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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-03
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Auto works in Cleveland last year.
He batted so well in the amateur
league there that he was recommend
ed to McGraw- Cole is built like
Josh Devore, the former Giant out
fielder, and will probably be sent to
some good minor league for season
ing.
The Cuban first baseman, Rodri-
guez, cannot speak English so he has
to stick near his fellow Cuban Pitch
er Palmero, at the training camp of
the Giants. In order that Rodri-
guez may not starve, Palnlero is
teaching him the five most important
words to be used when a, waiter ap-
proaches i'm the dining room. The
magic words are Bring me what you
got.''
The ST. Louis Nationals have sent
Outf1e1der Cozy Dolan to st. Paul of
the American association. Do1an has
been hanging around the big leagues
for many years.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-03
WILLARD FINDING
IT HARD TO GET
SPARRING PARTNERS

New York, March 3.-Jess WIZARDS
Invitation to heavyweight boxers to
spar with him during his training
season at the Pioneer A. c. brought
forth only one husky yesterday, big
Bob Williams of Brooklyn Williams
weighs about 220, and is feet inches
tall but his tWo-round bout with the
champion was not very impressive
willard hit Williams one hard punch
on the nose and drew the first blood
of his training session here He also
went through the usual circus spar
ring session OF two rounds each with
Jack HempIe and Walter MOnohan-
willard made his work a little heav"
Ter yesterday, but at the end of his
session, it could be seen that he did
not exert himself. The efforts to get
Al Reich, Jim Cofey, or jim Savage
to box with him have not been sue
cessful, and the champion knows the
tactics of his two camp companions,
HennpIe and Monohan, SO well hat
their bouts amount to little more than
rehearsa1s in defensive boxing.
At the ringside yesterday, watching
willard, was Billy NIuldoon, the old
wrestler. He would venture no def
mite opinion about Wizards condition
He did say, however, that it Was not
fair to judge a fighters condition dur
ing the first ten days of his training.
He thought, for a big man, Willard
looked pretty good
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-03
KAUFF AND TY COBB WILL
HAVE DUEL IN TEXAS SOON
American League ROoters Anxious to See Ii Benny
Lives Up to Reputation.

to take issue with any declaration that
kaun is not the greatest natural bats
man in the game.
Local writer's and followers of the
Detroit club, who have regularly
watched Cobb in action, have pointed
out that his greatest feats have been
achieved against clubs or individual
players of championship calIbre. A
few of these, which have helped make
baseball history follow:
Scoring from first base on a single
and scoring from second on a sacri-
fee fly to center field, in the same
series, against the Philadelphia Ath-
letics, who then We're worlds cham
pions.
Scoring from first base on single
at the expense Of Hal Chase, playing
first base for New York. Chase
thought Cobb would attempt his
usual trick of turning third and then
ter putting out the runner coming to
first, threw to third. Cobb out
guessed him, and sprinted home.
In close game against Boston,
Cobb took a long lead off third base.
Cobb deliberately stood ON the base
line until the catcher started his
throw. Then he turned and sprinted
for third base but, being ''accidently''
hit by the ball, scored-and the catch
er was charged with an error.
Walter Johnson is quite generally
referred to as the most effective pitch
er in the American league, when the
game depends upon a single play. An
American league umpire deHgh is in
telling a story of a close game, when
Cobb faced johnson in one of the last
innings. Detroit had the bases fill
ed, two men were out. Cobb, it is
claimed, walked toward johnson, and
said:
''We11, Walter, here's the chance
both of us have been looking for. Now
we can decide who has the most
nerve.'' Johnson pitched. The 1.-the
body Of the Georgian hurled itself for
ward. The ball flashed to the out
field. Three men scored. Cobb pull
ed up at third and noticing that
Johnson seemed rather downcast,
used his hands as a megaphone, and,
according to the umpire, said:
Never mind, Walter old boy. You
pitched that ball so fast I never saw
it. I just shut my eyes and slam
med
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-03
M'GRAW STATES
GIANTS WILL HAVE
NO MORE INDIANS

