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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-25
TENNIS EXPERT MAKES LIST OF DON'TS FOR BEGINNERS

MUCH has been written from time to
 time as to what the young player should do in his efforts to gain skill in tennis, bas sometimes the point under discussion may be better elucidated by telling him what he must not do, and the following table of don'ts is com piled for this purpose:
 Don't fail to keep a firm grip on the racket. A loose hold ruins many strokes.
 For the forehand stroke the thumb should overlap the middle finger.
 For the backhand stroke the thumb should be stretched along straight up the back of the handle a5 support. a For the forehand stroke the finger nails should face the direction of the stroke; for the backhand stroke, the middle knuckles.
 The above list of don'ts are those which are concerned in the grip of the racket and should be mastered first. -S. Don't hold the racket with a short grip. Take 1t by the extreme end.
 Don't hold the racket loose enough to let 1t twist in the grasp nor clutch it so high as to tire the hand.
 --- Don't let the ball get close in so the playing elbow can become cramped dur ling the stroke. ds Don't play the ball directly in front 1of you. This position is impossible for eAay stroke.
 Don't make stroke with the feet sdu&red toward the net or parallel with It. Don't put the wrong foot forward while making a stroke and don't stand -AaA- footed on the heels.
 9 Don't hit the ball too far forward or stoo far back. The correct position is opposite the middle of the body.
 Don't hit the bah underneath except to make lob. PlayIit from behind with an upward motion of the racket to carry it over the net
 Then comes the actual hitting of the ball and follows closely on the matter of grip-in fact, is almost part of it, but includes the placing of the feet, the position of the ball when striking and the movements qf the racket as the ball is hit. These. of|course, so far deal only with the drive or the shot off the , ground, the foundation stroke of the game itself.
 Don't try to guess your own faults. Practice before a mirror to discover your errors.
 Don't use a short grip or a short swing and don't play with the wrong foot forward.
 Don't make the stroke with stiff knees. flat footed and the body held erect. Bend down to your work and jump at the ball. ..
 Don't fight the ball away from you as if you were afraid of 1t. Go right to the ball and punish it.
 Don't move backward as, you strilA. This ruins anykstroke.
 Don't try to hit the ball too hard at first. Get it back over the net and let the other man make the errors.
 Next comes that most important stroke of the game which plays so great part in the modern volley game and gives the attacking position to the server. Al.
 Don't step on the line in serving nor step over it until after the ball has left the racket. This is a cast iron rule of the game. not simply piece of advice.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-25
HERE'S CALLAHAWs STORY; SOUNDS JUST LIKE HIM

{. "He picked up a scientific paper one time and read the account of one of those big wrecks they were pulling off on one of the eastern roads a few years ago. In. this same paper was the an- nouncement that reward was offered by the railroad of $10,OO0 to any one who would invent a device that would absolutely prohibit wrecks. ~/
 This fellow didn't waste a minute. There was a telegraph office in the lob by, and he promptly wired to the rail- road:
 CT accept your offer. Send the check"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-25

JIMMY CALLAHAN said that he liked to see a young ball player confident and self possessed, but that he had one recruit on the White Sox some time ago who had little too much self confidence.
 T remember said Jimmy, that this fellow was highly opinionated and that he thought he knew everything that came along. In fact, he knew so much about baseball that we decided the big leagues hadn't caught up to his stan- dard and that we ought to struggle along without him.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-25

left of second base. George Mcbride came over. Tipped the ball to Morgan, and the second baseman put everything ne had in his throw to first. Sisler beat the ball a step. don't think that even Shotten could have prevented double play on hit like this. as Mcbride was not ten feet from second base when he took the ball on fast bound, and the play with Morgan went through per- fectly. Yet Sisler did"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-25
DATE FOR FIELD
 TRIALS.

