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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-08
LACK OF PEPPER
BY YANKS MAKES
MANAGER PEEyISH

New York, June 8-The Yankees
and the Cleveland Indians were barred
from the Polo Grounds yesterday by
the excess Of moisture. Wild William
Donovan spent most OF the afternoon
in wrathful meditation. His ire was
reused by the lack of aggressiveness
shown by the Yanks on the previous
day The alibi Is that Lambeth is a
ink and that he holds the Indian sign
on the team that is Jointly owned by
Captain Huston and Colonel Rupert
But the alibi, while it runs for
Sweeney, does notr un for Wild will
liam Donovan. william is one of those
iconoclastic persons who believe that
even a Nemesis or ink can be kicked
in the stats.
A team cannot win ball games by
bunting the ball down the alleys" Mr..
Donovan observed sagely. This team
has got to do some hitting or -
Donovan relapsed into an ominous
silence. He would not say just exactly
what would be forthcoming If the hits
did not materialize. But it was evil
dent from his manner that there was
something rough in store for any
strikers, or persons suspected of
Sinking ON the Yankee team.
The comeback of Lee Magee in re-
gard to his hitting Is one of the most
hopeful signs in the Yankee camp Just
now. Magee. after terrible slump at
the bat, IL beginning to peg them out
once more and has been making a
fairly successful lead-off man for the
New York AnericanS since the injury
to Gilhooley.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-08
CASEY AT THE BAT" WAS
WRITTEN BY e. L. THAYER. 5
GRADUATE OF HARVARD

the outlook wasn't brilliant for the
Mudville nine that day The ques-
ton OF who was the author of those
Immortal lines has been asked more
times than, why is Halley's Comet, ,
and When Will the War End, and
answered correctly about once out of
every hundredSh time Casey at the
lBat-S is one Of the most popular bits
of poetry that ever found its way to
the sports page and was first printed
in San Franciso paper The fas-
c1nating lines are the output of the
fertile mind of Ernest L. Thayer, who,
when they were first printed, resided
in Worcester, Mass. The verses were
widely copied and leaped into inme-
dfates prominence throughout the
baseball world
His claim to the authorship was
long widely disputed George Whit
field D'Vys. Joseph Quinlin Murphy
and Will Valentine are among the
dozen or so persons to whom Casey
has been attributed, Valentines
claim was made by friends after his
death in 1897. Much evidence was
brought to bear in behalf of each
claimant, but a shifting of this, how
ever resulted in verdict for Thayer.
and to him goes the credit. The first
publication of the poem in the San
Francisco paper was over the initials
of "E. T. L. and it is a matter of rec
ord that the contributor was Thayer.
Other. claimants have been unable to
produce a copy of any publication
containing Casey at the Bait previ-
Gus to June 4, 1855. So, it was,
twentynine years ego that Casey at
the att first warmed the heart of the
American baseball public, and since it
has been more generally quoted than
any similar literary effort dealing
with the game
Thayer graduated from Harvard,
and it was while he was student at
Harvard that he discovered Mud
ville," soggy ball field not far from
Cambridge where exciting contests
were often played. Thayer was a
member of the same class at sHar-
ward as William Randolph Hearst and
was later employed. on the Hearst
newspapers. He finally abandoned
the pursuit of journalism for more
profitable commercial activities.
While Casey at the Bat" was univer-.
sally copied and read much of its
fame was originally due to De Wolf
Hopper who recited the verses at his
performances all over the country.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-08
DUNDEE DEFEATS
WELLING IN FAST
RING ENGAGEMENT

