runner from Long The latter was a sprinter who length ened his distance to the quarter. Long could actually do 10 seconds for the 100 and 22 seconds for the 220, but he c4uld never run more than 500 yards
 Meredith came down from the longer distances, first to the half and ther to the quarter. But he has now de- veIoped all the speed of the sprintel and retains the endurance of the dis
 tahce runner. This is a combination
 which is ideal for both the quarter and
 the half mile runs.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-23
Sweeney Tells of
 Emery Ball

yTHE history of the emery bah. as told by Ed Sweeney. Toledo catoh- CT. and one of the arch conspirators in the myst1fyfng stunts of this phenom- enal shoot. forms one of the greatest stories ever heard in connection with the ga ne.
 There's romance behind the emery ball, discovered by Russ Ford, one ek basebalrs most brilliant pitchers. IL presents a tale of mystery and years of secrecy
 Ed Sweeney, who caught this shoot no batter can hit, says this is the first time the inside story has ever been published.
 It began back early in 1907 at At lanta, where Ford and Sweeney were the crack battery for his Southern league team. One day while Sweeney was catching Ford in warmup stunt before a game Russ made wild peg and the ball bounded into concrete pillar.
 .I didn't know anything about it," explains Sweeney, but after that noticed the ball breaking in a peculiar way I remarked about it to Ford, but he didn't appear interested. I never saw 1t again that season,
 AsI was purchased that summer by the Yankees Owner Farrell came to me one day and asked who was the best pitcher in the Southern league I told him Ford. And Russ was drafted.
 ''The next spring Ford and I went south together to join the Yankees On the train Russ told me he had ball no catcher in the world could receive. I laughed at him. But he persisted and told me he would explain when we reached the training camp.
 "Once there he took me into his con fdence and explained the emery ball He said he had experimented with it the entire previous season, but had not mentioned it. He was telling me be- cause he wanted me 10 catch him, and he knew I couldn't get away with 1t unless I knew what was coming
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-23
Hero Les Darcy
 Still Supreme

T tES DARCY middleweight champion,
 recognized in Australia as the holder of the worlds title, keeps on beating the Australian heavyweights. The first he disposed of was Harold Hardwick former amateuzs champion of the British empire, who was claim ing the Australian heavy title, and his most recent was a knockout Of Buck Grouse of Pittsburgh in two rounds.
 On Saturday, March 25, in Sydney, Darcy took on Les O'Donnel1, a ITO pound man who can box c1everly, hit pretty hard and swallow a vast amount of gruel O'Donnell was two or three years ago a great rival of Dave Smith, a clipping fine boxer in front of any Indian sign on him and made a hobby of knocking him out.
 Darcy caused O'Donne1Ps towel to fly in the seventh round, scoring a tech nical knockout. It was a fierce ex- change of fighting, and though the bet ting odds on the race courses showed that nobody expected O'Donnell to win, there was a good house. There were some rounds in which O'DonneL fairly held his own with the champion, but when his towel flew up he was all in, and that round, the seventh, would have seen the finish of him. All the same, he demonstrated fercely with his seconds, being the sort or man who would sooner fight on until knocked cold. Eddie McGoorty's life is one of com fort The race tracks are kind to him, and this is an easier way of piling up a. bank balance than going into the ring. The public would like to see Ed die in action again. whether against
 Darcy or Holland. but he says mo-
 ] The talk of Jeff Smith going to Australia again is hot air. Nobody there wants to see him fight He twice
 fouled Les Darcy, and on the second occasion the foul, coming very early in the fight, was about the c1earest case | of quit that could be recorded. 'sNo,' '' says Snowy Baker; "I don't even con
 slider Jeff Smith. The only use he l would be to me is to pay a matter of l $2,5OO of law costs awarded against I him to the stadium. As a fighter he is l worth nothing to an Australian pro- moter.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-23
COAST HURDLES STAR HOLDS WORLDS "PREP" RECORD.

