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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-21

New York. Feb, 21-The first di- vision of the Giants to go to\ the training camp at Marlin Springs, Texas, will leave New York city Fri day morning at 1O:3O o'clock over the New York Central lines. Eddie Bran nick, assistant secretary of the club, will chaperone the party, which will be increased largely at St. Louis.
 Brannick's group will be composed of rockies and several veterans. They -T-ill pick up at Buffalo Red Murray, who has come back to the Giants after an absence of a few sea- sons with other clubs, and James Cor coran, catcher, from Syracuse.
 John J. McGraw will go south a week later with most of the regular players of the team and will be ac- companied by some friends and sev- eral baseball bugs who like to fol- low the Giants throughout their training as we'll as their playing sea- son.
 Eddie Brannicks party leaving here Friday will consist of: Catchers, G. l.. McCarty, Bradley w., Kocher and George Sandberg; pitchers, F. M. Schupp, the little sensation last. aut- umn; George Smith, formerly of Co., lumbia University; "Pie" Way, for merly of Yale. but with Rochester part of last season; Al Schacht, with Newark last year; E.. w. Vinal, New York Boy, who was credited with pitching a no-hit game in New Eng land; Sterling Stryker, a crack semi professional of the Atlantic High lands team recommended bv Andy Coakley; Waite Hoyt, an Erasmus
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-21
RED SOX OWNER
 READS RIOT ACT 1. TO PITCHER MAYS

Boston. Feb. 21.-President Harry IF Frazee of the Boston American league baseball club yesterday deliv- cred an ultimatum to Carl , Mays. pitcher. which he said applied to all players who were withholding their signatures to contracts tendered them by the club because of salary differ ences.
 Mays had written that he would go to Hot Springs and discuss the terms there. Frazee telegraphed him in re- ply. that lie was at liberty to start when he wished but that the trip would be at the players expense and thft if terms were agreed on at Hot Springs they would be the terms of &ered by the club, not those sought by the player.
 We will send transportation only to those players who have signed; others will either stay at home or pay their own expenses the president stated. The contracts of Delos Gainer, first 6aseman, and Fred Thomas, former third baseman for. the New Orleans club, were received yesterday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-21
ALEXANDER ASKS
 SI5,O00 OR ELSE
 HE'LL JOIN CIRCUS

Philadelphia, Feb. 21 Announce Philadelphia National league club except Grover Cleveland Alexander, the star pitcher, and George Whitted, outfielder, has signed contract, was made by William F. Baker, president of the club at the annual dinner of the Philadelphia Sporting Writers association tonight. Although Alex ander and Baker failed to agree on terms at Ia conference here yesterday the latter indicated in speech at the dinner that he still had hopes of a compromise.
 President Baker said Alexander had made it plain that he did not in tend to recede from his original stand.
 ..I offered Alexander s1o,ooo a year, said Baker, land I think that is all we can afford to pay. He would not even consider a two.year contract at these terms, so I made no further attempt to talk business with him ''
 Alexander said he has no intention of modifying his demands. Unless Mr. Baker changes his mind,'' he de- clared, there will be no agreement. Things stand the same as they did be- fore the meeting, and perhaps a lit tie worse.
 "I have an offer from circus cor poration It is on the level and they are willing to pay quite a lot to bind me to an agreement to sign a con tract. am a ball player and want to play ball. but I must look after the money, now that I have made the game my profession. I received four telegrams from Chicago and under stand a representative of the circus corporation is coming to this city to see me if I say the word.
 'I am not worried at all about my future, but I must say am disap- pointed. I think am entitled to all have asked. and if don't get it now never will"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-21
FAMOUS VELVET JOE
 PUBLISHES ALMANAC.