New York, June 8-Johnny Dundee
earned the honors in his ten-round
bout with Joe Yelling, of Chicago, at
the st. Nicholas Rink last, night The
battle between the leightwegihts was
one of the fastest fought in this city
in months, measuring well up to the
Leonard welsh championship bout in
this respect.
In the first two rounds yelling
looked particularly good, mailing Dun
dee with beautiful right as Johnny
kept plunging in. These punches of
Joe's carried left hook that shook
Dundee up when he landed flush on
his jaw.
AT the start Of the third, however,
Dundee changed his tactics and began
jumping in the style he made famous,
and yelling found it increasingly diff
cult to hit the mark It was like try
ing to hit the periscope of a. submarine
with g. six-pounder in a choppy sea-
In the fourth round Dundee Jared
Weiling with several hard lefts to the
body, pounding the stomach and ribs
relentlessly. yelling was missing
many blows in this and the following
rounds The sixth saw some desper-
ate milling, with the boys standing
breast to breast and smuggling until the
bell. It was an even break.
yelling came back strongly in the
seventh, whipping over that fast right
to the jaw several times. and one OF
these shook Dundee to his heels. Both
were tired in the eighth. which was
even, but in the ninth Johnny started
a furious attack and carried the fight
ing to Joe, shooting stiff left jabs to
the jaw and pounding the body.
The tenth was an even thing with q
wild furry of fighting. To total up
the damage DONE, Dundee had four
rounds, yelling. two, the second and
seventh, and four were even. Dun
dee scaled 1913 and yelling 1856, both
in costume.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-08
LOCAL and OUTSIDE
M'CARTY BREAKS
ANKLE AS GIANTS
DEFEAT THE REDS

.
Cincinnati, June 8-John ]. Nc
Graw's Giants smothered the Reds in
the third game of the series here yes
terday afternoon by a score of 10 to l,
and moved into a tie with the Phillies
for first place in the National league
race.
The triumph of the Giants, however.
cost McGraw dearly, as Lew McCarty,
his star backstop, suffered fractlfre
Of the fibula just above the ankle of
his right leg in sliding back to first.
McCarty was rushed to a local hospital
in an ambulance where an X-ray was
taken of the injured leg. 1t will be
some weeks before the catcher is able
to play again.
The accident happened in the fourth
inning. With Robertson on second
as the result of his hit and an infleld
out, McCarty singled to left. scoring
Dayy Heinie Groh Intercepted the
throw, and seeing the catcher off first,
whipped the ball to Chase. In slid
ing hack to the base McCarty's spikes
caught in the bag and he fell. He
was carried on the field by several Of
hia4coH1radss;sssss2as X
Ths Giants had q fieId day at the
bat and hammered Regan for Is safe,
hits Walter HolkeS who has been in
q batting. slump for some time, led the
attack with three clean smashes.
Every member of the Giants, with the
exception of Pete Kilduff and Ernie
Krueger, struck at least one blow for
the cause. Kilduff and Kruger en-
tered the game late and were not at
bat.
Speed on the bases gave the Giants
their first two runs. Kauff walked in
the first and went to third on Zim's
inf1eld hit. Then the pair worked a
double steal successfully. Bennie easily
beating Kopfs throw to wingo. IN
the second Holke singled and Nc
Carly followed suit. Holke went out
stealing third. BURNS singled, Nc
Carly stopping at third. On a double
steal McCarty Tailed.
Although Sallee was hit hard at
times he pitched at his best in the
pinches, and the Reds were lucky to
save themselves from a shut out.
Thorp's short fly in the fourth fell
between Herzog and Robertson and
bounded away for three bases The
indian scored later on .Cueto's sacri-
fice n.y.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-08
The Sas7iff,-MurrayCA
FOIL HAS MADE
GOOD AS MAJOR
LEAGUE MANAGER

New York, June 8.-The workman-
like fashion in which the Cleveland
Indians encompassed the defeat Of the
Yankees in the first engagement OF
the series in the shade of Coogan's
Bluff furnishes conclusive proof that
Lee Foil has made good.
There has never been any doubt
about that in the Forest City, where
the one-time minor league manager is
being hailed as another miracle
man. But in New York and else
where fandom ras been waiting pa
tiently to he shown. Last season the,
Indians spurted to the front early in
the chase. only to lose ground later,
and many ventured the prediction
that Foil would not last another year
as leader of the. Forest City brigade.
Now, however. Fohl is turning a
merry gnffaw upon his critics. Like
Clarence Rowland, who never had any
major league shooting before he
rose from humble club of the sticks,
Fohl has shown that a man can ac-
quire the qualities Of real basepall'
leadership far from the hurly burly of
the major league competition. Fohll
has made good. OF that there can be
no doubt.
The most impressive feature, per-
haps, that marked the play of the In
dams in the initial combat was their.
spiTi- and alertness. They performed
with such smooth speed in every de-
partment that the Yankees appeared
heavy-footed in contrast.
The wise men of the turf once de-
cIared, that good horse makes good
jockey-which may or not be true.
But it wos not the Cleveland club that
adj Kohl When a q IA 1--x-
man assumed the leadership of the
makeshift array willed him by Joe.
Birmingham few expected him to de-
vel0p the club into a winner so quick
ly. But rare ability to Judge the
merit of players and skilful leader
ship soon enabled him to convert the
Indians into an outfit of champions =
ship fibre. He alone deserves full
credit. :
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-08
BACK IN
LINEUP BUT CAN'T
WIN FOR PIRATES

