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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-28
PITCHER M'TIGuE
 IS BOUGHT BY CUBS

Toronto, Dec. 28-The first deal put through by Fred Mitchell, the new manager of the Chicago Cubs, is one whereby the Chicago club pur- chased William J. .('Lefty'O Mc- Tigue from the Toronto club.
 Mitchell has always thought highly of McTigue, and evidently believes that he has secured not only a good pitcher, but a hard hitting player, and one who can play the outfield as we'll in a pinch.
 It will be remembered that Nc Tigue was drafted by the Chicago Cubs last summer, but the Windy City did not complete the deal and McTigue was thereby left in the possession of the Toronto club. The draft price from the International league is $2,500 but it is a certainty that the Cubs paid more than this for McTigue.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-28
MARIAN WILLING
 TO TAKE JOB AS
 COLUMBIA COACH

Cambridge, Mass.,. Dec. 2S.-Eddle Mahan, Harvard's fotball captain III 1915, is willing to accept the position of football coach at Columbia if the terms are acceptable. The Natlck half back arrived in Boston yesterday af- ter fall spent at the University of California, where he acted as coach of the back field.
 sI haven't received any offer from Columbia" jMahan said. "All I know about the matter is what I have read in the newspapers.
 "I coached the back field at Califor- mia in bunting and forward passing. I did not do anything else, as Coach Smith, the former Pensylvanian full back, taught an altogether differeht style from that which I had been taught.
 1T am going to coach in the east next fall, and will go where I can get the most money. I would like to coach at Columbia, inasmuch as ibay obtain a position in New York all the year round, with time enough off in the fall to devote to coaching
 Mahan says that Pennsylvania will meet an opponent in Oregon that will test the Folwell system to the limit.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-28

Pasadena, Gal, Dec. 2S-Pink and hale and formidable, the University of Pennsylvania football players, coaches and trainers arrived in Pasa- dena at o'clock yesterday afternoon by special train for the New Years Day game. with the University of Oregon. The Fasteners arrival wasi preceded by only few hours by that of the husky gridiron warriors from the North who will be their rivals Monday on the green sward of Rose Tournament park.
 The teams were welcomed>to Pasa- dena by city officials in dignified ar ray at the Santa F'e and Pacific cleo tric railway stations. The Red and Blue warriors at once proceeded to their headquarters at the Hotel Ray mond, and then went out to the hotels golf links, where they went through their first practice in South ern California.
 Pennsylvania appears to be the fla vorite, though Oregon has many partisans. Each university will have it's strongest lineup in the field, ac- cording ito the respective coaches, and both are so emphatic in their
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-28
WARD IS BACKING CAMEL FIN BIDDING
 FOR KANSAS CITY

New York, Dec. 28-John Ganzel, recently appointed manager of the Kansas City club of the American association, has opened negotiations for the purchase of the club. The new president of the American asso- citation, Thomas J. Hickey, made the announcement. He is doing the ne gotiating for Long John. It is said that Ganzel has offered $175,000 to George Tebeau for the franchise.
 A Chicago despatch says that George Ward, who succeeded Robert Ward as president of the: former Brooklyn Federals, is putting up the money for Ganzel. Ganzel, it will be recalled, was manager of the Brook feds when the Federal league went out of business. Tebeau at ipresent is in Florida, but it is understood he is willing to sell.
 Hickey was elected president of the association on an anti-Tebeau ticket, and the associations plans are for the elimination of the present Kan sas~City owner. Tebeau is not very popular in Kansas City.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-28
PENN PLAYERS GET GREAT RECEPTION IN CALIFORNIA CITY
Coach Folwell Will Put Strongest Eleven in Field
 " Against Oregon Giants

statement to this effect that no alibi is likely to be presented Monday night.
 For an hour yesterday afternoon both the Oregonians and the Pennsyl- vanians posed for pictures at Tour nament park in a nipping breeze, as strongly reminiscent of winter as one is likely to encounter in California. Down upon them looked snow-cov- cred Mount Wilson, but. nearer at hand were the orange groves to bear witness that they were in the land of summer after all.
 At the Raymond last night the Eastern visitors were the lions at a reception marking the formal open ing of the hotel for the winter. De- butantes and matrons in Pasadena for the season were kindly in their attentions and impartial as we'll, for at the Maryland, near by, like honors were being accorded Coach Bezdek and the members of the great team from the Northwest.
 Saturday evening the University of Pennsylvania alumni of Southern California will give reception for the Quakers at the Raymond.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-28
John Henry, Backstop of Washington Club,
 Is Just 28 Years Old