The almanac is not a back number. And just to prove it, Velvet Joe, the well-known philosopher of sunshine and writer of homely verse, has is- sued a modern and up-to-date alma mac that bids fair to still further popularize that ancient and honor able institution. eff anybody has the notfon," says the author, ''that an almanac is strictly a farmers proposition, let him get it out of his head. The only man who can find more use for an almanac than a farmer, is the city man.
 "You see a real almanac. has got things in it that the Encyclopedia of Rrittanica never even heard of. Sup pose somebody asked you right quick who won the Worlds Championship in 1897. You look on page of, the little old almanac and say;
 "' '97? Why the Baltimore Na- tionals beat Boston 4 games to I. Anybody ought to know that!' "Or suppose somebody gets to arguin' about the cost of Twin or what's the tallest buildin' in the world-just look in the almanac an then just naturally squash 'em"
 In reviewing Velvet Joe's Almanac we must say there is in 1t a fund of useful information that every busi- ness man would be glad to have in such handy form, There are historic facts. postal information. first aid hints, etc, ad infinitum. Ana yne pages are liberally sprinkled with comments on life and men and with verse, done in Velvet Joe's inimitable style that has endeared him to scores of thousands of American newspaper and magazine readers
 Anyone desiring a copy of Velvet Joe's Almanac is requested by the author to drop a postal to the Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co.,, 4241 Folsom avenue, St. Louis, and an almanac will be sent free of charge
 The names and addresses of a few friends written on the postal will in- sure their also receiving copy of this amusing and useful Hftle work
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-21
DAVE ROBERTSON
 IS ONLY HOLDOUT
 OF GIANTS' SQUAD

New York, Feb. 21-AH doubt about the retaining of two important cogs of the Giant machine was dis pelled yesterday, when it was an- nounced that Ferdie schupp, the sen satipnal southpaw, and First Base man Walter Holke, who led in the league in batting last season, had signed their contracts and would go South with the first batch of Giants on Friday afternoon.
 The only hold-out on the team now is Davey Robertson, the right fielder. who is taking a course on the medi-. cal staff at Norfolk (Va-) hospital. Manager McGraw expects that Rob- ertson will go to Marlin and will sign his contract there. }A
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-21
Hitting The High Spots

was the only member of the Chi cago Cubs who failed to come to terms with Owner Weeghman before the special train left for the train ing camp in Pasadena, Cal, yester- day. Archer received a big cut in salary and as he is not very popular with Manager Mitchell he may be sold OF traded before the season opens. H ,ssss gss Manager Leavy of the Blue Rib.
 bons basketball team hopes to have the Uniontown, Pa, five here nex1
 Tuesday. This is one of the best o1 the many strong teams in Pennsyl. vania
 Since the Interstate basketball league was reorganized with cir cult of New York and New Jersey il
 has been going along fine. The Blue
 Ribbons may arrange a series with the winner of the second half of the season. As the local team won the first half championship there would
 be considerable interest in the ques- tion of supremacy.
 Grover Alexander must have heard about Jess. Willard making all that
 money in the circus business. The
 Phillies' holdout pitcher threatens to
 get under the main tent himself. What
 will he do, initiate Willard and ride
 around the ring on a horse, or throw
 baseballs at the clowns?
 They won't need any military drill
 for Johnny Evers and Heinie Zimmer-
 man. Those birds know too much
 about fighting now.
 Last year Benny Kauff was threat
 ening to jump into vaudeville and the Giants had to coax him to go to Mar
 lin. This year Benny coaxed the
 manager to let him go to Marlin with
 the first squad. Is he getting sense
 or is it just spring fever?
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-21
Sporting Chatter

Honus Wagner has been playing big ball 20 years, and still he isn't a fin ished performer.
 Under the new Amateur Athletic Union rules, a solitaire player who bets on himself is professional.
 Moral suasion is excellent, but there are occasions when it has to be ad- ministered with large club.
 If anything should happen to put the worlds series on the blink, Boston would at least be saved the horrors of "Tessie.'
 When umpires, boxers and southpaw pitchers can get married, there is no excuse for any man remaining single except good judgment.
 The Cubs, it is said, will train this year on an aviation field. History re- minds us that they also spent much of the 1916 training season up in the air.
 It begins to look as if the Winter League box score would show Dave Fultz with nothing but goose eggs, except in the 'E'' column.
 i've gotta live" walls the ball player, extenuating his defection from the fraternity. As Voltaire said to the poet, T see no necessity
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-21

1887. Ed got his baseball start in that classic suburb of Boston, and was given a tryout by the Jersey City
 Skeeters in 1908, but was soon released to Lowell The latter club turned him over to Lawrence, where he renamed until the middle of the 1910 season, when he was sold to Washington Ain smith joined the tWashingtons the same year as his backstopping col league, John Henry, also native of the Bay State Ed has been a fairly good catcher, but his batting has al- ways left much to be desired, and last year he slumped to an average of .167.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-21

