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New Britain herald., 1917-04-09

lieves he has an outside chance and Mack of the Athletics says this is the year he will come back.
 The fans in New York never had the confidence in a local American league club that they have this spring. Chicago writers are telling their readers it will be miracle if the White Sox do not come through this year. Detroit, after being thwarted twice by a few games. is now con- virced that some of Jennings young pitchers have sufficient experience to bridge over the few games which cost the club the pennant in 1915 and 1916.
 In St. Louis the fans believe the Browns did not show true form until Jones' men made the great mid- summer dash, and feel the club will start in this spring where it left off last fall. Cleveland, like New York. believes only injuries beat the club out of the American elague pennant last year, while Boston still has inn plicit confidence i'll, it's twice worlds champion Red Sox. ,.s
 It is most natural therefore, that with so many entries entertaining should run high. These clubs should ~AASAS~~s as they did last season.
 In the National league the fans have been told so often that the Giants will have the pennant won by July that they now are beginning to doubt it. outside of Manhattan and The Bronx. The interest in the Ma tional league must of necessity hinge on the Giants. Though Brooklyn is <l,o oh oyoir hoe SAho man knows that last fall the Giants stood head and shoulders above any team in the National league.
 During midwinter Stallings, Moran Robinson were gloomy in discussing the National league race. With their teams on the field they have taken on fresh hopes. After what Stallings ac- complished in Boston in 1914 he is not likely to concede any team the pennant. With all his players signed except Mowrey, and FabriQue a bright prospect, filling the position at short, life has taken on a brighter hue for Bobby of Brooklyn. No sooner did Moran of Philadelphia get his first glimpse of Alexander than he forgot all about how those four straight defeats at the hands of the Giants on tho Polo Grounds last fall beat him out of the 1916 pennant. , Even in Chicago they have taken new hope since the appointment of Fred Mitchell as manager. while Cin- cinnati expects Mathewson to work some sort of a miracle there. As St. Louis fans have purchased the Car dinals they naturally will be greatly interested in their investment. The Pittsburgh lineup is unlikely to bring much glee to Pirate fans.
 Three teams given little considera- tion in the spring dope won the Ma
New Britain herald., 1917-04-09
RANDOM READY
 TO HEAR PLAY BALL.
National Pastime Opening Wed- neSday Awaited With Interest |.

Despite the fact that Uncle Sam is putting on his boxing gloves for what may come, it will take more than war to make him forget that the hig league season again is here. Uncle Sam can do many things at the same time, and while he will keep both eyes open for submarines, from 3 to p. m. next Wednesday he will find 8 few moments to take sidewise glances at bulletin boards showing how the sixteen major league clubs are faring in their first skirmishes of the 1917 season.
 According to statements by Presi- dents Tener and Johnson of the Ma tional and American leagues respec- lively the two major leagues estab lished new attendance records last season. Baseball interest runs just as high this spring as it did last and there is far more interest than marked the springs of 1914 and 1915, the Federal league years, hence this should be a banner year.
 In the opinion of many experts the awakened interest in baseball is di- rectly due to the fact that the old s championship machines of Connie Mack and John McGraw are now only memories and that in the last three seasons three different dark horses won the National league pennant.
 The Athletics of several years back composed the greatest team baseball has yet known, but they did more to put a damper on interest in Ameri- can league ball than anything which ever hit the Johnsonian circuit. While Mack killed American league ball in Philadelphia by breaking up his great team, he reyivified interest in the American league.
 When it was only a question as to whether the Athletics would win the pennant by ten or fifteen games there could be little interest in New 1ork, Cleveland or St. Louis. When one knows before ball is pitched that the best thing you can hope for Is second place he cannot arouse him. self to the zenith of excitement.
 This spring six clubs of the Amerl- can league feel they have chance for the pennant-New York, Chicago, Boston, Detroit, St. Louis and Cleve- land while Griffith of Washington be-
New Britain herald., 1917-04-09
TURNER READY
Deaf Mute to Meet Cherokee Indian in
  Waterbury Thursday Evening Local Fans to Attend Mill.