THE washington Field Trial club has
 announced it's 1916 trials. The club has secured a very fine ground for the trials, comprising several thousand acres of fine, level, open country, with wealth of birds of several varieties. The trials will begin on Sept. II, and the duration will depend somewhat upon the entries for the tri-ls.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-25
ONLY TWO MANAGERS UNI
 CHANGED,

DURING the last ten years in base
 ball every team in the National and American leagues. with the exception Of the Athletics and New York Giants. has had two or more managers. Ten years ago John McGraw was managing the Giants and Connie Mack was lead ing the Athletics. These two men are still piloting those teams and bid fair to do so for many years to eaxaA
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-25
o,eRrEN NOW IN VAUDEVILLE.

BUCK O'BRIEN, a great pitcher of
 four years ago and one of the men who helped the Red Sox win in 1912. is an actor now. O'Brien went on the stage, as so many other players did in vaudeville after winning a pennant but, instead of Hopping all over his own feet. took naturally and gracefully, to the Thespian life. When his good right arm gave out he turned to the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-25
WOULD BE A MANAGER.
WILLIE RrTCHIE has decided to
 " corna a rnanarar of hnxars xUk

WILLIE RIICfiIE naS ucCIueu 10 De-
 come a manager of boxers whom his days of fighting are over. The o1re me~lightweight champion is a good judge of material in the rough and al- way3/has been 8 wonder at chasing the nimble dollar. When it comes to an argument over gate receipts Ritchie can hold out longer than Billy Nolan ever did. and he is just as successful in bending the promoters to his side. He means to make his ability in this di- rection count for the most by hiring the boxers to work for him on salary and pocketing all the purses.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-25
BAUMGARDNER MUST KEEP IN
 CONDITION.

GEORGE BAUMGARDNER, eccen-
 trio pitcher of the St. Louis Browns, prefers a contract of $75 a month with the St. Louis Browns to one at $2.000 per season with the Memphis Southern leaguers. The West Virginian prefers the s75 because, as he says, nobody would see me if I went to Memphis" To collect the $75 "Baumie" must keep in condition.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-25
CANNOT DOUBLE UP GEORGE sIsLER

sSJT is practically impossible to dou-
 ble George Sisler if he hits to the fnfield," says Shortstop Johnston of the Browns. T am convinced of this fact after a play that came up in Washing ton.
 "The infield of the Nationals park is hard and lightning fast. There was man on first when Sisler stepped to the bat.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-25
GERMANY SCHAEFER HAS SOFT JOB

Schaefer is possessed of about as nice a little job as any person could
 wish for. All he does is to walk out to third base line occasionally, whisper few words. to the base runners when there are any and pause on his way
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-25
SPEED IS NOT EVERYTHING.

ball." writes a contemporary. See what speed has done for the Giants, who have Robertson, Kauff, Burns, Doyle and ~Merkle-all fast men," Through the same lens observe what speed has done for the Browns. who have Shotten. Sisler, Austin, Tobin and Marsans-all fully as fast.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-25
USES GLOVE NINE REASONS.

JOHNNY EVERS has a baseball
 glove that he has used for nine seasons, with a few worlds champion ship series thrown in. It is a ragged old glove. with a big hole in it, but it is to that old glove that Evers ascribes many of his best plays. When the ball lands in 1t it stays there Consequent ly it is small wonder that Evers sticks to his old glove.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-25

question, cross the channel in eighteen hours or under, provided they found conditions as favorable as did Webb and Burgess. who made the journey in a smooth sea, with the water at a tenn perature of about 60 degrees.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-25

out pause for about fifteen hours. Hen- ny Miron of Boston, Raymond Boyle of Pittsburg and one or two others have done almost as well with up to date strokes.
 One and all, these men could, beyond
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-25
voLLMER LEADS COLUMBIA.