Both men did well if the first hal1 but were too closely guarded to dc much in the second. Murray was on hand, but as he has not fully re- covered from a bad cold it was de- cided to use Sheehan at guard. The youngster gave good account of himself.
 In the first half it looked as if the Ribbons would run away with the wis itors. Beckman and Swenson made some great shots and when the half ended the locals were ahead by Is to S. In the second session the visi- tors braced and won out just before the final whistle. The score:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-21
B. HI. S. FIVE TO PLAY
 GREENWICH SATURDAY

} The B. H. s. basketball players will sclash with Greenwich High in Green wtch next Saturday. The local season closes in two weeks and before the curtain goes down the local boys will play New Haven and Stamford Nigh to decide the state championship. To- day the B. H. g. youngsters rlayed in Cheshire against the Cheshire Aca- &dcny team.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-21

Score end of first half. Bridgeport Is, Sheepshead 8. Fouls called:
 Bridgeport 16, Sheepshead 16. N Referee, Wallum;, scorer, Joe Wa. CTS,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-21
Ainsmith Is Clever
 Catcher But Never
 Strong With Stick

Ed Ainsmith the Washington back stop, is 30 years old today, as he was born in Cambridge, Mass, Feb 21,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-21

to keep an eye on their laurels in all
 branches of ice skating before long. The recent eastern ice skating cham
 pionships at Newburg brought out several women speed phenoms. Three of the stars are shown in the picture They are, left to right, Elsie
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-21

Mueller, captain of the St. Nicholas Girls Hockey team; Miss Nina Wheel CT of New York, and Miss Hazel Eek ert of Brooklyn. Any one of the three girls is capable of making a number of our eastern stars extend themselves in short distance events.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-21
Winter League Over.


 The winter league is about ready to disband for the march of the big league clubs toward the southland has already started and actual perform ance dn the diamond will soon dis place contests won in debates at the corner cigar, store. The first players to get under way were the Chicago Cubs who left yesterday in special train for Pasadena, Cal
 The Giants leave for Marlin, Tex, on Friday and the Yankees will de- part for Macon, Ga., Saturday after noon. The fortunes of the Giants, as usual, will be closely followed by To- cal fans The presence of Benny Kauff, the old Bridgeport outfielder, on the squad gives Bridgeporters an interest in the club and the fact that another former local player, Brad Kocher, is one of the Giant catchers, is another reason why fans of this city keep track of McGraw's men. It will be only a few days now before reports will come from the South tell ing of the wonderful recruits who are to set the baseball world afire this season.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-21

Farmer Want Ads. One Cent Word
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-21

ADVERTISE IN THE FARMER
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-21

The ,holdout of Southpaw Nehf of the Braves did not last long. He told the folks out in Terre Haute he re- ceived a raise from the Boston owner so he hastened to sign the papers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-21

Honus Wagner has been playing big ball 20 years, and still he isn't a fin ished performer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-21
Hires Ribbon Stars

The feat of the Blue Ribbons in downing the champion Jaspers of the Eastern league has reached Spring field The manager of that team wants to engage Swenson, Beckman and Harvey of the Ribbons to play against the Jaspers in Springfield March 5.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-21

Jimmy Archer, tile veteran catcher
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-21

Under the new Amateur Athletic Union rules, a solitaire player who bets on himself is a professional.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-02-02
INTERESTING TRIP.

About nifty women OF the domestic
science department OF the Hammond
Woman's Clab visited the Dietrich bak-
cry ana the Reid-Murdoeh companies
yesterday Afternoon. Che women met at
the Central school at 2.2o p. IA. where,
through the courtesy Of Mr.. Lawrence
az tile Street Car company a special
street car was placed az thier disposal
The arst plant visited was the Dietrich
Bakery ana Mr. Dietrich, jr. guided the
visitors through the bakery and ex-
planned the operations Of a modern up
to-date bakery. At the Reid-AIurdoch
plant the women were divided into two
groups and guides piloted them through
this immense and interesting concern.
At both places samples OF their products
were furnished and the officials Of the
Reid Murdoch company presented the
visitors with substantial souvenirs The
hostesses yesterday afternoon were Mrs.
Howard Long. chairman. assisted by
Mrs Jesse Wilson. Mrs. T. P. Deming.
Mrs, 7. p. Smalley, Mrs. W. 3. Newman,
Mrs. Charles Friedrich. Airs. r. Arm
strong. Mrs. X. A. Wilcox. Mrs. O'Keefe
and Mrs. j. L. Davies. The next meet
ing will occur on February 18Th. and
viii be IN charge oe Mrs Harriet Paul
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-02-02
LAKE LEADS IN DAIRYIN11:
BREYFOGLE NEW PRESIDENT