W
 Local Fans to Attend Mill.
 Clay Turner, who meets Silent Martin at Dan Buffers all-star boxing Exhibition in Waterbury Thursday evening, is full blooded Cherokee Indian. For the past year Turner has showed wonderful improvement (n his work. and there are numerous Followers of the boxing game in New York and Philly who are of the opin- bon. that he is the coming champion bf his class. In Martin he is booked ko meet a tough boy, and the battle which is over the twelve round route promises to be one of the best ever btaged tn Connecticut.
 Al Sfubert has notified the man. .agement< that owing to an injury to his hand he will be unable to meet Frankie Burns in the star bout. Man hger Butler has secured Dutch Brandt Iof Brooklyn to meet the Skeeter and as the Brooklyn boy has two draws |to his credit with Burns. indications point to some battle"
 Local followers of the game have Ibeen afforded a fine chance to witness khe battle. through Manager Buffers s sending some choice seats here for sale. These pasteboards are obtain able at the Hotel Nelson, or from Jimmy Talbot or Billy Sullivan. A special train will be run to and from the bouts.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-09

An innovation in the social side of the gymnasium work at the Y. M. c. A. has been planned by Physical Di- rector w. $. Slater and on April 30 there will be big banquet for all those that won prizes in the athletic events during the year. The purpose of the banquet is to keep up the fel- and social work and to bring the athletes into closer relationship. There are now 104 men eligible but with the close of the aquatic events and the indoor baseball season there will be great many more added to the list Plans are already under way for tennis tournament which will be conducted along lines similar to those of last summers tournament
New Britain herald., 1917-04-09
BOXERS ARE PATRIOTIC
Noted Pueilfsts Quickly Fall in IADes With Willard i'm Offering Serviccs soss
 Uncle Sam.

Appropriately tho men who Eavoa fought with padded gloves in tho roped square are quick to volunteets their services in the fight where shrapnel will have to be faced insteAds of hooks and uppercuts. V
 Several of the leading puetlt8ts o&l America announced previous to thNy declaration of war that they woul9a serve Uncle Sam, but Jess waliardf heavyweight champion of the worldtl was tho first to formally offer hts ser{ vices. ssAxi
 Frank Moran is on record with -o(l assertion that nothing wtli please hin(s more than to help man guns of onq2 of our battleships.
 Jack Dillon declared he certainly would be found close to the colors when the conflict begins and RichiAi Mitchell, the noted Milwaukee hght-3 weight. announces that he will enlist1 within week.
 Hundreds of other boxers have ao13 nounced they would go to the frons& and there is small doubt that the box% inr clan will be quite as numerou1 behind the Stars and Stripes as ts thdI case in the French and British ar mics.
 The fact that Les Darcy has taken out first papers opens golden oppor tunity to take up arms for the coan1 try of his adoption, and FreddiS Welsh and Kid Lewis can also ta@e4' advantage of the chance to fight botN1 for America and their native land. T
New Britain herald., 1917-04-09

To act as marshals of golf rules and to answer questions that may be propounded to them by players. fif- teen members of the Upper Montclair Country club have been chosen by the club to act in conjunction with the golf committee. Members n1ak- ing a properly attested score of 7S on Saturdays and holidays will be awarded medal, while any member who first breaks the course record Of 68 will be awarded a box of balls. All prizes won during the season by tho club members will be retained until the end of the season, when . prize dinner will be held and the prizes formally presented. The season will begin April 2s and end November 8.
 Thirty entries have been, received for the amateur boxing tournament to be held under the auspices of the Pastime Athletic club at the Fair mount A. C. Arena, 1S7th Street and Third Avenue on Tuesday and Thurs day evenings. Among the compet- itors will be some of the best boys in the Metropolitan Association.
 Announcement was made at Hart ford yesterday that the New England tennis tournament had been called off, on account of the war.
 Amos Etrunk, the fastest player on the Athletics has been ordered out of the camp by Connie Mack and given his transportation to Philadelphia. Strunk's refusal to obey instructions and his reticence toward Mack was the cause of the fleet-footed player being disciplined. Strunk refused to run out field hits this spring and in- stead of taking kindly to the advice given him by Mack, sulked and in Charlotte failed to put in an appear ance for the game. Mack stated that he would not have any disgruntled star upon his team and that Strunk had not spoken to him for 10 days. His patience was reached yesterday when Strunk stayed away from the ball field and he then decided to pun ish his star. Before tho team de- parted for the South strunk and Mack had differences over the contract and Strunk for a long while refused to sign. only coming to terms before the club left Philadelphia.
 The boxing card under the auspices of the Lenox A. c. at Meriden has suffered a weeks postponement. and will he staged Thursday April 19 The reason for the weeks delay is that the management found that there were so many attractions in the Silver City this week that the boxing card might suffer from too many amusements. and put over the card for another seven days. Tho program of fights will be the same as has beer previously announced. with Bobb, Reimer, the military boy, as the stal
New Britain herald., 1917-04-09
WOULD CONTINUE SPORTS

