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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-14
Charley Halls Failure

or Charley Halls failure to ''cornA back" in the big show is a great dis appointment to the many friends of the old Sea Lion. The wonderful ef- fectiveness which the veteran display ed in the American Association last year, and which induced Miller Hug gins to give him chance with the Cardinals, was seemingly a flash in the pan, and Hall was recently re- leased to the Angels. Several years ago Hall was a star with the Red Box. and he twirled great article of ball for the Bostonians in 1912. His early season work that year was great aid to the Red sox. but later he injured his salary wing. and he couldn't bring. it around in 1913. Charley was shipped of to St. Paul. and, believing that his pitching days were over, tried to develop into an outfielder. In 1914 he tried to pitch again, but showed nothing. Last year his arm returned to form. and he be- came one of the pitching sensations of the year He won twenty<our
 eames for St. Paul, against ten lost.
 and pulled off the remarkable feat of winning eighteen consecutive games a performance surpassed only three times in the whole history of baseball.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-14

when the college contests each day pass the hundred mark. The climax comes with the playing of the iar- vard- Yale game at New Haven and the Army-Navy game at New York on the same day-Nov. 25. On the ba- sis of past attendance and receipts these two games should attract close to 100000 spectators, while the gate receipts may exceed $200,000.
 Among the more important inter- sectional games are those between Syracuse and Ohio, Army and Wash ington and Lee. Yale and Virginia, Harvard and North Carolina, Illinois and Colgate, Minnesota and North Dakota, Virginia Poly and Yale. Georgetown and Dartmouth, Michi- gan and Syracuse, Harvard and vir- ginia, Notre Dame and Army, Mis- souri and Texas Dartmouth and West Virginia, Bucknell and Washington and Lee. Efforts are still being made to bring Pacific Coast univers- ity eleven east for one or two big games, and there will be the usual intersectional contests between the leading school teams of the middle west and the east immediately follow ing the close Of the regular inter scholastic schedules.
 The University of California will be the first on the grfdiron this fall, the Berkeley team getting into action on Saturday, Sept. IS. Seven days later Dartmouth, Harvard and George town will be among the larger colleges to start active football competition.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-14
Champion Kramer Wins
 Great Bicycle Race

Newark. Aug. 14-Arthur Spencer. the 1S-year-old cyclist. of Toronto. who has been .riding in sensational style at the Newark velodrome this season, was beaten in . match race yesterday afternoon by Frank Kra- mer. G
 The distance was two-thirds of mile, and Kramer triumphed over the young Canadian in two straight heats. In the first heat, Kramer jumped" Spencer a lap and half from home and won by a length.
 In the second heat Kramer went to the front two lengths from home, and although pressed hard on the last lap, he won by length.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-14
HARD TO SELECT
 WINNER OF TENNIS
 TITLE THIS SEASON

New York, Aug. 14-Unusual in- terest centres around this years na- tional championship lawn tennis tournament which will start on Aug ust 28 at the West Side Tennis club courts in Forest Hills, L. l., because of the number of men in the field who have 2 chance. to win the title. In past years long before the cham pionship tourney was reached the race had narrowed down in some cases to a tussle between two men, while more often there was no doubt from the start who the champion would be. William A.~Larned some years back had the whole thing cut and dried.
 Then it was Maurice D. McLough- lin, the California Comet. Then Will Hams encroached and made it a fight between himself and Mac, Karl Behr made it three handed argument last season and then Bill Johnston came in and took the ,honors away all by himself
 This year there is even more of a muddle. Willis Davis, another Cali fornian, showed he is of champion ship timber by winning the clay court title. Robert Lindley Murray has been little off form lately, but earlier in the season he showed cham pionship form and will likely hit the top of his game by the time the big tourney stars. George Church also is a factor. His close match with Will Hams at Seabright last Saturday prov ed that
 Griffin is likely to put any of them out of the running, as he demcIistrat- ed by his victory over Williams at Longwood lately, Then there is Ichiya Kumagae, the Jap, who has been learning ths pecularities of the turf court very rapidly. He very nearly defeated Murray at Seabright and should be very much in evidence in the national championship.
 Mclaughlin is said to. be in his old
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-14
Harry Leibold,
 of the White Sox is
 Smallest Outhelder