HERBERT E. vOLLMER, holder of
 several intercollegiate swimming records, has been elected captain of Columbia university swimming team. He is a sophomore and has two more years in the university.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-25
GERMANY scHAEFER.

back to jolly the occupants of the other bench. For this, it is claimed, he draws s5,000 a season. That seems an exaggerated salary for the work done, but those Who know claim that it is worth the price.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-25

CLARK GRIFFITH is against the
 spitball. He is hoping for and pre- dieting the day when it will be legis- lated out of baseball. Says he: If I had my choice of the two evils I'd pick the emery ball. The spitball isn't any more Of natural delivery than the
The Monte Vista journal., 1916-04-15
eOI CLAIMS THAT THEY WERE
SUNK IN ACCORDANCE WITH
RULES OF WAR.
SUSSEX BLAME DENIED
NOTE DECLARES EVIDENCE INpI.
GATES STEAMER WAS NOT
SUNK BY U-EOAT.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

western Newspaper Union News Service
Berlin, April 13.-The German re-
ply to the American Lote, signed by
Gottlieb Won Jagow, the German min
lister of foreign affairs, concerning
the damaging or sinking of five steam
ships, contains the statement that the
steamers Englishman, Eagle Point,
Manchester. Engineer and Berwind
vale, were destroyed by German sub
marines.
Evidence is presented to show that
these vessels were torpedoed legally,
in accordance with the rules of war.
The note states that a German sub
marine torpedoed a steamship in the
vicinity of the place at which the
cross channel steamship Sussex was
damaged by an explosion, but that
evidence at hand indicates that the
vessel torpedoed by the submarine
was not the Sussex.
In regard to the Sussex, the note
states that only one German subma-
rine was in the vicinity and that it
torpedoed one steamship. The COM
mander of the submarine made a
sketch at the time. This sketch has
been compared with a photograph Of
the SusseX-and has been found to be
quite dissimilar in build, arrangement
Of stacks, etc. Therefore, it is pre-
sumcd, a mine was responsible for
the damaging Of the Sussex. In the
way Of corroboration it is stated that
German naval forces destroyed twen-
ty-six floating mines On that day.
The Monte Vista journal., 1916-04-15
GERMANS RIDDLE vERDUN FORTS
Furious ShelI-Fire in Progress in Prep
aration for New Infantry Assault.

London, April 13.-Giant German
howitzers are pouring an inferno of
shell-fire into the French positions on
Hill No. 3O4 and lie Mort Homme, ap.
parently in preparation for another
desperate infantry assault, but nei-
ther side claims important gains.
Turks claim 1900 British killed at
Sannyant in effort of English to pen
citrate to relief of Kut elAmara.
Germans repelled in three success
i've attacks on British trenches on Pill
Kelm. Ypres road while Canadian
troops successfully raid German
trenches near Richebourg L'Avoue.
Italians report capture of heights
north of Rioponale and several lines
of trenches on Monte Fari and CUM
adore; Austrians suffering heavily.
Heavy artillery fighting reported on
Greek front, near Saloniki.
British official communication says
Canadians in gallant fighting during
the past week inflicted heavy losses
on the Germans near st. Eloi.
The Monte Vista journal., 1916-04-15
CROPS AND LIVE STOCK
A SUMMARY OF GOVERNMENTS
APRIL REPORT.
Crop Condition Below Average for
ApriI-Live Stock Losses From
Disease Less Than Usual.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Denver-A summary of the April
crop and livestock report for the
state of Colorado and for the United
States, as compiled by the bureau OF
crop estimates (and transmitted
through the weather bureau, U. s.
Department of Agriculture, is as fol.
lows:
Wheat.
State-Condition April l this year,
So per cent Of the normal; eight
year average OF condition figures for
April /, "a per cent.
United States-Condition April l
this year. 1873 per cent; ten-year av.
erage April l condition. S7.3 per
cent.
Rye.
State.-Condition April l this year,
50 per cent; ten-year average April
l condition, 81 per cent.
United States-Condition April /
this year, SIS per cent; ten-year av'
erage April / condition, 500.
Hogs.
State-Losses from disease past
year, 2.7 per cent; ten-year average,
80 per cent.
United States-Losses from disease
past year, G.63 per cent; ten-year av-
erage, 6.62 per cent
Cattle.
State-Losses from disease past
year, 81 per cent; ten-year average,
Is per cent. Losses from exposure
past year, IA per cent; ten-year av-
erage, 2.9 per cent.
United States-Losses from disease
past year, 1.96 per cent; ten-year av-
erage, 201 per cent. Losses from eX,
posure past year 1.07 per cent; ten
year average, 1.56 per cent
Sheep.
State-Losses from disease past
year, 1.6 per cent; ten-year average,
2.3 per cent Losses from exposure
past year, 81 per cent; ten-year av-
erage, 4.6 per cent.
United States-Losses from disease
past year, ZIG per cent; ten-year av.
erage, 2.4S per cent. Losses from eX-
posure past year, PIT per cent; ten
year average, 3.11 per cent.
Horses and Mules.
State-Losses from disease past
year, IA per cent; ten-year average,
19 per cent.
United States-Losses from disease
past year, LES per cent; ten-year av.
erage, 1.95 per cent.
The Monte Vista journal., 1916-04-15
Two Killed in Motor Car Wreck

