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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-29
Princeton Star Was
First to Throw Curve
Ball in College Game

In these days Of simplified SPELL
ing and perverted English, the slang
term .sIron Man" has come into use
in many callings. The embryo finan-
cier refers to his dollars as his Iron
men" but the expression has found
it's greatest use in the grand old pas
time of baseball.
In these days pitchers who are
able to twirl more than two games
a week are referred to as "Iron Men"
and the term is justly applied. In
this connection it may be of some
enlightenment to recall that Joseph
Mann, rs, of Princeton was the orr
ginal "Iron Man. and that he first
put the, curve ball into practical use
in baseball game. On October %,
1874, the Philadelphia team visited
Princeton and Arthur Cummings of the
Old Brooklyn Stars, later of the Mu-
tuals and finally of the Phillies, was
their pitcher. Another player on the
Philadelphia team that day was York,
and he and Cummings amused the
crowd at Princeton by throwing
curves before the game and between
the innings. Cummings pitches "fns''
and "outs" and York pitched drops.
The idea thereupon occurred to
Mann to utilize these curious freaks
OF the pail In actuaI p1tch1ng TO bats
men. By the arrival of the follow
ing spring he had completely mast
cred the art of pitching all three
curves, On May %, 1875, Mann pitch
ed for Princeton against Harvard and
by his wide and effective curve, the
first time it was ever used in any
game, succeeded in striking out the
first eight batters who faced him. The
ninth batter got a. hit.
The Harvard players had no idea
what was the trouble. About the
fifth inning one of the Crimson play
ers who had been standing behind the
catcher reported to Captain Tying that
the balls were curving away from the
batsman and there was an immediate
exodus on the part Of the Harvard
players to the backstop to witness
this unheard of phenomenon.
It was on the following day, May
| 20, 1875, that Mann really won his
cognomen of 'Iron Man, for then he
| went in again against Yale and with
the use of his curves, pitched the frs
no-hit and no-run game in the his.
| tory of baseball. Twenty-Five Yale
men that day faced Mann. Princeton
made eight base hits@and scored three
runs.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-29
Murphy, Dartmouth
Crack Catcher, Signs
Up With Connie Mack

New York, May 2s-Captain Muir
ply Of the Dartmouth baseball team
has enlisted according to a Hanover
report-with Connie Mack. He will
report to the Athletics. SO runs the
story, at the close of the present col
lege year. Murphy has been a first
string catcher for Dartmouth for the
past two years. and is regarded as one
OF. the best backstops that ever wore
the green.
He is a strong, accurate thrower,
handles pitching with good head, and
is heavy batter. Murphy has been
very popular at Dartmouth, a fact at
te~ted by his membership in the
: link, one of Dortmouth's two ex-
we senior societies.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-29
(By Wagner)

Shanty House, who pitched good
ball for Bridgeport last season, was
due to report in New London this af-
ternoon, according to an announce
ment made by Manager Krichell to-
day. The husky boxman has been
twirling for Springfield Y. M. G. A.
college and is in great condition He
says the bad weather has handicap
ped him but he thinks he will regain
his 1916 form after a few trials on
the mound.
With the arrival of House, Manager
Krichen will stand pat on his patch
ing staff for the present. He thinks
Smith, Dessau, Gingras, Banks and
House will make a good array of tai
emit. The local pilot is much pleased
with Gingras' showing against Spring
field last Sunday and with the work
of Banks against the same club Satur-
day.
1t was also announced today that
Pitcher Oakley Woods has been sus-
pended and sent to his home Woods
who is an old Tri-State finger, re-
ported here very much overweight
He failed to get into condition sc
Krichell concluded to give him a. va
-SdClOu.
Two hard games are expected with
New Haven tomorrow. The Elm City
aggregation, which is leading the Eas-
tern league race, will come to New.
field park in the morning and in the
afternoon the clubs will battle a.
Savin Rock. Manager Krichell ex.
poets to use Smith or Dessau in the
morning battle, which will start a.
| 10 o'clock.
| Although Joe Briggs is leading the
Bridgeport club win an average O.
1856. Corcoran, the fast outfielder, Ii
pressing right after him. Corcoran'
average is 1913. King Lear, who ha
not played so often as Corcoran, i
going at a .345 clip. Averages O
other players are Martin .264, Zinl
PTS; Prieste .s26, Donnelly .226, Dein
niger PIP, lkrichell. 200, Bracket
100.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-29

