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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-04
PLAN K.
ANSON GREATEST NATURAL BATTER

DR. MARK BALDWIN. the famous
 pitcher ue the old Chicago White Stockings of 1888 and 1889, who took the first trip around the world with Anson in 1889, was talking recently about the old timers.
 T realize" he said. that the game has improved in many ways. It is probably faster and more scientific now than it was twenty or thirty years ago, but some of those old fellows who played more for the sport than for their salaries and were not in continual wrangles over contracts and all upset about where to invest their money have never been equaled by present day stars.
 Gap Anson, consider, was the greatest natural batter who ever lived. With all due respect to Wagner. Cobb, Lajoie, Speaker and others of more modern days, Anson still reigns su- preme as a steady, consistent, wicked hitter of all kinds of pitching.
 Tn the many years he played in the National league there was never a pitcher who had his goat or who could stop him with regularity. Anson sell dom hit at the first strike. or even at the second. Two strikes was just an incentive to him. He had free swing and a wonderful eye. and he could hit the ball right on the nose, no matter what the pitcher put on it. He was the greatest of them all.
 "As brainy player no man has ever equaled Mike Kelly. He invented more
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-04
MORAN WELL FORTIFIED WITH
 PITCHERS,

IF seems that Manager Pat Moran ot
 the Phillies is better fortified with pitchers than any one believed. The fact that both Rixey and Bender came through recently in an impressive way against the New York Giants makes the Phillies look a lot better than they have to date The one thing that the admirers of the Phillies feared was their pitching staff, and the result of the early games indicated that Alexander was about the only one who could be relied upon. Now, however that Rixey has come through, he will be of great help to the Phillies.
 Bender of course, is sure to be a win- ner, for he is in as good form as he ever has been, is behaving himself and has the knowledge of the art of pitch ing which stands him in good stead.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-04
WAGNER.

tricks in baseball than any other ten men. Some of them might not be con- sidered sportsmanlike, but they show ed his inventive mind. In the days when he was playing the grounds were not always so well kept as they are now, and the grass in the outfield was sometimes rather long. Kelly used to conceal one or two balls out in his pasture. If long hit got through him he would pick up one of these balls instead of chasing the bali in play and so keep the batter from advancing.i He got away with this many a time.
 When he was catching he learned to click his tongue in exact imitation of foul tip. In those days a foul tip was out. I have seen many a batter rave when he was called out by the umpire on a foul tip when he knew he had never come near hitting the ball. Kelly would just grin and advise him to go to the bench and polish up his eye sight.
 "One day Kelly was sitting on the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-04

bench in a close game, when a heavy hitter came up on the other side with men on bases. He was a dangerous man, and the Kelly team would be lucky to get out without his sending in the two runners who were on the bases. The batter put up a high foul rather near the bench where Kelly was sit ting. The catcher misjudged it and turned the wrong way. Kelly in
 stantly yelled to Tom Lynch. who was umpiring the game, Smith is out of the game. Kelly takes his place. jumped off the bench and caught the foul fly. The play was allowed, and Kelly's team won the game.
 Such a play would not be allowed now, for a new player in the lineup must be announced by the umpire, but 1t was legal at that time. It just goes to show how rapidly Kelly's mind worked. He had no education, but he was one of the keenest and smartest men I ever knew. There has never been any one like him in baseball
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-04
CRAWFORD.
College Men Shatter Old Track Marks

Simpson has the natural speed and by constant practice has learned the exact distance of every stride to carry him to the next hurdle. He has the natural strength to finish strong.
 When Ted Meredith of the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania ran, the quarter mile in Al 2-5 seconds around turn for a new worlds record the dopesters thought the mark would stand for years. The Quaker made this mark in the eastern Intercollegiate. When the western classic was held Binga Dis mond of the University of Chicago came along and covered the distance in the same time under the same con- ditions.
 The maroon, who is a strong, sturdy runner, led from start to finish and never was in danger. In other words, he was right" on that day., and if he had been pressed he might have gone faster.
 Dismond, who is a negro, is the right type to run a quarter mile. He is tall and rangy and seldom shows fatigue. In the western meet he not only hung up new western record and tied the worlds mark, but he ran two heats in the furIong and another quarter in the mile relay race.
 These were the best performances of the year in the west, but the marks made in other events were not to be considered, lightly. The athletes who represented the larger colleges deliver ed in their chosen specialties, which goes to show that the coaches are working on scientific basis in the de- velopment of their charges, who are taking more interest in their training and try to profit by the teachings of | their tutors. ] Some persons are at loss to know | why the pole vault record is being ] bettered every year. The reason for
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-04
BRAVES MAKING STRONG FIGHT.