|Iieutenant NcNair of Annapolis Op-
 posed to Discontinuing Athletics i'm ColIexes Because of War. Philadelphia. April 9.-Major NJ. kJ. Pickering, the graduate manager of athletics at the University of Penn |Elvania yesterday received from (Lsou9. Commander F. V. McNair of Annapolis a communication express ling the opinion that .s.the present agi- (tation of a number of our colleges to cancel all athletic activities is we'll Emeant but misdirected enthusiasm" :" Lieut.. Commander McNair continues: "Logically, colleges wishing to de- velOp a military routine would pattern their daily work on the lines of our two military instructions. viz: West Point and the Naval Academy.
 :.Neither school has the slightest Idea of not carrying out it's athletic
 echedules, except on orders from Washington, which are unlikely. In fact the Navy's schedule will be car ried out in spite of the graduation
 of the senior class and the loss of
 the three graduate coaches. / "Only a few years ago certain
 admiral made efficiency in fleet ath- in target practice.
 Let us have college athletics and
 more of them, just as the British are
 playing football behind the lines in
 Flanders"
New Britain herald., 1917-04-09

the Metropolitan and New Jersey titles last summer has gone up to one, while the others, John G. Ander son and Max Marston, who were at two a year ago, are now at three. while Walter J. Travis, because of his course architect activities. is drop |. ped completely. One other man who shares the three rating with Anderson and Marston is Gardiner w.. White. the Flushing champion. This years list contains 624 names as against 628 on the previous sheet. It goes from scratch to nine, inclusive.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-09

New York, April 9.-The Metropol
 itan Golf association handicap com CTS, the Upper Montclair amateur, once more alone at scratch. The sit uation is somewhat different from last year. A year ago Jerry not only held the scratch position, but was so far regarded in a class by himself that no one was placed better than two. On the new list the second position is omitted entirely. Oswald Kirkby, the tall Englewood player, who won both
New Britain herald., 1917-04-09
eGnfs1uSp 11 PAedfo to CeAing
TIGERS POUND
 BENTON'S HURLINGS
Jennings Men Even Up Spring,
 Series Other Exhibition Games

Kansas City, Mo-, April 9-The acri- monious series between the New York Giants and the Detroit Tigers ended ' yesterday in a drawn battle, when the < Tigers slaughtered the Polo Ground CTS by score of to 1. Each team won four games.
 It was a raw, blustery day. and the game was played on a field dotted here and there with snowdrifts The Giants could not be warmed to the fighting pitch In fact, they hardly thawed out during the game.
 The game was perhaps the dullest of a series that bristled with excite ment ever since Tyrus Raymond Cobh $ spiked Herzog. The Giants started { for Indianapolis immediately after the game.
 The score:
 Detroit ....... 4OOO1OO10--6 10 1s New York ..... O0OO1O0OO--1 5 IL
 Batteries-James. Roland. Cunning- ham and Yelle; Benton, Anderson and Mccarthy and Rariden. 4l
 Tanks in Tenth.
 Newark, N. J., April 9.--Frank Gilhooley's single in the tenth inning enabled the Yankees to defeat the Newark Bears at Newark yesterday < afternoon. The score was to 1.
 It was the first game at Wiedemay- er's park this season. and about fouxs thousand fans huddled up in overt coats and wraps sat through the ten innings. Preparatory to the game tho Tanks, headed by Sergeant Smith Ps Gibson, and with Manager Donovan as his first aid, paraded around tho field, but did not go through any oe the drills which were taught them In the south. Those in the stands and bleachers applauded wildly as the players marched around, headed by g. band from one of Newark's play-a grounds.
 The score:
 New York .... O1Oo00Oo04-5 1s 3as Newark ...... OOOO0001O0-1 6 5S
 Batteries-Love. Ferguson. En-S right. Ross and Alexander; Wilkinson. <. SmallwAqd> and Egan and Blackwellys
 The Pittsburgh Nationals second team lost to the local Southern asso-M citation team at New Orleans yester-4 day, score 12 to 1. { The Washington American-Colum- bus American association was postcs , poned yesterday on account of snoW,s The St. Louis city series EaTGa , was postponed yesterday on acc{ A1ts of cold weather. M&ss5 The Cincinnati-C game w1s i, called off yesterday OH account of snow.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-09
LUCK SETS PACE IN FACTORY LEAGUE
|ussen < Erwin Anchor Man
 ROpS List for Individual Honors