TsARL THOMPSON, the University @ Of Southern California freshman who equaled the worlds record of IA 4-5 seconds in the 120 yard high hurdles zn a recent meet at Leland Stanford, tying the mark of Robert Simpson, the University of Missouri star, did not touch one of the hurdles in his flight over them
 Thompson is a powerful lad of twen- ty-one and possesses a long low stride Eze holds the massachusetts world $ record of Is 1-5 seconds, made while at Long Beach s(Cal) high school. He has run the distance in fifteen seconds three times since entering the Univer- nit1 of Southern California last fall.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-23
CHANGES IN BASEBALL OF RAPID FIRE ORDER

GIT doesn't take. long to change the
 entire personnel of ball club.' unused Kid E1berfeld. once manager of the New York Yankees. as he gazed in the direction of the Tanks bench just before his Chattanooga team faced Bill Donoyan's crowd in the Tennessee city last spring. 'sIt wasn't so many years ago that I was with this club, first as a player and later as a man ager," continued the kid, but all the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-23

old boys who worked with me or for me have passed along. Some are out of baseball entirely and some in the minor leagues. Only two or three are in the. majors. yet had several young : sters in those days. Donovan tells me that he has thirty players here, and I look in vain for some one whom I knew as a Yankee. Of course Dono van, Farrell, Schaefer and Kelly are old friends. but the men who do the playing are mostly strangers
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-23
MATTY, THE MASTER, HAS SPIT
 BALL WORKING NOW.

SHRISTY APPREHENSION has added
 the spitbaH to his long repertory of pitching craft, which hitherto fea- tured the fadeaway and the brain ball. The old master doesn't possess the speed he once did, but he has added materially to his effectiveness by in cluding the damp ball, which he adopt ed year ago. Now he uses it quite often and controls it so well he baff1es many batters with it. Matty resorted to the splitter several times during a recent game at Pittsburgh and was successful
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-23
HAWAIIAN GIRL IN COAST SWIM

WILLIAM T. RAwLINs. president of the Hawaiian A. A. U.. who re- gently visited this country with Duke Kahanamoku, announced before leav- ing for home that tryouts to select a candidate for the national 100 yard wo-
 mans championship would be held in Honolulu and that she would be sent to the title contest on July 4 in San
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-23

Sam Crawford, who is now in his fourteenth season with the Detroit Tigers, is the real veteran of the Amer ican league, figuring from the stand point of continuous service. Harry Davis has spent more time in tho league. as he has been connected witA the organization since the Athletics joined the league in 1901. but Dav,5 was with Cleveland during part of the 1912 season.
 Sam has been with the Tigers con tinuously since 1903. when the Ryar tfonal and American leagues signed the peace agreement Other players of long service in the American Ieague are Ed Walsh, who joired the White Sex in 1904. and Terry Turner, who joinel the Cleve-sld club in 1904. The vet erans of other clubs and the years in which they joined are as follows: Car rigan, Boston, 1906; Oidring, Athletics. 1906; Johnson, Washington, 1901; Fisher, New York, 1910: Austin. St Louis, 1911.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-23

Francisco.i He mentioned among the Hkeliest contenders Miss Ruth Stacker, former holder of the worlds fifty yard record for women; Miss Ducille Le-
 gros, who has won many sprinting championships, and Miss Bernice Lane, the new star, who defeated Miss Fran ces Cowells of San Francisco in Homo lulu last February.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-23
SOUND AT FoRTY-oNE YEARS,

A N exchange says: Sam, a horse
 of Morgan stock, is still lively and in service at Portland, Me, at the ripe age of forty-one years. He is neither blind.s lame nor toothless, but carries as much flesh and moves with as much agility as horses one half his age.'f By figuring the agility of a twenty and Fone-hah years old horse the status of Sam may baascertained to a dot. s
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-23
kAIIFE cosT $500 IN 1o1o.