F the Boston Braves do not win this
 year it will not be because they are not trying their best. Stallings and his players are hustling as never be- fore, and with the strong pitching staff that the Miracle Man can boast of he ought to give his rivals a severe tussle before the campaign is ended.
 The opposition, of course, is strong. The Dodgers and the Phillies are show ing good form, but the Braves are very much in the fight and seem to have more confidence than some of their ri vals.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-04
QUEER BASEBALL RECORDS

THREE assists for the Pittsburgh Pi-
 rates in nine innings against Brooklyn recently were almost a ma jor league record, but not quite. The New York Giants played a game in Pittsburgh on Aug. g, 1906, in which the Giants had two assists in nine innings, both going to. Pitcher Joe Mc- Ginnity.
 A record frequently quoted is that established in the game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Phillies on July 22, 1906, in which the reds had no assists, but that game went only seven innings.
 The Pirates hold the record for the greatest number of assists. They made twenty eight assists in a game with the Giants on July IS, 1911.
 Also the Pirates figured in another near record with Brooklyn. On June IA, in the record making year 1906, the Pirates beat Brooklyn, 6 to 1. and Brooklyn had twenty-seven assists. Still another high water mark was reached in a game between Brooklyn and Pittsburgh. In Pittsburgh on June "A, 1893, there were twenty-four pass
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-04
Photos by American Press Association.

WITH the staging of the western
 and eastern intercollegiate track and field meets the college athletic year was brought to successful close In every branch of athletics the events were keenly contested, and the year will go down in athletic history as one of the most successful.
 Following the football season, con- tests in other lines of athletic endeavor were featured by record breaking per- formances. From football the athletes turned their attention to basketball and indoor track work. This was followed by baseball and outdoor track work.
 It was in the outdoor track work that the athletes astounded the sporting world by their record breaking per- formances. Records were made possi- ble by ideal weather conditions, billiard table like condition of the tracks and the ability of the athletes, many of whom exceeded even the expectations of their respective coaches. ~.
 Undoubtedly the greatest perform ances of the season were those of Rob- ert Simpson of the University of Mis- souri. This sterling athlete twice ran the 120 yard high hurdles in IA 3-5 sec onds at the Western Intercollegiate and Missouri Valley meets. This is faster than any hurdler ever went be- fore and stamps Simpson as the great est f1ier of the day. so far as time is concerned.
 Old time coaches, men who have seen The best murders in the history of track athletes, declare that Simpson has the best form of any. A tall. rangy athlete, the Missouriar leaps the three foot six inch barrier without ap- parent effort. He jumps the sticks by throwing his iron. foot straight over the hurdle and drags his other, leg over the barrier in a crooked position.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-04
COveleskie Brothers
 Are Baseball Stars

ONE star pitcher in one family is a
 high average, but when that same family produces a pair of them, then it is hitting at a thousand gait, but that is what the Coveleskie family of Shamokin, Pa, did.
 There is Harry, who twirls for De- troit, where he has been one of the stars of Jennings outfit for the past few years. This big southpaw secured his start while a member of the Phila- delphia National league team, and one set of ball players will never forget the start.
 This set was the New York Giants of 1907, when they had-or thought they had-tha pennant won. They did un- til the last week of the season, when Billy Murray, who then managed the Ouakers, put the "l1ibosh' on them
 The Giants and the Quakers had a series of games the last week, and all the Giants had to do was to win a couple of games in order to beat out the Cubs. They travelled to Philadel- phia and on the way over began count ing their worlds series money. Mur- ray, who had no particular pitcher who he thought was good enough to stop the New York team, put in a re- cruit to pitch the first game. Murray probably thought it was an excellent time to try out a young pitcher.
 He had big fellow who pitched left handed so he sent him to the rubber, and what the big southpaw did to the Giants was a sin. In two days time he was sent back to the mound to as- certain whether or not he was game, and he proved he was a thoroughbred by winning his game again.
 Two days later he was again sent in to work, and he won his third start. The result was that instead of winning the pennant the Giants finished fourth, the Cubs, Pirates and Quakers all, fin- ishing ahead of the Gotham team. Since then Harry Coveleskie has had his ups and downs, but today is one of the stars of the national pastime.
 Stanley Coveleskie is pitching his first season as a major leaguer, grad uating from the Portland Beavers last spring. Since starting with Cleveland under Manager Lee Fohl he has proved a first class man and bids fair to aid Cleveland in fighting for its first pen- nant and perhaps a worlds champion ship.
 This is the first pair of brothers who have made good in the big show as pitchers since the days of the Foreman brothers, who were in the game over ten years ago. The Coveleskie boys have other brothers starring in differ ent positions in minor leagues. Stan ley Coveleskie was born July IS, 1890, is five feet eleven inches tall and weighs 165 pounds. Harry is five years his senior, stands six feet high and tips the beam at 180 pounds.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-04