New York. March 3-John Nc
Graw is through with the Indians, red
white or blue. Not even another
Socka1exis could get g contract with
the New York club, said John Foster
yesterday, for his experience with ORR
ginal Americans has impressed the
manage of the Giants with the un-
desirability of having any of that tenn
peramentaI clan on the team Jim
Thorpe's contract with the club has
another season to run, and when that
expires it looks like curtains for the
redmen as far as Mcs5raw's team is
concerned.
The subject of Indians came up
when somebody asked Foster what
the New York club proposed to do
with Jim Blue Jacket; the pitcher
whose unconditional release. by the
Brooklyn Federals will send him back
to the Giants. The Giants bought
Blue Jacket from the Bloomington
stead of reporting to McGraw, Jim
hoped to the Brookfeds. The New
York club refused to pay Blooming
ton, but the National Commission de-
cided in favor of the minor lea guers.
This decision will make the Indian re
vert to the Giants by the terms of
the peace agreement.
Blue Jacket has asked to be taken
back, but he has been offered no con-
tract by the New York club. He
spends his time repairing wagons for
Blue Jacket was more or less of a
bIoomer. Miner Brown once said that
the redskin had the makings of a
great hurIer-he had all the stuff in
the world, but tried to put it over
every time and did not use his head
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-03
B. H. S. FIVE TO PLAY
TORRINGTON TOMORROW

Although the local high school bas-
ketbalI players w1-e DEBATED in their
new gym last Saturday they expect
to do the come back stunt tomorrow
and slip the Indian sign on the Tor
rington lads. If the locals do win it
will be one-one, for the up-staters
beat the locals few weeks ago.
The new gym is not quite finished
and Capt. Marsha1l's bunch have been
unable to practice and get used to the
floor. Their defeat last Saturday is
probably due to the same thing. There
will be several changes in the seating
of the crowd tomorrow. Manager
Green is going to have more chairs
and other conveniences for the crowd.
Tomorrow's preliminary game will
be between the B. H. S. seconds and
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-03

Detroit, Mich, March 3.+Offcial an
nouncement recently that the Detroit
American league baseball club will
meet the New York Nationals in ex-
hFbltion games, at Dallas, Texas,
March 25 and IS, is causing much in
terest among local fans. A diamond
duel between two famous ball players
one whom fandom, generally has
crowned King and the other who was
the champion ibatsrnan of the Federal
league-wi1 probably take place when
the Tigers and Giants clash.
Ty Cobb, Detroit's centerfielder,
who has grown to regard the premier
batting honors of the American league
as personal property will have his
first opportunity to match his skill
and wits with those of Benny Kauff
The 1atter's great record at bat and
in the outfield for Brooklyn, caused
numerous baseball writer's to refer to
him as the Cobb of the Federal
league
When the Independent organizatio on
went out of existence, Kauff was pur-
chased by the New York Nationals
Although he has had differences over
IN the New York lineup, not only
during the training season, but as a.
salary with Manager McGraw it is
generally believed that Kaum will be
ate1y leave her adopted country
regular during the 1915 campaign.
Manager Jennings, of the Tigers,
granted Cobb permission to report
at the Waxahachie, Tex, training
camp this spring. whenever he felt
like it. 1t seems certain that Cobb
will not do much spring training as
he has said that such conditioning
weakens him during the crucial au-
turnn games but some of Cobb's clos
est friends, who live in Detroit, assert
that he will be in that Dallas series,
if he has to walk from Georgia
Kauff has never played in Detroit
but numerous stories have come to
the Tiger camp concerning his abiI-
ity. Former Detroit stars, who were
with Federal league clubs last season,
have generally declared that Kauff is
one of the greatest batters they have
ever seen. They have not been in
clined- to class Kauf with Cobb as Il
base runner; they have said that Cobb
probably is a bit more dangerous
at bat, because of his versatility, but
they all, seemingly. have been ready
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-03
BRIDES WILL
ASSIST COACH
JONES OF YALE