CROWN POINT. IND. Fob. 2.-The
Indiana state Dairy and the Indiana
state Holstein Association hold meet
ing wednesday morning in the assemb-
- room Of the court house. Dr.. scher-
er. IL Fishers, Ind. gave splendid adj
dress On the Improvement OF tho LARRY
Herd and Dairy Conditions" lie spoke
al length OF the food value o. mink
products as being cheaper than any
other food products on the market to-
4ay. Or. Scherer Is not only "A specialist
on stomach disorders. bat a practical
dairyman who knows that tho dairy
men are not receiving enough for their
products. During his talk he compared
the food value of real butter ana oleo-
inargarins as to thei- relatives food
value He paid many tributes 10 Lake
county as the greatest dairy COW Sec
tion in the state. and also The greatest
HoIsteln county n The state. lie may
have been misled when he said that this
was the hrst county where he did not
find the diarymen using q substitute for
butter int. He said f is wrong for any
dairyman - buy a substitute for the
real product Of the old cow. the greatest
source Of feeding people in the world
The state Dairy members and state
Holstein members agreed TO go in AMI
cooperate 50 that d State Dairy mem
Der. by paying his annual dues or one
dollar belongs to the State Hoistein AS
ISOLATION. believing IN union there IL
strength
lake County EDk Produosrs' Meeting
Tmmedia ely after the noon hour tie
Milk Producers OF the county elected
two directors of the county TO represent
ii IN Chicago at tho Milk Producers AS
ISOLATION. Jas. Love of Leroy. was
elected for the south part of the county,
and VIM. Schultz for the north end
Chas. Potter, q director Of the MILK
Producers Association Of Chicago. was
introduced as the next speaker who
spoke in detail Of the cooperative Mix
Marketing Association.
The Agricultural Association Of Lake
county. composed Of many farmers. ap-
pointed members. who met at this time
in Judge McMahan's court room and
adopted the name Of the county associa-
ton as The Agricultural Association
Of Lake County. J.. G. Breyfogle mas
elected president: VIM Newton. vice
PRESIDENT: John Hack. treasurer: S. u
Craig. secretary.
The directors-Ierman Meter High
lands. Murray Turner and LeGrand T
Meyer. Hammond; Peter Jansen. Grif-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-02-02

president, reported Col the finance COM
mlttee, recommending the dues be Is
cents instead Of 90 cents
c. NJ. McDaniels. representing the
senior organization. was made a mem
Der Of the Junior club after he had
expressed himself as being somewhere
IN the neighborhood OF 80 years old
The age limit is now II 70 80 years.
The Junior club will have another
member from the parent body and I'll
turn two members Of the Junior
Chamber OF Commerce viii be allowed
seats and votes in the board Of d.
rectors of the senior Chamber OF
Commerce.
Mr.. McDaniels was asked to address
the Junior Chambev last evening. He
began by telling Of the prizes offered
by the Hammond Plan committee for
the best stories on Hammond in 1850.
and paid tho young men present the
compliment OF saying that members Of
their body will have a great deal to do
with the making Of the Hammond Of
fe5n
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-02-02