+ New York, May 29.-When Benny
Leonard won the lightweight cham
pionship Of the world from Freddie
Welsh of England last night he scored
his fifth knockout in as many weeks.
Referee Mcfarland stopped the bout
when Welsh was hanging helplessly
on the ropes in Leonard's corner. 1t
was a technical knockout and will be
credited as such.
The new world champion is the first
New Yorker that has won this title,
las Leonard was born in this city on
April Z, 1896. Jack McAuilffe, who
was champion in the early COS, was
born in Brooklyn and it was not for
many years afterward that the con-
solldation of adjoining boroughs in
cluded Brooklyn in greater New York.
Welsh won the title from Willie Rit-
chic of California on a referees de-
cision, in London, Eng, in July, 1914.
| At the close of the fight Leonard
said: ct am very glad that at last I
have won the championship. I felt
confident that I was Welsh's master
| and now that I've proved it I am go
ing to enlist. I am not going to wait
! for CONSUMPTION, for as soon as I get
through with my engagement to box
4 Joe Welsh in Philadelphia next Mon
day night I shall voluntarily enlist in
the United States army and do my
Bit
| Johnny KiIbane of Cleveland, the
recognized featherweight champion,
before the bout began challenged the
winner AS soon aus Leonard had won
Matt Hinkel, a boxing promoter of
Cleveland, who was at the ringside
offered a purse of $25, 900 for a II or Is
round bout between Leonard and Kill
bane, to take place in Canton, O., on
July 4. Gibson, on behalf of Leo3hard,
said that if he could arrange for such
a bout he would gladly do SO.
It wasn't one blow that put Welsh
out, but a, storm of them. Leonard
| made such vigorous attack through
I out that Welsh tottered in the eighth
round and when the ninth was under
| way Leonard rushed Welsh to Leon
ards corner and a swift succession of
blows on the right jaw made Welsh
| hang on the ropes. Welsh's right
arm was holding amid the left was
hopeless. When it was apparent to
| every one and Kid Mcfarland, the
referee. that Welsh was finished, the
| bout was stopped. t
Harry Pollok was the first man into
bitterly for not counting over Welsh,
HE was not out, he was not out"
cried Pollok. How can you declare
him out if you did not count over
him?" Pollok then -beseeched the
members of the press not to declare
it a knockout. There never was a
man declared out in the. history of
the ring Without his being counted
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-29
LOCAL and OUTSIDE
CHICK BROWN TOO
GOOD FOR FRANKIE.
MACK In ELM CITY

New Haven, May 2sChic Brown,
idol of New Haven boxing fans,
fought his way to further fame and
fortune by outpointing frankie Mack,
the Beachmont flash, in the star event
of twelve rounds before the Arena A.
C. at the Arena last night. Brown
forced the fighting from the start.
landed the cleanest and most effec-
tive blows and was by all means just
1y entitled to the verdict. At the end
of the bout Referee Fitzgerald rails
ed Browns arm in token of victory.
The decision sounded the sentiment of
practically every person in the house.
Brown fought shis customary good
battle, leading of with a rapid-fire
attack that took Mack by storm.
Brown. never let up in the earlier
rounds and forced Mack to assume
the defensive time and again. The
first half dozen rounds were damned
full of action. Brown making fight
of 1t with Mack striving his best to
keep pace with his younger and stur-
der opponent. AS the bout progress
ed Mack had a tendency to hold
whenever he had the chance and he
was doubly hooted because of his tao
tics.
Mack, judging from last nights ex-
hibition is not the same frankie that
came here and tackled the Kayo sign
on, the chins of, those old war horses
4Dodo Maher and sunny Ford, In
his bout with Brown he lacked the
fire and pepper and was not ready to
stand out and swap punches when oc-
casion demanded. He learned early
in the bout. that Brown held no ter
rors for his much-heralded right
smash. This. coupled with the ter
rifle body punishment he received in
the earlier rounds, seemed to make
him lose sheartsSsssss.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-29
Thinks English Will
Become Baseball Fans
After War is Over