. Denver.-Two were killed and two
others fatally injured when the 2
o'clock car from Denver for Boulder,
on the Denver-Interurban line, struck
an automobile at the crossing on
Boulevard F, just this side of West
minister Tuesday. The automobile
was totally destroyed and was scat
tered along the track in fragments.
The dead are: M. F. Brannan, SO
years old, wellto-do Boulder county
rancher; MIS-. M. f. Brannan, 80
years old a sister of Mrs. f. w,
Golden, Boulder. The injured are:
Elmer C. Elrod, %, Etwell, Colo, a
farm hand skull fractured, legs man
gled; will die; and Bryan Leroy Fus-
selman, 90, formerly telegraph opera
tor, left ankle mashed and other
bruises.
The Monte Vista journal., 1916-04-15
Killed in Auto Plunge.

Sugar City.-Col. A. 7. Moseley, So,
pioneer cattleman of the Adobe
creek district, and A. l.. Ross, 30, a
rancher living near Arlington in south
ern Lincoln, were instantly killed one
mile east of Sugar City, when an auto
mobile in which they were driving
home plunged from the bridge over
Horse creek. The machine turned
over and pinned both men under /.
in the mud and water of the creek.
Their bodies were badly crushed and
mutilated.
The Monte Vista journal., 1916-04-15
Board Gives Life Jobs to Officials

Denver.-Warden NJ p. Capp of the
state reformatory State Game and
Fish Commissioner w. b. Fraser,
State Boiler Inspector G. V. Cosse-
boom and DR.. II. A. LaMoure, head
of the state insane asylum, are per-
manent employees of the state under
a ruling made by the new State Civil
Service Commission
The Monte Vista journal., 1916-04-15
Beavers Beautiful.

Grand Junction-Beavers are be.
coming so plentiful in the Gunnison
river just south of Grand Junction,
that residents OF the city are enjoy
ing walks to the beaver dams two
miles from the city to watch the pro-
tected game disporting in the river
The Monte Vista journal., 1916-04-15
WASHINGTON

,ivon rouse passed 100000
Pin % ana ana harbors appropriation bill,
thai Vi,elal vn" and uncon:irmed reports
." met villa is dead reached the Car.
deen" embassy and was given some
a,ee o. OF credence by officials, there.
two a, SENATE passed forty to thirty
pea, 'uoSt,tute for House sugar re-
supar 'esolution. extending present
''sar tariff until 1920
The Monte Vista journal., 1916-04-15
coffey Suit Asa,ns. Mceiu Settled.