this is the bamboo pole which is being used instead of the heavy, cumber- some hickory stick which was in vogue years ago. There was a time when eleven feet was good enough to win in any meet. Now a vaulter must be able to clear the bar at twelve feet in order to qualify in stiff competition.
 As any one can readily realize, there is spring to the bamboo pole which enables the vaulter to get good fling away when he is in the air. In addi- tion the weight of the pole is so light as to enable him to get up plenty of speed to give him the momentum to carry him high. Another feature is that the weight of the pole enables the vaulters to make any number of att tempts without becoming tired, as was the result when they had to carry the old heavy pole. \
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-04
PITCHERS HITLESS, PILOT HELP.
 LESS.

MILLER HUGGINS, manager of the
 S-. Louis Nationals, is in the market for a course of instruction ol some inducemenl that will make his pitchers good bunters. Huggins. who formerly led the league as sacrifice hitter. cannot understand wky the average pitcher pushes the ban hard enough to make an easy out or pops up a dinky fly when trying to advance a man.
 When it was suggested that he ofre a bonus he smiled. i've tried it. he said. I've even called them out to special practice, but the pitchers wont get the knack"
 Huggins believes this Is due in great measure to the obsession fostered from the sand lots up through the minor tc the big league that the pitcher is not supposed to hit.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-04

es. Terry, killen and Gumbert, for Pittsburgh, issued fifteen bases on balls, and Lovett and Paddock issued nine for Brooklyn. This was the rec ord until May g, 1916, at Philadelphia, when the Athletics pitcher issued eighteen passes and the Detroit twelve.
 George Gibson, who still is catching for Pittsburgh, set a continuous per formance record behind the bat when he caught 140 consecutive games for Pittsburgh in 1909.
 Fred Clarke, former manager of the Pirates, holds the record for outfield assists on a field not shortened by the presence of a crowd. In Pitts burgh on Aug. 23, 1910, Clarke, playing left for the Pirates, and with Q clear field, had four assists.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-04
KNOCKS DON'T OFFSET NIEHoFF,

DERT NIEHOF'F, the PhiIlies' second U baseman, has been discredited more than any other player in the game, but he pays no attention to the press mo- tices and goes right on playing his po- sition in a manner that wins games.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-10-21
SETTER BABIES CONTEST.

Certificates and Blue Ribbons Boy
80 to ~ months, p, G. Wilcox Jr. score
9s5a girl, 80 to IS months, Mildred
N Carney. g9lh boy. "a 10 80 months.
Hooper skartion. 1896; girl, "a 10 80
months, Rita Daniel, 996 10, boy, 10
"a months. 4 Wade holland Ir. 500.
girl, 6 to "a months. Mary r. Wilcox.
9s9A.
The bronze medal In the baby di.
vision sas won by 4 Wade holland Jr
The bronze medal In the elder chill
dren's divisions was won b. Rita
Daniel, who also won the S. gold piece
offered by the Metropolitan Life In
surance Go. TO the child who scored
highest Rita Daniel vas the grand
champion with score of $50 Ia
Little Rita Is the child OF Mr.. aud
Mrs Ollie Daniel, aud will be taken
10 the Baton Rouge Fair fot che honor
Of West Fcliciana."
Fortyone children were examined,
thirty.seven OF whom we're contestants
for the prizes. Several were under six
months and not eligible The daugh.
ter of Mr. and Mrs, w r. Craddock of
Shreveport was tested with a view Of
being entered at the State Fair. This
child made physical score OF 99e.
The examining physicians we're Drs.
x =. Jones. Chas Mevea, G. 4. Weiss.
J A Carruthers Of Baton Rouge, II.
Al Carruth Nee Roads. r.. NJ. Leyert.
Bayou Sara Mas kllbouFne, 81 Fran.
Dentists DIR. II ] Babin Of
BATON Rouge, nrs Sidney Powell and
/ e. Ball of No FraneisyiIlc. Attend
ant nurses Miss Matte Jones of
Baton Rouge. and Miss Eva Parker,
Visiting Nurse Of the State Beard of
Health
The judges were Mr. L. W, Rogers,
Mr.. G. NJ Downs. and Dir II N. Carruih
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-10-21