New York, May 29-Jim Callahan.
manager Of the Pirates, is convinced
that out of the war will come inter-
national baseball Mainly conductive
to this end, he believes the English,
with more cordially toward Amer1-
can institutions, will give baseball
more attention and serious study than
they have done, and will see its vir-
tues as compared to cricket.
The game is making fnroads now
with the many Canadians over there
TO spread its gospel, and Callahan,
who was In London with the around
the world teams a few years ago, be-
1ieves that in due season after the
war-a year or two after its end
will come a most appropriate time to
take over two big league combinations
and impress on the more receptive
British attractive points of the game
which did not appeal to them the last
time.
when we played our games in
London" said the Pirate manager, in
telling of what the English liked and
didn't care for about our national
sport, ground balls and the fielding
of them did not interest them much,
not nearly so much as fly balls which
were caught It didn't matter if 1t
was a foul ball. They would applaud
these and the fielding that went with
them. Balls of that sort had cricket
features, I suppose.
Running bases and slidingato or
back to a base were things they were
inclined to laugh at and treat as a
joke. think that after the war If
. we take two teams over things will
be different, and that there will be a
grand opportunity to put in some ticks
for international baseball. Why not
1t is far ahead of every other game
that's played"
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-29
BUYING FURS

London, May 29.-Heavy purchase
of furs are being made by British,
French and American interests, at the
fur sales here in anticipation of a.
good fall demand. Stocks are small
owing to the prolonged winter and
prices from ten to fifty per cent high
er than in January.
Several varieties of skins show a
decline in consequence of the new
government regulations as to exports
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-29
SEARCHED Collars
Must Go; Product
Is Needed to Eat

london, May 29.-The stiff or
starched collar virtually is doomed
and the men of Great Britain will soon
be wearing the soft collar. Captain
Bathurst, the assistant Food Control
Ter made the announcement in the
House of Commons that the extraction
of starch from food cereals would be
prohibited in the near future. He is
already anticipating the future and is
wearing a soft collar himself.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-29
Standing of the Clubs.
Games Today.

Games Today.
New Haven at Hartford.
Bridgeport at New London.
Portland at Lawrence.
Worcester at Springfield.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-29
FRACTIONAL CURRENCY

Nice, France, May 29.-The Depart
ment of the Alpes Maritimes, which
was the only department in France,
excepting the Department of the
Seine, that had not issued paper money
during the war, is now to have frac-
tional paper currency. The Chamber
of Commerce of Nice has decided to
issue 100000 francs in paper.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-29

Games To-Day.
Philadelphia at New York.
Brooklyn in Boston.
Chicago in Pittsburg.
St. Louis in Cincinnati.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-29

Games To-Day.
New York in Philadelphia.
Boston in Washington.
Detroit in Cleveland.
st. Louis in Chicago.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-29

y National Guard member on duty
.io-th of Utica snapped his rifle to see
tnat' it was in order. The bullet
struck Otaro Ffola, who was on his
way to work, and killed him..
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-29

Although a $4,000 purse has been
offered for match beten Johnny Kill
pane and the new champion, Benny
Leonard 1t IS safe to say that Leonard
Will ind some excuse to get out Of
the match. He must make the usual
stage tour now that he has gained the
ute and the public will be invited to
look him over at so much a. look
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-29

The Canadian weekend casualty.
lists carry the names of eleven
Americans, including Major A. L. Nc
Hugh of Minneapolis and Sergeant F.
J. Curtis, of Oregon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-29

Merritt Haviland Smith Jr, of New
York, member of the officers training
camp in Plattsburg. died of self-in-
f1icted wounds
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-29
EASTERN LEAGUE

Yesterdays Results.
Portland 5, Hartford 8.
, Other games postponedi rain.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-29
Southern Association
Yesterdays Results.