Harry Leibold. of the White Sox, has the distinction of being one of the smallest players who ever pastimed in the outfie1d, ana he is easily the mid- ret of latter-day big league outer gar- ldeners. Harry is only five feet five. and weighs in the neighborhood of 16o poundsA but that doesn't prevent him from swatting 1the old pellet at q lively gait. Leibold is a native of Hoosierdom and played with the Mill waukee Brewers couple of seasons before he was drafted by Cleveland in 1o1s. Throughout the greater part of his diamond career Leibold has played in the otitfeld, although with the Brewers he was used for a time on 'oecond base. If he could add several inches to his altitude and twenty or thirty pounds to his avoirdupois. Lei- bold would probably become a star with the stick.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-14
WALSH WINS
 EIGHT OUT OF
 HIS LAST NINE
(By Wagner.)

Yesterdays victory over New Haven by to 2 after an uphill Thinning tussle, showed Marty Walsh pitching heady bail and gave the giant local hurler a record of eight victories in his last nine starts. Although some of the fans thought Walsh was weak ening because the New Haven crowd had runners on base so frequently, Marty should not be deprived of credit on this account. A twirler who can remain calm with men on bases and turn back the enemy is of more value than the boxman who is at his best only when the sacks are unoc- cupied.
 Many of the incidents which the crowd regarded as signs of weakness were really strategy called for by Flaherty, the clever catcher. For in- stance in the eighth inning Flaherty refused to call for fast ball when Chouinard and Bress1er were at baat and both men walked. These two are the most dangerous clouters on the New Haven club, so Flaherty had Walsh throw them spitters or wide balls.
 One run would have meant victory at that time and if either player had connected with a fast one he might have delivered long hit. In fact Walsh used the splitter most of the afternoon, fast balls being few and far between. The fact that New Ha- vein had 12 left on bases indicated that Walsh was there in the pinches.
 Weaver twirled a remarkable game for New Haven but wilted in the 11th when he apparently had the game sewed tight. After Manager Healy put Moshier in to bat for Walsh things began to hum. Moshier walked and advanced to second on Blake's sacri- flee. Duggan grounded out when he tried to back away from ball. With two out and one run needed to tie, Deininger belted long three-bagger to right Moshier scoring, Baker hit sharply to left. scoring Deininger with the winning run. The big crowd of 2,500 went home happy.
 The count was 1 to l when New Haven came up in the 11th and with, Smith on second, Weaver tripled to centre, bMnging Smith home But Bridgeport came right back and de- molished that lead.
 Baker, Deininger and Briggs did timely sticking for the locals. It was Joe Briggs who drove in Brideeport's first run when he singled in the sec- ond and sent Baker in from third. The score:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-14
|1GATTY HAD MARROW ESCAPE FROM PLAYING
 FIRST BASE FOR LIFE

Aatty is always there with laugh when he is asked about his narrow es- |cApe from becoming first baseman |1ustead of a pitcher. His conversion into a first baseman. almost, was due simply to the fact that he had hap pened to hit couple of home runs.
 It immediately occurred to the CO., 1ossal brains then handling the Giants that . man who batted home runs ought to be in there every day instead of only once or twice week, and go 1atty was notified that he would have to take up first basins. Before the change of plans had gone very far, there was q change in managers and MAtty returned to pitching without any further talk about his playing 1IfSt base
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-14
UMPIRE EMsLIE GETS
 $500 INSTEAD OF JEERs

< New York, Aug. 14-Bob Emslie has every reason to feel that his 25 years as National League umpire have not been in vain. He rounded 2sst that quarter of century of con- finuous service to baseball Saturday. and as the guest of the league, was honored at Ebbcts Field.
 While the Brooklyn Robins and Boston Braves rested between the Grst and second games of their double header Bob was called to the plate. Surrounded by the players of both teams. Governor John K. Tener nude speech and presented Bob with purse containing $500 in gold. The league chief explained tllat this was just . slight token of the regard an which the veteran umpire was held
 Bin K1em. Representing the unn- pres Of the league, mace the prssen- tztion speech that accompanied a handsome diamond sticlkpin.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-14
Clancy Brothers
 Entertain 400 of
 Their Acquaintances