Huck. the clever bowler of the Rus
 en & Erwin quintet, continues to set
 he pace for tho individual honors in
 he Factory league, with a top mark | 99. Right on his heels however. IS
 Fright, Freeman and Bertini, with |verages of 98. While the Landcrs I've continue to lead the league, the hargin of advantage is so slight, hat one nights play will change the |ntirc complexion of the first four (eams. tss.e
 The scores. averages and schedule ta1. fho x4,oolr is a q fn110t,a. Wats
New Britain herald., 1917-04-09

tional league pennant in 1914. 1Si
 and 1916. Where the pennanV changes so often it freshens interee
 especially after the Cubs and Gtant1 had SO long bossed the league. Fo4 that reason fans in other cities arS expecting another miracle and arS overlooking the great strength Of McS Graw's team.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-09

Schedule For Week. Monday-Union Mfg. vs. Stanley Works; Berlin vs. Skinners. Tuesday-Stanley R. & L. vs. Faf- hir. Wednesday-Union Mfg., special hatch. Stanley R. & l.. Girls: mixed bafty. Friday-R. & E. vs. Paper Goods; E. B. Machine vs. Landers; Tigers vs. \ M. c. A
New Britain herald., 1917-04-09
SPORTDOM SPARKLERS

performer. against Charlie Pitts of Bridgeport. These two scrappers will go over a twelve-round route and have agreed to meet at 1855 pounds.
 Athletic contests at West Virginia University will be discontinued on ac- count of the war. 1t is announced. More than 500 students at the uni- versity are taking military training which will be substituted for ath- letics. Spring football practice was dropped last week and it is expected that announcement of the canceling of the baseball games will be made within few days.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-09

were training in local gymnasium, and so far as spectators could see he did not extend himself any to hold his own. As result when their real fight in Ohio came off there were charges that Britton had slowed up to enable Downey to make a good show ing.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-09

After a successful run of several weeks the all around athletic contests at the Y. M. c. A. have come to a close with George Holmquist the score man in the senior division. R. Bradbury is high score man in the High school class; H. Hall and J. FL liott are the high score men in the employees B and A classes, respective ly. The high score for the junior class was made by Davis. Two events will be held in the High school all around aquatics today.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-09

The Boston College baseball team. having cancelled it's Southern trip in which the Georgetown University and Catholic University mines were to be played. last night agreed to meet the Boston Nationals at Braves field on Tuesday. Harvard was scheduled to play the Braves on that date, but the Crimson has abandoned all it's con- tests.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-09

The Toledo American association club again defeated the Boston Amer jeans in an exhibition game yesterday The score was 6 to 1. Vance and Brady held the worlds champions to four scattered hits. their only run be- ing scored on a plate error.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-09

The New York Giant Reserves were defeated by Dave Driscolrs Jersey City nine in the first baseball game of the season yesterday afternoon, the final score reading to 2.
 No action has been taken as yet by the Brown athletic board in calling off organized athletics for the balance of the season, although announcement of some sort is expected when college resumes. Thursday morning after the annual spring recess. The mem bers of the varsity baseball squad have all remained at college during the vacation period, and have prac- ticed daily when the weather has per- mitted. Only one member of the team, Robertson, an outfielder. is an enlisted man, he being enrolled in battery A, a National Guard unit made up largely of Brown men. 9th CT members of the baseball squad are active in the Brown Officers Reserve Corps, but thus far the hours have not conflicted with baseball practice
 Jack Britton has performed with such consistent skill and earnestness that his name has never been asso- ciated with any questionable bout. Now comes the Boxing Commission of Columbus, Ohio, and enters an or der of suspension against the welter champion on the charge that he did not put forth his best efforts in a bout with Bryan Downey in that city. The commission is also investigating the actions of Downey with the avowed purpose, in case the charges are sustained, of giving the local man the same dose. According to the &C., cusation laid against the champion, i he boxed with Downey when both
New Britain herald., 1917-04-09

The Washington American-colum. bus American association was post
 poned yesterday on account of snow
New Britain herald., 1917-04-09