Pittsbursh, June s-The Brook
tyns made their first appearance of
the year at Forbes Field yesterday
and downed the Pittsburgh Pirates by
D score of 5 to 8 in game the fea-
ture of which was the return to the
diamond of the veteran Hans Wag-
ner. He played first base and accept
ed all his chancess c1eanly. At the
bat he was thrown out three times
by Cutsshaw, but on his fourth APP
pearance, with Hinchman on second,
he. drove the ball over third base for
q single, scoring the third run of
the aiming for the Pfrates.s However,
In trying to make it a double twas
thrown out by Wheat
AL Mama1x tried his hand again in
the box. but was no better than on
his previous attempts to come back.
It took the Brooklyns only three INN
ings TO convince Manager Callahan
that he couldn't win with the "mil-
lionaire kid in the box, and the
youREf4E Fas ahaeAd off to the
Grimes kept the Brooklyns away
from the plate In the next four Inn
ings. and gave way to Carlson in the
eighth. The latter was, reached for a
triple by Wheat, and a single by Cut
shaw in the eighth. which gave the
champions their fifth run. jeff
Pfeffer looked ais IL he would wfe1d
the whitewash brush up to the eighth
inning, wren me wobbied little, and
the Buccaneers took advantage OF this
to tally three times.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-08
SEVEN DEADLY SINS
OF BASEBALL PLAYER

Pride-Putting monogram on base
ball, after catching sacrifice fly and
before throwing to home plate.
Illustrating around all night in
stead Of around 1907
sloth-Failure to touch all the
bases.
Gluttony-Trying to count the at
tendance while playing In a world
series game.
Wrath-Accusing the umpire's an
cestors of having been moles, after
striking out.
Misunderstanding pay for wear
ing out pair of baseball pants and
a good bench.
Envy-speaking unfavorably Of Ty
Cobb.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-08
DETROIT REFUSES TO SELL
SAM CRAWFORD TO CLEVELAND
Veteran Drawing $500 Salary For Doing Bench
Duty and Batting Almost Nothing.

New York; June 8.-President Ma
win of the Detroit Tigers has refused a
proposition of James 9. Dunn, owner
of the Cleveland Indians. to sell him
Sam Crawford veteran outfelder of the
Tigers. Navin refused to part with the
old Detroit hero, despite the fact that
he is paying Sam salary of 81, 500 for
wearing out his nickerbockers slid
ing up and down the Tiger bench.
At the time the Federal league
agents were lying in amb push to cap
ture the stars of the Giant-White Sox
worlds tourists Of 1913-1914. Nayin
met Crawford as he got off the steam
ship and whisked him to his hotel,
where Sam was asked to sign a four
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-08

year contract at $1,000 a year. b Sam
now Is serving out the fourth year Of
that contract. Sans batting eye seems
to be on the wan, as he is only hitting
around 100. The slugging barber
surely is the highest salaried pinch
hitter in all baseball history.
Cleveland is in need of a capable
outf1eld utility man. Foh1 has a
crack outfieId in Graney. Speaker and
Roth. but .his only substitute is a
youngster Allison, who is not hitting
his weight. Ivan Howard. an inf1eld-
er by trade. also can play the outfield
if emergency demands. Several weeks
ago Cleveland signed old Artie Hof-
man for outfield utility work, but Cir
Gus SoIly's leg refused. to hold up.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-08
JACK BRIT.TON GETS
BEATING FROM LEWIS

st. Louis, June s.-If the referee had
been empowered to give a decision at.
the end of a ten round bout at the
Future City A. G. Wednesday night
between Welter Champion Jack Brit
ton and Kid Lewis, the title would
have changed hands. The consensus
of opinion of ringside critics was that
the Englishman outpointed the cham
pion decisively. It was the eleventh
battle between the pair, and Lewis
claims 1t was the hardest beating he
yet has given to Britton. Az.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-08
.OOSH LOOMS UP
LIKE COMING STAR
IN THE NATIONAL