Nearly 400 men attended the outing given at Columbus park yesterday by Alderman Frank ]. Clancy and his brother, Jeremiah Clancy. The outing attracted the largest gathering of pol iticians this season but instead of dis cussing politics those present paid the most attention to the good things on the menu. Clam chowder and buffet lunch were served from from 10 o'clock until noon Steaks were served at noon. The sheep roast cooked by Senator John M. OsConnell was served at 3:3O. There was plenty for every one and much left over During the afternoon there was a ball game and quoit pitching matches.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-14
INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE.

( A seventh inning rally by the Lo- cos Saturday in their game with the U. M. c. team. sent three runs across the platter and sewed up the game. so that the official score was 6-5. Up to the fatal seventh the cartridge mak- CTS had been leading but four hits and an error suf1iced to set the fire works and with another rally in the eighth, in which Broad c1outed a homer, the game was put on the
 shelf. Barron pitched good ball for the U. M. c. team until the seventh
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-14
PLAYERS OF NEW
 HAVEN CLUB FIGHT
 AFTER LOCAL GAME.
(New Haven Journal-courier.) j

(New Haven Journal-Courier.)
 As a climax to the New Haven and Bridgeport game yesterday, Mickey Devine and Bill Nutter, catcher and rightfelder respectively. of the New Haven club, engaged in fist fight in the far end of the field at Newtield park. The entire ball club made the trip in autos and was preparing to re- turn to Savin Rock when the two play CTS became involved in an argument over seats in one of the machines. One word led to another and within a few seconds the men were pummeling one another. Neither was seriously 'in- jured.
 An excited fan yelled "police!" but players stopped the fight before the bluecoats arrived.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-14
Short Sections of Fan Fodder

start a three game series in Portland today and then go to Lynn for one contest. They close the week with two game series in Lawrence.
 There was trouble in the fourth 1n- ming of yesterdays contest at New field when Infielder Courtney of the visitors fell, to the ground to avoid a fast ball. He thought Walsh was try ing to hit him and immediately start ed toward the box, brandishing bis bat. Marty grinned at first but began to get annoyed and there were signs of battle until other players pulled the men apart. The crowd rode Court ney hard after that.
 Red Whalen and Catcher Smith, former Bridgeport players, were kid- ded by the crowd when they appeared in New Haven uniforms yesterday. You're in your old time form" yelled fan when whalen failed to deliver with men on bases in the tenth.
 Bridgeport lost both games in Hart ford Saturday. Poor hitting and field- ing cost them the first by 4 to 0. Mul- rennan pitched well but Bridgeport booted the contest away. In the sec ond' Gilmore proved easy and Hart ford won by 6 to 2.
 Charley White. who tackles Cham- pion Freddy Welsh on Labor day, says he has a new plan of attack He'd better take a course in sprintins for anybody who catches Freddy will have to be a good runner
 A boxer in Montreal named Silas Green wanted to show how good he was after a recent light so he stayed in the ring and sang ditty entitled Virginia Lee.' Why didn't he war ble an up-to-date selection like Some Girls Do and Some Girls Don't?
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-14
EVERS GOES BACK
 HOME TO RECOVER

Troy, N. r., Aug. 14-Capt John J. Evers of the Boston National League club is at his home here stlf- fering considerable pain in his left arm from renewed neuritis attack The leader of the Braves has been spending sleepless nights recently as the sore epot doesn't seem to yield to expert treatment.
 Unusual methods have been tried on the arm, but so far only temporary relief cah be given the famous play CT. Evers doesn't know when he will be able to don his uniform.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-14
INDUSTRIAL AND FACTORY
 LEAGUE TEAMS ARE BUSY

when he went to pieces. McDer- mott, though backed up with some poor fielding, was safe at all times.
 Running wild on the bases and hit ting them where they "ain't'. the American Chain Co. crew baffled the Singers in both halves of double header and won easily, to 1 and Ii to 5. In the first game. Champion was found for 10 hits while in the second tussle. Meyerjack was touch ed up for IT. In the second game Shay, the Singer first sacker, had 19 of the 27 putouts. Townsend pitched all of the first and most of the second game for the Chain Co.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-14
FOREIGN WARS VETERANS MEET