Chattanooga 4; Birmingham 1.
Mobile 8; Little Rock z.
Atlanta 2; Memphis Z.
New Orleans-NashvilIe, wet grounds.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-29
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Results of Games Yesterday.
All games postponed; rain.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-29
American Association

Yesterdays Results.
Toledo-Columbu rain.
Indianapolis 1; Louisville 8.
Kansas City 8; Minneapolis o.
Milwaukee 5; st. Paul 4.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-29

BACK was turned Guisto winked his
eye wisely and smiled again.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-29
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Results of Games Yesterday.
All games postponed; rain.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-29

Benny Kauff is doing much better
with the bat than last year at this
time. Just at present the forme,
Bridgeport outfiader is going at a
1888 clip.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-29

Jimmy Hickman, who at one time
played with New Haven, is making
good as an outfielder with Brooklyn
Since Wheat was disabled Hickman
has been hitting 300 in eight games
and has made a number of sensational
catches.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-29

Frankie Burns, the Jersey City boxer,
hardly made expenses last week. He
only took in 81 1853. He ought to be
able to buy a straw hat with that.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-29

Chief Bender, the former Athletics
pitcher, has done fine work as coach
of the University of Pennsylvania
pitchers. Johnny Titze1, the star OF
the staff, has lost only one game in
two years and on that occasion he
held the opposition to four hits.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-29
SHANTY HOUSE REPORTS TO
BRIDGEPORT BALL CLUB TODAY
Pitcher Oakley Woods Suspended by Manager
Krichell-New Haven Here Tomorrow Morning

Magnate Jim Dunn Of the Cleveland
Americans will take his players right
to France to work as engineers. Dunn
is, the head of a big construction coma
pany with headquarters in Rock Is.
land Ill. He has volunteered to sup"
ply a company for the engineers ex-
petition wanted by the government
and most Of the players have agreed
to join the company. They will be re-
quired to do construction work, build
roads, lay ties under fire and any
other task demanded of them. This
Speaker is about the only one who
hasn't Joined. He says he will join
some other branch of the service.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-07-30
AN UNEQUAL APpORTlONMENT

Presden, Wilson and his admins
trati0n Is being subjected 70 consider
able criticism over the draft appOr
tlonmentS which seem 20 have favored
the southern Democratic states ana
Obliged the northern states to assume
a greater burden Of the enlistmcnts
for the government service.
In January. 1917 tho census bureau
compiled for public Information o
careful estimate of the population of
the several states, In July. 1914, ;ho
same bureau issued as a basis for con.
scripti0n Of men for the United States
army q vastly different estimate. IN
general. The estimates for northern
states have been greatly increased
and for southern states greatly d.
creased
The states Of Alabama. Arkansas
Colorado, District Of Columbia. Geor
gia, Indiana. Kansas Kentucky Louis
lana, Maine Maryland Mississinpt
Missouri Ncbrask, New Hampshire
New Mexico North Carolina NORTH
Dakota, Oklahoma. Oregon Rhode is
land, South Carolina, South Dakota
Tennessee, Texas, Vermont virginia
Washing on and West virginia. were
given on arbitrary decrease of 5225,
G73 and the northern states were in
creased G254, 100.
The population Of Illinois in Janu
airy, 1917 was Given out By the gor
eminent rs 6,193,G2G and six mouth
later its population has arbitrarily in
creafed 1884 1926. and her draf. an
portionmen increased IN thc propo.
ton III the ratio Of one t1 ten.
u may be that the government nre
fers northern men to southern mel
and rs the population al any old num
Der trey chose. but IL such IL tn cas-
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-07-30

country mult be self supporting" said
Mrs. Miller. Il have advised our SUI
frase thrift leagues first to seek the
aid IF local chambers OF commerce IN
making a comprehensive Iood survey
Of their districts to fad out what was
being produced how much was I'M
ported ana what steps could lie taken
to stimulate pr0dnctio. III the larger
places we have established community
canning centcfs under the direction Of
experts. Local organizations have
raised money In various ways TO finance
the undertaking. In many places they
have arranged to take charge Of the
entire output ana to secure a market
SuflragiSts propose TO put The canning
industry on a business basis and with
buy at home campaigns to capture the
home market. automatically releasing
for consumption elsewhere large guam
titles OF imported fo0dsutfs. in small-
or towns where It is impracticable 70
form canning clubs demonstrations viii
be given a. suffrage headquarters and
Il similar elfor, al marketing will be
made
IN columbus aud Macon Ga; IN Al
ken, Columbia and Gollsbosa, \. q.
cooperative measures are now under
way In Columbia. y. , there is "a
puuuuuftv pgunpf.+- bYrtaI hy ana
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-07-30
FACTORS.