John Henry, who has been back stopping for Washington for the last seven seasons is 28 years old today. Henry was born ip Amherst. Mass, and it was while he was a. student at Amherst college that he made his first reputation as a ball player. After closing his college career in 1910 he joined the Senators, then under the guidance of James R. McAleer. He was used as a sub that season, but in 1911 he figured in S5 games, as catcher and first baseman. Since then he has taken his regular turn behind the bat. Henry took part in more games this year than in any previous season, and also hung up his highest batting average. .249 in IF. pastimes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-28
.MACNATES COULD
 NOT CLOSE PARKS
 AS THEY THREATEN

While the magnates calmly an- nounce their willingness to "close the parks before surrendering to the players, it is doubtful if any of them are really considering such move, writes Louis A. iDougher in the Wash fngton Times.
 Let's look at the puzzle from a purely Washington viewpoint. Sup pose the Washington club, acting in conjunction with other American League clubs, kept the capital with out big league baseball for one sea- son. next season, for instance. What a wonderful opportunity would be left open to the fans to turn their at tention to golf, to tennis, to canoeing, to>almost anything but baseball.
 Much talk has been heard during the past few years regarding the en- croachments of golf, tennis and mo- toring upon the national pastimes If the talk was serious, and based on facts it would be the height of folly to give up fighting, even for single season.
 But the public wants baseball, that is most of 1t does. Ban Johnson's s own statement is that more than a million attendance was the 1916 in- crease for his league. What more proof is desired?
 But how are the people going to get major league baseball with the parks closed and the players back on the farm, or running elevators, or driving wagons?
 The public has very little interest in the perpetual pickering between mag nate and player. The public wants baseball, that's all, if, not the profes- sional brand in the ball parks owned by the magnates, then it will get it somehow and it will be sorry day for the professional game. when it is driven to the other way of getting it.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-28
CUBS WANT TO
 SECURE SNYDER IN
 DEAL WITH CARDS

catcher on the St. Louis Cardinals, may become a member of the Cub team before the, close of the week.
 It was reported yesterday at the Cub office that President Weeghman had offered the Cardinals Mollwitz, pitcher, and money for the back stop. If Lavender is named as the pitcher the deal will be closed, said the report.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-28
SYRACUSE LIKELY
 TO BE DROPPED FROM HUDSON RACE

New York, Dec. 28-Syracuse Uni- versity, which won the Poughkeepsie boat race last June, may not be invit- ed to compete in the 1917 regatta. This statement was made yesterday by a man closely identified with in tercollegiate rowing, but who would not permit the use of his name, when asked to verify report that Syracuse would not row on the Hudson next spring.
 For several years there has been a growing feeling of animosity on the part of Columbia, Cornell and Pennsylvania against the presence of Syracuse at Poughkeepsie because many of the oarsmen of the cham pionship Duluth Boat Club crews have found their way into Syracuse shells.
 Thin1y yelled z --,sssfiarges have 4bezn made that Syracuse imported these oarsmen for the sole purpose of de- veloping winning crews, and color was lent to the statements by the fact that Jim Ten Eyck, the younger, and his brother Ned, have been the coaches at Duluth, while Jim Ten Eyck, the elder, has coached Syracuse.
 Charles Halstead Mapes, chairman of the Board of Stewards of the In- tercolegiate Rowing Association, which is composed of Columbia. Cor nell and Pennsylvania, could not be reached yesterday. It is this body which directs the Poughkeepsae races and which invites the other colleges, Syracuse among the rest, to compete. It would be a simple matter tc keep Syracuse out by merely withholding an invitation.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-28
Hitting The High Spots