nth; Fred Krloter W-ra. Newton. Crown
Point: .. +. Carlin. Lowell ana Nen
Brown Of Shelby. agreed that the three
appointed in each township be instruct
ed TO get many members as they
could al three dollars for the year Each
member IS a farmer Will receive some
direct help from the county advisor
during the year. They gave for example
tile value received in treating oats for
smut, the selecting and testing of aeed
corn. the care of the home orchard the
community tings. the eradication of
the foot-and mouth disease, besides
hundreds OF other thinga that the farm-
ers have proated by. IN Illinois =. E.
carlin SAYS they Ray ten dollars per
ne,nber ara would not be without she
help received for teen y-hve dollars.
a certificate OF membership will be
gwen to each member with The bylaws
The following officials for the town
ship organizations were named as fol-
lows:
North oNnship-President. A T.
Jarneche; secretary. Henry Van Til.
treasurer Richard Hook.
Calumet Township presi5ent. Percy
Jansen; secretary Henry Even; treas
urer. Louis Weythe
Hobart ownship-President Fred
Frank. Sr; secretary. John Larson. Jr-.
treasurer. VIM. omen.
Ross Township President. A D.
Payne; secretary John Reitman; treas
urer sam - Woods
Center Township President, VIM
Bremen; secretary. Geo. souerman,
treasurer. Or. Salisbury
Winfield wnship-President John
Turner; secretary. Dr. ]. II. Smith.
treasurer, Jas. Love.
Eagle Creek Multiplication
otto Fifeid; secretary, Jay Doak; treas
urer. Thos. Turner.
Cedar Creek Township - President
oren Thomas; secretary. Wheeler
Nichols; treasurer. Grant Hayden.
West Creek Township II
d. Meyer; secretary Chas. Bailey;
treasurer. John Hayhurst
Hanover Township President. Otto
Meyer; secretary, Theodore Citing
treasurer. Harry Hawkinson.
st. John ownship-President Henry
Keilmans secretary. Peter Kuhn; treas
urer. John Schmal
II was thought with the small mem
bership fee that this will be the strong
est organization IN the state While
the membership is principally for farm
ers. anyone interested in the work may
contribute dues.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-02-02
FLYERS" AND
DIVERS" CAMPAIGN
Continues from rage onel


when the contest closes. Three hund-
red members nre desired to make the
organization thoroughly representative.
and the dues having been placed At
25 cents a month, payable in advance.
the expense is so nominal that there
are no reasonable excuses for not join
ing. and q world OF unanswerable ar
guments as to wny 4 young man
should affiliate himself with the new
association.
Non-poIitical. and giving every mem
Der the privilege OF having any re-
sigious belief whatsoever. the organi-
alton is shaped along the broadcast
lines OF progress and constructive
civic endeavor. The llveliest interest
and thu best OF feeling was manifest
"a at the meeting between the young
men who have become members Of the
crew OF the good saip.
r. E. Amoss. president OF the tenn
porarr organization, acted as chair
man Of the meeting last evening. and
Kenneth L. Gross as secretary. Mr..
Anoss called for a report Of the CON
stftutional committee OF which Lyle
Mckinney is the chairman. and as Mr.
Mckinney read tho articles or the con-
stitutIon as drafted by the committee
the provisions were discussed and in
some Instances changed BY vote Of
those present. The constitution was
very satisfactory. however, and the
changes made were ones which the
COMMITTEES had anticipated by debate.
The work Of the constitution committee
il TO be praised for It enabled the
Junior Chamber to start off with the
right sort OF foundation. Lyle Nc
Kinney was chairman. Peter Moran. T
J. Reynolds and Art Lacey members,
and c. n Mechanics. advisory mem
Der Of that committee. Julius Meyn. as
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-02-02
NOTICE or RENEWAL OF LIQUOR
CO. n,


Notice is hereby given to the citizens
Of Hammond North Township. Lake
County, Indiana. that the undersigned,
George Thon. is a male inhabitant and
resident Of said city. Township. County
and State. and over the age Of twenty
one years; that he has resided in the
STATE Of Indiana for more than one year
and IN the city Of Hammond. North
Township. Lake County, Indiana, f5r
more than six CD months prior to the
date Of this notice, and is q qualified
voter thereof that he is a naturaIized
citizen of the United States OF America
and Of good moral character: that he
viii apply to the Board Of County Com
missioners OF Lake County, at Crown
Poinc, Indiana. at its March 1917, ses-
sion, for renewal Of a license TO sell
ct retail, spurious, vinous and malt
liquors in less quantities than Eve gal
Ions a a time and permit the same 10
be drank on the premises where sold
said license heretofore granted BY the
Board of Commissioners on the sth day
Of March. 1916. and issued by Edward
simon, Auditor Of said County for the
period Of one year from said date ana
tlie Afeeise location Where SAID intoXf-
eating liquors are TO be sold ~ the
provisions of the license to be renewed
is as follows:
The ground floor front room Of the
two-story frame building situated on
lot g. block g. Dyer's addition to the
City of Hammond. Lake County, Indi-
ana. Bar room has glass front and
faces on Calumet avenue. a public high
way in said City OF Hammond. Bar
is on north side of room. All Of said
bar room can be seen from said high
way. GEORGE THON.
Feb is