Chicago, Aug. 14-The convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars opened here today with delegations present from all sections of the country. The organization comprises soldiers, sail ors and marines who have served in any war between the United States and foreign nations
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-14
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BRIDGEPORT

+Batted for Walsh in 11th. N. Haven 0 O O % O 1 0 0 1-2 B'port o To 0 0 o 0 0 o 2-3
 Two base hits, Dell. Weaver. Three base hits. Bressler. Blake, Courtney, Deininger, Sacrifice hits, Warner. Walsh, Smith, Blake. Double plays. Weaver and Miller; Horkheimer to Deininger. Left on bases. Bridgeport 4, New Haven 12. First base on er- TOTS, Bridgeport 0, New Haven 1. Bases on balls, off Walsh 4, off Weaver 4. Struck out by Walsh 2, Weaver 3. Passed balls. Flaherty. Empires Waters and Stafford. Time, .2:25.
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Albert D. Nortoni resigned as jSdge of the St. Louis court of appeals to ca- cept a. place on the national Demo- cratic campaign committee.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-14
FACTORY LEAGUE.

Tn the only game in the league, Sat- urday The Rem-Arms trimmed the Bullards 10 to 8. All of the Bullards' runs were scored in the first stanza. Mcclure, Murphy and Robinson split up the pitching assignment for the munition makers and held their op- ppnents safe.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-14
BRAVES UPSET DOPE.

After Saturdays disaster in Brook lyn many fans are wondering whether the Braves will outgame the Dodgers in the conflict for the National league bunting. The Braves appear to have it on Brooklyn for of the 16 games played Stallings' players have captur- ed II.
 On paper Brooklyn has a much stronger club than Boston but Stall ings had instilled the fighting spirit into his men so that they have the faculty of being at their best in a crisis. They displayed this quality Saturday in their double victory over Brooklyn when they made four runs with one out in the ninth. The Braves are also a better road team than Brooklyn so if they take three out of four in the present series they are likely to overtake the Dodgers during the western trip.
 Manager Hea1y of the Bridgeport club expects Russell, the pitcher ob- tained from Toronto, to join the club in Portland. He thinks the former Cornell twirler will be big help to the locals. Turner was released Sat urday night. The big pitcher took a bad beating in Hartford Friday. Gill; more, the youngster obtained from Providence, didn't make a very fa- vorable impression in Hartford Sat- urday. g
 Brad Kocher will do the catching for the Giants for the next two or three weeks. Bill Rariden. the first catcher, had a finger split Saturday 50 the for mer Bridgeport backstop will have to get in there every day.
 Bridgeport has hard row to hoe in the schedule this week. The locals
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-14

time form and if he is all the others will have to travel fast to beat him. Those roofing for the Comet to regain the title will be legion.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-14
MARqu1s DE sEGuER DEAD

Paris. Aug. 14-1larquis De Sesuer,
 the historian and member of the
 French academy, died today. He was Elected to the academy in 1907.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-14

Nearly all the 25,o0o troops order ed by the war department to proceed
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-14
BAKER JUMPS
 INTO LEAD FOR HITTING HONORS

The rise of Howie Baker in the bat ting averages was the feature of the Bridgeport clubs work last week. Baker piled up 12 hits and now leads the club with an average of .2S5. Deininger made seven hits and held his own in the averages. Horkheimer and FlAherty fell off and so did Briggs but Warner did some timely belting. The on1cial figures. including yester-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-14

The Nation Haymakers' Associa- tion, in session at New Haven, selected Cleveland for next years meeting place.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-14

Farmer Want Ads. One Cent a Word.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-14

Bridgeport has hard row to hoe in the schedule this week. The locals
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-07-20
A Plea For Indoors,