Barrow won the prize for the best
one-steppers, and Mr. W. r, Wood and
Miss Lora May schober for the best
walters, II was very comforting Ia
the married men that the winners were
OF their class,
The game Of basketball between
Julius Freyhan high school. ST Fran.
cisyIlle, and W. II. McRowen high
school, Jackson. resulted In score
Of - TO In favor OF st Franeisvllle
II Lloyd Of jackson and Felix Braud
were Frustrated for while by the
heat.
Shortly after noon on Saturday. re.
moyaI OF exhibits began. and by night,
fall everything had been taken away
There were few accidents to exhibits.
and the greatest harmony prevailed.
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PRIZES AWARDED.


Shetland mare and colt, Frank < Percy
Combination stallion, e. | Daniel & son
Team harness Walter \ Maryman. Draft
colt, 1916, l.. w Doherty Brood mare
with colts. W f. Maryman Combination
mare, " \ MaFyman Draft stallion
Parker stock Farm Best Jack, Parker
stock Farm Draft mare. Parker Stock
Farm Shetland colt, Parker Stock Farm
Draft mare. Parker stock Farm Draft
colt. - NJ Hamilton Combination colt,
1916. u NJ Hamilton Combination mare.
W s Naryman, first J q Perkins
second Combination stallion Jas Mont
gomery, first u n Hamilton, soeend
Combination eolt under three years, ] q
Perkins FIRST Frank Clack, second Draft
team Parker sltoek Farm frat u, NJ
Hamilton second Harness team. w =.
Mafyman Iiest iennet Joe Daniel Heat
mule, Edward HutIer Rest mule colt,
one to three Years, II N Hamilton, FIRST
Parker stock Farm, second Hest mule
colt. under one year Il. Hamilton, nrst
G. Hamilton, second
Saddle horse. c NJ Harrow tifst ~ II
Richardson, second
Ehaes Cattle.
Hereford buil, two years or over. h. /
Daniel A Son. first Hereford Cattle Co,
second Hereford bull one year under
TIVE, ! q. Perkins, FIRST; Parker Stock
Fafia, second Hereford COW, two years
or over. Parker Stock Farm Hereford
COW, one year, under two, J O. Perkins
first Parker Stock Farm. second Here
ford heifcr, 1876. Parker Stock Farm
Farm Short horn bull N J. Daniel &
Son Angus huh. one and under two.
y l. Daniel a Son, first Parker steek
Farm. second Angus COW, two ami over
Parker stock Farm Angus COW. one and
under twu. Parker Stock Farm Grade
huil. one and under two, NJ J naniei &
Son Ruil calf. under one year. Parker
siock Farm. first II l. Daniel a son,
second Cow. two and over. Edward
Butler. FIRST " ! Daniel 4 Son. SECOND
Cow. enc and under tao Years, u l.
Daniel 4 San, first Fdw Butler, second
Hsifers, 1919. Parker stoek Farm. FIRST
J. a Perkins. aecund Steers. one year
and under two. Parker Stock Farm. Cham
plon hest huh, two year OF over any
breed. T. + Daniel 4 Son. Champion best
bull. under two years any breed, j. g.
Perkins Champion best COW over tive
years. any breed. Parker Stock Farm
Champion best COW. under two years., any
breed, Parker Stock FarH.
Dairy Cattle.
Jersey buil, two years or over, Joe and
Jesse Daniel Grade Jersey COW, two
years or ever. Arthur Haaden. first ]
Butler. second Grade bull under one
year. Hereford Cattle Co, Jersey COW,
iwe years or over w H. Richardson
Jersey heifer, oae and under two. Arthur
MADDEN Hols,eIn bulb. enc and under
two, Arthur MADDEN, FIRST W H. Rich
ardson. second Jersey buil. enc year.
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Center niece and six doliies erocheted.
Mrs A T., sonle, FIRST and second Half
dozen napkins, embroidered Mrs o u.
Hruoks Han dozen napkins, henstiiched.
Mrs q H. Rrooks Ianrh cloth, Miss
Endolis Matthew'S, fut Mrso u Tlroohs.
second Centernicee, croeheied, Mira A.
l. soule, first Mrs Max Mann, second.
centerpieee, embroidered. Mrs g. n. Ma
RIire, FIRST Miss Margaret Eesasaier.
second iledspread eforhetod, Mrs Frank
Paal Dresser cloth embroidered. Mrs
Thos Butler, second Dresser cloth, Gro.
eheted Mrs Max pampf. FIRST Mrs Gin.
ton simmons. second. Towel. embroia
erred, Mrs. VIM. Kahn. frat MH q, %.
Brooks, second Towel crocheted lace.
Mrs A f. goula, arst Mra Clinton Gin.
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i,oaf cake Miss Villa l.sake Jeltg,
Miss Theima Hickman. Canned tomatoes,
Miss Thema Hirkham. Preserves. Miss
NauriHe Daniel candy Miss Marie
Louise LeIoune Fancy candy Miss Wllla
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OrFIcIaL PrBtlcATIoN.