New Haven, Conn, March 3--Dr
Arthur E. Brides, Yale, 1903 M, for
three years a member of the Yale
varsity football team, will be Tad
Jones's chief assistant coach in foot
ball next fall and will have charge
of the nnemen while Jones pays par
ocular attention to the backs. Brides
has been most successful as coach OF
the Massachusetts, Aggies\ for the past
few years.
While in Yale Brides played every
position except quarterback and was
called by Walter Camp the best all
around player ON the gridiron in his
time He shone particularly asa
guard and a defensive halfback, and
during his four years he was never
injured. The fact that he was pro-
ceessdonal school man alone kept him
from being Captain of the team He
played on two e1evens with Tad Jones
those of the fall of 1906 and the
Hau of 19O7-and the two can work
very well together
Tad Jones will be here in few
weeks to make, arrangements for the
jspring practice, and at that time the
list of assistant coaches probably viii
he announced
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-03
HEINIE WAGNER TO
MANAGE HARTFORD

Hartford, March 3+Charles (Hei-
:nie) Wagner, famous as the shortstop
Of the worlds champion Boston
American Red Sox of 1912, and last
season utility man ON the three-tinne
worlds champion Red Sox aggrega-
ton, yesterday signed a one-year
of the new Eastern league. The deal
with Owner James H. Clarkin was
completed early yesterday afternoon
at his Office in the Weldon building
after a tvUo-hour conference and i'm
mediate1y upon signing up Wagner
left for his home in New Rochelle,
N. Y, and announced that he would
get busy Immediately signing up
players with which to start off the
Senators on the coming campaign
opening the latter part of April.
Fifteen years is the record of Heinie
Wagner in organized baseball be-
ginning his career in 1901 with the
Waverly club of the New York State
league, and in the Following years
playing in the American Association,
Eastern league, Connecticut league
end lastly With the American
seague. Never g. star of the Tyrus
Cobb type, but rated as one of the
that ever stepped foot on the dfa-
aaond, his career has been one of SOL
Il progress year after year from the
first day he entered organized base
ball up to the season of 1912 when
he reached his zenith with the
worlds champion Boston Red Sox-
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-03
FRANK BAKER,
YANK SLUGGER,
INJURIES HAND

ANNAPOLIS. Mr.. Mar. al. Frank
.aw1 Pa51er of home run fame. who is
now a. member OF the New York Yam
Ekees. was a visitor here yesterday
with one OF his hands swathed IN
bandages-
He made rather light of the injury,
but the index and middle fingers OF
his right hand are badly bruised from
the b1ow of a heavy piece of wood.
& tt is, inst possible that he may lose
one of the nails.
Baker said he expected to john the
Yankees at the training camp on Sat
11rday or Monday, but that he might
not be able to use his hand for sew
eral days for throwing purposes
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-03
Mixed Bouts in New York.

It is reported that bouts between
white and coIored boxers will soon be
allowed in New York. Sam Lang
ford, the Boston Tar Baby, has been
given permission to tackle Jess Will
lard in the champions training quar-
tiers. Willard offered $50 to anybody
who can knock him off his feet and
tangford thinks he can pick up that
easy money.
Spectators are charged 25 cents to
see Willard train SO the bout between
Langford and Willard will be a regu-
lar exhibition, viewed from a legal
angle. Those in charge of the sport
in New York state have figured that
it was better not to allow mixed
bouts but evidently the commission
ers have changed their views.
May Fight for Russell.
The Bridgeport club might be able
to make trouble over the recent sign
ing of Harvey Russell by the Chicago
Cubs. 1t was the understanding that
all Federal leaguers not under long
term contracts, should revert to the
clubs from which they jumped. The
National Commission may be asked
to decide if Russell does not belong
to Bridgeport.
George Stoval, former manager of
the Kansas City F'ederaIs, will leave
Chicago Immediately for California,
he announced today. It was said
also that he intends to retire from
baseball. After a conference here
Yesterday between Stovall and Harry
Sinclair, of Tulsa, Okla. who assumed
StovalTs contract with the Federal
league, 1T was reported that the for
ner Kansas City manager had set
tied his claim against the league.
StovaII made no statement other than
to say he was satisfied.
Owner Navin of the Detroit club
denies that he has bought Pitcher
KaiserIing from the Federals Per
haps he got the player by merely
assuming his Federal contract.
1t doesn't take long for the base
ball fan to forget the diamond hero
of yesterday. Hugh Bedient was
the pitcher who stood the Giants on
their heads when he tWirled for the
Red. Sox in the 1912 worlds series
Yet Bedient wired McGraw for a job
the other day and was turned down
a. gift because it would be necessary
to pay Bedient's Federal league sal
airy.
Hal Chase may get a job after all.
The Warren, Pa, club of the Inter
state league has offered him $4,000 to
manage the club and play first base
during the season. Chase has a
Federal contract calling for $4,000 a
year for two more seasons so he
doesn't care whether he lands in the
big league or not.
Billy Cole a youngster who is try
ing for an outf1e1d job with the
Giants, was a machinist in the White
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-03