We have run the nature fad. as we
have so many others, literally into the
ground. We are fond of Gods out of
doors. We love the fields and woods
and streams, too, but so much of this
have we heard that we are tempted to
make strenuous plea for indoors,
good old indoors-the indoors that is
slowly going out of fashion. Let us
pause for a moment in our considera
ton of nature and our enthusiasm for
all her varied and wonderful exhibit
tons of life and make clear to our
selves Just what indoors stands for
In the first place. it stands for home.
A wtgwam by the riverside is not
home; a tent on the lawn or in the
canyon is not home; portable shack
or hut or cave Is not what represents
home TO us or TO the world at large.
Indoors is identical with the house,
and a house is a mans castle be 1t
small or mean or large and palatial.
All out of doors cannot kindle the emo
tons of JOY. love and reverence which
that magical word home" awakens.
Indoors stands for sanctuary, for pri-
sacy. We can fee indoors when we
want to shut out the world and to find
Woodward in Coun-
tryside Magazine.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-07-20
PITTSBURG POST
MASTER DISMISSED
FROM SERVICE
Loses Position Because of "Failure to
Cooperate with Depart
ment."

Washington July 20.-Postoffice de
partment officials admitted yesterday
that DR., George w. Mcneil, postma ster
at Pittsburg, had been dismissed from
the service ''for failure to cooperate
with the department" They said DR..
Mcneil refused to carry out instructions
given in connection with reorganiza-
tion designed to increase the efficiency of
the Office.
The first intimation of the action came
in the following paragraph printed in the
official bulletin of the department: NO
tice to Postmasters-A postmaster at one
of the most important postoffices in the
United States has been removed for fail
ure to cooperate with the department in
carrying out its instructions regarding
the conduct of the service in his city"
DIR. Mcneil, who had been here at
tending the National association of Post
masters, left early yesterday for Pitts
burg after having his name removed from
the list of speakers for yesterdays SEES
sion. AT the department no statement
was forthcoming as to just how the post
master had failed to cooperate. Officials
insisted that the published notice con-
tanned all the department desired to say
on the subject.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-07-20
Secret of French Frying.

The secret of successful French frying
is to have the lard so deep that it entire
ly covers what you wish to fry, says the
Christian Science Monitor, and so hot
tina it will instantly form crust over
the entire surface of the article that is
immersed in it. If further cooking is
necessary, the heat should Immediately
be reduced. Says the famous Savarin
ON frying, when once the surface has
been affected, lower the fire a little SO
that the stewing of the interior particles
may not be too quick, and in order that
the gradual heat may better bring out
the taste"
The best frying is done by plunging
the article entirely in boiling fat. All
too often French fried potatoes are mere
ly slices softened In grease. Boiling
grease does not enter articles plunged
into it, but forms a crust ON the surface
which keeps out the fat. A well fried
article, prepared in the French manner,
will hardly soil the napkin on which it
is laid. Either lard or drippings may be
used for this purpose. Test the heat
with bit of bread an inch square; if it
browns in one minute. the heat is right.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-07-20
GILDED LINES.
A Feature of Native Festivals and
Feasts In South India,

Instead of exchanging cards the well
| to do natives of southern India show
| their esteem on New Years day by
presenting TO their friends lines Gov
cred with brass leaf or in some cases
with gold leaf. AS the natives have
several New Years days of their own
in addition to the special ones of the
English, the Mohammedans and the
Tamil and Telugu branches OF the
Hindus, the gilded lines are passed
around rather frequently. The custom
is a purely local one. and 1t had its
origin so far back that no one re-
members when or why it was started.
In addition to the New Years festi-
walls gilded lines are sometimes pre-
sented TO the host at the ordinary
''tamash" or social gathering. II a ma
tive is too poor TO afford gilded lines,
not to mention gold covered ones, he
gives plain, undecorated ones.
1t is said that great quantity OF
brass leaf is used for decorating lines
for these special occasions, and the
bazaar trade in this kind of gilt is very
large throughout the southern part of
India. Brass leaf is sold also for the
decoration of gilded caps. or "topi,"
worn by the Mohammedans in that
part of India. as well as for ornament
ing the dress of the Mohammedan wo-
men.-New York Herald.