New York, June 8.-Eddie Roush,
center fielder of the Cincinnati Reds,
looks like the coming outfeld star OF
the National league. Roush is hitting
well over 300. Except for George
Burns, of the Giants, he has not a
fielding equal in the older major
league. III
Roush is deserving of success in
baseball. He did something in order
to make possible his career that no
other player of memory ever accom-
plished Some years ago Roush, then
a youngster of about IS, was picked up
by the Chicago White Sox. He was
an infelder then and a good one. He
threw out his arm one day and the
Sox let him go, figuring that his throw
ing weakness would never leave him..
Roush was an inf1elder in those days
and a right-handed thrower Did he
quit when his arm went back on him?
Not he. He tried the outf1eld and be-
gan to throw left handed.
That is why the runor went around
when McGraw bought him for the
Giants that he was a. poor thrower
McGraw soon saw that there was no
truth to 1t. Eddie Roush is today one
OF the best throwing outielders in
either league.
One has to admire the quiet and de-
termination of Roush that has made
him the player he is. He can go and
get them with iris Speaker, is ex-
tremely fast, a good hitter and more
over has the gray matter to enable
him to think.
He is quiet almost to a fault, yet he
is so determined and aggressive in
action that one never loses sight of
him in a game. in which he is taking
part When, Roush left the Giants
Cincinnatis gain was New York's loss
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-08
If you are a man that
appreciates a little more
than your moneys worth
Our Mems
Shop
Has a strong appeal for
you.

Convenient in its location
just inside the Main st. Door.
The stocks are complete with
furnishings that appeal to real
men who work for a living.
Our selling everything for
cash accounts for our being
able to keep the prices down.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-08
SOPHIA OF HANOVER.

One of the most esteemed women
connected with the royal house of
Hanover was Electress Sophia who
died on this date in 1714. She was
the wife of Ernest Augustus, who sue
ceeded his brother, John Frederick
to the electoral dignity in 1892, and
daughter of Elizabeth, wife of the
Elector Palatine, Frederick V. and
Of James of England.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-08
ALEXANDER HAS HIGH
BATTING AVERAGE FOR
PITCHER TO ACCUMULATE

New York, June 8-Grover Alexan-
der, peerless Philly pitcher, is batting
at remarkable clip for pitcher,
anyway He is hitting the ball often
and hitting It far. His performances
'ately would be acceptable to any of
ur best known wallpapers. On May
he started his streak against the
reds. He made three hits. one a
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-08

home run. May so, against tSchupp,
he made one hit, that two Dagger.
and on June 2, his next appearance,
he larruped a two Dagger. He made
two triples on June 6 in Chicago.
Running around the bases doesn't
seem to have bothered him, for he
whitewashed the Cubs. Alexander's
name soon, will be listed high among
our leading ten sluggers If not with
our leading one slugger.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-08
Red Whalen Lacking
In Confidence and Is
Soon to Be Canned

New Haven, June S-The New Ha-
ven baseball team still has its lines
for third baseman to supplant Red
Whalen, who has apparently seen bet
ter days as baseball player. Manager
Murphy is greatly disappointed over
Whalen's work and is now negotiating
with the Athletics and Red Sox for an
infielder
Whalen, according to his friends,
has lost confidence in himself and
cannot get started no matter how
hard he tries. His batting average
has fallen almost to nothing while his
fielding has not come up to expecta-
TONS He is also a slow runner and
has lost many hits by poor footwork
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-08
Federal Insurance Ownership.

The Hague, Netherlands June 3d.
The proposed state monopoly Of the
life and fire insurance business in
the Netherlands ultimately would
yield $4,000, 100000 annually, accord
ing to the rough estimate of Finance
Minister M. w. F. Treub The object
of the plan, which would only very
gradually come into operation, is to
find the money needed to meet the
prospective new war loan, >->us leav-
ing the field of fresh taxes for the
needs of urgently calied-for social
legislation.
Meantime, the insurance m IN are
up in arms against the governments
designs on their business, prophecy
ing only evil and financial failure for
this projected experiment in state So
cialism.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-08
(BY Wagner.l