training quarters for a few days, try
ing his best to get a four round try
out with Willard, but there was moth
ing doing, as he refused to box the
battler.''-
The other bouts on the Glover A c.
card look promising also. The ten
round affair between Battling Kunz
Of South Norwalk and Bud Palmer
of this city should be good and the
scrap in which Al KetcheI of this
city will ming1e with Chic Brown of
New Haven should please the fans
There will be a six round prelin-
mary between local boys There
has been plenty of interest displayed
in the card and present indications
point to a large attendance.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-03

Dumb Dan Morgan, the New York
manager, thinks his boy, Battling
Levtnsky, will put it all over Wild
Burt Kenny in the star bout of the
Here is the latest word from Nor
gan.
Battling Levinsky, who is looked
upon as the real heavyweight cham
pion, will give Wild Bert Kenny a
beating when the boys meet on the
night of the seventh. -..
Although Kenny is a rough boxer
Levinsky will punch all the fighting
spirit out OF Bert, 50 get ready for
good battle.
'tLevinsky was around Wizards
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-03
LEFTY FLYNN WILL.
TAKE ANOTHER BRIDE

Denver, Col, March 7-''Lefty''
Flynn, formerly star Yale full back
has left the ranch his father bought
for him near Craig, Col, where he
went to recuperate after his divorce
from one of BroadWay's chorus girls,
to make a second venture in matri-
mony. He viii wed Miss Blanche
Palmer, New York society girl, q niece
of Mrs. E. P. Shove, of Colorado
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-03

Clarlx's Yale Freshmen. The Fresh
nfen have some team and the seconds
will have to go some to win. Sid
TibbaPs orchestra will furnish the
music for dancing which follows the
game.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-03

Springs, in New York Tuesday. After
their honeymoon they will make their
home on F'lynn's Colorado ranch
In football and social circles it was
a 10 days sensation when Mauri ce
Flynn, heir to millions, eloped about
four years ago with a chorus girl. His
father reIented on the condition that
he leave his bride.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-03

Reports from Rome say that an I'M
successful attempt was made to as
sassinate Gar Ferdinand of Bulgaria
during his journey from Sofia to Vi
emma.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-03

The 400 ton schooner Horat1o, of
New Bedford, Mass, is believed to
Have been lost off Cashes Ledge,
Mass, when she BROKE away from
the cutter Ossfpee, which was. towing
her during a, storm.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-03

Announcement was made by the
Commercial Gable Co, that the Per-
sian telegraph lines between Herman
shah and NTeheran are interrupted.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-03

Gen. Argumedo, leader of the anti
Carranza revolution in Durango, is re-
ported to have bee nexecuted at Du-
range City.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-03

Two hundred members of the Ger
man colony at Lisbon, Portugal, left
for Spain. Most of the German bus
mess houses in Lisbon have been
closed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-03

FUNERAL DESIGNS AND
BOUQUETS
JOHN RECK & SON.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-03

Billy Cole, a youngster who is try
ing for an outf1eId job with the
Giants, was q machinist in the White
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-02-04
A GOOD THING
 TO KNOW
NEW USES FOR OLD
 MAKING POWDER CANS