The Pittsburgh Nationals second team lost to the local Southern asso- ciation team at New Orleans yester- day, score 12 to 4. x
New Britain herald., 1917-04-09

The St. Louis city series gaDE1 was postponed yesterday on accf dnt of cold weather. ~
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-07

bags So per pound; curiey lettuce. loo
pound; egg plants, 10000; spring
onions. , punches for &c; dry onions.
90 pound; green mangoes. 2 for Sc; red
mangOes, &c: mustard greens. 10c per
pound; kahl 10 pound; parsley. 70
pcr bunch: new potatoes, 70 per
h.: peas. 80 pound: rtubarb. for
10c: turnip. Sc per POUND; cucumbers,
1Oc each; SHIPPED tomatoes, 15c per
h. homegrown tomatoes. 15c per lb.
Apr!cots. zoe per h.; New apples.
l0c per h.: bananas. 10 per h.; Royal
Anne cherries, 40c per h.; California
cherries, 40c per h.: homegrown cher
RES. 13c per qt; cantaloupe. 15c, for
c5c; dewberries. zoe qt-: gooseberr1es.
15c per qt: grape fruit, 10c: buckle
berries. zoe per Qt.: lemons, 30c a doz-
en-; lines, soc q dozen; oranges. 35c
a dozen: peaches, 15c per b.: pine
apples, zoe each; California plums,
zoe per h.: black raspberries, zoe qt.;
red raspberries, Csc Ct; strawberries.
loo qt.; watermelons. 45@50c.
Miscellaneous.
Hickory nuts, 10c per h.; walnuts.
15c per 4 peck.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-07

INDIANAPOLIS, July 7.-Hogs-
Receipts. 5000. Cattle Receipts,
$50. Calves-Receipts, 200 Pigs
Receipts, 500. Sheep-Receipts, 200.
Hogs-Market, steady and lower;
best heavies, $15.65@16.O0; medium
and mixed. $15.65015.s0; good to
choice, $15.45@15.65; roughs. $14.0O
@14.75; best pigs, $13.50@14.0O; bul1
of sales, $15.65015.90; common to
medium lights, $14.5O@15.45. Cattle
Market. steady; good to choice butch
er bulls, $8.5O@9.25; good to prime ex-
port bulls, 5000; prime corn fed
steers, $12.50113.25; good to choice
steers, $S.50@9.00; common to fair
steers, 500 .25; common to medium,
$11.50D12.O0; good to choice heifers.
S9.50Q11.00; fair to medium heifers,
$8M9.25; common to fair heifers, S.
@S.25; good to choice COWS, $9@14;
fair to medium, $725@S.5O; Gamers
and cutters. $5@7. Calves-Market,
steady; common to best veals. $4,000
14.25; common to best heavy calves,
$1075; spring ambs, $10O0@15.50;
Sheep-market steady; good to
choice shorn sheep. $S.50@9.00; COM
mon to medium shorn sheep, 10000
$825. Lambs-Market, steady: good
best shorn lambs, $1O.5O@11.00; COM
mon to medium shorn lambs, $500
SLOTS; spring lambs, $10.O0@15.50;
yearlings, $1,000.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-07

CINCINNATI. O.. July 7.--Butter-
Creamery white milk extra 00c, cen-
tralized extra S611c, do firsts 33c. dc
seconds soc. dairy fancy 33c. packing
stock No. / 303zc, No. 2 25hc.
Eggs-Prime firsts 341zc, firsts
33kc,i ordinary firsts 3111c. seconds
29c. duck 3Ohc.
Poultry-Broilers ~ lbs andd over
33c, do lib and over 25@28c, roostera
14c, hens 5 lbs and over 18c, under s
lbs 18c, hen turkeys 8 lbs and over 21c,
toms 10 lbs and over 21c, culls SC,
white ducks lbs and over Ice, do
under lbs 14c. colored lac. spring
ducks 2 lbs and over zoe, geese choice
full feather 12c, do medium 10c
guineas 81 per dozen.
Onions--iTexas 75c@$1.25 per crate.
Potatoes-Georgia Triumph, $6.50@
700 per Dbl, Eastern cobblers $500
$3.50. homegrown $5.5006.00 per bbl
Cabbage $2.00@2.z5 per
large crate, Tennessee $2.0O@2.25 pei
crate. home grown s2.0002.25 per Dbl
Tomatoes Tennessee $1.25@1.35
per crate; Texas, s1.25@1.35 per flat
crtae.