Henry F0rds new tractor is ready
for the marke
With the publication Of the fact hat
this invention upon which he has
spent so much time and energy Tor The
past six months. which has been al
most spen so much time an = energy
for the past six months, which has
been almost completely rebuff, fifty
times. Is now in shape and satisIac-
tory to its inventor, and that he viii
proceed 30 build these tractors and
market Them in vast numbers, has ~
so come out q great amount Of mt9r-
nation regarding other new traitors
and the Improvement Of old ones
Just as The days when the family
washing was done by rubbing on a
board by hand labor are sEittl2 be
coming as obsolete as the method a
taking II to the nearest brook and
pounding 1t on the stones, 50 the days
when a farmer plowed with hand
plow or horse plow are fast fadrl
into oblivion Tractors for all skinj7
Of farm operations are the order OF
the day
One of The new models is that
Rollin White. Of the White Aut0m0
bile Co. This one worsk on the eater
pillar plan ana is slightly heavier an.
s,,- -,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-07-30
ASK WILSON TO TAKE
HAND IN FOOD FIGHT

Washington, July 80 The deadlock
food control bill conferees win have
to find their own way out Of the mud
die Representative Lever, author OF
the house biz was scheduled to go to
the White House today to try to in
duce the Presiden to intervene and
compose differences between the Sen
ate and House Before he arrived it
was learned the pasident Will not
offer suggestions.
He still is unalterably opposed to
the congressional war conduct com
mittee the Senate demands and the
proposed three man feod administra-
tion It was learned today
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-07-30
BILLY AND The DEVIL.

Billy Sunday mieht have 3 little
cause fof disbursement If he pos
sessed any capaaihU for being dis
couraged were ne TO gaze upon the
vieinipies of his tabernaoles in New
York and Boston
me great wooden building NJ lfS.h
ST. and Broadway is being taken apart
and its lamher hauled 10 the Bronx
to be put into a dance han Billy
didn't view dancing as ninnocear
means Of giving exercise TO young
people He thinks those who dance
are already the devils own
And in Boston the tabernacle stands
deserted and useless. Across from il
saloon does rushing business.
There are dance halls, NOT of the bet
ter class, around the corner
1t is easy to draw from this con-
clusion that Bllys efforts were vain
and transitory But that would prob
ably not be fair. Billy's dcyil is inn
mortal and Woodworking but 50 are
the forces for which Billy stands.
And forces for good are always more
powerful in the long run than forces
for evil
The saloons and dance halls may
flourish where Billy of late held sway
but the waves of moral enthusiasm
he set in motion will continue to play
their part in the spiritual regeneration
OF all mankind is now in progress.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-07-30
A Bad Spring for Women.

The late cold and damp spring
seems to have been particularly Sc
we're on the health Of women and
many are suffering from backaches,
rheumatic pains, aches and pains in
sides joint and muscles, lumbaso
and other ailments, caused by over
work or diaorderod kidneys or blad-
der. Mrs r j. Bucknell, Hardy, Neb.
writes ! am recovering from an at
.aoh of lum5aeo by the aid Of Foley
Kidney Pills. They surely help me. ="
Women seem peculiarly liable to kid
ney trouble and no symptom should
ue neglected
For sale By w. y. Duncan
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-07-30

Geneva, y, NAPLES, Il ,illagc west
Of here, which made lid for fame
last winter through tho discovery Of
wolves, now reports the capture Of a
young Wolf THO Young wolf was cap
tured Ivy the Proctor brothers IN the
hills west Of Naples, It was tracked by
'hc Gen to 4 hollow log and taken
alive.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-07-30
Had Terrible Pains
in Kidneys and Back.

Der Hr. EGitoy-I want to write vo,,
about "Anmic.0 l was very sick, could
hardly ZEE up; | was in bed most OF the
time. Had terrible pains inInv kidneys
and back, 50 much so that / had to
scream sometimes when | was sitting
down and wanted to get up, the pain
was great. had tried q well-known
kidney medicine but it didn't help me.
| heard Of Or. Pierce's Anuric Tablets
50 / thought would try them. took
only one box Of the Tablets, am my
back IS now free from pain and I can
work and take care Of my family.
ieel | cannot say enough for this medi-
cine. Sincerely, Mis-. NM. KELLER.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-07-30

MEX Coolies employee Of tho sill,
ca sand works sprained bis right arm
last evening at . o'clock when he was
caught in q pulley IIo r. reported a.
getting along very nicely at Ryburn
hospital