State of Texas, County OF Ellis.
To II. C. Morton. owning or
having or claiming any interest in
the following described land delin-
quent to the city OF Waxahachie Tor
taxes to-wit:
Being SO by 100 feet, part of block
No. ~ in said city. and lot 2 in
block No - in said city, which said
land is delinquent for taxes for the
Following amounts, s14.15 for city
taxes.
You are hereby notified that suit
has been brought by the city for
the collection of said taxes.
You are commanded to appear and
defend such suit at the November
term OF the district court Of Eliis
county. and state of Texas, aid show
CT use why judgment shall not be
rendered condcmrinf said land. AMI
BORDERING sale and foreclosure there
of for taxes and costs of suit.
Witness my hand officially on
this 2sth day of September. 1916.
(SeaD CARL TiNKERSLEY.
District Clerk, Ellis County, Texas
BY BARNEY MCKAY, Deputy.
A true copy certify.
II. S. DEARBORN. Sheriff.
BY G.. c. SWEAT, Deputy.
(Adv) 176
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nrrIlr,I. INTIMIDATION.

state OF Texas. COUNTY Of Eilis;
To all parties ownins OF
having or claiming any interest IN
the following described land delin-
quent to the city OF Waxahachie to5
taxes. to-wit. -
Being lot No. in block No. %
in BuIIard Heights addition 10 the
CITY OF Waxahachie. and lots Nos
rs and Ie in block No. 81 IN said
Bullard Heights addition to said city
which said land is delinquent TOT
taxes for the following amount
.s1S.1S forscity taxes.
Ynu are hereby notified ihat suit
has been brought by the city TOT
rho collection OF said taxes.
You are commanded 10 appear anu
defend such suit at the Noyenlper
term Of the district court ~ f.llia
count. and state Of Texas, and sho"
cause Why judgment shall not o.
rendered conforming said land, anu
bordering sale aud foreclosure there
of for taxes and costs of suit.
Witness my hand Officially On
this 2Sth day Of September. lFlo'
(SeaD CARL TANKERSLEf'
district Clerk Ellis County, IeXas'
BY BARNEY MCKAY, Deputy
A true copy ! certify.
n s. DEARBORN. Sheriff.
Isy G. c. SWEAT, Deputy.
tAdvD17e
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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.

State % TeSss. County oi Ellis.
To J r. Guthrie. cwuiag or
having o. claiming any interest in
the folicwinR described land delin-
qucut 30 the city OF Wsxahachie for
taxes to-sit:
Beins a part OF block Nc. 505 as
shown on Phillips and Hawkins Of
fetal map Of said city. which said
land Is delinquent for taxes for the
following amount. 1915 for city
taxes
You are hereby notified 'hGt suit
has been brought b. the city for
the collection of said taxes.
iou ar. commanded 10 appear AMI
defend such suit at the November
term OF the district court OF Ellis
bounty. ard state Of Texas. and snow
cause why judgment shall not he
rendered oondemning said land. and
Ordering sale and foreclosure there
of for taxes and costs of suit.
Witness my band officially on
this 2sth day OF September, 1916.
lSeall CARL TANKERsLEY.
District Clerk. Ellis County, Texas.
By BARNEY MCKAY. Deputy.
A true copy ! certify.
H. s. DEARBORN. Sheriff.
Nv 6. c. SWEAT'r. Deputy.
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