Yale has voluntarily returned tro- phies won at the Chicago A. A. track meet last spring. The conference rules do not permit freshmen to compete in Nhese events and a protest was made against the Yale victory because the Blue used first year boys.
 The great showing of Ohio State university on the gridiron last season aroused so much enthusiasm that cit izens have subscribed funds to build a stadium. Harley, the wonderful halfback who was named for a place on Walter Camps All-American eleven will be back for another year at Ohio State.
 The good work Battling Kunz has been doing lately has attracted the attention of big promoters and the South Norwkalk boy may get chance to box in one of the prelimiaries when Les Darcy makes his first appearance in New York.
 George Chip, the boxer who showed his wares in several bouts here last is camping on the trail of Les Darcy.
  turn match with Darcy November 6 but this did not take place because of the sudden departure of the champion. He thought he was entitled to the first chance at Darcy in this country. Darcy said he would be glad to meet Chip if any promoter offered suitable inducements. Local fans know how hard Chip can hit. They can realize how good Darcy. is when they reflect that he knocked Chip out
 Engaging golfer Chick Evans to teach the. Chicago Cubs the golf stroke so their battling will improve, is likely to start a hot discussion in Chicago. Many big league managers do not be- heve the golf stroke helps a batter Connie Mack and John McGraw told their players to cut out golf during
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-28
PRESIDENT IS SIXTY TODAY

Washington, \Dec. 2S-President Wilson was 60 years old today He was the recipient of many congratula- | tory messages from all parts of the country and abroad. No special eel ebration was planned for the day.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-28

the baseball season. It will be inter esting to hear what Fred Mitchell the new Cub manager, thinks of Owner Weeghman's action in engaging Evans.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-28
HARVARD AFTER DOOIN.

Harvard Is after Charley Dooin, for mer big league catcher, to coach the Crimson baseball squad It is also said that Dooin will manage the Koch ester, International league club
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-28

G. H. Usher, general superintendent of the southern division of the Postal Telegraph Cable Co, is dead
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-28

XMAS TREES, WREATHS
 AND HOPING JOHN RICK & SON
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-28

It would be a great thing for Bridgeport if the Brooklawn club could land the Metropolitan golf tour nament for next season. This is one of the biggest golf events of the year and attracts attention all over the east. The BrooklaWn course has been highly praised by experts and there is a possibili that the local cnrrse may be selected
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-28

XMAS TREES, WREArHS
 AND ROPING
 JOHN RICK 6s SON
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-08
MotorcxcIlst Riding Nightmare.

C. H. Sargent, a motorcycle racer
of indianapolis, suffered a broken leg
in a race at Vincennes, Labor day
and was in the hospital there for sew
eral weeks.
He had bad night shortly after be-
ing taken to the hospital. The ward
was quiet when the whole hospital
was startled by hearing Sargent yell;
Hold her, Newt held her!' catch
saying among motorcyclists when a
machine seems TO be going too fast
for the rider.
One of the internes came rushing
IN, fearful that Sargent would fall out
of bed. When he reached Sargent the
latter was lying comfortably with q
rather foolish look on his face.
Ibid you CALI" asked the inferno
why, no" said Sargent, but !
could use drink of water"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-08
Bare Old Bible.

/. G. Ciltner, 224 Harris avenue, is
the possessor Of a Bible which he
SAYS has seen in his family more than
loo years. relates the Indianapolis
News. This Bible was in the flood
in West Indianapolis and was rescued
though liz a somewhat damaged con
5ition. 1t is folio CT more than 1000
pages and contains not only the gen
orally accepted books of the Old and
New Testa3ents, but the apccryphal
books Of the Old Testament. 1t is print
ed in rare old German text, and the
illustrations, which are numerous, ap-
pear to be of much earlier date than
the book itself. The following is a
translation of a part of the full-page
title of the book: "Biblia: That is
the entire Holy Scripture of the Old
and New Testaments with their trans
lation into our German mother-tongue
as begun by Herr Doctor Martin Lu'
Their in 1922 and completed in 1884;
and afterward with the summaries OF
Herr Johann Sanberti; also with di
verse instructive explanations above
every chapter, by Herr Doctor Salo
Iaon; now provided with entirely new
and beautiful copper pictures; with a
preface by Herr Johann Michael Dill
herrn. published by the Johann
Andrea Trades company, 17SS, Nurem
berg.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-08
SCIENTISTS KEEP AT WORK
Turmoil Of War Seems to Have Had
Little Effect on the Develop
mtnt of Ideas.