Denver.-The suits OF Mr.. and Mrs.
John F. Coffey for alleged assault on
Mrs. Coffey, against James C. McGill.
have been settled. for $1,000. and the
release of the baseball player.
The Monte Vista journal., 1916-04-15
GENERAL

The executive committee of the
Progressive party of Virginia in
dorsed Theodore Roosevelt for presi'
dent
About 100000 was realized at a
sale of the late J. p Morgan's col
lection of tapestries, which have been
on view in the Metropolitan museum
in New York.
Two masked men held up and
robbed the passengers in the smok-
ing car of Chicago, Rock Island IL
Pacific passenger train No. Al as the
train was leaving Howe, Okla.
The Toledo, Ohio, street car strike
has ended. The men were given an
increase in wages of cents an hour
but they will not be permitted 10
wear union buttons and the open
shop rule will prevail
BENJAMIN II. Mcclure OF BROOKLYN
was named presiding bishop OF the
Reorganized Church Of Latter Day
Saints, at the general conference OF
the church in session at ndepend-
ence, Mo. He succeeds E. l.. Kelly
of Lamont, Iowa
The Monte Vista journal., 1916-04-15
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
western Newspaper Union New. Service.

Western Newspapcr Union Ncvs Scrvtcs.
DATES EOR COMING EVENTS.
May First Congressional District
Republican Convention at Colorado
Springs.
April 26-Annual Convention Western
Colorado 1. o. o. F. at Grand juno
tion.
April 29May 6-Food show at Colo
rado Springs.
May 2.-Republican State and Third
and Fourth Congressional District
Convention at Pueblo.
May 1S-Democratic State Convention
at Colorado Springs.
May 20-Progressive State Convention
In Denver.
Aug. s-Democratic State Assembly at
Denver.
The Monte Vista journal., 1916-04-15
Get OUT OF MEx|CO''
mission Was Given for Entrance
of American Troops and that
His Army Can Handle
Villa.

Mexico City, April 13.-The Mexi-
can government has sent to its am
bassador in Washington a note to be
delivered at 10 o'clock this morning
that American troops be withdrawn
from Mexican territory and that pur-
suit of Villa be left to the Mexican
constitutionalist army.
The Mexican note contains about
five thousand words. In it the de
facto government of Mexico contends
that, as the American troops crossed
into Mexico without permission they
should be withdrawn until a proper
formal compact can be entered into
between the two governments.
San Diego, Cal, April 13-Several
Americans have been killed or wound
ed in bandit raids in the vicinity OF
Guaymas, Sonora, says naval radio
message received here. The message
was forwarded to the Navy Depart
ment at Washington, and resulted in
an order to the cruiser Denver, now
at San Bias, state of Tampico, to in
vestigate.
Ell Paso, Tex-A large band OF
Villistas, numbering possibly 1000
have sacked Sierra Mojada, five miles
across the Coahuila line and eighty
miles east of Jiminez, destroying
many thousands of dollars Of Amer
lean property and looting the town OF
everything of value.
Evening star., 1916-10-08
WINS ON LONG PASS
G. W. U. Takes Its First Foot
Ball Game by 6 to O.
DEFEATS ST. JOHNS TEAM
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, October IA long
forward pass, successfully completed by
Pepper and Wilson. in the last two min
utes of play enabled George Washing
ton University to defeat st. Johns Col
lege on the gridiron here this morning.
The score was to 0, as the try for goal
was a failure
1t was the initial game of the season
for both institutions. and in considera-
tion of that together with the unsea-
sonable weather, it was well contested,
although both teams fumbled miser-
ably. And it was a hard game for the
st. Johns boys to lose, because they
covered much more ground than the
Washingtonians, and, besides, their
kicking was superior. 1t early became
apparent that the. game would be stub
bornly fought. The honors of the first
period were about even. but in the sec
ond stanZa the local boys played rings
around their opponents, and a touch
down that seemed inevitable was frus-
trated by bad tumble, after the Ca
dets had advanced the ball from mid
field to within 2 yards of their COW
eted goal line. 1t was first down and
the play that should have counted for
the score was badly bungled. and the
fumbled ball rolled into the arms of one
of the varsity men.
After that the Cadets did not get
within good striking distance, but they
still managed to gain ground quite
steadily, and held their own well on the
defensive until the visitors put across
the forward pass that proved their un-
doing.
Evening star., 1916-10-08
Results of Yesterdays
Contests on Gridiron.