IN 1910 the New York Yankees paid
 $500 for Benny Kauff. In 1s16 he was the most valuable of three players for whom the Giants paid an amount estimated at S65,00o.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-23
MAY ABOLISH INTERcoLLEoI
 SPORTS

TNHE question of the abolition of all
 intercollegiate sports at the Uni versity of Wisconsin will probably be brought before the next meeting of the faculty.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-23

HAS TWENTY THREE MUNICIPAL
 DIAMONDS. OMAHA boasts twenty-three base ball parks maintained by the c-ty authorities.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-23
PITCHER BENZ TO BE A FARMER.

TOE BENZ has purchased a large
 farm adjoining that or his fas-ses In Batesville Ind. When he retires from baseball he intends settling down to the quiet and peaceful rural fife.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15

All employees of the Western Union
Telegraph Co. receiving $4,000 or less
a year were voted cash bonus rang
ing from 6 to per cent Of their an
nual wage. Messengers win receive
$25 each.
Suburbanites at Evanston, Ind,
need only bull fights to press them
over the brink of immortality, said
Rev. David H, Jones. condemning all
forms of frivolous amusement, includ-
ing golf and dancing.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
GERMANS OFFER
HELP TO GREEKS
WILL OPEN UP LAND COMMUNE
CATION IF PEOPLE DE-
SIRE 1T.
MONARCH IN WARLIKE MOOT
Entente Forces In Danger Of Losing
Benefit Of Balkan Nearness by
Reason of Constantine's
Hostility.

London.-A dispatch from Switzer.
land, as forwarded from Rome, says
Germany and Austria have offered
their services to Greece in opening
land communications If Greece de-
clares war on the entente.
Special dispatches from Athens and
kilograms from Piraeus by way of
SYRIA Island reiterate emphatically
and with purportedly corroborative
details that the recent attack on the
entente allies in Athens was the re-
suit Of a deliberately planned plot
by the king and his government, who
broke his word to Admiral De Four
net, commander of the entente allied
fleet.
The dispatches insist that Royalist
headed by the king have adopted
permanently hostile attitude toward
the entente, and say that the mobili-
cation is proceeding rapidly, and that
every warlike preparation is In prog
ress under Gen. Dousmanis, chief of
the Greek general staff, and the mill
tary clique, encouraged by the Ru-
manian victories, and lavish promises
from Germany
The dispatches add that Greek SOL
diers occupy all the vantage points
near Athens and firaens. and are
now digging trenches and mounting
guns.
The correspondents say that efforts
are being made to concentrate a
strong army in the Larissa region for
the purpose Of attacking the entente
allies in the rear. in conjunction with
the German and Bulgarian attacks
in the north.
They conclude by saying this and
the other Greek activities may en-
danger the success of the whole allied
operations in the Balkans. The writ
ers urge instant vigorous allied &C
ton
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
TO PREVENT OLD AGE
COMING TOO SOON +!

"Toxic poisons in the blood are
thrown out by the kidneys. The kid
neys act as filters for such poisons.
If we wish to prevent old age coming
too soon and increase our chances for
q long life, we should drink plenty of
pure water and take little Anuric,"
says the famous DR.. Pierce Of Buffalo,
Ny.
When suffering from backache, fire.
quent or scanty urine, rheumatic pains
here or there, or that constant tired,
worn-out feeling, the simple way to
overccs.e these disorders is merely to
obtain little Anuric from your near
est druggist and you will quickly no
tice the grand results. You will find
It thirty-seven times more potent than
lithia, and that 1t dissolves uric acid
as hot water does sugar.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
ALABAMA WOMEN

Albertvllle, Ala.-"I was In bed nine
ty days, forty days of which / could
not put my feet on the floor. Two doc.
tors gave me up-said had bad case
of dropsy and that my system was all
rundown. l could not keep any vic
tuals on my stomach. My husband
found one Of DR.. Pierce's pamphlets,
and / began taking Golden Medical
Discovery and 'Favorite Prescription
i took three bottles of each kind and
In six weeks ! was able to be I'D.
also used the Pleasant Pellets ]
recommend DR.. Pierce's medicines to
all suffering women, and am glad to
say they saved my life when others
failed."-MRS SARAH C. RAINS, r.
#. d. /.
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov.
cry and Favorite Prescription can be
obtained from druggists In liquid OF
tablet form, and are herbal extracts
without alcohol or narcotics; Their
ingredients are printed on bottle wrap
pers.-Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
The Surprise.