So thick and fast come the devel-
opments of science in these days that
men are losing their sense of astonish-
ment. The impossible becomes the
actual so often that it is unsafe to
say that anything cannot be done. A
few months ago the first telephone
message was transmitted across the
continent. Today we hear that a
still greater distance has been covered
by a wireless telephone. Forty years
ago a current of electricity could no.
Re made to jump more than a few
inches through a vacuum. Today
there is no known limit to it, or rath-
er to the capacity of new instruments
to detect it. Some electrical en-
gineers believe that messages could be
sent to the moon, and perhaps out into
infinite space through the ether just
as easily as from San Francisco tc
Honolulu through the atmosphere.
With all this, no man can tell what
electricity is. All we know about II
is that when a certain thing is done
certain results follow.-New York
Commercial. -
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-08
Remarkable Birth Record.

What is believed to be a record in
childbirth was established recently by
a Mahratta woman in BhOr state, East
India. This woman, at the age Of
thirty-three, gave birth to quintuplets,
two males and three females. All
were born alive, but 1t was not ex-
pected they would live, lowing to the
want of nursing" The same mother
gave birth to three children last year,
but all died within three months. A
record of bearing eight children in a
year is believed to be unequaled in
medical annals.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-08
Nearly Smothered.

Chandler. N. C.-Mrs. Augusta
Lomax. of this p ace writes: II had
smothering spells every day. so bad |
expected death at any time Icould
not sit up in bed. suffered from
womanly troubles. My nerves
were unstrung. had almost given
up all hope of ever being better.
| tried Cardui and it did me more
good than anything | had ever taxi
en-. am better now than | ever ex.
pected to be-" Thousands of ladies'
have written similar letters, telling
of the merits of Cardui 1t relieved
their headache, backache and misery,
just as it will relieve yours, if you
will let it. Try ardui.-Advertise-
ment
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-08
RACE MARK IN THE FACE
Subtle Sign Of cIanshlp That May
Have Had Its origin Numerous
Centuries Ago.

No eloquence of tongue, nothing that
stands written in any book, may sway
the heart as does that elusive quail
ity-the race mark in face. And this
is true less of the obvious physical as
pect than of its thousandth secret con-
notations. All the world knows the
Hapsburg lip, the jaw line of the Bona
parties; the subtler marks of clanship
Keep their eloquence for their own.
Conspicuously or not, each family
group stands before these symbols as
the small company of the learned
might before some inscription on a
desert ruin. Mere strokes and
scratches to you and me. To the few
who understand here is the key that
unlocks the past.
So the family look. In the arch of
an eye orbit, the curve of chin, we
read the signature of race. Chance
imprints maybe. maybe seal of some
struggle so profound as to have set
our lips at this particular angle, or
through dimming attentions to per-
petuate a gesture born a thousands
years ago in joy or in some stark
agony of body or of soul.
The family look The first we re-
member: the last we shall forget
Elizabeth Robins in Harper's Maya
zine.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-08
tI2se1s 49, a'a'-'a .'ass = sss4S
Saltwater Cataracts,

There are a good many saltwater
cataracts in existence. They may be
found in Norway, southern Chile
and British Columbia, where narrow
fiords, or arms of the sea, are OBJ
structed by barriers of rock. The ris-
ing tide flows over and filters through
such reefs into the great natural res
ervoirs beyond, but the water is held
back at the ebb until it breaks over
the obstruction in an irresistible tor
rent. Most curious of all is the wa
terfall at Canoe Passage, where the
island of Vancouver approaches the
British Columbia mainland. Here the
flood tide from the Gulf of Georgia to
the southwark is held back at mar
row cleft between two islands until it
pours over in a boiling cascade IS feet
high, with perhaps double the volume
of the Rhine, AT the turn of the tide,
however, the waters from the north
rush back into the gulf, producing a
cascade Of equal height and volume.
The waterfall actually flows both
ways.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-08
Makes plants Grow Fast.