(By Wagner)
according to reports from the Pa
ca6c Coast and the middle west, foot
ball will be continued in those sec
tions next fall. The University Of
Pittsburg, one of the claimants for
the championship last season, will
have team The manager says many
Fof the athletes have gone into mil
itary service but the university will
put a team in the field even If the
squad numbers only II men.
The University Of Washington, .out on
the coast, will also he in the field.
This institution, under the direstion of
Coach Gihnour Dobie, piled up an i'm
pressive record of victories. Dobie has
bene released but the new coach, G. J.
Hunt of Minnesota, has been ordered
to report as soon as possible. The
University sof Indiana will have a
team, according to an announcement
which stated that the football coach
was one IF the two instructors re-
tanned So eastern enthusiasts can
read the papers about football any
way.
Ray Heating finally got into the
winning column. The local boy
twirled for Toledo against Minneapo-
lis of the American association and
won by 6 to 5. Although hit for IA
safeties Heating kept them fairly we'll
scattered.
Bill Martin is not doing much hit
ting for Bridgeport. The chubby
shortstop will have to take a brace
or Manager Krichell will b. looking
around for new man,
The Lawrence club, which, is going
as we'll as any team in the. league just
now, will be here tomorrow afternoon
in the first of a two day series with
the Americans. Lawrence has some
good hitters, including Manager Jack
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-08

L am trying to do my double bit, y
said Benny. 1T am going through
with my announcement that I am go
ing to enlist in the army. hope that
will persuade other young fellows to
do the same, because believe I can
truly say I will be, giving up more
than most chaps of my age. As cham
pion I could make all kinds of money
on, the stage, in the movies, in the
ring, but am going to work for
Uncle Sam first. And / want some of
my money to work for him. too
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-08

*Batted for Smith in 9th.
Bridgeport 30 o o o / o o 1-2
Portland o. o % OIL o o 50
Two base hits, Brown 2, Deininger,
Donnelly. Stolen bases, Burns,
DoweIl 2, Tamm. Sacrifice hit, Lear.
Left on bases, Portland 6. Bridgeport
8. First base on errors, Bridgeport /.
Base on balls. off Spaid A. off Smith
8. Hits and earned runs, off Spaid Z
hits, run in 9; off Smith 8 hits. I
run in 8. Struck out, by Spaid 8,
by Smith 8. Umpire, Irwin. Time,
1888.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-08
Mems Pajanas

Made Of percale in a dandy
variety of new colored stripes,
nicely trimmed with frogs, at
ST. 90
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-08
Mems Work Shirts

In black, khaki, light striped
percales, black and white
stripes, light and dark blue,
made with soft collar attach
ed; also light blue without col
lar. All are cut full and well
made, at 58c
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-08
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Results of Games Yesterday.
Washington, L; Chicago. O.
The New York-Cleveland and Bos-
tonlDetroit games were postponed on
account Of wet grounds.
The Philadelphia-St. Louis game
was postponed on account Of rain.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-08
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Results of Games Yesterday.
New York, 10: Cincinnati, 1.
Brooklyn, IS; Pittsburgh, 8.
st. Louis. 9; Boston, 4.
The Chicago game wa
postponed on account OF cold weathe
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-08
Standing OF the Clubs.
: Games To-Day.

Games To-Day.
New York in Cincinnati.
Brooklyn in Pittsburgh.
Boston in st. Louis. i.
Philadelphia in Chicago.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-08
Mems Hosiery

Fibre silk in a good variety
of colors. These are subject to
slight imperfections, which are
hardly noticeable, at ....Z5C
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-08
Standing Of the Clubs.
Games Today.

Bridgeport at Portland.
New, Haven at Lawrence.
New London at Worcester.
Hartford at Springfield.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-08
Standing of the Clubs.
Games To-Day

Cleveland in New York.
Detroit in Boston.
st Louis in Philadelphia.
Chicago in Washington.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-08

Catcher Charley Donnelly is another
Bridgeport player who has the habit
of making costly errors. Donnelly is
trying hard to win but in his anxiety
to make a good play he often makes
Door throw.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-08
WESTERN COLLEGES NOT TO
Give UP FOOTBALL CONTESTS
Ray Heating Pitches Victory for Toedo-Other Gossip
OF Sports
OF Sports

FLYNN, Jud Daley, last year with Lynn,
and Shortstop Schneider. The latter
is also regarded as one of the best in
f1elders in the league. Dessau or Gin
gras will do the pitching for Bridge
port.