1.-THE trouble with scientific manage
ment, as the employers understand it,"
said Samuel Gompers at a labor BAN
quet in New York, sis that it's all to
the employers advantage and all to
the disadvantage of the employee.
"The employee is like the lady whose
husband said:
Learn to cook, darling, and I'll
give you surprise
"She took six-month cooking
course and then brought home her di-
ploma proudly, She could now cook
like an angel.
bring on my SURPRISE she said.
"This is it, said her husband,
smiling, and he rang for the cook and
discharged her then and there"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
WARSHlP AND CREW MISSING
Suffren En- Route to Naval Depot Is
Not Heard of for Over
Month

Paris.-The French battleship Suf-
fren is officially classified as lost,
in a statement issued by the minister
Of marines. Apparently all of the
hands were lost. The vessel left Gil
braltar for L'Orient on Nov. "a and
has not been heard of since. L'Orient
is a fortified seaport naval depot at
the mouth of the River Scorff, Brit
tany.
The Suffren was an 1S-knot battle
ship of 1880 tons and carried 730
men, according to the best available
information. She had water line
length of 410 feet and carried the fol-
lowing armament: Four Pinch guns,
10 6.4-inch guns, 8 4-inch guns, % g.
FOUNDER rapid firers, and torpedo
tubes.
The Suffren was authorized in July,
1899, and cost $6,000,000.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15

sluggish liver better than a dose OF
nasty calomel and that it won't make
you sick.
Dodson's Liver Tone Is real liver
medicine. You'll know 1t next morn.
ing because you will wake up feeling
fine, your liver will be working, your
headache and dizziness gone, your
stomach will be sweet and your bowels
regular. You will feel like working;
you'll be cheerful; full OF vigor and
ambition.
Dodson's Liver Tone Is entirely
vegetable, therefore harmless and can.
not salivate. Give 1t to your children!
Millions Of people are using Dodson's
Liver Tone instead of dangerous cal
omel now. Your druggist will tell you
that the sale of calomel is almost
stopped entirely here.-Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
TORTURING SKIN TROUBLES
That Itch, Burn and Dlsfigure Healed
by Cuticura. Trial Free.

Battle with plenty of Cuticura Soap
and hot water to cleanse and purify.
Dry lightly and apply Cuticura Oint-
ment to soothe and heal. This stops
itching instantly, clears away pimples,
removes dandruff and scalp irritations,
and heals red, rough, sore hands.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
WORKING Abandoned Holdinos.

Many holdings in Brazil which have
been abandoned for nearly a century
are now being worked and made pro.
ductive. That Of the Carmelite monks
where there is now settled colony Of
foreign agriculturists, and that of the
Benedictine monks, worked by the
monks themselves, are among these
The ancient industry of sugar planting
has been revived to an extent never be.
fore known in some states. Many OF
the municipalities have revived and
again placed under cultivation old and
abandoned coffee fazendas.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
CAL0MEL IS MERCURY, IT S|CKENSI
STOP USING SAu|vAT|NG DRUG
Don't Lose Days Work! If Your Liver Is Suqqish or Bowels
Constipated Take "Dodson's Liver Tone."-Its Fine!

You're bilious! Your liver is slug
sish! You feel lazy, dizzy and all
knocked out. Your head is dull, your
tongue Ia coated; breath bad; stomach
sour and bowels constipated: But don't
take salivating calomel. 1t makes you
sick, you may lose days work.
Calomel is mercury or quicksilver
which causes necrosis Of the bones.
Calomel crashes into sour bile like
dynamite. breaking 1t up That's when
you feel that awful nausea and cramp.
ing.
II you want to enjcx the incest, gen
TEST liver and bowel cleansing you
ever experienced just take a spoonful
Of harmless Dodson's Liver Tone. Your
druggist or dealer sells you a 50-cent
bottle OF Dodson's Liver Tone under
my personal money-back guarantee
that each spoonful will clean your
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
PRESSING Question.