Electroculture, as it is called, is the
latest thing I'm agriculture. Electric
lighting has been resorted to in an eff
fort TO keep plants growing at top
speed for "a hours out Of every day.
When night comes or when clouds OBJ
scure the sun, the lights are turned
on. Electricity win aiso be used %
supply heat during the cold weather.
SO far electrocuture IS only an eS'
pertinent, but the experts believe that
this treatment will both hasten the
hsrvest and improve the quality OF ,he
crop. The experiments are beng CON
Quoted both indoors and ou'. pay
ton, O., is the sceae OF the experiment.
American Boy.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-08
The Cheerful Japanese Ad.

Japanese advertisers, according to
The Cosmopolitan" in the Boston
Evening Transcript, believe in a lavish
use of superlatives. THE paper we
SELL" runs the announcement in a To-
kyo stationer's window, lis as solid as
the hide of an elephant" step in
side!" is the call of big shop in the
same city. you will be welcomed as
fondly as ray of sunshine after a
rainy day. Our assistants are as
amiable as a father seeking a husband
for a dowerless daughter. Goods are
dispatched to customers houses with
the rapidity of a shot from the can
mons mouth"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-08
SOLOMON ON ENGLISH BENCH
Judge Suggested That Half-starved
Bear Be Allowed TO Eat
Lame Pony.

A Snowman named Viso Markinko-
witch, belonging to a band of Serbian
gypsies, was charged the other day
at West London with Ill treating
brown bear and a pony.
Inspector Brockhouse said the bear
was tied by the nose and neck to
van, and fell down when its chain
was undone. II was in a neglected
condition, and when offered some
pieces of bread simply took them
like pills." boiling the food ravenous-
ly. The pony, which was also tied to
the van, was lame. Both animals
we're being dragged along.
The prisoner, through an interpret
err, declared he was Ill, and II doctor
would certify him we'll he would be
willing to go to prison for twenty
years. -
A veterinary surgeon said The bear
wanted feeding up, but it was cruelty
to allow the pony to live.
Then 1t would he better IL the bear
ate the pony" the Judge said, for the
bear would then be fed and the pony
would be out of It's misery. | under
stand that these wild and carnivorous
animals have to be kept half starved
or they become dangerous?"
THAT is So" said the witness. but
not so much as in this case"
A remand was granted, not to en-
able the bear to eat the pony, but to
allow the prisoner to engage an attor'
ney.-London Chronicle.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-08
He Was the Limit.

Mayme-"He's too slow for yours
truly. He said | reminded him of
beautiful autumn leaf" Ethel-"Well.
that was certainly very pretty COM
pliment." Mayme-"Yes; but he
didn't have sense enough to follow it
up by offering TO press the autumn
leaf"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-02-08
Ham Sacks.

Plenty of ham sacks just received
at this office. Call and get your
supply.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-05-18
R(l7ARE4R$2}
A-Aa0NV

1t was ten o'clock on morning in
early autumn when Gerry finally got
free of the freighter and took the ferry
for the other side Of the river. He had
left all his baggage to be delivered at
the house later. The morning was
clear but sultry. In the city the apathy
of summer days had settled down.
People glanced at Gerry's heavy
tweeds and antiquated hat but they
did not smile, for Gerry himself was
such a sight as makes men forget
clothes. The tan Of his lean face, the
swing Of his big, unpadded shoulders,
his clear eyes, carried the thoughts Of
passers-by away from clothes and city
things. They seemed to catch breath
of spicy winds from the worn garments
that clung to the strangers virile body
and in his eyes they saw mirage of
far-away places.
AS Gerry reached his own house,
he was outwardly calm, even DELHI
crate, but inwardly he was fighting
down turmoil of emotions. What was
he to find in Alix? Had he anything to
give in exchange? Had he too much ?
He climbed the steps slowly. His
hand trembled as he reached out to
raise the heavy bronze knocker. Be
fore his fingers could seize it, the door
swung softly inward. Old John bowed
before him. For a moment Gerry
stood dazed. The naturalness of that
open door, of the old butler, of the cool
shadows in the old familiar hall, struck
straight at his heart with the shrewd
pOignancy Of simple things. Old John