Georgetown. z; Navy, 13.
Catholic University, "a; Rich
mOnd College, q.
d.
Maryland State. o; Dickinson, o.
Yale, 81; Virginia, 3.
Harvard, 3; Tufts, 3.
Princeton, 20; North Carolina, O,
Pennsylvania, -; Franklin and
Marshall, o.
West Point. II; Washington and
Lee. Z.
Brown, ~, Trinity, o.
Columbia, z; Hamilton, II.
Dartmouth, At; Lebanon Valley, 0.
New York, %, Rensselaer,, 0.
Colgate. 2s; Maine, o.
Fordhnm, 20; Western Maryland,
o.
HaverfOrd, o; Stevens, o.
Holy Cross, 3; Bates, 0.
Penn State, so: BuckneII, :.
Syracuse. 73; Ohio University, O.
Michigan. 10; Case, o.
NOtre Dame, AZ; Reserve, 0.
Illinois, 30, Kansas, 0.
swarthmore. 10, Lafayette. @.
Wisconsin. 20; Lawrence, o.
Washington and Jefferson, Fl:
West Virginia Wesleyan, o.
Lehigh, 81; Albright. O.
Johns Hopkins. "a; Mount st.
Mary's, &.
Colby, 13; New Hampshire, o.
Nebraska, 81; Drake, 0.
Minnesota, Al; South Dakota, z.
Purdue, 13; DePauHv, o.
Virginia NJ. l.. GO; Williams and
Mary, o.
Vanderbilt, AZ; TrnnsyIvania, 0.
Davidson, 16; N. G. A. and NJ, o.
Carleton, 2; Chicago, O.
yfIIanova. 3; MuhIenbers, o.
Georgia, 20; Clemson, O.
Georgia Tech, 222; Cumberland, o.
Ursinus, SO; Washington College,
o.
Northwestern, 20; Lake Forest, 2.
Evening star., 1916-10-08
EASY FOR PRINCETON REVENGE FOR YALE
North Carolina Smothered Un-
der a Score of 29 to o.
MANY SUBSTITUTES USED

PRINCETON, N. J., October l.
Princeton defeated the University of
North Carolina foot ball team here
today by score of 20 to 0. After
Princeton had run up safe number
of points on the southern eleven Coach
Rush of Princeton sent in string OF
substitutes. The only time in the game
that the visitors were able to hold the
Tigers In check was in the final period
of play, when the Princeton eleven
was made up entirely of second and
third team players.
Although the game was one-sided II
was replete with sensational plays.
In the second half Jack Eddy was USED
in the Princeton lineup in the place OF
Ames and made several 30 and 40 yaro
runs through broken fields. he also
threw a forward pass 20 yards INTO
the arms of Funk, a Princeton END IN
the third period which resulted In
touchdown. ,,, tn
princeton played poor foot pan III
the first period. There We're numerous
firn bles by the backs and Tor tine
81 anneared as If the North Caro!ina
!, ,aap "n would hold the Tigers to close
score. -
Evening star., 1916-10-08

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Sacrifice hiScott Janvrin Lewis Sacrifice
obltzeI;
Hoblize Shore Scott Janvrin
efto First
Pfeffer
off
Hit piherBy Shore
By Marquad Umpires-Pae Mr.
ODay left field Mr. Qugy;
Time hours andsx
Evening star., 1916-10-08
CARDINALS BEAT BROWNS.
Three Errors by Americans Cause OF
Their Defeat.

ST. LOUIS. October THE ST Louis
Nationals won the third game of the CITY
series from the Browns here today, to
l. Three errors by the Americans gave
the Nationals three of their runs. Man
age- Jones sent Sisler to right field and
Gene Paulette to first base. The teams
are to play double-header tomorrow.
Score:
r. II. E.
Americans. 0 o l 2 o. 10 z
Nationals. 2 o l ks Q o
Batteries-Davenport and Hale; Steele, Ames
and Gonzales.