We see that the slinky figure is to
be the style throughout the coming
season, and we suppose we shall soon
be face to face again with the prob
lem of where fashionable matron of
about forty-twO size puts herself when
she gets into her new gown.-Ohio
State Journal.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15

Mayor Benjamin Bosse of Evans
vile, Ind, bought 10000 bushels of
coal from the Dixie mine. near Spots
vile, KY, in an effort to force down
the local price of coal.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
OF Course Not.

"This health expert says bad COOK
ing causes more divorces than any
thing else"
"Oh, you can't believe all the ex-
perts say. Now, have II on good au-
thority that cabarets cause more d.
vorces than anything else, yet hard
ly anybody goes to q cabaret to eat"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
As Time Chances.

"a man used to be afraid his wife
would find out that he had been to see
a big spectacular show with ballet"
eyes. And now he's regarded as an
lnconsiderate person If he doesn't go
to every one that comes along and take
the entire family"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
Extra LARGE Size.

'There goes Miss Grabcoin, the
heiress. 1t is said that duke once
drank champagne out of her slipper"
Possibly so," answered the caustlc
young woman. "Some of those foreign
noblemen have an astonishing ca.
pacity for wine"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
Tenants Hold Own Court.

Chicago.-Tenants Of big loop
building here disliked going to court
about things concerning themselves,
so they have organized court among
themselves, and IL one tenant has a
dispute with another in a business
way 1t is put up to the court.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
Those cheruhs

Louise--Do you consider your chill
dren perfect?
Julia--I wouldn't be so conceited. /
simply admit they're the best children
in the world.-Town Topics.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
CONVINCING.

Rather odd that you can't keep a
cook, my dear"
"Oh, but we can. There was one
we had this month who stayed over
night"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15

"Mrs., Green fiattered me greatly
yesterday, and knew she was fiatter-
ing, too"
"That so? What did she say?"
"She said / had wonderful hus-
band"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
May Own Paper plant.

Paramount, w. Misrepresentation
Of 10 daily newspapers in West vir-
ginia. at a meeting here. have appoint
ed committee to investigate the adj
visibility of establishing paper mill
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
Cold Calculation

equality is more to be desired than
quantity" said the man of artistic in
clinations.
"Not always" replied the practical
person. "a diamond is pure carbon.
But you can't get the action from it
that you can from a ton Of coal"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
RREAH M

BREAD WITHOUT SALT IS TASTELeSs
A medicine chest without Magic Ar
MICA Liniment is useless. Best of all
liniments for sprains, swellings,
bruises, rheumatism and neuralgia.
Three sizes, 26c, soc and $1.00.-Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15

Like a million other wom-
en-, you can serve coffee that
he would give most anything
to have-coHee which starts
the day right" for all.
Everyone loves the rich
favor of Arbuckles' Coffee.
Of all the coffees in America
today, it is by far the most
popularl
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15

IMITATION IS sINcEResT FLATTERY
but like counterfeit money the imita-
tion has not the worth OF the original.
Insist on La Creole" Hair Dressing
its the original. Darkens your hair In
the natural way. but contains no dye.
Price S1.00.--Adv,
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
What would he give
for the coffee you server

One woman says: my
husband used to swallow his
coffee and hurry off. Now we
have Arbuckles' and you'd
think it was Sunday the way
helingers over his breakfast"
Until you try Arbuckles'
you will never know what
a difference good coffee can
make in your home.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
Sure Proof.

"Can you give me any proof that
Bacon did not write the great plays?'
Certainly. If he had, Shakespeares
fat would have been in the fire before
this"