Don't throw away your old bak- ing powder cans. There are many ways in which they can be turned b good use in the household.
 Did you ever use one in cooking steam pudding or brown bread? If you never did, try it. It's just the thing. When cooked in this way, the pudding is g good size to cut in slices, and really looks better to serve than if cooked in real steamer, since all the slices are the same shape.
 A baking powder can may also be used for freezing ices and creams especially the mousses and pra- faits-that is, the ones that do not need stirring. The can beiag tin is a very good conductor cf heat and allows tn, mixture te freeze readily.
 It wi. also make good mold Fl tanv croa,r9 After the mix- ture has been fro CT until stiff, mold it in the can; cover the top of the mold with an oiled paper, and place fSer that the lid. Cut off all the paper that z left iron. under the lid. Fill the .erase; around the |, lge of the lid wiiA lard 1T parafin, so as to seal, then cover this with marrow str:.) of cloth, which holds the lari or parafin in place, and pin the eEGs together. Pack n ice and sl.; iii the ratio of four to one, AhI let stand until hard .nd ready for use.
 Using the lids to cut biscuits and doughnuts is another reason why old baking powder cans are as high ly prized in many households as the most expensive aluminium uten- Sils.
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LISTEN BOYS, LISTEN!
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GO AND SEE WILKES FOR NEW AND SECOND HAND EN- GINES.
 BARGAINS IN NEW ENGINES FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY AT KETCHIKAN. AGENT AND DIS TRIBUTER OF THE FOLLOWING ENGINES:
 PALMER ENGINES,
 NORTHWESTERN MOTOR CO.,. RED WING MOTOR co.
 CAILE PERFECTION MOTOR co.
 K1RMOTH MOTOR co.
 VAN BLERCK MOTOR co. AT THE ALASKA BOAT AND ENGINE AGENCY.
 GEORGE W. WILKS, MGR.
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taste and are made much more tender by being frozen before cook ing. Fowls, too, are often frozen inorder to render them tender and delicious. And now it has been discovered that some kinds of cook ed foods are very much improved by being frozen, or at least being kept for period in temperature not much above the freezing point.
 Soups, especially vegetable soups will be found to have a much more appetizing flavor if they are per mitted to freeze for a short time after being thoroughly cooked in. the usual way.
 A freezing or low temperature will keep such foods much longer than miIder temperature, and it is surprising to see what a pleasing difference there is in their flavor when finally thawed out and heated for serving.
 This fact will doubtless result in the devising of small cold storage plants, arranged so that a freezing temperature can be provided quick ly and at low cost, being put on the market.
 Iceless freezers, as we'll as fire less cookers, will be coming into general use in the next few years when the public to the improvement which can be affected in. soups, meats and poultry by freezing be- fore they are finally heated for serving.
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SUGGESTION
 WORTH NOTING
WHY YOU SHOULD WATCH
 YOUR DENTISTS HABITS

What are your dentists habits ? don't think for a minute that it's none of your business. Not only the condition of your teeth, but your general health and your life itself may depend upon the character of the man who extracts your aching teeth or fills the cavities in them.
 If your dentist is an incorporate man his hands are liable to be so unsteady that skilful work is im- possible. Just little slip of one of his instruments may do damage to your teeth or gums that can never be repaired.
 Although there are few authori- tative instances of conatgion being possible. It is, therefore, wise to patronize only dentists who are so neat and cleanly in their habits as to ensure every precaution being taken.
 The list of organisms which may contaminate dental instruments is formidable, but this does not mean that the disease of which they are the cause necessarily ensue if they are accidently carried into the mouth. Their presence upon den- tai ruments is however, an ir- dicatic:7 of what surgeons call poor techEic. In surgery poor technic is usually attended with disas- trous results, but in dentistry er- TOTS of this character may produce no i'll effects.
 Cleanliness should be the pri- mary consideration in oil dental op- erations, says writer in the Bos- ton Medical and Surgical Journal The white coat of of the operator represents more than lf..rt; it is t.le symbol of .eatness. The den- tist who works with unclean intsru- merits, who provides soiled linen or who places common 1rinking gIas s before his patien: should be judged accordingly.
 crtunately the memhe.; of the profession who b these things are criticized and suffer from loss of patronage, so that thera is a strong tendency on the part of dentists to maintain their surroundings above reproach. WiGh the sterili- zation of instruments some careless ness may manifest itself, partly owing to the fact that many inst ruments are injured by the process Ire to complicated to be treated ir this manner, or that the public is not competent to detect errors 1T the methods of sterilization. How. ever, the public is rapidly learning the value of aseptic methods, anc proper equipment is now found 1T nearly all dental offices.
 A good instance of the effort, the great majority of dentists ar, making to protect their patient, ] against contagion is furnished by the fact that various dental assoc iations throughout the country have lately requested the United State Public Health Service to investigat, and report to them the best method of strilizing all instruments.